Show avow w BILLY BOYS PARTNER by nv edinar welton cooled loa MIS by I 1 Is r pubic ll 11 a thing gont mad the ailed iud ruined rushed down the mountain ebrie Kd ed demoniacally gil ibe the cannon aad and burled hurled the loo 1000 e enow snow with saade ferocity at the cabin nestling la in tle the gorge rattling the windows and mik m ik hig the joints of the building creak croak r within the miner chrt a bundle of pino knohr upon the hearth and as the blaze leaped aln ard eat sat down doan do an upon a joal box in the ruddy glow a halt half dozen nuigi s turn lits them around and around and witch aitch ing 1 them and evi Urtle in tit ills his hand A clad light cagne into his and upon hie his rough and blanked face a emile smile linger lingert d gold he crittl aloud gom aldr arthon then ho he dropped the nuggets into qu 13 pock pocket et and g ghead taw lone long an and a thoughtfully full into the tire fire or y hie the gleam of exultation faded fatted fruin from his features and his ryes prow grow wis ful and I 1 gala it t he cried from the depths of hn misery now ions lonely ly I 1 am nm how lenc londy a the wind increased in 1 C and nd among the pines abo alky in tho mad josof its 18 i it a m the snoa heat Js the door and tie indo and ant ble blew in kroat great trusts down tho chlone near extinguishing the ire fire then a lull came and ft alth ath it ahr plaintive bollos of Q n child calling a la 12 the night and he tho storm tito miner rained hia his head bead and ll 11 its bened but the roar ot of the gale 1 in creased and he could hear bear naught caught bait the wild wail of the he ile bastou ha steed ed to the door and threw it open A cloud of enow snow struck him in the face and be gamperl for breith bre ith but peered searchingly into the gray blackness blackn esir naught cr id d ho he ateo e I 1 ut a wall ot of dritt lag bittne stio a raught could he hear bear but tho the wice of f ij for a coment ho he hut hat the child a e en cr vernied a him turning back into the house be he placed the lamp jamp la in the window ard buttoning bir hi coat n oro ore abbit abo it lim hullm hie big cap down doun his earn ears and put pat on oril a pair patr of burk skir mittens tene then taking a lighted lan ian torn tern he stepped out into the night 1 ke an angry slant giant the blizzard lifted him from his feet whirled him around i ati abbt light and left him lyile laii I 1 uIl dertil r tho the now snow to his tool to he strode resolutely forari rI hi hist out before him and hi III oleo crying feebly ag dinst he be I 1 m conijn coni hid kid abar be bel yv ye har bar ue up ea P hut but no answer anser emit crint only be the IN X I 1 it az I 1 N nl I 1 I 1 N ak 1 1 only the now the now snow brlek of tilt hurricane and thi the of the pine in ain he lie to ellree are tho the kolh black ot of iho tho night shading 1114 1 4 rs r s with hav hi hand hut but lie rould could not pec e tin tn feet Ht stronger ronner and anti qt at stronger stron ser krow the wind the heley parti 11 elest of f enow no cut bis face like bit blix of driven klass 1 the rosl upon ills celishe ce lashe t and anti hini film but be fought tl v a valeard inch b inch through thru uRi th t knee delp ano 11 hoping aint amill hope ind find for the valce of a child Suil dent ho paused anil braved 1 aa about sot cot a light wan in wy 4 als he tried to mike m like ont the allm mer of it the lamp in hl his window indo all 0 was i darkness arnd the sarai of the 11 illing eno not a ranil lial t could he tee ore not a tree not a landmark land mairl only the lowthe enow now this the SHOT snow and still 1111 the futorm increased the blizzard slapped him in the f ace ce and ho coverett lo 1 his had and fecht fo to breath then it and nd beal beat him upon the back bac A anillio 0 not 01 willice wil lice it came clamp i 12 garfit reat fear lam bolts of hl ham it e though all humano fill hall till and he 4 t wa was ablott in irk the ua wl derne Wernes ond 1 the form AI Alre alit but he u not nut taufec ho he could feel the lambit so he 1110 1 on if tin up bis his W hi lher he lw ant nt ll 11 rn air alf aldes hn h th oa ww I 1 cincin I nging laeh lash of or the bilyy ird sturn lillan qin falang but rising atkaln and anti I 1 madly fighting the grim grini I 1 cra cro death loath i again lip slipped but the ii 1 caught him anil anti forced him backi backward ard I 1 n foot two feet fet fiet then he lie fell rii fice f downward in the snow and as is tic to lay gapping h mired ills his eyes to the ht ebon healt heavens ns and thank d 41 for fr that sudden dilon gast 1 df if wind for IM arms before him film ex over the tho edge of or his hn open 1 l ift if with ith the bottom two tuo tret below 1 carefully ho he hin 61 if ard cradling cra upon hand hands and knee ine follo followed ned tho the circle of the great hole bole until ho he came to the mind windlass lass itic ing 1 ills lils back the handle he lie stroda forward twenty paces than he i ilen cached clied out lilt ills hand land and rested it upon he the tump of a tree carefully ra adjusting his course ho lie walked forward scowl W J 7 r IV I 1 ot 12 a ia P i 1 I A J S M billy boy don t you krow kr ow your old pardner pard nerT cou courting his stops in au aill the bliz za aard rd hurled ajon on him with mith its tremendous power he did ma not moie moe his fils wes the hundredth pirt part of an inch but pushed on pain clity att id and after ell hour it U ean id to him hini he beheld the faint slimmer of with a shout on ion his lip lips he for var until he lie made out the outlines of R window with hie his hard to the door latch he rn nor or paused inell his hi foot struck in ane rind re to fell ell As he lie it to his hi lonseo au a A ta 1 hv ax dinst the lip h became con f lons of a long 1 dran drawn n fth us as of a id fit 1 1 tearing olf off a mitten he felt in the impenetrable around him until mill his st re rented rested sted amid fi a brails of 0 hair with a prater in hh bli h hear hr r he gath ered pred up a form aln henr beside i hin hirl in he enow snow and presslie press pres Rint lne it to bohia ahls brent feusht fou ht hi ili wa a to the cabin open the door and anti burt burst in followed in a of rno r no in the th itch of the lamp 11 gazed poll the isalt arti i tit of a little my I 1 ib I 1 eyes were ere eased the biair matted with ith sno now one little hand was wall nn on blared in a rl red mitten the of oh vae blue irom from the th critel tonch touch of he ic I 1 at C gid nv d cria the naj 4 too of late 11 too to late 11 tilling a mt to tip me ahre hr he lai lail I 1 he ile child apoll IL oarl ov rl apu with ith rean blankets and heaped ilio pin pint knot with jib hand ion mon ole All iolder ing 1 alp th n he d drw his M keens beside t cot rot and rubbed the hands and aind audited ando 11 sly into thy the i face and erita wak wae up lip anil anti aral ral r al to me hil hill hoy it your old a kaw ow creot into tit the he child lil arme and tap miner tore off the little shoes and hafed shared the numb fee feet with dea desperate hemle energy e or and anon crying out nill bill 1 ito after while the child t volt blue apte l opened and wd around did I 1 ine mail u n I 1 it 1 tl tj P shelf and anti held hold it to th the h boy y s upa lips the t hild opened hie bs mouth and d draak drank k some of tho aquor then fel felt asleep an hour two tuo hours the minor miner rubbed the child is bands and feet and gartl into tho the child s face then tin ees arnin again opened and looked at the miner the man bent over him and whispered nill 11 boy dont doat sou enow our old pardner for an instant the bo gared cared upon the fice bent bont above him then he be loci lock ed his arms a around the man mans s neck daddy flood od pardner daddy mild lift lip cried for a long time hey they nestled thus tho the boy sobbing a and laughing by turn hirn and the miner silent with avert fd ed tyes the child sr apac c finally nally bm his voice was an accusing on onis win are on oil mad at mammy he erl asked asbed an and why don dont I 1 yol yo i e eer write to her D diddy addy I 1 couldn coulden t stand 0 o sees her ber cr or day after day and a I 1 roulan couldn t stan stand d to hear her call for ou in her sleep steep daddy pardner to so I 1 came you tou came alone nione hilly billy boy the illner asked anjoul an loul yes thu the chim repaid I 1 rorie rode until I 1 imo an tin moie then I 1 walked down mart there in tie town the told me aou ou ere up tip here bo to I 1 came on hut lilt I 1 wa u tired fired oh oil 1 was a wo awid tired and 0 o cold diddy D addy pardner tho the amer stroked the boy s hair tindera tin deri and razed gazed ut at the fire tb hul liling shook in grasp of the blizzard and the pine tiei dis niall it its a an a abul ful q the ulner at last tind there as a qua er in III hia oleo ico dadd daddy fl pardner slid wild the LO look nt till into the face non wont t nu a I 1 ax rite to Alam rny T the tl e man somo upon the tire and tir all the blize leaped up and lighted he the room he be turned ind sa sn the I 1 loi 03 blue eyes tool 1001 ing it at him hini her ebes a bere blue her bo he lie said sald the nu nus nita t is tj bioni ont his rocket and holding thom in the glare of the fire do e app ep ahm m thinks things thenis nold gold DO le rot got a 4 ine full of them out oat don t kno hov bom much lp I 1 e rot got blin dred 0 thousands n bellars tirl del lars borth orth I 1 reckon debbe a mill on lin ard do alo e kno kloft what nhat 5 ae and I 1 air poll tr tv io do I 1 to no s ild the bo his c cea es opening with expect expectance anci veil well bill vo mid the r o 0 the child in his big at aims rus ind briar his hn hair imek from hie his for bet i I 1 e and I 1 air to mami tin ann th child rested his cluck ir 6 the miners ix anted fact en I 1 W dadd he wild good ild old duddy diddy Pard nerl |