Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1919)

I'm Wild J Loney (Continued from page ./i i But the broad brimmed "Fedora" that be usually wore was oot on the hook where it belonged, Even at that moment Jim had .1 speculative thought ;i^ to where he had left it as he replaced it bj another and wu led down the road 1>> the sell appointed posse. The moments that followed seemed like some feverish nightmare He «.i> conscious of the huge tree under which they stopped, coarse thong about his neck and of the jeering voice <>t I'uk Eiadding raised <>m .i mocking burlesque of prayer. But above it ail the face and voice of Honey rose like some beautiful false mirage, Was ii duly another mirage that made him believe he saw her, tearing down the road on Gypsy, shouting to them to "Stopl" "My mind is reeling," he >.iid to himself and tried to pray. But the vision of !n's brain grew nearer and nearer and the vision had hands that cut the rope away from his neck and a voice that was upbraiding the bewildered cowboy. "You fools," t tie voice was calling. "It's the real murderer who has led you to commit this crime. There he stands there, urging you to hang an innocent man." The throng seemed to turn as one man toward Pick Eiadding who had grown white as death and had almost fallen from his saddle. Suddenly, however, he leaned forward as if to spur his horse into action but the mob was too quick for him. They leaped forward and tore him from the saddle and then the world went back before Jim's eyes. In his next moment of consciousness, he was Standing alone under the tree with Honey weeping hysterically in his arms. Between sobs and little moans of relief, lie drew the story from her — of how she had met "Lefty Lonzo,'' the town drunkard, who had told her of the murder which had awakened him from his sleep behind the hotel bar. "They framed it up so that the blame must fall on you,'' she sobbed. "Dick Hadding and that snake Maurice — they found your hat in the chapel and put it into his dead hand. Lefty was so drunk and it was so hard to get the story from him and I nearly went mad with fear that I would be too, late." Further details were smothered against Jim's coat as he gathered her into his arms. And, by sunset time, after thanking Lefty for his timely intervention, the two were walking together down the long, long trail that led to the parsonage, and, finally, back East. As the old minister finished his story, he sat for a moment gazing silently into the fire which had changed from flames to embers. He looked up to meet the expectant eyes of the two lovers fastened upon him. "Th:.t is the story," he said simply. "But after that," Letty said almost in a whisper. "Were they happy afterwards?" In answer the Rev. Holbrook rose and slipped to the hall. ''Dear," he called, "come in here, wont you. I want you to meet these young people." There was a murmur of assent from another room, a rustle of skirts and the fragile figure of the minister's wife stood in the cloorway. 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