The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1889-12-04

They're goin' up tonight. They won't
have any time tomorrow cause the pro-
fessor'll get back then. You know he
went to Jimtown Tuesday. Can't you
do somethin', Mr.. Barlow?"
THE law won't uphold them, Miss"
She snapped her fingers.
"Ikdt for the law! l tell you these
fellers shan't get into the professor
shack if can help it,
She drew herself together like an an
cry Amazon and her eyes were twin Goals
of fire.
Il beg of you don't be rash, Miss Will
liams. Remember"
There came a chorus of yells from
Spangler's. Nance Williams listened a
moment.
Hear that" she said harshly,
they're gettin' ready to 60. It's time
was movin'. You mark my words, Mr..
Nance Williams says so.''
She rushed out of the store and away
into the night. A few minutes after a
horse came past at lightning speed with
Mad-Cap Nance crouching low in the
saddle and speeding away on her hare
Drained mission.
Shouts and yells came from Spangler's,
and not long after Nance had gone a
drunken rabble rode by the store in the
direction she had taken. l felt certain
something of serious nature was
threatened so, as soon as l could leave
the store, saddled my horse and fol-
lowed.
The moon had come out of the purple
sky overhead. In her light the land
scape was brought out with startling
distinctness, for Dakota moons are noted
for their intense brilliancy. Tom Jen-
kins' gang had half-hour the start of
me and l put my horse to the run in Or
der that l might be on hand with as
little delay as possible. As my horse
clattered over the bridge that spanned
the Pipe-stem. heard succession of
faint rife shots from the direction of the
professors claim.
MY God" cried, 1.-The girl will be
killed. and dashed my horse to greater
speed.
1t had never occurred to me that l
would be helpless in an encounter with
the drunken rabble. 1 had thought of
nothing but getting upon the ground in
the quickest possible time, for it was
more than probable that Nance Will
liams would be alone at the mercy of the
crowd. As drew nearer and nearer my
destination I heard cries from time to
time, and my nerves were all a-tremble
with excitement and apprehension.
When l came close to the professors
claim shanty, however. realized that
Nance Williams was in no immediate
danger for the men, some ten or twelve
in number, stood counseling together.
From their loud talk CLEANED that they
had met with isappointment-they
had thought that the professor was in
Jimtown, while they had found him in
the shack, on hand to protect his prop
erty.
whats the matter, boys?" 1 in
quired, springing from my horse.
''It's Barlow" said Tom Jenkins to
his associates in low and not very de-
lighted voice. Then, advancing toward
me he asked: what do you want, Ike
Barlow?"
ITO see fair play" said I, promptly;
what are you fellows here for?''
faint nothin' to you. You 60 back
to town an leave US alone
While was haranguing Tom Jenkins,
Rice Fielding his partner, tried to steal
up to the door of the house. He had
gone barely half way. however, when
rifle was thrust through partly-Open
window and fired in his direction. The
bullet whistled uncomfortably near him,
and Rice retreated with more haste than
gracefulness.
mo use, Rice" said Tom jenkins:
1.-The Teller means business. There's
only one way to get at him, an that's to
burn him out
Look here" cried, excitedly; ''have
you men any idea of the crime you are
perpetrating? This outrage -
There were several derisive yells from
the crowd and could see they were too
much bent upon mischief to be influ-
enced by me.
Say, Barlow, you know as we'll as 1
do that Charley Atwood hadn't no right
to jump that claim in the first place.
That there place belongs to me an Tom,
an the rest of the fellers are goin' to
help me get it back, so you just keep
mum an get out o the way."
All, that was the idea! 1t was fact
the quarter had originally been filed on
by Rice Fielding, but he never went
near it and made no pretension of living
up to the law, consequently it became
jumpable and Charley Atwood had taken
advantage of this fact. All the while
Atwood held the place, Fielding had
made no move to get it back, but now
that the professor had bought it fam
cied wrong ranked in Fielding's breast.
In this view of the case thought best
not to tell the men they were battling
against woman. The chances were
they would consider her more easily inn
posed upon than the professor and.
pushing to greater extremeties, the af-
fair might be made infinitely worse. /
decided to draw one side and watch the
affair passively, and then, when it
reached a climax. would do my utmost
to protect Nance Williams.
Going to the rear of the house where
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