The Lamar register., 1902-07-30
His Friend,
The Enemy
ny WILLIAM WALLACE COON
Author ox Rogers q Butte" THE Spur q
Necessity. "''Mr. Fit, AstroIoeor." etc.
lCopyrtsht, rpi, By The y. 8. Mcclure Coz
CHAPTER ~, continued
sYNOI'sIs,

CHATTER 1-Guy Herbert, who has In
territory. the county seat. arrives at tha
place; lie visits col Keever, publisher o
company. and learns OF plan Of people o
Harmony, a neighboring town. to wres
county scat froIa Concord at coming elec
uon. leaving his land valueles<, and h'
agrees TO secretly attend a meeting at Har
mony to discover their plans. AnimositI
between people OF two towns Is very bitter
CHATTER LION the train TO Harmon,
Herbert meets Wilbur Nlandinghanl- own
er OF most of the land of Harmony, and hi'
pretty daughter Elizabeth. an ardent Har
monyito. De becomes quite friendly ans
they urgs him TO accept their h9spitaiiiis
% whils a, H9Tmony 10 which her he TeiSetnns. S ,n
ing that evening with them.
CHAPTER III.-While meeting is in ses-
sion a man rushes In and announces th'
but through vlandinsham's assistance
safely leaves meeting and town.
CHATTER ly.-col, Dingie. publisher Of
STARTS fight with Col, Keever. The peo..
pie learn who he Is and furious mol
alhers ert ve eeTmned h by TO ynGh lin, h nskea IL
room IN the hotel and, while they discuss
his fate he escapes.
The little man jerked off his slouch
hat revealing two eyes, one of which
CLEANED classify at Guy while the other
Travelled up and down the full extent
of Col. Keever's anatomy; then the
blow fell across the Colonel's face.
1t all came about with paralyzing
suddenness. The crowd of fConcordians
stared and gaped as though under some
bsneful spell. The little man was Col.
Dngle, of Harmony! The next instan;
Guy had leaped to his feet.
A shudder of mighty passion con-
vulsed Col. Keever. His hand tight
sned convulsivsly at the head of his
cane.
-Sir," he shouted. ~ it your inten-
tion 70 apply to me those hurtling cpl
thetsf"
Come to think oft afterwards, there
was little use of the Colonel's que ltion;
but great minds often wish to be abso-
lutely certain of both horns of propo-
sition before tackling the conclusion.
The little man laughed mockingly.
"I have coupled the word with
blow!" he cried. "In order that you
may satisfy yourself l have made no
mistake, l will strike again. so! The
Norther greets the Blizzard!"
Again came that swishing blow with
the hat and Col. Keever, dazed for the
moment, famed imaginary flies from
before his face.
"It's Dinglel" gasped Col. Keever,
hoarSely. "Hold me, somebody! Hold
me, or I shall kill him!"
Mr.. Glimmer hurled himself into the
breach and caught Keever about the
waist, while Pedro Smith da shed out of
the hotel and threw himself upon Din
gle. Then, struggling Intellectually to
vrAA 4 a.,
glared at each other.
"You are sneak, sir, and coward,
sirl" screawe4 the editor of the
Norther.
Hold me tight, Glimmer," hissed the
editor of the Blizzard through his
grinding teeth. "I am not myself!
Righteous wrath is making demon of
me! If l were. 10 swoop down on that
misguided man nothing would be left
70 tell the tale"
"Let him go!" cried DinRle, frantic
ally; "I dare you to let him go!"
IA Harmony mani" howled the cit
izens, pushing angrily forward and
surrounding the diminutive person
with the glass eye.
''He must be spy!" roared voice.
'.string him up!" echoed another.
Lynch him! lynch him! lynch
himl" swelled the chorus.
'Stand hnck!" shouted Guy, shoul-
dering his way to Dingle's side.
.Get q rope!" fumed the crowd.
Next to Vlandingham he's the worst
enemy this town has got! Make an
example of him!"
Guy halted In front of Dingle and
kept the crush haok With his strong
arms.
1--WE must get him out of here,
Pedro" sold Guy, breathlessly. IF
we don't, some of these hot-heads
will get us all into trouble. Where
can we take him?"
"I've got n room upstairs that we
can lock him in," replied Pedro. and
the people, catching the last words,
voiced the fierce demand:
Lock him upl Put him under look
and key until we decide whst to do
with him!"
'I want to help you. Dingle," said
Guy, IN the little mans ear. Don't
be foolish. go with us and We'll do
what we can for you"
Dingle was sullenly defiant, but he
yielded 70 Guy and Pedro and accom-
panied them into the hotel and up the
broad stairs leading to the second
floor, the crowd pushing and plung-
ing after them.
Rumors of the excitement had
spread to the four quarters of the
town and citizens came running from
every direction, adding their numbers
and their excitement to the tumult-
nous gathering in the hotel.
"GNve the man n show!" cried Chris
topher Waffle, shrilly, springing upon
q chair in the Office. Don't act like
a lot of hyenasl There's law in this
town and Waffle knows how to deal
3t outi"