The Lamar register., 1902-09-17
His Friend,
The Enemy
~ WILLIAM WALLACE COON
Autkor of ROGERS d Butte. The Spur q
Necessity. Mr.. FIJI. AstroIoesr, s>e.
SooVyhshA. ispl. b. Tie y. 8. Mcclure o.,
CHAPTER XII, continued
AYNORXIs.

sYNOPsIs.
CHATTER I.-Guy Herbert, who ha. In
herited ths townsite OF Concord. Dakota
place. He visits Col Keever. publisher OF
the Blizzard and manager of the townsits
Aa' nsishsofnkp fss psn tow e s'ps @se9
county seat from Concord at coming cleo
ton. leaving his land valusles<, and he
agrees to secretly attend a meeting al Har-
mony to discover their plans Animosity
between people of two towns is very bitter.
Herbert meets Wilbur vlandingham. own
er of most of the land of Harmony, and his
pretty daughter Elizabeth, an ardent Har;
while at Harmony. to which he reluctantly
ing that evening with them.
CHAPTER III.-While meeting IL In seS-
sion a man PUSHES in and announces the
but through vlandinshams assistance
safely leaves meeting and town.
CHATTER ly.-coi. Dingie. publisher Of
.sarts a fsht With Col. keever. The peo-
pie learn who he Is and furious mob
sves Sm BY haSns tS nsh him oeked IL
room In the hotel and. while they discuss
his fate. he escapes.
viandinsham and friend at Concord dis
guised as sisters of charity. Betty says
they are there In the interest OF Harmony.
.nss a Mss snd
E for having them arrested and held Az
ho.sase, but Me.beE, ,sys he VIII tske a..
turb them.
lsdie. and tells them they must inme-
inc on them With aid hey
cape an angry mob. notihed by Keever:
CHAPTER vIII-Herbert decides to try
some electioneering at Amityyilie. the only
%seA VIII Decide sS. Tor
sat.
CHAPTER Ix.,,Barney. a friend of
% q thrsa,snins s % lie 0eef Of ' Col Keeyer e
q the colonsl's. finss him SO for not
CHAPTER x.-Hsrbert receives a letter
from Miss Vlandingham asking him to
ssme time and place a duel between Keever
and H piPgs R i K be f9uFhai Ffheapil,es he cannot
meet her and then goes to place with Petit
bone. the sheriff. who has been ordered 70
watch him for his evident friendiinsss WIN
sr's pTearrangement duel is stopped at last
moment. No sooner have contestants ieit
than Miss Vlandingham and her frieno ap-
CHAPTER xII-Herbert asks permie-
bone @ r refuses. Whereupon Herbert knocks
him over. accidentally stunning him: Her-
bsst speak. to ladies' but soon pe5Sone bom
Giss Viandingham tells Herberts 1t is a
trap he he has asia laid to capture sStv che, her and wap-
~And did you not receive my mes
sagsr
"Your nessaesf" she echoed.
Eyes. sent you . telegram" b
''rhen It was not delivered to me-"
That's strange" murmured Guy.
"What was the messageT
Nothing very important"
Messages are usually quite mpos-
tant II they are tslegraphed."
"I should have said that II 10 not
very important now, so we need not
concern ourselves any further about
II. As you said moment ago. you are
here. and I'm here. and We can talk
over the matter about which you
wished W see me. What y It. Miss
VlAndinghamf
"Possibly I am acting reasonable
part" she answered, thoughtfully,
"but have already told you how I
sbhor any show Of force. or suggestion
nf violence. The Concord people have
not taken . course calculated to mol
lRy the bitterness inseparable from .
contest of this kind"
II know that very WE'LL" said Guy, a.
M3ss Betty paused. 'Muoh of the evil
was done before reached Concord
and, during the short time have been
In town, have had no influence with
the citissns whatever" Guy smiled az
he said this, wondering what Miss Bet
ty would think If he told her the plain
truth of his situation. "If wish to do
anything that's really commendable,"
he added. I'm obliged to resort to
force and violence myself"
Mss Betty raised her eyebrows in
terrogatively. but Guy would not an
swer her unspoken question. In
few moments he cursed his folly for
not doing SO while he had the oppor-
tunity. A woeful misunderstandinp
would thus have been avoided.
II hope no unpleasnntness has re-
suited from the timely aid you gave
those two Sisters of Charity7" said
Misc Betty. demurely.
~ have only pleasure in the thought
that was able to assist them,r an
swsrsd Guy, gallantly.
A he spoke he fancied he heard q
noise In the underground behind him
and looked around hastily. He could
see nothing to arouse his suspicious
and both Miss Betty and her friend
followed his quick look with QUE estion-
ing eyes.
you were about 70 tell why you
wanted 70 see me, Miss Vlanding-
ham,. continued Guy. smothering
every symptom of alarm and looking
as calm and self-possessed as was pos
sibls under the circumstances. II
don't think you could be reasonable
If you tried"
Indeed" she exclaimed with q
smile. How do you know that 1 have
not summoned you here to maze q
captive Of your How do you know,