Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-17
1.-The BIazed Trail"
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The unexpected comedy changed the
party'S mood. 1t WAS 10 longer II Iues
lion Of Milling. \ number hrOk" into
the store and shorty cmcr-,rd Bearing
pals of kerlsru2. with which they del
tced the Slabs Oh the wndward side
of the Mi The i!ameS caught the
structure instantly. \ thousand sparks.
borne by the oIShorc breeze. fastened
like so rany stinsin. insects on tine
lumber in the yard.
1t burned us dried halsam thrown on
n camp fire The heat of it drove the
onlookars far back in the village, where
in silence they watched the destruction.
Daily and his man were slapped and
cuffed hithcr and thithcr at the mems
will. Their faces bled. their bodies
ached as one bruise.
"TlIat squares u.s." said the men. ''If
we can't cut this year neither kin you
Its up to you now
Then. lik, Il destroying horde of To-
Gusts. they Quilted the office and the
store smashing what they could not
carry to the FIRE The dwellings and
saloons they did not disturb Finally.
about noon. they kicked their two pris-
oncrs into the river and struggled back
along the right of way.
Il surmiS, we took that town apart
some" said Shorty with satisfaction.
81 should rise TO remark" replied
Kerlie.
At the boarding house they found
Wallace Carpenter and Hamilton sent
ed on the veranda II was now after
noon. The wind had abated somewhat.
and the sun WAS struggling with the
still flying scuds.
Hello. boys" said Wallace. been
for little walk in the woods"
Yes, sir" replied Ryland, we
I'D rather not hear" interrupted
Wallace. "'rheres quite fire over
east suppose you haven't noticed
IT."
Hylnnd looked gravcly eastward.
Sure 'nough." said he.
Better get some grub" suggested
Wallace.
After the men had gone In he turned
to the Journalist.
Hamilton" he began. write all you
know about the drive and the break
and the rescue. but as TO the burning
of the mill
The other held out his hand.
Good" said Wallace, offering his
own.
And that was as far as the famous
Shingleville raid ever got. Daily did
his best to collect even circumstantal
evidence against the participants, but
in vain. He could not even get any
one to say that Il single member of the
village of Carpenter had absented him
self from town that morning. This
might have been from loyalty or it
might have been from fear of the venge-
ance the Fighting Forty would sure
ly visit on traitor Probably it was
q combination of both. The fact re.
mains. however, that Daily never knew
surely of but one man implicated in
the destruction of his plant. That mar
was 1njun Charley: but lnjun Charley
promptly disappeared.
After an interval Tim Shcarer. Rad
way and Kerlie came out again.
where's the boss?' asked Shearer.
81 don't know. Tim" replied Wallace
seriously. 1--WE looked everywhere
He's gone He must have been all cut
up. think he went out in the woods
to get over it. am not worrying
Harry has lots Of sense. He'll come In
about dark.
"Sur,"' said Tim
How about the boys stakes?' que
ried Railway. II hear this Is bad
smash for the firm"
We'll see that the men get their
wages all right" replied Carpenter, a
little disappointed that such question
should be asked at such time.
'All right" rejoined the contractor.
Were all going to need our money
this summer"
CHAPTER XXXV.