The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-11-30
CHAPTER XXI.
- FAcE ~ TIIE 80.

TIE FACE or THE FOE.
job Hendricks scrambled 10 his feet
and locked up al the roof % the build
Ing ~ had escaped rrcm huI a fCH
moments before. Iic could distinguish
a number OF daTE, wpviug uhjNCtG
bearing i!ghty. The police had brought
lanterns with them 20 prosecute ih"
search. ana ma lying at fu!l length.
were pccrlng lDVu over the pnrapli r.
the building into the gloomy depths
below.
Job did not move. honinE 10 escape
observation In tn" SHADOWS. and prgs-
entity hc heard one nI the mvn above
saying confidently:
The poor wretch mur; have tried &C.
ciiuab down. mud frll aud Killed hissg'f"
Job waited to- hear moro but IL WAS
not forthcoming. Evidently the COM
rndcs OF the man who h"d mGl" th!r
statement believed as H. lid that IN"
object OF tnUir search had ESCAPED
them After a dime they glowlv dls-
/ pn.gCl. ara the light nn lougrr tWigklcl
from the roof above.
Now or never 'E the time 10 got ou;
81 this" Job muticrcI Co himself. They
are making FOR the street. tO make SURE
hat | am dead. rni. iNi'aE ro a'rn
of the remains, VIII probably renew
the search"
Making mis- way .~uVcfully aivv- tine
edge OF the roof. h. Say oyrrI",'l
presently tO come upon a ~" CEaauc.
which. though ruEtr,' with Hr" gEI
/ broken. enabled him ~ make his way
down To- The street. Feeling sur, i!s.t
tho fru1t 81 the huIci mast b" guarded.
he chose - la~e the opposite direction.
HraT'r- the roIul 81 steps a~rlrva'h-
Ing. Er paused e.. "A mrurGi ~ the
shadow uf III" factory. 90 zee win
whom hr had Ia deal Tho man rHd
come uuJ 90 one Of the GtU.. ~ IN"
hot =. ana as FOR "a moment b 10 liEhi
l'll ON HIS fHc". Job recognized hin AZ
the individual who had planned tag
ambush To secure pusFCs4iuU of tsn pa
per. IL" mad" his way along with m
unsteady gait. ug {! he had rot fully
recovered ftom hts experience, ~ the
narcotic effect. 81 the ring.
Evidently th" police tad 10 surthc.
use for "a man hon they believed had
humbuggci ihem, u 80 had hermit
tod him to 60 his way, llttle caring
what became 1i htT.
Job was no, sorry tn see his Iuon-
lam enemy. and after watching his
unsteady progress FOR a while. resolved
Ia go and follow him.. 20 this per-
sonaEe interested him strangely. and
he was not yet dom ruCking his brains,
hoping Ia fnd out In what important
crisis they had One figured together.
Ellison, half supplied. stumbled ON
like a man tn a dream. He It'd not
look back To- see whether r. y fob
lowed ur not Now and then he would
raise his head slcepily and stare
around. as 10 TO- make Eurc where n"
was.
Hendricks wts glad la remain un-
noticed. Tor. after the eNeItionB he had
made I'm escaping. he was rot prepared
for a fresh encounter with any one.
Arrived ~ the corner oi the street.
Ellison paused iu - dHZrd Kind or way.
Ds lf hc Mere lCokirg FOR "a carriage,
little thinking tina such ]luNurlca were
scarce In such "a locality.
Job had meantime taken up his
ataud In q nearby doorway. Under che
circumstance "a was not likely that
he would De- noticed.
Il wonder what rcyl"" ne heard
Ellison Wuilwr. tfnu. with q SHY
laugh: Il supVosg / email b" able "a
squar" myself with the police should
| happen To- b" IN the uriEhbcrGuoI
again. ON. dr.r." with % Eroan. =
suppose / shalt have To foot 70 hum'
unless I have the luck iu strike Il
carriage DU the way. TGyr, done
seem 10 Br anything on WGerls in this
cursed ueighbnThuud," then SwayinE
foT a mo:nru ~uusIcuiily on the CuTb
he drgW himself together. and went
lurchiUg forward on lt" way wi'A jOi
AT his heels
IL Was a long journey they made
together. and Job was heartily glad
that they met no vehicle on the TCGd
for be- had no dcS.r' for - yun iu his
tired condition. Er was Gtili Worrying
his brains trying To recall where n,
had seen this man before, ever tn,
search cludcd him.
Time To acknowledge that yru art
; getting iu be an Did man" he nut.
/, tered To himself. since you can't re-.
, member where ygu had dealings with
this person IN the past-nna n,
played a mighty important part to
; your ne. too"
Ellison. had turned IN a roythcrly
p direction. and wnE making h!H way
: along ~ a hIlf asleep, o. anxious
+. TO b. home and In bed. III apparent.
J ~ had given up all hopes ~ getting
7 a carriage.
They had reached the uptown vrsl
, dcutisi district 81 tho west giuc OF tl'
, city. when Ellison suddenly turned {.
tho right. passed down a narrow
, street. and paused bsfpr" % door ~.
(; iu "a wnlJr wall. a.d began tu iumui,
. In Nia pocket for O. key.
. ~ he stood there with thn lEh
! 81 q street lamp shining upan ut
! face. Job Hendricks. on in ias shad
ows. suddenly CiuSpvd his hands 90
/, g,th-r as IL trylns To- conceal b.
, emotion.
: can o, be possible" he multrrcd
: why. my poor old wits must haN,
been mountaineering all This time uo
TO have recognized him before this
IL is none other than the man who bee
- me uu-my old enemy. who
mo when ! was starving, ami wh
tempted ne into SHINING. and. TO saNO
himself. helped to send me 10 prtsoI
To- lnnguish half "A lifetime"
As these bitter thoughts surge
- through hia mind. unable longer {
control the hatred the sight of thi
70 man had summoned w. he ran for
ward with outsiretchcd hands a.
beut on "a summary vengeance 10
his sunlerlngs and rongs But DE
fore h. had reached the gate or doc
n in the wall. Ellison. all ~unconsciou
III danger. had slipped through an
closed IL behind him.
"a Job arrived just In time to see hi
4. enemy disappear among the shrub
"a berry OF the garden. He turned ava