The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-05

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YOU since we worked for the same road
in Chicago. What are you doing in his
part OF the country?' '
Yes said Sanford sternly, looking
Ra wlina squarely in the eye, you saw
me in Kansas City. and you also saw
me not Tar from Holiday. But l sup
pose thai mas escaped your memory.
Rawlin5 smiled in a sick1y way.
> don't remember having seen you
| II Holiday he answered.
That's all right said Sanford. Per
haps. after ALL you didn't At all events.
! ] DIDN'T come all the way from Kansas
| City to engage in conversation vita
! you
A dangerous look sprang INFO the eye
| of Rawlius.
| See here" ne said II know what
y1..zEz.5e up to. You have been following
ana spying on my friend and myself,
4;ld / want you to stop it. / am onto
youi game. and I'll tell you right now
I that you might as well go back to Chi
cage. fer all The good you can do,
+! Don't worry about me-, Sanford re-
/ l,li.d ''I'1l attend to my own business
+ But I'd .idvise you to keep away from
me-
| Rawl:ns sneered and gave a short,
| unpleasant laugh
.-Oh. I'm not worrying about you,
] he said. and. with a significant look. he
! added: You're beaten this very MIN
ute
Then he sat down by the side OF Hart
"No. I'm not beaten" Sanford re-
piled 1.-The game has only begun foa
! haven't a moment or a point the ad-
vantage OF me yet
VIA this he passed on and soon re-
| tired to his berth, for he was very urea
from the exhausting events OF the DAY.
| Hart and Rawlins sat IN long into the
night, with a map spread on their laps
| talking earnestly.
When Sanford arose III the morning
he fs,,nd that Hart and Rawlins We're
mn before him. The train stopped at d
station for brea kfast, and Sanford walk
I 90 int, the telegra PHI station TO send q
| message to Frank DOMAIN notifying nm
| mat he would be in Anadarko that
night.
He PASSED it in to the operator. and
looked around. TO see Rawlins enter
| the efflce. TIE operator had begun 70
send his message and he saw that Raw
/ Inns was apparently reading it from the
instrument.
/ He stopped for a moment in the door
way and looked back, when Rawlins
turned and laughed Iirsultingly. San
foTd 5 bIoGd Doiieor MI lie iteiu i4i7 'N+At
per well in hand.
THAT YVES a bad move, ne said to
himself Now they know where ! am
going, and doubtless they will soon find
out who Donan is Well, it's done. and
cannot be helped. but III beat them
yet"
After he had eaten his breakfast he
went back to the car. and. over cigar,
considered the situation, and planned his
future movements.
He must see Quanah as soon as pos
sible and get his signature 70 the fran
ichise. With Frank Donan he would ride
across to Fort Sill the following morn
;;iag. and would reach there as soon as
Hart and Rawlins.
1t would be useless for him to go
alone. for he did not know the country.
land he might lose valuable time in a
| fruitless search For the old chief. He
had no fear hut that he would be able 70
win sluanah over to his side when 1T
, came to a matter of argument.
But he knew that he could not trust
Hart to act fairly in the matter, and
| that il would at least be a battle OF wits
| If not ore of weapons. with his unscru-
pulous enemy, for so he had come TO re-
gard Hart.
: Had he known the exact nature OF
Harris plans, and the boldness and cum.
ming Of his vilIafny. he would have EN-
: Dloyed more desperate measures himself
, But so carefully had Hart covered hi;
7 tracks that Sanford was completely il
the dark
The train was due to reach Chicka
8 sha. from where he would ride acros
f to Anadarko. about the middle of tn
, afternoon and. by fast riding he coul'
reach his destination before midnight
About 10 o'clock in the morning tn
,. train came to q sudden stop on tn
: prairie, with nothing but the horizon il
- sight Sanford walked through tn
: cars and learned from brakeman tina
, the engine of a cattle train ahead ha'
become crippled and could not proceed
land that Il man had been sent on foo
to the next station to get another Ell
CINE to pail the cattle cars to q Sldine
: Hour after hour passed, and when tn
obstructing cattle cars had been re
: moved and the passenger train was al
lowed TO proceed, Sanford saw that
= would be impossible for it to make u
enough Of the lost time to enable il t
:. reach Rush Springs before dark.
u This might entirely disarrange til
nIans OF Hart. and cause him TO take an
: other route TO Fort Sill. or perhaps I
abandon that portion of the trip alto
e eether. Sanford decided. therefore, tina
1t would not do to follow Hart too close
iy or too boldly.
He was in the dark a 70 the eNac
t procedure of Hart and MS party IN IN
II corning conference with Quanah,
j. which the telegram he had overheard Il
: the hotel office in Kansas City had ap
prised him.
without appearing to do so. he closer
e watched the movements OF Mart am
L d hoy
telegram which was brought lhto I'll
a car by brakeman.
o After reading it. Hart and hawhii
hogan a low voiced argument the ma
d ture of which. OF course. was oIhiio"
q to Sanford. At this point they also sen
81 q telegram.
ii The train was nearing Chlckashf
|. Outside a furious ruinstorm was !
progress.
\ Sanford rose from mis- seat ana wake
n in n teisureIy manner past Hart an
T. info the forward car