La Junta tribune., 1906-10-20

Fz--shszx hack TO the scAee. ths une.se,
- rsxz.uec the box Ta<1 eaHs d.
ca-a tearing the word 7Goochy.~ sac ,ae
80 s.zh~zyrrzn hacked s-owiy s-o- t.
tral into a n2rro~ Ssiis in tie hillside
Ths Sriyer's long whip n1cksrsd oue
,.e- TIE bzcks Of the leaders. Ane "A.
sc fur.psd OF toward Aaf4.aas IKE
czunoa hall Tnere we're no pas>sag
i.sste ths vehicle. ana the las, thi-g
= rs the xAirs- scared fAee OF o.
russsers.r looking back at the scens a.
rhe zEto22for : explicit
Marcus kHptoa- szd i. rn-zx
rouz1-e uoE that the excitement -
o.er. --you haVe betrayed ny trnz- h
you Motor ooSeoy, indeed' -ecsd ~
casts1alIy- Why didn't you tell Il il
- : motor highEayr-lan n the a-xr
pl2reT
DON'T get on yOEr high horse. w.
Ian answered kipton- i wanted lie
trZth % sa~u On YOU by degrees. ! hsr-
.ss--s-astraIsi. think. that F1lpt0l-s a.
t1ulztic rsad agent Is an unqualified H1c-
c4ss We can bUilo ourselves a mic, -tl-
~. ..fzvous out mere IN the hills ard 81
IA ths shade and play seven Up auL -
or ir1ssrlctible hisn S's4y TIaa1 trans m
y irro uliiIlona4rese
.sRa that as IL may" l went on ~ n.
lasslv. IN taking the loot collected bg
this iui.ulsous machine you are reesla.ns,
tainted noneyf-
IF II comes to that." he broke in. .-1her-
isn't q dollar IN circulation in al thts
broad Land that has not at some tin or
other been won dishonestly and passet
through criminal hands"
-Yoa will become fence for stolen
property~ ! projected And then I
nnished sternly. "supposs The autorn-to,
should kin someoodyr
Hang IT, WiiiiAm-- cried Kip On.
you're about the worpt case of lis
couragensnt an inventor ever went ID
against, / know when I've Eot a Z ,ot
M 10 NJ -.
work and collect royalties for me. Tai.
your own trail. and TN eahe mine
with that he spun around and rusAea
down the hill IN q tempss. ! could not
bring myself to abandon him Just yet snt
followed III
The automatic road aSrnt moved -
into the road to meet ~ ss we Advaaecs
upon the place where u had bsen
creted- Ny friend proessded very oonn-
IDENTIFY, but came 10 . seartled halt q
one OF the Colts was hf0l and brouf
10 bear on him 0fnuitaneou.ly T.
Hands Up," card flashed Into view
II was more than plain THAT Kliptoa
was not expecting this. Tbs reyosl
cracked. and klipton's hat Oas twisisl
half around on his head.
WHAT'S the matter. kip shouted
The blamed thing must have slipp.
cog or sometningr' he nuns back at me
Then the other card Haunted its ords-
for him 10 deposit his vaiuabies in lie
basket ~
"Runf' yelled "You know what b.
psned 10 that fellow they called Prank
stein. Get behind the rocks or soCli =
killed. aN
'Irs Eeared for fatalities If a vltl-
tries to run." he groaned. palpitating ba1E
and forth in the trail Sneak around b.
hind 1t. William" he added. clutchins u
a straw Of hope, and push button No.
Hustle The black card is up"
hustled, but the other revolver g.
cused itself upon me before had tlk
n dozen steps. klpton pulled disconsl
lately at his red locks and jumped arour
IN the tran like an Indian doing a W
dance. -s a'gs
Now you're in IT. too,'' he whoopsJ
Go up close and put your contribute
In the basiSst We've got 10 do II! Ate
that wen follow the car till the electricity
gives out. and then we can get the ST.
bAck-"
with the frowuing rnuzzIe of the a. z !
shooter looking me squarely In the fac I
/ laid my forty dollar donation IN u 3
iron basi@et and followed II with an hel- q
loom in the shape Of an old silver wafc1
Thereupon | was permitted to back ava
klipton advanced with one hand in b. q
pocSet- ! don't think he had any val.
ables about him, and I watched with T.
tease interest 10 see what happened.
. OF a sudden, when close to the nef1'
Gus machine. my friend hurled hirass
upon il. one hand reaching around u
ward button No. g. There followed
sharp report which struck on my hsa';
like a kneil.
With sroan KlIpton dropped aaos
the Iron basket. a melancholy tribut. u i
his own misguided genius. / leaped for
ward instinctively. but before ! cogk Z
come anywhere near the machine II h4t
got under headway and was moving at
n nloderaie gait In the direction OF Pcli
Notch
made haste to recover my horse ani
trailing klpton's mount behind n
started in pursuit. A clatter OF hoo.s II
drew ny attention. and l discovered TIE n
sheriff and = posse Of four gallopins U II
from the rear. N
They had started from Matanzas on ;hs III
tran Of a cattle thief and had encountret n
the stage two miles out. The harrovfs III
tale OF the driver and messenger had SET n
the officers after the singular bandit wt Il
hs-h annexed the express COMPANY 4I
strong box q
The Sheriff, as / could see, looked upo1
ne with more or less suspicion. l va
known 10 be close friend of Kliptoas
and klip'on. SO the sheriff had been y
formed. had pushed a machine answered.
the messengers description to the MaiH
zas power house that morning
Our pursuit did not lead US far on y
feus Notch road. Just beyond the rock
hills the motor wheels left well define
uacks across the desert southward.
spurring forward at top speed. We soon
mad the machine In sight-a slowly M i
ing blot on the horizon. At about ~
same moment we discovered tralhk
plume OF smoke OF to the west
he R:9 local for Albuquerque y
marked the sheriff. and presently U
uain was seen writhing like naA
across the sand
The blot representing the motor car
observed TO be at a standstill. presurnan
ehperiencine difficulty in getting aeros
tiie rails A long drawn out whistle fros
the locomotive reached our ears. folov
oy Shrek after shrek of frantic warnf1
The automatic road agent failed
move, and We sat our horses and ssi-
Whie the train giided into the blot. pas
90 on for hundred yards or 20, and tas
slowed TO a halt
BY Jupiter" cried the sheriff.
local has collided with the horseless w