The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-28
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block before the trick is turned. Curse
me if I'd not put his light out
None of that. you fool. or you'll
queer the game" frowned Wykoff
Which is Felix Boyd?''
The stripey yonder. near the edge of
the pier"
Him with red hair?''
It's red wig. Rafferty,. and he's
made up with Internal skill He is
booked at our hotel as Jim Garvey, in
for seven years
Seven hellsi' muttered Rafferty,
with scornful growl. 81 wish I felt
as sure of this game as you do"
SO you would, Rafferty,, IL you knew
Scanlon as we'll as / know him. Trust
him 10 be dead right. first and last"
Dead right this time is all | care
for
He is wise to the whole of Boyd's
crafty scheme. and it suits us to the
letter. 1t insures our escape, just as I
told you yesterday. and will throw
Boyd himself into our clutches God in
heaven. I can imagine how he'll look
and act when he learns how he's been
duped into playing into our hands He'll
not suffer long from disappointment,
however. once ScanlOn again lands him
under cover"
He means to turn him DOWN."
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be a fool if he doesn't" wykof bitterly
muttered. why, man. there are nearly
thirty stripeys here In Sing Sing each
of whom was once a member of Scan
Ions gang, and every man OF them was
landed here at one time or another by
Felix Boyd. Yet he never has been able
to corner Scanlon, who constantly has
spy upon him. and hates him as the
devil hates holy water
nf into r.-o
than succession of subdued growls.
augmenting ITS grimness, and never a
word reached the ears of the guard,
nor any of the great gang of convict
laborers thronging the pier and shore
1t was partly drowned moreover by he
constant noise of the hammers and
tools in the hands OF the toiling men.
Rafferty, snarled in1pa.iently, and
glanced sharply across the river.
Where's Scanlon now?" he mutter-
ed. DO you know
II saw the launch slip upstream
half-an-hour ego. The mist hides ii Just
at present.
Damn the mist.'
Don't abuee your friends murmur-
ed Wykoff coolly But for Felix Boyd.
who has made it needless, this mist
might have served us very WE'LL
Better, maybe, than Scanlon will,
Unless he
"Faugh, he'll not fail us
Then he must show up damned
sOon.' growle6 Rafferty,. who was like
hound in leash. "In another half
hour We'll be doing the lock-step for
the hotel
Not by a long chalk. Rafferty," Wy
kof quietly protested. There'll be tirle
enough given US for the move of today.
Boyd himself has insured that. His
game is not TO prevent our escape. but
by it. and his own crafty work. TO land
Scanlon and his entire gang. just wait
till we get him, and he learns how
! Scanlon has turned the tables on him. :"
What If a guard stops me FROM
mo guard will interfere. 7 tell YOU.
except the one who tackles me-" wy
koff interrupted impatiently. Il have il
direct from Scanlon. in the last secret
cipher. Then Boyd will set the ball roll
ing. not as he thinks. but against him
self. AS blind as bat TO Scanlon's
crafty-easy. Watch out: YouGer's the
launch again.
by Heaven, you're right"
STEADY, Not a move, Rafferty,, till
l give the word
Who's at the Wheel"
"Scanlon himself. Kearney is watch
ing us through a glass. Ha, this Is the
time, for there's the signal, a white