Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-11-07

er's men and putin all us felers back
on our mines
Good. How many can we count on
to help u.s.
about sixty. We've kept the num-
Der down and only taken men with so
much property that they'll have TO
keep their mouths shut"
81 wish we might engineer some kind
of nm encounter with the court crowd
and create such an uproar that 1t
would reach Washington. Everything
else has failed and our last chance
seems to be for the government to step
in--that is, unless Fill Wheaton can do
something with the California courts"
IL don't count on him. Mcnamara
don't care for California courts no
more'n he would for boy with pea
shooter-hos got too much pull at
Headquarters If the Strangers don't
do no good we'd better go in an clean
out the bunch like we was KILN
snakes II that fails I'm gon' out to
the States an be n doctor"
"A doctor, What for?"
Il read somewhere that in the United
States every year there Is 100000
gallons of whisky used for medical
purposes"
Glenlstcr laughed. Speaking Of
whisky, DcX, l notice that you've been
drinking pretty hard of late-that is,
hard for vou.'
The old man shook his head. You're
mistaken. 1t amt hard for me"
, We'll hard or easy, you'd better cut
| 1t out"
1t was some time later that one of
! the detectives employed by the Swedes
/ met Gleistcr on Front street and by
an almost imperceptible sign signiied
/ his desire to speak with him. When
they were alone he said:
You've been Swallowed"
"1ve known that for long time"
"rhe district attorney has put on
some new men. I've fixed the woman
! who rooms next to him, and through
! her I've got a line on some of them,
! but | haven't spotted them ali they're
bad ones, up river men mostly, rem
nants OF Soapy Smiths SkaGway gang.
They won't stop at anything"
Thank you. I'll keep my eyes
open"
A few nights after Glenister had rea-
son to recall the words of the sleuth
and to realize that the game was grow
ing close and desperate. To reach his
cabin, which sat on the outskirts OF the
town, he ordinarily followed one Of
the plank walks which wound through
the confusion of tents, warehouses and
cottages lying back of the two princi-
pal streets along the water front. This
part of the city was not laid out In
| rectangular blocks, for in the early
rush the first Corners had seized what
ever pieces Of ground they found va
cant and erected thereon some kind Of
buildings to make good their titles.
There resulted formless tumble of
huts. cabins and sheds penetrated by
no cross streets and quite unlighted.
At night one leaving the Illuminated
portion of the town found this dark
ness intensified.
Glenistcr knew his course so well
that he could have walked 1t blindfold-
ed. Nearing corner of the warehouse
this evening he remembered that the
planking at this point was torn up, so
to avoid the mud he leaped lightly
i, across. simultaneously with his Jump
t he detected q movement il the shad-
ows that banked the wall at his elbow
and saw the flaming squirt of revolver
shot. The man had crouched behind
Ia h,,il 4.
? seemed impossible to miss. Glenister
=, fell heavily upon his side, and the
thought flashed over him. "McNama.
= ras thugs have shot me-"
His asSailant lcaped out from his
r hiding place and ran down the walk
the sound OF his quick, soft footballs
, thudding family out into the silence
The young man felt no pain. however
, so scrambled to his feet, felt him sell
over with care and then swore round
= ly. He was untouched. The other
9 had missed him clearly. The report
coming while he was in the act OF
4 ieaping had startled him so that h,
LID lost his balance, slipped upon TIT
=, wet boards and fallen. His assailan
= was lost in the darkness before II,
~ could rise. Pursuit was out OF tn,
c question, so ne continued homcward
considerably shaken, and related tn,
9 incident to DeXtry.
You think it was some of McNa
\ mara's work, chi" Dextry inquired
when he had finished.
! "Of course. Didn't the detectlv
y warn me today
DcXtry shook his head. 1T don
\ seem like the game is that far alon;
o yet. The time is coming when vel
90 to the mat with them people, bu
they've got the aige on us now, s.
e what could they gain by putting yo,
II away? | don't believe it's them, bu
+ whoever it IS you'd better be careful
1. or you'll be got"
II s"Supposc we come home togcthe
It after this Roy suggested, and the
. arranged to do so, realizing that dar
l. ger lurked in the dark corners an
l. that it was in some such lonely spo
4 that the deed would be tried agar
Y They experienced no trouble for tim,
& though on nearing their cabin on
r. night the younger man fanCled that h
Is saw n shadow glide away from It's V
# cinity and out into the blaCkness 4
It the tundra as though some one pa
If stood at his very door waiting for hin