Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-11-06
TheSpoilers.
BY REX e. BEACH.
Copyright 1906. by Rex Il. Beach.
CHAPTER XXI-C0NTINUED

genuine that he leaped to his feet
faced about, and prompted by secre.
tive instinct swung to the safe door as
though to guard its contents. He had
| acted upon the impulse before realjz.
ing that his weapon was inside and
that now, although the door was not
locked, II would require that one dan.
gerous, yes, fatal second TO open It.
| The two men stared at each other
for time, silent and malignant, their
| glances meeting like blades: in the old.
er mans face n look of defiance. In the
| younger's logged and grim purposed
enmlty. McNamara's first perturba-
ton left him calm, alert, dangerous,
whereas the continued contemplation
Of his enemy worked In Glcnlster to
destroy his composure, and his purpose
blazed forth unhidden.
He stood there unkempt and soiled,
the clean sweep Of jaw and throat
| Overgrown with n three days black
stubble, his hair wet and matted, his
whole left side foul with clay where
he had fallen In the darkness. A mud
dy red streak spread downward from
cut above his temple, beneath his eyes
were sagging folds, while the flicker mt
his mouth corners betrayed the high
nervous pitch TO which he was keyed.
Il have come for the last act. Nc
Namara Now wen have II out man
to man."
The politician shrugged his shoulders.
You have the drop ON me am I'M
| o..
lighted flercely, and he chuckled
,"Ah, that's almost too good to be
true. have dreamed about such Il
thing. and have been hungry to feel
| your throat since the first time | saw
| You. It's grown on me till shooting
wouldn't satisfy me. Ever had the
feeling? Well, I'm going to choke the
life out Of you with my bare hands"
| Mcnamara squared himself
II wouldn't advise you TO try II. l
have lived longer than you, and was
never beaten, but know the feeling
| you speak about. | have It now"
His eyes roved rapidly up and down
me others form, noting the lean thighs
and close drawn belt. which lent the
| appearance " sparseness, belied only
| by the neck and shoulders. He had
/ beaten better men. and he reasoned
that If II came to physical test in
these cramped quarters his own great
weight would more than Offset any SUI
pcriOr agility the miner might possess.
The longer he looked the more he
yielded to his hatred of the man before
him and the more cruelty he longed TO
satisfy II. ..a
Take of your coat" said Glenister.
Now turn around. All right! just
wanted to see II you were lying about
your gun"
"fll kill you" cried Mcnamara.
Glenlster laid his six shooter upon the
safe and slipped or his own wet gar
ment. The difference was more mark.
! ed now and the advantage more
| strongly with the receiver Though
they had avoided allusion to 1T, each
knew that this fight had nothing to
! do with the Midas and each realized
whence sprang their fierce enmlty
And II was meet that they should
come together thus. 1t had been the
one certain ana logical event which
they had felt inevitably approaching
| from long back. And II was fitting
| moreover, that they should fight alone
and unwitnesscd, armed only with the
weapons of the wilderness, for they
We're both Of the far. free lands. were
both of the fighters type and had
both warrcd for the first great prize.
They met feroclously Mcnamara
| aimed fearful blow, but Glcnlster
met him squarely, beating him of
cleverly, stepping In and out his
arms swinging loosely from his shoul.
ders like whalebone withes tipped with
lead. He moved lightly, his footing
made doubly secure by reason of his
soft solcd mukluks. Recognizing his
opponents greater weight, he under
took merely to stop the headlong
rushes and remain out of reach AZ
long as possible. He struck the poll.
| ticlan fairly In the mouth so that the
mans head snapped back and his fists
! went wild, then, before the arms
could grasp him, the miner had brok-
en- ground and whipped another blow
ucTOSS, Dul NtNulHuTb was uOAeT
himself, so covered and blocked 1t.
The politician spat through his mash.
ed lips and rushed again, sweeping
his opponent from his feet. Again
Glenister's fist shot forward like n
lump OF granite, but the other case on
head down and the blow finished too
high. landing on the big mans brow.
A sudden darting agony paralyzed
Roy's hand, and he realized that he
had broken the metacarpal bones and
that henceforth It would be useless
Before he could recover Mcnamara
had passed under his extended arm
and seized him by the middle then,
thrusting his left leg back OF Roy's,
he whirled him from his balance fling.
Ing him clear and with resistless force.
II seemed that fatal fall must fol
low, but the youth squirmed catlike
In the air, landing with set muscles
which rebounded like rubber. Even
So the receiver was upon him before