Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-10-03

our the Duncn IKE we was nsssiu
snakes. e that fails I'm goin out to
the States an be doctor
"a doctor! What for?''
7 read somewhere that Ia the United
States every year there is 100000
gallons Of whisky used for medical
| purposes.
Glenister laughed. Speaking Of
whisky, Dex, notice that you've been
drinking pretty hard Of late-that is,
hard for you
The old man shook his. head You're
mistaken. It amt hard for me-
We'll hard or easy, you'd better cut
it out
1t was some time later that one of
the detectives employed by the Swedes
met Glenister on Front street and by
an almost imperceptibie sign signifed
his desire to speak with HIM When
they were alone he said:
you've been Swallowed"
1--WE known that for long time.n
THE. district attorney has put on
some new men. I've fixed the woman
who rooms next to him, and through
her I've got line on some of them,
but haven't spotted them all 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 GIenister had rea-
/ SON to recall the words of the sleuth
and to realize that the game was grow
ing close and desperate To reach bis
/ cabin, witch sat on the outskirts of the
town, he ordinarily followed one of
the plank walks which wound through
4 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
4 ever pieces of ground they found va
can't and erected thereon some kind of
buildings to make good their titles
| There resulted a formless tumble of
butts, 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
Glenister knew his course so well
/ that he could have walked it blindfold-
ed. Nearing a 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
across. simultaneously with his jump
he detected a movement In the shad
ows that banked the wall at his elbow
and saw the flaming spurt. of a revolver
shot The man had crouched behind
the building and was so close that 1t
| seemed impossible to miss. Glenisterl
| fell heavily upon his side, and the
thought flashed over him, "McNama-
Ira's thugs have shot ms"
His assailant leaped out from his
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,
4 so scrambled to his feet. felt himself
! over With care and then swores round
". He was untouched The other
had missed him cleanly The report,
| coming while be was in the aot ~
Ieaping, had startled him SO that he
had lost his balance, slipped upon the
wet boards and fallen. His assailant
| was lost in the darkness before he
could rise. Pursuit was out Of the
| question, so he continued homeward.
considerably shaken, and related the
incident to Dextry.
'sYou think it was some of McNa-
mara's work, ehg' Dextry inquired
| when he had finished.
"Of course. Didn't the detective
warn me today!"
Dextry shook his head. 1T don't
seem like the game is that far along
/ yet. The time is coming when We'll
40 to the mat with them people. but
they've, got the aige on us now, SO
what could they gain by putting you
away? I don't believe it's them. but
whoever it is you'd better be careful
or you'll be got
Suppose we come home together
after this Roy suggested. and they
arranged to do so. realizing that dan
ger lurked in the dark corners and
that it was in some such lonely spot
that the deed would be tried again.
They experienced no trouble for time.
though on nearing their cabin one
night the younger man fancied that he
saw shadow glide away from its VI
cinity and out into the biackness of
the tundra as though some one had
stood at his very door waiting for him,
then became frightened at the two fig
ures approaching. Dextry had not OBJ
served it, however, and Glenister was
not positive himself, but it served to
| give him the uncanny feeling that
some determined, INSCRIPTIONS force
was bent on his destruction. He de-
termined to go nowhere unarmed.
A few evenings later he went home