Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-12

eve won't" said he. with conviction.
| II look on all lawyers with suspicion.
| even to old baldface your uncle,
askin' your pardon an gettin' 1t, bein'
as I'm friend an he amt no real
relation of yours, anyhow. No. sir
They're all crooked"
Dextry held the western distrust OF
the legal profession-comDrche
unreasoning. deep.
"Is the old man all the kin you've
got?" he questioned, when she refused
| to discuss the matter.
"He is--in n way. have brother
or hope have, somewhere. He run
away when we were both little tads,
and haven't seen him since. heard
about him. indirectly. Mt Skagway-
three years ago-during the big rush to
the Klondike, but he has never been
home. When father died, went to
live with Uncle Arthur-some day, per-
| haps, I'll find my brother He's cruel
to hide from me this way, for there are
| only we two left, and I've loved him
| always"
ed we'll with the gloom of her COM
panlon, so they stared silently out over
| the Aeaving green waters.
Its n good thing me an the kid had
little piece of money ahead" Dcxtry
| resumed later, reverting to the thought
| that lay uppermost III his mind, "'cause
| we'd be up against it right IL we
hadn't Tho hoy, oouI1p,% l,o,o n ,,,,sod
himself none with these court proceed
ings, because they come high. call
'em luSuries, like branded peaches an
silk undcrshlrts.
II don't trust these Jim Grow banks
no, more than l do lawyers neither.
No. Stree! l bought iron safe an
hauled it out to the NINE She weighs
1880. and we keep our money locked
up there. We've got Teller named
Johnson watchin' it now. Steal It?
Well, hardly They can't bust her open
without stick of giant which would
rouse everybody in five miles. an they
can't lug her off bodily-she's too
heavy. No. It's safer there than any
place know of. There amt no alb
scondin' cashiers an all that. Tomor-
rer I'm goin' back to live on the claim
an watch this receiver man till the
things settled"
When the girl arose to co. he accom-
panied her up through the deep sand Of
the lanelille street to the main muddy
| thOroughfare of the camp. AS yet the
planked and graveled pavements which
later threaded the town were unknown,
and the incessant traffic had worn the
road into qungmire of chocolate col
ored slush. almost axle deep. with
which the store fronts. show windows
and awnings were plentifully shot and
spattered from passing teams. When
ever a wagon approached pedestrians
fed to the shelter of neighboring door
ways, watching chance to dodge out
again. When vehicles passed from the
comparative solidity of the main street
out into the mOrasses that constituted
the rest of the town, they advcntured
perilously, their horses plunging. snort
Ing, terrified. amid an atmosphere of
profanity. Discouraged animals were
down constantly, and no foot passen-
ger, even with rubber boots, ventured
OFF the planks that led from house to
house.
To avoid a splashing team De4try
pulled his companion close In against
the entrance to the Northern saloon.
standing before her protectlngly.
Although it was late in the after
noon, the Bronco Kid had just arisen
and was now loating preparatory to
the active duties of his profession. He
was speaking with the proprietor when
Dextry and the girl sought shelter
Just without the open door, so he
caught fair though tleeting glimpse
of her as she flashed n curious look in
Side. She had never been so close to
gambling hall before and would have
liked to peer in more carefully had she
dared, but her companion moved for
ward. At the first look the Bronco
Kid had broken off In his speech and
stared at her as though at an appari-
ton. When she had vanished. he
spoke to Reilly,
"Who's that?"
Reilly shrugged his shoulders; then.
ed back toward the empty theater and
out Of the back door.
He moved nonchalantly till he was
outside. then with the speed of a colt
ran down the narrow planking between
the buildings. turned parallel to the
front street. leaped from board to
board. splashed through puddles of
water, till he reached the next alley.
Stamping the mud from bis shoes and
pulling down his sombrero. he sauntcr-
cd out into the main thoroughfare.
peXtry and his companion had cross
ed 70 tho other side and were ap-
preaching, SO the gambler gained
Fair view Of them. He searched every
Inch Of the girls face and figure, then,
as she made to turn her eyes In bis di.
rection. he slouched away. He follow
ed. however. at distance, till he saw
the man leave her, then on up to the
big hotel he shadowed her. A half
hour later he was drinking in the
Golden Gate barroom with an ac-
quaintance who mlnistercd to the me.
chanical details behind the hotel
counter
who's the girl saw come In Just
now?" he inquired.
II guess you mean the Judges
niece"
Both men spoke IN the dead, re,
strained tones that 50 With their call
lngs,
''M'hat's her nameY
:Chester, | think, Whyp Look good