Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-08-08

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the way-these were stamped upon her
retina, and then she was jerked vio-
lently backward, two strong arms
crushed her down upon her knees
against the wall, and she was smoth-
cred in the arms Of Roy Glenister.
"afy God! Don't move! We're in
liner
He crouched over her, his cheek
against her hair, his weight forcing
her down into the smallest compass,
his arms about her, his body forming
a living shield against the flying bull
lets. Over them the big man stood.
and the sustained roar of his gun was
deafening. In an instant they heard
the thud and felt the jar of lead in the
thin boards against which they hud-
died. Again the report echoed above
their heads, and they saw the slender
man in the street drop his weapon and
spin half round as though hit with
some heavy hand He uttered cry
and, STOPPING for his gun, plunged for
ward, burying his face in the sand.
The man by Glenister's side shouted
curses thickIy and walked toward his
PROSTATE enemy, firing at every step.
The wounded man rolled TO his side
and, raising himself on his elbow, shot
twice so rapidly that the reports blend
ed, but without checking bis antago-
nist's approach. -Four more times the
relentless assailant fired deliberately,
his last missile sent as he stood over
the body which twitehed and shudder-
ed at his feet. its garments muddy and
smeared. Then he turned and retraced
his steps. Back within arms length of
the two who pressed against the build
ing he came, and as he went by they
saw his coarse and sulien features
drawn and working palIidly, while the
breath whistled through his teeth. He
held his course TO the door they had
just quilted: then, as he turned, he
coughed bestially. splitting out a
mouthful of blood. His knees wayer-
ed. He vanished within the portals,
and in the sickly silence that fell they
heard his hobnailed boots dumping
slowly up the stairs.
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thoroughfare. Men rushed forth from
every quarter. and the CHASTITY object
in the dirt was hidden by geething
mass of miners
Glenister raised the girl, but her
head rolled Imply. and she would have
placed his arm about her waist. Her
eyes were staring and horror filed.
Don't be frightened said he, smiI-
ing at her reassuringly. But his own
lips shook and the sweat stood out like
dew on him, for they had both been
close to death. There came surge
and swirl through the crowd, and
Dextry swooped upon them like
hawk
BE We hurt? Holy Mackinawl When
l see em blaze away | yells at We fit
to bust my throat. / shore thought
you was gone Although / can't say
but this KILN was sight for sore
eyes-so neat an genteei-still, as
rule, in these street brawls it's the
innocuous bystander that has flowers
sent around to his house afterward."
Look at this. said GIenister. Breast
high in the wall against which they
had crouched. not three feet apart
were bullet holes.
sThem's the first two he unhitched,
Dextry remarked, jerking his head
toward the object in the street. Must
have been a new gun an pulled hard
-throwed him to the right. Seep'
Even to the girl it was patent that
had she not been snatched as she was
the bullet would have found her.
Come away quick she painted. and
they led her into nearby store, where
she sank upon seat and trembled I'M
til DextIy brought her glass Of
whisky.
Here, miss" he said .Pretty tough
go for a scheeehako.' I'm afraid you
amt gettin' enamoured Of this here
country a whole lot"
For half an hour he talked to her
in his whimsical way of foreign things
till she was Quoted Then the part
ners arose to go. Although Glenister
had arranged for her to stop with the
wife of the merchant for the rest Of
the night, she would not
Il can't go to bed. Please don't leave
me! I'm too nervous. I'll so mad il
you do. The strain of the last week
has been too much for me. If / sleep
III see the faces of those men again"
Dextry talked with his companion,
then made purchase which he laid
af tha laf1y,S feet
Here's a pair of half grown gum
boots. You put EN- on an come with
us. Well take your mind off Of things
complete. An as fer sweet dreams,
when you get back you'll make the
slumbers of the just seem as restless
as a riot or the antics Of mountain
goat which nimbly leaps from crag to
crag, and-well. that's restless enough.
Come oni'
AS the sun slanted up out Of Bering
sea they marched back toward the
hills, their feet ankle deep In the soft