The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
IContinued from last week.
CHAPTER XNIU.

III ulu lUI wait lpllS
after his visitors departure,
but eXtinguished the light,
locked the door and began
the further adventures of this night.
The storm welcomed him with sufro-
eating VIOLENCE king the very
breath from his.. while the rain
beat through till his flesh WAS cold
and aching. He thought with II pang
of the girl facing this tempest, going
out to meet the thousand pCrilS of the
night. And it remained for him 10
bear his part as she bore hers. Smil.
ingly.
The last hour had added another and
mysterious danger to his fun meas.
urc. Could the kid lie jealous of
cherry? Surely not. Then what "lSc?
The tornado had driven his ]traiinrs
TO cover, evidently. for the streets
were given over TO its violence. and
Roy encountered no hostile sign A. H."
was bufGctcd from house TO house. He
advcnturcd cautiously and yet with
haste. finding certain homes where
the marSlals had been hefur" him
peoplcd now only by frightened wives
and children. 4 scattered few at the
v~igilantcS had been taken thus. while
the warning elements had prevented
their families from spreading tho
alarm or vCnturing out for Surcnr.
Those whom he was able Ia warn
dressed hurriedly. took their rifles and
went out into the drifting night. lcay-
ing empty cabins aud weeping women.
The great fight was on.
Toward daylight the remnants Of
the vigilantcs struggled into the big
blank warehouse on the sandspit and
there beneath the smoking glare oc
lanterns cursed the name of McNa-
mara. As dawn grayed the ragged
eastern skyline. DeXtry and Slapja"k
blew in through The spindrift, bringing
word from Cherry and lifting Il load
from Glenistcr's mind.
There's a game girl" said the old
miner as he wrung out his clothes.
She was half gone when she got 10
ns. and now she's waiting for the storm
10 break SO that she can come back"
ats clearing mp to the east" slap
.Jdtk cuui'trcu. you KNOW III gtl-
lin so rheumatic that Ice water don't
feel comfortable TO me no more
= "Uriatic acid in the blood" said Dex-
try. whats our next move?' he
asked OF his partner. "When do We
hang this politician? Seems like we've
got enough a~blebo1icd piano moycra
here 10 tie n can OF To the whole outfit,
- A. ,A-, -. 20 Nm 80 A.,
map and start afrcsl."
IL think we had better lie low aIti
watch Developments the other eat
toned. 'Thcrc'S no telling what may
turn M during the day
That's right. Strangers is like spir-
its-thcy work best in the dark"
As The day grew the storm died. lrav-
ing ramparts of clouds hanging Suiieu-
~ above the oceans rim, while those
skilled in weather prophecy forr'o'i
the coming OF the c|quinoctial. In Me.
Namara's office there was great stir
aRd the coming of many men. The
boss sat in his chair. smoking countless
cigars. his big face set in grim tines,
his hard eyes pcering through the pail
=" w ~ 'NF' Nv " =
worked the wires Of his machine until
his dolls doubled and danced AMI twist
ell mt his touch. After II guSty inter
view he had dismissed Voorhees, with
a mcrciless tongue lashing, raging bit
terIy at the mans failure.
you're not fit TO herd sheep. Thirty
mer ont all night and what do yot,
,t I,y,,, n,nIInt b.n.i.l piipIiL
You bag the mudhcns and the hi
game runs to- cover. | wanted clients
Ter, but you let him slip through youi
fingers o it's war. What n mos>
you've made, II | had even one helper
with Il brain the size of Il fiaXsccl, this
game would he "A gift, but you've bun,
glcd every move from the start. Bah
Put II spy in the bull pen with those
prisoners and make them talk. Of
fer them anything for information
Now get OUT
lie called for Il certain deputy ant
questioned him regarding the nights
quest, remarking finally:
There's %trcachcry somewhere. Ihost
men were warmed
"\obody cam near Glenistcr'S house
except Miss Chester the man replied
WHAT"
THE judges niece. We caught hei
by mistake in the dark"
Later, one of the men who had bceI
with Voorhees, at the Northcru nsket
To see the receiver and Told him:
"The chief won't believe that ! saw
Miss Chester in the dance hall lasI
night. hut she was there with Glrnls
ter. she me- have put him wise e
our game or ne wouldn't have know
we were after him.