Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-21

face with the judge and marshal, who
cried out upon seeing them, but us
they reined in, out from the stairs be-
uproar.
"Giye me hand-quickp he shouted
to them.
Whats up:" inquired the marshal
ITS murder! Mcnamara and Glen
isterw He dashed back up the steps
behind Voorhees,, the judge following.
while muftled cries came from above.
The gambler turned toward the three
men who were hurrying from the
beach and, recognizing Wheaton,
called to him: "Untie my feet! Cut
the ropes! Quick"
whats the trouble?" the lawyer
asked, but on hearing Glenister's name
bounded after the judge, leaving one
Of his companions to free the rider.
They could hear the fight now and all
crowded toward the door, Helen with
her brother, in spite of his warming to
stay behind.
She never remembered how she
climbed those stairs, for she was borne
along by that hypnotic power which
drags one to behold a catastrophe in
spite Of his will. Reaching the room,
she stood appalled,; for the group she
had joined watched two raging things
that rushed at each other with in
human cries, ragged. bleeding. fighting
on a carpet Of debris Every ..s.a. and
breakable thing had been ground to
splinters as though by iron slugs in a
whirling cylinder.
To this day, fFem Dawson to the
straits, from Unga to the arctics, men
tell of the combat wherever they fore
gather at tiaring campfires or in dingy
bunkhouses. and, although some scout
the tale, there are Others who saw 1t
and can swear to Its truth. These say
that the encounter was like the battle
Of bull moose in the ruttlng season,
though more terrible. averring that
two men like these had never been
known In the land since the days of
vitus Boring and his crew: for their
rancor had swollen till at feel of each
others flesh they ran mad and felt
superhuman strength. 1t is true. at
any rate, that neither was conscious
OF the filling room. nor the cries of the
crowd, even when the marshal forced
himself through the wcdged door and
fell upon the nearest. which was Glen
lister. He came ut an instant when the
h0H ~ -,
ing with rage drunken eyes. gasping
the labored breath back into their
lungs.
With fling of his long arms the
young man hurled the intruder aside
30 violently that his head struck the
iron safe and he collapsed insensible.
Then without apparent notice Of the
interruption, the fight went on 1t was
seen during this respite that Mona
mara's mouth was running water as
though he were deathly sick. while
every rctch brought forth a groan
Helen heard herself crying ''Stop
them! Stop thenv' But no one seemed
capable of interference. She heard her
brother muttering and his breath CON-
Ing heavily like that of the fighters. his
body swaying in time to theirs. The
Judge was ashy, imbecilc, helpless.
McNamarl's distress was patent to.
This antagonist. who advanced upon.
him with the hunger of promised vic
tory. but the young mans muscles
obeyed his commands sluggishly; his
ribs seemed broken. his back was
weak, and on the inner side of his legs
the flesh was quivering. AS they came
together the boss reached up his right
hand and caught the miner by the face,
burying thumb and fingers crablilSe
into his cheeks forcing his slack jaws
apart, thrusting his head backward,
while he centered every ounce of his
strength in the effort to maim Roy
felt the flesh giving way and flung
himself backward to break the hold.
whereupon the other summoned his
wasting energy and plunged toward
the safe, where lay the revolver. In
stinct warned Glenister of treachery,
told him that the man had sought this
last resource to save himself, and as
ae saw him turn his back and reach
!or the weapon the youth leaped like a
| santher. selling him about the waist.
grasping McNamara's wrist with his
right hand. For the first time during
the combat they We're not face to face
and on the instant Roy realized the
advantage given him through the 9th
er's perfidy, realized the wrestler's
hold that was his and knew that the
moment of victory was come.
The telling takes much time, but sc
| quickly had these things happened thai
the footsteps Of the soldiers had moi
yet reached the door when the mel
were locked beside the safe.
OF what happened next many gar
bled accounts have gone forth, for OF
all those present none but the Bronco
| Kid knew Its Significance and ever re
counted the truth concerning 1t. Some
claim that the younger man was seized
with fear of death which multiplied
his enormous strength, others that the
power died in his adversary as reward
for his treason, but it was not so.
No sooner had Roy encompassed Nc
Namara's waist from the rear than III
sid his damaged hand up past the 9th
er's chest and around the back of hi.
neck, thus bringing his own left arm
close under his enemy's left armpit
wedging the receivers head forward
while with his other hand he graspet
the politicians right wrist close to the
revolver, thus holding him in grasI
which could not be broken. Now cam,
the test. The two bodies set them
selves rocklike and rigid. There wa