The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-08

cried out
The distance across the pit was s.
short that she saw his every line ana
nneament clearly. il was the brOthel
she had sought these years and years
Before she knew or could check II III,
blood call leaped forth
"Drury.- she cried aloud. at which
be whipped his head about while
amazement and some other emotion
she could not gauge spread slowly Ovel
his features. For "A long moment be
stared at her without movement OF
sign while the drama beneath went
on then he drew back into his retreat
with the dazed look of one doubling
his senses. yet fearful of putting them
to the test For her part. she saw
nothing except her brother vanishing
slowly into the shadows as though
stricken at her glance, the curtains
closing before his livid face, and then
pandemonium broke loose at her feet
Glenister. holding his enemies at
bay. had retreated to the double doors
leading to the theater. His coup had
been executed so quickly and with
such lack of turmoil that the throng
outside knew nothing of 1t till they
saw a man walk backward through
the door. As he did so he reached
forth and slammed the wide wings
shut before his face, then turned and
dashed into the press Inside the
dance hall loud sounds arose as the
officers clattered down the stairs and
made after their quarry. They tore
the barrier apart in time to see, far
down the saloon, an eddying swirl as
though some great fish were flashing
through the lily pads of a pond, and
then the swinging doors closed behind
Glenister
Helen made her way from the thea
ter as she had come, unobserved and
unobserving, but she walked in a
dream. Emotions had chased each
other too closely tonight to be distin-
guishable, so she went mechanically
through the narrow alley to Front
street and thence to her home.
Glenister meanwhile had been swal-
lowed up by the darkness, the night
enfolding him without sign or trace.
AS he ran he considered what course
to follOw-whether to carry the call to
his comrades in town or to make for
the creek and Deytry. The vigilantes
might still distrust him, and yet he
owed them warning. McNamara's
men were moving so swiftly that ac-
ton must be speedy to forestall them
Another hour and the net would be
closed, while it seemed that whichever
course he chose they would snare one
or the other-either the friends who
remained in town or Dex and Slapjack
out in the hills. With daylight those
two would return and walk unheeding
into the trap, while if he bore the
would be Jailed before dawn. AS he
drew near Cherry Malotte's house he
saw a light through the drawn cur
tains. A heavy raindrop FLASHED upon
his face, another followed, and then he
heard the patter of falling water in
creasing swiftly. Before he could gain
the door the storm had broken. 1t ,
swept up the street with tropical vio-
ence, while breath sighed out of the
llAS tue liILcI llOII u1ucIlOOt r
and pelting him with flying particles !
Over the roofs the wind rushed with !,
he rising moan of hurricane, while
he night grew suddenly noisy ahead
If the tempest.
He entered the door without knock
ng to find the girl removing her coat.
Ter face gladdened at sight of him, :
tut he checked her with quick and :
autious words, his speech almost =
rowned by the roar outside :
Are you aloneT' She nodded, and =
e slipped the bolt behind him, saying
1.-THE marshals are after me. We 3
ust had a run in at the Northern, . p
nd I'm on the go. No-nothing seri - !,
us yet, but they want the viglantes y
nd must get them word. VIII you .
clip me?" He rapidly recounted the u
Nv of the last ten minutes, while she u
odded her quick understanding. "
You're safe here for a little WHILE u
lie told him, "for the storm will check ~
lem If they should come, there's 90
back door leading out from the III
tchen and a side entrance yonder
! my room you'll find French win III
wv They can't corner you very :,
ell" ~
"Slapjack and Dex are out at the A,
= you know = that quart q
aim on the mountain above the Mi 90
IS" He hesitated "Will you lend -,
e your saddle horse? It's a black
ght, and l may kill him." -.
What about these men in town." ~
I'll warn them first, then hit for the -
u.s." -
She shook her head You can't do Wv
You can't get out there before day a.,
Int If you wait to rouse these peo- el
!. and Mcnamara has probably tele ~
oned the mines TO send a party T., ne
the Quartz claim after Dey. ~,
ows where the old man is as well as 81,
u do, and they'll raid him before ha,
wn." a.,
I'm afraid so, but it's all | can If ,.,s
:. Will you give me the horse" M,