The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-10
TheSpOiIerS.
ny REX e. BEACH.
Copyright. 1905. by Rex q. Beach.
CONTINUED from last issue.)

Il
| ~ the morning after the episode
in the Northern. Glenister
awoke under weight of dis
- couragement and desolatIon
The past twenty four hours with their
manifold experiences seemed distant
and unreal. At breakfast lie. was
ashamed TO tell Dextry Of the gam
bling debauch. for he had dealt treach-
erously with the old man i'm risking
half OF the mine. even though they
had checked the senseless. unreasoning
lust for play that possessed him later.
This lapse was the last stand of his
old, untamed IN ,Incts. The embers of
revolt in him were dead. He felt that
he would never again lose mastery OF
himself. that his passions would never
best him hereafter.
Dextry spoke. 1--WE had meeting
OF the Strangers last night" He NJ
ways spoke of the vigilantes in that
way. because Of his early western
training.
What was done|
"Thcy decided TO act quick and do
any odd jobs OF lyuchin'. claim jump
in or such as needs dom. There's
lot of law sharps and storekeepers in
the bunch who figure McNamara's
gang will wipe them off the map next"
ut was bound TO come TO this"
"They talked of eiectin' the receive
er's men and putin all us fellers back
on our mines"
Good! How many can we count on
TO help u.s."
About sixty. We've kept the num-
Der down and only taken men with so
much property that they'll have to
keep their mouths shut"
Il wish we might engineer some kind
of an encounter with the court crowd
and create such an uproar that II
would reach Washington. Everything
else has failed, and our last chance
seems to be for the government to step
in-that is, unless Bill Wheaton can do
something with the California courts"
Il don't count on him. Mcnamara
don't care for California courts no
moren he would for a boy with n pea
shooter-he's got too much pull at
headquarters. II the Strangers don't
do no good we'd better 90 in an clean
out the bunch like we was KILN
snakes. II that fails I'm goin' out TO
the States an he n DOCTOR
"A doctor! What fory'
Il read somewhere that In the United
States every year there is 40,OO0.O00
gallons Of whisky used for medical
purposes"
Glenlster laughed. speaking Of
whisky, pex. | notice that you've been
drinking pretty hard of late-that is,
hard for you"
The old man shook his head. You're
mistaken. L. amt hard for me"N
well, bard or easy. you'd better cut
1t out"
1t was some time later that one Of
the detectives employed by the Swedes
met Glenister on Front street and by
an almost imperceptible sign signified
his desird to speak with him. When
they wero alone he said:
You've been Swallowed"
I've known that for a long time"
THE district attorney has put on
some new men I've fixed the woman
who rooms next 10 him. and through
her I've got line on some of them,
but haven't spotted them ALL They're
bad ones, up river men mostly. rem
nants OF Soapy Smiths Skagway gang.
They won't stop at anything"
Thank you. I'll keep my eyes
OPEN
A few nights after Glenlster had rea-
son to recall the words of the sleuth
and to realize that the game was grow
ing close and desperate. To reach his
cabin, which sat on the outskirts of the
town. he ordinarily followed one OF
the' plank walks which wound through