The Red Cloud chief., 1908-01-10
CHAPTER XIV,

in the Northern, Glenister
awoke under a weight of dis
enlargement and dcsolatlon.
The past twenty-four hours with their
manifold experiences seemed distant
and unreal. At breakfast he was
ashamed to tell Dcxtry of the gam
bling debauch, for he had dealt treach-
erously with the old man in riski4g
half of the mine. even though they
had checked the scnSelcss, unrcasoning
lust for play that possessed him later.
This lapse was the last stand of his
old. untamed instincts. The ombers Of
revolt in him were dead. He felt that
he would never again lose mastery Of
himself. that his passions w6Sld never
best him hereafter.
DcXtry spoke. 1--WE had a meeting
Of the strangers last night He al
ways spoke of the vigilantes in that
way, because Of his early western
training.
what was done!'
"They decided to act quick and do
any odd jobs of lynchin', claim jump
in or such as needs dom. There's a
! " WI III" stlh lS III SN'l'h''l'lS IL
the bunch who figure McNamara's
gang will wipe them off the map next
ut was bound to come TO this"
.Thcy talked of ejectin' the rcceiv-
er's men and putin all us fcllcrs hack
on III mines"
Good! How many can BE count o
to help usT'
"About sixty. We've kept the nun
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 il
would reach Washington. Everything
else has failed. INC our last chance
seems to he 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
moIe'n he would for a boy with n pea
shooter-hc's got too much pull at
headquarters. II the Strangers don't
do no good we'd better go in an clean
out the bunch like we was Hllin'
snakes. IL hat fails I'm eoin' out 70
the States an he Il doctor"
"A doctor, What forr"
Il read somewhere that IN the United
States every year there is i0,00450NC
gallons of whisky used for medical
/, purposes"
GicniSter laughed. Speaking OF
!, whisky. DcX. | notice that you've been
drinking pretty hard of late-that is
|; hard for you.'
: The old man shook his head. Your,
, mistaken. II amt hard for me"
well. hard or easy, you'd better Gu
it out"
IL was some time later that II oI
t the detectives employed by tie Swedes
| met GleniSter on Front street and b..
! an almost impcrccptible sign sigHifie,
his desire 10 speak with him. Whel
L they We're alone he said:
: You've been Swallowed"
I've known that for "A long time"
e The district attorney has put oI
some new men. I've fixed the wOma,
who rooms next 10 him, and through
+ her I've got a line on some of them
pt' . ' 'I'''N' 'f'"' 80 49, '
3 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 eye
o open"
b A few nights after Glcnister had rea
a son Ia recall the words Of the sleutl
g and 10 realize that the game was grow
ing close and desperate. ia reach hi
II cabin. which sat on the outskirts Of tn
G town. he ordinarily followed one %
g the plank walks which wound through
the confusion Of tents, warehouses an,
Il cottages lying back of the two prime
d pal streets along the water front. Thi
part OF The city was not laid out i
g rectangular blocks. for in the earl
Il rush the first conlcrS had seiZed what
d ever pieces ~ ground they found VI
e cant and erected thereon some (ind u
% buildings Ia make good their titles
lt There resulted "A formless jalphlc a
4, huts, cabins and sheds, penetrated b
y no cross streets aud quite unlightet
At night one leaving the Illuminate
L. portion of the town found this darn
H. ness intensified.
ie Gleuister knew his course 50 we
g. that he could have walked II blindfolt
,e ed Nearing II corner Of the warehous
ID this evening he remembered that TN
a planking AT this point was torn up, :
IL TO avoid the mud he lenped light
across, simultaneously with his jun