The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-05

steel on him"
II don't understand"
why. they've syvore out a warrant
an aim to guard the shore tomorrow.
We want you to-
Mr.. Dextry, I'm not looking for trou-
bic. 1 get enough in my own bust
ness"
"But. see here" argued. the other,
we've got to send him so lie can make
a Dowwow to the big legal smoke in
Frisco. We've been cold decked with
a bum fudge They've got rs into a
corner an over the ropes"
I'm sorry ] can't help you. Dextry,
but 1 got mixed up in one OF your
scrapes and that's plenty
This amt no stowaway There's no
danger to you" began Dextry, but the
officer interrupted him:
There's no need of arguing l won't
do it
"Oh, you won't, eh?' said the old
man. beginning to lose his temper
''WelI. you listen to me for a minute.
Every body in camp knows that me an
the kid IS OH the square am that were
gettin' the bunk passed TO us. Now,
this lawyer party must get away to-
night or these grafters viii hitch the
horses to him on some phony charge so
he can't get TO the upper court It'll be
him TO the bird cage for ninety days.
He's goin' to the States. though, an
he's -in-your-wagoni I'm talk
. in to yOu--man to man If you don't
take him. I'll go to the health inspector
he's a friend of mine-an' I'll put Il
crimp in you an your steamboat I
don't want to do that-it amt my reg
lar graft by no means-but this bet
goes through as she lays. never
belched up secret before. No, sir. I
am the human huntin' case watch. an
I won't open my face unless you press
me. but If l should. you'll see that it's
time for you TO hunt a new job. Now,
here's my scheme" He outlined his di-
rectious TO the sailor. who had fallen
silent during the warning When he
had done. Stephens said:
Il never had man talk to me like
that before. sir-never. You've taken
/ advantage Of me, and under the cir
! cumstances | can't refuse I'll do this
/ thing not because of your threat, but
/ because | heard about your trouble
/ over the Midas and because l can't
| help admiring your blamed insolence.
4 He went back into his stall.
| Dextry returned to Wheaton's office.
/ As he neared It he passed a lounging
! figure in an adjacent doorway.
The place is watched" he announc-
ed as he entered. Have you got a
/ back door? Good, Leave your light
/ burning and Wen go out that way"
! They slipped quietly into an 1nky, tor
4 tuous passage which led back toward
/ Second street. FIoundering through al
/ legs and over garbage heaps, by cir
cuitous routes they reached the bridge.
where in the swift stream beneath they
saw the lights from Macs tug.
Steam was up, and when the captain
had let them aboard Degtry gave him
instructions. to which he nodded ac-
quiescence. They babe the lawyer
atiieu. and the little craft slipped its
mornings, danced down the current,
across the bar and was swallowed up
in the darkness to seward.
"I'n put out Wheaton's light SO
they'll think he's gone to bed"
YES. and at daylight I'll take your
place in McNamara's loft" said Glen
lister. There will be doings tomorrow
when they don't ina him.
They returned by the way they had
come TO the lawyers room, extinguish
ed his light. went to their own cabin
ard to bed. At dawn Glenister arose
and sought his place above McNa
mara's office.
To lie stretched at length on a sin
gle plank with eye glued to crack il
not q comfortable, position, and the
watcher thought the hours of the mex
day would never end. As they drag
ged YEARLY. past his bones began t
sche beyond yet owing tt
the flimsy structure of the building hi
dared not move while the room below
was tenanted. In fact. he would no
have stirred had he dared, so intens'
| was his interest in the scenes being
enacted beneath hiIa.
First had come the marshal. who re
ported his failure to find Wheaton
..TTe left his room some time las
night. Ny men followed him in ans
saw light in his window until
o'clock this morning. AZ O'Clock VI
broke in, and he was gone"
..He must have got wind OF our plan
Send deputies aboard the Santa Maria
I
have them watch the beach close o
hen put off in n small boat You Loo
over the passengers that go aboar
yourself Don't trust any OF your me-
for that. because he may try to sill
through disguised. He's liable TO max
I'D like q woman. You understand
there's only one ship in port. and-h
mustn't get away"
HE won't" said Voorhees,, with cor
viction. and the listener overhea
smiled grirniy to himself. for at tina
| moment, twenty miles offshore, la
Macs little tug. hove to in the track o
the outgoing steamship. and in her tin
cabin sat Bill Wheaton eating break
fast
!, +; As the morning wore by with n
: news of the lawyer, McNanara's III
! easiness grew. At noon the marshs
| returned with report that the pas
|. sengers were. all aboard and the shi
4 aboutst0 <3eatA IS
81 fBy heavens! He's slipped throug
!. you. stormed the politician.
mo. he hasn't He may be hidde
aboard somewhere among the COS
bunkers, but think he's still ashor