The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-04-17

gallons Of whisky used for medical
purposes"
Glenister laughed speaking Of
whisky. Dex. 1 notice that you've been
drinking pretty hard Of late-that is.
hard for you
The Old man shook his head You're
mistaken. Ii amt hard for me-"
We'll. hard or easy, you'd better cut
il out"
Ii was some time later that one Of
the detectives employed by the Swedes
met GIenister on Front street and BY
an almost imperceptible sign signihed
his desire TO speak with him. When
Z they were alone he said:
you've been Swallowed"
i've known that for a long time"
The district attorney has put on
4 some new men. I've fixed the woman
who rooms next to him. and through
her I've got a 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.
4 They won't stop at anything"
Thank you. I'll keep my eyes
I
open
A few nights after Glenister 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
the confusion of tents, warehouses and
cottages lying back of the two princi-
pal streets along the water front. This
part of the city was not laid out in
rectangular blocks, for in the early
/ rush the first corners had seized what
ever pieces of ground they found va
| cant and erected thereon some kind Of
| buildings to make good their titles.
| There resulted a formless tumble of
huts, cabins and sheds, penetrated by
no cross streets and quite unlighted.
At night one leaving the Illuminated
portion of the town found this dark
ness intensified
| Glenister knew his course so well
that he could have walked 1t blindfold-
ed. Nearing a corner of the warehouse
this evening he remembered that the
planking at this point was torn up, so
to avoid the mud he leaped lightly
across. simultaneously with his jump
he detected a movement in the shad-
ows that banked the wall at his elbow
and saw the flaming squirt of revolver
shot. The man had crouched behind
the building and was so close that it
1 81 iYny.accftIa f0 F11fGc Glnnfctnr
fell heavily upon his side and the
i Lnougnt mashed over him, "McNama-
"a IS thugs have shot me.
His assailant leaped out from his
hiding place and ran down the walk,
the sound of his quick. soft footballs
thudding family out into the silence.
The young man felt no pain, however,
10 scrambled to his feet, felt himself
over with care and then swore round
lly. He was untouched The other
had missed him clearly. The report,
coming while he was in the act OF
leaping. had startled him so that he
had lost his balance, slipped upon the
wet boards and fallen. His assailant
was lost in the darkness before he
could rise. Pursuit was out of the
question, so he continued homeward.
considerably shaken. and related the
incident to Dextry.
''You think 1t was some Of Mona
mara's work, eh?' DextHy inquired
when he had finished.
''Of course. Didn't the detective
warn me today"
Dextry shook his head. 1T don't
seem like the game is that far along
vet. The time is coming when Wei
no to the mat with them people, but
they've got the aige on US now, 80
what could they gain by putting you
away? l don't believe It's them, but
whoever it is you'd better be careful
or you'll be got"
"Suppose we come home together
after this" Roy suggested, and they
. arranged to do 80, realizing that dan
ger lurked In the dark corners and
that 1t was In some such lonely spot
that the deed would be tried again.
They experienced no trouble for time,
though on nearing their cabin one
night the younger man fancied that ne
saw a shadow glide away from Its VI
cinity and out into the blackness OF
the tundra as though some one had
stood at his very door waiting for him,
then became frightened at the two f1g-
ures approaching Dextry had not oo-
served 1t. however, and Glenister was
not positive himself, but 1t served to
give him the uncanny feeling that
some determined, INSCRIPTIONS force
was bent on his destruction. He de-
termined to go nowhere unamed.
A few evenings later he went home
early and was busted in writing when
Dextry came In about 10 o'clock. Inc
old miner hung up his coat before
speaking, lit cigarette, inhaled deep
w. then, amid mouthfuls of smoke, be
gan:
81 had my own toes over the edge
tonight. was mistook for you. which
compliment / don't aim to have re-
peated."
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