The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-01-10
CONTINUED from last week.
CHAPTER XIV.

II
~ couragement and desoiat1on. |
The past twenty-four hours with their
manifold experiences seemed distant
and unreal. At breakfast he was
ashamed to tell Dextry Of the gam
bling debauch, for he had dealt treach-
erously with the old man In risking
half of the mine, even though they
had checked the senseless, unreasonlng
lust for play that possessed him later
This lapse was the last stand or his
old. untamed instincts. The embers OF
revolt in him were dead. He felt that
he would never again lose mastery OF
himself, that bis passions would never
best him hereafter.
Dextry spoke. I'VE 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 doneT
"They decided to act quick and do
any odd jobs of lynchin', claim jump
In or such as needs doin'. There's
lot of law sharps and storekeepers In
the bunch who figure McNamaras
gang will wipe them of the map next"
"It was bound to come to this"
.aThey talked of ejectin' the receiv-
er's men and putin all us fellers back
on our mines"
"Goodl How many can we count on
to help us?'
about sixty. We've kept the num-
Der down and only taken men with 80
much property that they'll have 10
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 steI
in-that is, unless Bill Wheaton can &c
something with the California courts
ct don't count on him. Mcnamara
don't care for California courts M
more'n he would for boy with pes
shooter-he's got too much pull a
headquarters. If the Strangers don
do no good we'd better go in an clear
out the bunch like we was killln
snakes If that fails I'm goin' out I
the States an be doctor"
"A doctor! What for?'
at read somewhere that in the Unite
States every year there is 100000
gallons of whisky used for medica
purposes"
Glenister laughed. Speaking G
whisky, Dex, notice that you've bee
drinking pretty hard Of late-that il
hard for you"
The old man shook his head. You
mistaken. 1t amt hard for me-"
"well, hard or easy, you'd better CT
it OUT
1t was some time later that one
the detectives employed by the Swed'
met Glenister on Front street and L
an almost imperceptble sign slgnin'
his desire to speak with him. Wh'
they were alone he said:
you've been Swallowed"
1--WE known that for long time"
1.-THE district attorney has put
some new men. I've fixed the won;
who rooms next to him, and throu;
her I've got a line on some OF the
but haven't spotted them all. Ihey
bad ones, up river men mostly, re-
nants of Soapy Smiths Skagway gar
They won't stop at anything"
'Thank you. I'll keep my ey
open"
few nights after Glenister had -
son TO recall the words of the sler
and to realize that the game was gro
ing close and desperate. To reach
cabin. which sat on the outskirts or
town, he ordinarily followed one
the plank walks which wound throu
the confusion of tents, warehouses Q
cottages lying back Of the two prr
nal streets along the water front L
part Of the city was not laid out
rectangular blocks, for In the ca
rush the first corners had seized WI
ever pieces Of ground they found
cant and erected thereon some kind
buildings to make good their TIT
There resulted formless tumble
huts. cabins and sheds, penetrated
no cross streets and quite unligh'
At night one leaving the illumina
portion Of the town found this ia
ness intensified.
Clenjster knew his course so
that he could have walked IL blindr
ed Nearing corner OF the wareno
this evening he remembered that
planking at this point was torn up
to avoid the mud he leaped lig
across. simultaneously with his j.
he detected movement In the 81
ows that banked the wall at his ell
and say the flaming squirt Of revo
shot. The man had crouched bel
the building and was so close tins
seemed impossible to miss. Glenl
fell heavily upon his side, and
thought flashed over him, "McNa
ra's thugs have shot me-
His assailant leaped out from
hiding place and ran down the
the sound Of his quick, soft foot
tbudding family out into the sile
The young man felt no pain. howe
40 scrambled to his feet, felt hin
over with care and then swore TO
". He was untouched. The 9
had missed him cIeanly. The re
coming while he was In the &C
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