The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-27

low, matched the sullen, fitfu
mood of Glenister.
| During the last month he had chafed
and fretted like an animal In leash
for word OF Wheaton. This uncertainty
this impotent waiting with folded
hands, was maddening to one of his
spirit. He could apply himself to nc
fixed duty, for the sense of his wrong
preyed on him fiercely, and he found
| himself haunting the vicinity of the
Midas, gazing ut 1t from afar, grasp
ms hungrily for such scraps of news
as CHANGED TO reach him. Mcnamara
allowed access to noue but his min
ions, SO the partners knew but vague
ly Of what happened on their prop
erty, even though. under fiction OF the
law, 1t was being worked for their
protection.
No steps regarding a speedy hearing
Of the case We're allowed. and the col.
lnsion between Judge Stillman and the
receiver had become SO generally rec.
ognized that there were uneasy NUT.
terings and threats in many quarters.
Yet. although the politician had by
now virtually absorbed all the richest
properties in the districtaand worked
them through his hlrelinA. the people
OF Nome. as Il whole. did not grasp the
full turpitude OF the scheme nor the
systems perfect working.
Strange TO say, Dextry. the fire eater.
had assumed an oriental patience quite
foreign to his peppery disposition and
spent much of his time In the hills
prospecting
on this day. as the clouds broke
about noon. close down on the angry
horizon drift of smoke appeared,
shortly resolving itself into a steamer.
She lay 10 in the ofIlng. and through
his glasses Glenister saw that It was
the Roanoke. As the hours passed and
no boat put of. he tried 10 hire a crew.
but the longshoremcn spat wisely and
shook their heaes as they watched the
surf.
There's the devil Of an undertow
settin' along this beach" they told
him. "and the waters too cold 10
drownd in comfortable" So he laid
firm hands upon his impatieEe.
Every day meant many dollars to
the watcher. and yet 1t seemed that
nature was resolute in thwarting him.
for that night the wind freshened, and
daylight saw the ship hugging the lee
OF Sledge island. miles 10 the west
ward, while the surf. white as boiling
milk, doomed and Numbered against
the shore.
Word had gone through the street
that Bill Wheaton was aboard with q
writ or subpoena or an alibi or what
! ever was necessary TO put the "kibosh
on Mcnamara, so public excitement
grew. Mcnamara boarded his gold in
the Alaska bank, and II was taken for
granted that there would lie the scene
OF the struggle. No one supposed fol
an instant that the usurper would part
with the treasure peaceably.
On the third morning the ship lay
abreast OF the town again. and life
boat was seen to make of from her
whereupon the idle population stream
ed toward the beach.
She'll make II TO the surf all right
but then watch out"
WED better make ready to haul EN-
out" said another ITS mighty dan
gerous." And. sure enough. as the
skiff came rushing In through the
breakers she was caught.
She had made 1t past the first line
soaring over the bar on a foamy roller
crest like a storm driven gull winging
In toward the land. The wiry figure
Of Bill Wheaton crouched in the stern
while two sailors fought with thelI