The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-18


r. for some time she could barely
see sufficiently TO avoid COLL
- sions. The air. weighted 10y q
low hung roof OF clouds. was sur.
charged with the ELECTRIC suspense
OF an impending storm. and seemed to
sigh and tremble at the hint Of power
In leash. II was that pause before the
conflict wherein the night laid finger
upon its lips.
AS the girl neared Glenlster's cabin
she was disappointed at seeing no light
there. She stumbled toward the door,
only TO utter a half strangled cry rs
two men stepped out of the gloom and
seized her roughly. Something cold
and hard was thrust violently against
her cheek. forcing her head back and
bruising her. She struggled and cried
out
Hold on. it's woman" calculated
the man who had pinioned her arms.
loosing his hold till only n hand re
manned on her shoulder. The other
lowered the weapon he had damned
10 her face and peercd closely
why. Miss Chester" he said.
what are you doing here? You came
near getting hurt"
Il am bound for the Wilson's. but !
must have lost my way in the dark
ness | think You have cut my face"
She controlled her fright firmly.
That's too bad" one said I'VE
mistook you for And the other
broke in sharply. you'd better run
along We're waiting for some one"
Helen FASTENED back by the route she
had come. knowing that there was st:ll
time. and that as yet Der uncle's emis-
saries had not laid hands upon Glen
lister. She had overheard the judge
and Mcnamara plotting 10 drag the
town with force Of deputies, selling
not only her two friends, but every
man suspected of being vlgilante.
The victims were 10 he jailed without
bond. without reason. without justice.
while the mechanism Of the court was
to be jugglcd in order TO hold them
until fall. If necessary. They had said
that the officers were already busy. so
haste was n crying thing. she sped
down the dark streets toward the house
of Cherry Malotte. but found no light
nor answer t. her knock. She was dis
tracted now, and knew not where 10
seek next among the thousand spots
which might hide the man she wanted.
What chance had she against the posse
sweeping the town from end to end
There was only one; he might be mt
he Northern theater Even So. she
,ould not reach him. for she dared not
90 there herself. She thought of Fred.
her Jap boy. but there was no time
Wasted moments meant failure.
Roy had once told her that he nevel
gave up what he undertook. Yer!
well. she would show that even a cir
may possess determination. This wal
no time for mOdesty or shrinking indie
cision. so she pulled the veil NOR,
closely about her face and took hei
good name into her hands. She mad,
rapidly toward the lighted streets
which cast skyward glare and from
which through the GREATNESS calm
arose the sound Of carousal Swiftly
she threaded the narrow alleys IL
search of the theater's rear entrance
for she dared not approach from thC
front. In this way she came into {
part of the camp which had lain hid
den from her until now and of the ex
istence of which she had never
dreamed.
The vices Of a city, however horrible
are at least draped scantily by the
mantle of convention. but in great
mining camp they stand naked and
without concealment. Here there were
rows upon rows of criblike houses clus
tered over tortuous, i'll lighted lanes