The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-22
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~ REX B. BRAcH
Copyright isA By Raj n Beach.

CHAPTER XVIII.

after his visitors departure,
but extinguished the light,
| ~ locked the door aud began
the further adventures Of this night,
| The storm welcomed him with suffo-
eating violence. sucking the very
| breath from his lips, while the rain
beat through till his flesh was cold
and aching. He thought with a pang
of the girl facing this tempest. going
out to meet the thousand perils OF the
night. And II remained for him TO
bear his part as she bore hers, smil'
| ingly.
| The last hour had added another and
mysterious danger to his full meas
ure. Could the Kid be Jealous of
| Cherry? Surely not. Then what else?
The tornado had driven his trailcrs
TO cover. evidently, for the streets
| were given over to its violence. and
Roy encountered no hostile sign as he
| was buffeted from house TO house. lie
adventured cautiously and yet with
| haste. finding certain homes where
| the marshals had been before him
peopled now only by frightened wives
and children. \ scattered few of the
vlgilantes had been taken thus. while
| the warning elements had prevented
| their families from spreading the
alarm or Venturing out for succor
| Those whom he was able to warn
| dressed hurriedly. took their rifles and
| went out ln;o the drifting night, leav-
ing empty cabins and weeping women
| The great fight was on.
Toward daylight the remnants Of
the yigiiantes struggled into the big
blank warehouse on the sandspit and
there beneath the smoking glare OF
lanterns cursed the name of McNa-
mara. As dawn grayed the ragged
eastern skyline, Dextry and Slapiack
blew In through the spindrift. bringing
word from Cherry and lifting load
from Glenister's mind
There's a game girl" said the old
miner ms he wrung out his clothes
'She was half gone when she got to
us, and now she's waiting for the storm
TO break so that she can come back"
ITS clearing up TO the east" Slap
jack chartered. "D'you know I'm get
tin so rheumatic that ice water don't
feel comfortable To me no more
"Uriatlc acid in the blood" said DeS-
try whats our next movef" he
asked of his partner. when do we
hang this Politician Seems like we've
got enough sblebodled plano movers
here to tie a can ON TO the whole outfit.
push the town site of Nome of the
map and start afresh."
81 think we had better lie low aud
watch developments" the other eau
toned. There's no telling what may
turn up during the day"
That's right. Strangers Is like splr-
its-they work best In the dark"
As the day grew the storm died, leav-
ing ramparts of clouds hanging sullen-
" above the oceans rim, while those
skilled In weather prophecy foretold
the coming Of the equinoctial. In Me
Namara's office there was great stir
and the coming of many men. The
boss sat In his chair, smoking countless
cigars, his big face set ia grim lines.
his hard eyes pecring through the pail
of blue at those he questioned. He
worked the wires of his machine until
his dolls doubled and danced and twist
ed at his touch. After a gusty inter
view he had dismissed Voorhees, with
a merciless tongue lashing. raging bit
terly at the mans failure.
you're not fit to herd sheep. Thirty
mer out all night and what do you
get? A dozen mullet headed miners.
You bag the mudhens and the big
game runs to cover. l wanted Clients
ter, but you let him slip through your
fingers-now it's war. What a mess
you've made! IL had even one helper
with brain the size OF a flaxseed, this
game would be a gift. but you've bun
gled every move from the start. Bah,
Put spy in the bull pen with those
prisoners and make them talk. Of
fer them anything for information.
Now get out!'
He called for a certain deputy and
questioned him regarding the nights
quest, remarking finally:
There's treachery somewhere. Those
men were warned"
Nobody came near Glenister's house
except Miss Chester" the man replied.
"WhatF
1.-THE judges niece. We caught her
by mistake In the dark"
Later. one Of the men who had been
with voorhees, at the Northern asked
to see the receiver and told him:
1.-The chief won't believe that I saw
Miss Chester in the dance hall last
night, but she was there with Glenis-
ter. She must have put him wise to
our game or he wouldn't have known
we were after him"
His hearer made no comment, but
when alone rose and paced the floor
with heavy tread while his face grew
savage and brutal.
$50 that's the game. eh? It's man
to man from now on. Very well, Glen
lister. I'll have your life for that, and
then-you'li pay. Miss Helen" He
considered carefully. A plot for a
plot If he could not swap Intrigue
with these miners and beat them bad
ly, he deserved to lose. Now that the
girl gave herself to their cause, he
would use her again and see how well
she answered. Public opinion would
nof stand foo great afratp and al