The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-04-30
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% The teal. For her part. she saw
nothing except her brother vanishing
slowly into the shadows, as though
stricken at her glance. the curtains
clssing before his livh face. and then
pandemonium broke loose at her feet.
Glenister. holding his enemies at
bag, had retrested to the double doors
leading to the theater. fris coup had
been executed s" quickly and with
such lack Of tu"u.ril that the throng
outside know nutiilng OF 1t TIL they
saw a ran walk backward through
the slocr. As he IN. so he reached
forth ani =:amr:ed the wide wings
shut bcf,"e his face. ;hen tined and
dashed iu:o the preSS I:lsi'!a the
dance hal! loud Sends arose as the
officers Clat.ered dov n the stairs and
made after their quarry. They tore
the barrier apart in time to see. far
down the saloon. an eddying swirl as
though some great fish were laShing
through the lily pads Of pond. and
then the swinging doors closed behind
Glenister.
Helen made her way from the thea
ter as she had come. unobserved and
unobserving. but she walked In q
dream. Emotions had chased each
other too closely tonight to bs dlstin-
guishable, so she went mechanically
through the narrow alley to Front
street and thence to her home.
GhAister meanwhile had been swal-
Io1ed up b. the darkness. the night
.snfoiding him without sign or trace.
AZ be ran ne considered what course
to fohow-whether to carry the cali to
F., his comrades IN town or to make for
TIE creek and De1try. Tho vigilantss
might still distrust him, and yet hs
owed them warning. NcNamara's
men were moving 80 swiftly that ac-
tion must be speedy to forestan them.
Another hour and the net would be
closed, while Il seemed that whichever
course he chose they would snare one
or the other-either the friends who
remained In town or Dex and SlapJack
out In the hills. With daylight those
two would return and walk unheedipg
into the trap, while II he bore the
word to them t1rst then the vigltantes
would be Jailed before dawn. As he
drew near Cherry Malotte's bouse he
saw q light through the drawn cur
:tains. A heavy raindrop FLASHED upon
his face, another followed. and then he
heard the patter Of falling water in
creasing swiftly. Before he could gain
the door the storm had broken. 1t
swept up the street with tropical vio-
ience, while q breath sighed out OF the
night, lifting the litter from underfoot
and pelting him with flying particles.
Over the roofs the wind rushed with
the rising moan Of a hurricane. while
the night grew suddenly noisy ahead
OF the tempest.
he entered the door without knock
Ing to find the girl removing her coat.
Her face gladdened at sight Of him.
but he checked her with quick and
cautious words. his speech almost
drowned by the roar outside.
"Are you aloneT She nodded, and
he slipped the bolt behind him. saying:
"The marshals are after me. We
just had a run in at the Northern.
and I'm on the go. No-nothing seri-
Z Gus yet, but they want the vigilantes,
and must get them word. Will you
help me?" he rapidly recounted the
row Of the last ten minutes, while she
nodded her quick understanding.
you're safe here for little while,"'
she told him, "for the storm will check
them. If they should come. there's
a back door leading out from the
kitchen and a side entrance yonder.
In my room you'll find French win
dow. They can't corner you very
we'll"
"Slapjack and Dex are out at the
shafthouse you know that quartz
claim on the mountain above the Mi
daA" He hesitated. "Will you lend
me your saddle horse? It's black
night, and I may kill him."
What about these men in town"
"rn warn them FIRST then bit for the
bills
She shook her head. "You can't do
it. You can't get out there before day
light If you wait to rouse these peo-
pie, and Mcnamara has probably tele-
phoned the mines to send a party ~
to the quartz claim after De1. He
knows where the Old man is as well as
you do, and they'll raid him before
dawn"
= I'm afraid SO. but it's all l can Of
rer. Will you give me the horse?"
'"No! He's only pony, and you'd
founder him In the tundra. The mud
is knee deep. I'll go myself"
Good heavens, girl, in such night!
Why, it's worth your life! Listen to
it! The creeks will be up and you'll
have to swim. No, can't let you"
Hes a good little horse, and he'll
take me through" Then coming close
she continued: "Oh, boy! Can't you
see that 1 want to help? Can't
you see that I'D die for you If 1t