West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-01-09

IN Nht my kItM tue uieu, icHN-
ing ramparts OF clouds hanging sullen-
ly above the oceans rim. while those
skilled In weather prophecy foretold
the coming OF the equinoctial In Nc
Namara's Office there was great stir
and the coming OF many men. The
boss sat In his chair smokl ling countless
cigars, his big face set In grim lines.
his hard eyes peering through the pail
OF blue Mt those he questioned. He
worked the wires ~ his machine until
his dolls doubled and danced aud twist
ell Mt his touch After n gusty inter.
view he had dismissed Voorhees, with
n merciless tongue lnshlng. raging bit.
terly at the mans failure.
You're not at to herd sheep. Thirty
mer out all night and what do YOU
getl A dozen mullet headed miners.
You bag tie mudhens and the big
game runs to- cover. ! wante, Glenls.
ter. but you let him slip through your
fingers-now It's war. What mess
you've made! III | had even one helper
with brain the size OF II nuxSeed. this
game would be 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 outr'
lie called for n certain deputy and
questioned him regarding the nights
quest remarkIng finally:
There's treachcry somewhere. Those
men were warned"
Nobody came near Gleuisters house
except Miss Chester" the man replied.
"What?"
The judges niece we cnught 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:
The chief won't believe that | saw
Miss Chester I'm 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 oione rose and paced the floor
with heavy tread while his face grew
savage and brutal.
$50 that's the game. 'ch? It's man
TO man from now on. Very well, Glen
lister. I'll have your life for that, and
then-youn pay. Miss Helen" He
considered carefully A plot for a
plot III he could not swap intrigue
with these miners and beat them bad
~. 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
onstand too great strain, and al
Trough he had acted within his rights
last night he dared not go much fur.
Their. Diplomacy ther efore must serve.
lie must force his eneRlies beyond, tho
law and into his trap. She had passed
the word once. She would do SO again
He hurried to Stlllman's house and
stormed Into the presence OF the Judge
He told the story 50 artfnlIy that the
judges astonished unbelief yielded To
rage and cowardice and he sent<for
his niece. She came down. white and
silent, having heard the loud voices
Inc old man berated her with shrew.
ish fury, while Mcnamara stood silent
The girl listened with entire self con-
trol until her uncle made a reference
TO Glenister that she found lntolerable
Hush! / Will not llstenw she cried
passionately. II warned him because
you would have sacrificed him after he
had saved our lives. That is all. He
is an honest man. and am grateful 10
him. That is the only foundation for
your insult"
Mcnamara. with apparent candor.
broke in:
You Thought you were doing right.
OF course, but your action will have
terrible consequences. Now wen have
riot, bloodshed and heaven knows
what 1t was to save all this that I
wanted TO break up their organization
a weeks imprisonment would have
done 1t, but now they're armed and
Delllgerent, and wen have n battle TO.
night"
mo, nor she cried. There mustn't
be any violence"
There Is no use trying TO check
them. They are rushing to their own
destruction. have learned that they
plan TO attack the Midas tonight and
III have fifty soldiers waiting for them
there. IL Is a shame. for they nre 10.
cent fellows blinded by Ignorance ana
misled by that young miner. This will
be the blacklist night the north has
ever seen"
With this Mcnamara left the bouse
and went In search OF VOORHEES, ra.
marking TO himself: "Now. Miss Helen.
send your warning-the sooner the bet.
ter. II know those vigllantes. Il viii
set them crazy, and yet not crazy
enough TO attack the Midas. They Will
strike for me. and when they hit nv
poor ungusrded Office they'll think hell
has moved north"
MI Marshal" said he 10 his tool
want you 10 gather forty men 0ulet.
~ ana 70 arm them with Winchoetars
Ihey must be fellows who won't faint
az blood. You know the kind. Assem-.
Dle them NJ my Office after dark ono
az q time, by the back way. II must
be done with absolute secrecy. Now
see N you can do this one thing aud
not get ba!led up. II you fal. tn
make you answer 10 me"
Why don't you get the troopsgr
ventured Voorhees,.
n there's one thing ! want 10 avoid
It's soldiers either here or at tho
mines. When they step In. we step
out and I'm not ready for that just
yet The receiver smiled sinlsterIv
Helen meanwhile had fed o. her
room AID there received Glenlgter's
note through Cherry Malotte's mes.
s'nRer. II rekindled her worst fears
ana bore out McNamsra's prophecy.
De more she read Of 50 tho more
efialn she grew that the crisis was
,niy q question Of hours and that with
laFEness tragedy would walk tho
s'tee's ~ Nome. The thought of the
wrong already done was lost Sra tho
lonely girls terror u the crime abopf