The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-14
The Spoilers.
BY REX E. BEACI1.
It. copyrisht. 1905. by REX t. eench. -
BY e E. BEAC!-.

TO man from now on. Very wei, Glen
lister, I'll have your life FOR that, and
then-you'n pay. Miss Helen" He
considered carefully. A plot for q
plot. If he could not swap intrigue
with these miners aud beat them bad.
ly, he deserved 10 lose. Now that the
girl gave herself to their cause, he
would use her again and sec how well
the answered. Public opinion would
lot stand too great Il strain. and al
though he had acted within his rights
EAST night, he dared not 50 much fur
thcr. Diplomacy Therefore must serve.
lie must force his enemies beyond the
law and into his trap. She had passed
the word once. She would do 50 again
lie hurried TO Stillmau'S house and
stormcd into the presence of tile judge.
lie told the story - artfully that the
judges aStonislel uubclicf yielded to
rage and cowardicc, and he sent Tor
his niece. She came down. white and
silent, having heard the loud voices.
The old man bcratpd her with shrcw-
iSh fury, while Mcnamara stood silent.
The girl listened with entire self con
troll until her uncle made II reference
to Glenistcr that she found int0lcrablc.
flush, | will not listen!' she cried
Dassionatcly. 81 warned him because
o would have sacrificed him after he
had saved our lives. That is all. He
Is N honest man. and | am grateful to
him. That is the only foundation for
our insult"
Mcnamara, with apparent candor.
broke in:
you thought YOU were doing right.
OF course. but your action viii have
terrible consequences. Now VOL have
riot. bloodshod aud heaven knows
what. II was 10 save all this that !
wanted to break up their organization.
\ weeks Imprisonment would have
done il, but now they're armed ANA
| bclligcrcnt, aud wen have II battle to,
night
NO, no!' she cried. There mustn't
be- any violence"
There is no use trying 10 check
them. They are rushing to their w
| destruction. l have learned that they
plan to attack the Midas tonight, AMI
I'll have fifty soldiers waiting for them
WV. ~ 10 81 III 'iNN y u
cent fellows blinded by ignorance and
miSlcd by that young miner. This will
he the blackcst night the north has
ever seen"
With This Mcnamara left the house
asd went in search of Voorhees,, re-
marking 10 himself: "Now. Miss Helen,
send yOnr warming the sOOncr'the bet
ter. II | know those vigilantcs. II Will
set them crazy. AMI yet no. crazy
enough to attack the Midas. They will
strike for me, and when they hit my
poor unguardcd office they'll think hell
has moved north"
Mr.. Marshall said he to his tool,
II want You to gather forty men quiet
~ and TO arm them with Winchestcrs.
They must he fellows who won't faint
ut blood. You know the kind. Assem-
bile them nj my Office after dark, one
at II time, by the back way, II must
jc done with absolute secrecy. Now.
see if YOU can do this II thing and
not get balled up. IT you fail, I'll
make YOU answer Ia me-"
why don't you get the troops?'
vrniurcd Voorhees,.
III there's one thing ! want to avoid,
It's soldiers. either here or at the
mines. When they step in. We step
out. aud I'm not ready FOR that just
yet" The receiver smiled siniStcrly.
Helen meanwhile had He'd To- her
room and there received Glcnister's
note through Cherry Malotte's ines
Scngcr. 1t rckindlcd her worst fears
aud bore out McNamara's prophecy.
The more she read of II the more
certain she grew that the crisis was
only II question of hours and that with
darkness tragedy would walk the
streets Of Nome. The thought of the
wrong already done was lost In the
lonely girls terror Of the crime about
to happen. for ii seemed to her she had
been the Instrument To set these forces
In motion. that she had looscd this
swift speeding avalanche of greed,
hatred aud brutality. And when the
crash should comc-the girl shuddcrcd.
It must not he. She would shrek Il
warning from the huuSctopS even at
cost Of her uncle. OF Mcnamara and OF
herself. Ana yet she had no proof that
Il crime existed. Although it all lay
clear In her W mind, the certainty
of 1t arose only from her Intuition.
If Gully she We're able 10 take Il hand
If only she were not Il woman Then
Cherry Malotte's words ancnt Strive
rcCurrcd to her. "a bottle Of wine and
a woman's face They BROUGHT back
the lawyers assurance that those doe
, umcntS she had s~afeguardcd all
through the long %springtime journey
really contained the proof. If they