The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-07-09

| tereStlnS thing, Arcnle! Olu hedtCH-
am, whom we were fighting tooth and
nail three weeks ago, is now bossing
us as ruthlessly as a football coach;
and Cousin Cary is taking his slack
talk as meek as a freshman. Great
old boy, Keatcham! And-oh, | say!
has any one gone to the rescue of the
Rogerses? | saw Kito speeding over
that way from the garage and Haley
hiking after him. / hope the nine
small yellow domestics are not burned
at the stake with Rogers; the bally
| fire-trap is blazing like a tar-barrel.'
AS it happened, the colonel had dis
patched a small party to their neigh
boris aid. Haley and Kito were not
among them; they were to guard the
garage which was too vital point in
their household economy to leave I'M
protected. Nevertheless, Haley and
Kito did both run away, leaving a
Mexican helper to WATCH and when
they returned they were GREATNESS
and Haley's face was covered with
blood. He was carefully carrying
something covered with a carriage
robe in his hand
i've the honor to report, sir"
Haley mumbled, stiff and straight in
his military posture, very grimy and
blood-stained hand at salute, 1--WE the
honor to report, sor, that Private Kito
and me discovered two suspicious
characters making up the hillside by
the sekrut road. We purshooed thin,
sor and whin they wu'dn't halt we
fired on thin, sor, Exploding this here
bum which wint off whin the hindmost
man tumbled"
Kito smilingly flung aside the car
riage-robe disclosing the still smoking
shell of an ingenious round bomb
very similar to those used in fire
works.
The colonel examined it closely; 1t
was an ugly bit of dynamite craft.
ANY casualties, sergeant?" the
colonel asked grimly.
Yes, sor. The man wild the bum
was kilt be the Explosion; the other
man was hit by Private Kito and
wounded in the shoulder but escaped.
| mesilf have a confusion on me right
arrum, me ankle is sprained; and
livery tooth in me head is in me pockit
Report to Miss Smith at the hos
pital, sergeant Any further report?'
81 wu'd like to riccommind Private
Kito for honorable minshun for gal
lanthry."
Il shall certainly remember him;
and you also, sergeant, in any report
that / may make. Look after the
garage, Kito."
Kito bowed and retired, beaming,
while Haley hobbled into the house.
The consequences of the attack made
on the garage did not appear at once.
One was that young Arnold had al
ready brought the touring car into the
patio in the absence of Haley and
Kito. Another was that he and Tracy
and Kito all repaired to the scene of
the explosion to examine the dead
mans body. They returned almost I'M
mediately, but for a few moments
there was no one of the house in the
in final effort to dissuade him from
going into the city until after he him
self had gone to the Preside and re-
turned with a guard He represented
as forcibly as he could the danger of
Keatcham's appearance during a time
of such tumult and lawlessness.
I'VE are down to the primeval pas
sions now" he pleaded. do you sup.
pose if it had been Haley instead of
that dago out there who was killed
that we could have punished the
murderer? Not unless we did 1t with
our own hands. They are maybe lying
in wait at the first street corner now.
If you will only wait"
Keatcham chopped off his sentence
without ceremony, not irritably, but
with the brusquerie of one whose time
is too precious for dilatory amenities
"Wil the fire waltz" he demanded.
Twill the thieves and toughs and ruff
fans whom we have to crush before
they realize their strength, will they
wait? This is my town, Winter, the
only town 1 care rap for; and
propose to help save it. can. Dan
ger? OF course there is danger; there
Is danger in every battle; but do you
keep out of battles where you belong
because you may get killed? This is
my affair; If | get killed it is in the
way of business, and can't help It.
No. Arnold, | won't have your fathers
son mixed up in my fights; you can't
60"
Somebody has got to run the ma
chine. sir" insinuated young Arnold
with a coaxing smile; "aud fancy
shouldn't be my fathers son If | didn't
look after my guest-not very long;
he'd cut me out. Tracy is going. too.
he's armed"
You are not both goi-g." said the
colonel. somebody with a head on
him must stay here to guard the
ladies'"
IIa ,,+o,,ld bava detaflpd hOth Tracy