The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-13

haustcd a by the strain of holding US
Just then the girls eyes opened and
gaZed curiously at the men surround.
ing her, sudden look Of comprchen.
sion dawned upon her face and rising
to her feet, with the assistance Of FIar
rington s hand, she faced them with a
defiant smile.
"Where IS Leahy7" demanded the
sheriff, brusqucly.
"Ho ought TO be pretty near over the
border by now she answered. pertly,
Anyway he's got too good n start for
you folks TO think Of overtaking him.
Do You want me, because 1 IN ready
to go alongP'
"No, we don Il want you" returned
the sheriff, gloomiIy, while Harrington
almost laughted In spite Of his disap.
pointment. ''Guess it 8 no good. BOYS.
that fellow is we'll out Of reach, tbanks
TO the way she held us back. We'd
better hike for home. m about tired
out -
SO ended the pursuit of Gentleman
Dick by the posse [ never supposed
that j would look upon the magician's =
face again, but strangely enough /
was fatcd to encounter him in the
way Of business nearly year later.
One day, while at Tuscon, Ariz., ! re-
ceived information that seven China.
men had been smuggled across the
border into town. This was shortly
after the Chinese exclusion act had
been passed by congress. and the
smuggling of the yellow men into
United States territory was carried on
to nm extent that required all tbe
vigilance Of the federal officers to nrc.
vent The business paid the smngglers
well, and there were plenty of reckless
individuals willing to take the chance
OF acting as escort for the Chinks. in
consideration Of the financial reward
they received
The place where the Cinnamon in
this case were said 10 be stored was
an old adobe house located in an alley
and on arriving there I found that the
door was locked and the windows board.
ed up. Catching hold Of board nailed
across the easement, ] pulled it off and
saw through the glass several PROSTATE
llgures huddled together on the floor.
They were asleep and apparently had
not been disturbed by the noise I made
when removing the cleat L tried the
window, found that it was not fast and
raised it without any trouble. I crawled
through tho frame with some difficulty.
and as my feet struck the floor. fig.
ure lying in the corner opposite to that
occupied by the Asiatics sprang to an
upright position.
| saw at n glance that had a white
man 20 deal with and before his hand
could reach his nip I had him COW
cred with the barrel Of my revolver
Throw up your hands and be lively
about it, | said, eli you care about
living any longer. | IN a United States
marshal and ! want YOU and those
Chinks there
The fellow obeyed. with muttered
oath, and as his face turned toward the
light uttered an exclamation Of sur
prise. 1t was mono other than Gentle.
man Dick of Lone Star fame
$50 you We cut out the magician
game and taken to smuggling Chinks7H
- m Just as well pleased that girl
of yours ism e around. Dick
He recognized ME in moment.
''Lucky for YOU that she ain IT, he
retorted, pleasantly. HInez is some
handy with gun. Reno
'|,Just so. said 7, land now if Won
please. Mr. Leahy. we II make tracks for
the jail, along with those yellow friends
of yours.
Having relieved Gentleman Dick of
his gun. ] marched the entire squad
TO the jail without any trouble. Had
my yellow prisoners belonged to any
other race / might not have come off so
well, but Cinnamon always submit to
arrest meekly and never dream of of
fering resistance. so that Leahy was
really the only one IN the party who
needed watching.
In due course Of time he was found
guilty of smuggling Cinnamon across
the border and sentenced to the peni-
teptiary. His arrest and conviction
probably pleased Harrington more than
any other person in Arizona. for the
owner Of the Lone Star ranch looked
forward gleefully to the day when, hav-
ing served out the sentence imposed BY
the federal government, Gentleman
Dick would be called 10 account by the
Arizona authorities for the part he had
PLAYED in that evcntful Christmas eve
celebration,
Next week: 'Holding Up a Whole
Town.'D