The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-01


Cache may come forward and prove
his property. l shall leave instructions
to that effect when we go. for | want
you to go to Medicine Bend with me.
Du Sang, as soon as convenient, and
the men that are with me will finish
the roundup"
What do you want me for? There's
no papers out against me, is there?"
mo, but I'm an officer, Du Sang.
I'll see to the papers; l want you for
murder"
$50 they tell me. Well, you're after
the wrong man. But I'll go with you;
I don't care about that
Neither do /, Du Sang; and as you
have some friends along, won't break
up the party. They may come, too"
what for?"
For stopping a train at Tower W
Saturday night"
The three men looked at one another
| and laughed.
Du Sang with an oath spoke again:
"The men you want are fn Canada
by this time. 1 can't speak for my
friends 1 don't know whether they
want to 60 or not. AS far as I am
concerned, l haven't killed anybody
that know of. I suppose you'H pay
my expenses back?"
why, yes, Du Sang, II yen were
coming back I would pay your ex-
penses; but you are NOT coming hack.
You are riding down Williams Caohs
for the last time; you've ridden down it
too many times already This round
up is especially for you. Don't de-
ceive yourself; whom you rtas with
me out of the Cache, you won't como
back"
Du Sang laughed, but his bliaking
eyes were as steady a. q eats. 1t did
not escape Whispering Smiths notice
that the mettlesome horses ridden by
the outlaws were continually working
around to the right of his party. He
spoke amiably to Karg: IF You cant
manage that horse, Karg, can. Play
fair. II looks to me as II yea and Du
Sang were getting ready to run FOR it,
and leave George Seagrue to shoot his
way through alone"
Du Sang, with some annoyance in
tervened: That's all right; I'll 60
with you. I'd rather see your papers.
but If you're Whispering Smith it's
all right. I'm due to shoot out little
game some time with you at Medicine
Bend, anyway"
ANY time. Du Sang; only dent let
your hand wabble next time. It's too
close to your gun now to pun right"
well, told you was going to
come, didn't 1? And Pm coming
now!"
With the last word he whipped out
his gun. There was crash Of bul-
let's. Questioned once By MeCloud
and reproached for taking chances,
Whispering Smith answered simply:
II have to take chances" he said. IAN
I ask is an even break"
But Kennedy had said there was no
such thing as an even break with
Whispering Smith. A Few men IN a
generation amuse, battle. and mystify
other men with an art based On The
principle that the action of the hand
is quicker than the action of the eye
With Whispering Smith the drawing
OF revolver and the art OF throwing
his shots instantly from wherever his
hand rested was pure Straightforward.
To a dexterity so fatal he added a
judgment that had not failed when
confronted with deceit. From the
moment that Du Sang first spoke,
Smith, convinced that he meant to
shoot his way through the line, waited
NvaIxr for thN
Du Sang's hand moved like a Fash of
light, Whispering Smith, who was
holding his coat lapels In his hands,
struck his pistol from the scabbard
over his heart and threw a bullet at
him before he could fire, V oonjurer
throws a vanishing coiA INTO the aia
Squirting his horse fearfully as he did
SO. he dashed at Du Sang and Karg.
leaped his horse through their line
and, wheeling at arms length, shot
again. Bill Dancing jumped In his
saddle, swayed, and toppled TO the
ground. Stormy German gave a sim
gle whoop at the spectacle and. with
his two cowboys at his heels, fed for
life.
More serious than all, Smith found
himself among three fast revolvers.
working from an unmanageable horse.
The beast tried to follow the fleeing
cowboys, and when faced sharply
about showed temper. The trained
horses of the outlaws stood like
statues. but Smith had TO fight with
his horse bucking at every shot He
threw his bullets as best he could first
over one shoulder and then the other.
and used the last cartridge in his re-
volver with Du Sang, Seagrue, and
Karg shooting at him every time they
could fire without hitting one another.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
The Old Man and Death.
An old man that had travelled a long