The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-21
on the floor, a rife clenched in her

on the floor, a rife clenched in her hands.
 It's the Daman girl" said the sherl If, hurredly; get candle one or you and lets see where she's hurt. Leahy ain't here"
 Harrington found a candle, lit 1t and bent over the girl He felt her pulse, it was beating strong and regularly and there was no trace of wound upon her person.
 There's nothing wrong with her" he said looking blankly into the in quirng faces of his companions T don't believe a single bullet struck her. She's simply worn out and ex- hausted by the strain of holding us of"
 Just then the girls eyes opened and gazed curiously at the men surround ing her. A sudden look of compFehen- sion dawned upon her face and rising to her feet. with the assistance of liar rington's hand, she faced them with a defiant smile.
 Where's Leahy?" demanded the sheriff, brusquely.
 He ought to be pretty near over the border by now" she answered, pertly. | Anyway he's got too good start for | you folks to think of overtaking him. Do you want me, because I'm ready to | go along?"
 No We don't want you" returned | the sheriff, gloomily, while Harrington | almost laughed in spite of his disap- l pointment. Guess it's no good. boys, that fellow is well out of reach, thanks to the way she held us back. We'd better hike for home. I'm about tired out"
 So ended the pursuit Of Gentleman l Dick by the posse. 1 never supposed | that l would look upon the magician's 1 face again, but strangely enough I was fated 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 an extent that required all the vigil ance of the federal officers to prevent. The business paid the smuggiers well. and there were plenty of reckless in dividuals willing to take the chance of acting as escort for the Chinks, in consideration of the financial reward they received.
 The place where the Chinamen in this case were said to 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 boarded up. Catching hold of a board nailed across the easement I pulled it off and saw through the glass several prostrate figures hud- dled together on the floor They were asleep and apparently had not been | disturbed by the noise I made when removing the cleat. I tried the win dow, found that it was not fast and raised it without any trouble. I | crawled through the frame with some 1 difficulty, and as my feet struck the | floor, figure lying in the corner oppo- site to that occupied by the Asiatics | sprang to an upright position.
 
 man to deal with and before his hand could reach his hip had him covered with the barrel of my revolver.
 Throw up your hands and be lively about it. I said, If you care about living any longer. I'm a United States marshal and I want you and those Chinks there"
 l The fellow obeyed, with a muttered oath. and as his face turned toward the light l uttered an exclamation of surprise. It was none other than Gen tleman Dick of Lone Star fame
 So you've cut out the magician game and taken to smuggling Chinks?" l said. I'm just as well pleased that girl of yours isn't around, Dick He recognized me in a moment
 Lucky for you that she ain't," he retorted, pleasantly 'Inez is some handy with a gun. Reno"
 Just so," said l, 'and now if you | please, MT. Leahy, we'll make tracks for the jail, along with those yellow friends of yours"
 Having relieved Gentleman Dick of his gun, l marched the entire squad to the jail without any trouble. Had my yellow prisoners belonged to any other race I might not have came of so well. but Chinamen always submit to arrest meekly and never dream of offering 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 Chinamen across the border and sentenced to the peni. tentiary. 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. having served out the sentence imposed by the federal government, Gentleman Dick would be called to ac- count by the Arizona authorities for the part he had played in that eyentful