Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-13
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REX BEACH
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~ copYRioAriooe by HARPER q BROTHERS

| She's leave DAWSON On, queeck.
Dose mounted police t'row i'm on dc
boat JUS before we lef.r Then he told
a story that he had heard. The man, IL
seemed, had left ssagway between two
euns, t,pon the disruption Of Sospy
Smiths band Of desperadoes, and had
made for the interior. but had been In
Etercepted atttbe pass BY two members
Iof the citizens committee who came
| upon him suddenly. Pretending to
Yield, he had executed some unexpect-
ed coup as he delivered his gun, for
both mon fell, shot through the body.
No one knew just what It was he did
nor cared to question. him overmuch.
The next heard Of him was at Lake
Bennett, over the line, where the
mounted police recognized him and
SEM him on. They marked him well,
however, and passed him on from post
to post as they had driven others
whose records were known. but he had
/ lost himself ip- the confusion ut Daw-
son for a few weeks until the scarlet
I coated riders searched him out. dis
armed him and forced him sullenly
aboard this steamer.
Old Man Gale cared little for this,
Tor he had spent his life among such
men' but as no watched the fellow a
scheme outlined itself In his head.
Evidently the man dared not 60 far
ther down the river, for there wns
nothing save Indian camps and mis-
sion or two this side Of St. Michael's,
and at that point there were a court
and many soldiers, where one was lia-
BILE to meet the penalty Of past mis-
deeds; hence he was probably resolved
to stop here, and, Judging by his rec
ord, he was man Of unsettled con-
victions. taA
The trader stepped TO the door and,
seeing Burrell on the deck Of the
steamer, went down toward him. II
was long chance, but the stakes were
big and worth the ,risk- He had
thought much during tho night pre-
yious-in fact. for many hours-and
the morning had found him still undo.
eided, wherefore, he took this course.
Nicola tells mo that you aim to keep
law ana order here he began abrupt
~, having drawn the young man inside.
| Those IRE my instructions" said
Burrell, "but they are SO vague ~.
| wen, this camp Is bigger than II
was an hour ago ana IL amt Inn
proved amy IN the growth. Yonder
goes the new citiEen."f He pointed to
tue btrnhser, VINO mao returned 10 the
steamer Tor nls baggage and was de-
scehding the gangphnk beneath them,
vaiise IN each hand. "ie's thief
ana u muruerer' ana we DON'T want
nun mere. now. IT'S up 10 you. !"
aoh uhoerstand, shiu the lieu
,ennn., whereupon the trader told him
Dorets ta'e' iou ana your men were
sent mere 70 keep Things penceable'Y
ne eohcluued' ana ! reckon when a
man Is 100 toush Tor the Canuck police
ne Is 'ougn enough for you TO tackle
fnere uis iock anu Key IN tne
camp, ana we amt had q Killing or q
s,eaiins IN zen years. wed hhe 10
A.op ~ 'nat WY
wen, you see, ! know nothing OF
tna. snoo'ihs array, 30 l doubt II my
au.hor,y WOMB perm. me 10 inter
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