Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-12
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4 face his fantago nist, treach hing Tor his
| reFofEertass heidid sso.S The butt his;
I weapon had caugh In the arm offs his
/ chair hampe ring his movements
1 Il Mckee 3; threw him roughly back into
I the chair. 5s.5e ,Sss
Throw up yer han ar he cried.
[ Don't try that :.ss
Up went Terrill's hands high over:
4 his head He faced the open; wind oW.s
T Not q sign OF help was ID sight.
s. Quickly the agent turned over III his
mind various schemes to foil Mckee
\ who now stood behind hiins NH Ii tie ahas
muElcs sof his srsvoiyeF spresssfng lsfnto
the middle: of hin back y Each was res
jected before half eoneeired. 49, Il
HI McKees laughed i sneeringly VI, saying
I In gu oughtn't to be. so keerless to
show Whar you cache yer roll.
TerTi1f made no reply. His hope Of;
escape slowly fading.
tsfs Me- Zee had reached his left hand
i over bis, prisoners shoulder to disarni1lss
sTerrtil, who moved slightly away from
| him, drawing Ii his feet as he did so :
One 6 nance had come to him. He
!; I knew that IL he failed death was GER
tain, vet he determined to take the
risk IN order to retrieve the slip be had
made In admitting that he had money.
! In his possession to q. gambling erony.
! and SO 70 keep clean his sreaord for:
trustiness. Of which he was Is proud.
This last desperate resource was an;
old wrestIer's trick one with which he
had conquered others ID the rough
games Of the corral
Again Terrill moved To the right and
farthe r5under KSee who had: sto iss,.s:
tend his arm and body far beyond an
upright position. Holding his revolver,
against TeITili hand cappeds the half
breed In his movements. ss5*
With q quick turn Terrill grasped
Nc KEGS left AZ "a, Jerking 1t down:
sharply on his shoulder. with lis
right hand he grasped the back Of his
antagonists nee pulling g his head
downward and 4 inward. Using his
shoulder for q fulcrums with q mighty
heaye Of his legs and back he sought
70 toss Mckee over his head. SsSS3
Is So surprised for an instant was the
cowboy BY the suddenness or the at
tack that he made no effort to escape
the clutches Of the desperate express,
agent. Fl. , t9g
~ His feet had left the foors and he;
was swinging in the air before his
finger pressed the trigger. '.sis
There was muMed report. &
The two men fell Cd heap on the
/ door, Mckee on top. sDazed and shak-
len. Mckee seranbled % his feet. Thsss
] III was pungent viii. sodor 81 powder.
/ smoke. TerrHl rolled over ON his sitie,s
I trembsed convulsiveiy and died he
had paid the penalty for a moments
] ndiscretion with his life h
Kee quickly unfastened the pin
end seized the ron OF bills. Swimming
Through the package, he smiled with
satisfaction to See that the most of iti
Was ID small bills and none os them
stained, ~ ss s5
81 Carefully avoiding the fast forming:
pool 3of blood which was oozing from,
| the hole ~ the dead mans head be-
hurried % the door.
glance showed him the coast was
clear Running across tbs tracks, iies
Joined Lane. who was waiting Tor him;
behind the freight ear Will irnpa tisnce.S
m silence they mounted their horses
For short distance Mckee led The
way upon the railroad track tn order
40 leave no fprints ANA then STRUCK
across the desert toward the hills arl.
the south
Why did pau shoot n, gasped Lane. #
Tile drew on me- snarled Mckee
}'sIt sRasn't Dicks money, but you'n get
half Shut !.
The burning sun rose higher and
higher The bnzzard drop ped lower in
the sky The silence ofs death broodedI
0yer the railroad sta ton s