Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-28

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~ dock and, andiAg IN angle In thu
bai1ding, hacked into It and waited.
From his momsntary glimpse Of the
man - he made OF he knew that be
was tail and active-Just the sort Of
person 70 prove dangerous In An en-
eountsr. But II his suspicions were
correct there must be others close BY,
and Boyd wondered Why he had heard
no signal. After . breathless wait Of
q moment or two hs stole cautiously
out, and, selecting the darkest shad.
ows. slipped from one to another TIL
he was caught by the sound of voices
issuing from the yawniug entrance Of
the main building on his right The
next moment his tension relaxed: one
Of the speakers was woman. Evi.
IDENTIFY his alarm had been needless,
for these people. whoever they were.
made no effort to conceal their pres
ence. On the contrary. the woman had
raised her tone to louder pitch, al.
though her words were still undistin-
guishable.
Greatly relieved. Boyd was about to
60 on. when q sharp cry. like . signal
came In the woman's voice. q cry
which turned to Q genuine vail Of dis
tress The listener heard mans voice
eursfn8 IN answer. and then the sound
Of Q scume. followed Mt length BY q
choking cry. that brought him bound
ing into the building. He ran forward.
half the distance her collided violently
with . piece Of machinery and went
sprawiing to the floor. A glance up
ward revealed the dim outlines Of a
topper" Ind showed him farther
down the building, silhouetted briefly
against the lesser darkness Of the win
dows. two struggling figures. As he
regained his footing. something rushed
past him-man or animal he could not
sound upon the door than those Of Z
wolf dog. Then. AZ be bolted forward.
be heard . man cry out. and found
himself In the midst Of turmoil. HE
hands encountered q human body, and
he seized 1t. only to be hurled aside a.
II with a oant's strength. Again be
cfinched wisn a mans form. and bore
It to the door. curSing at the darkness
ana reaching for It's throat His an
taEonist raised his voice In wild
clamor. while Boyd braced himself 70.
another assault from those huge hands
be had met a moment before. But it
did not come. Instead he heard a cry
from the woman. an answer in a deep
er voice and then swift, pattering
footsteps growing fainter. Meanwhile
the man with whom he was locked
was lighting desperately. with hands
and feet and teeth. shouting hoarsely.
Other footsteps sounded now. this
time approaching. then at the door q
lantern dared A Waterman came run
ming down between the lines Of ma
chinery. followed By other figures half
revealed
Boyd had pinned his antagonist
against the cold sides Of retort at
last ana with fingers clutched about
his throat was beating bis head vio-
lentiy against the iron when by the
lanterns gleam he caught one glimpse
Of the fat. purple face In front Of him
ana loosed his hold with q startled ex-
ciamation. Released from the grip
that bad nearly made an end Of him.
wills Marsh staggered 70 bis feet
The man was wounded, badly
wounded. a. be saw by the red stream
which sushed down over his breast.
Marsh leveled q trembling finger at
Boyd and cried hysterically:
There he is. men. He tried to muir
der me. lin hurt. I'll have him
arrested"
The seriousness Of the accusation
struck the young man on the instant.
He turned upon the group.
II didn't do that. l heard . light
eolng on ana ran In here
.Rs's q iiar." the wounded man IN
tseruptsd shrtlly. "He's stabbed me!
ser He tried to strip the shirt from
III wounds. then fell to chattering and
shaking. 20 God. I'm hurt He
staEessed % packing case and sank
upen Il. wsakU fumbiing at his sod.
"a shoulder.
n aIdn'e % that" repeated Boyd.
II don't know who stabbed him.
DIDN'T"
..rhs. VITO d,dY some one de.
uaaA1e6
"Wbat ars Jon doing h here7 You'd
Q killed HIN N . minute" said the
nan with the lantern.
.Wsn ax ysu for this." third voics
shsOotene1
.lasaen," BeyA said IN tone Ia
naho thom pause 'ThsFe has been
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