Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-12
The Silver Horde By R! Re- Beach

escaping at the last moment" Boyd
laughed easily. by the way, what
happened to tho man they mistook for
me?"
Let him 20, 1 believe. I didn't pay
much attention 70 the matter" Marsh
had been using his yes TO good ad-
vantage, and, seeing the work ven
better in hand than he had supposed,
he was moved by irritation and the
desire to goad his opponent to say
more than he had intended. at rather
one Of these days" he said, with delib-
crate enace
with So 600 cases Of alnaon aboard
The Bedford Castle I viii explain any
thing. Meanwhile this police may go
Of the youns mans tone reused his
would-be tormentor like a personal
affront.
You got away from Seattle. but
there is a commissioner at Dutch Har-
Dor, also a deputy marshal, who may
have better success with a warrant
than those policemen had" The trusts
manager could not keep down the
angry tremor in his voice, and the
other, perceiving it, replied in a man.
ner designed to iniame him still more.
Eyes, have heard IF those off,
GERS. I understand they r both in
your employ"
What"
'I hear you have bought them"
do you mean to insinuate-
~ don't mean to insinuate anything.
Listen! We are where we can talk
plainly, Marsh. and / am tired of all
this subterfuge. You did what you
could to stop me, you even tried to
have me killed"
You dare to-"
But I guess II never occurred to
you that I may be just as desperate
as you are"
The men stared at each other with
hostile eyes. but the accusation had
come so suddenly and with such bold
ness as to rob Marsh of words. Elmer
son went on in the same level voice:
81 broke through in spite OF you. and
I'm on the job. If you want to cry
quits, I'm willing; but, by God! I won't
be baked. and If any of your hired
marshals try to take me before I put
up nv catch Til put you away. Under
stand?'
Willis Marsh recoiied Involuntary
before the sudden ferocity that blazed
I'D in the speakers face. "You are
insane" he cried.
Am II Emerson laughed. harshly.
well, I'm just crazy enough to do
what I say. I don't think you're the
kind that wants hand -to-hand trouble,
so let's each attend to his own af-
fair. I'm doing we'll, thank you. and
I think I can get along better If YOU
don't come back here until I send for
Won. Something might fall on you"
Marsh's full, red lips went palfd
with rage as he said: Then II Is to be
war, eh?"
suit yourself" Boyd pointed to the
shore. Your boatman is waiting for
you"
AS Marsh made his way to the
waters edre he stumbled like q blind
man; his lips were bleeding where his
small, SHARP teeth had bitten them,
and he painted Ike a historical woman.
During the e ~fortnight the sail
ing-ships began to assemble, standing
in under u great spread of canvas TO
berth close alongside the two steam
ships; for. once the Ice had moved
north. there was no further obstacle to
their coming, and THE harbor was soon
livened with putting tuss, unwieldy
Nahters, and fleets Of smaller vessels
Where. but s. short time before, the
hrooding silence had been u~ndisturbea
gave for the plant OF w~olf-dogs and
the lazy voices OF natives. q noisy army
was now at work. The hustle of a
great preparation arose; ianguid
sn.oke-wreaths began to unfuri above
the stacks OF the ~eanneries; the stamp
and clank Of tin machines ~reechoed;
hammer and saw maintained a never
ceasinF hubhub. Down az the new
plant scows were heinz launched while
vet the pitch was warm on their
seams: buildings were rising rapidly