The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-08

gaining the plank runway that led to
the dock and. finding an angle in the
| building. backed into it and waited.
From his momentary glimpse of the
man as he made off he knew that he
was tall and active-just the sort of
person to prove dangerous in all en-
counter. But If his suspicious were
correct there must lie others close by,
and Boyd wondered why be had heard
20 signal. After GREATNESS wait Of
moment or two he stole cautiously
out. and. selecting the darkest shad-
ows, slipped from one to another till
| he was caught by the sound of voices
Issuing from the yawning entrance of
the main building on his right. The
next moment his tension relaxed; one
OF the speakers was Il woman Evil
| IDENTITY his alarm had been needless.
| for these people. whoever they were,
| made no effort to conceal their pres
ence. On tile contrary. the woman had
raised her tone TO a louder pitch, al
though her words were still undistin-
| guisha BILE. ..-
| Greatly relieved. Boyd was about to
go on, when sharp cry. like a signal.
came In the woman's voice. q cry
which turned to genuine wall of dis
tress. The listener heard a mans voice
cursing in answer. and then the sound
Of scuftle. followed at length by n,
choking cry, that brought him bound
ing into the building. He ran forward.
| recklessly, but before he had covered
half the distance her collided violently
with a piece of machinery and went
sprawling to the floor A glance up
ward revealed the dim outlines Of !;
topper" and 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
tell which. for its feet made no more
| sound upon the floor than those Of a
wolf dog. Then. as he bolted forward.
he heard man, cry out. and found
himself in the midst Of, turmoil. His
hands encountered human body, and
he seized it, only to be hurled aside as
il with a giants strength. Again he
clinched with a mans form, and bore
1t to the floor. cursing at the darkness
and reaching for it's throat His. an.
tagonist raised hts voice in wild
clamor, while Boyd braced himself for
| another assault from those huge hands
he had met moment before But it
| did not come. Instead he heard cry
| Hpnr1 hn i,N
| er voice and then swift, pattering
footsteps growing fainter Meanwhile
the man with whom he was, locked
was fighting desperately, with hands
and feet and teeth, shouting hoarsely.
Other footsteps sounded now. this
time approaching, then at the door a
lantern Jared. A Waterman came run
ming down between the lines of MAJ
chinery, followed by other figures half
| revealed. ,, - 20, a., ...;.ts.
Boyd ! had pinned his. antagonist
against. the, cold sides Of a retort at
last and with fingers clutched about
his throat was beating his head viol
lently against the iron when by the
lanterns CLEAN he caught one glimpse
Of the fat, purple face in front of hin,
and ,loosed his hold with startled, ex.
clamation.. :. Released; from, the grip
that had nearly made an. end of him.
willis Marsh staggered to his feet.
| The man was wounded, badly
wounded, as he saw by the red stream
? which gushed down over his breast.
Marsh leveled a trembling finger at
Boyd and cried Historically: NJ y
"There he is. men. He tried to MUIR
der me. I'm 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. heard fight
going. on and ran in here
Hes a, liar" the wounded man in.
terrupted shrilly. Hes stabbed me!
Seer" He tried to strip the shirt from
his wounds. then fell to chattering and
shaking 20 God, I'm hurt!' He
staggered to packing case and sank
upon 1t, weakly fumbling at his sod
den shoulder
Il didn't do that" repeated Boyd.
II don't know who stabbed him.
didn't"
"Then who didY some one de-
| handed
"What are you doing in here? You'd
killed him in minute" said the
man with the lantern.
well fix you for this" a third voice
threatened.
Listen Boyd said in tone to
make them pause. "There has been
a mistake here. was passing the
building when heard woman
scream. and | rushed in to prevent
Marsh from choking her to DEATH"
"A woman" chorused the group.
'That's what / said"
"Where Is she nOwY'
II don't know. didn't see her at all.
l grappied with the first person l ran
into. She must have gone out as you
came in" BOvd Indicated the side