The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-11
{ eopYa,cnr 1910


viIlcntly ard thcn began to sag toward the
trail as the owner & the lariat tied its free
end around bowldcr Then he feverishly
scrambled down To join his friends on the
other side
Hcpalong and Red paused in amazemcnt
at the antics Of the ghost and then the for
met chucklcd, and whispered in his COM
paniols ear: That's why he luCged his
IN rope along He's just idiot enough to
want q souvenir an plaything 1t th' risk Of
losing tn game But come ont they'll
tumble in minute an get away il we don't
hustle
When the two punchers entered the
crcyice, they heard fluent swearing in Span
i5h by the man who worked The ghost, ard
who could not understand its sudden am
bition to take root It WAS made painfully
rlain to him moment later, when a pair
OF hands reached out Of the darkness be-
bird him and eneirced his neck, hands
widthbelow his cleaning cigarette Another
pair used cords with deitness ana dispaun}
and lie was soon left by himself to browse
Upon the gag when all his senses returned.
Hopalofg, with Red inconsiderattly STEP
ping on his heels, felt his way along tasJ
rough rock wall Of the creyice, alert and
silent, his Colt Nesting comfortably in his
right hand. As they worked further aw4YI
from the cafon distant voices could be
heard and they proceeded even more slowly.
When Hopalorg came to the seeord turn in
the narrow passage he peeled around il /
cautiously and stopped so suddenly that
Reds nose tried to spread Itself OYER tito
back Of the leaders head Reds indigns-
tion was all the harder to bear because Il
must seethe unheard
In a huge, irregular room whose rocf
could not be disconed in the dim light %
the candles, five men were resting in various
attitudes Of ease as they discussed the
events Of the night and tried to compute !
their profits They were secure because
Manuel, having put away the ghost and
horn, was, as usual, on guard at the mouth
Of the creyice and he was as sensitive to
danger as a hound.
The risks are not much, the work far
apart, and the profits large, Pedro re-
marked in Spanish as he rolled new ciga-
rette. Wemust burn candle for the repose /
OF the soul OF Carlos Martinez, who has
Hands nPi" said quiet voice in Eng
llsh, followed by grim commands Two OF
the rowdy Gringo cow-punchers could lust
be discerned in the heavy shadows Of the 4
opposite wall, but the candle light glinted
In rings On the bright muzzles of their Colts.
Easy there. shouted Red, bis finger
Tightening on the trigger, and Pedro hand6
stopped half way to his chest, where he
carried his knife
Stick EN- up, higher vet. Stick 'ern ur,
HIGH purred a soft voice from the othfvy
end Of the room, where Dick Martin snile,s
with pleasure upon them and wondered =
there was anything harder to pound goos;
common sense into than a "Greaser's,zf
head, His gun was blue and not as easiky.
seen as those OF the cow-punchers, but il wae.l
the most prominent part Of his makeup.
One OF the Memcans, a glln-man. reached
involuntarily to his hip, while his com
panions stealthily felt for knives. deadfv
weapons in a melee Martin. crvins
Watch EN-, Cassidy" side-stepped anS
lunged forward with the speed and skin Of a
boxer, and his left hand landed flush or, tba
jaw OF Juan Alvarez, the man with the gun
with force and precision not to be denied
Things were about to become interesting
when two-legged cyclone burst upon the
scene IN the person Of Johnny Nelson, whose
'age had been worked up to the weeping,
1oint because he had lost 50 much time
hunting for the opening in the canon waIl(l
where It wasn't. Seeing Juan fall, and the. J
,hnt OF knives, he started in to clean house
'elling: I'm ghost! I'm ghost Take
EN- alivel Take EN- alive!"
Hopalong and Red, clubbing the nearest
Mexican with reversed Colts. felt thaYthev 4
we're IN johnny's way, and dragged their
lcum aside TO bind him and to give their
'outhtul friend plenty of room. Martin
ook care OF another snuggler with a crush
lg right swing, and then grinned at Johnny
mo had cleaned up the remaining two andy
'as iookng around to see if he had misseds
ny. de paused triumphantly, and them
loved his nose up in Hopalong's face.
Tried to lose me, heyl" he shouted. eFori
even cents and toothbrush I'd finish nm.
q you!"
Red grabbed him by trousers and teoriar
nd heaved him iuto the passage: @(,et ont
here an play with yore souvenir or
loppyn step on youl'
JohnnySa up, felt Of himself and grinne5
! We got 1t, all right: my ropes on +. Pm
1ing to take it back home with me aas.j
axe somebody eos It'll" 81
: And m going to taxi Alvarez to Pasa
40 iced him to jail, along with theH
-hers' laughed Martin, whose promotion,s
as now assured. Jim Lane knows ofn
lree good Jobs that are vacant in the So
&c be suggested, hopefully. =
he was surprised at the alacritv With
hich they we're refused. win