Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-12-14

the door Of the outer once opened
Win a jerk. and Judson thrust hand
CURED prisoner of his own capturing
into the lighted room.
There he is. Mr.. LidgerWood,
snarled the engineer constable =
nabbed him over yonder at the fire,
working to put it out. just as L ne
hadn't told his gang to go and set Y,
Hallock!' exclaimed the superln-
tendent starting as If he had seen
chest How is ttis7 Are there two
1 OF your
! Halloek looked down modify
There were two Of us who wanted
your job, and the other one needed i
badly enough TO wreck trains and GO
kill people and. to lead lot OF pig
headed trainmen and mechanics into
a riot TO cover his tracks,
LidgerWoed turned quickly. "Un-
mask those men. McCloskey."
It was the signal for tumult. The
tall man fought desperately to pre-
serve bis disguise, but Flemisfers
mask was torn off in the first rush.
Then came diversion, sudden and
Gerceiy tragic. With cry Of rage
that was like the yell Of mailman
Hallock flung himself upon the mine
owner, beating him down with his
manaeled hands, choking him, grinding
him into the dust OF the floor, and
when the avenger OF wrongs was pull
ed OF and dragged to his feet Lidger-
wood, looking past the death grapple,
saw the figure Of woman swaying
at the corridor door-saw the awful
horror in her eyes. In the turning OF
leaf he had fought his way to her.
Good heavens. Eleanorp he gasp
ed What are you doing here?" And
he faced her about quickly and led her
into the corridor lest she should see
the distorted features Of the victim Of
Hallock's vengeance
Il came-they took the car away, and
LII was left behind she faltered, and
then: "Oh, Howard, take me away,
hide me somewhere It's too horri-
ble!'
| There was bull below Of rage from
the room they had just LEFT, and Lid
| gerW0od hurried his companion into
| the first refuge that offered, which
/ CHANGED to be the trainmaster's room.
corridor came the taller Of the two
| garroters. holding his mask In place as
he ran, with McCloskey, Judson and
all but one or two OF the others in hot
| pursuit.
Notwithstanding the fugitive gained
| the stair and fell rather than ran to
| the bottom There was the crash Of
a bursting door. q soldierly command
Of ''Haltr' the crack OF q cavalry rife,
and McCloskey came back, Wipfng his
homely face with a bandanna.
They got him." he said. And then,
seeing Eleanor for the first time, his
jaw dropped and he tried to apologize.
Excuse me, Miss Brewster. didn't
have the least idea you were up here
Nothing matters now" said Eleanor,
pale to the lips. .Come in here and
tell US about It. And-and-is mamma
safer
shes downstairs IN the Nadia with
the others, where supposed you
were,'' McCloskey began, but Lidger-
wood heard the feet of those who were
carrying Flemister's body from the
chamber Of horrors, and. quickly shut
ting the door on sight and sounds.
started the trainmaster on the story
which must be made to last until the
| way was clear of things a woman
should not see.
"Who was the tall man?' he asked.
| ST thought he was Hallock-l called
him Hallock.''
! The erainmasteT shook his head.
They're about the same build, but we
were all off wrong. Mr.. Lidgerwood-
way off. It's been Gridley-Gridley
and his side partner, Tlemister, all
along. Gridley was the man who
Jumped the passenger at Crosswater
hills and took up the rail to ditch
Clay's freight, with Halloek chasing
him and trying to prevent II. Gridley
was the man who helped Flem1ster
last night at Silver Switch. with Hal
lock trying again to stop him and Jud-
son trying to keep tab on Hallock and
getting him mixed up with Gridley at
every turn. even to mistaking Grid
ley's voice and his shadow on the win
dow curtain for Hallock's. Gridiey
was the man who stole the switch en-
CINE and ran It over the old Wire Sill
yer spur to the mine to sell it to
F'lemlster for his mine power plant
]. They've got It boxed up and running
there right now. Gridley is the man
who has made all this strike trouble,
bossing the job to get you out and 60
get himself in SO he could cover up
his thieveries. Gridley was the man
who put up the job with Bart Ruff
ford TO kill you, and Judson misfook
his voice for Hallock's that time too
Gridley Was''-
] Hold on, Mac" interrupted the su-
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