The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-23
CHAPTER xxv.--(Contlnued.)

Was that all?"
Z de oil gln'ral he didn't seem ter
Anow what ter say; he done set dar
aookin' of ober de prairie like he was
Oar f1umegasted. He sho' did look
Ike dat black debble he'd hit him
mighty hard. Den he says slow like.
fuynin' his boss round: Bartlett. yo'
am putin up a good blum, but. by
0awd. I'm goin' ter call 20. To- don't
Gst a cent OBJ dat money less yo' put
UP de proof. III meet yo' whar yo'
gay. but 81 | a git hol' OBJ some pa
pers dat's missin' I'll take dat grin on
20 face De odder one laughed. an
de oil gin'ral started TO ter ride away,
den he pull up he's boss. an look
back. 'Yo' sorter herd wild dat kind
ob cattle. Bartlett he say. sharp like.
maybe 20 know a gambler roun'
yere called Hawleyr De black debble
nebber eben lose he's grin. DO 20
mean Black Bart Hawley?' OATS tho
man. where IL her 'Dealin' faro 70
Mike Kenna in Topeka a week ago
friend oh yours?' OATS none OBJ yo'
damned business snorted de OIL
gin'ral. givin' his boss de spur. Sho'.
Massa Jack. he nebber knowed he was
talkin' ter dat Same Hawley, an dat
black debble Jest laughed as he rode
on"
When was all this. Neb?"
Bout do time yo' all went up on
do hill. ! reck'n. | done come right
yere. and waited"
Keith walked across the room. &C.
lected a cigar. and came back. his
mind busy with the problem. Hawley
bad In some manner. then. got into
communication with Waite. and was
threatening him. But Waite evidently
knew the man under another name
his given name-and the gambler had
sent him OF on q false trail. The lost
papers apparently contained the solu-
ton to all this mystery. Waite be-
hevad Hawley possessed them. but
did not suspect that Bartlett and Haw.
leg were the same person. What
would he most naturally do nowy
Seek Hawley In Topeka probably;
seize the nrst opportunity Of getting
there. Keith turned im%patiently to
the clerk.
ANY train running east?"
Well. they generally start one out
every day." with a glance toward the
clock. long bout this time. Maybe
VS. gone. and maybe II hasn't"
1t was already nearly dark outside
q the two men FASTENED toward the
depot. They arrived there barely In
time to see the red lights on the last
lar disappear. No inquiries made OF
those lounging about brought results
they had been interested In q lot Of
drunken graders loaded on the IA,
ears by force. and sent out under
Ouarc-and not n could tell whether
any man answering Waite's descrip.
ton was In the single passenger
coach. Convinced. however, that the
General would waste no time In prose
cutting his search. Keith believed him
already on his way east. and after dis.
missing Neb. with Instructions TO
watch out closely for Hawley. be
made his own way back to the hotel.
II seemed strange enough how corn.
plctely be vas blocked each time, Just
q he thought the whole banning mys-
terry was about to be made clear. Haw-
10y was playing In rare luck. all the
cards running easily to his hand, thus,
st least. gaining time. and strengthen.
ing his position. There could no long.
u b any doubt that the gambler pos
ssssed some knowledge which made
him { formidable adversary. From
Waite's statement Il was the loss Of
Ne papers which left him helpless to
spenly resist the claim being made
NON hin - Ao1etf q the mystsrasss
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