The Detroit times., 1912-08-16
PHILIPSTEELE
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LJAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
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Got i'm Just In time to miss the
fun after ALL" he said coolly. Queer
game. wasn't IL? | was ahead oi you
UP as lar as the water hole. Saw
what happened there"
Philips hand dropped on the butt
OF his revolver.
Who are you?" he asked.
Me? I'm Blackstone jim Black
stone, from over beyond the elbow.
guess everybody for nifty miles
,ound here knows me- And | guess
I'm the only one who knows what's
happened why" lie hal step
ped behind a huge rock that Shut out
the lower trail from them and Philip
followed, his hand still on his reyoly'
or. They're both dead add q the
stranger, sgnifying with a nod Of his
head that he meant the outlaws one
o. them was alive when cane up,
but | ran my knife between his ribs,
and he's dead now"
The devir cried Philip, half draw
ing his revolver at the ferociou. leer
In the others face.
Wait" exclaimed the man, and
see II I'm not right. The man VINO
was responsible tor the wreck hack
there is my deaaliest enemy has
been tor years, and now I'm even up
with him And | guess in the eyes
OF the law I've cot the right TO II.
What do you say"
Go on said Philip.
The snake.ike eyes Of the man
burned with dun fame and yet he
spoke calmly.
lie came out here from ENGLAND
four years ago" he Went on. lie
was forced to come Understand" He
was such devil back among his peo-
ple--half criminal even then-that
he was sent out here on regular
monthly remittance After that
CIV erything went the way OF his
younger brother. His father married
again, and the second year he be-
came even less than remittance man,
for his allowance was cut OIL. lie
was bad--bad from the start, and he
went from bad TO worse out here He
gambled. fought. robbed, and became
the head of a gang OF scoundrels as
dangerous as himself. He brooded
over what he considered his wrongs
until he went little mad He lived
| only to avenge himself. At the first
! opportunity he was prepared TO Kill
! his father and his step-mother. Enen,
few weeks ago. he learned hat
I these two were corning TO America
and that on their wav to Vancouver
they would pass through Bleak House
Station He went completely mad
then, and planned 10 destroy item,
and rob the train. You know how he
and his gang did the job After II
twas over and they had got the money.
ne let his gang go on ahead OF MIN
while he went back TO the wreck OF
the sleeper He wanted to make sure
shat they were dead DO YOU sce?'
Yes" said Philip tensely, go on"
And when he got there" continued
: the other, bowling his head as Re filled
an old briar pipe with tobacco, he
found some one else. It's strange
and you may wonder how know It
ALL But it's true. Back In England
he had worshiped a young girl Like
the others, she detested him, and yet
he loved her and would have died for
her. And in the wreck Of the sleeper
he found her and her father-both
dead He brought her out, and when
no one was near carried her through
the night TO his horse The kuowl-
edge that he had killed her-the only
creature in the world that he loved
brought him back to sanity. II filed
him with a new desire for venb eance
but vengeance of another kind. To
achieve this vengeance he was com
PEELED to leave her dead body niles
out on the prairie. Then he hurried
10 overtake his comrades. AS their
leader he had kept possession OF the
money they had taken from the ex-
press car. The division was TO be
made at the water hole The gang
vas waiting for him there The money
was divided and two OF the gang
( rode ahead The other two were to
so in another direction so as TO d.
vide the pursuit The remittance man
remained with them, and when the
Others had gone distance he killed
them both He was sane now. you
understand He had committed
great crime and he was employing his
own method OF undoing II Then he
was going back IN bury-her.
The mans voice broke 4 great
sob shook his frame When he look
cd MP. Philip had drawn his revolver
And the remittance man he be-
gan.
us mvsef-Jim Blackstone-at
ycur service"
The man turned his hack to Phi''p.
hunched over, as II bent in grief For
moment he stood thus. There fol-
lowed in that same moment the loud
report OF a pistol and when Philip
leaped to catch his totterins form
the glaze OF death was In the out
I laws eyes.
81 was going 10 do this-back there
beside her" he Gaspcd family. 4
rhivcr ran throuoh him and his head
drorrod limrlv forward
Philip laid him with his face to-