Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05
CHAPTER xxV.-(Continued.)

WAS that all?"
DE OF glnral he didn't seem ter
knoW what ter say; he done set dar
!ookfn' off ober de prairie like he was
ciar fiumegasted. He sho' did look
like dat black debble he'd hit him
mighty hard. Den he says slow like.
tulnin' his boss round Bartlett, yo
am putin up good bluff, but, by
Gawd, I'm goin' ter call yo'. Yo' don't
get a cent oh dat money less yo' put
up de proof. I'll meet yo' whar yo
say. but ef | can git hol' oh some pa
pers OATS missin I'll take dat grin off
20 face. De odder one laughed, an
de OF gin'ral started TO ter ride away,
den he pull up he's boss, an look
back 'Yo sorter herd wild dat kind
oh cattle. Bartlett be say, sharp like,
maybe yo' know a gambler roun'
yece called Hawley?' De black debble
4ebber chen lose he's grin Do yo'
mean Black Bart Haw!ey?' OATS the
vnan, where is hep 'Dealin faro TO
Mike Kenna in Topeka a week ago
friend oh yours? OATS none OBJ yo'
damned business, snorted de OF
gin'ral, siVin his boss de spur Sho'.
Massa Jack. he nebber knowed he was
taikin ter dat same Hawley, an dat
black debble jest laughed as he rode
off"
When was all this, Neb?"
Bout de time yo' all went up on
de nill | reck'n. done come right
we're, and waited
Keith walked across the room, Sc
lected a cigar. and came back, his
snind busy with the problem Hawley
had in some manner, then. got into
communication with Waite, and was
threatening him. But Waite, evidently
aIneW the man under another name
his given name-and the gambler had
sent him off on false trail. The lost
papers apparently contained the solu-
'tion to all this mystery Waite be-
iieved Hawley possessed them, but
did not suspect that Bartlett and Haw-
aey were the same person What
would he most naturally do now?
Seek HaWley in Topeka probably;
Se.Ae the first opportunity of getting
there Keith turned impatiently to
the clerk
Any train running east?''
Well. they generally start one out
every day" with a glance toward the
clock, tong bout this time. Maybe
it's gone and maybe it hasn't"
1t was already nearly dark outside
RS the two men FASTENED toward the
depot They arrived there barely in
time to see the red lights on the last
car disappear. No inquiries made OF
those loung;ng about brought results
they had been interested in lot OF
drunken graders loaded on the fiat
cars by force. and sent out under
guard-and not one could tell whether
any man answering Yates descrip
ton was in the single passenget
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, he
made his own way back to the hotel.
1t seemed strange enough how COM
pietely he was blocked each time, just
SIS he thought the whole battling mys-
terry was about to be made clear. Haw-
ley was playing in rare luck. all the
cards running easily to his hand. thus,
at least, gaining time, and strengthen
ing his position. There could no long
er be any doubt that the gambler pos
sessed some knowledge which made
him a formidable adversary. From
Waite's statement it was the loss of
the papers which left him helpless to
openly resist the claim being made
upon him on behalf of the mysterious
Phyllis His only hope, therefore, lay