Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-11-07
CHAPTER xxv.-(contlnued.)

Was that all?"
DE OF gin'ral he didn't seem ter
know what ter say. he done set OAR |
lookn' on ober de prairie like he Was
clar numegastcd. He sho did look
Ike dat black debblc he'd hit him
mighty hard. Den he says slow Ike.
turuln' his boss round: Bartlett. 20
am putin up good bluff but. by
Gawd. I'm goin' ter call yo Yo' don't
get a cent OBJ dat money less go put
up de proof. I'll meet yo' whar 20
say. but 81 can git hol oh some pa
pers OATS missin' I'll take dat grin on
yo' 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
oh cattle. Bartlett he say. sharp like.
maybe yo' know gambler roun'
we're called Nawlcy7' De black debble
nehber chen lose he's grin. DO yo
mean Black Bart Hawlcy?' OATS the
man. where Is he? 'Dealin faro 10
Nike Kenna in Topeka n week ago
friend oh yours OATS none Oh yo'
damned business. snorted de OF
gin'ral. givin' his boss de spur Sho'.
Massa Jack he ncbber knowcd he was
takin' ter dat Same Hawlcy. m dat
black cehblc Jest laughed as he rode
on"
When was all this. Neb?"
Bout de time go all went up on
de hill. | reck'n. done come right
yere. and waited
Keith walked across the room. re
lected cigar. and came back. ms
mind busy with the problem. liawicy
had In some manner. then. got into
communication with Waite. and was
threatening him but Waite evidently
knew the man under another name
us given name-and the gambler had
sent him of on false trail The lost
papers apparently contained the solu-
uon to all this mystery. Waite be
heved Hawley possessed them. but
ald not suspect that Bartlett and Haw'
icy were the same person. What
would he most naturally do now
seek hawley in topeka probably;
seize the first opportunity Of getting
there Keith turned impatiently &c
the clerk
ANY train running east?"
Well. they generally start one out
every day" with n glance toward the
CLOCK. long bout this time. Maybe
us gone. and maybe II hasn't"
II was already nearly dark outside
as the two men FASTENED toward the
uepot They arrived there barely II
ume to see the red lights on the las
car disappear No inquiries made o
mose lounging about brought results
-hey had been interested in lot o
drunken graders loaded on the ma
eaTs by force. and sent out unde
suard-and not one could tell whethe
any man answering Waite's descrip
uoh was in the single passenge
eoach Convinced. however. that tn
GENERAL would waste no time In prose
eu'ing his search, Keith believed hin
already on his way east. and after dis
"'ssing Neb. with Instructions 4
watch out closely for Hawley. n
"aue his own way back TO the note
u seemed strange enough how con
pe.ely he was blocked each time. JUS
No ne thought the whole battling mys
very was about to be made clear. Ha"
Ny was playing in rare luck. all Tn
sa'us running easily to his hand. thn'
~ ieast. gaining time. and Strengthen
"s MS position. There could no lont
ne any doubt that the gambler POI
sessed some knowledge which mad
u,rh formidable adversary. Froi
"aites statement It was the loss
"e papers which left him helpless
opehiy resist the claim being mao
upon him on behalf OF the mysteriou
rhyllis His only hope. therefore. Ia