Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-22

tllei: case. Il have heard Of him ever
since | joined the force
| We'll. he's a funny joker to have
| showed over us. n blooming little
| hunchbacN like that"
| Il always heard that he was none
| the worse for what he couldn't help.
| and now | can understand it," said the
| sergeant, for he's not such q bunch -
| The nen looked at each other i'll the
| moonlight, and the ugly word was new
er flushed. A dozen hoofs We're gal
| Looping upon chem, their thunder mUf-
| fled by the sandy road. and into the
! tank OF InOonShine came two horses.
| bounded by the detective bareback on
| the third.
! Some one left the slip rails down,
| and they were all over the horse pad
| dock" he painted. But | took Il bride
and managed to catch one and it was
easy enough to run up the other two"
| But even Constable Tyler thought
the more Of their misShapen leader for
| the feat.
| There was now 40 time to be lost for
| il approached midnight, but the trio
We're soon cantering through the horse
| paddock neck and neck, and the new
day found them at the farther gate
The moon still poured unbroken bril-
lance upon that desert world Of sandy
stretches tufted with salt bush and
| ezra tically Overgr0wn with scrub. The
shadow of the gate was as another
gate lying ready TO he hang. For
each particular wire in the fence there
was thin black stripe upon the
ground: The three passed through and
came in quick time upon the edge of
that scrub in which the crime had been
committed. And here the chief called
Il halt.
THE two to nail him must be on
foot" said he "Iou can creep upon
him on foot as you never could with u
horse. but | will remain mounted in
the road and ride him down if he
shows fight.
SO the pair i'll the pugarees walked
one at either Stirrup Of their crooked
chief, leaving the two horses tethere0
20 Il tres. until Of Il sudden the whole
party halted a. one. They had round
cd a bend in the road with great eau
ton. for they Ill know where they
were. but olily one Of them was pre-
pared for the position Of the light
which flashed into their eyes from the
heart of til" scrub
1t was tiny light. set low upon the
ground. and yet il flashed through the
forest like Il diamond in q bundle of
hay. 1t burnt at no little distance
from the track. for at movement it
was lost. bat it was some hundreds Of
yards nearer the station than the
scene of the murder. The chief Whi$-
pered that this was where he had
the distance he had led the way. wind
ing in and ont among the trees, now
| throwing a leg across his horses with
| erS to avoid Il bOie. anon embracing its
neck 10 escape contact with the
! branches 1t was long before they could
tlStcIl any tttllI- but tiic iiShl itScll
amid the trunks and branches of the
scrub.
Suddenly the horseman stopped.
reckoning with his free hand to the
pair afoot. pointing at the fire with
! the one that he'd the reins. "Td as they
crept up to him he stopped in the stir
r1lps till his mouth was close to the
! sergeant's ear.
Hes sitting on the far sidn OF the
| light. but YOU can't see his face.
thought he was q log. ana still be-
lieve he's asleep. Creep on him like
! cats till he looks up. then rush him
with your rcvolyers before he can draw
his. and I'll support YOU with mine
Nearer and nearer stole Cameron
| and Tyler. The rider managed to coax
Il few more nOiSeleSS steps from his
| clever mount. brt dropped She reins
| AMI squared his elbows some twenty
| PAGES from the i@ht--;l hurricane lamp
! now in the sh.rpest focus. The pO-
| licemen crawled some yards ahead:
! all three carried Il revolver in hand
| But still the unsuspectin@ figure sat
motiOnleSS, his chin upon his chest.
! the brim of his wideawake hiding his
| face L little heap Of 2old and notes
| before him on the ground. Then the
| sUpcrintendent,s horse flung up its
! head: its teeth champed upon the bit;
! the man sat bolt upright. and the light