Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
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that ever wrinkled the bearded mans
| features now appeared on his face.
Hes done gone" he said, after a
couple Of puffs from his pipe.
"Gone!" yelled Cain. Gone where
How?"
"Jest gone" replied the noun
taineer, after a tantalizing pause.
The blood rushed to Gains face
and Sor moment he appeared to be
choking.
Gone, you lunkheads!" he cried in
| fury. What have I been paying
you good money for? You are a lot
of fools. I'll show you that you
can't" Gains tempestuous flow
of words stopped suddenly.
Not So Easy.
With the careless movement he
would have used to draw a handker-
I chief chad he possessed that useful
| article from his pocket, the black
! bearded man reached a hand behind
| him and when il came into View
4 again it held a wicked-look six
shooter. The demonstration was suf-
| ficient. The color left Gains face
as quickly as it had mounted and
| he became very pale Th4aIe was a
/ painful pause. The three men on the
bench shifted uneasily.
1-beg your pardon" stammered
Cain, feeling as though he ought to
say something to relieve the tension.
! The mountaineers made no answer.
Cain glanced from one to the other Of
them. Finally he managed to say:
It's getting late. l must be 60
| ing"
There was no answer to this re-
| mark, either. Cain hesitated a mo-
ment, then started to walk in the di-
rection of his horse.
Come on back yere." The bearded
man spoke in a quiet tone, but Cain
stopped instantly and turned.
"W-what do you want?" he asked
In faint voice.
Settle" said the bearded man, la
conically.
Cain gulped once or twice and then
answered;
Why. paid You for your work"
"'Tain't enough"
Il didn't bring any money with
me-very little" stammered Cain.
Cit some"
Cain frightened up. "All right" he
said IN send it TO you same as be-
fore"
Il reckon not; you git It up we're
and you stay right yere till it comes"
The black bearded man, il seemed,
"
Caught in Net.
Cold sweat broke out on Gains face.
II dawned on him that he was caught
in the same net that held Gordon
Kelly for weeks. He knew now why
the bearded man had brought him to
this deserted spot instead of telling
him when they met down the road that
Gordon Kelly had escaped. He rap
i -.
in his mind and then endeavOred 10
parley with the mountaineers.
Il don't see any way to get any
money up here to you unless l go
home and get it," he said.
Not even the shrug Of a shoulder
did Cain receive in acknowledgment
of this statement. He tried pleading
and said in a half whine;
You men know / have treated you
all right I've done just what ! said
| I'd do. I'm a man Of my word. II
you win let me go back to Atlanta,
! / promise you on my honor as gem
tleman that l viii send you the money
as soon as l get there
This would have been the proper
place for word or two of increduli-
| tn, but none was offered by the
! bearded man. Cain tried several forms
Of entreaty without getting a rise out
of his listeners, and then said:
well. all right; just tell me how
/ can get the money and I'll try it.
The leader Of the gang, who had
been leaning against the cabin, went
indoors and returned with a pencil
and a stenographer's notebook, which
he handed to Cain The book was
what was left Of one they had pro-
cured for Gordon Kelly, and had been
used by him in writing the few letters
he was allowed to write. Cain seated
himself on the ground with his back
against the cabin and prepared to
write. Before beginning, however, he
said to the bearded man:
Can / have something to eat? ]
haven't eaten since early this morn
ing"
A Dash to Escape.
The three men arose from the
| bench. One of them went indoors to
start a fire, another took a pail and
went to a nearby spring for water,
and the third began gathering an
armful of wood from a small pile a
/ few feet behind the cabin. The black
| bearded man, rating Cain an arrant
coward (Which he was), but choosing