Lower coast gazette., 1913-01-11

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"bai!s fop ono a.1.3 G22a BY t'other,"
tAe constable replied, but ;taia't Been
caed by either, SO far as | a1.os, fer
Z dazea years"
Tow do you lnow the missing post
master is thero?"
Traced him.
"E1ow?"
bicycle tracks, he answered with
Il chuckle. "You were not the only
person who discovered that Rouser,
when he disappeared, went Oh bicycle.
In fact, Kent, you are a little slow as
a detective. BY the time you had as
certaincd that much, | ascertained
where the bicycle tracks led to and
lad even gone SO Tar as to have Dodds
ret warrants for kouser and his ac-
coniplice."
q still Go not see how you got evil
dence enough to get a warrant for
Crandail. Did you fad him out here
with the missing postmaster?"
81 didn't say ! had a warrant for
Crandall," replied the Inspector sharp
". lid you ever hear Of q John Doe
warrant"
How 90 you know they are out here
now?" I asked.
Wen soon find out. Come on" he
answered, starting across the clearing
almost at a dog-trot.
There were many more questions
wanted to put to him, but there was
no opportunity, and, besides, / doubted
much if he would have answered them.
At first he made little effort to move
quietly, but after we had gone a
quarter Of a mile or more ne called
back in a whisper, Quietly now"
We had come to a path which led
US through a short thick growth of un'
derbrush. AS ~noiselessly as indians
following a trail We felt our way along
the silence broken now and then by
the sound Of q bough bent back, Or 8
rustling leaf. Soon the path brought
us out on some rising ground. Not fifty
yards ahead OF us appeared the de
serted cottage.
That's it," whispered Dodds.
SSH" answered Davis. "NTai
here!"
We stopped there just at the edg
eS the underbrush, peering into tn
darkness, straining cur eyes to Sc
ard our ears to hear. From the on
window in the side Of the one.stor
log hut a dim light shone, proving tha
the place was either occupied or ha
been very recently. As We becam
more and more accustomed to tn
darkness I cosld see that there wer
{. apparently two paths, the n 0
Ii which we were standing and anothe
l. leading off at about right angle.
l. As We looked and listened I heard
sharp crack, like the breaking of
$ twig that had been stepped on.
The sound, SO far as / could iudg
came from the other path, appapent
h a hundred feet away from the cottag
e ! turned toward Davis and saw til
he, too, had heard 1t, lie wa5 stan
81 ing with his whole body tense, h
n head bent forward a little as II reat
to spring at any instant, Almost u
,z consciously my hand went into II
er pocket and brought out my revolver
{. felt that affairs were rapidly approae
re ing o crisis.
IL AS we listened, another sound car
til to our ears. At first ind~istinct,
Is quickly took the rhythm OF footste
&c hurryins along the path,a man wa
en- ing rapidly, I decided. The hurryi
let footsteps cane nearer and nearer.
Wis now was crouching Ike a rum
ct. about to make g h~undred-yard dash
It was only a minute OF suspet
re and yet the effect on my nerves v
nes indescr!habie. I wanted to sore
Ike like a hysterical girl; wanted to r
forward or back, it made no diii
I'M ance;; ! wanted to do something, a
Tit thing-anything but stand there
AS wait in the darkness.
ass All of a sudden the form OF a II
hurrying along the other path beca
zen visible. He seemed to be carry
ad, something. Davis tcck two or tn
nd noiseless steps forward and stop
to abruptly. From the shadows, Fl
an nowhere it seemed, the figure or
n a other maj appeared directly in
path Of the onco1ner.
IRIS, "Hold OH here!" it said, or SO
ime thing like that.
With a curse the first man drop
sur whatever he was carrying and st
to ed to run. The second man sta
rch after him. With not more than
0 V PAGES between them the pursued
suddenly wheeled. a revolver fias
Who and the pursuer with q muttered G
east fell headlong in the path. The hui
lass man turned and, with headlong sp
/ plunged down the path.
We AT the revolver shot Davis
leaned forward. and, needless to
, adj Dodds and : were not far behind
rain, Fast as the fugitive was vanishing
tho Wis was even faster. With the N
light ment Of q trained runner he, the
he inspector, quickly outdistanced y
and myself and was close on the !
the Of his man.
safe as / ran GREATNESS behind
ions. hoping to arrive in time to help
until in his capture, I saw the a
halt and turn, ~Jnstinctively Kne
won was about to shoot again, and, IA
The revolver / had been cafryin
] en- the while, without even trying TO
{ fred in his direction just as
,oked the fash from his revolver.
{, yrLa.o ,-,nu hopIIv q ceo0nd itGt