Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12


~This bfsaifaet 0oss % che laysi"
Glass bsoko, abruptly into smothered
merriment. "Whsn I laugh nowadays
it's . funny Joke" be gigSled.
That grown men could be - stupid
Va unbelisvaSls, and Wally, seeing
himself the object of senssieSs
prank. was reused 70 anger.
'LAwrence. get ny coat" said he.
i've been bullied enough; I'm going
mp to the house" When Slower only
continued whiting methodically, he
burst out: "Stop honing that shin
bonel II you Ike 1t you can eat IL!
I'm soing now to swallow a stack OF
hot cakes With maple syrupl"
''Mr. Speed" Willie impaled him
with a steady glare, you'll eat what
we tell you to, and nothin' else! II
We say grass grass it'll be. You're
goin' to beat one Skinner If 1t takes
q human life. And II that life hap
pens to be yours. you got nobody but
yourself to blame"
Indeed"
you heard me! I've been set to
ride herd on you daytimes, the other
boys IL guard you nights. We been
double-crossed once-it won't happen
again."
"You intend to make me eat this
disgusting stun, whether want to or
not!" Even yet the youth could not
convince himself that this was other
than joke.
mo" Willie shook his head. I'VE
Just aim to make you want to eat it."
| Then Larry Glass made his fatal
mistake.
! "say, why don't you let Mr.. Speed
buy you a new photograph, and call
the race or" he inquired.
Slower, stricken dumb, paused, knife
In hand; Willie stared as II bereft of
motion. Then the former spoke slow
ly. Looks like we'd ought to smoke
up this fat party, WILL"
Willie nodded, and Glass realized
that the little mans steelblue eyes
were riveted balefully upon him.
1--WE had bunch 1t would come to
that" the near-sighted one replied.
Every time I look at him 7 see a
bleedin' bullet hole In his abominable
region, about here" He laid finger
upon his stomach, and Glass felt q
darling pain at precisely the same
spot.
That's where you hit the gambler
at Ogden" he heard Slower say-it
might have been from great distance
but aim for the bridge OF the
nose"
1.-THE belly amt so sudden as the
eyesocket. but it's more lingerin.
and heap painfuller," explained the
| gun man, and Speed was moved to
sympathy.
Larry only wanted to please you
eh, Larry?" he said. nervously. but
Glass made no reply. His distended
orbs were frosen upon Willie. It was
doubtful II he even heard.
"Our honor amt for SALE" Still Bill
declared.
Here Berkeley Fresno spoke. "Of
course not. And you mustn't think
that Speed IL trying to get out Of the
race. He wants to run! And II any
thing happened to prevent his running
he'd be broken.heazted. i know he
WOULD"
whites hypnotic eye left the train
er's abdomen and'ravsled slowly Il
Speed.
what could happen?'' questioned
he.
'N-nothing that know Of
"You don't aim to leave"
certainly not"
"Oh. you fellows take 1t too seri
ously," Fresno offered carelessly. "He
might have to-"
| Willie's upper lip drew back. show
ing his yellow teeth.
"They don't sell no railroad tickets
J before Saturday, and the walkin' ie
bad. There's your breakfast. Mr.
Speed. When you've ct your fill, you
better rest. And don't talk to them
ladies', neither; it spoils your train Of
thought"
(To be Continued.)