New Ulm review., 1913-06-25

& HID day Of the race dawned
Ne4 bright and fair. without .
~ cloud to mar ito splendor.
AZ the golden morning
lS wore on. . gradual excite
ment became apparent
among the cowboys. in
Raq creasing @ the hours
- &4 passed. and % they pre-
pared with 10y to invade their rivals
territory: nevertheless. the vigilant
watch upon their champion did not
relax. vtse 4i s5 ..s8
II was some time after midnight
that, Lawrencs GLASS had been the
cause. OF Wild alarm chat, brought
the denisens Of the ranch out in night
apparel. Jack Chaplin. awakened by :
cry for help, had found him in the
hands Of Carara and Cloudy. who had
been doing night duty in accordance
With stover's orders. What with the
trainers loud complaints. the excited
words Of his captors. and the confu.
sion resulting when the bunk-house
emptied itself of men half clad, it had
taken the ranch-owner some time to
discover that Glass had been sur
prised in the act Of escaping. It
seemed that the sentries. seeing fig
ure skulking past the white adobe
walls Of the house, had called upon it
to halt. There had been dash for
liberty, then furious struggle before
the intruder's identity became clear,
and but for Chapin's prompt arrival
upon the scene violence would inev.
itably have resulted.
Il tell you, I'm walkin' in my Sleep
declared Glass for the twentieth time.
"Caramba! You try for get away .
stormed the Mexican. "Pig!"
Not bit like 1t! I've been a son.
nambulist ever since I'm a baby"
"Why didn't you answer when we
called" Cloudy demanded.
"How can talk when I'm sound
asleep?"
III you couldn't hear US call, why
did you rum"
Nov have a little sense, pal. A
sleep-waIker don't know what he's
doin,'." +
Since there's no harm done, you'd
better all 90 back to bed" Chapin ad.
vised. 'Mr. Glass has the liberty OF
the ranch, boys, night or day, asleep
or awake" ..5
Looks to me like he was tryin' to
elope some" Stover balanced upon
one bare foot, and undertook to re.
move q sand-burr from the other. In
the darkness he seemed supernatural.
ly tall, so that Glass fastened to
strengthen his story.
Il was walkin' in my sleep as nice
% you please when those rummies
lep' on me. Say! You know that's
dangerous; you can kill a guy wakin
him up SO sudden"
There's easier ways than that"
spoke Willie from the gloom.
IT'S yap trick just the same. l
was in the middle Of a swell dream,
too"
Come, come. Stover, get your boys
back to bed! Well have the whole
ranch up with this noise"
Chaplin himself led Glass around
the house, while that gentleman made
no offer to explain the dream which
had prompted him to pack his suit
case before letting himself out of the
training-Quarters. Once safely back
In the gymnasium, he sat up till
dawn, prey to frightful visions
which the comfortable morning light
did not serve to dissipate.
Wally Speed slept serenely through
the whole disturbance, and was great
ly amused at the story when he
awoke. He was sorely tempted to
make known his agreement with
Skinner, and put an end to his train
er's agony of mind; but he recalled
SINNERS caution, and reflected that
the slightest indiscretion might pre-
cipitate a tragedy. For the first time
since the beginning of the adventure
he was perfectly at ease, and the phe-
nomenon added to his trainers dis
may.
Others beside Lawrence Glass we're
apprehensive. Culver Covington, for
instance, was plainly upset, while
Roberta Keap pleaded headache and
had her breakfast served in her room.
1t was shortly afterward that she
in the gymnasium doorway,
and cried, in an accusing voice:
"Well, Mr.. Speed?"
"Yes, quite WE'LL"
"You traitor!"
"You modern Borgia! Didn't you
go and tell Helen everything?"
Didn't you promise to stop Cul.
ver?
II did. I had him thrown in Jail
at Omaha. What more could do?"
"You did try? Honestly?" Mrs.
Keap allowed her indignation to abate
g.