The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-25

goyle. 1t glowered put upon the de-
serted street. A tense, immovable chin
rested In a pair of clinched hands,
knees supporting the elbows. This des-
olate, forbidding figure had been there
for an hour or moreover since Chris
tines return from the concert. Not
once were the burning eyes removed
from the lighted windows across the
way. AT last, long after the footsteps
of the anxious Virginian had died away
in the night and the lights were extin-
guished in the house opposite, the ST.
lent watcher came to his feet.
well, they're through discussing
me-" muttered Tom Braddock. He
stalked down from his perch and went
swiftly up the street, a gaunt, broad
shouldered figure whose step seemed
to suggest purpose more than stealth.
Hello, Brad!' He betrayed no sur
prise, no sign of alarm. He did not
check his pace nor look around.
'Confound you, Dick" he said, as II
pronouncing sentence, eff you don't
quit logging me like this I'll kill you,
so help me God! What did you follow
me over here tonight forT'
you know why, Brad"
This is my affair." went or the big
man. AZ was doing no harm, sitting
across there. Can't a man sneak off
for a single look at his own child-in
the lark at that-without being hound
ed by Say, you must stop logging
me, d'you hear? I'm a human being.
I've got feelings. l wanted to have a
look at her. That was my girl that
said good night to the swells back
~there-mine! Did you hear how sweet
her voice was? II Something
came up in the mans throat to cut off
the words, and a long silence fell be-
tween them.
Half an hour later a cab stopped at
a corner not far from a Pell street i'm
tersection. Two men got down and
picked their way through the vile
street, searching out the house MUM
bers as they progressed. A man in his
shirt sleeves sat back in the shadow
of the tumbledown stoop, smoking a
pipe. The uncertain, timorous actions
of the strangers in Thieves alley
brought a fantastic smile to his lipsl
Looking for some one, gentsf" be
manded the smoker, without rising
from the stool on which he sat leaning
against the wall.
"Is this No. 24?- Hello! It's Dick!'
"Ain't you afraid to be seen down
here, Joey?" asked the man on the
stool, chuckling.
Its worth an honest mans life to
be seen ERE" said Joey Noakes in
hushed tones. "God 'elp i'm as can't
'elp ITSELF II e yer strolls In ere I'M
awares. Wot as Brad been up to to-
night?" he demanded.
Without changing his position. Dick
Cronk, in as few words as possible,
told them of Braddock's vigil.
We've got to handle him carefully"
warned Dick.
'The DEVILS to pay in another direc-
tion." said Joey. Bob Grand as card
that Brad's out and that he's been 'ang-
ing around his 'otel. nasty like. Who
should come to my 'ouse in a cab at 9
O'Clock tonight but Boil Grand ITSELF. /
was getting ready to kick i'm into the
gutter when he puts a check on my leg.
curious like. by remarking that he's
looking for Tom Braddock. He came
to arsk me where e could be found. /
told i'm | didn't know. and II | did I'd
be 'anged if I'D tell i'm. We 'ad some
pretty sharp words. you may believe.
But e took all the impudence ont of
me by announcing host plainly that e
understood Brad ANTE TO kill i'm and
that I'D best ave a care 'ow l acted.
because my 'ouse vas being watched
by secret service men. Els going 10
ave Brad nabhed and put where e
can't do all arm"