The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-09

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on the other side of him.
say. chief. he says there was no
gold"
4 sinewy arm reached on and took
Gallons gun away from him. II think
| better keep this" said the sheriff. his
dark c%ountcnance growing stern.
30 this cavalcade made It's way
through the fresh California dawn
until there was a sudden break in the
mesa. The deputy threw ont his hand.
There are a hundred gulches In these
mountains. Which one Is II. pardncrT'
81 the word '~pardner' Gallon pulled
himself together. The glitter Of the
brass on the horses hcadstall and that
word. Should he tell them the location
OF that gulch7 The stroke of one
horses hoof might disclose the mother
lode. ana yet he had told them the out
laws had Killed Wilkerson.
His hors, stumbled aud threw him.
when he got up he %gropingly pointed
hts hands toward the hills and mt.
tered. "rhat way. bo~ys-that's where
they got him"
Half an hour later the posse was
grouped about the dead IRE. and the
sheriff was staring at a blood stained
blanket
There has been trouble he said
abruptly Then he turned OF Gallon.
"Why Is this coffee hotT' he said,
lifting up the pot The hrusque tones
Of the sheriff cut the silence that fol-
lowed.
u don't see your man. l don't undei.
the murder Of lie looked at Gallon.
and the old man i-nyoluntarily said.
"WHkcrsou.'
All day the sheriff. with Gallon. his
arms pinionrd behind him. searched
tho guliies and gulch~' for the man
whose blood stained blanket they had
found Tho old man. tncimru rs ever.
merely said. as II repeating by rote,
THE outlaws got him"
when the fun moon had risen and
the night life OF the desert had begun.
grotesque life. built OF feetiug forms
u bizarre shadows. the sheriff called
a halt up the canyon.
On one side OF the guliey on which
they were camped the shcriTs men
had built q Gre II WIS against a rock
which rose whitley uuder the moon.
Ga % saw his chance. lie worked
his way 10 the IRE and In spite ~ the
pain held his hands out over the blaze
until he felt the strands OF the rope
weaken and finally pnrt
A moment later he was making his
way 10 where the horses were tied
lie le9ped upon the nearest ono and
within q second was on his way down
the hin into the mist which filled the
valley.
But the noise OF bis horses hoofs on
the rough shale OF the hillside awak
ened the guard.
Il think ] viii have u Cup OF coffee"
he said 20 himself sleepily and slug.
gishly stretched himself A moment
later he tiuug the empty coTeep0t into
the darkness. sheriff" he cried. "h,'s
gone
The sheriff FITTED his lanky form rs
n by n single movement WHO'S
gomez" he yelled
THAT man. Gallon" replied the
guard.
we must get him. boysr' the sheriff
said They rode o. the edge OF the hin
and looked down into an ir.iescent sea
" mist a mere pool OF curdllng moon
shine.
Hes got away from MS, boys" said
the sheriff. wen never nnd htm
there"
Gallon rode quickly on, no longer
seeking Tor a light. but for darkness.
and vet ms he felt the pony culver un.
der him he himself felt n strange trem.
or-Wilkcrson w6s still. alive-some
whore behind that veil was his enemy
and the man who knew the location OF
the richest mine IN all golden Califor.
MIA.
Mission Street pier marks the point
on the san Francisco water front where
sooner or later every one IN this world
passes, and among tho multltudes
strange. suhdued and u~nsuhdued by
the tremendous forces which make our
utilization, Gallon found himself ahsO-
lutely unobservcd IN this throng-he
was as he hoped 20 be-. Berthed ~
the pier was a steamship. quartermns.
ters az the gangway. and a sign hung
on the rail- saying, 1--WE sail az 0.d5
p m"
When he reached his cabin Gallon
stenlthily took out from bis pocket a
folded paper and looked az H. lie laid
II on the white covering OF the bunk
ana once more dipped into his jacket
This time ~ was the picture Of a girl
Il VIII save u for you" he murmur
ed 10 himself. The bare room held
Out n movable article OF furniture
a chest OF strange workmanship and
fcd0leut Of alien lands, Gallon stOOpe
"a over and pulled al the I'd IL came
open 10 his touch, ana be saw then a
strange congioIneration o. articles. An
Idol lay there. inanimate. but impor.
mnt lie picked n up. and as he did so
enc ~ ms coral eyes fcll out
To him Il was a sinister omen. and
he stared for d moment clutchinR at
bis breast. Then be gave way 20 the
hysierla of the hunted aud the haunted.
Il don't know whose god you are."
ne mutfored. "but n yOu must have a.