The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-05
CHAPTER X.
4 Vice 0ssS Bsxtts In.


ID onA,A ~Ao had witnessed
many tBri1o ring battles,
6aed sArses before speech
would como TO his paraiyssd
lips. His usually jaunty
air had been replaced by IN
aspect OF stiffenins horror such a.
may be found on the faces OF people
who have witnessed . sicksning stesss.
accident: his dry throat all but
crackisd aloud a. he cried hoarssiy:
Hs-hs's deadi You killed Bni!"
Capt. Velvet laughed rumblineiys
and shook his head.
Hell be all right in half an hour"
he said Il Just happened TO hit him
BY accident. anyway. happened TO
look right at him. and Il struck me
how much he resembisd Q darnsd
contemplate Spaniard knew in
Argentine in eighteen eighty. That
feller was the meanest thing
ever laid eyes on. and-weli, I'll
tell you all about II and then
you'n understand better why poor
Dh iyih8 tner0.
The captain chuckied and leaned
easily against the vauiting bora
with his bag resting on top. "Ysu
zoe. me and this Spanish TELLER were
ieft together In one O. those up coun-
try ranchhouses where'--- ~
Robert Pollard returned 10 life. irt
VIII you tell us that aftsrvard.4
captain" he asked quickly. II want
10 hear about II. but I'll have 10 do
something toto get Biii back, firvt."
lie hurried TO the basins In the cor
ner and tore down the roller towsl:s
ne soaked II and hurried back TO the
spanish Brute. And when he had
FOLDED tho wet cloth about the brutal
brow several times. his genuine worry
was relieved by n spasmodio twitch,
or Ryan's legs. A second followed.
and then . third. and Ryan eat up
suddenly and cried:
Whers 70 hs1 Where IL he?"
Hes nghe here" said the oap.
lain; Get up and run around q III.
uS. biii: ana you'll feel better" ~
Tho Brute started at his voice ax6
nipped. strangely and swiftly. 10 his
handc and knees. A dozen yards he
ran thus before the ordinary br,,tish
reason climbed back, with aome dim
Guilty. to her throne and gave him.
peuse; ana then. . stream OF really
i1gnt5W Language issuing from his
Ilps. Ryan stASgersd to his feet and
~ , 1.snS Pollard stepped into the
This image ever now" h. smiled g.
"and yeu both ought 10 BE- spanked
and dnlsh breakfast" 80
And - they ate. Pollard thousAs.,
enereseasally: Apart from the trouble
which caused the Brute to carsss III
Iowee Jaw. apart from the dreadful
~ H,o. .. Hcs nisse there was much
In the past Peilard had owned a
nae % thrifty New England anoss.
tors. Who cultivated the society OF
evofy Individual penny until they
called the Indian on the front by III d,
nrst name. Already more than twelve
hundred dollars must b credited 70
desd !osc In the matter OF Capt Vel
vs.' sns SNAKE. even now. was spend
,nS the best part Of four hundred
mors-end the car he would buy a
that price would bring next - No.
Ing At q quick. forced sale.
turtnsr. two thousand harA->arnoA
cellars Were repooing In the oaptain'a
POCKET and for . little he oontom-
p!eted . nat request Tor them. a.
glanced q the captain And opened his
iips-hs danced a. the bag and ciosSd
them IN . smile; Just . Ten hSs~s
sfter AZ. and the two thousand Vouii
% safsly homo again. with infeeost
Then. when their guest had been ~.
usd with . rude 70 the Greetsr citv.
. collection Of maps ana half q dssSn
morning. papers. Pollard driftsd laslly
INTO their room. and. once tAees. e.
S SsHS : snS Hs;.sa Twice he sn'sssd
The Snake appeared frsn -. O..
taino ods almost Instantly, M ~.
Iard drew hun toward the win4oV.
SNAKE. he breathed, We oaaT ~
mat bag while he's awake ~ -
can't get y Will hs's aAlssp VltAent
"Whatf"
How Ven DO ysa us~ ~ AsvaA
"Robhy." the Snake "a a1say. Il,
Know every curve In T.: know every
stitch and rtvst In iti I'VE plpsd that
thing adswise and sndwiss and
That's what thought" Pollard
smiled 9yickiy; "oe cut ana Get ~
Its whatr gaspsd ne SNAKE
.hs s; 1so Inv vo: dacsA'F bag nh' that In
TN gamble that thsrs ere not lees
th.n q. in New York. want just
-wh~sr Evans asked s,ankly.
Whsrever you nks-only get Il, and
quick. the leader aid impatientiy.
I'll keep him here. and one hour after
you're back ven have the stun and be
Go,. have it all dopsd out
Evans was scarcely out Of the room
before Ryan stGrmed in.
"Robby." whospered Ryan, you RI.