The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-30

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SO CHAPTER II.
lanSford Lays or the Mask.
.Rp o w Dv n r." continued
81 LanGfora. WIN . sigh
-" Of resign { ion that
US |" caused ghsila . shivsr
H Of fepusnancs and hor-
ros. "Doublsr's death wili not b. .
very great loss to the country. Dun
can tells me that hs has long been
suspectsd Of cattle stealing. and
soeasr Or later Ne would have been
caught in the act. And - for Da.
hstA." hs laughed harshly. with .
nsts q suppressed triumph that Alls4
her Win n unacoeuntabls resent.
nasas: "Dalsoss - IN evil In the soun-
Try, TOO. Do you remember how hs
killsd that Mexican half breed over
IN Lasstts that day7-ths day camsf
wanton murder. call Il. Such .
man 10 . danger and . menace. and
shall not DO sorry to see him
hanged for killing Doubler."
Then you viii have Duncan charge
Zakosa with the mWdse7"
y sof course. my dear; Why shouldn't
10 Assuredly you would not allow
uakoAa to 20 unpunishsdf"
"No." said sheila. "Doubler's muir
dskeP should b punished"
Two thiASs we're nov fixed In her
mind - certainties. Dakota had not
been u 80 her father since she bad
lsls him on the river trail; he bad not
foooivod his blood moneyA-would new.
- rscsivo Il, Her father Dad NO intsn.
ten Of living up to his agresrlent with
Dakota and intended to allow him to
b hanged. She thought Of the signed
agreement In her bodice. Langford
hoa gwen It to Dakota, but she had
liOkle doubt that In case Dakota still
'Nh6 u In his possession and dared TO
Hf&0uoe II Langford would deny hev.
~ maoo ts-wouid psObsSsy term It
Xorfsry. lt ms harmless, too; who
E<SUid b likely 30 intimate that the
clause regarding Dakota Inducing
DAublsf TO leave tho country meant
that Langford had hired Dakota to
/. XIII the nSsterf Shetia at silent. look.
ing at LAn9ford. wondering how II
happened that ne had been able to
masquerade On long before her; why
she had permitted herself to love
being 90 depraved. 10 entirely lacking
In principle.
But a thrill Of hope swept over her.
Perhaps Doubler would not dtoy She
had been considering tho situation
from the viewpoint Of the nester'a
Death. but II Dakota had really been
} In earnest and had gone for . doctor.
'NeAors was . chance that the TRAGEDY
NSich seemed 20 imminent would be
tGfned into something less serious
Immediately her spirits rose and she
~ abe to smile quietly at Lang
ford when he continued:
E,NDakota will be hung. OF course; de-
T6cacy demands Il. Wnen Duncan came
"a me with tho news I sent him IN
stantiy TO Lasstte 20 inform the sher-
n Of what had happened. Undoubt-
,S1S ~ WIN take Dakota into CUSTODY
.Sut not for MURDER" said Shells
.evonly. unable to keep culver OF tri'
spmph out Of her voice. ,..
"Not'" said Lansford. startled
"Because." returned Sheila. enjoy.
isnr the sudden CONSERVATION that wa.
.eveaied In her fathers face. and
drawiinG her words a little to further
confound, him: "bscauss Doubler ISM
= Not dsad." Lansford's Jaws
} ..sreed. ana he sat looking at 6heila
2 With wide. staring. vacuous eyes. -No'
6eadf" he repeated hoarsely. why
Duncan told me he had examined MIN
that he had been, shot through the
lungs and had bled to death before nc
Jeff him! How do you know that nc
, AZ not dead :" he suddenly demanded
ieanine toward her. q wild hope In his
: az went 10 his cabin before noon.
.aid 9heila. II found him lying II
~ doorway. He had been shot
fhrough the right SIDE. near the
shouIder. but not Though the lung
and he was still alive. dragged hin
NO the cabin and did what I coult
fer him. Then l started for the doc
; .For the doctor9'' he said incredu'
,ousay, "Then how does It harper
thaA you are here? You couldn't pos
sibiy ride to Lasette and return b!
- bsiicv, ssld that I started 70,
me Doctor" said 0heila with . quite
i. smile. She Was enjoying his excite
\ msnt. II met Daketa on the trail. ans
iIo went"
IAngford continued to stare at her
n seemed that he could not rsaliz'
l. the truth. Then suddenly no wa
ont Of his chair and standing owe
|. hcr. hfs face bloated poisonously. hi
eyes ablass with . malignant isht.