The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-10-02

and dig"
Both men. fortunately, were in hard
training. The heavy soil dew steadily
and fast. Soon they were waist deep.
! Kent In u low voice babe his fellow
toiler stop.
Mustn't wear ouselves out at the
start" he said. Take five minutes
rest"
At the end Of three minutes Sedg.
wick was cropping for his >rl,!r "l'v,
got to go on. Chef Il" "
silence and idlene~>
me-"
Its just as W.
mander. 1.-The
worse luck. And
sibly be up and
Go to it,"
This time - w..
with 3 ..ud 'ch ~.
bis ut. l., ats iron struck upul,
Wo< Goth :.. stood frozen into
Attitudes It ai,.l q. No sound came
from - louise.
Easy -uw." Vs. I Kent, after he
judged 1t sa e to "a lie. II thought
that Jim dug c~.el.&r' IN that. Spade
it out gently. AID for the han.
dies"
1--WE got or - Sedgwick.
"ClmD out. !. dn.. pass me down
the rope"
As Sedgwick gained the earth's level
the moon, sailing from behind a cloud.
poured a food of radiance between the
tree trunks. Kent's face, as he raised
1t from the grave. stretching u his
hand for the cord, was CHASTITY, but his
lips smiled encouragement.
"All right! One minute. now, and
we're safe"
Safe" repeated the other. with
that opened grave! | shall never feel
safe again."
From between the earthen walls
kent's voice came, muffied. Safe as a
church." he averred. from the min
ute that we have the coffin. Take this
end of the rope. Got it? Now this
me It's fast fore and aft. Here |
| come"
With a leap be clambered out Of the
excavation. He took one end of the
rope from Sedgwick's hand. "All ready
to hauI?" he inquired in matter of fact
tones.
wait. What are we going to do
with this this thing?" demanded his
colaborer. I'VE car never get it to
the car"
A low chuckle sounded from the
shrubbery back of them. The resur-
r%ectionists stood. stricken.
An OWL" whispered Sedgwick at
'ength.
NO" replied Kent in the same tone.
Then in full voice and with vivid ur.
gency. Haul"
Up came the heavy casket. humping
and grating. Even through the rope
Sedgwick felt with horror the tum.
bling of the helpless sodden body with
his end up on the mound. The lantern
flashed. BY its CLEAN Sedgwick saw
Kent striving to force his spade edge
under the coffin lid to pry it loose. The
chuckle sounded again.
That's enough" said a heavy voice
with a suggestion Of mirthfuI appreci-
alton.
Sheriff Len Schiager stepped from
behind a tree. He held a revolver on
Kent. Sedgwick made Il swift motion
and the muzzle swung accurately on
him.
ssC%nnl,, HrO pl, ,, -ovro ESo~< ~--
iousIy.
I'm steady enough" returned the
other. What 4 fool ! was not to bring
a gun"
"Oh. no." contradicted the scientist.
"Of what use IL my gun? We're in the
) light. and he is in the shadow"
$50 you've got a gun on you. ehY'
remarked the sheriff. his chuckle deep
ening.
Il didn't say So"
mo, but you gave yourself away.
Hands up. please. Both Of you"
-Four hands went up in the air.
Kent's face. in the light. was very
dOwncast, but from the far corner OF
his mouth came the faintest ghost OF
a whistled melody-all in a minor key.
1t died away on the night air and the
musician spoke in rapid French.
Attention.! La ruse gagne. Quandje
Iui donnerai lie coup de pied. battez-le
a terre."
C"Listen. A trick wins. When
kick him. strike him to the ground.")
whats that gibberish?" demanded
Schlager.
Very WELL" said Sedgwick quickly
in the tone Of one who accepts instruc'
tons. I'll be still enough. Go ahead
and do the talking"
Better both keep STILL" advised the
deceived sheriff. Anything you say
can be used against you at the trial
And the penalty for body snatching is
twenty years in this state
Yes, but what constitutes body
snatching?" murmured Kent.
you do. ! guess retorted the hu
morous sheriff. STEADY with those
hands. Which pocket, please. profes
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