The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-02-11

Not until a sound nights sleep had
topped OF the beginning OF his rest In
jail did Barcus come down to earth.
He demonstrated his return to com.
mon sense by making a round break
iast In Grand Central station before
looking up the residence OF Digby in
the telephone directory.
The Information he gathered from
the voice that answered the name OF
MI. Digby over the telephone shook
only ~momentarily Barcus' innate con.
Viction that intimate acquaintance
with battle. murder and sudden death
was the inevitable reward OF associa.
ton with this friend OF his heart.
Alan being married to Rose Urine
In Jersey City at this very minutel"
ne oreathed skeptically as he emerged
rom the booth memorizing the adi
dress Of the alleged officiating clergy.
man. u don't believe It; it's too sud.
den"
Forthwith he engaged a taxicab to
ohVey him TO Jersey City. al top
speed. FOR al %exorbitant reward.
And when. from the forward deck Of
a ~ierryooat, he beheld a dense volume
OF smoke advertising a conGagratlon
on the Jersey shore. not far from the
waterfront, he shook a moodily ga
gacious head.
IF Alan isn't mixed I'D in that.
somehow" he declared. hes missing
a bet for once-and I'm a sorry failure
as a prophet Of woe and d~isaster!"
There was as much intuitiye appre-
hension as humor responsible for this
remark; witness the fact that. on land.
ing he risked the delay required TO
turn aside and have a look at the fire.
IL proved TO be situated In the heart
OF a squalid slum-a wretched tene-
Inent OF the poorest class, whose roof
had already fallen in and whose walls
were momentarily threatening to 10
by the time Barcus arrived on the
scene.
AT a considerable distance from him
a small disturbance had broken out
a ciamor OF protesting voices lifting
about the rumor OF the mob-as a
number OF men. case.hardened roughs
one and all. began TO force their way
In a V.shaped wedge through the
throng, making toward It's very heart,
the point on the hre.lines nearest the
burning building.
What this meant. Mr.. Barcus had
not the slightest idea. But his atten.
tion was first distracted by the maneu
yer, then fixed by the face OF a man
who was following in the hollow OF
tho Van evil white face that seemed
somewhat vaguely familiar, somehow
reminiscent Of something strange tina,
mad happened In the history OF Mr..
Barcus.
Al the same time. at the point where
the V had paused, a wild uproar lifted
up and. coincidentally. a wilder con,u.
sion became noticeable. A cry was
audible~-"Ftrebug! Lynch himl LYNCH
him! Lynch the hrebug!"-and AT
this the mob turned as one man and
streamed away In pursuit OF an in.
visible quarry. who chose 10 attempt
MIS- escape by a route directly oppo
site to that which would have led him
within view Of Mr.. Barcus.
Startled, and OF a sudden persuaded
that there might have been moro IN
MS "hunch" than was saEely 10 be
credited. Barcus started up and was
on the point OF stepping out OF his
cab II with a rather aimless purpose.
when he was stayed by sight O, that
evil white face returning the way II
had come-still In the hollow OF tina
Tying V, which now made faster prog.
ress, thanks 10 the disorganization q,
the mob by the chase Of the alleged IN.
cendiary.
And now. Barcus saw, the man ~,
the white a was not alone. There
was someone with him-someona
whose head was bent and face ION.
cealed. but who seemed to be ,emi.
nine.
And so. Barcus argued. why nigh,
Il not be Rose Urine, suffering new
persecution at the hands OF her unna,.
ural fathers creatures?
He was too far away 70 mako su,a
n attempt any Interference; but he
pointed White Face out 10 his cbau,.
feur as the v reached a touring car
on the edge OF the mob and the woman
was lifted In (unresisting and annar.
emily In a dead faint, and when IN.
touring a swung round and picked
up It's heels, the taxicab OF Mr.. Barcus
trailed II as unostentatiously ma /, n,
was a pertinacioue shadow.
Ten minutes later, from tbs r.ar
deck Of a ~ferryboat In m~idstream-s
boat bearing back 10 New York M,
only the touring car OF White Fao.
but the cab OF Mr.. Barcus-the latte,
gentleman formed one Of a small hu,
interested audience witnessing an IN.
cident of uncommon character.
He saw a young man. hatless. coa,.
less, almost s~hirtless. tear down IN
the edge OF n OF the Jersey wharyeu.
his heels snapped at by a rayeninr
rsbbie. Jump aboard a square.rigVed
vessel which lay moored there. ana
execute q maneuver OF despair BY
climbing up the rigging In q hopeless
attempt to escape his p~erseoutors.