The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-16

fore you get tired. pitch the thing into
the river and go about your business.
II you open It, It'll con!ure you worse
than any Ob!.man you eyer heard Of"
NO, sub. ! amt gwine open hit.
Cap'm-not e dey's eun;ah In hit; no,
subj"
Well, there !s-the worst kind OF
c~on!ure this old world has ever known.
But Il won't hurt you II you don't
NEEDLE with Il. Keep your wits about
you and be ready 10 grab It and run.
Here VI go"
The pilot had found his wharfage
and was edging the Belle julie up TO
IL. The bow men paid out slack. and
Gr!swold and the black. dropping
from the swinging stage. traded the
end OF the wet hawser up 10 the near.
est mooring ring. Griswo' babe the
negro keep watch and knel, TO knot
the hawser in the ring. While the
negro sentinel was stammering.
'I-llooEout, Vars Cap'm!" the trap
was sprung.
In Difference 70 the spcoming pas
scnger from the Belle Julie. the two
man catchers tried 20 do their Job qui.
etE. But Griswold would not have II
SO, and he IA up aud had twisted
himself free when a blow from a
| dubbed pistol drove him back TO his
knees. Halt stunned by the clubbing
he still made shift TO spring afoot
again, 10 drop his handkerchief bundle
assailants while the negro was snatch,
Ing up the treasure and darting away
among the freight pyramids. After
that he had but n thought: 10 keep
the two plain-clothes men busy until
the negro had made his escape. Even
this proved TO be a forlorn hope. since
the smaller OF the two instantly broke
away TO give chase. while The other
stepped back. spun his weapon in air.
and leveled II.
Rage-blinded as he was. Griswold
knew that the leyeled pistol meant
surrender or death. When his captor
had handcuTed him and was walking
him toward a closed carriage drawn
up before the nearest saloon in the
river.fronting street, he ventured 10
ask what he vas wanted for.
You'll find that u soon enough
was the urt reply. and nothing more
was said until the carriage was
reached and the door had beer ierked
open. Get In" commanded the mai.
esty OF the law. and when the door
was slammed upon the captive, the
plain'clothes man turned TO the driver
a little wizeDed lrishman with a face
like a shriyeled winter apple. VIVA
time does that New Orleans fast train
pull QUIT"
Griswold heard the reply: "Slvin
forty.iye. sorr." and something in IN,
thin, piping voice gave him frest
courage. Through the open window
Of the carriage he saw his captol
glance at his watch and begin an i'm
patient sentry beat UP and down un
der the electric transparency advertis
Ing the particular brand OF whisk,
specialized by the saloon. lie was CIV,
IDENTIFY waiting for his colleague 4
bring In the negro. and time passed
The spring evening was raw an,
chilly, aGd the open doors OF the sa
loon volleyed light and warmth and
reckoning invitation. Griswold's gif,
prostituted to the service OF IN,
changed point OF view. babe him rea,
In the red face, the loose lip and III,
bibulous eyes the temptation that wa
gripping the plain.clothes man.
BY a careful contortion OF the man
acled hands. which seemed suddenl,
TO have become endowed with IN,
crafty deftness OF the hands OF a pick
pocket, he found his working capita
In a pocket OF the short.sleeyed coat
II had been diminished only by IN,
hundred dollars put into John Gayitti
hands. and the twenty he had give,