Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-27


the air, striking the chauffeur on tAe v,ia
and sending one of the guns whring dow,
the ravine Before the chauffeur recovered
Hunt was upon him for the possession Of n,
remaining weapon. But things aid moi 70
very well with Baird Radcliffe and Brown
got him foul, and he had his hands fuI
Hunt fought furiously and succeeded |,
getting the chauffeur at n disadyantage n,
snapped the gun from his grasp anil cndA
him over the head with the butt and, Ta
the miner in Bret Hartes poem, The SUBJ
Quent proceedings interested him no moNH
The detective threw on the power ani s,lI
the car whizzing ahead without realizing
what had happened to Baird They had sue. !,
ceeded in pulling him out Of the cav NNs
knocking him senseless, The moment th'
car started Radcliffe jumped and caught hoa
of the side, managing with no small dlhcup
to crawl into the tonneau. And then Hunt
brave dash came to an abrupt end
Baird saved half the day by keepIn; Fh
until he had recovered his breath. Then
reached for Browns leg and threw hln na'
ly. And that was the end Of Browns ph
for the present
Meantime, Radcliffe got Hunt to a d'''NA
wayside inn. The detective was nc'
amiable frame of mind. Here he was nCtl
caught, and Baird no one knew where D"
all this while the reporter was forcing DIO'A
ahead of him along the tire tracks Wnln
quarter Of an hour he came Wlhn F'
of the inn. Radcliffe and the chauffeur '''
taking things easy, doubtless waiting Ia w.
arrival of Brown. He arrived but F" "
point Of Baird's gun.
There was another set-to IN WDlcu i''
and Baird succeeded in getting free 400
the open.
"They evidently don't care to see ., ~ y
here" said Hunt, drily, as he w0IA'e y
hands out Of the handouts when H'o'
had snapped on his wrists
"No; our room Is better than OUT W.
pany; and just now the more room Wv =
ter. I'm not dead sure, but I've ''e'
OF those chaps back IN New YORK ,y,I
ave the same idea. Suppose We s' +.
around for bite to cat and for some u :,
tation where they won't take pot 'no" "
Baird, thisis going to be in'ere'""s
"Uhuh," v.Ah
When villiers arrived in New iO'l
wont stroieht to hotel instead OIL n''p :
Storm Of his arrival He bad r''or o,.. a.
train n wire from zudoa Trainor l'I,'s Z,
where to come for dinner tha' H,s' ...l
uot m%' ho sS co1nlcte without the SOP Of a'' % -
eys old friend. villiers stuffed n', y, ,aL
documents into his pocket and 'aII'u ..,-,, M
n0,%~y"r' S@a%am D" ' Val as zudorn proved ''n, ,
UUn
cling TO the westcrncr; but when, e'' rWA
he missed his documents he 81, sn',s All sbyd
It seems that Madam Du va .'.m,r, y
two ends Of the game. At the us .ioi,a I
received vnlicrs, zudOra was 70, ,.,D ,,o' yHc
message purportIns to come .'' A, W.
IN which he declared that he S'a -. ~ 4,
ments she required but that he .,,.., us rrsi
oner at i2l Riggs street = a
had brought the message n, i2i Ris
So zudora and Storm set OUT ou. 7, X w. !
street, and they were foIl0s'' I'D u rlups
friends, Hunt and Baird who ., =, ri no
nnoO the heels Of yInIer'- No !, ilul.s'
upon, upon 'no nOo.sred rather familiar :, :, :, y
su.. .,rs'' sSyg storm remarked that be ~ ~ "
r,es o''s. before. tn, door was lo'.'e ,.S =, .
.oraS. ,urns, out upon them AID b., ,,,s,S q i q
a,S arrival ,or. ., 1u%' "on At least on. tri''
o..a wOa'1 - D,s' ,,slemnte maj all around.
case Oh '' TTo BE oosrlS''''