The evening world., 1915-03-19

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"You can stand them OF your own
claim whom you Set one" returned
Hazard preoccupiedly. There, among
the rifles. was the complete dress and
mask Of wolfskin that had been used
against him till the ghost business
It all Tailed % far: he wondered II
he were going to apologize 70 Ather-
ton
You stlil mean" asked Athsrton,
you won't have any Of me In yoursf"
I'VE thrsshsd that out this morn
Ing" said Hazard, and turned to look
into the mussls Of . gun.
STAND still." snarled Atherton.
"You wanted II plain. and you're 80
Ing TO have II. You're on my claim,
getting out my gold that sweatod
to get at last year. couldn't-nevsr
mind why--and whom l can you've
struck II. with my Information Ridge
way stole. There's no sense In my
hansins round prospscting claims;
there aren't any other claims. This
one was o freak. and my freak at
that. I've got no time to waste at II.
either; I've good and particular rea-
sons to get all there 10 out Of II In q
fortnight, and 20: its what I'm here
for. You're here; your forsman's
drunk: your girls been engaged to me
for q year: your men are stuck out
on the hill looking for ghosts. and
I'm not expecting Ridgeway back to
help you out any. I guess you've run
on your claim Jumpers Az right-for
I'm theml You needn't look at the
are stopping II W. and there's NO other
way out Of this place unless you can
ay down the clin homo. I've got you
done"
Hazard was not looking at the
path, not even behind him. HIS ears
were good enough 70 tell him I'VE
men had come out from behind the
house. and that he had had no dream
about the second lot Of dog sleds. For
reasons OF his own he stood stock
still In front Of Atherton. and did not
blind fool 70 DO there.
WELL" he begun humbly - and
quicker than light was on Atherton's
pistol hand, detecting the muzxls till
II went on harmlessly. nearly break
Ing the man's wrist - he twisted II
from him.
A. he nrsd hs thought Athsrton
jumped aside, but he was also nearly
certain he had winged some one; and
had no desire 70 stay 70 500 VINO. He
had got to get back 70 the once be-
fore Atherton's drivers closed In on
him In front-and he could hear their
feet coming up the path-And his
other men behind. There might be no
way out but the path he had come.
but there was general direction.
He was across the clearing and In
the bushes before he heard Athsrton
shout: no did not hear what, nor did
he particularly care. The thing that
worried him was tho sheer drop OF the
cliff, impossible TO descend except In
tho river bed. and the memory of
Atherton's ow-toned order 70 the
mon he had left behind that had prob
ably strung them out In Q Gordon be-
tween Hazard and Kelly even, lot
alone 5ophy.
Hazard looked at the starr. and
began TO run; quietly enough At first
then reckiesslv where he never could
have run In daylight Up places and
down places he could not zee. over
rocks. with the feeling that he was
taking hours to It He did not know
how late II was when at last he gained
the top of q rise whore there vas an
open gully masked By low bushes.
A. he pushed through them be sat
down. with anything but his own voli-
tion. and for moment knew nothina
but that h" was ooasting violently
downhill, APPARENTLY into Q solid wal.