The state herald., 1915-07-23


When fight you. I'll fight for myself.
not for a bunch Of damned murderers.
:. Just now. I've got other business.
That man framed this upi" He pointed
lean finger across the table into the
startled countenance OF Mr.. Farbish.
HE knew! He has been working on
this Job for a month. I'm going to
attend to his case now"
As Samson started toward Farbish.
the conspirator rose, and. with an ex-
cellent counterfeit OF insulted virtue.
pushed back his chair.
by God" he Indignantly exclaimed.
you mustn't try to embroil me in your
Quarrels. You must apologize. You
are talking wildly. South"
Am II" questioned the Kentuckian.
quietly: I'm going to act wildly In a
minute"
He halted short distance from Far
bish. and drew from his pocket a
crumpled scrap of the offending maya
zine page: the Item that had offended
Horton.
Il may not have good manners.
Mister Farbish, but where come from
we know how to handle varmints." He
dropped his voice and added for the
| plotter's ear only: Here's little
matter on the side that concerns only
us. 1t wouldn't interest these other
gentlemen" He opened his hand. and
added: Here. eat that"
Farbish with a frightened glance
Mt the set face OF the man who was ad
vancing upon him. leaped back. and
drew from his pocket a pistol-it vas
an exact counterpart OF the one with
which he had supplied Samson.
With a panthe-like swiftness. the
Kentuckian ieaped forward. and struck
up the weapon. which spat one In
effective bullet into the rafters. There
was momontary scuiiie OF swaying
bodies and crash under which the
table groaned amid the shatterins
OF glass and china. Then. slowly. the
conspirator's body bent back at the
stretched on the disarranged cloth
and the white face. with purple vein,
swelling on the forehead. stared uI
between two brown hands that grippet
its throat
Swallow that" ordered the noun
taineer.
For Just an instant. the compan,
stood dumfounded. then a strained
unnatural voice broke the silence.
stop him. he's going to kill III,
mani"
The odds were four to two. ant
with a sudden rally to the support o
their chief plotter. the other conspira
tors rushed the figure that stood throt
Ting his victim. But Samson Souti
was In his element. The dammcd.uI
wrath that had been smoldcring dur
Ing these last days was having a TEN
pcstuous outlet He had found mel
who. In n sentlemens c,go to whicl
he had come as guest. sought I,
use him as catspaw and murderer.
Az they assaulted him, en- marsc
he seized a chair. and swung II fiail
liko about his head. For n few mo
ments, there was crashing OF glas
and china, and cla,tcr OF furnitur'
and chaos OF struggle.
Samson South stood for momoa
painting In n scene OF wreckagc ant
disorder The table was Uttered will
phivcred glasses and dccantcrs ant
chinaware. The furniture was scat
tered and overturned Farbish wa
weakly leaning to one sidc In the sca
TO which he had made his way. Tn,
men who had gone down under III,
heavy blown OF tho chair lay quicti.
where they had fallen.
wilfrcd Horton stood waiting. Tn,
whole arair had iranapirod with sucl
celebrity and speed tha, he had hardl
understood II. and had taken no part
But. m he met tho gaze OF the dis
! ordered 1gurc across tho wrcokngo o
, u dinnorinblo he realized that nov