The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-17

Forthwith he engaged u taxicab e
convey him TO Jersey Ci!y, Mt tol
speed. for an eAorbitant reward.
And when. from the forward deck o.
a ferryboat. he beheld u dense volume
OF smoke advertising u conflagratioI
on tho Jersey shore. not far from the
waterfront. he shook q moodily ea
gacious head.
III Alan isn't mixed up In that
somehow" he declared. hes missing
bet for once-and I'm q sorry failure
as prophet OF woe and disasterl"
There was as much intuitive appre
hension as humor responsible for this
remark: witness the fact that. on land
ing. he risked the delay required tc
turn aside and have look at the Are.
II proved II be situated In the hear
OF q squalld slum-a wretched tene
ment OF the poorelt class, whose ROOT
had already fallen in and whose walls
were momentarily threatening to &c
by the time barlus arrived on the
scene.
At a considerable distance from him
small disturbans Z had broken out
clamor OF protesting voices lifting
about the rumor OF the mob--as a
number OF men. csse-hardened roughs
one and ALL began TO force their way
In V-shaped wedge through the
throng. making toward It's very heart
the point on the hrelines nearest the
burning building.
What this meant. Mr.. Barcus had
not the slightest idsa. But his atten'
tion was first dist acted BY the maneu
yer. then fixed by the face OF man
who was following In the hollow OF
the V--an evil white face that seemed
somewhat vaguely familiar. somehow
reminiscent Of lome thing strange that
had happened Ia the history OF MIR.
Barcus.
Al the same time. ut the point where
the V had paused. q wild uproar lifted
up and. coincidentaiIy, D wilder confu-
sion became noticeable. a cry was
audible--"Firebug! Lynch hint Lynch
him. Lynch the nrebug at
this the mob turned ~ one man and
Gtreamed away IN pursuit Of an In
visible quarry. who chose 10 attempt
his escape by route directly oppo'
site to that which would have led him
within view Of Mr.. Barcus.
Startled, and OF q sudden persuaded
that there might have been more IN
his "hunch" than MAS sanely to b.
credited. BareLs staTted UP and was
on the point OF stepping out OF hit
cab. II with u rather aimless purpose
when he was b. cd by sight OF that
evil white face returning the way II
had come--tll f. the hollow OF the
flying V. which nos made faster prog
ress. thanks to the disoTganization OF
the mob by the chase OF the alleged in.
cendiary.
And now, EcTouB saw. the man OF
the white face ives not alone. There
was someone with him-someone
whose head was bent and face con.
cealed. but who seemed 10 be fcml.
nine.
II not be Rose Trine. suffering new
persecution at the hands OF her unnat-
ural fathers crsGtures?
He was too fPr away to make sure
and attempt any interfsTeBce; but he
pointed White Face out To bis ebsuf
feur az the v reached O touring ca
on the edge Of the mob and the womG II
was lifted In (unresisting and appar.
emily In q dead faint. and when the
touring car swung round Gnd picked
up It's heels. the taxicpb Of Mr. Barcus
trailed II as unostentatiously AZ II II
was q pertinacious shadow.
Ten minutes later. from the rear
deck OF fefryboat In m!dstrCam-a
boat bearing back 10 New York not
lnly the touring car Of wbjte Face,
but the cab OF Mr.. Earcus-ths Iattcr
gentleman formed one OF u small but
Interested audience witnessing an In
cident OF uncommon chaTaeteT.
He saw a Young man. hatiess, Goat,
ess, almost bhirtless, tear down to
he edge OF one OF the JcrDay YhaTyes.
ais heels snapped ut by JsyhpInB
abble, jump aboard square-Tigged
eBBei which lay moored there, and
y maneuyer Of despair by
up the rigging In II hopeless
Ittempt TO escape bis prosecutors.
hey were too many Tor biIg, EDd what
vas worse they were headea by o
quad OF police apparently ~ gTimiy
ent ON comprising the destruction or |
heir quarry as was the mob.
And they swarmed up the rigging |
fter him without a moments hesita-
on.
Holly pressed, the fugitive climbed
igher and still higher. until at length
g gained the topmost yard. with
lree policemen not half q dozen feet
Glow him and popping away for dear
fe. II happily with the notOriously
Dor marksmanship OF policemen gen.
rally
None the less, there was no telling
hen some accident might wing bull
I into the young man; and II %as
,ident that he 80 decided.
For. inching out to the end OF the
ird, he waved his hand toward his
with gesture Of light
,arted derision that Enthusiastically
eati6ed him ~ Alan Law to Mr.. Bar
Is. and forthwith dropped TO the wa
r, feet foremost.
Alan later took the water neatly,
me up uninjuTed and clearheaded,
ID without an instaDtB besiiatIOn
ruck away toward the middlg VI the
ldson.
As this happened the police ran TO
@ stern OF the sguare.rigger, un' ,
oored a dOry that was riding there,
d threw themselves into II. a.
During the Ito BaTcuSs at leasu ;
suspense OF that chase. the !
rryboat drew st0lidly farther and I
III farther away from the scene. Bar-
8 could not tell whether. as II
emed. the Dolics-lAd dory was real
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