Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-06-03
CHAPTER XVIII


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PIT M Bzrc1s vas slrezdy - his
elbo~. IN thorough Sympathy Win
Alsns Interpretation q tie =.g1i1-
cs-ce % b attached . The card hat
irembi-d IL Roses hand
Shsrp's The ~ord,~ he agreed
-A-d heres rotor ear over taere
Il t-ou, 0. the bizcksmith'z Prob-
ably ~ car hire her"
TRIES car" Alan e.scul4ted
swinging round and recognizing the
automobile - glance Then he's
here - veil"
Looks Ike IT, Bzrcus admitted
PIT - -uch ,he better Wen .1sr
naturally AXE he darn hing II his
hands snd III bet : dollar there isn't
another csr within = radius q fry
niles Wei b zell out 0, these
giddy mountains long before he finds
anything 70 chase - zith
PIT his confidence vas demon
strs,ed 70 D. premature b. rhs dis
covery which rewarded The first cur
-cry examination. that The car vas
very thoroughly OFT o. commission
Two minutes later. however. their
earnest inquiries ELECTED The fact
hat although Parcrs vas justified IN
his surmiss that he reighborin7
country was poverry stricken II p
spsct n motor cars Ns-gui-e itself
bOasted two MOTORCYCLES whose own
ers verz not indiHer@rt % chance
% sell them secondhand a. = con
siderable advance on fhs re-sfl list
price Of the machines. when new.
And thus # vas that within ten
minutes from Roses discovery Of that
chance-fung warning in the DIST the
party was again In rapid notion
His beauty sleep disturbed b. the
departure Of the machine barring
Rarcus and Judith. Seneca Trine
reused on an elbow and looked On; OF
The window Just in time TO see the
second motorcycle gathering momen
tum, Alan steering. Rose In the seat
behind
Sixty seconds later a Haunting ban
nsr Of dust was all that remained 10
remind Mesquite that romance had
passed that way-that and q serie~
Of passionate screams emanating
from the bsdchamber OF Seneca
Urine. where the cripple lay posses
sed BY seven devils OF insensate rage.
His screams brought attendance:
but ii was a matter OF many precious
minutes before his demands could be
met and Marrophat and Jimmy reused
from their crapulous slumbers in I'D
/ Joining chambers: and half an hour
elapsed before the chauffeur, reused
from his own well-earned rest. sue
ceeded in convincing the pair that
pursuit with the motor car was out
OF the question.
But the devil takes care OF his own
within another half hour what seemed
TO be sheer. bull-headed. dumb luck
brought a casual automobile to Mes
quite-a two-seated, high-pOwer
racing machine OF the latest and
speediest pattern driven by two ire
sponsible wavfarers who proved only
too susceptible to Marrophat's offer OF
double the cost OF the carr. o. b.
Detroit-for its immediate surrender
The two piled out promptly enough:
Marrophat and Jimmy jumped in;
Urine from his bedroom window sped
them on their murderous mission with
blast Of blasphemy.
II must have been an hour later
when Alan. checking his motorcycle
as It surmounted the summit Of a
long upgrade. looked back and dis
covered several miles distant on the
far-fung windings OF the mountain
road a small crimson shape that ran
Ike mad thing tirelessly pursued
by cloud OF tawny dust like a gold
en- ghost
motor car. beyond all question,
and one Of uncommon road-devouring
quality; II might or might not con-
tain Marrophat and Jimmy. once more
in pursuit Whether or not bitter
experience had long since educated
Alan in the gentle art OF taking no
chances.
Though II was his life that they
sought so pertlnaciously. no later than
yesterday land then by no means for
the first time), they had proved that
II Rose we're with Alan they would
include her ruthlessly In whatsoever
scheme they might contemplate for
his personal determination.
Nor would Tom Barcus be exempt,
II they we're caught In company
though Judith might be, in view OF
Marrophats infatuation for the girl
These two we're far ahead. out OF
sight, indeed: and must somehow be