New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-01

uu insensitive smile. and. after a
| nil $ deiiberatiOn. handed it Ter
tkt time to his uncouth cOmp2n-
lido you want those mail bags
! b: he asked. quite casually, when
the cigars were in blast.
ii them: OF course want
hut want must be my boss" said
thcr.
not so sure" said Kentish
~ does the next coach pass this
WA
light. and | drive it. turn
I'm pen | get to Clear Corner, you
sec,
spom going to ask you to put me
dOX
.yOu down."
.Hu don't mind pulling up. I'm
notng on Il! present. but III 90 |
badth you to Glcnranaid instead |
If 4 keep a lookout for me - |
Mig
Ittively the driver put his foot !
uDdp brake. fer the request had /
leeide with tia, quiet authority |
VIII his silent passenger had sud |
densSuned, and yet it seemed 10 !
1iieuch Il mad demand that his
couiouS looked 1T EcuIiSh aS they |
Lad looted before lis fH@c bore a |
clo9Spcction; il was one of those
Uhburn rel. and in The redneSS
vivid hazel eyes than toned agree
abl III IA fair beard ana fa,rer mus
tadYh2 former hr had grown upon
h Isl els. but the trail Of the west
cr,dor. whose Shoe in- iackct is rs
lis i've us his froch coat. was upon
GucntiSh from head to heels A.
ne tchcd him he took an ol~n on
yelfron his pocket, >clibhlrd a few
won Il card. put that in and stuck
do,le flap.
-" said he. lis my letter of in
tlD ion 10 the good peol 10 1T the
Aia,a station higher UP. If don,
tllrp tonight see that they get il,
evt it costs You bit Of this?"
iputting the sovereign in Il star
tie In he jumped to the ground
. what are you going to do, SirT'
crfhe driver in alarm.
fover your mail bags if can"
49,. 4.
Up
actly. hope to stick up Stinga
sen you were armed all the time?
kentiSh SMILED as he shook his
he
sat's my affair. imagine but
eyso am not fool enough To tackle
sra fellow with his own weapons
" know what I'm doing. and shall
Otter alone Till tonight. them
II he was in the scrUl, ere they de
a TO take him at his madcap word
ii let his blood be on the chnckle,
II of the new chnmmiest new chum
tIevcr came ont after the rain. Was
tick or all pretense? 1t was rather
IJly even to pretend in such prOX
in to the terrible Stingarec. On the
We the coaching trio We're disposed
noncede Il certain amount of IN,
avocal courage. and the driver. with
Etish's sovereign in his pocket. went
fn ,tn.1Dt.., th,f IYrtr ln,,1
0ed him to the box.
scantime the Hon. Guy had skirtel
Eroad until he camesto double horse
fks striking back into the bush
Use he followed with the wary
Nth Of one who had spent his au
ans ut least in the right place. They
him through belts of scrub in which
trod like cat without disturbing IN
,idable branch and over trceless
eos that lie crossed ut run bent
lble. hut always as he followed the
Il his shadow fen at one consistent
&c. showing how the bushranger
q through his natural element as the
w IlISIit va Z iItN II CIV u it'tt.
/ last Kentish found himself in q
dy gully bristiing with pines.
onGh which the sunlight dlipped
, melted gold. and in the fine warp
wool of high light ana sharp shad
the buShranger' horses stool lash
at the flies with their long tails
2 buSIlranger himself was nowhere
be seen. But at last Kentish de
led white ana brown litter on ei
T. side of the thickest trunk in sight.
m whose farther side floated inter
tent puffs Of thin blue smoke
ntish looked and looked again be
2 advancing. But the tall pine threw
b a shadow as should easily swal-
; his own. And in another minute
was peeping round the bOle.
he litter on either side was of
rise the shower Of miscellaneous
tai matter from the mail bags. and
It's midst sat Stingaree against the
=. enjoying his pipe and an English
gazine. Kentish peered for torn
'elopes and gaping packets: there
re no more. The bushranger had
IDENTIFY started with the magazine
was still curiously absorbed in its
tents. The notorious eyegiass dan
1 against that kindred vanity. the
tless white jacket which he affect
In summer time: the brown. atten
: face. even ~ KentiSh saw 1t In
, than profile. was thus purged OF
sinister aspect which such an ap