The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-03-16

struck a projecting awning HOOK WIZ
his head. The Flow was sharp am
| the end of the hook penetrated his
temple. Bill sank to the pavement un-
conscious.
Some CT the idle lahorers who had
been alarmed at the shot, seeing Bill
go down, came forward. Bill, bleeding
at the temple, lay while Spike, won
dering what had happened, stood by.
The sheriff came up.
There he is,'' said enc Of Seagrue's
men, pointing to Spike. There's the
man that did the shooting"
The crowd worked in and the sher-
if, despite Spikes protests, laid his
hand on Spikes shoulder and o him
that he was under arrest, turning him
over to a deputy as he did so, with
orders to search him. In a moment
they found on Spike the revolver he
had taken from Bill at the courthouse.
The sheriff opened the gun. 1t con-
tanned five loaded shells; the sixth had
been discharged.
The crowd, angry at Spike, surged
forward, the sheriff holding them back
as best he could while he directed his
deputy to take the prisoner away.
Helen and Storm, finishing their
lunch, had gone to the courthouse and
were busy with the recorder who was
trying to find the missing book, when
a clerk coming in told about the fight
down street, and of a prisoner, named
Spike, the crowd was trying to take
from the sheriff.
Storm and Helen, not waiting to
pursue their search, left the room to
ascertain what the disturbance was
about.
BY this time the sheriff and his dep
uties had succeeded in getting Spike
to the calaboose where they pushed
him inside. But the crowd, now a
mob, had followed hard on their heels.
It was growing larger every moment
and the feeling was running higher.
In fact, Storm and Helen had hardly
reached the street when they were
told there was a good prospect Of the
city Jail being raided and Spike be-
ing dragged out and hanged to the
first pole.
Seagrue had sent Lug out to look
fer Bill, whose disappearance dis
turbed him. And Lug, finding his part
ner lying deserted on the sidewalk,
tried hard to bring him around. He
stopped a ma1 running past and with
his help propped Bill II.
Helen and Storm, reaching the edge
of the crowd in front of the Jail, saw
and heard enough to make them real
ize the seriousness Of the situation.
They looked at each other.
What do you Think" asked Helen
of her companion anxiously.
Storm shook his head. We've got
to get help, Helen, and get it quick"
1.-THE only place 1t can come from
is the camp, then" responded Helen
with decision. "And we must so after
it, George"
They fastened to the station and
told the story to the agent. Storm
wrote a message, directing a boy to
rush upstairs with it and get it off.
When Rhinelander opened the tele-
gram a few moments later, he read:
SPIKE WORKING IN OUR BE.
HALF IN TROUBLE WITH SEA.
GRUE'S GANG. THEY ARE STORM.
ING JAIL TO LYNCH HIM. ON EN-.
CINE. HAVE HELP READY AS
SOON AS WE ARRlvE-sToRM.
R~hirelander, without loss of time,
assembled his men, told them of the
trouble at Las Vegas and asked if they
were willing to help rescue Spike.
They answered with an affirmative
5 yell and he ordered them to climb
J aboard a fiat car.
In front of the Jail a man was ha
ranguing the crowd and urging them to
: get the murderer. And his listeners
|, were already in a humor to rush the
! place. Within, the sheriff and his men
were anxiously watching develop
ments.
; The sheriff ordered a deputy to sliI
quietly out the back way and get hold
! Of a car. The moment the machine
, appeared the sheriff Struggled Spike
: cut, meaning to take him to the coun
: ty Jail for safe keeping. Unfortunately
. an alert rioter saw the move. He
gave the alarm.
. Before Spikes captors could gel
him away the crowd headed the ma
chine off. 1t was then a case of any
I port in a storm and the officer witt
; his little party took refuge in the cit,
council chambers, Handwriting Spike
to the floor in order to have everyone
free to hold the rioters at bay.
, Helen and Storm had boarded {
switch engine in the yards and run i
: down to camp where the fiat car file;
with mel was coupled to it and will
), Rhinelander in charge, headed AGAR
for Las Vegas.
. The sheriff in the council charbel
? found himself SURF sunGed. He wen
: to the door aad addressed the mob
He told them he would defend tn,
: prisoner with his life. The officer wen
: inside, fastening the door behind him
: and his men made a barricade o
; desks to protect themselves from &C
" casional bullets that o whistle;
{ through the big windows opening o.
y Main street. But though the rer