The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-05-03

Go find Spike" directed Seagrue.
wrathfully. And bring him in quick"
Suppose he won't Gomez" parted
Bill.
kill him. returned Seagrue with.
out hesitation. Bring him anyway"
The men, lettering along Main street
and drinking, had worked themselves
into an ugly mood even before Spike.
walking through the crowd, was rec
ognized by one and accosted. The
man, who was Guarrelsolne, caught
the convict by the coat collar. Spike
shock himself loose and was walking
away when Bill hurried On the scene.
Where are the pages you tore out
Of that book?' he demanded angrily
Of Spike.
Spike regarded him with assumed
establishment. What do you mean,
telling ne tore anything cut Of your
book?" he asked. You carried the
book out, didn't you? know didn't
Abuse frcm Bill followed. it was
returned by Spike with usury.
Across the street on a vacant lot
the owner CT an adjoining house, while
burning some rubbish, was cleaning
his rifle. AS he jerked the shells
from the magazine. one fell into the
fire. Picking up those that he could
find of the cartridges he returned to
his house with the gun. Spike and
Bill were in the midst Of their heated
argument a moment later when the re-
port CT a rifle startled them. Both
ly lodged. In doing so BIZ unluckily
struck a projecting awning hook with
his head. The blow was sharp and
the end Of the hook penetrated his
temple. Bill sank to the pavement I'M
| conscious.
Some OF the idle laborers 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 u.s. said one 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 told him
that he was under arrest, turning him
over to a deputy as he did so, with
orders to search him. In q 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
clerk coming In told about the fight
down street, and Of 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 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
for 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 man running past and with
his help propped Bill up.
Helen and Storm, reaching the edge
Of tho crowd in front Of the Jail. saw
and heard enough to make them real
ize the seriousness Of the situation.
They looked ut 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"
THE only place it can come from
is the camp, then" responded Helen
with decision. And we must go 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 1t of.
When Rhinelander opened the tele-
gram 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 ARRivE-sToRM.
Rhinelander. without loss Of time.
assembled his men, told them Of the,
trouble at Las Vegas and asked II they
were willing to help rescue Spike.
They answered with an affirmative
yell and he ordered them to climb
aboard fiat car. :
In front CT the Jail man was ha-'
ranguing the crowd and urging them to /
get the murderer. And his listeners.