Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-06-21
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lO1. Henry de Spain talking" he said
briskly You just called me. Ten
dollars for you. operator ii you can
locate that call. quick !"
There was a moment OF delay at tho
central office. then the answer: 1T
came from 234-Tenison's saloon"
Give me your name. operator.
Good. Now give me %, and ring the
neck off the bell"
Lefever answered the call on No.
%. The talk was quick and sharp.
Messengers were instantly pressed
into service from the dispatcher's Of
flee. Telephone wires hummed. and
every man available on the special
agents force was brought into action.
Livery stables were covered the pub
lie resorts We're put undE observation.
horsemen clattered up and down the
street Within an incredibly short
time the town was rounded up. every
outgoing trail watched. and search
was underway for anyone from Nor
CAMS gap. and especially for the send
er of the telephone message.
De Spain. after inStructing Lesever.
fastened TO Tensions. His rapid
questioning of the few habitues of tho
place and the bartender elected only
the information that II man had used
the telephone booth within a few min
utes. Nobody knew him. or. if they
did know him, refused To describe
him in any but vague terms.
Outside. Bob Scott in the saddle
waited with led horse. The two men
rode straight and hard ont on the
sinks. The sky was overcast. AMI
speed was their onl~ resource. After
two miles of riding, they refined up on
ridge, and Scott. springing from the
saddle, listened for sounds. He rose
from the ground. declaring h. could
hear the strides of a running horse
Again the two dashed ahead. The
chase was boOtleSS. Whoever rode
before them easily eluded pursuit.
Undeterred by his failure to over
take the fugitive. De Spain rode rap
idly back to town to look for other
clews. Nothing further was found to
throw light on the message or mes
senger. No one had been found any
where In town from Morgan's' gap;
whoever had taken a chance in de-
livering the message had escaped un-
detected.
Even after the search had been
abandoned the significance of the in
cident remained to be weighed. D.
Spain was much upset. conference
with Scott whose judgment in any
affair was marked by good sense. AMI
with Lefever. who. like woman.
reached by intuition a conclusion at
which Scott or De Spain arrived by
process of thought, only revealed the
fact that all three, as Lefever con
fessed, We're nonplused
ITS one Of two things" declared
Lefever, whose eyes were never dulled
by late hours. Either they've sent
this to lure you into the gap and get
you, or else-and that's great big
or else'-she needs you. Henry, did
that message mean the way il was
worded-sound like Nan Morgan?"
De Spain could hardly answer. at
did, and it didn't" he said finally.
But" his companions saw during
the pause by which his lips expressed
the resolve he had finally reached
that he was not likely to be truned
from 1T am going to act Just as
If the word came from Nan and she
does need me-"
More than one scheme for getting
quickly into touch with Nan was pro-
posed and rejected within the next
ten minutes. And when Lefever, after
comforting with Scott, put up to De
Spain proposal that the three should
ride into the gap together and de-
mand Nan at the hands of Duke Nor
gan, De Spain had reached another
conclusion.
81 know You are willing to take
more than your share John, of any
game L play. In the first place, it
isn't right to take you and Bob in
where l am going on my own personal
affair. And | know Nan wouldn't Ell
JOY the prospect of an all-around fight I
on her account. Fighting is horror
to that girl. I've got her feelings to
think about as well as my own. I've
decided what to do, John. Im going
in alone"
You're going in alonel"
L IL
I'd like you to do if you want to: ride
with me and wait till morning, out
side El Captain. If you don't hear
from me by ten o'clock. ride back to
Calabasas and notify Jeffries to look
for new manager"
"On the contrary, If we don't hear /
from you by ten o'clock. Henry, W.
Will blaze our way in and drag out
your body" Lefever put up his hand .
to cut off any rejoinder. Don't di.-
cuss it. What happens after ten
o'clock tomorrow morning, if we don't
hear from you before that, can't pos
siHly be of interest to you or make
any difference" He paused, but De
Spain saw that lie was not done.
When he resumed, he spoke In tone
different from that which De Spain
usually associated with him. "Henry.
you've pulled good many rouph