Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-01-20

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along and, quickening his leisurel.
pace, came up to them.
Get out of that !" he said.
. The boys. terrified by the law, dis
appeared promptly, leaving the bottl,
OF pellets lying in the road. Mr.. Nc
CURE strolled forward and appro
priated the spoils of war. He looked
at the bottle and at the loose pellets
which, coated with dust, appeared like
chocolate.coated beans. Then he walked
a few yards to house In the rear OF
the laboratory, where some women
were hanging up clothes.
"Hey, Mrs. Spielburger, see wha,
that kid Of yours was trying to eat n
he said
At that moment Leontine suddenly
appeared on the scene.
"Give me that bottle" she cried. "It's
mine. lost 1t and l have been look
Ing for 1t. 1t contains a rare medicine,
] will give you fifty dollars for It,"
Pat eyed her In establishment. "Did
youse mem that, lady?" he demanded.
Eyes"
Pat placed the bottle in Leontine's
hands. AT that moment an extraOrdi-
nary thing happened.
Two hands, apparently materialized
out Of the air, closed over Leontine's
and attempted to wrest the bottle
from her. LeOntine screamed and
fought for 1t. She looked up into two
eyes-nothing but eyes. They were
Sebastans.
The German woman, her neighbor,
and Pat Mcclure watched the strug-
gle In CONSERVATION, too terrified to
scream. Leontines hands were slow
ly opening under the pressure of Sc
bastians. She let the bottle fall.
Patrick Mcclure darted forward and
picked 1t up. AS he stood with his
hand clenched tight about 1t the hands
In the air began to close about his
wrists.
Pat wrenched himself free, stopped
down, and picked up wash-stick that
was lying in the yard. Still holding
the bottle tightly In his left hand, with
his right he began striking about In
every direction. There was the sound
of the stick descending upon skull,
and distinct arrest Of its movement
through the air, which would have
sounded comical under other circum-
stances.
In a few moments Pat stood, the
stick still brandished in an attitude
Of defiance, clutching the bottle of pei !
let's VIGOROUSLY in his hand. But the !
hands of the spirit had disappeared.
Pat, with bow, handed the bottle |
to Leontine.
"Keep it for me-" she said. "Guard !
1t in safe place until am ready for
1t, and l will pay you five hundred
dollars instead of fifty"
"Foive hundred, Is it?" cried Pat.
"Sure, lady, for foive hundred dollars
I'll fight all the ghosts In Christen-
DOM"
I'll come for 1t soon."
"Sure, and I'll 60 with you, lady"
answered Pat.
1t occurred to Leontine at that mo-
nent that she did not know where to
90. TO return to Sebastian's house,
even though he would never dare to
20 back, was impossible. She decided
Upon hotel for women, located In an
nconsplcuous part Of the city.
"You can see me to the subway,
hen," she said.
Pat started off at her side In the at.
itude Of protector. 1t was not
ong walk, but 1t required passingI
through slum region and over high
abroad bridge.
Under the bridge ran the river, and
long the river bank was the railroad.
At the approach to the bridge was
DOL house, used by construction
ang. Against the wall an iron crow
ar was leaning. Suddenly Leontine
creamed and caught Pat by the arm. 7
Unseen hands had silently picked upl
le crOwbar and poised 1t on high. At
nat instant 1t was descending with
earful force toward the Irishman's
cad. jfi
Leontine tried to pull Pat back. But
at, who seemed to miss nothing, start l.
d forward with wonderful agility, .,
nd the bar passed within an inch Of -
Is skull and shoulders and thudded
pom the ground. Next moment Pat d.
i'd leaped at his assailant. tt
They fought all over the bridge side u
ak, gradually being carried further W
Id further toward the middle of the m
'idge so that now they were fighting hi
'er the river beneath. Pat struggled o.,
it'll all his power, but he was no
atch for his antagonist. He was -
lrown bodily over the bridge. a.
The Irishman went under immediate %
Then, as Leontine leaned over the al
IL, sick with horror, she perceived K
wboat with two men In 1t approach ar
& the spot rapidly. 70
But before it reached the spot Pats
'ad appeared above the waves. he !,
'dded briskly, and his arm went out
the movement Of a swimmer. Pat Ill
ID survived his fall, and in q min en-