The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09

to lay the suit case back on the rack
near the window, where he had found
it, and to hurry back to his own berth
Gwyn arose early the following
morning. dressed, and used several ar
ticles from his bag He did not no
tice that it had been tempered with
In the wash room he met. Won Block.
who was attending to his toilet. mad
nodded to him. The latter returned the
salute and watched keenly from the
corners of his eyes to see if Gwyn
should appear the least bit suspicious
that his belongings had been ranSack-
ed He was greatly relieved to learn
that he was not
Early the fourth day after leav-
ing New York, the Limited drew into
the little Western town of BarstOW, at
the foot of the great range of Sierra
Mountains. John Gwyn, his bag pack
ed and his wraps on, was ready to
alight and start on his important mis-
sion AS soon a the train came to a
stop, the young mining engineer jump
ed lightly from the platform and pro
ceeded to the local hotel, which was
located a short distance from the de-
pot. AS the Limited chugged again,
starting on the last lap of its journey
to the West, Won Bleck, who had been
watching alertly from his seat for
Gwyn to depart jumped from his seat.
lie whispered into the pOrter'S ear,
! slipping a crisp bill into his hand at
the same time. The cOlOred worthy
| grinned knowingly, and nodded With
! a jerk he threw open the vestibuIe
door on the side opposite the station.
! Won Bleck stepped down, grasped the
! handrail of the car, and swung out.
The train was moving rapidly now.
and the jump was perilOus. The car
/ was quite a distance past the station
Won Bleck took one glance at the
ground flying by under the train
sprang into the air, and went sprawl
ing to earth.
Don Carlos Ybarra trudged up the
last few steps to the summit of the
mountain beneath the burden of two
heavy wooden cases which he bore up
on ms shoulders They were a heavy
load for one so old as the rugged
Spaniard, but he was strenuous and
energetic, and his muscles were hard
ened by years of rustic living in the
west. Ills gray hairs were no symbol OF
of feebleness. Don Carlos was a man.
and sturdy, and would be until the
end. AS he reached a clump of bush
es beside the foOtpath on which he was
waking, he paused to look suspicious
ly about for a second, and then part
ed the shrubbery, revealing the en-
trance to a spacious cave. He tore his
way through the bushes, allowing
them to close behind him, deposited
the two cases among many more that
were hidden in the dark corner of the
cavern, and came out again Once
more he looked carefully about him
as if to satisfy himself that no one
had been observing his actions, and
then started to walk toward a little
hacienda several hundred yards away
which served as his mountain dwell
ing Precisely at the moment that he
turned his back, two glazing eyes, fill.
s ed with hate, appeared from behind
e the underground, but few yards from
s the caves entrance 1t was 'sShoe
S string Drant, human coyote, ever
T stalking Don Carlos
- Concluded Next Tuesday,
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