The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-06

| constituent. GWynS return was the |
last thing he had expected. In his
hand he held Mans gun, and he at
tempted to turn quickly and fire upon
Gwyn, but discovered that, upon fac
| ing the door, he was in a direct line /
| to receive fire from the fasteners |
own weapon. He had been covered |
| first, and there was nothing for him |
| to do but meekly surrender. Rawls,
standing with a scowl in the doorway, |
regarded the whole scene in disgust
He seemed ready to pounce upon Won
Bleck and thrash him for having told |
Gwyn that he had the chart. Gwyn |
obtained the remaining half of the |
map from Won Bleck without trouble |
folded it and placed it carefully in his |
pocket with the other, and ordered |
the central powers representative and !
RawlS out of the barn.
1.-THE two of you" he said CURLY
and with a sternness that made both |
Van Bleck and Rawls heed his words, !
had better get on your horses and |
ride out of town. If you want to be
perfectly safe, my advice is that you |
keep on riding even then"
Dejectedly, and realizing that they
had been defeated, Won Bleck and his |
confederate mounted and rode down
the trail toward the town OF Lost
Mine Gwyn and Nan watched them
until they had disappeared from view
and then turned their attention to the
map. The two portions, placed to-
gether, made a clear chagt of the To-
cation of COrdObas cinnabar mine. |
Nan and Gwyn, now that they had pro-
cured the chart, decided to find the
exact location without further loss of
time. Balterman, in New York, Gwyn
explained, would soon be requiring
more of the cinnabar to continue the
manufacture of the explosive, and, if
hum afr ions
the whole nation would suffer So.
replacing the chart in his pocket,
Gwyn led the way, and together they
rode along the trail to a point where
a group of three pine trees, market
on the map, showed they were APP
preaching their destination But
Gwyn, in overcoming Won Bleck and
Rawls, had forgotten that there re-
manned another of the outlaw band
with whom he had to cope. Drant,
the third confederate, had remained
in the mountains searching for the
mine when Rawls had left him to re-
| turn to the town, where he had in
| tended to meet Won Bleck. Now, as
Gwyn and Nan approached, Drant was
| but a short distance away. He was
attracted by the sound of their horses,
and saw them coming up the trail. AS
! they halted by the pines to consult the
chart, he hid and decided to watch
| them. The two dismounted, fastened
| their horses, and commenced the dan
gerous undertaking of fording the riv
| er which separated them from the en-
trance to the mine. Drant, creeping
cautiously behind the underbrush
which hid him, followed.
Outside, the limbs of the pines
creaked in the mountain wind with a
1 dry. cracking sound. 1t was very
| 4 vi n K
| ness of the forest, but impenetrable
| blackness or the solitude of the hills
| reached neither the eyes nor into the
feelings of the little gathering in the
! brilliantly lighted room of the Lost
Mine hotel. John Gwyn and Nan Law
ton were conversing both happily and
seriously with a tall, robust individ-
| ual, a stranger to Gwyn. The strang
er, whose features, despite his jovial
| tones and jOcular manner, were firm
| in their expression of sternness and
determination, was William Casey
| known to the community as Bill, a
] strong, sturdy, Irish-American who
had come to Lost Mine a few years
previous in search of his fortune and
was still searching
1--WE located the mine this after
| noon," Gwyn said, and his smile re-
Elected the enthusiasm revealed in his
| voice. "It is now imperative that l
arrange Tor the immaculate ueEelOp-
ment of the mine and the shipment of
the cinnabar to New York. The or
! ganization which 1 am representing
! is eager that no time be lost, and the
| days that have been consumed by our
strife with the central powers, in the
form of Won Bleck, have been pre-
cious ones. We must catch up now.
'Mr Casey. since you are at the
| head of the vigilance committee hunt
ing down the murderers of Don Car
| los and YaQui Joe, the developments
OF the future VIII depend greatly up
on you
MY warrants" replied Casey. "call
! for only Rawls and Drant Won Block.
for some reason beyond my jurisdic-
ton, is not included
eff you get the men you are after
it's a pity that 1 didn't hold Rawls
when l had him-Von Bleck will be
practically helpless to interfere with
us" Gwyn said. GAS soon as opera
lions are begun l am going to install
tells me that you have had a great
deal of experience along these lines
, and are lust the man ! need. l hope
that by that time, Nan will be my wife
| We plan to be married within the next
few weeks. you know
During the few months that imme-
diately followed the little town of Lost
Mine enjoyed the greatest boom in its
history. 1t was fairly alive with busy.
bustling humanity, hurrying to and
fro, each absorbed with his own i'm
portant mission. The village, from
the town proper to the mine lost, as it
was, amidst the Wilds of the unsettled