Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-04-12
"Answer Me-" He Said Sharply. "Did
Tell You the Truth7"

answer Me-, HE SAID Sharply. "Dld
! Tell You the TRUTH"
Just reaching the top of the, stars.
They separated with alacrity, and gave
her passage. One of the men was
Lefever, who, despite his size, was ex-
tremely nimble in getting out of her
urgent way, and quick III lifting his
hat. She fairly raced down the flight
of steps, leaving Lefever looking after
her in establishment. He turned to
De Spain: "Now, who the deuce was
that?"
De Spain ignored his question by
asking another: Did you find him?"
Lefever shook his head. mot a trace;
| covered Main street I guess Bob
was right. Nobody home here,
Henry?"
Nobody we want"
Nothing going on?'
Not thing. If you will wait here
for Bob, FL run over to the office and
answer those kilograms"
De Spain started for the stairs.
Henry" called Lefever, as his COM
panion trotted hastily down, "ff you
catch up to her, kindly apologize for Il
fat man."
But De Spain was baked of an OPP
pOrtunity to follow Nan. In the street
he ran into Scott did you get the
stOry?" demanded De Spain.
Part of it,"
"Was it SaSsoOn?"
dusky. That man Sandusky,"-B
smiled sickly doesn't miss
very often. He was bothered a little
by his friends being all around you"
The two regarded each other for
moment in silence. why" asked De
Spain, boiling little, should that
ID hulking brute try to blow my
head off just nOw~
"Only for the good of the order,
Henry" grinned the scout.
Mice job Jeff has picked out for
me" muttered De Spain grimly, stand
ing up in these Sleepy Cat barrooms
to be shot at. Is he the fellow John
calls the butcherT
"That's what everybody calls him,
I guess"
The two rejoined Lefever at the
head of the stairs and the three dis
cussed the news. Even Lefever seemed
more serious when he heard the re-
port. Scott, when asked where San
dusky now was, nodded toward the
big room in front Of them.
Lefever looked toward the gambling
tables. "Well go in and look at him.
He turned to Scott to invite his com
ment on the proposal. "Think twice,
JOHN suggested the Indian. IF
there's any trouble in a crowd like
that somebody that has no interest
in De Spain or Ssndusky is pretty sure
to get hurt"
II don't mean to start anything" ex-
planned Lefever. 81 only want De
Spain to look at him"
But sometimes things start them
selves. Lefever found Sandusky at a
faro table. At his side sat his partner,
Logan. Three other players, together
with the OnloOkerS, and the dealer
whose tumbled hair fell partly over the
visor that protected his eyes from the
glare of the overhead light-made I'D
the group. The table stood next to
that where Tension, white-faced and
impressive under the heat and light
held the chair.
Lefever took a position at one end
of the table, where he faced Sandusky,
and De Spain, just behind his shout
der, had a chance to look the two
Calabasas men closely over Sandusky
again impressed him as a powerful
man, who, beyond an ample stomach,
carried his weight without showing it.
De Spain credited readily the ex-
traordinary stories he had heard Of
Sandusky's dexterity with a revolver
or q rife That he should so lately
have missed a shot at so close range
was partly explained now that De
Spain perceived Sandusky's small,
hard, brown eyes were somewhat I'M
naturally bright, and that his brOws
knit every little while in his effort to
collect himself SanduSky's brown shirt
sprawled open at the collar, and De
Spain remembered again the fiashy
waistcOat, fastened at the last button
hole by a cut-glass button.
At Sandusky's side sat his Crony in
all important undertakings much
smaller sparer man, with aggressive
shoulders and restless eyes. Logan
was the lookout of the pair, and his
rowing glance lighted on De Spain be-
fore the latter had inspected him
more than a moment. He lost no time
in beginning on De Spain with az in
solent question as to what he was
looking at. De Spain, his eye bent
steadily on him, answered with a tone
neither of apology nor pronounced Of
tense: II am looking at you"
Lefever hitched at his trousers cheer
lily and, stepping away from De Spain,
took position just behind the dealer.
what are you looking at me for?"
demanded Logan insOlently.
De Spain raised his voice to match
exactly the tone of the inquiry $50
I'll know you net time
Go be .t1nued)