Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08
CHAPTER vi.


The abduction Of Sassoon, which ST
palized De SPANS entry into the stag,
line management, created a sensatio
akin to the exploding OF a bomb unde
the range. The whole mountain coun
try, which concentrates, sensibly, Of
but one topic at time, talked for
week Of nothing else.
Experienced men in the high country
men of that class who, wherever
found, are old In the ways OF the world
and not promptly moved by new or
youthful Observation-Disclosures the In
cident after hearing the details, with
the comment or the conclusion that
there would hardly be for De Spain
more than one additional chapter 20
the story, and that this would - :
short.one. The most active Mo-zz-
Gale, Duke and the eesy-Zol-z Sz--=--
lee-were indeed ErOuz1- = - r.
est pitch Of rsye1 y=t1l 49,. = Va
an overwhelming t-ssl=-- ETEEac-
and worst q al Z s-er=.s-- -TEs--
By one Who had -o-.--z - 80 ~
dence, nor =E=c t--1z -=-r--z---
to justify Is s=-z--- - - -..==sss-.z
Prestige .. IL GAP -
De Spain 1---.--.- s1csssE-.s- r.
prised ar The s-gr-- l. 1z1 Es1=.
teed=d the cD11sel = E.-lc- AZ ~
the acute stage u ~ -=.=--- :
RACED along tbs -rzll II ~ -ssE- ..-
few days % Met-c1r= BID = .-y
horses. Both Gale AID Drk= NJ
proclaimed, In Certain public rlzce- Z
Sleepy Cat, their intsntion u sna.9-i-z
De Spain on sight; and a. q climax 70
all the excitement Of the week rolIor-
Ing bis capture, the slippery Sas.oo1
broke jail and, after q brief internal
appeared at large IN Calabasas.
This feat Of the Morgan satellite
made loud laugh at De SPANS q
pense. 1t mitigated somewhat the hu-
initiation OF Sassoon's friends. but IL
In no wise diminished their expressed
resolve to punish De Spaln's Invasion.
Lefever, who as the mixer among the
stage men, kept close to the drift Of
public sentiment, decided after De
SPANS return to Sleepy Cat that the
stage-line authorities had gained moth
ing by Sassoon's capture.
I'VE ought to have thought Of II be-
fore. Henry" he said frankly one night
In Jefrries' office, "but we didn't think"
Meaning just what, John?" de-
manded De Spain without real inter-
est.
Meaning, that In this country you
can't begin on a play like pulling Sas-
soon out from under his friends noses
without keeping up the pace-without
second and third act. You dragged
Sassoon by his hair out of the gan.
good. You surprised everybody: good
But you can't very well stop ut that
Henry. Such feat by itself doesn't
insure permanent reputation, Henry.
1t Is, so to say, merely demand repu-
taton-one that men reserve the right
to recall at any moment. And the
worst Of 1t is. If they ever do recall II
you ere worse on than when before
they extended the brittle bauble TO
you"
"Jingo. Johnl For a stage black
ninth you are some spieler." De Spain
added an impatient, not to say con-
'umelious, exclamation concerning the
substance Of Lefever's talk. II didn't
ask them for a reputation. This man
lnterfered with my guard-in fact,
tried to cut his throat. didn't he?"
"Would have done 1t If Frank had
been an honest man."
"That is all there Is to 1t, isn't it?"
Lefever tapped the second finger OF |
'ne fat hand gently on the table.
Practically; practically all, Henry,
yes. You don't quite understand, but
you have the right idea"
what do you want me 20 do-back |
| horse and shoot two guns at once
Ip and down Main street, cowboy
tyler?
Lefever kept his patience without
lificulty. "No, no. You'll under
tand."
"Scott advised me to run down TO
dedicine Bend for a few days to let
be Morgans cool off,"
Fright. That was the first step. The
ew days are a thing Of the past. 1
oppose you know" continued Lefever,
/ as well-modulated a tone as he
ould assume to convey information
vt could not be regarded as wholly