The Tomahawk., 1918-03-07

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the compulsion of his forceful silence
Wally stumbled on helplessly.
"They got off here. Course I
didn't know whether you'd sent for
her or not, so I stopped and kinder
gave her the glad hand just to size
things up" d.
eyes"
"She had the address Of Miss o'NeiIl
that Irish girl staying at the Paeet.
the one that came in" .S~,-
"Go on" snapped his chief.
$50 I directed her how she co1ld
get there and"
Wally found himself lifted from the
chair and hammered down into Il
again. His soft flesh quaked like q
jelly. As he stared pop-eyed ut the
furious face above him, tho fat chin
Of the little man dropped.
MY God, Mac. don't do thatl" he
whined.
Macdonald wheeled abruptly away.
crossed the room in long strides. and
came back.
"What's the user he said aloud.
"You're nothing but spineless put
terer. Haven't You enough sense even
to. give me a chance to decide Tor
myself? Why didn't you keep tho
woman with you till you could seno
for me, you daft monkey?' -.
IF had known"
aye think you've got sense enough
to take plain, straight message AZ
far as the hotel? Because II you have
I've got one to send"
Wally caressed tenderly his bruised
flesh. He had a childlike desire to
weep. but he was afraid Macdonald
would kick him out Of the office.
"'Course I'll do whatever you say.
Mac" he answered humbly.
The Scotch Canadian brushed tho
swivel chair and it's occupant to one
side, drew up another chair In front
of the desk, and faced Selfridge
squarely. The eyes that blazed at the
little man were the grimmest he had
ever looked into.
''Go to the hotel and see this man
Elliot alone. Tell him he's gone too
far-butted into my affairs once too
often. There's not man alive ia
stand it from. My orders are for him
to get out on the next boat. If he's
here after that, III kill him on sight"
The color ebbed out Of the ford
face of Wally. He moistened his lips
to speak. "Heavens, Mac, you can't
do that. He'll 60 out and report"
''Let him say what he likes. Put this
to him straight: that he and cant
stay III this town-and both Of ~
live"
Wally had Tapped up too many high'
balls in the past ten years to relish
this kind Of mission. His nerve wa>
gone. He had not the punch any moro
Yet Mac was always expecting him to
help out with his rough stuff, he re'
Elected fretfully. Take this message.
now. There was no sense in 1t. Self
ridge plucked up his courage to say so.
"That won't buy US anything but
trouble. Mac. In the old days you
could put over"
The little man never guessed how
close he came to being flung through
the transom over the door, but his in
stinct warned him, to stop. His OBJ
lection died away In humble.
90 course I'll do whatever you say"
he added q second time.
"See you do" advised his chief, an
ugly look In his eyes. "Tell him he
gets till the next boat. II he's here
after that, he'd better 60 heeletA for
I'll shoot on sight wherever we meet"
Selfridge went on his errand with
- Fook IN fo,,pH Mint s&ftSnap
moodily alone on the porch Of the
hotel.
In Gordon's pocket there was note
to Macdonald explaining that he had
nothing to do with the coming of Me-
teetse. He had expected to send it by
the hotel porter that evening, but
curt order to leave town filed !
with q chill anger. The dictator Of
affairs at Kusiak might think what he
pleased for all the explanation he
would get from him.
"Tell your master I don't take d.
ders from him." he told Wally quietly.
I'll stay till my work here is done"
They had moved few yards down tho
street. Now Gordon turned, lean
Joined and active, and trod with crisp.
confident step back to the hotel. He
had said all that was necessary to say.
Two men standing on the porch
nodded a good evening to him. Cor
don, about to pass. glanced at them
again. They were Northrup and Ire
lawney, two Of the miners who had had
trouble with Macdonald on the boat.
On impulse he stopped. "Tound
work yeti" he asked.
''Found q Job and lost It again."
Northrup answered sullenly.
"TOo bad"
macdonald passed the word along
that we weren't to get work. So our
boss fred us. The whole district II
closed to US. We been blacknsted,"
explained Trelawney.
SAnd we're busted" added his mate.
Elliot was always free-handed. Per-
haps he felt Just now unusually sym
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