The Dolores star., 1918-05-24

anld nothfnG. He waited. and under
the eompuision Of his forceful silence
Wally stumbled on helplessly.
-They got OF here. Course
didn't know whether you'd sent for
her or mot. % I stopped and kinder
gave her the glad hand just to size
things up"
yes"
"She had the address Of Miss OMEN.
that Irish girl staying at the Paget9.
the one that came In"
$50 on" snapped his chief.
$50 I directed her how she could
get there and
wally found himself lifteA from the
chair and hammered down into Il
again. His soft flesh quaked like
Jelly. As he stared pop-eyed at the
furious face above him, the fat chin
Of the little man dropped.
"My God. Mac. don't do thatr hs
whined.
Macdonald wheeled abruptly away.
crossed the room In long strides. and
came back.
whats the user" he said aloud
You're nothing but q spineless put
tefer. Haven't you enough sense even
to give me q chance to decide Tor
myself Why didn't you keep the
woman with You till you could send
for me, you daft monkeyr
sf had Known"
D'ye think you've got sense enough
to take Q plain, straight message a.
far as the hotel? Because II you have.
I've got one to send"
wally caressed tenderly his brulseS
flesh. He had q childlfke 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 the
swivel chair and its occupant to one
side. drew up another chair in front
OF the desk, and faced Selfridge
sQuafely. The eyes that blazed at the
little man were the erimmest he had
ever looked into. ts s-s .7a5
SO 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 a man alive I'd
stand 1t from. My orders are for him
to get out on the next boat. II he's
here after that. I'll kill him on sight"
The color ebbed out Of the horid
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 I can't
stay in this town-and both Of Us
live"
Wally had Tapped up too many high.
balls in the past ten years to relish
this kind of mission. His nerve was
gone. He had not the punch any more.
Yet Mac was always expecting him to
help out with his rough stun. he re-
fected fretfully. Take. this message,
now. There was no sense in 1t. Self.
ridge plucked'up his courage to say 80.
'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 a humble.
90 course I'll do whatever you say"
he added a second time.
"See you do." advised his chief, an
ugly look in his eyes. ''Tell him he
gets till the next boat. If he's here
after that, he'd better 60 heeled, for
TIL shoot on sight wherever we meet"
Selfridge went on his errand with
tagging feet. He found Elliot sitting
moodily alone on the porch Of the
hotel. .es.
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 1t by
the hotel porter that evening. but the
curt order to leave town filed him
with chill anger. The dictator of
| affairs at Kusiak might think what he
pleased for all the explanation he
would get from him.
"Ten your master I don't take Or.
ders from him." he told wally quietly.
| "Tll stay till my work here is DONE"
They had moved few yards down the
street. Now Gordon turned. lean.
loined 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 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. "Found
| work yet" he asked.
."Found a job and lost it again."
Northrup answered sullenly.
'sToo bad" gas.
Macdonald passed the word along
that we weren't to get work. So our
boss fred us. The whole district Is
closed to MS. We been blacklisted,"
explained Trelawney.
sand we're busted" added his mate.
Elliot was always free-handed. Per
haps he felt Just now unusually sym.