The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-21
CHAPTER XVII.
In Sunrise cuich.

In Sunrise culch.
William Starbuck drew the surgeon
aside after the first aid had been rem
dered, and Smith. still unconscious,
had been carried from the makeshift
operating table In the commlssary to
Williams cot In the Office shack.
"How about 1t, Doc" asked the
mine owner bluntly.
The surgeon shook his head doubt
fully.
Il can't say. He'll be rather lucky
II he doesn't make It, won't he?"
starbuck remembered that the doc.
tor had come out In the auto with the
police captain and the two plain,
clothes men.
"Hackerman has been talking?" he
querled.
The surgeon nodded. ale told me
on the way out. II were In Smiths
place, I'd rather pass out with bull
let In my lung. Wouldn't you?"
Starbuck was frownlng sourly
Suppose you make 1t case OF sus
pended judgment, Doc" he suggested
"The few Of us here who know any
thing about It are giving John the
benefit Of the doubt. They'll have Il
show me, and half dozen Of us, be
fore they can send him over the road
"He knew they were after him?"
"Sure thing; and he had all tht
chance he needed to make his get
away. He was shot while he was
trying to get between and stop thu
war and keep others from getting
killed"
"It's a pity" said the surgeon, glanc
Ing across at the police captain tt
whom Colonel Baldwin was appealing
They'll put him In the hospital Gel
at the Jail. and that will cost hin
whatever slender chance he might 9th
erwise have to pull through"
Starbuck looked up quickly. "Tel
'em he can't be moved. Doc Dan," HI
urged suddenly. And then: YOU'RE
Dick Maxwelrs family physician, ant
Colonel Dexter's, and mine. Surely
you can do that much for us?'
" can, and l WILL" said the surgeon
promptly.
Three days after the wholesale ar
rest at the dam, Brewster gossip hat
fairly outworn itself telling and re
telling the story Of how the High Lin,
charter had been saved; of how Craw
ford Stanton's bold ruse Of hiring M
ex-train-robber to impersonate a fed
eral-court officer had fallen through
leaving Stanton and his confederates
ruthlessly abandoned by the un
named principals, languishlng bailles.
In Jail; of how Smith. the hero OF al
these occasions, was still lying at the
point of death In the office shack al
the construction camp, and David Kin
zie, once more in keen pursuit Of thu
loaves and fishes, was comblng the
market for odd shares Of the stock
which was now climbing swiftly out
Of reach. But at this climax Of ex
haustlon-or satiety-came distinct
ly new set Of thrills, more titillating
II possible, than all the others com
blned-
II was on the morning Of the thire
day that the Herald announced tht
return of Mr.. Josiah Richlander from
the Topaz; and In the marriage no
tees Of the same issue the breakfast
table readers of the newspapers
learned that the multlmilllonaire's
daughter had been privately married
the previous evening to Mr.. Tucker
Jibbey. Two mining spectators wers
chuckllng over the news In the Hophrs
House grill when a third man can't
In to Join them.
'What's the joker" queried the new
conner; and when he was shown thu
marriage item, he nodded gravely
THAT'S all right; but the Herald mar
didn't get the full flavor Of it. 1t wa'
sort Of runaway match, 1t seems
the fond parent wasn't invited or con
suited"
II don't see that the fond parent ha'
any kick coming" said the one wht
had sold Jibbey promising prospec
hole on Topaz mountain two days ear
lier. .The young fellows got all kind
Of money"
II know the land broker put In
"But They're whispering 1t around tina
Mr.. Richlander had other plans To-
his daughter. They also say that Jib
hey wouldn't stay to face the music
that he left on the midnight train las
night a few hours after the wedding
so as not to be among those presen
when the old man should blow In"
"What?"-in chorus Of two-'1ef
his wlfe?"
"That's what they say. But that
only one Of the new and startlinl
things that isn't In the morning papers
Have you heard about Smith,
haven't you been up long enough YETI
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