The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-04-04

ia DItIl'd W hhf' III no i"'' ~
cheating at cards. Lefeyer pointed out
the unlucky gamblers grave as he and
De Spain rode into the canyon toward
the inn.
Not ii sign OF any sort vas displayed
about the habitati0n. Ma man was in
yited to enter. no man warned to keep
out, none was anywhere in sight. The
stnge men ~diSmOunted, threw their
lines, pushed open the front Toe Of
the house and entered "A room Of per
haps sixteen by twenty feet. A long,
high bar stretched across the farther
side Of the room. The left end, as they
faced the bar, was brought around to
escape n small window opening on n
court or patio 10 the rear of the room.
Back of the bar itself, about midway,
II low door I'm the bare wall gave en-
trance To II rear room. Aside from
this the room presented nothing but
walls. Two windows thanking the front
door helped 10 light il, bur not a mir
ror, picture, chair, table. bottle or
glass was 10 be seen. De Spain Gov
cred every feature Of the interior ut Il
glance. quiet around here, John he
remarked casually.
"rhfs is tb. ouiotost nloca i, tho
pocl, mountains wost 81 rha limo unt
when II is noisy, believe nae, it is
noi.y IooR ~ rho hnlI.t hoI.s in tbn
walls"
.Tbe oId storv" remarked he Snnio
in.urctiug win mild intnrast
tha nunctprad ri, STARING "thoya always
shoot bi,h
uo volEad oyor to tho l.f, ond 90 tho
h,r noting IN. hard usoco shown hy
tba ornotn ,robog,nv ami .,ro,ding
his hands u.id. oron -nolr,s ,io,,n nm
thp fucn If i oI,nced ot IN. lave win.
dow on his Iaf, onanino on th. orov.
aleJ notio ITO nnor.1 IA ,ho gnn,t-
d~orLn..s -, tina L,ttornd l,,r hobind
tine bar.
Henry" observed Iofeypr az Won
are looking for n drink # voul5 only
be fair. AS well as uolitic ia cali fine
Mexican"
De Spain. turning looked MI
around the room again. "You wouldn't
think pc ne said slowly "fro,u looking at
the place there was "a r|oad-agaut with.
in thousand miles"
"you wouldn't tiink. from riding
through fhc Superstition mo,mtains
There was q lion within "a thousand
Miles I've hunted them for eleven
years, and I never saw one except
when the dogs drove 'cm ont but for
eleven years they saw me. If we
haven't hoon seen coming in here by
some of this C|alabasas bunch, | miss
my guess" declared Leftover cheer
fully.
The battcn loon behind The bar now
began to open slowly aul uoistlcssly.
Lefevcr peered through il. Gone in.
Pedro" he cried reaSsUr,gI.y. come
In, man. This Is no officer, Z reyenge
agent looking Tor ya1- license Me-,
II friend. Pedro" H. cr, ---t --...-.
%ngingly. as the s4av-nv m ca ~.
proved and sull-~ ----r-t 7s-T 81
liberatcly FROM ~ r-.. .y-.4a mo
the obscuri,y e. - .a.rrer.. a.. ,e..
his one g,-pd ~ sen ~, ,.re7 sc -
Spain. This I.eeea4, 41- ,a1d ar
famlliarly o. .a> .a,t - - scam.
shoulder. - . lew mama gov M
Henry de S-a.. Henry 4nnxe aa.s.s
with Mex
This l-,7-a-er - e1ara hands
seemed i. er1.rr asr.Y,a s~, 10 =oaIn
never SHOCK sa,,a, p.~a ,arn.sg a,
least II "A. e4 a. ~ a--arda+ ;, .oy,r,,
habit log ay,e,!. .ts e. aaaf With
m excuse s9- .ae ,D.aness II MA -irhr
Pedro dla act EVEN 1ar ala remaining
eye al ,he IMITATION. The Hr1at1on. az
Lefever f~acetsausty rxe,t. re-
mained about where r. vas before ne
spoke. when ne sound IT galIOping
horses cane -hrougn me open door. A
moment later cnree men walked, sin
gle file, lnto ne room. De Spain stood
at the left end ot the bar, and Lefever
introduced him 10 Gale Morgan. TO
David Sassoon. and 10 S%assoon's crony,
Deaf Sandusky, as the new stage-line
anaIp The Infer arrivals lined m