Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-29
CHAPTER xxx
Holt Frees His Mind.

Holt Frees His Mind.
Mar1nnald whirlcd in his tracks.
Old Gid Holt WAS leaning on his cl-
huw with his head out OF the window.
'YOu better come and beat me up first.
Mac" h. I'"r"d. I'm all stove up with
Il busted laiG. so YOU can wallop me
good l'd com" out there but I'm too
crippled 10 move"
"You'r. not too crippled to go back
To KuSink with me. II you can't walk.
SuuIl ride. I;ui back you 20.
'fin". been worrying about how to
get there, Us right good Of you to
hrin.: ON" Oi tines" her" taXis for me.
- rh" "ld s:tvin' is
"Wh"r.. - th" rest Of the gold you
-inl..'
Il amt seen ia" latest papers Mac
What Is tins stuff about r0bbin' Il bank
and shuUrln' Milton"
"Yom'rc under arrest FOR robbery and
murder
Am /" Unload the particulars. When
dad I do II all?''
"Ynu know when. Just before you
lett town"
Holt SHOOK hiS head slowly NO. sir
can't seem to remember il. Sure 1t
amt som, one else you're thinking
about How com" you TO fix on me as
one nr tn" bold. bad bandits"
"Ii"C:rIsr YOU had not sense enough
in cover v0un tracks. Tou might just
aS we'll hay" left u not" saying you did
IT. FIRST. YOU com" To town and buy
one. OF III" fastest dog teams in Alaska
Why"
That's an easy on". bought that
team io win the NlaSka Sweepstakes
from y"u. And I'm rUin' to do IT. The
team wasn't handled right or II would
have won last time. ! got To millin' II
over and figured that old Gid Holt was
the dog punchrr that could land those
huskics in front. S""?"
"Sou bought II To MAX" Your getaway
after the rohl"rN.' r"iort"d Mac
donald.
It's Il difference OF opinion makes
horsrrarrs What else have you got
against ms?"
We found in your room one OF tn"
sacks that had held the gold you took
trnm the bank.
That's right. took it from the
bank in the afternoon. where ! had II
naS's books will show that.
s d any suck took
when your bank was yuDcd-if 1t was
robbed" added the old man signitl-
,antly.
"Of course. knew YOU would have
an nlihi. Have YOU got one to explain
why yuu left town so suddenly the
night TIA" hank was robbed. Milton
WAS killed after midnight. B"for" morn
iny Nuu and yuur friend Elliot routed
out Arkroyd and bought lot of sup
plies from him for II hurry-up trip. fo'i
shipped around Ia the corral and hit the
trail right into the blizzard. VIII you
tell mc why You We're in such q hurry
To get away. ii II wasn't TO escape from
the town where YOU had murdered q
decent old fellow who never had harm
"d - SOUL"
sure III tell YOU" The black eyes
oi TIA" little man snapped eagerly. u
mean that while you WAS dtncin' and
rhilandcrin' with other women. Cor
don Elliot WAS hurkin' a blizzard TO
save the life Of the girl you both
claimed To love. He was MUSLIN into
hf,y miles of frozen hell while you
waS illn' up with pottcd grouse and
champagne" Simultaneous with the
I:tmr youS" and the monkey singlestcp
>uu Was doin.' this lad was windjam-
min through white drifts He beat you
:,i ,uIIr own game. man. You're bear
Iur the outdoor stun. they tell me.
You chew up Il blizzard for breakfast
and throttle u pack OF wolves 10 work
up an appetite Tor dinner. It's your
speciality An right. Take your hat
of Ia that chrchacko who has just
whulrd YOU blind. He has outgamcd
Aou. Colby Macdonald. You don't run
In his class | see he is holding his
hnid up again. Give him another
half hour and he'd I've ready to go to
the mnt with you again"
The his Alaskur pushed away fear
that had been lingering In his mind
ever SINCE he hud stumbled on that
hudN buried III the snow yesterday al
tcruron. Was his enemy going TO cs-
ca,r, hlm. after all" Could Holt he
telling the true reason why they had
I,f, town 80 hurrirdly" He would not
let himself believe il.
"Yuu ought IL work up better
STORY than that" he said contcmptu-
ouSll. Won can throw n husky through
the hrlrs III II. How could Elliot know,
for instance. that Miss o'Neil was not
SAFE
The same way YOU could a known
IL" snapped old Gideon. He 'phoned
to SMITHS Crossn' and found the
stage hadn't cot in and that there
WAS a he'll ut Il storm up In the hills.
Macdonald set his face. You're
living Ia mo. You stumbled over the
stage while you were making YOUR
Ertawa> Now you're playing II for
an alihi."
r;lllo, had risen. Sheha stood be-
sid. him. her hand in his. She spoke
quietly.
Its the truth. Believe il or not as
YOU please. We care nothing about
that
The stab OF her eyes. the carriage OF
the slim. plant figure with its sug-
grStirn of fine gallantry. challenged
her former lover to do his worst.
en- the battered face Of Gordon was
Il smile. 80 long rs his Irish sweet
heart stood Ivy him he did not care
ii he were charged with high treason.
IL was worth all il cost to feel the
warmth OF her brave, impulsive trust.
The ,icrp-sct eyes Of Macdonald
.nin..h,,a With those of his rival SOu