Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-04-26

aster had 0vertaken her ID that va
senssless dash % the m0aaasia rssI
BE was eursihE half aAsad a. "A
dressed. enrsing The fool sho drsv.
that machine and Who new vas -.
haps dying down there IN ths tapraow
The other one is dead Is q deer nsn :
kept ruzning through his head--tAs
other one"
A dozen men we're IN The tanrAa~
gathered around tive tables that "a
been drawn together. The men skauA
the table. on which was stretched sAe
figure OF the wounded man. we're ua-
dOabtedly natives: Farmers. wsos.-
men or employees Of the tavera. At
word from Putnam Jones they epes.a
up and allowed Barnes to advance -
the side Of the maR.
''See II yon en- understand him. Il,
Barnes said the landlord. PeFsp<a-
tion was dripping from bis long. raw.
boned face. -And you. BaeoR-yoH aad
DlIlIngfOFd hustle upstairs and get a
mattress offn one OF the beds. sfapd
at the door there. Pike. and don't ct
any woman in here. Go away, Miss
Thaekersy This lie no place fer you.-
1iss ThackeFay pushed her wax
past the man who TILED to stop her
and joined Barnes.
1T ls the place for me" she said
sharply. Haven't you men got sense
enough to put something under hIs
headl Where Is he hartl Get that
cushion, you. Stick 1t under here When
lift his head. Oh. you poor thlnxg
Wen be as quick as possible. Therer'
The mans eyes were closed, but at
the sound OF a wOmans voice he
opened them. The hand with which he
elutehed at his breast slid on and
seemed to be cropping for hers. His
breathing was terrible. There was
blood at the corners Of his mouth, aAA
more OOzed forth when his lips parted
In an effort TO speak.
With a courage that surprised even
herself. the girl took his hand In hers.
1t was wet and warm. She al9 net
dare look at II.
"Aerci, madame" struggled from the
mans lips. and he smiled.
Barnes leaned over and spoke 10 him
in French. The dark, pain.strlckea
eyes closed, and an almost imper-
ceptible shake Of the head signlfied
that he did not understand. Evidently
he had acquired only q few Of the
simple French expressions. Barnes
had slight knowledge Of Spanish
and Italian, and tried again with ne
better results. German was his last
resort, and he knew he would fail once
more, for the man obviously was not
Teut0nlc.
The bloody lips parted. however, and
the eyes opened with a piteous appeal
ing expression in their depths. It was
apparent that there was something he
wanted to say, something he had 10
say before he died. He gasped dozen
words or more In tongue utterly Hn-
known to Barnes, who bent closer to
catch the feeble effort II was he who
now shook his head; with a groan the
sufferer closed his eyes In despair. He
choked and cOughed violently an ia
stant later.
Get some water and towel" cried
Miss Thackeray, TREMENDOUSLY. She
was very white. but still elung to the
mans hand. BE quick Behind the
bar"
Barnes unbuttoned the cOat and re-
yealed the bloodsOaked white shirt.
Better leave this to me-" he said in
her ear. There's nothing you can do.
Hes done for. Please go away"
"Oh, | sha'n't faint-at least, not
yet. Poor fellow! I've seen him up
stairs and wondered who he was. Is
he really going TO dief''
Looks bad" said Barnes. gently
opening the shirt front. Several Of
the craning men turned away sud-
denly.
"WhO is he, Mr.. JOnesf
HE is registered as Andrew Paul.
from New York. That's all know.
The other man put his name down as
Albert Room. He seemed to be the
boss and this man sort Of servant.
far as | could make out. They never
talked much and seldom came down
stairs. They had their meals in their
ROOM
There is nothing we can do" said
Barnes except try TO stanch the flow
OF blood. He is bleeding inwardly. Ina
afraid. It's clean wound Mr.. Jones.
Like rife shot, should say"
That's just what It is" said one Of
the men, tall woodsman. "The fellerI
who did 1t was a dead shot, you en-
bet on that. He got t other maHs
square through the heart"
'Lordy, but this win raise rum
pus," groaned the landlord "Wen
have detectives an"
Il guess they got what was comm
to EN-" said another Of the men.
whats that? Why. they was ridin'
peaceful as could be 10 Spanish Falls.
What do you mean by saym' that, Jim
Conley? But wait a minute How
does It happen that they were up near
your dads hOuse1 That certainly
amt on the road to Span"
spanish Falls nothin'l They wasn't
goin' to Spanish Fails any moren am