The Lamar register., 1919-03-26
In Sunrise Guleh.
CHAPTER XVII.

Tered. and Smith, still unconscious
lad been carried from the makeshift
operating table in the commissary to
Williams cot in the office shack.
"EIow about 1t, Doc?" asked the
nine owner bluntly.
The surgeon shook his head doubt
,ully.
Il can't say. He'll be rather lucky
T lie doesn't make II, won't hef"
Starbuck remembered that the doc
TOR had come out In the auto with the
police captain and the two plain
,lothes men.
"Hackerman has been talkingf" he
lueried.
The surgeon nodded. "IIe told me
on the way out. n were in Smiths
place, I'd rather pass out with a bull
let in my lung. Wouldn't youf'
Starbuck was frownng sourly.
Suppose you make 1t ease of sus-
pended Judgment. Doe" he suggested
''rhe few OF us here who know any
thing about 1t are giving John the
benefit of the doubt. They'll have to
show me. and half dozen OF us. be-
fore they can send him over the road."
''He knew they were after hlm?"
'Sure thing; and he had all the
chance he needed to make his get
away. He was shot while he was
trying to get between and stop the
war and keep others from getting
killed"
ITS n pity" said the surgeon. glnnc-
Ia.
whom Colonel Baldwin was appealing.
They'll put him In the hospital cell
at the jail. and that Will cost him
whatever slender chance he might 9TH
erwise have TO pull through"
Starbuck looked up quickly. Tell
'em he can't be moved. Doc DAN" he
urged suddenly. And then: You're
Dick Maxwelrs family physician. and
Colonel Dexter's. and mine. Surely
you can do that much for usi'
~ can. and WILL" said the surgeon
promptly.
Three days after the Wholesale ar
rest at the dam. Brewster gossip had
fairly outworn itself telling and re-
telling the story OF how the High Line
charter had been saved OF how Crnw-
ford Stanton's bold ruse of hiring an
eN-train-robber to impersonate a fed
eral-court officer had fallen through
leaving Stanton and his confederates,
ruthlessly abandoned by the un-
named principals. languishi9g bailless
in Jail; OF how Smith. the hero OF all
these occasions. wns still lying at the
Of In
the construction camp. and David Kin
zle. once more In keen pursuit Of the
loaves and fishes. was comblng the
market for odd shares OF the stock,
which was noY climbing swiftly out
of reach. But at this climax OF ex-
satiety-came distinct
Iy new set of thrills. more titlllating.
If possible. than all the others com
bIned.
1t was on the morning of the third
day that the Herald announced the
return Of Mr.. Josiah HIGHLANDER from
the Topaz; and In the marriage no.
tices of the same issue the breakfast
table readers of the newspapers
learned that the multimillionaire's
daughter had been privately married
the previous evening to Mr.. Tucker
Jibbey. Two mining spectators were
chuckIing over the news In the Hophra
House grill when a third man came
in to Join them.
whats the joker queried the new
conner; and when he was shown the
marriage item, he nodded gravely.
That's all right; but the Herald man
didn't get the full flavor Of 1t. 1t was
a sort OF runaway match, 1t seems;
the fond parent wasn't invited or con-
suited"
81 don't see that the fond parent has
any kick coming" said the one who
had sold Jibbey a promising prospect
hole on Topaz mountain two days ear
lier. "The young fellows got all kinds
of money"
81 know" the land broker put In.
'But they're whispering 1t around that
Mr.. Richlander had other plans for
his daughter. They also say that Jib-
bey wouldn't stay TO face the music:
that he left on the midnight train last
night a few hours after the wedding,
so as not TO be among those present
when the old man should blow in
"WhatT'-in chorus OF two-"left !
his wifAT