The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-07-17

with the firm jaw and the blue gray
eyes OF steel who steadily demanded
the missing man. They offered to send
him back to the scene Of the accident
with a man to help him, and author
ity to get assistance from their work
men to search the river and vicinity.
This offer Jasper finally accepted and
the next morning was on his way back.
The last time Holt had seen Scath-
lin he had not really seen him at all,
he had merely sensed his presence in
the darkness.
They had both been sleeping
,Scathlin with the relaxation of one
who no longer needs to be on the
alert, Holt with half his senses on
guard-when the crash came. Splinter.
ing glass and a rush of cold air brought
Holt clearly TO himself. The car had
been turned on end and was sinking,
sinking down with creak and gron;
and the two men were thrown together
for a monet into the aisle, clinging to
the arms Of the seats. Holt had heard
the terrible oaths with which Scathlin
was wont to embroider his speech ever
OF calmer occasions. They sounded
now like a challenge to the Almighty.
The younger man had reached out q
hand In the darkness to strike the
other, and had uttera single sentence
"Cut that out!" but the profanity con
tinued, and Scathlin had struck him a
blow blindly across his eyes which be-
! rytJInrnl him Pow a caonrI nnl yh0In
the confusion more black and terrible.
Then he had been aware that Scathlin
was scrambling up over the arm Of the
seat to the window, and was about
climbing out. The red glow from out
side flared up and showed Scathlin's
bulk against the night, his head and
shoulders already out OF the window,
the stream of oaths not s o distanct
now because they were flung to the
outdoor world.
1t was then that he realized that
Scathlin was escaping from him and
he must not let him get away. Even
in such a situation he remembered his
long quest, and pulling himself up by
main force, caught Scathlin by the
foot. Suddenly he remembered the
curious actions of Scathlin the day be-
fore, and his fumbling with his shoe
strings afterwards. The shoe Holt held
in his firm grip was laced and tied in
a hard knot, but Hollis knife was ready
and he cut the string in several places.
Scathlin did not stay for shoes. He
left his footgear readily in his pur-
suer's hands and made good his escape
but Molt, forgetful OF his peril for the
moment, searched in the shoe and
found a folded paper.
IT was too dark TO tell if the paper
were one of those he sought. He put
it safely in his pochetbook for further
investigation. felt In the shoe carefully
once more to make sure there was not
another, and then climbed out OF the
window after Scathlin. But when he
dropped into tine melee beiowo he
could not see Scathlin anywhere.
There were some rocks far. belof, and
down there he had thought he saw a
white face as he first looked from the
window before he leaped, when the
fire broke out with a flare. But after
he had dropped and found himself in
the water he could not quite locate the
rocks again, and while he was search
ing he saw another victim drop and
sink and rise again, and he went to her
rescue. So had Scathlin had his wish
and escaped from the train before they
Preached the region OF Hawk Valley.
Holt and his assistant searched the
scene OF the wreck until the young
man was convinced that further search
there was useless, and sent the man
back to the city. Then he dropped
down the rive rbank and talked with
one or two men on the wrecking crew
while they were waiting for the con.
%struction train to come and bear them
back to their camp, and here for the
first time he got a clue. They had
found a man down On the rocks with
a broken leg a whole day after the
pitaI. Some bushes had hid rim and
no one had noticed him till they heard
him sroaning and cursing. A man who
said he had a shack .'up d piece" has
taken him In his wagon. He had prom
ised to get a doctor and fix the mar
up. The man himself had begged them
to shoot him. He was almost out o.
his head with suffering. Their yagu,
description Tailed with Scathlin'.
rought appearance and rIolt becam,
convinced he. had found his mar.
Making the best he could ont Q
their Indefinite directions, for the,
really had not muca@idsa OF the local
.tity OF that shack themselves. Hol
gtarted OFT in search. 4
He found Scathlin before nightfal
,that samasd day lying alone and moan
ling with pain and fever In the de
sertsd shack. The householder ha,
away at dawnSun business, ROE
ising q speedy feturny but hid no
come back. and sSathiin. ihia broke
/ bone set rudaly ~ an. unskiiIed hand
tlay suffering tefmenta. Nlnen Hol
paS6siIsas(lel aaeoksdsin.h
started up With j yell.s bis syes; pr
! truding In tear. He thought That Hol