The Jasper news., 1920-05-27

II 20 strike aepin, but she eluhr 20 his
arm and called for h@n BEFORE hs
could shake her of another man cnmo
IN. He wrenched the club away
-FendrlckY' breatbed Curly.
''she doesn't know. But the frst
thing he did was TO lock the outer door
and take the key. They carried father
down into the cellar. Before he came
to himself his hands were tied behind
his back.p
"And thenfe
'sThey watched him day and night.
Fendrick himself did not 90 near the
place II It was Fendrick. Blackwell
swore to kill Mrs. Wylie II she told.
They held him there till tonight. Shs
thinks they were trying to get father
to sign some paper
"1'he relinquIshment Of course.
That means the other man was Fen
drick." -
Kate nodded, aYes."
Curly rose. The muscles stood out
In his jaw hard-as steel ropes.
wen rake the Rincons with q fne
tooth comb. Don't you worry. I've al
ready wired for Bucky Q'Connor to
come and help. Wen get your father
out Of the hands Of these hell hounds.
Won't we. DickT
The girls eyes admired him, lean.
hard-bitten Westerner. with eyes a.
unbiinking as an Arizona sun and with
muscles like wire springs. His face
still held its boyishness. but It had
lost forever the irresponsibility OF q
few months before. She saw IN him
an iron win. shrewdness. courage and
resource. Out OF ten thousand men
there were none whose voice drummed
on her heartstrings as did that Of this
youth.
Two men sat In log cabin on oppo-
site sides Of a cheap table. One Of them
was immersed in newspaper. His
body was relaxed, his mind apparently
at ease. The other watched him
malevolenfly. His fingers caressed the
handle Of a revolver that protruded
from the holster at his side. He would
have liked nothing better than to have
drawn It and sent a bullet crashing
into the unperturbed brain Of his pris-
oner.
There were reasons OF policy why
1t were better to curb this fascinating
desire, but sometimes the impulse to
kill surged up almost uncontrollably.
On these occasions Luck CullisOn was
usually "devllIng" him, the only diver
sion that had been open to the ranch
man for some days past.
From time to time as Luck read he
commented genially ON the news.
Blackwell merely scowled. Given his
way. Culllson would not be here to
read the Sentinel. But the brains OF
the conspiracy had ruled otherwise
and insisted, too. upon decent treat
ment. With one ankle securely tied to
leg of the table there wns no danger
in freeing the hands OF the cattleman,
but his hosts saw that never for an In
stant were hands and feet at liberty to-
gether. For this man was not the one
with whom to take chances.
Culllson read on:
Lieutenant O'Connor of the Arf-
zona rangers left town today Tor a
short trip into the hills, where he ex-
poets to spend few days hunting
Hunting what, do you reckonf Or
hunting who, should say. Ever meet
Bucky o'Connor, BLACKWELL No. 1
reckon not He's since your time. A
crackerjack. tool Wonder II Bucky
amt after some friends OF minef"
"Shut up" growled the other.
"Sure you'll slut up-when Bucky
lands ON you," retorted Luck cheerful
ly. Then, with a sudden whoOp:
aHello, here's a personal to your ad-
dress. Listen. The friends OF l. O.
serve notice that what occurred at the
Jack of Hearts Is known. Any violence
hereafter done to him will be paid for
to the limit. No guilty man win es-
cape SO the boys are getting busy.
figured they would be-"
The former convict leaned forward
angrily. "Lemme see that paper
His guest handed It over. an index
finger pointing out the item. Large
as life, Blackwell. No. sir. You ce'-
tainly didn't ride herd proper on tina,
opportunity"
''Don't be too sure it's gone. Mr..
Sheriff."
.They'ye got you dead TO rights.
Read that personal again. Learn 1t
by heart. The friends of L. O. give
warning, You better believe they're
rounding up your OUTFIT. They know