The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-02-26

Shoot You Up"
up when he had the chance. Sag,ache
Is sure buzzing this mo'ning with the
way you stood up for him. That lit.
tie play Of yours will help with the
jury In September"
Curly thanked him for going bail.
Luck fixed his steel-spoked eyes on
him. "By what Dick tells me you've
more than squared that account"
Kate explained in her soft voice.
"Dick told us why yoa went up to
Dead Cows creek"
"ShO! / hadn't thing to do. so
Just ran up there. Sans In town with
me. We're rOomlng together"
"Oh. take me to him." Kate cried.
"Not just now, honey" her father
said gently. This young man came
here to tell us something. Or so I
gathered from his friend Davis"
Flandrau told his story. or all Of II
that would bear telling before q girl.
He CLOSED over his account Of the dis
sipatiOn at the horse ranch, but he
told all he knew OF Laura London and
her interest in Sam. but It was when
he related what he had heard Mt Chalk
eyes place that the interest grew
most tense. Luck's eyes burned like
live Goals. The color faded from the
face Of his daughter so that her lips
were gray rs cigar ash. Yet she sat
up straight and did not finch.
When he had finished the owner Of
the Circle c caught his hand. "You've
done fine. hoy. Not man in Arizona
could have done better"
Kate said nothing In words but her
dark long-laShcd eyes rained thanks
upon him.
They talked the situation over from
all angles. Always 1t simmered down
to one result. 1t was SOapy's first
play. Until he moved they could not.
They had no legal evidence except the
word OF Curly. Nor did they know on
what light he had planned to pull off
the hOldup. IF they were to make a
complete gather of the outfit, with evil
dence enough to land them in the peni-
tentiary. II could only be after the
holdup.
Meanwhile there was nothing to do
but wnit and take what precautions
they could against being caught by
surprise. One OF these was to see that
Sam was never for an instant left un-
guarded either day or night Another
was to ride to Tin Cup and look the
ground over carefully. For the pres
ent they could do no more than watch
events. attracting no attention by any
whispering together in public.
The old Arizona fashion Of settling
difference Of opinion with the six
gun had long fallen into disuse. but
Snguarhe was still close enough to the
stark prilneval emotions to wait with
q keen interest for the crack OF the re-
volver that would put - period to the
quarrel between SOapy Stone and
young Flandrau. 1t was known that
Curly hat refused to leave town. Just
as II was known that Stone and that
other prison bird Blackwell were
hanging around the Last Chance and
Chnlkeye's Place drinking together
mOrOsely 1t was observed. too. that
whenever Curly appeared I'm public he
was ct e,.ded by friends. Sometimes
I IL WOuiu De MHlO1ey unu IaVlS, some
times his uncle, Alec Flandrau. occa.
HDnaliy a couple Of the Map of Texa.
vaquer0s.
It Glanced that "Old Man" Elan
drau. drifting into Chalkeye's Place
found In the assembled group the man
he sought. Billie Mackenzie, grizzled
owner Of the Fiddleback ranch, was
with him. and II was In the prelmi
nary pause before drinking that Alec
made his official announcement.
mo. Mac. I amt worrying about
that any. Curly is going to get a
square deal. We're all agreed on that
II there's any shooting from cover
thereiI be IynchIng prOnto. That
goes"
Flandrau, senior, knew perfectly
well that inside OF an hour word
would reach SOapy Stone that only an
even break with Curly would be al.
lowed
! Another day passed. The festivities
had begun and Curly had to be much
In evidence before the public. His
friends had attempted To dissuade him