Connecticut western news., 1920-03-18

and letters were scored sharply as shown below, though in the case of single letters the mark ran through them instead of underneath, evidently that no mistake might be made as to which was meant:
 J. P. Kelly of the ranger force reports over the telephone that by unexpected good luck he has sue ceeded in taking prisoner the notorious Jack Foster of MSrmo- sills and the kincons notoriety and is now bringing him to Sag uaehe where he will be locked up pending a disposition of his ease. Kelly succeeded In surpI!sing him while he was eating dinner at a Mexican road-house just this side of the border.
 Do you make 1t out7" Maloney asked, looking over their shoulders.
 Curly took pencil and an envelope from his pocket. On the latter he jot- ted down some words and handed the paper to his friend. This was what Maloney read:
 ss................. .................. ................... luck .......... =. prisoner ... Jack. of He. e......a ....R. .....t. now ........... Saguache ........ locked up pending a disposition of his case. .suc- ceeded in surprising him ............ ................
 "Read that right. ahead"
 Dick did not quite get the idea, but Kate, tense with excitement. took the envelope and read aloud:
 -prisoner-Jack of Hearts -now Saguache-locked up pending disposition of his case--succeede in surprising him." She looked up with shining eyes. He's alive somewhere. We'll save him now"
 Curly spoke to her In low voice. You have a talk with Mrs. Wylie alone. We'll pull our frelghts. She'll tell you what she knows" He smiled In his gentle, winning way. "Shes sure had tough time of it if ever a wom- an had. reckon little kindness is what she needs. Let her see we're her friends and will stand by her, that we won't let her come to harm because she talks"
 It was an hour before Kate joined them. and her eyes. though they were very bright. told tales of tears that had been shed.
 ''That poor womanl She has told me everything. Father has been down in that cellar for days under guard They took him away tonight. She doesn't know where. It was she sent the warnings to Sheriff Bolt. She wanted him to raid the place, but she dared not go to him."
 Because of Blackwell?".
 "Yes. He came straight to her as soon as he was freed from the peniten- tiary. He had her completely terror ized. She gave him money, and he came for more-and more."
 Curly nodded. He said nothing. but his strong jaws clamped
 "He was there that day" the girl continued. "She plucked up courage to refuse him what little she had left because she needed 1t for the rent He got hold of her arm and twisted it. Father heard her cry and came In. Blackwell was behind the door as 1t opened. He struck with loaded cane and father fell unconscious. He raised it to strike again, but she clung to his arm and called for help. Before he could shake her off another man came in. He wrenched the club away"
 "Fendrick?" brenthed Curly.
 "She doesn't know. But the first 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" .t
 And thenT
 ''They watched him day and night. Fendrick himself did not go near the place-if 1t was Fendrick. Blackwell swore to kill Mrs. Wylle if she told. They held him there till tonight. She thinks they were trying to get father to sign some paper"
 "The relinquishment of course. That means the other man was Fen- drick." ... #....
 Kate nodded. Yes"
 Curly rose. The muscles stood out fin his jaw hard as steel ropes. wen rake the Rincons with a fine tooth comb. Don't you worry. I've ai- ready wired for Bucky o'Connor to come and help. We'll get your father out of the hands of those hell hounds. Won't we, Dick7" I@.#s The girls eyes admired him, lean, liard-bitten Westerner, with eyes as as an Arizona sun and with muscles like wire springs. His face still keld its boyishness, but 1t had lost forever the irresponsibilIty of few months before. She saw in him an iron will, shrewdness. courage and rnSOurpa nttf af fhp ,.op