Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-09-11

no message Tor MISS donovan up
to that time2"
No"
You left the door unocked2"
sure them New York felers was
both out, oughter waited till they
come in, maybe. but l was plum tired
ont"
"When did they come backY
"Oh, bout midnight. / reckon. Bin
Lacy an Matt Moore was along with
EN-"
Il see! And these New York people
they are still hereT'
They wus an three down ter break
fast; amt seen nuthin' of EN- since"
What became of LacyF"
Hes down in his saloon; he Sei
if YOU showed mp an asked fer him,
ter tell yer that's whar he'd be-
Fie told YOU that? He expected me
. show NJ tben?"
4 reckon ms how be did" ana Tim
/ mons grinned in drunken good hlmnr
/ He's pretty blame sm0rt. Bu Lacy
/ is: he most affairs knows whi'S e5ln'
! ter happen" TIE leaned over the dcSt>
! aud lowered his voice. III yer ito
hunt him M. Jim" he said condaen-
tialbl, won better 80 hee!ca"
deStcert laughed The first shock
II the discovery Of Miss poaoyan$
/ Disappearance Iad passed, and he was
himself again. He mast have time to
/ 1hink and arrange some oan and
above all must retain u l'ear mind
and proceed coolly
''All right old man" he sad easily.
'll rry and look out for mS~elf-
/ haven't eaten Yet today. What can
I You find me in the larder2'
Although feeling the need of food
! WeSrco1t entered the dlnmg-room Of
/ the Iimmous house more DESTROYS az
/ being alone than for any other pur~
/ pose, lie realized that he was sud.
dolly brought face to face with a most
I serious condition and one which must
/ be solved uuaided. So Biu Lacy eN-
/ pecfed him: Had left word where Ee
/ was to be found? what was the prob.
able meaning Of this2 Westcott d.d
not connect This MESSAGE directly with
! the strange disappearance of Miss
4 Donovan Moore must have rec0--
nized him during their fight. and RI
/ ported to his master who 1t was tlat
had been discovered listening ut fae
window Realizing the nature of taHt
/ conversation, Lacy naturally mtjei-
/ pated being sought the very Iqome,it
/ WeStcott came 10 town. That WAS
what this meant All right he would
hunt Lacy MS soon as he was ready
to do 50; and, as Timmons suggested
would go "hecled"
But the girl? What had really be-
come of the girl1 Westcott drew ri ID
brief note from his pocket. smoathe3
ont its creaSeS and read the fesg
words over again The writing vr@
/ unqueSti~nably feminine. and he could
recall seeing nothing Miss DonoAtn
had ever indited with which il coa'8
I he compared. But would she haze a.
i parted, however hurriediy without
/ leaving him some message? trneon-
sciously he still held the letter in lis
hand whom the waitress came ia With
his breakfast. She glanced 1ut to
make certain they were atone and
leaned over her lips close to his ear
rs that the note they say THAI New
York young lady left?"
"Yes, Sadie" In surprise. "Why?"
well she never wrote if Mr. West
colt" hur?iedly placing the dishes he
fore him, that's all Now don't yer
say word to anybody that / told
yer; but she didn't 20 East at ali She
WIS took in a wagon down the desert
road. ! saw EN- take her"
'You saw them? Nho?"
"Well / don't just know that 'cept
1T was Matt noore's team. an ne wuz
drivin' it, I didn't see the others 50
es to be sure. Yer see US help sleep
over the kitchen. an bout one O'CLOCK
woke up. ! thought heard NOISE
outside. an got up an went to thc
winder. / c0uldn't see much not
'nough SO could swear to nuthu' ::
hut there was three or four men ont
there just across that little gully yau
know, an they had woman with 'em
| She didn't scream none, hut she was
tryin' ter git away wunst She run.
but they caught her | didn't SEQ no
wagon then; It was behind the ridge.
reckon After a while 1t drove eff
down the south tran, an little later
three men come up them outside stairs
back into the hotel They was mighty
still bout IT, too"
"You couldn't tell who they uoroe"
They want Ike nuthin' buf shaI.
ders; II was a pnrty dark night. say.
/ did You ever hear tell Of Mexican
/ named Meudez?"
Wen, rather he's . cattle thief or
worse. Arizona has big reward orr
for him, dead or alive"
That's the gink, bet yer; has be
got hangout anywhar round this
country"
Not 50 far as I know What makes
you suspect this?"
Sadie leaned even closer. her voice
trembling with excitement. evidently