Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-06

GOOD Joke--Whatr yer glVih INC noWs
"The exact truth; and II VIII DC
wosth your while. my man. TO brace up
and listen. ! am going to give you 2
chance to redeem yourself-a last
chance. 1t will be nice story to tell
back In st. Louis that you helped to
kidnap wealthy young white woman
using your Office as o cloak for the
crime, and. besides that, killing two
men to serve q vver gambler. Sup
pose was to tell that sort Of tale &c
Governor Clark, and give him the
proofs-where would you landf"
He breathed hard, scarcely able e
articulate. but decidedly sober.
"what--what's that? Amt you the
fellar tibet wus on the boat? Who
who the devil are yer?"
~ am an officer in the army" said
sravely, determined to impress him
nrst Of all. "and I worked on that
steamer merely to learn the facts In
this case. know the whole truth now
even to your late quarrel with Kirby
I do not believe you realised before
what you were doing-but You 90 now
You are guilty Of assisting that con
temptible gambler to abduct Eloise
Beaucaire. and are shielding him now
In his cowardly scheme to compel hei
to marry him by threats and force"
"The d., low-lived pup told
him whut he wus."
eyes, but that doesn't prevent the
crime. He's all you said, and more
But calling the man names isn't going
to frighten him, nor get that girl out
Of his clutches. What want to know
Is, IRE you ready to help me Eight the
fellow? Block his game"
How? What do We want doner'
"Give me a pledge first, and I'll tell
YOU
did you say ye wus an army offer
cerY'
"Yes, a lieutenant; my name is
Knox"
81 never know'd yer"
''Probably not, but Joe Kirby does
I was on the steamer Warrior coming
down when he robbed old Judge Beau
caire. That was what got me mixed
up In this affair. Later l was in that
skiff you fellows rammed and sunk on
the illinois. I know the whole dirty
story. Kennedy, from the very begin
ming. And now 1t is up to you wheth.
er or not tell it to Governor Clark"
II reckon yer must be right" he ad'
mitted helplessly. "Only l quit cold
the minute I caught on ter whut wus
up. never know'd she want no mig
ger till after we got yere. Sure's yei
live that's true. Only then l didn't
know whut else ter do, SO got bilin
drunk"
you are willing to work with me
thenY
Eyer kin bet I am; I amt ne
gurl-stealer." ~,..-.a~--
'Then listen, Kennedy. Jack Rale
toidsme exactly what their plans were
because he needed me to help him
When you jumped the reservation, ht
had to find someone else, and picked
me- They mean to pull of the affali
tonight. Here's the story"
i told It to him, exactly in the form
1t had come to me, interrupted only II
the recital by an occasional profan'
ejaculation, or some INTERCEPTED. ques
tien. .. The deputy appeared .eobei
enough before I had finished. and full.
xrasped the seriousness. Of the Sttua
ton. - -
-Now that Is the way 1t stacks mp
ended. 1.-THE girl Is to be taken to THU
fellows shack and compelled to MARI!
Kirby, whether she wants to or not
They either intend threatening her. o.
else TO actually resort to force-likel!
both No doubt they can rely ontthh
renegade preacher IN either ease.s
~Jack didn't name no naInea
"No-whyf"
"Only thar ulster Be bum hangin
round the river front in Saint Loue'
who he'd preachers papers, en- wore
a long-tailed coat. Thar want no low
down game he wudn't take a hand IL
fersa drink. His. name wus Gaskfns;
he'd him up fer mayhem onct. I'll be
he's the duck, for he hung round Jack!
place most O. the time. Whatcha wan
me ter do?"
TT has seemed TO me, TIM" ] sale
thoughtfully, ''that the best action To-
M to take will be to let them place tn
girl In my hands, just as they hav'
planned to do. That will throw then
entirely of their guard. Once We sue
coed In getting her safely away. ant
remain unknown ourselves, there ough
to be very little trouble in strsighten
ing out the whole matter. Ny plal
would be to either ride around tn
camp in the night, and then report tn
whole affair at headquarters, or els
to strike out direct for Fort Armstrong
across country. Do you know an!
place youSean pick up horseT
That's a slew ov 'em round ysre,
he admitted. 'cThese feilers are mos
all hosseOldiers. reckon cud cincl
sum sort o. critter. Yer want M
a'ong7"
Perhaps not. Tim. Your disappear
ance might cause suspicion. and SEM
them after Us. Ny plan is to get ava!
as quietly as possible, and let them be
lieye everything is all right. ! want
day or two in which to work, befor
Rale or Kirby discover we have no
gone 10 Bear Greek. I'll met them aaiion
at the spring down the trail, but sha1
want you somewhere near By. You Sc
this IL bound to mean fight Il ! ar
recognized Likely three against one
and those men wouldn't hesitats' q
murder" 80 d