The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-10-14
she s.vs him money. and -

Curly nodded. He said nothing. but
his strong jaws clamped.
.He was there that day." the gin
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 1t.
Father heard her cry and came In.
Blackwell was behind the door as II
opened. He struck with loaded cane
and father fell unconscious. He raised
1t to strike again. but she chung to his
arm and called for help. Before he
could shake her of another man came
in, He wrenched the club away"
"Fendrick?" breathed 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"
"And thenf"
..They watched him day and night.
Fendrick himself did not 80 near the
place-if 1t was Fendrick. Blackwell
swore to kill Mrs. Wylie If she told.
They held him there till tonight. She
thinks they were trying to get father
to sign some paper"
1.-THE REIMBURSEMENT. Of course.
That means the other man was Fen
drick."
Kate nodded. "Yes."
Curly rose. The muscles stood out
In his Jaw hard as steel ropes.
"We'll rake the Rincons with q fine
tooth comb. Don't you worry. I've al
ready wired for Bucky O'Connor to
come and help. Well get your father
out Of the hands Of those hell hounds.
Won't we. DickT
The girls eyes admired him, q lean.
hard-bitten Westerner. with eyes AZ
unblinkinx a. an Arizona sun and with
muscles like wire springs. His face
still held its boyishness, but It had
lost forever the responsibility Of q
few months before. She saw in him
an iron will, shrewdness, courage and
resource. Out Of ten thousand men
there were mono whose voice drummed
on her heartstrings a. did that Of this
youth.
Two men sat In q log cabin on oppo-
site sides Of cheap table. One Of them
was immersed In q newspaper. His
body was relaxed. his mind apparently
at ease. The other watched him
malevolently. His fingers caressed the
handle Of u revolver that protrudsd
from the holster at his side. He would
have liked nothing better than to have
drawn Il and sent q bullet crashing
into the unperturbed brain Of his pris-
oner.
Thers were reasons Of policy why
II were better to curb this fascinating
desire. but sometimes the impulse to
kin surgsd up almost uncontrollably.
On these occasions Luck Cullison was
usually "devilIng' him. the only diver.
sion that had been opeo to the ranch.
man for some days past
From time to time ~ Lack read ~
commsatsd senially On the news.
Blackwell merely scowlsd. Given hid
NV. Cullison would not b hees t.
read The Sentinel. But the brains Of
tAs conspiracy had ruled otherwise
and insisted. too. upon decent treat
nsnt With one ankle securely lied 70
Q leg q the table there was no danger
u freeing the hands Of the cattleman.
bot bis hosts saw that never for IN in
slant were hands and feet at liberty to.
gsthef. For this man was not the one
with whom to take chances.
Cullison read on:
Lieutenant O'Connoe Of the Ar
ssaa rangers left town today for Q
short trip into the hills. where he ex-
pscts to spend q few days hunting.
Hunting what do you reckon1 o.
hunting who. should say. Ever meet
Bscky O'Coonor. BLACKWELL No.
reckon not. Hes since your time. 4
crackerjack. too! Wonder II Bucky
amt after some friends Of miner
"Shut up." srowled the other.
"Surs you'll shut up-whso Bucky
lands On you." retortsd Luck cheerful
y. Thea. with . sudden whoop;
Hello. here's q personal to your i'd
drsss. Listen. The friends Of L q
serve notice that what occurred at tn
Jack Of Hearts u known. Any violsnel
hereafter done to him will b paid fol
to the limit. No guilty man will -
cape 30 the boys are getting busy
I figured they would BE-"
The former convict leaned forward
augrily. "1.smms see that paper"
His guest handed Il over. an inds1
finger pointing out the item. "LarEt
% life. Blackwell. No. sir. You CO.
tainly didn't ride herd proper % tina,
opportunity"
Don't BE- too sure It's gone. M
Sheriff"
They've got you dead to rights
Read that personal again. Learn 4
By heart. The friends Of L. G. giv'
warning You better believe they'r'
rounding up your OUTFIT. They know
I'm alive. They know all about TIKI
Jack Of Hearts. Pretty soon they'll
know where you've got me hidden"
you'd better pray they won't. Fo
II they ind the nest II will b empty