Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-10-27


threw back his coat and exhibited his
star. Yer see. / amt just talkln' ter
Ser as Dan Brennan-Tm the law"
The boy. for he was scarcely more
than that In years. shufiied his feet
uueas.ly. and his eyes wandered from
Brennan TO Westcott. The look OF sui
len defiance had vanished.
-Wotcher wanter askg'
"Who was with you the out-trip.
along with Miss DOn0vanT"
~Joe Skies"
"And yer left him back there. guard
Ing the girig"
"He stayed; them was the orders,
while was to bring back the team /;
but I reckon he won't need 10 do no
guariin' 20 speak OF. fer we run inter
a bunch o fellows"
"How many are they7"
Maybe a dozen: don't Just know"
what was done with the young
ladyT"
Moore spat vindictlvely into the
sand. digging a hole with his heel. He
had talked already more than he In
tended. but what was the dlfference7
"Cateras took her" he admitted.
"but I don't know whar. ! tried ter find
out whar she was. but nobody'd tell
me. Then 1 had ter pull out"
WeStcott interjected a question.
whats the valley like. an how do
you get into itT"
"Well. I'd say Il was Just n sort o.
sink In the desert a kinder freak.
Anyhow. I never saw nuthin' like II
afOre. The walls is solid rock. almost
straight up an down. but thar's a con-
siderable stream fl0win' down thar
that Just bursts out hole In the
rock. an plenty o. grass fer quite
bunch Of steers"
How 10 they get down into it?'
Long n windln' trail on the west
side II used TO be mighty rough, I
reckon. an only good fer mixers, but
they fixed il up so they can drive cat
tie down. an even q wagon II yer take
Il easy"
"And there Is no other way 20 the
bottom except along this trallT
That's bout ali"
brennan and westcott looked At
each other. both uncertain "a 10 the
next step. What were they TO do with
tEeir prisOner7 And how could they
proceed toward effecting the rescue Of
the helpless girl7 II was a problem
not easy 20 solve. n what Moore told
them was true. The latter shufied his
feet In the sand. lifted his eyes shrewd-
ly. and studied the faces of his cap
tors. lie was figuring his own
chance.
You fellows want ter got down In
ter the valleyT' ne asked az last.
Yes" and Brennan turned again
quickly. IL il can be done. or course
thar's only two Of Us. an K would be
sort o. foolish tryia' ter fight a way
through. even ag'ln' Mexicans. Fiji
teen ter two Is some odds but faint In
my nature. or Jim's here. ter tuln
round an leave that girl in the hands
. them cusses-is il. JimT"
Il never will" replied Westcott
earnestly. "N0t II have TO tackle the
whole outfit alone"
lyon WON'T have % do that. What's
the idea. AlooreT"
"Oh. was just thinkin," he an
suered. stiI uncertain. "ff show yer
q way. what is thar In Il Ter meF'
Brennan stlfened. his features ex-
pressing nothing.
~what do you meant I'm an officer
o. the lawl~
I know a.: I amt asking yer ter
make no promise. But yer word vii
-pah-l ov a ways II this ever gets in
corrt. II help yer I've got 20 be pro-
tected frum Bill Lacy. He'd Kill me
as quick as he'd look az me. Then
I'd want yer ter tell the judge how it
an happened. know we're square
Dan Brennan. an whatever yer says
goes
Tn. marshal stuck out his hand.
That's the gospel truth, Matt" he
said -ravely. "an' I'm with yer til the
cows come home. What is il you
knpwT"
We'll" with o quick breath as he
took rhe plunge. "it's Ike this. mar
snail: there Is just one place out yon-
der and he waved his hand % indi-
cate the direction. ~on the east rim o
the valley. where yer might ge; down.
Ye'd have ter hang on tooth an toe
nail: but both OF yer are mountain
men. an I reckon yer could make the
trim II yer took II careful an slow
ike
weStcott asked: How can We get
there safely7 Can you guide usE
Moore swept his eyes over the dun
range Of sand. expectorated Thought
sullv and rammed his hands deep INTO
his rrouser-pockets he was STOW
about answering. but the two men
waited motionless.
III IL was me- he said finally. To
take 4 on foot. Itil be a isunt ov
near IN 70 three miles. unless yer
wars ter r.sk bein' seen By them