Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-05-20
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DILLINGHAM; COMPANY
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 H&rmo-
sillA and the Rincons notoriety
and is now bringing him to Sag:
uaehe where he will be locked up
pending a disposition Of his case:
Kelly succeeded.In SURPRISING him
while he was eating dinner at a
Mexican road-house just this side
of the border.
do you make it out?" Maloney
asked, looking over their shoulders.
Curly took a 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:
luck ..........
=. prisoner ...Jack....Of He......a
....R......t......S now ...........
Saguache 100000. locked up pending
a disposition Of his Use ....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:
"Luck-prisoner-Jack Of Hearts
now Saguache-locked up pending
a disposition of his case-succeeded
in surprising him" She looked up with
shining eyes. He's alive somewhere.
Well save him now"
Curly spoke to her in a low voice.
"You have a talk with Mrs. Wylie
alone. Wen pull our freights. She'll
tell you what she knows" He smiled
in his gentle, winning way. "She's sure
had a tough time Of it if ever a wom-
an had. l reckon q 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 woman! She has told
me everything. Father has been down
liz that cellar for days under a guard.
They took him away tonight. She
doesn't know where. 1t 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"
Eyes. He came straight to her as
soon as he was freed from the peniten-
tiary. He had her completely terror
lied. 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 it 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 ii
opened. He struck with a loaded cane
and father fell unconscious. He raised
it to strike again, but she chung to his
arm and called for help. Before he
could shake her off another man came
IN. He wrenched the club away"
"Fendrick" breathed Curly.
"She doesn't know. But the first
thing he did vas 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 then?"
'They watched him day and night.
Fendrick himself did not go near the
place-if it was Fendrick. Blackwell
swore to kill Mrs. Wylie if she told,
They held him there till tonight. She
thinks they were Trying TO get IaCner
to sign some paper"
1.-THE REIMBURSEMENT, of course.
That means the other man was Fen
drick." =
Kate nodded. EYES,"
Curly rose. The muscles stood out
in his Jaw hard as steel ropes.
"Wens rake the Rincons with a fine
tooth comb. Don't you worry. I've al.
ready wired for Bucky O'Connor to
come and help. Wen get your father
out of the hands of those hell hounds.
Won't we, Dick?"
The girls eyes admired him, a lean,
hard-bitten Westerner, with eyes as
unblinking as an Arizona sun and with
muscles like wire springs. His face
still held it's ~boyishness, but 1t had
lost forever the responsibility Of a
few months before. She saw in him
an Iron will, shrewdness, courage and
resource. Out Of ten thousand men
there were none whose voice drnmmed
ca her heartstrings as did that Of this