Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-05-06

belonged to her father. His personal
ity was stamped all over it. She even
recognized q coffee stain on the under
side Of the brim. There was no need
Of the initials l.. G. to tell her whose it
had been. A wav Of despair swept
over her. Again she was on the verge
Of breaking down, but controlled her.
self as with a tight curb.
"You say the robber had on his hat,
and that somebody shot at him. Who
ever it was must know the man wasn't
father"
Gently Bolt took this last prop from
her hope. Gle is almost sure the man
"a your father"
A spark of steel came into her dark
eyes. "NNho is the man?"
His name is Fendrick."
"Cass Fendrick" She whipped the
word at him, leaning forward in her
chair rigldly with her hands clenched
on the arms of it. One could have
guessed that the sound Of the name
had unleashed a dormant ferocity in
her.
Eyes. 1 know he and your father
aren't friends. They have had some
trouble. For hat reason he was very
reluctant to give your fathers name"
The girl famed. "Reluctant! Don't
you believe it! He hates father like
poison" A flash of inspiration came
to her. "Cass Fendrick is the man you
want, and he is the man I want. He
robbed the express company, and he
has killed my father or abducted him.
I know now. Arrest him tonight"
II have to have evidence" Bolt said
quietly.
II can give you a motive. Listen.
Father expected to prove up yesterday
en- his Del Orc claim. If he had done
so Cass Hendricks sheep would have
been cut off from the water. Father
had to be got out of the way not later
than Wednesday, or that nan would
have been put out of business. He was
very bitter about it. He had made
threats"
at would take more than threats
to get rid of the best fighting man in
Arizona, right in the middle of the
a soul knowing it."
"He was trapped somehow, Of
course" Curly cut in. For he vas
sure that in no other way could Luck
| CulliSOn have been overcome.
eff you'll only tell me how, Elan
drau,' Bolt returned.
81 don't know how, but We'll find
out"
at hope So"
Kate felt his doubt, and it was like
u spark to powder.
"You ought to know father couldn't
have done this. There is such a thing
as character. Luck Cullison simply
couldn't be a thief"
Mackenzie's faith had been strength
ened by the insistent loyalty of the
girl. That's right, Nick. Let me tell
you something else. Fendrick knew
Luck was going to prove up Thursday.
He heard him tell us at the Round
Up club Tuesday morning"
Lie SueFlu SuluLuCu up. 4Ou VIC
proved Cass had interests that would
be helped if MI. Cullison were re-
moved. But you haven't shaken the
evidence against Luck"
"We've proved Cass Fendrick had
to get father out of the way on the
very day he disappeared. One day
later would have been too late. We've
shown his enlnity. Any evidence that
rests on his word is no good. The
| truth isn't in the man."
maybe not, but he didn't make this
evidence"
Kate had another inspirational flash.
"He did-some of it. Somehow he
got hold of fathers hat, and he manu-
featured a story about shooting it from
the robbers head. But to make his
story stick he must admit he was on
the ground at the time of the hold
up. So he must have known the rob-
berry was going to take place."
Bolts shrewd eyes narrowed TO a
smile. You prove to me that Cass
had your fathers hat before Tho bnas