Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-02-13

other tenable hypothesis-foul play.
And from this she shrank with n quak-
Ing heart. For surely If his enemies
wished to harm him they would de-
stroy him, and this was conclusion
against which she fought desperately.
The plaza clock doomed ten strokes
as they rode into Saguache. Macken-
zle was waiting for them on the steps
of the hotel
Have they--has anything been-2"
The owner of the Flddleback shook
his grlzzled head "Not yet. Didn't
you meet CurlyT
NO"
"He rode out to come In with you,
but II he didn't meet you by ten he
was TO come back. You took the north
road. reckonT
Eyes"
He put an arm around her shout
ders and drew her into the hotel with
cheerful talk
Come along, Bob. We're going to
tuck away a good supper first Off.
While you're eating. I'll tell you all
there Is to be told"
Kate opened her lips to say that she
was not hungry and could not possibly
eat bite, but she thought better of
1t. Bob had tasted nothing since noon,
and OF course he must be fed.
Curly came into the room, and the
girl rose to meet him. He took her
little hand In his tanned muscular one,
and somehow from his grip she gath
cred strength.
I'm so glad you've come" she said
simply.
I'm glad you're glad" he smiled
cheerfully.
He knew she had been crying, that
she was suffering cruelty. but he Of
fered her courage rather than maudlin
sympathy. Hope seemed to flow
through her veins at the meeting Of
the eyes. Whatever a man could do
for her would be done by Curly.
They talked the situation over to-
gether.
"As II looks to me, we've got to find
out two thlngs-frst, what has be-
did steal that money. ! don't see IL
yet but there's some link between the
two things. / mean between the rob-
berry and his disappearance"
"How do you mean?" Kate asked.
"We'll say the robbers were his enc
mies-some of the Soapy Stone outfit,
maybe. They have got him out Of the
way to satisfy their grudge and to
make people think he did 1t. Unfortu-
nately there Is evidence that makes II
look us IL he might have done it
what they call corroboratlng testi-
mony."
"What does Sheriff Bolt thlnk?"
Curly waved the sheriff aside. 1T
don't matter what he thinks. Miss
Kate. He says he thinks Luck was
mixed up In the holdup. Maybe that's
what he thinks, but we don't want to
forget that Cass Fendrick made him
sheriff and your father fought him to
n fareyou-well"
'I'd like to talk with Bolt" the
young woman announced.
"An right" Mackenzie assented.
Tomorrow mo'nlng--"
"No, tonight, Uncle Mac"
The cattleman looked at her In sur
prise. Her voice rang with decision.
Her slight figure seemed compact with
energy and resolution. Was this the
girl who had been In helpless tears not
ten minutes before?
"Tll see II he's at his Office. Maybe
he'll come up" Curly said.
mo. I'll go down to the courthouse
II he's there"
At the office OF the sheriff Kate cut
TO essentials as soon as the introduc-
tions were over.
"Do you think my father robbed the
w. x S. Express company, MIR. BoltT
she asked.
Her plalnness embarrassed the off,
GER.
Lets look ut the facts, Miss Gull
llsOn," he began amlably. Then you
tell me what you would think In my
place. Your father needed money
mighty bad. There's no doubt at all
about that. Here's an envelope ON
which he had written a list OF his
debts. YOull notice they run to just
a little more than twenty thousand.
found this In his bedroom the day he
disappeared. Turn that envelope over
Miss Cullison. Notice how he has
written there half dozen times In a
row. $4,000 and Just below II twice
w. x s. Eek. Co.. Finally. the one
word, Tonight"
She read II all, read II with heart
heavy as lead, and knew that there he
had left in his own strong, bold hand
writing convincing evidence against
himself. Still. she did not doubt hin
In the least, but there could be NJ
question now that he knew OF the In
tended shipment, that overwhelmingly
he had Jotted down this data while HI
was thinking about 1t 10 connection
with his own debts.
The sheriff went on tightening thu
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