The Lamar register., 1920-06-02
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row, an 1 reckon am I so uufnD that
| can't catch onto the game what Lacy
il trying ter play"
"You saw what happenedf"
Sure; it didn't look good ter me,
his gittin' yer ter come ter his place,
specially when knew he wasn't there
alone: so. after ye'd gone In through
the saloon, | sasshayed down the
alley an took a peek in through
that rear window. Through that peep
hole | got sight O. you. Lacy, an that
fat feller-what's his name?"
'Enright, New York lawyer"
That's it; well. could make out
the three of yer. but ! never got sight
OF the other buck-his name was Bea-
ton. wasn't it?-till he came out from
behind the curtain and gripped yer.
II was a put-up job all right, an may
he I ought TO have hustled round to
the door an took hand. But ] don't
aim to mix up in no scrimmage as long
as both sides has got a fair show.
Course thar was three as'in' one. but
arter you kicked the wind out O. the
lawyer. the odds wasn't so bad. an |
sorter hated to lose out seeing how
the scrap came out. Holy smoke hut
you sure put up some dandy fight
Jim. You had them two guys licked
to frazzle, when that Enright came
back to life agin, an crawled out on
the floor an picked up your gun. The
fust thing | knew he had IL. an the
next thing knew he'd pulled the trig-
ger. He meant II fer you. but Beaton
got It,"
1T was Enright, then. who fired the
shotf"
"Sure. II was Enright: ! saw him.
but that didn't cut any Ice after 1 got
inside. Do you seer The whole crowd
was Lacy's gang; they'd do whatever
he said. II was your gun that had the
discharged cartridge; Bill was yellin'
that you fired II, and Enright, q
course. would have backed him up to
save his own neck What was the row
about-your miner
Partly, but mostly another affair.
The best thing | can do is tell you
about II. What's going on up theref
He pointed up the stream. and Bren'
nan shaded his eyes to look, although
careful to keep well under cover. conf
dent that any movement would be
observed from the shore. He gazed
for some time before he seemed en-
tirely satisfied.
"A bunch OF the boys crossin' the
old fork" he said quietly. Coin TO
An hank T@Hk0n
There's likely to be some more comm
down the opposite way from the
bridge. That's Lacy's idea-to starve
US out"
"They seem quiet enough"
"There won't be any more hghtin
unless we try to get away, l reckon
They know we are armed and can
shoot. You better keep down. though,
Jim, for they're sure watchin' us all
right, an all Lacy cares about is to
put you out o. the way. He'd just as
soon do II with bullet as u rope. Go
on with your story"
westcott told 1t simply. but in full
detail. The marshal listened quietly
to the narrative, the quick action OF
his Jaws alone evidencing his interest
although he occasionally interposed a
question. Except for Westcott's voice
there was no sound, beyond the lap
ping of water against the rock, and
no figures of men became visible along
either bnnk. The party above had
crossed the stream. and disappeared
up a rnvine, and nothing remained TO
Indicate that these two were fugitives,
hiding for their lives. and facing
desperate expedient In an effort to es.
cape their pursuers. As the speaker
finally concluded the silence was al.
most oppressive.
How do yer suppose BIZ Lacy got
into the AFFAIR."" asked Brennan, at
last thoughtfully. Il don't put no sor-
ter deviltry beyond him, yer under
stand. but l don't quite see how he
ever come to get mixed up In this yere
New York mess"
I'm just as much In the dark as
you are. as to that" admitted West
colt doubtfully. II am convinced, how
ever, that Cavendlsh Is still alive, and
that another body strangely resem'
bling his was found In the New York
apartments. According to Enright
this was not part of their scheme, but
merely an accident of which they took
advantage. How true this is will new.