The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-15
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the hotel raised a side window and
crept up the stairs. at the top Of
which he took a position at the key
hole Of the room within which the four
were talking.
The first thing that Morgan and the
Spider did n they entered the INN
upon their return was to 20 to the
room In the closet Of which they had
left sRaiHface. The splintered door
told 4AeA the whole story. Morgan
uttsrea,A curse.
III he meets Davis he'll tell him all
hs knows. and then 1t will b. n open
fight. However, guess we're 4 match
for q man and . sifi." Once more Bel
las laughed sardooically.
Eve amt been estu and we've had
plenty Of outside hssp to boot" L.
nofins him the. other went On:
IF we ses Davis 6rst wen block
the Indians game" He drew forth q
big roll Of BILLS. "wsn. I've been
robbed Of tAis: savvyr
The Spider Ninned.
II get you- You missed It last night
after Rainfaee left NJ. II hs turns up.
ione Of n viii try and get him before
he can open his mouth. That's the
best We can do. After We got Into the
,mountains with the. gang We won't
care what he tells. Hush! Here they
come now"
The door opened and into the room
stepped Ethel and John, wet, muddy
and foFioen looking. halting in sur
prise a. they found themselves look
ing into the muscles Of Noegan's and
the Spiders drawn weapons. With ex-
pressions Of RELIEF the pair lowsned
their guns.
$50 you're back again I" beamed the
Hawk, as he advanced with hand out
stretched. 'You sure gave % . fright.
Since they tried to chlorofosm ~ and
We finally woke up to hnd you gone
we've been half beside ourselves with
anxiety. You look a. though you had
been through wind, fire and high wa
t3."
Davis laughed.
.And then some" Briefly he told
his story. then asked what had mean
while happened to them. Morgan an
swered him.
''It beats me. When the Spider and
I woke mp We were tied hard and fast,
but I got q knife and-well look at
these" He held up the lashings which
Rainface had cut from himself. These
are what they had rs trussed up with.
I wonder II It IL that Indian that II
mailing all this troublef I've been
robbed Of Q thousand dollars since he
left ;us last night"
The face Of Davis flushed.
'Cut that talk out Morgan" hs
warned sternly. '.rd trust Rainface a.
I wcold Ethea-or- you."
sAnd I would trust him ~ would
JeAn," .chimed In the giri. Morgan a.
sunsd . dsaant tone.
where did he 90 thenr
"Yes and Why isn't he hersr chimed
n Dellas.
John waved them aside.
He'll show up when the time cosnes.
However there 10 NO use In arguing
ovsr It. Let's get some brsakfast and
then 20 back to the clean hills rye
had enough Of thie town"
Morgan quickly assented.
4The same here. Spider, get the
thIngr ready for Us"
with peace restorsd they started for
the breakfast room. the Spider and
Morgan wholly unaware that from the
retreat into which he had slipped At
the nrst sign q their outeoming the
malevolent glare Of the Indian bore
upon their backs ~ heA fingered his long
knife. For Rainface had heard all.
and his hatred for the villainous pair
had become a. deadly ~ the spew Of
q rattlesnake.
travellers were met BY the gang Of
minerA together with two enginsers,
an assayer and . gang boss. Morgan
introduced John and Ethel to tss
crowd, with the explanation that the
Spider had summoned the men from
the city by telephone and that the
latter had gone ahead ON the express
to make arrangements to receive them.
Al this was being done the Indian ar
rived and .unnoticed BY anyone board
ed the train from the opposite side and
secreted himself. Morgan and the
mine boss, who was none other than
our old friend Doctor Fream, now
shaved and otherwise disguised, took
their seats in the smoker apart from
the rest. The boss addressed his COM
panion.
Spider swore he'd have everything
ready at the camp. I'll answer for the
gang !. as for the rest. can't tell yet"
'A3ood, = returned Hawk. Wen AZ
them when we get them where there
is nobody to butt in and spoil the
game"
Reaching their station they were
met by the Spider.