The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-08-21

"Oh, maybe an hoIr." 81
$50 message for Miss Donovan e
20 that fime:' :,
''<u.'
You LEFT the door unlocred:
Sure; them New York feIIer> W,
both out oughtcr waited till HI.
come in. maybe, bat l was plum tir'
| out"
'Whcn did they come back"
"Oh, bout midnight. reckon. +.
Lacy an Matt Moore was along wit
EN-"
Il see, And those New York peopl
they are still here?'
They wus al three down Ter break
fast; amt seen nuthn' of 'em since.
What became of Lacy?"
Hes down in his saloon; he SCI
if you showed up. an asked fer him
ter tell yer that's whar he'd be"
He told YOU that? He expected ms
70 show up, then?"
Il reckon as how he did, and Tim
! mons @rinned in drunken good humor
He's pretty blame smart, HiII Lacy
! IS: he most alIarS knows whut'S goin
| ter happen" He leaned over the desk
| and lowered his voice IF Yer do
| hunt him up. Jim" he said contiden-
TALLY. You better 90 heelcd."
WeStcott laughed The first shock
Of the discovery of Miss Donoyan's
disappearance had passed and he was
himself again He must have time to
think and arrange some plan and,
above all. must retain clear mind
and proceed coolly.
"All right, Old man." he said easily.
III try and look out for myself |
haven't eaten yet today What can
you find me in the larder?"
Although feeling the need of food.
NeStcott entered the dining-r0om of
the TimmonS' house more DESTROYS of
being alone than for any other pur-
pose. He realized that he was sud
dt 1ly brought face to face with a most
serious condition. and one which must
be solved unaided. SO Bill Lacy ex-
pected him? Had left word where he
was to be found? What was the prob
able meaning of this? WeStcott did
not connect this message directly with
the strange disappearance of Miss
Donovan. Moore must have recog-
niZed him during their fight, and re-
ported to his master who If was that
had been discovered listening at the
window. Realizing the nature of that
conversation. Lacy naturally antici-
pated being sought the very moment
NeStcott came to town. That was
what this meant. All right. he would
hunt Lacy as soon as he was ready
10 do so; and. as Timmons suggested,
would go "heeled."
But the girl? What had really be- |
come of the girl? Westcott drew the |
brief note from his pocket, smoothed
ont It's creaSes and read the few
words over again. The writing was
feminine, and he could
'ecall seeing nothing Miss Donovan
lad ever indited, with which it could
'e compared. But would she have dc.
parted. however hurriedly, without
eavlnS him some message? Uncon-
'ciously he still held the letter in his
iand when the waitress came in with
us breakfast. She glanced about 70
make certain they were alone and
eaned over. her lips close to his oar
rs that the note they say thar New
,ork young lady left?"
Yes. Sadie" in surprise. "Wbvp"
Ven. she never wrote it, Mr.. West
OFT, hulTiedly placing the dishes he.
ore MN, that's all Now don't YER
ay a word to anybody that 7 told
err; but she didn't 20 East al an: she
us took in wagon down the desert
BAD. | saw 'em take her"
You saw them? Who?"
wen, ! don't just know that Gent
was Matt .IOore's team an, no WV
Twin IL. l didn't see the others so
10 be sure. Yer see us help sleen :
'eF me Kitchen. an bout one O'Clock
woke up. | thought | heard a noise
itside, an got up an went TO tho :
lhder. | couldn't see much nor
ough so | could swear to nuthin,. r
1t there was three or four men ont :
ere just across that little gully. Won "
lo"' an they had woman with ON
re didn't scream none, but she wos !.
YIN ter git away; wunst she RI, :,
tileF caught her. I didn't see no
lyon then; II was behind the RIDGE o,
reckon After a while it drove off r.
wn the south trail. an HttIa ,otor -
zee men come up them outside stairs in
OK INTO the hotel, They was mighty of
II bout 1t. too"
iou couldn't tell who they wera," ",
They want like nuthtn' but shoa -
- II was a purity dark night. Saw fin
you ever hear tell of MEXICAN IN,
red Mendez?'
"eil' rather; he's a cattle thief or
Fse. Arizona has big reward ONT drt
NM dead or alive" ar
ihafs the gink. | bet yer. has no
a hangout anywhar round tbis on,
ntry?" g..
Not so far as | know. What mal,as en
suspect this?' 40
adie leaned even closer, her voice wa
milling with excitement, evidently yto
Vlnced that her information Voc oe fnr