The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-10-15

How much longer were yop upr s.
"Oh, maybe an hour"
.Nosmessaee for Miss, Donovan up
to-shat timer"
| "No." * ~ -
Y.You left the door unlocked?"
|, .Sure; them New York fellers was
both out. Il pughter waited I'LL they
come In. maybe. but was plum tired
out" s
"when did they come backr
"Oh. bout midnight I reckon. BIZ
Lacy an Matt Moore was along with
EN-" ~
II seel And these New York people
they are still here?"
They wus all three down ter break
| fost; amt seen nuthin' Of 'em since"
what became of Lacyr' M
|, J"He's down In his saloon: he sed
! II You showed up. an'sasked fer him,
ter tell yer that's whar he'd be-" (
HE told you thatf He expected me
to show up, thenT ss
II reckon as how he did" and Tim
mons grinned in drunken good humor.
Hes pretty blame smart. Bin Lacy
is; he most allars knows whut's goin'
ter happen" He leaned over the desk
and lowered his voice. IF yer do
hunt him up. Jim." he said confiden-
tiallT, 'you better 60 heeled."
Westcott laughed. The first shock
Of the discovery Of Miss Donovan's
disappearance had passed. and he was
himself again. He must have time to
think and arrange some plan and,
above all. must retain a clear mind
and proceed coolIy..
"AIl right, old man." he said easily.
"I'll try and look out for myself. l
haven't eaten yet today. What can
you find me In the larderT
+ Although feeling the need of food,
sWestcott entered the dining-room of
the Timmons' house more DESTROYS of
being alone than for any other pur-
pose. ! He realized that he was sud-
dc My 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 foundf What was the prob
able meaning of this2 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 II was that
had been discovered listening at the
window. Realizing the nature of that
conversation. Lacy naturally antici-
pated being sought the very moment
Westcott came to town. That was
what this meant. All right, he would
hunt Lacy as soon as he was ready
to 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
out its creases and read the few
words over again. The writing was
unquestienably feminine. and he could
recall seeing nothing Miss Donovan
had ever indited, with which it could
be compared. But would she have de-
parted, however hurriedly, without
leaving him some message? UncOn-
sciously he still held the letter in his
hand when the waitress came In with
bis breakfast. She glanced about to
make certain they were alone and
leaned over, her lips close to his ear.
< us that the note they say that New
York young lady leftT
ayes. Sadie..".in surprise "Why?"
swell, she never wrote 1t, Mr.. West
colt" hurriedly placing the dishes be-
fore him, "that's all. Now don't yer
say word to anybody that / told
yer; but she didn't 60 East at all ;.she
wus took In wagon down the desert
road. saw 'em take her"
you saw them? WhoT
"Well, I don't just know. that. 'cept
II was Matt Noore's team, an, he wuz
drivin' 1t. l didn't see the others so
es to be sure. Yer see us help sleep
over the kitchen, an bout one O'Clock
woke up. thought j heard noise
outside, an got up an went to the
winder. / couldn't see much, not
'nough so I could swear to nuthin' !;
but there was three or four men out
there Just across that little gully, you
know, an they had a woman with 'em.
She didn't scream none, but she was
tryin ten git away; wunst she run,
bnt they caught her. didn't see no
wagon then; 1t was behind the ridge.
I reckon. After while It drove of
down the south trail an little later
three men come up them outside stairs
back into the hotel. They was mighty
still bout II. too"
You couldn't tell who they werer,
They want like nuthin' but shad.
ders; It was purity dark night. Say,
did you ever hear tell Of Mexican
named Mendezr' tm
well. rather; he's q cattle thief. or
| worse. Arizona has big reward out
for him. dead or alive"
That's the gink. I bet yer; has he
! got a ,hangout anywhar round this
countryT
| mot so far as know. What makes
you suspect thisT ~
Sadie leaned even closer, her voice
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