The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-12-16

a iawver When Churchill heard shout
this be Eot scared reckon he'd
played ID with the trust funds hy
that time an with ihe husband 90 his
tran GOT mighty desperate. Meanwhile
the daughter vas In some convent
school and not 70 be- found cariyn
siruck = hot trnn 81 right. but be
fore he could take any seton. vas
shot and killed In D street fghf with
some roughs in Sheridan Nobody
knows for sure tusi how II happened
bur its ms opinion Churchill got 90
the row Just to get him our q The
way Il all happened sudden. an uu
expected the only fellow with The
colonel at the time being an old ser
geanf. named Calkins Calkins was
shot himself. but got away. and took
care Of Carlyn tn he died. maybe an
hour later Enyhow be kept the fei-
lows from getting hold O any papers
an reckon the colonel give him an
idea ~ what was up"
What makes you think sof
The way he acted afterward
Churchill had got Carlyn out ~ the
way hut he couldn't locate the Girl
He didn't suspect the sergeant Al first,
nor for a long time tie was foxy
guy. and stuck 20 the army for several
years never maxim move. Just
pawn Tor fhe girls Sch"alin'. but
never goin near her Then, when
everybody had quit wnfrhln him. Cal
klns took his discharge ptpers, and
skipped out. iakn rhe slrl with
him"
"Tlow could he do hiatt
"That's what I asfrd Nicklln an
he ,ad they'd finally found ont that
durin the time between when Carlyn
was shot an wheu d" lied he'd
signed paper maxim CalISins the
girls guardian an gave him the KEY
20 o deposit bpx IN Kansas city whore
an his papers was A lawyer named
Weeis. AZ sheridan did Il for him
You see the colonel didn't have no
near relatives an he an Calkins had
been soldering together for years he
sorter trusted the sergeant 10 play
square. an he sure did :"
The HI he did Never made
peep for the money did hef An Just
hid ont an round the country with
the girl. don't call that playin very
square.
"Well. IL was. just the same. id
square. II you ask me. II WAS what
Weeks advised him TO do. after he
went to Virginia. an got peep NJ q
copy Of the win on Ale This girl had
no legal rights till she was of age
see Churchill knew this. an he
didn't do much o. anything else fer
ten years but try 10 get his hands on
her. Old Calkins was smart enough
10 fool him. The colonel had money
enough in the deposit box. SO they
could live on II Quietllke, an the ser
geant never wasted cent He just
naturally lived for that girl tin about
a month ago. He was smart enough
not even to trust her she never knew
what they was hidin' from"
Hank touched match 70 another
cigarette, impressed with the story
Rum kind OF a business, I'd say"
he admitted al last, but Just where
did this devils imp Of Macklin III
inT
~ amt got that all figured ont yet.
admitted Hanley "You know pretty
near as much about him as ! do Furst
time saw the Teller he rode IN we're
along with Cassady's outfit, after that
n. r holdup. an he's been trainin
with Cassidy more or less ever since
After | had this talk with him, when
he was drunk. | put him to he'd. an
picked up a letter, or two. what fell
out ~ bis pocket got some o. this
stuff out o. them. One Of them was
written by Churchill. an iudgin' from
the way II read. the Kid amt really
named Macklln at all-he'sa Churchill
himself. the old cuss' son"
"Well, I'll be d-dm
You know the rest how he stun
bIed onto OF Calkins down In Poncs
an what happened You cant make
me believe the old fellow killed him.
self: he wasn't that kind But how.
ever u happened the girl WIS left
helpless: then ID n she didn't marry
that rancher over on the Cottonwood
an spoil the whole game"
bank laughed coarsely.
Tough luck hut the Kid played
his hand all right"
Sure he did. but he had TO bean
this fellow Shelby, Except for that
joh ~ wasn't so bad. for ., was easier
10 get her where he wanted her
don't know how he'd have managed 81
Ponca. buf there was Just the three
Of EN- on the Cottonwood.
And dead meu don't ialk."
well. they're safer than live ones
enyhoU. Then this lnjun outbreak
comm right now makes the getaway
plum easy. he can hide her away
back In the hole as long as be d--n
pleases. Everything will be laid TO
the Siour for awhile"
ITS sure break. Them
Sure: all the young bucks are al
ready out Mscklin had four with
him an this chaSs--fook en- on pur-