Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-28
MI. Jordan of the CattleInan's Nation.

your father that morning. Mr. Cul-
lison was trying to raise money from
him, but he couldn't let him have 1t.
Every bank in the city refused him
loan. Yet next morning he paid off
two thousand dollars he owed from q
poker game"
"He must have borrowed the money
from some one," she said weakly.
"That money he paid in twenty-dol-
lar bills. The stolen express package
was in twenties. You know, yourself
that this is a gold country. Bills amt
so plentiful"
The girls hand went to her heart.
Faith In her father was a rock not to
be washed away by any amount OF
evidence. What made her vince was
the amount Of crcumstantial testl-
mony falling into place so inexorably
against him.
SIS that all?" she asked despairingly.
'I wish it were, Miss Cullison. But
It's not. A man came round the corner
and shot at the robber as he was es-
Gaping. His hat fell off. Here 1t Is"
As Kate took the hat something
seemed to tighten around her heart. 1t
belonged to her father. His personal
ity was STAMPED all over it. She even
recognized a coffee stain on the under
side of the brim. There was no need
Of the initials L.,C. to tell her whose 1t
had been. A wave of despair swept
over her. Again she was on the verge
Of breaking down, but controlled her
self as with tight curb.
"You say the robber had on his hat,
and that somebody shot at him. Who
ever 1t was must know the man wasn't
father"
Gently Bolt took this Inst prop from
her hone. "He is almost sure the man
was your father"
a spark Of steel CAME into her dark
eyes. "Tho is the man?"
"His name Is Fendrick."
''Cass Fendrlck?" She whipped the
word at him, leaning forward in her
chair rigidly with her hands clenched
on the arms Of 1t. One could have
guessed that the sound of the name
had unleashed q dormant ferocity in
her.
"Yes. I know he and your father
aren't friends. They have had some
trouble. For that reason he was very
reluctant to give your fathers name"
The girl famed. "Reluctant! Don't
you believe it! He hates father like
poison" A flash Of inspiration came
to her. "Cass Fendrck is the man you
want, ard he Is the man I want. He
robbed the express company, and he
has killed my father or abducted him.
I know now. Arrest him tonight"
81 have to have evidence" Bolt said
quietly.
II can give you motive. Listen.
Father expected to prove up yesterday
on his Del Orc claim. If he had done
so Cass Fendrick's sheep would have
been cut off from the Water. Father
had to be got ont of the, way not later
than Wednesday, or that man would
have been put out Of business. lie was
very bitter about it. lie had made
threats"
at would take more than threats
to Get rid of the hest fighting man In
Arizona. right in the middle of the
day, in the heart of the town, without
q soul knowing It,"
"IIc was trapped somehow, OF
course" Curly cut in. For he was
sure that in no other way could Lois
CulliS0n have been overcome.
"lf you'll only tell lue how, Elan
drau," Bolt returned.
81 don't know how, but we'll hnG
out"
"l hope So"
E-a+c {: i his doubt, and 1t was like
SparK To powder.
"ln1 ought to fnow father couldn't
have done this. There Is such ln".
rs character. Lur. CuliiS0n Silnp
couldn't be thief.
Mackcnze's faith had been strength
ened by the insistent loyalty of lh'
girl. "That's right, Nick. Let me tel
you something else. Fendrick kneN
Luck was going to prove up Thursday
He heard him tell us at the Round
Up club Tuesday morning.
The sheriff summed up. N"'lN
proved Cass had interests that w"'il'
be helped if Mr.. Cullison were r"
moved. But you haven't shaken Tue
evidence against Luck"
"We've proved Cass Fcndrlck ha'
to get father out Of the way on III
very day he disappeared. one Tia!
later would lave been too late. "rN'
shown his enmity. Any evidence tlla'
rests on his word is no good. l!'
truth isn't I'm the man."
"A1ayhe not, but he didn't make TIM
evidence"
Kate had another inspiratiolal u.ISs'
"IIe did-some Of It. Somehow III
rot hold of fathers hat, and lie miIhll
factured story about shooting Il tr";:
the robbers head But 10 make hf
story stick he must admit he was "I
the ground Mt The time Of the h"ld
up. So he must have known lhc r"l'
berry was going to take place.