The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-07-07

iner Were All three SftsF No.
again. they were all three after me.
Clanahan taking blind shots In the
dark with his cannon ~ he came.
Naturally. ] made straight for the
wagon gate. and forgot. until I was
right there. that II, and the wicket
through one OF the leaves. were both
locked. As shook tbs wicket, . bullet
from Clanahan's gun npattsd into the
woodwork and stuck a splinter into
my hand, and i turned and spirited
again. this time for the gates where
the coal cars were pushed In from the
railroad yard. These. too. wers shut
and locked. and when / ducked under
the nearest gondola l realised that ]
was trapped Before could climb the
high fence anywhere. they'd get me.
They came up. all three OF them.
putting and blowing. while I was hid
Ing under the gondola.
Its probably that cowboy spotter
Of Norcross, but he can't get away"
Hatch was gritting-msaning Tsrbell,
probably. "The gates are locked and
we can plug him II he tries to climb
the fence. There's a gun In the scale
house. You two look under these cars
while l 20 and get i'll"
II was NJ TO me TO move again.
Henckel was striking matches and
holding them 80 that Clanshsn could
look under the cars, and ! could feei,
In anticipation. the shock OF q bullet
from the big gun In the d~iveksspeTs
fat fist as ! crawled cautiously out
o the far side. Creeping along be-
hind the string Of coal cars ! came
presently TO the great gantry crane
used for unloading the fuel il was .
huge travelling machine, straddling the
tracks and a good part OF the yard,
and the clam-shell grab-bucket was
down, resting on its two lips on the
ground. II
AT first l thought Of climbing 30 the
framework OF the crane and trying to
hide on the big bridge beam. Then
l saw that the two halves Of the clam
shell bucket were slightly open. Just
wide enough to let me squeeze In
II they were looking for q full-sised
man-Tarbell, for instance. who was
as husky as q farm-hsnd-they'd never
think OF that crack In the buckets and
In another second had wriggied
through the v-shaped opening ana wss
sitting bumped up In n Of the halves
Of the clam-sheli.
That was a mighty good guess.
When Hatch came back with his gun,
they combed that coal yard with q
fine-tooth comb. using q lantern that
Hatch had gotten from somewhere and
missing no hole or corner where =
man might hide, save and excepting
only the one ] had pre- emptsd.
As II happened, the search wound
up finally under the crane. with the
three standing 90 near that I could
have reached out OF the crack between
the bucket halves and touched them.
"Der tuyfsl has gone init himself
offer der fence. yesr' psffed Hencksl.
And then "vot for iss he shoot on
dem pistols, ennahowr'
Clanahan confessed. I suppose b.
cause he knew he would have TO. o
or later.
1T was a hoid-up." he growied. tn
warrants gone ost sv my pocket
Hstch's comment on this vas fairly
~blood-curdling In Its profanity.
Then it's up to you 10 81 him some
other way, you blunderfng son II .
theft I" he ragged. Il don't care what
you do. but II you don't make this
country too hot to hold him. fts TO
ing TO get too hot to hold your And
what more he was going 10 say. I
don't know, for az that nomssf Q b.
lated police patrol began pounding at
the gates on the own side y vsnt-
ing to know what all the shooting vas
about.
II was after they had all gope sway,
leaving the big coal yard la silence
and darkness, that I got mine. good
and hard Sitting all punched Up 10
the g~rab-bucket and waiting for my
chance 10 climb out and make . get.
away. the COMMON sense reaction came
and s.w what / had done. With b
best intentions ia the world, 10 trying
to XIII Oh the chance offered 70 b
enemy BY the orsgon warrant and
the trumped.up charge Of murder.
had merely saved the boss al arrest
and q possible legal tsDgie and had
him In peril Of his life.
Ito be Continaedl
Many Kinds % ptesona
In all thsre are over two hundred
varieties Of pigeons. Thsy av all
6esoended from he rocx-dsva a bird