The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-23
The Mystery Of
The Gold Watch
BY FLOYD SLlFER
Chapter III
In a Hard Place

Bob chases Fox into the woods
where he disappears In tree I'm
der which there Is large room.
Bob tells Jane OF this and Just as
Bob has resolved that Jim would
not get the watch a man steps In
through a window and demands
the watch.
Bob stood and just looked at the
man.
We'll. don't stand there an look.
hand over that watch" said the
man, whose name is Joe.
Come and get It," said Bob.
Joe moved toward Bob.
Bob watched him as he came
closer trying to think what to do.
Now git that watch or I'll blow
your CUTS out" Joe said, putting
the gun against Bob.
Bob quickly knocked the gun to
one side and at the same time with
the other hand he whipped out a
jack knife and said, Nov you take
one little step nearer an I'll jab
this knife where you don't want 1t.
Joe sneered, "Jist as If was
afraid of ye, huh?' and he boldly
stepped toward Bob.
Now you shall die right now"
and Bob plunged at Joe with the
knife but Joe was looking for it and
he ducked.
The knife scraped Joe's scalp
and he fell to the floor; he had
not ducked down far enough.
Bob knelt over Joe, his knife in
his hand. Bob was mad and he
didn't care whether he ever came
to.
Joe, who had only tainted. start
ed to rise, but Bob pushed him
back to the floor. "If you don't
tell me all this mystery about that
watch, I'm goin' to kill you right
now" and he held the knife closer
to Joe.
That watch amt got no works
in it an you can't git 1t open with
out the key Jim's got" said Joe.
Yes, but what's that got to do
with what's in it," asked Bob
anxiously.
We'll on the inside of this
watch there"
The sentence was broken by rifle
shots which sent glass flying ev-
erywhere.
Jane, get my gun. upstairs" ex-
claimed Bob.
Yes but where was Jane? She
was gone.
Bob left Joe to himself and ran
upstairs where he got his rifle.
The rifle shots came from some
bushes where Jim and five men
were hiding, but that was not all
that were there. Jane had been
taken away and she was tied to
tree away from where she could be
hit by bullets.
Bob ran to the window and saw
Jane. How could they get her
when l was almost beside her?'
Bob ran toward Jane trying to
hide at the same time. He got to
her all right. but he was not sue
cessful in getting her because he
was grabbed by man whom he
recognized as being Fox,
ut worked all the same" said
Fox with an ugly laugh.
What worked?" asked Bob
GROSSLY. why, the way we got
you over here"
We'll, now what are you going
to do with u.s."
mo tellin'; but you en- believe
me that you amt goin' to be in this
world long"
Finally the rest of the men came
over to where Bob and Fox stood. |
Bring 'em along, men," said
jim, 1--WE got devil of good
idea"
1t was a cruel idea Jim had be-
cause he thought that if he could |
get rid of Bob without getting him
self into trouble he would get the
the property, beings he was the
next closest relative.
They had a hard time getting
Bob to go with them but Jane was
easy to handle They took them to
Arnold House which really looked |
like barn.
Bring them in the other room"
said Jim when they had entered
tha honca