The Raymer enterprise., 1921-06-30

"And he's there yetr
"No. be amt: that's the trouble.
Somehow he got hold Of q knife; muse
have Il hid on him. reckon. Enyhow
b cut than bars At the window. an
wigsled through"
And be hasn't been caughtr
-Ain't seen hide ner hair o him.
Some guy helped him outslde-thers
was prints Of two kinds Of boots plain
enough under the window: but after
that they might Just ~ well have
soos up In the air"
Two o 'em. The other couldn't
hare been uauley. or Slagin. could
iti-
"Hov the h- do knowf ! never
caught sight o nothln' but the print
Of that boot. secuted up the creek |;
then that nrst bunch o Indians come
tlpin' In. an ! had no time to think
about anything since. only gettin' my
cattle out o here"
But you'll 70 with rs nowr'
For . ways. anyhow; ! reckon
there ain't nothin' else to do; them
soldiers Is bound to get here"
And the sooner we're OF the better.
Ton readyr
he wheeled and confronted the
shrinking. frightened girl, who made
no reply.
"Well, BY Godl you better be. Get
the horses, Joe; I'll fetch her along.
oil right"
Shelby Strengthened up. In spite Of
the odds, he must act now. or never.
Yet before he could take q step for
ward. Z single shot rang out sharply.
He saw Macklin ding up his arms.
and reel backward. his body striking
the half-open door. before II crashed
to the hoor. and lay mo;ioniess.
The impact Of Macklin's body had
dung the door wide open. leaving Shell
BY fully exposed to view. For an In
slant. however. the startled and BE-
wildered Laud failed to note his re-
vealment against the darkness Of that
interior. He had leaped back instant
ly to the protection Of the wall. and,
gun In hand. crouched there with
eyes nxed on the broken window op-
posite. Shelby was swift to take i'd
vantage Of his surprise. Wherever
the shot had come from. whoever had
nred Il. his concealment was no longer
possible. There must be no hesitancy,
no delay. He stepped across the mo-
,ionless body. with weapon flung grim
ly forward.
Hands up. Joel Put them up nrst
before you turn around. Stop that
Don't try any tricks on me. Now
stand there-Olga."
Yes"
Take tha, gun out Of his hand I:
there Il another In his belt: get that
also. That's right; now come over
here: you understand nrearms-
Tea Of course" wonder,ngiy. Il
know how to shoot"
Il imagined 80: CaIkins would have
taught you. Keep this fellow covered.
and let him have II II he makes any
effort to break away. Watch him
closely. while I rip up that blanket.
and tie him up
He left her with the gun steadily
pointed at Iaud's head. the fellow
cursing. with hands up, his angry
eyes following every movement He
was desperate. msddened by sudden
helpleSsneSs, with the sneaking tercci-
~ Of wolf yet Was temporarily held
mctionless by the deadly peril Shell.
BY stripped the ragged hianke, from
o. the dead bodies under the hench.
and began hastily 10 rip II apart,
The black. hoa,ed face os Slsstn
stared upward. and Indian Joe saw il
for the first tine. a sudden spasgn o'
terror causing him TO hurs, forth:
My God! That's Hank Siagtn~
SURE I, is: he 20, his, an rou'n se;
years L you drup those hands. you
cur Turn srunnd now. and stop
Lsui Ohsyed. his face ugly ard
threatening. and Shelby took : step
closer. TIE strip O. blanket in his
bands his revolver thEus, hack inte
his hs4t VIA, Indian Joe saw will
nsyer es known; perhaps q slight
wavsrtns In ths eyes q the sirl. per-
hxps an irs,sat lowering o. her gun
RuJ il VAS sHOagh Al his hate and
lreaehery drive ssn 10 q desperate
ch4ncs. With the usttened Issp a
wild has. Ne sp-sns uPsn Shelby.
srtppst ain tercssy by the threat.
rud the TIVE wen, hsadleas 70 the
door. Olga trsd bot without aim
misSins then both. and dare %, pcH
the trigger again. SO tightly yer f.ae
usn srarpAs5. ss hey rallet hack and
forth In frsc,tet esN-r TO obtain zss
,eFy. Shsshy. taker coUrlstesy by
surprise. was q, q tEsaGvzztass. his
,hroat crushed b. saasuy esrsts, lis
locsscsa revolver surs hs1s ssrvss The
rpe1- he ccrlt eely struggle TO
ersss The so2d ~ his antagonist. roll
irs evsr and ever. tnt tsresnS The tes-
losN< lead hack With every ocrss e
ssrscgth - cvSii bring ta,p clay.
Trey wsrs uee rrsvsa1y matched. The
,we-SasIAy the yor1ssr. and perhaps
the s,rvEssr: bat LAND q sSfsisc tyh,-
&c. sx-e a raEbs and ready to rsspr,
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