The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-05-13
CHAPTER XI
The Name on the Register

The Name on CnG r~5iSIST %
So long as / was holding on to tiy2
notion that the man outside was Of u
Of Clanahans thugs, hanging at9H y
to do the boss Il mischief, the " iS
I knew pretty well what ! should$ S
when it came to the pinch. W4Ne
l really have hauled of and shGS2
man. in cold blood? That's a to az
question, but / guess maybe cE -
have screwed myself up to the = N
inc point, as the fellow says, With
sure-enough gunman on the other 81
of that window-and the boss life i
stake. But when l saw that it waG
young ColingWo0d, that was a horst
Of another color. III
What on earth was the pre-
dents nephew doing proving arouRy
Major Hendricks house after eleVEs
O'Clock at night, Juggling q pistol az
peeiing into windows? could "
him quite plainly now. he had. b@y
hands on the sill and was tryingEIr
pull himself up so that he couldsgn-
into the end OF the room where <t..,
fireplace was. Ele
Just for the moment there WASH.
any danger Of a bloW-up. Unless he
should break the glass in the Window
he Couldn't get a line on either ths
boss or Mrs. Sheia-if tat was what
he was aiming to do Eli the sanIIe&
l kept him covered with the aufd7
matte, steadying it against the door,
jamb. q
While the strain was at it@ worst
with the man outside flatteniAg.
cheek against the window-pane tMdld
the sidewise slant, I heard thesHf at
get out of his chair and say: of
keeping you out of bed, as i h.
look at that clock! I'll go SadlrkgIsl.
Jimmie, and wen vanish. go Dusl-
Just as he spoke, two til 'ug' salo
pened: taxi chugged up tE
and stopped, and the mans ;ortor-
appeared from the window. W bL-
q quick padding Of feet as Off I'd
BODY running, and the next I be-
came the rattle of a latch-ke, IA
voices in the hail to tell me thG
major and his folks were g
home. l had barely time to p
the pistol and to drop into a 4ey
where | could pretend to he a.
when l felt the boss hand Alt
shoulder. ~
"Come. Jimmie" he said. "It'l Ey
we were moving along" and in a !.
ute or two, after he had said H.
night to the major and Mrs. Ken,
we got out.
AT the gate we found the taxi 6
doing something to his motor. NJ
the scare from which l was still shA"
ing to make my legs wobble, I graBs7
at the chance which our good a8t
was apparently holding for Us. y
Lets ride suggested; and WIZ
we got into the cab, I saw a nl
stroll up from the shadow of the siE
walk cottonwoods and say someth@
to the driver; something hat got \
an invitation to ride to own onl
front seat with the cabGy whenS
car was finally cranked and starr
had d sight Of our extra fares
when he climbed up and put his t
to us, and I knew it was Tarbell.
Mr.. NOrcross didn't.
When we reached the Billiard H.
boss went right up to his rooms, but
had little investigation to make, al
l stayed in the lobby to put it owes
On the open page Of The hotel register
in the group Of names written juSt
after the arrival Of our lrain frols
the West at 1870 I found he SignatuF
that was looking for. Howard co
lingWood, n, Y" Putting this .aft3
that together, I concluded that D Z.
young rounder had ccl'a n fronyf
West-which was a bit puzzling, Z
it left the inference that he VA
direct from New York. FH
Waiting for a good chance al
night clerk, I ventured a few T.
tons. They were answered Drd
enough 1oth& MI. CollingWC0tR
come in on the 1880. But he hatlJ3
in Portal City a week earlier.
stopping over for a single day.,
ne was alone, now, bat he hadn't
on the other occasion. There " "
man with him on the earlier
over, and he, also, registered II.
New York. The clerk dion't re
Der the other mans name, bu
obligingly looked it up for me il
Older register. 1t was Bullock, d
Bullock.
/ suppose it wos up to me to 60
bed. 1t was late enough, in all
science. and nobody knew better !.
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