Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-08-11

upon the sleigh, the inspector dis
mounted. He looked hard at Wilton,
and suddenly he recognized him.
Its VIII Carruthers!" he ex-
claimed. staring into his face In bewil-
derment.
Wilton got up with an effort. "Morn-
Ing, jack" he said YEARLY. Eyes, It's
/. And here's Miss Mcdonald. You
know her, thinkf'
The inspector turned his puzzled
glance on the girl. Mechanically his
hand went up to his cap In salute.
Then he looked at the sleigh again.
"And this is-was Joe Bostock," said
Wilton and all at once In the reac-
ton from the nervous tension, he felt
the tears streaming down his face, and
could hardly keep his lips steady.
"My God !" muttered Quain. IAN ac-
cident, WHIP"
"Shot" shouted Wilton. "Some
sneaking dastard's bullet In the bush.
Shot at my sidel The bullet broke my
arm after 1t had passed through Joe's
heart, and his blood and mine were
mixed together. 1t didn't need that
for me to know that I'll hound the
murderer If 1t takes me to my dying
day!"
"Joe--Joe deadw whispered Inspec-
tor Quain, half unable to realize 1t.
Joe had been very living personality
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added. Then:
"Where are your breeds?"
"Gone! But they didn't shoot Joe,
either by design or accident. That's
story you can learn from Andersen,
at the halfway cache"
"That's where we're bound for"
said Quain. "We're looking for"
"And by the way" said Wilton with
a mirthless laugh, as the relative I'M
importance of the fact struck him, I'm
under arrest for having murdered
joe"
Quain looked at him keenly, and
then turned his glance upon Molly In
inquiry. 1t was plain that he thought
Wilton was raving
"That's true" said Molly. "a ser
| geant and constable from the Pas
followed us up to Andersens and
placed Wilton under arrest yesterday
morning"
The inspector rubbed his nose In
perplexity. IF VIII had told me that
I wouldn't have believed him. Miss
Mcdonald" he said. Describe those
policemen to me, please"
"The constable was short and dark,
stocky In build. The sergeant was fair,
with long mustache-"
"Bit Of squint?"
"A cast In his left eye. His name
is Peters. The other one Is named
Myers. You know them. thenf"
81 do" said Quain softly. "Peters
is Jim Hackett, and Myers is Tonquay,
a half-Frenchman, from the eastern
townships. They were discharged
last year after short time Of service,
as soon as their records became known,
and they got away. taking their uni
forms and equipment with them.
They're wanted for .cattle-steallng
Job and impersonating members of the
| force. SO that ends that trouble,
Will"
Quain nodded to his men to dis.
mount. "Get the sleigh In to barracks
as quickly as you can" he said, "and
notify the coroner ! guess half
days extra leeway won't do that pre-
cious pair much good. Miss Melon
ald-Will, old man, you can manage
to ride In. can't your"
Wilton, staggering to his feet, set
his face In a CHASTITY grin. "Tve held
on" he muttered. 81 guess | can hold
on for two hours more. There's big
ger thing behind this than you--or T.
know just now. I'm going on ahead.
I'm all right, and you won't stop me,
JackT
Austin Phayre, the president Of the
Bank Of New North Manitoba, stood
| ut tut IhDlt. ne was man vi dDOut
fifty, with gray. waved mustache, and
gold-rimmed glasses. His manner was
pompous, and he was immaculate In
his black cutaway, with the expanse Of
white cuff and tall collar.
"Mr. Chairman" he said, "some Of
us shareholders have requested that
the meeting be called In order that
we may obtain certain informa-
tion from those best qualified to Inn
part 1t, as to the prospects Of the Mis-
satibi line, concerning which dlsqulet-
ing rumors are afoat.
you have before you statement Of
our financial position. II is not the
most satisfactory one that could be
imagined. OF total capital Of FIVE
million dolsrs, nearly one-half has al
ready been discussed. The estimate
before you provides for nearly two mil
lions more to be distributed over grad
ing, track-laying, water-tanks. tele-
graph line. bridging and ballasting.
Meanwhile, unexpected difficulties have