The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-06-09

FExo esszEk8 A&anx k2sM1 l{sN Atss& %s<StH .
exits were bssag watched
pr~seasly he rscksa NJ snstAer taxi
lie Assisstsa whethsT 10 ep N ths
address Annis bad given him ~ 10 3aia
The sAAsa 9Itsxa. RsluSfAAtty. tse ~
citet IA visit. .the hsaseA
Cay paid his driver and hooked 81
the haas* namh~fs NJ hs moved ny
the street he wsnted Many II the
r~sidxnees wera used to kr~p iesixers
Ia. oshsrs wer~ ~sspaoy~ss fcs is~s
rspntnnle purposes.
Ills avercoat hu,tened 10 his nsxk.
Clay walked without hssitasien UP fhs
steps al the one numbered as1 ns
rsng the tell and waited. his right
hand In the poSkst Of bis eyerccs,-
The door oSen~i eassieasly frw
inches and y pair Of eicsr-sef eyes
In . wrinkled face giralsted Clay.
"Whadya waaiT
The aid man seat me With q mes
sase," answered the Arifoaan rtosnpt.
g Got everything ready for the
siriy'
= '~ssy. wAe ses ed are yeas@y'
-uns Of Sims frisnis. iIS,en. W.
gCt the kii--piesed hsf ap y, drug
store"
4 don' know watcher fairy tales
about"
Clay put his foot against the docr
20 prevent II from heing closed aud
drew his hand from The 6iyrreoat lpoSe;
1t. In the hand nestled Z blue nosssi
persusder,-
Unless the eyes reering into ,hs
nlght we're bad harometers VI their
owners Inner ssais~ he vas In q p~aac
of fear. : ''''"
Love o Gawd, d-don't sheet r. he
cha,ts~d. Il sint nobody but the
csrvtaksr"
lie backed slowly away. followed By
Lindsay. The barrel u the. thirty
s,stt Ieid H. eyr. fssSiDsted, : BY
the lieh. Of bis fash Clay discovered
the man TO be a chAik- faced little In.
eJsnssxfaetfg '.ss ->7'r, H. = 'a-3>
'ssay. don't pan, tina, At me.s', the
OLD fello~ inplGred
Are you sIonef"
You know a."
is Jerry eosnln' himself with the
uthersf'
They don't non" Of them tell ne
nothin' nv nohc'iy. I'm only Joey ="
"unlcad what you know. Quick.
I'm In hurry"
The man began . rambling. whin.
inx tale,
The Arssonan learned that Z room
had beca prepared on the second aoes
f~ 4 woman. slim had made the ar.
rsnsements Joe had heard Dursnd's
name mentioned, but knew nothing II
the plana
I'm look the house over. Move
along In frent ~ me and don't make
any mistakes, This six sun IL liable
TO perns.as~ yore anatomy with lead.
The cattlemsn examined the. FIRST
fnw with an especial View to III. ex.
TIA lie might have 10 leave In n har.
~. II 80. he wanted TO know where
he Was going The plan " the sec.
ond story was aunther point he feat.
fftti Nv fs~ Tsss-~cs wwssrsy freEE s-esz
10 room From the laundry IN the
haseinen, he had brought up n coil
~ eiosh.s.line. with this he ,!ssi Joe
hand and foot. After gagging him,
he left the man locked Ia small
rear room and took the key WITH him.
Clay knew that he WAS In a rrccHrt-
Gus situation. II Durand v,urned
with Kitty and captured him here he
WAS lest Ths'. pasn. would make M
more mistakes Certainly he world
leave no evidence nsains; him esc~p,
that, ef his, osn. taolA - ,Ihe .iptrp'ier
would probably not BE- killed openly.
lie would either simply disappear ar
he would BE- murdered with witnesses
framed to show seif defense. The
sattlfgaAn was ~ much outside the
.law. ~ sAe ;, crfsssnsas ~erT He .hsd
ne LEGAL haeIsse~s la this sAee,a~. Bas
one thing Mss fixed In his mind lie
w"nstt ne M inactive victim II they
gw Bin, AZ aii II would te only after
fsaAting hnish.
II Clay. stsudlRg nj tho hest ~
TIVE stairs car2c sound that rlIeNed
him TO q tense wartness A key wss
ies-S ,.t-at-t tn the irw.k - itsr street
icssr below. He moved hack into .Ar
deeper shadows ~ ,fr@ GUsr aHHng
opea.
Two reu entered. One ~ thers
cSrssi softly ~. he stumbled against
esldir Ia the dark hail
where's ;hat rx, Jo~T-' be demand.
Cd In snsst,sed vasce.
Tnen came rsick NJ the tc~k. tn
s0ausi ot the street rain ceased. Gay
Sr~v shNs the As~~ ha&s lh~~w. rsssss,
ard tAat be Vas shai tn with twn
desperate crtmssAix
What have they tsne with Kitty
WAY was she not with thea, lie
sSsed hiraseli tira, question srsn ~
be slipped back into rorm that
orer~c 10 the left.
He gres~-d his way ,hreash me CARA.
n~*x. fer h~ dared unt Cash his tight
to guide him, His nrgers fraad the
~dfe II te~k Round ths, he cir
cled toward closet he rsm~rnA<ret
having pcted His arm brushed thu
ras@e, aeor S~vt rDcsnent he was To.