The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-12
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II can'tI" Robert answered. Then.
he turned to the accuser. ''How could
IT be possible for Harry to be down
here robbing a dance hall when he's
out working the, mine ~ y
working the mine7 r. This time. 1t
was the sheriff. What's the necessity
for a day and night shift2'' u
sWe agreed upon 1t yesterday after
noon.'t Is ( 4
AT whose suggestion2n
"Ifm not %sure-but / think 1t was
mine."' 4 $@ ~
"Young fellow" the sheriff had APP
preached him now, YOU'D better be
certain about that. 1T looks to me
that might be a pretty good excuse to
give when a nan can't produce an
alibi. Anyway, the Identification seems
pretty complete. Then he turned to
the crowd. RI want q couple Of good
men to go along with me as deputies"
II have a right to 60" Fairchild
had stepped forward.
Certainly. But not az a deputy.
Who wants to volunteer" ~
half a dozen men came forward,
and from them the sheriff chose two.
Fairchild turned to say goodrby to
Anita. In vain. Already Maurice Ro-
dame had escorted her, apparently
against her will, to a far end of the
dance hall, and there was squarreling
with her. .Fairchild hurried to join
the sheriff and his two deputies, just
starting out of the dance hall. Five
minutes later they were In motor car,
chugging up Kentucky gulch.
=. Slowly, the motor car fighting
against the grade, the trip was ac-
complished. Then the four men leaped
from the machine at the last rise be-
fore the tunnel was reached and three
of them wen forward afoot toward
=, where q slight CLEAN Of light came
from the mouth of the Blue Poppy.
The sheriff took the lead, at last to
stop behind a boulder and to shout a
command: ST.
"Hey you, in there" -.
"'Ey yourself" 1t was Harry's
voice. 3
sCome out-and be quick about 1t.
Hold your light in front of your face
with both hands,
~The 'eHI will! And 'oo's talking?"
SHERIFF Adams of Clear Creek cOun-
ty. You've got one minute to come
out-or TIL shoot"
"Tln coming on the runl"
Aid almost instantly the form Of
Harry, his acetylene lamp lighting up
his dubious, surprised countenance
with it's spraylike mustache, appeared
at the mouth Of the tunnel.
"What the bloody 'ell?" he gasped,
as he looked into the muzzle of the
revolver. , From down the mountain
side came the shout Of one Of the dep
utjes:
"Sheriff! Looks like it's him. all
right I've found a horse down here
ALI swt ated up from running" =
''1'hat's about the answer" Sher-
if Adams went forward and with a
motion of his revolver sent Harrv's
hands into the air. Lets see what
you've got on YOU" .
A light cleaned below as an cleo
trio flash In the hands of one Of the
deputies began an investigation of the
surroundings. The sheriff, finishing
his search of 'Arry's pockets, stepped
back. ,.~"
SWELL" he demanded, "what did you
do with the ~proceedsr ~
.'@The ~proceeds?" Harry stared blank.
ly. "Of what2" ...s 4E .
"Quit your kidding. now. They've
found your horse down there"
wouldn't 1t be a good idea-"> Fair
child had cut in acridly- ITO save
your accusations on this thing until
you're q little surer of it, Harry
hasn't any horse. If he's rented one,
you ought to be able to find that out
pretty shortly" y 4.
As If In answer, the sheriff turned
and shouted a question down the
mountain side. And back came the
answer s - "
TITS Doc Mason's. Must have been
stolen. Doc was at the dance"
II guess that settles It" The off,
Ger reached for his hip pocket. "Stick
out your hands, Harry, while ! put
the cuffs on Them, &
"'But 'ow in bloody ell ave I been
doing anything when I've been up ere
working on the chiv wheel? 'Ow-f"
'AThey say you held. up the dance
tonight and robbed u.s. Fairchild cut
in.@ Harry's face lost its surprised
look, to give way to i glance Of keen
questioning. i ssrg n 4%
And do you say it?'
II most certainly do not. The iden-
,tflication was given by that honorable.
person known as Mi. Maurice Ro-
daine."' II +E ~ L.
"ohl> One thief identifying IN
other &@Garrl %s. Es
Sheriff Again the voice from be
low. #z a s N. 8z
.sYeh r.
We'vs found q cache down here
Must hive been madeAin 4 hurry--tw0
new revolyers, bullets. a mask. a cou-
pie: Of new h~andkerchiefs and the
money, .s NET
Harry eyes grew wide. Then he
stuck out his hands.
.'The evidence certainly Us piling