The Dolores star., 1922-12-29
-darkn-s. which Fairchild ioneed TO

! crush her 10 MIN, 10 seek oul WIN Nh
instinct that needed no guiding light
the laughing. pretty lips which had
cnused him many day OF happiness,
many day of worried wonderment.
! He strove To talk away the desire
| but the grinding OF the wheels In the
! narrow shaft denied that. His fingers
| twitched his arms trembled AS he
| sought to hold back the muscles. then,
/ yielding to the impulse. he started
/ 'Da nag gone II J!
whats the matierT'
"Noihing."
But Fairchild wasn't telling the
| truth. They had reached the light
1 just mt the wrong. wrong moment. out
of the skip he lifted her. then inquired
/ the way to the sherifr's office of this.
| a new county. The direction was CIV
en-, and they went there. They told
their story. you say Bardwel and
! your partner went out on the Ohudi
road TO head the young 'un of!'
Yes DO you think
But n noise from without cut OF the
conversation. Stamping feet sounded
on the steps. the knob turned. and
sheriff Bnrdwcll. snow-white. entered.
shaking himself like IA great dog. ns
he sought To rid himself of the effects
of the blizzard.
Hello. Bardwell. whatd you fnd?"
NO matter how much person dis
likes another one-it's, it's-alwnys n
shock"
Anita came closer You mean that
he's drad?" The sheriff nodded. He
must have rushed his horse too hard.
When we got to him he was just about
Cone-tried to stagger TO his feet when
we came up. but couldn't make II. Kind
of acted Ike he'd lost his senses
through fear or exposure or something.
Asked me who was. and said Bard.
well. Seemed to be ticklcd to hear
my name-but he called 1t Barnham.
Then he got up on his hands and knees
and clutched nj me and asked me II
I'd drawn out all the money and had
II safe. Just to humor him. | said !
had. He tried TO say something after
that, but II wasn't much use. The first
thing we knew he'd passed out That's
whore Harry Is now-took him over
named Barnhan, Is there?"
"Barnhnm?" The name had awak-
encd recolIectIons for Fairchild; "why
he's the fellow that"
But Anita cut in.
Hes n lawyer in Denver. They've
been sending all the income from stock
sales to him for deposit. If Maurice
asked II he'd gotten the money out.
it must mean that they meant to run
with all the proceeds. Wen have to
telephone Denver"
The message went through Then
the two sherifs rose and looked at
| their revOlvers.
"Now for the tough one" Bardwell
made the remark. and Mason smiled
grImly. Fairchild rose and went to
them.
May l 20 along?"
'Yes. but not the girl. Not this
time"
Anita did not deinur. Farchild
walked to her side.
You won't run away" he begged.
"Ill be right here" she answered.
and with that assurance, he followed
| the other two men out into the night.
Far down the street, where the
rather bleak outlines OF the hotel
showed bleaker than ever in the frigid
night, light was cleaning in sec
ond-story window. Mason turned to
his fellow sheriff.
'He usually stays there That must
be him-waiting for the kid"
The three entered. Tiptoeing, they
went to the door and knocked. A high
pitched voice came from within.
THAT you, Maurice?'
Fairchlld answered in the best imI-
i tation he could give.
Yes. I've got Anita with me-"
! Steps, then the door opened For
Z; just second SquInt Rodaine stared
at them in CHASTITY. sickly fashion.
Then he moved back into the room,
still facing them.
whats the idea of this?" came his
forced query. FairchIld stepped for
ward
simply to tell you that every
! things blown up as far as you're
concerned. Mr.. Rodaine"
! "You needn't be so dramatic about
it. You act like I'd committed mur-
der What We I done that you
should"
Just minute. I wouldn't try to
act innocent. For one thing, I hap
pened to be in the same house with
you one night when you showed Crazy
Laura, your wife, how to make people
immortal. And Wen probably learn a
few more things about your character
when we've gotten back there and
interviewed"
He stopped his accusations to leap
forward. clutching wildly. But in
vain. With lunge, Squint Rodaine
had turned. then, springing high from
the floor, had seemed to double In the
air as he crashed through the big pane
of the window and out to the twenty