The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-18
Continued Prom Yesterday
CHAPTER NNV
Miller Talks

NAAaAN 4 AaN NV
Miller Talks
A man stood In the doorway. hls
fat. staggering. His brcath came
In whee4y puffs.
"Next time you get your own
The voice faltcred. died away
The protuocrant eyes. stili cold and
fishy. passed fcarfuIly from ono q
another % those In the room.
''Goddlemightyr' he gaspcd. Don't
shoot Ill give mp"
Like bullet out OF a gun craw'
ford shot question at him
where have you hidden tho money
you got from the stagef"
The loose mouth OF the convict
opened. why. wc-I-we--
Keep yore trap shut. you durn
{nsL- ordered shorty.
swford jabbed his rifle into the
ribs OF tho rustier. "Yours. toe
Shorty
But the damage had been done.
Miller's fiahby will had been brnced
by a stronger one. lie had been
given time TO recover from his dis.
may. he moistened his iips win
his tongue and framed his lie.
Il was gonna say you must be
mistaken. Mr.. Crawford he
whined.
Shorty laughed hardly, srat to
hacco juice at a knot I'm the floor.
and spoke again. Third degree
stuff. ehf II won't buy you a
thing. Crawford. Miller wasn't IN
that hoid-up any moran l."
-Let Miller do his own talkin'.
shorty. lie don't need any lead
from you
Shorty looked hard at the cattle
man with unfilnching eyes. Don't
get on the peck. En-. You got no
business coverin' me with that gun.
know you got reasons a.plenty
for tryin' 10 bluff us into sayin' We
held UP the stage. But We don't
bluff worth a cent Sces"
Crawford saw. He had failed 20
surprise a confession out Of Miller
~ The narrowest Of margins II
had had time to get shorty out
OF the room before the conviet's
appearance. the fellow would have
come thru. As Il was. he had
missed hts opportunity.
Dave drew his chief aside. stili
keeping a vigilant eye on the pris.
oners. We've got TO play our
hand different. shorty is game. lie
can't be bluffed. But Miller can.
! found out years ago he saueals
at physical pain. Wen start for
home. After while wen give
shorty a chance 20 make a geta-
way. Then wen turn the screws
on Miller
-Ali right Dave. You run Il.
III back yore play his friend said.
They disarmed Miller. made him
saddle two OF the horses in the
corral. and took the back trail
across the valley 10 the divide. II
WAS here they gave Shorty his
chance 20 escape. Miller was lead.
Ing the way up the trail. with
Crawford. Thomas. shorty and
Dave In the order named. Dave
rode forward TO confer with the
owner OF the ID Bar Lazy r. For
three seconds his back was turned
to the squat cowpuneher.
Shorty whiried his hors. and
nung II wildly down the pr-cipisous
Sa:pe. Sanders galloped after him.
Ted his revolver three times. ard
after a short chase gave up the
pursuit. lie rode back TO the party
on the summit.
Crawford glanced around az the
heavy chapparai. How about off
here a bit. Dave7-
The younger man agreed. He
turned to Miller. Were going TO
hang you" he said quietly.
The pasty color OF the fat man
ebbed tiII his face seemed entirely
bloodless. My God. You wouldn't
do that he moaned.
He chung feebly 70 the horn Of
his saddle as Sanders led the horse
into The brush. lie whimpcred,
snuffos an appeal for mercy re-
psated over and over. The party
had not left the road a hundred
yards. behind when a man logged