The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-05
Go on With the Story.
EPISODE TWO.
The Ruling Passion.
CHAPTER

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The Ruling Passion.
CHAPTER l.
Nobody understood how Jose
puintana had slipped through the
Secret Service net spread for him
- eyery port.
The United States authorities did
not know why Quintaua had come
70 America. They realized merely
that he arrived for no good pur.
pose: and they had meant to arrest
and hold him for extradltion II re-
quested for deportation as an un
desirable alien anyway.
Only two men In America knew
mat Quintana had come to the
united States for the purpose OF
recovering the famous "FTamins
Jewel. stolen by him from Tho
Grand Duchess Theodorica OF
hthonia; and stolen from Quin.
tana, In Sttirn by q private solder in
an American Forestry Regiment, on
leave In Paris; This soldiers name,
probably was Mlchael ClInch.
One Of the men who knew why
Qptntana might come to America
was James Rarragh, recently o.!
the Military Intelligence, but now
passing as hold.up man Under the
name o. Hal Smith. and actually in
the emnloymen. Of Cllnch at his
llisrepntable .'hotel" at Star Pond
IN the North Woods.
The other man who knew why
eaintana had come to America was
Emanuel Sard, a LeyantIne dla.
mopa broker Of New York, Quin-
tanals agent In America.
Now as the October days passed
without any report of Quintana's
detention Darragh, known as Hal
smith at Clinch's dump, began to
suspect that Qulntana had already
slid into America through tht.
meshes OF tile. police.
It&so, this desperate internA-
4onal criminal could be expected
GHneh's under some guise or
Rothqrs .plloted thither by Emanuel
Safds
50 Hal Smith, whose duty wa
70 wash dishes, do chores, and
$3.50 to supply Clinch's with
mountain beef"-or deer taken
4llegaly-made It convenient to
pro'wl every day in the vicinity OF
the Ghost Lake Road.
Heswas perfectly familiar with
EMANUEL Sard's squat feature,
md parrot nose having robbed
M: satd of Qulntana's cipher aaG
ofss4 900 at pistol point. And one
morning while rowing around thA
1ulde's Quarters at Ghost Lak9
Inn Smith beheld Sard himself on
the hotel veranda, in company
With five strangers Of foreign as
During the midday dinner
Smith, on pretense of inquirIng
tot guides license. got look at
the inn ledger. Sards' signature
was on II, followed by the names
pfHenfi Picquet, Nicholas Salzar,
Victor Georglades, Harry Beck,
and Jose Sanchez. And Smith
went back through the Wilderness
to- Star Pond: convinced that one
OF these gentleinen-was QuIntana,
and the remainder, Quintana's
gang and that they were here to
do murder Il necessary In their
remorss1ess quest Of 1.-THE Flam-
ing Jewel Two million dollars
once had been offered for the
Flaming Jewel; and had been re-.
fused.
CHAPTER II
Glinch's dump was the disposal
plant in which collected the hui.
4 man sewage Of tho wilderness. It
being Saturday. the scum OF tbs
North Woods was gathering at the
Star Pond resort. A venlson and
chicken supper was promised =
and q; dance II any women appear
Jake Koon had run in some
Canadian hootch; Darraugh, alias
Hal Smith. contributed two fat
deer and Cllnch cooked them. By
10 o'clock that morning many Of
The men were growing noisy;
some we're already drunk by noon,
Shortly after midday dinner the
tifBt Eight started-extinguished
only after Clinch had beaten sew.
efal otSthe bSckwoods aristocracY
nsenstbls,
Towering amid the wreck Of bat.
80 his light gray eyes a-glitter,
plinShs dominated. swinging his
ron fists.
When the combat ended and the
faiien lay starkly where they fell,
t'lineh said in his pleasant, level
voice.
eTake them out and stick their
heads IN the pond And don't go
Tor 10 got me mad. boys, or I'm
liable 10 act up rough,
They bore forth the Shoppers for
lnmersipn IN Star Pond. Clinoh re.
lighted hig cigar and repeated the
tuiings witch had caused the fra
caa
ayou gotta play square cards
hme OF you don't play none In my
hSase No living thum6.nail can
riek no cifds In my place and get
AMY With Il. Three llngs and two
sfeys 4 bcttef thnn tiiree chickens
aud two esgG ffyou don't like Il,