Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-04-28


into the hall to the head OF the stairs.
where he looked down and listened.
From here the sound OF some one NOV
Ing about came to him distinctly: he
could see no light below. but when he
ran down TO the turn OF the stairs. IL
became plain that there was very
dim and tlickering light In the library.
He creep on farther down the stair
case. Ids hands were cold and moist
from h excitement. and his body was
hot an trembling.
WI, ever II was TINT was moving
abb at downstairs, even II he was not
one who had a right to be there, at
least felt secure from interruption.
He was going with heavy step from
window TO window; where he found a
shade up. he pulled II down brusquely
and with violence which suggested
great strength under nervous strain;
q shade. which had been pulled down,
few up, and the man damned II as
though II had startled him; then. after
Alan crept still farther down and at
last caught sight of him. He was n
big. young-lookIng man, with broad
shoulders and very evident vigor;
Alan guessed his age ut thirty-five; he
was handsome-he had a straight
forehead over daring. deep-sct eyes.
his nose, lips and chin were power
fully formed; and he was extensively
and very carefully dressed. The light
by which Alan saw these things camc
from fiat little pocket searchllght
that the man carried In one hand.
which threw n little brilliant circle OF
light as he directed Il; and now. as
hand-powerful and heavily muscled
Allan recollected the look and size
OF the finger prints on the chest of
drawers upstairs. He did not doubt
that this was the same man who had
gone through the desk but since he
had already rifed the desks. what did
he want here now1 As the man moved
out of sight, Alan crept on down as
far MS the door to the library; the
man had gone on into the rear room.
and Alan went far enough into the
library so he could see him.
He had pulled open one OF the draw.
ers in the big table in the rear room
and with his light held so high as to
show what was In II. he was tumbllng
over its contents and examining them.
He went through one after another of
the drawers of the table like this :
after examining them, he rose and
kicked the last one shut dlsgustedly;
he stood looking about the room ques-
tionlngly, then he started toward the
front room.
He had. as yet, neither seen nor
heard anything to alarm him, and as
he went to the desk In the front room
and peered impatiently into the draw
ers he slammed them shut. one after
another. He Strengthened and stared
about. "D-n Ben! On Ben !" he
calculated violently and returned to
| the renr room. Alan. again following
| him, found him on his knees I'm front
Of one Of the drawers under the book
cases. As he continued searching
through the drawers, his irritation be-
| CulDt kitultI anu Ei tuitIs tie JtThtu
one drawer entirely out of It's case,
and the contents flew In every dlrec-
ton; swearing AT IL, he gathered UP
the letters. One suddenly caught his
attention: he begap leading II closely,
then snapped II back into the drawer.
crammed the rest on top OF II, and
went on to the next OF the files. He
searched In this manner through half
dozen drawers, plainly finding moth
Ing at all he wanted he dragged some
of the books from their cases. felt be
hind them ana showed back some of
the books but dropped others on the
floor and blasphemy burst from him.
The beam Of light from the torch In
his hand swayed aside and back and
forth. Without warning, suddenly II
caught Alan as he stood In the dark
OF the front room: and as the din,
white circle OF light cleaned into Al
ans face, the man looked that way
and saw him.
The effect OF this upon the man was
80 strange and so bewildering TO Alan
that Alan could only stare at him
The big man seemed to shrink into
himself and to shrink back and away
from Alan. He rOared out something
In below thick with fear and hOr
ror; he seemed to choke with terror
There was nothing In his look akin to
mere surprise or alarm at realizing
that another was there and had been
seeing and overhenrlng him. The
light which he still gripped swayed
back and forth and showed him Allan
again, and he raised his arm before
his face as he recolled.
The CONSERVATION OF the man was
so complete that II checked Alnn's rusl
toward him; he halted then advanced
silently and wntchfully. As he wen
forward, and the light shone upon his
face agnln. the big man cried Ou
hoarseIy:
On you. d--n YOU. with the holt
above your eyel The bullet got you
And now you've got Ben But yOl
can't get me! Go back to hell 70,
cant get me! I'll get you-Tll ge
you. You-cnn't save the Miwaka !"
lie drew back his arm and with al