Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-09

no news u that to ~ritc home about
But you'd better makestha Mfinstead.
of&when. This Ii three cracks you've
had az me, and I'm still g. rfFhtA
Don't bank 81, fool luck any more,
I'll get you sure, cried Durand
The gorge Of the. Arizonan rose.
"Mebbeso. You're a dirty dog, Jerry
DurAnd. From the beginning 9ou
were 9 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ring and
out :of It. You and yore strong-afin
men! Do you think I'm afraid OF you
+, 5etause you surround yoreselfs with
scum I the gutter and filth of the
earth? WhersI come from men fight
clean and cut IN the open. They'd
stomp you out like a rattlesnake."
He whipped open the door, stepped
out. closed It. and took the key from
! his pocket. "a moment, and he had
turned tho lock.
shook the panels. Clay was already
busy searching for Kitty. He tore
fopen door later; door. calling her,
loudly by name. Even In the darkness
he could see that the rooms were.
empty OF furniture.
There was a crash of %splintering
panels. the sound of a bursting lock.
Almost as though II >were IN echo o.
It cape q heavy pounding upon the
thirty minutes were up, and that the
Runt wa bringing thu police. He
Owed back into one of the empty
rooms Just In time to miss q rush OF
men pouring along the passage to the
stairs.
Cut Off from the street, Clay took
to the roof again. C. 1t would not do
] fnn a 3Snn IN 1e An,,rN< - <hA ho,rSA
by the police. He climbed the lad
der, pushed his way. through the trap
door opening and breathed deeply Of
1.-The night air. - !.
But he had no time to lose, AL
ready he could hear the tramplins Of
feet up the stairS to the second story.
Lightly he vaulted the wall and
to number 1928. He found 1t latched..
The caves iof the roof projected 10
far that he could not from there get
a hold on the window castings below.
He made a vain circuit Of the roof,
then raesed TO the next house.
Again he was out Of, luck. The
tenants had made, safe the entrance
against providers OF the night. He
knew that at any moment nov tho
police might appear in pursuit Of
him.. There was no time to lose.
He crossed to the last house in the
block1and found himself barred out.
AS he rose from his knees he heard
the voices Of mel clanfbering through
the scuttle to the roof. At the same
time he saw that which brought him
to instant action. It was a rope
post, dangling from one corner Of the
building to another and back to the
opposite ne.
No man in Manhattan's millions
knew the value of a rope or could
handle n more expertly than this
cattleman. His knife was open be-
fore he had reached the. nearest post.
One atrons slash Of the blade sew
cred it. InSsX long strides he wac at
the second post unwinding the line.
He used his knife a second time at
the third post.
With deft motions, Clay worked
swiftly. He a fastening the rope
to the chimney OF the house. Every
instant he expected to hear a voice
raised In excited discovery Of him
crouched in the shadows. But -his
as though he had minutes before him
instead of seconds.
There's the guy-oyer BY the
chimney"
Clay threw the slack of the Vine
from the root. He had no, time\to
test the strength Of the rope nor its
length. As the police rushed him he
slipped over the edge and began to
Flower himself hand over hand.
The wide caves protected him. A
man would have to hang out nom
the wall above the ledge to gee him.
Clay's eyes were on the butter above
while he jerked his way down a foot
at a time. A face and part OF q body
swung out into sight. Vi
l ssyIS~s1-o oAA ~y,,A ~AAA> 10 - TyY1
shoot" q voice called down.
A~revolver showed against the black
The man from Arisona did not-an-
swer and did not stop. He knew that
shooting from above is al art that
few men has acquired.
A bullet sang past his a just as
he swung in and crouched on the win
dow-sill. Another one Nit the bricks
close to his head.
The firing stopped. A pair Of uni
formed legs appeared dangling from
the caves. A>body' and a head fol-
lowed these. They began to descend
jerkily.
Clay took a turn at the sun-play.
He fired his revolver into the air. The
odic( Jerking Of the blue legs
abruptly ceased. 49,
''Yud'd better give up quietly.
We're>bound to<get yuh," ar officer
shouted from the roof by way Of par
ley.
The cattleman did not answer ex-
cept by the smashing Of glass. He
had forced his way into Two houses
within the past hour. He was now
kbusy bEeAking into a third. Tho win
dow had not yielded to pressure.
Therefore he was knocking out the
glass with the butt Of his revolver.
He crawled through the opening
Just as som one sat up in bed with
a. frightened exclamation.
'Who-isLs-s--s ft?" fnascu-
line voice asked, teeth hattertng. !.
Clay. had no time fo crafty idle
curiosity. He ran through the room.
reached the head OF TIE stairs and
went down on the Banisters to the nrst
hoor. He fed back TO the a. OF
the house and stole out by the kitchen
door.
The darkness OF the alley swallowed
him, but he could still hear the
shouts Of the men on the roof And
answertas ones from new arrivals be-
low.
Five minutes later he was .on board
a street kar. He was not at all par
ticulAr ,as 10 its destination. HI
wanted to be anywhere but here.
This neighborhood was getting entire
" too active for him.
CHATTER II.
The Ga1,srnan SeessRed.
Exactly thirty minutes after Clay
Johnnte lifted his voice IN q loud
vail for the police He had read
somewhere that one can never md
4, IN OFFICER when he is wanted. But