Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-12

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s rs. v iks;s, ;,t,ll f & fss Aa ( III Va s:
sfrsid he gave IA. least sign Git
I'm, through With YOU" the PRIZE
afhter prophesied savaEely;. Ma
The s&esterner turned Laway aIa@
swunkE l ssSk e e S Saa. n Ss}er. 0 saspectsa'
t hlIa i He eeSsd. That information
gained. the maj no longer infereste c.
him. as;
sullenly terry left. There 49, no
profit In jeering at Lindsay. He Was
too entirely master Of every situation
that confronted. him.
Within the hour Clay wa waKfns
ed from sleep by another guard win
word that he was, wanted at the Of
ase e the . WARDEN asatr,c f. ne f9p nsr fata-
en- The tifll blootned IN that dihgy
room like i cactus il the desert.
she came toward him with hanas
extended, - her eyes gifts OF friend
ship and faith.
Much Obliged. little ptrdnsr.:H ss
voice went to his heart IKE water % 2
warm glow beat through his VEINS.
The doubts that had weighed on him
! during the night were gone. Beatrice
believed in him. All was well, With
He shook hands with whittosd.
Blamed good OF o to come. SIR"
manded the mining man bluntly.
Were here to do what we can for
YOU" 49,
Little wells, Of tears brimmnd over
! Beatricels lids. Two been so wer-
Don't YOU. 18TH be all right"
would, Her coming had 'brouEht rip
ping sunshine into a. drab world.
Il won't. now. I'm going to get
evidence for you. Tell us all about
"why. there isn't much to ten that
you haven't read IN the papers .pFpo-.
ably. He came a-shootin' and was
was it YOU that hit him 2"
wouldn't I be justiied:" he ask
ed gently.
For a moment he hesitatsd, then
made up his mind swiftly. Yet" he
'0t She NV wi5eed. you couldn't help it.
How did you come to be there?"
II Just dropped in"
"Alone?" \
Yes"
He had burned the bridges behind
him and was dying glibly. Why bring
Bromfeld into it? She was goink. to
fance wat man enough to come for
ward and tell the truth he would do
so anyhow. 1t was up to him. Clay /,
was not going to betray him
trice. -. -
The paper a there was some
n with YOU" ~. -.
"Sho! Reporters sure enough have
lively imaginations." !,
Johnnie told me, you had an en-
gager1ent with MI. Brornfeld,"
Did you ever know johnnie sat
anything r ght?"
"And Clarendon says he was With
you at Maddeck's.'
cumulative evidence. If gave =. low
laugh of relief. I'm ar awful poor
liar. So Bromfeld says he was with
me- ar SSss hee"
He intended to wait for a lead be-
| fore showing his hand. Then you
know all about it," he asked care
Their eyes, were on each other.
keen and watchful. She knew he was
conceal.ng something Of importance.
He had meant pot to tell her that
Bromfeld had been with him. Why?
TO protect the man to whom she was
sion that he was still shielding him.
Yes, you're a poor liar, C~lay,"4,she
agreed. You stayed to keep back
: Collins so as to give clasendSn a
chance to escape"
Did II" ~
tsN1- 49,. - 49,. J.. s--A
heard the shots as he was running
downstairs"
ne told YOU that, did hep" !
THAT ought to help a lot. If I IAN
prove Collins, was shootin' at, ME I
can plead selfsdefense."
That's what it was. Of course
Yes. But Durand doesn't mean
to let it GO at that. He was here to
see me this mo'n!n'." Clay turned
to h mining man. his voice law but
incisive. His bran was working clear
and fast. "Mr. Whitford. I have a
bunch he's going to destroy the eyi-
dence that's in my favor. There
must be two ebullet holes in the par
titior. Of the rear room where Collins
was killed. See II you can't find those
bullet holes and the bullets in the
I'm do that, Lindsay"
a., And hlre me a good lawyer. Send
him tonne. I won't use a smart one
whose business is to help crooks es-
cape If he doesn't believe IN me. I
don't want him. El have him get :
the names of all those pulled In the
raid and visit them to see if he can't
land sonte one who heard the shots
or saw shooting. Then there's the
gun. Sons ones got that gun It's
UP. to us@to learn who"
That's right" u
Tim Muldoon will do anything he Il
can for me. There's a girl lives with
his mother. Her names n Nil /
nkan. She has ways o.. And ne. dmt
things,l Better talk it over with her
too; We've got to get busy IN a hur-
Yes" agreed whitford. wen do
"oh, CLAY, I'm sure it's going to be
az right!' cried Beatrice, in q GLOW
OF enthusiasm. Wen give ali onr
7 me. Wen get evidence to show
the truth. And wen let YOU know
every day what we are doing"
how about my going bail for
you?" asked her father.
Gay shook his head. No chanca
JUS. yet: Let's make our. showing at
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