The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-11-03
CHAPTER XIV
Wilton Rides Alone.


ollowed by the party Of engineers.
he horses, released during the fire,
vere grazing along the edge; they
vere wary, however, and would not
Il themselves be approached. For
ono minutes the men made fruitless
forts to surround them.
However. Wilton managed to catch
no mane Of q big draught-beast
hitch had been In the front row Of
ne grading yokes and. despite its
iumsy appearance. had taken the sad
Ie and had q tolerable action.
But hardly had he made sure Of II
, grasp on the name and upper lip
ian the remainder. snorting and
ourishing their heels, dashed through
,e Gordon and galloped full speed to-
ard the lake.
"We'll be with you In q minute, Mr..
arruthers!" shouted one Of the men
they went In pursuit.
But Wilton, without answering, had
'rung on the beasts back and, lean
& forward. caught the broken halter
I'D guided II across the swamp. He
I'd no doubt that the outlaws who had
4 the fire were responsible for Mol
IS abduction and, IL the trail led up
!, Bowyer, as he was sure 1t would,
I'D help Bowyerl
In couple Of minutes he had put
the saddle and tautened the girth,
..tA nj II. ~ hu rd
long the southwark trail, unarmed.
Meanwhile the rest of the party
'ent a fruitless half-hour trying to
..ch horses. At length, after a con-
iltation, they hurried back to the
ipIp. collected few more Canadians
I'D Americans. and started out after
Nlton. leaving half-dozen to keep
ne workmen In check.
In the shack Tonguay stared apa-
netically at Andersen. who sat with
he revolver In his hand, keeping
atch over his captive.
"You t'ink l kill dat feller. chr he
emanded after q while.
81 dunno. my friend" answered An
ersen. IF you did, guess you'll
wing for Il. all right"
''See herei Jim Hackett tole me to
ONE here an tell de men dere's money
de safe. an dey're fools to be
rorked like dogs and den be laid of
ecause, de company's busted. OATS
II know. tole dem to get der pay
hat WAS coming tO dem"
"Pos-seebly." said Andersen. "You
vas a fool to do II, though. That
tory's for the police; It ain't for me.
'ou can tell the inspector when he
cts here"
"See herel You let me gol" yelled
ronguay. 81 didn't do noting. What
or you arrest mer
''Boss's ORDERS" said Andersen,
.;ruffly. "That'll be enough. Set down
Ike Q good feller. now"
"You liei tell you didn't do dat r.
.creamed Tonguay. sinking back into
In chair and shuddering.
They watched each other for some
tine. 1t was beginning to grow light
Suuucuiy THO tidhpiC VI hOiocS Wus
,eard outside. Then Inspector Quain
appeared at the door of the shack, ac-
'ompanied BY four mounted consta-
9les.
Had considerable trouble. ehf" he
aid. dismounting and casting a glance
about him at the burned-out buildings
and the still burning sheds.
THAT fre was set by enemies OF
the AIssatlbi." shouted one Of the en-.
gineers. "And we've got one Of the
men In therel" He pointed toward the
shack.
Quain turned to his men. who were
awaiting the order to dismount
Round up those men In their bunk
houses and keep the lot of 'em under
guardi" he said, pointing toward the
groups Of lab0rers that had gathered
about the horses.
The constables drove the Hunkiei
back toward their quarters. 1.-TWO o.
you'll be enough I" shouted Quain aftel
them. ''The other two-Beckett ant
James-will dlsmount and rest theiI
horses. I'll want you chaps!"
"You'vs had some trouble" sale
Quain to Andersen.
"Why. this amt trouble. inspector.
answered the Swede. "You yust lool
inside that room. guess II ain't thu
worst, what told you already"
Quain strode to the door Of Wilton'i
bedfooru, uttered q sharp exclamation
and bent over the body Of Jules. HI
came back quickly.
s'Who killed that Indianr he asked
Lee Cbambers. ! guess"
Tell me what you know"
"Why. al know 10 he done some
crooked work on the trestling ant
beat II out Of camp before Mr.. Car
ruthers had time to nre him. Las
night he came back after the Ore
which / guess that feller there know
something about"
II tell you dom know noting T
yelled TonguAy. who seemed In the ex
'remIty Of panic.
"lfr. Carrufhers said Mr.. Chamber
killed Jules there and got Into fh,
safs I dunno no more than that
But "
Suddenly. with . frsnsied scrsenI
Tcnguay leaped from HE chair FOR eh'
door again. Andersen was just ou1cl
enough. He cauHht him On the do1<