The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1923-02-01

literally carried her through When
they reached the other side, the arm
still held Its place-aDd she did moi
resist. Some way. after that. the
stretch Of road faded swiftly. Almost
before he realized II, they were at the
outskirts Of the city.
Grudgingly he gave up his hold up
on her. as they hurried for the side
walks and for the sherifrs ONCE. There
Fairchlid did not attempt to taik-he
left IL all 10 Anita. and Bardwell. the
sheriff. listened. Taylor Bill had con-
fessed TO the robbery at the Old Times
dance and 10 his attempt 10 so ar
range the evidence that the blame
would fall on Harry. Taylor BIZ and
Blindeye BozemnfJ had been caught at
work In a cross-cut tunnel which led
to the property Of the Blue Poppy
mine and one OF them. at least, had
admitted that the sole output OF the
Silver Queen had come from this thiey-
ing encroachment. Then Anita com
pleted the recital--of the plans OF the
| ROdalnes 10 leave and Of their depart
ure for Center City. At last. Fairchild
spoke, and told the happenings fhich
he had encountered In the ramshackle
house occupied by Crazy Laura. II
was sufficient. The sheriff reached
for the telephone.
mo need for hurry" he announced.
"Young RodaIns can't possibly make
that trip In less than two hours. We've
got plenty Of me-hello-Centraif
Long distance. please. What's thatf
Yeh--Long Distance. Want to put In
call for Center City" A long wait.
while u metallic voice streamed over
the wire into the sheriff's ear. He
hung up the receiver. Blocked" he
said shortly. "The wires down"
But there's the telegraph"
IT'D take half an hour TO get the
operator out OF bed-office is closed.
Nope. Wen take the short cut. And
well beat him there by q halfhour"
Anita started.
~You mean the Argonnut tunnel7"
Eyes. Can up there and tell them
TO get . motor ready for us to shoot
straight through. We can make II at
thirty miles m hour, and the skip In
the Reunion mine will get us to the
surface In Ave minutes. The tunnel
ends sixteen hundred feet under
ground, about q thousand feet from |
Center City" he explained. as he noted
Fairchild's wondering gaze. "You stay
here. I'll be getting my car warmed
up TO take Us TO the tunnel"
A humping sound came from with
out. Harry entered with his two
charges. followed shortly by Bardwen.
the sheriff. while just beneath the Of
fee window a motor roared In the
process OF warming up"
A moment more and a steel door
changed upon the two men. while the
officer led the way to his motor car.
There he looked quixzlcally NJ Anita
Richmond. piling without hesitation
into the front seat. ysss
"You going toof''
II certainly am" and she covered
her intensity with . laugh. there
are q number OF things that I want
TO say to Mr.. Maurice nodaine-and
| haven't the patience to waltz"
Bardwell ehuckied. The doors Of
the cur slammed and the engine roared
louder than ever. Soon they were
churning along through the driving
snow toward the great buildings OF
tho Arsonaut Tunnel company. far at
The other end Of town. There men
awaited them. and q tram motor. to-
xether with Its operator. The four
pursuers took their places ON the
benches OF the car behind the motor.
rhe trolley was attached. Then clat-
terins over the frogs green lights
flashing from tho trolley wire. The
speeding journey was begun
Three miles, four I'VE. while Anita
Richmond held close to Fairchiid ns
he speed became greater and the
,parhs from the wire above threw their
rrecn. vicious light over the yswning
stretch before them. A last squirt.
Nightly down-krade. with the motor
pushing the wheels at their greatest
relocity: then the cracking Of cleo
richly suddenly ceased. the motor
lowed tn It's progress. finally TO stop.
A xrvasy being faced them and Hard
<cii. the sheriff. Shouted his mission
Got TO catch some people that are
making Q getaway through Center
rty. Can you send us up In the skipr /
-res. two at a time
IAN right" The sheriff turned to
Harry. ~you and IN go ca the first
rip and hurry for the ohadi rad
ralrchiid and Miss Richmond win walt
or the second and 40 10 sheriff Ma
'on's once and tell him what's up
as~t US there he said 90 fairvhild
u he went forward
A long wait followed while Fsirchild
arosc 20 talk % many things--and
allied In all % them. Things were
,appenlnx too swiftly for them 70 be
,ut into crisp sentences ~ man
= ho-e thoughts were muddied BY the
act that hspide him waited girl In
| whlpeersi riding suit-the sss'ie Eirt