New Britain herald., 1924-08-27
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 There was a smaihersd eKelama,
 tian from ths Wreck, who went if
 the fiVNef 10 investigate. The reai
 compartment, where baggage wai
 usually stored. WAS never locked
 and he lifted un the lid and thrust g
 hand inside. lie could feel some
 thing under an old piece of tarnaulir
 that he had used al odd times for z tent. II was the wheel.
 As he hauled it into view it an-
 gsred him to think of the hours he
 had spent m searching.
 "Got it?" called Sally.
 "Yep. Keep him there until
 light the lantern"
 The lantern lighted, he placed lt 1 in far corner of the tonl-shcd.
 where it would throw an illnmina-
 ton light on the work he had to do.
 Bring him inside" ordered the Wreck.
 Chester. with Sally following,
 walked into the shed and the Wreck | closed the door behind them. He mo- tioned Chester to a psce against the wall.
 Keep the gun on him." he told Sally. "1ll be through in five min utes."
 II took less than two minutes to slide a jack under the front axle, lift it and kick the soap-box aside. He slipped the wheel into place. ad- iusted the lock nut. carefully insert ed the cotter pin and spread the ends. When the hub cap was screwed on and the jack removed, the fivver stood on four wheels again.
 You wait till they get you for this" said Chester, grimly.
 The Wreck laughed, threw back the door and began rolling the fliv- yer into the open. He did not dare 10 start the motor. He tied Cesters feet together
 "We're going to lock you in here" he said. "You're lucky it's no worse. We're not going away just yet. One of us will be outside. If you do any yelling, I'll come back and gag you. Maybe I'll shoot you. I don't know which. Come on. Sally"
 She joined him outside and watched him close the door of the shed and slip the paddock into place. He had already extinguished the lan- ern.
 "If he holers," said the Wreck loud enough to be heard within the shed, 'shoot through the door,"
 He winked as he spoke, then hur- ried off in the direction of the ranch house, leaving Sally to stand guard, with the gun in her hand.
 There was still light in one of the upper windows and he moved as cautiously as possible as he neared | the house. He remembered exactly | where ladder lay, alongside the | wall and went directly to it. Carry ing it to corner of the building | and raising it, he rested it gently against the clapboards. Then he | cautiously. Nearing the caves, he groped overhead, found with his fingers, then reached into hip pocket. The jaws of the pliers were sharp and the wire parted with thrum- ming sound.
 The Wreck did not wait to learn whether anybody within heard the ooise. but slid down the ladder and hurried away. Twenty yards distant rom the house he began groping in he grass and presently found what le sought. As he began walking Igain he was coiling wire in his lands. The telephone line, until 1t cached the spruce several hundred ards distance, was carried on row if poles. He followed it as far as he first pole, cut the wire again, hen hurried in the direction of the with the coil over his arm.
 Sally, nervous at the delay and ot understanding the cause of it, ras standing guard at the door. Without a word of explanation, he , ossed the coiled wire into the bot om of the car. ( Now help push" he said, in a i DIV voice. T don't want to wake ; he dead unless I have to-" { Together. they got the fivver into E motion. Without her, the I Wreck would not have essayed the ask, for it would have been far too f low; but Sally was strong, and be- I veen them they got the machine z loving at fair walking pace. Fifty 2 ards distant from the shed they ( ut into the wagon tracks that l ,arked the trail, and for while j he going was somewhat easier. T Keep heaving at it." he said, 10 ncourage her. E "I am." panted Sally. q hey were some two hundred yards 'om the ranch house when the ivver began to encounter q slight IL seemed to become sud s enly heavy. Presently. despite I ieir utmost efforts it come 10 D op V God enough" grasped the Wreck. | Climb in" f She was in the seat when he laid f old of the crank. The first half d ozen pulls brought no response. He f lnsed an instant to recover breath. t' len set his teeth and yanked again. Il here was a furious below from be- Ii cath the hood and the f1ivver ouiv- C ed like frightened horse. il Better hurry" urged Sally, with