White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-10-10

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Trouble. He gave them one look.
glanced over toward his pack-horse.
On the horn hung his belt and holster.
He let it hang there. He went ON
with his work. He turned round and
showing the shovel under some loose
stones threw them on the heap by
which he stood, then strolled over 60
| his pack horse and thrust the shovel
under the rope
Come on" said Walt; and shaking
the lines he rode on, down toward the
big man in the shirt-sleeves. He
| thought the next calm move might be
over to the saddle-horse and the arm
ament.
"How-do sheriff." said the Wolfer,
refining in.
How do" said the sheriff drily.
Been out to verify the identity Of
the two corpses?"
The sheriff merely bit on his great
walrus moustache but made no reply
The Wolfer dismounted.
"Well," said Walter, I've been uI
in the mountains, but l can tell you
all about this little business. It's
this: You got phone call from Eagle
Bend from a crook called Carl Scott
to the effect that if you came out here
you'd find the bodies of Sid Stevens
Ia, f,;n CT hrr af
here. Now where Carl Scott got hi;
information from was me- He didn
tell you that on the phone?"
Sheriff Bow said not word, merely
bit and bit on the ends Of his walru:
moustache. But by his silence Wal
surmised that he had made a goot
guess as to how the sheriff knew, tt
} come and examine there.
WELL" said the Wolfer, going OF
with his talk, seeing that the sheriff
} was listening.
t "They held us up. Get that fixed
sheriff. They held us up, Fiske an
me. Now, sheriff. you know Pm no
) a good man to hold up. I'm too quicl
t can pull second and fire first. That
, what happened. They stuck us u
l here and l plugged"
, "He only plugged one" said Bun
t Il came pirouetting back and got tn
g other. 1t was sure like a dream t
: me, but drunk or sober he lei
I the rest in the air.
> The sheriff looked at him heavily.
, Il don't know if | got to say to you,
, he remarked, chat everything 20
shoot off now will be taken as ev
. dence, for / amt got warrant TO
:. your arrest-not yeti"
v WELL" said the Wolfer 81 don
t hunger to go on the back trail agail
il but you can find evidence there pile
If in the shape of little monument {
lethal weapons they surrendered
, us. If you want to verify that yo
,, could go on alone and see it alon
= Easy to find Straight ON one bloc
, Of forest, so to speak, and in the ne,
- big grassy stretch you'll see it,"
Il II can't force you to go with me
F.. said the sheriff. 1--WE no warrant
detain you. Guess I'll take yol
:. word for it anyhow. You got ii
drop on them, and them after YOU"
1--WE sure did," said Walter.
How do you know Carl Scott ga,
the information? the sheriff inquire
- Because | know Carl Scott" r
81 piled the Wolfer.
" Sheriff Bow laughed.
- Look here" he said, "I'll tell yo
q believe your story. The man tn
- rang me on the phone wouldn't gil
~ his name. | asked him who he wa
y and what he was doing himself up
y these parts and then he just rang o
:. That voice kept worrying me.
III heard it before. When you said Ca
W Scott just now | knew it was Ca
II SCOTS voice all right Still, we h;
~ to see if these facts he gave me
~ the phone were correct. These ty
'e defunct gentlemen over there are mi
- with darn poor record. | belle
>" your story. | have no warrant to {
~ rest you. But / advise you to con
, along back with me in the circul
~ stances, and make full statemel
Ito Be ContInued)