The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-11-20
By~JACKSON GREGORY
CopYruGHT W~
CHARLES SCRIBNER,S. SONS

| Judith, her lips tightly compressed
shook her head.
you didn't find him under the car
did you? And the blow that killed hin
might have been dealt with some heavy
weapon in the hands of a man stand
ing behind him, mightn't it? l know,
Bud Lee. l know"
How do you known" he demanded
ins~istently. you weren't here even
mo. l was in San Francisco. But
the day before | had a letter from ia
Their. He expected me home very soon.
He was going out, he said in his letter,
to look at the road over the mountain.
He wrote that the grade was danger
GUS, especially at the very place where
the car went over! He wanted me to
know so that in case he could not get
the work done on it before l came, /
would be careful. On top of that would
he go and run his car into such dan
ger as that? oh, / know!" she cried
again, her hands hard upon her rifle.
Il know, l tell you'll From the first /
suspected. l knew that Chris Quln-
MON had threatened a dozen times to
get father. | knew that soon or late
he would try. I wrote Emmett Saw
yer, u county sheriff, and told him
what | believed, asked him to go to the
spot and see what the signs told. A
square man is Emmett Sawyer and as
sharp as tacks."
and he told you that you were mis-
takenY
HE did nothing of the kind! He
reported that the tracks of the car
showed that it had kept well away
from the bank, that evidently it had
stopped there, that again it had gone
edge! know what happened: Father
got out to look at the dangerous spot
and to put up the sign he had brought
with him and that was found in the
road. Chris Quinnion had followed him,
perhaps to shoot him down from be-
hind, Chris Q%uinnion's way! Then he
saw a safer way. He came up behind
poor old dad and struck him on the
head with something, rifle-barreI or re-
volver. He started the car up and let
1t run over the bank. He"
She broke off then. Bud Lee felt
that he knew what she would say if
she could bring herself to go on; that
she would tell how crooked Chris
QuinniOn had thrown the unconscious
man down over the bank to lie,
ear.
you've got to be almighty sure be-
fore you make a charge like that" he
reminded her. eff Q~uinnion had done
It, why didn't Emmett Sawyer get the
1eadwood on him?'
Because" she whispered quickly, "a
man fooled Sawyer! Yes, and fooled
ne! Quinnion established an alibi. A
nan whose word there was no reason
doubt said hat Quinnion was with
him at the time of the murder. And
hat man was-Bayne Trevors!"
"TrevorsY" muttered Lee. He shook
lis head. "TrevOrS Is a hard man, Ju-
18th. And he's a scoundrel, if you
want to know! But frame up a muir
Ter deal-plan to murder Luke San
'ord-No. l don't believe it,"
'Is he the man to miss a chance that
ay at his hand? The main chance for
lin? The chance to hold a man like
chris Quinnion in the hollow of his
land, to make him do his bidding, to
eft him just such work as he is doing
Answer me! Is Bayne Trevors
.bove a deal like that?"
Bud Lees answer was silence.
"And there is one other thing" went
Judith swiftly, known to no one
ut Emmett Sawyer, whom l told, and
and Chris Quinnion. In fathers let
he told me that a man had paid
i'm some money the day before, and
hat he was going to drive to Rocky
tend to bank it. That money, several
undred dollars, was never banked. 1t
yas moi found on his body. Where
1t go"
Gwen that doesn't incriminate
!uinnion, you know"
mo. The rest is pure guesswork on
~ part. Guesswork based on what
Not enough to hang Chris Quin-
ion, Bud Lee. But enough to make
lie sure. He's working at Trevors'
anne right now. If WI can prove that
is Trevors' game it will go to show
DIV worthless his alibi was"
"Well?" called Quinnion, the third
me. what about it? We amt goin' .
, wait all night" F,
"Tell him." whispered Judith, her
and n Lees arm, ito come and get 1t !
he wants it! One of US can hold the
lbin against the two Of them while
lie other slips out in the dark and t
des back to the ranch-house for help.
we're in luck, Bud Lee, we'll corner
lie bunch of them before daylight J
TITS the only way" she Insisted. If s
e gave them the money they'd want
i'll Crowdy next. If they got Crowdy I
way with them into the mountains q
n not sure they could not hide until |
ley got him safe in Trevors' hands.
hen we'd have the whole fight still to Il