The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-23
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sou must bust quite a lot
The Wreck placed the remainder
~ tbs dishes on the table and sc,
iected the top enc
I'm golng TO bust more. he said
As Timothy lodged the dish he
uttered a yell o. surprise. II hit the
wall iust behind his chair A second
one vas not SO we'll aimed, for IL
went thru the window But nHSu,hy
did not wait Tor any Improvement
On the Workmanship. lie bottled Tor
the door, which be reached while the
fourth dish was in the air. II
crashed against the lamb and most
~ the pieces fell outside.
The wreck surveyed the marks Of
his achievement. shrugged his shout,
ders. lifted the pile o. dlshss from the
table, and resumed his Journey 10
the pantry.
Damn that Underwood pup he
said.
Timothy had not personally figured
IN the matter az an. % far as the
Wreck vas concerned lie was mere,
~ q symbol
Late In the Afternoon the Wreck
went for a walk, Ills impulse vas
10 take the trail that led back into
the hills: Il was In that direction
Sally and Chester had taken. hut
he aternly compelled himself 20 fol
low the wheel tracks that went 20.
ward the main read, Let. her stay
cut riding as long as she liked. u
vas no affair Of his,
lie did not pay much attention 20
the trail. HIS mind was concentrates
on tho problem Of where Charley
Mcswecn had hidden tho wheel q
the flivver In odd hours he had
been searching furtiyely. but without
the least satisfactory result The
flivyer waa locked in a shed. into
which he could have easily broken
but be knew that Il was useless 10
search therc. Charley would not have
made things quite 90 simple as that
The wheel was somewhere else, and
IL would be time enough 10 break into
the shed when he located a. Several
times he considered tho ACCESSIBILITY
Of tryins 10 thrash the truth out Of
Charley. bat sally always vetoed the
project. She had respect Tor hts
proves. but she was by no means
SURF that he could whip everybody
on the ranch Even II he ala. there
was no certainty that Charley would
tell.
lie was still walking slowly. hla
eyes staring At the ground. when a
drumming sound caught hts ears.
Instiuctivgly be paused 20 listen.
Horses They were coming nearer.
} too. Probably sally and Chester had
been clrciiug around thru the hills.
he thought WELL Il that was the
case. he had no desire 10 meet them.
JIG did not want sally TO set the
notids in her head that he was caves.
dropping or that be had the least In.
terest IN anything that she did. SO
he stepped Oft the trail
There we're ciumps OF young
spruce en- every hand. and he moved
around behind one Of them. where
he could not readily Be seen. Tho
hoof beats continued TO grow louder.
and the Wreck. crouchinE. peered
thru his screen Tor a view OF the
trail
Only ono horse. after all. he dc
eided q fcw seconds later. but Il was
moving briskly. Then around q
turn In the trail. It appeared 1,
was a big. black animal, with q long
stride. and the man who rode It was
also big 4 rifle In tho holster hung
suspended from the saddle. The
Wreck. staring curiousIy. also had
time 10 note that there we're two
guns at the belt Of the rider. Then
the black horse drummed on, out Of
sight.
.'Doggoncg' said the Wreck aloud,
as be stepped from behind his spruce
shelter and stared down the trail.
The rider was Bob Wells. the sher'
If.
Not long did the Wreck stand In
dismayed consideration Of his discoy'
cry. He cienched his fists and set
off AZ a dog trut towards the ranch
house in the wake OF tho black horse.
The obvious thing TO do was 70 get
back to the house as rapidly as pos
slble. and he was doing Il. There
was sally 10 be warned. IL ever nc
got there In time. He groaned as
he thought Of sally suddenly con.
fronted by the sheriff.
The Wreck found himself running
with a steadiness that surprised him.
lie did not try TO sprint. lie could
not overtako the black horse, any.
how. and here would be nothing 10
gain II he did. Not being able 70
guess Just how far ne had walked.
he conserved himself Step after
step he plugged away. slowing bit
on the up-grades, letting himself out
on the down. grades. and fighting
hard for his second wind. The main
thing was to get there as soon as
he could. After that It would be
time TO see what there was TO be
done about Bob Wells.
When the trail emerged at last
from the spruce he came TO a halt,
painting sharply as he stared in the
direction Of the ranch buildings. The
land was open all the rest Of the
way to the house. and Their was no
concealment. II he needed any. so he
deemed 1t wise to make a reconnais.
sance. He had no notion of being
headlong about anything. for his
mind was cool. despite his anxiety
about Sally Morgan. II she had re-
way 10 the house and there was no
telling what might have happened.
He could see no sign Of the sheriff
or the black horse; probably they
were around at the front OF the
house. He could not see anybody.
50 he struck out at bold walk to