Evening star., 1928-04-16

continued its Journey down the King s
| Highway, that this was the entering
wedge. From now on the job would be
| comparatively easy. These sniveling
wretcheS would be only too glad to be-
| tray. their comrades. in return for some
| form of immunity on the part OF the
crown. and before you know 1t, we Will
| have Jonifer DavoS and every last one
/ Of his men in the Tower, waiting to
| have their heads chopped on
Jonifer could not resist saying, We'll,
| If these fellows are sample OF the stuff
| that ,Ionifer DavoS' men are made Of, !
| must say cannot understand how he
has been able to rule the Kings High
way for so many years. sergeant"
Simply because the right men have
not been sent cut to capture him, sir"
"Oh. l see" said Jonifer Davos
TO be sure" admitted the sergeant.
lit is more than likely we shouldn't
have captured these fellows at all, ex-
Cept for your courage and"
''Oh. that was nothing" broke in the
rohber chief Il was foolhardy, of
course, In resisting as / did-but carry
large sum of money. and l am blessed
IL / could bear the thought of letting
it fall into the hands of thieves, That
is to say. you understand, without a
fight"
"Still it was an uncommonly brave
thing you did. sir" said the officer, gag-
ing with admiration at the far from
heilicoSe- looking gentleman on the box
tJonifer Dawes was as tidy and as In
offenSive-l hooking traveller as you would
see in many day And so was jain
Crispo, his companion. for that matterl
Col. Starcourt will welcome you with
open arms Mr. Schmidt I forgot to
mention that he is in charge of our
operations. sir.
II have heard of him." said Jonifer
The last time / was in Edelweiss
heard that he was making plans to-
ah-hunt down a band of robbers.
should like to meet him. But / am
going no further than Ganlook. I shall
not visit EdelweiSS on this trip. Pray
give your commanding officer my COM
pliments. If he should happen"
He is not in EdelweiSs. sir His
headquarters are at Ganlook Fort. not
20 leagues from here. You know the
fort, / dare say?"
"Oh. yes. have passed by it a num-
be- OF times" said the other. his eyes
narrowing a little. Headquarters at
Ganlook Forte
But he is constantly on the move.
so We may fall in with him at any one
Of the posts between here and the foot
Of the pass"
This time Jonifer's eyelids fickered
ever 50 slightly.
IT hope So he said BY no means.
however, was he sincere.
In about two hours We come TO
Camp No. - said the sergeant. THE
one we Just left, where and my men
are stationed. Is No. s. the last before
We come TO the frontier. There are fvc
camps along the highway between ours
and Fort Ganlook. We work out from
these, you see. into the hills and"
Five camps?" broke in Jonifer, much
more sharply than he intended.
There are eight all told. Fifty men
TO each camp"
Eight times So" unused the other.
Pour hundred in all. eh?"
Five hundred, including Col Star
courts rowing detail. We are 10 re-
main in the field for year. II neces-
sary."
Joniter was alarmed This was dis
turbing He had attached little or no
importance 10 the words Of his in
formant that day in Edelweiss. Many
times before the hills had been raked
by soldiers and police, so he had dis
missed the report OF fresh aetivitiet
with scarcely thought. But now he
was aware Of a curious sensation Of
dread. as one who is walking straight |
toward an unseen trap that he knows /
lies somewhere along the path he has |
TO traverse. He looked about him. He |
Was hemn1ed in by soldiegs--30 Of |
them. The acute feeling Of dread /
passed, after q moment or two, how /
ever. Re was a fataliEt Let come /
what may. II il were destined that he /
should put his foot into the trap-well. |
he knew there was only one way out |
Of IL for him. II the worst came TO |
pass, he could shoot his way out, SO |
Why worry? BY that he meant he |
never be taken alive. Besides. he had |
been IN tight places betore-and had |
got out Of them.
And presently this astonishing rascal |
began TO laugh 70 himself. This was a |
beautiful adventurel He even began TO |
hope that he would meet Etarcourt |
shake hands with him. and listen 10 his |
congratulations and prassesl
Some time IN the future, II his de- |
signs In regard 10 the young officer were /
carried To a successful conclusion, he |
reminding that yaingiorious gentleman |
Of the meeting
But. after they had passed through /
Camp No. and we're on the way 70 /
the larger one at Nights Rest" his |
confident nnien deserted him. He be- |
gan 10 realize that this was no chiId's |
game the soldiers were playing In this |
camp he saw and recognized noun |
iaineers who were being questioned by |
the officers in charge. And he knew |
that these SuIlen confederates recog- |
nized him and were nonplussed
He contFiYed to set their minds at |
rest-~and a good thing he was able 10 |
do 80, he reflected. for he discovered |
that they we're darkly wondering |
whether he had gone over 70 the enemy |
and aas betraying themi
As he rode away with the little troop |
ne vas conscious Of very uncomfOrt~ |
able feeling that there might be one
among these nlolintaineers who would |
blurt oait the truth about him, and then |
what chance would he and cFiApo |
Stand7 For miles his ears we're alert |
for sounds Of gaiioping horses coming
up from behindl