Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-11-15
THE STORY

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robbed. Christie. seeking Doctor Carpy,
meets Selwood and informs him that
Atkins has thrown her father out Of
|. not st' Ssa1s f hurt Her 30 father Ia. }ost
money gambling, and Christie, to hia
dismay. tells selwood she hates all
EsmSl,s,rs selwo I'd aSysfsi.s. 70. a In
Gaioe and Bob Scott. indian in Sell
woods employ. the latter makes prep
lers store.
CHAPTER vIL-christis warns Sci
Also that he had asked her to marry
companions, Selwood drives Atkins and
Haynes. from FLYERS store
CHAPTER vIII-starbuck tells
Christie Selwood is q gambler. and on
declares he is square" while starbuok
and his crowd are thieves: The girl 10
not satisfied with his explanation.
CHAPTER K.-Following . poker
game with General Roper selwood dfs-
closes the fact that the old soldier 10
Roper shsn fos5
selwood's birth, sent his son, Lieut.
Harry Roper, Selwood's father, to death
at the hands of Indians. and refused
to acknowledge q marriage had taken
place. disowning his boys children.
CHAPTER x.-carpy warns selwood
the Vigilantes intend to clean up the
town. Selwood, known as q square
gambler, Is not menaced. but the Vigil
Of crooks. Selwood refuses to take part
in the clean up. Fearing for Tracy's
safety In the coming mtxup, he tries
in vain to induce the nery old vet
m at
CHAPTER XI.-Selwood drugs Tracy
and, with Pardaloe and Scott, gets him
alone, he finds the vigiiantes at work
and Christie missing. Acting on a res
olution he had made to quit the career
burns his place Of business and re-
turns to Tracy.
CHAPTER xII-McAlpin comes to
Selwood with news that the Vigilantes
had been routed by Starbuck's crowd
an, and d, DsetSr Cagpy is wounded Fear
his party. returns to Sleepy Cat. He is
unable to find Christie, but rallies his
teamsters for fight with the crooks
CHAPTER XIII.-Selwood makes his
way by stealth into Bartoe's den with
out being detected. Favored by the ex-
element in the headquarters Of the
outlaws he succeeds in covering Har-
crooks, and making him lead the way
to room where he believes Christie
and other prisoners are confined.
Continued from last week.
Neither of the Infatuated men-sea-
soned to death grips-wasted another
instant trying to shoot. But Starbuck
had a further resource lacking to his
enemy. Selwood knew precisely what
It was-the deadliest Of weapons In q
clinch. He knew as grips, like light
ming, shifted, eyes strained in fury,
blows rained remorselessly, and the
gage of life and death slipped from
hand to hand, precisely what Star
buck was trying to do-he knew al
most precisely where the heavier man
carried the coveted weapon, and now
not one man but two were exhausting
every resource Of strength and STRAIT
egem to reach the haft Of Starbuck's
bowie-knife at his hip.
It was an unequal struggle. Star
bucks weight and strength almost
continually overbore the gamblers
agility. Each advantage for the mas
terry hard-gained by Selwood was soon
lost to the heavier defense Of Star
buck. With Pardaloe's piercing eyes
taking note of every turn, he could
see but one hope for the lighter man,
a hope that vanished when Selwood
seemed weakening. IF Starbuck's
wind should outlast the other-Sel-
wood, Pardaloe told himself, could
not win.
So deep had become this conviction
that more than once Pardaloe would
have interfered, would have knocked
Starbuck on the head or rammed him
with his gun-stock-would have taken
for himself the badge Of disgrace
from the wrought-up teamsters,
watching-had he not known that
Selwood, living or dead, would never
forgive a stigma put on him by the
aid Of a friend. With hungry eyes
and ears, the powerful mule boss
watched the doubtful issue and lis
tened to the sharp, broken breaths
of the struggling men. But again and
again Starbuck would roll his enemy
under, only to have Selwood squirm
free and slip himself out.
The contest fast narrowed to one
point-the possession of the knife.
Pardaloe saw and he understood; his
fingers itched and his muscles
twitched in his fever to pass his own
knife into Selwoods hand; and al