Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-09-27
THE STORY

CHAPTER vI.-Fyler is beaten and
robbed. Christie. seeking Doctor carpy
meets Selwood and informs him that
Atkins has thrO ;v her ne father out Ey,s OF
IL not badly hurt. Her father has lost
money gambling. and Christie, to hi:
dismay. tells selwood she hates All
Formation Of an old missionary padre.
whose picture he displays: With Par
daloe and Bob Scott. Indian In Sell
woods employ, the latter makes prep
srations to dislodgs Atkins from Fly
lers store.
CHAPTER vII.-Christie warns Sci
T.S that Of srf Ssa a %sss ssr 80
him. Selwood RACES. With his two
Companions, Seiwood drives Atkins and
Haynes, from FLYERS store.
CHAPTER vIII-Starbuck tells
Christie Selwood Is a gambler, and on
her SusstSi tic him he sSmt SSs
and his crowd are thieves: The girl II
not satisfied with his explanation.
game with General Roper Selwood DIS
closes the fact that the old soldier ID
his grandfather. selwood declares
Roper. then fort commandant, before
Harry Roper. Selwoods 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
fantes are after Starbuck and his gang
of crooks. Selwood refuses to take part
in the clean up. Fearing for Tracy's
In vain to induce the fiery old vet
eran to seek safety.
CHAPTER X1-Selwood drugs Tracy
and. with Pardaloe and Scott, gets him
across the river to safety. Returning
alone, he finds the Vigilantes at work
and Christie missing. Acting on a res
Of gambler. seiwood deliberately
burns his place of business and re-
turns to Tracy.
Continued from last weekly
To scatter with a deft kick what
was left of the fire, sweep up the
grimy cards with the expertness Of
an old acquaintance, and to blow out
the half-dead fame In the lantern,
was all the work of surprisingly
few seconds, and Pardaloe in fewer
added seconds was outside the tippy
door. where he belonged, and on
guard, as he belonged. 1t was Sell
wood, as he had surmised, and
Scott's regular breathing in the
wagon was checked only long enough
to assure himself almost without
waking that all was well in the COM
ing of the horseman.
Pardaloe could answer all questions
satisfactorily because there was
nothing whatever to report He asked
In turn for the latest news from
Sleepy Cat; listened, wonderstruck, to
the scraps Of news from the fires and
the fighting; shook himself at each
startling sentence and complained he
was missing it all.
Selwood had no sooner stuck his
head iI@de the door of the shack
than his impatient patient within
called out: "Who's there?"
Nobody but me, Dave" answered
Selwood.
He sat down beside Tracy and ex-
planned what had happened-told him
what he had done in abducting him.
Not without bitter remonstrance on
Tracy's part, not without outbursts
Of protest at what the old gambler
characterized as despicable conduct
involving the loss Of every dollar the
two had In the world, at Sleepy Cat.
Selwood listened patiently. "Well,"
he suggested, good-naturedly at
length, "it's nothing new for gam
bier to be broke-nor for a pair Of
gamblers, is it?"
Tracy was not to be placated, aud
he made no effort to conceal his dis
gust. you're a queer kind of a gam
bier" he muttered. Then, gaining
courage, as Selwood sat silent, to VEN
ture weightier abuse, he continued:
"Fad is, you amt no gambler at
all"
Selwood interrupted him with a
somewhat disquieting assent. $50
you've said before, Dave. I've come
to the same conclusion, myself"
mot accordin' to my notion" per-
sisted Tracy, backing water just q