The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-21
CHAPTER %
THE G. OF SPADES


One Of the headlines ! had noticed
In the mine again caught my eye and
I read the paragraph beneath It:
ANOTHER HoLD-UP AT LuNDY's!
WHERE Is THE LAW?
Ten thousand in gold and cash were
stolen from Mr.. Joe Lundy's safe
Of q series OF thefts and hold-ups in
Lundy's Place in the past three
% %oant s see t It is BY rh far to sss i Is r. :
fine state when q man cannot con
duct a respectable business venture
without being subject to Outrages of
this sort. and The Firebrand calls OH
The Firebrand has it on good author
ity that Mr.. Lundy has brought an
expert from San Francisco to see
what's what: and he has ordered his
men to shoot to kill! Citizens OF Tor
guns! 1--WE know of half q dozen good
ropes itching to stretch the hombre's
neck. Joe. Ye Ed
The item was interesting and anus
ing and something Of q sidelight on
the conditions Of that day. but moth
ing more, apparently, and why 1t
should occur to me that there might
be a connection between Mr.. Lundy's
misfortune and Andrews death !
couldn't for the life of me tell. But
the notion had got into my head and
there 1t stuck
Listen to this, Henry" I read the
item to him.
"Pity the poor devil If they found
him." he muttered grimly. "Torrid-
ity was one wild town from what ]
hear" :~s6A
OF my feeling that the item might
have bearing upon the matters which
occupied our minds I said nothing.
Henry is intolerant Of feelings.
Pitchfork Canyon, to which we
presently came, had lost none Of its
grim terror, but we managed the as
cent without disaster in something
under two hours. It was three o'clock
when we reached San Felipe. Dea-
con dropped me at q downtown
corner, muttering something about
seeing me later. He had been In q
gloomy mood ever since we left Tor
riditv and / had attributed It to his
bewildered state Of mind. Henry had
been so sure of certain things, regret.
fully sure, 1t Is true, but sure. never
theless, and our discoveries had
shaken his conclusions more than he
had admitted. Needless to say, his
perplexity had delighted me and
had let him alone. .
Hailing . taxi, ! settled into It
keelnly anticipating the joyful re.
union before me-. I had expected
Deacon to insist on driving me home
and ! was relieved when be didn't
for I wanted the children to myself
My longing for = sight Of Lucy's faC(
III d/become almost . physical achl
and / could hardly sit still On m.
seat. Lucy had cone to me- as
little thing, but I had never dreamet
that she would ever fill my heart q
completely aS she did. One Of thesl
days I would loee her. The reali1a.
tion twisted my heart. but I knew
could reconcile myself to it. Jerr,
was q fine Lad, too.
II only Andrew had lived to eel
the Towering Of these young lives
But he hadn't and We had still to claI
q rope around the neck Of the devi
| who had killed him. Well. IN Q littll
| while now, surely -.
began to think Of what we'd havl
to say to one another. Jerry am
Lucy and !. What with Je1ryS maj
flight to Torridity, Lncy's daring pur'
suit Of him, my own experiences u
the town, and the discoveries Deacon
r-a h~h ~aoe IN the mine, vet
have enough % keep our tongue
10 uAlsal. m4unlgnr.
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