New Britain herald., 1929-06-03

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 T tell ye d,sremember! Ye can't live in the Skull like I done and remember. An I ain't a-goin' to answer no more Q yer ques- tions." he. raved on.
 Bitterly disappointed, I stopped him sharplys
 Where were you last night" :" demands ed sternly.
 Tn me shanty by the mine."
 You are lying." I said. although I didn't believe he was. You were in this building"
 T waren't!" he shrilied.
 was inclined to believe him.
 "A man was in this building last night seeking my life." went on. If I hadn't managed to crawl into this room he'd have got me"
 no longer doubted this was the room into which I had fallen, or that the figures l had seen in it were anything else but Pigments Of my disordered imagination.
 Tt waren't mel" Furie snarled.
 How did you happen to find me here?" :.
 T comes up onct in . while. This yere door waren't never locked before and I looked through . crack. You was lyin' on the floor. 30 I busts in the door and gives ye guxzle O water"
 I considered him in silence for moment. Yes. he was speaking the truth. Dillon was the man who had been after me. The purr of an automobile engine unexpectedly broke upon the graveyard quiet.
 Another O. them city sharps!" Furie screamed.
 Nimbly as a cat, he whirled on his heel. made for the stair. and clat- tered down it at astonishing speed. I ran to the window. A sedan was numbering slowly down the crooked street. It's hood aS scraped to the duly cleaning aluminium and its windshield ground opaque. The car stopped and Deacon got out.
 One doesn't leave a chief of po- lice locked up in ones house with impunity, and ever since I had left San Felipe there had lain in the back of my mind the certainty that presently I should have to reckon with Henry. l made my way downstairs. ..
 Furie had vanished. Henry was staring at the building with a grim look on his honest face. His ex- pression didn't soften when he saw me.
 T was rather looking for you, Henry" said agreeably, as he came towards me.
 What have you got to say for yourself?"
 Evidently he wasn't going to be generous. Your car is over at the mine. The children aren't here."
 Where are they?"
 "I don't know. They left the place just after I got here yester- day afternoon. Neither of them saw me. They were gone before l could stop thm."
 Henry gave short laugh. why did you do this fool thing, John ?"
 l looked at him seriously. You know why I did it, Henry, I want ed the boy to have his chance, felt sure he could explain his ab- sence satisfactorily and wanted him to give himself up for the sake of appearances"
 Il suppose I don't need to point out to you the seriousness of what you did. Do you imagine you helped the boys case by locking me up?"
 "I rather think so. Jerry has sur rendered himself by this time and that was what we wanted"
 Have you got anything to eat with you?" I asked.
 Sandwiches and water" he grunted.
 The sun was we'll up in the heav. ems now and the huddle of build- ings seemed to shrink and shriyel beneath the terrific downpour of neat. When Deacon had got his sandwiches and canteens we were glad to go into the resort.
 Whew!" he gasped. "A week of this would finish mel"
 'Furie has had upwards of 50 years of it."
 "Furie! Is he here?"
 But l wouldn't tell him anything until l had devoured half a dozen or ms sandwiches I had decided 10 make clean breast and I began with that sense of surveillance which had come upon me almost as soon as I had entered the town. My feeling didn't impress him l..