Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-06

in Sibilant whispers. Hes the niger packer
that prods q mule of grub up to Miz YoungS
paw, up at the Maybe every two weeks If
sober. He's jest come back. There's a dead
Teller up there, MacShane."
Which one?" said Larry grimly.
Old Snoop rolled an apprehenSive eye to-
ward the kitchen door,
Dad Young" he said soundlesSly. Mac
Shane gaSped.
"Of course" said Snoop, "of the two 1t
couldn't have been Silvertip Hughes. Dad
Young shouldn't have gone pardners with that
Teller. Who's goin' to break the news to Molly?
YOu?"
mot yet" MacShane had decided
TOO bad about Molly" said Snoop. LEFT
without dime. Hughes amt tried to conceal
lately that the Magpie's worthless. His own
self, he calls it the Maggie Salt"
MacShanes eyes hardened. Somehow, even
then-without evidence, and without knOwl-
edge of mining-even then he had known that
Hughes had lied, and that there was some
thing Of value in the reopened Maggie shaft.
Now as he sat in Silvertip's cabin the job
Of telling Molly about her fathers death re-
manned undone. He dreaded it O lot. He'd
rather get shot In eight places than call up
tears into those blue eyes. Nobody but Mid
night, Snoop and himself-and possibly Silver
tip?-knew that Dad Young lay dead. He was
trying to find out just what Silvertip knew:
that was his mission here tonight.
His mind suddenly snapped back to the pres
ent as Silvertip spoke.
So said Silvertip, you seen Dad Young.
did you?"
Eyes," said Macshane, "I saw him"
"Today?"
"No; yesterday
you sure" pressed Silvertip, 1T was yes
terday?"
Ill ~;~Hok
Shane asserted II was surprised when heard
he was in town, because he hasn't been down
to Underholt for so long"
Silvertip grunted Another session of wait
ing seemed to be beginning. Silvertip could
have cultivated him two to one, MacShane
knew, but for the ease with which MacShane's
thoughts turned to Molly Young.
A FTER Snoops news had dragged Mac
Shane out of the boarding house, the
deputy had talked to Midnight Zachary. Zach
airy was chocolate brown, and Of dignified de-
pertinent. MacShane had led Zachary and
Snoop into the back room of bar. Mid
night, what's this .story?"
This morning, when I led my mule into
the cabin up at the Maybe mine. thar lies
Dad Young daid in his baid.'
''See anything else, Midnight"
"NosSuh."
"Slvertip," Old Snoop had put IN, sis at the
cabin at Big Cat Gulch It's 10 miles up
about miles this side of the Maybe shaft.
I saw him when / was huntin'. He didn't see
me, though. That was last week.
IT expect that's right" said Midnight Zach
airy. ST seen sign of life at that shack, as
I drawed nigh"
"You had to pass that shack on the way
up to the Maybe" MacShane told Midnight
did you see Silvertip?'
"Nossuh, Big Cat Gulch is given to hants, Mr..
MacShane. When / seen movement at that
shack from afar off, stopped and went round
way round"
And coming back-did you go by that Cat
Ciulch shack again?"
"Nossuh, Mr.. MacShane. I went round"
"Snoop, saddle up, and go up to the Maybe.
Go around that cabin where you saw Slvertip,
just as Midnight did Find out anything you
can up there. Midnight-you go with SnOOp
and show him that way around that you know
so much about. I'm going to ask some queS-
tons here in Underholt. Then I'm going up