Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-04-12


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1--WE will mind you'll That's the
first thing we will mind, Natl"
Doctors coming |" McWethy whis
pered hoarsely. ION his way. He
was at the drug store"
Hear that, Nat? Doctors almost
herel The minute be gets In I'm
after GorbeL." He drew a pistol from
B~radshaw's pocket and deliberated
a moment, kneeling there, the sher-
ifs heaG Oh his knee. "Macl Call
the jail at Shoestring and tell them.
Send word up and down the line
that Gorbei's wanted |"
He saw the stares on the growing
group of faces about him-incred-
ulous, shocked looks.
NAT had Il warrant for Gorbel's
arrest on q charge of arson. for plan
ming to burn out the Richards
camps" he said bitterly. And now
there'u be another warrant, so help
me Heaven |"
He addressed McWethy again:
"Get a team out on every road
from town. Phone every Belknap X
Gorbel camp and tell EN- to report
Gorbel II they see him, or they stand
a chance of taking a trip with him J
III go to bis rooming house the min.
ute the doctor comes and"
Here he isl"
The phy stefan was shouldering his
way through the group, a young man,
cool and collected In emergency.
Don't stop at anything, doctor"
John said. Spend any amount that
will help In any way If this case has
got you stopped. You men stand by
to help the doctor. Then report to
McWethy. I'll get back herel'
He var gone then. running
through the falling snow. around a
corner and laundering up well-kept
steps.
No, Mr.. Gorbel vas not at his
rooming house; he had not been
there since noon. His supper was
waiting.
Look for the womani The phrase
was flashing through his mind as
he ran along the street.
He rounded the post office corner
and flung himself up into the storm
house where he had stood with
Marie varnell and listened to her
| story of Gorbel's duplicity.
He entered to confront the girl
who stood on the stairs, a hand at
her cheek, lips parted In something
like terror.
"Where's Gorbel?" he asked
sharply.
"My Cd, how should | know
! What's happened? He came In here
like a like he was crazy !
He gave me a lousy fifty dollars and
said to get to HI out of town as
fast as | could, or they'd be after
me, too" She laughed shrilly. He
said | was In IL, that they were"
John grasped her other hand saw.
agely.
Hold your tonguel" be cried
sharply. Hold your tongue. Marie
There's nothing at all for you to
be afraid of. | Just want you to
tell me what happened, Marie. and
where be went"
She wiped her eyes.
ard been buying some things and
was a little late getting home" she
| said unsteadily. she came up the
walk behind me on a run. He
scared me the way he looked. Oh,
Mr.. Belknap. 1t was awful"
~ know | know But what did
he say and dof Give me your story
first, then I'll tell minei"
HE said 1t was all of between
usi Everything was off. was what
he said. He couldn't talk straight
He swore awful and said was In
the jam along with him and they'd
be after me and to get to hi out
of town as fast as | could before
they nailed me. He grabbed his
skis out of the storm house where
he'd left 'em yesterday and beat II
| off across the tracks, Oh. what's
happened. Mr.. Belknap?"
Hes shot the sheriff. Probably
killed him. Which way'd he goi
Just where'd he cross the tracks7
Tell me thatl Hang to 'ourself a
minute longer"
But the girl was past giving him
further aid for the moment. Slowly
she sank to the steps, head falling
backward. he gathered her In bis
arms. swung down into the living
room and laid her gently on a
couch.
he had left the front door open
when he burst in The light from the
hallway streamed out into the storm
house. A shovel was there, a broom
A pair Of skis stood against the
wall and, In a far corner. snow.
shoes. He grabbed them up and
leaped down the steps. searching
for tracks In the new snow.
Easy to find, these were, under
the street light The trail was dis
tinct, but already filling In with the