The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-01-07

Lanny.VerY 0hlte ana snhkens WAS
in her living room. pistol In hand.
watching the stairs. when Mcnamara
and Stephen came noiselessly In the
back door, The chief whipped out his
pistol and went unhesratingly up the
stairs. Presently he called them to
come up.
They found him standing In the door
way leading into Lannys guest cham
Der. Take look at that" he or
| dered
They looked. Lying In the bed.
sound asleep, was Nance Belden!
Mcnamara switched Off the light and
softly closed the door. With his great
head c.asped In both huge hands he
went down the stairs to the living
room Doc" he pleaded, whose
loony now7 think am because I'm
seeing things that amt In the book
| Ochone. ochone. and wirra, wlrra, the
| fairies have me In tow r.
Got to get her out Of here" Dan
| Mcnamara decided. FLYNN and An
gelloti finally got on her trail, no
| doubt about that--and It's mighty
| cold trail those two dicks can't follow.
| [ suspected this, and the note she left
| at my house confirms 1t It's Just the
mercy of God that Flynn and Angellou
didn't happen to slip into my domicIle
and find the note. Ii they had I'd be
sunk. They can suspect all they want
to. but hanging 1t on to me Is another
pair of boots, as the French say"
why. they wouldn't dare invade
their own chiefs house, Lanny pro-
tested
They Wouldn't You don't know
those two bozos like I do. They'd
dare anything II they figured they
could get away with It."
Cant you give the miserable snoop-
ers an office Iob7" Lanny demanded.
She was family provoked at Daniel
for his lack Of initiative
Would you herd cows with a
couple OF horses that had won the
derbya".
"Oh 1"
Wake that psychopathic nuisance
up. Lanny. and get her down here.
I've got to find out things or go crazy.
Besides, she hasn't had any dinner
LET the poor lamb sleep. DAM"
i pleaded Lanny.
II need lot Of sleep myself and |
can't get 1t until | know how, when
and where Nance and her gang made
the getaway. Suppose Flynn and An
gelloti let them make the getaway !;
suppose Flynn followed the men and
Angelloti followed Nancef They'd do
TINT; they wouldn't risk getting in
Dutch with me by making the pinch
as the gang came out of my house
They have some loyalty and lot OF
common sense, and they know which
side their bread Is huttered on. When
they take the girl they'll not turn her
In to me. They'll waltz her straight
back to San Quentin to the warden
and let his men get the credit for
recapturing her All they want Is
the reward. Suppose they know she's
here now and suppose they've seen me
come here? Ouchl Murderation I"
Have her down, Lanny." Stephen
commanded in his operating room Voice,
and Lanny had no alternative save to
obey. So presently Nance came down
the stairs with her. The girl was
arrayed In an old faded dressing
gown of Lanny's, her hair was toused,
and she yawned sleepily.
Hello. Stevie. old darling; hello,
Dan. you great big beautiful thing.
Here | am"
@SIt down." Mcnamara Invited In
honeyed accents.
So Nance sat down promptly--on his
tremendous knees-put her arm around
his burly neck and kissed him. Nov,
don't get excited" she cooed. Il know
exactly what's burning you up, but You
needn't worry. One OF the boys recog-
4 nized Flynn and | recognized Angelloti.
because he's the dick that pinched me
the first time | got In Dutch They
kept circlng the block In their car all
the afternoon, and when 1t was almost
dark we saw Flynn go into an alley
hionESiiN H fataht hohcE htAb05 lhI
street We decided Angelloti had gone
home for dinner. So we telephoned
AngellotI's house and his wife said
that he was eating his dinner. and I'M
less II was important TO call up In fif'
teen minutes. So we said II wasn't i'm
portant. hung up and held confer
ence.
I'VE decided the back of the house
wasn't guarded, so we telephoned the
boy friend that met ns at the yacht
harbpr that night, and he came and
r parked In the next street We went out
your back door. leaving the light In
the front room burning and shinnied
. over the back fence Some job for two
. members of the party I'll say. Ono,
over the fence we had to pr0wl through
the back yard of the house that abuts
against the rear OF your honsa-and 4
, dog bit me. but not very hard VIZ
got out In front and into the mex
street before anybody could come on
and see what luck the dog had had
! our car was there and we beat IT. We'rs
pretty sure nobody followed lis, bu
we drove out to the park first witt
+ our lights doused. and when we were