The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-24
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/ curiosity changed to tense atten-
ton. I'm for getting her out Of
a mess like that"
sYuh do, and everything's over
| between usl" The first voice
| groWled. "And when | say over,
l mean overt Get me?"
Ted heard a shutting movement,
then the second voice gave sullen
assent.
"All right. Have it your own
way! Where'd you say she WASP"
Il amt just rightly sure. Here's
the story. was upstairs in Reds
joint, looking out the window and
| seen the kid that upset the trial
running down the street. All of a
sudden, she falls fiat, and this Has
tingS guy, who's been running
after her, picks her up, and pitches
her into his car and heads for the
north end of town. Being kind of
curious, gets down in record time
and on my cayuSe that's waiting
there, and points after him. He's
got too much head start, though,
and / loses track of him.
I'm just about decidin' that
there's no business in it for me,
when l sees his car headed for the
station. The Overland'S Just about
due, and I gives chase. He leaves
his car this side of the track and
runs over to the platform where
there's quite crowd millin' about,
that's come from the trial. The
train comes in, before l gets across
the track, and while I'm waitin'
for it to pass, / have look at the
car. It's empty.
Il hang around until the train
has started, and he comes back
talking with a guy. He says, I've
just got Kay Crandon off on a
train That's where / smells a rat
In earnest because I know damn
well he hasn't got her off on the
train. So, / high-tails it back to the
north end of town, and do bit of
investigating on my own. And I'm
satisfied he's got her hid in Ran
Simpkin's deserted blacksmith
shop there. That information's
worth money, boy. And he's got
enough dough to pay through the
nose!"
Standing at rigid attention
through this recital, Ted felt
surge of rage through him that
sent the blood pounding into his
head, so that for a moment the
sound of the voices outside was
drowned out. When he heard them
again, they were moving off, and
had changed the subject.
"Yeah. The fires been burning
five days, now. Creepin' up toward
the Bitter Root, they say. They
sent out a call for Runyon to-"
the voices died off in the distance.
Ted, after listening to the retreat
ing footsteps, stepped heavily
down from the cot.
He'll Go Easy Enough
THE astonishing information
4 that he had overheard filled
Ted with desperate resolve. If he
had determined to make break
before, it was a thousand times
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All memory of Kay's treacher-
Gus betrayal of his hiding place
was wiped out of his mind, as Ted
thought of her present predica-
ment. The fact that she was al
Josh Hastings mercy made it all
the more devastating. Somehow,
somehow, he had to get free to
save her!
He dragged his cot back to its
original position, and paced back
and forth, listening with strained
nerves for any sound in the COR
ridor. At last a door opened at the
far end. and he heard Sam Cut
ters voice, then the tramp of foot
steps.
Hell 60 easy enough" Sam
Cutter was saying. ~'Too bad you
missed taking him on the Over
land. but you'll make better time
now, cutting across the mountains
You can take the same horse that
brought him over"
OK" Zeke Farley answered.
(Which cell is he in?"
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and looked up with an expression
of stupid apathy as the two sher-
ifs appeared at the door.
why in hell couldn't you have
finished UP the trial here?" he de.
manded irritably. For Pete's sake
get a move on and get me over 70
Montana where can get this
business cleared up once and for
ALI"
Sam Cutter threw a significant
look toward Zeke Farley as though
saying, you Seel / told you, you
wouldn't have any trouble"
Believe me. we're not wasting
any time Zeke Farley stepped
over to Ted. ''How about my put
ting you on parole?"
Il got here all right, didn't T."
Ted snapped. ASK the sheriff
there"
"Sure he did" Sam Cutter an.
swered, adding with thinly yelled
sarcasm. SIN not afraid of a pris-
oner giving me the slip. when I've
got my gun on met"
Neither am l." Zeke Farley
eountered grimly. Come on"
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In daring break. Ted escapes. To-