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| Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., and Frank Lloyd Productions, Inc. ‘CHAPTER XIV. (Continued) During this conference Rouletta] , Ritby's usually | impassive face stood quivering, her face a blank,| N28 2, sight; it was fearfully con- completly indifferent to her. sur. |torted; it was the countenance of a roundings. 'Poleon made her sit anesnail ae swords were loud and down, and but Tor her ceaseless | macannily distinct, and the sound of whispering she might have been in| [hem (ind brought 2 breathless hush a trance. , he “ Doret's indignation mounted as| Doret’s entrance the occupants, of the situation became plain to him, | the, saloon seemed petrified; they anger in that menacing voice had halted them in mid-action. ’Poleon, too, turned cold, for it seemed to him that he had opened the door pon a roomful of wax figures posed in theatric postures. Then in. the flash of an eye the scene dissolved into action, swift and terrifying. W hat happened was so unexpect- ed, it came with such a lack of “I've been laying for you!” even though they beheld every move, were abl later to agree fully upon details. hether Kirby actu- ally fired the first shot, or whether his attempt to do so spurred his “ me as ,| antagonist to lightning quickness, some feller ain't wort’ was long a matter of dispute. In 2 flash the room became a place of deafening echoes. Shouts of protest, yells of fright, the crash of over- turning furniture, the stamp of flee- C ic jus']ing feet mingled with the loud ex- cateh a loafer makin’ off | plosion of gunshots—pandemonium. Again he swore savagely.| Fortunately the troupe of women sonie wt wort’| who had been here earlier were gone T got good warm the tent was by no means r dere, den I fin’ vded. Even so, there were : h omen present to raise a mighty turmoil. Some of them took shelter behind the bar, others be- “Dere’ killin’... “Fine ting!" he angrily declared. “Wat for vou fellers leave dis seeck gal settin’ up, ch? Me, I come jus’ on't be no good to you. nee doctor, and she him the bartender needs hind the stove and the tables holted headling for the door hurled 1, too! Mam’- to the girl— dat's O ; r tent he girl he ducl was over aimost, as m blankly, wecom| quickly as it had begin. Sam Kir- hen, drawn doubtless | py's opponent reeled backward and concern in his trou- ze, she raised her hand and placed it in his. She left it there, the small fingers curling about his big thumb Pke those of a. child. bodily yas walls and ripped others themselves on turaec “vow're bad seech care for stop in stared up at 1 prehending! by the genu bled ete the din his hoarse voice rose: le started it! You saw him! ‘Tried to kill me!” He waved moking pistol-barrei oor WA The woodsman’s| xt the gambler, who had sunk to his brow pueke moisture gathered le he was shouting in his eve “Dis is hell, for sure. lea.for justification Kirby Come, de n, ma petite, I fin’ a nes’ for you.” He raised her to her fee then, removing his heavy woole coat, he placed it about her frail shoulders. When she was snugly buttoned inside of it he led her out into the dim g¢ n; she went with him obedi As they br d upon his face and the fingers of his outstretched hand slowly unloosed themselves from his gun, It had been a shocking, a sicken- ing affair, the effect of it had been inte: ed by reason of its unex- sags pectedness, and now, although it the swirling | was over, excitement gathered fury, snowflakes Doret told himself that,| yen burst forth from their places of pending Sam Kirby's return to san-| concealment and made ior the open ity, this sick girl needed a woman's | aie; the structure vomited its occu- care guite as much as a doctor's; jants out into the snow. naturaily his thoughts turned to the Pe Poleon, Daist- had beens teweoe alone qualified to assume charge of that, stampede, and) at length 1 wa yy A found himself wedgéd into a corner. of an innocent child like this, and he He heard the victor repeating: “You determined to call upon her as soon a T 3 “Y as he had summoned medical assist-|54W him. Tried to kill: me!” ‘The ance, : : \When, without protest, Rouletta|Slaring eyes upon those witnesses followed him into his snug living-| Who still cemained. ae ‘se an quarters, Dorct thought again of the Kirby. I had to get re or he ‘ rufian from whom he had rescued) Have got me.” He pressed a han her and again he breathed a mate-|t© lis side, then raised it; it was diction, The more fully he became | smeared with blood, In blank sty” aware of the girl's utter helplessness | Pefaction the man stared at this the angrier he grew, and the more phenomenon, criminal appeared her father’s con-| _Doret was the first to reach that duct. White Horse made no pre-|Motionless figure sprawled face tense at morality; it was but a relay|down upon the floor; it was he station, breathing-point where the | Who lifted the gray head and spoke mad ru€h to the Klondike paused;| Kirby’s name. A swift examination there was neither law. nor order| Was enough to make quite sure that here; the women who passed|the old man was beyond all help. Outside, curiosity had done its work the majority of] and the human tide was setting unresponsive back into the wrecked saloon, yt an appeal to When ’Poleon rose the hody in imal appetites. Sympathy, his arms ‘he was surrounded by a consideration, chivalry had all but|¢lamorous crowd. Through it he vanished in the heat of the great| bore the lomp figure to the cloth- apede. That Sam Kirby should covered card-table, and there, among, abandoned his daughter to| the scattered amblens of Sam Kir- stich as these was incredible, crimi-| by’s, calling, ’Poleon deposited his hal, ‘Mere intoxication did not ex-| burden. By those cards and those cuse it, and ’Poleon yowed he would | celluloid disks the old gambler had ive the old man a piece of his mind at the frst Banari: ; the fact that they should carpet his : Reel coi , - , | bier. ie tenes ull ee Whien ’Poleon Doret had forced tle stove to grow red; he helped his jvay by main strength out of the Rouletta to lie down upon his bed, _ then he drew his ankets over lier. tay here li'l while, ¢ reathe ) the rested a comforting hand upon her | 00h clean air, His brow was moist; shoulder. ‘"Poleon goin’ find youn] he let the snowflakes fall upon it the papa now. Bimeby you goin’ feet] while he shut his eyes and strove to through were, for the most part, shameless creature: cap and, turning his face to the Detter.” think, Engaged thus, he heard ‘The Gold. Belt Saloon had en-| Lucky Broad address him. a joyed a profitable all-night patron-|, With the speaker was Kid less than an hour previously | Bridges; that they had come hither s Best had rounded up the last] on the run was plain, for they were gay song-birds and put an] panting. ee eee al, ‘Lhe poker] “What's this about Kirby?” Lucky wever, was still in progress | Basped. Hit ound table. Already nu-| “We heard he's just rly risers were hurrying in croaked!” the Kid exclaimed. | themselves against the|__’Poleon nodded. “I seen it all. raw day just bri 4, and among | He had it ccmin’ to him,” and with these las . by some evil whim] gesture he seemed to brush a hid- of fate. chanced to be the man jor | cous picturé front before his ¢yes. whom Sam Kirby had so patiently] , “Old Sam! “Dead!” waited. The fellow had not come! | Broad, it seemed, was incredulous, ing trouble—no one who knew! He undertook to bore his way into the one-armed gambler’s reputation | the crowd that was pressing through: sought trouble with him —but, learn-|the saloon door, but Doret seized ing that Kirby was sti wake and | hin. in a dangerous picod, he had en- tered the Gold Belt determined to protect himseli in case of eventuali-| Siyf” Hess Re inquired, “Was she with him when ' Dein was bat Bite, seconds, bey it happehed? © Does she know—" hind the man, but those few seconds| “sno. wat Py 3, baste were fatefiil. As the pilot stepped jas In Palearaes 'm. goin’ to tell you,” less. ‘The big kerosene lamps, swung] Pened to encounter her, and how he from the rafter braces above, shed|had been looking for her father when the. tragedy occurred. His over the interior a peculiar sickly] } (5 7 a| listeners showed their amazement ja » ¥el v reason * fadinnie, yelepicd «new, by. and their concern, * of the pale morning light outside. seats sthalisiioueh!” Te Gosh at's tough was Beneath one of the lamps a tableau i a was set. Sam Kirby and the man| Broad speaking. “Me ’n’ the Kid gaine, h at the b been he had struck the night before were| had struck camp and. was on our]: facing eaclt other _in the center of| way down to fix up our boat when the ‘room, ‘and Doret heard the|we heard: about the killin’. We gambler cry: couldn't believe it, for Sam— INSTALMENT TWENTY-NINE >» PLATINUM AUTO. Boston.—A solid platinum, diam-|inch Jong. It is equipped with head- ond-studded automobile. .which was|lights of. rubies, running board of made in France is now’on display in| two diamonds and wheels that turn. a Boston jewelry ‘shop. This auto- i place of rubber tires around the warning, that few of the witnesses,, hed up against the bar; above] s «speaker turned_a biancned race and | made his living; grim fitness was in “y Gold: Belt Saloon, he removed his | doll: Hie] Wind, he breathed deeply of the] ma eon made known }! mobile: is a: pin-not: more than.a half.simg;- “Seems like it was a waste of ef- fort to ‘save that outfit,” Bridges broke in. “Sam dead and Letty dy- in’—all in this length of time! She's a good kid; che's goin’ to feel awful. nee goin’ to break the news to her? ..“I don’ know.” ’Poleon frowned in deep: perplexity. “Dere’s ‘doctor in dere now,” he nodded towards the Gold. Belt. i him to her, but she,mus’ haye wo- | TOUN@ MAN w man for to tak” care’ of her. Mebbe Madame la Comtesse—" . Yeft at diylight. Me ’n’ the Kid arc to follow as soon as we get our skiff fixed.” “Gon “Sacre! De one decent woman in “Dose dance-hall gal is got good heart—” “Hell! Th pulled out ahead of our gang. est ran through the White Horse late yes terday and he was off before it was light. I know, because Phillips told me. He's joined out with 'em— blew in early and got his war-bag. He left the Countess flat.” news and he showed his dismay. vB no more women “Dat young lady she’s seeck; she mus’ be nurse By Gar! Who's goin’ do it, eh? The three of them were anxiously discus: the matter when they were joined by the doctor to whom ’Polcon had referred. “I've done all there is to do here,” the phys announced. ‘Now about hirb daughter, You say she's delirious: The pilot fodded. He told of Rou letta’s drenching on the afternoon previous and of the state in which he had just found her. Pneumonia, most likely. It sounds ous, and I'nt afraid J can't do You see I'm all ready to “Dere ain't no women in dis pla The physician shodk his head. “Who indeed | It's a wretched sit uation! Ji_she’s,as ill as you seem to think, w “I have to do the best we I'suppose. She prob- ably won't last. Jong. Come!” ‘To- gether he and the French Canadian hurried away. CHAPTER XV It was afternoon! whea Lucky Broad and Kid Bridges cam? to "Peleon’s Doret's ‘tent “and called its | owner outside. “We're hitched up and réady to; say ‘gid-dap,’ but we came ba¢' to | see how, Lety’s ketting along,” the former explained. *"Poleon shook his head doubt fully; | his face’ was grave. “She's seeck.” “Does she know about old Sam?” “She ain't know not'in’. Sh erzee altogether. . Poor li'l gal, sh jus’ Jak baby. I'm scare’ as hell, The confidence-men stared at each | other silently; then they stared at |——— Doret, “What we goi’ ta do about it?” the Kid inquired. finally. *Poleon was at 2 loss fof an an- } secret of his | swer; he made no anxiety. “De doctor say she mus’ stay tight here—” “Here?” “He say if she get cold once more —portf! She die lak dat! Plenty fire, plenty blanket, medicine every hour, dat’s all. I'm prayin’ for come along some woman—any kin’ of woman at all—I don’ care if she's squaw.” “There ain't auy Best's outfit was the last to leave Linderman. ‘There won't be any more till after the freeze-up. “Eh bien! Den I s'pose 1 do de bes’ Ican. She's poor seeck ral in beeg, cold countree wit’ no frien’s, no money— “No money y, Sam was ‘fat’! bank-rol!—” “Ee lose five t'ousan’ dollar’ play- in’ card las’ night.” lef’ him, Eighty dollar’ From the pocket of his aw ’Poleon drew K volver, that famous single-action sis shooter, the elaborate ivory grip of which was notched in several places. Broad and his partner eyed the weapon with intense. interest, Bridges was even more deeply im- pees by the annotincement . of irby's losses than was his partner. ” Broad was startled. Ife had a “Sam must o fhcen easy pickin’, | py" drunk like that. He was a.gamblin’ fool when he was right, but. I spose he couldn't think of nothin’ except fresh meat for Agnes. Letty had ‘him tagged: proper, and: I bet she'd of. saved him if she hadn’t of gone off her nut. D’you think she’s got a oar get well?” "Poleon gh For get well?” "Poleon shrugged his wide shoulders, “De dectoe 8 it’s goin’ be hard pull. He's goii stay so long he can, den—wal, meb- be ‘poder doctor come along. I hope e $0." “If she does win out, then’ what?” Broad inquired. “1 *Poleon considered the question. “T'stpose I tak’ her back to Dyea‘ an’ send her home. I got some dog.” ‘Lucky studied the speaker ¢urions- Jy; there was a_ peculiar, hostile fire, you say. You don’t figge! get much sleep, do you?” “* “Non, No. But. me, I’m strong feller; T can sleep: “tae the big idea?” § the big.igeas io “Eh?” Doret wis frantfy puzzled. “W'at you mean, ‘ idea?” all this?” (To be-continued) diamon Applications for patents in .Great ea WAN : } chanic. had some electrical experience. On- ly wideaw: 7 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE PAGE SEVEN Preferably ow W Jog: and special arber College, Fargo, N. 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