Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1923, Page 14

11 v ’E_The Yellow Trail By E. MANCHESTER BODDY (Copyright, 1922, by Times-Mirror Press. Printed Newspaper Fy $ : H | (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) arra gted by arrangement with Metropolitan in the morning. Hawkins'll be leavin’ tonight.” | *Old Gopher in there talkin’ He did and jt nearly kille Pete answered, simpiy: i “Talk locatian stuff?" t? im,” * * % % ~ CHAPTER VI Pete had no opportunity to be alone { Yes” Lo ¥ with Hawkins again that night. He | | B »i ] Shoueht Pate was ining.” 21 BUET | pog hardly inishea naming the loca- | { "It used to be'in a safe.” tion of .the monmey, in fact, before Juiun eoek. hub=' Buller's face) proparabions wore made for the re- [ 1 “eme thie dope, don't get to|moval of the wounded men. A’ deepi: n (Bifiza'm " interfupted Alg@inm,|wagon box, pnce used for hl.ultng! ipatiently. % ,igravel, but now resting on. crude e continnes. “Dowt ming |FuAners. was backed up to'the door. Order is, old | Although fully a foot of straw cov- ered the bottom, he insisted on plac- ing his own mattress on top of“it, @eclaring to the, gangsters that even the slightest bump might mean death " he knows it, $ Yer worth 5,000 ‘Berries, in fu Jlore'n that, we could fastert old Go- Bl To B S T e 2:’11,, ‘o'rr;‘:a?rle:rd.'er flooded his eyes as h 4na that's Now. afore . : up :nd talks 50,000 cash to | tenderly dressed once more ’fhe.glxe pals. and they.falls for it hard. |£ed. Wole. made by Alguin's bullet. Bersonaily, don't mind sayin' 1 think + The rough' sied loomed horribly e Yer a liar. But 1 carft play my. hunch ‘:oggfiy'"fl;hz :;ml;‘d-rknes- of the inat ail (hcbayy hese, a8 UM |G ity Azt yolos M4 | go figgerin' crossways gement, tucked his heavy fur coat | Well, we had a.meeting and nd 4 2 hard pil- | ope: First off. Hawkins' e zz]e i e L o BT, | gkl s wits oy nndhea‘);‘. 1 to 'him, he's 'jest takin' K Darently aware of the meaning of. le trip. -You're stayin’ Fight)hfs ttiD, yet he saidgmo word. - For | Slim " over_ there goes’ after|® Moment their eyes Met, eys of tvws cash. If he gets it you |SITOnE men sorely pressed, saying to | burn up snow from here m”“‘;{“:]'h;sv;‘io'l"'r!|! v,\;admeel n:‘aln" | you w. ' 4 St cracked a w o ton And T welt, tharel bea mics | §led moved out' into. the nimt and le necktie party for bumplg' Haw- v:{:g ""3.2.?3‘l‘y""“';‘,,“e.'if‘“,‘?"r?{“ e;tn e aay e L 10, b S0e Woak | streamad. out: alammen bt oY) ror and hurried on, “The boys here | With black despalr in his heart. A1} say you got the dope on the cnnhi(”'z‘:"m‘gvl’redd a3 invitation to elt by from Hawkins and bumped him.. That i [nc fve ":‘" k‘*;‘nt to his room. He Jlein' the case, yowd oughta be damn | {Tied to think clearly, to form n plan, Srateful that’ we're mot turning va othing .came to him. The air dver.” Buller gpished his long speech | 2 e el t-n; Ine room with 2n air of finality. 1ol rom a dungeon 3 n;‘m mfm‘z know you w‘{";‘,.,"“;flzl:nflaud]: ::C;d hx‘;;—“m'g":?lr:od'?g"ksh"a awkins as soon as ru lhpin ;ha cache is?7” Pete nsked.lr:"’“wk"’;’(’ "'H‘e :}:::nm h;un E) look | darelessly. to ¢ eyes t sald: “You are How do we kr}x‘ow you ?)n'l double- | MY nfl:gflr, oa“ndml: sfl,yourh=e|1||d,“‘A! eross > re the long green’s ® ou e fer- R e e | vently raised Tin eyes townrd hoamon: oo lenched his fists and made a vo feh, an’ that's a hell of a lot, ain't | “Pardner, I'm not holding many cards | 1t7" scoffed Bull. “An’ you've got my '.I:Au]_nnu. but such 1 have, by ety gl bl e L L IO came a new ver i he truth.” n A g e zeal that sent blood tingling through | his veins, as he nervously paced the pausing each time like a panther to gaze menacingly out at the gagnster befort the fire, Whiskey and cards absorbed the at- ention of all save Buller, who alone drink. Questions criss-crossed tive thoughts, as he tried to make a plan. Why had Tam written the note? ~ Why had Hawking warned him against her? He had Hawkins' own words a partial answer to + thi: anyway ‘Company trick, want Dead Horse Mine.” he had whispered. Why wanted not know. nembered Hawkins sa he hadn’t struck anything there. if he had, why did they r to murder As he pondered this in his mind, his answer, in the shape of Bulled Garret, looked traight at him from behind the gambling table. Putting together {little scraps of what he had heard, Pete came to the conclusion that Hawkins must in some way have been crossing these very gangsters. | Buller, at any rate. Probably the Company knew of it, and uscd thelr knowledge to get rid of the miner. |* Carefully Pete checked up the de- tails of the past five days. He re- membered that a crew was due to | join Hawkins and himself at the mine. Just when or where he knew not. If only he could-have talked with Hawkins more! Pete recalled the words spoken Four do with him?! questions that ya in at all. An’ ed to ya like gen ‘h circumstances one with astuteness of gn Alden could | : answered the question at once. | Pete knew the game was up: he would | e glad to have the few days' respite | afforded by the hunt for the mythical | construc- he location of | trick? When lost at playing »w he studied the faces about him. If they knew sent him the Jumbo Point lo- an heard him name it now v would know he lied. and he could | t no mercy at their hands. The pany's game, whatever. it was, 4 for Hawkins' life. Pete knew | yefore him cared nothing for | He knew the system they | . for he had often heard | how escaped criminals, with death penalties over their is, often entered criminal service | for gesigning men of affairs, and he ! Rn that these criminals had little | @hance of escaping the clutches once ey _entered such service. But why had Tam written the note? Hawkins' | warning finger and the gurgle of blood | t uashed back to | . all searching for ghtest hint of deception. were | n him. Still he hesitated. vere dry. but he gared not them. Then Hawkins' voice hed and his warning finger fed- | om Petg's 1 In its place came | the sober. had given cache! W Pete him th Free A 10-Day Test See coupon s face broke nto a smile. Al- enthusiastically he slapped his Knee and exclaimed: “You mean, then, | that for this stinking $0,000 you'll let the go frec and you won't bump-Haw- Rins?* . { surprised and | evident cer- | Nevertheless, he | the was plainly thken adack by Pe of the money red, steddily: our game. o dnswe Where's ten paces due east stake of Cherry a poker play- | the board Peter dealt the woras | ted tensely for the answer. triumphant smile Alguin IteF on the shoulder. “Then, ght again, what'd I tell you?" n Slim Ellot, dark-skinned and the runner who Pete knew bring b only a sentence of to ~be unusually uld § “Let’s figure_the cut,” some one sug- ested. All but Buller seemed to donsider the money as’ good as in their hands. Pete's momentary trlumph was ved. Buller faced him and 1 drew from hie pocket a small rumpled handkerchief. Pulling it meditatively through his fingers, he gaught Pete's eye and muttered: H ¥ “Sumthin’ queer about all tihs, thin' damn funny. 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He feit' morally certain he could count upon her hélp, in spiie of the mass of conflicting evidence. But what to do? Whenever he joached that point. he seemed face o face' with a sheer cliff of granite. He must get word to the -outer woMd. but how? How? How? He thought of officers at Moapa. “Lots Of strangers in town, company men, mostly in public offices.” The words of Hawkins flew back to him. How much. after all, this man of the hills had said in so few hours! No wonder he was a thorn in the side of some. Pete threw himself heavily across the empty bed, and ran nervous finers through badly gangled hair. A second there and *he pervously plunged his fist deep Into the mat- tress beneath him and whirled again to his feet. Outside the wind had died down, he noticed, its howling reduced to only occasional moans. He went to the window. The guard's fire was now a bed of coals and two men sat beside it. They seemed unusually EVENING STAR. 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With pounding heart he counted the swings, one-twoe three-four-five! Then darkness. They were meant for him. there could be mo doubt of it now! But who had sent them? What they 'mean? At any ever they meant, alone against his enemies! all, whe could have sgnt them to if, not Tam or Hawkins? And it woul be many weeks before Hawkjns could wave & lantern on a cold winfer night. Tam, then! This mystery girl still playing a double role! Pete sauntered to the door and looked out. Buller sat SEPTEMBER / 10, 1923. Péter.” He beckoned to Pets now come to the table, lously over his stringy hair. “Jew' in case ya “yer mot. expécted to icava. be plugged, and from the outside, even if, ya don't to’ get away. means you've bum; That al Pet J e of_the same harangue “No, T want to know somethin’.” “Wen? was room with you?" 80 far as I know." “An’ did you lug her mattress there?” - 0. ;')l‘ Hawkins talk to her?’ “No.s ‘as he watched him approach, he rgm\his hand nerv- might fargit it,” he Begm 3 case va do,” he continued, “yer gonna the first cfooked work vmlfll Tamarack \ in that “Only to help dress Hawkins' wound, “Then. how did she know"—Buller alone at the table gazing fixedly toward caught himself, as though he had spoken ‘words intended te be conecealed. “How &4 she know what?™ demanded * To evade or refuse to answer vouu:l‘ be to sl fear. That was exactly what Buller did not wapt, especially aince, for some unaccountable reason, he did fear the man before him. “How did know where Hawkins cached the wad?" Buller blurted. rd l‘.(!"‘:‘ her. That's| know,” Bull Pete's ex- im's eady” This thing's gettin® on my nerves.’ - “Don't know y you're so dead set against me,” Pete started on a new tack, hoping against hope that some- thing might develop. “‘Oh, yes ya do, yer a wise ‘un, all right:” Gopher an’ you goin' to frame me, huh? Not Buller Garret. Oh, don't try to look ignorant,” he went on, ob- serving Pete' mystified expressiou. - “I'm on "Q Yolf; "way dhead o you,/ "Tain’t the t time that old mountain goat’s beem tryJn’ to fastan sumpin oniy me—if I thought he 'was talkin' " Buller's face clouded, as a new thoug .t apparentdy entéred his head. “Well, we wouldn't/ wait fer the five thousand they're ‘givin’ fer you. 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