Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1923, Page 18

“““ EAENERSAEA Mmmmmonwmug § The Yellow Trail By E. MANCHESTER BODDY ; trror Press. Printed by & t wi tay ; (Copyright, 1922, by Times Mirror Press. Prigted by arraagement with Metropolitan &u LB LB E B R E R LR LR U UM U U R U A LA UM LR B (Continued_from Yesterday's Star.) ently satisfled with what they heard, one of the men beckoned to Pete nnd Alguin to come up. Buller stood to one side and pointed e up Philip Aest, friend of as a poor actor and the introduction Wi distaste the gang: jon stopped ary for the from the cabin to continue it. “I'm pass foreman.” he stated s he extended his h ped it willingly ; appraised his new man was distinct- o say the least, and Pete sure that he was mak- tageous trade, In ex- la captors for this dian of Salmon Tooth Pass. Almost immediately after the meet- comfortable quarters were pro- own cabin, where fmportant as e could not hide pression of “frien “used. The introdu: there, and it ved the best Brofled ith delicious brown bacon, on a garnished with waters of fluffy biscuits ranged huge can of syrup; and a combination of | and peas, blended to. uce in a way ¢ educated ought enthusiastic comment » straight from his heart. . you are certainly to on the exceilent away up here.” he re- slped himself to bis- or the third time imit it'., replied Jenkin: ¥ we've got it See 0ld Charlie, there?” waving fork at a rotund Chinaman of un- 1in years, who seemed to be glued to a huge wooden bowl in the kitchen. “Had a harder fight getting him than D. had building the bridge up ¢ indicated a sturdy ders that seemed sus- | high above the | stream. You must tell lied, taking ad- | interest to pended the roaring waters of ‘How interesting! t from the How dld it worth more He used amp, Dead hey all hated us when they found him. They made him were running a bogey rt or other down about him through ye. They told me how he best blamed cook the Saw Tuvlh Moutains ever had, and I de- cided 1 wanted hi oney_couldn't buy him. The a “him buffaloed for a while, but T got it into my head I wanted that Chink and 1 got him u do it Pete was B for the story e Mine, a upon late story. like poison out we w believe we house of h 1 has asked me that and I know gh, and old Charley junderstand’ English, do you, The old Chinaman had bring in another plate , me no talkee Inglish, only Mr. Jenkins, only talkee Dead Horse people must have dly about it,” Pete con- nt to drop the subject. have another one by s hear, v two v\orl-lng _until Jonkins | saw u hint g on spending the ‘win- ter up there. But tell me about the have they another one? “G s not, every man for himself. Beats me holv they do it. 1 get into once in awhile, anyway, but pws it's bad enough to stick winter, even at thai guess T'il come down, occasi- on; , 1 like the hills all right enough, what little I've seen of them. | But all nter! Whew! Guess I'll} come down and go to Moapa with | you: how often do you say you go in?” | nce a_ month, dome: but say, if’ you're ck this winter, tter start at all. o bad as all that?” had of course, but that Our orders are none of further up than Jumbo out t Spring.” seemed a little perturbed at pparent ignorance of orders. Wor & saowisnt” ho llooksq cararitiy from Buller to Little Phil, who had thus far hat silently too much interestd with the rood evidently, to talk. Buller was quick to follow the drift of the conversation, however, and stepped into the breach now quite cleverly. Vest's wise all right” he broke in, “but he's not quite on to just who's who 'round this end of the workin's.” His foot sought out Pete's ath the table and kicked it about the sick bloke, he com- 7 Alsuin asked, following “They're on the trail with him now, I think, nothin’ much the matter with him, I guess, just stallin’ to get into town.” Pete changed the subject, part is O. 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In spite of his hard afternoon trip, and the thought that he could remove his clothes for the first time in over & week and rest in peace, Pete fc- cepted an invitation to sit in at poker, a pastime that seemed to be innocent enough, as he recalled his total lack of money. Jenkins was equal to the occasion, however, and suggested a small loan, explaining that while J. D. hadn’t confirmed Bull's statement, he, West, would probably be on the pay roll before long. Buller, hearing the remark, squirm- ed uneasily as he contempiated his next visit to J. D. and the time he would have “fixing” Pete's standing there. He comforted himself with the thought that something was due him on the Hawkins deal, &t any rate, nd took his seat at the game in a much better mood than he had been in for several days. Perhaps the thought of Tamarack Sue, and the last words he had with her preced- ing his turning the bumping of Hawkins over to Slim Eliot, had much The company was tast, and Pete on- Joved a good game of poker. Alguin and Buller played together, not ob- viously, but with tFs cunnmgness that characterized everything they ald. Jenkins apparently knew tham. and played accordingly, But as me wore on, Pete becams and more aware of the dalp-mted mania for winning that seemed to possess Jenkins.- Time after time, as luck favored Pete, Jenkins reached for whisky, pull his hat further down over his ey and studied tha game in deadly earmest. A rivalry that might have taken months to crop out ordinarily, develoged be- tween the two men before the game was three hours old. Pete always played his cards, resorting to bluff only occasionally. The pace became hot, and Buller soon demanded a show down, and lost,. Then Little Phil, never a good' player in a gentleman's game, shoved his last stack to the center of the table and auit, It was Jenkins’ though the hour wi Alguin kept their the rivals fight it ouf Pete took his hand, glanced at it a second, and called for four card: Jenkins stood pat, shoving in alf of his stacl It was Pete's bet. he sald evenly. deal, and even late, Buller and ts and watched Ralse you fifty,” It was the largest bet of the evening and Jenkins hesitated a moment, looked Péte in the face and snapped back, d I'll raise you fifty, that's how I feel about it That goes here, show down,” Pete answered_calmly, shoving his entire stack to the center. Jenkins answered by shoving in his pile, but the veins in his hands and neck seemed to swell out with pent-up emotlon, as ho did 80, Pete calmly latq down four aces. A new look came over Jenkins' face his eyes running up and down the figure before him. Then suddenly he came directly up to Pets, and with a neer on his face bent over and dug his fingers into Pete's boot tops. For a moment Pete’s heart seemed to stop beating, as he recalled with @ start that he had-not taken from thelr original hiding place the cuu- he took from Buller over a weel Even peforo Jenkin hand coad reach the card, Pete saWw with his first {llnc. the tell-tale tip protrud- ing above the boot top. The tension rose quickly to the snapping Doln!. still Pete could utter I've got your number.” hot the words through his teeth with all the disgust of & man cheated in his own hous “I haven't used those cards tonight, [p forgot they were ther swered evenly. Jenkins.” “Not to me. Good night, Mr, We Pete noted the undue emphasis on the “West.” “Buller will show you where the gang sleeps in the shack outside Guess 1 don’ t you in_here, to- Then, turning to Buller, he directed him to escort Pete and his pz\ck to the bunk house, adding, Pete #n- “I can explaln, Mr. you are through, 1 want to talk to \Vhereupan Pete gathered up his pack and silently left the room. If there was one thing on earth Peter despised above another it w a cheater, and to be dencunced as such, even by 80 questionable & char- moter as he knew Jenkins to be, cut him to the quick. put if this hurt him, the fact that Jenkins refused even to allow him to make an ex- planation was worse. Still he knew he could_not explain, flanked as he was by Buller and Alguin. Yet the whole affair maddened him. me back, you and Alguin, whed | * dramatio climax of the poke Peto stumbled forward and way to the trail that seemed to e Into the blach gorge ahead of him: As moon as he had of light that ntreumq from Jenkins' Window he atopped tened. He heard the door open—saw Buller enter_and heard the door close. longer he whited ang listened. as no sound g Sluded that® Buller was evi doing his work will—and he started once more on his journey. At first he stumbled badly—knock- ing often into sharp edges of boulders half covered with snow—sometimes tripping completely and sprawling at full length along the trail. But as he fought his way along- his 8y ‘or- Then, ecame accustomed to the night. tunately, too, the moon Was out and occasionally managed to evade moun- tain_crags and towering mountain The handle of “The Cap with the RED flap” easily grasped —no ice p.&. fork or_tool bend or tear. It snaps back into place without fuss or muss and is the one perfect seal. cleared the DOOI | Fane {1ng on the t) Yet for fully five minutes | me, | cedars long enough to iluminate the tral! for brief moments. For over two. hours Pete strug- gled along, devoting all of his a-plmnf energy to stay- In spite of the roar- veral times he halted but rather because of & s ears, he Son, | sudden premonition that possessed him. Twice he turned sharply in his tracks and faced the trail behind him. On both occasions he saw moving shadows, but his better judgment told him there were shadows everywhere, on account of the uncertain light of the moon and he 80 assured himself— rather loudly. Strangely enough, his voice and even his reason lacked con- viction. His gloved hand sought the This {s soft coal screened three times to produce coal the size of stove coal. The appearance of this coal will lunrlle you. - —_——————e————— holster of his gun—a weapon not un- gloved _fing % known to him, although one he had |awiward about the trigger—anc de long neglected. Nervous!y he took it |cided to carry the gun in his hana, from its holster mow und sighted at| — objects along the trail gloved fingers wsrs He found his (Continued in Tomorrow's Star. No sooner was he outside the door than he grasped Buller firmly by the arm and spoke close to his ear. *When you're talking to him, don't forget, as he displayed three kings, rising the while from his chalr. Peto did likewise, and not a word Your milk man can ge \ was spoken. Pete stood full length e these caps of all Jobbers directly beside the table, and com- Stall mround out here 3 HE AMERICAN awn. But the yaw: 't |awhile before you go back, both of |of T! 2 T %o dome natural. > He" would | You. I'm not going to the shack DAIRY SUPPLY COM- gladly have given back all of the CHAPTER XI. 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