Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1940, Page 13

-TRAI'S END & WiLLiam MesLeop Raine iot. & Massilion, Ohio, girl, 7 Sentinel Rogers, her uncle, is shot from smbush in a land-grant feud by Rusell Mosely's Hat T riders. As she steps from the stagecoach at Blanco, Tedhea im_8ilcott, now the Bentinel. but Silcott's bullet kills e u 2 -crossing Mosely. by 'ol(m‘o“:xfl:. ltel\ ;l.'h‘e[dgd‘y:::. is quirt and wai - mmn’lixnsuck and other Hat T men losely drive him out. Mosely wants g bu]; the Sentinel but Anne says she Tun it herself, Pesky Kennedy, dis- arged by Mosely. warns Jim that will blow tip Jim's Irrigation Jim _explodes the d. ., Hat T men ambush ver wants to again. While visiting Henrietta Hinfiom ‘st Santa Fe Anne finds leters isproving Mosely's land-grant claims. losely offers Henrietty $1.000 for hem, then Jud demands them from L. Stratton. Jim's lawyer, at gun's point, but Jim had hidden them at the saddleryshop of Homer Caldwell. after pretending to mail them. CHAPTER XXIII. Anne stared at Jim. “Why should Mosely want to rob the postoffice?” “Because he thinks I mailed the old don’s letters,” Silcott said. He explained how he had been fol- lowed and had manuevered to throw Mosely’s Mexican spy off the track. “You mean you didn’t mail the letter but have it hidden some- where?” “Go to the head of the class.” “And you wont tell me where it 1s hidden?” “No. Little girl's mustn’t be too inquisitive.” A sense of despair swept over her. He was moving in the valley of the shadow of death and she could do nothing about it. “Men like you ought to live on a far-away island,” she said bitterly. “Then their friends couldn’t see them strutting around inviting death.” “I don't want to distress you,” he said gently. “I take all precau- tions possible. My own opinion is that I am going to live to a ripe old age. Don't wory about me.” Her eyes fell away from his. “That’s easy to say. How can I help it—since we're friends.” He plucked a hope from her un- happiness, even though he knew malign fate had built a barrier be- tween them. How much her emo- tions were involved he could not guess. There had been exultant moments when he had read what he wanted to see in her eyes, but he knew he might easily be mistaken. A man in love could let his judge- ment interpret kindness for some- thing deeper. Even if she cared for him there was no way out for them' to find happiness. She had been brought up, as he had, in the narrow con- vention of a puritanic age which dooked upon divorce as a disgrace. Henrietta’s eager voice came to them from the adjoiping room. “Come on everybody. We're go- ing to play charades.” They drifted back to the group. A few minutes later, Anne, al ex- cited, drew Silcott aside again, “If you think they are going to roh,.the postoffice why don’t you set”s trap for them?” Jim grinned. “Youre ahead of achedule. I gave you five minutes to work out that idea. It took only three” “Oh, you've already thought of it.” “It did occur to me. Lt. Windom has stationed half a dozen soldiers In the building to protect the gov- ernment’s property.” “Perhaps they will catch Russell Mosely!” she cried. “No. Russ is too smart for that. He'll be working by deputy.” Silcott Slips Out. Silcott slipped out of the Windom house through a kitchen door lead- ing to the garden. He climbed a paling fence and dropped down a short slope to the bank of the Santa Fe River. Along this he moved through the brush to the Corrillos Road and crossed the river by a rickety bridge. A dusty winding wagon path led to the south side of the plaza, % The crackle of shots pulled him up In his tracks. He guessed that there ‘was trouble at the postoffice. Swiftly he moved forward along a narrow | street flanked by one-story adobe houses. To him came the slap of running feet and the sound of voices. 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Silcott dropped farther back to avoid attention. The fugitives left the read and crossed the shadowy slope of & hill. The terrain was sown with pinons and it made it very difficult to dis- tinguish the small trees from hu- man figures. Jim lost and found his quarry, then missed his men again as the moon went under a cloud. He counseled with himself as to whether he had better go on and try to picle up the trail or go back and let Windom’s men carry on the hunt. He knew he ought to return and report, but he wanted to have something definite to tell. It would be a great coup if he could find the hideout of the outlaws. Wishes for His Friends. An arroyo opened out of the dark- ness on his left. Had they gone up the gulch or swung to the right? He chose the arroyo because of an ob- scure feeling that hunted men run to the hills. A stone’s throw from the lower exit the canon widened to a little park, and in this was a house built close to a rock wall. Cautiously he drew near, making the most of such cover as there was. He wished that Rufe and Pesky were with him. The building was more a Mexican Jjacal than a house. It was built of upright poles daubed with clay. Sloping waterproofed with grass sod formed the roof, which sagged in places from long-time neglect. There were two windows in front and most of the panes in both were broken. The corral fence was dilap- idated. Altogether there was an air of decay and abandonment about the steading, but Jim decided to find out whether it was as de- serted as it seemed to be. He slipped forward, from a clump of Spanish bayonet to a scrub cedar, and from the stunted tree to the corner of the jacal. His heart jumped, for a man hadétome out of the house and was standing in front of the doorway. The thick rounded shoulders, the heavy-set figure with long arms, told him the man was Jud Prentiss. Jim was in deep shadow. He pressed close to the wall, scarce daring to breathe. 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I wish to heaven I had got out of the country a month ago.” Pete looked at him, no friendliness in the round rubicund face. “That would have suited every one, I rec- kon,” he answered. “But you didn’t. And here you are, right in the mid- dle of the damnest mess you ever did see.” Jess shuddered. It might just as well have been he instead of Juan who was shot down by the soldiers. “I told Russ Mosely I didn't want to come, that I couldn't help him any, even though I'am married to that crazy girl.” “She sure got & jim-dandy man,” Hudson said sourly. “They must be hard up in Ohio for guys who will go through.” “How come those soldiers to be waiting for us at the postoffice?” Yeager wanted to know. “Some one must have blabbed.” His cold eyes rested on Lamprey. “Don’t look at me that way,” Jess snapped irritably, masking his fear with temper. “I didn't tell ’em. Even if I'd wanted to, I haven't had a chance. I haven't been away from you fellows for a minute.” “What makes you so jumpy, Jess?” Pete asked gently. “Did I mention you?” The narrowed eyes in the red face mirrored suspicion. “I'm wondering if this is another of Mosely’s mistakes. He has been making plenty lately.” “She don't even speak to me. Why should Russ expect to make her dig up the paper on my say-s0?” “That ain’t the mistake I'm think- ing of, Jess,” the fat man said, al- most in a murmur. Lamprey flung a startled look at him. “Don't jump to fool con- clusions, Pete, when there’s nothing to them. I'm with you till the cows come home. You know that.” “Sure we know that. Don’t we, Roan.” ¢ Judson turned jaundiced eyes on the unhappy man. “Don't try to ring me in for a witness. I dunno what you would or wouldn’t do. But _somebody spilled the beans. If not you, who?” Abjectly Jesse spread his hands. “How would I know? They could not miss seeing him. He trapped. Instantly he made up his mind what to do. Jim is Desparate. “That you Jud?” he called out easily, and started walking away at & right angle toward the brush. “Yep!” The foreman barked a question. “Who is it?” P “Be back He did not hurry his pace. From his voice he had kept all trace of anxiety. But something in his gait betrayed him. Whoever he' was, he could not be Judson. For Roan had a gangling, jerky walk, differ- ent from this light ease. “Stay where youre at” Prentiss ordered, and moved swiftly to cut off his escape. Silcott started to run but stumbled over & bucket and went to the ground with a crash. Before he could rise Prentiss flung himslef on top of the interloper. As they threshed over the ground, the second man hurried forward and smashed his revolver barrel down on Jim'’s head. Jim came back to a world shot with flashes of light out of whidh voices eame to him hazily as from & great distance. “He's coming back to the party,” somebody said. “He's a hell-a- miler for punishment. A little crack with the barrel of a gun won't feaze him long.” INSTALLATIONS our SPECIALTY NA. 8680 E. J. FEBREY & CO. INCORPORATED D. . C, WEDNESDAY, A domineering voice rode down another that started to speak. “He’s saved us the “trouble of him in here. Suits us fine. I' have it out with Mr. Silcott.” i Mhouly Out in m!e 's head was clearing. rec- ognized Russell Mosely. “Maybe he didn’t come alone-and the other fellow got away,” Lamprey said. “If so, the soldiers will ‘be swarming all over us right soon, We'd better light out.” The cold, stony eyes of Mosely rested on Lamprey for a moment. “You'll stay here® That one curt re- mark wiped Jess from consideration. The Hat T boss gave his attention solely to the captured man. “You're going to dance to my music, you interfering fool. Make up your mind to that.” Jim found a handkerchief in his pocket and held it to his bleeding head. “Looks like - you're worried MAY 15, 1940. considerably, ‘Mosely.” he said. “We've got you out in the open at last instead of hidden behind your dummies.” “You'll hgve ty worrying to do for ymmu’tlnthouz bothering about me,” the big cattleman re- torted. “I'm going to get those Gandara letters from you. Where are they?” "Dld;'z ’youimn?ndq them bl:: a;he office?” Ji uired /i po'c';M me handle this bird,” Prentiss said brutally. “When I get through with him he’l talk.” “Presently, Jud, if necessary,” his employer answered. “Pirst off, search him, We'll make sure he Lol lgt;np:dmfluwt'“ t to the skin P and examined every inch of his clothes. The foreman went over them himself, : (To be continued.) 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