The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1903, Page 2

THE SU stake! T have it's all p! A he flanks and from the portion. of the Skillett mansion, closely standing on the roof, at the edge. out of roared again WZRED. ek KR dnstallment e - s 2 h: f h ined th 1 Ch. de of the the smoke d both fired at th St 1 : T H T ot said, - v wn's body lLes a-mouldering in t car. there was but one'thing for them to joined the “Last Chance’ side of ¥ ce, and both fired at the same news! Stop, say! Horne ot said, as THE GEPTLEMAN FROM G to keep from being hemmed in and’ family place of business. Scarcely had time. The fugitives did not turn; they them!” and Parker INDIANA.” If you read to the J s a-moudering e e ired (They excessively pre- the guns of the defenders sounded, when, kept on running, and théy had nearly To make himself heard over that tem- the Judge's w end of this installment you won't #ouné i e Shot) With & wild. high, With a loud shout, Lige ‘Willetts leaped reached the other side of the fleld when . (ous advance was a feat: for him proves tew near him. us theyiatond ‘wa e e hnding like the bay of [rom an upper window on that side of the suddenly, without any premonitory ges- ' = Tl " o icols had so ! derstand need to be told to watch for the FOURTH AND LAST INSTALI:- MENT in the NEXT SUNDAY . a aw one would ha ined ail to tate up the burden of the so; burning s=aloon and landed on the wood- ture, the elder Skillett dropped flat on shed, and, immed ately climbiug the roof his ~face. The Cross-Roaders siood been derided, to ir of the house ftself. applied a flery brand by each other that day, for four Such a moment to the time-worn clapooards. Ross Scho- or five men ranm out of the listen—to find the wc voung hounds breaking into view of their ry. the Plattyille men followéd. he debilitated wae the sa- \terest sow time like a dir urther away took it up; it spread ed the leac . n 1o 'Ihe most castward of the 10 v o A . B ther joined (2ifices of Six-Cross-Ros ough to d—wa t for & while, g i " - S e w: field dropped on the shed, close bahind nearest shanty into the open, lifted the and by the word and de ; That is one cf the big advantages a et oy N e e e Dy @ olding a gallon - prostrate figure from tne ground, and be- Vehemently imperio nd im and T @ Cross-Roads is of The Sunday Call’s literary policy st and urcovered. was ging i ‘_’\;‘;1“ “-“" Chaxr -l ‘l"y thia whaich emptied (ot gan‘to carry it back with them. But Mr. SLOP them was a s Il greater pret yne a good dea of t lv: furnishing fts readsrs thunderous requiem for Johp Harkicss 2 i st 4 P s regret) upon the clap-- gkillet was alive; his curres were heard !t- He bad vome at just the heiw' 4 n s he day by _TPe sun was w ei and the and e BBy WD O EPRe e ed them Flames burst yhove all other sounds. Lige and Scho- fore the moment that w9 me fre y with the best books “fh‘ e e y : embroidered ¥ o ety Heginds & e misE i » und the smoke, yield fired agaln, and one of the rescuers ate. TF turned e most famous authors . w e € i & < A CEERL AN ! ouniting,w v roiling cut of e siaggered. Nevertheless, as the two me . Horner got a i 1 e so predicate of a buildiag which nde %5 Kaawe ‘ags B e world, but of presenting each novel k the air B kR Brers i S5 W8 the wplo ¢nt up to MEeven giiq down from the 1oof. the burdened [o° Cr(%*] bver there as they t hree or, at most, us se—su s e . W8 AUIPICHE, SERY ChumD.. Cross-Roaders were seen to break into a 2US it hat was when on complete in two, three or, at 1 . . il Mr. Robert Ekilleti, the pr A's the fames be to spread there was ruott o g G FNt A th another yal Mob it e acatr gl e 23 ninable waits installments of a hestie it had iro ciate o air parmitted Gred men e ] T Rigee o, nndeveRs and : e A e minable waits between T X o5 R wer thest to the east, they the. A8dE 1o the e Plattylls men Ssligwed, for the day's work. It would harm ok s It is en offer never before equaled °n i = weatiy <8 Bbncd Suthiail il shelter and to them s behind. Their The yvell ranz loudiy in the ears of old o lister to wi ¢ to A&ir fre Western journalism. rige #ndG grow to lts m'ghty ful ness e Cross bent their th i the Aimsy Wiikerson, who had remained back in the ¢ e work con wa yuld end a et e ill fr s hiver £ th t waz road. and at the same instant heard for - five . I P T t n in B ssion will fol- and they shive One of them, post d theug ey yped here, b a a horrid t 2 ke r o Then in rapid successi - 2 = ! his rifle cn-v- appeared benyrd Skillett's shanty a beast's howls, from another shout behind him. Mr. Wilkerson gan to gather avo I s s ow that thrilling mew American - Willetts, a far Vb eincis Shee Ton T pursuers The frent Goor was thrown open, had not shared in the attack. but, greatly. cited. flushed, perspiring mell hasty wreath of dog-fennel novel, “The Master of Appleby,” by ., ; n he heard the siig- wh gurs were beg - e and » lean, fierce-eved rl. with a case- prcoccunied with his own histrienic af of smoke. Hartley Bow) w0 s a-moldering Francis Lynn: “The Mississippi Bul g b man next behird had a good P g the knfe in her hand. ran out in the fare of fairs, was pruceeding up the pike alone s de on and fas s 3 S r Iater, the in ble,” by Emerson Hough; “The Tur pike House,” by Fergus Hume, et v - S — : s ete yss-Roads, saved. they gulity; knowing nothing pendulum of opinion, the events of the day. now on them, whe hese natives and refu- of atrocity, duwm- a miracle, thinking mass at the - s skeleton of t wit s out of the tangle nning with the a mus . f 2 fleet e terrier, not opening ward a holding her I ) lant, and was d high above That tec . which entered w f N gaged ! B, v + tesk dding sofa. 1 ow w N ter Mr. Bs A ¢ s 0 ¢ " néa ) Yes - poss si Mce. I ted the E Mr ¥ i wa me ! & man's i s, & wit ar suring h.m that wh o On one side of him w e tw jers. on the other was L ot &me Mr. Watts preserving pea should with perfe i he i , hima 2 i harshly: “I recon we'll picked rurners of the -Cross-Roads, they -the mob. At sound of the shots in the —except for the unhappy yellow mon- heiping the latter tie > head: nd one b . any, except , the S€¢ @ big jamboree, in hell to-night. < open. weedy acres in safety rear they had begun to advance on the el, still dragged along by the slip-noose else was hurt it~ rear. where old Wilkers and made for their homes. Every house house a second time, and Hartley Bowl- alternating. as wds h's patural they cla atare M up the of the processi huge murmur of the chorus ex- 1ad become a fort and the defenders der wa$ the nearest man to the girl. wont, from one fence to the other: he I Harkles rok bt vellow dog by a slip-noose fast- Da nd gathered in rhythmie strength, Would have to be fought and torn out one With awful words, and shrieking incon- . crouching behind every b to fire an from a fugitive, and i{hen off, with w around the poor cu protesting d swelled to power, and rolled and LY cne. As the guns sounded a woman celvably, she made straight at Hartley imaginary rifie at his dog, and then -Roaders, divir that thc Gi- a momer J mo- he knot carefully arranged under thundered across the in a shanty near the forge began to 8nd attacked him with the knife. 8he springing out, with triumphant bellow- n was in their favor, secured tiem. tion that seemed, for s right ear. In te of ev com- lies a-mouldering in the SCream, and kept on screaming. struck at him again and again, and. In ings to fall prone upon the terrified ani- seives in. their dccrepit fastnesses and g and unbefitting s mand and protest, Wilkerson had march- . On came the farmers and the men ot Ner aDsuish of hate and fear. Was s eX- mal. It was after one of these victorics held their fire. Meanwhile, the fames und presence T Sy T * traordinary a spectacle that she gained that a shout of warning was raised bé apeey ¥ took the saloon at a for her companions the four or five sec- hind him, and Mr. Wilkerson, by grace lies a-mould ring in the run; battered down the crazy doors with onds they needed to escape from the of the god Bacchus, roll ckled cheerfully in Plattville ears. NNo atter what the prosecutor had to s g out of the ac least the Skillett saloc home kill nd one e whose would be sick enough to be lies a-mould the whole way uproariously sing Brown's Body sun was in the west when the n sight of the Cross-Roads, and ring B ground, a fence rail and swarmed inside like busy house. As she hurled herself alone at way in time to save his life, saw a horse ere gol y were gone, and Bob is t is soul goes rching on! 10! the oncoming torrent, they sped from the gash by him—a big, black ects, making the place hum like a hive, ; ot 0% ¢ “h:\n‘.‘i:i:fi:‘r‘m?‘\’:\(“-\;;m - prd ) vrci ke :{:1{‘«1344 i s BT e door -unnoticed, sprang over the fence and polighed flanks were dripping with 1ather. in his hand, & Weet X good for a man took off his g they beheld the hated settlement. the GO Gory: ¥ Bise 2ot tion. It was empty o2 1ica ra:’l"‘o;;"l‘)‘;; reached the open lots to the west befor® Warren Smith was the rider. He was. while. z TN, e - N e heretofore orderly ranks showed a dispo- His soul goes marching on they beat and tore and b v they were seen by Willtts from the roof. waving a slip of yellow paper high In .pice, el Was g o s g PR Bty o grapees A and tore and battered and “Dop't let 'em fool you! he shouted. tne air. dsten,” cri ren Smith, curely upon his telephoned sition to depart from the steady advance A Bun spat fire from the higher ground ; ing in his stirrups again, res and rush the shanties. Willetts, the and Willetts dfopped ‘whe ] again, read Look to your left! There they go! Don’t He rode up the slope, and drew rein ferm. “Warren adquazters, and they said y mith, Plattville,” was come here Lioke and llammered and shattered like he stood, but . gmen; they reduced the tawdry inter- Bowlders, Parker, Ross Schofield and was up again in a second with a red line N a let 'em get away.” bevond the burning buildings, just ahead 3 3 n 3 "t vas up again in a seco for 1o a mere chaos apd came pourln vo! ning dings, jus ead the direction ‘ound both’ sheli-me “Yes, sir sir,” the superintende fifty others did, in Ya‘kh!. break away and ,.roes his forehead where the ball had forth laden with trophies of mx: Am‘i The Cross-Roaders were running across of these foremost in the pursuit He Poiice familiar with both, and lw\(hl - r,l;l of police res ',,h.w(ry (n:..,g,,fiyrm - get a sharp race up the slope. grazed his temple. Then the mob spread ihen there wag a charry smell in the air the fleld. They were Bob Skillett and his threw his horse across the road to. op- el here. One arrested at noon in a t%0 mentiiings aiv Trons Phate Watts tried to call them back. “What's the use your gettin’ killed?” he shouted “Why not?’ answered Lige, who, like the others, was increasing his speed when pose their progress. rose in his stirrups, ond-hand clothes store, wearing Hark S ved the paper over his head. hat, also trying to dispose torn full-dress bi like a fan, hundreds of men climbing #nd a slender feather of smoke floated YOunger brother, and Mr. Skillett was tbrough the fieids, closing on the a - s: 9 s Jaw on & face wi LN L. 3 - coat known to have been worn by Hark- s S e s for ‘e e e cade from both sifes | My \\'nu:mv?”d- ox;“:hteheldjm:n“?:u“.“: led an assault giri”turned and sped atter them. She He had a grand voice; and He less last night. Stains on lining 'uexze:kl e bt Tl SRR RiT. iR Ay S old “Wimby™ rose up suddenly from the. ot Hias s 1 srediguions i pnlhyg ult which - was over the Tence almost s soon as was known in many parts of the State blood. Second man found later ot frelore. Lo Tiike you acquainfed with my friend soudside ahead of them and motioned 08 through.the high grass In the fleld came 198 sudden pause, for, from cracks they were, and the three ran in.single for the great hass roar with which he yards in emply lumber car I I e s e Gramtically to g0 back. “They're Dorth of the road, perceived the barrel of in thé‘front wall a squirrel rifle and a fie. the girl last. She was elther mag- startled his juries. To be heard at a dis- 1 p. m., badly hurt shot and tewre . Ccbtlemen, my friend Mr. Meredith, ans e i ‘slomg the fence. waitin® fer ve. @ Eun shining from a bush some distance shotgun snapped and banged and the nificently sacrificial and fearless or she tance most men Nft the pitch of thelr Supposcd Harkless made harg fghe hos; Of.our well known citizens.” e warned them. “Git out the road. Come In front of him and, although in the same crowd fell back in disorder. Homer cunningly calculated that the regulators voices: Smith lowered his an octave or man taken to hospital uncons 1""' Hur: “You hear, it from the police, gentle by the fields. Fer the Lord's sake :(:cond no weapon was seen in his hand, “(ibb¢ had a hat blown away, full of buck- would take no chances of killng & two, and the result was like an earth- die. Hope able question him ;-c ous. Will men,” added Mr. Meredith, perking up 1 spread'” Then, as suddenly ss he had Cischarged a revoiver at the bush behind shot holes, while Mr. Watts solicitously woman-child, for she Kept between thelr quake playing an organ in a catacombi cover whereabouts body Othey and dis- ittle. 1 know Dr. Gay.” He nodded to appeared he dropped down into the weeds the gun. Instantly ten or twelve men examined & small aperture in the guns and her two companions, trying to “Stop!” he thundered. “Stop!" e Shlk S0 for." Check o3 1€r man re- the surgeon. again. lige and those with him paused, leaped from their hiding places along the skirts of his brown coat. The house com. cover and shield the latter with her frall 1, apswer, one of the flving Cross- Cross-Road Thite cra o vement 1 suppose you have heard some of the SF4 the whole body came to a halt while fences of both fields and, firing hurriedly manded the road, and the rush of the body. R e and sent & Dol o Cumme ‘aver on 9ar or® Skillett, etc. circumstances—those that -we've “given out,” said Barvett. ) called Watts. “If we fire Jing ciose to him. The lawyer paused _'The telegram was signed by Horner and tk just got in. They mighty near had trouble down there to-day, but I g 1he leaders consulted. Therlhwasa sound and harmlessly into the scattered ranks mob into the village was checked, but *“Shoot, Lige, of metallic clicking and a thin rattle of of the oncoming mob, broke for the shel- only for the instant. from here we'll hit the girl. Shoot!" I v I read the account in the ev - - . H ¥ il ! ong enough to bow deeply in satirical re- by Barrett, th ~ a u n the evening pa victl “From far to the rear came the ter of the houses, where their fellows were A Tickety Woodghed, Which formed a - Willetts and Ross Schofield were still sponse: then, flourishing the paper, he at Rouen. Lo cn0ent of police per. I had heard of Harkless of Cariow. but it never occurred to me that it was