The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 20, 1920, Page 7

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M Loses License (ouis nave got ont” LONDON, May 20.—The Earl of | | Witton, accused of driving ¢4 mflex | @reamin’~ jan hour, had his license suspended and the King Bros. clothing stores.| June 23 Will Be Comrades of Peril BY’ RANDALL PARRISH (Copyright, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919) (Copyrighted in Great Britain) (Continued From Yesterday) He could seo the girl standing|had skipped, while Hanley, who | preasned close to the wall, the light|Mmikht have knowed something, was |from the broken window on her face,|UP at’ the cove. I sent Juan after her eyes anxiously watchful of the| him, for by that time I was sure the movemente of Macklin, who had|#Uy Was some damn spy. The hose lturned and was fronting the outer|he was ridin’ bad the same brand |door, one hand resting in readiness |Of them cattle I drove in.” Jon the butt of his “45." ‘Then that] “ | opening was shadowed, and the bulky| “The Three Stars; they come from | figure of the squaw-man auddenly ap-|Sbelby’s ranch up on the Cotton | peared. He stopped on the threshold | Wood.” |blinking into the gloom, barely able| “Hlell! A big fellow, you anid, with to distinguish for a moment the out-|Usht batr, and smooth face” lines of the two, His first utterance} “That's him; grayish blue eyes, an’ was full of fl-humor, rides like a cavairyman I never “Well, I got your mesnage, and am|%*¥ the galoot before, but I wan't here” he anid roughly, "What the|£0!n' to take no chances, #0 I got |hell te up, Macklin?” hia, gun, and locked him up.’ “Where? “Everything ts, from all I hear.”| «1m that cet room in Villemonte’s was the short reply. “Your Indians) cabin” lare licked already, ain't they? “And he's there yet” “You; I expected that; I told them| “No, be ain't; that's the trouble. how it would ba” |Somehow he got hold of a knife; “To be sure you 414, but you never|/ must have had it hid on him, 1 thought every runaway buck would reckon. Nnyhow he cut them bars at make for this Hole, But they window, an’ wi thru, and you know what that means, [| Damned if I see how he ever did it, reckon, They will be smoked out a big guy Uke him; but when mornin’ sooner or later, Do you want to stay | come, he was sure gona” apd be smoked out with ‘em?* “And he hasn't been caught?* Laud guve utterance to an oath, but otherwise did not speak. Mack |I took the trail soon aa it waa day Un gave him ltve opportunity |Meht, but he must have stuck to the “No, I'm for getting out of here|rocks an’ water, I got a few tracks now—ténight, Jon 1 don't intend at Siret, but that was all. Some guy being caught In this net; an’ you are | helped him outside—there wae prints & damned fool If you don't feel in the of two kings of boots plain enough |aame way. There is a chance now| under the window; but after that they }to make it, but tomorrow may be too} might just as well have gone up in late. How about your cattle?” j the air.” “I went them into the Bad Lands."| “Two 0° ‘em The other couldn't Macklin laughed. |have been Hanley, or Slagin, coulld “That proves what you think about |!t?" Hit. AM right then; we'll ride out to- “How the hell do I mow. I never |wother, Got three horses out there?” | caught sight o' nothin’ but the print “Yea, and & pack; that's what the of that boot, I scouted up the creek; | Indian told me to bring. The woman |then that first bunch 0° Indiana come going along?” trailin’ in, an’ I had no time to think “Sure she ta HeM, we've fixed about anything since, only gettif’ my |Uuings all up. We're goin’ to get| cattle out o’ here.” married over at Geriasche. I'm aim | “But you'll go with us now? |in’ ter take you along for best man.”| “For a ways anyhow; I reckon Laud evidenced his surprine and) there ain't nothin’ else to do; them | incredulity with a grunt, and a swift) soldiers is bound to get here.” glance at the silent girl, shrinking| “And the sooner we're off the bet | back againet the wall. jter, I'd like to know who that guy “What about Pancha?” he asked {s, but there ain't no time mow to “Ain't seen hide ner hair o him. ary? |#tay and hunt him. You ready?” “That Mttle devil! Pooh! When| He wheeled and confronted the hears about it, I'll be east of the Shrinking, frightened girl, who made She's all right for a Mex,/ no reply. sig time T mean business, Joe | “Well, by Godt you better ba Get Den't you forget ft, I'm playin’ for the horse, Joe, IU fetch her along, big stakes, an’ there don't no Pancha all right” |etand in my way. What's the matter | Shelby straightened up In apite with your” of the odds, be mum act now, or “Well, I ain't #0 wure you're gotn’| never. Yet. before he could take « ter git off so scot free.” returned |*tep forward, a single shot rang out Laud slowly. “There's something |“barply. He saw Macklin fling. up |happened bere while you was away | hie arms, and reel backward, his 1 don’t Just ike the looks of There's | body striking the halfopen door, be- a fallow been in here huntin’ you; an‘ |fore It crashed to the floor, and lay | reckon he must be here yet—Jeast-| motionless, lways I don't know bow the cuss/ CHAPTER XXIL ‘The tmpact of Macklin's body had Mung the door wide open, leaving “No, Lait The fellow joined my| Shelby fully exposed to view. For outfit upon the mesa yesterday—/)an instant, however, the startied and sorter big fellow with light hair, an’| bewildered Laud failed to mote his a smooth face. He put up quite alrevealment against the darkness of leplel, and claimed his name was that interior. He had leaped back I didn't mor’n half believe Instantly to the protection of the “A man buntin’ me? You're “ 9 Churchill. CA ‘Alexandra Day’ him, but not knowin’ what was up,/wall, and, gun in hand, erouched STARTING SATURDAY iff THE CONFESSION ? COLONIAL kindred charities Buf Noteworthy Displays of Dining Room Furniture At Attractively Moderate Prices HE SUITE illustrated is a popular adaptation of the “Queen Anne” design, in American Walnut finish. Construction and finish.are such as one finds only in furniture of high quality. Prices for the various pieces are: Side Table, $75.00. China Cabinet, $125.00. . fet, with mirror, $190.00. 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Stop that! | Don't try any tricks on ma Now stand there—Olga.” “You" “Take that gun out of his hand; there ig another in his belt; better get that also, That's right; now come over here; you undergtand fire arma? “You, of course,” wonderingty, “I know how to shoot.” “I imagined no; Calkins would have |taught you. Keep this fellow cov ered, and let him have it if he makes Jany effort to break away. Watch |him closely, while I rip up that bilan ket, and te him up.” He left her with the gun steadily |polnted at Laud's head, the fellow joursing, with hands up, his angry |eyes following every.movement. He | waa desperate, madden@d by sudden helplesenosa, with the mneaking fe lrocity of a wolf, yet was temporarily held motionless by the deadly peril. Shelby stripped the ragged blanket from off the dead bodies under the bench, and began hastily to rip it apart. The black, bloated face of |Slagin stared upward, and Indian | Joo saw it for the first time, a sud. |den spasm of terror causing him to burst forth: “My God! what's that “A little reminder, Joe,” returned Shelby sternly. “Life is mighty cheap around here.” “But that’s Hank Slagin? “Sure it is; he got his, an’ you'll get yours if you drop those hands, you cur, Turm around now, and stop.” Land obeyed, his face ugty and threatening, and Shelby took a step closer, the strip of blanket in hi» handa, his revolver thrust back Into his belt What Indian Joe saw will |never be known; perhaps a all haps af instant lowering of her gun. But it was enough. All his hate and chance, With the maddened leap of a wild beast, he sprang upon Shelby, gripped him fiercely by the throat, and the two went headlong to the floor. Olga fired, but without aim, missing them both, and dare not pull the trigger again, #0 tightly were the men grappled, as they rolled back and forth in frenzied effort to obtain mastery, Shelby, taken completely by surprise, was at a disadvantage, his throat cru sinewy hands, his loosened revolver flung halt across the room. He could only struggle to break the hold of his an- tagonist, rolling over and over, and foreing the fellow’s head back with every ounce of strength he could bring into play. They were not un- {evenly matched, the two—Shelby the trom getting a shotsat him. He hung on, | you as soon as we got in; but hell, you “The same brand? 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