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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918. I LI i "+ Coprrinnis 1003, The Spoilers. By REX E. BEACH. h by Rex PB. Beach. = He turned toward her to speak, but refrained. He could not tell ber what he felt certain of. She believed in her own blood and in her uncle's friends-- and it was not for him to spehk of McNamara. The rules of the game sealed his lips. / She was thinking again, "If only yon had not acted as you did." She longed to help him now in his trouble as he had helped her, but what could she do? The law was such a confusing, intricate, perplexing thing. "I spent last night at the Midas," she tol him, "and rode back early this morning. That was a daring holdup, wasn't it?" "What holdup?" "Why, haven't you heard the news?" "No," he answered steadily. "I just got up." "Your claim was robbed, Three men overcame the watchman at midnight and cleaned the boxes." His simulation of excited astonish- ment was perfect, and he rained a shower of questions upon her, She noted with approval that he did not look her in the eye, however. He was not an accomplished llar. Now, Mc- Namara had a countenance of iron. Unconsciously she made comparison, and the young man at her side did not lose thereby. "Yes, I saw it all," she concluded, after recounting the details. "The ne- gro wanted to bind me so that I could not give the alarm, but his chivalry prevented. He was a most gallant darky." "What did you do when they left?" "Why, I kept my word and waited until they were out of sight; then I roused the camp and set Mr. McNa- mara and his' men right after them down the gulch." "Down the gulch!" spoke Glenister, off his guard "Yes, of course, went upstream?' Did you think they " She was looking squarely at him now, and he dropped M8 eyes. "No; the posse started in that direction, but I put them right." There was an odd light in her glance, and he felt the bloed dromniing In his ent them downstream! So thet there hind Leen no pursuit! > must suspect he must }. Glenkster yas 1 his inte for the wirlen tien in Him and de i irs Chester "urn to the Tote! latin flv." she toll hing haf separated, "and 1 could identify them all." Al his own Dextry removing night's adventure. *"MHss Chester night," he announced. "Tow do you know? "She told me =o just now, more sent MeNamara erowd down the creek ina That's why we got away =o "Well, ain't she a brick? even with us now, wond woamach wa how t welg! Dextry turned back the blaukets posing four moosesFin sacks, wet and Heavy, where he had thrown them. "There! must have been $20.000 with what 1 gave Wheaton," said Glenister. At that 'moment, without warniog.: the door was flung open, and as the young man jerked the blankets into place he whirled, snatched the six shooter that Dextry had discarded and covered the entrance. tvDon't shoot. hoy!" cried the new- comer, breathlessly. "My, but you're Glenigter found stains of the house 'the last recognized us and what's she and his well er dropped his gun. It was Cherry Malotte, aml from her heaving breast and the flying colors in her cheeks the men saw she had been running. She did not give them time to question, but closed and locked the doo while the words came tumbling from her: : "They're on to you, boys--you'd bet: ter duck out quick. They're on their way up here now." "What! "Who "Quick! 1 heard MeNamarg and Voorhees, the marshal, talking. Rome- hody bas spotted you for the holdups. They're on their way. now, I tell you, 1 sneaked out by the buck way and came here through the mud: Say, but I'm a sight!" She stamped ber trimiy booted feet and flirted her skirt. "I don't savry what you mean," said Dextry, glancing at 'his partner warn- 'ingly. "We ain't done nothin', " bs "Well, It's all right ther 1 took a long chanee so you could make 8 get: "away if you wanted to. becavse they've got warrants for. yon for that 'slitice | Here they are : row.' She darted to the window, the Com- | ing up the nary alk : narcow walk thep #y : MeNamara and be. house stood somewhit Isolntsd | and wel back on the tundra, so that "| "All right , ex | "pokes," leaping into the back room. In another instant he returned with them and faced desperately the candid bareness of the little room that they lived and slept In. Nothing couid be hidden; it was folly to think of it. There was a loft overhead, he remem- bered hopefully, then realized that the pursuers would search there first of all. "1 told you he was a hard fighter," said Dextry as the quick footsteps grew louder. "He ain't no fool, nei- ther. 'Stead of our bein' caught in the mountains, I reckon we'll shoot it out here. We should have ¢ached that gold somewhere," He spun the cylinder of his black- ened Colt, while his face grew hard and vulture-like. Meanwhile Cherry Malotte watched the hunted look in Glenister's face grow wilder and then stiffen into the stubbornness of a man at bay. The posse wi nt the door now, knocking. The three inside stooc id strain- ed. Then Glenister tossed his burden on the bed into the there's going to be trouble." "Who's there?' inquired through the Sot, gp tix Sad denly, without a word, the girl glided to the hot bias t heater, now ¢old and empty, which stood in a corner of the room. These used widely in the north, are vertical iron cylinders into which coal is poured from above. She lifted and peered in to find it a er full of dead ashes, then turned with shining eyes and parted lips to Glenister. He caught the Ft! and in an instant the four sacks were dropped softly into the feathery bottom and the ashes raked over. The daring maneuver was al most as quick as the flash of woman's wit that prompted it and was carried through while the answer to Dextry's question was still unspoken. Then Glenister opened the door care- lessly and admitted the group of men. "Go back réom, Cherry; Dextry 1e. stoves, | The four sacks were dropped softly into ) the feathery botiom. "We've got a search warrant to wok through your hous aid Voorhees. "What are you looking for?" "Gold dust from Anvil creek." search away." They rapidly scoured the premises, covering every inch, paying no heed to the girl, who watched them with indifferent eyes, nor to the old man, who glared at their every movement. Glenister was carelessly sarcastic, al- though he kept his right arm free, while beneath thoroughly trained alertness, McNamara directed the search with ! a maoner wholly lacking in his former mock courtesy. It was as though he had been soured by the gall of defeat. The mask had fallen off now, and his character showed-Insistent, overbear- i ing, cruel. Toward the partners he preserved a contemptuous silence. The invaders ransacked thoroughly, while a dozen times the hearts of Cherry Malotte and her two compan- lons stopped, then hmged onward, as MeNamara® or Voorhees approached, then passed the stove. At last V lifted the lid and peered into its dark interior, At the same instant the girl cried out sharply, flinging herseif from her position while the marshal jerked his head back in time te see ber dash upon Dextry, : ' 't! * Don't!" She cried her op- peal to the old man. "Keep cook You'll be sorry, Dex--they're almost through." The officer had. uot seen any move: ment on Dextry's but doubtless, Gk ve pad on signs of vidlence, McNamara emerged. glower Ing. from the: back Toon! at tat me." ment. "hay 't find am ! Kewp cool and don't act rash." i ; in ne abpruaching it by the pins } an unobpiructed view of the s of the open prairie, and. § now apparent that a "1 lit my palate ster laid his hands rs At his look and t swetled, ber bosom silken. lids flntigied ed choked by a very womanliness, She little maid and laughed 1 laugh. Then, pulling he merry careless ber volce, and her und clear, n't trust me at first, eh? rll flud that your' old + best after all" left them she added friends an And a pair of 'shir You need a governess." CHAPTER day. oure XL with a Jviving fr om seaward and a wk of clouds drifting ched the sullen. fitful Glenister, » 11st month he had chafed leash ton, This uncertainty, iting with i iddening to © apply hi mood of for worl of this impoter ds, was m spirit. He could fixed duty, for the preyed on him fler himself 1 Mida ing h as chance lowed so the found vicinity of the ar, grasp- f news to reach im. MeNar to pone but his no partners knew but vague access fons, ly of erty, , ander fiction of being worked for their rding a speedy hearing of the case » allowed. and the col- Inslon between Judge Stillman and the 1 me $0 ge: were unes te rings in many Yet. a! politician b by now g bsorbed all the richest propert ir » district and worked is hirelings, the people sp the r the king. v, the fire eater, al patie | { out," his sangfroid was a | perc Y lispo n f his time in the: bills as the clouds broke Jose dows ft of smoke olving itself into a » to in the offing. and throug gh »s Glenister saw. that it was the Roanoke. As the hours passed and no boat put off, he tried to hire a crew, but the longshoremen gpat wigely and shook their hea®s as they waiched the surf. » "There's the d%vil of an settin' along this. beach," the him, "and the weter's too cold to drownd in comfortable)" Eo he laid firm hands opon his imipaticnce. Every day meant many dollars to cher, and yet it seemed that natore was resolute in thw im, for that night the wind {res and 13 v the ship bugging the lee fo the west: aite as boiling agalast mdertow fsiand, mil rhidle the surf, w boomed and thundered shi Word. had gone? through the stroet that Bill Wheaton was aboard wiih a writ or a subpoena or an alibl or w ever was uc ary to put the "kibosh™ on pubiic excitement mara boarded his gold ia taken for would lie the supposed for per would part 80 grow, the scone No one vith the t the third morning the ship lay east of the town again, and a fe oat was seen fo make off {rom her, whereupon the idle population stream- ed toward the beach. "She'll ake it to the surf ail right, but then watch out.' "We'd hetter make ready to haul 'em "It's mighty dan- 18 enough, as the i came rush! in through tae broakers she was tht. She had made it past the fifst line, soaring over the bar on a foamy roller crest like a storm driven gull winging in toward the land. The wiry figure of Bill Wheaton crouched in the stern, while two sailors fought with thelr oars. AS they gathered for their rush through the last zone of froth a great comber rose out of the sean behind them, rearing high abeve thelr heads, 'The crowd on the surf's edge shonled. The. boat wavered, sucked back into sure the ocean's angty maw, and with a crash the deluge enguifed them. There "remained nothing but a swirling fleed through which the lifeboat emniged bottom up, amid a tangle of oars, grat. ings and gear. Men rushed into the water, and the next roller pounded them back upon the marble hard sand. There came the gound of splitting wood, and then a group swarmed in waist deep and bore out a dripping fimire. 1t was a hemp- en headed seaman, who shook the wa- ter from his mane and grinned when his breath had come. A step farther dowa the beach the | in the sumoer without a bbt.e * £3 the greatest remedy knows fir eliotera infantum, cholera morbus, - & -siekn all ister. 1 knew waat deiay. meant, took a long chance with the surf." terrific ordeal he had undergone had blanched him to the lips, bis legs wab. bled uncertainly, and be would have fallen but for the young man, who thrust an arm about his waist and led ! him up into the town. "1 Went before the circuit court of appegls in Frisco," he explained later, "and they issued orders allowing an appeal from this court and gave we a writ of supersedeas directed against old Judge Stillman. That thkes the litigation out of his hands altogether and directs McNamara to turn over the Midas and all the gold be's got. | What do you think of that? I did bet- { ter than I expected.™ i (lenister wrung his hand silently, while a great satisfaction came upon him. At list this waiting was over and his peaceful yielding to injustice | had borne fruit--had proved the better | course after all, as the girl had prophe- | sled. He could go to her now with | clean hands. The mine was his again, | He would lay it at her feet, telling her | once more of his love and the change it was working in him. He would make her see it--make ber see that be- | peath the harshness his years in the | wild had given him his love for her | was gentle and true and all absorbing. | He would bid ber be patient till she | saw he had mastered himself, till he i conld come with his soul in harness, "I am glad I didn't fight when they jumped us," he said. "Now we'll get | our property back and all the money they took out--that is, if McNamara | hasn't salted it." : "Yes; all that's necessary is to file the documents, then serve the judge and McNamara. You'll be back on Anvil creek tomorrovy." Having placed their documents on record at the courthouse, the two men continued to 'MeNamara's office. He | met them with courtesy. "I heard you had a narrow escape | this morning, Mr, Wheaton. Too bad! What can I dé for you?" The lawyer rapidly outlined his post | tion and stated im conclusion; | "I filed certified copies of these or- ders with the clerk of the court tem minutes ago, and now I make formal | demand upon you to turn over the Midas to Messrs," Glenister and Dex- try and also to return all the gold dust Leading Undertaker in your safe deposit boxes in accord- ance with this writ" He handed his documents to McNamara, who tossed them on his desk without examination, "Well," said the politician quietly, "I won't do it." Had he been slapped in the face the attorney would not have been more as- tonished. "Why--you"-- | "I won't do it, I sald!" McNamara'| repeated sharply. "Don't think for a'| minute that I haven't gone into this fight armed for everything. Writs of supersedeas! Bah!" He snapped his fingers. "We'll see whether you'll obey or not," said Wheaton, and when he and Glenister were outside he continued: "Let's get fo the judge quick." As they neared the Golden Gate ho- tel they spied McNamara entering. It was evident that he had slipped from tte rear door of his office' and beaten | I Eh them to the judicial ear. PAGE ELEVEN voor The (Oy ERT TOD TI Or a iE & SO & Fo (QF - i WILLIAMS ei. PIANOS Henle EB example of the late Queen Victoria in se- lecting the Williams New Scale Plano has been fol lowed by many of the world's most renowned musicians. This fact has caused it to be known as the Choice of the Great , artists, Louis XV Model, $550.00 THE WILLIAMS PIANO CO., LIMITED, OSHAWA ONT. Canada's Oldest and and Largest Piano Makers Cm TET QUILT TY LTT i) WEN ir Sole Kingston Reprosentabves: . The J. M. GREENE MUSIC CO., LTD. Cor. Princess and Sydenham Streets. 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Both men were astounded | at the change in Stillman's appearance. | During the last month his weak face had shrunk and altered until vacilla- | tion was betrayed in every line, and ! he had acquired the habit of furtively watching MeNamara's slightest move. | ment. It seemed that the part he play- | ed sat heavily upon him, | The judge examined the papers per- | functorily, and, although his air was deliberate, bis fingers made clumsy work of it. Af last he said; | "1 regret that I am forced to doubt the authenticity of these documents." "My heavens, man!" Wheaton cried. | "They're certified coples' of orders from your superior éourt, 'They grant the appeal that you have denied us and take the case out of your hands altogether. Yes, and they order this man to surrender the mite and every- | thing counected with it. Now, sir. we | want you to enforce these orders." Instantly! Corns Stop Fisting Corns Loosen and Lift Out No pain! 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