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I V * I > The Sf By REX I I-:- Copyright. 1905. t The'rervyw rapidly outlined his posi uon and stated in conclusion: "I filed certified copies of these orders with . the clerk ol the court ten 1 minutes ago. and now 1 make formal : , demand upon you To turn over the 1 Midas to Messrs. Glenister and Dex- ' try and also to return aTl the jrold dust ; In your safe deposit boxes in accord- | ance with this writ.'" lie huutled his j documents to McNamnra, who tossed them on his desk without examination. "WeU,"said the politician quietly, "I won't do It" Had he been slapped in the face the attorney would not have been more as- i tonlshed. "Why?you"? . "I won't do It, I said:!" McNamarn i * repeated sharply. "Pont think Tor a minute that I haven't gone Into this fight armed for everything. Writs of supersedeas! Bah?" He snapped hie Sogers. "We'll see whether you'll obey or not" said Wheaton, and when he and Olenister were ontslda he ?on'tlaned: "Let's get to the judge <ruicfc" Ac they seared the Go4deo Gate hof tal they spied McNamara entering. It was evident that be had SBpped from the rear deor of his office and beaten >tbam to the Judicial ear. "I don't; ft# that" caid Glenlster. "He's np to something." 80 It appeared, foe they were fifteen minutes in gaining access to the magistrate and then found McKamara with him. Both men were astounded at the change In Stlllman's appearance. ? 1 1--* Kl. nab fbiw I AWlOf UIV ???l UIVUUI HIV 4?vv had shrunk and altered until raclilatloo was betrayed In every line, and ha had acquired the habit of furtively watching MeNamara's slightest movement. It seemed that the part he played sat heavily upon him. The Judge examined the papers perfunctorily, and, although bis air was deliberate his fingers made clumsy work of It At last he said: "I regret that I am forced to doubt the authenticity of these documents." . "My heavens, man!" Wbeaton cried. "They're certified copies of orders from your superior court. They grant j 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 mine and every- 1 thing connected tvith It. Now, sir. we want you to enforce these orders." Btillman danced at the silent man is the window and replied: s "You will, of course, proceed regularly and make application in court in the proper way. but I tell you now that I won't do anything in the matter." Wheaton stared at him fixedly until the old man snapped out: "You, say they ire certified copies. How do I know they are? The signatores may all be false. Maybe you lgned them yourself." The lawyer grew very white at this and stammered until Glenlster drew him out of the room. "Come, come." he said: "we'll carry this thing through in open court. 'Maybe his nerve will go back on him then. McNamara has him hypnotised, but he (won't dare refuse to obey the orders of the circuit court of appeal#." "He won't eh? Well. what*do you think he's doing right now?" said "Wheaton. "I must think. This is the boldest game I ever played in. They told me things while I was in 'Frisco which I couldn't believe, but I guess they're true. Judges don't disobey the orders of their courts of appeal unless there is power back of them." They proceeded to the attorney e orflce, but had not been there long before Slapjack Slmm^ burst in upon "Hell to pay!" he panted. "McNaVnara's taking your dust out of the bank." * "What's that)" they cried. : "I goes lhto the bank just now for ah assay on some quartz samples. The tssayer is busy, and I walk back Into his room, and while I'm there in trots IfcXamara in a hurry. He don't see tne, as I'm Inside the private office, and I overhear him tell them to get his dust out of the vault quick." "We've got to stop that," said Glenlster. "If he takes ours, he'll take the ^Swedes', too. Simms, you run up to the Pioneer company and tell them about it If he gets that gold out of there, nobody knows what'll become of It Come "on, Bill." He snatched his hat and ran out of the room, followed by the others. That the loose jointed Slapjack did his work with expedition was evidenced by the fact that the Swedes were close upon their heels as the two entered the bank. Others had followed, sensing something unusual, and the space within the doors filled rapidly. At the disturbance the clerks suspended their vork. the barred doors of the safe deposit vault clanged to. and the cashier laid hand upon the navy Colt's at hit elbow. "What's the matter?" he cried. "We want Alec McXamara," said Gleuister. The manager of the bank appeared, and Glenister spoke to him through the b.'avy wire netting. "Is McXamara in there?" No one had ever known Morehouse - to lie. "Yes, sir." He spoke besitatl:.g'y. in a voice full of the slow music of Virginia. "He is in here. What of t 'It?" ^ "We hear be's_tiying > r. > / '< ? >oilers. BEACH. >y Rex E. Btteii, <jove that dust of our*, and we won't stand for It. Tell him to come out and not hide In there like a dog." At these words the politician appeared beside the southerner, and the two | conversed softly an instant while the j Impatience of the crowd grew to anger. Some one cried: "Let's go In and drag hiin -out," and the rumble at this was not pleasant. Morehouse raised his hand. "Gentlemen, Mr. McNamara says he doesn't Intend to take any of the gold away." "Then he's taken It already." "No, he hasn't." The receiver's course had .been quickly chosen at the Interruption. It was not wise to anger these men too much. Although be had planned to get the money into his own possession, | he now thought It best to leave it Here for the present He could come back at any time when they were off guard and get It. Beyond the door against which be stood lay 9900,000?weighed, aacked, aealed and ready to move out Of the custody of this Virginian whose confidence he had tried ao fruitlessly to gain. a McNamara looked into the angry eyes of the lean faced men beyond the grating he felt that the game waa growing dose, and hi# blood tihglsd it the thought Hs had not planned on a resistance ao strong and swift, but hs would meet ft He knew that they hungered for his destruction and that Giealster waa their leader. He saw further that the man's hatred now stared at him openly for the first time. He knew that back of It waa something more than love for the doll metal over which they wrangled, and then a thought came to him. "Some of your work, eh, Glentsterr DO moccea. "were juu unuu iu wui? alone, or did you wait till yon aaw me with a lady?" < At the same instant he opened a door 1 behind him. revealing Helen Chester. "You'd better not walk out with me, 1 Miss Chester. This man might?well, ' you're safer here, you know. You'll pardou me for leaving you." He hoped ' he could incite the young man to some 1 rash act or word In the presence of ' the girl and counted on the conspicuous heroism of his own position, facing the mob single banded, one against fifty. I "Come out," said his enemy hoarse- ' Iy, upon whom the insult and the sight of the girl In the receiver's company i bad acted powerfully. < "Of course I'll come out, but I don't I want this young lady to suffer any vlo- i lence from your friends," said McNa- < mara. "I am not armed, but I have | the right to leave here unmolested? 1 the right of an American citizen." With that he raised his arms above j his head. "Out of my way!" he cried, j Morehouse oj>ened the gate, and Mc- , Xamara strode through the mob. j It is a peculiar thing that, although ( under fury of passion, a man may fire even upon tbe back of a defenseless j "Out of my way!" he cried, toe, yet no one can offer violence to a man whose arms are raised on high ?1 <ri?nr? (a thp lpvel lhrht auu iu nuv^w a*wMvv ? -_w_. of fearlessness. Moreover, it Is safer to face a crowd thus than a single adverse ry. McNamara had seen this psychological trick tried before and now took advantage of it to walk throu^ the press slowly, eye to eye. He did it theatrically, for the benefit of the girl, and, as he foresaw, the men fell away before him?all but Glenister, who blocked him, gun in hand. It was plain that the persecuted miner was beside himself with passion. McNamara came within ap arm's length before pausing. Then he stopped, and the two stared malignantly at each other, while the girl behind the railing heard her heart pounding in the stillness. Glenister raised his hand uncertainly, then let it fall. He shook his bead and stepped aside, so that the other brushed past and out Into the street. Wheaton addressed the banker: "Mr. Morehouse, we've got orders and writs of one kind or another from the circuit court of appeals at 'Frisco directing that this money be turned over to us." He shoved the papers toward the other. "We're not In a mood to trifle. That gold belongs to us, and we want It." Morehouse looked carefully at the paper*. _ f / "I rwn't help yon."' he >said. '"These documents are not directed to me. Tlrey're issued to Mr. McNamara and Judye Stilhuan. If tbe<,trruit court of appeals command* me to deliver It to you. I'll do It. but otherwise I'll have to keep this dust here till It's drawn otu I by order of the court that gave It to ! me. Tbat*^ the way It was put In here. I and that's the way It'll be taken out." ( "We want it now." "Well. I cnn't let my sympathies intiueuee me." "Then we'll take It out anyway.": cried Gleuister. "We've had the worst of it everywhere else, and we're sick of | It. Come on. men!" "Stand back, ail of you!" cried j Morehouse. "Don't Jay a hand on that Itate. Boys, pick your qpen.-" He called thl^last to bis clerks, at the same instay whipping from behind the counter a ci vine, which he cocked. The nssayer bri ht into view a shotgun. while the Ashler and clerk* armed themselves. It was evident that the deposits of the Alaska bank were abundantly safeguarded. "I don't aim to have,any trouble with you-all." continued the southerner, "but that money stays here till it'-s drawn out right." \ The Crowd paused at this show ?rf resistance, but Glenister railed *t them: "Come on! Come on! What's the ' matter with you?" And from the light in his eye it was evident that be would not tie balked. Helen felt that a crisis was come and braced herself. These men,were in deadly earnest?the white haired banker, his pale helpers and those grim, quiet ones outside. There stood brawny, sun browned men with set jaws and frowning faces and yellow ! halned Scandinavians In whose bine eyes danced the flams of battle. These bad been baffie&at every turn, goaded by repeated failure, and now stood shoulder ta shoulder in their resistance fee a cruel law. Suddenly Helen heard a command from the street and the quirk tramp of men, while over the beads before her she saw the glint of ride barrets, k flic of soldiers with fixed bayonets thrust thet selves roughly through the crowd et the entrance. "dear the room!" commanded the officer. "What does this mean?" shouted wsmvoxl "It skidi that Judge Stlllman has called upon the military to guard thla gold, thafi all. Come, now, more quick!" The men hesitated, then sullenly obeyed, for resistance to the blue t>f Uncle 8am comes only at the cost >f much consideration. "They're robbing us with our own loldiers," said Wbeaton wfcon tbey were outside. "Aye," said Glenlster darkly. "We txare tried the law, but they're forcing js back to first principles. There's go- 1 Ing to be murder here." CHAPTER XII. GLENISTER had said that the j judge would not dare to disobey the mandates of the circuit court of appeals, but he was wrong. Application was made for 1 orders directing the enforcement of :he writs, steps which would have re stored possession or tne Miaas 10 us jwners as well as possession of the treasure in bank, but Stillman refused to grant them. Wheaton called a meeting of the Swedes and their attorneys, advising a function of forces. Dextry. who had eturned from the mountains, was present. When they had finished their discussion, he said: "It seems like I can always fight better when I know what the other fel ler'8 game is. I'm going to spy on that outfit." "We've had detectives at work for 1 weeks," said the lawyer for the Scandinavians, "but they can't find dut anything we don't know already." Dextry said no more, but that night Found him busied In the building adlolnlng the one wherein McNamara had tils office. He had rented a back room , an the top floor, and with the help of tils partner sawed through the ceiling Into the loft and found his way thence to the roof through a hatchway. For- i tunately, there was but little space between the two buildings, and furthermore each boasted the square fronts ( common In mining camps, which profit <vi hi^h pnoiurh to Drevent observa tlon from across the way. Thus he was enabled, without discovery, to gain the roof adjoining and to cut through Into the loft. He crept cautiously In through the opening, and out upon a floor of Joists Bealed on the lower side. , then lit a candle, and locating McNamara's office, cut a peephole so that by lying flat on the timbers he could , observe a considerable portion of the , room beneath. Here, early the following morning, he camped with the patience of an Indian, emerging In the still of that night stiff, hungry and atrociously cross. Meanwhile, there had been another meeting of the mine owners, and It had been decided to send Wheaton, properly armed with affidavits and transcripts of certain court records, back to San Francisco on the return trip of the Santa Maria, which had arrived In port. He was to institute proceedings for contempt or court, and it was hoped that by extraordinary effort he could gain quick action. At daybreak Dextry returned to his post, and it was midnight before he crawled from his hiding place to see the lawyer and Glenister. 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