The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 02, 1908, Image 5
The Spoilers.
' By REX E. BEACH. j
[Continued trom page 4.]
I *T?ot tonight. i?on't say !t now."
?be managed to articolnte.
"Tee, this to a good time. If you
, ?*n't answer, I'll come back tomorrow.
. I want yon to be coy wife. I want to
. . . fire yon everything the world offers,
and I want to make yon happy, girl.
There'll he no goaalp hereafter?I'll
htstfl fM fleas everything unpleasant,
tod If tbsra Is anything yon .want la
Me, TO lay tt at yoar test > I cen to
tV SeUftod his asMsire ansa, and ta
ttM mmt jrf lit* itmnt mmrf far* was
. the promise that nbe should have whatweer
she <erared If mortal man cooM
.< It to her?love, protection, poeV
(ton, adoration.
Vbe otammooed uncertainly till the
. jfraHBntioa and chagrin oho had eoftseed
tbla night swept over her again.
Hfls town?this croda, half bom nh
tif iawp hsfl tamed against has, mis
'. lodged her srnefly. The wceaaa -ware
nail son, ctadking scandal mongers, all
?df litem, who would ustrsilas her and
aarti herdBa ta the a nhmj,
make iber aa ooteast whh nothing
do eaetelu 'hm hat her own soBtarr
tpMe. She coo Id pletore her future
gleam bttiMastv. and ssa herself
availing -alone, TiHM, baaaaaed ta a
tflMMMMCUeattlac waya, y?t tauibla to
Ian away or to explain. * 'She would
. tonre t? and face It for Ha Ufa
waabooaB up besetoitactoe aext law
years or wo, or at loaf n 'bar uncle
/uaBtalDed a Judge Hds man would
-toc her. He lowed bor; Im offered bar
aserytb***. Ha waa Mgger than all
tos raat eoabtaad. They were Ue playftofa,
and they kaew It 43ba waa not
aaic that a be loved bias, but bis magmBib
waa overpowering and ber admiration
Intense. No other man she
bad 'ever known compared with blm.
except'Gleniatar? Bab! T be'beast! He
had Inaalted her at drat; be wronged
her now.
" Will you be my wife, Helen?" the
man repeated softly.
She dropped ber bead, *ud be strode
forward to take her in his.arms, tbeu
topped listening. Someone ran up on
the porch and hammered loudly at the
door. MeXamara scowled, walked into
the had and Cong the portal open, disclosing
Struce.
" 'Hello. McXamara! Been lookingtall
Sewr "tor joo. There's rhe deuce-to
"MaloUe! W,h? a whef '' ^
9*$V Helen aigbed with relief and
gathered up her cloak, while the bum
0t their voice* reached her indistinctly.
JSW was given pienty or out iw wgum
tor <-?mposure before they appeared.
Wbeu fbey did, tbe politician spoke
sourly:
"I've been called to tbe mlse*. and ]
must go at once."
"Yob bet! it may be too late cow.
Tbe sews came an hour ago. bnt 1
couldn't find you." said Struve. "Your
borse Is saddled at tbe office. Better
not wait to change your clothes.**
"Yon say Voorbeea has gone with
twenty deputies, eh ? That's good. Yon
stay here and find out all you.can."
"i t?iM>hnnMi nnt to the creek for
tbe boys to arm themselves and throw
out pickets. If you hurry, you can get
there In time. It's only midnight now."
What !s the trouble?" Miss Chester
Inquired anxiously.
"There's a plot on to attack the mines
' tonight." answered tbe lawyer. "The
other side are trying to seize tbem, and
there's apt to be a tight."
"You mustn't go out there," she cried,
aghast. "There will be bloodshed."
"That's Just why I must go," said
McNamara. "I'll come back in tbe
^Tiiorulng, though, and I'd like to see
Jp&ff alone. Good nigbt!" There was
a strange, new light In bis eyes as he
left her. For one unversed in woman's
ways he played the game surprisingly
well and as be hurried toward his office
be smiled grimly into the darkness.
"She'll answer me tomorrow. Thank
you, Mr. Glenister," be said to himself.
Helen questioned Strove at length.
' but gained nothing more than that secret
service men had been at work for
weeks and bad today unearthed the
fact that vigilantes bad been formed.
They had beurd enough to make them
think the mines would be jumped again
?
j tonight and so had given toe nairni.
"Htne you hired apiew'.'" *be n^hed
incredulouely.
i ' Sure. We bad to. The other people
ahadowed r?*. and ft"* route to 11 point
where it's l.fe or de;itb to ore *'de or
! the other. 1 tokl MvXnmnra we'd have
bloodshed before we were through,
wben he Brat outlined the scheme- 1
! mean when the trouble began."
She wrung tier hands. "Thufa wlur
uncle feared ltefore we left Seattle
That's why I took the risks I did in '
bringing .*<? tbow patter*. 1 though j
you got theru Id time to avoid all this." !
Strove laughed a bit. eying her cu- 1
rloosly.
"Does Uncte Arthur know about ;
' this?" she continued.
"No; we don't let Dim know anyuuDg
more then necessary. Be t not a strong |
man." :
"Yea, yes. He's Dot well." Again '
the lawyer ami led. "Who le beblud !
this Tigllante movement?"
"We tbink It la Olenlater and bis
New Mexican bandy partner. At least
they got the crowd together." 8be
was silent for a time.
"I suppose they really think they
tm those mtaeg."
. "Undoubtedly." .... I
"But they don't do theyT Somehow
this question hsd recurred to her Insistently
of late, for things were constantly
happening which showed there
was mors back of this great, fierce
struggle than she knew. It was impossible
that injustice bad been done the
mine owners, and yet scattered talk
reached her which was punting
When she etreve to follow It op, her
acqoatntanees adroitly changed the
object. She was baffled on eosry
Me. The three local newspapers upheld
the eoort. She read them earsfolly
and was rnose at aaa than soar.
There waa a distorting undercurrent
of alarm and omd Chat canned bar to
feel Insecure. ma tbeogh standing on
Villnw irmniwl
"I?, this whale disturbance h ?anss!
wd V tboae two. Outy for tbeao we'd
Jhe all right.7 . i
-Who t> Him Xdothf
He ene we red promptly. "The handsomest
woman la the worth and the.
mOSt dtS|CNQI."
"la what way? Who Is sher
-It's hard to say who or what aba
Is. She's dMPerest frost -other women.
Star came to Dawson In the early days
?Jest ontoe?we -didn't know how.
whence or why. and we never found
ogL We wobe -up one morning, and
there ehe was. fly night we'were all
jsakim. avd in a week we were rooet
?f iff driorlrng idiots. VI might hare
been tl*e rrrvt?tery or petmaps the compeCkion.
That was the day when a
dar-e huh' -girl -eonkl make <i home
stakv- In a winter or marry a millkmmlre
in *? month, but she never bothered.
She tolled not neither did she spin
on i+?e vwcseo HOOTS, ym. TSOKHBOC m *n
Ills glory would -have V>ofced 4Ibe x
tea it p be?We her."
~Tou say f be Is dangerous?"
"there was a young nobleiuan.
>n the winter of HR, Tfcme. I think?
fine fnn.'Jy and all that?big yellow
haired boy. Re win ted to rjurry lier.
btif a Tarn dealer shot'htan. Then there
vnb fHx-k of the mounted police. tbe
finest oflld r in the sen iee. He was
caahlensL She knew be was going to
pdt for h??r, l?ut sire didn't seem to
ease- and "there were others. Yet. with
It *11, she is the most -generous pe~-on
and the most tender hearted. Y?'Ly,
she has fed every *rtew hum* on the
Yukon. and there Isn't * busted pros peetor
In tbe country who wouldn't
swear by her. for she has grubstaked
dozens of tbeu. I was horribly In love
with her myself. Yes. she's dangerous
all right?to 'everybody "but Gletileter."
**What do you mean."
"8be bad been across tire Yukon to
nurse a menwyrb scurvy, .-and coming
"back ?be was caught In the spring
breakup. I wasn't there, but It seems
this GlenlRter-got her ashore somehow
when nobody else -would tacVIe the job.
They were carried five miles downstream
; ? the k* pack befcose he soe\
ooedod;"
What happened then?"
"WbefeK In love with him.-off course."
"And be worshiped her as madly as
| all the rest of you, 9 suppose," she said
j scornfully.
~T*ar? <ra?e peculiar pan. w nypnotiaed
bins at Ant *>ut be ran away,
and I dJdnl bear of bin again tin I
eame to Nome. She followed blm Anally
and last week evened np tier score.
She paid .totes hack for eating her."
"I haven't heard about It."
He detailed the story of the gambling
episode at the Northern saloon
and concluded: "I'd like to bare see*
that turn, for they say the excitement
was terrific. She was keeping cases
and at the finish slammed her case
keeper shut and declared the bet off
because she had made a mistake. Of
coarse they couldn't dispute ber, and
she stuck to It One of the bystanders
told me she lied, though."
"So, in addition to bis other vices.
Mr. Glenister la a reckless gambler. Is
be?" said Helen with beat "I am
proud to be indebted to snch a character.
Truly this country breeds wonderful
species.'*
"There's where you're wrong," Strove
chuckled. "He's never been known to
bet before."
"Oh, I'm tired o< these contradlc
tions!" she cried angrily. "Saloons,
gambling halls, scandals, adventuresses!
Ugh! I hate It! 1 bate It!
Why did I ever come here?"
"Those things are a part of every
Dew country. They were about all we
bad till this year. But it is women
like you that we fellows need. Miss
Helen. You can help us a lot." 8be
did not like the way be was looking at
her and remembered that her uncle |
was upstairs and asleep.
"I must ask you to excuse me now, j
for It's late aDd 1 am very tired."
The clock showed half past 32, so.
after letting him out. she extinguished
the light and dragged herself wearily
up to her room. She removed her
outer garments and threw oyer ber
bar* shoulders a negligee of many
flounces and bewildering, clinging
looseners. .Aa she took down ber heavy
braids tbe story of Cherry Mnlotte returned
to ber torroentlugly. So GlenIster
had saved her life also at tbe
risk of bis own. What a very gallaDt !
cavalier tie was. to be sure! He should
Itear a coAt of arms?a dragon, an
armed knight and a fainting maiden.
"I succor ladies in distress?handsome
ones." should be tbe inotto qp bis
shield. "The handsomest woman in j
the north," Strove bad said. She!
raised her eyes to the glass and made
a month at tbe petuluDt. tired reflection
there. She pictured Glenister
looping from Ooe to floe with tbe hungry
river surging and snapping at hla
feet, wbile tbe cheers of tbe crowd on
shore gave heart to the g!rl crouching
out there. 8he could see bim snatch
| her up and fight bis way back to
safety over the plunging ice cakes with
death dragging at bis heels. What a
strong embrace he had! At this she
j bins bed and realized with a shock that
j while she was mooning that very man
might be fighting hand to band la the
darkness of a mountain gorge with the
man she was going to marry. . s
| A moment later some' one moented i
the front steps below and knocked'
sharply. ' rroly this was a night of
alarms. Voold people never cease
coming? She was worn out, hot at
the tboug t of the tragedy abroad and
the rick old man sleeping near by abe
lit n caDdle and flipped downstairs to
avoid disturbing him. Doubtless it
was some message from Mcftamara,
she thought, as she unchained the
doer.
As she opened it she fell lck a max
ed while it swung wide and the can
die flame flickered and spattered in the
night air. Roy Glenlster stood there,
grim and determined, hie soft, white
Stetson palled low, hie trousers tacked
Into tan half boots, in his hand s
Winchester rlBe. Beneath his corduroy
coat she saw a loose cartridge belt,
yellow with Shells, and the nfclfeled'
flash of. a rewolSorr1 -Without lhvltatlon
be strode across the threshold,
closing the doer behind him.
"Mies Chester, yon and the Jodge
most drees quickly and come with
eae.""
"I don't understand.';
"The vigilantes are on their way
here to hang him. Come with me to
any bosrse. where I can protect you.**
She laid a trembling hand on her
bosom. and the color died out of ber
tace. fben nt a slight noise above they
?- > ? ? Still man
VULU JWITU U|J w wx u uu^v
leaning far over tbc banister.. He bad
wrapped himself In a dressing gown
and now grlpi>ed the rr.ll convulsively,
whl'e bis features were blanched to
the color or putty and fcla eyes were
wide with terror, though puffed and
swollen from sleep. Hie Hps moved in
a rain endeavor to speak.
CHAPTER XV.
OX the morning after the episode
In the Northern. Olenigter
awoke under a weight of discouragement
.and desolation.
The past twenty-four hour* with their
manifold experiences seemed distant
and unreal. At breakfast be was
-ashamed to teTl TVxtry of the gambling
debauch, for he bad dealt treacherously
with the old man in risking
half of the mine, even though they
<hn?t fW> oeooe'iess. unreasoning
lost for play that possessed hiro later.
This lapse was the last stand of his
old. untamed Instincts. The embers of
revolt in him were dec*!. He foft that
he would never again So?e mastery of
himself, that b'm passions would never
beet him hereafter.
. Dextry spoke. "We had a meeting
of the "Strangle.rs" last night."" He always
spoke of the vigilantes In that
way, because of his early western
"training. \
"What was done';"
"They decided to act quick and do
any odd jolra of lymbln". claim Jirmpin'
or such as uee?ls uoiu". There's a
3ot of law sharps and storekeepers In
the hunch who figure McN'amara's
gang will wipe them off the trap next."
"It was bound to come to this.**
"They talked of ejectlo* the receivers
men and puttlo* all us fellers hack
on our mioes."
*1Rood! How many can we count on
to help us?"
44 * *?-* * ??? tlkont tka num.
AWUI BtJLlj. w%xr*c mxfyt iut uuui
ber dovD and onIv taLen men with so
tnoefa property tfcat they'll bare to
keep tfcelr mouths abut."
"I wish we migbt engineer some kind
of an encounter witb the court crowd
Real tke Farmers A Merchants
Balk's a4. this Issic.
\ *
f
and create ladh an uproar that it
would reach Washington. Everything
else has failed, and oar last chance
seems to be for the government to step
In?that is, unices Bill Wheaton can do
something with the California courts."
"I don't count on him. McXamara I
don't care for California courts no j
more'n be would for a boy with a pea
shooter?he's got too much pull at i
headquarters. If the'Strauglers' don't)
do no good we'd better go in an' clean [
out the bunch lfite we was killin' |
snakes. If that falls I'm goiu' out to
the States an' be a doctor."
"A doctor! What for?"
"I read somewhere that in the United
States every year there is 40.000,000
n"nn? r>f whinltv used for medical
? ? ?
purpose."
Glenister laughed. "Speaking of
whisky, Dex, I notice that you've been
drinking pretty hard of late?that is,
hard for you."
The old man shook his head. "You're
mistaken. It ain't hard for me."
"Well, hard or easy, you'd better cut
It out."
It was some time later that one of
the detectives employed by the Swedes
met Glenister on Front street and by
ant a I moat imperceptible sigh signified
bis desire to speak with him. When
they were alone he said:
"You're been shadowed."
"I've known thit-tor a long time."
"Tbe district attorney baa pnt on
some new men. I've fixed tbe woman
who rooms next to him, and through
1 1 ? - * H?? A* AIT1A tit (turn
UCT I \r ?Vi ? IIMV VW VVIHV V* 1?V?.|
but I haven't spotted tbem all. They're
bad ones, 'up river' men meetly, remnants
of Soapy Bmtth'a Bkagway gang.
Tbey won't atop at anythlnf."
"Thank you. I'll keep my eyes
open."
few nights after Gleolster bad reason
to recall tbe words of tbe sleuth
and to realise that tbe fame was growing
close and desperate. To reach bis
cabin, wblcb sat on tbe outskirts of tbe
town, be ordinarily followed one of
tbe p^j^jrajlui. which.wound through
, the con fusion of tent?. warehouses and
cottages lying back of tbe two principal
streets along tbe water front This
part of tbe city was not laid out In
rectangular Mopks, for in the early
rush tbe first comers bad seised whatever
pieces of ground tbey found vacant
and erected thereon some kind of
buildings to make good their titles.
There resulted a formless jumble of
hula, cabins and abeds, penetrated by
no cross streets an?. quite unllgbted.
At nlsbt one leaving tbe Illuminated
portion of the town found this darkneee
Intensified.
G bolster knew bis coarse so well
that be could have walked 1t blindfolded.
Nearing a corner of the warehouse
this evening be remembered that the
planking at this point was torn up, so
to avoid the mud be leaped lightly
across. Simultaneously with his jump
be detected a movement In the shadows
that banked tbe wall at bis elbow
and saw tbe flaming spurt of a revolver
shot. The roan bad crouched behind
the building and was so close that it
seemed Impossible to miss. Glenlste>fell
heavily upon his side, and tbe
thought flashed over him. "M Nanism's
thug* have shot me."
Ills assailant leaped out from his
h'ding place and ran 'down the walk,
the sound of his quick, soft footfalls
thudding faintly out Into-the silence..
'J "to young man felt no pain. however,
so scrambled to his feet, felt himself
over with care and then tnvo;*e roundly.N
I'e was untouched. The other
had missed him cleanly. The report,
coming v.blle be was In the act of
leaping. had startled him so that be
had lost his halance. slipped upon the
wet btiird* :ind fitlleu. Hit ns-ailant
was lost iu tLe darkness before be
could ri>e. Fursnlt was out of the
question, so be coDtlnued homeward,
considerably shaken, and related the
incident to Dextry.
"You think it was some of McXamara's
work, eh?' Deitry \inquired
when he had finished.
"Of course. Didn't the detective
warn me today?"
' fcHsvrwlr hi? hkkari **Tt ilnn't
seem like tbe game is that far ak>Dg
yet. The time la coming when we'll
go to tbe mat with them people, but
they've got tbe aige on us now, so
what could they gain by putting you
away? I don't believe it's them, but
whoever it is you'd better be careful
or you'll be got."
"Suppose we come home together
after this," Roy eufgeetad. and they
arranged to do so, realising that Ttytrger
lurked in tbe dark corners and
that it was in some such lonely spot
that the deed would be tried again.
They experienced no trouble for a time.
For old peop
rom rheumatisms
neuralgia,sciatic
% Slo&i>
I V gives quiet
Bn through the
\tnflammal
the blooi
, \
though 'on nearlng tbetr cabin one
night the younger man fancied that he
aaw a shadow fiide away from Its vicinity
and ont Into the blackness of
the tUDdra as though some one had !
atood at hla very door waiting for him,
then became frightened at the two figurea
approaching. Pextry hud not observed
if. however, and Glenister was
not positive himself, but it eerved to
give bira the tmcanny feeling that
some determined, unacrnpulous force
was beDt on his destruction., He determined
to go nowhere unarmed.
A few evenings later he went home
early and .waa butted in writing when
Dextry came in about 10 o'clock: The
old miner hong up his coat liefore
peaking. lit a cigarette, inhaled deeply,
then, amid mouthful* of smoke, begun:
"I bad my own toes over the lidge
tonight. I was mistook for yon. which
compliment I don't aim to have repeated."
n'? Kim Aovorlr
*iitrui9in quwuvucu urn* r.?*Dv? v .
"We're about tbe tame height, an'
these hats of onra are alike. Just as I
came by that lumber pile down yonder
a rqao bopped oat an' thro wed a 'fat'
under my aooe. He waa quicker than
light and near bio wed my akelp fnto'
the noxt block before be ?w -wbe X
was. Then be dropped hie weepon and
Mid:
u,Mj joalatake. Go an.', I, accepted,
bia apology."
"Could yon see who he was?"
"Sore! Ooeoa."
n. can't."
'JJ wa? B roe eg *Jdv"
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