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wmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmtea I The So in By REX E. > Copyright. 1 P 0 5. b] i Continued tron CHAPTER XVn. i ' EVEN after Heleu had been out | : for some time she could barely | 1 see sufficiently to avoid colli- I sions. The air, weighted by a low hung roof of clouds, was sur- 1 charged with the electric suspense ? of an impending storm, and seemed to ' sigh and tremble at the hint of power f In leash. Tt was that pause before the ' conflict wherein the night laid finger I upon Its lips. t As the girl neared tilenisters caoin she was disappointed at seeing no light there. She stumbled toward the door, only to utter a half strangled cry as ; two men stepped out of the gloom and * selred her roughly. Something cold J and bard was thrust violently against her cheek, forcing her head back and bruising her. She struggled and cried out. "Hold on. ifs a woman!" ejaculated the man who had pinioned her ansa, loosing his bold till only a hand remained on her ahonlder. The other lowered the weapon he had Jammed to her face and peered closely. "Why, Miss Chester," be said. "What are you doing here? Ton eame near getting hurt." "1 am bound for the Wilsons', but I must have lost my way in the daftness. I think you hare cut my faoe." She controlled her fright firmly. "That's too bad." one said. "We mistook you for"? And the other j broke In sharply, "Yoo'd better run along. We're waiting for some one." Helen hastened back by the route she bad come, knowing that there was still time, and that as yet her uncle's emissaries had not laid hands upon Glenister. She had overheard the Judge j and MCXamara plotting to drag the , town with a force of deputies, seizing j i not only her two friends, but every I i man suspected of being a vigilante. I The victims were to be jailed without I < bond, wlthotit reason, without Justice, 1 y while the mechanism of the court was i i to be juggled In order to hold them i until fall. If necessary. They had said that the officers were already busy, so i haste was a crying thing. She sped : down the dark streets toward the house < of Cherry Malotte. but found no light , nor answer to her knock. She was dls tracted now, and knew not where to , seek next among the thousand spots i which might hide the man she wanted. < What chance had she against the posse ! ? iweeplng the town from end to end? ] There was only one: he might be at i the Northern theater. Even so. she , could not reach blra, for she dared not ) go there herself. She thought of Fred, ? her Jap boy, but there was no time. Wasted moments meant failure. i Boy had once told her that he never 1 gave up what he undertook. Very < well, she would show that even a girl 1 may Dossess determination. This was 1 no time for modesty or shrinking indecision, so she pulled the veil more closely about her face and took her j good name into her hands. She made rapidly toward the lighted streets which cast a skyward glare and from j .which through the breathless calm arose the sound of carousal. Swiftly I she threaded the narrow alleys In arch of the theater's rear entrance. 1 for she dared not approach from the ' front. In this way she came into a 1 part of the camp which had lain hid- 1 ,den from her until now and of the exJgtence, of which she had never ^ dpfamed. w * ** -.i The vices of a city, however horrible, ^ are at least draped scantily by the mantle of convention, but in a great mining camp they stand naked and without concealment. Here there were j rows upon rows of criblike houses clus- ? tered over tortuous, in ngmea lanes, j like blow dies swarming to an unclean feast From within came the noise of ( ribaldry and debauch. Shrill laughter r mingled with coarse, maudlin songs, till the clinging night reeked with 8 abominable revelry, l^iie girl saw t painted creatures of every nationality leaning from windows or beckoning j from doorways, while drunken men j collided with her, barred her course, ^ challenged her, and again and again t abe was forced to slip from their em- ( braces. At last the high bulk of the ] theater building loomed a short distance ahead, ranting and frightened, t abe tried the door with weak hands, to j And It locked. From behind It rose the ] blare of brass and the sound of sing- t ing. She accosted a man who approach- j t *d her through the narrow alley, but he j bad cruised from the charted course In search of adventure and was not minded to go In quest of doormen; rather, be cboee to sing a chantey, to the bibulous measures of which he Invited her to dance with him, so she slipped away till be had teetered past. He was some longshoreman In that particular epoch Of his inebriety where life had no burden aave the dissipation of wages. Return lug, she pounded on the door, posseesed of the sense that the man she sought was here, till at last it was flung open, framing the silhouette of a ihlrt-sleeved, thick-set youth, who ghouted; "What 'n 'ell do you want to butt In I for while the 6how's on? Go round ! front." She caught a glimpse of dis-' ordered scenery, and before he could , ?v ,* *' * ioilers. BEACH. / Rex E. Beach. -ji "I 3 last week.] ::: her face thrust a sil-' vr : . *" in: ? his hand, at the sair.T'' i::.< ; I:; "self into the opening, li a the coin and the door licked to behind Jut. "Wc'l. speak up. The act's closin'." dvide,;:Iy he was the directing genius >J the performance. for at that moment he elio-us broke into full cry, and he said, hurriedly: "Wait a minute. There goes the finally.'' nnd dashed away to ten<J his Irops and switches. When the curtain >cas down and the principals had sought their dressing rooms he re urned. "Do you know Mr. Olenister?" she isked. "Sure. I seen him tonight. Come lere." He led her toward the footights and. pulling back the edge of he curtain, allowed her to peep past Jim out luto the dance hall. She had lever pictured a place like this, and in iplte of her agitation was astonished it its gaudy elegance. The gallery was 'ormed of a continuous row of com jartmeuts with curtained fronts. In s-hich men and women were talking. Iriuking, singing. The seats on the ower ffoor were disappearing, and the >anvaa cover was roJlln;; back, show ng the polished hardwood underneath, while out through the wide folding loors that led to the main gambling oom she beard a brass lunged man 'ailing the commencement of the lance. Couples glided Into motion while she watched. "I don't see him," said her guide. 'You better walk out front and help rourself." He Indicated the stairs s-hich led up to the galleried boxes tud the steps leading down ou to the naln floor, but she handed him another win. begging him to find Gleuister and >r!ng him to her. "Hurry, hurry!" she j mplored. The stage manager gazed at her curi>usly. remarking; "My! You spend ronr money like It had been left to rou. You're a regular pie check for ne. Come around any time." She withdrew to a dark corner and ivaited Interminably till her messenger ippoared at the head of the gallery ?tairs and beckoned to her. As she lrew near he said: "I told him there ft*as a $1,000 filly flnggin' him from the stage door, but he's got a grouch an' ivou't stir. He'o in number seven." She hesitated, at which he said, "Go m?you're in right," then continued reassuringly: "Say, pal. if he's your white haired lad. you needn't start no ough house, 'cause he don't flirt wit' these dames none whatever. Naw! rake it from me." She entered the door her counselor ndicated to find Roy lounging back matching the dancers. He turned inquiringly?then, as she raised her veil, eaped to his feet and jerked the curtains to. "Holon' W'lmf nre von doine here?" "You must go away quickly," she jasped. "They're trying to arrest you." "They! Who? !\rrest me for what?" "Voorliees and his men?for riot or something about last night." "Nonsense," he said. "I had no part n It. You know that." "Yes. yes?but you're a vigilante, and :hey're after you and all your friends, i'our house is guarded and the town s alive with deputies. They've plauued to Jail you on some pretext or other md hold you Indefinitely. Please g >efore it's too late." "IIow do you know this?" he asked jravely. "1 overneara xoem p:uiuug. "Who?" "Uncle Arthur ami Mr. McNamara." She faced him squarely as she said It uid therefore saw the light flame up In ?is eyes as he cried: "Aud you came here to save me? ame here at the risk of your good lame?" "Of course. I would have done the tame for Dextry.)' The gladness died iway, leaving him listless. "Well, let them come. I'm done, 1 fuess. I heard from Wheaton tonight le's down and out, too?some trouble irith the 'Frisco courts about Jurlsdic;ion over these cases. I don't know :hat it's worth while to tight any onger." "Listen." she said. "You must go. 1 tm sure there Is a terrible wrong beng done, and you and I must stop It. [ have seen the truth at last, and you ric?>i+ Plenae hide for a UC 1U IUV kt^uv< m. IVOTW* ?? ? ime at least" "Very well. If you have taken sides vltb us there's some hope left. Thank rou for the risk you ran In warning ne." She had moved to the front of the compartment and was i>eering forth jetween the draperies when she stifled i cry. "Too late! Too late! There they ire. Don't part the curtains. They'll see you." Pushing through the gambling hall were Voorhees and four others, seemngly in quest of some oue. "Run down the back stairs," she areathed and pushed him through the loor. He caught and held her hand with a last word of gratitude. Then ae was gone. She drew down her veil ind was about to follow when the loor opened and he reappeared. ' * " "'r;' use," be remarked quietly. I "There are three more waiting at the foot." He looked out to find that t.'ie j officers had searched the crowd and were turning toward the front stairs. ' thus cutting off his retreat. There were hut two ways down from the gallery aud no outside windows from which to leap. As they had made no armed display, the presence of the officers had not interrupted the dance. (jlenister drew his revolver, while into his eyes eatue the dancing glitter that Helen had seen before, cold as the flint of winter sunlight. "No. not that, for Hod's sake!" she shuddered, clasping his arm. "I must for your sake or they'll find you hero, and that's worse than ruin. I'll tight it out in the corridors so that you can escape in the confusiou. Wait till the tiring stops and the crowd fathers." nis hand was 011 the knob when she tore it loose, whispering hoarsely: "They'll kill you. Wait! There's a letter way. Jump." She dragged him to the front of the box and pulled aside the curtains. "It isn't high, and they won't see you till it's too late. ! Then you can run through the crowd." : He grasped her idea, and, slipping his weapon back into its holster, laid hold of the ledge before him rnd lowered himself down over the dancers. He swung out unhesitatingly, and almost before he had been observed had dropped into their midst. The gallery was 4Ka af n mon'o Hoq/1 UUl tr? lix (lie UVlftUV VI u UJUU o uv??v. | from the floor, so lie landed on his feet and had drawn his revolvers even while the men at the stairs were shouting at him to halt. At fcl^bt of the naked weapons there was confusion, wherein the commands 6*4*-rHe lowered himself down over the done- '< ers. of the deputies mingled with the shrieks of the women, the crash of overturned chairs and the sound of tramping feet, as the crowd divided^ before Glenlster and swept back against the wall In the same ominous way that a crowd in the street had once divided on the morning of Helen's arrival. The trombone player, who had sunk low In his chair with closed eyes, looked out suddenly at the disturbance, and his alarm was blown through the horn In a startled squawk. A large woman whimpered, "Don't shoot," and thrust her palms to her ears, closlDg her eyes tightly. *? 1 it? J?i.i 0 ... uienisier covereu me uepuucs, uuu whose vicinity the bystanders surged as though from the presence of lepers. "Hands up!" he cried sharply, and they froze Into motionless attitudes, one poised on the lowest step of the stairs, the other a pace forward. VoorAees appeared at the head of the flight and rushed down a few steps only to come abruptly into range and to assame a like rigidity, for the young man's aim shifted to him. "I have a warrant for you," the officer cried, his voice loud in the hush. "Keep it," said Glenlster, showing his teeth In a smile In which there was no mirth. He backed diagonally across the hall, bis boot heels clicking In the iionc* his eves shifting rapidly up and down the stairs where the danger lay. From her station Helen could see the whole tableau, all but the men on the stairs, where her vision was cut off. 8he saw the dance girls crouched behind their partners or leaning far out from the wall with pdrted lips, the men eager, yet fearful, the bartender with a half polished glass poised high. Then a quick movement across the hall suddenly diverted her absorbed attention. She saw a man rip aside the drapery of the box opposite aDd lean so far out that he seemed In peril of falling. He undertook to sight a weapon at Qlenlster, who was just passing from his view. At her first glance Helen gasped, her heart gave one fierce lunge, and she cried out 'lne distance HCrOJMJ UJC yic nog nu short that she saw his every line and lineament clearly; it was the brother she bad sought these years and years. Before she knew or could check It the blood call leaped forth. "Drury!" she cried aloud, at which he whipped his head about, while amazement and some other emotion she could not gauge spread slowly over his features. For a long moment he stared at her without movement or sign while the drama l>eneath went on. then he drew back Into his retreat with the dazed look of one doubting his senses, yet fearful of putting them [Continued on page 3.] Notice. | On N. 1 *">?o8, at 12 m.. the county commis * will meet at Pudding1 Swamp .mr the purpose of let- j ling con. lowest responsible bidder for c; ay of said swamp Commi r- reserve the right to rejet^** i all bids. 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