Show W Story the Day j ill J I V MR lR SIXTY'S SIXTY 5 MISTAKE 4 I r. r i Continued from yesterday Who be you anyhow An h how w do ye C l know now that Smith Is If the man Aro Are y ye me fair or be ye up some game same to git hold o him t if he i is isI I L Lewis Lvis Js i Drop that boot an tell me rae plain Wh Why man you dont don't think halt half as much of Din Bill Lewis as I do dot came caine the thc V ready eady answer He going to marry my Bister when his brother tried to get between them in ln the dirty way he had had and and then that thins hap happened Bills Bill's brother always hated him Sa Say Say Say-I'm lm Im I'm Sheriff Blythe of Chenango O county New NewYork NewYork C York elected ele a year ear ago and Im I'm after a chap up tip in the mines It was vat a god god- that I got drunk and was waa as frozen out last night night and amI had to lay over o It'll be the making of oC Lewis LewIs and and me nw too Ill I'll know leno him as soon Moon as I put Iut eye ee on V This thing thinS happened live five years ago isn't that right Sn HIl Say hold on a n. aV minute Where are you ou going 7 V But Dut Sixty had gone Between tho clear and concise statement frankly and unhesitatingly given and the matching of QC the links of evidence all nil doub doubts as asto asto to 10 tho tt truth th of or the story had with him Cocky Smith Wa was waR not a ti mur murderer He was wan a free tree man man man-an inan-anul inan and rich ilch too Never el e in his life hall hail Sixty felt Cell so Important If It Sixty Sity had not been so o full tull o of self clr and whisky or had been possessed of ot liner mental quail qualities tics JIG ho might have noticed the nit air of unusual constraint which pervaded pcr his fellows us he entered the barroom It was wale not beca because e the men were silent that th they v often were and for or hours together but be- be because of or the fact that th the attention of each man mail was Intently fixed on Cocky Smith who was In his usual quarters that Is is hI behind the bar He seemed to b be be makIng a It critical examination of ot his countenance In a triangular Place piece of ot V broken broken mirror nailed a against tina till wall stroking stroking- his hit whining black with hand while his hit left held a tL tin cup halt half full tull of Ills back yas 3 toward th tile the door Certainly tillS this was wag u u. great great chance for SIt Sixty Advancing to the bar he brought his hardened hand down own on the plank with a bang and anI blurted out Sa Say Cocky Cocky Cock or Dill Bill Lewis o 0 the town of County o the Slat Stat o 0 Noo 1 th York there's theres res re's Sheriff Blythe or some ome name o your our place at the tho stage room an hes he's come arter ye ye- ye e Oh my G God lJ Mr tr Smith had turned around I slowly and Sixty had hall se seen n his face Tho The agents agent's eyes W cre vre re like coals of tire fire the small seemingly I focused on his nose now thin ant antI ami contracted Mr 11 Smith was wu crazy drunk Sixty stood lIk like on one stricken with death hut but only for a a. second only lon long enough to see the thick quick lck move of the masters master's rl right light ht hand from flOm his hla right hip and the sparkling of oC metal then with a yell he dropped to the floor in front of I the bar har In time to a old the of ot Ham flame and the bullet that burled buried itself Inthe Inthe in inthe the or opposite lt wall vall The muster rouster replaced his revolver rc smiled u a titanic satanIc smile auntIe and quietly drank of the lie whisky hIRk he still stilt held In his left lert hand V Five Fie In minutes after utter Sixty was the center of the tho circle that had gathered In Inthe Inthe inthe the snow a quartet quarter of ot u a L mile up UI the valley aliey In the bleak stage room the stranger waited waltel boot In hahl for 01 tho the return of or Sixty or 01 the tho cominG of ot th the man he so soI I wished hell to see Th The minutes dra dragged ed by und and no po one appeared He lIe would wait walt no longer 81 Slowly 1 he lie got Into his re remaining re- re m boot and felt around for fur his heavy coat which he finally llly found round th th Jw It aho about l hl his and ami rallied valued out He lie saw sa but hut on building displaying displaying- a alight alight lI light ht and to 10 this he went stumbling illon along the rough roush trodden half patch ha hal had no nu ec eyes for COI the line of at black mo ln moving O over I the tho snow In th the distance and with a L mind bent only on euln his old friand its US soon a as aa possible possible- he opened the bar bur door and ind entered The Tue loom was wa empty empt With Hh the departure of uC the gang gau Mr tJ Smith walked up and down do like tiko aman amun a u uman man mun asleep nl a slight o occasional lurch betraying his condition Presently he went to lo his room on and leaving the door slightly ajar seated heated himself on a logIn logIn log login in a a. manuel mannel to command through h the opening the Interior of ur the tha bar DrawIng Drawing Draw- Draw In Ing his revolver cl h hu waited a n d I leer cr in his ec eyes and antI his teeth set like the tho jaws of oC a trap trull V V He lie did not w wait lt long loni Blytha came caine Into Inlo the room and stood Irresolute Advancing Ad to the stove hi IH lay turned toward the partly open door he saw aW beyond ard in Iii a clear an and hearty alt voice oIce said Is IH li William V Lewis Ivis or Smith inside Ills answer ns ma a u. deafening report and und the Sheriff of or C Chenango sprung prun around as If It on a pivot and foil heavily l lr La the thc floor I Late U thu next Cocky cock Smith William LeWIS cane came day lay or o to his senses His Ills hood head hed ac-hed d fearfully anc and ho lm discovered r d that he had retired with his lint hat and clothes on He lie wan conscious of or having hal hail a 11 series of hUd bad dreams dream and ami the tho cold which had hud his hut but partly protected ted hod body ha luau had him him so that h hI he could scarcely move mO The fhe lire fire was out and HIl on the floor fluor was a n. slight splash or of blood V I Continued tomorrow |