Show H y by WILLIAM wAt PATTERSON ro WHITE 1 i rt r y by Little ron Continued From Saturdays Saturday's Issue The district attorney looked over at Rafe Rate I 1 suppose we gotta Rafe Rate came carne flatly to tho the point How flow ow about gettin rid of ot Tip OGorman O'Gorman I Lessee What Sam Larder and Crafty say the district attorney offered un Un- Un easily Rafe Rate No not them elther of em declared firmly friends of or Tips Rafe afe brought his open palm paInt down on his knee with a cr crack ck like mee a pistol pistol pistol pis pis- tol shot I got it cried Rafe I got It Well We'll fot get three of em at atone atone j one lick Well get Simon and that foreman forema n of his drunk Well We'll sick the pair of ot em em on Tip OGorman O'Gorman They'll put the kibosh on Tip and the word will be passed for tor the sheriff lIe He will go to tomake tomake tomake make the arrest and they'll plug rim him Being drunk they'll they'll-be they'll be desperate an and wont won't wont care Wh what they do CHAPTER XII I Spring Sprint was in the tho air but hut winter still held sway in the heart of ot Billy Dilly Wingo He had not been able to make makeup up his difference with with with Hazel Hazel Walton or rather she had not made up up her difference with him Came Carne a night of heavy rain and wind Billy Wingo Ingo a lamp on the table at his elbow was reading a Denver newspaper A sudden gu- gu gut gust t droVe droe a spatter of or rain across ss the windows There was a soft boft thump followed by a sliding sound against the outside door Some one uttered in a womans woman's voice a. a muffled wail wall Billy went at once to the door and lifted the latch hatch There was something something some some- thing lying on the doorstep and sll sil something that moved a little Dilly Bily let the door fly open The somo- somo thing was apparently a woman in distress Billy bent down endeavorIng endeavor- endeavor Ing to slip his hands Inder under her shoulders Billy bent a little lower and Smash and Smash Hes coming corning out of It it a voice was saying I saw his eyelids flicker rUcke- Billy kept his eyes shut although h he was now completely conscious He believed he knew the owners of those three voices Sam Larder Felix Craft and Tin OGorman He opened his eyes Yes he was right There they were the three of them But It was daylight and a day dav of sunshine too And the last thin thing he remembered was 1 a night of wind and rain Glad to see youre you're coming round said Tip OGorman How lIow you ou feel feel feel- pretty prett good Pretty good good considering considering replied Bill Where am I X and how did I t get 1 here I Youre in my house said Sam iam am Larder You were were brought uh brought here Who V 11 0 was the woman inquired Billy Dilly I I was the woman replied Cra Craft demurely That was as one on me me But Im I'm still You fellers went to toa toa toa a lot of trouble to carry cl me clear out here I suppose you fellers think you'll be able to get Dan off by me About Dan we dont don't care three in hell hello replied TipI TipI Tip I 1 didn't really think you did said I Billy Dilly fr frankly but knowing how yoi yo Ol and No no no Bill Interrupted Tip ha hast t. t ily ny dont go about Rafe nafe O 0 ir tr business Is with you Here we ara ars Heres Here's you vou Bill DIU you o left heft your office In Golden Bar last night ht and took our rifle Tl with y you and n both your guns guns un resumed su h Tip You o went to the stable sable and saddled your your- white red pinto and rode out of ot town Several people saw you saw you so plainly that the they could swear to your Our identity o oi on the witness stand stan t. t good Gon Tippy old settler Youve You've got to where me and my gallant steed are skulking a in the underbrush with half halt the town watchIng watchIng watching watch- watch Ing us like hike lynxes What did I do I next This afternoon you'll hold up the stage Will VIII I wear a mask Naturally and Naturally and your horse will he ho seen seen your white red pinto that everybody knows Its It's something something- Ilk hike the trick you ou worked on Driver nd ni SIlIca I Everybody dy on the stage will be able I to swear to your clothes and YOUr horse and your guns gun One of your our guns has a I. I brass guard That gun es- es will be remembered Look here fellow citizens who Is going to take my part in this stage holdup asked Billy Dilly I will said Craft Cratt modestly I rode e your pinto l t out of f town last night and I l think I n I made a good I Impression e And I have more than a sneaking idea I I can get away with the holdup Dont doubt It it said Billy DUly Dont doubt It for a minute Youve got nerve enough I know that and were we're about of ot a size I uh I uh I thou thought ht there was 8 something familiar about that vest youre you're wearing And AmI are those my other pants you have on They are and your coat and hat are hanging on a hook in the kitchen krhen I X ee I Aint gonna get a chance for my alley atall Who'll me my mt my own deputies asked Billy No well we'll do that Heres Here's the story Your horse gave out and Sam caught you trying to rustle a pony out of or his corral Sam threw down on you held you up up and when we Sam Craft and I I searched you searched you we found on YOU vou a of pocketbooks ks and Jerry Terry Ferns Fern's watch J Jerrys Jerry's driving the stage When am I going to he be arrested for rustling one of Sams Sam's horses horses' Soon after Craft gets back from robbing the stage Billy Dilly rolled over on his stomach rammed his head Into the pillow and completely relaxed his hla body bu though his hla breathing soon became beCame regular he was far fr fromi m mIng Ing asleep He was thinking as S as ever he had In his li He lIe had to escape To permit enemies to do this thing Was waa into able There was a way out E strait no matter how close andward andward and andward ward It may be has its w way wy y out He lie built many plans while he he there But Dut there was waa a a. flaw ine and every everyone one of them Q returned about the middle of afternoon m mAs As the door opened and Craft Billy Dilly sat up Have a aw Time he drawled Went Vent through like Craft said carelessly Got any any n eggs egga and ham Sam thin to eat at If It you want any anything can cook it yourself said Sam r When Felix Craft brought the e he drew up at one one side of ot the U ti and Billy at the other The pla of or eggs was between them Tip on from his seat near the Sam lounged comfortably in ct Billy Dilly looked with a dissatisfied upon the eggs egga Aint there an Felix A Hl butter on the thes the's b 1 J wouldn't hurt neither i So So Felix made another trip to t to a I t I I 1 j l I II Billy Dilly up behind Tip snatched matched sway away his hilt six kitchen When he returned with bread and butter Billy discovered the pepper had been een overlooked For sake use salt on e Felix Billy hilly pushed right back from table and refused to be comforted want some pepper Sam you you all lump of ot get mo me som per will you ou No No o I wont won't Im I'm too com comfort fc rt and youre you're too finicky fM Bill gl glanced across at Tip You Ing to refuse me Tip old cit zen zenNo No 10 said Tip with a weary at al suppose not He ic arose and betook himself toj kitchen Returning with a large fashioned tin Un pepper pot he thu thuIt thuIt It down upon the table In Ia front ot of captive There yare Now stop squalling ym Thank you ou Tippy I will I Yea a Billy scraped up to the lable able as turned away the matter matte this pepper pot jot anyway Vh Tip turned to look Billy the peer pot slowly and stared har It it Felix Craft craned his neck j I don P t see e anything thing the ma mai 3 w with l it said al Craft rf Dont you Jou murmured BillY fingers f s busy bust with the removable Look sh h here r Vi Sam Larder did not move but h 1 Tip and Craft obeyed In fact fact obeyed with such good will that of f pepper that Billy lUy swept into their faces dusted up upi nostrils as well as bito their eye In throwing the pepper Billy en his left hand This leftt had not completed the motion b be Billy was reaching for the he platt eggs with his right han hand l. l l It was unfortunate for Sam San La IA that he was a slow going gentler gentle The platter struck him edgewise the eye when his sIx-shooter sIx KenUI K barely cleared the holster The shooter thudded to the floor 3 tm m his chair went over backward and l together In a tangle and ments of broken platter and the mains of at several eggs He was Mf i Billy Dilly arriving in Sams Sam's imme neighborhood a split second after struck the floor scooped up six-shooter six and wheeled back to his other two enemies But Bul they s. s too occupied to be an Immediate n n ace Felix Craft was sitting floor clawing at his eyes and continuously Tip coughing sneezing was waa not swearing Pen Perl er he had not sufficient breath At Att rate he was on his feet urns sp lh wide edO feeling e fn h his way along to the door giving Into the hall up behind Tip snatched a away way his six spun round mound at the touch but but- butI I 1 dodged away from the clutching hS ha Dang Bang A revolver bullet cut a ton from his vest and tuCked the wall at his elbow Billys Billy's den movement had sav saved d his life leaped back another two yards to out of the smoke emoke and crouched his tense body on the hal ball hi his feet bal Continued in Our Our Next issue Issue ss e |