Show rAe REX BEACH Copyright 1912 by By L J REX ir BEACH CHAPTER XIII XI Tho B Blood of His Ancestors At tho central station staton Norvin Konin found s. s great et confusion City officials and sod newspaper men were coming and aul going telephones were ringing patrolmen and and detectives summoned from irom their beds bed were ere reporting and od receiving do orders order i yet yet all this bustling activity affected Hede hm him with a kind kiDd of or angry l impatience It I seemed somehow perfunctory r. r and in inadequate io in adequate in the intensity ity of his feol ing iDI ho doubted that an anyone realised real real- as he did tho full ful o of 01 w whit hat had bad occurred As quickly as possible he mado made hIsa his a way to 0 Nei the assistant of police who ho was deep in consultation con con- with wih Mayor Ia or Wright lor l'or a moment ho he stood stool listening to their talk and ld then at nt the first pause interposed without ceremony Toll Tel me what me-what what is iR being done I t ONeil O'Neil who ho h had d not seemed to note his bis approach Approach answered without a hint hit of at the surprise interruption We are dragging tho the city Of coure course Have you rou arrested ka- ka rubio the cobbler No Both men turned to Blake Bake I now with concentrated attention I Then don dont don't t lose loso a moments moment's tune time Arrest r t all aU al his friends and associates Look Lok for a a. man in a rubber c coat at 1 fre fire Theres There's a l boy oy too he headed added after a 3 pause ranse about 11 Itt years old od Ho lo was hiding at tho the corner I think h ho must havo have been ther their picket at any rate ho knows something some somo thing thing tinI Tho Tha assistant superintendent not noted d kl these tee directions and listened Impassively Impassive Impassive- ly b while Jy while Norvin Norn poured forth his story o olt Atna udor Before it was fairly birl I hut but I believe c the tho polio will need help c POJA wi in tho bo search and I r think you rou are ire the theman theman theman man to stir tir str up tp the public nul secure that ail aid If I you jou 01 can help helpin in apprehending in the thc criminals 3 we wo shall see sec that t the e courts do their par part I 1 Ican can trust you 1 in iii so 10 delicate a matter mater where I couldn't trust trust some some trus-some some others appeared at that moment with ith two strange objects objects in his hands See Cc what we T 0 juL found on the Da Basin n street banquette ll lie Fie displayed a pair of sawed awed a cd oU on shotguns the stocks of which were hinged in such Inch a n manner that the weapons could bo 10 hI doubled into a Ipu length th of perhaps ei eighteen inches and thus thu h be lC I concealed upon tho p person n. n Blake ex cx mined them thorn with mingled Having Harin seen the lOd body hodr of or the chief rhier ripped and torn in twenty places b by buckshot flu slugs hugs s ami anil 11 scraps of iron ho he hf of fire fir had har tried to imagine what sort arms arnis had been used Now Xo he ho knew and he began to wonder whether death deth would form como come to him in the same ugly gly Have o Y you U sent for ho he hoa hea a eked asked ked The IThe The men nien are arc lust just T Ill co an with thorn them ONcil ONeil intercepted the tho the at thedoor thedoor the thedoor door rind and ld a moment later orVi oni was as ashur hur hurrying in with wih them towards Girod street Mechanically his bil mind began besan to te tt review re street the events cents leading up 11 to th the l dwelling on each detail with wib painful and fruitless p persistence He d tho the scone scene that his P eye had so and so o ho bc saw again the dark shed the thic the dumb group sw of fiell figures idling beneath i. i it the open pen door and 1 t the tho hf flood fool of yellow yelo light behind But when hen he strove e to recall recal 0 I 1 r 0 Q i I 4 I 0 L 1 Op ii- ii C it i t I IV V 0 t. I S 4 S S. S i S SS I S t. t fi 5 f The chief was lurching uncertainly aon alon along g the banquette X concluded he was summoned elsewhere and turning abruptly away ho he left the room liko a a man who knows ho must r think of but one ono thin thing at a time The he TheS S young oung man wiping his face with unc r. r 1 tam tain hand h to tho the mayor Dan was w-aa tho second friend I Ive I've IveS e S seen murdered by bv these devils is de he said Id HId like to todo do o something S Well Wel need your help if it wa was wase e really tho the dadoes S. S What Theres There's no doubt doub on that score Donelly was wa warned t Well Wel we e ought to have ha them thorn under t arrest aret in short order order t tAnd And then what They've Thoy probably arranged their alibis albis long lonc lont ago The Tho fellows fel id- fel lows who did tho the shooting arc aro not the tho only ones eiber either cither Wo must get ct the loaders leader Exactly 0 ONcil Nei understands s But hell he'll bol fail fU as Donnelly Donnely failed What Wat would you ou on have o h us 1 loT Hot Blake spoke excitedly his emotions finding a vent Do Dot T Id I'd Id rouse the theS S people Awaken the city Cr Create ato an anS S uprising of the tho law lan abiding Strip the courts cuts of their red tape an and administer administerS administEr S justice with a a. rope Jan Hang the guilty at before robs their S-S S ones onel once delay execution of i its effect and before there is time tie to breed doubts distrust Inthe in inthe the minds of the people You in words l words lynch mean moan plain lynch them i Well Vel what hat of or that tha t Its It's Is I's the UHf only only only- But dear clear the m my young oung man law law law- y Oh I know what your ouro youre you're going to say sy y well enon enough h. h yet t there here a are arn 10 times S when whon mob law In IK is if justified If I these men are arc not destroyed e quickly they will vill wi laugh at our laws lan anti and ant our scheme of We must strike terror into th tho heart b 1 art of every ever foreign horn born criminal l 1 wo wo Olst must clean cla I the city eity riy with ih fire 1111 U US 11 S ir we e wish to f see Me ce our institutions b be- be como a moek mockery ind our r. r overridden by 13 In a band of or cutthroats Tho killing of f Dan nn Donnelly Donnell is if more than han a mere murder it is an nl attack aHad on onS i S bur our civilization S You aro aro ari ll b by yo ir personal personal per per- feelings I think not I Ij thi this thing runs J through tho the re regular channels what will wi happen You Yot know kao how hot hard it is to convict those people Wo We must must fight fire with fire frt 0 1 Personally I a agree rc with wih a good dea yon yea von say nv officially h of course 1 I- I can cant can't t tro go 0 so IO far You av ay Y you on want rant to hem heln Will wm you yon Rs assume me n a large responsibility Will Wi you take the lead lean in in a popular movement to help the enforcement of nf S S the law aw organize a committee tP L. L If J yO you yon think I Im I'm m tb the ri right lt man man 1 t 1 i G Good od Understand nd the mayor or iokA with rather more more force than conviction con wo We must have c ba no 5 S S a single face faco or form orm or even een the pro precise pro pre cise eise number of persons he was at a loss foss Nothing stood out distinctly but the bearded face faco fco of Larubio tho the silhouette te teof of a man in a ci gleaming rubber coat and md a n moment later a slim str stripling boy crouched in the shadows shado's near the corner As tho the party turned into Girod Grod street ho he saw paw by the die first streaks of dawn that tho the curious had lad already begun to assemble A dozen or snore moro men were morbidly examining tho scene reenacting reenacting re- re enacting the as assassination a and tracing the tho course of bullets by ht the holes in inwall rn wall wal and nt fence fence no no difficult matter mater sinco since the tho ground whore Donnelly h had d given dyen battle Latte had been swept by a fusillade Larubio's shop was s d dirk dark rk The officers tried the tho door doo quietly then at a signal from Norvin they rusted in The Tho next instant the three men found themselves elve in an evil ovi smelling room fura fur fur- a litter lter of tools and shoes and leather findings It I was waR untenanted but seeing another door ahead of o him Blake Blak stumbled stumbled bled toward it over the tho debris Liko Tiko the outer door it was barred but yielded to his shoulder It I was n-as well wen that the policemen were ere close cose upon his heels for they found him locked in desperate conflict t with Tib a huge hUle naked half Sicilian who fo fought bt with wih the tho silent wickedness of a wolf at ot ba bay ba baThe The chamber was squalid l end odorous a tumbled conch coach from which the occupant occupant pant had leaped showed that ho be had hail been boon calmly sleeping upon pon the tho ne of his crime Through tho the filth of the place the tle cobbler whirled them struggling like a a ma man insane insane A fell with wih a crash rTh h of dishes a stove was wrecked a chair smashed then he was pinn d ri writhing hint to the Ule bed from which ho hind just arisen J Close Io o the tho front door quirk door quick No-in No panted Keep Kc p out ho tho crowd ro d. d One of or thin tho tiO dashed to the front froot of the hovel honl hardy in ju time to bar barthe barthl bartho the tho nav wt Larubio as 31 li h ho there thoro iii in il half li light 1 manacled hut but defiant made a striking f figure figuro lr J was a patriarchal man nian His ls hair hairy naked clio chest II t ro rose e and fell feU as MJ ho for his hil breath rath a thick ant beard grew rew high hish upon his clicks lending lend il jug ing dignity to In his fierce er o aquiline fe features features fea fea- tures a r Da mass of iron gray ray h hair ir hung low 10 alo above his eyes oyos ps Tie IIo Tr looked Sicilian like shoemaker an an Arab sheik than thau a heS beggarly ry S Why VI arc arc you 0 here ho bo I. I in a deep voice Blake Blako answered him in his hb o own n Ian Ian- guage o I n J You k killed ed the chief chic of nf police No Xo T I had I no part part part- part part- Dont lie Ho I 1 To be continued c S S 1 |