| Show 1 NORFLEET Ow I Z ZE tue E I WHAT HAS BEEN TOLD I CHAPTER IV IVO I Of O course you OU and do-and you shall Id expect that of y you u. u But not not bitterly We must do t for sake ke of others we would protect from their vicious ganie game YouJI You'll fInd them if U t. t ial takes es years to do It it and 1 ill i'll stay h home m and work wark the ranch to send you the money you need to do your work But Frank listen Usten them In alive Any fool can I kill You Yau must handle them manfully and let letI I the courts avenge the wrong they have done you ou V Ho woften n jut just a word just a bit of 1 our our moes mot mo mo- t es and ads Now I saw my whole job clearl clearly as n a san man should r 1 ny thirst thirst for fosS forI I blood and began the t reason reason- log which thereafter dominated and directed my pursuit 1 felt much better and my my mind adjusted U- U t self to the solution of my my lems I was groping vaguely at first among amont my recollections of every every- every every- that had occurred hoping for fora a clue no nom no m matter tt r how small Fr of convers to which h I had paid little attention at the times running through my mind Bit by bit I tried fried to put them hem hoping in some way to form nf their craz crazy piecework into sort Sort of logical logIcal log log- Ical k ig for forthe the h of the chase It seemed a vaIn task for tIle the pieces fit i and nd V V I was waS V led into Into a mental morass I I A ittle r red d l ather memorandum book uch as men nV cair earry in their vest yest pockets pockets- kept tumbling jn n nand I and out of my thought One day I had trad seen it on the bed In Stetsons Stetson's Stet Stet- Stetsons Stetson's sons son's room I could remember th that t much I had picked it up p and glanced at It cas allY allY- when Stetson Stetson Stet Stet- son took f t rr from n me sand and plaCed It card carefully ly In his pocket It It con tamed a a. long list of names and dresses I had zed the name name of Mr 11 Cathey of Corpus because I knew him slightly I thought of It at tl the e time but it str strange to me no no Why should they h have ve had Catheys i. i name along with others Then Vit It dawned on me That boo t s their sucker list P PerHaps I could have found n m pame pame there too too If I had been given time to 1001 look No wonder wondel Stetson the book bool from me Here V was a clue Perhaps Cathey Ca V they be the next and I would find my V men In Corpus Christi It w v Ls s a a. slender thread but I thought H well w rth following At least I 1 could see see cathey and warn liim r V My 1 wife ret returned Immediately lately to the ranch and I 1 left leU to find Mr 11 Catlie Cathe On ny mY way to Corpus Christl I stopped at San Antonio I knew It to be a great sporting town and that dead game sports LIke Ike the Stetson gang would probably probably ably find much to interest them there V V I h had d been a deputy sheriff sherif In the cattle cattle- country for thirty y years ars my commission being voluntarily renewed re- re I need by each newly sherI sher- sher I have one erie gray kitten to away Call Was Thank you S APPOLONIA And And We hope that the telling may find for It a goOd home iff 1 ff in iii our county But this was a anew I new eit t tb inc me I 1 was wa tread tread- Ins Ins' f ng oh tr l e ground AU All the im- im i I ever er had of oC V detectives were were connected with the gear searching hing of hot hotel l registers I thought I V V might just as well learn how they did lid it look them over In San An 10 t. t V V I e t t the St. St and asked to see see the r some register t Ef J the tattle tale V I. gave It the over There no Stetson I registered nor had there been in I som some time past I I noticed the sig- sig J Harrison and thought I could 1 trace 30 aV resemblance nce between be- be 5 t tween the J Jand and that of Stetsons Stetson's I signature V V V I I. I ailed fo the and asked V to tospe speak J l fr J. J i r on on onn n e t telephone V fir 1 V kep o lt a f fv v days ago he e m Did he leave leave- rC forwarding address ad- ad dress 1 asked iN No 0 l lI I then asked If Mr Spencer or or VV Mr 11 G ber had d be n in i No theY v be 1 there for some f me that hat t they hey were rs at atthe the St St. V Anthony I I chatted casually with V t the he clerk derk f fOr r a 30 then said I It It just o occurs curs to me that Mr 11 V Harrison rilay not De be the Harr Harrison son V I 1 think h he Is I cant can't jut just remember remember ber tire the initial Of the Harrison Im I'm look looking ng f for r. r What lt does Vile he look loolu l lIk lk V V oh big reno about feIlo bout Wo V I pounds good dresser usually w ars ars a J lack black derby H He is a good mixer out never nevel drinks with other men Funny combination Yes I 1 replied A very funny tion 7 I 1 was wa's elated Th more I could learn of his beaten paths the better my chances chandes of catching him lIe He was as certainly not noti a stranger In Santone This was a start anyway any any- way Evidently he had one gone directly dl- dl to San Ant Antonio to this very hotel after atter finishing with me I V wondered where the res rest of the crew were and why they were vere not not yiti hin t V V It was vas vas' Interesting to learn V s' s slater later that they h had been I here with him and that the brethren receIved a sl sho o l k due I to the dishonesty ol of Heno I quote a member I V of f the gang whom I rounded ur up later V I left the hotel and went down to the station t to inquire If they about the bunch and to fol th rogues rogues' gallery I was waiting to talk to tc u the chief two officers in came leading lead lead- V Ing a young oung girl She was was was' a a nice looking little thing Big blue e eyes es I and pale yellow hall hair gave her an innocent nt harmless harmless' harmless She Shewa n was wa bemoaning the cruel fate that had I rought her V Believe mel sire she WAS vas Sniffling ld Id I'd just like to I g t a line n that tha t St St. Anthony gu guy Id I'd make n throUgh and I dont don't mean maybe i I asked her what She wiped her tears on the soft V fur of a lon long squirrel coat Ol Oh Im I'm the goat she sobbed V Ini Im he go L Well VeU ginie I 1 said reassuringly n pretty much f if ag goat at myse r V I V She I p me nd I g gave ve her a smile V V Ive be been n left to hold the sack lilIe the it V out resentfully V hat kind of a sack were you I et to hold I asked sh p i rio no attention to me and V |
