Show lit k fl I 1 gema k mush it W N U copyrights tho dwenn PENN I 1 aco 0 1 SERVICE continued from last week back toon soon yen whelp 1 cursed guthrie inwardly if you don t finish that food choke you with it I 1 then his heart skipped to hake shake him with its hammering as be he heard a thuda bound sound of cloth It Ilal alsing bli his olce he aid said hardly sharply if it youre you re through gentlemen well have bave t ox ide the trade house stove and with barrell ra rrell rose from abo table where lingered b bottz ed by the face of the girl arl who sat rigid with fear guthrie 3 2 ing open the door admit tine ting he biting air Raw dont the vioris a snapped through b the ellent silent room like the crack of a whip illas silas has a dressing Dg to do for savanne 11 1 anne then behind the hut shut door a c crash rash curses a groan groa froze him desperate where le I 1 e stood the game was wa up lie ile hid lott hy what that somebody in to ahe there re demet demanded ded the younger policeman rising head thrust in the direction of the bounds sounds gray faced joan th quarrier like one under a spell batched the hawk like features ot guthrie harden barden saw the tray gray eye yes crow cold Rs the its su turned to his host ott I 1 tienne quick I 1 I 1 ike the aln of tempered nistal it e voice of guthrie crossed to the cree in ID the kitchen door she dl lb appeared chats hata this all nil about guthrie this racket in therea tormod haw raw don heatedly As the bewildered parrel farrel waited for guthrie 4 answer his eyes widened as he saw the groping fingers of the factor of elkman who ho le ined against the sun gun rack find and close on the butt of his automatic then with a crash tie door of the bedroom waa was thrown back and a figure shrena st 91 cloth ban in from naked shoulders rh ant an 1 arms swayed head lowered in the door woy way burning with fever fewer the wild eyes above the grinning mouth glared with the ferocity of a road mad beast at bawdon rawdon who instinctively recoiled from the diabolic countenance thrust toward film grit arl ring ping the boor jambs for support the great muscles of his arm arms flexed lau hing mcdonald shook the room nith mith a roa roe give eui em ile tle steel eel Cana Canadian 1 steel for tb vIrgual KUS give em hith gnap a hoarse rumble of hie tie dep deep throat a choking cough the bushe frame pitched headlong head lonc to the floor on tier her knees beside the man whose pulse she be rould not feel sobbed joan gripping 11 a the relaxed hand of the friend he be bad had failed to save guthrie listened for a heart beni beat there was none laughing mcdonald had joined the silent battalions iles tone cone he asked the tirl girl while the policemen dumb in their surprise aped gaped at the two ath their dead she nodded nod led gentlemen guthre turned his lace ace to his guests I 1 you arc are tn t n late your conr man has escaped stan back I 1 prom from the open door two alike it like eye eyes in a face t ack with menace gilt terud ivar over a rifle barrel held loosely shoulder high ID in undershirt hirt and socks Us its wilst belted in to bandages stood falerne savanne skinning knife dangling from a wrist thock at the summons of bis his chief hand lland opt ills eyes shifting in doubt from the alvage features of to the I 1 man still till kneeling Un celing dazed beside the body farrel demanded what a thial A hold cpr it a all right drop your gun 1 ordered in to a tired fired voice setting to hie feet there theres no trouble here oil ob yes there 10 1 hl 0 ob objected jetted haw raw don rec recovering his none neme 1 1 hit it d diou 3 ou mean major Gui duthile Gu thile bile by averet cret ing a 11 imn atiteo for murder tl TI ere m tome toine real trouble ahead tor for you as a an ac accessory essory I 1 elixt up Raw donl snipped FT rr rel 1 I ro in conn command nond here bcd bd tie tt e ol 01 I 1 r i inn i in fumbled tumbled in an on inside pocket ond and framed an oilskin envelope ninth with alth bIt bitterness guthrie aid ed pd t v carried the shell of couig galbriith into the bedroom lit t ath nith the debris of his ancon edous frery come here III ill you guthrie Gu thrle called parrel farrel bo held a photograph in his haild 1 I that laughing Mc Donaldl apathetically took the p photograph h 0 and went to t ie lamp it was wa lie the likeness of a large man in cant dian uniform the patched pat cheil fae hopelessly by wounds As h looked at the canadian bollier into the listless eyes of the man abo bo had given bis his all fur for frie wiship and in n va vain in crept a doubt perplexity then cold assurance oarth garth banded handed the photograph to joao quarrier for in an instas she the examined the likeness then with a note of triumph in her voice returned it to with it looks like him but this man hua has no lobe on his lett left ear and bis his hair look at the thin balul alls biscar our mans Is thick guthorle nodded this Is the loan man you are ar ater after farrell farrel tes yes and he bee a thi oan man in to that room you t tell we bis his real namer name his ills real name la Is carmichael jeck carmichael Carml chael you ought to know major he must have been a friend youe you e to take the chances with the law haw that atio have la in hiding biding harm 4 all rf hv said guthrie coldly any chances I 1 took answer tor for now lock at this photograph ton you that this man besides losing halt bait face poor devil lias has no lobe on left ear that a dear clear Is itt fir yes yea I 1 noticed tat that I 1 all right now look took at bis his hairis tt it thi k or thin thin thle all right now in his de description what scars sears does in lit carryl carry I 1 barrel tarrel aeed from the he took from the en in his scare sears little finger on rf right ht and tand misting lobe of left ear mi mining taing tte te eliell wound on alire 0 cirac me in here taking a candle 1 I led the two policemen into bedroom there s the little finger both h ands get thata that joan gull gulf r rie t a say aar pars s both atole wt ale uren they scars on his knees nol not TO DE NEXT WEEK |