| Show C wl d 0 fet f A I 1 ibl lot ier C enden B f i bwy Cl carb RB N IBB Sf i clr li k A A jf A CHAPTER X continued 21 but while he spoke he heard they all heard beard in tile the rond without the rasp of a order and the quickly itol 01 ol owing beat af pf 0 footsteps at atie sound go ah end spun round i to the window jerking bli bis ji pistols fr free i e t f OB as he moved nut but lie he biad li ad no use or afi hem em jhb the med anen at the window h had hd vanished and he back in time to stop barker and miller from a at 11 tempting ato ure casy boys easy he counseled the instant the door was burst open nod carter sprang in with bob by his side the madei wintter tie here rethe he cfred cried carelessly aa go ahead returned ahls fit 9 weapons to his pockets nothing ot lUng to speak of fie be ie replied piled solo somebody e tried kohold to hold the sheriff andee and me up through the windows I 1 guess youva I 1 seared off but im a whole lot obliged to you tor for coming captain the captain looked a little beail dered but he e shrugged his shoulders im satisfied if you are he be an scored T r aid oia tor or tile the aine being abiog er captain if youre Vat patrolling roling ng BrIa bridgets gets ill be glad togo along with you if I 1 you dont mindl the capt captain ali a smiled curiously enough cm going to that ier very y p place 1 I ace he observed go ahead turned jo to the sheriff night night Bark barker ertl he sald ile be sure to see sea vae ma off on the tomorrow morning smilingly go ahead followed wei the captain out of the office but as tie stepped th through rough the door he cuu ht stellas hand ind and pressed it you boy he said feelingly the second time youve saved my life today flow did you know where id gonea gone stellas breath wan NUB coming very quickly 1 1 I viade made bridget tell we me she whispered then I 1 went for them the captain and the 1 men ann weve been waiting outside when the blinds blinda went up and I 1 saw those men outlined against the light with thear guns oh go ahead if been killed id have hunted them down and killed them both t CHAPTER X XI as go ahead had guessed from his bis bandaged head had bad suffered more or less severely from akols ambush and diego had euffe suffered also wade had been the first to bolt through the door into the deml ob scurley of the corridor and diego had fired bred instantly without uniting to make sure chous who coming chebul the bullet struck wade high up in the fore head passed through the skin circled circled over the top of the skull and went about its business the shock knocking him over barker nar lter bursting out on wades heels had bad already drawn hla his sheath knife tile die only weapon that go ahead had left him and this he hurled buried at diego or of rat rather herat at the flash dash of diegle pistol the knife however went true transfixing diegas right right arm and causing him to drop the pistol without firing aring a second shot all three being then weaponless stopped lighting recognized each oth er and counted up the damages diegas wound though painful was not danger dangerous dnn gerona ons and did not disable him wades round was not dis disabling alblIng either and if he had goner gone quietly to robbers roost and wd token care of himself there it probably would have given him but the long chase in the blazing sun the tha me over his humiliation at go Al abenis leads hands and the final fury that p pos f 3 essed him film when he found that go co ahead and Stella had slipped through his ganir to in some inexplicable way played hob with him fever racked anti anil e ehu 1 thu I he at last last got back to the roost and tried to sleep but for hours he fie could not and when about he did at lost last eltise close hlo his eyes eves ll it was only to tie he awake ried I 1 by the arrival of nf the two bandit messengers that barker haa sent he fie wits was in no condi llou and in no i mood mod to listen quietly to the etory nh t they ey told tili nor to the message roes sige they 1 twilight t Q il helcel cli lit t thun barbri burger alke lie 9 waind wain d ilia lie e of nf the altu a tion before the fie men hurt hud anore than fairly begun their tale a and ad maddened by the fever feer in his v volna ans and the stir throbbing abbing in ma la brain lie he sprung sprang to tile his feet feel and rushed out nut of f the cabin A moment more and the brazen altire bell of robbers roost sent berlt its if wild summons through tile sleep steeping loa scamp camp up and out from cave andar and tr from cabin poured bandits women and children all who went to make up the population of the roost some came shivering wild eyed alth fear others came ready to foght for their 1 lives never before in the history of the roost had the bell rung to in the night and those who heard it knew I 1 that it betokened no light danger i with the others came fair halt half dressed buckling on his pistol belt to yate still sounding the bell belche he b rushed up op he demanded wade threw down the padded mallet and turned glaring the whole shows cupl up I 1 liti lie raved you traitor I 1 you and t hot hat girl of yours have sold us out both men snatched ut at their revolvers I 1 but wade was waa a trifle the quick 4 rk both men snatched at their revola er ern but wade was wa a trifle the th Quick quicker or er two shots rung rang out and fair crumpled down all about sounded bounded the click ot revolvers vol I 1 vers but wade did not bear them or did not heed them ita ilva truel true I 1 tie be yelled words just come from alln barker baiker fairs girl la Is at Lo boville with that man we were chasing today hes a ranger or so methin ashes mashed oo on hla blab and ashes sold us as out a liel bot faced furious green broke bralic through the crowd that mans not h ranger or anything like it hes bes bobs cousin come from the east to take her home borne with him and keep her out of barkers clutches wade took her with him the other night to sell lier her to barker lie be tried to play a dirty atrick track on her at the JD JB ranch an go ahead dropped in just in time to stop him and make monkeys of him film an crack Crac kl greens voice broke stopped slopped desperately he tried to draw his gun but wades bullet had and gone too true midway alloway of the effort he crumpled down beside fair prom from the crowd a yell of rage sounded but before action could fral low another m man ark sprang forward hands uplifted hold on he yelled dont elwool 1 it if weve been sold out weve were got else to do besides killing each other dont kill any more till w wo know well need all the men weve got if the doughboys dough boys fire are utter ua ns the words came os as a duche douche of cold water to tn the maddened men recalling them to a realization of t their h air own danger right ames cried a single volve ehnts Wh tits up make wade tell us I 1 and a roar of agreement 1 I tit up im TO DC CONTINUED |
