Show 1 ff a 0 r town round rau a bp B p wn up U by WILLIAM WILLUM MACLEOD MAcL iOD RAINE RAIM 0 copyright corTeg ht by william macleod raine CLAY AND DURAND SYNOPSIS A foreword ahti motoring th arizona a party aa ot f easterner easterners if father a ther and and a male com companie comp anim top stop to wit ft a cattle round up the girl gift leaves the car and ie IN attacked atta cheil by 14 wild teer steer A mut of riding iding on the ft pt I 1 of one of the cowboy cowboys saves ave har a 11 life then I 1 tt a lory story begin clay arige rider on an arlona arizona lamch announce announces his hi intention to visit the bid town I 1 new now tork york on the train clay become becomes interested tn in a young a woman kitt mason on her way to new kotc to become a motion picture actress ehe ah I 1 Is marked ai as fair prey by a fellow follow traveler travel tr jerry durand bang sang politician and ex prize fighter clay 1 a quarrel and throw thrown durand from the train on h hi Is first day in new now york clay la to splashed with ith water by a janitor that in the range rider punishes pun lalic M aid d leaves tied to a are h harant drant A young woman who sees the occurrence invitee invites clay into her home house and hides him from the po lice alays lay rescuer introduce introduces herself a as beatrice deatrice whitford I 1 ind nay bay meat meats her father colln colin whit ford he ile meets kitty maeon 1 by br accident she ah hm hills been disappointed la in her tage stage aspirations clay vis itil her icetty ie in insulted ed by a customer clay punishes the an noyer outside he to attacked az b jerry durand and a compagnin compa com end and beaten insensible clay clays i acquaintance WaIn tance with beatrice whitford ripens ills 11 I 1 side ili partner on the arlinna ranch johnnie oreen gre on con ea es to the big town the two take an apartment together word come comes that kitty mason Is I 1 in trouble clay roe goes to the rescue and Is I 1 helped by annie lie come comes on a party ot of gunmen obviously waiting tor for hie his appear ance anco clay I 1 gets the drop on the thugs lock locks them thorn in a mom and with a theater party which includes the clay meet meats alty mason friendless fri endle and rd penniless penn llen he II 11 leaves the arty narty a to take the girt girl to his apartment beatrice resent resents landaal a interact Int erect in ritty the two men part in anger hurt and indignant bertrice practically proposes pro poe marriage marri alte to an old admirer clarence bromfield wealthy mn man about town their engagement coment Is announced durand gang kidnaps kitty clay appeals to abole kan who tir tells him where the girl is I 1 likely to be found CHAPTER XII continued 7 Johnn johnnies les cage case MIS mas not so ho as he lie imagined it aver her their good night t smoke 0 ke ly clay kwe guie a warning keep yore e e open johnnie I 1 was trailed to the house today by one ot of the tile fellows with durand the night flight I 1 called on him it spells trouble I 1 reckon tho the braches ah ate going to icae the reservation again I 1 I 1 say clay aint t you gettin homesick for be the of a rai hide haa the tile matter with ith us dittin the dust tor for good old tucson I 1 id it sure like to chase tails again you can go volinnie Jo linnie I 1 m not iundy yet quite and when ahen I 1 go it went wont be because of any rattlesnake ic fr the ernes ams cadou mean I 1 can go it if this tilts jerry pranda trying to get you 11 I 1 bo be it alre are follow in yore dust old scout there I 1 9 more than one vay av ay to skin it cat debbe the fellow means to horike at ne rie through you or kitty I 1 ve a mind to put you both on oil a train for or the tile 1 U in a box ranch 1 you yon can put the tile 11 girl oa on a train you cant can t put no pie oa on none less n ou go tool too nii ills shadow stoutly then gee see you lont dont get drawn drann into any quarrels while mittle ou and kitty are away aay from front the home houie stick to the lighted streets I 1 think III speak to tier about not lettl nany strange man talk to her tier I 1 think she title had better not go ait jut unless one of us Is with lier tier t alts roe me and ilon don t you taue any cli chance ancis old timer hint goes double I 1 lin in the cautious gua a in this outfit not within twenty menty four hours clay heaard bome some one pounding 1 I luilly on tit door of the apartment and anti the olce voice of the cautious guy indio ing haste I 1 I 1 lemme emme in III clay hurry flurry I 1 hurry flurry I 1 he hinted tiled lindsay Is s fit t the t loor door ln in owr strides but lie did not need to see the joe of his fiends face to cc to guess alla had find occurred for johnnie end and btty hid hud starlei start crl together to see a picture phily tso hou hours ealler er ller ry d adne tie took nitta ln an auto be CW B before mf my eles ees claimed lady had fainted nbc took her 1 I 1 danno datino gome men turned th the alck me nay neter er liftin a hana u aliotta Alit tTa I 1 a datil hold yore ore huAs seffi son dont gel get ie ikan la at the begin beginning nIn annl S me all 4 bout about it cly clay cl y told him qu kair we J vas wag comin borne an I 1 took kitty into that lied star drug store borto or to get hn some ice cream well fight arsht after that tt st I 1 hee heerd rd a roan man say how tte lady hod had minted what jader the ne ledy lady in the machine nitch lne were wert you in the dru drue storer ro i wed jes je caime out nea en t this his drey drew rn man u ore I 1 out holleran be flerin tn t lady bad fainted and auld I 1 t 0 a tie dug d ug course I 1 u a jut ill a tile d the e lot the car to he if abs uld lien I 1 got back to the walk with the abter the man was hoppin back into the car it w us alrea ly amov in lie slummed alie door abut nal it went up the street like I 1 greased eased light nin I 1 get the number iso no 1 I 1 I plumb forgot to look loola ciny clay slipped a revolver under his ills belt ne slid lid into a strict cont coat then ie I 1 e got police headquarters on the wire mire ind notI notified fId tho tile office of hat had taken pince place it hud find come coine on to rain and beneath he street lights the asphalt gline like a river the storm lial at driven most people indoors but as tic tho westerner es terner drew near the drug store clay saw with edlef a tax taxicab leal draw up outs outside lile its driver crouched in his ills scat stat bhend the apron na as far back ns an possible from front the rain promptly ac lindsay ns its a fare I 1 hack back in a minute clay told him and passed into the drug store the abduction was mas still being dis ile cussed lie pushed home borne questions as to identification one of 0 the men in the tile drug store had caught a flash of the car number he ile was sure the farst four our figures were ere the fifth did not remember the car was dark blue and it looked like a taid this 1 li formation or matlon clay got the owner oner of 0 the store to for forward viard to the police ho lie did not wait to give it pars personally onal but joined johnnie in the cab the address he lie gave to the driver with the waterproof ater proof liet hat pulled down over his ills head was that of a certain place of amut amusement ement knonz as dulace of wonders A woman oman he wanted to consult was vlas wont mont to sit it behind a win dow the there t the receipt of customs mils annie pert smile beamed through the window at clay when he stepped stopped up hello mr flat worker she cang sang out bow man roana clay explained ahat his business was serious I 1 ive got to se w you alone now art added it you gotta you gotta the girl called nn an usher who fouad found a second usher to take her place ancle walked down the a few mops beside clay hat hats a the big idea in callin me from in inn job in the rush boural she asked city told his etory story some of jerry a strong arm work she commented must be can you help anel annie looked straight at him a humorous little quirk to her mouth say havro aou ou askil me t to do arx trow down roy my steady atea dyT annie was pretty and inevitably she had lovers oae one of was slim jim colllns collins lil fol follower lomer of jerry durand he ile was a crook and she knew it hut but some quality in him hs his good looks perhaps per hap or his game ness fascinated her in spite of herself she avoided him even while sho she found herself lier self pleased to go to coney ith an escort eo so well dressed and so a glibly confident another of her tier admirers was a policeman tim muldoon by name the name one that had res cued cited clay from the savagery of du rand outside the sea siren tiro tim she liked dut but for all his fits irish ardor he lie T ati I 1 f what the dig big idea in calling me Ms from me M job in the ruih flush hours HIS 1 I wary lie ile had ever never ashod imir to marry him film she thought she knew the reason he ile did not want for a wife A e woman who had been slim jims girl clay had find conic come to annie now mccaue of that she the had told him about slim jim this tilts man was we one cf durnill s standbys stand bys if there was any un underground der ground work ork to be done it AAs odds on chance that he would be in iri charge of it in im dallia ou oil to stand by a poor girl in trouble he said in an ewer to her question yon you let durand spoil be life lite it you could stop it well my a cuel I 1 whre do I 1 come in on this tbt rescue wruthe the beautifully bero bernblit blit ical when did 14 JW you eee see slim MIM jlia jim laatt 1 le tea him this V an I 1 might not attia aid loul st looking at lalni from a broud it hat brira say the layout out are ou fronin alin for or up alie ae it cheri ser tin ilin bryin to cave save kitty because sties site s our gull goll where do deome I 1 come tn it at what there in it for me ine to go rappin me friend demand ed annio sharply shea not my girl explained clay then with that eure sure instinct that guided film he added 1 the oung lady ilin I lin in love with haa has lust just become engaged to another man ills 4 kan looked nt at jilin frank 1 I incredulous I 1 tor for the ION he e 0 mike blike where a her tier ebes dont she know a real man when ehe she one I 1 III sav say she don t 11 A luth flush into annies checks cheeks she went ment off orr swiftly ly nt fit a tange tangent tit I 1 I 1 it give a fellow a jar this ua U jim colling collins milli it to me ine ti till il that he lie a off oft the crooked stuff Not liln doln a tail tall in gorilla work he ile kids me that he a quit coln out on the spud and don t look good to mm film no more A four room flat at little wife alfe an the road for slim jim I 1 fall for it though I 1 d orta be ile hep to men an lie dates me up tonight for tho chauffeurs hall nut but you gol gov no lie sidesteps it thia this aft with asairy a fairy tale about darivin it e rich old dame out to yonkers all the time lie he was mas tt ft gurin on thia this goll far fr jerry iles he a rotten crook C what color te to slim jime jims carl IA A dirty blue chyl I 1 at was the car nule note lifted her hands in a little feature I 1 tu re of f despair tm 1 I m dead eick sick of gel orthis his cle game what s there in III I 1 liv live straight ht and cat oat in a R beanery no alb lobster ster palaces in mine look ook r at me no cheap ap duds and tim ghee gives me nr the over like I 1 was a street cat what sor of a chance did I 1 ever have with alth tand and gan cunnien men for me friends yo youve ve got yora yore chance now an nie tile vm lm arill hop off that fence hes on an light a straight fur for you it if lie to thinks youve slim jim ou don dont it owe clive jerry durand anything anyhow where would he lie have ltv taken you can give a guess bho iad 1 ad made her tier de decision cIslon before ahe she e I 1 glimme paper and a pen cl ell on CI cin ya notebook she scrawled hur friedly ni a address jira jim d croak me it he knew id ill given this at alj e uld said looking straight at the tie cattlemen adem attle inn n hell 1111 never know and III never forget I 1 annie clay left her and turned to the dmitr from the slip of paper in hia his hand li t read rend aloud an oddress As cay lay slammed slummed the ir r shut und the eft car noved forward i had an lin pres of something gou wrong of a cog ia I 1 n hia his plan slipped for at mie inte standing its li the rain under i a sputtering misty street light a face fuce stricken with fear her lier dilated eyes v vere ere fixed on tho tile drier of the taxicab I 1 CHAPTER XII TV T vo ea men in a locked room son ie te I 1 lith sense of safety one that comes to ninny many men inen who ho ilse II 11 in the outdo ra on oil the untamed frontier aarn 1 ciny clay that all was yas not well ell the it adelne lied swung to he lie right and w v is a facing fitting from the wind instead of antl it clay was not very well actual tiled with fill now york but lie did ki low ow tills this ans as not the direction in 1 n it 1 ch la I 1 ti wonted to go to I 1 ma ln isay ay iy opened the tile door and swung out ot u the running board were tang yr ng stop the cur uri ahe he ordered tl TI L j man at tl it e litel did not turn lie speeded iop eded up his ills anre far wasted no time in t es A moment and the tile canut beur dpn t wv v on it tie e brake sharply reasor ii was as v 4 good one vie blue nose of f a r ro ahw was vas jammed fiord his Is ril brits its fe pe had looked round once to annul u out what it was pro prodding him that mai ai enough to con once him he ile had 1 etto stop Un ller the brae the back wheel un I 1 and brought up again t the curb clay hanging on by one han hall I 1 wae all flying ing hard to the tile sid walk the cab tyee 1 regained ita its um gi impetus alti m ath a snort end and leanet le apet forward again As A the cattleman clambered clamber td to his hi feet I 1 e one full lew view of the chauff urs triumphant vindictive face he ile hift 1 rien it before at a reception III arranged for him by jerry dul and one memorable night it belong id d to tie tl e more talkative of the to a guiniven gui men ninen lie be had bad at the pae ent eded ed poker gam gain he lie knew too without I 1 belot told that thia this man and slim JIM collins one and the same lite memory of annles an face facy carried this con icilin home to him the r aln belted down as a he moved 1 I 1 omu jai r d abe he brighter lighted street that intersect ed the one where he had bad been dropped 9 the tl light lights of a 3 saloon cabot his eye jt at th it h e comer he ile went in got rot molliy poll e an n the wire and its llanyd ed tnt that a car answering the n of 0 the OP or used by bin ab ah duct or he baa ba bom leaded fat into park b ofik ers a and nd that the dom atoa n tilt tilts wire being watched matched presenta tl lie picked up another taxi tail lie ile hesitated to go 50 to the tile address annie had ghea given him or to join the tile chase uptown ha lie de tided to felt the house clay paid ills driver and looke at the house numbers as he moved up the tile strett he lie witold many of I 1 the he i ft ere used to keel lodger c in others were viere employed for less reputable purl purposes loies ills ilia overcoat buttoned to his ills deck neck clay walked without hesitation up the tile stepa of the one numbered lie ile balig the tile bell and waited Alil ted his ills fight right hand in tile pocket of his ills overcoat lite door opened cautiously a fow few inches and a pair of 0 close set pcs in a Arin wrinkled kled face gimle ted clay 11 hada hi tda want anav the old man inan sent me with a it sage anser td the arizonan Arli onan prompt 1 got mery everything thing ready for the girl I 1 suy say who T ito the h I 1 are buot ouse oue of hilm v friends I 1 listen isten A we e got the kid picked her up at a drug store 1 I don know watcher fairy tales about clay put his foot against the door to prevent it from being closed and dit dim his hand band 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