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HAYS & MEM
SOCceedine s. Hayti
Barristera, Solicitors, nenareaanteas
and Notaries PablIc, Solicitors •for
the Domtation Bank. Wage in rear of
the Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Money'
te° leas.,
JOHN ljEST
Law Office
P. J. SOUPY_ .
-Associate In Charge
Barrister*, S,olieltors, Notaries, Etc.
Seatorth, Ont. Telephone 75.
ELMER D. BELL, B.A.
Barrister & Solicitor
Office ot late F. Holmsted, K.C.
(Next A. D. Sutherland) •
Monday, Thursday and Fridays.
• Over Keating's Drug Store.
85713c62
VETERINARY
JOHN GRIEVE, V.S. -
Honor graduate qf Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderaent Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and rereidence on Goderich Street, one
door east of Dr, larrott's office, Sea -
/oath.,
A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. •
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, UniverSity of Toronto. All
diseases of domestic animals treated
by the most modern arinciples.
Charges reasonable. Day or night
cans promptly attended to. Office on
Main Street, Hehsall, opposite Town
Hall. Phone 116. Breeder of Scot-
tish Terriers, Inverness Kennels,
Reiman.
MEDICAL
DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario. Mem-
ber of College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode-
rich Street, 'West. Phone 37.
Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay.
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Physician - Surgeon
Phone 90-W. Office John St., Seafortie
DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderioh Ste
east of the United Churoh, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner tor the County of
Huron. -
• DR. HUGH H. ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario! pass graduate course in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago
Royal Optbalmie Hospital, London.
England; University Hospital, Lon-
don, •England, Offiee—Bak of -Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5.
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria Street, Seaforth.
DR. E. A. McMASTER
Graduate of the University of Toron-
to, Faculty ,of Medicine
Members of. College of Physicians south.
and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of When the rattling wheels had spun
New York Post Graduate School and beneath the 'train for two hours, he.
Lying-in. Hospital; New York. of- dropped off at a place where it had
Ace on High Street, Seaforthe Phone 'stepped for water. Ponehe must leave
27. Office fully equipped for X-ray a broken 'trail behind him, he d,ecid-
diagnosis and ultra short wave .elec- ed, and he was already'ner, far away
tric treatment, Ultra Violet Sun Lamp from the place of the double murder.
treatments, and Infra Red.- electric He .cut acrose the country. In the
treatments. Nurse in, attendance. grey of the, dawn when day could
aardly have been said to have begun
he came to a ranch -house. There, in
the barn, he .faund saddle and bridle.
In the ,corral were a d:ozen horses.
He picked the stoutest; without re-
gard for lines which might indicate
-speed, for this first requirement of
a horse' wag the strength to bear up
his genial bulk. On the back of this
animal he threw the saddle, lowered
the bars, led the horse out, and then
rode stouth, south at a steady jog. If
,would not do to use too much early
speed, for the mad was long which
led across the. deseet. But some-
where ahead of him wag lalexico, and
there, unless men died, the law some-
times slept.
CHAPTER III
The Clenched Fist
There was a fluster in the kitchen
of the hotel. The tame rt of Mary, the
waltrese, cha,mberthatd and cfccasion-
ally clerk in the general merchandise
store, was all. She had to talk. She
would, have talked to the wall had,
not the Cthineste ,000k lieen there.
'He's about that tall," said Mary,
reaching high, ,above her head. "He's
about that broad'. Why, • he'd fill that
door plumb fall. And he's all man,
Wu. There the, .goee now! He's fin -
}shed washing u.p and he's- going a-
routod in front. Look, quick, through
the window "
But Wu, with a grant which might
are been directed either at the fry-
ing steak or at her remark, turned
his narrow back upon her and reach-
ed for the salt. One glance showed
Mary that her confidant was a thing
of stone.
So she kneeled on the chair and
poured her 'heart through the window
toward the big tnan. He was „ not
'quite as large as she had made him
'out, but be was big enotigli. And he
was one of those Men who carry a-
bout them sueh anAir of ocelecktue
strength; such a high -headed and
franyeeed goodOuttime,•that they ao-
Liceneed auctioneer or Perth and liear Wager Wait they are;
He +Carried hie that in his band,
Miran Cotittlea.• Sales itolicittel
TOMO �n aptilitiatitne Perin Stoelt, Wallah lebtoWect ail Id a hattasesea
Chatteland Reale testate Pinpeet ' altiebreastiod Wt. He bad taken aff
R. P. Me. 4,, Mitentill. POtiide.'634 tee ,bartaialitte alao, ead �e hS
014 die thiolotthe elteineg
AllAY. at thie-Ottint • •o
,g!!!
41kf,k1',
k;',11;'•.''40000" '4AetN.W,
.4!
(Oentitnied from last week)
He came back, however, to the black
and silentecabiln, and when he lighted
the lantern, 'he carried It out and
found the two dead men lying as they
bad fallen. The lantern shuddered in,
his hand. First he hurried! back to
the cabin.
The motive for the double kluling
was patent at once. For the gold was
gone. He went back and carried the
dead men to the same spot. Anal when
they lay on their -backs with the dirt
brushed from their faces, they were
wonderful:Sy unchanged froen the two
'he had left that morning.
They must be buried. And he bur-
ied them 1 Miner's, fashion. He took
them to the old shaft which they had
begun -to adguntit the false vein dis-
appeared. At the mouthof the hole'
he sank a drill a few inches„ wielding
a double jacawith one hand and rain-
ing the blows as if he were swinging
a carpenter's hammer, for he wan a
Want of Strength. Then he put in
his stick of powder, lighted the fuse,
and watt -had the explosion roll twen-
ty tons Of stone across the entrance.
Now for the ride to town! He sad-
dled his horse, the only horse of the
throe which they pastured ntear the
Mine. Which was capable of bearing
his weight. It was not until the sad-
dle Was, in place that the ether
thought came to :him. Suppose that
he rode into toWn and told them what
he had found'. They would ,come pour-
ing. out to see the site of the trag-
edy.
But no sooner were they there than
theywould begin to ask questions,
andethese questions would be prompt-
ed by the discovery that the mine was
paying in rich ore. A rich, mine own-
ed by three partners of whom two are,,
suddenly and sadly killed! 'How for-
tunate, how extremely fortunate, for
the third member of the group!
It came sickeningly hc•me• to him.
He was new to that land. Na- one
knew -him. No one would vouch for
him. Strangers. would compose the
jury that tried him.. A strange judge
would advise them. A furious prose-
cutor would pcfur forth his eloquence
about this dastardly crime ---the mur-
der of two honest old prospectors!
Sweat stood upon his forehead.
Sweat poured out at his armpits. And.
every Mile that :he travelled gave him
time for thoughts: The beat of the
hofs of his horse turned into words,
and they were the words of the charge
of the.judge to the jury pointing ,otit
all the damming evidence and, in sum-
ming up, showing that if such a crime
went unpunished it would encourage
other men to destroy their partners
when a mine began to pay. For how
simple was it, in the lonely mountains
to destroy a mran, and how easy it
was to put the blame upon an un-
eknowa stranger and say that one had
been out hunting that day!
He went to the town, indeed, but he
he did not ride into the centre Of it,
Iretead, he left his horse at the out-
skirts; --saddle -and ail. : There he
Paused a moment to 'rub the nose of
the Iteneet mustang and, murmur:
"They'll find, you, old-timer. They'll
give you some chuck. I know you,re
hungry as Siin!" Tlien he went on.
• He sneaked through the village.. He
came to theraildead station, and half
an hour later he was aboard a freight
train and bound for parts farther
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine. University
of •Toronto.
Lite assistant New York Opthal-
mei and Aural, Institute, Moorefield's
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
pitals, London, Eng. At Commernial
Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in
each inontb, from 1.30 p.m. t 04.30
p.m. 58 Waterioe Street, South, Streik
ford.
DR. DONALD G. STEER,
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario. Mena
ber of College of Physicians and
011rgeon0 of Ontario. Full equip-
ment, including an ultra short wave
set
Office King Street, Henna Phone
Hensall 56.
DENTAL
DR. J. A. Mc-SAGGART
Graduate Royal College" of Dental
Surgeons, Toronto. Office at Hensall,
Ont. Phone 106.
AUCTIONEERS
HAROLD DALE
Licemied Auctioneer
Specialist le -farm and household
sales. Prieee reasonable, Por dates
and information, write or phone Itar-
Old Dale, Phone 1 Werth, or
apply at The ExPoill ffiee.
F. W. AHRENS
gith.
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Hhis whole eatuenet was tine of utter
Taxelesmaitie, and Mary. when she ,had
peered mail he was out of ,sight, sat
dowel suddenly in the • chair' with her
thrown back and a foolish little
Stella uptin her Han
As for Harry Gloster, he ,paused at
the front of the 'building to laugh at
two sweating boys who, in the middle
of a great dust -cloud, were attempt-
ing to drive tback a pig which had
broketnthrough the fence on the far-
ther side of the. street. Then he en-
tered' the hotel and went into the ing-room.oom.
There was only one other present,
and this Was a pleasant companion.
He was one of those men who show
age in thg face and not in'the_body.
His shoulders were as wide, hiiehest
as high arched, the carriage of his
head as noble as that of any athletic
youth.
But his hair was almost a silver-
grey .and his face was broken • and
laggard with time and trouble. If his
face alone were noted he, looked all
of eixty. But taking his erect and
Ftrong ,body intoconsideratioreone
reduced the age to forty-five. . And
that must • have come close to . the
truth.
Harry Gloster waved a hand in
greeting and sat down beside the
other. • '
• -"Riding through or living here?" he
askr41. • •
"Rifling through," answered the old-
er Man. "You?"
"Just blowing north," said Harry
GIOFter.
"So am 1," said the other. "In a
rush, as a matter of fact. We might
line on together to -morrow." •
Harry Gloater eyed him askance.
"I 'may be starting in a little while
--may not wait for morning," he par-
ried.
}Te could' have sworn that the other
smiled, although, very. faintly. And
G1C•ster leaned sraddenly fOrward and
looked his companion squarely in the
eyRe.
• "What's on your mind?" he asked
sharply.
The older man hesitated an instant
and •.then laughed. He added, speak-
ing softly: "it's all right, son. But
there's no red dirt of that op/our
south of the town. You're 'just off
the Pebbleford trail. You're • heading
south." The twinkle in his. eyes .foc-
used to a gleam. "You're for the Rio
Grande—epranto!"
He spoke just in time to save the
heart Of Mary from complete wreck-
age, for at this moment she came in
staggering under the weight of a
great bray of food and dishes, yet
with her glance fastened on the Paco
of Harry. Gloster—who gave' her not
a' look, . •
To be sure, he had not changed col-
or at the last words of his table -mate;
he even managed to ,maintain a smile
but the big muscles at the, base of
his jaw were bulging a little and he.
stared straight before him. The mo-
ment Mary- was gone again, however,
with -a; last -languishing ..glanee--•from-
the door to the kitchen, Gloster
touched the arm of the other.
"What do you mean by that?" ne
asked.
• "Nothing," said; the older Ivan. "No-
theig, except that I don't like to be
bluffed. He made a gesture of
pr-
fect 'apenne,ss with a bandaged right
hand. "You have nothing to fear
from me," he, added quietly. •
At this Harry Gloster grew a little
pale.
'"What do you kncW?" he said.
"If I were sheriff," said the other,
"I'd locleyou up on suspicon and hold
you until I'd had a look at your back
trail. ButI'mnot 4steriff-not by a
considerable distance!"
"Then that's finished?"
"It is!"
They exchanged eloquent glances,
and .,Harry Gloster 'drew a great
breath of relief. Before he could
speak again a third man entered the
room, stopped short as his glance fell
upon Gloster's companion; and then •
advanced again' slowly, with an in-
describable change in his ma atm- and
step 'which told, that be was facing'
;danger. As for the man beside Gas-
ter, the, too, had altered, sitting a
little straighter in his chair, and with
an out -burst of his lower jaw.
Yet he said calmly enough: "Hello,
Joe."
"Howdy, nodded the other. "Kind
of far south for you, Lee, ain't it?"
• "A Jtttie far aouth," answered Lee,
while the other drew back a chair
with his left hand and sat down, slo'w-
ly, gingerly, never taking his 'eyes
from Lee. He was one of those long-
legged, long -armed men whose weight
is -condensed almost entirely around
Herculean shoulders.
He was handsome, in a way, but His
features were all overshadowed, •as
one might say, by the very shadow
of his physical ,strength. It showed
in the .straight line of his -compressed
mouth, in the forward jutting of his
head, and most significantly imi a
cruel flare of the nostrils,.
"Yes," went en Lee as calmly as
beftire, "I'm a little farther south
than usual. I'm on a trail. Maybe
you "could give me a few pointer,
Joe."
Joe grimit'edi, and there was 'no
mirth in his amine.
"Sure," he said dryly. • "Ain't It
nacheral for me to do anything for
you that 1 could?"
Here Mary came to get the order
of the neWcondet. He snapped a re-
quest for ham and eggs at her with- .
out Moving his eaes, from Lee.
arm looking for a Woman," said
Lee, tontinuteg as soon an the giri
had left the roOna.
"We ail are," Said Joe, Minnfug a-
gain.
"Her Jiatne," said Lee, "le Kate
Ctanberlatict. Thataie, It titea to be.
She's the *WOW of Dan teeny."
• "Never.1,14 tst her ett'6,•,i1. WO.
BRAND
Joe.
"Or of lira Silent?" asked Lee, and
it seemed to Harry -Mester that there
was a tremor of seriousness in the
manner .of the speaken
"Silent? Nope?"
"Or your! asked Lee, glancing earn-
estly, at Gloster.
,"Never heard of him. Who was
he?"
"I have no luck," said Lee, deep in
gloom, aild avoiding die direct ques-
tion,. "That trail has globe out!'"
The ,cemetent of Joe was a grin
of cruel dieenterest. And Harry Glos-
ter said kindly: 'Old friends of
yours?" ••,•
"Dan Barry --an old friend?" mut-
tered Lee as much to himself as to
the others, "t• don't know." He sigh-
ed and lookedl &crass, the room with
blank eyes. "God knows what he
was to me or to ante other human be-,
trig." And he added sadly.: "He, was
a- man I wronged, and he was a man
who° gave inc my life when he had it
like that -etc? take if he wanted it—"
He raised his 'hand and. closed it as
though the were orushing an invisible
something against his, palm.
"Well," said' Joe witlt sinister mean-
ing, "gents "like that come few and
far. between, eh?" --
athey do." answered Lee. "There
are sotafe folks that hold a small
grudge to. the end of time, I've met
men like that." The meaning could
not be mieunderstood.
And suddenly Joe turned 'white. It
was not hand to see that a great emo-
tion had ,been working in him ever
since he entered the room. And now
it leaped ttp.front his *heart and mas-
tered him,
His head lowered and thrust out. a
hit more than usual; he pushed back
his chair somewhat from the table so
as to give- his knees clearance for
auick action. And his right hand
dropped patently close to his hip.
"You've met 'one- of .them Men in
me. Haines," he said, breathing hard,
and yet growing whiter and whiter as
the passion mounted,: "I've been
thinking and thinking about — you
and me. And I'm tolerable glad that
we've met up. Tolerable glad!"
And. indeed, the battle lust shook
hire like .a leaf.
Harry Gloster eyed them shrewdly.
He 'bad! been among fighting men all
his life. They were a sort of la.n-
gUage which he could read with .a
perfect flueacy.
But as he looked from one -to. the
other of' these two he 'could; not tell
which was the more formidable. There
was more nervous energy in Joe, but
in the man who had just been called
Haines there was a cane reserve --of
strength which might be employed in
the crisis. He was older, to be sure,
but he was not yet old enough to be
slow.
There was one determining factor
which Gloster could see, but - which
Joe could. not. The, right hand of
Haines had been kept scrumelously
out of sight beneath the table from
the -moment Joe entered. - Itnbad ap-
peared- to Harry at first that this
might. be from fear lest the other
should note ills infirmity and take
advantage cf it to fly at his throat.
But now that the aotual danger of
battle had become almost unavoidable
there might be another reason which
induced Haines to conceal his wound
—and that was an indomitable Pride
which kept him from taking advant-
age of a weakness to put off a dan-
ger.. And, in aact, he was now meet-
ing the last outburst of Joe with a
calre smile of scorn.
Yet, certainly he w as helpiest. The
four fingers of his right hand were
bound together with one bandage. He
could not possibly use a gun under
such a handicap unless he were am-
Ibvictee3C1nrUoUsgu—nalod on' his left side he
-••
To reach across to this right . hip
would be imposs,ible--opnosite • hint
there was a Man quivering with bate
and with murder in his face. At the
first suspicious move he would strike
and his stroke would be as deva,stat-
ing as a lightning flash.
"Wait a. minute!" • criedeioster.
"Wait a minute, will you? y friend
here has a bad hand—he can't—"
"You carry people along to beg off
tor you?" sneered :Toe. "
"I've never met this man' 'before,"
said 'Haines slowly. "And I- need no
advice or help. When I fight a rat, I
fight alone!"
It came 'home to Harry Gloster with
a sickening surety. It was simply
the suicide of a man tired of life and
preferring to die by the hand of an-
other rather than his own. He watch-
ed the hp of Joe curl; he saw him
take a short breath, as if he were
drinking the insult to the last drop,
and then there was a convulsive move-
ment •of his, right arm: The elbow
jerkedLback and .up and, the big re-
volver came spinning out of Its hol-
ster.
Lee Haines had not stirred; indeed,
the smile with which he had, uttered
his fast rerhark was still on his lips.
But Harry Gloster had' begun to move
the split part of a second before the
nitan across the table.
It was a -long distance, but the arm
of Gloster was a long arm. One foot
planted behind him braced hie tanight.
His fist shot across the table with
all ,his bulk motion, behind it. His
hip struck the table, tilted it, send-
ing the crockery spilling- and crash-
ing to the floor, But before the first
cup fell, his first cracked on the point
of the aggressor's jaw.
Had it landed solidly it would have
knocked Joe halt the length of the
Teem. But as it was he flinched back
at the last instant, seeing the flying
danger froM the 'corner cif - his eye.
SO the blow Merely grated the bortie
and partly attained hint fee the filia-
tion of a Militate
He Staggered ti it bent hie dant
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ANN
31st Qcto13e;-.1936
LIABILITIES
LIABDeploLlsitsT.IES.TO .THE. PUBLIC..
•
Payable on demand .and after notice. -
Notes of the Bank in Circelatiott • ' • •
Payable on demand,“ .
Bills Payable . . . • . . • 4
' 'Time drafti issued and 'outstanding.
Acceptances and Letters of Credit,Ontitilndin' g .
Financial responsibilities undertaken on behalf. of cuitOrne" rs
(see off -setting amount [x] in "Resources").
Other Liabilities to. the Public' . . .
• ltpneivhich do not come under the foregoing beading:.
Total Liabilities to the Puhlic . . .
LIABILITIES TO THE SHAREHOLDERS
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits
and Reserves for Dividends . . •.
• This amount represents the shareholders' interest in the Sank,
• over which liabilities to the public take precedence.
Total Liabilities . . • .
$691,312,05488
27,749,972.00 -13i,838,65
7,168,97949
1,947,005.98
• 0: $728,315,850.20
RESO
To meet the foregotng Liabilities the Ban has
Cash in its Vatilts and Money on Deposit th
Bank of Canada . . . .
Notes of and Cheques on Other Banks
'Payable in cash on presentation.
Money on Deposit with Other Banks • • •
AvailablAn demand or at short notice.
Government and Other Bonds and Debentures •
Not exceeding market value. The greater portion consists
, of gilt -edge securities which mature at early dates.
Stocks
' I •
•
Railway and Industrial and other stocks. Not exceeding market
value.
Call Loans outside of Canada
Secured by bonds, stocks and other negotiable securities of
greater value than the loans •and representing moneys quickly
available with no disturbing effect on conditivs hs Canada.
Call Loansin Canada •
Payable on demand and secured by' bonds and stocks of
, greater'value than the loans.
Bankers' Acceptances - • • i•
• Prime drafts accepted by other banks.
TOTAL OF QUICKLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES .
(equal to 83.27% of all Liabilities to the Public)
Other Loans • •
To manufacturers, farmers, merchants ,and others, on condi-
tions consistent with sound banking.
Bank Premises . . . • • • •.
•
Two properties only, are carried 'in the names of holding
-conipanies;" the Stock and bonds of 'these eamp-anies—ere en-
, lirely owned by the Bank and appear on the books at $1.00
in each case. All other of the Bank's premises, the value ot.
which largely exceeds $14,000,000, appear under this heading.
Real Estate, and Mortgages on Real Estate Sold by the
Acquired in the course of the Bank's business and in process
of being realized upon.
x Customers' Liability under Acceptances and
Letterf of Credit . • . . . .
Represents liabilities of 'cnstomers on account of Letters of
Credit issued and • Drafts accepted by thi. Bank for their
aCC01172i,:'.
Other Assets not included in the Foregoing • •
Ma▪ king Total Assets of . . . .
to mee4 payment of Liabilities to the Public of
leaving an excess of Assets over Liabilities to the Public.of
• 76,766,147.82
$805,081,998-02
$ 79,242,079.39
29,222,231.15
20,264,801.82
442,781,097.95
1,030,297.08
25,400,166.9.8
8,169,988.82
361,924.25
$606,472,587.44
174,141,011.90
14,000,000.00
1,507,373.67
7,168,979.49
• 1,792,045.52
$805,081,99'8.02
72/15,850.20
$ 7g,766,147.82
PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT
Profits for the year ended 31st October, 1936, after making appropriations
to Contingent Reserve Fund, out of which, Fund full provision for Bad
and Doubtful Dans has been made, end after *ducting Dominion and
Provincial Government Taxes amounting to $991,645.26 . . .
Dividends paid or payable to Shareholders . . $2,880,000.00
"Written off Bank Premises 200,000.00
Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 31st October, 1935
Transferred to Rest Account
•
$3,1s1,so1.37
3,080,000.00
$, 101,501.37,
1,935,033.36
Balance of Profit .and Loss carried forward
CHARLES B. GORDON,
President
$2,036,534.73
1 000 000 00
81,036,534.73
W. A. BOG,
JACKSON DODDS,
Joint General Managers
I{ The strength of a bank is determined by its histoly, its policy, its management
and the extent of its resources: For 119 years the Bank of Montreal has
been in the forefroniOf Canadianfinance.
ped down to the tips of his unnerved
fingers a.nci hung there by the trigger
guard. The very curse which he ut-
tered was blurred and half spoken,
"Keep out of this,!" commanded
Haines, and reached for the shoulder
of his table -companion. His grip was
strong, but his fingers sapped from a
mass of contracted amecies. He might
as well have laid arb arresting hand
on the`flank of an avalanche.
Harry Gloster went over the table
and landed first with his fist on the
face of Joe, and. secondly, with his
feet on the floor. The half-nembed
fingers of Joe were gathering the re-
volve,r again.
The blow landed le the' nick of time
and it ended the fight, whirling him
about and pitching him into the wall
with a force that jarred the room.
floor.
He slumped loosely back upon the
Mary brought by the uproar to the
door of the kitchen, screamed and
ran, back, and Wu raised a shrill clat-
tering, Lee Haines was Already kneel-
ing beside the fallen
tuned On his back. man, Wilma he
"Non even a beeken, jaw," be said.
"He Must be Made ,of intlia-rultbein"
He rose and •faced Gloater, and laid
hie bandaged hand on the eboaltatit
of the ether. Ills natal was ;Math*
to' Hener, Gleettne
"that was fast Work," Hanes sal
*`and It *nod. not; hate fel* fitud
tot and entitigh
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begging off. which is _worse. But if
you're headed for the Rio Grande,
don't let this hold, you back. And if
you come back again, don't come
back this way. He's bad medicine,
you understand?"
"I've never side-stepped a man yet."
Harry Gloster replied, shaking his
head. •
"You're not too old to form a good
habit," Haines rejoined. He scanned
the Magnificent body of Gloster and
last f all his glance dwelt on the
hands. His own fin.gers, and these
of Joe, lying unconscious on the
floor, were long, slender, bony — in-
teetded for movements of electric
speed. But the fingers of Harry
Gloster were square -tipped, built for
crushing power. "No," he continued,
"keep away from him and you'll have
better luck. And start moving now!"
There was such a SOIOIT1.131 assurance
Iti lids voice that it was impossible
for -Harry Gloster to &nearer. He look-
ed down again to the long arms of
Soo, sprawled wcrose the fleor, and
bo the tong-fingereti, sun -blackened
team And a 'tiliuddet at instilictiee
dread peeled through Oleeter. Ite
tUrned to beak again to 14bleIti.1, nek
•to leartrsofnething of the and
,tif the aetiefeealehitteitte oft n Men
Of his full fialileenbet afetfina
aleeada Inwing gvneitythittgit
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CHAPTER IV
Moon Mad
„ The ranclohouse in which Buck
Daniels and Joan -lived, was not old,
but the parobing sun of a few silk:ti-
mers had drawn the life from the
Wood and warped it loose, and a
score of wild sendsterms had batter-
ed and twisted it.. So that a voice
sounded from corner to corner of the
building and footfalt started susall
murmurs squeaking across the house,
But when Joan arose from her bed
i was Mae the rising of a shadow;
there was not even a whispering of
the covers as they were laid back.
And so gingerly did she trust her
weight to the floor that it gave not
the slightest sound back to her. And
to tell how great a need there was
for caution, at that moment Buck
Daniels. turned in his bed and there' '
1%p-Itlats atly tiht43halitlienge8a an
Soa,n'e own aperteeent.
le, thinking -end Planting' tie
So, tor a niateent, she kat* 4440•'.
fl
timidity weuld IniVe nehttne,
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,zglivel)aniee,, Withal bend, nnedel
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