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w- B' ..v ' I h ! y i, iiwpr The Spoilers. ny REX E. BEACH. Copyright, 1105, by Ro.x 13. Dcuuli. (Continued from Page Three) footer, tironthlossly. "My, lint you're nervous!" ' (lleiilfdor dropped Ills gun. It was rhorry Malollc, unci from her heaving tiroast mid tin Hying colors In Jicr dieekH the men hiiw she hart heen running. She did not give tlicm tlmr 1i jjiioHlhn, Imt cloned mid locked tin door while the words came tiimhllnu from her: "They're on (o you, boys you'd hel 1cr duclc out quick. They're on theli way up here now." "WhuH" "VVhoV" "Qttlekl I heard McN'aniura and Vo'irlieew, the marshal, talking. Some liody has Kpottcd you for the holdups Thoy'ro on their way now, I tell you, I sneaked out by the back way and .'ime hero through the mud. Kay, but I'm n Hlfihtl" fcMio slumped her trimly booted feel and (llrled her skirt. ! "I don't savvy what you mean," said estry. glancing al his partner warn ' lugly. "We ain't done nothln'." "WoH, U.'n all right then. I took a jong chance so you could make a got iiwuy If you wanted to, because they've got warrants for you for that sluice 'Ilc four nc,x nvre ihupprd xotj no the feathery Itvl.um. roWery hist night. Here they are jiw-." She darted to the window, the men peering over her shoulder. I'om hig iijt the narrow walk they saw YoiHlieos, McNamara and three others. Tlie house htooil somewhat l.sulaieil mid welt back on "the tundra, so that any one approaching It by the plank ing had uu unobstructed view of tlie pronifnes. Escape was Impossible, for the back door led out into the ankle deep puddles of the open prairie, and H was now apparent that a sixth man had made a circuit and was approach ing from tlie rear. "My l.'od! They'll search the place," Huid Dex try, and tlie men looked grim ly In each other's faces. Then In a Hash Olenister stripped hack the blankets and seized the "pokes," leaping Into the back room, hi another Instant he returned with them and faced desperately the candid bareness of the little room that they lived and slept In. Nothing could be hidden; It was folly to think of it. There was a loft overhead, he remeni lie red hojwfiilly, then realized that tlie pursuers would search there tlrst of all. "I tohl you ho was a hard fighter," haid Dex try as tlie quick footsteps grew louder. "He nin't no fool, nei ther, "Stead of our beln' caught in iho mountains, I reckon we'll shoot it tint hero. We should litivo cached that gold Komewhere." lie spun the cylinder of his black ened Colt, whilo his face grew hard raid vulture-like. Meanwhile Cherry Malotte watched the hunted look In Glenlstcr's face grow wilder and then stiffen Into tlie stubbornness of a man at bay. The posse was at the door now, knocking. The three Inside stood rigid and strain--d. Then Glenister tossed his burden on the ImmI. "Go Into the back room, Cherry; thoro'H going to bo trouble." "Who's there?" inquired Dcxtry through tho door, to gain time. Sud denly, without a word, the girl glided , 'to tho hot blast heater, now cold and empty, which stood In a corner of tlie room. These stoves, used widely in tho north, are vertical Iron cylinders Into which coal Is poured from above. Kho lifted the lid and peered In to And It a quarter full of dead ashes, then turned with shining eyes ami parted-lips to Glenister. He caught tho hint, and In an Instant the four jacks were dropped softly into the feathery bottom and the ashes raked over. Tho daring maneuver was al most as quick as the Hash of woman's wit that prompted It and was carried throimh while Jhe answer to Dextry's -. .i i mi m "'"" ' " " m' v question was stilt unspoken. Tiion fiieiiiBtcr opened tne door care- iody nml admitted the group of ircu ' ..Ti,ero'8 Iho dorll of nn undertow "We've got t search warrant to look scttln' along this beach," they told through your house," said Voorhees. , him. "mid the water's too cold to "What are you looking for?" t drownd In comfortable." So ho laid "floltl dust from Anvil creek." i firm hands upon his Impatient;. "All right search away." I Kvory day meant many dollars to They rapidly scoured the premises, the watcher, mid yet It seemed that covering every Inch, paying no heed nature was resolute In thwarting him, to the girl, who watched them with for that night the wind freshened, and indifferent eyes, nor to the old man, daylight saw the ship hugging the leu who glared at tholr every movement, of Sledge Island, miles to the west- Glenister was carelessly sarcastic, al though he kept his right arm free, while beneath his sangfroid was a thoroughly trained alertness. McNamara directed the search with u manner wholly lacking In his former mock courtesy. It was as though ho had been soured by the gall of defeat. The mask had fallen off now, and his character showed- Insistent, overhear ing, cruel. Toward the partners he preserved a contemptuous silence. The Invaders ransacked thoroughly, while a dozen times the hearts of Cherry Malotte and her two compan ions stopped, thou lunged onward, as McNuniiiru or Voorhees approached, then passed the stove. At last Voorhees lifted the lid and peered into its dark Interior. At the same Instant the girl cried out sharply, Hinging herself from her position while the marshal Jerked his head back hi time to boo her dash upon Dcxtry. "Don't! Don't!" She cried her np peal to (he old man. "Keep cool. You'll bo sorry, Dex-- they're almost through." The olllcer hud not seen any move ment on Dex try's part, but doubtless her quick eye had detected signs of violence. MoXaniura emerged, glower ing, from (lie back room at Unit mo ment. "Let them liuinY' the girl was Niying, while Dex try stared dazedly over her head. "They won't llud anything. Keep cool and don't act rash." Voorhees' duties sat uncomfortably upon him iijthe best, and, looking at the smoldering eyes of the two men, , he became averse to further search, hi a powdery household whose mem-, hers itched to shoot him in the back. i "It Isn't here," he repotted, but the ' politician only scowled, then spoke for the first time directly to the partners: "I've got warrants for both of you, j and I'm tempted to take you In, but I won't. I'm not through yet not by nny means. I'll get you got you ' both." He turned out of the door, fol- lowed by the marshal, who called off . his guards, and tlie group filed back along the walk. "Say, you're a jewel, Cherry. You've j saved us twice. You caught Yoorhces J Just lu time. My heart hit my palate when he looked into that stove, but , the next Instant I wanted to laugh at Dextry's expression." Impulsively Glenister laid his hands upon her shoulders. At his look and touch her throat swelled, her bosom heaved and the silken lids Muttered until she seemed choked by a very Hood of iiweot womanliness. She blushed like a little maid and laughed n timid, broken laugh. Then, pulling herself together, the merry careless tone came into her voice, and her cheeks grew cool and clear. "You wouldn't trust me at first, oh? Some day you'll find that your old friends are the best after all." And as she left them she added mockingly; "Say. you're a pair of 'shine' des peradoes. You need a governess." CIIAl'TEIt XI. A' HAW. gray day, with a driving drizzle from seaward and a leaden rack of clouds drifting low, matched tlie sullen, fitful mood of Glenister. During the last month he had chafed ami fretted like an animal In leash for word of Wheaton. Tills uncertainty, this impotent waiting with folded hands, was maddening to one of his spirit. lie could apply himself to no fixed duty, for the souse of ills wrong preyed on him fiercely, and lie found himself haunting tlie vicinity of the Midas, gazing at it from afar, grasp ing hungrily for such scraps of news as chanced to reach him. McNamara allowed access to none but ills min ions, so tho partners know but vaguo ly of what happened on their prop erty, oven though, under fiction of the law, It was being worked for their protection. No steps regarding a speedy hearing of the case worn allowed, and the col lusion between Judge Stlllman and tho receiver had become so generally rec ognized that there were uneasy niut- tni'lnrtj nml Hinmrs In mrtiiv iiiinrinrR. Yet, although the politician had by ....,,.. ... , , .. a... .. i now viiumiiy ausorncu an me ncnrai properties lu the district and worked ! tliein through his hirelings, tlie people of Nome, as a whole, did not grasp the full turpitude of the schonio nor the system's perfect working. Strange to say, Dcxtry, the lire cater, ' had assumed an oriental patience quite foreign to his peppery disposition ami , spent much of his tlmo lu the hills prospecting, On this day, as the clouds broke about noon, close down on the angry horizon n drift of smoke appoared, ' shortly resolving Itself Into a steamer. ' She lay to in the oiling, and through his glasses Glenister saw that it was tho Iloanoko. As the hours passed and . no boat put off, he tried to hire a crow, but the. lonjrsliiironioii imt wisely and . . ilook theirTiearYs as they watched the Bnrr ward, while the surf, white as boiling milk, boomed mid thundered against the shore. Word had gone through the street thai Hill Wheaton was aboard"wlth a writ or a subpoena or un alibi or what ever was necessary to put the "kibosh" on McXamara, so public excitement grew. McXamara hoarded his gold in tlie Alaska hank, and it was taken for granted that there would He the scene of the struggle. Xo one supposed for an instant that the usurper would part with the treasure peaceably. On the third morning the ship lay abreast of the town ngalii. and a life boat was seen to make off from her, whereupon the idle population stream ed toward the bench. "She'll make It to the surf all right, but then watch out." "We'd better make ready to haul 'cm out," said another. "It's mighty dan-' gerous." And, sure enough, as the skill' came rushing in through the. breakers she was caught. I She had made It past the Hist Hue, I soaring over the bar on a foamy roller crest like n storm driven gull winging ; in toward the land. The wiry figure of 1.111 Wheaton crouched hi the stern,' while two sailors fought with their oars. As they gathered for their rush through the last zone of froth a great comber rose out of the sea behind them, rearing high above their heads.! The crowd on the surf's edge shouted The boat wavered, sucked buck Into the ocean's angry maw, and with a crash the deluge engulfed them. There remained nothing but a swirling tlood tlirough which the lifeboat emerged bottom up, amid a tangle of oars, grat lugs and gear. Men rushed into the water, and the next roller pounded them back upon the marble hard sand. There came the sound of splitting wood, and then a group swarmed in waist deep amr'bore out a dripping figure. It was a hemp en headed seaman, who shook the wa tcr from his mane and grinned when Ills breath had come. A step farther down the beach tho bystanders seized a limp form which the tide rolled to them. It was tlie second sailor, his scalp split from a blow of the gunwale. Nowhere was Wheaton. Glenister had plunged to the rescue first, a heaving line about his middle, and, although buffeted about, he had reached the wreck, only to miss sight I of the lawyer utterly. He had time j for but a glance when lie was drawn outward by the undertow till the line at his waist grew taut, then the water surged over him and lie was hurled high up on the beach again. He stag gered dizzily back to the struggle, when suddenly a wave lifted the cap sized cutter and righted It, and out from beneath shot the form of Whea ton. grimly clutching the life ropes. They brought, him in choking and breathless. "I got it," he said, slapping Ills streaming breast, "it's all right, Glen ister. I knew what delay meant, so I took a long chance with the surf." The terrific ordeal he had undergone had blanched him to the lips, his legs wab bled uncertainly, and he would have fallen but for the young man, who thrust an arm about his waist and led him up into the town. "I went before the circuit court of appeals In 'Frisco," he explained later, "and they Issued orders allowing un appeal from this court aud gave me u writ of supersedeas directed against old Judge Stlllman. That, takes the litigation out of his hands altogether and directs McNamara to turn over the Midas and all the gold bo's got. What dp you think of that? I did bet ter than I expected." Glenister wrung his hand silently, while a great satisfaction came upon him. At last this waiting was over and his peaceful yielding to injustice had borne fruit had proved the better course after all, as the girl had prophe sied. He could go to her now with clean hands. Tho mine was his again. He would lay It ijt her feet, telling her once more of his love and the chango It was working In him. Ho would make her see it make her see that be- i nenth the harshness his years In the I wild liml fflvnn lilm his lnve for her wild had given him his love for her was gentle and true nnd all nbsorblng. lie would bid her be patient till she saw he had mastered himself, till he could come with Ids soul In harness. "I am glad I didn't fight when they jumped us," he said. "Now we'll got our property back and all tho money they took out that Is, If McNamara hasn't raited It." 'Yes; nil that's necessary Is to file tho documents, then serve tho Judge nnd McNamara. You'll bo back on Anvil creek tomorrow." Having placed their documents on recordsat the courthouse, tho two men continued to McNaniarn's offlce. Ho met them with courtesy. lHJ BE CONTINUED. HhMfl4BHBHHIItaflLHHLHMHMHRviK! Tho Kind Yon llavo Always Bought, and which has been in use for oyer 30 years, lias borno the signature of Cjex&yf7&c&V. 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