RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF nVi-. P Hit I II I 1 ft" ! I r I' 1 r..i n M li.'f . Ki w 6J I g& 440t fan iol The Real Man By FRANCIS LYNDE '.': Copyright by Chaa. Scrlbnor's Bona CHAPTER XXIV Continued. 18-s. "Yes llko fits I will 1" retorted tho mine owner. "I told yon once, John, thnt I was in this thing to n finish, nnd I meant It. Go on giving your orders." "Very well; you've had your warn ing. The next thing Is the auto. I want to catch Judge Warner before ho goes to bed. I'll telephone while you're getting a car." Starbuck had no farther to go than to the garage wfiero ho had put up his car, mid when he got It iihri drove to tho Klnzlo building, Smith came out of tho shadow of the entrance to mount beside him. "Drive around to tho garage again nnd let me try another phone," was tho low-spoken request. "My wire Isn't working." The short run was quickly made, nnd Smith went to tho gnrago ofllcc. A moment later n two-hundrcd-po'uud policeman strolled up to put n huge foot on tho running bonrd of the wait ing auto. Starbuck greeted him ns a friend. "Hello, Mac. How's tricks with you tonight?" "Th' tricks nro even, an' I'm tryin' to take th' odd wan," said the big Irish man. "'Tls a man named Smith I'm lookln' for, Mlsther Starbuck J. Mon-tny-guo Smith; th' fl-nnnshnl boss av th big ditch comp'ny. Have yo seen urn?" Btnrbuck, looking over tho police man's shoulder, could see Smith at tho telephone In tho garago olllco. An other fnnn might have lost his head, but tho ' cx-cowpuncher was of tho chosen few whoso wits sharpen hand ily In an emergency. "IIo hnngs out nt tho Hophra House a good pnrt of tho time in tho eve nings." lie replied coolly. "Hop In uud I'll drive you around." Thrco minutes later tho threatening danger was a danger pushed a llttlo way Into tho future, nnd Stnrbuck was back nt the garage curb waiting for Smith to come out. Through tho win dow ho saw Smith placing the receiver on Its hook, nnd n moment nftcrward ho was opening tho car door for his passenger. "Did you mako out to ralso tho Judgo?" ho inquired, ns Smith climbed In. "Yes. IIo will meet mo nt his cham bers In tho courthouso as soon as lie can drlvo down from his house." "Whnt nro your hoping to do, John? Judge Warner Is only n circuit Judge; ho can't set an order of tho Uultcd States court aside, enn he?" "No ; but there Is one thing thnt he can do. You may remember that I had a talk with him this morning nt bis house. I was trying then to cover all tho chnnccs, among them tho pos sibility that Stanton would Jump In with a gang of armed thugs at the last minute. Wo aro going to assume that this Is what has been done." Starbuck set tho car In motion nnd ecnt It spinning out of tho sldo street, "The Tricks Aro Even." around tho plaza, and beyond to tho less brllllnntly Illuminated residence district which was not tho shortest way to tho courthouse. 4 "You mustn't pull Judgo Warner's leg, John," ho protested, breaking tho purring silence after tho business quar ter had been left behind; "he's too good a mnn for thnt." "I shall tell him tho exact truth, so far as wo know It," was tho quick reply. "Thero is ono chnnco In n thou sand that wo shall como out of this (With tho law aa well as tho equities on our side. I shall tell tho Judgo 'that no papera have been served on ws, amy, so far as I know, they hnven't. What nro you driving nil tho way around hcro.for?" "This Is ono of tho times when tho longest way round Is tho shortest way home," Starbuck explained. "Tho bad Hows ynu were looking for 'Ixom cauie.' o o o ' o ( II, Ml M II ! I lllntritloni tT IRWIN MYERS I l . I ' t A V nKHKk w,lll '" ,vorc I'lnB 1 Uiu garage 1 1 J'Ut '-' policeman wise to nothing." "Ho was looking for mo?" "Suro tiling and by name. Wo'll fool nround lioro In the Mock streets until the Judgo has had tltno to show up. .Then I'll drop you at the court houso nnd go hustle tho'shcrllt for you. You'll want Harding, I tnko it?" "Yes. I'm taking tho chanco thnt only tho city authorities have been notified In my personal affair not tho county officers. It's a long chance, of course; I may ho running my neck squarely into tho noose. Hut it's all risk, Lilly; every move In this night's game. Head up for tho courthouse. Tho Judgo will bo thcro. by this time." Two minutes beyond this tho car was drawing up to tho curb tn tho mesa-facing sldo of tho courthouso squure. There were two lighted win dows in tho second story of tho other wise darkened building, nnd Smith sprang to tho sidewalk. "do now and find Ilardlifg, and hnvo him bring one trusty deputy with him: I'll ho ready by tlio time you get hack," ho directed; but Stnrbuck wait ed until ho had seen Smith safely lost In tho shadows of tho pillared court houso entranco beforo he drove away. CHAPTER XXV. A Raco to the Swift. Since Sheriff Harding had left his olllce In tho county Jail and had gone homo to his ranch on tho north side of the river some hours earlier, not a llttlo precious time wns consumed In hunting him up. Beyond this, there was another delay In securing tho dep uty. When Starbuck's car camo to a stand for a second time beforo tho mcsn-frontlng entrance of the court house, Smith came quickly across tho walk from tho portal. "Mr. Harding," ho began nbruptly, "Judgo Warner has gono home nnd ho hns made mo his messenger. There Is n bit of sharp work to bo done, nnd you'll need n strong posse. Can you deputlzo fifteen or twenty good men who enn bo depended upon In a fight and rendezvous them on the north sldo river road In two hours from now?" The sheriff, n big, bearded man who might hnvo snt for tho model of one of Frederic Itemlngton's frontiersmen. took tlmo to consider. "Is It a scran?" ho asked. "It Is likely to be. There aro war rants to bo served, and thcro will most probably bo resistance. Your posso should bo well armed." "Wo'll try for it," was tho decision. "On tho north-side river rond, you say? You'll want us mounted?" "It will bo better to take horses. Wo could get nutos, but Judgo Warner agrees with mo that tho thing had better bo done quietly nnd without tanking too much of n stir In town." "All right," snld tho man of tho law. "It that all?" "No, not qulto nil. Tho first of tho warrants If to be served hero in Brew ster upon Mr. Crawford Stanton. Your deputy will probnbly find him nt tho Hophra House. Hero Is tho paper: It Is a bench warrant of commitment on a chnrgo of conspiracy, and Stan ton Is to bo locked up. Also you nro to 8co to It thnt, your Jail telephone Is out of order, so thnt Stanton won't bo able to mako nny attempt to get a hearing and bnll before tomorrow." "Thnt part of it is mighty risky," snld Harding. "Docs tho Judgo know nbout thnt, too?" "IIo does; and for tho ends of puro Justice, ho concurs with me though, of course, he couldn't glvo a manda tory order." Tho sheriff turned to his Jnll dep uty, who hnd descended from tho rumble sent In tho rear. "You've heard tho dope, Jlmmle," ho said shortly. "Go and get Ills Nobs nnd lock him up. And If he wants to bo yelling 'Ilelpl' and send ing for his lawyer or somebody, why, tho telephone's tnkin , a lay-off. Savvy?" The deputy nodded nnd turned upon his heel, shilling tho warrant for Stan ton's arrest Into his pocket ns ho went. Smith swung up besldo SJtnr buck, saying: "In a couplo of hours, then, Mr. Ilnrdlng; somewhere near tho bridge approach on tho other sldo of tho river." Starbuck had started th? motor nnd was bending forwnrd to adjust tho oil feed when tho shdrlff left them. "You seem to have mndo n ten strike with Judgo Warner," tho'ex cowpuncher remarked, replacing tho flash-lamp In Its scat pocket. "Judgo Warner Is n man In every Inch of him; but thcro Is something behind this night's work that I don't qulto understand," was tho quick re ply. "I had hardly begun to state tho caso when tho Judgo Interrupted me. I know,' ho snld, 'I hnvo been wait Ing for you peoplo to como nnd nsk for reljef.' What do you mako of that, Billy?" "I don't know; unless' someono In Stanton's outfit has welshed. Slmw might hnvo dono It. IIo has been to Bob StllUngs, nnd Stllllngs says ho Is soro at Stanton for somo reason. Shnw was trying to get Stllllngs to ngreo to drop tho railroad caso against him, and Bob says ho mndo somo vaguo promise of help In tho nigh Lino busi ness If tho railroad peoplo would agreo not to prosecute." "Thero Is n screw loose somewhere ; I know by tho wny Judgo (Warner took hold. When I proposed to swear ont tho warrant for Stanton's nrrcst, ho said, 'I enn't understand, Mr. Smith, why you haven't dono this he fore,' and ho sat down nnd filled out tho blank. But wo can let that go for tho present. How nro you going to get' me across tho river without tak ing mo through tho heart of tho town and giving tho Brewster pollco a shy I at mo?" ' Stnibuek's answer was wordless. With n quick twist of the pilot wheel no sent tno car skidding around tho corner, using undue haste, as it seemed, slnco they had two hours be foro them. A few minutes farther along tho lights of tho town hnd been left behind nnd tho car. was speeding swiftly westward on a country road paralleling tho railway track; the road over which Smith had twice driven with tho kidnapped Jlbbey. "I'm still guessing," tho passenger ventured, when tho last of tho rail road dlstanco signals had flashed to the rear. And .then: "What's tho fran tic hurry, Billy?" Starbuck was running with tho mufllcr cut out, but now ho cut It in and tho roar of tho motor sank to a humming murmur, "I thought so," ho remarked, turn ing his head to listen. "You didn't notlco that pollco whistle Just as wo wero leavlrfg the courthouse, did you? nor the nnswers tb It while wo wero dodging through tho suburbs? Some body has marked us down nnd passed tho word, and now they're chasing us with a buzz-wagon. Don't you hear It?" By this time Smith could hear tho sputtering roar of tho following cur only too plainly. "It's n big one," ho commented. "You can't outrun It, Billy; and, be- !SfeK; "You'vo Heard the Dope, Jlmmle." sides, thero is nowhere to run to In this direction." Again Starbuck's reply translated Itself Into action. With n skillful touch of tho controls ho sent the car ahead nt top speed, and for a matter of ten miles or more held u dimin ishing lend In tho raco through sheer good driving and an accurate knowl edge of tho road nnd Its twlstlngs nnd turnings. But the road would soon become a cart track In tho mountains; thcro was no outlet to the north save by means of tho railroad bridge at Llttlo Butte station, and from sonie whero up tho valley and beyond tho railroad bridge camo tho distance softened whistle of a train. Stnrbuck set a high mark for him self as a courageous driver of motor cars when ho came to tho last of tho thrco road crossings. Jerking tho car nround sharply nt tho instant of track crossing, ho headed straight out over tho ties for tho railroad bridge. It wa8 a courting of death. To drive tho bridge nt racing speed wns haz ardous enough, but to drive It thus In tho face of a downcomlng train seemed nothing less than madness. It wns after the car had shot Into tho first of tho three brldgo spans that tho pursuers pulled up nnd opened fire. Stnrbuck bent lower over his wheel, nnd Smith clutched for handholds. Far up tho track on tho north sldo of tho river a headlight flashed In tho darkness, nnd the hoarso blast of a locomotive, whistling for tho bridge, echoed and re-echoed among tho hills. Stnrbuck drovo for his life. With tho brldgo fairly crossed, ho found himself on a high embankment; nnd tho oncoming train wns now less than lwlf u mile nwny. Somewhere be yond tho brldgo nppronch there was a road; so much Starbuck could recall. If they could reach Its crossing beforo tho collision should conic They did reach It, by what seemed to Smith a margin of no more than tho length of tho henvy freight trnlu which went Jangling pnst them a scant second or so after the car hnd been wrenched nsldo Into tho obscurn mesa rond: They had gono n milo or more on tho reverse leg of tho long down river detour before Starbuck cut tho speed and turned tho wheel over to his scat-mate. "Tnko her a mlnuto whllo I got tho mnklngs," ho said, dry-lipped, feeling In his pockets for tobacco and tho rlco paper. Then ho ndded: "Holy Solomoul I never wanted a smoke so bad In nil my lifol" Smith's laugh was a chuckle. "Gets next to you after the fact doesn't It? That's whero we split. I had my scaro beforo wo hit tho bridge, and It tn3tcd llko a mouthful of bitter aloes.' Does this road tako us back up tho rfver?" "It takes us twenty miles nround through tho Purk nnd comes In at tho head of Llttlo creek. But wo hnvo plenty of tlmo. You told Harding two hours, didn't you?" "Yes; but I must hnvo a few min utes nt Illllcrcst beforo wo get action, Billy." , Stnrbuck took tho wheel again and snld nothing until the roundabout raco had been fully run and he wns eas ing tho car down the last of tho hills Into tho Llttlo Creek road. Thero hail &&$&& ( been three-quarters oi an hour oi nuiu ful driving over n bad rontl to come . between Smith's remark and Its re- ply, but Stnrbuck uppnrontly made no nccount of tho length of tho interval. "You're nlmlng to go nnd sco Cor ry?" ho nsked, whllo tho car was coasting to tho hill bottom. "Yes." With n sudden flick of tho controls and u quick Jamming of tho brakes; Starbuck brought tho car to n stnnd Just ns It camo Into the level rond. "We're man to mnn hero under the canopy, John; nnd Corry Baldwin hasn't got nny brother," ho offered gravely. "I'm backing you In 'tills business fight for nil I'm worth for Dick Mnxwell's sake nnd the colbneVs, nnd mnybo n llttlo bit for tho snl'e of my own hnto of twenty thousand. And I'm ready to back you In this old homo scrap with nil tho money you'll need to mako your fight. But when It comes to the llttlo girl It's different Hnvo you any good and fair right to hunt up Corry Baldwin whllo things aro shaping themselves up ns they nro?" Smith met tho shrewd Inquisition fairly. "Give It a name," he said shortly. "I will : I'll give It the one you gavo It n whllo hack. You said you wero an outlaw, on two chnrges: embezzle- ment nnd nssault. Wo'll lot tho nn- snult go. But the other thing doesn't tasto good." "I didn't embezzle nnythlng, Billy. I thought I made that plain." "So you did. But you also mndo It plain that the home court would bo likely to send you up for It, guilty or not guilty. And with n thing like thnt hanging over you . . . you see, I know Corry Bnldwln, John. If you put It up to her tonight, nnd she hap pens to fall In with your sldo of It which is what you'ro aiming to make her do nil hell won't keep her from going bnck homo with you and seeing you through 1" "Billy, I mny never see her "ngnln. I snld I wouldn't tell her that I loved her too well to tell her . . . hilt now the finnl pinch hns come, nnd I" "And thnt Isn't all," Starbuck went on relentlessly. "There's this Miss Blch-ncros. Your hands nln't clean, John not clean enough to let you go to Illllcrcst tonight." Smith groped In his pockets, found n cigar and lighted It. "Pull out to the sldo of tho rond nnd we'll kill what time there Is to kill right here," he directed soberly. And then : "Whnt you wy is right ns right, Billy. Once more, I guess, I was lo coed for tho minute. Forget it; nnd whllo you'ro nuout it, forget Miss RlchTandcr, too. Luckily for her, she is out of it as far out of it ns I nm." CHAPTER XXVI. Freedom. On the northern bnnk of the Timnn yoni tho Brewster street, of which tho wagon bridge Is n prolongation, be comes n country road, forking n few hundred yards from tho brldgo ap proach to send ono of its branchings northward among tho Llttlo Creek ranches nnd nnothef westward ifp tho right bank of tho strenm. At this fork of the rood, between eleven nnd twelve o'clock of tho night of nlnrms, Sheriff Harding's party of special deputies began to nssemble. Under each man's snddlc flap was slung tho regulation weapon of the West n scabbarded repeating rifle; nnd the small troop bunching itself In tho river road looked servlceably mili tant and businesslike. An uutomobllo rolled silently down tho mesa rond from the north nnd camo to a stand among tho horses. The sheriff drew rein besldo the enr and spoke to one of tho two occu pants : "Well, Mr. Smith, we're all here." "How many?" was the-curt question. "Twenty." "Good, ncre Is your authority" hnndlng'tho legnl papers to tho officer. "Beforo we go In you ought to know the fncts. A few hours ago a man named M'Graw, calling himself a depu ty United States marshal nnd claim ing to bo nctlng under Instructions from Judge Lorchlng's court In Bed Butte, took possession of our dam nnd camp. On tho even chnnco that he Isn't what he claims to be, we aro go ing to arrest him nnd every man in his crowd. Aro you gamo for It?" "I'm gomo to servo any papers that Judgo Warner's got the nerve to Is sue," was tho big man's reply. "Thai's tho talk; thnt's what I hoped to hear you say. Was Stanton nrrest ed?" "IIo suro wns. Strothers found him in tho Ilophrn House bar, nnd the lino of talk ho turned looso would have set a wet blanket afire. Just tho same, ho hnd to go along with Jlmmle and get himself locked up." "That is tho first step ; now If you'ro ready, we'll tako tho next," Harding rodo forwnrd and the ad vance began. For tho first mllo or so tho midnight sllenco wns unbroken save by tho subdued progress noises nnd tho murinurlngs of the nenrby river In Its bed. Onco Smith took the wheel whllo Starbuck rolled nnd light ed a cigarette. It was Starbuck who harked back to tho talk which had been so abruptly broken off. "Let's not hen'd into this ruction with nn unpicked bono betwixt us, John," ho begnn gently. "Llaybe I said too much, back yonder at the foot of tho hill." (TO DB CONTINUED.) Its Merit. "You cnll this portrait of your wife a beautiful work of nrt? I must say it Is not n speaking likeness of her." " "That's the beauty of it" MlTMnOiNAL Sffisrsoiooi Lesson (By JREV. 1'. U. PlTZWATKIt, D. D Trachnr of Kngllsh Illblo In tho Moody Dlblo Institute of CIiIc.iko.) (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR OCTOBER 14. RETURNING FROM CAPTIVITY. LESSON THXT-Krra 1. CIOI.DHN TKXT-Tlio Lord hath dono Rrr.it tliltiiw for us; whereof wo aro clad, -I'Balms 120:3. Israel went Into cnptlvlty because of her sins. The time of her disciplinary process was about to ''iid, as Its pur poso was now uccompiished: namely, the cure of Israel's Idolatry. Ever since the Babylonian captivity the He brew people have been worshipers of the one God. Monotheism has stood forth as u vital characteristic. Tho main reason for the Jews' maintenance of racial identity in spite of their nn- ! llonul '""location and the breaking up l tncir 0CInl . is tnu unity or tneir faith, around the one God. I. The Proclamation of Cyrus (vv. 1-4). I (1) ThcTlmo of (v. 1). The first ' yenr of Cyrus; that Is the first yenr after his conquest of Babylon. I (2) How It Wns Brought About (v. ' 1). The Lord stirred 'Up ills spirit. The Lord often uses very unlikely . agents In tho accomplishment of his purposes. There Is nothing too hard i for him. He enn readily use n heathen king to accomplish his purpose. Ho can find n wny of approach to any henrt. Likely Daniel wns the agent j used to bring tho matter to the king's uttentlon. Daniel w. still the Inllu entlnl prime minister of Babylon. From his study of the prophecies of Jeremlnh (Jer. 25:12; Isn. 45:1; com pnro Daniel 0:2), he knew that tho time was near for the return of the people to their own land, so ho likely brought tho matter to the attention of the king nnd persuaded him to thus favor his people. (3) Its Contents (vv. 2-4). (a) A confession of the tsue God (vv. 2, 3). He acknowledges him to bo the God of heaven, the Most High, tho Supreme God, a God of goodness. He dcclnred, "He has given me nil the kingdoms of the enrth," and thnt God had with au thority laid upon him the chnrgo of building him n house nt Jerusnlem. (b) A Generous Permission to Israel (v. 3). All who desired to go up to Jerusalem nnd build the Lord's hoifeo were permitted to go. He even com mnnded the blessing of tho Lord to bo upon them. (c) A Positive Co-Operntlon (v. 4). None were obliged to go op, but n pos itive obligation wns lnid upon those who did not go upito render nsslstnnco to those who did. They were to nld In the building of the house of God by giving money, beasts and .goods. It was more than n free-will offering, nn obligation In addition thereto. The ob ligation wns oven wider than the peo ple of Israel. Tho heather wero'nsked to render nld. II. Response to the Proclamation of Cyrus (vv. 5, 0). (1) By Israel (v. 5). Strnngeto say tho decree of Cyrus wns not met with grent cnthuslnsin. Only a smnll num ber, chiefly from Judnh and Bcnjnmln, returned (v. 5). For most of them it meant giving up biislness interests, for they had settled down to tho regulnr callings of life. Besides the sacri fice of business Interests It Involved great risks ns to the future. The en tire compnny, including servants, wns nbout fifty thousand (2:04). Of this compnny wo note tho following divi sions; first, chiefs of the fnthers of Judoh nnd Benjamin, thnt is magis trates; second, priests nnd Levites, lenders In religion; third, skillful ar tificers, head workmen. (2) By Their Neighbors (v. 0). This response wns apparently more hearty than thnt of the Jews themselves. Their neighbors gnvo f f eely of gold, sil ver, beasts and goods. God hnd not only graciously disposed the henrt of Cyrus toward his people, but they found pecullnr favor from their neigh bors, so that their wants were nbund nntly supplied. III. Restoration of the Sacred Ves sels (vv. 7-11). These vessels had been carried nwny to Babylon many years before. Llttlo did Nebuchadnezznr ro nllzo thnt lie would put Into safe keep ing the vessels which would ho needed nt this time. They wero carefully num bered nnd turned over to the proper officers. Except for their desecration 'in Bel8hnzzar's feast, they wero nono the worst for having been' cnrrlcd nwny. 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