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THE OREflON' STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORKINTI. ATTOTTST 22. 1020
0. HENRY m AL. JENNINGS
(Continued frouvlant week.)
.The living had taken their chance.
That was the Oklahoma logic of
Helentles as the trorsican ven-ijusiuc m . ran, uihcuct. J"' 'type.
.... were these eary reuas in me iaw n nu vuv imhj w mt
other. It was a case ol prab the
John Doe warrants and go after
your man
Frank said. "They want blood.
Let it be theirs. Change the brand.
They've bad enough of ours."
I bad not expected Prank to
start things. He bad a soft, easy
going way that was full of dis
dainful contempt for the quick
killers of the Houston and Love
.'.... were these eary
Oklahoma nd Indian Territory
in the bad lands of the southwest
the roagnest men in the country
bad their dugouts. They scattered
all over the ranges.' They killed
Other kiUr in the Jury freed
ihpm The aeaa mu v'
Jh bother the living about it?
i Brother Increiiuum
!Of Train Itobbery.
! "Here's the odus."
he explained
Woodward cocked against us.
"They've gone mad. They've
plastered the country with hand
hills. They've got you down for
the etickup of the Santta Fe.
They've got a .posse running up
and down th country on the
track of Al Jennings, the train
robber. They'll soc you off at
sight!"
He dashed the words out
snarp. vicious, i ne money in my
lot last "Thev'rn rotnr tn hnnnHinArkt Manlr vclrkut
Houston and Love had doped it of r "lhe earth. The damn cow-ithough it were th $600.l)t0 1 had
up witn me marsnais. i ney were d haTe born pn the dodge from dreamed of.
out to gM us neiore wu nau a ... , . ,
chance to get them. ; us ever since they finished Ld.
We're coine to Kl Reno"! They've got all thto guns in
fi .
"They're a few days ahead of
their guess it was the M. K. T. I
stuck." I wanted him to know. I
Wanted Everybody To Know
That the Capital Junk Company has moved to its new quarters at
the old
--
Center Street Feed Bam
225 Center Street
We will continue to give the people the very best price possible for
all kinds of scrap material, such as iron, rubber, metal, rags, sacks,
hides, wool, chittem bark, in fact anything to iunk. We are also in
market for all kinds of .furniture.
Get Our Bid On Your Furniture First
CAPITAL JUNK COMPANY
225 Center Street
Phone 398
ididn't know how to tell it. I tried
io maae my voice inaiiterent ana
careless.
"Pretty neat, wasn't it?" Ills
tone was as casual as mine. "They, in his chair there
never left a footprint after them. 'enough of a rncus
Must
I outlaws, nesters and a sprinkling
of respectable citizens got off the
train. Honston ana Love were not
among them. Two days later I met
Tob Oden. sheriff of Woodward
county.
"They've sneaked In." he said.
"They're at the session now."
1 didn't wait to get Frank.
Convention Speaker
Tell:, Thry'rr Gone."
The town hall was crowded. An
old friend of mine. Leslie Ross,
was acting as chairman. I stood
in the doorway waiting my chance
to saunter in unobserved. A fel
low In the middle of the room in
terrupted the 6p'Hler. Somebody
else yelled for him to shut up; a
man oruinu iritru iu jiii uim uait i
was just
3. ff
have been old hands at the
game."
"All but me." I answered.
"Andy'a gang are all vets."
"Damn humorous you're feel
ing; damn funny layout, ain't it?"
He gave a whistle of Impatience
that acted like a spur to bis horse.
What my father had so readily ac
cepted as trure Frank would not
even consider;
Even when I told him the whole
affair he could scarcely credit It.
"You really had nothing to do
with It." he said, "You just went
along. It was force of circum
stances, just a spectator, inst's alt.
You bad no right to take the
money." i
Horry to tirt Men
lief ore They iot Vs.
He did not know that less than
a fortnight later he would himself
jump into the lead of the biggest
stickup job that had been palled
in the territory for years. His one
thought was to get to El Reno for
the opening of the Democratic
convention, to get Houston and
Love before they bad a chanca to
railroad ns to the penitentiary or
to kill. us.
"Once they get us, they'll finish
It proper. They'll take a final
swipe at the old man and John.
We got to El Keno in the after
noon; the traiu was to bring tilt
delegates In at 10 o'clock that
! night. .We kept under cover until
it was ttane to go down to the sta
tion. There were small groups
standing around. Everybody In
the town knew me. I had been
rounty attorury thtrj I-r t-j
years.
As we came along a dozen greet
ed ns as friends. Tbey knew why
w came.' They had seen the hand
bills. No one made any attempt to
gather in the reward.
The train rolled In. Some one
brushed past me.
"They've slipped." be said. "Bill
Tillman saw you. Tipped them
off."
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I walked down !! aUle. r.oi
missing a face. I was so Intent I
djd-not notice the breathless quiet
that suddenly held the spectators.
I glanced to tne pla fonn. Ross
was standing with his band up
raised, his eyes rivited on me. his
face ashen like a man on the verge
or coiiopse. tits look neia tne au
dience as a ghost might have.
'Gentlemen, a moment, keep
your seats. lie bt.irtea wciking
down the steps and toward the
aisle. "Just a moment." be repeat
ed rushing up to me. "I see a dear
friend of mine."
They're not here. Al." he
whispered to me. "I swear to God.
tbey haven t shown a face around.
Don't start anything. Calm down."
' He was more excited than I. He
seemed to think I was ready to
shoot up the place. Houston and
Love were not there. They had
kipped to Red Fork. Frank and
I followed them.
Marshal Not if ken
Men of Warrants.
We had come to the edge of the
town. A man on horseback rode
up to us. It was Ed Nicks. United
states marshal.
"Don't go In. boys." be said
"They're laying for you. They've
got warrants. They'll get you on
that frameup. The trap is all set.
They know you're coming. Half
the men In Red Fork are armed
against yon. Tney ll harvest you
the moment you set foot Inside the
town."
I had known Ed Kicks for ten
years. He was on the square.
We didn't get Houstton and
Love. They got ns. They got ns to
the tune of a Hie term in prison
and ten years in addition. We'd
be there yet If President McKlnley
had not commuted our sentence.
They'd have brought us back on
other charges If President Roose
velt had not granted ns a full
pardon.
Nicks rode with us a mile.
"They've bought up the county,
boys," he said. "You haven't a
chance. Take your choice the
range or the pen.
(Continued Next Week.)
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