Phil Rushington's Search, or, The Unknown Rider of the Ring — page 30: what you’re looking at

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28 DO AND DARE WEEKLY. BX: me thot oF I ‘knew there was ‘some. a we'll come. But you ieee told m, this feller here. wrong with him | when he rushed or I'll fill you as full o’ holes as a sieve. I can see gallows in yer face as plain as I can thin’ read print in a book, an’ it beats me how you through the house an’ out the back door after ever got around Josh so's to get him to tote hearin’ you ask for him, so I took down this. ye out here.” coon-gun and made tracks for the outside “Don’t shoot!” yelled Lovejoy, in trepida- “Take your finger off that trigger.” yerself?” tion. “Will you stop an’ behave “Yes, only be careful with that gun; you re too confoundedly careless with it.” “Mebby I am, but I ain’t keerless when it ‘specially a mark as Mister Man.” comes to hittin’ a mark, big as you be. Come closter, Lovejoy slowly advanced upon the threat- eninge muzzle. “Not too clost,” said the woman, at last. “That'll do. Now Got the tuck all took out 0’ ye, eh? That’s right. My, but At that moment Rush set down. ye re meek as Moses.” dropped down from the loft and approached el ta : . wr en . — «4, i ad myself. What's he done: a ie ae sone 5 “He was one of my pels orcienay and has” done enough things to show him the inside of a penitentiary ——” so aes Dae ‘Now you're talking through youEs oi Rushington,” cut in Lovejoy. got to makin’ free with my pionereeS an’ aT: didn’t have to stand your layout any longer.” fs “So you tied Arkwright hand and foot, gagged him, buried him under a pie oF blankets and made a run of it,” added Rush. “You didn’t even stop to get the money due . * all -~ you, or take your trunk.” “You'll find we aren’t at the ana ee as from one side, while Wister, coming out of The voman never took her eyes off Lovejoy, nor thing yet,’ blustered Lovejoy. “That’s right,” said Phil, “and you'll find you've got the hot end of it at the finish. fue ficers are coming this way after you 1, and o net pare hh Boece: oa Mrs. Hackett, ‘kind ly fe - <" wee - let my friend take that gun and eee the barn door, advanced from the other. allowed the gun to waver by a hair’s breadth. ‘é y ; Who be you uns,” she asked, “an’ who is 7. Ke | they've got a warrant. chis man here, an’ what’s he done?” said Phil. “I’m the proprietor of the show that got into bP ‘rT... , 1.” ' a f: My name’s Rushington, mam,” fai, ae ! take a dip into the water in search i sor sone a ; “Sho! Ye’re right young to be the boss of a circus, Sos ae “ab 3 a <> %. Dee hd that well, Mr. Rushington,” ts said Mes, Haske a : aes ei rua " Ss tae 2 eos rae . ett, ce pslaishing the ent to Wister. Ye ‘pears to me. If Josh hadn’t lost that bag o’ middlin’s we might have took in the puffomance this ‘evening’, I’m M’ri Hackett—” a: “Tf you ‘ come to the s. Hackett, CAS Ha) eyes, “Cause it’s been cae for tn wo : bad oak 4 for 1 me, broke ins _we'v ge | “-2 i € ee as - been totin’ ‘the water fr te .. ta ey ye a ee Sop I se 2 at you a little ; * ad _* - ~ @ - ‘ ’ ae too 4. f i ot 2 oe ae 4 ¥ *. "2 one ~* oh ee show this. evening, gre in the : creek | ; yottom.” ee as re e Hehe erate nett Sy ughe ; poe ? 1 Rush. “Tha 8 bes | aN rh hat a ec ‘kon | : — » Che ot ; 7 : ' ‘ ™ ye" ar =“ a I * 4 ¢ 4 * h ‘Di t ‘oe . 7 ; 4 in epeses or tase a “f” ; AMG a, -? = i , WE: Z ie gg Le ate ss « > = - ro p ; Se a, Ma 4 , f wi 4 ; ~ a A ve J é 7 at > a 5 py ¢ ¢63 js 3 a ow) Si , ~4 = 6 See R, | yr =e - ee: caer = sg oo es,