The Argosy, October 1906 — page 159: what you’re looking at

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-_ ae e If you. are looking for Pasco,” ‘Yan, : was signed ‘OQ. M.” 7 es | For a moment the initials. comprising the signature puzzled Max. Then the name of = uver Sages occurred to him. = Meigs ie Pasco a grudge, so it was very natural that he should forward such a message. Any doubts Max had, clus- ‘tered about the. fact that gS should know Pasco was wanted. ) On the whole, the message seemed re- ebté and Max made up his mind to a _ change of plan. eee Se “Tell the superintendent, ”” said he to # the operator, “that I want to use the = 4 tat tor a: _trip to Minnewaukon—not Jamestown.” <S Minnewaukon was north, in the vicin- ~ ity” of Devil’s Lake. ‘The. —_ “was altered accordingly. = The magic of that one word, “ editor,”’ | brought a favorable response. Before leaving Carrington, Max wrote out a Soe eS to be sent to Colwell, explain- vhat hé was going to do. “The velocipede-car contained seats for ‘two persons. Stirrups for the feet and - Jevers for the hands furnished motive ‘power, and Max sped merrily along on his northward journey. — = dragged. after the first half-hour, but better that than a wait until next day for the regular train, or a reugh and even slower. journey in the See ie ‘Barlow, New Rockford, Divide, : -Sheyenne—he > flitted through ae little towns, an object of wonder to station loungers, and of an occasional demand _ for his authority from station agents. =2—~ The agents” he referred to the —superin- . ‘tendent at headquarters, and pe and pulled his way onward. _ 3 Eleven o’clock that night found him in Minnewaukon, his strength almost at the bounds of “endurance. — _ prairie town was dark and silent, and a stee 40- offer small chance of success. = __—-‘ Fatigued — as” he was, and a_ total Rigo to. whom ¥ was | he to turn for ¢ as- SS Ma ax believed that Gf fie: ee were pro- ae = SS ee _would = Fe IN? THE WAKE OF THE SIMITAR, it~ “he is here in Minnewaukon.’ a It It was tiresome Soe and the: miles. The ragged = ~ search for “Pasco, at that hour, seemed “Drageine ae eeioceedec car from. ‘the rails, he left it beside a tool-house- and — started into the town. His ee = = awoke resounding echoes on the board — walk and stirred a dog into noisy clamor. _ The dog was answered by another on the farther side of the town; another and-another, from various points in the darkness, helped to swell the de- fiant chorus of Bark’ Max, worn out and, sleepy, thought irritably that he had never been in a town where the canine element predominated as it did there. © _ As he continued on, wondering which house would best reward an attempt at securing information, a man turned a corner directly in front of him and flashed a dark-lantern eee into his face. “ Hello!” exclaimed Max, blinking in the penciled gleam. “Hello, yourself,’ returned the other. ‘* Lookin’ for some one?” “Yes,” answered the young man. “I was beginning to think the. whole town was asleep.” ‘All the law- abidin’™ citizens Stee to their beds long ago,” was the pointed re- sponse. = ? “Which leaves you and me to be ac- counted for,” said Max humorously.” “Tm the night-watch,” said the man quickly. “JT just got in ona velocipede- car from Carrington. Sharon is my home town, and my name is Broderick. I run the paper there. I am looking” for a fellow— named Jed Pasco, who is wanted in a shooting scrape, and information I have received leads me to believe he is in Minnewaukon. Have you noticed a suspicious character in the place lately?” “By Christopher, that’s what I. have!” replied the night-watch. “ He’s putting up at Matt Gidley’s. But say,” the man added, a commendable. eye to the main chance, ‘is there any reward for this fellow Pasco? ES ‘“None has been offered; but- = have five dollars for you if the man. you have = : “in mind is the one I want.” °— Matt Gidley was the proprietor ‘of ¢ a cheap lodging-house, and Max and the- = es “night-watch immediately started for the The night-watch © — = place to investigate. did not pound on the door of the lodg- — -ing- -house, since such an alarm _ might - Oo 1@) and then _ _ Fee ne i YA : eye j } TRA ee iA MA i) ite nde hd 5s A Neat $e Pia we 0 ANS). Mike atl Shae fe ee tale h ea LL PRs - PRY eT SOY oe NE A } 2! ri; A tates , vs ; ¥ fOr IRS CE vod nuit 5 y yee wf Wat K i\ + Len Why A) sys {oe yA ey el ayy CaaS iy MOAN | ; eS yh) yy ty ile vi Min ry SMR es Kate Ail) ~~ ——~ QR ™ a (Q) ony aan (2) ee a = Se — — “ Se ee SS A ROE en Se ee