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J Young Bob is Welcomed to the Fold
WAS it wise party party tactics for the republicans to wel-
come Young Bob LaFollette into the fold?
It was about a year before the junior LaFollette came to
Washington with his credentials that his illustrious father was
shut out of committee appointments and read out of the party..
It was the general assumption that a similar fate awaited the
young successor to the senatorial toga unless of course he came
in with a heart purged of all sin. v \
Young Bob has not recanted but all the same he has been
welcomed to the party with all his radical views and without his
being consulted in the matter.
It is apparent that the action was not entirely pleasing to the
Hew senator fTom Wisconsin. He seems tp regard the action as a
move to ^discourage progressives to cow and whip them into
line.’*
Rather it appears that his colleagues are trying to win him
fwith kindness treating him much as a child. %
Either that or they are attempting to “take the wind out of
his sails” from the outset greeting him in an unexpected way.
Perhaps they do not fear him and can afford to be indulgent.
Whatever the motive it may not work. When the elder La-
Follette came back to the senate in 1905 the late Senator Pen-
rose recognizing his genius tempted him with nuch rewards as
come to a useful and powerful party man. But the fighting sen-
ator from Wisconsin was not to be so tempted. He was radical
at heart and he could not change. How well he carried out his
radicalism while still wealing the cloak of republicanism is still
fresh in the public mind.
' Will Young Bob follow the course laid out by his father—or
tan he? The elder was a seasoned politician when they sought to
tempt him. Thfe son may be able to learn fast; but he is still a
novice in the game of politics. Will he be able to get anywhere
with obstructionist methods against the strong line of conserva-
tism formed by the republican majority in the senate? Only
time will tell.
Unless Young Bob is a stronger man than he is generally
credited with being the party has adopted just the tactics to hold
him in check. At this early date the move looks like good party
stratagem.
The President of the Senate
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HAS that old fire-eater “Hell an’ Maria” Dawes met his
Waterloo at last?
No sooner had he been sworn in as president of the Senate last
March than the Nation's vice president made it known that
archiatic rules must be revised. There must be efficiency in the
Senate; business must move more snappily; there mtist be short
cuts to results.
The Senate talked back to him and then he carried his cause
to the country. Here and there in various parts pf the nation he
talked about what he would do to the Senate rules.
Then came word from the White House that President Coolidge
was not in sympathy with the vice president’s attitude. He was
more for harmony. It was a hard blow and seems to have silenced
the daughty general.
The new Senate has convened and is functioning. Once in a
while a bold senator takes the vice president to task. But there
is no response—no pyrotechnics such as one would naturally ex-
pect from a strong-minded man. The president of the Senate
presides. He decides who shall have the floor when two or more
rise to give utterance to some gem of thought. He rules in ac-
cordance with the rules—those old rules hoary with age those
* rules which he threatened. Between times he is not very much in
evidence.
Really the vice president has greatly disappointed the coun-
try—he's so much like all his predecessors.
Fred W. Truwit
THE DEATH of Fred W. Truwit pioneer resident of Browns-
ville proved a shock to the community.
Mr. Truwit had a wide acquaintance throughout Southwest
Texas gained not only through a contact with merchants and
large ranchers during his score or more of years as a traveling
salesman but also through the fact that he was blessed with a
charming and lovable personality.
FYed Truwit’s smile and cheeriness endeared him to both old
and young and he will be missed by a large circle of friends and
admirers. ..
He came to Brownsville as a youth in 1880 and soon there-
after fell a victim to the yellow fever epidemic that struck this
section. His life was despaired of many times but he survived to
live a long and useful lite.
Fred Truwit was an honorable man a Christian gentleman
and a good citizen. He was a communicant of the Episcopal
church and served for many years as senior warden and vestry
man. _
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A DOUBLE SURPRISE.
' “Bright-eyes stirred in her sleep
wakened sat up an$ looked about her.
Then she gave Hale-N-Hearty a poke
in the ribs.
“‘Wake up wake up Lazy Bones
grunted she. ‘No longer can- the sun
jnelt the fat from your body. 'Tis cool
now—high time that f? were setting
jput on^bux way.'
.“Pnc$ awake Bale-N-Hearty
quite as anxious as was she to he up
and doing so leaving the cool shelter
of the talrl gray rock the two Bears
took to the open road. By and by they
came to a stream. Hale-N-Hearty wa9
so delighted he stood up on his hind
legs.
"‘Whoop-eee! ” grunted he. ‘Water
fresh cold sparkling water and just
as my throat was parched.' He scuttled
down td the stream’s edge slipping and
sliding in his hurry Bright-Eyes close
behing them—agd the two Bears drank
long and deep. And when they had had
their fill they sat on the bank for a
moment to rest.
"Bang! Whack whack!
“The noise was so sudden and so
strange and so loud that botlr the Bears
sprang to their feet.
"‘Great acorns! What was that!’
grunted Brigbt-Eves clinging to llale-
.V-Hearty’s paw.
“ Blgssed if I know!’ whispered Hale-
N'-Hearty. ‘Ssh! Keep quiet! Don’t make
a noise and maybe we shall find out!’
*• Scarcely had he spoken when around
a bend in the stream appear a round
brown head. In spite of sharp white
teetjj the face was plea.sa?>U enough and
after one look at the broad flat tail that
the swimmer trailed him the Bears’
fright Ttrrrished! Not so with the
swimmer. He had thought himself
alone in the stream and the first sight
of the two gretv^ creatures upon the
bank so much larger than lie .gave him a
start.
"Whack! Whack! Up irxJLo the air
went his^ail and down it came flat upon
the surface of the water showering
spray into the eyes of the chuckling
Bears.”
Next: “Turn Hack!” Cried Broad-Tail.
AN ORDER
Calling a Special Flection to he Held in
the City of Brownsville Texas on the
21st Da: of January. A. I). 192G at
wl\ich Election the Qualified Voters
of Said City Shall Vote For or
Against Granting to R.. B. Crenger
His Heirs and Assigns a Right of
Way Easement and Franchise in and
Upon Certain Streets in Hrnwiisville.
Texas and There to Lay Down Build
Construct and Maintain For a Period
of Fifty Years an Internationally
Built Bridge Over and Upon Which
to Operate and Maintain and Carry-
on the Business of a Toll Bridge Be-
tween the Cities of Brownsville/Tex-
as and the City of Matamoros Ta-
maulipas Mexico said basement.
Right of Wav and Franchise (living
the Right to Charge For Passage of
Foot Passengers and Vehicle Traffic
of Every Kind and Nature Whatso-
ever Wi^ Further Right tn'CotiRtruct
Alongsidf™ In and Upon Said Inter-
nationally Built Bridge Telegraph
and Telephone Lines and to Erect
Construct and Maintain Drains.
Ditches and Culverts Piers and Abut-
ments Bridges and All Other Works
or Construction Necessary or Appro-
priate in the Erection and Operation
of Said Bridge and For the Land-
ings and Approaches of and Thereto.
WHEREAS on the 27th day of November
A. D. 1925 the City Commission of Browns-
ville Texas did pass and approve to first
reading the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE
(Granting-to R. B. Creager his heirs and
assigns a right-of-way easement and fran-
chise in and upon certain streets in Browns-
ville Texas and there to lay down build
construct and maintain for the period of fifty
years an international toll bridge over and
upon which to operate maintain and carry
on the business "bf a toll bridge between the
City of Brownsville Texas and the City of
Matamoros Tamaulipas Mexico. Said ease-
ment right-of-way and franchise giving tne
right to charge for passage of foot passen-
gers and vehicular traffic of every nature
and kind whatsoever; with the further right
to construct alongside in and upon said in-
ternational toll bridge telegraph and tele-
phone lines and to erect construct and main-
tain drains ditches culverts pie^s abut-
ments bridges and all other tyorks or con-
struction necessary or appropriate in the
erection and operation of such bridge and
for the landings and approaches of ami there-
to.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commis-
sion of Brownsville Texas:
Section 1.
That K. ii. Creager or said City county
and State his heirs and assigns he and
they are hereby granted a right-of-way. ease-
ment and franchise in the City of Browf#-
ville Texas to conduct the business of con-
structing maintaining managing and oper-
ating an international toll bridge connecting
the City of Brownsville with the City of
Matamoros in the Republic of Mexico and
for the purposes aforesaid there is hereby
granted unto the said R. B. Creager bis
heirs and assigns a right-of-way easement
and franchise the right to use ami main-
tain on that part of Fourteenth Street in
said City of Brownsville lying between Eliz-
abeth Street in said City and the Bank ol
the Rio Grande River; also that part of
Levee Street in said City of Brownsville ly-
ing between the property of the United
States Government known uh Fort Brown on
tl# Southeast and a line drawn at right
angles across that street one hundred (100)
feet from an extension across Levee Street
of the upper or Northwest boundary line of
Fourteenth Street.
Section 2
The said R. B. Creager his heirs and as-
signs are hereby granted the use of said
parts of said streets for the purpose of con-
structing maintaining managing and oper-
ating thereupon thereunder and thereover
piers abutments and other works appropri-
ate or necessary for the construction of said'
bridge and of landings^ therefrom and ap-
proaches thereto ajpt for the construction
maintenance and operation of toll houses and
Other structures customary und reasonably
necessary in the maintenance and operation
of such a bridge. \
Section 3
The term of this grant shall be for fifty
(50) years from this date at the end of
which time the rights herein -granted shall
be lorfeited and shall terminate.
Section 4
The grantee herein his heirs anti assigns
shall conduct such bridge in such manner as
shall be to the benefit of the City of Browns-
ville and its inhabitants keeping said bridge
and its aproaches and all works in connec-
tion therewith in good efficient and safe
condition.
The grantee herien. his heirs an«i assigns
hereby contract and obligate themselves to
hold harmless from any and ev(*ry nature of
claim whatsoever against said City for any
damages or claims or demands which ram
arise from the operation construction main-
1 penance and management of said internat-
; ional toll bridge.
Section 5
| This franchise as well as the rights here-
under. may be assigned by the grantee here-
in as well as by all succeerling grantees at
their option or the rights of such grantee
or successors hereunder may he transferred
under foreclosure proceedings or judicial
sale in any or all of which cases the as-
signee or transferee shall succeed to all of
the rights duties and liabilities of the gran-
tee hereunder.
Section I
The grantee herein his successors or as-
signs. shall have six months from $nd after
the passage and becoming effective of this
ordinance within which to accept this fran-
chise and to begin the construction of such
bridge and tits landings and approaches;
Provided that in case of non-acceptance of
or failure to' begin construction within sucu
time or of a failure to" complete such con-
struction within ten (10) months after the
beginning pf such construction the franchise
and rights hereby given shall be forfeited to
the City and in an things terminated.
Passed and Approved to first reading this
the 27th day of November. 1925.
A. B. COLE. Mayor.
City of Brownsville.
Attest:
A. E. MUNDAY. City Secretary.
And.
City of Brownsville.
WHEREAS publication is now being mauc
of said ordinance in accordance with Section
18 of the Charter of the City of Brownsville
and. |
* WHEREAS pending the ^ime said ordi-
nance may become effective to-wit on the
4th of December A. D 1925 request
| DAY IN WASHINGTON
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Senate in recess.
House takes up first of afspj-opri-
ation bills.
Impeachment of Federal Judge Eng-
lish of Illinois ds considered by house
judiciary comrmttee.
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has been made by written petition signed
by more than 10 i>ercent of the-)egaily qual-
ified voters of said City of Brownsville;* as
determined by the number of votes cast at
the last preceding regular municipal elec-
tion requesting that the governing author-
ity of said City of Brownsvilfe do order an
election in accordance with SecticJn IS of the
Charter of the said City of Brownsville for
the purpose of voting for and against .said
proposed ordinance;
NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT ORDERED BY
THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE:
Section I
That a special election shall be held in the
City of Brownsville on Thursday; the 21st
day of January 1926. within the hours pre-
scribed by law .at which election the quali-
fied voters of said city shall vote for or
against the proposed granting to R. B.
Croager his heirs and assigns a right-of-
way easement and franchise as set out in
said ordinance.
Section II
That there shall be four polling places for
said election which polling places shall be'
as followaS
FOR FIRST WARD:
The polling place for the First Ward shall
be at Champion's Store at the corner of 6th
and St. Charles Sts. and the following
named persons are hereby named and ap-
pointed managers of said election for said
polling place:
M. H. WELLER
W. K. MENDENHALL
• MORRIS CLINT
J. K. MeDAVIfT.
FOR SECOND WARD:
J he polling place for the Second Ward
shall be at bouis' Store at the corner of Sth
and Madison Sts. and the following named
persons are hereby named and appointed
managers of said election for said polling
place:
TIOFILO CRIXELL JR.
MANUEL FLORES. SR.
CELSO OLIVEIRA
CARLOS HOU1S
FOR THIRD WARD:
The polling place for the Third Warn
shall tie at the City Hall and the following
named persons are hereby named and ap-
pointed managers of said election for said
polling place:
J. A. GARZA
Z. ivl. SLOSS
ALBERT BESTEIRO
W. E. THIELEN.
FOR FOURTH WARD:
The polling place for the Fourth Ward
>hull be at Juarez Theatre 14th Street be-
tejyeen Van Buren and Harrison Streets and
the following named persons are hereby
named and appointed managers of said elec-
tion for said polling place:
ADOLPH BOLLACK
GEO. CONNOR.
BERNARD CAIN
GEO. CHAMPION. SR.
Section 111
That said election shall be held under the
provisions of the Charter of the City ' of
Brownsville Texas and amendments there-
tc. and the Constitution and Laws of the
State of Texas and the manner of holding
said election shall be governed'by the Gen-
eral Election Laws of the State of Texas and
all qualified electors of the City of Browns-
ville. Texas shall be entitled to vote at seid
election.
Section IV
That the form of the ballot for said elec-
tion shall be as follows:
•OFFICIAL BALLOT”
An Ordinance
Granting to K. U. Creager hfs heirs and
assigns a right-of-way. easement and fran-
chise. in and upon certain streets in Browns-
ville Texas and there to lay down build
construct and maintain fort the period of
fifty years an international toll bridge over
and upon which to operate maintain and car-
ry on the business o' a toll bridge between
the City of Browns—e Texas and the City
of Matamoros Tamaul.; :is. Mexico. Said
easein.-nt right-of-way :. d franchise giving
the right to charge for > ussage of foot pas-
sengers and vehicular t..iffic. of every na-
ture and kind whatsoevt ; with the further
right to construct aloi» ide in and upon
said international toll bi Ige telegraph and
telephone lines and to t-rect construct and
mSintain drains ditches culverts piers
abutments bridges and all other works or
construction necessary or appropriate in the
erection and operation of such bridge and
for the landings and approaches of and
thereto.
For the Ordinance...
Against the Ordinance..I
That • wpy of this Order signed by the
Mayor of the City of Brownsville. Texas and
attested by the City Secretary of said City
shall serve as a proper notice of said election.
Section VI
That the Mayor of the City of Browns-
ville Texas is authorized and directed to
cause i aid notice of the election to be postal
at the City Hall of sai^ City which is one
of the voting places of said election for 30
days prior to the date of said election and
to cause the same to lie published in the
Brownsville Herald a newspaper of general
circulation published in the City of Browns-
ville. once each week for four consecutive
weeks the date of the first publication being
not less than 30 days prior to the date of
said election.
The foregoing Order was introduced sec-
onded and passed this the 18th day of De-
cember A. D. 1925.
A. B. COLE Mayor
City of Brownsville Texas.
Attest:
A. E. MUN'DAY. City Secretary. ^
City of Brownsville Texas.
12- 19-26-l-2-9-4t-lS21.
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La Joya Gravel
Company me.
Mission Texas
Box 554 Phone 326
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ALL SIZES SCREENED GRAVEL '
UNSCREENED GRAVEL
SCREENINGS
COBBLESTONES
* £0
Prompt Shipment Best-Quality^*
BE INDEPENDENT „
OWN YOUR OWN HOME
Build it on a lot in Brownsville purchased from
Henson & Lomax and
Houston & Brownsville Development Co.
Maltby Bldg.
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Five Seriously Hurt in
' Pennsylvania Pas-
senger Wreck
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(By The Associated Press.)
ALTOONA. Pa. Dec. 19.—Ten per-
sons were injured five seriously in the
derailment of Pennsylvania passenger
tryin No. 32 Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
near Bennington ten miles weft . .of
here today.
Passengers said the Entire train • l^fi
the track and that the engine and one
car rolled down an embankment. The
injured included the engineer fireman
and eightp assengers. They were
brought to a hospital here in a spec.Ml
train.
The train was composed of the en-
gine two express' cars three coachei
and three sleepers. What caused the de-
railment was undetermined.
VEGETABLES DROP
BEHIND’24 MARK
Vegetables dropped behind yesternay
the six carloads that moved out at that
tint? bringing the season total to 235.
while the 1924 total went to 255 the
same date. However three more cars
of citrus brought that total to 188
agaisnt 93 last year.
The grand total thjs year is 423 ears
and last year’s mark is 348. Orders for
cars indicate continued light movement
with possibility of the 1924 shipments
catching up with this year’s.
Shipments yesterday were: Harlin-
gen one mixed vegetables one citrus;
Stuart Place one mixed; Weslaco three
mixed; McAllen one citrus; Sharyland
one citrus; San Benito & Rio (Jrande
Valley railway points one tomatoes.
Total 9..
TAKES DOMESTIC SCIENCE
ALBUQUERQUE N. M. Dec. 19.—In-
dian maidens having adopted rouge anil
bobbed hair now have taken up domes-
tic science. A department of culinary
instruction has beeYi established in the
government Indian school here with
seven classes. The Indian flappers are
keenly interested.
The Riverside—Brownsville’s new and
modern hotel. Reasonable rates.—
Adv. 22.
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FLASHES OF LIFE
BREMERHAVF.N Helgoland —
Germany’s once impregnable for-
tress in the North Sea is being
turned into a lobster raising sta-
tion. .Extensive beds are being
laid around the island. The forti-
fications were razed under the
Versailles treaty.
LF.T.H ERE RIDGE. A1 bert a—It’s
so warm that'farmers have started
on next year’s spring plowing.
LONDON—There are to be ar-
tificial berries on holly and rois-
tletoe because the natural ones
have been eaten by hungry birds
in the hard winter. Under the mis-
tletoe the berries will make no
difference.
NEW YORK—'Thevre wealing
blue denim socks in Wall street
now. Ev^ry attache in one brok-
er’s office has one from the part-
ners down to “Gunboat” Smith
ex-pugilist now messenger and
the boys who post the quotations.
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LONDON—Tired of fog Lloyd
George has gone to Italy for
Christmas in "search of sunshine.
ODESSA—A boy and a beautiful
girl who pretended they were the
children of the Czar are in jail
with 15 adults who used them to
extort superstitious peasants.
LONDON—Forty bricklayers are
on strike till an alderman apolo-
gizes for a statement that it takes
them 72 second to lay one brick
lie says he timed them.
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*• SYNOPSIS
Boh Wilton the freight engineer
has gone with Caroline Pale/On a pic-
nic in the vgonds and fields near Crater
‘City. Boh makes no secret of hit love
and the girl shows him that his tender
fellings are reciprocated-• When he
insists there is something in his past
life about which he should tell her
Caroline declares she is unwilling to
hehr any confession. Suddenly the
two are startled by the blast of an
automobile horn blown evidently as
an alarm signal.
CHAPTER VII—Continued
Caroline in terror shrank into
the arms of Bob v.ho said excitedly:
‘‘That’s liie police patrol from
town or I miss my guess! You
know they're transferring prisoners
at the rate of a single carload a day
from the old state jail to the new
penitentiary up the line. There’s
been a prison coach attached to the
westbound Limited' each night for
several nights past. One s^as laid
up in the Yards this.morning. I
wonder—”
They exchanged significant looks
while the siren continued to draw
closer and despoil the quiet moun-
tain gitn with its raucous warning.
Caroline clung even closer to Bob.
an unaware claim tor a mate's pro-
tection; and Bob. thrilling to the
warm contact ol ’her young body
which quivered against him as a
paptive hi^d might in a man's
clenched fist felt a vast possessive-
cess—felt that he could successfully
fight off a whole carload of escaped
desperadoes it necessary to save
her.
He shot an arm around her
shoulder and stood alertly with his
other fist' doubled and ready when
there came a crashing in the bushes
nearby and loud voices'.’ Three uni-
#
“Hide me WiUon—or I'll tell de
lady friend about dat poster—”
formed policemen with sawed off
shotguns broke through and con-
fronted them breathlessly.
“Seen anyone—a man in convict
stripes?"
“No!" said Bob calmly. . “Why
what’s the matter?"
“Matter enough if you stumbled
into him!" said one cop in tones
that denoted respect for the reputa-
tion of his quarry. “The most dan-
gerous and vicious criminal who’s
ever been in the State bullpen es-
caped from the transfer car. We've
traced him to this vicinity. I’d ad-
vise you my friend first of all to
clear out of this neighborhood and
secondly to hold your peace it you
should bump into him. He's bad
medicine at any time—but by now
lie’s hungry desperate—fcnd a damn
sight more dangerous than a dozen
catamounts!” ^
The police officers scoured on.
Caroline upset and with nerves
overwrought from the incessant
shrieking of the siren insisted on
starting down from the hill at once;
the picnic mood was gone from her
fqr the time being. Bob. though
assuring her that it was silly to be
alarmed humored her.
They had gone but a short dis-
tance down the^shrub-massed cliff
path though the siren and -the
shouting of the skirmishing police-
men were already fainter as they
searched o6t a1 new section on the
wooded summit above when like a
weird and menacing jack-in-the-box
a striped and shackled* figure up-
rose from abhsb .and .stood leering
in their path.
“Bob Wilson take me oath ii it
‘ain’t—an’ quite respectable looking!”
Bob could not restrain a horrified
recoil from the shock of recognition.
“Spike!” • *
“Ain’t you clever to guess it!"
Caroline fneanwhile *a stifled
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scream disjoining in her throat as
she heard the familiarity and etfual-
ify in the greeting of this vicious
looking criminal for Bob—her Bob
—felt a sick bewilderment ar.d dis-
gust; it must be tree. then that
there was something sordid and had
in Bob’s past when its association*
had been so base and unlovely.
Bob. looking at her if* that tense.
so;:!-stripping moment read toe
concrete suspicions and distrust
dawning in her eyes and felt a rush
of stubbornness at the injustice of
Fate that was robbing bm* of The
carefully hoarded strength of hi? <*-
ile. First Jane—now’ Spike. Spike
who had read—that po.>f?r*
Bob stared at Spike again dully
ettriouj*.
"I want yuh to help me. see!’'
growled Spike. "Hide ire »if» tbuh
lousey bulb git outer here—" Thu
sounds of the pursuing party see to-
ed to be growing neardf*again Tin*
fact coupled with Bob’* hesitation
inflamed Spike who shook b * steel
claw threateningly under Bob’*
white face.
9 "Hide me Wiifoo—or T’il tell d*
lady friend about dat poster—
Farther hesitation on Bob’s pan;
then wett-ug his bps he said rta-
•y-
"Tell 2nd be damred to you!*'
The beaA in Spike raged at this
defiance. He leaped d©>c to Car*»-
line before Bob taken off his guard
could interfere—tore her dress front
her shoulder with bis human hand
and set the rapier point of his steel
hand against her white breast.
“Promise yon’11 help me or III
rip her open f he shrieked red-eyed J
at Bob.
Carotin* was frozen with terror
in her tracks—month open and eye*
starting as she looked at and shrank
from the prick oi the deadly claw.
Bod. paralyzed looked cm in terror
not less than her own.
But his reyirn to fail poss-s*;»..i
of his faculties under th*. la-h of
tragic necessity was lightning fast
He leaped forward and strife k cut
simultaneously. His left *st reached
its mark on Spike's jaw at almost
the pi ease in fant that his right
hand with athletic continuity of
motion pushed Caroline backwards
out of harmful contact with the fac-
ing desperado’s spike.
Sp’ke was not knocked out. He
had barely touched the ground h«-
j fore with a tigerish squirm he Sung
his muscular leg around m such
j a W 4V that it snipped Deb’s legs
J irom under him cru:qphng him ta
I the ground beside spJte who came
to instant grips with him.
Bob knew Spike's method of okL
He remembered the horror that
he had been filled with upon the oc-
casion of his first meeting with
Spike when he had reflected upon
the possibilities ot that steel claw
as a weapon ^'ow. therefore he in-
stinctively grabbed for the spike.
And not a moment to* soon tor it
came within a hair of slithering hts
throat.
1 he fight became a thrashing me-
lee. Spike iought with the insane
coinage and cruelty of a maddened
dog; Bob remained chiefly on the
defensive guarding hi» eyes his
throat his heart from tract*- gab-
bing* of the ste?! hand. Vtow and
again. Bob was able to get m a :c't-
ir.g smash against Spike’s lace. But
Spike met Bob on terms ot evual
strength ami had the advantage* c£
his frightful cta-v and of eaperirsce
in the dirtier points of rough aa4
tumbling fighting gamed in many
a IW barroom and rough trackage
camp.
Bob soon realized that he was
face to face with a fight for kia Sfe.
Caroline with a suddenly discover-
ed courage standing her is good
stead as she witnessed tor aght ot
her man for his verv moved
back and forth with the ffcvashiag
bodies as they roiled and t tun bleu
around gouging up the rocky tart.
At every chance she seized i;p»ke.
disregarding the hack lashes of hi*
flailing steel hand and tried t. §.o4
him away from Bob—giving Job
every aid and advantage possible to
enable him to get in a vital Mow.
She was so engaged whew several
members of the police pos»c ruaoed
into the scene and made short work
of jerking Spike to hts feet. banal*
cuffing him and punching him into
subjection under the threat ot »hey
murderously shortened shotguns.
Bob got to his feet r»r»--eadiiy.
“You win bo—but itf» ay turn
next time!” snarled Spik* cc'g» kin
shoulder. “Hell yotfre wanted *
by the police yoarscli-—■”
Hr a*"
/To hr evrthwiedl
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