Frank James in St. Louis OR The Mysteries of a Great City

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1407, 18 August 1905, Page 4

Frank James in St. Louis OR The Mysteries of a Great City

rePfe-V _ / BY W. B. LAWSON.

. TBBACIIRRV ||sv'r 11 Hero'show I fouud out., I entered py 'my bouse,full of this business, an! was Ifc'?'' slopping ovor as usual, telling my wifo^tuc |I|K.;:.'I received an eleotrio shock right under my fe- ■ " Upon the sable wa3 a man's B'° vo, , fe'V'- "Ipicked it up; the first thought that P;Centered my head was that Mary had found 11?: (> this somewherotlien I glanced at hit fe again and wa3 surpriso-3 to see Jier faoo ' eyes upon the glove: I iffv-'bad a feeeling such as lago explains wheD fc '!•'' he talks about triflos light as aic. Wk' '■ "As I mcohacioally opened the glove ||. my oyes fell opon a name written in ink. -He held a glov® up. i •'•/BflnaiDg over the men read the name, the same time uttered startled exss£' , jelaiuations. j ' . |W- ;"Yes, it is Frank James; the scoundrel - 1 havo devoted my life to iunting. Imagine the shook. f ' "As soon as I could command myself, I turned to my wife and Rskei an oxplfl' IfeKXriation.'' " She did not exempt t6 excuse herself but looking straight in my face told me %' •'' the story you know about tbat rattler. It has been troubling her ever since.. She bslievodVit'ib be her duty, so she sont for s'''. '.Frank ifomeslo warn him of bis danger, K'.'- "I an Wit look? hard on rue, but I |'i!;).-< fesljse the woman ismrdo of wbo fet-t : will repay such an obligation, and by Jove ft 1 ' l I feel• a certain amount of admiration for &'< . . *r T ■ '■*' A mighty strange thing, Matt; 1 &T should think under the circumstances-" v?'C. • " Listen, boys; This is the explanation !§>'v;,;Maty has given me; I believe it, and if anyono dares to breathe a whisper to tho contrary, he shall answer to me for eyory Il|f he draws," and . Carpenter kings j, ' ■•his fist down upon the tablo with a fiorco tt'J' i thump as he speaks. %(i/. ', His manner carries conviction. Jim never finishes his sentenceo. j'N" ' "Of course, Matt, of course. No one f would ever doubt Mary. Powell, and I r rockon "Frank Jtirnos, rasoal though he py- has. been, ain't broke, many women's T "i hearts."' ; v lL ,l Nowth© question is this; tho man has been warned, but only in a general "J way; Mary did not (ell him the nature of r "' 1 the twp; If he remains in St, Louis we cage him, and wio the game." * f C! So they talk on, unconscious of the faofc I;."';; -' that the objeot of their solicitation is only i': s , ' b few yards away drinking it all in. Surely, fortune play's Frank James a stsangetriok on this night, s-'r. " - He learns that there is a gambling den :; on this floor, occupying the front room. I ; Ag his mind goes again to tho occupant of tho upper room, be listens|to qoe if anything is said regarding his oase, '/i. At last his curiosity is satisfied, ; " I hear old Barnaby is dead," remarks }, « Jim. ,:J , " Yes; he gave op,the fight in the after- \, 1 noon." ,< " You caught the man who did it ?" . "/ 1 . "He is safe." ' - "What was the objeot?" 1 Revenge, BO far as I have learned, We will know later on," . ?! i Thus the mystory of tho dead man is ' made clear, so far as Frank James is in- / . tercsted. ■ He thinks of leaving the house,' /,"• Making bis way along the hall, he comes to a door, which he opens. The gaming room lies there. v A dozen or more men are ongaged in ' , play, He would draw back, but such an action < 1 might arouse suspicion, so be boldly entois, Making his way up to one of, the players, ho asks if Matt Carpenter is aronnd. The man replies that he wbb. in only a - short time before. " Then I know where to find him," reI'' . marks the outlaw, coolly., "When be comes in, if I miss him, give him that ; card, please." "With pleasure," and the man, ! without looking at the paste.' a board i';/ ; rams it into his pocket, and keeps his oyes . 1 ' on the ivory balls that drop from the "goose," and-are called out by the •! dealer. . ■ . Thereupon the other takes alook around ' . tha room, and steps out. v Some ten minutes later'the detective ' . enters. ' -r • , He has managed his plan with the two men who have been hired to betray Frank • ' .James, and believes it will be carriod ' ' through, . ' -V . Although be does not confess tho fact, it .0' ' is really so that he bptes this man more W'x : ; bitterly than over eiucs ho ha? learned of Mary's endeavour to wipe out her debt of 4 . the past. ' He is not jealous—the man who says so mutt reflect upon niswife, and that is something that will bring about war. Atthosametime ho experiences a new 1 1 • feeling in his manhunt, as though some 'i ' : > element had entered into it which has no? been there before. "Mattl" calls out a mail. . • "Hello 1" .

" A fellow asked for you—left his paste board. Hero it is," and ho hands it ovor Tho detectiv.o glances ao tho namo, S " Great b'cott I" he ejaculate. _ ? A Then ho asks quettioib; his friend dos cribes tho nan who inquired for him, am Oarponter realizes that it cm be no othe than tho outlaw himself who has, for som reason of bravado, played this littlo gamt He realizes whet a doßperate cbaracta ' lie has boon dealing with, and tho reaoh ' beoomes deeper within his heart to dvo r Frank James before the Governor of Mis 0 souri yet. j (7*o bemtinwJl