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MENACE AT MIDNIGHT.

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By Hank Specter

THE SHERIFF reached into the barrel be-
hind him and took nut another cracker,
which he munched reflectively. "I don't know
who could have aid. "Old Sander-

son might have been a little touched, but he
didn't i*av« an enemy in the world."

Marshall, the owner of the Store, leaned across
the counter. "You can never tell about these
secretive people," he suggested: "Maybe some-
thing out of his past finally caught up with him "
"Whoever did it. I'd like to gW him," the
Sheriff said. "Killing that harmless old man!
And I almost did get him, too! I was passing
by, and when I heard the sunl I would have
been right in on him, if the door hadn't been
locked." The Sheriff was launched into what
bad become by -now a well-knnwn tale. "And
aa I broke In the door, he beat it out the open
window. I threw a shot after him. but he got
away in the darlmew." Hr turned to the tighi
haired young man who was seated upon the
aountar. "Isn't that so, Sam?"

Sam Noeella, the owner and editor of the
town's only newspaper, nodded affirmation.

"Sam wes with me. and tame in right behind
me," ths Sheriff added.

**Y«," Sam *aid gloomily "and if I had had
tfe* ••n«e to go around the other way I could
ha»* caught the killer coming out of the
window."

The fourth man in the group, big. bluff Harry
Dunn, owner "I the saloon and the hotel, grinned
mockingly. "That's all right. Sam," he said, "We
don't expect you W make the new-. You i"'- f
print ft. 1"

The others laughed, but the slim young &ewa
man continued in a serious vein. "It was some
one the old man knew," he said. "Sanderson waa
too suspicious and solitary to admit a stranger."
"And the man was after his money," the Sher-
iff put in. "Evsrvbody knew ths "Id cod Had a
cache somewhere. He didn't keep the money
in his cabin, hut he did have something just as
important-=a paper showing where the stuff was
buried. The midnight visitor found the paper,
or forced Sanderson to tell him where it was.
But the old man wouldn't let him take it. He

held onto it, even after he was shot. The killn-
didn't vvfii have time to pry it out of his hand,
He just pulled at it and ran, and left half cif
the paper in old Sanderson's fist"

"You don't say?" the store ownc
"You didn't mention any paper before."

"I was keeping it secret," the Sheriff u3ffl
"But this news wrangler here—" jerking |
thumb in Sam's direction — "has been nagging I
for permisison to print it all. He wants to try
something. He might as well. I'm up againffl a J
blank wall "

"Sfl the killer has half of the paper he wantflflj
continued the young editor. "And I have the I
other half, locked up in my office. The entire I
Story will be in tomorrow's edition of lb'- Buglfl
He slid down off the counter, yawned and I
stretched. "Well, good night, gentlemen, It's I
time for me to turn in."

But had anyone followed the newsman to bh
hotel room, he would have br.cn mystified hy
what Followed. Sam locked his door, extin- ]

■ if lamp, and then lowered himself to
the ground from the window. Keeping l<& <hr
shadows, and watching carefully to make sure 1
thai he waa no* observed, he made his way to ,
the office whew 'be Bugle was printed and
edited. Wuhout striking a light, he spread a
quill upon the Hoot behind the. door and com-
posed himself to sleep.

The night passed without event, and at dawn
Sam secretly retraced his steps to his hotel
room. The same procedure was followed thf
and the next- Sam began to loea hSM
that anyone would come into hia carefully laid
trap. And then, the. next night, Sam suddenly
was awakened by a scraping sound outside of
the window. He lay there in the darkness, tense
and breathless, waiting for the sound to be re-
peated Then it came — the squeak of a wfaldfeW
being raised, A shadowy figure stepped over
the sill and into the room.

Sam's gun lay in readiness, near at hand, But
Ik hesitated to reach Eqi ii, leal the intruder
notice ths movemeht He had rehearsed this
scene m ftis mind often enoughs planning what
to da Should anyone rise to the bait he hid

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jfieced. Surprise the man now. and he would

■tlairo to be an. ordinary sneak thief. No. it

lid be. necessary to wait until the intruder

ifeowed what he was after. But it was hard to

tvait, alone in a darkened room with a killer!

The man carefully lowered the window and

[mshef! the curtains together. Then he turned

aid; stood motionless, his eyes trying to probe

(very corner of the room. Sam lay stiff, breath-

liw, «"ith his outstretched hand six inches away

raded forty-five.

Thp figure moved silently toward the desk-

I with something in the darkness, and

Btilphttr match flared brilliantly in

bu band, Sam snatched for his gun. only to

kttie. into immobility when a rough voice

[rated. "Don't try that. Noceila! You're

slowly turned his head. A

I itoeky masked man was facing him, holding a

I flickering match in one hand and a forty-fW*

in the <Mher ! Thp intrude! reached forward with

I nrie fnnt and kicked Sam's gun out of reach.

I Then, with his attention still centered on the

Human, he reached behind him and felt about

Bj desk until he encountered the oil lamp.

flu maris concealed the man's face tip to his
flyes, but there was no mistaking; the paiinch.
ihe ham-like arms of Marshall, the storekeeper.
I Far from deriving any comfort from this rec-
ognition, Sam was chilled by the implacable
! threat evident in the grim countenance of a man
whom he had until now considered a nonentity
Mr Could leap for his pistol, while Marshall was
fumbling with the lamp, but he knew that the
Iffipslteeper would send a bullet after hirn In a
split second. It would be a dangerous gamble,
but Sam was tensed to make the leap, should
the malch burn out!

But. the intruder brought his gun around in
front again, took a step to bring the lamp within
reach of his Other arm. and touched the match
to the wick, The yellow light blossomed up.
fikpfcllinjg Sam's hope of making a break for his
weapon.

Marshall motioned with his gun. "Get up."
he said curtly,

"So it's you, of all people," Sam remarked,
striving to make his voice sound calm. 'Didn't
you make enough profit out of the store?"

The man's eye? never flickered. It was as if
he had not even heard.
He reached behind him with his free hand

and tugged at the desk drawer. It was Ir&efead,
"Is it in here?" he demanded-

"Is what in there?" Sam countered blandly.
He had to stall for time. He knew that Marshall
would have to kill him, to protect his identity.
To remain alive, Sam would bav« to draw out
this situation to hi* own ■

"The paper — Sanderson's paper," the store-
keeper said impatiently. "Where i« It? C'cnOfij
no stalling or you'll jet the tame thing T gave
Sanderson !"

"It's in there, at! right," Sam replied- "WherB
else could it he?" Hp geerund widely, to Indi-
cate the lack of any ethftl biding pliSi is the
sparsely furnished room.

"Open it up," Marshall ordered.

Sam moved slowly toward the desk end
reached up to take down from the wall the key
that was hanging there upon » tut! w "» fingers
shook as he inserted the key Into rti* lock
Marshall might shoot him now! The (run wis
held right against Sam'* bark. But it w«* log-
ical that the man would wait until be **w
whether or not he could get the paper.

Sam felt the tumbler turn, heard the lock
click open, Now fit tho play that meant liie
or death to him. "Okay," he said, "It'e all your*."
He took half a step back.

Marshall delayed for an unbearably long mo-
ment Then be reached forward »nd yenked the
desk drawer open. There was a sudden explo-
sion, and a blinding blue white flash! E»*n be-
fore the glare had died away, Sam unatched up
from the desk a heavy load nf ru* that »ei»«d
as a paperweight, and smashed it against the
gunman's head.

Marshall tottered, blinded and dazed H« Wil
at a disadvantage before the young "-wsmsn.
who had anticipated the explosion, and had
averted his eyes. Sam struck him again, acrona
the wrist, and caught the gun as " fell Eton)
paralyzed fingers.

£6fj^URPRISED by the fireworks, weren't
!^P you?" Sam chuckled, "ft was niching
bUI loose gunpowder, eel up with a percussion
cap to go off when the drawer was opened. I
was afraid somebody might gel to the desk with-
out waking me up."

"I should have realized this was a trap,"
Marshal! muttered. "I guest you col me now!"

"You bet we've go' you," Sana iaiH grimly.
"And that other )6J that you have

is all the evidence we need to hang you' C'mon,
we're some: to jail '"

THE END

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