Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1937 — Page 21

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN

By Oren Arnold

CAST OF CHARACTERS CAROLEE COLTER, heroine, Ppector’s daughter. STUART BLAKE, eastern “dude” tourist; Carolee's lover. HENRY COLTER, prospector,

PAUL AND SILAS COLTER, prospector’s sons,

NINA BLAKE, Stuart's sister,

P at the shack old man Colter was stolidly waiting and chewing toba standing with his rifie at his elbow. “The’s justice to be done, sheriff,” he said, flatly, after the preliminaries. “This ain't like Paul. He's hurt. And if he's been stopped up there, he's dead by now.” “What do you mean by justice to be done?” Sheriff Watson looked | intently at him. | “I ain't sayin’, yet. But there's | plenty to be done. I'm glad you CHAPTER ELEVEN ‘brought a dog. It's wild up there, HE Pinal county sheriff imme- and a man cain’t rightly do no diately called Carolee on the | tracking most of the time. Me and telephone at Apache Junction fill- Silas here hev done all we could.” ing station and got detailed in- | » » formation. It irked him some to HEY saddled their horses have another case come up in | quickly, tied on water and food Superstition. That made three and ammunition. The quantity of people lost up there this year, he larms and ammunition, in fact, growled to his office deputy, but caused the sheriff to comment. the others had gotten out safely | “Were not likely to have no enough. | battle, T reckon, Mr. Colter, The “Seems like this might be a boys here each got pistols, and I tough one,” he remarked. “She |got a rifle here in a saddle holster.

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Carrying them big rifles of yours get wearisome.” Neither the Colter father nor son made any reply to that, but each still held a rifle when they mounted. Their eyes were red, from sleepless riding and searching already. The sheriff concluded it was best to let them alone, He liked harmony in any party where he rode.

2 ” n AROLEE wanted to go, but then elected to stay and comfort her mother. After all, six men could do all that would be possible, and conceivably a girl would be superfluous with so many men, to say the least. The sheriff discouraged her. She watched them for nearly a mile. They made a picturesque cavalcade, their horses straining over steep climbs, up and up, twisting, circling, turning, getting smaller and smaller as the vastness of the mountain absorbed them. Finally they moved single file over a silhouetted skyline and were gone.

(To Be Continued)

better git a dog, too, and pick up a couple of boys from the Circle 7.7

He borrowed the dog, a mournful hound, from the state penitentiary which was located conveniently in the Pinal county seat, Florence. The hound was trained |

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TUART rendered an initial minor service, in fact, by guiding them | to the Colters’ mountain trail, which led winding upward to the shack on | the cliff. Many foot trails are con- | fusing in that region, and thus some time was saved. Carolee saw them coming well be- | fore they arrived. When they were | still several hundred yards sway | she recognized Stuart's paint horse, | and at once mounted Chieftain to | go and meet them. They talked | with her briefly, then started on to | talk with Mr, Colter and Silas at the home, “Stuart, will you wait a minute | for me?” she requested. He reined his horse with hers and they lingered down trail. ETECTIVE MULLIGAN was a “I'm awfully glad you came,” she | good copper . . . a fact that was began, “but I'd rather you wouldn't | appreciated only slightly less by the go any farther.” He could tell that she was dis-

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. ee ur : than by those who had come turbed, and his Curiosity ht through long years into more or less tense. But he didn’t want to hurt ,iinate and official contact with her. He was silent for quite a while. | ji, They feared and in a grudg5 » = ing fashion respected his absolute

“y KNOW,” she spoke eventually, “what you are thinking. You are wondering if I am ashamed to have you see my home, my mother

and people and the way we live. hardly a man on the entire force Well—I am, a little. But, it isn't | who could lay better claims to being that. In fact I'd rather you called fit for his job than could Mulligan. and had dinner with us, maybe, and | A product of the most unsavory secthen decide if you still liked me. | tion of the big town, Mulligan had You've been awfully nice. Nicer early learned to take care of himthan any other boy friend I've ever | self against the encroachments of had, Stuart. Honest, it really isn't | the tougest kids upon his pershame this time, and if you decided | sonal rights, He had also learned we weren't good enough for you I to hate with Gaelic thoroughness wouldn't care. I would— the people that made crime not “Carolee!” only natural, but sometimes neces“—I would understand. Really, Sary. I would, Stuart. I would care, 1 Jt was perhaps this hate which mean. but I wouldn't blame vou, | had turned him from the criminal That's not what I'm most worried | Path followed by most of his conabout now, though. It's—it’s be- | lemporaries and decided him upon cause I do think vou are nice that | the choice of his vocation. The I don't want you to come any far- | CaPtain knew these facts and symther. You know I ‘called the of- pathized with Mulligan. But they ficers? About Paul?” §Ish decided the captain in his choice of a man to detail on a ® special job.

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And I came to help. I| want to. I'm not a snob, | Carolee. At least I never mean to | as a preamble, “T've got a be. Can I help it if I'm from a [tough nut to crack, and I wish vou city?” would help.” Mulligan nodded. “No! No, Stuart. I like you. And| “You're the boss, Captain Burke. I'm proud of you. It's because I| What is jt?” like you that I don’t want you to “Understand, Mulligan, before we come. Oh, I guess I'll have to tell |g0 any further, that this is strictly you. Perhaps I should. The truth a volunteer job. If you don't want is, papa and Silas think you have | it, say so!” done something to Paul!” | Mulligan rested his wei His mouth dropped open, and he foot and looked So etn ye stared at her momentarily. perior. The captain looked uncom- ~ “Me?” Stuart breathed the word, fortable. “Whatever vou say goes incredulous. with me,” Mulligan prompted She nodded, not looking at him. “It's Snipe Maroni again ‘Mulli“I don’t believe it, Stuart. I said gan,” the captain began : ‘We've they do. You know how-—queer— never been able to pin a thing on they are. They mean all right. him, and him the most cold-blooded They're suspicious and they can't killer in the whole state! But one help it. of our stools came through with = ® some information that makes me “y TOLD papa and Silas and think we can nail Maroni on that mother too that you wouldn't Barclay murder. I want him brought have done anything like that. But in!” they think you and Paul met by accident up in the mountain that

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day and had a fight or something | ised and vou Killed Him > did Something | Bho. or else!” . to him, and then almost lost your| « hy - own life when your horse got killed.” rake no chances, Mulligan, “But. ‘Carolee—" | Burke warned. “You know as well “I know. It doesn't sound sensi-| o> 1 0 that Maroni is a dead shot. ple. But they are clannish. Silas | ind hs only shot at short range is is mean. He'll shoot to kill, Stu- | 1° a tu if he ever missed, art. And I don't want you—or any- | - er heard of it! 4 body—to be hurt. I'd give anything | Mulligan grinned. “I grew up I have if we were out of this moun- | ¥ith Snipe Maroni, chief! I knew tain mess. I almost believe the Su- | Nim when he worked at Slate Murperstition curse of the goods is real.” | Phy’s shooting gallery. I know how She was crying just a little, and | to handle this mug all right!” Stuart reached to pat her shoulder | Detective Mulligan sauntered idly gently. He longed, then, to take | Into the Pastime Poolroom and her in his arms. He wanted to de- | favern. The indolent gaze he fend her, shield her from every un- | flicked over the half dozen minor happiness. But he sensed that this | hoodlums encompassed Snipe Mawas no time to tell her so. Besides, | roni sitting at a rear table playing the sheriff's posse had halted a few | solitaire. He moved slowly over hundred yards up and turned to | and stood watching Snipe. look at them, waiting. Stuart went| “Hello, Snipe!” The player lifted on back down the trail. | his beady eyes in a basilisk stare,

| powers that be in the department |

adherence to the oath he had taken | long years ago as a green rookie to |

And by the same token, there was |

. K,, chief!” Mulligan prot- | : | his w “I'll ‘either bring him | ready hone mound $0 85 to be most |

“HE SAW THE BRIGHT FLASH"

and the venom in that inspection | warned Mulligan, He shifted his | pistol holster forward on his belt. “It’s you, eh?” Maroni snapped. | “I'm glad you dropped in. You're | the guy that got my brother that { life rap last month, aren't you?” | Mulligan smiled with his mouth, but his eyes stayed cold, watchful.

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| ligan’s pistol was only half out when

| he saw the bright orange flash from |

| the table's edge and felt the hot, searing pain in his chest before | blackness blotted out everything. Mulligan opened his eyes to a | world of white, and a tight iron {band seemed to be pressing in on jis lungs.

| tal bed. | apologized.

| Maroni missed by a good

Mulligan grinned weakly.

“This is only the start, chief!” he |

|said painfully. “I guess I played | my cards wrong. But I intended to | get {. . . or else!” Burke shook his head.

ster than a dead buddy, Mulligan!” | he protested. Mulligan frowned in | thought. | » ” » | “YJ WANT to ask a favor, chief,” he begged.

| notice of my death put in all the

papers, and have the boys sort of |

[circulate the same report around.

| Then we'll see what happens!” And |

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said softly. “And it's very like-

that Barclay job you pulled off. Moreover, I'm going to see that this time you'll fry!” Snipe Maroni suddenly snapped out of his paralyzed state as he realized that Mulligan was not a phantom, but solid flesh. Even though he was watching for it, Mulligan could hardly see the gunman’s

rapid shots that seemed blended into one sound. “All right, we'll go now!” | dered Mulligan evenly as he ad(vanced upon Maroni with pistol | drawn and handcuffs open. Maroni's

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“Just this!” Maroni snarled. Mul- |

His eyes focused upon | Captain Burke, sitting by the hospi- |

“I blame myself for this,” Burke | “It was pure luck that | three |

| inches, or Mrs. Mulligan would be | out searching for black dresses!” |

Maroni just as I said I would |

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Again, as before, Mulligan shifted

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| firing pin snapped on empty cham- | bers. “I knew there was something '1 forgot last time!” On the poolroom floor lay six misshapen lead slugs, flattened by | Mulligar’s bullet-proof vest.

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