J , THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH, UTAH 17SC CEAIL ardi Gras Mystery Copyright op lOUKUDAY.PACB AND COMPART H. BEDFORD. JONES ' which he large sealed envelopes, pushed across the table. Theres a rakeoff for week before last," he announced. Last week will be the big business, Judgin from early reports. Chacherre pocketed the envelopes, lighted a cigarette, and leaned forward. Say, Izzy I Tou got to send a new man down to the Bayou Latouche right away. Lafarge was there, you know; a nigger shot him yesterday. The nigger threatened to squeal unless he got his money back Lafarge was a fool and didnt know how to handle him. The boss says to shoot a new man down there. Also, he says, youd better watch out about spreadin the lottery Into Texas and. Alabama, account of the government rules. The heavy features of Gumberts closed in a scowl. You tell your boss, he said, that when it comes to steerin clear of federal men, I dont want no instructions from nobody! We got every man in this state spotted. Every one that can be fixed is fixed and that goes for the legislators find politicians clear up the line! Tell your boss to handle the local govment as well as I handle other things, and hell do all thats necessary. What hed ought to attend fo, for one thing, is this here guy who calls himself the Midnight Ive told him before that Masquer. this guy was playing h 1 with my system! This Masquer gets no protection, see? The quicker Fell goes after him the better for all cohcerned Chacherre laughed, not without a swagger. Weve attended to all that, Izzy weve dropped on him and settled A CARNIVAL JOKE" SYVOFSIS. During the height of Now Orleans carnival season , Jachln Fell, wealthy though some what mysterious citizen, and Dr. Ansley, are discussing a series of robberies by an individual known as the Midnight Masquer, who, invariably attired as an aviator, has long defied the police. Joseph Mail-larwealthy banker, is giving a ball that night, at which the Masquer has threatened to appear and rob the guests. Fell and Ansley, on their way to the affair, meet a girl dressed as Columbine, seemingly known to Fell, but masked, who accompanies them to the . ball. Lucie Ledanols, recently the ward of her uncle, Joseph Maillard, is the Columbine. At the ball. Bob Maillard, son of the banker, again proposes to her and is refused. He offers to buy some of her property. A Franciscan monk Interests her. He turns out to be Prince Gramont In his library Joseph Maillard and a group of his friends are held up and robbed by the Midnight Masquer. Lucie Ledanols, the last of an old family, is in straitened circumstances. Joseph Maillards handling of her funds has been unfortunate. Fell is an old friend of her parents and deeply interested in the girl. Henry Gramont, really the Prince de Gramont, is enamored of Lucie. Lucie talks with Fell about her affairs and the Masked Gramonts chauffeur, Masquer. Hammond, sergeant in the A. E. F., lives with him. He was the original Midnight Masquer, and Gramotit had assumed the role. Where Hammond had been a robber for financial gain, Gramont, of course, is not. He arranges to return the loot to those whom he has robbed. Gramont and Hammond jut the Jewels and money in individual packages to be returned ' the next day. An explanation Is inclosed in each. th d. CHAPTER VI Hammond stood staring after the swaggering figure; for once he was speechless. The Jaunty words had sent terror thrilling Into him. He started impulsively to pursue that impudent accoster then he checked himself. Had the man guessed something? Had the man known something? Or had those words been only a bit of meaningless impertinence a chance shaft which had accidentally flown home? The last conjecture impressed itself on Hammond as being the truth, and his momentary fright died out. He concluded that the incident was not worth mentioning to Gramont, who surely had troubles enough of his own at this Juncture. As for Ben Chacherre, he sauntered from the alley, a careless whistle upon his lips. Once out of Hammond's sight, however, he quickened his pace. Turning into a side street, he directed his step toward that part of the old quarter which, in the days before prohibition, had been given over to low cabarets and dives of various sorts. Coming to one of them, which appeared more dirty and desolate than the rest, Chacherre opened a side door and vanished. He entered what had once been the Red Cat cabaret. At a table in the main room sat two men. One of them, who was the proprietor, Jerked his chin In an Invitation to half-darken- Join him.' A man famous In ' the underworld The young gentleman will be sadly surprised to discover that Ive gotten out from under and that his respected father holds my stock! he reflected. That was a good deal; I lost a thousand to old Maillard in order to have the balance of thirty thousand A knock at his door interrupted the thread of his thought. Gramont opened, to find the concierge with a note which had been left at the door below by a masked Harlequin, who had then disappeared without awaiting any reply. Gramont recognized the writing on the envelope, and hastened to the note inside. His face changed, however, as he read it: Please call promptly at eleven tomorrow morning. I wish to see you upon a matter of business. 1 LUCIE LEDANOIS. Weva Attended to All That, Izzy Weve Dropped on Him and 8ettfed Him!" ! The guy was doin it for a carnival Joke, thats all. His loot is all goin back to the owners today. It neednt worry you, anyhow! There was nothin much to it Jewelry that couldnt be disposed of, for the most part. We couldnt take chances on that sort o Junk. I should say not, Gumberts reYouve got garded him with a scowl. the stuff? The boss has. Look here, Izzy, I want you to use a little influence with headquarters on this deal the boss doesn't want to show his hand there, and leaning forward, Ben Chacherre spoke in a low tone. Then, Gumberts heard him out, chuckled, and nodded him circles, a man whose renown rested on curious feats and facts, this proprietor; few crooks in the country had not heard the name of Memphis Izzy Gumberts. He was a grizzled old bear now, but in times past he had been g the head of a organization which, on each pay day, covered every army post in the country and diverted into its own pockets about of Uncle Sams payroll a feat still related in criminal circles as the ne plus ultra of success. Those palmy days were gone, but Memphis Izzy, assent At two that afternoon Henry Grawho had never been mugged in any gallery, sat in his deserted cabaret mont was summoned to the telephone. and still did not lack for power and He was greeted by a voice which he did not recognize, but which anInfluence. The man at his side was apparently nounced itself promptly. This is Mr. Gramont? Police headnot anxious to linger, for he rose and made his farewells as Chacherre ap- quarters speakin. You laid a charge this morning against a fellow named proached. We have about eighteen cars left," Chacherre? Yes, answered Gramont. Charley the he said to Gumberts. Must ha been some mistake, then," Goog can attend to them, and the We thought the place is safe enough. Theyre up to came the response. prints fitted, but found later they you. Im drifting back to Chi." Drift along, and Gumberts nod didnt. We looked up the Chacherre ded, a leer in Ills eyes. His face was guy and found he was workin steady filled with a keen and strictly O. K. Whats more to broad, heavy-JowleIts a cinch that the point, he proved up a dead sure and forceful craft. nobody in this state Is goin to inter- alibi for the other night. Oh! said Gramont. Then theres fere with us. About them cars from nothing to be done? Texas any news? Not yet. Were workin on It, and Ive sent orders to bring em in maybe well have some news later. next week." Gumberts nodded again, and the Goodby. Gramont hung up the receiver, a man departed. Into the chair which l.e had vacated dropped Ben Cha- puzzled frown creasing his brow. But, cherre. and took from his pocket the after a minute, he laughed softly a money he had obtained at the bank. trace of anger in the laugh. I congratuAh! he murmured. He laid it on the table before Gumlate you on your efficiency, Mr. Fell! berts. There you are, he said. Amounts But now wait a little and well meet to again. I think I'm getting somewhere you want and all. The boss says at last, and Ill have a surprise for you receipt." gimme Wouldnt trust you, eh? Jeered one of these days! Gumberts. Why wouldnt the boss come out of the tak-lnCHAPTER VII. leave the hey? In the Open. Wanted to Keep separate accounts, In New Orleans the carnival season aid Chacherre. Gumberts nodded and produced two is always opened by the ball 01 the far-flun- two-thir- ! Twelfth Night Revelers soon after Christmas, and is closed by that of the Krewe of Comus on Mardi Gras night. Upon this evening of Fat Tuesday, indeed, both Rex and Comus hold forth. Rex is the popular ball, the affair of the people, and Is held in the Athenaeum. From here, about midnight, the king and queen proceed to Comus ball. ' - Comus is an assembly of such rigid exclusiveness that even the tickets to the gallery are considered social The personae of the Krewe, prizes. on this particular year, as in all previous Ones, would remain unknown ; there is no unmasking at Comus. This institution, a tremendous social power and potentially a financial power also, during decades of the citys life, is held absolutely above any taint of faEven the voritism or commercialism. families of those concerned might not always be certain whether their sons and brothers belonged to the Krewe of Comus. , Henry Gramont did not attend the ball of Proteus on Monday night. Instead, he sat in his own room, while through the streets of the French quarter outside was raging the carnival at its height. Before him were maps and reports upon the gas and oil fields, about Bayou Terrebonne fields where great domes of natural gas were already located and in use, and where oil was being found In some quantity. Early on Wednesday morning Gramont intended to set forth to his work. He had been engaged to make a report to Bob Maillards com. pany, and he would make It. Then he would resign his advisory Job, and be free. A smile curled his lips as he thought of young Maillard and the s, Gramont gazed long at this note, his brows drawn down Into a harsh line. It was not like Lucie in its tone, somehow; he sensed something amiss, something vaguely but mostly decidedEleven tomorrow ly out of tune. Thats morning, eh? he murmured. queer, too, for shes to be at the Proteus ball tonight. Most girls would not be conducting business affairs at eleven in the morning, after being up It must be all night at Proteus something Important. Besides, shes not 1 a class with anyone else. Shes a rare girl; no nonsense in her full of a deep, strong sense of things He forced himself from thoughts of Lucie, forced himself from her personality, arid returned to his reports with an effort of concentration. When Gramont went to bed that night it was with a startling and audacious scheme well defined in his brain ; a scheme whose first conception seemed ludicrous and Impossible, yet which, on second consideration, appeared in a very different light. It deserved serious thought and Gramont had made his decision before he went to sleep. The following day was Tuesday Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent began, and the final culminating day of carnival. Henry Gramont, however, was destined to find little in its beginning of much personal pleasure. At eleven In the morning Hammond drove him to the Ledanois home, where Gramont was admitted by one of the colored servants and shown into the parlor. A moment later Lucie herself appeared. At first glance her smiling greeting removed the apprehensions of Gramont. Almost immediately afterward, however, he noted a perceptible change In her manner, as she led him toward the rear of the room, and gestured toward table which stood a mahogany tilt-toin a corner. Come over here, please. I have soiLethlng which I wish to show you. She needed to say no more. Gramont, following her, found himself staring blankly down at the symbol of consternation which overwhelmed him. For upon that table lay all those boxes which he himself had packed with the loot of the Midnight Masquei the identical boxes, apparently unopened, which had been stolen from his automobile by the supposed thief, Chacherre 1 half-sens- p 1 Tell me, Henry Gramont, what mad impulse brought you to ail this!" IX ) BE COJNTINUSD.) Efoglheia The Economy SHfifZRfS PdHRJflDJElHl STfime and Money Caves When you bake with Calumet you know there will be no loss or failures. That's why it is far less expensive than some other brands BEST DT TEST selling for less. 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