| Show the ile mardi mara gras mystery by H BEDFORD JONES JOKI besim br FX C CHAPTER XI C ahmad IT 17 teh him your sett Grac gramont cont hacked gw ia annibert b rl ta it ambit fag act at do day after tomorrow Is IB be aft that 11 he be FH friday 4 Y hm am I 1 I 1 think thick tbt rd ird bell belter abrl A fell out h lien m the day att if I 1 cm ronk IL it I 1 laithe probably IN wont beir ee Gor 1114 until 11 a th then tm res set ace working in with him and be b IMI know me ine yet ret but bat III try and to ret oat act imm ber on an friday with fell FAIL now I 1 1 I have ba to bout bat it I 1 I 1 la a h hurry any leae sage axe to amar not mat me WM th the a answer amme gramunt knew ear how he h dee de parted until he h fail found ad himself cram efing bark through me a A ader brash of the lawlin all place piece be cubed into the hares 16 annd mad the ill alre re bad died dw down beyond all danger and swiftly removed the few things thing thel had bed taken from the ar carry ing these be A be ba it u w where nob be had bad bidd bidden the automobile 8 be e scarcely dared to thick dared to is it k on an tb luck that had bad befallen him until he found himself ta in his hi own car once muce more and with pois open throttle weeping out ow adi areat through the lie gh I 1 toward a P paradis a ad he beunia beyond A whirlwind of os mad minu exultation aft WM writing within him d exaltation mt a addea end and tre 0 ab 86 the past pan aweeka ecks had bad been bud and dr apKing lot grommet in con common with anant much inde flait othera bothem had heard beard much indefinite a romor minor of an andert underground gre old lottery game that we was being work worked ed among the ne gross frees ot of the state stale and the chlo o arll issue alons 19 1 9 the gulf 1 coast I and saw now be it knew dep definitely holy I 1 at otterlean ott eries erlea have never died out mat 1 in louisiana across the brown brave old do days of 1 if u tal a government ordained lawa vw and ordinances to the contrary coans tso laws erat caa A I 1 make the vellow man odd bud the black man forego forea a the get rich quick heritage of their fathers th 0 on toe the colot but lotteries 11 obtain and ad will all obtain cherev wherever or the there to Is ch china me town P in laigh louisiana fi i the of the grand lattery have n never been forgot ten fork the last two yeara year of high hageb gu gues had find made every negro wealthy speaking the ile lottery itte bongers mongers a would aid naturally find and the them a ripe four beir st tor for the picking and who would goor nate am to this harvest field great if U not act the great gumberts the un on taught ht M ahlo agy tho the promoter who bad never been mug roughed rou geed ged a here cm at one a into tumbling on the thing by sheer but blind accident ideal grai 1 wt bad I 1 lasted ad the clew ot of the whole dd I 1 marall gradually ate brain cooled to the mad 1 hatim ot at what work toy lay before him he etc was wa through jarems almost I 1 19 the to town bud and switched on hla his eights I 1 Us aa he be took the highway to be bourna sober reflection IM him tot only ardly w wab a this crowd of brooks working a lottery but chev were gain managing a stupendous full dl thle thievery t of t but autom b W in h 1 1 cars were or I 1 looted ant ad bato by Wholesale 0 L 1 anil the man A nt at the head be A it of it ell all tile the man above bar memphis inzy ft Y and his crooks crook was bow jachin relt pell ot at new orleans old did I 1 acae cis ledanois Leda Loda mods dron drab ewh A thing no gramont dismissed to the question nt at mi once r T bell ell was not an uno nn tanal tp ape of man th there son were many say J ad fell fella th throughout wall gac t the I it be reflected men bee tv who al applied d their work ho ftp brains As crooked work w who kept I 1 err above bove any an F oid share hein heib the work tied and who I 1 profited profiled bound b by tritium tribute money from very every crook tn in every crime to T the c As tn in which they hea 1 I wed men men were ease patterns of all that gentlemen gentleman should be sol set dron deal wept perhaps in of the underworld wa waa their connection with erime ever or keep suspected and th Ms thought thon elit bass ana sobering beag to gramont never did they pome mine within ol at e at tile the hands of the tow law thair me extended to too far into fors po ild and it 0 the governor of tome adoll south southern state have laws unil A of fairda rh 1 Is a big do 1 to flecked ted gra IR moat maus ifill tile the elneater flow of this hi in last thought A big day I 1 what it will leada lead to 1 I don dim t know not nor the he least of it te Is the he theare financial fid end of it the oil scots epard I 1 that mat little Irid rid sm trickle of oil all on as tte the amt gatei mem that money camey are am over both par for me and for ludt I 1 in barry I 1 that 1 I am mix mixed d up with fell I 1 we ve at X money of my own to drill at least one A good wil well ana one 1 la all 11 well veil need to bring brine in oil all OT on that flint place I 1 well well aeh se see what in apt up I 1 my aly lifter job it to make anre or he ad I 1 and ad to relieve allow fats mind have to lowes fit him lit in jeff I 1 cup 1 why did pen fell we want at 1 to art t liine in thine on As elliano it to bids there them we waa no As ahe nobber H drove to 0 birma to had find the town base with excitement for the aa nw of toe the bezilla murder had bad th the place late wildly proceeding straight to the th Gra gramoll ganot encountered jim beb ch chacherie Cha charre cherre as he we was leaving the car red there theral I 1 he be lost my mf road nod who where a u aar adr me Cha chacherie the cherre jerked his bla hand bead toward 0 the emar 1 in yonder amb say aro are YOU yon going back to the city tonight yep gramont regarded hire him tale take we me back will missed the he last 14 up train and if you yon IT re gola back aek an anyhow yh I 1 won t have to hire him a car I 1 gas drive tor for you and well oell jandle it is a comple of bacare bet before lire hop felt If la Gron must instead the me ear III be b back as sons boon had bad a word with Hn no danger of at his trend ottto lynched I 1 hopper hoper not NO chance bald lit the other ober eon emo six deputies deput his up op there them now nd ad quite beach ot of ex title cousia to tend guard you ion role oln to the 4 no ald 14 Gin Ciranio nt cant ORM him an are to thin in can lion rin im net for far big and got into the car we wax much milded rell ered to suit find that there them we wa DO an danger of lunching lynching lyn lym ching ebbig which had bad been hla his on ime fear it was with much persuasion that he got vast past tb the guard bud and into the whew he was a received 1 IT bv a number of depa realf in charge of the attention after conferring with them at wine length be won grudgingly t taken ge A to the cell call occupied pled by U Ha inmond the rhe let lat ter ferel reached fereld d him with a w wide lit stan grin aad ad gave gaie no signs of the gri greeling c ordeal most ag through which he had bad pan passed e z listen ston old man cam said it gram gaimont oll earnestly fly will afi you plow out the same hard to t the eoda d I 1 lit if be hare to leave you lie here ni tor far two daya day at the end and of that time you 11 be tree free the llie listening deputies stuffed sniffed but hammond Hiim montt merely rely grinned use again and ad put pat a hand bond through the bit bars r whatever you say earn I 1 he to re it sure aare ioki baa I 1 I 1 dont you think it said gromon gramont i I 1 A lot of tanga b have happened since bince I 1 saw bow you last I 1 I 1 we ve got gol I 1 the h a teal real murderer murd frer right wit where or a I 1 won want t bim but I 1 cant can t have him ar rested yot aal it 8 a gang said bald hommond to you batth out act cap 11 n 1 I board A era say eny bout are coll I 1 I 1 a I 1 I 1 I 1 will WAI you play out the game hard te ta the end edco the ruy guy I 1 told you about one do da blell this Is no ganie game W were re up aliat Ili at eolla lid 1 I lane it bull and Gm ilowit nodded he turned to lo the deputies geale awn a iou he holc oi 1 slid dress if you wish 11 to communicate corn mum en te with me I 1 1 all he be hack bak here its dav after tomorrow at least bet before midnight of that tin dav I 1 wore warn you yom thu lf it anthina in an thine thing hap to this man la n alie if meantime vou vivo dball lame be held pemon peram ally fily n r he be la is innocent LOOB like wed better hold you too said co gnp of the men mea you yoa seen to 10 know a lot Grain gramont sam looked at him a suar moment cent 1 I know crab cra b to tell won vou where here to i limit bend tn in it if you yen try say any fit fnnnk work here hem he be old ad evenly gentinne Gent ione i thank you for permitting the luter lev I 1 II 11 see ou inter I 1 iha he or lury jury had already all ad J A god guilta of at the mur der ho mg to the cap gramont Grit mont it had bud ten lien Clet herve arii arhe to ft reau rant not where thi y got cot a bit bite to cut at twenty minutes later biter they were on in their basic way to new Orle orleans sent and gra gim admit lear learned roul to for it the first flat time of to 10 ph il aillard do hodor ho dor I 1 bp tile ilie bill fluer and of th arrest rotha ot bob Ud illari far ih alie retire crime CHAPTER XII the rho ultimatum laoo th die to follow lot fog 1 I 0 gra vaunt at called both fell anil ad 1 cole led 1 over tile is be so ac go led them briefly tin the r result it M of Us A oil bl blote and ad arranged I 1 for ten a 0 clock at fell B of flee f it was kightly fight ly before ten when fira cre mont called blui tin the cor car to for lucia under lie swell spell of her ta illing eager A beu uie the hare lounis laula from form his big A to face it returned ana TA moment at 1 in ter taa tor far lit he saw hat at he loo we was changed there them was waa allow above them both cloud the of gramovot was secret BOW i aud oil brooding ax As tow for guele she HH s in the murder of joseph maillard the arrest greeir and undoubted go guilt t it of bob hh fiand dwarfed all 11 else let lo in hist her mind hven fc ven the news newa of the oil seepage and ad the fact flat ehe be was probably now on an the road ad to begun Mcf lica appeared to make little impression apon pan her thank beaven ii she bh said as a i they drove toward cam street meal that BO far Us D you a are am henry the midnight affair wa all cleared I 1 up before this MUM ung place 1 it II wax waa fewer fearfully tilly impre halqua deal of I 1 you le answered Oni Dont soberly ber 1 I caa ui own folly DOW it if this uil aaran were it t be laid BI at ray my door don bom kind of cae ca e 41 might i gilt be guide 7 go gain it fast it me dd ad 1 it I 1 would freem pit plausible kalble but fortunately I 1 was out of it it in time thes w were w we delely character in nar diard detective story I 1 id 1 be mir arrested efred nd it deluged with sue ma pals dd ad due clues bud nd so 0 forth fertile 1 YOU four ew pe two tow too fettrow to t joke over henry he reproved islon biro 9 gravely tm irin not nor joking my door dear led ancle I 1 learned nothing about the tragedy all me ime last anaf night from what I 1 goot can find and to in the fl papers apers it am beenu freed agreed the thai wilt bob wax not the real 1 V 4 1 bet bat had bad assumed that gulas guise for far a joke A ut tragic lokel since glum he be was malool silly drunk at the time into bis am tory on can I 1 be relied upon aa co convincing and yet IV its frightfully hard to believe that even by accident a ion am should have and is shot down ill hi own OHO father doltl I 1 I 1 led winced little in 1 pite ot of all the erl ends dance against him in ID spite of the way he was found with that lon uniform its it still awful lawful to believe be lleo I 1 can I 1 realize toolie that it I 1 hai be actually rt ully happened 1 ablord At to tile papers poor iffa malllard im has gone to pieces no non am J lh der ies lee I 1 we was there with her bet all 11 day ed and ad shall 1 BO again 1 today they a ly y bob Is 1 terribly y brohen up he be sent at for far his other mother and she refused to see him I 1 don it t know how it ft Is all going go all to end I 1 do you think his story might be true tru that ft onie boily else maht hae he a acted as a the th that night gramont shook hla his head bell a it a possible pis lable he be said 1 I I 1 reluctantly 30 et it hardly borms very rz probable and tow now lucle luci rin im very cry sorry try indeed indeed to say aay lt it but you must prepare yourself c against another shock in the near dear future what do you yon meant mean about the oil no 1 it s I 1 too long a story to tell you now bon here we me ae at the M milbon dam III blanche he just return remember flour my word dw please it s hool ething that I 1 can t ahu go anto cow w V very y well cli noi henry do TOO think that it s possible b Is your then chauffeur afe hara be mond coned could have learned about the drinking party and could ha e grams gramont I 1 started hammonds Ham no N ill I 1 answer or tor for lit him beyond bay any question if lucie lucia by the way dries does fell know anything bout about Ha romond having been the first not IT from me said the girl watching him very well hammond Hn got into a bit A of true trouble lit Is at boural and I 1 had to ta leave leare him there them it was none a of his fault unit and he be it 11 get out of it all right 1 betl of come A along up to our or oil all aielt A t ing in g I 1 forget your r troubles kroull I 1 A mid and dont let my croak c kl lugs about a TIATI new shock cause us ou OT any y worry carry just yet ya he was thinking ot of jacyln fen fell and ad the girt girl s alost closeness to rel lid had he relles not known tint fill fell was waa for hammond s being in 1 jet jail be might hurt have felt differently As it was us he be was a rove now faiq mod and ad forearmed altho it though uRh ile he could nt not tree e what hot annl mas am fell fe could old possibly at I 1 y have against hammond 1 l it 1 was he h reflected grind grimly that I 1 he tied had never breathed lit ch alad to a ism boul TI except a 7 P 1 little the I 1 fact nor that hammond had bon been the its flait I 1 had fell ell know athla fact his desire to la in hammond arrhe bv the heels macht lae hae been easily fulfilled and hammond Hion almod would probably have am found himself charged with malllard 2411 lard s AT murder dc r ardc Jr ibey found jachin in fell ell dictating dicta tine to a stenographer he be greeted them 0 be warmly nib them at once mam into his schate office offic G gramont AT mad it dim dimit difficult it to con can gelf tance him himself that hl his experiences of tile the previous after afternoon had bad loom been real cut it wic nut brow un impossible to belic believe that thai this shy apologetic little man la in kray gray wita was to in reality the man higher up cupl I 1 I 1 let et he knew I 1 it to be tile the case know it beyond say any scope escape by the way ay and tell roll turned to dramond it if yo you I 1 II 11 I 1 dim dictate te a brief emerit evaa that t oil 11 aee id be obliged merely give the facts fact I 1 rony may hat have need of such each a statement cut from you diament act amont nodded and joined tile the stenographer in the outer ter office where hers he dictated a brief statement it did not occur to him that there them night be in fill at the moment he be am was off ills guard bew he waa ba so cromli oil lowit about his future on an tell bell that he quit ignored tile the post pored guilry of at being beine placed on am the du de ansh 1 e within in the he be lead had returned return pd 1 TO luel and lit jah jaclin if poll pell who he were deag dc Ag the lie condition dutch of alto wall lurd it gramont blenes 1 oil the rod and headed it to malfi bell alla laid 11 with other papers pope at lit alb 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