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Show JC5is SrT0nmsMsS I THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH rrnnnnnnnrmnnmnnnv fury displacing fear, he had grown His attack suddenly had completely upset the calculations of the blackmailers; on the Instant their plans crumbled. As they disappeared through his door a feeling of peace after victory settled over Elmer Clarkes sturdy soul. Elmer Clarke retired to his virtuous couch and slept the sleep of the conscience-free and the healthy. At breakfast next morning he had a telephone call from Nellie, who declared she waP simply bursting with curiosity. He must take her to luncheon that day and tell her all about his Interview with those terrible people. Elmer accepted with alacrity and when he and Nellie found themselves In a booth at the Palace grill he gave her a detailed account of his adventure. Nellie noticed that Elmer did not pat himself on the back. I was scared to death, Nellie," he but It would never have confided, done to let them know I was, so J bluffed my way through. Do you think the Incident is closed? Nellie queried Innocently. I do not. Im going to be the laughing stock of this town sooner or later unless I buy those letters from them. Im not Ill stand for their fire. It will be horrible, but Ill stand for it You appear to have eliminated my point of view from your considerations, Elmer. How do you know I can manage to stand up under that ridicule of you? Dont you think It will hurt me terribly? Would It?" he queried eagerly. Id like to think so. Id like to think you love me still, with all my faults. Do you, darling? "Youll have to go on guessing. I have some womanly pride, you know, and you have Jarred It frightfully. Ive been a dog," he murmured It serves me right Of course sadly. I have the nerve of a lion tamer to ask this, but will you give me another chance, Nellie? Will you take me back on probation? I accept Ill take you back not as a sweetheart but as the dear old friend you were before you told me you loved me and asked me to marry you. Meanwhile, you are not to run away from Pilarcltos. You must stay here and make your campaign for light-hearte- Mmey. to HBmurim Peter B. Kyne by Pater (3 B. Kyne. WNU Service , AAAAAAAAAAAAyuyUUyyA 7 CHAPTER XII -- Continued 23 Thart! mean theyll have to stay in stir until they can raise ball. Maybe they cant Maybe they aint got friends that can be reached In a hurry. Still, that lawyer of theirs might bail them out but on the other hand he might not , Hed probably get suspicious an figure your little boy friend had been too smart for him. Why, of course hell be suspicious an drop that case like It was a hot stove. Ill see to that myself. Ill phone Fitzgerald an hell phone that lawyer an tell him, anonymously, that his clients have got all tangled up in a dictograph, complicated with the purity squad. Youre such a comfort, Mr. Fahey Of course they wont Nellie cooed. have any defense, unless they can produce a marriage certificate " I know they cant do that, an If they do, their case against Elmer Is a wash-ou- t Its a wash-ou- t anyway. Well, little partner, we cant very well land 'em for attempted blackmail without draggin your man Into the case, so I guess well have to wait till He next Mme, but In the meantime paused significantly. . Yes, yes, go on Youre doing fine, Mr. Fahey. You were about to say? Well get them a quick trial In the San Jose police court before they can get ball, find em guilty an send em' to the county Jail for three months. Oh, make It six! Nellie pleaded. With credit for good behavior theyll be out altogether too soon. It only costs a few dollars to file a suit, and nothing at all for publicity. That woman will do that for revenge as soon as she gets out, no matter what happens to her. Elmer cant af1 ford It Well, seeln as how you ask it, Fll make It six months. Thats the limit Consider it done I Me, Ive been tryin cases in the judges chambers for ten years. Thats the only way us dicks can get any justice or recognition. Good night Sleep tight! A week later Nellie Cathcart received by registered mail a small cardboard box. Upon opening It she discovered It contained a -- small gold shield bearing the legend: Honorary Detective Sergeant Los Angeles Police Department The shield bore a number also No. 11 In fact, that week everybody received something. Colorado Charley and Mae, to their great bewilderment, were given six months in the county Jail and blamed Elmer Clarke for it Mae even wrote to him accusing him of it but bidding him refrain from thinking he was little Jack Horner, since every dog must have his day. Alas I Mae was counting her chickens before they were hatched, for Immediately upon his return to Los Angeles, Detective Sergeant Lipowsky decided to strike a blow for true love. He knew a burglar who was .also an expert at opening ordinary safes. So he burglarized the ofljee of Colorado Charleys attorney, and presently Elmer Butterworth Clarke received by ordinary mall a large fat envelope. It contained his love letters to Mae, alias Doris. Simultaneously, from another anonymous source, he received a clipping from a San Jose paper. It contained the story of the arrest and conviction of Joseph Skidmore and his companion, and since the story had been illustrated with pictures, Elmer was no longer In doubt of a very significant fact, to wit: that God had been very 1 - good to him, indeed. . Prior to the arrival of Colorado Charley and Mae at his house that night, nobody, not even astute Nellie Cathcart, could have Imagined the extent of Elmer Clarkes terror and suffering. 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I can never be elected mayor now, he assured her. That suit and the publication of my letters to Doris " Were they love letters, Elmer? He hung his head. I tried to make them sound that way, but I dont think they were as enthusiastic as ones 1! could have written you under the same them Just opposite Mormott Tabernacle ERNEST C. ROSSITER, Mgr. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 26-19- 31. Words are the transcript - those ideas which are in the mind of man, and writing or printing is the transcript of words. Addison. o- a circumstances. Still, I suppose theyre silly enough to tickle Pilarcltos to death. Theyll be hard for me to laugh off." Take the chance," she urged. Elmer shook his head dolefully. I dare not now. But you announced your candidacy with a blare of trumpets, as it were. You'll have to enter the fight now. But I never InElmer shuddered. tended to run for mayor this year, he I was merely anprotested lamely. nouncing myself as a candidate to run against the Incumbent when he came as I figured he up for y has would. Now the Infernal by resigning disappointed everybody and moving out of the county, the city council is deadlocked over the appointment of his successor and In order to save their faces they have ordered a special election to decide who shall be mayor to fill the unexplred term. So you see, Nellie, Ive got an excellent excuse for withdrawing now. I can say 1 do not care to make a campaign for the unexplred term, because It will not afford me an opportunity to Initiate reforms. All my friends will understand You remind me of a small boy who whistles up his courage as he passes the cemetery after dark. Elmer, you know very well that If you are elected to fill "the unexplred term and make good you can be elected for the next r term without half trying. No, I cannot Ill make an announcement In the Clarion that upon further consideration, I find that my business affairs will not permit of my making the race and accordingly I am withdrawing my candidacy. If you do that" Nellie assured him, you might as well abandon all hope of marrying me eventually. I could never stand a quitter. I want you to enter that fight even If you do kill-jo- Like tobacco ... the best Gasoline is Blended two-yea- -- lose prefer Burley tobacco with a touch of YOU may a mixture which includes Perique. Whatever the preference, every good smoke is blended, expertly. Of the various types of gasoline no one is a perfect motor fuel. So CONOCO refiners have developed their balanced blend, using: Natural Gasoline, for quick starts Gasoline, for power and mileage ; ing; Straight-ru- n Cracked Gasoline, for its anti knock properties. 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