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Show THE SMITIIFIELD SENTINEL, SMITHFIELD, UTAH CHAPTER VII Continued 1J "With Olson? I thought he was :after your mother." "Shes after him, you mean. Its .'sickening. Now Ive been rung into ilt He wants to give a big dinner to celebrate this strike." "Well? "I simply cant sit through a party like that Youve got to get me out of it tell him that we're going for an airplane ride, anything. Its to be Fourth of July night." "What time? ; "Seven oclock?" "Thanks for that! I was afraid It would be later. I've got to be away by ten. Ive promised to be with McKenzie Joe. Its something I cant break. I simply can't. Youll let me go by ten? It was with a bit of pique that to him the night she said good-b- y of Olsons party. Hammond almost ran from the cottage to his cabin. Joe already was dressing,' a funereal procedure.. He pawed at the buttoning of his collar, stretching his neck dolefully as ha strove to accustom it to its coniines. He peered into the crinkly mirror and tied his blue tie with its red polka dots for a third and a fourth time. He took his old bat to the door and brushed it meticulously; he had forgotten to order a new one. He rubbed another dose of bear grease on his boots. He put on his electric blue coat, and gave a hitch to his electric blue trousers with their unpressed box wrinkles at the knees, Then he walked dolefully to the lams Courtney Ryley Cooper . . door. "Ready? he asked Jack. There was quite a crowd in front of the dance hall when they arrived In Whoopee. At intervals a bomb hurtled from a mortar into the air and exploded with a detonation which threw itself from mountain peak to mountain peak in seeming, ly ceaseless echoes. Around the World Annie, resplendent in a dress of bunting, topped by a tricorn, trimmed with a red cockade, was vociferously greeting all comers. "Liberty frightening th worll she shouted. " Ray for Whoopee! "Whoopee yourself!" shouted a miner. Took the words out of my mouth," answered Annie, with merry little grin. "Whoopee for you. Whoopee for me. Whoopee for Alaska! After a time they went inside. An orchestra began to play, violin, clarinets, trombone, cornet and accordion, imported by air from Juneau. As if from nowhere, girls appeared, slinking smilingly toward the incoming miners. One of them, Florine, arms half extended, as if for dancing, placed herself directly in the path of McKenzie Joe. He did not evade her. He did not brush her Aide. He merely put out a hand and with a mournful, shelving motion, moved her out of his way. Straight onward he went, to the bar, and while Jack strove vainly to restrain him, ordered Scotch. Then, disdaining the whisky glass, he raised the bottle a crock, in a big in Canadian parlance hand. For a long moment he eyed it. His beaverlike eyes circled under heavy brows. Then he raised the big bottle to his lips and allowed it to gurgle until Jack gasped, from the mere agony of watching. notonous long-legge- case-keepe- dis- Desperately he attempted to break through. Joe! he shouted. "Joe! Watch yourself! But McKenzie Joe pretended not to hear. The crowd fell back, suddenly silent, leaving in their wake a solitary man, hypnotized by fear, his hands gesturing futilely, a set, terror-stricke- n Think It Over BYEvTeHIL!!treet at house of Never. German th. prov. erb. we, for the remainder of the case, Lord Darling Livened call it a pony? In another case before Justice Drab Scenes With Darling in which a Cockney caPleasantries. terer was suing to recover the cost We People who have half an hour to spare usually spend it with somebody who hasn't. Dignity is one thing that be preserved in alcohol cant Epitaph: He walked on the suicide of the road. Many have made up their a picnic luncheon he had provided for a large number of people the plaintiff waxed highly indignant, under minds what they are going to when it was suggested that his sandwiches were mostly "bread do if temptation comes their way. They are going to fall. and bread, with the ham conWhen one is unimportant ha spicuous only by its absence. "I ham amazed; I ham sur- can attract attention in many he sputtered. noisy ways. prised; I "That will do! interrupted DarI suggest that had you ling. been more generous with your Mongols! Madam, hams on another occasion and a little less liberal with them here, Barked Sir Iloworth you might not have found yourSir Henry Howorth was taken self in this situation!" Kansas aback one day when introduced to City Star. a gushing lady who declared that she was so charmed to meet him because she wished to talk to him Identifying Houses Before houses were numbered, about her little dog. But I know nothing about Londons business streets were lined on both sides by a succes- dogs, he protested. sion of gay signboards exhibiting "Oh, how can you say so," she an almost infinite variety of blue said, "when you have written boars, black swans, . red lions, books about them?" "Never, madam, never! flying pigs and the like. Even "But surely," she persisted, with these signs it was often hard to find ones destination, for the "you have written a history of tha signs were often so badly painted mongrels? that it would have puzzled a natu"Mongols, madam, mongols! ralist to ' make out the animal he barked. "Not mongrels. London Answers. meant. of Many are the stories told about jord Darling better known as Mr. Justice Darling, "Englands who died recentwittiest Judge ly. He was a poqt, with several published volumes to his credit. But it was his humor from the bench that made his name almost a household word. On one occasion, a talesman claimed exemption from jury duty on the ground that he was completely deaf in the left ear. "You can go," said Judge Dar-- 1 ing, gravely; "I cannot have anyone in the jury box who cannot hear both sides." A lawyer who had the misfortune never to have acquired the ability to use the letter h (relates Silvain Mayer in his "legal reminiscences), was engaged before Justice Darling in a case which had relation to a horse. For some time the lawyer kept referring to the animal as "an orse. After a while, Darling looked down and said: Was the animal a large horse or a little one? "Oh, a little one. "Then, said the Judge, "may ot Byeard- - cross-examinatio- ham, HERES WHY FIRESTONE ALWAYS GIVES SO MUCH ym YOU smile on his gray lips. It was Bruce Kenning. "Well, Joe, he said jerkily, "having a good time, eh, Joe Let me through here!" star-spangl- ed VIII Then, tent intricacies of faro, each game with its dealer, laconically fingering the cards from their wooden box, its frozen faced lookout, high d on his stool, his green eye shade and his dead cigar each polar-beadrooping at a similar angle, its r, with his never restful counting board, recording the cards as they came forth. Here too was the glitter of the "big wheels, glaring with a maze of electric lamps, charged by the pride of Around the World Annies a - gasoline motor establishment light plant, which had formed an entire load for Timmy Moons plane. The stud games also were busy, slot machines, the blackjack games and the enthralling click of the ivory ball as it rounded the roulette wheel. Hammond turned in that direction. He had sighted Bruce Kenning. He was coatless, his collar loosened. Slightly drunk, he stood sweating at the board, his left hand ished. incessantly riffling the pile of chips A queer gleam came into his before him, his right stabbing outhitherto vacant eyes. His fingers four-wa- y to a his bets, ward, place wager here, a straight bet there, a widened until they were muscular hedge on the Double O. A look of half arcs. His tremendous shoulders hunched and his round, beaverlike head shot forward. Jack had been cut off by the sudden insurge of the gaming room crowd. blue-and-whi- te CHAPTER indifference. regarding his partner entirely, he attempted to walk through him to the next room. Jack stepped aside. At this point in Joes progress of inebriation, it was best to humor him. Hammond even allowed him to plod to the bar, where methodically he ordered drinks for the house. r Solemnly, but still with that smile, McKenzie Joe watched his guests imbibe. Then he signaled the bartender to let the glasses remain on the bar, while, to the whooping encouragement of his watchers, he smashed them, one after another, upon the floor, bowing meanwhile to the applause. Jacks heart went steadily downward. The next step would be for McKenzie Joe to pick a fight It never failed. The noise caused celebrants to assemble from every part of the rambling structure; it even halted the play in the gaming rooms, the players crowding in the doorway. It was just as they began to flood through that McKenzie Joe turned from the bar and his smile van- Courtney Rjley Cooper. WNU Service. . Judge Often Handed Down Humor "From the Bench" You surprise Hound.1 Double-Crossin- g came iron-muscl- ed into Hammonds eyes as he neared the man; there was terrific concentration about him, an air of obliviousness to ev- board erything save the and the dizzy spin of the multilay-dow- n colored wheel. Jack was tempted to ask him if he had seen McKenzie Joe. But the very detachment of the man, the look qf exquisite agony with which he watched the trepidation of the little ivory ball, clicking against the interstices, bounding out, hesitating, then rolling on again before it should finally sink into its final socket, withheld, him. Ham- mond shouted. You fools let me through! Somebody stop McKenzie. Do you want a man killed? It availed nothing. McKenzie Joe was moving forward; Bruce Kenning attempted to run. A drunken miner shoved him back into the open. Then Joe shouted: "You double crossing hound! With a lunge, he shot forward. Wildly Bruce Kenning struck out and then, with a cry, strove to dodge him. It was impossible; McKenzie Joe had caught him, one huge arm around his neck, blocking off all resistance save short arm blows, which struck the prospectors huge torso with chest and no more result than if they had been pounding against the trunk of a giant fir. Suddenly the geologist was spun about, impelled by the force of McKenzie Joes giant muscles. Jack Hammond, now literally tHrowing celebrants out of his wpy as he fought to get to his partner, saw the face of the man, green-gra- y with horror. Then McKenzie He Joe began to beat at Kennings features almost instantly they seemed to become swollen, spurting red from a dozen lacerations as the triphammer blows cut deep into . his flesh. Bruce Kenning cried out, an agonized appeal. "Help me! Help me, somebody! "Get to him, Hammond shouted. "Havent you any sense? Mc- TIBE VALUES Today, Lower Distribution Cost! action. Keep out of this! she shouted and swung a blackjack. The man fell. Instantly a roar sounded from a dozen equally drunken pals; all in an instant, Hammond found himself surrounded by milling forms and the wildly flailing fists of a ll fight. free-for-a- Desperately Jack held his grasp on his struggling partner. With feeling of great relief, he saw the Kenning slip from the loosening hold of the prospector and, buffeted by the fighters about him, stagger into the mass of tangled forms. Shortly afterward, Hammond felt a terrific wrench as McKenzie Joe exerted his full strength and broke free. After that, the room became a vague conglomeration of noise and conflict, above which Annies shrill voice sounded again and again asL her bunting costume torn, her tricorn a wreck and her yellow hair streaming, she swung her blackjack and gave blasphemous commands for quiet. Finally the turmoil calmed. The orchestra started Hamagain, blaring its loudest. mond disentangled himself from the Swede and grasp of a looked about him for his partner McKenzie Joe had disappeared. from the jungles of Liberia, there hai mis-shape- n, turned away, while from behind him the call of the croupier blender with the queer, racking voice o' Kenzie will kill- him! Kenning, proclaiming his joy as he It awoke the men about him; they clawed for his chips. Jack went on, at last to corner the wandering stirred; Hammond broke through, plunging forward that he might leap Florine. "Listen! he commanded. "Have upon his partner's back and, with a heavy forearm under his chin, pull you seen that partner of mine? "Baby," she exclaimed. "I ain't him backward,, momentarily stop; ping the assault. Then a staggerstolen him. ing miner lurched forward. I didnt say you stole him. asked if you'd seen him. You helped Dont jump on a man from behim out with some liquor, didn't hind! he commanded, attempting to break the younger mans hold. you?" "Only five crocks," said Florine Around the World Annie swept into An hour later. Jack Hammond searched the crowded dance hall in vain. All in a moment, he had lost McKenzie Joe, and this was a bad time to lose him. Evidences of McKenzies activities, however, were glaringly pres- innocently. "Only five! asked Jack.with his ent. A window stood gaping at the to his forehead. "Which way graying dusk; darkness did not hand come now until after midnight. A did he go? Florine pointed to the entire bottle had broken the pane and Joe had thrown it, as a grand finale for North. Hammond hurried out the the fireworks exhibit. There also door, mumbling to himself: "No need trying to find him. Hes were broken chairs, crushed to bits it somewhere for later. by McKenzies tremendously strong caching hands, to the cheers of the mob. And he always remembers where he Joe had not joined in the enthusiasm- puts it. After a time, he returned to the -even (hat of Around the World Annie, who was charging 100 per pavilion. There was nothing to do cent profit on all breakage. True, but wait and watch. The dance hall he had lost some of his funereal air had become steamy, the clatter and his lips bore a hint of a smile, from the bar louder, the music of the orchestra more raucous. Jack like a polar bear. That is, the smile had been there Hammond wandered ceaselessly, when Jack last had seen him, with watching every entrance. An hour his hat on sideways, his electric passed. Then the younger partner blue suit badly disheveled, and his shot forward. McKenzie Joe had course in life a vague, wandering appeared in a doorway, his hat one, in which he sometimes walked crosswise on his head, his sleeves rolled back, and his electric blue flat into a wall without realizing it until he bumped his nose. Then, suit grimy from contact with the solemnly, he would turn, blankly forest. Jack knew the story, a survey his sourroundings, and be- wandering course to some point, deep in the bush, where McKenzie gin another aimless excursion. It had been during one of these Joe had buried that liquor again sorties that Jack had lost his part- Jack reminded himself that no matner. One moment Joe had been ter how much more liquid might steering straight for the middle of flow down this beaverlike mans the dance floor, only suddenly to dis- throat, Joe would be able to go to that supply l!ke a hound dog to appear as a surging mass of miners and their girls cut a flock of quail. Nevertheless, Jack him off from the pursuing Ham- went forward in a desperate atmond. By the time Jack had fought tempt at a ruse. "Well, Joe. he announced with his way through the tangled mob, McKenzie Joe was gone. Now the simulated gusto, "Ive been waityounger partner sought him in vain, ing for you. Where have you hocn? McKenzie Joe looked at him with at last going to the gambling hall. Here the crowd was even thicker. mackerel eyes. "Go lay an egg. he said sucThrongs were jammed around the rails of the crap games; the clatter cinctly, but still with that inscrutaof the dice was continuous with the ble smile. There was no thickness to the voice, no slimincss to the drone of the keeper. 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