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Show 1 ' j ; ' THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH Childhood Memories Jackson I noticed you got up and gnve that lady your scat In the tram the other day. Hackson Since childhood 1 hav respected a woman with a strap in her hand. Fat Man' Advantage A fat man has one advantage over his brethren lie knows where his cigar ashes will fall. PERHAPS RETIRED "I'd like to see that office boy of ours thirty years from now." "Why sor "He ought to make a wonder as a tired business man." Hf4 THE q?t know that. You've got to know It. That Is, If you're going to con-sider my proposal "You see, Downer was a queer old duffer. Salt of the earth, but queer; eccentric. It was one of his eccentricities that led to his mur-der, lie never would deal with a man except for cash. Kept a bank account and all, but when he did business checks didn't go. "He had this payment due to West last November. The fifteenth, It was. The day before he drove Into town and drew the money from the bank, started home about dusk and was killed not three miles from here by a bullet In the brain. The money, in one of these tin boxes, was taken out of his car. It amounted to over twelve thou-sand dollars. "You see, I'm coroner here. I started an investigation and the sheriff, he fussed some. "Two men, only, that we knew of, had the slightest motive. One was Jim Illnkle, whose money you got back for him tonight He'd been working for Cash, bad been fired the day before and fired with gusto, which was Downer's way. But ne was playing crlhbnge with Tod West all that evening and stayed in West's house all night, his family being away. So with West being what he's thought to be," drily "Ulnkle was counted out "West was quite active in this thing. lie wanted his money and Nan, Downer's only heir, didn't have more to pay him. He dug up the Information that Holt Stuart had had a run-I- n with Cash early In the week. Holt was working for Cash. Well, it seems that Holt's pretty well struck with Nan. He's a good boy, but Cash was a cantan-kerous old cuss and he rode the boy pretty hard because of where he'd let his Interests stray. As a sort of punishment he'd sent Holt out to a cabin on Townllne lake to do some mapping and made aim stay there all alone. "The sheriff, after West' got through with him, was convinced Holt was his man and started right in to work up a case against him. Cut I stopped that A coroner, you know, 's got it all over a sher-iff for authority. I drove out and found the boy with an ankle so badly sprained that he couldn't pos-slbly'- been out "Well, we Impaneled a coroner's Jury and I got the bullet out of Cash but we had so little to go on bearance. In a chair, his one leg strapped between wooden splints, a boy played with a battered toy. At sight of the phy-sician he began to yelp excitedly and threw the toy violently away. "Unc" Ezral Unc Ezra!" he cried, his face shining. "Hullo, Jimmy 1 Evening, Elsie. AH ready to be measured up for the brace, eh? Well, well, we've come along so far and have got kind of a leg left Now we'll start on the Job of making a silk purse out of . , . something." He began pulling off his coat "Where's Jim?" he asked. The woman's face darkened. "At the store, I guess. Gambling again, I suppose." "Well, we'll go ahead, anyhow." And he went ahead, holding the misshapen leg on his knees, eyeing the long, blue creases of some ter-rible hurt and Nan looked on, watching the play of his deft fin-gers. The painstaking chore, finally finished, and no Jim in sight the two walked toward the store, Ezra saying: "Of course, if Jim hasn't the cash, I'll have- - to buy the brace my-self. I told him that last time I was out and he promised. But," with a sigh "times being what they are, I'm scraping the bottom of the till myself!" So they approached the store and saw what they saw. As they left, Tod West was say-ing to Jim: "nell, No I I won't take bnck that money I He's a rat and a liar, Jim, but ..." He shrugged and met Jim's eyes squarely, neatly cov-ering the effort required. "Lord, J SYNOPSIS . Young, a lad of seven, Is " d to nee the burning-- lumber if his benefactor. Jack Snow, k the youngster to llva with i the death of Kerry's mother. ye3t has Instructed Kerry to rfjth a file containing the camp's diould It be endangered, j attack the office, and Kerry, ie the precious file, and Tod town. Tod acts queerly. At k the file Is found empty and lis blamed with taking the ' lone. Snow, his headquarters iney gone, Is ruined, and soon ,fler dies, leaving Kerry to the fommlssloner. Kerry suspects tfcd swears to even ths score. , jt. Paul office Kerry, now In jod, and an expert woodsman, a of the whereabouts of West 4 rescues a lovely girl from a jrel, who proves to bs West, threatens to pauperize the girl, flowner. She thanks Kerry and s gim of the robbery, and murder h i father and of Tod's advances. operating a lumber tract which r ?4her had purchased from West. , jf makes camp. At the general i.ln West's Landing, be finds ,1 Jhgaged In a poker game. Jim y timber employee, loses heav-ierr- y exposes Tod's cheating disarms him. The crowd Is un-seed of Tod's duplicity. Kerry es himself to West, who him. fHAPTER IV Continued I 5-- : 1 hitched at his belt with a y gwajifierlng gesture. " iter all these years, the Job .fone quickly; In mere hours. now I ... I can be on my i turned on his heel and made the door, ffor murmur filled the were on Kerry, on Ktnnrilnir thoro fore Jim Ulnkle, who was seated and whose eyes remained averted. "And now it's np to you," West said heavily. "I guess It's my right to expect that much from you." "It'll look like hell, for me to do that," Jim protested. "After what he thought he done for me. . . . How'U I go at It? Besides, he's no-body to' fool with !" "Never mind thnt. I'll take care of that," nodding meaningful. "And about how It'll look: yon mean because he made a play at getting your money back?" "Well . . . You see . . "Don't hedge I You can't pull wool over my eyes. Listen her spite of all your talk In the store about not wantln' to take your money back, you still think he did you a favor, don't you? If you bad the guts to say what you be-lieve you'd say that I did deal crooked 1" "Hell, no I I tell you, I only" "Shut up!" West gestured sav-agely. "Because a rat comes along and frames me so I'll look like a crook, you'll forget all I've done for youl" "Well," with a show of sullen defiance "what If I do think it wasn't a frame-u- p against yon? What then?" West leaned forward, face dark-ening, mouth setting In a cruel line. "So thnt's it, eh? So that's how you feel! Well, when you've for-gotten everything else about me, re-member this: I lied for you once, didn't I? I told 'era all I played crlbbage with you the night Dow-ner was killed, didn't I? And no-body knows I found you wandering around so blind drunk you couldn't tell where you'd been? And with a rifle, too? What I ask you" bending forward and rubbing his palms on his hips slowly "what'd happen if I came clean with the sheriff and told him that eh?" Hlnkle raised an unsteady band to his chin. "You wouldn't do that, Tod?" "Try me and seel" Their gazes locked and after a time Jim's fell. "All right," he said, mi get some of the boys. Tomorrow, we'll see what we can do about gettln him down river." j CHAPTER VI THE sun had climbed from the of orange clouds which screened its rising; the mill whis-tle had blown summoning men to work and the saw had, at last taken np its dally song, j Kerry Young had been tip before the break of day, built his fire, bathed in the stinging waters of the river and dressed leisurely. Then be set his shaving kit on a stump beside the stream -- and pro-ceeded to clean cheeks and chin of yesterday's beard stubble. Today he was going to present himself to Nan Downer and ask for work, move which Ezra Adams had urged. It was while peering Into tie mirror as he began manipulating the razor that his eyes lost thflr glint of laughter and became most intent Across the way spruces grew thick along the river bank, and as he turned his back to tie stream, he caught in the mirror a reflection of branches being parted, of a face peering at him. He pretended to give this watch-er co heed, but he took long at bis shaving, and half a dozen times had a fair glimpse of the man's fare. It was no one he had seen before. He was not all surprised whu Tip, recumbent beside the fire. boy, I've always tried to lean back-ward in my dealln's with others! No, sir. If any man says I took money unfairly, I don't even want to argue. Not on your life, I don't Money ain't worth that Jim!" e Kerry sat in 'the darkness on the river bank, listening to the booing of an owl and the song of crickets and the plopping of a night feed-ing trout He smoked leisurely and Tip, his head in his lap, breathed evenly. . . . So his childish suspicion had been right; so the last sane thought also a suspicion which Jack Snow had had, had been Justified. The dog now lifted his head sharply and Kerry could feel him stiffen. After a moment a low vibration ran his back, which was the beginnings of a growL "Steady 1" the man whispered and reached for his bed, Jerked his rifle from the blanket folds. Then, aloud, he hailed: "Who's there?" A voice from above answered: "Caller, Young 1 Still np?" Slow footsteps came through the pop-lars. Young, on his feet, waited with the dog stiff and suspicious beside him. "Funny business, bustln in on a man this way, this hour," the voice went on, nearer now. "But I got things to talk over." He could see the other, now. He was short squat, and breathed rapidly. "I'm named Adams, Young; Ezra Adams. I'm the local pill peddler." "Oh, hullo, doctor!" The old man's voice was pleasant "Glad you dropped In. Here, sit on the bed. Light your pipe?" "No, guess not, thanks. I . . . This is kind of confidential." "So?" He felt the doctor's attempt to scrutinize his own shadowed face. "Sit down. Nobody can get within ear shot with Tip here." Adams began in a moment "I was in the store when Tod made his play, Young. I saw and heard and . . . things have happened since that make me feel maybe I'm going to have to ask your help, strangers though we are. Also, I heard about what happened this afternoon. I added that to what I know about you." Pause. "If you could be inter-ested in a job here, you'd be free to take it?" "Job? What kind of Job?" The old man eyed him in the darkness. "Coroner's clerk," he said in a whisper. "You kidding me?" "Not in the least I'm . . . Tm more serious and in greater need than I've been since I can reco-llect" "Well, that's a new one on mer He laughed. "Coroner's clerk I Why" "Let me explain this a little, I have to pop it right at yon with-out any preliminaries because it's . . . It's an emergency, I guess. Nan didn't go Into detail about the kill-ing of her father. I want you to seething in him. He had a !o nlay, this West He bad a ition at stake, loyalties to , perhaps things to place in the country was )lerbalance, he knew. But the cheating at cards was too "pule In the minds of these I men to be of more than pass--l lonsequence if he played bis afproperly, as a respected lead-- r Aiiuld. isl found his voice at last "i'U up there, you 1" Kerry was e threshold. turned, smiling that bitter fm're a rat!" West said again ly. "You're a . . . damned S What's the Idea, tryln to ? me out a crook? Black- - " never seen or heard of you 1 I've only this to say, after !' you a rat. Just this: you'd l te on your way come sun-u- p ! kind's not wanted here!" ;frry lifted a hand to scratch Me slowly. liat's tough on me, Tod West," Mi "I'm through, here, 1 Wed on the thing I wanted to f for years. And Td like to " pne, being the roaming kind. f there's one thing I'm more f(1 of than taking root, it's . . . drlven- - Tod West!" He n to laugh. "So I've got to I've got to light a while I" I- - went out into the darkness nIs deep laughter floated back Pin. A fierce exultation racked and he did not look about ; did ye Nan Downer standing there ! P edge of the light shaft from It'10' ne haDi acrosa J CHAPTER V AI!OUT the time Kerry j Young was finishing his eve- - meaI. Ian Downer and Ezra fw, short, squat gray-haire- d f'ng-countr- y doctor , who had p "t from Shoestring, the fty seat, walked slowly across I trest!e from Nan's headquar-- ; J West's Landing. - 8 01(1 n,!,n listened attentively J nnconsclously slowed his pace It g!r1'8 8tory Progressed to-T- 1 its climax. Her was voice, thongh qick and tense, and once l'it In a sob. that's that, Ezra!" she said n'"s,v- - "It's me or . . . or j property. "Oh."-w- lth sudden irSaV7ve had feeiing a" wasn,t the man the I'1? thinks him to be!" A your womanly intuition, f 7 "Pinion was a . . . doc- - f- guess." !Q the dusk and then the girl Jjj iror Jhu and Elsie Hlnkle'i and led him resolutely entered . tar paper bouse flight oTbWaShed by an expression of for-- "I've Come to Tell You," He Said, "That This Ain't a Very Healthy Place to Hang Around 1 that the verdict had to be an open one. Then we started trying to trace the money. It was mostly in new Federal Reserve notes and the bank had the serial numbers. That's where It sits now." "Downer's dead and the money's gone," said Kerry. "Lord, If Miss Downer could get hold of that stol-en money It'd save ber life, would-n't itr "It would" again drily. "That's what I'm here for. To see If you'll help me locate It" "Locate It? What d'you mean?" "This!" The old man leaned for-ward and tapped Young's knee. "The money," he whispered, "Is still In the country 1" "The devil 1" "'S truth I In my pocket I have a twenty dollar bill that was part of It. It was paid me on account tonight" "You got any Idea where It came from?" Ezra looked around and listened. "Out of your poker game," he said grimly. After a moment Kerry gave a low whistle. "Sayl" That makes the situa-tion look up, doesn't It?" "That's why I came to you, a stranger. I need help and need It right now. That money Is cached somewhere in the country. Who-ever Is hiding it needs money badly. Young, will you take a com-mission as my deputy?" Kerry's heart was beating rap-idly. Here, indeed, was a chance to do something for Nan Downer. He waited a moment considering all things. Then he said: ' "I'll go you, doctor!" "Good I But we'll have to keep it between yoo and me. Not even Nan must know." a e Across the river in the big house of peeled logs which was Tod West's abode that citizen teod be-- ralsed his head sharply and gave a low growl. "Easy, chum!" Kerry muttered. "Coming into the open, eh?" But it was nothing across tfte stream which bad attracted toe dog; nor was the man approaching the one who had spied on him from the timber. Jim Hinkle was coming along the trail which followed the bank. "Well, Jim?" Young asked. Hlnkle plunged at once Into bis errand. "I've come to tell you," he sal 4, "that this ain't a very healtby place for you to hang around!" "So? Kind of you to take this trouble. Is this ... a friendly act or a warning, 'Jim?" "Call it what yu want to- - 1 come here because it looked Ust night as if you was doln' me a fa-- I vor. Instead, you put me In a hell of a hole. You, nor nobody else, can make me think that Tod West would cheat at cards!" A whiff of surprise escaped Kerry. "Well, I'll be damned!" he breathed. 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