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Waterbury Fro From t pJ a b by George Scarbor- Scarbor ol gb h was as 8 first fir t presented at the New Yorks York Street t theatre s 's Serial Seria ri l rights held ld and copyrighted by International Service 1 And ind nl J Dempster is s to t talk lk to me ins about it it t as seriously ly-as ly as soon oon that its that t phone calls call's done doue for 3 But t something els was as done for fOI and aud 1 Dempster would never no ag again in talk lu h Dugans Dugan's expedition n to Capt J Harry tr Holbrook AVith that cont confidence tl nce off l lus hs s mind min Larry was sure that Sh Shannon n on would kno know 1 how ho fn must u l al always carr carry guns un to a people t from cr thc Rio Grande Graude tp iQ Pata Patagonia onia if a a de l pot were wre SC tiD him himself elf up against again th them Larr Larry 1 turned t to other matters 1 n JIo l long ng will ill you OU be in Washington Washing Lan father If ton Indefinitely 1 1 hope Wh Why t I ri Pc a n packet of p papers here 1 brought t them to leave with you oU if you oU were w wre rc in In the country v. v What kind of papers I f At 4 At Port Arthur the Tap lap retched fetched I I hp Jin p a a bri tJan from rom the other camp camul Ho lIo lIot t t thud uLd d a a hole hoIt through b hi his Ius lungs s and there I t I f. fali ali t a t in tw twenty ntY miles He f asked m mc me to take these and a book hook to t thi people h When I r first came canie i bR K two years a. a ago o. o Id I'd left t the e en- en m t in a trunk in San Francisco l and ande 1 I Iye e put t jt t off and n now nv t this i trip of I Du an antak tak takes takeS' s' s me mc away again I I Ill b be glad to keep it it II r. r And some ome day day Larry Holbrook wo would hl bi lad be he had bUr I glad bd-glad cd bury an unknown t hap from H the tho other camp i t Thank you you father timid and nd maybe to you'll find the yourself that's family name o on ol the outside j. j f. f Ho Ue wrote a bad hand band said eaid the father trying vainly to decipher it But was he d dying u you vou I That my my- writ writing ng and its it's not a a. hand saul said the captain in a tone of of- mock heroic resignation But ut the time for mock heroics f was ov ov r. r Tho moment for action bad had come conic t Dempster returned hastily to the room oom donning hi hit his hat and coat o t Il as he ho w walked i My My Mr excuses excuse gentlemen but hut Im I'm J from here bee on a 1 murder If t T Oh Ob its it's the the shank of f the e evenin enin J JI and Im I'm 1 pining n nJ fo for excitement Take Tale me roe- alon along J said 1 Holbrook 1 hilly I And the of balance j- j j jAnd god jests jesh would I the th life Ufe of the girl tirI Holbrook loved on j ft moment as ca casual a as this rh Two wo Detectives t. A murder exclaimed Father Bh Larry ye rogue where will I yol YO l. befi di our next Im I'm 11 be of moro more service to the thel I ivi ivi 1 lt if I so go home and got a 3 good I l sleep now now but but if you lads need me m. m you you'll know Im I'm on call can I r r the night went Chief Demp- Demp lt Holbrook speculating i about the crime and the crimi crim crim- iut i t Iu In the background of Holbrooks Holbrook's always always' was as the thought bt ot f t ike te e slender girl he pc loved the the girl vif of boc lo e be he was sure ure ad aid of ot mysterious refusal of him be he was soon to to know the he cause caus And nd as t ei traver traversed ed the time silent midnight ht of of out s capital tho the girl irl of 1 m Holbrook ook was wa ever eVerL L dle dreaming w. w mn In her her- room struggling tru i r Jt to for forget t tb th horror borro she nhe b h had endured I. I t sn J and I t h r l n jai 4 b t have hap haver r r It i Ju r's z ch chamber ro cf horror I f b Jail alI 11 was as just as a's it had hat been b half an n hour before The Tho police hall had come quickly the machinery of the law was in moin moin mo mo- in in a Vcr answer to Tommys Tommy's wild shouting tion Judson lagg master criminal was 38 at last st victim instead of of van van- tho tho deadly foo 00 of society had p perished and the law he had bad always mana managed ed to evade ovado was back of him now it it would trace the doer doel of tho the deed The law which he be had twisted and distorted dis die to his uses would proceed coldly and systematically to tra trace o its latest cr criminal T They er say dead men tell telI no tales talc but in m Judson lu son Flaggs s 's shand hand there was wae still sUB gripped in jn that final clutch oC ot death an iron bill I and a irl's emerald brooch I In death ath as in life Judson son Flagg was an insatiable insatiable insatiable-an an implacable foe SaV Sa chief Im I'm showing showing-a howin tt a touching trust in n your case just case just where am amso I 1 Iso so bUn blindly dIy going who going who's s your r r murdered mur dered man maul asked Holbrook as the tw two men meo hurried through h tho the blackness of night to the blackness of ot death and the li horror rr r of what hat the tIle len den of ot th the spi spider api- api der would soon to Lawrence Holbrook u A A lawyer lawyer lawyer-a a blackmailing blackmailing- chap chap chap- we could never nc get et our han hands s on him liim he was l too wise to be cau caught bt with the goods and now hob he's caught per caught per perhaps haps baP perhaps bv bY some sonic one ono ho no thou thought bt he had trapped speculated the chief Ob Oh yes yes yes-I I forgot von 1 0 had lH been cn away way so 50 lon long and w wouldn't t know tie secrets of our bur underworld L Larry rry Well the tho theman's theman's mans man's name probably wont won't mean any any- anything thing thin to you OU either cither It is Fla Flagg Jud Flagg g Jud eon sou a Ho was as tho the vilest black mailer mailor a at t lar large large and and c-and and now lies he's done 0 for or When we re sec see the shadows hados of destiny they lie always alwa's behind neer never before Holbrook felt n no stir of pr premonition that the death of Judson flag Flagg was inextricably woven oven with the or uit-or or d death oI o of the girl irl he loved loyod A SUp Slip e Oh Ol Oh yes ves I J have managed to hear bear of Flagg cn c even in the short snort time since 1 returned In fact tact I r suspect him Kim of having hay hav in lug ing been the balc blackguardly author of tho the announcement of my mr enga engagement omont to Miss Graham Bl Blackguardly Bl ck The announcement of your to Aline Graham 1 i asked th the chief in e surprise Later I this idle remark would woul do io great reat barm L I to both Holbrook and Aline Mine I Oh solely on her ber account I Ire regretted re- re it for her and her and I almost traced it to Flagg but labut la but but you ou know it is harder to run down a B. rumor than to to dodge a creditor and nd he sidestepped itOh it Oh Oh hero here we are La Larry the sensation sensa tion mongers are aTe on band already already See Sec Seethe Seethe the woman oman trying to break through the dead ead line the police have established and see the edifying sight of or orone one one of tho the finest threatening her ber with hi his club It doesn't take jackals ane and andul ul TUI TU- TU turcs tures long to scent a dead body chief The Thet no two men inca approached the steps of Judson Flagg's Flaggs mansion Stand back hack there or Ill I'll bounce this club lb off y your ur head called a friendly voice Yes you Yes you will mJ said eaid the chief without condescending to explain to the am officious ious servant of the law just whom ho he was was' addressing nn any liny help called a al aloice voice oice from the ike he r Then it went ou an U in in boner Oh Oh Oh it you ou Chief rr n Beg i pardon chief f for for m mand me and u-I me mc J friend c d. d Were We're a bit o Im I'm thinking Will Vill you como come straight in in- chief chieU what Im I'm here for Come captain What hat have you rou got here bore Donnell Donneil asked Chief Dempster as ho be came camo through h tho the heavy portieres into tho the den of death put tho the counsellor away for or tho big biJ sleep ere answered Don Don- nell noil Who did it itt f Donnoll Donnell shook his head hea head and and and tho the tomen two to men began I to confer confor as 15 to some Bomo of or the detail that had been gone one through h. h To bo po continued tomorrow |