Show I A AI I J J i r THE II 4 I rA A Chronicle of th w fl r- r wr and i R Pi- Pi I I I 4 a aI ii I I I Il l I c l i t- t fy X v j I jj j j f I iI if i- i F 94 t 4 1 s 11 b tJ 4 I 7 1 A 1 r WHO THE DEUCE ARE YOU SIP EXCL i IT V X Vu j u No swindle en on the grand scale was ever vEir s so successfully s 's ce cont contrived v d' d das as th that t i H of t the Nok Nokomis mis Land Company The i I members mb rs of this organization had hail 7 filched his his' western Vestern property from J ft 4 hn Hay Baylies es s. s an an Englishman EngIishman ha had torn him from his wife and daughter ft t crippled ri led him wt with a A J i fired pred bullet l while and h he e lay helpless Li r in n the hospital ll railroaded de hi him into the ithe he penitentiary iary for f fourteen en ye years rs 1 t J under tInder the name Jame of of- Pete Timmons ons a notorious gang leader le leader der Then giving giving Jb F out ut that Haynes had accepted a a mu mui mil million mil mil- i lion ion dollars in settlement of his clai claims i and nd had gone p back ck to England Englad E t they ey eyt t Y Divided divided their plunder and went their f I t several s eral ways while while the new Ie city o ot of Nokomis built on on the st stolen H I l land nd Jl into being b ing and brought them sprang prang pr ng t ample and co contiguous ti inc incomes mes in ip in Jl the i f shape h a le of house r rents and aud sales on th i installment ent basis t fi 7 was was dissolved There u j was nothing corporate for Haynes iQ to 1 seek e to to be e avenged ve ed upon when upon he h 4 f came camp out but He could not noto sue thou the j sands ands of nt innocent property h holders v j. j who ch had d 9 obtained d their titles tl s jn in good g od faith aith Nor did l lie he p plan an to to do so s. s so Ie EIe I f iad ad no confidence nCe in j justice Ai he be h him V ji J lf would bring ing Jh the conspiratOrs r to 1 1 book 9 While wo working k ng i in in the prison i. i 1 I machine shop he he a powerful pov gyroscope which h When when attached to tony i any ny ny y vehicle vehicle orto e or r to t the feet eyen even v p would i 1 f rry t the e we ear r. r rat an an incz incredible di l rate rat P sp speed d al along lg or railway Yay lines n S ii T the aid of this he escaped located lo- lo s sent nt Ih toC Chi Chi- ig i- i i d his daughter daught ri her r to eago ag g fo fO await 1 summons and s summons iid then turned Burned turned all all his attention attention to to to finding his hIs hIs' I wife and king vengeance r upon his Enemies 1 Haynes knew w that lik like ike his daughter eJ his wife must have have been told told that he L t 3 d dead a rr That u was the the reason h re reason sonY why y rJ t he had not sought him hini out but uL One On i a nian iii i 1 W wh where r she e could b be round d Chauncey h J E E. Robertson Robertson o o of tA 1 the the corrupt corrupt rupt- rupt lawyer who t ijo p ad b betrayed tra ed him hIm J into o t the Ei p power of oft i t Jh h M more corr corrupt pt judge judge th that t had 1 tSen- tSen sen X d him hI he hiie he 1 lay helpless h In i t J. J lRI s rison awaiti awaiting what g what w at h he believed tob to i b be e the tile continuation of his his trial Haynes did di l not Inot know k that hai h he had j C been sentenced nt n e t until th the w warders r rs' rs N f hustled ut d him way away from court without I t p permitting him t tp make e a Z reply P In the penitentiary Haynes S had p ff i. i Jn i 1 forked worked out the intricacies ot- ot othIS his r rei re re- and with that h fixed Idea o the i. i i teri enge and t and t o t has been driven in- in i J paranoiac who f. f r Aane isane dane by y wrongs r he h determined ned that tha f fe s g I J enemies e es should fall Il a af W 4 1 f r Vit r recompense co p ns of the h same sanie 3 m nature as asI asH H i I t which had he he had re eive fr from m t t 7 v J s them Torn b between 1 the the desire of I. I s r W wreaking e p g veng vengeance vengeance and the he need leed oil need leedot ot of 4 I Y 1 t ii 1 t V rii W w t L. L f Jo 1 t f r iI J fJ l' l t i ii I iu f 1 t C CI I 4 CHAIR I o D t of f John Jolin Haynes aynes OW Del e eV Vehicle Ay By HM L J- J L EGBERT- EGBERT 4 LI 1 f. f 1 y t I I ij I S j I k r t H II I I j i iS S 4 rI J a bargain wi with Robertson in r turI for th the information j m I he hie needed I hurried Haynes Haynes Haynes' hurried to to BeI d I Nobody Nobody there had d heard of R Robert Robert- bert bert- son C Certainly there there- thereas theas w ws w's as s no no man of such ch aI 1 in in Benderville a e r i a. a as a.'s s 's small st straggling gg n city it of f a few few- e thousand i souls souls- among no rib one brie one could conceal conceal con con- con c ceal l himself successfully On this point John Haynes satisfied d himself f I aft after few a. a few days days' inquiry He e th thought at pr at first t that Robertson Robertson might be e liv living ng there an p. p aI alias as But ut an old city directory knew Robertson and furnished furnish furnish- ed Ills hIs address address 24 24 24 Main RU Ther Haynes Haynes Haynes' discovered a a boarded q r d weather weatherworn worn house with shuttered Windows ws It had been been c closed five years and d none n of the be neighbors neighbors h had any any any knowledge dj dg as to tb its owner owner Since was was' was cyas little more meTe than Jhan five years years old old- seemed it re reasonable to believe beliey be be- lieve that thit no one now now noci i inhabiting hab that I cit city iy lr knew linew ev or oi had ever eve nb n this this man ri n whom John H Haynes 1 j Hynas Yas as discouraged i cour ged Evidently IY lp his enemy had haq resolved ib fo o pla place e h hm him J iii 1 rf self Lre reach of retribution and 1 and d riki p sir own yn sh share r in inthe the he proceeds e J the he e conspiracy 9 had ad fie fled d t to no J pirt p rt ol- ol pi the th country Th That Thit t. t Hayn i 1 jor forced fo e an lan into irto I tp t thC e bas o of the h house se as ascended ended the I stairs ancl an emerged d' d din in inthe I the ih where striking match a match he lit which aI d ch tie h had brought with him ini- ini inia a proceeded and F proceeded tb to make a systematic investigation He He W was surprised tp to find the th house hous V li rn s II even eYen l E- E Et t to no in i ih the living r room om there here ther were s upon th the the wa walls ls aud and C costly furniture a arid and ci rich c carpets But the thew w whole ote p place ace was falling failing into info decay Dust covered y everything ever hing with a thi thick l layer ay ayi i of f white chite th the paper was hanging in inv v st strips strip's ts Ir from ll th the Avails alfs t the tiie plaster cra ki ig and spider w s webs bs f e erich ii r om Evid Evidently nt R Rob Rob- b it l ad iad ad bought us with with the th of making making it making his it his permanent home t top p an n after deci aft after deci r sion on or r Hom sudden om access access pf o panic or oI the th that Benderville was p. not t n tt remote ote fro from the sene O i s had a driven iv him i to s seek k and in in hh haste ste that other e such he i c-i la i Y t t to O dispose se of f hi his furn i Perhaps he had bad not d dared r i J. J 1 k pf f re Jurn ng HaT nd him and n th hel ii- ii P pera l lt Sn tB ewer footsteps ps i in the thc i j covered oy r red the c carpet carpet- steps step w and finger marks finger m ilp l writing w table v Evid f house U e h had ad d 7 visitors visitors- i notS UM i it X r fo fo they wo would ld d dha ha Y rS' rS pj ivory statuette statu statu- ette ij ut ao mantei lr a and th the gi gilt t rrT i fI clock lt 1 ad rundown nl d wn wn-th book books kS 11 I. I I I 1 1 I f k 4 t too o that stood in ri du duty dusty ty n ws D beside beide ide the the w window W Was Was' it t self self perhaps per ps or some ag agent n of s If If- so o what did h he come me e for p. p found Hayes found fauna the half empty bo bopf pf of In a drawer of ie table table lit one ie e. e and nd kindling g the charred charred logs Og some some scraps cr ps' ps of f newspaper newspaper ne not o lt lJ for th they 1 were y e damp am with mildew stretched mIldew stretched out put Ibis hIS legs to he 1 blaze laz and nd f Il aste asleep p pondering When he was as daylight t. t He start started d up in som som- som some confusion confusion mi dt t. t n not t knowing where he was Tien Tren stretching n hin hims himself himself- i lf and n nd yawning w ingi he heros rose ros rose to hI his f feet t and began and began to po pOlder der upon upon the the b means best st. st me means ns of ot effecting his his' es' es esp p pe unnoticed c As he lie stood before bei be- be fore i the s shutt shuttered red dw gazini ut through a a a. chink at the deserted st et h heard a sharp sharp h rp the g k A postman had dropped a a aletter letter int box b x I Haynes HayneS hesitated then y M deliberately d libErat IY Jie he unbolted unbolt d th the n. n walked door patch v of ed 1 grown pr t nd pd took teoK the I It Va j dr ss d d. d to haunce E ER R Robertson I fy Then the J I IC C came mel there s secreCy he lie thought as s he for tore it it ippen open Jt I Icorn corn q on le He sat silt db y 1 in ti e ii br bra tr r read d' d ft f it It t be began il a address dr ss and briefly infOrmed t thu IJ pe- pe e that he had pp ed ieda a arial i rial r l le e office estate tt office at atia a c certain rt ii number r i rj i a street in There Omaha T r ras f as asno s sn n no sign signature ture But this thi was a Omaha Omah I es some three thre h fifty miles east st of of f B Tat T-Tat i t evening John Haynes Bayn s sir strapped pp dou oi lis is gyroscope e skates a and d F running s. alo along g th the ln s through he lao darkness h halting aI ting ng only m y to to tomake make make ole le tour round the the larger arg r s. s Jie a on he her r reached J c ched d Omaha about abut two inn p I ll morning and ma made e his wa way to th the id- id dress dres given giyen It was wasa was a old buld- buld jin i n an 1 J the c city t i. i it t TBS Yas as not guard guarded guardea d and jit was vas easy to jick ick ck th thel the lock of the entrance e edo or door wih a skeleton sk Ie on key and to enter t r. r Hal found d a a- a lih little directory e. e directory director printed it in iii black black- J. J letters upon p n the wall waH He lie J Ro Robertson's bertson s name name and to his astonishment as astonishment as- as s- s toni t Ji be found h HAYNES JOHN r real l estate s te 44 This was was amazing Haynes ed d up UP to to the f fourth story of the bi Jd Iding Id- Id ing where her JJ in front of him hini he hes Whis name again painted upon the Ithe d glass' glass panels of i a a door w which agin an informed him th that t- t the he be was in the sal a al estate Two minutes s l lier r rhe r he lie was was was' inside tiny om office e furni with a a single desk on on which w s ot ota a scrap of pf paper and with a a irge ge safe af p of ct th that t late pattern late pa which h dl alls i ars fo foe ioe itself itsel th the bu burglars g I The chase ase w was growing I This office olce like the the house hous waa 1 1 i A. A t. t J. J Wr 34 J. J j 1 t r t i JJ i L ff r r h Ii 1 1 I t h I f 1 f j 1 l' l r j I j qi i iti ti J f. f r dently a bI blind nd Robe Robertson ison was B an adept at covering his tracks But why h had bad d he be selected l f ted tedI I Haynes Haynes' a nes name as as an r rali ali alias s Evidently th the safe afe would fur fuz furnish nish v l abIe information n possibly embracing lg this fa fact t. t But Sue Haynes cx ex examined it it with Increasing displaY Nothing short of of- an n electric I drill ranc and metal metai eta apparatus us would i orce r e eit it It was was controlled by y a combination l word lock c ck rf b but t t w what Word ord Robe Robertson alone kneW If If Haynes ayneS I chose to re remain remain re re remain main until his ene y arrived in ii the morning he would ot ld undoubtedly hold hole hold him at his m mercy nercy rcy But Haynes Hayn aynes s didI did die I not i int intend n. n to tb murder r Robertson his scheme w was fa far more and nores subtle and besides besides be be- sides he must must force him to confess wl where re his lis is w wife was was wa's sa tp to be found found- There was wa's w s hoh bui to tTo a acknowledge acknowledge ed edge e defeat dp- dp a and go Yet v the ma man could poi not tear himself away but bu l kneeled kneeled e iet b before fore the the safe a pulled nw tl thi this i W Way y and now iI that at wat watching hing the letters rs pass across the lock His Ills fingers m moved v ved d automatically for his mind was vas es elsewhere her a and ani li lie di diets did not noe know t that t h hw was s 's making aking words in answer ansWer to o thi of the nj me mental 1 ima images u he he e b ar aware wie with awe aw a and I. I so something net ing almost j p t that at th the s safe salle do r F rw w was s J X t 4 He lt-at lt vat the tle e iY d. lit H I f Mary Mary His wife's wife s If ff fOr aie his liis thoughts lad bad leen of of of h heel heE and and ih that thai was nani bert f was the name A sudden flush of anger in made his de his lip lips quiver and nd nd I his i face gr grew w. w hot hol th 1 swinging back the door he re reached ched i in and outa v oua bundle oL of Capers apers r They were Were se l letters and and andas as h he re read f th mie l learned arned Jo fo foth or first th the f first rs t time the f ull extent ramifications ramifications- f of the plot lilot which had ad be been n f ed and put and P pt t into execution x cuti n ag against ins him im he d too po wh why R Roer son g guilty as he was dared not destroy this vl dence which kept k-eIt him secure ag i is betrayal by the he h power power fower that it gave h him hipa over over his confederates d r t s When the conspirators having secured secured secured se se- cured cured John I Haynes ynes within the penitentiary peni at Nokomis is Falls alls spread dhe the report that that he he had accepted one t lion dollars i in l' l settlement of bf his claim c im to a an est estate te w orth inore more tha than r- r rt t ten n times that mount amount th this r sum sum vias d de detached from the t i total nil tal capital arid arid bec be be- c methe m th spoil of Rober Robertson on the lying lawyer r w gl had d betrayed ra d H Haynes yn ynes s t to his enemieS Resolved to obviate all pos possibility l ii ti of i tio R Ro Roer bertson er s n nha ha had removed r remo d to B nd where w re h he took up his residence But Buthis his his uneasy un- un easy fears ears would ouId not p. p t J aY h him m. m At length finding that thai life un und under r his own name was int intolerable lerable he the scheme 1 of f taking the n name m of his ilis vic vic- lc H tini n. n He s settled d d' d ir in Om Omaha inah h astir aJohn hn i aynes' aynes and arid lived Jived upon the proceeds proceed is i's bf of tl the e plunder plunder- l- l which brought him him a a substantial income rne Th The house 1 o s at at Be d b i had ad not sold spid sold p partly bec because E. E ause E h J e fh ear Jd v tp to Q slow show liim himself lf there partly se his Avarice vart i im- im m Jr tp to a property i p p e 1 f f ap p i i f d 11 t lie lO e ut eft a thousand dollars in in fh the fhe b r u undisturbed id sf rb d Of Ot Of ate how however howver ver l lh cf come ome jt to th the ihre resol resolution ion tion ti n to to cut the th J last connection on with his p past st and had had emp employed oY d an gerit t wl who iio o ha a a- minor m nor member in the conspiracy y t to visit the house hy by stealth and arid receive communications from irom him there him there addressed ed un under I his his' own name H He had rented the re real ll Restate estate office e eto to to coyer cover cove his' his tra tracks ks in Omaha wh when n the s' s sale sie ie was effected it was his plan fc p withdraw w w to to Europe |