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Show i law the " jur. Hanrey. y forwsrd n ex" detective re- !ii robber fought It iooei !kx i" j looked op to sur- m what happened. Irks wal speaking intent tut to lunch two o'clock. I ited esrend oaed Ud:lf'PP iarf tH we slwsys jnrmctly at two-j two-j it sere to be very yaooo patting op the ? u.. Banana uiiiia. .. . . H1a kick door and saw r earrency Into a (u aojdtal a revolver !oi I eaoldo't aee Mr, Seward, IlmmedflNe-that IlmmedflNe-that something waa 'natural supposition," V. 'And what hap- something at me." I .-1 dldnt pay any An 1 jumped behind ai pabbed my revol 4 at dc but the bat garble counter. He jntll I eame ott Into w 't euhler spoke aa aftlfi were matters of iirreace, eatr Irl I couldn't shoot at waa. I ran aronnd toe coooter Just aa the front door. I! ad b M at ma. That IB ma, I was very bocanse I fell down from following. Too fell downr 31 After be bad hit jturery lucky, too. I riboot thatr sir. Too see. we the Boor where be Jlnr. And there was 'f the front door tbe sidewalk to the M awayr l regretted very much if8 blm ,n mre Plenty. Now, Mr. SPPened after thatr snihed with era rtethel Jim, "H was I1 heed Banvey I kero, isn't be. I'..; . . Mr. Burke. I. Jksew abom tiit rob- w seen tba robber be- 'tti remember" 1wakn,,.x -. "ThatTi be an, Ut. J proud to turned to the ' Bttle rnnt nv hst HI. ory accurate?" i do wb, thl, WM ti ... C In etaUng mtr n trm k. w waa i" tt robberyr ie'thi' "tloDiZ! V works across ttawreet ""otlng. But a. Ociavud;Roi CoKero aid bt was frightened and to tat docked for cov tr. Then no ont saw tht robber ac-tnally ac-tnally drift awayr . Yet. Idld. ".,'- "Howl" "I waa ttill in the safe. Tht front door: was open, I saw him Jump Into tht car." There was another, man at the wbeeir -Tea," s Banreys bnlbona bead moved slowly. "Sam old routine. It's a wonder mors of theae Uttlt banks donl ret stock op." - Ht rose and waddled to tht door, which ht opened Bo stood for several sev-eral seconds staring into the bank. then ht moved down tht passage way and Inspected the rear door route to Oak street. Be returned to Flake's office, lighted another of his terrible cigars snd turned kindly kind-ly eyes on tht banker. This slot exactly going to be easy, Ur. Flake. Except for the stlck-up man gettln hit, there wouldn't hardly be a chance for as, -Yea, Sir. Rtorttted Very Much That I Had Not Struck Him III a Mors Vulnerable Spot" esuse their program Wrentolt. ele-ganL ele-ganL Now what I want to ask yon Is this: LeaTln' the robbery itself out of tbe conversation for a minute min-ute hat there been anything funny fun-ny goln' oo aroand here recently 1 Anything that . was "onusosl like strange folks snooping around, or anything like thatr Flake hesitated briefly. "No strangers thst Ie beard of. .... "But there has been something peculiar." Banrey asserted. t "1 dldnl say so." wNo. but you kind of acted If Randolph Flake was genuinely Impressed. "To tell yoo the truth," ht said. T am sure 1 recognized the car In which the robber drove away.";-":";. - "So ir That sounds awful good. Whose wss ttr - ' Flake toyed with a hotter for a moment? "! bate to say. Hanrey. kly suspicions art probably grossly unjust-' - - "W alnt .goln' to bother no Innocent In-nocent folks, Mr. Flake." - "1 hope not Especially this one. J.OB-ieew.lttU.thtjexcltemeriV-J couldn't be sort It wss his car." 3utujon:ts,,jtfXiolUiJ!!u-u . "Exactly,1!! . i- ... "Who wss itr "1 young friend of mint who la a student at tht college here. Mar-land Mar-land onlverslty. I could almost swear that It was bis car which waited si tht curb for the robber." Bsnvey spoke softly, and kindly. . "Hadn't yon better tell mt tht lad's name, Ur.-Flsker "He's a nice boy. Bsnvey. I've known him for three years, , And rm not posltlvt bt waa driving the car. Bis name" And the banker drew a long breath; "Bis name Is Maxwell Vernon r CHAPTER VI TBE kindly fact of tht banker was marked by Jlnes of worry ss though ht feared be had talked too ouch. , But the ponderous de THE STORY FROM Antoinette Per too. Motor at the Unlvsrstty of alrlan. roMnft Pater-os Pater-os TSayar's attentions to Ivy Wolch. aovsnteen-yosr-old o& " ,h,r ta a stormy teene, the tension bolns Increaso by Mas Vernon, snothor twdent. reproaching Ivy tor "braaklna a date" with blm. Tnayer and Vor-n Vor-n thrtatas oacb. other. Larry Welch tvy's brother, profoaaor at tho nnl-voralty. nnl-voralty. is appus to by Tony to one" his alator'a frUndihln with Thayer Watch ant Tony Paytos are la lava. Toay Ullrhlm sha ta married to Thyr. bat la hla wife only la name. . Larry dotarmlnaa to ant Thayer's eaoclatlon with Ivy. Toay aerauatea blm to wait until aba baa appaalatf 4o har husband. 8ha toa ae, .vlaitlna Sim at a fraternity houaa. Tony and bar vlalt to Thayer and departa. Varnon laavea the" housa almoal Immediately Immedi-ately afterwarda. Walob a appeal i Ivy to end her affair with Thayer ir trultleaa. He determine te aee Thayer. Ha doea ao. and after he leaves Carmlctno, frat houae janitor, tnda Tbarer dead, atabbed In the throat The Mirland bank la robbed ol Slta.Ooa. the robber eecaplns with the money after belns ahot and apparently badly wounded. Jim Hanvejr, B L famoua detective, eomea to Inveetltate tective did not seem particularly Interested. "Vernon," he remarked. "Maxwell Vernon, ehr . let. They call htm Max." Friend of yourar "l Mkt hlm-rlf that's what you mean." . - "What sort of kid U her llskt hesitated, then leaned Tfor-ward Tfor-ward with a sodden burst of confidence. confi-dence. "If I glvt yoo my hnneat opinion of that boy, Banvey will It prejudice you against hlmr "Golly.no." "He baa faults" "Who hasntJ Only men Tmsfrsld of art these goody-goody, slnt-l-honeat ones. Tbey'rt tbe cute babies ba-bies I Now about Vernon r ,;.i,,! "It Isnt a long story. You know wt hsve a college here. Vernon en tered ss a freshman three years sgo he's finishing his Junior year now. I met blm when be came Into the bank snd opened s ninety-thousand dollar checking account It wss rather unusual " "I should guess yes." "And naturally I had a chat with him. This money was tbe remainder re-mainder of an Inheritance from his mother, she bating been his surviving surviv-ing parent" "Orphan r "Exactly. In the past three years Mai and I bare bets quite friendly -so friendly thst st times I'm sfrald he has rather resented wbst must have seemed like interference on my part" "What were you Interfering about r "Vernon bas been running through bis money pretty fast Be started start-ed slowly In his freshman year, but tbe word got out thst bs wss very rich and bt gathered around himself a group of friends rather mors mercenary than genuine. Max Vernon Is weak; about as weak aa a young man who la not vicious can be. 1 really believe, though, that there Isnt a vicious bone In his body. Bis first year at college be spent money lavishly. Last year he spent It faster. This year be has run through every cent of whst Uttle waa Jeft" "Gosh I He must be a bird I" "Too many friends for his own good. One In particular " "Whor "III tell yoo about blm directly. To stick to Vernon; when I saw his money dwindling I started having sensible, fstherly talks with him. Be always confessed hla weakness snd slwsys promised to draw In his horns Then the next thing I knew there'd be a walloping big check come through the bank." "Did he hsve all his money herer "Every cent That's why Pm In a position to know so much about him. About a month ago he bad run through hla money. Dldnt have two nonareo onnara lert About a week ago he came to me and ssked for s loan. He admitted that be was broke. He said he wss In a rotten tlx owed a big gambling debt and felt that bis honor was at stake." " "Does he gamble muchr "A good deal. But that ni touch on later. Bt wanted to borrow money, Of coarse, I explained thst I couldul lend.Jt at least that the bank couldn't I did offer to lend him a trifllng sum personally, but hs ssld that the hundred dollars I offered wouldnt help s bit Be needed need-ed -Art ihousandL ... - . .," "No piker, at any rate." "It brat thst. Bsnvey. Be Just doesnt know anything about money . . . or If he does, he's lesrned It ht the last month, which Isnt very likely. Be always had thought thst ninety thousand dollars wss Inexhaustible. Inex-haustible. Then suddenly. It wss gone. It took htm a long time to understand that there wss no more. Bs confessed to me thst he bsd been s foot Be wanted to know what to da and 'I suggested thst ht leave the college, get a Job and begin to take' Ufa seriously. Bis gambling debt the debt of honor he rather grandiosely called It seemd to be preying oo his mind. OjocttjietJjt.trea-talkedabont killing himself. I spoke to him like a,I)utch.,MleS1-- "Ton thought he mesnt Itr "Ht meant It; yes. But 1 knew he'd never do It I wss merelyjtry-(ng merelyjtry-(ng to snap hint, out of .his despon dency. All bis lightness and brightness bright-ness were disappearing. But there wss nothing I could do about it" Andber 1 "No one In the world could have needed or wanted money more than Mas Vernon thought he did. Remember Re-member that I The last time I saw blm was April twenty-eight when he begged me for a loan and I again refused. On May first a little sfter two o'clock." this bank wss robbed of mors than one hundred thousand dollars. I am terribly afraid Uax Vernon waa Implicated In thst hold op." "Becsuse you recognised hlscarr That Is only the beginning, Han . THE BEGINNING the robbery, tey. When I remembered after the excitement died drra thai the nr had looked like Vernon a I puld mighty little attention,; Then 1 recalled re-called the man at the wlicel and It seemed to me that. even in the brief glimpse. It wss Vernon." -o-couldnt twear It thoughr "Certainly bo . But I tnrestltcated and now. Usnvey. comes the rotten part of my chain of evidence. That night Mas Vernon did not return to his room In ' tbe Psl Tsu Theta bouse. Ht did not come bnck until lste yesterday afternoon. ' Yes, . ....r; . : risks frowned, 'then looked up at Usnvey's expressionless face. "I'm trying to be fslr to the boy nnt to yon. Ht went to his room at th fraternity bouse. But Hanrey. there wsa .something tlst that I dldu't hear until this morning'' "whatr . t "Be dldnt come back In the car ht wss using day before y ester dayT Jim blinked alowly. Ughted a fresh cigar and blew a cloud or the ran eld smoke scrota' tht , table. "Nor bt aaked with depressing lack of Interest "What did be come Inr ':-:t "A new ear, , said Fluke "A brand new and very expensive one" Hmm. , ' . . Hanrey puffed thoughtfully, but said nothing. To the banker it seemed thst he waa not even bothering to, think. Just a great human bulk occupying spare Flsks wss considerably Irritated. "I doat want to' be mlsunder stood, Bsnvey." be ssld, with a hint of acid In bis tones. .! "I'm fond of that boy. 1 doot believe there' snythjng radically wrong wltb him rve told yoo everything, hoping that rve Overlooked tome point which may prove to bt la bis furor." "Maybe." suggested Banvey softly, soft-ly, "maybe yoo have." "I hope so. I doot want to see Max Vernon get Into trouble.'' "Gosh r Banvey uncrossed hi legs with conslderablt difficulty. "It seems Uke wtiai you've told me Indicates he's In . trouble enough Everything links him with s bank robbery."V T "1 realise that" - Randolph Flakf spoke In s low strained voice. "And perhsps rm doing him a favor." "Howr V "Becauae," explained the hanker "I'd rather see Vernon convicted ot complicity In s holdup than electro cuted for murder." Banvey scratched bis head. Tn an op In tbe air. Mr. Flske. Tou r talking about murder, and I dont know anything about any murder Who got bnmped. off. and what hat Vernon got to do with Itr "It happened at the college Mar land university Jnesvafore thh bank wss robbed tlay before y eater day. . Mas Vernon waa arrested foi the killing the minute he returned to the campus yesterday tvenlng.- "I see. . , Who arrested hlmr "The local police." . "Mm hmm I They sure art h I oc makln" arrests Guess they fee they've got to keep In 'practice Whose murder wss Veruon arrested forr "A man named Thayer Peterson Thayer. They call hire Pat" "OoDege student r . "Yea. I guess you'd csU him that Be came to Mar land two years sgr and entered the lunlor. class. He would hsve graduated next month Ugly rumors followed him here They said be had been Invited tr leave the two northern college which he had attended. : He was s picturesque figure: tail, handsome susve, worldly nothing coUegiste shout him." "How oldr' "About twenty-three or -four." "And his connection with Vernon f '' "That's what worries ma Tbej became friendly from "tht . start Msx looked up to Thayer, and i think Thayer had a wpreme con tempt for Vernon. Rut that dldnt prevent the older man from bleed log Msx." Howr .. .' '- "CardsT I believe. And If any citdencs Ji ia ia glea ths.Jtumark,, which followed Thayer to Marland ht was quits expert In manlpulat Ing them. In the past two years Hsnvey, sbout forty thousand dot ISrs worth of checks draws by Ver non In favor of Pat Thayer have passed through this bank" "And. It fas becsuse ot this thst Vernon has been arrested for Thay era morderr "No-o. You aee. oo one but my self knows how deeply Involved Mss Vernon wsa Financially, thst la He was arretted largely on drpum stsntlal evidence, and becauae It developed de-veloped that they had a bitter qusr rel before Thayer was killed." "About whstr "The Ides seems to be that Thay er stole Vernon's girl." "Mnimi Nasty business, Thayei must hsvs been sn awful careless young man." "It doesn't look good for the buy Hsnvey. Thayer get a all bis mooey and a note that he cant possibly pay. Then Thayer ateala tht one thing lert to Vemon- hls girt. Ot course wt can emlle, but I fancj that even to a youngster tike Ver non, tht loss of a lady's affection could cut pretty deeply But wt'l go a step farther: We'll aay thst l oot only makes him furious bu also open hla eyes it mskefhln understand that Pat Thayer Is on scrupulous . 8iTpnnie he gets th Ides that Thayer has been cheatln him st csrdaT (TO BS OCNTINUEIX povnw POULTRY BUSINESS v LEADS MANY OTHERS Gross Value Exceeded Only by Corn, Hof s, Milk. Feeding snd care of chicks from the start In a manner to keep them going right toward their taQ job of filling egg baskets next fall and winter, or fitting them for dining table decoration 10 aa short time ss possible brings out the best skin snd knowledge possessed by the poultryman snd bis wife. American hens product less than one egg a day for tht entire population, popula-tion, yet the total Is 2,700,000,000 dozen eggs each year. The poultry poul-try Industry of the United 8tates la estimated at $1,833,000,000 . ha value, American bens snd their products exceed In rslue all the cows and calves in the country six times the valut of aU sheep and lambs, five times the vslue of sll farm machinery ma-chinery half the valut of aU the motor cars we ride In. Yes, the poultry business Is one of the principal agricultural Industries Indus-tries in tht country. Its gross valut Is exceeded only by corn,. bogs and mUk among the farm products. This husky farm industry nearly equals the vslue of all the m eta la produced In the United States in s year. It is greater than the vslue of all the soft cos) and la mors than three times the vslue of hard coal produced. pro-duced. It Is double tbe total of all postal revenues, including stsmps, money orders and postal savings. It Is more than one-seventh of the total to-tal stock of money In tht United States. Certainly poultry raising la s leading Industry. Cull the flock carefully, so that only producers sre left Stsrt with strong chicks of your favorite breed. Feed and tend them with best skill and care. The markets will slways call for best-poultry products, and will be ready to pay for them. Wisconsin Wis-consin Agriculturist "Henocracy" Plan Not Needed in Illinois Technocracy, or perhaps It might better be termed" "henocrscy," has appeared In the poultry Industry, but the owners of Illinois' 200,000 Bocks need not resort to It In or der to get benefits, says H. H. Alp, poultry extension specialist of the college of agriculture, University of Illinois. 'AU they need do is fol low the Illinois poultry sanitation plan si outUned snd sdvocated by the college, he said. "Henocracy" Is Alp's name for the new system under which hens sre kept In Individual metal -coops sssembled In battery form. In Mi ami, Fhu, for Instance, 60,000 laying hens were placed in batteries In a 500-room hotel. Tlst concentration of so many birds In one building Is msde possible through the use of batteries eqolpped with labor-saving devicei for 'cleaning the equipment and caring for the birds The hen Is even deprived of sn opportunity to sdmlre her egg, for aa soon ss It Is laid. It rolls Into s trough to be gathered. Tht practical lesson in this for flock owners is the strict sanitary conditions under which the bens are kept. Alp pointed out Much the same benefits which this close confinement con-finement gives In the form of disease and parasite control can be obtained by IlUnola flock owners through following fol-lowing the college's poultry sanlts-tlon sanlts-tlon plan, he said. Cater to Appetites .When birds afo out of condition. feed should be given according to their appetites. When they regain their health and appetites, the reg ular feeds and schedule of feeding csn be gradually resumed. Even with layers In the prime of condi tion, It pays to cater to their appe tites ss no two flocks sre likely to hsve tbe same tastes. One flock will prefer one kind of grain or mash and another .will prefer some thing else. It paya to give them what they want POULTRY HINTS Chickens, Uke people. Inherit cer tsln abilities to Uve snd resist diseases dis-eases snd other things thst cause early death, and we call this vital ity or vigor. e e e Poultry Is leading Iowa farmers out of the economic crisis wltb a larger Income than during 1031 and 1030. according to the poultry ex tension department of Iowa State college. e Shadows In the colony house wIU scars baby chicks snd csuse them to crowd. . Sbsdes over the windows will prevent the moon from casting shadows which frighten fright-en the young chicks. Masaachusetts 4-H club boys snd girls who kept chickens last year received sn average of $1.80 per bird to pay for their labors, sfter aU other expenses were pall One girl made a profit of $4.50 per bird on her flocksot25l hens Dainty Coverings for .Gifts Combine Usefulness and Beauty,. and Always Remembrance. Dainty gifts of usefulness in a home are especially In demand for hope cheats. The engaged girl appreciates appre-ciates theee household presents especially es-pecially when they sre msde by the giver, or at least have some touches of her handwork on them. Cases will be needed for wedding presents of flat silverware, a name given to all such pieces as fcrfveS; forks, spoons, of all sizes and torts, sugar tonga, etcInce they lie flat or nearly so on a table. A case Is exquisite when made of silk and ribbon, and as each caae takes hut a small quantity of material, mate-rial, the cost of the beautiful gifts remains small , For practical use, esses of deep red or green double-faced double-faced canton flannel sre excellent This textile Is similar to extra heavy outing flannel, which can be used as a substitute. Bind esses with ribbon and have ribbon tie strings. Featherstitch Feather-stitch down each seam dividing pocket sections for single pieces of sliver, and you csn readily see how smart the gifts are. A set of three quilted silk cases Is mentioned as a good sort of present pres-ent for three girls to make and give the prospective bride. The silk csn bt bought ready quilted, or this stltchery can be done by the givers themselves. The running stitches can be tsken diagonally across each case In opposite directions, thus forming diamond quilting. Or half dollars can be laid on the Unlng material and a pencil drawn sbout them, and these circles be run through Unlng, lightly wedded Interlining, and outside out-side silk. Do the tracing before assembling as-sembling the three parts named, for so only win the circles be accurate. A silver case In any style is a very flT"SiTY" O You wouldn't dart put an ordinary car through a test like this! But day after day, week terweekthlsWgnewDoSixeoetthroug very teat that engineers can devise . . . through mud, sand and water, struggling up steep Mis . . . heart-breaking trials that put every part of the car under terrific ttraia : But tha big new Dodge Six comes through every step with flying colors! Lesser cart quit cold after at little as 11 minutes of such torture. "Dodgt still goto; strong mfter 600 hours of kt pzk2 ecc::cy . . . costs less to No wonder this new Dodge Six gives you record taktogenomy.Ex8SWe . lighterstrdngeir cnaterials make this car saft and economical. 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