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Show Thursday, October 27th, 1927. The Midvale Journa l brook and Walters. tier than that! A lovely girl you "ri'hings have come to a pretty might do worse if you were not alpass in this topsy turvy world when ready plighted. If she had come i a man can't find his own son! For down to say good-by it would have ~ three days I've been wiring his been much less significan t. But ::=:M-". Illu..tratiDl U by ' Henr.Y JCl.y Lee r clubs and _all other places he could the rose, the red, red rose! It ( ' possible be without resu!lt. And I wouldn't be a bad idea to stick it in have lear.ned that his wife has left an envelope and mail it to the girl Bailey Harbor and the house there you were telli.ng me about--th e one is closed. Closed! How dare they wh{) .sent you forth to shatter kingclose that house when I was about doms. I guess that would jostle to pay them a visit'! her a little particular ly if you .Seebrook and Walters expressed were to enclose a line telling her • OOPYlUG HT CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS _ R.ElUSED THR.U PlJll1.lSHERS AUTOCA.STER.. SEl[VICE their sympathy in mild tones that that it had fallen to your hand roused the old gentleman to great- from a curtained lattice." (C•ntinue d from last week) er fury. "T don't know her address," said Whe.n he returned the Governor waistcoat. "It is evident,'' he re- tention by his companion of the "Can a whole family be obliter- _.\rchie. was dressing and mantleste d no marked goodhumo redly, ~<that you head that now lay chastely upon a a ted and no trace left behind? Is He sugge~d the dangers of the surprise that the car awaited his are pertrubed , anxious, .and have snowy pillow. A handsome well- it possible that they've been mur- "ituatio::1, thinki.ng that here at last pleasure. slight symptoms o.f paralysis a formed head, a head suggestiv e of dered in their beds . • serva.nts and was !'Omething that would sober ." Yes, of course " he remarked family and the pride of race, tho all, and the police not yet aware of the Governor. But the Governor absantly. 44 You ca.n ah!ays rely on itans. Pray be seated a.nd I will filled with the most complicat ed it?" merely laughed as he swung ·the Abe. It's time for you to dress, do my best to restore your peace me.ntal machinery with which a hu At the mention of murder Archie car round a sharp comer. and we musi look our pressiest. I of mind." man being had ever been endowed. began stealthily feeling his way a"Don't you believe that I hadn't caught a glimpse of Mr. Seebrook' s But Archie was not to be thwart"Put out the lights and get out long the cigar counter to a water a care for our safe flight! You daughter a .bit ago. It may be nee ed in his puvpose to learn just to your couch!" the Governor mut- cooler. There seemed to be no es- must learn to use your eyes, son. essary for you to cultivate her a what the Governor meant by endan tered drowsily. caping from the Congdons a.nd here There was one of the brotherho od gering their security so recklessly . trifle." The man certainly wore his was the father of Putney bodly of the road .right there i.n the office He slammed the transom tight and crimes lightly. He was sound a- publishing to the whole state of when we left. I gave him instrucWhen Archie reached the parlors half an hour later he found the drew down the shades. sleep before Archie had got into New Hampshir e his fear that. his tions last mght. He's a sneak thief "You .needlessly exposed your- his pajamas. Governor engaged in lively conver~ son had been. murdered. of considerab le intelligenc e who sation with a gentleman he i.ntro- self to observatio n by sneaking Whe.n they reached the dining The concentra tion of the hotel gave me the sign as I was predown the fire escape of this hotel room at ten the next morning they staff upon the transfer {)f Mr. tending to leave for that duced as Mr. Seebrook. call on 14 And Mr. Walters, Mr. Comly, -I know that!" found Seebrook and Walters just Congdo.n's h.iggage to his room left my old friend. I smuggled him up 1 ' My dear boy, I was merely gaand-" finishing breakfast . Miss Seebrook the Governor and Archie to man- stairs to keep watch for me a.nd he "Mr. Saulsbury and Mr. Comly thering a few blossoms of the crim- was having coffee in her room, her . age the removal of their own ef- proved himself a good fellow of de son :t;ambler from the a~cient walls I fathel' explained, in response to I fects to the waiting car. Seebrook cided merit. He'll be hanging my daughter, Miss Seebrook. " aand Walters were un- of the inn. You may have noted Archie's polite i.nquiries. and Walters obligingly assisted, round Conford today and as the enjoying the Governor, that I wore a spray of buds in my "We're hoping to get away this laughing at Congdon's eccentricj 1 absurd police will be obliged to which was immediate ly lapel whe.n I joined you in the ball afternoon ," he continued. "It will tie~. '""'"1·~ ~ n arrest to ~ ave their repu-. when Seebrook suggest room. Now seat yourself on the take only a few minutes to trans.:>'I should all di.ne togeth- bed and I'll tell you the whole act our business when the man ' story. When I left you I bought a I'm waiting for appears; but he's us much honor," said stick of shaving soap. Then I bot an u.n certain quantity, and there's r. "Mr. Comly and I a few cigars in a tobacconis t's. In no telling when he'll show up. But pleased, I'm sure." each place I conversed with the we're having a good time and I Chapter VI clerk, thus laying ample ground for shan't mind another day or two. · over, they continued their an alibi. Surrying back to the i;nn. If only you gentlemen would bear coffee served in the gar- I avoided observatio n by entering us company! " the music began See- by the side door, skipped up to our Ah, you are very ki.nd !" said the Walters recalled a bridge rooms-an d there you are! I ex- Governor; "but we must resume and the Governor an- changed our new bank notes for our ramble ·toward the Pacific. We that he must look up an sixty well-worn one-thous and dol- are more or less dated up for litwho lived in Comford. lar gold certificate s .negotiable in tie entertainm ents on the way." ~ be back shortly," he said all parts of the republic. That •Seebrook and Walters lingered • separated in the office, means a net gain of ten thousand in the office as Archie and the Govand Miss Seebrook joined dollars to Red Leary." ernor paid their account. As they "My God'·" moaned Arch1'e. "You waited for their car to b e sent at he cons1'derable company th.at were already danci,ng, After several don't think you can get away with round from the garage a ma.chipe dances Miss Seebrook thought it this!" drew up and discharge d a short would 1be fine to take a breath of "I think," returned the Governor wiry, elderly man in a motor coat I air, and gathering up her cloak imperturb ably, "that we must and that was much too large for him. they went into the garden for an will get away with it." His em- Se was accO'lllpanied by an enor- I ice. phasis o.n the plural pronoun caus- mous amount of baggage and ap- J Miss Seebrook was speaking of ed :Archie to cringe. peared on the steps of the inn and 1 1 music, and reciting the list of op' Ygu're getting me in pretty gave orders i.n a high piping voice eras she loved best when Archie's deep," mumbled Archie dejectedly . as to the manner of itB disposal, gaze was caught a,nd held by a "How about those blood stains on As the various pieces were hustled shadow that fitted along an iron the sidewalk at Bailey Hallbor?" into the office he enumerate d them See brook seized the Governor' s tations he will put himself in their fire escape that zigzagged down asked the Governor his blandest in an audible tone as though invit- K.it bag co.ntaining the sixty thou- way and encourage the idea by sub from the fourth to the first story of to1;1es, HWhen you speak ~! getting ing the cooperatiQ n of all the loun- sand dollars and carried it out to tie means that he might have been the long rambling inn. in deep you forget that someone gers in making a.n inventory of his the car. The sight of it in See- the malefacto r who robbed See41You seem very dreamy/' she besides Hoky was shot back yo;n- effects. ' When this had been con~ bro{)k's hand gave Archie sensa- brook's trunk and left Leary's bills remarked. 41 1 know how that is for. der. You came to me red-hande d eluded Seebrook stepped up and ac- tions of nausea that were not re- behind. They will be unable to I can dream for hours and houra." from a deed of violence, and I topk costii~ the newcoPter. lieved by the grin he detected on make a case ag-ainst him but he'll 14 Yes; reverie; just floati.ng on y.ou in and became your protect_,r, {~f. CQng.don~· I .am very glad the Govern{)r's face. Within an probably get thirty days for loiterclouds, on and on,'' :Archie replied, a9king no questions. It's the' bas- 10 see you. · I . hope ' you are not hour or two at most the substitu- ing. Then he'll walk out and draw though the shadow moving on and est ingratitud e for you to whimper worn out by your drive." . tio,n and robbery would be discoy- a thousand dollars from one of our on along the side of the inn was over a small larceny wlien 'you are "Worn out!'' snapped the little ered and the country would ring little private banks further along troubling him not a little. guilty of assault or murder to the ma,n. "Do you imagine a run of a with the demand for their deten- the road for so chi\Qlrous ly throw1 He had surmised that the Gov- liabilities of our partnersh ip! But hundred miles would fatigue a man tion. But the Governor was carry- ing himself into the breach! I ca.n ernor's declared purpose to call o.n don't forget for a mome.n t that we- of my constituti on? I assure you ing off the departure with his us- find you men who will do a year's an old friend was merely to cover 're pals and pledged to see each that you are greatly mistaken if ual gayety. It was clear that he time to save the men higher up. his withdrawa l from the party; but other through." you think I am feeling my age. 70! had made the most favorable im- This satisfies the public as to the •that he could have medidated a pre The reference to the blood stains And I don't feel a day over fifty, pre.:sion upon Seebrook and Wal- zeal of its paid protectors and also datory excursion through the inn reported by the Bailey Harbor po- not a day, sir. But I shall rest ter s; and in the cordial ha.ndshak- makes it possible for men of genhad not entered into Archie's spec- lice threw Archie back instantly for a few hours as a precaution and ing and expression s of hope f or fu - ius like you and me to walk in the ulations as to his· friend's absence. upon the Governor' s mercy. Com- be able to meet you for our little ture meetings Archie joined with high places unmoleste d. A damna There was no mistakipg the figure plicity ' in the robbery . of Seeorook business at two-thirty sharp." the best spirit he could muster. A ble system, Archie, but we learned that had moved swiftly down the was as nothing compa.red wi h the "That will suit me perfectJy, " reI cheery good-by caused him to look it from the greedy tru t mag.n ates. ladder. He was now creeping a- j haunting fear that the ma.n he had plied Seebrook. up. Miss Seebrook with a red rose You take the wheel; it just occurs long the little balcony at the third shot in the Congdon house had died Archie hu.ng about impatient ly in her hand waved to him fl'om bel' to me that you said you were a fair , floor. He paused a moment and from the wound. Unable to deter- waiting for the Governor to make indow. driver." then vanished into an open wi,n- mine this question he was flounder- his farewells to the old lady and (To be continued next week) As he lifted his cap she dropped dow. The Governor had said that ing in a veritable sea of crime. The her granddau ghters on whom he the rose with a graceful sweep of Seebrook party had rooms just un- Governor was u.n dressing with pro- had expended his social talents at the arm. der their own; butvoking indifferenc e t obis compan- the dance. Mr. Congdon was quarLike the old stage coach days!" They danced again, and in the ion's perturbati on. reling with the clerk over the lo- cried the Governor, applaudin g Ar41 handclapp i.ng that followed the 1st Sleep, lad, sleep! You may be cation of the room he had reserved. chie's catch. number he turned to find the Gov- sure nothing will harm us t:>.night Having frighte,ned the clerk into He jumped into the machi.ne and emor, calm and with no marks of and I have faith that more stirring readjustin g the entire registratio n Archie scrambled after him. Ar. his escapade upon him. adventure s are ahead of us, I for- to accommod ate him, he demanded chie's last impressio n of the inn At midnight Seebrook a.nd Wal- give you for your qualms and qua- to know whether his son, Mr. Put- was the blur of a waving handkerters came in from their card game vers the pardonabl e manifesta tions ney Congdon, was stopping in the chief in Miss Seebrook' s window. and after a few pleasant words, the of youth and inexperien ces. We house. J "We are a succes, my boy! You • party broke up. walk in slippery places but we shall Assured that Mr. Putney Co.ng- bore yourself marvelous ly well," In Archie's room the Governor pot stumble, at least not while the don was not in the inn and hadn't said the Governor, testing the hummed one of his favorite ballads Governor keeps his head!" been there within the recollectio n gears. Ah, that little touch of the as he slipped out of his coat and Nothing appealed to Archie as of the office staff, the senior Cong- rose was worth all our perils; nothpicked a speck from his snowy of greater importanc e than the re- do.n exploded violently upon See~ ing in my experie;nce was ever pret Keep Harping- On Advertisi ng EE • , Page Thirte en Meredith Nicho1son ( • 4 I in • • |