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Show HEAVER PRESS r Tlig H ouse 5 0 0 0 0 0 of the - ' Mw"l""l - " umitfassm rra?f,XteW;&aa Three Gandei By IRVING BACHELLER 0 0 0 A by Irving BacherJer TiiimimnNiimnumimim Continued pTER XIH 24 L desperation you made a plan. u P NVivpmher vou drove .'k. 16 arrived la Ashfleld and put your horses tfer ho- Westminster the of 1 stable mm ai ici uuvu AbOllt Tou told your me to this shop. 111 and wished that you were Into the llt- took you He down. You noon IOUr-Xim- ij rear wnere mcie nns a iou torn itoyce to La sleep and not to call you. U jon closed the door and locked loaded revolver auu tuure eneiis You had tt u lay on the desk. iou put seen it lying there, t's rubbers in your coat pocket. to iuu suew uiaii rse your tracus. jj .mi a lounge. A T 1 1 xou pui or the shop pne upstairs where he lay readxou pui me revolver in i paper, It pocket, opened the window and It. iou crossed the Sed through "e going west with a package unarm yoor waiting iai. xiie pacs- nat tontalnea a 1 you had borrowed from Algyre. You wore a m I know saw you. You carried In B your head. pocket the rubbers, the revolver d slouch cartridges, a and a colored handkerchief. Ton hurried up the road In the aess. You left the it some point not far from the Dam. You reached ge In Amity You covered home about seven. You (ace with the handkerchief. on the slouch hat and You rapped at the door. robbers. You had expect- ion opened it. iat your wife would be standing re you. It was her habit to open door. She was the one you had to kill. You were facing not her your son. iou nad to see it You couldn't turn back. nih now. entered, limping like Bumpy n, the boy fleeing before you. You wounded began to shoot. r wife. You came close to her. b weapon was pointed at her face. did not shoot then. You were You did palling on the trigger. know that you had to release the :er to cock the weapon. Therefore wife escaped. You had to kill father to get away. Xow the rats began to gnaw. They led blood. You fled in the dark- Ton put on the d Tou were seen at different points the road hurrying through the aess. You tucked the handker-- f and slouched hat into a wall 's. Opposite Brown's cove you met crook Algyre. He had helped to e the plan. He took the revolver He cartridge from your hands. ssed the river and planted them on W Brown. He was to get a thou- dollars for helping you. He got J half of It because you were afraid iraw so much money out of the t at that time. I have Algyre's ession in my pocket. on went on. You hid the broad ened hat in a hollow stump and ered it with rotten wood. You put P on your head. You reached the Weld bridge about eight-thirtthrew the rubbers and overalls the west channel. You entered open window of Royce's office. a nnlocked the door and called him. let you out of the front entrance. 'crossed the east channel on your 1 to the hotel. A little beyond the fa a man toll you of the crime ch had been committed at your se. Ton hurried to the stable and jour horses. You told different 3 around you that Bumpy Brown at have done the shooting that - naa put him off your place once that he had sworn to pet even. 'drove rapidly up the road. xow, when yon zot home vou did drop the reins and run to find 1r stricken wife as an honest man "Jd have done. You went straight tte stable to see that the colts properly cared for. That one instance was like a millstone tied WW neck. It set a man thinking "OT village, and his thlnkinc has me to surround vou with a 8la of evidence that no power can When tou saw votir dancer to Kill this boy and destroy "imi in nis possession, you J and your failure pushed you a nearer hell. You were eetting me rea gates, me deep-iaio- , fialnst . .... t n n ti urowu afctuuBi. Yoa tOOK me revolver, At Joyce's overalls. eabouts Royce had closed five-twen- ty a Droaa-Dnmme- light-colore- broad-brimme- d light-colore- d broad-brimme- S ' Y" xiuiiipy tabled. Jo ' lived in a growing, blistering that house of with - vm wife and son mourning whose faith in " "juh cave been like a crown of Rut the worst was to come. . . Tfl me girl who must nave been ref you than all else. Home and wife and honor and good re- - "s 1 e as cnarr compared to her. aj in Rore trntililo trot- run AaroA llf' a hand to hnln 1v CI A t -- ' 'D hrr uiunioscrew that must have little was trembling. Ills mouth He rovprnil ht tnra with hnt.,1r. . 1,umt) with remorse and ' OtK'tl.- Klmiftnt Kchea he wss an abject and figure. "My story is near its end." th oni onel went on. "When the girl was at Betsy Spenlow's with her child you went by night to comfort and reassure her. When you were with her in the spruce thicket a witness of mine heard you say to her that you would kill anyone who came between you and her and that you would take her to Australia." These words came in a hoarse whisper from the lips of the murderer: "It's a lie." "No, it isn't That Instant we took a photograph of you and the girL Here It is. Do you want to see It?" The query was scarcely spoken when Doollttle pitched forward out of his chair. He lay sprawled, face downward on the floor, a limp, quivering, helpless, shrunken mass of ruined Blake's house wag never forgotten by those who had a part In It The reward of five thousand dollars was distributed according to the plan of Shad and his chief. To Bumpy Brown the Income on two thousand five hundred dollars for life. To Bony a sum sufficient for one year's board and schooling. To Shad a certificate of deposit for the balance. Bumpy cooked the oysters and the turkey and by request prepared the mashed potatoes with unlimited allow-- 1 ances of cream and butter. Then the cook was called to the table. He said: "No, sir, by Jeedlx, I'm too scared an' nervous to take a place in the front ranks. Besides I'm liable to bust out any minute you've been so good to me. I'm goln' to keep close to the cellar door so I can reCHAPTER XIV treat If I have to. I suppose I'll get used to beln' rich an' happy, but Shad's Appeal to a Higher Court. you'll have to give me a little time." Doollttle recovered from his faintBony said that Miss Spenlow had ing fit. He did not confess, as the "mellered up" a good deal that she colonel hoped he would do. The was not so anxious to keep him from sheriff took him to the county Jail that being ruined. day. Colonel Blake and Shad went to induced to come Bumpy was the hotel for dinner and waited for the and drink his finally coffee with them. Colevening train. As they were sitting onel Blake arose and with charactertogether In their room the colonel istic humor reviewed the career of said: Shad Morryson. He told of the ad"Tomorrow Is Christmas. Bumpy ventures at Center Pond and Morris-tow- n Brown and your friend Bony are comand Introduced him as an expert ing down to spend the day with us. detective. He was curious to see what the boy would say. It was then that Sheridan Morryson made the little speech now quoted from his memoirs: "Colonel and Mrs. Blake : The little things I have done are partly due to your faith in a homeless lad and to your interest in his welfare. For all that I thank you. I must also thank I Bony for his help and friendship. do not forget the friendship, the kindness and the good heart of Mr. Brown. I may know handsomer men, but I shall never know a better man. There la one whose name you know to whom I am more Indebted than to all others. That Is a debt which I can only pay, which I shall gladly pay, with my life and my devotion If I am allowed to do so. I hope that I am not breaking the rules of the court In saying this much. I fear that I am like a bee that has been forbidden to trespass In a flowery meadow." Then he The colonel laughed. turned to Mrs. Blake and said : "Mother, this boy Is not like other boys of They Embraced and Kissed Each his aae. He's really quite a man. If Other. he and Ruth want to be engaged I Do you realize how old Bumpy has suppose that we may as well take been growing? He's a whale of a down the trespass sign." man." "Bees can't read, anyhow," the genThe colonel lighted his cigar and tle lady answered with a smile. smoked a moment In the silence Shad would better part, If they have wondered what was behind the words "They to, before they are married than after of his chief. are." 'These are the facts," Blake began. they went to Ruth's side. Shad They em"Bumpy had learned that Doollttle kissed each other. A gale and braced was man to a married making love of merry laughter had arisen. In the his daughter. He warned her against midst of It Colonel and Mrs. Blake and his warned he him. Then daughter's and Bony came and embraced Bumpy seducer and probably In rather hot lanthe happy youngsters. him his off Doollttle pushed guage Again a scrap from the memoirs: place. Bumpy may In his anger have "Yes, it was unusual I say only sworn to get even. After that whenit was good for ns. We were In that ever he was In his cups he d d Cy school and college until we same the Doollttle. When he was Indicted for Our love filled thf twenty-two- . were In murder and his life was peril he and Inspiration with happiness must have suspected the truth that years We helped mutual understanding. and his of to get rid Doollttle had tried each other. We knew We other. each wife so that he could have Carrie. But had learned the gentle art of keeping old Bumpy held his peace. Why? Not We were In no danger of falling step. even to save his life would he bring when we were married the day out To him on his daughter. discredit our graduation a trouble that death was better than shame. I doubt after too often of slight acquaintance. comes If in all the records of human action with his parrot came Brown Bumpy we may find a nobler sense of chivalry. of money. Robert handsome a gift and It Is curious that this shabby old wife Carrie, and Bony, his and counRoyce about the tinker, often tipsylng then an able law clerk, and Betsy tryside, should now have us all sitting Mr. Of course Spenlow and Doctor Corse and he feet. his humbly at wedat were the Smithers Mrs. and wanted the girl to marry Royce. Now, We were a famous pair and ding. Royce Is an honest but rather stupid came from far and wide to fellow a good deal of a dunce, I people would say. I don't wonder that the greet us. years we have lived "For twenty-fiv- e girl wouldn't have him. Doollttle and Time has been together. In one and him wrought of a tool way made Algyre still is There us. gold In her to kind In the and another notably buying r the of rubbers, in building up the alibi of the hair and the glow roses In her of tint the and deher In In the eyes and man misleading guilty tectives. I have never thought that cheeks. I well, I am still a lover. his brain could create the mystery we Have we not seen enough of the peril of straying to keep us in the straight have had to solve." way?" THE END. 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