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Show i ; THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1922. . JOHN RUSSELL By WHERE THE PAVEMENT A Railroad Wreck Robberv-- More Robbery Surprises and He lay where ti bad landed awaited th worst. resignedly, Undoubt-tdl- v he waa dead. Also, one ot his legs as slowly scorching He tat up. There was a smoldering patch on the leg of hie trousers He A beat at it and burned his heads In cloud of flams burst about him scrambled holly mortal terror then he ay. got to hie feet. ran. cracaed hie shins, and slid on his face in a heap of cinder Boston detected an unmistakable favor of anthracite. 1th a dash of Worcester county mud. He felt greatly reliev ed ' Then," he remarked aloud, "if Im ,.here. I ain't there yet1 Empty rattlers lav p'led along the Most of ditch In a Jackstraw Jumble the passenger coaches of the limited that had plowed into an open switch still held their track, one car huddled behind the other like a string of catue jammed up at a gste.-- What was left of the null car burned merrily.. Boston began to test himself all ot er with probing fingers. He had been riding He had shot under that mall car through the very Vortex of destruction. And at far as he could discover he had much- .as a out of It without scratch. Not a Scratch1 Cries and feet persisted down as for the moment he the line, butrunning He began to aione and unsuspected trundle himself along spying here and there like a wolf in a Ihlcket And suddenly hs made a find. man .Beside the uaUt lay alarge-bodie- d in a pose of limp abandon, arms outfiung end face to the sky Boston remarked that face, with its big chin and shoe- - brush mustache, because he watched it anxiousiv for any quiver of Ufa. But-thv icttm showed no sign Boston Crept on again until he could stretch out one hand and take rheld between finger end thumb of ft he right lapel of the victim s coat Very delicately he turned It back. And. there tie paused. Now, Mr. Boston Blaokle belonged to a class technically denominated tpe poten- tlal criminal by gentlemen who eat three meals a day and write little hooks and Ho knew all sociological dope sheets there la valuable To know about the following. Chicken coops, clotheslines, re- frigerators (on the back porch), gaa pipes and gaa meters (In empty houses). And Jhad robbed them-- all,. with cdrunkal On tha other equal skill and satisfaction handi he had never robbed banka, babies, omen. Insurance companies, or dead . men! Boeton squatted on hit heels and considered. The victim was clad In a solid blue suiting, prosperous, with something of official neatnesT Thera should bs And good pickings about such a corpse so aasyt Right under h'a hand lay perhaps as much as 10. Maybe too. The victim would have no further use for the earns himself Nobody would ever know if Boeton should borrow It And, yes, there waa a wallet In tha inner pocket1 He felt tha outline quite plainly through the cloth Then why hesitate? Simply because among the infinite po tentialitles in the soul of 'Boeton Blackie was lacking the one which would allow him to frisk a stiff ''He couldnt. He dropped the lapel and trundled on farther Almost immediately he had his reward. He made another find, a shiny, tan leather suitcase, bulging et the sides snd -- - wife'" Tiev had been climbing through the daftrofBO upland pine grate for some In q. clearing at the ,top of minutes. the nee, dim against the evening a house Host on needed no one ihev apto tell him that the p'l proached waa the rude summer tamp of a millionaire, with twenty-tw- o and a plant in the cellar. It seemed deserted enough now Doors and wlndowa had been boarded up. the wind piped thin In its chimney. But when they turned a sudden corner they almost stumbled over a racing auto with shaded limp, purring qtiicUv there on the drive. "Watch out for warned hie guide that barb -- tha projected ease V. B- - vs. victor and Others for violation of the laws will give vou no further trou poetal b e. I have juet wound up my sffetra by resuming possession of the moneys seised at my Sprlngf.eld office during the recent raids As this was my one oversight and is now corrected 1 can gracefully retire. Should you desire' a receipt, it will be found, together with e literary exposition of my remarkable methods which may be of Interest to the press, at tha lodge of my deer friend. Mr. Jackson Strombol, near here. V. C (Signed) "Go on. please Is then same "Thb message repeated to the United States district attorney at Too Boston." ea a, e pea-gree- n Boston would have hung back. - r- - er one-wo- rd - I high-back- most high Judge Hendry had been acting aa general clerk of the telephone, and every time he cranked without result the faces of the court grew grayer and more strained Apparently central waa still frying that v, Htn Soma of the lanterns were running low Richard had been fidgeting about to try tha gaa Jett But the gas was as dead aa tha phone,' and .they waited in a deepening twilight of suspense Meanwhile amid these ominous preparations,. hound hand and foot with unnecessary ropes, bundled into a Sort of cocoon on a rustle bench whence hs kept watch on, them all beady black, eyes -- tha prisoner watted too. Cavorcea himself was the one te begin. The point la" he said fatefully, at last he "How tnnch-do- ee The court looked troubled a He knows lot," suggested Hendrv - a Ha beran to snap orders about him te stand in sucn company. These were Hk the elite, the aristocrats, the lofty cuts w.th a whip And like creaIn the lexicon of the sociolo- tures under tha whip hit people Jumped to do his wilt Whereas Criminals Glove Kid gist. the hs. you see he was only a Potential! "Hendry1 You raise that connection now if H takes ail night. Countermand "Are you a tramp" inquired tha girl, those telegrams. All except the ft eying him up and down. cipher messages. You follow me" "lea, ladv," said Boston aullenle: "1 e. chief. ' "How annoying"' she murmured "Make Central destroy the others Un Bur the chief had a grim addition "Worse then that, ha la also a witness! ' derstand No alarm goes out. Nobody mil st even know w e've- Been here "Misa Marvel, see that tha car is ready It was a singular tribunal that sat on and atudv jour map. We leave by the the case of Boston Blackie la the sum mer lodge above WhUtver Junction that north road to avoid be ng seen again November night On the- table where nil In West Wutliver And close the doot; vou, please." might see lay Exhibit A- A compact lit- behind He waited until the girl had gone. tle fortune in eloquent cash At one side, "Richard And you Seven ' the Jurv; in a chair, the eir." . -- UAtWi a t & Here, "Gag this man!" Thev accomplished It. "I noticed some kind of shed back " Yessir " A caretaker m'ght perhaps visit this house but he wouldn't bother about a ! shed ".Vo. air " That shed will probably not be inspected agsm before next summer. No, sir." , Carrv this fellow out the rear way, put him in that shed and leave him there , The two retainer breathed hard. Cavorcea and peersd into tne sves of the prisoner, who glared and strained tmpetenily at him from th, Now, I don't fnd that difficult bench. do- - oii.. noUce T.A nd not,, a - bit at- i must ssy were messy, eltnsr eh much obliged for the sdvtce!" When. Boston came to himself again front a- - choking swoon of tags he was . tying etona hr darkness- .But he was still able to wriggle, and his bonds gave a trifle somewhere. H tie fair-priquite heftv A suitcase-w- as well within hla oompass And while a suitcase may not perhaps contain as much portable and negotiable wealth as a wallet In a dead man a pocket why, then again, it tnav It may. The Wu! liver wreck occurred Just at tha last siding, wholly bevond sight of the little huddle of houses that marks the Junction. After the first fence Boeton encountered no obstacles to a straightaway course across country. His rush esmed him to ths trees and ha was tafs with his trove Another maursuder might have ran- racked Thar suitcase on the-s- po Boston wnton until he had crossed a wide rise among the pines and had dipped into a Jlttlsndv hollow tha tof fared privaev. There he delated further while he collected twigs and built up a discreet blase against the seasonable ohill. And finally hecfiarged a pipe and look care to hsva It drawtng wall. All In good .order he sat himself down at last with tha suitcase between hi knees. There might he anything In that suit case. Literally, anvtnlng' Though when all was said, he would have been quite satisfied witji an outfit of warm clothe and some loose silver In the change pocket. - Pew persona, th philosophers remind ua, ever realise one cent en a dollar' worth of dreams Consider, then, the notable c&ee of Boston Blackie, to whom was yielded an actual return of something like 100,000 per cent on his beet expecta, tion. Th ault case was full of monev. Real, se, ! ordinary, palpable, dirty, greasy, manhandled money. Just stacks and gobs of money" Mr. Boston Blackie stared and stared and stared some more. His first emotion was a great fright; hla first Impulse was to rise and shoot away through space like a rocket with a frantic yell. He saved himself by letting the lid fall to close out that terrtfto vision. Thereafter he eat perfectly still for a long time Presently, with a white face and shaking fingers, he began to count the money. "I It aU there?" Boston's lids popped up and hla Jaw dropped down aa stiffly as the mechanism of a china mandarin, for th rest he remained petrified tn an attitude highly absurd add helpless, sprawled forward on the sand with the firelight flooding him beyond anv concealment and hedged round by plies and piles of currency like a babe surprised at the building block. Prom just across his hollow appeared a young men in short, belted ov erooat Atd plaid cap an excessively tailored yoking billman who might have stepped from board masterpiece of the season a fashions and who met Boston' stricken gaze and nodded, Unsmiling "Do you make It right? Th young man himself was a very young man with square, pink feature And h Sir of obncenlraleiTsophfstlaation H seemed in no wise troubled at sight of Boston Blackie and the strewn tr a -- ure But he fitted no type known to Boston or appropriate to the business at hand, neither detective nor enviou outlaw nor he had (Moreover, outraged citizen. choeen a most peculiar and suggestive form of address "I it all there " left a lot of slack. "Do you make it right'1 opened up a certain complicvista. Imp-teity; in a word meaningto anything or spar for wind. nothing offered a break And Boeton, with desperate instinct, took th cue even achieved "Tee," he quavered: Oh, es It something like a grin. In fact crect." But quit enough right th strangers next casual phrase knocked mvs-terlo- . him eoid Again, thousand "Ninety-tw- o Boston could only gasp, for nlnetv-tw- o thousand was 'the exact sum he had JuSt estimated! Not that I blame vou Mr making sure," continued this amaslng young man, abstractedly, Oh. No," said Boeton. "Because youd natura'lv get the hide skinned off you to make up any shortpo-o-- o. age " "Oh, naturally naturellv," said Boston. But you'd get skinned anyar If ! told on you for stopping to light this fire. ' "Would I, though" "Whv, it might have been spotted by anybody, you Idiot' explained the stjxln-ge- r from his condescension "Bo It might, agreed Boston, y "Bcldes,)ou v kept us ailWalting." I ha.e' "Oh, "And hla Nobs Is in an awful stew Jo report been beck Afui lv Never vou didn t show up. mind Only youd better get a hop on " j ou now To Boston, schooled by th Imperious of tyranny of events, camhe no thought began to get a resistance. Obediently It time back bv th money stuffing hop belonged, a kings salary to every fistful. se tlc ' Is it all there?" Boston'! lids popped up snd his Jaw dropped down as stiffly ss ths mechanism "He w leant tL. w ho X anv hasn't he. Tnat lata. The able young man merely tooTrj - Tex, yen and then" does u his elbow, thrust .him- up a side porch, Lntted State? Marshal,. salAnd In the premises It did. snd they whisked him through some invisible Boston. Mass : This will serve to exonerate your dep- were quite aware of, it Cavorces 'Evly port and all with the gesture of con"Nix Hundred Per juring landed him. confused, breathless, uty who left Springfield todav In charge erybody had heard of swindler whose bolost the Cent Cavorces, the and bedassled. Inside: In the main hall of a certain suitcase and nho same en rout. ft is only -- fair to ay gus offices In half s doaen- efttes -- had On deck, chief Three of four portable that he knew nothing of the substitu- taken such fabulous toll of small Invadelectrics In the shape of nand lanterns tion snd will probably know nothing un- ers, for whom the poliie of a continent were Yammering like hounds Csvorces' were ranged to strike out details of the til your receipt of this. Should you room with aharp shafts the original sifltcase as a souvenir The press had been flaring with the name a man stood box these two weeks In re vs and Impossible to believe U. S Cavorces Victor By the telephone fat and silken were opened overcoat Others, it wilt' be found st the summer-hom- e that even a common vagaboumlIn could Cm Its missed have dress. fact, significance of mv dear friend, Mr Jackson displayed Impeccable evening the vagabond V. C. a divan spread with the akin. nf ties? here. (Signed! attempted no denial now . see-And Won aild Cs vorces. Polar bear" aat a girl In the snappiest The chief s eye glittered in his head w hat are we him And the last V- he said of leathern automobile togs, ye:How tike a Jewel. gomgto Th court labored "Mtghtn t we Tn- appetising, a perfect Mr. Jackson Strombol, hatred, dewv-eyehim thoroughly?'! ttiptda-Perched ugly pip hhmv Inin what he getsll he sver I could have warned you It was Im little chap whom Boeton distasted at first sight a vou distaste something possible. As a stool pigeon you were out squeals Interpreted Seven, more rudely far bouth. noxious, fragile and colorless snd pre- of your depth. It takes special type t "Or k'dnap him "Or shanghai him aboard a ship somecise. with no hair at aJl. He looked Uk to turn state's evidence aucoesefullv. and a kind of intellectual toadstool Hut he you are only a dilettante. Meanwhile where." A virtue went out from him mvself and staff remove to a new scene "Goodness, there must be some wav presided MihS or a lack of It anl when he held up of labors, and If anv arrest is made tn sf dealing with such creatures' aa at If. S vs. Victor Cavorces And Other Marvel put In. "He doesn l look olever a white finger the others attended " be to a ritual. comown really dangerous Bv enough it will have to be your After all " said Hendry weakly, "he "Eh? Youve got it! And time too I pleting the Springfield coup tonight 1 eaelv Here com along with all winnings. It mav soothe you to know onlv an extra hazard. Isnt he" f vdte should say can that " He scarcely glanced at the new that I was a guest st your charming we let him go with s warning Wehim"Look alive, my man! Lets countryseat while engineering this final always say he wrecked ihe train arrival " ve e what you self brought triumph. Adieu, dear friend. Poor- - BoatotL-Stoo- d V. c But' the chief wagged his head at blinking gndjhes-Itan- t (Signed) . While there descended on him the them, waa reverential she when There a room. whole pause the held compulsion that best re those your finished. The chief placed the tip What becomes of our future?suggestions With a tgh that came from hie heart had His voice roots he vteldcd, tabled bis treasure, of hla fingers together ami smiled around trembled "Look st htm' A fellow of turned back the lid. and once more ex- ever so lightlv, a downstage smile. And no caste or standing who never even t c did him homage posed to common view that Incredible his people or Upped s wire- - with raised s "It s perfect, chief! and ecstatic spectacle. out the brains of s pickpocket! But lie a closed made certainlv others the you By sir, Jove, nolseieselv, Promptly, us There he is. and we can never Won t they come luins up about their chief Tne girl produced great ftndah of it1 be safe from him He knows" frothing here tomorrow to pick up a pad and pencil, the fat man came for"I hen. what are w going to And chattered Seven And imagine the papers! ward to do the accounting, th voung clue' fellow who had guided Bouton etood b Jackson Strombol' "Uhv dont you sek me. mister?" Innot that Miss Mr Cavorcea for order. "Oh, s new voice, a coarse snd tune air. Marvel gushed, exactly, for that would quired thousand exactly, "Ninety-tw- o "Dont 1 get less snd untutored voice latwith Number Seven's have been vulgar, but ah gurgled "oh, Corresponding too voice Mr. Cavorcea, it's the best thing vouve est report " The prisoner way addressing th court, "This should clear up ths Springfield ever done. I simply adore cleverness' Mr Blackie a person of some pnfra-ton- , total." added Miss Marvel had been observing bv his light s Then the greRt little man rose "To a dollar. I should say, sir his junges, and he found the or- sadlv "Number Seven carried the odd aum full five feet three in the glare of the changed electrics that centered bn him with him the day ws were raided," conThe great Cavorces sat biting lil "Yes." he admitted modestly, "I think kmu kies, He tributed the girl from her notds the uuage of senile anxiety waa unable to reach the safe you re- It's not eo bad mvself Indeed. 1 believe, Hendry was Juat a fusm fat man in a member. sir But he had receipt by the 1 may say that regard this as possibly limp shirt His dcrorwtlle friend P'ch morning mall in hla pocket three hun posstbly the crowning. moment of my ard would hav beenworth about ored and fortv dollars Lou afterward al- career." aa heY stood, with "the tip , lowed him that amount for petty cash Stamping feet like a rumble of ap- of h s p.ctorlal mvVtoi a price vis white and expenses " knob door the at the a hand Nirfnber bevun was all of snd squai , plause. Tid he forward a voucher?" crashed open, and before ahv In the sop Even th girl appeared haggard "Yes. air he did, said the fat man tableau , could stir an intruder bolted (added, s poor rrmacl (of an adventuress "And we are now enabled through among them. And as Breton watched them of s sudunctuously. to strike a balance to the veiy minute Ha came as a rude apparition to that den s singular perception fashed to his of your order closing all offices, dated exalted circle, smeared with mud his mind These people were scared. And and his Clothes in rips snd shreds, his face pulped when he looked at the tail 9tl) a. m., October 29 "Very well Richard" In one fist he car- rightful graft lying there be began to bevond Yecognltton the Yesarr." responded guld ried a suitcase, the exact duplicate of com back You will taka temporary charge Boston Blackie s late stupendous trove "I feel sorrv for you guv. 1 cert'nlv do feel sorry. But X got s vote to set you Still here?-'- - h.yelped, chief." taan'M Right, s4gk blamed little time" , Mr.-- ' Hendry, have v ou raised (Mr Hendry nohjy Interposed' It was their turn to blink it him. telephone connection .y are deuce oij.? V "Ylio the to taking- You beUe- r""NO, Sfr," returned e- theI anrotimsnr "Me? I m from bpringfteld-Themoney from suckers." quoth Mr. Blackie hav e an Idea "It's a very small of fit gasped softtv. 'Ton don t seem to be s euecees she mav he frying herself an egg, or ! "Seven ( ' 'Qf.course.- .Came ..my? eft h a dno.m es - at-- this.- chief-rossomething v n hush The oppress: ciMAn 1 I run could trust .And didnt What do vou mean?- -' he demanded. "An egg! 1 tnis senger eidered him severely Into a sweet jam. tlymigh' There your 111 I want mv suit Me tell you a his He burden with dumnn!" dropped " case vou snaffled sway so smooth. That "Oh, no, sir said Mr . Hendry, deep- v ehemence that bdrst th catch and scatexvou can all beat which After "1 shocked sir meant, my price merely ly tered th contents of , waste paper. It south where the lulu birds are calling plaining the delav that the local cens vour whole scheme bust 'Chief, gone ' vou I? to teleBribe also the tral at West Wuillver keep quiet? t behind that deputy In the smoker "Bell, you can't do less can you? graph operator and a few other thing-- I o got v to swap suitcases and drop Information the found her making tea on the kitchen off k , read the you go sneak got train slowed at Wulllver. where you belong andChief, when find a lot of poor stove yen said You said she would slow folks-vocan razzle out of their saving; "You are sure of vour arrangements as Whoever threw and skin the widow snd th And she did 8he d'd with this ah person orphing switch gets a medal from me' ' Thats vour stvle. Tsk It on the swell Quite sure, sir. 1 filed our dispatches that it "Whv. I threw myself" stammered I wont comes vour two hours ago snd paid for them till time financial I was Richard JJust as word to release she starts them the pictorial hurrv it And I wont grudge you your " was a told It only semaphore wire over In the paper, either, that you re the Boston severally Seven whirled round on plecta "Was so proud of But light out of this, and "She might find them strangeread-tn- g him "Go down to th track snd a It s no piece for bix light out quick the shot You Boston D know , whst! n, y Awmgxr-maShe: sir "A very rural "Not' Per Cent Cavorcea, . Vouv let Into s string of empties and the Hundred nr So manv wordSySt o much Limited a in for vourself yeggmsns gam that whole caboodle Is In the ditch this min- a word ,1s all she (nojyof jhe busi- you haven t a ehsnce to buck. me" Wrecked' ness. , , "Tou think soT' thev With tpe one reelWg impulse "A Judge of character. Mr Hendrv?" I know it, mister Boston leader to laughed. turned their inquired ths rhef with lifted eyebrows. all got s limit, 1 guess, snd yours That remarkable Individual taxed at "How will she 'account for your phone th suit css on the floor, st th suit Jji anv such rough stuff ss vou r up , call from this y scant house and he took his Intel- against now. You aint there, that s ' 11' "Oh, I prepared for that. sir. We were esse on the table, h No? Cavorees stood frowning. lectual head In both hands. friends of Mr Jackson Strombol " Ahd whst would w be "No? said nohod' ?" "lou sent "Ah?" Can you tell us that?' Vo. sir doing If we wr "Yes. sir. I told her we expected to Well, 1m only s common tramp mv"Vo number off your own staff?" drop In here at his lodge" motoring by " said self m eo. Boston, "And said "I Seven rolling the phrase telling you snd look It over a bK But If I was The chief- nodded and leaned back 1 II tell yon more chief," h broke outn 'Only a common tramp I train wrecker, why, 1 d be ar train wreck-- , "You want to show quick while Mr.- Hendry furtively wiped his reckletwlv was If And see. a yegg, I d be know a J dont you for clean getaway. ho has come through brow like one an ordeal whats th damage, but train wrecking s yegg .And such1 being so.1 dIf anv guv suppose naturally "Now, Miss Marvel would voti mind Isn t much In our line. Were Juat about interfered, whv. all due to land tn the electric Chei king up those messages again?" chair, snd got rid of' that guy and be on my. way. ' " "How Th girl rippled her pad of note that s th fact" "Croak him, of cour!" him off and, clinging d sir, you ordered "Firt, ctpher Th chief u The chief fee waa twitching messages, to Numbers Ten at Yonk, Eight to the table,' took up one of the hand think w wouldn t dare lanterns. He flashed It full on th specat Cleveland, and Six, Hanford f carMaybe you would." eald Boeton, "Cipher yea" murmured the chief tator who had remained there throughand The signal of final success, whereupon out, unconstdered, and undueatloned Mr ried away by a flush of conviction assured triumph. Only vou couldn t thev decamp and megt me south. All Boston Blackie old vour said As you told You never had s number, pal Strombol you trails are broken hv tomorrow you un"You' need a specialist For on thing, th from a stricken silence derstand" He waved a white hand. - ' And then It s so too difficult You don tbekihg! Why, job "Proceed Who let vou In blamed messy. You re only a Chief Inspector, P O Department, only a common tramp' jour You couldn LI" ' Boston blinked back at Ihem, dumb , Washington. DC I Uk "Thank," said th chief, curtl pleasure In informing you that and resentful. He knewr where he ought - high-power- de-st- re of s china mandarin. well-rott- ltr pea-gre- ENDS' Illustrated by F. C. Yoba often broken Into In th course career and - might therefore reasonably expect to break out of with ,tha same ease in short, a chicken coop.-Once more in th open, the whole wta night Invited him He had only t large and give thanks for hi escape Desiring vengeance, he had only to drop autthorIlnt e- -or a whisper to that gropar track- down td leave the a automobile. But Boston 1,1 tx.e le.iiornbered tne suitcase ana he crept back toward th house Tha waa still humming on th drive H caught an Instants silhouette of Miss Marvel, but the rest of th crew were not in sight, and when he entered bv the rear door he heard the faithful Hendry at his weary task. h Evidently that fried egg at Waat Wul-Ier was still holding up the business conspiracy. Pauamg only long enought to prepare hie trustv matchbox. Boston Blackie turned off from the kitchen and found his wav down the cellar stairs W her th flam of hi match twinkled before him there he saw a massive device that barred on whole wing of the cellar. It waa built of wood a foot thick, and it had a ponderous door with brass hinges and a huge brass lock. It clos'd chamber off a vaulted, that could have held a small army in, perfect condition. It had been used for storage It might P"ton had again boused for storage often Jian experience with such struc-taie- ., o non magnificent qile inougn .aatias...s,lLlJt)S..IWi.0,Oh lngg.lh ev sorn times kept tn storage In a word, a refrig era tor. At Boston "chuckled tnd?wssed on th end near the furnace he cam finally J-iupon th thing he sought a- flat cabinet built against th watt Bv- the epark of another lucifer he, studied long enough to Identify th two big Iron cylinders It contained. The cylinder were attached to tube and th tubes ran up aloft and branched like tentacle There were turncock' at the top. whr a couple of staring label announced Somebodys His oi .xetf Uoifttiresseil Cn.t System. match went out while he was rescuing after those Turncock!, but' ho smiled do himself in the dark. For this waa perand artistic of haps Mr. Blackie a personal specialties gas and gas meters' pipes Ten minutes later he stole along the cohrldor to th main ball and listened. No sound. He tried the latch cautiously. All quiet. A fslnt scent mad his head awlm. Thereupon he threw wide the door, dashed In, closed off the open jet In all directions, and flung wide th wmdowa Then he turned hla kindly attention to the the four gentlemen who decorate room in varying postures of collapse - tt waa hard work remqving them to the refrigerator. But Boston .had had frequently In cases of trailing quit chromic absorption in vulgar speech, " drunks! Returning from his last laden journey, th odd fancy took him to .try th telephone crank himself, and io, that eff was done to the minute! "Have you been JinglngT Boeton grinned at the eternal nec. tarine. - .h said "But now do No, auel, those telegraphic messages you remember that r left with you this evening?" Central did. "Put them all on the wire, please, messages Kindly except the- fllo them for reference. Thev 11 bo wanted Instead of them, kindly taka two others Yes. Ready? As follows: To the Chief of Police ,at Spring fleldmd i Boston IV 'hen he hung up th receiver; there stood Mis Marvel A de"A detective!" she breathed. tective after all! Are the)? 'under arauto-mobt- le -- worked one hand under a loop snd tastTh stuff was ordinary ltnr Quarter-snd Inch line, cotton line, frayed line clothesstretchable and . line' J Inside of three minute he was free. He stood up and groped about him. There was something about the place familiar. He that seemed curiously found a little ladder In one corner; a box and nests and troughs such as furnish forth a coop the kind he had so rest?" ed It. Author of one-wo- rd "Tes, lady." said Boston. "They ar and tomorrow they'll be under arrest arrested. ' dewy-eve- d She gesed at him "And what ar you going to do ' with me?" Men get thee notions,- even such as' wide-ev-e- d. - Boeton Blackie. In th intoxication of success, while he was snapping ,up th suitcase on the table, he had a moment a Wild, idyllic vision of fljing with this fair criminal and a sort of Robin Hood-MaMarian existence la the uplands of Worcester. But ho put It from him. a There th car outside And here's' ths North road Nobody'll atop you. and you can go as far as ou like. ' "Oh1 she cried, dwelling on him. "How noble of you!, 'And how clever you've .been to carry tt off aJl alone thie wav! , I d love to hear you tell. I Just adore cleverness!" said Miss Marvel. Perhaps it was the fitting dimes to Boeton e story that having withstood th world and the Uevi! that night ha should -also withstand th flesh. Farewell!" h said, with A generous' gesture th , He stajed in tha doorway until n automobile had roar of the died away, northward Then be sighed took up one, put out the last lantern, his suit caso, and headed back toward the railroad again, a strong and silent man, facing a future ot high potential. Ha had a plan to stow away under now one of th relief trains that war wreck crawling past the scene of th on, tht opposite jrwYu but lt came to nothing; for while he wii' sIsHTng down the embankment in the dark bis foot , Hipped, ha cracked hie' shin, and slid all the way on his jtaca. Hello' What's- here?" A Mg, blue-cla- d "I flevirw held out a gasoline thought you- - said you cams through, with... out casualties. Con. How about It Th conductor, himself with a bandaged arm, eras already kneettng be"Well this Isn't one tid th track hs announced ""Hes ctming round att , a brt. '? t shook Only tight. !. ' id pea-gree- ton. . Passenger?" "Tramp. ! guess" StiddenTT'TTre big 'man " y to-hi- 1 r' ioue -- vet' ev go-ba- - In-a- aiet?" FROkKTHI BBGINNINQ. Tou thought you had accomplished new And ronderful when you removed th wires And by telephony talked round the world? Belated, clumsy, gross material thing! True lovers laughed tt , distance, ages gone; Bouls worlds apart, long since abolished space God talks to man from far Infinitude! Walter Burr, In Th Forum Ome-ttjtt- ig ' y I' It" -- Bve one-wor- h wvJ mkxk-"Yo- I 'v Vegetable. Compound is especially adapted It exercises a restorative in-fluence.lohes and strengthens the sy stem, and assists nature In the long weeks and months covering this period. It is prepared f rom medicinal roots and herbsrand contains no harmful drugs or narcotics. Its value is proven by many such letters as these : Lydia tohelp women through this crisis. I have taken Lydia Vegetable Compound and I can not tell you the good It hat done me. It it good for young and old and I always keep a bottle of it in the house, for 1 am at that time of )ife when it calls for it. My husband saw tour ad. in the paper and said, You have taken everything you can think of, now I want you to take Lydia E. Pinkhams So I Jet him get Vegetable Compound! 'It. and I soon felt better. took about six bottles. I keep house and do all my own "work and work out by- - the day and feel fine now, I tell everyone about the Vegetable Compound, for ao many of my friends thought I would not get well- .Mrs. R. J. Linton, 1850 West 33rd Ave., Denver, Colo. "I "I have taken Lydia Vegetable Compound and it ia all it claims to be and has benefited me wonderfully. had been sick for eight months with a trouble which confined me to my bed and was only able to be up part of the time, when I waa advised by a friend, Mrs. Smith to try Lydia E. Pinkhama Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. I was ao much benefited by the use of these Metropolia, - Printed . ei (Copyright, all right aTeserved bv arrangement with Metropolitan Newspaper Sdrvlce, New 'York. with annnoying symptoms such as nervousness irrita bility, melancholia, heat flashes which producehead-- 1 ache and dizziness, and a sense of suffocation. Guard your hlth carefully, for if this period be passed over safely, many years of perfectr health may be enjoyed. Colo. D enver, E. Pinkhams and ' . , Middle Ag - " -- h cpmes between the years of 45 and 55, and is often beset started held the torch aside, a movement that hi Mg Shoerevealed hit Mg chin-en- d brush mustache 'Bay am I seeing straight or ain't I Will you look at there? Whats that on? 'Atn't tt my thing he k sprawling v. ... . ault case? Tou ought to know, returned In "Tou been making conductor ctollv. enough holler, about it. ."It Is! By Jlng. it Is The r suit case government cash and all conr plete And him! Well, what do you kno' Ain't it th limtt that about the nerve a tramp a common tramp should try to awav with anvthlng like thatJHer, got lemm hav him!"" ' But Boeton Blackie had scrambled to hla feet and fied whimpered to vanish down th line It was Just his luck! t of THECTitical stage, a lifeusually s III. J .. rines that f waa able to be up and about in two weeks. I was at the Change of Life when I .began taking tha medicines and I passed over that time without any trouble. Now I am hale end heart and Mrs: Emma do all my housework. Ctlvki, 705 E. 7th St, Metropolis, 11L Letters like the above do influence women to try Lydia E. PinkKams ound j |