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Show CACHE AMERICAN'. COCAS'. CTAII NEVER FAMILIAR CHAPTER I Dud Man Number On. CSS CLAYTON as ti t S.-- p leiuhef ."J, I'.C4. at HildiiifibL be mi t table la lh I utb Mill da nr restaurant on (b near Sat North till of Chicago. It w nrday nlghL llh It usual filling of of un tli Will' but bemu usual circuniMnnres, of h!ch the murderer evidently took qulik adfound vantage only on person bo could or would sny ho had seen tayttiliif of the man who fired the iir, ibot. It wat assumed that, whaterer It mention or motive, the murder atood alone, which It did Dot It waa i range, to people who knew Dot Clayton, that hi Ufa (hould end with plaint ahot; but there waa DO apparent re anti for the place or the lime of It and auch an ezplnna-tloeroae from the circumstance and the coincident event could not be sufficient or satisfactory. The Dutch Mill waa place of expensive amusement. but It end It kind were too (arts!) to have been In Clayton' habit for t least a year. In post meridian life he had etlied down to an exemplary respectability which waa Impressive gainst the turbulent background of hie past tie never bad been known to have muib money until thli apparent retirement when he Indicated by hla way of living the dm of i considerable Income. (The relation of this to hla death became apparent later.) He waa powerful, handsome man of resolute and reserved apgood pearance. He bad chosen He bad tailor and good hotel. been seen occasionally at the opera, only at the best prize lights, end of a Sunday now and then, when It was pleasant walking on the Drive, at the Fourth Presbyterian church. If he was with a woman companion at (he theater she was In effect Irreproachable. Clayton wa a person of complete respectability even If It were new, as were his spats. As the story of his death at the Dutch Mill waa pieced together on the spot and at the time. It appeared that three men had entered the dance reslaurnnt shortly before midnight and had been given a table at the wall, one by the waiters' door to the kitchen and, being In s poor position, not acceptable to anyone who could avoid taking It At an Interval between dances, Just as the dancers had returned to their tables and were again seated, there we a loud command for every one to remain quiet. The three nen had arisen from their obscure able and with pistols In their hands fere moving to the center of the loor. All of you put your arms on the table," said the spokesman. Both bands. Don't move them. Don't anyone be dumb or fresh and no one will be hurt All of the guests and employees questioned later by the police said that their first thought was of enforcement officers. Even that was disturbing. Evidences of liquor law violation were on nearly every This conjecture was Imtable. mediately proved wrong. The shot which killed Clayton was fired, not by one of the three men who had the center of the scene, but by a fourth man who hnd been almost entirely unobserved. It was probable that no one had seen him. The diversion was startling and Its effects Instantaneous. There were screams, the breaking down of a tension, a shifting of many bodies Involuntarily, and the men with pistols, as yet unexplained, broke In a run for an exit A police squad car was passing is three men without overcoats or hats ran from the restaurant door to an automobile In which a fourth man sat at the wheel. The engine was running, but the police were able to stop the car and hold all four men. One of them excitedly tried to explain that they were getting away from a fight In the reslaurnnt dance hall an explanation not without plausibility but It might not have been satisfactory even if at that moment the door of the Dutch Mill had not become the vent for people In Women without hysterical fright. their wraps and men without their overcoats or hats rushed forth, as If popped out by pressure, ran a few feet or a half block and then stood uncertainly, conscious of needing the possessions they had left behind. Also waiters and other house employees In their work clothes were soon outside shouting. The police took the four men back into the Dutch Mill. The floor was In a disorder of overturned tables and chairs, evidence of the fright which had emptied the room. The body of the dead man had slumped out of the chair, and at first sight there was nothing vUibl vxwpl the Ultef of tb ruh to the ou'sid. 'lloriidt. Chief," Mid on of lb primmer to lh lieutenant of per ho Hr holding him. we doin'! do !t. "Von didn't do hij" (ho lieu li'Oniil ked. V didn't We dido I kill b!tn. do It. the What' be talking about lieutenant asked of the bead wail er who had come up, "I think there may be a dead man over here," said tb head waiter, walking toward the walk There lh body wa found. "Hut w didn't lire allot. Chief. Croaa my heart, we hndu't even loaded our gun. We weren't going lo hat any tueb thing t tbl Ileas looii at our gun. Vber are their gun) (he lieu tenant skel, 'They threw them away ai they ran, mild sergeant. "We've picked Sum of them up. Tict Iheni 11, Mike, (aid the lieutenant, and call the wagon.' Honest to G d, Chief," mild the bandit spokesman. Take (hem bum outside," mild the lleuienant, "and tiralghlen out tbl body so 1 can look It over. wer The frightened gm-a- i to claim their checked clothing. "l.el them all In, (aid the lieutenant, "but dou't let any of them out again. Go out on lh (tree! and ii f but It li(l No." be Mid. "arid that I nt a reason Hi I I n ever) tiling. AnHi Hell t.iMe, Hint Ml other between bl in anil the door. I hn. 10, I an Interested lo lit in It occurred (o to Ilia! b ui lo H.e Min lout I an. ud Hull tnnu-- d toe. ho I wj ol, serving him and pe uletlug." Ibe llitiieimnl beckoned lo t:. -Serge tut. fin d. The n (ml H will te observed did liiii-r- . dd not iuure iilimi-l- f i b.ii 1 not have or li.ol o4 it a 4 pi of uin ll. il ( lot. He dd .l tune bad roof Oi (lie limn one gun. A lil e li.ul ''0 1 mill iii'pofaiH e. loudid n h 1 lo -- 1 lrriiuh!e nri forird (j, 1 ere Whjr (lout vow try tills smozing soup bow Its euas last till dishes are sparkling clean how they Coni dirt out of clothe and hold it out so clothes are cleaner and bold up non lb Wg'tiviii-whiter without rubbing? Soften water. plctely out of lh (dilute of (be Never ball up. kii d lb "ink lb Inline and JJr. crime Procter & Gamble f"Uod of ibe gun Wliiitl Wa l)ed W i people and then reb-j-"Ar familiar eitli Vidor Tim t Deck Figuratively Take all lh lleeti ini, Thai loft It for eu-- nndeieriilned I bent. Hugo? That woman, Mr. While, hn a Hasn't that fellow written a whelbif Trembly foiuiniHid the ber before you let their car go familiar with euy fin figure." book?" a til ootiie of (bene murder r procured lb commission nut) "A Hue figure! arent careful he'll Why, lh only Ye, and If lo (iieclt up with. Hut, an of it pi an give JoU a Cpy." IjiuUvIlle (blog h can buy ready made Tb Iloii'ol! lid wont mil. p.itng ler. I II lake a chance with you. The BARRED KISSING umbrella." Fussing Show. IndtnVrciill) Hie eveiod group of re! of you limy go, bill remember If t who, rotundas for their one of you trie lo rheut It may be found llut limy wer de- unpleasant, (bay fair, and 1 111. wrap like (Id doesnt hire to tained l foin Hi sidewalk ! looked A plat wb.it plat e of tnislii many ttinou-n- i lo ! people la It night by wer O o I bore nil drug store night, but ordinarily Ihuti aid my on ode corner and a lulmero More busines. Flay fair, and youll prole Leroy Young, 111C on another. In lb middle of lb Georgia SL, Lo Aably never bear from me again Try block tbeie wa a moving picture to cheat me, and your husband oi ngel, I a regular doorman, wife or your cousin and auma may tbpnlcr wllb a till fellow," active in of it Let lliem go, Mika Mil(n the mime nodding with lit d.mce "ports, and et tb restaiiratn wa a email mody lmp, ler, will you come lido (be oifice top In hi classes at school. To look at here will) me? I'm taking a chance with i Hipper by li on him now, you'd think on you, a you tee." large window. Il Arrow lb si reel the tale movie he never had a day' all right with me let' .ace 1 dont aicknes but hi mother oy: When PI AN S crowd wa mining out The lien recognize police Insignia Ftmu how ahoitld I any those (cored Leroy was Just a little fellow, we tenant crossed oer. Tee dara cm found his stomach and bowels were You saw Some of tbl, didn't boy called you chief." MMlatkiiM nntii rtrtiti UmWT before 1 Relief comet II weult. "You man. connaked door "I'm Lieutenant Stanton, and ttrkrtj er eebatvt da ace. (be kept uffering from you? he Good vrriiernda enljr. 601... con count f yon stipation, don't mind telling you the only Nothing he ate agreed know, tbl shooting. Relief without bum- with him. He was fretful, feverish I wa In that squad car wa be"I didn't wee no sbooilng." or blistering, f ing Two 4a?s, one Biahfc and puny. ! iaro No, of course not But you now cause It waa running me home. And Thl famona oil modatlen ; dinner Weak She I don't allow fellow to kio When we started giving him Calithe people running out. You saw u I'm glad I was. What the (quad draw out I (beatenk aimply (unrhroa t lut, Good any time fornia Fig Syrup his condition Imtake those fellow. Did you see would huve done with tbl case me on ibort acquaintances inflammation andf He Heck I I wat Just trying to proved Ffcrltor detail area mwd. them when they drove up at the make me uneasy to think of IL But pain. It la toothing, F quickly. Ills constipation and biliousness stopped and be bas bad healing. For the curb over there?" that' nothing you're much Inter et better acquainted. HOTEL cbe and pain of si mmmrnmUm-no more trouble of that kind. I have Yes. I saw that That's all I ested In, mister." Neuritis, Rheumatism, Lumbego, GEOLOGY WAS HARD since used California Fig Syrup with But I am Interested In It. said taw. I didn't see nothing. Neuralgia or Backach there' noth S. It Ukl Cits, I'teh him for colds and upset spells. He Walt a minute. How ninny men the man a they went Into the resing ao quick or aura to bring rhL C. W. Wart W. E. Salim likes It because It tastes so good and taurant oifice. Get a email bottle of St, Jacob Oil jot out? Three." I like It because It helps him so from your druggist. The manager of the Dutch Mill Sure there wasn't four?" came to the door. wonderfully I" Just Being Himaelf I'm not going to be sure about California Fig Syrup has been the "Weil not disturb anything here." Slury I wish Bertram would stop trusted standby of mothers for over laid Lieutenant .Stanton, "and we're anything. "Don't get tbl wrong." said the not enforcement otllcers. I'll want 50 years. Leading physicians recom- acting the fool Folly That's Hie trouble he Isn't lieutenant In a friendly way. "Noth you later. Slick around, bul get out mend IL It Is purely vegetable and Sunohlne All Winter Long works with Nature to regulute, tone acting I Now, mister, Ing's going lo happen to you. Youll and close that door. towering mountain Splendid road not be brought lido IL I Just want- why are you Inicresied In the way and strengthen the stomach and Highest type hotel dry Inrange ed to know If the fourth man who bowels of children so they get full handle a police Job? vigorating ail clear starlit night was at the wheel of the ear got nut nourishment from their food and "Because I saw Hint you knew California's foromast Dosart Playground or If he didn't get out. Now. do those poor amateurs did nut do IL waste Is eliminated In a normal way. Croa A Ckenuy a you know )" Four million bottles used a year no compliment, , said "That' P ttaffy nottrib, I'd say be didn't." Alon IL mothers how .roothe shows with of irritation Stanluti. ue depend by any Any copper You think be sat there T' Menthol turn in note. Rub briskly ways look for the xvord California" awise would Imve seen In a minute on cheat to improve blood That's what I'd have to sty" on the carton to be sure of getting that they hadn't done It. circulation and prevent And On and On! Thats what I think. said the the genuine. But a lot of cuppers would have congetti on. Jan and "Do you ever rend In bed? lieutenant, "All right, hoy." there. a case solve wauled to right Not now. I often lie n tv uke and A woman ran get used to a man lie rerrossed the si reel to the You're right, mister, but I don't. First Stude Dont take up such r listen to a lecture,' though." never who has but to one small eundy store and found a more who faults, , whats your name. If a difficult subject us geology. Now, has no money. assured witness In a while Jacketed Magazine. Second Stude Why not? you dont mind? popper. young man at Hie First Stude Its as hard as rocks. "Arthur Trembly," said the limn. After windows have been washed He hnd been standing nt the win Was Czars Treasure? (It was curious that Trembly with clear water, rewash with a Perfection Not Reached dow. He saw the rnr when It came no me. Stanton later could CAN KEEP UP WITH HIM bis The Gutenberg Bible sold in LonIt Is said that publishers have chamois dipped In a gallon of luketo the curb. Three men goi out of gave not explain IL It might have been don recently Is believed to have never been able to bring out a book warm water to which has been addIL The fourth remained In the due to Ids confidence In himself, to entirely free from errors. The book ed two teaspoonfuls of kerosene. come from the Imperial library of drivers seat lie writs there when some egotistic gratification In seemnearest perfection is the Bible Your task is finished; no need to the Hermitage, at Leningrad, having the three eatne rushing out The ing to assist the police In their Inbeen purchased In 1S3S by the librarub dry just watch the results. which, due to its many reprintings, man was The young positive. Into a murder he bad rian of Czar Alexander I at a sale has offered many opportunities to fourth nmn had not been nui of the quiry or procured which of the In Munich for about $900. Earth's Distance From Mars correct mistakes. driver's seat two never was discovered to IndifThe distance of the planet Mars The lieutenant went to the cigar or natural asfrom the earth varies from 35,000,-00Yellow Diamonds Rare Commercial Chamois store. The tobacconist had seen the ference, carelessness surance. Whatever Influenced him A fancy canary-yellodiamond Is to 247,000.000 miles. It thereChamois Is a soft, pliant leather car as It was driven to the curb, hut It was a part of the Impulse or dee or prepared originally from the skin fore requires from 1S3 to 1,328 sec- more valuable than a that was all. He did not know nlmt Inwhich led him to volunteer anonds for light from the planet to white diamond. This is because of of the chamois, a small goat-lik- e He hnd sign Its occupant had done. formation when lie could have rebeen behind his counter. The driver telope of the Alpine region of Eu- reach the earth, depending upon the the rareness of the stone. Of the diamonds that are found in commercould have been In or out. The lieu- mained unnoticed among the other rope, b'lt now also made from the relative positions. bee is the cial quantities the skin of the sheep, goat, calf and the dance restnu detained patrons. It was cool tenant Ask the Children most valuable. other animals. rant where the guests who had been havior and inasmuch ns fate bad him on another siring it had no conat first startled and thou Considering the amount of exInformation available on the Wants Him Ready Made Good Mans Advantage were now only nervous. sequence for him, pert Friend iiesident of Chicago? Stanton (warning!') Love has A bad man is wretched amidst subject of child guidance, the chilMany a wife Is perfectly willing Indignant, or anxious to gel away asked. wings, you know. from a scene which was unpleasant earthly advantage; a good dren must be guided about far to stick up her nose and wear exAviators Fiancee Yes, dear; but every Been almost everywhere In the In fact for some and In possibility man troubled on every side, yet enough to tell their parents whethpensive finery to advertise what a to so have and been Jim able far Is m but in first this world, time success her husband is, who not distressed; perplexed but not er the experts are right. Indianfor others. him our new model in with keep up wouldn't turn her little finger over in despair: persecuted but not de"I'm sorry to keep you, ladies," the Chicago. apolis News. "Well, Arthur," said the lieuten- plane. to help make him one. Cincinnati lieutenant said ns the crowd turned stroyed. Fiato. But They Cant Collect toward him. Not so sorry for vou, ant, "go nltend and Justify me in Enquirer. BOTH STRAIGHT men, but no one will be hurt. The letting ull those other fellows go and Their End in Sight? Yawning, says a medical man, " One Advantage The elephant, crocodile and rhiimproves the lines and contours of quicker I get answers to some ques- relying on you When people call me Arthur," noceros are among the animals that the face. tions the sooner well all he out Ancient books, said III Ho, the Possibly there are many of here. No one will be held now said Trembly, "they usually call me appear to be cn the down grade of young men who can recall a girl sage of Chinatown, "have this adas a witness, and probably none of Buck, and if they don't know me evolution and that will some day who owes them something for beauty vantage they tell untruths sometreatments. Toledo Blade. The well enough to call me Buck, they you will be bothered later. times, but never In a way to make disappear like the great dinosaurs. Washman who has been killed sat at this dont know me well enough to call them popularly interesting. me Arthur." table. Whale Long Hunted Portugals Colonies ington Star. lie walked to it and touched It. Buck, may never know you The beginnings of the whale fishPortugal has some 930,204 square Now, If anyone who saw the man well enough to call you vvliat you Brains Maturity ery are obscure, but It appears that miles of colonial possessions and The brain reaches its full size in the Ninth century the Norwegians ranks after England and France. Its sitting here and who saw the nmn ought to he called, but ill light a who shot him will tell me what he cigar and listen to you for a while sent out vessels In pursuit of possessions are greater than those and weight at about the same time saw you may all go. If no one will to find out for myself whether again the rest of the body matures; that whales, perhaps even to Greenland. of Italy and the Netherlands. volunteer til's I'll call the waiters Ive been a (1 n fool or an Intelliis, between the ages of twenty-twand find out who was seated near gent guardian of the public peace. Old Hymn Tunes Proves Value of Trees and twenty-fiv- e years. here. You know, he said for a You know what I want to know. A flood in a deforested canyon in Many of the old hymn tunes were bewhile you havent any rights, Buck. Shoot it." Americas Oldest Daily" My fellow is as straight as a California carried from twenty to named for their composers, others cause you cant get any lawyers and Trembly said he had particularly The first daily newspaper pubforty times as much sediment as the for the writers of the words. Some string. because you are all reasonably sus- noticed Clinton, if that was his are named for places with which lished in the United States was the So is mine; but I keep him tied corresponding freshet in an adjoinpect. Some one who was In this name, because both were waiting there is a connection. forest canyon. Pennsylvania Packet and General ing a room shot the man. . doni think for a person or persons to Join them. jn Advertiser, published at Philadelbut was here he now, is For he most people, particularly In here, Power Vested in House Iron in Meat phia, September, 1784. he or she, and youre here. Any such a place as the I Hitch Mill with The house of representatives, unMeat contains un amount of Iron takers? Its high note of merrymaking, it Rarest of Metals exceeded by only a limited number der the Constitution, has the sole The people shifted nosition and was an uneasy posture to maintain One pound of indium, one of the of other foods. One pound of lean power to impeach a President of looked about them. There was a confidently, its embarrassment or the United States. rarest of metals, is valued at $7,000, beef contains .0102 gram Of iron. moment of Indecision broken by a boredom protruded. It made tbe The metal is white, lustrous, very man who stepped forward. person self conscious as a rule. soft and ductile, and can be melted Plant Feeds on Insects Mans Reputation saw I everything you want to Trembly had lioon waiting for a man The sundew plant, growing where with a match. Ab says many a mans repUncle I mean as to what and two women and had been know, he said. given utation has been made good or bad nitrogen is deficient, obtains Its I dont know who shot a table for four. happened. Minerals for Diet on wlmt he thought other folks needed supply by ensnaring and dihhn or why, hut I saw how and The man I d known elsew here, The most important mineral subgesting insects. thought about him. when It Aas done. I saw It so dis- he explained. "He was my reason stances required In food are the for coming to Chicago. Tne womtinctly that it was Impressive. Denounced Value salts of iron, iodine, phosphorus, calPedantry Special Honeys was volunteer of robust mid The en were Incidental. They were his Pedantry crams our heads with cium (lime), manganese, potash and Honey quickly restores waning die age. His black hair was gray- suggestion. energy; for this reason it Is equally learned lumber, and takes out our soda. ing at the temples, but he was apClayton evidently had awaited the brains to make room for IL good for atlnetes, children, or invaparently In the prime of vigor and coming of only one person. G His lids. Women in Colonial Days Coleridge. He was well dressed muscularity. table was for two When the three Mr. Ono Oh, Miss Three, let tne! Under common law, which the and entirely hold-umen took the scene the nmn move to first Colonists brought with them Pecans Popular tie other side of you, sol Europes Oldest Race Anyone with you? the lieutenlio was to become the only victim we'll be thirty-oninstead of thirl People of the United States conThe Basques of Spain are said to from England, women were regardant asked, looking him up and lmd been Imperturbable. teen. It s so dreadfully unlucky, you sume 43,000,000 pounds of pecans a be the oldest race surviving in ed as perpetual minors. down. (XO US CO.NTINUJsD.I know I year. n d ru'li-mill- ju l r - )u 1 gin-ni- Los Angeles Boy Needed Help Rheumatic Pains Relieved this Quick Way (up-cor- $7.50 A-- I rea-bu- sio.oo r&i- jt -- j arr; i NEWHOUSE The Ideal Vacation Land 1 FWrltu prii:VS k Futh-finde- pil.-der- Both Hand. Dont Mov Them." pop-cor- gather them In. When the wagon comes take those four bums to the me see those guns, station. Mike. How many you got! "Five,1' said the sergeant. "Honest to 0 d. Chief. Shut up," said the lieutenant. Mike, take a piece of paper. Take that menu card. Write this down Colt, .38, number 4S90G1; not loaded and not fired; Smith and Weson not loaded .32.20, number and not fired; Colt .38, number 2GSS97, no loaded and not fired ; Colt .45, number 3S43G5, not loaded and not fired ; Smith and Wesson .32, number 140234, not loaded and not fired. Now give me that card. And dont plant anything in these guns. Chief, honest to G d, youre a square guy. "Take these bums away, said the lieutenant, and get me. Dont plant this case, I like it as It is. And another thing: these fellows aren't gold fish. Throw them in, but let them alone, nave you searched the car? Any more guns? No, said one of the policemen. No, what? "No more guns. Then dont find any more when I get back to the station, I like this case. Let It alone. Now, lets see who this guy is. Chief, honest to G d. "Mike, If that bum calls me Chief again you can sock hhn, but that's personal. If he shuts up I'll bust the man that touches him or any of them. Ill take care of them. Lets see the guest of honor at this 1 party." The body had been lifted away from the table. "Dunn Clayton ! the lieutenant exclaimed. Well Ill be d d ! Keep those people back and get me something to cover this body with. Take a tablecloth." He bent over the body, gently straightening the arms. As he did so he reached Into the pockets of the dead mans coat exploringly and from one of them took what he chanced upon, a letter envelope which he put In his pocket A policeman brought a cloth which was spread over the body. Theres a capable citizen gone, said the lieutenant "Whoever got him was good. Stay by him, Mike. Pm going outside for a minute. There were five guns found on the premises and examined by the lieutenant Later he examined the pistol of Buck. Trembly. The five, as the hold-umen had said, bad not been loaded. 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