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Show THE SALINA SUN. SAL1NA UTAH The to be In partnership with a man .laclnn Fell, and I came out " here- - oil business To Gramont's astonishment the pistol was lowered instantly. It was well that he ceased speaking, for what lie had just said proved to he open to misconstruction, and If he had said any more he would have spoiled It. For t lie man facing him was staring at him in mingled disgust and surprise. "You're in partnership with the bo-- s! came the astounding words. Well, why in h 1 dieln't you say all Hint in the first place, instead o beefin around? That's no way to butt in, and me thinking you was some click on the job! Got anything to prove that you ain't pullin' something cute on me? "Do you know Fell's writing?" asked tJrainorit, with difficulty forcing hlm-se-to meet the situatin coherently. Jactiln Fell the boss! I know his mitt, all right. Tnm his pocket Gramont produced a paper the memorandum or agreement which he had drawn up with Fell the previous afternoon, relating fo the oil company. The other man took It and switched on an electric light bulb overhead. In this glare he was revealed as a ratty little individual with open mouth and teelh hanging out an adenoidal type, and certainly a criminal type. It crossed the mind of Gramont that one blow would do the work but he No sudden game stood motionless. would help him here. The discovery that Fell was the boss paralyzed him completely. lie had never dreamed of such a contingency. Fell, of all men ! Jadiin Fell the boss" of this establishment! Jachin Fell the man higher up the brains behind this criminal organization ! It was a perfect thunderbolt to Gramont. Now Vie understood why Chaeherre was In the employ of Fell why no arrest of the man had been possible! Now he perceived that Chaeherre must have told the truth about coming here on business for Fell. Reaching farther back, he saw that Fell must have received the loot of the Midnight Masquer, must have turned It over to Lucie Lednnols Did she know? All right, Mr. Gramont. The ratty little man turned to him with evident We aint takin no change of front. chances here, yunderstand. Got quite a shipment of cars coinin' In from Texas, and were tryin to get some o out to muse room. these boats Bring out any orders? Gramonts brain worked fast. By overcoming this guttersnipe he might have the whole place at his mercy but that was not wnat he wanted. He suddenly realized that he had other and more Important fish to fry in New Orleans. Humberts was there. Fell was there. What he must do demanded time, and his best play was to gain all the time possible, and to prevent this gang from suspecting him in any way. "Did you see Ben Cliacherre? he countered. scon hint just after he come. Gumherts will he out day after tomorrow, he said. The boss is framin some sort of deal on a guy that he wants laid away some guy name o Hammond. Cliacherre Is running it. He figgers on gettin Hatnmona on account of some car that's bein' hunted up Gramont laughed suddenly, tor there was a grim humor about the thing. So Jachin Fell wanted to "get something on poor Hammond! And Chaeherre had seized the golden opportunity that presented itself lids afternoon instead of getting Hammond for the theft of a car. Cliacherre had coolly fastened murder upon him! Ben Is one smart man; I expect he thinks the gods are working for him, said Grnmont. thinly. "So you don't know what happened today, eh? Well, it's great news, hut I've got no time to talk about II. Theyll tell you when they get hack "Where'd they go? demanded the ot her. e "Moutna. Now listen dose! did ru-know that I was in partnership with the boss, get me? I didn't want to tell all the crowd in Between you arid me, front of him t lie loss isn't any too sure about Ben " "Say. I get yon there!" broke in the other, sagely. "I tells him six months ago to watch out for that Creole guy!' You csin tell the hoyj Ljartly. about me when they come hack I don't suppose Ben will he with them. Now, I've been looking over that place r.ext door h! exclaimed I he other, sudden-tv- . Sure! The hoas said that one of hfs friends would he down to " "I'm the one or one of them, and Gfir.mont chuckled as he relleeted on the ludicrous aspects of the whole afI'm going to Houma now. and fair. tlu-hack to flip city. My ear's r next door. Mr. Fell wanted me to warn you to lay low on the lottery business. He's-- got a notion that some one's been talking." "You go tell the boss." retorted the other Id an aggrieved tone, to keep his eye on the guys that can talk, Who'd we talk to here? Besides, we're our heads off on these here bodrs. Memphis lzzy Is attending to the lottery lies got the whole layout up to the house, and we aint touching it, see? Tell the boss all that. natne-e- l MARDI GRAS EBedfordJones IUusirations btj Irwin Myers Contents ISPluid Drachm ' I by Doubleday CHAPTER XI 16 The Gangsters. Gramont left the covert and walked fi.rw aril. lie was thinking about that mid tccni inn of Jadiin Fell had lied in saying he had come here on his master's business? Perhaps. The man had come in Fell's car. and would not hesitate to lie about using the ar. For the moment Gramont I m away the circumstance, but did not Jorge! it. lie walked openly toward t he Gum-berl andings, thinking that lie would have time for a good look around the I hoe before dusk fell; he would then get off for Houma and attend to Hammonds iiefer.se. As for the place before him, he was convinced that It was abandoned. Had m v one, other than Cliacherre and bis two friends, been about the buildings. the late excitement would have brought out the fact. No one had appeal ml and the buildings seemed va-- i am. Gramont's Intent was simple and si raig'ht forward. In case he found, as he expected to find, any evidence of Illegal occupation about the place as ti e sheriff seemed to have discoveied In his cost he would lay Cliacherre and !he other two men by the heels that mght in Houma. He would then go on to New Orleans and have Gumboils arrested, although he had no expectation that the master crook could on the murder-accessorhe licit) ihaiL'c. If this place were ued for I he lotteries, even, he was fairly certain that Memphis lzzy would have Ills .own trucks entered. The men higher up always did. lie walked straight in upon the bam. It loomed before him, closed, land in the level rays of the wester-m- ; sun. The doors in front had been only loosely swung together and (Irani.. m found them unlocked. He stood Hi the opening, and surprise gripped He was held motionless, gazing him. with astonished wonder at the sight oiifronting him. lirectly before him was a small r. adster. one which lie remembered to lane seen .lachin Fell using; in this car, doubtless. Pen Cliacherre had dri n from toe city. He recalled the fact later, with poignant regret for a Hut. at thp present lost opportunity. momuit. he was lost in amazement at the great number of other cars pre-filing themselves to his view. They were lined tip as deep as the horn would hold them, crammed into every available foot of space; well a doz.cn cars, lie reckoned swiftly. i ' What was more, all were cars of the highest dnss, with the exception of tills roadster. Directly before him were i wo which he was well aware HUM have cost close upon ten thousand ewli. What did this mean? Certainty no one man or one group of men, spot, could expect In this io ii- c Mich an accumulation of e ears ! eminent glanced around, hut found ro trine of machinery in the barn, l.i ii.eiiibering lae motor that he had leard. he turned from the doorway Ho strode on in frowning perplexity. the hmg shed which Flood i.wi-nio tiif liofisu, At the end of I.od was a door, and when he found it unlocked. It his hand, and he Cha-ehei- y , Tag1 and Company gine Gramont's eyes fell upon a typed sheet of paper affixed to the wall above the bench. His gaze widened as he Inspected it by the failing light. Upon that paper was a list of cars. After each car was a series of numbers plainly comprising the original numbers of the engine, body, radiator and other component parts, followed by another series of new numbers to he inserted. That sheet of paper showed brains, organizing ability, care and attention to the last detail! Here was the most carefully planned and thorough system of automobile thievery that Gramont had ever ward of. He stood motionless, knowing that this typed sheet of paper In itself was damning evidence against the whole gang of workers. What was more to the point, that paper could he traced; the typewriting could be traced to the man higher up doubtless Memphis lzzy himself! These men ran In cars by the wholesale, probably from states adjacent to Louisiana. Here, at this secluded point on the bayou, they changed the cars completely about.' in number, jiaint, style of body, and theD probably got rid of the new product In New Orleans. Gramont stood motionless. Surprise had taken hold of him, and even a feeling of slight dismay. This was not at all what he had hoped to find there.- - He had thought to come npon some traces of the lottery game Seen all you want, bo? said a voice behind him. Gramont turned. He found himself gazing directly into an automatic pistol over which glittered a pair of blazing eyes. The man was a stranger to him. The place had not been deserted, after all. ne was caught. Who are you? demanded Gramont, quietly. "Me? The stranger was unsmiling, deadly. In those glittering eyes Gramont read the ferocity of an animal 1 Uli-hu- h h haek-eounir- y -- . for it was quite moment, and his eyes ed to the gloomier light-mn- e to him : all around id fragments of cars. iodie in all stages of till more cars! t. He slowly iKtuinced to a long bench ihet I an the length of the shop the window's. A shop, indeed a shop, lie quickly perceived, fitted w,'h every tool and machine necessary reio the most complete automobile .nr-! an Lven pair establishment rush outfit, at one end, together with reh drying compart merit, spoke of paint jobs Comprehension was slowly dawning nrsin rhe mind of Gnimont; a moment later if became certainty, when he came to a stop before an automobile He found (. g'.ne lying on the bench. It io he the engine from a Sturz. the type adopted h.v that latest multi-valv- e this r.rd particular hit of n.a! e of car, maehii.erv looked like new. Gramont inspected it, and he saw ll, at the men had done their woik well. The original engine number had beeti carefully dug out, and the place ns ca refull' fill0'5 an(1 leveled with foetal. H(r. de It a new number had A glam e at the i.cc i vamped. equipment around showed that every appliance r,v orkcTS bed Itl a. eh to turn out the most fin- - A th 1 elec-ir.e:- ;l A is hoc i ( iiii. tc s;ra r.tcted up irun tbe'en- "Hurry Up! Turn Over toe Name and Address." v 1 1 .V-- mm 'f-rr ALCOHOL -- a TER CENT. AVc c table lYcpw ationfcf m- ' 3 I similatind therood by Retfufej; tintbeStomadisandfeerlsrf k (C. t: B v,(- - J m klf.Mil 1 1 emplunS Senna ikAttM JoittS is M B&. fS jl 3r n AWrr,l!;So .and and Feverishness loss OF JtLEEP d (TO BE CONTINUED.) 'T would Seem So. New York man wooed and won hi bride by mail, which is ti e most ex- pensive correspondence s liool course Know. Richard .Vagner, tie great compos. er. was ihe jouuxen ii nine children. That Baby should have a bed of its own all are agreed. Yet it is more reasonable for an infant to sleep with grown-up- s than to use a mans medicine in an attempt to regulate the delicate organism of that same infant. Either practice is to be shunned. Neither would be tolerated by specialists in childrens diseases. Your Physician will tell you that Babys medicine must be prepared with even greater care than Babys food. A Babys stomach when in good health is too often disarranged by improper food. Could you for a moment, then, think of giving to your ailing child anything but a medicine especially prepared for Infants and Children ? Dont be deceived. Make a mental note of this: It is important, Mothers, that you should remember that to function well, the digestive organs of your Baby must receive special care. No Baby is so abnormal that the desired results may be bad from the use of medicines primarily prepared for grown-ups. 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They end the miiery of ConefipaNon. Genuine beer Smxll Pill ; SmiU Dm ; Swall Frit aigiture The Scratch. Bather neat is Johnny Weavers re- BELIEVE IN OLD PROPHECY The Procrastinator. mark if it is Johnny's about a cerMose and Sam were digging a tain literary clique in New Y'ork. He Koreans Fleck to Secure trench over In France. Although no( Holdings in in an gays t Heir sung ought to he, Merrily .especially safe spot, for a time What They Are Satisfied Is to we roll a log.' Boston Transcript. were unconscious of their danger. they Be Great City. Thi n h shell flew over their bends and Little Alberts Hint. just beyond. Others followed. Kelyotig, the lonely mountain of exploded fifth as in the habit of caning Albert At the explosion Mose asked inboom a rienced Korea, exp : over to the ice parlor, where I that made the quiringly promoter pale l think its about work, evening, and asking for into insignific . Sam, don On a tiny piece of a cone. done time got religion? land on the mountain side were nul-estal- e yo-al- uin-e- we-u- One night when mother brought him home she scolded him for ii and forbade him to ask for 4iny more cones. The next time he came over to the I store he said to the proprietor; shouldn't ask for anything, hut if you want to give me any thing he sure it's a cone." Lxchitiige. persons, forming fit-households, while hundreds more were gathered at the base, bidding high prices for the privilege of buying a hit (if land among the favored. The Korean prophet. Ghyong Kntn. w hose writings have, been preserved in the ancestral mausoleum of the onetime imperial family of Koien. long ago phopbesled that Mount Kelyotig would he chosen as the religious confer of the sect which lie founded and as the future capital and metropolis of the peninsula. Ili prophecy has reciijily been given great publicity, it is reported, ami thousands of Koreans are fio king to the mountain, firm in their belief that it is to he one of the greatest lities of the world and that they are "getting in on Hie ground ll Gliuff! replied Sum scornfully. Mose, yo snttenl.v is a tholy shiftless hoy. Me. I done got religion when de fust bomb bust." American Legion ' Weekly. .r,(12 Good Portable Lock. portable door and window lock that can he canned in (lie pocket and applied anywhere without nails or screws has recently been invented by B. N. Wickwire of Garlmndiue, Ia. It consists of a wedge that is placed between the door and the doorjamb. The wedge carries a set ies of fine tetrli that are brought lightly Into con-- t at t with the wood by pressure upon a lever. If any one attempts to open the floor. door the movement wedges the lock into the iamb and the teeth grip so At Our Hcspltanum. Head Nurse "Decisions, do not firmly that the entire door frame must he torn away, the inventor declares, ways decule." Foot Nurse But before the lot k can he forced. are alvvav inside." A Gha-clierr- woV-k-i- ui T I Thereby Promoting and RestContaiis j Cheerfulness nor neither Opium, Morphine Mineral. Not Narcotic This Way Out. want my money back. What's wrong? The lithographs In front of your movie house made me think I waa going to see a shocker on tin screen, fell asleep. jl I Did youi nap refresh you? I suppose so. "You are welcome. Kindly step ' aside and let the lady get up to tlto vv indovv." ticket Birmingham I i Age-lleral- d. Most picturesque slang comes from of some ona, rich idea in possession poor in vocabulary. a aln Women will never love each they do their fellow men. other The one way t at hay. "I s'poe you would l!Ve to know that, hull? I guess you knw enough right now to get ail Hint's coalin' to you. ho! Got any particular business here? Speak up quick! was shorn. The other Gramont sneered at him. viciously. Ilurry up! Turn over the name and address, and I'll notify the survivin' relatives Name, please?" "Henry Gramont." was the calm reDon't gt hasty, my friend. sponse. Didn't you see me here a little while ago with Ghacherre and the- - other hoys?" What's that?" The glittering eyes flamed up with suspicion and distrust. "Ilpre with them? No. 1 didn't. I been away fishing all afternoon. What the h you doing around this joint?" "Your best scheme. said Gramont. coldly, is t change your style of tone-- , and to do it in a hurry! If you don't know what s happened here this afternoon, don't ak me: vou'J find out soon enough when tin other hoys get hack. You'd belter tell them I'm going to get in touch with Memphis lzzy the minute get lutck to the city, arid that the less talking they do " What the h )'s all this? demanded the other again, but with a softening of accent. 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