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Show liMi. THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON, UTAH Ri T The Black of Silence I e t By Francis Lynde I Illustrations O. Iruia Myers hy Swfic) Vliiua Crud ClupaiD.) (WNC (CpTrlfkt i ; b Id I SYNOPSIS ( fled. Owen Land!, youn Inventor, In the little town of (anhage, haa developed an extraordinary 'silencer," which la atolen from a safe in Ins Landis tells Waliy laboratory. Markham, his chum, the only person, beside himself, knowing the combination of the safe. Is Betty Lawson, daughter of a college professor, with whom the Inventor la in love. Markham takes a plaster cast of a womans footprint, found beneath the window of the laboratory, And takes an opportunity to fit It to one of Betty's shoes. They are Identical. Betty tells Markham Herbert Canby, a stranger, posing as a "promoter," had driven her home the previous night, and that she had dosed in the car. Markham does not tell Landis of his discovery. Vaguely suspicious of honesty, he aeurches his hotel room, In his absence, finding two loaded automatic revolvers and a complete set of burglar's tools. Canby brings the revolvers and burglar's kit to the hotel clerk, to have Just found them claiming In his room. That night the saTe In the hank of the small town of Perthdnle Is Mown open and looted, the noise of the explosion being unheard. Satisfied that his black box" Is In the hands of crooks, Landis, with Markham, goes to Perthdale. Three strangers, claiming to be business men of Louisville, are the only possible suspects. i s CHAPTER V Continued 5 not wasting their tfine or mine. Those rerthdale people didnt have a thing on these chaps; nothing more than that they happened to he driving a car that looked like one somebody had seen going through their town. With fifteen or twenty million cars chasing round over the country " Sure," said Markham; then, "Did these men say which route they were taking to the West?" "No; I didnt ask em. Rut If theyre making for Colorado they probably took the National to St. Louis and Kansas City. Entirely at a loss as to what to do, other than to wait for the news of another mysterious robbery, Markham and Landis spent the greater part of the forenoon making guarded Inquiries at the various garages and filling stations In the hope of hearing something which might Indicate the direction taken by the black touring car In leaving Terre Haute, but black touring cars passing through, In all directions, were as plentiful as falling leaves In autumn. Well," Markham announced, "I've got one more shot In the locker. Ive Just remembered that I know the telegraph editor of the CliIcfgo News and Ill wire him to let me know If anything breaks. Hell do It, Im sure." Markham wrote hi a message and dispatched It, and within the next half-hou- r an answer came. Early In the morning, too late for the news of It to get Into the morning papers, a bank hud been blown up (n the small town of Smlthbury, 111., and nobody had heard the noise of the explosion. A hasty examination of the ronte map located the small town three fourths of the way across Illinois, and a Rtart was made at once. Ry hard driving the scene of the new devastation was reached a little before dark, and Inquiry proved that the Rerthdale raid had been repeated, this time, however, with a murder added. The body of the town watchman had been found In the debris of the wrecked bank with a bullet through his heart. Again, as In rerthdale, the accepted theory seemed to he that a hitherto unknown and noiseless explosive had been employed. At tills, Landis, with a growing seiv'e of his culpability as the Inventor of the box of silence. Insisted that It was no more than right that he should tell the story of his Invention and Its loss, regardless (if the consequences to himself. Rut to this Markham objected strenuously. "It wouldn't help matters in the loast. and It would most likely mean all sorts of trouble for you." was his emphatic protest. "You are no more responsible than Is the Inventor of the nitroglycerin or dynamite these yeggs nre using." "Rut am I not withholding Information that the authorities ought to have? They would doubtless say you were and give you the third degree to try to get more out of you. No; thus far, we have the only clew that promises anything at all. and the-- e city sleuths would only make a hash of It If we should pass It along to them. We'll get a hite to eat and go on." "Where to, from here?" Landis queried. Ill show you, after we got a lunch put up. We can eat as we go." It was still early In the evening, end, driving out of town to the southward, Markham made a half circle, cutting all the roads leading to the At each Intersection he westward. made Inquiries at the nearest farm house, and 'y thl mentis they were "No; r i , ! f once more upon the trail of a black touring car answering the description given them by the Rerthdale banker. An early rising farmer had seen such a car; It had stopped opposite his Markham gate to change a tire. questioned the farmer close'y. IIow many people were In the car?" "Couldnt tell. There was two men changing the tire, nnd another Inside. That was all 1 saw." "Could you see thorn well enough to describe them? Not all of 'em Just one. Tall feller. smooth faced, pretty well dressed. Hud somethin the mutter with one ear looked like what you rend about them prize fighters curs; I forglt what jmi call It." "Cauliflower ear." Markham supplied. "What kind of clothes was he wearing?" Here the farmer was at fault; couldn't remember about the clothes except that they were neat and cltl Markham let the clutch engage and the blue roadster sped on to the westward. Throughout the evening thpy had little difficulty In tracing the black touring car. A garage keeper had talked with one of the men, and he had said he and his companions were from Louisville and were on their way to Colorado on a business trip. Asked If he had heard of the Smith-burrobbery and murder, the garage man said he had; that the tire buyer had told him about It. "Some nerve, and It chimes In prettv well with your notion of a hold, bud bluff," was Markham's comment, as they drove on Into the night. Rut now Landis was beginning to admit y a doubt. "We nre taking an enormous lot for granted, Wally, don't you tldnk? The men are not acting like robbers. You may be right, at that, Markham conceded. "It Is all a raw chance, I'll admit. Rut now we are on the way, well keep going until we catch up with them and give them the once-ovcr.- At Hannibal they learned the number of the black car with the Ken- tucky license plates. Their stop for the night was mnde at a late hour at Chllllcothe, and as Markham drove Into the garage near the hotel he was assigned a space beside a touring ear, dusty nnd wayworn. As he was giving the garage keeper directions about putting the blue roadster In condition for an early start In the morning he rhnneed to glance at the number plate of the dusty car. "That car standing beside mine; who owns It?" he demanded. "I dont know," said the garage owner; "bought It today from two fellows who drove through from Louisville. I got a bargain off em. "Two, you say? Werent there three?" No, only two. It's all straight. They had a bill of sale, giving the motor number and all. To make sure, I wired the Louisville denier whod sold 'em the car, and got his answer. They gave me the dealers name and address. "You say they took the train. Do you know where they were headed for?" Somewhere out In Colorado, they said. They took the four o'clock or I spose they did. "Cnn you descrlhe them? "Why I don't know aa I could; nothing unusual about 'em except that the tall one, the one that did most of the talking, had a queer looking bunch on one ear. Excuse me, but what are you two, anyway? Detectives? "Not exactly. Rut we are Interested In these men." "No chance that this Is a stolen oar, Is there?" "Probably not, since you have traced It to the Louisville dealer who sold It. Did the men have any hand baggage? Suitcases couple of em." "No other baggage?" Markham pressed. "Nothing but a camera. One of em, the short on was carrying that In a shawl strap. "What kind of a camera?' "I didnt notice, particular; only that It looked too big for a kodak ami not big enough for a movie machine." As they left the garage Markham said, Well, Owen, maybe it isn't such a v ild goose chase after all. What do you think now?" "There have been throe men in that car nil along; I'm wondering what became of the third man. "So am I, Also, I am wondering why they sold their car." I.andis was silent for a moment and then he burst out excitedly. "Ive got It, Wally I'm almost sure I've got It! It was a bluff its been one all the way along. These men are the limn 've want, nnd they 're going to stop off at some small place nnd wreck another bank! That's why the third man didn't show up. lie was left beh'ii to either buy or steal another car! Too Re to prove tin on that guess tonight," Markham said. We'll find out bright and e. riy morning if your gu(-- -s Is right." They were up hi times to go in smirch of the proof or dm, roof f Landis' At the pi ice to which guoss. they had been directoi they f mud the auto dealer Just operitg IPs door. M.nk-litin- i Introduced hhnvf atid h's question. "Do you mind telling us if y,Hi soil a car yesterday?" "I Sold tv o of them; ere on the Installment plan, ami ote for goo.p hard cash u lhe mi "It Is the c h s that we arc i:t dark-colore- d 1 I i. Markham, with hi terested most engaging smile. "Did you know your purchaser?" "Never laid eyes on him before. He aned to Just blew In and said he buy a ear. I showed him a new eight we'd Just got In. and he counted out thp money, climbed In and drove off, Just like that, with a snap of his In," uMd v lingers. t'uuld you describe the man? Yes, In a general way; medium sizid and height, somewhere along In tils thirties. Id say , light completed, sandy hair smooth face, fa'rlv well diesowl. Nothing wrong, Is there? "I.r we don't know yet, Markham said. "You say he drove away How about the licence at mice? plate-."1 lent him a pair of niv ler's own-dea- He said plates, you know. he'd be In his home state In a day or so and didn't want to buy a Missouri license for such a short time. Said he'd semi mv (dates back to me when he got home." "Well, where are we now?" LnndN asked, as they returned to the hotel. Dp In the air again," Markham re- plied shortly. "If your guess Is right, there was probably another bank smash last night, somewhere; but If there was. It may have been either east, west, north or south. Were stuck again until we can get hold of a news wire. Land's Inspirational prediction of the night before had a startling conThe night operator at one firmation. of the railway stations had Just come A bank In, and lie brought the news. In a small town some fifty miles west had been blown up early In the night; and again, so the wire report said, the explosion had not awakened people. "Well, I guess that knocks the last, lingering doubt for the count," was Markhams comment upon the railroad telegraphers story of the latest The two who took the train foray. place, dropped o!T at the agreed-upoand the other drove the new Fleet-wing- . Finish your coffee and we'll check up on the guess." A ninety-minut- e run brought them to the scene of the latest raid, the market town of a farming community. At the railroad station they questioned the agent. The man's answers Two confirmed Markham's guess. men, carrying suit cases and something thnt the agent thought was a camera, had arrived on the local train of the previous afternoon, and, Instead of going uptown, took a waiting auto and drove away. "This was late In the afternoon, wasnt It? Markhnm asked. was "Along about dusk. Forty-threheld up by a freight wreck and she was away late." They took their leave. When they were again whipping the miles to the rear, Markham said, "Simple enough, Isnt it? "Perfectly. They drove away and waited until the town was asleep. Their Job done, tliey went on west for a guess. Thats the way they've been heading all along. Weve been missing one bet as we came along, Wally; the names of these three men. We could have got them from the Terre Haute sheriff, or from the auto dealer In Chllllcothe." "Nothing to that If theyre the crooks we think they are, theyd use aliases, of course; and different ones In different places." "No, you're wrong there. So far as weve been able to learn, they have been posing consistently as three business men from Louisville right from the beginning. And youll remember thnt two of them gave the Chllllcothe garage man a Louisville address to which he could wire." Thats so; Td forgotten that. It's either a clean slate, or the nerviest bluff thnt was ever put up, Owen and Im still believing Its a bluff. Inquiring as they went, they heard no word of a Fleotwing Eight until they reached St. Joseph. Rut here the submerged trail came to the surface again. A garage mans memoranda showed thnt a new Fleetwing Eight hnd stopped for gns. Driving on Into the city, and to a hotel, they found that three west bound tourists, hailing from Louisville, hnd come In shortly nftor midnight and had gone Immediately to bed. had They checked out after breakfast and had resumed their Journey. Looking tip the names signed In the register, Markham made a note of them; and a little Inter a wire of inquiry went to the cashier of a I,ou hank. The answer was In the n.'Ruro of a sudd n htmkeiing of odd water. "Heres where we get It In the nose," said Markham with n sheepish grin, as he handed the telegram to Landis. Landis read the few tjpewritton lines : "To Walter Markham, St. Joseph, Missouri. Parties named are prominent men this city stop Tliey left for Colorado, driving, some dajs ago step Understand they are interested In Western mines. "A. J. WiMovi r. He was watching Markham's when he passed the square of ;e'Dw paper back ncro.-- s the table. "I guess thnt settles It , You said, in the beginning, p e,-- . turn out to he a wild goo-- c!:.w and e g-- in OLD FOLK FESTIVAL IS BIG QUARTERLY Has But Religious Pilgrimage Greatly Changed. Today dersized, An unH Rig Quarterly dimmed and sophisticated true, hut one of the to. Quarterly, festivals still celefew real 121 years brate.! in our country. Eor a iu August Sunday last on the tumultuousonce throng of negroes, emotional, ly devout and Intensely Del., to In Wilmington, creamed on by' many roads, in commemorut of the there st.ildishinont (lf Colored African Union Free church (the ALM1 ), Uist Protestant 1M1. It Is formed by free negroes In Delmarva the to occasion unique an peninsula. Thousands came In other Tdajs. icy came today. Many hundreds eastern sho all the down all gather and New ui through Pennsylvania Delaware and jersey, from Virginia used la a religious pilgrimage that "romerlas to the to he comparable beginof Spanish America. In the a was strictly ning Rig Quarterly church festival and Its spiritual decorcharacter was obvious In the arrived um of the celebrants, who ox carts, on foot or niuleback or In a genbut with the years It became colored people for homecoming eral of this large region a huge, gay trains outing and reunion. Special acto many points from were run llackmen commodate the devotees, fried fish grew rich. Watermelons, and roastin ears disappeared by the The ton. One custard maker, as In have never would Green Pastures," been adequate. There were bare feet and slat sunbonnets; gentlemen of hats. any importance wore high silk that crowd vivid a was gorgeous, It promenaded French street forty years ago. Just about then the change, the falling away, began. This Sunday tan face powder and rosewood rouge; plus fours and Antibes shirts Instead of ceremonial toppers; plenty of motorbusses and private cars to save the pilgrims time. The original animating religious fervor has departed; observance Is perfunctory, not exaltiDg; youth does not look wonilerstruek nor Is Inage renewed. The waning was colored the evitable after younger folk lost their strong devotion to church practice and turned to worldly emotional outlets. A century ago Rig Quarterly was for many of them the drop of honey In the tasteless comb. Now they share with all of us a surfeit of diversions, of human contacts, of omniscience. New York Herald Tribune. folk SEQUOIA FOREST A FTaneesca, Launcelot and Guinevere, counted the world well lost for the brief ecstasy of love. 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