Show the th e house houe of the oliree huble gra ganders by frying ng copyright by y Zao heller ser serviced vicel J SYNOPSIS in magreed na a greed and starving a boy of about jilot sixteen een la Is found in the woods wood by a camping party having fled from his him brutal father bat morrison Mor ryson red fed and in in clean clothes the boy S shad ad aher abhor idan dan Is sent ent to canton with a letter to colonel blake the tha colonel his wife and their young daughter ruth are impressed by the boys manner ile iia goes to work in amity darn dam and becomes friendly with a youth of his age dony bony and bumpy brown tinker e r v village 1 I 1 go chara character ctr bat Morr do determined t or r n jim ne d to tak take hl hta son eon bac back Von to hla him own dissolute life to Is overawed over awed by colonel blake the district actor ney and hta his father passes out of shad chads life A girl youn and pretty COMOS comes to arc browns shack inquiring for him shad aepli applies ea hl himself maeef diligently 1 y to his neglected education love for ruth huth make takes it a strong hold on his he heart art in an attack mado made on the perry f family M fly oscar perry the father Is ft fatally am shot and his daughter mrs re tle wife of cyrus doolittle prominent citizen seriously wounded circumstantial evidence points to bumpy brown as an the asia assailant lie ire is arrested the friendship b tween between 0 shad and itu aluth th blake kindles in into to love colonel blake arran arranges firem for the youth to take up the study of law under his guidance now new evidence points to nob hob ert royce hoyce as the possible murderer of perry bumpy brown la in released on ball A stranger in the nearby town of ashfield attracts the attention tion of doctor gorse dorse friend of shad and bony there Is in proof he could have planted evidence against drown brown and hla his description fits a proclamation calling tor for the arrest of donald al byre bandit and bank robber the stranger has associated with robert royce CHAPTER CHAMER VIII continued 1 16 G shad began his story s there to la a wise man whose name I 1 cannot give eive you no lie thinks that algyre had a hand in the killing of oscar perry with a memory that missed no detail he presented pre tented the doctors theory and its background and his own notion that the mw ma whose arm had reached through the panel in their wall was or of the real murderer the colonel listened with edep bep interest upon my word it to la a most plausible theory he said the man who made it Is no lie fool and he has some knowledge ol 01 0 the case of course the fellow who did the shooting had a con federate ono one had to do the planting thet night it might very well havo have been algyre it to la possible that he needie cash if that is t true M w he paused and smoked thoughtfully you say may it was up to royce koyce again shad asked royce I 1 res he keeps in the picture still we must be sure of our ground time im going to give 1 l royce koyce a private examination and see what hW happens pens has bumpy brown given yoi any light 1 none revl go down to ashfield just T now its an interesting center I 1 want to have a look at that telegram which came to algyre shad told his friend of the feeling against bumpy h nobody will harm him said blake this Is not the wild west of the old days well go up to the dam ill have a word with hod sherman and his big club mates then well drive to AshIl ashfield eld 11 shad promised bumpy that he would return in a day or two when the boy and the colonel set out for amity dam the club was waa briefly addressed b by y the district attorney in a few minutes be and shad were in bob buggy on their way to ashfield they found that the detectives had followed a clue into the wilderness royce koyce the most intimate friend of algyre had gone with them shad and the colonel went to the western union office and got a copy of tho the telegram which had been delivered to donald algyre this was the mes mea sage will sent them to me by post boots follow will go mart lewes come with me and well see if we can make out what this means said blake shad went with him to the westminster hotel the day was nearly spent darkness had fallen the colonel sat eat down and began to study the message menage making notes with his penell pencil in a few minutes he remarked well shad this Is a very simple matter I 1 have the translation of this cipher come hero here and I 1 will show it to you w ahat what shad saw w was as this 2 4 a 0 5 will 1 sent them to me by post boots 8 1 follow will go A the colonel continued the real message Is this go will follow thorn post pnat ne 1 11 yon see I 1 learned this art of reading ciphers under a great master in the war department years yeara ago it to Is a fascinating art arl they still consult me r on difficult problems this la Is so easy i that any tyro of the least experience could read it you begin with the last word and continue with the first and then men with every other word taken alternately from right to left and from left to right it Is 1 very easy yet the average detective would see nothing in the words they hold bold a warning and information of prime importance if I 1 am right the man who se sent 1 A that message Is either cither here or ba baa ig been here lie he Is probably here now he knows what the pinkerton men are doing you sep sef algyre has a clever jay item hb his a man shadowing the me detectives he always knows where no doubt Abeen posted in another mes they atri aro moreover the shadow hu bu sago sage sent to this as to the present whereabouts of algyre this may lead to interesting adventures my boy come let us go back to tho the telegraph office they went out to tho the ashfield station on the great wire way the manager was still on duty tho the colonel called him aside and said maid 1 I nm am here again in behalf of the people of this county have unco you received any message or messages for one sewel tram yes one it camo came yesterday I 1 remember that peculiar name 11 may ilay I 1 see it please tho the manager malinger brought tho the message from his file and colonel blako blake copied it on a western union blank ile iio asked the young man cann kindly to drop in to his room at the westminster hotel for a minute on his way to supper the colonel and shad hurried back to their quarters blako blake spread out the message on his big desk and studied it look here my boy he bald in a moment this problem Is built on a different plan but it Is very simple shad read tho the message to sewel tram ashfield N T Y 8 tt 7 we must revere mr brock hla his house 4 gave big order to our man vile good 0 canada money thirty five thousand seven hundred and forty six dollars den revell revel first tell me where do you get the name sewel tram shad asked tho the colonel answered you yon see bee the shadow must keep changing his bla name no ile must have a now new namo name every time he moves moreover hla his new name must always be known to ills his confederate therefore algyre gave him his name lug his telegram was signed mart lewes spell it backward and you get the name of the shadow to this now new message algero signs den revel bevel therefore I 1 presume that algyre I 1 Is now known as ned lever it 1 la likely what do you make out of this message mes saga shad asked it look simple to me naturally not said eald the colonel it fit looks like a perfectly innocent communication muni cation from one bu business man to another but it clearly tells his con federate to address him at the revere house Broc brackville brockville kville canada the key to the abo cipher Is in the figures they indicate the words which carry his message therefore Ther eforo the message begins at tho the third word after he reaches the double numerals he omits in each case the first figure so that 14 for instance becomes simply 4 this avoids confusion its fairly ingenious gen lous the plan was pretty good it kept the criminal a jump ahead they were in bad luck these messages fell into hands BS as dangerous for them as any in the united states 1 I think that you and I 1 have algyre alias ned lever at our mercy well say nothing to anybody and just go and get him it will bo be more fun than hunting grizzly bears the local manager of the telegraph company arrived the colonel asked did tram call for bis big message yes yea sir I 1 suppose it was tram agave I 1 gave him the message myself 6 he had bad a full beard and rather long hair yes sir 11 and was well dressed yes he looked like a drummer av probably you have not noi seen him since no sir air thank you I 1 request that you keep this matter to yourself I 1 suppose that a fow few hundred dollars would be useful to you very overy of well justice demands that tram should not be interfered with justice to you to certain injured parties and to me I 1 am after that reward it Is not all that I 1 ani am after but the reward Is not to be sneezed at if those pinkerton men go eo to fooling feeling with tram they will cook the goose for all oi of us your work in the matter will be this if any message comes to you either for or from tram call me here or at my bince or my house within five minutes and let me know exactly what the message Is I 1 go home on the morning train 1 I 1 thau shall do as you say it will cause you some trouble perhaps but you will bo be doing a service to the e public and it if au ah goes well it will pay you good night shad was thrilled by all this and by thoughts of the tha prospective adventure llo ile asked s now how did you know that trani tram had a full board beard and long hair haarr tho the colonel replied you sou goo eco the pursuit has just begun they have been making a still hunt bunt for their man it la Is now an open hunt they havo have hit the trail and aro are asking for the help of the public now a shadow must avoid attracting attention to himself at every change of baso base lie must look to the casual observer like ilke another man one with ft a full beard and long hair has only to sit down la in a barbers shop and got all the disguise he be may require it if lie he shaves off his mustache he would pass you without being recognized unless you had known him a long time think of tho the changing expression of the head and countenance which the barber can impart to you long hair straight hair early curly hair short hair whiskers sado whiskers that hang ilk like drooping lilacs gal waya the handful of hay bay on the chin of the bumpy brown variety the dignified imperial then think what the barbers barbera dye can do for yon it can make your foliage red or black or brown or flaxen blond oh I 1 knew that fellow would bo be likely to begin hla his work with plenty of hair and whiskers they fire are his rock of safety of course he la Is likely to have only casual observers to contend with he is a cunning chap ile he fusses busses around with some kind of business of the house to house variety main street sees little of him shad asked can call I 1 go with you to Broc brackville brockville kville shad I 1 like you I 1 dont mind petting getting hurt myself it if its necessary this la Is a good deal of a job then remember algyre has seen you you know I 1 disguised myself once so BO that my own father know me 11 the boy answered besides Besl dea algyre saw me only in my old clothes I 1 look like somebody now and then I 1 know what it la Is to be hurt I 1 aint afraid ill think it over lets wash up and go down to supper after they had eaten the colonel telephoned to his bis homo home for some minutes ho consulted the time tables and a map of the northern border which was always with him they returned to their room colonel blake sat down at his desk and began to write this Is wednesday he remarked we will tackle our little job tomorrow I 1 think that my plan will work he oat eat for some minutes composing him telegram he summoned the boy to his big title side here Is the little joker which will I 1 think put us next to our man when that Is accomplished I 1 shall ahall know ow what hat to do 11 this Is the message which diak blake had wr written I 1 it c n to ned lever revere house Broc brackville brockville kville ont 1 4 new field watch developments and 6 0 0 meet competition smith sends ca cash at 2 0 6 from mor morristown goods due dua at dock 8 0 9 lottreal jon lon treal midnight today consignment number am lot let will 5 7 thompson whistle demand three 8 8 times bonus offered and an answer 5 before two tomorrow also balance of 55 dollars sewel tram now there to Is a commercial message I 1 can see nothing in it to excite suspicion it to Is like the kind of thing that shoots over the wires every day between principals and agents here on the border this Is exactly what algyre will get from it IL I 1 have hava placed the numbers so that you may clearly see the system he read the tha translation as follows now new developments meet cash morristown dock midnight today whistle three times answer two morristown Is opposite Broc brackville brockville kville 1 the colonel went on 1 I know ti tha s ground very well the dock lies ilea low its a favorite landing for swall small b boata 0 a tg the river Is still open there to Is no ice in it the ferry stops at seven algyre can easily get a boat and boat man to bring him across the trip would not take more than fifteen or twenty minutes it if we can get him on this side of the border wo we shall have no bother with extradition proceedings ce hell bell naturally conclude that tram to la making a swift getaway and to la anxious to jump across the border this stout old grizzly will I 1 think put ills his loot foot in my trap it if he does he h may maul us up a little that why I 1 think better keep away TO big BB CONTINUED |