Show The Story of ofa Countryman e a s DAN Triumphs in a BIBy BI DIp Ury CIt G GUNN By ByL LRoy ARMSTRONG cIl Tilt x I I Continued I He lie came caine do to tl her made malle sure It was wa th the tho lie lu- 11 sought ought and nd th then n dropped hack back and follow olo Id d ata ata at nt nta a distance of or some 20 pac pacen- pacen She Sho was going toward that bu business busi buel ln l- l n ness center which still sti seemed II like e eI I the middle of an hour glass to him through which cv every r man and anil il woman wo wu- man In the city clr mu must t pass some sometime m time Just ahead was the Iron frame of I the lie viaduct induct with wih tho the heavier Iron framework of or the bridge e beyond I IThe The woman was going at an increasing in increasing In- In creasing pace He had to walk very fast to preserve his distance from her hor At times sIte she almost ran ra raCor for Cor a few steps step The cloak was wao slipping from her shoulders shoulder She seemed med Insensible of or the cold for her hands were vere swingIng swing swing- Ing hug unprotected Across the theIa Ia viaduct past the few people who were hurrying alon along in inthe Inthe Inthe the gathering shadows shadow's of ot approachIng approach approach- Ing Ing night an and she was at the thc end of the thc bridge Dan Gunn without knowing why was excited Ho He le came a little closer She leaned over the river paused a moment wont on almost to thi the middle of or the bridge ge then su suddenly tenly clambered clam clam- bored beret upon the rail rai crying cring Inc incoherently enty an and tossing at the cloak which would get et in the lie thea a way va she loosened her hold holt an and fell tel But Bu Dan Gunn o obeying that Impulse Impulse Im Im- Im- Im pulse he lie could not havo have explained was within in 10 feet of or her bier as she dropped lopped He caught at the cloak and at th thin tho fluttering skirts The cloak ant broke broko its hasp and amid came away But lut the tho clothing clothing cloth cloU ing held lucid He dragged her b back ek to tho foot- foot walk One or two passers passers-by by paused curiously Dont do 0 that girl said Dan Gunn kindly ty the I last t thing you ou want to do o on earth She did not look at him hll did not speak but only moaned Incoherently A cab was passing empty from rota the big railway station Dan Daft stopped the theS S driver an and lifting the girl In his arms arms tool took her in the cab cah with him an and drove e dlo to his hotel I want a room and a n doctor for Cor this woman he said sll to the clerk clerIc She was vas wa quite unconscious now and ant the lie strange pallor lalor of her face frightened fright fright- ht- ht ened him Tho The crisp clerk had hat by that time become converted to the theor theory that anything the lie man nian from Ma wanted wanted he ought to have And nt In five minutes the lie girl was lying on eu a cot cotIn cotIn cotin In a little lite parlor with wih a n physician and a nur nurse e attending her hero not poisoned sl said the doc doe tor Dan ha had feared she was It I Is simply some sonic nervous trouble Shell She'll Shel be he better present presently Ho lix a awn nt away nay You stay ta said ald nl Dan Daxi Gunn to the hO thi nurse nUe anti and she di did In an hour the favorite of the stubby stubby stub stub- b by leader was ivits sleeping soundly And Dan Gunn was I rending reading a letter leter from froni Mrs Westervelt It I contained a n olo message I My Den Dear Mr t T Ct r young g woman rt In t gnu J to know kno no you ou are arc in i town wn quit qui going to the hou house houe e of ot the sick woman and the tho crippled bo boy I hear of her in fn other places always alway helping some woman or some child chilI in trouble anti and pain The fhe last time I saw aw her hel she sl said she would come conic to me If Ir she Rhe nee needed ed anything any any- thing That was wn the lay day the tho children were lost lost I have heard nothing oCher of oC her since Come over o er and see ee us Maybe rabe we wc can devise te lse some plan for Cor finding her hero Your grateful friend Mrs los X Well eli cl how are you by now t de demanded tiC tiC- Dan Gunn in his cheeriest voice as h he bent over o el the lie the girl In the little parlor He lie was wa much troubled b by the letter letter letter let let- ter from Mrs h- h Westervelt but he was resolved resolve to 10 be he nothing but strong and cheery cheer In the presence Plesence of oC this troubled young oung woman Im Im all al right she he said il But nut I wish you ou had left lef me alone It I would have been all al over oel now I dont don't tont know about that said ald theman the lie thoman man from rain Im Mauston lauston lauston I think you ou can swim ax I Where here have I s seen en you ou before asked asket the patient patent for fOI the first tm time I finding sonic some hint of reco recognition Well oil oi you ou saw sw mo nie lying on the Hoof foot of a n ba basement ement In a n pretty orett tough North orth Side Sile building said Dan Gunn A man gave 0 you a knife and amid I tol told you it I would woul would would- Cut m my love clI cried 11 the girl interrupting inter Inter- an and sitting up in iii bed TIme The nurse was ver very much interested ted OhI Oh I remember you ou And she burst Into i tears ears tears Well el dont don't cry CIT now It I was a mis mis- take No Xo It I was true The Time knife brought a bad luck Juck Why If you ou h hadn't nt given it to me inc 1 I coul couldn't nt have pulled you back hack from flom the thc river today I 1 iv wouldn't have been trying to gelin get gel in the river I have I have I have hae been heen Inthe Inthe in inthe the station over ever since staton Oh thc they caught you ou did they Yes and amid they have clubbed me mo fox for CO COnot not miot telling where Stubby Is And II I I dont don't know lenow where whelo he lie is is She Slie was crying softly Stubby said Dan Gunn the name of or the plea pleasant ant youn oun man mami who slapped me with wIh the back lack of his hand Is it I She no nodded det Well el hes he's probably laid up somewhere some some- where with wih a broken arm aria and amid a caved caved- in rib or t two 0 sal said Dan Dnn But If it I y yOu yu u want him well we'll find him him him I 1 dont don't care where he is Is u a u woman mused the tho re ros- ros I I I cuer cuel Well el you get et a god nights night's sleep and well we'll wel tal talk tomorrow Good Good- nl night ht And Amil he lie left len her Down In the orce Pete Pele off elY on duty and anti dl dressed ed like a pros pros- pel ous life insurance man axon was wait ing lug for him One of oC the time gang was in hel heto e to today to- to day said Pete One of what gang gamig ganc Oh the lie North Side push pUh Well Wel And he told me mo about a n little mix- mix up In a basement th the lie other night I Iguess Iguess guess from fromn what he lie said o of tho the man manlie manthey the lie they tackled that It was you ou How Ho HoUe aro ni-c Ue the lie they all ni getting on asked ask ask- i ed cd his companion Oh sonic some are burned pretty b bad on their lacks backs One is bung bunged d up nil and amid hiding Got brol broken a n arm Yes and amid the time fellow that's keeping Ii him ilni I pu has a crack I In n hl his sk skull ui I. I Where here are arc they 1 Up on the lie North Side Yes Pretty bl big side Ide uel Well I 1 dont don't daro Dont daru dare InU Interrupted Dan Dami G Gunn mn P Pete te ne never r say that again You are aro starting nfl And from l fr rain hero her out lOt you Cil dare S do to un any any- f U 5 I. I 1 1 V i J 2 t i thing that you ought to do l 1 are arc the they iney i Where here bet I tl thia toil tell tel you ioU ou the num number her to 10 o ea save e n life Could you nu OU take lake me t there ereY alive the they would Y Yes but but man alve kill you ou li Come sun show n flue The went ent out together They passed passed pass pass- They men loafed loaf loaf- where young oung ed the tho corners cornelS t fh They passed I the h ed eti d on warmer days dus telegraph telegraph pole and the garbage l box where the goat Roat helped Dan Dami on padlock padlock pad pad- went down lown an nn alley I lock oc k day a They ale and knocked no k d at the door doom tom of a td tidy tidy- e on the rear of the lot cottage ln who looked as ns if IC sli sh hall had hallm A woman m more moie re trouble than she had liati earned opened the lie loor Good evening Pete she said all but did not invite Invite them In Dan took the In initiative Are Arc the they here hero Pete nodded The man from Mauston Mauston Mau rau- ston ton took oft off his hat to the woman and stopped of Into the cottage colage Slit She thought him a police polee o Ulcer an and began bogan bo- bo bf- bf tearfully She seemed e gan to concede the right of oC a man tl to fore fore- his wa way vay In but she bewailed the tho causes that left len hot her thus thui defenseless In her own home The Tho Th hou house e wa was clean but simply fur Cur On a plain loun lounge e lay hay theman the tho thoman tw his heath head In la man of the tho hens hen's next hat lint henl bandages bandages' Dan Dnn shook hook hands hants with him In a n bedroom la lay the stubby loader leather hl his right arm arm outside the tho blankets mind and well wel secured scoured in splints Hello Hlo old man said the visitor Hows things Well you got the lie best of or It I that lint time growled Stubby Never mind that Every dog has his hh day tIny Did DixI l D I hurt you u Oh some Well Wel Veil I Is there anything I can enn do tin doCor fox for you Oh you'll youl give Ive us up Not In a thousand years ear Stubby his wide opened e eyes e eelY very iery elY The man who had worn th the hens hen's nest hat turned his huts fractured skull kul and anti opened his Ip lips In mute amazement I I always settle sette my own bills hils myself myself my self said Dan Gun Sa Say th theres there's res re's ayoung a u young woman over Oel on the he South Side looking looking for you the you the young woman you OU OUe gave e m my knife to Do Io you ou remember 11 1 ber Kitty Stub Stubby's s face glowed with witha a n new Interest Thais her name Is It Is she site locked up No uNo more than I am Now you boys get well ivell wel as fast as you ou can You are mother of of- of Dan turned turnell to the woman who had Imad ceased complaining complaining com corn and was watching In won ion tier der lIeI This Is my son pointing to the theman theman theman man on omi the lounge Mothers good eno enough gh when you OU get Into trouble I Isn't nt she Strikes me take It I up one one side mind and down theother the tho other oilier there then isn't t much In Iii your our busi busl- n ness es And you wont won't give us up asked Stubby as ns he lie grasped the J visitors visitor's hand and anti looked appealingly Into hl his I eyes ees S. S Not for IW an any old scores You bo boys I have ha got lot the stuff In fn you Ol for bettor better I things timings than you ou have o been doing 1 You are the tho noblest man I ever A san said ll the tho mother Oh I J am ani so thankful ul to 10 you youl ou I do believe e belf they will wl be better beter after this Damn said Dan Damu Gunn as he and antI Pete passed to the he street again It uI doe doesn't nt 1 pay lma- 1 Mister said a stooping shuffling J man half hal 0 way to the corner for Cor the love of God Gud give e me a little mone money i My I wife and children arc are freezing Where are the they demanded the theman thE j man mami from Mauston Pete tried to convey a warning waring by sundry whacks with wih his elbow elbo night flight here hele sl sir sil not half haI a blo bloc a away sir sh Oh I beg you rou to come and J see fox for CO yourself OU cJ I 1 know you ou will wi help them I can cami see b by your face j Go on Lets Leis see co them It I was real really more than half a block block It I was more than a a whole block and ant more mme than two But the thoy Y t came presently to a narrow coer covered d way 3 between two brick houses house and anti he he man turned in S Back of tho those hose e brick hOU houses was another another another an an- other brick hou house c. c an arid and not a n window window win win- dow dois' was lighted Right night up tip these steps sir said tho stooping shuffling man mamu and ant he hue j knocked at the door It I was J Pete ha had i ceased his warning nudges 1 and seemed to be gathering courage gl to follow his leader Dan hal had purposely pur pur- gone one ahead of him so o that If It Irhe Ithe II he cared to run he lie could do IL The They were wore within a room too ton dimly dim dim- I ly by l lighted to get at nt first the tho outlines of a 0 single article of o furniture But it was not a cold coll room at all al Wife and anti children shouldn't freeze in Iri l here here said Dan lami Gunn Cunn cheerily In an instant there theme was a flood of light bight And from every corner of the tho- room came caine three or four men muon The stooping shuffling fellow suddenly sud sud- denly straightened up and amid threw back his shoulders Ho He was a aery very ery formidable able looking hooking person He tie laughed at Dan face and amid locked the door 5 Did you over ever hear of Dr Cronin he asked Chapter I Dr repeated Dan Lets tee sec That's the gentleman who was found in a catch basin with his skull caved cd in wasn't it If Youre right And that's where they will find you said the lie man who hud hati stooped anti and shuffled Pete you tell you friend who I am lie He Is Kid Kramer the tho prize prise highter high ligh ter was Petes Pete's response Somewhat to Dan's Dans surprise P tr had left his side and was mingling with the men They evidently counted on i he hie waiters waiter's assistance for or thor was no attempt to seep between hin and amid andin in h Th Thre re was no effort to t fo-ce fo hi hIn n to the of the room as the the- did Jl with tIme the man train hut But as Dan at hits his lat hat companion con com panion ho he 1 the later somewhat In the tho r ream ir of the other men ii where hieme they 1 not detect the action close one eye slowly anti and bend r steady and ala significant g gaze ze the other As s Dans Dan's eyes oyos grew more accustomed accustom ed eti to the light he turned about and auth studied the faces of these surrounding stir sur rounding him S Among them was the lie bullet headed runner for the lie Holland anti and thi tho slim shim but sharp looking capper for or tin thui Hotel Roma Itonia and several whom ho he had seen In the burrow of hue tho Market Street gangI gang I told you to wait on the bridge till I came back lie hue said to tho first Anti And I asked you then to conic come to this hotel replied the runner I always got my man some sonie time Yes sometimes you always got get your man was Dans Dan's retort Gen lemon when does time the dance begin Con I i ml Tomorrow Morning 5 S r I y kL |