Show T I The Ilic Story of ofa a Countryman s sT s. s D AN T Triumph in n a BI ChyC City Chy i G C By ARMSTRONG X N IX IX Continued Oh youre you're ready for Cor It I ar aro you ou asked the tho man who luau had stooped nl and An Au I should live 11 0 n a thousand year I never should bo he 10 readier ho lie 10 re rc Well el you wont won't live Ivo a thou nl years yean broke In P Pete tc and a n mU murmur o of tuf Indorsement greeted th tin tile assert Ion n. n Dan Dm looked looke at tho the last speaker r and again caught that very ver emphatic anti and sustained wink no lie le neither was Wan tho the mans man's observation I He lie was taking off or coat cont vest and collar olor Ho lie lo stripped to undershirt I trou trousers rs timid and shoes He lie looked 11 tho prize f lighter fighter thy they called him Make a n rin ring he lie commanded l and andall all al the tt men fell fel back to time the four tour walls Dan JJ tUn turned el neil and scanned them ITo iTa Ie saw MW no way vay out of IL It The There was aI nn- nn other olur thing he hl did not R see sec C 1 Ho lit did not see su Pete Anti And nd he lund had a dim im idea that If It ho he could coull prolong tho tIme se session he hue might lund find some wa Va way out of or it i after aCer all Then hen came the thc reflection reElection that thal Inthe In Inthe Inthe the neighborhood where whore they lucy were no no help could reasonably be hue expected Not a single citizen would daro tiara raise ralso a han hand against this compact band of ruffians Strip said I Kid KIti IlI lI Kramer I am nm going to learn you that you aint aa as Q good as ns you think you ou are When I Ige get ge through with you OU Holland Holand there will wi tale take a crack at nt you Well Wehl c 1 you boys tl try me one at nt a time said aid Dan Gunn Chine Q removing his overcoat and buttoning his frock coat tightly about him antI and Ill I'll Il promise to take talc breakfast with you You wont growled the prize 1 tighter fighter antI and squared himself before his victim Now Dan Gunn was a. not afraid of any created thing anti and he had hati Just nerve nervo enough to 10 fight till ti he Iw died tild But nut he hue always 08 said Id that dying was wa the last thing hi ho It meant to do He tie knew l he was somewhat stronger than the average average aver aver- a age man antI and as agile as any anyone one he hue was likely to encounter But he be bE bEas was as no boxer He lie le might have ha taken care of or himself against men who lived as h ho he hall hail lived but hut to face a prize 1 fighters fighter's ht Is weapons and amid anda amida a sluggers slugger's method seemed to him him no proof of or courage So although h ho put up lii 11 his lila hands he had no Intention of or relying on blows with wilh wih fists Kit Kid Kramer maneuvered a 3 moment for or he lie was a wary man and this new n creature who sho wa was so goo good In iii so man many things might be better than he ho thinGs beter seem seem- od tl d oven in the lie art of And then h ho lie struck quickly It I was instinct more than skill sli which war warded cd the lle blow but It I was sas war warded l And Amid in the thc ver e. e 01 very some seine start tf f his boil body he lie boe stepped slopped swiftly for lor- or- or ward md clapped his right hip a against the thc right right hip of oC tho lie Flugger I caught the thc latter loler about the lud body and ant swung uns 8 swung lilt him III ill JI that wide arc heels over OVel head which J wrestlers Inow know ant and ami which mor every roan man Tan l I c e ri ridden 1 ti tn I Kid ld Kramer the fighter tel landd land- land ce iti d on omi his shoulder saved n 1 from th the wall vaIl and the floor wal foor only by the men mon who hail had stepped hack back there here to give him a chance at his victim tei im I He scuttled to hi his ft feet t and started forward again but hu h ho hr stopped before Jie he came camo within reach reach of the hue long Ins firms And nd he stood th lucre thore re a moment 3 moment Then he hue rubbed on ono eric shoulder er Th There Ie was blood on his lip lp anI and ono one of or two men cameo camo forward to attend him flue But nu he hue pushed thorn hiete away a angrily Was as ns he ho to be he laid 01 out t H by 15 a countryman He lie Then he danced Cor forward again No Xo doubt his attack wn was excellent anti and all al that the tho rules could havo have d. d nut But th the moment he came re eril- eril near enough h though Dan Damu was careful not to hasten him oven even b by the fraction of ot ota n a second second hue lw he met another surprise Dan m warded wardi N the tho blow hlo a as before an and amid ns as u before before stepped for m forward But he hue lU did not nor try the Nelson half lock loci Hi- Hi Ht threw w w his left lef foot behind his enemy nem jho e ll the lie upper bo body and auth as the mans luaus feet et could coull not r retreat rat he toppled In that lint Instant thinking that lint he lie hal hail learned something from rome the tho former encounter Kid Kramer Krmel swiftly turned tUned his hotly body to the thc right 4 1 And Amid that completed his dl discomfiture I Ho lie might haw have escaped a D fall Cal by lurn- lurn turn turn- Ine Inc to the tho loft left But nut he ho fell fel as the tho the trees t fall sweeping fall I sweeping downward with Avith wih ing leg momentum and ond crashing nt at the contact with wih th the tho ground g So laid the lie prize lighter fighter a second t lime 11 mule C. C He lie le was furious and amid It fl I was due lue only to tn the hit enforced dissuading of his huts fel fl- lows that lint he ho was saved savel ed from flom making on attack which would have ha- left heft him lube lef defenseless s 's He lie was In iii no flu condition to tl try I it I again but bo lie would And Anti while the tho room reeled with wih the curses and amid threats of or the gang Kid Kramer caught his wind controlled his blind rn rage mage and advanced a third time AntI And when hien ho lie 11 was sas near enough Dan Gunn Gamin situ simply 11 closed in In him U ti hi him iou and foil fell fel upon him him thue the Impact of or the llio weight above crushing the hue breath brath front from 11 tho he 11 both boc body beneath AgIn Ag I fall tal on you once mice more moe youre you're gone genie sone cried Dan Gunn For Fol ho lie could not nol think that he ho lost an any any- thing hung Lu h by defiance But nut he hc never r ne fell fel on man again Kid J Kramer the thC prize e n rolled on the groaning in Iu brutish agony and unable to tn i vise ise Je aJon Dan Damu was on his feet teet Tho rhe me I bullet bullet- l- l headed waiter rushed at him hut but ho lie stepp stepped c aside olde and anh instead of trying to tn Mop top the charge chan l. l caught an ht him him suddenly and hauled him lube fiercely f forward trip trill ping him UH ni-i he lie camo caine all all' and aie rolling roline him lilt half wa way to lo the thc wall wal It l was the sl signal nal for Cor a general at nt- nt tack The They came at nt him from r even ft- ft tide loe sUI striking ng kicking and anti clutching clutching rI I Half talC us as many men would have killed hn e him blue Their saved sved him him- But nut In iii that hat brief minute of oC minue struggle fights fights do ilo co not last th the tho hours somo somi they the thoy found toune the tho wildest wild est cst Hl Hercules that ever or e troubled them A blow here hele a n i rush anti ami a trip there therea a ci 0 fierce shout short struggle with wih one and anti the piling ing of oC two upon him lube a break break- In lag ing from detaining hands hane a u luck hucl- which ived him from flom tilt an any stunning blow and anti antian an ni Inconceivable power to sustain those thoe blows that did fall fal these fail wore tho time details detail of or tho lii fight fht which North SIth bruisers will wil tell tel you of ot fuji for man a and tell loll with wih b bewailing a For In the thick of or It I Dan Cumin Guim heard hear tho the sharp heat beat of o boots boot on omu th he planks outside the tho crash of oC a h heavy f Iun mans man's shoulders against the door 1001 from lom anti and ane he lie saw saw saw-as n a as the lie Greeks Creeks saw the sea sea salvation salvation sw at nt hondo hand In li-i that hunt last Instant he lie caught tho hun V I s headed bullet ImIN hotel hold runner off nil of I ihl tI hi guard rhose dle the til I half o IIII lork Iek ID a gain again arid and t flung Oung that bully uly thi- thi I t ru head of itt a n hi big police pollee lieutenant I Chapter Pete you ar are all ni wool anti and mol mostly in In a yard wide wild said Dan Gunn Cumin a a 1 as h he sat st in the Inspectors Inspector's room at nt the til big police station and pt r- r milted a rough but kindly physician to patch up lu his is bruises Pole Pe grinned He ne II surrounded the he hou houf house e. e said 1 lh lie llio liebI big bI- lieutenant tr trying ln to restore his hla C cap can capo t lo to o Its Is former beauty and anti h ho lie fought l Mke a demon to keep Jeep them from flo P- P s over 1 0 a low lo wall between n tho the houses We Ve didn't know that chanco t to o escape Anti And you got Got all al of oC them a asked led aDa Gunn Every man maui Jack replied time llio In In- In Why hy didn't you Ott Inform us UR about night your lr with wih them the tile other Well Vell Wel why khou should 11 T We Ve would have ha had them loc up Good Gool and safe by now lint But my friend I donl know na as l locking them up does any good Dan Dont they commonly conic con out tw as ha bad as thc they went vent In Oh Oh yes yeK runts That's the tho almost la hl While lable lul rule Well cU then there's theres res re's nothing lit fn U. U f. f Tho Inspector laughed it r If you yon have havo have a better belter system said Paid he lie tice I want wan to help you yu put It I In IH C- C The nex next morning the hue girl at ac the hotel was quite Iuie herself again Dan Dnn told tole her whore where Stubby wis Wf lying hut mit she was afraid to go o over there for forthe forthe the members of the thc gan gang hoc hind It I In in fo for her for giving that to tl llio countryman So he e ie w went want nt with wih her Ive got the gang pretty m mch ill in In hospitals and stone cells cells vi l d he h cheerfully If J you eH moot meet OJ one omie that you yon OI tl wants to harm you OU point him ru out and Ill I'll Il nine maul him luini She was waS genuinely glad to seo the fallen falen h leader header of or the gang banS But nut Im I'm Im dead tired of or the life Ufe Stubby she said Theres two of oC us us saul said sll the tho bandit holding her hand with ith hl hN his good one Dan from rome the living hiring room goot heard hoard them Then break brcak Q a away from Crom It I wd h lie he And he hc went vent to the he bedroom room lOOI door thoom ulav Have you ou got ot a n trade Stubby I learned harness making down at nt Joliet Jol let Well Ill I'll Il get work Wl for you If Sf you rJ want vant ant It I. I Ill Il go you I want vant to tell tehi tel you Ot something th lie tho girl and she Mie fhe held lichtl out her lice rr free hand to him You are arc looking for or a n x photographer I him Yes What hat tb do lo you know about hll lIe He married marriel my sister Ant And bo's bos a counterfeiter Where hen is ig he noI now no I dont don't know where he Is but I can aim l give g you ou her addre address s. s She Shue is a 0 1 rent cent good gool woman She never 11 1 wi lii a cp- cp bad bail I was vas the hue as only one une- une Slit She Bhe pau paused ed a moment and some ome lc of it manhood I mu must t have been leen Jen in J Stubby for 01 on h he f her with a pressure of oC the and md out said tl nothing Sl She Si l' l lad bad d a 1 fine e little f boy hi bL bit t this his ither f.-ither beat hit i and he Will bo tut a M I s nl crip Til- f from 2 ll tOI does oe h The rhue ht gI 1 I told him Yes Ye 1 Ye ye C been heen there he ho said rd You from both hoth of or t tI em The Th m in mother ther Ither of or the lie padlock man nan was ns standing In iii th the ho door I t t. t amazed inte interest t. t O Yes She Sho was suffering She Sho She was wa sick and cold colt and anti hungry She Sho hind had sent that crippled bo boy out I out I fanc fancy hac to find his father and as ask asic for mone money 1 I carlel carried him home A young woman had been thel there an and had OUIS helped lien her A young man In gray with gray with a re red skating cap asked asle the he girl il g with wih excitement The Th same ame He lie lc was the hue moro more ex cx- cx cited o o ti be two but he would not reveal reveal re re- re veal it H. Where here is site she he There Them was a silence for 0 a moment Then hen Stubby spoke eSil e. e SIte Sho Sil got away a from him at nt the lie de de- de c- c pot pol I sun saw sw her once mice an and nd another CelIo fel Cel- oh- oh low Io saw s-nw lucre bore one once up here hene In iii tho lie street and anti I tried to sen send him him word vord J But none l knew lt where he lw had hunt gone I 1 guess les g-les h ho hit has hns stuff sture antI and has quit usell us Wel Well ell I know wh r he lit Is I think us mi said raid Dan Gunn Gene And n Ill I'll fluid find him Il l Jf hm you YOl will find the woman In gra gray Ill Il find her but I didn't know my sister ister was In lii wont want The girl il was greatly l al depressed Evi j dently lenti she he appreciated the lie fact that lieu her sister ister lint hall declined to appeal al to her preferring preferring- a n trust In a n most ln- ln un- un trustworthy husband husban to receiving aid alI which must have ha come from lom this erring err err- ing ng woman Kity Kitty Kilt vent over o er to the tho West est Side She house rented a front ont room of one omie of the tho tenants and watched 1001 Dan Gunn went vent to tn The rho Chronicle office fco and anel got another sheaf of letters In neily to hi his leter I ono one Insertion of oC au an er al advertisement mon Among them were wele two from Crom Mrs frs Hall Hall She Blue still sti n asked II tl to ha have haC C hot her letters Side leter hotel directed to the hue distant South It occurred to Dan that lint Mrs Irs Hall Han made a business of answering culver culver- lo to l LIi- LIi But nut IK lit Il dared not nut ask asic her come com to lo the hotel fOr Mf if she were the lue woman in iii the Gainsborough lint hat n seemed certain she certain she would b In ht put puit on lieu her guard at once Ho He lund had told lien her to conic como there come when she sho was ready to give the up Ul photographer And Amid also he hie She he had dared not me moot meet t h her probably made peace with I the Iho nan man who Whit loved lo lieu her well rell wih to lo shoot 1 enol enough h at her hor And until she should quarrel 1 again ag any communication would only frighten awa away the man nina Da Dan Iani n na a wanted n teel Ive I've Ho Jo It went up anti and anc called Ol on Mr Ir West est lion How Io Ione are nue ne the lie children ren ho lie hp asked Why h t they he art ari well velh They ha haven't been ben Over r fOI for days not since simico the tho cold snap fame canto nut But Cyrus goes thieve there thle eV every cIa they day And inti nil the they lucy always ar oven 1 0 send love hove to you ou rIle They ha have haC C a new sled Sied which th lie they mean to tn us uso when the w weather gets warmer and a n new set of nurse building blocks anti and a now new Good GOOt enough raid Dan Gunn Give Gio m my love loge lo tn Mrs e and send scud lots hots of or It all Cyrus ni It-ni cnn n e corr carry carry carry- lo to the hue children u Good day It I was ns a good day tIny for fou i I 4 Co might light t at the thit busiest cornier corner in iii the thu tu city he hue Into th the arms of nC time the ci old gentleman ran mn full rul who had liati led eel him gentt a t i ln 1 up four fou oui Ight lights or of stairs that Hoil |