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Page Efcfit THE EUGENE GUARD FeT)nia BlaziteflbrizoiL CHAPTER XLVI When he dropped into his faror- lta haunt that evenlne for a quiet Kama of poker, Tony Harrison found the icar-faoed Forbes stand ing beside the bar. Once more he was assailed with the feeling that somewhere he had encountered that face before, but to save the life of him he could not resurrect the image of a man wnn buck M.nk hair and a short mustache and goatee. Most men. If they af fected mustaches, favored the long flowing ones with drooping or up turned ends. "Ana," no uia aim tell, "it can't be the scar. I'd rnmnmher that anywhere." HnffArad nearby, that he might study the othor"s face unob served; and presently jtorDea, as If he felt unseen eyes upon mm, tnmari around. He smiled. "Have a drink V he asked. For a moment Harrison experi enced the uncomfortable feeling of having been caught In an act of rudeness. "I don't drinK," no an swered as pleasantly as he could, "Some time ago I decided to get alone without it" "Most of us would be better off If we felt the same way about It," the man agreed pleasantly. "How about something soft ginger aleT" Tony hesitated. The man .was courteous enough, and yet "Generally," he said, "I don't per mit a stranger to stand treat for me; but I'll break the rule u you let me buy the next one. Forbes lifted an arm to signal the bartender. After he had given his order he said, "I won't be a stranger much longer. I'm figur ing on locating here." "Going In bUBlnessT" "Drug store. I've been looking over the ground to see If it would pay." "You know we've got one, of course T" Forbes nodded. "Room for an other one a good one. Thought Td see how things were going in Oklahoma City, though, before I made up my mind." "You know," Harrison said bold ly, "I've been bothered by the no tion that I've seen you before some place. Is that possible T" "Been to Chicago?" Tony nodded. "Well, that's where I'm from," Forbes laughed a little drily. "Folks are not likely to forget this face," and he Indicated the soar. i"Bullet wound," he explained. ' "Plowed up my cheek consider able, didn't It?" He shifted impatiently and glanced about him. "(Jot a poker game on," he explained apologeti cally and withdrew. Harrison watched him as he sat down at a nearby table, and frowned. He heard his own name called a moment later and a bit re luctantly walked Across the room and dropped Into the seat that was reserved for him by his friends. He played mechanically, with only a half-hearted Interest in the carde; and from time to time he found himself staring absently to ward the table where sat Forbes. The man's back was to him, though, and Forbes presented noth ing more than a sleek black head and a pair of broad shoulders. "Theres something on your mind, Tony," Fred Perkins. laughed as he gathered in a sizeable "pot." "I raised the ante, drew two cards, and you called me with two little pair. That ain't natural for you." Harrison shrugged and smiled. "Too much business, Fred." To Jenkins, the restaurant owner, he sold, "That partner of mine thinks up more things for me to do than I can attend to In working hours and criticizes me when I curry thnm In my mmd at night. All right; deal me a hand and look out for me. I'm out for blood." He picked up his cards, saw two kings and announced: "She's off." and threw in a chip. Others clinked beside It, "Bvorybody stays," said Jonklns, who was denllng. "How many eards, Harrison?" "Three." When they foil In front of him he sllppod thorn, unlooked at, between his pair of kings and shuffled the five cards, face down. "Now let me peel down, Fred," LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE The Bad News Build Resistance To Prevent Coughs or Colds Take SCOTTS EMULSION Rich in ' Resistance-build ing Cod-liver Oil Vitamins Scott A; Bowne, nloomflcld. N. J. Crd Against "FU" With Musterole Infliiemn, t!rlrpe and Pneumonia usually start Willi a cold. The mo ment you net thnie wnrning nrhra rub on rood old Musterole. Mnalerolo relieve the rongeatlnn and stimulate circulation. It haa all the good qilHliliee of the old-(.shinned niuatnnl plaster without lue ter. Klrat you feel a warm tingle as the healing ointment penetrates the porea, (hen a soothing, fooling aen srition and quirk relief. Have Mnaterole handy for emergency uaa. It may prevent serious illness. t JL T..U.. P8BI1 ty ECNEST LYNN he began and stopped short. There were four kings In bis hand and an illuminating flash of memory darting through his brain. He turned quickly In quest of Forbes but the man had left at least he was not at the table where irony had last seen him. His eyes roved the crowded room. Not there. Very well the hotaL Leaving a winning hand and an uncasnea stack of chips on the table, he pushed back his chair and darted for the door, his com panions too overcome with aston ishment for speech. When he had vanished through the door, Fred Perkins leaned over the table and picked up Tony's cards. "Four kings I" he announced In feeble amazement, and slid back in his chair. "Now. what the bell ' he broke off. to stare weakly at the five cards. In the street, Tony Harrison was saying to himself, "I knew It 1 1 Knew I wasn't wrong. Now, If he's only at the hotel It he didn't get scared at what I sold and light OUt' The way to the hotel led cast his own store, which Btood just two doors away from the bank. He pro ceeded at a run, stumbling now and men over a rut, for there were no street lights in Guthrie yet and the sky was overcast and black. The far-off rumble of thunder accom panied him down the street and once he tripped and sprawled his length on the ground, to pick him- eelf up. cursing, and hasten on. Far off a light shone through the blackness. From the bank, he told himself. It would be Morrison, the cashier, who religiously devoted one night a week to "checking things up." Morrison what was It Morrison had said about the scar-faced man that he .hadn't in spired him with confidence? 'Morrison's own words," he whispered, and ran on. His eyes, accustomed -bettor to the darkness now, could discern fairly clearly the gaunt outlines of the hardware store and the frame work of the addition nnder con struction. Perkins and Harrison, a "going" business and nine years ago A Jagged flash of lightning rent the sky, limning the makeshift buildings In all their nakedness and giving him a brief glimpse of something else. He stopped with such abruptness that his hands sought the ground for balance. It could not have been his imagina tion, he told himself. Under that brief lightning flash he ha1 seen horses moving outside the little hank, and Morrison, he knew per fectly well, had not ridden any of them. His amazement gave way to rapid calculation and he stepped quickly toward the dark shadow of the store. It was all very clear now the scar-fneed stranger stroll ing Into the hank from time to time and asking numerous ques tions under the pretense of an In terest In Guthrie's business out look. . . . He slipped swiftly and silently from the hardware store to the building next door. Hugging it closely he cut around to the rear and then tiptoed toward the side facing the bank. He could make out three bulky Bhapes In the dark ness and could hear the stamping of horses' feet Beside them was the faint glow of a cigar or clg aret His mind revolved on various plans of action. Should he He in wait until the bank robbers emerged and then open fire on them from his place of conceal ment? A ears course but not to bo considered because of the un certainty of hitting a man In the dnrknoss. No he would have to got to the bank and surprlss them. Ho fingered the holster at his hip, drew out the slender-barrelled rovolver and, dropping to his hands nnd knoes, began a slow and silent progress townrd the shapes In the darkness beside the bank. A horse whinnied nervously and Harrison flnttened himself against the ground like a snake. But he was reassured by the sound of a man's voice: "Quiet, you fool" and presontly began to Inch for ward again. From whore he now lay he could see the horses quite clearly. There would be no danger of running into them. And the faint glow of the clgaret told him which way his man was facing. Just a few foet more now and Then he was on his feet, wraith like In the darkness. Bofore the man who hold the reins could turn or utter a sound, Harrison had swung the butt of his gun against his skull and grahbed him to ease hts fall. Ho spoke softly to the horses, then grnbhed oft the man's hat, poored at his face, felt with his fingers a swolllng lump behind the other's ear, and let him He. There would bo, Hnrrlson was sat isfied, no signs of life from him for some time to come. He folt a fierce exultation within him. Part of hlB task was accom pllshod; that for which he hal wnlted and prayed many a day lny Jnnt ahead. He .spoke once more In a reassuring whisper to the three horses and then turned toward (he front of the bank. Two men Insldo with Msrrtson, and one of them. . . . A sudden blare of passion swept him as he crept toward the lighted window a savage longing to get that other alone somewhere, to twist his fingers In his throst and hear him plead for his lite like a beggar. . The door beside the lighted win dow, he noted, was closed. Itemov. ing his hat, he cautiously raised himself erect and looked 'tjor the sill. 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Ittit Sfty, my arms are getting sore. iouii naTe to wait a uttle while. I'm tired aa I can be." He eat down on the Ice to rest The Tota and Tinlea never guessed that he wae going to play a trick, to glre them all a fright. All of a sudden, aa they peered at him, the Sea Alan disappeared. He alld right through a big hole In the Ice, right out of eight. "Ob, mercy me, what can we do?" wailed Coppy. "la our trip all through?" "Of course not," anawered Scouty. "I will push the basket now." Tint ere he had a chance to start, the baaket took a amlden dart It alld all by Itaelf and everybody wondered how. Not far ahead the bunch could aee some Ice aa roily as ronld be. Twai funny when they reached It, and the qnei-r ride was begun. They'd alliU right up a hill and then.Osllp o'er th top and down galn. "It's like a scenic railway," shouted Carpy. "Oajs, pK ',y, P""-""" V (Bead the Story, Than Color the Ptoture) 9 fniCTori and Tlnlee take I plirnf eln tha Beit story.) 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