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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,"
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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. Morrison sat In a ohalr be
side the safe, and In front of him.
with leveled guns, stood two men.
From the hands of one a half-filled
ancg nnngien. rue other, his eyes
lilted With anger, was talking In
low tone, and Tony Harrison
wondered then how he possibly
could hiivo fulled to recognise
him at first irlitiitiao
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THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Skeetohea by Knetz; Synopsis by Brancher
GRIZEL HUM
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When Cr'izora tathnr . Sir- Patrl,-!, I-I,,. ' .
In the family grave in Polwarth church, soldiers, after
a thorough search of the castle and the neighborhood
concluded he had fled. However, the troops lingered
n the neighborhood, which made the problem of feed
ing him a difficult one. :
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Night after night brave
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to her fugitive father in
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servant would know
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Once she came near being discovered. Her mother
gave her a bountiful plateful and presently one of hr
brothers, who had not been trusted with the secret
noticed that practically the whole supply had disap
peared. He chlded her and called the attention of the
others to what he thought was her ereediness.
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ket. Not a thlnf can make It atop.
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That'i whr they atarted on thla raca.
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1 go?" aaked Scouty. "No, alrce," re
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Ittit Sfty, my arms are getting sore.
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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.
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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
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