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HA LSEY E N T E R P R IS E
NOV. 1 l<m
walked acruea la Ik e trriflafflabl% aa2
“I ’m afraid so,’ said Mr. Carter «petted the middle drawer, a photo
Mrtt>aestfng »knyt, pL&lc parrit-z,
gravely.
He
stretched
out
hla
hand
graph. careleauly thrust In face up
thouaands of people pasalng: I t ca r’t
ward«, caught hla aya Fur e moment
ba there:
It's a hundred to one to a sheet on the table.
“Tuppence— ?" faltered Tommy.
he stood rooted to the groend. Than
a»aln»t Ira being there: I t ’s against
For
"Head for yourself."
be took It oat. that the drawer, walked
all reason I"
The typewritten words danced be slowly over to an armchair, and sat
Jullua looked at him with a widen
fore his eyes. The description of a dawn «till staring at the photograph
ing smile.
“I guess you're rattled," he drawled green toque, a coat with a handker In hla hand.
What on earth was a photograph of
with some enjoyment.
"Well, here chief In the pocket marked “P. L, C."
goes 1” He thrust hla hand Into the He looked an agonized question at Mr. the French girl Annette doing In Julius
, < a rte r
The latter replied to It:
Herohelmmer'« writing table!
“ Washed up on the Yorkshire coast
——
»*J
- n e a r Ebury. rm afraid—It looks
CHAPTER X IV
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I
!
very much like foul play.”
"My G— d!" gasped Tommy. “T ud -
In Downing Street.
P«»ce! Those devils—m never re6t
The prime minister tapped the desk
| u ll I ve got even with them I I ’ll In front of him with nervous fingers.
hunt them down I i'll_
His face was worn and harassed. He
"I'm taking up your time, sir,” he took up hla conversation with Mr. Car
, Raid with an effort. "There's no need ter at the point It had broken off.
AGATH A
’ or you to blame yourself. I dare say
" I don't understand,” he aald. “Do
CHRISTIE
we were a couple of young fool, to you really mean that things are not
take on snch . job You warned us so desperate after a ll/ '
all right. But I wish to God I'd been
"So this lad seems to think.
( 1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU 1 G
the one to get It In the neck. Good-
"Let’s have a look at his letter
(Oaorrtsht Dodd. Mud * Company)
by, glr.”
again."
, W V » V M i A i >AIM O A A A A A A a , l . . . . .
■ ^ r t ) V V iZ lrtrv V V V v v v l j
un8 ^
r ‘ thKe , R ltI' T0” my J*Cknd
Mr. Carter handed It over. It was
(Continued)
up his few belongings mechanically, written in a sprawling boyish hand.
There was a pause.
his thoughts far sway. He w a. still
"Dear Mr. Carter:
'Thank you. Mis* Finn.” It was Sir
bewildered by the Introduction of
"I think I know who the real Jane
James who spoke. "I hope we have
tragedy into his cheerful common Finn is, and Tve even got an Idea
not tired you?"
place existence. What fun they had
where the papers are. That last’s only
Oh, that's all right. My head aches
had together, hq and Tuppence I And
a guess, of course, but I ’ve a sort of
a little, but otherwise I feel line."
now—oh, he couldn't believe it— It feeling it’ll turn out rig h t Anyhow, I
Julius stepped forward and took her
n » , i , ”e trU8!
TuPPence-dead: enclose It in a sealed envelope for (
band again.
f
e T uppence> brim m ing over with
wh^t It's worth. Tm going to ask you
“So long, Cousin Jane. I ’m going to
life!
i t was a dream, a horrible
not to open It until the very last mo
get buey after those papers, but I ’ll
dream. Nothing more.
ment midnight on the 28th, In fact.
Commercial and Savings accounts Solicited
be back In two shakes of a dog's tall,
They brought him a note. , few
You see, I ’ve figured It out that thoae
und I'll tote you up to Londou and
kind words of syinpnthy front Peel
things of Tuppence’s are a plant too,
give you the time of your young life
Edgerton, who had read the new. tn
and she's no more drowned than I am.
a e A A s » . , ■ e - s » 1» » > ^ V V h rtA )V V V tru X IT n jX iV \A / V V I . l
before we go back to the States! 1 He Thrust Hla Hand Into the Crevice. the paper. (There bad been a large
The way I reason la thia: as a last
mean It—so hurry up and get well.”
1 T )H .,U 'v v n E X V - A
D ' BEARED
chance they’ll let Jane Finn escape In
In the street they held an Informal crevice, and made a slight grimace
DROW NED.) The letter ended with
the hope that she’s been shamming this
council of war. Sir James had drawn
I t « a tight fit. Jane’s hand must he the offer of a post on a ranch In the
memory stunt and that once the thinks
• watch
from
hla pocket. "The
boat a lew sizes smaller than mine.
_
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— —-
iltc uuai
I
A n fH tine where Sir James had"con-
she's free she'll go right away to the
train to Holyhead stops at Cheater at don't feel anything— no— sav w h r t ’s siderable Interests.
cache. Of course It’s an awful risk
......
12:14. I f you start at once I think 1 ,hl"
this? * Gee
w .............................
ills!” And with ’ a flour
"Kind old beggar,” muttered Tommy
for them to take, because she knows
you can catch the connection. I wish ish he waved aloft a small discolored as he flung it aside.
all about them— but they’re pretty des
I could come with you. t am dun to packet.
“It's the goods all right . Th* l oor “Pened. and Julius burst
•peak at a meeting at two o’clock. It Sewn up In oilskin. Hold It while I in with his usual violence. H e held an perate to get hold of that treaty. But
If they know that the papers have been
Is unfortunate.”
get my penknife."
open newspaper In hlg hand.
recovered by us, neither of those two
The reluctance In his tone was
The unbelievable had happened.
"Say, what’s all this? They seem to girls’ lives will be worth an hour's
very evident. It was clear, on the Tommy held the precious packet ten have got some fool idea about T ud -
purchase. I must try and get hold of
other hand, that Julius was easily dis derly between his hands. They li id pence.”
Tuppence before Jane escapes.
posed to put up with the loss of the succeeded I
“I t ’s true." said Tommy quietly.
" I want a repeat of that telegram
other’s company.
’ It s queer," he murmured Id ly ;
' ° u mean they've done her in ’ "
that wag sent to Tuppence at the Rita
Ten minutes later the two young
.you d think the stitches would have
Tommy nodded.
Sir James Peel Edgerton said you
men were seated In a first-class car rotted. They look Just as good us
"I suppose when they got the treaty
would be able to manage that for me.
new."
riage en route for Chester.
,
«lie-w asu ’t any good to them any
"One last thing—please have that
For a long tlui» neither of them
They cut them carefully and ripped lo'iger, und they were afraid to let liar
house In Soho watched day and night
spoke. When at length Julius broke away the nllsllk. Inside was a suiull ®°'”
“Youra, etc.,
the alienee, It was with a totally un
folded sheet of paper. W ith trem . ‘T ? 11’ rrn darned!" said Julius.
"THOMAS BERESFORD.”
expected remark.
bling fingers they' unfolded It. The
Little Tuppence. She sure whs the
"He seems confident,” mused the
They atured at pluckiest little girl—”
"Say," he observed thoughtfully, sheet was blank!
prime minister.
"did you evei make a darned fool of each other, puzzled.
But suddenly something seemed to
A h alf smile came to the other’s
yourself over a girl’s face?”
"A dummy?" huzarded Julius. “Was crack In Tommy's brain. He rose to
lipa
his feet.
Tommy, after a moment's astonish Danvers Just a decoy?”
"And It la this— boy who will de-
Tommy shook his head. That solu-
ment, searched Ills mind. “Can't say
"Oh, get out I You don't really care,
I have," he replied at last. "Not that tlon did not satisfy him. Suddenly d—n you! You asked her to marry
nls face cleared.
I can recollect, anyhow. Why?"
‘T ve got It I Sympathetic Ink!"
. Because for the lust two months
"You think so?"
I've been making a sentimental Idiot
“Worth trying anyhow. Heat usu
of myself over Jane! First moment
I clapped eyes oq her photograph my ally does the trick. Get some sticks
heart did all the usual stunts you read We’ll make a fire."
In a few minutes the little fire of
about In novels. I guess I'm ashamed
to admit It, but I came over here twigs and leaves was blazing mer
determined to find her and fix it all rlly. Tommy held the sheet of paper
The paper curled a
up, and take her back as Mrs. Julius near the glow
little with the heat. Nothing more.
P Hersheiromer I”
Suddenly Julius grasped hlg arm.
“Oh I" said Tommy, amazed
Julius uncrossed his legs brusquely and pointed to where characters were
and continued:
appearing In a faint brown color.
"Just shows what an almighty fool
"Gee whlzl You've got It I Say.
• men can make of himself! One look that Idea of yours was great. I t never
• t the girl In the flesh, and I was occurred to me."
cured I"
Tommy held the paper In position
Feeling more tongue-tied than ever
some minutes longer until he Judged
Tommy ejaculated "Oh I" again.
the heet had done Its work. Then he
"No disparagement to Jane, mind withdrew I t a moment later he ut
you," continued the other
"She’s s tered a cry.
reel nice girl, nnd some fellow will
Across the sheet In neat brown
fall In love with her right away."
printing ran the words: "With the
" I thought her a very good-looking Compliments of Mr. Brown."
girl." said Tommy, flndlng hla tongue
“Sum she Is Bui she's not like her
CHAPTER X III
Photo one bit
At least I suppose
she la in a way—must be—because I
Tommy Makes a Diecovary.
recognised her right off I f I'd »een
For s moment or two they stood
her In a crowd I'd have aald 'There's staring at each other stupidly, dazed
“And It Is This— Bey Whs W ill Dalasi
• girl whose face I know’ right away with shock. Somehow. Inexplicably, “Oh, Q«t Outl You Don’t Raally Care,
tbs Master Criminal?”
without any hesitation
But there Mr. Brown had forestalled them
D—r, Y ou I ”
«“ «Y COmmiiDicalt w ith Ensign Let of the Salvation Arm y at the
was something about that photo"— Tommy accepted defeat quietly Nor
tnaat* r criminal of our lime?"
"
h it e Shield H o it*, 56S Mayfair avenue, Portland, Oregon.
you In your rotten cold-blooded
Julius shook his head, and heaved a so Julius.
"This—boy, as you say I
But I
but
I
loved
her.
I'd
have
given
*l»h— " I «««*» romance la a mighty
the Wnd*"m** f ’ nC7 1
“ ,tla<low b*
“How in tarnation did he get ahead
soul out of my body to save her from
queer thing!"
'
of us? That's what beats me.” he
harm. I'd have stood by without a
At Holyhead, after consultation, with ended up.
"You meant’
word aad let her marry you, because this'"*' Edgert0“’ 1 ,ee h,a band In
th * aid of g road map, thev were fairly
Clave Prather of Busna Vista
I don’t see that It matters any
*■•11 agreed as to direction, so were
you could have given her the sort of
«old |6000 worth of elovsr
•hie to hire u taxi without more ado way,'' said Tommy wearily. "He may time she ought to have hud, and I was
There was a
have found out some months ago, anil
only a poor devil without a penny to ter continued: pause, then Mr. Car-
and drive out on :lie road leading to 1
h i* f , r m l k i i T » r- For
Treaddur hay. They Instructed the 1 removed the papers, then— No. by bless himself with. But It wouldn't
‘I naked him to come round here >25 ha bought two stacks o ’ clovor
Jove, that won't wash! They'd have have been because I didn't care!"
m«n to go alowly, nnd watched nar- , been published at once."
him he*rt W* " gft MBr,hln« °ut of
Motor Hearse.
rowly »o as not to mlaa the path i
The young men were on the point ef him he doean t want to tell. H.a leva I straw from a neighbor whs ha had Efficient Service.
"Sure thing they would I No, some coming to blows. But suddenly, with
They came to It not long after lenv
reason to beliera had done a poor
Lady Attendant
no”
douht
*h*
tO°
"trOnif
B',t
" nd Tomui’ «topped the one's
hour o got
fso ahead of us today by .n an almost magical abruptness, Julius'
_____ _____ ...O regon
From thr t.L io g Brown i v i l e
no doubt he can threw n , bt on e„e
But how they did It gets : anger abated.
ra r promptly, asked In a casual way
h * * ° ld ,h # ' * M ’ ®r
or two obscure points In young Berew 1861
my
goat.
It's
no
good
arguing
about
j
"All right, aon." he said quietly. "I'm
whether the path led down to the sen
ford q letter. Ah, here he Is l”
straw
i 0° f a,au'!'j i n »i’Y n u d '
end hearing It did paid off the man how it w a. done. The game's up going. I don't blame you any for what
■traw that a damp or too greetn all
H
e
v
e
failed
There's
only
one
thing
(To
be
continued.)
In handaom* atyle.
W - L- W R I G H T
you've been saying. It'a mighty lucky
contribute to lost to the prods cer 1
for me to do."
A moment later the taxi was «lowly
you did say R. p re been ».be most al
.Mortician
& Funeral Director
dccl.ra. P ra th e r.-A lb a n y D . mo I
"What’s th a tr
mighty blithering darned Idiot that It's
’" Ck t0 Ho,' hMd
Tommv
Halsey and Harrisburg
,f!et
b"Ck
”
London
as
soon
as
poa-
and Jullua watched It out of sight
possible to imagine. Calm down"—
a lt D. T a y lo r , Halsey, or
and then turned to the narrow path' alble. Mr. Carter must be warned
Tommy had made an Impatient gesture
W. L. W r ig h t . Harrisburg
It
s
only
a
matter
of
hour,
now
be
They wew down tn tingle Ale. Jullue
"I'm going right sway now—going to
Attendaaeo
la
n
s
Cettoge
leading
Twice Tommy turned hla fore the blow fall«."
the London and North Western rail
H a lf an hour after arrival, haggard
neheols has raaeh.d TM. tfcs
heed uneaally
Jullue looked hack
way depot, If you want to know."
a»d
Pale,
Tommy
stood
before
to the history of the town.
“What la p r
p P .w 1?,! .P S
per
hla
I
don
t
care
a
d—n
where
you're
’T don’t know. Pre got ,hc win(. chief.
going." growled Tommy.
Tk» total registration
lhe K_.
I'ye come to report, air. I've failed
I can i t u i r both F A R M and C IT Y
fens Bible nnlverait» t .
‘ 1
As the door dosed behind Julius he
returned to hla suitcase
U«. to r...»
M». wtol«to «. L O A N S et’ * very row rate <1 inteies
I
.“¿ J “ "
«g
The Path »as now ------- -- Rlpn<
Where was he going? He hadn't the ca^ o t,n.CUe’,ca0:r o ‘. 7 h r , ’, * the'UO’u^ •tltntion.
ot tha lB' From 5 to 10 years. W rite me for par
the aldo of the cliff, parallel to the
trculars.
G. W. L a v l a b .
faintest Ider
Beyond a fixed deter
‘to
In
the
hands
of
Mr
Brown,
air."
tea
Rudders’) Julius t a n . to eu h
-A moss tneetl* .
Salem,
Ore.
410 Oregon Bldg.
minatlon
to
get
even
with
Mr.
Brown
Well," aaid M r «darter after a min
of Canby and
2*
b ,rrT «row« ’»
" Æ
1
T" “ ’ o ” “ «
He re read flir
j nte or two, "we mustn't seg at the h* had no plans
taN
l.h
la
g
s
°
a
<
™
‘»
‘
•«’••to'«
‘»
••-
H A L L ’s Floral and Music SboD
hals T T
I kneee, I suppose. I'm glad to know James' letter, and «hook his head Tup
"W hat’s u p rr he Inquired.
held i t p
* c a ,f « T »‘ Canby was
A lb an /
I definitely We must do what we can " pence must be avecred. Still, It w’.g
Xg r
■**
,aalL
'I
hand*!"* h*r * ’ I f ,b lt do* “ ' b*»< “ >♦
Through Tommy’s mind flashed the kind of the old fellow.
mal»
Non
*
'*
’
•'<*’“
*
«!?•<*
a
lrp
la
n
e
f
Better
answer
It.
I
suppose."
He
assurance:
i f . hopeleae. and he
Tommy longed
Standing
went across to the writing tsble. With
N' » 7 7 ° *
Portland and
Cash paid for
out end knows It's hopeleae!"
“ 'f obit run Hug the path w ai a
the usual perveralty of bedroom sta
\and c i.'** ’ rt’ 1 b* “ * * • bY * - • Port’
The other looked up at him
e . T l? ,O0M’ r wh,ch «*»••««» here «
Cream, Poultry, Eggs and
U “ d Cb* ' » ‘ W f Commerce
“I blame myeelf. I have been blem- tionery. there were Innumerable en
^ n c lfu l reswshl.nce to a begging’
velopes and no paper. He rang No
i . J ? * B f v*ntent of wheat to Port Veal.
1 sundry sent Tuesday,
*ng myself ever
M. H. SHOOK.
aines I heard thia one came. Tommy fumed at the de
'««ncy Hub Cleaning Works
"That’s It - g b r iurt?.
ntwa,**
lay Then he remembered that there
Jto,
* * * ’ > *« *
k iJ T “ ?'7 IooMtd ' * ,h* « * * with a
Somethlnf la bit
M twtee as heavy this '.year as
tone attracted room.* <22? _^upr*T lB Jg|lu»' sitting
Amor A. T u nin g
i‘ was •
t l M ef agoni, M p<M |OB
Tommy's attention
ABE S PLACE
A the tame time la U N .
A new fear
> -n it!" i) « criad. " Ifn impot- »Upped at hla heart
He was bs-ginaing to be rather
Sew’
,
'
‘
rWu1'
•
n
o
rt"
-
of the
"to
tuf, J asbauwd
of the vuauce
things »
he • had
CUt
.Akiak 5 ii. it-
—-— — —
nau said.
said.
D id papers fnr arle
gPrt
* riah sad Oama >retecttve
L A W Y E R AND NOTARY
Hungarian Vetch Seed
» . W . l' K l l l
Cash paid for grain.
Grain chopping and cleaning done at any!to
time.
‘
By
HALSEY STATE BANK
Halsey, Oregon
I
C A P IT A L
AND
SU RPLU S
$ 3 5 ,0 0 0
L
A m e ric a n E a g le
.
Fire Insurance Co.
Hay is worth ju st as much in storage a •
you might get for it in case of fire. Th ?
jAinerican Eagle Piro Insurance coinpan pi
p i l l pay you 85% o.f the cash value in case
of loss by Are.
C. P. STAFFORD, A gent
W in t e r !
Y ea; it is alm ost here.
mer.nys
H e a tin g
S to v es
That
See our
new and
complete line
ot H eaters
V\ e solic it your stove R epair business.
H ILL & <§.
A ny Girl in Trouble
D ELB ER T STARR
Funeral Director and Li<
censed Embalmer
Fall Bulbs
H Y A C IN T H S
a „H
T U L 1 P Q M’ P,r<I"Ma' po,tp‘ ,J
s K :
farm loans
N A R C lS S u r .Z tx
NEW G REEN H O U SE
Cream and Produce Station
Modern
Barber Shop
A
w M dwrtad. ^onamylnt the Enterpn.»
n i.,,
I*®
troat fry bave beez
* * * « *
L laajcoaaty
MS ‘ J
H alsxt , O rxoox
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