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THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 1927 THE SPR1NGPIELD NEWS PAGE THREW __ black. The rain whispered companion ably among the Jackplnea. The twist ing track was Arm and free from standing water. He saw no person but a pair of Aery eyes stared upon him from a bend In the road, and a« the car rushed past, be could see the mild and shaggy bead of a beer, who was standing on hla hind leg.« Ic a patch of blackberries. When the last <tdgw had been sur M ic h a e l J. P h illip . mounted he gave a start of surprise. A light was shining from the win Illix a V i-w k lo a u k y H a i u y J dows of hla cabin. He ahut off the lilt OapyHAba M u k power and brought the car to a a op ■ t u n t thru Y I Ml *>«■■■ some distance away. The thought ol the motor-tramp came to hie mind and he went forward cautiously to for hla Drat year's tales. which would reconnolter. Ho crept atoopingl/, enable him to pay. hut at the bank ha had hla mission been successful. He keeping out of range of the windows had trampled on bis pride and appeal also discovers that a check he gave until he could peer into one of them Healnisn for live dollara for a pig haa ed to every likely person for the loan from the corner. Two small pines the etown'« ears. AU favorable angles been raised to five hundred, complete had been broken out so that the un ly wiping him out. Then he tries to him. hidden guests might unloose the sash Home would have been willing to see 1‘atsy. but learns that she la not at bolts After a single glance be went advance the money. But they feared home. to the back door and thrust It open. ■ the bleak uisfavor of their neighbors. The three occupants of the cabin, I The barrens had been a sounding- CHAPTBR XXI. Jake, Culley and Oscar, looked up In I board, apparently, and outstanding Unwelooms Visitors surprise. They wore quite it their Kddle puttied resentfully as he Incidents of hts life there echoed in ease, as much so as In their own drove home As all of Hcottdale had, the town’s ears. All favorable angle« homes, or a stable. They had ea'en r Patay was condemning him without a had been eliminated. Scottdale heard bountiful meal from his provisions, as hearing, on circumstantial evidence. only the moat discouraging the disordered table showed. A plate Well. It couldn't be helped However, They knew of hla drinking-bouts nad been broken, and the pieces care the Impudent treepassing »n their pro But they didn't know that he had lessly kicked aside. Now Culley was perty and the purchase of the tax- conquered liquor. They had heard of chewing tobacco, as the b r o w n title rather absolved him from nbllga his enforced trip to Chicago. They ' srlotches where he had spa on the lion toward the man who had been I rolled under their tongues the dell- floor showed. The others were smok with him the night of the accident. i clous morsel that Patay had left him, Ing There was a blazing fire In. the He'd seen: perhaps he might tell i and assured thnt the separation was fireplace And a tall black bottle Patsy Jane, after all. : Anal. Hla Aght to oust the nintortramp partly full, stood In the center of the He Ailed In the suspenseful week in | and his thrashing of the other tres table. cutting fence-posts and restringing passer were described as drunken They had removed their outer cloth wire about the land He hurried to : quarrelsomeness Even his dismissal ing Capa and mackinaws were thrown the mail box each forenoon after the by had d|atorted Into on one of the bunks. Across them lay rural carrier rtw! rattled along the | something mysterious „„,« three belts to which were attached and criminal. trail In his little car But the gover i holsters, each holster contained a It was dark when he approached nor did not write. 1 Lmg Portage He was shivering vlo- “ r«'’ rallbre »«‘«malic. The eighth day he could stand It no lently from cold and rain Ha was - “»alio, kid!" greeted Culley. Jovi- longer. When th«1 carrier had failed Iv.-ry hungry But he felt he could “D^ B t ftnd you home' 80 w0 to stop st the box, Kddle drove Into not bear the haiks which would be , c“me *n- town and wire«! Governor Albright. He “So I gee,' returned Eddie. spent the afternoon In wandering turned <m him In either of the town's j "Thia rain'll hold up the ship may restaurants. Ills telegraphic appeal ‘ shout town, returning at half-hourly be till noon tomorrow,” volunteered Intervals to Inquire for a message to the governor for funds and the re-, Oscar, "so we thought we'd eat under ply w it «- public property by now ! Finally, at Ave o'clock. It came: There were too many lounging In anJ | cover. Good grub you got here." He "Horry, but Governor ts In Europe nut of the railroad office who could began Indolently to roll a cigarette. until Christmas. Duff, secretary." Eddie's self-control wag suddenly He summoned u smile to his fare see the me««age on the open Ale. broken. He snatched a shotgun from even were the ageut silent and dis and drove to the gw rage. "They sav Its pegs over the door. The barrels n man may be down, but he'a never creet—which he was not. Ixing Portage knew his attempts to were loaded only with birdshot. It is out?' he thought. "Well, here's where J true. But birdshot will serve admir I test the theory." To the garage at | get money there had failed. It would ably at three feet. read In his face that hts Journey to tendant he said briefly: "Fill her up." "You hogs!" he growled. "You laxv the south had been a failure, also. He had resolved to attempt borrow Althy crooks! Get, out of here— Ho he squashed through the mud of ing the money at Scottdale He could the uneven main street and left the quick-" have appealed to Nance Encell, but Men who live by violence are use that was Impossible Patay Jane would yellow lights In the store building fully educated. They know when an have to know where the money came behind. Somehow. It seemed friendly out Inadversary ts bluffing and when he Is from She would never accept her (he barrens, though the night wasdangerous. They have the courage of home at Nance’s hands Further more, CEDAR. * SWAMP THK LCAOINO CHARACTER« — Cdlaon Forbas, a young rvaMant of Miottdala with an Inherent craving for liquor, la held for the death of a wutuan who haa barn killed by a boot lecglng truck. vlrcnmatuntlal ovl- «trace point« to Forbva and rather than tall the truth of the episode which would dear him but caat an other friend In a bad light, ha atanda trial and la aentanced to a Inna term In prlaon. The governor of tha elate, a- old friend of Kddh-'e father, be- llevaa him Innocent and pardona him aborlljr after hla arrival at the Jail. Scoots Llbbay, a worthless charac ter, who haa amaahed hla trachlne In to another car, killing Ita lone oe-u- join I. a woman. Forbes' compani n and Llbbey quit the scene hurrWl, leaving the former alone to face a cvnatable who raaaona that Kddle with the acent of whlakey about him itiiiat be connected In some way with tha accident. Accordingly. Furbee la arrested. Patty Jana, Kddle'« pretty wife, agyeea tbiat public aentlment runa too high agatnjt him. Accordingly they migrate up ncrth to aome land that baa been In the family for yearn. Settled In their log caliln laalh Saalman, a ahlfty neighbor who la anxloun to buy their land. Hddle leama that the bock tax«-« total over e gbt hunure.l dollar« and must It paid In Itve months to avert forfeiture. Henlman mukea a generous offer which la refused Kddle thinking the land must have some value unknown to him to warrant hla neighbor's In terest. Things do not go well. Kddle falls Io get work and siieeumlis to hla old yearning by falling In with a bootlegger's gang, getting drunk and being shanghaied to Chicago. Upon bit return he discovers that Pat has left him and will not return until ho baa quit drinking Thia he determines to do. He secures work on a nearby ranch, run by Uarenant, and after many temptations at last heats his enemy, John Barleycorn. All this time he la slowly earning money but realltea that when the lax Is due no can’ t possibly have enough Seal- man renews Ills offer and Is again re futed. One day Nance Encelf, his former sweetheart calls, finds him alone, offers to pa/ the deficit but Is rebuffed. Then Nanee klsaea him—and Is seen by Patsy who bad called to attempt a reconciliation with her husband. Pat leaves without listening to hts explanation. Broken hearted. Kddle tried harder than ever to earn the money and one morning early while berry picking, notices fresh tire marks on his property. Kddle discovers that two men. one of them the youth who deserted him the night of the truck accident are carting away the soil from a mound. He stops them, whips the young cow nrd and gets the address on a hag they hare used At Ixmg Portage ho learns there Is only three hundred and fifty dollar! Instead of eight hundred Ladles’ and Children’s Wool Hose Special 49c to borrow from Nance would conArm «■very mean suspicion. N or lose without that He bought fod and head«*d south It was his Intention to drive all night and as much of the next day as might be necessary to reach Scottdale. For the time was getting preciously short The Arst of September was but Just around the corner. It had begun to rain at noon of the Slat day of August. Autumn comes early In northern Michigan. and there ‘ was the chill of leafless, desolate land scapes over which the wind may prowl untrammeled, In the saturated air. The top of Eddie's car was In had con- , dltlon. The spears of rain found the weak places unerringly. I.lttle streams played utem him and soakeu through ' his clothing His hands were stiff | with cold. An endless succession of , chuckholes d«*veloped, through which , the car Jolted uncomfortably. Perhaps he would have been so responsive to the miserable weather IN TU B W ilf The single dial control that ha« been developed for Sparton Radio is a marvel even to sea soned radio fans. 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His answer was to hurl the pistols, one by one, oct Into the darkness, anJ Culley spoke again: "What’s the big Idea, anyway? You claim to be a friend—" The bulky guard happened to be nearest. Kddle thrust the gun against his flabby stomach so that the twin muzzel dented deeply the soft tissue. 'Shut up and get out!" he commanded. Culley obeyed, carrying his coat and belt with hitn. Kddle shepherded them along the path. He kept his flashlight spraying on the trto to pre vent a surprise attack. The booze- truck, headed north, gtood by the side of the road. They clambered Into the seat, after Oscar had kindled the lights, and thundered away. They hurled back curses and threats from a safe distance. Eddie smiled Into the darkness after them before turning back to the house. "I wanted them to think I was a simp and an easy mark till something fell on them," he mused. "But I guess the shock of Anding out wasn’t less unkind tonight than it wculd have been later. Now for a bite to eat. 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