THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3. 1W27
THE SPW NG FIEID NEWS
PAO R SIX
It was a curious business, but he d ts .
Incident of «h<> adventure. In arrattg thiviugh the vast «Pence of the hly
ttilnaed the subject from Ills mind 1«
house
the
unknow
n
gave
voice
to
hl
>
In* tho table he found « telegram
consider llte graver business of bow
under a plat« a t w hat ho aaaumed to anger and disappointm ent:
to avoid llte dtsugrenuble consequen
"W ell. I'll be d am ned!''
1 m * Mrs. Congdon'a place. Ilia rurloaltv
ces of III* encounter H u m ust leave
A
series
of
quick
flashes
on
the
uvarram o hta scruphta and he read
wall gave w arning of the Intruder's the house and escape fro n t' Iktiley
! tho tuesaage:
H arbor before daybreak, nud he welt*
Invasion of the upper rooms
New Y ork. Ju n e 10, IS l?
Archie drew hack and availed. Ills u p stairs and hurrled'y begun dressing
Mr* Alice II. Congdon.
thoughts and em otions In this hour of
Halley H arbor, Maine.
At t i n t ? o'clock lie was drinking eof
Your loiter has your charactorlatlc d an g er Interested hint. It was Inc fee and mum lilng toast and Jam to
touch of cruelty. We tnay aa well m ensely gratifying Io him to realise fortify him self for his Journey
part now and bo done with It. But th a t while Ills h eart was heating
He hud shot and perhaps killed a
the children you cannot have. H e. quickly, hts pu'ee was regular.
man. and his mind surged now with
The thief had become more cautious
m em ber th at I relinquish none of tnv
self accusations.
lie needn't have
right« on thia point
I dem and that and was tiptoeing up the unearpelvd fired the shot the thief was running
tread
s
of
Ute
stair,
still
sending
o
c.
' you su rren d er Edith at once and I will
aw ay and very likely would not have
THT-U FU JBJSHZle- AUTCCASTEK
I com m unicate with you la te r about the caalonally a bar of light ahead. He m olested him fu rth er lie was sorrv
Oüi'YtCOM
»Us
now
coming
boldly
down
the
hall
for the fellow wounded or dead; but
th ln rs! And p articularly don't fo rg o 'cu sto d y of Harold until such tim e aa
"W hat would you call a good w alk?
as though aatlsfled that the house was
CHAPTER I.
In a mom ent he was shuddering as
th at note of Instructions. I'm count be Is old enough to come to me
he
asked
a
little
tartly
mhs H oward fbatherstone
em pty. A flash of his 'atup fell upon
P utney t ’ongdon.
he reflected Hist the bullet that had
"Oh, ten. tw enty, th irty ! I've done mg on th at! If I don’t get It 1 will
the
door
fram
e
Just
about
A
rchie's
left
spent much of h er tim e thinking up
The cautious hint of the taxi driver
splintered the m irror had really been
be terrlb 'F d isappointed.“
things for her brother. Archibald Ben fifteen and gone to a dance at the end
th a t dom estic difficulties were reapon hand A flash clipped the dark for m eant for him. anti It had rlru e k with
She
surveyed
him
•
gravely,
then
an
Instant.
Then
a
hand
groped
along
n ett, to do, and as Archie was the ideal of the tram p."
slble for the breaking up of the Cong*
great proelslotp Just w here the re
"H ut you haven't my handicap." h answ ered lightly. “Oh. very w e ir You
bachelor brother, he accepted h er com
don household found here a paluful the wall seeking the sw itch, Archie flection of his head had presented a
shall
have
it.
s
i
r
!
”
p
ro
tested
defensively.
"You
can
't
be
m issions in the most am iable sp irit
could h ear It« soft rasping over the
corroboration.
fair ta rg e t to the startled murkamnn
C H A P T E R II.
wall
As the sw itch snapped the
and his services were unfailingly satis very guv about walk ng when you're
A
fter
speculating
on
the
affair
for
A rchie did n 't know th at tho note
w arned th at excessive fatigue may
He tu rn ed out th« lights and! id»«
room flooded with IMht. The bew ild
factory
caused Isabel a great deal of troub'v a few m om enta he went ahead with
"The agent w ho's been looking up a have d isastro u s resu lts
the p reparation of hla supper
He ering gtere leaping out of the dark Ing lh<- key under the dour mat stole
She
m
ust
WTite
a
note
th
at
would
sum m er house for us says this la an
She was not wholly w ithout feeling
wished Isabel could see him and know nesa held the man In the doorw ay through th e garden T h e man he bsd
. . .
u *. ■*, and he raised hla arm and passed his shot doom might even now he 'vlng
unusual opportunity, as th ere are a for h e r face grew grave for a m om ent not req u ire an an sw er: th is she fc't
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i
in i»t at B aile v H rbor and and she met hts eves searchtnglv. to (*, im peratively dem anded by the 1 1,11 ,,r
1 ” 1,11
"
few p lace , to let sd B a e , H „ . m
e t h t a g
of the professional circum stance She thought Archibald had been interrupted o n b to rtnd him hand over Ills eyes to shield them dead In his path, and he lifted his
this one is unexpectedly on tne u iar who a» m e... »
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* self resourceful and the easym
ast. r from the light. The bu rg lar's sh o u l feet high to avoid stum bling over the
eaaymaal«
Howard s simply swamped with scrutiny to which he had long been B ennett a nice fellow and she was
ders drooped a« he gaped at A rchie's corpse
But more appalling was the
ket
'
ot
his
fate.
sorry for him . hut no m ore and no
w ork—and we'd all appreciate it If accustom ed
long thought th at th s fugitive might he ly
He made a point of w ashing the figure w hlclf was reflected In
Byes clear, color very good: voice | e(ts st,rry th an she wou’d have been
you could run up th ere for us."
dishes a n d putting them carefullv m irror. The eyes of the two men met. In t In am bush. and he carried his
each gripping and holding pistol before him at arm 's length
The many preoccupations of his a trifle weak and suggesting tim idity for any one else who failed to And the away. T hese m atter« attended to. h • the gale
brother-in-law . who held a seat in and feeble Initiative. In tro sp ectiv e; world a pleasant place to live In roam ed over the house which now- that of the other. Then sw iftly the against such an em ergency.
Congress and took his job seriously, a little selfconscious, and unlm port- som eth in g a little cryptic, yet sonic had a new Interest for him since the Intruder Jerked a pistol from hla
lie gained the mail glanced tow ard
were well known to Archie, and as ant nervous sym ptom s indicated by thin g th at woukl discourage further t'onedon family skeleton had come pocket and flred blank Into the m irror the house, and set off In the generili
cAnflilences w ithout wounding him —
A rchie had nothing on earth to do. it the rolling of bread crum bs
out of Its closet and danced around The rep o rt crashed horribly In ihe direction of the New H am pshire
was em inently fitting th at he should
‘T v e paid d o cto r, large fees for this w£l<l solve the problem Ftnatlv
assum e some of F eath ersto n e's domes- telling me the same things, he sal f she h it upon these lines and copied 2 ^ ' » ^ .¿ A u to m a t“ , draw er of the room, followed by the tinkle of frag ho taler
pistol and a tuents of glass. Archie aim ed at Ihe
(TO BE CONTINUED)
tic burdens
Archie had p a n n e d to "I wish you would w rite those Item s them In her b est hand
Ia n O f cartrid g es T his Archie th ru st doorw ay, bdt his shot seem ed only to
He
e
ith
e
r
fears
his
fate
too
much,
leave for the Canadian Rockies «wo down for me. I'm In earn est about
Into Into his pocket thinking It not ,» h asten »he m an's flight A rug slipped
FA LL ANI) SE»! Ih- N W Em erv
Or hts d eserts a re sm all.
days later, but he obligingly agreed to th at."
bad Idea to he prepared for Invasion and the fugitive fell with a frightened on prices on plates and o th er work tf
T h at d ares not put It to the touch
take a look at the Bailey H arbor house
“ Your case In terests me and
T hen he sw itched off the lights lu yell th at rang eerily through the
to rain or lose It a'l.
th at had been placed so providentially consider this m a tte r of advising
house
In the hall Archie turned on
A fter reading the lines aloud sev the low er room s and established him
w ithin reach of his sister.
>'ou
self In the guest cham ber
He was all the lights ami gtdnlng the lauding
"T he owner b e in g s to th a t old
“I shall expect the docum ent to . eral tim es she decided that th*-' half asleep when he was roused by tired a t the re treatin g , figure aa It
would serve h er purpose adm irably
MODERN
New England Congdon fam ily." Mrs m orrow afternoon! '
lurched tow ard Ihe front door. At the
footsteps on the veranda below.
F eath ersto n e explained; "they d ate
"Y ou're a trem endously form al per- and dispatched it to Mr. B ennett Im
Crack of the gun the fugitive stopped
CHAPTER III.
from the beginning of tim e, and some
son. Mr. B ennett. W hat you really m ediately.
It w w cl«»*» upon m idnight, and ih»- short, i l. l'pol his band Io Ills -boil tier
T he note reached .'rc h 'e Just as
of them are a trifle eccentric."
-need Is a good hard Jac. Every morn-
prvw nc» of » prow ler <»n tho prem ia •* and groaned, then sprung through th«
C r y t a l W a te r» P a rk
-If you're r.-nt ng
m th at
Ing you know exactly. what you ro he was leaving his siste r's house, lie caufteti h it h eart to gal'iip wib’h
11» front door and Bennett heard Im
family It's Just as well to look into it
going to do eve rj hour cf *t d i ’ had hoped for a b nit '»’*« r ” tb- v
noised tho p la to t crep t to the wlmiow m ediately the quick p a lte r of his feet
careful'y. All right. May. I l l inspect It's ro u tin e th at kills. Suppose you of the girl's chaffing hum or, and the and |M»erc«l ciiutlnualy out. when u feet on the walk
NOVEMBER/5
w
ere
to
hoid
up
a
bank
m
essenger
In
H
|
X
(.
o
f
the
m
issive
was
a
d
istin
ct
dis-
The lock bore no evidence of h av
th e prem ises for you."
sound In I ho rood» below renowod
e " '
W
all
S
treet
and
skip
p
ith
a
satchel-
appointm
ent
Archie was aready m entally plann-
hl* alarm He gained the door n two ing been forced The fi au'.t of the
He
opened
it
guardedly,
and
his
ing the d etails of his trip with his Ml of negotiable secu rities and then,
Jumps. He could hoar th«» opening photograph of the young girl th at had
Tuesday, November 8
cu s’om arv exactness.
He trav eled a fte r th e papers were through ragging face fell as he pondered Ike verse an«l cloat^kr of draw er* and *oe th* so charm ed him lay on tin* floor face
constantly in the in terest of his health the police for th eir inefficiency you It was a neat well bred slap a t him flash of an «dectrie lam p as the In down. Ilennett picked It up and found
and knew train schedules by h eart.
would drive up to th e bank in a tax;. as a man w ithout Initiative or courage tru d e r moved *wlftly about.
Then th at th« picture had be* n rem oved
A rc h ie s condition was alw ays a walk in and re tu rn th - money, saying At the d in n er table she had expressed
'
'
. ""
g r a te fu 'v
topic of conversation and you had found it In the old fam ih much th e sam e thought th a t was con-
now M rs F eatherstone. in h er m ost pew at T r.n ity » h en you went in, to densed in the verse, hut tho quota
sisterlv tone, broached the subject of say your prayers!
H ere would be t i„n . u n n »f..ve.l by her sm ile, carrle.l
an ‘opportunity to break the force o f a sting.
P erhaps this w as the way
his health
habit
and
aw
aken
your
self-conft-
Isabel
P
erry
thought of him, as a
“I h av en 't much faith in this ld«a
flo ser In the game of life: hut he ex-
of your going to the R ockies; you dence.”
"Am I to u n derstand th at you prac perieneed a pleasant tingle In the
know you tried th e Alps five years ago
and the altitude nearly killed you." tice w hat you preach? I don’t m -a r blood when he reflected that this may
have been the w rong reading and
Archie smiled wanly. “I seem doom to be im p ertin en tf but r e a l ly .------"
“Oh.
I’m
p
effectly
capable
of
doing
very d ifferent from the sense she
ed to sit on the sidelines and w atch
an y th in g I've suggested. I mean tc m eant to convey. His sp irits soared
th e g a x e ." he agreed g'oomlly.
To look at him no one wnu'u believe dig for buried treasu re th is sum m er. as he decided th at the last line was
th a t he had a nerve in his tail fram e. realizing th e dream of a lifetim e. Talk Intended to be read unbroki-nly and
Once a friend carried him off to a about rom ance being d ea d ' My g ra n d , th a t It co n stituted a c h a’lenge flung
farm w here an au tocratic athletic fath er was a p tenter In M isaissipp. be a t him with a toss of her head, a flash ’
tra in e r rejuvenated tired business fore the C'lvil W ar. In about IMP he of her-brow n eyes.
Archie was lulled to sleep by the
ni* n. -.nd Archie su rv iv et the heroic saw trouble ahead, and as* he was op
encouraging
thought th a t w hat she
posed
to
secession
he
turned
every
treatm en t and reappeared bronzed
and hardened and feeling b etter than th in g he had into gold, bought sever- 1 had done was to give h'm a copimts
he ever had felt In hla life, But a fte r tra c ts of land in Michigan and New- slon to redeem him self by strange
? w inter spent in in office and leisure York and secretly planted his m oney. and moving ad ventures
Demonstrated Machines
At tw o o'clock he reached Bailee
to think o f h'm seli as an Invalid, he re My fa th e r in h eitted the land, and
H
arbor
He
stepped
Into
th
e
only
taxi
th
a
t*
w
here
I'm
opening
my
cam
p
’’
NATIONALLY
FAMOUS
newed h.s acquaintance with the wait
“And th e gold .h asn 't been found?" in sight ami drove to thp vll'nge d ru g ,
ing rooms of specialists.
g ist's for th e key to the Congdon
"T h ere will be a few people in fp asked A rchie, deeply in terested .
"N ot a coin so far! You see tran.l house.
d ’nner tonight." re m a rk » ' Mrs. F « i-
“ JuHt go In and take your tlm«- io
th ersto n e as he rose to go; “ very fath er made his wi'J in war lira* and
The large tub washes whilo
it."
said the man. L ights and w ater
and
Howard
Just
only
divided
the
land,
being
afraid
t
>
s !mcle. you kno»
’ SPLiO UOOtL
havten't
been
turned
off
and
If
you
telephoned th at he can 't possibly m ention the buried tre a su re in a I
the small tub dries.
The
tak
e
the
house
your
folks
can
step
W A S tiE K
m
ent
th
at
would
become
a
public
re
come, so If you can arran g e It. Archie
EASY is one of the most
rig h t In
If you don't And It con
cord when he died.”
T h l»
efficie n t
w a»her
haa
—It w II he a real h e ’p to me."
“T his Is m ost exidtlng. It's only venient to stop here again. Just leave
w on th e fa v o r of th ousands
"All right. May
I was going to
popular washers ever built!
o f housew ives.
have dinner with Weld and Coburn, u n fo rtu n ate th at it's not j irate gold th e key u n d er the door oiat."
“I guess you'll find the place all
to
give
zest
to
your
en
terp
rise.”
hut if you rpally want m e—”
“Oh. the p irate In th« story '» a shipshape." said the driver, as they
"Ob, th a t's perfectly fine of you,
“ Folks cam e up e a r'y but
A rchie! And Isabel P erry wiM be cousin of mine, » h o inherited the set off
h ere; von know she's -he deares* ?' !. '• • •’ up n e a r th e St. !g»»-rence and did n 't stay lone. Ia»ft In a hurry.
I don t
and I alw ays thought you ••
lid has dug all over It w ithout resu 't» Family troubles, I reckon!
like h er
H er fath er lost all his My fath er gave the Michigan *■ jy know no th in ’, mind ye. hut th ere's
money before he die 1 on i sh e's had to me, but th is cousin of mine has talk she had trouble with h e r hus
a position as g v in a
m teach er In been d ig g 'n g on mv tend, to s t n n . band."
The confidence of the chauffeur
H e's ra th e r a dashing
Mis** Gordon's sell* o' This sum m er w arraatly !
only
mildly Interested Archie.
II
yo
un
g
person
‘
she's to run a gr** cam p up In
W hen It came tim e for Isabel to was unpeasonah'*y warm and the a ir
Michigan and she can t help m aking
say good night to h ° r h - c - t e s B r t r t t was lifeless and humid.
a success of It ”
"T hink It will ra in ? ” he asked the
When he found him self «ittlng ho was hovering n ear to offer his
driver.
s'd*- her later at Mr*. F eath ersto n e's vices In calling h er car.
But
“ Yep," he replied with a glance
N othing like th at for me!
table she said to him
No carrying charge
r" h a t the sea
"T h ere's going to be a
"I passed yon on th e street the ----- " she h esitated and sa'd
mo*
k
gravity,
“
if
you':
«
nm
afraid
of
lively
kl'
k-up
before
m
ornln'.'
o th er day and made fran tic effort«
They reach ed tho house and Archie
to a ttra c t your attention hut. you the night air or th e excessive fatigue
Let us demon
were In a tran ce and failed to see my you might take me home. T h at v ili dlscharfged th e driver. In a m om ent
Now you can
add a mile to vour prescription hut he was stan d ing in a htg living-room
signals. ’
th a t exhaled an atm osphere of com
"I was taking my walk," he stam yo*i can ride back!"
strate the
buy your
fo
rt and good taste.
She
spoke
of
h
e
r
plans
for
the
m ered
Fully satisfied w ith his Inveatlga-
" 'My »-alk!’ ” she repeated. “You sum m er with charm ing candor as
. washer you
tlona, Archie picked up a book, b e .
favorite
speak as though you had a monopoly they se t off at a brisk pace.
en
th
u
siastic
about
the
cam
e
absorbed
and
read
until
he
was
Isabel was
on th at form of exercise. I must say
select in your
Electric
yon d id n 't appear to be enjoying your- sum m er cam p; If It succeeded she roused by a clap of thunder th a t
m
eant
to
conduct
an
outdoor
schoo'
seem
ed
to
sh
ake
th*-
world.
H
urrying
‘ if. Your aspect wa« wholly funereal
home with
and your dem eanor th at of a man with for girls, m oving It from Michigan to to the window he found th at tbe
Washer
a certain num ber of m iles wished on Florida with the ‘ hanging s.-ssons. ' storm had already broken, ami th a t It
T h ere wa** no question of h er mak- would lw- Im possible for him to catch
absolutely no
him ”
at the lowest
Four a day." Archie confessed with ing a success of It. he said, m arveling th e five-eleven.
R® turned on th lights and sat down
an a!r of resig n atio n ; ‘‘tw o In th*- a t h er v itality, h»r exuberance th
obligation to
price ever
m orning and two before dinner. Be confidence with which sh* view the »o think. The roof and walls rang un-
d er the dow npour and he decided Hint
New Thor White Enameled Cylinder Wash
the doctor’s o rd ers,” he added with ' futgrp
•
you
offered
' I wish you all good luck." he said a fte r a ’l to spend the night In an
the wistful sm ile th at usually evoke*’,
er, 6 and 8 Sheets Capacity.
when
they
reached
the
htise
of
the
J
abandoned
house
would
be
a
lark,
sym pathetic m urm urs in fem inine ,
friend she w as visiting. "T he cam o . The storm showed no sign of ahat
auditors.
“Oh. the d o cto rs!” rem arked the ; wf’l he s great success—I’m sure of Ing and as nightfall deepened the
T his h as been the hap p iest | Floom he set about m aking him self
_-!rl us though she had no great that.
com fortable.
Feeling tw inges of
ep!n in of doctors In general or of evening I've sp en t sltice------”
"S ince you began taking everything hunger, he explored the kitchen pan
Mr. B en n ett’s m edical advisers In
p articular, lie was used to a great so h a rd ? Please quit looking on your try. The Congilons had left a we’l
deal of sym pathy and he was con- life as a b urden; try to get sam e fun stocked lard er and, finding bacon
eggs, and bread, he decided th a t the
vtaced th a t Miss P e rrj was an u tterly out of It!”
Don’t forget me In the rush o f cooking of supper would he a Jolly
unsym pathetic person.
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