PACK SUC
TliK SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10. 1>27
•rn»r rwuarked carelessly as hs pick atyto of <>ur H alley H a rb o r ro r r« ,p o n rem from the Governor; tor more
ed his way through a Itos of red ton dent. I sh all la k e the lib e rty o| help ng than «ver he must rely upon his
strange trien«! for aaelstanre In eecap
you l<> a frie d egg ''
terns:
tng from lhe consequences of the duel
However
Archie'«
appetite
•«
«
"Speaking of women, my dear
Archie, do you ahare the Joy of the pretty effectually epi'lled by this pava in the Congdon cotte«*
TO ■« CONTINuaO
X x , M e r e d ith N ich olson
lyric poets to the species? It occurs graph
A n odd circu m s tan ce, m ore o r loss
to me that you have probabY had
C A L L FO B » C H O O L W A M A H T »
many affairs I'm thirty-four but I've I re m e ta ly cenneotsd w ith th e h lllln q o l
NOTICE IM HKRBBY GIVEN tost
the
b
u
rg
la
r
in
th
e
fa
sh
io
n
a
b
le
co
ony,
loved only one woman
And strong- '
as It may seen, she's a bishop's daugh s till rsnvsins to bo ss p lsln sd . Offii 01 ! School DUI No 1». of Itone County.
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Verfcee sh o rtly before tw o o'etech. the Greg”“ »•••
ter"
This confidence made It Incumlw-nt ' t c u r at w h ich the th ie f waa th e : n District Cleri« s i his residence on
upon Archie to make some sort of M r. C u m m ings' horns, saw a m an Wee« 11 St house number H I. school
H e warrante up to and Including l««fi
reply The Governor wou'vl probably t»< h u rry in g th ro u g h W a te r filro s t
hors the ap psarsnes of a ge n tlem a n , Interest «eases «fier NoV. 11, Ifiïî
d
sappo.nted
la
him
If
he
confessed
ittU e A
and the officer did not aecest him . Dated November 10. 1K3Î. Springfield,
I the meagerness of hla experleoi-es
OuFY JUOby CHARLES 9CSCENBR5 SONS - RZLZA j XD THT-U IUBLISHZK- AUTOCASTER 3DC-TC*
'■Well. I'm In the same boat." he ' th in k in g him a yach tsm a n fro m on« Oregon.
Signed. M W SMITH. DtoL Clerk
IN T R O Q U C T IO N
been the Instrument of Hohy's undo- tthable chap
I It be a good pal to answered glibly
T here's only on-- o f tho boats in the h a rb o r w h s had
■ng
you and 1 ash you to be straight with girl tor m e’" This reference to Isabel been v is itin g frie n d s a th s rs . T h e m an
Arch, held Bennrtl. wealthy each
"I've got to m ake a getaw ay and be me
Are we friends or------“
CALL AND SEC Dr. N. W. Em ery
Perry, remote and guarded as It was w alked oddly, pausing now and th en
•tor. travel« tw e le a tly la the la ter vet
He put out his hand and Archie be defended only on the ground that as though in pa in , and was c a rry in g on prices <>n plates and other work if.
Of hie health. Ha *< h *( k Isabel Harry, in a burry about It." declared Archie
grasped IL
it •»« necosaary ta some way to meet h is *rlg h t hand upon h it lo ft shoulder.
who racoauaeode a life of crime. ad In a confidential air
"A Uttle trouble of some so rt eh?
venture, romance and excitement as
"All right. Archie—for such you the Governor half way to his con (I T h is m o rn in g drops o f blsod w ars FOR 9 YEARS GAS
lh„ en„
, h, c>ap<<r . d en ies
And It was no He that he found on the b o a rd w a lk cross«A by th«
• care tor hie nerves Archie goes to It mther occurred to me that you gh.u
RUINED HER SLEEP
Bailey Harbor to Investigate a »um were not promenading for mere plea wh.th ar yo„ llwl abo(lt „ of. niX And sincerely believed that he loved hi r ts rsn g o r, and It is bsiisvsd th a t th is
w
as
an
o
th
er
of
th
e
b
u
rg
la
r
gang
w
h
s
A heavy
'■ep.led the Governor
-A hl, w
, daa,
a(ralr, No other girl had ever roused him so
boaae tor his sister
•’I hsd stomach trouble « yearn, and
Storm forces him to spend the night fashionable defaulter, perhaps' N o' j | m going to spend the afternoon »
much, or given him so good reason fot was w ounded In a stru g g le som ew here gsa made me rvsllees and nervous.
In
th
e
In
te
rio
r
and
was
seekin
g
the
standing
off
and
taking
a
look
at
him
there. During the night he Is a v a l
Then let It go nt murder, though I tbat stolen machlas. I'll paint 'er
Adlerlka helped so I ran eal and sleep
He wondered whnt she would h elp o f his oo nfsdsrsta. pres u m ab ly go<>4.” —Mr« E T ouchstone
ened by footsteps, sad in an encounter confess yon don t look an though you wbtts to jvtubollae our purity There s self
Just
with the Intruder who sees Archie « would have a stomach for homicide an assortment of clothes the boys say If she coaM see him with a cr.ml th e m an shot In th e C u m m in g s house. ONE spoonful Adlerlka relieves gsa
As
the
paper
f«1
from
Archie's
figure reAeded in the mirror and
“• came damned near getting pinch-,' b , , , b-ft , rom tjmr to time. Von asl beside him. Joy riding In a stolen
and that bloated feeling so that you
hsod lhe Governor to«»k II up.
shoots. Archie fires in return, wound ed ’" asserted Archie stoutly
"The can pick 'em over while I'm working car.
can e s l and sleep well. Acts on BOTH
tog the intruder, who makes his es > >>P’ back there to that town gave on the car.”
Hts thoughts of her had led him
"You seem agitated. Archie! You upper and lower bowsl and removes
cape.
Archie plans (light to evade me a hard run for It I was Just
i • Io doffing the clothing he had ac far afield when the Oovernor remark muet learn to conceal your feelin gs1' old waste matter yog never ihougbt
publicity
He starts cross-country crawling through the window of a
He read the paragraph and glanced was there No matter what you hsv«
quired
honestly and suhsUtnllng ed ruminstlvely
drug store when here comes a chap
afoot—nod road on
"Do
you
manage
to
see
her*
T
ne.'j
quickie
at Archie
. . .
, , stolen raim ent It waa almost as
tried for your stomach and bowels.
tiptoeing through the alley, and I . . . . .
..
"Your work, poestbly?" murmured Adlerlka »fill surprise you Klanery s
.
„ . .
,
though Archie were changing his lhe devil to my case! The lady's for
bolted
for
the
tall
timber
as
hard
as
,
.
bidden
to
recognise
me
In
any
way
ARCHIE MEETS T h e Governor"
the Oovernor "Compose yourself Ih-ug Store.
.
.
. .. ____ . . . character as well. He wondered what
1 could spring The fire bell rang, and _
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and her father Is a tart old party and I'm afraid you H«d to me shout the
. the
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v
.
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would
“
*»•
*c»w
that
he
The first glimmer of dawn
town vroke up There 11 be
had s te a d y slipped the leash that Me, 1 s rharp wstch of her. I cal- t tee drug -A*r- No’ " he help up his hand
breaking
- over a - gray world, when a a whole army looking for me; and
her aud the regular malls are c'os, d to wnrnlngty—"te’l me nothing* Hut If
curious whistle, a long pipe and then jf
fr)e0(, Hnky
ktlVd bound him ,o «»»»»ntton and per
I J
l.l
us Nevertheless we have an arrange we've got a murder behind ua we »hall
• short quick one. In the roadside a
ker0 to ptnch raR „ anotnRr
” •« more reckless d eed , than
ment
by
which
If
she
ever
needs
me
or
certainly
be
moat
ctrrumspect
In
our
she
had
prescribed
toy
him
money
Uttle way ahead brought Archie to a mRmbRr ot lhr <an„ •
thinks I can sem e her In any way movements
You Interest me more
"Well. I must say you're a credit to
CAN T BUY
h a lt He drew his gun from his over
The
i , „ e ned patiently.
she's to leave a note In a certain place and more. Archie I congratúlale you
coat pocket and stood perfectly quiet - An amaleur j take It?" he remarked "ur <*“»» clothing department! " re It's her own Idea and very pretty
A
BETTER OIL
on your splendid nerve."
in a few seconds the whistle was re-
..Hr„
^ „ „ b ie d Archie scorn niarkert the Governor upon his return
■than
As dawn broke the whistle and
Archie's nervS was nothing he could
pealed and Archie, grown suddenly fu„ y - H u t l atwayg pu v the game " ’hat do you make of th is’ Found I
rumble of a train caused the Governor
THE
NEW
admire himself, but a seqpad cup of
boM. checked an Impulse to fly and
, n<T, r
any „„„ for p . , , In the car "
to stop the car and dive Into his
.Z
E
R
O
LENE.
coffee put warmth Into hla vital«
He
extended
a
crumpled
telegram
imitated IL
T h e y get In the way."
pocket tor time tables of which *ie
and he recovered sufficiently to pay
A man rose from behind a ’»tone
- Wro„g my
■ wrong’ A goo I which rend:
carried a large supply. He scanned
the breakfast rheck If It was Congdon
Bailey Harbor. Me.
waU on the right and walked toward partnRr ,lke me „ RMen,ia l. As ‘for
one and hummed his satisfaction
he had shot there was s t l l the hope,
June
11.
1»17.
m yself 1 rarely venture to expose m y-;
W«'!l gel rid of this machine rlgh’
enoruraged b f the newspaper, that the
-That you. H o k y r he called sharp w l ( l o [ h e K UtCe . a . , , , , but , x d v l » - Pu,D*? Congdon.
now as there's a station over there a
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Thackeray
Club.
N.
T.
wounded man «A» In no hasta to re
ly. peering through the mist
and counsel the brethern You hsve-
little way where we can pick up a
port bis ln)ury to the police. But
I am offering the house for rent.
Beeiog that he was not Hoky but a
U e iud<lne„t of a m0nto-old in
‘Heaton why ( l OP MANY)
local right into Portsmouth He stop Archie found little comfort In the
stranger with a pistol, be sprang for-j fant A , (,>nny nlght alwayg m«ke„ Shall take every precaution to pro-
ped. opened a gate and ran the car thought that eumewhere In the world
Q u a l i t y - d m p r o c u r i w
ward and wrenched the gun from
wakeful
Your j
“ T «-hlldren from your brutality.
through a barnyard and Into an empty there was a man he had shot and per
■ y e a n o f r e fu u n g e x p e rie n c e .
Archie s band.
| attempt, my ton. speaks tor courage. I
A. B. C.
shed.
hsps fatally wouiWed.
,
"Stop squealing! Bad enough tor but not for discretion
Yog should ' *««•*• <•»» “ •* h“t »W rite« “round
rrx e o x s D o il oomsawv o t c a u s o s n i «
"Now for a brisk walk!" They j
you to fool me with that whistle with alway, agk
about anch things “
hlm
w’h» ‘ he beM WM» beyond crossed the railroad and were soon I He must conceal his anxious con-
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out pullteg a gun Now you get right
replled Archu meek>y question the reply of. M r . Congdon
buying tickets from a sleepy station
to her husbsnd't telegram that had
over there by the fence where I’m that I didn't run into you sooner
master They alighted at Portsmouth
pointing and w ell consider matters a
loag u B ln e . cy)Rd
q ,,,. been left Tying on the dinner table
without mishap, and Archie wired his
little."
, raor hearUly
.But let
pnkc And If Congdon bad left Hew York
sister that the > ongdon house would
"I was mat walking to Portsmouth,'' t(caI We m(Jat make , lon< Jump $>r Bailey Harbor Immediately to
not do Then he redeemed hts suit
began Archie In a blithe tone he hoped jon foy the coaat wlJ, rin< wl|h thlg put Into effect his threst to abduct his
case In the checkroom and Joined the
would prove convincing. His Captor p ^ ^ p ^ i y u Hoky is lying cold at rblld. 11 ™l«ht have been Congdon he
Governor.
touched Iron ically.
the undertaker's.“
, had shot—not Hoky.
The drove to the hotel, where they
-N ow you listen to me!
You've
He wa)ked ,,g briskly with Archie
The G overnors ceaseless flow of
commanded the best service of the i
been up to something, so don't tell cloae beside him.
talk fortunately diverted bis thoughts
ton. The Oovernor registered etobor
When you art- doing your home work In the
me that you’re taking a little before
-w h e n Hoky persisted In his 111 to more cheerful channels, and he
stely as Hegins Id Heber Saulsbury
morning, or when you ait down during the day
breakfast stroll to Portsmouth to work chO8R„ enterprise 1 lifted a little ' obeyed with alacrity a hint that he
for a few moments of rest, an Atwater Kent
up an appetite
In the first place. rQadg(Rr ,hat | Te tucked away down prepare luncheon. After thia had and wrote Archie down as Ashton
Radio will select, at your will, the program you
have you seen a man about your six* he^
g p eseta ;. iane. Thought I'd been consumed the Governor sug- Comly. Indicating the residence of
------- the road
a —
_ wbt.rer r
ail
to gjve (he oM
a gested a game of chesA produced a both as New York
prefer listening to. entertaining u hHc you work
along
anywhere
At the breakfast table, the Governor
or real.
declared Archie
p|jlJ fo(. freedonj when he
get of ivory chessm en from a cup-
•'Not a soul!
solem nly
back, but____!“
! board and soon proved him self a scanned a local paper and with a chir
— Free Demonstration —
rup passed It to Archie, pointed to a
"Mighty queer Hoky doesn’t turn up
Sure enough the roadster was there, skillful player.
I warned the beggar against these
Governor became suddenly a - At the end of two hours the Go/- double column hea^nne. which read.
See Hetnie First
sea sid e villas; they're s!l outfitted man Qf act|on. Kneeling down he ernor declared that they must take a "A Carnival of Burglary In M aine"
with faocy burglar alarms that make detai?he(j a New York license tag from nap before setting out and turned Archie's eyes fell upon the blearre
a deuce of a row when you step on j th# „„^btne. drew from, bis pocket a lnto 0De of the berths. He was s o o photograph of a dead man with which
the etre It rings a gong loud enough Majn>. taJ? and atta Ched it. humming „„orlng
Archie kicked about rest the page was Illustrated, an«! he
to wake the dead and then some chap meanwhlle
: |eggly for a tlmei but finally slept— ' chok«-d on a fragment of grap-fiult
lumps but of bed and turns on ail the
..^jje rural police haven't learned • on| y pp wander through a wild phan- j aa he read the Inscription: "Dead
Thief. Identity Unknown "
light In the house and very like y ib|< atlnp,e deTiCe,'' he explained, as tasma«oria of crime
414 Main St.
Phone 11-J
opens up with a gun before you can
gent
d| , carded lag skimming j ..Tq ga,n or loge ,t aIt- he was I "That'« poor old Hoky all right."
say Jerusalem But Hoky thought b* . jnto corn field
He Jumped in and gtammer|ng as he opened his eyes. I murmured the Governor, buttering a
”A s you
knew better"
bade Archie take the seat beside him. B(jt ,t wag not jgabel he was ad piece of toast reflectively
Archie clutched at the stone .ence Thp
wag
bump| ng merrily (Jreaa,ngt but his confederate, bland seem to be entranced with the llterar-
against which his captor had pushed
g r(ja<h rf)a() that Wound through
anu„ ng
him and his breath came In long g • I
a pjn(r wood They followed a grass-
"The boy quotes poetry!” exclaimed
"You mean, he faltered, that you kr„wn trail that ended abruptly at (he Governor. "Archie, you've come
f.a r your friend has been shot'
an abandoned lumber camp
in angWer to my prayers! Together
"That, my dear air. to exactly what
..We l| „b.xjt the car around behind
gh>1, dr|nk of (he f(jun< of ( aHta||a.
troubles me!"
that pyramid of sawdust and walk a W(_ ghaU chun) wi(h Apol|„ and the
Archie's tongue clung to the rgof of h)f tf> , trwU.h onr legs.” the Governor Miwe)i N)ne, Bul the g()dM ca„ ug e;„e .
his mouth as he tried to m u r m f
• tn(„rmwI A r(h|e There was no trace where, W(..„ hIla„.b a bite and be off'
sympathy for the stranger’s sorrow (>f # pa)h wbere be struck, off Into A n d w e -ye gpp a job all waiting for M l.
The thought that he wav probab'y
woods, but he strode along with f)nf>
Uje brotherhood has com
talking to the accompli« • of the man th<> eaRy
,,f one who Is sure m|l|g|oned ma u, d|g up some boodle
he had shot was terrifying; the
h)H degl)natlon They brought «P ' he.„ planted 0Vf>r in New Hampshire,
stranger seem -d enormously fond of prPgentIy beside a brook and In a you may re<.all lhe | nc|dent Red
Hoky and If he knew that he had „„„ment more reached a log hut plant- (/eary a rare boy, held up an express
within his grasp the person who va.«
pn the ed(?e
the h| g h bank
me««enger and sauntered off with fifty
responsible for Hoky’« failure to re-
-w h a t do you think of that, Sir. thousand dollar« In new bank note«
turn from hla vialt to Halley Harbor j Ar,.(,lbald?'' Inquired the Governor fresh from the Treasury. Do you fol
he would very likely make haste to I careieggiy Then, aa Archie paused.
low mo?
avenge hl« friend'« death It aeem el he added." Oh, your name" Perfectly
"He hid It HOtnewhere and wants
to Archie that the goda veere p’aylng easy! Archibald Bennett was neatly your
______
help In recovering It?"
strange trick» upon hl« Indeed The sewed In your coat pre ket by your ; ..R|ght tha flrat time! That cash
tucked away ln the cellar of a
man'« »peech was not the argot he tailor aa I observed when I rubbed my
had aHMumed from hla reading of hands over your waist coat to see If chljrch and by this time tomorrow
crook atorles to be the common u t-' you wore a badge "
night we'll have It. all ready for old
tcrance of the underworld There was , ,.j got these duds out of a aulteaae i He<J an(J cj,e<;k tbe jtem from our
som ething attractive In the fellow He , , „„caked—and that's no name of | tab| et«.
carried hlmaelf Jauntily, and hlx clean ! m|ne " Archie explained hurriedly,
But the number of those notes are
shaven, rounded face and fine gray ! gtm anxlous to convince the Oovernor In every bank In the country; the
eye» would not have anggested hla con 1 lhat he wag a thief.
police are only waiting for the bills
6 Piece Dining Set (Table and 4 chair«) ............
nectlon with burglary. He was an en-j "Very careless of you not to r,P | t0
|„ to circulation to pounce
gagaing sort of person, and Archie de 0U| tbe |abel. Men have been hanged
thief,
dded suddenly that the man might be ( QB „¡ighter evidence. But Archlbnjd Is
1 am more and more delighted wltn
8 Piece Queen Anne S e t In Combination
o f service to him. He waa In pressing I not tt nam,. to sneeze at, and I rather you, my son! That point had given
W a ln u t..............................— .............
need of a change of c'othes, but he j llka Archie,.so Archie I shall continue me no Uttle worry. But som ething j
was In no condition to proceed to I t0 call you. Now. we'll see what we will turn up; there will be a way out
8 Piece Penod Set (Table, 5 Chairs, Arm
Portsmouth to redeem, his suitcase; 1 can d0 to shake up a breakfast."
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of
the dlffl« ulty. Chuck your old duds
nn Improsslon that was confirmed un
drRW out a key and opened the j ,nto the crfiek alld close the windows
Diner and Linen Chest). ...
expectedly by his captor.
door o t the hut.
'
1 We’ll hit the long trail!’’
1
"Yon will pardon my candor, hut you j "Not a bad place, Archie. I stun,
(Jut oj tbe woods and onco more |
S P E C IA L —
certainly look like the devil. L-t , bie«l upon It a couple of years ago ' (jn ft smooth highway the stolen car j
quite
by
accident
and
use
is
occa
j
H
p(
d
,,ke
a
frightened
ghost
through
me Introduce m yself to you as the
1 - 8 Piece Penod Set. Regular Price was
Governor. Among the powers that slonally." He opened a cupboard re tiff? starry night. The Oovernor drove
$189.00, For ...... ........................................
prey that Is my proud cognomen, not vealing a quantity of provisions, and with the assurance of a man who
to say alias
Now please be frank, they prepared their breakfast.
knows what he's about. Occasionally
CHAPTER IV.
what m ischief brings yon here at this
the Governor lifted his voice In songs
"My friend,” said the Governor of snlmpeachable literary and musical
hourT"
Archie gave serious thought to his soberly as they rose from tbe table, quality that rang sonorously above the
an*ver. If he couM convince this “we have dipped our hands In the hum of the engine.
HARDWARE — FURNITURE — PAINT
person that he was a crook he would same dish and broker bread together.
They struck a stretch of road un
R LACKSHEEP!
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$
Home Entertainment
Springfield Garage
A New Dinning Room Set
For Thanksgiving
$ 5 6 .0 0
-.... $ 1 2 8 .5 0
$ 1 2 9 .0 0
$ 1 4 2 .5 0
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he lean likely to suspect that he had I don’t mind saying that you’re a der repair and slowing up Lhe Oov-