PAGE SIX TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS 7 character not unfam iliar Io those who i know the w aterways. He seem ed to - ho a quaint, good uautred old chap w Hi sparkling eves and bushy beard a man evidently sixty years of ugt I and still sprightly as a chickadee. I The m ission had evidently not at- i fueled hltn nt all. lie culled us a i heery greeting ns the boats drew up. When he rose to make the motor bout fast, all of us saw (hat his garb I fitted the rest of him He wore an - old. mud huapallered suit, and queer lltjle rubber boots that mere (led with strings and cam e Just Io his unkles. making a ludlerous hag of each of his 1 trouser legs. Ham, the colored man, w h s III Iho bach of the boat, and next to him j »nt a lean, thlii-fucod man I hud n evjr j seen before Hut he had an official Ï" ▼slJ r * Ä H» A -^A. x==== " V‘-A x ----------- • ' r < // Edison Marshall ^ -*b ¿ « ? \ \ .> / V ' ~ Illusbuhons by /W¿ WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE— the isthm us to the opposite high lands ward's fear—an «motion that Inspire I Dr Long, out fishing with Alexan­ before the wall of w ater came. In him to run fast enough down that slope der Pierce, a detective, tells of his that case he was still to be found to overtake Ills prey within ten yards “I don't believe I like the word projected trip to Southerly Downs. In the thick jungle beyond. Since the light had made Its pos­ prey in thia capacity. Ernest." I told P ierce ad vises him to keep his eyes ______ ___ hint "Theft*'» an _ Inference In It that w ide open while there. On the way sible, we had put a negro In an un- ____ In a train Dr. Long Is attracted by a ' stairs window with a powerful pair Isn't soothing to the spirit. Hut there girl, who later faints. Dr. Long treats of Held g la sses If the murderer was Isn't any doubt about the fur» and her, and looking into her bag. Is a s-1 . Indeed --------- — in ------- - — . . . . . . . . ............. — . . slayer refuge In — the ......... thick . . Jungles, Intensity of . the There s an- ounded to find a loaded revolver, **»« g la sses would reveal any attem pt other elem ent that proves It even Dr. Long m eets Ahmad Das. an ne matte Hts only more clearly than the fact that he he »nouia should m ake to escape His Oriental, who conducts him to South hope would he to keep the plateau overtook Hayward within ten yards.'' ley Downs, where he m eets Mr South-j Itself betw een him and the house, a "What la that?" » |r. tt,„| nune came." Ham told ma. could not wall no more, th e detea* tlve gen'niau said we hud to go with* ,,U| him mill Ilk" a hoi lie » o u l .n l lie no good. Uotina," (TO BE CONTINUE Di l>'( >11, MALL— tä r isin paper in large sh eets, Xttx.iW Inch»», sul'ublo tor making tracings. The N ew s Office. PAINTING und Kulsixiilning In all its biauthvs. Ileiliiued Prices Hoy Koch. Call 126 J. woman's strength, or e v e n th e strength than a large, --------- of any . other ____ ________ powerful man. to wdmlnlster such a Mow ns killed llayw srd We had now halted below the veranda. ' There'» one thing Io remember." I told him air, and I guessed him rlghl ns 'an What Is that?" ¡Inspector from a nearby city —» man Hand Saw w ith turning lathe and "Another thing Io wonder at. As on the plain clothes force. He was au Jig saw attachm ents. you say. only n powerful man. or alert, determ ined man with u distinct som ething very powerful, could have air of authority. Musi be seen this week Call at dealt that blow, A man could not My rtr„ word> w -r# w „ h ley and his son. Ernest Southley, Mr. fea« that would becom e Increasingly "The terrible, rending violence of have done It, except with som e great 247 Main street. Mpringlleld sw ore that he hud sent my telegram Hayward and his son, Vilas, and then : difficult as he neared the mainland the blow A co d-blooded murder >r heavy weapon that by Its own weight to the address I had Indicateli Josephine Southley, who is the girl And It was true the w ater was too - - wouldn't —«« m »» * » have « w a u struck um u s e this m is. The i nt would gather trem endous m onto like "I waited an hour for un answer. he had m et on the train Jos»phine deep to wade. He would either have slayer would have walled In the dark It was dark, and the two of inem tells him the story of Southley Downs «° construct a raft, or else risk his n e ss—struck from ambush >— >- with — ■ •*- a were In mud (light down the hlu. and Its ghost, which is not the ghost Bfe ,n a l ° n«* desperate swim I hilly or knife ór pistol. Now look Then think what wonderful accuracy, STORES AT SALEM. PORTLAND. SPRINGFIELD of • s a e human u u io u ii being M but ta v U of l a a U tiger. ««C I. The -------- watch --------— was kept r . like . . . v the » .« v B guard u n iv at this ______________ _____ what _ perfect m uscle _______ control, iwaa nec showed Ernest the Imprint In lh c!* 'ssa ry for the pursuer to sw in e hts Dr. Long has i a quarrel with V ilas ° f ;M* arm y cam camp. continuous Vilas p. It u was continuous. i snoweu i-.ruest the Imprint In the | cssary for the pursuer to sw ing Ills e __ a. _ I Hayward over J Josephine, o s« -" '“ — ' w "Tien x « « < the k ., - _ obliged » .« — ■ to ■-------- and * “ finds negro w as leave turf where the (sidy had lulu It was ' weapon and strike the tleetng figure In rards have a strange b's post another took his place. singularly deep and distinct front of him In the durkness—a blow that the Haywards " e - picked few surface ues ‘ “ — Does It mean anything Io you?" I as accurate as that with which a authority over the Southleys. He is ■» ---------- up ■ - a --------------- - * d •— P.-iwn* Th<. hs asked butcher fella a steer. It doesn't seem ordered to leave * Aauthlev Southley Downs. The W " o ’e found found a a man's man’s hat: hat; but but it It w was asked rain prevents him leaving at once. Perfectly evident that it was the hat 1 “Do you m ean that the blow was so hardly human.” Heyward had worn. I » unu had not par violent Hayward was simp sim p!) is r . Long anu e *•• • mu par- vw iw ui that iiim i n a v w a rti wua Dr. and c»rnesi Ernest go out oü on m the He started up (he steps, and turned road in the rain looking for the tracks Hcularly noticed It as he went out knocked Into the earth when he fell with a little laugh that was som e of a tiger that E rnest says are there ,b e door; yet Ernest recognized It "Nothing else. It is likely (ha! that he he how how very very grim grim "You might us well Department Store They find the tracks. Later Ernest 88 tbe sam e exp en sive felt h atxh at he never moved or cried out after th it quü looking for things to he human— and Dr. Long see a prowling creature had 8een elder Hayward wearing blow struck him down He was hurl- around this house," he told me. in the hall at Southley Downs. This on n,an-v Previous occasions. It con ed to the ground with such force that "Abandon such hope— ye who enter frightens the elder hayward. who also tained no Initials or any other sign of he left th is Imprint—as If a meteor Just then we heard the voice of HO6C sees it. Ernest begins to feel that ownership, sad it had a trademark of had sm ote him The neck was broken the watchman, bellowing down the OVERALLS Ahmad Das is perpetrating som e 8 hatter in the State capital. ; —a clean, violent break. I knew It stairs. His glass had revealed the laidles' very fine m ercerised M , i i h Genuine Boaa of the lload deviltry. But the place it lay was som ewhat when I exam ined the body." shadow of a boat upon the far reaches cotton Hose In black grain, Overalls, hit, or w»l»t In extra nude and beige, A ho»e that The elder Hayward is later found significant. It was ten full paces We found one other clew that for ° f the marsh. hoavy blue Deaim. Guaranteed will wash well, reinforced heel to w e a r or a n«w pair. N e ver farther up the slope than the place a little while made us hopeful It At first the boat was Just a Macs dead, his neck broken as if by and toe fluy by the d oien for so low In price •where we found the body. w as one-half of a cuff-link, broken «peck ao far distant that we could gaint's blow. your outing trip Values to 50<- N ow read on— “Could we have dropped It off sharply off. It was a rich thing, of not l«B whelhe.r It was som e one when we carried the body to the j S” W and a sin gle ruby. Then we escap in g from the plateau or a boat K/xxcoV*' IT*-— __a ' - „ iv - . j v.. . . . . . - .. . . . "It is even an intruder's business house?" Ernest asked. j walked back toward the house. from the mainland "When I lifted the head the hat to be watchful, at a tim e ¡ike this. I ‘I suppose you'll know where sus- “If tis the murderer, and he a get­ I replied. believe you'd better try to get som e w as already - off." --------- , ------ piclon will point." Ernest said. Just ting aw ay, there's no chance to stop SHOES sox sleep "Then you see what that means?" before we reached the steps him," Southley said. "We can't get Ladle»' odd lot« of white, black "Still the dtKtor— but there are no He *°oked at me darkly, Children's und Misses' 14 a »d % We stopped, face to face. word to the other aide In time." and suede high and low ruts Mox Black, brown inn. rose It m eans that part of the struggle "Good H eavens, man! Don't yon personal w ish es involved this time." "* The speck was bard to follow Ther» broken alien. Juat Ihe »hoe for blege and nude With color tops She even had the spirit to sm ile at occurred higher up the slope, or else think I have ey es? No one can help were so many tree clum ps and gerden or beach wear. Some to match dress Itegulur 50* me. som e violent action at that point hut see the sold form erly as high a» 17 50. — way things point ^nd th ick ets that hid It. Hut slow ly it Your choice any pair Iti th" V - • - . . . .. Your Choice. house. But I cou ld n ’t answ er that sm ile knocked the hat from his head there's nothing In this world to do became apparent that the bout ’was The scene in the den had str u c k ' 8eem8 to — me there would ----- be „.B„_— sign s— but cover our ey es and yell coin- draw ing nearer, and that It had a ----------------- I deeper— w as the eldence! But the detective» that ’ m ailer craft, evidently a large row- home too hard. ~ ‘ im prints— If the first ~ “Professional interest alone." I told case; and more likely that he saw or c°m e In the boat today—they'll be boat. In tow. And within a half-hour heard his enem y for the first time fresh and have clear eyes. And th ey ’ll more we could distinguish Its oc- her. Maybe it was Just the effect of the when he was on this point of the suspect Ahmad Das. He was the one cupanta. man that was out on the hillsid e with The l8r*e craft—a long, low motor dawn that her eyes seem ed to lose path. ” "He ----------------— must have been - on his way Hayward at the moment of the mur- boa*—contained five men. Of course, their luster before my gaze She hurried on up the hall, turning at the down to the driveway then, d*r- ’ one of them was the negro I had sent. door of her own room. i "®f course " "Of course. Although it is true he one wa* evidently, the skipper or He certainly could not have _____ seen atafled in another direction." ow ner — of _ the craft, and of the "Thank you for your wachrulness. ________ _____ __________ ___ _ ______ _ ........ two .. ... And I'm sorry , I w ell-in the darkness. “ You remember that he took a long others were ih e coroner and his as she called to me. , u, ovrry ----------------- - He m ight have __ - felt — as--- . , ___ __ . _4_a__. n c . .. _ . spoke so rudely when you first spoke heard »U-----a. though, or tim e to get down to the garage. H - all,la nt. My hope lay in the fifth .. T he m an w ho does not get G enuine F ord P a rts in Out to me— and I don’t expect any other__' 'Perhaps he could m uioac ake uui out a a might have waited for Hayward on my telegram had gone true to Its o f L u ck. We sto ck o n ly G enuine F ord Parts. but professional interest—now. If shadow L ikely he started to run. the tra,l— then circled back to the destination, tonight there would be W hen you f lr r t bough t y o u r c a r It had G enuine P aris there was anything that I could sa y _ and his hat fe " nir off q at the « first > .u„ . . . leap .-----.. garage and only pretended to look new forces to cope with this problem th ro u g h o u t, made by the M a n u fa c tu re r. Be sure to get for him. I don't say It's true, but ° r Southley Downs, about last night— I'd say it. too. But 'The levee was already breaking them by co m in g h e ra I know it wouldn’t help any." the coroner and the de- Most of the male occupants of the then. He must have heard Its faint that s what — ------ signs. It seem ed likely he must have tectlve8 w,n »uggest. house were down at the edge of the “I can't im agine that it would.” But why he ---- »trike . dl(ln ------- 1 — --- him as Progress was slow Trey coiiftan tly “But at least—you are not going known that retreat by way of the chasing the fac®d the danger of snugs and sub- roadway to the city was already cut be went past. Instead of — ------- home today.” “'■'•eatning merged shrubbery that m ight wreck ^ “ mlng man down the hill?” hill?" “T he storm decided that matter for off Then why "—and the eyes bored ^ AU« opposite _____ _ “W ho k know n o w s s! ' ThMrsH I C LEAN WTio There ml»K» might l be such tbe motor boat. Ernest called to me. I'm afraid But there may be a m,ne— “ * I TEST AND FILL man's he be saved . from beside Ihe Isthmus early morning hours drew on, and yards farther down »ne slope. ( BATTERY the m ist that was the tw ilight of 'Men charge. At At first we couldn't see their faces, "Men in in such such terror terror as as he he must an a ttempted murder faw n faded like pain. have been are not particularly care- lea st' Ahmad Das will be suspected. The glitter of the twater prevented One of the negroes had built a little iul which w ay they run. T hey only And the frow ning point lg that he It. But when at last they drew close nthlew joined ini.ar, want •• , bated Hayward.” it was with the sen se of the deepest fire in the library, and Southley want to to get get aw aw ay ay in in anv any direction direction.' OPEN NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS Ami Hayward nated him," I disappointm ent to me. I looked In "But the ------ m ost •• frightened Midi man me here. And in » a uivujtzui moment nihUlHU Ahmad , »«In for the face I had hoped to see Das opened the door from the dining won’t run in the face of the danger. agreed' M We Repair All Makes of Cars and room. '• is perfectly evident -- - .■— - --------- , --- the riwim It then that his | ■ ’ "Next after » ‘« r Ahmad, annum the negroes negroes twill .w ill; No one could m istake the coroner He stood straight and calm and un­ foe came behind h lm -b e tw e e n his ** 8U8P<'ct*d. charged with being . him .” gated .” breakfast. His assistan t was a rather sprightly “Of course." • "Vilas won't be accused — very “Authorize^ Ford Sales and Service” After breakfast Ernest and I went young man. with the gloom of his "And ............— he must • have urrii been uiurj u n b e-' naturally__and of course my sister profession yet to com e upon him. The down to the scen e - ... of the muiuer. murder. it It — — Fifth and A Sts. Phone 49 wonk! be several hours before the l,ev a bly flpet. It was true that Hay man who steered the boat was coroner cam e, and I thought that anv * ard was 8 lar«p man physically, and obvious <*. ws should be collected and wo,,ld n° t ordinarily have been able preserved at once. Such things have to run very fast But in aurh terror m> sterious ways of disappearing. 88 'vas» he would have run faster We had no difficulty in locating than an exPf!t't track man You know, the exact spot where the body had LonB' that nc man ever really runs been Even the rain had not washed i un,)1 he ls ,n «error. Some reserve away that evidence. My first work ' P°wer a «‘d strength com es to his aid. was to look about for footprints. You rpmember that from your own There were none to is- seen. The boyhood the way you could get away I.. . l ì L.J place was covered with a r’ch griw th frn,n 8 waterm elon patch when the 1 of grass, and root-filled turf as a rule i ow «>er got out his shotgun. He ran ft / L . ì j does not receive a very clear Imprint 8°m ew hat downhill, so every condl- j J Besides, the rains would have washed tlon was whh him for a fast flight, ! N away any imprint that had been made. ! And Y*“« bis enem y caught up with We were no more successful in find- him w l«bln ten y ard s!” Ing a weapon with which the crim e ; "It is an Important fact, Ernest.” could have been comm itted. We | "It certainly Is. t-olice records We recommend Biltw ell upholstered searched the hillside with the great. ; «how that In very few cases have furniture to those who take pride in eat possible egre; and even waded a j crim es been comm itted b y a crim inal their household furnishings. Iiiltw ell short distance into the swamp. Qf i actually overtaking a fleeing victim this Riliuvll Suite- furniture is soundly constructed course It seem ed like that any blunt | when they were both on foot The Instrument that could have Inflicted I victim 's fear makes him the fleetest- -n d s k illfu ll; the wound could have been easily ! and the criminal has only the strength tryrevers, 1 ,ns coveted In the choicest o f long-wearing iossed Into the swamp water, from j or his purpose t.Hmake him f i d Yet fiilirics. Biltw ell comes to us and goes which It could not he recovered until Hayward was overtaken in ten vards from us to you w ith a guarantee from tn f wafer« receded again. i “ Yen.” the makers which assures you o f life­ Although It was inundated to a 1 “ He probably ran scream ing—a Available also in depth of six feet now, It was per ! sound that could not he heard above long satisfaction. Y ou'll never regret other coverings In fectlv clear that the Isthm us twns the roar of the storm." a variety o f colort zour choice o f Biltw ell furniture. TERMS You’ll Like still above the surafee of the water I agreed to this, too at the moment of the murder. It was “ It's no o rd in ary crim e, Long. T he not covered until the final w reckage murderer ........ had n - . . " ............................. ordinary 'iM iiia iy I m I I otives IL I V v 'H of the levee, several m inutes a fte r -' His passion, his blood madness, If | ward. H would have been possible for ( may use the word, must have been the murderer to have raced across Just as terrific an emotion as Hay- FOR SALE it lain Formerly Farmers Exchange $ 1.69 A Now 25c A Pa,r 10c * P8i' 24c A Pa,r “Genuine Parts” t fell Firestone Tires A il FREESERÏICE v - d s Prices ) Penzoli . Cycol FREE ' Zerolene DANNER MOTOR CO. F or Homes & L that want the BEST □ $145 WRIGHT & S O N S