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" T b s b atterie» s r s • little w esk,"
1 co m m en ted
"T hey d o n 't give a
very good »pork w hen It's cold "
I a d ju s te d th e sp a rk coll to op­
e ra te on leas c u rre n t and tried cran k
lag. T h e re w as no explosion w hat
ever.
I wus h eg tn u tn g to get a Utile
w orried.
Hill, w ho stood o v er me
T h a t m an Ju st ra d ia te d tact. It's m a ste r, sn d Io th e m in is tra tio n s of w ith a gun, seem ed a trifle Impn
W H A T H A P P E N E D SO PAR
Torn B ilbeck 1» th e n a rra to r. He Is a too bad he could n o t h av e been In a n o th e r sh e only gu rg led
(lent. I could see th a t he did not be-
ta t n e w sp ap er w rite r who d r lr e s a ' on th e d ip lo m atic c o u rte sie s * th a t
" W h a t's th e m a tte r. B ill? C an't i lleve th a t I w as m ak in g on honest
tum bledow n c a r be calls G ran d m o th er
T he you s ta r t h e r? "
q u estio n ed Jim I e ffo rt to s ta rt.
P ag e H e Is In ioTe wHh M aryella. his Preceded th e E u ro p ean w ar
easily C ooper
riv a l being Jim Cooper. T h e th re e a re tro u b le could have been so
sy m p a th etically .
"P ro b ab ly
"T ry II on the m agneto," su g g ested
m em b ers o t a n a m a te u r d ra m a tic clu b a v e rte d by h av in g th e re p re s e n ta . It is all for th e b est. Blit. T his will
i Jim C ooper
P la n , to r a play a t th e Old S o ld iers'
f h
d w lo ts to see
teach you to be p a tie n t and will lik e ­
"S he n e v e r s ta r ts on th e m agneto."
H om e a re u n d er way. G ran d m o tn er
w ise develop th e m uscles. If you I replied.
P ag e h a s engine tro u b le w hile Mary- w ho should kill him !
It w as a b e a u tifu l n ig h t even if would d ev o te th e sam e am ount of
•11a is o u t d riv in g w ith B ilbeck. and
"T ry it an y w ay ." Bill com m anded
C ooper in his big ro a d s te r, ta k e s M ary | th e snow w as fallin g so th ick ly th a t en erg y to th e p u rsu it of an u p rig h t
briefly. “ And h u stle."
a lia hom e. A fter M arvella h as left
it w as im possible to see th irty feet a n d noble life you would d o u b tless
B ilbeck is able to s ta rt h is c a r again .
So I did
As you may know, start
T he a m a te u r p lay ers a re to give ah ead of th e car. T h e re Is no peace becom e P resltlen t o f th e U nited lug a m o to r on th e m ag n eto Involves
P ygm alion an d G alatea. In th e ir v e r­ like th a t of a snow sto rm , n o p urity S ta te s som e day. T h in k . Hilt, of how
sio n B ilbeck is to a c t as th e sta tu e , , like n a t of th e e a rth in a fresh w hite th is life of crim e h as agist your poor sp in n in g th e flyw heel rap id ly for
sev eral (lilies before enough elec tric
and M arvella g ets peeved w hen she
d isco v ers th a t B ilbeck is bow legged. b lan k et. It seem ed a sh am e to put m o th er. H ill!"
tty Is g e n e ra te d to m ak e a sp ark It
Bill exploded at last.
Mrs. H em ingw ay la te r fla tte rs B il­ tra c k s in (he d e a n g liste n in g expanse.
Is one of (he m ost h e a rtb re a k in g
beck and ta lk s to him ab o u t th e play.
"If th a t guy lets out a n o th e r
M aryella, snugly w rap p ed in w arm
e x ercises I know of, esp eelall) when
B ilbeck p ats h er hand, only to find a
c h irp , Ju liu s, plug h im '"
th e m otor h a s ex c e lle n t com pression
rough h and g ra s p in g him by th e ro b es, sat b esid es m e; th e c ar w as
Jim subsided, but from tim e to
sh o u ld er an d liftin g him o u t of his ru n n in g sm o o th ly , an d th e re w as a
such us G ra n d m o th e r P age boasted
w ith (
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long d riv e ah ead of ns. W hat m ore tim e th e r e a fte r he w rithed
T he p re s p lra tlo n d rip p ed from m.v
Mr. H em m ingw ay. h u sb an d of one co u i j i a s k ? It w as all for th e best, e a g e rn e s s to o ffer su g g estio n s and
brow and my turn seem ed tike a
of th e m em bers, th in k s B ilbeck is in i
In th e m id st of su ch p le a sa n t co m m en ts
He Just n a tu ra lly cannot
love w ith h is wife. D uring th e a rg u ­
leaden w eight th a t w as u b o u t to
m e n t th e tw o m en receiv e n otice th a t ru m in a tio n s 1 n oted h a stily a d a rk k eep from lending a h elp in g hand In
drop off
th e re is a ja il escap e a t th e p eniaenti-1 o b ject in th e road. I tu rn e d q uickly ev ery o n e else's b u sin ess.
I p aused for breu th
a ry . T h is escap e keeps B ilbeck busy to aToid it and my lig h ts Illu m in ated
H e m ean s w ell, too. I do not
a t h is n ew sp ap er w ork, so th a t he
"Now
you quit your • kidding."
doubt but th a t Jim C o o p er Is one of
g e ts aw ay from th e d ra m a tic club. a n o th e r o b ject d ire c tly in tuir p ath .
sn arled th e h ig h w ay m an , shoving the
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B ut M aryella sum m ons him an d s ta r ts
te llin g th e sto ry of "D o lly an n a" who In tim e to escap e ru n n in g down a m an b u t by th e tim e h e h as helped half nose. "T a k e off th a t co at and m ake
believes a h a t ev e ry th in g th a t h ap p en s I w ho stood im m ovable.
a doxen tim es In so m e to .ng you w ant ber K°'
11 <>ff- 1 “ 'X
ta r n s out for th e b e s t
I obeyed. N e ith e r of us w as p re ­
to do by y o u rself you g et to d read
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VII.
T he p lay ers a rriv e a t th e Old Sol- .
pared for w hat follow ed. I had fo r­
hl* ap p e a ra n c e on th e scene.
More Trouble
d lers'.H o tn e. b eing g reeted royally an d |
gotten th e w hite tig h ts , w hich w ere
m eetin g P llk H en w eah er and o th ers.
W h at w as th e m a tte r w ith him ?
B ill's te m p e r had not been Im prov­
T he play a t th e Old S o ld iers' H om e T he an sw e r flash ed upon m e when ed an y by J itu 's e a rn e s t advice. He all 1 w ore u n d tr n e u th my o vercoat,
Is in te rru p te d because of a fire, th e
and he. of course, w as not ex p ecting
I noticed th a t In e ith e r h an d he held tw isted th e cran k sav ag ely and th en
p lay ers and v e te ra n s escaping.
inc to look as I did.
1 a rev o lv er. It w as a hold-up!
d eliv ered a violent k ick on the
N OW GO ON W IT H T H E STORY
Hls Jaw fell and hls urtn dropped
I gasped w ith su rp rise. So did rad iato r.
"T h en it's all fo r the b est, piped
lim
p at his side.
G ran d m o th er Page. I had fo rg o tten
“ W ho ow ns th is p iece of Junk any-
Jim C ooper ch eerfu lly .
" W w w h a t a re you?" he asked
to feed h e r g aso lin e enough, and th e w ay?" h e d em an d ed , a t last a p ­
I t Is e a sie r to be o p tim istic when
It w as p ro b ab ly th e only o p p o r­
' m o to r stopped.
p ro ach in g o u r group. " Is It y o u rs?"
you a re w arm .
tu n ity th a t I would have and 1 m ade
"G et ou t." d ire c te d th e m an w ith
H e p ointed to Jim .
"M aybe we h ad b e tte r s t a r t f o r 1
th e m ost of It. As th e mUXgle of the
th e g uns briefly.
" I t is not." Jim d isclaim ed hastily.
hom e,” I su g g ested , th in k in g appre-1
gun dropped 1 Jum ped for him and
1 m ade a m en tal reso lv e to square pinned h ls a rm s to hls sides.
h en siv elv of th o se th irtv long m iles j N eed less to sa y we did. and lined
to tow n.
-W ith th e snow f a l li n g ! UP in lh e cu sto m a ry m an n er before up w ith him so m etim e fo r his sc o rn ­
We ro lled over and over, th e re
fa s t it m ay get too deep for tra c tio n him and his fellow h ighw aym an w ith ful com m ent. Na m an likes to huv. volver exploding a s we fell.
p re tty soon
j o ur h an d s ele v a te d above o u r h ead s. th e th in g s th a t he o w n s ridiculed.
S o m etim es w eight Is un a d v an ta g e
‘‘Y ou’r e rig h t," echoed Jim . " L e t's I In ste a d of going th ro u g h us a s we G ra n d m o th e r m ight not have all th e j tj ,| m whm a case In point. In two
h u rry . W e can ta k e off o u r m ake-up ex p ected , one of th e m en clim bed m odern a tta c h m e n ts , h u t I loved m in u tes I wxis sittin g on h ls chest
a fte r we get hom e.
Into th e fro n t s e a t and a d ju ste d th e e v ery bolt in h e r body.
and had ta k e n hls w eapons aw ay
"T h en you m u st be th e guy." Bill t from him .
By g re a t good luck we had le ft sp a rk p re p a ra to ry to s ta rtin g
"You com e
Ottr o u te r w rap s In th e m ain build- i T h en I knew w ho th ey w ere and said , in d ic a tin g me.
F in g e r on th e trig g e r, re ad y to
fire, 1 looked around for th e o th er
Ing. T h erefo re we w ere a b le to w hy th ey had sto p p ed us. T h ey w ere h e re and s ta r t yo u r c a r.”
b undle up w arm ly enough. I h ad a escap ed co n v icts from th e penlten-
Now, I had no p a rtic u la r d e sire bandit.
long, heavy fu r lined d riv in g coat th a t to ary , and th ey w an ted th e c a r to get to have G ra n d m o th e r P age k id n ap ­
"W h ere Is he?" 1 asked.
"H e ran
co vered m e from head to foot.
"Gone," replied Marvella
aw ay In.
ped.
It seem ed sim p le enough to
T he LiUelove bus got aw ay first,
It w as a good schem e. T hey w ould m ak e a p erfu n c to ry e ffo rt and tell aw ay w hen he saw you w ere win-
alth o u g h Mrs. LiUelove h e rs e lf elec ted 1 leave tra c k s h ard to d istin g u ish , and th em it would n o t go. i&> I m onkeyed nlng.”
to re tu rn w ith us. I had no non-1 could o u t-d istan ce local p u rsu it,
" I t's all fo r th e b est." Jim a ss e rte d
w ith th e le v e rs tlm le ssly and cran k ed
fre e z in g solution in my ra d ia to r so I
“C u ss!” ex claim ed th e hig h w ay m an a couple o f tim es. I did not prim e "You c o u ld n 't fig h t him nnd sit on
b ad le t th e w a te r o u t a s soon as we who w as in th e car.
th e c y lin d ers w ith g aso lin e and stu ff th is o th e r g en tlem an a t th e sam e
a rriv e d , and now h ad to fill it u p be­
" W h a t's th e tro u b le. B ill?" th e a glove In th e a lrta k e , as I knew he tim e an y w ay .”
fo re I could s ta rt.
o th e r one q u eried — w ith o u t how ev er would h av e to do to get her to
I rose from my se a t. " G e tu p !” I
G ran d m o th er resp o n d ed nobly to ta k in g his eye or th e m uzzle of his respond.
’ o rd ered my prisoner.
th e firs t tu rn of th e c ran k . I m en ­ gun aw ay from us.
! “S h e w on't s ta r t,” 1 announced.
TO BE C O N T IN U E D
tally th a n k e d h er fo r n o t m isb eh av in g
" T h e re a in ’t a n y e le c tric s t a r te r on 1 Bill sw ore,
on an occasion w hich seem ed alm o st th is c a r.”
I Jim C ooper sm o th ered a s trid e n t
too good fo r a b alk y m otor to m iss.
I Jim C ooper lau g h ed .
laugh.
Guilt y!
•t
T h e old so ld ie rs crow ded to th e
“ Y ou'll have to g et a new car, Tom
"B e c a u se .” Jim
re tu rn e d , "T om
d o o rs to se us off.
W ith o u t th e W hen even th e hig h w ay m en c riticize say s he can s ta rt th a t c a r In any k'nd
opposition of th e band G ran d m o th er It you have to ad m it It’s g e ttin g out of w e a th e r w hen no one else can
P ag e did n e rs e lf proud. W e s ta rte d n t d a te."
How c h e e rfu lly I could have ('• mt-
off am id a rio t of sounds sim ila r to j "S h u t up." com m anded o u r g u ard tied Jim for th a t a sin in e re p etitio n
th o se m ade by a te r rie r h u n tin g for I m en tally ap p lau d ed him .
of my fo o tless boast!
a r a t In a pile of ru s ty stove-pipes.
“C a n 't you s ta r t h er. anyw ay. B ill?" i "So y ou've been stallin g , have
ft
3
F ro m th a t I could tell th a t th e en g in e
"S u re, I can s t a r t h er all rig h t. Bill you?"
w as w orking perfectly .
s ta te d co n fid en tallv .
Bill tu rn ed upon m e savagely
I d o n ’t q u ite u n d e rs ta n d how th e
It w as g ran d to a p p ro a c r a m o to r ! "N ow you s ta r t h e r; u n d e rs ta n d ?
d riv e rs of th e se up-to-date, sile n t in th a t fram e of m ind, esp ecially In No m on k ey b u sin ess!
If sh e's ru r
c a rs can lo cate tro u b le. E v e ry th in g cold w eath er. If th e re is a n y th in g n in g In tw o m in u tes we m ay not
Is so th o ro u g h ly m uffled th a t as fa r In th is th eo ry of th e su p e rio rity o t blow yo u r b rain s o u t.”
as I am concern ed it is im p o ssib le m ind o v er m a tte r It Is c e rta in ly cor- j S o m eth in g In hls to n e convinced
to tell how m an y cy lin d e rs a re firin g re c t to hold a h opeful th o u g h t w hen m e th a t Bill w as In e a rn e s t. I
W ith G ra n d m o th e r P age th e r e Is no ab o u t to c ran k a car.
I lifted th e hood, p rim ed th e cy lin d ers.
Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett o f New
Doom fo r doubt.
1 Blit g rum bled a little though a t j stu ffed m y glove In th e In tak e an d I York, a grandmother, found gmllv
ol sending obscene matter through
If sh e fox-trots I know th a t o n ly , h a v in g to tu rn th e en g in e over by ( tu rn ed h e r over.
the mails when she distributed a (nj/y
th r e e c h arg es a re b eing ex p lo d ed ; h an d . H e w ent o u t in fro n t of th e j G ra n d m o th e r respond«-d feebly.
o t her pamphlet. “The Sex Side »I
If she does a buck and w ing It is c a r and g rasp ed th e h an d le firm ly.
••P h u t!”
L ite."
a lte rn a te ly tw o and th r e e ; b u t if th e
"W hen I g et h e r going, Ju liu s,'
ra c k e t is p ra c tic a lly c o n sta n t I can Bill said before cra n k in g , "you m ake
r e s t ea sy in th e kno w led g e th a t sh e i a q uick Jum p for th e c a r and w e'll
Is d o in g h e r very b e st on all four.
; be off before an ybody can s ta r t any-
A bove th e n oise of th e m o to r th in g .”
could be h eard o n ly th e farew ell of
“All rig h t,” a sse n te d Ju liu s.
C om rade P llk H e n w eth er. He pro-
All a rra n g e m e n ts fo r th e g etaw ay
bably had n o t h eard th e sh am b a ttle co m p leted , Bill cran k ed th e car. He
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going on b e n ta th G ra n d m o th e r’s hood. cran k ed It se v e ra l tim es, In fact,
"Good-by,” he yelled w ith h is ex­ w ith o u t any d efin ite re s u lt. G ra n d ­
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cellent lungs and highly tra in e d vocal m o th e r P ag e w as b eh av in g like a
organs. “D on’t feel bad a b o u ' th e fire b rick — lik e a load o f b rick s, one
because it w as a lo t b e tte r th a n th e m ig h t a lm o st say.
S h e would r e ­
■how.”
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