PAGE TWO
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THURSDAY. SE IT . 5. 1929
“ Yes!
I th o u g h t th e re
was
"W h at lire you doing h ere?" the w ith th e w om an th a t 1 love?"
som ething funny about It when von sh e riff Inquired
"Oh. John, do you m ean th a t? "
ag reed to se p a ra te from m e out
" W in . tl w as sort of cold out- F rom tin* real of th e crow d cuttle
th e re
I su sp e c te d th at you w auled side." explained Ju n iu s, "and I w as
t'outlulled on Page it
to throw me off tile track aud c o m e su re you w ouldn't tnltid my com ing
hack to my wife
You ill lift I- , elve In to get w arm
Bi-sidea I thought
me
I cam e hack and follow ed your il w as about tim e for Hill and tue to
PA INTIN O and K alsm iitninx In ali 11«
tra c k s In tin tuootil ghl
A m i now be moving, so I colila to get tilin "
liruin hus
Reiluced Price«.
Roy
I've caitglil you. you v ip e r!"
"Tli-n w here Is my w if e '” shouted
Koch Pali I'4b J
All at m ice Ills t i e s fell upon the Hi mtlllngwiiv "W hat liar,- i on 't in.
W H A T H A P P E N E D SO EAR
becom e Involved in th e m id n ig h t my h an d s? 1 m ight have throw n up
Tom B ilbeck is th e n a rra to r. He is a p a ra d e ?
W hat e x p la n a tio n could m y feet, hut I d o ubt If I w as capable d re sse r. T h e re In plain view lav th-
( a t n e w sp a p e r w rite r who d riv es a
stra n d of p earls w hich Mary ella had !
th
e
re
be
of
an o fficer of th e law be­ of a m otion of any sort.
tum b led o w n c a r h e calls G ran d m o th er
w orn a s G a la tia .
)
P age He is in love w ith M aryella, his ing on th e scen e of a c rim e ? it w as
Ï
In th e room stood an arm y com
'
Mv
w
ife's
p
e
a
r
ls
'"
he
exclaim
ed
1
riv a l being Jim Cooper. T he th re e a i\ co n tra ry to p reced en t.
p risin g alm o st all of th e m ale popu
m em b ers o( an a m a te u r d ra m a tic club.
1 even told him so th ro u g h th e latlon.
T he sh eriff w as tak in g tie savagely "S o vou rattle right to h er i
P la n s for a play a t th e Old S o ld iers'
locked
door.
sh an ees of th e ir being outnum bered room ! Mv tloil, I ean't conceive ol ,
H om e are u n d er way. U ran d m o tn er
W here Is sh e n o w " .
“D on't a rg u e w ith h im ," pleaded
P ag e h as eng in e tro u b le w h.le Mary-
"You d id n 't know I w as aw ake, such Intvully.
W
hat
have
you
done w ith h ir ? "
•11a is out d riv in g w ith B llbeck. and M aryella In a w hisper.
did you,” th e sh e riff ex ulted
"W ell.
C ooper in his big ro a d s te r, ta k e s Mary
I p re se rv e d a dignified silence
A new look o f co n cern had com e I was. I h e ard you b re a k in ami I
•Ila hom e. A fter M aryella h as left
into h er eyes.
follow ed volt to th is room and W hat use to a rg u e w ith a r a v in g '
B llbeck is able to s ta r t his c a r again
m aniac like th a t"
"W h at Is it? W h at a re you a fra id lin k e d you in. "
Out' now slim - Is gnltiK s tr o n g e r ev ery day. TourlHln
T he a m a te u r p lay ers a re to give
He peered near-
"H av e you killed h e r ’ " he il -
P ygm alio n and G alatea. In th e ir v er­ o f " 1 ask ed
sig h ted !,- a t my face. "W ell. I'm
: ih well n s low iiHpi'iipIi- h ave given uh m an y conipIliut-titH
sion B llbeck is to a c t a s th e sta tu e ,
"W h ere Is th
"T h in k of how th is Is going to look blessed, d u rn m e If I ain 't. A in't yon m antled h o arsely
on o u r la rg e r i h a t t »lock of ((utility g ro c c rim priced w ith
and M ary ella g ets peeved w hen she
body
?"
when
th
ey
find
you
an
d
m
e
h
ere!
o n e of th e m en th a t s ta rte d for tin-
d isco v ers th a t B llbeck is bow legged.
th e low est ill I lie c o u n try .
Visit >rs tire leaving m o re
He
ran
aro
u
n
d
th
e
room
,
looke!
M rs H em ingw ay la te r fla tte rs Bil- Oh. Tom . how could you co m p ro ­ to w n ?"
u
n
d
e
r
th
e
bed
and
in
bureau
beck and ta lk s to him about th e play. m ise m e so?"
m
oney
in
S
p
rin
g
field
th
a
n
ev
er
before.
Tin- in cre ased
"1 m ay." 1 a d m itted .
B ilbeck p a ts h e r hand, only to find a
d ra w e rs as if lie ex tes-t-d to find
"1 d id n 't in ten d to. I w asn 't even
tra
d
e
lias
e
a
rn
e
d
ns
lo
e
n
la
rg
e
nuinv
of
o
u
r Hites an d th e
"Tom
B ilbeck." exclaim ed
Jim
ro u g h hand g rasp in g him by the D unking of you
m an-tied p o rtio n - of his wife cut up
C ooper, co m in g forw ard. "I'm glad
sh o u ld e r an d liftin g him o u t of h.s
rap id tu rn o v e r keeps evi rv th ln g on o u r sh elv es fresh . O u r
"O h." sh e m u rm u red a s if h u rt you cam o back. It's all for the best Into co n v en ie n t sizes and slot d
seat.
s to re Is n rra n g e d an d ot;r people a re train e d to give you
T h e S h e riff's h o rse h as b roken "M rs.
H em m in g w ay
o ccu p ies
all 1 w ant you to he th e first to con aw ay.
t he best of service.
loose M eanw hile H em m ingw ay su s­ your th o u g h ts, I su p p o se.”
At last he saw the o th e r door ami
g ra tu la to m o on my en g ag em en t to
p ects B ilbeck m ore an d m ore, and
ap p ro ach ed it.
My h e a rt leaped Joyfully. E ven In Miss W aite"
Jim C ooper m ixes in to tell B ilbeck
"D on't go in th e re ." I w arned.
he had arra n g e d th a t th e H em m ing- 11 niom,>n t of s tre s s she hail tint to
My stu n n e d m ind refused to asslm
"W hy n o t? H u ' S> th a t's w here
w ays be divorced an d th a t B ilbeck Is be Jealous. M aybe it w as ail for llato his sta te m e n t. In th e m idst of
to m a rry M rs. H em m ingw ay.
you have concealed h - r '"
th e best.
a b a ttle I su p p o se a so ld ier would
P e a c h e s a re sc a re e ib is y e a r but we h av e b een lu cky
Mr. H em m ingw ay, h u sb an d of one
I b arred his wav lint he ran at me
“I'm so rry ." 1 said p e n iten tly .
not p ay m uch a tte n tio n to the n e w s '
to
buy
a larg e q u a n tity o f fine delicious p ea ch es at th e
of th e m em b ers, th in k s B ilbeck is in
like an en ra g e d hull and h u rled me
'T h a t w o n 't d o a n y
good. W e th a t his s w e e th e a rt had
m arried
love w ith h is wife. D uring th e argu-
rig
h
t
price.
See us befo re b uying ca n n in g p ea ch es au d
asid
e
w
ith
In
san
e
violence
m e a t th e tw o m en receiv e n o tice th a t ougbt to be able to do so m eth in g a n o th e r m an.
li e yanked th e door open and then
save.
th e re is a Jail escap e a t th e pen laentl- d efin ite to m ak e th is took all rig h t.
T h e m en tio n of M aryella'* nam e, fell back in open m outhed am aze
a ry
Thia escap e k eep s B ilbeck busy
"I'll do a n y th in g you say ." I o f­
a t h i l n ew sp ap er w ork, to th a t he fered. “ S hall I Jump o u t of th e how ever, m ade me th in k w ith a ; m ,,nl
O u r slo g an m ean s g re a te r sav in g s to you every day.
B ut M aryella sum m ons him an d s ta rts
sin k in g se n s a tio n of th e p red icam en t j S ta n d in g In th e doorw ay blinking
" I l ’ PAYS TO TILYDH AT GRAY S
g e ts aw ay from th e d ra m a tic club, w in d o w '"
I had u n w ittin g ly placed h e r in
I
I a t th e sudden
light w as a mail
“You m ig h t b re a k y o u r neck "
te llin g th e sto ry o f "D o lly an n a" who
looked
aro
u
n
d
to
see
how
she
b eliev es a h a t e v ery th in g th a t h ap p en s
was w hom I rt cognized a fte r a m om ent
" I t w o u ld n 't m a tte r," I said b itte r ­
taking it.
tu r n s o u t for th e best.
a s Ju liu s, th e escap ed c o n v ic t'
ly.
T he p lay ers a rriv e a t th e Old Sol­
S he d isreg ard ed m y m a rty r-llk e j S h e w as n o w h ere In s ig h t
No on, w as any m ore »uri r sed at
d ie rs ' Hom e, being g re e te d royally aud
At firs t I w as puzzled
T hen I th te tu rn of e v e n ts tiiau I was. To
speech. "S uppose you w ere to h ide." '
m e e tin g Bilk H en w eah er and o th ers.
T he p lay a t th e Old S o ld iers' H om e sh e su g g ested . “I'll s a c you Jum ped n o ticed a M oor a c ro s s th e room he ex p ectin g to se e a b e a u tifu l girl
Is in te rru p te d b ecau se of a Ur*, th e o u t of th e w lndoa- a n d t h e n wh(, n S h e m u st h av e g o ne in th e re . Prob- In negligee em e rg e from a d i w t and
p la y e rs and v e te ra n s escaping.
In stead to hchold a tough -lookln/
th ey got out a fte r you, you could a b ly it w as a closet.
R id in g aw ay from the scen e of th e
1 m ade no m ention, how ever, of m an w ith th re e d ay s' g ro w th of
escap
e.”
Ill-fated play in th e ir co stu m es and
“C lev er p lan ,” I co n g ra tu la te d ad- m y suspicion. P ossibly th e incident w h isk ers, is sta rtlin g .
o v erco ats, th ey a re held up by es­
could be ended w ith o u t h e r tak in g
cap ed co n v icts, one of w hom is cap­ m irlngly. "W h ere sh all I h id e?"
"K veulng. g e n ts." said Ju liu s g<-
tu re d by B ilbeck a fte r a stru g g le.
ulally.
"U nder th e b ed ," sh e su g g ested p a rt in it.
T h e capttvred th ie f is ta k e n back to
"W h at a re you d o in g h e re ? " de­
th e Old S o ld iers' H om e an d th e S h e r­ p ractically .
T hi r e ’s some-
______________
I glan ced d o u b tfu lly a t th e w h ite m anded th e sh eriff.
iff
is s e n t for. __
As ________________
th e c a r re fu se s _ to
budge, th e p lay ers m u st sta y th e re , ' en n am eled Iron bed w hich w as bolt- tb in g P ecu liar ab o u t this,
anti Mr. H em m ingw ay, h e a rin g th is ed to th e floor. It looked to m e a s '
" Ye8- th e r e is." I ad m itte d "Come
o v e r tè e phone, say s he is com ing
waa un(j e r s iu n e
dow n sta irs to th e m ain room w here
rig h t to th e home— a s he is a u sp i-.
>,,,
.
clous of B ilbeck and h is wife. M ean ! H ow ever. I'm th e m o st obliging
‘
1
e p i
wh.
w hile th e S h eriff a rriv e s .
, m an you e v e r m et so I got dow n on h a Pt>eneil
H em m in g w ay a rriv e s Just w hen th e floor and s ta rte d to craw l un-
My p ,an w as o b v ,o u s-
leading
B ilbeck is a ss istin g Mrs. H e m m in g -jd e r U nfortU n a te ly I stu c k h alf wav ,h e crow d " ff 1 w ould give M aryella
w av. w ho h a s fain ted , an d or c o u r s e ,
'
un o p p o rtu n ity o f g ettin g out
th in k « th e w o rst
M eanw hile a dis-1 I could alm o st m ak e It. and I
T he men Rtarte<1 tQ
wb(jn
tu rb a n c e is h eard in th e c ellar, an d stru g g led h ard to co n d en se th a t re*
. •>.
•Il in th e h o u se ru sh dow n to It.
fa c to r_ h a lf,n ..h of ^ -tw th a .
w ere R' opl,Pd a t th " d<MM’
th "
T h ey g e t o n t of th e hole an d
try
. ..
h u rried a rriv e l o f Mr. H em m ingw ay,
to find F a ir O aks ag ain . T hey
lose • bo ng me b ack - II w as no u se -
who forced h is way pa«t th e o th ers
th e ir sen se of d irectio n .
| T hen 1 trie d to back o u t. To my |n t0 , he roon, and
gtood a „
of
T h ey s e p ra te an d B ilbeck fin d s d ism ay i found I could n o t m ove th e Teng ran ce
sh aln g his fist under
h im se lf back a t th e Old S o ld iers' o th e r
jv e n g e a n c e
- - * e
H om e. H e sees a n in tru d e r and g ets i
J
mv nose.
th ro u g h a w indow only to find him- , "T hrow u p your h a n d s.” said th e
"I'v e cau g h t you." he said, g larin g 1
- J '’
•e lf in M ary ella's room . T he S her- , sh e riff outsid e. 'I'm co m in g In an d a t me
I
Iff com e in and holds a gun on Tom . . if you m o¥e
a h o o t,..
"C aught
?” I re p eated wonder- ;
N O W f}Q ON W IT H T H E STORY
How th e deuce could I th ro w up Ingly.
Hundreds Coming
to C u r N ew Store
C a n n in g P eaches
NOW
C H A P T E R XII.
“T h ro w u p your h a n d s." M ary­
ella com m anded, u ndecided how to
4 ^ ; a b u rg la r whom sh e knety bi’
h is firs t n am e, b u t ch o o sin g a t
le n g th th e co n v en tn in o n al p ro ced u re.
"I w ill,” I ag reed . “ If you 'll point
th a t
sh o e h o rn In som e o th e r 1
d ire c tio n ,"
She th re w asid e th e w eapon.
"If you a re a g en tlem an you will
leav e th is room ,” sh e said firm ly.
"I d o n 't know w h a t you m ean by
th is u n w a rra n ta b le in tru sio n ."
“A m an cam e In h e re an d I follow ­
ed him .”
"N o n sen se! W h ere is h e?"
I t did sound a trifle fish y . I'll
adm it. T h ere w as no one in sig h t. I
even looked u n d er th e bed.
“ Now go," she o rd ered as if she
v< re a d d re ssin g an in fa n t who had
to be d e a lt w ith firm ly “ I d o n 't !
know w h at is th e m a tte r w ith you
lately , Tom Bllbeck.
You u sed to
be a fa irly sen sib le, d ep en d ab le
m a n ; b u t now you act like a lu n atic
tw o -th ird s of th e tim e.”
"I'll go, but som e day you’ll realize
how u n ju s tly you have tre a te d m e.”
I w ent to th e door and tu rn ed th e
knob. It w ould n o t open.
"W h a t is th e m a tte r ? ” M aryella
ask ed w hen I delayed.
“I c a n ’t g et out. T h is d o o r is
locked on th e o u tsid e.”
“A b su rd !" M aryella go t out of the
bed an d slip p ed on h e r fu r coat.
“ H ow could it be locked?"
She cam e o v er to th e door. As sh e
stood b e s'd e m e 1 had a poignant
sp asm o f h e a rta c h e a t th e d ain ty
d e s ira b ility of h er. It w as no tlm -
for s e n tim e n t in a situ a tio n th at
hade fa ir to becom e serio u s, b u t I
c h a lle n g e an y m an to be so n e a r
to e perso n o f th e w om an h ° loves
and no t be conscious of rip p lin g
ha r. e sp ecially if It flow s o v er the
s h o - ld -r s , an d th e so ft te n d e m - s s of
tl.-- -kin flu sh ed w ith sleep.
SI
trie d th e door.
" It is lock ed ," -a e a d m itte d w ith
In cred u lo u s eyes th a t so u g h t min-
q tiesiion ln g ly . "W h a t d o es It m e a n ? ”
I hook m y head. "I d o n ’t know ."
Ju s t to he do in g so m eth in g , I
ra ttle d th e knob.
"He o n le t in th e re , co n sarn you," '
la d a voice outsid e. "Y ou’re a r r e s t­
ed In f e n a m e of th e law , an d any-
th 'n g you sa y w ill be u sed a g in ’
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h ead sw im to g sp it all Imt it is su rely
tru e. We offer you lu e H o tp o in t with all
th e se lab or, tim e and e x p e n se savin g de*
v ice s at term s that c o n v in c e us that we are
m a k in g it easy fo r you to ow n an E lectric
R an ge.
W e give you these very low te rm s because
we fe e l th a t we can a ffo rd to h e lp you own th e
m ost m o d e rn conveniences. W e k n o w it is m o re
e c o n o m ic a l in th e lo n g ru n fo r yo u , and a ft e r
you once have ownezi an E le c tric R ange you
w o u ld n e v e r be w ith o u t it again.
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