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TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
THVRHDAY, APRIL », 1930
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of the few Kngltehniea who under­
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stood .lid enjoyed thta punctilio of
bull fighting, and he lovad nothing
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»lightest value a . at w ltn o a a -1 >>.
better than to retire to some lodging
In Cordoba or Randa and. making
mat hla headquarter«, rove the couu
try.lde for w eek, on end
Mbov» « whl«p««r
11 w** u "
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S tile, wax uneaay. but he had that
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»»rrled to u , ke Maddiao* |8 with I t h i n k , that someone's h ,in I
hope left, that In th l. great c r l.l. of
him whea he encounters Gunner | 008 "* lf
“ f h l. can**« dragged " I
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* <ot ,o har® • b«*f with h l. affair. Luke Maddl.on had gone
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Ha>nea. an America!, crook. In a
“Nosing? You mean spying"
C "' **’ * yo“ r ‘ ha ,a,d »«>» aD oath. bark to the ic e n e . of h l. h.ppv boll-
we call them Smith preferably lll||. , ID E A L W E A T H F D I n o r o
M a ' X ^ .^b“ ^
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tM*“ away
“ > Police ,
**** •a ,,‘ n *d » ' “ > ««»lng „„ u. day.
»he Mid
But you're going to l^
L W EATHER LURES
good,
aren't
you,
and
tell
ua
youra?'
MANY OUT ON PICNICS
Conner recognlaea him after »even
**“ 8”d tA,jr
a yarn down Tool- 7 , i
8‘r8pp*M' u“d«>r your arm
Margaret opened a drawer of her
He .hook h l. head
That', youra. Lowing!"
yaart
That night Rax te found dead tfy 8,w* ‘ «“• ’ » <* done I f
desk, took out a folded sheet of paper
No. I don', think so Hmlth I. a
The warm balmy weather of Iasi
“ • .b«er” « “ en<‘ u " t, h^'1hr^ ,t , e n
'x '? ’ ‘T "
d‘m'y Und*r« a "d I To Luke It only aeemed that the
and handed It t„ Morrell. It w a, a very good name. born, by ..im . very Sunday w a. taken advantage of b>
".load by taking Luka M.ddte7n “ Th'
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man had «*d<*d a * ",Ua
little «'<»*' »<>
*ddr* " ad *® Margaret nice people
If my name had been •everal loonl residents who moi„r«i
‘f “? " tOlta Uaddl.on later
** . . ' * * llke ha“d» of Lowing l’pwln* • • he .poke Lew,ng ...„„the,I ■Maddlson
Smith I might have been a better Io Blue River, where they enjoyed a
that Rex had oaahed a check f o r , “, h ‘ hlm and dragged him down a and *•« «foggily again ,, Luke
man." he added.
You can hardly expect me Io
very pleaMiit picnic dinner ia
A1SA0« signed
" "¡narrow
ilHIt , street
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»itposl by Maddteon
Maddlmw
¡narrow. , HMlt
trMt
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come hack to you.
Since they had moved him Into the open
Margaret doe. not know that her
“I’m nervou. tonight “ h . aakt
u
bu8y " »•W a snarling
Those Included In the group
few
la a forger. Her love for Maddlson
he w a. .n e -k in . » . 7 .
,Dd Tolc8'
month. I W|||
w in
private ward the burly looking police » •r e Mr and Mr. C K. K„„y„0. Mr,
with
turn, to hate but .h e keeps her pro-
“ ’ «*•*'"« the truth, for h l. , uk„ , wlln„ .
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sufficient evidence Io enable you
man who had loomed nut of hl. W N Long. G eorg. P .rh ln .. Adelin.
m i.e to marry him.
, ’ “Ice became a whimpering gaap
1 k »»"ng back but not quite In
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dreams, and seemed part of them, had I erklns. Barbara Adams. Mr and Mr.
to get a divorce. I am not without
After the wedding Margaret ask . 1
You're a gentleman. Mr. Maddlson i
H’ “ w ,h * ’ ,,n ®r ° f «‘eel and
h e n taken away That day they C R Swart., M i.. Kdn. Sw art, .« d
money, therefore I am not entire­
P^n“d U'{odWThi!ni * ” r"’ r ** P®*' You d he,P a P»™ fellow to get away ' ? “ “ ,b° U' h ““ bo‘ ,run had b,'en
ly without pleasant consolation
thought he w a. dying a police magi Mr. It B. Oldham
P*n ,•
‘hat Luke leave her fot You know
* * »»ay. drawn across hla brea.i-
two day., claiming that she I. going knl,
* hat Connor
he'd curtou,
and ,h#n *
It » a . signed "Luke. " .„ d had been «irate ha. been summoned to lake hi.
to have a nervou. breakdown
knlfe you tor twopence. Bumping a ,
»eak n e«. came on him. and
handed In at Parte at g so ,b„t morn- demwltlon; but he had ,o|d nt.,h,n<
In the meantime. Luke find, that off- h® valU K -A e'a an American .7 ' ’ "anrd h- ** •«•'» •« ‘he wall and in<
•b o p . In C ity- Mr. T hclm . M Î T .
which w a. of any value. Moreover,
he Is short a sum of money at the
he', been In Sin«
" slipped
-
gradually
Into a sitting po.
of
Mnbel, w a. an out of town »hopp«,
bank, and ring, up h i. wife to ask Sing | . „ ♦ in v w .,
„
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- ' d Har “>»<• lie bad heard one detective tell ano- In th l. City on Saturday
H l. last conscious Impression . . . 7 7 2
her to let him draw 11 He te am awd
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v 1,8 a a lr A tlon
light,
but
there
w
a.
an
agitation
to be refused, and by Margaret say * ouP‘e ot duid'd get me out of Lon » a s the clattering feet of running
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men: four dark shape, vanished Into 1» her heart which ah. had no, |ro.
lng .h e will .-----
keep It . in revenge for don. .ir .’
his ruining her brother. Luke Is un­ wtrl h,T*“ ’' r>‘ a « » H » of pound, a greater darkness and he was left aglned possible.
able to reply, and leaves her
He
alone, with som ething that sprawled M2 n’ O,• " ,:n8, And * < • » • • Luke
wander, to the Tham e, embankment with me. .aid Luke
I d e a ll.t-a vulgar phll-
across
the P»»ement.
pavement, .tarin
He w a. already wearv of
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.taring g with un Maddteon,
trying to guess what the trouble Is.
at. as. .
P»»,«».h.p, and. hu, f o 7 h e ,n ,
t ■ A
Z A«« " AM
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° f •ndcrer. who had fled to co n so l.,,o „ ,.
Now go on with the story.
I m rather .urprl.ed that you go,
Present condition, would never have
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• hl.. ,.,d Danton gravel,. - | W()(ll<l
w
Opposite the Temple Station he submitted to being dragged Into this
f„.,i little
ii..i- str
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hla
it was , he thirteenth dav after th» to w ire”
<h‘ h’ W° “,d ,roMWa
eet
rested again. There w a. a narrow foul
. ¿ ’’P**“™“1'« ° t Luke Maddl.on and
«treat running up the strand— Nor­
A 'ofW,he,
few day.
,fe' 8,nc*
h P»gc
'pl later, ° on
° ' the
he center
folk atree. wasn't I t ? And hla lawyer in the morning?" And then u he re * d*'* ° f f“,# f° r h’8 w
wife,
sine« ft
P«rc
of
the
Poet
Herald
Margaret
membered:
“I
g
a
,F
th„
?
Put
a
P*rlod
,o
'on<
and
agonlilng
a
‘
H'
rald
''‘‘"’«»ret
had an office there. Why not see to the G u n n er-”
' te” P° UDd8 hou"
doubt .„ d „ » c e r ,7 l2 y J
ph° “* r8P»'
• haggard and
him sad teU him all that had hap­ to the Gunne
“You
n o th,n*
th in , to «a-
___ » 8elf rePro»ch that at times amounted taken 2 "'"i1 *' h*** e¥WBntlf
evWently been
?* w” gave
r* “°
“ >« « Gunner,
pened? It was the sane thing to do. Mid'
to
loathing. Twice .h e had been
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,Pl'a, hex,. H i, e y e.
hoaPl‘»l
then Lake MaddUon realised that •aid Luke. -Mr Bird told me
, on the point of acquainting the police, • e r e clo.«J; , h. pho(o<n, ph Ju>e
he was oot sane
He w a. the mod- about you."
•howed the edge of the .h o e, . f . »
I
her
There w a. an embarrassed silence ' and twice had Danty stopepd
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best thing in the wide world.
Inches under h i. chin.
Aoyway.
I'd
like
you
to
stay
w
ith
1.
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Mr
He went on towards Blackfrtars
« 2 7 / ? K" °W Tb'8 Man’ d®mand ,
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m8n
‘•«»ed
yon
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bUt
Oni
qUlta
8noth*T
<••<•»*
and came to a halt before the tram a hii.v
•d tne
the headline,
headline.
cauea yon I
,Dd r ° U lo° k "ke 8 •' W
h ,t h‘
d PUHled-
She
station. There was a long queue of busy If 7
What
had
puxxled. a°d
and to some de-
She glanced
glanced at
at th
the type, , Od . . w I,
people watting to board the car. wiih . k
°5
m Con»°''« w o me
compor,ed her. w a. the fact that had reference to a
Mr. S tlle., the manager of Maddlson .
committed “n‘ murder that had I
» h ick arrived empty and went rolling with a busy t h e y 'll- -
n i e X ’ Wh°
« ■ » » w h o le w m e
They
had
J„.t
turne<!
th.
core.
r
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‘‘8d
a»d
along the Hmbankment crowded with
They had just turned the corner , k< b8d "h° Wn
P»Mlo«lar anil- ,h« ‘ he whose pictu:
. . . . . pos
po.- n,° a» • « • narrower „ r e e l, and
8he • « • « « • . ®r knew, that b"’'» P ^ e n , .n d h7d „n.v
humanity. Husband, and wives,
alhly; y o .n g men going back to L®»1"« »topped suddenly. Four dark
h‘ d ,oW hlm ot
» « • for dea'h by the narrowest of
Th« store where your wishes
*re sadafled In
sweethearts w o o ____
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every particular, a
loved B, them;
g irl. .
°n - the
pavement,
h l. deure.t friend I 7 .
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W’ cuirm, two In 7 ? " ” ” h ,d ° " Pred har < * « * It No‘
who had faith ia some man or other the roadway, confronted them. Luke
to rih'rTheyH'a r^ r'‘ieUvI’L t M ? you ’ a T ^ y
,ha‘
'M‘,ore ,h" pho,o«ra«>h h««l not betn tak
and were ready to make every sacri­ •"»rveyed them curioualy. They a „ h
In Luke
Maddl . «»<» the eleventh day of h l .7 e , o '" 1
fice for them. To Luke Maddlson seemed to have cap« drawn over their •he became a factor
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with A trial will convince y o i
X
you
• o “ n ’ . life.
Luke W
was
In the
„ *.d b^ B tak
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every car that drew away was laden ^ e s . each man had both hands In his !?
'f*' LUke
<*8 ln
,he habit
hah,t of »" h o sp ,,.,.
POcket8
nl8
|
disappearing
Into
the
blue.
d l«p p ear.n g
,Bvarl- a
poor light
U *"!n *"
with happy people, their day's work I pock«t»
*----- - Spain
- that Stiles
"H e r.
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ended, the recreation, and pleasure«
"Here.
what',
the I d ..
. ... ably It was from
“ p° 8,<5ard notifying
They p„, Luke
ot the night before them.
Lewing's voice was a whine "Thl 2 m ¡ T i t
4th and Main Sts.
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him
of
the
imminent
return
of
h*i
va,e
ward and
.
* p ' I
Old men; young men; g irl, looking * en,lem »n Is taking me around— "
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trim and smart; young men smoking
The *e«der of the *---- -
Ion for Luke Maddteon. He .poke the ------------------------------ ---
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big pipes, with a newspaper under bar®l, lj’-
language
like
a
native.
He
was
one
their arms, bespectacled student»—
they hypnotised him. these great,
blaxing tramcara
ä v ä t
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He w a. standing with h l. back to (
the parapeL hla elbows resting on
the atone.
“Are you waiting for anybody?"
The voice had authority, though It 1
was quite kind He looked up to meet
the auspicious scrutiny of a City
policeman The City police do not
like to see men lingering Indecisively,
one hand on he parapet, the swirling
black river be! iw—especially a white
faced man. with a tense face and an
almost horrified stare.
"N-no." glimmered Luke. "I m—
Just watching
Business Goes
I
Where it is invited
And stays where it is appreciated
The policeman was looking at him
curiously, as though he was trying
to remei ilier h i. face.
“I've seen you before somewhere
haven't I?”
"I daresay." said L,uk(!i and turned
away abruptly
He followed the homeward wending
crowd across Blackfrlars Bridge It
was dark and cold, and he struggled
Into the overcoat which he had been
carrying en hla arm He remembered
somewhere In the borough that be
entered a little coffee-house, redolent
o f bjrning lard.
At eleven o'clock It began to rain
a fllne drizxle that very soon soaked’
through the light coat. He was walk-
lng aim lessly along York road in the
direction of Westminster. A man
ahead of him was »loachlng with h l.
hand. In h l. pocket, and h l. coat
collar turned up.
Luke won
wa. wearing
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rubber-soled .h
o e ., and came up to
the walker before he wa. aware of hla
Presence.
He »aw the night wanderer lurch
•M ew ay. with a snarl, atoop forward
a« though he were going to run and
then som ething lD Luke'» f , c , or ap­
pearance checked his flight.
'Hullo," he said huskily, "Thought
you were a busy."
Luke recognized him.
"You’re Lowing, aren’t you?’
The man peered Into hl» face
"Blimey, If It ain’t— Mr What’s-
your name?— Maddteon- What you
dolng down here? You should hkve
come and seen me down Tooley
street; this ain’t my pitch.’’
Twice he looked back furtively
over hl» shoulder.
' You thought I was a detective?"
Tne thin lips of the man twisted In
a sneer.
"That’s what I said. No, I thought
you was one o f Conner’s lot. They
chased me out of Rotherhlthe to night
aald I’d been nosing on them. That's
why I'm around here. Connor's crowd
There ie
With any Coat or Dress selling
for >12.50 or over we will give
a beautiful Spring Hat. Take
your choice of
no
eubetitue
for
Newspaper
Advertising when it comes to inviting
people in your store.
Through the
newspaper’s columns is also a good
way to show your appreciation
Any Hat
for the patronage you are re­
ceiving.
in th e S to r e
or choice of any Purse in the
•tore.
M any H a ts
and
D resses
Our Spring Showing in un­
usually complete for Easter
•Many beautiful Dresses, Coats
and Hats, in the latest colors
and finest material, are here for
your selection.
The Springfield News
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