HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1927.
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INTRODUCTION
Archlbmld Bennett, wealthy bachelor,
travels constantly tn the interest of his
health. He meet babel Perry, who rec-
ommcndi a life ef erlme. adventure, re-
manee and excitement as a cure for his
nerves. Archie coee to Bailey Harbor to In
yeetiffate a summer house for his sister. A
heavy storm forces him to spend the night
there. Daring the night he is awakened
by footsteps, and In an encounter with the
intruder, who sees Archie's figure reflecteo
in the mirror and shoots, Archie Ares in re
turn, wounding the Intruder, who makes his
escape. Archie plans flight to evade pub
licity. He starts cross-country afoot in the
night At dawn he is stopped on a lonely
country road by Ine Governor, master
mind criminal who mistakes him for a fel
low criminal. Archie, fleeing, is afraid to
tell the truth falls in with "The Govern
or," Is whisked aoross country in a stolen
car. Sees story in newspaper of killing at
Bailey Harbor and, frightened, he decides
to say nothing but stick with his strange
friend and wait developments. At Corn
ford, N. H., Archie comes upon Isabel Per
ry at the hotel desk but she refuses to rec
ognise him. The Governor, by a clever
plan switches stolen money for good money.
Archie used as decoy making love to the
nieoe of agent sent to meet eccentric Cong
don here next day. Archie and the Gov
ernor drive away without creating suspic
ion and speed cross state to deliver the
160,000 to train-robber Leary at Walker's
farm, where A rente gets new intigni inio
worklnes of the erime world. At the first
opportunity Walker's daughter appeals to
Archie to neip ner eippe wun a young
farmhand. Ha decides to assist, cutting
away from the Governor and taking the
couple across state In a wild night ride.
Seeing Sally onto the trani he is reward
ed with a fond farewell kiss and he turns
to find Isabel Perry had witnessed the
whole scene. Isabel is not pleased at meet
ing Archie again and accuses him of spying
upon her. She tells him that if he has
really shot Putney Congdon as he claims,
he has ruined everything. Archie returns
to the hotel greatly mystified. Next morn
ing the Governor arrives explains to Ar
chie that he had aided Sally to marry a no
torious diamond thief and that Sally had
deceived him cneerning the whole affair.
They proceed to New York to the Gov
rnor's home, where they are visited by
Julia, the Governor's sister. Julia explains
to Archie that her brother Is passing thru
a strange phsse caused by a cruel shock
some time before. Now read on :
CHAPTER V.
When the Governor reappeared
Julia and Archie were seemingly in
the midst of a leisurely dUcuBaion of
the drama. Later, when they were
again alone for a few momenta, she
slipped sealed envelope into his
hands.
"If anything should happen to him
I should like to know. It was un
derstood between us when he called
me by telephone this morning that I
was not to hint in any way as to his
identity, or mine, for that matter,
and I shall not break faith with him.
I' trust you completely. I shall be at
that address until the first of Octo
ber. You can wire me in any emer
gency." Shortly after, she took her leave. 1
Archie learned from Baring, who
brought up his breakfast, that the
Governor had left the house, and
would hardly return before six.
Later he chose a stick with care
from a rack at the front door, walked
to the Avenue and turned determin
edly cityward, walking jauntily. He
grinned as he saw seated in the up
per window of the most conservative
of all his clubs one of his several
prosperous uncles, and having suffi
ciently exposed himself to the eyes
of the world he determined to eat
luncheon in the park restaurant. He
watched idly a young woman with
two children who occupied a table
directly in his line of vision. Chil
dren always interested him, and the
boy was a handsome little fellow,
but it was the girl who held Archie's
attention, with perplexing sense
that he had seen her before. The
fine oval face, the eyes dancing with
merriment, sent his thoughts flying
to Bailey Harbor.
He continued to inspect them with
a deepening conviction that the wo
man was Mrs. oCngdon. It was a dis
piriting thought thai) there under his
eyes, so close that the babbie of the
children occasionally reached him
across the intervening tables, was the
family of the man he had shot
The Congdons had eaten their meal
hurriedly and were already paying
their check. He watched them move
away toward the interior of the park,
marked their course and chose a
parallel coarse with a view to keep
ing them in sight.
Then a piercing scream, the shrill
' cry of a child in terror.
"Help! HolpI Oh, Edithl Edith!"
The cries sent him at a run toward
the place In which he left the Cong
dons. Rounding a curve in the path he
saw a man rushing down the road
with Edith In his arms.
Archie redoubled his pace, passed
Mrs. Congdon and gained the car as
the man with the child in his arms,
jumped into it. The car was moving
rapidly and a man a voice bade tne
diiver hurry. Within the child's
screams were suddenly stifled, the
door swung open for an instant, and
a blow, delivered full In the face, sent
Archie reeling into the road.
When he gained his feet, Mrs. Cong
don stood beside him moaning and
wringing her hand. A mounted po
liceman rode upon the scene, listened
for an instant to Archie's explana
. tions, and, sounding his whistle, set
off after the car at a gallop.
Mrs, Congdon had fainted. Archie's
nose bled from the rap in the face
and his back ached where he had
struck the earth. The sergeant plied
him with questions which he answered,
carefully. When his name was a;:lJd
he answered promptly.
"John B. Wright, Boston; stopping
at the Hotel Ganymede."
"Business?''
"Broker, NanoneHi Building, Bos
ton." 1
Mrs. Congdon had recovered suffi
ciently to tell her story, and to Ar
chie's relief corroborated his cwn
version in a manner to dispose of any
question as to his innocence. Her
composure struck Archie as remark
able and her replies to the officer's
questions were brief and exact. To
Archie's surprise, she gave her name
as:
"Mrs. George W. Kendall, 117 East
Corning Street," Brooklyn."
It was Incredible that any one
could lie with so convincing an air.
He was satisfied that she waa Mrs.
Congdon, and that the child she call
ed Edith was the original of the pho
tograph he had seen at Bailey Har
bor. When the owners of several
mchines offered to take her home, she
glanced about uncertainly and her
eyes falling upon him seemed to in
vite his assistance.
"Pardon me, but if I can serve you
in any way "
"Thank you," she said with relief.
"I must get away from this; it's un
bearable." He put her and the boy into a taxi,
and isntructed the driver to go to
Brooklyn!
For a few minutes she was busy
comforting the child and Archie, deep
in thought, turned to meet the search
ing gaze of her gray eyes.
"You are a gentleman; I am sure
of that; and I feel that I can trust
ycu. I am in a strange predicament,
and I'm forced to ask your help. The
name and address I gave the police
were fictitious. I know it has a queer
look; but I had to do it. I know per
fectly well who carried away my lit
tle girl. The man and woman you
paw in the car were servants em
ployed by my father-in-law who cor
dially dislikes me.
"Of course I'm not going to Brook
lyn. Please tell the man to drive to
the Altmoro, ladies' entrance. I'll
walk through the main door and take
another taxi. I'm only sorry your
t ame had to be brought into it."
'You needn't bother about that at
all," Archie replied with a reassur
ing smile. "The name and address I
gave were both false."
He looked at her covertly and they
laughed with the mirth of children
I lanning mischief in secret.
"The little girl, he ventured; you
are not apprehensive about her?"
'Not in the slightest. My father-
in-law is most disagreeably eccentric,
but he is very fond of my children.
It was quite like him 'bo attempt to
carry off the little girl, always a par
ticular pet of him. I was shocked, of
courses, when it happened. But I am
not worried. I mer.nt to put the
children quite out of my husband's
way. It's rather odd, as I think of it,
that my husband didn't personally try
to take the child from me.
This, uttered musingly, gave Archie
perturbed moment. But the car
had reached the Altmore, and he lift
ed out the boy and accompanied them
to the door.
Thank you, very much," she said,
in a tone that dismissed him.
CHAPTER VI.
Tefr0ahckH Kv n Tlfln nnd ft shower.
Archie was dressed and waiting for
the Governor at seven, who arrived a
row minutes later.
'Ham's n pvtrn. I nicked ud down-
town. The scream of the evening is
a kidnapping most deplorable Hne
of business."
Whila Anhi waited for the Gov
ernor to dress, he carefully read the
,Aimt nf the kirlnAnninflr in the
park. The police had not yet learned
that the two most important witness
es had given fictitious names.
In spite of the Governor's frequent
ly avowed assertion that he wished
to know nothing about mm, Arcnie
felt strongly impelled to make a clean
kraut nf th Rnilev Harbor affair.
the two encounters with Isabel and
his meeting with Mrs. Congdon. Mis
resolutio'i strengthened wnen ino.
Governor appeared, dressed with his
usual care and exhilarated by his
day's adventures. Baring retired af
ter th rlinrtp.r had been served, and
the Governor, in coiy accord with his
cigar, remarked suddenly!
"Odd, you might almost say sin
ilafl T'vn prnsnerl old man Conff-
don's trail again! You recall him
the old boy we left to the tenaer
mercies of Seebrook and Walters.
Woli T mir. tniiav one of the most re
markable of all the men I know who
camp outshide the pale. Perky is nis
name jeweler by trode, he fell from
his high estate and went on tne roaa
m vocff then entered into the
game of boring neat holes in the rim
of twenty-dollar gold pioces, leaving
r.nly the outer shell and filling them
up with a composition ne invented
that made the coin ring like a mar
hall Whiln he was still ex
perimenting he ran into old Eliphalet
sitting with nis lamous omoreus un
a bench in Boston Common. Perky
thmicrht Elinhalot was a stool nieeon
for a con outfit, but explanations fol
lowed and it was a case oi lniatua
tion on both sides. The old man was
ti-UoH with the scheme as a boy
with a new dog. He now assists Per
ky to circulate the spurious meaium
of exchange. Perky says he's a won
derful ally, endowed with all the
qualities of a first class crook."
"You'll appreciate that better,"
.M Ar-Mo "when vou hear what I
Mie Conedon family.
.You've been mighty decent in not
pressing me for any account oi my
.Ati hut vnii'vn o-nt tn hear mv storv
now. We'll probably both be more
comfortable It 1 aon t ran you my
name, but you shall have that, too,
if vnn nr for it. So many things
have happened since I left Bailey
Harbo'r that you don't know about,
things that I haven't dared tell you,
that I'm going to spout it all now and
here. If you want to chuck me when
you've heard It, well enougn; duc i
,;n,t anuino- that to nart with
you would hurt mo terribly. I never
felt so dependent on any man as i
do on you; and I've grown mighty
fond of you, old man.
"Thank you, lad," said the Governor.
He listened patiently, noddiug oc
casionally or throwing in a question.
When Archie finished he rose and
clapped him on the shoulder.
"By Jove, you've tossed my stors
around like so many dise! I've got
to consult the oracles immediately.
He darted from the room, and
when Archie reached his study the
Governor was poring over a map of
the heavens.
"Your Isabel's all tangled op in our
affairs!" declared the Governor with
mock resentment. She will dawn up
on your gaze again very soon I feel
it coming. Our next move is out
lined we must go to Rochester,"
"Would you mind telling me just
what Rochester has to do with all
this?" demanded Archie testily.
"My dear boy, Rochester is one of
the suburbs of Paradise. You may re
call that I told you of a certain tile
in a summer house where my adored
promised to leave. a message for me
if her heart softened or she needed
me. Well, the secret post-office is at
Rochester; there the incomparable
visits her aunt and about this time of
year she's likely to be there. And if
you knew the way of the stars and
could understand my calculations
you'd see that your Isabel is likely
to have 3ome business in that neigh
borhood just now."
"Rubbish! I happen to know that
her business was all to be in north
ern Michigan this summer. Your
stars have certainly made a monkey
of you this time! You talk like a
nonsense book! How much luggage
are we taking?"
The Governor rang for Tiramons
to do their packing and fell upon a
time table.
They wrote themselves down on
the hotel register at Rochester as
Saulsbury and Comly, were quick
ly in the rooms the Govaernor had
engaged by wire. A short time later
Archie found himself whisked away
to a handsome residential area where
the Governor dismissed the driver at
a corner and continued afoot for
several blocks.
The Governor ran his stick along
the top of a wall that grimly guard
ed the rear of the premises. He
caught the edge and was quickly on
top. When Archie hung back the
Governor grasped him by the arms
and swung him up and dropped him
into a dark corner of the garden.
Then he left him with the injunction
to remain where he was.
"Archie! Oh, Archie!" the Gov
ernor whispered excitedly, brushing
an envelope across the bewildered
Archie's- face. "Strike a match be
fore I perish."
He tore open the envelope and his
fingers trembled as he held the note
to the light He read the two sheets
to himself eagerly; then demanded a
second match and read aloud:
"If this reaches? you, remain near
at hand until I can see you. Please
understand that I promise nothing,
but it is very possible that you may
be able to serve me. My aunt is
giving a party for me Thursday night.
I must leave it to you as to how best
to arrange for a short interview the
day following. A very dear friend
needs help. The matter is urgent."
The match curled and fell unon
Archie's fingers.' A tense silence lay
upon the -garden. The Governor
clasped Archie's hand tightly.
'It has come as I always knew It
would come! And something tells
me I am near the end. Even with all
my faith, boy, it's staggering. And
this is the very night of the dance."
"It's about time for us to clear
out," Archie remarked.
"What! Leave this sacred sou
while she's here? Not on your life,
Archie! I shall not leave til I've
had speech with her. The festal oc
casion offers an ideal opportunity for
the meeting. It's going to be a big
affair and we can merge with the
happy throng and trust to our wits
to get us out alive."
He urged Archie, still resisting,
through the grounds to the front
entrance, where they were admitted
with several other guests who arrived
at that moment. The stately old lady
in the drawing room lifted a lorg
nette as they approached, smiled af
fably and gave the Governor her
hand. . .
"Mrs. Lindsay, my friend, Mr. Com
ly. He arrived unexpectedly an hour
ago and I thought you wouldn't mind
my bringing him along."
"I should have been displeased if
you had hesitated a moment any
friend of yours, you know!"
Other arrivals facilitated their es
cape, and as they stepped into the
conservatory the music ceased and
there was a flutter as the dancers
sought seats, or stepped out upon the
lawn. Archie, acutely uncomfortable,
heard the Governor stifle an exclama
tion.
"That is she! Stand by me nowl
That chap's just left her. This is our
chancel - .
A young woman was just seating
herself in a chair at the farther end
of the conservatory. The Governor
moved toward her quickly. Archie
haw her lift her head suddenly and
her lips parted as though she was
about to make an outcry. Then the
Governor bowed low over her hand,
uttering explanations in a low tone
Her surprise had yielded to what
Archie, loitering behind, thought an
expression of relief and satisfaction.
He moved forward as the Governor
turned toward him.
"Miss Hastings, Mr. Comly."
"My name here," the Governor was
&aylng, "is Saulsbury."
"I think," said Archie, "that the
moment has come for me to retire.1
"We shall not turn you adrift!"
cried Ruth, "I have a very dear
friend I must introduce you to."
"Oh, Isabel!"
Following her gaze he was glad of
the slight pressure on his arm. Here
at least was something tangible in a
world that tottered toward chaos. For
it was Isabel Perry who turned at
the sound of Ruth's voice.
"Miss Perry, Mr. Comly!"
"Oh, Mr. Comly!" There was the
slightest stress on the assumed name.
"After .this dance "
She slipped away, leaving him star
ing, and Archie, in a daze, lead Ruth
back to the Governor.
At the conclusion of the number,
Isabel remained, to Archie's discom
fiture, at the farther end of the plat
form, and when he hurried forward
in the hope of detaching her from
the group that surrounded her she
did not see him at all, which was
wholly - discouraging. A partner
sought her for the next dance and as
the music struck up he made bold to
accost her.
"I am not to be eluded!" he said.
"I must have at least one dance!"
"My card is filled but I am reserv
ing a boon for you! You shall have
the intermission."
He passed Ruth, returning to put
herself in the path of her next part
ner. "This is your punishment for com
ing late!" laughed the girl. There
was happiness in her eyes. "How
perfectly ridiculous you two men
are!"
"Suppose we talk a bit," said the
Governor when they had found a
bench on the lawn.
"It's nearing the end!" he said sol
emnly. "There are other changes and
chances, perhaps, but the end is in
tight. The whole thing was unalter
able from the beginning; it makes
ittle difference what we do now. And
it's you it's you that have brought
it all about. We are bound together
by ties not of earthly making."
"You are beginning to believe at
last?"
"I don't know what to believe," Ar
chie answered slowly. '"Just how
much do you understand of it?"
"Precious little! Your Isabel and
my Ruth are friends, quite intimate
friends indeed. That's news to you,
isn't it?"
"Most astonishing news! ' .
"And now I'll prepare you a little
for what I prefer you should hear
from Isabel I got it from Euth
you're not quite finished yet with that
pistol shot in the Congdon house. It
seems to be echoing around the
world!"
Continued next week.
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