HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1928.
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'M TIPTOE
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Stewart Edward White
Illustrations by Henry Jay Lee
Copyright Stawsrrt, Edward WhiU
Released thru.
Publishers Au.toca.rter Service
WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY:
GRIMSTEAD, the "Bucssneer" of this
swashbuckling story, la stranded among- the
California redwoods in hia "private craft,"
a high-powered ear, when Its gasoline tank
is broken.
BURTON GRIMSTEAD, his "spoiled"
daughter, is with him against her will, es
pecially so aa she perceives her father's
object in insisting on her going on the trip
is to throw her into the company of
ROSS GAV.UINER, Grimstead's sinister
"Second In Command," a capable, good
looking young man. t
SIMMINS, chauffeur and house man, of
gay spirits, repressed because of his ultra
English-butler dignity. He is tent after
help and returns with a young man in a
small car.
DAVENPORT, a youth, comes by and
astonishes them first by saying his small
car runs on electricity so he has no "gas"
to give them, and next by winning a 110,
000 bet from Gardiner by predicting a rain
storm. (-
CHAPTER VI
Slmmlns Brightens Up
A tiny fire blazed merrily at the
edge of the shelter, a marvellous
sight In all this deluge to Burton
when she turned out In the morn
ing. Her father and Gardiner sat
leaning against a log In the back
ground and Slmmlns fussed with
a coffee pot over a small gasoline
stove. Grlmstead looked good-natured,
and amused by the turn of
events; Gardiner was company
manners polite, which meant that
he was disgruntled; Slmmlns was
bright and chipper.
There was no doubt of It; some
thing had happened to Simmlns.
His manner was free and Indepen
dent and human; no longer did he
conceal rigidly his naturally friv
olous proclivities.
"Coffee, Miss," he should have
enunciated mechanically. Instead of
which he remarked; "That'll warm
you up,"
That morning Davenport found
Slmmlns clad In a mackintosh,
delving in the pockets of the larger
car.
"You certainly did call the-turn!"
said Slmmlns. "I congratulate you,
sir! And to rook his nibs does my
heart good! I'll buy me a little
souvenir with the tenner you let
me in for. I suppose that goes,
sir?"
"Certainly," laughed Davenport.
"You'd better make yours a Lib
erty bond though, Slmmlns, if you
take my advice."
"Liberty bond, sir, with a ten
ner?" puzzled Slmmlns.
"Tenner," repeated Davenport,
also pretending to be puzzled. Oh!"
he simulated enlightenment "I
see! Did you imagine for a mo
ment I'd bother with a sum like
ten dollars?"
"What else, sir?" asked Simmlns
uneasily.
"Then hundreds, of course," re
plied Davenport.
"Good Lord! If It had not rained
I'd have been out a thousand dol
lars?" "Most certainly," Davenport as
sured him seriously. "As it Is, you
shall have my check for a thou
sand the moment Mr. Gardiner
pays his debt"
And now you know why Sim
mlns passed the coffee In that care
free, swashbuckling spirit that
would warm her up!
"Looks as if It might rain for
ever," remarked Grlmstead after a
pause.
.Davenport glanced at his wrist
watch and made a rapid calcula
tion. "It will stop at ten minutes to
ten," he stated.
"I'll acknowledge that you called
the turn on this storm, but you're
cutting it too fine," said Grlmstead.
"Be reasonable!"
"Nevertheless, If you'll allow me
five minutes either way," efrniled
the young man, "I'll lay anybody
another bet" He glanced at Gut
diner, who did not look up.
The millionaire laughed.
"Well, you are a good sport; I'll
say that for you. I'm no heavy
gambler, 'like you young fellows
with lots of money. I'll bet you
a box of cigars, just to make it
interesting."
"All right."
"By the way," added Grlmstead,
"didn't you say something about a
tree?"
"It's down, square across the
road," Interrupted Simmins eager
ly. "The deuce you say!" Grimstc&J
sat up. "How many others are
down?" he Inquired after an in
stant "None, sir, not one!" cried Sim
mins triumphantly, as though the
glory were his own personally. "I
took especial pains to look."
"This is the mo3t extraordinary
exhibition of either fantastic bull
luck or prophecy or a mixture of
both I have ever witnessed!" said
Grlmstead. "It's it's almost un
canny!" "Not at all. The story was the
exact product of a whole series of
causes and effects working out; and
as the causes and effects are all
subject to physical law, which is
unchangeable, vany prediction as to
the time or the direction or the
strength or duration of a storm
can be entirely exact,, provided it
is based on those causes and ef
fects." CHAPTER VH
A Startling Discovery.
At the hour predicted by Daven
port the rain ceased and the clouds
broke In the instantaneous Cali
fornia fashion to admit a bright
shining sun. The whole world was
a-glltter with jewels and little
mists eddying through the forest
drifted In and out of steady, broad
shafts of light Grlmstead stared
curiously at Davenport's little ma
chine. "Make her yourself?" inquired
Grlmstead.
"Such as she is," acknowledged
Davenport. "I didn't use much
pains with her looks because she
is Just an experiment I'm trying
something out"
"You said she was electric driv
en?" queried Grlmstead.
"Yes."
"And I suppose charging a bat
tery costs nothing," struck in Gar
diner scornfully, "and there are
charging stations everywhere."
"Often enough for my purpose,"
rejoined Davenport with entire
good humor.
"I should think you'd want more
speed and power," observed Grim
staad. "Geared as she is I can make 50
an hour on a paved .road, and that
means power for anything within
reason I haven't had it brake
tested; but it must develop between
35 and 45 horsepower."
"Your battery can't have a long
charge-life at that rate," pursued
Grlmstead. "I don't see how you
keep charged. How many hours do
you make "
"I don't know; I haven't deter
mined yet That's what I'm experi
menting on."
Grlmstead paused to get this
straight
"Do I understand you to say that
you are running on the original
charging?" he asked, "that you
have not recharged since starting?"
"That's it."
""Where did you start from? How
long have you been out?"
"Left San Rafael about three
weeks ago." He stopped to exam
ine a dial. "Been just 1100 miles."
The pirate chief, like all good
commanders, was always ready to
climb himself to the crow's nest
This speck on the horizon was
probably a mirage that would van
ish on nearer approach; but there
was just a remote possibility it
might be a galleon heavy with un
told wealth.
Or. Indeed, it might be some
where between the extremes. Some
craft laden mainly with dreams,
but with a trifle of metal ballast
worthy of a pirate's attention.
So like a prudent chief, he bore
down on the stranger.
"Such a battery, if it could be
well proved out, would be valua
ble," pursued Grimstead. One of
the great elements in his success
was that he knew better than to
cry down the obvious. "I confess
I can't imagine the principle "
"Like to look at it?" inquired
Davenport
This was luck Grimstead had not
hoped for yet He assented with
alacrity. All crowded curiously
around while the young man raised
the hood.
They saw what appeared to be
an ordinary large electric motor
set acrsos the frame. In front of
it and connected to it by two thick
wires was a black box measuring
about a foot along all dimensions.
"There she is!" said Davenport
cheerfully.
"That! Is that your whole bat
tery!" cried Grimstead, pointing an
incredulous finger. "Why, that
thing wouldn't run a bell for three
weeks, let alone a car. Where's your
running battery? Under the seat?"
Without reply Davenport raised
the seat cushions to display a re
cess occupied only by tools; lifted
the trap door of the rear to show
a nearly empty Interior.
"You see, I have nothing up my
sleeve with which to deceive you,"
said he, jestingly. "There's the
whole works."
On the return to the camp, Grim
stead fell back to consult low
voiced with his second in com
mand. "What do you think of It, Ross?"
he inquired.
"He's lying, showing off. The
thing is impossible."
"Well, he certainly drove up last
night from somewhere."
"He probably lives quite near and
recharges from water power."
"Probably," agreed Grimstead,
"but even "at that he's got some
thing. That box isn't any larger
than a starting battery. We'll have
to look into it a little. A battery
as compact as that will drive others
off the market"
Davenport put everybody to
work, after a quick meal had been
improvised and eaten, so that by
mid-afternoon a comfortable and
convenient camp had come jnto ex
istence. At supper time Simmlns, panic
stricken, claimed total ignorance
of camp cookery.
"I'll do It" stated Davenport
briefly. "You'll do the dishes, run
the errands, get the water and car
ry in the wood. I'l chop the wood."
He looked around at the others.
"That's the only thing I want you
all to leave strictly alone the axe.
I'll do all the axe work myself." '
CHAPTER Vm
, Another Bet.
"Well, this Is something like!"
cried Grimstead as he lowered him
self to a cushion of aromatic boughs
near the camp fire. He was well
fed and warm and dry and pleas
antly tired. He glanced about the
scene with satisfaction. Everything
was trim and ship-shape, just the
way he liked to see things.
"Young man, he went on in a
large paternal manner, blowing the
first cloud from his cigar, "where
is your shop? San Rafael, did you
say?"
"My shop oh, Sausalito," replied
Davenport
"I suppose you could use a little
more."
"Who couldn't?"
"A little additional capital might
enable you to expand to advan
tage." "Additional capital," said Daven
port unexpectedly, with a grin,
"wouldn't enable me to expand an
inch."
"But you just said you could use
more money."
"That's different."
"I don't see how it's different,"
said Grlmstead a little impatiently,
"but It crossed my mind that if you
needed a little buy In a Bhare, you
understand. Of course an investi
gation" "So you are Interested in my bat
tery, after all," said Davenport
"Kono!" Grimstead acknowledg
ed. "At least I'm interested in
what you. Bay about your battery.
The state of Missouri isn't big en
ough to hold me when it comes to
what you claim for it I shrewdly
suspect that In that you're frying
to spoof me. But it's obvious you've
come from somewhere, and it's ob
vious that little battery brought
you. Even if it's only five or ten
miles, and you expect to get home
again, you've got something big."
"Of course," Davenport pointed
out, "I haven't tried to sell any
thing nor make you believe any
thing. And I don't suppose, In view
of your technical knowledge, I
would have any right to resent your
doubting my word. Nevertheless,
I repeat that with that battery as
my sole motive power I have driven
about 1100 miles."
"Without recharging?" demanded
Gardiner.
"Without recharging," repeated
Davenport
A polite but restrained silence
succeded this remark. Davenport
himself relieved the situation.
"Don't feel embarrassed!" he
laughed. "Say it if you want to;
I won't be offended. It may relieve
your minds. There's no way to
prove it to you right now, so there's
no sense worrying about It."
"Pardon me," put in Gardiner
suavely. "I think your statement
could be at least partially tested
with the facilities ,at hand."
"What do you mean?" asked
Davenport.
"I meap that if you are willing
to allow you battery to carry a
load for any specified length of
time I can arrange the load."
"If it's not beyond the power of
my battery, go to it," agreed Dav
enport ''I figure she'll give about
40 horse-power." 1
"That is more than ample. For
how long "
"Long as you like until we get
out of here, if you please."
"Is it another bet?" asked Bur
ton. "I'm willing," said Davenport
"doubles or quits. Is It a bet?"
"I don't bet that heavily against
another man's game," said Gardi
ner, "but I'm ready to risk five hun
dred that I can produce a legiti
mate test right here, and that this
thing won't stand up under It It
is understood that my test must be
met and that the time limit Is four
days."
"Well, that's rather an "unslght
unseen' proposition Itself," rejoined
Davenport "But just to show you
I'm a sport I'll go you, provided
that it is not beyond the strength
of the battery. Its endurance with
in its strength is all I claim."
"What I propose," said Gardiner,
"is that the terminals of this bat
tery be connected with the self
starter of our car; and the starting
pedal be locked down. Then the
battery, through the self-starter,
will be turning over the engine
against the compression. I don't
know the exact power required, but
it is considerable. Tomorrow I will
compute It exactly. It Is sufficient
to exhaust the ordinary starting
battery in from 10 to 20 minutes."
"That's ingenious," acknowledged
Davenport, "but It's going to be as
noisy as a street car. It's going
to destroy our peace and quiet, and
wlil end by getting on our nerves,
I'm afraid."
"It's begun by getting your nerve,
I'm afraid," sneered Gardiner.
Gardiner leaned back with a tri
umphant glance at his chief.
"Oh!" cried Burton, Indignant
"You aren't going to give up like
that Mr. Davenport Were you
bluffing? I didn't think you'd do
that!"
"I wasn't bluffing," said Daven
port quietly.
"Then do it!"
"Well, I'll tell you," suggested the
young man, "there's no use getting
excited or disagreeable about It.
Let's be reasonable. Tomorrow
morning we will move camp a little
to get away from the racket, and
then we'll start her up. Stay an
extra day if you want to; It's worth
it"
"I'll agree to that," acquiesced
Gardiner, "as far as the general
camp is concerned. But personally
I stipulate to stay here within
sound of the motor."
Burton exclaimed indignantly;
but Davenport was unperturbed.
"Well," said he cheerfully, "you
encourage me. A little while ago
the battery couldn't last over 10
or 20 minutes; and now it's night
time already. I'll agree you shall
stay here, if you want to, provided
Simmlns stays, too."
"Simmins!" exclaimed Gardiner.
"Why should Simmlns stay here?"
"For the same reason you do,"
replied Davenport blandly; "Just to
hear the motor go."
"Well," sighed Grimstead after
a moment, "this trip certainly
promises to be interesting. If the
thing works even partially as you
say it does, you must have a brand
new principle in battery construc
tion." "It Is a new principle," said Dav
enport "Would you like to hear
about it?"
(Continued Next Week.)
Davenport and the pirate's daugh
ter have an interesting talk in next
week's instalment
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