HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 1928.
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LARRY DAVENPORT, author. In-
vents an electric battery of startling
power.
GRIMSTEAD, a capitalist, whom Lar
ry meets while he Is stranded on a
California mountain side by the break-
aown 01 nis car, induces Davenport to
sign an agreement by which he and
the capitalist make and market the
battery.
ROSS GARDINER, Grlnutead's second-in-command,
draws up the agree
ment He and Grlmstead are overheard
by Larry as they discuss the manner
in wmcn tney will profit from the bat
tery and Ignore Larry's Idealistic alms
BURTON GRIMSTEAD. tha nmltnl.
ist's daughter, has fallen In love with
Davenport, impressed by his strange
power of prophecy. She suggests that
he "dissemble" so that Grlmstead will
think he agrees to his plan for handling
uio uuuery.
BIMMINS, butler-chauffeur, friendly
toward Davenport, is persuaded to try
i to steal the signed agreement from
urimsieaa s Dlll-ioia.
CHAPTER XIX
Simmlns, a True Knight
The campaign of dissembling
went off with a bang. Grlmstead's
hostility melted easily. The Impact
of Davenport's Identity as a famous
author, instead of the mechanic he
had believed him, was tremendous.
The engagement finished him.
Davenport was an excellent
match, he was a manly chap, and
if Grlmstead could arrange It
he was going to be Immensely
wealthy. Of course he had a lot
of damn-fool Idealistic notions, but
an author was supposed to be ec
centric. ,
Supper passed Jovially enough.
Then Grlmstead caused the hearts
of three of the party to skip a beat
"Simmlns," he commanded,
"here's my coat to clean up a little;
it's got an awful fish smell about It"
As he spoke he took off the gar
ment and hung it on a stub, replac
ing it with a sweater. He removed
nothing from the pockets, and all
three of the conspirators could dis
tinctly make out a corner of the
bill-fold showing from the Inside
pocket '
Simmins picked up the coat and
with it started toward the creek.
"Hey!" called Grlmstead after
him. "Where you going? I don't
want that thing washed!"
"No sir; of course not sir. Mere
ly a trifle of sponging, fresh run
ning water, you know, sir," stam
mered Simmlns at a loss.
"Well, go ahead. But there's
some things in the pockets; look
out you don't lose them. There's
a tobacco pouch and a notebook in
the side pocket and my pocketbook
in the inside pocket."
"Never fear, sir; I'll take the
best of care," chattered Simmins,
beating a hasty retreat
"You're not afraid to trust him
with a pocketbook?" Larry ven
tured to suggest
Grlmstead luaghed.
"I wouldn't trust him with my
roll," he agreed. "But that pocket
book contains nothing but papers;
and they can all be replaced.
There's nothing there to Interest
Simmins."
Burton and Larry exchanged an
other glance. It was almost too
good to be true.
After 10 minutes Simmlns glided
unobtrusively into the firelight and
hung the coat again on the stub.
"Here," Grlmstead commanded
at once, "bring me that pocketbook
out of the inside pocket"
For a moment Simmins' limbs
refused to work; but he succeeded
In extracting the pocketbook and
bringing it to his master. Contrary
to expectation, Grlmstead did not
open it He examined Simmins
curiously.
"You're trembling like a leaf," he
said. "What's the matter with
you?"
Simmins muttered something
about Its being chilly by the stream.
"Well, bring me my small leather
kit bag."
He opened the kit bag, burrowed
, down to the bottom, and tucked the
bill fold beneath the flap.'
"There! She'll stick safe enough
there until we go. Take It back,
Simmins."
"Yes, sir," said Simmins, "and if
there is nothing more, sir, I ask
permission to return to my camp
to turn in."
"Well, take a drink before you
go," offered Grlmstead. "Here's the
key. Your teeth are chattering."
Simmlns gratefully swallowed the
whiskey, returned the key and dla
' appeared.
Larry and Burton wandered off
toward the car and found Simmlns
waiting for them.
"Here, sir; here It Is," he burst
out, thrusting a paper into Lar
ry's hands. "What Is to happen
when he discovers his loss, sir, I
cannot for the life of me imagine."
"Nothing! Don't worry, Sim
mins. If he finds it out, I will
take the blame. You have acted
very nobly In this matter. Neither
Miss Burton nor myself will ever
froget it."
"Indeed, we shall not, Simmlns,"
added Burton; "you are a true
knight!"
Simmlns retired, his heart glow
ing. The two young people made their
way to the bank of the little stream,
where they would be screened from
the camp. There Larry lighted a
match and cast a hasty glance
of inspection at the document
"It's all right," he assured Bur
' ton relievedly. "This Is It! Blessed
be Simmlns!'' '
He tore it Into small pieces and
cast them Into the current
"I feel as though the weight of
worlds had been lifted!" he cried
"It does seem as though some
one or something was helping us,'
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said Burton soberly. "I think that
we should be very thankful that
wings come aoout so easily."
CHAPTER XX
Discovered.
The moment the young people
were out of hearing Grlmstead
turned to Gardiner with an almost
savage intensity of manner.
"Listen here, Ross," he said rap
idly. "The time has come for action.
and we must get busy. Things are
at touch and go with us and the
stakes are the biggest ever played."
Gardiner looked at him blankly.
"Never mind figuring It out Lis
ten to me, and take orders. This
man Davenport is a fool, but he has
brains, It was perfectly evident
the thought would soon suggest It
self that If he could once get hold
of the agreement he had signed, he
could stell us to go whistle."
"But since he and Miss Burton-
"Poppycock! Do you think that
type of fanaticism ever becomes
reasonable?"
"Then why"
"A blind. It wouldn't fool a mud-
hen, let alone a wise old coot like
me. I'm an old bird; I can put
two and two together. The first
thing to try was obviously to get
hold of it peaceably, by stealing it
If that didn't work, he was going
to get It some how, if he had to
hold us up or sandbag us. I know
the type. He's a fanatic. He'd
commit murder before he'd give In."
Gardiner was excited.
"Get him before he gets us!" he
suggested.
'I began to take my measures at
once," Grlmstead went on. "Obvious
ly he'd try first of all to steal the
bill fold. So I made It easy for
him."
"Did you suspect Simmlns?"
"Not at that time. But I figured
Davenport would begin to man
oeuvre to get hold of the coat or
near it
"A test," murmured Gardiner.
"Precisely. Well, when he did not
I began to think I might be wrong.
Then Simmlns came back scared as
a rabbit and I realized he was in
it I'll settle with him later!"
"But the agreement "
"Was not there, of course! I sub
stituted the carbon copy."
'They'll detect the difference; it
isn't signed."
I signed it for him," grinned
the older man, "it Isn't a very good
forgery, but all he'll do tonight will
be to examine It with a match to
see If it's what he wants."
"Clever work, chief," cried Gardi
ner. "But I don't see that It gets
us far."
It gets us until morning. And
it corroborates my suspicions."
Now listen carefully, Ross," con
tinued Grlmstead, "for this is what
you must do. You've got to get out
of here, and you've got to take this
agreement with you to the nearest
recorder's, and get It entered. That
means you start tonight; just as
soon as everybody has turned in."
Gardiner nodded.
"So far, so good. But there's an
other thing. This man Is absolutely
capable of laying down on us, no
matter what agreements we may
have."
"What do you mean?"
"Refuse his formula."
"But you can ruin him."
"He'll Btand that He'll stand for
anything now he's got his head set!
That's the sort they used to use the
thumb rack on without much suc
cess. Could you analyze this bat
tery, If you had It and reproduce
the formula?"
"Certainly, If what he says Is true,
that the plates are a simple alloy,
and there is no further secret It
will only be necessary to analyze
them, measure their exact propor
tions, determine their specific grav
ity, and observe carefully any pe
culiarities of their shape and posi
tion."
"Remember, their distance from
each other is important"
That, of course. I Bee your idea.
We are to steal the battery."
"It must weigh 40 pounds," ob
jected Gardiner. "Do we hide It
somewhere?"
"No, you'll drive it out The roads
will now carry you; I've been wat
ching them. Put the battery back
In that rattletrap of his and drive
it out."
Gardiner pondered.
"When we stop that self-starter it
will be noticed," he objected, "and
there'll be a lot of noise getting
away. ' Simmins sleeps right next
door. What do I do with him?"
"Simmlns is already taken care
of," said the pirate chief calmly.
He will ontinue to sleep. That
drink I gave him will fix that"
"Doped? surmised Gardiner.
' "Just that Morphine from the
medicine case. And we'll feed Dav
enport a little of the same."
'Chief, youre a wonder! You
think of everything!" cried Gardin
er admiringly. I'd suggest you tie
him up after he goes under or he'll
likely raise hell when he comes to."
'I expect to, said Grlmstead.
"Look out; here they come! You
understand your job and remem
ber, it's the biggest stake in the
world!"
CHAPTER XXI
Funketty-Snlwel's Revenge.
Events ran smoothly along the
plan laid out for them by the plr-
lite chlof. Burton and Davenport
returned shortly to the camptire.
At a suitable time a night-cap was
proposed and drunk. Soon after,
with Burton in her darkened tent
and Davenport deep in stupor, the
conspirators had the place to them
selves. Silence rushed In upon the dying
clatter as Into a vacuum. Gardiner
Henry Toy L
tdward
paused long enough to look in on
Simmins. That worthy had not
stirred.
It was the work of but a few
moments more to reinstall Daven
port's strange storage battery in the
other car.
Gardiner found the engine much
more flexible than any gasoline car
he had ever driven. For a few
minutes he amused himself by
bringing it almost to a stop and
then picking up smoothly and pos
itively by merely opening the throt
tle. He then started out and set.
tied down to the sheer 'pleasure of
driving as fast as his skill would
permit -He
ws a good driver, and he un
derstood well how to pick up on the
straightaways and Just how much
to check at the curves. And he
was a safe driver, as genuine skill
is usually safe.
But Gardiner was not alone in the
car. No less a personage than
Punketty-Snivvles occupied the seat
next him, but the litlte dog's pro
tective coloration had concealed
him from Gardiner's notice. '
Now Gardiner had once cuffed
Punketty-Sniwles soundly when
that personage had been left In his
charge. So, crouched in his place,
Punketty-Snivvles fixed his beady
eyes in malevolence on his enemy,
and worked up a fine big hate.
Gardiner flashed around a last
corner to see ahead of him a
straight bridge. The lights showed
him its approach on a slight rise,
and that it was built on a high
trestle. Then the nose of the car
touched the slight rise and the
lights lifted.
At the same Instant Punketty-
Snivvles, whose hate had worked
up to a point of action, reached
out and bit Gardiner in the wrist!
Gardiner, who had not known of
the clog's presence, jumped in sur
prise and alarm. The car swerved,
but he was too cool a driver to
permit It to leave the road. How
ever, for three seconds his atten
tion was deflected, and that time
was sufficient to shoot the car on
to the planking of the bridge.
Gardiner saw all this with the
corner of his eye and steered
straight and true, while at the same
time his direct vision was occupied
in identifying the cowering little
dog. Then he looked back to the
front
Before him yawned an abyss. The
bridge had been carried away by
the flood!
Even while he reached for the
brake Ills brain photographed clear
ly the Jagged edges of the bridge,
the opposite bank picked out clear
ly by the lights, and dimly far be
low a white and phosphorescent
tumble of waters hastening to the
sea.
The brakes checked the momen
tum almost but not quite enough.
The car slowed, ran off the edge,
seemed for an Instant to hover right
side up like a bird.
Then down it plunged and the
foaming, turbulent waters seized it
and bore it shouting away.
CHAPTER XXH
And Rapscallion Does His Stuff.
By the campflre Grlmstead strain
ed his ears to catch the last sounds
of Gardiner's departure. Things
were jroing very well. They always
did go well, he had found, when
llrected masterfully. '
Burton, as he had forseen, did
not stir in her tent She was young
and slept soundly, especially in the
first part or the night
After a while he threw away his
cigar, stretched and arose. First he
leaned over Davenport for a mo
ment listening to his rather short
ening brething. Then he sauntered
to the big redwood at whose base
the kitchen had been made.
Here he deliberately unknotted a
short piece of line that had been
used to suspend a shading bit of
canvas, and with It returned toward
the sleeper. He was thoroughly
satisfied, and was humming a little
tune.
In his brief absence another had
added himself to the scene. Rap
scallion had shared the tent with
Burton. Now, however, urged by
some vague restlessness, some tel
epathic uneasiness, some trickle
from the current 'searching out a
channel of his doggy mind, he had
deserted the warm and grateful
nest and had come forth to sit by
his master.
Grlmstead paid him no attention;
but, cord In hand, advanced upon
the sleeper. Now the queer thing
happened.
Rapscallion was the most friendly
of dogs, ever polite and eager,
whose experiences with humans had
always been courteous. Also he was,
of course, thoroughly familiar with
Grlmstead.
Now, however, he arose to stiff
legs, his eyes blazing, the coarse
hair of hU back and neck erect, his
lips snarled back. Grlmstead paus
ed.
'Here, Rap, you old fool!" he
admonished In a low voice. "What
alls you?"
And again stopped forward.
Instantly Rapscallion uttered two
sharp and challenging barks.
JMow Rapscallion did not know
what it was all about Only his
simple dog mind had received the
impression that, unexplainedly and
tor tne nrst time, the proximity of
this large human meant trouble to
Master; and his simple dog code
told him to stick tight sav as much
as he could about It and, in extrem
ity to do his utmost
If he had a private thought apart,
which Is Improbable, it was a ra-
fleeting one of despair at relative
sizes and powers; but it did not
affect his course of conduct He be
gan again to bark rapidly and
warningly.
As Grlmstead continued to ad
vance he bobbed forward and back
a few inches as though propelled by
a spring.
These things impressed Grlm
stead just so far as to cause him to
pick up a heavy club-shaped billet
of wood, a weapon that plainly out
gunned the armament of a little
red-dog who fought at 15 pounds.
At this moment Burton appeared
from the tent
"Dad!" she cried, "what are you
doing with that club and that rope?
I'll keep him quiet!"
Her first sleepy thought was that
the dog's barking had awakened
Grlmstead and exasperated him to
the point of canlclde.
As her mind cleared and focussed,
however, her eyes widened with ter
ror. Davenport's immobilty amid all
this noise, Grlmstead's day attire;
what did it mean?
She dashed forward to Larry,
and, undeterred by Rapscallion, fell
on her knees at his side.
"What have you done? What have
you done?" she cried, terror-stricken.
"Nothing nothing at all he's
perfectly all right!' cried Grimstead,
whose one idea was to reassure her
before she lost control of herself,
"He's not hurt He'll ba as well as
ever in the morning."
But by this time Burton had as
sured herself that Larry was living
and unhurt and rose slowly to her
feet Her brow was puckered In
thought
"You've drugged him!" she decid
ed at last She pondered for a mo
ment more, then raised her head.
The engine nas stopped you
have stolen the car!" she cried in
sudden enlightenment A deep scorn
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