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,C'T," ...... ..r. .'-.'( -"ls. f i.. W&m BlUlLILIEtS v J j- Ay Charles G. Booth. .. " CHAPTKR !. Tlio Gold-Mounted l'Mol. There was nothing in- Nathan ! Hyde's noto that even remotely I . HUKKOHted a connection with what was to Itajipen tliul night. If there j had been, I should have quailed' a j little, for I am K(tUntr on for that ! sort of thins. Not that I am old-'! .at fay one has hardly begun onoa.! ; aiounlUK -years. ; My garden, 'my books, and my collection of pistols . lljr M.i:uvu IILUIIICIUM, UUU JjUC , J. .niece' ply on mo such contact; lll my active moments, und J-.ucy'.ywent in for law.1.- Now he ImtokiKx witu life fu I desire. The note, which was written In Hyde's cramped hand, asked me to drop in and, see him about an old pistol he thought might inter est me. -I don't care a, great deal for Hyde he Is as smooth as a mahogany walking-stick but he has an uncanny faculty of getting his hands on the rarities collectors barter their souls -for. - Lucy calls his shop the "Pirate's Cave," and Hyde, she Insists, Is a. reincarna tion of Captain Kidd. It was early afternoon. I had nothing to do, so there was no rea son why I should not sec Hyde at once. Magnolia avenue is the love .'.llesi thoroughfare of San Felipe, and, I drove along it with pride. And, yet. 30 years ago the San l?o , lipe. valley was a sun-burned waste of suge and cuctus. But that was . before Andrew :.Ogden... our ; first citizen, brought water and accom pliKhed another of those miracles which are the wonder of the souths west. ':( f. ',;. . , -. , . AndreV-' hr'my next door neigh- Jlydc deftly rIUI a lelicr ov bor and ' m.r vXl'iend. f Xf-IJs wealtii; has left him uiispoilcdi ilrid we liuvej II - much in common. In fact, there j 1 did so arid ho resumed bis' qwn is between us th'it fine quality otf.chnii; with tin auilillc creuk of ioid arrectlon ..wnich' meii'--achieve sojljoneM. ly eye telL-on the- letter rarely In their friendships., 1 And if.i bfi had slid over the object -be at, times, during the nine years wo neatli It. The incident bothered have known each olhor, I Juive felt) me. Why should Hydo baye been a rcNtniliil Qpofl hli Spitif, hadii;;!ln sVich " haVt to'" conceal tho thl'AE senseif looking tpon. a mask 'hi-! tram me? 5 ; '. ' " ftend -at the' niiin. Iiimself, and If! ' j0 quickly recaptured my" "'at-, his antccedenLs arc a matter ?fi tcrition by placing the revolver on ;ronjcctliro, ;wat;6f it? My fcollhgl the desk In front of mc. U'waaall ac Jrohablj riimsyn!ie. 'put-.ir.Jt h could do to keep from leaping to were not, hasn't he the. rlghf Mo t my ft.ct, seizing the revolver, and seal what chambers of his memory fuelling' Hyde to name his price, he chooses? i Instead' I . caHuallv nicked It ui Jerry Ogden; Andrew's boy. and ! Lucy havo cemented oiir friend ship. Lucy, I see, is wearing a handsome, saphhlre. . 1 shall 'be sorry to lose her. .. After the brilliant afternoon sun- light the wierd gloom of Hyde's shop blinded me and I ft ad to grope my way forward. There seemed -to be no onb aboujt; and then I heard voices in-the office, at the rear. As f approached the office I saw that Hyde was talking with. Itoy Hammond, a local lawyer. .. j , (t!tod ftm-non, geiillemen." . 'j'T'wejlr rubber heels and I Instaiit , ly rpallxed that they: had not heard mr coining.' Hydo wan sitting at $ hl d'wU; IHs hawk-liko head went with. a. Jerk anil hn. deftly slid tjrt' leHor over- sonif-object on- the desk. Hammond spun hn his heel i and muttered an ox-lanliHion. 5 ''Mxeusi ine.' )yd." I-siihl with . tlrawing. '1 illdn't -know you wrro busy. f 111 drop In later.", "Ah," -i'eobles! Nothing of tlw sort. Come right In," Hyde pro tested suavely. He stood up, "long and lean and Innk," as Mr. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, s; ( "I wns' .lust going." Hnmmond If you had to make gallons of your good CREAM SAUCE --wpyldn't jiou do it a little-at a time? ; r -'- ' " OF'coURSFyoii would! Then you could keep it smooth keep it fromscorching keep it under control. Likewise Hills Bros.. : never -roast coffee in bulk. A . few. pounds at a time by their patented, continuous process. Every berry is roasted evenly and a rich uniform flavor, such as no other coffee has, is assured. HILLS BROS COFFEE frtik frtm the orit- tiHy oftned irtfJk Ikr kff, 6 t9V ... ro muttered. "I wunloil Hyde to brlnB dome Junk down from the house." .l It was none of my husiness that Hnmmond had lied. He Is a tall, heavily built man with a meaty face which 1 never saw east In any expression but one 'of- cultivated affability; - i In "his 'younuer cjHya, Humimiml.tproKpectetl ihrous Luesfrt mountnlns. A lucky gavo him a. small eanital and he to rvery luncheon -club and . fra ternal order In town und I believe he has designs on the state legis lature. .Ho wouldn't be entrusted with any of my legal affairs, t . "VeIf I said to. Hyde as Ham mond departed,- ''whiityhave you' KotT ' J . , V :V "It may upt interest you." Hydea sly chuckle irritated inc. ,' I s Hut when I- saw him rach ifor his snuff-box, which-he keeps. In a pocket somewhere - in the tail .of his morning,' coat, I knew ho f had something I wanted and I 'should have to pay for 1t. The .snuff-box. an elaborate affair of richly chased silver, had belonged to' a French Louis, and taking snuff from It h In the nature -,of a .ceremony Hyde always indulges In before arid al ter pocketing a fat profit. After much fumbling he withdrew : tils hand without it. . . ' o . "Queer," he mumbled. r I concluded he ,had-- mlspfycctl the' snuff-box. "Xever mind. Hytle. It'll turn up." , i, His head enmo up.-yith a-jork. '"Eh? Oh,- yes, to.be sure.. T.he cv some object on Ills desk. vnuC-'box', ;.pet me see.: ph, ys, the 'pistol; ''iit down, Peebles."; : i aware that he was watching me slyly. ' . "Cureful, Peebles. It's loaded."- The revolver was a long-barreled Colts ',45 of a type In general u.ic 30 years ago. On the butt was a mounting of filigree gold of crude workmanship. It was this unusual feature that had set my elderly heart thumping like a mill-race. .. Hydo wns watching hie with his secret smile. I broke tho gun. Six shells, one of therii exploded, fell Into my'harid. I caught my breath. My hands begun to tremble. Sweat dampened my ' forehead. I .bent lower-, over lh pistol lo hido my auJtHlh.n. - v I 'Well?'1 Jlydtl askod blandly. -. "Do you suppose It is authentic?' I parried casually. - m 't , Id-" gave his sly :huckle. 'Yfu s-e the mounting. And the bullets lire they not gold?" Hls'sthile broadened. "Pefcrsvn'a initials lire on th butt." As a matter of fact, I was sure the gun was Peterson's, although 1 could not prove It was, any more, than he could. A thrill of pleasure ran through me. Ever since I be-. gan collecting pistols I have wanted to get hold of one of Peterson's gold-mounted revolvers. I had comi missioned several dealers to be .on the lookout for me, but I never hud quite expected to reallxe my ambl tion. And yet hero 1 was with one fif the famous guns In my hand Peterson's fame wow mainly local, but I was Interested In him because he was typical of a phase of .the west. I supposed he was de;ni. luit he woti bl n't hi an old tnnn if he were Tall ve; no older than I. In fnrt. - He had had his day In the !mi-h. "but he wa n young man ;nt the time. Probably more legend than fae clung to his name, but this deepened my Interest In him f don't know that lie ever did any thing especially remarkable, al though his rle above Hkull Vl. ley's lurid horizon must hhve been as spectacular, (and probably .. short-lived) as that of the town ot Torrldity itmdf. At bast, he lived bravely, extravagantly. r!;ekle(siyr rerkleFKly enough. Indeed, to lutvrt stamped the Imprint of his person ality upon the gold-mud town and kept green- Its memory long ftei it had become one of that a ban doned company of ghost cftierf which haunt the desolate places of the west. Peterson. It seems, was n In"- veterate gabbler, fie would take a chance on anything and he would Imck his judgment .with his lat dollar. There In a story to tho effect that once he, pluyrd pokef for a human life. He came to Tor-' ridlty with nothing but his guns, grew wealthy, and lost everything he had nt poker: or the'story goes, - "Ten-to-One Vaftpears (o MEDFOR? MAIL' Playing at NORMA TAUMAPiOE 'ifi i Norma Tulmaflgo; iilnya tho most (iHi'lri; nolo of .-her (career In "The woman Dlwputed," uL thu! Riult-j theator today, .r ' ) ' (l . t. t Sliss Talmadco'a'voiiiclo5 has Us locale' W tho A'Jstrlan-ltuas'lanj border 'before 'hnd' 'during 'the World war. -She Is loved by tj() men,' former -'friends, 'whom t jiq j i . have 'been the sokriquet'he became known by. j "Well, do you want i It?", Hyile askeijl blandly. ' . ! I wasn't going tobc caught too easily'. V'W'hcre.dld yuu'goi. ltV" . Hydo blew .his nose! i "That,"' ho said dolicat'cly, VdoesnH matf or." 5 'Oh. yra.- it dbes. uf theie's a story in It, I shall want that, too." MThe, story," Hyde saiil snioothly, "is not included in the price: The price ia one thousand dollars." I laughed, wrote him a f heck' for $500, and tossed it ovcr.i "Thorn isn't more than $1 r0. worth, ot gold in the bullets and filigree." He picked up the check, precise ly toro It into fragments. My dear Heebies! 1 said $1000 V Wtcd und wrote him a check. "Now give me the story, j 1 X , Both matches brought out some He gave me his secret smile In- PXceMent nl n tennl8. Gn stead. "Thestory Is not included ! ,A( of. lM sum0,fl.o-ra tho Htart. Tn-the. price.' r,r " ' In lt 'for sa le. Htohl. lf tt VHI.ly ,eud aml wu8 Hero is your receipt. '- ; ' I never headed. . Using a tricky ro And talk as I would I could noH VM . 4,tt n.,w... Ige-t him to change Vil mind. Hyde wrapped my treasure P : took the offensive throughout'both while "I "speculated about the, tale j HetHi . Jf stohr has a weakness In I liadn't got. My eye fell on thcjeither ofr0'nHe or defonse ower letter , which rconeealed tho article ; mnn ftlM(,(1 lo fim, lu .; : ', beneath it and t wondered If. there j. imiston's match shnWd ijc js wiiH a connection between Peter-1 rHPmiy rounding Into mid-sc'usim sMp's-cvoIver and the subject of : form. . Like Stohr, ho took the of llyde's conversation with ! HHtn-i-f0'hHVo -..early -In -the "Ynatch and niPldv A.Jfj ,no. Hhol). h,'ll?),y ds avhoywMt tftotiicwtat thlaig in mo;riantcai-toys. jjuc u i coma not. - -- ji ' .. i . .. (; havffuddoniy known tho slgnlfl-1 Weather permitting Ktohr Avlll pnncc "of 'what Hyde had refused face Ktimlston at the high school to tell mc, -I should have plunged courts this afternoon at , If our hark into his cavernous shop, -taken . o'clock' in- the final three seta4 out him by the throat, and shaken him j of -five fon the Hchool " uhumplon untllf the story dripped word by ship and ipermanent possession of WQj'O.'ir 6m; between -Mm 'teeth. I j tho student body cup. . might then have been able to avert the' trapedy that was to bfaat tho lives of those deareHt to me. ' (Copyrfeht, 1W, William Morrow . , Co.) . Wlin t is tho myatory bark of the poh I bullets? Hytlc'H secret? Con tinue this story tomorrow. - .. 4 . Coast League Yesterday n, .. 4 Seattle t,. Portland ' 7 - 2 1 PI PS ran und Uorreanl; Caacerel la und Reffo. . (Game called In Sixth uceuunt rain; second yamc called off.) ., . ' ' I-'lrHt ffatne. U. 11. K. San Kranciseu J 4 ; 0 Hollywood 2' '4 .1 (Jlynn and Heed. Schmidt; zel and BuhnIci-. (10 ItinlngH. ) - Second game. ' Sa n F ra n rise o . . H(llywood n. 2 . 4 Oomez - and Schmidt; Marty Johns and Cook. (7 Innings by agreement.) 'First (fame. Tt, H .15. Siicramento 7 .11 0 Oakland 8 10 1 CiOuld, Kunx, KeHthig and Kueh ler: HuiHt, Kaaich, Boehler und Keed. Afternoon giiine. Sacramento f Oakland Uachuei Bryan it. ii. 7 1(1 2 C 15' and Koehh-r; Daella, Jeffcoat and Lombardl. n. rt. n. ji. r, Morning Kame. To AhseleH Mlftslons Afternoon game. Los Angelea MfHHlonu " Roberta, . -. Peters, Wandber?; Warrcn( Hoffman. ' - 5 , H. I .... 8 ...10 1 ChlldH Ncvem 0 and and Wesley Barry ; at his Tonight Wesley Ftarry uhanftont.'il his cus tomary role of a funny "kid" for ono of extreme pathos In "Sky Araper." showing at tho IhIh to iuht. Isarry play, a prominent part In a traffedy on the dizzr h'eiKhts of n partially completed . skyscraper, whir-h provides a spectacular net linn for much of the action of the picture. t Astoria. Market road No. 2. known ns rnnnou Iteiich road, will be Improve ! TRIBUNE.' MEjDFORD, the Rialto - 'THLWIWUDUPUTED war- niuko.s enemies as well as rl valn. : : i . ..... ' - i .' I The suDporllnir cast is headed ly. (Illhert Rolund who plays, a dashing Austrian army officer, v Others in tho :biust -are Arnold Kent.. (lnslnv Vnn. SSnvffertltz. '.-Mi- chnol -Vavltch. 'Horls' de i Fus and Gladys Brockwell. i .. MEET FOR FINAL Smart, vei-Nattlr. tennlH ctirrlcil Al Htohr anl Jimmy Kdmlston Into tho flnalH of the Med Cord HI an nual tennlH tournament to deter mine the Hchool champion when they eliminated their opponcntH In the semi-final round Sunday mor ning. Stoiir took Bill Bowerman M ti.lf .whno Kdmiston defeated MomH e4 found difficult- to return. . . Stohr I relied on .a- ' benutlfiilly exeouted I j iQb to koep his' opponent from iUkV . . "- 4 - ' STANDINGS V OF THE - CLUBS. Mission 1 Jos A nKules .. Oakland Hollywood Kan l-'ranclsco Sacramento .... J'ortland Seattle .V Boston t-hlcHKO New Yni-k ... SI. Louis I'liibnli'lphlu I'ltlHburKll . Cincinnati .. Brooklyn ..... St. Iiuls Philadelphia Xew York ...... Detroit Cleveland ,,'.'. C'hicuffo ,. Iloston , j.......... Washington F MAJOR. LEAGUE .Jj LEADERS (IiicIimHmk gamcH of ApMl 2H) '. ?' By tho AwMiclutcd Jrc5 , Natlonul . Batting SlenhenHon. 'Cubn, AVi. ItunH Hlephenuon, Cubs;. Oitr, ItedH, -12. Huna batted In WilHon, Cubn; Hafey, f:nlH, 13. Hlta iStcphentton, Cuylur, Cubn 18. jouI)1ch Krlnch, Cards, fl.: Triplen Cullop, BImh o n n 1 1 t e. Hoblnw. 2. HumfrH II c r nvn n, II o b I n h; O'poul, I'hlllleK; Jlarper. ItraveH; llrtf-y, rrnrilH, ,Ott. (.Jlanta; VVUkoii, CiiIjm, 3. Stolen buwa Kloweirv ,T Hdbln; Maranvllle, BraVH, 4. Bitching (No leader). American Batting -JamlCKon, Indiunx. .Bt 4 HunH Oehrlnger, Tlgern, 11. Itunn hatt In Alexandor, Tig en. 17..-. Hltif GehrltiKT, JTlgem. 22. , Uoublex Oehrlnger, TigerH", Mc Cowan, BrownM, Dykea, Athletiefi 6 Triple Alexander, e Hloc, lf orfi, 2. Homera Blue, Brown?, 3, , stolen bimeo Fonueca, " Intllarti;; MetKler, W'hlfi HiJt. 3. ' , I'ltthlritf (No IvoiU-t,) RACQUE ui'lflc Coast y . W.. J.,. Pet. 20 10 .007 .....19 15 .559 .....18 10 . r. J 0 1 4 13 .519 17 17 .500 '..!.. I 7 IS -.680 3 16 ., .464 ..... 7 21 .260 atltinal ; . '- W. I.. I'i't. fi 2 .760 0 A. ...0O6 4 3 ATI 0 5 .645 4 5 .444 4 6 .,.444 4 ' li ' .100 3 7 ' .300 Anicrlfiiii ''".t W. " te? Pet. 8 V, .007 , 3 .067 ...... 5 3 .025 0 i 7 .402 ......' 6 , 0 : . .465 ...... 4 . .(! ; ,,.4(10 ...... .3 5 .376 3 0 .333 OflflOONV WONAY,' (PLAY BASEBALL IN EAST SECTOR OESPIIEJAINS Reds Hand Cubs Unex pected Blow Second Game at Polo Grounds Washed Out Jackson Garners Pair of Circuit Clouts. i liy W illiam J. Chlpiiitm, Asuuclated Press Sports Writer. In between cloudburst and showers through tho eastern thea ter of major league war, pennant contenders, real and accused, step ped to the plate yesterday, and won a moral victory over tho wonther und swam for their lives. One gamp was delayed, another was cut short, and the second portion of a scheduled double-header at the Polo grounds was washed away, but the rain-checks wore rendered null and void In every park. Fluhting In the western section saw tho St. Louis Browns continue their mad pace as two National league favorites fell before so-called under-dogH. Tho v Cincinnati Beds, cunceded to bo ns far under as It is possible ' for dogs to get, left the Cubfl reeling under a 17 to 12 blow at Rodlailil .field, but found themselves scveily bruisod by Bruin bats before 1 was' called a day. The Reds led at Ono tlmo by 12 to 2, only to see the Cubs pull up to within one of a tie by scoring once in tho : fourth und eight times In tho fifth. Jess Petty pitched his first Win ning game of the your on turnintc back the Cardinals, 0 to 2, with only four safe ' hitfu- i The Pirates themselves had their troubles with old Pete Alexander, and made the gamo .afe only by a three-run hs sault against Sylvester Johnson In the ninth, after Alex had given way to u pinch batsman. Aheut 42.000 fans wero enticed to the Polo grounds by word that tho tiiants would trample'the Phil lies twice In the sumo afternoon. After Fred FItzsimmons had toyed with the Shot ton troops to win the opener, 8 to 2, rain fell in such a business-like way that Giant of ficials wore forced to send their customers homo short - changed. Travis Jackson picked up too home runs In tho single melee, as 'did Muck "Wilson In the game .at Cln-' clnnatt. Hack. incl.Uontally. bnt- ted homo' -five runs,1 a record for senson to dat - " Robins F6I Fdllowt midti! The rain which drenched Flal bush and environs gave the Robins a chance to prove 'themselves adept at losing In fdx Innings as they wero known to: be in mnt Tho Braves accepted this decisjon by 5 to 2, and remained at tho top of tho' peculiar standing of the Na tional league clubs. Hube Brcsslcr got three' hits, Including a homctr. " .Babe Hutu's second homo-run and Wuite Hoyt's offectlvo pitching pulled, tho Yankees through by 7 to 2 at AVashinglon, after the rain hold up. Tho contest Was delayed for more than an hour. Hoyt took his third victory of tho young sea son, with a defeat yet to bo ex perienced. Boston fans, to the number of 25,000, finally had a chance yes terday to see a major league cham pionship contest, on tho Sabbath,' but tho Athletics, entirely out of sympathy with the gala spirit of tho occasion, romped back to Phil adelphia with an edge of 7 to 3, Tho Bed Sox led by 2 to 1 going Into the sixth, but a well-timed as sault upon Charlie Buffing In that round solved Connto .Mack's prob lem, ',-' Blng Miller and Jimmy Dykes contributed homeruns to the Maek lan cause, and Dykes In 'udiHtlun crashed out tV" doiibtes. Kddle Uommer attended to thit defense by -serving the. knuckle ball In hts best style. The C to 3 victory of the Browns NEVER wait to see if a headache will "wear off." Why stifTc when there's Bayer Aspirin? The millions of men and women who use it in increasing quantities every year prove that it does relieve such pain.' The medical profession pro notinccs' it without effect on the heart, so use it as often as it can spare you any pain. 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