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LEAGUE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS f
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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I f By M AX S A L T M A R S H
The Character -Hugo
Stern, handiomt author,
Hvtnp on th French Riviera.
Archie Lumsden, mv'el, Mm
friend.
Ottllle W1IU, beautiul Ameri
ean heiresi.
TenUrdxy: Ottilie and I get oat
dt Gciss't villa. Later the disap
pear!. Chapter 40
The Zero Hour
DUNNING lifted large, white
hand. "Just a minute. There
are a few points to consider before
we take any hasty step, and the
first and most important is the
safety of Virgoe Wills. We have
firetty good authority for believ
ng that this day will see the at
tempt on his life, and we know his
death is the stake these gentlemen
are playing for. Our first duty is
w aiicnu tu 111s aaiGM. hi nun.
I'm happy to say, he is ignorant of
his niece's disappearance, and I
warn vou that I shall resist, by
force it need be, any attempt to
alarm him about tier, bee Here,
son," he continued on a softer note,
"If you o to the police about Ot-
tilie's vanishing, you'll have the
wnoie circus, complete witn ele
phants, dashing around here to in
terrogate him. Before you know
whore you are, the old man'll be
out scouring the town for her. and
how. in the name of all that's holy,
are we going to keep an eye on
him in the sort of free-for-all
frolic that'll be filling the streets
shortly?"
He was right, and 1 knew it
but nevertheless my whole soul
recoiled from the thought of leav
ing the girl to her fate. Minx
she might be. but there was a
charm, a courage, an innate hon
esty about her that made the
thought of leaving her to Geiss
completely unthinkable.Therefore,
when Hugo spoke, I had already
ranged myself mentally and physi
cally on his side.
"I can't do it," he said, and his
voice was tired. "You're right.
Dunning, according to your lights
but you see, I love her and I've
got to nave a shot at finding her."
"I never suspected that You go
out and look for your girl, and take
Archie along to help you. I'd come
myself If I could, out you know
how it is. I'll have my handr full,
but there's two or three of my men
hanging around this locality to
help me. and I guess we'll win out"
Hugo threw him a swift grate
ful glance. "I won't forget that
Dunning." he said. "The sooner we
find her, the sooner we'll be back
to give you a hand. Archie, are you
ready?"
"Champing at the bit to be
gone" I retorted, much relieved,
but even as I turned to follow him,
I halted, stopped short in my
tracks by the sight of a tall, rugged
flRure emerging from the lift. It
was Virgoe Wills himself, and at
sight of us he reclined his gray
head in dignified salutation and
came Luwdrus us.
"Good morning, gentlemen," he
stiiu. 11 yuu are waning 10 see me,
you are most welcome, but if bv
any chance you have a date with
Ottilie, I fear you'll be disap
pointed. Cassandra tells me she's
reeling poorly this morning."
"Now. if that isn't too badl" said'
Dunning with a spurious hearti
ness. "Here's Mr. Stern come with
an invitation to you and Miss Ot
tilie to spend the next two-three
days with him and his sister at
their chalet."
The old man bowed gravely. "We
are much obliged to you. Mr.
Stern." he said, "but Ottilie, as you
have 'ust heard, is keeping her
room " He broke off sharply, for
another voice had sounded at his
elbow, a fat oily voice that 1 knew
on!" too well.
"But no. monsleurl" It said. "You
are mistaken. Mademoiselle Ot
tilie, she is already out, enjoying
the braderie Just one little mo
ment ago I meet her, and she ask
me to come and tell vou to loin
her!"
I swung round and saw, with a
mixture of stupefaction and dis
may, the squat, obese figure of
Baron Stahl standing at my elbow
For a moment we all stared at him
In a dazed silence: then Hugo
spoke.
'That's a liel" he said sharply
"Miss Wills is in hr room, suffer
ing from n headnche."
'It's Come At Last
"PHE old man looked from one to
' the other of us. knitting his
shacgV brows. For a moment. It
seemed, ho almost suspected that
something was wrong and then,
as his eve lighted on Hugo, his
face cleared I knew nnlv tnn well
what he was thinking lere was
vet one more of his nieces vic
tims, fealous that she had chosen
another escort to show her round
.the f:iir.
Well." he said slowly. "I guess
the Baron should know what he's
talking about. Mr. Stern, you'll
find Ottilie's made that way sud
den decisions and imnulsive ac
tions, hut she doesn't mean a mite
of harm. If she wants me. though.
I imagine I'd better be getting
along Where did vou say she was
waitinc. Baron? In the main
street'"
"In the main street, yesl" the
mall, fat man assented with a
triumphant glance at us "1 take
vou there right away, no?" But
now It was Running's turn to pro
tect "See here. Mr.Wills." he drawled,
"there's a crush out there bv now.
It's scarcely the kind of spot
L ELK
li FFPNFR. CVt IS. (AP)--Frnnk C.
Mrircl wmt hunting tor Wi nri(r
the Ditch rrvck Mtun and sect
n.'it'lh Hilled a line bull rlk
"I hat would have teen swell except
that the elk senson wm c It wed.
He notified state Police Officer V
f F,iwiri iiiid iiTift C. J D I ll-
m.u. ao tuiuci the meat over to
for Miss Ottllle to be wandering
around in. Why not let Mr. Stern
and Mr. Lumsden here go along
and bring her back?
"Cuthbert." Virgoe Wills said
dryly, "you're well-meaning, but
you're not so bright as you'd like
to De rneres noming in me una
of innocent fun that's going on out
there tc offend Ottilie. Lead the
way. Baron," and with that he
turned and stumped firmly out to
the terrace.
We stood there, three angry,
helpless men. Dunning's face was
very anxious, and in the silence I
heard him mutter, half to himself:
"It's come it's come at last"
"Leave it to me," said I, for an
idea had struck me. I sprinted
after the two receding figures.
Mr. wins, i saia, a trine oremn
lessly. "You won't mind if we
come along with you? My friend
Stern is rather anxious to have a
word with your niece."
He halted, fixing his wise, shrewd
old eyes on me.
"Mr. Lumsden, quite a numbei
of young men have been anxious
to have a word with Ottilie in the
past, and most times the result oi
that word has been a heart-ache
for them and a scalp in the war
belt for her. I like your friend
and a man of his age takes a hurt
harder."
"Mr. Wills," I answered soberly,
lowering my voice to meet his,
"hasn't it occurred to vou that one
day Ottilie might get tired of scalp
collecting I mean, prefer to ac-
uire one permanent specimen and
iscard the others? Hugo's a fine
chap. You wouldn't find a better
nephew-in-law anywhere."
''Does Ottilie like him that
much?" And when I nodded,
"Well, well," he said thought
fully, "that takes a considerable
weight off my mind, for he looks
as if he -could handle her." He
turned to Hugo and Dunning and
halted tentatively a few feet away.
"Gentlemen," he called genially,
"string right along behind us, if
you wish; and you. Baron, you
won't mind joining them? Mr.
Lumsden and I have certain mat
ters of importance to discuss." The
Baron swallowed hard, gave me
one swift malevolent look, and
turned, with a deferential bow,
back to where the others waited.
I lira tfrQtiflarf In enn that HlltfA
Knd Dunning automatically formed
up on either side or him, Unking
their arms in his in the friendliest
way imaginable, and I was still
more pleased that the -M man had
chosen me as his companion, for
I was by a long way the biggest of
the three and would therefore
make the best shield for him when
trouble started. And that trouble
would shortly start I had not the
smallest doubt
Completely Unaware
AS WE turned from the sun
glare of the front into a nar
row side-street thronged with
straying merrymakers, I saw that
my friend the Arab carpet-seller
had fallen into place between us
and the other three. A second later
two liusky-looking sailors emerged
from an alley and strolled on lust
ahead of us. Dunning's reinforce
ments were rolling up, and it was
a considerable relief to my mind
But the work of both advance
and rear-guard was becoming com
plicated, for with every step w
took the crowd thickened, and at
the entrance to the main street
we stopned dead, brought up short
by an impassable wall of jostling,
laughing, singing humanity.
The old man made a rueful
grimace. "I'm afraid Cuthbert was
right at that." he admitted. 'This
is no place for Ottilie. but now
we're here, we'd best go find her.
Which way. Baron?" he shouted
over his shoulder, and the fat man
pointed a sluhbv finger, shriek-
raoe Wills dripped my arm
with one sinevvv hand and nil
stick with the other. "Come on,
son!" said he. "Get a move on!"
and dragged me unwillingly into
the thick of the press.
The crowd was keeping a sem
blance of order even in its merry
making for down one side of the
street a solid mass traveled stol
idly westward, while the other half
headed equally determinedly east
The sailors were still ahead, but
divided from us now by a solid
sea of heads, and when 1 Rlanced
over my shoulder all I saw of the
carpet-seller was the top of a red
tarboosh, while of the other three
no trace remained. There was
nothing for it but to let myself be
borne onward, keeping a sharp
look-out for any face I knew.
It was a quetr frame of mind
that I wasi in. resigned, fatalistic,
and yet acutely watchful; and vet,
when the thing happened, it caught
mo completely unaware. As we
stood lammed behind and before
by the press of people, suddenly,
in the queer, haphazard way of
crowds, a tiny space opened before
us, and across it cringing and sid
ling, came a gangling, dust-colored
figure that I knew.
The wretched creature whistled
shrilly From the milling crowd of
people ahead there sprang a sec
ond figure, thin, stringv, with a
flying mop of low-colored hair, and
In Its hand I saw something short
black, and dradly. pointed straight
at Virgoe's Wills' heart.
1 sprang forward, trying to
throw myself in front of the old
man. hut there were strong hands
ftrippinp my arms, holding m
ack I struggled wildly, waiting
for the sickening report the wisp
of smoke that would herald death,
and in that instant, which seemed
to hold eternity, something els
happened
CnpyHpfct fM lfi Sttttmnrtht
Tomorrow. Looking for Ottlllo.
the relief commit toe.
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Blackberry Interlude
Strategically Important to the south
during the Civil war waa the closing
of the Mississippi river to Union
boats.
Early In 1863 steps were taken to
fortify vlcksburg, MtMlsslppl. For
more than a year Vlcksburg with
stood attack of the Union troops:
attempts to skirt the town by canals
were unavailing because of floods.
A ironm-ftl tuutault on Ma 33. 1863,
headed by Oeneral Grant, brought
no benefit and only inereaaea me
casualties. Union losses totaled 503
dead, 3.S50 wounded, and 147 miss
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tng. The Confederate loss was not
more than 500.
The result of his attack: convlncrd
Orant that only a siege would be ef
fective In taking Vtcksburg. A 15
mlle line was thrown around the fort
from Haines' bluff to Warrenton, not
more than 800 yards from the Con
federate line.
Thus the matter stood for several
weeks; casualties on each side ran
from 10 to 100 every day. Hunger
began to tell on the Confederates;
their men were weakening. Then the
Union troops were stricken byi ram
pant stomach and Intestinal ail
ment. ployes In all plants or the Ford Motor
company.
Ford Is the only major automobile
manufacturing company which has
not signed a contract with the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization af
filiate. Back before the 1837 sit-down
strikes In the automotive industry.
Homer Martin, UAW International
president, said the union's ultimate
goal was the signing of contracts
with all manufacturers of motor cars,
parts and accessories.
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diet of fresh fruit for the men. and
as blackberries were plentiful In the
region, the soldiers fell to picking and
eating them.
In many places the berries grew
thickest between the two lines.
Strange as It seem, truces were de
clared on occasions so that' both
Union and Confederate soldiers might
go out and pick berries without get
ting shot. These Interludes were with
out antagonism or bloodshed.
On July 4. 1863. Confederate Gen
eral Pemberton gave up the Vlcksburg
tort and the long siege ended.
Attempts of the union to pass out
literature outside the main Ford
plant In suburbnn Dearborn were re
buffed and the consequent Injury
of UAW members formed. In part,
the basis of charges the UAW filed
against the company with the na
tional labor relations board.
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