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II.I.USTRATKD FEATURE SKOTION— March 22 . 1930
S
Hhe DARK KNIGHT
A. Smashing Story of Brown Love and Thrilling
Intrigue by W I L L I A M T. S M I T H HaUnted Negro Writer
lim i* I till l|f*rrtrk. MMi ul j » M o n ta n a r a t llc run« her Im » ««n u r io
I li « 4 (o w iili t lir In triiD u n o f r n trr tn g (h r M fiivrr»tty
IIU fr in it i ft
U . t « er i t « in n i M i r l l i i I h om p M It. I n f « h im to a p a rty g iv e n I»? A ld e r-
ntftli Dm n it fu“ lit i lo v ely dttUfttltrr I t la.
Ito d * liA ih fu liir n , and lit»
i m «III» to tla n rr w rit t a u » h im to » I r p on l.y la ’a fo o t, tlid tier hail« r,
I t e r i l e «nati«'* 4.1 u gly rem a rti
I >U a v e r t* D ou b le by lea d in g Itod in to
Iti«* gatti« n w h ere th ey <| il« kly b 'io n ie D ir itti» a » h r Ir li* Iter o f h i»
ion* iv life on Ih r m »I M o n ta n a ra n ge ».
l ate» In t lir et n ititg , 11 num b *r o f rou n e fo lk » fron t ih r p a rty g«»
to (t ir NMAiiip H ot. a imi to rio u » « a o a r r l on th è .»out It hide, w lir r r Mod
drf> tiri* l.y la a g a in »! \\ «*lf.
w n rr o f Ih r Sw im p Itu t, and 4 n otortou »
■•r*g»ie.*
l i t r i Itod na* kn<>< k« «l M o ll ou i, und tm* d r iv e n h i» tirn i h n irn front
Ih r v r n r M «»if r e g a in * ruttar i«tu»n«*»a. ou» I» lo itr d in h i» a ttem p t to
*ti«»o( Itod. by « . v i a » p rr* h i t uf m im i I h r
raid Ih r piai « but
lt«»d «*%« a pe* w ilit l.yla a m i lak* * iir r liom r.
Ile m warned again»! M oli the nevi day bv Iti* friend Martin but
lau ,h» the warning a .ay M hm tc rail* on I yta (hat night he nie« U
tin father, thr A derma fi wh«i al*«, warn* litui aga iu( Moli. Itod Irli*
tIle»ft that hr * a n lo o k out for !tini»elf. I > la a»k* her father to ret
Ko<l a |o*» tiul »tod demur* that eiruing Itoti Irli» l.yla hat hr l«»ve»
M*
M t in i he le u v r » h er lio u »e and w a lk * tow a rd the * t r r r l. h r I r e i»
the »h a r p pre**u re o f a gun ln th r m id d le o f h i» ba< k. an d a g r u lf y o k e
c o m m a n d » h im to rat*r lit» hand*.
Ile r a m p ile » and U p u »h ed ahead
D»wr«rd a w a itin e ear.
CHAPTER III
l«<»1 thoitiilil (inn kly. bill llir Miurpo Vrn make ■ ri|if)l>
iMi-Miirr <>r tlw gun in hi» bitch forced i
Mnvbc you think It won't,“ Mtd
him lo cn'er III» watting car whose n .,1 „ „ |,c .1r>|a-rutr!y sought a mraiu
di».r »a u n « open with kllrnt ominou»- j u „»e rt »h a le v rr trrrlblr 111 mu lay In
nr»» a» hr stepped on II»« running ,it>rp tor urn but It will
My old
bua*«l
man 1» .mr of Uw b l i i n t cattle
A d»»<lowy Ilnur» »at at the f i r nldr lanclier» In Montnnu. anil II anything
of the machine, and a» It.»1 »ank happens to in« lie will turn thr w hole
down belli- It. hr fell another gun ; town over till hr fTnd» out about It."
limb.- into hb> »tile
III* oilier captor
Oh. yean?' Wolf drawled madden-
lra|irit Into I hr tuaehlnr and gave a Ingly ‘'1» that no? Well well, well
curt -rder to the driver The car | Thank» for trlllng
me
Tell you
roared away, careening reekrtaly | what 1 11 do After we -ake you out
down Uie »Heel
I here and blow your »mart head off
Not till the machine waa in motion I !.5 . * ° nn*. »m d a message lo vour
at ' will»' i ' ,r*‘ ixtl*“ telling him that I f he don't
did thr other man in the
•lavmute ,ul * ov,,r *■’ ,K>1' by telegraph Inline-
II ik I »|irak
Ho our llllle playmate
la-
observe,(
hi» rtU»t»iv Ht* handsomei aun will <■* kUI"
1 » with u» again
What do you think of that for
»o 'er »oftIv dangerous With a chill rd
aenae of forelaaTtrig. Hod recognlccd an Idea, big boy?"
ig
i
If
It had not been for the :nowl-
the voice of Wolf not the marlini
voter lie had heard when they ha- d i edge that here waa a gun poking m-
fought in the Swamp Hut. but a silky to him on both »idea, Kcd would have
menacing voice which promised noth, tried to throttle hla tormentor
"I
lug but dPotidcr
i think It'» a rotten Idea1' he exclaimed
Whit
gun prodded fiercely Into IUTtOUaly. Nobody out a cheap rat
Itod » rib» III» voter changed abrupt* ; like you would tlilnk of It!"
Iv Into a threatening growl
Did
Wolf cackled loudly
"W ell ll»trn
you think you could gel away with ! to OUr big »leer bellow! Calling me
»lugging hi «*. big boy r Wolf Uf krd A cni )uj»t bi'CAUM* 1 car lute my bruini
grimly, and without waiting tor an i Now atn t •hat something?"
a newer continued. "You or nobody
During llirlr con»er»atlor. the big
e l l can do anything lo me .nut gri ,
|m,| »|U-r d el Ihrongh darkened
away with it
»Iieela, In- houaea of which grew
And you r a n t get awav with till»,
iteadlly almbbier and (urllier apart
II-at aOAwered. a» calmly a» lie could A » the » I n e t « became rougher the
"O ho! H o I can I eh? ' Wolf dr. machine bounced upon and down but
manded fiercely
Well, you'll M>e! the driver did not »lacken hl» mad
We are going to take you out Into the |jmre
counlry down a ijulet little road I j W olf »poke again
"Well, boro It
know, and then do you know what'» wont be 1-ng n o w " He nudged Rod
going to happen to you?”
I suggestively with hla weapon a» lie
Hod wa» silent
Wolf puurltrd his i made hi» grim pike
"However von
gun Into H-xt » »ule again
don't need to worry becauae !t'» all
"Anawrr me d n you!" he com -Inver except the »hooting''
manded
n o » REALIZES I I I » F L IG H T
No. I -lout know what you are
Did you think you could get a w a y with slugging me, big boy?
going l»> do but 1 do know that yo u 'll! IHc youth »tllTened
lie bcll-ved
gel in trouble aluiut I f
t,' * t •>l* captor» were nertoua about tc him that lie would never see hla ^muscles for a .supreme effort of aome ^appeared to be a solid mass of under
W olf laughed raucously "Trouble' k »lln « him
rrom what Martin had
He didn't know what lie waa growth but which gave »ray to allow
Why. you oig farmer, don't you know '«Id him. and from the warning given father again hla big. gruff, hard . kind
the car to penetrate a narrow, in-
that f go( drag enough lo clear me 1,lm •»? Alderman Durant the con- | father, who 111 »pile of hla harshness going to do but he did know thai he 1 tensely dark, and totally deserted
{
waa
going
to attempt some effort to
out of any kind of trouble? Ju*i to elusion that Wolf would actually carry loved hla »on dearly. What a blow it
road.
rave your llllle mind I II tell you I » » 1 hla evil dealgn*. waa borne Home would be to thr man who, deapltr , save hla life
Hod felt W olf stir and sit slifhtly
They were racing along at seventy
■omellilng
You'll never come back •». him with a »li kening sense of hor- hla fifty year», wa» aa active and
lough aa a man of 25.
i miles an hour over the smooth con farther toward the edge of his seat.
to tell anybody else ao If doesn't mat* “° r
The
man on Rod's other side leaned
Aa lltr car Jolted along. Rod waa crete of a highway. Bark of them
ter I've got the bulla on my payroll, | Ilia m in i darted over varloua ex-
and guya higher up than llalllt-s anil . prdlrnts to e s c a p e only to dlacavl lemembcrli g the beauty of the rolling ; the myriad light» of the city grew 1 irwrard to put his hand on the nan-
cle
of
the door The car crept along
dlcka take my dough, too. And what then» with the dull knowldege that Montana hill» and serried mountain» ] dim The cold air snatched at them
. . kvrlth Icy lingers when, suddenly the ¡as tf It were coming to a halt la an-
for? Why. they see that 1 ran do j they were futile. He thought of l.yld. . . . the blue of the clear sklea,
The ' other Instant.
Jual about ivhal t pl- a.se In Ihla man'» and knew a poignant »atlneaa a» he and the Irtrmlhnr.ss of the people Not uriver slapped on hla brake»
town see? A little matter like lak- realised that he would probably never tc see them again . . . tne thought machine swayed to a slower pace then
U ' M i i n i H on ri| f f o u r )
ing a nobody like you for a ride won't a-c her again Then the thought came made him desperate. He gathered hi» 1 plunged off the concrete Into what
I The Stormy Career of Jack Johnson - - N o . 21
Text by ROLFE DELLON
Drawn by FRED B. WATSON
rn 7 m m
In April, tfltf), Juck arrived In Mexico,
where III n fame wna well known. During hl»
»lay In Mexico f ’lly. he became ft cloud friend
••I i «rranra. who wax then protMofll of Mexi
co. t ari.in/a onpoxed Jack’» fight with WII-
lurd in Mexico bemoae Pancho Villa, the no-
torloiiN bandit, flmuicrd It. Kut thla «II«. nol
nrevenl hi* n«*r«Minal admlrathin «if JohnNon.
During Jftckx »U v In Tift Juftim. he me I
Torn Curry, » one time candidate for mayor
of Chicago. They were frequently together
and largely through hi* benign Influence lack
« «inxented to xurrender li!m »clf and »erve hi*
priflon »entcnce Jxck realized that undrr n«i
other term» could he enter America, no b
left Tin Iuiiiia bound for Chicago
Jack landed at Joliet. Illinoi», to avoid the
great demonstration which had been ar
ranged for him in Chicago. Newspaper re
porters. nhotographin. and amusement pro
moters flocked about him and invaded his
quarters in prison In order to Interview him.
The unjust prison ierm had merely added to
*ir rreat fighter’s popularity.
Jack remained In the Joliet prison until
October, ISM. when he waa taken to ChVaxo
for trial. Soon aftrr the sentence he waa
placed in t harge of a United States marshal
and waa accampantrd by a friend to l-eavrn-
worth to begin the prison term of a rear and
a day. However, he wa» soon to learn that
hi» »lay there would be valuable to him.