Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 31, 1922, Page 3

PRGN 30 e ~ SYNOPSIS R L—During the helght of the New Orleans carnival season Jachin Fell, ‘wealthy though somewhat mysterious cit- izen, and Dr. Ansley, are discussing a series of robberies by an individual known as the Midnight Masquer, who, invariably attired as an aviator, has long defled the &olwc. Joseph Maillard, wealthy bankev, Masquer has threatened to appear and Tob the guests. Fell and Ansley, on their way-to the affair, meet & girl dressed as Columbine, seemingly known to Fell, but w& who accompanies them to the CHAPTER IL.—Lucle Ledanois, recent- ly the ward of her uncle, Joseph Mail- lard, is the Columbine. CHAPTER TIL—In his library Joseph Maillara and & group of friends are held up and robbed by the Midnight Masquer. < CHAPTER IV.—Lucle Ledanols, the last ot an old family, is in straitened circum- nces. Joseph Maillard’s handling of her funds has been unfortunate. Fell is an old/friend of her parents and deeply interested in the girl. Henry Gramont redlly the %rlncl de Graniont, son of s French father and an American mother, but who spurns the title of prince, is enamored of Lucle and believes himself & not unfavored suitor. CHAPTER V.—Gramont’s chauffeur, ‘Hammond, sergeant in the American France, and there known to Gramont, lives with him.. Fe was the original Midnight Masquer, and Gramont, for a_particular purpose, after discover- lnf ‘Hammond's activities, assumes the role. Where Hammond had been a rob- ber for financial gain, Gramont, of course, 1s not. He arranges to return the “loot” to those whom he has rubbed. The jewels and money, in individual pack- ages, are £ot ready for delivery next day to their original owners. That night they are stolen from Gramont's auto. CHAPTER VI—Ben Cacherre, am in- dividual of unsavory character, appears to be associated with Jachin Fell = He has a peculiar interview with one Mem- phis Tzzy Gumberts, notorious influential crook, in which there is significant refer- ence to a mysterious *boss.” CHAPTER VIIL.—Lucie summons Gra- mont. to her home and shows him the packages from his auto. He admits he is_the Midnight Masquer, but convinces her that- he had no thought of robbery. He refuges, however, to explain his pur- pose. - The packages are returned to their owners. dIAPTER VIIL—Tnat evening Fell, Gramont, and@ Dr. Ansley, at the Krewe of Comus ball, are accosted by an 'in- toxicated ‘masked Individual whom they reognize as Bob Maillard. He invites them to_a convivial party In a private m. They refuse, and Gramont leaves | 00! he building. Joseph Maillard seeks his n, fearing public scandal as a result of ob'a cohdition. With Fell and Ansley they find_the room where the revels are going on.” Entering they alscover an in, Gividual, attired as an aviator, in"the act of robbing -the intoxicated youths. In a struggle that ensues Maillard i3 shot and killed. The “Masquer” escapes. ¢ CHAPTER IX.—Gramont, With Ham- mond, visits Terrebonne, a wild section of -the country, to Inspect Lucle Ledanois” fand, “which he believes containa oll. 'He finds indications of apparently almost un- bellevable quantities of the stuff. While stooping over a pool of water ‘which clearly shows traces of ofl on its sur- | face, Gramopt hears his name spoken. CHAPTER X.—He cannot see the speakers, but the conversation ends singu- larly abruptly. Gramont does not investl- gate. Hammond finds a dead man in some woods and is charged by Ben Ca- cherrs and two other men with murder. | Gramont can do nothing. The men take Hamniond to the town of Houma. Later Gramont finds a bloodstained knife where ! he had heard the voices. He then realizes that Cacherre was one of the men talk- ing, and is the murderer. CHAPTER XI.-Bellcvlnf himse]t alone, Gramont investigates bulldings on the adjoining farm, which he kncws belongs to Memphis Izzy Gumberts. He finds evidence of automobile stealing on a stupendous scale and learns from a man ‘who discovers him and whom he outwits. that the piace is also the headquarters of the undergreund lottery game and that Jachin Fell is the mysterious “‘boss.” CHAPTER XM.—Back Tn the clty, Gra- mont learns of the killing of Joseph Mall- lard. He seeks further evidence against Fell. Gramont, Fell, and Lucle Ledanols form a company to bore for oil on the Le- danois place. Fell tells Gramont he “plant- ed” the evidence of oil there and un- folds a scheme to make a fortune for the girl. Gramont refuses to be a party to the project. Fell threatens to prove him the murderer of Mafllard, which he seems to do, and Gramont reluctantly nerees to foin him. — {Continued from lass issue) He walked openty tuward the Gum- berts buildings, thinking that he would | have time for a good look around the | place before dusk fell; he would then get oft for Houma and attend to Ham- mond’s defense. As for the place before him, he was convinced that it was abandoned. Had any one, other than Chacherre and his two friends, been about the build- ings, the late excitement would have brought out the fact. No one had ap- peared and the buildings seemed va- | cant. 5 Gramont's intent was simple and straightforward. In case he found, as he expected to find, any evidence of il- legal ‘occupation about the place—as the sheriff seemed to have discovered to his cost—he would lay Chacherre and the other two men by the heels | He would then ' that night in Houma. go on to New Orleans and have Gum- berts arrested, although he had no ex- pectation that the master crook could be. held on the murder-accessory cbarge. If this place were used for the 'lotteries, even, he was fajrly cer- tain that Memphis Izzy would have his own tracks covered. The men higher up,always did. He walked straight in upon the barn. It loomed before him, closed, lurid in the level rays of the wester- ing:sun. The doors in front had been only. loogely swung together and Gra- mant found them unlocked. He stood A Low Exclamation of Satisfaction | Broke From Him as He Found What ' He Sought. . iA the opening, and surprise gripped him. He was held motionless, gazing with astonished wonder at the sight confronting him. Directly before him was a small roadster, one which he remembered to have seen Jachin Fell using;-in- this car, doubtless, Ben Chacherre had driven from the city. He recalled the fact later, with polgnant regret for a lost opportunity. But, at the present moment, he was lost in .amazement at the great number of other cars pre- senting themselves to his view, They were lined up as deep as the | barn would hold them, crammed into s mobile thievery that Gramont had ever { heard of. He stood motionless, know- | ing_that this typed sheet of paper in | / Itself ;was damning evidence against | /; the whole gang of workers..What was | more to e point, that paper could be | traced; the gtypewriting .could be traced to the man higher up—doubt- less Memphis Izzy himself! These men_ran in cars by the wholesale, probably from states adjacent to Louwjsiana. Here, at this secluded point on the bayou, they changed the card completely about, in number, paimt, style of body, and.‘then prob- ably got rid of the mew. product in |3 New: Orleans. Gramont stood motionless. Surprise had \taken hold of him, and even a feelinjz of slight dismay. This was not at all what he had hoped to find there.. He had thought to come upon some traces of the lottery game— _“Seei; all you want, bo?’ said a voice bahind him. Gramont turned. He found himself gazing directly into an automatic pis- tol over which glittered a pair of blaz- ing eyes. 'The man was a stranger to him. The place had not been desert- ed, after.all. He was caught. “Who are you?” demanded Gramont, quietly. “Me?" The stragger was unsmiling, deadly. mont read the ferocity of an animal -at bay. know that, huh? I guess you know enough right now to get all that's comin’ to you, bo! Got any particu- lar business here? Speak up quick!” Gramont was silent. The other sneered at him, viclously. . “Hurry up! Turn over the name Rewrns “Hurry Up! Turn Over the Name and Address.” and address, andeI'll notify the sur- | every available foot of space; well | over a dozen cars, he reckoned swiftly. | What was more, all were cars of the | nighest ‘class, with: the exception of EF‘eIl‘s roadster. Directly before him | were two which he was well aware | must have cost close upon ten thou- { sand each. What did this mean? Cer- | tainly no one man or one group of men, | in this back-country spot, could expect | to use such_an _accumulation of ex- ‘penslve cars! f 3 fr Gramont glanced around, but found { mo trace of machinery in the barn. Remembering the motor that he had | heard, he turned from the doorway | in ‘frowning perplexity. He strode on | toward the long shed which stood closer to the house. At the end of | this shed was a door, and when he tried it, Gramont found it unlocked. It swung open to his hand, and he stepped Inside. At first he paused, confused by the vague objects around, for it was quite dark in here. A moment, and his eyes grew accustomed to the gloomier light- ing. Detalls came to him: all around were cars and fragments of cars, chassis and bodies in all stages of dismemberment. Still more cars! He slowly advanced to a long bench that ran the length "of the shop be- neath the windows. A shop, indeed— | a shop, he quickly perceived, fitted with every tool and machine necessary to the most complete automobile re- pair establishment! Even an air- brush outfit, at one end, together with a drying compartment, xpoke of re- paint jobs, | Comprehension was slowly dawning | upon‘the mind of Gramont; a moment later it became certainty, when he came to a stop before an automobile engine lying on the bench. He found it to be the engine from a Stutz—the latest multi-valve type adopted by that make of car, and this particular bit of machinery looked like new. vivin’ relatives. Name, please?” “Henry Gramont.” was.the calm re- sponse. “Don’t get hasty, my friend Didn’t you see me here a little whil ago with Chacherre and the othe: boys?” . “What’s that?” The glittering eyes flamed up with suspicion and distrust “Here—with them? No, I didn’t. been away fishing all afternoon. What the h—1 you doing around this joint?" “Your best scheme,” said Gramont coldly, “is to change your style of tone, and to do it in a hurry! If you don’t know what's happened here this afternoon, don’t ask me; you'll find out soon enough when the other boys get back. You'd better tell them I'n going to get in touch with Memphi: Izzy the minute I get back to the city. and that the less talking they do—" “What the h—1I's all this?” demand- ed the other again, but with a soften ing of accent. berts had its effect, and seemed to shake the man instantly. Gramont smiled as he perceived that the game was won. “I never heard of no Gramont,” went on the other, quickly. “What you doin’ here?” “You're due to learn a good many things, I imagine,” said Gramont, care- lessly. “As for me, I happened on the place largely by accident. I happen to be in partnership with a man named Jachin Fell, and I came out here on business—" To Gramont's astonishment the pis- tol was lowered instantly. It was well that he ceased speaking, for what he had just said proved to be open to misconstruction, and if he had sald any more he would have spoiled it. For the man facing him was gtaring at him in mingled disgust a sur- prise. {““Youw're in partnership with the boss!” came the astounding words. “Well, why in h—1 didn’t you say all The moniker of Gum- }|* that in the first place, instead o beefin’ around? That’s no way to butt in, and me thinking you was some dick on the :job! Got anything to prove that you ain’t pullin’ something Gramont inspected it, and he saw that the men had done their work well. The original engine number had been carefully dug out, and the place as carefully filled and leveled with metal. Beslde it a new number had C‘fl.t‘;):n mel:-‘" s i been stamped. A glance at the elec-j: you know Fell's ting?” asked trical equipment around showed that | Gramont, with difficulty forcing him- these workers had every npp"mugaelt to meet the situation coherently. ‘wlth which to turn out the most fin- | Jaf;Iln Fell;the boss! shed jobs. * : “I know his mitt, all right.” As he straightened up from the en-| From his pocket Gramont produced g:lnet(}rn(mont's eyc;ixfell upon a typed ' P’:Pfl;t:e hme;nf:’flldldflm or nml 4 sheet of paper aflixed to the wall lment which he had drawn up wit above the bench. His gaze widened lFell the previous afternoon, relating |!Jls he inspected it by the failing light. | to the oil company. ‘The other man Upon that paper was a list of cars, |took It and switched on an electric After each car was a series of num- | light bulb overhead. In this glare e bers plainly comprising the original | was revealed as a ratty little indi- numbers of the engine, body, radiator ; vidual with open mouth and teeth and other componert parts, followed < hanging out—an- adenoidal type, aad by another series-of new numbers to | certainly a criminal type. be inserted. That sheet of pnper' It crossed the mind of Gramont that showed breins, organizing ability, care one blow would do the work—but he and attentlon to the last detail! | stood motionless. 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All this shows that the underlying principle of Chiropractic, iamely, “Perfect Health and " ~Nerve Action Through a Perfect Backbone,” “’has been anticipated in.many different 'ways. - -As long as a hundred. years ago some German doetors discovered that in almost every dis- ease there was a fault in the alignment-of the - .various. portions of the backbone. These single bones are called vertebrae, and there are thirty- three of them—twenty-six of which are movable—and they alto- gether make up the spinal column. The single bones, or verte- e, are ring-like:and placed on top of one another. ,Now these : tHirty-three ring-shaped vertebrae, with their many litlte peculiar elevations and depressions, form the wall or tubes which encloses the great conduit or passage-way of nerves. ’ - Taking them altogether, these nerves make up the spinal cord, and from this cord; which is a direct continuation of the brain, the individual nerve fibers emerge on each side of the various rings or vertebrae of the entire baczbone, and carry their life-giving and health-maintaining energy toall the vital organs, muscles and bones. o ’ B } Now, if the reader will keep clearly in mind the architecture of this spinal column for a moment, he will see for himself how easily one can “slip” a little one way or another, and how liable to in- jury most of these thirty-one pairsof spinal nerves must be as they pass between these movable bones of the spinal column. And this is precisely that happens in hundreds gnd' thousands of people every day. Chiropractors call these slips “‘Subluxa- tions.” ~ These subluxations may -occur through jars, wrenches, strain, improper poise, drafts, colds, mental excitement, depres- - sion, inherited weakness, overstretching of the muscular bands or ligaments and muscular contractions resulting from infectious dis- eases and poisonings, and from a hundred and one incidental and accidental -gauses. When the nerves are pinched or pressed upon, the nerve current _must become restricted, and disease is the result. 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