The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 27, 1925, Page 7

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1925 Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., and Frank CHAPTER XX. (Continued) acked his d to win, arrivals dropped rs the play went time all Dawson kne game was running and sin the dealer's rough t godly clan whole the Only once a heavy k Miller's un- and on the Was’ respected. ughiless marked, condign; the look- nded from his offender with ing disturbance n the defender of 1 with inflexible h a total lack of this is a sort of gospel nd it ot a certain tone ing to maintain. The is off, except on cussing, but on that. Then of i sed to swallow our cud of regrets will have it knocked out of you,” “Good!” sh rs. We pounded the flat of his hu alm. * J : inake th: has to en ty the rear It was well ak vhen Rouletta Kirby she passed ever her face, aie the table f “D'yon starved out!” Snowbird ilities as el and ded while demandec ssorted drinks, ts. ‘The got his respon to abandon the roulette offered brandy, whi athe, hooteh, ‘a to Rouletta, 2 He was s reme de and bit- hich she still arguing the alue of these beverages winging doors from the ret burst open and in rushed the Fi in cach hand. yo migi soon spread ¥ a iruits of terical the Sjand to stare Lioyd Productions, Inc. “I'll protect it,” the girl asserted. “Agnes and I will do that.” The proprietor was _ interested. “Agnes?” Holy Moses! Is there two of you? ye you got a sister? Who's Agnes “She's an old friend of my father’s.” Miller shrugged. “Bring her along of you want to,” he said, doubttully, “but those old dames are trouble- makers.” “Yes, Agnes is all of that, but”— Rouletta’s eyes were dancing—"she minds her o business and she'lt guard the bank-roll.” Lucky Broad and Kid Bridges had found employment at the Rialto soon after it opened. As they passed the gold-scales on their way to work Pierce Phillips halted them. “I've some good news for you, Luck; he announced. “You've lost your job. “Who, me? ulous. “Miller has hired a new faro- dealer, and vou don’t go on until midnight.” “Briefly Pierce retold the story that had come to his ears when he reported for duty that evening. . Broad and Bridges listened with- out comment, but they exchanged glances, They put. their heads to- grether and began a low-pitched con- n. “They were still murmur- ing when Rouletta appeared, in com- iy with 'Polcon Doret. Poleon's face lighted at sight of the two gamblers. He strode for- ward, erying: “Hallot I'm glad for see you some more.” he said: “You ’member des Dey he'p save you in de rapids. Rouletta impulsively extended her hands. “Of course!” Could I 2" She saw Pierce Phillips hind the si nd nodded to him, aren't we? where [ go 1 Broad was incred- y and the Kid inquired re- spectiully regarding her health, her journey down the river, her reasons being here; then when they had vn her aside the former inter- We got just one Kk and we'd like a ¢ you got any 2” queried ‘ ur friends; you can tip The sudden change in the tone of their voices caused the girl to s' them, art She saw that both men were in sober earnest; the |; reason behind their solicitude she apprehended. he laid a hand upon the arm of h. Her eyes were very bright n she began Poleon told me ou came to his tent that morn- ing after—you know me what you sai necessary. 1 Well, it wasn't the dearest thing you to work in a Bridges roughly demanded. “He didn't. He begged me not to To the girl} i gambling-halls filled a recognizes | place in the. every-day social life 0] the Northland. Customs were fre standards were liberal in the ear!) days; no one, 'Poleon least of woull have dreamed that they werc destined to change in a night. 1 he been told that soon the y would be dry, and gambling-games and dance-lialls be” prohibited by Tribune Classified Advertisements P-HON E MALE HELP WANTED ction. te Metely WANTED Barber M ky nan No 1 cd ta work zhowink, G MAN wa howd law, he would have considered the! ide: the too utterly fantastic for belief ere contemplation of such a dre prospect would have provec extremely dispiriting. He—and oth. er pioneer: ris kind—would have been tempted immediately to pack up and mo | cality where a per. piu temperate, suited his individ! 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Uhad nursed her bac tried to express her t} Se sh! Don't ery!" begged the Mocha Kid. With a counterfeit as- umption of juvenile hilarity he ex- as \ ad caredt with the world, retired witho:t un- | ithiully, he] dressing, and then. sang hims-!f to aleep, Pegiiuicos va the p.-.vsts vi! strength; how he had cas the other lodgers. EBS tN plans to the wind in order to bring} “Sav! That’ Frenchman is a riot.” | her down the river. “He's the best,| Kid “Bridges declared while he and: the kindest, the most generous man| Lucky Broad were at breakfast 1 ever knew,” she concluded. “His | ‘He's old General Rough-hotser, and heart is clean and—his soul is full/he set an altogether new mark in of music.” disorderly conduct last night, Letty | “Sta bueno!” cried Lucky Broad, }'most cried about -it. i in genuine relief. “We hada hunch} “Yeah? Those vokels are all ali he was right, but—you can’t always}—one drink and they declare a di trust those Asiatic races.” dend.” Lax was only mildly con- | Ben Miller appeared and warmly | cerned. “T ¢ the vultures picked greeted his new employce. “Rested|him clean.” : up, eh? Well, it’s going to be a big ‘Nothin’ like it, Bridges shook his} night. Where’s Agnes—the other}head. “Ie gnawed em naked, then! one? Has she got cold feet?” done a wardance wall their feather: | aN jus 2 Z a ” ok y * i ie } fy igre hte ee an Bu oe Heelett een Cased at . Freckless and His Friends 4% Important Roulette deew Sam "Kirby's six-| For a time the two friends ate it f | Message HAD THES D2 RAKRKSSINI ‘ AY SO AO TOLD ME TD BRING ‘EM FOR YOUR MOM YE “ silence, then Broad mused, aloud . shooter. “Agnes was my father’s] $! LEE? FROM Rootes t on| “Letty: *most cried, ch? Say, T won friend. Nobody. ever ran out om) gor iat she realiy thinks of him?" How, mom! Miller blinked, he uttered a feeble Loowir Au FLOWERS JAY BROUG. as rex OB=YOU WODUDN \ URNERTAND IFT TOLD You. “I don’t know. Miller told me she exclamation, then he burst into a} W2s all broke up, and I was goin’ tc mighty laugh. He was still shak-}take her home and see if I coulc ing, his face was purple, there were fathom her true feclin’s, but—Philip:| tears of mirth in his eyes, when he] beat IE AED aS | You followed Broad, Bridges, and Rou- Phillips! He'll have to throw ou | them! letta into the gambling-room. the life-line if Laure gets onto that} ‘it find a few unfamiliar words in this puzzle. Get “Gosh! Don't cry!” begged the Mocha Kid. ‘Oh, look at the pretty got little Christmas- trees on th lids, ‘ain't they? Um- yum! Rich and juicy! 1 stuck up the baker and stole his whole stock, but L slipped and spilted/”em F, O. 3,--flat on the boardwalk.” Rouletta laughed. “Let's end: the game and all haye hinch,” she suge ted, and her invitation was ac- cepted, Big Lars spoke full of pastry _ don w anybody to go: hungry in this camp, “We're all your: friends, miss, and if there’s anything you want and’ can't afford, charge it to me.” Rouletta stopped to speak with Miller, an. sy out. “Do I get the position?” she inquired. “Say! You know you get it!” he told lier, “You go on at cight and come off at mign zht.” “What is the pay?” “I pay my dealers an ounce a shift, but—you can write your own ticket. How is two ounces?” “I'l take regular wages,” Rou- letta-smiled. Miller nodded his approval of this nttitude; then his face clouded. “I've been wondering how you're’ going to protect your bank-roll, Things won't always be like they were to- day. ‘I s'pose I'll haye sto put’ a, man on— ! claimed pies!) Th There were several players at the faro-table when the girl took her place. Removing her glgves, she stowed them away in her bag. From this bag she extracted the heavy Colt’s, revolver, then opened the drawer before her and laid it inside. She breathed upon her fingers, rub- bing the circulation back into them, began to shuffle the cards, ig them into the box, the girl settled herself in her chair and looked up into a cifcle of grinning faces, Before her level gaze cyes that had been focused queerly upon her “fell. The ‘case-keeper's lips were twitching, but he bit down upon them. . Gravely he said: 7 “Well, boys, let’s go!” CHAPTER XXI In taking charge of a sick girl, a helpless, Tapeless stranger, ’Poleon Daret had assumed a responsibilit far greater than he had anticipated, and that: responsibility had grown heavier every day. Having, at last, successfully - “discharged “it, he breathed‘ freely, his’ first relaxation in a long ‘time; he rejoiced=m the consciousness of a difficult duty-well performed. So far as he could see there was nothing at all extraordi-| nary, nothing in ‘the least improper, about Rouletta’s engagernent at the Rialto. Any suggestion ‘of. impro- ‘pricty, in fact, would have greatly surprised, him,. for saloons arid She'll take to Letty just like a lon timber-wolf.” “Looks like she’d been kiddin’ u¢} don’t it? She calls him her ‘brother HORIZONAL Exhausted of energy. Persons given to revery. and he says she’s his_masseur—yov' AA heard him, didn’t you?” another pause. “\WVhat’s a masseur anyhow?” “A masseur,” said Mr. ‘Broad Si one of those women in a barber-stioy that fixes your finger-nails. Yes, heard him, and I’m here to say tha T didn’t like the sound of it. I dan’ yet. He may mean all right, but— them foreigners have got queer idea: about’ their women, Letty’s a_swel ‘kid and she’s got a swell job. What’, more, she’s got a wise gang riding herd on her. It's just like she wa; in a church—no danger, no annoy | ance, nothing.. If Doret figures t start a barber-shop with her for masseur, why, we'll have ‘to lay ‘hin | low with one of his own razors, Mr. Bridges nodded his complet shproval of this suggestion. “Ri to Til bust a mirror with him Them barber-shops is m0 place fo | good girls.” x Broad and” Bridges pondeted. th: matter during the day, ‘and ing they con! to their fellow-workers. The othe. Rialto employees agreed that ‘thing: | There wa: did- not look right, and after a.con | i pletion it "was decided to keep z watch upon the girl,. This was done (To be continued) INSTALMENT THURPY SEVEN N ij (| oveedurned. Her husband avas sligh! and Pveeth i: doe: alg. EPR Niet when the sutomobile-in-which_she-wai Igy burt, it. 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