Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1928, Page 22

22 THE EVENING STAR, WASTITNGTON; D, ., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1998 few thousand pounds “Theyre worth o i aren't they?"” “About that other matter,” sald [ he was still fully dressed. He had even pod many thou- | Murchison, and coughed a little awk- | put on his jacket—and In the pocket 5 [ X . sand pounds” Murel “Thal bit of & row and nll [of his jacket nestled a revolver, - o9 A Mystcry 5‘0!‘)’ Bliiitly. . “EvenieNls one slbhc=tie A Jur decision 1o pull out, you | Flung on a chair near the foot of the ; : 5 I | @icated one that Ty tittle apart from il have another talk ahout |bed was an oflskin cont. Twice since @ e V ]1 s ant @ By FRANK L. PACKARD. -‘i e e dpniliecnt pink pearl, |it, and see 10 we can't find a way to | leaving Murchison, he had stolen out bvriait B2 Sty s AT iRtk i Peter. “Well, it's more you change your mind.” nd made a circuit of the bungalow— common knowledye that, while | Peler was Ging again at his|and on the last of these occasions he Thic § | S reputable brier. had gone farther aficld—as far as the This is the most effective T ry— you live here and own {his plaitation, | diste e e | B Bl T G you are primarily & rather large speciis ve already changed my min il quar! n the rear, and, in CHAPTER 1. [0 put it mildly, afmless since the war.| He opened (e door of the room I a [ JUE T PRRSEAY & Hther Jee SEECH o g the other direction, down scross the known way of preservlng fashion, stepped out into of the bungalow night” tung easually i 2 |and that's over two years apo now. 1| nonchulant bt B |dont know what you did in the|ihe little hally was hot, unbearably | war——" and with “pood oV Even the Oh. frightfully tricted activities, | over his shoulder closed the door be- at rattled like said Peler pleasantly, wndonee [hind him, But the next fstant, Peter ake trips which are really buying exe | Murehison sat up with a jerk, and [beach to the small dock where Murchi- HHIOT, o e Sl gl el attqae st BelGE, son’s motor boat was moored. Noth- the freshness and 2" he ejaculated heavily, 5! There had been no sign of life fl £t g shan't 1 nd while the movement anywhere. Murchison s, this morning. ‘Fhe presumption L 4 5 L avor of tea o o i A e tre s Wit ns n hound's | Would be that you have a valuable col- ;," o ‘"]“ e i quictly, !l"t: '"l"»f':"l""; ‘lz’m sey lml‘ h:;ura ago, or o0 of a corps of snate|more his grin broadened.” “Youth has | movements were as ¢ @ Bownd's | 4o N ennls wilh you. snd thet| T dumue sped Murchison. | and obvionsly had gone to bed. the anized iron |its drawbacks. 1 didn’t get into he |unleashed to the seent. Tle sprang to Good night, ald Peter—and | Peter lister " : . ed | Presumption, s person ut g ; " Ralon. seemied o have |blooming show until it was almost|the front door, swung it open, dushed | Dresumption, to one person nt le ¢losed the door behind him, Anothier shower was beating its tattoo Dothing of refreshment, | over ™ {outside and with @ bound was around f.'\'"‘.",“',’","l e e o upon the roof. It made no end of a was obriously & com-| A smile relaxed the elder man's fea-|the corner of the bungalow. Then, | $¥er locked in that window saw them. CHAPTER racket, but it was a sound that ordi- e R0 workine moom | tures, | with @ sort of imeredulous gasp of sur: nd 1 are alone in-(his bungalow e B narily he liked at night because it al- Mheslivently back in| “Damnation, Peter.” he exploded. “I{prise. he halted. It was intensely black | 1 s re in thelr own quar- e Fight. ways had a <ort of lultaby effeet upon at a pipe that 1.\[m\.» vou—that’s the whole trouble. And | and the |....; ‘ilwlunllll\' down lxnllu‘r‘ v _1‘“"{"\ e ¢ ‘,I-_‘|'|“|“_ ll’»;“" “‘,‘I'::; LTER ralsed himself on his elbow | him, as it were. It was trying to Jull 8 i hopeless) ou're st oA earelree, responsible [ rents, bt the yellow threads of high ds aws ere i ” a 5 . # Y slet & (e Davsie B SEMS - T LR e S s | L o Sy Stk g e tstioes of man within 2 wiles of s, Why 1 it et B R L BB e L Ll L S Dt . pan ] arly | can carry that a bit too far, though! | the biind illuminated the fmmediate vi- -“"-"1“ i e Ron had eiven him a wrist watch a There was one way to keep awake— g mi Lve lived i the slands here for 30 {cinity of - the window adequately eeal explalned RRLTOME L month ago. Rather decent of [get up and go outside, and make #n- rs. Ive seen them pel many @ man [ enough. ‘There wis no one at the win- [ C00lly, “it would do no one any old Murchizon! The man had a[other round of the bungalow. Well, i en he lets himselt drift. Even birds | dow - 1o one m it to steal them, - He couldn't gt off the [ Cinner that spouted like @ vol- | he would presently. 8 s 3 have to end up somewhere, | Peter Iln\\‘lln-ll [ nl\" i :I'I'(ll‘l‘l'w “I‘,“"I “n“..l|“1.-l~""h ‘I'l{' “::d Phab | €m0 at times, but there was a bigne: Wasn't he making a bit of a fool of Dy jon of | you know. Il tell you where it is “No ble crror about his having | 4 iR SO LR S sulle | Ahout. Muichison, and - fineness that | himselfe-esaggerating things a little? heck. display- | Yowll find their careasses strewn on | been there!” muttered Peter—and be- [ Would then be watched. Old- Sullic | Ge im tremendously likeable—a bit | It was fairly certain that the man muscular chest| hundred beaches -human birds dead gan o run aeain R .‘“,"""' s ornine O emY lof a “tathering” attitude, as it were, | who had looked in through the windo ed almost | from mental inanition and pin-rotted — Half-crouched, hugging the walls, | #Ccount, and, as yoil Know. wi. Y whose sineerity and sense of fair play | blind knew that he had been seen: 353 hefore 1 had barely reached e ) trom one, after an absence of three the rext hie | lvers. T dont want 1o see you go (hat | Peter made a quick eircuit of the bun- | 3 1 U pobbed it of wiy susecstion of intrusion |and, in that case, if Murchison were Ll b [ratow. T accomplished nothingex- (sore e Suhed suddenty.© SA g ense, peter snied a litte whimsi- | ght. and the prowler was merely the . R That's very decent of you, sir.” said | cept @ drenching. He was, how | that applies to “'“_‘“l"- e eily, b | cally i the darknes Murchison, | thief who had been making paltry in- of a belt, were fas- | Peter gravely —and helped himselt, in | far from being satisfied. Once more he [ DU Your aesignation ‘("'{‘f"“"‘; UL thoush the two men were physieally | roads on the stores for the last month, a colored but | UL 10 & drnk trom bottle on’ the | made a eirenit of the bungalow. but i | Kot GURL Eeb sy, @i Jorsome fplice as any two humans upon | the man certainly would not be back deskl 1 appreciate ail you sav - but | the oppasite direction this e, and | BUE Glile™ vocoted Peter fr- |Carth alwavs made him think of Sir {again_tonight -therefore, even the ex- € of whim- 1 Rfraid 30 o wses 1 fancey iU | this e cautionsly. pausing at every || Af s Bl diss sted PEECE 0t Ciadiey,” that very staldand | ease for tis self-imposéd vigil on the rou em- ! blood - 1 wresponsible - con- | few steps o Diste Aud again he was |1 cl\ :n v, . n!u.-”uu Ix.: ‘\‘ l‘\”‘t\ h nent family solicitor, that charming | zround of at least hoping to catch the | bd fentment i deitting e et Way. | o beter rewarded. The patter of raim (40 slep i here with s tabieht g eizhin, e ac e esceedingly | petly marander counted not. at all. | s mats but what. I suppose, s more a resiless fwas enough to drown out any slight | Muvehison “,‘l'“ tod s ghes,and el Gible, old fentieman, who, until the | Peter admitted this to himself—other- | ° o cane | SPINL of adventure, 10 you know what | sonnd that would be made by any one | Shibled quizzicaily deativ of Peter’s tather, some four yoars | wise he would to be logical, have had | a shelf | 1 mean 1 haven't a relation in the | movinge rily, and he could see noth- “And to be logical he observed fnoo, had beon the late lifelong | to spend the night in the storeroom. writ- | world. not a soul who could m any way ance away. dryly, “sleep here overy other niht | fend | = X i tobaceo, | be adiected by anythine 1 did or did not | bit hopeless. Tle might | ereafter while the pearls are in the | “We ain't_got much money, but we (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) 1 do. and’—he leaned back suddeniy infwigen his radius of search and go down | bungal which will be tor [do see lite!” muttersd Peter, with a bis chair and laushed infectionsty— | (here on the beach @i few vards away | DAy nig or until v VOIE | yemiinlscent grin L Atiaid b Horsts . ° I've tremendous funh in my desiny.” Mong the. trees around the |4esiny again, which will Lkewise not | ed the old bird—Sir biie Embane? = o “My word!” ejaculated Murchison, a | b v neither of which courses (D€ for a good muny nights, either!] 210 was 14 minutes past ok én Banmined little heiplessly 1d may 1 ask where, | would reflect eredit on s intelligence, | YOWI do nothing of the soit, Peter: | Poter's liead dropped back onthe | e g specifically, as the next stopping point. | The eves were gone, and their owner |1t '(“‘“ nonsense ‘;'\ Sy l‘wil-m” ol [piliow. 1t becoming inereasing Dl’ (‘LAL,D'. S S[MONES vou expeet this destiny of yours to lewd | held the trump cards. “Fhe fellow, who- | ot T (‘lt"“"l;l“ «“»I:wmr to D 1”“1'” : e he & E - hlJS. FRr t vou when vou leave th ? over he A whether deceived or |10 he snore through the parti- |was « fool. He had changed his wet | esi ecialis! S e . e A hC T ety v e Rty S s bt e (T ot 10 thouteh, damn i,y dad, T ap- [clothes when be had left Murchison but | g i . CI‘\RI‘,.\DO.\, VA. s bt AU Dk e e e o At preciate ofter ve had | pearts | em——— e Main Hm!" grunted Murchison. “What | toward the door [[me 1N i, i e e SIS you need. voung man, 15 o jolt hard | Poter shrupped his shoulders, and en- L@ LRl K €0l S0 i . : up body and soul, and I hope to God | Chisen's room DR T Loy ‘m‘\‘y“",\ 5 from ' you get it before it's too late! M you 12 inguired Murchizon. o i g ek B g bl | - - \f [~ | i d v | it Vou i phae. with e yune a | oConet S Ber. wcomeatly, | Uit prowier i another” rid - on Clears / Health Permit No. 5077 a- | lamitously mustaken. Why the devil| “Too bad!” growled Murchison. “I'd | " L p el /t | can’t vou ever take things seriously like 1o have cauzhit the begpar. 1'd have | P L UG i LG el throat ! | Bl Ila ot inses bthe a bndtnige. IEteSan ey mpieNb Mg watng [ the ol e (eiRceon Lie I C0ANE | CRTUSSIN lrelievass | |2 hiac ifteaiiiia ks o s ik el | V€ UL s(opiTon poou snafmil to Uit | RINHGH BN D MSROMNIng Y. for PERTUSSINnotonly relieves | - ’ n . over the rim it eses had revied on the | DOy thieving that's been getting worse |80 Wistant, shifted o the peatls and | ope cough, but helps to clear Tzu 3 B t ” d f 5 t P 4 £ gl oot | And worse of late. 1 think you said it |2y 1o s e 3 | . c ! ‘ ; 7 ( h S here ne o e i Secmmba o [ was & tin of mannaade Ut was stolen | SWell” e ald slowls, spertions | out the infectious mucus—and - o | €S rade or asteuiize ) ®mave very stealthily, very slowly. Peter | HSE and -~ any e ensiet about " | insoharmless a way that even - / = ~ - . n rose suddeny | PPt the conteuts of hiv sk e || Peter pushed bis dripplug Baie out of | SN skl Murclison aain. | Jittle children and those weak= I /‘ { MII K i :‘1 A - rose suddendy | piertices botween the slats were plain- | bis eves i “Have unothier peg, and then either o i . an i ul_ cross to the |1y iy evidence now—and now @ pair of | “I'm wondering,” he sald coolly, “I{and chmnge vour clothes. oot e | ened by illness cantakeitsafely. | /A 1 b ‘ _dnng o v Sared into the room [t was the - m lad you're soaking wet | PERTUSSIN containsno | i il Peter | sometimes, sir,” said Peter| “Hl queried Murchison, a little | poger shruesed bis showlders | b ol S Easy to 3 as he set down his ¢ Don't | puz I, i S i “Very well he sad, it yon fed| dopeandis considered by many | y any particular interest in what 1 eler was staring a he peards. | that way about iL7 1 moved across | e i H | > I e or ook dn (it direction, but | which 1 his abence Murchison bt e o el s s g e | Physiciansamostsoothingand | keep skinm Clear Produced | ° e » < some one outside the window | divided again it their several little | diank ot snd Started Lo e s EibcHive renedylfor tlahbe > o 4 ‘ -;fn.rs - G e e e Slies [diank W and statted toward the dour. | effective remedy for stubborn | 105 Al sbis TGt ot Pasteurized n ed 1p "a he de exclumed Murchison. | “Oh!" said Murchi with a faint el on past 107 | coughs. Tt is pleasant to take | g 2nd unbiemished, here s an g B led ) a4 L5 “Possibly!™ smiled Peter —and rose smile. “You mean these?” e jerked | -Richtt’ sad Murchison, “Aud, | and sold by all druggists. Aok et ottle Igisurely from his ch: awned | bis hicad toward the pearls Daurd! | Petert pigin e ”‘"‘{ tretched, himself and walked toward “I don’'t sec anvthing absurd about | Peter around f the doorvay st bl d el ol the door “Tll try to find out it said Peter, “They're worth a good | s it afe for every cough I sl Q':;"“"I;‘" of with . ] ‘ TR s Delivered Anyiwchere 7 Bt o the endaney to pime ¢ Ples, how velvaty it s T Clarenden 89 L b S . g wis dsos . L. - i St Piks 3 ~ T AT AB A TaRar e Pl ar aria pad e Felephones - Clarendon %0 | drugpiste. | Potomac 4166 (3 Resinol | - e avau that { the nt about me g . s | Id e to ma ‘ | | o L4 &) . This Month 4 TRANSFER & - | o TORAGE CO. 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