Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1931, Page 47

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931 MOON MULL]NS—-A Fine Tlrgd. MYSTERIOUS WAYE By Percival Chriatopber Wren, Author of “Beau Geste” * (Copyright by Prederick A. Stokes Co.) Fret “l‘h"lum Leudes- America; ‘That religlon stunt had wite mrx‘ R o 'D been ood hunting, Triose od women ‘nursing o s h r judg- “u-‘:e' :n]{lhon w{x{llclln nzh'-'zd The had men:'d‘:g ot'; ‘daewn. w‘mle t{:zl: Sn.m ‘Rouses she Brotests “ihac b |8at on the limited ‘to Chicago, a smile 'S .g:‘dl ne Das been making {on hm face and the dollars in his suit~ at Dr. A here had this fellow known him? Rio? Buenos Aires? Chicago? A hectic patch that, ~Profitable but rather dan- gerous. The gang—a tough crow X o Tg::‘x;x"tl-;‘;g‘:flut 1, And he had bronght more to the ity - reasury by naping for ransom— Songenit “for Sher. 1‘3‘?:-55"‘3:’. Pafoiee |than any " of them, though Spider ntil she has improved. Shertly after, |Schlitz had certainly run them & good T "'"-;, his desk to seé |line in blackmall, and Chink Dorson in A hung Simon 0 Mddresses him | the girl traffic, with the help of Laule —— the Lady and 'Frisco Fanny. Jimmy CHAPTER IL had_been their sure defense against ail rivals and squealing victims. “HALF-HUNG” SIMON. Yes, kidnaping had been a great game while it lasted, and the gang ha I OUNGING forward, his hands in | had him to thank for the biggest haul pocket of his coat, the in-|of all—the St. Clair diamonds truder, seating himeelf on the | ™ b "yoq Juck that they had been |have something to say to the fiy Mister Blackmaler. It might prove easier to edge of the desk, nonchalantly | “ure, Pac, IOk, OF up for a few years ’ consulting room leaned forward and, smilifig)f. when they had brought off the erookedly, inquired. - splendid St. Clair coup. However, he to Dr. Charters’ “Well, and how are things §oing With | paq got, out in time to nobble Schultz's A 0o et out of % agsin. Half-hung_Simon? i ‘ .. | and Dorson’s shares of the diamonds SR R i Ml it o) e, | and his own before skipping across the| Tomorrow's _chapter discloses the nor did his expression B A e 1 I N o sy e s ea = , and Ame ‘of circumstance may prove a trap hair's breath as he looked atthe clean- | "7, iy “tnat he had never got into' for—whom? 4 shaven, gray-eyed face before him. Y Half-hung Simon! ., . T 7 0 \ l:lshmmd !r;ped vl:luck o:':; the Joars, » (4 and he saw himself seated astride & horse, his hands bound, one end of & _ : 8 - —a e a lona TOope ‘noosed about, his neck, the other tied to a branch of the big tree be- neath which he waited for death, and the Missen crowd waited to see him die. He could see their faces now, and old Buck Witton, the girl’s father, fin- gering the trigger while the boys bade Buck not to beé a fool and a spoil-sport. He could hear Chuck Masters’ voice: m;\"{w don’ wanna shoot the skuhk, “Sure thing you don't. . . he's danglin’,” Shorty Coxhhn hld shouted. Finally, as the sun set, after what lemfl hnun of_dreadful torture, all cleared thg off. low Mten had he wakened from dreams of sitting, bound, upon & rest- less horse, entreating, cajoling, caress- ing with his voice, praying alternately to his horse and to his God, and of the -mny. mental and physical, when it had taken one step forward, and then another, until the rope was choking him, forcing him to lean back at an agonizing angle and wriggle his body toward the horse’s crupper. How often in his dreams had he fallen with a terrific crash of the break- bough that had saved his life. devil had been watching over his own when Chuck Masters had flung the rope over that rotten bough. Half-hung Simon! . . & Dr. Charters’ eyes narrowed yet fur- ther as he stared at the face of the - - “Don’t shoot the skunk till he's dangling,” Shorty shouted. any public trouble in England, or he'd fraction b have bee.n nruck off the Medical Reg- v saw his past, s davkest cormers | ptve been ik of e Metenl 2ex”| | Low Round al blackmailing gang from #ind this man, though he had seen his | the flflm 3 fage or portrat betore, pho o hua fea o Aneten | | T Rates - Frem the days of his youth, as a medical student in London, to those|W3S all forgotten and the blackmailers T . ame cesst Jailed or dead by now, () O o hgi.r‘ley l:eg:w :n’: themngggsnla‘ryv Columbia Jail. A terrible time and e codre, 1" T Techy nagging, l::usr. not._give .mmlelf awag by asking eclal s1 25 »‘: ‘ : . ; L] 3 ° ST e ER SR | Secial 51,29 | 1] 12-Piece Bed-Davenport Outfit mfi .’:uxum-vlnue now rich, now stunt? “3r. James might : e . 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