New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1922, Page 3

(Continued From Our Last Issue) When Zorn drove up in a gtation Jitney he gave no sign of ever having seen Miles before, but an hour later when he took his leave he slopped a note into the hand of the other, The note was terse and to point. “Mrs.'James Slocum removed fur- nishings from Gotham Storage ware- house to Edgecombe Road, Brookside, New Jersey, last Friday. Will take care of bill of lading tomorrow." So that chance shot had hit the mark! Miles locked up the house and then made his way to Scottie's room. “Rip and I have been very busy this afternoon," began Scottie as Miles took a seat. 8o Rlp has been up to something! Is that what you had in mind to tell me, Scottie?" “It s, and 1 have had an exciting time. I'm a matter of twenty dollars poorer for it which I shall charge to the expense account and Rip is nurs- irg'a scratch on the shoulder.”” Scot- tie closed his right hand and looked + at it thoughtfully and his companion observed for the first time that the knuckles were reddened and a trifle swollen. “Twas a nasty minute and a close shave for him!" “You've been in a scrap!’ Miles ex- claimed. “You were not attacked—?" “No, It was me did the attacking. You see, Owen lad, I took a look at that cottage in the woods where our friend Roger had, his laboratory long ago. 1 caught a glimpse of a clear- ing just ahead with a blackened chim- ney sticking up, and heard the sound of a number of voices in dispute. Among them I recognized Rip's and he was plainly frightened. I hurried forward and saw Rip and a fellow who towered half a head taller than he, shaking something under his nose. “*You done pass dis phony money on me yestiddy when I faded you!' he was fair shouting, and he added a curse that no accorded with the Sah- bath. You is gwine take it back and give me de real goods or I'll cyarve your heart out!" “I could see Rip's face and it was as nearly white as it ever will be. “*Your lies don't go with me, Rip Lunt! Dese boys all see you gimme dis bill yestiddy and it was the onli- est twenty dollar one in de game! Ain't dat right, boys-' “The rest of them were getting ex- cited and threatening and Rip com- menced to whine and blubber when all of a sudden the big fellow went wild and then things happened quick. He crumpled the bill and threw it inj| Rip's face and with a vell reached| into his pocket and that was where| 1 took a hand in the game. I reached | that big buck just as his knife streaked down across Rip's shoulder and caught him on the point of the jaw that put him out for the count!” | Scottie glanced down once mcre af- fectionately at his clenched fist. “Rip was loud in his gratitude but out of the tail of my eye 1 saw him hunt for that bill and then turn to sneak away and I laid hold of him by | the collar to wait till the lout who| had accused him woke up. “He sat up after a bit rubbing his jaw- and started to turn ugly but I} the bol b‘andfi"" ©7 NEA Service, Inc. spoke to him man to man and said T'd make good for Rip if there'd been | a mistake. . He told me Rip had lost| the money to him in a crap game; Saturday and when he tried to change | it he found the bill was counterfeit. | 1 made Rip let me have a look at 3 and then I laughed in the big buck's face and gave him'a crisp new twenty from my wallet in exchange to show him what I thought of it. Here's the | bit of paper the row started over.” He handed to Miles a limp, worn twenty dollar bill, one end of which had a tinge of brown and the detec- tive turned it thoughtfully over in his hands. e “1 wonder how Rip got it? remarked. What did he tell you “Nothing. Not a sensible word could T get out of him." “We'll make him come clean when we get hold of him. If th bill is all right he needn't be afraid Miles checked himself suddenly. “But is Scottie? It's so old I wouldn't take an oath on it—" “1 would, lad.” tain grimness in the “You'll mind I told you I was the poorer by twenty dollars? I learned a trifie from the experts and that bill is as phony as the brightest gold brick that was ever sold!" CHAPTER XIIIL It was nearly lunch-time the next day when Miles' glance fell upon the door-plate of a room at the end of the hall a room which had remained locked since his arrival and which ho had once heard Carter refer to casually as ‘Mr. Roger's storeroom.’ He had polished that door plate only Saturday morning, but now there seemed something odd about its ap- pearance and the detective bent closer. The brass about the keyhole was dulled save where a tiny, jagged scratch or two glinted and there were traces upon it of a congealed, greasy substance at sight of which Miles drew a quick-involuntary breath Wax! Someone within the last two days had taken an impression of that keyhole, someone who was too care- less or in too great haste to remove the evidence of the act. What could Roger have stored there which would be of such interest to anybody but himself ? Luncheon was over when the detec- tive heard the telephone ring again and with a muttered excuse he has- tened toward the library, but the sound of Roger's voice in reply ar- rested him before he reached the threshold. “Yes? he Theére was a cer- other's tone. . This is Roger Drake ¢ i The speaking . What is that? rzcel\'er fel! with a clatter to the d but it was evident that Roger —DRINK— Ayers’ Soda Water Call for it by name and get the best. For Sale at Your Grocer's Three Size Botties—5-10-15¢ had retrieved it for in a moment his volce came agaln, shrill with some- thing very like terror, “Who are you?" You must be | mad! . . My brother?" There was a long pause and then the one word: ‘Never!" It ended In a strangling gasp, chair creaked heavily and then a dr, muffied sob reached the listener's ears, He peered in cautiously be- tween the curtains to hehold the scientist sprawled limply in a chalr, | his arms outflung across the desk and his white head pillowed upon them while the thin shoulders shook spas- modically. Carter's querulous summons from the dining room recalled Miles hur- riedly. When next he entetred the Itbrary he found it empty. Dusk was settling down and noth- ing untoward had occurred to break the brooding stillness of the house when all at once 2 woman's shriek rang out. The detective rushed from his room and down the stairs but just as he reached the floor below another a “STOP THAT YOWLING, HITTY, AND STAND ASIDE.” door was flung wide in his face and a man dashed out, almost colliding with him. Miles halted for an instant, taken aback by sheer surprise for the]| opened door was that of Roger's store room and the man who had emerged | was Andrew! He was without coat or waistcoat, his sleeves rolled back and his short and collar grimy with| dust, a smudge of which lay across his cheek giving a grotesque, twisted | expression to his features. “What's happened?”’ he roared.| “Stop that yowling, Hitty, and stand aside!" Miles became aware that a thin, | reedy wail had succeeded the shriek | and shaking off the spell which had, held him transfixed he hastened 'Im\'ni the hall. At the head of the main staircase the maid was kneeling before a re- cumbent form wringing her hands and sobbing hysterically, but Andrew seized her arm and thrust her violent- ly aside. | “Roger, old man!—Here, pull your- self together, Hitty, and call Carter or Willjam—!" So Andrew had not consciously | noted that momentary encounter! The detective stepped forward. “What is it, sir? Oh, is Mr. Roger ill1? Can I be of any assistance?" “Yen: Help me ca him to his room and then get my sister. No need to ca!l a doctor he's had these attacks before and T know how to bring him around.” He placed his strong arms about the shoulders of the unconscious man | and Miles supported the knees while Hitty ran ahead to open the door. Between them they got Roger Drake | Into his room and upon the bed Wwhere he lay breathing stertorously. Miles slipped out into the garden where he found Scottie at work among the rose hushes, “What is it, 1ad?" The latter stralghtened “Has something come oft at last?" ' “SBomething that has all but taken me off my feet, Scottie! It may be a waiting game for a few days more but there's daylight ahead!-—Got a pen- cll? He pulled a notehook from his pocket and, tearing out a page, he scribbled hastily upon it while his colleague walted In sllence, “There! 1 don't care what excuse you make afterward but get down to the telegraph office at the station as fact s you can and send this wire off to the chief tell him to send one of the hoys down here with the reply the in- stant it comes, no matter at what hour of the day or night! We'll be ready then to stand out in the open and de- clare ourselves!" Scottie read the message slowly and then lifted amazed eyes to the other's face, “Man, but we've been blind!" he exclaimed, “You say that there's daylight ahead? I'm thinking that for some in yonder house it may be a red and fearsome dawn!" After dispatching Scottie the village to transmit his wire, Miles re-entered the house and ascended to the second floor. The door of Roger's store room did not yield when he turned the knob, As he started Drals appeared. “We shall not need you, Willlam," she announced. "My brother is sub- ject to these heart attacks and he is guite all right now, but of course he wili not came down to dinner.” An hour passed and Hobart Drake returned from the city. Miles could gearcely restrain his impatience as he heiped Carter to serve dinner, but the occasional glimpses he stole at the financier's face told him nothing. It was inserutable and when the tele- phone rang he rose with calm de- liberation. “That was Zorn,' he announced on his return. ‘“He assured me that he was making definite progress.” His tone had lacked conviction, and Andrew glanced up with a sneer. “Sounds good but doesn’'t mean any- thing!" he commented. “Isn’'t that what the police always give out to the to down the hall Miss | newspapers when they're stumped 2" (Continued in Our Next Issue) STRIKE HOLDS UP GAME Yirst Effect of Railroad Labor Trou- ble is Reported From Amcrican As- sociation—Teams Double Up. Minneapolis, Minn., July 24.—The first lknown interference with baseball due to the strike of railroad shopmen Lecame apparent here Saturday night when it was discovered that the Col- umbus team of the American Associ- ation would be unable to reach Kan- City Tuesday nignt for the Wed- nesday game because of curtailed train service. As a consequence the visitors played a double header yesterday. The playing time of the Tuesday game will be used {n traveling. RKRAMER-EATON TEAM WINS Newark, J. July 24.—Frank Kramer, the Amerfcan champion ing with Ray Eaton who is leading the competition for the champlonship this season won a thrilling three cor- nered team match at the Velodrome in Newark yesterday afternoon from Willie and Arthur Spencer and Or- lando Plana and Francisco Verri in two straight heats. The other teams tied for second place. The Spencer boys finishing second in the first heat and White the Italian star beat them in the second. ——— T(eepYour kin-Pores Active and Healthy With Cuticura S ?';2; pri R o e Ay iy address: Caticurs WILD BEAR STORIES AFLOAT IN GANADA | Season, Open for That Game,; Starts With Usual Yarns Prince George, B. C,, July 24.—Two amusing bear stories, both vouched for by reputable eye.witnesses, are going the rounds here. Forest fires in northern British Columbla during the past month have had a peculiar effect upon some of the wild animals | of the woods, judging from some of the stories brought in to Prince George. A Wild Yam, A fight between a fire-crazed bear and a muie, in which the bear was worsted occurred at L. Mason's ranch, at DBednesti, B. C. Teh forest fire routed the bear from its lair, and in its dash from the flames into the open country it collided violently with a jack-mule, The bear was prompt- ly stretched out on the ground by a| double tattoo from the capable hind |hoofs, and the mule calmly resumed ite interrupted grazing. i Thoroughly angered, the bear Iplcked itself up and cautiously ap- proached the mule from a different angle. The huge paw was brought down with a resounding thwack on the mule's ribs. This was unfortu- nate. The hoofs were again brought into play, after a quick, accurate maneuver for position, and the fight | was called off 8o far as the bear was lconcerned. Mr. Mason, who had wit- nessed the unusual encounter, dashed to the house for a rifle to finish the | bear, should any life be left. Before | he could get back to the scene, how- | ever, Bruin managed to get groggily to his feet and return to the less ex- citing environment of the forest fire.| A fire patrol ranger is sponsor for| another bear story. While making a survey in the mountain district, he came upon a young cub suffering| from severe burns on feet and body.! The youngster was whimpering from | the pain and the forester took pity| on it, lifted it into his car and there| made it fast with some rope. | Bear Chases. i The patrolman started on his jour-| ney only to discover that the mother| bear had appeared and was in hot | pursuit. As the track ran uphill at this point, the bear, making strides, gained steadily and the need! for strategy was clearly indicated. | | | | | not cover a situation such as this, but| the ranger was resourceful and de- throw the cub overboard. His at- tempts to untie the knots on the lashings which secured the youngster | to the machine, however, proved fu-. tile. Pursuer and pursued came to al vet steeper grade, with the advantage | all with the former. Finally, | one mighty effort the old bear threw | herself on the back of the car, hold-| ing on by her claws and paws. This is where the forester decided | to retire in favor of the enemy. He| dove off the car, and regained his feet | iin time to see it continuing its journey | ieastward, with a mother and child/ happily reunited as its passengers.| Later the automobile was. found run; down and everything intact except the | side of the seat where the cub had | been tied, the old bear having torn! it out to release her offspring. | August Milk Price to j Be One Cent Higher; New York, July 24.—An increase of one cent a quart for August above the price for July, has been announced by | the dairymen's league corporative as- soclation. The new prices in the 201 210 mile freight zone will be: Cla one—fluid milk for city distribution 1$2.69 per 100 pounds. Class 2 Milk | |for cream, ice cream and plain con-‘ densed $2. Dealers will pay 6.9 cents, a quart for milk testing 3.6 per cent butter fat. STRIKE FIGURES DISAGREE Unfon Claims 65 to 90 Per Cent 011 10 to 30 Per Cent Quit. New York, July 24, of the fourth week of the rallroad shop strike in the New York district finds union leaders estimatiug the | walkout 65 to 90 per cent effective in various centers, while spokesmen for| the roads cut these figures in most | cases below 30 per cent and in a few| instances to less than 10 per cent. In| these estimates the unions refer Lo the number of their men on strike, the | employers to the number of old and ! new men at work, | Union leaders are taking the move ment to form company unions more seriously than at first. Pickets aad others charged with keeping check on doings in the shops have heen ordered | to watch closely for any developments looking toward the organization of rival unions. SUFFERS FIRST DEFEAT Local Swedes Go Down to Defeat n!‘r Hartford in Saturday Afternoon Battle, The local Swedish Lutherans' nine | lost the first game of the season last Saturday at Hartford, 3 to 0, when the Swedish Lutheran team of that city was returned the victor. The New Britain boys lacked the usual| pep with the willow. Berg, who| hurled for the locals, was given poor support in the pinches. The locals filled the bases in first and seventh innings, but were unable to chase across a tally. On next Saturday the Meriden Lutherans, will play here. The locals are re- quested to report for practice on Wed- nesday aand Friday evenings, at 6:30 o'clock at the Pioneer diamond. TRIS SPEAKER OBJECTS Orders Ofl Promoters to Refrain From the | | i i | Use of His Name in Advertising Lit- | New York, July 24.—Tris Speaker, | grayhaired leader of the Cleveland erature Being Circulated. of his name in connection with promotion of a company to drill the | for The forestry book of instructions does oil on the Speaker farm near Hub- when bard, Tex. | The associated advertising club's in- cided that the best plan would be to vestigators who called the attention 'the swift waters of the St. of Speaker to the literature 'of the| company, was told by the baseball| manager that he had written the| promoters at Forth Worth, Tex., warning them that he had no connec- tion with their scheme and demand- | with |ing that they remove his picture and |osenko, of Philadelphia, Mrs. W. name from their advertisements. Pacing and Trotting Events Open at Columbus ‘ Columbus, O., July 24 —Two paring | and two trotting events are scheduled for this afternoon’s opening of ihe grand circuit program at the Colum- bus Driving park track. ‘'There are seven starters, including Margaret| Dillon and John Henry, in the f ture event, the Elks Home 2:04 pac- ing stake. Three class cvents, the 2:18 pace with 11 entries, the £:17| trot with 10 starters, and the 2:12 trot in which 7 horses are entered, will complete the day's program. The meeting is to last through ‘riday. REALIZES GOLFERS AMBITION. New York, July 24—Hot weather | vesterday evidently failed to interfere with the good playing or good luck of | Benjamin De Motte of the Suburban Golf club. De Motte made No. 11, a 157-yard hole, in one. His drive went short and the ball rolled onto the green and into the cup. Three is par| for the hole. | The opening | i COLLEGE STUDENTS AT WORK IN TOWN An exciting contest between Pictorial Review College Teams, results in one of the teams making their head- quarters at the Y. M. C. A, tered students at Tufts and Mass. Ins. of Tech. These young men are regis- A travel trip has been arranged for them during their vacation, at the expense of the Pictorial Review Co., who will also pay their tuition at college this fall. stantial prize awarded to the And in addition a sub- team making the best record. The team working in New Britain stands now in third place and is striving hard to reach first place in the league of about fifty teams. These young men are making a special offer on Pictorial Review, and will call and explain their work, his photo on it. Each boy carries a Pictorial Review Credential with The boys’ names are: J. A. Winthrop, Team Captain F. F. Downey A. J. Camen J. A. Kaslick J. F. Tully [} [4 Tufts College N. L. Schooler, Mass. , Ins. of Technology. A. A. Winer, Team Supervisor Boston University. We hope the people of N will give the boys a hearing. ew Britain and nearby towns The value and standing of Pictorial Review Patterns need no comment, as they are the largest, best and cheapest Patterns on the market and are sold exclusively in this city by us. “BUD” STILLMAN A HERO Plunges Into Water and Rescues Maid At Easthampton, L. I.—Is Second Rescue Effected By Young Man. New York, July 24.—James “Bud") | Stillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stillman, recently plunged into the seat at Easthampton, L. I., and saved from death Miss Lois Butler, a maid employed at a nearby cottage. Mrs. Stillman and “Bud” were| swimming in close to the beach when | the young woman got out too far She was more than 100 feet oyt when ‘Bud” brought her ashore where she! long |baseball club has répudiated the use |was ervived. Tt “‘bud s is another rescue added to swimming laurels. In 1919 the Stillmans were at their| lodge at Grand Anse, Que. he res- cued a young man employe from| Maurice | river. Miss Derosenko Picked As Possible Golf Champ| Dieppe, France, July 24.—Miss Dsr-“ A Gavin of England and Mlle. Pauline de Bellet, the French champion, were: favorites in the international women's |to that of ditions. The final reached Thursday. FEAR FOR BOY'S LIFE Parents of Cox Lad, Missing Since Sunday, Ask Police Throughout New England to Aid in Search. Boston, July 24.—Fears that their nephew, James M. Cox, 12 years old, who disappeared July 2, may have heen the victim of a murder similar Henry P. McMahon of falem, was expressed today by Mr. ard Mrs. J. W. Courtney of Dorches- ter. The Courtneys reported that the lad left home for church but failed to re- turn, Police throughout New England have been asked to search for the missing boy, who is avson of Mr. and Mrs. James Cox of Ogdensburg, N. 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