New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1922, Page 10

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(Continued Krom Our Last lssue) EPISODE TEN The Twhight of Mike CHAPTER 1, When Quintann turned like an en. raged snake on Sard and drove him to his destruction, he would have killed and robbed the frightened dia- vomond broker had he dared risk the shot, He had intended to do this anyway, sooner or later, But with the nolse of the hunting dogs filling the forest, Quintana wus afraid to fire, About un hour later Quintana was geen, challenged, chased and shot by State Trooper Lannis, Quintana ran, And what with the dense growth of seedling beech and foak and the heavily falling birch and wpoplar leaves, Lannis lost Quintana and then his trail, !The State Trooper had left his ‘horse at the cross-roads near the ‘Scéne of Darragh's masked exploit, . where he had stopped and robbed Bard—and now Lannis hastened back ' find and mount his horse, and gal- 19p straight into the first growth tim- ber. “_There was no sound of dogs when 'Lannis rode in on the narrow, spotted ‘thall whence he had flushed Quintana {fito. the dense growth of saplings that i dordered it. 111 Once, very, very far away westward i@ the direction of StarBond he fan- I'cted he heard a faint vibration in the d i.lr that might have been hounds bay- Ang. He was right. And at that very ‘i moment Sard was dving, horribly, » among two trapped otters as big and ! flerce as the dogs that had driven them into the drain. . Somewhere among the birches, be- tween him and Star Pond, was Har- rod Place. And the idea occurred to . him that Quintana might have ven- tured to ask for food and shelter ' there. Yet, that was not likely be- cause Trooper Stormont had called him that morning on the telephone ‘s from the Hatchery Lodge. However, to reassure himself, Lan- ''‘nis rode as far as Harrow Place, and | found game wardens on duty along ‘ .the line. { Then he turned west and _trotted ,his mount down| to ; the hatchery, Wwhere he saw Ralph Wier, the super- “Initendent, ‘standing’ outside 'the lodge /talking to his assistant, George: I'ry. When Lannis rode up on the op- posite side of the brook, he called | mcross to Wier: K DORAN COMBANY ‘He was a slini-built, puwerful guy with a forelgn face and voice and way, the honor—as he put it himself to a detective or game con- stable, or a friend of Mike Clinch, ‘I told him 1 wasn't any of these, and that I worked in a private hateh- Lery; and he called me a lar"” | Young Fry face flushed and his | volce began to quiver: “lhat's the way he misused me: and he backed me into the shanty and 1 had to sit down with both hands up. ['Phen he filled my pack basket with | grub, and took my-axe, and strapped {my kit onto his back. . And | talking all the time in his mean, sneery, foreign way-—and I guess he thought he was funny, for he laughed tat his own jokes, | “He told me his name was Quin- | tana, and that he ought to shoot me | for a rat, but wouldn't because of the |stink. Then he said he was going to “THIS WILL PAY YOUR GEN- TLEMAN FOR HIS GUN AND CLOTHING."” do a quick job that the_ police \\'er; too cowardly to do—that he was a-going to find Mike Clinch down, to he could catch Mike's daughter, too, he’d spoil her face for life—" “What next?” demanded the Trooper impatiently, “Tell your story and quit thinking how you were ‘misused!" He wanted to know if he had | to introduce | Drowned Valfey and kil him; and if | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1922, BY INDIGESTION "Frm-a-tw_e;" Restored Him fo Perfect Health Sovrn Rovavton, VerMonT, “About three years ago, I began to suffer with Indigestion, Foodsoured in my stomach, causing me to belch; and I had terrible heart burn, 1 was knocked out and good for nothing, when I read about “Fruit- a-tives” and sent for a box, To my surprise and gladness, I noticed im- provement and I continued the use | of “Fruit-a-tives” or “Fruit Laxo i Tablets” with the result that a dozen boxesmademe feellikeanewperson”, CHAS. F'. HARTWELL, At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, N.Y. T | “Please—T1'd like to speak to you a moment,” she called. Wier turned instantly and came to the partly open door, ‘I want to know,” she sald, “where am." “Ma'am?" “What is this place?" “It's a hatchery—" “Whose?" “Ma'am?" “Whose lodge is this? long to Harrod Place?” “We're h-hootch runners, Miss—'" stammered Wier, mindful of instruc- tions, but making a poor business of deception; "—I and Hal Smith, we run a ‘Basy One,’ and we strip trout for a blind and sell to Harrod Place —Hal and 1—" “Who is Hal Smith?"” she asked. “Ma'am?" The girl's lower-blue eyes turned iey: “Who is the man who calls himself Hal Smith?"” she repeated. Wier looked at her, red and dumb. “Is he a Trooper in plain clothes?" she demanded in a bitter voice. *Is he one of the Commissioner's spies? Are you one, too?” Wier gazed miserably at her, un- able to formulate a convincing lie. She flushed swiftly as a terrible suspicion seized her: ¢ "Is this Harrod property? Is Hal Smith old Harrod’s heir? Is he?"” l 50c a box, 6 for $2 50, trial size, 250, Does it be- "My God, Miss—" “He is!" “Listen Miss She flung open the door and eame out into the living room. “Hal Smith s that nephew of old Harrod,” she said calmly, “His name is Darragh, And you are one of his wardens, . . And 1 can't stay here, Do you understand ?" | The cat was out; there was a hole in the bag; and he use in such lies as he could tell, He sald: “All T know, Miss, 18 that T was to look after you and get {you whatever you want—" | “I want my clothes!" “Ma'am ?" “My clothes!" she repeated impa- | tently, “I've got to have them!" | “Where are they, ma'am?" asked !the bewildered man, ing--garments sent down from Har- rod Place to the lodge-~lylng on leather lounge near a gun-rack, Without a glance at Wier, Eve !went to the heap of clothing, tossed it about, selected cords, two pairs of woolen socks, gray shirt, puttees, door into her own room, followed athem, and locked herself in, When she was dressed—the feet to the shoes—she handful of diamonds, sapphires emeralds, including the Jewel, into the pocket breeches. Now she was ready. and of She unlocked ing at all, now. at the gun-rack. dangerous as a young puma: “Tell Darragh he'd better keep clear of Clinch's,” she sald. ~ “Tell him I always thought he was a rat. {Now I know he’s one.” pocket and drew out a diamond. “Here,” she said insolently. will pay your gentleman for his gun and clothing.” She tossed the gem onto a | where it rolled, glittering. “For heaven's sake, Miss—" burst out Wier, horrified, but she cut him short: #_He may keep the change,’” she said Dump Wier started forward as though to intercept her. KEve's eyes flamed, And he stood still. She wrenched table, the silver birches. At the edge of the brook she stood Wier wiped his hot face and waited. | knew, there was no At the same moment the girl's eyes | fell on a pile of men's sporting cloth« a | shoes, flung the garments through the two heavy pairs of socks helping to fit her emptied her 8he plunged one slim hand into her “This “We're no swindlers at Clinch’s open the door and walked out among a moment, coolly loading the maga- zine of her rifie Then, with one swift glance of hatred, flung at the place that Harrod's money had buflt, she sprang across the hrook, tossed her rifie to her Khoulder, and passed lthely into the golden wilderness of poplar and silver birch (Continued In Our Next lssue ) MAKING P. 0. 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' Nothing tasted “You haven't seen anything of any I crooked outfit around here, have you, . Ralph? I'm looking for that Kind.” |for an hour or he'd do for me good,” “See here,” said the superintendent, cried Fry. . . “Once 1 got up and #1 don't know but George Fry may went to the door; and there he stood " have seen one of your guys. Come by the brook, wolfing my lunch with over and he’ll tell you what happened [ both hands. 1 tell you he cursed “an’ hour ago.” and drove me, like a dog, inside with | I'ry's boyish face seemed agitated; | his big pistol—my God—like a dog. ' Ne' looked up at the State Trooper| “Then, the next . ti 1 took a with the flush of tears in his gaze and jchance he was gone. . 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