New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1922, Page 10

L e—————e e s e Qfi'mmphs Jonq,ueM@ 1 hv MELV!LLE Davisson PosT '® 21092 NEA Service, Inc IN THE PICTURE. Begin Here Today, “‘Lose what?' he says, * way they, bring girls deteotives, ll‘lln this story of the u P ' 1 says, the same as If he hadn't bay-—brought Krasp . of the law by an illness which ) yparlyzed the Jower part of his body and Anally seized when'n mysterlous telephone message from & woman disclosed the criminal's | hidiag place In a luxurious English ! § country house. llul the eriminal Iuvlghpd nynirnlly beating the stuff down; s for somethin' to cover i sticks the -telegram ' glass s0 she’ll remember to write to him next week ything that was goin' _1 womnn )um telephoned at hm direc- He know he was ahout to die * and he wanted to tell his story. 4 had met this girl in America, at Bar Harbory-and_saw, that the dissipaged Englishuian, ‘WESTRIDGE, was try- | tng to marty her for her money. !rlgunall sende 'of decency was ou(- Go on 'With the Story. CHAPTER II. id criminal lifted hlmu(‘lq hll ,great. hands and turned the wnole of his body toward me. “I<tell you,” he shook the arms of " the! chair in his great | thing begun to get his Kflu.l. | father, a lawyer in the 8he had. only the old Hoston ndmother (I'heard the talk among ‘'women) and the coin was getting iplayed. in_form, every “point correct, | and he was goin' to get her, “BlG MONEY!Y{ I GURGLED IT, LIKE A MAN_ CHOKING ON A His volce became, cold, !like a metallic_click. g ““Now, my little gentleman,’ T said $o0 myself, ‘we'll just see if you do! Right here is where “Alibi AL’ sets in with 'a stack of blues. got up, fnlded my newspaper, and ‘took'a turn up *and down the wveranda, as thol)gh I was trying out ¢ leg, an’ then I limped down £o the fashionable church just across trom the b through him; same as if you'd rolled it out on the picture-reel. “The ‘old-friend, no manners, darn the difference’ stuff, had hooked him. And there were two other hooks: this girl had some property that he didn't friends of the family, like me, was a-coming to him stepped up inside the door” , - uséd, n.nd his voice changed “He set up now pleasant as you ou see’ 1 Tad td have a little It had a big, loose went'in and sat down in a pew. ‘was dim 'and quibt and T got right 1 didn' n'_lrr in. tm pruyer-book i “uih‘ ito call you, and it |, 'bm‘kel‘l are. prumne» out ] the dmrnment ought ip on & fraud order—I'm one’ end. of this thing; to gee me—didn’t ‘néver met me in’ Relieves pamml rheumatic twmges kno. . Warms and eases backaches, heuralgia, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALBD, {TUESDAY, NOVEMBER " HERLTH MESSHGE 10 THE WORLD Take “Fruft- Hlles" and Make Yourself Wall “Fruit-a-tives”, . tho ' marvellous medicinp made from fruit julces'and tonics, the most beneficial medicinal agent ovor givon to mankind. Just ‘ns oranges, apples, figs and | prunes, are naturg’s own medicine, so “Fruit-astives”-fhade from these fruit juices—hbut condentrated and intensified—is the greatest Stomach and Liver Medicine, the greatest Kidney and Bladder Medicine, the greatest Blood Purifier, the greatest | remedy for Headaches, Constipation, | and Indigestion, in the world. b0c a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 250, At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, N.Y, R 2 e please. *‘Ah—er, yes,'” he says; he hadn't got the name I was playing under: “I bellowed at him, an’ he mighty near jumped. “‘Johnson!' T saldy , ‘Alonzo John- son, Kansas City!” “Quite 'so, Mr. Johnson,” he says, quick, same as "you'd apologize, ‘there's some business affair to dis- cuss, 1 fauncy? { “He fell right in with the line of dope mighty easy and com(omb\e You see it was something like the way they do things up in his country. The old uncle or the family lawyer calls on you, when ma thinks that things are pretty well understood with the young people, and gits down to figgerin,’ I “It was near enough to my line to go across with him. He knew that the girl hadn't got any men-folk, so an old friend of the family would: fit the form as a sort of next- al-kln, as the law-books say.” The big man linked his fingers to- gelher on the chair-arm. “As 1'was sayin’, he 'walked rl'hl in and made himself at home with the notion. He called 'her ‘Carrots’ straight back at me; it was, ‘Kiss her pap; she's our'n now,’ and he hexnn to grin. “He bounced up and got a box ‘of cigars and o little digh full of matckes and shoved them across the table. 1 took -one,. bit ,the,end, off, scratched the match on my ot lighted it, and went ahead. 20 ‘It's’ the''butt end of what she's got,’ T'says, ‘an’ it's'in the ddor." “He knew all about business, and he picked the thinqu right-out, ““You mean,’ he says, ‘that her so- licitor had invested- Ner fortune in a stock on margin ‘and’ the, market l- | declining?’ . ““*You got’ it," l’ says, “only she done. it_herseif, onsome tip from her swell friends’ ;. ° “‘How extraordinary!’ e piped; his ‘I8 it ‘a legitimate, stock?" " ‘ ‘Sure,’ l answered, ‘one ofthe six 'good ones.’ I didn‘t know how many good ones there was, ¢ ¢ ““Why does it decline?” His voice went up-like a singing-school.’ “The steel bunch Jare elubblng it 1'says. finger nound ‘his little wa ;numche .{_)ADD'] 15 /GOING TO SIS TAKE YOoU OVER TO A OFF TURKEYS - WE MAY IR ONE FOR' 'mmkamvms § voice got thin when it . hit money.| T T ‘VQuits so’, he olieeped, ‘quite. ko, e, he' squaréd townrd me * Al—or, ‘Mr, Johnson,' he sayw, 1 fatiney yoli came with some plan #bolt it “ Plag, nothin', T siys; ‘the "stuf's g0t to be covered—they'll it it beat under her figger in’ another' day's polinain',’ " " 'Ahierqpite 80" be '“was ' oool ns'a Julep;’ “you, ave Intending, = ¥ fauiay; to cover the margin?’ “T leaned over the table ‘and’ blew a mouthful of smoke on’ him. “'Hure!' I roared in his face, ‘it 1 cari got ity thoussnd Boliars quiex.’ "He ducked out of the smoke. " Mhat's & very large #Sum .of money," he says. "I lolled over the table an" smoked on him Hke a Dutch uncle, *'Blg money!' I 'gurgléd It, like a man choking on a laugh. 'Do you know how, much Carrets hab got hanging op It™ “He didn’t answer that; I knew he wouldn’t, “'Where, precisely, do you expect to get this money?' he pays. “1 set up ‘more calm-like at that, “‘Well,' 1 says, ‘I thought maybe e could raise It together,’ “He wanted that fake fortyne saved for him, so it would come along with the girl,' but he wanted some- body else to carry the chance, “I knew it, and I smoked on him. I hung. over the table and puffed it in his face. - He tried to duck out of it, and I followed him arpund. It dong me-gbéod-—I1 couldn't spit on the little tightwad. “‘Now, look here, Mr, Wmfld 1 says; ‘don’t you git a wrong mnotion in your head; I'm not agoin' to let you take any risk on this. I'm agoin’ to' take the risk; there ‘ain't mone,:in fact; the stuff’s got to bounce back. It'll go to the sky when the steel bunch get all they' can grab of, it. But. whateveér risk there may be, I sputtefed it out on him, ‘is mine, I'Il put up the backing an’ you ‘n me the money by tomorrow at naon.’ I was nearly acrosd the ‘table, an’ I didn’t walt for him to cut in with a Malzu a Famm g ou combined the cura roper. véry known "rndv-mu{o‘P you probably could not get u h real euu ive power as thifo is in le home-made co '?roh W cully._prepared” In ¢ "B.t hm ‘v dnumlt 2% ounces. o‘! L3 i3 the bome \m rnp, nllu I(Mlor }tin' Mlll't[hd luu;; rup. alnm honey, or 8syrup, e Sty oMb 2. Tul binti ol re eeu:h urlh p than yw wzld buy ulu pleunt M never This Pl‘nex dn d Syrup preparation ght at.the cm- of a cou ueonln ] A‘ uuhwmd |;I|llb“7 o :chm the ordinary ¢ un lor. broicl » ) a mll v.lulble eonmiuud Norway pine. ex-, ‘e undeutood that, ‘and- hann to v' yond question,' |eh says. was nothin’, 1 took u big envelope of my pocket and flashed the stuff on He came up with a chirp. "My word!¥ he says, * “'Well,' T answered, blg selling-point with trade with Mhe English lnd not take you won't ever say anything to Car- rots about this, nor to anybody; :t's between us—she’s a high-strung It drives the o, youngster,' I added; ‘this (hing's got | the Joints ani to be buried with us, no matter [what happens. Is it a trade?" But we don't uy) “We shook hands on it and I got|word for it; Company or uny goq, “Before twelve the next day he lPl a bottle, uvtrment me a draft on New York for the money--an’ I'd won a lap."” whose name’s on lh-l stuft pul it up with me—same as I'm putting it up There's fourteen of them, Aln't !hfiy Kgood for fifty thousand ?' “‘He spread the certificates out the table and run his It ‘was old-fashioned out, —_— e i ! immediate rolief. "It 1 | th stops the laty 1 :m‘ | nd:E’Io the me. 1r|~ 3“ i m‘e’, (T 'flusmme 15 FOR DANNY ~ THERE SHE 'GOES- AND HE ' N volce flckered up, ‘be ‘‘Don’t you want a memarandum?’ “I waved my hand..careless, ke it ‘I want you to promise me that| the e D — Your Thanksgiving Dinne Will Be a Success If Cooked Ona Ga’s Range S ST —— Out Goes Al me the cash before noon tomorrow,' Poison " “That's all right, T says: “I don't{ e S Aot (o Kicin wanl any promises about that, that e there in a thing that I do want a | promise wbout.’ ‘I threw my clgar in the fireplace | mavrow and set down, i Get a bottle 1 1y wear n satisfie It's a remedy (), good for gout, . kidney misery uy secret of Rheumu promise get yc will be there wuitiy GEEHE'S A ) PRETTY TURKEY ) | DANNY, YOURE: THE LUCKY | GUY ~NOW WELL HAVE TURKEY FOR ‘mANKsewufi-/