New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1923, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA™D, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923, THE GREEN-EYED ACCOMPLICE ' HY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM | 1922 Phillips Oppenheir b B Arrgt NEA Serviee, Ine Capyright e there was a smile of BEGIN HERE TODAY stood up, SIR NORMAN GREVYES, formerly of | triumph upon his lips. BSootland Yard, joins the chase o What time de you expeot MICHAEL BAYERE, famous oriminal, | Master baek?” he inquired | Sayers, masquerading Thomas I do not know," I answered, “He! Pugsiey, broker, is recognized by | Was lunching at the golf elub and Greyes whe sends a ector | Maying a round afte rd About & to acoost Rayers o'elock, I should thi Sayers shoots the in He walked to the C80APeS. Returning to his home, | 100KIng out aver the links 1 too! Miehel questions his maid looked out In the far distance we JANET BOALE. lLater could see two men playing club he finds Greyes se “Do you know the links?" he asked, | gril Very welll” 1 told him e | Im\e’ Known at the elub ived here all my life,’ field and suitahly ‘What hole are they playing now " is introduced to Sir Norman "“Ihe seventh," two men play a game of is that just opposite ?" their intention is attracted by the h | your as | window and stood the golf ted in the #tan Mie The and as Jame lisguised golf The sevente continued barking of a dog "pon Investigating they. find the body of a man shot through the forehead, Greyes recogniz man us a des tective employed to shadow Thomas Pugsley o8 th NOW GO ON WITH THI ST Janet « A merchant wit) and a country cotty rot carry a loaded Iver about with him. My heart quickened with excitement as I picked it wp and handied it, 1 forgot my master's in- I ignored the faet that, h I am well enongh to look vpon, and that my face and figure have won me more admirers than 1 could count on the finge of hoth Yands, he had ne st a second glance in my diree I still had falth in myself if 1 e to make the first advances I have never made them to any man, but I have an instinct. 1 be * that he is cold and unresponsive from habit, 1 lieve that if T could make him under- stand the fires which are burning me up night and he would throw off | Lis mask of coldness and mystery, | A would give me that place in his life which I crave. 1 was loitering looking still at that when to my am: tered-—a thin, v - ki son, | o | with sunken checks and a strag R 50 sandy mustache. 1 am not ecasily| He nodded, apparently well content. trightened, but'it gave me a turn | His eyes lingered upon me, 1 saw a when he closed the door behind him. [look in his face to which I was per- “What do you want?" 1 askedfectly weil accustomed. He had dis- | sharply. “How dare you up | covered that in my quiet way 1 was! Lere?” looking. He came a little| He looked & rnestly, r to me, chvious ths thought was a | Are you fond of your master?” he mistaken one This was. not one of (asked, the admirers whom I found it diffienit| “I see very little of him,” I an- sometimes to keep at J % |swered “He gives no trouble.” “Young woman,” he ‘I am a| “Do you know that you are rather police officer. You seem to be aa pretty girl?” he venturcd, coming sensible girl. Answer the questions |nearer still. which I ask, do not obstruct me in| “I am alwayvs oo ful the course of my duty, and von will |strangers who tcll me so," I retorted, be rewarded.” |taking a step backward. 1 looked at him in silence for sev- He laughed. eral moments, 1 do not think that I| *“You'll give me just one kiss for changed color or owed anything of [this!" he begged, holding out a silver the terror which clutched my heart. crown. “You're an intelligent girl, | My master was in danger. time 1 stood there, I was thinking. to know." How was I to help? How could I I looked at him cur help? were true that I wa "g “Your m: returned here an|girl, it was scarcel compliment Your or so a this continued, ich 1 could return. For a police *and has now gone to play golf. officer, he must have been a helpless | I want the clothes v he when he came dow Hues Wices In the city » golf, does KNOW THAT YOU ARE “DO YOU i TY GIRL?" HE H about his * is the tee for the cigh- closed t out of sight, underncath the | come very i of usly. I it | ) intelligent | of wore |idiot. | ich “1 don’t allow anyont to Kkiss me,” {the sparse trees and All the und you've told me just what [ wanted [ m !tim felt the breath from my lips.or | his eyes wide open with apprehension. | back to the house I had Auished [ What T came out to do o 8 4 Michael Carvies on the Story My vound of goif with the man who was the declared hunter of my life and liberty afforded me no appre- hepsion whatever, although 1 must confess that the first sight of Norman | Greyos seated in the elub grill, only an hour or so after he had witnessed the abortive attempt to arrest me, was something of a shoek I came fo the conclusion hewever, that his | presence here was aceidental, and in |no way connected with that harmiess and respectable inhabitant of the | nelghborhood, James Stanfieid, 1 played golf steadily and with sueccess, It was not until that startling dis- | (rovery, close to the eighteenth tee, that my equanimity was seriously dis- turbed, As we looked down upon the dead body of the plain-clothes po- [lieeman whom T had last seen in| | Woollerton Road, we both recognized | him No hint of anything of the sort, however, escaped from my lips, After the first few seconds of stu. | pefaction, Greyes naturally took |eharge of the affair, He set the cad. | | dies to search all around for a weapon |und begged me to summon my gar- | ner, or anyone whe might be of u-i nee, I ealled for Soale in vain, er, and remembering that he | had asked leave to visit his brother at Mayford, I abandoned the quest | Subsequently, one of the men working on the course appeared, and we carried the body into my tool.shed, Greyes locked the door and tele. phoned for the police and doctor, “You will excuse my apparent offi. clousness,” he said, “but I once had | sOn connection with Seotland Yard,"” | “There is nothing to excuse,” T as- sured him, 1 am only too thankful | that you happened to be here. Do you think that it is a case of suicide?" “I have reasons for doubting it," (he replied, ‘apart from which, if it were suicide, the weapon would have been found, As the event happened s0 close to your house and actually mineswhichareneeded and whichare | °" ¥our path, Mr, Stanfleld, you will . 1.0t mind, I am sure, If 1 question absolutely necessary to health, [your servants,” f | 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 256, | At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES | T.imited, OGDENSBURG, N, Y, | e H Newark Peddler Fined $25.—Prison | ’ | | EAVAT LRI miRes. a0 satisgod) Term For the Nexe Offender. myself that he was still a long dis- tance away. I waited for a quarter| New York, Feb, 24.—Coney Island pebbles and tar, sold ag coal, will be of an hour. Then 1 took another path which led into the shrubbery, | punishable by a prison” term, Police and made my way cautiously to where | Judge Grice of the third criminal the man was standing with folded |court in Newark announced yesterday arms, leaning against a tree, after fining Joseph Nowien of 200 1 drew nearer and nearer. I am|Broome street, a peddler, $25 on a light-footed, and I have even been Il called stealthy. It was part of my early training as a parlor-maid to make no noise when I moved. Sa I stole to within a few yards of him, unperceived and unheard. It was a queer, gusty November day, wi‘h tumbled masses of clouds in the sk and a wind which bent the tops of brought the leaves rustling down. Soon there would be company for the creeping and crawling insects to whom winter meant death. And afterward! l' kad a vivid little mind-picture of a/ crowded court-rom, of the judge who might try me and the jury who might pronounce my fate. For a moment I shivered. Then I thought of that loathsome caress. 1 thought of my aster, and I smiled. If he knew, he Some day he would CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THEM Science Discovars That Vitamines are Absolutely Essential to Health FRUIT JUICES A SOURCE OF VITAMINES SFRUIT-A-TIVES" the weonderful Fruit Medicine is Rich in . Mm Thousands of men and women are falling off in health and vigor because the food they eat is lacking in one element, without which they eannot keep fit, This element is Vitamine, Ordinary meatsand fish donot contain it. Milk is not rich in it, Manufae. tured foods have the Vitamines destroyed in the process of manufac ture, Bome frult juices are rich in Vitamines, Aecareful examination of experiments conducted by hoth British and American authorities shows that Oranges contain an abun. dance of both “B" and “C" Vita. minesand Applescontain a relatively largeamountofth: -e vital substances, Why is it that*' Fruit-a-tives " gives such marvellousresultsinovercoming Constipation, Impure Blood, Starved Nerves and a rundown system? Because “Fruit-a-tives” is a true fruit medicine~the only medicine in the world made from intensified fruit Juices, ‘‘Fruit-a-tives” isrich in the “B” and “C” Vitamines, derived from the juices of oranges and apples. To take *‘ Fruit-a-tives” regularly, 1s to supply the system with the Vita. (Continued in Our Next Issue) TARRED PEBBLES IN COATL would thank me, know! 1 was so close that T think my vie- the sensation of my approaching body. Pl‘OSpOCt St. He turned quickly around, and I saw Examinations will be He would have shrunk away, but he “How do you know that changed ?"” 1 asked. | *1 saw him come in end T saw him cnee, go but.” wus the quiet reply. “This| 1 8 his bedroom, is it not?" e “It is,” 1 admitted. “Then the s must Where are the “I do not know,” T answered. was looking for them myself. 1 Jjust going into the bathroom n door to see if he had them the He stepped bac bathroom. He was only gone for few seconds, but I found time to take |an the revolver from the drawer and to| to the little wood. slip it into my loose pocket. “The bath has not becn used,” said a little shortly when he tack. “I should like you to stay w me while T search these draw A 1 made no objection, and We made | a hasty search of the contents of the | first two. When he came to the bottom one and found it locked, he gave vent to a little exclamation. i He made no bones for what he did, nor offcred any apology. With an ipstrument which he carried in his pocket, he forced the lock and bent over the contents of the dra . He was a man addicted, I should imagine, 1o silence, but T heavd him muttering to himself at what he found. When he |1 objected, pushing the coin away. | i 1 mist put up with it just for| he ted. arcely believed that he was in ! carnest—and for the first time in my | life a man kissed me upon the lips. I can find no words even now to de- ibe the fury which was born in my | reart against him. 1 feared even to <, lest my passionate words might | some warning to him of the which were in my heart. He emed perfectly indifferent, however, | and if a few minutes he strolled out | d made his way across the ga=len | I took up my be here. SAY, DANN FROM HIM A OH, HELEN, UR TAXI I3 T & MORNIN *ND > % \ Tome. AP Clear Your Complexion With Cuticura Bathe witn Cuticura Soap 2nd hot ‘water to free the pores of impurities and follow with a gemtle application of Cuticurs Ointment to soothe and beal They are 1deal for the toilet, @8 is also Cuticura Talcum for pow- dering and perfuming Froe o1 Mati Acdress: “Cutieurs Lab 3G, Malcen 45, Muse " Soid evezy- i C 1425 nd be. Taieum Lie . THE HERALD 'The + A-B-C Paper i with the Want_Ads MILK AND A DOUGHNUT= BUT ONLY GIVE HiM ONE! OUTON T BIG SALE? seemed paralyzed; and as he stood there I shot him, He swayed on his feet an instant, then stumbled and slumped to the ground. 1 listened for a moment. Then I took the pathv | HAM'S Efifluss Sweeten the Stomach Shuttle Meadow Ave., When The YV | GUESS I'LL HAVE TO COP OFPF SOME WEALTHY BIRD AND BEGIN To ENJOY LIFE A LITTLE Too! LENA, WHEN Y COMES HOME SCHOOL GIVE GLASS OF Ty Twad B! FOR TW LOVA MIKE, TY, NA AINT SORE ON AWLOUNT OF A LITTLE. THING LIKE. THAT, ARE NOUL ?T? 2;3‘1: 3‘)\& LITILE. “THING LIKE AN = GOZZLEM ' O ME ALL ABOOT T =THAT WAS SOME TRICK,, VLl SAq! MUNYON'S PILE OINTMENTY charge of obtaining money under false pretenses Novieh, It is alleged, sold & quantity of unburnable materials for coal, The defendant told the eourt that he was forced to take a certaln amount of low grade coal to get good coal from the dealer, He produced the dealer from whom he said he bought the material whieh the court “Coney Island tar combination.™ “I will entertain a complaint or conspiracy against the dealer whe does this again," sald Judge Grice, imposing the fine, OHIO YOUTH FREED OF MURDER, IS LIBERATED After Pive Months in Penitentiary He Takes Up His Life Again With His Young Wife, Wilmington, Ohio, Feb, 24 (By the Assoclated Press)—Clarence Leroy McKinney, who only a short time ago | left here for the Ohio penitentiary, a | murderer In the eyes of Wilmington' had | publicly ! citizens, came back yesterday, his innocence legally and proclaimed, and left amid universa) acclaim to take up his life where n twist of fate halted it five months ago. | With his young wife, who unceas. ingly has fought for his llhernllon.‘ McKinney, who served five months or a life sentence in the penitentiary for | the murder of Policeman Emery Me- | Creight, a crime which Louls Vander- voort of Jamestown has admitted, boarded a train for Cincinnati at 4 p. m. He was smiling and apparent- Iy there was no rancor in his heart for the miscarriage of justice. “I have no {ll feelings towards any | one here,” he told Wilmington peo- Attords n nmm: fa“fl lmc‘fnuu 5o, Kit (4's) 8t Sane YR Deoe 3 92 Beekman 8., Wew York Write tor Cireutar CATARRH of BLADDER New BritainMusical Club will hold its Annual Examination for Active Membership Monday Evening, April 16th, in Camp School Hall New Britain, Conn. held in Piano, Voice, Violin, ’Cello, Orchestral Instruments and Ensemble Singing For further information, including re- quirements, etc., apply to Mrs. Stuart Upson, Chairman of Membership Committee, 265 New Britain. Tel. 2279, Cat's Away LIZZIE, NOW THAT | HAVE YoU AL DOLLED VP ViL TRY You OUT FOR A DAY AND SEE IF You'lL DO - Scores One o ( CMON, CMON - CART SOt TAKE A TOKE. 7= Wiy, | SOME ONE DID ANNTANG THAT To ME. 10 JU5T LAUGH \T AWAN termea NASS - | GUESD YOURE) RIGHT SAM-~ UKE ) HERE'S ONE TARTLL MAKE. NOU ROAR, N TWO WORDS ple who crowded around him, Characterizing MeKinney's trial & & pure “case of mismanagement o the part of the defense,” Judge ¥, M, Clevenger expressed the keenest re- gret at the misearriage of justiee, when the innocent man stood up In court to recelve his exoneration, MoKinney arvived here at 2:25 p, m,, having been driven in an automo- {bile from the penitentiary at Colum- ybus with his wife and Sheriff Kirk, and Judge Clevenger immediately convened court, At 2:45, the law had wiped the stigma of murder forever from MeKinney's name, Likewise, a $2,000 mne pending ‘mmul him, for alleged violation ef liquor Jaws was dropped, but the court did nething with a suspended sentence on the same charge, That stands, . . 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