New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1929, Page 21

Huck laughed. “No?” he mocked . “Well, get this. Neither you nor Armitage will stop me. I'll soon ha ve that heel out of the way.” THIS HAS HAPP Mildred Lawrence meets Stephen Armitage when he rescues her fox fur from a thief who had snatched ft. Their friendship grows until Pamela Judson, daughter of Mil- dred's employer, tries to lure him away from her. Then Huck Connor becomes infatuated with her and Pamela amuses herself by playing with both men. Her brother, Harold, s in love with Mildred but realizes that she éares more for Stephen than for him. He begs her to go with him and she consents, hoping to keep him from Huck's gambling crowd. Mildred's mother has a bad acei- dent and she has to stay home from work a week. Harold trics to help, &nd Stephen comes to call, feeling regret over his neglect. He makes en engagement with Mildred but is prevented from keeping it. Pamela tells him that trying to marry Harold for his nioney. Stephen defends her and Pamela is furious. She cables Ler father and has Mildred dischurged Harold tries to have her reinstated but to no avail, Pamela succeeds in poisoning Stephen’s mind against Mildred and the latter fuces dreary days in search for work. Stephen seems lost to Pamela. Huck becomes so insistent that Pamela plans to break with him. So she snubs him in Stephen's presence &and when he objects tells him that she and Stephen engaged. Stephen protests when they are ulo and she says that was the only w she could get rid of Huck. Then s pleads with him that she is alons and misunderstood and manages to get him to confirm the Meanwhile, Huck in a moned Harold. (NOW GO ON WITH THE CHAPTER XXII “Well 2" Harold stood in the sitting room ©f the luxurious suite in the Judson that Huck Connor occupicd on the same floor and next to rooms. It was familiar suite to him. He had spent many hours there, first in reckless gaming with Huck and his friends and then in violent contentions with the latter when he realized that he was caught in the trap that bad been sprung upon him, Huck greeted him with less of his usual cool urbanity. “Come in,” he NED Mildred is are engagement rage has sum- TORY) his owr 1said crisply. Harold closed the door behind him, but without taking his ves from Huck's face, Something was in much was plain the wind. So and Harold senscd thut whatever it was it foreboded further trouble for him. Never be- fore had he seen Huck so openly agitated. Ordinarily the man was masterly in his calm. domi- nation of any situation. Huck did not offer him which ing ges it had i attentio suave cigarette, was his mock- at these Always uriated Harold. The small to his creature a rule sessions pleasure, 4 man whom he knew as ruthless regarding his soul devil himsclf, never failed to whip the boy into a fever of im- potent ra Bt expr com [ to b as the missing the dread. in- dubitably had taken a matter of im- mensely disturbing y upset Huck. And he was upsct. His face was almost drained of hlood, but his eyes gleamed satanically, and there was even the hint of a sup- pressed snarl upon his thin, wicked- looking lips. portions to o e Harold made no motion to seat himself, stand re he was just within the door, Huck made a few mior up and down the room. Finally wheeled upon Harold and his voice came like the sound of cracking ic “When did Pamela gaged to Armitage he asked ipping the words off in brittle bits, and cven the silence in which he waited for Harold to unswer was cloquent, T taken become ¢ He res. boy had no answer. too much w mercly looked his surprise s hegan 1o twist 0 you won't et o gave m was He into a talk? tell the LA it w you it’s out s a seeret now. She n herself.” “1 didn't krow anything about it Harold mumbled, th mounting, he lamned glad of it Huck took a hurried step toward him and fora second Harold thought there would be a physical encounter. He knew he'd come out of it like a steak put through a food chopper, but didi't care. He'd even dared Huck to fight him on seve his courage ed: “But I'm 9 to 12 Only NEW sions. But Huck halted. Hands were not his chief weapons of combat. A sneer replaced the smile on his face. You may be damned glad to know that you're going to put a {atop to 1t,”” he said hoarsely. “Not for you,” Harold replicd de- flantly. “You've compelled me to fol- low your instructions about other things, but youw'll overreach your- self if vou try to interfere with Pamela “Interfere with her?” Huck roar- | cd. “I'll own her! T know the little game she's been playing. Young Armitage ws coming through to it her, so she used me. It's an old trick; maybe it worked, but she was out of luck when she picked me to be the fall guy. Now you'll get busy and cable your old man that Armi- N. G. If you need proof T'll . you mean,” Harold re- Huck did not answer, bWt hur- ried over to his desk and picked up a sheet of paper on which he had written out the message he meant to force Harold to cable to his father. But when he sought to thrust it upon the boy. Harold would not take it. “I'll not do it.” he cricd, trying valiantly to look Huck in the eye. “All right,” Huck said levelly, “1 won't waste time uing with you. Either this me: goes to your father over your signature or I'll cable him myself in regard to that little matter of the check with his name on the dotted line—the check he never saw.” Harold cringed. “You'll go too " he warned desperately. “You can’t handle Pamela that way. A word from dad and she'd marry Armitage before anyone could stop her.” P Huck scemed to find Harold's words convincing; at e were sufficient to arrest his action and give him food for thought Harold saw his advantage and press- it carnestly. “Yow've got fo leave me out of this,” he declared hotly. “You can't use me to help you win my sister. It I thought you had a chance with Spriiig Brings Many N y L S | " “Even if it sent you to prison?” | Huck flicked at him viciously. | “It wouldn't. You don't know my | tather.” “Oh, yes, T do,” Huck told him tauntingly. “Why, you poor fool. do you imagine 1 don't know my business? Every man in my racket has your name as a mark. But 1 happened to have special knowledge concerning you. I old man warned you even as vou got, wasn't it?—that he wouldn't stand for a repetition of that one act of yours—that careless little habit you were getting into of forging lis name. You weren't to repeat it, you know Harold gaped at him, dumb. founded, as he tossed the words off !like so many irrelevant formations of the alphabet. “No, I'm not superhuman,” he went on Harold continued to stare speechlessly at him. “Just the turn of fortune. You ought to know by this time that we place our men members of our intelligence service,” he amplified jeeringly, “in every strategic position we can reach. “It chanced, if T was correetly in- formed'—here he paused to let what he had to say sink with its full im- port into the astounded boy's mind —*“that you were still in bed one morning during your Easter vacation here when your father came to you with the evidenee of your crime in his hand and a flat ultimatum which he ladled out to you in regular stern parental fashion.” Huck was enjoying himself now He'd been holding back this figu tive a the hand he pla inst Harold until such time as the hoy threatened to get out of control Well, h catened and it gave Huck back a measure of his com- posurc to put him on the pan and make him dance. “Both of you forget, or rather your father did not know, that a valet was busy in the adjoining bathroom, with the open.” he went on quietly. valet happencd to be a man had served me for some time Harold seemed to totter under this bhlow, but the next moment he had drawn himself up in a last cffort to bluff it out. “What of it, you cried half sobbingly. “What of it?" Huck echoed light- Iy. “Well, here's what of it. You'll “That who ‘) to the Bedroom-- and Flint-Bruce Brings Special Prices to the Occasion Ace Spring Just the right resiliency to supe i A sleeping ort as well as know that vour | when | | you were a junior in college—as far | door partly | dirty spy?” he | | send that check you gave me to your | father. Yu're 100 clever for that. If | you wercn't clever you atdn’t have thought of dating it back two | |weeks so that it would appear | | enough time had elapsed for vou to | | have received it from abroad. Not | leven 1 would have suspeeted you it | 1 hadn't known yon were in a hole.” g an you” Harold cri 1 hole you got me i not disturbed hy “Quite KO hole 1 got you in to mak vou. Yon see we needed vou could give us fo the So we had to tak: little boy, and lead you his suid | s0." i the entree right peopls by the hand to the slaug | He mented creatur sinister ffability endure it. He st I nearest with his you tor- with 1 surveyed the before him Harold couldn’t stopps rgered o arop, hands. be and quiet,” he up his head to speak stop it. hut 11l promise check Lack to you and sever i “You to give to have vour he 1 won't send 1} “You would if 1 but 1 You Pamela would bolt to keey mo Pamela and T are you th chok behind 1 Huck la calm now quieted him No?2" Neither you 1 mitag me. Tl soon that he the way (To Be Continued) BACK-SEAT Ma ss rel Ip now S el ont I when 799 v Needs rest tne body. ore coils than in most springs. Small governor s prings prevent side-sway. The equivalent of 0x spring, but lighter and lecs expensive. 819, 75 ip cover additioncl on @ cloud! En- y different f ress. The center comb of honey- finely tempered wire ings. each firmly anchored in it d the so! ividual pocket. Over these . fieeciest kind of mat- trissing. 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