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“Magazine. Tuesday: Februar ‘Gimme a Penny!” cts, By Robert Minor/f" * The New York Adventures of a Soldier of Fortune Who Carries $3,000,000 Around With Him == BY EDGAR} | : BY RANDALL PARRISH — eT Soar nein COepertaht, 1014, by Freak A, Monee Company.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING OMAPTERS, sits ata et fiom. “I—read that in © book onde so stuck on that our of his a—fon!” back him for a fight. ou Pe, infest & fox!” Mr, Pol. Pd linake” ore oe amr. Es ft Sarat ee be ee ef x4 ‘CHAPTER IV. He smiled biandl: at them as he (Continned.) eald: Bymere Haven. “This {9 your place now, Robby.’ : “You really E tilted back and emotked enroute geing to the county clerk's WA energetically, while the office to (attain clock, but its, = They hurried rit of Bante Chansa was alone ig _l.te enemies, if ie arid i Ree Snake obeyed, and William, and done now. Let's uncomprehending, stared over before dinner.” with sagging jaw; and Mr. Poilard, conscious only that several halt-formed hopes were taking shape form fm an astounding fashion, glared at what overgrown ellipse, wi! doth of them and commanded silence stand stand on one side and « m! ! 33 HH iz il # rf z sBs2 3 z a £ +4 FH 4 i i etand facing lke inside Mr. Pollard turned Wiebe anery ove. things ofthe late owner, “The segonde or Tit And coms emule down fs ‘ ‘ as es Mil cr ae anvecincmaat tec ape Sane ee ae eae tee oo ‘There to euch & to an tixement In a paper was e line y looking fresh Teapectable and wmile faded Sousa pence cp. : were occupied just now. Identified by out’ ‘prned,om Dis Deel and hurried © good notion, and “Yeu!” said Mr. Pollard. the stenciled “Lisette,” an elderly at pg to Rave, 6 wid Diack mare glanced coquettishly at \ y that time. The “I got it this time! Listen: Bymere them. The bloom of youth had faded . r fy t. - uestioning @heerfully Was ne Haven—Connecticut—on the Sound— from Lizette a cy . \ bemey A hava) fd ¢. Mine hundred acres, partly under , They rey The Fible wadding eultivation—water front and private nut relic of another genera’ clroular forelegs, 8 1 t—half-mile race track and ata- inoved with a slow, patriarchal dig- head, wicked lo . nity and leaned resignedly ha am NASA wine AKEooey ed fh Stable wall while with baths attached—eight servants’ plained that both were blooded horses. | Redrooms—gardener’s cottage—gate- ‘The kennels lay bevead, yet no food Reeper’s lodge—garage”"— Ghorue 68 welcoming batts ree | “But a place of that size”— gasped them. One long-limbed, rangy animal the guiding intelligence of the trio. sprawled from his hutch, stretched “ifs plenty Dig enough’ sald Cap- YawWned, snapped at Willlam Rya,| tain Veivet daily, atheros the SUIS Pete needa and agent's address, and he's right in the sian backward, and ended by trot- neighborhood here. Get him for Velvet, staring up aft ? " : on. the telephone, Rob! ting to Captain Velve' iD 7 el! Ju There was a queer catch in Mr, fectionately and licking bis band. 4 ; . STN RS: happy!” the Spanien Brute ert Pollard's ‘Yolce as he called for the | “That's all the dogs weve got Just : , : Zz aM panish Brute cried, now,” the gardener explained and ‘ - ek ; is settle down somew! HO OE eee eens cents studied the far distances anew. ‘That iy at tbe sound of the voice that an- '* just Bilsters |, sinner boy wats wiriog: arte servant who seemed to ’have been built patie f Shoat ‘Bemis? based with It 4 Ha BE : . A “hi Thother Iittis schere= ve mel thet, phone Robbe! os r up fondly and ac- \ Sf ‘ : pa : “Huh? The Snake atarted viow ee: ee ere ee ae cepted” stray” portions of meat with es 5 peuiled Bymere Havent” Yaret w itee atill Capt, Vetvet came to the fell, don’t go out for a few minutes: end of » considerable discourse, eVake an be ost dova'the tel- 8 ,We understand | ach other Snake sbrieked aloud. At his rousing | “Not to my mind, Robby,” he said, “Is it? Look!” snapped the owner ar touch Capt. Velvet's sri into blandly. “I we'll of the box. crossed ends into Mining. vallos with the other. All you have to do ls lite sip leaped into some Test this time, Come ‘along, He bounded to his fect, rembling, tener ribet and, Baving aces fou boys stay here.” first cP of ‘boys shows of gy sree Blister.” and indicated the front wall. As he mueh, completed the by “But"— ming but hones Fm going CHAPTER VI. And he trudged up the stairway, came nearer and inspected it with sing gently and ting them “and I shan’t be any 1 than Delng anything bai Lg the grip on one side and the dog on polite interest Mr. Pollard could not fall into the woodland on te necessary,” concluded the elder *°.q eRe cine tomhatt® William Suspicion? the other, Fepress a start. ide, ‘Blteter, far abead, gave tongue, ’ n as he stepped out of the Ryan Po LITTLB panel just beside “There's an fron safe been deliv- ‘The Spanish Brute, apparently, had thab-y. Ca +] 2 Leg crete ed i ae sect al i x i : p ustomers’ room. ifs - ered here for somebody,” said the jost nerve, intelligence and everything stated ress and Pive ‘minutes of dull bewtidersess aye taut SS rcnck couple st forty: Kael orci pag posted man-servant at breakfast next morn- ise before going at the Jeb. ‘One found satisfaction. One of his oe up hie he ‘Then Velvet returned. the good, fix him so he won't a might have fancied that he bind. revolvers slid as t! animated to ia bis “Anything you boys want to do be- nO. steel handcuff, and the Capt. Velvet nodded. folded himself and tried to pick the his right palm, while hie thick fore- omiled ac be fore we teave town?” he asked more—and then the rest of us just go thing closed about the “I that's just my trunk, jock with a crowbar, or that he had Snger rested lovingly on the trigger Jog, bila guess on as if nothing had happened. YOU Snake's wrist, while at the other sido THow about a wally boys?” he sald. donned a mediaeval suit of armor and 8¢ he “ thing,” a i f : red we—er—leaving town?’ Pol- see, [nsf thet inte ther steel circlet ped loud!: Mr. Pol- indulged in @ violent fit beside Capt. fara inquired. be honest. After Snother si snap eusiy y ing,” agreed Mr. Velvet’s trunk. here or I'd Pwo E0ISE Up to the place, of Z°while it gets to be & habit. on empty air, sare, and they. sot out for a tour of All around the cavernous keyhole CHAPTER VIII. him kill » Yor “Bo long as we're all Deneet Foy And down at the bottom of the in- oe, tin’ e. on one way tes nt were dents and gouges, long, narrow, The we much I may an ral tall you frankly that t ereainle contrivance another panel SyiRtity Cuplt us Zaptcin’ Specs thingine , soratehan” and shorter Saner Wap. at 8 t's 8 3 iJ 5 stuff—every darned bit of it—and ‘roped out, and through the whole “They are pretty, Robby, ain't re tice aeeet thet, to chart” J AMES BVANG, wincing, bile f ju up there. od it into thousand-dollar bills,” house dinned the clatter of an elec- the! 7 he asked. » the tain barked, emitted a strange, stifled Pom UMP Captain Velvet pursued enthusiastic tric gong that would roused the bes hey're exquisite!” sald Mr, Pol- ‘he CnPiaD vet coom”—- Mr, Pol- Little whine aa be drew near Wagon do “Feller on the atreet, trying to reat ally. ‘“Thousand-dollar bills, and im a ten-story hotel; “ny, b wou lard n at his very blan to hie pale chief, ae ne tee, at en Sse Radi lld et ally: peel Malis te coo same deutecusing Ine nk ie if tig gen Rea 4 “Bill in his room?” “He's going to shoot elvet. It’s around at the side door now, clock struck half past ton. nice on the me S08 “T suppose a0.’ Bur we'd better start,” the caplain “Bedtim said the captain, stant, even as the Snake contem- se, in poe y 'd better ta! “Get him!” directed the captain he groaned. Poiana yp, Eepatianty ade (tant Ho Ot led the way upstairs, stopping at piated headlong filght through o “ oes “and inspected the briefly. “He must have heard what- aie eae eens and Matened. bee it with tog ere's @ side door it | ya room door. 7 . blackness and all the chances that piooms, He muttered his pleasure ever was going on in here!” jertainiy hit upon a Rew geren oa Ss gp ilies dl eH IC, watch Pore papel es Hah rn entailed, @ third panel opened at the then, and squatted beside the patch. But Ryan was not in his room. melody—had been singing, in fact, him away all Gay, if 1 chicre: Sea wean y esca! ec 9 sont, bottom and a long, steady stream of ue Pipl Sroeen Papert and tee faci ryt om Captain that hed last minute or more, The long- form him—and he'll fall for that, what loose stuff “Leave immediate!: 3 “The next three rooms.” Mr. brilliant red fire shot forth, bathing [eae was we eee ‘all right, anyway, Robby,” @8wn baying bad quite ceased, ana 'f he knows you're not around —let me eee! finished for him. Pollard was rather hoarse. “Good the whole scene in glowing scarlet! Wiisn'sc'ohliga net ee omnes and captain grimly. “Nothing 1 Ste place the canine throat emitted 0's, With, Mm. Then I'll look over five hundred night! ‘what you're doing. ind he moved on as the captain ‘The lone man-servant and the gar- Behind the unlucky captain, one en, but I’m going to find the @ remarkable series of angry howls down in some conven! Gener dashed into view in shirtsleeves, band in his pocket, the Spanish Brute MAn that tried to break that trunk and coughing barks and strangling ® Boston express aes Sone Were ‘ide stairs and up them for if a dozen mer nodded ever so faintly. The Widening Path. Steps, and had turned and was de- Mr. Ryan moved nearer, and the ,pecause Biteter ie P p= ELL?” began Pollard. ascending it’s hand which came into vi had “You're od - « “Well, the old » 99 Captain Velvet came 6¢ “wellt™ the Snake door open a the good cap strip et black leather across the back. on cri folng to try tracking the choked Robert Aged on geen him!” “I'm just {fol down ana squt tain, quite imperturbable, survey . Ryai jan at the sun, made ook the wi Bow roar 0 A asked bisakiy. the scene and restrained Bilster sure that the shadow was far beyond charrs (ufone to give Bilster @ "Tt was Cape, Velvers cone uftea rtably. They tell me there's 6 “How do we get It “Aca that was because he knew what Captain Vel pick up that acent. If he pu), im yacht race soon. vision, and raised his , pure rage. “Get what?” inquired was going to happen in another mo- arm slowly, measuring the distance, 202. shant Toute BAZ mote about pitt 8 natural clearing they stum, white’ a thinkweil oad here for @ “Yes, air; we'll sure have to take Me jed and “3! William Ryan. ment, and knew enough to keep his ? captain darkly. “Come here, Blister! and stopped. The good captain “His money, of course!” oegece. * home B nice punch 0 those flowers Right over here, Now! What dye Na! here, surely enough, vibrating DP ge yy og man, who appeared to be ; th t a hatchet, Robby!" the Snake for the table,” the captain concluded. mae of it?" fury uncontrolled. Bo, ~ Outed politely st them over The Spanish Brute started with siriied, “Get a hatchet and chop off “I haven't seen flowers like that for BI lard 3 ve hand; and, be “e Hicked hia crake and Ryan into Through the front door Robert Pollard approached without sound. Fett Ramya we Saean snarls, he's tired walling for a to some back for a second oF two, another room, switched on the light and the Spanish brute bounded, and , The Sitka Weed away ties « "Yeu and find him quick! Just The leader of the trio came toa patit somlunee Sire tite, eas mapen ane Inoked streignt at-and end shut the door. “prop that thing, Snake! It'sburn- the horrid sight. Mr. Pollard and fur him loose, Philip! Come here, swift ‘conclvaton, iy. “Robby,” he sald biandly, and there y p tet” William Ryan exchanged @ single man servant trudged up the stairs, rill’ choking him!” he stated, 2 aid fasaliier omiie tate EP ee tT. ee ons Niaasis, & CHAPTER V. r. Pollard whiszed straight for the glance of understanding, and the for- or Blister; he ‘explained, q, ANd If the old man sees him doing thé, Pike Just occupied by the Neen i4 that he’s dead on the spot!” James bf [ra tenseness; he broken; oc! the ash aged hie “because Bilster’s got a big streak o' er corner it y heard his shout—and ere around the corner and ptown. liowed another long, dream- RE it i 3 E Bemis, » Was o tater, vibratin, Be sols et eae atl Genuenes aome violence, my band before this blows up! It's #0 long that I've even forgotten their etadiegtelligent animal paused and cally and. very ithe ae. snergetl- water-front measurements and yachta, “We don’t!” he said flatly. on. fire!” hame, and—I bileeve we'll fill the Straeht for, they tet nee ated unkind person had uprooted a sturd race-tracks and dogs. They bardly Evans's smile was uneasy. “That thing ain't on fire either,” whole darned bag with ‘em.” Rea, Wringliog on eee nek nd hooked its trunk through of pine bs pore {Tae with BU, Robby,” he sald, S02 the captain, as he Spproncned ee ae ee ening a re OX and started acrons the room ang Buster's simple collar, ” thereafter wat tared “There aren't any,” eald Ma . lames Evans, " ‘3 » and, wedging th ‘4 - lard quickly, mupeiin Conan ne aan but ot Hoy cret's give the old man a equare deal jight, Robby. You just close this lit- of paper from ite utter, ataring empti- TOF be closed Closet in the corner. notch Freen the ites ees ete perred” . “jut a Seht too Zork State altogether—and a sigh of ana get reformed.” tle panel again and she snuffs out.” ness, laid the thing, yawning, at his sides or ‘he closet, left nes ant four overhead, “Running doesn't make you any Durred the captain. Bill ene . Pellet went, up ‘in triplicate See eretetesk, Go look! See if He closed it, He closed the panel side open door and moved ‘an, straigne . The Captain lifted down the dog thinner, does itt” cular ‘ ‘They had passed through a region Cure dill where he left it im the OM the othor side, too, and the terrific vorll just fill the whole darned Gown the alde of in » straight and took off bia collar. BI ran on Capt. Velvet transferred hie be- _ “Just that, and let's big, wealthy looking estates and h the bag le still we clatter of the gong was stilled. By- bag!” Captain Velvet chuckled again. to the open window, through frie sre again, but stopped at the edge of a nevolent beam to the leader of the 7oU insist on it,” said are as well; now, having All; downs mere Haven's main corridor resumed cee Veranda roof and to the aime ce ie brook. ‘The trail’ was lost in the predatory trio for a moment: It passed *!nk you're foolish, bea! “Quick!” its wonted calm of sound and color. CHAPTER VII. roof iteelf,. There he eta reede fhe water. downward then, and he patted his _,"L4t her rip!" the. Fe eiee ed bie fingers, and James "Say, what'n”— the Snake began. The Long Trail looking backward, whined ke appear, g,Thua they came to the mansion bulging waist lin placidly. “do on, 1 Evans, with a queer little gulp, glided _ “Just what were you figuring ° Capt. Velvet followed with speed again and Mr. Pollard hurried up the “Hey? that?’ bP own way!' Captain Vel- IN the atil! Veranda ste; to the door of the corridor and opened With that bag, Jimmy?” Capta atill warm air @ little and gazed downward, Then, turni () cowl = just @ belt. wrod and rolled back the barrier, i¢ cautiously. He vanished and pres- Yot ingulred evenly, and looked James bee, passing Robert Pollard’s PACK: he called fubllantly: eet erece, el male thelr lone ia 6 of yards until the highway tly, capaetea: ‘The stare sent the cold chill of rea- head, remarke: imme two of those sheets, Robby! in." ‘isl was a This i where he came been and gone y oe far out of sight behind and a son straight through the dapper mem- Ba-z-2-2! out and Capt. Velvet paused and ” I Har out of sight bebl pon | Jumped—t1 nee tho marks of his feet nice p and surveyed tight fit, captain explained as ; Just behind Captin Vel- down there!” im F moved onward. “I suppose that trun! aloud; his as- gai3 foarsely, “ot was—going to tak it up to your vet the Spanish Brute lost his seit. . He TT one Mo was safe enough in its Actes Mt “this place would have _ “Good boy! We'll cllmb out onto the rooml" he gasped. ovo. firsor it control ultogethor, and cried: startled and reluctant fin- gir,” said the ooreent, iree, I dunno. I’m easier with the Lan trata of the man- Porch roof, you and I, Bill, and drop an¢ ttand “Well, for the love ot Mike! what fe!" and knotted an end about his the matter of 4 stuff on me, somehow.” in the upper strata of the Porth around and then go straight “And the darned thing went off an ridiculous dog; he paid it out, too, ee Ch your tyes, Bi ‘The leader of the trio pushed back sion class! t door, We can't risk one Caught yol, eh? Well, that's too bad, @'ye know about that?” quite before Mr. as his opinion that # robbe his hat withere was a mighty veranda run- ‘2, the yoinnecewaary creak in that Jimmy—t too downright bad, f ‘pout what, Bill?" Captain Vele What was afoot { cuanh Enderetoos deen attempted. ett tare eee, the captain, ‘ink around three sides and giving, & anes must say," the captain sympathlzed. vor asiea over his should back in the room, chuckling: nile did?” smiled the captain, tered, somewhat dased, founa Giant weer fom oe queried the Boake from the iT could 's' told you It was set, ty ASauh thonthn eee ant Pole tn 1ynever,8¢¢ & dom as bright as that craks. fron Men tore une tae down, dark 'd thought.” " Ro ‘ol- in all b “He ; “Your whole job in to walk straight “Bet” aahed Mr. Pollard. lard cried quickly after a glance at and he's waiting to start clone ree convent, conlinued, . “He seid he'd CHAPTER IX. to the . pick thi , and wi i is a at car tl 0 rail till I tf the deteo- Sern ue, “Buitit pies the left of burglar insurance," chuckled the cap- {20 imbecile sag of Mr. Ryan's jaw, "Ht ti 1 go with him. Coming?” tive ‘force down there and me who | Whe Instinct of Sport. waited the porch steps and I'll be on tbe tain, as he patted It. “You see, she's @ ating you, Bill?" 4 stairs was missing from the city, and maybe T & urn In the path Capt, 2OF!S and to ¢ i right. all perfectly natural til she’s act, but “Did he what?” The Spanish Brute lowed, “'* “An’% The others fol- Becenld al see toe oe Datised to Velvet vanished, Curiously 9H Feom and the stately dining room and , “Count twenty when I drop from tho first time any one touches her dropped the implement of evil into his The chase evidently was on now tn hear no more. A bound and Pollard enough, it was the Spanish Half « ¢ after she's set—why, she just sorter : * the rest, that roof, and then start. That's all.” &! coat pocket and passed a hand across £004 earnest; for Blister, keeping was in William Ryan's chamber and Brute who relieved himself begun. wi req . Slow as he might be to recover from makes 4 grab at him and rings a bell “ 0 well ahead, m perfectly reac! the bed; and reaching, Sd dareugh ro er ca ap ane aere that ill-timed suggestion of honesty, to attract a little attention, and then his eyes. “Yes, be stung mei" be said straight line, popping now ana then he stop a abort. f 4 $6 An Snare. epert A miele, Ont AM: hie aire when 't had. viewed the William Ryan had obeyed at least, burns up a pound of red fire, go's the bitterly. “I'm sick!” to glance back at his friend an ‘Willlam R; awiing acroea the “He got there first again, Robby!” strange tack of ‘sound, pd hao | oleee ‘a glimpse of He was waiting on the ground as Mr. owner il know where she ie in case “Go home and get a Bap,” suggested his delight, darting forward aoe vee enowy stretch,” Drought to » slow he stated with bitterness, that ‘Sultivated fields at a distance, Capt. Pollard dropped after and regained it’s night! I wouldn't kick that dog Velvet, and Ryan gladly departed, the same line. creaks from the ings with each “And I'll got his money belt!” aud. Velvet appeared eatiafied. He took his balance, and silently they looked if I was ou, What are you per- A whisper from Pollard reminded _ They came to the edge of the lawn atrangling, agoni: breath! pr A ” Mr.’ Bemis apart, and the up at the big house. spiring #0 about? him that the money was doubtless in Which surrounded the house itself His shoce were beside the bed, His Senly declared Pollard, “I'll make bim abiny valise open! he reach Mr. Pollard. stationed the Spanish T'll kick his block off if he snarls the safe and that the safe just now 49d went directly over the pretty bare and his trousers hand it to me," by logs arguing with Mr, Bemi Brute at the foot of the steps and took around my legs like that," the Span- wes unguarded. white stone wall at the further side; Moss clung to William “How? Sime out again with a y own position at the other side. ish Brute stated, uncertainly. ‘I'm by few minutes later the Captain streaming over it in single in the Ryan in patches and there were frag- “On a det.” bundie from which he untied a The while there was a considerable ®lways nervous if anything like this suggested a roturn home, and he led Wake of the accursed Bil They ments of leav: bite of turt; and 2 ‘tring and— turmoli in the brain of James Evans, bai tter I got to bed. the way back toward the house. thudded across a sunny ten-acre ly hung among stone bruises, "ZbeY've got about Atty bulldogs «> “May! He's got that bag filled with the Snake, standing in the darkness e o bed with your hat The three arrived at the veranda patch from which the first hay had wh or two ‘trom the brook om the next place to this, I saw them mey too!” choked the Snake. and counting twenty. on, Bi the Captain asked with a and Velvet muttered something about just been cut. remained with him. while you were gathering wild flow- warring Robert Pollard’. t-eth eritted audi- And then Mr. Evans darted forward keen giance. ee | if his money was all righ! were rocks to stumble over, ‘Ie that—you, Robby?” he choked. Poll and ir. Pollard. his hands clenched and he looked as if the shiny vallse ware passing at | “We're all tired to-night!" Mr. Pot- the Snake followed him and, while Captain Velvet seemed to “Yes,” breathed Mi ore, and they're all blooded stock. His By . rat brilliant late mile clip, ena tte lard in “But it indoors and saw him kneei beside them with charmed , u—behind oan over the back 9 “4 ine Sig Govan matter how. ao long ne your the ‘an was not in alate Pollard ‘stumbled connstentinasly oh “Yor 7 bets and have one of ‘om ap ie nate oat bean at Md. bewl” every ene thet Be pend sence, ‘Tm be'a a eee -