The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1921, Page 23

MYSTERY, LOVE AND ADVENTURE IN NEW YORK SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, Tinkham and Major Rivers, Col ko went 10 a soance m William Lassiter to his i Afterward. Tike © man tamed Boyd ¢ + Jana en the Canadian army: 1 awenitt when he recelted inary thy hail Rivers salted “with THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1921. THE WAX CYLINDER & AVID GRAY > by th BY & . ’ CHAPTER (Continued) me for my niece? from New Yori ‘ontinue They explained themselves and sat! tion?” town pid, think my best chance ia chess.” “The me champagne sent me|Pike laughed. “We can go on with| the identificati ater.” He lifted Just before L aid Boyd. “It's identification late: H Neted his cap and bowed. ot to be drunk, because it can't be| A plan of action began to shape it- taken ashore. 1 trust you'll do me the | Self as he played. He was roused | Honor do hale wie | from his meditations by Boyd's quick | ere eee ake tter| 224 triumphat move of his queen{ If you put it that w samatter| across the board Pike smiled, | ef philanthropy sid Rivers, hat's mate, all right," he said. “Not a bad fellow, that Boyd,” ob-| “Time for ancthe tee sik Nae cer RHEL te “I doubt it,” Boyd answered. “Be- Served Rivers as they went on deck. | sides, 1'q rather enjoy my victory. “1904 Krug is devilish hard to find| You'd beat me next time.” these day Ile tells a good story, too. | ‘I've got ther a curious problem f Bustness fellow—what?” ahead of me," Pike said abruptly. “I'd p . fi ee = like your advice, t Tou de et any reaction except Boyd was putting the chessmen back & that he’s good fellow?" he asked/in the pox. right,” he said, “you abruptly | shall have it. Rivers looked ome-| “Just before the war broke out,’ ae Rae eeBaR GaGa! Pike began, “my father wrote me that pines 2 aerated went he had struck a rich vein in an aban- : on. "Now, T wouldn't trust Boyd. If|qoned mine that he had bought. He 7 J] had to bet, I'd bet there was aj) sold a jialf interest for a millton dol- crooked st in him." jars. He died immediately afterward ; ; ieue-Wusine suddenly, and when his estate was ancy most of these business fel=| cettied there was no trace of the mil- lows have crooked streaks in lion, no trace of the half that he re- said Rive “Anyhow, he’s nothing} tained, neither the original deed nor io cin arditiis Aba ie royal! nything to coctity ownership of it.” "i ' “But the people he sold to ought to hey drifted aft to the smoking- ti ki y ab 01 A Foe ete ment lates Hora eame| Kpow about the original deed.” said in. “Are you gentlemen bridge- ut I don’t t players?” he asked. palo KC “T play @ Rivers answered,| , “That, of course Cheat je his| ter" Boyd said thoughtfully. apple awyer Who settled th a lays three miu aw + ewe might have sold ig halt : you about it.” “But in that ‘ought not the mo been in his estate I should think so. 1 come into Royd' fo be my ac- aid, “but I can’t Still, if you'd] ,, " Boyd ke that. shment . case, play,” mustn't Pike an-| eyes, believe | hi ; | mean it wasn't in ts Not a dollar of i | sinen and took a} } 's he got for the Rivers cut into he sold vanished 1 5 te .| Boyd sat staring was after mid aenaine at ad not known, were no bonds there.” brows knit what the © put i e chess Boyd's {nudge from father di “y your ho: “He fell fr shortly. “He are things very shocking.” “We aid Pike “what would you do? “It's the most _extr | I ever heard.” Boyd OY “You remember that gi out to you in the motor Ritz?” I pointed ar in front the nurs’ By the unteer advics . added, “if you knew was sittin’ in Why did chair, Who do it petore | Pike answered, Can't say I blame} 5S one of my patients 6 PPOSE one of you gentles | YOu. : Ms © Says he y men ts Col. Pik he sald, /at Houlogne,” sid the girl, “and the other Major Riv-| can't remember him." ers. My name is Boyd. I'm| Boyd od smiling. * ‘aid, “are you going to play chess or 8 an exhibit for identifica- | know who they are,” complicates mat- estate might ¥ with it, or that your | the remain- well and never have writ- E for it to have A startled look | sstate?” t..e mine.” Pike, apprehension The man had heard something you 1 in his room comy do anything like : like to play | i? “l'd be glad to | ewored, “but you A four at bi It ment, ght when he went out on deck to fill | Cyee, lungs with «ir and found Pike|that he h ga it ‘ail that frightened him. aid ” am ve ne i “TL have absolute confi ence in the Wicl i auerae lt oor lnwyor.” Pike was saying. “Besides crook?” conceding that he might have forged "A hicken Is made up of a transfer of the deed, how, could he meat, dark meat and feathers,” Pike| have got away with the check? Tf} GReA VENI Licall Bea Oea my father sold a nalf interest for al answered enigmatically. “Boyd's got|Ty\jjion dollars, he must hav recetved tee saat Bs Gne or more checks for the amount 310 ¢ yo h me all the} ow i¢ he had been robbed after his} way to New York if he wants to.” Ideath no bank would have cashed ney Were talkie (8 bORe ey them. If he had been robbed before | my card table,” Rivers said. “He's a 4 would have notified the bank to| m1 of a teputable fifm of stock- stop payinent ‘ longs to good clubs and t8 «suppose he had been paid in_se- fj wo iphly good sork o | curities,” suid Doyd, )vernment tered the bonds?" BIMOLINE ECOG 2 "Pike shot him a qu':k look and| for. Boyd's eyes shifted “You t “My father had a safe deposit box. | Sere ee ane cal He never would have taken a million | : oem pees x dollars’ worth of negotiable bonds to = k * « >; “oT © a hotel with him, That box As _Same hero," said Pike, “E enjoy Sooneg in. the presence of omcials| eanenieth day the weather cama ffom the Surrogate’s office and there | “He died in the street," said Pike | m the window,” | rt failure, T suppose, One of my best friends went that way. fter a silence, | inary stor; nawored, | “E| want to think about it before I vol- all this in “The war began about that time." | “Besides,” he added ‘and 1} Ww “Still ho said. It doesn't need the envelope.” paper with “It's the same writing “Yes," said Rive !an expert. ‘Let's see eald,| It was a cheap, smoot the address typewritte “Lieut.-Col sy. B. Pike—Personal (To be opened by him when he is able to read).” “Do you mind if I keep these notes | ike “Do you} Ly Y | in_porplexity.| WX, that Al say at his} it 1 Such | je é . — way." he | 1914 1921 THE NEXT MOMENT HE FELT A TOUCH ON HIS ARM, his own moment is » seri- trall of for Li Riv aske The million dol-| Pike nodded. | \ alf that L know| Five minutes later Pike had fin-| ished narrating the conversation over amaze- table in’ his resting,” said Rivers. cause Boyd knows now that he I dol that it materially | has been double-crossed by something | alters t) On.” |crowd, Boyd at t It seems to me that it does.” worrying about something me “why? ous than my being on the ‘ demanded. + ee ne t iT % 4 oo tev ft the tthe i ha a gc he aman wena T happened however,’and the overalls We came out rat inne Tiny Heh get a ment of a fide yi - were Sweet-Orr. Other tests proving Bit yet thn comfortable; nistently, along with you." | the strength and durability of Sweet-Orr thai git he, Mr, Boyd came aboura| images e Sag: TRS wire oaths garments, in ways just as remarkable are ie Svar iaionaa, vowand Coline | @abwaee tenant ere aes on record in Sweet-Orr files. Jo you think of ell you to-m observed, “Market's reached the news items. row,” Pike an- ee) up two and a half points,” he | strong.” Suddenly he | He) Extraordinary strength is the basis of Hp aavaned’ Tae ee drawn, Mttenurclucsttne for tho all | Sweet-Orr ‘“‘Clothes-to-Work-in.” Seams 1 ler cover of a ven-| © Blip, his arm abou’ m. i : ind “watched the companion: {Boyd stood apecehless, his mouth | are double-stitched, cut and materials de- nee ad then g: 18 my partner,” he said . A : se about, then iy, it a Dag shock, TW be signed especially to withstand wear. tan neu Way uncerlalnly down the stale and You can depend on Sweet-Orr garments. ; mI va th cCBike carpen to (the Hallet When you want durable work clothes, look Jog Silas W Audrew of Andrews, | had seen enter for the SWEET-ORR name. 5 titz ‘Turning a & Hopkins, bankers and bro- © port deck she ae arnt ais |kers, was instantly killed yesterday 4 hv Pike gave her three minutes |&8 the result of a fall from the win- : A, ao ane es her chair then fol; teenti floor of the Medora. In Sep- SWEET-ORR & CO., Ine. (i405 | tised his hat and| tember, 1914, T. F. Topkins, the junior 15 Union Square, New York a wes OE Clood y | partner, was killed as the result of a NJ SN {7 gray eyes met his stead. | Similar accident.” Pe PE ily yout nition, “Good morn-| P was standing before the bul- in 1 Hletin as Rivers came down the com- wrdon,” he panionway t 1 al se who v at “That er on deck," he said. y 1. Boulogne just before dave you seen her?” ; jee. | “Pike nodded, “She doesn't remem- s there as a nurse at that| ber me.” + he R ondered. “It looks as if she} . was a ent in your ward,|were playing the game with the I uncle “You see | ket. and handed it to Pike. Dear Major Riverg,” i e good ti invite ad truth is I Pike + couldn v sudic M Crewe “Entertainment explaine mm tow He produced a letter from his poc-| meko perform bs: At a concert my place MG in the tenth. ‘Ire L ree | parloy tr t ant he next i & touch | SU wr k r to neen searching the ship for| it with yours \ 8 pars "So you've deserted! Pike took the note from hiy wallet: ! . ¥ “vou nut no ran, lute Yours s VERALLS AND COATS CORDUROY PANTS AND COATS KHAKI PANTS AND SUITS WORK SHIRTS ing her SWEET-ORR UNION MADE CLOTHES TO WORK DRFSS TROUSERS WORK PANTS AND SUITS CROSS COUNTRY BREECHES FLANNEL SHIRTS Pulling for 50 years and fell out of a window: the following unn Hopkins, Boyd's junior part. ner, fell ont of a window, and yester= day Boyd's senior partner, Andrews, ell ow a window, It came in the wirele We read it together ton ininutes. ago.” “What docs it mean?” Rivers asked “Don't know, Judging from ap: pearances Boyd doesn't know either.” A few minutes later they went tn to Junch, Boyd) was not there; ueither was Mary Crewe. On the way out Pike stopped and spoke to the ship's doctor, “How is Boyd getting on? “He's quiet,” the doctor he asked vnswered “Tve given lim an opiate.” sth anything Loan do? loctor reflected. “He'll be dead to the world t couple of hours. If he needs some one to sit up with him o-night, FM let you know Pike went on deck and found River |*i'm going to do a little scout work,” | he sald. Want, me?" | Pike shook his head. | shoe job A few minutes 1 |ing before t ‘There was 1 put his ear Then he tri and through the connecting door to He went tn “It's a gum- rhe waa stand. tateroom 212. one in the corridor, He to the door and listened. the door softly, [t gave lit he saw that the | 214 was closed. CHAPTER ITT. | OYD was lying on his back In| the bunk, his eyes closed, his mouth open. ‘The room a | in semi-davkn for the across the win- shutter was drawn noted a leather despateh-case hanging from a hook on the partition wall, The key was in the lock, He} ept softly to it, opened it and drew | out a packet of papers. He stealthily the mine. And that “And that,” said Pike, “is the mat ter of speculation, All we know is that the day my father sold the mine difference. haven't ripped yet ! ; Sa cae Sold only in 'N UNITED CIGAR STORES Ricoro ICORO “Infantas” as well as Ricoro “Operas” are in every way worthy of their big brother | Ricoros—for they are made in the same factory in Porto Rico, of the same mild tobacco from the uplands of the famous La Plata district. And —because Porto Rico is a United States possession — Ricoros are ported duty free—you save - », 3 a va PoaPE IN PORIO WO «0 iC Al 4 Toe Ne Juan rousO ae Walia wagnnne THE STORY OF A GIRL AND A FORTUNE WORTH FIGHTING FOR slid back the shutter a few inches and came next. It was 1 slit of tight tlun end of | writ 1 und the handwriting the room away fron ' Dear Harry," it began, In an elastic band were a dozen jet ’ tion is constantly growing ters and cables fol sthwise, The | more complicated." Suddenly he lise paper on te a cable, ‘The mes- | tened. ‘The handle of the door behind ize, ruldressed to Hoyd at his London him was peing softly turned, hotel, ran: “Informed that P. has ao | He thrust the papers into the de- plied for denbiliza If he comes Lapateh ¢ swune around and found home, advisable to sail with him. ‘Tas | (umseit ne into muzzle of a ituation growing acute, Must dectde | 1 tol veld by Mary Crewe, ortly regarding shipment ' “You!” she exclaimed in a whisper. eltne Do Not Miss To-Morrow’s Interesting Pike replaced the cable and drew ¢ Instalment. HARDING TURKEY HAS SWEATER KNIT GIVES UP TO POLICE, SAYING HE IS BANDIT He Mam Admits Many Atlases BY GIRL DONORS and Robberies. — LTUMC Nov. 22--A man giving | $9-Pounder Wears Goggles and an auireanderad: oo the polion! aster Aviation Helmet and Travels eclaring he was a Chicago h by Plane wayman and mid-Weatera bank robber : CHICAGO, Nov. 22 eo tol Captain Hurley that he bas ee sn : the men who had plinned Wea an aviation helmet and negotinted more than twenty hold nil Ke $ and clad in a black ups in Chicago and uburbs and had) end 1 sweater held on robb@d half a do: bank i SES Mi a eee bl panna Teg A tows, Mitapatrick said his aliagos! Siaced on board an air mail pl t Burke, ‘T. J. Vahy and William | at Checkerboard Field yesterday \ rs and that his home in’ De bound for Washington, where the troit was No, 1826 Michigan Avena killed ‘to. supply He id th we everal reward ing Day dinner for resting on his head—one for a bank Joh Havai nee i) ante IW, and anoth for a bank turkey is the gif ° e cue ut tases te Havdimg Girls Club of Morris and BOIEEUE bls Company, packers. The girls a knitted the turkeys sweater Woman, Si, Killed by Fall Down The turkey was scheduled — tq Stairs, i n Washington to-morrow Mra. Henrietta Noll, elehty-one year afternoon, Bi cee Soe Billed toany Mana (te iy nt “| ST. DAWKENCK CLOSES NOV, 25, and fell down a Might of stalrs leuding | GN TRIAL, Nov. 22. —- ‘The date of to the first floor of her Lome at No. 10 om tal elo 15 DAVIERGR OF the es Hiders Lane, Her head crashed against " was to-day fixed by the an unibeciia. stand Cana vernment as Nov. 23. 10 to the package, pro- tected by waxed paper, The 10 Large Shapes and Sizesof Range in price from 8c to 15c im- the aco P= wi ri 10ina flat metal case —wax paper lined to insure freshness and aroma of the Operas —15c i