The evening world. Newspaper, June 15, 1922, Page 18

18 THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JUNE 165, ’ r E fter it an@ held it tight. He yan | li BE prbent aoe beg: selthood that you don't know a bit rg & King went on counting. % “One more thousand in thia pile," he said. ‘That's two thousand, Honeyentt!"” business."* shrieked Honeycutt.] In his suapletous old heart Honey. ‘Wasn't I a boy grown when the dy-]cutt knew that. He battled with him. in’, delirious man stumbled in on the]self, his toothless old mouth tight camp? Didn't I hear him talk an‘'|clamped. fo . “Two thaugand,” repeated Honey. | didn't I see what he had in his fist? ll go you!” you!" he said abruptly, i cutt, modding. He was sucking at Waan't T settin’ right side by side] “Stand back. An’ give me the money 4 ; OURTH INSTALMENT : Ups, bla mouth puckered, his cheeks} with dus Ingle when that happened?| first," j i F , . sunken in. He got up and shambied| Wouldn't I of been one to go, if it] King gave him the money and drew rf WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY: on his cane clone to the table, leaning | hadn't been that I had a big knife cut|back some three to four paces. 5 perl HC ys ae : \ against it, thrusting this peering eyea| in my side you could of shoved a cat| Honeycutt drew out the box, held it q i MARK KING, who follows the trail of the forest, comes to the : down. in—v@lve to me by a slant-eyed cussl iingeringly, fought his battle all over Hy Badge of his frend, ! : . . n ie h}again, and again went down before 1 BEN GAYNOR, to tell him of plans to tind a gold mine supposed aii) YS AAA E “Three thousand déilars."* hd: Foe him, deerin' at me af! Gel hinged Tid; we orto cen eee 4 & be somewhere near a lone cabin on Lookout Ridge. Gaynor admits ‘ \ 4 stepped back a "a get him yet, him af” Gua], es eatins: ba Bowie Gtk iheveom, { at he is im finawcial straits, although his wife and daughter are en- ’ ‘ Th ae] t! dollare! ‘That’s a] Ingle an’ Preacher Bilson an’ the first} ins, ‘ ba : €rtaining ahouse party of San Francisco's fast young sét ‘i ‘ i iy Aone ‘coud an Mark, fe Brodie fn Timmy Kelp ery] What King saw, three articles only, # $ LOONEY HONEYCUTT, old hermit of Coloma, who has the aN thin voice was a hushed whleper. now.| there?" He way almost incoherent. {vere these—an old leather pouch, 1 ctet of the mine, is too enfeebled to make the search. He is receiv- : ‘ \ \ “I never seen that mueh meney, not| ‘Were you?" said King. ‘And batgtne, Lda eat Sr ree @ par- undue attention from 4 all at enees and spread out, Baldy Wineh, the one Who knifed |e eee eee irate ota eet The oe u F ; 5 Na | 4 Wkely that you'll ‘never see] you" . nugget, he estimated roughly, would # = SWEN BRODIE, brute outlaw of the mountains. ling has seen ‘ hat muon Bawa. Unicen yuu and T|” ‘The pucking old mouth pmitted a be worth $500 were {t all that it Brodie throw a man over a cliff on the ridge. King goes to the as- } do ary chuckle, looked from a dozen feet away. The stance of the fellow, who is “If tt was gil in gold, now,” sala] ‘An' didn't I keep my promise*) Parcel, since it was enwrapped tn a piece of cloth, might bave been any- thing. It was shaped like a flat box, t NDY PARKER, a mountaineer i Ife and Swen Brodie were trying to gé who confesses, as he dies, that + \\\ j d Honeoaws Rusriediy. ‘Phat vory winter after Baldy was the r 4 q King made rete be to the mine—against the curse . Se recerenee 0p Honeg:} erly man te git back. With my side i s cutt's murderone intent. Just healin’ didn’t I make my way] the size of an octavo volume. t devil's luck > HY “That paper ie the same thing as) through the snow out to where he} \ Honeycutt leered. f + GLORIA GAYNOR, idolized daughter of Ben Gaynor, whose y ‘ gold,” he said. “The government | was’ “If Swen* Brodie had of knowed dyes are too blue for King to resist. She deserts her guests to set forth anny 4\ : : vs Lhe ed His cabin on Lookout?’ what he had Tight in his hands,” he know, I_ know. . But what's With an ax I got there. An’ him/gloated, “he'd mever of let go! Not With King at dawn for a day in the forest : . \, gove'ment? They go tated, don't| havin’ a gun an’ pistol an’ knife.}even for @ shotgun at his head.” MR. GRATTON, a devoted guest, who is jealous of King. King . oe a they, sometimes? Shme as folks?]}Phoo! What good did it do him? An’ redie hasn’t gone far, He'll not like Gratton’s oily manners 2 your last Gold don't go tusted, There ain't} didn’t I square with him by takin'}eome back. You have nothin’ else Hike gold, You can tic to] what I wanted?" : it, It won't burp on you an’ it won't “Gold? * rust.’ He shook his head stubbornly.} The old, dry cackle answered the Sabin of old Loony Honeycutt “There ain't nothin’ like gold. If that} question; the bleary eyes were bright $ Swen Brodie js at the cabin, threatening to kill Honeycutt, un- 7 , w A we 0 wld Ley nord King, | rth cunning. S$ ells secret of the gold. King interferes. The ” xe get a car het ima-} “If I don't know nothin’,”” Sibea Hea itaony wet Seon Britis Hands vo, SeMewOE Or Ake es OT Rig We'll drive dewn to Aubare and take Honeycutt, ‘*what're you asicin’ me Rets setheatet the \ a rile 1a train to San Francisco, And there|tor?* - } THE OLD SECRET I'll undertdke to get you the whele| King had learned little that he did RODIE whirled and drew: back thing i gold. Three thousand dollare.| nat already know. He came back to his face turning gray That is 160 420 gold pleces."* the table and, began gathering up the “Put it down, you old fool; $ Gloria rides with King to Coloma She sees him gall at the post- @ffice for a package containing $3,000, and waits while he goes to the © “Nojman ain't get the money-—not tbat not any Morgan or Rock’- King hesan opening the parcel he 4 brought from the past. office, As he cut the heavy cord with his pocket- knife Honeygutt looked on curtously. King stepped to the table, standin, But eld Hdneycutt, sucking and] money. mouthing, shook his head. “Wait a minute, Mark," pleaded the derstood «“] couldn't leave here, an’ you know] 0/4 man, restiess as he w it. o Yate things here,” ara with | that the gtittering coins were to be ‘ put it,down!"* he cried, msp- ingly. “I'll go." r a re g{taken away. ‘‘Let'g talk awhile. The old man cackled in his 4-}ay that ont: of fa look of great cunning, ‘I wouldn't f the corner of his e: oi You an’ me ain't fhad good chat like yes light he mmanded both doors, and go away from, Not if horsey wes ” a “Pll put nothin' down,” he an-|Stripned off the wrapping Paper. * retoret King. ‘But “Look sharp, Honeyeutt,"* can bring those things! 1.) manded. ‘Here’ thet box.” a ere's money Hastily Brodie put it on the table He drew further away, backing to- ward the front door. "Git!" cried old Honeycutt. They could hear the air rushing back into Brodie’s lungs as he came to, the door and his fear left him. “Til be back, Honeycutt, @en't you fear,” he growled savagely. “As for you, King, you and me ain't done. Th get you where there's no old fool to butt in, and I'll break every bone in your body.” “Til be ready, Brodie,” said King. He watched the great hulking Sgure ag it went out; 250 pounds of brawn nounced triumphantly. ‘‘You set down he com- tnough to you-as long as you live. All yours if you ean tell to know."* A golden. twenty dollar coin rolled free, shone with its virgin newness and lay on the table top, gleaming its lure into the covetous old eyes. An. other followed it, and another. King regretted that™there were aot more that the parcel contained bank notes for the most part. He began c ing it out. avin make you one last proposition le thrust into his pocket everytbing / ‘ Honeycutt cried out sharply at that, | oxcops tive $20 gold picces. These he me what I want / mew I wouldn't durst! With} ie: standing i a little pil "Il give ‘ae why of robbers that would] you just exactly $100 for a look at be after mo Hke hounds runnin’ down | what is in that box of yours @ rabbit. F won't go; you cain’t mage] In gudden alarm the old man sham- man t “LQOK SHARP, MONEYCUTT. Me ei bi bled back to -his Wgnk, hig bands on LAST YOU AS LONG AS YOU ilV King’s patience dese m. the bedding ever the box: = . am not going to make you do} ‘you'd grab it an’ run,” he “There's $1,000. Right im that pile,” |Let me have the feel ofone of them anything. Further, I am not going to} clagked. “You'd rob me. ou're he said. “One thousand dollars twenties. t put in any mare time en you. I have|werse than Brodie’’—— 7 “One thousand dollars. An’ some of King tossed it; it fell upon the bed- | offered to pay you $3,008 for what you “You know better’than that,"’ King it gold. _New lookin ain't it, Mark?" ding, and oes fingerd dived |know—and there is the very strong’ told him sternly. If I wanted to rob SEREGEMICHIGAN FURNITURE CO. Serge, Two STORES ese MICHIGAN FURNITURE CO, se 8 sPECIAL || THISIS YOUR OPPORTUNITY | speciat pewer and cunning of brutish battle. During This Sale Ask to The second week of our Tremendois Sale will During This Sale Ask to Spm ts thes Mite epi One psaooee te soon be over. Have you as yet taken advantage olen wea he THREE-ROOM OUTFIT || of these amazing price reductions? We must || TOURR0oM ourrir Bhs his business with Honeycute de oases Om ee oe ‘nit com" avaden'y upon them f tunity to save‘money NOW on any home fur- | ee BL LIE inp sabe: you may need. HERE'S MONEY ENOUGH TO nature gave them, what would the ‘But Brodie was gone, his shadov Dining Room, Bedroom and ‘3 ; } Dining Room, Bedroom, Living sell everything—quickly—and this is your oppor- left the door wide pen so that no {Put your gun down, Honeycutt,” } {I got the big stif€ om the run!" } miumbled the old man. ‘He cain't } eéme an’ bulldoze me. Not me, he } n't. No, nor if Swen Brodie cain't i ft the best of the, no other man can,” he added meaningly, glaring at King. {There's that box on the table,’* said f “Maybe you'll want to put it before he makes yeu ancthcr $Honeycutt hastily set his gun down, | 4 Idaning it against the wall with both; | hhmmers still back, and shambled io i thie table. He caught the box up and ic hugged it to his thin old breast, bgeathing hard. a 8-plece richly upholstered Cane Living Room Beauttful Bedroom sulte—2-tone -< , “If there's money in it," sald King. American Wilnut Queen Anne perl lite, handsomely €mished in mahogany with Dinedion Walnee. othe nthe suite om } kbowing well tuat: the old miser had [Ig Dining Room Butte. Was $313.60 F $166.75 | sa tener nets Was S800. Now" $07.50] ereon werner: aes SAGs, nue, 8 $197.50 b., ney secreted some where. ae ec ae em se eogeet Whe BEDS & BEDDING| Three Wonderful Specials for This Week EXTRA ; {He went to his tumbled bunk in a Dollar ' egrner, sat down on it, thrusting the As Low As 30c on the SPECIAL ‘box out of sight under the untidy heap $30.00 Wodd Beds. 95 : of dirty bedding. Now as low as. a ° = yr x y'T ain't talkin’,” he said. He ——— ae ie 327.50 Wood Day Beds. $10 00 . $19.75 need at his gun. “You git, too Now us low a A }‘Brodie and Parker were on, Look : ogt Ridge day before yesterday. Brodie Odd Dining Reom | $15.00 Metal Beds. 8, 15 | 5 $29, Refrigerators — Top @Boved Parker over, At Lookout | SNe AL woods | Now as low as. a le | ree Fidge, Honeycutt.” King stressed and periods! some} 912.50 yrotal Bede X 1 uOW. he words significantly wane keenly uphol. \p fipanteh | teens low a:. gol Xi jods, . nl steeees 9. 75 ripe ee 23 watching for the gleam of interest in ; nit andra o0 Tellea ‘Totten: . B.C. Deone see Sada spe. AF cRuPe i aonreUtt Rk at Bde athe dere one BO] Estes, nies, vegan’ te ieretren...... $12.50 ea, Gauss arene woe “IT wish I'd of shot him," he wailed. |i $15.00 Metal Day Beds. i $12.75 1B | 58.00 Sem! Venity Dresser per peund........ 20¢. “§ wish to God I'd of blowed his ugly Now as low a8......00005 Now a8 low 88.........4, 50 Macaroon Snaps - 1l5ec head off.” h + $10.00 Bed Spring: : per pouni mitted King Soxanty: hairy! ‘night MOY 0 Sere I ? J : Now aa tow tars $54 50 . "whe kel. i66% Whol ave been the job to hang, you, 425.00 Bi Plone Mattrennna gy 4 05 Library Suite Feige. oot ; WA eat Brow, 30 I0e Honeycutt. Better leave well enough Now as low as. ‘ Sawrstee tal NOW an low as... 4 GD 15 Baty ‘Carvieges — Bon Bon “San-Maid” 10c done. But isten to me: Brodie told {imitation ° hb $15.00 Layer Felt Mattresses, Peas Raisin Bread 16 Bre to z Bredie eine’ ~ cet foes el ce | ee eee $9. 75) : tates, a tnd fintebed. pocgl low as. inne $2 50 Bpn Bon Cahs "23 odie or g who go! i ‘ oF s Q away with this deal.’ $19. 5, $10.00 Ali Cotton Mattresses, 6 95 A bargain at kinds, %, lb. pkg. “He lied! “Like you He!’ Here F Now as low a iat wi Honeycutt probed in his tender- $59.75 es spot. “It'll be me!,Me, I tell you 1 A . . Mm the ony hat hnows, He | MM Other Dining Room Furniture Specials|Other Living Room Furniture Specials|, Ot Other Bedroom Furniture Specials PA paper F opty man that's got the righ ween Ange American Walnut Dining Room 8 plese laper Napkins, 10¢ f “Brodie spoke of right. No one has! (ig Cin, Anne, American Want $189.75 "arc erarmiim sre” $192.50], Pwas mikte Koweet, Collen Osk = BQ gg Waxed Lunch Paper, 5¢ | a right more than amy other man. It's " Ar Golden € $99. 75 t119.50 K piece Bedroom ite, tinea a : note 444 4 lee eecaapeney, 80 Kroehler Davenport Suites . Gr american wets in Mahogany : Galvanized Pails, ea., 20¢ | treasure trove, Honeycutt: it's the| 1 NOW Race aite’” Halts iy an iene i Was Uecee yilnwi. Tolet Table este §=— $9975 = } re ee i dhlesunce Peta, -Chaire extra, Wat $987 50 20, mitaton Leather Suites. $59. TB | si Queer Aan ° Scrub Brushes, ea.. - te BO. NOW. ccsscescesegerereeres ” ow as low as nee aoe gute Amer Covey-All Or Se) ET mal aise | That te me,’ You'll ses. Think OTHER SUITE® UP TO 91,800 OTHER SUITES UP To 91,580 wit Bs TAR Now's, $137.50 sie s i I'm old, do you?” He spoke geeringly OTHER aurrEs UP “To 1.750 | Abd clenched & pal of palsind flats. : GOUDS PURCHASED NOW ELD FOR a on \ ‘I'm feelin’ right peart this spring; Furntt T/ T FP {. rT! be strong as a young Michigan's Rese ond Wilew ag FUTU, RE DE! Lid Y WITHOUT Dining Room Furatture as Lew : ae f 4 Low as 80c on the Dollar. poping ah Ga Bass fick, ch ; ar, summer will be too late. Don't Easy Credit 12.60 Willow Chatre. $7 75 420 Tyemont Avé- Itell you that already Brodie has gone Toss Now ws bi ose a 75 $008, 2o-Rtgoe, Din " $595.00 ena, is adjacent to 4 far as Lookout Ridge? ‘That means $16.50 Willow Cane he's getting hot on the trail ef it, ore New 6 she nn Now ” $29.75, the New York TSe WEEKLY buys $50 im) Merchandise $1.00 WEEKLY buys tral R. R. Station. Residents of Mt. Ver- non, New Rochelle, dpesn't it? As hotas I am,” i"Phen what are you comin’ pes- térin’ me for? If you know whose it Pin we oo coe $21.75 mesowrmen onk: $9.75 || : . | ree orem so" (I URNITUR By [lee se you I'd.do it without all this monkey Ev. Lake View ¢ Milk “= 8 chance to talk business with ma. €) Honeycutt, Brodie will get it next + time.”* “Ho! Will he? Not where I'm goin’ to hide it, Mark King. I got an- other place; a better place, a place the old hell sarpint himself couldn't find.’* King left him gloating and placing his treasures back in his box, In his heart he knew fhat Brodie would come again, Soon. It ‘began to look as though Brodie had the bulge in the situation. For that which Mark King could not come at by fair means Brodie meant to have by foul. For he had little faith in the new “hidin’ place.” But on a nearby knoll, where she sat with her batk to @ tree, was Gloria, He turned toward her; she waved. He saw that Brodie and two men with him were looking out of @ window of the old Honeyeutt barn; he heard one pf them laughing. ‘The: i) were looking at Gloria—— King quickened his step to come to her, his blood ruffled by a new anger whieh he did not stop to reason over. He could imagine the look in Swen Brodie’s evil little eyes. yright, 1922, the Re Incorporated.) Continued To-Morrow. Imported Sardin Ye GRR. oes steces Marshall's Herrin, ean 15¢ and..... Curtice Bros.' 19¢c assorted Jams, jar eee dee ean raat teams Sits “250 Strong Washboarde, 59¢ Clothespins, per doz.. 4e Whisk Brooms, each. .20¢ | Jap. Toilet Rolls, 3, 25¢ | Eagle Toilet Rolle, 3, 10¢ rerocsciee Speman ray at any dono. green and Stores $75 in Merchandise Me Nowe $14.75 $1.50 WEEKLY bays Pelham, Larchmont, White Plains and } “I don't know."’ Honeycutt cackled emegraphs, All Models, at ahd rubbed his hands at the admi ™ hed te sfon, “But I'm going to find out. 8 $100 in Merchandise Weduoed oo Se poly $7.75 eihee sectional cat probably, is Bredie. Now, look here, J | $250 WEEKLY buys 0 Columbia f ing ghaire Westchester County Tsaeyoutt, 1 naven't come to teow: $200 in Me: Provesrapha + $ New'es (aR $2.00 will find Michigan's beat you as Brodie did. 1 am for ee $30.00 Columble Pho- $15 00 ‘ low il essible. aking you a straight business prop. Ld DAMPAPIBS soe 950+ 2174 thud Ave. bad enely, ee and ready to buy your knowledge. cold, hard cash."” | & REAL ESTATE ADS. FOR The Sunday World Real Estate Section | Gita: "te “you know antag, 4 i ni red me see eT roe sr enne ere SuvoRk FRIDAY, xi : + Circulation Over 600,000 j