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'rgislrt I... lit here. tt 2 “nob" ' hub” z" -e--den' V "reed-P" ,h.u-rr.eheoet- EDISON manna-you'd- “ammonium” ride with nod-er - fell". Sumaliqmiscons‘nned. The)!!! mapped smumstrbrthesiahtot. booutrorkdrivenbr-- scolifs‘ -Liiikf, a worthless character. who has smashed his ma- chine into another m._killiu its lone occupant, a woman, Forbes’ can: 1 pardon and Libbey quit the land hprriedly, having the former don! to face a constable who muons tint" Eddie, with the scent of My: atratrt him, must be connected in may [Bout nun, llIuDL In. __P_e_'-_ - -__- way with the accident. Accordingly, Forbes is arrested. CHAPTER III ' A Dir-Minx Wife i, It was his on wife, Wtss' Jane Forbes. who first gave expression in his hearing to the doubt of Edison's story-a doubt which hung over the community like miasma from a swamp in the succeeding days.) Scoots Libbey was not captured the night of the tragedy. He slipped through the telephone drum-t. No one had seen him; not was trace of him found thereafter. Edison spent the night in the coun- ty jail. He was formally charged, next morning, with manslaughter for causing the death' of Mrs. Maria Knowles, the collision victim. Bail was arranged and he In: released. He stopped at the ice and coal once of Sam Hilton. where he was em- ploycd as ottice manager, to explain his tardiness before going on home. He found that news of his-arrest He found that news of his.arrest was before him. Hilton, a grim, nar- row-fared man of sixty. prayed " each Wednesday evening's, prayer- meeting for: the confusion of booze and its supporters. He felt, to abol- star up his prayers with what he con- sidered good Work, thet-ltr mast dis- charge Edison. And he did so. "Now you go ahead and walk over me, Pat," hi, concluded. "For I cer- taintr'deserve it. I've acted like I fool and I've lost my jolt " on u:- comat of I bottle of hoouh. But be- fore you start I want to tell you that Pm done. through, fupktzd. finial 'tgo more booze for rum. I'm off the stuff for life, When I an! what it did Inst night it opened , eyes I can tell you. Oh. I - Pee said maIthisbefore. mstthistimermeagt it. Ptn done; that's m." Forbes went on home. In the lip tie wbite-painted house which they rented on Seotttule's second-best street. Patsy Jane cried over her hus- band and potted him. The jail break- fast had not been palatable: she made coffee ‘md cooked etmsartdtmeorc With the boyish smite and frank sim- plicity which were his chiefest charms. Eddie told her the story of the previous evening. “You didn't say who in: with Eddie," was her comment, "No. I didnt, Pit." he " “I'm not going to tell "limit" "Notiftdmt't want to; and! don't." "But why?” “Well, it's like this." he will mac Need an; fhashirtt Be - M to confo- a deterarfrrtntirm to iiiiiG,Gai,, 't in it In! Fm erorsiesP_t. Bay’s-Mic? 3? -iiiiiioi'irit him in saw “But at the trial you'll have to, won't mmrch-hh-dt “Wham-db“- -ruutorrsrheA'?erer*"y "torrtmmt.drhk “had- feroamearitttrrrtrta.torirrs. Me-----)--- -ethexmrrdi& Thu“ "luv,“m-o'nyhh- -hete-st-tr-ooe.iwtht'. Mdkhbmlh-hndth -iMh6rhr,irm't it? Why.”- ”naphtha-I."- "IL crum- .Il-MIaI-unly. an] .1. lib-unfamid gun-ans nah-sum» Hangman.” rum-pal; aria i1iirE Tau' Ci; aa id- au- __ "a look a. tite -r-a_-.aH ”uh-W '_--" ,, ia,miHitVeyarfirAyAeta1t, hi”: 'lhv‘euo' who I'" 2.31753.“ man-M“ ~o-ddcu'y. (tre, - 1") Rummage. was with you, 'e,wuostire-reeo"tvtu..l I had liked him to an me but, he would have do” it. M's all then would have been to it. But I didn't. It's like [1:13th over I line of dominoes. I [In tho shave, and it's up to me to stand the all done." He could feel her dimming with resentment, and something else. She mac and begun clearing "my the) dishes. Nt-it almost look: aUsl though there might have been 'hte-l thing dishoaoraue," she murmured. He knew "rhat she meant, and! nushed. They had been married] only a year. Previous to her coming: to Scottdale with her father and step- , mother to reside, he had aeitiyl engaged to Nance Encell’, daughter‘ of the town's richest man. But', Nance was headstrong and highspir- Red. They quarreled fptttl'2, and violently. After one of t e quarrels he met, felt in love with Patsy Jane. 'am) married her, all within the space of three months. l ._ ciaiiCor course. he" otrers to help. new! bryrsirertt". . you-mun... um u: n... u-.. ___- _,_ l ling with Nance last night 'and, was iconcealing the fact. Welt, if Pntsyl , Jane was silly enough to helium thanf ilet her. He would keep silent IS to), l-"ho his companion was. That was; (the only square, decent thing to gm 'or course, if that companion chose to come forward voluntarily. the complications would be smoothed out. Me had left the block in which his ‘home was situated when ht; met I small boy on a bicycle. The boy dim. mounted. Ausnded him rplnin white envelope on which wns trpewrittett only Forbes' name, and rode oft again. Re tbre it open cariouly.‘ There was a half sheet of paper ill-g Nance was one of the first to call after they were settled in the little white house. There was a good- humored air of "let bygones be by- goncs" on the surface, but, seeming- ls. a lurking imp of maliee beneath. She showed open favor for her old sweetheart at parties and dances. She came and went as she pleased.‘ over-indulgence and stabed " Bur She had her own can Its powerful‘ les. And that Forbes had volunteer motor TOMS frequently heard roaring) ed to take the truck on to in desti at unconventional hours along Scott-E ' daie's quiet streets. It might look.)---"-""""" thought Eddie, moodily. after he {and} kissvd his wife goodbye and.starttd downtown, that he had been out rid-i side. There were a few words, mm in trpewritintr, aporrit.' He read: _ "For God's sake, Eddie, stand by me. If you tell about. last night I will be disgraced. It will break my peophr's, hearts." There was neither sanitation nor signsture. He tore the note into small pieces as he walked along Ind allowed them to sift into the new grass. He was contemptuous. but the appeal streng- thened his determination to protect {MR-kym. "If I don’t: do it, he'll just about 20 to the dogs." thought Eddie. - - - CHAPTER " ( "Gittr" [ For his companion wu not of the, trtoff of which martr's are fnshioeted.' Re was easily led. easily W by disapproval. Be was of the type whose face register: with ham faithfulness for (by! the recon! of I few hours' dissipation. “Well. you‘re a weak sister, kid," he summed up, "which is all the more rm I luv: to stand by you. If I told, ya: hm- er would prob-My kick you out; they'd tire you down " the emu, just the way I wt: fired try old Sun. You'd slink In, to the his town and be I bull. , "Oh, I km if I save you this the you‘ll probably stub your he ”one! or later, my. But M'- nd I, “I. I wun't In to a... I bu I, my! mapped at. I pe' hip 'dtoier-srr-ev.i. “any“ ua'tjuaGLir re... No my BS‘mc-imy-hun-hm srersuedtouuitoe-eti- GGE dis}: his! the M "er- a." Wm. w- "l-l..- - -iiGksa" "mute-near tset-tah-tthe-heb-te biuaitseTh.tm'_- hmmhmrib WI Ami. d the “mu-I‘d" Misha.) r. Phillipa _ "__'.""" " '. weir e a a .5 g F. 1""? 1"P.KF'te, h , _ . . ' V mmmmuWMnm _ _ _----------------- Iii-Hide. The -erati- -eed vim to prove that N ha! be. sitting alone on the truck. on the main street of Barley, In: th.. New hours before the accident. m was" while Scoot; Libbey emtAtitetqd the .mbedly ill Barney tm to the Burley House, I the". distal. any. But Barney had entail the hotel tlone. Hearing of the wt, he ':disappeared mutt month before be icon“ be questioned. _ _ _ _ T No one had noticed Pith" com- panion and the Luna's an. the ex- pedition to Burley. This In Manse Edi: had left them on a lib street wh he skirmished the liqur. Noth- ing could be found to saint-align his story that the missing Scoot- - re- sponsible for the Incident. Than was little to connect Libbey with the truck. There was a Hukim coat on the driver's seat. In one of the ‘pockets was a partly-emptied bottle mt liquor. The cargo in intact ex- cept for one (use which had been opened. and from which two bottles had been takers. The prosecution argued that Bar- :ney 01k was the driver an] Bote It- tondam. That he had broken inUr 11110 one and distracted the bottle ”rhich was found in the Mackinaw. IThnl the coat belonged to him. That iho had become sick by reason of (rt.:'".',",',,",",';,',','," and stayed at Bur- Iles. And that Forbes had volunteer- Is Your Tkishiirratmruir-to-#t, ' PUBLIC SEtmnegt-eotgPANAr -. 1nthiseraofmitnndeornfbrtabteeiectrr ld i l A tapt fiedtransiorttttioetnoonewouMctueto 1titaillll!'tiilll l jolt alongin 'ttiiaw-gping old-style horse 1] 2hiliii ' I s j car.-..Whynotgiveym1rhomethepleu- MMI!!! Ir, = j oreandcomrenienmdfupidaeelectric __ " tiiil'tiiiiiiS mfdgeration? . . . It not only keeps foods n Illtllllllri unifbrm1ytmMandhesh,hutitprosrMes - lllllBIiiii?g, handy g1sastraiaeice,cuttetondmnmrdeB- _ " cioussummmtimcdéasertn...Callinmd Clam ,t,e'df,'l,tt seetheattraetNenqweiectrerefHgerators 'gt,td,'tr.'tt TI', I 'rr, now on display at our store. _ anegiriKt_em'ei. "ties-r-h-.-,:' annual-Haunts! Mahala-club.“ and“ “hub. neeoed-tttt_ I.” "iaatoitv-t-r,ytye tt.uatitrofts-r9yés, haunt. Thai-UH“!- proveupban-léhw in; til-mt“ In" In- "ea-tu-it-st'", $51: Mano-amid fon-dthsmmNtq, r-if'" “’ihthte-inadumm jury-ul‘hM-qudth belielthtmmhylvulh the main -rtiexthmbm_ m mummy-mm mustbememnetap. lithe.“ light orarlqimutiedefe-oe lumber. even " the Mom of his onmdidm-u- logical. They we“ a we. Nether. If, by any chance he in tWing the tmth he had In unworthy native. end not a worthy use. in keeping the an! of his captain I "seget. His court- ship of Nance Ell-ell “I rem-ha~ ed. Their friendlinu mince his mar- riage, innocent (Magh'it_m had, been . subject of comment in m' se-was the next “a in their minds -if he wasnt driving the truck, theo he was joyriding around irith an; Encelt girl while hi- poor little wife l ‘was at home. ( The jury brought in . verdict of "Guilty." Interpreted. it Milly; mean! "Guilty on awe-runes nndt general principles." In . MINI!“ arraignment that lasted (at an min- utes, Judge Randolph PM sen-i tented Edison Forbes to from 5 to tsl years in the state Penitentiary " Judson. OF NORTHERN‘ ILLINOIS Edison and: the few how-f trip‘ to the prison city in‘mdm‘l cry. The deputy stteritr in whoul charge he was. Linus Beat. w il, schooi-time friend. Re Impmiud‘ deeply with the prisoner and respect,-? ed his tragic .htIildennmL He did, 513.3.“ N Tal Vacant. 1urryyroer-iirtetmt, AuL""GGlTGWai"GiG7..1Ti-c Inuktitut-0...! mMWMJMMum-MW“ usual-hm mum-mm“ - , "mm-mm“ “um-“Jam'halhh "ti-Adu-tSmit-tmira/et-ua/utr)-.-"- Baumsstuatu.md-thiv-dlrt-emy_t" within the - of “and “You. Ill.'_ _ _ .. iiiFuoia Firak. "paw-“"1 -iaas.- mun-Ix) ,reanie"rru-so-aaeveata-ioPamt-rnnd only-Minnnklunwwmdthmelva”, An in'exveiierseed lamina-p gardener may spend much my Ind merely dearerate the may of mm but.“ of aiding to it. "au, {um that your at». in My of COMPETENT nncntion? , . 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