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He summoned a smile to his face|ciothing. Caps and mackinaws were and drove to the garage. "They 827 *|thrown on one of the bunks. Across man ay be down, but he‘s never|them lay three beits to which‘ were out," he thought. "Well, here‘s where| attached hoisters, each hoister conâ€" ____,_ I test the theory." To the garage 24â€" |taiming a large calibre automatic. tendant be said briefly: "Fill her up." "Hello, kidt" greeted Culley, jovâ€" ‘um.“b“_fl\ummp“ % rowing the money at Seottdale. H#\ came in." 3 could have appealed to Nance Encell,| ="3z, 1 see," returned Eddic. but that was impossible. Patzy Jane "This raia‘ll hold up the ship mayâ€" f would have to know where the moneÂ¥ | p, eq; tomorrow," volunteered â€" -"‘.“"‘“""-‘h.rwmmmn- y -b‘mnmkw.u"’_“m- 3 more, to borrow from Naunce would|}» began indolently to roll a cigarâ€" confirm ‘ @very mean suspition. No | sr,. f be‘d win or lose without that. Rddie‘s selfâ€"control was suddenly - _ _ e bought food and headed south.| proken. He snatched a shotgun from It was his intention to drive ‘. over the dodr. The barrels o *‘.“‘h“hf“*mmnh § -1"”""‘“ But birdshot will serve admir: e ously short. The first of September "You hogs!" he growled. "You lazy > was but just around. the corner. filthy . crooks! Get out of hereâ€" p It had begunr to rakt at\noon of | quicy !* 3 the 3ist day of August. Men who live by viclence are use comes early in northern Michig®®,| fully educated. They know when an , and there was the chill of leafles®,| adversary is biuffing and when he is x â€":- *” ‘m ruthless steps against the . But * cdr was in bad condition. The # they how to the dangerous man. So â€" d-hldfiv-l*-.&..*‘..._*n . * . md 'mmwfi= n dnmmarps of tos shogumiahd two \ .‘ _ hands were stiff with cold. An en4 _| I"* dttharke of the shotgun, and two drove home. As all of Scottdale had, came : i "Sorry, but Govertior is in Europe bor who is anxious to buy their propâ€" erty. Eddie learns that the back taxâ€" his neighbor‘s interest. Things do not go well. Eddie fails to get work and succumbs to his old yearning by falling in with a bootlegger‘s gang, getting drunkâ€" and being shanghaied to Chicago. Upon his return he disâ€" covers that Pat has left him and will is seem by Patsy who had called to Patsy was condemning him without a hearing, on circumstantial eviâ€" dence. Well, it couldn‘t be helped. However, the impudent trespassing on their property and the purchase of the taxâ€"title rather absoived him from obligation toward the man who had been with him the night of the fenceâ€"posts and restringing wire. He hurried to the mailâ€"box each forencon after the rural carrier had rattled along the trail in his little car. But the governor did not write. The eighth day he could stand it no longer. When the carrier had failâ€" ed to stop at the box, Eddie drove wandering about town, returning at baifâ€"hourly intervals to inquire for a soon pardoned, however, but back in Scottdale he and PATSY JANE his pretty wife. generous offer which is refusedâ€"Edâ€" die thinking the land must have some tions at last beats his enemy, John Barleycorn. All this time he is slowâ€" when the tax is due he can‘t possibly offer and is again refused. One dayâ€" NANCE ENCELL, his former sweetheart calls, finds him alone, ofâ€" accident. He‘d seen: perhaps he might tell Patsy Jane, after all. He filled in the suspenseful week form the acquaintance of and must be paid in five months to to his explanation. Brohw Eddie tries harder than ever to earn tire marks on his property. ing. This he determines to do. He veloped, through which the car CHAPTER XVI Unwelcome Visitors as the disordered table showed. A conquered liquor. They had heard of his enforced trip to Chicago. They rolled under their tongues the deliâ€" cious morsel that Patsy had left him, and assured that the separation was final. His fight to oust the motorâ€" tramp and his thrashing of the other trespasser were described as drunken turned on him in either of the town‘s restaurants. His telegraphic appeal to the governor for funds and the reâ€" ply were public property by now. upon him from a bend in the road, and as the car rushed past, he could bear, who was standing on his hind legs in a patch of blackberries. dows of his cabin. He shut off the power dind brought the car to a stop by Davenant had been distorted into something mysterious and criminal. It was dark when he approached Long ‘Portage. He was shivering vioâ€" lently from cold and rain. He was file, even were the agent silent and Long Portage knew his attempts to get money there had failed. It would read in his face that his journey to the south had been a failure, also. So he squashed through the mud of the uneven main street and left the yellow "lights in the store building Somehow, it seemed friendly out in the barrens, though the night was black. The rain whispered companâ€" fonably among the jackpines. The twisting track was firm and free from standing water. He saw no person but a pair of fiery eyes stared pliate had been broken, and the pieces For everything was all clear, of carelesaly kicked aside. Now Culley|course. The rumners would be unâ€" was chewing tobacco, as the brown|molested up here in this jumpingâ€"off splotches where he had spat on the|place in the barrens The tug drove floor showed. The others were smokâ€"|on. The canvas which swarthed her ing. There was a blazing fire in the|sides to a height of ten feet was beâ€" fireplace. And _aâ€"tall black bottle|ing stripped off. It could be seen that p-rfiyhll.toorhfi.mdtbthd-ekmpilql high with pine table. ‘boxes of handy size. They were cases They had removed their outer | of Canadian liqzor, hundreds of them, clothing. Caps and mackinaws were|retailing at current quotations at &w--qd&-hhgmulmndwqu-flndnflns them lay three beits to which‘ were| per case. The cargo was worth a attached holsters, each hoister conâ€"| fortune. taining a large calibre automatic. The skiffs put out from the dock, "Hello, kid!" greeted Culley, jov|rowed briskly by two men in each. fally. "Didn‘t find you home, so we A man in the bow of the tug raised came in." his hand and shouted. She had come "So I see," returned Eddie. inshore as far as it was safe and, "This rain‘ll hold up the ship mayâ€"| with the reversal of her engines, the ‘hflcm.'wl.‘-i-u-’ ceased. The grew Oscar, we thought we‘d eat unâ€"|gathered at the rail, removing the der cover. Good grub you got here."{final lashings. As the akiffs came lob“bulnmxhudmnbu.thv ette; * down the cases. Kddic‘s selfâ€"control was suddeniy| ‘The small boats came back cauâ€" broken. He snatched a shotgun from|tiously to the dock, laden to the its over the door. The barrels| water‘s edge. The waiting group ‘fh‘flmnhm a chain. The cases were But birdshot will serve admir<| passed from hand to hand until they wbly st three feot. m:‘.-&mmk. "Youm hogs!" he growled. "You lazy | In a minutes the skiffs were filthy . crooks! Get out of hereâ€"|ompty, and were rowed to the tug quick I" again. â€" â€" Men who live by violence are useâ€"} Two motorboats shot out from a fully educated. They know when an} notch in the sboreline, just above the adversary is bluffing and when he is|cove. High banks on cither side of dangerous. They have the courage|the shelter and thick, overhanging d“m.‘fi*“h‘“m ruthless steps against the . But|them before. The bosts were long, ::hfim-nb“hbm:mvflh wose. Here was danger perâ€"| roaring went them fiyâ€" sonified. A false move would mean hcm water _ at. racing When the last ridge had been surâ€" mounted he gave a start of surprise.. A light was shining from the winâ€" some distance away. The thought of the motorâ€"tramp camme into his mind and hbe went forward ‘cautiously to bad been broken out so that the unâ€" bidden guests might unloose the sashâ€" bolts. After a single glance he went to the back door and thrust it open. The three occupants of the cabin, Jake, Culley and Oscar, looked up in surprise. They were quite at their hy buix La: dix. Aac o sds d o o e Ce the of the shotgun, afd two|apeed. Each was manned by a half E‘.."_‘._'.!‘_t"h y _ had no .9‘1'!'_‘.‘"'._' young men, in the forestâ€"green heard only the most discouraging. â€" _They knew of his drinkingâ€"bouts. reconnoiter. He crept stoopingly, keeping out of range of the windows until be could peer into one of them from the corner. Two small panes homes, or a stabl:. They had caten a bountiful meal irom his provisions, speculate as to who speculate as to who be spared.| uniforni of the Michigan stat '=\fi he secured the belts.| chineâ€"gun thrust an ominow ‘ â€"Murmmuâ€"uhbm % hand and ‘threw the belits to the| All hands went up on to i of ‘the AX% who back to the house. "I wanted them to think I was a simp and easy mark till something fell on them," he mused. "But I guess the shock of finding out wasn‘t less unkind tonight than it would have been later. Now for a bite to eat. And then it‘s a case of back to town again." Culley obeyed, carrying his coat and belt with him. Eddie shepherded them along the path. He kept his fashlight spraying on the trio to preâ€" vent a surprise attack. The boozeâ€" truck, headed north, stood by the side of the road. They clambered into the seat, after Oscar had kindled the lights, and thundered away, They hurled back curses and threats from a safe distance. Eddie smiled into the darkness after them before turning CHAPTER XXII At the Office Eight trucks, bullâ€"nosed and imâ€" mensely powerful, stood humped unâ€" der their tarpaulins like strange preâ€" historic animals. Their guards and drivers walked restlessly up and down or huddled under protecting canvas aprons. Three skiffs floated by the dock in the bootleggers‘ cove. There was an attitude of expectancy and impatient waiting over the score of men making up the expedition. It was well past noon of the first of September. Yesterday‘s rain perâ€" sisted, although the large drops had now dissolved into many smaller ones, and a thick white mist threw a blanket over them. It was impossible to see farther than a short distance. Bad weather, fog and aâ€"high seaâ€"had delayed the Canadian rumâ€"rumner. She was hours overdue. : As the men stamped their feet and taiked incessantly the atmosphere beâ€" came lighter. The mist, little by little, began to dissoive. A cold wind came snarl, "don‘t throw them gats away." His answer was to hurl the pistols, one by one, out into the darkness, and Culley spoke again: "What‘s the big idea, anyway? You claim to be a friendâ€"" The bulky guard happened to be nearest, Eddie thrust the gun againgt his flabby stomach so that the twin muzzle dented deeply the soft tissue. "Shut up and get out!" he commandâ€" up and swept away the remnants. The clouds turned from a dreary dark gray to a lighter shade. They became fleecy; patches of blue sky appeared. The rain stopped. "There she is!" several voices cried at once. Only a few hundred yards away, heading straight inshore, was a squat, broadâ€"beamed fishing tug. She was low in the water; there was a bone in her teeth and spray dashed over her square bows. A plume of steam arose from the craft, and a single inquiring note of her siren rolled over the water. One of the men raised a long bamboo pole in which was a square of white cloth. and waved it vigorously. It was the "all clear" signal! went up on te tug and here was no hope. The Every hand? Not quite. A man on the wharf, protected in part by the trucks above, raised his automatic with a desperate gesture and fired at the leader of the troopers. He missed. But the _ sergeant who answered it did not. The man on the dock clasped his arms about his stomach and fell into the shallow water. "Steady!" commanded the leader "He‘s done. Don‘t throw, men." Only one man was not so equipped, but his mask rested on his head, ready for adjustment. He stepped forward toward the huddled, doubtâ€" ful _ boozeâ€"runners. "Gasâ€"bombs, boys," he announced quietly, holding up his own gooseâ€"egg. "No faise moves, orâ€"" He drew back his arms slightly. "And it‘s a painful way to die." The truck crews were made up mainly of men who had dodged service in the great war. They had abundant courage, and would have shot it out with the troopers. But they knew nothing of gas, and they feared it with & panicky fear. Every hand clutched at the sky, including the plump, tapering figure of a rotund person with silky brown beard who stood in the foreground. Eddie Forbes ran from among the troopers, throwing aside his gas mask as he came. "I‘ll get him out!" he cried. For the runner who had fallen was too _ valuable to be drowned. It was Scoots Libbey, whose mishandling of a liquor truck months before had started all his trouble. It was within a few minutes of five o‘clock, closing time in the coun~ ty offices, whem Eddie mounted the steps of the new brick building wearily. A sense of responsibility had kept him with the state police until the prisoners could be lodged in the county jail. For it had been his ‘They faced a skirmish line of forâ€" est green. More troopers had arisen from among the sand dunes. These were armed with rifies and automatâ€" ies. And each held a dark metal obâ€" ject, about the size and shape of a gooregg, in his right hand. The line was a fearsome one. Over each head was drawn a dull cloth bag that fitted tightly around the neck and ended in front in a sort of elephant‘s trunk. Two great staring glass disks were turned forward like merciless HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS thought of organizing resistance out of the question. fying craft with horrified amazeâ€" ment. The jig was upâ€"up most emâ€" phatically. It was every man for himâ€" self. The trucks furnished them with a means of escape and theyâ€"turned frantically to the waiting vehicles. Every section of a teleâ€" phone switchboard typifies the coâ€"ordination of human effort and mechanism that makes possible America‘s AWEB of cords that end in numbered holes. A hand, poised ready to anâ€" swer signals which flash from tiny lamps. A mind, alert for prompt and accuâ€" rate performance of a vital service. A devotion to duty inspired by a sense of the public‘s reliance on that service. The Switchboard One Policy â€" One System + Universal Service _ 3 ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Made it? He had made nothing but a mess of it. Why had he come here to be Jaughed at by Nance Enâ€" cell and her companions, of all peoâ€" ple? And why was this other chap staring at him so curiously? Peter Whimple had company, Edâ€" die found. There was the youth he had beaten up for trespass. He was sitting on a straightâ€"backed pine chair, and Nance Encell was beside him. A keen young man in city clothes was tilted against the wainsâ€" coting of the side wall. ' Eddie advanced a few steps and paused uncertainly. The stranger lowered the front legs of his chair and prepared to rise. His late adverâ€" eary scowled, but Nance smiled and said cheerily, "Hello, Eddie. Well, I see you made it, after all." Now there was a letâ€"down, a desâ€" pairing sense of loss and failure. He was conscious that he had eaten only sketchily for two days, that he was not shaven, and that his misshapen, wrinkled clothing had been wet by the rain, had dried upon him, and had been wet again to dry again. He wondered rather â€" stupidly why he was going to the courthouse at ail, he had no money to meet the taxes. Fortunately, a troop of the state police, working on shore with motorâ€" ears and horses, and on the water with their fast motor cruisers, had been beating the north for rumâ€"runâ€" ners, and were stationed only a few miles away. Orders from â€" Lansing had started.them during the night to the rendezvous he had selected. The rain had helped them to establish themselves undetected in position to spring their coup. telephone call of the night before which had precipitated the most sueâ€" cessful liquor raid in the state‘s HIGHLAND PARK WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE When in need of wINDOW WASHERS for New Houses phone us first for an estimate. H. 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