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Highland Park Press, 15 Dec 1927, p. 26

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fi:fl-u-vhut' â€" heart of yours! How did it manage to survive the strain excitement of last night?" "Oh, it functioned splendidly. But was mt work in a good cause. 1 'W';h:fl:{-‘:‘-.~” neg by ts haney i *h And paused .. "I haven‘t yet had the opportunity to say how happy | am that you are able to be ap. I‘m grateful for this and bear left ten yards and stop by the bench under our tallest pine tree, gome one you pretend to like rather Leary‘s got the place spotted so he ean find it in the dark." "I have a surprise for you," said Ruth, when Archie handed over the steadily, and his face expressed inâ€" finiterrelief. The pathos of the weazâ€" ened little figure now stripped of its mrrogance, and the assertion of a longâ€"latent kindliness in his countenâ€" ance, encouraged the hope that hapâ€" on C oeaul 7 a S promise me never to. make another will without consplting me, but will let this one mncflnd if you agree not to interfere any further with your son‘s family or his wife or his children, I‘ll guarantee that in‘ dit season you‘ll leave this tug a free en oo en e id can bear withess to the dest#iction of | these things; they‘re all going to feed | the fishes except this earliest one, | which divides the property in genet-i ous lumps between Putrey Cangdon] and his children, with a handsome personal recognition of Mrs. Cong-‘ don. That shall be preserved." 22o en en a OmE it gaily away. The Governor watch~[ ed for a moment â€" then began openâ€" ing the envelopes and scanning the‘ contents. | "It‘s evident from the dates of these wills that you‘ve been steadily | cltting down the amount of your beâ€"| quest to your son," the Governor was { saying. "Watch me, Archie, so you ! ernor opened it, shook out a number of manilla envelopes, all carefully sealed, and flung the umbrelia from him. As it struck the water it spread open and the wind seized it and bore beQilnne aber e Abdaiiiin "I‘ll make you a proposition. I‘ve heard that you make a habit of carrying your will around in that umbrella. Give me the thing!" Eliphalet hesitated, but the Govâ€" ernor gently pried it fromâ€"the old man‘s fingers. It was a heavy, buigy, disreputable looking fimbrella with a ce es Ihsis "An error of considerable magniâ€" ture. I am qualified to offer you exâ€" cellent advice based on exact inforâ€" mation as to your intimate domestic affairs. You‘re a meddlesome person, Mr. Congdon, with a slight element of cruelty in your makeup, and morâ€" ally you are skidding. As a result of your miserly ways and your selfishâ€" ness you‘ve just about ~ rained your life. _ The penitentiary yawns. for you. But in spite of your cowardly conduct I‘m rather disposed to pull you out of the hole." 1 "IH make voU a nramssipion gn.l ~â€"â€"|reaarseses 1â€"BLACKSHEEP! |~zz>iz> mal business." "What I do or do not do," cried the old man, ““is none of your inferâ€" As they boarded the Arthur B. Grover, the Governor bade Archie follow him to the bow where Eliphaâ€" let was moodily gazing into the waâ€" ter. © "Mr. Congdon,". the Governor beâ€" gan, "as a mere lookerâ€"on at the passing show I‘m persuaded that you‘re not getting much out of life." "I promise," said the old The Governor quickly recovered ledly his spirits and with characteristic | lessr enthusiasm began putting the new | time launch through its paces. When he and found that Putney was skilled in the | high handling of such craft he cheerfully | nigh turned the launch over to him. into "You take it and run up to Calderâ€"| into ville, where you‘d better get supper. | abou Pick up the Heart O‘ Dreams‘ mail | bear and bring it back to Huddleston, and | hapy meet us on the wharf at nightfall.| â€"my We‘ve got a heavy night‘s work ahead } be t of us. An:hielhdlmgningtnhve boudthotn;tomdymrfafller'- were case carefully. You may rely upon | lornl us to extricate him from his embarrâ€"|ed it assments." M "Now, Mr "If you will <tep to the door, were in store for all the It‘s wharf | the bay struck upon Archie‘s ear with urned | a spiteful insistence. There was not sacks | a sound from the further side of the stream. _ They crawled across the ernor. | bridge and Archie ran his hand over mflnfi.fr;:’bo.lmhp against which ver to | stones heaped in a rough ‘clock | wall, as the Governor expiained to a mile| him. Archie had determined to lead icade; | assault, but while he was secking a so he|footing in the crevices the Governor swung himself to the top. His foot " said|struck a atone perched on the edge t the | and it rolled down into the camp with door, ) a great clatter. . : op by | As though it had touched a trigâ€" ‘ tree, | ger, a shotgun boomed upon the ‘ather | night, indicating that Carey had not been caught napping. Orders given came iin a shrill voice and the answering I | m Ietingrmable it dor the Apons rom awaing as clubs. Carey screamed at It may have been that Carey had grown wary of murder as a means of gaining his end after the escapade dbrvh.l“htl.“ move of his men was to sttempt to shouts -a-?a the marshalling of his forces.~ Archie and Leary reachâ€" room. Hf I die, bury me on the spot. no foolig{mu about thit. I died to | _ An instant later the Governor | threw himself on the ground beside them. He rested for a few moments | â€"then jumped up. |_*"Well boys, everything‘s ready !" { One by one his little army assemâ€" bled, rising from <the ground | like ‘spectm. Leary was already deployâ€" ing the men. The Governor laid his ‘hand on Archie‘s shoulder. In the | contact â€" something passed between ?them. such a communication as does stream that defined the boundary of Hcltto’Dmuhrflhrymoov-«- nor, Archie and Leary got in readiâ€" mfortheirduhurn-lh_obr&! the world seven years tonight, so a md!_gepamawm call for no "If it comes ‘to the worst for me, you and Isabel will look out for Ruth. I needn‘t ask you that. Use the tug quickly to clear things up here; there must be nothing left to tell the tale. See old mai Congdon keeps his promise. That will of his is in my ic es D T «l not often pass Iro;nâ€"t‘h;v:he;n“ ....;; one man to another. returning from an examination of the shore markings. They carried tbecmoeinhotbevoodandhydo\m beside it, communicating in whisâ€" it and paused, p?e;;;;fl;t thelopwquc curtain of the woodland beyond the lighter shadow of the shore. smoke, was silent. He managed his paddle so deftly that there was hardâ€" Ty a drip that could announce their prokimity to anyone lying in wait on the bay. _ Several minutes before Archie caught the â€"listless wash of calm waters on a beach. Leary heard it and Daused. neavina at she .2..__ point fixed by the Governor for their rendezvous. They were fortified with a rifie, a shotgun, and several packâ€" ets of rockets for signalling the tug. Leary, restless because he couldn‘t Shortly before midnight Archie and Leary left the Arthur B. Grover and p.ddle:i cautiously toward the Wnn neniniabitds ds n Adbcoai 13 She jumped up quickly and hurâ€" ried away, her head bowed. He watched her until she was swallowed up in the darkness. . his efforts to win her to a h: frame of mind were unavailing. "I want you to promise," she was saying, "that you won‘t in any way interfere with my cousin here. I can‘t have you taking further risks." "You would have us run just as the game grows interesting. Of course we‘re not going to quit the field and leave that fellow here to annoy you! He‘s a dangerous character and we‘re going to get rid of him." She was depressed, much as Ruth had been a few hours earlier, and lornly. "They, too, may have plungâ€" ed into the same pit I dug for you. Oh, how foolish I‘ve been!" were not the fixfut!” she hugh;: f'o: Pn en aeie heart I‘m sorry! If anything should happen to you it would be my fault â€"my very grevious sin! And mayâ€" betheremotbermenth.tlmy have said similar things toâ€"oh, you time to do a good deal of thinking, and my opinion of myself isn‘t very high. Out of sheer contrariness that night in Washington I teased you into doing many things that led you into danger â€" and the danger is still "We struck it ;igâ€"l;_t:"â€"fl:-n:nouneed‘ "After my stupid, cruel thoughtâ€" iss ‘you must hate me. I‘ve had eqntinflndole{oâ€"f;; her to a ha'ppier performance, suddenly widening .tb; circumference of his operations, he leaped over the barricade. The apâ€" pearance of‘ reinforcements either frightened Carey or the success of his shot had awakened a new rage in his crazed mind, for ‘he emptied his riffe, firing wildly as he danced with a dantastic step toward Ythe prone figure of the Governor. Carey now seemed oblivious to evâ€" erything that was happening about him as he continued his dance of triâ€" umjh. In the midst of this weird §111 Waveland Ave. Chicage en the tacit arms. There was a sharp fulliudé as the belligerents sought cover. The ed as the shot rang out. The Goverâ€"! nor was standing apart, oddly and strangely alone it seemed to Archie, and he was an eternity falling. He raised himself slightly, carrying his , rifle high above his head, and his face I #as uplifted as though in that suâ€"| preme moment he invoked the stars of dreams. Then he pitched forward and lay very still. . { men who had been left outside now Archie, struggling with a big woodsman, beat him down and turnâ€" late. â€"Without ukil'u' time ‘for aim; Carey leveled the weapon and : fired through the flames. around the flame in the hope of grappling with him, but he was too He took the lead, walking forward calmly, and in a low tone pointing out the individual that each should attack. The quiet orderliness of the movement, or perhaps it was a sense of impending defeat roused Carey to a greater fury than he had yet shown. As the invaders broke line for the assault, he leaped at the Governor and swung at him viciously with a rifle. The governor sprang side and the gun slipped from Carey‘s hand and clattered against the barricade. Angered by his failure, and finding his men yielding, Carey abruptly changed his tactics. He ran back beâ€" yond the roaring fire and caught up PROGRESS THIE C0 They advanced again, but Archie was quick to see that they came into the light reluctantly and precipitated themselves halfâ€"heartedly into the struggle. The Governor, too, was aware of their diminished spirit and got his men in line for a charge. â€" "We‘ll clean them up tfihi;vtim. boy !" he called encouragingly. IR ED A L E Mantol & Tile Co. "There‘s gold for all of you!" screamed Carey to his men, and urgâ€" ed them to another attack. "We ain‘t gettih‘ anywhere!" growled Leary as the end of a third inconclusive handâ€"toâ€"hand struggle with only a few battered heads as the result. Tile Floors, Walls, Ceilings, causing uneasiness among his comâ€" rades, who began drawing back toâ€" ward the shadows. Carey, seeing that their pluck was ebbing, cursed them. bring victory to either side. One of | Carey‘s men lay near the Vblrrieudc,-fl ie, insensible from a crack over the head from a rifie butt His plight was The great bonfire kept the belliger~ ents constantly in sight of each other sulking, dodging, engaging in indiâ€" vidual encounters poorly calculated James Nielsen #! Phone Highland Park 854â€"R FLOOR and WALL TILBE W oG-n-u-'lbD.ttq in Upholstered Furniture Highland Park 181 POISON GAS 926 LOGAN STREET $} ‘Telephone Kildare 1499 shot seemed to have brokâ€" (No# Inc.) (Mot Inc.) circling \ young woman physician at Heart o‘ |Dreams, and yet this was the ‘only safe move. While Perky and Leary | were fashiorting a litter for the Govâ€" ; nor had not opened his eyes; his , breath came in gasps, at long painful intervals. To summon aid through ,thel:rnldsnuhmldhbhm a scritiny of their operations that could only lead to complications with the law and a resulting publicity that | was to be avoided at any hazard. It |TLCC" °C Ime "Names . }The answering signal "The tug‘s moving up," said Perâ€" ky. A thousand and one things flitted through Archie‘s mind. The Goverâ€" other to the flames of said Archie. "We ..{',-"‘r'i;_ dieston as quickly as possible. At Carey‘s downfall his men fled 'hm"(lth'ub,mhz Governor‘s party. Perky seized rockets and touched ome ‘bfter the bay. "TuiF "ves haddh the Gramh tearing spen kis shigt Wieek oat e tearing his shirt which was "ld!:- from a M-: him!t* ly. Radio Service § p.m. 7 to 9 pm. "He‘s hurt bad; it‘s the end of m!* -mhflâ€"*â€" "There nothing to be done here," Dr. George H. Mitchell General Practice of Dentistry 14 NORTH SNERIDAN RoAD For Prompt and Reliable Work a.m. to 12. and 1 to ~Walter W. 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