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>~â€".*.â€"~myself} . _ I drew back the covers from the inanimate form: on the cot.. 4 â€"~... It was the papierâ€"macheâ€"_statute of It was cold and lifeless. 1 shnudâ€" dered a little at the presence of death. $ "Pull up the curtain," I suggested. The sheriff fumbled with the shade, _ which escaped from his nervous finâ€" * gers andâ€"went up to the top with a â€"bang. We both jumped as if we Kad been shot. : B aoe . (Continued from preceding page) "Boys," he said, "I‘ve got bad news." x4 "What is it?" we demanded. "My prisoner is gead." "Dead?" some one echoed. "Yep. I didn‘t know he was ailâ€" ing, neither. I went in just now to untie the ropes that I used to hitch him in bed with and he didn‘t move. I put my hand on his head and it was cold as ice. He is a corpse, I tell yon; Iâ€" want one of you fellows to come and examine him for me." _ The old soldiers showed little inâ€" clination to move, even for so excitâ€" ing an adventure, so it was up to me. I accompanied the sheriff to the room which he was using as a temâ€" porary jail, The shades were drawn, but on the cot I could see the dim outline of a man‘s figure. f 34 Just as the sheriff had done, I first obeyed â€"the impulse to put my hand on Bill‘s forehead. It was cold and lifeless. I shudâ€" dered a little at the presence of myseli F .. > e oT e oete s c ommerwet 2 n s Z9 "Gosh! What is it?" stammered the sheriff, who had not seen our performance â€" and doubtless thought that Bill was a trifie pale. I explained briefly. "Then he has escaped, too," the sheriff sighed. _ "It looks. like it," I said. . Indeed he had. Pinned to the wall we found a penciled note. It ran: Dear Sheriff: I am mighty glad to have met you and I should like to longer, but I‘ve got another engageâ€" ment. Thanks very much for your horse. + I went upâ€"stairsâ€"toâ€"see how Maryâ€" ella was getting along. I found her awake, but still in bed. She claimed she felt as well as ever. . T told her briefly what had hapâ€" pened the night before and this morning.~~ It seemed as if she had an explanation due her.â€" â€"Then she told of her terror at finding the strange man in the closet. Of course, his beâ€" ing there substantiated my story to her the previous night when I had said that T had followed a man to that room. f â€" Yours <affectionately, ~ > BILL.. I amafraid I laughed. It was such a foolish ending to our supposed tragedy. O A "I am glad he got away," said Maryella kindâ€"heartedly,â€" "especially as he didn‘t steal anything. The only thing I had of any value was Mrs. Hemmingway‘s pearls." She lopked over toward the dresser where s&c;-»had put them theâ€"night before. "Why, where are they ?" (Continued Next Week) It is claimed the women are going to do everything the men do, but not many of them ‘so far have stucceeded in raising a crop of whiskers. Jingle Bells Plans for paving of Sheridan road, from Water street to Prospect drive, in Waukegan, were approved by the Waukegan city council sitting as the board of local improvements at the close of a public hearing on the proâ€" ject last week. § Approve Plan to Pave â€"â€" Sheridan Road Bridge The paving of this stretch will proâ€" vide for the surfacing of the Sheriâ€" â€"*_ more telephone linesâ€"with handy extenâ€" _ . sions. In such homes incoming and outâ€" going calls are seldom delayed, for the | additional lines give assurance that at _ least one will be available for ucs always. Upstairs, Downstairs All About the House ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy â€" One System â€" Universal Service *L TELEPHONES where you néed themâ€" _ This is a modern way to add to the living comfort of your home. f &# Business houses invariably add teleâ€" phone lines when usage demands. Why not the same thing in the home? ~= * Nearly every room in your house would be more livable with a telephone in it. The cost of extension telephones is small. Call our Business Office. | T HE â€"PRE SS dan road bridge which has pg‘esentpdl a rouigh gravelled surface since the erection of this structure five years ago. Delay in carrying out the pavyâ€" ing was necessary to permit the earth in the approach to settle. Falling just 13 short of the record for June 1928, the past month showâ€" June Wedding Record Is Lower This Year & s ‘ i\ 4 Je is._ * & d Cmm t ed a total of 620 marriage licenses issued in County Clerk Lew A. Herâ€" dee‘s office. June, the month of wedâ€" dings, as usual outstrips all other months of the year for weddings, but this year the total is some less than last year. _ Some of the business men who claim the tentacles of the trusts are crushing them, would be less severely pressed if they would advertise a little more. s + % C Thursday, July 11, 1929 Thursday, July 1 20% DISCOU BROUGHT A RELIABL & DRY CLEA 618 N. Green Bs . Highla 514 Laurel Slip Covers, ! Bevel â€" Pla _ Windows Win Telephone 55 Grading La Perenniels â€" HIGHM North Roo: * 82 §. Illinois Su LA NDSCA 915 L Highlar Eleoe Highland 291 ELE ConN‘ THOR APEX . En Tele Auto an