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* * THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1927 THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. PAGE SEVEN ULAGKSHEEP! U Xru Meredith Nicholson COPYRIGHT CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS - RELEASED THRU PUBLISHERS AUTOCASTER 3ERV1 joy her confidence and be her chosen aid In an hd«? of need and perplexity profoundly touched him. ~ “I wouldn’t trust the Governor, he’s too friendly with pop for that. It’s just this way,” she went on dreppiily. “There’s a young man, Abijah strong, who owns a farm just a little way down the road. He and I have been in love "with each other ever since we* went to school together, really and, truly lovers. He was at college when I was, so I know him very well. But pop doesn’t know him, and when he found how matters stood he 'refused to allow me to see him any more. And he’s been very hard about it. We’ve been waiting for a chance to run away and get married. I met him last night in the lane and everything’s ar Abtmyuur ’T Thing* You Should Know br John Joseph'Gainet, M. D.’ INTRODUCTION Airhibald Bennett, wealthy bache lor, travels constantly in the interest of hiiTliealth. He meets Isabel Perry, who recommends a life of crime, ad venture, romance and excitement as a cure for his nerves. Archie goes to Bailey Harbor to investigate a sum mer house for his sister. A heavy storm forces him to spend the night there. During the night he is awaken- ed by footsteps, and in an encounter with the intruder, who sees Archie’s figure reflected in the mirror and shoots. Archie fifres in return, wound ing the intruder, who makes his es cape. Archie plans flight to evade publicity. He starts cross-country afoot in the night. At dawn he is stopped on a lonely country road by “The Governor,” master-mind criminal who mistakes him for a fellow criminal. Archie, fleeing, is afraid to tell the truth— falls in with “The Governor,” is whisk ed across country in a stolen car. Sees story in newspaper of killing at Bai ley Harbor and, frightened, decides to say nothing but stick with his strange friend and await developments. At Cornford, N. H., Archie comes upon Isabel Perry at the hotel desk but she refuses to recognize him. The Gover nor, by a clever plan, switches stolen money for good money. Archie used as decoy—making love to niece of agent sent to meet eccentric Congdpn here next day. -Archie and the Gover nor drive away without creating sus picion and speed across state to deliv er the $60,000 to train-robber Leary at Walker’s farm, where Archie gets new insight into the workings of the criminal world. Now read on: “On the whole, it doesn’t sound ex-! “You’ve always lived up here?” ask citing,” the Governor commented, in- ed Archie, meek under her frank ap- specting a clean shirty “Did your ad- proval.’* mirable wife get rid of those pearls _ “Certainly not. I was born in Mis- she pinched last winter? They were a souri, a grand old state if I do say it handsome, string, as I remember, too myself, and we came here when I was handsome^To market readily. Mrs. Leary has a passion for precious bau bles, Archie,” the Governor explained. “A brilliant career in picking up such trifles; a star performer, Red, if you don’t mind my btagging of your wife.” • Leary seemed not at all disturbed by this revelation of his wdfe’s lar cenous affection for pearls That-a train robber’s wife should be a thief seemed perfectly natural; indeed, it seemed quite fitting that thieves should mate with thieves. Archie fur ther gathered that Mrs. Leary oper ated in Chicago, under the guise of a confectionery shop, one of the stations of the underground railroad, and as sisted the brotherhood in disposing of their ill-gotten wares.* A recent re form wave in Chicago had caused a shake-up in the police department, most disturbing, to the preying pow ers. “They’re clean off me, I reckon,” said Leary, a little pathetically, the reference being presumably to the twelve. I w'ent through high school and took dairying and domestic arts in college and I’m twenty*three if you care to know.” When the kitchen was in perfect order they reported the fact to Mrs. Walker and Sally suggested that they stroll to a trout brook which was her own particular property. He had decided to avoid any refer ence to the secrets of the underworld trail, but his delicacy received a vio lent shock a moment later, when they were seated on a bench beside the brook. “Do you know,” she said, “you are not like the others?” “I don’t understand,” he faltered. “Oh, cut it out! You needn’t try to fool me! When I told you awhile ago I thought you were nice, I meant more than that; I meant that you did n’t at all seem like the crooks that sneak through here and hide at our house. You’re more like the Governor, and I nevoi* understand about the Gov- ONE CRITICISM A Jersey technician recently took ranged for us to leave tonight, run me to task, concerning one of my ar- into Brattleboro and be married there tides on the colon baccjllus; he stated, and then go on to Boston ahd wait till pestiferous police. “That was a good ernor. It doesn’t seem possible that idea of yours for me to go \ip into any one who isn’t forced by necessity Canada find work at a real job for a | into crime would ever follow the life, while. Must a’ worked hard enough to Now you’re a gentleman, any one change my finger prints. Some bloke could tell that, but I suppose you’ve died in Kansas awhile back and got all really done something pretty bad or the credit for being the original Red you wouldn’t be here! Now I’m going Leary.” to hand it to you straight; that’s the This error of the press in recording only way.” Leary’s death tickled the Governor “Certainly, Miss Walker; 1 want you mightily, and LeLary laughed until he to be perfectly frank with me.” was obliged to wipe the tears froni “Well, my advice would be to give his eyes. yourself up, do your time like a man “I’m going to pull my freight after and then live straight. The Governor supper,” he said. “Walker’s goin’ to Has romantic ideas about the great They went into the house where take me into town and I’ll slip out to game but that’s no reason why you CHAPTER VII Mrs. Walker, a stout middle-aged wo man, greeted them effusively. “We’ve got to put you'both in one room, if you (Jon’t mind,” she explain ed, “but there’s two” beds in it. I guess you can make out." * The second floor room to which Walker led them was plainly but neat- pop’s disposed to be reasonable. He wants me to marry a preacher at Sax- by Center who’s almost as old as pop, and has three grown children. I thought maybe you could pretend to take me out for a little ride in your car, and pick up Abijah and give us a lift. My things are all packed and hid away in the garage; so all I need to do is to get my hat.” “Of course I couldn’t come back here,” Archie suggested. “Your fath er would be sure to vent his wrath on me.” “Oh, I’d thought of that!” she ex claimed. “But you could go on and wait somewhere for the Governor to catch up with you.” “I’d have to make sure he didn’t catch up with me! He’ll be’mighty sore about this.” “Well, if you’re afraid of him—” “Pooh! I certainly am not afraid of him,” he declared contemptuously. “He and I were bound to part some time.” Through the cajoleries of a girl he had kpown only a* few hours he was ready to break with his comrade by mischeviously upsetting the domestic affairs of a host who doubtless had not forgotten how to kill men who in curred his displeasure. Sally had af fected him like a strong cordial and as they walked to the house he grew increasingly keen for the proposed ad venture. Sally, like Isabel, had dared him to be'brave, and he screwed his courage to the stocking point. “If you don’t mind I’ll take Sally for a little run down the road,” he suggested casually when they found tfc*.* Governor and Mrs. Walker still gossiping on the veranda. No objection was raised by Mrs. Walker beyond an injunction not to be gone long and a warning not to go without her jacket. “No joy riding,” the Governor called after them: Sally’s a valuable asset gall-balled, wherein this germ ap peared to be the infecting ageht. I have, myself, seen certain forms of arthritis, cured by vaccines prepared from strains of the baccillus communis coli. . I have, myself, found the' colon bac cillus infecting the human bladder in chronic cases, and have seen them re cover with vaccines and local treat ment^ one case of thirty years stand ing. In all the above cases, there was a history of .ulcerated rectum and hemorrhoids. I cannot believe that my note of warning was “misleading” or “danger ous.” 1 . Let me mention a few eminent au thorities who agree with me: Sana- relli, Willard Stone, Achard, Ben- suade, Gkyn, Sehottmuller, Buxton, Schorer, Hauser, Roysing, Rolleston, Ohlmacher—O, what's the use? There in print, that my sketch was “both harmful and misleading” and, that it are dozens of them; I cannot under- w^s out of place in a newspaper. His j stand ■how a scientist of today, could Detroit where the old girl’s waitin’ should walk the thorny road. Now pop for me.” would kill me if he knew I was talk- Walker called them to supper and ing this way. It’s a funny thing about they wgnt down to a meal that met all pop. All I know about him I just the expectations aroused by the Gov- picked, up a little at a time, and he this family and III hold you per- ernor’s boast ofcthe Walker cuisine. and ma never wanted me to know, sonally responsible, ( amly, for her At the end o? the meal Walker left Ma’e awful nervous about «o many of return, for town to put Leary on a train for the boys stopping here, for she hung contention was, if I read him correct ly, that, the “bug” is a harmless one, its presence being determined simply to find out if other, more dangerous bacteria are present, or, if fecal mat ter was polluting suspected specimens of drinking water. My statement was to the effect that, the baccillus is harmless if in the human colon, but, a very ugly customer if it gains access to the blood-stream. I have, myself, seen a gangrenous look upon an inhabitant of an appen diceal abscess as harmless! *1 therefore repeat: If you have a rectal ulcer, or a diseased rectum, have your physician take care of the con dition; the colon baccillus is a danger ous entity, if in your blood. To deny this, is to betray Iqck 'of thorough ness. , - . * , SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE $1.50 A YEAR IF YOU HAVE APPENDICITIS YOU DON’T SEND FOR A CHIROPODIST — THEN — Why not send your belt troubles to us. Today is the day of Specialists. Our life’s work has been in: Leather BELTING PICKERS STRAPPING SHEEP AND CALF GREENVILLE BELTING CO. TELERHONE 2218 GREENVILLE. S. C. A . w ly furnished and the windows looked Boston. The veteran train robber on to pop all the time Re was shooting out upon rolling pastures. The Gov-1 shook hands all around and waved a U p trains out West, and having a hus- ernor abandoned his high flown talk last farewell from the gate. Archie hand in the penitentiary isn’t a pleas- and asked them blunt questions as to 1 was sorry to lose him, for Leary was a nt thing to think about. Ma’s father recent visitors, apparently referring an appealing old fellow, and he had ran a saloon down in Missouri; that’s to criminals who had lodged at the hoped for a chance to coax from him how she got acquainted with pop, but farm. Thev talked quite openly while some reminiscences of his experiences, ma was always on the square, and Archie unpacked his bag. The restless Leary vanished into the starlit dusk they both wanted me brought up right, activity of the folk of the underworld,tas'pUtddly as though he hadn’t tucked “1 wouldn’t be surprised if pop did- their methods of cbmmunicatidfTand j away in his clothing sixty thousand n ’t pull out some time and beat it for points of rendezvous seemed part of dollars to which he had no lawful right the West. It must be awful tame for a vast system and he was ashamed of or title. There was something ludi- a man who’s stuck pistols into the his'enormous interest in all he saw crous in the whole proceeding. While! faces of express messengers and made and heard. The Governor’s cool fash- Archie had an income of fifty thou- bank, tellers hand out their cash to ion of talking of the world of crime sand dollars a year from investments, | settle down in a place like this where and its denizens almost legitimized it, he had always experienced a pleasur- there’s nothing much to do but go to made it appear a recognized part of able thrill at receiving the statement | church and prayer meet^ig. I don’t the accepted scheme of things. Walk- of his dividends from his personal know how many men pop’s killed in or aroused the Governor’s deepest in- clerk in the broker’s office, where he his time, but there must be quite a (Continued next week.) WHAT DO P. S. JEANES DO? Madame^ Virginia WORLD’S GREATEST PALMIST AND CLAIRVOYANT Madame Virginia tells Past,’ Present and Future. 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The Governor, smoking a pipe on Archie was about to leave the room, the veranda and chatting with Mrs. but the Governor insisted stoutly that Walker recalled him from his medita- he remain. ' ■ tions to suggest that he show a decent probably exaggerate the number bf “I’m anxious for you and Red‘to spirit, of appreciation of the Walkers’ his—er--homicidcs.” know that Ttrust-both of you fully.”) hospitality by repairing to the kitchen “Well, pop can be pretty rough “What’s the young brother—aeon?” and helping Sally with the dishes. In sometimes. He and I have our little asked-Leary with a glance at Archie, his youth Archie had been carefully troubles.’ instructed in the proper manner of “Nothing serious. I’m sure. I can’t entering a parlor, but it was with the imagine any one being unkind to you, greatest embarrassment that he SaHy.” sought Sally in her. kitchen. - “Jt’s nice of you to say that. But “I was just wondering whether you I'm not perfect and I don’t pretend to wouldn’t show up! Not that you had be!” - to, but it’s a good deal more fun hav- ( Sympathy and tenderness surged ing somebody to keep you company in within him at this absurd suggestion the kitchen.” that any one could harbor a doubt of Give me a towel and I’ll promise Sally’s perfection. Her modesty, the tone of her voice called for some more as though you’d concrete expression of his understand- been used to much work,” she said, ing than he could put into words. Her titude toward him became friendlier “but take off your coat and I’ll hang hand, dimly discernible in the dusk of from that moment. There was some-: an apron on you.” , i the June stars, was invitingly near, thing ghastly in the thought that as His investiture in Mrs. Walker’s He clasped it and held it, warm and the slayer of a human being he attain- ample apron made it necessary for yielding.. She drew it away in a mb- ed a certain dignity in the eyes of men Sally to stand quite close to him, and “I wonder,” she said presenlty; “I like Leary. But he became interested j her manner of compressing her lips ment, but not rebokingly.. in the transaction that was now tak- as she pinned the bib to the collor of wonder whether you would—whether ing place between the thief and the his waistcoat he found wholly charm- Governor. The Governor extracted the ing. His heart went pit-a-pat as her sixty one-thousand dollar bills from fingers, moist from the suds, Crushed his.bag, and laid-the* out on the bed. his chin. She was quite tall ; taller He rapidly explained just how Leary’s than Isabel, who had fixed his stan- To be referred to as a confidence man by a gentleman of Leqry’s pro fessional eminence gave Archie a thrill. The (Governor answered by drawing up his sleeves and going through the motions of washing his hands. The brushing of the hands together, Archie interpreted as a code sign sig nifying murder and the subsequent in- terchange of words he took to be in- not to break anything, quiry and answer as to the danger of “\ou don’t look as apprehension. He felt that Leary’s at- -v. hidden loot had been recovered, and the manner in which the smaller de nominations had been converted into bills that could be passed without arousing suspicion* Leary philosophically stoTfre&^the bills-in his clothing. “You’re done^ are you?” asked the Governor; “out of the game?" “I sure have quit the road,” Leary answered. “The old girl has got a few thousands tucked away ani I’m gbin’ to pick her up and buy a motion pic ture joint or a candy and soda shop dard of a proper height for girls. Sal ly did not giggle, but acted as normal you really would do something for me ? ” ^ ‘“Anything in my power,” he de clared hoarsely. “What time is it?” she asked with a jarring down to practical things. She bent her head close as he held Tiensible girls should act when pinning a match to his_watch. It was half aprons on young men. ‘‘You’ve nCjVer stopped here before? j I thought I didn’t .remember you. Well, we’re always glad to 'see the Governor, he’s so funny; but say, some of the people who come along—!” “I hope,” said Archie, turning a dish to the light to be sure it was thorough ly polished, “I hope pxy presence isn’t | offensive?” past eight. '“We’ll hav'e to hurr&^she said.' “When I told yepr popAjmd I didn’t agree about everything I was think ing—” “Is it about a man?” he asked, sur mising the worst and steeling himself for the blow if it must fal£ “It,would be a long story,” she said! sadly, “and there isn’t time tQ teU. it, ^-3, Cut it out!” she returned crisply.J'but the moment I saw you were so big somewhere in the big Jakes—one of J‘Of course, you’re all right. 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