The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, September 22, 1927, Image 7
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So I see,” returned Eddie. I He begaiv indolniUy.ta~-reU.-a
“This rain'll hold up the ship may-' ette. V . -
be till iK>On tomorrow,” volunteered i Eddie's self-control was suddenly
Oscar, “so we thought we’d edti un-1 broken. He snatched a shotgun from
der cover. Good grub you got here.’ 1 ) its pegs over the door. The barrel*
were loaded only with birdshot, it it
true. But birdshot wil serve admir
ably at three feet.
*‘!Y«p)iogs!” he growled. “You laxy
filthy crooks! Get out of
quick!”
Men who live by violence are use
fully educated. They know when an'
adversary is Muffing Arid when he Is
dangerous. They have the-courage
of their careers and will take ruthless
steps against the bluffer. But they
bow to the dangerous man. So the
trio rose. Here waas danger personi
fied. A false move would mean the
discharge of the shotgun and two dead
men. They had no desire to specu
late as to who might be spared.
Keeping them covered Eddie step
ped back until he secured the belts.
He removed the pistols with one hand
and threw the belts to the floor.
Backing again he pulled, open the front
door. They saw his-initention
“Aw, say, kid,” remonstraited Cul
ley, hi* voicie between a whine and a
snarl, “don’t throw them gats away.”
His answer was to hurl the pistols
one by one, into the darkness, and
Gulley spoke again: “What’s the big
idea, anyway? You claim to be a—”
The bulky guard happened to be
nearest. Eddie thrust the gun. against
his flabby stomach so that the twin
muzzle dented deeply the soft tissue.
“Shut up and get out!” he commanded.
Gulley obeyed, carrying his coat and
belt with him. Eddie shepherded
them along the path. He kept his
flashlight spraying on the trio to pre
vent a surprise attack. The booze-
truck, headed north, stood by Hie side
of the road. They clambered into the
Jleat, 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
back to the house
"I wanted them to think I was
simp and an easy mark until some
thing fell on ithem,” he mused. “But
I guess the shock of finding out I
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
CHAPTER XXII
At the Office
Eight truche, bull-nosed tatid ; m
mensely powerful, stood humped un
der their tarpaulins like strange pre
historic animals. Their guards am
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. an<
impatient waiting oVer the score o
m«.n making up the expedition.
It was well past noon of the firr:
of Seft-ember. Yesterday’s rain per
eisted, although the large drops had
now dissolved, into many smaller ones
■fid a thick white mist threw a blanket
over them. It was impossible to see
farther than a short distance. B*c
weather, fog and a high aea had d«-
laAd the rum-runner. She' was hours
overdue.
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Tickets on sole:
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August 2, 10,16, 24, 30
September 7
Niagara Falls
and return
$36.25
Tickets on sale:
July 28
August 3, 11,17,25, 31
September 8, 14,22,28
October 6.
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tarfcCd insensibly the" atmosphere be
came lighter. The mist, little by lit
tle, began to dissolve. A cold wind
dame up and swept away the rem-
nanha. The clouds turned from a
dreary dark gray to a lighter shad<
They became fleecy; patches of blue
sky appeared. —The ram stopped.
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“There she is!” several voices cried
at once. Only a few hundred yards
away, heading straight inshore, was a
squall broad-beamed fishing tug. She
was low in- the water; there was a
bone in her teeth and spray dashed
over her sqqare bows.
A plume of steam arose from the
craft, and a single inquiring nqte oof
her siren rolled over the water/ One
of the men raised a long bamboo pole
in which wag a square of whitte cloth,
and waved it vigorously. It was the
“All clear signal.”
For every thing was all clear, of
course. The journey would be un
molested up there in his jumping-off
place m the barrens. The tug drove
en. The canvas which swathed her
sides to a height of ten feet was being
strilped off. ‘It could be seen that
the deck was piled high with pine
/boxes of (handy Spate. Ithey were
cases of Canadian liquor, hundreds
of them, retailing at current quota
tions at one hundred and. twenty-five
dollars pjbr case. Thei caiifeo .was
worth a fortune.
The skiffs put out from the dock,
rowed briskly by two men in each.
A man in the bow of the tug raised
his hand and shouted. She had
come inshore as far as it was safe
and, with the reversal ot her en
gines, the forward motion cessed.
The crew- gathered at the rail, remov
ing (the final lashings. As tbs skiffs
they handed down the cases.
The small boats came back cau
tiously to this dotA* laden to the
watr’s edge. The ^ waiting group
passed from hand to hand until they
were piled up on the nearest truck.
In a few minutes the skiffs were
empty, and were rowed to the tug
again. ^ .
Two motorboats shot out * from
a notch in the shoreline, just above
the cove. High banks on either side
of the shelter, and thick overhang-
’ng vegetation hted effectually con
cealed them before. The boats were
long, high in the bow and equipped
with, roaring engines that sent them
flying through tha water at racing
speed. Each was manned by a half
dozen young men, in the forest-green
uniform of the Michigan state police.
Every man was armed, and a ma
chine-gun thrust an ominous snout
forward from the bow.
All hands went up on the tug and
the skiffs. There was no hope. The
tugs were too slow to run away and
crew could not hope to stand off this
superior armament. The complete
ness of the surprise made the thought
of organizing resistance out of the
question.
The crowd on shore looked on the
flying craft with horrified amaze
ment The jig was up—up most etn-
phaticaHy. It was every man for
himself. The trtkeks furnished them
with a means af escape and (they
turned frantically to the waiting ve
hides.
They faced a skirmish line of for
4st green. Mo He troopers had a
risen from among the 'sand dunes
These Were armed with rifles am
automatics. And each held a dark
metal' rtbject; about the** side « an<;
shape of goose-egg in his right hand.
The line was a fearsome one. Over
each head was drawn a dull rlnfrh
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 eyes.
Only onto man was not so equipped,
but his mask rested on his head, ready
for adjustment. He stepped forward
toward TFe huddled, doubtful boose-
runners. “Gas-bombs, boys,” he an
nounced quietly, holding up his own
goose-egg. “No false moves, or—”
He drew bark his arms slightly. “And
it’s a painful way to die.” - - -
The truck crews were made up main
ly of men who had dodged service in
the greet war. They had abundant)
Sou rage, and would have shot H out
with the troopers. But they knew no
thing of gas, and they feared it with
a panicky fear. Every band clutched
at the sky. including the phimp, taper
ing figure of a rotund person with
silky brown beard who stood in the
foreground —
Every hand? Not quite. A man
on the wharf, protected in part by
the trucks above, raised his automa-
matic with a desparrte gesture and
fired at the leader of the troopers.
He missed. But the sergeant who
answered it din not. The man on the
dock clasped his arms about his stom
ach Anki* fell into the shallow water.
“Steady!” commanded the leader.
“He’s done. Don’t throw, men.”
TKe
Ehcell warn beside
him. A keen young man ii^ city
clothes was tilted against the farins-
eoting of the side wall. ' t
Eddie advanced a few steps and
paused unconcernedly.' The stranger
lowered the front legs of his chair and
prepared to rise. His late adversary
scowled, but Nance smMed and said
cheerily, “Hello, Eddie. Well, I see
you made it, after aU.
Made it? He had *nade notiling
but a mess of it.
here to be laughed at by Nance En-
cell ami her companion, of aU people f
And why was this other chap staring
at him to cuitooaly? .
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.)
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ROUND TRIP EXCURSION PARES
ATLANTIC CITY
—AND— v\
NIAGARA FALLS
The following round-trip fares will apply from Stations
shown below:
From
to Atlantic City
to Niagira Falla,
BARNWELL -
$26.40
$36.25
CAMDEN
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. COLUMBIA
24.15
‘ DENMARK
- 26.35
8620
ORANGEBURG
_ f 25.96
Proportionate fares from intermediate points.
TICKETS GOOD FOR 18 DAYS INCLUDING DATS OF SAUL
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Selling dates: via. P. R. R. June 21, July 5, 18, August 2, 16,
3,; via B. and O. June 29, July IS, 27, August 10, 24, Sept 7.
Excursion flares as above epply via. Norfolk, Va.
Reduced rounddrip fares to other Nek Jersey sseshnrs
re aorta.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
Selling dates: via. P. R. R. June 22, July 8, 20, August 8, 17,
31, Sept 14, 28;* vU B. and O. June 30, July 14, 28, August 11, 26>
Sept 8, 22, October 6.
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Vacation Time
TRY THE COOL PLACES
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IN THE
Southern Appalachian Mountains
or
troopers, throwing aside his gas mask
a« he came. “I’ll get him out!” he
cried. For tiie runner who had fallen
was too valuable to be drowned. It
was Scots Libbey, whose mishandling
of a liquor truck months before had
’ started all his trouble.
It was within a few minutes of five
oVrlocJc, closing time in the county of
fices, when Eddie mounted the steps
of the* new brick building wearily. A
sense of responsbility had kept him
with the state police until the prison
ers <9uld be lodged in the county jail.
For it had been his telephone call of
the night before whi4h had preripi-
tated the most successful liquor raid
in the State’s history,
Fortunately, a troop of the State
police, working orw shore with motor
cars and horses, and on the water
with their fast motor cruisers," had
been beating the north for rum-run
ners, and were stationed only a few
miles away. Orders from 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 oooq.
Now there* was a let-down, a des
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 Ms misshapen,
wrinkled clothing had been wet by
the rain, had dried upon huh; and had
been wet again to dry again. He
wondered rather stupidly why he was
go mg to the courthouse at all, he
had no money to meet the taxes.
Peter Whimple hod company, Ed
die found. There was the youth he
had beaten up for traspsss He l
sitting an A
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