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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIUADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBEE 19, 1921
15
FROM NOW ON
By FRANK L. PACKARD
(AUTHOR OF "THE MIRACLE MAN")
Covvtteht, lest, by t'ublle Ltdcrr Company
TUTS HE0IN8 TUB HTOnY
n.ve Htndersen. a child of the streets
H h irewn te manhood In nn nt-
wi?h.r Sf knavery, confront, the bl
y?.h-,H-f hi. life when lloekle Bhnr-
y.1".:. h m te Martin T, Tydem.n,
3 kfi ml lenlre bucker. te Bet lino.eoo
PK rTceup hoekmkln Inete.. Durlnu
'&. inn drives te Hin. Kranclece Dave
Slinirri ever t he wheel or tne pce n
!?,?nmebll tht i.eelb.lltle of pteallnir
fh, IIOOOOB nd he determines te de
it. carefully rrnirni for nn alibi nt
it. Tnn rr rumiiiim '"""" " -
ilvM. even eln e Ur m""!?..
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hldlnc Plce '"" tne ""''
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CHAITEK II
The Theft
F1 WAS In front of n nhnbby frame
houne In a Hlinbby utreet thnt Dnve
Andersen uteppcrt the cur. it wns live
Minutes nftcr 0. He lifted up the sent,
and, leaning down, surreptitiously con-
..ren te his pocket n com omkei irem
I (bi ear's complement of tools. Lacking
rinr of the (irccsdries of n professional
mfclar. the cutset neuui mnitc n most
teliciu Hiiuiuiuiu ii ii " j. i. .......
. 1 ll.n i.nMt-l 1MIM.1 .n fl.l
ran nci-u n i"-ii . i" "i "'y
r..u 1,1 ,,1 linmllme. itltchted. entered
V... house, und from the musty Imllway.
i'tffer tinlerklne the deer, stepped
threuuh Inte a room en the right. He
dnMd the deer behind him. nnd Btoed
lurveylng liN surreundtngH In a e-rf of
Lilf'grlin. hnlf-quizzlcal contempt.
It was possible that old Tooler up
lUlrs, en hearing the car. and hearing
Mm Dave Hendersen, enter the house,
might come down : en the ether hand, it
was quite equally possible that old
Tler would net. It was, however,
TlnH. te wait a few minutes and see.
M'i'het wns wirt of the plan. He, Dave
' Hendersen, was supposed te be here in
hl room while some ene else made that
iJfuitUe raid en .Martin i. xyuemau s
'tJxhrarv! If. therefore, Tooler should
'cone down, and find no one A
fB. ... f 1,1c ahnnlrlerH rnmiilctcfl the
I'lnhvinus deduction.
in. pvps trnvcled around the room.
m.1. ..-no hla home thnt lH. if he could
'll.ielm n home anywhere, this was his
home. . ... ,
It was dingy, comtertieBs ana unin
viting. There was only the ene window
that faced the street, and the window
wis inadequate, nnd the light seemed te
b' imbued with a niggardly hesitation
about coming in at all which was per
haps just ns wen. tue lurnisnings
weren't out of any prize collection!
He dug His nanus lmpuisivciy into
i Me neckcts nnd. one hand enceun-
ering the chisel, he smiled with n kind ,
if cool, compespd satisfaction. Between
his barren and Ged-forsaken hole and'
hi. hit of steel there had been born a ,
connection that was both intimate and i
inirtinent. Fer nine years, ever since '
it Bad run away irem scnoei, iuc kiiiu
I existence this place steed for bad
;et hla goat that was the reason why
a bad put the cnisei in ins peckci.
The room hed served its purpose bet
ter than any ether place of like clrcum
lUnces nnd surroundings would have
lerved him he had, indeed, chosen this
pirtlculnr room very carefully but the
ilea nan ajwnys get nis gene, lie uau
ad te have a room somewhere he had
taken it here. There were many rea
son! why he had selected this one. It
wi cheap : nnd it was among the only
clais of people with whom he had ever
had a chance te associate the hangers hangers
en of the race tracks, the dance-hall
crowd of the Hnrbary Const, the night
world of Frisce. He knew every one
ere he knew the creeks and the lags
f the underworld. These latter bad
me and again even tried te inveigle
lm into nctlvc membership in their
aternlty. They wnnted hlin. They
id even paid him the compliment of
telling him he would make the slickest
creek In the United Stntes. He had
refused. The game didn't leek geed
enough. It was all piker stuff. It
wasn't mernllty that had held him back
his morality was the morality
of his environment nine years
of it what was morality any
how? as far ns he could make
out it was simply a question of what
ever you de don't get caught. And he
had seen some of the upper cnfst plny
ing at morality, tee ! Mure, he knew
what mnralltv wns he hnd seen a let
of It in his nineteen renrnl
V"Aell, whnt de you knew about
iflatll' said Dave Hendersen aloud, in
a sort of surprised voice. "Sounds
like I'm arguing with myself whether
nte the shed thnt connected with the
house. Here he .pcnt several minutes in
n careful examination of the old
pigeon cote. He had never been vcrv
much Interested In MrH. Toelcr's ubnn' ubnn'
tlenctl pigeon cote before he wns verv
much Interested in it new I There was
a small ide window in the shed, nnd it
gave just light enough te enable him
te sec. It wan many years flnce Mrs,
Tooler had kept any pigeons, or anything-
cls, suve the bare threads of her
life together; but the old pigeon cote
wns hIIU here nt the end of the shed.
Just above the deer thnt opened en the
lane. It wasn't anything very clab
crnte. just n sort of celling platform.
Iwnnlcd in, nnd with u little deer In It
Standing en the ground, lie could just
tench up te the deer, nnd he opened it
ttntatlvely. Yes, it would serve ex
cellently. It was instantly accessible nt
nny time, either from the heuse or from
the lane, nnd certainly Mrs. Toelcr's
long-forgotten Mielter for her bygone
petM was net n thing te exrlte sin-
In customary bnnded shcavcH of bank
notes, nnd loose, hew else could he
enrry It? Net In his pockets and he
couldn't very well mnke n parcel of
them In Tydcmnn's library I Of course,
the bank might have made up a scaled
packnge of the whole, but even then n
scnlcd package would have te be kept
out of sight.
The slouch hnt was drawn down still
n little lower, nnd by the less fre
quented streets Dave Hendersen made
his way along. At the expiration of some
twenty minutes he had emerged, n block
away, en the street upon which the mil
lionaire's home fronted. The hurried pace
was gene new, nnd lie dropped into n
leisurely and nenclinlant saunter. It
was a very select neighborhood. There
was little or no Unfile, nnd the major
ity of the houses possessed, te n greater
or less extent, their own grounds. Tydc
mun's house, for example, was ap
proached by a short driveway that was
Hanked en both sides by u -high and
thick hedge. Dave Hendersen nodded
his hend complacently. He had pictured
'ill I rilii,!' '
ips u iKtHH ili 111; is! r
II M ill KikkBHsHiH Jfi.MBEwra&Gfti 'hi i) it
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wfliiiinHi HilHHfflSKiSM '
creurhed, listening intently, beneath the
window of the llbrtiry.
A minute passed, nnethcr there was
no sound. lie raised Mmself guardedly
then te nn upright position, pressing
close against the wnll, but keeping well
back at one side of the window. The
window sill was shoulder high, mid
new, edging forward Inch by Inch, he
obtained a diagonal glance through the
pnnc. The room, ns far a he could see,
for the portieres within were but par
tially drawn, wn unoccupied. It was
whnt he hnd counted upon. Tydcmnn,
if the millionaire were following his
usual custom, was at dinner, nnd the
dining room was en the ether side of
the house. Xe ene of the household,
cither family or Bervnnts, would ordi
narily hnvc any occasion te be In the
library at this hour. Ordlnnrily! A
g.int Came Inte the dark eyes, and the
eyes narrowed as In a dogged, uncom
promising challenge nnd then the
shoulders lifted In n debonair shrug.
Well, that was the chance he took t He
was gambling anyhow 1
His Angers crept tti the window-sash,
and tested It quietly. It would net
iiiove. Whether it wat, locked above or
net, he did net knew the slight press
ure that he was able te exert from the
outside wns at least net sufficient te
lift it but the Improvised steel jimmy
would quickly remedy thnt defect. He
worked hurriedly new. The Western
summer evenings were long, und It wns
still light, nnd every minute he steed
there wns courting discovery.
The edge of the chisel slipped In be
tween the sill und the window-sash,
nnd with the leverage the window wns
raised an inch or two. His question
wns unswercd.
It had net been locked at the top.
And new his fingers came Inte piny
again under the wlndew-sash. There
was net a sound. The window went up
easily nnd silently, nnd with a lithe,
agile spring Duve Hendersen swung
himself up ever the sill, dropped with
u soft pad te the fleer, nnd steed me
tienless, shrouded in ene of the por
tieres. . , ,
The room wns empty. The deer lend
ing from the library, he could see as
he peered, out, wns closed. ! ram tne
ether sldivef the deer, muffled, there
enme a lnugh, the murmur of voices,
Indeterminate little sounds. JLiie set,
straight lips relaxed n little. The way
was quite elenr. The clmnces In nis
favor were mounting steadily. -tne
family was undoubtedly at dinner.
He mnde no sound as he stepped
quickly new across the room. The rich,
heavy pile of the velvet rug beneath
his feet deadened his footfalls. And
new be reached the massive tint-topped
desk Hint steed almost In the center
of the room. It was the most likely
plncc, the nutural place, for Tydc
mnn te lenvc the money. If it was
net here again there came that de
bonair ehrug well, then, he would leek
further upstairs in Tjdcmnn'B bed
room, if necessary or anywhere else,
If necessary. One thins only wns cer
tain, nnd that was that, having started
en the job, he would get the money,
or they would get him if he couldn't
fight his way out. It wns quite natural!
Of course, he would de that! Whut
cIee would he de? He hnd ulwnys done
thnt I He hnd been brought up te it,
hadn't he? Win or lese he hnd nl
wnys played win or lese. Celd feet
and bet hedging wns piker stuff and
that was In Uoeklc Skarvan's line, tee,
net his I
Keen, alert, his ears were bcntinels
against the slightest external sound.
He wns gnawing new In n sort of
grim inipntiencc ut his lower lip, as he
pulled open drawer nftcr drawer.
Htrnnge hew his mind worked ! The
slickest creek in the U. S. A., they
hnd said he would make. Well, per
haps he would, but even se, it neither
allured nor Intel csted him. This wus
his first Jeb nnd his last. There was
enough In this te see him through
for the rest of his life. It wouldn't
have 'been worth the risk otherwise,
nnd he wouldn't have tnckled it. Once
Enst, und lie could pretend te amass
money little by little until no one would
be surprised that he was worth n hun
dred thousand dollars. Thnt was the
trouble with the bunch he knew ! Seme
of them had brains, but they worked
their brains overtime en small stuff
and they had te come again te keep
the living expenses going and sooner
or later they came once tee often
nnd then It wns the jug for theirs!
He bent down suddenly te u lower
drawer that, was locked the only one
thnt he hnd found locked und pried
it open with the cold chisel.
''Sure I" said Dave Hendersen lm
perturably1 under IiIb breath. "I guess
this leeks llke It what? And all done
up In n nice Ilttle package, tee I Kvpm
mere thoughtful of 'cm than I had
hoped 1"
He took out r parcel from the
drawer. It wns securely tied with stout
cord, nnd henvlly sealed with grent
blebs of red wax thnt bore' u bunk's
impression. There could indeed be but
little doubt concerning the contents;
but Dnve Hendersen, nevertheless, mutle
u slight opening In ene end of the wrap
ping paper nnd disclosed te view crisp
piles of brand-new yvllewbncks.
He nodded pleasantly te himself, as
he consigned the package te the little
black handbag.
Th ti-fiu Yfltnf In linil nnir for nnd
get one hundred theiisnnd dollars.
lle closed the drawer, ana kiicic inr
nn Instant te examine It. Closed, It
did net show enough of the chhel's
work te attract attention ; open. It nt
once became very apparent that the
drawer had been forced. He smiled in
sntisf notion. That was exurtly whnt lie
wanted ! When, n little later, he drove
up in Hkarvan s car te the front deer
nnd requested the money, it wns only
then thnt it wns likely te be missed
for the first time ; nnd certainly under
ouch circumstances the last man en
earth ngalnst whom any suspicion could
nrise would he himself, lie hnd told
himself thnt before. Well, why net re
pent it? It was true, wasn't it?
He retrented te the window, lowered
himself te the ground, nnd rcgnlned
the street. The thing wns done. Ile
wns in possesien of one hundred thou-
slightest dlfllculty or obntncle. He bum
med nn nir under nw nreniu
went along. It had been very simple-
mere ye even than he hnd expected. It
hnd been almost, tame I
Te be continued tomorrow
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en Chestnut Street ever 80 years,
rnll. Phene or Writ
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Hew 'bout Neckties for Xmas Gifts 1
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Dave Hendersen, silent as a cat, mnde Ills way into the hall
plcien especially in view of the
tiint mere never would be any sus
picion excited en nny tcore ns fur n
he wns concerned !
He put en ills kIiecm ngain, nnd, open
ing the shed deer nt the renr, stepped
out into the lane and u moment Inter
wns walking qulcltly nleng u .side street
away from thi) house.
Martin K. Tydunan's house was en
the Hill. Dnve HenderMiu smiled u
Ilttle grimly nt the niry lightness of the
empty black bag in his hand. It would
be neither as light ncr its- empty en the
way back if he had any luck! He
pulled the slouch hat he was weariug a
little farther down ever his eyes. A
man carrying a bag wasn't anything
out of tlu ordinary, or anything te at
tract particular attention he was much
niore concerned In avoiding the chance
of personal recognition.
And, nnyway, the bng was a neces
sity. If the money, for instance, was
fact thnt drivewny n dozen times en the run
up from Stockton, nnd pnrticulnrly he
hnd pictured that hedge! It wns a most
convenient hedge! And It was exceed
ingly thoughtful of Martin K. Tydcmnn,
Ksqulrc, te hnvc provided It! If ene
crouched low enough there was nothing,
unless some one were especially en the
watch, te prevent ene renching the
library windows nt the slde-renr of the
house, and of accomplishing this with
out the slightest chance of being seen.
He was close te the driveway en
trance new, und his ejes swept nurrow nurrew
ly up nnd down the street. Ker the mo
ment there nppenrcd te be no one In
sight und, with u quick side-step, he
slipped suddenly In from the street
under the shelter of the hedge.
He meed mvlftly new, running, hnlf
bent ever. It wns a matter of but a few
seconds and new, darting across the
drivewny where it branched off te circle
around te the front entrance, he gained
the slde wall of the house, and
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Living-Roem, Bridge, Boudoir and
Chair Lamps. A superb collection of
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every color scheme of the modern
home. Alse, a notable assortment of
Period Mirrors of unusual attractive
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new!
Dougherty's Faultless Bedding
Hair Mattresses Bex Springs Bedsteads
1632 Chestnut Street
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I ought te de this or net. Say, wouldn't
thlt Stlnz vnn ! fhpre'tj nntlilnt- tn It!
Wt's whnt you get for waiting a lone
,-fuu turn cejis me HweepiiuKes, aiiu
Ifwyeu up ter keeps HKe a nabob!"
' He went te Hm Vlner. nnennil It
li'htly, and listened. Upstairs he could
tr Tooler moving about. That was
tnether reason why he had, having once
wa tne room, remained en ns the sole
ledger in this house. Tooler minded his
own business and Mrs. Tooler couldn't
belp minding hers. Mrs. Tooler wa a
PUnlytic. They wcre u couple well be
?i?5. ml(,d'0 ase, and, having been
tnrifty in their early days, had pur
chased this house here seme fifteen years
le. The neighborhood, even if btill
& eneap neighborhood at that time, bad
wen a little mere refined In these davn.
U had changed for the werse since then,
out having invested their savings the
subsequent chnnges had te be borne,
Yly ",s nl1, " "ndn't apparently at- r
"i Tooler very much. The man was
niturally sour anyhow, and Mrs. Teel- ' -
".,"""" uaanTt changed him Inte
nst might be called, by tiny stretch . E5
the maglnatien, genial ! He wns a '
necnanic of some sort; but his work '
"a been spasmodic Mrs. Tooler could
net always be left alone.
ldently wasn't coming down; but
Jwer, for all that, must, if the m-
ty arose, bu the means of estab-
1 .?. nn nllbl and thal- required,
wmctbing of at least a deflnlte recegni.
UPn by Toekr of his. Davn TIn.l.,.,.v
Presence. tt uan..j ..i,.....i ,... ' -
iiu L i " "i'l'u uuiuimy um into
"cu, loeieri" no called. "Tooler:"
t.J0P opened somewhere above.
Helle!" snanncd a rmiff vnl.
't me.
ten.
The Perfect Gift
A Suitable Boek
There's a geed book
for every one en your
Christmas List.
Presbyterian Boek Stere
(Second Fleer)
Witherspoon Building, Juniper and Walnut Sts.
Convenient Location, Attractive Surroundings
Widest Variety
Beeks, Novelties, Christmas
Cards, Calendars, Etc.
iiAi wr
m IS wl nil
tteltt lira
till
Waterman's
Ideal
Fountain Pens
$2.50 te $65
Autopeint
and
Eversharp
Geld and Silver
Pencils
$1.00 te $35
A splendid selection and Quick Service at
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152S Chestnut Street
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New and Ready
for Christmas
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And Startling Eeductiens
IN PHILADELPHTA, CAMDEN AND VICINITY
Fine Cane Granulated
Lewest
Price
Yet
5C
lb.
"5? " PRINT
&& Buttci,
Fancy Tub Butter . . .
47n,.
FANCY JERSEY
Pumpkin
Can
Save 5 cents can
CALIFORNIA FANCY
Seedless
Save 10c Pkf;.
announced Dave Hemlcr-
I heard you I" crunted Tooler.
, .''"Jt cnme ip for " wftNh.un," i
plained Dave Ifcndwen. 'Tninp up
111 fcUinS MUCK III' t
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wvwVICTOR RECORDS,
WM
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s?lt br train."
,,'AH right I" Tooler grunted again.
Hew'n the witeV
dnif1'8 en''' nnmve"" wn" the closing of n
-' uiininirn
plea
Dnvp TI nndnnnM mtln.1
santlv. and i-i.iii.rii i.iu .......
J!"?' "'''"'n It came te sociability
!itii w?.8 " Btnr! AV,11' w ",,,' tlie !
;"'' !"" lied no complaint te rejjis. i
nl.i.cr?Mv'11 ,0 'v,lerp ''' t"ink oed
,7?'nst tlln nl! at tlie leVver end of the
trn?' "'V'"0,1 the ,ru"1'- J'l "t the
"7, nnd from homewherf In the lower
MMu'IH1!,ct,'iC,1 "'-elf of nn auto.
,Zl )i,ltel nd a geiifveiiH uipply f
1& ?mi",",,lti0- With this in hiH
lm,;;' , v,he, ,l,c ,n,,ll; ". and.
unlnt',,,w," ou ,,,, cdS of the bed,
"""'iced and removed hU nhecs
,n ","' lhiv" H'MidorHen, silent n
SH. Ih "nnvi-mrntH. his sIiecb turlml
h. ni?,"" ',rm',,l,l b'""-" humllMir umfcr
lill 'nr' mnil 1,ls wy '"t Inte the
heL . cnr Ht,,"(,lK In front of the
'tin i !'f lnule ovldtnee that he ns
i llrilt 7 rem- lMcr ". wl'i'n he
l"eT?.?i ii ln.,thc ceurBO f,f nn h,,,,r' N,,v.
.'""l alibll " ' l "" " i,vflKy
)tii ?Mr, opened It cautiously
--. u i,9unu, an Mepped through
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UPRIGHT PIANOS
J (USED)
I $65 $85 $125 $145
I $160 $165 $195 $245
Ne Meney Down
5 until after the New Year. Then monthly payments may be
aa lrir .it! (IK nnti nmnfli
i 'All we ask is thut you pay cash for the Steel nnd Scurf. J
I IMMEDIATE FREE DELIVERY ,
InATLrvmr t? w a ir
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(Ilelevr I.ehlfh Are.)
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$32.50
$26.50
500 Suits
First group all worsteds. Fine!
Second group nil wool Fishbenes,
herringbones, Cambridge and Oxford
grays, browns, greens checks and
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We Suggest Them as
Geed Christmas Gifts
Wflnarnflkpr&Rrmirn
mi Market at Sixth for 60 Years
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Mew Pack Ked Alaska -g i P
Save 6 cents can mrnKm 8
Old-Fashion Oven Fresh
Fruit caicci w Bread R?
2-Ib decorated tin JL . , . . , Hiflflnil
Best Values in City LeaI
CANDY SPEriAi.c
Worthmere Asserted Chocolates Befh 19C
Milk Chocolate Covered Almend Mallow, 2 lei1 5c
Hershey's Sweet Chocolate, 2.0, ed. 5C
CRACKER SPECIALS
Sanla Claus Pack . . lb 21r
SI. Nicholas Mixed . . lb 28c
Neah's Ark . . . pkg 6c
Nabisco, AnelaSngar
pkfj 8c
Letus, Ramena Wafers
Barnum's Animals . pkg 6c
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