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EVENING PUBLIC liEDGEB-PHIIiADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 19&
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FROM NOW ON
By FiL4VK L. PACKARD
(AUTIIOIt OF "THE MIRACLE MAN")
Cepvrleht, tilt, hv Pvblle Ltiaer Company
. THIS IIKOINS TUR 8TOKY
v Oira Itendaraert. a child of lha atreeti
who haa grown td manhood In nn M M
EJiirehir of knavry. confront the. bl
Cmpuuen of his lift when noeW. 8kr-
i. millionaire ba-cXar. te t ilOO.OOO
t recoup l)Oekmklmc, ieiiaea. During
Tit tonic drive le Bn (Frahclnce. Dv
Sinatra. evr the wheel of the apeedlnr
,KtejT0bll. the waalbliltlea of at.alinc
Ka IlOO.OOO. and he determine! te de ee,
Ha carefully nrrnc !or an nllbl at
ih Tooler rooming; . heuae. wncrs he
IIvm. even selnr no far aa aelectln a
kldlnc Place for the money, k diluted
vlttonceto. Then he allpa out . of tha
heue and etarta for Tydeman'e. Ujr
kreaklnr and entering he (tela into the
knuie and eeeuret the money. Ilia plan
la te hide It and then com hack In hta
capacity of iro-between. When- they
loektu for the money It would be (tone
and without auiplelen en him.
AND IIERK IT CONTINUES
CHAPTER III
The Trap
DAVE HENDEItSON lest no tlme en
his return journey. Within some
ttten or twenty minutes nftcr leaving
tie residence of Mr. Martin K. Tydo Tyde
bjsd, be slipped into the lane at the
rtsr of the shabby heuBO en the shabby
itreet that he called his home,' and,
entering the shed, closed the deer softly
behind him. Here, it was but the work
of an inslnnt te tnlec the scaled package
of btnknetcH from the blnck handbag,
reach up, slide the package In through
the llttlQ deer of the old plgcon-Ceto,
pueh the package ever into one corner,
eerer It with the chaff and old straw
with which, relics of bygone days of oc
cupancy, the bottom of the pigeon-cote
was littered, and te close the little deer
again.
He steeped then, nnd. unlacing h,is
shoes quickly, removed them. He had
only one thing te guard againBt new,
and his alibi was perfect, his posses
den of one hundred thousand dollars se
cure. Tooler must net near him enter
ing the house. Tooler must be morally
convinced that he, Dave Hendersen, had
never left the house. As seen as he get
back te his room again, he would put
en his shoes, call up te Tooler thnt he
was going, and, with the empty blnck
handbag, get Inte bis car and drive
up te Martin K. Tydcman'a !
"Seme uproar! confided Dave Hen
dersen te himself. "When I ask old
Martin K. te fill the li'l' old bag, and
he gees for the cash, there'll be "
His mental soliloquy ended abruptly.
He had opened the deer nelslcssly that
led Inte the house, and wan creeping
without , wund along the hallway to
ward the deer of his room at the front
of the house and new suddenly he
rtoed rigid and motionless. Was it
fancy, his imnginntlen playing tricks
upon him. or had Tooler ceme down
Main? It seemed aa though he had
atucht the sound of a lowered veice:
and It accmed ns though it had ronie
from his own room there along the hall.
And then he Mulled sarcastically nt
himself, and began te creep forward
arain. He had cemnlnlned of the whole
thing being tame, nnd new he was get
ting an attack of nerves when it was all
ever! Hew could he have hcnnl a
lowered veice through the closed deer
of his room? It wns u physical Impos
sibility. And Tooler, in any ease, was
net in the habit of talking te himself!
Tooler never talked te any one if he
nuld help It. The mnn always seemed
ie be minting a perennial grudge thnt
he hadn't been born n mute!
Dave Hendersen's smile brondenwl at
his little -encclt and the next InFtnnt
ivanlshed entirely, as ills llns cemnrr-sKPil
feiifldenly Inte a hard, straight line. Hi
sad United for the second time, hugged
iew ciesu against tne wall. The deer
f his room was net closed, nnd it wnu
net Tooler and it was net nerve. The
fleer mih slightly ujar: nnd the word
icnme quite audibly; nnd the guarded
voice hud a haunting familiarity about
"Sure. I crabbed the trnln. nn'
Beekie stalled en being nble te get old
Weman en the lemr-rllftrniir until
after the train an' me en it was en
ur way.' Tumble?"
Dave HendcrHen did tint msv T-
Eiis face there -had ceme, set In a -rrny-lifch-wliitencss.
a leek thnt mint.!-,!
Ittunned amnzement nnd n i-nt-hrr-in,-
fury. He hnd recognized that voice new
and, In a flash, wha't thnt voice
T,nnV....It; was Runty Mett, a miser
able little red-haired rat of a race
course tout nnd hanger-en, ltunty
Mett -Doeklo Skarvan I He rcmembcrrd
very well indeed thnt Beekie Hkarvan
could het get Tydcnjan en the long-dln-tnnce
until nftcr the train wns gene!
Anether voice chuckled in malicious
iifwnt.
'Take it from me" it wns Runty
Mett ngaln "Iloeklo Skarvnu's get
tome head.! Seme head 1 He was wiped
out nil right, but I guess this puts him
en Entry street ngaln. Fifty thousand
ler him, nn we fcpllt the rest. Beekie
snjs te me, he bnytt, 'If Dnve gees an'
gets that money, nn' disappears after
ward, he nays, 'It's n cinch, with the
ragged reputation he's get, that he stelo
It, nn beat It for part unknown, nn'
If them parts unknown.' he snys, 'in a
nlce little mound of earth somewhercs In
the weeds about six feet long nn' four
feet deep, due te Dnve liuvlng collided
with a blackjack, 1 guess the peliee'll
be concluding after n while that Dnve
wns flmnrt enough te give 'cm the slip,
an' get uwn with the coin for keeps.
Yeu grab the train for Frisce, Runty,
thnt wns ever pulled, nn' " He
stepped suddenly. A low whistle
sounded from the street In front. "Keep
nulctl" cautioned Runty Mett. "He's
coming in by the lane."
It was silent in the house enlv the
silence began te pound and throb, and
become a world of riot nnd dismay,
and make confused noises of its own.
Crouched against the wall, Dave Hen Hen
dereon raised his hand te his forehead
and drew his hand away damp with
beads of moisture. There wns en over
mastering rage, a tigerish ferocity upon
him ; but hlu brain, most curieiiBly, wns
deadly cold In Its composure, and was
working new swift ns lightning flashes,
keen, nlcrt, shrewd, nctlvc. The words
he had Just heard meant murder. His
murder I The very callousness of the
words but lent a hideous sincerity te
them. Alse he knew Ilaldy Vickcrs If
any further proof was needed. Ilaldy
Vickcrs wns a gangster te whom mur
der was a trade; nnd Hnldy Vickcrs
with stakes In the thousands, when he
would have committed any crime In the
dccnlogue with greedy haste for a hundred-dollar
bill, meant murder.
. He wns steeping new, nilcntly. with
the utmost cnutlen, slipping en his
I
A liand grasped ut the car's side and was tern loose
he could only get back there nnd get
Hut tncre were roewieps
he tays, 'an' rtse up Raldy Vickcrs
te whnt I say. Yeu get a geed two
heurB, he saya, 'te set the t-tngc up
lucre eemre uave uiews in.
Cam that malicious chuckle again.
"An' the peer boob went nn' erncked
the crib himself!" ejnculated Runty
Mett's companion nnd chuckled once
mere.
"Sure!" Mild Runty Melt. "Itoekio
called the turn all right en the guy's
reputation lie wns born a creek, well,
it mnkes it all the easier, don't It V It
might have been harder te get him when
we W'inted him if be'd jubt gene up
there an' get the money en the level.
"As it Is new, he's ducking his nut.
trying te play innocent, an he cornea
bnck here te mnke a nlce fresh start up
te old Tydeman's again. Only he didn't
reckon en any one traiiiug him from
the minute he get out of IiIh car! I
guess we get him geed. Spike tele
phoned ten mlnutcH age thnt Dave was
en his way bnck. If he comes In by the
slicd, the boys II bee lie don't get out
that way again; nn' if he cem.es In b
the front he'll get n peach of a welcome
home! Tumble? This is where he
creaks an' no noise about it an' you
leek out that you swing the lend no's
you won't have te swing It twice. '.Vc
can carry him out through the shed,
an' get the mortal remains nway in a
car with no one the wiser." Runty
Mett was chuckling new quite ns
maliciously as his companion. "Can't
you see the headlines In the papers I
'Premising Yeung Man Succumbs te
Temptation.' Say, It's the safest thing
New
Housekeeping
Apartment
Heuse Just
CempI
Seuth East
Cor. 16th
& Locust
Streets
bhecs. And new from the rear there
enme n fnlnt Miund. a low creaking, like
the stealthy rending of weed. He knew
whnt it meant: They were forcing the
-hel deer te fellow him In here te cut
off his escape, nnd te assist if necessary
in the work theso two were waiting te
perform in his room, which he was ex
pected te enter.
His face was set, drawn In lines ns
hard ns chlt-eled mnrble. And jet he
could have laughed laughed nut in the
bitterest mockeries. The game was up
even if he saved his life. He would
be "wanted" for the theft of one hun
dred theusnnd dollars. He could .net
cover that up new. If he escaped Unldy
Vlckers and his pnek he would still be
a fugitive from the lnw. And, worse
btlll, he would be a fugitive empty
handed, chased like a mangy deg who
Iiad risked his all for u bone nnd hnd of
dropped the bone In his flight. Oed, If hall.
thNf tnnneif t
com I lie new his straining cars could
hear them they were coming nearer
and nearer te the deer that opened from
the shed Inte the rear of the house. Fury
surged upon him again. Skarvanl
Beekie Skarvan ! It was Skarvan, net
Bnldy Vickcrs, net thnt miserable, red
headed rnt of a tout In there, thnt he
would have sold his soul at that Instnnt
te settle with. It wbb Skarvan, the
dirty Judas, net the ethers, who, smug
nnd safe, had planned his, Dave Hen Hen
dereon's murder In deliberate, cold celd cold
beooded hclllshness!
Well, If he, Dare Hendersen, lived,
Beekie Skarvan wbuld pay tin
eye for an eye thnt wns Ged s
law, wasn't it? well, ns cer
tainly ns Oed lived, Boeklo Sknrvnn
would pay It was another In
centive for him, Dave Hendersen, te
live new.
The brain works with incredible
speed. These footsteps had net yet
quite reached the deer leading Inte the
hull. His shoes were en new ; and new
his eyes fell upon the empty blnck
handbag" which, te facilitate his move
ments in. putting en his shoes, he had
set down en the fleer beslde bim, nnd
there came, flickering suddenly ever the
tight-pressed lips, a curious smile. He
mleht net set through : there was only
one way te get through his car out.
there In front a dash for It, though It
was certain that there would be ethers
of Baldy Vickers' crowd lurking out
there, tee; he might net get through,
but If he did, there was a way, tee, te
save that $100,000, or, nt least, te keep
it from Boekio Skarvan's cUwb!
In the dark, narrowed eyes there
came a glint of humor but It wns
grim, deadly humor. They believed, of
course, thnt he had the money in the
bug, slntfe he would be credited with no
object for having already disposed of
It, the natural presumption being that,
with the money once in his possession,
he would make a run for it and they
must continue te believe that be given
no reason te bcllcve otherwise. It was
dangerous, an ndded risk, but if he
pretended te fnll unwarily into their
trap, pretended te be unconscious thnt
there wns, for instance, a blackjack
waiting for him in hiB room, their sus
picions would never be aroused und
neither they nor any one else would ever
suspect for en Instant that the money
was net still in the bag as he dashed
from the house.
He was creeping forward again. si
lently tewnrd the deer of his room. That
wns leglcnl. They would expect thnt.
They would expect him te creep in si
lently and stealthily, en account of
Tooler upstairs or, If they did net
exnetly expect It, it would cxplnln It
self in thnt very logical wny te them
nftcrwnrd.
Behind him new the deer lending into
the hall was being opened cautiously, se
cautiously that he would net have heard
It If he bad net been listening for It,
expecting it. But he wns Just at the
edge of the Jamb of his own deer hnndlc,
and, still retnlning his grasp upon the
knob and standing in full view upon the
threshold, he pushed the deer open te
tlie extent of lils outstretched arm.
The slickest creek In the United
States, they had said he would make!
He would try net te disappoint them!
His eyes swept the Interior In n
flash. A burly figure was crouched
low dewn(ngalnst the wall within strik
ing distance of the deer, an ugly
looking, leather-covered baton In his
hand Runty Mett wns net in sight.
It was for the fraction of a second thnt
he steed there no mere net long
enough for thnt crouching figure te re
cover from Its surprise.
"My Ged!" gasped Dave Hendersen,
in well-simulated dismay; and, leaping
backward, pulled shut the deer, and
dashed for the deer te the street.
There wns a yell from the room : it
was echoed by a snout, and the pound
racing feet from the rear of the
Dave Hendersen wrenched the
front deer open nnd slnmmcd It be
hind htm; A figure rose before him en
the steps, His left hand, free, swung
with all his body weight behind it,
swung with a terrific blew te the point
of a scrubby Jaw that blocked bis wny
and the figure (.rumpled, nnd went
down with a crash en the doorstep.
It wns but a ynrd te the curb and
his cnr. He threw himself Inte the
driver's sent. Pandemonium seemed
loosed new from the house. Up nbevc,
a second -story window wns ralsed vio
lently, and Toeler'a head was thrust out l
below, the front deer wns flung wide
open, nnd, the red-headed little tout In
the van, four men were racing down the
steps. And then, ever the chorus of un
bridled blasphemy, there rose a shrill
yell from Runty Mett, which was an
swered from somewhere down the street.
The cnr, like a mad thing stung Int6
action, shot ferwnrd from the curb. A
hand grasped nt the car's side, nnd was
tern loose, Its ewncr.splnnlng like n top
and pitching te the sidewalk. Dave Hen Hen
dereon flung n glance ever htB shoul
der nnd his Jaws clamped suddenly
hard together. Of course! That shout
of Runty Mett's! But he hnd net un-dercstlmntcd-cither
Bnldy Vickcrs' cun
ning or Baldy Vickcrs' resourcefulness.
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TONIGHT
MASS MEETING
Under Auspices of
Pennsylvania Division
The Association Against
The Prohibition Amendment
at the
Metropolitan Opera Heuse
Bread and Poplar Streets
Philadelphia
At 8:15 o'Cleck
MUSIC
The Caledonian Pipe Band
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Will Address This Interesting Meeting
Tickets of admission can be obtained free of char at the
offlce of the Association, G02 Liberty Building, BreaU &
Chestnut Sts.
The doers will be opened te ticket heldcra ut 7:1D o'clock,
and te Uie general public at 8. -00 o'clock.
He hnd rather expected it. A big, now new
erful gray Car had nwept nrntind the
corner of the first street behind him,
and, Dlewlne for nn Inntant, wan plckln?
up ltunty Alett nnd In companions.
And new Dave Hendersen laughed n
llttle'ln a eert of grim snvngcry. Well,
the race was en and en te a finish I He
knew the men tee well In thnt gray cnr
behind hint te delude himself for a mo
ment with any ether Idea. They wanted
that little black hand-bng, and they
would get it if they could; and they
would get htm, if they could, nt any
test. Again he laughed, nnd new with
the laugh came that debonair lift te his
sheuldcrif. Ills brain wns working In
ivtilt, lightning fleKliw. The only hope
of shaking them off was In the open
If his cnr were the faster. And If it
wcre net the fnstcr? Well then, yes
there was Btlll n chance en n certain
read he knew, the read he had traveled
thnt afternoon if he could make that
read. It was a chance, a gambling
chance, but the best chance te win nil
or lese nil. There would be no hedging
It wns all or nothing win or lese.
They would net dare Use their revolve
here In the city streets, they could only
cling close en his trail; and neither of
them ncre Jn the city could put the
Ut
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'a . Tli-ig BUW-- a I iJtf
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rcspectlve speed of hieir .!ar te tbe
tent but In the open,, in the ceunlry;-
He looked ever hid shoulder again.
nrds in
Thi hie errnv Cnr. Kemi nftv rni
the rear, held five passengers. He could
dlHtlnrmiflii the little red.hnlred tout In
th front sent beside the man who was
driving, a short, thick-set man, whose
rap wns pulled down ever his eyc
Ualdy VlckcrH. He nodded his head. Hl
glance had measured something else. By
leaning forward In his sent nnd crouch
ing low ever the wheel, the back of his
car seemed high enough te afford him
at least n fair chance of protection once
he elected te invite the Bhets that would
be fired from the car behind.
it. .u'i:.t . r
Aumj iup 111700(11 mum Mi wjtvnv p
k ileiien ward, br1 leaning ffdm hU cir .'
an he turned a Cerner,, for Instance,'-
nnu darting into a uuiming,' no mignt,,
give his pursuer the slip-here In th
citv. nut it was no reed i inn care
was up 1 He was net only a futlttve from
W
Ilaldy Vickers and his wolves, he was a
fugitive new from the police. And If
by some such meann ns that he managed
te give Baldy Vickers the slip, tliert
wan still the police and with n pelicj
drag-net out he cut his chances of es
cape by better than half If he remain!
In the city.
Te be continued tomorrow
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