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una nceiWH tee stebt
Dv Ktndrrtan stead 1100. 000 which
Jfirtln Tydn t. him. for Ooekls
Okirran te recoup, r-elnc teu. Ha
Rd the mentp mhJ terves flv years In
pruen. flubbernlr . keepln hli. mouth
hut. both te the rellr and ths old kjic
who are after th loot. Only btcauae he
knew hit every mevii will Us atchd
whn he r?tti out doe he nnally die die
dele the hldln place of the money te
Mlllman. a prlnen mite. Later, aldtd by
Kocolo Caprlane, a bomb can leader,
and hie dauchter. Tereea. oddly mouth
a pure-hearted, womanly, girl, lis out
wit the police through the death of a
bomb man, wheie Identity Is eenfuxed
with Henderecn'a. He la nurprletd when
Mlliman Ktepa an appointment In New
Terle. and turn ever te him the tin
of Tyd"mn, who ha died, or nene of I
with lnaenen and will pay It btclt
n own private xe
rp It. Hendersen
te pay It back If
opined parkaire of benk. netee. Then
' ilinmen lurprleea htm n 111 I mere by de-
niandlnir, aa his eliare. of the deal, either
the entire amount te return te the estate
of Tyaman, wne nan niee. or nene or It
iymT jnm ns leeia nimeeir runty
el
antrlly telle Mlliman
he muet, but lie means te
""- . . i" .
out 01 n' own priya.ie
Virien dccieee te K'.r
money for which he has scheme
and cranny, with the
pOIHflsicn, 111
SeeD.the
e ten
money In hla
a tees te hunt un one Dare
ne naa a letter from
his contains a secret rode
Oere te whom
f vlrrttn. This H
which Is Intended te. double-creas lien
dirren and ejeure the rneiyy for Ca
prlane ann nis accomplices. wr.cn
rr& flnne this out ehe rnmnniflii.
,sreurn her father, te a (It of anger,
f which causes his sudden death. Teresa
roilew ii-miwieun tu .ietv turn, lines
he has been druiwrd te sleep In Daau
Ooerira' hotel, and sets about te out
fit her father' friend.
AD HE"- IT CIKSTIXUES
'TTER first duty was te save the roan
XI In the next room from her father's
treachery, and she wan here new1 te de
that; but she wne here, tee, te de
wmethlnR else. She could, nnd would,
stand between Dave Hendersen nnd the
personal harm that threatened hint
through the trust he had reposed In
Nicole Caprlane, nnd she would de
this at any cost nnd nt any sacrifice te
hcrne'f; but ahe , could net, and she
would net, connlve at anything that
would tend te keep the stolen money
from the possession of its rightful
owners.
Her hands lifted new and pressed
hard against her temples, which had
begun te throb. Yes, nnd she must de
even mere thnn that. There had been
net only treachery en her father's part
' toward Dave Hendersen, there had been
treachery nnd tricl.cry toward the po
lice In an effort te cover up the stolen
meney: nnd, tacitly nt least, she had
been an nccompllce in that, nnd there
fore mera'ly she was as much n thief
as that man next deer, an much n thief
as her father had intended te be unless
new. with all her t-trcntth, with nil
her might, she strove te undo nnd make
restitution for n rrime In which she
had had a part. If it lay within her
power, net ndventitleusly, net through
Jmpha7nrd, but through the employment
toward that end of -every faculty of
brain and wit nnd courage alie pos
sessed, she had no choice new but te
xet posMSsieii of that money nnd re
turn It te the authorities. Her con
science was brutally frank en that
point, nnd brutal'y direct! thcrp ai.h
no room te temperize. no halfway
course nnd here wan the final, ulti
mate and supreme test.
Her face In the darkness whitened.
Her Mps moved silently. It wns
strenclh and he'p she asked new. Hit
mind was already made up. She would
fight for. and, In nny way or by any
means that offered, get that money,
and return it. And that meant that
slie must watch Dave Hendersen, tee.
There wan no ether way of getting it.
He alone knew where it was. and hlnce
It was net te be expected that he would
ve'untarily give It up. there seemed left
hut one alternative te take it from
him.
sced eneugn what? I cuess that's
wnore nhe'n gelne te hang out, all right.
Ann I cucm the plnce loekn the part
The Iren Tavern eh?" He read the
wjnaew sign, aa hla tax! rolled by.
Vyrl! ,cnve u te Booklet I gut
I II blew back there by-and-by and re
iMer If the rates ain't tee hleh!
Hut thcre nln't no hurry I I've been
tucking; around new for five yearn,
and I jrucee I can take n few minutes
longer Juit te meke sure the number
go up right en the beard this timet"
1500x10 nltnrvnn. with Mm n.ltvilf im.
Bletancc of his tongue, shifted the cl?ur
luttt te the ether corner of his mouth.
He expectorated en the lloer of the
taxi and suddenly frowned uncnutly.
He had had uneasy moments mero than
once en hi late trip across the con
tinent, but they were due, net se much
... i5. fc.B? thnt "nyl'iln,? w wrong
with hl "dope-sheet," nn they were m
Hip element et superstition which vn
Inherent In him aa a gambler se far he
nail net 'Una any luck with' that hun
dred thousand dellurs, In the theft of
which he had been forestalled by D;tve
Hendersen five years nse. That was
whnt was the matter. He was leery of
hla luck.
He chewed savagely. He had nn at
Jnck of that superstition new but m
least he knew the pnnacea te be em
ployed. At times cmcli nn ilirn he
communed nnd icasoned patiently with
irmbcit. uc communed wltli himself
new.
. ."S?.r0: E,!n knew"" where the money
Is. She n the dork linrsn. inul (ln Inne
fhet and I get the tip and the inelde
reputable Raloen, designated as
"O'ShesV which fared him across
the sidewalk, the neighborhood ap
peared te consist of nothing but Chinese
ten-shepg, laundries, rcstauraut. and
the Hke j while the whele etreet, nloeniy
nnd ill-llahtctj, wan strewn with unprc.
lensererfng basement entrances where
one descended directly from the side
walk te the cellar level below,
Tlei!d( Bknrvan nicked ue hH hand-
bay, descended te the ddcwnllc, paid
nnd dl3mlsusl the chauffeur, nnd pushed
his way In threuch the mvlnglng doern
of the Kaloen.
"I fftiers 1 nln't drinking net here'"
confided lloekle Skarvan te himself
ns he surveyed the unktmpt, sawdust
strewn fleer nnd dirty furnishings, nud
n group of equally unkempt and hard
looking leiinsera that lined the near end
of the bar. "Ne, I giiesa net," suld
Boeklo t himself; but I gueui it's the
place, all right."
He made hl way
end of the bar. The single barkeeper
w)y te the unoccupied
The gulde halted and opened a deer
Her mind was almost ovcrpewcrlnply
Swift new in its flew of termcnuni;
thought. It seemed nn Impossible
Fuuauen mac sue siieuiu warn him et
ilanger from ene source, only te de t,e
him again what no! His life wax
net in danger with her; that was the
difference. But but it was net easy
te brine herbclf te this. Sh wa.i nlone
new, with no bends between herself and
ynv living soul, except theso strange.
Incongruous bends between herse'f and
that man in the next room whom .she
was, In the snme breath, both trying te
save and trying te outwit. Why was
it thnt he was n thief? They could
have been frlenrl.i If hn n-ern nnf n
thief; nud ehe would have been se glnd
Jt a friend new, and bhe hnd liked
ami. and he did net leek like it thief,
mhaim her mother had liked Nieule
Caprlane in the early das, und per
jiaps Nlrole Caprlane then had net
loeKcd like a thief, nnd perhaps her
mother had counted en turning Nlcote
Capriano into nn honest man, and
Teresa rnr.e nhi-imiiv tn Un- rn ci...
felt the het color llupd her face. Ijlie
Mw the mun ns he hud steed that firht
night en the threshold of hr fathcr'ti
room, nnd he had looked at her be long
and steadllj and there had been no
offense in his leek. She caught her
ercath sharply. Her mind was run
ning net! It must net de thnt J She
BttlJ mnilV tlllnpft tn imiiMinllul. t.,l-l,l
n.l .t. . ".t.;". .-"V''1"""..""""1'
"cl , "ou" "ecu ni ner wits,
bhe forced her thoughts violently Inte
no her channel. Hew long would it
?. Man this Iren Tnvura closed for
tit niCllt. nilil llnrm C..nf,... .. ,. i I.. 1... 1
and asecp? She did net trust Dagu
"Jerge! hhe knew him ns one utterly
wtiieiit scruplea, und one who was l:i-Huieui-.ly
crufty and dnngereualy cuii
ning. bhe bvgan te rehenrse ngaiu tlie
Mens thut she hud hnd with him nnd
Sudden y drew hrnwlf nn (m.el.- u-i...
at the last moment; nn he imi fr ihn
room, had he reverted te her father's
fieath, mid why had he waited until
'i. wuen it should naturally have
wen ene of his firtt fiuentieiia, te in-
S.?";8 I)!a,U8lblJ' WL0I 'cr fathcrV
nth had taken place?
A "Ps Brew suddenly hanl. Nine
fajs I She had told nine dny... Was
tnere any slsnlficance in that te Dage
&C,'.or, te.hwMJf? She hud been
rtaayetl in leaving Sun Francisce by her
Whw H funeral. Dave Hendersen had
tt there several days curlier, but he
ismf, "i i" uiucrcnce in time
lfi.g-i be ncteutrJ for through Dave
inl.ir. . ?".Kl "ul etjini iy, it
5,h.e"0t- .llml Dt,K 0cOT Ihedsllt
u lraB B !, ,vn,h thinking of it new?
as it pobihle that Dan II..iulcr.en
eon, .UU BOt J"nt """y. and ha.l
come here for refuge with it: that it
toen, ii' nt this moment. In that next
room there, nnd thnt, hclew stairs,
ffi'',11' t,)0. w-us Mttlng. wnitlnc
"l buUnmlelfT8' "tetp l CU1
out ,, ni1 ""l for ,l '"ument stnrlng
Pe IntL .l V"11. """I" ,J"BScd, iU-dellnfd
Pfl intn HjtelnBt the bky.,lne-nnd then,
Window B.ud.',,CD .Btartt 6he rn,sc1 the
Inch Lcauitleusl.y- unillesjy, inch by
rlihtl anr?Il.,cn" out. Yes. 'she was
"iari h0 ,ren I,latferm of a fire-
mZmTC. t0 hcr room aM t0
anrt0tfnother mennt he steed thcre,
-'ml iS,1m fly'y'tt" she whlsprrel
ss tteMfiij:1, dm,p' nml ,U,eJ
dope, nln't I? Sure, she's tie play!"
he reassured himself 'She hustled that
funeraj nleng rmcthlng fierce. And she
wint tcarlni; around like u wet lien
inlslne money, letting thlnnw go and
srabbtn at nny old price until she'd gtjt
tneugh te see her through, nnd then
hhc suddenly locks the house up aud
benta it llke hell. "Twnsn't natural,
wnn It? She was In peme hurry be
lieve mi-1 what did hip de it for
h? Well, I'll tell you. I!oel.ie en
the quiet. What Nleole Caprlane knew,
alie knew. And Nicole Caprlane wasn't
the bird te let ene hundred thousand
oellars jet as clew te his clnws ax it
did without him taking a crack at it. If
you ask me. Niceln pulled Dave Hen Hen
dereon's leg for the dope; and If yen
ask m, Nicole was the 2iiy who handed
jut thnt bomb, and ne did it te bump
I'ave Hendersen oft same ns I ilpure.l
tr- de once and cop the loot for him
self. Mahbe I'm wrong but I guess
I'm net. And I guess the etldt weren't
tee rotten te Btuke n ride en nereb?
the country, I guess they weren't 1"
Hoekte lifted a fat hand, pushed
back IiIh hat, and scratched ruininatlve
ly at the hair ova his right fraple.
"D.tvc must have had :i pal. or he
uiiit have flipped it te some one that
tune jjiimy eiiawd hlin in the ear. It ,
must have hern thnt he slipped It te
frume one during them days the btilln i
was musing mm, ami wiiecver it was
niubbe has been keeping it for hlw here
in .N'3w Yerk.
"Se bhu beats it fet N'cw Yerk
what? If don't figure out any ether
way. He didn't go newheic and get it
after he get out of prlbeu, I knew that.
And he jet killed the bame uight. and
he didn't have it then. Sure, Caprlane
bumped him off! Sure, ;ny hunch is
geed for the limit ! Dave fell for the
I.emazi talk, and gees nnd puts hli
head en Nicole's besom se's te give
Ihe pollee the go-by. nnd Nicole bucks
tin orange dry and heaves nway the
pip ! And then the old geezer eathes in
hlmse'f, and the girl Hies the coop.
Mabbe she don't knew nelhlng about.
It" Iloekic Skarvan stuck hU tongue
In his cheek, and grinned ireiilcullv
"eh, no, mnbhe t-hc don't! And I
guess tl.cru ain't uny family re
temblunce between the old man nud the
girl nsitlier eh? eh, no, rn.il.be nei !'
Tin taxi stepped abrupt l.. The
chauffeur reached around and dexterous
ly opened the deer.
"Heie jeu are!" he announced
Irlefly.
Hr.ekle Skarvan looked out upon n
very thabby perspective. With the sole
c.Ncepfleu of n nankly dirty and ills-
(het the nlace evidently boasted dls
tngaged himself from the group of
loungers rtnd approached Boeklo Skar
van. "Wefe yours?" he Inquired indlffor indlffer
tntly. Boeklo Skarvan leaned confidently
ever tb"e rail.
"I'm loeklnc for n gentleman by thu
rame of Smecke." he paid, nnd his left
eyelid drooped, "Ounny Smeeks."
The barkeeper's rwttesn black eyes,
cut of nn unnmlable aud uushaveit face,
nnpralied rtoeklo Skarvan, and Beekie
Sknrvan's well-to-de eppcarance fur
tively. "It's a new one en mel" he observed
blandly. "Never heard of Mm!"
Boeklo Skarvan shifted his cigar butt
wlta his tongue.
"That's tee bad!" he said nnd
leaned a llttle further ever the bar.
"I've :eme a long way te see him. I m
a stranger here, and mabbe I've Kt tbe
wrong place. Mcbbe I've get the wrong
name, tee" Hoekk Skarvan'6 left
ryelld twltehed nsaln "mabbe you'd
knew him better ns the Scorpion?
"Mabbe I would if I knew him nt
all." said the barkeep noncommittally.
"Wet's your Iny? Flycep?"
"You're talking new!" said Reekie
Skarvan, with a grin. He pulled a
letter from his pocket, nnd pushed It
aeresn the bar. 'Yen can let the Scor
pion figure out for himself hew much
of n fly-cop I am when he getH hla
'lampi en (hat. And It's kind of im im
perrant! Oct me friend?"
I The barkeeper picked up the plain,
i sealed cnvolepo nnd twirled it medita
tively in his hands for a moment, while
his eye-J again searched Boeklo Skar-
an b face.
"l'ouse Ecem te knew yer wav
about I" he admitted finally, as though
net unfavorably impressed by thla later
Inspection.
Boeklo Skarvan aheved a cigar across
the bar. "
"It's straight goods, colonel." he
said. "I'm all the way from Frisce,
and everything's en the level. I didn t
blew in here en a guess. Start the let
ter en its way and let the Scorpion call
the turn. If be don't want te sce me
he don't have te. See?"
"All right!" said the barkeeper
abruptly. "But I'm tellln' yeuse
straight I ain't seen him tonight, an'
1 ain't snyln' he's te be found, or that
he's stlckln' nreund here anywhere."
"I'll wait," said Beekie Skarvan
pleasantly.
The barkeeper walked down the
length of the bar, disappeared through
a deer nt the rear for a moment, and,
returning, rejoined the group at the
upper end of the room.
Beekie Sknrvan waited.
Perhaps five minutes passed. The
deer at the rear of the bar opened
slightly, the barkeeper sauntered down
in that direction nnd an instant later
nodded his head ever his shoulder te
Beekie Skarvan, motioning him te come
around the end of the bar.
"Cunny'll see yeuse," he announced,
stepping aside from the doorway te al
low Bedkle Skarvan te pass. "De
Chink'll show youse de way." He
grinned suddenly. "I guess yeuse tire
en de level all right, or yeuse wouldn't
be coin' where jeuse nrc!"
The deer closed behind him nnd
Beekie Sknrvnn found himself in u
narrow, dimly lighted passage. A
small, wizened Chinaman. In a white
blouse, standing in front of him, smiled
blandly.
"Yeu fllend of Seerpy's that allee
same belly gloed. Yeu come," invited
the man, nnd bcufflrd off nleng the hnll.
Boeklo Skarvan followed and smiled
te himself In complacent satisfaction.
Cunny Smocks, alias the Scorpion, was,
If surroundings were nny criterion, liv
ing np te his reputntlen which was
a net Iniignillcant item en Beekie Skar
van's "dope-sheet" as ene of the
"safest," as well us one of the most
powerful criminal leaders In the under
world of New Yerk.
"Sure!" said Boeklo Skarvan te
himself. "That's the way I get the
dope and it's right!"
The pns.ingc swerved suddenly, and
became uimesr. niucK. lloekle Skarvan
could just burely make out the flutter of
the wiute mouse in front of him. Aud
then the gulde' voice floated back :
"Alice Hume btlairs here you leek
Cautioned, Beekie Skarvan descended
it htecp (light of stairs warily into what
wuh obviously, though it was tee dark
te f-ec, a cellar. Ahead of him, how
ever, there appeared, ns through an
opening of some wert, n faint glow of
light again, and toward this the white
hleute fluttered its way. And theu
Beekie Skarvan found himself In an
other passage; and a strange, sweetish
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i the ,vl ,K,rv!," V1"" ,il0 iat 'nnu
of ,".'b who chewetl en the butt
Wd ruM.ii Vi ''V1 "m'u ln Mh c"t.
"lia.i. cintl'i;'J Aclf-applautc.
ftSTS JM'" .iM2i -sate
m afa itf.ei ?
JJ.$heppacd &Sens
Lace Curtains Furniture
All the Small Lets
are grouped for immediate disposal
At the Smallest Prices
quoted for many a dap.
Yeu doubtless Knew that we handle
Only the Best Goods
Lace Curtains long and sash length.
Curtain Materials figured nels, scrims, marquJ.
scttes by the perd.
Furniture the geed land, of excellent design
and fine workmanship chairs, tables, steels and
n variety of odd pieces.
Opportunity Wets Never Mere Prolific
100$ 6hestnut&fceel!
odor came te his nostrils. nd tranx
sounds, subdued whisperings, rustlings,
tee dull ring of metal line coin turewn
unnn n lahle. rracbed hla ears. And
there seemed te be deer new en either
side and curtained hangings, and it
was soft and silent underfoot.
"I dunne," observed Boeklo Skarvan
te himself. "J dunne it nln't get
much en Frisce at that!"
Thn mililn halted and oetned a deer.
A soft, mellow light shone out. Boeklo
QKarvan smuca Knowingly.
He was net altogether unsophisti
cated I A group of richly dressed
Chlnnmcn were absorbed In cards.
Scarcely, ene of them looked up. Boettio
Sknrvan's eyes pawed evor the group
almost contemptuously, and fixed en
the only man in the room who was net
plnyinjf, nnd, likewise, the only man
present who was net an Oriental, and
who, with hands In hte twekete, and
slouch hat pushed back from his lore
head, steed watehing the game a man
who was abnormally short In slntiu'e,
and enormously bread in shoulder, who
had hair of a violently nggrcBelve red,
and whose eyes, as he turned new te
leek toward the deer, were of n blue
se faded as te make theta unpleasantly
colorless.
Boeklo Skarvan remained tentatively
en the threshold. He needed no fur
ther Introduction no ene te whom the
tian had been previously described could
mistake Ounny Smeeks, nllae the Scor
pion. The ether came quickly forward new
with outstretched hand.
"Any friend of Ilaldy Vlckers Is n
friend of mine," he uald' heartily. "Yeu
want te nee me eh? Well, come along,
cull, where we can talk."
He led the way a little further down
the opium
uetinv
it n small tabeuret Cor
r.mnkrr'M nnrnnhernfllla.
The Scorpion pointed te the couch :
anil possessed nimsci: et tuc laoeurci,
whlrli ha straddled.
"Sit down." he invited. "Have n
drink?"
"Ne," paid Boeklo Sknrvnn.
"Thnnl( tiiMt thn aittne. I BUCK 1
won't take anything tonight.' Iln
grinned slcnlficantly. "I'm likely te
be busy."
The Scorpion nodded.
"Sure all rigitl" he, agreed.
"Well, we'll get te cabes, then. Bnldy
says In hla letter that you nud htm
are In en a deal, and that you may
want n card or two dipped you te fill
your hand. What's the lay, und whut
can I de for you?"
"It's a bit of n long story." Beekie
Skarvan removed his cigar butt from
his lips, eyed It contemplatively for n
moment, finally flung It nwny, fished
another cigar from his pocket, and,
without lighting it, settled It firmly be
tween his black teeth. "I get te be fair
with you," he said. "Baldy said he
handed It te jeu straight In the letter,
but I get te make sum you under
stand. We think we get n geed thing,
and, If It is, anything you de 'nln't
going for nothing; but there's always
the chance that It's a bubble, and that
there's a hole gets kicked in it."
"That'll all tight!" suid Cunny
Smccks, nllnn the Scorpion, easily. "If
there's anything coming I'll get mine
and I'm satisfied with nny division that
Bnldy puts across. Baldy nnd me
knew each ether pretty well. Yeu can
forget nil that end of it Baldy s the
whitest boy I ever met. and what Baldy
rays gees with me all the way. Ce
ahead with the story spill it!"
"The details don't count with you,"
wild Beekie Skarvan alewly: "nnd
there's no use gumming up the time
- -- . .. . . . m ! i slum! i " - i ..-. .. - i, -,. -wm.1 itirn AHit a vttm win iittm. 'in vwtr. m liihl b. utvri vhwuvvh m irninini m, Miva v wnmw
n TmANlT T. PACK Aim and closed ihe deer, The furnishings Hcr, Httle Italian girt, that's, Just Who Killed Him? rU?.r i1' L0"'1 arraVJ f "ffHSl
Uy l'KAiyili.b,rAlsKjiKU, here wcre meager, and evidently re piked fastcr'n hell across th'e continent, t ir no jxuwa nunc j lint mi flngere creiweil enijmSm
'1 (AVTnOR Or "TUB MIRACLE MAN) "Meted entirely te the .votaries , of knows jwhore there W At J0 0,cIeck nt nlgUt Krb ". iftcS?1i f J&f'jW
. .. .... ... ...,. . ..''.. ' nennv. 'I nrrn una n ceiicn. nnu iickiuu ekiki auiturn in cuiu uhp.i, iwi -
ivPvrwnT ivsat vu hw jqqbit iamrNr ' '
n
tilnrlieri nml hidden five venrs age by
u "fellow named Dave Ucnderwn see?
Dave ferved Ills space, and get out a
few days age and creakpd get blown
tip with a Dage bomb get met He
didn't have no time tern joy his wealth
kind of tough, ch? Well he steed n
with this Itnlinn gill's father, an old
croelt named Nicole Caprlane, nnd lit
went there the night lie get out of
prison.
"The way we get it doped out Is
that the old Italian, after retting nejt
te where the money wns, bumped off
Dave Hendersen himself sce? Then
Nlrole dies of heart dlsease, and the
girl hardly waits te bury the old man
decently, nnd beats It for here me
trailing her en the same train. Well,
I guess thnt's all you can figure for
yourself why we're Interested in the
girls
At 10 o'clock nt night Kirby
Lane, cowboy, found his rich nnd
much-hated uncle, Jnmcs uutinlng
ham, bound, chloroformed nnd mur
dered In his luxurious Denver apart
ment. During the preceding hour ten
persons were n the room, livery
one of them had a motive for killing
the hard, immoral, unscrupulous
magnate.
The tulutlen leads through
Tangled Trails
which begins next Saturday in the
rlfci
tf
Mil
It was a euccr nlare for her te ab r
off the bat the minute she landeflfn.
.Mnv leru, nml she dldn t go there- M
stead of te n decent hotel Justtb,r
luck get me? I figured she might etnr!
ln there pretty thick and if ehn dleV
nnd 1 blew In right en ten of her,
the betting odds wetc about ffl.OOO.fKW'
te a peanut that I'd b n sucker I'm
H.trn nt II tin... ftinf ..,, wn. .1... ..tt
w;he inns It is n Dage in the mim.
in line ei eusincsa mat tier tatner wanvi - j
In. )Vhat?" " " I
The Scorpion's pale blue ryes acru' ' "
T
1)111 IDH a a tsia -v ivv -... v"
hard bucking up agslnst n lone femali.
and I guess you can tciegrapu Kamy
that he dpn't need te worry. What
de you want a bunch te pinch the
girl, or a box-worker te crack a snfe?
Yeu can have- anything that's en tap
anil I guess that ain't passing up many
bets."
Boeklo Skarvan shook his head.
"I don't want either net yet," he
said. 'The girl nln't get the money
yet, nnd there ain't anything te de
but just watch her and keep her from
getting scared until she either grnbs it.
or lets out where It is." He leaned
ferwurd toward the Scorpion. "D'ye
knew a place, net far from here, thnt's
called the Iren Tavern?" he demanded
abruptly.
The Scorpion shrugged his shoulders.
"Everybody knows it!" he ald caut.
tlenlly. "It a a dump! It's the ren-
dezveui of the worst outfit of black
Well, ,eii get me. don't nn? Tr
get te get im,) thnt Iren Tavern Joint
Just the some. That'll the first card
iiffurcu mat innbbe thm
w piny.
I
Dage 5eere would kjiew a en by renn.
hew, and that you could fit
fatten any!
llulftcd Boeklo Skiirv.tn'n fnreand
lighted with a curious benignity.
"Yeu and Baldy make n pretty geed
.................... . ..... uu nuiviicunua
i dry admiration.
Beekie Hkarvan Indulged Jn hla
wheezy chuckle.
"UVi.li.,l . Il.i1.. I...1. . .1
r..n. If fallow rtnnin.1 D-lm Cm,-. i. I' ' I :."",'. "."'"" .""-" ."''cr ""
"I cetyeu!" said the Scorpion, with',, n.e nr. te-nn,l Iib'h enin m'. ,",, '" V ..."':. ""r'M?1 "we""
a sinister grin. "It don't leek very I jjt, whnf that get te de with it?'7
"The girl's there," said Boeklo Skar
van tersely.
"Oh, she. Is, ch?" There was a new
nnd sudden Interest in the Scorpion's
voice.
"She went there from the train with
hcr grips." Beekie Skarvan's cigar
grew restive lu his mouth. "Well, me,
tee, I'm for the same Joint, only I
don't want te take any chuncei of
tpllling the beans."
"Yeu mean jou're efruld she'll pipe
you off?"
"Ne," said Boeklo Skarvan. "Ne.
I nln't afraid of that. She tie.ir get
a peep at mc en the train, nnd Me
only saw me enee before in her life
nml that time, besides it helm: daiki
anil mc being outside en tin- front deer- j
step, she wus se ti'nred I might hare . Prof. G. F. Cellier
liri'ii u lnmnnest. for nil she'd knew itere.-i. n. .inn ki n.
n.e again. It was tlie niglii her old r0str Cellier, fifty. live v-nr-'eM
I. ..til I.IUUIHM ....- .... a .. ii . t..i,i,j. i ii n iii'iiii ill nn. . . v,n. .inline. . .-
hnndprs.ln America: and the k,iv tlinf . nt her but I couldn't afford te lake' i.r-e Ttere.i. tl . lin,t I. or.. -...J? t-0'
" -e "iimruay,
It for me without It looking us though
It were anything mere than a friend
of your, wiv, who'd get Inte n llttle
f,
temporary difficulty with the police down
ipiiet und retired for a few ,Jnvs till
the worst of it blew ever ninf that
you'd picked out lib Joint us the best
bet for inc.
Tin Scorpion get up from his teat
abruptly.
Te lc continued tomorrow
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