IN RE: ‘DISSOLUTION OF THE
Notice is hereby given that the peti-
‘April 18th, 1930, in the Court of Com-
sylvania, praying for a decree of dis-
‘soluti n, will be heard by the said
Cour
o'clock a. m., at which time any per-
of such Petition shall be granted.
: : J EM.ASIR,SLMO
JAMES L. MORRIS,
Solicitor for the Plaintiff.
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an "LUZERNE COUNTY
SEALED PROPOSALS
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Controller of Luzerne ‘County at
his office in the Court House, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., (and no other place) until
Monday, April 28, at 11 a. m. for con-
struction of EXTENSION TO BRIDGE
No. 733, Lake Township, Luzerne
County, in accordance with plans and
pecifications on file in the office of
the County Engineer. :
Copies of plans and specifications
can be obtained from the County
Engineer upon deposit of ten (10. 00)
dollars. /
Bach bid use be accompanied i a
certified check in the sum of two
undred and fifty ($250.00) dollars,
made payable to the Treasurer of Lu-
zerne County. Check of successful
bidder will be retained by the County
Controller as a guarantee that bidder
will enter into contract- and furnish
surety bond within (10) days from
date of award.
Envelopes to be marked “Proposals
for Extension of Bridge No. 733.” :
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved by the County Comnigs
Aioners.
LEONARD D. MORGAN, ,
County Cont Controller.
LUZERNE C( COUNTY
* SEALED PROPOSALS
y dation proposals will be received by
the Controller of Luzerne County at
4 his office in, the Court House, Wilkes-
arre, Pa. (and no other place) until
- Monday, April 28, at 11 a. m. for con-
struction of Bridge No. 5, Dorrance
~ Township, Luzerne County, in acgord-
ance with plans and specifications on
file in the office of -the County
Engineer.
} Copies of plans and Shaniiiiations
can ‘be obtained , from the County
Eng ineer upon deposit of ten ($10. 00)
dollars.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum. of five
hundred ($500) dollars made Dpay-
able to the . Treasurer of Lu-
_zerne County. Check of successful
bidder will be retained by thd County
Controller as a guarantee that bidder
will enter into contract and furnish
surety bond within (10) days from
el date of award.
~ Envelopes to be marked “Proposals
in Construction of Bridges No. 5.”
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved by the County Commis-
sioners.
>
LEONARD D. MORGAN,
County Controller.
gry “LUZERNE COUNTY
SEALED PROPOSALS
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Controller of Luzerne County at
“his office in the Court House, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., (and no other place), un-
“til 11 o'clock a. m., Monday, April 28,
for furnishing Luzerne County with
ONE LEATHER BELT FOR USE ON
ELEVATOR PUMP, in accordance
~ with specifications and instructions to
bidders on file in the office of the
County Commissioners.
Proposals must be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum of twenty-
tive ($25.00) dollars, made payable to
the Treasurer. of Luzerne County.
Envelopes to be marked “Proposals
for Leather Belt.”
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved by the County Commis-
~ sioners.
he LEONARD D. MORGAN,
Nr : County Controller.
LUZERNE COUNTY
SEALED PROPOSALS
. Sealed proposals will be received by
the Controller of Luzerne County at
his office in the Court House, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., (and no other place) until
11 o'clock a. m., Monday, April 21st,
~ for furnishing Luzerne County with
one LOADER OF THE BELT CON-
~ VEYOR TYPE in accordance with
~ specifications and instructions to
bidders on file in the office<of the
County Engineer.
Proposals must be accompanied by
La certified check in the sum of fifty
($50.00) dollars, made payable to the
Treasurer of Luzerne County.
~ _ Envelopes to be marked YPronosns
for Loader.”
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved by the County Commis-
sioners. ‘
fngim t ~ County Controller.
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~ CHAPTER XXIV
The Man in the Mask
At the appointed hour Mr. Connor
arrived, paid off his taxi short of the
bridge across the Sepentine, and
stolled down toward the water. The
‘hight was inclined to be rainy; a high
wind was blowing—it was not a night
even for the most romantic young
couples to spend on the brim of the
Serpentine.
Mr. Connor was not romantic; he
was very much a realist. He could
well understand Margaret Maddison’'s
reluctance to come to his wharf, and
he blamed himself for the stupidity of
such a suggestion. She might have
come accompanied by the police, as
the Gunner suggested she would; ana
that was exactly the way she would
have arrived had she intended making
a fuss.
He found a wooden chair leaning
over upon another, and straightening
it, sat down. Here was the promise
of an income for life. He could even
bless the Gunner that he had inter-
fered in his affairs at the most critical
woment in the life of Luke Maddison.
He looked right and left; there was
nobody in sight. The police, he knew,
did not patrol this path except at rare
intervals.
Behind him was a stretch of grass
which was separated from the path-
way by a railing less than a foot from
the ground. He was meditating upon
all the prospects which his discovery
had opened up when a hand dropped
on his shoulder and something cold
touched the back of his neck.
“Shouting means shooting,” said the
“Don’t look
round, kid!” :
“What's the idea?” growled Connor,
who, to do him justice, was not so
much frightened, as annoyed.
‘Stick ’em up, and Jet's have a 100k
at you,’- said the stranger laconically.
“No turn,” he said ,and Connor
obeyed. ¥
His eyes had grown accustomed to
the darkness ,and had his assailant’s
face been uncovered, he could have
been distinguished; but where the
face should be was a black patch.
“Qutrage by masked highwayman,”
murmured the newcomer, as his dis-
engaged hand had passed quickly
across the autside of Conor’s pockets.
“You needn’t have covered up your
face, Gunner,” growled Connor. *Td
know you anywhere.”
The other said nothing; his hand
went irito the inside pocket of Con-
nor's coat and he jerked something
free. Connor gripped at his wrist, but
the barrel of the automatic hit him
so gently that his teenth did not rattle.
“You came after he passport, did
you? I was a can to.fall for your
letter. © But it’s going to make no dii-
ference, Gunner, and you can ‘tell the
woman who sent you here—"’
“You talk too much,” said the mask.
He put his hand in Gunner's hip
pocket took out the pistol it ccutained
and flung it into the dark pond. Con-
nor heard the splash of the revolver
as it hit the surface of the water.
“Probably saved you ten years,” said
the hold-up man cheerfully. “Yr
there's one thing I like, it is saving
people from penal servitude.”
He pushed his hand down into the
trousers pocket of his victim ana
pulled out a handful of notes.
“Richness beyond the dreams of
avarice,” he said, as he transferred the
money to his own pocket. “Saving up
to buy a car or something?”
“Yowll know all about this!"
threatened Connor. “You don’t think
I'm going to take it lying down, do
you?”
He heard a faint laugh, but so fan
removed from amusement did it sound
that he shuddered.
“What's to stop me from finishing
you?” asked the man in the mask
“The answer is—nothing! I'm telling
you, Connor, for your own good, not
to raise a squeal about this little af-
fair.” »
“Maddison put you up to this, I sup~
pose—but I'll get him!” said Connor
between his teeth. “I'm not kidding
yous"
“You talk too “much,” said the other
again, gripping his victim by the
shoulder, he spun him around, so
rapidly that Connor staggered.
Before he could recover his balance
the stranger gave him a violent push
and set him spawling into the water,
By the time Connor had recovered, his
man had disappeared.
It was not the kind of night to wan-
der about in wet clothes, but they
were nearly dry by the time Connor
had made his plans. Now he knew too
well why the Gunner had called that
day—he had come for the passport,
but the arzival of Inspector Bird and
the girl reporter had made is impos-
sible to secure the document wanted.
Coy or had halt a dozen plans but
rejected them all. And then he re-
‘membered the one man in London who
could be of assistance to him. The
fact that he was head of a rival gang
made little or no difference to this op:
portunist. The idea had no soone:
settled 4n his mind than he took up
the ‘phone and called Danty Mcrell’'s
flat. Here was one of the wisest men
in the world, with a brain more cun-
ning than his own—a man who had
mixed with real swells and had
putedly made enough money to retire
from the crooked game, though he still
maintained nominal direction of the
borough crowd.
res
Danty was in bed whén the call
came through. Cursing all telephones,
he went to the passage in his bare
feet to take the message. He was not
sufficiently well acquainted with the
gangster to recognize his voice, and
Connor lost no time in introducing
himself.
“What's the game?” asked %anty
suspiciously.
He knew there was bad blood be.
tween the two gangs, but so far had
kept clear of offending either hy the
lukewarmness of his championship or
the vehemence of his enmity.
“It’s a big thing with big ‘money in
it. Can you see me right
asked Connor. :
For fully a minute Danty considered
the possibilities. :
“All right, come up,” he said, “but
if you start a rough-house here, you'll
be pinched.”
“Don’t make me laugh,” smiled Cun-
nor. “Why should I call you up to
start a rough-house—what’s the nit
ter with the street? You 80 on ‘um,
don’t you?”
“All right, come along,” said Danty
ut last.
He was not particularly enthusiastic
for a meeting, especially as he was
aware that his house from time to
time was under observation He woke
Pi Coles and revealed the idew.tity of
away?
the caller. The dumpy little man
shoot: Liz head.
“Conuor's mustard,” he said. *T
chouldni have much to dc with hin
if I were you’ guv'nor.”
From time to time there had been
1ed wer between the two Fangs, but
Danty was so aloof from their opera-
tions that he could afford to take a
disinterested view. He never went
south of the river until the feuds had
died down, and it was perfectly un.
derstood that he was not to be the ob-
ject of reprisals. :
Danty had dreamed dreams of shai-
ing loose all his old associations and
forgetting that he had ever organized
river thefts and drawn a small but
steady income from the proceeds.
He was dressed by the time Connor
called. Pi, his servant, who had spent
a quarter of an hour looking out of
the window, reported the man’s arrival
in H2.f Moon street.
“He’s alone, guv'nor,” he said, and
most of Danty’s uneasiness was re
moved by this information.
Conncr was in a friendly , mood--—-
which n eant nothing. Friendliness of
meod wes a part of his stock in tra le
“I've ot a nerve to call you up, Mr.
Morel,” he said, ‘but something has
happened, and I think you're going to
help me. When I say ‘help me,” he
added carefully, “I mean help yourself
My crowd and yours are not always
matey, but I hope that’s going to make
no difference.”
Danty informed him with the great-
est politeness that he was superior to
the antagonisms of crowds. With his
own hand he pushed forward a box of
cigars, and Mr. Connor lit one care-
fully and thoughtfully.
“I happen to know a lot about you,
Morell—everybody agrees you're the
wisest fellow in London. You know
Mr. Maddison, too, don’t Jourhs men-
tioned your name.”
Danty’s eyes opened.
“Maddison?” he said, slowly.
do you know him?”
Connor grinned.
“I'm not going to tell you any lies.
“Why,
I didn’t know him till last night.”
Then, abruptly: “How much money
has he got?”
The question took Morell’s breath
away.
“What am I, an inquiry agent?” he
asked sarcastically. “He's a rich man,
that’s all I can tell you, and you prob-
ably know that yourself.
He might have added that Luke's
wealth was a genuine source of griev-
ance at that moment.
He was curious to know why tLe
gangster was ‘interested in Luke, and
how he had come to meet him, but for
the moment Connor was not prepared
to enlighten him. {
‘The point is this, Morell: If this
fellow’s rich, and we can get big stuff
out of him, are you ready to split two
ways?’
Danty did not answer. He certainly
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had no intention of committing him-
self to this man, who might be really
friendly but as likely as not was pre-
paring a trap for him.
“Well, I'm going to tell you,” said
Connor, “because you've got to come
on, whether you like it or not.
you're in, there's only onic way "the
makings can be split, that's two
ways.” He chuckled at his own joke.
“Perhaps youll be kind enough to
tell me just what the graft is?’ said
Morell.
The other nodded.
“That's fair,” he said. “Do you res
member Lewing being killed, and a
fellow being knifed?” s
“I remember,” said Morell.
“Do you know Tiffanny’s waa
robbed two days ago, and a man with
a beard got away with a lot of stuff?”
Danty nodded again. 3
“Do you know that was the same
man—the chap who was in the ho
pital and the fellow who drove the
car? And do you know that man was
Mr. Luke Maddison?”
| a simple matter for him to melt away
If)
Danty stared at him, his mouth wide
open.
“Forget it!” he -said
“Maddison's in Spain.”
The other chuckled.
“In Spain, is he?
he’ is. He's hiding up with Gunner
Haynes. And what's more, his wife
know's he’s
after him.”
Luke Maddison a thief, a man bad:y |
wanted by the police? The idea was |
‘scornfully.
so fantastical that Danty could not] %
And then Connor began te |
He did not explain th e i
grasp it.
tell his story.
circumstances in which Luke had re- |
vealed his identity; but after his hest
had heard of the seeming treachery of
Connor's confederate, he had no diffi-
culty in bridging over the gap.
“We were holding him to give him
a towelling when Gunner Haynes
butted in and got him away. Natural-
ly, I didn’t take any notice of the varn
he told until one of my men found §
a, passport.”
“You ‘wrote to Mrs. Maddison, did |}
you?”
Connor nodded.
“We got a faked letter—T ought to
be kicked for not knowing it was a
fake. Anyway, the Gunner caught me
in the park and got the passport away
from me.”
Danty began to think quickly. He
knew that this story was true, and
that in some amazing way Luke had
got himself mixed up in a gang war
and was now hiding from the police.
The reason why the passport was so
vital to him he could realize—that haa
been the real object of his burglarious
entrance into his own fiat. Once the
passport was in his poasession it was |;
to the Continent. And with his-Adisap-
pearance from London would vanish
also every hope of bringing home to
him his association with the Tiffanny
robbery. And Margaret knew—if not
all, at least the vital part —of Connor's’
story.
Here in his hand was the leveny To
think, with Danton, was to act. He
went out into the corridor to the tele-
phone and rang up Margars. She was
certain to be in bed, but he would in-
sist that she answer him.
To ais surprise it was Ber voice
which replied.
“l3 that Margaret?”
“Who is it speaking?” she asked
quickly. s
“It's Danton,” he said. “Listen,
Maigaret, this is very important —did
a man called Haynes call on you to-
night 7”
“he lLiesitated.
‘Ves, she said, “but I dén’t ‘hink
that is any business—"
Listen, please,” he pleaded. “iid
yo «ive him any money* This is
very ihportant.”
Again the hesitation.
“Did you?’ he repeated.
“Yes,” she said, “I gave him some
money—not for himself—"
She realized her error too late.
“For: somebody else?’ asked Danty
eagerly. : X
He waited, and then he heard the
‘click or the instrument as she ne
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up the receiver.
back to Connor.
He came quickly
“He's got the passport, ‘and ‘he’ S. got
money, and that means he'll leave for
the Continent, by tomorrow morning’s fv
train. I want you to get a couple of | {
your gang down at the station tomor-
row morning. They're to watch at the
barrier and head back Maddison if
| he tries to leave England.”
He shouted for Pi Coles.
“Bring 'me my shoes,” he said; and
when the man had gone: “I'm going
to see Mrs. Maddisn and get the first
installment of our pension. How much
did you think you'd get from her if"
she had come over to your wharf?”
“I reckoned on a thousand pounds, 4
said Connor, and Morell laughed
thoughtfully.
S11 this job is not worth a hundred
thousand pounds it’s worth nothing,”
he said.
(Continued on Page 7)
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PAST RECORDS DO COUNT
Senator A. J. Sordani has Brought.
five million dollars of State funds to.
Luzerne county residents during his
term of office. Compare this record
with any man who preceded him from
the Twentieth ~ District in the State
Senate.»
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Water still flows through the lead
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