MCKSHEEP!

Meredith NichoLsoa

CAPE MAY COFUTY TIMES, FEIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927.

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WO KXK--RH2ASD THUII PUBUSHE89

I Hoky and If be know that

3| U? n2 5 ok, J? T * 1,nw «0 return from , ■wv£V ,ls to »»rt>or he irecora-, would very likely make haate

•;iv»t>ire hla friend'

yfV* -

■erm.

f Harbor

death.

.uat the t

. * w< - Pl*nn R m ran ye trick*

inae 0 ' 00 h ' m T,,e kpeech

w “ B0 ‘ the arttot he had aa

SSI J«CW aomed from hi* reading of crook

" l0rt<, ‘ to ** the common utfer-

b awajtenec anee of the underwtjrld. Ther«'

T’ff -aoniethlng attractlre in the

who >m: fellow. ajf carried himself

Jauntily, ant his cleanshaven, rounded face and fine grav eyws would not have auggewed h!s connection with burglary. He wan an enraging sort of person, and Archie decided suddenly that the man might be of service to him. He was in prewing need or a change of clothe*, hut he was In no condition to proceed

in the . Archie fires r the intruder.

*. Archie publicity, rntry afoot

; Governor"

i m

e of dawn was gray world. ‘, a long

k ahort quick one. ' little way

ie to a halt.

» from his over-

tood perfectly ■eoonds the

nted and Archie,

' 1. checked an 1 Imitated it. : from behind

chessmen from a ru soon proved himself

player.

At the end of two hours the Governor declared that they must take a nap before netting out and turned into one of the berth?. He was soon snoring. Archie kicked about restlessly »or a time, but fimdly slept— to wander through a wild phan-

tnsmagor'i of crime.

“To gain or lose It all." h« was summering as he opened hi* eyes. But it was not Isabel h< was addressing, but hla confed-

erate. blandly smiling.

'The boy quotes poetry!” exWnVCASTEt SHZVEE claimed the Governor. "Archie,

you've come in answer to my

long Jump. son. for the coast prayers! Together we shall will ring with thl?. particularly drink of the fount of CasUlia. if Hoky is lying cold at the un- We nhall chum with Apollo and dertaker's." the Muses Nine! But the god* He walked off britfcly with | <*H u* elsewhere! We'll snatch Archie close bcwlde hire. • Wte and be off! And wre'vt "When Hoky persisted m hla!«?. *. *** ^..^altlnjg for ns ill-cboeen enterprise I lifted a O °l, of t *‘ t brotherhood has com little roadster that I re tucked “P I*™* away down here In a peaceful fr**”*, 1 ?** *‘ l ‘ nted «*«■ lane. Thought I'd be a.l ready ~

e >Se ntri »w,r , Incident.

New

You may recall the

give the old boy a lon'g l”'" 1 ! 0 ', ^ pull for freedom when he came **?■ hf . ld "P _ kn T** 1 !

. but—

ger and sauntered off with *fty thousand dollars In new bank notes fresh from the Treasury.

Maine tag and attached it. hum-

ming meanwhile.

"The rural police haven’t learned this simple device." h*

explained, as he sent the dlsPortsmouth to redeem hi.* carded tag skimming into a -ant

suitcase; an improaJon that was | •'cld He Jumped in and bade

confirmed nnexpectedly

Sure enough the roadster _ llCTO „

“>- n . . „ a

d ? rB A* <*M»ched a New | wanu vour hrf p in rcorerins

York license tag from the (na- ] t *-

chjne. drew from his pocket a -r,^, the first time! That

cash It tucked away In the «. :S-

lar of a church and by — lime tomorrow night we'll haw -sovemor ro stop the car and

cumbent upon Archie to mak" some sort of reply. The Goverujr would probably be disappointed in him if ho confessed the meagerness of his experi-

ences.

"Well. I'm In the same boat." he amw ered- glibly. "There's only one girl for me!" This reference to Isabel Perry, remote and guarded as it was. he defended only on the ground that it was necessary in some way to meet the Governor half-way conf -irnces. And It was tba. he sincerely believed mat he loved her. No other girl had over roused him so much, or given him so good reason for •landing off and taking a look at himself. He wondered what •he would say if she could see him with a criminal beside him, Joy-riding In a stolen car. Hts thoughts of her had led him far afleld when the Governor remarked rnmlnatively: "Do you manage to see her* That's the dev it of it in my The lady's forbidden to recognize me in any way and her father is a tart old party and keep* sharp watch of her. I can’t see her and the regular malls are cloeed to us. Nevertheless we have an arrangement by which If she ever needs me or th'nks I can serve he In any

. leave a note in a

certain place. It's her own Idea

,nd very pretty.''

-is dawn broke the whistle and ramble of a train caused the

lets."

the

but you certainly look like the devil. me introduce myself to you as the Governor. Among the powers that prey that is tny proud cognomen, not to say' alias. Now please be frank, what roif-hief brings you here

*• this hour?"

Archie gave serious thought

rivhe “■* “ B * B >fr. If he could ct right and vlBCf thi5 perBon V|u , ?'• he died CrO0k ht ' mo0ld ,em tlkel ne cat lea mien,*-, ,h«> k. >,.s »

through

'But the numbers o' those notes are In every bank in the country; the police or- only waiting for the bills to get :*»■' circulation to pounce on the

thief.''

"I am more and more delighted with you. my son! That point had given me no little worry. But something will turn *' ‘ will be a way out of

*— Chuck your

was not Hoky i pistol, he i and wrenched lie's band. Bad enough 1 ■ with that t pmlMug a gun. over there 1 I’m pointing latters

suspect that he had been the Instrument of Hoky's undoing. "I've got a make a getaway and be In a hurry about it." declared Archlb in a confidential

air.

"A little trouble of some sort, eh? It rather occurred to me that you were not promenading for mere pleasure." replied the Governor. "A fashionable defaulter. perhaps? No? Then let it go at murder, though I confoss you don't look as though you would have a stomach for

homicide."

"J «ome damned near getting

HI* captor pinched!" asserted Archie stout-

j ly. "The cops back there in that

me! You've town gave me a hard run for it.

I was Just crawling through the window of a drug store when here comes a chap tiptoeing through the alley, and 1 bolted for the tail -timber as Sard as I could spring. The fire bell

,an ' > ' ™ nd B holf IOW “ wo k p ' like Archie, so Archie I Shall up There 11 be a whole army • continue to call you. Now. looking for me: and If your! we'll see what we can do to friend Hokys been killed they'll'shake up a breakfast." be keen to pinch me as another i He drew out a key and opened n "Sl. b * r „ 0, ,h, ‘ f, anK " ihp <l! « r of the hut. The Governor listened patient- -Not a bad place. Arehle. I ly. An amateur. I take it?" he stumbled upon it a couple of

I years ago quite by accident and

, no .' crumbled Archie; u « it occasionally." He opened .scornfully. "But 1 always play a cupboard revealing a quantity the game alone; 1 never had any!of provisions, and they prepared

for pals. They get In the (their breakfast

m

mt alee along the

* declared Archie |

er Hoky doesn'l

| warned the beggai

sea-side villas; Sited with fancy that make a

am when you step

it rings a gong

i to wake the dead I i chap Jump* out

tars* an ail the

and very

• up with a gun bci axy Jenwaif m. But t be knew boiler " tched at the stone . which his captor " 1 M* breath

Archie take the seat beside hhn. The car wm* soon bumping merrily over a rough road that wound through a pine wood. They followed a grass-grown trail that ended abruptly at an

abandoned lumber eamp. "We'll ahoot jthe car around

behind that pryatfiid of sawdust

and walk a bit to wretch our _ legs." the Governor informed the difficulty.

There was no trace of; dud* | nto ,jj» cre e* ana close f. he struck off into lhe windows We'll hit the long

the wood*, but he strode alon* tn i||i”

w1th the eatr confidence of ,ne I 0u{ qj thf wood , and 0 nce

h “ d**!!nation, more on a smooth highway the

They brought up presently be-! siolen ^ ^ lUte , frightened jdde a brook and in a moment Rh0B , through the starry nlgbt.

p J aB l‘‘ d i The Governor drove with the as-

f d 5! of ,1,e ,. l h 'rb bank, surance of a man who knows

,h * l -iwhat he's about. Occasionally

Sir Archibald?" inquired the the Governor lifted his voice In Goveroor carelessly. Then os »ong» of unimpeachable llterury Archie paused, he added. "Oh ; , n d mnrtcal quality that rang y . L.» n .?,T' o <■**>;■ sonorously above the hum of the

Archibald Bennett was nestly en gi ne

sewed in your coat pocket by 8truck B , treu: b of road f { ‘*** rved ,rhen under repair and slowing up the S'. ? , mT ha ?, d * OVer your Governor remarked carelessly as alstcoat to see If you wore a he plcke( , hls waJr through a

-f e . . K -...e .. , Ilne of n>d lanterns;

I got *hese duds out of a --epeaking of women, my dear case I sneaked" and that s. Arc j, le . ^ j. ou 8j , are ( he joy of

name of mine. Archie ex- the 1^,. !n the

Plained hurriedly still anxious „ occu „ ^ me th „ ^ convince the Governor that prabal>ly h ad many affaire. I'm * tnief- ' thirty-four but I've loved only Yery'careless of you not to; one %<)n , aI1 . And Btn i n g 0 as it rip out the label. Men have; seem. Ac's a Bishop's

been hanged on slighter eri-. daughter" dence But Archibald te not a TllU COI-( , enco

name to sneexe at. and I rather

way."

"Wrong, my boy; wroi

good partner like me is J _ As for myneW I rarely ven- My.Wand." said the Coverture to expose myself In these '' 0I ‘hey rose from ' affaire: but I advise and i J uW . e - ™ h * v ‘ - —

*1 the brethren. You! hands

haven't the Judgment

month-old Infant. A stormynight always maktw honest house-j bolder* wakeful Your attempt !

speaks for courage, but for discretion. You should!

aurb '

CHAPTER IV

the same dish and

always

things."

"f'ni aorry." meekly, "that i you sooner." "The loss is ml Governor heartily.

about such

I'll be a gooa pal to you ask you to be straight itb me. Are w?e friends or—" He put out hls hand and

Archie

dive Into his pockets for time tables of which he carried a Urge supply. He scanned one and hummed his satisfaction. "We'll get rid of this machine right now as there’s a station ^vwr there a little way where we can pick up a local right Into Portsmouth. He stopped, opened a gate and rati the car through a barnyard and Into an empty

shed.

"Now for a brisk walk'" They crossed the railroad and were soon buying tickets from a sleepy stationmaster. They alighted at Portsmouth without mishap, and Archie wired hls sister that the Congdon house would not di,. Then he redeemed bis suitcase in the check room and Joined the

Governor.

Ther drove to the hotel, where they commanded the best service of the Inn. The Governor registered elaborately as Reginald Heber Saulsbury and wrote Archie down as Ashton Comiy, Indicating the residence of both

as New York.

At the breakfast table, the

Governor scanned a local paper and with a chirrup passed it to Ar.hie. pointing to a double column headline, which read: "A Carnival of Burglary in Maine." Archie's eyes fell upon the Uaarre photograph of a dead man with which the page was Ulus tinted, and he choked on a fragment of grapefruit as he. reai the inscription: "Dead

Tb of. Identity Unknown." That’* poor old Hoky ail murmured the Governor.

right."

buttering a piece of toast reflectively. "A* you seem to be entranced with the literary style! of our Bailey Harbor correspondent. I shall take the liberty of helping you to a fried egg." However. Archie's appetltie' was pretty effectually spoiled by this paragraph.

less remotely connected with the killing of the burglar In the fashionable colony, .-'ill remains to be explained. Officer Yerkee shortly before two o'clock, the hour at which the thiei was shot in Mr. Cummings - home, saw a man hurrying through; Walter Street. He bore the ap-, pearanre of a gentleman, and the officer did not accost him. think-i Ing him a yachtsman from one of| the boats In the harbor who had bean visiting friends ashore. The! walked oddly, pausing now; and then as though in pain, and was carrying hls right hand upon | hls left shoulder. This morning drops of blood were found on : the boardwalk crosse.i by the. stranger, and It is believed that. this was another of the tmrglargang who was wounded in a _ e in the Interior and was seeking the help hls confederate, presumably the man shot in the Camming?' As the paper fell from Archie's’ hand the Governor took it up "You seem agitated. Archie!' You must learn to conceal your, feelings!" He read the paragraph and glanced quickly at Archie. Your work, possibly?" mur-! mured the Governor. "Compose yon reelf. I'm afraid you lied to me about the drug store. No!" he held up hls hand warnlngly

nothing! But If we've

got a murder behind us we shall certainly be most circumspect in j

Y'ou interest mo; Archie. I con-

gratulate you on your splendid Archie's nerve was nothing he I could admire himself., but a second cup of coffee put Wannlh | hls vitals and h<> recovered, auffciently to pay the breakfast cbuch. It it was Congdon be had shot there was still the hopo. j encouraged by the newspaper, that the wounded man was In no haste to report bis injury to the 1 police. But Archie found little comfort in the thought that somewhere in the world ;here[ he had shot and per-! haps fatally wounded. conceal hls anxious! concern from the Governor; for 1 than ever he must rely. upon hls strange friend for assistance in escaping from tha moequences of the duel In the

>ngdon cottage.

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chapter, whether you Bed about \ j it or noL And now let's deal

rled the’* lth * rBell cal affairs. I'm goinglet u» i 10 *P €n!! ,&e afternoon on that

* | stolen machine. 1’H paint 'er i

™ d ! white to symbolize our purity ,

There's an assortment of clothes 1 the boys have left from time to l time. You can pick 'em over! while I'm working on the car.” In doffing the clothing he had - acquired honestly and substituting stolen raiment, it was almost as though Archie were changing his character as well. He won-: dered what Isabel would say if , she know that he had already 1 I slipped the hash that bound him 1 ' to convention and performed even j more reektetm deeds than she'

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