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tHAPTEK XIX giauali.N. a Tnw Knicbl The campaign of diuembline went at trllb a bant- Grlm*tead> tartunr melted easily The inDact of Darenport f Identity a* a famocs author. Instead of the melt; be had believed him. was The ensatemect fln-

an excellent

t manly chap, md—if Crlmstead could arrange B—be was toJit to be immensely ■MltllT Of course be bod a lot Of damn-fool Idealistic notli ns. hot an author was supposed to

b* eccentric

Sapper passed Jovially enoutb. Then Ortmsltad caused the hearts of three of the party to skip a

commanded.

• beat.

d awful fish smell

"Slmmins.

“here's my coat

IttUe: lt'« stout it.’

As he spoke be took off the garment and bunt it on a stub, replacing It with a sweater He removed nothin* from the pocketa. and all three of the conspirators could distinctly make out s corner of the bill-fold showing from the Inside pocket ITWIIllllii Picked up the coat, and with It atarted toward the creek. “Heyl" called Griinstead after bln -Where yon color* 1 dost

“There! Shell stick enourh there until we go. It back. Slmmins ' “Ye*, sir." salt there I* nothing more. » permission to return to t

to turn In."

“Well, take a drink !» go." offered Grtmstcad the key. Your teeth are

safe I ns and the stakes are

Take 1 ever played."

Gardiner looked »i him blankly,

•and if I -Never mind Bgoring It out.

<k ] Mstea to me. and lake orders

you/ evident that ** M

; ale chlel. returned shortly to the

A- ; -i.liable time a nigbi-cnp waa

the biggest ji'ojowd and drank Soon after.

• iih Burton In her darkened tent

^ blank!v aD < 1 Wavenport deep In stupor, the ^ b, * Bk '' oerpi rators bed the place tc

hcmselves.

Silence rushed in upon the dy-

Qbf

“Here

chstler- i r

Itself that If he J

But Mace he and Miss

I ton—-

■ Poppycock! Bo you la.nk type of fsasurlsa ever beo

i reasorableT" “Then why-

It was Ibe work of but a few -roment* more to reinstall Dnvnn- . port’s atranaa storage battery In

the other car

Gardiner found the engine roucb .. more flexible than any gasoitne i car be bad ever driven. F\jr a

be amused himself

Merely a trifle of sponging, fresh j running water, you know sir." Stammered Fimmltu at a less “Well, go ahead. Bui thet. some things is the pockeu; look out you don't lose them. There * a tobacco pouch and a notebook in the side pocket, and my pockribOOk in the Inside pocket." “Never fs«r. sir: 111 take the best of care." chattered Slmmins. btgaag a hasty ret rest "You’re not afraid to I rust him with a porkethook* l-arry

naturae to suggest, orlmstead Isugfac-d

“l wocWnt trust him with my roll.” be agreed “But that porker book contains nothing but papers; «hd they can all be replaced There's nothing there to interest

once trt hold Of the sgree- |« bad signed, he could tell Simmies gratefully ew»! I he whiskey, returned the k<

disappeared.

Larry and Burton wander toward the car and found mins walling for them.

“Here, sir: here it is." be ourff] in*u wuj— . ,1^-,

out. thrusting a paper into l^r- "A blind It wouldn't fool a picking up smoothly and ry's hands. “What Is to happen modteu. let alone s wtw ©W .«* TU

when he discovers Us loss sir. I (like me. I'm an oM Mid. I “■IflwSs He

settled down

• of driving as fast as hla skill

• ould permit.

He was a good driver, and he understood well bow to pick up <* the straightaways and bow much to check at the car And be was a safe driver, genuine akin U usually safe. But Gardiner waa not alone tn the car. No than PunkM'.r-Sol vests occupied the anal nest him. but the little •tog's protective coloration concealed him from Gardiner's

depart

__ — - -L -.|i ! He’ll -

Ilmr Barton to. -ssr. ^

not stir is her fort H.r brow was packer-

f*lea»ed over IWfrnport for a,

Jwoeru. listening u, ^ 2? •tmtorous hreothtng . gave stolen the c*r" ** rr** 'lo

l Rere be deliberately unkn

*rz>*zzr££*m of!. javas and with it returned to-,

Ward the steeper _ H*

oughly satisfled and was bumming

Now Gsrdlrer had ones cuffed

that iMvsonage bad been left bU charge. So crouched In __ place. Punkrtty-Snivrels fixed his beady eye* In malevolence on hla

^ «"«»«* Bavenpon * Immobllliy amid all ibis noice. Grim-1 Gardiner flashed arc-nd a last

cornci to see shtod of him a

canaol for the life of me Imagine "j pgt „o and two together The WJ? 0 ?!? -Nothing' Boc't worry, Btm- flrrt thing to try was obviously J?,,? *“**“ rt **' n!l , „ If b< finds It oui I will Ibold of It peaceably, by ?^Wn. 1?, *?“*

take the blame^ You have actod, sttnHng It. | t that didn't work, j ^ very nobly In this matter. Neither b, WM ,-olng lo grt It some how. | IS^He^T , "* hl

if he bad to hold tn 11

r myself will ever

Miss Burton forget it."

' indeed we shall not. Eimtnins.'' added Burton: “you are a true

knight!’’

Slmmins retired, his heart glow-

ingThe

young people made

their way lo the bank of Uv little stream, where they would be screened from the .amp. There Larry lighted a match and cast hasty glance o( Inspection at

Burton and Larry exchanged anatlmr glance It was almost too

good to be true . ..ISI After IV minutes Slmmins gilded I 'h” document,

unobtrusively into the firelight! H e all right " be assured BuraM bung the coat again on the I lon relicvedly. 'This la it! Blessed

Huh. j beSimmlns!"

'“Here.'* Grlmstead commanded |

. “bring me liial pocketvow out Of the Inside pocket For s moment Slmmins' limbs

refused tr work: but he succeedod in extracting the pockelbook and bringing It to bis master Contrary to expectation, Grim lead did not open It. Ho examined

SUmstni curiously.

“You're trembling like a leaf." he said. “What's the matter wltL

a e,1 \. fcr,ns me a y small iMtfcer kit bag " He opened the kll bag. burrowed down to Ibe bottom, xud «»*•<! the bill fold la-ncatb the -rf*’

cast them into Ibe current. “I feel as though Ihe weigh! of worlds had been lifted!" he

cried.

“It doer seem as though someone or something was helping us,“ said Burton soberly. “I think that we should be very thanktul that things came about so easily, ( H.WJ'EH XX

Biscovered

The moment the young people' .J 1 .'J'/”' were out of hearing Grtm.tead U * c . 0 ! d, - r

turned un Gardiner with an almost savage Intensity of manner. “Listen here. Ross." he said

rapidly, “ihe time has i action, and wc must g Ihlnr* are at touch and

„ „„„ , "fled.

. . Me-. ■! At “">* Instant Punketty . Jf^ ‘ Snivvela. whose hate had worked He'd r^ntr^Lr^/^re - Up 10 * polBt of * ct * on - rwbtt .... ™ brt0 out and bit Gardiner in the wrist! <1 K '‘* “ Gardiner, who had not known Gardiner was excited- jof the dogs presence. Jumped In "Get him before he gets ns. I surprise and alarm. The car be suggested. swerved, but be waa too “I began to take my measures driver to permit It to i« ! one -." Grimstsad wen' on mad. However, for three “Obvtou.Iy he'd try Ural o' all tojht, attention waa deflected, and .tel the bill told. So I made it! that time was rufflrlrat to shoot easy lor buj." 1 the car on to the planking of Ihe

'Bid you suspect Slmmins?" | bridge.

•Not at that time Bot I fig-. Gardiner saw all this with the invd Davenport would begin to comer of fait eye and steered maneuver to get hold of the coat 1 straight and true, while at the or near K." | sam. lime his direct vision was A test, murmur, d Gardiner , occupied in tdentifylng Ihe cowar“PrecUely. Well, when he did | n , || U le do*. Then he looked

not. 1 began to think I might i•eltlack to the front

wrong 1 ton Slmmins came back Before him yawned an abyss jeared at a rabbit, and 1 realtoed The bridge bad been carried away

he was In It. Ill settle with hlmjt,y the flood!

later!"

“But Ihe agreement—” "Was not there, vf course!

substitutMl the carbon copy." “Thej II detect the difference

isn't signed "

T signed it for him.’

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Even while be reached for the ak«- his iM-aln photog raphe.! 1 lesrly Ibe Jagged edges of the .ridge, the opposite bank picked HI out clearly by the lights, and dlm- ! ly far below n white and phosphn rescent tumble of waters l*nT a very hastening lo the sea

Utoht‘wnTm bli, “V d .° t . lo ' Tb *‘ brakes checked the momennlrht wil. la- ix-unimr It with ;■ tun, almost but not quite enough match to w If It's what b- The car slowed, ran off the edge. w ~.- seemed tor an instant to ‘ “t lever work, chief." cried Gar- rllrt , .m, up | lkf . , bj rd. dim r But I don't tee that It | Then down It plunged and the gets us far.' I naming waters seised It gets us until morning. And ; - : - ——

it corroborate# my suspicions ' i “Now listen carefully. How "! continued G rims lead, "tor this u what you must do. You've got to get out of here, and you're got to take this agreement with you to Ihe m-arrst recorder's, and gei It entered. That means you start tonigbi. Just as soon as everybody

has turned in." Gardiner nooded.

“So tar. so good. I nnoib. r thing This man it ab *olut«i> capable ol laying dowi

'hat agreemenii

Instantly Rapscallion uttered ro sharp and challenging barks The sleeper did not stir; no sound came from the tent Ortmstead stepped forward again. Now Rapscallion did not know what It waa all shoot Only his simple dog mind bad received the impression that, unexptainedly and tor the Aral time, the proximity of this large human meant trouble to Master: and bis simple dog code told him to stick tight, say as much as he could about It. and. in extremity to do bis almost If he had a ptlvi apart, which U Improbable. It was a reflecting •’oe of despair at relative sixes «nd powers; but It did not affect his course of conduct. He began again to hark rapidly and warnlngly. As Grt instead continued to advance he bobi^d forward hack a few Ir be* as though propelled by a spring. Thane thing* Impressed Grimstead Jnst so far as to cause him to pick up a heavy, club-shaped billet of wood, a weapon that plainly outgunned the armament of a little red-dog who fought at 15 pounds! At this motnAu Burton appeared frotr the tent •'Bad'" she cried, "what are yon doing with that clab and that! rope? HI keep him quiet!" Her first sleepy thought was! that the dog's barking bad awak cited Grtmrtead and exasperated \ lam to the point of rantrlde As her mtnd cleared and fo ’ uased, however, her eyea widened ( with terror. Ba Ten port's tmmoUHt; amid all this n..i»e. Grlm- * toad's day attire; what did It She dashed forward

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do you mean?"

Refuse his formula."

“Bui you can ruin him “ I “Hell stand lhat. Hell stand! lor anything now he's got hts! head set! That's the sort they; u»ed to use the thumb rack on! without much success. Could you: analyse this battery, if you bad it. and reproduce the formula?" ' ‘-rtAlnly. if what be says Is!

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