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to Australia.’*
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Maddison, wealthy banker, after he r’Tr--"” .“. k****--*. '“
has transferred to her every dollar apparently the re-
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“* * ***^ a*a v&uovXoXJlA*
He suddenly tugged a newspap^
from his side pocket.
“Do you see what you’ve done for
me?” he hissed, and thrust the paper
under Luke’s hos^.
Luke Maddison read the paragraph
tyhidh the grimy thumb of the man
stabbed.
In connection with this robbery
the police are seeking informa
tion concerning a man named
Smith who landed a few weeks
ago from the Orient liner, Pon
tiac. ' ’
^ “Do you what you’ve done.?”
SYNOPSIS ijy, for when he opened the qase he, hip pocket The one thing he did ,?™*h savagely. “You’ve
Margaret Lrferre marrifes Luke 8*^1 enclosed in oU paper, net wish to challenge was a scene ^ha'nd^st^v/h t,5= frouser«
addison. wealthy banker, after he SJmving was a painful proce.s3 in with two members of the rival gang, ^ “ stiayed to his trousers
It was vital that he should get awav -xx,,, i j Tr j-
from Ginnett Street with the least
possible delay, and if his pistol helped ^
him it was welcome. think the old woman went up to see
™nt to tee yo»-,’ she be- ft, insolt,
foo1°of‘ui? Mt™4“ S!
S^e'wS !1SLe to th ten. 1^15 ^Suy at the d,»r.
Mrs FraS th« dS; ‘ “Anyway, Oon-
“Waif»” she Mid**sham1v^° ^*‘‘WKo complain if we come around
Luke heard a grumbling voice and f, formation.” ’
the slam of the door which separated ^ ^
tl.e^foct of the sair, from the par- th^dlor ’
rfth1”woS34ea^ Kfe'hSiCnrly Sn,lth at,K,d a™v..y to hi,
men to th. oarlor. “||a''Saw 'Sl''wre®UkI*'to
One stood with his back to tfie fire, ^j cur^ ^
tae other significantly near the door jig’ x^
that gave egress to the shop. They i,„x cJ^v
f ycim, ago. raspectably dressed. Luke real- f
She was qoite cheerful about this '"la*!tle^man\nd sunin|'iSS’^imd the'
ealamity, and Lnke ^thered S dee'enrSieS' w2 ™V
life had not run any too smoothly, ^ inere ^ wa.-, promise or to argue- instiTi/.twiTr ho
Continued next -Weee 4
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blue eyes ot t&e man who had knock- MEN WANTED mMEMATEXiT
>700^;al:^^y stiu^;'8oaie
anmuM business 113,000; no eaqiev-
iene^’ or capital required; every-
thiniffsiq^ed; realise sucoeac^ to-
I dep^'dence Bawleigh’s way; retail
fo^^v^roducts, soap, toilet prepara-
tiMlis >tbck, poultry supplies;' yoiu
own business Supported by big'
American, Canadian, Australian in
dustries; resources over $17,000,^
000 ;establialiied 40 years; get oi
proposithm; aU say it’s greaW
Rawleigh Comply, Dept, NC 77-J
Ridunbnd Va. 2-6-4tp
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NOW HAS $ERiaCE
Touriets and other visitors will
now be pble to fly to and from Ven
ice, Italy, a-new commercial air ser
vice from Trieste to Marse’lle.s mak
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will also be made .at Pavia and Genoa
with coimectiohs at IWia for Milan.
— Vice Consul Holler," Venice.
be bias in the world. After the cere
mony he >ai^ her for some money
with which Co . pay an obligation. She
refuses, declaring that he sball never
have a cent of his money back, She
discloses to him the fact that her
brottier, Bmi, who was found slmt,
had left 'a‘; note saying that Madison
had ruined him, Margaret had
married' JfUke foi^^evenge. She doe.s
not know'that Rex nad forged Mad
dison’s name to a large check. Mad
dison Iqives her and wanders about
London, trying to understand what
happened, when he meets Lowing, sn
underworid character who has pre
viously brought him a message from
Gunner Haynes 3 famous Ameriqfan
crook. Danton Morell, a friend of
crook.
The two are attacked by Joe Con
nors’ gang, who think Luke is a de
tective whom JLewing has put on
thdr traiL tewing is killed and
Maddison seriousl'f wounded. He re
covers consciousness two weeks later
and finds he is known in the hos
pital only as “Smith.” He de
rides j to retain that name. A mes
senger from Connors calls at the
hospi^, gives Mm $26 and the ad-
dress'. of a Mrs. Fraser, explaining
that ^ere is a room there for him
and tnat the gang wants to make
amends for its mistake in attacking
him. Luke goes to the ^Ginnett
street address and finds a good room
ready for him.
Meantime Margaret Jias had a tele
gram from Paris signed “Luke” say
ing he has found consolation else
where and will let her have a divorce
She doubts that it is genuine. Dan-
ton Morell, a friend of her Mother
suits were satisfactory, for when the
woman brought him some food later
she stood in the doorway and gaped
her approvial.
“Well, I should never have kn9wn
you, Mr. Smith,” she said, “and I’ll
bet your best friend wouldn’t know
you!”
As to this Luke was perfectly con
vinced. Whiat an extraordinary
change a mustache made in a man’s
appearance! To him it lent a touch
of the sinister—he stood gazing, fas
cinated, at his reflection in the mir
ror,
Mrs. Fraser seemed more inclined
to be conversational than, she had
boen before; asked him if he was
m,arried and’before he could answer
announced herself as a widow,
“At least, practically,” she amend
ed the statement. “My husband got
a lifer two years, ago.”
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for the heads but not for the under.s. i, yho stood with his ,
Fraser was that kind—flash! He ^Jie fire lowered Ms chin to
tried everytMng ” breast and looked at Luke from
“Whv of course! He did two Mr. Smith.” said Mrs.
stretches.” 1 f'raser pnmiy.
Luke did not ask what a stretch , What’s the idea of your coming
be. tie 1 ,ad a vague iiri , and pretending you re
Get outside,
said.
Verdi shruggred Ms broad shoul-
ii*e» »
ndght be. he i.ad a vague ii. i and pretending you’re some-
that it meant pi/ial sevitude. I boriv you re not. asked the little
“He did one stretch.” said the with extraordin.ary
communicalive Mrs. Fraser, ‘for aj^^E.
swindle up in Manchester—he and 1 Mg companion silenced him.
' “You shut up. I’ll do all the talfc-
You did that
*Da you see what yon’ve daw7"repeated Smith, savagely,
got the dicks after me.”
“Yoiifve
Rex, calls on her to try to get some
money. She horrifies him by telling
Jdm that she has given all the money
wMch Luke gave her back to his
trustee, who is makiivg her an allow-
ence to live on. She is' convinced
that Luke has gone to his favorite
r^rt in Spain and intends to join
pun there. Morell realizes that
Maragret is in love with her hus-
imd and that his Qwn schemes are
likely to fall through.
Whlls they are talking CSunner
Hayes is announced. Morell begs
Tier not to see Mm, and when she
insinsts, Morell Mdes in another room.
Haynes admits that he is a jewel
thief and *• that he is just out of
pr^on, but Luke Maddison had once
tried to do Mm a favor and he wants
to return it if possible. He asks
if Danton Morell is a frienl of hers
and whv her husband left her.
Margaret sees Luke driving a' car
in company with a fair-haired girl.
Danty were m it ”
Luke’s jaw dropped.
“Danty?” L» said incredulously.
“Who is he?”
“He’.? a con mun—^you XQas; have
heard of him. I think he’s straight
now, but you never can triL He. Hves
up west, knows all the swells, and
has got a flat in EalF Moon St.
He and Gunner Haynes used to work
together—”
8^ijiigj. gaynes—you know Mm?”
asked Luke quickly.
From her expression and tone he
gathered that Havnes was a person
of seme importance in the Merarchy
of the underwond.
‘ No, I don’t know him, I’ve only
heard of Mm. But what do they call
Dianty now?” She frowned in nn
effort of memory. “I had it on t^ tip
of my tongue—a swell name. Dan-
ton Morell that’s it! Connor told
me only the other day about Mm.”
'The room seemed to swim before
ing. Curly,” he said,
job today, didn’t > you, Smith’
•‘I've uone many jobs, ’ said Luke
coolly.
“You’re pretending you’re a fellow
named Smiti whom our governor
brought over from Australia—lio. I’m
HOC talking about Lewing: he was
nobody. Swank killed him, and he’s
well dead. But - you’re not Sni'tli.’’
He pointed a finger to the man at
the door, ■".‘ibtto Curly Small,"
•‘I’ll v.;:.v 1 am.”
The llrtle irian v as 'T'jiverin - v-.jv
anger; he axke •;'.•ih a shrill ;’6*k
ney whAe ■
“Yoir’ve been using my name”—^ho
qualified the . name_with a violent
adjective.
The stout man by the fire rebuked
him.
“There are ladies present;” he'saul.
with 8uc(h solemnity that Lukt al
most laughed at the incongruity of
the reproach.
■“The point is,” said the big man,
who, Luke discovered, was named
Verdi, “you was picked up wh'm
Lewing was cMved ■,and you got
yours too, and naturally Connor
thought you were the man that Lew
ing was supposed to meet off the
boat in the London Docks. And in
stead of going to meet Mm, Lewing
got cold feet, because he thought the
Connor lot were after Mm for a
squeal Biit you’re not Smith, and
rU take my oath you’ve never been
“^at’s all right,’* he said. “We
don t want any unpleasantnes.^.”
He was smiling when he came
abreast of Luke; but Mrs. Fnaser
had supped to the other side of the
table, and saw the life preserver he
earned in Ms right hand
‘‘Look out!” she cried ' shrilly.
As the deadly little stick rose,
Luke struck for the man’s jaw and
he went over with a crash against
the wooden partition which separated
the shop from the parlor.
For a moment he was stunned,
and ir> that time-Luke had jerked the
Me pr^rver from the man’s hand
(a leather cord attached to it was
twisted around his wrist) and had
dropped it m Ms pocket.
t®® beckoned
Curly Smth. and the httle man sid
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' Sha does recognize her husband, with Luke Maddison’s eyes. Danton Mor-
his beard, but overhears a passer-by ell a confidence man, an ex-con-
refer to the woman in the car as vict? It was incredible! And then
Jean Gurlay, the cleveKst woman suddenly he had the stunning I'eali-
crook in London. Luke in hi§ new Ziltion that Dapty Morell was 'his
environment has been asked to act ■ wife’s best friend!
CM)
as her chauffeur. He drives her to
* a famous jewelry shop and waits at
the curb for her to come out. She
rushes from the store, jumps in and
tells him to drive on at onc'*. lie
does so, and is amazed the next day
to rciad in the papers of a jewel rob
bery by a woman who got away in a
car driven by a bearded man. He
has .unwittingly been made an ac
complice of tliieves .and considers
fleeing to Spain, but realizes that he
has no passport.
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Luke dismis.sed from his mind his
experience of the afternoon That was
sometMng not to be thought of with
out a f-hudder—he was whistling
cheerfully when Mrs, Fraser came
with a pair of bright, new scissor
to collect the gr.ay tweed suit he had
discarded, and to bring him a ^pair
of brown shoes, so liideously, bright
that they dazzled him.
“Connor Ka\s you’d belter leave
your mustache.” she suggested.
“Where is Connor? is he on the
premises?”
She shook her head.
, “No, he phontid me.”
“I didn’t, krow you had a phone;”
he said 'n .surpris',
. Mrs. Frazier smiled ervi '.ica'l:/.
“We’ve' got lot.s of th‘igs here
That people don’t '•kiow anything
About,” sliP .said, 'V.
JTno came back a little I'ter trlth
a tube of shaving nest' a' hraad
, ww lather brueh. and a razor wh* h
evidently
“What is lie like in appearance?”
“Danty? I’ve seen him two or
tnree times . . . .”
She described Morell In her homely
language. There was no doubt at
all that this was the man! It was
more ’ vitally necessary than ever
'‘:hat he should escape from this en
vironment and reappear as Luke Mad
dison.
His vague plans became definite.
He could leave the house that night
•seek out Hulbert, and tell him tho'
truth.
At nine o’clock that night he was
preparing tp leave when an unex
pected difficulty arose He was just
to turn out the Light when
Mrs. Fraser appeared. She clo.sed
the door behind her, and fWm her
manner he gathered that something
serious had happened.
“Two of the Lewing crowd are
down* below,” she said in a low
voice. “I haven’t had a chance to,
call up Connor; the phono is in th'-i
parlor, and they ramc in before ! 1
knew w.Eat was happening.”
K.ha had somethiniy hid under
apron, -^jnd when sh? withdrew herj
hand^be saw Ihnt it was a small'
Brrwnipg nistol.
“Put that in your sky,” she said i
UTgd'tly. “You don’t loiow ’what
11.’, f.'llov'B are 'ifter.” 1
“I; mv—?” he b»gjan, bewildered. I
‘•k I’onr pocket,” she said impati-;
ci t.h “Do er, yu'i’ro told." |
MeclianlcsUy ho took the pirtul
i.cjm her Mind and slipped it into his
“If people take no care fouxthe future, they will soon have to
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enough. A future . . devoid of financial difficultieron Sh Ws'ver? hanphSs
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