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HARRIS Hauling of all Kinds Anytime'— Anywhere Phone Day Bft Night 1498 EXPERT WATCH & JEWELRY RE PAIRING One of ths most modern and best equipped jewelry stores and repair shops in North Carolina. Two expert jewel en in charge. T.E. STEELE IYRIC THEATRE BLDG. ; ev bpQAA >malwacv "feefore I tell you why I'vei come," Bhe said. "I think it i* I only fair that you should know | I have left instructions that an- I lea* I an* -Sack in my house in three-quarters of an hour my ' butler will ring up Mr. Bird and tell him where I have gone." He frowned at this. "What's the idea?" he asked harshly. "That's an extraordin ary way to behave—why the dickens shouldn't you be back in three-quarters of an hour?" "Where are the remainder of those checks you stole from my check book when you called the other day?" she asked. She saw his face go red. "I don' tknow what you mean be said loudly. I*l steal checks? What nonsense you're talking—" "You came into my house and you were in my sitting room long enough to extract ten checks. One of them was brought to the bank today, made out in Luke's name snd signed by him , self. On my instructions the check was not^onored.' The color left his face. "Not honored?" he stammer ed, and in his embarrassment he betrayed his share of the guilt. "I'm less interested in the check than In my husband," she said quietly. "Where is be?" He strove in vain to recover his self possession had forced a smile. "Really my dear girl—" he began. "You'll address me as Mrs. Maddfson, if you have to address me as anything," she said. "I want you to return those checks I want you to also tell me ex actly where Luke is." "As far as I know, he's stay ing with a convicted thief named Haynes," the man answered roughly, and to his suprlse to she nodded. "I thought so too. I went down to see him—but he had gone. I think Mr. Haynes was suprised to find that he had gone, and I'm only now under standing that Luke did not go of his own free will. Then I thought he may have wandered out by himself in order to es cape association with Mr. Hay nes. But the check explains a good deal. Where Is Luke?" He shook his head. * "I don't know." "In that case I am going to do what I was trying to avoid," she said. "I am going to the police, 1 and I shall charge you with stealing the blank checks, and leave it to Mr. Bird to connect ' you with Luke's disappearance." ' She half turned to the door, but her caught her by the arm. I " "For God's sake, Margaret consider what you're really do- 1 ing!" She saw that he was really a larmed; his voice was tremulous 1 his whole air suggested panic. "I swear to you 1 don't know where Luke is—he was on a barge. 1 ' "Conor had him there. The I swine didn't tell me that Mad- dison had signed a check. All he told me was that he jumped in- 1 to the river and got away or was 1 drowned—l don't know which. ' That's the truth. I knew nothing 1 about It until Connor had found him. I swear to you this is the | truth!". "Where is Couor?" she asked, i "I don't know. He was here i Luke getting away. That's all this morning, and told me about t the Information I have. I didn't see him, and probably its a lie he told me.' ' He saw she was undecided and eagerly sought to turn her avbay from her intention. He had no doubt that she meant what she had said. I She did not* know what to do. i "Could you find Haynes *for me?" i "Find Haynes?" he almost ] shouted. "You don't imagine I i would communicate with that l do you? He's a dangerous i man, Margaret—" . "Mrs. Madison," she said cold- l ly \ « "He's dangerous—you should- not have any dealings with him." He did not attempt to deny i the theft of the checks. 1 ''You don't know where Mr. \ Maddison is at all?" He accepted the correct rela- i tionsblp without murmur. I "No, Mrs. Maddison, I've no i Idea. Connor's been looking for him all night." I When she returned home she found the Sparrow waiting for t her on the doorstep. The sight of a large kitbag at his feet sur- i prised her, and when he carried i It into the house and into the ) little study on the ground floor j she was to have a shock. She t did not recognise the crumpled c cloths he took from the bag. f "These clothes were found in f THE KUUX CTBBTOB, BHHH, XOWOUCABOUWA the possession of a river thief, who was trying to sell them thin morning," he said. "He didn't know that your husbands name was stitched In the inside pock et." "My husbands name?" she gasped, turning* pale. "Where did he get them?" "That's what I want to know. The yarn he tells is that last night he picked up a man who was wet through and who had come out of the river, and took him to the house. We've since verified that—though from tb» description I've had it couldn't possibly be Mr. Madldson, who is still abroad I presume?" Was there a note of sarcasm in his voice? She thought she de tected It, and very wisely did not answer. "The man said the clothes were given to him, hot that of course the usual yarn. I have stolen while the owner was in bed. Can you throw any light up reason to believe that they were on them." She shook her head. It was a pitiable confession, but she knew she could not even recognize an old suit of clothes worn by her husband. It was the suit which he had changed when he broke Into his flat. "What fto you make of that Mrs. Maddison?" She shook her head hopeless ly. "It couldn't be a suit your husband gave away, because the date It was delivered was writ ten on the tab, and it must have been new a month ago." He look ed at her keenly. "There's a sort of mystery a bout this husband of yours, Mrs. Maddison, and I think you're in some kind of trouble. I'd like to help you If I could." She was going to speak but he held up his hand to stop her. "Don't tell me anything until T have told you just how much 1 know." he ticked off the facts on the fingers of his hand. "I know your husband disappeared the day after your marriage. I know that there was a burglary at his flat and that when the police ar rived they recognized the man who had been concerned in a that among the things stolen robbery that afternoon. I know his servant subsequently, and he was a passport—l interviewed told me there was a passport in one of the drawers of the desk. Now if there Is any chance—and it seems one of those fantlstlc . theories that writers make a lot of money from thatrr-that this , man is Mr. Maddison, the best people to help him are the police. I know him well enough to be , sure he wouldn't hold, up Tnf- , fany's. If it's a question of im nnrsonatlon—we can be more than useful. Won't you tell me. , Mrs. Maddison?" She was silent. With a shake ; of his head the detective took i his departure carrying with him j the suit of clothes and a very deep seated convlctioln. I It was a cuious coincidence ' that he should have brought j those crumpled garments to the >ouse when neatly packed away In her bedroom was the change \ of garments she had arranged for Luke. She had puzzled as to the ar- i rangements she could make to make them most convenient. She t decided ultimately upon leaving the suitcase at a railway cloak- , room. The ticket could be sent to | Luke as soon as he was discover- ] ed. She waited for the night to ' come to carry this plan Into ef fect. That night brought Its prob lems for Danty Morell. That af-1 ternoon after Margaret Mad-j dison left him, he made a dis-l, covery which turned him sick with apprehension. He had lost | his rold on Margaret; at any moment she might go to the po lice, and just then he was not anxious to renew his acquaint- t ance with Scotland Yard. Things had gone badly with him; he ] owed a very large sum of money ] Which had to be paid In the City on the following day; and now \ Wltlj the possibility of police In- i terventlon, his position was per- l llous. I Danton Morell was In some ways a careful man However ex- i travagant he might be, he had i reserved for himself a fat nest i egg in cash which, in spite of all « temptation, he had never touch ed. He had collected the money that day from two or three ac- t counts which he had run In an ' assumed name. Nothing was needed now but to follow the t line of retreat he had carefully planned. There was a small aer- t idrome on the outskirts of Lon- r lon, from which exhibition nights wore given. Danty had c 'ound It expedient to finance the i , small company which owned the i airplanes, and by telephone he arranged his (light. This was fac i lllated by the fact that the com ■ pany had recently acquired a big rebuilt monoplane which was , capable of a long flight. Danty s who had decieded upon Switzer land for the first hop, gave or ders for the storage of petrol ! and necessities for the journey, j He certainly did not anticipate ! taking a companion with him, . but he was not the only panic | stricken man In London. Danty made a very quick search for the papers which left | behind, might have awkward consequences, and his first at tention was directed to the little 1 box in which he kept the most ' dangerous of his correspondence. ' He brought this into the dining room before he discovered that 1 the lock had been forced. With ' an exclamation lie threw the lid 1 took out the contents—The one pack of letters that he bad been rv\d to keep was gone! And the 1 tittle telephone slip—that alse had disappeared. His hands were shaking BO that he could hardly hold the papers he was examining. There was no need to speculate upon the iden tity of the man who hod forced that box. The Gunner had been seen in the neighborhood: Pi Coles had told him that and it had been he Gunner who had made this search and found the documents. Danty Morell saw death grinning at him: hypno tized into sheer inaction. When there came a knock at the door he leaped from his chair, a shiv ering wreck of a man, not daring to open to the visitor. He-calmed himself sufficiently to go to the door and demand who is was there, and when he heard Connor's voice he could have crlod aloud for Joy. "What's the matter with you?" asked Connor, when they were back in the room. "I've had a bit of a shock and I'm not particularly well. You know they're after those kites?" Connor himself waß not par ticularly happy-looking. "I know they've stopped a check I sent to the bank and half the busies in London are looking for him. They know who it la too—that's the worst of- it. You're in this Danty." "Were both in it, aren't we?" snarled the other. "I'm getting out of London tonight." Connor laughed racously. "You've got a fine chance of getting out of London, unless you take a rattler." and then suddenly: "How are you going." 1 It was on the tip of Danty's tongue to invent a method of es cape, but just now he needed the association of Connor. Connor was not above using a gun at a pinch, and, moreover, hated Gunner Haynes. "I'm going by airplane from Elford," he said. "We've got the Gunner to thank for this. He squealed." , "He's never stopped squeal ing," said Connor without heat. ' "Where do you land in your fly- I ing machine?" Danty told him his destination. , "That'll do for me," said Con nor. l , "Having a burn-up?" he ask-, ed pleasantly, and then: "How much stuff have you got?" Here Danty lied. He could not tell the truth about money. The conference was a brief one. They agreed to visit the air port tha evening and make final preparations for their Journey. The journey through the sub urbs into outer London was a si lent* one; now and again Danty lifted the flap at the back of the hired car in which they. were traveling and peered along the darkening road. "What's the matter "with you? J growled Connor. "There's a car following us," "Why shouldn't it?' 'he de manded "Do you want the road to yourself?" A few minutes later when Danty looked back, the little oar had disappeared. The preparations for the nights Journey were not eaally made. The pilot had only Just been communicated with. He was on a holiday In the Midlands. "It's a good job we came, or we might hdve been in Queer Street,!' said Connor as they were driving back. "What time did you say you'd be here?" "About midnight." "What are you looking for," asked Connor ten minutes later. "The little car?" He pushed his companion a side and peered. "There's a motor lory: has that got anything on us?" he de- I manded. Danty said nothing. No man I could know the terror that was I In h!a heart. Behind him stalked'! the grim shadow of and every second he expected to see the hawk-lik« face of the Gunner peering Into his from the Danty did not go near his flat, darkness. they met In park, Pi bringing He telephoned ot Pi Coles and with him an overcoat and wrap which were to be Danty's sole luggage. His servitor be reward ed liberally. There was nothing to do now but pass away the few hours which intervened before be left London forever. s Concluded next week. ADDITION'AL CO. NEWS —•—7 Marriage liscense were issued the past week to W. F. Shelton, to Lucy Jones, Both Mt. Airy: Henry Parris to Mary Cobbler, both Mt. Airy. The Young Peoples Missionary Society of the Methodist church held an Interesting meeting Fri day evening with Miss Loree Hammings. The president Miss Julia t!omer was present and presided. Miss Mae Martin con er. Participating in the program ducted the devotionals. Miss Mazie Comer was program lead were Misses Viola Snow, Mazie Comer, Lois Folger, Jazabel Fowler and Loree Hemmings. Miss Viola Snow was chosen a delegate to represent the society Ing which will be held at High at the Annual Conference meet- Point in the future. At the conclusion of the business ses sion a social hour was enjoyed during which time the hostess served tempting refreshments. Genuine Coles Distributors and Planters are the best OLIVER PLOWS $8.25 TO $17.50 COLES DISTRIBUTORS $13.50 COLES PLBANTERS $26.50 AND $31.00 SEE US FOR ALL KINDS OF FARM IMPLEMENTS Elkin Hardware Co. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE! YOU ARE NOW REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO COME IN AND LIST YOUR TAXES DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL INSTEAD OF MAY AS HERETOFORE THE BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED ON May 1,1930 AND A PENALTY WILL BE ADDED ON ALL DELINQUENT TAX LISTERS. WILL BE AT E. & D. MEJAL COMPANY EACH DAY IN APRIL EXCEPT APRIL 16 AT I. A. ELD RIDGES' STORE. APRIL 17— STATE ROAD. COME IN EAR LY AND AVOID THE RUSH. W. M. GRAY AND J. L. HALL Jr. Tax Listers, Elkin Township Beaufort county farmers will try thjc hoggins-down method of feeding O&rn to bogs this season. The animals will be weighed in and out of the field to get actual figures' on the results. Fifteen dollars a crate for bloodtested eggs sold to a hat-1 SEE WILLIAM HAINES in "THE GIRL SAID NO" 100% ALL TALKING EASTER SUNDAY NIGHT EXACTLY ONE MINUTE AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK at the LYRIC THEATRE ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA ADMISSION 10c • - . - * p ■ THPHBPAT APRIL IT. I»8» ehery and 16 a crate for «ald on the market Is a dif ference reported by Mrs. K. C. ftarris of Wilkes - County. • Mr. 6. P. Qiles of North Wil- i kesboro spent the week-end in Elkln. - #i
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