The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-03-18

: Alias
Jimmy
Valentine:
Novelized by
FREDERICK R. TOOMBS
From the Great
Play by
PAUL ARMSTRONG
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w NAT Is It-that telegram she
gasped. TITS bad news for you-very
bad" she went on. II must know"
Valentine. undergoing pronounced
shock owing to the. contents Of the
message which he held in his hand,
was almost completely unstrung by
the interruption of the girl he loved.
Was 1t not fate that prompted her to
appear before him at the very moment
when
"Oh. 1t II nothing" he said weakly.
Merely little business tangle-that
h ALL"
he stepped out from behind his
desk. crumpling the fateful telegram
In his hand, and gently led the girl to
the door. Remember" he said, II
have an engagement with you in a
half hour"
II will remember"
Unconyinced. mystifed and thor
oughly agitated by his nervous man.
ner, Rose Lane went out OF the office.
Valentine, smiling as best he could
under the circumstances, closed the
door behind her. He crossed to her
chair, sank into 1t and fiattened the
..Nrinkled telegram before him. Again
Re read 1t from end to end.
Look out" he read. Doyle will be
in town this afternoon at to see you
s0eut an important matter"
ha
chin into his palm and stared vacant
y 81 the opposite wall.
''Doyle," he muttered - George
Doyle. He said he'd get me II it took
ten years-a lifetime. Well, perhaps
he can; then, again, perhaps he can
not At any rate. he can probably ruin
my career, my hopes, my standing here,
where have friends who believe in
me-"
Valentine leaned hack meditatively
in his chair. The fatal telegram drop
ped UNDECIDED to the floor. His mouth
set determinedly. A new fire blazed
in his eyes, the fire that had consumed
him and had spurred him on when in
the days and nights Of the past he had
ventured forth on desperate enter
prise.
He would give George Doyle a race,
wit against that Of the skilled sleuth
He already had laid the basis for what
now must be his course Of procedure
and he believed that it would with
stand even the cunning and force OF
George Doyle. At any rate, he could
try.
Valentine leaned forward and press.
ed button. A clerk entered. The as
sistant cashier hesitated a moment
then spoke quickly.
"Tell the Waterman to come here, y
he directed.
The clerk nodded and went out in
search Of Red Flanagan-yes, Red.
none other than the one time accom-
plice Of Jimmy Valentine. whom the
latter, true to his word, had taken
with him in his attempt to "go it
straight"
Flanagan must be told Of the com,
ing of Doyle, who was his sworn enc.
my also. In addition, Red would have
to assist the assistant cashier, now
known as Mr. Randall, In the maneu-
yer which the latter was about to ex-
ecute ~.
Then there was AveryAold Bill
Avery. From the day that Valentine
had sent him away from the hotel in
Albany Avery had been making heroic
efforts to live ION the square"
The three years that had elapsed
since No. 1880 had advanced Avery,
long ''yeggman" Of the most desper-
ate type. the price Of railroad ticket.
had made revolutionary transforma-
ton In him. Today he was married,
had growing business and had per-
formed for Valentine a service that
was to render the vengeful efforts of
George Doyle much more difficult and
somewhat less effective than the de-
tective would relish should he ever
learn the truth.
Avery had been in communication