Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

toQ0S ana ENDS or Things tnat nappoI
before all hands understand the truth
viii happen to you-not mel"
Anthony smiled wickedly.
Just listen to me a. moment before
/ you start he said CURLY.
Listen to what?'
"Somethfng have to say which viii
I! interest you very much! This triflins
family affair of yours isn't nearly sc
serious as you fancy. In day or two
or a week or two it win all blow over
and If it doesn't you may thank your
lucky stars to be lid Of woman SO
Internally unreasonable" said An
thony. But I'm hanged if I'll permit
you to sacrifice that giri!"
"Ho!" said Johnson Boiler derisivc
". How are you going to stop it,"
TN just this way!.' Anthony con
tinued suavely. you breathe just
one word Of the truth, Johnson, and
will tell a story which involves you
and, while there will not be word OF
truth in it. it will get over in great
shape, because everybody knows that
am a man whose word Is as good as
his bond. I'll tell such a story about
you as will raise the very hair on
your head and have an Infatuated mob
after you before the papers have been
on the street for twenty minutes! Do
you understand?
'"The mysterious woman viii be an
innocent country girl, think, who
came here to make a living and MT
the mortgage Of the old farm, and
whom you approached on the street
and finally dazzled with few lobster
palaces! She'll be beautiful and virtu.
Gus, johnson, and I think she'll tell
me, in team, how you fed her the first
cocktail she ever tasted! She'll"
Waltz" johnson Bollsr said in a
hoarse voice.
THAT is the merost outline OF the
story I shall te1l, and whom I'VE had
time to WORK out the details, I'll guar
antee that Beatrice WIN never even
consent to live in the same city with
you-even II you bring sworn proofs
Of the story's falsity. I'll represent
you to be thing abhorred by all half
way decent men and even summed by
self-respecung dogs! Don't think I'm
blufnng about it, either. Johnson!
mean to protect Mary Dalton!"
There is q vast difference between
the coarse, rough character, however,
blusterin8ly impressive he may be.
aud the truly strong one. Frequently.
the one Is mistaken for the other, but
under the first real stress the truth
comes out.
Johnson Boiler. for example, look.
ing into his friends coldly shining
eye, did not draw himself up and
freeze Anthony with his conscious
virtue. He did puff out his cheeks de.
family. to be sure, and mutter inco.
herently, but that lasted for only q
few seconds. ..
Then the eye won and Johnson
Boiler. dropping into his chair again,
dropping his head into his
hands and groaned queeriy.
Anthony, looking contempt at him,
fancied that he wept.
Anthony sneered and smiled.
CHAPTER XIII.
In The Box.
Now, for Z little while. let us watch
the movements Of the intelligent ser
want, wilkins.
Getting the trunk into the street
was NO trouble at all. The girl
weighed perhaps. one hundred and
twenty pounds, and the trunk itself
another fifteen or twenty. and hand
ling that amount Of weight was
mere joke to Wilkins. Therefore, he
stood in the side street beside the
LAsande. carefully deposited his
burden, and looked about for the taxi
and presently one of these bandit
rolled up to the curb and the
little man behind tho
wheel barked:
! ''raxicab?"
yes" said wilkins. Il wish"
stick the box up 'front.' snapped
The driver. 81 kin give you hand"
I'm taking the box in back with
me-" said wilkins.
Nothing doing!' said the driver.
What dye think that paints made
It was entirely possible that Mary
vas sitting by this time. wilkins
used his wits as he fumbled in hts
pockets and asked:
"Your cab, old chap"
"Company's!"
Put this fve-dollar bill into your
pocket and give me hand setting the
box in back" said wilkins. Its
packed with delicate stuff. and the
master instructed me particular to
keep q hand on IT,
So, while the hard-faced one smiled
brightly and, the bill in his pocket,
reflected that a murder must haye
been committed but that it was none
Of his business in any case. Anthony's
trunk stood erect and the
taxicab rolled OF swiftly. headed for
the palatial home Of Theodore Dalton
A block or two and, in the most
way, Wilkins managed
10 open the lid for an inch or more,
and in the space appeared little
pink nose and. presently. as the nose
a brilliant blue eye.
"Can vOr oY1on n a little more -