Evening star., 1918-04-07

where? wheref Down-caffSc4
down-carrfed them TO the-eo sn0
Again, as IL the could NOS neuevS 4y
words his former blasts nso .t~ Nm
four times to the four corners q -
room. Again he listened af tns - -
of the horn.
Carried the dress and apron &c ~
chicken yard-yes-and out the t1aSeS
of a chicken7 Yes! And splashe0 SnS
blood upon the apron and the -oIssG
Yes, Yesi understand! Ana tneS
brought the apron and the dress 1nx4
the kitchen and half burned tnem ~
the stove. Yes! And thenf Then 49,
who Is they? Tho murderer ene ~
friend? You mean@
Joe Hickson turned and wrenchee -
those near him with his hands. u
to fight his way out OF the croWG -
was mad with fear, and gav0 -
Thought at what might be gussco0 y
his wild attempt to freedom. for onAS1
bark was telling step by step vnns
had done the night Of the murder: ~
knew what the next words OF snasuS
would be. 4
Let me out Of herei Let me c01 q
tell you!" he cried. and beat aS ny
crowd with his lists. Black Pete ems
circled him with giant brown arm.
"Hush mr. Black Pete commande0
"Don't you know better than 70 tA.3
when Shagbark is talkin' to the $3.50
They got on their horses. o,o sns.s..S
drawled Shagbark. They had hofscsI
Eror, down the river-down below tnS
mouth of the slough? Horses they nao
left thereg" rr.,rS
Heffner had planned so caLsI1.s
melted like snow nnae rove6
from the mouth of the slough IN un4
to he at the farm at the hour inc o.4
man was murdered. but they coulS
have ridden back and have feeulneS
to their skif in the same way IN sJ
to greet the river rats on enon
boat before daybreak 0~
aWhere they dug the wormsI Tn3
money is there? Buried with the ose~
chicken? In the chicken yaro!
with startling suddenness Sn1Sn1I9
.hr,st hand toward the open windoY
and shouted in a voice that was ike =
blast of the cow horn:
"Stop that mani
Eor Henry Heffner had 1eaped upon
th. sfII and was about to jump. 4
dozen hands grasped him. and a tney
drew him back, struggling; Black reg
chuckled and struck from the nana Sasss ~
Joe Hickson the pocke.d ada : thrnse
which the murderer hao mauc
at his own throat. <nitA
will take care of that fel1er Tor yous
Pete" shagbarkS "a arawaef ire ~ tovn n were
goin' To have the grand musical enterS
fafnment and anatomical lecture et
pm, as advertised II some OF y.S
folks go and au d,s ,s ,aoss IN tine yoni ana the
mortgage money, where this J2e dicEe
SON hid it. joe" he added to the psSs
oner. you ought to know tnat InsS
tbev don't use worms for bait; they
use liver You murderers ougnt 70
careful that the stars amt lookin.r ~
ways pick out a cloudy night 70 xa
ts1ls,n. folss IN; aSo1t S1e What ths they See see"
They we're well on the way back %
town when Alice spoke to snaepass
Say. dad" she asked. how'd yos
Nv We'll. Allie" he said. .T just sort q
knowed it ali at once Seemed 70 me
that when there wasn't hardy ~
blood on the murdered man or on tns
he'd. it was sort of queer this Teeny
woman's clothes should be all soakee
: up with it. Seemed to me IKE tnS
blood must have been put on tnem
somehow. And l reckoned a cnickeI
would be the handiest animal 70 eee
blood from, Allie. And I've nshed IoS
catfish at night often enough. 10Y
know you don't bother with nshwofm
hut use a piece of liver. So 1t scenes
to me that if place was dug up. iiko
a man had dug 1t to get worms. It Wa
likely dug up after the man went nsn>
ing and not before. and maybe 70 Durz
a dead chicken in. And nobody woul0
be likely 10 tninh p.oSo 49,. -u-.tI
was supposed to have dug worms woui1
be where money would be hid. ana
come right down to it. Allie. II this Joe
Hickson was like son to this meo
Grutz maybe he'd feel like the old man
was cheatin' him by gettin' marrie9f
just as much as Teeny Schmidt woul4
feel he was cheatfn' her"
Alice was silent for while.
Dad" she said presently. mayoe
we'd better postpone the entertainmene
and lecture until 4 o'clock. II we gave
Copyright 1918. by Mcclure syndicate.)
more time for the news to get aroun0
you'd sell whole lot more Life OIL.
"The big sale will be tonight. after
the evenin' papers come out. dod-gallu3
it," chuckled her father.