Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11
MYSTIC
THIRTEEN
Copyright. 1920. Western Scwspa per !.
By GENEVIEvE ULMAR: !.

lls. III llS IlFSlT IliuCc' ut' iiuu. USSh
routed ..ouG of he'd at T1;0'clock and
called to"the telGphone;*, ,Where hia
broker Informed him ,thntiG Goasotidatel
Central had closed: the ,dayhefore re @@oMa
steep DECLINE and,tllatstltey! w0uldY)call
for :lnirsinsS by EnooIL,, if tHe market
Opened ,"gruggy" -. - :: =
g :"With N.Y. marriage With .Laura
Pearson announced" for only fifteen
days from.ndW, tl,e:I I5rbspeetsIooks de.
cldedly blue" luminatetin Beardslee
drearily f''NNhy dld:d ever geF,slntd
this Juggling stock game 9@; ',E'';'i:sz .
), His .eyesGblinked and Tie tried to
battle an annoying superstitious infu:
ence: as; hiss glance swept calendar
hanging on the wall. ~ 8
1s:"Ersday and the thirteenthi" ne
muttered dehantly'&::;"As a. don't oe.
llere In signs or olnens-the mlsehlef ::
stepping. on n truaht coliati,ptttoil'
beaiusiee 0osglea' hsfeioow@ eahle up
against Inc lliirrofed' iroht'ot ms s,'''V!
ing 'caDiilet7 ailU%in7 uisihaS.'. me- ufew TIC,
Dnck from q shower OF glass.
'I4won't get rattlea,%'he insisted
douglltily, but; he left&the house half
an hour lnter'ii::n WretcliSd;'state ct
nervousness. HIS objective point was
the office OF n friend'who might: he ln-
ellned e.:!:sf to assist him. -
Ia, NIL, 1,t % f,Nn
g, ,Sas - ;sro3s;s =, ra :; oa %a:
sSssSSsaaii)dne sSa9!iiJ warning stun' J. ue s
cigEee !Ig4 tt,saaslee:: So,ne ulli lily
Gooa !9EsSoaWsquaie'Hii IN IRON. VI tne' e
IoSS; H;s iPsast!u' rs uoua IT,. Il,
la,Ess utsls, tms ,,s,;,rHsa mH
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,...; slu .as. 'I" ,as,',sr ] a,nft go =:
Dns 80 ~ '.''':,~ :, -, T., :;
~! eheie j -
Ioo late Befrdsiee caught the "afn,
ing:,AlHe: ;paitteft aiolt lhSu uroi'Hseo
hisabrnsll:: Fulp' OF paint llHiahaeg :: {! ol
Beardslee's shoulder, made q at;strals snlit
downward: dip ana 'siid down one; siee
ot9him cfeaf 40 ms .leet, .lea!iit%a -
Sluooth' even s'tip ", i'ieI '!'I, -.
tipe s.ehs'h ". nis oyus; 90. - 80. ~ !
ulsua.iieusttG e. u''v1e up1g. =.
knisnt ioE the puih, po.s '.nu 80 nc
INTO ta;. nElic 'sl'oi' .Deak .ne o.s"n
G.eanfns' helaii'il's i''ilis q 'ise'ns Do's
'AeA S, e, : s.
I'm !n d nurrS's re nnnouilseu.soo ~
an olq man$lil 'ciiaFse.3 -HoW ~ sooil ~ ~
you gnt inns rs, sattt+- sHteseiiS"o.s ss g.
shape.! ~, -, :. .el'
Half an hour came the reply
alter solhe' 'iici''"i .e'''eu'" tto'''
$50 to'it!YEaud "Beardslee plactical
ly liSrolnd so lar rs MS -, outer gar
ments weres%FGonsernel,; ;ana wrapped
himself ina bhtnket 'apportioned MN
and snuSgled down III achair sioonii,!'
He half dozed, with closed eyes, QUICK
lg';opened, however, MS there was. "a
flash andothen the:: SOUND ol"ah expo
sion. The interior OF the place "as
filled with smoke and flames and ltS
proprietor. whose operations nae
somehow ignited the cleaning mate
rial lie had; been using, was making
Tor the street. beardsiee sptahs ~
rushed thither; hlmseii anu III MS 'iia,
dressed conultioh darteo .lhto ,ae na'i
way OI I'LL auJOlnluS OHlCe- uuiIuiH6'
The street became cro"ueu as ,iie
tre alarm was souhaed' 5eaiusiee
gave up>llls clotaes as iost' Ut 'eine.
Into an office where q young man Sd.
poring over some writing ne slare'
askance at the lndlan-hEe 'haDle ol Tux
intruder.
"Whats the ADDRESS here' asAee
Beardslee OF the clerk.
"Elston building.
"Whnt room NUMBER -
Thirteen." ;:
It's the .'llmltE muttereo bearus
lee, but he eompieted me Messas
'Ihen; ne sat uo"ll " vail II '
course OF an hour me envoy Ilom .nis
iano'auy arriSeu: neuius.ee 1i -
nls way 10 ms a,tn 49, ss,ssns
ueslillul.on, ti,e UInee =, - ,,-, o,,;
VINO mlght'oe inciineu 70 heip -. Atln - ~
hl'ulcia'iS. -: =?
Le1e ioE view AotA VI, uie Hlnt.. -
an nour aso' was e..e uep' e' s'4's' =.