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He had rather expected It. A big, pow
erful gray car had swept around the
corner of the first street behind him,
and, slowing for an instant, was picking
up Runty Mott and h,s companions.
And now Dave Henderson laughed a
little>in a sort Of grim savagery. Well,
the race was on--nnd on to a finish He
knew the men too we'll in that gray car
behind him to delude himself for a mo-
ment with any other idea. They wanted
that little black hand bag, and they
would get It IL they could and they
would get him, IL they could. at any
cost. Again he laughed, and now with
the laugh came that debonair lift to his
shoulders. His brain was working In
swift, lightning flashes. The only hope
Of shaking them off was in the open
II his car were the faster. And II II
were not the faster? Well then, yes
there was still a chance-on certain
road he knew, the road he had Travelled
that afternoon-if he could make that
road. It was a chance, a gambling
chance, but the best chance---to win all
or lose all. There would be no hedging
1t was ali or nothing--win or lose
They would not dare use their revolvers
here In the city streets, they could only
cling close on his trail: and neither OF
them here in the city could put the
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he says, an wise up Baldy vickers
to whns say. You got a good two
hours he says, to set the stage up
there before Dave blows in.
Came that malicious chuckle again.
AN the poor boob went an cracked
the crib himself" CALCULATED Runty
Motifs companion-and chucklcd once
more.
"Sure!" said Runty Mott. Cookie
called the turn oil right on the guy $
rcputation--he was born Il crook. Well,
1t makes 1t all the easier, don't 4? 1t
might have been harder to get him when
We. wanted him If he'd Just gone up
there an got the money on the level.
AS it is now, he's ducking his nut,
trying to play innocent, an he comes
back here to make a nice fresh start up
to old Tydeman's again. Only he didn't t
reckon on any one trailing him from
the minute he got out of his car!
guess we got him-good. Spike tele-
phoned ten minutes ago that Dave was
on his way back. If he comes in by the
shed, the boys'll see he don't get out
that way again; an If he comes in b.
the front he'll get peach of a welcome
home! Tumble? This is where he
croaks-an' no noise about tan you
look out that you swing the lead so 3
you won't have to swing 1t twice. We
can carry him out through the shed,
an get the mortal remains away in a
car with no one the wiser" Runty
Mott was chuckling now quite as
maliciously as his companion. Can't
you see the headlines In the papers |!
Promising Young Man Succumbs to
Say, it's the safest thing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-20
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
(AUTHOR OF THE MIRACLE MAN")
C,oninioht. 1871 hn P,lhlln Ledoer Compdnn

that was ever pulled, AM" He
stopped suddenly. A low whistle
sounded from the street in front. Keep
quiet !" cautioned Runty Mott. Hes
coming in by the lane"
II was silent In the house---only the
silence began to pound and throb, and
become a world of riot and dismay,
and make confused noises Of .ts own.
Crouched against the wall, Dave Hen
derson raised his hand to his forehead
and drew his hand away damp with
beads Of moisture. There was an over
mastering rage, tigerish ferocity upon
him but his brain, most curiously, was
deadly cold in its composure, and was
working now swift as lightning flashes,
keen, alert, shrewd, active. The words
he had just heard meant-murder. His
murder The very callousness of the
words but lent a hideous sincerity to
them. Also he knew Badly Vickers-if
any further proof was needed. Baldy
Vickers was a gangster to whom mur-
der was a trade; and Badly vickers
with stakes In the thousands, when he
would have committed any crime in the
decalogue with greedy haste for hun
dred- dollar bill, meant-murder.
He was STOPPING now, silently, with
the utmost caution, slipping on his
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CHAPTER III
The TrsD

DAvE HENDERSON lost no time on
- bis return journey. Within some
sfteen or twenty minutes after leaving
he residence of Mr.. Martin X. Tyde-
man, he slipped into the lane at the
r,ar of the shabby house on the shabby
Hreet that he called his home, and,
entering the shed, closed the door softly
behind him. Here. it was but the work
Of an instant to take the sealed package
Of banknotes from the black handbag,
reach up, slide the package in through
re little door of the old pigeon cote,
push the package over into one corner,
coyer IL with the chaR and old straw
With which, relics of bygone days Of oc-
cupancy, the bottom of the pigeon cote
was Uttered, and to close the little door
again.
he stopped then. and. unlacing his
shoes quickly, removed them. He had
only one thing to guard against now,
and bis alibi was perfect. his possess
SION Of one hundred thousand dollars Sc
cure. Tooler must not hear him enter
ing the house. Tooler must DE morally
convinced that he. Dave Henderson, had
never left the house. As soon as he got
back to his room again, he would put
on his shoes, call up to Tooler that he
was going, and, with the empty black
handbag, get into his car-and drive
up to Martin K. Tydeman's!
"some uproar! I" confided Dave Hen
ierson to himself. when ! ask old
Martin X. to fill the liz old bag, and
/ he goes for the cash. there'll be-"
His mental soliloquy ended abruptly.
|He had opened the door neislcsLy that
led into the house, and was creeping
without a sound along the hallway to-
ward the door of his room at the front
|of the house-and now suddenly he
stood rigid and motionless. Was it
fancy, his imagination playing tricks
upon him. or had Tooler come down.
|stairs? It seemed as though he had
|caught the sound of a lowered voice;
land II seemed as though It had como
from his own room there along the hall.
And then he smiled sarcastically ut
himself, and began to creep forward
|again. He had complained of the whole
thing being tame, and now he was get
ting an attack of nerves when it wns all
lover How could he have heard a
lowered voice through the closed door
|of his room? 1t was q physical impos-
|sibility. And Tooler, in any case. wae
|not In the habit of talking to himself.
|Tooler never talked to any one il he
could help 1t. The man always seemed
to be nursing perennial grutge that
|he hadn't been born a mute
Dave Hendcrson's smile broadened at
his little conceit-and the next instant
vanished entirely, as his lips compressed
suddenly into a hard. straight line. H.
had halted for the second time, Rugged
now close against the wall. The door
of his room was not closed, and it was
not ToolCr--and II was not nerves. The
door was slightly ajar; and the words
came quite audibly; and the guarded
voice had a haunting familiarity about
it:
Sure, I grabbed the train, an
Bookie stalled on being able to get old
'Iydeman on tho long distance until
after the train-an' me on twas on
our way. Tumble?"
Dave Henderson did not move. Into
his face there had come, set In a gray
lsh' whiteness, n look that mingled |
stunned amazement and gathering
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front door open--and slammed IL be-
hind him. A figure rose before him on
the steps, His left hand free. swung
with all his body weight behind It,
swung with terrific blow to the point
OF scrubby jaw that blocked his way
.-and the figure Crumpled, and went
down with crash on the doorstep.
1t was but yard to the curb and
his car. He threw himself into the
drivers seat Pandemonium seemed
loosed now from the house. Up above,
a second story window was raised vio-
iently, and Tooler's head was thrust out
below, the front door was flung wide
open, and, the red headed little tout in
the van, four men we're racing down the
steps. And then, over the chorus of un-
bridled blasphemy, there rose a sbrili
yell from Runty Mott, which was an.
swered from somewhere down the street.
The car, like mad thing stung into
action, shot forward from the curb. A
hand grasped at the cars side, and was
torn loose, Its owner, spinning like a top
and pitching to the sidewalk. Dave Hen :
derson flung a glance over bis shoul-
der--and his jaws clamped suddenly
hard together. OF course That shout
Of Runty Motifs! But he had not un {.
derestimated either Badly Vickers' Gun :
ming or Baldy Vickers' RESPONSIVENESS.
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shoes. And now from the rear there
came faint sound. a low creaking, like
the stealthy rending Of wood. He knew
what it meant: They were forcing the
shed door---to follow him in hereto cut
off his escape, and to assist If necessary
in the work those two were waiting to
perform in his room, which he was ex-
pected to enter.
His face was set, drawn in lines as
hard as chiselcd marble. And yet he
could have aughed-laughed out in the
bitterest mockeries. The game was up
even il he saved his life. He would
be wanted" for the theft of one hun
dred thousand dollars. He could not
cover that up now. If he escaped Baldy
Vickers and his pack he would still be
fugitive from the law. And, worse
still, he would be fugitive empty
handed, chased like a NANCY dog who
had risked his all for bone-and had
dropped the bone in his fight. God, if
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respective speed Of ts,eir cars TO- the
test---but in the open, IN the country
He looked over his shoulder again.
The big gray car, some fifty yards In
the rear, held FIVE passengers. He could
distinguish the little red haired tout In
the front seat beside the man who was
driving, a short, thick set man, whose
cap was pulled down over his eyes
glance had measured something else. BY
leaning forward in his seat and crouch
ing low over the wheel. the back Of his
car seemed high enough TO afford him
at least a fair chance Of protection once
he elected to invite the shots that would
be fired from the car behind.
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Then the thought came that b. onS a
dozen ways, BY leaping from his car
as he turned a corner, for instance,
and dsrting into building he might
give hts pursuers the slip here In the
city. But II was no good The game
was up He was not only fugitive from
Badly Vickers and his wolves, he was q
fugitive now from the police. And u
by some such means rs that he managed
to give Badly yickers the clip, there
was still the police-and with polics
drag net out he cut his chances Of es-
cape by better than half II he remained
in the city.
To be continued tomorrow
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,ru,s nrnINs THE STORY

Dsys sTown 10 manSoSa saa ne an az,
.sS%pDt.sisn sSsDtassdis Q ;. H. ii. when SoSsls sssT-
van ssnds him 20 Martin T. Tydsmsn,
= ~ recoup % bookmskins losses. During
Ma long drive 10 San Francisco. Dave
lenders, over the wheel OF the speeding
,hs HI i6o, 900. and he determines to DO 20,
Va carefully arrenges .or an alibi at
re Tooler rooming house. where he
yss even fse. soinr for tSs M money 'sett dsS,ed
nissoTcoto, Then he slips out OF the
kouse and starts for .Tydeman's. BY
breaking and entering he gets Into the
house and secures the money. His plan
is 10 hide II and then come back In bis
capacity OF go-between. When they
looked for the money II would be gone
.-and without suspicion on him.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
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To be continued tomorrow
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The doors will be opened ticket holders at ;5 o'clock
and TO the general public at 800 o'clock '
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Of admission be obtained of charge at tha
Chestnut Sts 'S' 'ioau u
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Alexander Galloway,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of Alexander Galloway, de-
ceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said admins
traitor at Kendridk, Idaho, the same
being the place for the transaction
of the business of said estate, in
Latah County, State oi Idaho.
John Galloway, Administrator of
Alexander Galloway, Deceased.
Dated at Moscow, Idaho, Deem
Der 5th, 1921. 49-5t
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of The Interior,
U. S Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho
November Is, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that julia
A. Smylie, OF Agatha. Idaho, who.
on April %, 1920, made Homestead
Entry, No. O7669, for SW4 NE4,
Section Is, Township 81 North,
Range 3 West, Boise Meridian.
has filed notice of intention to make
Communication Proof. to establish
claim to the land above described,
before the Register & Receiver of
the U. s. Land Office. at Lewiston,
Idaho, on the 18th day of Deem
her, 1921.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Dean Wright of Agatha, Idaho.
Elizabeth Daniel of Agatha, Idaho.
Wayne KuyKendall of Leland, Idaho
Elton Gephart of Leland, Idaho.
Henry Heltfelt, Register
nOn-coal. 46-5t
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
duenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure It you must take an
internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination OF
cine n what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions Send for
testimonials, free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. O.
All Druggists, &c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
How Not to Take Cold

Some persons are subject to fire.
ouent colds, while others seldom,
# ever, have cold. You will find
that the latter take good care OF
themselves. They take a shower
or cold sponge bath every day IN a
warm room, avoid over heated
rooms. sleep with a window open or
partly open, avoid excuses, over
eating, becoming over heated and
then chilled and getting the feet
wet. Then, when they feel the hrst
indication of a cold, they take
Chamberlain Cough Remedy with
out delay and it is soon over.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
Distributing
the Gifts

* DING to the post-office is jolly
VI method of distribution. Paste
board and brown paper, aided
by judicious grouping of chairs and
tables, easily transform a room into
a post-office, and a wisely selected
postmaster may make the collection
of mail an occasion of much merri-
ment. Have general delivery and lock
boxes, and at the general delivery
window see that each person is
properly identified.
Christmas hunt is always eXcit
ing The clue, given at the breakfast
table, is written on slip of paper
in some such words as these: pass
the parlor, shun the hall, seek the
summer kitchen WALL" In that
vicinity the gift will be found. wrapped
and addressed. 1t adds to the fun if
the directions lead first to other
rhymes, three or four being followed
up before the hidden treasure is found.
The cobweb party is not new. hut
is always good sport and is especially
adapted to Christmas festivities. The
tangled threads may lead to the laden
tree or ito the bullying stocking hang
ing from the mantel-shelf.
Still another hunt takes the form of
a polar expedition and is great sport
in the country when there is snow
enough for it. Immediately after
breakfast the entire party sets out for
walk When they turn toward home.
the host or someone selected as guide
informs them that supplies are hidden
along the way in various caches and
they will do well to look out for them.
Each cache is merely a mound of snow
covering lightly quantity of gift
packages. securely wrapped. There
need he only three or four mounds
and the gifts should be divided
promiscuously among them. IF the
walk has been long. the first cache tC
be found-that is. the one farthest
from hOme-may hide a box of cook
les. which will he hailed joyfully ant
will make the gifts in the next cache
| an even, greater surprise.
The last cache to be reached may b.
the centerpiece on the dining table
Here it should be of cotton glitterin,
with diamond dust. with the pole ris
ing from the middle Of it, a fat squat.
pole with a jolly Santa Claus atop.
Small gifts may he concealed in |
Jack Horner pie. brought to the tabl
when dinner is finished. Choose {
deep. round pan of a size to fit tn
number of the party and put into !
the presents, each daintily wrapped
and marked with the name of the on
to receive it.
To far-awav relative may he sen
the ki6dies' latest nhoto lit NAV b
only snanshot if il he we'll taken
accompanied by a little verse afte
this sort:
We're very small, but we want to sen
To our Auntie far away,
Some love, and a kiss, with happy wis
For a Merry Christmas Day.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
Recommends Chamber.
lain'S Tablets

Il have frequently used Cham
berlain's Tablets, during the past
three years, and have found them
splendid for headache and bilious
attacks. l am only too pleased, at
any time, to speak word in praise
of Them" writes Mrs. Laura M
Hoyt, Rockport, N. Y.-Adv.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
BUSINESS OF VARIED RISKS
In Farming Weather Is Greatest
! Factor, FIuctuating Prices Rank
Next in Order.

The farming business is one of many
and varied risks. The weather is the
greatest risk, weeds are another, fiuc-
tuating prices another and yields per
acre. as they affect the margin be-
tween cost and income often measure
the amount of risk sustained.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23

FOR SALE: A good light car and
some cash buys good 100 acres on
Potlatch ridge, $50 acres cultivated,
good improvements, we'll located.
A dandy home. Terms. Inquire
Gazette. 49-tf.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23

Wedding announcements printed
at the Gazette Office.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-28
BLUNDER OF BANDIT
SAVES GROCERY CASH

An attempted robbery of the VII
liam Fisher grocery store. 1873 Sheri-
dan street, was stopped by the crash
OF breaking glass Saturday evening
when the would-be robber reached
over the cigar counter to open the
cash register.
The man entered the store at $50
O'Clock. He was not masked. Mrs.
Fisher was the only one in the store
at the time. The man pointed re
volver at her, and made his way to
the cash register. As he reached
across the counter the glass broke.
At the same time. Mrs. Fisher scream
ed for her husband to notify the po-
lice. The man fled.
Two or three dollars in change were
left untouched in the cash register by
the man. He was 125 to 1870 pounds
in weight wore a blue suit and light
cap, according to the description Civ
en- the police.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-28

post. in which he expressed his APP
probation of the work done.
One of the heaviest single tasks
Harry Ray post has undertaken lately
is that of preparing this city for the
cleanup" squad which is adjusting
claims of ex-service men over the
state. Local posts of the American
Legion are expected TO gather data OF
all cases where claims have not been
satisfactorily adjusted. About 40 OF
these cases were taken up by the OIL
ficials of the post and applications
filled out for the attention of the
squad.
Word has been received by the To-
cal post officials that the squad will
not reach this city before late Decem-
Der or early January. This is because
they found the work of cleaning up
old claims larger task than they eX-
pectsd.
Ample notice VIII be given ex-serv-
ice men when the squad is ready to
take up cases here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-28
TINY RUSSIAN SHIPS
DART THROUGH ICE
TO BRING BACK GRAIN
CBy Associated Press

ARCHANGEL, Nov. 2S-Romance
has always lowered about the dashes
which ships have made through the
Kara Sea to get the products which
the two Siberian rivers. the OBJ and
Yenisei, carry into ports that can be
entered for only few weeks in sum-
mer because of the floating ice in the
Arctic and Kara.
So in this year. when famine swept
the Volga area, it is not strange thai
the Russian food commissariat turned
It's eyes toward the mouths of the
Yenisei and OBJ, and started a fleet
through the icebergs in search OF
bread. Many small ships were com
missioned Some of them made the
trip safely, but four ships, the OBJ,
Yenisei, lila and Santa met the fate
of the Titanic. The Yenisei and Ilia
eahc carried 2,400 tons of grain to
he bottom of the ocean. The Oh ana
Santa had only very small cargoes
The crews escaped over the RUNNING
ice and were picked up by icebreak
ers
In all, 1900 tons of supplies Were
gathered in the ice bound ports, but
less than half this amount is reported
to have reached Archangel. where
there there is cruel disappointment
among the population so sadly in need
of bread and other raw materials.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-28

has been made easier to obtain
through action of the national legi5-
lative committee of the Legion.
Probably the most impressive activ-
ity of Harry Ray post and one that
brings it into the public eye more
than any other is the series of mill
tary funerals which have been given
by it at the request OF relatives of
former soldiers during the last two
years.
Sixteen of these funerals have been
given since the local post was organ
lied. At d number OF other funerals
, the local post has supplied uniformed
pallbearers to give the necessary mill
tary touch 10 the scene.
Conduct 16 Funerals.
The IS full military funerals given
by the post were for the following
men:
Paul Stevens. Matthew Won Pein
Charles c. Lamb, Warren Elliott, Rol
and Walls, Harry Ray, Fred Baker
Merle Gross, George Ross, Robert
Thomas, Elmer Erik, Frank Gem
Frank Lichtenfels, Roy Blue, Walter
/ O. Jones, Ralph Besselman.
! Fred Baker. one of the men named
was a Pennsylvania resident, who
was not known here. He was killed
by a Pennsylvania train in January
! 1921. and buried at the expense Of the
! local post. Relatives discovered the
/ facts surrounding his death about
month later.
| A letter of thanks was received
! from the mans father by the loca
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-28
EX-G0V. C0X'S FATHER
IS DEAD AT CAMDEN

CAMDEN. O., Nov. 2S-Gibert Cox,
father of former Governor James NJ.
Cox. is dead at his home in Camden,
Preble county. Ohio, following a long
illness Mr. Cox. who was IS years
old. the son of Gilbert Cox, a pioneer
of Butler county, passed most of his
life in that county, where he was
widely known Gilbert Cox, Sr, built
the first brick house in Wayne town
ship. This is the old homestead
which former Governor Cox purchased
Two years ago and restored to its or
iginal condition, making it the center
of a large country estate, embracing
the original Cox farm.
Mr. Cox was "A direct descendant OF
Thomas Cox, who came to this COun-
try from England in 1881.
Surviving him are seven children,
Mrs. John Q. Baker, of Middletown;
William Cox, of Florida; Scott and
John of Dayton: Charles, of Detroit: :
Mrs. William Roscopf of Dayton, and
former Governor James Cox.
Mr. Cox was the youngest of IL
children. all of whom attained an old
age. several having passed their
ninetieth milestone. The only sur.
vivor is a sister Mrs Letta Kelly OF
Kinney, Illinois. who is 80 years old
At the request of Mr.. Cox funeral
services will be in charge of Rev. J
W Kilbourne, United Brethren cir
cult rider in Butler county years ago
but now stationed in Dayton.