The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-07-27
cAApTER v
The Masquer unmaaka.

difficulty In obtaining accommodations |
Cor It is not nearly enough to have
the money; ono must also have the IN.
Productions, come well recommended.
and be under the tongue OF good re-
quite.
Gramont had obtained small APART.
ment en- penslon--a quiet md severely
retired house In Burgundy street.
maintained by very proud old lady
whose ancestors had come out az
Canada with the Sleur d'IbervIlle.
Here Gramont lived with Hammond,
quite on basis Of equality, and they
we're very comfortable.
The two men sat smoking their pipes
before the fireplace. IN which blazcd a
small flre--more for good cheer than
through necessity. 1t was Sunday
evening.
Gramont stared into the Pickering
Ere and sucked at his pipe. Suddenly
he reused himself and shot q glance
at Hammond.
Sergeant You seem to have A
pretty good recollection OF that night
at the Lnvergne house. when I found
you entering and jumped on you"
"You bet havei" Hammond
chuckled. "When you'd knocked the
goggles Off me and we recognized each
other--h--ll felt like boob"
Gramont smiled. "How many places
had you robbed up to thenf Three,
wasn't TT"
"Three Is right cap'n." was the un.
ashamed response.
1--WE haven't referred to II very of
ten. but now things have happened"
Gramont's face took on harsh lines Of
determination. do you know, II was
u lucky thing that you had no chance
10 dispose OF the jewels and money
you obtainedf"
mo CHANGER" snorted the other. mo
chance is right, cnp'ni And 1 was
sore, too. Say. they got a ring OF
crooks around this town you couldn't
bust into with grenadesl Listen here,
and I'll tell you something big"
Hammond leaned forward. lowered
his voice. and tamped at his pipe.
"When I was young fellow lived
In little town up north--I amt say
In where. My old man had 1lvery
stable there, see? Well, one night a
l.guy come along and got the old man
out Of he'd. and slips him fifteen hun
dred for rig and team, see? I
drove the guy ten miles through the
hills. and set him on a rond he wanted
20 find.
"Now, that guy was the biggest
crook In the country In them days
still Is. guess. He was on the dead
run that night, to keep out o. Leaven-
worth. lie KEEP out. all right. and he's
settin' In the game to this minute. No
body never plnched him yet, and never
WILL"
"Whyf"
Because his gang runs back to
politicians and rich guys all over the
country. You ask anybody on the in
side II they ever heard OF Memphis
Ivy Gumberts! Well cap'n. seen
that very Identical guy on the street
the other day--I never could forget his
ugly mug! And whore he Is, no out.
oiut SiV'hS N"h SCI iht SVN bSf"'e
mel"
''nm! Memphis Izzy Gumberts. chi
What kind OF crook Is he. sergeant?'
"The big kind. You remember then
Chicago lotteries? But you don't o
course. Well. thnt's his game--lot
teries and such like"
Gramont's lips clenched for IA min
: ute. then he spoke with slow distinct
/ ness:
sergeant. I'd have given Ave hun
dred dollars for that information |
week agol"
"whxl" Gramont shook his head
"Never mind. Forget I'll Now, thl
stunt OF yours was clever. 700 showei
brains when you got yougself up as al
aviator and pulled that stun ser
: geant. But you handled II brutality
1 terribly brutality"
r ut was a little raw, guess" con
D cedeh Hammond. II was up agans
I II. that's all. When you took over TN
!. costume and began TO get across wild
r the Ratiles stufr--why II was a pip
: Tor you. cap'nl Look what we've don
In month. Six jobs. every one run
o ming of smooth as glass Your no
\ ton OF going TO parties ready dresse,
with some kind Of loose robe over IN
II dyin' duds was a screaml And the
Il me running that motor with the cul
out on-al them birds that neye
n heard an airplane think you come an
Z go by air, for certalnl Nobody wi
n ever ind Us out"
n Gramont nodded thoughifully.
il "Yesl But. sergeant, how about IN
r. quiet little man VINO came along las
,r night nj the Malllard house and aske
n. about the car? Perhaps he had M,
h covered you had been running In
engine"
N NHimT' Hammond sniffed In scorI
= Gle wasn't no dick"