Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-25
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a cliff. The unconscious driver is
carried to a small cabin where he
RECEIVERS consciousness six hours
later in the presence of a beautiful
girl. The patient hears the voice of
FRED THAYER. the suspected mill
superintendent. Feigning uncon-
sciousness Houston hears Thayer
approach his bedside and mutter
II wonder IL he's wise" In order
to disarm Thayer. Houston feigns
complete loss Of memory.
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"Ah!" Then came the sound of
heavy steps, and Barry glanced to-
ward the door. to see framed there
the gigantic form of a grinning.
bearded man, his long arms hanging
with the ~looseness of tremendous
strength, his gray eyes cleaning
with twinkling interest. his whole
being and build hat of a great, good
humored. eccentric giant Then the
voice came. rumbling, yet pleasant:
"He no remember, chr"
mo. 1 know him all right. It's
Barry Houston-Tye been expecting
him to drop in most any day."
"Eet Is the Ba'tiste was wav-
ing one hand vaguely. then placing
a finger 10 his forehead-"Eet is
the"
"Amnesia." The answer had come
from the girl now standing in the
doorway.
"Ah, Out, Eet is the amnesia."
"Then there's nothing for me to
do, except to drop in every few days.
You'll take good care of him?" ask
ed Thayer.
"Ah, QUIZ
aC4aI NE.nt - ..ottr 4, ~,1.A I1.~r
the road with me, Medaine 2"
Then they faded through the door,
way. and Barry could hear no more.
But he found himself wondering
about the girl and her interest in
Fred Thayer. and whether she. too,
might be a part of the. machinery
which he felt had been set up
against him: about the big. grinninS
Ba'tiste, who now was fumbling
about with the bedclothes at the foo.
of the bed and
couch! Don't-don't do that"
Barry. suddenly had ceased his
thoughts to jerk his feet far UP
under the covers, laughing and
choking and striving to talk at the
same time. At the foot of the bed
Ba'tiste, his eyes twinkling more
than ever, had calmly rolled back
the covering and tickled the injured
mans feet.
'Ho. ho!" and Ba'tiste turned to
talk to the shaggy dog at his side.
"L'enfant feels it, L'enfant feels It'll"
Feel it," grunted Houston. "Of
course / feel it, I'm ticklish."
"So?" Ba'tiste grinned and wag-
ged a finger. you no tell the truth.
l know. 1 tickle your feet"
You're crazy!"
$50. mebbe. Ba'teese have his
trouble"
The face suddenly aged. The
twinkling light left the eyes. Thea.
But Ba'teese he know-see? When
eet is the-what-you-say, amnesia-
the nerve eet no work in the foot. I
could tickle, tickle. tickle. and You
would not know. So you are
shamming. But you are Ba'teess
Ba'teese-" he looked with quiet.
fatherly eyes toward the young man
on the bed-"shall ask no question
and tell no tales."
CHAPTER III
The simple statement of the gil
gantic trapper swept the confidence
from Houston and left him at a dis
advantage. His decision had been
a hasty one. a scheme to take Thay-
er off his guard.
"When's the doctor coming
again" asked Barry.
The big man snapped his fingers.
"Peuff. Like that. Ba'teese call
is heem.
"Ba'teese, he is only a trapper
now. Ba'teese. he had swear he
never again stand beside a sick bed.
But you" and he turned swiftly,
a broken smile playing about his
lips-.you. mon ami, you-you look
like my Pierrei"
With a sudden impulse he swerved
about the bed and sat down beside
the sick man. "Ba'teese-" he
smiled plaintively-"like to talk
about Pierre-and Julienne, my wife,
even though eet hurt"
Barry could think only in terms
of triteness.
"Have they been gone iong?'
The big man counted on his fin
gers.
"One-two-t'ree year. Before
that-bon," He kissed his fingers
airily. "Old B~a'teese. he come down
from Montreal, with his Juliennt
and his Pierre-in his arm. SO. And.
SO happy! Then. Jacques Robinette
come too. with his petite Medaine-"
That's the girl who was here?"
"Ah, oui. l am PMsieu Docteur.
I look after the sick for-twenty-l
thirty mile. Jacques buy land.
Ev'where-the pine and spruce. it
Jacques. By'm'by. he go on and
Medaine alone. And Ba'teese
believe some day she love Pierre and
Pierre love her and"
Another silence. At last:
and then war came. My Pierre.
he eighteen. but he go. Ba'teese want
to go. Julienne. she say nothing
she cry at night. Ba'teese was
big. And Julienne say to him, "You,
go. You may save a life.
And Ba'teese went"
ITO France?"
Ba'tiste bowed his head.
Long time Ba'teese look for his
Then-one night-in the
at st. Menehould. l find
heem. But Pierre not know his PEREZ.
not answer Ba'teese when he call
Pierre. Pierre,' Here, and here. and
here" the big man pointed to his
breast and face n arms-;was the
shrapnel. He sigh in my arms
then he is gone. And by'm'by Ba'-
come home-and find that"
He pointed out into the shadows
the pines.
'She had died?"
"Died." The mans face had gone
suddenly purple. His eyes were
his hands appraised and
,iutched. mo, Murder! Murder,
non ami, Murderi Lost wing-he
IN a. heap on the floor and a bullet
hrourh- har brain And the money