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The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-24

Billy Kane, he raised his left hand
and pressed against the wall. A
small panel door swung outward.
''1here's nothing in thereH nocked
the Rat. "That's the secret she
was forever talking about having
discovered, and that's the place she
looted all right, and where she got
the dope about lot of our plans,
and kept me from wising up the
crowd about it in order to save my
own skin. But there's a thing or
two she didn't know" His hand
crept farther along the wall, and
pressed suddenly against it again,
and now a full board length Of the
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the girl and on you as long as l
thought there was chance of my
getting something out of those
schemes that you kept butting in
on. But you queered that, too,
away back on the night you put
Kar1in in bad, and the police got
him. Karlin's begun to weaken
and talk little. That's the finish
of the gang and any more pickings
for me. Sooner or later Karlin'n
spill everything he knows, and he
knows a lot, to save himself; and
then they'll be looking for the Rat
on several other counts. SO I
passed the word to put the game
with the girl through for tonight
while ] took care of you"
Billy Kane felt his face whiten.
He knew that round, black huzzle
would spit its tongue of flame in
moment. With the Rats hand
around it, it seemed curiously like
the head of snake that was coiled
to strike Had they heard out
there? Here was the bag that
contained everything, all that had
been taken from David Ellsworth's
vault, and here was the murderer,
self-confessed. Had they heard?
Had they heard? Would they re-
member, would she remember that
Billy Kane's name was cleared?
And if they were out there why
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wore my crutch over to where I
lived when l wasn't at home here,
and hid the rest of the stuff there.
You know that, all right! Blast
you, you got it, and you nearly
queered me! The Rat was sup
posed to be away then-see? Well,
that night when l was fmping
around with my crutch, was told
the Rat was back-and it didn't
take me long to find out your
game. 1t looked like a piece of
luck that was too good to be true!
1t suited me-I was for it hard.
The only thing was afraid of was
that you might quit, so left that
ruby and the piecs of tray for you
on the table. l thought l knew
you. 1t would give you start,
all right-but it would look as
though this was where you were
going to get the clue you needed,
and you'd stick for fair"
The Rat attempted to close the
bag, and snarled at the bent
catches. He finally fastened one
of them partially, tossed the bag
on the floor behind him, and, his
face suddenly working again, flung
his revolver arm out toward Billy
Kane.
eff you've got anything to say
before you go out-say itn' He
was biting off his words. Don't
think that because I've been talk
ing a lot to you that I'm bluffing.
wouldn't hrve opened up if
I'd been bluffing, would l?
And, besides, there's another
count on which you're due to
snuff out. The games up
4, all around. I stalled on
~ ~ ringing down the curtain on
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-24

pitched his money away. / watched
you quite a while before l was
dead sure l could pass for you
and then I warmed up to Jackson.
The rest was easy. We croaked
old Ellsworth, and planted you.
That gave me the coin [ wanted
to do what was getting ready for
to pull out of this Rats game
forever. 1t was getting too fierce
with that cursed woman on my
heels. So before pulled the Els
worth trick I set things going to
get her, too, and passed the word
around that | was going away for
a while, so tilere'd be no chance of
her tun1bling to anything-and l
stood pat as the Man with the
Crutch. And then you acted like
a Christmas tree shaking itself in
nv lap. There were lot of things
coming along with certain friends
of mine, and with you playing the
Rat and getting away with it, and
with YOU there to stand for it if
anything broke wrong, it looked
like a cinch to nose them out at the
& tape on the little deals I'd started
for them, and that would let me
get away with the whole wad my
self. See?'
The Rat was pouring the rubies
from the trays into the hand bag
again, his eyes glinting from a
curious rapacious craftiness; and
then, coming to one of the trays
whose corner had been cut off, he
laughed outright in a sort of self
complacent nnirth.
''Do you remember this?" he
taunted. 1.-The night / croaked old
Ellsworth / beat it for here on the
quiet the minute / left the house,
and l put the trays and half of the
stones into that hiding place there,
and then changed my clothes and
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'' n gS IN his MIND
uow III at wer e
not comforting things.
The Rat, cognizant of
g., all the time, had de-
Iiberately let him, Bill
iy Kane, play the role
and the drama was
10 end with the Rats
death. 1t seemed hor-
ribly logical. 1t would
lot the Rat out of her
clutches tonight, for
inst an c e, and leave
only a dead Rat as
prey for the police. He
& { a rted involuntarily.
" as that it? His fin
gers stopped their
movements. Suppose
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F.. N~l"=t the Rat that the
aoac- Gsrs coming now? No!
I,o would only cause the Rat
80 'Gy'}-and to shoot the
ooaa.. Well then, suppose the
.o'lrt found two Rats here?
would not a..vc Billy Kane,
ut Il would end the career
one Of the most Infamous
.romdrcls in tn United
>.~.rs and it would pay his
ni ~ Nor. If he could
a.I. s,@vo the man off little,
.ar, or time!
10 could have laughed out Wild
ST the mocking irony of it. He
as praying now for the police to
,om", She would lead them, or
ono Of them, through that secret
.oor, wouldn't she?-though they
.oU'd guard both doors, take no
r1anceS, even while they would
"ardly expect to find anyone here.
The Rat was standing with his
hack to the secret door. and Billy
hd0c's eyes swept past the other
NOW in a wcll-simulated vacant,
Wavcring way-and fell again up
On the Rat.
The man was leaning a little
farther over the table now, his lips
parted in vicious smile. 1t was
as though, innate in the other, was
an unholy JOY to be derived from
victims plight, a JOY that he
ought to augment by making his
'Ictim writhe the more if he could.
And so you played the Rat, did
ou"' The Rat was sneering
again. "Well, you found out lot
more than was good for you, didn't
You? There was woman, wasn't
here? Maybe she didn't intro
uuce herself because she thought
You knew well enou .yh; but maybe
cure entitled to know something
a5out her, because she's one of the
reaSons why you're going to snuff
out in a few minutes" His voice
uoSe suddenly in furious burst of
oIasphemy. BLAST her!" he
soarled. "She went too far! She
thought she could make me dance
every time she cracked her little
whip, did she? She'll wish now,
II there's any wishing where she's
gone, that she'd stayed up on the
Avenue with the rest of the swells
where she belongs, and left her in
'crnal, nosey charities on the East
N1c alone. Margaret Blaine-the
aanker's daughter! Ha, ha! She
had it in for me because a girl she
as interested in down here went
and jumped into the river. See?
She swore she'd put me through
o0e way or another for that. And
hen she stumbled on pal of mine
tho night he croaked off, and found
some papers on him that put me to
the bad for fair. And that wised
Ner up to a lot more. And then,
curse her, she tumbled to the game
here, and-well, 1 guess you know
the hand she played" He laughed
raucously. 81 guess you'd ought to!
Bat you needn't worry about it
any more! She's gone out--Billy
Aane--understand? She went out
for keeps--at ten o'clock to-
night"
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,C%tinued from Preceding Pass)
twas strange that he could force
Ks fingers to do that with an air of
such apparent unconcern. He was
aboring under no delusionS. He
yas fully conscious that there was
no bluff in the others words, that
he was actually sitting there and
acing death in the most literal
sense of the term. The Rats rep
utation was quite enough in itself
10 make it certain at the man
would not hesitate in putting his
hreat into execution. And then,
oesides, there were strange stir
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blacknesS came and settled
upon him.
It was strange and very
curious. He opened his eyes.
He was in bed, and someone was
sitting there very quietly, with
head bent over and resting on
;he back of his out stretched hand.
He trie d to remember. He
should have been on the floor
in the den, h ou d Mt he?
And where was the Rat? Had
they got the Rat? His eyes opened
a little wider. That dark head
there seemed strangely familiar.
His side hurt him brutally. He re-
membered that shot now. A sort
of grim l1umor came upon him. He
was back where he had started
from on that first night in the un-
derworld-in bed with a pistol
shot wound The Rat must have
got him, after all. But the Rat
the Rat! He started up in bed in
voluntarily.
There came a little cry. The
dark head was raised. 1t was the
Woman in Black. No, that wasn't
her name. 1t was Margaret-Mar-
garet Blaine. He wanted to call
her that He tried to speak. He
was very weak.
"You mustn't try to move" she
said softly. "You have been very
badly hurt, though, thank God, not
dangerously so. And it's all right.
i know you want to know that.
They've got the Rat-for the muir
der of David Ellsworth. We heard
it all last night, and did not dare
to move while he kept that re-
volver on you, and l was mad with
fear"
"Yes," said Billy Kane weakly.
"It's morning now, isn't it,"
Cool fingers closed his lips.
eyes, but don't talk" she said,
with a sudden attempt at sererity
and, as suddenly, her eyes filled
with tears. ooh, I did not know
last night did not understand
and you risked your life to save
mine"
Her life! He was not so weak
but that he could understand that.
His hand groped out for hers. It
seemed as though he had always
loved her - only those strange
doors of the night had stood be
tween. But now-now there was
something in her eyes, behind that
film of tears and those wet lashes,
that made him dare.
"Your life. Would you trust
me with it again-for always?" he
whispered.
Again the cool fingers closed his
lips.
BILLY, you are to be absolutely
quiet" she said. "Those are the
very strictest orders"
But her head was nesting on the
pillow against his cheek, and there
was a great gladness in his heart.
THE END.
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
Indian Girls in Mission
Pageant at Al St. Louis |. d

-Four young Indian girls, por-
teges of Rev. Mother Drexel,
were among the attractions at
the pageant whjsh was held in
connection with Mission Crusade
Day In St. Louis on February rs,
The pageant was given in the
Armory building in South St.
Louis, under the auspices of the
local units Of the Catholic Stud
ept's Mission Crusade. It was the
first event Of its kind in St. Louis.
The celebration began with mass
in the new cathedral.
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
White Tribes Ciddy Whit
4. Makes l|''''' ' Wi IN 81
Tame 'IIjju|n|1, Last of
- ~ - ~, 49,. .-.~...
Apaches. !
Or. Carlos nonts1una, On 'warp,h, y
Upbraids White Mans cl'llizatles-
Danslng'to Din Of 1omtoms has HothlIlss
y -, - - 80 '' -. r. y sag.
On Jazz, He Says. ~" %S

The giddy whirl of the great
white tribe has made wildmsn
out of the last Of the Apaches. z .
DR.. Carlos Montezuma, who
turned to the medical profession
after Indian wars became unfash
ionable, went on the warpath
recently against the white mans
civilization. h. W.T. t-,9 NJ.
II wasa nice tame Indian when
i left the dull, quiet home of ny
fathers in the west and came 70
Wild and woolly Chicago, : the
bronze brave omplained. ''Bat
now, I fear, I'm getting wild
again. - Is,
The much maligned flapper, Gof
course, came in for her share OF
the blame for Montezuma's reyer-
sion to type. . s., Il H.. .,e3 I.
Poor 1POcahontas was consider
ed wild girl in her time, accord
ing to history's estimates, he said,
but what would the historians
have said if she bobbed her feath-
ers, wore short blankets and dis.
carded her moceasins. for goloshesa
/ sbudder to think. - NJ "A: Il Ii
Monteznna said his tribe prob
ably thought it had hectic time nls
|daueinq tosthesdin of the tomtaass
around the old campfire at mid.
night. A. -, /
''They parked us on reserga-
tions for carrying on like that, .
Montezuma complained. My an
cesters probably look down with
jealous eyes from the happy hunt
ing grounds as the men and WON
en- who civilized them shake the
shimmy to weird Jazz"
1t is to laugh, he said, when the
white man complains of prohibi-
ton, r ~ ..,s.t n IT.
"Tbey took away our tirewater, "
the 100 per cent American kind,
land made us drink maple sy rpp
and birchbark tea. Now theirs is
I'gone. Zip! Yip!' @.s=s St.
Montezuma was asked 20 venture
an opinion why Indians, SO popular
in the early nickleodeum days, no
longer participated in the celluloid
drama. Y. ..
Hollywood was too wild for
the redmen." be said. -Ex.
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
Personal Property
i Tax in February


in extending the time for paying
personal property taxes has ap'
parently confused many of the
taxpayers and many are of the
opinion that they will have until
April first to make payment with
out. incurring the penalty. - ,s...
d This is q mistake. The taxes
must be paid before March 1st or
tile 10 per cent penalty accrues.
Last year the legislature, while
in session, taking cognizance of the
financial depression, passed a
special measure whereby the time
for making payment and avoiding
the penalty was extended for 30
days or until April 1st.
However, the measure expressly
provided that the suspension
should be applicable to the year
1921 ONLY, SO the law is now OBJ
solete. :s : - p. +.
If you wish to avoid the 10 per
cent penalty on your personal
property taxes. pay them before
March 1st, no matter, what some
other persons may tell you.-De.
ftroit Record. " u .t.~,. =.
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
Indian Who Won Dog
Derby'and Married
Chorus Girl Dead.

Albert Campbell. Cree Indian
who won the 500 mile dog race
from Winnipeg to St. Paul IN the
winter of 1917, and later married
a chorus girl whom be met in St.
Paul, died Of pneumonia in Chica-
20 the first of the week.
Campbell is the second of the
entries in that famous race to die.
Fred Hartman, the only American
entry in the race, was killed in the
World war while. serving as an
aviator. '>.'
The race staged in 1917 outdoor
sports carnival had as other en-
tries Gabrial Campbell, a brother
of the winner; Bill Grayson and
Joe Metcalf. The race started
from Winnipeg January "a and
ended at Como park, St. Paul,
February 3, where it was estima-
ted $1,000 saw the finish.
Following his victory in the
Winnipeg-St. Paul derby, Camp
bell met Madeline Sullivan, a
member Of the chorus of Chin
Chin" then playing at tue Met
ropolitan 10 St. Paul, and later
married her secretly in Chicago.
Previously Mrs. Campbell had
been woed by Plenty Hawk, a
fullblood Grow Indian. Officials
refused to grant him a license. "
| 81 q o.. -, .a r
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23

i}si iG,t,5.y.s5! y .-...- - !. $3.50
world. In the Indian community
the individual may be shorn of his
possessions at the whim Of a bu-'
reau agent, without redress.
In tie American community
there are theaters, movies, lee
lures, recreational and educational
programs. In the Indian COM
munity there are no recreation
halls, and get-together meetings
are forbidden. @ Z ..s @.:.s h., b. j.
In the American community
there are public libraries and open
forums Of public discussion. There
aretno libraries il the Indian com.
munity and open forums are for
hidden. ~ I. =. -.
IN the American community
there are physicians and dentists
giving competitive service. In the
Indian community there are per-
haps two government physicians,
who are paid the same salary
whether they give service or not.
In the American community
there are public schools, grade and
high, fitting the youth for the
duties of life. In an Indian com.
mnnity there is an Indian school
to the sixth grade only, with
tesethers for useless occupations,
pnfitting the youth for real Ameri-
can life -: ~: 4. @. s.. j. !.
SIN the American community
there are courts Of Justice, where
wrongs J. { are dealt with according
to law. 10 the Indian community
there are police judges, who are
absolutely under: the control OF
the superintendent, and whose de-
eisions are without validity until
approved By the sup rintendent.
SIN the American community
no person may be deprived Of life.
liberty, or property without due
process of law. In the Indian
community no Indian has any
right to life, liberty, or property
which i bureau agent is bound to
respect: FRI .3ss.B..s !: BE- !.
I'm the American community
offenses and crimes are dealt with
under exact laws In the Indian
community the Supreme Court has
ruled that certain heinous crimes,
if committed by an Indian against
an; Indian, are outside the jurisdic
ton of any American court.
ia the American community
there are farmers associations,
.housekeep ers' clubs, parents as
sociations, and other mutual-bene-
1T organizations, In the Indian
community they are forbidden.
II the American community
there are freedom, development,
and democracy In the Indian
community there are serfdom,
repression, and autooracy. y"
Certainly the taxpayers OF
American should investigate the
Indians problem in connection
with the Indian Bureau system.
The public fund is used 10 main
tanning eighteen thousand useless,
healthy, high.salaried employees,
Also the biggest part of the In
dian fund is used for this purpose,
not because the Indians wish u,
but theft tribal funds are .appro-
priated without his knowledge or
consent. Mr.. Kelly asks: What
can be donel Give the Indian
simple justice. Emancipate him
from the autocratic control of q
money wasti.nlg bureau: Take the
| crushing burdens Of bureaucracy
off his back and be will walk erect,
an American. " .
Nov is the time to pay that
| SD description.
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
The Society J
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American Lxp!Axs:
A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF
49, .s, = AMERICANS ~. IA
Organized ut Ohio Stste University.
APRIL. 1911.
49,. MEMBERSHIP 3 @.t#a VI
Acknowledging Magazine,ss$2 80
p, = annually. s.fs

auuuatlys &&tGg
Junior Active-Indians under 81
years Of age. Including Maya
zine, $500 annually. Without
Magazine, $l.OO annually.
Application for membership should
be made;to the Secretary-Treasur-
er, Society of American Indians,
III Goth St. NV, Washington,
D. G. Information regarding the
Society will be cheerfully furnish
ed upon inquiry to the Secretary
Treasurer, Washington, D. G. =
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
SUBSCRIPTION: s,.to PEa ltla II lpIlsct
Conditions Of Whites i I ::
And indians in Contrast [ ! |! / S

6uu IIIujdUS III UUlllll dol dol
Many times we hear the sex
preston from white people, 4
wouldn't mind being an Indian dian.
myself. Z ~ hen estioned Why,
the usual reply IS: : Well, 50 !: 4 |.
could be carsd for BY the Indian,
Bureaus h.ve land, tribsl moneys,
live on 4 reservation, hunt, FISH,,
and have q good easy time just
like the Indians, and what nature
intended US to GET nm 81. d. S .,=
This sort Of statement is anus
ing to any intelligent reservation
Indian, because it shows such total
ignorance Of actual conditions. 4
The intelligent Indian has but
one cry, and that is, Freedom 'pl,
from The Indian Bureau" Il:
Let us quote in part Honorable
M. Clyde Kelly's speech before.
he Indian 0onmittee ofthe House
ofRepreisssesntatives some time ago,
where be make q comparison be- e.
tween e; tie reservations Indiian and
the white community md Won.
will readily dismiss the idea OF
wishing to become the contentedt q
happy (9) reservation Indian
Remember Congressmau Kelly.
is from Pennsylvania State IN,
which very few, if any, Indians
reside. II we only had few
more men ST his class, the Indians
today would be real American
citizens, instead Of wards. Note
the comparison ID the following:
THE reservation system may
have served q good purpose IN
compelling Indians Of other days
to forsake their wild, nomadic
ways. But its day il long since
past. II is today a breeding place
Of idlers, beggars, gamblers and
paupers. 1t is prison pen where
human beings are doomed to live
amid sad memories of their an.
cestors and among the ghosts OF
the dead. The sooner the whole
tribal system and the reservation
policy is abolished the sooner we
write FINS TO one Of the blackest
pages Of American history.
Compare the American com
munity Of 1850 with the Indian
community Of the same number,
and you will no longer wonder 81
the hack Of Indian development.
In the American community
the people are citizens. In the
Indian community che vast ma
jority are helpless subjects.
I'm the American community
officials are elected By the people.
Ia the Indian community bureau
agent has arbitrary authority.
TN the American community
there are banks. where depositors
control their own accounts. Ia
/ the Indian community there are
no banks and Che Indians have 20
right to control their own moneys.
I'm the American community
the public funds are reported and
audited. In the Indian commun-
ity there is no itemized account OF
Iadian expenditures and the In.
dams are not told how their money
is spent.
In the American community
the individual has his private pos
sessions, to be held against the
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
Now is the time to pay that
subscription.
On to Him,

Il can't live properly on @75 week"
complained the young man. "Yes, You
cam" said his guardian. The real
trouble is you want to live improp-
erly." ;
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23

Advertise in The ToMAHA,w x
IL brings results, .s II 81 y. 's" :
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23
r,,a.. Ah.o,,,ta Ahstentlon.

Eavors Absolute Abstention.
A recent report Of British experts
fayors absolute abstention from
strong drink, but supports the use Of
light wines and liquors.
The Tomahawk., 1922-02-23

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