White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-23
He addressed an envelope TO Fell's
office. e ana tfiek Stamped and peck


Their news from Houma? They haven't
found the real murderer yetg' ~
The other came to his feet with an
exclamation of surprise. As he did so,
Gramont's fist caught him squarely on
the point of the jaw. a48H#@
chacherre crumpled back across his
chair. senseless fer the moment.
I'm afraid to take any Chances
with you, my fine bird,T said Gramont,
rubbing his knuckles. you're too
clever by far, and too handy with your
weapons
He obtained cloths, and firmly bound
the ankles and wrists of C~hacherre.
Not content with this. he placed the
man In the chair and tied him to 1t
with merciless knots. As he was fin
ishing his task, Chacherre opened his
eyes and gazed dazedly around.
Awake at last, are your said Graz
mont, genially. He got his pipe, filled
and lighted II. The eyes OF Chacherre
were nov fastened upon him venom-
ously. ITO bad for you. C~hacherre,
that the coin fell heads up. That
spelled action"
Are you crazyf' muttered the other
In French. Gramont laughed, and
responded In the same tongue.
ut does look that way, doesn't it?
You're slippery. but now you're
caught
chacherre must have realized that
he stood in danger. He checked a
curse, and regarded Gramont with a
steady e~oolness.
BE careful he said, his voice
deadly. what do you mean by thisy'
Gramont locked at him and pulled
his pipe.
THE games up. Ben" he observed.
Il know all about the place down
t~here-about The cars, and about the
lottery. Your gang has had a pleas
ant time. eh? But now you and the
others are going to do a little work
for the state on the road gangs"
Bah Ca VA rive semaine quatte
zheudisi - spat Chacherre, contemptu-
ously. THAT will happen in the week
of -four Thursdays. you fool So you
hlfuN dbOui lit1iES, I'll VI ilaNttt
will soon shut your mouth !"
"So?' queried Gramont, his brows
lifted. You seem much In Mr.. Fell's
confidence, Ben. But | think I'll leave
YOU tied up a little While. Memphis
Izzy is going down to his summer cot
tage tomorrow, isn't he? III be there
but you won't. By the way, | think
I'd better look through your pockets"
Ben Chacherre writhed suddenly.
hurting u storm of curses at Gramont.
The latter, unheeding the contor-
tons of his captive. searched the man
thoroughly. Except for a roll Of
money. the pockets CAV up little OF
interest. The only paper Gramont Sc
cured was a fresh telegraph, blank.
He would have passed this unheeded
had he not noted a snaky fitting of
Chacherre's eyes to IL.
l. All ~ he said. pleasantly. "iou APP
pear 10 he Interested ir this. Ben.
Pray, what is the secret?"
chacherre merely glared at him, and
n sudden exclamation broke from him.
lie Htll TIE III vi NfiiON lltlfi "
the light at varying angles.
"1t's the most natural thing In the
world" he said after a moment, for
a man to walk into Il telegraph office,
write out a telegram, and then find
that he's torn two blanks instead of
one from the pad on the desk. Eth?
I've done it, often-and I've always
put the extra blank into my pocket,
Ben. thinking ii might come in handy
just as you did, ehf Now, let's see
You were excited when You wrote
this. weren't you? You'd just thought
of something very Important, aud you
took care of 1t hnrriedly-that made
you jab down your pencil pretty hard,
Who's Dick Hearne at Houma? An
agent uf the bang thereT' at =
Chacherre merely glared, ~sullenly
defiant. Word by word. Gramoht
made out the message - - I.
Turn bundle under rear seat my
! rar. Have done at -once.rsrass,w f.v
Granont looked up and smiled
thiniy.
"Your ear? Why you left IL In the
garage at Gunlberssf place, ehi That
little roadster. of Fen's, with the extra
seat behind If yonsdbeen just a little
hit cooler yesterday. Ben, You would
{ have made fewer mistakes. II never
occurred to you that other people
might have been there in The bushes
when the sheriff was murdered, eh?"
. GhacherroyNfent lividai woiIe3 ads ~
n 1T Wis another mistake 10 throw
your knife after1yott killed him.
PURSUED Gram6nt. re~feetlyely. You
|. should have held on TO that knife, Ben,
There's no blood, remepber. on Ham
aond's knifer-ao hard thing for You
and your friends 10 explain plausibly.
I Yet your knife ~ sheavy'lwith blood,
which tests viii show 10 be human
blood. Also, the knife has your name
on IL; quite Il handsome knife, too.
ON The whole. you must admit that
you bungled the murder from start
4. It'll -