The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-11-12

lnursoay, November l2 loo.
think that their car has t,,rs,.,,-. M
All right" said Kitty and S,,, oset~~
-, M !, ne asked gently, @wbv ~
OH" she exclaimed and haa,. is
an instant, as though startlad h.'
out OF her own thought or. ~ hlnS
lightly. q - answered.
would you-for anybody?" :
her wide eyes turned to him o.
~. No" she told him. "of ooau kS
1 wouldn't" And she se,zed ,he eourseS
ing-wheel again and pressed -.
starter. tnts
Where'rs you goingP" he asked !. Is
oh, just going" she said. and a.
moved slowly through suhnr, =
streets where milk-wagons were a. -
livering to little cottages and uno e -
they found no one but mill,men -
until a newspaper truck lumberas W W
them and came to a halt before q. -
little shop. ~
would you mind -stoppingY' Ran, :
tram asked Kitty Hewitt. ~
She drew up near the sbon ..os<
ahead" she said; and he stennea ny Nv
and took one OF the papers from ~ ~:
bundle. q y '' ny =
Policeman Shot by Gunmanrp so,x=
the black-face type at the ton NJ ~
front-page column inserted as Ia
extra" news. ---'-'---------'---- :.
Eddie Pellen, who has come m ~
known as Eddie the Immune, shot ana :
probably MORALLY wounded patroI- :.
man John Monaghan I'm reyolv..@
battle when Monaghan came upon IA
die Pellen in" rs
b. Darand. M. D., did not read tb.--
rest of the report He looked up A.
Kitty Hewitt. snya, rrau -yrDv -
The papers got 1t, did they?" sb.@
asked. Dc.
He handed the paper to her and s
watched her as her eyes went to the:
black-face type. 81 f~aE@lGC II:
lig"That it?nlhe asked her. -
That's II, doctor" IL
WELL" he said to her slowly "wbst'ss
are you going to do nowY'i =
what are you?" she demanded ofs
him. That's what I need to know.
first ,-,r,,,.,,s.. ,,zss4,,..;,t ~
."Why?" - - -.
why r she repeated, with a shad,..
OF her contempt with which she had.
calculated "you" when they were rae.
Ing. II suppose 1--we just made my.
self awful popular with Crane ana.
especially with Sope, just now" ,==
Are you," said Bertram, "are Won.
figuring on going back to them2n- Is
"Going?" she exclaimed and smiled;
ruefully. Doctor. those boys are 90.
getters." s
you mean they'll get youT =
Get mei If you peep, doctor, r
don't know about you, butt do know
about me- i haven't a chance. But
IL you'll play with us, If you'll just be
sensible now and be good" Il
BE good" exclaimed Bertram. :
"Yesl Listen nowl You were In
jam. I got you out into It; but YOU
got yourself in, too. Isn't that the:
truth? You knew / didn't come for.
you. You walked right In. Anyway.
there you were in jam, and | got
you out, didn't II
s"You certainly did" i.
1T wouldn't be so bad, doctor, IL I
hadn't had to spring the chain. But:
that-well, we don't know what we:
did, do we?" s
'Now Bertram admitted.
Maybe nothing can square IT,"
said Kitty thoughtfuliy sBut maybe,
IL go at them this way, maybe X
they're Just Jared little and / say
as soon as I see 'em, You're fine
bunch Of boobs. Here I've got you q
good surgeon, who'll work With III,
and all you can think of is to croak
him. He won't breathe word. He's
with u.s. Then If you don't squeali
maybe III get away with 1t. Do you
see, doctorg' LII IL iis
81 see," said Bertram, II see, OF
course-they'n punish you, IL ] tell
anything. That Is, IL you can't es-
cape, them" xu,,o lia
aMe. escaappsesiS said kitty. 'Me'"
Bertram demanded: What are you
to them?- To Grame?r he particular
lied. "To Eddie PeIlenT ls
"Why do you want to known
ST want to know. said Bertram, "a
lot more about you"
"You do?" he
~ want ito know that more than
anything else" IS s
"Then keep to yourself what you
know and maybe you'll know more
about me. If you talk, all you'll know
is that somebody'll. find me with Q
bullet or a knife in me-or maybe
choked."
She moved herr car slowly. Waltz
begged Bertram,. but she. shot her car
swiftly from him. ,"Goodtbyl" she
called, and, without I. again.' looking
back. she left him there ,.,., lis
Besrlthraam = Darand, M D.. took q
street, car into the city. He gould have
hired a motor, since he had two hum
dresd dollars in cashiin hisspoeket, but
1ust now he had longing for the CONF,