The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-16
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tions that counts SO much, licuten-
ant, but the spirit in which they're
broken. I'm glad TO find that you
cont take things too literally.
But. here's what happened" and
he told O'Day Of the adventure he
had just been through, beginning
with tho first Of those premonitions
that had made him so nervous and
ending with his flight from the man
with the gun.
Il got off pretty easy at that" he
finished, exhibiting his torn car.
Just this and bruised shoulder
"And what do you make of it,"
asked O'Day.
"11i tell you after you giNc me
your opinion"
O'Day puffed rcflcctively on his
cigar. "Hm-m-m. Did you say tins
fellow with the gun came running
from the direction Of this house
here? ?"
eyes. Evidently he was partner
Of the other man."
"Ycah, no question about that.
Well, Rand, it might have been a
holdup. The smaller fellow with the
gun went around the block to head
you off at your house and the other
headed off both ways. The trouble
ing. You got away with it because
you surprised this guy off his feet
"You say you think it might have,
been a holdup, but doesn't it strike
you as funny that those men should
know where livcd?"
well, yes. Mind you, said it
MIGHT have been an attempted
holdup. I'm not sayin' think it
was one. And, of course, it's not
out Of the question that couple
/, Of stickup guys should take the
trouble to find out where the party
they're after lived. They might have
been watching you for some time,
waiting for the opportunity"
''They were watching me, all right.
Listen" And Jimmy told O'Day Of
the Warming note he had received
! the night he left for Grafton, and
Of the phone call that followed.
"And now the landlady tells me I
got another phone call yesterday
from someone who seemed sur
prised to learn was coming back 10
town."
O'Day whistled. "Jumpin' Jerusa-
lem! Why didn't you say something
to me about this before? You've had
a narrow squeak Ind no mistake"
/ "Well, I'm no alarmist, but I con-
TESS this thing has got me guessing
now. That letter and the phone calls
and now this thing tonight-they
all connect up pretty closely, don't
they?"
) "Connect up? ~! say they con-
meet up. Whoever wrote that note
meant it. He wasn't bluffing. But
who's after you, and what for? Are
you holding something else back,
Rand"
"Not another thing" He smiled.
Hereafter, lieutenant, you'll know
every card that's played in this
game. didn't believe it before, but
now I'm convinced that whoever is
behind this thing will murder me it
he gets the chance. l think their
plan tonight was for the man with
the revolver to stop me in front of
the house on the pretense of rob-
bling me while the other sneakcd up
from behind and hit me over the
head with that blackjack. OH
':an't show you that blackjack, did
Iw
!. NO. gruntcd O'Day. Jimmy
climbed down off the bed and walked
over to his coat. The weapon was
still in his pocket and he threw it
down in O'Day's lap, rough con-
trivancc Of leather with crudely
fashioned handle and heavily
weighed end.
O'Day pulled out a pocket knife
and ripped the stitches. "Filled with
emery" he said after short in
spection. Heavy as lead almost,
and in strong mans hands capable
of breaking skull without cutting
the scalp. It's home made, which
proves that the owner knew what
he wanted with it."
| He bit his cigar viciously. "RanG,
who in the devils behind this p
"Find the man that murdered my
father and I'll tell you,' said
Jimmy.
"You mean the same people who
got your father are after your"
Exactly. Somebody's afraid I'm
going to find out something. Per-
haps whoever it is thinks that be-
/ cause I'm here in Mansfield ! know
more than do. And another reason
for connecting the two. believe it
is more than coincidence that the
weapon that killed my father was,
as far as we've been able to make
out, exactly like that blackjack
there. 1t might even have been the
same one, lieutenant"
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