New Britain herald., 1930-06-09

Those bullets had the rItllnE marks ot 3 Colt for'y-tIye automatic pistol What's tha answer2"
 Flqua twjrled his mustaCae "The weapon monsieur was a rifle q rifle Of the Springfield army pat tern, and # had"
 .It couldn't have been.' Samuets shouted
 and ir had,F Flique contnuel tmperrurhably. the rifling ot a Ccls torrv-hva automatic pistol
 Samuels drew handherchi4s aeross his forehead
 That's a pretty hlS chunk 10 swallow" ha said. Tt takes an eN- prrr 10 do a Job like that"
 FlJlue heamed Did l not t2- form YOU that If was thought the infamous JgI=s Lacote ouca served .l an arsen1l of Frauce3 Clearly. rl would have the knowledge. Dji uo- poor GrailGer have a lathe n lrte worhshopo Has not NJ Anners- lar lnfQvuai uS that Gr8luEer s-mermos tocl the little vacation
 "on these occasions there re- manej on the island no one but 1l Johns Now. N. l. Deputy. would r he 5.fEtcult l ask you for Hat rascal to procure the tool with which n h2ra out that old rItlinE and l0rr4sse he cauNar trom-So5. 1s 1tS-to +5e"
 Easy enough Samual= adme- '=d Ru- that doesn't re-rlfla the barrel with s Colt pistol ritllng-un- Iess he sau- t to a factory"
 The rf1ns 5z rhe big joh as Nou s4N But 10 one who has served in an arsenal ot France, who has the zhren drass. the terrified hear5 much rlma- and 2 trtle of money II Is ro-hn5 Monsieur. that Johns he'd all of these. And If certain nrles had 10 he made at a factory. what ot that2 Poor Granger takes a,- lrt]e holiday and N. Johns en- ptoys his lathe to prepare the rife -h4t $ to kill him'
 | guess you are right samuelS sad somherty. He must have done
 "Precjzengant. You shall -aa.''
 Fr4ue took himself ,0ro inc h,l- usrd room. raaprea9ln= with tho game has. the long s4el rod he ha1 -cund Il Cir=51zer's workshop. ari T rifle not the ore l had relesad him Of. bur a l9c6 Springfield army ~8tre NOsr 7s the stock had tasn cur away from inc barrel aro4n1 winch had n7ru zweata3 wide straps ot stce] to srrauGlhe t. The bat-, also. had been cu. down --.o jessag the depth ot the r-fle ] suppose Tful4 0rasen--i -ha r0d for Sa1l- uots' inspection.
 This rod. N F. rerutE-you have zeen r before vas8 Ir ts the cutter rod. This" touching tha ms,aI nteea into which rhe rod f5e- -at-.ts rta cutter A. tha grooves ii the rifle are 10 h. 6eara0ed this gutter ncav na raised hE-8n2-tn- s-rfin= -r.S1a of paper under f.. Aloraelr understands 'ne process oui1"
 samuslz shook his head tmra- .gentty
 "The rod an3 0aa sgttcr-are they rot pulled aa-' through the barrel tl1rlrg. as -r,r lo1e. according to -he--~t--. IS tr.-that ;z desired ? Thus q shaving Of ~rao1 is pared off, ,H, rot returns, the cutter it ls raised. and the artl-an-doaz he not r~peat that process unrI the r.fljnE jz finished
 rH4ue look IT his rss-e. "Mor- zleur has observed These bands ot =r5at Widening inc bore Of cl.e rifle from rho aa3taa~ .&o2 to -le eaHhar 4 weakened the barrel a1I NJ Johns - rha word NJ rAn.l- 4173se1"
 .rompen~ataa for the lesaeas5 resistance of rao tsrrai -ss that what soa mean:" I vent0red
 "I thank rou. morsleIr FIlq1e bowed. "Thst infamous Johns coat- n~nsated for he lassened rezlstar7e o5 the barrel nE strengthening t with these bands Of steel"
 Fuqua ru. tae rifle down "Tae cartridge Was a nothing tor one Of his skill Would he no. remove the r~uet from the .&G raIiber rifle cart ridge. cut of tha thin end Of rhe cartridge ease. and force the 45 cal Iaar pistol bullet ir-o rhe rifle carr- ridge hA had >ur down.
 'Giaarly N Johns disposed os iss -0o1z ghoa .a nd finished wul ranm and almost certainly he cas- them ln+0 the sea. Parnar= ne atI I0r cast that }od far enough anI poor Gralnser found f oua day when he looked to his lobster trans at the lov tide. Also. HI Johns would gather ID his sharings o< sraeL but perhaps the |ra2nlents N. Craingar and I found had been tro1 into the dirt beneath the I8ther an } h missed them. l. does not matter
 Where was rhe rifle. Eog ask Certainly NJ. Johns would not hida it. in his tower. No. he would put -t where DO one would expect 10 fin l il- no one buT Anatole FIque, per. haps" and the little man tw.rl@1 his mustache
 And whcrz was that but in the fat stomach of that old cannon n front Of the fort@"
 Flque's face scbered. 'Poor T74a-,~r--..t Ce1,,r7.- g,r wac 7-c-r