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Stopping, the Gunner put 'iiie, arme years the Gunner had laud Ills. secret
lebeet Luke Muddleonn :aitd lifted him headquarters in .a fairly large Bet
Iuodily, He . tm led and strAde out •on the .giouu1 floor. It was a place
through the ,door•, down sthe narrow• to which. rte very seldom'estMe,eseand
esa a end lute .the untidy yard. of whose existenco the police were
:�ili'eady lOCated �otiiigPs
g ' �
i niorent. It was his pied-asterre,
lean, .and he was en the paint leal•qusly Preserved. for .emergencies,
:Qf aioistin•g his burden into: its in- Hw had slept there two nights be-
�tprior when lie heard a stealthy fore, and the woman who came in
Iperaping against wood. It was the .daily lied made the bed. Upon this
sound that a men makes when he he laid Luke M5ddisOn,
$sielitnbing—somebody was getting - , "They Wiest have elven you a
over the :gate, pretty large dose," he said, I'll snake
.ele sat Lake on the ground, prep- You •some eo'ffee.e
.fed. him against a wall, and went
noiselessly toward the entrance of
the yard, !Stooping to get a sky
Luke sliudd.ered,
,'.Coffee—ugh]" •
"Gave it you in that, did they?
line, he saw the head and shoulders That's piTobalbiy wiry you're not
of two rnen above the .gate. It was dead,"
&pnough; be need see no more, , He pulled down the blinds before
Returning as quigkly as he' game Tie lit the gas; then, ;going into the
to the place where the had Tett Luke, , little kitchen, he made coffee.
be lifted him and went cautiously; The `Gunner had kept house in
and gingerly down the slope to the places as wide apart as. Biarritz is
'water, There would be a boat from Munich, and knew how to
Isere. Presently his keen eyes .1s- j brew teat delicious peveroe. When
,creed the dim shape of it as it nnov-j' he came back Luke was sitting on
Jed uneasily on the rising tide. !the side of the bed, his head in his
He had oonsi,dered the possibility. bands. •
•ii? leaving Luke to be discovered by
' the police, .and had rejected that
plan], He 'owed a debt to this pian
he could not leave him to dis-
covery :and. disgrace. If what Con -
'nor lead said was • true, .leaddison,
In, his capacity of brigan, was as
rntucli wanted by the police as Con-
nor hlntself.
He drew the boat to the broken
stone causeway with the heel of his
boot; and put Luke aboard by the
simple process of laying him level
with the edge of the wharf and roll-
iing him onto the boat. It took a
Stow Minutes to balance • hinz.. ;AS
be himself stepped astride of the
snap, he beard' the sound •of voices
in the yard, saw the flicker of Glees
iric lamps. ,,Untying the painter, he
pushed 'orf with his hand, dragged
an oar from under the reclining' fi-
gure and paddled his way to mid-
stream, keeping a sharp lookout for
the river police...
He saw the .launch ,coming down
Stream at full speed, and drove his
'.boat into the shelter of two moored
barges as the tiny steamer swung in
a semicircle.
."A bit late," muttered the , Gun-
Wer• .
He was free -from' detection pow,
unless he met .another patrol, and
finding the second oar,• he pushed
Luke down between the two seats
and sietheq. rowed steadily down- groaned Luke.
stn eem. •
In an hour there would .be 'day-
light, /]ready the eastern sky was
-whitening. The Gunner knew a
safe landing near Rotherhithe; the
tide was turning and ;Would, he judge
ed, carry him to safety.
He judged wrong, and saw, 'be -
;lore he had reached London Bridge
that he could not snake his de•stina-
tion in the darkness. 'He tools 'his
decision quickly. Stooping over the
,side Of the boat, he filled his hat
with water and ,dashed it in .the
face of the slumbering roan. Luke
shivered and groaned, and the Gun-
ater repeated his expelri,ment. He
beard the moaning voice of the pian
at the bottom of the boat.
"MY head .
"(Keep` quiet'." hissed Haynes.
"I'm taking you to Londono Bridge
"hairs."
There was no answer, and the
Gunner prodded with his heel at
liis uneasily moving cargo,
"Do°you hear me?"
"Yes, 1 hear you. What has hap-
pened?"
Haynes .did not reply,''but pulled
;at his oars, and in a minute Luke
heard. the jolt of the boat striking
;against 'the stohe.
"Can you get up?" The Gunner's
Stand gripped Luke's Wrist and drew
litho toe sitting gtrsition.
With the boathook he drew the
little skiff against the steps and
came to teed. It took five minutes
.before Luke could follow him. His,
knees gave udder him, and lie 'want-
ed all the support that his co•mpan-
km toted gii'e him.
"Sit on the steps," •ecanmatided
the Gunmen, and Luke obe ed. 'New
ery and stand."
For five minutes Luke sat c'roueh-
"ed up,. his face in his lards, and
then the Gunner's voice aroused
ltim.
"There are too many pef'ple pass -
big oven the bridge to please me,"
be said. "We had‘better get up be-
fore it's light."
He assisted the half-iiticonscioue
man to rise to his fees.
NTeitlter stroke as they ciitnbed the
Steep flight until they einerged
Hirsh with the footpath. 'the people
Who 'were hurrying across the bridge
. aoek little notice •of than, and grip-
ding his ooiitpanion by the arm, the
Gunner led liitn •&IOWn toward 'Tooley
1Street. When he saw a slowly =V -
big cab he hailed the •driver and
Inindled 1$ike inside.
"ely friend's a bit tinder the
-Weather," he e':clainled to' tTie eab-
an with a smile, "Witte me to
Unisex Street, Clerkenwell."
'There WAS a large block of model
*findings in Lennox Street, and for
"A. couple ,of aster'ins ought to
put you right," said the Gunner,
and went its search "of the little
white pellets.
Luke gulped .down the medicine,
and then for• the first time became
conscious of his (benefactor.
'"Aren't you Gunner Haynes?" he
asked.
Haynes smiled.
"That is my Bane."
"Where is Conner."
Again that cryptic smile.
"In jail, I hope," said the 'Gunner.
"Now, 11ir. 1Vladdison, are you well
enough to talk?"
Luke ]deiced up eagerly. •
"You know me, then?"
The man nodded.
"I knew you the first time I saw
you. There's one thing I want to
ask you—is it true, the story that
Connor told? That you wore in
that smash-and-grab raid at , Taf-
fany'si"
Luke nodded.
"I drove the car, I hadn't the'
slightest idea what they Wanted me
to do or what it was all about until
it was too late."
"So You're the bear/led man?"
mused the Gunner. "That certain-
ly is amazing. I'm not asking you
to explain--" •
"I'llexplain as soon as my head
stops splitting,"
• It was After two that afternoon
when he awoke from an uneasy
sleep. -His head was still thick, his
mouth tasted like a limekiln, but
alter a colli wash in the kitchen
sink he was near to his normal self;
and over a cigarette and a cup of
tea he 'told -the story from start to
finish, and this time reserved noth-
ing.
The Gunner listened in silence,
making no •comment until he had
finished.
"Did you tell Connor this story?"
Luke nodded.
"Yes, except that naturally enough
I didn't speak about my wife and
the—money. Why do you ask?"
Gunner Haynes pursed his lips.
"I don't know. .Conner is a pretty
bad man. Your only hope is that
he's sent down for a stretch -•-by
which inelegant word 1 mean a term
of penal servitude. If he gets away
with this police raid, supposing they
find nothing on the premises—and
like a fool' I gave. him plenty of
warning—Connor is the. sort of man
who would investigate the most un-
likely story if he thought there was
a chance 'o'f honey in it. And that
is going to make your 'reappearance
a rather difficult matter."
He lit another cigarette and sar-
e,d past his guest.
"Tell me why your wile hated you
—yoti rather glossed over that part
of your yarn."
Luke was silent for a long time.
"I don't think it's very clifficnit
to understand," Ile said. "Site
thought I was responsible for the
death of her brother. He ,shot liim-
self."
"But why did she understand
that," persisted the Gunner. "Al-
lowing that,Dallty Morell is a ver,Y
plausible gentleman, she, would
hardly take his' bare word." He
thought for a Moment, then asked
suddenly: "When that boy shot
himself did he leave any message
behind?"
Luke shook his ,hbad.
"1 heard of hone -•--nor was any-
thing, mentioned at the inquest,"
"Who found his bay?"
"Morell was in the room and
made the diseavety."
• The Gunner nodded.
' "And immediately after that Wes.
lieeddis•on's manner changed. Of
coarse, you weren't married then,
but that is a fact, 'Isn't? ,if that
iti a fact, it means that Llanty car-
ried some evidence to the young
lady that wee quite 'sttffioieet to
make her play this trick—"
"I'M not b1arii tig her," began
Luke.
Ire saw it Welter rot amtiseni'en't
in the man's byes.
"you 'are?"
"well, riot exactly," drawled the
thinner, "I've liven up blaming
peciple. There's ria profit in it."
He, flicked off the ash of lrls cig-
arette carefully into his: saucer.
"you can't melte a sudden reap-
pearance; you can't even get to
Ronda and be sure you'U get away
with it," he .said. "You've got
yourself mixed up with two had
gangsters—Come' and 1Yl;oi'oll."
He rose and .paced up and down
the small room, his eyes narrowed,
his brow ooerug'ated in thought..
"It's Connor that's worrying me..
If be's held for trial, that problem '
will be solved. If he isn't, •and sup-
pose you come back from Ronda,
he'll be able to trace all your move -
meets, Have you ;.;pt your pass -
Port?"
He saw Luke thrust his hand in-
side his shirt, and a look of blank
dismay conic to his face.
"I've lost it somewheree'
Gunner Haynes's lips clinched im-
patiently.
"If you lost it at Keel's Wharf
then you're in the soup," he said.
"There's only one thing to do end
that is to get your passport
There's another thing; I want to see
the letter drat that boy wrote berme
be shot himself." •
Luke shook his head.
"I don't believe he wrote a letter,
and if he did it was certainly des-
troyed,"
Ten minutes later the Gunner left
the house on his quest.
* - * *
Haynes was not prepared for the
kindness 'of M5.rgaret's' welcome. In
a sense it was a little embarrassing,
He badcome not to give but to seek
information. It was vitally neces-
sary that be should not betray the
fact that be had any communication
with Luke,
"I'm afraid I was very rude to
you the last time you came, Mr.
Haynes," she said as site sat down
behind her little desk and signalled
to•hitri to sit. "You rather Burt xa':
feelings About fi--" ells hesitated
"t! friend ak rnine,. who isn't ee nnucb
Pt a friend as he was," she .Smiled.
The Gunner nodded.
"That's, the hest news 1've heard
for a long time." he said. •"1 Wee.
a little iimpertineut, t. remithrber 1
asked you wiry your husband left
ion. I wnitdei' .you 'didn't senrd for
the police,"
She laughed at this, •
"De you know where my hiisbatul
is now?" she asked, .and when, he
Shooit his head ter .heart sank,
;Sire had had a vague ide.a that
this men might have tonne into
touch with ills benefactor. •
(Continued neat week)
The worst tightwad we've heard
about is the one wad' wanted to
match the bride to see who would
pay for the license.
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NAYPHE, a young Damascus
Nobleman, who ranks as one of
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OPERA HOUSE, EXETER,
MARCH 2-8;-4-5
Abstract . of the Auditor's Report
OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES, ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE
VILLAGE OF EXETER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1930
RECAPITULATION
Receipts
Cash )3alance brought forward
I3i11s Payable ,
Resident Taxes
Street Watering.
in Taxes
Dag Tax
Licenses
Loans
Miscellaneous
Poll Tax
Total Cash Received
Expenditures
Election
Bills Payable
Salaries T
Painting, Postage and, Advertising
Interest s. •
Roads and Bridges
Street Watering
Law Costs
Charity
School Purposes
Debentures and Coupons
Fire Protection
Street Lighting
Town Hall
County Bate
Miscellaneous
Library
Board of Health
Clock Lighting
Cemetery
Total Expenditure
Total ,Receipts .....
Debit Balance
ASSETS
.Arrears of ;Taxes
Building aifd Furniture except School ...
School building and Property
Water Weeks, Tanks, Building,
Fire Ha11 and: Equbpmetit
$ 865.41
22,100.00
33,635.44
535.35
'3,782.40
90.00
30.00
1,820.27
544.30
18.00
63,421.17
$ 38.00
25,100.00
1,849.20
233.84
577.83
4,556,38
1,085.90
52.55
61.11
10,000.00
9,254.55
1,537.95
1,899.00
256.54
'5,054.70
1,13 7.73
895.15
100.40
34.31
34.50'
63,809.64
63,421.17
388.47
3;563.36
12,000,00
60,000.00
etC. -39,438.79
3,000.00
Cemetery Lands and Buildings . 10,000.00
Weigh Scales and Building: 200.00
Road Mac'hiner'y, Pipes, Tools, etc. 850.00
Hydro Electric System 75,065,50
Lands including! Paiks 4,200.00
Piiblic Library, lands, building. 'boole and furnishings 14,000,00
Total Assets
............... .......... .............. ...—$221,817.65
LIABILITIES
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DebitValance $ 388.47
14y -law No. 7, 1911, Water Works. 1lxtension 746.08
By-law No. 8, 1913, Main Street Sewer 596.82
By-law No. 14, 1915, Hydro Electric 10,957.54
Bylaw NI, 4, 1919, 1VIain Street Pavement 10,635.74
By-law No. 4, 19200 -Wellington Street Pavetneltt 3,1.87.37
By-la,W No. 5, 1920, Alain Street Pavement 7,811.74
13y -law No, 5, 1922, Andrew and Carling Street •Sower .,1,469.70
Bylatt' Ni'. 7, 1929, Scheel Improvement 10,667.36
'Tc Liabilities $ 46,460,82
221,817.65
,.,... ,,,N,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 46,460.82
`" " " `RGE MAWSON, AUDITOR
Total ASK
Total Li•'
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