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The Black Box of Silence
W. N. 1'. Service.
Ry FRANCIS LYNDE
Copyright by William Gerard Chapman.
i .-...,....,.. sed-avesehed... tie lens.smother,
Chapter L-Harlug demonstrated the
power of an extraordinary silencer,
the "Black Box," which he has per-
fected, Owen Land's, young Inventor.
in the little town of Carthage, confides
to his chum, Wally Markham, that he
fears the device, if exploited, might be
used for evil purposes. That night the
black box Is stolen from a safe la Laa-
1. liboratory.
Chapter IL -Landis tin Markham.
the only person, beeides himself, know-
ing the combination of the sate, is
they go on. On the road to the mining
town et Copah they get news of the
Fleetwing ahead of them. At a hotel
1n Copah they meet Betty. She le sur-
prised at their presence in the West,
and explains the reason tor her and
her father's Journey. Markham over-
bears a conversation between Canby
end the three Loulevllle men which
sonvincel him he 1s on the right track.
Fifliapier VH. -Markham and Landis
follow the three men to the Fleetwing.
They And the eciesudesary oj,the China -
bar • Lawson, with whow.J, !riven- her mine ha. been held up and robbed
tor L In IovR. Markham takes a phis- 1 and two miler -kits& Again there was
no sound of the explosion. At Brew-
ter cast of a woman's footprint found
Deaeath the window of the laboratory. *ter they learn of the arrival of Canby
Chapter III. -Betty, daughter of a taut relative, William Starbuck, mine
college professor, Is well known to owner. He gives them some inform.-
• 1m. Both be and Landis believe
tion which piles up the evidence as to
herto
her to be above suspicion, but to assure Canby's crookedness.
hitdselt he takes an opportunity to fits •
the cast to one of Betty's shoes. They
are identical. Betty tells him Herbert
Canby, a stranger in town, who is poa-
Ing as a "promoter," bad driven her
home from the theatre the previous
night, and that she had dosed In the
car. Markham does not tell Landis of
his discovery. That the girl should
and his party. Markham meets a dig -
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Starbuck nodded, said, "How!" and
went on sipping his coffee. Markham
bridged the pito, chatting molly for a
moment or two with the Intruder, ac-
counting tor himself and Landis as
vacation runaways from the home
town, with no particular object is
view, and expre .hag, in his turn, sur-
prise that Canby could tear himself
away from the Carthage promotion
asheme, eaaa-dos il:e pieant,te ut w
tor trip 1n such good company as the
professor and bks pretty daughter.
At this last, the good-dooktng young
promoter laughed and said, "Good com-
pany is right. But It so happened that I
combine Holness with pleasure. As
you will testify, Mr. Startuck. I still
have a stake in the Tlmanyont. 1n the
Quavapal."
"I'm," said the elderly mine owner.
"Thought I'd gage a few daps off and
run out to sem how we aro getting
along," ('anby; went on glibly; then, to
the two CarthagluraDs, "Well have to
get together and do a bit of sightseeing.
I assure you the Ttmanyont Is worth
it."
As ('anby returned to his table, Star-
buek closed one eye slowly and said.
"Did you two young fellows follow that
crook out here?'
Markham answered truthfully. "No;
we are both inclined to think It was
the other way round -that he followed
CHAPTER VIII us. Anyhow, he was behind us for e
ome man --that!" said Laodta good part of the way. And his surprise they drove on; adding, "That was a
'•S
-Praisefuuy, after Starbuck had gone- lard aew3t seeing u. here .was a fake. b*ppy thought of yours. Owen--tim-
"What do you think of the glimpse he He knew three days ego that we were Ing those three cars. Where does it
gave ns of Canby's record?" Mauled this way" hind you?'
"What 1 think will be embodied in a Silence for a minute, and then Star- "I think you know. The three cars
wire tip 10 dad. Don't you want tobuck spoke again. lust alike were one and the same car.
have deliberately stolen the invention wire --
your folks -just to let them know "Tell me, Walter, hare you got. eine And the man delving it all three times
from Landis' safe is unthinkable, but you are 'still on earth?".thing on ('anby?" - was Canby."
the evidence of the plaster cast deems "I will, now that we seem to hve "No; but now he is here, and rApe's "Check! The next question is, why
to prove she was present at the time of landed somewhere." here. we'll try to keep cases on hint, If did he double back after he had left
the robbery. Aey haA sent their onlyfoe sake of enlightening some the professor and Betty at the hotel?"
Anil Owl
Chapter IV. -Markham, vaguely sus- meseagrs they set nut un a tour of In -
brow -knitting our good friends In the home town.
Wait." said Landis; mid after a
piclous of Canby's honesty, searches (Miry, hoping to get some trace of the' As 1 told you. he is trying to put over brow-kutttlug pause, "1'nt trying to
his hotel room, In his absence. He Fleetwing Eight and its passengers, a lead of something like the one be en- remember. Coming over last night you
finds hidden there two loaded automa- taking the entire afternoon for It. It gIneered here last summer,with-so m7 repeated for me the talk you overheard
-baa revolvers and • complete set of her- - wan an altereer a- wasted.- Ia - the Lather thinks -0 Jest shunt as merit pro- between Canby and Iba thrc in the
slur's facia,--i:,ahby, -returning, brings ! 1 pu garage. yo
the revolver+ and burglar's kit to the
hotel rlerk, claiming to have
just found them In his room.
That night the safe In the bank of the
email town of Perthdale is blown open
i�an,d looted. the noise of the expleehon
' being unheard Satisfied that hid "black
"I saw that car, or oma just like it, go a slope. Before they 1%d gene very tar
by a little after day, yesterday morn- they came upon what a r'ed to be a
rough trail, with cru�ed anti broken
lag." ra
"Quite right; and we were in it. Was bushes to mark -its course.
it the only one you saw'" • "What's been happenlug here?" Ian -
"No, there were three more; big lis asked' "More ruck rolling?"
can, all Just alike. Two going into "looks ]Ike It; we'll find out when
we get to the bottom"
town, and one coming out. 1 was alt- At the bottom of the gulch they came
by the window."
ting suddenly rayon the th
.�4teld
gee .sae- �......-.•tst?tl s.;ar.ht fee. -the sura
they weed
enough to tell us bow It looked?' Wedged In the bottom of the gulch wag
"!t was a Ane, clotted car, painted a the wreck of a large car crushed into a
kind of light yellow; • jimmy -aeon, sbapetess heap of Junk, and with every: -
they call 'em, don't they?' thing burnable blackened and de -
Markham nodded. "I suppose you stroyed.
couldn't see the people In it, could "Now we know what made 'the
your. scarred trail," mid Markham. "That
"Only that there was two of 'em 1n car rau off the road and came down
the front seat; a man and a woman." berg and burned up. la it the Fleet -
"Exactly. Now the oext one; when wine'.
did It come aloagr' Before Landis could reply, there
"Maybe a half boar or so after that. came a vicious spat on the face of t!!
It was going the other way. It looked ruck beside which they were standing,
like the same car. Anyway, it was the followed by the crack of a rille. They
same color." ducked behind the boulder, and at that
"And the third one; which way was there was another report and the clang
it going?" of a bullet upon the iron work of the
"1t was going 1n, and It was a big wrecked car.
yellow car, too. Just like the others. 1 -What the-?" Markham choked,
saw It good."
"Gould you see the folks 1n it?' was cooler.
"I could see only the one man, driv- -Easy," he counseled. "It's those
lug." fellows up at the filvver. Dunt waste
"An extraordinary good witness. that your ammunition. The automatic won't
carry halt that far."
"11`-n !" gritted Markham. "We're
penned up here like rats In a trap!"
"No trouble about getting-out'of it.
with all these rocks to dodge around,"
said Landis. Then, in a sudden up -
blase of passion, "I've had about
enough of this d -d ambushing busi-
ness. haven't you? There Is good cov-
er ou this other side of the gulch.
We'll climb out that way and see if we
can't do a little of the ambushing our-
selves:' Markham had always thought
of Landis as a dreamer, • thinker, a
studeut--as anything but a fighting
man. -
Itnt herr was-ofteatierty flew detrsl-
('o h Didn't u say some
7ound qf_ lmulry only one c scam- IR to the investors 1n 1t.opmrnt. The dreamer, lair of focal to
stance derelooped which might have "In that ease -Just a wont to the thing about l'anby's meeting---- the sure, but with his Jaw outthruat
some bearing upon the mystery. . Thispothers, as agreed?"
7 wise. Walter. SII a gun In Suur' and the light of battle In his wideset
was in the public garage where Canbyjeans If you're going to ;keep tab on "You've gat It! Hr di4 sal just gray eye., was storming up the steep
was keeping his Nordyke. When they this rooster. There were some queer that. That's why the Fleetwing hasn't ascent at a pace that made his beerier
questioned the proprietor about the doings here in cmmeetion with the shown up In Brewster: they've lett it follower pant and blow. Thus It came
Fleetwing. he said be had put up only bauxite mine deal that never_dJd get sumrwhrrr along the road; and Canby about that Landis was the and to step
ane car that had come tr the east Into daylight." - .pleked them up and brongbt them`"'tri• out of a thiek growth of little tweets
W'
grabbing tor his pistol. But Laud!'
woman," Markham commented, when
That night, as they were returning n re ram ng puzz r V.
box" le la the hands of crooks and Is that morning, namely. Canby's limo»-
being put to the ages he feared. Landis. ate, Iandls caked 1f he could fix the to the hotel after au evening -pent thee. I -hello -here we are at the burst out of the cover a moment later,
time o[ the Ilmouslhe's •rriral. wkh Starbuck In the all -Gut -deserted EIUTi' Alice- Shill we 'stop?' and nkat he Raw was a further proof
with Markham, delves at once to Perth- ,,,,.it sex." was the reply. "it wean "Have to, won't we? If Mr. Star-
d*lr. y• p y. mansion In the meta suburb, they had that ( lifelongbole intend'ship may not rr
Just about fire o'clock." buck Kerr us', he'll think it queer if we
Chapter V. -At Perthdale they find Jturned a corner, when three dark fig- veal the whole man, even to Ills closest
"More myetery." said Landis, as they , ures darted across the street to their drive pant without stopping." intimate.
confirmation of their [ears. Three I left the plate. "You remember what Markham parked the cur, and as he Thr small,
strangers, riding Ina Fleetwing, end rear. Before they could taps shout, dusty, rattletrap nor was
the hotel clerk 'said this morningwhen was doing it. Starbuek came out.
claiming to be business men of Louis- the
was staggering from a blow on opposite
id they had ulch it from the
i we got In -which was a little after five the head• and Markham was doing his "You are Just In the nick of time to oppusltr side of the gulch. Beside It
vine, are the only possible suspects. I o'clock?" best as a skillful amateur boxer from have a noon snack with ua," was the were two men with their hands above
Markham and Ianeiia decide to follow mine owner's greeting. "Come on over
them, although ■dviees from Louie- "Don't know as i do t was pretty sharing his companion's fate. their heads In deference to Landis'
tire[! and akrpy." Fortunately the best was fairly good. to the mess shack and meet the staff." covering plstd, anti at their tett lay the
rills seem to guarantee the standing of a You asked him If he had anybody A jab to the solar plexus sent one of This -was their introduction to the rifle with which one of them bad been
the three. At St. Joseph Markham else from the east and he said. 'Tea,' a ' the assailants groaning, In the gutter, engineer*' and +Aker men's mess: and firing Into the gulch. Before Markham
seer Canby's car, a Nordyke. He learns party of three -came In a couple of and a hook to the jaw discouraged au- finer the meal Starbuck took them In could get his breath. Landis was grill -
Canby Is driving
west,with Betty hand and showed thea through the
e hours ago Then he told -us who the other. But the third man hit Mark- Ing the pair snappily.
at the level of tete road. Markham
Lawson and her father as his guests
In the car. The Phetwieg. Markham's three people were - ham's guarding arm a paralyzing blow .mine- "What did you fellows mean by Ar-
t t. p After they had tramped for w
swinging for a second when help came seemed itke miles In the network. t
In the shape of a.nlght patrolman turn- buck halted them to a well -lighted
Ing the corner. "Hey officer!" Mark- beading where the chattering clamor of
ham shouted. As the policeman carne: � 111 drills was deatening; and -the'
on the run, the two who were .till
silence, when the drills stopped and
afoot darted away, and the third_man the miners began to unlimber and drag
scrambled to his feet and botted--before them Mee froth the headtni -was--ti-
the tinker could come up- - most painful. your game? Who sent you here to ftyj
"Now then -what's all this?' de- This (ei ons iaaln lead," Starbnrk�ns off? Talk quick!" -
mended the majesty of the law. "Was explained, when the stoppage of the " •Fore Gawd, mister. you got us all
them fellies tryln' to hold ye up? Which drill clamor gave him leave. "It's wrvtrlg • We ain't almin' to kfil no -
what the old miners call a 'true Asanre'
way did they go''"
body ! i them you was a o'er ; so bete
car, and the Nordyke form a proses I see now what you are getting a with some heavy weapon and war hat Ing at us when we were down therr'
can, on the !'Ikea Peak highway. That learns two hours unaccounted for
sionbetween the time Canby reached Brew -
Chapter VL -While he and Landis ster and the time he put his ear In the
nre sleeping. Mnrkhem'e, car 1. stolen garage. Qnestk,n: can we find what
- he did In tboee two hours?'
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"That's It. If we can. I have a no-
tion that we ,•hail tend out what has he -
come of the Fleetwing buacb."
Returning to the -hotel. they were
fully agreed that the only remaining
chance -of tracing the missing three was
through Canby, since his connection vete, and they have ••belief that each
with- them had been concluelvely "Down that alley," and as the pa. me, I did' They told »s, down along,
proved. Markham went up to shave, trolman gave chase. Markham turned veins grow richer the deeper ynu that we might mart up with a b'ar
while Landis went to the desk to have to Landis, who was holding his head In drive." Then, "They are aiming to comm through these mountains, and
his card sent up to the Iawsonaehis hand.. load the holes and fire, and we'd better when we looked down yonder, we shore
"Bad hurt, Owen?" thort you -all woe one, didn't we, Jeff?"
"Sandbagged -knocked the senses appealing to his mate. "Good gravy!
out of me for ■ minute. What did they You don't reckon we'd shoot at a man,knowin' It Will It man. do yerAt this point Markham took a hand."Nothing much. Can you navigate?""Where are you fellows from?' he"I can walk all right. Sudden.wasn't it? What are they? Stiek-up"We're from Temiessee. Seen to
Talk NO and talk straight. If you
want to go on living:"
"_U -g -great Scott:" stuttered the tall-
er of the two. "Ars ye meanie' to
gray hit was you -all -down yonder b
the gully?"
"You know a-4-iiim Uwns! wbar.
"The professor and his daughter
checked out this forenoon," was the in-
formation giren them. "They have
friends here -the StilHnge-and Mr.
Stilling,' came atter them."
"Did Mr. /'antes go with them"'
"Oh, no, he's still with us."
As Landis was turning away he came
tare to face with Starbuck.
"I was hoping 1 might run across
one or loth of you," said the mine
owner, hospitably.' "Whereabouts Is
Walter?" ---- - - _ ----
"He has gone op to /have; be said
he was too sleepy to do It whim he
came In this morning. Shall we hunt
up a couple of chairs an! wait for
him?"
When they found chairs, Starbnck
'said, "i've just been reading In the
move oat"
As they came out of the mine, Mark-
ham asked the location of the Quava-
pal. Starbuck pointed up the road to-
ward Lake Topaz.
"It's on the other side of the spur In
the next gulch. If you are going that
way, you'll see the dump es you pass
the mouth of the gulch."
man?" .
wondering. There waa no
'hands -up!' about 1t. They acted more They saw It, hanging like a huge
eke hired killers. The ret one i hit 1 gray beard from the mountain side, but
had his knife out. There it 1s now, to' • tarn in the gulch hid the mine build-
ings. The aide road was barricaded
agalnet traffic, and beyond the bawl•
code they saw a man with a gun.
"What do you make of that?" IA».
dls asked.
"No visitors ausd apply. 1 wonder
what Canby imo up his sleeve in
there?
"Time MU. What do we do
noir. -113-
wing
3 -wing?" -
Markham made a sign of assent.
"I'd like to know where those three men
left It, and why. Also, why Oanby
went out to meet them."
They stoppe0 at the hotel to glance
over the reglater 1n search of the three
names Markham had copied from the
record in St. Joseph. The Mimes did
not appear, and as they were driving
out of the hotel gronnds they met
Canby driving in, not 1n the yellow
limousine, but in a sport roaduter. The
other occupant of the single seat was
Betty Lawson. Canby seemed not to
see them, but Betty did and she waved
to them.
"You see," said lAndls gloomily.
"1 see that you are taking 1t lying
down," Markham returned In a half
growl.
"You think I wouldn't break in it I
bed an opening -that I don't 'care
enough? Good Lord, Wally, I'd give
the beet ten years of my life if 1 could
go back to where I stood with Betty
before i began to bury rayed( In this
cursed invention of mine!" He choked
up at that, and then he went on,
the gutter." and he atoopld and picked
»p a vicious weapon with an eight -
inch blade and a long handle. "Well
keep this fora souvenir."
In their rooms at the hotel they
took account of their casuaklee. They
were not serious. Then they examined
the knife Wally-Lad.pleked up.
t eltl»R.pnae-COLIU(ttAe7.apWlri is...IL e-iieiali.-4f for'elgn .RtBrtutlt.-
the bandits --at the Cinnabar m ne, ture, and on the smooth bone handle
over on the other Ride of the range. was carved a Spanish word which
neither of them could translate.
"Mexicans," said Markham; "I
thought they were. H'm : no they kill
first and rob afterward, do they? And
we had two perfectly good guns' which
we were careful to leave locked op
safely here In the room' Never again.
Owen, my boj. We go heeled after
this. Let's turn In and forget It."
Maybe you heard of It as you came
along? Or din you come In by the Red
Horse Pass road?"
"No; we came the other way -by the
mine. We got there pretty sum after
the fact."
"Did you see Broughton?"
"Yea We'd met him earlier. He
was down at the railroad station with
a truck and an armed guard. wafting
for his payroll money, when we .topped
to ask our way."
"The paper says there'll a mystery:
that there was a gun fight In which the
two commissary guards were killed,
and that nobody In the camp heard the
ring or the,laaplo.lon that wrecked
the este and the handing. I can't
wake that. i know the mine layout;
been there any number of times. The
eommlasary site Isn't much over a hun-
dred yaMa from Bronghtml's bungalow.
Don't seebelievable th.t nobody
heard theRickel."
Before Landis could reply, Markham
stepped out of a descending elevator.
"1 was hoping we might est with
you, Cousin William," he said. Then.
"Been digging Into Owen a bIt to And
out what he is made of?"
"We've been talking about this ruc-
tion over at Stan Bronghton'a mine.
Mr. Landis tells me you just missed Ife-
leg In the thlek of it."
"We did nen we go In to dinner?'
As was moat natural, the table talk
centred upon the crime of the night be-
fore, and the mystery which seemed to
be the chief feature of It. But there was
had so nnaeeonntably dleappeered
semewhery on the eastward road.
It was atter coffee had been served
that IA»dle saw a men rise from his
seat ata table en the other aide of the
rosin amd came acmes In their direc-
tion, tboet. ley dM writ r0evigalne Moe
Na as OlgiV spill the promoter was
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Nese in ^
bat she aaNIfi4ar
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tele Una who wore finishing tiler
dimmer m eetM to the intrudes, each
steer his kind. lentils said notildag:
CHAPTER IR
in the Omit
Going down to breakfast the next
mornlug they found Starbuck waiting
for them. When he asked what they
were going to do with their day, Mark-
ham said they were intending to drive
about and have a look at Breweter and
its surrop,dlingt. This brought forth
an Invitation from the mine owner.
• "If you are mut on the Topaz road.
atop at the Little Alice. I'm going ont
there shortly."
The Invitation was accepted, con-
ditioned npon their driving that far.
An they were taking the roadster oat
of the hotel garage Landis asked what
was to be the program for the day.
"I want to takes shot at trying (0
And out what ('anby did with those
two unaccounted -tor hours yesterday
morning."
The "shot" was Aral methodically by
making inquiries on all the rondo lead -
Ing out of Brewster, and It led to no-
thing until the round brought them to
the road over which they tbemeelved
had driven 1n. Here, at a eottege,
Markham stepped the car, mytng.
"There bas a light in this honey when
we came by yesterday morning; T no-
ticed 1t. It's only another of the wild
chances; but we'll ask."
A woman answered their knock, and
Markham began the well -dein formula.
"Pardon me, tout affil ire genteel if
70D *044141 'knower a few gnesrtlena foe
ria Aga. Y *. ciport'-ap Mirka
ninsormirabtrilltorr
using sreahafb -, "t iron sear •
blest My hahy was seek."
"Do you often notke the passing of
4..
"t how my an opening, Wally, and I'll
walk Into 1t If h -t a septa( on the
other side of It! That's how much
I'm taking 1t tying down!"
"Um; that sounds more like it." was
Markham's one approval, and he
drove on.
Ilefore•thay had gone far, Iandls,
leaking bast, saw a email car Mhlw-
>ng; ■ car that was apparently having
trouble making the grades, since, hew -
ever slowly they drove, It never over-
took them. Atter a time Lend!' spoke
of the struggling i►vver.
"That 'Aside seems to he making
hard work It It" he mid, when, on
one of the revere* loeptngs, they could
see It stereos the intervening gulch. It
was stopped, and two teem wen app•r-
• AolaRl4 At. not/4-
7:zia rbslm amouramiad SRT *
ampul i4 mitis tut. ural
ewers w• mew the dee sight Wore
last" he palsied eat. "*apps.e we ellnmh
Mrs?' down there and have a look."
"I ttYddVt *err well We it mild i They got gel sag ses4ehed Use
-atsrlg llat eWs b the rasa Bks wheels with stemsa. 1M deneent bete
toes?" Them, polatteg to Use roadster, the gulch was dews a preelpltemm
had left the seine of their late advem-
ture a mite or more to the rear, "what's
the answer? Is that wreck In the
gulch what is left of the gleetwing?"
"1 couldn't be sure. But 1t was as
Eight. You saw that much, didn't your'
Markham nodded. "Next, what's
the answer to the two men In the di, -
ver? Have you figured that out?"
"No; though I more than half believe
v were bring. , It's lucky for them
that I wasn't sure."
"Gosh!" said Markham with a laugh.
"A little while ago 1 said something to
the effect that you might be lacking a
few of the red corpuscles. 1 take it all
back -every last word of 11. Why have
you never shown me the fghting side
of you before, Owen? You haven't,
yep know."
Landis' smile was a mere tightening
of the Ups.
"You've!card the old saying. 'Be-
ware the wrath of a patient man,'
haven't you? I'm patient, Wally -too
d -d patient, I guess. As I said, I'm
fed up. Prom this time on, by the
Lord Harry. 1 fight for my own hand!
I've been robbed and sandbagged and
shot at and the neat man that tries h
1s going to get the best I've got In the
box !"
"Gosh'" said Wally again: and this
time be did not laugh.
On the flight down the mountain no-
thing happened until they were on the
stretch approaching the tide road lead -
Ing to Canby's mine. Here, however,
there was s near aet'Ident. As they
ran down they saw a heavy truck back -
Ing out of the main road leading to the
mine. Markham sounded his horn, but
the driver of the truck held on in a -
way to place the heavy vehicle fairly
across the highway.
1t was too late to step, and Mali• -
ham did the only thing there was to da --
If a Collision was to be averted:
stepped on the gen. and with a quick
twist of the wheel whipped the road-
ster around the rear of the barktt.g -
truc•k. with no more than_ -inches
spare between a deep road'stde.,, ditch_ _
and the trundling menace.
No word -was spoken until they were.
speeding over the mesa road toward -
the city. Then Markham said, We
ought to have shot that truck driver,
Owen. It would have been Justifiable -
homicide, don't you think?'
"I don't think ; I know," was the
gritting reply. "That was one of ('an-
by's trucks? 1 saw the name, 'Quawpal
mine•' on It as we came up. It's run-
ning in my mind that we'll have to kill
a Yew people out here, let, before
we're through, Wally. And by heavens,
I'm telling you, right now, if they keep
on asking for it, they'll get lt!"
(To be continued next week)
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It a man cannot fled seas i t Nam
self, It Is to little purpose to seek it
elsewhere.
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We make a spatdalty of Floral
Offerings for ■l1 occasions, par -
Ocularly for funeral purposes,
from the simplest spray to the
magnl*eent wroath. - Delivered
promptly and on short notice.
GEO.• STEWART
BRUCE STREET
?home 105 Goderieh, Ont.
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Utah, wain' If hit wua a iittfn' country
for white folks. Hit ain't, and we're
aimin' to go hack where we come
from."
Landis lowered his pistil, but bell It
In readiness. "Why did rot MeV"'
here?' he asked.
The men Jerked his heed toward the
open cowl of the ear, where a disarm -
netted ignition wire offered the reason
tor a atop.
"Go ahead and fix It," said Landis
ctirtll. . -
He and Markham waited beside the
road until after the car had limped on
around the next gulch looping. Then
they got Into their own car and beaded
for Brewster. -------
"Well," Markham mid, Neer they
Have you tried the
WELSH COAL
i am expecting my second car
this week and advise early or-
der", as the first car was sold
out to a few day..
Customers are greatly *and
with It, for its clean-0nrnlal
and heat -(living qualities. .
Also Anthracite, Pocahontas
and OA*.
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