j 1 I ■ Seven Page AUSTIN, MINN. COUNTY NEWS, MOWER 3,1924 Thursday, Jan. is the necessity. It Advertising business most is jail four the lying In worth their take "chance of "a ancient oils wrlnkletT gems; at-the pleasantly ant, were RENOVA | | month before weight in hundred-doilar bills. A two I loose. get or fashion after the of The distributing goods. method of economical corners, men There’s woman’s picture—Aline’s grandmother much stake. I’ll take too at who look the depths much into open John profits merchant larger advertise” “don’t must get of ivory, of the launches in frame studded and —set one or a a canoe, of sky and sea. Odegard The Rev. E. O. dinner was a with sapphires; into huge, rough and the canebrakes like go so many a About this captain was sea something is less. of business the home Friday. because his volume Krull guest at better infinitude find of in of detail. Wrexham man! I’ll plenty friends, on, an puzzling, baffling. In the carriage Miss Luly Phillips returned to about the glanced walls, predatory fear.” a never Solomon, his head of aggressive was an Austin Sunday her music to resume glitter in his He spoke calmly of this. Calmly— eyes. his challenge, in sharp look brusquerle; a lessons. “Wonder niggers off though it nothing flee don’t walk to meant your as the Inwardly yet man was Miss Marian Phillips to Austin went I” with this he observed. from canebrakes of truck the law, live in to some troubled. His thoughts seemed ever her spend few days with to Incognito a and bayous like wild beast, in the a reaching backward, though he as were grandparents, J. F. Mr. and Mrs. Philbrick grunted again. “Nonsense I of and murderers and company rogues living through and past days. scenes Rockwell. They’re family darkies.” devils Wonder Incarnate. in the sat John Philbrick felt this oddity. At The people of Renova young were friends the staring “And wonder of the no your eyes seaman. times his bright hid beneath half eyes, entertained the party Whiteside at at a Macartys loot this house!” “You’re devilish cool about it!” want to their shaggy brows, would dart home Saturday night. Games for Service Wrexham’s narrowed. “Anybody’d doubtlngly. Philbrick Wrexham said Andersons eyes probing glance He his guest. at a n » played and all enjoyed pleasant were a I’d myself! smiled. want to. to want that asked questions. He knew any no time. Might night.” “Why not? There’s and do it rush. Five come some no who along the showed here man up Miss Annette Krull returned ’ it’s to Whether jj J “You?” Philbrick smiled in his minutes’ £ start is quite enough—they gray bayous, but without with — crew a a Austin the week the first of after a beard. “You’re that sort.” can’t night, not trace know. at me you and boat, who content marvelous was Repairs Radiator J g weeks’ vacation home. two at * ; Wrexham suddenly snarl flung at Will send wire for tomorrow a you a me, H. Bedford By had inward dream, Jones sit and to some J. visiting his daughter, M. Tanner is - Mm. day? One of the next boys or Vulcanizing his soul. It perfectly j Tires confusion in -auC was or Mrs. Walter Grunwaldt for few S ■ “Don’t Bah! You fools a know will be take glad to to town.” me. you up Wrexham that this evident was no days. here who live and and die under “Of rot Do anything I can.” Batteries course. virginal either. young man, 5 * Tanner from ■ B. E. down came of the law! You don’t know the hand Philbrick and to desk went rose a betrayed himself often, Wrexham Copyright S by H. Bedford-Jone# Minneapolis visit home folks to the world! I tell over what in in Here he moved You goes on Serve one corner. Can !We a carelessness. Perhaps ’ perhaps from ; the holidays. there’s worth crime the candle closer, and down write you no name sat to refinement, the silver and it the | | was Grunwaldt will Walter Mrs. entertain —” that I haven’t telegram. Just his right to out CHAPTER VII a was glass and wine, that worked him. on CO. SERVICE ANDERSON the families New Year’s dinner for He checked himself with oath. jeweled orders the of and an decorations. case his would shadow in linger A eyes brother, B. J. Tanner and M. of much liquor!” he gruffly. “Too went After minute on he looked In the a white house of face great hauntlngly; his would shift into up manor E. Tanner of Minneapolis, D. E. Tanner it like now! “If I could jerked his head. and carry you, Cypremort, John Philbrick dinner harsh hard, lines of cruel sat at purpose. and A. A. Tanner. of Austin Well, go.” it’s “Come cap’n.” here, rum a over his with Capt. Tom Wrexham fancied this guest. One that man’s had crew nephed Ernest Rockwell and It time?” “So you’ve pirated in obeyed. When The he was your seaman listened without saying left him with He bore good very reason. a Rockwell and Eno Krull. of J. F. they do said Philbrick softly. “Like walked, it the peculiar side with was much first. His protruding callous air, seeming by at unmoved eyes anything fashioned Jr., who staged the old in books?” his of who weight sets sway one always staring of that chanced, though at the wonders if he were as so Kenwood, Walter and Wrexham leaned back in his chair swinging heave of against the deck, runaway on a the huge —had thus, desired his experiences astonish stared, might rooms A few days hearty laughter. Austin, and vented burst of the he woman feeling ground treads it. ago. a a as his arrival. since He seemed ever one. any they she learned that you?” said “You boy, aren’t he remarked after Philbrick the are handed him a telegram. Something of this into his enough. to crept never see angel good “I injured, “It is believe soul amusedly. not you “You’d But on my better read it. first, look a were talk. Uncle Neb, black and wrinkled, you.” just and scheme talkin’ wait who watches to get —” here me over it,” don’t he said, “I like served the punctiliously. apropos two men his hand about pirates an’ murders the Jr., cut Henry Kramer, he spoke Philbrick loosened on As a of nothing. “I’m used action, and to Wrexham like gentleman. He ate a high and forth!” splitting wood while severely quite seas, so hook side of the of orders. It’s Time To Think one on case these it’s in A seemed appreciate the silver up seas a rum go. rum to and "Well, I like it,” admitted Philbrick night. Sunday He the from the wall, out I” swung case mistake and glass and linen, go, no who snowy as man a sheepishly. A wistful note crept Behind like door. it revealed was Philbrick pushed the whisky a a has over been deprived of such things for rubber first believed be the What is safe in the wall. to set decanter, and laughed. while. long a States there,” the United he said in “Everything’s in pavement action,” “You he said. get can The your dining-room chamber great WINTER TOP ABOUT THAT NEW FOR YOUR CAR was a railroad crossing “Money and family jewels laid calmly. been has on a “Go shoot that devil, Macs up young paneled in black old all mahogany, section papers.” The and Wisconsin. in Racine, rty.” lighted by candle and squat sconces a “Eh? What d’ye mean?” Wrexham’s be given rubber paving will of severe The skipper shook his head candelabrum the table—the mahogany very on voice startled. crossing by thousands trial this used was at decidedly. which, table fully extended, would The door opened. Uncle Neb automobiles and heavy motor of appeared, “Not me,” he said, with emphasis, fifty In the dark seat guests. recesses smalf carrying rifle and similar trucks each day. A a a pavement and poured tall drink. “I know of the lurked black shadows and a room Philbrick grip. his feet supply to and Edinburgh, We came in Princes street, you can when I’m well off.” the sheen dim of silver; smoked portraits held his hand to Wrexham. He out than for twenty has been used more The Philbrick drank. two about the walls, mammoth men a with winter tailor- top, laughing silently. fraction lost only a it has was yet a years, chuckled he his glass. down set with carved buffet loaded plate. as “Good-by, Wrexham! Read the telegram. this during inch in thickness of an "You action the bayous. “I might ha’ had place like this in get d fit style of to a can e au- your / I’ll I'll leave perhaps be now. period. own,” of said Wrexham Outlaws there, end of them— suddenly, and no my able to send in to message a you a • tomobile body. These honest they I The sheriff too men are, few days—luck !” to you Czecho-Slovakia _ Voters of are punished bothers the canebrakes. I’d not never Wrexham, astonished, shook hands. than less fine of twenty by not they look well, they last. fit; and See for a tops be surprised be there myself to one us Philbrick turned the old darky. to of Czechlo-Slovak crowns more of these You know that big nigger days. styles and estimates of cost. “You’ll from hear later, uncle. me their Czecho-Slovak for than crowns I the night?” shot other New give the cartridges, me polls election the failure at to Auto Top and Auto Painting on appear Wrexham nodded, with curious a brak*. sir! Thanks. I’m off the to certain In day. extreme cases glance. While I’m Cap’n Wrexham will gone, accepted. are excuses “You don’t they’d after get mean be in charge. Understand. He’ll look R. GRAY H. you? For shooting black?” a until after things Miss Aline gets the in Unparalleled blow-downs Philbrick shrugged his shoulders. wide back. shortage for banana tropics account a “All things possible. An are Minn. So. Main St. Austin, “Wrexham! Young Macarty may than of date this to year more odd situation, this Did one! you ever show’ with the sheriff. If he does, up bunches. 5,000,000 anything beat It?” to see look out! There’s brief inside note a “Often,” said Wrexham calmly. the desk, placing in authority you “Often. If want to you see queer need it. Good night.” here —you may things, pearlin’, after bird skins, go or Philbrick the and turned to door, shell. Why, I remember—” or even his figure vanished. Uncle Neb great He broke off, smiled thinly his at followed him, slammed. and the door glass, fingered his beard. After Wrexham alone left in the a moment was : picture of blank astonishment, room, a “Dashed after them. there! I staring Presently down rum go, owed debt, he recollected the his d’ye see? Owed telegram in a man A Knock Had Sounded the Door. a at him good deal—passed hand, and glanced it. He seemed word at to a my on Into his voice. “I’ve always wanted It. Well, I the had chance waken from his daze with It start. to a pay and the to to had back. go sea, never devil!” Ln order back, “The he cried to it I had out protestingly. pay chance.” to play Then he realized rotten trick there another a on was "With all the door?” at I sea your hear his crowd. managed but it, left It to protest. none a scoffed Wrexham. bad Two “Why, the old scoundrel! He’s taste. and men a a woman, “Aye, I’ve And liked talk with to they slick I and mistake. Worked from there went in were. un no me, away sailors, hear and them tell things—” hurry, he did —worked I like blasted tell Didn’t you! know me a can a Wrexham aniffed In wondering ’em, fool!” before of admiration ’em A into since. note crept never saw or Left his “I’ll be d—d! If bad just the same.” scorn. voice. th® old taste a rascal “Then you’ve learned fine o’ didn’t lot and leave in The jerky speech followed by a go away me was profanity smut,” brutally. charge—me, mind I” and he said silence. Suddenly Wrexham you went on, “If think there’s d —d thinking He around aloud: you any romance stood gazing the dim —h—l! You’re that’s boy, all.” John "I’ll Philbrick Nodded make it day,” he though unable comprehend said a to His Shaggy room as up some Philbrick thoughtfully. “Only silent under this It. Thrusting the telegram Into his Head. I’ve had the outburst. was never chance. I’ve He probably ashamed been of pocket, the And lookin’ for he table. went to center was one, “only for the law. No for the law. his half confidence. use off and on.” When he There he took cigar from the own a open I 4 ' ’ " Tit I That In Canada; H place like was up spoke again, the subject changed. bit box. off the end, and returned “Come to In this deal,” offered W’as on this, all the same.” “I that hadn't I wish killed that the desk. He dropped the chair into Philbrick, watching Intently. “You now John Philbrick nodded his shaggy black,” said. big he “They’d like nothing before It, held and the candle his know You to the odds. know the situation head with air. better sage than a off the place cigar. Then he leaned back to and get here. If they get who's me to surveyed me “Thought all along might be long enough—” you the again. struggle A watch for the girl? Nobody. room was out Canuck,” he commented. “Funny a “Ain’t the right in his face. Throw got to protect in with me.” you how folks around here brag about home and life?” “This sniffed is go!” he Wrexham own smiled your sardonically. rum go, a a rum | iffltlMjL Ji Louisiana being 1 settled by the French Wrexham. exclaimed roughly. “Fancy this, now! “Not me! You can run your own ? _,J It Canadians. really Iberville and / was “It’s that,” Philbrick old Hvarson not frowned. What ud this, eh! to blessed show. I And don’t want to say his Hudson Bay bunch—the “Macarty the parish, sheriff, and What ud who knew me?” same mix with friend Macarty; owns don’t any one say your crowd hung together, and same all. He frame names Presently anything. he again and like his looks. I’ve went can enough up rose got enemies all. All Canadians born. Well, this try There’s ultimate danger, of back the fireplace. He stood there, to without taking no more.” course, now’, on venison, now! I don't you’ve but if he could have wide guess this place his feet planted and apart, stared His at insolently went the to eyes $ had much venison sea.” Striking Valuer—at at 295 bis for little while, the photograph troubled he’d play hard enlarged of A of old mercy at Philbrick. He a gaze the girl the mantel. It gazed down “Mighty on little,” admitted Wrexham h—l with merry things. Who’s that? seemed to bristle against offer some “I'll back for not while. to go sea Oh, a in. Uncle Neb!” which from wide crystalclear. tempted him, which come him he yet at gray eyes, was I’ve and particular no crew, no use A knock had sounded the door. resolved reject. Philbrick sighed, The struggle deepened in his to at for purchaser. I’ve the enough improved got to the one. Considering money At the ing its knock, Wrexham jumped. and face. His brows drew down he to cost rose. as loaf bit, enjoy life.” a His dwelt the “Come advancing along the eyes library. Uncle looked the picture. to upon at Ford the of The talk languished. figure of the with Neb! new Bring realized appearance coffee and cigars.” strafe “I wonder if that old rascal Acomparisonextendingover out negro a uneasiness Outside, shut darkness down on though he divined The old darky followed aloud. them with as few things?” he cogitated something would a Car, Touring everything. Out one the bayou will in rode period of long of stiff import the thick himself. creole coffee box of to “D—n I Told him and him, believe he did! a years a the schooner of Captain Wrexham, “Mistuh Philbrick, suh!” naturally cigars the library. Here exclaimed into that's what I about myself, too much a expect a proportionate that the fact reveal the her riding lights dotted against the present Uncle Neb, his voice smoldering tremulous. “One fire in the fireplace did. lady, Well, property great your young obscurity. advance The plantation house in price. o’ was dem slue-footed banished the niggers jest rascal, damp chill of evening. town cursed bad is in the hands of the lowest a actually is price entirely lighted by candles—not even drapped down The de landin’ left settled into anl two deep chairs. to that’s Nothing and the truth! to men say lanfp anywhere, for old clung a ways dishyer “Confounded fo’ yo’—” the five-passenger which face!” note said pretty about it, have you? But it’s d —d a at production,however, close. Sconces, mostly scale of solid silver, Larger He broke off Wrexham. He extend folded, to staring don’t look at mess—confound it, at was enlarged a an me sold. everywhere. has been were dirty stood of photograph which the scrap that ! I didn’t in paper. to ever on open car swear way mean made possible has it In the dining-room the to two men partook Philbrick took “Most mantel. amazin’ that!” It, opened face, it, and front you! of which of dinner would have held a it the Philbrick light. Then to merely grunted. He he crumpled stands seldom TheFordTouringCar “Now, that ma’am, do this you suppose in incorporate type new driven Epicurus mad with desire. the and flung betrayed in words the it into the poetic paper fire. if 1 stick this here job, that urge to was on Crab bisque, turtle, venison, bayou has, always He number of decided today, leaned back, it that him. his in Sometimes cigar it put again touring little back coral was in the most came matter sea a as a car things such oysters—a dozen as can between forth his deeds, lips, in but and Uncle he shrank Neb from Do would be forgiven me? gave you, kable be had in combination only from improvements calm order. talking of it. Not m a for r i worlds would a e ma'am?” Louisiana the while cooks. And all “Get that he little brown have it generally known that hand bag the he out This beobtained through He stood motionless, his head slightly the value with- car can in the two studying each other, men of were It and bring wrote In him, however, it downstairs. my room verse. cocked, was staring the picture. y\£eMy&iirchate&iun> at up they had done for days past, as ever Put in it that and k forth bottle in of Captain field. than whisky Suddenly, came though Inner more ways increas- as some motor out car Wrexham’s since arrival here. Wrexham brought. —sometimes And fetch surprisingly. one had him, his lips very parted a to answer come John Philbrick tremendous was a rifle, Uncle Neb; don't “Aline wonder-girl,” forget is he said. box of beard in wide smile. Through his a a a browed and bearded like the man, cartridges. That’ll "Looks exactly like her mother, too.” do.” flashed teeth like white strong, even Austin Auto Company “Moses” of Michelangelo, thewed in The Had Wrexham old darky rightly retired, understood and the door ivory. proportion. The shaggy beard gray, closed. Philbrick this looked remark, it would have altered calmly his his at bargain!” “Well, Aline, it’s Miss a hid however; weak lines, somewhere entire life. But he heed guest. failed it. to he cried “Damme If exultantly. out in his face unsteadiness, was an “Some a kind He soul staring the picture the at sent I thought was on me a warning,” I’d look Into ever eyes on weakness. Like his he guest, attired was he said mantel. coolly. “The sheriff will earth like of angel, yours! Eyes an in white, but untidily His be so. here In half The of the coffee hour parched take to that’s or what. I’m fool and aroma an so rotten no a shirt collar betrayed powerful open a for that and good tobacco shooting. mingled pleasingly me It’s away mistake it’ll —but I’ll do it. I a expect throat, his flung near-by coat was on a but in the pretext, good enough. You can’t It large If room. good end, neither. this was room, to a come no chair, his all garments not at were murder paneled like in this the others, and negroes, country. not even isn’t bad I crowd we’re against. confined a up spotless. All they of books. Jewels, want, is both artistic have to to don't course, know But it’ll be novelty one! a Wrexham, the contrary, on was the place left and intrinsic, their hung for the walls. at be fightin’ decent, mercy a to for something upon something of dandy. His whites a while.” Through hundred and won’t it?” CARS TRUCKS a years more TRACTORS • • tailored. Li his cravat were snowy Wrexham stiffened the of this in his chair. family had brought He men laughed again, bowed the and to glowed small below’ black pearl, set a “What devil! their the spoils home Are this spoils serious, to photograph. you room, the luxuriant, brown beard, curly of diplomacy man?” and work and battle. “I’ll thank do ma’am, and it, you which trimmed and was square Philbrick A of jeweled orders; nodded. “I’m off. Can’t case for chance!” presentation the brusque. His somewhat protuber- eyes, swords incrusted .with gold and be continued (To next week)