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BAIL
VTTLUMA PATTERSON WHITE
cjcm by
Little
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RIDER OF
Con tinned from our last Issue.
'Soon they beard a scramble and
a gplwh in the creek. Dan Slika
was coming back.-
Slike jammed his Winchester Into
one of the empty scabbards and un
tied the bridle reins of the horse.
Holding the reins in one hand, he
gripped a saddle horn and simul
taneously stuck toe in stirrup. En
sued then a mighty creak of saddle
leather, a snort, and Slike found
himself on his back on the ground
with one foot higher than his head.
A gun bairel smote him smartly
over the ear.
When Slike emerged into the till
possession of his senses, he was the
most disgusted man in the territory.
' "Do you feel like admitting that
"the district attorney helped you
break Jail?" asked Billy.
' "Nothin' to say," declared Dan
' Slike, the unrepentant.
They found the body of the man
with his face in the .water. Billy
dragged out the body and turned it
cn its back.
' "This feller ain't Jack Murray,"
cried the perplexed Mr. Wingo. "It's
Skinny Shindle. Where's Jack Mar
ray?" They left Skinny Shindle lying
beside the little creek and went to
the other dead man beside the
branding fire.
Billy turned the dead man face
upward.. He whistled. "Here's an
edd number. This feller is Simon
Reelfoot's foreman, Conley. I'd
sur.e like to know why he's riding
for the T U."
Come then a puncher riding on
his occasions.
"I know him," said Dawson.
C'mon, Tommy. It's, me, Johnny
Dawson."
" 'Lo Johnny," Tommy st.id, with
a straight mouth. "Did that man
with his arms tied kill Daley?"
"Is that his name?" asked Billy,
.flicking his thumb toward the d ad
man.
"Jim Daley," said Tommy. "Did
he?"
"Sure. I killed him," Slike truu
lently answered the question.
"This is sure hard pn Daley ,"- ob
served 'Tommy. "He told me he
came north for his health." -
"North V
"Yeah, couldn't stand the climate
in Arizona, he said," amplified
Tommy. "He only joined he outfit
last week. Let's go see if I know
the other feller."
"Sure, I know him," declared
Tommy, after one look at the dead
face.- "He's named Brindley been
with the Horseshoe since Febru
ary." -
Toward dawn next day the horses
showed signs of tiring. "M,ine won't
last another five miles," said Johnny
Dawson.
They were making camp when
Billy stopped to examine a butcher
knife taken from Slike. He caught
his -breath. On the handle of the
butcher knife the letters T W were
cut deep into the wood.
"How many butcher knives did
you take from Walton's?" he d3
manded. "One," replied Slike.
"Why, hells bells!" exclaimed
Billy, "then you didn't kill Rafe
Tuckleton."
"First I knew he was dead,"
Slike said thoughtfully. "As a rule,
I don't kill my customers."
"She said he only took one
knife," Billy told himself stupidly.
He was" no nearer the solution cf
the Tuckleton murder. His theory
that Slike had killed Tuckleton
was smashed to smithereens by the
discovery of the Walton butcher
knife ' in Slike's bootleg. Unless
Slike had taken two knives. But
Slike bad not taken two knives.
Early one morning several days
later the sheriff pro tern of Crocker
county was roused by rappings on
the office door. Shotgun Shillman
did not open the front door. He
went round the back way with his
gun in his hand and, on circling the
house, he found at the front door
a hatless Dan Slike flat on his back
in the dust, tied hand and foot, and
with a gag in his mouth.
Later in the day Guerilla Melody
called on Nate Samson, asked the
storekeeper several apparently aim
less questions and leafed through
the cutlery pages of Nate's hard
ware catalog: Still later in the dy
Johnny Dawson rode out of Golden
Bar. Only two people besides him
self knew that he was bound for the
railroad and telegraph line.
t CHAPTER XVII.
"There's a lot of this stuff I
don't understand," 'said Guerilla
Melody after Dawson's return.
"Why did Conley go south? Conley
ain't committed any crime ronud
here that I know of."
"I'm betting he did. alia same,"
said Billy. "Or, else why was he- so
particular to tell those T. U boys
he was from Arizona?"
Guerilla looked bewildered.
"What did, Conley have against
Tip?" . ,
"I don't know," said Billy. "But
maybe friend Simon can tell as
somethin'."
Simon Reelfoot, riding the range
that day, met a strange horseman.
Did Simon know where Park Valley
was? Simon knew.
''Shucks," said the strayman,
"Here's a envelope and a pencil.
Make a li'l map like, will you?"
"Here," said Simon, holding out
the envelope, "this ought to fix you
up,"
"To his horror, the well-known
voice of Billy. Wingo at his back
concurred. "It ought to," said Billy
Wingo. "Kindly clasp your k-nds
over your hat."
"You oughtn't to have given him
that envelope," Billy admonishea
the strayman. "It has the confes
sion in it."
Simon stirred uneasily on his sad
dle. Cpnfession! Whose confession "
He recalled that there had been
several folded sheets of paper in
the envelope. Of course, Simon
could not know that these sheets
were white innocent of eithir"
handwriting or printing.
Billy took the envelope and un
folded the sheets. It was apparent
to Reelfoot that he. was refreshing
his memory.
"Simon," Billy said, glancing up
suddenly, "why did Conley go
south?"
1 "I I dunno!"
j "Yes, you do." Billy insisted,
j striking the sheets of paper with
uii 11 i, xz . v n 1 1 1.1 v in' ii. . 1 I iT
was working for the T U when he
died."
"I told him not to go," muttered
Simon Reelfoot.
"Conley talked before he died,"
! said Billy. "He told me some inter-!
jesting things about himself and!
you. Here Billy stuffed tire sheets!
of paper into his trousers pocket
and gripped Simon by the throat.
"You damned murderer, what did
you you kill him for?"
At the 'fierce clntch of Billy's
fingers, Simon's shaking legs re
fused to uphold him longer. He fe'l
on his knees. "I I didn't kill
him!" he spluttered. "He was
dead when"
"Yon 11-! Conley said so! You
tried to throw the blame on me by
leaving behind" Billy's voice
trailed off into silence.
"That- was , Conley's idea!"
screamed the panicky Reelfoot. "Ha
got the hatband and quirt one day
when nobody was in the office. Con
ley shot him,' too!"
"Conley shot him too. huh?"
"He was gonna squeal!- He was
gonna get me mixed into that Wal
ton murder! They told me he was!
He he pulled first, I tell you! I
was drunk! I didn't know what I
was doing! Oh, my Gawd!"
.Billy Sung the groveling Simon
from him. "This ought to be enoua
for you."
That evening there was another
prisoner in the Golden Bar cala
boose. "If they keep on coming in
like this," said Shotgun Shillman
to Riley Tyler, "We11 have to build
an addition to the jail."
.
"What next?" asked Guerilla Me
lody. "With Tip's murder settled
and knowin' who killed Tuckle
ton" . "Certainly doesn't help us any
with the stage hold-up," cut in
Billy. "Before we spring the joke
in the Tuckleton deal, I've got to
do a li'l more work on the hold
up." A convivial voice in the street
broke into a boisterous song. "Who's
that?" asked Billy.
"It's Jerry Fern," said Guerilla
indifferently. '"He's drunk again.
Aunt died, left him money. Big
legacy Must have been for Crafty
to lend him money to play with."
"Do you know Crafty's been lend
ing money to Jerry?"
"Didn't I see him with my own
eyes more than once?" - - - -
"Do yon think you can get Jerry
Fern in here and make him drunk?"
."I'll make him drunk,"-Guerilla
said earnestly, for there a'n't a
drop of vftvue m Old Crow."-
Guerilla flipped on his hat and
departed.
"You can't tell ie t infernal
Bill Wingo"ain't at the bottom of
all this business!" snarled Felix
Craft. "Guerilla Melody and that
Dawson friend of his didn't get
Slike by themselves any more than
I did."
"And there was a time when we
thought Bill didn't have any
brains," Sam Larder grieved bit
terly. fl didn't," avowed the district
attorney. "I always knew "
The door flew open. r-.J y
Fern, wild-eyed with liquor, stum
bled into the room. The stage
driver rolled straight to Felix Craft
and pawed him. "Fuf-felix," he bab
bled, "I wan't shush-shome moo
money." The furious Felix shook him off.
But Jerry Fern was nothing if not
persistent.
The grinning faces of Guerilla
Melody. Johnny Dawson, Shotgun
and Riley looked in through the
open doorway.
"Come along, Jerry," called Guer
illa. "We been hunting you all
over."
"I wuh wuh-wan shush-shofe
mum-money," gargled Jerry; - "I' cambler's Toice, but there was
wuh-wan' mum-money : yon prom-' griily menace in his restless eyes.
Ised me." 1 - ! "Gug-guve mum-me more than
"111 give you what you deserve." j yon grg-gave bnb-before?"
There was cream and butter in the! , "Yes. yes. C'mon!"
"Wuh-want mum-money now!"
yelped the contumacious J-rry, "or
111 pup-put you in jail!"
Continued In ear next Issue.
8
S. S. S. Thoronehly Rid the Body of
Rheumatism Impurities.
Bw glorlaaa yew win feel, mother,
when year riapo mt Lfton im all cone I-t
8. 8. B. de It. It win baud yon ip,tMi
Somebody's mother Is Buffering- to
night! The scourge of rheumatism
has wrecked her body; limping and
Buffering, bent forward, she sees but
the common ground, but her aged
heart still belongs to the stars! Does
anybody care? S. S. S. Is one of the
greatest blood-purifiers known, and it
helps build more blood cells. Its med
icinal ingredlenU are purely vegeta
ble. It never disarranges the stomach.
It Is. in fact, a splendid tonic, a blood
maker, a blood enricher. It banishes
rheumatism from Joints, muscles and
the entire body. It builds firm flesh.
It Is what somebody's mother needs
tonight) Mother, if you can not go
out to get a bottle of S. S. S. yourself,
surely somebody In your famiiv wilL
Somebody, get a bottle of S. S. S. now!
Let somebody's mother berin to feel
Joyful again tonight. Maybe, maybe I
It's your mother! S. S. S. is sold at
all drug stores, in two sizes. The i
lara-er size is the more w-r.ora!exL I
H; Stvle show in full swing-
4gHss "'''s'
season's novelties are all here:- and
many more coming in daily.
rmHE liberal buying indicates that this will be an early
JL season, and that our thrifty citizens know where to
come for the choicest clothing at the lowest prices.
We irrvite you to inspect our splendid nerw
stock whether you are ready to buy or not.
Our liberal Credit policy makes it easy for
you to buy early and pay as you earn.
VALUES THAT APPEAL TO THE EYE!
PRICES THAT PLEASE THE PURSE !
We are showing the most desirable
' models and materials in
Ladies9 Suits, Coats and Wraps,
Silk Dresses, Silk Sweaters, Handsome
Millinery, Skirts, Underwear, Fur Pieces, etc.
gfylen's & Young Men's Suits,
Sport cModels, Topcoats, Etc,
We want you to look at theavto compare them, to test the values.
We'll make things interesting for Clothing Buyers from now on to Easter
IS
A CHARGE
ACCOUNT
MAKES BUYING
A PLEASURE
at THIS STORE
j'USa jGu jufiTjii 5YnrtTTr fca
1611-1613 Second Avenue
THE PATH
of .
SATISFACTION
LEADS
TO OUR DOOR
L. S: McCabe & C6 Rock Island. Ill
Notable Value Giving Specials for
Saturday's Selling
Extraordinary Hats
for
$.00
Another shipment of these famous $5.00 values just in
time to be shown the first time tomorrow if such s
possible better than ever. Be the first to see them.
Knox, Sailors
$8.50 to $18.00
The well known make you have bought at McCabe's for years,
est blocks are represented from the rough straws at $8.50
MilanS at $18.00. - (Second Floor!
Hosiery-
women's pure thread silk hose made
on the celebrated spring needle ma
chine ; lisle garter top, also lisle foot
with double heel and toe ; these hose
have-slight imperfections but do not
effect the wearing qualities. Black
only, all sizes, pair 89c
less; extra fine quality in black and
Women's "outsize" lisle hose, seam
cordovan, pair 65c
Misses' ribbed cotton hose, medium
weight ; fine weight for school wear ;
sizes 7 to 9-2 black only, 3 pairs $1.00
' (First Floor)
Knit
Underwear
Getting the right weight of under
wear of the right quality at this spec
ial price Saturday is an opportunity
not to be overlooked.
Ladies' Unionsuits, band or bodice
top, tailored strap; tight and shell
knee. A fine quality cotton suit
at 65c and 75c
Ladies' Vests, bodice tops, in cotton,
and lisle, band and lace tops; three
popular prices ..... 25c, 35c and 50c
(First Floor)
Notions
Many items which are used most
every day at a special saving
Saturday.
Snap Fasteners in black
and white. asserted
sizes, 2 cards for ,..Sc
Safely Pins in all si7.es,
dozen on card, per
card e
Collar BannX all sizes,
specially priced, ea. 10c
Jteddy Hair e(s, none
better, cap shape and
double mesh, all shades,
3 for 2.1c
Carmen or' FnHhionette
Hair ets, in fringe or
cap shape, all shades,
single mesh, special,
each 10c
Hair Tins in large size
cabinet, assorted sizes,
.rA) cabinet 9c
l!y4lrfl Irish Linen Tone fnr
lingerie, 5 yards in a
bolt, special, per bolt. 9c
Twilled Tape, assorted widths, 10 yard bolts;
values up to.G5e. Saturday only 10c
Coat's Cotton Thread 6 for 25c
(First Floor)
Lit
Wall Paper
Tan floral stripe; good for various rooms,
per roll -lie
Pink and blue bedroom patterns, per roll ...4c
Allover pink; or yellow pattern, per roll 5c
Gilt tan, parlor and hall paper, per roll "c
Good grade paper for living room, per roll . .10c
Allover and stripe, good quality, suitable
for bedrooms, per roll 12?ac
(Above patterns sold only with borders to
match.)
Oatmeal paper, best grade, all colors, J
per roll . . lac
High grade embossed tapestry paper,
per roll 25c
Washable kitchen or bathroom paper,
per roll 25c
High grade paper, a regular $1.00 value,
per roll 50c
(Third Floor)
Housefurnishing's
'Worthwhile reductions in Household
needs.
Galvanized Wash Boilers No. 8 size; stationary
wood handles, very specially priced at f 1.23
"Republic" Tin Wash Iioilers with 14 oz. copper
bottom; stationary wood handles; while they last,
only $1.9;,
Tin Bread Kaisers. 17 quart size and an excep
tional value at, each 89e
Moth Proof Hiiirs for protecting your winter
wearing apparel; values to $1.50 tomorrow only 9Se
Hound Willow Clothes Hampers with willow cover,
$2.75 value, while they last 91.69
Extra Special Absorene or Climax Wall Paper
Cleaner, priced ery low for Saturday only,
0 cans for 2c
(No phone orders.)
Tumblers, thin blown, bell shape, cut star design,
very special at, each nip
(First Floor)
PERCALE
36 in. percale in stripes
and figures, a large as
sortment and all light
patterns; 19c values
Saturday, yard 15e
NAINSOOK
A soft finish nainsook
for women's and chil
dren's undergarments;
while a limited quantity
lasts, yard I5c
Lifebuoy Soap
Last day of special
demonstration
4 tars for 25c
17 for $1.00
GINGHAM
Anioskeag apron ging
ham, 27 Inches wide;
19c values and on sale
tomorrow only,, yd. 15c
A Full Egg Basket
is the ambition of every poultry
raiser. There is only. one way
to insure that bappy result.
Feed for it. Give your bens our
special poultry feed nd they
will do -the rest." Our feed
makes hens want to lay and
when they want to do anything
they do it. Commence with
our feed with your next order.
R. C. BENSON
Phone R. I. Ml 513 ITth St
FUL-O-PEP FEEDS
(Jreat
i owelty
Dance
Orchestra
Those Snappy
Sinein
Syncopating'
Serenaders
DANCE--
Americari Legion Hall
Rock Island
Saturday, March 25
LOUISIANA
Entertainers
Novelty Dance Orchestra
The Seasonls Biggest Music Treat
- Direct from the Grunwall Hotel, New Orleans
Everybody Welcome. Dancing from 8:30 to 12
' Admission
Couple 75c
Extra Lady 25c
Featuring'
the -Red
Derils
Quartet .
Exponents
of I'opular
Dance Music la
All Its (.lor;
All the new
to the finest
I
Athletic Union Suits
FOR MEN
Of fine check dimity, extra well made
with elastic' waist band and tape
bound neck; all sizes; specially
priced 62c
MEN'S CLOTH HATS
For Spring wear, tan and grey checks
and plaids. Saturday only, choice 95c