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THE ARGUS, FLATONIA, TEXAS
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The U
Black Box
of Silence
By .Francis Lynde
Illustrations by
O. Irwin Mj’teta
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(Copyright by VilliaB Gerard Cbaparan.)
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CHAPTER IX—Continued
■■\ sr-i**-
Landls./ovvei-ed liia pistol, but heW
It in readiness. "Why 41(1 }T\i stop
'fcwfiJie asked,
The mutt Jfrked hj» bend toward
, the open cowl of the ear, where n dis-*
connected ignition wire offered the
reason dor a stop. :
"Go ahead and the it,” said Lnndis
curtly.- Then Tie picked up ■ the
jirop{W‘Htle by the 'barrel jand struck
it against a boulder, shattering the
♦■stock. "Just to keep ybq^ynps .from
getting careless, with "somebody else,"
hft snapped, tossing tlie two pieces of
the divided WeqpdfiTdta the toftneau
—of the .flivver._"Xi.u/ l-nnpln yp «t|»t
"No luck?” said Wully, noting the
scowl.
“No. She'd "gone out somewhere—
with Canby."
• “You didn't see the professor?”
’•No; tie-h ilk gone "to the fatal!
Held*,’ wherever they are. I visited
with the Stillings—mostly Mr. Still-
ings, lh his den.”
“Just friendly gossip?*’
"Not altogether. Betty's, been talk
Ing about us and that broke the ice."
The Stillings don't quite lijte the vyqy
she's letting C.iinby ouUln." '' ■
“That's the aftermath of his scamp-
ishness1 out here last summer, I sup-
pose.” . * • t
“Not so much that'as other things.
Stilling^ ihinks Canby Is jixlng to
pull olT sometning else; ami that he
Is using Betty in some way.”
‘‘But how could Refty figure lh any
of Ids Sctiemes?^’
g, “(jpd knows. ** But It’s plain Still-
fog# believes she duus—iunocently, of
cootie. -mr-wst? C.TirrftTis until he
found out where we stand; then he
intimated that It was up' to us to put
,IV spoke In .Cubby's wheel.”
"pood. You'll do tt?” " .
“We'll both do- It. As y’oTt re-
nihrked, J have my 'warpaint ou, now/'
"Anything happened to stir you up .
afresh?!: \
.“Yes/ That' shooting tj|fs after,
noon was a plunnCd ateiftpt to* kill us.
"As I was* coining back across town
.Jest now I-gaw a car with, running-
board of camp dunnage going through
by tiie back Wribhs. .There wTTe pyn
men in It*, and J saw tiien/as the ca^
came uniter "the oroksttig* Mecfrlc..
~n?~:
wirp and get out of here. And do It
(pi k!”
“tt
..U'hitetITe men-were yvdrying at the
wire,- he motioned to Wally. ' ~-j—
can't trust me, t tan bo clammy, too."
‘ Now you have got me Climbing up
a tree." laughed Markham. “Why
shouldn't we both trust you?”
“Why, indeed? I'm sure I don't
know. Where are you taking me to-
day V . ’■
■ “Out to'meet some friends Starbuck
bit's found for us; the John Smiths.”
"Distinguished, name," she giggled.
“But I knew who they are. Mrs. John"
is the daughter of Col. Dexter Bald-
win. the Tlmnnyonl wheat king.”
‘’Bight. And the colonel’s home,
and the Smith’s—Hlllcrest—Is a show
pluce.", . •
“But I -understand they are mot at
home.”
."They are not; they’re touring tfc«
Yellowstone. Jt’a JJje Smiths woke
calling upon. They are running the
big ranch in the colonel's absence:”
In due course the blue roadster was
parked ,ll<* HilleFeat garage, and
in Corona Smith Miss Betty speed!
found a kindred spirit. And when
Smith Cai#m»iiomp und added his in-
sistence to Corona's* urglngs that the
callers sta/ to dinner, Wally rejoiced
^afresh. For Betty accepted the In-
vitation. .calling the Stillings house
over the phone to let her city hostess
know wty're she was. ‘
After she was through telephoning,
American
Heroines
By
LOUISE M. COMSTOCK
Betty Zane
IN 13-10 CapL Hbenezor ZanC/follow-
4 ing the westward trail established
fifty years before by Governor Spots-
wood and his Knights of the Golden
Horseshoe, settled at the* mouth of
Wheeling .Creek, In Ohio County, Vlr-
glbla. Here hfi prepared a home and
later brought to it his family and his
.ylster Elizabeth, a pretty girl In her
early teens, w|jo had had a year In
school at Philadelphia jjuod learned fcer
way about in-tile society back Bast."
Within a few years other settlers fol-
lowed him, aaddiut sWty feet from his
cabin door rose „tl)e stout wooden
stockade of Fort Henry. .
In 1770, during the border wurfartL
thnt followed the slaying of the ft-'
dlgD chief CornstarHt, n^nenatlng band
or over four hundred Wyandots, hea'd-
ed by that-- strange white man turned
1*0/1 . VklniAn ____ * m . m '
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Vi
he and Markham followed it up to
. where the-“Tennesseeans” had parked'
*. **' roadster. -.7 * •
They waited beside the road until
after the car had limped on around the
next gulch looping.' Therf they got
Into their own car and headed for
Brewster. • ’ ' " * ■ ■
"Well," Markham said, after they
-----MlLJeft the scene of their late ad-
venture a mile or more to the rear,
“what’s the answer? Is that wreck In
the gulch what; is ieft "of the Fleet*
. *lng?"' . ...... ... *
‘X couldn’t be sure. But It was atf
Eight. "You -sa.w that much, didn’t
you.r v ' * " . •• •
m Markham nodded. ~"Kext, what’s
If-. L the' ■ answer j td the tv^» men » the
. i.Tlixver? Have y’ofi cidtr
• ^ "No; though T wore than htrtf hdt‘
llefe- tliry were lying. . It's fucky “Tor
them that I wasn’t sure." .: -
)'
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Markham Slowed Dpvyn, and as He
Did 8o, Tw«f Men Stepped Ou^ and
* V
pt-
v ter sne was uirongn teiepnouing, ed by that-strange white man turned
Mi.i-Ulam eallaUiji (Mk .... I red,. Simon Olr,,. ,„,e 0, tt'e
"No,”' cupie the answfer. “Where
are you?”
“(>ut at Hlllcrest, and we are stay-
ing for dinner. You’re not forgetting
With in? Indians outslcTe the stockade.
twenty-eighth?”
“Nil, kilt*noho(]y has tinmM tip.yet.
I’m watching the register."
^JlU'lghf '.wgnln. rik be with you
later. Call tne If anything breaks
loose.".
wltn'hts" ____________....
colonel's den.^he said regretfully that
he'd have tO*excuse hlmsfelfthat he
was due to meet the westhound Flyer
which was bringing some of his busi-
ness associates from the East.
“It’s perfectly all right," Markham
assured him. "YVe'U have to be going,
4too. I promised Mrs. Stillings I
wouldn’t -keep Betty out late."'
When the goodbys were sdld. Smith
went witn aiargnam to tfi$ git fags.
"YouMI beat me to town,’* he sjyd; “I^ll
hav^Tb stop and fill np. And thaj, re-
minds me; there’s been a good bit.of
whisky runnlhg from the hills north of
us lately, and today the sheriff gave
likely he and-some of
t°MJ* refugg. In the stockade ..and pres
pared to meet the attack. ,There- were
available exactly 42 fighting
e(J aurrender^Rut CaptaTn Zane 4cter-
mlned to fight to the finish rather
.me a tip. It’s .
hjs deputies may be on the road'-be- —:------«*..»* *w
A- -. Betty reached the ci
U\ % Stopped, Tu.st tjiiy. U easy. Harding- «wured the .prqglouf keg of
T ■won’t be'r8hgh!^vtth you:" —- ■ f But "her. foiwyerty ■ h
’■Much obliged for the hint. .I’ll be Pleled. As'she sUrted “--*1
itir aliidlrvn H . • 7* _ . i
siege continued, each passing hour
teklng lts coSfly tOtl of provisions, ana
munition, life. There came a time
when there were but twelve men (aft
to defend the fort And then, to de-
stroy what little hope was telt, came
word that the supply of. ammunition
was exhausted. The only available
sopplywas a keg of powder stored In
the Zane cabin outside the stockpde
-It was Detty Zaue, sixteen at
time and fair to look upon, who vol-
unteered to get It Anxious faces
pressed Jlo the portholes -to watch her,
as she slipped oift of the gate. Into
the, clearing. The red men; peering
otrtrbf the protecting forest stared In
astonishment -and.-forgot to flri. Ifi
reached the cabin and
^ “ powder.
’•Much obliged for the hint. .I’ll be , P|elea- as she started back the en- ,
'few-abiding." * ' * . I effly,‘aa if afidd4ply:*wUalng:(u» alga '
. After. W U»h 1 “‘Acance. of her errand, dpened
'lTIWWi'ii ii yt I*..i.» i* n. ,1 > ,i, ,*ii,. ***. -**— *. ' -- - ■ .. ..... -* - _*
THEY HAVE FOUND A
WAYTOREUEVE
AH Paih.„Anel Soreness
Few Minutes This Simple Way
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS PICTURED BELOW
Crush ansFDissoh*
8 Bayer Aspirin
Tablets in Half a
Glass..Qf Water.
GARGLE Thor-
oughly—Th^ow
Your MOtd Wag
Bach, 'Amoving a
Little to Trickle
Down Your-Throat,
• •
Proves Only Medicine Helps .
AftHjfA,.**
fie'0
longed
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Modern medical science now throws • Reduces Infection,
an entirely gew light en sore throat. Instantly. —
- three Ihinutes. “ - * " tion. ANP—redu
Results are among the moat sore throatr**'1
extraordinary in medical science. •,
On millions an IaL
ume wasnes ana antiseptics.- th/ou __
For it hat been found that only medt- fo* th^~BAYER~
cine can help a sore throat. * old-time ways.
• flometHhig to the effect .that yon might
BO TaSgrng a .few of the~yed eorpns- ’
tatJifci.They
ItfSTd^ft^vSo; were
no tin" can
of‘the warning BmKh ha^ gTv^n hint
“Just so you won.’t ' * ......
with a full glass of water. This is to
combat any signs of mid that haTe_________
gone into your system. Keep on
taking if cold has a “hold.” For
Genuine Bayer Aspirin will not harm *
you. Your doctor will tall you. H
does not depress the heart. Get a
box of 12 or a bottle of 24 or 100
. ittay diugatoreu . .
6 ...... .......art-
.o-sc.• *■'"?+■
iAak your drnggist dbont |^to
- i 100 tablet size
oE
and arrov
Betti
Jn crossed
ass,
elde“ of yon
fas
rtite
r
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Shown me the
hermw-iowww
know.".
> Landis’ smile was a mere tighten-
of the Hp«. •*»
'“ton've hcartf the old ssvhigw’Re-
ware-the wrath of a patient man,’
haven’t you? T’m patient, \Valiy-*
too dr-d patient, I guess. -As I skid.
I’m fed up. From this time on, by the
Ix>rd Harry, I fight for my own hand I
I’ve been robbed and sandbagged and
(hot St, and the next man that tries
It IS going to get the beat I’ve got in
the boxl* ' "
"Gosh!” said Wally again ; and this
.time he did not laugh.
On the flight down the mountain
nothing happened until they were on
the stretch approaching the side road
leading to Canby’s mine. Here, how-
ever, there was a near accident. As.
they ran down they saw a*heavy truck*
backing out of the road legdfng -to
the mihe. Markham sounded his
horn, but the driver of the truck held
on lh a way to place the heavy vehicle
fatrly across the highway.
* It was too late ta stop, and Mark-
ham did the only thing there was to
do If a collision was to be averted;
stepped on the gas, and with a quick
twist of the wheel whipped the road-
ster around the rear of the backing
truck
■pare .between a deep roadstde ditch
drtve mtibi Twny.’Hftna TntVe"-jo*r got
^^rlght^^^W r«t of ft out)
It you can." * • -
'and the tfbndling menace:.
No wofd 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 hare been Justifiable
* homicide,' don’t you think?" “ • •
lei here, a.nd jhe men swho. have M
know we' have, followed them, nnd
tiny they won’t be-safe until they get
rid of us." • ‘ , * ..
"Can yorf carry It a step farther?”
“I think so. There are four men
In It, and Canby Is the fourth.”
"And the three others—are they
the men who ran their car off the
road and burned It? Hqw can that he
If they are what they have appeared
to • be, all along—three well-known
business men of Louisville?”
“I don’t Atnow. But never mind
that What we have to do first Is
to cut Betty -out of It. Let’s get to
bed." . .. .
, In accordance with the program
which Iiamils—-with his warpaint on
—had mapped out, the two of them
promptly -laid siege to Miss Betty
Lawson. In a week-long contest thus
ushered In, Canby fought stubbornly
for plaee, and there vyere numerous
collisions—which seemed . to afford
Miss Betty no little qqlet amusement.
On the seventh day, when Mark-
ham, taking his turn: had her out In
the blue roadster, she said, “What
makes you and Owen freeze up and
ta | refuse to talk -when -I say anything
about Bert, Wally? What has he done
to make you hate him.?;’..------
"We have never had much to do
with him,* either of us," Markhnm
“I dpn’t scare «> easily as all that,"
was, the read?'sSMfcar' “DldA’t Mac'
Smith say be
Be badjo stbp and fill up
With gas." •—* ...... -—-*-*■ » • - — •-
It was no^ until the distant lights
1
hi . '--“I
. . -■ •]
•tha A •
sS__^j
• , “I don’t think; I know,” was the
gritting reply. "That was one ,of
Canby'g trucks; I saw the name 'Qua-
. vapal mine’ on It as we came up. It’s
■ 1 running in my mind that we'll have’
. ‘ to kill a few people ont here, yet, Jie-
„y fore we’re through, Wally. And by
heavens, I'm telling you. right now, If
they k'eeri on' asking' for it* they'll
i “
1
' get It*!" T'c—
CHAPTER X
* • ♦*. •
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* # The Louisville Three
■fn the evening Landis brjefly an:
ftounved his Intention of going to call
.. upon Betty.
m
western suburb,” said Markham.
*• “You'd better take a tag!, or the
1 "
1
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:
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1
J —
., - roadster.”
. "For safety’s sake, you meqn? Not
"■ so you could . ootlee_ It. Fm 'not —
dodging anybody or'anything to-
night."
- , , ‘-Got yopr"War paint .on, hare you?
i*. '-V •#!' • We-atemtW *
"No thanks; (’ll-go alone.".
. T.tft to himself; Markham lighted
a cigar and picked a quiet corner'of
' the lobby In which to read. Soon Lan-
> ■ -' * dls returned, the frown of his depar-
•m-T*
—-tt--- ' ■■
r*~Xi" T"" ■-.* ture-deepened to an unwonted acowL
•I’'*
evaded.' Then, bluhtly, “Arjj y6u^go-
ing to.marry him, Betty?”. .
' She laughed. “Dtf you know of any
reason wlyj I shouldn’t?" ' l-''W
“Perhaps not any reason Umt-would
appeal to you.”
“That Is dodging,” she retorted
brightly. “As a friend don’t you think
you ought lo tell ma If* there Is a
reason?" •
“-Yes; aqd get myself written down
In your black book I No', thank you,
my dear." , *
“Att rtght; dnrrt then.-, 'rtl asg~
Owen. I often 'wonder. 1/ boys, njee
s boys like y.ou arid Owen, know
how heqntlftrlly transparent you are.” ‘
^“Tlvanks; glad you find us'so. It’s
all, right to wear u glass front- when.,
one hng a cleat conscience, you know."
“But your consciences are not
clear."
“What makes you think so?”
‘■‘Perhaps it is the transimrenCy we
were speaking of.” Then, "Why Won’t
you tell me wViy yqtl nnd Owen are
out, here; Wally?”
• “1 h'nv'eMold you. Can’t, wd have a
vacn.tion ns-well as oThcr-folks?’'
"Thnt Is -exactly what Ow.eri.aald
yesterday; and It means Just ns much
—or a* JJttle, .*0i-me 'tMFyAti.some-
thlng, Wally, denr; In ,this littfe round
world we're living la, you get }ust as
much as ^ou^are willing t*-«tve-^and
no-' more.”
'Meaning?"
‘Meaning- that If you and Owen
ready r. “Didn’t next morn'ne- ^Ben
wax going to town, too?”, Coll ock» brought aid from
of Brewster caflfe in* sight that tliejf
headlamps showed^ them an onllghted
car - half hldderi under the roadside
cottonwoods., Markham*slowed down,
and as he did so, two men stepped
out and signaled him to stpp.
^Miscalculating his distance slightly,
he ran a little way past the men, and
when they came np he was ready with
powder
held Its own until
Colonel' Mc-
Short CNMft.
r«'
Rebecca and Abigail ^atea
TN AFTER years; when admiring
a tourists and school children asked
the Misses Rebecca and Abigail Bates
to write In their albums, they always
signed themselves, with due pride,
"The American army of two. In the
War of 1812." ««- •
One bright Angnst morning, only
two months after the formal declara-
tion of war, a British battleship sp-
an apology. Before he could make It,
the door oh his side was Jerked open , peered off the coast of Massachusetts,
and lie was seized and dragged out* making straight for the little village
of the car, one*of the pair clamping! of Scltuate, whose harbor waa-flllqd
him In a vlse-Uke- grip while the other
threw a blanket over his head. It waa
dpng so quickly that he waa half
smothered before he^realized that this
didn't at nip square with, what Smith
had told him of the sheriff and hla
methods ; that he had to deal, not with
fencers of theciaw, but with the myste-.
rlous assailants whd had tried from
time to time to,efface him arid Landis
with small, defenseless fishing "craft.
The only ones to see the ship were
Rebecca and Abigail, girls In their
teens, who -happened fo be- up Id the
lighthouse of which their father was
keeper, trimming and pollihlng the big
lanterns. Their fathar was away, bar-
tering for meal* In a neighboring vil-
lage.- So Re two glrla, with wide eyes
and flying hair, ran down the spiral
Arid then the fight was on. "■ ■. ■ I ’stalrs, otif of the lighthouse and across
With hla arms fast clamped In the 8hort 8tre,ch of 8a^ ^
grip of the man behind him, Markham tween “ 8Dd Situate, where they gave
could not get at the bolstered pistol .the warning and precipitated.a furious
under hla_ coat. . But his legs were r hustle of terrified preparation,
free, and a swift kick doubled the! Back at the lighthouse Rebecca and
bTanketholder .up rind made him. lose ! Abigail liga'ln lootltf“<Kit over tlTe sea,
his hold long enough to enable Mark- ®nd saw that IWe small boats, bristling
with armed soldiers, had left the ship
'ham to shake, his head free of the
stifling folds. Instantly he backed the
..clamper violently against the stand-
ing car, bending him over the fender
’until He wgs forced to let go .tQ save
himself’fronf having his back broken.
• At that, Markham got his weapon
out, but now the two were between ,
him and the car and he couldn't fire ;
without taking a chance of hitting
Betty. The thugs saw-their advantage
nnd flung themselves upon him, the
shorter of the two drOuchlng low" to
grab at his legs while the other darted
Into a clinch and tried to' twist the
mitiimatlc dut of his grasp. There
was a‘whlrlwlnd'wrestllng"tnatch, and
lh tlnf midst of this there came a glare
of light nnd the raucous blast of an auto
thing must be done, and quickly.
Now Rebecca had beguiled many a
. long hour In their lonesome home
lenrnlng to beat out a rhythm on-an
otdjlrum, while Abigail was capable
of producing a squeaky but. quite dis-
tinguishable tune on her father’s fife.
Armed with drum and fife the.two sla-
ters again ran out of the lighthouse,
took their stnnd behind a low dune
near the shore, and set up a dismal
little tune. At flhst their music seemed
rather a Joke. Rebecca and Abigail
snt down on tha sand, breathless, and
giggled at each other, rather fright-
ened at what they were doing. But
the-British boats, steadily approached
hearer and nearer the shore. The
horn. Markham saw’fflc headlight# -------- ---- ---- —- ------
of nn approaching cur and suw Betty gif'8 Jumped to their feet again. A^ter
running to meet It. frantically waving all. the Idea was.a good one. Affnln
her tynis to stop It. I they started Ip. .Louder and shriller
Thnt ended It. As the'oncoming squeaked'the fife, deeper npd faster
cir came to a brake-squealing1 sfund rolled the drum. Rnck and-forth they
and Smith- .sprang-out of It, the two i'marched, behind the protecting'dune,
ran for' their car, gained It, flung accompanied by n very torrent of mgr-
tial music.
. Out on the attacking ship the lookout
beatlqg *Ihen spoke to /he commander, “Sounds as
If quite ifn^ army was grithefrrig otR
there." herald. “Looks bad for our
boat*.” .The meg In the small boats
• heard tt^ music, too, and when tha
enpimarid was received to turn back,
they did so In double ijulck tlfte. And,
themselves In and were gone.
When-Smith nnd Betty cnriie run-
ning up, Mnrklmm was
dust but of his clothes. For Betty'S
sake hd tried to lnugh the Incldrtit olT.
"Thought you said the sheriff’s men
jytnildn't- rnughhouse me, Mr. Smith,"
he chucklad. - -- * ..* .. '_
. “Good I*ord—those fetlowa were not
Harding^ men; they were Just plain
holdups! Are you hurt?" * •
- “No; Just warmed up a bit, that'#
all Scare you half to death, Betty?"
(TO M OrilfTlNUKD.l
next morning the .Rrlttah battle-
lifted anchor -apd “sailed away.
the ne:
ship
pausing only to run out a cannon and
fire a harmless parting shot at the
•cKuate lighthouse.
IMS. WMicro Ncwipopcr Ualao.
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17IFTY-FIVE yean old. and stiD
f A going strong!
Do you want the secret of such
vitality? U isn’t what you eat, or
ly tonic you take. It’s sometning
nay tonic you take. It's
anyone can do—something yon can
start today and see results -in a
, week I AH you do is give your vital
organa the right stimulant.
A famous doctor discovered the
way to stimulate a sluggish system
to.new energy.. It bring# fresh vigor
to'ever// organ. Being a physician’s
prescription, it’s quite harmlc
Tellyout
of Dr. C
the ben*...* .**. m.,..
herbs, active senna, and that pure
pepsin. Get that lazy liver to work,
those stagnant bowels into action.
Get rid of waste matter that is alow
tJISSfL,
tip.
Get *___
’ syrup and let it__
bilious days that
able. Save;
use of cal.
chronic cot
against aut _„__
grow older.
Dr. Caldwairn f ^ ^
such a well known
can get it v
and ii isn t expensive. ^
I WISH I NEVER I
TO FACE ANOTHER.
WASHDAY
iffi
NOWONDER-YOU StiU. i
FASHIONED-SOAR TRYRINS01
■ WASHES WITHOUT HARD WORK.
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Vickrey, Virgil. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. [9], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1933, newspaper, March 2, 1933; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1048734/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.