The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1915 Page: 4 of 6
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The
QUARRY
Bu JOHN A. MOROSO
Copyright, ISIS, by Little, Brown A Co.
SYNOPSIS
James Montgomery, an Innocent country
lad. la arraateU tor killing a bank watch-
man. Hia linger print* are taken by the
New York police.
Hi* old mother plead* In vain for him
with Detective Michael Kearney. Mont-
gomery Is placed on trial for hie Ufa
chained with murder.
Convicted ot murder In the second de-
gree, he is sent to Sing Sing a* a lit*
prisoner and enter* the machine shop.
HI* cellmate. BUI Hawkins, a burglar,
plan* to aid Montgomery In escaping
from the prison.
Bill makes Montgomery a suit of
clothes, but It Is seised. Montgomery
crawls Into a box of machinery that Is to
leave the prison.
Escaping, he hides In the New Jersey
marshes and changes his clothing for that
of a drown#l mijn.
Detective Kearney vainly questions Bill
llawklns concerning Montgomery’s where-
abouts. Montgomery becomes a tinker
and travels nights.
As “John Nelson," Montgomery enters a
cotton mill and Invents very valuable ma-
chinery. Hu tneetB Molly Bryan, a beau-
tiful girl.
They fall In lovo with each other. "Nel-
son" learns that Detective Kearney Is still
hunting for him. He notifies Bill of his
whereabouts.
BUI Is released from 8ing Sing so that
Kearney can shadow him and And Mont-
gomery. Hawkins cleverly gives Kearney
the slip.
"The Butcher.” beside whom the pro-
bationer had worked In the cutting
fooin. had told him to seek this spot If
lie needed any help. Generally pbout
aoon "The Butcher’s" friend, "Boston
Ed” Fallon, came there to get his mail
and read the papers after breakfast. A
part of Ed’s duties In life was to keep
up I lie underground communication be-
t\ve<M the outside world and the con-
•Is in King Sing. It wns he who had
sent in the cash with which Montgom-
ery was staked when he made his get-
away. Bill would know him by a
birthmark under his drooping left eye.
The noon hour passed tediously for
Kearney’s man, but comfortably for
Bill. He read paper after paper, en-
joying every line of the news of the
world from which he had been shut off
so long.
Toward 1 o’clock "Boston Ed,” a
middle aged man, dressed as a laborer.!
entered the room and went to the table,
where he fumbled among the papers,
and sized up the other guests and
"sponges" of the Chatham square lodg-
ing house. He uncovered the headquar-
ters man In a glance from under his-
heavily lidded eyes and Hashed a signal
with a look to Bill, whose eyes he saw
peering knowingly at him from over
his paper.
Bill’s fingers began to move, and
without appearing to look his way “The
Butcher's” blrthmnrked friend read a
message in the deaf and dumb lan-
guage, telling him to stand by for a
talk.
He chose a paper and a seat, placing
the Bible between him and Kearney’s
man. With his hands in his lap, “Bos-
ton Ed" could work his fingers with-
out the detective reading his messages,
should he by chance know the sign
code.
’’ ’The Butch’ sent me," signaled Bill
“I’m Just out.”
"Is the hull shadowing you?” asked
Ed’s tiugei’s.
"Yes,"
"What’s doing?"
"He's following me to find an
esea pe."
"What you want?"
"Get a personal in the nerald for
me.”
“Shoot it.”
"Here It ia: ’Kid.—O. K. December.
-Bill.’;’
“I got you.”
"Bepeat It”
"’Kid.-O. K. December.—Bill.’”
“I'm broke.”
"I’ll pay.”
“Thanks.”
“What yon doing next?”
“Try to shake the shadow.”
"Then what?”
“Hunt for ray wife. Jennie Hawkins.
Advertised for her. but the bulla will
watch the newspaper offices.”
"Jennie Hawkins?”
"Yes.”
“Are you Bill Hawkins?”
“Yes.”
The man with the birthmark fetnlled
and pretended to rend his paper for a
moment.
"Bill." he resumed.
“Yes?”
"Shake the hull and meet me in Cor-
lenrs Hook park. I’ll take you to her ”
Bill’s hands dropped In his lap. He
paled and then flushed.
“How Is she?” he naked.
"Fine nnd a good woman.”
"Thank God.” said Bill -to himself
nnd then, with Ills fingers: “I’ll meet
you in Deefy’s saloon. When?”
"Any night between 10 and 12.”
Bill rose from his seat and left the
room, hia shadow at Ida heels.
CHAPTER XII.
Losing ths Shadow.
HJAWKIN8 hod the entire after-
I I noon in which to wear out the
M. M patience of hia shadow. He
made ills way to West street
and the North river wUarvea. AJtbouga
he was old and bent, he etlll bad
abundant strength In bla long urrna
and in bla massivs shoulder* He went
from pier to pier looking for e chance
to put In a couple of hours ut work.
He found the chance at the foot of
Warren street, where he was given
three hours' work unloading trucks.
▲t half punt h o'clock Hawkins was
paid 91 by his foreman. He slipped
Into his cout and started away to give
the bound behind him a chance to
show hia ability In'shadowing.
The rush hour was on and Man-
hattan's millions were packing sub-
ways, elevated and surface can and
crowding the bridges. The sky scrap-
era gushed forth seemingly endless
streams of humanity. To the apace In
front of the World and Tribune build-
ings. Hawkins made his way, dodging
to right uud left ua he traveled across
the northward current. His shadow
had to close in on him to keep him
in sight. They were not more than
three feet apart when Hawkins enter-
ed the World building.
The fox passed through the build-
ing to North William street and dis-
appeared In the gloom of the third
rlverward arch of the old bridge. The
bound plunged after him. They emerg-
ed from under the bridge ut Bose street,
uud the fox turned south to Frankfort
street. Turning to the east, be start-
ed as if for the river, hanging close to
the bridge arches. Suddenly the fox
disappeared.
The hound had Just left Rose street
nnd had turned east also. Not seeing
his quarry, he hurried 111? iteps, keep-
ing Ills, eyes shifting from one side of
Frankfort street to the other.
The hontjd gave a lust glance up and
down Frankfort street and then plung-
ed Into pt‘HiTN)dreet. twisting like a
python, crowded with homeward hur-
rying thousands and made darker in
the dusk of falling evening because of
the shadows of the elevated structure
nnd tlie great bridge*overbead.
Tile fox wua gone! He had doubled
on Ids tracks and was back lu North
William street, only a few hundred
feet from his pursuer, but hopelessly
lost te him. In a short time he reach-
ed Corlear's Hook park. Here he
found Deefy's saloon, so called be-
cause the owner was deaf and dumb
nnd Ills patronage wns from those sim-
ilarly uffiicted. It was a place of sileut
refreshment. The probationer entered
tlie saloon by the "Fninlly" entrance
nnd took his seat nt a table in a tiny
room bnek of the bnr. In the sign Inn-
gunge he ordered from a deaf and
dumb waiter a howl of stew nnd n cup
of coffee.
He fe od a newspaper and made
himself comfortable iu this secura
nook until tlie coming of "Boston Ed."
Promptly at 11 o'clock the man with
the birthmark under his left eye show-
ed his fnce in the door of the little
room hack of Deefy’s bar.
"Bill,” he whispered, a wide grin
spreading over his homely and splotch-
ed countenance.
”Yes."
“She's outside.”
Hawkins Jumped to his feet.
"Set still. Bill,” commanded “Boston
Ed.” ”1 got it fixed with Deefy. You
two cun have tho room all to your-
selves for awhile. He understands.
You can talk all you want. Bill. I’ll
keep an eye on the door und sip a
couple of brnnnlguns.”
He withdrew his head, nnd in a few
moments a woman was shoved into
the little room and the door banged
tight behind her.
The sunken eyes of the old proba-
tioner seemed to be suddenly covered
Tsars Flowed Down Hi* Chosks.
with a haze. Tears flowed down his
cheeks. Ills long arms were out-
stretched.
"Jennie!"
The woman, a slender, tired creature,
with tlie murks of years of physical
toil upon her, sohlied. She tried to
advance to the outstretched arms, but
her legs refused to move.
“Bill! At last, nt Inst!” m
The words came from herbrokenly
as the breast under her pluln black
waist heaved convulsively. Her liody
began to sway, and he sprang to her
and took her In his arms.
When the Joy of this world weary
couple, sadly mingled with grief, had
been spent they'sat close together at
the table, clasping ench other's hands.
"I’m a different maw Jennie,” said
Hawkins. "I’m n different man. The
faith of God has come to me."
“How did you get It, Bill?” she naked
eagerly.
"They sent up a boy for life, nnd he
was innocent," he told her. "The boy
never done a wrong thing. TDe cops
put It on him But be never flickered,
and be prayed every morning and
nlgbt. I helped him escape, and now
he wanta me. I’m going to And him
and And out If be needs any more
help.’"
She pressed hit hands In her own
when be paused.
"I thought of our own boy who would
’a’ been bis age,” be went on. MI got
to love him, he wm that kind and gen
tie. He was always thinking of his
own poor old mother, and* she died
without seeing him after they seut him
■p.”
“Poor lad!”
"Yes. but he was a brave one.”
"And they guve you a probation,
Bill?”
him than she bad ever been alnce the
day be flrat aaw her sweet face and
beard her lovely voice. He felt as If
be could go tocher even then, for be
was tilled with confidence newly boru.
By eerly spring he wonld finish his
most important invention, a new knit-
ting machine that wonld replace those
already made. He would put up a
knitting mill In conjuuction with the
textile mills and have his own plant
He could bring Molly to bis castle until
the day came when Bill would bring
In hia quarry.
Molly and her father had made the
trip to hia,borne and workabop once
during the previous summer. Nelson
had kept sacred the chair abe bad
used. A handkerchief ahe had left on
his working desk he allowed to remain
■1 must"
will need more
than a single
pick it up and press It to bis lips.
He was still holding the paper In his
handa and dreaming of love nod hap-
piness und content when the telephone
rung. It was U o’clock, lie picked up
the receiver eagerly.
“Yes." he sutd us he recognized her
‘voice. •
“It Is nearing Christmas time,” she
told him. a plaintive note in her voice.
”1 must shop for the mountain chil-
dren.” be told her. “I had almost for-
gotten."
"You are coming Into Greenville,
then ?’’
“Yes.
"You
day."
He tried to protest that hia work was
pressing.
“You are going to stay with us for a
good part of the holidays,” she told
him decisively. "Father, mother. Jim
and 1 nil Insist, nnd we will not take a
refusal. You must start next Wednes-
day morning early, and I ahull meet
you in my motor on Paris mountain."
The thought of being near her for an
entire day. for two days or more, per-
haps, thrilled him nnd tempted him to
leave his hiding place.
“Then if I must." he told her, “I
shall he on Paris mountain next
Wednesday.”
In every tone of every Word she had
spoken over the telephone there was U
message of love that he could not mis-
take. Even a little sigh had come to
dim treiflhllug through the thread of
wire strong over the mountains. Her
aand was his for tlie unking. Her heart
was nlrendy his. Within his grasp
was the greatest happiness God could
give n man, tho right to love and hold
forever a pure nnd beautiful woman
who loved him.
lie paced the floor of the room. Ills
mind filled with an exquisite day
drentn. She would share this honse
HJUL/blm. lie Its mistress, bring to It
the subtle' fragrance and sweetness
which she alone possessed, in winter,
and in times of storm, her smile wonld
fillvhls home with n radiance sweeter
and more blessed than the sunshine of
spring.
She would come tiptoeing to the door
as he worked with his machinery. She
would look lu and be would stop at his
tusk long enough to welcome her and
to sip of the sweetness of her lips and
feel the wuruith of her love as her
arms clnsppd his neck. lie snnk into
nd picked up the hnndker-
iy bit of linen, pressing it to
urms clasped
her chair ini
..chief, a finny
ills iTrstr
"Yes, but only so’s they could follow there uudisturlied save when he would
me and get the boy.”
He suppressed a desire to rip out un
oath ugalnst bis old enemies.
“But bow about you, Jennie?” he
asked.
”1 have been working right along,
Bill,” she replied. “One time I thought
1 would blow up, but somehow I got
my strength and pulled out all right.
There was plenty of men after me
when I was still pretty, Bill, but I been
true to you, old man. I been true to
you, my BUI.’’ —
He patted her thin shoulders. One
of his long arms was about her shoul-
der. She rested her head In Its bend.
“You tired, Jennie?” he asked.
“Yes, Bill."
"You want to go home?”
“Yes, let’s go home. 1 gotta place
ready for you.’’
Ills eyes glistened with love for the
woman who was again to be his help-
meet.
“I’m afraid to, Jennie,’’ he told her
after a pause. “The bull’s been after
me nil duy.”
"When can yop come, Bill?"
"Soon’s I aee * tbe young man. I
gotta reach him first and then I’ll send
for you or come for you.”
"“Is he far away?”
"Yes.”
"How you going to get there?"
"VVork my way.” ’
She loosened her waist and pulled
out u roll of bills.
"I brought this for you. Bill,” she
said. “I know’d you would want
some. I got $000 In tbe bank now and
there’s $200.”
He hesitated about taking the
money.
"You gotta take it. Bill.” she said.
“It will bring you back to me sooner
and you can pay it back In no time.”
He took $100 of the money.
“Boston Ed” tapped on the door and
then poked In his face.
“How’s tbe old folks?’’ he naked.
They smiled at him in gratitude for
bis kindness.
“The party breaking up?”
“Yes; you get Jennie home safe for
me. I gotta slope out of town,” said
Bill.
Husband nnd wife embraced and tbe
old probationer slipped from the room,
made his way through tbe gesticulat-
ing deaf und dumb putrons of .the
saloon and disappeared into the night
In Ills mountain refuge there were
hours of loneliness which beset John
Nelson. He realized that thp more he
achieved In life and the greater gr/w
his love for Molly Bryan the more ter-
rible would be the reckoniug for him
should the police ever corner him.
The oppressiveness of these hours be-
came such that be looked about for a
mental occupation that would serve
to drive from his thoughts the fear
that seemed to fasten on him with
tighter grip as the weeks pnssed.
In the Dark Corner he was the only
innn with money nnd sufficient warmth
nnd food and shelter sound enough to
make actual physical existence bear-
able in winter. The poverty of tlie
mountain families was but little short
of the poverty of despair. Mnny of
them lived through tho seasons with
never the possession of money, getting
their food from their pntches of open
ground nnd their clothes by trading.
■ Tlie majority of the people about him
could not read. Some of them had
never lienrd of Christ As he hnd turn-
ed to the poor in the mill section of
Greenville, he turned to the mountain-
eers of tho Dark Corner. With one of
his negro servants he made excur-
sions from his castle, going from
cabin to cabfh, finding out what wns
needed most nnd giving freely. On
these Snninritnn trips he curried a
pocket Bllile, nnd when he could find
an excuse for bo doing he wonld rend
to them the message that pneks the
book from Genesis to Revelation that
the mercy of God shall endure forever.
On tlie edge of his estate he built a
pine church with a tiny spire tipping
the tree line. Here he provided a pul-
pit for the mission priests und circuit
riders who traveled the mountain
paths. Here he made a place for the
word of God and not for the word of
n diet or n conference.
The snow of the first winter in his
mountain home began to fly. nnd Nel-
son made a trip Into the city to secure
the copies of the Herald he had com-
missioned a newsdealer to save for
him. That night, before n log fire in
his study, he spread the copies or the
Herald on a large table nnd arranged
them in order of tlieir issue. He dis-
covered the reply of Hawkins:
Kid —O. K. December,—Bill.
The old convict had mnnnged in
some way to get his release from pris-
on. ne was coming to him, he of all
the men who could help him, tbe only
man be could trust with Ills secret
Into Bill’s hands he would give the
wealth be had acquired, give it freely,
gludlyi that he might spend It In the
hunt for the man whose arrest and
conviction wonld take from him the
disgrace put upon him by the law that
had worked abortively.
Ho|>e that had practical reason hack
of It filled him. Molly was nearer to
saddw^ Moisture sxdm rntm oia
Angara and blurred the steel of hia
weapon In the dark.
Ha bad said to hlmaalf that no one
would know of the death of the releift-
laaa bound that had para nod him from
a pit of dee pond to A ready. God and
his conscience would know It!
Ha croaeed the room on bla toaa
rapidly and replaced the weapon Id hia
deak.
The terrible Injustice that bad blast-
ed his life at twenty-one. that had
scarred and branded him forever, that
bad sent his sweet, patient little
mother to a sorrowful death and that
had penned him In a cage for the flrat
five years of bis maturity, bad drawn
him closer to his Maker. A sound
came from the window alii and was
repeated. It came steadily for a few
second* und ended with a snap as the
latch over the window sash guve un-
der tbe upward pressure of a Jimmy.
Tbe sash was raised slowly, cautiously.
(Continued next week.)
Additional Local News
Ten o’clock pnssed and 11 struck as
he sat in silent nnd happy dreaming.
Suddenly the haudkercblef dropped
from Ills hands and his face showed
white ns a sheet of patter in tbe light
of Ills student's Inmp.
He hnd heard some one moving out-
side the house. There had been the
crackle of frozen snow.
His three black servants were far off
in their cottuge for the night Who
was this marauder?
Again came tlie sound. Borne one
wns surely walking beneath hia win*
dows.
Nelson dropped to his bnnds and
knees, crept to the wall and turned an
electric switch, plunging the house In
durkness from eellur to attic.
Against tlie many windows of bin
castle showed the snow laden boughs
of the trees In a glow that came from
the reflection of the white pall cover-
ing the enrth.
He felt for his wallet which held
the money lie wns to use lu the event
of flight becoming necessary. It was
in his pocket. A step aud he was at
his desk. He opened a drawer softly.
In his right hand showed the dark
outline of a blue steeled revolver. Ills
dreams of love hnd vnnished. He was
again the escaped convict making a
light for the liberty he hnd stolen.
The snow was not deep enough to
Impede his motor. He hurried to the
secret entrance to his garage, opened
the masked door and stood waiting at
the head of u flight of narrow stairs.
CHAPTER XIII.
Two Potent Aid*.
* S Nelson stood In the darkness of
/\ tlie room bolding bis breath he
felt the weight of the pistol In
his right band nnd the thought
came to him that should there lie
only that one man—Michael Kearney—
he would be tempted to slay.
On the blue nose of his weapon was
screwed a Maxim silencer. The voice
of death would be dropped to n whis-
per. The ei.d of the sleuth would
never lie known by the outside world.
Before him loomed the brown horror
of n cell nnd sunlew. skyless days.
The heart of Molly Bryan would lie
broken ns the heart of his mother had
been broken.
If he killed would It not be in self
defense and In the highest nnd fullest
inclining of the phrase? There are
tilings worse thnn death.
There was a slight sound ngatnst
tbe side of the house beneath the win-
dow he faced. Whoever tills was.
coming ns n thief in the ulgbt. would
soon show Ills head o(-er the sill. The
weight of the revolver in his hand
seemed to Increase. He wns no man
to tako human life. He realized i£
Public Weigher Harvey re-
ports that to Thursday noon
0,420 bales of cotton had been
sold, and 170 bales remain on
the yard and in the warehouse
unsold.
Rev. Minor Bounds went over
to Lewisville Monday on busi
ness. The return trip was made
by auto, which he was unable to
move last fall because of the
condition of the roads.
1 am now agent for the Nation-
al Steam Laundry at Sherman.
Bundles called for Monday and
returned Thursday. ’Phone me
your wants to the Cash Grocery.
Herbert Blown.
We have printed cards adver-
tising the stock of G, S. Legate
and Jno. P. Ladd. Mr. Stock
Breeder, The Times can help
you get your animals before the
public at a very ri^sonable
price.
The hardest freeze of the sea-
son occurred Sunday night.Most
fruit men in this section of the
State do not believe that fruit
has been damaged much despite
the hard freezes.
The special offer of The Times,
Hollands Magazine and Farm
& Ranch from now until Jan. 1,
1916. for $1.25,will be withdrawn
during the present month. Bet-
ter send in that subscription
now.
The government pinners’ re-
port given out Saturday show-
ed 15,873,002 bales ginned and
772,270 repacks making a total of
16,645,272 bales. In December
the government estimated that
the total crop would be 15,000,000
bales. *
A committee from the Com
mercial Club has secured samp
les of. rock from the bed of
Brushy Creek, west of town and
shipped it to A. & M. College to
be tested to ascertain if it is
desirable for road building pur-
poses.
E. R. Walker,, who has been
visiting relatives in this- section
the past ten days, returned to
his home at Sherman Monday.
He was accompanied by his little
granddaughter, Alice West-
brook, who will visit in their
home.
W. I. Lawler informs us that
John Pearce, who resides two
miles soutli of town, has a half
mile of tlie best black land road
in the county. Mr. Pearce has
used a drag and the road has
been kept in good shape during
all the bad weather the past
three months.
A young war occurred on a
farm about seven miles south-
east of Deport one day last week,
in which about thirty five shots
were fired without anyone get
ting hurt. A dispute arose over
the renting of land, and four
men engaged in the fight. All
went before Justice of the Peace
Rodgers at Bogata and made
bond for their appearance.
TRAVEL IN
COMFORT
For Sale
Scholarships in the Paris and
Tyler Commercial Colleges, at
prices less than you can buy them
frdm the schools. First some,
first served. The Times.
OPERATES
THROUGH STANDARD
STEAM TRAINS
BETWEEN
Dallas, Greenville and
Paris via Terrell and
Texas & Pacific.
. ALSO .
STEAM TRAINS AND
G A S-ELECTRIC
MOTOR CARS
BETWEEN
Paris, Terrill and Ennis
Ask for Tickets Over Texas
Midland Railroad
F. B. McKAY
General Passenger Agent
Terrill, Texas
Paris &. Ml.
Pleasant
Railroad Go.
We are at considerable
extra expense, operating
through package cars from
Dallas and St. Louis afford-
ing you from one to three
days bitter service than
you can otherwise receive.
We are not receiving the co-
operation of our patrons
which we feel we should, as
these cars are operated
solely with a view of giving
you better service, and un-
less you instruct future
shipments from* those
points via Cotton Belt, we
will be forced to discon-
tinue this service.
C. F. COLLINS,
General Freight Agent
. Little Children
Suffer from itch inf, burning
skin eruptions. If the skin is
dry anil scaly, try the cooling,
soothing ointment, DRY ZKN-
ZAL If there is a watery erup-
tion use MOIST ZENS A I, and
give the sufferer immediate re-
lief. Ask the City Drug Store
about it.
E. H. B. STEELE
Physician and Surgeon
Residence, Commercial Hotel
Res. ’Phone 105 Office phone, 146
Office at City Drug Store
DEPORT, TEXAS
Dr. M. C. Andrews
DENTIST
Office in . Phones in
Postoffice Bldg. Office and Rea.
Deport, Texas
DR. S. II. GRANT
General Practice
Office in Post Office Building
Phone—Office 41.—Residence 201
DEPORT, - TEXAS
A. P. Park L. L. Hardison
W. K. Moore
Park, Moore & Hardison
LAWYERS
South Side Lamar Ave., Paria, Tex.
Chas. \V. Elliott L. V. Larsen
M. II. Baughn
Elliott, Larsen & Baughn
LAWYERS
Office in Lynch Bld’g. Paris. Texas
WELLS & CALVIN
lawyers
Lynch Bulding
PARIS, TEXAS
DUDLEY, LOVE & DUDLEY
Attorneys-at-Law
34 Bonham Street
Paris, - - - - - • Texas
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