The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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THE BONHAM HERALD, BONHAM, TEXAS
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EDGAR WALLACE
looking gill, fashionably dressed park bcncfcs 'are dScl not recognize, * the park, and were over Vsiuxhall-
by mar side, his face half hidden As the brdugham 'turned and Bridige before he partly realized
.under a broad-trimmedi Stetson ' ot-une back on! fche' other side of the what had Happened',
hat, iai bearded man of striking ap- noadl, she said Suddenly':
pearanoe. Ahead of her walked a j “There will be ai car Waiting
stout-looking man, and by his sidle ; near the Cavalry Barracks. I hope
a. rather (pretty girl. As she over- you can drive?”,
i-~1- *i-— i-------1 i.u„ i “Another clar?” He
SIXTH INSTALLMENT
SYNOPSIS
Margaret Lelenre’s brother Rex
h.ais been found dead with a note
addressed to his sister stating that
he has been ruined by investments
recommended by Luke Maddison,
wealthy banker, to whom Marga-
ret is engaged. Danty Morell, a
rather shady character, informs
M'addison that Rex had cashed a
check for 18,000 pounds, bearing-
Luke’s signature. Detective Bird',
known as “The Sparrow”, calls on
Mladdison, who refuses to bake any
action although his signature was
forged to the check. Miaddison does
not know of the dead man’s accus-
ation of him, Margaret does not
know that her brother was a forg-
er. Her love for Maddison turns to
hate but she decides to keep her
promise to marry him. She is des-
perately poor and Miaddison mak-
es over hia entire fortune to her,
everything, he possesses. In the
background: of these eventb is the
figure, still shadowy, of Gunner
Baynes, a famous American crook
who had encountered Maddison
and Margaret, apparently by
chance, the evening before Rex’s
death.
After the wedding Luke is ap-
proached by a man named Lewing
who brings him the news that
Gunner Haynes has been arrested
and is- in need of money. Maddison
gives Lewing ten pounds. At two
■-------- ■ took them she heard the stout
discn I have“a very deep interest ma(™ s,ay' . , , * ,,
• u u aj c-c • t u™ “Take iai look at that swell
in your husband s affairs'. I have . ,, T ^ , ,,
many bad qualilhs, tat disloylty Thf? de“n Gurlay-tta
is not one of them. Your husband >»**•* OT0»k Londbn my dear’
went out of his way to warn me .llr'0Ee' «*■£ cf
, , , , , mzed as the Sparrow and his com-
at a moment when he knew the . , ” , ... , .
, i • . , , pan ion, and, not wishing to be
police were coming to arrest me- , ,, . , ,
If ever tnere was a white and see". tl*m. «• sa< d°w" on .»
wholesome man, that man Luke Ba.tfcn seat her eyes following
Mladdison. I ought not to have the electnct brougham
. i. 4-u h- „a j it She saw the machine turn at tbie
asked you the question and 1 ,, ,, A , , . .
... ,1 . • + . Mjarble Arch and come slowly
couldl not very well expect a satis ., - ,, , y,
, mu i t along by tne side of the curb, and
factory answer. The only thing 1. 6 r . , , , , ’ .
„ . . , , she watchedi with a detached m-
am anxiouc to know is tbisrhave . . ,, , , . , , ,,
., , , , terest the beautiful girl and the
you any idea where your husband , ,
is?”
“Do you wish to find him?” sue ,
challenged. they passed
He shook his head.
“No, but I’d like to know exact-
ly where he is. I have a very spec
asked in as-
tonishment.
Sine noddedL
“I want to try you out.”
He laughed.
“All this is very mysterious,”
he said.
Wlhy, did that fellow grab
you-?’ he asked.
“Mjy husband—I had a row with
himf,” she said calmly. And then;
“I knew Conner was wrong,” she
said, and whistled. “If 1 Hadn’t
had my wit? about me and farted
that husband story, I’d have been
halfway, to , Hollo way'! ”
He siaiw her look at every police-
man they passed, outv of be cor-
The car was waiting foir them, ' ner cf her eye, and his heart was
a closed light rei of English make beating faster as ‘hey came to tne
bearded man, whose bead' was
turned toward his companion. As
she' heard the man
say:
1 “Tln-is is- all very mysterious.
Wlhat does it mean?”
' In an instant she was on her
feet, pale and shaking; she had
recognized! the voice of the beard-
i;al reason for asking this is be in
Londion ? ”
Ph-r shook ner head. , _ . ,
“He’s- in Spain at the moment, edl m,an- fa* hf 'hus'fcand*
but I’m afraid I cannot give you • ^ . . . .
tlhe address ” I In the mtetrest of hls' new>
“Mr. Moredl—is he in Spain? stran^ ™e, Lnke found it fairly
Pardon me, Mps. Maddison, but if easy to ^org'J • ^,r!'e at "
I have a reason for asking you 7en'tuf wa« °.n hl1™- Margaret be-
the one question, I have a doubly ^nged to ai dim, almost unbelieve-
important reason for asking the ,2!ble Fast* ®he was of L'he sub‘
other. Morell is the kind of main stance of dreams,
that no decent woman should He went gaily to a revendez-
know_i” . vo-U's with ai fair-haired girl on
v* wiblked to the table and the following afternoon, and was
pressed the little onyx bell push, delighted to find how springy
This time he smiled. was his step. He had hardly taken
“That means you’re going to his place in front of the Guards
turn me cut, and I don’t blame Memorial winen he saw an electric
o’clock Luke Maddison and Mar- you> j’m afraid I’ve blundered this brougham approach and', cajtching
gtairiet are married at the Registry interview, which II intended should (the girl’s signal, stepped to the
Office. She goes to her house, t,e ver.y discreet and diplomatic, side of the road as the car stopped
There was nobody in aitten dance,
but without hesitation she stopped
the brougham and gave tne driver
^ instructions.
. “Here it is,” she said, “Get in.”
Luke sank intp the*driver’s seat
and put his fob;, on' the .self-start-
er, and she came in after him,
flamming the little door behind
her. • • '
“Grtaifiton Street,” she said, in a
businesslike tohe. “Pull up oppo-
site the Rean Club.”
He tmiought she was testing his
driving ability, for he had to pass
through three traffic blocks' fce-
where Luke joins her. She refuses , i particularly wished tio know
to let him kiss her, and asks to where Mr. Miaddison wiais^—”
postpone their wedding journey. I “j have told you,” she said as
She was in excellent spirits.
“It’s a great idea to let your- explain, and was gone before hie
self be seen in a certain kind of i could ask her. He kept the engine
edge of Tooting Common, and at
her command' he stopped the car.
“We’ll get out he*e,” she said.
“You can go back by bus, I’ll take
a taxi. If Conner, comes co-night,
tell him I’ve got tme stuff.”
She turned to go, but he ca eight
her by the arm.
“Wlt.iait stuff?” he asked sternly-
And then he saw the flat case
she carried under her coat.
,“Miy God!” gasped Luke Mad-
dison. “You stole pn-at!”
There was amusement in her
fine eyes as she nodded.
“Of course I did, ycu poor simp’
fore he brought the machine to a j A taxicab was passing and she
standstill at a place she indicated, | hailed it. Slowly his grip on her
“Now you understand,” she said- Cirm relaxed. He watched the taxi
dropping her voice: and,, speaking ' recede like a man is a dream, too
rapidly, “ I’m going to see my stunned even to think. He could
husband.” ' > never remember that journey back
Sme loiked him straight in the to Lambeth. He had crossed West-
eyes. • ■ minister Bridge when he saw a
“If he makes iai fuss I shall ex- newsboy with a- placard: “Daring
piect you to help me. If he do-esp’t. West End . Robbery .” He stood
make ai fuss, we’ll dlrive quietly dead still, gazing openmouthed ait
away down Albemarle Street, the contents bill, and then hie felt
make for Vauxhall Bridge and in his pocket, and dropped a penny
Tooting Common.” 'from his trembling hand into the
'Your husband?” he stammered' newsboy’s palm.
He ‘dared riot look inside the
newspaper until he was in a quiet
street Then ' he read:
DARING WEST END ROBBERY
Bearded Man and Pretty Girl Rob
Taffanny’s of 20,000 Diamond
Necklace
A daring robbery was com mitt-
in a, griay tweedi suit .. .
“That’s me!” groaned Luke
maddison, and almost swooned.
For a quarter of an hour he sat
and watened hs tea, growing cold,
h® mind vacillating between hor-
ror and amusement. He, Luke
Maiddison, was ®j thief, a gangster,
an active member of an organiza-
tion which had robbed Tc.ffanny’s!
He knew Taif'fanny’s rather well;
he had bought Margaret’s en-
gagement ring over the very glass
counter that had been smashed.
Ha was helpless—the idea of go-
ing- to the police and betraying his
associates never occurred to him.
There was only one thing to be
done and' that was to steal away
at the firs opportunity. He had
written for his check book to- be
-sent to Ronda, arid it was ia sim-
ple matter to beach Spain. Wtes it,
tuough? |
With a gasp he realized that he
had no passport! And without a
(passport it was impossible to
V' -jch Slpain, - of g.ll countries
where every man and woman who
passed across the frontier were
closely scrutinized. If he had not
dismissed his servant in would be
easy to creep back to nis flalfc one
night, pack a bag and fade away
j nt-o a Continental limbo. But prob-
ably his solicitor hiaid; the key of
the flat. A new hope awakened.
• Hultert had an apartment in St.
James’s Street. He wais a bache-
lor and accessible.
i (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
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She gave him one. quick look of
suspicion.
“Tinat is what you tell the flat-
tie if there is any fusst”
Wlhait «.• Hattie was she did hot
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Luke remembers that he has cer- tne maid appeared in the door- car,” she said. “You don’t know j running according to her instruc-
tain payments to meet which he way-> what I mean? ll’ll bet you don’t!” tions. She .wja.s .gone some twenty ed this afternoon at Messrs. Taf-
had forgotten. He asks his wife to s f?,r as Danty Morell- is con-| They crossed into Hayde vPark, minutes. PlrOsently looking out, helfa.nny’s jewel shop in Bond Street |
give him a: check for 97,000 ' Cemed_” he began. miaidle a slow progress near the saw her' turn the, corner from | At about 2:50 a well dressed
pound's out of the fortune he has [ jfer hand (pointed to the door. edge of tne sidewalk, and he found Bend Street end walk with appaf-. woman wadked into a- slop and
made over to her. She amazes him ..m no,f prepared to discuss himself enjoying the novel ex- ent unconcern toward him. As! asked to be shown some plain gold
by refusing, saying that he ..shall! ; m friends_even with the crim- perienc©. She was very pretty, ene stepped into the car, # man in rings. Whilst, the assistant’s back
never have a-cent of the money jna| acquaintances of my hus- though older than he had thought, his shirt-sleeves, darted around
back: it belongs to her and she band,” she said, and she heard him I “Do you see that fat. man over flew ait her., and gripped heri by
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wasi turned, - she must have broken
i-i e-lass case with a nubber-headed
keep it in revenge for his on,ucidin.g as he went down the there? Tiniat’s the Sparrow. You the arm. She tried to wrench her- hammer. When he came back, he
i self free, and before Luke realized
He started at the name. i what he was doing he had struck
“You mean Bird?” he stammer- ner lae-saiiant and' sent him tumbl-
Margaret walked slowly along ed, andl looked guiltily in the dir- ing- to the pavement,
tlhe asphalt path. As she did so ection she indicated. I “Drive!” -she snapped, and me-
she saw a car coming slowly along | He saw Mr. Bird. He was walk- chanic,ally Luke Maddison sent the
- (the tan on the other' sidle of the ring with ,a very pretty girl, but machine leaping, -forward.
“I should he a little worse than | road. Ji*: wias* an electric brougham /hie woman who was at that mom- They crossed Oxford Street,
impertinent. And yet, Mrs. Mad- containing two people: ia; beautiful' ent seating herself on one of the jdown St. James’s Street, through
ruiinine1 her brother. He is unable spa,jrs as though at a very good .want to keep away from him.”
to reply, and leaves her. He wan- joke,
ders to the Thames Embankment,
trying to guess what the trouble
is.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
mv ret only tine woman but ai
valuable diamond necklace had
disappeared. He flew out into the
street andl overtook the woman as
she was entering- a motor car. He
was immediately struck down- by
her companion, who is1 described |
as ci man of great height., with a j
fair, weli-trimmed beard', diessed
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BALCONY BARGAINS
Folks, these Bargains are almost un-
belie veable.
Men’s silk and knit ties, each............... 15c
Men’s neck-band shirts, many of these
sold as high as $3.50, noW...........................49c
Children’s hats for boys and girls,
choice.............................. 15c
One lot of laces, yard.....................................1c
One lot of laces, yard.......................................5c
All ribbons, regardless of kind or
width priced from, yard 2c to............. 5c
Abeautifui line of Ladies’ house dress-
es, all new spring patterns, only.........98c
Ladies’ silk and wool hose, some with
clocks, pair .................................. 45c
All braids and trimmings per pkg.... 5c
Children’s school stockings, black and
brown, pair ............................................. ...1... 10c
Big assortment Ladies’ hats ................ 49c
We have about 100 pairs children’s
shoes, just the shoes to finish the win-
ter season, pair.................................................. 98c
Ladies’ cotton jersey blouses, to close
out ........................................................................ ... 39c
All crochet thread, spool ...... ................. 5c
All silk thread, 50-yard spool.................5c
Fancy buttons, card........................:.............. 5c
LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR
People, we have about 100 fall dresses.
We are going to close out, arid price
will sell them. Come early and get your
choice
MEN’S CLOTHING
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We have about 100 up-to-now men’s
suits that we are closing out at less
than one-half their regular value, siz-
es 34 to 38. If you wear the above sizes
get yours now. Also a few overcoats
left.
DRY GOODS
Fancy outing, fine for quilt linings,
yard ................................ 8c
Extra heavy grade brown domestic,
regular 14c yard value, special yard 10c
Children’s taped winter unions, sizes
2 to 6 ...................... 39c
Men’s winter unions, sizes 36 to 46,
regular $1.00 value, special ............... 79c
Ladies’ rayon ribbed hose, regular 50c
seller, three pair for.................................$1.00
Heavy Weight plaid blankets, 66x80
size, to close out ................................... $1.98
Egyptian talcum powder ............. 10c
Marcelle cold cream, 50c value for 29c
Assortment of men’s dress hats, good
styles..............................................:............. $1.00
Children’s strap rubbers, we have
them for, pair.........................................................25c
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
Canna flour, two 48 lb. sacks.........$3.25
Pure Cane Sugar, 20 lbs, for............$1.00
(with each $3.00 purchase)
Bran, 100 lb. sacks.......................................$1.65
Shorts, 100 lb. sacks, for........................$1.95
4 Lbs. Peaberry Coffee........................$1.00
Pinto Beans, 15 lbs.....................................$1.00
Triumph Seed Potatoes, bushel......$2.25
K. C. Baking Powders, 25c can.........20c
6-oz Garrett’s Snuff .................................... 30c
5 lb. can K. C. Baking Powder............65c
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Baker, W. E. The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1930, newspaper, February 20, 1930; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth991393/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.