Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1939 — Page 14

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crest in the dead of night to re-

~ tience was necessary.

*during much of his career, and the

\ . need to. It would serve tokeep any

had never shot it, but he was ac-

~~ behind the tellers’ cage.

- DETOUR

_. By OREN ARNOLD

i CAST OF CHARACTERS 5 ROSELEE DALE and CHRISTINE PALMER—Partners in a summer tourist ven‘ture at Golderest. “ "DICK BANCROFT and FRANKLIN "LARRAWAY—They also found an interest in Goldcrest.

Yesterday: As the New York College party tours Goldcrest, Christine sees a “Professor” leave the group, start toward the old bank building. Her fears are ‘génuine when she sees Franklin run after “the man, ! >

3 ¥ CHAPTER FIFTEEN C2 QUAIT, alias John Sawyer, now alias Prof. York, had been too shrewd to come to Gold-

cover the stolen money he had = put there. original plan, right enough. Then he had started thinking and revised "his plan. some patience, but he knew pa-

Quait, a man of almost 50 years, had hung around mining towns

rest of his time he had been engaged in “miscellaneous” business enterprises. His biggest effort had been a try at a California factory payroll. It had bums worked, too; but his accomplice in that had become scared and had started shooting. All Quait could do was grab a part of the money and “scram.” Even then he had been captured, tried, sentenced to prison. for life. ] | He had escaped because he was an artist at escaping, just as he was an artist at opening windows, doors. locks. When he ha with almost $15,00 holdup,

found himself | in hand after

the payroll he had

capitalized on his mining knowledge, |-

slipped by night to the abandoned town of Goldcrest and “deposited” most. of his money in the Goldcrest bank itself. Nobody ever came to Goldcrest. He had meant to hide there until the excitement about the robbery had subsided, but he had become lonely. He didn’t know the vault combination, but he didn’t

chance prowler out and he himself ould open it in half an hour any ne, he knew.

- He was relying on his ability at]

Fpicking locks and working combinaF tions when he had come to Goldcrest today in broad dayight. As

one of a group of people he would,

hardly be noticed individually.

When Christine Palmer saw the odd “Professor” York depart from]:

the crowd, and then saw Franklin Larraway step out to follow him, she was almost petrified with féar.

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| “Turn, off those police calls, Sis—they’re makin’ me nervous.”

HOLD EVERYTHING

PRISON BARBER SHOP.

By Clyde Lewis

“Shave?”

“Franklin!” she called. ! [ & » = |

UT he didn’t hear. Christine |’

looked at the old bank building;

“Professor” York had gone inside. ||

Franklin walked directly toward it, and, moving cautiously, himself stepped through the front: door. *0O-0-0oh!” frantic now. S back of a rustic chair that stood neat her. Then someone took it to sit on, and Christine looked quickly around. Nobody else had noticed, Nobody else knew that Franklin - Larraway had gone into the bank, " alone, to try to capture a desperate bandit and murderer! -1 She looked from them back to _ the street.

Franklin and Dick had a pistol |

hidden in the bank, she knew. She knew they slept there alternately © every night now. If it really was ‘the outlaw at last—and if Franklin could get to the gun first—oh! She felt her heart pounding. She wanted to scream for help. She knew Pranklin was in danger—she knew it and was powerless! And yet, she didn’t know positively, of course. She had merely deduced it fram the strange look in Franklin's eyes. Had he recognized the man Quait, posing as a pro-| fessor? She was sure he had. {Then without further thinking about it, Christine herself darted through the hotel door and ran down the old ghost town street. She continued running until she paused for a deep breath at the bank door. She leaned te lock in. She couldn’t see anything. The vault was back behind the tellers’ cages and half walls, in the dim rear of the building. A hall or passageway to one side led to it. bry , She stooped low to avoid being seen over the half wall, and edged around the front curve of it until she could see along the passageway. She glanced down it just in time to see Franklin suddenly pop up inside a cage, on the exact spot where she and Roselee had found Dick Bancroft that first night. " “Put up your hands!” ordered.

Franklin

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HE command came in sure, hard. tones. Somehow, thought Christine, Franklin. In the same instant she saw him raise a pistol, and saw the “professor” turn with lightning ‘speed from the vault door. Christine wanted to scream but she was momentarily frozen. : - ““The than at the vault did not obey . Franklin, He looked up and for a Jong second he stared at the younger man in combined surprise and fury. Then cursing, he dropped abruptly to the floor. The sudden drop is an old (trick, and often a good one. It is the quickest way to avoid the aim of a ‘gun. It worked admirably now. Franklin fired—BOOM! Inside the small back room the noise was like that of a cannon. But the bullet went harmlessly over Carl Quait and ricocheted off the steel vault oor. :

Christine still couldn’t speak, nor

scream, nor do anything but make a pitiful gesture of helplessness. . Quait had dropped, but in the ~~ same motion he had reached for - his own pisfol. It was the .44 he had stolen from the hotel clerk. He

customed to guns and he had no trouble flippiag up the muzzle of this one and. pulling its trigger as he crouched there on the floor. Its roar rocked the building, even more than had Franklin's gun. . Then Christine could scream, and she did. For at that moment she

breathed Christine, ; was gripping the |

here was a different].

FLAPPER FANNY

By Sylvia

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Questions and Answers

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(To Be Continued)

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Peace twas one imposed by Roman dominion, hence a dictated peace to a conquered nation. ”

Q—What percentage of the domestic exports of the United States are finished manufactures? .

A—In 1937, 49 per cent.

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