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SATURDAY, FEB. 7, 1942

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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—By Raeburn Van Buren

OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople

‘Tambay Gold’

By Samuel Hopkins Adams

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE The lieutenant in charge came over to the shack and hammered on the door with the butt of his revolver. “Mr. Oliver.” “Stand away,” Doc said. “State police. Youre under arrest.” “Can you protect us?” “ges, sir. Come out, both of you.” “Swoby here. There's noj one but Mrs. Baumer and me.” He stepped cut. What happened next, I don’t rightly know. There | was a rush and some police shots,| fired into the ground, and free-for- | all fighting between the Wellivers| and the mob. One of the police cars unraveled itself and put off

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with Doc between the Loot and another cop. The two that were left hustled me over to the mansion. | ne of them asked me: “Where's the man you were protecting, ma'am?” “He got away. In my clothes” | “That's good,” he said. “He| didn’t do it. We got the man that| a red-headed hobo, He's confessed.” are they

“To Brandon jail.”

“Will he be safe there?” | “That's up to the! }

He shrugged. gheriff, ma'am.” Juddy came up and hugged me.

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“Oh, Mom!” she said. | §

“What about Maurice?” “Dr. Starrow’s taken him to the Leverton Hospital.” “Is it bad?” { “I'm afraid so. We're waiting to! hear.” A “Wheres Angel? I didn't see him in the come-all-ye.” She turned to Rags and Tatters Owen who had been in the thick of it and needed repairs. “Well where is Angel?” “I don’t know,” they both said together, and then, each to the other, “Well, where is he?” “You needn't answer,” Juddy) said. “I know. He's drunk. He would be when I needed him.” Hendy Kent poked his head in at the doorway, It was wrapped in a dirty, white bandage. “Somebody! sideswiped me with a tire-wrench,”/ he said. You never can tail sbout folks.| That's what makes life so interest-| ing. I'd have bet that pampered| son of the rich would run a mile to]

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side step a fight. Juddy said, “Come here and let me fix it.”

be dumb enough, after I'd married

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while we were waiting. At 2 o'clock] we had word from the hospital. Maurie was unconscious. Every hour we telephoned. No change. “I don’t need any proofs that I've|. been a fool about Loren,” Juddy |} said. “What price Angel. now?” I said. “Por Angel!” she said. “That's all right,” I said, “so long as you dont get too sympathetic] and mix everything up for your-| gelf” “Mom,” she said, ‘does Hendy re-

“Me?” I said. “No, what's the catch? Why should he?” “Think again.” Then all of a sudden it hit me. “Well, by thissenthat, it's Angel! Hendy's a pocket edition of him. They even look alike. Why they even think alike!” “Now do you get it, about Angel and me?” “I do not. Once bit, twice shy, I'd have thought.” “Mom, youre dumb.” “0. K, I'm dumb. But I wouldn't

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[ it, Tambay thought. Juddy was off, running like a deer. | When I caught up, she was leaning against gulping with laughter that was kind of sick.

wind. its front. ugly print:

news. All we

got hopped in the car,

Two washed-out females wobbled

over to the Feederia for breakfast. {Crossing the road I caught sight | of something at the lower turn that

arred a gasp out of me. Juddy saw too; a figure swinging from Tree. Old Swoby!—I Before I could stop her,

the fence, panting and

“It's a dummy,” she said. The thing swung around in the A placard was pinned to It was lettered in big,

OLIVER YOUR NEXT 2 = 2 WAS I GLAD to see Old Swoby

and Dolf when they showed up at about 10 o'clock!

Over in the camp, Hendy Kent

was puttering around his helicopter, readying it up to leave.

“I wish you'd stick around till to-

morrow, Hendy,” I told him. “I might have use for you.”

Somehow or other Doe Oliver had

to get out of that jail if things|ye» went wrong at the hospital. That's]

when I figured Hendy's machine pay» he said. “What about her?” would come in handy.

“Right-o, Mom,” he said. “Yours

to command.”

All the morning we waited for

Brandon. The sheriff was at the jail. “What can I do for you, Mrs. Baumer?” he asked. “Don’t you know theyre all set to lynch Loren Oliver?” “That's all talk.” “And the Hanging Tree bears crab-apples, I suppose.” “Sears ain't dead.” “No. But he’s liable to die tonight or sooner.” “I can’t help that,” he said. “I've got an emergency call out in the country.” I could have kicked his pants, he looked so stuffy. “So’s to leave the coast clear for | the lynchers,” I said.

“If you can’t]

for the troopers?” “Am I crazy?” he said. “They already shot the toes off three-four of our folks last night. Listen, ma’am; it’s like this. If the crowd comes here after Oliver—well, suppose some of them gets killed?”

“Listen, yourself, Mowry,” I said.

the gold proposition.” He favored me with that pig’seye squint of his. “What guaran-

was rumors. I and beat if for (A events, jag

| tee have I got of that?” “I'll guarantee it. Why wouldn't

“You ain't the owner of Tam-

“Juddy would give up every cent

|in the world to save Loren Oliver,” pP:

I said. (To Be Continued)

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