The Syracuse Journal, Volume 27, Number 4, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 17 May 1934 — Page 3

THURSDAY, MAY 17, BM.

Jim the Conouerpr by Peter B.Kyne

CHAPTER I

Old William B. Latham bty on a 'irlcker chaise longue In the veranda of his country house, Hillcrest, and {pretended to be asleep—a subterfuge quite In keeping with a certain salient characteristic of his which, quite early in bls career, had earned for him the not inappropriate sobriquet of “Crooked Bill." Not that the old ras- ; eal was crooked In the commonly ae- i :epted sense of that term as employed in the quaint patois of our times (indeed he was a most honorable man), but because he was possessed of an uncommon degree of craft, of audacious and generally amusing slyness. In business and out of ft—-a sort of ijuper prudence born of uncanny Innate ability to read human nature. Such men are rarely deficient In a sense of humor, and Crooked Bill had found life more abundantly provocative of laughter than of sighs. He was popularly believed to have more money than same folks have bay; he had no wife to bother his life and he paddled his own- canoe; also, he enjoyed excellent health. 1 It pleased William B. Latham this )qte afternoon to pretend to be asleep In order that he. might, from under the drawn-down rtm of his hat, watch big late wife's niece engaged In a piastime dear to that most attractive young woman, to wit, sniar Ing and breaking the heart of a youth whose manifest decencies appeared, to Crooked Bill, sufficient justification fjor receiving from the young lady tn _ question what her uncle and guardian described as “a whole lot of letting Slone." With the ordinary run of young L gentlemen who laid their vealy hearts St the feet of Miss Roberta Antrim. Crooked Bill had little sympathy and leas patience. The majority of them were he-flirts. amusing themselves with Roberta as outrageously as she Amused herself with them or else i {frankly attracted to her as a moth Is j Attracted to a candle flame. Up to j (the present none of Roberta's rejects had committed suicide. Although not less than four had vowed so to do. Crooked Bill had more than a suspicion. too. that. In addition to Ro berta’* undoubted charms, the fact that she was his heir was not a negligible Attraction to her continuous and shifting entourage. In .the case of the young gentleman who sat with Roberta on the stone bench under the elm. Crooked Bill could find no extenuating circumstance* to adduce as to why Roberta should not be convicted of Inflicting cruel and unusual punishment' Glenn Hackett, to begin with, was of good family where brains and money. In . evidence for three generations, had always been used wisely. He was rather tall, loose-jointed and angular. I with a plain honest face like a kind horse. He was thirty years old. a lawyer and a good one, which is to !- say that Crooked Bill gladly paid him a large annual retainer. The old man's highest compliment for Glenn Hackett was that he had- horse sense, • and was the only man ho knew who appeared to be as common and com sortable as an old shoe and yet wasn’t t Crooked Bill wished he might have been privileged to hear what Glenn Hackett and Roberta, were saying. However, he was a fairly accurate reader of gesture, facial expression and nods, so he was assured that Hackett was proposing marriage to his niece. "It'll be like her to refuse him," be decided, “and him the only real man Tve ever seen on the premises. And for once In bls life he’s doing all the talking while Roberta does the listen Ing. I know that meek, sad resigned bend of her head while she tugs at her handkerchief and trie* to appear surprised. She must have admiration from men or life Is a delusion and a snare! And now she’s picked on a victim that’s bound to back-fire on her, or Tro no judge of men. Hello, he’s talking too much! He's getting op press!ve. She’s finding the going not to her liking—ah. 1 thought so!" Crooked Bill drew his bat brim down over hl* nose, opened his mouth a little and commenced to breathe In long even respirations. He beard the rapid patter ot Roberta's little feet as she passed him and entered the house. In about five minute* he heard the firm, leisurely tread of Glenn Hackett following, and was Aware, presently, that the young man bad sat down tn a chair beside him. So he pretended to sleep on for five minute*, then he stirred uneasily, gritted his teeth, sighed, opened hl* cyea. and yawned pleasurably. “Well, now that yon haven’t had your forty winks," Hackett observed quietly, “what’s your opinion as to what my next move should be? I’ve just jilted Roberta!" Crooked Rill sat up with the abrupt MSB of a Jack ln which, tn all mirnaaa, he resembled not a little. “Shoot me for a horse-thief 1* he ejaculated. "Played fast and loose with you. eh. boyF "Na. Just tried to." •So you threw the dally over your pommel and gave her the bust, ehl Three cheer* for ( our aide." •Cheer to your heart's content This poor devil isn't dying." Glenn Hackett retorted savagely. Crooked 818 looked cautiously around certal n th* door from th* veranda to th* living room was closed. for it was Instfhct with him

He Heard the Rapid Patter of Roberta’s Little Feet. never to make a move until all the conditions were propitious. "1 hadn't any Idea you two were engaged, non." "We weren't, although I think we could have been if I had been fool enough to Insist Robby likes me tre- { mendously. I'm sure of that." "Like Is right 1 doubt If she'll ever ' love anybody, but if she should I’m certain he'll.be a married man with a j large family and unavailable from every point of view. You Interested her. son. far more than any of your | predecessors, and I’ve seen them all come and go. I reckon that's because , you were a mite harder to land than , the other*." j "She's been expecting me to propose 1 for a month, and just a little while ago I was fool enough to do It. She looked so Infernally proposable today! And while 1 was doing It I looked at ' her steadily and noted the triumphant ' glint in her eyes, and a little self-sat- j Isfied smile on her lovely lips. Some j thing told me she was preparing the ' skids for me. 50... no sooner had I popped the question and no sooner had she commenced to assure me that she hadn’t remotely suspected this attachment. than I Interrupted her and withdrew my proposition. I begged her not to think any more about It." “H —I’* fire!“i Crooked Bill was steeped In reverential awe. “That got her blazing mad," Hackett continued. "It would anger a sheep." Crooked Bill agreed. "Roberta’* mighty high and handsome In her Ideas" “1 told her It had suddenly occurred to me that she could never possibly consider marrying a lawyer who grubbed for a living In the heart of New York’* financial quarter. I told her 1 was quite certain that what she was seeking was a knight-errant and 1 wasn’t It I told her I bad suddenly made up my mind that It was all a hideous mistake and —But that’* a* far as I got." "She up and left you then, son? She was crying as she passed me. I didn’t see her, but my hearings right good for my years. Roy, you're a gift from God I Continue to play your card* Ilk* that and she** yours without a flicker. That girl require* • whole lot o’ lickin’, but she's only got to be licked one* I" Ttn wondering ts I overplayed my handr "What if you did? She didn’t have even a dirty little deuce to trump your ace. did she?" “I suppose I startled her. I’m a little bit afraid, Mr. Latham. She plays fast and loose with * man. She's a confirmed fttrt.” “They make awful good wive* one* you halterbreak ’em.” Crooked Bill suggested. •How do you know?" “I married one—and she was that girl’s aunt Roberta comes by her misfortune honeetly. All the Barrows women were romantic. In fact Roberta’s mother ran away with an end man la a minstrel show. She adored th* joke* that boy used to crack until be cracked one on her by marrying her. She bore him Roberta and from that day until he died Roberta ran him ragged and made the poor devil like IL Ho was a goodend man but a poor Judge of invest meets, and when he and his wife were killed in a train wreck, my wife and I fell heir to Roberta. She was eleven then. My wife died ten years ago and Tve been riding herd on Roberta ever since.’’ "I tear you've made a bad job *f IL Mr. Latham." “Well, you can't bar me for tryin’ " Crooked Bill responded calmly. “The girl’s sound at heart, but cursed with a face and figure that’d make Helen of Troy look like a Navajo squaw tn comparison. She has brains, she ba* poise—" •Not any more." Glenn Hackett Interrupted gloomily. “I’ve just upset her poise I" Crooked Bill Indulged himself in a very mirthful Uttle chuckle. “Well, at any rate, she’s a very good dear sweet girl," be defended finally. “She can’t coquet with me. She wants to be pursued. Fm a busy man and I’ve pursued her for a year, and you know, Mr. Latham, as well a* I •wain on hand she always devotes herself to him and Ignores me." to ae* if you’ll get jml-

Crooked 818 stroked his chin and spat a thin amber stream over the veranda railing. “Tell you what you do. son,” he announced presently, and Glenn Hackett leaned forward to listen to the words of wisdom from the oracle. “You stay to dinner just a* If nothing out of th* ordinary had occurred. Roberta’s dine tn her room, if she has any appetite at all which I doubt, because th* maid’ll tell her you’re still here and she’ll think that’s Indecent of you. Let her think It Continue to come out uninvited and unexpected whenever the notion grips you. when she give* you the dead face you grin at her like a Chinese idol and tell her how winsome she looks In that * new dress. Continue to advertise yourself, son." • •••••• Pausing not an Instant in her precipitate flight from the most amazing and Impossible male biped she had ■ ever encountered, Roberta Antrim i fled to her room, locked the door, lay ! down on her bed and Indulged herself I for ten minutes in that delight of her | sex customarily known as a good cry. "The wretch!" she soliloquized, j “The odious boor! He had th* es- 1 frontery to talk to m* exactly as ts 1 were a refractory client Instead of the girl he had but a moment before assured he loved to distraction. Oh. dear, what humiliation I I hate him, 1 hate him. Til never speak to him again as long as I live." When a woman has come to that conclusion, quite usually she finds ft time to cease vain repining and weep Ing. lave her Inflamed eye* with some soothing lotion end powder her nose. So presently Roberta did all of these things and while doing them ap praised herself very critically in her mirror. She knew she had a medium sized, well-shaped head covered with the sort of golden-tinted auburn hajr which so many women attempt, but which few achieve. She had the sort of rich creamy akin that goes with, such hair; her eyebrows and eyelashes were darker than her hair, their luxuriance conveying a hint of Celtic blood. Her eyes, large, brown and a trifle sleepy, owing to her acquired trick of gazing up at men from under the lids, were Ideal for setting the reason of an Impressionable male tottering on Its throne. Her nose had just escaped being snubby and was tilted at so gentle «n angle as to confer upon her a faintly haughty expression when her face was in repose. She had a short, beautifully curved upper lip—which adorable malformation permitted much too easy A display of even, hard white teeth. Her lower lip was full, tender and just a shade willful. Her chin was full and aggressive. her body beautifully formed, lithe as a cat’s and suggestive of sbounding health and much outdoor exercise. Despite her almost startling beauty one realized Instinctively that Ro berta was not (sentimentally speaking) a clinging vine. One felt, too, that she had a healthy temper, despite her perennial good nature and her tolerance for her own sez. Aa a matter of fact Roberta did possess a temper readily aroused, but she had the saving grace of refusing to admit It except under extraordinary circumstances. Appraising herself tn her mirror, Roberta reflected with a sort of sweet bitterness that she had dressed that afternoon with an eye single to Impinging herself upon the cool, quietly Impersonal glance of Glenn Hackett “If I were a gtri who wore diamonds to the breakfast table." she told her reflection, "there might have been some excuse for his gauche conduct One moment he had proposed and the next he was withdrawing the proposal 1 wouldn’t have accepted him on ■ bet. nice a* he Is and comfortable aa he is to have around, but he might have given me an opportunity to any •of He was terrible! Re gave me the impression that In one revealing moment, he had seen something tn me that revolted him—and I'm not revolting. Fm not. Pm not—" Once more she gave way to tear*, but not for long. She dried her eye* and applied the powder rag. And then th* real reason for her charm—the reason men adored her and made love to her—presented Ro berta was a good sport—none better, and hated a quitter with all the strength of her vital. Intelligent soul. She made a Uttle grimace at herself. “Well. Bobby Antrim, you took a man'aslze beating, didn’t you? Thar Hackett Imbecile isn’t dull at any rate. And I did start to say somethin* banal—all about never having aus p*cted fats attachment! I see it av wry clearly now. Right ther* Mttl* Bobby went blah! Ye*, that waa a sour note—and h* has an ear for music. That man-animal has some pride—and I had thought they aU had ego!" She sat down In • low rocker to think It over very carefully. A* usual her resentment and rage were disappearing at the double; she was only sensible now of a feeling of humiliation, not so much because of what Glenn Hackett had said and done as because sb* had failed so miserably in feminine adroitness to meet an extraordinary situation. In away of speaking he had demolished her. Paralysed her powers of Initiative and Inventiveness and left her helpless t* defend herself! ground her to a pulpl He had proved to her what a monomental failure she had turned out to be in an art where, to quote Crooked Bill she wa* supposed to be 150 per cent perfect! Suddenly Robert* began to laugh. -Thinks he’s won a great victory," she decided. “Well, Ilk* John Paul Jones, I haw not yet begun to fight FB bring that unusual man to hl* knee* and when I have him ther* FB—wen, TB not do anything so unladylike a* to put my foot In Ms face, but Hl laugh at him! I swear I will Hl laugh out loud!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tuesday night, the sail boat owned by Robert and Sam Searfoss, purchased from Prentice Kindig when he went to California, wa* stripped of rope, by some one. The boat was anchored off shore from the A. J. Thibodeaux home.

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CONCORD Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan and family of Osceola spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr*. Everett Tom. Ralph Beiswanger and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Befewanger, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fisher spent Sunday evening at the Ernest Mathews home. Carl Cleckner of Chicago spent Saturday with Jacob Bucher and family. Chester Stiffler and family were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Coy, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dewart spent Friday evening at the. Paul Buhrt home. Dr. Eby and wife spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. James Dewart. Tobias Fike enjoyed Sunday dinner at the Jacob Bucher home. Chester Sitffler and family spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Chancy Coy. Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Dewart and Mr. and Mr*. Lloyd Dewart of Milford called at the Bertram Whitehead home, Sunday afternoon. Dale Mock and friend epent Sunday evening at the Everett Tom home. Rev. Fredrick and family and Richard Roads of Michigan spent Sunday at the Jams* Dewart NEW SALEM Callers in the George Auer home, Sunday, were John Morgan and family of Osceola, Everett Tom and family, George Tom and wife, Conrad Auer, Art Hummel and Glenn Tom and family. Robert Bowser and Lois Harmon were guests of Howard Mock and wife, Sunday. 4 number from this vicinity attended the funeral of Marshall Dye at the New Salem church, Sunday. Everett Tom and John Morgan and families spent Sunday evening at the Howard Mock home. Frank Brenneman and wife called on Roy Pinkerton and family, Sunday afternoon. Art Hummel and family, Dale Mock, Donald and Harry Smith called at the George Auer home, Monday evening, o Glenn Smith and family of Goshen spent Saturday afternoon with his parent*, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith. Miss Agnes Pinkerton of LaPorte spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pinkerton. Callers on Sunday were: Hugh Rookstool and daughter, Mrs. Everett Rookstool and son and Merrit Rookstool and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bowser and daughter Blanche of Nappanee spent the week end with Charles Bowser and family. Quincey Brown and family were callers, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Cory and Walter Weybright and wife of Elkhart; Emory Guy and wife and Mrs. Ida Guy called at the Joe Smith home, Sunday afternoon. WESTEND Those who spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vorhies at the Jess Metz home were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linderman and son. Mis* Ethel Vorhies, Mr. and Mr*. Milo Geyer, Mr. and Mr*. Oliver Rep—logle. Mr. and Mr*. Eugene Sheffield, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Doll of Elkhart, Mr. and Mr*. Ray Ogle and son of Goshen spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sheffield. Mr*. R. Neff spent Tuesdsy in Goshen with friends. Mr. and Mr*. Guy Jarvis* of Chicago, Mrs. Joe Jarvie* were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. John McGarity. Mr. and Mr*. F. Rowdabaugh were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. Isley of Silver Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neff and Grieger's FANCY GROCERIES W*®®® W Free Delivery CAS H SUGAR BUTTER, 1 POUND feVV CRACKERS, IQ*. SODA, 2 pound* laFV CRACKERS, IQGRAHAM, 2 pound* _ **PV IQBURCO, 1 pound DRESSED CHICKENS FRESH FRUITS Strawberries, Green Onions, F resh Peas, Fresh Tomatoes Spinach and Qr.ng«w

Mr. and Mrs. Manley Deeter were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mr*. R. Neff. Rev. D. Miller of Wakarusa gave the address at the Bethany church, Sunday evening, for the mothers there. There was a large crowd which enjoyed the talk very much. SOLOMON’S CREEK Mr. and Mrs. Will Zylman of Goshen spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Fisher. Virgil Price of Albion spent the week end with his parents. The Leaders Class will hold their May class meeting at the Benton hall, Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mcßride and son Robert spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Amick of Millersburg There were 130 present at Sunday school and the Mothers Day exercises Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Miller of Goshen spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tully. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherrer of Elkhart spent the week end with Ben Zimmerman and family and called on Albert Zimmerman and family | Sunday afternoon. Curtis LeCount, who is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Vic Niles spent Sunday with Ed LeCount and family of Bristol. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Mary Blue last Thursday afternoon. Ben Zimmerman is improving slowly. He is able to ride now and goes to the doctor’s office. Harry Willard, who was a former resident of this community, is reported as getting along nicely following hisi recent operation in the Goshen hospital. Ishmeal Rookstool, who has been at the Goshen hospital is improving and expects to come home soon. About 25 from the' Christian En- ‘ deavor of this place attended church I service at the Church of God, Sunday evening. Young people from classes No.’s ! 3 and 4 gave Miss LaEtta Hillbish a ■ pleasant surprise, Sunday, in honor of her 16th birthday. A potluck dinner was enjoyed at the noon hour The Ladies Aid will meet at the church, Thursday afternoon, May 24th, to clean the church. The members are urged to come. Other Iddies of the church and community are asked to come and help. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Longcor and daughter Berdine spent Sunday with Will Longcor and family of Goshen. o S. S. CLASS HAS PARTY. The Young People’s Wide Awake Sunday-school class of the Church of God enjoyed a party at the home of Mrs. Marie Bushong, Wednesday night last week. There were 12 adults and four children present. Air enjoyable evening was spent and refreshments were served.

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