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PAGE FOUR a ■ / ©K)24 -by NLA. Service Inc BEGIN HERE TODAY The “Nervous Wreck,” an eccen tric young easterner, is driving Sal ly Morgan from her father’s ranch to the station when they run out of gasoline. At the point of a gun the Wreck takes five gallons from a passing car. Later Charlie McSween, fore man of a ranch along the route, hides the Wreck’s car, takes a wheel off, and forces Sally to act as ranch cook. Then they discover that Mr. Underwood, the owner of the ranch was in the car which they held up. Sheriff Bob Wells is un wittingly searching the countryside for the “bandits” who held up Underwood. Chester Under wood’s son, finds the hidden car on the ranch and then discovers the missing wheel. Sally and th; Wreck, planning an escape, force Chester to tell where the missing wheel is. “It’s in the back of the car.” Chester says. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY There was a smothered exclama tion from the Wreck, who went to the flivver to investigate. The rear compartment, where baggage was usually stored, was never locked, and he lifted up the lid and thrust a hand inside. He could feel some thing under an old piece of tarpau lin that he had used at odd times for a tent. It was the wheel. As he hauled it into view it an gered him to think of the hours he had spent in searching. “Got it?” called Sally. “Yep. Keep him there until I light the lantern.” 'file lantern lighted, he placed it in a far corner of the tool-shed, where it would throw an illumina tion light on the. work he had to do. “Bring him inside,” ordered the Wreck. Chestter with Sally following walked into the shed and the Wreck closed the door behind 'hem. He motioned Chester to a place against the wall. “Keep the gun on him,” he told Sally. “I’ll be through in five min utes.” It took less than two minutes to slide a jack under th c front axle, lilt it and kick Wi e soap box aside. 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He tied Ches ter’s feet together. “We’re going to lock you in here,” he said. “You’re lucky it’s no worse. We’re not going away just yet.. One of us will be outside. It you do any yelling, I’ll come back and gag you. Maybe I’H shoot you. I don’t know which. Come on, bally.” She joined him outside and watch ed him close the door of the shed and slip the padlock into place. He had already extinguished the lan tern. 'lf he hollers,” said the Wreck, loud enough to be heard within the shed, “shoot through the door.” He winked as he spoke, then hur ried off in the direction of the ranch house, leaving Sally to sttand guard, with th e gun > n her hand. There was still a light in one of the upper windows and he moved as cautiously as possible as he near ed the house. He remembered ex actly where a ladder lay, along side the wall, and went directly to it. Carrying it to a corner of the building and raising it, he rested it gently against the clapboards. Then he mounted cautiously. Nearing the eves, he groped overhead, found something with his fingers, then reached into a hip pocket. The jaws of the pliers were sharp and the telephone wire parted with a thum ming sound. The Wreck did not wait to learn whether anybody within heard the noise, but slid down the ladder and •lurried away. Twenty yards dis tance from the house he began grop ing in th P grass and presently found what be sought. As he bagnn walking again he was coiilng wire in his hands. The telephone line, until it reached the spruce several hundred yards distant, was carried on a row of poles. He followed it as far as the first pole, cut the wire again, then hurried in the direction of <he tool-shed, with the coil over his arm Sally, nervous at the delay and not understanding the cause of it, was standing guard at the door. Without a word of explanation, he tossed the coiled wire into the bot tom of the car. “Now help push,” he said, in a low voice. “ I don’t want to’wake the dead unless I have to.” Together, they got the flivver into reluctant motion. Without her, the Wreck would not have essayed the task, for it would have been far too slow; but Sally was strong, and be tween them they got' the machine moving at a fair walking pace. Fifty I yards distant form the shed they cut into the wagon tracks that marked th e trail, and for a while the going was somewhat easier. “Keep heaving at it,” he said, to encourage her. “I am,” panted Sally. They were some two hundred yards from the ranch house when the flivver began to encounter a slight up-grade. It seemed to bccom> suddenly heavy. Presently desl pite their utmost efforts it came to a stop. “Good enough,” gasped .the Wreck. “Climb in.” She was in the seat when he laid hold of the crank. The first half dozen pulls brought no response.. He paused an instant to recover breath, then set his teeth and yank ed again. There was a furious bel low from beneath the hood and the flivver quivered like a frightened horse. “Better hurry,” urged Sally, with an anxious look toward the house. He was leaping into thc seat as she spoke, advancing the gas lev. r until the fllivver roared and trembl ed appallingly. Then the lights switched on and the car plunged for ward, up th e grade toward t[ie shel tering spruce. In a minute they made the turn that shut the house from view. The road became winding, but he did net permit the fact to interfere witn speed. Sally held fast to the seat trying to realize that they were ac tually in flight. She knew better than to offer a word of caution; when the Wreck was driving he rt sented suggestion. Besides, she was just as anxious as he to put distance between the flivver and the ranch. After a mile of going he brought the car to a sudden stop and leaped out, leaving the engine running. She saw him rush off among the low ’Tees and thought for a half minute that h e must have lost his mind. Then she caught sight of his figure outlined against the moonlit sky. It was perched at the top of a slender pole that rose above the tree-tops. Before she could conjecture what he was doing, he slid from sight again. Bursting back into the trail, he swung aboard again and they were off. 'Just wanted to cut the wire some more,” he said, between gasps. “Makes it a littl e harder for ’em.' “You d better not waste much time cutting wire,” she warned him, with anothe rlook backward. “Why not, Mrs. Lot?” “They’ve probably got the big car out now.” He reached into the pocket of hiz coat and drew forth something that fell clinking into her lap. Sh? picked up two metallic objects and tried to examine them in the dnr. light. “What are they?” she asked. “One of em’s an intake valve, the other’s an exhaust. Timothy's been grinding them.” “And they can’t run the car?” “No t particularly,” said tthe Wreck. “And how are you going to get them back to Timothy?” He took them from her hands and tossed them into the bushes at the side of th e trail. “Let ’em send to New York for new valves,” h e answered, in a tone FOR QUICK SERVICE AND HEAVY HAULING PHONE 121 WOOTTEN TRANSFER CO. Office in Americus Steam Laundry SOUTH JACKSON STREET FOR REPRESENTATIVE The friends of A. E. Hines and George W. Riley announce them as candidates for re-election to the General Assembly of Georgia, sub ject to the action of the Democratic primary on September 10. In announcing the candidacies of Messrs. Hines and Riley their friends direct attention to important and valuable service already rendered Sumter county by these two gen tlemen. Both are now members of important house committees and rank high in the counsels of the body. Committees of which they are members will have control and direction of legislation vital to the prosperity of this section during the next session of the legislature, and their friends have prevailed upon them to again become: candidates solely because of their fitness and value as representatives in the lower hoiise, - . THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ' In Honor of the President — JI.LJH I T ~ - ~~ * w JjpiwW <ll W T ill • flßj. I B Jlj ' I NW H j.._ The crossroads at the little vil lage cf Plymouth, Vt » didn’t need a traffic p-'-’icwnan until President Coolidge visited his old Just Like Playful Kittns J 1 Ww Wft u J W - ■ V' w k ■■■ W ' ' '4 r ’ Ethel Green is an animal trainer of renown. She is hand ling three lions with Christy of savage satisfaction. “They expect! to stay a month, don’t they?” “You’re piling up ’rouble for yourself, Henry Williams.” “Nope. Only playing safe . And to emphasize the safety of Lis play, he stopped the flivver againanu ascended anotner pole, from which he cut the wires with two vici ’us snaps of his pliers. “Don’t forget they can make time over this trail with a horse,” said Sally. “If I were you I’d keep mov ing.” , „ . , , “I hid the saddles, said Che Wreck, grinning. , “Took all the saddles and bridles and carted them out back of the cor ral. Dumped them into a gully. They won’t find them till morning, anyhow.” As the broad scope of his precau tions to forestall pursuit dawned upon her Sally experienced a feeling of awed admiration. She already knew that he had away of doing thing-s on impulse; but it was a dis covery to learn that the Wreck could be coldly calculating. “In that case,” she said, “y'U' might slow down a little until we reach the main road. There’s no use breaking our necks until we get off the Underwood property.” He adopted the suggestion and drove more slowly, although he did it with reluctance. He had a sort of affection for the dusty flivver, and. the touch of the steering wheel inspired him. He was in a mood to make the machine fly it i’ would. A third time he d emounted, as Sally was not certain whether they reached the end of the private road, and throw open the gate. He ■ even took the trouble io close it, after they passed through. Then, once more taking tthe wheel, he looked at Sally. The mam road lay just in front of them, running at right angles. “Which way?" h e demanded. “I suppose you’re headed for the tram, i'aren’t you?” CHAPTER XVIIT THE WRECK SUPPLIES A COOK , she was headed for the train or the Bar-M. She had not attempted to plan anything beyond the getaway which loomed so large in her vision that it blocked off any glimpse at the future. But now she was con fronted with the need to make a de cision. She was not in a mood to contemplate the purchase of a trous seau. She had certain annoying opinions on tthe subject of go -d cooks, and they persisted in thrust ing themselves into the problem. (Continued in Our Next Issue) gy XS a j, d rested because he p .nciiaJPfeftfrZKLz; the charge wasn’t “impetsui*«iUi> ; J an officer,” s home town for a va-at’on. With secret service men, photograph ers, newspaper men and the presi dent’s party it was necessary to put a traffic director on duty. Bros. Show, coming to Americus Saturday, September 13. SOLE SURVIVOR OF PERRY EXPEDITION IS DEAD NEW YORK, Sept. 1. — Lieut I William Manning, 90, the last sur vivor of Perry’s expedition to Ja pan, died at his bom e in Brooklyn yesterday. Lieut. Manning fought in the War Between the States un der Farragut. He went to sea when 14 and at 16 joined the* Perry ex pedition. g DEMAND HUR World's Best Tonic |jM Over 100,000 people have testified that TANLAC ■S has relieved them of. Stomach Trouble, Rheumatism, Mal-Nutrition. 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Announce ment of the death of this promi nent young farmer and business man was received as a distinct shock amopg many friends, and many at tended the funeral exercises this afternoon as a mark of respect to his memory. The funeral, conducted by Rev. John M. Outler, pastor of First Methodist church, was held, from the H’eys home on the Upper River road, several miles east of Ameri ius, with interment in Oak Grove cemetery. Pallbearers officiating at the interment were L. G. Coun cil, Vernon M. Holloway, Neill A. Ray, Charles S. Hogg, Carl Hawk ins, Ferdinand Cohen, Geo. O. Marshall and IL W. Hyatt. Many beautiful flowers covered the hand some casket as this was lowered in to the grave. Gordon Heys, who had long been prominent in the, civic and business affairs of the community, was 36 iDr.Williams .l L TWrfl ■Fever.Colds and s£. .. .. . < JUST A FEW MORE FANS that will go at greatly reduced prices. 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