Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 105, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 16, 1928 Page: 4 of 4
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Chuck White, the beau of the
it seated at a <aMq. in
RinoSdZcafe; hun* hea^ de8pite th°
gr*an. . i slackening rain, the hands of the
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__with a man whom he ad-
Cresses as “Sparrow.” Sparrow re-
minds Chuck that he it due to "pull
momething biff" later in the eve*
tsimff and cautions him to keep his
mind on his work. The Beau^has
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keen boasting of the impression he-clanging bell tolled out two short
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has made on lovely Rase Shannon,
one of “Kelly’s Girls,'' with whom
he has been dancing. Laftr Chuck
takes Rose home.- In her room he
makes passionate love to her. She
struggles in vain. In desperation
she hurls a clock at .him. He drops
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CHAPTER IV.
Through the thick, white
mist
tall tower clock were barely discern
lble. Only the round, orange face
that shone line a sallow moon in a
pale sky was visible. But now the
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**Oh, God!” she murmured. “Oh,
Cod, I’ve killed him!" She covered
her mouth with 4ver hand to keep
trom screaming aloud.
She5 seemed paralyzed. She
•ouldn’t even set the clock lack
*nto the stand. She stood dazed,
Just gazing aboyt, as though she
scarcely knew where she was. She
had killed him! She would be a
wiurderer. They would hang her!
Send her to the electric "chair! She
must do something. She must! She
must. Stark, cold terror gripped her
heart. And then a low moan came-,
from the lips of the man on the -r.
floor. The clock dropped from \her hts^hacc
listless lingers. Its clatter made *"
her frimp. She fell as though some
beats, and then lapsed back Into a
death-like silence. Uptown the
lights about Broadway were stfll
twinkling, but down here through
the Tenderloin everything seemed
to sleep—everything, that tls, save
the policeman on the heat, the cor-
ner bank and a few all-night restau-
rants. And even they seemed to
suggest that it might be better were
they abed and out of the darkness
of the storm.
A stray cat yowled miserably.
On a side street the muffled roar of
a motor slowly passed^out of hear-
ing. A bedraggled drunk, his cap,
pulled down hver his eyes, lurched
into a lamp post, righted himself.
£prUfflon. Tl- policeman eyed^
him-for a miitiieW-nr.il then turned
Two men, one heavy-set. the other
slender racing-tout type, walked-
S3 '■'hurriedly .along, their hands dpepr
ln the pockets pT their overcoats.
They scurried up the steps of the
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The cashier flung up his hands
Without further ado.
was slowly recovering-into, the arms Of his smaller comm-
and yet she couldn’t panlon. The
Cbtng was choking her. But he
wasn’t (lead—he wasn’t dead!
Thank God!
.A Now she
fcar senses, _____ .
. An** All she could feel was a ter-
afble hatred rising up within her,
, revolting her. making everything
■wHn about her. Suppose he should
- come to while site was still there,
fcbe 4ira*t get away. That was Die
.thing to do. Get away quickly be-
fore he found her. He seemed to
he moving a little more, now. She
■ait 'find some means of escape
from this man who might suddenly
ftp and pursue her.
" Mechanically she picked up the
•lock and set It back- on the ^ble
with, trembling hands. She must
hnrry, hurry. She looked about her,
■nseetng. Her bag—where was her
hag. She would have to pack her
•lotbes. It was raining. -She must,
take some other clothes with her.
She mustn’t leave a thing behind—
"No one must know
hank that cent forth thia sign: •
“Mercer'-National Bank, Open Day
and Night.’’ Cafe owners malting
their nightly deposits, the police-
man decided, and sauntered along
his rounds. . 7
The two men swung open the v
bank door and,.walked hver to fhe
cashier’s cagfe" where, on the desk,
rested a satchel. The teller, who
had been standing in the enclosure
going over some business with the
cashier,, looked up Inquisitively, ^
The heavy-set man reached into'an
inner pocket. Then suddenly the
ba.rrf-1 of an automatic pistol loomed
dark and foreboding. There wins a
curt command of “Hands upj.” The
teller"opened his mouth as though
to shout a warning, his hand shot
over the. top of the desk. A spurt
of red flamera slight crack like die
pop of the cork on a bottle of cham-
pagne. The teller caught his shat-
tered wrist with a moan of pain.
The cashier flung up his hands with-
out further ado.
“Hand it over!” A burly hand
pushed open the bars of the cage
and seized the satchel, thrusting it
______ two gangsters backed
towards the door, the revolver still'
JgQt. a thing. No one ""T-T.ATTA. 14y -forth.from suxroui* <
■he knew. It was late. The Tender-
loin at night terrified her. But she
■mat go. The sheer feeling of being
•ble to move added an impetus to
ber steps. She searched about and
found lipltatlon-leather bag.
that Bhe had brought with her
when she had first come to New
York. - ■' >
The search did not take many
moments, for her belongings were
]pitifull> few. As she, threw them
ttnto the satchel, two large.....tears
soiled down her cheeks, but she
brushed her hand across her eyes.
She drew on her coat, wrapping it
closely about Her, and pulled a
tight black felt hat down over the
•oft curls. ^Grasping the satchel,
•lie made for the door and opened
It. She paused only a second to
look at thelS figure stretched out
there on the floor. Then , in terror,
behind
A shriek, of a motor siren came from,
without The "automatic barked
again. Then, with a short turn tha
two men were out of the door, across
the sidewalk, and Into the waiting
machine.. • A final shot sent shat-
tered plate glass flying. A shriek
of skidding wheels, and the car was
off and down the street.
... A police whistle rang shrill and
.Clear, cutting ^he night air. An
automatic warning sounded, send-
ing an armored car into Immediate
motion. Pop-pop-pop-pop! A hand
machine gun blazed a screaming
trail of death. A police car drove
ujHn front of the bank. Five blue-
coats Jumped out and took up tha
trdii on foot. Head* •••'me sudden-
JvIMqws
jerked ' again
speedily as the crack-ci*:— f .the
guns filled the air. Sleep:! ams
scurried like rats for the pro " . g
shelter (ft the alleyways. Or!> v
black shadow of the holdup
could be seen, swaying drunken..'
the street
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•he fled, closing the door
ber.
Down the stairs she went, tlptoe-
injj'Bllently, glancing back as though
•his feared some one might be fol-
lowing her every moment. Her
shadow on the wall, dancing gro-
tesquely, made he^ heart leap up
into her mouth. She ran down the
Inst flight of stairs, flung open the
door*,and looked up and down the
•treet. Not a soul In sight—only
fee black darkness of tbe night.
Tbn dripping rain splashed monoto-
nously Into the still puddles. An
•treated overhead cut tbe air with
m ■krill grinding on the wet rails.
( Tfco noise startled her, and with a
■olek step she was out and running
1~7jjl.r*ny along the gleaming pave-
n
It skidded down
breakneck speed, closely followed
by the armored car.
In the first automobile a slender
figure bent tensely over the steer-
ing whe£l, his eyes set on the road
'ahead',* his face twisted In grim de-
termination. Beside him cowered
the Sparrow, huddled down on the
s'eat> his body trembling, his lips
twitching in a frenzy of terror. In
the rear ot tKe’’ car, lying on tho
floor for protection, the automatic,
thrust through the side curtains,
spitting an answering rain of bul-
lets back towards the police car,
rode “The Mug.” His heavy, scarred
face, with its protruding lower jaw,
took on an apish look In the light
of flashing street lamps.
“Git a move on! Aw, fer Gawd’s
sake, Lefty! Shove ’er up!” The
Sparrow was pleading piteously as
a round of,Jiullets from the .trailing
car shattered the side of a brick
building.
"Shut up, ho^py!” Lefty cara.r
manded from his position at the
wheel, never taking his eyes from
tra road. “Lead holdln’ out, Mug?”
He flung the words back over his
shoulder. . '
"Yeah!” The Mug returned la-
conically, spending his energies on:
clinging to the floor and returning
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‘Sunday, June 17th, 7:30 p. m.
;*ne Methodist Church.
Leader—Marie Crow'.
Opening1*,of program-*—
Subject—How to make
bath a Delight.
* Song. Prayer. Sohg-------
Talk on Subject—Tender,.
Scripture cohiment — Mae
Thomas.
The Christian Way—Jtuby Blanken-
ship.: ■/
The box or the jewel—Merle Great-
house.
“Be Happy and Come.”-
The Epworth Hi-League
Is on the Boom.
Watch us gyow.
You can come in a stranger,
But you can’t go out that way.
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Birthday Party
On Friday afternoon Clifton1* New-
man entertained a few of his friends
with a birthday party. This being
his twelfth birthday. They played
games for a while and were then sei’-
ved with ice cream and cake which
was very delicious. The following
guests were present: John -Ellis,
Fred Allen, Billie Frances Fontaine,
P. D. Thornton Jr.-, J. B. and Howard
Leftwich, Arthur Paul Ward, Thomas
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blocks off square, on west sidep good com-
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Four rooms and glassed in sleeping,porch, besides bath room with
all conveniences; also have sTidw^f*bath, plenty of clothes closets, nice
built-in cabinets in kitchen and a large sink. Also several built in
features in the house, beautiful light fixtures in -every rhom, house
papered with the very highest priced paper, beautiful floors and
woodwork. This house is built of 8-inch bevelled siding, without a
knot, and also same material in garage.* Money will not buy better
lumber. Check it from bottom to top—you can’t-find anything cheap
about it. This house is dandy located and is a Jbeauty. Remember,
I will sell this place at a sure-enough bargain and on terms just like
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For Mt. Pleasant City Property and
Farm___Hornes,.^ improved and unilttr
proved acreage. I can suit the home-
Miss Roberta Naquin returned to
her home in Jennings, La., Saturday, seeker or the investor in safe invest-
after spending the past two weeks as ments in city property and in acreage.
a guest-of Miss Maggie Flynn.
10:88 A. V.
“Come to see me, wire or write me for
--"'T a home.—S. G. LEDBETTER, Mt.
When you miss Tom Mix in “DARE Pleasant, Texas. 15-10
DEVIL REWARD” you are going'to
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Cook went to Dallas Saturday to visit er-Longer Sandwich Shop.—Fritz
their aunt3. Knechtel. 15-3t
Coming to M.t. Pleasant soon, Har-1 “CROOKS CAN’T WIN,’
old Lloyd’s latest, “SPEEDY.” * , Wednesday and Thursday.
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 105, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 16, 1928, newspaper, June 16, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784892/m1/4/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.