The Cheyenne Star and Roger Mills Sentinel (Cheyenne, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 55, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CHEYENNE STAR
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Illustrations by
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Copyright by Doubleday Page and Company
“UPON MY HONOR!"
6YNOPP1S— During the height of
the New Orleans carnival season
Jachln Fell wealthy though some-
what mysterious citizen and Or
Ansi ey are discussing a series of
robberies by an Individual known
as the Midnight Masquer who In-
variably attired as an aviator has
long defied the police Joseph Mail-
lard wealthy bunker la giving a
ball that night at which the Mas-
quer has threatened to appear and
rub the guests Fell and Ansley
on their way to the afTair meet a
girl dressed as Columbine seeming-
ly known to Fell but masked who
accompanies them to the ball
Lucie Ledanols recently the ward
of her uncle Joseph Malllard Is
the Columbine At the ball Bob
Malllard son of the banker again
proposes to her and Is refused He
offers to buy some of her property
A Franciscan monk Interests her
He turns out to be Prince Onmont
In his library Joseph Malllard and
a group of his friends are held up
and robbed by the Midnight Mas-
quer Lucie Ledanols the last of
an old family Is In straitened cir-
cumstances Joseph Malllard’s han-
dling of her funds has been unfor-
tunate Fell Is an old friend of her
parents and deeply Interested In
the girl Henry Gramont really
the Prince de Gramont Is enamored
of Lucie Lucie talks with Fell
shout her affairs and the Masked
Masquer Gramont’s chauffeur
Hammond sergeant In the A E
F lives with him He was the
original Midnight Masquer and
Gramont had assumed the role
Where Hammond bad been a rob-
ber for financial gain Gramont of
course la not He arranges to re-
turn the “loot” to those whom he
has robbed Gramont and Ham-
mond put the jewels and money In
Individual packages to be returned
the next day An explanation is
Inclosed In each Ben Carherre an
Individual of unsavory character
appears to be associated with
Jarhin Fell He has a peculiar In-
terview with one Memphis Izzy
Gumberts notorious Influential
crook In which there Is significant
reference to a mysterious ‘'boss'
Lucie summons Gramont to her
home t
guilt of those things! It mortified
me It stunned me — until I realized the
truth from the note Even the fact
that you did not do It for criinltiul-
ends does not relieve the sheer folly
of the act Why did you do it? Come
tell me the truth !”
Gramont shrugged “The truth?
Well iny chauffeur Hammond was
the original Masquer 1 caught him
lu the act — you remember I told you
about him? After taking him Into my
employ I became the Masquer"
“Why did you do It?” persisted the
girl
“Call It bravado my dear Lurie
Call it anything you like — I can t lie
to you 1 I had a motive and I refuse
to admit what It wgg that's all”
“Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
“Not particularly” He smiled “I
had a good end In view and I accom-
plished it Now that I'm all through
now that I've finished playing my
little game you hapiiened to dis-
cover It”
“I think you've been very silly" she
said with a disconcerting calmness
He regarded her for a moment stead-
ily "And you have displayed a fear-
ful lack of Judgment!”
“Silly 1 Well — perhaps What are
you going to do with those boxes ?”
"I’ll put them In the mull I’m go-
ing downtown for luncheon and will
do It then They'U be delivered this
afternoon”
He nodded “I had meant to have
them delivered tomorrow It makes
no difference You're the boss It
will give the good people a little more
reason for Jubilation tonight eh?”
A sudden laugh broke upon bis lips
“I'm beginning to see the humor of It
Lucie — and I know who put you next
to me It was Jacliln Fell the old
fox I I suspected that he was on my
CHAPTER VII— Continued
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For a moment Gramont found him-
self unable to speak He was thun-
derstruck by the sight of those unmis-
takable boxes A glance at the calm
features of the girl showed him that
there was nothing to be concealed
from her even had he wished It He
was further stunned by this realiza-
tion He could not understand how
the packages had come here liecov-
ering his voice with an effort he man-
aged to break the heavy silence
“Well? I suppose you know what
Is In those pnrcels?”
She nodded "Yes One of them
was opened and the note Inside was
discovered Of course It gave a gen-
eral explanation Will you sit down
please? I think that we had better
tnlk It over quietly and calmly”
Gramont obeyed and dropped Into a
chair
He was absurdly conscious of his
own confusion How bad Lucie come
into the affair? This staggered him
above all else Was she behind the
theft of the loot? It must be How
long hud she suspected him then? He
had thought Jachln Fell the sole dan-
ger point — he had never dreamed that
this gray-eyed Athene could he trucing
down the Masquer! He tried to vis-
oullze the situation more cleurly and
kls brain whirled He knew of course
’ that she was fairly Intimate with Fell
but he was not aware of any particu-
lar connection —
He glanced up at her suddenly and
surprised a glint of laughter In her
eyes ag she watched him
"You seem to be rather astonished”
she observed
"I am” Gramont drew a deep
breath “You — do you know that
lliose boxes were taken from my
ar?”
She nodded again “Certainly They
w ere brought to me”
“Then you had someone on my
frail?” Gramont flushed a little as
be put the question to her
"No I have been chosen to settle
affairs with you that Is all It haa
been learned from the note In the
op- ned box that you were Dot criminal
In what you did”
She leaned forward her deep eyes
searching him with a steady scrutiny
“Tell me Henry Gramont what mad
Impulse brought you to all this? Was
It a silly boyish effort to be roman-
tic — was It a mere outburst of bra-
vado? It waa not for the sake of rob-
bery as the note explained very clear-
ly But why then? Why? There
must have been a definite reason In
yonr mind You would not have taken
such dangerous chances unless you
bad something to gain !”
Grninont maided slightly A slight
amlle touched his lips "You're not
going to send me to prison I trust?”
“I ought to I" The girl broke Into
a laugh “Why I can hardly yet be-
lieve that It woe really you who were
“No— Oil la No Woman's Game
less She Can Afford to Lose1
Un-
trrll and I thought that he had man-
aged the theft of those boxes In fact
J was preparing to give him a big sur-
prise this afternoon But tell me Lu-
cie — nre you angry?”
She looked ut him steadily for a
space then a swift smile leaped to her
Ups and she extended a pardoning
hand Her gesture and words were
Impulsive sincere
"Angry? No I think you've some
good reason behind It all which you
won't confide to me I can rend you
pretty clearly Henry Granumt I
think I can understand some things
In you You’re no weakling no ro-
mantle filibustering ernekbrnin And I
J like you because you won't lie to me
You've a motive and you refuse to
tell It — very well ! Ml be Just 8S
frank and say that I'm not a bit angry
So that's settled 1
“Now what was the big surprise thnt
you Just aient loned you were going to
give poor Mr Fell this afternoon?"
Grnmont's eyes twinkled “You re-
member that I thought lie suspected
me of being the Masquer? Well I
was going to him to propose that we
entpr business together”
“Oti ! As bandits?”
"No as oil promoters I'm out of
Muillard's company or shall he out of
It soon The minute I'm out I'll be
free to go Into business tor myself It
sccurred to me mat 11 Jachln Fell nau
bruins enough to run down the Mid-
night Masquer be would be a mighty
good business partner because I’m
poor mi business detail Also I think
Fell Is to he trusted He’s very strong
politically I have found — although
Tew people know It”
"But lie's not Interested In oil Is
he?”
"I don’t know I take for granted
that he’s Inlerested In mnklng money
Most men are The only way In make
money In oil Is to have money — and
lie has some I I have a Utile I can
put In twenty-five thousand With an
equal amount from him we ran sink
a couple of welia perhaps three If
we go broke all right If we find oil
we're rich !"
“But my dear Henry If he knew
you to be the Midnight Masquer do
you think he'd want to go into busi-
ness wlti you?"
Why not?" Gramont laughed “If
he knew that I had brains enough to
pull off that stunt and keep all New
Orleans up In the air — wouldn't I
make a good partner? Besides I be-
lieve I have some notion where to go
after oil I'm going to examine your
land first — ”
"My good prince you surely have no
lark of audacity!” She broke Into a
peal of laughter "Your argument
about Inducing Mr Fell to go Into
business with you Is naive—”
But as un urgument Isn't Is quite
sound?”
“Possibly Since It Is Lucie Leda-
nols and not Jachln Fell who has
brought you to a confession of your
crimes against society — aren't you
going to propose that she go Into busi-
ness with you 7 Doesn't the argument
hold good with her?”
“No Oil Is no woman's game un-
less she can well afford to lose I
Imagine that you cannot Lurie”
“You're right I can’t put In any
money I'm land poor Unless I were
to sell that Bayou Terrebonne land —
It’s an old farm abandoned since be-
fore father died — "
"Don't sell It!” he exclaimed quick-
ly "Don’t coqslder any dealings with
It until 1 have looked It over will
j ou ?"
"Since you ask It no If there's gas
near by there must be oil"
“Who knows?” lie shrugged “No
one can predict oil”
‘Then you still mean to go to Jachln
Fell with your scheme?”
Gramont nodded "Yes See here
Lucie — It's about noon I Suppose you
come along and lunch with me at the
Loulsiane If you've no engagement
We can put those boxes In the mail en
route and after luncheon I'll try and
get hold of Fell”
She put her head on one side and
studied 1dm reflectively
You're sure you'll not kidnap me
or anything like that? It’s risky to be-
come a friend of hardened criminals
even If one is trying to uplift them”
“Good I You’ll come?”
“If you can give me ten minutes — ”
"My dear Lucie you are the most
charming object In New Orleans at
this minute I Why attempt to make
yourself still more attractive? Gild-
ing the Illy lr an Impossible tusk”
“Well wait for me Is your car
here? Good! I want to see Ham-
mond's face when he sees us carrying
out those boxes”
Laughing the girl started toward
the stairs At the doorway she paused
“One thing M Iff prince! Do you
solemnly promise upon your honor
that the Midnight Masquer Is' dead
forever?”
Upon my honor!" said Gramont
seriously “The farce Is ended Lucie”
All right I’ll be right down Smoke
If you like—”
In her own room upstairs Lucie
closed the door and sat down before
her dressing table She made no
move toward the array of toilet ar-
ticles however Instead she took a
desk telephone from the table and
called a number In a moment 'she
received a response
Uncle Jachln!" she exclaimed
"Yes — It’s Just as we thought It’s all
a Joke No It was not a Joke either
because he had some motive behind It
hut he won't tell me what It was I'm
terribly glnd thnt you opened one of
those boxes and found the letter — If
yon liad gone to the police it would
have been perfectly dreadful — ”
“I never go to the police’’ said Jn-
:hln Fell with Ills dry chuckle "You
arc quite satisfied thnt there Is noth-
ing serious In the afialr then?"
"Absolutely I lie told me that he
had accomplished his purpose what- I
ever It was and that It's all ended
He Just gave me his word that the
Masquer was dead forever Now
aren’t you glad that you confided in
me?"
Very” said Jachln Fell “Very
glad Indeed I”
“Now you're laughing at me— never
mind I We’re going to lunch down-
town and we'll mall those boxes on
the way by parcels post Is tliut all
right 7"
Quite all right my -dear Did your
gown come for tonight ?"
It's to come this afternoon”
¥u Daddy's
dEveiii$
Fairy Tale
jyVR Y GRAHAM BONNER
BUnhwNt It VIWMM SiVJlAI u
MONKEYS
"Wlint a good time we are having I
heie in the xoo" said the Bengal
Monkeys
“Y e a" a a I d I
Billy Bengal
Monkey "I'm hav-
ing the besj time
In my monkey
life I don't know
when I've had
such a good time
as I have had to
day And I shall
still continue tf
have a good time
“I am not in j
the least tired of
playing so I shan’t
stop playing I'll j
keep right on
“There nre so I
many nice games
for us to play
here too There
are ladders and we can cllinb and
run up and down the ladders
""lien there are swings for us to
awing upon There are board benches
where we can sit and think of what
game we will play next
Or we can think of what is the
host game in the world It Is hard
to make up our minds about that
and it requires lots of thought
"Even after we have uiude up our
minds about It v e cunnot decide So
it is well to have boards and benches
to sit upon and think over the good
games There are two Arabian Ba-
boons living In those two cages across
the way One of them Is sitting up
ou his high perch and he Is yawning
very hard And he hasn't the manners
to put his hand In front of Ills face
when he yawns as polite creatures
will do They come from Arabia and
they live together In great numbers
Yes lots and lots of them travel to-
gether In the rocky and wild country
of Arabia It's a big open country
and they love it over theie But they
are happy here though that one
Arabian Baboon does seem to be lu
need of a nap He yawned again Just
a moment ago How handsome those
two fellows ore with their gray suits
trimmed with lavender or tinged with
lavender I should say They have
sueh high fine looking brows or fore-
heads und such tong faces They
have whitish hair and It Is very bushy
and thick and It hangs down either
side of their fuces in a most becoming
manner In l'uct their hair looks some-
thing like bunches of cotton They
huve very queerly shaped noses but
Interesting looking noses -
“How quiet they are! They are
really both sleepy looking
“Any one would notice them any-
where I'eople who come to the xoo
look at them and admire them and
cal! their friends to come und see them
too
"Then there Is the Mandrill West
African Monkey in the cage dovvD the
room a little nay
"He lives on fruit and Insects and
he travels with many of his reluiions
when he Is free Yes they move about
together In the next room I've heard
there Is a large Anaconda snake nnd he
Is a dangerous fellow I'm glad he Isn't
in here I wouldn't like him for a
playmate I've heard the people speak
of him though und of his great size
The Mandrill West African Monkey
is leaning up against the side of Ills
cage as though he felt tired
“But Billy" the other monkeys
said “you told us you weren't- tired
of playing nnd that you were going
a keep right on playing and that you
weren't going to stop at all”
"So 1 did" said Billy "but I was
looking at my neighbors and admir-
ing their looks
I didn't realize I
had stopped play-
ing for such a
Ping time
"I didn't m-nn
lo stop al all But
now- I w ill run
races with Hny of
von and all of
you and I'll
swing and p'av
soe-savv and any
in her game you
want"
"Good" sn'd
llie other mni'k-
ejs “We waul In
play too some
more iNcervIse
Is verv plea -ant
Ml monkeys (li nk
Shame on Them
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At life’s banquet the scum Is often
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“Jones means well"
"Yes but he lives beyond
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his
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(TO UK CONTINUED)
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STREETS “LIT BY SMOKE"
It was on January 2S 1S07 that
Pall Mall was lit by gas — I he first
streel in any city In the world to
adopt the new lllumlnant The car-
toonists of the period drew pictures
whloh represented people choked by
(he fumes of the new Uluiiuuuni and
all munner of ridiculous stories were
circulated about It Sir Walter Scott
wrote from I-ondon thnt “there waa
a mailman proposing to light l-ondnn
with— what do you think? — why with
smoke” Sir Humphry Davy la also
credited with giving the opinion that
It would be as easy to bring down a
hit of the moon to light London as to
sucreed in doing ao with gat — London
TK Bits
in Uimie on Billy you're IT”
So Itllly chined the other monkeys
mid they chased him and they did
tricks on their swings und gave a
little cirrus all of their own with
Itllly as the ringleader
And all the people who came to
the son said :
"Don't those monkeys ever get
tired? How they do plav!"
But the monkeys plived until It
was siqqier time and they felt both
hungry und tired
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