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Furthe; Chapters'About the Man Who Hated Law and Order
‘ CHAPTER IV.
butler. lie doubted not that
ex-convict would kill on very little
provocation. in fact. on further medi-
tation, the tier ' " ‘ that the
. The Resistance Kid
By Bryan Irvine
LEDGER 4. H . ‘ 5
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Jimmie was not psychic. therefore-he
could not read Sylvia's mind. Had this
been possible, he would not now look
away mm the girl‘at his side now and
then to smile knowingly. Jimmie was
entirely wrong in his assumptions. Sylvia.
was interested in him
new chauffeur would kill with no provo-
cation whatever. Therefore, Mr. Simp-
son did not carry his grievances and.
his bruised jaw to Mrs. Hamberton.
However, the butler, tho lacking
courage, still wanted Anne Billings. lie
believed that he had the prior right
over the new chauheur. Iiad not he,
Simpson, seen her tirst? Certainly.
And, too, this James Read person must
not hang around the Hamberton home.
He. Simpson reasoned, was a nuisanc%.
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“EH nianlinil, Etl years old,
si. tent trill, lluril-lllll. d and good-
looking, was luavilig prison after
servillg 2. lii‘t‘-yvar sentence for
stealing a niillinn.1ire,'s automobile,
but it Was not his nrst offense, by
n
31 he viltered the.State
menitentiary until the day is was
free to deliurt, he had been called
“ he Resistance h " re-
sisted all rules and regulations of
theyinstitntinn and his conduct ha
menace. .
All of which accounts for the myste-
rious call that came over the telephone
' to Chief of Police Harper on the moru- ;::ff‘f"l'l”e:“‘lm:1lr‘);‘ f:‘“l’)1v‘:lr‘r"“;’;; .25
Ilglizzizfrggg nine mlsunderstand‘ geliious atlt>‘r;‘rits at deacane. or hold
- -jeianoe n o cla or ers.
“What's that?" Ilarper barked into w,‘“lmy n.";5p[.;y,
the transmitter. “.l‘:ilnca ead, ex-con-
vict Yes. . . . ' Cllauietlr
at the Hamberton home’! Huhl . ; .
Yes, I get you. Well set-up guy ahout-
25 or 26 years old? Talks out of the
confer of his mouth; very pugnacious;
blue eyes, red hair-am I right? Weighs V '
a. kindly
man, would send ltedding away with
Snrne frien
tliy vice.
e and skill would Yvirt
should he admit a. life of honesty
about 8. hundred and ‘seventy-five and respectability. Nothing doing
pounds; six feet t.-1111"’. " ‘ in'tllat line, lteddinir insisted. Ills
use. Then: “Sure. Glad you own :1 er. innocent. 0 any crime.
A pa
-told me.
But whole this speaking? x , fms “<;n;;"iI<;;-hljfrmlanvMd -“ed in
. I ' . ' V >‘' - ,
‘ym'""nameh'an A“ "'5,i.‘;'ankD?P.‘.“,e9d victim of poverty, had yielded up
r‘ "Ye grills!" Harper breathed as he he" me ‘“ ‘he “"3" "b I
.k-nnmsctl the receiver on the’ hook, "’l‘he' .
Resistance Kl!‘ ll! Martha Hnmberton's f
:j’l“;l“;"e“"! 59"“ N“’““ “L” ‘C’ the 0" knocked the cruel srardener sense-
‘: ‘ , W ' - less with a hue and escape . '0.
M"-“D”? 1-“W D‘3W“"‘'9 3%" NH“ he was against man-made laws and
rlilrsat before Mrs. liamberton in the lat- ,.,;a,,,,,, an ,m,.k,n., He had no
ters home. .- I r numerous heme and
hows he proceeded to lay before the lit-
tle lady the terrible past of the l‘.e-V
sistance,Ki<l. The detective omitted noth-
e had an excellent memory.
.ind,with this nvownl Jimmie Rea.‘
ding. tile llcsistniice Kid. departed
from the‘ prison. ’ - ’
A Summary of the Opening Installment‘
on as :i
, and something “different" ln the
way of chauffeurs. She wmiicd to show
him off. To do this 2ll.lVRfIt$Il';El)uSly she
had selected the roadster. No rly every-
b0dY in “'ilisburgh knew Syl :1 Ha
berton. Should she ride in the limousine
or the touring car they would see on y
Sylvia. in the narrow. peamri-en road-
Cllllili‘ ILIRPEII. of the city po-
lice, when he heard of Jlmniie's re-
that he couldn't have
such a. dangerous character "run-
ning around loose." Detectives were
on his trail, with Instruc-
to "fraine" some hing if
criminal charge could be brought
against him.
SYLVIA llA)lIIEn'l‘1)X. who with
her mother had Just inherited her
father's millions. was proud of he
smart little pea-green roadster, altlio
other cars costing high Ill the thou-
m-
also see her chauffeur.
Sylvia. shopped for an’ hour in the aft-
reat, stores Jimmie
obedlently followed her about in return
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sand w n expert chauffeur to short, she nus Very n. e to Jain:-s, and
drive them. were always at he poor James mlscnnsuuo it
co mancl Sylila's little car was W a people might my about Sylylz
acting badly this bright morning: and her James was llti momen to
was tailed n the road lead 5; Sylvia. She was Sylvia liamherton; so-
from the prison to the railway sta- ciety, her set. followed her invariably
it so hamienetl that .lim- and uncomplaininlzly in rails, rant-leszind
foibles. Should she choose to squeeze in
,by the side of James in the narrow. racy
the little car in perfect running roadster-well. Willsbnrgh must accept
order. .Resulti A few hours later it because Sylvia wished it so.
found the Resistance Kid engaged , After taking her purcllascs home Syl-
asthe new Hamberton t-llnuifeur. with via. cluttered up the roadster with sev-
thoughts running wild in eral ha of golf sticks, and again
.his head-first, that Sylvinwassurely . squeezed in by the si
a "regular peach." second. that the “To the Rose ArborGrilfLlnlt.<. James."
II-amberton mansion just surely she ordered. flashing him a smile that
contained enough jewelry, silver and ' made him feel queer. And the roadster
other "swag" to eon him it clover made a pea-green streak tonose Arbor
all the rest of his life. That same Golf Links.
evening Jimmie knocked
Sl.“I'S0.‘l. the scowllni; butler, flat to notify her C 1! e (0.116 on hand 3!
upon the garden turf for abusing the links. She had a special, regularly
ANNE ]IlLLl.VG.‘, pretty and (ll- employed ,cEdtllE. ' It was A regretful
minutive maid to the wayward but
. oversight, she informed Jimmie, l)lll:-
‘charnilni; Sylvia. The huge butler ' "W0
ll you mind. Jnmt>s'."' shc request-
ed. smiling one of those smile! that were
slowly lint surely breaking: thru one
sector of Jimmie‘: resistance. ''I know
suffer some terrible pun- it is not your duty, you know -am
isllment for his act. ' other t-ye-easing smile-"and you can
‘' refuse.if you like fingi will not be
. concluded with: N .
m- “Mr. Harper considered it his duty to
warn you. Mrs. Hztmberton, and to urge.
you to discharge this James Read, or‘
dangerous man, lilrs, 1ianibel'ton."'
liilrs. Il(ll'l1l)I‘l"l()n smiled calmly, rang-
tor Simpson llntl ordered Jimmie brought
before her. A moment later the lle- ‘
. slstance Kill olitered.
ective Neltlin with a. sheer and Neulin
favored him with o. I've-cooked-youn
goose smirk, ' I .
, --will you plonse repeat what you ‘Just
told me, Mr. NFlIlllI:8ll of it?” Mrs. llam-
herton rt-niiesicd. '
Neulln am so gladly, and, finishing the
snrtllti tale the second time looked tri-
umphantly at Jimmie, who stood by in
l>or(‘Il silence.
1 “is it all F0, Jnmes?" the little lady
queried. '
angry. But I do want so much to go
over the nine-llole course.
Jimmie, for some strange reason that
he refused to analyze, did not mind in
the least. Cadrlying’ for Sylvia came
easy. Even while she playml the 3:
with & handsome young follow whom
she called Mr. llnmlln and onto "Vivian"
Hamlin guy, Jimmie guessed, wns madly
In love with Sylvia and was nirnid to
tell her about l[‘=liYlO“'ln[: that he hadn't
the slightest Chance of winning her.
Tile Resistance Kid Watchml Sylvia
closely during the iramo, lie was
strangely interrated. He could neither
sniff, scowl, smile cynically or look the
other wa ‘ms. and attains: his own
Will, his eyes followed Sylvia. “'hnt 3
girl s e was! t as it dccr on her
.feet: full of life; stral;:ht.sllm.l.1uzhinz
eternally, cheeks aglolv with health and
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arias. Mrs. nambei-io‘n," Jimmie re- .3...
riled “l"A‘er:'thin.: he has said far "Som kid!" ‘Jimmie finally mused
laltrue But he has onlynbout one-third grudgingly "And she swings a brutal
HIV l"CC0l" "
Neulin started and raised his eyebrows
surllrisc. Mrs. Ilamherton frowned
nllglitly then smiled. Jimmie was pre-
mired Oi‘ ( 9 worst - .
“Y frank, Jzime-s<,"isaid the
lady. C frankness.‘
he will be good. and I cannot believe he
would lie-lto me."
harl heard all thru the keyhole.
- Jimmie turnml to llrs. llamberton.
.“'l‘hanl<s." he said simhly. As much as
live tried to keep the real Resistance Kid
n the surface. he was grateful to the
little lad)’.
Of C0lll":i(‘,
Mrs. iiamberton's act of
or the game to cultivate her confidence
in him and thus expedite the one big
’ f his career. miuent and
club, too. I'll tell the world. No wonder
poor ‘Victor’ throws the mime to her."
Sy via had not forgotten that Jimmie
had refused to accept the tlvc-doll..r bill
the day he repaired the engine on
prison town highway. Therefore, she
actually felt sorry for Victor Hamlin
when. in the evening, Hamlin whisked
Sylvia away in a large white racer.
roads round a out during the evening,
Jimmie sat stlllly-before the wheel in the.
hearsellke limousine In which Mrs. llam-
berton took her evkning airing.
‘ mrnle noted on the evenings that
followed that the riroud little white-
halred lady salrl nothing '
illsconcerlinl: impulse to respect the nll- "
“Everything lle ii...
A conscience not yet dead struggled for ouuii. including the Jimmy cap and the
recognition: but the Resistance Kid 1'w.tu- exmnsive g3un[Ip[,1,
lantly fought iuzalnst it. wanted "0 Now, Jimmie was positive that wealthy
conscience. Ila wanted no friends. lie and socially A-I younl: ladies are no
wanted only I0 he "I8 R05‘-‘mnce Kid in the habit of personally iiurvhasinizand
and to carry’ me mum" of “r”l"n“"‘3" personally Dresvnllnp: newly-engaged
to glory or to defeat, chnulfvnrs with net-llvil nnul alirvroprlnie
l‘! the afternoon Jimmie tool: Sylvln. ralinv-nt, so, wnre th
nut‘ in the pe:i-ween roadster. lieioolted wealthy youm: Kovlnl ilucens such as
Mg m M. MW. snugly-.milng.ollvc-rlriih Sylvia, whrn ihty iw-wvssed their own
liver)’ and tho i-whirl’: l"I'ia...‘ Snwln ],o7‘l=l'7YV.’il 1-nail.-lrr. iislmllv drove in
.i,,1a personally m-esented him with the roadster themselves. Trlmly-attired
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Snhl so ru 1. True.” ‘"5‘1“"5”"R5;0:f:T:":fs“:;“?'tm'Ml, OD-
, ' . ' ' on imr ens.
vllauffeurs. he knew. were considered iqeoclfrii il:1t:ifirt:slr1lllEreille(lm[::te'thF“Ch ‘it'll-
more in their place at the wheel of a “one ml‘ mum F", "Q Who ‘S W“ );
limousine, a touring car or oven asedan. M m'rz" now am‘ lphen m “E? wand
Nevertlieless. here “'ilS "James" sil- SW”, of 3 n,“k,..,; worm e ry an
""3 by ‘he 5"“ "' "“’“'““ SYN“ l“““' t was beoomlng increhsinlzlv dimcult
ht-rtnn in n roadster that, tho two per- ,0, “mm” ,0 upon in, 1”“
sons mum nmi room on one sent by ,,,,.,,,",‘, M“, R, M, "mm. Qn'“l‘;‘ow h‘
squeezing slightly, was primarily lJl- M...“ ml“ Dyan,‘ "9; M ,‘ ;P;wM mm“:
tended for only the driver. Sylvia’: pea- n, W, s,,‘.,,,,,. ,,n,,,,.,’ “‘.,m.h ,‘;",hr
(zreen rnltdster was A low. narrow, ra - ‘.,,.,r"”‘, ,,,,,’”.,&,x,,, .,,‘”M vd‘ “ ‘
i.=h-lriol(lnE craft. and lmllt i-rverirllly to ‘ ' ‘ “"“"‘
satisfy one of her in-quent whims. iL:unt.nuh.l on Page l2.)
It appears that Sylvia had =-nei:lecied" '
ster any one who looked in her must ‘
Jimmie did not mind. This poor Victor 1
-‘ chance that guy Hamlin has."
Jimmie told himself. .
“'hlle Hamlin and Sylvia burned the’ '
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