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Show THE MURRAY EAGLE Beneath the sweet open window a table was laid with our breakfast. Fabre was lying on the flags In front of the hearth, and a pretty, baby that might have been two years old was seated beside the Alsatian, Helena sat down by the Infant and drew him on to her lap. "Max," she said, "this is my brother. He's rather nice," wood-smoke- . falr-halre- d CHAPTER the Hulls we dared not, for the chance that some friend would John Spencer and lils coustin, Geof- come by before gome enemy seemed frey Hohun, are vacationing in Aus- to us very slight. Helena's brilliant tria. Geoffrey Is a gifted portrait plan was back In the melting-pot- , painter but prefers to paint land- for her nurse would have kept her scapes. Strolling In the forest, John hear voices and decides to Investi- counsel, but we could not now sumgate. From cover he finds four men mon Geoffrey until we were sure .burying it man In green livery who, of our host. And the Hulls had to I'ha-rao- h evidently, had been murdered. could move. is the leader of the Rang; the be recovered before we a others are Dewdrop, Ku.sh and Bugle. "Are yon sure you can walk?" Unfortunately, John makes himself known to the assiisHlna by dropping said Helena. a. letter with his name and address. "Comfortably," said I. "And If I He tells Geoffrey and his chauffeur, Hurley, of tils adventure. Geoffrey, saw Pharaoh coming, I quite exThe burning realizing that John's life Is In dan- pect I could run. ger, declares he must vanish. Spen- question Is where to look for a of the cer discovers that the livery murdered man corresponds to the liv- lodging that's not by the side of ery of the servants of Yorlck castle, this road." and tells Countess Helena, mistress Together, by the light of the of the castle, what he had seen. we studied the nmp. Upon With Geoffrey and Uarley, John torch, tarts for Annabel, a nearby villa. this there was shown a farm, called They encounter l'haraoh. In making Holy Tree. So far as we could make their getaway they exchange shots out. It stood some seven miles off. with the gang, without serious reWe had walked for an hour and sult. They arrive at the Yorlck estate, where liady Helena had requested a half before the track we were John and his cousin to meet her. using came to an end. The going She reveals that her father had conwas rough and, because I was verted his Immense fortune Into gold and hidden It in a secret vault in weary I stumbled, and every time I the castle. Knowing that his son, did so the muscle which I bad InValentine, Helena's brother, was In- jured protested with all Its might capable of controlling the fortune, "It Is useless," said I, halting. he had revealed It to Helena alone Just before his death. The news "We must wait till the dawn comes leaked out, and Pharaoh is after the In." I stepped to a mighty beech treasure. They planned that Geoffrey and flung the clothes I was bearand Barley would go to Salzburg-- to watch for Pharaoh, while John was ing down at Its foot "You must to remain at Plumage. Several nights lie down here, my lady, and take go by without important Incident, some rest. And Subre and I will John visits Yorlck cub tie and finds watch." that Helena's brother, Count Valen"I see," said Helena, slowly. tine, Is there and with him, on most friendly terms, is Pharaoh as Cap- Then she put up her hands and slid tain Fanlng. Hearing that John la my coat from my shoulders and topping at Plumage, Pharaoh speaks to his servant, Dewdrop. John sus- drew It clear of my arms. "You've pects a plot. As dinner Is announced, got to change," she said and, deHelena and John escape. spite my protests, Insisted on helping me Into dry clothing. "Now you He still," said Helena, CHAPTER IV Continued lighting my torch. "I'm going to 6 Then the engine of the Holla get some leaves. Three times she went and came couched twice, and the car slowed with her coat full of dry leaves. down. As 1 frowned, the truth came These she poured Into a hollow by the side of the beech. I found to sear my brain. pelting -an ease of body which I had there What Is It. John? What Is It?" "Petrol." I said hoarsely. Ml not expected that night And she meant to fill up before we patrolled sat down behind me, with her buck this evening; but with all this Phs to the trunk. "When we get to Holy Tree, I'm raoh business" The nearest village lay roughly going to borrow some lotion and rub your back, I shall tell them 11 miles off, and whether It boastwe re brother ami sister, so rememnot ed could we tell pump to treat me rough. It's really ber The road was a main highway. If 1 locked her switch and her bonnet, important, John, If you value my name." SYNOPSIS 7 i . The fluting of a bird woke me, and a glance at the leaves above me showed that the dawn was up. At once I rolled on to my side, but Helena's lodgment was empty and she and Sabre were gone. My back was stiff, as was natural but to my relief I found I could walk with ease, so I set off towards the clearing, for there, the night before, I bad beard the song of a rllL When I had found this, I bathed my head and my hands, but before I had finished this very simple toilet, Sabre gave tongue beside me. A moment later my lady stepped out of the woods. "How's his back T said Helena, taking her scat on a tree stump. "Stiff," said I, "but better." Test Is the medicine," says she. "We simply must find a farm. I want my breakfast." "God send It you quick." said I. "We must go on walking east; but If after half as hour we don't strike a path or e.unothlng "I've struck one." says she. "I don't know where It leads to, but I think we might try and find out" lie-sid- "What Is It, What It Johnt Itr no man rouM take the Hoi's, but, left on the road, she was bound to attract attention. Some forty live pares ahead a track led Into the fore-i- t a decent track; hit was more. It ran slight If I could manhandle ly downhill the Hulls as far a Its m.oith, her weight (Mi'iM help im to carry her out of U'ht. I'.ut the fond (lioii.-let el, was Ca Ushered. While HeU'tia SIrrriM Sfd Stood by to apply Die irae, I niowvl the Hulls by t!e spikes of one of her win-els- . The strain was great, the c.ir was ery htvv. In d yS tumid Iht pi'tntloti Inches t'1 arils the rron of the nui'l. bi t then the neltht of her bent me, and she h'Viul In return; and In my viTrt to hold her before 1 r il l cry for the bi;tke 1 strained some muscle In the sm.-tlor tif fr Nearly an lmur had gone by when we saw before us no farm, but a little, lime honored cottage, stand-1"In a ghnle of the forest, with a garden of flowers about If. "T.read and milk." snld Helens, "And face. turning a glowing b"iiey, prrhai'S there s a beehive," Here 40 paces sway, when a young woman entered the doorway nnl :.nj looklpg Into the garden aiUht with the sparkling flowers. Per a moment she stared upon thctn. Th'n die leaned against the J.in.h. put her srui up to her e)cs and be,; an. o Weep, Helena Slid I Slopped dead. Then "You s'ny here." she said quietly, "and I II go on and so what the trouhV Is." Twenty minutes went by before I saw her sg tin, and then she came my bn k. 1 siii'Mhered a grunt of p.iln tv out of the gaclen with the ln that late for Helena's ears, before find ha I s!'d at the door. The latter drawn nts'If up, my tody .n w ns smiling now. Per a moment the two stood Mar.dirg beside hie. . "You" hurt iiire'f. John sj'iiklng. "A tnuvle." said I. "li's tmihir. Tlo-the worn. in dropped a curt-eand. leaving Helena standing, ,As l ing as d n t ii e It, I'll be s i I reinrdod fight- the started aero Hie forest In banie, "I". it we 11 haie to Icare her Helens beckoned to me, and I gol here,'" to my feet If were tin tn ni peril, o'T As I came Inwards her ca "Hie trkk." she said, "las been Wit ti n;:lt. Mjjt itli e -- !". rry V The Forester's Cottage. (INVENTION be darned," said "Helena. "All right," 1 said. "I can't help It. Do what you like. If the Countess Helena of Yorlck Is determined d to dwell In a solitary, cottage with an Imitation brother, p s an and a dog" "Till your cousin arrives, she Is. And now listen to me. Freda's man is In Salzburg: he's lying In a hospital there and gradually getting better of a fever which nearly carried him off. Yesterday she got a letter, saying that now she might visit him, but that on no account must she bring with her the child. "I offered to care for the baby and to give her a present ns well, If my 'brother' and I might stay here until her return. She simply Jumped at the bargain she's gone for petrol and when she leaves for Salzburg she'll take a letter to your cousin. "Now If, to serve convention, you'd have thrown such a chance here away, we'd better say good-band now. You're Jealous of my Well and good. honor. If you weren't, we shouldn't be here. It Is because you respect me, because you're so very anxious that I shouldn't put a foot wrong, that I like you and trust you." "All rlghf I said slowly, and hardly knew my voice. Til play the pretty game." When Freda returned she was heavy laden, for she bore two gallons of petrol which she had begged of the fanner that sold her milk; and as well she brought two chickens and a basket of new-laieggs. She had little time to spare. If she was to catch the train which would bring her to Salzburg that night Infant-ln-arm- ivui niiiiu ouuarnjieare "Romeo and Juliet." A Tip to Golfers favorite food of the Kansas THE of the famous phllly-lobird Is lost golf balls. So when a golfer drives a ball down the middle of the fairway and then Isn't able to find It he knows at once that a bird has swooped down philly-loSince this and gobbled lt up. of course, Is bird Invisible, strange the golf ball becomes Invisible also. But M. W. Huff of the Clafliq (Kan.) Clarion has developed a plan He for outwitting the phllly-loo- . tells about it as follows: "My method Is to use specially prepared balls as bait You take some red and white striped stick candy and dissolve lt In hot water, making striped paint. Paint the golf balls with this striped paint and bird swallows when the phllly-lothe ball the paint will still be visible so you can locate the bird. "The best way to kill lt Is to cut out a section from the heart of a tornado, where the air pressure Is greatly reduced by the whirling motion. Armed with this section of rarifled atmosphere you get as close as possible to the bird and throw the rare atmosphere all over him. Then the bird Just flies to pieces and the ball drops at your feet Simple, Isn't lt?" o "Well, he'll be here soon If yon don't keep on watching that path. Watched pots never boil you know." don't understand," I said, and lay back on the turf. "I don't want Geoffrey at alL I'll be glad to see him, of course. But If he wa3 delayed or something, I I shouldn't "You o mind." Some time later Helena suddenly "At peered through the fronds. Is noted for Its maple It ought to be noted also for Its dairy products that is, If Uncle Joe Stokes', cow had ever VERMONT Way to Witch- craft took my ease for the most of the day, but while I am sure the last" she said. "Enter Mr. Bohun repose did much for my back. It and Barley." was Helena's use of the lotion that My beautiful dream was over, actually healed the strain. and now, through misunderstandi"Tonight," I said. "I am going ng, our lovely, precious relation to get (lie Rolls. I'll fill her up at was going to come to an end. If I some pump and then find some did not out, it was finished. speak place near Witchcraft and park her "As Geoffrey's here, you may as there." well know the truth. I think of "I shall come, too," said Helena. you as 'Nell' deep down In my In"Sabre can mind the baby and keep most heart It's the pretty name the house." I'd call you If we were engaged. "I think." said I, "that you've You see, I'm mnd about you. I love done enough today. You've fetched you I've always loved you, from and carried and nursed me and the moment I met your eyes. I played with Max." love you walking and riding and "Oh, John, why wasn't 1 born to here on the grass. I love a life like thisT The life I lead sittinghead and your your shoulders and Is a duty and that's the truth." that tiny vein In your ankle that "We're not born to Idylls," said looks like a thread of blue silk. I. "We've no such lurk." I love everything about you and all Helena crossed her ankles and do. I love your voice and your laced her delicate Angers behind you laughter and the glorious light In her head. eyes. And I love your shinyour "IVyou find It Idyllic, too!" as I love the smell of "1 tried to say so this morning." ing nature, hair and the breath of your your Helena knitted ber brow. . . . And to be with you here "Then you said It very badly." lips. like this well, now perhaps yon she said. "I thought you were Jib- can see what It's meant to me and bing at being here alone with me." I clung to my secret and why why "For me, that's the Idyll," said I. I was handicapped In trying to play Helena turned her head and gave I got to my feet game." your me a dazzling smile. "Good-by- . I said gently. Nell." It was when we hnd eaten our I turned to the path and the smll-Insupper and the Infant was fast cottage below. asleep that Sabre was given his orFor a moment I stood, blinking. we and out set with the peders Then trol to seek the Rolls. The dusk "Have they gone In?" I asked. would come In, I Judged, by the "I I made a mistake," said Heltime we had crossed th cleurlng ena. "It wasn't them. and gained the trnck. and that was Just what we wanted, for so we I was sitting on the settle In the could use the daylight, yet be with my head In my hands. kitchen, wrapped In the clonk of darkness And I do not know how long I by the time we came to the road. sat all of a sudden I For all that, I was none too easy, knewthere, Ibut was not alone. that for If, by some evil chance, friend I could smell the faint perfume Pharaoh had found the Rolls, his that Helena usdl lntlnct ntU'lit well have suggested As I started up. I found she wss that we should return at nightfall beside me, looking very sitting to try to recover the car. And If and gentle, with her precious he was lying there, malting. . . . grave hand In her lap, Five minutes later, perhaps, the "I tricked you," she said. "I'm darkness ahead was lightened, and sorry. Rut It was the only way. I knew we were approaching the You are very reticent John. And rond. and rather With my right hand upon my pis- very, very humble blind. Old Florin knew In an I moved like tol, any shadow along and Phamh. too." the side of the trnck. "Knew that I loved your T Arrived at It mouth. I waited, cried. straining my cars. So perhaps for no r.r, Ihree minutes. Then I stole around the cmer ami on to Ihe cd;e of Iriih Krtir Ancient Bell the road. in the pork market, on a re.1 The Polls was gone. fire alarm, church, anl Ihen as an ancient bell ha been honorably t was up betimes the next morn- "retired" In the Urban council ing and ti.nl slimed and bathed and rooms of Iiungarihoh, rlh Free dressed before Helena called to me Stnte. ntt employees removed it to know If I was awake. frem'a pn near the R. IT, C, n I In my had aked my coule where It had d"tie duty for' sin to bring soni food. 1 Judged many years as a fire alarm. For at- that my cousin would rearb. us most a century the bell wrs tied In by five o'clock. And that would be Ihe potk market, then In Mirket , the end of my Idyll; with his and and when the pirl.h church P.arley's coining, my present estate, wn being rebuilt In Isr,mi:i It sum ' my kingdom must be resigned, my mwie the congregation to worshln I ... tli tolmlllv lovely hour would be oiof, an I nev- In V..iit, a .........i. ., Vtl, lt. ii , . ...... ... ... er so long as I lhel should t ever Ing houo. which was lent for two i he given another that aaicileU so ye.irs to tli Uiunh tf laiaiiJ a outside of the become little town In the Green mountains where he lived. She was a mighty fine cow, but Uncle Joe had a lot of trouble with ber one time or another. Always wandering off someof where, she was Just chock-ful- l curiosity. One day when the door of Uncle Joe's ice bouse was open she strolled Into It and when the wind blew the door shut she was trapped. He didn't find her for three days, and when he did he had to put on fur mittens to milk her. Then, blamed If she didn't give nothing but Ice cream. I Uncle Joe's family was getting tired of nothing but Ice cream for dessert when finally the cow seemed to thaw out a bit But the next day she wandered over to a marble quarry. When the men binsted out a big slub of the stone the explosion shook her up so that for the next week she didn't give anything but butter. But fine butter It was cool and firm and hard. Then a hot spell came and Uncle Joe was afraid the butter might spoil So he took It down to a shady nook and put lt on a big stone. Up, up, up went the thermometer that day and Uncle Joe began to worry out his butter. Finally he went down to look at lt. "Well, sir," says Uncle Joe, "I found that that stone had melted and run away. But the butter was all right." g coTivrm ! s. , i Taming a Tornado THE Wonder Whether the"Pain" Remedy You Use is SAFE? Ask Your Doctor and Find Out Don't Entrust Your Own or Your Family's Well - Being to Unknown Preparations nplIE person to askor whether Old Cattleman perched on the top rail and squinted through the dust at the little bay pitching and squealing around In the middle of the corral "Reminds me of' the time Pecos Rill met that tornado up on the Kansas line," he remarked. "She sure was a twister, all right But Bill eared her down and climbed on. Off she went down across Texas, sun fishin', back fllppln', doln everything a bad boss ever thought of doln. "Rut Bill Just set up there, ihump-lthat tornado In the withers, slap-piher across the head with his sombrero or funnln' hlsself with It Up ahead be seed a forest that stretched away fer miles and miles. But after him and his tornado fcronc had passed It was nothln but a barren prairie the Staked Plains, they mils It today. "He rode her through three stntes but over In Culiforny she got him. When the tornado saw she couldn't toss him, she Just rained out from under lil in. Yep, that's how the Grand Cunynn came lo be washed out In that part of Arizony. "Bill be come down ker plunk In Ihe southern pnrt of the Golden slate and when he lit be made a big hole three hundred feet below I reckon you know It as Heath Valley . , , what, you don't believe It? Jest go down there, then, and take a look. You'll see the print of hi hip In the solid ro k . , . what more proof do you want anyway?" n' n' Bayer Aspirin Clever anil Wi A clever fool Is more dangcroui to argue with than a wise one. 'It El SOLD It always works Jast do what hospitals do, and ti doctors insist on. Use a good Uqm laxative, and aid Nature to rcstort clocklike regularity without strain or til effect. A liquid can always bo taken m gradually reduced doses, lledutxi dosaqe is Vie red secret of relief froa constipation. Ask a doctor about this. Ask yotf druggist bow very popular Dr. Syrup Pepsin bas become. It gives the right kind of help, and ricA amount of help. Taking a little lea each time, gives lha bowels a rhnnre to act of their own accord, until they are moving regularly and thoroughly without any help at alL Dr. Caldwell's Syrup rcpsil rt tains senna and cascara both r, 'Jura laxatives that form no habit. Ti e a lion is eentle. but stir. It will reVve any sluggishness or bilious corvMioa due to constipation without Ca!i-wel- l'i u:-.c- Their FinS.h Pops of war, alas, never wisdom pm-koi- Nrar t'nloti, Motart, an Infant Prodigy Mozart, the great composer, mint be regarded ns the classic example of an Infant prodigy. lit? was only three when be began bis study of A music. yea later be w:n writing Ms first composition. At Ihe aj nf seven Mozart cnul I play h barplschord. Ihe organ, and the vto lin a well ns the best known musician In Germany. One of his most extraordinary feat tn,n perilling AllegrPg "Miserere aftet hearing It only once was arcom-plkheshortly after his fourteenth ; birthday, c "1 t teeth. STOPPED-U- P .NOSTRILS iuM to CbltU. ls Mpnihuljttttn hrp jcn jlie rto.lriU and permit lo sen-leve- l. Wrtra the preparation you your family are taking for the relief of headaches is avrii 10 use reguiariy is your family doctor. Ask him particularly about Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN. He will tell you that before the discovery of Bayer Aspirin most "pain" remedies were advised against by physicians as bad for the stomach and, often, for the heart. Which is food for thought ii you seek quick, safe --slicf. Scientists rate Bayer Aspirin among the fastest methods yet diy covered for the relief of headaches and the pains of rheumatism, and neuralgia. And the experience of millions of users has proved it safe for the average person to tue regularly. In your own interest this. Yon can get Genuine Bayer Aspirin at any drug store simply by asking for it by its full name, BAYER ASPIRIN. Make it i and see that you point to do this get what you want, neo-rit- is well-know- n -. Ever . Right Good Butter HHTIIH a. Bo You o cried. bnr-raik- ., Utilized ELMO SCOTT WATSON "I like Mr. Dohun," said Helena, "lie's the best In the world," I 1 ,1 FRANK E. HAG AN and come. the rJ n:rtJJi As Told to: Helena. "That's the wrong word." said I. "I can't tell you what's the right one, but It's rather like standing on a platform, seeing somebody off by train." Helena knitted her brows. "I know the feeling," she said, "but I don't see how It applies." "You wouldn't," said L "Never mind. The train will leave when Geoffrey and Barley arrive." Again I turned to glance at the shadow way down which they must We Could See LADDERS In the Dolomites In Italy it , the custom for a youth to set . der to a girl's window, mount it und talk witL her nn uuLieur 6 d cet LOVERS' Tall Tales From a covert which we selected Our hostess has gone for could see the way to Witchcomes we and back when she petrol, In two hours, she's going away for craft, yet could not be seen, for the a good for three days, at least, to ground rose up a little, to make knoll. Salzburg." I followed her Into the cleanest As I turned to peer through the of tiny kitchens, all bright' with old fronds wood and copper and smelling of "You are very Impatient," said done. freer Ireaihirt''. mmmm; It you prrfrr nose drrris.of throat rrar, cnll for !l' KEW MEMTHCUT'JM l!Sv;;D In handy bottl with 4rcr'rrr aiUTK IJ f.ltonN rr., tit (ltd Wrt'a r.T,at,... wkfl.. rinrf. IU. I, MnrtiM Wwk cnlj. 11 UM'-- W UU m r- A'..i . 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