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Show ' .f THE PAVSOXIAX, IX news 'o' before he paper at !!. und. r ocr ji. glanced hi-ul! " engrossment J'.ali salil thi- BtMsian, and rose, light, for tij the figure 'f Wluit sort "f love Is Unit which quite cro-'cthe track ate he as '! changes' I have seen the imin. If he his station behind a pillar of the cared :i! all, he still cares. was thinking hard shed. Hop-da11 ejipc'I In the ilimr ef the arlw-sw riving unlucky .v a long breath. OVT oil the had been that anil Ikut hod boti; hill on the I ..1. machine turall this next sleeping through now. And hr moil, lav old Hilary. Under these same him. Hr knew that Kingston star i Half lied the law. Ward tvs.eil just conn out of the . was hud, very on liis hid, Elinor sat despairing and ashamed. What did it all mean'; What Hnrndny mde all tin vv,y y. ritv with the chief a was tin- answer'.' did chief Tie n't lien-lietthind him. ielhaps, hail he known it. old h- vvh-- re ei.iil'l have told him lleurlette, him home, He knew him on hand his lie lay and ulio bad begun to measure her days from tin' end and not from tin begin- hr-- wanted him. He was going to soon. The ning, and who now s;.l ii the edge of him now pretty lor tied mumbling. Set ween her tin- knew that. - too. Whim la- hail entered his apartment she run the beads of an old ge. turned on the light, hi' found liulT and rosary which she hud found beneath 'Idle hoy by H window. tending a carpet. went up. the as hack ducked I had light wistfulthought, said Elinor for a moment the two eye-- one anly, "that if I could get away somewhere stinlen--yi-iand start all over again, perhaps some other. Huff wus unshaven, his Tin1 contrast between womdirty. day I might he good like other hoy ami the tall Itusslan was en. I eiiri never go back to things as strong. they Were before. Well? stild Huff deliuntl; . I can see 'No. said the Itusslan. down." Horodays tone was Sit Von are no make lint mistake. that, went to a closet ami got out lie kind, (food us few are good. and I a bottle of vodka. I could sell the house and When di-yon have anything to If only you do not want the Jewels eut?" and the others would divide them. I am not hungry. Hut Horoday would not hear of lids. 2 Hughs i. To a certain extent lie was reconciled forced on him iii, building camps lor the Ann noun troops in France. Nevertheless Horn-la'I a pc- - it .eruian w ;ir pri H Luekenhaeh which American In s a in -. munition to her going away. Things were clos- a little bread ami meat. steamship till loetnry. , ma-l.ug wofai-nwearing prolertnc with gun tire. 4 Miss Ann Morgan, sister a ing in on the band. Iler'ore long they "I didnt know you were out until Mink l.y a Herman submarine three !m'I - alter lest roving would probably all have to separate1. It tonight," Hu IT said at last, pushing his of I. Morgan, "h" lias boon lernrated by iln- French iinnisier of agriculture for her work in the rebuilding of were better that Klinor lie in safety. e dl si riel awav. II village- - ill the plate So for a long time they discussed hern? Where have ways and menus, available money, the 'Drinking my head off in a dive on AMERICAN AND CANADIAN SOLDIERS FRATERNIZE IN PARIS question of a home for old llenriette. street. said HnlT savag-Iyla some ways, Kn r said, I feel "I'm nil right now." us "Though I mu deserting him." She Walter? For into "What glanced toward the graveyard where you to turn mi us like that to expose " Hut all I can think old Hilary slept. everyone of us. ns you have of now is to get away, to forget everywish "Shi1 was in love with him. thing." I'd killed him." Wlmii will they be able to move Mr. him Very patiently, Horn-laWard? what had happened. Over the ltm"er 'In a week, I should think. Tta-ain u week, said Heredity, where do you think of going, Kliimr?'' "I had hardly got so far. Anywhere luit here. We shall have to plan for you.' lie picked tip his soft hat and Klinor rose. Hood night, Klinor. Hood night. I uni always happier lor having seen von. He watched her hack to the house, then went down the steps into the No. I " kr).-.- elo-du- think, perhaps, : THE GIRL WHO HAD NO GOD m r ba-1- d-- - By Mary Roberts Rinehart 1 CHAPTER Continu'd XI 10 -- IIp Is sound asleep,' she .said smilHe thinks I u:n someone ingly. nunieil Elinor, and he culls me that. As tny own iiatm Is Surah, It's rather jileusunt." Ward hu;i been stint on Sunday night. I.y the following Wednesday be was out of danger. On that same Wednesday the rector of Kaint Judes brought himself ami bis rheumatism hack to his parish. For three days Klinor had hardly slept or eaten. Never oriee had she been In Wurils room, but uiways, day and night, she wus Just outside. When on that Wednesday evening the doctor sahl Ward would live, she went down once more Into her garden. Many times during those three days had Elinor tried to pray to Ward's Cod and found herself voiceless and Inarticulate. Hut now. out of the depth of her great relief, came welling the first prayer id1 tier life- .- Mho waist-deeamong her phlox and larkspur, I thank "I thunk thee, she said. thee." . , . Nothing had been beard of Huff. The assault on the usslstunt rector of .Saint Judes had been of a line with the other mysterious happenings around the village. The little town was hag ridden with fear. Extra constables had been aworti In. and from the hull, during her long night vigils, Klinor had seen ninny lighted windows, where there had been but the one. The problem of her future began to obsess her. It was plainly to stay on here not Hint she feared exposure; she was quite past fear-- hut the thought of going on with her r ad. There had been a dinner at tin life was Intolerable. To meet Ward. to see again the scorn and loathing in 'country club that night. The chief had his eyes, more than all, to continue to attended it, u"kiiovvii to hostess an deserve them those were the things guests, to the exlent of sitling in t lit that to Klinor seemed worse than grillroom during the evening and caredeath ftself. fully watching the men who cam-- am All the philosophy that old Hilary went. II-- had dined quite alone in the see had taught her failed her now. The grill. From where lit1 sat he revolt of the Individual against laws the dinner-partguests on the veranda. made for the masses- what laid It There were noticeably few jewels to he brought her hut Isolation und grief? seen. Over Ids chop and lager beer d f wlmt use was revolt? All must go the chief smiled grimly. After that he shook dice for n short through the mills of the gods. Site c; knew that now. There were no ex- time with a young Englishman named ceptions. And something else she had Talbot, an Interesting fellow. From "Bury Them in Old Hilarys Grave. hm riled: that Jf one Is to live through him the chief got the dub view of t lie of the Hryant pearl he passed as lightgreat crises one must have u higher jewel robbery. "Its been coming to us for a long ly ns he could. Hut Iluff realized the power to turn to for help. She hud felt It vaguely at the time of her fa- time, said Talbot, shaking the dice. significance of Elinors placing it in thers deatli. Sitting outside Wards "Long ago I advised some of the wom- Hie almsliox. H-- went rather white. We would have got off with the door she had known it. Every breath en who had famous pearls to have club matter well enough, hut made n country and to had been prayer keep the originals in something, she copies their batiks, but they disliked the idea this murderous frenzy of yours has knew not what, to save him. finished us nil. We'll have to break of wearing imitations. I thank thee, she said again. "I see. up and get away. I want you to go The phlox and larkspur quivered Then a woman isn't satisfied to out to Elinor's tonight. about her as If under the touch of a She will not see me. have a string of pearls; she must have gentle hand. I think she will, said Horoday. I Korodny had been free for three It announced In all the papers, of want lmr to get away the first tiling in days, hut beyond ti telephone message course crooks all over tin1 eoun'i'.v r announcing his release she had heard iiliou- V.qn , u:.d natur;...) iHd nr, gees the norning. Let her empty the vault. lie hesitated. Elinors fortune in nothing of him. Over the wire he had ltd "I understand." said the chief, "that jevves was beenming a menace. Whoadvised extreme caution. She judged from that that things were not going Hi-ever took them in charge was possibly pearl has been recovered." well. "Yes, ami good work on the pint of putting a halier around his neck. She knew that lluiEs reckless crime tin1 force," was Talbot's comment. If "Hring the jewels to me, if you would demand a scapegoat. There lb-- diief smiled under his heavy mus- have a dtan-v. If it seems better, perwere bound to be arrests. All this tache, if there was the faintest haps you'd better bury them out ther-etwinkle in Talbot's eyes, who was Klinor knew quite well. It was in such Where?" an atmosphere that she had drawn her there to see? "Ion might." said tin Russian Tldbot took the chief '.own to the thoughtfully, "bury them in old Hilearliest breaths the play of cunning station in ids gray machine. They had ary's grave." against cunning, wit against wit. She dh! not sen-- for Horoday. She chatted very pleasantly, l.ut Ju- -t (TO PH CONTINUED.) dared not. Hut because the Intimacy the steps from Elinor's garden Hus- - they blew out a tire. The ear swerve-1- , between her and the middle-ageAUSTRALIANS GREAT HUNTERS slnn lind always been very close, lie suddenly the light from ilio seemed to feel her heed. And so, n lamps along the bank. Standing in lie of the Habits of Animals that Wednesday night, an hour or so shadows, and thus unexpectedly re- Knowledge Makes Up for Crude Weapons after midnight, he came. vealed, was Horoday. and Lack of Endurance. Old llenriette came down and Talbot brought the car to a stop and Jumped out. Th- Itussiaa had gone tapped softly at Elinor's door. n In endurance and speed the He has ou down tin hill. Horoday." she whispered. is not the equal of the aborigine from arbor. the rung Awfully sorry.'' s.i rnlhot. Looks That was one of old Hilary's de- as if you'd have to walk down, per- American Indian, and his weapons of vices: a hidden wire from the arbor haps you will find iinoiher ear to pick wood and poorly fashioned stoues arc effective only at short range, says tiie to the house. It prevented collisions. you up." Hut National Geographic Magazine. "1 shall rather Unless otherwise summoned, no mem-l-o- r enjoy the vyalk," said of his hand ever came directly to the chief, eyes ahead In the darkness. as a hunter the native Australian is marvelously adapted to his environthe house. "Whose place Is this?" ment. His success lies In an intimate Klinor went out and found him Talbot glanced up and around. Knowledge of the habits of the animals there, lie bent over her hand and Im afraid I don't know anything on land, in tiie ground. In trees au-kissed It, ns was his custom, and th n. about the village." He opened the tool- under water, and his wonderfully dewas she that realizing crying, he held box. veloped power of observation. nut his arms and she went into them. Tiie chief took two or three lie decoys pelicans by imitating steps Very tender was the Itusslan w ith her along the road and turned. "About their orvs, catches ducks by diving bethat night, very fatherly. Ib put her Imre, wasn't it. that the Episcopal low them, locates nil opossum In a Into one of the arbor sea's and sat clergyman was shot?" tree by marks on the bark or by the down beside her. "1 cannot tell you that either. It vvns tllght of mosquitoes, finds sharks by Now tell tne, he somewhere nbuig this road." and folobserving the action of everything from the start. It was 'Uoo-- l night, sang the oliiwf cheerily, lows a bee to its store of honey. Walter, I know. Hut why?" a:, i stal led low n the hill. Any animal which loaves a track When she did net speak, tin li.nl eiime out of the ITllarv however dint in sand, on rock or III ulan rnuld i. Kb a piece. llo knew that. Eight crass fals an easy prey to the native. Jenlou-y- . of course, but wk: "hero stopped, was Children are taught to track lizards aess !" V bud been found. Tlien. and snakes over bare rocks ami to find There in tie1 arbor, with io r M Hilary's death, the ban-- tmir absent mothers by following between two of hi- -. K'jtior ng bis house! Tilings were Dawks too Indistinct to serve as the story ..f tiie pearl and her Korodny trumped on down gui-ifor any European. When a white to return it. Huff's threat About one hundred yards Man is lost in the desert or a chib' t. Ward. Ward's evening !;i f ed. strays from home the final resort is to scene between them : ami M Pr-non:: ing at a re u n nokor. tint shot licit In-- nearly ie air with the si; y tiling in this wo? Cant Dodge That. her. Horoday MV "IV " 'U il.it lodges vviwk. : oi l Hilary in Mi'll F"'U, "generally gets hit by stood. He bad L be trouble clent faith. wild-eye- l, d i ,a-nn- -- II- Ai-n- l i l i j p 1 lmpn.-,.-.iMi- . I C J locricuii ami Canadian soldiers fraternizing in one ef in incapital when on leave. I 1 the boulevard cafes of Haris. They always enjoy them i 1 ENGLISH SEND TANK TO THE UNITED STATES ;H0RSE also, has gas mask - - j . . p,,s--ibl- e i tlm-win- j j Aits-tralin- 1 now wear gas front. The troopers in rank which but a short time ago was waddling across No Mans tiie trout trenches long ago found (he land in France has arrived in tiie United States with its crew of all of masks a necessary protection against whom have so. n active service with the l.ritish land monsters on eight, western the poisonous fumes blown over from the front. It was sent by the courtesy ol' the British government to be used as a the lierinan trenches, but it is only war exhibit am! is here shown being unloaded at a New York The recently that port. protection of the same portrait is of (apt. Kiehanl Haigh. commander of the tank crew, who has sort lias been devised for tiie horses been wounded twice and was awarded the military medal. used at tiie front, though they are its suseepi ilde as ihcir gases. GERMAN TRENCH A MORTAR MADE OF WOOD Usurers Golden Age. Five per cent interest on a loan ""Uhl have been scoffed at by the men wlio bad money to lend in medieval times. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the usual rate seems to have been 20 per cent, and in the piece-lincenturies it was probably higher, observes the London Chronicle. i'ln1 rate of interest decreased with the increase of specie, with an occasional limitation by tiie state. Ellzn-h'l- h reduced the rate h.v law to 10 per eint. Janies I to 8. and Charles II !" 0. In ancient limm1. according to No hulir, ttii rale was S for a ten months year the equivalent of 10 per tit per nimuin. od-.- vi-j- He Is enveri Yes," "Aral he cares for y v '"i do 1 'V rim c us to g u ti- a mwi top r tell. nuj st.il! Mu iSU t , y a man ibi e susv A Clever Boy. I'eliin I Mil y ou see a little hoy uImoo my own sjZ(. round the corner? ('Id ( tent lemon Yes. 1 believe I did. I lie look angry?" "I didn't notice. Did be- look frightened?'' "I know. 1Yhy?" 1 WeN L. I"" , 'CiL 'Y-'- f - v e t; - hV womi! :tn! (Vnndiiin tro und wnii sirnim ( tniM1 I heard he, was round there, nod I don't know whether he wants to lick me. or whether he's rue. that's all." '. v - |