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Show STORM MUSIC By Dornford Yates Cbpyrlfbt M Minton. Baleh WNUSsrvlcs. countable reason ilie moat still C. with- hold Its dead. Sly cousin was imli.Uiig Plunia-- e Twice a day he visit, d Yorlck: but I wus not Invited and would not gu up unasked. Neither would I go to I'luni-a.ultliiiiigli I nng,d to see tier because I was sure that Helena sat with my cousin and watched him at work. I had made up my mind to leave Annabel and to go anl stay at Innsbruck which w;j a city I know. My cousin was to follow with Bariev In fmir days' time. And so I was sirting at Annabel, cursing life )ind regarding my d trunks with at listless stare, wben the host of the inn came bustling with a note in his lmnd. Dear John. Your cousin tells me that you ars leaving tonight. Before you go, trill you be so good aa to show me where youmr Florin lies? I would not ask you this favour, but I waa fond of young Florin, and you era the only oelng who knows the site of hla grave. I cannot believe you wilt refuse me, and so, tf it will ault you, I will call for you today at a quarter to three. Please will you tell tha bearer 'yes' no e CHAPTER XI Continued lying down on her bed was clapped over her P'S trt of course: but alone, -j- eth. Pharaoh, but he very soon a fight, op put g her wrists aud bound lie way. til md took her master key. Then private li carried her down her and Into a secret room the In fact, to the cellar where was gh a y ante-Samhe-r, fes the gold. Tb afraid theres no doubt that she infcred: but, except that Pharaoh put It across her, she simply leaves that lit out But he must have been pretty rithlesa, for In the end she opened the the cellar gcret panel concealing steps Pharaoh and Dew drop went the gold : but Rush and gole remained In the chamber on loarl I ought to have said that her Innas and her feet had been freed, gtin, she hadn't much chance, for they kept a torch on her face. 1 shall never understand shy as employed two such wash-out- s Buis and Rush. The drat thing those pro bright lads did was, between them, to drop the torch. Ry the time they'd frond It again their prisoner was gone. Ibe door to the secret room Is a secret door. It cannot be opened fmm within. It was, therefore, atnmllng was out and epee. In a flash my lad bed that the door. -Well, though she was safe, she mint clear of the wood. She wav locked In a staircase-turret- , and Rush bod her master key. She called from the embrasures, but, as the castle was empty, there werent any ears to hear. Then, after a while she found Sabre etudlng beside her, licking her hand." I felt that such a statement demanded some sort of expression of disbel-- Well. fen, to view Ilia-roo- h ief. Bat you said " Ion shut your face," said Geoffrey. Truth Is stranger than fiction every time The door to the turret wu open and so were the doors to her room. But her room had been used. The thieves hid escaped by the chimney, entered her room by the fireplace, cleaned themselves up In her bathroom and The obvious thing to do was to lurch the castle forthwith. I ought to hire said that long before I got back, the switchboard had been repaired and the lights had come on. and while my kdy was talking, the staff which had been scattered waa trickling back. Florin and I Induced some sort or order before beginning the search. We liegnn with my lady's bedroom. One look at the hearth was enough. There was soot all over the place. Rut nothing and nobody else. We left the watchmen there and my lady and Florin and I went down to the secret room. It was empty now, we knew, for Pharaoh and company were gone: but the door to the cellar was open and my lady wanted .It abut" He took a deep breath. Ill tell you what we found. We found Pharaoh, Dewdrop and Rash-- all three of them dead." Go on," said I, Incredulously. "Fact;" aald my cousin, shortly. "I'm glad you weren't there to see It It was a dreadful tight Bugle had done the three In and then cleared out I fancy there'd been some scrap. Pharaoh's back was broken: be had no wound. And here's my Interpretation of this astounding find. "In Pharaoh's absence Bugle and Rush between them let Lady Helena go. Warrantably fearful of the conse- quences of what they had done. Rush and Rugle quarrelled, and Bugle killed Rush. Afraid to face Pharaoh such a dereliction of duty meant almost certain death Bugle decided to kill him and Dewdrop, too. And so he did. Then ho escaped by the chimney, with Lady Helena's muter key. This let him out of the castle by tbs way by which be came In. Why he waited to IK her out I cannot conceive. Possibly soma twinge of conscience you never know. That's one of the points which we shall never clear up." Then everything's over," said L The terror Is laid." "The terror Is laid," said Geoffrey. Bugle remains, of course. Bat I very uch doubt If we ahall see Bugle again." Thoughtfully I regarded my napkin. It five or alx days before a corpse roee to the surface of the water In which It lay? Then everythings over," I repeated. Til Except the Interment," uld Geoffrey: "which la fixed for tomorrow crcnlng, aa non It'a decently dark. A you seem to have had a night off, I think you might help with that." u BIx days had gone by, and my precious secret was safe. Tills was hardly surprising. Only two boingi knew that I had aiipronrhed toe castle that terrible night: and of these the one was a dog and the other wu dead. I had not used Barley's pistol: I had denned my cous-Jo-a knife: my filthy garments lay hid the Plumage woods. Nobody knew ttat In my notecase wu Helena's master key. Rut another secret was safe. On ttie Sunday night Pharaoh, Dew-droand Ituah had been laid In a com-"- n grave, not far from the mouth of tlio tunnel that ran from the moat. Though nobody knew It but I, Buglo d yet to appear. For soma unacp peered at Mg things together you and L We've eaten of strange, sweet fruits like two children, hand in hand. I GUADALAJARA I And now we're bark where we were where we were when you eame to l'luinuge end I told yon about the gold. We can g.i farther hack: perhaps we hare. Hut I'd like to stop there, if you can. 1 mean, one can always be frtends" "I can slop there," I said thickly. Unit's right." said Helena gently. "1 thought yon could;" For a moment she looked at the palms of her Utile hands, as though to consult those pretty pages before with a discourse that was' making my heart feel cold. Household OuesliORS IV lien serving a steak smothered lu onions, squeeze the Juice of a lemon over It before serving and yra will flint the flavor greatly Improved. If the Imttiiiiis of legs of furniture are waxed they will lint serntob floors when inovixl around on them. proi-eiiliu- Then "When I say friends. I mean It Ill always have a feeling that I can de- nd upon yon. 1 shant attempt to, you know But I shall be glad of the feeling. Y on know. When things go wrong, It makes a world of difference ff yon can say to yourself Tf were here, rliey would understand.'" You can count on me," I said. "Yoa let me come to know you as as I'll never know anyone else." "Will It help you, John?" I don't know. Ill write and tell you." That's right And I'll always answer. You see, my dear, we must never meet again. Weve looked at glory together and turned away. It wasn't our fault, you know. We rather . . . rushed 0r our fences. But down In that valley HELENA. I went down to the door of The of shadow we gave each other JudgReapment . . . and the Judgments ware ing Hook, to spoil k to the groom.' Toll her ladyship yes. " I said, good." I could not speak. I sat as though turned to stone. My henrt In my breast As tlm coupe stole Into the forecourt, 1 descended the steps of the was Ice. The blow which had fallen Inn. already, had fallen again, I bad nothilelemi smiled and nodded and I took ing to lose, and had lost It "From him that hath not shall be taken away even off uiy lint. that which he hath." "Will you drive, pleuse? I I don't know that mine was," I With a pounding heart, I took my scat hy her side, jierceived the glow said desperately. I'm afraid It was." said Helena. "I of her presence, discovered her faint put my love above honor and yon perfume. . . . The spot to which we were going mustn't do that And In any event mine was. You took my love and you put It Iny 12 miles off, and, after tearing the back In Its place. I don't say you car, we must walk half a tulle through weren't right to do It because you the forest to come to the dell. He sure. were. But there are some flowers, my I dear, that you cant transplant mean If you move them, they die." Blow upon blow. Couldn't she see that the tiling she was striking web dead? Everything and everyone was dead. Young Florin and Pharaoh and Dewdrop and Bngle and Rush, and now her love; And I had killed them not Bngle, of course, nor young Florin. But everything else. "That's all right" I heard myself saying. I'm glad . . . It's dead." There was a long, long alienee. By the time It wna over I had myself In If liquid In which oliies are bottled Is thrown away when bottle la oeiiei!, olives may lie kept liuletlnlte-l- y If olive oil Is poured over them after they are pill buck Into bottle; , half-pnekr- , hand. At length "Poor Bugle," said Helena slowly. Tie did me a very good turn." By dropping the torch?" said I I suppose he dropped it she said.. But Rush was bullying me, and sometimes 1 think that Bugle was going to stop him. I don't know, of eourse. When it fell, I Just flew tor the door. And In any event he waited to set me free." Gag Was Clapped Mouth. Over Her ... But though half an hour went by before we left the coupe, In ell that time we never I drove slowly enough. exchanged one word. Again and again I sought to make some remark, but I feared that my voice would tremble and so betray an emotion I did not wish her to see. To It thue by her side, as I had sat so often, wae stirring the depth! of my being, ae though with a sword. Though I kept my gaze fast on the road, with the tall of my eye I could see her peerless features and the gentle, steadfast look on hei lovely face. She was neither grave nor smiling, but something betwixt the two: her air waa the air of one whose day Is over, who has of choice withdrawn from the lists of life and la now content to alt and watch the tourney In which aha will ride no more. I had never seen her like this and at first I conld not discover what It was that I found unfamiliar la the beauty I knew eo well: and then I saw: the eagerness was out of her face. When I brought the car to rest, Helena waa out In the road before I could open the door. Then we entered we seemed to the forest together. hare done eo often In other days. In alienee we came to the glade where Geoffrey had been painting when I first set eyes on the thieves, and In silence we passed to the corerie which might have been plnnted on purpose to we came keep the dell. And then at last out not quite es I bad Intended, above the bluff, but lower down, between toe bluff and the water, at the edge of a sloping lawn. Helena caught her breath. Oh, John, how lovely," she laid. handThough I knew the spot was I had before seen It, hau when I some, been too much distracted to consider the feature that went to make It eo rare. finer than I thought." I eald I never eaw It from here." For a moment we etood together, Florin' grave. looking down on young "I must bring old Florin." said Hellitena. "I think It ':uld help him a "Ife quietly. tle." Helena aat herself down with her bsek to the rippling brook. Td like to stay friends." she aald. I I know youre going away, and to think think you're right But I'd like are moment though our-o- ur that over, we .till were friends" If you please," eald I. dully, and much sat down a little apart "I've so for." to thank you "I don't know that you have. But neither here nor there. Weve (hat's "A twinge of conscience," said L Helena ihriigged her shoulders. He needn't have done It" she said. And then again. Poor Bngle. I'll always remember him kindly, 1 think he was the best of the lot" T think youre right" eald L "I had a weakness tor Bugle, to tell yon toe truth. Of course Rush showed him off." I know, I know. But he had a spark of feeling. More than a spark, I think. Very few men, placed as he was, would have troubled to let me out What will yon do, I eald, about the lose of your master key?" Change the locks, I suppose. Its a hideous waste of money: but If Bugle's tempted, yon know, there are plenty of crooks who'd pay a long price for that key. I dared not pursue the matter: to do eo wonld be to sail too close to the wind. I decided that Bugle must how another spark of feeling hy returning her master key. I would post It to her. There was another silence. With her eyes on young Florin's grave, Helena apoke again. "That wasn't the only reason why I wanted to see yon before you went I want yonr help In a matter. . . . Your cousin Is painting my picture he's nearly done. It Is the most lovely portrait . . . And as he won't hear of a fee, I want to make ljlm a pres- ent. To remove a fresh grouse ssit on a rag, cover the stmt with blotting pnior, then press with a tint Iron. 'over the spot with liiminosiu, let It remain for 24 hours, then lirtish off. i sees A A paste niiiile of scouring powder moistened with niniiionla will remove unsightly stains on brass trays. Apply paste, remove wtien dry, then polish tray. i Well, I've got a cup at Yorlck, an old, gold cup, with a curious history. Years ago, In the sixteenth century, tlie Yorlck of that day waa painted. A young painter came from Vienna, a Had he lived, ha man called Lets. would have been famous, for the picYour cousin ture Is terribly good. picked It out In an Instant as being the best of the lot. Well when the painter had finished, the count was so pleased with his work that he called for wine and drank tha young man's hnlth, and when he had drained the cup he called for gold. I suppose hie treasurer brought It. Then he filled tha cup with gold pieces and gave the painter the lot I hope It waa adequate payment In those days It probably waa The next morning the painter left Yorlck to mnke his way home. On hie lonely ride to 8alzburg the poor man wae robbed and murdered hla body wae found by tbe road. Now the thieves didn't break np the cup, but six months later they tried to sell It at Innsbruck where Yorlck then had a hotel. But aa it happened, they took It to the very goldsmith that Yorlck himself employed. The moment he saw tha arms, he knew that the cup had been stolen, and, to eat a long story liort, the thieves were taken and hanged and the cup came back to the castle because the poor painter wsv dead. (TO BE CONTINUED. Skin Peddler in Guadalajara. Hops. But the faithful carried on. Pious peons eame for miles on their venerable city knees to the churches. Old women, Is one of If uu rinse a plate with cold shouting the chants and litanies or mecca. Is'fore breaking eggs on It, add water to tlie counting their beads, crawled Sleepers tun from l.os AnUara on stiff old knees. Girls knelt tc them a pinch of salt and then geles throiigh Guaflulnjuru. Unite also with crowns of thorns on their brows, aland where tliere la a rtirreni of link tlie city with the sea af Mania nil-lair, you will have no difficulty In lid small boys clutched nt the crucistill another system ties It with fixes. beating them to a froth. Mexico City, with the Gulf of Mexico, From Guadalajara out to the suburNever serve food In a dish that Is and the Texas border. These railways, ban church ot Zupopun Is but' a short too large for amount of food served. with tlio nation's steadily growing net trip by truiucur; but during an August of mot-ihighways,! make Guadalajara feast iieons hobble out to It on their It detracts from the appearance of nn activo distribution center. Here your table. knees, taking all day. When prayers WMU Service. 1111 Syndics!. clionp electric power, ample inltor, nml are over they stage a costume play vaabundant raw materials stimulate depleting the SKinish conquest of Jarious Industries. These include spin- lisco. Then Indian players dress and ning nml knitting mills, candy and uct the of Spanish knights and purls for cracker works, nnd shops famous the local Indian characters of tlmt contlicir beautiful tiles nnd mosaics. flict. In recent years education has The arcades that slindo the sidewalks taken away from tlie church, and before stores, facing a "plaza shelter 'the new generation tends to nliuiidoii many street verniers. A hut peddler these mimetic dunces and dramatic walks majestically along, with l.'i or rituals. 20 lints for sale, stacked on his own The chief edifice In Guadalajara la head, one ntop the other, like n pngoda. the cathedral; Its twin towers rise KILLS INSECTS Another entries a long string of san- over tlie city, visible for miles. .Oil ON ROWERS FRUITS dals. Some lire of straw, others of feast days long strings of lights lllu VEGETAIIES & SHRUIS rawhide, nnd a few made from old minute the lowers, mid at Easter the automobile tires ent Into soles. Demand frlyfoU seated bishop washes the feet of twelve old bottUt, frem pour d lor Country peons usually wear br.ggy men, chosen at random from e'.rcet hut custom pow, de- crowds. HVf crees that this badge of rurpl servitude Hushing to aid the king of Spain In shall not be worn in Guadulnjnrn Peninsular wur went ninny men of (lie streets. So, at the edge of the city, Legend says money was Gundnlajuru. pnnts shops" are open where trousers sent, ton, raised by melting gold and drawcheck. rented. Just be your may to and candlesticks from the silver phi us ers there and rent a pair of panls, cathedral. In gratitude the king gave Impecunious .American students limy this church Murillo's great painting, rent evening clothes for n party I The Assumption of the Virgin," etill Grateful, unsolicited letters by Changing sartorial standards, however, hanging In the cathedral though many the thousands tell of wonder are destroying this simple Industry. or to niudu been have bay attempts fnl relief by regular use of Indinns nrrlve In the city with It. Cuticurn Ointment and Soap. of assorted fruits, guavas, gourds, purloin Booth burning nnd lulling of sesemm Loses . Popularity. nnd rnctus nnd help hrnl pimple, rates, mangoes. leidons, pears liny nnd otter skin condition duo The bull ring Is here, of course On the pavement they arrange little to external causes. Ct Ibitlynrn n offruit here, another but such sports aa boxing, football, and your druggist's. OinlmsntUe. BonpUa. piles one kind e there ; then they- - squat down, silently baseball have robbed It of popawaiting buyers. If yon want fruit, ularity. Despite Its continuous appeal to the peon, who glories In Its cruel, buy It, but dont auk questions. Toys, candles, soft drinks, postcards, gory combats, and survival of a few aa a bust newspapers, pottery, medallions of the other habitues, ' Into, email melons white on one side ness Is on the decline. like a fish's belly everything from Bulls from Spain are stIU lent to mule gear and old tools to carvcd-woo- d Mexico City, where tourists help sup ticks ending In ornate filigree ball for port the arena, and some fighting anout for imals are still raised on the West coast Be Sure They Properly tirrlng chocolate are spread ' Cleanse the Blood ale. on the' sidewalk. ranches for Gundalajnra. One of these Is the old Rancho San Jose de Conde, Good Merchandise in the Store. kidneys are constantly fiKse YOUR I lag waste matter from the blood Inside the large stores, of course, Is In Navarlt, which dates from 1550L It stream. But kidneys sometimes lag In Is one of Americas oldest ranches. Some American modern merchandise. their wod ' do not eel ei nature in women, wise In local ways, lay that If Its output of small, black, savage bulls (ended fail to remove impurities that tlie stores don't carry the particular went on for generations. To perpetupoitOn the system when retained. ate on the the rule Instinct, fighting native clever or Then you may suffer nagging bed, bat gown they wish, was Kill bull this ranch calf every womeh soon make them copying, If adit, dizziness, scanty or too frequeni urination, getting up at night, pumntss need be, from no more than a picture that does not seem to hate men." Such under the eyes; feel nervous, misers from an American fashion Journal. a plnn Insures a bull ferocious as any ble all upset wild anlmuL One young bull on thte JLost lingerie; drees goods, millinery, Don't delay? Use Don's PUU, soaps,'' M.rfume, and Jewelry are sold ranch chased a vaquero up a tree and Doan's are especially for poorly funchim be died treed till of kept hard nearly hy Trench merchants. Machinery, tioning kidneys. They ere re cow mended by grateful ustis the country ware, and such heavy goods are usu thirst. ever. Get them from any druggist When Cortes conquered Montezuma aliy. handled by Germans. .Few Americana are found In retail and founded New Spain, be h&d with tyade; they, with the British, are more him one Don Nuno de Guzman, who Interested In mines, ranches, power soon rose to power and grew Jealous of hie chief. Eager to gain more honplants, railways, or banka If you buy any sizable article la a ors and riches for himself, De Guzman 2388 store, the merchant whistles up a street in 1529, quit the Aztec capital, with WNU W porter to carry It home for you. Per- picked Spanish troops and many sons of position would lose caste carry- Tlaxcaltecan Indian allies, to explore ing a big parcel through tbe streets. tlie unknown regions farther west and Porters even carry big- bags of silver north. In their travels, De Guzman coin to and from the banks and for and his lieutenant, Cristobal de Onate, some reason are seldom molested. came upon a huge Indian stronghold, Morning sickness" is caused by aa Nocbistlan. Fighting ensued, and near- acid condition. To avoid it, acid must be As you walk the street! of Guadalajara at Faster time, you muy see a by the Spaniards built tbelr camp, a offset by alkalii such os mignaaia. dummy man, In top bat and morning cluster of huts. Though moved about Recommend coat. In a generals uniform or merely later to various neighboring sites, a Why Physicians Milnesia Wafers In rage, hanging from a telephone wire. town wus laid out about 1530. It was wafer sre candy-lik- e 8nddcnly the elllgy explodes, from a named for De Guzman'e borne town In These mall bomb hidden within, and bursts Spain, Guadalajara, from the Moorish pure milk of magnesia in solidform most pleasant way to take it Each River of lhe Into flame. Then the street crowd meaning wafer ia approximately equal to a full adult even From and Rocks. and of the king maybe yells, Spain the dose of liquid milk of magnesia. Chewed laughs hoots at the effigy, which Is supposed new town got Its coat of arms In 1539 thoroughly, then swallowed, they correct to represent Judas. Burning him In ef- so it waa really a white settlement acidity in the mouth and throughout the figy at thte time la a Mexican practice. nearly a century before the English digestive system and insure euirL complete elimination of the waste matters that Sometime! Judas" Is stuffed with ba- landed at Jamestown. cause gas, headaches, bloated feeling and nanas or candy which fall out when 1500 imBy Guadalajara bad become a dozen other discomforts. scram urchins street he blows up, end portant. Its chief activity waa Indian Milnesia Wafers come in bottles of20 and ble for tlie street lave hunting, aud the driving of these 48, at 35c and 60c respectively, and ia Buy your dead man's brend here,' to work In tbe gold and silver mines. convenient tin for your handbag containa baker's sign may read around All Vast fortunes were thus emussed, lux ing 12 at 20c. Each wafer ia approximately 8ouls day. At that time, some Mexurioue homes were bnilt; and New one adult doae of milk of magnesia. All ican! believe, the spirits of departed Galicia, of which Guadalajara waa the good drug store sell and recommend them. relatives return to dine with their tom capital, then included not only the Start using these delicious, effective lllce. The dining table becomes an present state of Jalisco, but much of entiweid, gently laxative wafers today altar, and some foods are served In what Is now five or six other Mexican Professional samples sent free to registered strange shapes, such aa candy skulls, physicians or dentists if request is made tales, reaching np to Sinaloa. letterhead. Sated Products, big and little, with cherries for eyea, Visit certain old Guadalajara family on professional Island City, N. V. riba and leg bones made of chocolate, homes now and are astonished at tea. 4402 2!r4 M., lane yon or cakes linked In the form of coffins. ytj'rrTjirranj 35c & 60c tlie weullh aud beauty of helrluonii Many churches in Mexico were built fruin colonial (liver-nurbottles days Hand-madon sites of ancient Aztec templet, the even table services of gold, heavy hMde of whose Idols were cut off by chests bound In leather and 20c tins zealous Spaniards; In some churches Spanish uiliilutures, Jewelry, crucifixes copper, Inare Idols built of heathen fragments (MILN6SW cmzaED THu and old paintings, guitars. Inlaid with to the walls. After the conquest, Spain kWAFE.vtf historic weapons, pearl, rtlLNESlA built literally thousands of Mczlvun and other furniture so heavy tables, churches. They dominate Gnndulajnru that It cun be moved only with diffiDsvotlon of tha Peons lucks on culty. The old Hones and rebels were boused in front doors are often so massive that The Original milk nt magnnaln Walara some of these churches, with priests the key Itself tuny be ae big ami hruv us a common hatchet, say a foot Imi nd nuns deported during the revolt! hr the National tnpuri Waahloglou, U. Oroemphic BqcliMr, Portico. C.-- WXU Guadalajara, r ' n white-drawers- ; bns-.-kete g ring-wor- m - old-tim- EDTiniBASySKg bull-fighti- - No Need to Suffer - MomingSickness c, hand-carve- huud-mail- d |