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Show tiie smithfield Sfiorm Music ir By Domford Yates AWrickt V Kioto Bolch WNU ferric. O. CHAPTER XI Continued ia In n flash I lmd tired and bad drawn Ibis Are, titr, before I could tliluk, a I bullet bad flicked tbe sleeve of uiy ipietolariu. Tills allowed me, oure for alb that no far aa snap abuts were concerned, II atood no chance wbuterer against 'such a inun. Aa I wblpiMd to one aide, il made up uiy mind that I must not (Are asaln until I knew for certain that imjr bullet waa going to kill. In n i word. If I waa to win, I uniat come its close quarters with I'hnraoh, If not ito grips. I had now couie back to the table, ,and an Instant later I was crouching .beneath the archway, with my pistol ,on the carpet before me and my empty hands outstretched uixm either aide. I bad not long to wait When I did not return his Are, I fancy the man was uncertain whether or not I waa dead. He, therefore, sought the spot from which I had II red 'and, Andlng nobody there, turned and I came to the table exactly as I bad 'done. And exactly aa I had done, he began to edge his way round It. . . . Tbe alack of his trousers brushed Hiy hand. In n dash I had him by the ankles and, ripping bla feet from beneath him had brought him down on hla aide. 'Then I snatched up my pistol, thrust it Into hla stomach and pressed the trigger In vain. ' The magazine was empty. Slovenly to Che last, Itush had never troubled to replenish hla dip. Pharaoh had fallen to hla right and so on his pistol-arWhile thla wgs taking hla weight, he could not aim, and though In a dash he had flung hla weight to the left. In that Instant my Angers had caught the wrist of hla pistol-banFor a moment he fought for hla freedom: then he let himself tall on hla back: but now my wits were working and before It could reach hla pocket I had hold of his other wrist And In that Instant tbe room waa flooded with light For a moment I thought that someone had entered the chamber. And then I guessed that Pharaoh bad turned the switches when first he came Into the room, that the switchboard Itself might report the repair of the damage which he had done. So for the first time that night 1 saw my enemy's face. I think he must hare known that I was hla assailant, but the sight of me seemed to send him out of his mind, lie fought no more as a serpent, but like the madman he looked, his face convulsed with passion and his eyea starling out of hla head. At last, to my roller, the tempest blew Itself out, and he lay back, spent t:d panting, to take his rest: but, before I could think of moving, he lind lifted his head once more and was staring Into my eyes. I looked bark, grimly enough. lie did not struggle : he simply gazed upon me, as though he would brand my image upon hla memory. Then the fellow spat In my face. . So s madman mode a madman. If be resisted, I know not, but 1 used him as a lay figure from that (lino on. I dashed his hand on the massive plinth of the table, to break his wrist, ar.i when bis pistol had fallen I brought hla bands together and got to any knees. And then I was clear of Cite table and had Jerked him up to Ills feet. I let hla broken wrist go, whipped out bis second pistol and pitched It across the room. Then I seized his throat with both I lands, turned him back to the table, bent him across Its corner and broke bis back on the oak. ... , , Rush, but the turret, no doubt, had embrasures, and alia would be found and released so soon aa she could make herself heard. She had, of course, heard the firing, but If the thieves were fighting what did that mutter to her? Let Pharaoh revenge her escape upon Bugle and Rush: or seek to blast bis way out of the secret room. (Here perhaps I should say that though Helena heard the firing, the Bound was so muffled thst alia could not be sure what It was, while, ao thick were the walls of Yorlck, that nobody else In the castle heard It at all.) Now wlieu Helena's release was effected and Geoffrey and the warden were found. Die three would take counsel together uiain her report. Tbe position would be considered but not for . Llandudno, Atlantic City of The Mind Tourist Is Magnet Meter o Wales, Now Although I had come to regard with increasing apprehension the opening of Helena'! eye to the truth, of course, that It was I and not Bugle that had stood In the secret chamber and had listened to all she said It bad never occurred to me that. If only I held my tongue, neither ohe nor anyone else need ever suspect that I had en- Has Become One of Most Popular Sea Resorts tered the castle that Friday night Yet before my cousin had spoken dozen words, I saw that If I careful, my secret would keep Itself. He found me finishing breakfast In Ids room at The Reaping Hook. Well, you have missed something," be said. Let that be your punishment for deceiving three simple souls. Not that I blame you thla time. My lady had no right to treat you like that I told her as much In the coupe. But long. wouldn't listen to me. But that's she The thing was clear. To open the way room would be murines The council by the way. You've missed In a most would surely decide that Pharaoh and we've all of us missed the bla companions must be left to die astounding show that ever was seen. Lady Helena saw a good bit more where they were. than enough, I'm afraid." He threw I Something dazedly surveyed my Into chair. Upon my soul. himself surroundings. No windows, no doors. How did one I don't know where to begin." What do you know?" 1 said. get out of chambers that had neither '1 feel sure," said my cousin, that windows nor doors? glad to hear that your It was then that I thought of the you willto be arrive et the castle knocked failure fireplace. the three of us flat We couldn't asA grate must have a chimney ; and If similate the fact that almple, honest the chimney was wide. . . . had laid himself out to John I must have climbed forty feet when deceiveSpencer us and done It so devilish my hand encountered a ridge and I well. You certainly got your own back.. Lady Helena wae wild. I'd never have believed It of him,' she raged. Well, now that she was safe In tbe castle, I was only too glad of an; excuse to get out, and so I announced that Barley and I would seek you with-- . out delay. She Insisted that we Should take Sabre and gave the dog hla orders before we left It's right you. should know that she was extremely t ; ; worried." My cousin paused, to frown on his! finger-tip- My Pistol on the Carpat Before Me. felt a current of air. And then I came to a fireplace. ' Aa I crawled out of that fireplace, I knew where I was. I had come to Helena' bedroom. Roughly I washed the filth from my head and my hands, but though I did what I could to wipe the soot from my shoes, I very soon saw that nntll I could change my clothing, I should not be fit to move in a furnished room. And what clothes I had were at Plumage. . . At once to get to the farm became my burning desire. Before I did so, I must set Helena free. That was id tuple enough. I had her muster key, and there was her private stair to bring me down to the halL And yet I dreaded the duty. I did not want to see her at least, not now. I dreaded the explanations which I should be forced to give. I did not want her to know that I had been there. In that room: that 1 had seen Pharaoh break her. that 1 had heard her purchase my safety for ten thousand pound a year. I heard the whine of a dog and ttyn the scratch of daws on the door that led to the rampnrt In a moment I had It open, and there to my Joy was Sa. bre. I afterwards learned that, perceiving the bustle above him, the dog had declared, by barking, that he was down In the moat. His reacue was effected. The great dog seemed pleased to see me, but none too pleased to see that I waa alone. "Come and find her. Sabre." I said. "I know where she Is." The Alsatian started and stared. Then be bounded toward me, put his great paws on my shoulders and licked my face. One minute later we stood In the little hall. With the master key In my hand. I turned to the turret door. For a moment I hesitated. Theu I took a deep breath, fitted the key to the lock and pushed open the ouk. Helena was not to be seen. Neither, for that matter, was Sabre, lie had gone to Join hit mistress at the head Sitting on the bench by the fireplace, of the turret stair. 1 waa wondering whether to follow wiped my face and my hands on Helena's black silk scarf. This had or whether to wait where I was. when been wrung and creased, and 1 had no I suddenly saw that my duty to the doubt that Pliaraoh had used It to lady was done. gag her, before he had carried her off. The epearance of Sabre would show Now that the business was orer, I her that she was released. The way found It hard to believe. 1 looked at to her bedroom was open, and she had my watch. no need of escort, because the terror The time was tweuty minutes past was laid. twelve. Not an hour had gone by sluce With trembling Huger, I whipped 'lharaoh had talked' from the ram- the key from the lock of the turret parts and Dewdrop had read his mes- door. Then I opened the door which as ge to Rush and Bugle and me. And gave to the winding staircase, passed pow they were all four dead, but I through and locked it behind me with ,was alive. all dispatch, live minutes later 1 The reflection brought me up to my crossed the moat by the footbridge and feet. entered the tunnel which would bring Alive, If you please: but I was shut me luto the wood in a chamber from which 1 could see no way out. . . . At I walked to Plumage. I reraera Fot twenty minutes I sought that bered those terrible moments how In secret door. 1 shouted and beat upon her pride site had flung my puny efthe woodwork, using Helena's name fort In l'haraoh'a face and how In nil Is vain. her fear and trembling site had sought Helena waa locked In the turret to buy my safety by committing a my hand In my pocket Angered her breach fit trust. No queen could have master ev: which I had taken from done more for the king the loved. I SENTINEL. SMITH FIELD. UTAH s. I hnie. In the merciful course of, time, to forget the way we employed, the next two hour We used Sabre : exactly according to the Instructions on' the box. Should the dog display erne-- ' tlon, release him at once. Remain exactly where you were when he left you, until he returns. Then take hold of his collar and he will lead you to: John." I began to shake with laughter. "Quite so," said Geoffrey. Quite so. After about an hour the dog displayed, emotion and was released. After another hour Rnrley and I displayed much' more emotion and withdrew to survey the mouth of the entrance drive. . . . We hadn't been there ten minutes when we heard the Curtotta coming, coming from the castle all ont. By the use of our torches we stopped her, to find that she was manned by a flying squad. Watchmen, porters, groom all of tli cm armed to the teeth. They were going to compass Yorlck, traveling east : and the coupe was coming after, to travel west The Countess Helena had been kidnaped. Yorlck was plunged Into darkness and my lady was gone. Let down In a sheet from the ramparts. Iler handkerchief had been found on the drawbridge and Sabre had been found In the moat I felt that It was time to say something. But how, 1 begun. . . Dont Interrupt," snld my cousin. Listen to me. Well, I let the Carlotta go, deciding that Barley and I would do belter on foot I sent him east and ran west yes, ran, with my heart In my mouth. The Idea was to find the If the Rolls had not gone. Rolls I found her at a quarter to one, np a little track and very near cried with relief. You see, that meant that my lady was yet In the park. I rushed off and stopped the coupe, which was lapping for the twentieth time, told the chauffeur to go on patrolling, but to send me reinforcements and tell everybody he met. Then I went of Britain. American tourists who visit the British Isles this summer may be drawn to Llandudno beach, which baa been called the "Atlantic City of the British Isles." On the wind hills of Llandudno Lewis Carroll," an Oxford beach mathematician whose real name waa Dr. Charles L. Dodgson, once strolled with the children of his boat. Dean LlddelL Recently a white marble marker was erected at the famous Welsh resort to commemorate these walks, and the literary classic, Alice In Wonderland," they Inspired. Although Llandudno may still sound quite foreign to moat Americana, It la one of the chief seaside resorts of the British Isles," says the SituNational Geographic society. ated on the north coast of Wales, facing the Irish sea. It may be easily reached by thousands of summer visitors from Liverpool, Manchester, and the English Midlands. The town Itself Is built around a vast semicircle of firm, sandy beach, with the ends of the crescent tipped with two towering masses of rock, the Great Orme's head and the Little Orme. Neither Nice, nor Deauville, nor Biarritz, nor Schevenlngen, middle-Europd nor any of the on shores the resort bathing of Hungary's Lake Balaton, has a situation comparable to this magnificent watering place. "And the Welsh people have made excellent use of the opportunities which nature presented. A concrete boardwalk' wider than New York's Broadway follows the graceful curve of the beach for more than a mile and a half; countless bathhouses on wheels follow the tide back and forth, being drawn np and down the sands by hones; droves of donkeys are provided for the children's rides when they tire of digging in the sand ; a pier Jutting out into the bay for half a mile la the scene of dally concerts and dances, while along Its full length are booths of fortune tell-ercatch-penn- y venders, and other allurement "which attract those who delight In such diversion while on holiday. Bat It la the incomparable Marine drive; chiseled out of the eolld rock of Great Ormes Head, winding be a, ladies, your RENT d LONG OVERDUE. I'M , I SORRY, BUTINS AFRAID CANTI I GIVE YOU MUCH MORE. TIME Bell WNU Sttvlc Syndic!. The Arithmetic Test In this test, ten oral arlthmetls problems are given. Read each ont carefully and see how quickly you can find the answers. Do not use pencil and palter. 1. Add 8.'4. 8, 6. has 35,000 In the 2. A person bank. of It How much He withdraws 25 money does he withdraw? 8. A gallon of gasoline costs eightHow much does twelve een cent cost? quarts nearby; 4. Change 138 to a whole or medieval structure occupying the site of the cell of St. Tudno, a hermit of mixed number. 5. A caravan traveling eight miles the Seventh century who gave Ills mile How long name, to Llandudno (llan meaning a day goes thirty-si- x did It take? church). What Arabic numeral cor& responds with the Roman MCXI? When any portion of a velvet gown from pressure, hold the basin of hot water, the a over part wrong side next to the water. The pile will soon le restored. la crushed o o To prevent cheese becoming stringy when making Welsh rabbit, do not use a high temperature when melting. Hare only Just enough heat to melt cheese. Do not allow bread to 7. A suite of furniture costs $80. The company allows 2 discount for cash. How much will the company receive on a cash sale? 8. A person has $5,000 In tha bank. He withdraws 25 of it How much money remains In the bank? 9. A horse can run a mile In two minute Using that basis, how fast can be run one mile and a quarter? 10. Change 2J22 Into Roman Answers 1. 2. $1,200. 3. 54 cent rise too high before putting Into the oven If you wish In have a fine grained bread. 1. Four and a half day 4. 5. 1,111. 7. $78.10. $3,750. flL saucerful of quicklime placed a damp, closet or cupboard, will A In a ab-wr- b & Two and a all dampness. half minute 10. MMCCXXIL When sandpapering surfaces that are to be painted, the work la made much easier If sandpaper la folded over a small block of wood. To keep bath enamel In good condition, always put In a little cold water first. Exceedingly hot water Is likely to make It crack and 'peel off. Wolf Is Member of Dog Team; Huskies Make Him Bebave Rev. Father ODwyer of North Bay, Ont a Sanlt diocese missionary, uses a wolf in the dog team that pulls hla sled. Simla at the priest from the wolf To prevent halibut falling to pieces are silenced by the team Invariably while boiling, wrap in cheesecloth who administers a proficient and simmer In boiling water. .About leader, The wolfs night howl 30 minutes time la required to boll beating. wolves two and a half or three pounds of however, often bring other tbe missionary uncomfortably dose, halibut THE: SHOP ... back to lay my ambush. I soon had plenty of men and I did the Job well, l'haraoh simply hadnt an earthly. Though be didn't know it, that track had become the scaffold on which he and hla little friends were going to die. At a quarter to two a wallah comes pelting with a message we very nearly killed him. of course. Rut by the time he'd said hie piece he waa nearer death than before. The Countess Helena's compliments, and will Mr. Bohun come back to the castle at once." My cousin coven'll his face. 1 don't tldnk I've ever felt such a blasted fool. Rut blasted . . . Well, I took the Rolls and drove back to hear Lady Helena'! tale. (TO BE COMTIM'F.D) e much-vaunte- tween sea and sky, midway along the disprecipitous cliff, which brings other all over Llandudno to tinction No similar atretch of the resort Cornlche drive along the Riviera can excel It In grandeur. There are many, many spots which lure the visitor: Iluppy Val ley, nestling In a hollow of the Great Orme, presented to the town by Lord Mnstyn as a memorial of the Queen Victoria Jubilee; the Church of Our Saviour, In whose grounds Lewie Carrol used to romp with hla youthful friend Alice, the daughter of Dean I.lddell, whose residence was and St. Tudno's church, a By LOWELL HENDERSON e Ball SyBdlcaU. say WND fervlco. PROFIT SHOWS, A HOW CAN WE PAY RENT, MR. BRADY -- EVERY WOMAN IN TOWN OWES US INCLUDING MONEY YOUR WIFE MY HUSBAND SAYS YOU GIRLS AREN'T DOING WELL-- Ib LIKE j we wouldn't need , TO HEIP, 50 TM ASKING MY FRIENDS TO,. COME HERE AW -- HE!? JUST SORE BECAUSE. 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