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Show 'vrn ''TI I d,1 v-- defend its own ' ago ,lr;oVny KrSwhen '5e' id bankers, not need to 'E nO Truth is vfJd busi-- ' places of off the lights and To-.heavy shutters. blinds the aside ull The a strong light. of truth the protection so it have is to expose what ,1 may to US give up trying K is batter far Pf S it- - from work and you that work can run. away CHAPTER XI Continued -1- 5- Next Week Till thinks noth- thousand years. one ten dol- rGosh! I lent geologist a ast night. Discretion to ,, teacher had been trying of the ate the principles grille. she asked, Tommy, do supposing a t would you nick you?" suppos-"demandwhig a boy are you ed Tommy. IFOR A STEAM SIIOVEL Pharaoh was trying to find me, stealing this way and that. He had only to brush against me, touch me with the tips of his fingers, and I should be caught. His deadly swiftness of action would see to that Any moment this might happen. Any moment the roar of his pistol might make the last sound I should hear. He might be but three feet off now. In another Instant I might feel his breath on my cheek. . . , I began to tremble: my knees felt suddenly loose: my cousins words came leering Into my mind, I never liked bllndmans buff." . . . It was the remembrance of Helena that put to shame my fear. I had heard her whip Pharaoh here, In this very room: whip him before hts fellows ; cut him across the face, and the whip she had used was my You fear him courage. you fear his hand." For an Instant I thought upon her and strangely enough remembered the way she had pushed her hair from her temples, as though by that pretty gesture to banish care. Then I turned refreshed to my duty, which was to take Pharaohs life. At once I set out to find him, with my left hand stretched before me and my pistol all ready. I truly believe that my action saved my life, for Pharaoh passed me in the darkness and came upon Rush. I knew this was so, for he fired upon the body, supposing It to be me, and the flame that leaped from his pistol gave me a mark to aim at. Instead of lighting my face. Iu a flash I had fired and bad drawn his fire, for, before I could think, a bullet had flicked the sleeve of my pistol-arm- . This showed me, once for all, that so far as snap shots were concerned, I stood no chance whatever against such a man. As I whipped to one side, I made up my mind I must not fire again until I knew for certain that my bullet was going to kill. In a word, if I was to win, I must come to close quarters with Pharaoh, If not to grips. I had now come back to the table, and, as I edged my way round it, I below. thought of the knee-hol- e I think It will be admitted that In making you way to and fro In a room that is dark, your tendency Is to skirt the furniture which you encounter, keeping tn touch with Its edge, because, I suppose, you like to be able to feel your way. After all, this Is natural: blind men move by the wall. If, then, 1 entered the knee-hol- e and let Pharaoh move to and fro, sooner of Inter he would skirt the pedestal table, and, though I should not hear him, I had put out my hands, and I should feel the slack of his trousers as he went by. An Instant later I was crouching beneath the archway, with my pis- - ... Ill have to dig all day :sh! jt that bulb. d , or the At tiny s O' nnir that letter ied you :er the to or y dont seem to have said the any, heavyweight cham- - Its car e o r fat e Count of Ten ci aint, said the boxer. i firm what wants to place ivertisement on the soles of shoes. vith he . Chameleon-Lik- The e bookkeeper in my office has gone gray in my service. re a two tear nothing. Ive a who has gone Thats typist black, a, blond, platinum, and Tired in my service." 36 7 office you and WHO HOLD MEN THEIR I LET VO matter back aches ' THEM KNOW how much your and your nerves your husband, because he if only a man, can never under-ran- d why you are so hard to Uve wh one week la every month. Too often the honeymoon ex- -f ti wrecked by the wwin, nagging "OTofa three-quartwife. The woman never lets her husband mow by outward sign that she is i victim of periodic pain. ' ot generations one woman told another how to go "smil-- r through" with Lydia ii. Pinkie Vegetable Compound. It -- PShature tone up the systom, of lessening the discomforts from functional J ZT disorders w hich endllre to the three kfe: 1. Turning from to womanhood. 2. Pre-fo- p motherhood. 3. ng "middle age. tliroe-quar- tr wlfo; m.u?t mood E- - Smiling KNKHAM8 LE CMPUMD and Through. $; Americans and y Sneers Used Poultices for Colds Ijousewlwes today. way r h 10 - j . " v Mkm on his side. Then I snatched my pistol, thrust It Into his stomach and pressed the trigger In vain. The magazine was empty. Slovenly to the last, Rush had never troubled to replenish his clip. Pharaoh had fallen on his right and so on his pistol arm. While this was taking his weight, he could not aim, and though in a flash he had thrown his weight to the left, In that instant my fingers had caught the wrist of his pistol-hand- . For a moment he fought for his freedom: then he let himself fall I afterwards learned that, peron his back: but now my wits were the bustle above him, the ceiving working and before it could reach his pocket, I had hold of his other dog had declared, by barking, that he was down In the moat His reswrist. cue was effected. And In that Instant the room was The great dog seemed pleased to flooded with light. . . . see me, but none too pleased to see For a moment I thought that that I was alone. someone bad entered the chamber. Come and find her, Sabre, I And then I guessed that Pharaoh said. I know where she is." had turned the switches when first The Alsatian he came Into the room, and the Then he boundedstarted and stared. toward me, put switchboard Itself might report the his great paws on my shoulders and repair of the damage which he had licked my face. done. One minute later we stood In the So far the first time that night I little hall. saw my enemys face. With the master key in my hand, I think he must have known that I turned to the turret , door. For a I was his assailant, but the sight moment I hesitated. Then I took a of me seemed to send him out of deep breath, fitted the key to the his mind. He fought no more like lock and pushed open the oak. as a serpent, but like the madman Helena was not to be seen. he looked, his face convulsed with Neither, for that matter, was Sapassion and his " eyes staring put of bre. He had gone to Join his mis" ' tress at the head of the turret stair. his head. At last, to my relief, the tempest I was wondering whether to folblew Itself out, and he, lay back, low or whether to wait where I was, spent and panting, to take his rest: when I suddenly saw that my duty but, before I could think of moving, to the lady was done. he had lifted his bead once more The appearance of Sabre would and was staring into my eyes. show her that she was released. I looked back, grimly enough. The way to her bedroom was open, He did not struggle: he simply and she had no need of escort, be gazed upon me, as though he would cause the terror was laid. With trembling fingers, I whipped brand my Image upon his memory, Then the fellow spat in my face. the key from the lock of the turret So a madman made a madman. door. Then I opened the door which If he resisted, I knew not, but gave to the winding staircase, I nsed him as a lay figure from that passed through and locked It behind me with all dispatch. Five minutes ; time on. I dashed his band on the later I crossed the moat by the footmassive plinth of the table, to break bridge and entered the tunnel which his wrist, and when his pistol bad would bring me into the woods. fallen I brought his hands together and got to my knees. And then I As I walked to Plumage, I rememwas clear of the table and had bered those terrible moments how Jerked him up to his feet In her pride she had flung my puny I let his broken wrist go, efforts In Pharaohs face and how In whipped out his second pistol and her fear and trembling she had pitched it across the room. sought to buy my safety by comThen I seized his throat with both mitting a breach of trust No queen hands, turned him back to the table, could have done more for the king bent him across its corner and she loved. broke his back on the oak. " D ' T s Jor-acidit- y way-roun- C s v. I began to shake with laughter Quite so," said Geoffrey. "Quite so. After about an hour the dog dis played emotion and was released. After another hour Barley and 1 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 Carlotta coming coming from the castle all out By the use of our torches we stopped her, to find that she was manned by a flying squad. Watchmen, porters, grooms all of them armed to the teeth. They were going to compass Yorick, traveling east; and the coupe was coming after, to travel west The Countess Ilele-.had been kidnaped. Yorick was plunged into darkness and my lady was gone. Let down In a sheet from the ramparts. Her handker chief had been found on the drawbridge and Sabre bad been found la the moat I felt that it was time to say On to Success Witli It Comes Boldness in New Ideas; Our Sphere of Friends and Activities Expands salesman may be A POOR genius at gardening; an a genial profession. Having succeeded once, we begin to show a different stenographer sometimes little daring; we try new ideas never suspects her own gift for more boldly, and our world of in- cookery, for dress design, for ability to pick up foreign languages. By thinking candidly about yourself, by being as friendly to yourself as you would be to another, you can often drav up a picture of your tastes, abilities, desires and hopes which will astonish you. Take an inventory of yourself, paying special attentio1 to the things you like but which you have little of in your daily life. Then start putting them into it. From Interest to a Specialty something. Often we have to begin slowly But how," I began. . . . Dont Interrupt" said my coureading, or finding courses of insin. Listen to me. Well, I let the struction within our means, or Carlotta go, deciding that Barley working out a program for ourand I would do better on foot selves in solitude; but every day something can be done toward the new way of living. It can grow from an interest into a hobby, from a hobby into a side line, from a side line into a specialty. Then comes the day when the unsatisfactory work can be given up (to someone who will find it as satisfying and as absorbing as we find our own new field) and success is at last really and noticeably on its way to us or we are on our way to it. Vitalizes Character Then living begins to be fun. We meet people with the same tastes, not just the chance acquaintances who come our way in an uncon s friends and activities expands couldnt even more. Chances even imagine until we get inside our real work turn up on every hand. Best of all, even a small success has a vitalizing effect on v-- character. That is the most interesting discovery that success brings in its train; those who are living successfully make the best friends. They are free from malice and spitefulness. They are not petty. They are full of good talk and humor. Dorothea Brande in WHO FOR THOSE 1 PRIDE IN THEIR BAKING TAKE O Here a baking powder, tried, tested and used exclusively by experts. , Sitting on the bench by the fireplace, I wiped my face and my hands on Helenas black silk scarf. This had been wrung and creased, and I had no dqubt that Pharaoh had used It to gag her, before he had carried her off. Now that the business was over, I found It hard to believe. I looked . at my watch. The time was twenty minutes past twelve. Not an hour had gone by since Pharaoh had talked from the ramparts and Dewdrop had read his message to Rush and Bugle and me. And now thev were all four dead, but I was alive, .The reflection brought me np to my feet. Alive, If you plense: but I was shut In a chamber from which I could see no way out . . . For twenty minutes I sought that secret door. I shouted and beat upon the woodwork, using Helenas name all In vain, congestion, PackTii ch,, cold. i50Helena was locked In the turret K..p A.aVt."' Tdlcin eh(- hand in my pocket fingered her my Sioras mill master key; which I had taken Jjat, 50c Practical Siia, 25 from Rush, but the turret, no doubt, had embrasures, and she would be --w found and released so soon as she 49 30 could make herself heard. She had, of course, heard the firing, but If the thieves were fighting what did that matter to her? Let Pharaoh revenge her escape upon Engle and Kush ; or seek to blast his way out of the secret room. (Here perhaps I should say that though Helena heard the firing, the sound was so muffled that she could not be sure & HEALTH what it was, while, so thick were walls of Yorick, that nobody cron s healthy per- Me. the I My Pistol on the Carpet Before e else in the castle heard It at ail.) yourself be handicapped Now whpn Helenas release was tol on the cannot before me and sluggish condition, iA and Geoffrey and the wareffected outstretched upon nerves my empty-handand otlicr dangerous found, the three would were den 1 either side. counsel together upon her retake I had not long to wait would be conThe position 1 port. V lien I did not return his fire, but not for long. sidered r wn uncertuliewjietli-eman fancy the The thing was clenr. To open the or not I was dead. He, therefore, would be madness. The counroom sought the spot from which I' had cil would surely decide that Phafired and, finding nobody there, and his companions must be turned and cnpie to ilie table ex- raoh t die where they were. loit actly ns I bad done. Somewhat dazedly I surveyed my And exactly ns I had done, he It. . . . surroundings, LS!A TOR HEALTH d began to edgp his No windows, no doors, now did of bis trousers brushed slack The 0r''nttT hiilk of one get out of chambers that had nmgncsia my hand. Tf0 ri,,ncutr-tlirrneither windows nor doors? stomach acids, in a flash I had Mm by the , It was then that I thought of the from feet r!ca;ant ehmination. Tach anKles and, ripping his i I beneath him had brought him down fireplace. kaspoonfui milk of mag. t CM9iM0Uid"qUlCkt A grate must have a chimney; and if the chimney was wide. . . . I must have climbed forty feet when my hand encountered a ridge and I felt a current of air. And then I came to a fireplace. As I crawled out of that fireplace, I knew where I was. I had come to Helenas 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 until 1 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 simple enough. I had her master 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 I had seen Pharaoh break her, that I had heard her purchase my safety for ten thousand pounds a year. I heard the whine of a dog and then the scratch of claws on the door that led to the ramparts. In a moment I had it open, and there to my joy was Sabre. Although I had come to regard with Increasing apprehension the opening of Helenas eyes to the truth, of course, that it was I and not Bugle that had stood In the secret chamber and listened to all She said It had never occurred to me that If only I held my tongue, neither she nor anyone else need ever suspect that I had entered the castle that Friday night Yet before my cousin had spoken a dozen words, I saw that, If I was careful, my secret would keep Itself. He found me finishing breakfast In his room at The Reaping Hook Well, you have missed someLet that be your thing," he said. punishment for deceiving three simple souls. Not that I blame you this time. My lady had no right to treat you like that I told her as much in the coupe. But she wouldnt listen to me. But thats by the way. Youve missed In a way youve missed the most astounding show that ever was seen, Lady Helena saw a good bit more than enough, Im afraid. He threw himself into a chair. Upon my soul, I dont know where to begin." What do you know?" I said. I feci sure," said my cousin, that you will be glad to hear that your failure to arrive at the castle knocked the three of us flat. We assimilate the fact that simple, honest John Spencer had laid himself out to deceive us and couldnt done It so devilish well. You certainly got your own back. Lady Helena was wild. Id never have believed it of him, she raged. Well, now that she was safe In the castle, I was only too glad of an excuse to get out, and so I an nounced that Barley and I would seek you without delay. She Insisted that we should take Sabre and gave the dog his orders before we left Its right you should know that she was extremely worried. My cousin paused, to frown on bis finger-tips- . chair seats can be tightened up by washing them in a weak solution of salt water and then drying in the open air. Cane-bottom- A Gag Was Clapped Over ed Her Development of Character Radiators and steam pipes will You cannot dream yourself into if a room in noticeable be less sent him east and ran west yes, the same color of a character; you must hammer are ran, with my heart In my mouth. theywallspainted and forge yourself one. James or wood trim. The idea was to find the Rolls . . . the Anthony Froude. If the Rolls had not gone. Chocolate stains may be reI found her at a quarter to one, up a little track and very near moved from table linen by sprinkcried with relief. You see, that ling the stain with borax, then meant that my lady was yet In the pouring boiling water through the linen. park. Mouth. vWOMENW 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 be met Then I went back to lay my ambush. I soon bad plenty of men and I did the Job welL Pharaoh simply hadn't an earthly Though he didn't know it that track had become the scaffold on which be and his little friends were going to die. At a quarter of two a wallah comes pelting with a message we very nearly killed him, of course, But by the time hed said his piece he was nearer death than before. The Countess Helenas compliments, and will Mr. Bohun come back to the castle at once. My cousin covered his face. I dont think Ive ever felt such a blasted fool. But blasted . . . Well, I took the Rolls and drove back to hear Lady Helena's tale. She was lying down on her bed when a gag wns clapped over her mouth. Pharaoh, of course; but alone. She put up a fight, but he very soon had his way. He bound her wrists and ankles and took her master key. Then he carried her down her private staircase and into In a secret room the fact, to the cellar where lies the When sending a book through the mail cut corners off still envelopes and put on book corners. Protected in this way corners will not bend. To keep paint fresh in uncovered cans fill them to the top with the paint thoroughly. When needed, pour off the water with care. water, after stirring Always make it a point to keep your larder supplied with about a dozen cans of soups, meats and fruits. When an unexpected guest arrives for lunch you will then be able to serve a good meal. I hope, in the merciful course of time, to forget the way we employed the next two hours. We used Sahre exactly according to the instructions on the box. Should the dog display emotion, release him at once. Remain exactly where Potatoes 2,000 Yeara Ago you were when he left you, until Potatoes were first grown lie returns. Then take hold of hl collar and he will lead jou to John." 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Well, Pharaoh and Dewdrop went down, to view the gold: but Rush and Bugle remained in the chamber on guard, I ought to have said that her hands and her feet had been freed. Still, she hadnt much chance, for thpy kept a torch on her face. I shall never understand why Pharaoh employed two such washouts as Bugle and Rush. The first thing those two brght lads did was, between them, to drop the torch. By the time theyd found It again their prisoner was gone. The door to the secret room Is a secret door. It cannot be opened from within. It was, therefore, standing open. In a fiaeh my lady was out and had shut the door. Well, though she wns safe, she wasnt clear of the wood. She was locked in a staircase-turre- t, and Rush had her master key. She called from the embrasures, but, as the castle was empty, there werent any ears to hear, Then, after a wlille she found Sabre stanjlng beside her. Unking her hand." I felt that such a statement demanded some sort of expression of disbelief. 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