Show II l 1 of Three u i BY Jack lack I ly 1 had ho bo begun an attempted atlon don of or tho the instrument and antI andi i he realized he he- Impossibility thing chIng ching her her- herIn In several se minutes e Intricacies of the stock Block mar- mar on when his eyes noted on mo o. o I that hat Frisco was was' twenty rant points points points-a a tiling thinK in frt that little Iowa railroad B R. R If M 1 hud had financed and I to the day of his death maln- maln proudly aa ss so 80 legitimate a n cre- cre hat though half tho the bank and andAVall Wall 11 street crashed It would r an any storm e magic masle the queen murmured slick getting sellIng Bascoms Bascom's office N 1 i j. j Bascom will undoubtedly undoubted arback arick crack ar- ar back ack ick in n half haIr an am hour This is IR isn istl n u. talking t l 1 Morgan Mr IJ ti Jert left for tor his office not five o ago 0 When hen he he tell pint int t I have 0 started for his office all ii not be bd more than flue five min min- him This is important Urn Ym m J I ln J am on Oil th the wa way Thank you ou jb naturally with 1 nil all 11 the theon won won- of the grand and house y yet t to be he heher her tho the queen betrayed he her r oIntment when i toJ told he heet herat her herist r et at Immediately depart for a u place ill eeL int at Is in tt It if she dhe asked with a 11 ppul I pleasure that drags s you ou awa away Ho to like 0 a slave 01 ii Is Is and bashers business and very er cry he c told her wilh a and nd a aI I what is hu business s that it Il should ower r o 0 user or 11 3 you OU who are aro a king Blues's Ines Ines limo t name of your your 11 0 god gait 0 iiIi 1111 of nr you von worship as' as n H the sun tun I worshiped or h by my people at nt tho mho Almost I j perfect ups up- up upI J M s of her Idea a a. a fn saying III I the groat roat American god Also Ilso I i very cr terrible god and wh when n it itt r ns t sins sin's terribly and sw swiftly t you OU h have Incurred Its ic queried yes e though T I J know not how w. w t so go to Wall 1 Jl street treet- treet r ilch Ich Is Its altar she he broke 0 In III II tieh ch Is Its h ho he answered j I hero f r mu mint t find out wherein I I I offended t. t and u wherein ln I 1 may mn pla mayr-pla- pla pla- I I I lu it O attempt to explain to 10 her he r clues and functions of oC th the mat lal d I C d wired for from rom Colon scarcely y tc ted her and aud sho she brol broke o him himoff of f ng that ex e evidently the maid wa wat wa y to lh the Indian woman who ha had d ed ed her ber In the lie valley of or the lost los t and tand nd that she had been lito to personal service er o over sine since e I t 3 a little girl learning I I t I from irom her mother in th tho thoon 0 Ron on the lake Jale Francis clu caught ht up Ms lily hl hat ha l lher t jed cd her she relented tI and antI wished d tk ek k before the altars altar s t several eral hours o of amazing nd ad adS ad- ad cs s In her own quarters where o ild Jd Id a speaking Spanish French t L acted as guide and mentor er being variously mea measured d over o b by a gorgeous w woman man M emed herself a queen and who wh Who m tended t oded by 11 two young women I hot ho ho in the queens queen's mind wa wat was ns s I It It t t doubt summoned to servo ROT he her r panels he came back down n tit the e I I stairway to Investigate In the lib lIb lIb- th i Its mysterious telephone er cr I that Parker had told he heo her hero r o pass as sho site carried out hl his s tons Ions The two tiro different staves slaves s tho tho magic of the number she em and tn Francis talked an and d with her hel be begged led her liar not t to o Bly dy l and nd ol to bo ho homer home c fer r than 5 b Hint afternoon t hilt and throughout the tho dl day Vitus a aery very ery busy and perturbed d secret have e you ou Basi Bas Bas- ain aln i demanded Francis r h 1 no III 0 sc I lee ce except copt whore your our hold hold- j hOhl-j concerned the tho market is tea rca ti rand right But take lake your our I There's Theres Frisco Consolidated neither sense nor 10 logic lc that i d be he this way ti Only dings s arc aro being bang reared Now New cw k Connecticut cut p tl 13 1 mho Iho last four tour q quarters and nd Isris is ras ris J gibraltar ot et Its It's down don n i n haf hard d inic me with Lode Death th I POr COI Imperial Tun Tungsten tern stern t rn Take Talo Alaska j jl jj as us solid as the tho e everlasting i to 10 o movement mo against It start start- yesterday Tate late It closed eight and today has slumped Crouch much uch more eT 1 one ono stock 1 i you OU arc hea heavily In Interested cd other stocks involved Tho The Thoe I the he e market arket Is firm r s L Tampico Petroleum um rl firm m. m KM stid and tad I Im I'm m Interested In st t o of all all j d d his hll- shoulders h 1 1 iu u sure you cannot ink tl of ot t who Is IJ doing this and who ur enemy nem r the Ole life lite or of me TIlt Bascom lit 1 U of or ft t soul I 1 haven't ha made les ell because inco m my father ye 1 not boon been active in i is la Is tho only thing I ever eve r 1111 and even ovon now no it Its It's all 0 o strolled to the ticker os tilt alf 8 a Ii point up fOr fop five c hun- hun jl Just the thc same somebody's after aHer you ou Bascom assured him Tho thing is clear as 08 tho sun at midday I have ha been going over 01 the tho reports of the different stocks Blocks at Issue Tho They are arc colored artfully and delicately colored colored col col- oret ored and the coloring matter is 18 pessimistic pessimistic pessi pessi- an and official Wh Why did Northwestern North orth- western Electric pass paRS its I dividend dl I h Why did the they put that black eye stuff i Into report on Montana i Lode Oh all never or mind the rest of or the I eying black but wh why all ail this I It Its Ity of oC unloading Its It's clear Theres There's Theresa s sa a raid on on and it seems on you OU and It its it's Inot i inot not a n sudden rush raid Its It's been cn slowly slowly slow slow- slow slow-i l ly and steadily growing And nd Its It's It ripe to break at al the first rumor of or war ata at at ata I Ia a hl big strike or a financial panic panle- at anything that thal will bear the entire I market Look at tho the situation youre you're in no now I when all 11 holdings except your our own arc are normal 1 0 covered cO your our margins I an and covered them A grave ra proportion of our nur straight collateral In is already I I I j J I I i up And you OU can scarce scarcely throw them 1 I i overboard o It might start starl a break Its It's too ticklish h Theres Tampico Petroleum smiling smil- smil In Ing a a. a 1 pretty as you OU Its It's please Its It's collateral col col- eol I lateral enough to coyer cover c everything I Francis Francs suggested though Ive I've been heen chary of or touching It it he amended amende I Bascom shook his bis II head bead I Theres the th Mexican revolution ro HI If H I we wc In Involved 1 Tampico Petroleum and J I I anything serious should ik I down own there you'd outI be bo finished cleaned out broke c. c 1 f A Bad Prospect And yet et com Ua-com Bi I com I fee reo feeno I no other u way out than to use Tampico You ou see sec I have ha almost exI ex cx- j I haunted what shat you rou ou have e placed In my nu nuI hands S. S And Ind this I is no whirlwind raid Il Ht r Jow loty and steady as an a adi ad- ad advancing glacier c I only handled the tho market marital tm t for you ou all till these years attic an and i this is the first tight place weve we've got ol Into Inlo Now Ko your our general business affairs affairs affairs af af- fairs Collins had tho the handling an and d knows You must know What hat se securities Sf- Sf can you ou let me mc have hwe Now ow ow antl a And Anil tomorrow And next reck And AntI tl th the next throe three weeks s I j I tl Ho How much do you OU want want Francis Francia m questioned hack back j ii t t I I I r I f I I I I I I I v u l tU tUI 13 day Bascom pointed eloquently a athe athe at atthe the ticker At least tW twenty nt million millions more in the next three weeks becks if and ir-an and marl mark you that If 1 well well well-if If the world remains at pence peace and If tho the general market T remains a ns as s as it ha has been for tor tho the post six months I Francis stood up with decision an and readied reached for his hatIm hat liat Im 11 1 going to Collins at once Ho Ito knows far Car more about m my outside I 1 business than I T know myself I shill shall have hae at least he million in fn your hands hand before beCore closing time and md Ive I've a shrewd suspicion that Ill I'll cover the rest durIn dur dur- In ing the next several SQ weeks Remember Bascom Dascom warned him as thc they shook hands Its Ila tho the cr very slowness ss of this raid that is ominous Its Jit's t s' s directed u against you soli yo t and its it's no tJ night fly affair erds mak mak- ding ing it is doing it big bl- bland and m must must st bo be big biff I S c Several times limos late laic that afternoon oon I 1 and evening the queen was called up tip b by the slave t of nt the lino flying speech and enabled to talk with her husband husban To her delight the ago ho found a telephone through h which b by calling up Collins' Collins office she gave her good oo night nl-ht to Francis Also Iso she eRsan essayed d to kiss her heart hearl to him and received back queer and anti vague of sound his answering J kiss 1st She knew not how ho long Iono she had slept when sho awoke Not moving mo through item her ha open half open f-open eyes cos she he saw V Francis peer ner Ir it jo o the tho room and across to her When he ha had bed gone softly away uway 1 a sho rho I leaped out of bed and ran to tho the door In time Ume to see him start down the I staircase j I I j jl I 1 I u J with od great goo gou bus DUS- was iness-was was her surprise He Hc was go 10 going go- go In ing down to that wonderful room the library to lo rend more moro o of tho the dread read readI I gods god's threats and warnings that were so BO mysteriously made mado to tako form Corm of ot written speech to tho the clicking of the ticker She looked at herself in tho the mirror her hair and with a a. little love Jove smile smite of or anticipation on her lips put on a dressing sing gown another own another of the marvelous pretties of oC Francis Francis' forethought and providing At t the entrance of tho library she paused hearing hearing- the theolee voice olee of oC another than Francis cis At first thought she nho decided It was tho the flying speech but immediately arter afterward ard sho she knew kne It to bo ho too loud an and near near and different Peeping In sho she van two men drawn up In big leather leathe chairs to each elch other and facing Francis tired of ot face taco from the tho mess iness days day's exertions still sUH wore his bus bus- bus bus- suit but the other was clad in e evening And nd she heard hoard him call caH her husband husband Francis 1 who n in turn I called hint him Johnn Johnny That and lod the familiarity of oC their their con conversation cr conveyed conI con con- eed to her that the they were old co close c I friends And dont don't don ont t tell me me Francis the tho other was nas saying that youve you've frivoled through Panama all nil this while without without with with- out losing losing- your heart to the senoritas a dozen times I Lost Only Once I I Only once Francis replied after I a pause pauso l In wh Ich the tho queen noted that he gazed g steadily ay a at his friend I I Further orther he wen wen on after another pause I 1 really ready lost m my but heart heart but not rn my head Johnny O a Johnny you OU are arc a l. l mere flir- flir flirtation I tation tallon brute brulc I tell teU you OU that thai you youve OUI ij I I lots to learn I 1 tell you OU that thal In Panama Panama Pan Pan- pan pan-I ama I found tho most beautiful woman woman wom wom- I 1 an In the tho world world world-a a woman that I wai al I I glad I had lIve lived to know a woman oman that I would T gladly die for a woman oman of fire of oC passion of or sweetness of ot j I nobility a very en queen of or women An And tho the queen listening and lookIn lookIng look- look looking In Ing upon tho the Intense exaltation of oC his I face smiled with proud fondness and I certitude to her herself for had hind she sho ht not won a husband huband who remained a lover JO And did tho lad lady cr or-ah- or did er-ah-did ah lid did she gg fiE reciprocate Johnn Johnny rea- rea j j u. u U r The he queen saw Francis nod as h he hc I solemnly replied She She loves mo as I love 10 her her this this I I r know In all an absoluteness He lie stood I u up suddenly Walt alt I will wiH show he heto her herto herto I to you ou I And as he started to toward ud the door doe the queen In roguishness o of a a. acry vcr very cry I extreme and I happiness at her husbands lius- lius ban ds confession she he had overheard o fled trippingly to hide In time the wed t of or a a. grand rand room which the I maid had informed lcd her heT was was' the drawing drawIng drawing draw- draw ing room what whatever eyer such room might be Deliciously Imagining Francis' Francis FrancisI I I surprise at not finding her she watched him 50 go o up tho the wl wide o marble staircase In a few moments he lie descended With a slight ht chill at the thc heart she sho observed that ho no betrayed no per perturbation per per- at not having ln found her In his hand he carried A tt scroll or rollof roll ioB rollof of ot thin white cardboard oard Looking ln- ln I neither to right or left he hc re catered I Ithe the library I Peeping in she saw him unroll the scroll BeroU present it before Johnn Johnny Path Path- I mores moren eyes and heard him say a I IJu Ju Judge Se for Cor yourself yourself- There the bho ie is But nut wh why bo ho s so o funereal about it It I old man Johnny Johnn queried after a prolonged examination of ot the thc I Because we Wo met too late I r wa was I j compelled to marry another An And I 1 I j left leH her forever Just a few tew hours before beCore before be- be fore Core she eho was to marr marry another which I I j marriage had been compelled before either cither of or us ever ever knew the other ex- ex j I 1st cd And nd the tho woman I T married please know kno I It is a rind and splendid woman She will 1 have o nt my devotion Cotlon forever Unfortunately she will never ne possess my 01 heart I I I I A Terrible Blow v BlowIn In a gT great at instant of revulsion rC tho the i entire truth came to the Que queen lI dutch dutch- I In Ing her heart henrt with v. her clasped clapped han hands sho she nearly fainted o of tl till the e o lh that that t I II I assailed her Although h they still talked talk talk- 1 I ed crt Inside th the library she heard no further further fur fur- ther ther word of or their ther utterances na IS sho Imo strove c with slow show success to draw drav herself herself her her- self seU together to her I Finally with Indrawn shoulders ers n p little forlorn sort of or a ghost of oC the I resplendent woman oman and Ho she had hall been but minutes before betor who she staggered tn across the tho hall and slowly a as jf It lu In u a I nightmare wherein speed never cr resides re- re sides aides dragged herself upstairs In her room room she hc lost ill all IJ control J Franciss Francis's ring was waa torn front from her finger fin ln- ln ger anI and stamped upon Tier Her boudoir boudoir j and 1 her turtle shell cop cap nn hairpins t t the tho ho general 1 h havoc hOC OC u under h her r f feet Convulsed Con Cat shuddering muttering to herself her her- herself i self in her extremity she he threw herself herself her sel self upon her bed and n only manu N managed m I min In an arm cc C tacy of anguish to remain perfectly quiet t when l Francis peeped inon In Inon on In his Wv v to bod hod toru Tu Be He Continued Tomorrow J |