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Show tf fl r . W S r r V . '"tj Cured hv I vHifl c &Y RAY WALTERS JLLtJMWfJ a mv ACnawi toermiexr Ce, T tii SYNOPSIS. TT ais wnur .i, boh-- nr.. ham'sVegetableConirr. -ril- Milwaukee, Vegetable fcapa'a si "Lvdi. Compound1 Tha story open with'tlia ahlftwrurk of on wlili-MUa Uenevleva American linlreaa. Ijord Win KriKllaliman, anil Tom rtlaka, American, anre paaHarignra. Tlia three wit toaat-- upon an uninhabited Inland and. were the only onea not . orgwnwi, jiiakn recovered rrom a uriuiK n atunor. llluka. ahunned on tha bout. ttecauan of hla roiitjhnaMH, became a . a preaerver of tha lirlplcaa pair. Tha Kngllahrtmn waa aulnic for tha hand of to iaiiM. make alarted awlni ba to tha ahlp to recover what waa left. Wake returned eafely. Wlnlhropa waati-- i Ilia IliMt mulch on a cliraretle. for whirl ha waa acored by Wake. Their flrat meal wn a dead Mali. Tha trio nliirferi a ten tnlle hlka for hUher land. Tlilrxt at larked them. lilaka waa compulled to l carry Mlaa Ielle mi amount of Ho taunted Wlntliroiie. They en rieaa. tered tha Jungle. That nlrlit waa panm-rooallna; hlh In a tree. Tha next mornto tha open amilti. ing they All tnrea ronatrurted hala to ah eld them aelvea from the aun. They then feasted ' on cncoanuta, tha only proimralila food. Mlaa Ijealle allowed a llklnir for lllakn. ' but deleated hla rouKhneaa. Ieil by itlnka ' iney eatanllahed a homa In aoma cllfTa. lilaka found a freah water aprlna;. Mlaa tha ataamvr favor of you. begin by asking a to oe "Ah. Miss Genevieve, anything, do!" I sure, that may "It Is that I wish your oimi.u... dooi Mr. Wake finished that absurd roe wny last evening, he would not tell gue tatehe had built only ment about my safety. "Ah! He did not go into partlcuI...." lain; jl.aaftal ui"" WlnthrODC. looked "No, not even a hint; and he SO odd." his ion Wlnthrope slowly rubbed other. the one upon palms really desire to know "Bo you- -er his the motive which actuaiea iwu hm murmured. to "I should not have mentioned it answered. she I did If not," you He hesitated and "Well- -er "You see, paused for a full minute. to undertaking difficult a rather Is it ylada to Intimate such a matter Just the right touch of delicacy, you know. But I will begin by explaining that I have known It since the first "Known what?" lalln. an "throiie, an a bruatiua ' o d M fails laren an unpicaaani sanation. They planned their rampalttn. ltlnke ra covered ma aurvevora iiiaanlrvliia; alasa. thua Inaurlnic fire. Ha alarted a JuiiKle and amoth- tire, killing a lara; anna: aeveral cube. Tnlaopard tha leonard'a rav arn they built a arnall home. They gained tha cllffa by tha bottom of a trea until It fell aicainat tha helKhU. Tha irio secured eKxa from tha cllffa. ' hiu-nln- "Of that of bound er Blake's Kood Qualities. It was no doubt be cause he realized, when In his better . CHAPTER XVIII. Continued. "That's It do the baby act," Jeered Flake. "But say, I don't know Just kow much eavesdropping you did; bo theres one thing I'll repeat for the special benefit of yur ludnhlp. It'll be good for your delicate health to pay attention. From now on, tho cliff top belongs to Miss Lenlla. Gents and took agents not allowed. Understand! You don't go up thero without her special Invite. If you do, I'll twist your damned neck! ' Satisfied Himself That Miss Leslie Was Well Out Toward the Signal He turned on hla heel and left the .KngllHhman cowering. Blake was unde,r the baobab, raking "That's right. But whatever haptogether a heap of rubbish. His hands pens, you'll believe I've done my best, CHAPTER XIX. were .scratched and bleeding. To the woo t you? even If I'm not a Prom gins surprise, ne met her with a Ise me straight, you'll lock up tight An Ominous Lull. cheerful grin and a clear, direct glance, every night." "Look here," he called. "ery well, I promise," responded She stepped around the baobab and the girl, not a little troubled by the stood staring. The entrance, from the strangeness of his expression. to the height of 12 feet, was That night Miss Leslie dutifully ground HE saw 1 three nothing more of each other that day. walled up with a mass of thorny fastened herself in with all six bars. Miss Leslie had withdrawn branches, Interwoven with yet thorn She wakened at dawn, and hastened out to prepare Blake's breakfast, but Into the baobab and Wake had gone off ier creepers. How's that for a front door?" he she found herself too late. There lown the cleft for more salt. He did not were evidences that he had eaten and return until after the others were demanded. gone off before dawn. The stretching Door!" ' , asleep. Miss Leslie had gone without frame of one of the antelope skins Yes." her supper, or had eaten some of the had been moved around by the fire, . food stored within the tree. But it's so big. I could never and on the smooth inner surface of move it. next late the When, morning, she A child could. Look." He grasped the hide was a laconic note, written "finally left her seclusion Blake was nowhere in sight. .Ignoring Winthrope's a projecting handle near the bottom of with charcoal in a firm, bold hand: Inland. Back by night, attempts to start a conversation, she the thorny mass. The lower half of if "Exploring can." , hurried through her breakfast, and. the door swung up and outward, the She bit her Hp In her disappoint In half downward. and a upper "See, having gathered supply of food and ment, for she had planned to show him water, went to spend the day on the It's balanced on a crossbar In the how much she appreciated his absurd middle. . on Come In." headland. . V : , , ,, ,, , , 4, but concern for her safety. She walked him in after under the Evening forced her to return to the As It was, he had gone off without a cleft. She had emptied the water now horizontal door. He gave the in- word and left her to the questionable ner end a light upward thrust, and the e flak by noon, and was thirsty. with Wln- was dozing beneath his canopy, door swung back in Us vertical circle pleasure of a until It again stood upright in the thrope. Hoping to avoid this, she hur ,r which; Blako had moved some ried her for a day on the yanh: down towards tho barricade. opening.see From the Inside the girl cliff. Butpreparations before she .could get off, could the to framework strong .Make was cooking supper. , sauntered up. hiding his lie did not look up, and met her at- which was lashed the facing of the wintnrope yawns behind a hand which had re tempt at a pleasant greeting with an thorns. It was made of bamboo and gained most of its normal plumpness. lnarticulute grunt. When Bhe turned strong pieces of branches, bound to His eye was at once caught by the to enter tho bnobnh, she found the gether with tough creepers. "Pretty good grating, eh?" remarked charcoal note. opening littered with bamboos and' "Ah! he drawled; "really now. this Blake. "When those green creepers Kreen creepers and iiioces of large branches with charred ends. On either dry, they'll shrink and hold tight as Is too kind of him to give us the pleasure of his absence all, day!" side, midway throuKh tho entrance, a Iron clamps. Even now nothing short "Ye-esmurmured Miss Leslie. vertical row of holes had been sunk of a rhinoceros could walk through me to add that you will also "Permit when bars the are fast. See here." the of bark the tree Into the through He stepped up to the novel door have the pleasure of my absence. I soft wood. -'What is this?" she asked. "Are Riid slid several socketed crossbars am going now." until their outer ends were deep in the Wlnthrope looked down, and began yon planning a porch?" holes in the tree trunk, three on each to speak very rapidly: "Miss Gen"Maybe," he replied. evieve, I I wish to apologize. I've "But why should you make the holes side. "How's that for a set of bolts?" he thought It over. I've made a mistake so fur tn? I know bo little about theso -I demanded. mean, my conduct the other day sflould I but have fancied matters, the was "Wonderful! are vile, utterly vile! Permit me to Really, you holes would como on the front of the very, very clever! But why should you go appeal to your conslderateness for a tree." to all this trouble, when the barr- man who has been unfortunate who, "You'll see in a day or two." I mean, has been er was carried "How did you make the holes? They icade" to best " be on it's "Well, the see, you away by his feelings. Your favoring look as black, though of that bloom er that er bounder "Burnt 'em, of course hot stones." safe side." "But it's absurd for you to go to nil so angered me that I that "Thnt was so clever of you!" ' ' this needless work. Not that I do not "Mr. Wlnthrope!" 'J He jnade no response. interrupted the was eaten In silence. Even appreciate your kind thought for my girl, "I will have you to understand thnt you do not advance yourself In "AVinthrope's presence would have been safety. Yet look at your hands!" Blake hastened to put his bleeding my esteem by such references to Mr. a relief to the girl; yet she could not Blake." go to waken him, or even suggest that hands behind him. "Go and wash them at once, and I'll her companion do so. Rlnke sat "Aye! aye, that Blake!" panted Wlnthrope. "Don't you see? It's 'ini, an' throughout the meal sullen and stolid, put on a dressing." '"So, thank you. Miss Jenny. You that blossom! W'en a mnn's daffy and carefully avoided meeting her Kaze. Before they bad finished, twi needn't bother. They'll do all right." w'en 'e's In love! " "You must! It would please me." Misg Islle burst into u nervous light had come and gone, and night was upon them. Yet she lingered for Bui first, laush; but checked herself on the In"Why, then, of course I wnnt to make sure you understand stant. A last attempt. "Good night, friend!" she whispered. fastening the door. Try the bars your"Really, Mr. Wlnthrope!" she exHe sprung up as though she hud self." claimed, "you must pardon me. I I She obeyed, sliding the bars in and never knew that cultured Englishmen struck him and blumfcrod away Into out until he nodded his satisfaction. ever dropped their h's. As It happens, the darkness. "Oood!" he said. "Now promise me you know, I never saw one excited In the morning It was aa before. Ha this." had gone off before sho wakened. She you'll slide 'em fast every night." "If you ask It. But why?" "Ah, yes; to be sure to be sure!" lingered over breakfast; but he did "I want to make you perfectly safe." murmured Wlnthrope, in an odd tone. not appear, and sho could not endure Wl nth rope's suave drawl. She went The girl threw out her hand in a lit"Sufe? But um I not secure with" for another day on the headland. tle gesture of protest. "IKik here, Miss Leslie; I'm not She returned somewhat earlier than to say anything about anybody." "Really, I'm sorry to have hurt to am the previous day. As before, "Perhaps you had better say no have been so thoughtless!" Hut more. Mr Dluke." vviis dozing In the shade. Wluturoue stood silent She suoke . wall-mea- . Win-throp- tete-a-tet- e I" Suir bo-for-e " go-lu- g p andfMHuBfc da U- Wnkham's VeireUble Co'm1' U me a well woman and I birnJri bullrtlnf op tha aoamltutwa ana "Tart WIS m Ht .uratlrt tor anjr eaai toat On Hundred Holla" euro. HMid fur Hot of CO, Told .ldma r. 1. fHKNEV """"'li bf Ibopelcanheloote T ..it. u w"lll' nlllno fhatn who "J . ' FUla lor aoaitUwUno. ll tau Uall'l backache. laua taiollf At the Funeral. "He has been not only a minister, but an editor." "You don't say! Then his chances of getting to heaven are even." "No, his chances of getting to heaven are not quite so good. He was an editor only a short time not enough to make it an even thing." tutlno cnnafa.nt.la acvciToa D I Company of l ft. t? iiauiamMeaiciiie pound, made from root and 2 actually does cure these obstlnat eases of women after all other bare failed, and that every mchU Z ' . Win-!li'(,'-- it f "7 $100 Reward, $100. will b plaiaei M leu , Mi" da UrVadrf -t aMraoa -- MMnvth b Hold or vtwi nviuauvnra lb VO nerHlf U a leasfrire Lydla E. Pinknam'i Yewi Life. ble Comnound a trial btn Li trouble." Hag to an operation, or alTla "Trouble?" Important to Mother of recovery. hope Examine carefully every bottle of "Ah! Perhaps I should have said Mrs. Plnkham, of Lynn, Kim for sure word. and a safe remedy better CASTOKIA, Is the T' Invirva all Hlrlr vnmn affliction; yes, that To own the truth, the fellow has some Infants and children, and see that it her for ftdYioe. She has rni Mlaa Iiealle'a white al.lrt wna derided aipon aa a atonal. Mlaa liaalln made i rirexa from tha leopard akin, lllnke'a af. forta to kill antelopea failed. Overhear- inc a ronveraatlon between Illlike and Wlnthrnne. Mlaa Italia became frlajht- aned. Wlnthrope berame III with fever. Illaka waa pnlaoned by a Unit. Jarkala attacked tha ramp that ulRlit.- - but were ltlHkrf returned, nriven off by after nearly dying. Blakn ronat rurted an anlmnt trap. It killed a hyena. On a tour the, trio illarovered honey and oval era. " Mlaa Leslie waa altarknd by a poiaonnua amike. lilaka killed It and aaved Ita pnl- ann to kill Kama. For the aerond time Wlnthrope waa attacked by fever. Ha i ana itiuK disagreed. 'I . It-- wi-ar- " "This pl.' said h. "I not at all Like mother uaed to bake;" were Uli wife's remarks, however, Llk mother useo to moc. slV Bears the ,nr . (JCUcJuV, Signature moments" Use For Over 30 Years. In I "Better monents? Mr. Wlnthrope, Kind You Have Always Bought The am not a child. In Justice both to myI ask must you self and to Mr. Blake, Not His Fault to speak out plainly." "I refuse to accept these photo"My dear Miss Leslie, may I first ask graphs," said an irate woman to a If you have not observed how strangephotographer; "my husband looks like ly at times the fellow acts 'looks odd,' a baboon!" melinto as you put it how he falls "I can't help it, madam," replied ancholia or senseles8 rages? I may the photographer; "you chose him, I three has he that truthfully state didn't." times threatened my life." I I thought bis anger quite natural, Mr. Wlnalow'i Soothing Syrnp. teething. tfi'nRthfiimi, redureiiln. after I had so rudely and so many ForrhUdrrn BaauuaUuiiAlUjkWin.ciimwiDdouiia. itiica Uiiua. But people are given to brooding Toll, says the proverb, is the sire of if he was violent to you" "My dear Miss Genevieve, I hold fame. Euripides. nothing against the miserable fellow. Cnnfttlnaflnll ransj. anit intm v.tn. mans ..niM At such times he Is not er responPleasant tVllets. The f.T r.t lanilly Uiaiire. sible, you know. Let us give the fellow full credit that is why he himself Those who are untrue to themselves built your door." are false to others. 'Oh, but I can't believe it! I can't believe it!" cried the girl. "It's not possible! He's so strong, so true and manly, so kind, for all his gruffness!" "Ah, my dear!" soothed Wlnthrope, that Is the pity of It. But when a man must needs be his worst enemy, when he must needs lead a certain kind of life, he must take the consequences. To put It as delicately as possible, yet explain all, 1 need only say one word paranoia." Miss Leslie gathered up her day's outfit with trembling fingers and went to mount the cliff. After waiting a few minutes Wln thrope walked hurriedly through the r cleft and climbed the with an agility that would have amazed his companions. But he did not draw himself up on the cliff. Having satis-flehimself that Miss Leslie was well out toward the signal, he returned to D 1 1 1 1 1 !M?rpln, HMt Treated. the baobab and proceeded to examine .C. Blake's door with minute scrutiny. iw . .wijrrd. Live rjrtmil.r. That evening, shortly before dark. Blake came In almost exhausted by his mapujwina journey. Few men could have covered the same ground In twice the time. It had been one continuous round of grass Jungle, thorn scrub, rocks .and swamp. And for all his pains he brought back with him nothing more than the discouraging information that the was worse than the shore. Yet he bet raved no trace of depression over the bad news, and for all his fatigue maintained a tone of hearty cheerfulness We are tiirmtiu ..ill ltd s.i. l, r ivrrr until, having eaten his fill, he suddenly observed Miss IJslie's frigid luwiutunu iw adrioe is free. I'TTtim sjlll af Your, Liver is Clogged up That's Why You're Tirad-O- aj sorts tuvs no Asaattta.. 4 CARTER'! LITTLER LIVER PILLS i will Ml ypa rig U a lew day, 1 hey do their duty. Cm V Cautipa. tiaa, BiU iaautu, S IIMi.,.. U MLU. Lrigattieaj, aaa Sick Hadack HULL PUl. SJtAU DOSE. SHAH. Mia GENUINE mint bear ngnahm: n aiw fi v en i rp Mntiimia Km UtM 111 iMMt yi.(a plilrii.,l win to mm rnir.vrIMa jrwatprtpaba HtllHIIKUm iwk.ai n 'J L6&Q6tS paper da. of - anything ad" tiied In ita column ihoula ion spot bavina vhat the aik fat. reiutioi a aubllilulM oc imitatioai. tree-ladde- fl . AQQAYC RELIABLE I aiWVn I W TBr and Onld and HI PROXPT DEFIANCE STARCH BSTOT tk)prr.iS War mined and bought. Vrlw W l- r- mallinic anrka. OtiOK.N A&ht CU load Court fluid, Denver, Cokirado. a1(D tii im Ira, 3SC The Overland The Simplest Car back-countr- "What's up now?" he demanded "You're not mad 'cause I hiked n this morning without notice?" "No. of course, not, Mr. Blake. Nothing of the kind. But I " Well, what?" he broke In .h. hesitated. "I can't, for the world tM,,b of anything else I've done" "You've .lone! Perhaps I n,i,.M suggest that it Is a question of what von haven't ilrmo ' " Tt r "" i..i '" as trembling on the verge of hysterics ' Yes what you've not done! All these weeks, and not a single attempt, to et us away from here, except thnt mi,.,. able signal; and I as good as put thtt call up! Jou yourself a man! But I She stopped short, while with a stamen overpowering fear. Wlnthrope looked from her to Blake with a sidelong glance, his lips, drawn up In an odd twist. There followed several mnin.,n.u ... tense silence; tnen Make apologetically: "Well, I SUpII0S0 might have done more. 1 was so de-ianxious to make sure of food and' k,,Ll ter. But. this trln I" Ea'Y to Operate Overlwi We now sell a f"r 1,(XK) in roadster style, or for $U' ith tntmoau. The enr baa a M Ht2-- wheel base, and is easily capable l miles an hour. We m. a 40 hnraepowor Overland bf Other Ovorlnnrl tno.IclH cost $1,W. include gu 1.5(KI. All price fl.4iKI and lit n and iiwuneto. Vou will find no car that compart witl un Overland at anywhere near Hi P The Car You'll Want You will are why the Overlandi outafU M other cara when you make your co pariwitis. Wherever you are you can do tn Im-here are Overland dealers eveo w1""' Hut the first atcp ii to cend for our eittal-to see all the atyles and know the When we aend it we will tU you our nearest dealer. I'leane wnd tin coupon now. t U toppiitR tha vZ w,,hu"l Very Low Prices The A..d n.o iol ".VOW ,,'' ,,Ilt.. fl." 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