Show illie St Starts the fall Ball stood Ii nicely ely elyon yf W l lib i. i Jones decISion of a edge on tie the thea a tin tin can can filled with tail of the funny I log tithe which had strayed into er should he go gorine in search or and investigate t the e Walker of the melons In ripeness r r patch at the eastern I Mayfield hayfield tin can him was a before pebbles and a frightened his eyes fell upon o a Then string What t th the stout m have b been en history y might g lid not found the string ever know Perhaps may has been altered of nations smaller maller incidents At any combination was not to be C t t tonson middle aged bache- bache onson and dignified hand to help pretty u s olne of those men who r he wanted er but Ellen as his hise e found his mo money e and his cU cues s a a. handicap instead of I t beat down her resistance Ellen Ellen was young with de deals ls ot of youth and the fairI fair fair- I I OI tea teacher her tn in all Mayfield ad quarreled with her I Ie e sweetheart Tom Gray I bad tried i tp 9 please I I II IlI I Ellee lI stood nicely balanced edge of a decision Should Bronson's proposal ores or ores ept pt I I yelps Interrupt Interrupt- es of t wild son sons s pleading pleading- Down the a terrified canine Iby some infernal machine lung to him tighter than a which Weh rattled and banged the ement walk which put heart and lent speed with one foot on ning board ot of his car and ander anderon er eron the the ground Perhaps hope that by dodging this arch he might shake emon pursuer prompted the plunge between the legs of d Bronson eras w a wild willI cry from the wish f distress from the dog I urs of laughter from byS' byS by- by asi S' S ronson tumbled to the I Ii bat fell off ft carrying his I th it revealing a shining hining string string- which held e can iio o the abused dogs dog's tail twined about Bronson's right Og fox for liberty pre pre- from rising rising- Bron- Bron in vain to regain his iJ ls di-ls feet Ellen as soon sae that thaL lIe he was wal unhurt tO shrieks ot of mirth WhY f later regrets regrets' She yielded H Impulse of the moment ring the man to his plight walk to her home a big chair almost 1 e with laughter rs t t t t S. 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S on flan on stood nicely bal bal- tho edge ot of a decision lie He legram just received from the manager of his South American Ameri- Ameri I can mine stating that natives had bad killed three e of his nten and were rendering the district again unsafe Should he take things into hIs own hands and give the signal sig Or or A servant rapped on tile the library door A letter lie He knew the writing writing writ writ- ing at once I 1 am afraid that I cannot accept your proposal he read After what happened toda today you would never forgive me for my silly laughter laugh laugh- tel ter but Jed You did look Jool so funny Somehow I would always see you ou in just that awkward pose and laugh and that would never do Sp Jed dear try and forget me- me Bronson tore the letter into shreds in a great burst of anger lie He threw the pieces on the floor and stamped stamp d them with his feet like a spoiled child For the first time in his life he felt defeat and the sensation sen- sen was far from flom pleasant SomeOne Someone Some Some- One should pay for this Someone must suffer He craved action Then he thought of tho trouble at the mine Yes Tes that was it lie He would turn loose his savage crew He would send his men after the natives with machine guns He would mow them down like wheat sweep veep them out or of the country countr Dirt Dirty naked thieves and murderers murder murder- ers Professor Paul Kerchoff Kerchof stood nicely balanced on the edge ot of a decision Should he lead his exploring party to the north or to the south A casual vIsitor might have wondered at his hesitation for th there re was nothing but dense South American jungle stretching either way But the young professor was following a precious clue Ten years rears before an wanderer had staggered out of the forest and the tale he related in Capitola was so implausible that other white men there refused to credit it at all and laid it to a fever fever- crazed brain Tie man had told of ofa ofa a white tribe living wIthin a great walled city deep In the Interior oC how though kindly treated by those who had taken him prIsoner he had escaped In to reveal his discovery discovery dis- dis covery to the tue world Before he died lie he had written a afew afew few notes In Spanish regardIng the approximate location or of the walled city Professor ProCessor Kerchoff had come into possession ot of the paper His museum had financed his expedition and then one day he had discovered a piece Ot of golden armor the like of which no brown skinned native had ever seen He believed that It had been dropped by one of the inhabitants of the walled city who had pursued the fugItive There was vas a sound in the under under- growth A native nathe burst from the jungle and ran Into the clearing He halted and stood surveying the party for no a moment and then made straight for Professor Kerchoff He was one of 01 the government runners runners run run- ners of oC the district and carried a message The professor took the bamboo tube proffered him and extracted a paper It told of the great uprisIng uprising Ing of the tribes to the south caused by the men at Bronson's Bronson mine setting setting set set- ting fire to the villages and slaying slaying slay slay- ing the natives So said Kerchoff this decides things We will make malte for the north We Ve will thus be out of the state and out of danger Ya said his stolid companion Professor Carl Holst Dot makes maltes for us the decision yet nt Ve will co continue search for de valley city And thus It was that within a afew few tew hours Instead ot of the weary weeks they had anticipated the explores ex- ex and their native carriers stood upon a a. high bluff and gazed down into a pleasant green valley with great awe for there lay the yellow rellow walled city like a huge jewel flashing In n the sun There gleamed the m mysterious town with its white inhabitants who spoke a tongue familiar ta- ta millar on the British isles before the days days' ot of the Roman conquest who wore golden armor armor and who But this Is all familiar to anyone who has read the newspaper dis- dis es ScIentists are now on their way to the weird land to stud study th the thelong long lost white race and to make known to the world the history of the strange people It will also be remembered that a United States scout plane discovered Professor ProCessor and his party and brought about their rescue t t ling King Alfred Carlos stood nicely balanced on the edge Of a de- de Should he abdicate at once and thus be tree free to devote his life liCe to the scientific research which he loved or should he shake a mailed first and and suppress the demonstrations demonstrations of unrest in his kingdom De- De Being Ing a king was not Isis his Idea ot of a first class jOb In this day and age Only the night before the guards had discovered a bomb in the palace cellars It had been set to explode at midnight It was nearing that hour now and the young king glanced nervously at the elaborate French clock When his eye fell upon a pile of radio messages The first one he turned over told of the discovery ot of the hidden city in South America of the romance of the lost white people and of the strange light that might be thrown upon the early eally history history his his- tory of th race By Jove Im I'm quits he said saia In his Oxford English He rang for his secretary Can Call the prime minister minister min min- ister he demanded send for the reporters Im I'm off for South AmerIca America Amer- Amer Ica on the next boat I dont don't care carea a lea ng it my abdication sets a fashIon lash lash- Ion which topples ever every throne In Europe Im I'm jolly well through with this play Pm Im going to live Uve my myown own own life lIte Then Ihen in his excitement ex- ex he burst into his native tongue And thus the For Rent sign was hung on the door of another another an- an other ancient palace Tom Gra Gray former round all athlete athlete ath- ath lete of Mayfield college stood nicely nicely nice nice- ly balanced on the edge of a de- de Should he return to Mayfield Mayfield May May- field accept his party's nomination for tor congress and run for office against again Bronson or should he atay Sometimes the Smallest Incident L Leads ads S to Reach a Chain No One of Events May Know Whose y B F ran k A o H Hunt in Nett ew York and on once e again tempt the stock market Two years before young oung Brown had arrIved in New Kew York In answer answer an- an to a summons from an uncle whom he had never seen He found the old man under the care of two ph physicians but despite no a losing In Wall all street Boy BO said the old man only a vicious combination of some ot of my Old enemies In the game put me out of the race I want you to take my place I will direct operations The Themon mon money y means nothing to me noAll now no All I 1 want Is the satisfaction of victory before I die When I was as one of the richest men In New w YOrk I neglected ne every OPportunity to aid the general good Now I want you OU to get Into the fight It Is up to you to decide just how you OU will spend spond tire money if f you ou win but a man nearly at atthe atthe the end of 01 thE trail advises advis s that you ou enter into some good fight for forthe forthe the pUblic good And Toni TOm Gray had defeated the wolves of the street A dozen plans fOr aid aiding ng humanity with the money he had won came to his attention nut But his heart always turned back to Mayfield His uncle had died leaving him his entire fortune I guess I 1 will leave it to the market to decide he said and a agrIn agrin grIn spread over his handsome young Lace face It If Copper common goes another another an- an other 3 points r I will be satisfied return to Mayfield fight the crooked of the state and But Copper common was destined to take a a. much higher jump than Tom Gray lead ever anticipated Battleships from the leading nations of the world Orld were wre speeding to South America due to International complications complications com com- caused by the thc fight with the tho natives at Bronson's mine and the consequent uprising The resignation resignation nation of at ring King had also ell caused used another revolution in Europe Another world war was to Ise be narrowly narrowly nar- nar averted The copper market took a great leap Copper is india india- to factories Brown glanced agaIn at the ticker tick That settles It he said Im not only going back to Mayfield and run lun against BronsOn but Im I'm going to propose to Ellen Ware Vare by telegram I dont don't give a hang it if she has accepted Bonson or not ThIngs a are e coming my way You never can tell Lets Let's go C t t Little Willie Jones stood nicely balanced on the edge ot of the curb curb- mg Ing n e A large looking funny dog clog lay at his feet and gazed up at him with affectionate brown eyes The dog had long ago forgotten the IncIdent ot of the tin can SO had Willie How was Willie to know what Ire he lad bad done How was he to know the chain of events he had set act In motion How was ho to know V the course of the ball bail which he had started rolling How was he to know that it saved pretty Ellen Ware VarE from nn an unhappy caused a revolution in South America Ameri- Ameri ca led to the discovery ot of a mysterious mysterious rious hidden city precipitated In- In I complications led alting aking to kick OVEr his throne Why hy Willie said Ellen Ware are I haven't seen you since the last day of school And there is s that funny funny- looking dog Do you ou know that some bad boy tied a can to his tall tail not long ago That was very wicked wasn't It Yes maam ma'am said Willie I have a ver very Important question to decide said the girl glancing at a telegram which she carried I believe I shan shall leave cave it all up to you OUN OU N Now m without knowing what it is Willie I want you to play o oracle acle and just say yes or no Yes said Willie said the right answer Ellen Lets you and I have an anIce anice Ice cream soda |