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Show I : 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . THE LEW STIN. LFIfT. TIT A IT f TllS Handsome Man by RIAKGARET TUBNBULLr maitratiom by IBWIN MYERS CHAPTER XII Continued ned!" sir ucis sobbing Roberta MacBeth ran feeorge, oh Sir George I'm all gM! Don't! Don't!" Then she Stoked bade. The tall figure L.k t,i rinthea on fire, his forearm Verbis eyes, to shield them from the lames, came stnuing - - 6lio, wrearomg, r" ....-- fin!, flung her arms about him ..and Laa beating out the flames with her fare bands. And as she beat at them lit man picked her up In his arms nd ran toward him. I The flames were licking nearer. Jhey were terrific! Anothet bit of the roof caught and, with a roar, the ire leaped forward. The bridge be-find be-find them was like a funnel full of fames. ; I it was too much for Jack. He started the car, determined to get out f it at any cost. . As for the girl, if he was fool enongh to stick' by that Mlow she could stick, he was not king to wait for her. The wind was flowing the flames toward him now. flalf in despair of his carefully laid f,!ans, half out of a desire to justify !is actions, he gave a loud call : . "Come on, Roberta !" There was no reply, but as the ,ar started it was suddenly checked, itack had forgotten that his enemy Vas six foot three, but Sir George jhad not. As he saw the only hope "dot the girl and himself about to be t:iken from them, he dropped the girl nd flung himself forward on the running run-ning board. One arm stole about Jack's neck. As the machine bounded forward wildly, Roberta screamed agaia and the car came to an abrupt "stop. ; ' I A voice In Jack's ear had said: j"Shut it off. you fool, until the girl gets in, or I'll strangle you. I don't fmind telling yon I'd. enjoy doing It." 5Sir George, still ''with his hand on -Jack's neck, motioned to Roberta to get in. "Now yon can hurry, my man, as joo've never hurried before. You'll ,liear something presently when the ; flames reach my car." .,-..'...' . He released Jack's throat, as the girl climbed In, but still on the run-ining run-ining board with his band on Jack's !rm, they dashed for the other side. ) There was a muffled explosion. "There goes Ray's car," Sir George called to Roberta, smiling at her with 'an absurd, singed and blackened face, iike a man badly made-up for a mln-strei mln-strei show. "And I was worried about .not having enough petrol." He -leaned jt.eavily on Jack's shoulder and shouted jln his ear: "Here come the fire en-l en-l fines! We have only one chance In jten of getting off this bridge on dry Jand. Unless you rip out a little speed It will be a spectacular plunge me neiaware for us." 'Oh, hurry!" screamed Roberta. The Ore was running along the roof. The exit toward which thev were tfflAbino -ft n ... .j iiL , .oa BtTCI-TItrU wun siiiokc, pith here and there a little darting, 'flickering tongue of flame. I "To the left!" Sir George shouted j in Jack's ear. "There's less fire there, and sound your horn, you fool ! pake those Idiots hear." f The horn sounded again and again. Tnrough the smoke they could see j People running hastily. Roberta could j "ear them call. "There's a car! Look i! There's a car coming through!" ! But the village fire engine was at I ne entrance filling more than half of Md Jack was wildly swaying from Be to side. J.Jlthe ,eftr roare1 Sir George , e relinWlshed his hold on hlfn3, gatherinS his strength. l?Z!0Ver and halMIfted. halfpulled !iw ,across ben!nd the driver Jack 1 t0sether off fh lnt. ,K . ' ana tne r smashed m the fire engine. CHAPTER XIII brid ' mnmnt h saw that !t ki flam,n8 and burning to In. V th noise was the shout- ImfAS' C0,,apse of (trribu i ,, 'Jocular picture, quite n. m beant I lU When hIs OD,-v lte where h" began to BVeai- sHshtt Was- Then 88 he 'eniy ,1 J his wnole mind was "".km i-He was ,D 'rightful lae hiB , ract somehow did not Rlre 1 ' ?nch as the question. ber. .I m M a,0ll for from 3rU ' h!ra he beard a ( mnitraUoni by He saw then that his head was on a wornan'i knee. It was Roberta'i knee, and above him Roberta was bending solicitously with very grimy face. ....... "You quite all right?" "Oh, Sir George, I thought 1 thought" She shuddered. "Don't" He put out his hand to touch her but he winced as he did so. "I say. Roberta, you are shaking me quite awfully," he said after an attempt at-tempt to sit up. ' "I'm sorry. Lie still, until I finish with your face. They hav 6ent for a doctor." "Oh, I scarcely need a doctor," he assured her. "it's only that I need a little rest, I think." He closed his eyes but he opened them Immediately, bow-ever, bow-ever, to say. "Where's Jack? Is It Jack you need a doctor for?" "No," Roberta answered shortly, "Jack '8 all right." "Where Is he?" Sir George asked, trying to rise. "Oh, do lie still. Don't try to get up," Roberta begged. "It was the car that smashed, not Jack." "Too bad," he murmured and then looked anxiously at the girl and tried to sit up again. "You won't go away with him. will you, Roberta, and leave me?" He was surprised himself at the childishness of his plea and ashamed of the woebegone voice in which he had made it. But Roberta seemed to find nothing wrong with it. "Of course, I won't "Bobbie! Bobbie! Don't Be Frightened!" Fright-ened!" leave you. Close your eyes while I put this stuff over your poor burned face and hands." She was gently spreading cold cream from a tube which she had taken from her vanity case over his face. "Oh, that was what It was that hurt me." Then he opened his eyes and said again In an anxious voice: "Roberta, don't leave if I slip off again, will you?" . "I promise I won't leave you." "That's quite all right," he heard himself saying, and then he slipped off into something that seemed like a heavy black curtain of mist He was roused after while by a sharp pain that cut through all the curtains and clouds that hung about him, and brought him suddenly back to life again and conscious that competent com-petent fingers were busy about him. "I gay, what do you think you're doing?" do-ing?" Sir George asked. "And who are you, anyway? "The doctor," a pleasant voiced middle-aged man said, "and your ankle isn't broken, only sprained." "Thanks awfully. Glad It's no worse." " "Aside from a spraiped ankle and a bad cut on your thigh, both arms burned, your eyebrows and some of your hair gone and your face burned and scratched. 1 can give you a clean bill of health." "Charmed, I'm sure," murmured Sir George. "Do I get up now and walk?" The doctor looked at him a little dubiously. "You don't walk to amount to anything tor several weeks, but if you lie qniet and behave yourself your-self you might be moved tomorrow." "I must go home tonight" he Insisted. In-sisted. "Aggy will be anxious." "We can telephone your wife." "Aggy is my stepmother. I want to go home to Aggy. I say. If we can telephone Where's Roberta?" "Here I am," and Roberta came from behind the head of the bed on which Sir George now perceived he was lying. Her bands were bandaged and she looked pale but otherwise, as far as Sir George could see, she was herself. Cobbler Welcome Guest In the early days of the American colonies and for some years after the Revolution It was the custom for cordwainers, or traveling cobblers, to go from house to bouse for many miles repairing the old boots and shoes of the family or making new ones. Sometimes the cobbler would remain at one house for two or three weeks, receiving free board and lodging lodg-ing while employed on the footgear of master, mistress and children. He carried with him not only his kit of tools but also different kinds of leather. The men usually wore heavy cowhide fcoots. well greased with mutton tallow to keep out the wet as rubbers were then unknown. The children wore calfskin and the jouitf women of the family morocco ' lip i-if ..1. -v fl 1; ntr 18 tl11" yun Mj ,ulte The doctor looked op and smiled. Sues all right, had a bad fright and got her hands burned a little, but nothing serious. lou broke her fall." "Splendid. Where am I?" ' ' At the Bridge hotel. Judge Arlett owns and runs it." "Thanks. Doctor, the young lady will make all arrangements for me. I'd like to speak to her alone when you're through." The doctor nodded and completed his bandaging, then spoke a few words to Roberta, giving directions and medicine. "I will be In the hotel for a while if you should want me." He crossed to the window and looked out "The bridge Is still burning. burn-ing. Lucky you people got over when you did." He nodded to his pntlent. Roberta went with him to the doorway. Opening Open-ing the door made them all Instantly aware that the hall downstairs was filled with noise aud clamor, quite distinct from the sounds that came from the burning bridge, the fire engines en-gines and the crowd. Roberta turned and looked toward the bed. "Jack!" she exclaimed. "That was Jack's voice." It was unmistakably Jack's voice, raised In exasperation, hoarse and angry. Sir George pulled himself up on his pillow. "Get me some clothes, Doctor. I have to see that fellow. He must not get away until I have seen hlm.n "Be quiet," the doctor told him peremptorily. He called downstairs in a clear incisive voice. "Bring that man up here." Jack appeared, disheveled and belligerent bel-ligerent escorted by two village constables con-stables and the landlord. "Feller says he's a friend of yours," the elder constable said to Roberta. "Caught him makin' off In a car 'at didn't belong to him." "Sure thing," said the younger constable, con-stable, who conversed without disturbing dis-turbing a wad of tobacco that unduly distended his long jaw. "Know him?" Judge Arlett asked It of the man on the bed but his glance Included Roberta. Though very stout and resembling more than anything else one of the funny "tumble" toys Invented for children, the Judge managed man-aged to give a pleasing impression and was a thoroughly friendly soul. "Yes," said Sir George quickly, "only too well." "H'mm," Judge Arlett took in Jack, the constables, Sir George and again Roberta. "Seems his tale Is that he was helping himself because the lady told him to get a car, somehow, anyhow, any-how, to take you to the hospital." Sir George looked from Roberta to Jack. His mind cleared suddenly. He had the girl to look after. This fellow might have, probably had, some blackmailing black-mailing scheme up his sleeve. "Gentlemen," "Gen-tlemen," he said slowly, "would you mind guarding the door, while I ask your prisoner a question or two? If he doesn't answer them satisfactorily I'll hand him back to you with a much more serious charge to answer than trying to steal a car." The . two constables digested the request and the English accent before they glanced at Judge Arlett "Seems reasonable," he remarked. The two officers of the law, the doctor and the Judge slowly left the room.. Roberta stood silently between Jack and the window. "Well?" Sir George looked up at Jack from the pillow. He. beckoned with a bandaged hand and winced with the pain the movement gave him. "Come over to the foot of the bed where I can see you." Jack, with a look at Roberta, did so. "Now, listen to me, for I can't be bothered repeating myself. I know who you are and what you are. It depends on how you conduct yourself In this Interview, how much I tell Miss MacBeth and the others." Jack said something under his breath which finally became articulate as "Go as far as yon like." "I will. . First, hand over the marriage mar-riage license." "What?" Both Roberta and Jack were startled. Jack looked at the girl with an angry scowl. "I mean what I say. I'm not bluffing. bluff-ing. I know Jack acquired one last week." Roberta gasped. 'What do you think you can do with itr Jack sneered. "Destroy it Hand It over, because It isn't going to be used. Is It Roberta?" "No." said Roberta shamefacedly. "Come, be quick." Sir George demanded. de-manded. He felt rather rocky. Roberta took a step nearer him. She looked down on the white bandaged band-aged face. "You ought not to talk go much." (TO BE CONTINUED.) in Homes of Colonists or kid, sometimes red or blue and tied with silk tassels. The cord-wainer cord-wainer set op bis bench In a corner of the kitchen, and while he hammered ham-mered away or stitched Industriously Industrious-ly at his work regaled bis customers custom-ers with the news he had gathered in his travels. He was a welcome guest In the absence of newspapers. Enoch Crosby, the famous Revolutionary Revo-lutionary spy. exploited by Cooper in a novel, was a cordwainer and gained much valuable Information for General Gen-eral Washington whil pursuing his trade among the Westchester farms. Xew York Times Magazine. A property la Durham, England; I held at the "rent" of Uuee graiaa of pepper earl. The Boyhood 0 of Famous Americans Ugerald Owen D. Young ' The life of a county boy in rural New York fifty years ago was niude up of much work and little play. It meant getting op before daybreak on the cold winter mornings, helping with the stock, cleaning stables. It meant cutting and hauling wood, plowing, plow-ing, seeding and harvesting in sea son. Early to bed and early to rise was the program. Most of the day during the summer was spent In tasks that made for a strong body. The development de-velopment of the mind was left largely large-ly for the winter. Then a boy took his books and sometimes trudged miles through the miow to the little rural school house. He had to quit a warm bed, dress by candlelight In a chilly room and do his share of the chores before he set out on his tramp to school In quest of an education. That was the sort of a life Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric company, financial genius and diplomat led as a boy. He was born In Van Hornesvllle, N. Y In 1874. His ancestors had settled there before the Revolution. His father owned a farm five miles from the town. The boy had to perform all the tasks that fell to the lot of other youngsters in the same environment The Young farm was 15 miles from the railroad. Itinerant peddlers were Its chief contact with the outside world. Their coming was eagerly awaited. Trips to town were taken only when necessary. Such excursions meant much lost time In the days of the horse-drawn wagon and poor roads. Electric power, which has lightened the work In rural sections, the radio, which has put the farmer in touch with the world and Its affairs, af-fairs, were not thought ' of as farm equipment when Owen D. Young was a boy. They were made largely pos Bible for the farmer through -his genius for organization. Education, beyond the rural school, was seldom considered worth while for farm boys of the time unless they planned on a professional life In town or city. If they could read and write and do simple problems In arithmetic, they soon qualified for the Job of running run-ning a farm. Such a rudimentary training train-ing with books was bolstered by hard and practical schooling In matters of agriculture,, , - - , ... i. Owen D. Young was not the average farm boy. He walked five miles a day to the rural school and back during the term, helping his father the while with' the chores. He was an only son. It was a red letter day in the boy'g life when he was taken to Coopers-town, Coopers-town, the county seat of Herkimer. Dressed In blue Jeans he went to the courthouse and heard the lawyers argue ar-gue a case. They wore boiled shirts, stiff collars, black ties and broadcloth, impressive garb to the little boy from the farm. Their arguments fascinated him. He decided that when he grew up he v ould be a lawyer. But there were many obstacles In his path. He had to obtain a better education than the rural school offered, of-fered, If he was to qualify for his chosen profession. Any effort to gain advanced schooling meant that he would have to leave home, nis father needed him on the farm. When an uncle came to help bis f.ther the way to an education opened for the lad. He went to the East Springfield ncademy, encouraged by his parents In his ambitions. His father drove Owen to school each week and brought him back hon e ou Friday. His mother prepared the food on which he lived while away from home. Each week the boy carried car-ried away with him, packed In a big box, the good things his mother cooked for him to eat. He was ready for college when he was fifteen years old. He wanted to go to Cornell, thinking he could win one of the state scholarships there. But he was too young to be eligible to try the competitive examinations. 80 he returned home to help his father again. He became Interested In church work and conducted the Sunday school in the little church In Van Hornesvllle. Alpheus Baker Harvey, then president presi-dent of St. Lawrence university, came to the tow n to preach. He heard Owen Young spea in church. The lad inter ested him so much that the educator persuaded the elder Young that the boy was deserving of a college educn tlon even at a great sacrifice to his parents. So the father borrowed $1,0(X) and on that money, and his own earnings. Owen D. Young went through college. He got his bachelor of arts degree from St Lawrence In 1894. He still held to his ambition to be a lawyer. He entered Boston university, knowing that he would have to work bis way through the law school. He served as a librarian and tutor to earn all the money needed to meet his modest expenses. He completed the three-year course In two years. After being admitted to the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts bar he went to work for the General Electric company, nis promotion pro-motion was rapid. The farm boy of 50 years ago Is now the organizing genius of the electrical Industry and one of the financial wizards of hit time. (S,bj The North Amtricia Jfrwjpaper AHiaaoO : V 1 MM WHitlK when buying Aspirin be sure it is genuine Bayer Aspirin Know what you are taking to relieve that pain, cola, headache, sore throat. Aspirin is not only effective, it it always safe. The tablet stamped with the Bayer cross is reliable always the samebrings prompt relief safely does not depress the heart. Don't take chances; get the genuine product identified by the name BAYER on the package and 'the word GENUINE printed in red. lliliii Origin of the Diamond Mystery to Scientists Diamond beds valued at millions of dollars having been discovered In recent years along the coast of southwest south-west Africa. The theory of a submarine sub-marine origin of this precious gem ha-s been advanced, only to be refuted refut-ed by Investigations. The first hypothesis was that the diamond beds were the result of the disintegration of a submarine pipe, or vein, off the const, washed up on the shore by wave action. But since the discovery of the Llchtenburg and Namnqualand deposits much new evidence has been brought to light, and the opinion now prevails that these diamonds are from an inland source. The finest diamonds are found, and nlwavs have been found, in or near the beds of fresh-water rivers" a diamond exnert Is quoted In the New York Times. "They are not hid den In ocean bottoms or along sand henches unless carried there by tides and time. In other words, they are . not, formed there.. Small stearns that have layers or snt ami oincr material Indigenous to known 'fields' are likely digging places for diamonds. dia-monds. . "Both In India and Africa, as well as In Asia, diamonds have been dis covered In shale and soft rock of former waterways. 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