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Show :THE BEAYER COUJHT WEEKLY: PRESS. BEAVER." UTAI1 THE IMPOSTOR By FRANK ',,l,'i''V1Al'j Ub4l4, i4, I. PACKABD Ol'."-- O'JV. v, x. o"--. '. " kUW4 EYE m ine I 'fc jy (Copyrttfbl) V" Ting Wah p he cried sgaltv shaking the eign to jobs Mi", j That would take maybe a few hours What do you mean?. Ting Wah, don t FIGHTING! more. you. hear me ! What did yon mean to . A voice within him, seemed to keep kill me for?" "The Impostor" is a storyJ whispering: "Rounds! You've got to There was no answer. The man make rounds, make rounds." For two was no. not yet I Ting wan s ups of action of love, advendays or nights, or whenever it was were moving. Wallen bent his head ture and fighting. It's no since Johnson had first taken sick, he still closer to catch the words. "Dllnk-Hous- e Sam had made rounds unceasingly with the Singapore society novel. It's no detecmedicines; that was why, the medi- him know." tive yarn. It's no study of cines were on the skylight, so that he That was all. - It was over now the sex problem. It's no wouldn't have to go below. Wallen straightened up unsteadily, But making rounds was over now; and lurched to the rail whttre he could preachment in disguise. It's was no one to make rounds for cling on to something.there a narrative of Six Chinamen bad shipped as part there was only himself. "Rounds ! the sea, with art unusual Make , rounds; if s ; time to make of the crew so that they could kill him. rounds I" the voice insisted. ,2j WhyJl He laughed in a sick fashion. plot, just enough mystery to He roused himself. Tea, that was What did it matter? They were aU keep the reader guessing one else- so, Last time ne naa gone along tne dead, those six and the fascination of the deck Ting Wah was still alive. Th and In a few hours he would be dead man would be dead now probably, and too. Be laughed again, a little hysOrient thrown in for good Bam of the medicines weren't any good, any terically -- This Drink-Hous- e God's air, that was Singapore, 'Whoever be was, ought to way ; It The adventure wa nted. "Rounds ! . Make rounds t" be satisfied with thatl comes He clawed his way back to th afV He staggered up from hie chair, col j first, as it should. Then I lected some drugs and, reeling to the erdeck, and dropped Into hla chali 1 I ' , . s. comes the fighting. And in ' , I ship's side where the rail would help again His brain seemed to go numb the events leading up to the support blm, made his way painfully for a time, to be Indifferent to every then suddenly to become forward to where another awning was thing-ra- nd finale Cupid takes command. He kept strangely active. 81x Chinamen had stretched over the fore-decThe hero is American and his eyes In. front of htm ; there were shipped as members of the crew so worthwhile. The heroine is shapes about the deck covered with that they could kill him. It wasn't a pleasant thought, even If the whole anything that had first come to hand Americar and lovable. The six were dead now, and that he, him ve not should ha been 'there that shapes pirate vidian is able, mysonly at the last Johnson and he had self would be dead, too, before long. been too weak to do anything but flh, yes, he believed It now, right terious and aggressive and throw coverings over thein. He didn't enough why shouldn't he? What when the hero evens up the i about that murderous attack Won Su want to look at the shapes.. score yoifreglad of it. There was one form, only one, that had made upon him, and that he had I was uncovered, and he knelt beside it thought was delirium ! But that I . , And the story is well writv beside that Wl hadreason was lie Wah alive. wasntTill, Ting ten. The word pictures are "Medicine," said Wallen hoarsely. to believe Ting Wnh's story ; reason T L The Chinaman pushed It away. enough, God knew ! now that he came graphic You can get thrills in crowd were can to think weak that answered of take." he "No the'thlngs You'll be every installment ly. "Me finish;" ing Into hla mind. , eager to get hold of it and Out of the shimmering heat waves "Wallen steadied himself with ii effort and looked at the other closely. that rose along the deck and seemed youll wish there was more. It was near the end ; but still, as un to hover so weirdly over those covder certain conditions It sometimes ered shapes that ouglit not to have EPORTS from Washington cut up by deep canons or where moun-t- a cone by aerial patrol was odiclaliy InCHAPTER I. did, the disease had left the man's In been there, another scene gradually , ; iq ridges obstruct, the. view, or In a augurated and has been In regular proi took form, at first Indistlnctlyrvague-lyaeenj, to., .Indicate .that, the telllgence unimpaired. The Last Round. air service Is going ' to flat country that affords no good cess ever since. Two flights were made then in sharp outline, startling, dis "Look here, old chap," said Wallen vsri-ou- s An oily teat 8tlllnesfl absolute ' points of vantage, are often unable to later In January for the purpose of obpieces rapidly from ... cheerfully through his own cracked tinct.. causes' and that. Sep- pick up fires quickly by the rising taining a panoramic view of the terristillness, gave for the groan and creak lips. "Ton never know. Buck up. Take It was a stone house, a gray stone will practically smoke, or, to locate them accurately. tory bordering the quarantine lines, to tember of the yards and booms, as the bark the medicine." He stooped to lift the house, aU by Itself, without neigh see the last of It. This Is for precise locatlota. the.jstera In nse note the character and extent of any rolled lifelessly on the long, shimmerother's head gently, and nearly fell bora, Isolated, a silent place Yes, he on trlangulatlon through re forests or wooded areas which might I - It seemed to bring a It especially to be regretted remembered ing swells. Not a breath of air; only himself in doing It ... ,4 nurecent decks beat the of la view heat the that ports telephoned from separate obser-- ! act as a natural barrier to tbe spread upon A sudden gleam of gratitude came chill upon him now the cold, dreary, stifling until the pitch Id the seams bubbled. merous, extensive and dis- vatlon points. Airplanes, however, can of the pink bollworm by flight of the lifeless bouse had done Ita best to Into the Chinaman's eyes. astrous forest fires In the use wireless, or even the new wireless moth, as well as to secure some idea Only a waste of water that reflected 'Ton glood man," he whispered. crush even a laugh ont of his "boyhood the merciless tropic glare of the son "You all same glood man. But no can with Ita eternal, silent brooding mysNorthwest The lesson of telephone, and they can locate Area by of the value of aerial observations In Area Is that the na: coordinates in the same way that gun- connection with 'entomological scoutthese' and hurt the eyes cruelly. take all same finish now.He pushed tery. That was why he had run away Under an awning In the stern a man tlonal forests and national park must fire In war It directed to a particular ing and mapping. ten years e'go, when he was fourteen. '' "' These flights were made at an alti , '''",:'.-":"',.in cotton shirt and trousers, who was All his earlier recollections were of be patrolled by airplanes and protect spot . . In . cabin made huddled in a chair by the ., ed by wireless telephone. skybombing fires tude of from 14500 to 2.000 feet. At f Experiments that place. Time Is. a vital factor In fighting to put them out show the possibilities this elevation on a clear day a disHis mother wasn't there, be had light, lifted his head and mumbled, never seen hla mother. There were forest flrefc They must be detected In this direction. Bombs charged with tinct vision could be had of the eounthrough cracked lips. ' lust his father, and that tall, swarthy Instantly and combated - promptly. suitable chemicals for extinglnshlng try over a range of Q0 mllea and cul"Twenty grains of calomel, twenty-fou- r Eastern servant who frightened hff Once a forest fire . gains sufficient Area have been used with good results. tivated fields, buildings, shell rosds, quinine magnesia, peppermint-wate- r At present the only observation bal railway lines, creeks, and the rharjyv gone." boy's heart just those two and him- headway the flames convert each live Bis bands fumbled with the drugs self. He never saw anyone else. pine Into a gas retort and the flaming loon "used In connection with forest ter of wooded areas, whether pine or from the ship's medicine chest that No one ever came to the house. No gas, carried by the wind,, Jumps far Are patrolling Is the one maintained at deciduous, could be easily lls'tlnjmh--ed. At the normal speed of the ali , strewed the skylight, and guessing at one was ever admitted. Gunga, the ahead of the fire line, to start new the Arcadia field, near Los" Angela the quantities, carried portions to his servant fetched the supplies from the fires. Also, a forest fire will run up This balloon Is sent aloft to a height plane 75 miles an hour the ground . s mountain slope with tremendous of about 8,000 feet and remains there troves so slowly that the observer has mouth. Be swallowed with difficulty, own education was nearby village.-Biof the and relapsed Into a huddled swsltlon. superintended by his father. But there speed, creating Its own draft as It from 7 a.m until 6 p. nt In case of fire time to get a complete picture cotton ': ;.""-'to . area and from a the balloon la observer distinguish easily After a little be raised tola bead between never been any Intimacy goes. had report once more, and began to count arxm his father and himself. Airplane service would Instantly de telephoned te the array balloon school from corn fields. forest fire. It would reach the and transmitted to the forest service Inspector Hensley Is enthusiastic In bis fingers. One, two, three, four, five He had never questioned hi father tect wasIt five or eight days, r ten, r but once after that, he had never spot .promptly, with smothering gas. at Los Angeles. Another plan to be the belief that the airplane will trea month that the calm had lasted? He dared to do so. He remembered the firefighters, tools, provisions and ma tested later In tbe summer Is trans- mendously facilitate all such semiring work, fncludlng did not know. He had lost all track deadly whiteness that had come over teriala. If . the; national forests and porting fire fighters by dirigibles from snd reconnaissance " l - " of time. But It worried him, and to the morose, taciturn face, the grip of national parks are worth creating and which ladders can be lowered to' tbe mapping. 1-made be In ota- - . of can use it worth Similar .1 are. L:. vital proassumed preserv ground his sick brain . . Iron upon his shoulder, the hoarse pas- administering, they '. very Is fire ca a and er forest Outlaw ' Cotton Fields, ' tell would The ' surveys, The forestry agricultural ing. ordinary In hla voice,' leg sion father's ship's portions. him, " 'Never speak to me again of that" lamity. The big one la a catastrophe. i The airplane to spy out hidden cot which are analogous to the mapping He melted for it and begaa to scan hla father had said. "When yon are In a twinkling the growth of gen ton fields has proved successful. It Is and survey use made of It for war pur'''' " the entries. It was strange that tryolder,, when the time comes, yon shall eratlona Is gone. Where a forest stood the result of an experltrfent carried out poses. Ths tests made last year, followed there is desolation which will last for by the federal horticultural, board f know." ing to read brougtst fed flashes and -year. The fosses in. money the- - department of agriculture,' In by the more Important and systematic Wallen - rocked - unsteadily - In his many pain to his eyes. The words came only to him la chair. What a frightful stench the this season, saying nothing of the southern Texns. where the devastat- utilization of thlt new means of surs It only hla menace to hnman life, would pay for ing pink boll worn: of cotton has hewti vey and Inspection carried out this snatches. ship possessed or -Still becalmed. In States year, marks probably the first one of October 10. Imagination 1 What was it be had an extensive air service equipment- - trying7 to lnvade"theTJnHcd " snd Is cotton-fre- e distinct are there the airplane In a practical way In ag- -' Importhere from Mexico, six That the tern heat. Native boatswain took of? been Was Now. Over Oh, yes, 'Making Rounds thinking Chinamen who had come to kill him, tantn'ce- - for aircraft In (Ire pmt4W fonv;: declared bylaw ss harrier rlrnlture, and may be the starting of sick this morning. of this new means of "October . Buried boatswain last the medicine away again; and then and the gray house where" there wfre tlon of tlmberlands has been regard egnlnst the progress of tbe worm. But an Important use ' and observation- for nirht. Four more of. .ere - down. plucked at Wallen'a sleeve, evidently so many bars and loefcv and where ed by the forestry officials for tmte a few misguided formers feel' Mint transportation trying to get the mate's heud down very - night his fattier ana uunga time as beyond doubt It was wlttHhls their rights hsve' txenr Infringed and scouting and Inspection 'purposes la v.' irot vellow fever aboard, bod closer to his lips. or control a turned the keys and the chains, rat Idea In mtnd thnt arrangement were have developed a tendency to become other fields of research beln us If we don't get breexer " The man was going fast Wallen tied oo the doors as they fastened made to have army airplanes and cap- cotlaw cotton' p'nntera. Much of the work.": '"::'"'" - " His eyes went on down the page in ' "' :' tive balloons cover portions of the mv country Is heavily, t!inhered,.roucli way, skip- - tried to force a kindly smile. haphasard,-Irresponsibl- e them. 1 asked..-he "What Moorish and Arable Runs. iTIe raised' hts hand and passed "It tlonul fbrests of "California. Arizona? neither plentiful nor good In many pin-revinr entries here and there tincon"Listen 1" sold Ting Wah, "Mebbe across his eyes In a startled way. How New Mexico and ether states this sum- and It has been possible for an .The art of rug weaving Is sttld to erlously. w too. Mebbe no. All same me to-ru- ckaway-afehs ve"Teen f suchl nieTvehrJTans Jfty. patroHing was staneo enrty outlaw-plante- r "RtlU becalmed. God hare , mercy you. die vividly It came back to him, that night Hnesr-T- he man last tell r glood In jj cott night Wing ioor-Is-h hnff so; yon nHik some Chins acre its down. of 'the trie Arno conqurrom m nimin. bl sll crew proved nJlckty It an though were' Just haPTnK hryJmveTtnd onus! Nstlve " nian" named NVon ffo, after" making a 'medicine all night you glood mare me now, as though he were In the very worth, that It was proposed to extend woods beyond probability of discovery nigs are stlH woven by the deme tell" v. the service to other points In the East by ordinary tnenna. though the depert-n;rn- t scendants if tht7 rare 'who live on- act of living It again! murderous attack in his delirium on His voice trolled off weakly. of agriculture has been making side" the Spanish border. Arable rugs A crash In the desd of night Including one near the White woun-tr.l- n Wallen.. U first mate, Jumped over Wallen "Year kindly. In New prompted efforts to spot every stslk of nre woven In the simplest patterns. Hampshire. bad he diligent board." through that silent house, and The man tried to speak, tried again. sat up. trembling,' In bwl. Then a cry, No difficulty Is experienced hy the cotton In the quarantined areas. and In straight lines and very bright Yes. he remembered' that.' Tie was avail. without bur In heavy tim In mate fires when colors. The pottern often, rewroble airmen of fed first the the workers "a detecting and Walien-Sta- eey the yenr the fallen pistol shot, report of jst Wallen's own bend was reeling, pre echoes of ; the shot rumbled and re ber from elevations of 8.000 to 10.000 eral horticultural board were on the those of the log cabin iuH of onr of the bark Cpolo. It hod been a horWhile the figuree In monitory of coming nausea. ground, ihey tried ont the slrplsne for grsndmothera. verberated through the house, striking fret: rible night. "It's aU rlghK Ting Wah, It's all terror Into hla young heart. And he At preent the foret Service Mlex fceouflng work In Ibis way limpectnr oriental ruga each have their own The poor devil had rushed al him he said soothingly. "Better not was crawling out of his bed, and out for the detertion of fires partly on pa- nensley'of the lHrd dlncovered sev-r- v meaning we must not forget that evand he shuddered a little right" talk." to ... try otitlnw cotton ,fi'ld In the heavily ery color hss Its own significance as Into the hall and down the stairs In trol, nsnnlly by men on horses, nnitor he did not want to think of that. But now Ting Wah.. with a desperate his I or and railroad country along Hie Trinity 1v-c- r well, which varies In different councycles, partly speelers, here? nightshirt Wlmt was this entry to elbow. his himself raised on on effort lookout watchers half-wannd ammd Gtilveton ba wl.lrli tries. JtiHt as the figures do. In ani statloninl too y In down he. stopped And Survivors horrible. Is heat The ' "Yea, me talk!", he gasped ont "But horror. scarlet M tbe avm- -. cient (wtlnts. Aircraft have mnnv polt.ts of hint ewnned discovery. wenk to bury the dead. Csptain must ... . Babylon . ..i ... i Me here, Won Sti Work talk quick.' of Ihl over this ohvlMti m nre. methnl lo im'i of in uuie ine nir, aim ji irii . superiority Jnnnsry Below, In the hallway, stood the Mite l ell died at 2:10 a. in." ' or Chinamen same ore all four fields tn the 'olwervaflon of water. here, lKkouts In every broken country. rating cotton That was the Isst entry. There come on bloard and make crew oa ship glnnt form of Jilt father holding restretched couldn't and the of. He floor, candle, It. on lay date wan't any here for all same knlfee you." a huddled form, and Gunga, with member whether It had been yesterstories or more are erected people can street, for example. W per square foot There wns contortion In the man's revolver, was bending over the Thing did what Well, before. Values or tne day day well afford to pay more for the land Is the ruling price. The present vtlne back to a fight pitiful struggle that did. pot move.. Then, came his, fa It matter, and, anyway, it was time face, ratnw" rhhtrwhen' the" buildings "are 'of of the whole of the land In London Is weaknetnramd exhaustion that was titer's voice. In a strange, queer note " thr tb' mailt rounds." the uunl London business type of five about fiOO millions; add 50 per cent Mnnd's Alfred a predilechim la Wallen anpposed stared Sir at him. upon vjf tense eagerness. Ilnnnta I or six stories, Biit can anybody Im- nnd the ratable value would Jump up raises tbe quesdased way. "Look again, Gunga. lias he one tion for tho skyscrspcr v Wlmt rounds wera there to make? If land London values. skyagine a building of HO stories tn Lon- by leaps and bounds. of out. cried Wattl" ha tion "Kill d me, Ting finger on the left handT Everybody was dead. Johnson, the would St. It don? Paul's dwarf and were to rear their ungainly know scrapers died thst morning, "What for! .Yonyou don't ' A Plungtr. heights In London as In New York It rob' the honse of parliament, and the what you're saying, do you? Yon of the made entry "Wns of Near York their distinction. New though be hadnl tbe that the not Abbey young T.rown t saw strikwould ssys only, don't mean thatl" The Chinaman , Stacey Wallen writes in Johnson's death in the log; what was of Bank of England lend has been sold ing you for lonnl Why. I beard "int abolish the besuty Tost, Evening was away elbow slipping gradually the good? There wssn't any more ne the log: "Died today,-S- . London; but would Increase Ihe price lrTrecen't years at 73 per square foot, only recently he fell Into a fortune." from beneath him, his eyes were for a t., Everybody wns "Thai's so. but he fell Into It o nf land. cspectLlly In the heart of the or .1X1,000 per acre: In Ihe Ptrond mate.' medicine first from Hie closed. spilled Wallen, other two whit men . cent himi-tlIs near the hard (tint he went right through 12 f If to been cent. foot has 50 per about Ol ie squnre per by lty. Wallen's hands onto the deck, and ha and the crew who were ail natives. west. In Bond Boston Tronscripf. H gued rnt where buildings of 30 flture, while, further (TO BK CUNTlNCtD. at the other, propping him up. And now h.. vs down, loo;, he was caught only waiting for the fever to run Its "Ting Wah ! LOVE.-ADVENTUR- Er" -: , - red-blood- ed and-ever- y '"l'SS, iJ LviJL.sl k. ) to Search Out , - Forest Fires and : A"'- - Outlaw Cotton rields Wj3s ah uz " 2 . . i . . - ! . . . 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