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Show Tin FT.OVO HERALD CO. 30naj-sitA&t.- &. . ...,- .. -, . ,. i. ,v for the Boss. That's alcohol, and for independent of thatfas-rangIs out of action and, we have totry charcoal. Notice one inz teresting thing, Archie? Old Keatcham, whom we "were fighting tooth and nail three weeks ago, 'is now bossing US as rnthlPuVl'y, ftg ft fpothal coachj and Cousin Cary is taking his slack talk as meek as a freshman, Great old boy, Keatcham! And oh, I say! has any-fin- e gone to'the rescue of the Rogersea? I saw Kito speeding ov& that way from the garage and Haley .hiking aftef him. I hope the ' nine small yellow domestics are not burned at the stake with Rogers; the bally fire-traIs blazing. like a "As it happened, the colonel had dispatched a small party to their neighbor's aid. Haley and Kito were not among them; they were to guard the nt-i- n garage which wag too vital tneir noHsenoia economy to leave un- Nevertheless, Haley and protected. Kito" 'did." both run away," leaving'" a Mexican helper to watch: and when they returned they were, breathless and Haley's face was covered with blood. He "was carefully- - carrying something covered with a carriage-rob.... in his hand. IK)t The stnry opens at Harvard whre Col. Rupert Winter, U. S. A., visiting, saw the met Cary miiMde of. ymingtercer, Mercar. brother f the dead, student. lit Three" ClJlcaaoiln joi. winter overneara uary Mercer apparently planning toto kidnap Archie, the colonel'i ward, and gain possession of Aunt ItebercarWi titer's iwilliona. A Miss SmUn was .riientionei. apparently a a conspirator. A great-- financial magnate was aboard the train en which.Col. Winter met his Aunt Rebecca, Miss. Smith and Archie. Col. Winter learned that the financial magnate is Edwin S. Keatcham. Winter, aided by Archie, cleverly frus-- , trated a hold-u- p on the train.. He took a despite her great liking t Milled kldnapJngnlQti Archie mysteriously dTsappeaivd In Frisco. Wood in a lor nearby roomat"the hotel caused fears the boy's life. 'The lad's voice was heard over the .telephone, however, and min. ute volcerthat of llss Smith. e Col. Winter and a detective - set out for-thby empty mansion owned were TheyArnold, a Harvard gradual. met with an explosion within. Mercer Winter....... thatn Archie appeared. . ... He assured . l ..! ..1. n,uA ,1 . - Miss-Smit- " ' ' : p la-te-r . - . . iatmt-- I .. . ,mr.. jCTt i. i . ' I o- -I k iii ; v n - rn, m ztf4' &KkXmm m. Vrtftrtfi-'lmf"lor',a-witi- "I to-aoak , flrst-filas- . -- ileal right,- Winter, about the evil thing to get the good. No, It's a bad time for me to be taken; but it's an honorable discharge, Helen will be glad' . ." . you kno . , I'm not a plg Winter what I tried to, do . . . Where's my aind nursei janei imnercentlble Movements to edge a pillow underJWS. gnouiaers; he was past turning bis head, but his eyes moved towardr. "I've left you a weadl Bul not-doi- ng d .e: for a day or twor-- 1 got-- a - ost- - . any-thin- -- Jc? -.i; ' .... x n .?icjn i m 4M"rlnIche8tI.tSCMelzh to his lips to hear the strufing noptbiFHnoped taste orlse that they cant the-had.- sen iivTUf- ? r -- fie" . ... 1 t I r-Tir Pr . -- y i -- -- possessed . : in-jta- I if :Bimply-rybedientr- . eye-glasse- ' - . . Do-yo- e-tindauted The--olon- 'j -- -- . atoms-and:3uirllng- ... sol1-flie- 1 "ilmTtahdwe-aiTDOwegaHy-aaTwel- of -- UnTt-htB-tr- nit l-as pitrle(f-ln--a-faln-ml- -- thifwnrhehleYerdugha - teIiW4Jftlt4lt.N? -- . ltrf ne " - . - WrjSwrJpwwSBsns and flamboyant "" . want just tell you is their last costfy resting ''pilace. HorT you didn't convert me! if Keatcham hadn't a taste for the Jrmy One, Winter." "Its a Bigger Job-Th- att Thus, having made amends to his fine arts be had compensating qua!!- - ( rious Winter could have laughed at anese,. running In fronv the carriage own will, having also, let us humbly ties. I shall never forget the night of the grotesque reversal of their", cohdi-1Iom- : side. She cannot tell whether Tracy hope, msde amends to that greater his burial. It was a "wonderful great wArtfoldyTeaTbedtb Tracy: and JGlcTrWaTaTr -Httle JtlredMBut clergyman, in the - pavement first, Arnold ciful and wider vision than our weak they were all taking theif ordexs; from ture-- n the man who had been their defeated only "remembers how the carriage mbe ness can comprehend, Edwin Keatch- bedraggled .jurpllcew who had "been; Z on reading prayers over people for th prisoner a little' while back. Mercer flapped in Tracy's shaking hands be- am very willingly tlosed his eyes letOT hoBrsandrwas fit to drop, hoic- alone kept his melancholy poise; he forehe flung it over the man. Tracy's earth. ried through the service;, and th had obtained the aim of years; he was L fair skin was a streaky, bluish white, : towDuihe-deadjnali CHAPTER XI. Joved was flaminj; not sure but his revenge was Subtler and his under jaw kept moving up - miles beyond miles. 'About the grave Extract . from a Letter. and completerthan hehad dared -- to there and down like that of a fish out nt-of water, while he gasped.-nsv- er FrOmMrs? Rebecca Winter to Mrs. was none of his blood, none of hla an- - : hopeL;! Being "a" zealot '"Tk! i: was i jglent rrTehds, but the men I beK'eve John S. G. Wlnslow, by his dreams. Suppose . he tering a sound. ' he would hajfechosen men who tad la. so ; that Falrport, .Arnoldwastrembltog Tought hfnT and" Ihenhad" fought fvr"" mendous power to tus own way or his hands shook when he would .have And-- lt was delightful to discover him faithfully. They were haggart-anfaith T what mightn't he hope" to ac- raised Ihe wounded man. Mercer spent with flghttw the. fire; anOL complish? Meanwhile, so far as the alone was composed although deathly that you were so distressed about me.l business in hand - was concerned, he pale. He had the presence of mind to I must be getting a trifle maudlin in they went from hla buriaT1ackto days believedJnJfeatcham-an(LJDtjiLealcbthrow the harmless fragments of the my old age, for I "have. t lump in my jind nights of desperate effort He . to ve thought of had fought and lost: and yet did not he bowed methods of -ti-me-LJia bomb into the fountain and to examine throat-eve- ry am's. help; the innate power of the man; and he the interior of the car lest there Johnny and you actually starting out lose at the last, but "won, i snatching -an aefeat as he was wont 4oyar-a- s was as should be more of destruction hidden to find me; I am thankful my tele victory out feudal to his Kito would have been , Then he approached the. heap gram (Pleas'e, Peggy, do notiCalI.. it to do all his life. The heavy hurdena therein. ' ' shout-der- B ":" lord. ." on the flags; but Keatcham was able a wire again to me! I loathe these which have dropped from his chose otberS he will - In a at reached thjge yhom you very brief time all the arrange- to motion him away, saying In his old verbal Indolences) carry, maybe nore humbly, perhaps ments were made the lour men went voice, not softened" ' In the least Omaha in time to stop you. not so capahly, but quite as courage-QiiuInto the patio m pnter the touring car. "Don't, you do that! I'm all in. ; No Really, we have not had hardships. And It t slnnilflr how hla in- They walked up to the empty machine. use. They got me. But it won't do Thanks to Israel rPutBam Arnoia: T fluence persists, how it touches Kito thefront thenLany goodXyou .boyaknow thatJ have a very admiring gratitude for and The colonel stepped-JntT: ttaley, as. well as the others. seat of the machine. Something in will you witnessed; it gives a fifty that man! In these-day- s of degenerwaa 'Sh'ttre :oiteat which paid. the noise of the engine thousand for the arrest and conriction acy "he hiillded a stanch enduring Haley (whose Or the killing of Atklnsbtr own cut house. With, union labor, too! "1 witvyou are likely o sample in the near panting and straining against sibilant undertone throats will hetray him for that. . But don't; see: how he contrived to do it. future, for he has elected to. be the some tiny which any- other ear, would have where's .Winter? You damn carelpss Generally, when they, build houses Rupert Winters' chauffeur; they don't : know it yet, but they will when it is fools didn't let him get hurt?" missed, warned his; he bent quickly. here, they scamp the underpinning " A dark - object gyrated above the T "Shure, sdri he flldninet htmsllf and weaken the joists and paint over tlmeV' V'Bhiire," says Y, "whin thnt heads of the other two Just mount git hurted' Haley hlurted out ; he had the dirt Instead of washing It off ; and man so diashed up there ye cudnt -ing the long step; - it landed with run in after Miss Smith; brandy bottle otherwise deserve to be killed, ,'JTbe move. him for fear yed lose the main a prodigious splash in the foun- in band ; '"tls the murdering dagoes unfortunate man opposite bad just parrt of him, whin he was thinkln" ct , tain,- flying - int- o- a multitude ; of is gettin'. hurted.off there behind the that kind of house, which tumbled the town and nothln' else. I hadn't the great big rubber trees; I kin aee the dead down but,! heart to be complainln'1 for the loss of sputtering column of water high np in air. Un- legs of thim, this minnit. Tlra grand alas"? it killed some of the people in a few teeth and a few limps about me! An" I falrNvu'ked like the diviL" So r cool shot the colonel is, sor." heeding its shrieking clamor, the it, .not the guilty masons, and carpen-terlT- l didCKitowlid'aadacIntJap-gintle---over the side of thte Tar, - "Bring "him InTlerthem Bpranr go; "Ihey man and no haythin at all." darted through the great arched door- were" only tools,1 panted Keatcham Our chimneys .nave been inspected -Poor Keatcham. he had ho child-way out upon the terrace toward : a weekly; "FuTThebr ahdrrevlved nooa ana mswiie :niea 100 Boon u itfristuaHv-oaBdnt- -a robber trees. He fired; again mp-i aij not snffef his youth; hot I reTlyeTheTragrancecT Janet Smith stmck a match to )ieat We cooked outon the sidewalk, jmd thlnkr- - hehad ji teairthelri)Bt wtm tut teaspoonful of water for hefhypo- - Buppiemente-oB- r la.eycryjjataslroghJhepectators' cooinug jumn reticenVawkward. Bhy sort of heart .HZT minds lose some parts of the action. dermic. "Make, it good and strong, Tracy's stove. "... ...... 7 T somewhere about him. Well, he waa There are blanks to be. supplied by no give, me, time to say something to of Janet's"' told I ' engagement what MilUcent would call "a you compel- comes; 4 ecWfldentlaflyr maNMBeggjffcMB-t.M- t oneEvery one .of Ihe men and .wom-e-n Mercer and Winter-leren- e I use lng personality," plain language Jrebent on that fatalmornlng 'had good Gunners those boys are! 'responsible They Imet randrcaTThlmlt "great man. He" won'" a different story7 CoTvJhwasacklrig;' on. the comtrain; a on Tracy and Arnold, acting, only remember the deafening mon unspoken Impulse, had dashed though chance might have parted us, the lion's share because he was the' lion. And yet, poor Lion, - bis share' roar and the shouting; and when he were 'pushing him I did not let it I clung to Nephew was a Winter after and, ' lonely life and a tragic death.-TH- E got downstairs and saw he turned forward between them Keatcham was Bertie. I'm surt he wondered why,-END, is chief his impression to let him suspect. deadly sick; nearly Bpent, but he rallied to "bay the knew better than 1s like a words in fala mlnd-H.can. kept death at BUtrsucceBS you can't share An JLLnssvorjjCharityr uauus-wiui- tr wai7in-So unci Toie1 smelL a without la gasH. will. the sheer force of his "Bay " uwu- No. AirmWi won't hav.8yonr by nf his men naa nomes; uu was all In the cafes and" beer bails ol ' : But side, HaleyTj wounds, dressing match. This made When Winter knelt down beside him, you, 'I hs' were son mixed up In my fights; yo a large canister s placed oa glass had shown that the houses f first warned by the tumult and cries; Germany tell she will MilUcent see when you of another ; withkpo)gnant memory' all tossed about there; he couldn't e ariable-in- r as well Archie and who as she be center of each establish-j- . along-ShHaley en he had you that sheTielped thrags time In the aame place-wh"Somebody has got to run t eep his men steady; It seemed inhuwith her, could aee nothing. until haa abusedJaaetUkeJa pickpocket; ment"a Every; time one of the guesta IcnelF Beside" Tieeminglydying-ma-n, man- to ask them to stay when their chine, sir," insinuated young HDutslde. All Mrs.V Melville thev got sihcehaJnaa -- discovered lights-- . fresa..cigar he geu upof and and entlyJquchedJhejtntMrTedjlght g: of (with, a coaxing smile; "and I f; :nd ch'l the j hack of the-ca- rf 7 th sawVras gHstwttrH , deposits in the canister the end dldaTdrai hetJanet carriage-robetin" " I hts-dathr luck to have shouldn't be my lather's son if haiiuTrjiug one been f ourse Tltr fa one he has "smoklngr Just ,car.aD!J andJktercer, Jnto as her she her,of eleppln smile-wiregards his stiff cature th could still form a look,. after my guest not ver; all married men from down there. ' with Instantly lurching forward. - The exreceptacle ir:a sort of alms-boof the gemtf of the century. "Well. I reckon you will have to let he'd cut me out. Tracy is golf g, too, plosion seemed to. her simultanebu8 lips and mutter;' L'Only thing about secured-b- y means a of me isn't In tatters . ihem- - Koi- - but watch out," begged the. he'altf med" Ac'haritable assocJatlcn' ble events Of which we?wrote. : , It is Yoti are; not" are we know iouchearittMddtfttryJo.iJift the men, "for you goiflgaidtthe colonel, -Rebecca Winter, who" perhaps me Mrs.' l resort Atkins Is killed; lupplies-alwere I'm all In' pieces. Ton certainly a reliefthat places ot public on -after will take advantage of general coloneL .."somebody with 4a head the coolest bead of all, and who had who of tlwsad&bxes wasoneot Listen Yodr for.the He wflh purpose gcoundrelf understood,:' the.twg t " there;" to giard the was" standing on the dais of the arcade always lisorder' to" get'ln": their dirty rwork; himJmst " stay and put the collecting-pddthe ' r Into sneaked and Winter" ends of Mercer. patio the too. tobacco, .knows ladies." B .. x kow is the most dangerous time." J exactly opposite the car, distinctly things I'm. hound to have go through, bombs into the autfmobiler Bertie-tave-detalle- d Joth-Trae- y rfgnretlea and cigars." "The produce 'Happily Archie" explained Tracyrf iIe"wonl4 saw Keatcham with "an amazing exer I've hlm.: Toujhaveno- doubt heardT to Youll him. shot them .c Auld explained no Mercer and but really Mercer; ef the sala i devoted to tho purchase 4 whose unquenchable college levity man just risen from "lhili t: anyone tion of vigor for a be my executors and trustees! A all about lr. KeatchamY dea'thr- - He of clothing. which. .Is ..distributed Keatcham "better could affect, help" my vhappily earthquake of whlrl:J hundred- - -aaickhci.AIKl.MtlL.R -throiHuidjL.jiJBrpot-. too rwas "killed by the man whose wicked among -- ehildren. at domestic "lewel has been stocked up In any tiustnesararraijgejiiilatr'whlcli Cbristnua burl 'had unconsclouslytoslered.' out Mercer literally motion, Jng Keatchbig a salary for the work you can do ness he rwlth iTceana"xatmEai, two cf the most might need to be madei-A- d the mo:t to believed be is The knovr'-ltrbcharity , car. She heard tLa crackle it. It's a bigger job than the army Hedld not nutritious of foods; and Miss Janet is am plainly wished, bis cctVany. Had of the record. on and malodorous Tinsanitary and the will ," look doubt hi swollen fortune grimly se-- and a roar and Kito screamed la Jfap one .Winter. , Warnebold - making coffee on her traveling coffee not the situation been -- i -- -- - It r " whbj'6 anv-iow- - if a recipe lor Jellcious tea cake from Mrs, Wigglesg worth of Boston. .. She didn't save but her f urB and her ktmon and a bridge, set, besides "wbatslr', had on; she packed ber:tnjj""wftli great care and nobody wolfjrid take It downstairs. Of coursersv;ife saved her bag of jewels, which tctnlnds me that poor Mr. KeatrhanM left Janet some pearlsthat Is. i'he money for them. He was very m.,ucb attached to her. . We buried b1ta on the crest of the DUt made 10 lived . . . hill ; later.- - ly'hen mre settled times yu' . Mercer? it safe, shall come, , 'he may take another and so "feeble and last -- His vo(& hai grown journf jy to that huge mausoleum his torn and where M-- wife aid", mother are buried. came In such 'gksosj-ftp- .o "J - - v -- secretary "Tr-rrrhe-li- saw-Aich- -- . , m corrupting - Ilia-wife.- blood-staine- had In - e i scrupuious daring great- - influence ... Ux-harre- and had been kidnaped. One of Mercer's friends on returning the boy to his aunt had been arrested for speeding and when he returned from the police station to his confessed auto the lad waajjone.. Mercer he was forcibly Hletainifg--Keatch- m. ld his Ufa story, relating how Mercer Keatcham and his scoundrel secretary. ruined him, the blow killing had Atkins, Mercer, was holding. Mmjrlson r In order that he could not get control of a railroad which was the pet pro.lect of Haley mumbled, stiff and straight in the father of his college friend, Endicott his military posture, grimy and ie ina. Tre.ey. Aunfe Rebecca- Then-he "I've tie hand vanished. men. two aFlalute, with cab She followed in an auto Intcrthe Chinese honor to report, sor, that Private Kito r-district and by, the usq at a mysterious' and :me discovered two "I a suspicious Chinese jade ornament she secured an- - Influential pTomt8e--fro- m hillside by characters the up making that the bov would be returned. Archie the sekrat-roai- L We purshooed thim, ! returned and tol(Mrts story, Atkin8T-j- r'nier" secretary to Keatchamr being tii sor; and whin they "wu'dn't halt we .second kidnaper. Col. Winter and Tracy fired on thim, sor, ixploding this here returned to the "haunted house." .They - found Keateha m, -- apparently stabbed to ium.whichjvtnt off whin the hindmost Keatcham was not aeaa, now doth, - - ever. Cary Mercer appeared. on- the scene. man tumbled." " Winter believing his actions suspicious; the car Kito aside smilingly flung The. party removed to the Arnold home. riage-rob- e disclosing the still smoking The colonel They, beared Atkins' gang. tor the mag- - shell of an Ingenious round bomb, became temporary secretary . nate.- - A Black JIand letter wti received. --or .the great f very similar: to thosr used in fire The real characteristics, r of The revealed. puzzle were 7 works. financier ! tnrv fell Into Dlace. the Jilame for - The colonel "examined It closely; It Merwr' the - crimes - being- Uftad from shoulders and placed upon AtKins . txve an ugly bit of dynamite craft. was and ol, Winter for each -"Any easualties.-eergean- t? was plainly seen by other member? other " of the party. Col. Winter and Miss colonel asked grimly. . Hiviitu hefflme eneageo. man .wid ..the hum. "A fniinwimr mnmini? the terrible 8an Fran the be waB kilt the other Ixplosion; by Cisco earthquake, quickly followedslumman was hit by private Kito and fire, aroused the party from their : bers wounded In he shouldetbutescaped. I mesilf have a confusion on me rien 1. Continued. CHAPTER XVI ?Di me jinkleiprained arrum, . . . . I, ,. The colonel, However, naa oureij. i IVK j..t, LUULI1 I'll I1KO.U 1H 111 LUC ULHJ" meifoot on the threshold when Mrs. irTrjCT hos Rei)prt q ' . ville - appeared, propelling ' Randall, pital, further report? sergeant. Any whom she had rescued'fronv the maid's "I wu'd' tke to riccommitfd Private behind waa she where cowering . closet - Kito for honorable minshun 'or her neat frocks, momentarily expectine dftath; but decently ready 'for it In "I shall certainly remember him; sown and shoes. Mrsi Melville her-- and report you also, sergeant, in .. iself. In the disorder of the shock, bad " : merely added her best Paris bat and a lhat TmaylakeZillkaTBPrlhe Kito." skeleton bustle to her dainty night- garage, bowed and retin Kito beaming, her not she had forgotten while HaIeyhobbled inf tn to don had she forgotten only timono; e f re arm. The cqnsequeRces.t the7attack ; and it draggled over-toon the garage didnot a pear at once. The was intact. Butcher dignity mold had alOne was that young she kindred' she beheld her the tourjig car into- the of them, as if they , were re ready Drought "F" in absence ihe patio a was sample Mi jif Haley and jponsible, whether this "rOlor:''Anotnf"asrU-nT-rac)t the Californian climate. - Keatcnam and, Kitoall jrepaired jf o tJhe scene of jlushed and fled with Colvin and the the was explosion to exflnine the "dead figglipg Arnold and AreWe, who manB body. They returned almost Im . ioo polite to giggle. few moments but for mediately, Mrs. Winter put on her house in the one was of no the there of in she the gentlest 'MilUcent," said Keatcham to court. The colonel wpnt incB, .."ymir nnsrie is uu ciwucu liiiTi frommerciless the at One wild glance he himafter ufltil the into going, city did nirror in the carved pier-glas- s had gone toThe 'Presidio and reself without irsl Melville give, and, then, turned with a guard. ( He represented fled. a word,-sh- e A as forcibly as he could the danger of "Randail," said Mrs. Winter, "yo Keatcham's appearance during a lime look verr nice; come xtnd elp me of such: tumult and lawlessness. . some dress. "There 'will most likely e PFimeva Pk Weare1 do wn te-t-hV more shocks.", siting now" he pteadedr sup- Randall, trembling in every limb, instead of but instinctively assuming a com-- ' pose If It' was Jdlled who out that there dago ; posed mien, "foHowed " " i.have fpunlshed the old lady. ' - that we could Not unless we did it with murderer? another was ging-Jn- , maybe lying - direction, having heard a telephone our own hands. They-ai'corner now. In street first at the wait him- hell. He was most anxious io put will If only wait" you ' " elf Into communication with Birdsall, '' i4Ceatcham chopped off -- Ms sentence ";- hecaHge not without ceremony, not Irritably, but j quake had be forgotten an ngher pern; with the brusquerie of one whose time Atkins jM jmd It liad occurred to him that amenities. -' IsJooedouftJor-dllaton? be to r frightened waa gt'jFgtinter-no- t j demanded. fire he t'Wlll but rather the ; waltr ' by the convulsions of order; i J aad rufr maiiaCaccounrof TC?S6Faia messageThrough the telephone" lenff Bans whom "we hive "to "crush1 before to reassure him. they realize their strength, will they . otherendof . the wait?.. This is my town, Winter, the !The4nan-aJt:.t- he i61 : only town I care a rap for: and I x;ani Dan service would nroDOse fOelDlOWff . how ... there ?. down course were Of there is wires ger dangerj nn. he vgen reported; r around the corner; worse," the" water Is danger In every hattler bnt jlo you mains were spouting; and from where keep out, of battles where yufbelong : . t .tnoil since he felt the first shoe because you may get killed? This Is " ' ha bad counted 35 flres.lTen of them .. aiwr we omer enu. He's narrow but he is straight. I've made it worth his can't be while. Some loose ends-- lt helped ntiw. Maybe you'll find out there re more difficulties in administering a big fortune than you' fancied; and that it Isn't the easiest thing in the world helping fools who can't help themselves. 'There are . made . all those Tidewater idiots me read about - , . . you'll have to attend to" them. Mercer . . . old woman in the queer clothes . chorus girl .. . . inose old ladies who who had one egg be tween them for breakfast you'll see to them aH?' . , . And his corruption waSJhls masters 77 0 r"" must- - say I sympathise undoing. with young Tracy, who said last night: ; . 7:s-- .; ' '. I feel as if I had been puU ' in crime! That bomb waa the limit. ? In future, me for the common or gar- - , den virtue;-I- t may be tame, but I pre-- . . fer tameness tq, delirium rreraensT 7 I used to think that I should like r . ? jj ; .; ; f to match my wits against a ' criminal Intellectf God forgive me fiA-the wish? I have been matching ittv for the last month; and never puUing. . .. ; f on myjshoes without looking in them ' a id or bomblet twinge for a down feeling Yes.-sababy Mereer, looking on lh shrunken features with, a look of indigestion without darkly suspect-- . best the who is cook suh the Ing really of pain and bewilderment.. "Yes, " ' .' creature In. the world, sent Mr. Arnold I'll do my. best."- by a good" Chinese friend of mine. (I . "And we're even?"-had a chance to do a good turn to voy call to so, it obliged J'm "Ifeck(Hi - artathe - returned a the with ; way" during long, friend, by Mercer, suh," to of bis gasping sigh, "but my Lord? you'd ftjuake and thus repay some ' . . . . better have let me go!" in,). ' Keatcham. Isnt.cheerful. Is said welt dryly, and Archie likely," "Very : to the city needs me. Well, Winter, it like the Winter temperament you must look after that I've been lose its melancholy in 8UbhorroTS aa ,. . . thinking why a man throws his life we have seen? Archie Is . distinctly . .::.. " away as I did; he has 1q, unless he's happier since he came toCalifornta." "T"""" whether count a poltroon. He can't As for Janet and Rupert oh, well, e's more useful than the one he my dear, you and Johnny know! Th -we to gothouHff has been- full of people, and simply: TgfveS save him - . . . " you were a good have had several friends of oifr own I a nouse, u was miss, janet-emioir Winter to himself admitted that he loved Mercer told 'Winter that MIks Smith. Archie had" . e JLi rw ' il " . e lnfesa -- - buf-Tio- it-w- as -- - ; x ?m funnel-shapedjli- rse-youlWeL o,;padi.' s -- - r ut un--I'l- -' - V,-- |
