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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH THE IMPOSTOR By FRANK L. PACKARD and the gray house where there were so many bars and locks, and where every night his father and Gunge turned the keys and the chains rat tied on the doors as they fastened them. He raised his hand and passed It across his eyes la a startled way. How vividly It came back to him, that night as though It were just happening now, as though he were in the very act of living It again A crash In the dead of night through that silent house, and be had sat up,' trembling, In bed. Then a cry, the report of a pistol shot, and the echoes of the shot rambled and reverberated through the house, striking terror Into his young heart And he was crawling out of his bed, and out Into the hall and down the atalra In his nightshirt. And half-wa- y down be stopped In horror. Below, in the hallway, stood the giant form of hia father holding a candle, and on the floor lay stretched a huddled form, and Gunga, with a revolver, was bending over the Thing that did not more. Then came his fathers voice, In a strange, queer note of tense eagerness. Look again, Gunga. Has he one finger on the left hand?" 1 (Copyright.) day or the day before. Well, what did It matter; and, anyway, it was time to make rounds. Hounds I What rounds were there to make? Everybody was dead. Johnson, the second mate, bad died tbut morning, though he hadnt made the entry of Johnsons death In the log; what was the good? There wasnt uny more use for a log. Everybody wus dead except himself the other two white men and the crew, who were all natives. And now he was down, too; he was only waiting for the fever to run its course. That wonld take maybe a few hours more. A voice within him seemed to keep Hounds! You've got to whispering: make rounds, make rounds. For two dnys or nights, or whenever it was since Johnson had first taken sick, he had made rounds unceasingly with the medicines; that was why the medicines were on the skylight, so that be wouldn't have to go below. But making rounds was over now; there was no one to make rounds for there was only himself. Rounds I Make rounds; its time to make rounds ! the voice Insisted. He ronsed himself. Yes, that was so. Last time be had gone along the deck Ting Wah was still alive. The man would be dead now probably, and the medicines weren't any good, anyway; It was air, Gods air, that was wanted. Rounds! Make rounds 1" He staggered up from bis chair, collected some drugs and. reeling to tbe ship's side where the rail would help support him, made his way painfully forward to where another nwnlng was stretched over the He kept Ills eyes In front of him; there were shapes about the deck covered with LOVE, ADVENTURE, FIGHTING! The Impostor is a story of action of love, adventure and fighting. Its no society novel. Its no detective yarn. It's no study of the sex problem. Its no preachment in disguise. Its a red-blood- narrative of ed the sea, with an unusual plot, just enough mystery to keep the reader guessing and the fascination of the Orient thrown in for good measure. The adventure comes first, as it should.. Then comes the fighting. And in the events leading up to the finale Cupid takes command. The hero is American and worth while. The heroine is American and lovable. The pirate villian is able, mysterious and aggressive and when the hero evens up the score youre glad of it. And the story is well written. The word pictures are graphic. You can get thrills in every installment. Youll be eager to get hold of it and youll wish there was more. CHAPTER fore-dec- I. 1 DUnk-Hous- k. Drink-Hous- 1 The Last Round. An oily seal Stillness absolute stillness, save for the groan and creak of the yards and booms, as the bark rolled lifelessly on the long, shimmering swells. Not a breath of air; only a stifling heat that heat upon the decks until the pitch In the seams bubbled. Only a waste of water that reflected the merciless tropic glare of the sun and hurt the eyes cruelly. Under an awning in the stern a man In cotton shirt and trousers, who was huddled in a chair by the cabin skylight, lifted his head and mumbled through cracked lips. Twenty grains of calomel, twenty-fou- r quinine magnesia, peppermint-wate- r gone. Ills hands fumbled with the drugs from the ships medicine chest that strewed the skylight, and guessing at the quantities, carried portions to his mouth, lie swallowed with difficulty, and relapsed Into a huddled position. After a little he raised his head once more, and began to count upon his fingers. One, two, three, four, five was It five or eight dnys. or ten, or a month that the calm had lasted? lie did not know. He had lost all track of time. Hut It worried him, and to Ids sick brain assumed very vital pro--I ortlous. The ships log would tell him. lie reached for it and began to scan the entries. It was strange that try- ing to read brought red flushes and ; sin to his eyes. The words came only to him In snatches. October 10. Still becalmed. Intense heat. Native boatswain took sick this morning. October . Hurled boatswain last niclit. Four more of crew down. We've pot yellow fever aboard. Hod l.elp us if we don't get a breeze! His eyes went on down the page in a haphazard, irresponsible way, skije ping entries here and tin-re "Still Hod have mercy Native crew all down. China-nanamed Won Su, after making a murderous attack in his delirium on Wallen, the first male. Jumped overboard. Yes, he remembered tlint. lie was Wallen Stncey Wallen llie first mate of ihe hark Upolo. It had been n horrible sight. The poor devil hnd rushed at him screaming nnd he shuddered a little he did not want to think of thnt What was this entry here? "The lieut Is horrible. Survivors too icnk to bury the dead. Captain Mitchell died at 2:10 a. m. That was the last entry. There wasn't nay date on It. He couldnt whether It had been yester on us! The man tried to speak, tried again, hut without avail. Wallens own head was reeling, premonitory of coming nausea. Its all right. Ting Wah, its all right, he said soothingly. Better not try to talk. But now Ting Wah, with desperate effort, raised himself to his elbow. Yes, me talk he gasped out. But must talk quick. Me here, Won Su here, four more all same Chinamen come on bloard and make crew on ship here for all same knlfee yon. There was contortion In the mans face, a pitiful struggle to fight back the weakness and exhaustion that was upon him. Wallen stared at him In a dazed Way. Kill me, Ting Wah! he cried out What for? You you dont know what you're saying, do you? Yon dont mean that!" The Chinamans elbow was slipping gradually away from beneath him, his eyes were dosed. The medicine spilled from Wallens hands onto the deck, and he caught at the other, propping him up. Ting Wah! Ting Wah! he cried again, shaking the man to rouse him. Wbat do you mean? Ting Wah, dont you hear me I What did you mean to kill me for? There was no answer. The man was no, not yet! Ting Wah's lips were moving. Wallen bent his head still closer to catch the words. e Sam Singapore him know. That was all. It was over now. Wallen straightened up unsteadily, and lurched to the rail where he could cling on to something. Six Chinamen had shipped as part of the crew so thnt they could kill him. Why? He laughed Jn a sick fashion. What did It matter? They were all dead, those six and every one else1 and In a few hoars he would be dead too. He laughed again, a little hyse Sam of terically. This Singapore, whoever he was, ought to be satisfied with that I He clawed .his way back to the afterdeck, and, dropped into his chair again. His viXtii seemed to go numb for a time, to be Indifferent to everything and then suddenly to become strangely active. Six Chinamen had shipped ns members of the crew so that they could kill him. It wasn't a pleasant thought, even if the whole six were dead now, and that he himself would be dead, too, before long. Oh, yes, he believed it now, right enough why shouldnt he? What about that murderous attack Won Su had made upon him, and that he had But that thought was delirium wasn't all, he had reason beside that to believe Ting Wah's story; reason enough, God knew I now that he came to think of the things that were crowding Into his mind. Out of the shimmering heat waves that rose along the deck and seemed to hover so weirdly over those covered shapes that ought not to have been there, another scene gradually Making Rounds Was Over Now. took form, at first Indistinctly, vagueanything that had first come to hand ly, then In sharp outline, startling, disshapes that should not have been there tinct. only at the last Johnson and he had It was a stone house, a gray stone been too weak to do nnything but house, all by itself, without neighthrow coverings over them. He didnt bors, Isolated, a silent place. Yes, he want to look at the shapes. remembered Iti It seemed to bring a There was one form, only one, that chill upon him now the cold, dreary, was uncovered, and he knelt beside it lifeless house had done Its best to Ting Wah was still alive. crush even a laugh out of his boyhood "Medicine," said Wallen hoarsely. with its eternul, silent brooding mysThe Chinaman pushed It nwoy. tery. Thnt wus why he had run away .No can take, he answered weak- ten years ngn. when he was fourteen. Me finish." All his curlier recollections were of ly. Wnllen steadied himself with.. an that place. effort, and looked at the other closely. Ills mother wasn't there, he had It wns near the end; but still, as un- never seen his mother. There were der certain conditions it sometimes just his father, and that tall, swarthy did. the disease had left the man's in- Eastern servant, who frightened his hoy's heart just those two and himtelligence unimpaired. I,ook here, old chap," said Wnllen self. He never saw anyone else. No one ever came to the house. No cheerfully through his own cracked one was ever admitted. Gungn, the You never know. Buck up. Take lips. the medicine. lie stooped to lift the servant, fetched the sup dies from the other's head gently, and nearly fell nearby village. His own education was himself In doing it. superintcndeii by his father. But there A sudden gleam of gratitude came had never been any Intimacy between his father and himself. Into (he Chinaman's eyes. lie had never questioned his fnther You gloud man," he whispered! You all same glood man. Hut no cun hut nnre after that he had never take all same finish now." lie pushed dared to do so. He remembered the the medicine away again; and then deadly whiteness thnt had come over plucked at Wallens sleeve, evidently the morose, taciturn face, the grip of trying to get the mates head down Iran upon his shoulder, the hoarse passion in his father's voice. closer to his lips. Never speak to me again of that The man was going fast Wallen his father had said. When you are tried to force a kindly smile. What is It?" he asked. older, when the time comes, you shall Listen! suld Ting Wah. Mebbe know." Wallen rocked unsteadily In his you die too. Mebbe no. AH same me tell you glood man Inst night bllng chair. What a frightful stench the medicine all night you glood man me ship possessed or wns It only his me tell What was It he had Imagination! been thinking of? Oh, yes, the six Ills voice trailed off weakly. Yes? prompted Wallen kindly. Chinamen who had come to kill him, n re-teem- 1 Stacey Wallen writes In the log: Died today, S. Wallen, first mate. (TO BE CONTINUED.) MAKE BUSINESS CALL BRIEF Well to Remember That Executives, as a Rule, Have Little Time to Waste. Mouth-talor brain-talwhich kind do you chiefly use during a business call or conference? I cant see half as many men as I could see or aa I should like to see during the day because my callers, once they get In to see me, waste my time with Inconsequential talk, aald a busy executive recently. Consequently, my secretary Is under Instruction to admit only such persons aa she thinks I must see." If yon make a business call know beforehand what you are going to present and how. Dont waste time In nonessentials and trivialities. 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