Show Act Bad gad Take Salts Often Means Mean You Vou YouL L ire IVO Not Net Been Drinking Enough Water wake up with Backache Ri lea w In the kidney region misery J 1 mean loran you ron have ha been eat eats which create te acids says a 0 axa authority An excess of ol xa 1111 overworks the kidneys In lids Ids filter Uhler It from the tho bt blood 01 Sort ort to sort of paralyzed and become brn your yourd kidneys get slug slug- L you rou must relieve them d a do clog clos L u a relieve your bo bowels body's waste else ehre I the Le re buck backache sick headache ea Bells I your stomach sours I Is coated and anil when the Lyoo d a you roo e have rheumatic twinges Cue oe ne Is cloudy full of sediment LI 11 r often get sore WU water ter scalds ds a u ere are re obliged to seek relief two e times Imes during the night r consult a 11 good reliable phyL phy phy- L at once onre or get from your phar- phar I about four ounces of Tad dad tote take a tablespoonful in a n glass glasst glasser er t before breakfast for a n few pi d your foor Id kidneys may then net act nets actIs Is s famous salts snits Is made from 14 1 d of and lemon Juice A with Uh lithia and lID has been t years rears to help clean and sUm sUm- anIsh kidneys also to neuIn neu- neu adds In the system so they no Irritate thus often otten relieving r weakness Salts Salt Is Inexpensive v cannot In In- inI 1 I males makes a delightful a water awater drink Drink lots of ter CHAPTER Continued Continued 29 29 It would take more than one ot ut your hints to move Anthony Trent I wish leaven Heaven would give yon you the sense to recognize the people I like to see and tho those e who bore me Anthony Trents Trent's by way of bein r p celebrity Send him In Ive persuaded him to see you fou amid the secretary to the Yes Yea 1 I know I 1 overheard you fOU Trent Treat smiled Mr wrung Anthony Trents Trent's band Warmly What has hns dragged you yon from Eu Europe's Europe's Europe's ropes rope's gilded glided salons anions he Ice demanded Business mainly nn and a desire to tu know whether what jou OU told me In London bolds holds good in tn Washington lull Hill was a shrewd man and one nc ac customer l to believing that he was n a good Nod jud judge e of human motives Yet Yel this keen keen faced visitor had puzzled him for years Mr Ur Mill had hesitation hesitation tion in classifying Urn II in lie only knew that be he liked him and thought under wider some Borne circumstances he might fear An Anthony Anthony thony Trent Sit down he said SolId cordially and tell me what's on your mind Do you ou remember what you yon said Bald to me In London I I 1 asked you to lunch I 1 think and naturally talKed about men and things One doesn't have hine to tu carry luncheon conversation as ns menial baggage I 1 expected you to fence said Bald Trent smiling Ill recall It You may e have forgotten that It I l who found that thaI William prince of Missel bath bach was hiding In a certain Croatian castle although he had been burled buried with all the pomp due to his bis rank said the Certainly I It ex ex es warmly It was a very useful piece of Information for us IS usand usand and ond we were able to discount the lies that Count Michael Temse ar was telling us Why hy It II was fillS fillS' as one of the most extraordinary tents feats I ever heard of ot It was Invaluable to the Allies u He Bo looked at Trent keenly kenly Tell me me Is your life made mado up of tI these amazing lag ing doings e l' been bearl ll a lot about your your capturing a a. a pirate ship and sailing her J user j er dry land lund Into luto old home Iome Trent Ignored BenchIn Bench Beach In London he sold suld yon joa 01 made mude a sort of veiled promise to me Are re you sure retorted I Iam Iam 1 am not noted for veiling selling thing things 1 am nm sure and and l you jou ou did dill tell It In InthIs Inthis inthis this Instance You bald that thul our government gov hal hurl no such sui-h way of repaying those of her citizens us rendered her special and meritorious ser sen service ke e. Your very word words Mr Air Hill lilli You Yuu said It II I had been English I t might have had holl my name In the lee Honor lIonor List You likened me to n mute mule Inglorious inglorious In 10 glorious Milton and then made a most extraordinary statement Did I U 12 Mr queried I 1 was wasa a diplomat then new enough nouh at al the tile game to 10 believe e In esoteric utterances Just what do you ou remember me to have said suld That If It ever I gut got tutu Into a tight place 1 i should ll lime have to trade with lime e you jou OU forgotten 7 No o said bald the I ree re re- ember e aber the whole I Mil very tery h l lilly That chat still Roes goes os o's tight light plate piece are lire you In In Was he lie at UI List last tt to h learn urn something more Infinite Ihl this thU l aim zing Anthony Aullion y Trent than the Hie mere hypothesis he held hele that the llie in mm iii had same secret er of II life e Mr Ir Hill hud had known Trent foi iii ton ten years He Ill remembered use one of ut the llie editors of ut H a Ilie he hid had belli being enthusiastic the de tie e stories written h by a young Dartmouth I athlete e ii mid Trent The series after u a year or ur so o 1 0 was discontinued I Hill I I I I learned Hint the former writer ricer nod Inherited a for fur fortune fortune furtune tune from fromn an on AIM Aus uncle end rhea li Trent r r- r mi u more mare for kiln h It turned tun-til up III In us liS 0 In of Jn JJ end and e ii causing III ln much lieu rt burning some u f II ills kis hi own tel fel fellow tellow low count who were denied the lilt privilege The ii ambassador who hu had Imd ed Trent closely In hud had dune come to tu In III always on un the conclusion that shut vies MIS gun guard ret It seemed us as his urns nos cles des were re tensed H It as If it for fur a d gle le and his mind alert Iller u us though danger were flour nur Mr Ir had hod several se limes inked asked I II II liSt II why h a u young American with saucy money cud ami friends need adopt this attitude He lie hoped d that lie he wa was to 10 learn the reason None said suld Trent MI Ive come to tu ask you to help a R friend Mr was conscious of tile the tie nature ot of tile tie trouble As As you were In London In Will you fOU know all about the secret visit of 4 a certain royal t who came over here to hasten n our entrance Into the tb big scrap scrap Now how bow how tbs i. H de did you know shat exclaimed The visit had nad I been kept unknown for tor political rea tea sons kin l 1 also allO know know Trent Treat went on on that the wonderful diamond given riveD the prince by the maharajah of when they thel shot abot tigers together was wat stolen from him In la Washington and has hos not been bet recovered I dont don't see see how bow that could have leaked out said Mr but you are lire quite right The well known crooks crocks were were rounded up and either I locked up or else sent out of the District District Dis Dis- of Columbia Washington was Wa thou thought ht to 10 he le ns as safe tafe as as let us ns say I the Carniel Sea and aud yet the Jewel I was taken It was WOl t a k blot on our se I fret service e I Is Js It known who took It r They Ther know kno knothe the woman but they the have ho lost her as 01 well ell ns RS the stone The woman losi lost may be Trent remarked but as ns o o the diamond t lIla diamond I I think you rou exaggerate lie He tossed the little leathern baa on the the- theother's others other's knee Iel Im hoping Its It's going to bring me goo good 1 luck Mr Hill Jill stared it It it fascinated Where did you get It from be bp demanded Not ot In Washington or from frolD his I royal highness You rou can consider It II I taken In a II way not usual but bU hardly III Illegal I. I I Why hy bring It here You must know v u a large lorge reward was WOl offered for Cor forIt It That part port of It doesn't Interest me 1 l brought It here because 1 I want to tomake to tomake make a trade with lIb you ro you You are acting for your friend I am Ill I'll return this diamond nevi incel the reward If II you'll have hove the tM warrants which are out against the woman who took tonk this Ibis quashed Ill I'll turn 01 over o er the tho Nizam's t diamond If It I have your official cord vord that she Is s s to tol he l e free from police polke Interference l In future Mr lull Hill was still staring at the gem gm lie He hn had baJ never ne 8 seen n so large a at close range runge lie He siw him him- L a LJ b ed I Better Keep It s Said Trent rent self sett at nt a cabinet meeting tos tossing the gorgeous s thing on the table with some Fome such remark as liS Tu The a princes prince's bauble gentlemen I In other words he suld said slowly you jou ou want u us to give ghe this expert the opportunity to go on working with the pleasing knowledge that the police wont won't Interfere Nothing of the sort ort sort Trent corrected corrected cor cor- Im not fool tool enough to expect expert ex ex- ex pert a bargain of that kind bind I merely want your assurance that the war war- runts rents now In force will be quashed If Ir she does anything In future to 10 Bring herself within reach of v she Is to suffer for It ft It Imay I I. I may as 88 aswell aswell well tell you she never neler will do anything anything any ony thing crooked You must have hate supreme confidence in an her You couldn't have expressed ell It bet ter ler I have hale I 1 must remind you that Ihal your con lun mil only be he dictated by hy some pure purely ly Iy personal liking which tens bos nothing to 10 commend Itself ItEl to 10 me You mu must t not nol expect me to 10 be swayed by senti mint ment low How can nn I assure myself or ormy ormy my toy colleagues that your jour Our Impressions re of her hN lire are nut lint false Ml II 1161 1111 smiled sallied ut the younger man nuin kindly Dont be offended when I say that the police considered her nt at the time of the loss f f f this diamond one fine of Hf the Ibe cleverest w women muen working outside the law She per Imps set out Hut to persuade you she deeply wronged She fhe may have campaigned to ret get your sympathy said to beta bean She was Iras to hove bu been beta yen Think over oTer what me men ba have d don donIn donIn nf In the past tor for lovely women and then blame me If It you can cantor for doubting doubling bet hei repentance fI I f II I cant can't blame you rou you Trent said laid slowly It seems a trait of human nature to try Iry and end keep people eOple down rather thAn to het help them What Whal dc do you know about her Mr I 1 am told she Is an liD aristocrat talkIng talk talk- lug Ing a dozen languages and used to oil the ways way's of high society She Is said ald to dress beautifully and talk with a n I slight f foreign accent There was something unforgettable about her I 1 think It II was vas her eyes What color areher are areher her eyes S 'S 7 I A deep brown almost almot black said Anthony Trent promptly Trent Trent saki smiling ns as green as II jade and you OU know v It Ip people see color In the III same me way way Trent reminded him rut But few confound g green en and brown He nt frank frnnk with me Why should I believe that the Countess I t think thai clot Is what the police pollee call 11 1 her her wants wants to go o straight Anthony Trent Trents face grew sterner I There was S a II curiously dominating personality about the man mon Mr admitted leaven Heaven may rejoice over the salvation sal of a 0 sinner be lie sold hut but the world evidently e lilies dues not Ill I'll prove what I 1 say Yesterday afternoon D I saw nw her She had no prospect ahead but drudgery so I tempted her with relative luxury I 1 told her I 1 would have ho that diamond there cut cui In half and give Jive her n II hundred thousand dollars dols dol mars lars for her share shore of It It I begged her herto herto herto to take It I reminded her of the life lire woman convicts lend lead In tn our barbarous prisons She turned the opportunity down Iown cold I tell you If ever the evil devil was watching for tor a soul there was his chance Literally she wouldn't hear of It tier Her one ODe Idea Iden Is to 10 make reparation Was It fair to tempt her Hill lIlII asked ed I 1 can never neer fully explain to to- toyon you yon Just why 1 I did II It One of the reasons was I wanted to 10 assure myself that what I believed W was l true I 1 dont don't think I 1 ever suffered more than when I was trying to shake her ber resolve i There here was a new In his voice which Mr did not miss I 1 dont don't think Ive I've ever er felt prouder than when she turned m my proposition down and thought me a renegade You must take an uncommon interest In Interest terest In this eyed brown brown brown- eyed lady the former ambassador sold said slowly I 1 do Trent admitted that why Im I'm here I 1 might point out sold said the other that you have put your bead head In the mouth of a lion perfectly able to 10 snap I It off ott close to the collarbone If he chooses Its It's true Irue you have the diamond dla dia mond In your pocket for the moment but what's hata to hinder ine me from ringing a bell hell and having you yon and it seized If It you observe said sl Anthony Anthon Trent you will see I am nm occupying a 11 position of advantage He lie was sitting In to a leathern armchair armchair arm arm- chair by the side of ot an open tire lire In which some oak logs were wre burning Hammer blows timy may not hurt diamonds din dia monds but heat does I 1 have ha only to drop this Into the flames and the Nizam's gem will never sparkle again Carbon to carbon corbon It would world distress me very much to have to do this Mr lull JIll You Yon are resourceful the other admitted Hed After all It was not likely tint the man who had outwitted Michael Mi chael would be caught napping nap nap- ping T o 1 got to be Trent conceded What U Ii the answer I dont don't wont ant the diamond destroyed I 1 bate hate wanton waste If it 1 I can con Id I'd like to help you yea You Yon gave ga your government govern government ment very Important Information during due dur ing lag a period of unrest after otter Uie tIe war Some consideration Is due to you It If ItI Itcan I can cun arrange the matter that Is ha the factor upon which I shall count But Hut remember this Anthony Trent Treat You are using up your credit to pay the thed d debts of some smile one else I ask osk you Is IsIt Isit Isit it worth while It U Is Is said Mid Trent quickly When du do you lea leave 1 e Washington t n 7 As Aa soon us I get your answer er Im I'm hoping to go at noon tomorrow All right Call Coli me roe up here tonight between twelve and 1111 half If past pa t. t Ill I'll the give you jou ou my ny private telephone number What's this thIs' he lie demanded as Trent thrust the little chamois leather leother bug bilK Into his bis hands better keep It said suld Trent Treat Arent you rou Inclined to be o Mr aIr Hill demanded You cant can't put It In the tile tire lire now sow TO CONTINUED UE |