Show 1 THE ONE MAN ONE MAN WOMAN Ii A STARTLING FIND i p tiT liT RUTH G rS I lu 1111 TOO TODy Y kATE WARD rl her DAN DA husband WARD dead returned her jiuu to II hi ll Ido wor er Lather fathel JUSTIN PAnSO S The Then came CHINATOWN ALICE asserting Dan vas IM as the taUt father r of ot her hr child DOROTHY Then followed ed news ness Doroth orothy was as ill Kate ht AliceM Dt visited Alice tho the laulI laundry lr ot of G Sl LOY with whom hon the 11 hed ed and 1 was as dh to hospital ti IL n hos ho- hol pital Ita whither Alice e said the child vM been nt but on going there p ed e a no such Dark DaCk nt at home Kate t st talking In the C iv ith un her Ler Ai when hen their log dog wanted lens that th ho he ed rd himO d them to him GO 0 O 0 OX Mm STORY ioni 1011 led Jed off oft through a IL thicket across an ven stretch the J paralleled this the Wabash J liver lier l ler er It was as n a J load imich shaded by te embankments ties s AirL dark darb and n ni u i with iiii hIgh ins embank embank- ments on either cither side Kate OCate and followed at an easy AS s they iney the moved along they talked of Allee of ot of th the trickery nith the childs child's Illness IC she were ivero Ill III at all and of tho visitations or ot the voice In lii the night lonk turned occasionally as ns he along to make mako sure that the tP people behind him were ero ero coming coining At the dog disappeared in a guIe which I skirted a small hill and lie e quite to the load Ilo a low flow baSIng baling tHes tHe's Hes found something I Justin his pace as he spoke The dogs dog's call caU continued Kate and Justin broke into a run at a sudden rise riso In te ground gound and Increasing their speed on a slope When th they the slope ot of the tile gUile gullo the they s Supped tried to peer Into the dark darl- dark n ss They had brought no light I The natural shadows shado of evening Q ere ere deepened by the thick growt o the bides ades of o the little alley TIDY J lud Ld d oni the tho voice olce of o the dog doS to dl- dl di direct x t them i j Let Let me go down alone alone- alone ou Jare was as as seeking a a foot foot- l ld In the tho slanting ground No Kates Kate's tone was nas firm Illga Ill I'll 9 h If It an am thing la is wrong iou OU 11 J med ed me inc all v a She started Then TIen gh give gie e me sour our hand and let The no guide vou r ou-r I know these lulls tc lr than you do Justin took hh hand band and went nent before 10 Suddenly ud enl Monks Monk's ba baling mg- mg silenced A sound of clacking twigs t cam came from the darkness below Kates Kate's I 1 rd ills Ilia ringer Finger Touched Toadied a Ii Human race hand In Justins Justin's clenched The I I tv tao 0 stood still waiting The cracking sound wis coming I toward them I II Som Something brushed Kates Kate's atos ato's skirt Monk she cried The Tho dog had returned but headed Immediately I to ard the downward downard down ard slope again Tall Tail straight head erect he be stalked Kate kept a hand on his collar Occasionally when her feet were nero ero un- un un sho she bore hore heavily lly on the tho dog doo At such times he stiffened his Ills neck and back giving gh In her better His steps nero ere sure At length tho the trio reached the lat flat gi Kate Kale Monk ho h TV ho walked Just a little ahead for a short dig dig- dis distance tance tanco and then stopped with nith a low V whine I I Kato Kate and Justin could could coult barely make out the outlines of his both bod I his head hanging low The They heard the tho soft sort lapping of his against another surface r Cautiously they approached Justin his hand on the dogs dog's lead head folio ed the line of the tho animals animal's nose and then touched something cold and damp Ills his fingers traced I ithe the tho they surface surface they had touch touched Id I'd and I disco ered cred tho the outline of ot a n human face To Be Ec ContInued CopyrIght 1922 NEA DA Sen Service Ice |