Show Af D UP U By y MR MRS WIL ON t y l i R RW Cunil y 3 s B t RIDGWAY tip CO CM AH REGIS BEGIN mit TODAY I Hope Hp Ranger Ran r daughter dau of ot Loring Ranger Is li missing and a reward ot of ota ofa o a hundred thousand thu and dollars dollart Is b of- of tere o-tere tred by her wealthy father for tor her safe at return A l In the th search for Hope Hop are ar her father fathers father's r two friends Eutice Eu tlc Higby attorney and Juarez Juare Charlie adventurer A command nd corn cornea comes from Hop Hopes Hope's abductor abductors tor for Ranger to deposit d po it In ina Ina a a specified place a 9 hundred thousand thousand thou- thou sand and dollars dollar worth of o bonds bond ThIs Is done don according to in At Dr Bristow's sanitarium A frIendship arIses arl e between Dr George Keisey K ley who Is detaIned there and Vera Vcra Co Copley 11 e patient who Is registered as Nurse Anita Copley a sister liter Alderman Higgins I- I Is making his hi home horn at the tho th hospital and Dr Morton Morion Is an assIstant there NOW GO ON OS THE STORY She Sh be was wu cane oane ran Ho H kne kneIt knew It it He could not be b ed The idea that II a person per on of o her self control elf her clear perception was harboring a delusion as ai as nonsense non And It if she Rhe said bald she Bh was wa WIL Hope Hop Ranger Rancor It was so He H believed her He Ic re- re required requIred re required no proof beyond ter her ter simple word Doctor like thought ho he h kept mentally buttressing hIs hl decision nith arguments from the tho boo books I and It struck him that he h had readI read I only a day dlLY or tv ta 0 before s passage seemed to have hav a direct ap- ap application ap application He H reached over to hIs shelf book to take tak down the vol- vol volume vol-um vol mite ume he h wanted and as ns he did so soa I a folded ellow piece of ot newspaper dropped that out out that fragment ot of Sunday supplement He lie had thru thrust t tIt It In there ther as a mark book I SpreadIng It out on the table he studied Its s array of o portraits portrait There Thero could no longer lonier be b any doubt The hair v as a arranged differently but I the features the contour the ex- ex expressions ex expressions were the same as erna Copley's Coples CHAPTER XIV Throughout the night Kelse sat satIn satin atIn I In his chair The thought of ot going to bd beel did nol not even occur to himOn himOn him himOn On only one point could he ho think clearly or cometo comoto he a must see se the th girl firl without delat at atthe the earliest possible moment Ho He must arn her to bo be on her guard to Question e eer er- er ermo mo mote mo e or su suggestion ge lion tion of ot those thos about her hr As the th day brok broke he eagerly scanned the morning sky and thanked fortune that it n nas tan tall It If the weather were wre rainy or threat threat- threatenIng threatening enIng ebo sh would not be b allowed on lh the grounds The Th sun though tas as rising on a model June day rare enough for tor any poets poet's praise He knew that there ther was nas no chance of o her appearing before 10 o'clock and nd so o after breakfast ho he ent to the th office ottic and pretended to be b deep In n his hi research work although his ees e C es were ere constantly seeking tho the clock On the tho th stroke of ot ten he hurrIed out but only to find her closely at- at attended attended at attended tended by the th nurse nurs nho ho ho had bad been with liet hel the da day before The same was and again at e But Put when hen he made his next ne I his heart leaped Hope as ho called her now non to toI hImself vas as sitting alone alon on the tho I stone bench b where he h had talked 10 her tho day before She as riling on her pad as usual and nurse nurs had bad turned her Lo 10 I a more mere mor difficult patient Kelsey sat down n a foot or tao t tOa a enay ay from her and pretended to natch atch the men pulling Conn CO onn 0 the wall The gIrl tirl onIon nent on scrIbbling her tace turned a little e a anai anat 1 from trem Kel- Kel Kelse Helte Kel te se but as he ho seated sealed himself she began talking loss Ion and fast Iet Let me talk first she said BOld 1 e pot got to make clear to iou ou my plan for tor gettig an a aa anai a v bile I ha hae ha e ethe the chance chanc Dr Bristow Is going to 10 to tonn ton n this evening Oh ics es ho he answered I heard him on the telephone this mornIng telling the th chairman that he h would be at the th meeting fall I Ihen hen we can manage manai It 11 There was a thrill In her hr olce Listen Listen And she scribbled she un- un Unfolded un folded to him hint a plan so simple and let et so 50 supremely audacious that It took his breath Before Detore she sh bad half finished he had caught her Idea and was we-s on fire 1110 with It it Ho H drew drw his cap do donn n over hIs hist ee ei and clasping his hands be- be ind be-ind md Ind his head stretched his feet leet out lull The Th nurse came cam toward them and Hope Hop with a swift mo ement slipped her pencil beneath her on the bench Sh She looked nen about and anti then as the th woman stood before her she glanced lanced up nith troubled appeal Tie Ite 1 e lost loB my pencil she sh said I Iwas wu was writing a beautiful story but what can I do without A pencil 7 Kelsey as aR It if 1 he h hadn t noticed her before took a pencil from his pocket and handed It tt to her She thanked him and began to rile rite again Shell She'll keep ke p that up for tor hours th I Ithe the nurse nurs smiled at KelBe Helsel Not Not a aI word out of ot hr her and never mo Ing I from th the spot Lucky for tor me too Her sister Is on tho sick list and 1 Ito e got tot charge charK of ot Verna Ver but m I hands hand are ar full lull this afternoon It nith It MI Miss Susy Doane Doan She's mashers peeping out front from behind every VM-v VM bush trying to with her I She nas interrupted b bi bt a scream I The patient she sho h had lust just left lett nas as backing 00 anav In la terror from apa a pa passing gardener grdner u n Misi Susy called the th nurse nurs He He H wont won't speak to you I ii be right thero ther and protect you She h turned to 10 the th KII Kill guI 1 on n the th bench ow you'll sta tt 10 i hero here her dear dar d until I como come corn for tOr you wont won't ou ou Then she sho hurried away Theres only one ono thIng that h discussion bothers me m Hope Hop returned resumed the th dis- dis dis 1 of ot their plan and ond and that that's the question of ot time uto They force torce tore Us u to go to In at lIx o'clock ou sou and iou ou mn may not be ablo able to do your part behind so 0 Soon rr If not not not- notI I I must t stay ry I will never nver lel lele leate l av e without you olsey declared firmly They talked a a moment or two longer and n then Kelsey giving a start as It If ho he had lust just awakened front a reverie got up and back to t the tho th house houri His III sleepless night 1 tho th full teAl real ot o the tho daners that threat I ned bed Hope HOle tho feeling that ho he a about to embark rh oa on the most Il 1 ot f bb life lito had left bun haggard hogard end and pale Bacle Bacic In the Offic again ho steadily for a few tew und then dropped d his Ms pen an And 1 pressed his hl hands hauda to his hll hi temples tt h 1 aa an 11 U Controllable roan iran I Something tho matter IXU Doctor Bristow's secretary who was wor- wor work work- Irs acro across the th room room looked up f 5 y A touch of ot my old enemy neti- neti Kelsey answered l I slept In n tl draft drat lest la-it night Why dont don't you lay IllY off urged the ehe secretary Ill Ill I'll explain to Dl Di Bristow tow No 0 said ald Kelsey Heisey drearily Ill stick If Its It's rather Important to get notes noles oft off this afternoon I I lied llod a pretty bad twinge ro Just WIt now but It may pa pass away But again K ln and tin again durIng the tho I afternoon ho In unmistakable able uble pain After Altor Att r tho th secretary s lect t itt five O'clock clock he h made hardly any pretense at but buc sat with hIs head In his hands hand twisting i aI I I I I ReIse Kelso tut snatched ito Ille hypodermIc and e drose the ilic Into Inlo BrIs- BrIs BrIstow's tows tow's l- l tows tow's Arm about In hi his chair as each fresh I in seized him hint At about ten minutes minute of ot SIX Bristow canto came In Wearing no a a cap and nd i t motor coat over hl Ills his e clothes ready rendy to start for tor town und he hl at once noticed the condi condi- condition condition condition tion of ot his collaborator wrong man 7 he ed as- as ed cd quickly You look done don up One On of ot my ghastly neuralgia attacks Kelsey tried to suppress another Kroin n Im afraid I ha hate hae haI hanot ha e enot I not been able to accomplish much this afternoon The d d thing thinA ilLs hlll been growIng tr a noraa all alt day ind d although I 1 Ite p tried all my sual remedies I dont don't seen sean se ni to et on top of It I Im m If ou will gh Kl e e me shot a a of mor mor- mor- mor morphine a phine-a phine a goor good stiff one ft Bristow laid 1 down hi Fis l gloves cloves and passing Into a lava lava- lavatory lavatory tory just off oft the office prepared his hypodermic At 1 last the Doctor las sas back Kelsey had alreid taken oft off his hi Oat nt and ind rolled up hi kirt hirt und and now he apathetically hi left arm I bent oer 0 11 to ap apply apply ply the thc needle right shot shotor pIn or in a II quick nicked irked sm-Sh sm to hi Doctors Doctor's jA Jan j A rood good b bixer oer I in n hi his doo da B he had hail n ni er drIven U If the button nith Ith a better aim Briston's s 's Head Hend snapped back ind md lifted fairly off his hia hi feet ho he het hov t tnt HIt nt bacle rd to 10 land across cros u a leather couch se se e al fet flet away he lay dead to the world orld Icle ey snatched the front the floor and Jerking open oper the cuff curt of ot Briston's shirt push push- pushed ed Id It back and dro C the needle In Into In- In Into into to his arm The e I guess eues will m hOld ou for or a 0 while As he ho straightened up ep the th clock clork aa on the stroke of six This TItle nas as the hour th the nUIS's and at- at att at at t be In Inthe inthe the patients and the th erand eranda br bl hi deserted one on ln sin sin- In- In ie lh c glance at the th Kelsey walked out of th the theoffice office and locked the door behind him There as as no one about aboul r ren r en the chauffeur was not in i sight Ight hat a aIng Ing nc left the Otto big biR rn ra- ra r i car III Inthe the road a- a hilt ho he h strolled round a rou rid to the side sid of nf the house to en ago in badinage with one cne of ot the tho attendants Kelsey's e cg es s the th 10 lann n Hope was nas nowhere to br bl seen CIn For Forono Forone ono tie terrible second he h thought tIt nut nas and up up and the then thes he h so say her She Sh w was na clinging to one on of the lie porch pillars rl- rl rt all the th efforts effort of ot the th nurs to disengage her Kelsey Keley took a step to ard them and the nur nurse nUle saw him him- Do Do help me mc Dr sh she I legged I dont don't know Inow hats got INt I I into She's hos bho usually so amen amen- a ale aAe le but now she ahe refuses to soli go goi's is i's 1 re Ise e sent for tor her sister r but 11 be It you 11 II peal to tl her shell she'll listen ten Ia ed the th woman to stand land aside and laid his hi hand Oi 01 lopes Hopes arm As A It if 1 yielding to a superior still stille 11 e let go o of ot th the pillar and arid stith lIh the manner of ot soothing her he led her hr hI r along the th veranda vera NOT No oci he said when thy they reach reah reached reached ed the th steps leading do dunn donn n to thu drive end and catching h her r hand he heI I her donn doun and swung hr tip Into Bristow's big bic cor As he leaped in after arter her hr she sir 1 the starting starling level In the gears and they were off oft Across the lawn ote sh e aro aro e 0 tr o er erthe the he he r bed ed and low I heading straight for tor the gap cap In inthe Inthe the stall nail Continued In Our Issue lC oc |