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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH hurried off. Gerald gripped fcia panlon by the arm. "Did you hear that, Chris?" he whispered. I heard nothing, Christopher replied. I saw the address, too," Gerald The letter Is to continued eagerly. Madame de Ponlere, Villa Vlolettel" The dispatch of the letter was the signal for certain almost imperceptible advances on the part of those who had been watching the great man. The young lady at the next table leaned over and congratulated him on his good fortune, an overture which was received a little gruffly and without enthusiasm. A stranger slid from his stool, leaned over the table and whispered a few words in the Russians ear. lie was a sandy haired man, with puffy cheeks and a nervous manner. Ills clothes had once been well enough, but were now shabby. He had ths gamblers restless air. Sir, he began, forgive my ad dressing you. 'What do you want? wns the blunt -- Tli By As a matter of fact, neither do I, She Gerald declared, a little bitterly. down me introduce to myself permitted Copyright by Little, Brown A Co. on .the sands below the villa, and she has been for a ride with me in the car every afternoon since; yet she does MONSIEUR ZUBIN this secretly, and if I meet her with her aunt I am not allowed to speak to SYNOPSIS. Fleeing from a brutal stepfather, an unhappy her or to expect recognition. I am home, and a proposed husband not permitted to call at the villa, I she detests, young Myrtile, dont know where they come from, 1 French girl, stands In a country dont know even her nationality. I road on the verge of desperation. flatter myself that for my few but Halted by an exploded tire, two young Englishman, Lord Gerald years I have seen someDomtjey and Christopher Bent, of the world and its snares, but SAY thing are attracted by the girls disI two these cannot place honestly She tracted appearance. begs women. them to take her away from her Unless you see the Bayer Cross on tablets you are misery. In a spirit of adventure What is mademoiselles attitude they do so, conveying her to not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe toward you when you are alone? Monte Carlo and leaving her with Christopher asked. friends. Myrtile speaks English, by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years for her mother having been an eduRidiculously reserved," Gerald anGerald sees a cated woman. I once touched her fingers rejoinder. swered. beautiful young woman In the I stood behiad your chair in the Headache Colds Lumbago I she would have struck and Neuralgia thought fascigambling rooms, and Is I rooms. I that flatter brought I myself me. it be, may Humiliating though nated, but can only learn that Rheumatism Neuritis Toothache Pain am half inclined to believe that it Is you fortune, as I have brought It to she Is called Pauline de Ponlere I to win. others. willed I and Is with her aunt. He Is unyou the motoring alone which attracts her many able to secure an Introduction. package Accept only Taver in the slightest degree, and that I rep- have lost as much at the tables as you decide Gerald and Christopher loan me the won. Will have more directions. to resent you grant her ths which than little contains to her back very not proven go Myrtile shall of a meal? man who is driving the car. home. Lady Mary, Geralds sisboxea of 12 tablets Bayer Handy ChrisGo to h was the brutal reply. ter, secretly In love with Also bottles of 24 and 100 Druggists. Their conversation was momentarily topher, disapproves of the young I do with have to cadgers. of BallcUeacld MonoaoeUcaclilaatar nothing In the place interrupted by the arrivul Aspirin is tha trails stark at Bajtr Manofactora of mens guardianship of Myrtile. The man staggered as though he had of a newcomer, a stranger to both the Lord Dombey makes the acHe Is received a shock, lie was used to reValuable Tract of Land a quaintance of Pauline. young men. He was tall and Devices Making for and puzzled by the air of mystery her. a buffs, but not such rebuffs as this. with A strip of land around Barnesville, condescension surrounding Per stammered. Monsieur! Aviators he of mass of black Gerald. but Safety with hair, good features, Minn., which extends from there to Myrtile falls in love with hard, almost brutal mouth. Im- haps five hundred oe even two hunin Chris would marry Myrtile. Ger-aifactor human More more the the Canadian border, a distance of and " dred is interested in Pauline. francs r mediately he had been relieved of his about 1100 miles, is said to he the safe operation of Not a sou, and be off. Do you want the In coat, he made his way to the bar, machines Is giving place to automatic largest area of rich black soil all Stutes. United drank two cocktails In rapid succes- me to complain ts the manager?" entire in the in the one stretch Remarkable progress The young man edged away. Gerald control. CHAPTER VI Continued 400 sion and lit a cigarette. Then he wanof pilotless planes by wireless The farms on this strip average control as dered to the table adjoining the one at smiled as he saw him cross the floor. are some (is big was reported recently by the British acres each, hut "It would be wonderful, she mur which the two young men were seated Horribly bad character, that," he royal aircraft establishment, which 2,000 acres. I missed mured, but you must not prevent my and, having given his order for dinner, remarked to Christopher. with the launchwhere also is experimenting asked him season and here last to the busied himself party. going making calculations from aircraft in bombs of winged ing Myrtile, he pointed out, the young upon some scraps of paper which he he was. They told me that he was In flight and their control for n limited women whom you would meet there tore up as soon as they were filled with prison for stabbing his mistress. I sup- distance to the desired object, says I bad a heavy Fresno, Calif. are not fit for you to know. figures. Gerald spoke to the waiter pose I shall get it in the neck, Chris, Popular Science Monthly. cold that settled on my lungs, with a But what harm can they do meT" who served them, with whom he was but Ive got to talk to the old brute. In addition, n German scientist reI cant afford to miss an opportunity cough. I could I know that they are well acquainted. she persisted. a of the perfection cently reported not sleep at matter? who knows one to some of it does But what not nice. speaking A stranger here, Charles? dedevice for new had n o planes, steering night, Gerald will take care of me. The man glanced over his shoulder Pauline." desire for food, to make pilots Independent of signed Chriswere if I I you, shouldnt, and had a feci-- 1 Christopher rosw to his feet. There and lowered his tone. of the earth You see he isnt In darkness, the invisibility advised. topher i n g of was a certain hopelessness about his fear factors similar he A Russian gentleman, milord, and horizon, and other anil desponden-- ! task that he was slowly beginning to announced, staying at the Hotel de the humor to talk to anybody, and if Rapidly the last remaining hazards of there really Is any mystery about the cy. Two bottles realize. are being eliminated Paris Monsieur Zubin, he calls him- De of Dr. Pierces he wont care about being nlr transportation went Ponieres, we sucCome, he said, it is time self. They say that he has been playby science, as demonstrated by the Cioldeh Medical them. asked about questions back. service of cess very ing heavily. helped Discovery deterGerald wns, for him, however, She took his arm as they scrambled me greatly, for, Russians who play high are no mined. The fellows manner Is brutal, down into the road. i t loosened up Cuticura Soothe Baby Rashes great novelty here, Gerald remarked, but I believe hes a personage. I shall and rid me chest in You are not cross with me, Christo- under his breath. baths: hot the my tightness That itch and burn, by There are not so try my luck In a moment or so." 1 could eat and cold. of slecp( my followed by pher? she ventured, a little timidly. many of them with money, nowadays, gentle of Cuticura Soap Gerald waited for several minutes, I am enjoying good health You look so gloomy even a little naturally. Ointment of Cuticura as went the he on, anointings though. Chris," until his neighbor had entered upon Mrs. Dora Flippen, 1220 San now. miserable, she went on, clinging to man left them, you asked yesterday Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe toleaned Street. course. he Antonio another Then face. his bis arm and looking up into what was the matter with me. Ill tell ward him. dally if a little of the fragrant Cuti At all dealers, or send 10c to Dr.; I to trouble you, I am a very great cura Talcum Is dusted on at the fin Pierces Invalids Hotel, Buffalo, you. Its this uncertainty about MadeYou :.re a Russian?" Gerald venfear. Are you not sorry that you ever moiselle de Ponlere. Its an absolute tured. N. Y.. for a trial okc. tablets. Ish. 25c each. Advertisement. brought me away? torment to me. Its getting on my It is entirely my business of what I am not sorry yet, Myrtile, he an nerves. Nothing to Worry About Very Near nationality I am, was the cold reply. I only hope that I never answered. Teller Ilewure of a tall Fortune of a friend lie close Is it the character and reputation of Good Is At Gerald agreed. "Naturally," a sear over his right be. with man may these ladies concerning which you can- the same Better Id say so. Too dark we are all human. The yours? suddenly changed. She not make up your mind, or Is It made- man who time, . Her mood eye. wins a couple of millions blooming close. The Client Him? Dont you worry laughed gayly. lack of reciprocation to your here Is a public character. You will moiselles she cried. "If you look overtures which Oh, la, la about him, dearie he's my old man, most the of that We us, find their demand, distressing? probably find old ladies rubbing you so glum I shall sing and dance to you, I Passing gave him that scar 'For G ds sake, chuck that legal pieces against your coat world be made happier for us. Wlmt und here in the road, as we do at festival tosh 1" Gerald begged. Its bothl Show. rooms.r world? are we doing for the sleeves, r.s you enter the time. Gerald says that I must have So long as they do not attempt to There quietly. laughed Christopher dancing lessons. He Is going to send were people who called Gerald the talk to me, I shall be content," was me to a woman here." most spoilt young man In London, the curt retort She pirouetted lightly on one foot, and his You are not exactly looking for acpresent predicament had its a miracle of buoyancy and grace. Then humorous side. Gerald himself made quaintances, I perceive, Gerald reshe went suddenly rigid, took her place a little grimace. marked. by his side and clutched at his arm. I have none here, nor do I desire Its all very well, Christopher, he An automobile whizzed past them, on near any. said, but I am a great deal too Its way up the hill: Gerald was leanGerald smiled. He had reached the In earnest over this. Pull yourbeing ing back in the low driving seat, the self together and suggest some way of point at which he had been aiming. 6un gleaming on his dark, closely hold of the truth. That, he observed, Is not strict brushed hair, his head bent toward gettingthe You have Just dispatched a true. If girl herself wont help you," ly his companion; Pauline sat a little biliousness, sleepless ladies of my acquaint some to note can how anyone replied, HEADACHES, aloof, haughty, unbending, her beauti- Christopher are Natures ance. else? ful face cold, unrelieved by any light so met Ger far Zubin had Monsienr I suppose youre right, Gerald as- aids tentative overtures with the cold warning that intestinal poisons are of sympathy or Interest. Her eyes sented gloomily. flooding your system. If this is allowed one who recognizes an of 6wept carelessly over Christopher and rudeness The place had Jjecome very crowded, to continue, you may become a victim of his companion, as they passed. Gerald At his last words, however, a equal. was A orchestra small playindeed. serious organic disease. did not even see them. look almost of fury flashed Into his ing in the far corner. Several unat- face. He struck the table with his Who is she? Myrtile whispered. an Laxatives and cathartics do not over"No one knows much about her," tached young ladies, who preserved fist. towards indifference come constipation, says a noted authority, She and her air of haughty Christopher replied. to have remembered the I ought to seemed but but by their continued use tend only to aunt have the next villa to Geralds the company generally, sort of people by whom I was likely the with terms on be good remarkably Mademoiselle father. She calls herself he declared aggravate the condition and often lead to head waiter, had brought color Into to be surrounded here," de Ponlere." os look you who ought though You, permanent injury. She was the little assembly. The large man to know better, cast sneaking glances Myrtile laughed quietly. to be a Russian had was who reputed already herself again. Why Physicians Favour Lubrication and ink and, between over my shoulder to read the supera What Mademoiselle is a very stupid girl, called for pen a letter. of private courses, was writing a letter. The scrlptlon Medical science has found at last in she declared. Gerald was looking at the riffraff I" knew who Gerald, dhotel. maitre lubrication a means of overcoming conher and she looked only at the road. Gerald hit his Up. He kept his temear. his in and whispered stooped She does not care. Gerald will find stipation. The gentle lubricant, Nujol, Monsieur Zubin, the large gentle- per perfectly. assure I that out." you. saw the I address, penetrates and softens the hard food waste man you asked me about, milord, he I said. he hapaccident, and thus hastens its passage through and won two million entirely by Gerald came to the tennis courts, an announced, has Just of one with the be to acquainted of pen out the body. Thus, Nujol brings intercasino. Some of name would not have hour or so later, and played several francs over at the followed the or ladies over. him nal cleanliness. Madame and sets almost In silence. He took Chris- these people have notice. He must have the money in his poc- attracted my one of the one on side, during to Nujol is used in leading hospitals and mademoiselle occupy the nex1 villa topher ket arm his and of rest, flung is periods prescribed by physicians throughout the my fathers. .To Christopher the scene was a around his shoulder. world. Nujol is not a medicine or laxative leaned forward in Chris, old man, he confided, 1 novel one, and he and cannot gripe. Like pure water, it is his seat. Two young ladles had seated Want to talk to you. Is a personPauline Evidently to the harmless. And I have a few words I want to themselves at the next table age in the great world. But was nearest the glancing and Russian, Take Nujol regularly and adopt this say to you, Christopher rejoined. where? Who Is she? And what withWere In this set, Gerald pointed tentatively at him now and then, of internal cleanliness. For sale by habit is the mystery that surrounds Lets be alone out, however, evoking the slightest reout, rising to his feet. her? all druggists. sponse. People from all quarters were somewhere, then Ciros grill at toand glancing whispering together ward him. The object of all these at(TO BE CONTINUED.) continued to write his letter tentions VII Chapter unmoved. Presently he called for a Ancients Had No Dolls his letter Into an enthrust chasseur, the Gerald ordered the dinner and Dolls cannot be traced farther bad velope and addressed it The boy than the reign of Queen Anne, In thl wine. Then he started the conversaand stood, RSO. US. SAT. Off. made a prompt appearance of the Eighteenth century. tion with a somewhat abrupt question. orders. part his early for in hand, waiting Chris, he asked, exactly what do cap man who had just won two million The Ponlde Mademoiselle The vanilla plant Is the only one of you think of handed him the letter, gave him francs ere?" directions and a handful more than 6,000 species or orchids I dont know her," Christopher re- some brief which has wide commercial use. of coins. The chasseur saluted and minded him. E. Phillips Oppenheim seedy-lookin- g well-spe- nt BAYER ASPIRIN" and INSIST! 1 broad-shouldere- d, sallow-skinne- d heavler-than-ai- Stop that Cough! constant coast-to-coa- st ulr-nm- ll 1 ! five-fran- c 1 Ntjl For Internal Cleanliness j |