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AHE TWO THE ONTARIO ATHHTSTHrKSDAV. NOVKMBER 4, 1913. - miomjwT. UttlAM HAMILTON 05B0RAE-- AVTftOP or Mprn moi j sr WlA(i riSM." WSPAW" IMAE BVCKJJTETC. co"y?cyr, s ay ML L Art HAVL rOV SYNOPSIS. On tho fin V nf Ilia arnnll.,i .. Umml T r i fi I ii- t I I I i i I I f I Willi 1 Plm- ((lit John llinilln of thr stcinii.r Frlm-vsa nunim five-year-old Amu tt illusion rrom nn open boat, l.ul In for.-i"! to Irnvn behind Iiit father mnl hie com panion Illusion la assaulted by Hcr naiKtrs mi, I I'niilu In n miIii nit' nipt to get papers which lllnut.n. has nii.n.n.l M aonn atHinrrt thr l'rlno ss llli hla (laughter. iipi.ik proving hln tllli t" the lost 'alnnil nf I'lriniiliiii Illtiicton Injun- caus. a 'ili mln. I in , rnc a blank. Thlr an yeiira Inpx.. HernandeS, now an opium iitnuKRli-r with Pontu and In. i rami. .. accomplice, ami the itiln.ll. m rule tlmi .hi,,, wm IliiiKton. riiini Pi eaport. wh'ro the whh.w c.f CuphOn Har.tln la living with her aim Nml anil Annette Illusion, nml pint in xt.nl Ilia papers left to Annette by her fnthcr. THIRD INSTALLMENT THE FAILURE CHAPTER XI. May the Beat Man Win. Neal Hardin, rind In hla Ufa aavti.R Unlform, sat upon tin- gunwale of hla lifeboat, gating, sonward- ever bob Ward. He waa seeing visions slwSfl visions of the sea. He caught An nettn'a hand In hla own. He turned to her. "Annette," he cried, "I've got to do it I can't help It. It calla to me the eft. It'a In my blood." The girl aoilled a bit aadly per ha pa Hut her eyea glowed Hhe re turned tho pressure of Nesl's hand with her warm, strong, glrllah grasp "It'e In your blood," ahe repeated, "your father waa a hero of the bob he eared me you saved me, Neal. You've got to go " "You want mo toT" he naked "Yes, 1 want you to." "I'll go," aald Neal. The girl hold In her right hand a newspaper the current Issue of th local Sua port, weekly. "I saved this Jost for you. Look Head It, Neal.' he aald. Hhn pointed U an Item on the first page. CONGRESSMAN PRIME AN NOUNCES PRELIMINARY AN NAPOLIS EXAMINATIONS. Congressman James J. Prime of port announces that the preliminary examination for candidacy - Annap olis filial will be held a' tie High School her on Thursday nkt at 9 a. m. The congressman's privilege Is limited to but one appointment. May the beat man win. "It'a your chance, Neal," aald the girl. She placed a hund upon hla ahouldur, aud at Inr touch tin hluoil through hla vulna like wine Tou'rt tho l'"Ki in. in. Neal, she whlapered, "always tho best man You're bound to win " Congressman James .1 Prime was a Beaixirt man and the hlggeat man bi that shore town lie had sprung from boatbuilding, aeafarlug ancestors; h gnew aeagoing folk; ho liked them And hi. liked tho sea. And the pleas antral thing he did, he was wont to teH hla frieiida, waa to recommend elear-eyod. clean limbed young fellows for Aiiuupolls. At the very time thai Annette mid Neal mrc sitting In the lifeboat gating seaward, the congress man waa at the post office, 'surrounded by a circle of old cronies, holding forth upon the navy. As he ialk.il he exam Ined hla mall, opeulug It with a clumsy forefinger. He bad mall aplenty small envelopes and big ones, long and abort. Three tlmea be dropped a letter, once he dropped a check somebody picked them up for him. Then, unknown to himself, and un eeen of anyoiu about him. he acci dentally dropped avmctbluK else upon the floor a lo" t, folded printed paper He didn't miss It; and when '.ingress inau James J. l'l'llne moved off III the direction of hla home, a human being Slouched over to thai corner, placed a Concealing foot upon the folded paper struck a match and lit a cigarette stooped suddenly and with nicotine Stained lingers, picked up (he docu nient. The concealing foot and the nico tine stained Augers belonged to a young and sporty geuiieiuau 01 uie nauie of Joey Welcher. He thrust the document Into his pocket and then, he too, moved off to some leas public place hen he reached a place lesa public, ho egaJB iiitid hla find, lie was iiib.ii.pomi.il ut first He v. us piepuied for au thing of interest. Hut he wuu disgusted when he opened the document uud read He headlines: Questions and Correct Answers to tea used In Preliminary Competitive Examination for Congressional Ap pointment District of New Jer sey, for Navy Academy, Annapolis. Duplicate. It didn't i merest blm, but hsglanosd over lta couteuts. thou thrust it Into rl hip pock. I and weut hla way smoking a cigarette. CHAPTER XII. The Spider and the Ply. Bach iu the Hardin .-outage by the sea. Mlsa Irene t'ourtlerV known Iu other and less reputablA circles by the name of lues t 'astro -limped (not auaaraoc(ully) dowimtalra Vroui the - (hweuzeo r?o,v THC PHOTO PLAY OT TNCMCIfAftE PPOOUCfO 0 Tfif PAT1C erXCHAfiGC. fnc room rbe hud been occupying for hi, nm time, and entered the 1. lug room. "Under your kind care," ahe aald to Mm Hardin, her hostess and In lor tone waa the slight eat foreign accent "I am to well again, that I must leave you ." She pioiKi .1 Joo Welcher pushed open (hi! door and slouched Into th" room Inez t'astro r.l d at hi. i c- dm lively fro ii under her long las'.isB and went on "With the nld of Mr. Joey Welrhi .," ahe procerded, "I have consulted time table: t and I find very good com ic lions on the next train." Him opened her handbag, and t'tok out bllla. "And," she added, "I In 'let on paying board." Mrs Hardin held up her hand. "M Courtier," she returned, "1 can't thli 'i of It. You havo taken what we '-i.il politick with ua. You have honn friendly with us, and I hope we havo been frlrndly with you." Inez atnllrd and shrugged her pretty shoulders. Hhe glanced casually nt Joo Welcher She slightly raised her eyebrowa alio watched Joey aa a cut watchea a mouae. And Joe ho wan watching aomethlng, too the caah that Im. was holding In her hand. Inei groaned suddenly and put out her hand. "Stupid," ahe said, "I hsvs forgot My outer bandage. I must return. " Hhe returned flie money to her hand- bug and laid It down upon the table Then she led the room and went up stulra Mrs. Ilardln. Wslcher's foster mother, sniffed the sir. "There's sotnothlng burning In UM kitchen, Joey," ahe eiclalmed, "If Mlaa Courtier comes down I'll bo right back." Hhe, too, disappeared. And Josy--ossy monojr Joey Welcher, wna left alone with the handling and the bills Joey listened for an Instant, then tiptoed forward, Belied tho handbag und drew forth ths roll of bills. He needed money badly he had lo pay a debt of honor, which means a gambling debt. He open.nl tile roll of bills and peeled off a few where their abasnee would least bn noted, and then restored the balance of the bllla to the handbag- thrusting hla ahare Into his pockst. luea I'aatio. asstsd hslfwsy up the atslra, watchlug through an Inch of opou doorwuy, smiled to herself Then ahe tripped a bit noisily, and Irregu larly to shew her limp down the stslrs and glided gracefully lulo the room. Joe lit a cigarette and watched her. He waa nervous, but game. He watched her closely. She took up her bug und once agalu took out the bill' "My charming hostess," she ex claimed, "where should ahe be?" "Hhe should be here," aald Joey, evading her glauce, "wall a bit, I'll get her." He got her. and Inez resumed her termer conversation once more It. slating upon payment for her board Her offer was quite as Insistently do i -lined Hhe sighed prettily and clicked shut her bag Welcher also sighed with unmistakable relief. Hhe turued to him. "Tho one-horse vehicle?" she asked. "Outalde," aald Welcher, offering hla arm, "boy s ready time that you were off." Once at the statlou Inei bought a ticket for New York. Hut when the train a local drew up st Ixmcsome Cove, three miles north of Heupoil. Inst dropped off the rear platform of tho last car, aud waited ou the fur side of the truck until the train was out ol eight There was no station at Ijoneeome t'ove nieiely n nh.-d Swift ly In. crossed (he track and passed this statlou and then sped ou down toward the shore. She reached u Hur ley strip of beach, stepped down to the vuter's edge, and looked about hi r Suddenly oho saw what she wus looking for -a bundunuu handkerchief thiu.-t uli.iv., a clump of bushes. On the sen hide of this clump of bushes wuh a ruck, lues raised her parasol aud sauntered gracefully toward this rock, aud couiioaod herself aleo gracefully In tho ahadow of tho rock Hefore doing ho she peered Into the bushes, noted the presence there of tlir... shudowy flgM-e, Slid nodded slightly, lu rscognlUOB. A man with u foreign accent spoke. "What progress?" he queried anx iously ' Heat lu the world." ahe answered, "we uavt a new recruit." Hhe chunged her position. A man thrust bis head and face for a mo rn, i.i .mi of tin. bushes- - a face across which was a saber cut. a livid acar For a moment, with their heads to tether, the two whlapered The man with a acowl of aattsfactlou, finally withdrew hla head Inei roso to het fret aud looked about her "Where l this Lonesome Cuvo Inn, then?" she nueri. d. "Halt a mile farther up the beach follow the shore line turn lu at ths cove Follow the water Hue l takes you there Uood luck." CHAPTER XIII. The Honor Slip. A crowd of thirty more or 1 ragfltSd about tho step of the Kb. 10I building In Seaport, N. J. Neal waa there. Home of the thirty he kn-'v and irtne ho didn't. Nenl started umld'-nly. A hand wna laid upon bin Khoulder. He turned. Joey Welcher, his foster brother, faced him. Jony Hmlled. "Neal," ho mil, "I think I'll take a hnrl nt. this Annnpolin exam myself." Kor a moment Nonl wan tnken bnck Tl.eii he , . covered. "Cony, ' ho re t'l'i-l. Tin r,hid of that. When did yotl decide'.'" Hefore you did," replied Welcher, "I've hnd thla up my aleevc for a year or I o I've- been boning on the quiet honing hard." It waa quite trim that ! e had been boning hard -and also on the quiet He had been nt inlying the examination l'i. er dropped accidentally by tho con gTMSSsSS In the local post office, and ho hnd mastered every answer by he. ut "You bet your life I'm going In," ho aald. ii minutes inter Nenl and Welcher wero acnted aldn by nldo nt SSskfl In the old fashioned little schoolroom The examination quentlona had been written on the sjajjlg WsjOlthOetftM that completely circled tho room. The ex ihiiIih r had copied them from hla printed lint of imontlons. There wan a knock on the door and itho congressman came In The exam iner left bin desk and met the con gri-snmnn half way. Ho whispered to him "H'w goes It?" asked the congreaa man. "I've only hnd the chance to look over ynutiK Hardin's pupers as they came In he's been the flrnt to llnlnh 1 hey look good to nn. They're well nlrh perfect Thero he Is now. He's all through." "May the be.it man win," said the congressman, "he looks the part at any rate." He glanced about the ;room; ho seemed to be trying to re member; then ho remembered. "Say, ,look a here," he said, "Heecher's letter rays hr mailed me a duplicate of those quest lonn ami nnswers; and I'll nwcnr T vnw a duplicate when I read bis note -did I hand you two or one?" "One," returned the examiner. Ho stepped buck to Ills desk Ncul handed In his linnl paper The examiner thrust In front of Neal a slip of paper and a pen. "Hlgu thla, ptenne," he "I'm Diiflraeed," Cried Nasi. said Thla Ih what It i aid aud Neal binned It IIS requested: I do solemnly dcclsre on my honor ss s gentleman that I have neither ob tained nor given aid of any kind dur ing ths courae of tills examination. Noal Hardin, Candldats. He had no sooner finished slgulng than Joo W.Uh. i upprosched the desk. Through, Joey?" tjuerled Neal, "1 II wait fiT cu " W.-lrher ninn.-it his nii honor al.y. Ni.il waited and while he waited, ho thruM his hand Into his coat ,ocket Theio wus something unfamiliar there. InvolunturlU he ilivw it out--It was u crutnpl. .1 prtstssl pSJJSf. The examiner's eagle c)e was IBM U lit an Instant. "Haven't b. en cribbing, boy?" he exclaimed "Nn." Ml a in me red Neal, "1 I don I knew what it Is." The examiner knew It liniM-v.r, for the thing it was. He grabbed Seal's hand und snatched the. paper from him. "Oh! " he aald, "the inlying dupit cato iiuoatlons and answers both No w.md.r Hardin's jiapors woro well nigh pertect." He turned to tho congressiuan who nodded uinl. r-.tanolnnly "1 don't know how It got thtwe," stammered Neal, "1 didn't put It there I sSVSff naw the thing before. On my honor "l'uh." cried the congressman, hla eyea t1;ihin;, "look at It -thumbed and holltd he's h.i.l it for a week lies learned the thing by heart." Augrily M tore up the honor slip tore up Neuls auswers snd flutig the in to tho floor. He pointed to the door. Ho. " he exclaimed, "the navy'a well rid of sneaks like you." Once outside his pace slackened Hs didn't waut to go home. And yet hs must go homo he'd have to tell them all about it tell hla mother tell An- ustte how much would they believe? wHWmMl j 'aFyBLim bmsbbsV Br "' .fctyf CbsSIIsbbSbbs !- J "J'jVx3 1 C h 1 - irl ParlaWvaS hMssbsbsI Iw'W ssfr TMtPiWm' $ : I continual standing V(l bWT2J rv. - " QtttMtt' 'Ttlt " iV ' uvid w HMmv. may weaken the Heart l It;? y '. J VaalBvisa3if' ass' f'rfllMBBBSs! nervousness nnd head sVaT'l fiT a l w'-V - A. " '"'' &'-'$&WKWwwULLn mi b-jSi '' Th lir. Miles INervme Mv P--Mkii Again a friendly hand was Etgcsd upon his should, i' Aguin it wna Joe Welcher Ho tithes' with rtllef. "Look here, Joe," he pleaded, "you don t think I did thla th.tiK'" Joe shrugged hin shoulders. "Ita all right, old man,' ho f aid finally, "re member, no matter what han happoned I'm your friend." Sldo by aldo they entered tho cot tage. Annette waa there bo wiih Nenl'H mother both writing Mftftf Nl si Htrode to tho t.ihle. and faced to tho two woinri', the young one and tho old. He ntarted to apeak. Then he plumped down In'o a chair and hid hla face In his bundH. "I'm disgraced," he cried, "you you tell 'em, Joe." Welcher told them with consider able unction, putting In fancy touchea of hla own. Noal sprang to hla feet hla face ablaze with anger and determination. "Never mind," he cried, "I can't, get Into Annapolla but I can get Into the navy and I will. Mother Annette Joe I've got to go the navy calln for me I'm going to eniii.t. I've got to go." CHAPTER XIV. Me ar Wind and Limb. nroaa null cane in hand Neal flopped In front of a clgnr ttSM In New York Next to the cignj- store was an en trance to a Btulrwny that led to the second lloor above. In front of thin entrnnco paced un officer In uniform "Iti.erulting station?" queried Neal, saluting. "Nothing but," returned tho mnn In uniform, "you're an welcome as the flowers In May. Ascend " He waved hla hand Invitingly Neal ascended. Half nn hour Inter he had regularly enrolled ho was an apprentice aea mnn In tho navy. The I'nlted States at lta own expense shipped him with a sound of recrul's to the naval train ing school at Norfolk. As tho hours (lew by, Neal's eyes were opened. He loved the sea had always loved It. He plunged Into the life of nn apprentice heaman. He wrote his mother and Annette that afternoon after drill was ovor. "Thla la the life," h said to them, "I've been fighting nil the afternoon aiming- thirteen Inch guns nt hostile bnttleshlpn, handling r. culler; splicing "You Tall Them, Jos." ropea, tying sailor's knots, cutting off Imaginary heads with cutlusse- and tonight tor the first time since the eruption of Mt ivi.-e, I in sleeping In a hammock. This Is the life und in mistake. We even have the pie thai mother used to muse." Neuls letter i . .u In d home next day Aud uext day something else hap pen, -d Joe W, It lu-r burst Into tho liv ing room at th, Hardin cottage, curly In the evenlhi . with the locul PI p r, still damp from (he press, lu his hand "I've Just si nt one of these to N. .U, ' he auld, "uud In re's s copy for ou Keud It. Ann. tie Now what have you got to say." Annette read It This la what It said: JOSEPH WELCHER OF SEAPORT WIN8 ANNAPOLIS APPOINTMENT. In Congressman James J. Prlms's recent competitive examination for the Annapolis appointment, Joe Welch er, our young townsman, cams very near the hundred mark and distanced all hla fellows. Good work, Welcher. SeaSort will back you through Annap olis and througn the navy. Become an admiral. Hitch your wsgon to a stsr. Mrs. Hardin, Joe's foster mother, caught him in h.r arms. "Moth my boys Neal and Joe in the navy," she exclaimed "Yes," returned Welcher, with a sneer, "but there's a difference I go In as an officer and Neul's nothing but a common seaman, understand?" Auuette flushed, but gave uo other sign. CHAPTER XV. finesse. It wss somewhat eoxly In the morn ing. Joo Welcher. seated at a round table lu the Seaport house bar. still celebrated with three boon compan ions, his success as a passer of com- (.Continued ou page 8.) LIVED IN MISKRY. "I surf, ml greatly from nervousness and head aches. The least excite ment gave me dreadful pain. I began using Dr. Mil.H' Nervine and a few days Inter started to tuke Ir. Miles' Heart Treat ment. 1 s. ion sot bo much better that I was encour UKed and continued taku.i; ii.., two remediee until l waa so well that work wus in. h.iih.r to me at all." MliK. IXlt'lH BIX, Idaho Fulls, Ms ho. 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