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CHAPTER IX.
For tars fittd.
The thing aa tonnl with an lr
laeuitj (hl A U a termed devlll.b II
WM Indisputably Msrhtsvrlllsn.
The U)rg had eu ttto down (rotn the
I North lo bot baits, and ib shdow ot
loath Two dsys or idy trwvallag
MHiM V. 0 IhII Km 1 - L
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tteanifr- forty-clht hours of Utlxue
nd strain rnjcd by not una Inatant's
-wlsisUon from the bt.h tension of
vigilant) upon hlch tht-lr very jives
depended wore to culmination
through this tedious afternoon oa tba
train from Moorhesd a trap of phis
iral torment only mails pawslbls by
Alan's luck In securing, through sheer
ecldnt. two parlor-car reservations
turned bi k at tha last moment ba
rer leaving Klneo Halloa.
No matter tba longest afternoon
must bar lla evening: tha pokiest of
trains come tha mora survly to lis
Iflatlnstlun; in another hour or two
hay would b In TonUiiJ frea at
aat to draw breath of rata In a land
if law, order and aana living.
A If la answer to this thought, tha
train slowed down with w blading
brakes to tba lait hill station, and as
tha trucks groaned and moved anew.
a lout of a boy cam galloping down
tba aisle, brandishing two yellow en
velope and blattlng Ilka a stray ralf:
Mlsta Uwrl Mlsta Laart Tel'-
rama for Vuu Lar!
j Alan had been wpectlng at every
station a prepaid reply to bis wire for
I reset-rations on the night expreas from
Portland to New York,
Cut why two envelopes superscribed
"Mr. A. Law, Klneo train southbound.
Oakland Bta.r
j lie tore one open, unfolded the In
closure, and grunted disgust with It
curt advice, opened tbs other and
caught bis breath sharply as be with
drew part wsy only a playing card.
t trey of hearts.
Thrusting It back quickly, he clarped
both envelopes together, tore them
Into hundred fragments, and scat
tered them from the window. But
the fiendish wind whisked one small
scrap back and only one! Into the
lap of the woman ho loved.
Vainly be rayed that she might
be asleep. The silken lashes trembled
on her cheeks and lifted slightly, dis
closing the dark glimmer of question
ing eyes. And as she clipped the scrap
of cardboard between thumb and fore
finger he bent forward and silently
took It from her one corner of the
trey of hearts, but Inevitably a corner
bearing the figure "3" above a heart
"The Pullman agent at Portland
wires no reservations available on any
New York train In the next thirty-six
hours," he said with lowered voice.
"Couldn't we possibly catch the Now
York boat tonight?"
He shook a glum head. "No I
looked that up first. It leaves before
we get In."
She said, "Too bad," abstractedly,
reclosed her eyes, and apparently
lapsed anew Into semi-somnolence
but without deceiving him who could
well guess what poignant anxiety
gnawed at her heart.
He could have ground his teeth In
exasperation the impish Insolence of
that Tarning, timed so precisely to set
their nerves on edge at the very mo-
Ho Could Have Ground His Teeth In
Exasperation.
ment when they were congratulating
themselves upon the approach of a
respite!
The sheer Insanity of the whole
damnable business !
The grim, wild absurdity of it!
To think that this was America, this
the twentieth century, the apex of the
highest form of civilization the world
bad ever known and still a man
could be hunted from pillar to post,
haunted with threats, harried with at
tempts at assaesination in a hundred
forms and that by a slip of a girl
with the cunning of a madwoman, the
heart of a thug, the face of a charm
ing child the face of the woman that
eat beside him, duplicating its every
perfect feature so nearly that even he
who loved the one could scarcely dis
tinguish her from the other but by In
stinct, Intuition, blind guesswork. . . .
He nodded heavy-hearted confirma
tion of a surmise slowly settling Into
conviction In his mind, that such cun
ning, such purpose and pertinacity
could not possibly spring from a mind
well balanced, that the woman, Judith
Trine, sister to the Rose he lored so
well, waa as mad as that monomaniac,
bar father, who sat helpless in his
t ill &P
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S n.iiin ! mil iii.-n.lrV
!! of illenra and shadows In New
V ik. J) aftrr day, eain.g h- hrt
'tit mltb Impatience, for the tnnd U.m
I. a Vrkst-aui') bad brn CuitaUinmalrJ
by the daushU-r whom ha haj Itiapiu-d
U t-ie u n.
An bur late. In duak I'f eiMitii
tba train lumbered Into I'ortUiid u
tln; and. heart In mouth, AUn hil-.
It' frvnn the steps, shouldered s way
f, r hw through tha crowd. auJ aliiiol
l.f-t-d brr Into a Uslrab.
"Heat hotel In town." be demanded
"And be quick about It - f r a d.-ubli'
tip."
Ho commutilrated bis one di';Tt
rhettin to (he girl rn route, reunion
hi r lrdremer.t of It. 80. having re,'
ltervd for her and seen her My to
the d.K'r of the b-t atnllabV r-vnti In
thn boons within ready rail of the pub
lie lobby and office, he Wittln-J up.
gulled a bitty meal which lioo had
dit-ltmd to share, pleading f.-ituurt
and hurried away Into tha r.ltht with
nly the negro drirer of a public hack,
picked up bajhatard at oti:e dlatance
from the hotel, for bis guldo.
CHAPTER X. I
Fortuity.
He wasted the better part of sn
hour In fruitless and perhaps III
advised Inquiries; then bis luck, such
as It was, led him on suspicion down
a poorly lighted wharf, at the n-
I treme end of which b d.coered a
! lonely young man perched atop a pile. I
bands In pockets, gaze turned to a
tide whereon, now black r.Vht bad
fallen, pallid wraiths of yachts swung
Just Tlslbly beneath utu.isy riding-
j lights.
'Tardoa me." Alan ventured, "but
, perhaps you can help me out '
"You've come to the wrong shop, my
! friend." the young man Interposed
1 with morose civility; "I couldn't help
j anybody out of anything the way I
j am now."
I "I'm sorry." said Alan, "but I
' thought possibly yoo might know
where I could find a seaworthy boat
to charter."
The young man sllrped amartly
down from bis perch. "If you don't
look sharp." he said ominously, "you'll
charter the Seaventure." He waved
his hand toward a tessel moored
alongside the wharf: "There sho Is.
and a better boat you won't find any
where schooner-rigscd, fifty foot over
all, twenty-five horsepower, motor aux
iliary, two staterooms all ready for
as long a coastwise cruise as you care
to take. Como aboard."
He led briskly across the wharf,
down a gangplank, then aft along the
deck to a companion way, by which the
two men gained a comfortable and
roomy cabin, bright with fresh white
enamel.
Here the light of the cabin lamp re
vealed to Alan's searching scrutiny a
Tcrson of sturdy build and Indopendent
carriage, with a roughly modeled,
good-humored face, reddish hair, and
steady though twinkling blue eyes.
"Name, Barcus," the young man In
troduced himself cheerfully; "chris
tened Thomas. Nativity, American.
State of life, flat broke. That's the
rub," he laughed, and shrugged, shame
faced. "I found myself hard up this
Bpring with this boat on my hands,
sunk every cent I had and then some
fitting out on an oral charter with
a moneyed blighter in New York, who
was to have met me hero a fortnight
since. He didn't and here I a:n, in
pawn to the ship chandler, desperate
enough for anything."
"How much do you owe?"
'Tpwards of a hundred."
"Say I advanced that amount when
can we sail?"
The young man reflected briefly.
"There's something eo engagingly idi
otic about this proceeding," he ob
served wistfully. "I've got the strang
est kind of a hunch It's going to go
through. Pay my bills, and we can be
off Inside an hour. That Is"
He checked with an exclamation of
dismay, chapfallen. "1 may have some
trouble scaring up a crew at Bhort
notice. I bad two men engaged, but
last week they got tired doing noth
ing for nothing and left me flat."
"Then that's settled," Alan said. "I
know boats; I'll be your crew and the
better satisfied to have nobody else
aboard."
The eyes of Mr. Barcus clouded.
"See here, my headlong friend, what's
your little game, anyway? I don't
mind playing the fool on the high Beas,
but I'll be no party to a kidnaping
or "
"It's an elopement," Alan interrupt
ed on Inspiration. "We've simply got
to get clear of Portland by midnight."
"You're on!" Barcus agreed prompt
ly, his face clearing. "God only knows
why I believe you, but I do and here's
my hand!"
CHAPTER XI.
Blus Water.
Anxiety ate like an acid at Alan's
heart. If this shift to the sea might
be thought a desperate venture, hi
waa a weathered salt-water man and
undismayed; nothing would have been
more to his liking than a brisk coast
wise cruise In an able Boat under
auspices less forbidding.
But when he re-entered the hotel
one surprising thing happened that
gave him new heart momentarily It
seemed almost as if his luck had
turned. For, ae he paused by the desk
of the cashier to demand his bill, the
elevator gate opened and Rose came
out eagerly to meet him with an eager
air of hope that masked measurably
the signs of fatigue.
"1 worried so I couldn't rest," she
told him guardedly as he drew ber
aside; "so I arose and got ready, and
watched from the window till I saw
you drive up."
By Louis Joseph Vance
i lie acquainted her briefly atth his
fortune.
Hut she seemed unable to echo his
confidence or eten to otervoine the
beavliiiwa of her spirits when their
rab, without mUadvcntura, set thaw
down s( tha wharf.
Here, Alsn bad feared, aaa the cru
el til point of danger If the Influence
of thn trey of hearts was lit bring
d!ter upon them It would be here.
In the bush and darkueis of Ibis da-
srrted water front. And he bore Mm-
self mot wsrlly SS be he!pe.Wt!ie girl I
from the car and to the gangplank of
Lingered Watchfully on Osck.
the Seaventure. Hut nothing hap
pened; while Mr. Harcus was aa good
as bla word. Alsn had barely set foot
on deck, following the girl, when the
gangplank came aboard w ith a clatter,
and tho Seaventure swung away from
the wharf.
Until the distance was too great for
even a flying leap Alan lingered watch
fully on deck.
At length, satisfied that all was well,
he returned to the cabin.
"All right," he nodded; "we're clear
of that lot. apparently; nobody but the
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She Whips Out a Gun
three of us aboard. Now you'd best
turn In. This is evidently to be your
stateroom, this one to port, and you'll
have a long night's sleep to make up
for what you've gone through dear
est" He drew nearer, dropping his voice
tenderly. And of a sudden, with a
little low cry, the girl came into hla
arms and clung paslonately to him.
"But you?" she murmured. "You
need rest as much as I! What about
you?"
"Oh, no I don't" he contended. "Be
sides I'll have plenty of time to rest
up once we're fairly at sea. Barcus
and I Btand watch and watch, of
course. There's nothing for you to
do but be completely at your ease.
But you must let me go."
Eyes half-closed, ber head thrown
back, she seemed to duffer his kiss
rather than to respond, then turned
hastily away to her stateroom leav
ing him staring with wonder at hor
strangeness.
By midnight the Seaventure waa
spinning swiftly south-southeast, close
reefed to a snoring Bou'weet wind
the fixed white eye of Portland head
light fast falling astern.
CHAPTER XII.
Down the Cape.
At four o'clock, or shortly after,
Alan was awakened by boot-heels
pounding imperatively overhead, and
went on deck again, to stand both dog
watches saw the sun lift up smiling
over a world of tumbled blue water,
crossed the wake of a Cunard liner In
bound for Boston, raised and over
hauled a graceful but businesslike fish
erman (from Gloucester, Barcus
opined when called to stand his trick
at eight) and saw It a mile or two
astern when still aching with fatigue
be was free to return to hla berth
for another four-hour rest,
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Th' lluin mUguldcd rontlderatlon
In.lu. rd llarcus to let bis craw sleep
thrxukh Ilia Drat sfternoon watch. His
be lla were ringing when. In drowsy a
prvhcnilon that something bsd gone
suddenly and radically wrong, Alan
waked
Hit was on dock sgsln aluioat before
he rubbed the sleeplneas from bla
eyes, emerging shruplly from the half
light vt tha rahlii to a daule of aun-
Itght that filled the cup of day with
rp'" ""; " 1 , , . .
Immedlata and extraordinary pert
Ilia first glauca discovered tha wheel
deaartod, lha woman with back to him
standing at thn taffraJI. llarrus uo
wherw lo bo seen. The second con
firmed his surmUo that thn Seavrtiturtt
had coma up Into tba wind, and now
was yawing oft wildly Into tba trough
of a stiff If not heavy . A third
showed hlui, to bis amaxement, tba
Gloucester flahermnn overhauled
with such ease that morning and now,
by rights, well down the northern horl
son not two miles dlatatit, and stand
ing squarely for the smaller veaael.
llewlldered, he darted to thn glrl'a
side, with a shout, demanding to
know what was thn matter. 8hn
turned to him a face he hardly recog
nisedbut still he didn't understand.
The Inevitable Inferemn aeemed a
thing nnthlukable; bla brain faltered
when asked to credit It. Only when
he saw her tearing frantically at the
painter, striving to cai-t It off and w ith.
It the dory towing a hundred feet or
so astern, and when another wonder
ing glance had dlncoured tbo head
and shoulders of Mr. I'nrcos rising
over the stern of the. dTy as be strove
to lift hlmaelf out cf the water only
then did Alan begin to appreciate
what bad happened.
Even so. It was with the feeling thnt
all the world and hlmaelf as well had
gono stark, raving mnd, that ho aelied
the gtrl and, despite her struggles, tor
her away from the rail before sho had
succeeded In unknotting the painter.
"Rose!" be cried stupidly. "Hone!
What's the matter with you? Iton't
you see what you're doing?"
Defiance Inflamed lo r countenanca
and accents, "t'un't you ever say any
thing but 'Rose! Iiiwe! Itose!' Is
thero no other name that means any
thing to you? Ci.n't you understand
bow Intolerublo It Is to me? I love
you no less than she better than sho
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as Big as a Cannon.
ever dreamed of loving you because
I hate you, too! What Is love that
Is no more than love? Can't you un
derstand?" "Judith!" he cried In a voice of stu
pefaction. "But Good Lord! how
did you got aboard? Where's Rose?"
"Where you'll not find her easily
again," the woman angrily retorted.
"Trust me for that!"
"What do you mean?" Illumination
came In a blinding flash. "Do you
mean It was you you whom I brought
aboard last night?"
"Who else?"
"You waylaid her there In the hotel,
substituted yourself for her, deceived
mo Into thinking you !"
"Of course," bIid Bald simply. "Why
not? When I Baw her sleeping there
the mirror of myself, completely at
my mercy what else should I think
of than to take her place with the man
I loved? I knew you'd never know tho
d!(Terenc! at least I was fool enough
for the moment to believe I could
stand being loved by you in her name!
It was only today, when I'd had time
to think, that I realized how Impos
sible that wan!" "
A sudden slap of the mainsail boom
athwartshlps and a simultaneous cry
from over the Btcrn roused Alan from
his consternation to fresh appreciation
of the emergency. With scant consid
eration he hustled the woman to tho
companionway and below, slammed Its
doors and closed her In with tho slid
ing hatch all In a breath then
sprang to the taffrail, Just In time to
lend a helping hand sorely wanted by
Mr. Barcus In his efforts to climb
aboard, after he bad pulled the dory
up under the stern bv its painter.
He came over the rail In a towering
temper.
"I hope you'll pardon the apparent
Impertinence," he suggested acidly.,
as soon aa able to articulate coher
ently "but may I inq.ulra if that
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M-tody tnlndod vlien la your btuahlng
It'iIo i-br
A. ail shook a helpleaa bead The
tyig defied reaaonabln riplaliatloll.
Iiu mada a feeble atagger at It with
out much aaiuraiiloii either to hlm
aelf or to Ihn outraged Uurcus
"No It's all a damnatdn mlatnkat
She's her slater I mean, lha right
girl's slater and her prinian douhln
f'Hilml inn not qullu right 111 thn head,
I'm afraid."
"You may well b afraid, you poor
flatl" Mr. Harcus snappod. "Iryon
know what aho did? Threw ma over
1 board! Kart! Tama ou deck a whllu
I ". wet as peachna-and all of a
j sudden whips out a gun as big aa a
I fanuon, points It at my bead and or
j dera ma lo luff Into tha wind. Kefora
I could mao aure I waan't dreaming.
snn na nred twle-lit thn aira sig
nal to that bloaaej (lahermaii aatern
there at leant, they aiiawennl with
j two toots tf a power whistle and
I changed couran to run up to ua. Uiok
1 how she's gained already!"
j "llut how did ahn happan lo throw
you cverUiard?"
j "Happen nothing!" Ilarvua anappml,
getting lo bla feel. "She did It a
; purpose flew al mn like a wild. at.
land before I knew what waa up I
' waa aUmmed backwards over the
! roil."
j "1 can t tell you how aorry I am,"
! Alan responded gravely. "There's
I morn to tell but one thing to bo doun
j flrat."
j "And thatr Mr. Ilarcua Inqulmd
suaplcloualy.
i "To get rid of thn lady." Alan an
j nounced firmly. "Mukii that flaher
man a prem.nt of tli woman In thn
I cksn. You don't mind parting with
' thn dory Its a good cause If I pay for
It?"
1 "Take It for nothing." Hnrcun
j grumbled. "Cheap lit tln price!"
1 Ho took Ainu's place, wutchlng him
with a sardonic eye as bo drew tint
; tender In under tint leeward quarter,
j made It fnat, and reopened the coin
I panlonway.
J As tho girl cnmii on deck with
1 out other Invitation. In a sullen rago
! that only heightened her wonderful
I lovellncus. AI1111 noted that her first
! look was for him, of untempered mn
lllgnlty; her second, for Harcus, with
l curling Up; her third, astern, with
a glimmer of satisfaction as sho rec
ognized how well the fisherman hid
drawn up on the Seaventure.
"Friend of yours. I lufer?" Alan
Inquired civilly.
I Judith nodded.
I "Then it would save ua aome trim bin
I yourself Included If you'll bo good
enough to step Into thn dory without a
' struggle."
Without a word. Judith stopped to
the mil nnd, as Parens luffed, swung
herm-lf overside Into the dory.
itnmeiiiMi'iy Alan ensi orr, ami as
the little boat sheered off, llnnim,
with it sigh of relief, brought tli Sea-
venture onco moro tiaik upon her
course;.
For Home few minutes thero wns nl
lence between the two men, whllu thn
tender dropped swiftly imtern. tho
woman plying a brisk pair of ourn.
Then, suddenly elevating IiIh nose,
llarrus sniffed audibly. "More," ho
said sharply, "relieve mo for a min
ute, will you? I want to go forward
nnd hnvo n look at that motor."
In tho tlmo thnt he remained Invis
ible between decks the fisherman
luffed, picked up thn dory nnd Its
occupnnt, nnd rnmo round again In
open chnso of tho Seaventure.
When BnrciiH reappeared It was
with a grave fnco.
"Thn devil nnd tho deep She," hn ob
served obscurely, coming aft, "from
all their works, pood Ixird deliver us!"
"What's tho trouble now?"
"Nothing much only your playful
little friend hns been up to another of
her light hearted tricks. ... If you
should happen to wunt a smoke or
anything to cat when you go below,
Just find a mirror and kins yourself
good-by before striking tho match.
The drain-cocks of both fuel tanks
have been opened, and thorn are up
wards of a hundred nnd fifty gnllons
of highly explosive gasoline sloshing
around In tho bilge!"
CHAPTER XIII.
No Quarter.
"Yes, yes,' said Mr. Harcus Indtil-
gently, breaking a long silence. "Very
Interesting. Very Interesting, Indued.
I've seldom listened to a more enter
taining life-history, my poor young
friend. But I tell you candidly, ns
man to man, I don't bellnve ono word
of It. It's all d n foolishness!"
Ills voice took on a plaintive ac
cent. "Particularly this!" he expos
tulated, and wavnd an Indignant hand,
compasBlng their plight.
"Tho rest of your adventures are
reasonable enough," he said, "thoy
won my credulity and I'm a native of
Missouri. Hut this lust chapter Is Im
possible. And that's flat. It couldn't
happen and hus. And there, in a
mnnner of speaking, we are!"
Against the western horizon a long,
low-lying strip of sand dunes rnstnd
like a bar of ptirplo cloud between tho
crimson afterglow of sunset In the
sky and the ensanguined sea that mir
rored It.
The wind had gone down with the
mn, leaving the Seaventure becalmed
her motor long since Inert for want
of fuel In shonl water a mile or so
off the desolate and barren coast that
Barcus, out of his abounding knowl
edge of those waters, named Nauset
Beach.
Still another mile further off shore
the so-called Gloucester fisherman
rode, without motion, waters aa still
and glassy. Through the gloaming,
with the aid of glasses, figures might
be seen moving about bar decks; and
ss It grnwr still mora dark aha lowered
a small (mat thai tlient,if,,r had
a sung In davits A llllla later a falul
humming imlaa drll'ed acroia Ilia tide
"Power lender," ilia owner of Ida
Heavaiilura Intetpieled "Coining lo
mil, I pnauiiie. Km labia lot S hat
I can't mnkit mil Is why limy aeeiii l.i
think It liecraa.iry til low our dory
bnck I'ueaay roliai Inure, maybn
w lint r
He lower ml bn binoculars ami
liaiiied liniulrlnrly al bis employer,
who grunted bta dlaguat, and said no
Inorw.
"in't Inkn It so hard, old lop." Pnr-
rua adrtawl with a rhmign of Uotn
from Irony lo B)tiithy 1 hm, ha n
and dived down the tMiiipanloiiway,
presently to re.viir witii a mega
phono and a double barreled shotgun.
"No cutting out . -iitles In this out
fit." hn mplnlne.l. grinning amlaMv.
"Nona of lhat old stuff, mvlaed In ault
your Infatuated female friend -once
alwiard thn lugger and Ihn man la
lullin!"
Hlatlonlng himself at lha seaward
rail, win re bla llgurn would show In
eharp sllhouottn agalimt tba glowing
stinaet sky, bo brnintlaheil the shot
gun at arm's longtti above his bead,
and bellowed iurtruly through tho
megaphone: '
"Keep off! Keep off! This means
you! Cnmn within gunahot and I'll
blow Jmr fool beads off"
Putting aside thn megapbotin, tin sat
down again. "Not ilmt , ,Ure tiro
thin blunderbuss." bo confided, "with
Flamaa Licked Out All Over the
Schooner.
this reek of gasoline; but Just for
moral fleet. Phow w ! I'd glvo a dol
lar for a lin-alli of dean air; I've In
haled an much jaia lu the laitt fe
hours I'll' dry cleaned down to 11. y
silly old toes!"
(mining no response from Alan, be
observed critically: "limlty llllln cuh
toiner. your are." nnd resumed tho
binoculars.
For thirty tnlir.it. nothing b:ip
IK'ticd, other than that tho sound of
the fisherman' launch was atllled. It
rested movolcts lu the waters, two
figures mysteriously bny In the cock
lit, the Senventure's dory trailing bu
Innd It on u long ainler.
(irnduully th. mi i.'t;ill became
blurred, and wero bh)lt.-tl nut by tho
rinsing shadows. Hm afterglow In
the wist grew- cool and faint. Tbo
crimson wateis darkened, to mnuvo,
to violet, to a translucent green, to
blackness. par up the coast two
white, eyes, peering over thn horizon,
Blared steadfastly through the dark.
"Chatham lights." Harcus suld they
wero.
Abruptly bo dropped tlm glasses nnd
Jumifd up. "Hear Unit!" ho crlud.
Now thn humming of tho motor una
again uudihlu and growing louder with
every Instant; und Alan, getting to his
feet In turn, Infected with tho exiitn
ment of Harcus, could Jui t maki) out
nt sumo distance a dark ebadow bo
rieath I'm dim, spluttering glimmer of
light, tli t moved swiftly and steadily
toward tho Seaventure.
What tlm devil!" hn demanded,
puzzled.
You uttnrod a mouthful when you
said 'ilovll'!" Parens commented,
grasping bis arm and hurrying him to
tha landward sldo of tho vessel.
"Quick kick off your shoos get set
for a miluloiig bwIiii! Devil's work,
all right!" ho punted, hastily divest
ing himself of shoes and outer gnr-
monts. "I couldn't mndo out what
thoy wore up to till I saw tlmm lash
tho wheel, light tho fuso, start the
motor, and take to tho dory. They've
mado on grand little torpedo boat out
of that louder
Ho HDrane unon thn rail t nnrlvlna
himself with a stay. "Ready?" bo
asKcu. "Look sliarp!"
Ily way of answer, Alan Joined him;
the two hud dived as ono, entering the
water with a single splash, nnd coin
ing to the surface a good ton yurda
from thn Seavonturo. For tho next
several seconds they were swimming
frantically, and not until throe hun
dred font or more separated them
from tho schooner did cither dare
puusofor breath or a backward glance.
Then tho Impact of the launch
against tho Senventure's side rang out
across the waters, and with a husky
roar the launch blew up, spewing sky
wards a widespread fan of flame. Over
the Seaventure, as this flamed and
died, pale lire seemed to hover like
tremundous pall of phosphorescence, a
weird and ghastly gluro that suddenly
descended to tho docks. There fol
lowed a crackling noise, a sound as
of the labored breathing of a giant;
and bright flames, orange, crimson,
violet and gold, licked out all over the
schooner, from stem to stern, from
deck to topmasts.
It seemed several minutes that she
burned In this wise it was probably
not to long before her decks blew
up and the flames swept roaring to
the sky.
r?7 the time Alan and Barcus, swim
ming steadily, had gained a shoal
which permitted them footing la
waist-deep watnrs, the Seaventure had
burned to tho water' edge.
ttW'' 'aafkl? aaa 1 .. .-
I'llll Tl AMI. (ire , Aug . v,.
kle limy pr.M iu.. Hull linn wai.r
now hn a I ho inemia, la . ,,(MJ ' '
ImHiiU hating been 1 -. t., .
Ihn altoMii'ta. whit data ,11,,1 . '
Il0 lreta111li1atl1.il. 1 lo, ..,
aw.ud' d the I'ollluiol I ......
irual 1 niaiir. and IIih
Unlit aul.)ee In the. approi '
lotlirta I liesn bollils Were mill "
at a spiiliil l- i in. n lusl , ,. '"'4
I hder tile rolidlllolia of l,, t .,.
Hi., rltv may aniilr thn pr,,,,,
lor plant or cut! a iiiui.i, i,,.. :.
of Ha own Tentative pM, ,,if '""
a water main I" cniiei wlii, ., I
Imi'l 111 r I it In Hm l.ii"tin,,f4Jiij '''
III. II were drawn soinn tlm,
no I1I11K furllier baa .el ilui w 1
III" eiiiiiiliiailon of the l (,!jir j
l.oinls Mavor rimer at.- , '" ""
tutor Hull Ituii water. If S ...
Probably fair i liimn. " tl,
vst
Pendleton 1'itat Ori'giiii..-... .
man by tho name of niio II. n . '
liitarlul.lt alalia bis nuine aa (l n
will bate lYndlcioii In a fi d...?
old the IrtNipa of the kalr Is n.
flkiit il-rinniiv U Hoiking ktjin.i o..
ollu r Kurnpeaii powrra. .. u,
working for tlm ewMirt I m,, 4 fl)4
amotion company In tin, ,,(
the louiilv
.Vital people lulk loo Inn. b and 14
alwata because they bate aMtm-igij.
to aay.
COMING TO
OREGON CITY
SPECIALISTS
From
The Cataphoric Medical
Institute
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Will Pay Their Firit Vi.it to
OREGON CITY, ORE,
And will be at the
Electric Hotel Annex.
Tuesday and Wednesday
September 15 and 16
Two Days only
This being- an Advertising Trip to
Introduce This New System,
They Will Give Consultation,
Examination, Advice and All
Treatment Necessary to Com.
plcto a Cure FREE.
TtM i'tt)- U In l Ml U ""
run In lliir rfr-M llir ran In 0 &wt,
pilU ten. iikI II toll ! l"-i ttl
pltiita talmc iilunUo f thit i-lTir ! rttw
lu llivlr fOrMa llx Iv.'iln uliUlnnl M -1
iMIrni ir Irr.linrnl Th lll tl I. ""
or ( II lto II' IH-KAHKS AMI i;iillMlo-
II II i-ir Ml. I hi Ih.l cmniiiinlt "t
ll Ilia una In hirh a Ilia I" ''
ti at rnniinn( nh finn"l Ii"
lin ara In rilanl illmuUni-a I" ' " '
durr..... rimr raw. oa Oia lnni ..I "iff
iim.ic.Ii. ThTa la n.i rir1miillii i.r fvm
..! u Hill l-M ajhrlliar t"U ran W
rutnl nr n..l If fur raw la ruratlc II..)
Iraal r'Ul If lii.inal.la Ihaf mil llta f.u au.
ailtn-a at In it"l' i' ti'U" Ufa
TliH Irral ilrafnaaa ! an nilllflr M
mi-Ill. -.1. an.l hi-arllif la r'al..rrl l.i niant ll
ulira l AT.tllllll III all lla tAIIIIK yollUS
ruinl ao ll n.-i ,-r Mill ralurn. If l.trakinc uy
Ilia mill rail limn Irli.lrlirjr i)T Ilia tlnlllral ab-
..ri n nf in, .1,, in. If n haia raa limit
Sn n.. I fall In lia riamliiitl
Tht ni-w illtrnarrT i'f al"irt.ln nir.llrllif b
aln-lrlrim In faralyalt. Inaa nf manly "II".,
rhriimallam and all il-ara nf Hit ntlt-ma ait
lm Inrlmllni f.l'll.t.l'KV. la -l i"l t
uffariiis Immaiiiir M.-liral and K-imi'ii.-tlainl
amaar.1 at Ilia marfrlnua rurra tlml ait
Ih-1ii flTa.-li-.l ahrrrrrr Ililt nalrm la laln la-IriMliii-iHl
Tlioiiaatiila tilio haia flirn iii U
h..M-a nf atrr Ih-iiik niml lmw liata an ni"f-
1111111? of a llfrlllna In nmailll aklllnl B.is-laimi
uf Nallnlml rrlmlalliin lli-iin-mlr llirlr kli- al
Kk- nf nmlli-lllf iiillil.lllnl ollll rlrrlllrllt lt
Ihfin ciinlrt.l nf illra-a lhat nllirit iln If
p,.ara If ynu liar ViKAK KtH, rnina af
at Ilia irral oi l LIST lla. llh lilt mm
hla dli'i"rr. noaa all llmaa atlllrlril
falllii) atatiflil. raiararlt nr fiiiii'li.inal hlina
arat. Tin- l.llnil mailt I" ara i)f llmlr aliOnll
nut nirlh..ila N" tniarlmnil I'nma anil It
II for vuiarlf Hvrt mTll latlnl and lrtali-4
Al l. THIS IH HIKK OK I IIAIUIK
Vthrn atartlhlni flat liaa fallril Rnrlln Tti'h
apt- Trrilmriita hata atnl a illiatrh Willi Hn
raiiiilily of liiiliimnf I" aiTrrlril liana and 1a
raat haa dlaai.lrd lUn- alnukii In Hit air.
Tht ttural anil nm-il attlhlHirn rata nf rliriima
llain, .aral.li. ..-lall.a. Iiralli, nrrtt. heart an4
apliin I dlaraara. Iiirnl and llimal Irmlilra. blmul
dlanlilnra, aalhina. ralnrrll, pllra. d.-aflluaa. IIU,
Uia dMi-aai-a. Ilti-r. alilnry, lilaililrr, alimarh
and litrtiiumiraa, dvairila iilli aly and ntrtna
aaallr rrlli'tpit liv lha Irratlnmla. Alan tha
quarSaai rum In lha wurld fur AII.MKNTS Ut
MIS AND WOMKN.
Cealthri laid down; boundltu rallluilt ef
aVxt who hatt littn lit frtt. Blavtry if
aSiaait ll ahnllihid. Inflrmlllei far (ill
ylald la tht Radio aotlut Ireatmtnti.
Itadln activity (rralmrnli ilrlta ilnnm fnin
four brain and fllalln itiry mrva In yuuf
buily .
Hailln artitliy Irrnlmrnla ara rral narta "';
lirrt- lliry thrill Ihi brain and hmly Willi rl
ilrtncth and tiialllr, niakln nld ("! )'"
vain Tlmy ri-nrw aiiililllnn and cmiram mi
Ufa Jii -al drnm Imiat. and rlrar up dull. In""'
dltd bralna ami Ixnlr Vthrn yuur ti'mli
ciima hard, ymir niuarlra and nartm l ';
and yim fral aa If ynu wirt "Inalim ymir trip.
Itadln Iraalintnta rrutw yuur norra forci aH
brum bark ymir Kgir and ftm.
Tha Jny nf pnrfrrl diiirailnn, nar'rrt rlrrult
linn, ntrfwl hrnlih Kry narti anil wm
fllwr nf ymir nlmia hndy awiiknn Ihrniiiih
wonderful Hailln Tli'rapv frnl lilt rlhlllrl
ling tli rl 11 nf yimlli nuka atury mmrH t"f
fiinrllnn In your body fairly lir.ni and Vw
wllh ntw Furra and Knariiy. Tmmbllin. 2'
out primlriilliui mil lhat llrnl frullnn "
afirr a Irratnirnt uf Maillo Tharaiiy.
Ktary run down, waakantd, II rail out, ,
parann la Intnrd to rail and try llmllo rria.
NONC Adt SO BtlNO AS THIV WHO
REFUSE TO Sett
narauta nna bllllnit panpla In llila wnrld ul
ih.i ihinf l a lla. and hut ona parann clnlmt
!ni lb. t".flh II dnaa not-fullnw that th. blllliir.
'"liuidlri'la of yaara (I.lllan rlllmM that
lha world waa round and rafnlrrd A hllll"
rallad him a mfinlai'. Ninr Ihr mlildla of ll
laat rrntury Mnrna aald llm I II wuiild ba p4
alblt In arnd mraaniira oyrr a wlr by nirana
tlartrlrlly A billion rnllitl htm a fraud Hall,
In our iiwii Unit aalil Dial anon Hie auiind '
Ihr human folre rnulil ba lrnnniilllr.d from Na
York tn Han Kram-larn, and llrll waa branrlwl
a ilrramar Marrunl't pri-dlrllon thnt a ttlt
kraphln nmaaaifi) rould be llnahad ovrr lha trark
Itaa mlln of an ai-iiarutlns Japan from Sao
yranrlarn without wiraa waa ballM a Ihi ),
of thr irnliiry Thnao who talki-d yrart aso of
autnninhlira and rablo rnada and (lectrlo trao
tlotia wiirr imlled al.
Who waa rlthl and aana, tha bllllos or !
ona man?
Alllmuph lha rataphnrrall Iraatmrnt la HnI
alrntlvilr uard In Kurnpa- and thrniifhniil U
Kaat In tha trallmrnl of chronic, dlnlrult ano
long alamllni raaaa, II haa nar nature nr""
Intrndurni In lha Waat. Tou ran not iffora w
otrrlnok Ihla opnnrtiinltT tn sal wall.
VANMIOHK VKINB CUBKD parmaotnlly 1 a
faw dart .
Rernrmhor Ihla llbaral offar la 'hti nrt
trip only and nM on rant will b rharft" M"
all lha Treatment raqulred lo maka a pjn
nan I rura of all thota eoramenrJni uaalatana t.
Una ftrtt tlllL
OBlr Hour; I 1. 1. W l F-
TEM. YOUR Fill ENDS
RKMEMIIEIt DATES
September 15 and 16