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oui-mox ciTV kntkim'kmsi:, ii;ii vv. .irsi: i. vm. "DRAGON riV" GOWN (HOW! THE SILHOUETTE LIKIO BV PAIMIONABLM J 'I- . fi t "- i , t j v j I r. i II Mr E. PHILIPS OPPENHEIM ") hie a. unronarloue time.' Utioel rniln.tl..l hfr "Hlght have rHt(r4 o flnJ ui hare when ha ramn III. antaav.' ! laura Inslatrd Lenora mile,) faintly k (ha cauk'H glance fruut Quest. "latUra .,, . I,,.... ,i,M(i... ha muttered, -only II lake an ful ! ioi or getting nr , I They f.)Wrl ,., h, alrrady rtma j Invent, comfortably liialallt tl In the private ward of a mall hcviri. n ih. i Ploturr.luB New Me tiro Iowa Uuti l almost at onee raialIUln-4 herself by ; hla aula. I "Can you rrmpinlMT anything about j the wrttk. Frvncb?' (Jurat linjulrrd. I ina lluiKH'tur iisaed hla hand VNOPSIS. KmalUn frum tha I'holo play of lha Mama .Van,. l'r.Mu.-J .y ha Unltsraal IUiii lanuffc.'turtn Vni4iiy. illpa ui aialn. I'm going to Hay hrre i wearily orr hla fun-head with tha bunrh I H imi mora Ilka a dream -oi r..i ou. .nn..,...,.. of Th' llcr llihrd. Hla far. had falhrr ttlf htm.r-(haB anMhlnt. it. i;.i ma. ii. . i in i.riHiiH. i,. ju.u.v. tron Ixni and the buoyanry bad n admlllr-d. "I aa illtlni ohuIIi H.r.i.,oai. ii.. mui.irimr .1 i-r.i .n- . ,,,rj from Ma tnannrr. t rai hrn the crah rami. I Thry found the ollicra alllnc for unctmarloua a tlmn. Whrn I rami' n...r i riu. in. I In hi.i i.n hui in I'm (hrra at the end of the rat 04)dro I lo. I aa aliunly Munrd don by Ilia f.AM.r Al,Llt a aai.l.n l.a l.aa i.rn a I .... . i . . . .. r t. .t.i.i..n .nd a im, .i.aiur-. hif "" turnM to rnco. j aiue of me car. I timid ar a man n...n.rr. l.aif man. d.ainxr.1 b dr In . Ijyik here. Frrnrh." he aald. "you ' Worklna hard if latfiaala Itiat lnalttj i.mii. P. i. by a .ir u i .r.Mo.. ni,w ' l" burry you off. nj alralnlnc Hh all hla mlahl. Krrry han-la. I aula and lnora. I.I a.fl.uila DUt I d Jn t knOW ht re going 10 U.1-.1 Hai tha pn.hii..i'i ariant. of I ,M. f.,,i -s,,,,. i iv.n. a il.Hil.1. ttturilrr. n t.a hl.t-a h.ip. ron linua in an.r In urn ant. r fa.Mon 'rai( rltra We don't ant to lodge two tun Ui.i AahLiati la muni, rrd It i la him In Jail tonight. Why dont you ' of a loconmllYe. nuld nwi d.k i..r i:nL:"ii:rjz h,im on j"" '"T Tb,,r:',.a i .br,n,;,.ov,,r on" 1h""-- Th,,n " t.. nj rvy.n i into ii. drawi Th,y r , Hmlifd gon by the aouthfni route la I all fadfd away and came bark ataln now and thrn I got a gllmine of hi face. It an-med ourrr. but I rould bare im It lg cral: Thro oihrr i M t We Ain't Powerful CIvHu.d at Thla Camp, kkt You Dent Gat Our Cooh Till Yeu Ihow a Warrant.'' rai lurrd ty M..nfar. ani.ng whom i'ra'c acrna to t In authuniy, raca pa titi Crai aa ihrir rapllva and ara rravurd by Uruiih ira.a. The rown hon In the llltintmtlon firoia rrr nMH'lMKiu'ly (hat fauir bat not kit tx-t-n nhown to tlu lli flamtmoMnt noiimiMli fl.irlni; r-ktrt. TWELFTH INSTALLMENT. CHAPTER XXV. an hour'a time, rYrtu'h aMcnted gloomily. "That auila me," be agrrd. "Tou'U be glad to got rid of the follow, too," be addvd. Tory drove atralght to the depot, found two vacant trata In the train, and Qurat, w ith a little aigh of rollof, bandod orrr bla charge. "Now for little holiday," Qucat de- me arcond time I nrarly frri The man who had boi'n working to matt That'a whore the brMge la. 1ba nlhi'r rruaa la Ida rani(i " rli mlnli'd away tuulliwanlt 1li.lt Hi ii Una,' aha ruiiiluuad. 'laura, liur a Ilia (inid mf ! "I dull I kiinw, ' l ama n .ll.. 'He , rude oil mine lime am, and lie ( i lug lo iiiim'I klr, (Jiiiol. ' j If only he were lii'tn'" l.vimra mul ( IffK'd "I Iwl aura i'lalg n.iant lo , i aie. Iliwre be wi " Tlwf taw hi in rids uir Into Ida dark t lii'tt I riioia ran In wlirie In r tnu , Wtt li'llii'lrd. ' ' Tin going afier blm, ' tlm an nouiirrd "Uttra, laura. If thry ar rite km. ii, ai'iid I In" hi aftrr tnr " j Him galou'd off while liiira waa ttlll uii'liildi.il. AIiihuI at that mo i liiriil the hvard from Milinl Ilia wal ! Coma aoiind of huran' fort In Hi iio ' alia dlrrrtloii and Hunt galloi ed up. ! Iiura laid bar hand Uhmi IiIi trln ' "Um'l gi't off," taura ronllnurd i qulikly. "Craig haa riraird. riding . towardi Ilia Mrilrau front li.i. trnoia la following him. Ilea gone In that , dlrwrlloa," the added pointing "U lira ' you come lo (be river you'll bate lo bunt for tha bridge." (Jurat frowned aa be gathered up hla rrlm. "I waa afraid they'd try omeihlm of the aort," he mutlend "Tell the other where I've gone, Ijnira He galloped, off Into the darknraa. thrltrr from Ihe burning aun. Ha There waa no one In alahL Boftlr. held before him a noaiiiaprr. a or alnioat atralthlly, he crri.t ud to the ' I'eblnd, there wrro loiun growli front tain paragraph of w hlrh he waa eager agon, fetrhed out from Ita wooden ln lltlla group of row boy a. none of bark to the whrrl and began to llay. ! '"re ,lh blm. Uilig Jim aloud up Huddenly Ihe bow rrntrd niotlonleia. 1 aud gated lulletily aouthwarda. A look of fear came Into hla fare. He ! "Cookln'U make the bridge all rlghl,' aprang up. The coaboya were all ' be remarked. "If the girl catrhea him. NEATH IRON WHEELS. Side by aids they leaned orer the rail of the iteamer and gazed abore- :1ared. patting I-ajiora'e am through warja at the alowly unfolding acene hla. "We'll Jutt have a look around before them. Tor tome time tbey bad (be city and then get down to Baa all preacrred aa almoat ecttatic tl- IMego and take a look at the expotl- lence. tlon there. No roapontlbllltlea. no on "Say. but It't good to tee home , lo look after, nothing to do but enjoy gain!" Laura ilghed at latt. jouraelrea." "I'm with rou." Queat agreed em- "It a the wrong aide of I Qurat and Lenora turned away from And who. romimrtnf them, would not . phatlcally. choe the tllhouette pirturedT Tlili the continent, perhapa. but I'm aching : the window of the hotel, out of wtilca gown la called (he "dragon flV and. ' to aet my foot on American aoll aealn." i,h'!r natJ been gaxlng for the latt tiallng from the other aide of the wagon. Thry bad arrived and dis mounted without hla bearing them. he can't do anything And that guy'll never make It. Whoop! llure cornea the real of them." The tnipeotor, with the two depu- true to Ita name, a 1Ullt of lIuc net. "Thla the wrong lde of the con covered with glittering blue eequins. tlnent! 1 ahould tay not!" Laura cx- The wingllke portiona are of Mue chif-( claimed, pointing to where In the dle- quarter of an hour. ! "It'e too beautiful," Lenora alghed. bard waa Juit amaahing Ihe latt bit, Ijr devouring. In the dlttance the mall " a email violin, tit down with hla I hom, however, atlomptrd lo Inter pi uinoer away, and analn I taw hit boy waa already disappearing In a fare and that time I waa euro that it cloud of du.(. waa Craig. Anyway, he llnlihed the Job. 1 tuddenly felt I could move my. MM0U8 CRIMINOLOGIST IN ALL llmbi. The man tivJ ud thnnii 1 cut. exhauited, looked at me, called to the' doctor, and then he teemed to fadn 8"'ord Quttt and hla attlatanta. ao- away. It tttliclit have been becautc I mPnltd by Prof. Lord Athlalgh, ar. j, ,,,rang to hla feet and began to waa uncontcioua my.eif. for I don't; r"" ,""u1 "w 01 atammer apologlea. laing Jim hand Ilea, rode tuddeiily Into tha ramp. The remember anything cite until I found; ' ,or John Cril8- '""erly t.rvint Uj Crmy upon hl, ,hm,uiora. I Inapector pauaed to apeak to Laura, myeelf In bed." j o the aclantl.t Craig haa not bien "Hay. cookie, you don t Heed It U.ng jlm'a ryra arkled aa be aaw It would Indeed." the profoaaor re-1 th accident te the limited, l.x.k o aoared. You aln t done lioth- them approarb marked, "be aa Intere.tlng clrcum-, 'ortn'oht ago, and by many It tup. , r(l5 M ,oJ Nir, . k- , M Urf , tance-an Intere.tlng ptycbologlr.il hv Ptri.h.d In the w.r,ck. ! your Hlll Ui ,.. tun. whl.pered. "We ll have aom. fuu'w lib clrcumitance. If I might put it that H ,n ,h hrn of Intpector j on ,tt fiddle!" i ,Urm " way it iraig. the arrh-crlmlaal. the """. " mm way to new The cook looked at him for a wo man who hna aeemed to at 10 utterly ' Vor,, ,0 ,Un,, nl ,r'' for homicide, rurnt Inrreduloiiily. Then he real drfold of all human feeling, ahould rnnc " to the hotpltal, auf-! ,rj that the cowboy waa In earneit II. 1 . it . . faeima kaBi I . at a a a l . 1 , rvuny nave tolled In thla manner to. ''" " "v"' M"'"" Drln. ' lie plrked tip the Uiw and c netu-ed ton. EATS FIRST REAL MEAL AFTER SURGICAL PROBE Drink L)2 Vita i Baby Un alila to Eat For Sixteen Years. St Lou la. Miss Katherlne Itesse. eighteen jeart old. ate the Bret break fast, luurbeon aud dinner .he ever ate In her life a few dayi oga For six teen fears the bud not tasted com pletely food of auy description. The channel of ber throat the esopbas, waa lu position, but was entirely Ose- tanre the bulldlnga of the exposition gleamed almost mow white In the dax illng tunahlne. "Why. I have never teen anything io beautiful In my life." "I guest there' one of m here. ' Quett obterved. "who It none too pleated to tee America again." , Lenora thlvered a little. They were ' all crave. mn.t alnvlv rfnan tha A-V . '0I T0U tnm ard. Pralr'a .Ida and ionotiod Mm , C001 oveT )'0U' on the arm. , Quett atood for a moment ahaklng hla head. The professor, with a pile of newspaper ftretched out before him. waa completely engrossed In their perusal. Laura, who bad been lifting ln an armchair at the farther end of the apartment, waa apparently deep In thought "Say, you two are no aort of people for a holiday," Quest declared. "Aa I -a lira, I can't think what'a You never opened I lo play again. They ant around 111 in. et froe hla cantor." i Bu 'a now convilncint inieresting or not," Quest ob j The man read Ihe paragraph twlre. ' wondering, absolutely atuorbed. No terved, "I'd like to know whether It' Then he art don the paper and ' one even made a move towards the waa Craig or not. 1 understand there looked steadily arroit the rolling ! food. It waa Craig who led them were about a doien unreeognlrable prairie land. There waa a Queer, bit- i there at last himself, atlll playing, bodlea found." j ter little amlle Ukiii hla llpa. I Long Jim threw his arm almost caress- The nurse, who bad left Ihe room "So It beglut again!" he muttered. Ingly around hla ahoulder. for a few mlnutet. returned with a; There waa a cloud of dust In the! 'Say. cookie." be began, "(here ain't small package In her hand, which thd' distance. The man rose to hla feet.' nerer no questlona asked concerning handed to French. He looked at It lu( shaded hla ryea with bla bund and i the pat history of the men who find a puziled mannei. j shambled round lo the bark of the their way out here. Just to long aa "Say, what can that be!" he mut-j wagon, where a long table was set out ' they don't play the game yellow. May tered. turning It over. "Addressed I.) with ktilvet and forki. hunrhea of bo you've fitted up a nlco little bell your mouth at dinnertime, and you alt i me all rlKht, but there Isn't a tout bread and tlnrupt. He walked a little for yourself aomewhere, but wo ain't ihnra. nnot Innklns- Ilka nniMna- mi , know S I'm bore CICCD! vou folks. Will farther awar to the fire, and slnwlv! UollH of II a hallkerlll III kl...w lha "Give me your left wrlsL Craig,' he 'etrUl. j you open It. Miss Uura?" I stirred a pot of stew. The little party ! address. You're white aud you're one said quietly. j ..j am Dognnng t0 suspect her," L- j she ,,ok " from him and untied thej of cowboys came thundering up. Thero uf us and any tlmo any guy wants to The man slunk away. There was a 1 h0T. chimed ln. "Too bad bo had to i trlngs. A little breathless cry es-i was a chorus of ahouts and exclama- i charge you rent for tho llttlo hell udden look of horror In his white hurry away dearl" caped from her llpa at the tore open tlont. whittling! and good natured j where you got the funilturo of your isc. xie sianea oaca. oui muesi was r.,.,-.. inHlnatlnn . not alto- i the PaP''r- A small black box was din-. chaff, as they threw themselves from i conscience stored, why, you Just let lets until Dr. Francis W. Klrscb per-, handed her glasses to Quest, too quick for him. In a moment there i .. rn.:irin, rw. .nd i.nnr. ' dopd. She opened tho lid with trem- their horses. Ixmg Jim sIoim! slowly us settle with blm. that's all. was the click of a handcuff, the mate : MChanged amused glances Th for- ' bIlng nncr and drew out a scrap of! cracking his whip and looking down j Tho Interruption which came was of which was concealed under the m . lck d u fhe DaHr from tna I paper. They all leaned over and read i the table. I from outside. criminologists cuff. . . . ,,,mI, .0,i nl ,h nrn , together: Sny, boys. I think he's fixed lhlnt i "More of thete d-d tourlstn." Long They stepped along the deck to-i fessor a lamn ' You have all lost again. Why not up all right." he remarked. "Come on ! Jim muttered. "Women, too give upr tou can never win. wards the rest of the party. Lenora J .. bm he eXplaln(di -Mb formed an operation known at gss- trotomy and brought ber back to nor mat. When she was two years old Miss Dense, who Is the daughter of the wid ow of a grocer, drank a solution of lye while her mother was busy at ber housework. The lye burned away the membranes of the child's mouth and the lining of her esophagus and caused this channel from ber mouth to ber stomach to be come strictured and to dose Ujjbtly. A physician who was called to at tend her said sue would die unless her esophagus was cut loose from ber stomach and a new one made from parts of the stomach fashioned Into a tube and sewed to the surface of ber breast Her parents refused to permit the physician to cut away the deadened esophagus but grunted him permission to bring the lining of the stomach to the surface of her body nnd make an opening near the Bolur pleius, through which liquid food might be given her. Dr. Klrsch became Interested in the case. Ho began a gentle probing with a slender pliable steel rod, which he I forced down her esophagus. One after I another the closed places ln the old tissue were forced open and broken apart As they were broken they were left attached to the Inside of the new tissue that gradually bad grown around the unused tube. Nature then began its process of ab sorption until the new throat was clear of any stricture. Then the surgeon placed the patient under an anaesthet ic and swiftly cut away the stitches that held the lining of the stomach to the old opening In the breast sewed this together and dropped It ln place, sewed together the muscles that bad been severed sixteen years age, cut away the abnormal tissues that bad grown around the wound, stitched the severed skin together and when Miss Hesse awoke from the ether told her she hnd become normul again. IhA tlrat nl?ht nf nnr hnlldav. I'm eo- Do look. Mr. Quest." she begged. lng t0 run lhe party and t m g0ng t0 "There Is Inspector French standing make tne rules. No more newspapers In the front row on the dock, with two j tonight or for a fortnight You un enormous bunches of flowers carna- j understand? No reading, nothing but tions for me. I expect, and poinsettlas j frivolity. And no iovesickness Miss for Laura. They're the larger bunch." j Laura " Quest took the glasses and nodded j "Loveslcknflss, Indeed!" she re- Slowly the great steamer drifted j peated scornfully Pigeons Come Back. Johns. Aln. John Granger of North Johns had quite a unique experience with gome Belgian pigeons that were given him by n friend In Chicago some time ago. He had them In his pigeon yard'at North Johns, nnd in some way two of them escnped. In a few days he was notified by his friend ln Chica go that bis two pigeons were there. Mr, Granger ordered them sent back by express, and the pigeons bare ar rived safclv. 280 PASS STATE EXAMINA TIONS IN THE COUNTY ALONE (Continued from page 5.) Arlene Haworth, Herbert Pendleton, Annetta Davis, Rachel Deardorff, Her bert Kamrath, Albert Weidner. Ern est Kamrath, J. Rutherford McNulty, Ada McRoberts, Ella Larson, Amanda Olsen, Dee McRoberts, Elma Graham, Hertha Meyers, Vera Creason, Murie llammelman... Hattle Hammelman, Charles Haworth. Clara Harbison, Lil lie Jonsrud, Nora Milan. Myrtle Lo rtnx, Walburga Kraxberger, Ruby Harms, Drexel White, Iner Seeley, Rosa Jaeger, Chester Seeley, James O'Keefe. Owen Scott, Estelle Stuart, Edna Standinger. Joseph Keyrer, Mar-j ion Glnther, Rosett Barney, May nearer and nearer to the docks, hats were waved from the little line of spectators, ropes were drawn taut The inspector was standing at the bottom of the gangway as they all passed down. He shook hands with everyone vigorously. Then he pre sented Lenora with hsr carnations and Laura with the poinBettias. Lenora was enthusiastic. Even Laura mur mured a few words of thanks. "Some flowers, those poinsettlas," the Inspector agreed. Quest gripped him by the arm. Trench," he said, "I tell you I shall make your hair curl when you hear all that we've been through. Do you feel like having me start ln right away. on our way to the cars?" French withdrew his arm. j "Nothing doing," he replied. "I want to talk to Miss Laura. You can stow that criminal stuff. It'll wait all right You've got the fellow that's what matters!" Quest exchanged an amused glance with Lenora. The Inspector and Laura fell a little behind. The former took off his hat for a moment and fanned himself. 'Say, Miss Laura," he began, "I'm a plain man, and a poor hand at speeches. I've been saying a few nice things over to myself on the dock here for the last hour, but everything's gone right out of my head. Look here, it sums up like this: How do you feel about quitting this bunch right away and coming with me to New York." "What do I want to go to New York for?" Laura demanded. "Oh, come on, Miss Laura, you know what I mean," French replied. "Well slip off and get married here and then take this man Craig to New York Once get him safely in the Tombs and we'll go off on a honeymoon anywhere you say" Laura was on the point of laughing at him. Then the unwonted serious-' ness of his expression appealed sud-1 denly to her sympathy. 8he patted him kindly on the shoulder. "You're a good sort, Inspector, but you've picked the wrong girl. I've run along on my own hook evor since I was born, I guess, and I caa't switch my Ideas over to this married stuff. You better get a move on and get Craig back to New York before he CHAPTER XXVI. Quest took the dispatch which tbe hotel clerk handed to him one after noon a fortnight later, and read It through without change of expres sion Lenora, however, who waa by his side, knew at once that it con tained something startling "What Is ltr she asked He passed his arm through hers and led her down tbe hall to where the professor and Laura were Just wait ing for the lift. He beckoned them to follow him to a corner of the lounge. "There's one thing I quite forgot, a fortnight ago," he said, slowly, "when I suggested that we should none of us look at a newspaper until the time we were in California. Have you kept to our bargain, professor?" "Absolutely!" "And you, girls?" "I've never even seen one," Lenora declared. "Nor I." Laura echoed. "I made a mistake," Quest con fessed. "Something has happened which we ought to have known about You had better read this message or, wait, I'll read It aloud: To Sanford Quest, Garfield Hotel, San Diego. Injured In wreck of Mm- i Ited. Recovered consciousness today. Craig reported burned In wreck Cut think you had better come on, FRENCH, Samaritan Hospital, Allguez. "Say, when can we start?" Laura exclaimed excitedly. Lenora clutched at Quest's arm. "I knew It," she declared simply. "I felt perfectly certain, when they left San Francisco, that something would happen. We haven't see the end of Craig yet" Quest, who bad been studying a time-table, glanced once more at tha dispatch. "Look here," he said, "Allguei isn't so far out of tbe way If we take the southern route to New York. Let's get a move on tonight" Laura led the way to the lift She was In a state of rare discomposure. "To think that all the time we've been glddylng round,' she muttered, "that poor man has been lying In hos pital! Makes one feel like a brute." "THE HANDS." Lenora was perhaps the calmest She almply nodded with the melan choly air of satisfaction of one who finds her preconceived ideas con firmed 'I knew it!" she exclaimed softly "I knew It at the depot. Craig s time 1 haa not come yet He may bo some where near us, even now." She glanced uneasily around the ward. Quest, who had been examln- fe ' f f ' V, - l I ' v ' WW1' rf I ML 1 M , with the grub, cookie." Silently the man rilled each dish with the ttew and laid It In Ita place. Then he retired to tho background and the cowboys commenced their meal. Long Jim winked at the others as he picked up a biscuit. "Cookie, you're no good." he called out. "The stew's rotten. Here, take this!" He flicked the blsrult. which caught the cook on the tide of tho head. For a moment the man started With his hand upon his temple ho flashed a look of hatred towards his assailant. Long Jim laughed carelessly. "Say, cookie," the latter went on, "where did you get them eyes? Guess we'll have to tame you a bit." The meat was soon over, and Jim strolled across to where the others were saddling up. Ho passed hla left arm through the reins of bis horse and turned once more to look at Craig "Say, you mind you do oottor to night young follow. . . Eh!" He stopped short with a cry of pain. The horse had suddenly started, wrenching at tho reins. Jim's arm hung helplessly down from the shoul der. "Gee, boys, he's broken It!" ho groaned "Say, this Is hell!" The cook suddenly pushed his wiy through tho little crowd. Ho took Jim's shoulder firmly In one hand and bis arm In the other. Tho cowboy howled with pain. 'let go my arm!" he shouted. "Kill him, boys! My God, I'll make holes ln you for this!" He Rnatched at his gun with his .her hand and the cowboys scattered a little. The cook stepped back, tho inn flashed out, only to be suddenly Craig lowered. Jlra looked Incredulously to- , wards his left arm, which hung no sterj in Dragging People , heIpIeMl- by , .,do. e Attl f- 1L n f rrvm me ourning vac .wunK lt backwardg an(J forwards, and lng the postmarks on the package, 1 a broad grin slowly lit up hla lean, threw the paper down. I brown face He thrust tho gun In his "The postmark's all blurred out," I holster and hold out his hand, he remarked. "There's no doubt about 1 "Cookie, you're all right!" he ex- It, that fellow Craig has tbe devil' claimed. "You've done the trick this own luck, but we'll get him we'll get time. Say, you're a miracle!" hfm yet. I ll just take a stroll up to j The cook smiled. police headquarters and make a few "Your arm was Just out of Joint," inquiries You might come with me, he remarked. "It was rather a hard Lenora, and Laura can get busy with pull, but It's all right now' her amateur nursing." j Jim looked around at the others. "I shall make Inquiries," the profes- "And to think that I might have sor announced briskly, "concerning killed bim!" he exclaimed. "Cookie, the local museum. There should bo you're a white boy. You'll do. We're Interesting relics hereabouts of the going to like you here." prehistoric Indians." ! Craig watched them ride off. The bitterness had passed from his face. CHAPTER XXVII. j Evening came nnd with lt a repetl- tlon of his labors. When everything A man sat on the steps of the range was ready to serve, he stepped from cook wagon, crouching as far back as behind the wagon and looked across possible to take advantage of its slight tbe rolling stretch of open country. Craig turned hit beud tluwly. Quest was In tho act of dismounting from hla hone. Ily hla aide was the pro fessor; Just behind, Lenora nnd Laura. Long Jim greeted them with rough cordiality. "Say, what aro you folk looking lor.' ' he demanded. Quest pointed to Craig. "We want thnt man," ho announced. "Thla la Inspector French from New York. I am Suuford Quett. ' There was a tento allenco. Craig covered bla face with his bands, then suddetily looked up "I won't come,'' he cried fiercely. "You've hounded mu all around the world. 1 am Innocent. I won't come.1 Quest shrugged hla shoulders. He took a step forward, but Long Jim, aa though by accident, aaunturod la the way. "Got a warrant?" be asked tersoly. "We don't need It." Quett replied. "He' our man, right enough." "Right thla minute he our cook," drawled Long Jim, "and we ain't ex actly particular about going hungry Just to please a bunch of strangor. Cut it short mister. If you ain't got a warrant, you ain't got this man." "All right," Quest agreed. "The In spector here and I will soon see to that. Wo'll ride back to the town ship. With your permission, the ladles and our eldorly frlond wilt romaln for a roBt." "You're welcome to anything we've got except our cook," Jim roplled, turning away. . . " Darkness came early and the little company grew closer and closer to tbe camp fire, where Craig had onco more takon up his violin. The professor had wandered off somewhere Into the darkness and tho girls were seated a llttlo apart. They hnd been treated hospitably but coldly. 'Don't seem to cotton to us, these boys," Laura remarked. "They don't liko us," Lenora repllod, "because they think we aro after Craig. I wonder what Long Jim has been whispering to him, and what that paper is ho has been showing Craig. Do you know how far we are from the Mexican border?" "Not more than five or six mllos, I bolievo," Laura replied. Lenora rose softly to her feet and strolled to the back of tho range wagon. In a few moments she reap peared, carrying a piece of paper la her hand. She stooped down. "Craig's saddling up," she whis pered. "Look what he dropped." She held out the paper, on which was traced a roughly drawn map. "That line's tho river that mark the Mexican border," she explained. "You see where Long Jim' put the The older of the two deputlea ap proarhrd them, frowning. "Hevn at your game again, l-ong Jim?" he began. "I hear you derllned to hand over a criminal who'd been ihelterlng on your ranch? You'll gel Into trouble before you've finished " "Got tho warrant r Jim asked. Tbe deputy produced it. l-ong Jim looked at It curiously and banded It bark. - "Guesa the only thing you want, then, la tho man." "Hotter produce him qulrkly," the deputy advised. Jim turned away. "Can t do It. Ho boat It." "You nieau that you've let blm go?" "U'l him go?" Jim reieatcd. "I ain't got no right to keep him. He took the Job on a nioment'a not Un nnd ho left at a moment a notice. TIhtc'i ome of your party after him, all right." The hunted man turned round with a little gasp. Ili-fore him wua the rudu mountain bridge, and on the oilier aide freedom. Srarrely a doi en lengtha away waa Lenora, and rlose behind ber came Quett. Ho slackened iped at be walked bla horao cautiously on to tho planked bridge. Suddenly he gavo a llttlo cry. The frail atructuro. unexpectedly In secure, seemed to sway beneath hla weight. Lenora, who waa riding fait, waa unable to stop herself. She came on to the bridge at a half canter. Craig, who had reached the other side In safety, threw up bla hands. "Look out! " he cried. "My God!" The bridge suddenly collapsed as though it hail been mndo of paper, lenora, grasping her horao, was thrown Into the stream. Quest, gal loping up, wa only able to check III in- ajr04a"fillil,Ua1i r hi m i i.ifciBh,. ' After the Wreck Another Warning. aelf Just ln time. He flung himself from his horse and plunged Into tho stream. It wa several moments be fore he was able to reach Lenora. From the opposite bank Crnlg wntchod them, glnnclng once or twice at the bridge One of the wooden pillar had boon sawn completely through. "Are you hurt, dear?" Quest gasped, as he drew Lenora to the bank. She shook her hend. "Just my side. Did Craig get away?" Quest looked gloomily acrtiss the stream. "Craig' In Mexico, right enough." ho answered savngnly, "but I'm be ginning to fool thnt I could fetch blm back out of holl!" (TO DK CONTINUED.) 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