The DESTROYING ANGEL
I By LouLs Joseph Vane
Thoy worn precisely ns thoy timl
boon, wltlilii n certain distance of ono
Fate plays stranoe tricks. Do you ever stop to consider that eemln0ly trivial Incidents sometimes chnngs
the whole course of a person's llfif missing a train at a Junction point; suffering a slight Injury that bo.
comes Infected and necessitates amputation of a limb; a few words of back-fence gossip a stolen kiss- a mis
understood letter, etc Fate continues to play strange tricks on Whltaker. '
Previous Installments of "The Destroying Angel" told how Hugh Whltaker, thinking he faced death, mar.
jied an Innocent girl to save her honor and left the country Immediately. Flvo years later he reanncared
In New York, robust and wealthy, and found an old friend, Drummond, engaged to marry his supposed widow
now a famous actress known as Sara Law. She disappeared. Drummond Is thought to have committed sul!
clde, as her previous lovers had done. Whltaker learned he was endangered by mysterious naents and went
,?nt.ry p,ace -f MarUn Ember' h,8fr,end- Drummond turned up, a raving morphomS an Tried
to kill Whltaker, who was helped by a beautiful Miss Flske. "rpnomaniac, ana tried
CHAPTER XII Continued.
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"The most nmlnblc person I know!'
ho cried. elntel. "Greetings I"
She paused by the steps, looking up,
n fascinating vision.
"You're able to stand without assist
nnce?"
"As a matter of fact. I can raovo
only at the cost of excruciating agony."
She considered him with a sober faco
nnd smiling eyes. "I don't believe you.
You're n fraud. Besides. I didn't
come to see you at all ; I came to find
out why Mr. Ember dares so to neg
lect me. Did you deliver my Invito
Hon?"
"I did. unwillingly. He was deso
lated, but he couldn't accept had to
run back to town Immediately after
dinner."
"He's as great n fraud ns you are.
Hut since he Isn't here. I shall go."
"Please I'm famished for human so
ciety. Have pity. Sit down. Tell me
where you've been with the boat."
"Merely to the head of the bay to
have the gasoline tnnks filled. A most
boresome errand. If I promise to come
over this evening nnd play you a rub
ber or two will you penult me to go
home now?"
"On such terms I'll do anything you
can possibly suggest." lie declared, en
chanted. "But . . . how will you
get here? Not alone, through the
woods! I can't permit that."
"Klsie shall row me down the shore
nnd then go back to keep cook com
pany. Sum Fat can see me home if
you find It still necessary to keep up
the Invalid pose."
"I'm afraid," lie laughed. "I shall calj
my own bluff. . . . Must you really
go so soon?"
"Good afternoon." she returned de
murely; and ran down the steps nnd
off to her boat.
Smiling quietly to himself, Whltaker
watched .her cast the boat off, get un
der way, and swing It out of sight be
hind the trees. Then his smile wavered
and faded and gave place to a look of
acute discontent. Three mortnl hours
to fritter away In profitless nutlcipn
tion ...
At seven Whltaker was merely nerv'
ous.
By eight he was unable to sit still.
Half an hour later the house was too
small to contain hltn. He found lilni
self at the end of the dock, tingling
with Impatience, but finding some little
consolation In the restless sweep of
the wind against his face and body. He
could see little a mere suggcstloiwof
tlie shore line picked out with the dim,
semlphosphorescent glow of breaking
wavelets. Somo minutes elapsed. The
pallor of the east grew more marked,
Whltaker fancied he could detect
figure moving on the Flske dock.
Then, startled, he grew conscious of
the thick drone of a heavily-powered
motor boat near Inshore. Turning
quickly, he discovered a black, vague
shape not twenty yards from where ho
stood, showing neither bow nor side
lights: a stealthy and mysterious ap
parition creeping toward the dock with
something of the effect of an animal
about to spring.
And Immediately he heard a man's
voice from the boat, abrupt with anger:
"Not tills place, you ass the next."
"Shut up," another voice replied,
'There's somebody on that dock."
At the same time the bows of the
boat swung off and the shadow slipped
away to westward toward the Flske
place.
A wondering apprehension of some
nameless nnd desperate enterprise,
somehow Involving the wornnn who
obsessed his thoughts, crawled in Whit
niter's mind. Automatically lie turned
back, lot himself down to the beach,
nnu began to pick his way toward tho
I'isko dock, half running despite his
stiff ankle. But lie had not gone half
tho wny before he pulled up with a
thumping heart, startled beyond ex
pression by n cry In the night a cry
of wild appeal and protest ringing
clear down the wind, a voice whoso
tlmbro was unmistakably that of a
woman : "Aux secours ! Aux secours I"
Twlco It cried out, and then was
hushed ns grimly as tho first Inco
herent screams. No need now to guess
nt what was towards; Whltaker was
running, heedless of his Injured foot
pitching, slipping, stumbling, leaping
somehow making progress.
By now tho moon had lifted abovo
the beach high enough to aid him some
what with Its waxing light ; and, look- j
lug ahead, ho could distinguish dimly i townnl nn ..... .... ..
Omiira nlmnt IU .InM, ..... . - "HO UIO
seemed to bear out his most 'cruel twor tliro" El !&L
fears. Tho power boat was pnssably Ing of tho n
distinct, her white side showing plainly from Jrtuo?," ,i i1f.?.,h..,,norHl
through tho tempered darkness.1 Mid- ne. VtoT ' or , , TnL tZ
way down tho dock he made out .true- In width ,Z 1
Bung figures two or them, ho Judged: and n mllrnmi . V. . .
n man nt close grips with n frantic o n M.. .r.?'k- .At. ,ho fnr 1
woman. And whero tho
Joined tho land, n second pal
man nnd a woman, strove nnd swayed, visible hcadi, n V .. , u"
.- ..no stui ii imr iiuny yarns nwnv I'm.,,.. .... .: -
when the struggle on tho dock ended .!.... WX ... ..! .. T.cn.
abruptly with the collapse of tho worn- co t.lc wa ers w f , ""lo 1
an; It was as If, ho thought, her ro ' V, biufi ' . ' " ."'n nnr"
strength had failed all In an Instant- ul . ".VV10. v" Shore
as If she had fainted. He saw the man now br ht nn.i IT . . fnr'
catch her up In his arms, whore sho inr Tc. .. "ml t,(,,,r . Shelter
limp nnd unresisting, and with this their linn L 'V' . " t""P,'eU
burden step from the stn.ro to tho hnnt . .. . ' ' "Ks uni:liiRly with Its rac-
and disappear from sight beneath tho ti,Y ..7 '.."J10" nu"' .w'h " "Mutac
coaming. An Instant later he renn- Lr,..".., i T ., 'ro "" between con
es
po-
Rheumatism Yields
another, lolling on nnd over on llko Only rllCUmntic sufferers know
strungo misshapen spirits doomed (o .t, ., r !i. .1
tun an endless race Tho harsh, shape- tho nfiony Of its tlnrtrng paiM,
uciiiiig juuua or iwisung cortis.
Out somo few Imvo not known that
SC01TS
EMULSION
with all his might. Tho other Jumped , , , , w "
from his sent, only to ho thrown hack UnS DCen COrrOClinff tlllS troublo
as tho tittle vessel swung hroadMido to when other treatments Imvo
Iho son, heeling until who lay almost on ,rl., fn:,l
her bourn ends. Tho next Instant sho y. k,ialLa'
teased, Increillhly, to movo hung mo- . m IS essentially blooddood
tlonless In that resistless surge, an ,n 8lJcn conccntrrtled form
nmiulng. stupefying spectacle. It "t ,lt9 oil gets into tho blood to
hoouied minutes beforo Whltaker could nllevinto this stubborn malndy.
force his wits to comprehend that sho Get a bottle of Scott's Emul-
less light of Imminent dtty nlono tnniiu
factured n color of difference: Whit
nker now was nblo to seo tin two dark
nlin pes tho nien In dm body of tho lend
lug bout. Now suddenly tho mnn nt
Iho wheel cried out something In a ter
rible volco of fright, so high nnd vehe
ment that It oven carried back against
tho booming galo for Whltaker to hoar.
Simultaneously ho put tho wheel over,
nan struck and lay transfixed upon
somo submerged rock or reef.
A long, gray roller swept upon and
over her, brimming her cockpit with
foaming water. As It passed ho saw
peareu. standing nt full height In tho of Gnr.iin .X . ' V... 'oupl'frwl
cocupu. without warning his arm Uiftn... .... " " ,- ,m,r r""vo
straightened out nnd n tongue of llamo bio r..i . V a"",K,',I : s"" ",0 'Vr0
jetted from his hand; there was a re Yh i ' b. 7 t"Sl""n'
port; In the same breath a bullet burial , c,mso r""ded tho buoy
Itself tn the low earth bunk on WMf
nker's right. Heedless, tin fielfnfl nn
The shot seemed to slirnnl tho emi nt
the other struggle nt the landing stage.
Scarcely had It rung out ere Whltaker
saw tlie man lift n fist and dnsh tt
nrutaiiy into the woman's fnce. With
out n sound nudible at that dlstanco
sho reeled nnd fell nway; whllo tho
''u-M Ul fll II Ml I I M I .... . .
i'dngs might lune been expected to
on to Fisher's l.sin,l nr 7 ........?.'
Wl" ,ou"ri ' Connecticut littoral,
they swung off southing south of east
-a course that could lead them uo
whero but to the lmtn.i.siM..u .i.
sea Itself. " u
Whltukcr's breath caught In his
vn tit ill , iiiiu iiu l , sti 11
.. .... I IIIIUIIE HH 111 ov .1.1 .
siuiu iuiiiuu. ran swirriv nut tn tun m - " viiuuiiuu iiiim sriirri lit .
oi me iioci:, cast off the headwnm nnd V " T" "u B110"K a dubious, vnstlv
Jumped aboard the boat. troubled head. But lie held on grimly
sue Degan to sheer off as Whltnker UI u,ru 'urebodlngs.
. ... i iinrii tttr r .
iooi upon me stage. She was twen- n V, , ul" u""t,r l"o '-'0 of
ty feet distant when ho found himself . 8 ,slnMU. " heavier run of
sion or ndviso nn nilintr
menu, wo alcohol.
Tlie Norwcelnii cl llrtr oil In
3otl' Crouttlun U now rtflnnl In our
own Amcrlcnn Ubornlnilrt whleU
niakct II turc ami iwiUUblc,
Scolt k llownc, llloomfltM, tt, j, 7-jj
QUIT MEAT IF YOUR
KIDNEYS ACT BADLY
Take tnblcspoonful of Stills if
Mack hurts or Hltuidcr
bothers.
Wo nro a nation of ment ontiim and
our blood Is filled with urla ncld, says
a wall-known authority, who warns us
to bo constantly on guard ngntnst kid
ney troublo.
Tho kldnoys do tholr utmost to frco
tha blood of this Irritating acid, but
become weak from tho overwork; thoy
got sluggish; tho ollmlnatlvo tlssuos
clog nnd thus tho wnsto Is retained In
tho blood to poison tho ontlro system.
Whon your kldnoys acho and fool
llko lumps of lead, nnd you have sting
ing pains In tho back or tho urlno Is
cloudy, full of sodlmont, or tho bind
dor Is Irritable, obliging you to nook
rollof during tho night; when you hnvo
sovoro headaches, norvous and dlrxy
BtlOlln. lnel)IOHHnnnil l.nM ulntnnMi nr
Aboard tho Moving Boat an Automatloj rheumatism In bad wonthor, got from
Fluttered. your pharmacist about four ounces of
. . , , . Mad Halts; tnko a tnbloBpoonful In a
linlf-drowncil men relenso tho class of wntmr imforn hrnnWnat nh
tho
. ..l . : I wnvna .. . . "l
E 1 .r.?f '!ls almoVt MMrS'r;,. U n ,('.w,,,c" I !. ? day. VoJr m.
i.r..c V ,i i . . . "c,1r' "e natolv n ..n ,.f V turiu- iiivoiiiuiary imimiso to escape being npys win net lino. This famous salU
uiraMieii uio tur with Impotent arms; " ol" ot 'OOK'. smooth, slow sirmil nwnv ..r..,..i.i n... -ni.i.. I in mmln frnm fli n until ft cm nnm n n.l
n fair mark, his white garments shlulnc ..,0UlUL'r,,,S rollers, as yet not nnurv. roof, nmi with ,.. nnr.t ni.n...i.,.. lomon Julco. combined with lithla. and
briK-lit against the dnrk background of , v nMd "f rtn for " that, ono would themselves to the will of the next wnvo Una bcwn u,,0,, for Kcnorntlons to fltiali
the laud. Aboard the moving boat an , vo, rro"'o with a quartering to follow. As It broke over t'ho boat 'n"lato cloggod k'dnoys. to nou
automatic fluttered, spitting ten shots ",n "mt ncnt a shower of spray alumni ,! ,.,... Vl frftl,I clds In urlno so U Is no
L"." ni:'.ny..Seco'?.Js- T"0 !"l!. WMt " Blln.o of their head and arms bob- Kr SI,0 XLL
Jnd Salts Is inoxponslvo nnd cannot
he stu nblcHl back to the land. ), ' ,. hm t0 t,IB 8kl" B,,lv- n,lt 1,0 " '' without pity or com- cent llthla-watcr drink, and nobody
On the narrow lienrh nmr l,n L (, i-UC Hour WHS D.nst irililnl i-f.r nnuutn,. it I... 1 1.1.. I pnn mnbn n mlxlnVn hv (nll..,- iimi
a small ilat-hntfrvinoil rnvl,nn in 1... m,u "e Strong air Wh lit) ntr In tm,n l.iu .-in ...111. n 1 . I occnnlnnallv tn benn Mm IH.I.w.v. olnnn
ie-rn nuoai. its bows aground as It "V'''"' . " u,llur They both ten fathoms deep without tin In- u,m
had been leff hr thn
sun mm moonlight, but tim
In the act of lnuneblnt? If. .Tnmntni. l,,ou,nB wl, " Insistent, tin ntermlt. with ,.iirU..u .i,i ......i , mce LltUo Job Fr Him.
down, Whitnker put his shoulder to tho 'cn.t forco 11 h'uI nt before dovclopeil. heart wrenched and raging at this dls-L!rh' 3,ni .,!0Br. rnl 80 Rlai
stem. A haze, vaguely opalescent, encirrle.l LmWv ..,.n.. .............. . yo4 v9. como' I'nthor Is no oxcltod
As he did so, tho other woman ! ' 0 '11:o Slost of absinthe. They had done what ihey coiiid for him ttUlwUM-
rousea, got unstendlly to her feet. "iicn 1110 twilight was themselves without oven hesitating to Ho Very woll Dot whafi ihn mil
screamed, then catching sight of him ".T, ,r '". , Whltaker was bare- release tho woman Imprisoned I in tho tor Sitli" Mml " U, mftl'
staggered to tils side. It was ns he had 'B"K uio icauing iiont. cabin
assumed tho maid, Ellse. il,u two s-'t-,"it'd ns If suspended, strug-
"M'sleurl" she shrieked, thnistlng a "Pnil Insects, tho one In
tragic face with bruised and blood- u,e mItlst' t,,e otncr ncnr lo clec of
stained mouth close to his. "Ah. " "Ulery P "ailed In by vapors,
m'sleur mndamc ces cnnnllles-Ia I" Tno cn(1 J"t beforo dnwn,
"Yes, I know," ho sold brusquely. w,u" n 8W"'"css that stunned tho foe-
"Get out of tho way don't hinder u " mougn ono saw tno nnked
Sho Why or I lust told him von
wanted to marry mo. nontnn Tmn.
script.
me!"
Tho boat was now nil afloat He
Jumped In, dropped upon tho mlddlo
thwart, nnd fitted the oors In tho rowlocks.
"But, m'sleur, what mean you to
do?"
"Don't know yet," he panted "fol
low keen them In sight"
The blades dipped ; he bent his back
to them; the rowbout shot away.
A glance over his bhoulder showed
Iilm the boat of tho marauders already
well away. She now woro running
lights; the red lamp swung Into view
as he glanced, like tin obsccno and sur
donlc eye,
wrath of God leap llko lightning from
tno si.-y.
Do you think that Miss Flske
Is In any way connected with
the Drummond Law - Ember -Whltaker
affair? If so, In what
manner?
AIRSHIPS NOW USE WIRELESS
Heretofore Messages Could Not Be Re
ceived on Account of Noise
Difficulty Overcome.
Upon his return to London from
Itnly, Gugllelmo Marconi, In an Inter
view with British Journalists, gnvo tho
following Information: "New develop
ments will not only mako wireless
communication In this war moro efll-
They were, then, making I c,ont ,lm" ovcr before, but will mnko It
eastwards. He wrought only tho moro
lustily with the onrs.
Ilopplly the I'isko motor boat swung
nt u mooring not a great dlstanco from
tho shore. Surprisingly soon ho had
tho small boat alongside. Hastily ho
disengaged tlie mooring hook, located
tho switch and started tho motor. Half
a mile away the red light was slipping
swiftly eastward over silvered' waters.
The Troublo leaped out llko n live
thing, settling to Its course with tho
fleet precision of nn arrow truly loosed.
Probably no more severo critic of his
own chlvulrlc foolishness over set him
self to succor a damsel In distress.
Withal ho entertained not tho shadow
of a thought of drawing back. As long
ns tho other boat remained In sight; as
long ns tho gasollno and his strength
held out; ns long as tho Troublo held
together nnd ho rotnlned tho wit to
guldo her so long Whltaker deter
mined to stick to tho wako of tho kid
napers.
A Ilttlo more than halfway between
their starting point and tho head of tho
bay, the leading boat swung sharply In
moro dllllcult for tho enemy to Inter
cept messages. Theso Improvements
will apply to Instruments In ncroplancs
and airships. Hitherto aeroplanes hnvo
been at a disadvantage with airships
In wireless work, for although they
were able to transmit messages, they
have not been nblo to recelvo them.
This was becauso tho receiving signal
was too faint to bo distinguished, be
ing drowned by tho nolso of the nero
pluno engine. Now wo Imvo been nblo
to strengthen tho receiving signal sulll-,
clcntly to enable messages to bo
taken."
No Older Than Your Faou.
Is truo In most cases. Then keep your
face fair and young with Cutlcura
Soap and touches of Cutlcura Oint
ment ns needed. For frco samples ad
dress, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, noston."
Sold by druggists and by innll. Soon
25, Ointment 25 nnd CO. Adv.
Plunkvlllo Society.
"Do you want a bit of socloty nows?"
"I gczzo."
"YOU know tho ladv VOU ntntnil wnii
coming to visit mo last wook."
"res, madam."
Shos gono." Loulsvlllo Courlor-
His Job.
"Please, mister, hnvo you got any
work for n poor mnn what nln't had
nuthln' to cut for thrco dnys?"
"What kind of work can you do?"
"I'm a demonstrator, mister."
"A demonstrator? And whnt do you
domonstrnto?"
"My best hold Is dcmonstrntln tho
superiority of teeth over victuals. Just
lead mo to u square meal nnd I'll show.
you a sample of my work' 1
The Lacquer Crop.
It la a popular notion that tho vnl.
unblo varnishes known as lacquers nro
vegcmblo products that exudo from
vnnouH irees of India and tho Hast
when thtlr twigs are punetured by n
cochineal Insect-
One l.lnd of gum Is. howov.n-. ncinnl. Journal.
ly produced by tho Insect Itself. Tho
mlnuto lurvao begin tosecreto tho gum To restore a normal action to Llvor,
as soon as they puncture tho tgnder Kldnoys, stomach and Bowols, tako
bnrk and begin to suck the plant Juices 7?,, d Toa' 1,10 ,nlltl horb laxative.
In fnvorablo circumstances tho rod ha! AU "KG'" Adv.
crcnon gradually envelops the Inrvn In
n luird lump, which protects It from
attack. Frequently, however, tho
Inrvno nro so crowded that a mass of
gum Is formed, and then tho unpro
tected Inrvao gradually die of storvfi
tlon or exposure.
Rxporlments hnvo shown thnt If thn
Inrvno were transferred at tho proper n,i i 1 . . flolt of.a ,,lDordor
season to bunches of straw iZSZ lA1
twigs in favorable situations, tho tor Plnrp,y n,,M,. t.u ' 1 Ai'
larvno would migrate to tho ender cures an "'5"'' V.'-"V.V.
branches undor tho best conditions, -to Impure blood or Innctlvo llvor Tho
Tho discovery has greatly Increnscd K?nnH of HBoaBO clrculato through tho
th6 production of lacquer In Indln. ll"od; tho llvor Is tho filter which por-
iiiim uiu Borms 10 ontor or not. Tho
Better Than He Hoped. vcr nollvo n'l "10 blood pure, and
woman with n strong senso of ilniv. rnirnin hnnin. 1 . .";n V. ou
"Yes " replied her husband, "when It tho "Discovery." it build! , up tho body
nrted I was afraid I wouldn't." Soll Tablot or Mquld form. If
juui uemur uoos not iiavo it, Bond 00
cts. for tho Tablots. Dr. V. M. I'lorco.
8elf Denial. uuiraio. w. y.
Great Is self denial. 'Llfo goes all i ' V,SB 1 caB?nt Pollots rogu-
A BAD WBECK of tho constitution
may follow In tho track of n dlaordor-
Btnrtcd
DallaB News.
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