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:EDAR SWAMP

I roj-»lty—Mar • wuia »«reMm«T ! tb* prlc* of tv*rj bottlf MU." Tfcf Portna fao.Ur oonM««4 tb» on. lam* and coosfortabl. rfsalr I ia !k» cabin oa Porta** Crvak. Il ' *' aad ovMo ' Uw

J. Phillips «*lo>v> Vrf HaaQr J^y Laa

. With tha tan* of th. p.itM and the wU4 croath of the bar “ kr m-

Ha ««rn»d‘u. Eddt* “Mr. Pbrbaa. I h»»# r««a^4-

_ * r«* I ah all aar >* " thal uj , «r • with you that atcbl." -Dad!" Inplorvd Baadoiph “■a aUani!" commandad JWtar.

Sddi« '

a *o with VK 1 BOOSBI (be liquor. He •waanX aa aouch to blaow. by a •one way. aa 1 wn» That * why «-|HM Mill" | "He at ail iaara ^onalbimy c< hu

» (eH tae that Kind which Randolph dlecoTered near Lona Pora«e U 01 powr pmiiarty Hi* JudsBorprUr wa* obcloaaly renulne “Il certainly la. Ran laft «

•Mlaeral Med*

That th# art la ysM t- n aa anor earth by Indiana and arttlara I ady mMeetal eeatain.a* aa»

P—rrtrard U rtiMrtnaiiani aad t»dl*ewt»oa and thins* !lk» that.

a . pr,.,. vpM atoekbaider tn the Mineral Medina# Ovpuratioe by death of y*nir aacle When th* analyrfa at ay atoS proved (KMwefct row alsht want

when Randolph aad* bit report I ehouid certainly have * look you op. Apparently to be rather clwly aamrated. Mr. pv>rb«a. Had you tho at any baala of dot nr htalt aay a anl# at thin mound

right to u»T"

walk in* When you’rt warned that i the

enthualaatlc about

•Eye# clear, color vary Rood;

voice a trifle weak and purge : lav rinaldlty and feeble inhlative. I- r.epecHve. a little adf-ccm-arruu*. and unimportant by the

nallinr of brear. cmmha" Ta* paid doctor* Urge faM | for telling toe the aatne thi - «,

be naM. "I wish

rite tl _ I n- la eartxM about that.”

Patay aat la hta U> heV kn— Y<x,r r*M Intereau me aad 1*0 well ^upta iMtrchlw" H» at^ “•»* •* aflaMtos

bar; bar bead o:. hb r °?,

1 ahall expect .he «

"You're Mr Bennett, really need la a good hard J*.. Beery morning you know exactly

•or* " to conduct aa outhool tor glrU.. moving it

front Michigan io Florida with

There waa no tjuoetion of her

mekln* a atmecas of U. be aaid.

atarv ah as " —

by a clap of that aemn to ahake (be HP Rorrylng to the window he found that the rtortn had already broken, aad that It would be InpoMlble /or hkn to catch

th* S-eiet

He turned on the light* and sat down to think. The roof ana wall* rang tinder the downpour

her vitality, her I and he decided thal after all to e confidence with #pend th# night in an abandoned

which she viewed the future. i fcouae would be a lark. I »l*b you all pood luck." he; The atonn abowel no «igna of ■aid arhen they reached the hotwe abating and aa algbtfall deep-

■rf th* friend ahe wag vixltlng.! ened the

yell that rang eerily through the bouae. In (be hall Archie turned oa the light* and gaining the landing fired *1 the moating figure m It lurched toward the front door. At th* crack at th* gun the fugitive atopped abort, clapped hi* hand to t>H> ahonlder

Macing th* he, , «kt stole though"':

Tb* camp will b* a great ,

E bln*

sprang

Feeling: 1

and

through the front nett heard Immediately the quick patter of hi* feet on tb* walk. The lock bore no evidence of having been forced. Tb* frame rf th# photograph of the young girl that had ao charmed him lay ‘ ' ■* Bennett

even no. be lying fl 7* 5 M

of that. Thla ha* I tw inge* of hunger, b- explored

been the happiest evening Tv* 1 the kitchen pantry. Th# Congapent alnee- ” don* had left a wcll^locked

'®n®* you began taking every- ’ lerder and, finding bacot

tblnr ao hard? Pleawe gait Hi tag on your life aa a burden; try to get some fun out of It!” ••Don't forget m# In the rush of thins*! And particularly don’t forget that not# at tnatroctionir Pm ©relating on that! If I don't **t 11 I will be terribly disap-

pointed.'

gravely, then

por»u#d the thread. “and I’ll study uj. raUfedOeding with Davsnan: He'* a good old wont, after all. Pal. He apokfta»d like a awn tat threatening to Ucfc m# over the bottle (hat aqunrrbead got. W*H Me#

"But the dam

all under water?''

WoaX thM be

I a few a

Mot an outright «a!e, I m gatllnr some money t with. 1 y arn now for a

Judge.

"They wont Mart Mast HUH on until a year «r<«m next April Ma ton* My* w< may have thia I'm going to buy a ranch from thqm aMbewhere near bora. They hav# a lot of acreasfi they need above the new water 1 •Tan'l I; .ondaMWr* aighed Patay Jan# in utter foatetrt.

In the hall Archie turned on all the light* aad gaining the landing fired at th* retreating figure M P. lurched toward the front door.

HI* •

wonderful afi )

wbiapered. THE END.

RLACKSHEEP!

dkaJ Xy Aiaredith bRchobon -

•• I that kill*.

Pat.” now up i {Wall Rtrw-t and aklp with a , satchclful at negotiable aaeurltiw ana then after tb* paper* were through ragging the police for their IneCtdency you would drive up to the bank in a taxi, j walk in and return the money. ; Baying you bad found it In the old family pew at Trinity when . you went in to My your prayers! ! Here would be an opportunity to break the force of habit and

"Am 1 to undeivn .d that you practice don't

this

dig for

a life-

Mre Howard gfigthafl—* ■peat much time thinking up ttfagg for her brother. Archibald

" aa Arehii

"The o* ner belong* to that old New England CongJon family."

. • , . . . . Mra. Kf»thex*tone explained; l^v*!**’ bachelor brother.; d ,„ frool , h . t^tnoio, of «*w«ao**d her ocmuniMtonB in -g thenj are a are unfaUlcgly mUMb. | TOU :t renting a how* from

i that family it 1 * JuM as well to

"The agent who's been looking: i,.* into It carafully. All right. Sp a summer houa# for u» *ay*, May. I'll fnwert the praraieea for

this m an unuiual opportumiy ! ..

'J-'? “w - *** ‘° l V ' Arrble wa* already menUlly

** B * U * y Harb-ti and this on* 4 »[p|» nll | n€ the detail* of his trip ygM-riedly on the market ; „, h hu C u»ioaary rxactnaaa. He | Bmrd* almpiy awaanped ; traveled eoaataaUy in the InterWO»fi -ADd w-d all appreciate H j ^ health and knew train M imp could run up dhMwfW ua^l hj heart J

4Vw’ t< ^ho' h“d a I Archie # cond.tKm waa alway#

td took hp joh i * •£'»’•*«! .!°b ,c

My, ware

•tie .-rother

coaverastion

Mr*. FMtbervtone, in

•■« on earth io do. U wae «mt-; tfc * • ufcJBCl “ b, \ ©‘With

pantly fitting that be should **• T haven't much fs’th In thP

■sate MM* of Featbarsume'a do- idea of foot

- Wmatte harden*. Arehi- had I Rocklc#; you know you tried the •tanned to toave for tb# Cat,a Alp* five year* ago and th* altjg

dies Korkle* two day* later, but j tude nearly killed you

[ l*e

Hart

r bouse

Archie amtlad wanly. "I i

Purled

realUfes the dreai

Talk about the rmnanev

being dead! My grandfaLher wa* a planter in Mtsalarlppi before the Civil War. tn about 1860 he s-iw trouble ahead, and as he

watch the gan!',"

StoomUy.

To took at him m-

believe that be had a nerve In a tall frame. One* a friend rrled blpr off to a fai m where auiocratie athletir trainer re tu Venn ted Dead business men

..... f.. .... ‘“‘k ■•kere Im opening my

turn*d everything he had Into gold, bought sevemt tracts at land in Michigan and New York and secretly planted hi* money.

and hardened and f<.hn« bettei

Uft" nLt'Igtar^tf wtateraJ^ ^ th « ^ b ^ a ' t 6wn

5.V2S " !S3i !~-r —

an invalid, hr re- .- No| m 1art Vou ^

grandfather made bis will In whr

■ blnk | of bln

Dewed hi* acquaint:-.!. with the waiting room* of *periaii»t*

"There will be a few people In >

time and only divided the land.

Mug afraid

for dinner tonight. remarked ,, url ^ d

! lr * I that would become a public ree-

go; very ■topic, you know. , a,.*.. and Howard Just telephoned that i " b dl ^'

m't |

Ibly v

ThM

moat exciting.

I , l , “ only unfort unnle that it's ( pirate goW to give net to 3

. * enterprise."

"Oh. the pirate la the story In a cotwin of mine, who inherited { th# land up near the 8t. U

Died to #11 •

the ddellnv

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All tight. May 1 was going to haw dinner with Weld and Coburn, but if you rv-ally want me -" i

"Oh. that's perfectly fine ot _ , h „„. , .. -- will be h#re: you know wbc’, the !rf ' ■ ”**• g dearest girl, and 1 alw.y.j ^ <11 » th'ought you raally did like her I . m f. f* nd '.. ““k 1 uo ! r * 1

Her fathei lost all hts money be-, “‘I. fore be died and rbe's i,*d gj w - h 7 ■■ pedtion a* gymnasium tcach#r _ 1

In Ml*. OordOBh acb-*.! This

summer she's to run * klrM* off", camp up in Mlrbiga.-- aad ehe! r>f .

can't help making a splendid sue-

1 rather a dishing

CHAPTER n

Archie didn't know that the note caused Isabel a great deal of trouble. She mu-'. write a note that would not require an answer; this ahe felt to be Imperatively demanded by tb# circumstances. She thought Archibald Ben'iait a nice fellow and ahe was a©Try for him. but no more and no Ima eorry than would have been for any one else who failed to find the world a pleasant place to live in. Something a IHtle cryptic, yet some thing that would discourage further confidences without woundIng him—this would solve the

Finally she fait 1

11 m

her beat hand.

He either fears his fat* too much. Or his desert* are anall. That darea not put It to tb* touch To gain or lose it all.

After reading the lines aloud several times she decided that they would serve her purpose ad mirably and dispatched U to Mr. Bennett immediately. Tb note reached Archie Juat aa be wa* leaving his silt.rs bouae. lie had hoped for a long letter In the velr. of the girl'a chaffing humor, and the alxr of the missive was a distinct disap-

pointment.

He opened it guardedly, and bin face fell aa he pondered the vers# It was a neat, well-bred sisp at him as a man withoul initiative oik courage. At the dinner table ahe had expressed much the same thought that was coedr-nsed in th# venae, but th#

quotation unrelieved

•mile, this v

tnd that the

and bread, he decided that the

cooking at aupper would be a;agreeable con*eq< Jolly Incident of the adventure, j counter. He 1 In arranging the table hr found *- —— —*

a telegram under a pi«t# at what he assumed io be Mrs. Oocgdon's place. HI* curiosity overcame bis Tuples and be read lb* mes-

mind to oomlder th* graver buslleaa of bow to avoid the dl»-

ot hi* Ml

New York. June 10. 1017. Mrs. AIM* B. Oongdon, Bailey Haibor. Maine. Your letter has your charerteristic touch of cruelty. We may as well part now and, be done with it. But tb* children you tot have. Ramomber that 1 relinquish none of my right* on this point. 1 demand that you surrender Edith at once and 1 will communicate with you later about the euatury of Hamid unmch time as he I* old enough

Putney Oongdon. The cautious hint of the taxi driver that domestic dlffleulUe* were respooKiblr for the breaking up of the Oongdon household found here a painful corre-

lating on tho affair

After

for a few

with the preparation of his per. He wished Isabel could see him and know that for once tb. routine of his life had been interrupted only to find hb imeful and the ea*y master u<

hU fate.

He made a point of washing the diabea and putting them care fully away. Three matter* attended to. he roamed over the bouae which now had a new interest for him ■nee the Oongdon fsmlly skeleton bad come oul of Its eloeet and danced round the dinner table. In a drawer of the deok wa* an automatic platol and a box of cartridges. ThU Archie threat Into his pock., thinking It not a bad Idea to b

prepared for Inraeicj.

Then he ewit-.ned hff the light* tn the towrr rooms and eetahli»b.'<1 himself In the guest chamber. He we* halt asleep when be was roused by footsteps

on the veranda below.

CHAPTER m

It was dose upon midnight and the presence of n prowler on the premises caused hi* heart to gallop wildly. He seised the pUwd. crept to the window a ‘ peered cautloualy but. when sound in the room below renewed hu alarm. He gained the door in two Jumps- He could bear the opening and dMlng of drawers and aaa the flash at on electric lamp aa the Intruder moved swiftly about. Then through the vert alienee at the big bouse the unknown gave voice to his anger and disappointment:: "We-'!. I'll b* damned!" A eriea o quick on the wall gave warning of the intruder* - -

pe !ro*a Bailey

Harbor before daybreak, and be - upstairs and hurriedly br-

and

Jam to fortify hlmw* for

his Journey.

Hr bod shot and perhaps killed a man. and bis mind

hav* fired th- 1

likely would not have motested further, fallow in a

that had apUntsrad tb* mirror had really been meant fot him. and It bad struck with

r good night to her 1

his sent

; her

pamed you on the street other day and made frantic

is to nttra

"Nothing Ilk# that for nwl it —she betilaied and aalt :h mock gravity, "if you're am

th# mght a], or tb.

•■©*•■»# fatigue, you wight loki me home. That will add a tuih to ywur pres, t (pilot, but you can

cautious and w«_ u „ the uncarp#ud tread# of the atalr •till sending oooa»!onaJly . b#r

.-lerv -uw

rzm-hS. ” 'T."ss2 ^

when h# reflected that tbtr may i fi*»h clipped the ilmrk ? aBd ' A have bwn the wrong reading and .,7nt T^hin # ^.e^ *" ,D J

very different from th# sen*.- #he ti*^' ,he waH

mrent to convey. HI. #plriU i .wIKh Arcble cou^ ^ W ■ '-red a# he dwlded that the last I aaft raaolnc over^rtli? J^f r U line »*» intendvd to be read un I** ■ brokenly and that It constituted j flooded with SKtv JS" 0 a challenge Bung a. him with . glaTe l‘^L^T. 1 -“ d V M of her head. - -aeh of her d.‘rhn« hefc* £ Tn U h, ” wn ejr ** doorway and he rw£S hi arm Arrhl. wo# lulled to *!• «p by' and luo-o-d hu hand over hi* ryes

encouraging thought that) to shield (hem from the light.

- had dune

v-dL-m bimmovlng *d-

I'cloek be

in .

M to as# my afgnab." I wa# taking my watt.” he

nosered.

'My watt!'” ah# repeated ti apeak as though you had a lopoiy of lha' form of #*- ## 1 .-oust soy yon didn't sp

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hi# pulse aa# regular.

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The burglar* shoulder

“ ** *•*■<» ntArhcle'. figure * btch rMected in a I. mirror The eyre of the two c met. the sax# of each grlnoiar

and holding ,b». thf

Then swiftly the Intruder Jerked s p.rtol from hi# pocket and ared point blank Into the mlrrer. The

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