Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1922, Page 12

ly ROBERT W. CHAMBERS ©1022 GEORGES BEGIN HERE TODAY. reputable camp dacks where he mystery of the priceless Flaming} After a few seconds Smith canie out. | Jewell. thonia by QUINTANA, the great international thief. He loses and writes to his } SARD, that-it is now held by Mike Clinch. JAMES DARRAGH, who has sworn reeorer the jewel for the count- ens, robs Sard, takes the letter and gors to Clinch’s cabin where he works under the name of HAL SMITH. He ts trailed by State ‘Troopers, but Eve, who knows his arrest will cause more trouble for her stepfather, warns him to hide While she deceives STATE TROOPER STORMONT. Go on With the Storr. CHAPTER IV When State Trooper Stormont came out on the edge of Owl March, the girl was kneeling by the water, wash- ing deer blood {rom her slender, sun tanned fingers. “What are you doing here?” she in- aquired, looking up over her shoulder with a slight smile. “Just having @ Jook around,” he said pleasantly. "That's a nice fat buck you have there.” “Yes, he's nice.” “You shot him?" asked Stormont. “Who else do you suppose shot him?" she inquired, smilingly, She rinsed her fingers agein and stood up, swinging her arms to dry her hands— a lithe, gray-shirted figure in her. boy- ish garments, straight, supple, and strong. Stormont smiled too, then becam> grave “Who else was here with you?” he asked quietly She seemed surprised. “Did you see anyb else?” ted, flushed, pointed down sphagnum. Smith's foot 1 there in damning contrast her own. Worse than that, Smith's pipe lay on an embedded log, and a rubber tobaceo pouch bes'de it She said with a slight catch in her breath: ‘It seems that somebody has n here Some hijnter, perhaps- a game war “Or Hal Smith,” said Stormont A painful celor swept the girl's face and throat. “The man, sorry for her looked awsy After a silence: “I know som> thing about you,” he sald gently And now that I've seen you—heard you speak—met your eyes—I know enough about you to form an opin.Sn. So I don't ask you to turn inform er. But the law won't stand for what Cinch is doing—whatever provocation he has had. And ho must not ald or xbet any criminal, or harbor any male- factor.” ‘The girl's features were expression- Jess. The passive, sullen beauty of her troyibled the trooper. “Trouble for Clinch means scrrow for you,” he sald. “I don’t want you to be unhappy. I bear Clinch no ill willl, For this reason I ask him, and I ask you too, to stand clear of this affair, * “Hal Bmith is wanted. I'm here to take him.” As she said nothing, he looked at the foot-print in the aphag: ‘Then his syes moved to the ne: im- print; to the next. Then he moved slowly along the water's edge, track- ing the course of the man he was fol- lowng. The girl watched him in silence until the plain trail led hira to the spruce thicket. “Don’t go in there!” she said sharp- ly, with an odd tremor In her voice. He turned and looked at her, then stepped calmly into the thickst.. And the next instant she was among tho spruces, too, confronting him with her rifle. “Get out of these woods He looked into the gir:’s white face. he said, “it will go hard with uu kil! me, I don't want you to ive out your life in prison.’” “I can’t help it. If you sen4 my father to prison he'll die, I'd rather cic myself. Let us alone, 1 tell you! ‘The man you're after is nothing to us. We didn’t know he had stuck up any- or wn i sold. deathly wa ously. “It's a good thing you hid, be- Builders’ vod cause there was a real man after you: If he’s nothing to you, why 40 vouland God help you if he eves ft RIFY ) || OW, EXcuUSeME-T AN'OF COURSE WHEN T DONT THINK YOU WANT point that rifle at mer [Spares eee ee i areata reas a eer Dip know You, } ( MY NONES 15 ALY Il y'Grt IN To SEE TH Doc Yo SEE THE Doctor! “I teff you he ts nothing to us. Dut] Efal Smith came out. ROT TOLERATE ENDICENT !! T'M WERE A PATIENT £ upset! 1 WUZ SES’ WONDERIN' THERE'S NOTHING WRONG H ad my father wouldn't betray a dog. Avd| “Pack in your meat,” said the girl ANY BEGGARS eens A paTienrt} || WHAT. 1S YouR. SUFFE! If HE WOULDN'T GIMME WITR YOUR NERVE! araware nit. That's ad. Now get out of/ curtly, and flung his rifle across her| AROUND HERE! HERE. +) |] TROUBLE 222 TURRIBLE WITH MY} ry! LOAN OF A DOLLAR “ Q roedel aga pone bagedea cols houlder, NOWES I ORSO TO-ER- SES’ n b d Wi "ll interfere w’ hen” | Thro thi ady aftergl : l ? 3 led meet HO ahd, | od the ene hecieeanh eee eee 2 . SORT'A HELP ME our! : Bar e ire ink me as yCtlOW AS) Kerchief pressed to her woundedl . i ue eyes flashed” sg. but, in the same inst: ught her rifle, twi < her grasp as it expl The detonation dazed ! he flung the rifle into war with him, he hel 1 he: ruggling w: 1 hey masterlaz her; ani and panting in t » he snapped # palr of handcuffs on her wits} and her aside shi spruce, blood running; fr r her chin. The tmoper took her by. the arm She was trembing all over. He wok a n steel chain and padlock from his e Wnas around |} and fast proprietor of a d'e-| When he eaw the clef the Adiron-| flank of Star Peak, he walked straight | with his beau-| to the black hole which cc Flaming Jewel was first stol-j voice. “What are you doling here, en from a refugee countess of Es-/ Darragh?” | went back to the shore, recovered her | “EER SPOIL TIO — THe FIRE, ENERW 511 South Durbin -|rifle from the shallow water, and re. @ND AMBITION — turned with it. | S Te SOME Dove -<ore | @ND UNTH You @4 As sh a tion to take it, foe S - . ta she made no motion to take Ft SHALL PREPARE — ALL TH’ TAY kee ATION ter: ible! strangest thoughts that ever had stir- » helred her virgm mind. & i outy Behind her walked Darragh with his} then. a8] tongue in his cheek. r. she) ‘Thus be; and fiung| the ultim: F Tr Contin-ed in Our Next Issue) ———— ag ?red | — sobbing, Iccked het fell on both knees, got up.| Che Casper Daily Cribune ar Y, OCTOBER 4, 1927 22. inal =gper ben toeiiensbicoennsciniebabeemagieeg: eget pian nae ane . . ——<$<$— $$ _ BARNEY GOOGLE---Bamey Ought to Have Made It $50,000 : : 3 By Billy De Beck. NOwRE THE GENTLEMAN uy GSNED THE FAMOUS SPARE. ie: ee palL ences “PLUG 43 WELL. tT DEccane- wv WONT HAVE THE AS: INDEED) AN HONOP « eh a, OF FICULTY SVT DOWN + WHAT a ‘ ; BRMGS You Te ) Hew caver HILLCREST 2 j (eX NAME 1S | fe Se ARNE GCOnr — | aocate See Sie | Tew PRESIDENT OF + Tre* Gank Fo 3LDORAN commany | Uke Ye see nm drawing his pistol from 1 Him ON VERY er, he went swiftly forward| IMPORTANT BUSINEss | through the spruces. | { the rocky ontel him. ; ome oct of there.” he said aia-| tinetiy. | “Good God!" sald Stormont in a low | Darragh came close and rested one} hand on Stormont's shoulder: “Don't crab my game, Stormont, I never dreamed you were in the Con- stabulary or I'd have let you know.” : c= i “Are you Hal Smith?” Hoream wereseatet |PETEY DINK . 2. . a eis) pce ee Ai dew. ee. “3 ay tot oe WOiht pbt ay Mipon "unaey touns eaten - (FF EU SEPT ERT TR U7 PLZZ DLE GB ahs tht ine ates — WERE IN Luck —— LU —1 wou 4 —WEVE TRAILED HIM. : Pry ' 4 | Mayor Chan hat I'm after bigger is p BG —THEN sav ULDN se howe ; eR-ER- NO! No— t jgame than he is.” 1 SWAN! — We've RUNeRIcHT BE, i BE A BiT SoRPRs GA RIGHT INTO His HOUSE, 4 Tp ~ Fs 4 inch?" j Outre S SEAR Toles AES ARS A ie This Feiler. How BE WE Conty 1/2 , Dowt Do THAT— 1 TAKE IT § Stormont, I'm here to protect Mik SES OME SEAR een ar y Yr cir nim our—? BACK— HE_ MIGHT Tinie Clinch. Tell the Mayor not to touch - y |him, The mea I'm after are going to jtry to reb him. I don’t want them to/| ARcuT BUT, Not THE RIGHT KitiD WEIGHED NEAR Dros io 23 F - j OnTo HALE A WMA Fer er-\ REALLY AG) NE MEANT TAM DERNST: —War’s wee TO ‘ / if Dour FECL A BIT = CF . y | BLOOD RUNNING FROM HER LIP OVER HER CHIN { ‘ GASOLINE ALLEY—YOU STAY WHERE YOU'RE M ORE PUT, CUPID. ell, I'm going to rob\ him} myself. Stormoat stared : Glass Sliver re : =] a STAN RIGHT HERE, SkEEZIx! How co ff WALT, | THoucur E = You LITTLE INauN! = ( THERE'S SOMEONE Mes Bcossoms, ff POSIBY You Mcur NEXT Time 1 TELL You Pier ces Heart AT THE Door. 4 | une parr ofa To STAY IN THE BATHROOM, Bs $ 3 CAKE 1 JusT Nou STAY THERE as Door Slams i | Jragh. “So must the M | knows me through and thr | him to forget that h up. jthat man Sard. J frisked him. Te {the Mayor I'll keep in touch with bin. LOS ANGEL James ‘Thomas, f course,” said Stormont Inglewood high j se it | a door with a glass pa hanks, old chap. Now ‘go back miming, thrust his }to that girl and let her belleve through “the panel and! a stiver glass plerced his heart ing Whd happened. walked down -the steps of tho build ing. Then he co'lapsed and died, ao you ne A asl! shed the'r eye: iy saluted, Then | gh, alla: | smith, back into the hi |spaded hole in the roc % y Stormont walked slowly down through | the spruces | When Eve saw his returning empty handed, something flashed in her (pallid face like sunlight across snow Stormont passed her, went to the water's edge, soaked a spicy handful il pee rated pec psn th Se, es heed The actual welghing Is done by mea, came back and wiped the blood from ; De ee ea aie oe meee ance fee tae | WRI, x x ‘ jP¥ means of spot light thrown upon Tin wihsiassil ccsebdae ae tore r a scale, Which shows the actual move surged in vivid color as he unlocked j the handcuffs and pocketed them and the little steel chain Her lip was blveding again. He washed it with wet moss, took a cleaa| handkerchief from the breat of lis! A new labcratory weighing machine p accurately weigh ane-600,000,0001h part of a single grain. Such refined weighing has to be done in a vacuum, and the nstrument fg mounted in container from which the air can be exhausted before the work begins, ‘ments of the balance enormously mag- HAROLD TEEN—OODLES OF AMBITION—BUT NOT MUCH CAPITAL. = I FOR RENT tunic and laid it against her mouth. — | IQs! ve seen 1 Lilet: HORS DS: i Sir ue a Saaee A FORDS AND DODGES “Hold it there,” he said | Sag} ee = DIME Yows 1 BUCK ; Mechanically she raised her hand| Meu Sed. te So MAD. | GCouLD Hat's & HUNCH, IRIS. ‘% Drive Them Yourself. to support the compress. Stormont Ron qwey! Ler’s FLY AWAY TOGETHER - Phone 274-M Ao - Bur I Have ME, SAP? Weexs! « he stoud it against the tree to which he had tled her. | Then he came close to her where| she stood holding his handkerchief! against her mouth and looking at him out of steady eyes as deeply blue as gentian blossoms. “Eve,” he said, you win. But you won't forgive me, . . I wish we could be friends, some day... We never can, now. . - Good-b; Noither spoke again. Then, of a/ sudden, the girl's eyes filled; and| Trooper Stormont caught her free hand and kissed {t—kissed !t again and again—dropped it and went striding away through the underbrush which| was now all rosy with the rays of sun- Cement Lime Erk tar he had disappeared, the girl, eee Sloat to. the \clett/in thé.” rocks}: =< + ic ¥ a see tae . 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