Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1925, Page 26

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. “C, JANUARY T1, 1925—PART T. agonizing pain, which nearly ap-|he was ready to stir, and it was a|together of my observations in ex-|of gain, jealousy of their neighbors.|as of a great bell suddenly smitten. |thought useless, of following up paths palled. fortnight before he moved from the| ploring, when suddenly he spoke. In their blindness they would repeat|What it was I cannot pretend to % g For ‘the space of 10 minutes, I think, | tent. I had not asked his name, nor| “Seton,” he sald, “I am ready to|those awful years.” but the forest is like that. A g e gylIch e dsditn qlean. e g (0] t e O enant 1 stood where I was. Then I tiptoed|did I ever ask his name. From the| talk it you are.” “I know,” I sald. “They are fools.|nolse, quite inexplicable, then the pointment, and in the end of the dis V over to look down at him. He had|first I called him “sir,” until it came| “Yes, sir,” I said, as readily as|I Elve them another three years—|lence once more, save for the never- |covery of a further path which even not fallen gsleep. He had relapsed| to the time when I openly called him | though a talk had been prearranged.|and some of them will be at it again. | ceasing whisper that hardly breaks|he with all his magnificent Intelle back into a state of deep uncon-|“Master.” Strange though it may|“I am ready.” 16 WOl e bigker,ihanievar, ;1 kuew |{thy ancminy atiilness dared not purs. s end e was valn when I expressed| ‘“Seton, 1 the man earnest oS or Dunmo fo He e sclousness. seem, from the first I knew that he| It was a matter of turnin A Story of Mystery and Adventure L marked the broad brow and deep | had but o lift a finger and T would | camp-chair to face him, and then e | It Jrant your word that if you cannot| It was unbetlevable—yet I balleved ead of the thinker, the exquisite|obey his behest. Nor do I think Iever | pade me tell him of my experience in g s S shall tell you, if you[In the hollow of that frail hand, its BY VICTOR MacCLURE. placing of shapely ears, the fine set-|departed from my manhood right in | the war of 1914-1915. I had none of the | Sl “It could be accomp :::dyéa (!:;n:); e T avay clear to stand| fellow lost in indescribable suffering e 3 v o ormally ve fel ee ye : pev) va your word that . . N e B ting of the eyes, the clean chiselling | giving him such service. hesitation I should normally have felt | thT8e Yeurs o Tnen @ D3y Ml Liwant yous word fiat sl S g of the nose. Through a thin brown| It was a fortnight before he beganl at obeying s R D Crather Aoy (han-hatf & 1t 6 . o it [ t lay the power to beard and moustache could be seen &, to speak at any length, and in this a)l I had done s fllion E: : 8. O cars. other than mine, that youlZ: e e o3 THoRth An ahage it 8 e . | million English pounds. will lock it up In your heart forever 2 oy Continued from Yest S ul pe at once firm and mo- | silence it seemed that he rested his “How much of that fortune would| “I give you my word ave, and worl (Continued from Yesterday’s Star.) |slde was deeply raw and Inflamed,|bile. It was a head in a million,|train as deliberately as he did his|pe asked, when I had finished you give,” he asked, “ ¥oro wusrt | Dhen Hhe Tt T e T . I believed, but belief was : : and—most nauseating feature Of | satlafying one's senses with both | tortured body. My two seamen, Hig- | X Tadld GRUIIING P DNODS | Ao tona s te ot Bavenibey et |ltaT oL thie misater 1ald bird his plam g CHAPTER 1. all—the left hand seemed to have|pbeauty and power. In spite of the| gins and Grumstock, accepted him as | w. seen the last of war for-|g5upht that war could be sto ed f E ’ been burned off from above the wrist. ” i v 2 ’ ol » » AF COW e stoppe: or- ven now, with the years behind me - luxuriance of his fine brown hair, 1|1 did, 1l ch > The Litter in the Clearing. " 1 did, and they almost fell over ea 3 ever on this earth when I worked by his side, my b It was a marvel that the man re-|Jjudged him to be from 50 to 60 years| other—or even out With each other—| «p vain hope, my good Seton,” he| “Every penny of it, sir,” I said. |reels as I remember that night. Far |’ L mained alive. These were "‘5“':" of age. in their desire to do him service. sald quletly. “The ions, of the Seton, if I offered you that |into the night the maater: talked |tures of the from his great 1f patience and determination have | Which T f‘“"“‘}':“ 1‘“ ‘"‘,“‘“‘8 S oar T toisitIoniaitent: I shall not readily forget our first|eurth have forgotten. They have for- a e patiently explaining to my lay under. | cracking sores, vet placid, mild, gentle brought readers thus far in a par- | Quately from my little medic rlm cl est, long talk, deep in the heart of the|gotten the bloodshed and ruin of those - listen to you—I'd|standing secrets that have revolution- | With never a e, never a smile eve ticularly haphazard and ill-knit story, | and I should have been completely at AL murmuring forest. It was night, and | terrible year: martyrdom _of | he ized science. He told of the mighty |to Moc \guish. Years of Calvar: apology from me for taking thent|® loss what to do had the stranger| e recovered as I have seen a boxer | we were in the tent together, for we | w. i ac of men. Too| He looked at me’in silence for a|power which had come into his hand |1aY behind him back three years will be superfluous. [ N0t had the means of treatment ““: between rounds recover, deliberately. | shared it now he was fit to walk 3 v - , From far away in the forest |after years of endless labor, of pi | tury of c Pertinacity so singular—though it be | him. 1In the litter whereon he had| e rested, deliberately relaxing untill abroad. I w >utting some mnot d nd us there came a deep boom up discard, | grown but from an irritated desire|Dbeen lying we found, beside a wash- [{ o y 9 Three - piece Console Set with purchase of $25 3 to $50. i o to finish a penance—will find nothing | leather bag apparently contalning A Wrought Iron daunting in en so drastic a back- | Beological specimens, a large pot of Bridge Lamp with pur= chase of $75. Dinnerware or Silver } this much. Tf I am to achieve rea-| ment on the fair skin round the sonable accu in my share of the |burns, and I thought the wisest thing history, 2 I am to make myself | In the circumstances was to continue understood by the patient|the use of it. I took clean strips of o b o oter medicated linen, and with loose » matter of Introducing my- | bandages of these I applied the oint- €elf, the flattering analysis of my |ment to the dreadful wounds. and the slight sketch of | It was two days before the man by Maj. Boon in|opened his eyves. We had not at- the wound of | tempted to break camp, and our stay though they are “neither as|in the clearing had been without w well nor as wide as a|event. The return to consciousness church door,” they will “serve.” In-|was abrupt. I went into the tent to deed, they must serve, faute de mieux. | see how the patient was progressing, since I have wasted much breath and | and found myself gazing into the time in urging Boon to alter them | mildest pair of blue eyes I have ever or deleto them altogether, and I can- | seen. Mild though they were, yet not begin here to give my own|something lay in their depths that version one met with a shock almost physical. In justice to myself and you, T am| *“What is your name?” the stranger compelled to say, further, that the|asked levelly. pen is a miliar implement olto Seton,” T replied to me. @ hope is that I n explorer?” may spin a plain yarn. True, I have n an amateur way—ves.” n age for my | “How long ago Is it since you found through watching the airy in-[me?" he demanded. with which Boon has been| “It will be 48 hours ago at 7 this s on his type-| evening. You were im a litter slung | wr machine, and 1 tell myself|petween two trees.” that if he can be without bowe Tes. T irade iy Bewsers mut e compassion f eaders, Y. | there. What day of the week was can T > along T shall try to o -chnique from him, and fror er great writers, s. This is the third day of the through with what credit| cyn gince I became unconscious. It I may 4 was on Monday that my bearers de- then, before that|gerteq me. You were In the nick of rch when the Ark of|ime Mr. Seton—am I right In the dropped silently from | eorn of address? You have the look the financial center| o¢ gutnority that comes from com- I was, with two ex- | o0 T is majesty’s rovall “.p gam by courtesy Commander Se- ndful of Indlan bear-| ., jately of the British navy,” I upper reaches of the | opyjeq. “But do you think you should that northern tributary | ysBIC0 :,., nvw-‘ \“,,‘;:;“h Of the rku.«nus‘é(’?‘d “I shall finish in a moment.” sald he urges which took me into such| ., girangely self-contained patient an isolated and labyrinthine tract of | Lois Strane S = z Tlderness T shall say little They| ‘With what have you been treating mignt easily be Z ward leap. Yet, by way of apology | reddish ointment, clean and fresh. 1 for the retracing, I am fain to say|could find faint traces of this oint- Set with purchase of $100 or more. % Brings Wondertul Savings on Good Furniture—Easy Credit for All 7 W 7 72222, NN Mirrors eking what T might ined what I had done. Various Styles Sl Tl | “Excelient. Now Commander Seton lstock and myselr| 1 am afraid I must draw on your pa- e nwe | tience and good nature to the extent of relapsing into unconsciousness | another day. Continue the treat especially the ointment, 3 must not attempt to vary in any way. It is adequate in itself. Thank you And until this time tomorrow, when I shall awaken in complete command of myself—good-da 34 He closed those remarkable eves of his, and was asleep. 1w left with the impression, despite his utmost ing In which were frailty of physique, of a personality| recent camp. 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