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By Louis Tracy i azent sSYNOpSIS. Parke. Hudsom Bar e 'Lake. 1= gremtly disturbed by a newe stem in an English paper announting M coming marmage of CAlstair Spencer Panton to Eileen Grant and referring to the | prowgective bridegroom as the h - | grw ot Lord Oban. ton. by 1aw. @ and. g0 back to England. v at Edmonton. he tells Mi. i.es! ead of Hudson Baw In the meaniime Fileen in London ta Alistmr Pa | & | be in hed | fav B An Thanned. it she tells him th: ot live with him as Nie wife until the mu ter about John 1e <ottled to her satisfaction Jahn. aceammanied he Wi S yivew in Encland. He carr treduction tn M. Leslie's | Jving at Wimbledon. The 10 atay with them znd he a; nitality.” Shortly afterward Manls Whilé walking throuzh tha sl & don. "John meets an old ‘army n_imparts thie bit of info Leslie and the latter cal's a Tarri, hie assistant Furneaux ford. jwdge of the Probate Court Frensham. and (Continued from Ye Ve Star) INSTALLMENT XXI1V, A Brokem Vow. URNEAUN eonfided in his chief that he'd like .lohn Panton berter it he ceased hroodinz. ‘What else had oot devil to da while buried alive in some shack in the L Winter asked. “You head by reading silly romanc in London. seated cozilv in vour office | chair while vour slaves chase cat hurglars over sreep ronfs, it sounds wildly adventurous to buv pelts from Eskimos and swap strings of beads for elephant tusks with the biz hueks of the Aruwhimi Rive there's nothing in it. The ‘ello really do such things ave bored sti onee knew a man from Upper Burmah who was so fed np with living among tigers, snakes and miflions of ieec that he persuaded his mother inlaw rome and keep house for him, L 1o make sure he was still alive.” 1 ‘Great Scott.” evied Winter thing must have bitten vou Was it that dos “Ah, the dog! A noble creature. i vou like! T suggested rhai if we help | .iohn to get 2 strangle hold on Alistair he donates Spot to Scotland Yard. In a really difficuit case that crafty heund would be worth a seore of the foated bobbie i The chief sat hack and smoked in | silence. He had never before known | his diminutive aid so wound up after | a comparatively mild evening. The | literal truth was that hoth men rea.| Mzed at the same moment that Spot's | presence in Great Britain eall for | explanation. and neither wanted to| Araw attention to it. Furneaux, of eourse. could not let snech an opportunity pass. “Bet you a mew hat cackled, “that I guess thinking—one try only.” 'm not buying veu any new hat, Charles,” said Winter Armly on | this aceasion T would lie sooner than | pay.” i £6 Spot had made two new friends | in the high places ABout. the hour thar the detectives’ car was crossing Westminster Bridge the eard party at Inverloehtie broke np. Col. Grant departed for Glen Tnver, some five miles away on the sast side of the loch, and the other people went to their own rooms or the billfard room. Eileen waited until she was sure Alistair would not appear again. Then, knowing that Lord Oban was in ithe habit of sitting up late 1o Some. badly. James,” what you’ | the title and estates. L approach him with 4 view toward the blick | g THE EVENING STAR. . Ree IS “aient Ofes read. she weni te his private suite and knoclead sofrly on the doo: “Whe's thewe!” came query I, Eleen.” Comer in. a snrprised | <he answered. $ * What s the \ i Lwell understood by every member o¥' the honsehold that when the Laird oF Inverlochtie reireated to hix den her was not be disturhed without mrsfpent eanse. S0 she hegan by apologiztng for the intrusion. | My gl swid he, “vou are| ways weleome, anyihing one wrong 1 you would anhone \ 1t is mor very he said. 1 b ¥ come 1o ask a| m Jdohn this | Uncle Hector,” | - He showed | | “CONKOUND 11 JKEN MORE PLAINLY o yvou know b received any | - NGO MAN CoULLD b THAN L™ d the insufferable Inauendo If vou won't advice, get that of an ex perienced woman of the world. Pour vour troubles into Lady lansing's ears. Be frank with her and she will 3 h No man could have K 1q | whole world heen scoured for wars e +ha chen Donaid | i the thall whem Donald | \o 0 or 1he n who benefited o i;,'n'.nL\ under my sister’s will? A had brought Loy olowd Onan was weated in 2 com. | S0 e fair to me, Bileon -h rowi o d. ¢ on % ik W N e I ecn | ““Weraiany of you thres qulte falr o opposite j jaormee “Confound it! Aitile while each dily. The man | spoken more plainly than 1 vou would never have dreamed an quierly in- | A minor duel was fought be- | marrying ope who had heen dismissed | them then anyl theee. Evi ) the King's service for cow o no displav of weakness wonld L ~istent tween a WASHINGTON, D. | wilt o he | | those who direct the | rihcoming on eitheer side dreadful mis- | Why do vou persdst in yourseld np in A family squabble ch does nat concern eatly” aid Lord Ohan at la 1 think 1 sense vour temperament} well enongh | ivied by a hoard of officers, and there To helieva that ven ave, not partien |conld nei he one man u them Jarly disturbed by the fat that while | who was not re John lives Alistair canneg suceeed to [him the nimost possible henefit of any Atsany vate, he The last time, as it was also | asenme the title. As for time. this unhappy affaiy was | verlochtie, once my unhappy son d by you and me, 1 vowed | curse his aunt’s monex 1 shall in-| then that I wonld never again open | { my legal represemtatives fol'my lips abont it. 1 have broken that zhi for vour sake. Relleve He eannot {ime, though an old man and a weary I am not blind. Alistair and vou 1fting to the edge of a cataract “Perhaps ng | Wing's service made a d take.’ “Hileen. vou must not say that know whereof 1 speak. .ohn mi was Bang Goes the Desk! You're Off! BROWNIE §92.00 CAMERAS Developing QUALITY e Enlarging Washington Rome of the Kedak HARRY C. GROVE, Inc. 1210 G St. cannet of the email. wish to live here in the D on Where he s coneerned it |are 1 he a mene matter of compen- [ibut in my heart I hlame you. not him Why rush willtully to disaster? And John wrate about? fwhat will you gain when the =mash cou my plans, icomes? Nothing—nothinz goed. that ltis. bt if exil he a gain vou will re hl A Child's Laxative which Mothers Can Rely On what i No 1 am relling not his, D vau refusesmy requ I do not wish te pain ven Fvervhody seems very Anxious now 10 spare me the slightest form of suffering No suchy consideration was shown when | wasdeoerced intn mar ryving Alista Pardon me:" Lor Oban felt heymunst stand np. THe literally could not enduve the girl's candid eyes staring imto his at such close quarters. But he gained no ad | ntage by this ruse. Eileen rose, | too. and faced him squarely i “¥ou have taken me at a disadvan | tage.” he went om rather amgrily. "l have not given this difficulty. for it iz one. sufficient thought. At this| mement | think it best to decide not | te produce any letter.” ‘Very well.” =aid Eileen. My only aliernative is te communieate with | John on nry ewn account. He seems ia have forgotten my existence. hut | he ean hardly decline to answer if 1/ . ‘ “But what do vou wamt te kmow” | Ta Dr “The truth. whatever it may be. | celln, 1l You. and my father, and Alistair. of | 47 vcars it seemed crel that So many B et Lo R Ao SDES Woibe ept Sihicred . [ for vourself how periectiy it cleanses than yonrs. 1 came here tomight be- | \Vhile he knew that vnn(lvwlimn'::::: ',:fii{!’,'"’ the howels of infants cause 1 have always regarded you as | .o el 3 g an eminently stralghtforward man. i;fga« the cause oi nearly all children’s If. for reasoms which seem gond te |litfle s, he constantly advised | " y DR. W. B. CALDWELL AT THE AGE OF 83 tion or sour stomach W, R. 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Anybody can take good ictures with a Brownie — right from the start. rownic AS LOW AS . AT ANY KODAK DEALER’S Rochester,N.Y ., 14 Koiat City el e e 0 == 0 a large b0-cent hattle at anv | /i (!, THURSDAY. MAY 20, 1926. WIN BIBLE CONTEST. tomorrow, elther with you or alone, and I shall state my case—or our case, as I honestly regard it.” (Copyright, 1976, by Louis Tracy.) Wallace Me- n <her, | ‘B Lkt mention, Terrelle Crum 1 Presbytertan, Junior divisior, Arst. All Naints Episcopal Church, * [of Daniel”: second, Adrian’ ¥ Covenant Preshyterian Chureh, jah™: honorable mention. Othniel Pendleton, Calvary HBaptist Church, | “Stephen.” | A two-week vacation at the Y. M- A, Camp Letis, near Annapolis awarded to ihe fwe winners. the twa runnersup are en Successful Y. M. C. A. Competitors Are Announced. Winners in the finals of the Y. M A.'s fourth annual Bible story tell . held Monday night in the hall of the Central Y. 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