Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1927, Page 26

' THE BLACK JOKER BY ISABEL OSTRANDER. - several vears | 0 to play drds hds saw how (horo! 1 (Continued from Y: ind when my 1y relianie Chapter XNIX. H Flight. he was they took him intn the gome ™ It was the first time she had made h ITH that ery sull rinzing , givect reference to herself and t in her ears Janet huivied o, was curious to know why <he to her voum and Wa3 N hag pecome a member of this strange bed once more when Mis i and what “the game 1 Iserr entered She switched little burst of Kerr's on the ‘ow light on the dresser and Jver and she talke phe micl was shucked by the exDrte o6 iheir rec campmates in $ion Of despair reflected in the mirtor: Jurficial way until Charles rex ihe youns, pretly woman had beco ith a pitcher of fresh cr 2 an hour. haggard and worn. her « the kettle of water. | Nery lips colorless und Lright eves ! ™uywopan eatd you could come eat | sunken. As though aware of thei . jupch in her dining room,” he change herselt she turned out the Jooo, “Seemed to think you Jizht: nastily. undressed 1n the dark (JRRHECE L B Canting to sit out in | And crept in beside Jancl. who o yoods this time of vear.” | Preathed deeply and regularly, lying | b0 “epression denoted that he | wotionless to simulate sleep. i shared the he opinion, but there | r as alert was something in his tone that made | Kerr eyve him sharply. any one else © He replied wj Her mind, how as ever and her decision of the night before remained firm. these peo: ple distrusted her and she would re- R Mrs. iieve them of the necessity of pro- Al air of non-committal reti- | tecting her at the earliest possible 21 she said no more, but busied moment. - ymparted to | herselt with preparations for the alj Mrs. Kerr must have impar e weo: luncheon, trying to make it as them her suspicions aroused by the messenger’s avowal that there was a wwaitor among them. and all her pr rebelled at being considered a pos Dleasant as possible for the young girl Whose guardianship she had under thken, But the thoughts of both were 110 ull o ecent events 1o permit sible imposter. How she, who knew B vl the sHorvpwasitiot nothing about launches or canves, | them 10 b iy Wan 1o make her way o the main: |It0Rether & SUCCRST o pitcher back land, and what she would do after| Ve e A 1h reaching it. with miles of almost| oM Ouf VIl . DA navked as they e s .!}:";,‘;:fice"‘;flrepacked the hamper, but Charles de- she shouid by some miracle a-»_.-he“"?,‘{'_""c‘w Tibatter take (it backimysalt A civibzation, wers considerations |, (GUEST o ihaiiven. X which never entered her mind; she | y,ni'to havea kind of alook around.” only felt that she must get away and | " j, et watched whils the two walk cEtwifor hacaAlE L oner tiansahe | S0l tojtha dke fotiiha’trmes {ogether "h€ jalking earnestly. ~Then the car naa hoped, but in quits another tash: | UE o™ don 'ine road and Mrs.| S s o'y ° | Kerr returned. ok ‘“':,'mi“;wm{;‘l"‘h!d'&;d for | B harles must have learned some. N e s 1€ | ihing that made him suspicious, but S W o g See ""“{,':gg‘,:,;' then he's so cautious that he would e the walk around his own shadow™ ~She A anet. she said, “I'm sorry that |laughed again. “He won't tell me, o TR A e Ned. a longer | WhAL it 1a'because belknows Dilimake What is it, Janet?” T heard the car ston was _listening | un of it. “I thought suddenly.” The girl vest here, but we've had sudden news f! that the Black Joker wishes to close | the camp. 1f we remained, you and 4 I we should be alone, for there is|With strained cars KO, it o work for all the others to do, but I/£oing again. I suppose s y- | thing.” s “Are you nervous, 100?” Mrs. Kerr | looked thoughtful. “Probably it was| have a better plan than that. I shall 1ake you to my own home in New York and we will wait there for your tather.” New York! It would be easy for her to disappear there in that count- less maze of streets! There, too, she might obtain a loan of some sort on her string of pearls, enough to en- | foolish to leave the car, but really I, { wanted to kill time and this looked | {like the safest place, You see, my | dear, it was best for us to get away | trom Lion’s Head Island as quickly as possible this morning, vet we don't want to reach Albany till nightfall or able her to live until daddy's ship |Want & docked! Janet's heart leaped, but |dusk, at least. she feit like a hyprocrite as she| “I feel perfectly safe.” Janet smiled thanked Mrs. Kerr for her proffer |as she replied, but inwardly that sense | of hospitality. i of foreboding had returned and as the The latter seated herself and wait- | minutes passed and Charles did not d. for Janet to dress, choosing for come back it deepened until her her a simple brown tailor-made from |nerves were on edge and she gladly the stock loaned to her by the guest lacquiesced in Mrs. Kerr's suggestion who had departed the previous after- | that they walk down the road and neon. meet him. | What did you think of the fire last | There was no sign of the car, how- | zht?" she asked, stcoping to place |ever, in all the length of the white some forgotten toilet articles in her dusty road, and when they reached | bag, so that her face was for the|the farmhouse and a brisk younz moment hidden. “You weren't | woman came-zmilingly in answer to alarmed?” | their knock, Mrs. Kerr began: Janet thought quickly. 1If Mrs.| “I believe it was here that my Kerr was trying to find out how much | chauffeur came about an hour ago for she had seen and guessed. she would [a kettle of fresh water and you gave set her mind at rest. him as well a pitcher of delicious “Oh, no! I got up and looked out | cream?” of the window, but there was noth-| *Yes'm. ing except just that glow in the sky.” | door. This was _strictly true as far as|more'n we can use. it went. and she saw the swift 1ook [in?” of relief that passed over her com-| “Thank you, no. I only came to panion's face. | thank you for your offer to let us use “We think it must have been a | your dining room, and to inquire it forest fire on top of that mountain |you've seen my chauffeur since? You over there.” Mrs. Kerr volunteered |see. he left us some time ago to re- evenly. is.a little early for them |turn your pitcher and he didn’t come io start, but it didn't last very long. back.” Shall we go to breakfast””" | The woman stared, and a little of Early as it was, they found the ruddy color faded from her cheeks. that all the other guests except| “That's funny! About ten minutes Clinton Hollis had already departed ago I—I thought I saw your car and he went to the mainland with|going past here like sixty—I knew them in the motor hoat. At the land- it by the eagle with spread wings on ing, Charles was waiting for them in|top of the radiator—but your driver the car, but beside it stood a trim Wasn't in it, only two young men that little roadster and in this Hollis drove | looked like a couple who were around away alone. | here this morning asking questions!” The Three of Spades looked more| She stopped, for Mrs. Kerr had mg:;;fiiydsolem: t;\zf;fl: It'-“;eio:‘: lP‘;drogped trembling into the little porch cl oor o rocker an 1 place behind the wheel, and Mrs. Kerr | vigibly. e, e eg The woman held wide the We get pretty nice cream; Won't you come asked: i “They've taken him™ the older “You've heard the news? woman exclaimed, and then hastily Tt wasn't news to me.” He shook |caught herself up. ‘‘Automobile his head. “If something like that|thieves! They've taken my hadn't happened, the other woulin't|yjgnaped Cha’r]u." N . have, that we heard of last night.| “I'm going to look! Janet an- There's nothing worse can come L0 |nounced with sudden decision. “Which Contoiting buale Nvits Ehis AL L s S oy s Boing? Ttisy won't ful’ consolation. he started the motor | ““‘Tanet you shan't™ Mrs. Kerr and they were off. Tt seemed to Janet crjeq, and the woman turned quickly that they were taking the same road |inc"ihe entry | as on the previous day. for it wound| wrjj get the men in from the fields. | among unbroken foresta of Spruce.irthe car was going that way, toward hemlock and pine, but when after an | qjbancts . hour or two liitle settlements appear- | gno v o horn from ifs nail on the ed in the clearings she noted a slight Adifference, and later as the woodland gradually thinned and gave place to | wall and blew a strident blast, but be- fore the two men plowing in a distant fleld could reach the first fence, before farms and villages she was sure of it. “We are going to Albany,” Mrs.; Kerr remarked, divining the question | the girl would not ask. *“A yacht is waiting there to take us down the river, but it will be better for us to make that part of the trip by night, 80 we'll just loaf along today, unless we encounter any trouble. Charles. Your Skmny M | Makes Them Laugh have you seen any signs of our friends of yesterday?" . . e mire b e | GAIN Pounds of weight with sponded, with cautious reserve.| time, though. They | I'll take it slow “Likely to any don't give up easy! till they come. “Has he—do you think he has heard any news of Mr. Durant”” Janet ntured in an anxious undertone. | —I can't rest till I know!" But Charles professed to have heard nothing and they drove on until after midday without encountering any- thing more formidable than a flock of zeese on their way to market and a! dusty, rattling flivver or two. Then! M Kerr looked into the freshly | stocked hamper and announced that | they would stop for lunch In the first | secluded spot they came 10, and make | tea, gypsy-fashion. but over an alcohol | sto ‘I really think we have lost them:” | She spoke in an absent tone and then edded: “I mean Norman's people; we t have given them the slip when raveled without lights last nignt.”” New YEAST and IRON | | | Pleasant to take—Quick re- sults—or no money Don't envy the popularity of th healthy, 'Bfl-fl:;.md zen lm: | women. You can get pounds of ousty ailting o o y—besides bullding sirength and clearing your com- “They followed me even to Dane- holm, and—and back all through the | You can bave the same glowin night to that place where you picked | Yitality and attracti me up in the road vesterday.” Janet | Jeteif veplied doubtfully. “Perhaps for some | payow 1o reason they have decided that they don't need me any more.” She darted a sidelong glance at Mrs. | Kerr, but the latter's veil obscured | her features and she observed, prompt- 1y, with everv evidence of frankness: | My dear. they think they need you much 4 ever for how ¢ How Yeast and Iron Make Weight and Strength IRONIZED YEAST i T yohbaiding Yeun &;‘:m'm‘:. Tron. 2 ) This yeast is treated with iron taken from | fresh vegetables—spinach, lettuce ?I;kl’ celery. i ve gul : | In this form iron is easily assimilated by the body making rich, red blood and toning Whe nerves and muscies. = scouts lurking about the roads nearer Only when Yeast is Jronized in this way is Albany, but we shall have 1o chance | it most efiective—for Iron is aceded so that. Charles, Isn't this quiet enough | out the weight-bulliing valass of Yesst. By alonz here?” this formula TRONIZED YEAST gives you hey had come to a short streich | 7enlts in half the time uquhl” yeast of woods with broad pasturefand on | %] ‘:;'.;‘;"‘o':lrfln"‘%“ ey either side and only one farmhouse 1n | 45 ur druggict end get a full s on the straight, compara. | Sestment of IRONIZED YEAST. It will pick the dista e ight pounc e Cha; was not anxious to commit | It clears out impurities from himself, but he was of the opinion! ;mlgfi.mg“?t‘:- b.oclomog.olnlyh h was as suitabl any 2 tele. e that the spot was as suitable as any | Ques 00 (et 60 to 8, botl : foc other if folks wanted to picnic in the | cauge gas or midst of business. | Mrs. Kerr laughed at his ill-humor | snd sent him away in the car to the farmhouse with the tea kettle for | | bloating. | | | fresh well water. for the little brook | Get IRONIZED YEAST now! Note the | which they found rippling over some | sfones on the edge of the woods was muddy and brackish Ny amazing gain in weight and strength from just a single course treatment. If not satisfied with resuits, money for one bottle will be promptly refunded. 1f inconvenient to buy from drug. | st. send 8100 o IRONIZED YEAST COg S, 8-V, “He's r e looked n excellent fellow!™ r the car as it disap &l . Y .43 THE EVEXNING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1527. Kerr conld even rise from her|and long leggings Junet was speeding down the turned and relaxed tevolver in hand and, flinging herself down With a final spurt Janet reached It, | dose_of poison gas then a hand up- 1 bers of the chemistry department]killed by the hundre ing after a dose of the poison 605 dead s were counted under the trees. giving them a d_they were | bi | olved the prohlem by pmp— she turned | of a ruse, of danger to her vnished from her thoughts |the body over. Charles' palid face of her, two men had been |stared up at her. and about a wicked | | : ¢ G BRE e 3 - . tifito ddudth anil &, thivd em| h in his coat there had crept a| ’ NATIONAL PERMANENT BUILDING ASSOCIATION overwhelming odds —what | SPreading stain. )—‘ harm had she innocently | (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star. | i pot hear Mre Kerr's B'"]";’ .AP 2 i | qWP 0”87 an Ydffl, mvestment u’ll{tY a i command or aven the ird Pests Poisoned. g ; e Ay hvini bl ehiRa | MAGNOTTL: i ”-’_!7"’"" savings plan, together with unde- Iet: for iebi ::',:.‘,_f”f':;“;‘.’\'VI‘";’i".t‘\-\?.J’.'::.n:“m-’:jws the three umsi ! niable safety and exceptional earnings. Agriculty and “‘ | and were in the danger of ruining | » the authorities ";‘vnn;nlw‘l to OBODY KNOWS el B o T o) SAVINGS HAPPINESS who ; } EARN hasn’t sacrificed little de- - . -] i At Least sires for big designs. 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