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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1922 ting her sag to a larger limb below. This she clasped, letting go her rope. An hour later, Trooper Stormont of the State Constabulary, sat his horse In amazement to see a ragged, breath- less, boyish figure speeding toward ¢ him among the tamaracks, her naked feet splashing through pool and mire Sale : and sphagnum, Price . : “Good heavens!"” he exclaimed as K she flung herself aghinst his stireup, $15.00 ROBERT W CHAMBERS sobbing, hyaterioal, &nd . cingine. 'ty 238 MAIN STREET NEW BRITAIN ©1022 GEORGE H DORAN COMRANY his knee. “Take me back,” she tsammered, take me back to daddy! T can't— BEGIN HERE TODAY. 1brutally and without mercy—flung her | £, 0n——another step—" He leaned down, swung her up to That priceless g e TFlaming [down and tore off her spiral puttees : X 5 Jewel, had ) n from the jand even her shoes and stockings, now |18 saddle in front, holding her ! : % M COUNTESS p THONIA by ,y,,‘;”m.,,.,,,,‘v beside himself with fury, [CFadled in his arms. 0 H \ (i¥rahe c¥ i gy buc imae bty | U SRR B o TS RN —First Anniversary Jale— QUINTANA. Love of the now beg- |nasal snort of whining undertone like |3 right now." ' ! 5 For another second he sat lookjng TAMES DARRAGH to trace the gem iawardly haast .q, [lown at her, at the disheveled hair, to the disreputable camp in the |fAghting him wit} her strength— | the Easping mouth—at the rags gared countess caused an animal worrying its kill, & 1 ( i . Adirondacks owned hy ‘ilthy, cowardly be ‘striking at | Clothing her, and at the flat packet 4 L ok h) o MIKE CLINCH, who has stolen the |him, wrenching his grasp away, |/8sped convulsively to her breast, e Y ea rs a en o s Flaming Jewel from Quintana. | snatehing at the disordered clothing | 1hen he spoke in a low voice to his LG \ y u y an rl ay, up u horse, gulding left with one knee, SN 3 ] Under the me alf stripped from her. (Continued in Our Next Issue.) HAL SMITH, Darragh works s hun ife fell clattering| a0 A Oup, Next o0 e oL £ u s O\ Clinch’s Dump, where ts (and she fo zet it, but he struck oz ? X, ) s Clinch's beautiful step-daughter th his open hand, knocking her| BRONX JEWELER I SV ' ; ; f , the one 1 1 f is feet, and stood glaring X { o 35 ence red career of (@ 1 every tooth bared ROBBED OF GEMS R 3 Cline Juintar 1 - he cried, “I give you S R e 2 > . p vour mind 1 St s N by . ] ! ; gang arrive ! ewel. |1 , malke Clinch seks to conceal i givir you do with that packet it to Eve, and tellir her to le i He wiped the blood from his face | Armed Robbers Beat and Bind Owner 8, where she had struck him and his gan pt 3 le You don't know Jose Quintana. Rer blindfolded to their camp e — i Yl o by ™ g ey G Pt lramabie : (" 5 AT PRACTICALLY WHOLESALE PRICE ! OFFERING CHOICE OF 135 “EXPENSIVE” FALL MODEL DRESSES and FEscape With §50,000 GO ON WITH THE STORY New York, Oct. 11.—Armed with CHAPTER 111 revolvers, two men stole a tray of Somebody had halted diamonds valued at from $50,000 to After a pause she w ¢ $60,000 from a diamond cutter's hARBEN g / nimble fingers busy with the bandage B shop at 284 Pearl street yesterday and 4 . Sale over her eyes, escaped before the arrival of the po- l Lefa ! i 1B At first, when frec light lice. The gems were stolen after k " i blinded her. By degrees she was 3 Aaron Travitzky of 2117 Daly ave- st T \ g able to distinguish the rocky c ; e / |nue, the Bronx, owner of the shop, 2 R : : | tarts Star Peak, with the tops of tall trees 2 and his assistant, Gailia Gaier, of R . . . appearing level with the rocks from K N \ 1353 CH avenue, the Bronx, had |® | depths below 1 4 been backed against the wall behind : F= ¢ 'rh Then she turned, ‘ly, and looked 2 a counter and struck over the head - N | ul's ay at the man who ha ted himself s < B4 | with a club. 1 AT AT beside her : ) The shop had just been opened for He wore a white mask over a de'i- 5 the day and Travitzky was about to 9A M cate, smoothly \ face. % take trays of uncut and cut diamonds | i ] Y . . As she met liant eyes be- y i - R from a safe when the hold-up men | ¥ hind the mask, ate, thin 1 R g2 entered. After they had fled, Pa-| b grew tense in what s to be a c .| trolman Frank Benedict of the Oak arp smile—or a soundless sort of laugh. K . | Street station was notified. An am- 9 13 ‘Veree happe,” he said, "“to make \ W : bulance was called and Dr. Oppen- P the acquaintance. Pardon my un- . g heimer of Volunteer Hospital attend- | ceremony, miss, but onlee necissitee ;\‘ - | ed the two mean for lacerations of compels. Are you, perhaps, a little EE" il the scalp. Detectives of the Oak ' 5 rested ?” 2 T 7 Street station, and Inspector John D.|f STYLES: “Yes." Coughlin, head of the detective divi- |} . 2 3 3 “Ah! Then, if you permit, we pro- ENT, SWAYED, GAVE WITH |sion, learned that the stolen dia- Newest fashion innova- tions, such as pleated ceed with affairs of moment. You IR. monds were insured. They were un- 2 will be sufficiently kind to write able to gain any trace of the rob- : Sizes panels, side drapes, un s, s s, un- Sizes down what I say. Yes?" ‘\n"w ‘;,"r”:_;‘,"“” make his acquaint- | oo aithough Travitzky gave a de- it He placed paper and pencil in Eve's | A o ; tailed description of the men. 14 to 46 even lengths, slashed and 14 to 46 hand. Without demurring or hesi- [ EVe 8ot up on naked feet, quiver-| "y 00 ohners, he said, bound | : flowing sleeves, beadi tation she made ready to write, her |In€ from head to foof, striving t0 but-| G jer ang him with manila rope and DRESSES for OWIng s eeves, beadings, fl;h;ld ironins wildly for the reason "’Z.‘{.}’]’;,,fi""? ,7’;”‘ ,‘”m:','r“,‘," i tied a towel over his mouth when he Street, Dinner, novel girdles, etc. An of it all. i " AR S attempted to raise an outery. No Sports Busi- . yariety ! “Write,” he said, with his silent | Piqeclt Sk il others were in the factory at the g ‘Club, e G e laugh which was more like the sound- |- Her mute lips only tightened. [, %l S Dlade has been ahut ness, L less snarl of a lynx unafraid: Yec, well, by Godl'he priedh Bl 5o for tH sk Mhres manthbl o0 Matinee and “To Mike Clinch, my fathaire, from (80 maxe me some fire. ¥ou like it | o0 o tack of work, according to Evening Wear. N N S eh 7 &ha s} [ he e |’ = his child, Eve. - T am hostage |58 O S P O b How | Travitzky, He sald Galer, who was a | iret Twill and Canton C D innth t styles f ! i oiret Twill and Canton Crepe Dresses, in the newest styles for autumn and winter wear, ) s held by Jose Quintana. Pay what 5 foreman and who also acted as a you owe him and I go free vou like it e > At A % " G S The girl's ands n. | salesman, had visited him to discuss : je=7 4 i flostelon duy delayihe acnfd i gkl e TR i %] emphasizing long lines, the latest drapes and the new sleeve effects. These Dresses or- 5 o} * tinued husy with her clothing. the price for a piece of work. It was :vou nne.fi\}g;: ;"-lf]h b ST D 1*11.@.::43-,K = while they were looking over the X1 TN g = ; rom my ght hand—" o |main dumbt el then, in ten|dlamonds that the robbers entered. A V@A dinarily sell for much more than $15.00—We urge you to attend early to choose from looked up at the masked man, stared [Minutes you shall talk!” > : = steadily l:n'n his brilliant ey He walked toward her, pushed her NO BON BILL THIS YEAR. these unusual dress values ! . W oiiks, 15, 3oy e \_ |savagely aside, and strode on into the i lnse lh‘f‘m;:‘;if“;m,'; B R snniine, thitakst, Revival of Project Must Wait for New MATERIALS: She wrote on: ‘—One finger for| The instant he disappeared Eve Cangress, Says McCumber. Sal 3 ’ . every day's delay. The whole hand Ca!ght up the i f‘(' Akt r,“,“;"“::,‘ Washington, Oct. 11.—There will be e ! Poiret Twills at the week's end hand [-neit down on the blanket and fell) 5l g undertaken in the direction Price . then, finger by finger ala-! 10 cutting it into strips ROSILIE L nCRIBHEILGE N Rt s Crepe Cantons L nBen oY o X : The hunting knife was like a razor; | 0f soldiers' compensation legislation at $15.00 g : D LB oy the feverish business was accomd |the coming short session of congress, ‘repe de Chines L Satin Crepes Eve trembled “Proced,” he said softly. She wrote: “If you agre you shall plished in a few moments, the pieces|Or in the event that an extraordinary | knotted, the cord strained in a desper- |Session is called, according to Sena- pay what you owe to Jose Quintana |ate test over her knee. tot. MaCutaber LRep: Ny Wit iR0 238 MAIN STREET % % Pay, what you ove to Jose Quintana |Ate T BT L e io the precipice |the long fight for this proposition. 238 MAIN STREE ON THE SQUARE stick at the edge. of the Star Pofd ere, ten feet below, the top of a “Soldiers L‘Ompfin,sfmon legislation where the Star rivulet flows out.|&reat pine protruded from the gulf. |will not be revived,” he said, “until| Upon this stick you shall tie a white On the edgé of the abyss was a|the personnel of the senate has been rag. At the foot of the stick you |spruce root. It looked dead, wedged [changed to make action, despite a| shall lay the parcel which contains!deep hetwen two rocks; but with all [presidential veto, successful. Such a| your indebt to Jose Quintana ,her strength she could not pull it out. [condition will not be possible until a| “Failing this, by tonight one finger| Sobbing, beathless, she tied her|new congress assumes office. The re-| at sunset.” blanket rope to this, threw the other|snlt of the elections in November \\'HI} The man paused: Eve waited, dumb |€nd oy the cl edge, and, not|indicate what can be accomplished under the surging confusion in her|giVing hLerself time to think, lay flat, {then. It would be futile to pass| brain. A sort of incredulons horror |grasped the knotted line, swung off. |apother compensation bill with di benumbed her, through which she| Knot by ‘knot she went —down.|approval by the president assured. Half-way her naked feet brushed the o ot i TR Bt Wb eaid and penschied - shoul SST FU o {solution of France's serious problem “Be kind enough to sign it with [needles p:lovlied oy HEimieR. BEST FUEL FOR MOTORS, L PR Research Essay. your name,” said the man pleas: : r . ¢ Path —_— in seeking Independence in motor| —_— {turned him here, where he was Bve nlenen; | Glenched, v herself stead- | prench Seientists Recommend Alco- | fuels had been proposed by the gov-| New Haven, Oct. 11—The nanonnl‘ {dumped upon the main street, Then the masked man took the let- [ily as she h d to do in the hol Gas Misture for Engines, | ¢TNMent’s powder and explosives bu-| history commission of the Knights of | | Anderson eaid his abductors ac- ter, got up, removed his hat schoo 1 dc until ; jrean. The selection was made after|Columbus announced last night that|Called “Immoral,"” Tarred, Lashed and |cused him of having relations with I am Quintana,” he said. i her 1 me of a r limb. | Paris, Oct. 11, (By Associated |experiments with hundreds of mix-|to Louis Morton Hacker of Columbia | Put Naked on Street. a married woman. They refused to my word. A thousand thanks and| I 5 d, gave with her, let- | Press).— A mixture of alcohol and|tures, university, New York, had \anl Picher, Okla., Oct. 11.—Jack An-|heed his expostulations of innocence, apologies, miss I trust that your| detention may be brief and not too| DOING disagreable. I place at your feet my & o humble respects.” i S OF DUFFS Tom Gets The A".’ Too BY ALLMAN He bowed, put on his hat, and| e e e S A— e B walked quickly away. And sh | —H&JL MR. DUFF, YouR & : him descend the rocks to the east-| <} 1 }'5- e U’Pmo e NG PlEAS e Druns man dnsppearsd | Vi I AND MIQRFICE \ooLDN'T BE hERE TODAY- || TELL M@ ROCERS |YoDAi- Hes en Quintana Al disappeared X 5 s ; rocks 4 ON The GIGHTW SHE’S GOG To A ;.___ THAT I'LL BE ABLE T2 | Gone YO A gasoline nl'as fm;xm;nce{/l as the prob- This mixture of alcohol, and gaso- |awarded the prize offered by the|derson, 40, a barber, relates a story able ‘*national fuel” for motor en-|line, ranging from 10 to 50 per cent|commission for the best study in N gines by Danfel Berthelot of the In-|of alcohol, is now being tested on a|Ameri Skl e ::mf taken from his home Friday stitute of France, speaking for the|large scale by numerous industries. |sources by students of colleges and|7ERt to a point on the banks of scientific committee investigating fuels | SR e C luniversities in the United States. Lytle Creek, southeast of Douthat, in an address yesterday before the WINS K. C. HISTORY PRIZE. ‘ The winning essay is called “Genesis| Where 15 persons in the regalia of congress on liquid combustibles. ; S TR jof the Interstate Commerce Act.” It!the Ku Klux Klan stripped him, ap- M. Berthelot said that this partial|p, M. Hacke# Gets $500 Award for |recéives a reward of $500 and na- |plied the lash to his back and legs |tion-wide publicity. gave him a coat of tar and then re- behind the summit scrub and Eve slowly stood up and looked about AKX y WEDDING ~ 2 her at the rocks pulpit so familiar 1 y There was only one way out. Quin- ELEVATORS tana had gone that way. Otherwise, NOT 4 sheer precipices confronted !;r»r RUNN ING The sun was half way hetween — zenith and horizon when she heard MER DA somebody coming, and rose to a sit- STRIKE ting posture. Het visitor was Quin- tana. He came up to her quite close stood with glittering eyes intent up- on her. After a moment he handed her a letter. She could scarcely unfold it, trembled so: “'Girlie, for God's sake give that packet to Quintana and come on home. I'm near crazy with it all What the hell's anything worth be. side you, girlie. I don't give a damn for nothing only you, so come on Sk e e e SALESMAN $AM eyes to Quintana. So,” he said quietly, “vou are the s -fox that has learned tricks 3 R i THI5 HOTEL CERTAINLY DOESNT ) TR “What do v o HAVE. \TS ROOMS ANY TOO WARM — L R What do vou mean e NSRRI ERAs e \T “Where is that packet?"” LTTLE MOR’E_‘HFJ\T GOOD TO SHOW THEM “I haven't it.” | MEAN BOSWESS “Where is it?" She shook her head slightly. “You had a packet,” he insisted flercely. “Look here! Regard!" o Frma e and he spread out as penciled sheet in SRR WP POR Py ;Rp_‘ Clinch’s hand: (oo oo oN0) I “Jose Quintana / I AN “You win. She's got that stuff / % ( v i 5.1 with her. Take your damn junk and 74 1 Vi ) ’// % X . TR let my girl go. C 3 ¢ \ 1 K e I 4 ES W “Mike Clinch.” "‘T\ Y YL N “ )7, 2 FIRE *“Well,” said Quintana, a thin, stri- dent edge to his tone. “My father is mistaken. I haven't et.” .n'i"hl;.irl:m‘: visage behind his mask flushed darkly. Without warning or ceremony he caught Eve by the throat and tore open her shirt. Then, hissing and cursing and panting with s own violence, e, searched her she e R S BTy N