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EWEL pu—__ ROBERT W CHAMRERS € 1922 GEURGE In his hunting dacks MIKE CLINCE law-hrealker the Flaming gem first COUNTESS 0] international tr QT INTANA tana possession passionately “making ste; EV JAMIS of HAL SMITH, i seking to g gem 1 counte Eve is captured agely treated hunting camp with STATF awa men up Quint Clinch dis er amen EARL LEVERETT. Quintana hall of bullets ind by Clinch TROOPER ts retur GO ON WITil TH! STORY CHAPT 1 o Tiaven through dusk, added to on, growth vicious flew dark. Thorns him ing a ginning to of fury, fear, fhots from ( fugitive dropp fling walk lating wit dadkness. “Gol ram ye, stammering in voice, broken yeh poor d To his ov he dared lieve that made him but, in his « was fear fear crast m blo 1 shame nch's rifie ceased; ' he kept jangling h that shanty; knew it deep, Kloon's spare cl'ot its peg—the dead m All at once he th step-danghter. The E 1y scared him a revenge! —to strike ¢ the creature lic or-in Srall world! 3 ! C(linch was hea ley. Eve S Dump like lightni only d Val- - was t the urbid m Drow alon for to Quin- him direct Live to take a Owl Mar nd had tana. Wittinz!y or had taken a pa chocolate instead cel expected Aga State fooled: a " sugar-milk pac notified et ket Clinch ki chocolate Kioon T cakes of chocolate had become a mar fugitive in peril of his life. Somewhere in Clinch's Dump the packet that would make him ric! Here was hi He ; and i s opportunity pair erty and fear would end When, edge of Clin October hea derness of The light Eve's window CHAT From his hic forever! came out to t 2 the 5 were bhut a vast v ars burned H DORAN COMBANY that—tall shadows of human shapes that stiered at times e shadows on the ceiling were st by Eve and her State lows on Strayer 1t on - her hed's edge, swathed Kimona--—deiicate relic of Her Dbandaged feet, dangled ahove'the rag-rug her im, tanned fingers ere interfaced over the in a it chool days. on the door s 1o 1ont Trooper trig and 1 flushed young lutely with the impaigd hat at him again, wist. erhap: he vas restless, sitting there bheside her half and, alr . hall the night. th Jed active, nervous tomed to the open, mhling i cord on h d up bored, the day Men of and caging. nt you to go out and get some she sail s a wonder- Go and walk a while, like—coming back ha I nizht if you Will you sleep?" “No, I'll wait for you." Her words natur were znd direct, & [) -~ YEH POOR *“4but in their simplicity there seemed a delicate sweetness that .stirred him. “I'll come back to you,” he said. Then, in his response, the girl in her turn became aware of something be- gide the ~simple words—a vague charm about them that faintly haunted her after he had gone away ¥n the stairs. hat was the man she had once tried to ki At the sSudden and terrible recoliection she shivered from curly head to bandaged feet, Then e trembled a little with the memory of his lips against her hrinised hands briised by handeuffs which he had fastened ypon her. She very, very the bed's «till now, edge, hud- scarcely on rl was heginning to dare deepest of any thoughts stirred her virgin mind and body. 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It hurt ‘her, but she stood up, walked to the open window, She wanted to look at him-—just a moment-— By chance he looked up at that in- stant, and saw her pale face, like a flower in the starlight. | “Why, Eve' he said, |not to he on your feet “Once,” she said, ‘'you weren't so particu'ar about my bruised.” Her breathless little voice coming down through the starlight thrilled | him. I “Do you remember what I did"" he asked. “Yes. You bruised my hands and | made my mouth bled."” | “I did penance—for your hands.” “Yes, you kissed them!" J What possessed her—what irre- sponsible exhilaration was inciting her to a daring utterly foreign to he nature. She heard herself laugh, knew that she was young, pretty, capable of provocation. Ahd in a Jsudd@n, breathless sort of way an !overwhelming desire seized her to plesse, to charm, to be noticed by such a man—whatever, on after- | be exceptionally rich in thel tens of thousands. the “Land of the Vik- l cream. It helps make Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N.J. 22-22 thought, he might think of the step- Since Viking Days vitamines, has been a means y [] Scott's Emulsion ings,” made into a and keep boys, girls © B @S G 0P CERER) ) she sat heard h “you ought {child of Mike Clinch. cod-liver oil, now known to & of health and strength to iis cod-liver ol - direct from § form not unlike rich and grown people sturdy. the old-time taste and flavor! The delight of child- J ! (R { HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922 Stormont had come direetly under her window and stood looking up. “1 daved not offer further penance, he said, ‘Tne emation in his voice stirred her | but she was still laughing down at him, She duid; “You did offer Ipommro you offered yowr handker- | chiet, So-—as that was all you | |offered as reparation for-—my Iipi “Then I'm coming up to complete my penance--'* | ‘Il lock| my door!" | “Would you?" “I ought to. But if you are In great spiritual distress, and if you | | humbly dpsire to explate your 'sin by | doing—penance—" ~ And hesitated: “Do you fo desire?" “Yes I do" “Humbly ! “Yen." She strove to laugh, gazing down into his shadowy face--but suddenly” the, desire had left her--and a'l her galety left her, too, suddenly, leaVing onn a still excitement in her breast, “You—you knew I was just laugh- ing,” she sald unsteadily “You un- derstood, didn't you?" “I don’t know." After a sllence: "I didn’t mean you to take me seriously,” she said. 8he | tried to langh. It was no use. And, as she leaned there on the sill, her| heart frightened her with fts loud beating. Will you let me come up, Eve?” No answer. “Would you lock vour door?" “What do you think I'd do?" lhe‘ asked tremulously.,’ “You know; I don't.” “Are you #o sure 1 know what I'd tdo? 1 don't think either of us know our own minds, . I seem to have lost some of my wits. Some- how. [t “If you are not going to sleep, let me come up."” “I want you to take a walk down by the pond. And while you're walk- | ing there all by yourself, I want you | to think very clearly, very calmly, land make up your mind whether T| should remain awake tonight, or| ‘' whether, when you return I ought to be asleep and—and my door bolted.” | After a long pause: “All right,” | he said in a low voice (Continued in Our Next Tssue) further ! Coptritely 2" ' HIGH STANDARD SHOWN Has Success- Read- ! American Agriculture fully Withstood Strain of justment. Chieago, Oct. 20.—American agri- culture has successfully withstood the strain of readjustment from war-time | conditions, if attendance and exhibits 'at state faies are any indication, ac- cording to B. H. Heide, general man ager of the International lLive Stock’ Exposition, who has just completed a tour of the principal agrarian ahowu‘r’ f the country. “Wherever I went."” said Mr. Heide, “I was impressed with the high stand- ard of the live stock displayed and with the enthuslasm evinced for bet- ter agriculture. The dark days of the deflation period have happily given way to an era of advancement along| nvactical lines that augur well for the | future. Interest in improved live| 'stock was particularly noticeable as | this branch of the farmers’ business has been thelr main reliancé in get- ting back to a profitable “basis. “When the winning animals at'/ theee sectional fairs are brought to- gether at Chicago duripg the® first | week in December for fine sdjudica- | tion, indications are that al' orevious Interpational records will pe broken, | Never before have prospects been 80 auspicious. We are making arrange- | ments to stage the greatest educa- tional exposition in the history of || American agriculture this winter,” |} IN, competition with floe . . fameus brands Putnam Cofs Jee was sibmitted to a lorge group of coffes eSperts ander the supervision of Mr. W. H, Abern, a recognised author ity on goffee. THE lnl‘: were made by serving the differens browds . plain cups marked ouly on the bottom by symbols wnknown to the partiviponts. TBE verdict was unanimous, every expert. voting for the Boerdman blewd—Putnam. Putnam Coffee I experts conducted recently in New York, resulting in the unanimous choice of Putnam Coffep over five other widely advertised brands, brought to light some very interesting facts in the art of coffee blending. : IT seems that the house of William Boardman & Sons, founded in 1841, have been working all these years to per~ fect a blend of coffee that would not only be superior-to all other branded coffees but would deserve in the fullest sense | the appellation ‘superlative.” APTER (endless study and experiment, their, skilled coffee roasters and blenders. early in 1921, succeeded in combining certain choice ‘‘growths'® of coffee in a secret blend, that in aroma and taste and richness and freshness, the authorities of coffee excellence declared to be very close to perfection. THE packing of Putnam Coffee is an importanit factor. but, of course, secondary to the methods orochooulnl growth, roasting and blending. 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