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| ' wAL e —é A IR e BEGIN HERE TODAY " ¥ Loring Ranger offers a reward of Bhundred thousand dellars for the PR of his missing duughger, Hope Bg upen instructions from Hepe's uetors, Ranger deposits o hundred nd dollars worth of honds at a ifled place, | Dr, Bristow has a private sani- | um and in it Hope s held a oner, Dr, Kelsey is detained | because he knows of crimina! lngs of Nristow, | L * Hope and Kelsey become friends | 3 r‘ together they manage an escape | A Bristow's car They ride to an | " indoned house owned by Hope's er, Kelsey falls asleep and Hope | ears the voiee of Rristow in the rd, Juarez Charlle, adventurer and ose friend of Ranger, is tralling | lope to the sanitarfum, ANOW GO ON WITH TRE STORY y | “Bristow knows there ix a hiding- | lace in the house, I am going to| Ive mywelf up. Reach my father, | ve forever, Hope," Without glving her Impulse time to l, she hurrled hack to the oup- and crept into the passage, osing the panel carefully behind or. Kelsey still lay In deep, ex- lausted sleep, #he bent over him, her lips near to his; then drew back, fearing to waken him, Very gently she slipped the note between his re. laxed fingers, and then felt her way along the wall until she reached the other exit, Outside at last; and no sign that| she had attracted any attention. Shielded by two or three out-build- ings, and concealed by patches of shrubbery, she reached the gup in the hedge. Pagsing through it, she made & quick detour to the right to muddy her skirt and shoes in the trickle of | & brook; and so at last came to the open space where the wrecked auto. moblie lay. ' She heard the men approaching who had been whistled back from the woods, and began dodging from tree to tree as if attempting to hide. | They saw her as she had intendal| they should. Two of them caught | her. She made a show of struggl?, but they held her fast by the arms, ~ In answer to their shouts, Bristow | and the others came running through | the hedge. " “Ah!” he said with unctuous satis- faction as if a -weight had been sud- * denly removed from his chest. “Now ‘to get the other one.” His eyes were like points of steel as he came close 1o Hope. “Where's Kel he demanded, 8he looked at him vacantly, o DALE BY BRENTANCS = D120 87 THE RIDOWAY Convany R LOWED 0P Mzs WiLson \Wooneow WAUITRATED BY RWSarreanrin had shifted What was this he was holding in his elenched hand-—that bit of white paper sticking through his fingers, between the spreading knuckles? Juares Charlie had dodged; and quick as a4 cat on his feel, stepped from the cupboard into the reom, Kelsey had unclosed his hand, and was stralghtening out the paper. He ould see that there was something written on it, but the light was teo dim and gray for him te decipher it He was in the room and at the win. dow In two strides, Here he read Hope's message, ‘The rain was dashing against the window- panes, the wind wailing about the house, The uprushing blood darkened his face He whirled savagely, and caught Charlie by the shoulder, shak- ing him hard, “Who are you? On Did you help take her M1 did ot Chartie wriggled Yike of their men? an eel from that biting grasp and | AUGHT HER. stood rubbing his shoulder. “I'm one of Ranger's men, Juarez Charlie, Do you get that He swaggered, liis trousers’ pockets, his most impudent angle. “I've been wandering about one-third of a picture-puzzle, to piece the rest out of the air. And vou've got the other two-thirds. They know that I'm on their trail, and that I've heen in Barcelona, They think TWO o in at his its hands head with “Who?" | “Kelsey,"” he repeated, the man you | ‘went away with, Where is he?" “That man? He was under the | automobile; there biood on h||||.”‘ “Yes, yos, 2 that became o him ?” She leaned (oward him with the air of parting a confidence, 4 hat man is erazy, He said he | fvasn't, but 1 know better, T wanted i Thim to hide in the woods. T know | hese woods.” She p d her hand Suncertainly over her forchead. s HMon't know how 1 know them, but 1 @o. 1 wanted him ta hide here, but ‘he wouldn't do it. Me talked about Sgotting a boat down on the beach ? I wouldy 2o with him he | Bhe waved her hand | « the shore. es bored through ¢ Pristow's her, | ;'gnd”."rr(-nt. % Finally he gave a curt order to have . *her taken buck to the hosvital. o} CHAPTER XX dre . Kelsey woke up slowly, ingly rom his long, cxhausted sleop and linked his heavy cyes. Y Wiy, it was daylight! His whole slcep-fogged brain wus | droused now, Why was the panel | “here Hope stood in it | " man | i Then he sprang. ' The man in the opening ducked, | sed an arm to shield himself. I'm a friend!” he cried, throwing i t the side of the cup-| ou can believe me, | b . fone YA friend of Ranger's. ! ¢ Kelsey loomed above him, still| “threatening; hut his lowering glance | Good lo the Jast drop othing but many years of coffee ex- perience could give the housekeeper her calm confidence in the unvarying flavor of Maxweil House. MAXWELL HOUSE f f hut she looked beyond him jistlessly 8 | for prompt results, you're drowned."” | “Drowned? Me?" Kelsey repeated. “In heaven's name, w 4 “She told them you'd made for the shore, and a hoat, Then, that terrific storm, Lord! Did you sleep | | through that” 1 to through have slept 1 everything, but my own especial Judgment Day, I'm going through that now."” “But sti,” Charlie continued, “there’s always the chance of your heing alive and at large. So, every- thing considered, they've got a new situation before them, something they haven's forescen." “But, my God, if you're what you say you are, one of Ranger's men, all you have to do is to go out now and hone hi d the authorities.” *Oh, is it Charlie retorted with Famous Old Recipe for Cough Syrup Easily and cheaj made at hom: Dot} Gents thom ail tor " quick results, Thousands of housewives have found that they can save two-thirds of the money usually spent for cough prepara- | tiong, by using the well-known old recipe for making cough syrup at home, It is simple and cheap but it has no equal It takes right hold of a eough and gives immediate relief, usually stopping an ordinary cough in 24 hours or less. Get 215 ounces of Pinex from any druggist, pour it into a pint bottle and add plain granulated sugar syrup to make a full pint. 1f you prefer, use clarified molasscs, honey, or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup. KEither way, it tastes good, keeps perfectly, and lasts a family a long time, It’s trulv astonishing how quickly it acts, penetrating through passage of the throat and lungs—Iloos- ens and raises the phlegm, soothes and heals the membranes, and gradually but surely the annoying throat tickle and dreaded cough disappear entirely, Nothing | better for bronehitis, spasmodie croup, | hoarsenesa or bronchial asthma. Pinex is a special and highly concen- trated compound of genuine Norwav pine extract. known the world over for its healing effect on the membranes. Avoid disappointment bv asking vour druggist for “21 ounces of Pinex” with full directions and don’t accept anvthing elee. Guaranteed to give absolute satis- faction or monev promptly refunded. The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. trying | every air | | | | | ‘ | | | | Shri Lettuce Tomato Egge OO HELLNAyy BLUE RIBBON MAYONNAISE aerid sarcasm, “This thing isn't quite as simple as it sounds, You start out to telephone and you'll be | nubbed sure." Half-convinced, Kelsey ungraciously, “What sort of a place ix this sani- turium 2" The brusque tang of the anestion gave Kelsey the feeling that gave [ Charlie was really heading some- | where, and aroused him from his | melancholy abstraction, | “Bristow's?" He looked up, “One | of the best in the country, Only for the very rich of course; thoroughly modern, spendidly inanaged. Tris- tow Is an allenist of the first rank, with a eriminal twist and a eraze fov | money." “What were you doing there?"” Kelsey told him briefly of his posi- tion as assistant-surgeon, and the cir- cumstances of his detention; of his role she was playing; of their subse- quent meetings and the escape. ] {sharpened down until it was wolfish; {but he did not once interrupt the story, or ask a question, “Bristow!” He held up one of his lightning-rolled cigarettes, naming it. “But,” squinting thoughtfully, as he laid it on the table, ‘“he couldn't | swing it“alone, Too hig. Who clse is in it?"” He shot the question at Kelsey like a bullet from a rapid-fire revolver, “Miss Copley. She's a nu l.ooks strikingly like Hope. I'a as an older sister in charge of the insane younger one.' Charlie pursed his mouth in a whistle. | “Any one else?" “'Higgins. An ex-alderman. An| | old millionaire. Made a fortune in | Wall Street, they say.” f Charlie ‘bounded up -with a stified | ,r-xclamuum\, his tongue clicking his | teeth, Hobo Bill! That does settie it.| “‘Hobo Bill! T might have known it. ! Hoho— The joker in the deck!" | He bobbed about the room like| cork, snapping his fingers, muttering broken phrases under his breath. “The hoho messages!— hooby-hatch for a headquarters! al ringer!—I've got the whole This ! | nurs thing!" CHAPTER XXIT. “In the first place,” said Charlic, “I've known Ranger ever since 1 was a boy, and when I heard about bis little girl, T started out on my own hook to find her. T know psychology better than old Byrnes ever did; but this gang that are hold- ing her fooled me forty ways from' the ace. But last night 1 got a tip that led straight to Dristow’'s Sani- ® | tarlum. celona, taking all the short cuts, Tt was on one of them that 1 came on you two. And so T rushed for a doc- tor, thinking you were ready to kick lin; and as soon as I reached the vil- lage, T got pinched. So 1 just turned | in and went to sicep; that is, as much as that fierce storm would let me, “But in the meantime, my mascot had got busy. She it was who gave me the lead to Bristtow. 1'd had din- ner with her, and put her back in a bus with her party. They all went on to spend the evening with some friends, and as they came back about Hill garage for some gas. Up steps the garage man's assistant, a shock- headed Tunk, that had driven me and my queen to the Inn, He was all twittering with excitement, and tells her that T have been arrested over here at Barceona. “What a headpiece that girl's got. Here's her friends kind of giggling at her for being took in. &he don't he. lieve that; for she saw me with Ran- And Barcelona is the tip she ger. gave me. Put she wants to make sure. S0 what does she do but call up the man whose name's been in all the papers as Ranger's attorney, Eus tace Highy. | “He tells her that I'm all right, and way | first experience with Hope and of llwl | Chariie's cigarette hurned to ashes in his fingers as he listened, his face | crool | could race from Westchester to Bar- | midnight, they stopped at the Lone | {then he routs out Frank Bryan, m-»‘ | wer's private seoretary, and shoots him | Lrain ul ngl_c_fslfimm] [dewn here on the merning inl me out | (Continued in Our Next lssue) KA (Westinghouse— Fast Pittsburgh) 6:15 p. m—Dinner eoneert by the Grand Bymphony orchestra, T:80 p, m.-~Feature, 7:45 p, m,—The Childven’s period £:00 p, mo—=The National Stock- {man and Farmer market reports, 8:15 p, m.—Peature, §:20 p. m.—Coneert by “Irene Ma- donna, soprane; Jean Repler, accom- | |panist; G, Rogmaldur Palsson, tenpr; | {and Trie from Pittsburgh Ladies or- chestra WBZ (Westinghouse-~Springfield) 7:00 p, m.~"World Market Sur.| {vey" from the Dept, of Commerce at Boston, 7:80 p. m~~Twilight tales for the| { kiddies, | £:00 p. m.-Concert by Harrief Kly, | Iplanist; Mitten J, Avonson, vieolinist, | 8:00 p, m,—Bedtime story for| {Grown-ups by Orison 8, Marden, WGl 1 (Ameriean Radio and Fesearch Corp., Medford Hiliside. 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