The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 4, 1919, Page 4

a BYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS | of Wealthy young Francis Morgan leey New York to search fof is ancestor, Sir Meary M faneer, in Central America, There discovers Henry Morgan, another Mood descendant, who resembles himself. m Ing the same search. Henry ts in to With Leoniea, » ful adopted @ Of an old Spanish family, She loves him find also discovers she is falling im love with Francis, A ptot is hed by Leontea's foster parents to ge ry out | D ef the way, He tx Jailed and sentenced | ju fo die for a crime he never committed. | ¢), With the ald of Francis and Leon Henry excapes from Jail, and the three) °! ereape to Francia’ schooner, | fe reued hy w posse, After landing, they | we to the rough country. The posse, ich bas landed from a tug, continacs | can, bue one of the SP Hlearts ok ble n Dreams. nerations. The str me, and they the wedding ¢ ‘eam for ther It is we met. I} And the shall marry gment uds atl %, the stranger @ the foundations re laid. The will marry, t of t and time and n of these sHotted to teat ix thi 2 bye omdor they die and their warm blood offered up by you before the altar The Croc! Just One®! of the Sune If one will marry me Following t! then all sh live, and Time here expedi after will register our future.” ieseet treasure of The Sun Priest, trembling with ite tee teen hk strove to protest, whe ¥ = flood from a secret (anne! they eweape to the Valley of Lost Souls manded 8 ©, Priest. By me only do (Continued From Yesterday) ou rule the At a word from “My Mirror of the World has) ™* the people—well, you know ever lied. I know. not what you! !¢ ts not an casy way to tie. saw. But I do know, whatever She i to t ree men, say Was, that it is the truth ing i a SN ale ite hing ange “You are a monster Leonica| arc) looked embarrassment and eried on. “You are a vile witch that) ongternation at one another, but gpl | none spoke “You and I are women,” the) “7 am a woman,” the Queen went Queen chided with sweet gentleness, | on toasing!y And therefore am I “and may not know of ourselves, not desiralye to men? Is it that I Deing women. Men will decide} am not young? Is it, a8 Women go. Whether or not I am a witch that! that 1 am not beautiful? Is {t that lies or a woman with a woman's men’s tastes are 80 strange that no ips on heart of love. In the meanwhile, be | man cares to clasp the weet of me ing women and therefore weak, let) jn his arms and press his Us be kind to each other. mine as good Francis there did or “And now, Priest of the Sun, to| my hand?” Judgment. You know more than do| I about myself and how I came to be here. You know that always, mother and daughter, and by moth er and daughter, has the tribe main- tained a Queen of Mystery. @ Lady ja be activity. age. The growing person and the aged practically digestive functions. How Do You Eat? overworks the digestiv health follows. That Count SEE that you have nature provided, so tha’ well prepared. SEE t sound and whole. Your Teeth body—the stomach and REMEMBER—this o fect Painless Dentistry lasts. JOH DE Phone Elliott 5194 well loved of men You are Am I and “You be judge. woman as you, loved? WHAT DO YOU EAT? 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Do not send the food to the stomach improperly prepared, for that e functions and_ ill It’s the Teeth as many teeth as t your food may be hat every tooth is Attend Now to SEE PAINLESS JOHNSON DENTISTS AT ONCE, keep in fighting trim by taking care of the most important parts of your teeth, ffice performs Per- that satisfies and fC ae For Dental Decay See Johnson oday Painless Dentists 1619 WESTLAKE AVENUE FLATIRON BUILDING AINLESS SON | TISTS ¢ turned her eyes on Leon ‘a a woman not suct 1 not “You will ever be kinder to men | nor Torres, draw first.” . « bells for the short! passing indispor: © Is ° mes > y >| grea “ straw,” Henry grinned. ecgp is ror ogtag oe el rho bisa groraiacd ot my heart t sreat won Jers. | “If nothing comes back, where | the powers of darkness and all dev- Torres crowsed himwelf, shivered! wtisten” he ee I never dreamed in all the world| does everything go?” Torres asked|ilish things. Yet are you woman, and drew. So patently long was the| uj 0ay. queth impressively Again with laughing eyes, she} there was such a treasure,” he mut. | thickly | born woman, and therefore = setochings Ry soy amir gre Drirodlgne T peak better Spanish than either summoned the waiting woman and tered in his drunkenness | The Queen shrugged her shoul-| The’ weakness of mortality and of dancing steps as he sang: jot you two Morgans. Also, I know,|had his pottery mug replenished “They are ond price?" | dere. he knew that she knew| Women is yours; wherefore I give “No wedding bells for me, | confident, the Spanish women | ~A second mistake, perhaps, will| “They are beyond price |the secret of the waters. | you now your choice of two things. I'm as happy as can be ithe saat ‘nce, I'l *- now result, eh?” she teased, when he “They are beyond the value of More than one, man has gone that| Hither you shall be thrown into the Francis drew next, and an equall i her now and met Io ih os in| Rad downed the drink “No, ,O}love and honor? way,” she said dreamily. “No one| Whirl of water and perish, or— hit SAW web bia pealion, “wel her Gubler this Auceimowlel prapees tens ain ote fow all is| “They are beyond all things. They|of them has ever returned. My| “Or?" she prompted. Henry there was no choice, The re Proposi: | clarity. My true heart I can *mas-|are a madness.” mother went that way, after she] “Or"—— He paused, licked his maining strew in Leonloa’s hand! o; | ter. Francis Morgan, he who kissed a woman's or a man’s true was ad. I was a girl then.” She|4ry lips and burst forth. “No! By was the fatal one. A tragedy was ¢ of the spearmen barred Tor-| your hand, is the man selected to e be purchased by them?" roused. “But you, helmeted one, go| the Mother of God, I am not afraid. Skis teas ai te ionkae taeaees jres' way, but, after going within, | bo your husband.” ney can purchase all the|now, Make report to your master—| OF marry me this day, which is the ii: Sacntn:. ANA: teas: Obaaevinie, tae cee ea te re en ee ee Coninnly | ree | your friend, I mean. Tell him what] ther choice.” HO ee ie renee ing: | The Queen, reclined on the divan, | His was the face I saw and knew| “Come,” the Queen said. “You are|I propose for dowry. And. if he be “You would marry me for myself, enya ind Pagien aadoipe reg ies nee _ to her graciously | from the first.” a man. You have held women in| half as mad as you say about the | °F, for the treasure?” ss Ress ng. It was the way out. All the| soreness ty ete one queried] ‘Thus encouraged, Torres con-|your arms. Will they purchase/bits of glass, swiftly will his arms|. “For the treasure,” he admi earebenitr ef the suations eniht Seles” oe Ge ee | women?” surround me. I shall remain here | Srazenly haps Riel ise xs gegen Pr reaffirmed his to of appetite:| “I am his friend, his very best| “Since the beginning of time|and in dreams await his coming. | “But it is written in the Book love for Leonica, greater was his you Grek |friend, You, who know all things,| women have been bought and sold|The play of the water fascinates | [Life that I shall marry Francis, man’s loyalty to Henry. Francis did| tt he sparkled. Between | know the custom. of the marriage | for them, and for them women have | me.” she objected ret ent. With erie did} the excitement he had gone thru|dowry. He has sent me, his beat | sold themselves.” Dismissed, Torres entered the| “When will we rewrite that |e ant ae Henty'e canceciaen? Of |for the past several days and the| friend, to inquire into and examine) “Will they buy me the heart of|sleeping chamber, crept back to |!” the Book of Lite? a paeres ‘ ee oahiag pay tae! arp ope ie dewey ee the bride, You must your good friend Francis?” | steal a glimpse of the Queen, anti A ior i it could be done! she Well, here's the one ached | put Knew not how to achieve, he felt/ know that he is among the richest| For the first time Torres looked| saw her sunk down on the platform, | #Ushe |mony. I'll marry her.” »ped her hands and issued} men are very rich.” his eyes swimming with drink and| whirlpool, § ’ ade his way | ‘there in the whirl, whi ~ Puneet COLE Hakan Nbinc. bad Srerpeane. te the. waithiar wera 80, tuadenty did she arise on the| wild eyed with sight of such airy | ote hia ute mine. lide ‘ana | ing yo SS oe the ee eprieved ~ ye : divan that Torres cringed and half| of gems. | 7 ‘ > Truly intrepic rres baal ie tage ew ouimbending| | “It ts very ancient, centuries olf,|shrank down, In his panto expect:| “Will good Francia #0 vates | Gicxet ee cus asap trousers’ time—intrepid because of the an- Lalo’ thitd AGE, While thoy, elanped| ota Ceccene or Cene scenes | Anes, ot & Maite: Like -betwean. his | them |Rendful the mocking Isughter of | cient, drink, that burned in hls Wess STaaib apeu: guead ‘achawiiy S008 aka ane creer four | shoulders, ghttend |, the Queen] ‘Torres nodded speechionaly the Queen was at his back pe as be yah ae pee , ta 4 i man | walked swiftly, or, rather, glide * 01 r olor * P ter of the situation. Patuicn'a fans at tole cupepeetat |. avout pe age of the keg there a she summoned {mperi-|" Again he nodded emphatically. her, and pursuing her out upon the| scene wherein ‘he could strut —_- denouement, The Lady Wh¢ a" one re tad Tig id She began to laug’ very Ge-| bis Sie Sages jocute J ce geghhle arainns Lang dinate [ie Ph. It had crossed the western | around, Torres knew the room for| clutched a priceless handful of the| ened him with “| a hiss similar to the Latin way rh leh bean, dbbipab ube men and ocean 1 nerations before, felt his} what it was, her sleeping chamber. | pretties Piven”. we. eid. cioletly.. SWeitn| UNE. See toe He regarded her | men throat tickle with desire to taste | But his eyes had little space for such| "Come," she comm "E wilt] out honor are-you. And the way of| suspiciously, gianoed at | he Saag ET las ni: Slubtneion that talawel tao Oe eh emia te oe Tote ea es ee 8 BO w you how I val . nil thieves ia zhis ‘valley of death, | Way t© the sleeping chamber aay Wissctitncn site sad stink roles he waiting woman was a big one,| chest of ironwood, brassbound, she| She ted him across the room and|T shall summon my spearmen and | ‘turned his gaze to her. rave taken lace wan prevented bylyet was Torres startled by the mild-| motioned him to look in. He obeyed jout on a platform that extended| have you thrown Ty he whirling | Wike a ghost, seeing tt only Dnrades” Withee tus Woes: th canoes {ness of it But quickly the magic jand saw the amazement of the/around three sides of a space of| wate \8 | vaguely out of the corner of his eye them the midday meal Tt waa mo. |of fourcenturies-old spirits began to} world. Like so much shelled corn,|water, the fourth side being tho| And this serenity gave Torres cun-| {M0 sreat white hound erupted Gey dhaty defen that tat het nal oe thru his veins and set the|tho chest was filled with an incal-| perpendicular cliff, At the baso of|ning. Glancine vy. gave Tors ine | thru the doorway, Startled again, Pies thas kale Ge pone about th maggots crawling in his brain, culable treasure of gems—diamonds,| the cliff the water formed a whirl as t nee 4 he | Torres involuntarily stepped to 0n® a | The Queen bade him sit on the|rubies, emeralds, sapphires, the| pool that. advertised r-|the water that threatened him, he| Jo." put nis foot failed to come | |n Hhtee®) an to women, Leonica answered ryptically as regarded the three n who heard, but clearly to the woman's brain of the Queen nd 1s & woman,” Laonica continued you » strangely beautiful and luring; and are men in thie id, many men, who could be made to clasp you in their arms. Hut T warn you, Queen, that in this world are men, and men, and men,” Having heard and debated this the Queen turned abruptly to the priest You have heard, Priest. This day A man shall marry me, If no man marries me, these three men shall be offered up on your altar, 80 hall be offered up this woman, who t would seem, would put shame ipon me by having me less loved than she." Still she addressed the priest, ab though her message was for the others “There are three men of them. ne of whom, long cycles before he was born, was destined to marry So priest, I say, take the cap es away into some other apart nent, and let them decide among hemeelves which ts the man.” Since ft has been #0 lopg dew tined,” Leonica flamed forth, “then why put ft to the chance of their decision? You know the man. Why put it to the risk? Name the man Queen, and name him now.” The man shail Se selected in the way I have indicated.” the Queen eplied, as, at the same time, ab y she tomsed a pinch of powder nto great bow! and absently glanced therein, “So now depart the Inevitable choi be FRANCIS PREVARICATES They were already moving out of the room when a ery from the Queen ped them Wait!" she ordered. “Come, Fran 1 have seen something ns Come, mn the Mirror of t And while the others Francis gazed with strar liquid metal surface. He saw himself in the Ubrary of “his New York house, and he saw before him the La Who his arm around her, Ne irionity at sight of An he tried need 4 turt that con with id paused her upon the you me ck-ticker to explain it to her, the tape and read such thereon that to the nearest telephone ed, saw he sprang and self ng up his broker wan it you saw? * Leonica passed out. He did eo Lady New York replied What questioned. And Francia mention seeing Dreams in his Instead, he as they Ned not Who brary It was a stock ticker and it showed a bear market on Wall st/ sommersaulting into a panic, Now how did she know I was interested in Wall «t kera?” stock tt 1x “Someb got marry crazy woman,” Leonica spoke as they lolled upon the mate of the room to which the priest had taken them Not only will he be a hero by saving our lives, but he will save hia own life as well, Now, Senor Tor res, is your chance to save all our lives and your own.” “Beret” ‘Torres shivered. “I would not marry her for ten million gold. She is too wise. Sho is ter rible. She—how. shalj I say?—she, as you Americana say, gets my goat. Tam a brave man. But before her I am not brave. The fiesh of me melts of fear. Not for less than ten million would | dare to overcome that my fear. Now, Henry and Francis are braver than I. Let one of them marry.” “But I am engaged to marry Leonica,” Henry spoke up promptly Therefore, I cannot marry the Queen.” © “It ts not fair,” she said. “No one of you wants to marry her. The only equitable way to settle it will be by drawing lots.” As she spoke she pu three straws from the on she sat and broke off short. The man who draws ort straw shall be the victim id's neck gnificent The Lady Who Dreams just gave them to me,” the maid said, pleased with their pleasure in her new pos. session Ktubies they were, and “Has she asked “Of course,” any more?” Torres was the reply just did she show me a chest of them. And they were all kinds and much larger, but they were not strung. They were like so much shelled corn.” While the others ate and talked Torres nervously smoked a cigarette, “Onl now great f bim | sh edge of the divan at her feet, where ‘ould observe him, and asked is it you have to tell me or ask me?" plied, your | World jen?" readily, reading a certain knowledge m her eyes, After that he arose and claimed a! 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[upon her like a leaping tiger, Swimmer that he was, Torres wad on love adventure bent may you make certain report to|nonee, well nich « el and, for the! clutching her wrists and wresting| jo a straw in the grip of the Cul trange,” she said. “I saw not|your very rich friend who is to|wentenness en “onered uch | the dagger trom h ren the Lady Who Dreams, face in the Mirror of the! marry me bry ‘" vg He wiped the sweat from his face | 2i\e€down upon him fascinated There is some mistake,| And Torres, the madness of the|laushed ow. and trembled while he slowly re-| trom the edge of the platform, saw, Ai re ancient drink like fire in his brain, | back. 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If yow have any trouble in finding them, a post card to us will bring you the names of Simmons merchants near vour home. ifany higher than: i Simmons Company, 1919 ’ Seattle’ Wash.’ the drainage | ejaculated a cry of horror as if at) +, rect on the emptiness of air it encountered and the weight of his body toppled him down off the plat form into the water, Even as fell and screamed his despair bh saw the hound in mid air leaping he had seen, ‘ace of simulated fear he Queen looked side tease of his convulsed in his hands wise to see what he had seen, Which | « from which there was no return ‘ou are a woman of evil,” he ‘Continued. Tomorrow) narled at her, still shaking with | (copyright, 1918, Interna row! rage, “a witch that trafficks with, | Bervies, Ina A ed down from