The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1920, Page 8

THE SEATTLE STAR COMRADES OF RANDALL PARRISH (Copyright, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1919) (Copyrighted in Great Britain) PERIL om Saturday) ! I did call you—twice; it was to the | per ER NNIV Jxecond call you answered, 1 was] “A fall of earth nearly blocking the ‘The Barrier of Flame wilt, for I thought you had been|paxsage,” he explained. “I can see Shett move, except tol shot. What sort of a place is this |nothing beyond, so the entrance must fee down © this mysterious | we ar be some distance away, ,1 have no ed instant I know nothing. There was light| idea where the tunnel leads to, and rred the mir} are, before youl!f I did, we would never dare creep ave | ¢ In the cabin afire?’|Out Into the open at present.” this secret The girl, in fall tarted it at the ing, had di very } in ames thru the Moor she had been en ing en the logs, It wa #0 Vainly to discover. It had sudden: then; now {t must By swung downward to the heavy! have reached the root. You can hear A sho had fallen! ine wood « Blow of her body kle even down here With it into the known darknes*/ and we must get farther back out of below. But was she dead, or allve? way, When the roof falls this Had the fall ther? He drew | part of the floor may cave in also.” stening Rimecit to the very edge ! In spite of the Increasing volume What was down there? Macklin.) o¢ names abov iaae Perhaps; the two bodies might Be! ce roa tight succeeded in penetrating Tying there together in a common on Own enw hidden. A very Stave. But wait, something Moved oiene giow found entrance thru A Surely’ narrow crack above them, yet Shelby “Olga! Speak to mo” was compelled to learn their immedi Ho cou! restrain the agony ate surroundings more by sense of ith which he uttered the words touch than aight. They wero in a Frightened as she was, dazed by the|mere hole scooped out from the soft fall, scarcely conscious even yet, or ity wider than rap able to actually comprehend what wh to it r had oceurred, his cry penetrated her | puncheo: t Mind, brought her back to life. * "Yea, I-—I am her Tom,” she led to the ait Manaced to say weak Hy 1 thin a foot or two, “And. are you hurt’ hie voice | show 4 te ¢ of an earth roof, thrilling now with a sudden return |» <a by a rude framework ot hope. Shelb ading the way, feeling his *Oh, I—I don't know. Tf cannot! passage along inch by inch, was # 1 by an earth barrier even tell what has happened. I/denly halt stepped back quickly, the bench over: | emingt turned and I fe It is all earth | progreas, Two pre @round me—where am | the « “In the passage beneath the cabin,” leavin fhe explained quickly, “It has been a/ debris acroas the passage. FH Miracle; your fall opened the trap. | (eel that ft did not wholly reach th Perhaps we may escape from these leaving @ space there thru which @evile yet. Make room for me to is might be possible to crawl Yet Sceme down: the cabin is already on what would there be beyond? Why fire. Is th ole deep? or at pres MNot very, I think, and there | with his In Foom.” Ht up with the) ¢p He lowered himself, but it was not lames. They dare not! ; Mecessary to drop; his feet struck th > to expose themselves. Here @arth floor, and, as he turned, his were beyond re protected hands came in contact with the siad from both flames and savages. Un @Ul dangting, just as it had fallen.|less some among tho assailants Obeying the first impulse, aware of | knew the existence of this tunnel, or ® sudden outburst of red flames |accigenta on ita outer f@omewhere above him, he forced the entrfince id woarcely be ex Block upward, back into its p posed. » if one or two found Gamming it there with all bis|their way in, this barrier of earth Strength, until a sharp would block them, A, If neces Vinced him the puncheon again was form the best pos Securely held. 7 were alone, Laud'’s faplated, in the biack de Meath the burning cabin, buried dee dm the protecting earth. He réached Diindly owt thru the darkness until he touched her, his fingers, closing |anything else. Before the debris Convulsively on a fold of her dream could be searched for evidence of} the opportunity to creep! Im the sudden reaction he felt as their fate, ‘weak as a child, unable even tojout unsren, and get away might be SOntrol his «peech. far better than at present. Confident “It was 4 who helped us,” he} that y hed and that said humbly, “no one else coutd. You ng in the @fe sure, Olga you are unhurt” oking embers of “I must be bruised, I suppose: it| there would be no guard Was an ugly fall, and—and [ really watching for an attempt at escape. think I lost consciousness at first.|He reached out and grasped her! ‘Then I seemed to hear you call mee drawing her down beside him. @ long ways off.” “What is it?" she asked in a whis f Doesn’t hurt! , calluses right off with fingers Apply a few drops of ‘’Freezone’’ upon that eld, bothersome corn. Instantly that corn stops hurting. Then shortly you lift it right off, root and all, without pain or soreness. Hard corns, soft corns, corng between the toes, and the bard skin calluses on bottom of feet ist right of—no humbug! Tiny bottler of ‘‘Freexane”’ cost but a few conte at drug stores Ry eal _ Worn Out In Mind and Body Your child is quick to observe disturbances in your mental rey or 1 condition. And when heasks: ‘What's the matter, Daddy?” a tone of solemn nxiety in his little voice. The tepreation upon you reflects inten: upon him because of his profound solic. . He at once drops his playthings and rushes to your side, but his ppy smile has disappeared and his buoyant spirits are gone—replaced & countenance of worry and @ bearing of hopelessness, Fon ome St to the happiness and welfare o: your family to keop trim in apiration of theic fives Dark. er loude hover their heads the instant you show slens of ba being Uoatot dor the weather. 't imperil their futare by neglecting your health. LYKO The Great General Tonic Pt banish that “tired feeling” an: It will renew your strength vy and keen in wi nd increase your hold on life. ing appetizer, rthy Promoter of the health, hocause of ite positive re: vitalizing desirable from nary: ion, oF deficiency of vital force wasting ill ficial, It to to general weakn you'll find “ eXKO particularly ben keeps you Yeu daa fo fora bottle today, feeling fit. all LYeP MEDICINE. COMP. Lota inital atte: Mew i For Sale at All priate in Stock at the 4 pany Lift touchy corns and | "| Was that true” *lhers suddenly, “You—you ¢ main here? di nk we had better re “Until the fire dies down; perhaps leven longer, Let them believe we died in the cabin; then there may be some chance for us to get awa Tut they will seareh the ruin Not for some time; thone be glowing embers for hours. sounded like the roof falling tn then It was—see! It has crushed its way down thru the floor ‘ caldron of fire in that holo we just left, but it can't reach us here—~only the amok Will it not show them where we have gene? 6 not: probably the amoking. blazing timbers will choke up the opening, leaving it so filled with partly burned wood as to conceal it i Anyhow, this is our one chance. We would be shot down mercilessly outside.” ‘The glare from the burning rubbish revealed their faces, and the amoke began to swirl past them in i yet did not choke the tunnel, show g there must be an opening sorr ere beyond to the outside Shelby 4 hin neckerchief over the ® nowe and mouth, and protected er an himeelf, by means of hin Searcely conscious of the action they sat thus, thelr hands clasped, gazing at the leaping figures '| of flame, and listening to the variety Of noise reaching the Aition, While on: @id not apparent peril The flames could n Mm, and it was already evident that Jense volumes of smoke, while! lisagrerable and suffocating. ould still be endured. Mut being cooped up there. in that "hole underground, rable (oO venture fogth, choked by the fumes, their faces emarting from the heat, the earth walle holding them in prison, death waiting for them whichever way they tur brought a «train to Olga she could no longer combat. Imp ty whe tutched the man beside her, her barber supply house orders ones record shipment of eee ER a : Hair Bitters . 4 mh, I know; it # not that.” the words almost a 1 do not think I am really frightened; only 1—1 |want to fee! you near me.” Me he questioned surprised; ‘why, I haven't been much good so tar.” “Ob, but you have; you have been leptendid. No woman could ever ank| more. IT want you to know how! srateful I am.” | | "Well I don't just ttke “that.” he | protested. “There ain't no cause for you to be grateful, so far as I can me. Aman who wouldn't mtick with his wife wouldn't be much.” you bere just because of The photograph above shows the largest single order of a scalp remedy or tonic ever placed by a barber supply house in the Northwest. It is Beriault’s HAIR-Bitters, the Guaranteed Scalp Remedy, that has gained tremendous vogue within a few weeks of its introduction, to the public. The order is about to be delivered to Stenger & Berliner, 1417 Fourth Ave., Seattle, the well-known Barber Supply House, through which, exclusively, Beriault’s HAIR-Bitters is supplied to barbers and hairdressers throughout Western Washington. This is the second large order delivered to Stenger & Berliner within a few weeks. ; > that” Well, maybe not altogether, Of course, I'd be here anyhow. 1 wouldn't go back on no woman who } belonged to me. But you ain't just| that exactly. I've somehow got to TMi, hoe Aa Wonderful “Repeat” Article |. Free Clinic Relieves Many |agminet the wall of that shack down| at Ponca. I've found out more what} you are than I knew then; an’ I feckon you got a better line on me."! “II chone you even then.” | He laughed awkwardly. | “Out 0° that bunch! I don't take that as no great compliment. Say, that was lot 0° cattle 1! ever rode “Oh, I don't know," her mood Stenger & Berliner, a house widely and favorably known in Western territory for fifteen years, has met with re- markable success in distributing HAIR-Bitters. “Tt is a wonderful ‘repeat’ article,” says Mr. Max Ber- | liner, “and its quick distribution is due to the fact that it | é - positively does the work. When master barbers, veterans | Bitters, has treated some of the worst possible cases and who have run shops for years, come to us and say that has yet to fail to give lasting relief. Applicants are treat- HAIR-Bitters has cured them personally of dandruff, of | ed without charge or obligation. The company is being ijamalink tate ‘met doseeen’ eae itching scalp and falling hair, we fecl that pretty nearly deluged with letters of praise and thanks from those who were some Among®them not #0 bad. | the last word in recommendation has been said.” | have beyefited either by the use of the remedy at the Anyhow, I chow you.” | clinic or in their own homes. } HAIR-Bitters a Real Remedy “Iam not,” firmly. “I never have been. See here, Tom Shelby, 1 | pretty near knew what sort of man you was when I selected you; your }face told me that. You thought 1 Beriault’s HAIR-Bitters is a genuine remedy. tains no aleohol nor any poison whatsoever. It is perfectly safe for the smallest infant’s use. The results obtained with it have been little short of marvelous, as hundreds of local people can attest from personal experience. Scores of people have found relief from scalp troubles which, in some instances, have afflicted them for years, at the Free Scalp Clinic conducted daily by the Beriault Man- ufacturing Company at their laboratories in Seattle. This clinic, operated to demonstrate the effectiveness of HAIR- Used in Leading Shops Leading barber shops, with few exceptions, use and recommend Beriault’s HAIR-Bitters. It is also used ex- tensively by the foremost hairdressers and beauty shops. In Seattle, for instance, such well-known places as the White Building Barber Shop, the Pantages Barber Shop, Peter G. Smith's shop at 910 Second Avenue, MeDermott’s | just took you so as to get away.) maybe I did In a we for I would have done almont thing to encape from that life. But I never would have gone with you, if I hadn't honestly liked you just the sama” | It_con- ” It is posi- You did | Yea, I did. There's ne sencen 1 Barber Shop in the Seattle Hotel and the Washington Hotel tively guaranteed and, in addition, it is covered by a money shouldn't ray #0. You said it in the Barber Shop, are using HAIR-Bitters on their customers’ | forfeit such as is not offered with any similar remedy on cabin there that you didn’t marry me because you knew I had money. that you had no such knowledge. | scalps with the utmost success. the market, tn wed dae waren Lt HAIR-Bitters Is Sold by the Best Drug Stores at $2 Gregor te a Migy eye Maryn and $3 the Bottle and Is Worth More—Also Ap- plied by Leading Barbers and Hairdressers. Try It. of the near-by flames, grew redder, if possibile, with embarrassment. Her eyes were gazing straight at him, in sistent of an answer. “Well, I ain't exactly sure that 1 know,” he admitted reluctantly. | “Maybe I sorter sympathized with | you a bit, an’ then I got almighty mad at the way them fellows acted All them things counted, 1 reckon but after I went back an’ talked with you alone, somehow I naturally felt different—I-—I kinder got to wantin’ you myself.” | “I knew you did.” | “You knew? But how? I never! said anything like that.” | “No; yet I felt the change. 1 would never have said ‘yes’ other. wise, You thought me indifferent, cold; but the truth is I rode out to your ranch with you that day secret ly happier than I have ever been in my Ufe before.” “Olga®’ his hand tightened upon “Yen,” she went on, her eyes now lowered slightly, concealed beneath her long lashes. “I am willing to tell you mow, Perhaps Wwe shall never get out of this place alive, and I want to be honest with you for once, Whatever happens, I would rather you knew.” “But you cannot mean—" “It is exactly what 1 mean, Tom I love you! Do you Care! Why, Olga, girl, I have done nothing but care, I hardly knew what it all meant at first, the way I thought of you, Love came to me like & strange thing. I have led « man's life, and I have known few good women. Fiven now I cannot wholly realize what has como to me.” (Continued Tomorrow)