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b) Rafael Sabatini © RAFAEL SABATINI agocr NEA SERVICE mc Peter Blood, bachelor of medicine, sits tn his ba Ing his pipe and watering his geraniums while the rest of the populace arms itself to battle for Monmouth, self-acclaimed heir to the throne of England, His attitude does not find favor with others of his town, but be placidly keeps himself out t TN was not fear that kept Peter Blood from the conflict, as he was a veteran of many a forel gagement, That night while Blood slept, Monmouth attacked the royal forces in the battle of Sedgemoor Lord Gildoy, a friend of the de od goes to attend to him. He is there when th ces search the house for “rebels” and try to ret ects, due to the seriousness of his patient's wounds, The doctor and his patient and a youth named Pitt are taken prisor Weeks later Blood is haled before the Lord Chief Magistrate and ts ordered to make his plea. Blood pleads not guilty, but he might just as well have saved his breath, for the judge had decided his guilt before his ease began and the jurors, even tho they knew him to be innocent, were afraid to clear the doctor, Blood, however, is given a chance to say a few words. Blood is sentenced to death by hanging, but a higher decree ordered that the prisoners taken be transported to the South to be red on the plantation. Se it happened that Peter Blood was among hole to co. The prisoners are put up for sale as slaves in the South. Blood Is tined up with the rest of the unfortunate ones and Is forced to “TKO insults from the hands of prospective buyers ny calmly smok ontroversy )R WINT BLOOD as Last evening I got the shock of my life when my herself. call, Shall I continue to see hex ATTLE STAR Cynthia Grey: jirl Leaves Fiance for Employer, Who Has Wife and Daughters—He Claims to Love ‘| Her, But Won't Get Divorce Because of Children. Dear Miss Grey: I have been engaged to the girl I love tor for over six month I have know he claims to have loyed me alw: week her for three years and intil the past few " n working in an office and her employer is very good looking. He has paid her a lot of attention, altho hi is a married man with two daughter ance¢ told me that she did.not love me any more, but has trans ferred her affections to her employer, instead. He tells her van | he loves , but would never get a divorce because of hi | daughter Miss Grey, don’t you think if he really loved her and not | his wife, he would even break up his home for her? I have asked her for her own sake to quit going with him, but she re of Will not. He has made a foo! out of more than one girl and h he} it stands to re ason that he will do the same thing again Does love at first sight ever st? She still asks me to Do you think it would do any good to tell her mother, or should I talk to the man? She is really a wonderful girl and has a good reputa tion J PAGE 13 “= y do you pay for your breakfast all day long? A man “well along” can’t risk a breakfast drink that makes digestion do double duty. Or that keeps his nerves on edge. Ghirardelli’s Ground Chocolate is the breakfast cup of no regrets. Smooth, creamy, flavory, it restores both strength and spirit. “Drink to your own health with Ghirardelli’s"—every morning! ww Gearardelly “<4 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY probably ia little that wnyone else may do, Any attempt to im it rs cart one zens ites’ GHTRARDELLVS cuScotare ma: * . v t i of h mht " i" h . 3 and of tailoring mole, wait t m e influence her probably would result in antagoni If she is i tt « broad castor ' A ful . The girl apparently understands her situation. So under| ————————— } | piled and ignited at the bottom; the ie and doctorec Joffed as he tH i ji Fiiridten thal out of heh? Bid Cynthia Grey will receive cally || jcat penetrates it slowly, and as him there'd ha’ was an old one Ho was a little bewildered Poet cer wuritnemnres. oe Onty © tana 1 O0r Ore Ol: 4 ers on Monday, Wednesday and} / ye sulphur gradually melts it runs s: feather. What shia she may casily “make « fool” of herself Friday from 1 to 2 p. m. and on || tg the bottom, where it is collected A periwig at a lit 1 1 s how bef rhen i sire Surely love at first sight sometimes lasts—but this isn’t Tuesday and Thursday from 11 to || ang cast into molds : cudegya twe f f th e| I'm sure, a case of love on eithe de i bs t her office ‘a the Star at oo shaven, sate ; . aid her friendship for him makes it impossible for you to re- stalke of rhu-| ‘The largest is the, star Betelgeus, t were star may be OWN] one = main her fiance? Then stop seeing her at all hare’ tabs ah tile will have theland the sv an clectron, the Rs panda, AR fa slec t 4 She knows she cannot have the other man, and if she sees) sav sinallest known manifestation of gaan would have passed on but t t \ ve ‘ i 1 | . hal 1 ators latter q it 8 8 Te r on 0 she ably will be i i man wh And he} 1 think I know you, sir,” said she wire t a little You ha good opinion| happy to give him up and return to you er being carefully! What should one say when in a : sry Nectar Her voice was crisp and boyish, | — — ¢ t. If she isn't, surely you do not want her. as formerly heated in| crowé th a person one has never i spate A cloud of} and ther SOMES CC: Dar hs “On the contrary othes one in 1 quart of water containing a| heaps beneath whieh the liquid eul-| met and no one notices the fact? annoy face of nner—if one can apply | trations of either of the two 5 A Ea ' 4 i all worth cted in a trough, whence) When @ pause comes in the con- phur col ridgetown, Then the colonel’s niece, whil he colonel | tp, so dainty a h It | clans pract n B is the difference. I wan one who had|, !* ! tus” the same| few droge of: cays ammonts te ould) tT a out; Sabian thls pro-|versation, you might say, “I have himself was top absorbed in the con: | , ps from an rase, a the gover ady had desired him| not the wit to seo that F rit al vitor the lime deposit from) oss was wasteful, kilns came in-|never met Miss Blank, won't some Wderation of Gs bargain to heed the lisdained the artifices Of | +, attend her for the megrims. Mr,/ quires purifying, I was +t Sommone ide of a tea kettle, It is al-'ty wae, in which sulphur ore 4s|one present me?” ; governors humor. He twisted his lip | ),, t her on good terms | picod had found her suffering from| pursue a doctor's trade s@ rare —— ed i a little, stroking his chin with hi etue te way Bal cctnhe weoree than coctis preg bso pid ape ae 4 band the while. Jeremy Pitt had a at Miss bella had reached | oui of a natural £ ance agara-| ding their bi n a guest 3 most ceased to breathe. d twenty not me ated tiv; the dullnéee of iit } ean tyrant and his ah 1 “I'll give you ten pounds for him,’ nwooed, She used bados to a social aspira she checked him. t coureé, ¢ 4 said the colonel at last with all men a aisterly frankness |tin. jut } Radl teertuae aden Peter Blood prayed the offer! which in itself contains a quality of |, apo sigalg 04 being might be refected. For no reason | \10, ing it difficult for Lont sland : > Banca! reps that he could have given you, he was! in. man to become her lover. at ee eyrec hist king with repugnance at the! Her negroes had halted at some broke De eo ea thought of becoming the property of| aistance in the rear, and they squat . this gross animal, and in some sort the property of that hazel-eyed young und that ther gout y on Ata tardiness, ted now upon the short @ until it made ¢ should be her pleasure to proceed | new slave by leaving him gin dinner with the course then in : it ld nee re than progress girl. .But it would need more than | joon her wa ni ae chen aclt ara | repugnance to save him from his des-| pie stra ame toa stateetill abhlations: t Ik never had the! , 7 tn ve Is a slave, and has M0) u 557 being addressed 4 Ww w / s ape his fate. Peter Blood was sold to Col "A lady should know her 1b for th maa [ST anid he It by inet 6 AM aE My iproberty tt thank for 1 sum of ten pounds | , hank for ic aa = “Your uncle's, leastways. Let me Clean con nave: dewalls 0 CHAPTER V present myself. I um called Peter | 1 am sla‘ inside of a ket Arabella Bishop Blood, and I am worth precisely ten | Goin #0." coat, een satiition 167 00" pra One sunny morning In January,| pounds. I know it because that is{ about a month after the arrival of | the sum your uncle paid for me. It the Jamaica Mer at Bridge. |is not every man has the game oppor town, Miss Arabella Bishop rode out|tunities of ascertaining’ his real from her uncle's fine house on the| value.” heights to the northwest of the city. She recognized him then. She had She was attended by two negroes | not seen him since that day upon the who trotted after her at a respectful| mole a month ago, and that she distance, and her destination w: should not instantly have known him government house, whither she w despite the interest he had then to visit the governor's lady, who aroused if her is not surprising, con lately been ailing. Reaching the | sidering the change he had wrought summit of a gentle, grassy slope, in his appearance, which now was met a tall. lean man dressed in a/ hardly that of a » YoulikeMJ-B Coffee for the same reason ” Fresh and fragrant _ from myovens- sober, gentlemanly ‘fashion, who was| “My G said rhe. “And you walking In the opposite direction. Wo | can laugh ; 1 ke was a stranger to her, and strangers| “It’s an achievement,’ he admitted ou $i a (= ‘Were rare enough in the isiand. And | “ yet in some vague way he did not/|T seem quite a stranger, | have heard of that,” sh Miss Arabella drew rein, affecting| What she had heard was his to pause that she might admire the | rebel-convict had been discovered to Prospect, which was fair enough to|be a physician. The thing had come wurant it. Yet out of the corner of |to the‘ears of Governor Steed, who those hazel yea she scanned this fel-|suffered damnably from the gout, | low yery attentively as hecamenear-|and Governor Steed had borrowed ¢r. She corrected her first impres-|the fellow from his purchaser. sion of his dress. It was sober | Whether by skill or good fortune enough, but hardly gentlemanly. Coat | Peter Blood had afforded the govern- . I have not fared as il! ax choice jjui Orange. = 14 Tonight I bake it for you special—beautiful golden | and breeches were of plain homespun;|or that relief which his excellency loaves of Raisin Bread. Rich and fruity—full of j and if the former sat so well upon! had failed to obtain from the minis plump and juicy Sun-Maid Raisins. } » ine ee : ADVENTURES Tomorrow you can get it fresh and fragrant | OF THE TWINS | from my ovens. Either white or whole wheat— & Olive Roberts Barton | both my finest! ‘ “Good evening, my dears!’ , Nick's head. It was a story he The Twins looked around but|heard abont a little boy called Pete Other Wednesday specials i California table-grapes and | juss!” said the voice. At the} same time the light came nearer. ifornia table-grapes between two crusts! could see nobody. The voice seem-|Pan, wh tt since called hine in a piel > ‘ ea to come from the pond in front lWeveaiagur aver: Tae,tand sett CONAN ONAL EE For you, tomorrow, I will also bake rolls and | of them. But nothing appeared but|a fairy wh "t anything bu . “ x | a dim light, which glowed over the|spot of light et | cookies, coffee cake and muffins, cakes, snails water. | “Are you Tinker-Bell, the fairy?" | and other tempting Sun-Maid Raisin Foods. | “Good evening!’ said Nancy. “But \he cried. “Are you Feter Pan's} Ci we can't see anybody. Where are | fairy?” | ras naeee F : - Bors nndcnNo ‘ava vonte igi a | And Raisin Pie—California sunshine and Cal- | ‘0, not that, either,” came the} | | | voice. “I'll tell you who I am! Im called Will o' the Wisp. I live in — > Se —— TESTED RECIPES No. pm Miss Phoebe’s Jumbles Twins’ astonished eyes, an odd little | | man in a queer little boat. | “Most people cannot see me,” ho | nodded, “but I was sure you could, because you have magic along. But | you must never try to come any | | nearer to me than you are now or I will disappear, I always keep «| certain distance away from mortals. | | Another thing! Dry land in not good | ‘tor my health. I must live where | \there is water, and #0 I stay on {ponds and swamps and marshes in | my boat.” | “You are different from other | fairies,” said Nancy. “We know ever #0 many and nope of them are |like you.” Suddenly a thought popped into | Dixie rand, but 1 never stay In the Foods that are not alone delicious, but rich in | sams place long. I move. around! | i | from place to place in a boat ania’ health and nourishment. | always carry a lanter I'm sort of i} 1 1 a Right Watchman ecaure nee lI | inner pA By bakers everywhere | ‘an you see me now?" i “ : at wt ‘ Vicy siieip: theeb ipieres, io tho | | iiss eae ween Thefinest Sun-Maid Raisin Bread andother Raisin i Foods are prepared ‘‘Special for Wednesday’ f by bakers every week—everywhere. You can get them at any bakery, grocery store or delicatessen. Serve them for tomorrow’s dinner—for your Raisin Cookies— children’s and your own luncheon. And — u-um! mow jhe cbllecen, (90 thea —Raisin Bread toast for Thursday’s breakfast. (A lady in Flemingsburg, Ky, sends 1s this recipe) Je | Will of the Wisp chuckled silent. v {capt gue ly. “That's the best compliment I've . & 1 had since my seven hundredth birth. seo oi pa | day!" he declared, “and I'm a thou. yeoman arg bbb Aid M4 cophal buttermilk (or sour || and yeurs old, Fairies all tiko to Many kinds of Raisin Rolls — Retail Bakers’ Assoniation of America |be different, If they weren't they wouldn't be fairies. Well, that’s endugh about me, kiddies, Who are |you, and what are you doing in Dixie Land?’ The Twins told how they had come to help the Dixie Landers, by | the Fairy Queen's orders, | “Ringtall the Coon came down | this way and we folfowed him,” naid | Nick. “We thought it queer that [he should sleep all day and then start out for a walk at night, He} lecame straight toward this pond.” | "It Inn't strange at all!" declared \ Will of the Wisp, “That's the way Lhe always does, He's after food and |he's got his ¢ on Poke Nose i) - Pickerel, Itingtatl'a very fond of | fish.” ro Ke Coptinued) (Copyright, 1929, by Seattle stan milk beaten smooth) fresh and tempting! Raisin bread | specialonWednesdays €& Flavor with vanild'be autens and use sufficient our to rol Cut with a doughnut cutter, dist. with «granulated sugaty and bake in'a quick oven, (RISCO For light, tender cakes itible and flaky pastry » digestible fried foods —= 44m P —