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CHAPTER XXYV,. (Continue!) As time passed Wed to meet the t satisfaction ga Her subjuge plete when b the Rialto theater ai the two McCaskeys 5 him outside » affair k good to me morosely. "She's got a somewhere What are you trying “I've got a hunch she's salving you, Count he’s stuck on Phil ips, like I told you, and she’s trying to get a peek at your ard The Count eyed his friend with a frown. “It is a personal affair and concerns our bu in the least. I am a revengeful person; I have pride and I exact payment from those who wound it, I brought my as a punishment and I o make her drink with you company !s not agreeable at ne, my friend, and she does n honor “Cut out that tony talk,” roughly. “You're a broken-hipped stiff and you're trying to grab he hank-roll, Don't you s'pose I'm on? The admonttory words ended a ruptly, for the door of the box reop- ened and Joe found the Countess | | & 5. and Joe found the Countess Courteau facing him, Courteau facing him. For stant their glances met and in her eyes the man saw an expression un- |‘ comfortably reminiscent of that day at Sheep Camp when she had turned public wrath upon his brother Jim's head. But the look was fleeting: she turned it upon her husband, and the Count, with an apology for his de lay, entered the box, dragging Mc Caskey with him Frank, it appeared, shared his brother's suspicions; the two ex-| changed glances as Joe entered; then when the little party had adjuste: ifself to the cramped quarters they | watched the Countess curiously, ing to analyze her true intent. All three men drank liberally, and by the time the lower floor had been cleared for dancing they were in a hilarious mood. Meanwhile, they forced the woman to fmbibe with them. Joe, in spite of his returning confidence, kept sueh close watch of her that she could not spill her glass into the bucket, except rarely. Hilda hated aleohol and its effect; she was not accustomed to drinking. It was a hideous ordeal. She re- alized that already the cloak of decency, of respectability, which she | had been at such pains to preserve during these difficult’ years, was gone, lost for good and all The long night dragged on tiner minably. Like Jeeches the two Mc- Caskeys clung to their prodigal host, and not until the early hours of morning, when the Count had be cpme sodden, | such things | cabin. Both sullen, stupefied, and | when they were in a condition little | and Frank Lierd swayed with He | drunken I'm the To turn You've taken your pr 4 your hour, You've | old him. Her were close as if in restraint Courteau pre then in sudden frenzy he her closer and fel cheeks, bh . ner. throat ed hia Lp: mistook her e of abhor for a thrill responsive of his pa. and hiccoughed | “You're mine again, all mine, and I'm mad about you, I'm aflarhe is like the night of our mar ria, “Are you satisfied, now that you" made me suf ’ Do you st bt I care for that fe h boy “Phillips? Bah! A noisy swine Again the Count chuckled, but this time his merriment ran with | him until he shook and until tears came into his eyes Without reason Hilda laughter. To r they stood rock ed tn his | rig g. snic Kc. as if at f ) eal you—from | me. From me. Imagine it! Then] he struck m Wel now, eh “L never Kh for me to > risk no mu Risk “How did you manage the affalr that fellow’s ruin? It frightens me/ to realize that you can accomplish dreamed that you car ou did The Count pushed his wife away. “What are you talking about?” he| demanded, | In, spite of his deep intoxication the man still retained the embe suspicion, and whe Pierce Phillips they b and threatened to bur Cunningly on him, howey persis! story from him, vanity, until took a ght in repéating the detalls. It was} a tale distorted and confused, but the and fast as! For a moment she held ¢ the bedpost and stared dew: Her mask had sli | was distorted with deep were her feelir }could not bear to touch jto cover him ove I | spread-eagled as he wa gered out of his unc’ Hilda was deathly | Were gyrating be felt a hideous nigh sation | hop- | of unreality, and was filjed with an jintense contempt, a tragic gust lfor herself. Pausing at the foot of the stairs, sh ¢ to gather her self together r ywe ja , she cu d the name Phillip | " CHAPTER XXVI Tom Linton and Jerry Quir C |slowly up the trail toward thelr} men were bundled | thickly in clothing, both be-wh Jered visages bore grotesque | masks of ice; even their | were hoary with frost. The were very tired. Pausing in the chip-littered before their door, they ga | the trail to a mound of gra | stood out raw and red again juniyersal whiteness. This mound! was in the form of a truncated cone | and on its level top was a windlass} land a pole bucket track. From be jneath the windlass issued a cloud} lof smoke which mounted to billows as if breathed forth from a con-| 8 ALESMAN $AM ALWUANS THE SEATTLE ‘BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES Gay W HECK Did You GET ALL BANGED UP LAKE THAT ? 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WELL- WHAT KIND A Rots ee Abed -).} NE OUR HOUSE Aic& AND ) OH OFFICER-I/MSO FRIGHTENED ~A MAN'S BEEN FOLLOWING ME For THREE BLOCKS BOT OFFICER - IM ON MY WAY HOME— I LIVE DOWN THIS. STREET LKNOW YOU MASHERS? KEEP MOVIN’ THE OTHER WAY OR TLL RUN YOUIN casa Peers o h were poor, He flung the}, M’DUFFER, better, did they permit him to leave|cealed chimney om the} he de humming 4 of adams ide, finally, and them. smothered drift fires laid against the | less io began Courteau followed his wife into|frozen face of pay dirt forty foet | roundelay, evidently inter her room, and there his maudiin| below the surface. Evidently this| press gulety and contentment Ain't Jt bad enough to manner changed. He roused himself | fire was burt to suit the part-| tnabie longer to withstand his}eat a phonograph record without | © / and smiled at her fatuously; into his| Hers; after watching It for @ mo-| coawing hunger, Tom secured for) having to listen to the damn ma Wy} MY HUSBAND OVER THERE 1$ FORTY T’DAY~You'D WHY, NO INDEED! eyes flamed a desire, into his cheeks came a deeper flush. He pawed at her caressingly; he voiced thick, passionate protestation. Hilda had expected nothing less; it was for this that she had bled her flesh and crucified her spirit these many hours. “You're— wonderful woman,” the HEST COLDS Apply over throat and chest —cover with hot flannel cloth. | VAPO RUB Over 17 Million Yearly Set Teeth as Low as $5.00 Our whalebone set of Teeth does not cover roof of mouth, if you have two or more teeth left . ‘ * Ge Guarantee a Fit on All Our Plates Gola Crowns (22 karat)... Bridge Work (22 karat). Byntnetio Porcsiata Pitlin Bliver Fillings . 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From the window-sill Tom took a coin and balanced {t upon his | thumb and forefinger; then, in an. swer to his bleak, inquiring glance, Jerry nodded and he snapped the plece into the air. While it was | still spinning Jerry barked, sharply: | “Talla! Both y heads bent and near. sightedly ‘amined the coin. “Tails she i: Tom announced. He replaced the silver plece, crossed the room to his bunk, seated him- |self upon it, and remained there while Jerry, with a sudden access of | cheerfulness, hustled to the stove, warmed himeelf, and then began | culinary preparations. | ‘These preparations were simple, but precise; also they were deliber- jate, Jerry cut ono slice of ham, he | measured out just enough coffee for | Jone person, he opened one can of} }corn, and he mixed a. half-pan of | | biscuits, ‘Toth watched him from beneath a frown, meanwhile tugging moodily at the felcles which still | clung to his lips. His corner of the cabin was cold, hence it was a pain- ful process. When he had disposed of the last lump and when he could no longer restrain his irritation, he broke out | “Of course you had to make broad didn't you? Just because you know I'm starving.” | "It come tails, didn't it? Jerry inquired, with aggravating pleasant. ness ‘It ain't my fault you're starv. jing, and you got all night to cook what you want-after I’m done, 1 don't care if you bake a layer cake Jand freeze ice-cream, You ean put | your front feet in the trough and ehamp your swill; you ean root and | waller in st, for all of me, I won't | hurry you, not In the least.” + “It's come tails every time lately,” grumbled the former speaker Jerry giggled. “I always was right » except in pickin’ pardners," himself a large round hardtack, and | success with the endeavor, for » this he tried to ward off the pangs of starvation. he had ROM LESL COTT TO JOHN ALD PRESCOTT Arrived here all safe and sound, Walter !s not home yet. We expec him on the afternoon train. Ruth | is her splendid self but I can see that I am a great comfort to her. Ki the bables for me and know that I love all my home-folks, including you 1 LIE, Letter from Leslie Prescott to John Alden Prescott I sont that wire off immediately 1 arrived, dearest. have brought Walter back that he has been hurt worse than we thought. The bullet through his foot shattored all the bones in the instep It was a long while before they could got him to a doctor who tould even give him first-aid, When he arrived home all the spe clalists in town thought his foot would have to be amputated, Walter | emphatically insisted that he would rather die than have that done. Finally meone recommended a young surgeon who has been making quite a name for himself in ortho- ies and he said that there was a chance to sayo the leg or at least they could try. “We can always cut off a man's foot as a last resort,” he sald with a wry boyl#h grin, “but T am afraid we would find it rather hard to put It back after it has been separated from Mr, Burke's log.” ® Just the way Dr, Walton said thin seemed to give both Walter and Ruth fa lot of confidence, and junt at pres: ont the doctor in trying to get Walter ready for the firat operation, whic to be the transplanting of bone, After all, Jack, there is nothing quite so terrible as a serioug physical {lines#, One becomes only a kind of selfish animal that can only think of one's self. Plow Jo not ged the idea from this that Walter 1s particularly selfloh,| ever, and tt Jan't falling down any I think he js particularly unselfish, more than that hill over there," iM) ai ATARI OT MAC ey 14 i We yal AA Pe MIT {seems beyond human control when I find since they | chine? Shut up, will you? You've ot tho indecentest singing voice I er heard,” (To be continued) CRABBES ALWAYS GOT AN ExcUSE — IF HE HASU'T BEEN PLAYING Hes “OUT OF pRacTiCce’— IF' HE HAS BEEN PLAYING HE'S “OVERGOLFED"— ITs A POOR ALIBI but with all the pain and anxiety that his foot has given him, it is beyond human strength to be in terested very much in anything else | just at present | Ruth's trouble being more psycho. logical, she has been able to put her worries into the future where they | belong and give herself up to Walter, Do you Know, Jack, I have had, ever since I came here, @ most pecu- liar feeling that Fate {s always jeal ous of people who seem too happy. Always there is something which people's lives become too easy, Wal ter and Ruth are devoted to each other and one would think they both deserved all the happiness that could come to them, and then, this Halk |into their ly (Copyright, 1926, NIA Service, Inc.) TOMORROW—Latter from Lestic | Preseott to Jolin Alden Prescott, | Ue DVENTURESK of, the fo TWINS: E ROBERTS BARTON NO, 22—LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN * (Copyright, 1928, Amociaied Réitors, Ine) “Let's play ‘London said Nanoy, Bridge, "Very well, Very welll" said guessing | Mister Dodger, “But it's all right game was ovor. to pretend in a gamo." “Certainly “I'll play,” sald the London Cat. “That's a vory good idea, indeed. | “Mut wo'll have to choso leaders." Is there anyono in High Jinks Land} ‘The ‘Twins were chosen and ‘London | Nancy and Nick wont off by them. when the said Mister Dodger. who does not wish to play Bridge!" “I'm perfectly willing,” said the} “I'l be a Green Cat-Who-Had-Been to-London-to- | Nick Seethe.Queen. “But London Bridge} “1 be an Ian't a thing to bo trifled with, 1| said Nuney {ell you. It's an good and wolid "| So {hen they wont back and sald selves to decide on names, Dragon,” said Hnchanted Princess," they Were ready, “Very good," said Mister Dodgor, NEA SEAVICE, (NG vhen ehusband and wife start) |reading the same novel it turns out to be @ scrap book “Then make a bridge for the peo | ple to pass under.’ So the Twins took each other's hands and held them up high—and the rest formed & ring and passed under the bridge, all the while sing: ing: “London Bridge is falling down, Walling down, falling down; London Bridge is falling down, All so merrily!” When they said the last word, tho Twins dropped their hands and lo and behold, there was tho Chim. ney Sweep, a prisoner! Thon they finished the song: “Hore's a prisoner we have caught, Wo havo caught, we have caught, Here's a prisoner we have caught, All so merily!" Everybody stopped marching and singing until the prisoner wad din posed of, “Whom will you serve—a Green Dragon or an Hnchanted Princess?" Jasked Nick In a low tone so the others couldn't: hear "An Wnehanted Princess," grin. ned the Chimney Swe “Then get behind mo," said Nanoy. After that (ho game started over NEVER BELIEVE THEY'S JEST TEN YEARS DIFF'RENCE IN QUR AGEs! You sure Look Evky'} CALEB SYKES PUT HIS FOOT IN (IT WHEN THE NEW FAMILY THAT MOVED TO MUDD — CENTER DROPPED IN To MAKE A FEW PURCHASES ~—~.THEY HAVEN'T TRADED AT HIS STORE SINCE a+—~ } ‘Yple SERVICE, INC. again, This me it was the Clown, oners. ( Who was caught. And then there was @ tug of “Whom will you serve—a Green| to see who could pull Dragon or an Enchanted Princess?| Nancy's side pulled “A Green Dragon,” said the| de. pul as tho thelt Clown. pended on it. “Thon get behind mo," sald Nick, nant a ney's prison “One by ono the High Jinks peos| tumbling holter-skeltet IM plo were caught. All but tho ele-| rer, [auppose, At phant, H¢ wash't allowed to play.| ton down in, a heap wl For if he had, tne bridge would! jyughing and shoutitl surely have tumbled before it was yap * shouted the time, “ephat was After a while Nancy and Nick (To Be Contin had about tho samo number of pri sali Landers,