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(Copyright, 1011, by Outing Publishing Co.) | Babe gave an extra twitch to thes he grinned, almost foollshly; then his) for many a day, he Kicked the animal By Barbara Blair scseaine seuss “on, Indie, soma ehh joe 8s 4 3| “Not ign!” he whi d. ‘Looks | seemed to fascinate Smith almoni fc - ie eg ‘a sign!” he whispered. fascinate Smith. ont with the flash they were eroui Copyright, 1012, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), with ‘Doras ithe \ i, Mi | eevee een ec ounee the worid,| "You" = te Grawied, “ orter have| the bend Of the creck and out ef cant THE Throat BEAUTIFUL 8.—Cupid’s Shortcomings} **% ep0t ne‘clscovered iast ween.” | din tenaben’ Hee reseed] Disk” angen The dreathlons, apeechlon | seconds ‘ bs Nite als ba a ct ts ecomes. se sccoenpiice i, purvose she! Weill tead the horses a little closer,| Still dazed with sleep and not yot| seemed minutes long before he heard | 66 HY don't you make it with a Dutoh neck?" said the Woman of Thitty T was the evening | seoring} iain man to her glass and ation Todans’ noreee, | comfeases ‘and |{n case we need them quick, Then we'll! comprehending anythin by the | Babe coming. as her friend, the Average «rl, showed her the materiat shé had just Pig hye ad ly points out the three gray yj falsion {0, the biding plage where keep that bunch of brush between ut fact that he had been advised to put up| | "AW-w-w!"" roared that person in con- bought for a summer fro. «. which Ralph |!" she thought she had carefully the amet itt land them, ti we get close enough. | his hands, and that a stranger had|#ternation and chagrin as he literally “Oh, my neck | HIN," said the feces ues ee Sa, horton He. dimes violets hota | You take ‘Tubbs, and Vit Smith—| drawn an uncommonly fine bead on the| dragged the horses bebind him gin tugeng tt to eat ea Gaainel: SA: Ohio! ban: Teer abaya for Orusl Ney A bing howe sed |/1 want that satisfaction,” he added| head which he wax in honor bound to| Ralston ran to meet him, and a pee : aeronaut to take|!!¥ hatr without the rascal hopping wy} ‘iba, stent: | @rimty. i preserve from mutilation, Tubbs blinked | glance of understanding passed betwe bones and looks like o map. ot Cacia ORT Se aN aT cigs tues andl crying? lew, tek here peau. Meith oree| Tt wae a typical desert morning, redo-| at Babe and inquired peoviahly: them as he leaped into the maddie and | Mountaing, so f can't weer @ COlaaME x ro be sensible: Do you thi ie ‘ tits i itled br i "aaith and ‘Tubbs steal a bunch | lent with eage, which the night's dew]. “What's the matter with you?” swept around the bend Iike a whirl frock, 1 wish I could.” xi where wo were to} be sensible: Do y nie @ beautiful mart foward Mexico. With thea, The pink light| He had forgotten that he was a thief.| Wind lems than thirty seconds behind ‘You'll have t0 begin treatment righy Seein cur Ailtes) an fe that would ever took at nother deputy give chase, imaon was seek-| “Shove r hands!" Smith, away then,” sald the Woman, “for this interviewer and Mustrator, But nothing had hap- pened. The day had dragged slowly Droken only by hurried telephono catis from Mr. Gordon to know if 1 had heard anything. While I now felt sure we both had been the victims of some clever trick- (ter, and my ‘ellef in Cupid seemed ‘@ltogether absurd and unfounded, I ‘was aware, nevertheless, not only of a feeling of disappointment that he had NG come, but one as well of strong YOU? Lo fnoredulity. I saw now that in apite my eldicule, I HAD expected him, TAD believed in him. The bell rang and Mr. Gordon en- tered nucrigaly. “Wnat aid I tel you?" he asked as he Gtopped in the easy chair. “Didn't 1 my the ttle rascal would never mow wt" I was quite sure he had not said 4] On the contrary, he had men- dectously made me believe in him all the tne. “Ie ie just as well,” I said, “We ogula never have found time for all he wanted us to do, Besides I am not gure that I altogether approve of him. He ts a0 Idle, except when he 1s busy making mischie! “and he's SUCH a liar,” added Mr, Gordon gloomily. “He seldom tells ‘a Cellow the truth about a girl, He al- ways makes her superlatively beautt- ful, witty and wise.” J Just aa he talks to us about you," I gerugged, “It is so much b not to Maten to ANYTHING he say “And he always makes a fool of a ebap in the presence of girl, a poor, frightened fool, mute with fear and ing with hope.’ “He makes you dislike all the womet: & all the men She knows.” one sleepless nights," ighed Mr. Gordon, “An@ epella one's dinners,” I criet ‘gwagically. stout you are getting! Tubbs did as Tubbs before he Joined in the pursuit. on ° ‘dow. pounds heavier than you were last oma) The only sound was the ery of them again. u and he was pulling the rawhide c ieee we a a enol year, aren't you? Halr much thinner. . mourning doves, answering each other's! “Oh, hello!’ from his saddle when ‘Tubbs, inspired ' byrries.g ton And, welt dadare te it tony The Murderer of White Ante-|Piaintive calls.’ ‘And across the pan-| “Put them hands buck!" Babe waved | by Smith's example and imbued with | Ie you really tik ¢ ono, Soe getting gray on the temples! I never | orama of yellow sand, green mae-brush, | bis rifle barrel significantly. the hysterical courage which some- | Book presentable Lafoes summer, Tima eaticed (hat watoee, Tl hava: to Gucl lope. Durning cactus flowers, distant peaks of | “What's the matter with you, feller?" | thes comes to men of his type in dex. | too gtad to have ft made / i SEE)ALSTON and BR purple, all bathed alike in the gorgeous | inquired Tubbs crossly. perate xtraits, made a dash for hin ritte | said the Girl "it is suk @ you off my list pretty soon !f you don't N and Babe had con-|crimaon light of the morning, two dark! ‘Though he now re and reached it. He threw it to hin cool and pretty fashion.” A barry am a set that girl—tt you beiceet Somodiees _bentet a Qeures cremt with the stealthinese of | cumstances under which they were found | Shoulder, but quick as he was Babe was | You must begin the treatment ripht a AN!—I doubt it myself, but o! - bank 6 Fainy | Indians. Ralston's presence robbed the altuation | duicker. : i the Wor 0 tC Pa Ri ea Preps season was a tributary of! From behind the bush wom had been Bresence. colbert. the Si atees | with the Nehinine like geature which eer” Oe ie Soe bie 7 know what a woman will do or whom the creek. ‘They were wait-|their objective point they @@mi® hear | occur to Tubbs that any one why knew’ had made his tame a byword where | ao time to loee.. The vary Rieti oie inintn, qhartee ei ing for daylight end for tie | 84 see the cattle moving in the brush | him could posatbie do hia ha | Habe himaeif wax unknown he pullel| PASSAGING THE THROAT do is to give your neck Turkish bath. is eat te lguard to grow sleepy, and carelsan {UeIOW; then a horae on picket snorted, |" '"icsep your hands, UDy T aaa | | Put some hot water in a bowl, threw “Do he ti Mk to you th vo» {With little more emotion then hunt- sae Re alld quietly down the bank curtly, “and, Babe, take the in @ pinch of borax nit a handful of eatmeal and faite a new piece of flannel ailed CURE 1 het Pe eey the 0T# Walting tn @ blind for the birds Bath HEGRE ® Gang. WRIh Rae Rane , bundle of blankets. | for a wash cloth, Dip it in the water and then rub it thoroughly with soag— i exactly the . ow. t a de ‘aro 0 wan oll out of ook, way he tatks to us. A woman cannot |t¢ 80 over the two men examined their | “Ts that a cow chokin’ to death,” he|,, Waat for a Josh ts tp anyhow? . te p< Mg Me Ti a Babe was In} mild soap— ecrut all the surface dirt and, a is x . skin of toe ome oven pinon a lace collar. before he Tiles and six-aliooters, They talked in| whimpered, “or one of Liem citirubs 1 Ae aemrieres Soak VANDER 8 St aaa a GREDSA(A tAG0: that. WanGh| Coen oe Oe res 8 Ne ee eee Wik ea cae ; chey;undertones, laughing a little at some | merely aleepin'?” | Friender a ‘ @ vas " while the pores are open, massage it firmly but gently with old cream, sae ratte nate he pies Natshe | qroll observation oF reminiseenee, Only |, In sight of the prone Agures, they |e UP yeu WdJot!” anayped Smith | desperate Ralston was hot fese-aa, ‘avers | F248! and round, kneading the flesh sutty er cr ” iD Dp halted. rritably. fibre of his being was concentrated in Your neck will now feel tired and flabby it must have a gold astringent don't RBA for you, cocking his impudent head on one side, | #0 Upon Ralston's face at moments |vid army blanket; while Tubbs, from a] Kin was now the only stn vy whieh ‘you DO vo alter all the | Would the closest observer nave known | altting position ‘against @ tr: had!he betrayed his feelings. To all ott uty Sherif itarton was at | large handful of salt has been dissolved, wring {t out only enough so that ét Deautiful women he has met, he would |that anything unuual was about to /fallen over on the ground with bis knees | @PPearances he was himself again—tn- | 4), fins. fear -Teenens an and) won't drip, fold {t and put it around your neck, Do this two or three times aa@ ever look at YOU? To be sure, you are | take piace. drawn to his chin, His mouth, from|selent, defant, [oot Mepoes here ron rillog _ him with} then dry the neck taoroughly, Here endeth the fret chapter ¢ ck treatment,” Not bad looking, not really UGLY, you| Yet each realized to the fullest ex- {Which frightful sounds of strangulat it thoroughly dawned upon | a ape me es gi eee | There's nothing very difficult about that.” sald the Girl, w for Chapter know; I am willing to admit that at|tent the possible dangers ahead of |sivol's iiitie of the onltes of Mest rrnered and un beside the of hie desire | TW.” ‘ times you are almost protty, But think them. Smith they knew to he stumbered, ™ id vans the man aneat of him it massage your neck every night with lan This fs not ee of the women ITE knows! ful, he would be desperat ‘Ain't he @ dream?” breathed Babe in Smith knew that he sad only a chance uae, but tt will make the Me , 7 ibnorant and weak of will as he w 1 i ; in a thousand, He nad seen Ralston y pl rather more quickly Yes, and think of thelr clothes, 1 (RONAN Quy tened into s kind of f Ralston’ How I'd ke # pleture | with a six-shoote Hod * grumble discontentedly. ‘If I wore # whtened into a kind of fren-|or that face to keep in the back of mny| “Stack the guns and wet our horses, | ttt MxX-shooler explode a cartridge cream 4 THAT, I w ‘ Jed courage. The best latd plans did | watch! sald Ralaton. ' placed on @ rock um far away ae he] pe you know,’ said the Girl, “I am clothes like THA, I wouldn't look like ‘always work out acvordl ould see it, amd he was riding the little (ned of massage. It'@ such THIS! how ttle You couldn know, An hate ta! Al complexion Then we sighed, “‘Perhaps,’ appraiaingly, ‘but see | were discovered and the thi hardly @ woman on my Ist who hasn't | cepted % better one. I wouldn't think too} words upon. viewed the prostrate forma along th “ : } The young horse, mad with trignt, |*?2 "to much about that man if I were you.| While the east grew pink, they talked | barrels. we tHe poor ant now We asccare one bad | kept to the serpentine course of tie] “The Many nleeegt Ben nee pew Se to know want him, Reauties, THEY |had owned, of guns and big game, of) The duick command. sharp, etern,| Smith's horse was a newly broken |raishit, followed ite lead dead OP re really in earneat to are! Regular stunners"' " dinners they had eaten, of socks a penetrated the senses of the men tnert| bronco, and he was a wild beg@ar, as| Well, if you at ally In ea c "Well, ho never botiieved ME very | fe an m La 4 ( "Y| from them tn cow outfte—the impor-| was upon his gun. He had reaghed for| reassuringly as the horse Jumped to the - — ervise it a little alto, Stand TURNS am gi @ didn't come," 0 ve »| “Drop it! ere Was no mistaydng|ing and trembling in fright, and finally SsTe window, wrace back the shoulders, throw the chin well up and the head as fae I. He cauldn't have made|*# each Well knew, might be thelr last the Intention exrressed in Ralato‘e| laid his hand upon bis neck and back.) Mrs, Crawford-Why don't you try} back as you can reach, ‘Then, witheGt moving your shoulders, slowly bring the sunriog, Raiag 9n@ the gua fell from Smith's | Fhe Gagere of one hand wite entwined |e new paper bag cooking? head forward until the ebin rests on the chest. Repeat this six times, taltine Find «Patches, ond (aetae ) & By Dwig SAY, BILL, You WANTA JOIN OUR YODGE - 10 Di Nie FELLOWS BLONG — COME > A ‘ Bini, IVE PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP, e ° Own Beauty Doctor By Andre Dupont a sik handkerchief knotted about his| hands shot above his head. In the nibs, and. as It reared SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. | nook, which, with him, signified a read-| A line of sunlight dropped into the] {t pulled loose fee ie. make frig Iness for action. creek bottom and a ray was caught by] Smith reached for the trailing rop. He joined Ralston at the top of the|the deputy’s badge which shone on| they were gone! cutout. Ralston's breast. The giltter of it] Ralston shot to cripple ta » and who C the ta aes teacher. e horse, but Copyright, 1912, by The Ire Publishing Co, (‘The New York World), an knew that he must secure Atte OK at yourself! See how | nd coulees where | With A good many CHAPTER XXI. the purple shadows of night still } pression | of -evening frock you are going LLY ibelieve that man cares |¥Y # sparkle of deviltry in Babe's blue | iT u jew q AX ‘believe that man cares |e Sand an added gravity of expres- Smith, with his hat on, his head pil-|_ His glance was full of malevolence a8) the determination to recapture the man | douche to brace tt and clowe the pores. ‘Take a small Turkish towel—one of the lowed on iis saddle, was rolled in an| Habe took his guns. The yellow of hi! wie had twice outwrtted him, The dep. | little ones that you ean buy for ten cents—dip It in very cok water in which a +} Amith’s rife wae under the edge of his hard for a stranger to ketch,” blanket, and bis six shooter in its hol-|aaid Smith, suriity, rll get him, for 1 | ster lay by his head; but ‘Tubbs, with| don't aim to walk," and insignificant you are, thelr guns the odds were équal, But {| the carelessness of a green hand and| * brown ma. swiftness th had {sehedule, and if by any ave a sort of follow feeling nneasee mountaineer who bother. £ with that 1 Ks | t make any break, | yor the 0 ° right; but do yye morning saw a city camper wash- vt’ make yourself taller, you Ns not their way to talk of danger to |the over confidence which had succeeded | Smith,” Rulston warned lf ( am. SY * or That a ty Drow ynae themselves, That there war danger {his nervousness, had leaned hla rifle) “I'm nota fo Smith answered, | pal Fh, eua'y nie Mane ot the Greck, Say ereee nA haw ant es a bd ue was a fact too obvious to discuss, but/agaiuse a tree and jaid his six shooter | gruff Saag - | Paaiat yrse might fall with i er,’ he drawied, ‘do you take all that : hin you are! Your | tg 10 co to the carry: crote f ong ans was at liberty there waslironble wich you ery that it was no hindran: the and cartridge belt in a crotch, on's-face relaxed as Smith le Mutha ohanie anes os See, ae rah a h yourself every day : is not bad, but there ts ing out of thelr plans was also ac-| Ralston nodded to Babe, oman of ‘Phirty laughed, but and simul-| tered toward his horse. He being too evident to waste |taneously they raised their rifles and| that they had heen taken with oe shook her head preity before summer, saddle Diankets that had deen stolen | in h vy sleep. Instantly Smith's hand! Smith had said; put he talked to him! (T) @e Continued) make your neck Ralston finally crawled to the top of | hi tm the horse's man and. both lacke@ in the fire and|the cuthank and tooked cautiously! The red of Smith’ nly, with s skin changed t t-like spring made le only by | Mrs Crabshaw—{ would, dear, if 1] deep breaths afi the time, ‘Then practise side to “syle movements of the about, n. [gustous yellow, not unlike the eto ot | Aignacmperecione. Smith tanded ‘on? the | thought ft Was 4s cusy as getting the/ letting the head fal) as Car as possible frat to wip right and then t (To Be Continued.) : “It'e time,” he said briefy, the relied on the k of his’ bronche’s back. With @ yell of deflance | meals in a paper bag at the delicatessen | To All aut the liollows that aro sometimes called ‘salt rales cg, “emg ~ tay Cle, Pantoratyicken for the moment, +N Ralston and ¢ ramembered store, —Jud ‘ your shouldegp forcibly twenty umes aight end morning. + s me ‘ . oe : by 4 ay ’ eet ale tt i @ chap of that pi .