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Cond r as Alf to-day, but you had it on us. ‘yee’ Baldy Bowen, who was there ” Sino. JoceDon Md aan I Couldn't make a move without lock the trail, crumple in Mg)" . gettin’ in worse . . You, Hil-|84dle and sag forward, strugsie ton, if it hadn't been for you, I'd|heavily to\ regain his position aad -|have sent the bunch of you to hell|them, as his frightened horse moved | by tellin’ th’ straight story when they quickly, Plunge in an ungainly mass « came for Alf to-day!” to the ground, ‘ “Well, it ain't too late! Listen, Beck raised his gun as Hilton's all of you! You H C riders, don't]horse leaped for the trail. He shot let a man move until I get through!"|>ut the instant of light had passed, v She choked and Jane, her hands on|™king the world darker by contrast, the other's ar could feel the They saw fire shoot from scrambling tremors shooting through her lithe| hoofs. Ml " frame. The burst of rain had ceased, the “Hilton's the guilty man!” interval of fury broken; the ywtorm’ Into the worst she put bitter con. | Still swirled, roaring, above them, bus tempt and biting scorn, it was dry and black, threatening, “Bab! You liar!" she drawied.| holding in reserve its strength. . . . | ‘ou liar, you sneak, you coward!| The sound of another horse, cutting You thought none of us could follow|in before them, running frantically, your game an’ none of us could|and Beck's hand went up only to . until now. poise arrested as a voice came to Why, you've been behind this} them with the swinging of a rope whole thing. It was you called Hep-| nd that flayed the animal's flanks, : burn to town an’ offered him money} “Go; go! Take me after him!” % to use in his dirty work. You paig| It was Bobby Cole's cry. She had® if for this fence of ours. You listened| Seen. She was riding on the trail af | an’ used your head, You saw things|the man who would have been het = — quicker an’ Hepburn an’ Webb did,| betrayer. tian an’ you set them two thinkin’ an’ they} They dismounted hastily and’ /¥ never knew you was doin’ it. . . .| stooped ever the figure that lay quiet “He was th’ brains, I tell you!"|on the rocks. Jane stifled her sob- —with an inelusive gesture to the| bing as Beck rolled the body over and men who listened go attentively. “He felt and listened. wanted to drive Miss Hunter out] “Dead,” he said huskily. i. ars worse 'n anybody. He wanted to kill] “Dead!” echoed Jane. “Dick xillea Superior 64 Tom Beck. He didn't have the nerve him! Oh . : . beastly!” wi Siveil 1 ‘ to do {t himself... Ina fair fight.| Fresh firing behind them. The Tenn, Cop, & Ch He shot at him one day with a rifle shout of a man and an answer. More but just as he shot Beck stopped his shots, coming closer, horse to look at somethin’ in his MISCELLANEOUS, High. tow, You Pay Less on You Get the Best “| “sali e J g n Fw ONDON is reliably. reported to have ‘disgorged diamonds and other pre- cious stones upon the American market the value of millions of dollars in the three months, Lambert Brothers im- their own diamonds direct from Amsterdam for hundreds o years the prin- cipal diamond mart of the world. The: have no mid- dleman’s fee to pay. Their stones are mounted in their. own fac- r tory. The ren- BN . tal of their petiding under long-time lease, is moder- ate. eir prices for precious stones are proportionately low. Scores of the choicest solitaires have been set in gold “and platinum for the spring bride-to-be. ile looking at diamond engagement also at Lamberts’ seamless wedding rings. Copyright, Smail, Maynard and Company, 19304 100 Cleveland Auto... 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BRANCHES ‘Milwaukeo—Boston Cle reland—Toronto Nu LROMOTIOWSNN chs Martfo STABLISHED 1905 ————_—__—_—_—__ LIBERTY BONDS inations bought for cash Atyaeed on the opening we —3 zie 1 th aN tel. John $174-5-G-T _ 84 Pine St. N. ¥. DIED. cOOK.—On May 6, MAE RYDER COOK, peloved wife of Harry Cook and mother of Madelyn. - gorvices at her late home, T Oak st, guckahoe, N. ¥.. on Saturday evening, May 8, at 8 o'clock, Funeral Sunday, at 1:30 P.M, MESSMAN.—On Thuraday, May 6, 1929, ELLA HBSSMAN (neo Bannon), at 208 Prospect Place West, Brooklyn, daugh- tor of the late Ellen Bannon, Vunere! Saturday, May 8, at 10 A. M., ‘at the Holy Namo Church, Prospect ay. and 9th av., Brooklyn, vary Cemetery, 4 efforts of the bank to bring about a contraction in commercial credits ‘have been practically fruitless, Bears used the statement as a club om the market, and U. 8. Steel broke to 94 5-8 for a loss of more than a point, while Crucible, at one time showed a loss of 6 points and Mexican Petroleum quickly receded 5 points from its open- ing price. Other issues receded from ‘substantial fractions to more than 3 points, Announcement that Carranza had fled from Mexico City and established his seat of Government-at Vera Cruz was considered more favorable to the market than otherwise, for Wall Street believes than any new Gov- ernment can not help being more frien@ly disposed toward foreign cap- ital than Carranza has been. ven shares of Mexican companies rallied slightly when Carranza's departure became known. Money on call renewed at 7 per cent. but this rate is not accepted as an accurate reflection of money and credit conditions. Time money is practically unobtainable, and leading railroad and industrial companies forced to pay from 7 to 8 per cent for new money on the best forms of collateral, In normal times these rates would be considered prohibitive. Declaration of big stock dividends by May Department Stores) by Libby, MoNeil & Liiiby and other industrial coroporations, plus increases in the regular rate of disbursements by a number of other concerns were with- out market effect. This was due not go much to the fi that these in- creased dividends have ‘been discount- ed as that they come at a time when speculative Wall Street is in a blue haze, ‘The market failed to show renewed life in late trading with final prices not much above the laws of the ¢ The cotton market at one time showed losses ranging from: 10 to 50 points but later recovered a part of this loss and became irregular. Corn was strong, gaining 81-4 cents per bushel. Demand Sterling advanced 4-2 cent to $3.85 1-4, Other foreign ex- change rates were generally firmer. LIBERTY BONDS. 3 1-28, 91.60; second 4s, 85.00; first 4 1-48, 86.02; second 4 1-48, 85.10; third 4 1-48, 89.18; fourth 4 1-48, 85.70; Victory 8 8-48, 96.00; Victory 4 3-48, 96.08, DIVIDENDS. The May Department Stores Com- Aug. 16, respectively, ‘ of record June 25. Previously the company had been Interment Cal-| paying a quarterly dividend of 13-4 per cent. on the cemmon, pany declared two quarterly dividends ot 2 per cent, on the common stock, | payable June 1 to stock of record | May 17 and Sept. 1 to stock of record ‘A stock dividend of 331-3 per cent. a sharp volley rattled, ou common stock is payable to stock jet zinged angrily, close over their hands, that locket he always wears an’ js always lookin’ at, I guess. . . - He didn't know I saw that but I ala, Rs “He was always talkin’ McKee, there, up to kill Beck.” “He didn’t! I didn’t do it!" McKee's voice, an excited cackle, broke in on her but the girl, ignoring, went on: “. . . It was just like he tried to talk Webb an’ Hepburn into killin’. ‘That was his way: makin’ other folks do th’ things he was scared to dot “an’ he was as slick with me as he was with them, with his lies about being€alled here to help Miss Hunter on business! ‘That's why I didn't think all this out before, that's why Ifdidn't think he was a snéak until now. He... he said he wanted to marry .. . to marry me... -” She put a palm against her lips, tears spilled over her cheeks as she turned. For a brief, heartbroken moment she stood looking into Jane Hunter's. face, then bowed her head to the o --:'s shoulder and cried stormily. Beside the girls was a quick move- ment, a man uttering one explosive word as though it gave vent to an emotion that had been pent deep in his heart for long and while the black storm clouds seemed t> shut down and muffle every sound, even Bobby Cole's excited sobbing. ‘A movement sharp, decided, in the group startled Beck to action. “Hold up!” he eried. “Don't one of you move! Jimmy, take two men to the Gap, Hold everybody in this Hole until ve can get the sheriff, this'll be a clean-up for—" ‘A blindjng flare, a crash of thunder that tore sky and shook earth, broke in on him, There was a rending of tough timber as the bolt ripped down a cedar, a snorting of horses, And in that stunning instant Dick Hilton leaped from the group, vaulted to his saddle and lashjng the horse fran- tically, made off. ‘A revolver cracked, a rifle crashed, Hilton disappeared into wa deluge of huge drops that came from the low, scuddling clouds. Others got to their horses and a fusillade of shots sounded like the ripping of strong cloth, And above it rang Jane Hunter's voice “Tom, Oli Hold these men. i'll bring the Sheriff! You can spare me and only me!” ‘With a hoarse cry Riley dropped his revolver and clutched at his wound- ed shoulder. Horses with riders) and horses running wild circled ‘he place |where a moment before had been a \Compact group of men, but now Jane Hunter and ‘Tom Beck stood ther alone, while from all about stabs of \fire pricked the darkness or were lost as the sky blazed, while those who shot scarcely knew whether they were defending themselve toe. Sam CHAPTER XVIII. ANE found herself on the pinto racing thypugh the night, duck. | ing under cedars until she was 4 clear of the timber, crashing through brush, leaping washes and at her side, silent, close, protecting her, an arm ready to grasp her body should her horse fall, rode Tom Beck, ‘Ney made straight across the flat toward the foot of the trail, To their ‘right was shooting and behind them A stray bul- head: “You've got to get. out of this, jem” Beok cried. “There'll be from friend or} lowly, lifting her from her knees be= side the dead rider. “There'll be “hell here to-night and it's no place for you, You bring the law!" feel as though I should stay, There'll be others killed and it'a my, fight! Hers was a cry of anguish, but he replie 4 “You'll save lives by bringin’ -_ poy ma'am, heres bs is only thought wi safety. pera ttoteet' A rifle crashed twice not a hundred yards from them and they heard a running horse grunt as spurs raked’ | his sides, | “Get up and get out!” he cried | hoarsely, fearful that she might insist | on lingering in this place which, this night, Was well named Devil's Hole. |. “There's only one ct ‘em ahead of | He's bound only to make his | way. . . . An’ the Catamount, lear your way if he does turm stay with you, Tom!” t's your place to get out! Ride!” He swung his hat across the pinto’ hind quarters and the animal leape into the trail. He heard Jane cry ou to him to stop. “Go on!” he shouted. “Go on! It's your job to bring help!” And he heard her go on, the horse knew that she obeyed. Then he turned and looked out across the flat, Far down toward Cole's cabin was ® shot. A riderless horse went past ' him, blowing with excitement. He hands, peering into the darkness. Others would “not travel that trail nig) 60 long as Tune ie he was on ‘The fight had been carried in directions, further up into the Hole on down toward the Gap. H C riders, }partially assembled and identified had closed on the outlaws, cut them off from the trail and for the space of maar mbites there was no revealed ction, each waitin, show themselves. = °°" ‘he othera to Suddenly shots rang out, Beck started up with a lo c w ery. Above on the trail he had seen Jano Hunter's pinto, making for the high country, and those two stabs of yel- low fame had been aimed upward oward the w. and toward all to which her It seomed to the man an lightning again revealed the cara ie had an impression of a horsem.n far toward the ‘top of the trall ame bes hind him gnothep/ riding hard; and astly e's pinto toill e the sharp climb.” "# Pravely up And as darkness cut in agai; more fangs of flame darted toward | her! Jane Hunter, without wholly revealed by the lightnin, a target for merciless men, for men who had nothing to lose and at least ° ‘ fighting chance to gain by stopping ner! | He had believed that she was go. ing to safety; he had underestimated the maliciousness of those men she |had driven into the open that after. |noon, He had neglected to consider | the fact that on the trail’ she was | without protection of any sort and that lightning would make her stand out like a cameo! ‘Then another protection, rider was on the trail: Tom Beck, roweling his horse fanning his shoulders with the rein ends, crying aloud to him for speed, his gun in his holster, a useless tng’ He rode with abandon in the darks ness, urging the horse to a speed that mocked safety, Stones were scat= tered by animal's spurning feet and he heard them strike: below, t%o sounds becoming fainter. as’ ‘he mounted the steen rise, Lightnines again and the viper spits down thare in the flat licked out for the woman head, Beok swore aloud and beat horse's flanks with his has, (To-Morrow’s Chapter Concludes the \ Story.) floundering up the steep rise, and ‘ crouched behind a boulder, gun in his ‘