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Har If «**a raurio *. • par I la ' (to* teat ate I to ****** . il*t() ap .ru Mb |te«te tear ate * - * «*>«. -. - * toj ftor »• r«rol a ■ -•* tornflrd kora. ■ * r k* run* J’-dgT ; «4 «A.r «.!• S » ?4®li« * Uf fir# I ttete i*4 Cm• lRfUte * - - * t*HP JuC** l«4 • Mr A«rute* iu«*4 J * .«r Price » * U C'M .owl ywiCMBH v: -r# far n.(“♦>*» Wl ttl OnrwniiIn Jlr .ai-.u* mr«<t4. ) I IK* Amiri • ftan -j4 m* jteBt* into tW • ■ Am I » (• « **4 • 4nw4 In • •» aumTuuI M ur I^ l» tTWHl An «ar«*<» atrii1^ «t*4 »-» l«Wi WM ( HAPTER XXV —.Coximwl» "Toe n«u yowTi So jm«r pamT“ j be mM Ibrtl) Its .«>* till purse Inn bis pocket tal >met*d out tbe *« wet due Hick* >t« -—jued tbe t <et. and paused •rreemla'etr 1*001 roe tew 'be are .igtied" raked lisck* He vaa 'uiihkr »i!X baa Mdkrfcr't «actualime woods. “Tea." aoevtred Wop*. tus tips r-Jihick. and atowr. * ’it shaking ( users, be added to ’*» pile v! bills U. Hk ka band Lake cart- erf »<*,. ' til. ' said Mteha. eta tbe raaat »a» complete. Me tknml tbe nit rf Utils Into Lu pocket aod tooted te 'be door. Alooe asote. tbe piaster collapsed *edo bla cbesr. breathing Beamy. bat I s Careers eoept jeer alio aad left buo onb a aarag, w«m at trtumpb Tb*» passed; be apraas up intending •a it cab Htcha aod a*make bis tar | ado What bad be beet, -Sinking of Mliti Ur eotf is dHcb* More be iiebd the doer kit greed vas ta tbe pace adapt fie dropped ten oe tbe •dge of bfa bed. hu «re deed on tbe el ■dao Tbe fas aaek o«rr from ebere be eet be use It ’.arauftl tbe area beff of tbe oaeb. •lood red ead •Hid to e ate at aeery Mods It eee la the lope <rf tbe old oaks on. which went (Mr abadoea into terrors. be atoned aod Ho'ked toward ewbrbad (be rad ipianrtoc fade orer tbe liver; be aoe tbe list atari ap pro* Me toM Matoeif that Kicks wadf aejo be peso—rf 'be hr# was arf to be Ugbted be aswet bet at ease* He dot* «o the wlbdoe. It pet be could dlkt’B M eiojded UwatiriM of tbe greet beidu trawed ta the dark «o*eg ebr Thee ta ibe alienee be kiard the (bad of aaota CHAPTER **<#». TV Mgi Nmv l-*»a UaMuffr Ttey *r< tec* la IUM0 la !te r«m «a» Jude* afM hb oBk*. sad 'Mi *u Ma *a*t's ®r»t w» *aa* MX •dad «a IV *aMwr-> «r 'U i«m. aa (tee tee (Mr l*ar»te TO* taery ate Carcaluk *fc> um t'anM at one of the stores to make certain purchase* lor the raft. Not a word. Solomon—It had to come. 1 am going to kill him. 1 rhall fee! better then.” 'Vhit :f fee kills you?" demanded Mahaffy harshly. The judge shrugged his shoulders. “That Is as It may be " Hate you lorgotten vonr grand son" Mahaffy s vot e was still narsh and rasping 1 regard my meeting with Fentress as nothing less than a sacred duty U> him " W* snow do more than we did this morning" said V.abaCy. "You are mixing up all sorts of side Issues with w hat should be your real pur pose " "No: a* all. Solomon—not at an: 1 loos -.pen ir.y grandson's speedy re covery as an assured fact. Fentress dare not hold him He knows be is run io earth a: last." "Price—“ "No Solomon no. my friend, we will u>t speak of It again. You will go back to Hel.e Plain with Yancy and Catechist yon must represent me there »> have as good as found Hannibal, but we must be active in Mias Vs.rot s behalf. For us that has an Important bearing on the tuture. and since I cannot, you must be at Hel.e Plain when t'arrtngton arrives with his part, of dogs. Give him the advantage of tour sound and mature judgment Solomon don't let any false mccestr keep you In the back ground. "Who* going to second you?" sea; ;«d Mahaffy The judge »s« a picture of indif ference !* * i be quite Informal, the code Something very like laugnter es caped from Mahaffy's lips. "There you go. Solomon, with your Inopportune mirth! What in God's name have I if I haven't hope? Take grandson shall! He shall wear vel vet and a lace collar and ride his pony yet, by God. as a gentlemans grand j son should!" "It sounds well, Price. Cut where's the money coming from to push a law suit?” The judge waved this aside. “The means will be found. Solo mon. Our horizon is lifting—1 can see it lift! Don't drag me back from I tbe portal of hope! We’ll drink the stuff that comes across the water; that from me and what would 1 be? ! Why. the very fate 1 have been fight ing off with tooth and nail would overwhelm me. I'd sink Into unim portance—my unparalleled misfor tunes would degrade me to a level i with the commonest! No. sir. I've : never been without hope, and though I've tallen I’ve always got up. What : Fentress has is based on money he 1 stole from me. By God. the days ot I his profit-taking are at an end! 1 am i going to strip him. And even if 1 : don't live to enjoy what's mine, my | I’ll warm the cockles of your heart i with imported brandy. I carry twenty . years' hunger and thirst under my [ wes-coat. and I’ll feed and drink like j a gentleman yet!” The judge smacked ; his lips in an ecstacy of enjoyment. . | and dropping down before the table which served him as a desk, seized a pen. “It's good enough to think about. • Price." admitted Mahaffy grudgingly. "It's better to do; and if anything happens to me the papers I am going to leave will tell you how It's to be done. Man, tnere’s a million ot ; money In sight, and we've got to get i it and spend it and enjoy it!| None of ! your swinish thrllt for me. but life on a big scale—company, and feasting. I and refined surroundings!” "And you are going to meet Fen i tress in the morning?” asked Mahaffy. | "I suppose there's no way ot avoiding ! that?” Avoiding it" almost snouted toe j judge. "For what have 1 been living? ! I shall meet him. let the consequences j be what they may. Tonight when 11 have reduced certain facts to writing I shall join you at Belle Plain. The strange and melancholy history of my j life I shall place In your hands for safe keeping In the morning 1 can be driven back to Boggs'." "And you will go there without a second ?" •"If necessary; yes" "It Will Be Quite Informal, the Code le Scarcely Applicable." Is scarcely applicable; I merely In tend to remove him because be la not lit to live." "At sun up!" muttered MabaCy. "I Intend to start one day right ; even If I never live to begin another." said the .idge. a sudden fierce light ! flashing from his eyes “1 feel that I this is the turning point in my ca- ! reer. Solomon!” he went on. "The beginning of great things! But 1 j shall take no chances with the fu ture: 1 shall prepare for every pos-' «!b!e contingency. 1 am going to make you and Yancy my grandson's guardians. There’s a hyndred thou sand acres of land hereabout that ' mur come to him. I shall outline In writing the legal steps to be taken to substantiate his claims. Also he win < inherit largely from me at my death." J "1 declare. Price, you are hardly | fitted to be at large! Why, you act as If you were tired of life! There's Yancy—there’s Cavendish!" The Judge gave him an Indulgent but superior smile. "Two very worthy men. but I go to Boggs' attended by a gentleman or 1 go there alone. 1 am aware of your prejudices. Solomon; otherwise 1 might ask this favor or you." Mr. Mahaffy snorted loudly and turned to the door, for Yancy and Cavendish were now approaching the house, the latter with a meaJ sack slung over his shoulder "Here. Solomon, take one of my ! pistol8,” urged the Judge hastily. Toms stammering speech, he was still seeing his ghastly face, and he had come upon him with startling suddenness. He had chanced to loan back over his shoulder and when he laced about there bad been the plant er within a hundred yards ol him. Presently Carrington's glance ceas ed to follow the windings or the path. He stared down at the gray dust and saw the trail left by Hues and his 'You may need it at Belle Plain. Good by, and God bless you!” CHAPTER XXVII. Eess Leads to Betty. Just where he had parted from Ware. Carrington sat his horse, his brows knit and bis eyes turned in tne direction of the path. He was on his wav to a plantation below Blrard. the owner of which had recently import ed a pack of bloodhounds; hut this unexpected encounter with Ware had affected him strangely. He still heard parly Kor a moment he hesitated: if the dogs were to be used with any hope of success he had no time to spare, and this was the merest sus picion. Illogical conjecture, based on nothing beyond his distrust of Ware In the end he sprang from the saddle, and leading his hcrse into the woods, tied it to a sapling. A hurried investigation told Him that five men had ridden In and out of that path. Of the live, all coming from the south, four had turned south again, but the fifth man—Ware, in other words—had gone north. He weighed the possible significance of these facts. "I am only wasting time!” he con fessed reluctantly, and was on the point of turning away, when, on the very edge of the road and just where the dust yielded to the hard clay of the path, bis glance lighted on the print of a small and daintily shod foot. The throbbing of his heart Quickened curiously. "Betty!” The word leaped from hl» Ups. That small foot had left but the one impress. There were other signs, however, that claimed his attention; namely, the boot-prints ot Slosaon and his men; and he made the in evitable discovery that these tracks were all conlined to the one spot. They began suddenly and as sudden ly ceased, yet there was no mystery about these; he had the marks of the wheels to help him to a sure conclu sion. A carriage had turned Just here, several men had alighted; they had with them a child, or a woman. Either they had re-entered the car Tiage and driven back as they had come, or they bad gone toward the river. He felt the soul within him turn sick. He stole aiong the path; the terror of the river was ever in his thoughts, and the specter of his fear seemed to flit before him and lure him on. Pres ently he caught nls first glimpse of the bayou and his legs shook under him; but the path wound deeper still into w hat appeared to be an un touched solitude, wound on between the crowding tree torrns. a little back from the shore, with an intervening tangle of vines and bushes. He scanned this closely as he hurried forward, scarcely conscious that he was searching for some trampled space at the water's edge; but the verdant wail preserved its unbroken continuity, and twenty minutes later he came w ithm sight ot Hicks clear ing and the keel boat, where it rested against the bank. A little farther on he found the spot where Slosson had launched the ski9 the night before. The keel of his boat had cut deep into the slippery clay; more than this, the Impress ot the small shoe was repeated here, and just beside it was the print of a child's bare foot. He no longer doubted that Betty and Hannibal bad been taken across the bayou to the cabin, and he ran back up the path the distance of a mile and plunged into the woods on his right, his purpose being to pass around the sluggish water. Here he paused and took stock of his surroundings. The two or three buildings Mr. Hicks bad erected stood midway of the clearing and were very modest improvements adapted to their owner's somewhat flippant pursuit of agriculture. While Carrington was still staring about him. the cabin door swung open and a woman stepped forth. It was the girl Bess. She went to a corner of the building and called loudly: "Joe! Oh. Joe!" Carrington glanced in the direction of the keel boat and an instant later saw Slosaon clamber over Its side The tavern-keeper crossed to the cab in. where he was met by Bess, who placed in his hands what seemed to be a wooden bowl. With this he slouched oil to one of the outbuild- i ings, which he entered. Ten or nt- ■ teen minutes slipped by. then he came rrorn the shed and after securing the door, returned to the cabin. He was again met by Bess, who relieved him of the bowl; they exchanged a lew words and Slosson walked away and afterward disappeared over the side of the keel boat. Tbis much was clear to the Ken tuckian: food had been taken to some oue In the shed—to Betty and the boy!—more likely to George. (TO BE CONTINUED.) _ _■ __ j Had Nothing More to Say h«» IV LSf'k Ctmffinnu W«rc Si. *»«€«< toy tte »U>1 Oatry Wapas 9n»«r 9fes*l Mix »*» tor ar* la any oca , tf #***ral way* Tfe* -net bod ecu j, 9*39*4 fey (tor falryan of a boot tkt fcefeafetfk final .4 I*** *t»M sot aerae »«* acme yiaepie; lot apparently tt • r»X »«* the My at No 7S Ha *ad <>*«• toM <aa etirtl&s out j m (fee itntte (feat Ma Vs >u iseltMd j a* toed halt Inn t» at <a* au a coed ! rati am a. aad fee tvaa m no account la fee fade to fed “Tfecee m> jraai left here yeater day ettf attoie*" crusted Mrs 7S. os t£* fNtl ■ i a t kmnkd rttiL Tfeter tte* ' rsaposdad Itoa dairy bm. fetaedly. '*raa laid calf as hour Mere too feed «j». by «y«dal quick Isytac bird* imparted from tbs Mooij l otrys late, ma sts, ssd they came daws ts ikt» eery femt fey mar cool A a**, a* m** tososld feaae am freak. 1 a to* in cosy da*or they may ha** : t you can rest assured, ma’am, they weren't stale ” Mrs 75 gasped. ell. the milk didn't seem as good n usual yesterday, either.” she pur ged ‘Well, the boss will be cut up when ie tear* that*" continued the dalry swo "lie sent down to Alderney a ;'i-rpose lor a cow that eats nothing >ut (teaches and pineapples. ‘Never Bind the expense.’ sezee. ’This cow we shall keep a-purpose for the lady it and mind it sleeps on a feath er bed at right.' he sez. and don't forget the eider-down quilt and the bed socks * Was there anything wrong with the butter, ma'am?” But Mrs 75 shook her bead, speech es*—Youth's Companion. Independent Beggar. William E Kllganon. clerk of the fuvetuie court, found out Saturday aft ernoon that some men beg because they do not wish to work. An agile fellow, fairly well dressed, was about the courthouse asking for “Just a dime." He "struck" Kilganon “l won't give you shy money." said j Kilganon. "but 1 can get you a good job" Kilganon remembered that a manufacturer had called him over J the phone a short time before and j told him be was in need of a good ; man. He said be. would pay $1.75 a ‘ d«y. Kilganon bad taken the receiver from the telephone and was about to tel! the manufacturer he bad found a man for him when the beggar asked how much the job would pay. GU ganon told him. “I wouldn’t work for anybody for that." said the beggar. “All right." replied Kilganon. "get out of here ”—Indianapolis News. Wisest Thing to Do With It. "Heigho'” said Bildad. as Jlmpson berry flashed by In his motor. ‘I wish 1 had an automobile.” "Oh. nonsense. BUI.” 6aid Slathers. “What's the use? You couldn't afford to keep It" "No. by jimnuny." said Bildad. "but 1 could afford to sell It"—Harper's Weekly. Disliked the Flavor. A kindergarten teacher in Phliade* | phta lell in love at lirst sight with a j cherubic youth of lour who waa ; brought to her tor Instruction. "Oh. what a dear!" exclaimed the young woman. “Have you any broth ers like yourself?" "Yes’m." replied she cherub; “me and Tommy and Dick. 1 like Utck best." "And why do you like Dick best?" “'Cause he did tne a great trvor. He bit Tommy's leg " ■. “But. dearie." protested the teach er. “why should you want Dick to hit* Tommy's leg?" “ ’Cause I bate the taste of Tom my's leg." explained the cherub. Dropped Into Earth’s Opening. An earthquake in the Philippine isl ands recently brought forth a queer experience. According to the story, a native was walking through one of the towns when the shock occurred. The earth opened beneath his feet and he dropped into the assure, saving him - self from Injury by grasping the edges ; | of the pit With his h»nda Ill LONELY CORNERS! Scouts of Science Seek Strange Places of the Earth. American Institutions Spend Vas* Sums in Exploration and Send Their Men to the Darkest Spots of the Globe. New York.—Up on the fifth or office floor of the American Museum o! Natural History, just opposite the ele vators, is a bulletin board, on which are painted fifty or sixty names ol persons actively connected with the j institution, all of them well known and many of them famous through out the scientific world. Opposite j each name is a little movable block of wood f hich shows whether the j ov ned is in or out. Inquiry discloses that some of the "outs" are not far away, but that many of them have been absent a long time: that they are in the lonely corners of the earth and that they are not likely to be in for another ‘ year or two. These scouts of science ; come and go at long intervals, but there are so many of them connected with the museum that every month or so some one marks his departure or arrival on the board. As a matter of fact such institu tions as the American Museum of Nat ural History, the Field Museum in Chicago, the National Museum at Washington, and various European institutions are doing the largest share of the geographic exploration of the earth just at present. The plan that each follows is usually the same. First they send out one man alone ; or two together, to penetrate some remote region about which nothing is known. This is really a scientific scouting party. The instructions are to more as quickly as possible, but to make a thorough survey of the-j scientific possibilities of the country When the scouts come back and re port then a large expedition is fitted out. arrangements being made for it to stay in the field several years. The scouts do not accompany this ex pedition. They are off on another ‘ reconnoissance in some other distant j part of the world. Within the last year or so, for in- i stance, the Museum of Natural His lory sent E. O. Hovev to the West in dies and thence to the Chihuahua dis met cf Mexico to study volcanoes. It sent Henry E. Crumpton on three ex peditions to Tahiti and the South Sea islands, and iater to British Guiana j end Mount Koraima. Frank M. Chap man has covered more than 65.000 I miles in collecting materials for the j i Ancient Architecture Found in the West Indie*. museum bird groups, he returned from Colombia recently. Just before Prof. Andrews started in his scouting expedition after the Corean tiger, the writer asked him ' what he feared most in venturing into a totally unknown, unexplored region : Was it fever, or accident or hostile ' natives, or all those things combined? ] "The only thing 1 ever worry ! about.” replied Prof. Andrews, "is whether I will get enough to eat or not. On an expedition where you are 1 traveling alone with just the smallest . •■umber of servants and going into a 1 region that you know nothing about. ; you can take only a limited amount of ! food. For the rest you have to rety on the country. “If you can t kill enough game or ntch enough fish, or find food in some way. you’re going to starve. If you have plenty to eat. you needn't worry about anything else Broken legs sickness, hostile natives and so on will come your way if it's down in the ! books that they're going to. But. no I matter what else happens, you abso lutely must have plenty of grub. If you don’t, then you’ve got something big to worry about.” But whether a scout of science helps the staggering dogs to draw the sledge over snowy wastes or whethei he cuts his way through the jungle? of Java, the Moluccas or the Carolines he is always meeting some othei white man Stefansson and Ander • son encountered lone men of the i Royal Mounted Police north of th* most northerly forts of the Hudson's j Bay company So it is that on every world end steamer they are likely to find some one they know or who knows some one they have met. Therefore, lone ly as their lives are. they no soonei set foot across the threshold of civil ization again than they begin to pick up the threads of gossip and ad venture of others just where they dropped them two or three or five tears back. Aa Others See Us. 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Tokyo is able to boast of the first skyscraper in its history. The structure, begun in January, 1910. was but recently completed. It is considered fire and earthquake proof. It was designed for offices, and is especially noteworthy because it is probably the highest of its kind In the far east. Its Kind. "What interest has the dog to the chase of the poor cat?" “I guess it is some purr scent.” Test Far Beneath His Capacity. The young son of a lawyer who lives out south has just made hit first appearance at kindergarten. Tb* other day the teacher asked the chil dren to look over the room and any who could count, to rise and tell het the number of children in the room The young South sider arose, anc looking about over the heads, remark ed with great aplomb: “Huh! 1 cain't count these children because I can count to a hundred and there ain't that many here.''— Kansas City Star. 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