RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
The Joy of Living
By SIDNEY GOWING
Illustrations by ELLSWORTH YOUNG
CHAPTER XXIII Continued.
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"nut," snld Juke with devilish fe
rocity, "I'vo got you, too." lie raised
one knee, anil rested IiIh phtd linntl
on It. "If I give it to yon, there's
Homcthlti' I'm goln' to linvo you do
llrst.. You'll take my forms itn' do
what I ask or I'll drop you, right
there nnd now."
There wiih not the faintest doubt
tut t that In; mount wlint lio said. A
glance Into his eyes told tho listener
that.
"Nothing doing," said Hilly quietly.
"I don't take orders from a malefac
tor. Least of nil at tho point oS u
Kim." ,
"Then." said .lake thickly, "you're
cold meat. I guess It's the host way.
It gives mo a chance yet."
"They don't electrocute In this
country," said Hilly, "they hung. Hut
they do It very elllclently. You can
shoot me In the hack though, If you
want to. I'm going to see ahout your
exit."
He turned dellherntely nnd walked
to the mouth of the cave. Jake's
linger trembled on the trigger.
"Ciiiiiu hack!" ho said hoarsely.
There wns something so broken and
piteous In the tone, that Hilly turned
his head. Jake Hun;; the pistol
toward him; It fell on the sand at
Billy's feet, und he picked It up.
"I can't got you with a gun,"
gasped .ink, "but listen to what I not
lo say, If you're a man! For (Sod's
take, listen!"
And HIMy listened.
Sonm .lilnutos later Hilly stepped
out f the cave Into tho sunlight, lie
vns looking unusually grave, his lips
"Were tight set; his eyes were posi
tively harried. He walked n few
Heps, muttering to himself. lie
Vturtod as a voice called him excited
ly by mime, and ho wns aware of
Monsieur de J tissue running toward
Jilm.
"Spencer l" ho cried. "I have been
looking for you everywhere. Where
Uiu devil have you been? The police
hnve Inquired for you at the abbey,
and I tblnk they nro not far behind.
I thought It well to como nnd warn
you."
"The police?"
Hertrnud turned round shnrply. lie
permitted himself a military expres
sion that would not pass tho censor.
"And hero they nro!" he said, with
a gesture of despair.
The helmet of Constnblo I'olson ap
peared on the brink of the opposite
elllT, ahout tho sumo time as 1'anko's
peaked cap obtruded Itself over the
one behind them, and the felt hat of
Inspector Arkwrlght hove In sight
nmong tho bramblo hushes below. In
n very short time all three men were
In the pit, closing strategically upon
Billy and Hertrand.
"I don't think," murmured Hilly,
"that I ever know policemen arrive
so so what's tho word?"
"A propos." said the Vlcomto grimly,
twisting his mustache.
"Thanks. That's It."
"Is there anything I can do?"
"Thanks again, but I think not.
We'll see how they play tho hand."
"That's him the young one!" ox
clnlmed l'linke, as the three ap
proached. Inspector Arkwrlght walked
up to Hilly, and addressed him by
name.
"William Spencer?"
"That same bird," replied Billy
pleasantly.
"And mi admirable chnuireur," mur
mured de Jussio. "lie drives like the
Angel of Heath."
Ark wrlght's cold gray eye swiveled
upon the speaker.
"Who are you, and what ure yon
doing hero?"
"The Vlcomte do Jussac, at your
service. A guest at the abbey. Know
ing Spencer was here, 1 ciuno to In
form him ho was wanted."
t "Oh. All right, sir. He's certainly
wanted." Tho inspector turned to
iBllly. "Come along, my lnd. Wo nro
toverdue at Stanhoo police station."
"Does that mean I'm arrested?"
The Inspector looked at him search
ing! y.
"That will depend on circumstances.
Iluve you any objection to accompa
nying mo?"
"I've no objection to anything. This
la my afternoon off. Hut may I take
it you are looking for the enterprising
fellow who burgled the abbey?"
"I Include that among my activi
ties," said Arkwrlght sardonically.
"Then this Is your lucky day. lie's
In tho cavo there."
"In the cave?" said Arkwrlght,
Btarlng.
"If you'll step this way," Bald Hilly,
"I'll show you."
He turned toward tho bushes. Ark
wrlght, after a moment's hesitation,
uccompunlcd him, and motioned to
Inspector 1'anko to follow. Hortrund
brought up tho rear. Hilly led them
Into tho cave.
Jnkc, prostrate on his couch of
bracken, greeted them with u sullen
etaro. Inspector Arkwrlght looked at
him at the bunduged leg, the stubble
covered fuce, and deep-set eyes. Tho
handkerchief with tho broken food
Was no longer visible.
"That' your jaw." said Blly.
"known to the popular press as Jack
the Climber; but I gather he prefers
to be called Jake- think wo ought
to humor him so fur. Ills motor
cycle Is In the clay pit up tho slope.
His leg Is rather hiully hurt."
"See If he's shamming," said Ark
wrlght briefly to Piinkv,
"Do I look us If 1 wns shamming,
you guzubool" growled Jnke.
Ho certainly did not. Inspector
Arkwrlght put a question to him,
which Jake did not answer; nor did
he look at the Inspector bis eyes
were fixed on Hilly. Not a word of
reply would the captlvo vouchsafe to
any of Arkwrlght's queries. Hilly
took tho Vlcomto by the arm, led him
outside, and drew a long breath.
"(Sot a cigarette?" bo said nnx
loiisly. "I gave my list one to Jake."
Kcrlraml produced his case.
"Hut what a triumph I" ho said with
a dazed air.
"It's not tho sort I enjoy," replied
Hilly, "hut I had to see It through."
Tlie two Inspectors emerged.
"I'unko," said Arkwrlght, "there's a
gate in the field-fence Just up there,
1 think. Will you anil 1'olson lift it
S(
"Seo If He's Shammlnn," Said Ark
wrlght. off its hinges nnd bring It here? Wo
must get tho mun out ; ho can't walk."
Ho turned abruptly to Hilly. "And
now will you explain, Mr. Spencer?"
"Sure," said Hilly. "I bellevu you
know It was I who came ncross the
thieves on tho night of the holdup,
and got knocked out. It seems to
have been taken for granted the pair
of them made a get-nway on their ma
chine, nnd likely were half across
England by morning. I wasn't so sure.
The case was Important for me, too,
for It looted as if 1 was going to bo
suspected.
"I happened to come across some
tracks of a cycle tiro on the Held
here; they were old and faint, hut
they set me thinking. 1 wish I'd struck
them before. I'm used to following
trails had a lot of experience in it.
Went to the place where the argu
ment happened, up the lane, ami made
out that the motorcycle, alter the
scrap, canio buck along tho road yon
der. The trucks are there yet If
you've eyes to seo them. I guess the
machine was half-crippled, and they
were driving It too hard. I j,indo m,'t
that It crashed again a had crash
that time. Do you follow mo?"
"Yes," said tho amazed Arkwrlght,
"but bow"
"Here's a piece of tho machine
found It on tho road," said Hilly,
handing him the scrap of metal. "The
tracks didn't go on. So what became
of tho machine? I found the tire
marks passing through a gateway Into
the field.
"What did that say? That they
could wheel tho machine, though they
couldn't drivo It. Engine done up.
What would they do with It? Hide it,
so nobody would know they didn't get
clear away. You'll find the machine,
a twin Indian, over In tho old clay pit,
under some brushwood.
"Whnt did the two of them do then?
You can fee by the tracks In Uie field
that one of them wns dead lame. So
lame that he had to ho carried or
dragged, half of tho way. It must
have taken quite a while. They
couldn't lie fur off, and, to cut it short,
I searched tho pits through and found
Jake where ho Is. 1 didn't get wise
to It till now. He's got a leg so badly
sprained thnt a compound fracture
wouldn't have laid him up much more
thoroughly. And here you ure, In
spector, Just In tho nick of time, as
the story-books say. Of course,"
added Hilly, "you'd have found It out
yourself as soou as you got to work.
I happened to bo on the spot, that's
all. And I Bhnll bo obliged If you'll
say nothing about my slmro In It, at
headquarters. Thief-catching Isn't
renliy In my line I'm a motor-engi-necr,
und It might do mo harm to
have It known I was wasting time on
things that aren't my business."
Inspector Arkwrlglit .gazed, at Bllli'
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dumbly. Arkwrlght wus not a man of
ungenerous Instincts.
"I call that a very rcmnrknble
piece of work for an amateur," he
said ungrudgingly.
"I suppovo I've set your mind at
rest, that I'd nothing to do with the
burglary myself? You're not uchlng
to haul me oft to the station house
any more? Or are you?"
Inspector Arkwrlght regarded Hilly
thoughtfully.
"No," be replied quietly, "but there
are one or two points that have to be
cleared up yet."
Hilly took some papers from n pock
ctbook and handed them to Ark
wrlght. "If you want Information ns to my
Identity," he said, "you might look
through those."
The Inspector did so. Ills usunlly
Immobile face gave a twitch of sur
prise. "Thank you. I'll keep these for the
present," bo said, with n change of
manner. "I will have n word with
you nt the abbey, Mr. Spencer, when
this business is ofT my bands."
"I'll be there," said Hilly, with an
Inward twinge of anxiety.
I'anke and the constnblo arrived,
carrying n gate between them, which
was taken Into the envo. The pros
trate Jake wns lifted onto It, and
borne out Into the open.
"Wait! Set him down," said Ark
wrlght suddenly. "He's snfe. any
how. We've got to get the other one."
Ho turned to Hilly. "You've seen
nothing of her the woman?"
Hilly gave him n stare of undis
guised amazement.
"The woman?" ho exclaimed.
Juke threw away the stub of his
cigarette.
"Yes Calamity Kutol" said Ark
wrlght Impatiently. 'Good Lord, man,
can't you see she must he somewhere
here, too? She's been bringing him
food and water, and tending Ids leg
how else could he hnve lived there six
days when he can't move?"
"Great Christopher!" said Billy. "I
suppose you're right."
"The prisoner refuses nny informa
tion. Hut I'll have tho pair of them,"
said Arkwrlght grimly. "I"
"I suggest," broke In I'anke, who
was dinting nt being thrust Into u sub
ordinate part, "that wo get this
man away as soon ns possible, and
flint two of us wait In the cave. The
woman probably visits it only nt night,
and tho next time she comes with sup
plies, we shnll get her."
"The weak point about thnt," re
plied Arkwrlght patronizingly, "Is that
It's not certain she only comes at
night; this Is a lonely place, and It
won't surprise me If she Is close by.
She may have observed us nlrcudy.
We'll search these pits thoroughly
first. There are half n dozen of these
caves, and we'll go through them nil.
Mr. Spencer, I'll trouble you to remain
by the prisoner. I'anke, you and the
constable try thnt envo opposite, and
I'll take this side."
Inspector Arkwrlght strode forward
with stern determination.
"The bag is not complete," he said
grimly, "till I've got thnt woman I"
CHAPTER XXIV
"Sisters Under Their Skins."
Almoe came as near to sheer panic
ns she had over been yet when, nfter
overhearing from her coign of van
tage In the second floor window the
questions of the police, she saw them
Ktnrt for the crag pits.
The only bright feature of the situ
ntlon, though not dazzllngly bright,
was that do Jussuc wns already on
his way, In the sumo direction. Sho
had seen him go, nnd guessed his
errand. Hertrand, nt leust, was au
ully.
"I'd rather they got mo than Billy!"
sho said with a little sob.
Tho ono obvious and reasonable
thing for Almeo to do, was to remain
where she was. To Ho low, like Hrer
Uuhblt, and take no part In the com
ing crisis. As u nntural consequence,
It was precisely tho thing which her
mind refused to entertain. If uniy
was going to meet trouble, she deter
mined to bo on tho spot. There was
no knowing to whnt lengths he might
go, In his passion for self-sacrifice.
Ten minutes later Almeo was In tho
bushy dip of ground lending Into tho
crag pits. Tho pollco were well ahead
of her, converging round the far end.
Almeo had taken some trouble to nvold
being seen by them. At the moment
she could not seo them at nil, and
took It for granted they could not seo
her either.
Hendlng low and running between
the bushes, Almeo mado for tho en
trance of tho Sphinx's cave. It
seemed to her that must bo where
Hilly had gone. On arriving at tho
mouth, howover, she discovered hor
mistake. Through a gap In tho brush
wood sho caught sight of Hilly a con
siderable distance farther along the
pits. And with him was do Jussac.
The pollco arrived ulmost linmedl
utely nfterward. Alraee, crouching be
hind tho bushes, wutched tho meeting.
Hor throat felt dry nnd hot, her
bunds opened and shut nervously.
Sho hesitated, uncertain what to do.
Would Hilly "gt uwu with It?" A
gleam or hope and confidence re
turned. Hilly hud u wonderful knuck
of getting uway with things.
She saw the party disappear Into
the cave nearest them; she witnessed
the emergence of Hilly, and was aware
of a certnln relief of tension when
tho pollco returned and spoke with
him. Finally, wondering us she
wutched, Almeo observed the arrival
of the gate saw tho prostrate body
of Juke carried Into the open. The
distance was considerable. Hut the
significance of that pathetic figure on
the gate came honiu to her. Almeo
was not slow of comprehension. She
began to realize tho meaning of it all.
Tho police had what they wanted.
Tho captive could bo no other than
Jack the Climber himself. Hilly had
"got nway with It" with u vengeance.
Almeo was staring dumbly nt the
group, when she heard u faint animal
like noise close beside her. She turned
shnrply, to Had that sho was not
alone.
A woman, In n stained nnd ragged
dust-cloak, was crouching behind the
screen of brumbies n few yards uwiiy.
She was young, mid not ill-looking,
save for the deathly pallor of her face
and tho disorder of her hair. Indeed,
there wus u wild glpsylsh beauty
about her, that survived oven the
hunted expression In her eyes.
She wns staring through the bushos
nt tho distant group.
"They got him I" she said In n
strangled whisper. She huddled her
self together trembling.
"An' they'll get me, too. Lot 'em.
No good ny runnln' for It.
"I ilunno who you nro!" sho mut
tered. "What you doln' here? Are
you goin' to gli.:ine away?"
Almeo did n t move. Her heart
beat fast. Hut :hero was no menace
in the woman's ,es; only an expres
sion so broken nnl piteous thnt some
how a lump came Into Almee's throat.
Sho had not the faintest doubt who
this hunted w. nan was.
"You Miow ho I nin," tho woman
said thickly; "I can seo It In your
face." Sho came n step nearer. "An
you goln' to call out?"
Almeo did not answer that question.
"Is be much hurt?" she said quietly,
looking towards the distant group
round the mun on the gate.
"Hurt?" said Calamity Kate. "He
sinnshed himself days ago, It was."
She had subsided on the sand, nnd
embraced her knees with her arms,
staring before her with unseeing eyes.
"I got him down here. Tried to help
him along couldn't walk. Then I
hud to carry him."
"roul" said Almee, looking wonder
Ingly at tho girl's slight figure.
"Ves. me. It took me hours. Car
ried film on "hie back somehow.
When It came daylight, I found tho
cave. Got him In. I ripped up me
skirt to blindage him. I stole food for
him, nights. In two or three days
more I guess he'd hnvo been able to
get away. Now they've got him, nn
they'll have me."
Sho rocked herself gently to and
fro.
"It'll be h 1 for .Tnkol" she snld
thickly. "To know they've got me I"
Sho looked nt Almee. "If I could go
with him If they'd put us both In the
snino Jug I wouldn't cure. Hut they
don't do thut."
Sho gave a great sob.
"I'd give me life to get him out of
It. Hut he's done, and he'll know
they'vo got me. It'll bo h 1 for him
My mnn!"
An unreasoning flood of tears came
luto Almee's eyes. Sho looked once
"Aro You Goln' to Glmmo Away?"
moro towards tho group. Tho police
were spreading out across the pits,
moving in her direction.
"My man!" sobbed Knto.
"You lovo him?" suld Almee halt
ingly. "lie's my husband 1" said tho wom
an. Sho Hung herself face down
wards on tho sand, and wept.
Suddenly Almeo stooped und caught
her by the shoulder.
"Come with mo I" she said swiftly,
und, turning, crept In through the
screen of brambles, Into tho cavo.
Kate looked up comprehendlngly,
Then, with tho Instinct of the hunted
animal she dived through tho bushes
and went to ground. Tho girls found
themselves together In tho cool gloom
of the cave.
Kate stared ut Almeo with wonder
ing eyes.
"I'm sorry for you!" said Almeo
unsteadily.
"I never thought," snld Kato, "to
And any. woman sorry for me."
She glanced round the walls of the
cave.
"They'll find me here Just the
same."
"They may not." Almee, very pale,
looked nt the fugitive. "Don't you
think," she snld, "that if you got clear
this time, you might drop It all? Try
something different?"
"I might," said Kate slowly. "But
they'll' get me."
She caught sight or the Plying
Sphinx, standing In the dim light nt
the cave's end.
"What's that?" she exclaimed, and
moved swiftly to the machine. Almee
watched her.
"You couldn't ride It," said Almee,
"not even If the wny was clear."
"I can ride anything with an engine
to It!" said Kate desperately. There
was n gleam of hope In the hunted
eyes; already her linnds were busy
with the levers; searching, examining.
But she stopped, bullied. Tho controls
of tho Sphinx1 were too much for her.
The next moment Almeo wns beside
her.
"Thnt's tho throttle!" said Almee
swiftly. "Here's tho starter this
changes the gear you hnve to bo
careful with the Intnke. On the sec
ond speed she goes over the roughest
ground like n bird on the level rond
she'll do eighty. If you could get her
out clear of tho bushes but you'd
never get nway with It"
Tho woman turned to hor, gapping.
"Will you let mo try?" she ex
clalmcd. It was then that n shock of revul
sion came over Almee. This wns the
female rattlesnake who hnd nearly
killed Billy, and caused nil the trouble.
Why should Almeo feel pity? The
broken mnn In tho hands of tho po
lice A rustic among the bushes nt the
cave's mouth innite tho two women
turn quickly. De Jussac, stepping in
side, hulled and stared blankly tit
them both.
"Ton thousand devils!" exclaimed
Bertram!, momentarily startled out of
politeness.
"You needn't be frightened for me."
snld Almee qufrkly. "She'll do me no
hnrm."
Bertrnnd's active brain took In the
situation briefly.
"No harm!" he said. "Name of a
name! If tho pollco found you here
with thnt!"
Almee turned very white. Thnt as
pect of the case had not even occurred
to hor. In the stress of now emotion,
the realization of danger to herself
had been crowded out. If she had t(
explain to the pollco . . .
"Yes," said Almee quietly. "If they
come here I'm done for."
Tho strident voice of Inspector Ark
wrlght wns heard, very close at hand.
Monsieur de Jussac .pushed his wny
out through tho brambles nnd re
gained the open air. The three police
men together were converging towards
tho spot.
"Another enve there!" cried Inspec
tor Arkwrlght. "I thought so. This
wny, I'anke!"
De Jussac halted before the en
trance, nnd, selecting a cigarette from
his case, lit it deliberately.
"You may save yourself the trouble,
Inspector," he said amiably. "There
Is nothing here."
Arkwrlght hesitated.
"Aro you certain?" ho said, coming
forward nguln.
"I hnve proved It," said Bertrand,
"at much expense to my skin. Curse
these briars!"
"All right." said Arkwrlght. turning
away; "push on and search tho other
end, I'anke. No use wasting time
here. I think we're on n fool's errand
after all."
The three police passed out of sight
round the bend of tho pits. There
was a long pause. Almee's face peered
cautiously through tho branmbles.
"What n fenrful liar you are. Vl
comto!" she said with mingled re
morse nnd admiration.
Bertrand, without turning; bowed
gravely.
' "I do my best," ho murmured, "In
defense of n lady with such n genius
for getting Into dlfllcultles. Hut let
mo beg of you to remain where you
are."
"Are tho police out of sight?" suld
Almeo eagerly.
"For the present, yes. They are
away round the corner all three. Hut
they may come bnck."
A moment's silence followed the
warning. Then the brambles parted,
and the Flying Sphinx enme thrusting
through. Knto wns beside It, hor
linnds gripping the bars, her faco
white nnd strained, hor teeth tight set.
She gave a swift glance to either side,
and began to run tho machine' down
the slope.
Do Jussac, with an nmazed excla
mation, turned to Intercept her. He
found n hnnd detaining lilin; Almee
had gripped lilin by the arm.
"Lot her go!" said Almee breath
lessly. "Let her go!"
"Name of a name I" snld Bertrand
blankly. But ho obeyed. There was
llttlo choice. Already Calamity Kato
was well down the slope, running lie
side the free-wheeling Sphinx thnt gnth
ered more nnd more Impetus by Its own
weight. The deftness with which
tho womnn steered It between tho
clumps of bushes wns astounding.
"Sho hasn't a dog's chance," said
Almeo with a gulp, "but what chance
tliero is let her tako It."
"A nation of sportsmen quoll"
murmured Hertrand with n pnralyzed
ulr. He glanced to tho left, where
the police had disappeared round the
shoulder of tho bluff. There was still
no sign of them. Knto, renchlng the
trodden path nt tho bottom, turned
sharp to tho right and swung herself
Into the saddle.
"It Is one's duty to stop her," said
Bertram!, twlflfcng his mustache In
perplexity. "But ono does not hunt
a womnn."
"She'll never get started on that
ground," said Almee.
The engine llred, stopped, Ilred
again the wheels threw up spirts of
sand, then getting onto harder ground
the machine ran swiftly ahead with
the faint pulsing whirr thut was tho
Sphinx's song of triumphant progress.
She shot forward much too fast, ami
was only Just controlled In time.
No other eyele than the Sphinx
could hnve mado good over such
ground; no other could have sailed
so elllclently nnd noiselessly up flui
stoop path through the gap towards
IfVitttf
"tOTO
He Uttered a Hoarse Cry. (
tho higher ground at the far end. It
was a wonderful exhibition of riding.
Ah the fugitive sped by, Billy, stand
ing on guiird beside the captive Jake,
turned and stared !n pet rilled amaze
ment. Jake raised himself to n sitting po
sition on the gate, and stared, too.
Ho littered a hoarse cry almost a
cheer.
The Sphinx nnd Its rider breasted
the crest of the rise, staggered, und
sailed uway out of view.
CHAPTER XXV M;
Two of a Kind.
Almeo gave a little gurgle of excite
ment ns the Sphinx vanished.
"She's away! And I don't believe
they've teen her! If she can stick to
It over the field to the gate, there's
open rond before her and she's clear 1"
Almee turned to de Jussac with
shining eyes. He shrugged his shoul
ders faintly.
"A supremely foolish act, mademoi
selle," said Bertrand.
"slie wns n trouble Just as I'vo
been. Everybody's shielded mo at
their own risk," said Almee defiantly.
"How could I do less for her?"
"Alns, tho morals of tho age!" said
Bertrand, nnd bo laughed gently. "A
sermon would not become me I also
am n coadjutor. I wilt observe the
movements of the enemy."
JIo climbed quickly onto the shoul
der of high ground that divided them
from the end of the pit, nnd returned
In a few moments.
"Obviously our Industrious pollco
did not set! her," he said; "they are
now searching tho Inst of tho caves."
"Then it's time I got bnck Into mine,"
said Almee turning to dive back Into
her retreat.
"Not so!" exclaimed Bertrand quick
ly, catching her by the hand. "That Is no
place for you."
"Why?"
"Tho gentleman from Scotland Yard
will searcli It before he leaves he took
my word for the moment, but lie will
make sure. It was merely that ho wns
In n hurry. You must get out of this
while you can : like your friend tho
lady burglar. Como along!" suld Ber
trand, setting oft nt a run nnd pulling
her with him.
"You're right 1" ejnculated Almee.
With long strides they sped round tho
clump of bushes, Almeo In tow of Rop
trnnd, nnd, turning sharp to tho right,
scurried up one of the steep paths that
led out of the pits.
Billy suffered yet ono more shock ns
the pair of them camo Into his field of
vision. He gaped at them, hardly ahio
to believe his eyes. In u few moments
tiiey hnd passed; Almee readied tho
top of tho pit, nnd Bertrand glnnced ap
prehensively back lu tho direction of
tho police.
"All clear!" he gasped, utterly out of
breath. "Get to tho road get out of
sight. Back to tho abbey, dear lady,
and for pity's sake stay there, for you
are very wearing. Go !"
"Thanks, awfully!" panted Almee,
and depnrted ns fast as her logs would
carry her. Do Jussac retreated Into tho
pit, mopping his brow. Taking no no
tico of the frantic signals of Billy ho
returned to tho enve, dived Into It,
took a hurried look round nnd kicked
plenty of loose sniid over a pool of ol!
that was tho sole legacy of tho Sphinx,
lie left the place with a sigh of relief
and, encountering the search party of
police, permitted himself to smllo;
"Nothing doing!" snld Inspector Ark
wrlght. "I'anke, will you go back?
Bring tho car down over tho meadow;
we'll get tho man on It, clear tho pits,
and set a wotdi In the cavo whore wo
found him." IIo moved townrds tho
Into stable of tho Sphinx. "But I'm
going to look through this plnco and
inalco sure."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Wasto waters from fish oil plants
yield materials useful for fertilizer
aud for. Boultxx food.
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