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THE BUR: OMAHA, TUESDAW MAKC11 24, 1914. KING OF DIAMONDS" By Stella Flores Copyright. 1911, Intern! News Horvlee. Bashful Boh Tho Amusing Adventures of a Shy. Young Man No. 3 There is More Than One Kind of Courage A Thrilling Story of a Modern Monte Cristo BY LOUIS TRACY. n I, , , i i , i 1 - . arramns (Qg jQgg tliotltl g Vffl Pft.4? "THE III in in Ill I : : - 1 . . 4- 4v r I You Can Begin This Great Story To-day by Reading This First Philip Anson, a boy of 15 when the story Opens, Is of good family and has been well roared. His widowed mother has boon disowned by her wealthy rel atives and dies In extreme poverty. Fol lowing her death tlio boy Is desperate. On his return from tho funeral. In a violent rain,-lie Is able. to save the, life of a liltlo girl, who was caught In a street nrHHflnl Tin rrrtt - l.a oL- ... thn' hnil.a where his mother had died, and Is ready to hang lilinsplf, when a huge meteor tails In tho courtyard. He takes this as 'a blgn from heaven, ond abandons suicide. Investigation provps tho meteor to have been an Immense diamond. Philip arranges with a brokor named Isaaestcin to handle his diamonds. In getting away from Johnson's Mews, where the diamond fell, he raves a Policeman's llfo from attack by a criminal named Jockey Mason. He has made friend with Police Magistrate Ablngdorn, and engages him to look after his affairs as guardian. This ends tho first part of the story. V.2?.'.0 sZconi Part Pens ten years later. Philip has taken a nourso at the uni versity, and Is now a wealthy and ath letic young man, much .given to roaming, lie has learned his mother was sister of hir Philip Morland. who is marriod nml has a stopiqn. Ho is now looking for .his. into .the Mury Anson Home for Indigent iioy. ono of London's most nolablo' iinvaio cnariues. Jocicey Mason, out of prison "on tlckot-of-leave, Becks' tor venge ance, and fulls In with Victor Grenler, a master crook, nnd Jnmcs Langdon, step son of Blr Philip Morland, a, dissipated rounder. Philip saves a girl from Insult from this Kane .and Irarm 1iVf-r aha In tho same girl whose Ufa he had saved! possession of Philip's wealth. Ills plan Is to Impersonate Philip after he has been kidnaped and turned over to Jockey ..laouu. jum aa mis pair nas come to an understanding, Lartsdon returns from the girl's homo, where ho has attended a re ception. Tho three crookM lay their plans, and In tho meantime Philip arranges so Sirs. Atherly recovers soma of her money trom Lord Vanstonc, her cousin, and cccures a promise from the. daughter to wed him. Anson 1h lured by false mes sages. to visit a secluded spot. Anson Is trapped by a gang at a ruined house. He la hit on the head by Jockey Mason, who thinks ho has slain tho man he hated, and Victor Grenler helps strip the body. They throw tho naked body over a cliff Into the sea, and prenler completes his preparations to Impersonate Ahson. A note from Evelyn warning Philip of danger Is opened and read, and Grenler lens Mason to call Anson a servant, lie finds Anson's check book, and with. Jockey Maton sets out for tho railroad, meeting and chatting with a rural police man .on tho -way. Grenler goes ltd. Yprk nnu opens communications wun Anson s bankers, with Abingdon anl Miss Atherly. Grenler secures possession of Anson's be longing", and Mason gets an unexpected summons to visit "police headquarters. Grenler forges orders on Anson s bank, and determines to. swindle Mason out of Ills share of tho plunder Copyright. 1801. by Edward J. Clode. If anyone sought an interview, it might be helpful to sham a slight degree of In toxication. Tho dlfferenco between Philip drunk and Philip sober would be ac counted for' readily. liut rest that was denied htm. It was one thing to harden himself against sur prise milte another to forget that dis figured corpse swirling about In the North sea. . He wished now that Philip Anson had not been. caM forth naked. It was a blunder not to dress him, to provide him with -mcuns of Identification with eomc unknown Smith of Jones. When ho closed his eyes ho could seo ii nhadowy form wavering helplessly In si-ecn . depths. Never before wcro his hands Bmcatcd -with blood. He had louclird every crime save murder. Physically, ho was a coward. In plot ting the attack on Philip, ho had taxed his Ingenuity for weeks to discover some means wjjere he nee! not becomo Masonta actual helper. Ho rojected project after prujeot.. The thing might be bungled, so hr must attend to each part of tho un dertaking himself, short of using a blud geon. lie-, slept again and dreamed of long flights through space pursued by demons, Huw.ho loilBad .for day. How slowly tho hours- passed after dawn, until the news papers were, attainable, with their ' col umns' of emptiness for him. V lettor tame from Evelyn. It was a trifle roecerved, with an. Impulso to tears iimccaled In it. mid-day will explain matters somewhat." i Io t consigned blue atom to a Bultry Ilmr, and began to ask himself why Mr. Abingdon had not written. The wc maglstratc'u retlcenco annoyed him. A Quick Way to Whiten Arras, Hands and Neck it Is a real trial when one's nock and arniJ are so dUcolored and coarsened sh Is ashamed to go without collar or long sieves and must taboo evening dress entirely. No woman need worry on this uecount If she'll treat her skin properly with buttermilk. There's no bettor bleach ur skin softener known, which Is at the Kaino time perfectly harmless. The best method Is to cover the skin liberally with pio4oluted buttermilk emulsion, rubbing it In gently. This also costs less to use than the liquid, which Is perhaps nlncty Pr cent water. Allow the paste to re main on aa long as -convenient, then re move with soapiest water. This Is a fine thing for freckles, brown. iver-led or rough skin for face aa well us for neck, arms and bunds. It soon inukpK the skin soft, wtdto and beautiful. It tpon not make the fai-o greasy and It ..Isu takes the place both of aoape and I uu creams. Presolated buttermilk cmulr i i-lon Is told by most di'iiggUts hire ond i . rcguiarly tarried In stock by Sherman M-A0' Itaiv.trl Pliai'mars. 2Hn and Karnam ixal Pharmacy. J.T-J .V icth Bi t Now Read On $ p f ? letter, oven remonstrating with him. i would be grateful. This- silence was lr rltntlng; It savored of doubt, nnd doubt watt the one phase of thought ho wished to keep out of Mr. Abingdon's mind ut that moment. As for Evelyn, she mistrusted even his telegrams, while a bank had accepted his signature without reservation. Ho would punish' her with xcst. Philip Anson's mem ory would bo. poisoned In her heart long before sho realized that he was dead. Ncliiculn. Philip was thrown Into the sea on a .Tuesday. Jockey Mason reached Iondon on Wednesday, and kept his appointment with Inspector Bradley on Thursday evening. ' Tho Inspector received him graciously. thus chasing from the ns-convlct's mind lurking suspicion that matters were awry. Thcro is a curious sympatny uc twecn the pollco and well known crim inals. They niect with a. friendliness and exchange pleasantries, aa a -watchdog might fraternise with a wolf In off hours. But Mason had no responsive smile or ready quip. ' - "What's up?" he demanded, morosely. "You cent for me. , Hero I am. I would havo brouggt my ticket sooner It you hadn't -written." "All right. Mason. Keep your wool on. Do you remember Superintendent .Rob inson?" "Him that was Inspector In Whlte chapcl when I was put away?. Kather.-. "Well,. Bpme.frlinds. of. yours havo been Inquiring from him as to your -Whereabouts. Ho Bent a. message round, and I promised that you should meet them If you showed up. I wau halt afraid yotf had bplted to the States." , "Friends! I have no friends." V ' . !'Oh, yes, ypu have very dcar-j-; dear friends, indeefl." , ..'. "Then where are. they?" s ,i: He glared around the' roomy police' of fice, but It was only tenanted by police men attending to various books or chat ting quietly across- a huge counter. HiiT'Surly attitude did .not diminish tho Inspector" kindliness. "Don't bo so doubtful on that point, Mason. Havo you no. children?" Something in the pollco officer's eyes gavo tho man a clue.. His swarthy face flushed and' his bands clinched. "Yes," ho said, huskily, ''I left two boys. Their mother died. They were lost. I havo looked "for them every where." Inspector Bradley pointed 'to a door., "Go into that rboni," he said quietly, "and you will find them. They are wait ing thcro for you." .Mason crossed the sanded floor like one Walking In his sleep. He experienced no emotion. Ho was a man stunned for the nonce. He opened the door' of tho waiting room, and entered cautiously. He might havo expected a hoax a test, from his attitude. Two stalwart young men were standing there talking. Their chat ceased aa ho appeared. For an appreciable time father and sons looked at each other with the curiosity of strangers. He know them first. He saw himself, no' less than their unfortunate and suf fering mother. In their erect figures, tho contour of their pleasant faces. To them ho was unknown. Tho eldest boy was 10 years old, tho younger 8. when they last met. But they read a message In the man's hungering eyes, and they were the suspense. first to break tho "Kather!" cried John. The other boy sprang to him without a A-or'd. Ho took them In his arms. He was !choked. From somo buried font came, long forgotten teais. He murmured ,b0"8 ,f ln th0 t"an thelr names, but not a coherent sentence. 'K they receive nt could he utter. , oo u little more They wcro splendid fellows. ho j attention could be thought, so tall and' well knit, so nlco elven to the Jives mannered, so thoroughy overjoyed to lbat W ..been, lived nwefhlm. y B- u,,rt ood That wns the best of It. They Kad anJ succo"1"' sought him voluntarily. They knew his i anA to th0 means, by rvird nd -r not nsl.ameil io rm-n they camo to him.. During the long days and nights of ceaelefs Inquiry ho was ver tormented by tho dread lot his children, if living, should look upon him as accursed, a blot on their existence Ho half hoped that he might discover .hn, in m. vii. ,,r,, was hallowod and convicts were heroes. He nver pictured them aa honest, well- meaning youths, sons of whom any father might be proud, for In that possi bility lurked the gnawing terror of shame and repudiation Mason's heart was full. Ho could not thank God for His mercy that resource of poor humanity was denied him, and, to his credit bo It said, ho was no hypo crite. Ills seared toul awoke to softer feel ings, as his eyes, his cars, his very heart, drank In fuller knowledge- of them. But he was tormented ln his Joy by an agonized pang of remorse. Oh, that he could have met them with hands free from further crime! In somo vague way he felt that his punishment for Philip Anson's death would be meted out by a sterner Justice than the law of tho land. He was too hard a man to yield Instantly. He crushed back the riatng flood of horror that threatened to overwhelm him In this moment of happiness. He forced hlm - self again to answer their anxious ln - qulrles. to note their little airs of rnanH - no, an -self-reliance, to with errm-. ing wonder that they were well dressed and wore spotless linen. A police station was no place for con fidence. Indeed, both boys were awed by their surroundings, They passed Into the outer office, and Mason went to thank Inspector Bradley, "Don't forget your ticket," whispered the pleased officer. The reminder Jarred, but It was una voidable. Mason got his ticket Indorsed, the lads looking on shyly the while, and tn, tntt reganed the freedom o't the "reel. "Let us find some place to alt down have drink'" ,u'Ke8ted 3l"on- , . . ' (Tn Bc Continued Tomorrow l Tramping along in the woods, his gun over his shoulder, Bob was musing over tho rumors ho had hoard of n groat white bear that had escaped from a circus. Sud denly a scream shrilled out ahead. Ho was Just in time to Bend a bullet into tho heart of a groat white monster that reared abovo the slender figure of a terrified girl. Her companion had taken to a tree, and tho story would hare had a grim end ing if Bob had not arrived in the nick of tlmo. "What' cowards somo follows arc," Ijb said to himself as he trudged home. Successful Men :: . By JREV. C. II. lARKUtJBST. This article is written especially .for our hoy readers. It pays better to talk to them than to talk to their fathers and mothers Thero Is the some difference between trying to Influence them and trytpg to Influence their par ents that, there la be tween trying to make a ball out of soft enov and trying to make It out of .snow that has begun ito stiffen into ice. j It would, be an ex- cellent thing for me Pylons of inHuencc. ' 11 eno,uBhKto teU i can climb to a l.lst i ami largo P0 on. but or practical rem its such I telling will not compare with the effect j 'vm have upon h.m to show him a man that has done that Uilng ond how he I ',a onc I1' Thero Is a book toon to be published which will give the history of some of tho Scotchmen that come to this country when they were bvys, and that have, by their genius and moral character, put a very definite stamp on our city and ! times. An Incident occurred In the early life of one of theso which tho boys can learn something from that will bo of use to them and that may perhaps help to make them as successful as he has been. I shall not give his name, but young readers that are bright and that have' kept up with things will probably be able to guess it. Ho was born poor. In a story-and-a-half house. His father was a weaver. lie camo to this country with the-rest of his, father's family when He was 10 years old, and commenced on a Job th p paid him 20 cents a day. Faithful work as a bobbin boy soon ! Procured W position that canted him lftImMt ,l dtt'- H, attenttveneas to iwhat wa glvn nlm t0 d0 brought hun a"',r a l,ttl0 wh" to the attention of a railroad man who was a large employer of help. He had In the meantime been economiz ing his small earnings, rg- 'of which It was suggested to him that he should take Just a little otock ln a car company. He was shrewd enough to re&lltetha op portunity, but knew well enough that he hadn't the money. Although h :eould offer no security, he resolved to apply to the bank for i lean. What happened, when hp went to the bank Is what I want the boys particularly to notice, for It really marks the crisis In the young fellow's life and explains what followM on durlnr the years after T Just said that In asklnr for a loan he had nothlni; that he roulfl offer as scurlty, that Is, lie owned nothing that Boya Ought to D Taught to Bead Their I,lvea and Copy the Genius ana Moral Character- Tbat Kava Put JTew Stamp on Our City ana Timet he could mako over to the bank In Case he failed to return the loan. Security of tho ordinary kind h Old not have, but hn had eomethlnir Hint wiu 1tiMt am raIIb. factory to the banker, fdr ho had a char- j uuier lur iiuunaiy, iiuiniiunrBB ana per nverunco, nnd the banker said to him: you shall have tho money, Andy, for you are all right." Tho hoy was sound. When peoplo build they are careful not to put In rotten timber. This boy was not a rotten boy. If he had been, tho banker. Instead of giving hltn 600. would not have given him a cent. That Is the trouble with a lot of boys they are rot ten. A little money might glvo them a start In life, but thoy are rotten, and nobody will loan it to them. They might be ablo to fill some paying position, but they nro rotton and nobody will employ them. And then they say they haven't u fair show. Yes, they havo a perfectly fair show. They get Just what they deserve. People of sense will not put their trust in boys that avn not round., -. The head of a large Importing house In thjs.elty montly said to hi manager, who Is a Frenchman: "I want that In taking men Into our employ you should give the first chance to Frenchmen In preference to AmnrlcahH. "The latter tako no Interest In their work, but are ready to rush out Into the street the ImttatH the 12. o'clock and C o'clock whistle blows." ' " That JfiOO was the turning point In "Andy's" llf.0 and was the -nest-eg that In course of time filled the next wlthso i many esgs that It would, take a string nf (crtirAa nlmnit iwn ln1iA, & of figures almost Inches long to count them. Advice to the Lovelorn By nEATltfCE FAIKFAX (ilve Her Un. Dear Miss Fairfax: On my arrival in this country four months ago I first met rny 17-ycar-old girl cousin. It was a case of love (true love on my part) at flret itltrht. HHn lad me to hlftv ahu rn. turned my love, but lately, both by words and actions, sho has shown me her j mind has ithr changed, or never was t mads up. I am very unhappy over It- l lt.t.. A girl of IT years Is too young to know j hrr own mind, and It Is unfair to her to I ask It. This Is one reason why you should give her up. A second, and better one Is, that she Is your first cousin. First cousins should never marry Never, My Dear. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a girl of IS years and deeply In love with my piano teacher, who has been teaching me for the last four years. He does not know that I love him. On account of my love tor him I have neglected my music, which has brought about a little nuarrl be. twfn tha two of us, We are on friendly terms again- as usual. Please .aid uie to tain hit love. A X. Y. Z. I 'hope never to be guilty of helping any girl of l years to seek a man's love. Tour music is more important, and If you find your for your teacher In terfers with your progress, change teach ers and let your new Instructor be a woman, rr Have You a Lizard on Your Cheek? THE LATEST FAD TO TAKE THE PLACE OF BEAUTV SPOT I tPosed by one of the beauty ohoius n "When Claudia Smiles.' ) Hero la the very, very latest lator and mora extreme even than the colored wigs that are beginning to pop up everywhere, Instead qf the dainty little beauty spot, milady, to be really up-to-the-minute in fade, must bear a lizard, a tiny frog, or eome such object on Ik cheek. These new "beauty spots" (?) are exquisitely painted in life like colors on a gummy, transparent substance, These can Ii stripped off when the wearer gets homo und used over again many times. What next? Goodness only knows' OLIVETTE. But that evening ho romombcrctl that tho flush of excitement ho had promised to go to tho girl's homo that night hrr sister's birthday party. And he was one of those raro folk who think a Promina should bo kept. 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