2-M .THE liKK: OMAHA. SUN DA V, JANUARY 22. 1922. 1 . I By Henry C. Rowland W gJ - ,- - , I ' kwtuw tl !.' tpri ta it whit r an fcu way ! ini-rl ka urn-la, Vreni Tarlne, tw -w torn rlliflf UMnrr, ln.nuc Ik lb U14 I'titoa -. Im u traded b Ibrta. limliiiil !. wul enratattatia fnmatwr. He lum Iba uuii uuhee upo a, I I.Bf. and u l.aen aa r in a rw piluU4 by Vtll totttmin. Mill reala that hrlna. Iwiwi at Xli-aa im, stilliunair. and kaocea of tmddie rU.T)m. haa tu,inl while cawlo M1M1 M fcia aurprW, Mill la fnrlml warmly b I'orla Ja-rr, aa kw nm (mm hit uppuwd iltauihed la nwry Mar I'lHua, hi pwily ntm. Mn bM bea la die Jaue alio bolh. but una I n.-U Jrrry mania hua aa navuw. aa brauUf'd Kan.-r, hi wifa'a Malar, la "eunmnr In (laK." Jean. and wall pruentHly ataak la a haul ol wila. Nauru earu Sitia ailbar kaa bam rimarim! or baa tki't villi hei hpraa-na, Iha ahinrhuldie. M .11 de-laree aha lua bran aid aneri Inr ranaom, hln la tarn) Iha fanttfnare at Iha Puinry plw. kner whuaa him vrrr to the aiaiM plat wiifa Itiry find a raaaid of VKW.ooo kaa hara aflrfad Hlm reluro. Aerompanied br Iha km rtuniuiahar and Nancy, Mall tuiia Iha l"ulny la-e aad aara a launch ide out. " "ylne la brine Ultra away." ba Ihuika. Bui Iha launco. takae aa paapramr. n II relume and ihrae nam load ila nnii ol wnodrn caeca inlo las limouatnaa. "Wbuky ruiibir.l" try Mall and Xaarr duruaw adlr. and tt fcooia, Kanf tana Iha Ihaory h bouilrn'ra may ba bnkllnr kflrui raplira. and tsa a trail a iupHd - bnlWrm' ahip" to a BMrty uland, IM turn ba. k. murk la kautr'a dia ruat. Nrai day I Ivy raid Uia Pulnry Pi a., but Xaa lal. Tha lorrljiwra haa flrd, Xall ynm to Iba I aland la trap tha boollfrera. Tirtna o( bit TujU and tha drlTtnf rain, ha hunia op a cabin, bin aa ha , iwara II ha araa a lifhl. 1 ha boollrccrra and Hylrla. ba Ihlnaa. linlimbcrinc Iha truaiy vitlncaiakar, ba rnpa In a window and pm-a Inaida tha cabin, Tharw ha ana KantT. who baa rafoand lo ba Irft behind. Tba eamplcla fllUn up of Iba cabin matinc tola. SEVENTH I.VSTAIJMKNT. EXPECTED yon llttla nooner," "I he wild. " Did you ret loet?" Whaa-at aro you doing her?" croaked Matt "Making myself quite eomfortabla. thuilta," said Niiney. "which seems to be tnors than you can say." "Ion crazy girl where'a Murphy t "TI has taken the wagon home, according . to orders. I had him art me and my few ef fects ashore on the edge of tbe rocks." " So Murphy's crasy, too." Nancy looked a little puzzled. - " t dont think I quite got you, Sherlock." said she. "What has Murphy got to do with It. I've been thinking that these bootleggers do them rives rather well. I had understood that this was Just a fisherman's shanty, but it seems to have most of the comforts of a home. There's a new pump over In the corner, aad It sucks up nice fresh cistern water. Now, Murphy could scarcely build a cistern in the course of an afternoon, and it hasn't rained enough to fill it" ' "1 sea that I've nosed off on the wrong trail again," said Matt " Somebody has fixed up this shack quite recently for some definite ' purpose, and it's got to be the bootleggers,1 because nobody else has been camping out here, or if they .had they wouldn't go off and leave things in such apple pie order. But what stumps me Is that none of this crowd that's been out here bunting for Sylvia has reported it " . ... . "The same idea struck me," said Nancy. "Perhaps this inland Is so many miles off shore that they figured it impossible for her to drift so far." "Well, they would be right," Matt ad mitted. "As a matter of fact, she couldn't; but ail the same somebody would be certain to land here on the off chance and look it . over, Just as when anything is lost some-"' body, might look for it in some spot where there did not seem to be any possibility of its being found." Nancy nodded. " Tou have your lucid in tervals. Matt" said she. " To claim kin with the relative occupants of your great mind, I may say that the same Idea occurred to me. Somebody must, certainly have landed here. If only to comb the beach for Sylvia's corpse or the canoe." . . . x . . "And In that case." said Matt "curiosity klone would have prompted a look into this cabin, and then they must have wondered who the devil had fixed it up and why." , "And where the devtl they were?" said ' Nancy. (',- ' , " It's all past me, Nancy," said he wearily, "Just aa you are. I think you've done an absurdly foolish thing, and you may or may not forgive me for saying that I havent much sympathy with this present day young girl assurance. . I wish to heaven you were out of this." ' , . In the gray dawn Nancy was awakened from a fitful sleep by hearing Matt moving about on the other side of the partition. She rose quickly, fastening the clothes which she had not removed, lighted the lamp, and, going to tbe pile of stores, got out a Jar of ground coffee and another of sliced bacon with some eggs. A comforting odor per vadod the room when there came two smart taps on the closed door of Matt's room,'.; ; "Come in," said Nancy. ' ,.,1,' Matt in boots and' khaki breeches and flan nel shirt, his face' glowing and his thick wavy hair neatly brushed, entered. ' Good morning," said he. " This is mighty good of you, but you needn't have bothered." ,"Why the sack?" Nancy asked. Ma'tt answered .this question by slipping the extinguisher into it -They stepped out into the swirling gusts of drizzle. Matt turn ing to close the door behind him., " Holy mackerel," he gasped", y, Nancy swung about, to See hisi eyes fixed with horror upon an end, of , twelve . inch spruce plank which had been tacked upon the door.. This bore tho". rude inscription which looked as if it might'haVe been' made . by a finger dipped in a mixture of -grease , ; . and lampblack, and read: f ' : SMALL-POX. .-. vi.i-"S,,? j - KEEPODT., '. ' '' ' For -a mortie'rit Matt Btared at this forbid "V ding legend. Then he laughed. Nancy gave Vhlrn a startled, frightened look. ' "-' "Tou've got a curious sense of humor," Wamid'she. ;-'-. ' r V'-Bunk! " said Matt " These boys wrote to scare off any possible visitors,. or maybe ' It was tha bootleggers." ' . ."jAU the same, it might be -true," said Nancy "Well, In that case, the worst Is yet. to eome."i said Matt "Ther next time we go camping together well take a little vaccine Tirus But it's a bit late now." " Picking their way along the shore, thay earoe presently to the little cove where Matt had disembarked the night before, and here almost immediately they struck a' warm cent For above high water mark the loose shingle and sand showed unmistakable traces of having been disturbed. ' . s . So now Matt's sudden excitement aroused first Nancy's contempt for what-she was pleased to consider his .romancer's failing for being carried up in the air and dangled from - the heights by a slender thread. ' p , n m .. , ' . ' - ' - ; : t Matt dtalt Nancy's eutailant thm perfect mat of what iha ftrat had got, and Nancy, finding hericlf frte to go, . fttt back a few pacta to Matt' M roar. By thia tima two othcrt had arrived on the scene. " Tou see those tracks," and he pointed to . a mixture of sand and gravel. ' a "Quite so," mimicked Nancy. "Well, now, I'll walk beside them." He did so. "Do your bright eyes' detect any marked difference between my tracks and these others?" he asked. " A lighter tread," said Nancy, " aa though . from the habit of pussyfooting and .from which one would argue a stealthy character." "Possibly," Matt admitted, "but even in that case one hundred and seventy-five pounds is bound to make its due impression, and it is a little above the average. But if you look closely you may observe that, i whereas the imprint of my heel is fairly distinct these .'others have gouged deeply into the sand. 'And. there has been a scuffle of the toe. Now, what would that seem to indicate?" 'j;' "r- - " That these campers whose hospitality we are enjbying landed ! their stuff here and carried it up the bank," said Nancy. ". :" That is encouraging," said Matt, " but not , convincing. .. Do you think that campers with imagination enough to leave, a . smallpox . warning on the door of their' cabin would. 4 land their heavy duffle here and Jackass it a 'half a mile when it would have been Just as easy to land it 'on the rocks fifty yards from the cabin?" . -t "Other Jackasses have done It," Nancy answered. "Wasn't your blanket roll and sack? of supplies pretty hard to carry in the dark'iast night? " s . - . ," ' ; ' " Yes," Matt admitted, "but I had no' W--4 tention of going to the cabin until some fairy whispered in .my, ear.. that. -I might find' a ' -kindly welcome waiting for-me .there.. Be- . sides' there was only one of me, and, there ' seems to be about half a dozen of . these footprints in the -sands of hard times. And , they are all gouged pretty deep. Now. let's " try to rollow this trail." .'-'."' "I think we have been baying ; on the backtrack." :- ..".,''. . , ".The back track from where? ". ' " '.. "From the freedom of the seas.- I believe ' that booze was landed here on the' ocean side in quiet weather and packed across to. the cove." , f-:" ' ' "What would "be" the sense of" that?" ' Nancy asked. ' ; ... " Less chance of being spotted and arops ing curiosity on the' pVart of small boats ramming about between tbe island and the shore. In that case the schooner may have run out here not to hide her stuff bat to get -what was left, since the place ashore was to be abandoned." "That sounds more reasonable," Nancy, agreed. "Then let's go back to see if we can find where it was hidden." So back they went f nd made a careful search of the roCks along the shore and ' gullies and thickets of blueberry and scrub line, but without result. Matt sat down -upon -a stone and lighted his pipe. ." We are no longer going about this thing , logically," said he. "Instead of trying to puzzle out the trail and determine the clever, cunning maneuvers of the quarry we are merely guessing like children playing hide the penny and without the pianissimo or . fortissimo to tell us whether we are hot or 'cold," ...'......''- "It doesnt matter much," said Nancy, " be cause I think they merely carried it across -the island and took it aboard tbe boat." ," Still, if there is any yet hidden," ald - Matt " I don't think that It would be ashore." The way to get a line on anything of this sort is to think what you would do yourself under the same circumstances." i " Well, what would you do? " Nancy de manded. - . .: , "Sink it on bottom a little way out, then lead a small line ashore and fasten it to a ' rock at low water mark," said Matt " Then they could pick this up with a boat hook and haul the stuff up aboard their boat If they buoyed it somebody else would get inquisitive ; and haul it up." ; ' Nancy looked down at the water's edge. 1 " It must be dead low tide now," said she. ;" Lower than usual "from the look of the weeds," said Matt " Let's take a snoop along the shore. You go eaSt and I'll go west, and keep your eyes out for a lead of small tarred line fastened to a rock." ....... v ' '" But scarcely ' had Matt gone fifty yards ' when he heard Nancy hailing him in wild ex- i cltement,, and he turned to see her backing up .the - beach and tugging with all her strength at such a length of tarred hemp as ' the lobster men used to buoy their pots or the .. fishermen their nets. Matt hurried to her aid with even greater exultation than a castaway might have, on finding pirates' gold- For pi rates gold is not much good when all is said and done where there is no chance to spend , it, but this does not, hold true of hidden - spirits. . .' - '. t When Matt arrived on the spot Nancy had fetched up at., the end of her scope and seemed securely anchored to some very solid .object, out there at the . bottom of the cold, green water.- Matt took a tuijn about his ,(waist,,'whea both heaved with might and main. " , The rope was evidently new and tough 'and strong,: but whatever was at the . other end mocked their efforts to draw it any closer. Matt loosed himself and sat down with a groan. . "I've had some tantalizing experiences," said be, "but this takes the prize. Either the stuffs too heavy or jammed behind a ledge, or anchored with a killick. We can't do anything without a boat," ' They kept on along the shore, picking their way over the big broken stones. The bank was about twenty feet In height roughly sheer and rocky, and as Matt had hoped, they came presently to a spot where a great ' triangular mass of granite had fallen out to leave a sort of wide mouthed cabin where a dozen people might have found rough shelter from the raim Being on the lee side of the island, it was also free of wind and with a floor of stone and sand. "Not so bad for an outpost," said Matt. " With a book of verses and a loaf of bread and Jug of wine and thou beside me scold ing in the wilderness, one might worry through the day somehow." ' " I don't see what you can possibly hope to gain," said Nancy. " What if they should . come back here to pick up their contraband? They would do so with a small boat and probably not land at all. You can't capture ., a schooner and her crew with your silly squirt, though I'll admit you may be quite crazy enough to try." " No," said Matt, " as I remarked last night, there are limits to the scope of even such a splendid engine of war on fire and firewater smugglers. But I have got my field glasses . and I could at least identify the schooner with certainty, and maybe some of her peo ple. In such a chase as this the prime neces sity is to know Just what you happen to be chasing." Nancy did not, answer, though admitting to herself the truth of this. It had now begun ' to rain very hard again, so they sought shelter under the V-shaped roof of rock and seated themselves on a ledge. Even then the physical conditions were far from comforta ble, and at the prospect of their passing many hours under such Matt heaved a sigh. Such outpost duty was nothing new for him and infinitely better than a great deal of the sort he had experienced, but there seemed no sense nor reason for subjecting Nancy to it. "I say," Matt protested, presently, "why don't you go. back to the cabin and keep warm and dry? There's no good in both4of us roosting out here all day like two bedrag gled chickens-under a coop." "I thought you would soon begin to ' grumble," said Nancy. " You have a way of jumping into a mess and then wriggling out of it again. Go back to the cabin yourself. I'm all right. Now that I'm here I mean to see the business through." "Very well," sighed Matt, hopelessly: "then if you Insist, I'll make a couple of trips to the cabin and bring our rugs and some reading matter and the makings of a little fire and some rations." " So that if they should come they'll see the smoke or smell it," Nancy said. "No fear," Matt answered. "There'll be time enough to chuck wet sand on It when we sight them. But If we can't be comfy we'll be as comfy as we can." " Just as you like," said Nancy, Indifferent ly. "But I really wouldn't be Justified in leaving you here alone. If they should come, which isn't likely in such weather, there's no telling what silly idea might pop into your head." She turned her shoulder to him and stared out across the dreary waste of . sullen sea and rain flung sky. Matt rose wearily, slipped off his slung fUaw and tho itlniuUhfT. M arfd bau k ever iha half miht of aiUiiif moor fur the rabm. raflcting aa he atrixla along on singular, almoat phenotnanal otxunata paraiali-nry whl' h t-ould Indue girl ft .Nancy's ak y nature to maroon hrralf Ml bleak littU Island with man wham mael evidently ddewtJ nmrely for fmr Iret ha mlM omethieg. Ila decided that aoeh muUve was not suffli-lrnt to e plain It, and that aha could not endure lha proa pact of bis poaalhly acquiring tha f ranter share of merit for achieving Sylvia's reaeue. It must be JeaUouiy. Malt thought, and thrn another reeiatin uggratnd talf. Nancy had harped bo much on hi dralra to win the big reward efferod that some such objret might be lurk ing in nr own mind, now that there. md n actual chano for tha aoctimplwhmont of this. Matt did not blame hr greatly. If such were, Indeed, the rape. Hhe was unquestion ably a high If sharp spirited girl, and he thought It probable that for aoina tun ah had been pecuniarily dependent first on the Torts, thrn on the generosity of her staler May. If ah could win her ahar of the promised reward It seemed to Matt that ih u quite entitled to It. Put bur prtd would Inslat that thin be a Just claim and tha re sult of her own efforts and risk, and not a gratuitous concceelon nn his own part. He did not queatlon the ethlcacy of her acrvpt ing a reward for helping to restore her brat friend to her family. Mr. GaU-a rould easily afford It and desired nothing more than that it should bo quickly earned, and Nancy had no particular friendliness of sentiment for Mr. Freddy Grlscom. Matt bad heard her . admit aa much as this. . It struck Matt also as particularly unfor tunate that a girl as attractive as was Nancy In a number of waya should be afflicted with so shrewish a disposition. She was far prettier than the average and, llko her sister, possessed charms which should by right hav been generous and sweet, but In the case of Nancy hitter sweet She was also,, as Matt had proved, possessed of uncommon courage, and one to face undismayed crises of danger at which most girls would have recoiled. He ' had also discovered that where her affections were concerned, she had no lack of warm heartedness. Undo Jerry had testified to ber executive ability and efficient manage ment of a household, for May, wholly occu pied in the care of her husband, had detailed Nancy for the duties of housekeeper. It seemed therefore a great pity that a young woman so fully endowed with desir able traits should permit them to be dis credited by the indulgence of a quick temper and a sharp tongue and the persistent re fusal to allow even the most polite tentative .of friendship and chivalry on the part of the young man with whom she happened to be . associated under such peculiar circum stances. Then Matt began to wonder if, after all, he had shown himself as polite and chivalrous as he might have done. He reflected that he had not received her first remarks with the patience that no doubt he should have shown, and, turning this in his mind, was obliged to admit that he had been guilty of snapping back. Xancy might bt , a shrew, but there was record of shrew having been tamed, though not by" such measures as Matt had employed, the mere . indulgence in biting repartee. , . As he plowed along through the rain he began to feel . stricken with remorse: It would have been impossible for him to de termine accurately his sentiment for. her, but he was surprised to find a certain tender- ness about it. She had been under a great deal of strain over the uncertainty of Sylvia's fate, and her nerves had been on edge, and now as Matt thought of her sit ting there alone in the depressing gloom of that fissure in the rocks he became growing ly conscious of a warmth and a sort of curious tenderness. He decided at any rate to make this last experience as little trying as could be managed and not permit him self to be tempted into any more cutting remarks. In which it may be seen that he was making some progress toward a higher manliness. After all, he reflected, it was precisely in such situations as were here that a man was given opportunity to show ' his better qualities. With these laudable resolutions Matt reached the cabin, where he baled up their rugs with some food in an old oilskin which Was hanging on the wall, drew a bucket of fresh water from the cistern, and thus laden . made his way back to the cave. Nancy was sitting crouched in the same mood of silent contemplation as he had left her. - " A little fire will help things," said Matt cheerfully. " I'll go back now and get the makings." Nancy, nodded, for she was beginning to feel the chill. Matt went back again to the . cabin, where, not finding anything conven ient in which to carry the wood, he contrived with some pieces of cord to make a pack. Then halfway back and laboring under his considerable load. It occurred to him that he had forgot to supply himself with the reading matter. So he laid down his burden and went back-to fetch It. There were stilt some glowing coals on the hearth, and it struck Matt tht'it would be a delicate at tention to take back to Nancy his thermos full of strong, hot tea. He set the water on to boil, and as usual, when in a hurry, the water took Its, time about it. . . The operation finally accomplished, Matt set out again, the thermos in the pocket of his raincoat, and, coming to his stack , of wood, be hoisted this upon his shoulders and made, his way laboriously back to the cav ern. And -then as he started to mount a little slope from the top of which the cove would come in view he fetched up with a gasp. For two masts poked up over the brow of the mound, and just as his eyes fell on them there reached Matt's ears a faint and tremulous scream. . ' He threw down his burden, flung off his raincoat for greater speed, andxset off for the cavern at a pace which might have won a marathon. It flashed across his startled mind that here was history repeating Itself, and that Just as Sylvia had intruded on the operations of the bootleggers and been car ried off by them, so now was Nancy In dan ger of the same calamity. The boat must have put in just after he had left, when Nancy, rashly determined to score a beat had attempted something of the sort that ; she had accused him of being fool enough to do, to hold parley with them and demand what they had done with Sylvia. Or perhaps , they had landed to pick up the end of the . line and, finding recent tracks in the sand and shingle, had traced them to the cave. ' Matt made a record for the two or three hundred yards, leapt over the edge of th bank, fell over on the soft sand beneath. nd M h armmMeiJ up beheld a aparucn ' which rue4 all of th fighting Instinct no far IwneaUi hia calm and whlmairal ettrrtor. A fishing dory "as grounded on th beni h of th rove. Thar wna man Juat getting out of bar and another starling to run up th beach, evidently to th taalalanc of '. a ratir of ruffians who wer dragging Nancy In th direction of th boat, one holding her by fl liter arm. And even at that dlatanr of a hundred yard It was evident to Mall . that they war having their hand full, for . Nancy was a strong, athletic girl and tb waa righting her beat. Matt had plumped down from above within a few pace of their shelter, and, although roused to freniy at sight of what wt gJlng on. h did not la hi head. II ruined , Into th shallow cave, grabbed up hi haver sack containing th extinguisher from wher be had laid it down, and, snatching out th Implement continued hi charge on tb ab ductors. Three had dlarovered him a h leapt from the top of tha bank, and now, de ciding that they could not hope to get Nancy to th boot before hi arrival on th scene, or perhap from other motives, the two in custody of Nancy stopped wher they were, while their mates ran up fc reinforce them. Matt did not slacken hi speed. In fact a dlaintereated observer would have said that he wjs going too fast to stop. He was acting en the impulse to reach Nancy and release her before the second pair hurrying up In the oppoalto, direction .mid throw out a line of Interference. And Matt realized that for the moment tbe extinguisher could not be brought Into requisition without dan-' ger to Nancy, any mora than a'machlne gun could bo employed to dlnperse a squad escort ing prisoners. ' He threw It asldo and drov an eager fist at the Jaw of one of Nancy' captors. So far so good. This enthusiasm of attack on the part of one apparently unarmed man on tour was not without a marked effect. ' To the bootlegger it may bavc smacked of madnss, in which case they were right for Matt waa very mad. He dealt Nancy's other ' ' hanger-on the perfect mate of what the first had got, and Nancy, finding herself free to go, fell back a few pace to Matt's rear. But by this time the other two had ar rived on the scene, burly men of swarthy aspect and known to Yankee fishing frater nity aa "Geese." On of thtm was tugging at his belt, and Matt, Judging the moment ripe to bring up his artillery, leaped to the . spot where he had thrown down the extin guisher, whipped It up and directed his fir on the reinforcements. But the Immediate effect of this was disap pointing, for, just as a machine gun ha been known to Jam at a critical moment so now something went very wrong with th extinguisher. Sand, while an essential requi site for fighting men, is yet the natural enemy of guns of any sort, and Matt's wea pon when flung down had landed on its muz zle, which had got plugged. So that now, instead of delivering its tire full-bore and with precision, there squirted out two thin, . random jets nearly at right angles. One of these was lost in the swirls ot circumam- , . blent mist, while the other by some curious ,v freak of destiny sprayed Nancy, standing at a five yard interval to Matt's left . For some brief moments immediately fol- lowing a busy, if not a good, time was had ' by all who had come to the party. The guests from the schooner, v-ho had as yet no knowledge of the character ot the liquid refreshment Matt was so eager to serve, rushed him in mass formation, while Matt ' suffering from the embarrassment of a hitch in his arrangements for their reception, was In no position to receive them. Like many another who depends on some patent safety v device that through no fault of Its inventor happens to fail of operation at the crucial moment, he continued the effort to apply it instead of doing the next best thing. In the present crisis this would appear to have been Matt's severing himself from his weapon as might any soldier have done with a gun which was plugged and could no longer .shoot, and to which the bayonet was not fixed. He might have used the extin guisher to fatal advantage as a club,, swing ing it by its drawn out handle. But before he could get . around to this the enemy swarmed upon and over him. He struck out once or twice with his fists, then went to the sand as the nucleus of a sort of human push ball smelling strongly ot garlic and salt fish, incompletely cured. . The Portuguese fisher men gripped at any part of him, which offered hand bold, as though grappling with- , and tying up a bit of heavy, flapping can . s In a squalf. They were sturdy sailor men , and quickly, made a job of it, and Matt gurgling with rage, found his wrists and ankles lashed about, tbe focus of four pairs of eyes which stared at him with the satis faction of a triumphant party of sailor hunt- i ers In quest of big game to be taken alive. Matt was quite unhurt, except in his state of mind, this badly torn. He stared fiercely at his captors, then managed to. get up on his feet. Looking about for Nancy, - . he saw her standing a few yards away, bath- . ing her eyes with a handkerchief dipped in a puddle on a rock. She looked back at. him with a furious face, then walked up to where he was standing. " There, you idiot! " she cried, half sob bingly. " Now you see what your silliness ' has got us into! You've nearly blinded me, and not so much as made one of these brutes sneeze!" .' ' . ' Not finding any appropriate defense of (his charge. Matt glared at his swarthy captors. ' -He was too enraged at his humiliation to speak immediately, also the violence of his futile struggling coming at the finish of a 440 yard dash had left him with the lack of -breath. But now as he glanced from one to the other of them he was conscious of two ' ' . distinct impressions, the first that their faces, though rough and determined, were not the -. faces one might expect to find on outlaws, but seemed those of honest, simple fisher folk of European breed, and the second that as - : their eyes met his they showed a curious eni-. - barrassment. as though apologetic for the rough handling to which they had fe!i obliged to subject him. i - "Well, what's your game?" Matt panted.. V What do you want to do now? " " There was a moment of hesitation. Then one., a short,-deep chested man of past mid die. age and curly, grizzled hair, said with a somewhat doubtful assumption of au thority: - . . , ', . .. , ."WVwanta you, young fella. And we ,'. .wanta dav young lady you run away wit'." lit stepped a pace closer and shook his finger ., in Matt's face. " You go to jail for feefly . da years. And we getta one bunder t'ousand dollars! ' '.; tfnntintird Next Sunday.) (Copyright, liii, by Henry C. Rowland) ' ' v. '' J