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. CHICAGO LEDGER ‘ 15
him to tome home some day and marry "Yes." replied Protilro. “a gun: "Why didn't you telephone h-:(ore'."’ ‘He was at his hotel and in his roolu
her.“ esc native brigands have tunlztleli in asked Prothro. las: night after 11 o'cloI.-l(. lie told me
Our long night watch was out at last. from some short that cnililot locate “I tried to but the illrr.‘ were cut then he aimed to sleep 1 te this morn-
and we aroused the cook to get us some and are taking regularly Sk'l‘('i‘1Vl-Ilit)Ii- ‘about lilo miles ti-oill tovin and ing, but when I heard bl little after day-
breakfust while we ro
blankets and stole tortyl
e up in our
winks of slee .
CIIAPTE1". XIII. A
III) accident to my hurt shoulder
served me one good purpose-it
gave me an excuse to leave of! painting
the princess for a few days: and I spent
those few (Llys constantly in Prothrcfs
presence. Two days after the. wreck
we made our first thru trip to Tioximai.
side is yard at the back
Tlze stone wall ill‘DLlnd the
feet high and three
A most musical
sound colnposed the harmony of the
deepest and the shrilisst notes csuserli
from the iilungc of water down its silles
came IID to me: and at this hour when
the sun ponotriiied its depths a series or
most beautiful ruirzbows cou seen
far down in’ the gaping hole. '
“That shuft is six hundred feet drop."
said Prothro. “In the old days and up
small army of men have been killed in
that mine and enough gold taken out or
to furnish the entire coinage for
twent)’ Yenrs of many a European na-
tion. Now all the lower levels up to
r llundreil leet below here are on-
tirely Iloodcd and even the upper series
o tunnc are 'n suc it ruinous state
that IIIIY man risks his life that enters
hem. You see now how important our
pumping-machinefy is tor us."
"Has no one at all worked the mine
for forty yeurs?" I asked wit a. smile.
lot I new very well that all llltldame
Truba.iar's resources came (rom the lili-
cit working of this‘very mine.
sand dollars 5 month from some oi’ the
uiilier lL‘VK‘lH."
As he spoke along. mournlul. cllantini;
wnil rullle up to us. I have never heard
anything at all like it. in point of weird-
ness.
"ii'llut is it?" I asked Prothro.
"I iizirllly izilow."
“It was always the custom or the pool-
Blll.Vk‘S wllil Worlled the mine ill Ill? oil]
a' to sing as they clinlheli their
chicken ladders. It is still the custom
in some old mines that are still being
iJ[lel‘Illt'(l in this country. ' ’
ur native workers here three months
lino, lIDC'lU5E they believed that this was
the echo or that. For myself. I am not
slinprstitlnus." '
“'lllle he spoke It came again. luuilrr
than before. more l‘iBll"-I'alSlllS.‘.'. I crept
to the margin and peel-ed down into the
ynwiling hole. The sun ”had shine-1 now
nnd the rainbows had all disolipeared.
but us I gazed down into the chaotic
depths whence the sound rose with in-
creasing volunle above the music or the
tuning water. a light
nusn thru the mist and turn llle spi-uy
into ti sort of silvery rain. Somehow it
was all very uncanny. and in sivito of
the bright sunshine where I stood I felt
D. chill creep over my flesh, and at that
moment had premonition that
whole expedition was ill-Izltcd. that
something ominous was ‘about to haiipt-ll
0 us (til.
I think Prothro had started to try to
give me a logical explanation of the
strmige sound. when suddenly the trio.
phone in the little wooden shack that
served him for an office rang loudly, and
we hnstenetl tn the phone. standing ll...
hind Prrltilro 1 could hear lilorzfs exotterl
VDll‘0 at the other end of the line in
Gnanajuato.
"'l‘llore's been raid and R Jail de-
livery, and Silert and Serlano are both
at -
lurg
"When did it happen?"
‘Early this morning."
couldn't use the phone till our men had
repaired the line. But, listen. that isn't
all the news"-I strained 111)’
cars to catch over)‘ word. feeling -again
that chill up and down my tll‘ine-"Bah
netts has disappeared."
"What?"
Calilllllals-Tl0plC Seas-
A Waterfall Below Whicli
Humans Lives
A Screecliing, lilysierioiis
Siien in a Cave-
A Crazy Man After ihi: Life
of a Savage Cliiefiaiii-
Headhunters-
You gel; them all on the
break about the raid on the Jail I rushed
to his hotel. but he was gone and had
it-It no sign or word of any sort. The
Die nl‘lJi<lrentlY know nothing‘.
e was,no sign of a light. and
know how quick Barney always
you seen Madame Trabalzir this
“Not yet: I have been busy with the
local police trying to
work. That's the main rea
phoned sooner; I've had a difficult time.
loolis‘to me like that wuman‘s got
this whole town under her thumb. I
didn't go to her bocuuse I lhouglit per-
haps you and Gladnsy could talk to her
II we can't win her
ore
looks like we
shop. How soon can you come down?"
“Right uwny. Anything else you'll
like to tell me before ws start?"
““'ell. I don't know, Prothro; there's
a rumor going the rounds this morning.
still i s only a rumor." "
"lvllat rumor?"
“It has come over the wires. Only a
rumor as yet, mind you. that President
Mzldero has been assnssinziled."
"Tile hell you say?’
“It is not yet confirmed; ,l:iut the town
in a turmoil over it."
“We'll start right away, Mora." Pro-
tllro turned from the phone and spells
to me It was the first time 1 had ever
seen tears in his honest blue e as.
“That man was one at my best friends.
Glad." he said; “rind something tells me
that the news is true. Glad, we're up
against it. Jarndyc
dero's special friends; we hold ourcon-
riession from him;
back h . ut
. that isn't the main thing that bothers
me. He was H good man, a d- 4703
man. Sa I wish you hadn't got your
is
>1. .,,,., .,.. .. .
a we
in
“forth of
Gasoline. Will
G i v e Yo u
50 Miles
’l %r
w-.'>l r“ .
liecmity is truly the mother or invention.
Wlllle nine million motunuiu we a
‘%
ble Discovery Opens
2c WORTH OF NU-GAS EQUALS A GALLON OF GASOLINE
... ....-...
' re I (‘ml with
bile INCREASING
men who ridiculed lie Ford. and la: is Dre-lIi'lili0‘ll. which esuits hi loss or olver.
llmis till-reby. an open minii and scored c-yilnclergand a tn-mcnilniis sir n on
we will convince yo t Amerluln , the bearings. 3 V s flilllinlllcs all this by
Motorist has been emancipated Iorevvr from lies is an example: Ii Eqp xziilniis nbsolulely PREXE) I G the Iormation at
R... p,.,...,.,,,., gem,“ The ,9 1 ms . assuring gives you 3000 miles. ‘.00 gsiilniisol carbon. I
51;. . . ' y W 0“ (mm 15:; rasolilie and one package oi LU-GAS (t‘usl- 1xU.G,s,s is powerful, it ill harmless
(us will oaitively ii 5' . .
9 .
go 40% mm, 11., (mm 9 , ion or igiir cub’ suiol will sue you 40ml miles will keep your - ntiers. vulvus. pistons
imuoliuo y u . will positively prevent inn ncresse your cuileuee ow‘.-Tiiilxii l snark plugs, sic. absolutely cleun, Posl
",5 ,0 am," 0! (who D,,,,-,, mm,,,d..,., miwr Word you save 0 l-URI) oi “on lively lree irorn c rb u. ii Wll sn-e you sn
lVorth of . . . ruiloua or B6 8al‘ons of gas me at u on incre se of no I law to -10% ll! no 'er and
, stand us We HA 2: Mir discovered a nu. , .. , . .
mm” Tb” was not necessary T e oi o .1.oo-o less 1 an Ida imlio speed on thehli an n iuiei byinvinz. at all
NU GAS ‘(Vin "Mom win-B ‘O m my Eh um ‘ 1 >‘ for this 68-gallon saving R(‘l'IlPlnl!(‘l‘ 51 Ol) um . A part i nimuretlintilnwu freely and
- fm” N” S D d9 “I W till‘? wort‘ Zxv-GAS truuu 200- guiiuuu pol cmmuuily with every mom or the tin-omu.
7 ' r ill ' if ti Elem“ "9 '"9- 3 zsimllne. Ii you gain 1000 additmuuiunioa canoelllra oils in lill uliow
? Glv 9 You W 6 com AM On. I 1: grid of the two in for $1.00 l5n'l. it ' fill all . V any 1.0 use in little more air to enter the
%. :l:(Il‘le2:'.ls‘.3zx‘:Iln‘0ll;l:.iu‘li‘lvde!l;Ui"o‘?;‘&VE:r ytxnllsa tlaat mama; us enthusiastic about ('al‘IIlirt‘li)1r. n Droof that you are soiling
. r . .. s on er in more in‘ ' .
% 450 hides is: to the Ballot:
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r
NU-GAS IS
NEIV
Not a tablet, not a
liquid. Powerful en-
this iuw-in-ails an In ‘
ununu by tuomuim evaporation.
In
VVhy NU-GAS Is Needed
linE.
lows the motor to not th
la.-i, mri unlnini.-i pi-is-uni. r .
s ilu-c ouucs
at
It increases your mileage 15%
Ii-hrm
lload to, Wealtli for You!
Consider the value 9! CARBON PREVEN-
ION E. I an! NU-GA
ilrevenl ruliy three-Iourths all 3
troubles Automobile exuerts uumlt um 7u%
of oil mo or trau s re us car 0
(Continued on Page 20.)
11.. mm wenlmes .
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c iuins xn muniaunc I.s.'ir,I. nlm,i - . . . - ‘ ,
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to ma: we gallon: t
s
erglzing chemical.
Dissolves at once.
Guaranteed
harmless
til.-i
Con
do A
Gallons of
W
Tho Automobile game is the business whbre vn
hsvs
us you are now workiniz us our
umnow .
. all your l success and lntlegendence.
NU-GAS will ..........m V .. ,0. ..
SLKCB ncy. start in Youljspnre time if
T1-eat 200 1ll‘V our time to this wonderful. usinesx.
Exclusive Agency for NU-
‘Tremendous Profits
accumula u
rmlrl-Ms? Well. here is
‘l E COUNTY OR
gnu!’ c Into In .i.n.ium
L s
tury. NU-GAS. We do not say that
thlt If
N
Experience Unnecessary
en izmw rlrh quirk. Think of the man you know who
hrou ll the uni.-or siiniu suwmobile or ucceasory. uvu you envied
' IL H
‘TATE AGENCY for um Wanda-ful‘Discover)' or the Twt-ntieth
-ans yrlll make you ll millionuigs oven; nuzlrt. no; but we
$1.00 Package FREE
[AS
disnl-v
era is your 0l7D0ri.unitY to N-mire the
us to sell
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Gasoline e z :‘.r;:.:.'. i.:::.'...l..i:.'f " 9 N ‘ "M
Iutlsfied. Slizn the EOUPGD right now. Altncfilduillnrhllllml
NU-GAS COMPANY .5...-...'v'v'f‘I'ai?..=.. CHICAGO, ILL.
oh. you Ehoulil mills live
muiunir. You shoul be a is to main: from 3l4K) to $7% perweek. Youslmuid boahls in strut" y
You should be able to rank with til
u ty Au!-ncy and ou will soon be nhlq to wor t
on nrt-Ker. Prove what you can dowith NU-(ms. Then
I) y - lire sub-airents. izet ealers n-nrking (or you.
lilalu: money on their error-gs. Then you will know um moaning at the word succrss.
oes
‘VI’? A re so nnrthinm o
and neither do you nu.-u experience to sel M.i<G.!S to th
rim-ml Y U an
n‘: that the kind nr kluninr-in you um And remember, your monov hack it not
an. at . I-‘rm-et
umi wqr um. y
. ed’. ten times the nmount. of money ygu
e leading husini-as
k.u ) in o u "
I N
M man ntvri exverinnre
e mac milimn niuiurisir ill
0 d swans to their friends. Full‘! name
i 0 your-seilit doc: all we cirnu.
ml.
May Make You Rich!
“Te Help You Sell
We mile sucgess easy for you. We supply
FQDEN. milling cards. etc. N
ist at all uutooi her! in )oIn'li-rrltory. how to .-i deni-
hulv .Y0n should make h
hive made In the lust
the “other KQLIOW"
-- Mall Tllis Coupon TODAY -- -
u-ans COMPANY. mm. .
50’
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Ilvd z-I NU GR f
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m urn’! hr um: iu
hers ordrslers,billbosi-drl rtc.,niis onion.-
o > you how to get u
for YOU. ow to Rt’! null-nllt-niil.l‘li‘. ‘ our
more monry this your than you
flvt YGIIV. Hill lotion counts. Rent
to it. lu.il suupon without delay.
W‘ Lain St.. Cii , III.
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