Activate Javascript or update your browser for the full Digital Library experience.
Previous Page
–
Next Page
OCR
......,. ,.......,.-.-......
' rim. inriiiiiiiiiro LAND seems
21:3: ".2:
igniilhihog
pu Ea nu Leather. Broad. So
I: m ‘Thick l , "> "'iI‘
So and . '
-‘ -hon will In um. by lztiltg
Inn. Pl! Dolullln 31.85 uni venue on on-iul.
CIVIIXAN AXXY I NAVY SHOE C0.
3633. 611. In 8th Ave. New York.
=iIlil;-
Iii H
.‘'z‘
V v H DIJS
‘‘ GARAGE-hUT
SIDEWGLK AND DRIVEWAY
Children and grown-ups enjoy setting
ost modern ltecture and
in ca colors.
stpald. Sail f
ful for favors at children’: parties.
5 sets for $1.00.
ART TOY CD.
6 Commercial Sl., Rochester, N. Y.
. ,CH,I:C'A’G!-J.
nothing to fear from me, not even that
I shall pay the slightest attention to your
uncle-in-law‘s h
abruptly to the point. You knew Mr. Jud
Travis meant to adopt some one in or-
der to make him the heir, You came
here on a visit, not knowing the adavs
tion had been.ma.de. VVherl you heard
me say my name was Travis, you under-
stood that I was the one. From your
uncle-in-law's preposterous manner, I
gather that he and llvir. Jud Travis have
made up their minds that you and I--’
She nodded, her face reddening.
“Wh is 'prel'boaterous,’ I
mean only that it was silly for those (W0
old men to make any plans of the sort
concerning your future.
property will come into his clutches.
My mother trusted him." she faltered.
Rapidly he drew from her an that he
He claimed that the bulk of
it had been lent to Jud Travis, and Jud
had consented to marry his heir. when he
hould adopt one. to. Peter's niece! If
Jud had really borrowed the money from
Peter. he had given no security for it,
not even his note. Jud denied the loan.
But he liked Dollie better than any other
of his connections, probably because she
be secured
against all the other claimants. As for
Peter, he did not doubt he could enrich
himself from the spoils, even tho they
be in the young hair's hands.
’ ere s no tie of blood between you
and this villain of I Peter Travis," Rich-
urd said indignnntly. "Your aunt died
Vacant Government Land
HOW TO GETA FARM FREE
A Billion Jun Olun to Homov
‘ Punhnu : :
Lstso Vacant
uro Thom
tho number of mu Ind the kind of land described
men: in ms nmnu or priory" plubll:
u at
T." I. and
Hon: an and: with blank (Ms
mung urns muss, loo. rasrum
II GWITKIIS I IIIOI P3.
- if ‘ "i if 9
u 0
Does your heart palpitate, flutter, or
skip beats? Don't delay treatment.
e Dr. Kinsman’: Heart Tablets.
30 years record of success. $1.00 at
druggists. Trial treaunent and 1000
references mailed free. Write Dr. EB.
Kinsman.l. EaniiBidz.,Anxustz.lnlalu
depend: upon your menu. -nu your rmun In-
eomo u ur present invuuuuu
write loan: (or lull information on our u-
‘i’l'I1r!lmInl offer Ind FREE Darw-
Dov u.iuou.......u.......i..a...m.
r...‘.. n.......n..>.au.... .......
..
.2 r "53 3"‘ “'iv“"”r".i'i
l 01' I I’ 700 I .
.......,. 5 y
.
.=--.-‘uuarruixeavEvu-i-io'‘a‘.'r'-;'x---s
an m...
Dyofztssnjhiuio u"3‘.“2Le'h-an
Genuine Eastman
Fsl EH
$'i'i":’-"t2'i"’tE'n'1'. llanydolthtv-oIowt.9IvC-IL
in of his urrasping nature
papers
which has naturally grown worse with
ago.“ He checked himself as the char-
acter at his benefactor assumed a rather
sinister outline. “If you leave his house
, ” H smiled ruefully. and added
with engaging simplicity, “I was about
to say that you should strike out for
yourself, make your own Way, and be
independent, But look at me: ! sur-
rendered my lndepc..dence for a life of
ease and comfort! l‘m not the one to
Drench to you)’
"it isn’t because it's easier to live with
Uncle than to try my luck as a stem):-
rapher, clerk, or teacher," she whis-
pered‘ ‘‘I’m afraid of him, He expects
me to bring him riches. When he's
crossed, heseems as mild in
never ' r when he is about to do
something dreadful.
"lie would hunt me down, drag me
back-not of course. lint he
cares nothing for the law except to bind
other people. He is kindness itself to me
unless I oppose him: will go to uny trou-
ble to keep me satisfied. But he is so
strong and-and unscrupulous!"
Was it odd that these two who had
seen so little of each other, should con-
fide thus unreservedly those hopes and
fears that overed over them’! But a
sense of vague yet real danger was in
the air, and their conviction that they
would not long he left together was
quickly justified.
Soon Peter Travis was heard at the
door. stamping off the an ly
swung into
rush of cold air. “Well," he cried bolster.
ously, ."how's everything?"
"1 don't know what Dollie thinks of
me,” Richard said boldly, "and I shall
not risk so soon alter our meeting. Bu
I can tell you. Mr. Peter Travis, that
she is the dearest and most appealing
girl that has ever come into my life.
More than that: the only girl who has
aimealed to me irresistibly."
Dollle's face darkened. as she raised
severe eyes his face. But Richard
managed to convey that he was speak-
lug purely in order to deceive the giant,
and the girl, finding, or supposing (hat
she had found herself deceived, blushed
‘vividly. His tones had been so convinc-
n
:-
g.
"1 love her," Richard repeated nrmly,
and althn his twinkling CYEE said to
South Sea Pebbles .
(Continued From Page 6)
inside," he said.’
avoid another tra
So instead of following the shelf in
the usual wa he dropped down. and
began crawling and wri ling along as
cautiously as if he was’stalking a deer
n the woods.
t was fortunate for him that hi: on-
trance was made in this manner, for
once beyond the screen of mist spray,
with the dark interior of the cavern sur-
"Anywly I'm going to
p‘..
for this suspicion. but years of danRer- ..
ous adventure in many tight places had
taught him to heed what seemed like a
sixth sense. "
He lay flat on the rocks, listening and
they
penetrated deeper and deeper into the
cavern. here was nothing in slKht to
connrm his uneasy suspicion, and the
hollow echo of the surf precluded his
hearing nny voices or footsteps.
was on the point, of discreditlng
his sixth sense when sudden] an odor
mingled with the salt of the air reached
his nostrils, Ila sniffed several times
before he could identify it.
‘It’: smoke," he breathed softly.
A moment later he was confirmed in
this conclusion. Either a. fire had been
burning in the cavern recently or some-
body was in there now with one. Scar’:
caution was redoubled. He waited
long time to study out the natural di-. their grgwgome xoaag,
rection an-ioke would take to escape, and
then by I slow Drooess of elimination he
located the fir%lf there was a fire-at
the far right side of the cave. ‘
He chose the left side to enter. Crawl-V
lug along almost flat on the rocks as be-
He
The rocky nature of the floor
afforded him plenty of protection, and
every few yards he dropped down he-
hind a loose bowlder to listen.
Guided by his nlerl. senses, he made
some fifty feet from the mouth of the
cavern before his eyes caught anything
to confirm his other senses. Rounding
a sharp corner, he suddenly came into
full view of lhe cause of the smo 8
A small fire was smoldering in a ho]?
rnnn TO ALL WOMEN‘.
merits peculiar to womanhood. Write us
for I iree trialpuchage.‘ Try it anditrnay
do for you what it has for so many others. mysteries.
Scum Bulb 7 Co., Box E, South
.w.p.s.u. co. sop N. p...L-In an. chic-n-lib
i ; .
Bend. ind.
low between rocks, making more smoke
than flame; but slight as the latter was
it enabled Scar to see in its reflection
Just what he wanted to know. Kalputa
is remaining followers were
grouped around theulre, screening its
Klow from the sea. with their bodies.
They were so greedlly engaged in de-
vouring fish they had cooked that their
ordinary watchfulness was relaxed.
Now we have the little hand or rern.
be of more lerv-
ice, perhlpll, right where he in, with his
nullply or uleep-producing pomiu-u.
whatever Ihoy are. However. Scar may
decide to “:0 tr nlont." trusting to the
than to the grrr
Irraoheronn Kalpntn.
did will collie to light curly In the next
lnntnllment of the utory, which get:
better and better In in progrellel. Don't
a next week's Ledger.
HIV.
A House of Gray Horror.
T ls 2. gray building nestling along the
bleak and drear water front the
East River at the foot of Twenty-Ninth
street-a bu ing from which emanates
shuddering, creeping horror,'wrltes O. 0.
Mclntyre from New York.
Black wagons coma and go, leavihg
At night vagrant
bats from nearby warehouses beat
against the walls. And off in the river
‘ the soft swish of a lonely paddle or the
.' sound of a bcatsmsn’s night song.
The building is the depository for the
j clty’a unidentified dead-the morgue. In
., is thumb-tacked a
white card bearing an almost illegible
scrawl and num er.
Perhaps a. girl of the cabaret: washed
up from the ever-flowing Wat
gangster pistoled thru the skull. we
an in silks ‘and satins with acid-seared
lips and all identification marks removed.
i The disillusioned from all walks of me.
All are there in the numbered drawers.
0 the waiting-room, feebly lighted,
COITIO SCIFCHEYS
an hoping against Sullen, phleg.
matlc attendants take them one by one
into the hall of death to gaze upon the
human flotsam of a great city.
Veteran reporters, inured to the sordid
out an inward shudder. But they must
80. for the morgue is the first step in un-
raveling many 0 New York's murder
And many men the steps
lead to the grilled doors of Fifth ave-
nue's most palatial mansions.
2
Dbllie, "We must placate this Titan, or
he'll give us trouble," her blush deepened
and her eyes fell. ‘
"Hurrah?! the booming voice ejacu-
lated. "Quick work! uick work!
That's what I call it. But "
He dropped his voice to a deep rumble
and bent far over to bring his thick lips
on.a level w Dollie’: ears. "don't let
crazy.
somebody gets hurt. I don't want it to
be you-or rn ‘ er."
Dollie grew pale and shrank back. She
faltered. “But they are in Texas, aren't
they. - ‘ '
"I got a tip from Sampson-the usher-
man. I trotted over to his shack on the
river; remember the place’! He gave
me the tip-didn’t want to give it. but I
fished it out of him. The gang is hover-
ing, my children, the gang is hovering!“
And his eyes lookeI:l- mmensely round
and owlish as he uttered these moving
5:
o
5.
Richard exclaimed, impatiently. "I
don't understand. If it's :1 gang of rob-
hers--"
"Not so loud, partner," shooting his
eyes toward the windows that now
looked out upon unrelieved darkness.
"What you say to drawing these
blinds? You can't ever tell about the
Travises Robbers, you ask? 1‘ll not say
n%eh, Dollie? But to be specific, when
I say the gang. you're to understand that
I refer to the Rogers brothers, the three
of them. To be sure they live in Texas,-
bul. by Solomon the W e! the earth in
just a. backyard to the Rogers brothers,
they are here. there. everywhere. And
from what the fisherman let drop, they.
at present, are here, or soon will
Now, that is the family cousin Judson
hates worst, because they're closest ‘of
kin. Not counting you. they're next in
line for the property. They're a degree
closer to cousin Judson than am.
Vvhich is 3 good thing for me. It I was
inheritance, I
e at all-well. let
me see, what is the most useless thing
you can think of’! But no, they're the
next heirs-not counting you." .
Suddenly he smote his knee and burst
much. of you
left to count, if the gang gets wind or
Your adoption!" '
Ominous words, Indeed. for Richard to
brood over. If hue Rogers person-
the hail actors Peter has pull
of tiny aid from her 111:. loud-lnolliltl
uncle, Insoflr as Richard might need It.
The next Installment of the story will
probably disclose Just what sort of cum-
meter: 1 ese brother: prtlvci
themselves to bk-regular cut-throat;
perhaps. Plenty of excitement In the
ensuing chapters. See next week!
Ledser-.
.."..'.:r.‘';:... ‘
fnrxyrfn ...Ss..mm-riser.
Ago“; sicuossco.
...... ...,..
, ...,.....:n.......l
W$&%H
‘Egg L.
(1
.=.5ue.".a.M0.'!=.r,.'..; ’
b no. ." i...‘-’“.'...." < ' -I-v
,i,..... '-3-'5-‘I52
.:i:.‘:.:.“‘:i: ...‘"..:‘.‘;‘.."....i"a.:“.l’s’xi.'.‘al.'." "'- "'-