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VOL. XXVII. NO. ‘as, CHICAGO; VILL., SATURDAY, N0"VEMBEl'1“25,vl89-9‘."‘,.' V 'SinB1eCoples5Cenis.'.'.
, and arranged themeeit-es dlnbolically ’ on again he ieturned lo the nine And poured e . ,
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The story of Lucky .h1("-Kham 3 Nemesis... A “That's allathtirs iett ot the poogngegilylnl t, 1-tin g over the ‘illlduptvn which he t ' . ‘ ‘
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A > . A 7 As the night was warm. one of the large me “,8 mm a W“, M Mm": bmk eyes : That moment the door behind hlm opened.
fr)-ti: MAN WITH THE MADIM > windows omhe library which looked to- ‘ . , r-‘:8: Jarkh eonimnted a
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breeze which etirred the outside ‘eh.-uhhery hii;ift'h:(v;n%::hn:t?t?d5$xvit'h LtPtfh't;ear"?3‘,' XS nzure. she stood in the oorway A moment
Mole into the room, gently moving the lace mm and ms mnvememu were “me” as with the whitest race Marlxhiain had ever .
curtains rand cooling his wine-flushed q - ' ought. ’ A . .. won . . . - -
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iitue hoxvy-hich he hare triumphantly 1.9 the ‘,,?,.,$? he had 19?, ?;fe“,.'me b‘.;‘;; . " " n 5 ,
‘, . .‘ ' ' x ', . v.1 . ‘ - ‘ "What!. I left It here!“ he gasped. “I his Inca, “Tell” me Vkhd Cortdon Powers
There he opened the box and turned it certalnly did. 1 scraped the renmine back was or is?" ., . ' ‘
“Midi? dmin over R, bi! ‘bi gnolhvav which into the box and loft it right on lhlw spot?‘ ‘ Markhant seeined lo reel from the fair girl
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.. Quincy M‘.‘nkhHIvl had repeated itjilc
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,.’"'- V ” ,'ri‘n.h.-‘ vno’gu..q 7 N u't1y‘“'hF3Tl he was
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I 3 n-en years heiure t . 4 ‘ come to the
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.sesame" to e smiles at forum“. 1:... ‘-
shrewd at d it at nerve and knew hm. . x
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little austere and cnld.‘ but Itlnd at times,
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1 nry; but had no contiaantes; me ha his,
,, V secrets like all men and he guarded them-
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Derhans he was: 1:
rible skeleton Wh
inch inhabited ethe closet
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116 laughed again and poured out an- he had placed in a cenaln spot for its con- and he touched the unburdcned paper. "In as he (lugched 3; the back gf ht; Chat,-,
nther glass of wi . . e [en[g, - - maven’: name. where is the box?" "G0 to bed. go?" he cried. e"You have
He held it between h m and the light. few K713-5“? lnaklni: nblects that re- [1 eyes seemed to dart from his head no right to ask
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ind laughed his ml. Just then the clock ncmbied charred bones roll out or the box while he searched the desk in vain. Once Xlntm .‘lEl'KhIl':IneI!I?luCl’lh0taX!(ll(;’h‘ees-“an‘ '
