Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 148, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1922 — Page 8

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% RAMINGAI Wd. b) ROBLRT W CHAMBECB

<rr*s*BM •“SrmurH thè Adiroiutaok for-*U mere a (a'< age batlle for possessi oa of thè FìnmUi originali}’ stolen troni thè r*fuee OOT7NTES3 THEODORICA of Esthoni by thè gTeat totem ationai thlef, QUINTANA. In Parla. Quintana *M rebbed of tlie arem by MIKE CLINCH, an American oìdio*. wU brotnrht thè cera back to thè diareputable b untine camp bete he llved a lils of crime ever sinoe hi lecitlmate binine* of cuiòin* riunirne partiea had been de- ! roveti years ago by thè unele of JAMES DARRAGH, Darrach. golfi M Hai Smith. lovea thè eounteaa atra has eworn to nestore thè jewel to her. Clinch i passionately firhtin for thè jewel a it representa thè sole meati# of girine his beautiful stepdauchter. EYE STRAYER, thè “edueation of a lady. Ève and her lover, TROOPER STORMONT. escati* from Quintana, who with his gang ha come to thè camp to regain thè jewel. Ève anima Star Pomi with what alia betievea to ba thè reai jeweis in her moutli, Darragh takes what Ève thought fu ao mpty jewel case from Quintana and fìnd* thè rcal jewela in a false bottom, Darragh lana that tho countesa and har eompanion ars about to arriva at his hunting lodge, CHAPTER 111 It was aftemoon when Darragh awoke In his buiik, etiff, ore, confuseti In mind and battere*! in body, Wier, hearing him astir, carne in. How long ha ve you been back! fhd you ftieet thè la iies with your iiivver?” demanded Darragh. Impa liently, "I gut to Fi ve Lsikés station just ts thè train e&me in, The young ladies wero thè only paseiigers who got out. I waited to get thelr two steamer tminks and then I drove them o Harroc Place—" “Where *fid you say I tra*?" asked Darragh, “Out in thè woo*l, eomewhera. The last I saw of them, Mrs. Ray had thfir handbags and Jerry and Tom wre shouldering their trunks.” “I’m going up there rlght away,” interrupied Darragh excitedly. In a pathetic attempt to apruee ;p, he kr.otted thè red bandanna around his neck and plnched Salza r’s slouch hat into a peak. “You look line one of Clinch* ’ums.” remarked Wier with native honestv. Darragh. chagrined, went to hla bunk, pulled thè morocco case front mder *ne piilow. and ehoved it into he Iwsoni of his flannel shirt. “T’iatY tho main thing anyway," - : bonghi Then, turnlng to Wier, ■ • ì whether Ève and Stomiont u-.i ‘\vakened. It ;.r <i that Trooper Storinont a.ì só-Mìed up and eantered awav le;! •• silurisi*. leavltig word •*. i .••• •! ntt up hi comrade. T ni, at Ghost Lakc. “T.r- ■ * <>iiìii;g ha. k this evenlng.” , \Y: “ll*- asked you to look ou; for i iiiu-iiV .stepdaughler.” Sì: :i! ight he re, Can’t you Ralph? “Ve; ; v- lì. si;-. Jlm suppose he !.*-s i : • h r !c-ad to ira ve-—” iiarra--'. • .hi back, gaily; “tìhe *-j*n't; -he ha-*;'! any dotile!” And away he strode in thè gorgeous sunìjin of ;i magniti* cut autunni day. all thè clean and vigermi youth of iti ut afire ,n amicipution of a reunion übidì thè letti-r from Li lady-love hud trai.sfigurai luto a tryet. For in iiiat iimazing courtshtp of i single *luy in- in veì dreanied th.it ;• had woii thè hi ari of that sad, •iiite-facetl huiigry vhiUl in rag—ilkeij taltere siili etained with thè , . ,ì *.f in *>s.: -i- —thè very soies of e-, shoes s'.!;'. * 'narred by thè embers her own ;i*n:e. Alnul ìmit* an hour later he carne j Ins senses with a dintinet shoi'k S,-night alleai! of him on thè trai!, I Corning directly toward him, • >ve*i a tìglii >4 in knickers und belted wt-ed. Flecked sunlight slanted on tho • ranger'- check and bumiahed hair, •ppling face and figure with moving, ;*i.den pota. instanti}’ Darragh knew and tremhd. Hut Theodorica of Esthonia had own him only in his unifonn, Vs she carne toward him, lovely i her lithe and rounded grace, only t .endly curiousity gazed at him from ,er hlue eyes. Suàdenly she knew him, went ■ arlet to her yellow hair, then vhlte; and tried to speak—but had io control of thè short, rosy upper ip which only qui-ered as he took ier banda. The forest was dead stili around hem save for thè whisper of painted eaves sifting down from a sunìit vault above. Finally she said in a ghost of a voice: “My—friend. *• •” *lf you accept his friendship. * ♦* “Friendship is to b shured • • • Ours mingled—on that day. • • • Your share is—as much as pleases you.” “All you have to givo me, then.” “Take it • • * all I have. * •** Her biue eyes met his with a littlo e/fort. All courage is an effort. Then that young man dropped on both knees at her feet and laid his lips to her soft hands. In trembling siience she stood for a moment, then slowly sank on both knees to face him aerosa their clasped hands. So, in thè gilded cathedra! of thè woods, pillared with silver, and azure-domed, thè betrothal of these two was sealed with clasp and lip. Awed, a little fearful, she looked into her lover’s eyes with a gaze so chaste, so oblivious to all things earthly, that thè stili purity of her face seemed a sacrament, and he arcely dared touch thè childish lips she off ered. Rut when thè sacrament of thè kiss had been accomplished. she reste*! one hand on his shoulder and rose, ind drew him with her. Then his moment come; he drew he emblazoned case from his breast, *ncned it, and, in siience, laid it fio. r_ uands. The blaze of thè jeweis n tho sunshine almost blinde*! them. That was his moment. The next moment was Quintana'. Darragh hadn't a chance. Out of he bushes two pistols vere thriivt ' ard against his stoma*-h. Quintana' ace was behind them. He wore rn *ask, but thè three men with him atched him over thè edges of nani erchiefs —over thè sights of levcN.l ifiee, too. The youthful Grand Duchea had jmed deadly white. One of Quinr,a's men took thè morocco case

from her hands a-vi shoved her asl*le without ceremony Quintana leered at Darragh over h,s leveled weapons: *‘My frien' Smith"' he exchtimel softly. “So it is you, then, wno hu\e twlce try to rob me of my property! “Ah! You recollec'? Yes? How you have rob me of a pacquet which contain only some chocolate?" Dar ragli’s face was burning with helpless rage. “My frien’, Smith,' repeated Quintana, "do you recollec' what It was veu say to me? Yes? ** • How TOOK THE MOROCCO CASE FROM HER HANDS AND SHOVED HER ASIDE. often it is thè onexpected which so usuali}’ happen? You are qulte corree 1 , l’ami Smith. It has happen.” He glanced at thè open Jewel box ! which one of thè masked men held, | ihen, like liglitning, his sinlster eyes foc used on Darragh. “So," he said, “it was also you ì who rob me la.' night of my property. ** * What you do to Nick Salzar, eh?” ! “Kìlled him," said Darragh, dry i lipped, nerved for death. “I ought jto bave kiiled you, too, when I had ; thè chance. But —I'm white, you i set." At thè Insult fiung into lils face ; over thè muzzles of his own pistols. i Quintana burst into laughter. "Ah! You should have shot me! ' You are ijuite right. my frien’. I i nius* say you have behave ver’ foolHe laughed a gain so hard that Darragh soli his pistola shaking . against bis body. ■ Ho you have Rili Nidc H ilzar, eh?” continue*! Quintana with perfect good humor. “My frien*. I am obligeii ìto you for what you do, You are surnrise? Eh? It is ver' simple, ni} frien' Smith. What I want of a man who can he kilt? Eh? Of what uso : s he to me? Voila!” He laughed, patted Darragh on thè shoulder with one of bis pistols. “You, now—you could he of use. Why? Because you are a better man '•lutti waa Nick Salzar. He who kilis ;! better than thè dead.” Then. swiftly his dark features al;tered: “My frien’ Smith,” he said, ”1 have • conte her** for tny property, not to kili. T have recover my property. Why shail i kill you? To say that 1 i ini a better man? Yes, perhaps. But aiso I should l*e oblige to say that • liso I am a fooi. Yaas! A poor ilamfool.” Without Hliiftlng his eyes he mailo •t niotion with one pistol to h!s men. As they turned and entered thè thicket. Quintana' intent gazo b j carne nturderous. "If I mus’ kill you T shall do so. ìOtherwìsc I have sufficient trouble to ; keep nte from ennui. My frien’, I 'am going homo to enjoy tny proper- ; ty. If you live or die it significa j nothing to me. Noi Why, for thè 1 piea-sure of killing you, should I brini? i your dirty gendarme on my heels?” ; He bucked away to thè edge of thè ! thicket, venturing one swift and evil j ghinee at thè girl who stood as though J kazed. “Eisten attentlvely,” he said to ' Darragh. “One of my men remains hidden very near. He is a dead shot. His aim is at your—sweethcart’s—body. You understan’?” | “Yes.” "Ver' well. You shall not go away ; for one hour tinte. Aster that—” he i took off his slouch hat with a sweepj ing bow —“you may go to heli'” j Behind him thè bushes parted, ! closed. Jose Quintana had niade his adieux. (To Ite Continued.) SURfiERY MAKES HHMMS HLLER Discovery by Berlin Surgeon Adds Ten Inches to Man and Woman. 1 BERLIN, Oet. 31.—A scientlfic disjcovery by which as much as ten : inches can be added to thè height to i thè human being has been annoutteed bere. Prof. August Bler of Berlin Unlj versity iras just compieteli two suc- • cessful experiinents, both contlueted I through surgery. One operation was upon a woman dwarf, thè other upon a man. The operation consists in sawing through thè thigh bone, aster which thè upper part of thè leg is placed under a special extenslon process for a period of time averaging two months. During this tinte thè bone regenerates, tilling up thè pace hetween tlie disconnected parts and ilengthening thè thigh about tire ceiii umeters. In both cases thè sanie operation was repeated two titnes within two years, thtis adding fìfteen centimeters altogetlier, The bitilical question: “Who, by takmg thought, cari udii a single cubit to his stature?” seema to be answered by Professor Bier.

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