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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1928-10-25, Page 6• s1i ^a+ .. P_.. q,,:b .. 'Y S.. •.M::k,-a,,. • • 'S 8Y • WiL5ON V.V0011ROW s titI/STRNTED y. . • RAN trettvtc•i-T t. ' BEGIN TODAY' HERE Hope. Ranger is held prisoner in a u • esntarium• 'conducted ' by a gr o , p of criminals called the: Com binf. Ar. hos Kelsey is detained•gym the sameP .ital s ' because:he' kows-of criminal dealing. r tow. D r.B s ofthesuperintendent, ,Hope and Kelsey escape injBristow''s car. The two take, refuge in an aban-doned: house.... While. Kelsey sleeps Hope -^hears ,. Bristow s voice; and knows,'.that he has followed them. Hopesurrenders to • Bristow and tells him that- Kelsey hie,achair as he went, he left left the room. e.: abBndoned her. un out`: of the•door''he col- toconsult' with }lis , A s he fl g , 'Brietow: .goes ,Al;aided with Morton who 'was' crouching' .; Arl:lle7r i�Turse, Cogley, and; with . • eerman ,e• • •' dermas Higgins, +fie; :_^I hem 4j' the at the, iteyhgl • " "Combine. ' " ri"e , t z°"Charlie , auvefi- With ene..hand he caught the house "u"i. tut* hnd friend of Ranger, is follow: • ing.on a.motorcycle: a•clew leading -t$° .the sanitarium. Higgins' tells. Bristow ;m that' the girl must be .killed:. NOW! QN WITH THE STORY • ,, Noy, .I guess we'll leaveynu out of . this, Doc. We can's aford to have no miista'keslady my ',made. 'I?el go along with the little yself.. *had o''bad . 1e. : for• my rhepmati m to have otoy there in the road, when the'ear goes off b"e, the bridge; but I don't see,ro other , way." • l The Superintendent straightened up as if to defy this show: et. authority. ggins minute he and Hi • i For' a long faced each other... Then, overturning "Then'•I'm'tb be her• escort?" Bris- tow asleed, bitterly: He knew..that he was • defeated.' Higgins "looked at him with a smile • of wintry ,derision. • • ' ' b 64.0 6d Always have the Magic agic "�ct7L•'Y pek`agc ><'u. • your pocket. ' G Soothes- nerves, allays • thir§t;' aids digestiol¢. • "How much of the conversation up • there'. did` you overhear?" istow asked, without betrayingtoo much interest. physician=ley-the-throat,—choking-off even a sound froni hitt. • With •the other hand he closed the •door behind; him.. CHAPTER XXVI Pushed backward from the dear, still with that constraining. dutch an, his throat, ' Morton's, popping, eyes were fixed .on Bristow's face. His ,amazement• wash evert greater than his "A—a :'good deal' of it," Morten stammered .. y`Ehough''to know.' now .that. you were against ainst: them''' ' 'Bristow rubbed his• hands.:'; "Su PP. ose,'s.le said,,:"before we go , deeply. into. this • matter, •you , tell Me Matter, up..there?. • dust what': you *eredoing' . Listening, of course But why"i" Morton twiddled •his, thumps,: and looked 'confused. ;' But there was a. quality in this' sum-! mart' and violent capture which pre vented him• fi•oni.following 'his tive impulse to struggle and''kick. The hand. that' choked him seemed also to hold . him up.Bristow was pare and certainly cletermined, but there wag•' nothing of the hot anger that his tie - tion ivoulcl indicate. On. the contrary, he conveyed to Morton by som :elec- tris. telepathy that' his assault was necessary and entirely frienlly. `` At the 'head of. • the' :stairs he re- leased his. victim' twit ha low; "Sh !" his finger .laid against `his lips, and 'whin•ihe'-house-physielan a.,Monien to gain hid breath, threw an- arm about "his :,.shoulder, and led. 'him; stumbling and sti!�l. purple .and gasp- irrg', down• �the•.•ster'- to the Bristow'. etciod on the' hearth -rug, straightening out leis' cuffs, and su'r- veyed Morton - reflectively. ' You •needn't .be •.afraid of met Mor.,, tare" he•said earnestly.. "1'n only tots grateful to you, too utterly grateful." A shattered faith is riot easily re-. stored "S(i 1, Morton reaneinbered, Bristow' had fought toy save the arid, *though, his merit was" counterbal A • crafty scheme of worming myself into hanger's good graces. All bunk, of course" /- Morton was. More; bewilderedthan ever;-Br;steleee story•impressed bin,, "The peoplo I saw Wile—Peal force stronger than himself seemed drawing the words from him—"were Dr. • Kelsey and a mean who called hiniself Juarez Charlie." Bristow scraped his chair back on the polished floor. " ."Where• ere they?" , ' '"At the old 'Rose house." • Morton. had- told everythir g : now that be had, sworn not to• reveal' and hhaue swh., aabeag�n izwisqedly .owmendi1nyg twachethhe- A' slow, crestfallen flush spread= over, Bristows •face. •' Higgins . was right; .he had muddle. He nodded at.. Me ' ' "When do you get in touch with ,then„•again?” •"I ought`, to be doing, it now." Bristow ignored the hint ,,of .rem lessness. . ' "How .did Juarez•' Charlie, happen, to be there?" He wan d, all the link in "the"d. on't Chain.kPi' I now that; •but. he ;as: And they have plenty of 'money. Oh, come' • to think of it, he said that: he rode down' `here ;last night. There was something• about' le ,hat --:-,a hat that had been : bought. by Mr. Ranger and then exchanged by Miss Copley for .one that was to be sent here. That .gave him the; clue." "Ah -h !" Veistoev leaned back gloating,, with restored, corplacency. The responsibility for 'the muddle Use Gilleft's Lye to MAKE YOUR, OWN SOA and for cleaning and DISINFECTING'' GilleN's Lye•Rrolecfs= Stour Pea/0 ark.' So ves Youo oneA j and• forcefulness which .she was quick The Tale of a Girl that Shipper .as. ;a Nlrn)h.cr. of .the Crew New York•—If Viola Irene Cooper had been born, •a boy she niight have run away to sea. All her life she had wanted to be a sailor .and: to write about the sea.' But.becaese she hal► , ,pened'to be• a, girl, and girls weren't,, supposed toP run aWaY f, tied, er kept, her dreams' to herself: And: then on,**; day, while she was, pounding typewrit er ,keys,' in. a New Yer•)c City office, shhe thought: • "What's: to stole : me? .:I'ili . —going to. -Sea 1 "" + ' And ,she d!ci She:•spent six months before; the ,inast on;' French sailing vessels , and: trading steanieis . She visited . the South :' Sea, Islands ;'and:: gathered material for a boots; . :,'She earnedthc.tile of "First Girl.Mi,dship {. man," and proved •to•her'satisfaction /►� end to that of exptrie ted sailors that .a girl• is is goou on„a Ship as a boy any c.ay, if she hasa sailor's stout heart. ' r BUT' TO PROVE:IT. "Don't keep up any *pretences with.. me, Mise Ranger. It isn't necessary now• . I— . No, don't take it ..that way,” at she dragged her hands from his and looked at him with dilating eyes. "Wait •I'ni your..frienrl Your__ only one here. was ''shifted from his ' shoulders to �,U,ntil last •night," he went on, "I Anita's..believed truly that you were: • He paced back. 'and forth across the hearthrgg deep in thought. Rapidly he mapped "out a • plan of action. Higgins. would probably not .start on hit drive until after. : dark, That 'disposed of him.' Kelsey and Charlie would 'wait at the fed ,house to hear front -Morton. But. Anita? How eliminate her? , He. leaked • down' at. Morton- "Doctor, we must get. •Miss Ranger.. ,away at :once Wo will'•drive;by the Rose place :and pick up..Kelsey and• bis friend on our way to town. What we have to:meet now is the chance of anter-ferenceeby .Miss_Copley,-,-Is there any one.:of the patients,+in a particu-. leely bad way, today?" done for two or three' hou'r's •Yet." Be raised ' his •eyes. to, • indicate' that he was referring to the:two on. the floor But' she had to• prove it. At first., she ; encountered skepticism, Why; .girls didn't becon;e sailors! A`ship was n,, place for a female, ,13t4 Viola Coo . :per smiled, town all opposition. Her first step'seaward was by way of San Francisco,,, whets the thought .she would:liave n better chance to/get a,job, than " in New York. Opt'' there she, read in a 'newspaper that an old -trench sailing , vessel Was .about• -to_:: make a trip to, the Fiji I'slands,`.on' • her .last voyage, Vola, decided' she waisted to go. She .confided her hope Mists "(7opley's. sister', AftOI Yot! to ;a friend, Jean Schoen, who shared escaped,; she • and Higgins confessed her seafaring ambitions, anal the two their whole damnable'piot-to inc.But` of them made a trip: to the shipyard 1 ,did not understand 'then, '.nor • de Girls,., it seemed,` ..weren't • welcome they eeW,•that.You are „aro have been around, a shipyard. •But.Viola Irene ` perfectly sono,. , I, only discoyeared thin and Jean o miled their way in, Met the •this. afternoon."'• ' ' cel}tarn, a' gailant'old •I;renchnian,'end "'Ilaw diel' you learn this?" Her told him al.l : about 'it '• ale made ; the unite. was . a threadeyevilly easier for them: He said he would "ThroughKeils," he ii be glad to have them if they could.: get "Wher is-GeOrge Kelsey?"•' - permission from the•owner.' • ...."1( • ". 'replied•' Morton, "I've • had •to'go tuvice to quiet. Miss'`-'' S,usy Doane." • "Then call up Higgins' apartment,; Dods are • met by tariff walls. and ask :Miss' Copley' to relieve the .ish g.. . nurse in , charge Until:.six • o'clock•, Step •hy step Britain has been forced Make it a f-equest from. yourself.%Tell to, seek. protection a•gainst protection. her. you have• tried to reach me but• • • couldn't find me ".•. ' •; We are glad to learn that Mussolini• Morton; .complied. • "She ..said ..she has��announced ' a new vigorous pol- ft; s' - 'Ding ways have ed, .as he replaced the instrument on. been ' causing us*,•a., ,• O O '. ry, r1C;a21e5,' stprdy end stanch. She.was Springfield Union 140 feet long, with 30 -foot beam, 20 •'"•Then let's, be moving,>' Bristow' "You must: have 'heard ':eetougb•• tb, realize 'that' I stand with the ,Person :or,p ersons :who •are' trying to rescue Miss Ranger. Who arethese people that:you were: in conference with•dure leg the; two hours that you were.away this noon?" • Marton, sc-I runchedchair, up in his , half -yielding to B.ristow's :influence and Y et; Mindful: of his promise; ;to "I haus "felt for some days.t that Kelsey,sh ook' is head.' (To bo continued•) ' "I think;' says •Miss 'Cooper, spell ing, "'hats he. thoaght that would Tstop Miriard's Unmans for Every ,Pal,lr. us.: But; it. didn'tbecause the owner, ' • / over in Bordeaux, turned out to be an d -Fr e- Trade other�gallanthman Ile .ab'kd • the •Britfsh Islandsv to • maintain their captain had« t. . Brooklyn` Eagle: It is not easy, for back. that he had .no• obj-ectron if the' - f trade oasis, i the desert of •uni 'SOUTHWARD BOUND. on very e And so a'' few weeks' later the two res versa]'' protects E wbei Brit' • girls set sail • from Vancouver,• B,;C., for --the Sout:i Seas. Their ship, the Boggainville;.was 6.1 year ::old, a three::' .masted barque, without an engine or •a radio. • ' She• was.' once known as the Himalaya, and had•` sailed' around , the . Horn timeiand again, weathering'hur would take charge at once," he report -icy His so ea Y 1't 'f'wor . "M 'dear'.' Doctor,," Bristow • threw mere .was something wrong. in the y • words: "this :is no time ..:ality•into'th• ,. - to keep, up an . unjustifiable silence. You are taking a responsibility. upon Yourself ' in doing so, that you will bitterlyregret later."• ke slow] 'choosing his He • •spo Y, words.•: "Morton, as God'is-my,,judge,. I knew nothing of this terrible affair until lest night, after I failed tofind Kelsey: Then Higgins and Miss ;Cop_ ley tl ought. it best le take me into their confidence • :It was a thunder- clap to ire. Up to 'that tune I never •questioned lint that the girl was:'Miss Copley's sister, - "Therefote, 'I went to' the meeting this afternoon in ,complete confidence. 'Well," with .a shrug, "you know . the result.;, You , must," with affected sheepishness; "have thought, me 'quite. trielodre tic. But in dealing, With Higgins, , ave learned, .one, has . to • .talk his tan age: Ile thinks in plots, and suspects' any. motirye that .is .•not, selfish' and mercenary. • So, in order. to get 'his ear at all, I had to' present Every Meal . I SCJE No: 42—'28 11. . Moi;top's� popping eyes were fixed on Bristciw s face.. r 'n- erf ul so • Phis w i ht o Pe 'w seer a Po h :Weight Matter' of this girl • I—I read the. pa. Pers. 1 suspected]' ', '13tristow waved his hand, and smiled'; comniisera,tingly.• `:Don't go ' on trying• to invent. You're riot adroit enough.: You'd 'be helping that girl far more :by telling the . the ,facts'. naw. `'Pimp `is flying, and "•.; Morton ,jumped. "Time? That's it,'i he' said., ''I u go Dore' try: �to;.keel -me_her-e{• 'Doctor. I 'must go• before they....,i" Ile ,stopped•, looking apprehensively at the doom• / k "No -ne l of• -•haste,"•. Bristow re-; turned equably: "There'll be nothing anew In :hip min•2T:`by' mist Copiey's• foot' depth, and 1,500 tons :grass: On this, :.her' last roy ge, she carried.lunr ber,and canned Ash to the islands of the South.,Seas..-• Of the drewnuraber-'. motioned` rhino toward the door.. They were in: a email inner room of the • Superintendent's:, suite There were no windows, only a skylight As Morton turned his back, B•ristow was on' hint, pinning his •arias 'down and o thes thato Style t0 TJresses . 13g (�{q'I MARTI'N ing 23, 19 were $renchmen;, ;the...re- raining four . Were , r atives • of San Francisco •-.There was the; captain. and' • s in him towaf'd a .closet. .low a' mate .The two girls werelisted as pu h g errs amazing to see„'junior 'officers. • lel "•frantically. -to midshipmen,• or: Morton. struggle easily; o 't=oestyle dresses free himse . u is. o . o were fr if:..hour but 'Br t w had all the re'tril: transformed by few'Their, duties rte help with' the rm roii hey e n ^ leg, as the ship's journal: is calle4l, to, advantage: He shoved h g bettor's,.a.l the braid• and • k ' it •.turp s j. the wheel,: led; to into. the closet and •closed, the door,. nick magic of Imre . °take the •the q hes' The stood their four- in it. stand watt.., �' , ck .lo g ntin fidyeing.': [d ...a..i. > night; vl. .tido. 717C}: 9A -/ Your tinting or.;oyeing. P ER XVII. ' the men did. 13ut they retainend their will ' alWa s delight :you,, �` ire • orb "of calico or. cretonne in-"' isto 'unlock- ! farm g Ten minutes Tater Bristow if • you are. aura: to use„ ' room,.knocked, s ,Dia: _ �G stead of 'taking • to' knickerbockers," -door `.oi' :.Ho , a _ , __. __-. ons ' true- _. f Bele s ,, ted. the Pey A __w......_.__,.-.-.- ut waiting for • an. answer; mond Des. Tinting" -Their shoes wire snea]cea-s=or iizooi and,. without ,. y ens- N aveather.the ;des :. � ..•, -.. -.hot .ms .and in Y . P sa A s 1 nX� s them in u ick] . with easy ----. came.. Y qthe 4 s �oY4 days s. C a Y -with stockings. Y le• of ed t t; d ' •"stairdin in..the`mid jn 'and •'dyeing tae{es.. She �wa5 standing g g. • , • °h wiled through the Pacific. CHA T • U1.. 1 and, as she"saw .nim 'She a little more time., It •was a floor' a just the , --x.',Smile:'which he'interpreted smiled lcome. It wit in a measure; asa. we ,• .. any • one was better than Anita • COL , - ley. he .bundle 1e . Then` he eyes fell nwJ• y ]coked • at he::was e carrying; :and she. him questioningly: •�� He tossed: it,'en a chair. ,'For you; h said• and co�iring nearer, took bot he , hands in his. her :scald _ Something new` ie his There: was so ,g manner, an absence of pose,``a gravity eta °1i4. made Derpoat by the daily use. t)t- Ittc.itEftCHE Costnotice "Pot Ladies. who car4e4 One 2 -ounce' Jar Of Vttnla)IIig Cream and' 1. Boli of Paco Powder,. mailed to Any addrenn in Ontario for 11,00, SOBIisT1012'q:' Toronto dba lotto 'street. - ►ae4urations., - htinard'a Liniment' eleanses outs. etc. • vo a e axce t for.one sttorm,. tran uil , . y g , A ' :• ar 711.magic y , q. .. 1 ;appear e r h New co, ors PP ig t the old•.colors. ' The • give all the two days of being , becalmed on the over .b gand one' narrow escape from uator, ••urs ' ,an1i ,• j1.a' eq r , ,,escape i bl • t s d s with hoa o as n f The anal T ' hurric iah� a r htn of'- that. redyed look which tin 'encounter .. neve a t,; . roved ever minute. of it, and. saes :from' inferior. � dyes: Insiat �on' • girls to Y co al ost orr y to.se.,'land: and 'save i i - were a m y e es a d sa o .Diamond nt PP Y, . . •• ' CONTIN:UING;. THE ADENTURE rent. • "Color :Craft'" my big,. new book,ol • At Fiji—New, Caledonia—the ,good kitdollar-saving -ving. hints, will he, sent You ainville vas'rismantled.. Miss dBeng of .. Dyes, Write OnMatario: Martin; Diamond Schoen took ..another •boat to New tee:, �V ndsor 0 to iw. `•" )_lyes, i :r ' ,yins9luablpfor NIGHT FAMILY 512E •15<,' IRIAL512E 35C ' PEA 6OTTLE" Chuen LoveVENO'S`•%i tte. More and =noire G1ii•sti4tt. Soda 'micro: are,sold: every. year.- = Maitit'aincd quality, 'means indict+sed !vopulatity. In 11.417 -int di on -' ;peony always ask fa! , Caustic's Bi;chuits.. c land: Viola 'Cooper accepted' an offer; to sign on as midshipman of a French. trading <steam.r that made the rounds of the islands, with pro Bions Ard_',.. ' calico for the Inhabitants. • This trip o .. unique -opportunity t i • uni I afforded' her q gain first-hand informptiop.abou,t :the dative customs: of the j-sles...On this trip she 'was the only white 'man on board besides* the ealitain The ,crew'.. wiis composer] of native islaxiders., big brown men, like children, who' t'auglit.° . tier, some of their' songs and dances., • Hi'dozen. ing gathered cnoufih mit ,.1', { o • o books, :she found a berth on fr'ra do�.n b , 1 freighter bound for Australia Prom 'there the•"took a..other,for San Fran-'' ' eisco--•working her, way all' the time. Now she is back in New. York ,apart- Bent,"poui1ding a typewriter` again, but this time•in the interests of her 19okt, "Wind3•►1•nming to•'Fiji.'? "Before l set sail for the -first time,"' e says- this.," Young „nudshil,m8arl "1 "°' thoughts • 1 should' miss 'three things: music; the theatre, and conversation. I found that .once out there • on the ,Pacific,with only the sea; and the sky., `• for Company; I•.was etitisficd `with the . Spiel -1'6r e it. Now tlytt I'irr back in a city where I Can^'hear music and see • . ayeezine1'yen;ioNellie..LLooinpanionship_of ,_ n,y; iletfr kind, 1 find thry don't really tnatter."ns much as 1 thought, they did. I want to .get ba.k to n• ship!" As soon as she finishes her book, she ':will he oft" again, this time on a what-. ins• vessel houndfor Jorway. She will take with her a tnotion.picture cainetf .,. Mrs. Brown reitfteed in her first banking eceount: When she was 'PAY-. ing in for the. first time sho `camp to the word' "specie" on the Olin,. :Elio, thoitizht -for. a:'Moment ' Andthen en- tered agr lest It—"F'ern4le!" ' i