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THE SIGNAL G DLRICH ONTARIO
THE PORT OF
MISSING MEN
By MEREDITH JVICHOLSOJ'.
Author o1 "The Lem of a Thousand Candles"
coIYKIGHT, 1907. BY TME a0OIS-MERRILL COMPANY
1 knew as tuucb about Ig.
ch:t •,ct as 1 did about you or as 1
,it you."
••t\ 1,.it you know of bpm. Mr. Clal
ewe 11/ of no vottaegUeuCe. And what
)vu (beet know about me would fill a
large toluols. flow did you get here,
enJ el+:it du you propose doing now
h,t you are here? I nut in a hurry
and hive ',iihingt1111.. to satisfa toryeouttofcan't
ou
get .
s•ith.0 tiro' minutes I'ut going to chuck
yon I „k into the sock."
1 , , sue. up here In the lulls to look
you -you! Ito you uuder-
•
,I •iii -Iirga Fehltibeene uogi4ly
ss 1 ,s tiding along the toad a1Nult
t.o ,;.,1,•s'from here 1 ran Into three
awn ••u horseback. When I stopped tri•
pane edit them and find out whit
tb, t i • r.• doing the) crept to. un tee
an I tidied my' -horse and ?aft Nett
Far•. ,•r my head. They had mia:tk•
f •r you, and they brou:ht n%
bre,, , tour house. and pnlle.l Ihr
FB• ; „ri and w'ete decidedly dts:rlre,t..
:,t Minding t5cy h:itl. made re ml.
1In' of them' bad gone In to ran
rd „IS Ihi' balt'and disclosed the serous
! ,.t. he dropped his loot on the no,-
,-I then I told them to go to th.
devil. and 1. -hope they've done It. When
you emus In 1 was $eklug up your
inP>• .,ad I submit 111a1 the sword Is
esnJsyu,e enough be challenge any .
:•riy't rye, Atsd there's all there Is of
tee star)'. and I duu't 'care whether
yell believe It or not."
neer esus were rased upon each oth
er lu a gaze of anger and resentment.
Stuidei.'1 Armitage's tease figure re•
led. the tierce light lu his -eyes gave
i, a gleam of humor, and be
long sod loud
1., lace -your f.ter, Claiborne. Its
tun* It's too funny for any Use.
%.h.•:,) r teeth show. It's something
ghastly '•r God's sake, go In there
r face!"
Ile made a fit In his own room and.
Vied t'lalborne with towels. while he
.v:ititint•d to k forth occasionally
to froth bursts laughter. When
they -tent tato the 11 both men were
1x44
lutes: .1-11.3
••ease"
Ile threw aside his cup with a clat-
ter. Jumped down and caught the sword
front the table, examined It critically,
then sheathed 1t with a click.
Claiborne had watcbed Armitage
with a growing Impatience. Ile re•
seined the Wen of being thus ignored•
Then be put his band roughly on Arml•
rage's shoulder. -
Armitage, latent with Ills own affalN.
had not looked at ('lalberne for several
minutes, but ne glanced at hen now as
tbougb just recalling a duty.
"Lord, man, 1 didn't mean to throw
'a ve siege
in there that you're' welcome to t o
,n and get some sleep"
• ' "I'm net going Into the valley." roar
ed C'laihorne, "and 1'u) trot going to
tent. .I'n) ening wills (1)I1
--"lint liras=yover sunt. man. wu can't
::o with ate! )' on are as ignorant as a
Isle of my affairs. and I'm (errlbl)
nap and have tin 1Ime to talk to you
t)arnr, that coffee arald.•d ale. ('Leal
ts,rne, if only I had time. yu,i 'know.
but under ex toting clrcptuslnuees"-,
-Claiborne"-
- -A
Clribortle'-
--A elety to put out Ills h
Lorne.b.,ek It to a vigorous
"Yon don't know wbo 1 a
sax, and' 1 haven't got -time t
sow. It's n long story, and
much to do, tut I swear to you:
borne, that my hands are clean;
tbe-;ame I am playing is no affair
my ew'n, but a big thing that 1 lea
Pledged myself to Barry through 1
want you to ride down there In the
valley and keep Marhot quiet for a
few hours. Tell him 1 know more of
what's going on in Vienna than he does
and Mit If he will only sit In n rock -
Ing chair and tell •you fairy sullies UII
morliieg.we can nil lee happy Is It s
bargain or must 1 .1111 hang your
head down the well till I get through?'
"Matto( may go to the devil! Ile's a
lot mere mysterious than even you.
Armitage These fellows that hmught
:ne ulrlsere to kill me in the belief that.
I was you cannot be frteuds of Mar
!ef g cause." •
are not. 1 assure you they are
sok They are blackguards of the black-
est dye." ..
"I kii ve you. Armitage." . '
"Thank you; Now your horse Is at
the doer flea along like a good fel-
low'
Arm!tace dived Into bla room. caught
rartrtdge telt erne - reappeared
bncitil,217 on.
"(kt:,r." be yelled. "bring In tlint
_111lim.tilth cups for two." •
Ile k -ked ,eII his loots noel drew on
h^lit xL s. and leggings
1 ht.mnrclting orders for the r. I
P1311,4 t.•orttound that buckle."
1te-raae-nnd stnmped his feet to set-
tle the shoes.
'Yo'ir horse is at the door. That 4 '
cal ()':r'will take off the blanket f •r
you "Tale's n bottle of fair whisky in
tbe enl,b•,:ird. 11 you'd Ilke a nip before
10 lues. me, 1 forgot the coffee!
there ,en ,the table, Oscar, and never
Abel the chairs," be ridded 45 Oscar
teras in•with a tin pot and the cups on
pier••, of plank.
t•Ikiog the rtae, Oscar, and be
re. those: revolvers are loaded with
1 real roods."
Tatem was n great color In Arml-
tage'a\re as he strode abort Mena!'
144 t-, a.!ly-e II In eyes danced with el-
• and between the sentences
'list I e y•rk.' l out half to. himself he
�hL+rh•.i a few' Imre from n comic opera
khmt etas making a record run on
krnm,leya) lib steps rang out vigor
ously fee. tbe_ bars pine floor.
"11'ar h the windows, Oscnr. Toe
may f^ tee h general anything but a
c" rp•1.. Isn't that so, Claiborne?
And those teilon 11111111. be pretty mad
6y thl+ tem. Ian use the codex sere•
Ire. C'aihorne, tit• always pour the
s'Ig: t from the paper hag -original
pack., r, yon understand. And see It
Yee can't find Captain Claiborne a hat,
1 lsca r."
With a tin cup of steaming coffee in
bee hem! he sat on the table dangling
his legs, his hat nn the brick of Ilia
hetet, the eattrldze kelt etrappel nheed
lei( 1411t,1 over n brawn corduroy hunt -
'nit 1144 nas In s high snood and
Rell (tsar as to the probability of
nee, breakfasting another morning.
• "u we die, Oscar, 11 shall be in a gond
nd, nud Clal-
Iaap.
or what i
tell you
have.
Gal -
bat
north, because the valley broadens toO
touch and there are too many people.
There's a trail up here tbut goes over
the ridge and down through a wind
gap to a settlement 'about live utiles
south of Lamar. If I'm guessing right,
wu can cut urouud uud get ahead 01
them and drive them,ienack here to .my
Iatni."
"To the Port of AllsITag Ment 1t- t"
sae made for the business,' sold Clai-
borne.
'•Osar, patrol the road here and
keep an eye ou the buugalow, and It
you hear us forcing them down charge
•from this side. I'll lire twice when L
get near the ?'ort to warn you, and 11
yliu strike them tint give the saute sig-
nal. Leo be careful, sergeaut, how you
shoot. We want prisouers, you under-
stand, not corpses."
Armitage found a taint trill and
wlth,Claiborne struck off into the for-
est near the main gate of Ills own
grounds. In less than au hour they
rode out upon a low wooded ridge and
drew uh...tidr pouting, sweating horses
-two shadowy' videttes agatust the
Instral dome of stars. .A kelp wind.
whistled across the ridge, and the
horses pawed,the unstable ground rest-
lessly. The men jumped down to
tighten their saddle girths, tied they
tented •'p Bole coat collars before
m0untit:g agalu.
"Come! We're on the verge of morn-
ing." sold Armitage, '_and there's no
ting to Ease." - -
Tote! know wiry I'm In this row. rind 1
don't know what it's all about. hut'l
twllcve what you say about It, and I
went you to understand that 1 ean't 1 e
put In a bag like a prize ts.tato with
tut taking n whn.•k at the man who
lent me there" -
"Let If_ you should get hurt. ('tat
borne II would '1.11 rtny plans I never
eontd tare ',air family itgoIrt." sold Ar
,nitage earnestly "rake your horse
:url Q.. •,
"1'a, g•atg hack to the volley when
y"tt da.". '
"humph! Drink your toffee! Oscar
(sing eat the rest of the artillery snit
i r.a(':nliIOln
Claiborne bra choice:"
lie ricked up his sword agein. Len:
the blade frota the scabbard with a
erten end cut, die air with 1t. Lauf
u)Itttit n few tars of a German drinking
song Tbeu he broke out with:
'1 do nut think a braver genUeinan.
More .active-vallant or inure valiant.
young.
More dating or more bold, 1. now alive
To grams this latter Age with noble needs.'
Fur my part• 1 may ?peak It to my shame.
1 have a truant been to chivalry -
"Lord (;,1`atlsprne. Jou don't know
whe't's nbeedeof us. it's the greatest
Mug that eter happened. 1 never es -
'peeled any-thtug like this, not ou my
cheerfulest daps. Dearest Jules is out
lookiug for n. to egrapt office to pull off
the 'Austrian end of tbe rumpus. Well,
little good 'IL will do him. And we'll
catch hint and Durand and that 13er-
vl.tp devil and lock Them up bere till
lather decides what to do with him
're off!"
II ready. sir," said Oscar briskly.
half past 2. They didn't get oft
asage at 1.annr)r because the
losed and tete operator gone.
I11 keep out of the valley
rim the big 'Inn because
r worried by', this time
to get too bear Mar-
bly decided to go to
low Lamar to do
Meanwhile they
4.
"It
their
office Is
and they
and away
they nre rat
and not annio
hof. " 1'hcy''v.e pr
the next station
their telegraphing.
11:, t en'1 freer tie!"
-'1 hey bad me and d
said Claiborne, mount
horse -
"They'll have a gots! m ,y things
they don't want in tine next twenty-
four hours. If 1 hadn't enjoy
his
business so much myself" we .• ght
have had some secret service men ':t-
at all along the coast to keep a I
out for them. But It's been a great
lark. Awl now to catch them!"
Outside the preserve they paused for
nn instant.
"They're not going to venture far
from their base, which Is that inn and
postomce, where they have been rum-
maging my mail. i haven't studied
the hills for nothing, and I know short
cuts about here that are not on maps.
net want me."
g his own
0
Chapter XX
T(n K4I AY, MAY 5 191(3' 7
We have Shoes
THAT WILL JUST suer YOU
Shoes that 'will giveryotr eomfint,-
and. that will cost you whatever :you wish to
pay. Shoes that we sell yon last till you ha( e
no complaint to make us in the score of service.
If you conte here Shoe buying, it probabkv
won't take us ten tnieuteS to find the identical
something you -_are looking for. We are doing
that very thing ev'cry day for other people ; so
why,not.for you, too•
See our MEN'S t1EAVY SHOES for spring
-alt solid leather.
Downing .& M,acVicar
TIIL ATTACK t4 SUS aOaD. '"•
ERE'S au abandoned
lufnber camp down
here 1f I'm not mistak-
en, and if we've made
the right turns we
ought to be south of
1.nn:nr and near the railroad."
Armitage passed his rein to Clan
(orue and plunged down the steep road
to reconnditer. -
"It's a strange business," Claiborne
muttered. half aloud}. .r
The cool air of the ridge sobered him,
kat be reviewed the ,events of the night
without regret. Every young officer In
the service would envy hien this adven-
ture. ill was . tU intent Bill tied
•
emit thought that he-t)ummed reveille art'.
was •nbou{'to rebuke himself for tinsel
dlerly behavior on duty when Arad..
tate whistled for hl:u to adeanee.
"It's all tight; they haven't paned
yet. I met a railroad track walker
down there, and be said he bad seen
•
no one between bare and Lamar. Now
they're handicapped by tbe big country
horse they had to take for that Servlan
devil. and we can push them as hard
as•we like. We must get them beyond.
Lamar before we crowd them, and
dogt Tocge1 'Diet We want to
them Into my loud for the rouud up.
I'M afraid were going to have a wet
mornlug."
They rode abreast beside the railroad
through the narrow gap. A long freight
train rumbled and rattled by. and .a lit-
tle later they passed a coal shalt,,
where a begrimed night shift loaded
cars under flaring torches.
"Their. message to Winkelrled is UUII
on this side of the Atlantic," said Ar-
mitage, "but Wlnkelrled Is in a strong
room by this time 'If the existing pow-
ers at Vleuna are what they ought to
be. I've done my best to get him there.
The message would only help the case
ngatnst him if they sent it"
Clalborue groaned mockingly.
"I suppose I'll know what It's all
about when I read it In the mornlug
papers. 1 like the game well enough,
but it might be more amusing to know
what I'm lighting for."
"You enlisted without readiug the are
tides of war, and you've got to take
the consequences. You've done what
you set out to do, you've found me, and
you're traveling with mo over the Vir-
ginia mountains to report my capture
top Baron von Marhof. On the way you
are going to assist in another affair
that will be equally to your credit. and
heo\if all goes well with us I'm going
give myself the pleasure of allow -
In ' M. Chnuvenet to tell you exactly
who',1 am. The incident appeals to
se of humor. I assure you i
Of course if I were not a
ry great distinction Chau -
friend Durand would
ed the ocean and
AI.Onao plroDensfe
lIERE.is always ONE by which 't.11
the rest are a :i s ur a d. In the
,.'Tailoring trade the one paramount
force is
= ready JaiIoring
Ask the Merchant whorl first he
seeks ; ask him why --perhaps he'll
sigh—for only one dealer in 'a town
can have the right to sell Semi -ready
Clothes.
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my
have o
person 0
venet and
not have
brought with them a professional as-
.assin, skilled to the use of smothering
nud knifing, to do away with me. You
are in luck to be alive. Wo are dan-
gerously near the same size and build
and In the dark, on horseback"_
"That was funny. I knew tkat if I
ran for It they'd plug me for sure and
that If 1 wafted until they saw their
mistake they would be afraid to kill
mc. Ughl I still taste the red soil of
the Old -Dominion"
"Come, captain, yet us give the horses
a chance to prove their blood. Tttetic
roads will be paste in a few hours,"
'rhe dawn Was breaking sulle*ly,
and out of a gray, low hanging mist
lightrein tell to the soft, mondtonou
fashion of mountain rain. Much of the
Mlle it was necessary to maintain sin-
gle file, and Armitage rode ahead. The
fug grew thicker as they advanced. but j
they did not lesteen their pace, which 1
had now dropped to a steady trot.
Suddenly, no they swept on beyond
Lamar, they hear the beat of hoofs and
halted.
"Dully for tint We've ent In ahead
of them! Can you count them, Clat-•;
'tamer
"There aro three horses all right
enough, and they're forcing the beasts.
What's the word?"
"Drive them back! Ready -here we
got" roared Armitage in a voice in-
tended to be heard.
They yelled et the top of their voices
1). flungOsbrads from the ,eof1utrI as they charged, pinngtng into the ad -
Ile a elvish.'nctng trio atter s rorty yard gallop.
1 ntlnned
Thy haven't folio ^.1 the railroad
Ask the Public man, w at c of es
are the st choice of -people who
like goo othes !
Ask us—we have Semi -ready Clothes
at $15, $ I8, $2o, and up to -the finest.
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