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• .' 'IM•I HAS HAPPENS f. •, 'i."High powered bullets'.would:pierce it
Attempts : hare, been Made' 'on the in'a' hundred places.. Let's look over
l'i'fe. of Elise Marherry, who owns'.pro- the house."
operty•near the.little, town of Torte
Verde, Brazil: Her. cousin ..and pro -
teeter, Vilak,. apd Lincoln • Nunnally,
�n d�-ehennst—urge= her.
to'depart :on the •'next. boat, hut ,her
:He flicked ori 1iis, 'flashligtt. • With
Elise and the, old .roan close behind
him; he ste a , ed arefull , • ast the ra
ing dog; then swept ' through :room,
departure is plevente . by ftoods..Mes-
.a€ter; •room 'of he 'melancboly ,Strtie
sngers.ride.thrpa h: th'e'Countryside to. ture,''disturbjn here a 'few. ghostly
warn the ,natives hast: the•' dam has bats, there an/ugly, brown -splotched
burst and'Vilak; decides tq Proceed, do toad.• He found nothing. which suited
the' house of Gaylord Prentiss and his , ,.purpose,. ' however;' until 'they.
' warn hien. • Vilak believes Prentiss 'i s. reached•. a rooi}i at the. rear- ''Here . a
at the bottom. of 'Elise's ;troubles. As window looed, ut upon., •the Iow stone
they near Prentiss' fazenda they are .water tower, -three or four 'hundred
fired u n'. Vilak the realizes that
p0 = n e feet from the house. ,,
the floor warns i'g was but a fake' to'
'get Prentiss•.'out 'of' his home. Pren- "Thatetowers ,just the place,". he
tiss admits them 'Ana Vilak tells him flashed: ."Exieellent position. Has; a
they are about' to be attacked:
NOW .BEGIN THE ,STOR'Y'
CHAPTER ,XXVIII. ,
Prentiss' glanced at Vilak in fright
a. moment, then suddenly turned and
D' darted •out ,of the ram. They heard.
him mount a flight of stairs, thendart
down again
Vilak,, despite the other's absenceme,.
swiftly began making a survey ;.of the
empty chamber, from' whose . flim,. y
•walls. -great--sections--of-'-plaster^ -afd
'Iaric'k had .fallen in . such . quantities
that : in many 'places,,, the moonlight
showed- :brightly., - • . _ . •
"This
This .room.'won't do,"he muttered..;
si3??ai," Vifak mur►ait Ted. 'F Ili
bl i,, us,_a t_caght frontal attaelc."':
he iY$nt en as `F.lisz "h,isteu.od to • jein
the oltir man at the i nr'ow, "At the
.It's our iviakiist spit. Beep a:
sharp 'lookout." 4
The log, who hail be leftin the
house,•bega',n.to bp'i again., •Sudden'y
Prentiss jerked his rifle .to. his sltouI=
"Shadows.. ' Shadows. M the
gate!" he wvhisperedhoarsely.
"You're right." Vilak swung ,his.
rifle into position., "We'll give diem a
volley: Better jet Me handle -it, Pren-
tiss," he' added fiuietly, When the other,
quivering es though from a violent
chill, f everishly touched,his gull, took
wild aim: and was • about,`to. shoos.
"Don't fire till' I- say so." •
A few secot;ds later calve his Placid;soothing voice once' rnpre.."Steady .'
Steady ,Good- airh Fire
• The reports of four rifles ,were,„u1-•
most sim'ultsneous.. An.•eatery follow
ed.' • The :shadows disappeared. ” Ttuo'
•on the casualty list,. I thinke' V lak
'There • was h .kriefb.iinte`fgal of 'inn-.,
action, Theis the. call.. of the night-
ibrd soundedagain, and .• again:. vague
shadows appeared at the .lofty: barred
entr. ce. A. second_ volley blazed, from
the enders' rifles. • Again there' was
a dry'nf.pain alrain t r chadows;Yaa
ished. '
'At least. one more that „tire, Vilak, •
grunted., " Lealn pretty soon .they
can't do . that. Seein to 'be intent lin'
forcin the ate. M• b aid'th
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barbed wire on top of', the: wall has.
high• voltage, but 'I .doubt it."
A third Untie' the attackers tried to,
reach, the .gate, •a third time they. were
• ''have you,'beetl home for• a visit' this y'ear.3et. 'Mrs, :',.itlten? asked' her
back. fence. •. '
"No!' 4. '
1`kl. and I'ni not 'going," �1frs. Aitken replied, "That is,' not 'in th
neighbor as they'. chatted a'cro5s the
It n�--o ---the .old±ay,"
• ohm
se eoirtrnued' —"T m an • ' ma • e, a g,od many . trips home during, the
without telling mother only 4o find either her or,: father indisposed. We could riot stay and
a pull it was to leave them to say .nothing of';the. expense and trouble, •
"Coming back from our last visit we 'decided that' all things consiydered it would be far.
'just 'had a •little chat ::over the 'plio'ne' with Mother. or Father once a week—then . during
tape a trip hone and pay a real visit.
`We', all bolt 'forward to the chats ,every week. They •keep' us in touoh with•,one another all the time and are
really no much more satisfactory than the hurried visit: " ' .
"'ibiu says it is the 11,30, Method of ''visiting the home folks,"
routed •and sprang back into the brush.. .
year. : Often . we went;
you can imagine what
better for us .all if we
out regular 'holidays,
A,.:;brogding silence fell over the fa -
zenda. With her 'penknife Elise dug
view on .,all 'sides, and is -."almost ter- out: a shell which had stuck in the,
tainly .bullet=proof." magazine of her rifle; the old • man
They hurried out, crossed 'the low' wiped the ,powder and perspiration
gully which laybetween the tovger and from his face with his minute hand -
the house and etrode through the door 'kerchief; Prentiss kept his glassy eyes
forming its entrance. . A quick ex- fixed on the ]9ephole before him, his
lip constantt
emittedno
chewed betel
Suddenly h
high branches of .the trees' along the.
creek, many feet overtopping the•wall.
A 'fta[si'llade 'iif"bnlle�a"tf'leil •against•
the shouse. "Steady Steady," Vil-
ak counselled. "Take your time. 'Fire
of •,cast-off furniture: at the bursts."
One section,: however, Separated by
amination • proved'' it to. be in better
state of preservation than the, resi-
dence, though ern . her" two or three.
of the red volcanic shines, `sf'Which it
was ;:onstructed had fallen and. lay on
the ground. It had• .evidently been
irseti ay a stole ool:i," for "was M]e$:
wit's: ;broken boxes, almost obliterated
by ,cobwebs, and a,few rotting pieces.
moving through they
fund. Vilak viciously,
nut. '.
y •firing began in the
a. small wooden partition,,„sho' ed
• .signs of .recent use, for here the debris
• had been cleared away; sincrked meats
and • other itchen supplies had been
brought In and hung from long hooks
or 'ere placed on shelves along the:
Wall
Vila shrouded a candle and'.put it in
the corner .so that it 'would give thein'
a faint light without being. seen out-
side. Then he .smashed an old iron
•o.
WRIGLEY'S is good company
on any trip. , •
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les ,delicious -flavor ad1s zest
and enjofinent. 'Ihe sugar sup-
plies pep and eneigy when the
day seems long. •
In •short it's good,.
and good for you.
The fusilcontinued. ade Conti ped• Here'and
there the 'putt -puttering of. a rifle
would abruptly cease, mute testimony
that.a shot 9f the defenders. had. found
its target.. But neither were the but-
lets of the attackers withopt effect, as
the 'firing went on'' plowing often and
oftener through' a joint in the inade-
quate, barricade. _
The . firing, ceased for 'a few •,nio
meets, then burstout again , with in'
ci eased ' vigor. The old man gave a
stove with .'an' axe, anl, taking the -low exclamation an dropped his gull.
separated plates set,.. about sealing up
the tower's two small windows, Prem
tiss hurried in to join them,and shak-
ily aided Vilak in preparing a barri-
-: cede. .•
The three men and the girl drag-
ged some heavy boxes forward, and "No, you .can see just as, good radi-
with them blocked the narrow door- eros caps right herein Canada:”
way. The dirty floor of the^.roou was I'd like to go to Sea, you know,
wet . and slippery, making the work . -
more •
Vilak glanced down, to.a'scertain the dinner at Pierre's—she was about to
reason for the dampness and saw
a ' shadowy corner a• tiny thread' • of
water coursing up' from the soil.
"Spring from those Little lakes on the
high. ground' back of your house?" he
demanded of Prentiss.
The other nodded sullenly.
(To be 'continued.
Mina'rd's for lalling (lair.
Disappointed
"Were .' you. impressed with the
sculpture in 'Europe?"
difficult Peggy 7iopkigs Joyce; at a farewell'
sail for Europe—told' a, little story.
"Girls aren't 'really sentimental or
poetical' any more," she said. "For
purposes of their .own' they may pre-
tend to be. but—"A girl ablaze with
^diamonds said to me the' other day
:with a yawn. " `Oh, yes, I like hand-
Vilak began making loopholes, in the holding, r but it must be the whip
window barricades: "Wet feet won't 'hand:l" < .
hurt us. Get rifles, if :you've got '
them."
Prentiss disappeared into the house'
again, returning with, half a dozen
.,new rifles and a box of ammunition.
Two of these Vilak put by each Win-
dow. ' "•I think we're ready' for' them
now,,,' he ;.t rn
,,,.,4�-As rc'�a`dp-as.w 'ern'
can
: He began distributing „the cart-
ridges. He lcokea at Elise gravely as'
he .watched, her" slip a clip of bullets
into the chamber of her rifle. `rI re-
proachmyself bitterly for having let
yotf .come along. Bitterly. Both you
and Nanny. !But you're here.' , And
what's .done, is done." • I• i depress the heart. Look for. the
He took 'another bit of betel, then Saxer' cross, thus: • • •
peered out through one of the window
apertures. "Moon's quite bright and
1 cin see plainly, but no signs of at-
tack yet All of you had better have
some cigarets " ,
He offered. the ciagrets to Elise.
She smiled 'and ,refused. "Too power=
ful for me.'now. Wnn't be able to shoot
Straight if"! do.' I'll take one of Mr,
Nunnaily's mild ones." , She touchei :._-__ ._
his hand. . "Don't worry about' my '
being here, 'or your }laying'.. brought ••
me here. You didn't., 1 brought my-. , .,
self, Forget about me ' You't'c
far ten much in think of anyeraY • .'.
Please.?
"Ail right .. . that's, ended."
• lle. showed the old man a second
time how to ope,,;late the rifle. "Think
you can do iL, Nanny?"
The old man, took off 1 iq "glasses,
wiped them: nervously, then once mere
plc 5r ed his . tiny thtimb 'against. the
magazine spring. "1 . . er .. most
do it, 1 must." _
Pientio' kept his eyes fixed out he
� other window, his face ono instant
sullen, the next trembling. '
Vilak took a position beside him• Pie
rubhed a drop of grease from the
sight of his rifle• "Be sparing of the
ammunition: It's the only thing' we
e..� .e_Il_.have--tc?.mtike.--it--last-•-i-!•---•
long time"
A long eerie call like thea rey of
fi Wandering bird u
k: iT
is the ideal food for
the bottle-fed baby
• because itis clean, uniform'
incornpo tfot•i,ritttritious, most easily easily digested of all
artiht2ial foods aria always
1Pof ' •i ,ea'
diltttcii w:th plain boiled
water. It is used more often
that all other artificial
foods combined.
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BACO?
:Pep '
Vigor, vitality,' vim and punch—
That's pep!
The courage t9', act .on a ' • sudden
• hunch—
'Thai's pep!
An, Irishman' wentto an English
gentleman and asked him for financial
help. The latter said to' Barney, "But
I•tbought Ltold yotethe last time you
came tri :provided for. a rainy day."
"Yes," replied'Barney,'"aiid I did pro
vide for.one, but weaaad two."
'English rabbit. far.ms`procluce about
150,000 skins a year. •
The^•nerve to tackle the bar dest,thfng,''
Add To Your Summer
With feet that climb, and hands that •
And a' heart that neer forgets' 'to
sing= -
That's pep!
Home Enjoyment With a Cruisabout,!
Y .
run 'FISHING swim-
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boating . or • moonlight
cruising, the Crulsabout
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givtng,,healfh and n pl-
'•'..'t1'ea n' t 'e • laugh, ng• • •
rippling: seaters.
• This Cruisabout. 25'
tong, 8' . 1u"' 'beard, and 2'
•4' draft. Is a big. burly.
quality built. '18-m1l.s-
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depend I 110-H.P Gray
Marine bmotor. Th'1
cockpit Is ample for any.
Party. • The small bow '.
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• of banging space for,
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golf . bees and fishing'
tackle..
This • Day Cruisabout,
. (priced,' at, $2.05 at fat-•
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are' Illus'tra'ted' .fn our
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.Sand--and--grit in-a--eonerete-- la'se"•
That's pep! .'
Friendly••smile on an hone;t face
That's Rep! ' --_ *er. ;
The spithat .helps when another's
down,
That knows how to, scatter the black-
' est frown,
That loves its neighbci, and loves;its
town—
That's pep!
To say' "f^ will"—for you know 'yu
can--
That's
an-
That's pep!
To look.for the beat in every. Man—
That's pep!"
To meet each thundering knock -out
blow, '
And...come back with a' Laugh, because
you know
You'll get the,best of the whole darned
show"—
That's pep! ,
-By Grace G. Bostwick, in American
M'agaziile: '
That's Pep!
"Every change for the better . in-
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change for the better."_—Arnold Ben-
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