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Gave No indication Of Feeling at All.

rest of the way by the elevated, would
walk. And after we pass the ele-
waited there's other car lines they're
more likely to take, where the cars
run f~requenter."
do you go to the heart of the
city,"
mo, we stop at the barns. Say
have you noticed that Jap in thereT'
The conductor nodded toward Maku
What about him?
HE was put aboard by a cop Looks
as though somebody had slugged
him."
That's So" commented Orme. 'His
head Is bandaged."
Judging from the bandage, it must
have been a nasty crack" continued
the conductor. But you wouldn't
know he'd been hurt from his face
Say, you can't tell anything about
those Johns from their looks, can you
now?"
You certainly can't" replied Orme
The conductor glanced out. There's
the elevated" he said. I'll have tc
go in and wake that drunk. He gets
off here"
Orme watched the conductor go tc
the man who was sleeping in the
corner and shake him. The mar
nodded his head vaguely, and settled
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self. why, l would whisper. l v
felt so like a c~onspirator."
She paused to look up at the street
sign at the corner which they had
reached, and turned to the right on
a shady avenue.
well, l got into the boat" she con-
tinued. Il told him that my father
was prepared to pay him a large sum
of moneY for the papers, but he only
shook his head and said, No, no. l
named a sum; then a larger one; but
money did not seem to tempt him,
though l made the second offer as
large al / dared.
"'How much will you take then?'
] asked at last. Instead of answering,
he bent down and started the motor,
and then l noticed for the first time
that while l was talking we had been
drifting away from the dock. I made
ready to jump overheard. We were
near the shore and the water was not
deep; anyway, i am a fair swimmer.
But he turned and seized my wrists
and forced me down into the bottom
Of the boat. l struggled, but 1t was
no use, and when l opened my mouth
to scream, he choked me with one
hand and with the other pulled from
his pocket a handkerchief and tried
to put 1t in my mouth"
She gave a weary little laugh.
1T was such a crumpled, unclean
handkerchief, l couldn't have stood
it. So l managed to gasp that If he
would only let me alone l would keep
quiet"
1.-THE brute!" muttered Orme.
"Oh, l don't think he intended to
hurt me. What he feared, as nearly
as I a make out, is that l might
have him intercepted If he let me &c
free. That must have been why he
tried to take me with him. Prob
ably he planned to beach the boat
at some unfrequented point on the
North side and leave me to shift for
myself.
when your boat came, of course
l didn't know who was in 1t. ! never
dreamed it would be you. And I hat
promised to keep still"
Hardly a binding promise"
well, before he stopped threaten
ing me with that awful handkerchief
he had made me swear over and ovel
that l would not call for help, tina
l would not make any signal, that
would sit quietly on the seat. Whel
you recognized me, | felt that all neec
of observing the promise was yer.
Naturally" muttered Orme.
She sighed. "It does seem as though
Fate had been against u.s." she said
Fate is fickle," Orme returned
"You never know whether she will b.
your friend or your enemy. But I be
lieve that she is now going to be ou
friend-for a change. Tomorrow
shall get those papers"
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man is strong, but in the way a wom-
in should be strong.
The blood went to his cheeks as he
remembered how tenderly he had
spoken to her in the boat, and how
plain he had made his desire for her.
What should he call his feeling? Did
love come to men as suddenly as
this? She had not rebuked him
there was that much to be thankful
for; and she must have known that
his words we're as involuntary as his
action in touching her shoulder with
his hand.
But how could she have rebuked
him? She was, in a way, indebted to
him. The thought troubled him. Had
he Internationally taken advantage
Of her gratitude by showing affection
when she wished no more than com
radeship? And had she gently said
nothing, because he had done some
thing for her? If her patience with
him were thus to be explained, 1t
must have been based upon her recog-
milton Of his Inconsistencies.
Still, the more he pondered, the
more clearly he saw that she was not
q girl who, under the spell Of friendly
good will, would permit a false situa-
ton to exist. Her sincerity was too
deep for such a CLOSING Of fact. He
dared assume. then. that har AVN
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VIII.
The Trail Of Maku.

uG tidt VI NldHdu
When for the second time that night
he babe the girl adieu and saw her
enter the house Of her friends, Orme
went briskly to the electric car line.
He had not long to wait. A car
came racing down the tracks and
stopped at his Swinging
aboard at the rear platform, he
glanced within. There were four pas
sengers-a nan and woman who, ap-
~parently, were returning from an ave-
ming party Of some sort, since he was
In evening dress and she wore an
opera cloak; a specialized man, with
a black portfolio in his lap; a seedy
fellow asleep In n corner, his head
sagging down on his breast, his hands
in his trousers pockets; and-was it
possible? Orme began to think that
Fate had indeed changed her face
toward him, for the man who sat
huddled midway Of the car, staring
straight before him with beady, ex-
p~ressionless eyes, was Maku.
Under the brim of his dingy straw
hat a white bandage was drawn tight
around his head-so tight that from
Its under edge the coarse black hair
bristled out In a distinct fringe. The
blow of the wrench, then, must have
cut through the skin.
Well-that would mean one more
seal on the face Of the Japanese.
The other scar, how had Maku come
by that7 Perhaps In some battle with
the Russians in Manchuria. He
seemed to be little more than a boy,
but then, one never could guess the
age Of a Japanese, and for that mat
ter, Orme had more than once been
told that the Japanese had begun to
impress very young soldiers long be-
fore the battle Of Mukden.
While making these observations.
Orme had drawn his hat lower over
his eyes. He hoped to escape recog-
milton, for this opportunity to track
Maku to his destination was not to be
missed. He also placed himself in
such a position on the platform that
his own face was partly concealed hx
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SYNOPSIS.

At the expense Of a soiled hat Robert
0rme saves from arrest a girl in a black
pouring car who has caused a traffic jam
pm State street. He buys a new hat n
10 given in change q five dollar bill with:
Remember. the person you pay this to,
written on 1t. A second time he helps the
lady in the black car, and learns that in
Tom and Bessie W~allingham they have
mutual friends, but gains no further hint
pf her identity. He discovers another In
Hcription on the marked bill. which. In a
futile attempt to decipher it, he copies
and places the copy in a drawer In MS
apartment. Senior Poritol, South AmeTi-
can. calls. n claims the marked bill.
Orme refuses. and a fight ensues IN
(which Poritol 10 overcome. He calls In
Senior Alcatrante, minister from his coun-
kry, to vouch for him. Orme still refuses
TO give up the bill. Orme goes for a walk
and sees two Jabs attack Alcatrante. He
kescues him. Returning to his rooms
Drme is attacked by two Japs who eff
keot a forcible exchange of the marked
pill for another. Orme finds the girl Of
The black car waiting for him. She also
wants the bill. Orme tells his story. She
Recognizes one Of the Japs as her fathers
@utler, Maku. The second inscription on
Pie bill is the key to the hiding place Of
Both Japs n South Americans want the
papers. Orme and the Girl" start out in
He black car In quest Of the papers. In
khe. university grounds In Evanston the
hther Jap are there. Orme fells Maku
Ind the other Jap escapes. Orme finds In
Maku's pocket a folded slip Of paper. He
takes the girl, whose name is still I'M
known to him, to the home Of a friend In
Evanston. Returning to the university
Grounds Orme gets in conversation with a
guard at the l~ife-saving station. They
Near a motor boat in trouble in the dark
ness on the lake. They find the crippled
Boat. In it are the Jap with the papers
Ind Girl" She jumps into Orme's boat,
but the Jap eiudes pursuit.
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the cross.bars which protected the
windows at the end Of the car.
In his favor was the fact that Maku
would not expect to see him. Doubt
less the Japanese was more concerned
with his aching head than with any
suspicion Of pursuit, though his
somewhat indeterminate profile, as
visible to Orme, gave no indication Of
any feeling at all. So Orme stood
where he could watch without SEEM
ing to watch, and puzzled over the
problem of following Maku from the
car without attracting attention.
The refusal of the other Japanese to
accept the girls offer of money for the
papers had given Orme a new idea Of
the Importance of the quest. Maku
and his friend must be Japanese gov
eminent agents-just as Poritol and
Alcatrante were unquestionably acting
for their government. This, at least,
was the most probable explanation
that entered Orme's mind. The syndi-
cate. then-or concession, or what
ever 1t was-must be of genuine inter-
national significance.
Though Orme continued to smother
his curious questionings as to the
meaning of the secret, he could not
ignore his general surmises. To put
his confidence in the girl-to act for
her and for her alone-that was
enough for him; but it added to his
happiness to think that she might be
leading him into an affair which was
greater than any mere tangle of pri
vate interests. He knew, too, that
upon the mesh Of private interests
public interests are usually woven
The activity Of a Russian syndi
cate in Korea had been the NOR
or less direct cause of the Russo
Japanese war; the activity o
rival American syndicates In Vene
zuela had been, but a few year
before, productive Of serious in
ternational complications. In tn
present instance, both South Ameri
cans and Japanese were interested
But Orme knew in his soul that Their,
could be nothing unworthy in an,
action in which the girl took part
She would not only do nothing TN
worthy; she would understand the sill
uation clearly enough to know whett
err the course which offered itself t
her was worthy or not.
In events such as she had tina
night faced with him, any other gin
Orme had ever met would have show.
moments Of weakness, impatience, o
fear. But to her belonged a calr
which came from a clear perception G
the comparative unimportance Of PEI
ty incident. She was strong, not as
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event his opportunity to follow Maku
would thus be lost-and to follow
Maku was still his best course. Ar
cordingly he watched the Japaneed
go back to a Clark street a and
climb aboard.
1t was an open car, with transverse
seats, and Maku had chosen a position
about two-thirds of the way back.
There was, IS yet, only n other pas
senger. How to get aboard without
being seen by Maku was a h~.rd prob
lem for Orme, but he solved it by
taking a chance. Walking rapidly to-
ward the next corner, away from the
car, he got out Of the direct rays Of
the street lamp and waited.
Presently the car started. 1t al
most reached Orme's come when he
signaled it and, hurrying into the
street, swung on to the back platform.
There had been barely time for the
car to slow down a little. Maku could
not we'll have seen him without turn
ing his head, and Orme had watched
the little Japanese closely enough to
know that he had continued to stare
straight before him.
Safe On the black platform, a desire
to smoke came to Orme. He found a
cigar in his case and lighted it. While
he was shielding the match, he looked
over his followed hand Ind saw Maku
produce a cigarette and light it. The
Japanese had apparently wished the
consolation of tobacco Just as Orme
had.
"An odd coincidence" muttered
Orme. Il hope it wasn't mind-read-
ing" And he smiled as he drew a
mouthful of smoke.
Lincoln park slid by them on the
left. The car was getting we'll down
into the city. Suddenly Maku worked
along to the end of his seat and got
down on the running-board. The con-
ductor pulled the bell. The car stopped
and the Oriental jumped off.
The action had been so quick that
Orme, taken off his guard, had not
had time to get off first. He, there
fore, remained on the car, which be
gan to move forward again. Looking
after Maku, he saw that the Japanese
glancing neither to righA nor to left
was making off down the side street
going west; so he in turn stepped tt
the street, just as Maku disappeared
beyond the corner. He hurried quick
ly to the side street and saw Maku
half a block ahead, walking witt
short, rapid steps. How had MAXI
got so far? He must have run while
Orme was r~etracing the way to thu
corner. And yet Maku seemed t.
have no suspicion that he was being
followed.
The chase led quickly to a distric
of poor houses and shops-an ill-look
ing, ill-smelling district, where ever!
shadow seemed ominous. WheneveI
they approached a corner, Orme hur
ried forward, running on his toes, tt
shorten the distance In the event tina
Maku turned, but the course contin
ued straight until Orme began to won
der whether they were not getting
near to the river, one branch of whicl
he knew ran north through the city,
AT last Maku turned into an ale,
which cut through the middle Of
block. This was something which
Orme had not expected. He ran for
ward and peered down the dark, un
pleasant passage. There was his man
barely visible, picking a careful wa,
through the ash heaps and avoidinl
the p~estilential garbage cans.
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
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CHAPTER .WII.-contlnued.

At the side of the girl, Orme now
walked slowly through the deserted
streets. It was some time before she
spoke.
after you left me at the home of
Hny friends" she began at last.
Don't try to tell about it." he in
Rtsrrupted quickly. "You are tired.
wait for another time"
They were passing under a street
camp at the moment, and she glanced
Eup at him with a grateful smile,
pleased apparently by his thought Of
lher.
'That is good Of you," she exclaim-
led, "but my story is easily told, Let
me 60 on with 1t. l explained myself
Ito my friends as best l could and went
10 my room. Then 1t suddenly oc-
Icurred to me that Maku and his friend
might have come to Evanston by
boat"
"Just as, later, 1t occurred to me"
Il thought that the other man
might be waiting for Maku. The mo-
tor car that we heard-there was no
good reason for thinking that our man
twas in it."
She paused.
II know" he said. II thought of
those things, too"
1T flashed on me-" she went on,
that If / could find the man, l might
be able to buy him off. / didn't be-
aieve that he would dare to injure
me. There are reasons why he should
not. My car had been taken In, but
q had them bring 1t out, and ! told
them-well, that part doesn't matter.
Enough that l made an excuse, and
went out with the car"
"You should have taken SOM one
with you"
There was a likelihood that the
Japanese would run If / had a com
panion. AS long as l was alone he
might be willing to parley, l thought,
At least, he would not be afraid OF
me alone. So I went north on Sheri-
dan road to the upper end Of the low
or campus. There is a cross-road
there, you remember, cutting through
20 the lake, and ! turned in. l left
Rhe car near a house that is there, and
walked on to the edge of the bluff.
"Moored to a breakwater below was
b boat and a man was standing near
her. l called out to him, asking what
time it was. He answered, Don
know and ! knew him at once to be
Foreign and, probably, Japanese. Sc
went down toward him.
when he saw that / was coming
he got into the boat. He seemed to
be frightened and hurried, and I in,
ferred that he was about to cast off
and I called out that I was alone. al
Ikhat he waited, but he did not get Out
of the boat, and / was standing al
the edge of the breakwater, just
above him. before he actually seemed
to recognize me"
did you know him?" asked Orme
Il never saw him before to my
knowledge; but he made an exclama
tion which indicated that he knew
me"
What did he do then?"
7 told him that ], wished to talk te
him about the papers. His answer
was that, IL ! would step down into
Ethe boat, he would talk. He said thai
he would not leave the boat, ant
added that he was unwilling to dis
lcuss the matter aloud. And I was
euolish enough to believe his excuses
fsA- wiahed to whisper. I said 70 my
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Fine for the coroners

A young man In Wyoming seated
himself over a hundredweight Of Ay.
Mantle and then exploded It. And the
energetic coroners of four wyoming
counties, says tho Cleveland Plain
Dealer, held separate inquests with
the usual fees,
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Tickles the Clerks.

your clerks seem to be in a good
humor," remarked the friend Of the
great merchant. YES" replied the
great merchant MY wife has Just
been In and It tickles them to death
to see somebody boss me around"
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After the club.

Madam-"No. you can't see my hus-
band--he's at the club. You might
w~ait-he's due home after a while"
Caller-"But / want to e him the
worst way" You'd better wait then
he'll be that way when he comes
home"
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An obedient Son.

The prodigal son entered the old
homestead through the kitchen win
dow. Father can't say that dis
oheyed him." he soliloquised; he
warned me never again to- darken his
doss AID I'm needing his good advice"
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Real Touch Luck,

Our Cedar Toint correspondent is
recovering from a stroke Of paralysis.
the editors cflce was burned, and the
BulIeti-'s head reporter is about to
write w her own Wedding. It is what
Won might call tough luck all around
~--F1oreare bulletin.
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Elephant Preserves.

Plans have been completed for the
establishment Of great preserves in
Africa where the elephant may be
free from the attacks Of hunters. In
some parts Of the Dark Continent the
elephant has been exterminated.
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IN Graft cireyes.

what party does that member Of
the legislature belong to?" Il don't
know" replied the lobbyist. I'm ono
Of several parties who arc bidding for
him.
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poultrx at the Mines.

Owing to the difficulty Of securing
fresh eggs, most Of the mining com
panies in Mexico have their W poul-
try yards.
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lished a testimonial or used a letter
without the written consent of the
writer, and never has the Company
allowed these confidential letters to
get out of their possession, as the
hundreds of thousands of them in
their files will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge needed
in your case. She asks nothing in re-
turn except your good will, and her
advice has helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, should be
glad to take advantage of this gener-
Gus offer of assistance. Address Mrs.
Pinkham, care Of Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia e. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as it is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
it today
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MIanIaced.

AS 70 potatoes en- chemise,'' which
appeared a day or two ago. we rise
to explain that once we ordered duck
zen clemise' and IT was served with
little frills around the legs.
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some climb.

The Transandean railway connect
ing Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres as
cends the mountains 1915 feet in for
ty-six miles, an average Of about 1865
feet to the mile.
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man can freely talk
of her private ill
ness to q woman;
thus has been es-
tablished this con-
fdence between
Mrs. Pinkham and
the men Of
America which has
never been broken.
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Very careless.

Little Sister docking at the new
babylon, auntiel wasn't it careless
Of them. They forgot to send baby's
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FREE
ADVICE
TO WOMEN

Women suffering from any form of
illness are invited to promptly COM
municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women. A Wo-
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Don't You know your husband is
an awful firt?" How could I? You
don't suppose he firts with me. do
you?
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companions In Misery,

Companions In Misery.
Ella-For all sad words of tongue
or pen
Stella-Forget It; I'm an old maid
myself.
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The Manly Part,

The manly part "a to do with might
and main what o can do.-Emsrsoz.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-08
There are something

There are something like 1900
voters in Umatilla county who con-
tribute more than $4,000 annually to
the fish and game fund through the
hunting and angling license route,
who are heartily sick and tired Of
the manner in which this fund has
been expended and not expended in
the past. They are disgusted with
the continual controversy between
the fish and game departments which
has made law-enforcement impossible.
They are therefore advocating the
fish commission bill.