Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-04-23

10 TRUST the Sopper-Ctded dewitt AL
for the sake OF one glass OF winei
With an effort entailing no meager
pain In his si6A. he sulled the stranE-
ling hiccoughs. swung round and tried
to smile reassuringly at the girl
You are better?" she asked
There was In the tone Of that Ques-
ton an answer to all his dreams Ona
nights work had given him his ticket
to the land OF those weighed and
found wanting. She knew; how much
he did not care; enough to read his
guilt.
I'3appeared TO George that she was
accepting the situation with . 3hilos-
ophy deeper than eteher HIS W Ry-
anne's. Not whimper. not q plant.
not protest so far had she made.
She was Roland in petticoats
"Oh, I'm Dashed up Bit" said Ry-
anne. I'll get my legs in day or
80. Fortune, will you answer one
question:"
AS many as you like"
How did you get here?"
Don't you know"
George wasn't certain. but the girls
voice was cold and accusing.
"I?"
"Yes. Wasn't It the note that you
wrote to mC?"
Ryanne took his head In his hands.
YEARLY. Il wrote you no note, For
tune; have never written you note
Of any kind. You do not know my
handwriting from Adams. In Gods
name, why didn't you ask your mother
or your uncle? They would have rec
ognized the forgery at once. Who
gave 1t to you?"
"Mahomed himself"
Damn HIM" Ryanne grew strong
under the passing fit OF rage mo.
don't tell me to be silent / don't caro-
about myself. I'm the kind OF a man
VINO pulls through, generally. Blu;
this takes the spine out OF me. I'm
to blame; it's all my fault"
Say no more about it" She be-
lieved him. She really hadn't thought
him capable Of such baseness, though
at the time OF her abduction she had
been inclined TO accuse him. That
he was here, a prl.oner like herself,
was conclusive evidence, so far as she
was concerned, OF his innocence. But
l
the presence of Jones; knew him to
be culpable OF treachery OF the mean
est order; knew him to be lacking in
generosity and magnanimity toward
man who was practically his benefac-
tor. What does Mahomed wantT
THE Dally rug, Fortune. And Jones
here, WHO had it, says that it Is gone"
Vanished. magic-carpet-wise," sup
plemented George.
And Jones would have given It up"
And a thousand like 1t. II we couli
have bought you out of this"
Jones and 1 could have managed
to get along"
I'VE shouldn't have mattered."
And would you have returned "A
S2r. Jones his thousand pounds?"
yes, and everything else havo,"
quite honestly.
Don't worry any more about tins
rug, then. l know where 1t is"
"You?" cried the two men.
Yes. l stole 1t. | did so, thlnkirs
TO avert this very hour; to save you
from HARM" to George. and you from
doing a contemplate thing" to Ry.
anne. 1T is in my room, done up In
tho big steamerroll. And now 1 an
glad that / stole It."
R!anne laughed weakly.
SAID George soberly: What con.
TEN pbble thing?" He remembered
MahoEled's words in regard to Ry.
anne ~ the latter lay insensible IN
the sand
i Ryanne, quick to seize the opportn-
nifty OF sclving, to his own advantage,
the puzz;e for George, and at the same
time guiding Fortune away from n
topic, the Danger OF which she knew
nothing. raised a hand. Il bribed Ma,
homed TO Ndnap you, Jones. Don't
be impatient. You laughed at mo
when I laid before you the prospectus
OF the United Romance and Adven
ture Company. wished to prove 70
you that the concern existed And so
here IL your adventure upon approval
I thought, OF counse, you still had the
rug. Mahomed was to carry you lpES
the desert for week, and by thAl
time you would have surrendered the
rug, returned to Cairo, the hero OF a
full-fedged adventure. Lord what =
mess Of It Two made. forgot, next
! to this bally rug. Mabomed Scvsd me.A
The hitherto creduFOns George has
OF late begun to look into facts In
stead OF dreams. He did not believe
81 word OF this amazing confession, de
spite the additional testimony OF For
tune, relative 20 Ryanna's staten ents
made to her In the bazaars.
The bitter bitten" was Georgs'a
sole comment.
Pyanne breathed easier
To BE CoNTINUED)
Whan PhIlosopbv cor,ast Ea.,