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Again She Pulled the Trigger.

the window. Even as she caught this
movement, too dazed for the instant to
act, the Injured man struggled up on
'one elbow, and, with all the force he
possessed, hurled the knife straight
at the fleeing figure. 1t flashed through
the air, a savage CLEAN of steel, barely
missing Mendez' shoulder, and buried
itself in a log. ~quivering from the force
of impact. With a yell of derision. his
hands still bound, the desperate fugi-
tive castlhimself head-first through the
opening. without aim. scarcely aware
Of what she did, the girl flung up her
weapon and fired. With revolver yet
smoking she rushed forward to look
without. Rolling over and over on the
ground. his face covered with blood.
Mendez was seeking to round the cor-
ner of the cabin. to get beyond range.
Again she pulled the trigger. the pow
der smoke blowing back into her face.
and binding her. When she could see
once more. he was gone. but men were
leaping out through the door Of the
clubhouse. shouting In excitement.
One Of these caught sight of her,
and fired, the bullet chugging into the
end of a log. SD closely IT caught q
strand of her hair, but. before another
shot could follow. she had seized the
shutter. and closed the opening. driv-
ing the latch fast with the revolver
butt. She was cool enough now. every
nerve on edge. realizing fully the dan
ger of their position. All the blood OF
a fighting race surged through her
veins. and she was conscious of no
fear. only of a wild exultation, a
strange desire to win. AS she turned
she faced Cavendish. only vaguely WISH
bic in the twilight caused by the closed
window.
Are you nurtf"
"No-not-Dot much. He knocked
all the wind GU. of me. I'm all right
now"
Get up theni There's fighting
enough ahead 10 make you forget that.
What h~appenedf-
"He-he Kicked me. I guess. Ill
don't exactly know. BEARD you 60
past us into that other room. and-and
just turned my head to see. The next
knew ! was on the floor. thought
l wns going TO faint Did l get him
with the knife?r-
To BE coNrINUEDJ
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~ itHRoihtt AiNffi ~ wv lAD
foundly astOunded to dream of resist
ance. II was the sound Of the voice
which impressed him.
Santa Maria! A woman?'
Yes. senior. a woman: the s3me you
sought, but ! have found you first"
He chuckled.
"A good jest surely ; how came you
here?"
"Not 10 discuss that. senor." quietly.
"Nor is this to be laughed over. II
you would live. do as | say. Mr..
Cavendish, see If the man bears
weapons"
"Only a belt with a knife"
Keep the knife; It may come handy
for some purpose. Now bind his
hands with the belt. Cross your
wrists. senior"
He had lost his temper, no longer
deeming this a joke.
You d--n vixen" he growled saw
agely. '"This play will o 0 be done
do you know who ! am?"
"The senior Pascual Mendez. but
that means nothing" she answered,
This revolver will kill you as surely
as any one else. Do what I say then,
and talk no more-cross your wrists
behind"
He did so, and Cavendish strapped
the stout belt about them, winding II
in and out until he had sure pur.
ahaSa TTn Iraxu - GO tfphfIu Tho fol
low WINGED.
1T hurts, senor," she said, salts.
fed. "Well, to hurt you a little is bet
ter than what you planned for me.
Now lead on. No, listen first. know
who you are and your power here,
That is why we took this chance of
making you prisoner. We are des-
perate; II is either your life, or ours,
m You are an outlaw, with O
price on your head, and you realize
what chances one will take to escape.
Now. there is just m opportunity
given You to live"
what, senorita?'
THAT you accompany us down this
passage into the valley as hostage.
You will compel your men,, If we en-
counter any. to furnish us horses"
"But the men may not obey. / can:
not promise; Senior Cateras--"
"Senor Cateras will not be there"
she Interrupted sharply. 1--WE have
already seer to Senior Cateras. The
|-others will obey your
They may; / cannot promise"
"Then 1t will be your w loss for
II there be a shot fired. you will get
either a bullet or a knife thrust. !
would try no sharp tricks; Senior
Mendez. Now we gon6n."
Mepdez smiled grfnly In the dark,
his mind busy. 81 am to go irst?''
and his voice assumed polite defer
ence. So
BESIDE Mr. Gayenaish," she replied,
"and I will be behind"
"This gentleman, you meany'
Yes; and there Is no need for any
more acting. This Is the revolver
pressing against your back, senior. l
could scarcely miss you at hat dis
lance"
They advanced in silence, through
the faint CLEAN OF light which IL
lumined the passage through the stone
Sits over the cell doors.
The darkness swallowed them
again. but the way was clear, and,
once around the sharp turn. a glim-
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XII.
A Dangerous Prisoner.

He was tall and thin, wearing a
wide cloak about his shoulders, and
high hat with broad brim. Even at
that distance II could be seen that his
long hair was gray, and that a heavy
mustache, snow-white, made more no
ticeable the thin features Of his face.
He looked at tie two men closely,
and his voice easily reached the ears
Of the listeners.
"Who posted you here?"
"Juan Cateras, senor," answered
one.
mot on my order. Dias is watching
above. Did the lieutenant give you
a reasonY"
''The prisoners, senor."
THE prisoners? Oh. yes: those that
Lacy had confined here. Well, they
will not be here for long. do not
believe in prisoners. and because l do
business with that dog is no reason
why he Is privileged to use this place
to hold his victims. Where is Ca
teras?"
'In the valley, senori He went back
down the passage with silva after
posting us here"
And the prisoners"
occupy the two inner cells. Nero
dez here says one of them Is a girl"
"A girl" the tall mar laughed.
.'That then Will account for the un-
usual interest. of Juan Cateras, and
why he preferred being left in charge.
A girl. hey. Merodezl You saw the
witch? What sort was she?" :
IAN American. senior. young. and
good to look att the other man ex-
planned. "Her eyes as blue as tho
skies" =
"Caramba this Is oil pleasant
enough. I will pay my respects TO
the lady. and there Is no time like
the present"
He turned away. thumbing his
mustache, quite pleased with his con,
ceit. but one Of the men stopped him
with a question.
1--WE remain here. senor?"
Eyes. you might as WELL" his lips
smiling, 'and II the, Senior Cateras
passes, you can tell him that I visit
the fair American. 1t will give him
JOY"
The girl drew Cavendish back hur-
riedly. her mind working in a flash Of
inspiration.
Quick" she breathed In his ear.
There Is a niche where we can hide
- " 49,
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The Modern Girl.

Mrs. William G. McAdoo told at IA
dinner in Washington a story about
the modern girl.
"One OF these podern girls" she
said, was praising a new play.
But said a young man, coughing
but isn't it rather-er-rather ui-
tra?'
ultra? Not a Bit said the mod
ern girl, as she fixed a cigarette In
her long amber tube. It's a play that
any girl could take her mother to-"
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measures to outwit them. and we will
have to make desperate breaks to OBJ
tain our freedom"
The girl nodded.
"Mr, Cayendlsh," she said with wom-
anly courage. you win not find me
wanting .rI am ready for anything.
even shooting. ! do hope you're a good
shot"
Cavendish smiled.
~ have had some experience" he
said.
Then" the girl added, .you had
better take the revolver
IAN right then I'll 60 first, and you
follow as close as possible. There
mustn't be the slightest sound made.''
Cavendish thrust his head cautious
~ through the door, the revolver
gripped In his hand; Miss Donovan,
struggling To keep her nerves steady,
touched the. coat of her companion.
fearful OF being alone. The passage
way MAS dark except for the little
bars OF light streaming out through
the Sits In the stone above the cell
doors. These. however. were sufficient
to convince Cavendish that no guards
we've In the Immediate ~neighborhood.
He teit the grip OF the girls fingers on
his coat. and reached back to- clasp her
hand.
"Ail clear" ne whispered. Hurry,
land let's get this door closed.y
They adsasaeea sfewly, keeping
closely against the wall. and testing
the floor cautiously before ~venturing
a step. A:few yards plunged them
into total darkness, and, although
Cavendishs had been conducted along
there q prisoner. he retained small
recollection OF the nature Of the pas
sage.
Their progress was slow but silent,
neither v~enturing to exchange speech.
but with ears ~anxiously strained TO
catch the tenst sound. Stella was
conscious Of the loud beating Of her
hear. the slight rasping OF CsveRdish's
feet on the rock foor.sFThe slightest
Noise seemed magnihed. The grade
rose sharply. untn It became almost
q climb. yet the door had evidently
been leveied. and there were no OBJ
attractions 10 ada Is the ~dificulfy OF
advance. rhsn ~ passage sverved
rather sharply TO the right. and Cavs
endish. leading, halted tc peer sebout
the corner. An instaaf they pcth re-
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SIX MONTHS |
COULD NOT WORK
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CHAPTER xi-continued.

He sank down on the bench and
buried his face in Ills hands. thorough
ly unnerved. The girl looked al him
q In silence, then touched his
shoulder.
"L0ok here. Mr.. ~Cavendish." she said
firmly. there Is no use losing your
nerve. Surety there must be some way
Of getting ont of here. For one. ! nm
going TO try"
Miss Donovan" he said with grav-
ity, I'VE are In the hands of desperate
men. We will have TO take desperate
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Watch cuticura Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off Ointment In five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. 1t
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itching and red rough hands.-Adv.
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Habit Continued.

$50 Boozer has taken up golf"
"Yes. quite enthusiastically"
: swell, Boozer always would 60 a
long distance after a ball."-Boston
Transcript.
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important to Mothers
Little Amenities.

A noiseless gun has just been in
vented. 1t will now be possible 10
planning of headache.-From Punch,
London.
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mer of distant daylight made advance
easier. There was no sign OF any
guard visible, nor any movement per-
captible In the open vista beyond the
save entrance. The girl touched
Mendex' arm.
"you expect Lacys"
II have sent for him II was yester-
sAnd he could he here nowY~
'Noi before night; Il Is a hard ride;
whyoask all this1"
kxve asons Now another
thleg- ~herp sre yQns saanr'
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Women who wear tight shoes have
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so Old
Was Sick
Now Feels Young After
Taking Eat0nic for
Sour Stomach

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rnrsaua 70 eosr1yslx slmgysDs = ., ~.
fuCukLE0 81! s. s;ssSsss 49,:
H7GlIEsr MARKET rRxCEs PAYD To-
Poultry. Horse Hides. Gov Hldea wsel.
Aeknv fredkpo c. ~ ~. lGlmoootn,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-18

indian fighters, but 1t had little use
for literary artists of an exotic
and somewhat decadent type.
The Tragedy OF Weakness.
Poe might have escaped his I'M
congenial environment If he had
had a little more courage a little
thicker skin. He might have gone
TO Paris, where his works were ap-
preciated and hailed at their true
worth. There he would have found
understanding. and he might have
brouht back to his fellow citizens
something of European culture.
But Poe was not venturesome. He
could not stand the hazards and
solitudes of vagabondage. He was
oppressed by the ideal of southern
gentility in which he had been rails
ed by his foster parents in Rich
mond. So he stayed in places like
Fordham and Baltimore, starving
mentally and physically. smothered
with Intellectual feminine sympathy
turning away from the repellent
reality of his life to create death
less fantasies.
Look at his Fordham cottage and
you understand the man better
that shabby genteel interior, the
miserable bedstead where his child
wife died. Some of the romance
that hangs about him in the popu-
lar Imagination falls away. What
remains is pathos-the tragedy of a
gifted man, born in an. environment
that was utterly hostile to him. and
who had neither the force to domi-
nate it nor the courage to escape.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-18
WAR ON BABIES.

The yearly baby casualty list of the United
States is Ave times as large as the total Amer
.can casualty list during the World War.
Two hundred and fifty thousand babies die
every year, killed just as surely and ruthlessly by
the war of ignorance and Indifference as
though they had been wiped out by machine
guns, mutilated by exploding shells or suffocat-
ed by deadly gases.
In the nineteen months fighting, 215,4s9
United States soldiers were wounded. 1895
died of their wounds, and "a s?5 were killed in
battle. During that same year and a half. $780,
600 American babies. less than a year old. and
1900 mothers, paid the supreme sacrifice
because of ignorance. poverty and lack of at
tention.
To prevent this sacrifice in large measure.
the Sheppard owner bill was formulated. The
women of the country. and many of the men,
are working to the end that this bill be pass
ed in the next session of Congress.
OF every dollar paid into the national treas
ury. 9S cents goes to pay for past and future
wars, for war debts, for pensions. for war risk
insurance and for the upkeep of the army and
navy departments. One per cent. OF the gov
ernment's income is used in the department
dealing with human welfare. and of this pitiful
proportion. zoos is available for women's and
children's welfare.
With ordinary health education and ~instruc-
ton for mothers. which the -Towner
bill will provide, two-thirds of our babies can
be saved. This has been definitely proved in
some American cities. II has been proved in
France. England and other European countries
where the protection of maternity and infancy
has brought down the appalling mortality so
per cent.
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BOOST FOR THE CITY.

Another extensive improvement in an i'm
p~ortant local industry that has been going on
without attracting much. public attention was
brought prominently to the fore yesterday In the
news that one of the largest dry docks ever con-
structed in America is now OF its way to this
port to be installed as a part OF the equipment
of the Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company. With
this increased equipment at the Perth Amboy
dry docks, involving an expenditure Of a mill
lion OF more of dollars. this big concern be-
comes one of the leading maritime industries on
the Atlantic coast.
Few people of the city realize what a great
amount of general business this dry dock con-
Germ brings to the city, not mentioning the en-
ployment that it gives to over a thousand men.
Vessels that come here for repairs often take
the opportunity to reht their cabin. and orders
running into the hundreds of dollars are fire.
quently placed with house furnishing stores here
by the owners of these boats. Our grocery
stores and meat markets are continually bene-
fitted because of the supplies that must be
bought for the ships.
With the installation OF the new dry dock
now on its way here Perth Amboy can boast
of one OF the largest and most modern dry
dock concerns In the country. 1t is q big gain
for the city and is only another indication of
the development Of Perth Amboy's harbor.
Vessel Of deep draught can be accomplished on
this new dry dock and it is highly desirable
that the channels leading to the port be deep
ened so that the greatest use can be made OF
this modern equipment.
The Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company is a
local concern in every sense of the word 1t
not only gives employment to highly skilled
labor. paying high wages. but the heads OF the
concern are Perth Amboy men. They live here
and have an active interest in all the affairs of
the city. The Perth Amboy dry docks are one Of
the greatest assets the city has.
The installation of one of the largest dry
docks on the Atlantic coast is not only a big
thing for the dry dock company. but IL Is q de.
cided boost for Perth Amboy. The city as we'll
as the company Is to be congratulated en- the
wonderful progress being r,ade by this most inn
portant local industry.
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SHOULD BE STOPPED.

American Farm Bureau convention at In
dianapolis urges Congress to prohibit short SELL
ing on the Board OF Trade OF agricultural pro-
ducts. This includes food, wool and cotton, all
necessities of life.
Short selling is something you haven't got,
and usually something you never expect to
have. 1t is a gambling trick we'll worn by fire.
quent Board of Trade usage. One gambler.
SO that he, or another may buy real wheat at
a lower figure than pertaining. sells a million
bushels of wheat. He doesn't really sell any
wheat. He merely agrees to deliver SO many
bushels by a certain fixed date. He hopes the
market price will have dropped by delivery day.
His paper sale helps to depress the market. If
he. or his confederates. continue making these
paper. or fictitious. sales the price of real wheat
falls. That is the golden opportunity OF the
grain Spectator who often is a miller, too. The
man who grew the wheat suffers by reason Of
the price reduction.
Short selling is nothing but betting that the
price of wheat, or whatever it is. will be lower
al a fixed date than 1t is on the date of the
sale. Long buying results in a price increase.
Long buying is buying what you don't want,
and don't expect to get. The buyer hopes 10
unload before he has to accept the wheat. Lons
buying usually is started after short selling
has beaten down the farmers price. When the
spectators get the product in their hands they
begin the campaign of long buying. The price
leaps ahead. They profit. That is. the gam
blcrs profit. The producer loses. The con.
sumner doesn't gain. Frequently. he too. loses
Yes. it is argued that many millers mus
hedge on the Board Of Trade to protect a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-18
HOMES WANTED.

The people want homes. Homes TO rent II
possible; but homes which they will own pre-
ferably. And in America too few homes eitner
for rent or for sale are being built.
In 1890 about SO per cent of the people were
having rent; so years later that percentage has
increased to 81 per cent. That means hat the
home owner isn't getting anywhere" In fact
hos SHINING. In 1890 10 families occupied
100 homes: that ratio has increased until now
III families are living in each 100 homes. IL
isn't a healthy increase.
Young people want to get married. Human
nature hasn't changed much even II conditions
have There's about a million weddings a year
lust as there have been for some years past
And there's just about two million babies born
each year.
Bu.-in 1919 In the United States there were
only 1000 dwellings built. And the year back
of that there were 20 pee cent. as many
buildings burned down as were built up.
What does that mean? Means that there's bound
TO be ~crowding in the houses that are already
I'D, doesn't It? Means young folks are goinS
to try to live with their parents on one side or
the other. Means that there's to be a crowding
down OF the birth rate. an upward trend to
the death rate. 1t means pessimism instead OF
optimism in views upon life.
II has been stated that to put the country on
a pre-war basis so far as dwellings are con-
cerned 100000 new dwellings would have to
be built. High cost OF building has kept build
ing down; high rents have caused family con-
gestion; family congestion frequently causes
trouble. Much will have been accomplished
when prices fall so that new homes for the
average man and his wife may be built In guam
tity. When a man owns his home he takes
pride in 1t, becomes a fixture and a part Of the
community. May that time be on the way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-18
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Wait Mason.
TIPS

always tip the waiter who blithely brings
to me my slice of alligator. and cup of spark
ling tea. I DOM believe in tipping. in prin-
ciple it's wrong: I've done a lot of yipping
this moral line along. And doubtless soon
or later abolished 1t will be; but now l tip
the waiter who brings my mush to me. /
see my neighbors kaiting a long time for
see my neighbors waiting a long time for
ing frantic spells. Their words are fierce
and gripping. they thunder and they screech:
they don't believe in tipping. and practice
what they preach. But I. who tip the wait
er. am pushing through my face an egg and
boiled potater, with tact and princely grace.
My grub is cooked to please me. my partridge
and my owl. and there is none to freeze me
spills the gravy. the salad or the prunes, up
on my whiskers wavy. or on my trouserloons.
/ am an ardent hater of tipping as a
graft. but l. shall tip the waiter until I'm
dead or daft: for ] like promp attention
when ! demand q stew, a hash all spiced
with ~gen:ian. a goulash or ragout.