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range depends to large extent upon the
fire box. That is why you find such I'M
usually strong construction in the Andes
fire box Each and every casting in it is
larger and heavier than foundin any other
range, and the whole fire box is, on the
average, longer, wider and deeper than
any other.
In the construction Of some ranges
scrap iron is used. But Andes uses all new
pig iron because it lasts longer and won't
crack. There arc lots Of interesting points
to tell you about Andes design, Andes
molding and Andes fitting, but you are
most interested in Andes COOKING.
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A better range for better cooking

Down in the very heart Of your Andes
Range, tiny blue tongues Of flame play
above the glowingcoals Thi8is the signofa
steady, economical fire that burns less coal
and uses all the heat; that keeps the oven
at an even temperature all morning long
for perfect baking the kind Of fire that
burns only in fire box like the Andes,
built strong and wide and deep.
Andes knows the kind Of range, the kind
of fre,-alI the little details about range
that good cooks like. When an Andes is
set up in your kitchen it acts like a won
derfully skillful servant that knows exactly
what you want done, and helps you do it.
1t cooks perfectly every day and gives bet
fer cooking satisfaction for your whole
family.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-21
JAPAN'S GRIP ON AMERICA
CAUSES SELLING FURRY
Bullish West Turns Against Market
Because Of II Ruling of Federal
Reserve board.
BUYING OF STEEL GOOD
Stock Dividends Continue TO Inn
part What Little Life There Is in
Wall Street. Rendered Pcssimis-
tic by Stutz Developments.
uY nnoADAN WALL.

NEW YORK. April 2o.---S,ocks
closed heavy today after session OF
terial net losses were recorded. There
seemed TO be no special reason for
the selling except general nm
easiness ON the par, OF the public
tionS--ior Japan has now beSome
somethinE 10 worry aboyt.
Money was renewed at per cent.
bu, MAS offered by a leading Broad
way bank at Per cent in the after
noon.
The West. which has been hullish.
haps because the Federal Reserve
Board is going TO make the Western
banks reduce their credits. Credit
Is frozen in com muditicS in the West
not only those stored III warehouses;.
but nov In those That have been sold
and are on tho railroad tracks
Hope for Nutor stocks.
Hope for the automobile business
OF the United states Rubber business.
who estimated the 1872" tire business
Al $l.200. ouO.V0O 1t WAS 5000, ou0.uoo
phenomenal increase. Colonel cot
looks for even more startling growth
in the future. The motor stocks were
heavy. today being depressed hy SELL
ing OF General Motors
Wall street blamed The stock eX-
change Tor ;hc bill! introduced III
Congress against speculation and
sui @; the StHiH affair IL caused
Judge Gary did not say there would
be no extra dividend, and hc said
nothing 3: a. aEalnSt biz stock
dividend SGth aS The stree; has been
cNPect.as II FAC; his talk al. in
cicsttc ihat y 1ny;n!n: IS don. II
I'll, he ~ stock. The bGy.n. OF steel
- What the Street calls good
Stcc. i.v,i--lS continue 20 l..
80 lt:a= Ne mere : ~ the market.
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Initial losses Trading was fairly active
AZ the start. bat became compare lively
quiet on thc rally Tn. market was under
pressure from h"!dc-s again early. and az
tcT opening At a decline of - to % points
"Np"ricnc"i further weakness. falling
dp"ut ~ points under initial levels on tho
new crops The low point, touched after
tn" 9uhl!cat!ou NJ the Eastern bolt furoCa :,
showed reaction Tor some one :" l.. cents
per i"nnd ;F3m recent high levels. Th"
SHl.lnS then b.Ca;u" ...sS active and the
;he dag.
In The afternoon the marHet developed
strength hcton"- rose NJ points from
th' !"w !cy"l -; :hc morning. with July
ani othC= deliveries rising ~ Ia ~ points
ne ;Sndsnyy q; orerings "a decrease ar
~ the forenoon decline was taken as
meaning that shorts S;iil lacked the Cour.
- - ih"'r convictions The uptu-n at
i7"c''G realizing near the C.Ssc. however
NIigh depressed active positions some
WA Las Gn9iation- were unchanged 20
Spo; Here wa: steady. w!:h midd!lne un-
aIaEStG At go. they" We're no -,l"y
=. ~ cotton AZ ports: Galveston
N'N trleHfs .I.s: Savannah. i"y0;
=
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Official Range and Sale of Stocks in New York
Stock.
Sales.

1900 Advance-Rumley
Advance liumicy. pfd. =.
800 AlliS-ChalmcrS
100 Allis-Chalmcrs. pfd. -.
900 Alacka Gold .......
5000 Am. Beet Sugar. com.
1000 American Can ......
American Can. nfd.
5000 Am. Car and Fdry.
American Cotton oil. -.
300 Amer. ENprcss
$500 Am. Hide and Lea. pr.
$500 American LiuScod OIL.
1890 American Locomotives.
1900 Amer. Int. corpn
goo American Sm"iting.....
$500 Amer. Drug Synl ....
ZOO American sugar ....
1000 Am. Tel. and Tel. Co. =.
l'2O0 Am. Tobacco Sec. ..
zoo Am. Tobacco. conf.
500 Am. Writing Paper. pfd
5000 American Wooden
1000 anaconda Copper .......
1900 NchiScn
400 Atlantic Coast Line.
\. {. l. of CT. OBalto) &.
$500 baltimore and ohio.
22foe Bethlehem Steel. h..
500 bethlehem Steel. Sc pfd
200 Caddo oil
2lo0 Canadian Pacific ......
500 California Petroleum
100 Chesapeake and Ohio.
200 Chicago Great Western.
Chicago Great West. pfd
1900 Chi. Mil. and Is. Paul
1000 Chi, X. ]. and l.. com
Ch!.. Il. |. and J., Ga pfd.
Zoo Coca Cola &c..
100 Crucihle Steel Co. com.
900 Colorado Fuel and Iron.
1900 Column. Giropho. ...
II :>0o Corn Products. com.
1880 Cuba Cane Sugar.
sou Frccport Texas ....
100 Erie
81 Gen. Motors
5000 General Motors. new. =.
Zoo Goodrich. com. .........
900 Great NorthcGx pfd. -.
leo Great North. ore cts.
500 Illinois Central .....
400 Inter. Nickel ....
100 Inspiration Copper $50.
GiOp Int. Mcr. Mar. com.
G?00 Int. Mer. Mar. pfd. .....
6uru INT. Paper. com ..
100 I'M. Paper. nfd.. stamped
1859 kcnnccott Corp. ......
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-21

You can't afford to miss
the Auction Sale Of
West End lots Of the
Cary Estate Thursday
a tcrnoon at 2::30
o'clock, Sale conducted
by A tia ntic Coast
Realty Co., Petersburg,
Va Adv.
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In Sicinorialn

ma Yin loving remembrance. OF our
:, utriing baby. Alice Noacli. Eay. who
"ica three years ago today. Aprii Il. 1917.
There was an angel hand IN heaven
-. Ihat WAS not quit. complete:
Col took our darling baby
10 nil the vacant seat.
Mamma and Para.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Deaths

'ia;mS,'N LIB, suddenly az, her residence
@snce fnursday. Mprtt ~ roy =. ii. Mfs
a n,aiin nc Is sTryivcd by Two sons II. "
iANkfNs nilns "' 'nir city, ,srve., 70,
NJ MIonIGsy. ASril il. u! x. 81. i the h"m'
Isl m,!ankinship. isS south line Street. wii
o S% Sgnnd f1Su ton"rrow afternoon at
The burial viii be in noliywo"d.
LIEN EN,TS The funeral Of Eiois:. EN-;
lId~ SIs cis,nis iSySTE",a aapfn'er n "i
n ~. Monday morning at 80 o'cioch in
Hf S TER =" 5n"%F ae, S
IN, in the homes "i hes. ndfa,her. Mr,
asiSs d 'S" a% - r" s,S s'Frs s@u u
n.si.,h Mcmariai iartis, church.
." Of, Meade Msni"rlai EpisSepai church. Of.
Msf' Pfrcs S!.rs s? #s.srs ef k% aH
nj, {, ~ L'ifssy. W d. Dew and ). Sol wf.nn.
Mhnury Cemetery. ncsii"s her parents.
sGS,, is survived hy a s!.,sr M"IGie May
ILLS LIS. n. ana host Of friends To mourn
c9 aiei s,nSns g, rS.on \ c2n1 Hno
rom t,MGs the sns mGTninE a" 10 "Gi1n
lIurlnl IN KivervisW cSinc,.ry .','' -
htENEEsMpisd I r Anril 20 1870. a,
law. q. x; Hlankcnyh.p. Fulton il:il John
, i,noinns Hines; aged 81 years; lie Is sur.
OF brakes Branch. Va; Mrs. !. I. Kirk
pMh,rihsm: OF Charlot'c: :, c: Mrs !. :.
ilanR.nshiD and Mrs !. : Terry. OF this
CITY; nlbo two Hons. George Wesley hin. ;,
anu iancs Emmett Hines. OF this city.
mc was a member of Company I. one
hundred and Twrnty.third Regiment.
confederate Veterans The funeral viii
take place THURSDAY morning IL, II
O'Clock from Fulton I'M Methodist E.pis
copaL church. lntcrmcnt IN Lakewood
kLElN--Thc funeral 81 Mrs N.si.,y.ia
Klein. who died Monday murnirr viii
IahH place this afternoon from her Frs.-
wool Cemetery
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Incrui Directors
Personals

PlIAUP-k:dwin PhaUp. funeral director
. ana c;ubalfurr. sos East Mnia Street
Madison i3i. Randolph Etd3.
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g o. cotton.p-iccs today
nE.- yft-h

20 NOV. .nfr''
Nv Yors Miaa..nr. ':'s. exports. 81
Ngao- Pn-'~-S-rrf - ha1sI
Total joGay-H-e.lGtS 'ts!7 bales. *
SOFT, ~ iales s;ocI, l.2';...- hai.s.
'"rts. 'c,.i"i bales
To,a! 70 s.4suH--Rccc.pis SiS:.-i5 bales
exports. G.5.- H7'i bales
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neither made the slightest effort tt
proceed silently. Shelby sat upright
on the edge Of the gully. stra.ning his
eyes through the darkness
A strange fortune had brought him
the very information he most needed.
His whole thought centered instantly
on the fate of the girl. What cOurasi
would she choose under these circun.-
stances. when the facts were finally
revealed to her? Undoubtedly she he
lieved him dead; her CaptOrS would
impress that fact upon her first of all
so as to make her realize her com
plete helpleSsness. Besides. she cared
nothing for him; had married him in
differently, merely to thus escape
from worse fate. He could not hop,
that loyalty TO him. under such condi-
tiOns, would greatly influence her de-
ciSiOn. Somehow the thought hurt
Shelby. and brought to him the knOwl-
edge that he did care. He cared very
much indeed. and this truth cOlOred
his thought and decision.
He dare not follow those men at
present; he could only wait where he
was, and plan his course Of action.
them. for he knew where they were
going, and. In measure. at least.
about who they were. Shelby had
never been in that strange sink known
as Wolves hole. but he had talked
with a man who had. An immense
hole in the Bad Lands. through which
flowed a branch Of the Cottonwood a
strange malfOrmatiOn Of nature. so
completely concealed as TO he invisible
until the surprised traveller stood on
its very edge, and stared down into
the gloomy depths below. The walls
were PERCEPTIONS. impossible except
on foot by daylight. and at only two
points could the sink he entered on
horseback; from the west beneath the
protection of a cataract, where the
stream plunged headlong over high
ledge Of stone. and from the other
extremity down narrow ravine
through a tunnel scooped out nv some
torrent in lOng-past ages. Originally
discovered by wandering trappers
who camped there ont Of the winter
storms. It had later become the head
quarters for an Illicit Indian trade In
liquor, and finally the rendezvous for
criminals of all kinds. eager TO get
beyond the reach Of the law. It was
rumOrpd that there was actually a
town there. with women of a class.
with q certain rude attempt at gov
eminent by a few self-constituted au-
thOritieS.
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"What a hole! What a freak
of naturel What a wilder
ness hiding placer
(To BE CONTINUED
RIVERS TURNED INTO SEWERS
Streams That Once Were Famous Ion.
don Thoroughfares Now Are Far
Under the Ground.

The river Tyburn, which. along with
the Thames. helped to make Westmin-
ster, in London. an island in Saxon
times, can still be traced from the Mar
BILE arch neighbOrhoOd to Westminster.
1t originally flowed through Hyde park
and st. James park at time when
these were marShlands. Several feet
below the pavement in Great College
street are the remains of bridge
which spanned the Tyburn at this spot
just before 1t entered the Thames.
But the most famous of all the bur
led rivers of London Is undoubtedly
the Fleet. 1t flowed through Jack
Ketch's warren, where dwelt at times
such notorious characters as Dick Tur-
pin and Jack Sheppard. 1t was ia
vOrite dodge of the highwaymen and
other thieves who infested the district
of Saffron hill and HattOn garden to
drop through q trapdoor to the Stygian
banks of the Fleet. pull a plank after
them and so escape capture by the
Bow street runners. The Fleet ditch
ran into the Thames at Blackfriars,
and small craft used to put into II
with merchandise.
In The middle of the city was the
WellbrOoke, and on the east side the
LangbOurne, and In the western
suburbs the pleasant stream Of the
Oldbourne. also deep enough to accom-
MEDIATE goOd-sized craft. Other Lon
don rivers not yet wholly sewers are
the ROding. the Lea. the RavenshOurne
and the Wandle. but the Brixton is no
longer visible anywhere.
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coarse, mo tenderfoot amt goin' ter
make that trail at night. Morn like
ly he's. amin ter COM through the
other way"
"Whatll we do. then-ride onT'
after bit: it's early vet. an may
be it'll do no harm to lie quiet awhile.
But we kin light up, an be com
Portable"
He struck match, following the
flame In his hands. revealing the
bearded face Of man of fifty, shad-
owed beneath a soft hat brim. Be
yond him appeared the obscure out
line Of the other. a mere smudge. A
moment the two pulled away content
eddy. Shelby not venturing to move a
muscle.
"Say. Hanley. I've alters played my
hand the best / knew how. but I do
like ter know what the game Is I'm
pIayIn' at. What do yer know. any
howY"
The other chuckied In his beard,
rustlIng his feet In the leaves.
~Easier ter ask about than explain.
Hank" he answered slowly, specially
as there is things I don't just cotton
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-12-18

hid out all round the country With
the girl. l don't call that playin' very
square,"
We'll, 1t was. just the same, id
square, if you ask me. 1t was what
Weeks advised him to do, after he
went to Virginia. an got a peep at a
copy Of the will on file. This girl had
no legal rights till she was of age
see! Churchill knew this. an he
didn't do much o anything else fer
ten years. but try to get his hands on
her. Old Calkins was smart enough
TO fool him. The colonel had money
enough I'm the deposit box, so they
could live on IT quietlike. an the ser
geant never wasted a cent. He just
naturally lived for that girl. till about
a month ago. He was smart enough
not even to trust her: she never knew
what they was hidin' from"
Hank touched a match to another
cigarette. impressed with the story
Rum kind of a business. I'd say"
be admitted at last. "but Just where
did this DEVILS imp Of a Macklip fit
inT'
81 amt got that all figured out vet"
admitted Hanley. You know pretty
near as much about him as do. FurSt
time saw the Teller he rode In we're
along with Cassady's outfit. after that
n. p. hOldup. an he's been trainin'
with Cassidy more or less ever since.
After had this talk with him. when
he was drunk. put him to he'd. an
picked up a letter, or two. what fell
out Of his pocket. I got some O. this
stuff ont o. them. One of them was
written by Churchill. an judgin' from
the way II read. the Kid amt really
named Macklin at all-he's Churchill
himself. the old cuss' son."
"Well, TIL be d-dw
"YOu know the rest; how he STUN
bled onto OF CaIlSins down in POnca.
an what happened. You can't mike
me believe the old fellow killed him
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self; he wasn't that kind. But. how
ever It happened, the girl was left
helpless; then id if she didn't marry
that rancher over on the Cottonwood,
an spoil the whole game"
Hank laughed cOarsely.
Tough luck; but the Kid played
his hand all right"
"Sure he did. but he had to bean
this fellow Shelby. Except for that
Job It wasn't so bad. for It was easier
to get her where he wanted her. I
don't know how he'd have managed at
Ponca, but there was Just the three
of EN- on the Cottonwood"
"And dead men don't talk"
swell. they're safer than live ones,
enyhOw. Then this Injun outbreak
comm right now makes the getaway
plum easy. He can hide her away
back in the Hole as long as he d-n
pleases. Everything will be laid to
the Sioux for awhile"
ITS a sure break. them
"Sure: all the young bucks are al
ready ont. Macklin had four with
him on this chase-tOOk 'em on pur-
pose. so If they was ever trailed they'd
saw it was an Injun job. Oh. he's COW
cred up things all right. You got 1t
straight now?"
Hank drew up his feet until his
chin rested on his knees, the tip Of
the cigarette glowing.
Il got 1t straight enough. so far as
that goes, Hanley. but don't see what
the HI we're goin' to get out of it,"
you've got the same love for the
Rid l have. amt yer?"
"Just about. I reckon. I'd sure like
to take a good swipe at the ornary
cuSs."
That's what l thought. Well, he
amt gOin' to do nothin' desperate to
this young woman till he hears from
the old man. This affair has been
pulled off hurriedlike, an all the Kid
has got in his mind right now is TO
hide her away somewhere until old
Churchill shows up, and decides what
to do with her."
what do you suppose he'll decideT
well. my notion is that if Macklin
Is the old mans son, he'll try to force
her into marryin' the boy. That would
he the easy way. an l believe that
will likely be their scheme. My idea
is to put crih } in IT,"
"How?"
by getting hold of her ourselves
before the old man shows up, an then
dom business with him."
"Where1l we take herT
Back into Wolves hole; there's
hidin' places there plenty, an with
them Injuns raisin' HI up north, it'll
be safe enough. until the wars over
enyhow. What do yer say?"
HI. l don't care; there amt
nuthin' to lose. You got the Kid them
Injuns, didn't your"
YES; he never told enybody what
was up hut me, All right, let's mosey
along; there's no use stayin' here"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-12-18
Children Aid War ORPHANS.

Children in the public schools are
said to he more responsive than any
other single class in the country to
the appeals which are being made for
the relief of orphans in the war strick-.
en- countries of the old world. In one
little town where Miss Katherine Rey-
nOlds Mccormick, lecturer in the in
terest of Near East Relief, had told
the school children Of the frightful
plight of the orphans Of Armenia the
youngsters voluntarily undertook
campaign of their own which in two
days added 1854 to the fund.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-12-18
Owls Lodge in Oxford.

Owls, as il proper in the case of
birds Of such renowned sOlemnity and
secluded habit. have always exhibited
a particular liking for Oxford. where
more than one college. but particular
~ Worcester has It's colony.
Recently they have established q
new colony in the UNCOVERED walls Of
the Bodleian library and the Tower of
the Five Orders, in the Old Schools
quadrangle.
Members of the ROdley staff now oc-
casiOnally find relaxation from their
duties by reScuing the young birds
which find their way down on to the
pavement of the quadrangle. and are
unable to fly up. to their nests.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-12-18
WOLVES HOLE"

Synopsis.-Tom Shelby, a rancher.
rides into the frontier town OF
Ponca, looking for a good time
after a long spell of hard work
and loneliness on the ranch. In
stead, he runs into a funeral-that
of Dad Calkins, a retired army
man of whom little is known.
girl. still in her teens. survives
Calkins. Mccarthy. a saloon keep
er and Ponca's leading citizen, de-
cides that the girl. now alone In
the world. should marry. She
agrees to picGS out a husband from
the score of men lined up in her
home. To his CONSERVATION, she Sc
lects Shelby, who had gone along
merely as a pectator. He declines
the honor. Indignant, the girl dis
misses the assemblage. Shelby
runs into two Of the rejected sSit-
ors. and n dght worsts them
both. Angered at. their remarks.
he returns to the girl, determined
to marry her, II she will have him.
After his explanation she agrees to
marry him. The wedding takes
place and the couple set out for
Sheiby's ranch. With them is
kid" Macklin, whom Shelby has
hired as a helper. On the way the
girl tells her husband her name is
Olga Carlyn. and also tells him
something of the peculiar circum-
stances of her life. Upon arrival
at the ranch Shelby is struck down
from behind and left for dead He
RECEIVERS consciousness to find that
Macklin and his wife have gone.
He starts in pursuit
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-12-18
Don't BE a Grape Hanger.

It's easy to fall into the crape-hang-
ing habit. Lack of initiative and
sluggish or no thinking have put many
a welI-meanIng chap into the dropping
mouth class. Then with the proper as
sOciations In depressing thought the
way to muckrake levels is easy. OF
course you don't want to be a grovel-
ing worm Of the dust. Nobody ever
does But then there are few that by
right are stars. though many mere
could be II they would pay the price.
The way Of progress is the way Of toll.
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! outlaws. These fellows evidently were
heading for there. but would hey try
to complete the Journey? His hope
centered on their camping somewhere
until morning; If sufficiently assured
of safety this would probably be their
choice. Through the field glasses he
studied the course Of the stream, and
| the little patches Of wood intently. At
last he was rewarded-a faint spiral
of blue smoke arose above some dis
tant trees, the evidence Of a camp
fire. He lay there mOtiOnless. silent.
his eyes glued to the glass, planning
his action. and waiting for the night.
AS the gloom slowly deepened Shell
by was able to distinguish the flicker
of that fs--cE IRE Sut me distance
was 90 great to permit any knOwL
edge of It's surroundings. The trail
leading down was narrow, and rock
strewn. and he determined to try the
passage while faint glimmer of twt-
light yet fingered. Leading the buck
skin, and moving with the utmost eau
tiOn. he began the descent.
The gloom did not greatly retard his
movements, for. through the glasses.
he had mapped out the salient fea-
lures. and so impressed them upon his
memory as to go forward now con-
fdentlv. The camp fire was located in
the third grove of trees. and there
were no signs of human presence be-
tween. However, he took no chance
but advanced quietly on foot. leading
his horse, and using every precautiOn
against discovery.
He circled the two groves, keeping
close in their shadow. and searching
their depths anXiOusly for any sign of
life. They were desOlate and desert
ed, but, from the outer fringe of the
second he could perceive plainly the
dull glow Of the fire a hundred yards
ahead. 1t was no longer flame, hut
mere glimmer Of red ashes, casting
no reflection about, although clearly
visible. He fastened the bronco to a
limb, within the circle of trees, and
crouched forward alone, Winchester
in hand. choosing his passage beneath
the bank of the stream. and advanc-
ing with every precaution, pauslng
every few steps, to peer over the pro-
tecting bank. and thus assure himself
that all remained quiet. When almost
exactly opposite the red glow of the
Goals he lay still. endeavoring vainly
to learn the situation. and becoming
more and more puzzled
The camp appeared deserted, as
though the party which had halted
there had already passed on. He could
hear no sound. see no movement The
fire had died down into a mere glim-
mer of red ashes, barely perceptible
amid the surrounding gloom. Shelby
drew himself forward. creeping like
snake, convinced that he was alone,
yet no less alert and watchful. His
progress was up shallow depression.
and he had attained the deeper shade
of the trees, when, suddenly, voice,
apparently speaking not two yards
distant, gave utterance to an oath OF
disgust.
"H-lr the voice said roughly,
there is no use waitin' for that guy
any longer; no tellin' where he is at
by now"
Shelby dropped fat on his face al
most ceasing to breathe. The unseen
party addressed stretched himself
lazlIy, as evidenced by the rustic OF
leaves.
II reckon ye're right, Hank" he adj
mitted slowly. his speech heavy and