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Eet is nothing Eet will pass. NOW,
what mus Ba'taste do?"
"At the mill? 1 wish you'd guard
II for me. I'm going to Denver on
the morning train to hire a new
crew.
All, oui. 1t shall be-"
The next evening brought Barry
to Denver, and the three days which
followed carried with them the
sweaty smell of the employment
offices and the gathering OF new
crew. Then, tired, anxious with an
eagerness that he never before had
known, he turned back to the hills
With his rough-faced men about
him, Houston reached Tabernacle
and started the journey to the mlp.
Into the canon and to the last
rise. Then a figure showed before
him, a gigantic form, running ana
tumbling through the underbrusn
at one side of the road, dog bound
ing beside him. 1t was Ba'tiste, ex-
cited, red-faced, his arms waving
like windmills, his voice booming
even from a distance:
"Msieu Houston! M'sieu Hous=
toni Ba'teese have fail! Bateese
no good! He watch for you-he is
glad you GOMEZ Bateese ashame'!
Ashame'!"
They had reached the top OF the
rise. Below them lay sometnlng
which caused Barry Houston to leap
to his feet unmindful of the Joltlns
wagon, to sand weaving with white
gripped hands, to stare with sud
denly deadened eyes
Upon a blackened, smolderlng
mass of charred timbers and twist
ed machinery The remainder OF AL
that once had been his mill!
CHAPTER VII.
"Eet was my fault" The French
Canadian sill stared at the ruins,
"Eet is all Ba'teese' fault"
IT thought you were my friend.
Ba'tiste"
"Sacre! 1 am"
Then show it! I've got about
fifteen thousand in the bank.
There's enough lumber around here
to build a new saw-shed, and money
to buy a few saws. And l need
help-I won't be able to move
without you. But"
"Oui?'
"But,"'and Barry smiled at him,
"if you ever mention any response
bility for this thing again-you're
fred. Do We understand each
other?"
The next morning Barry went to
Denver, and in a week returned to
Tabernacle, thence across country
to camp.
He found on Ba'tiste but there
was something else which held
Houston's interest for moment
and which stopped him, staring
wonderingly into the distance. A
new skidway had made its appear
ance on the side of the jutting
mountain nearest the dam. Logs
were tumbling downward in slow,
but steady succession, to disappear
then to show themselves, bobbing
| jerkily outward toward the center
of the lake. A thunderous voice
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27
PROPERTY HOLDERS' NOTICE.
Gen. No. 614.

Notice is hereby given all persons
interested that the Council of the
City of Rock Island, Illinois, hav-
ing ordered the paving with asphalt
tic concrete to a width of "a feet
OF Twenty-seventh street from
Eighteenth to Twenty-first avenues
on the east side of Twenty seventh
street, and the ordinance for the
same being on file in the office of
the City Clerk of said City, and
said City having applied to the
County Court of Rock Island Coun-
ty Illinois, for an assessment of
the cost of said Improvement &C
cording to frontage, said assess
ment being payable in ten INSTALL
ments each bearing interest at the
rate of six per cent per annum,
and an assessment therefor having
been made and returned to said
Court, the hearing thereon will be
had on the 18th day of May, A. D.
1922, at the hour of nine o'clock
a. M, or as soon thereafter as the
business of the Court will permit.
All persons desiring may file OBJ
iections in said Court before said
day and may appear on the hearing
and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois.
April 26th, 1922.
CLYDE CUSHMAN,
Officer appointed to make assess
ment. advertisement
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use all of 'em, as much as we please
and it's your business to stay out
of our wayi"
CHAPTER VIII.
The statement took Houston Il
his feet for a moment; but recoy-
cry came just as quickly, a recoil
with the red splotches Of anger
blazing before his eyes, the surge of
hot blood sweeping through his
veins, the heat of conflict in his
brain. His good hand clenched. a
leap and he has struck the foreman
on the point of the chin, sending
him Keeling backward, while the
other men rushed to his assistance.
That's my answer to you"
shouted Houston.
Run tell Thayer." shouted the
foreman, and then with recovering
strength, he turned for a cant
hook But Ba'tiste seized it first.
Here comes somebody" Ba'tiste's
grip frightened about the cant hook
and he rose, squaring himself.
Houston seized the club and stood
waiting a few feet in the rear, in
readiness for anyone who might
evade the bulwark of blows which
Batiste evidently intended to set
up.
A moment more, and Ba'tiste,
with a sudden exclamation, allowed
his cant hook to drop to the ground.
"Eet is Thayer and Wade, the
sheriff from Montview, and his
deputy. Peuffi Have he fool heem
too?"
The sheriff pulled two legal docu-
ments from his pocket, and unfold
ing them, had shown Houston the
bottom of each. Barry's eyes open
ed wide.
"That's-that's my signature"
came at last
This ones the same, isn't it 90
The second paper was showed for
ward.
Yes"
Then l don't see what you're
kicking about. Do you know any
one named jenkins, who is notary
public?''
Yes"
Then look 'em over. If that isn't
lease to the lake and fiume and
fume site, and if the second one
ASA q NOii(AaSL 1OI LHpdSe DIT a
dollar and a half a thousand feet
well, then, l can't read"
But I'm telling you that 1 didn't
give it to them" Houston had
reached for the papers with a trem-
bling hand. Il don't remember"
Didn't l tell your" Thayer had
turned to the sheriff There he goes
pulling that loss of memory stunt
again. That's one of his best little
BETS" he added sneering, Ito lose
his memory"
I've never lost it yet"
'No-then you can forget things
awfully easy. Such as coming out
here and pretending not to know
who you were. You can't even re-
member the night you murdered
your own cousin, can you?"
That's "a
See, sheriff? His memory's bad"
All the malice and hate of pent-up
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27
was booming belligerently from the

was booming belligerently from the
distance:
.You lie-un'stan'7 Ba'teese say
YOU lief you no like eet, JUS
what-you-say-climb up me. Un'
STAN? Climb up mel"
Houston broke into a run, racing
along the flume with constantly n
creasing speed as he heard outburst
after outburst from the giant trap
per, interjected by the lesser sounds
of argumentative voices in reply.
Family he heard woman's voice,
then Ba'tiste's in sudden command:
go on-you no belong here.
Bateese, he handle this. Go 'longi"
Houston, at last made the turn of
the road as it followed the flume,
and saw the broad back of the Can
adian, squared as he was, half
across the road. Facing him were
five men with shovelS and hammers.
workmen of the Blackburn camp.
Houston looked more closely, then
gasped. 1t was another fiume; they
were making a connection with his
own.
What's this mean?" he demanded
angrily.
The foreman looked up caus-
tically.
i've told you about ten times"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27
REGN HERE TO-DAY.

A fathers lack of confidence IN
his sons ability caused
BARRY HOUSTON to inherit lum-
Der mill on condition that he
maintain a high output. A series
of mysterious accidents are pre-
venting this and when young
Houston arrives in the Colorado
timber lands he finds that his
superintendent,
FRED THAYER, has been system
atically wrecking his plant. In
making the discoveries, Houston
has been assisted by
BA'TISTE RENAUD, an eccentric
French-Canadian, who quite the
practice of medicine and retired
to a cabin to forget the double
tragedy of his sons death IN
France and the murder of his
wife. He nurses Houston back to
health when the latter's auto
mobile plunges over a cliff. Hous-
ton, to deceive Thayer, feigus
complete loss of memory. In Ba'-
tiste's cabin, Houston meets
MEDAINE ROBINETTE, a girl
who owns the adjoining timber
lands. Suddenly, Thayer arrives
from the railroad station with
AGNES JIERDON, a girl who has a
mysterious hold on Houston.
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GO ON WITH THE STORY.
CHAPTER VI.

The woman in the buggy was
holding forth her hands to him and
he assisted her to the ground.
Well" she asked, in a sudden
fawning manner, aren't you going
to kiss me?''
"Of course" He took her in mis-
arms. Il was so surprised,
Agnes. l never thought of you
Naturally you didn't" 1t was
Thayer again. That's why l sent
for her. Thought you'd Get your
memory back when"
1--WE had my memory for long
enough" Houston had turned upon
him coldly-"to know that from
now on I'll run this place. You're
through"
Three hours later, the last of the
men paid off, Barry Houston ap-
preached the door of Ba'tiste's
cabin. Barry raised his hand to
knock-and halted. His name had
been mentioned angrily; then
again
Il don't know what it is, BATHS =.
Fred wouldn't tell me, except that
it was something too horrible for
me to know. 1 can't be pleasant to
him when 1 feel this way"
She ceased. Houston had knock
ed on the door. A second later, he
entered the cabin, to return Medaine
Robinette's cool but polite greet
ing.
I'm afraid I've stayed longer
than 1 intended" she apologized.
Its late Good night"
Then she was gone Houston
looked at Ba'tiste, but the old
FrenchCanadian merely waved a
big hand.
Women" he said airily, "peLf,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27
P.-T.A. VOTES TO
AVOID POLITICS
Mrs. J. w. Maucker REPORTS Rock
Island Council Work ct State
Meeting In Chicago.

Abolition of all partisan and fac
tionaI activities by various clubs
of the state parent-teachers' asso-
cation was voted at the 23rd an
nual meeting OF the Illinois coun-
Gil which opened in the Tiger
room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, yes
terday
An opening conference on the
charters granted by the Illinois
council to local clubs led to the dis
cussion of the part that the assoc
citation may legimately take in pol
itics. Mrs. j. W. Maucker, who IS
representing the local clubs, writes.
Six hundred delegates attended the
meeting, 300 being from Chicago.
Everything in this day has a
tendency TO over-stimulate our chill
dren to the early destruction OF
their youth" Peter Mortenson. SUI
perintendent of the Chicago public
schools, said in the opening talk,
adding, sit is the particular bust
ness OF a Parent Teachers associa-
tion to find q way out of this-to
preserve the wholesome and sim
pie in our children"
Reports from various councils
were given by the chairmen of the
following cities: Aurora, Bloom
ington. Decatur, Litchfield, Moline
and Rock Island, Mrs. F. l.. Lund-
berg and Mrs. j. W. Maucker re-
porting for the last two.
The annual banquet was held in
the evening, speakers being dorado
Taft, noted sculptor; Mrs. J. Paul
Goode, Carl Milan, and DR.. r. E.
Hieronymus, community advisor,
University of Illinois. Mr.. Taft
plead for the teaching to children
of an appreciation of the beautiful
things, saying that handicraft
should be encouraged that out OF
1t real art may grow and on the
shoulders OF appreciative col
leagues be found genius. Mrs
Goode urged the women to take
citizenship seriously, and to build
better conditions for children.
Mr.. Milan explained that from
so to 60 per cent of the people dc
not read books and urged an early
appreciation and knowledge of how
to use libraries. DR.. Hieronymus
pointed out that P. 7. A. is the best
fitted of any organization to do true
community work
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of your medicine and wanted me to
try it, so at last took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound Tablets
and Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Medi-
cine and improved every day. / do all
my own work now except the wash
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would have taken me a week to do
last winter and / try to get every one
know to take your medicine to build
them up. You are welcome to use
this letter as o testimonial If you
ike. Mrs. CHAs. BAKER. q Spen-
Ger Ave, Hornell, NY.
lnalmost everyneighborhoo there
are women who know of the value
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. They know because thew
have taken it and have been helped.
Why don't you give it trial7
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THuRsDAY-rHE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS APRIL q. 1922

enmity was in Fred Thayer's voice
now. One gnarIed hand went for
ward in accusation. He can't ev n
remember how he killed his own
cousin. But if he can't, | can. Ask
him about the time when he slipped
that mallet in his pocket at a prize
fight and then went on out with his
cousin. ASK him what became Of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27

Tom Langdon after they left that
prize fight. He won't be able to
tell you, of course He loses his
memory; all he will be able to re-
member is that his father spent a
lot of money and hired some good
lawyers and got him out of it He
won't be able to tell you a thing
about how his own cousin was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27

he answered, addressing himself to
Ba'tiste. Were building a con-
nection on our f1ume"
Our flume?" Houston gasped the
words. 81 own this f1ume and this
lake and this f1ume site"
'If your names Houston, I guess
you do came the answer. But if
you can read and write, you ought
to know that while you may own it,
you don't use it. That's our privi-
lege from now on, in cold black and
white. AS far as the law is con-
cerned, this is our fiume, and our
water, and our lake, and our woods
back there. And we're going to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27

thing the matter
with me. / was
tired out all over
and it was an eff
fort for me to
move. / was irri-
table and could
not sleep nights
and had trouble
with my bowels
and at my periods.
1t seemed that
nearly every one
around me knew
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27
NOW DO my
WORK WITHEASE
Because Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored My Health

Hornell, N Vt was In bad health
but there didn't seem to be any one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27

Olive lives longer than any oths,
fruit tree.
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found with his skull crushed
and the bloody wooden mallet /
ing beside him-the maIlet that ~
fellow had stolen the night befo
at a prize fight He won't
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The
Pudding Pans Diary
SATURDAY

AWoKE and found
that the prunes L
stewed last night had
been served. At seven
ten by the kitchen clock
went to the oven with
some breakfast food 70
crisp Then l was given
SIX esss which, after
warming up to my work
and with the aid OF a
cover, I pozched with a
little less than one-haIf
the amount of heat Or
dinarily used. You see
l heat up evenly ali over
mold the heat a Ion q time
and. therefore, 1 save a
lot of fuel.
After breakfast I made
a delicious rice puddins
Tor luncheon The cbil-
drea love the kind 1
make. And. then 1t be-
ame a question Of
whether I would make
soup. or heat UP a can of
beans The soup won.
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Later in the Afternoon
i was given the delight
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geiatfne. That beine
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/ was sent to The oTen
to make q chicken pie.
Tonight I'm IN tbs
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Continued in our next isS1e-I
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-10-25

mont still peered out between the
irons bars, striving to catch a glimpse
Of what was going on. Eve crouched
at the pantry doors, her face in her
hands, listening.
Suddenly she heard Quintana'a
step in the kitchen. Cautiously she
turned the pantry key from inside.
Stormont heard her, and instantly
came to her. At the same moment
Quintana unbolted the door from the
outside and tried to open it.
Come out," he said coldly, cor it
will not go well with you when my
men return"
You've got what You say is your
property" replied Stormout. "What
do you want now?"
4 tell you what I want ver' damn
quick. Who was he, thees man who
rides with my property on your
horse away? Eh? BECAUSE it was
not Nick Salzar! No. Salzar can
not ride thees way. No, Alors?'
4 can't tell you who he was" re-
piled Stormont. chats your affair,
mot ours"
NO? All Yer well, then.
shall tell you, Senior FHc! lie was
one Of yours. I understan'. 1t is 4
trap, cheat-what you call a plant
Thees man who rode your horse he IS
is disguise. Yesl He is also a gen
darmel Yes! You think / let a
gendarme rob me? I got you where
want you now. You SHALL write
your gendarme frien' that he return
to me my property, one days time,
or | send him by parcel post two
nice, fresh-cut Highlands - your
sweetheart's and your own!
Stormont drew Ewes head close
to his;
''This man is blood-mad or out IF
his mindl I'd better go out and take
a chance at him before the others
come back"
But the girl shook her head yio-
lentIy, caught him by the arm and
drew him toward the mouth Of the
ale down which GIinch always
emptied his hootch when the Dump
was raided.
But now, it appeared that the tile
which protruded from the cement
floor was removable.
In silence she began to unscrew it,
and he, seeing what she was trying
to do, helped her.
Together they lifted the heavy tile
and laid it on the floor.
"You open thees doorw shouted
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Quintana in & paroxysm of fury. Il
give you one minute! Then, by
God. I kill you both9'
Eve lifted a screen of wood
through which the tile had been set.
Under it black hole yawned. 1t
was tunnel made of three-foot
aqueduct tiles; and it led straight
into Star Pond, two hundred feet
away.
Now, as she Strengthened up and
looked silently at Stormont, they
heard the trample of boots in the
kitchen, voices, the bang Of gun
stocks.
Does that drain lead into the
lake?" whispered Stormont.
She nodded.
"WiIl you follow me, Eve?"
She pushed him aside, indicating
shat he was to follow her.
AS she stripped the hunting
Jacket from her, a hot color swept
her face. But she dropped on both
Knees, crept straight into the tile
and slipped out of sight.
AS she disappeared, Quintana
shouted something in Portuguese and
fired at the lock.
With the smash of splintering
wood in his ears, Stormont slid into
| the smooth tunnel.
In an instant he was shooting
down a polished toboggan slide, and
in another moment was under the
/ icy water of Star Pond.
! Shocked, blinded, fighting his way
to the surface, he felt his spurred
boots dragging at him like a ton of
iron. Then to him came her helping
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hand.
81 can make it," he gasped.
But his clothing and his boots and
the icy water began to tell on him
in mid-lake.
Swimming without effort beside
him, watching his every stroke,
presently she sank little and glided
under him and a little ahead, so
that his hands fell upon her Shout
ders.
He let them rest, SO, aware now
that it was no burden to such a
swimmer. Supple and silent as a
swimming otter, the girl slipped
lithely through the chilled water,
which washed his body to the nos
trils and numbed his legs till he
could scarcely move them.
And now, of a sudden, his feet
touched gravel. He stumbled for
ward in the shadow of overhanging
trees and saw her wading shore
ward, dripping, sllvery shape on
the shoal.
Then, as he staggered up to her
breathless, where she was standing
on the pebbled shore, he saw her
join both hands, cup-shape, and lift
them to her lips.
And out of her mouth poured dia-
mond, sapphire, and emerald in a
dazzling stream-and, among them
one great flashing gem blazing in
the starlight-the Flaming Jewel!
Like naiad of the lake she stood
white, slim, silent, the heaped gems
glittering in her snowy hands, her
face framed by the curling masses
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WORSE THAN PAIN"
Louisiana Lady Says She Has New.
err Found Anything Better Than
Cavdui for a Rundown
Condition"

Morgan City, Lat would be hard
for ME to tell how much benefit have
derived from the use of Cardui," said
Mrs. |. g. Bowman, OF 1919 Front Street,
this city.
81 was so rundown in health could
hardly go. was thin. had no
appetite. Could not rest or sleep well.
| was so weak, and SO very nervous,
was no pleasure 10 myself.
81 suffered some pain, but the worst
Of my trouble was from being so weak
and easy TO get tired and out OF heart.
"This nervous condition was worse
than pain.
"Some one told me OF Cardui, and |
decided TO use it.
"Aiter using few bottles, regained
my strength. wasn't so nervous, and
began to eat and sleep, and grew
stronger ard was soon well.
81 have never found anything better
for rundown condition"
If suffer as this Louisiana lady did,
you, too, should find CaTdui helpful for
your troubles.
Get bottle Of Cardui, today. NC-144
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

For the third time that day, beau
+ifd Eve Strayer faced death as an
Aent victim in the battle for
Vision of the priceless gem, the
Flaming Jewel.
First stolen from the refugee
Countess Esthonia by the great inter
rational thief, Quintana, and then
stolen from Quintana by Mike Clinch,
who boarded it in his disreputable
limiting camp in the Adirondacks as
the sole means of giving his beloved
Eve the education of a lady," the
level was no win Ewes possession.
Facing her was Quintana and his
Gang, A prisoner with her was
state Trooper Stormont, the man
She loved.
In the surrounding forest, Clinch
and his men were man-hunting,
ssyagely intent on killing Quintana
and his gang. Under the window