, 1922-10-18
BEGIN HERE TODAY.

hal SMITH. is At cIineh's camp
seeking to gain possession OF the
gem and restore It 20 the beggzred
countess.
Eve Is captured by ouintana. saw.
aEeiy treated. but escapes to h
hunting camp at Star Pond. Here.
with
STATE TROOPER sroRAfoNr. she
awaits the return for Clinch ana
his men who have gone out to clean
up ouintana's gang.
clinch discover that one of his
men.
EARL LEvERETT. has gone over
TO Quintana. Levereit escapes IN
n hail of bullets from C1inch's rifle
Go on with the Story
CHAPTER III.
For its size there Is no fiercer an
final thNn n rat
Rat-lIke rage possessed Leverett.
In his hea6lonE flight through the
dusk, fear. instead OF uuenching.
added to his rage; and he ran on
and on, crushing through the under
growth. made wilder by the pain of
vicious blows from branches which
flew back and struck him in the dark
Thorns bled him; unseen logs
tripped him; he heard Clinch's u
lets whining around him; and he a
on. beginning 10 sob and curse in a
frenzy OF fury, fear and shame.
Shot from c1incHs rifle ceased;
the fugitive Cropped into a heavy.
shufn.ag walk. slaverIng.. gasping.
~xesticulating with his wesponless
fists in the darkness.
..God ram ye. I'll fix ye.- he kept
stammering in his snarling. anghns
voice, broken by sobs. I'm learn ye'
We poor hanged thing, god ram
ye-'
To his own shack on Sinking lake
he dared not 30. He tried to believe
the, IL was fear of Clinch that made
him shy of the home slianty; but, in
his covering soul, he knew it Was
fear OF another kind the deep, super
stitious horror Of Jake Kloon'S empty
bunk-the repugnant sight OF kioons
snare clothing hanging from his peg
the dead mans shoes
All n. once he thought Of Clinch's
granddaughter. Tho thought instant
" scared him. Yet what a revenge!
-to strike Clinch through the only
creature he cared for in all the world
What a revenge Chnch was
headed for Drowned Valley. Eve
Straver was alone at the DUNN
Another thought flashed / hshtn-
cross this turbic mind-the packet
Brtbed By Qulntnna, Jake kloon.
lurking Mt Cinch's door. had heard
him direct Eve to take q packet to
owl Marsh. and had notified oufa-
tana- -,
Willingly or uuEittinsly he girl
had taken a packet OF susar+milk
chocolate Instead OF the prtceiees par
eel expected.
Again, carried in, exhausted. by a
state Trooper, Jake K1oon had been
fooled; and it was the packet of sugar
milk chocolate that Jake had pur-
Joined from the veranca where Clinch
kicked it. For two calSss of choco-
late Kloon had died For two cakes
of chocolate he. Earl Leverett, aad
become a man-slayer. a homeless III
gitive in peril of his life
Somewhere in Clinch's Dump was
the pocket that would make him rich
Here was his opportunity. He
had only TO dare: and pain and power
" and fear-aboye all else fear
would end foreveri 49,.
When, at last. he came on ne
edge of Clinch's clearing. tn ark
October heavens were but a vast Wild
erness Of stars.
$50 10000 afAodnU HFnm
Ewes winCow.
CHAPTER "
From his hiding place among frost
blackened ragweeds. the ~trap-robber
could see only the plastered ceiling OF
this bed chamber.
But the kerosene lamp cast two
shadows on that-tail shadows of hui
man shapes that stirred at times.
The shadows on the ceiling were
cast by Eve Strayer and her State
Trooper.
Eve sat on her beds edge. swath-
ed in a lilac kimona-delicate resc
CT school davs. Her banaaged feet.
crossed. dangled above the rag rug
on the floor; her slim. tanned fingers
we're interlaced over the book on her
lap.
Near the door stood State Trooper
stormont. spurred. booted. trig and
trim, an undecided and flushed
young man fumbling irresofutely
with the purple cord on his campaign
hat.
She looked up at him again. wist-
fully. Perhaps he was restless.
bored. sitting there beside her half
the gay. and. already. half the night
Men of that Radioactive. nervtous
yousg men accustomed TO the open,
can. stand cnging.
ct want you TO go cut and get
some fresh air" she said. TITS q
wonderful nigIt- Go and walk a
while. And-if you feel Ike coming
back 20 me"
VIII you sleep7"
NO. I'll wait for you
Her words were natural and d
rst but-ia their simplicity there