Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-13
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A great three-cornered duel was
being fought in the North Woods
for the possession of the priceless
gem, the Flaming Jewel. 1t had
first been stolen from the royal
casket of the
COUNTESS OF EsTHoNIA by the
International thief.
QUINTANA. In Paris, Mike Glitch
had stolen the jewel from Quin-
tana and carried 1t back to his
disreputable hotel at Star Pond
where he boarded it for the edu-
cation of his beautiful STEP
EVE sTRAYER. Then there ar
rived
JAMES DARRAGH under the name
AL SMITH, who had sworn to re-
store the, jewel to the now beg
CARED countess. Quintana and his
gang also arrive to regain the
stolen loot. Quintana captures
Eve. who is hiding the jewel
packet, but she escapes after
rue treatment. She is brought
back semi-conscious to Clinch's
STATE TROOPER SToRMoNT. On
entering the camp she drops the
packet and it is taken by
JAKE KLOON and
EARL LEVERETT, two disreput-
able hangers-on. Clinch swears
TO wipe out Quintana's gang, and
with them, Kloon and Leverett.
Go on With the Story
CHAPTER II
On the edge of Owl Marsh Clinch
matted in the trail. and, a. his men
~ mo m he counted fhnro uvft1 N
cold eye.
Here's the runway and this here
hazel bush is my station" he said.
You fellas do the barkin'. You, Sid
Hone, and you. Corny, start drivin'
from the west. Harve, you yelp 'em
from the north by Lynx Brook. Jim
and Byron, you get twenty minutes
to go round to the eastward and
drive by the Slide. And you, Hal
Smith," - he looked around
wherein hell be you, Hall"
Smith came up from the bog's
edge.
voice. 1--WE got Jake's tracks in the
bog"
Clinch motioned his heaters to
their duty. Twenty minutes" he
reminded Hone, Chase and Blom-
mers, before you start drivin'."
And. to the Hastings boys: IF you
boot, aim low for their bellies.
DON'T leave no blood around. Scrape
1t up. We bury what we get"
He and Smith stood looking after
the five slouching figures moving
away toward their blind trails.
When all had disappeared:
SHOW me Jake's mark" he said
calmly.
Smith led him to the edge of the
bog, knelt down, drew aside a
branch Of witch-hopple. A mans
footprint was plainly visible on the
mud.
That's jake" said Clinch slowly.
II know them half-soled boots o.
his'n." He lifted another branch.
There's another mans track!"
The other is probably Lever
Likely. He's got thin feet"
II think I'd better go after Them"
said Smith. refiectively.
They'll plug you, you poor jack
ass-two o. them like that, and one
a-settin' up to watch out. Hell! Be
You tired O. bed an board?"
Smith smiled: Don't you worry,
Mike"
As he shouldered his rifle and
started into the marsh, Clinch
dropped a heavy hand on his shoul-
der; but the young man shook it off.
shut up" he said sharply.
you've a private war on your
hands. So have I. I'll take care of
my own"
As he started again across the
marsh Clinch called out in a guard
ed voice: "Take good care Of hat
packet if you catch them rats. 1t
belongs to Eve"
"IIl take such good care Of it,"
replied Smith, that it's proper own
er need not worry"
CHAPTER III
The proper owner" of the packet
Vas, at that moment, on the Atlantic
ocean. travelling toward the United
States.
Four other pretended owners of
the Grand Duchess Theodorica's
Jewels, totally unconscious of any
thing impending which might i'm
pair their several titles to the gems,
e now gathered together in a
wilderness within a few miles of one
another.
Jose Quintana lay somewhere in
the forests with his gang. 1iercely
planning the recovery of the treas
ure of which Clinch had once robbed
him. Clinch squatted on his run
way, watching the mountain flank
with m%urderous eyes. 1t was no
longer the Flaming Jewel which
mattered. His master passion ruled
him now Those who had offered
violence to Eve must be reckoned
with first of all. The hand that
struck Eve Strayer had offered NOR
tai insult to Mike CIinch.
As for the third pretender to the
Flaming Jewel, Jake Kloon, he was
now travelling in a fox's circle to-
ward Drowned Valley-that shaggy
wilderness of slime and tamarack
and depth1ess bog which touches