, 1922-10-09
BEGIN HERE TODAY

notei IN the 4oHonuAch SNA
by
MIKE CLISCH. Under the name Of
HAL SMITH. Darragh works At the
Cftnch hotel" where he meets
Clinoh's beautiful step-eAughter'
EVE ERAYER. the n great innu
snee for good IN the crime-sthined
career OF Clinch. When Qulntnna
and his gang arrive in the vleini
both Cllneh and Hal Smith f. =
they will stop at nothing 10 regain
the loot flched from the royal cas-
ket. Clinch gives the Jewel PACKET
20 Eve and tells her to go to the
mountains and hide It in the
"hootch-cache."
Go on with the Story
CHAPTER II
CLIM and straight as n young boy
y in her gray shirt and b~reeehes'
Eve Continued on lightly through the
woods. her rifle over her shoulder.
her eyes OF Eentlan-blue always alert
The morning turned warm; she pull
ed off her soft felt hat. shook out her
clipped curls. stripped open tho sn'rt
at her snowy throat where sweat Ei.n-
mered Tx melted frost.
The forest was lovely In the morn
ing suniiEht-iovely and stili-save
for the blue-jays-for the summer
birds had gone and only birds destin-
cd 10 n long Northern winter o re
maine1.
Ewes tread was light on the moist
trail; her quick eyes missed nothing
not the dainty imprint of deer. fresh
made. nor the sprawiing insignia of
rambling the big bar
red owl huddled on n pine limb over
l,ead, nor, where the swift gravelly
r,Aehes of the brook caugh sunlight.
die SIZE miss the swirl and furrowlng
and milling OF painted trou on the
spawning beds.
In her cartridge.pouch h carried
the fiat. sealed packet which Clinch
had trusted to her. The sack swayed
gently as she strobe on, Shaping her
left hip at every step; and always her
subconscious mind remained on guard
and aware of it; and now n then she
droppe her hand to feel OF the pouch
and strap.
From Star Peaks left flank an icy
stream clatters down to the level floor
of the woods. here; and II was here
that Eve had meant to quench her
thirst with n mouthful OF sweet watcr.
But as she approached the tiny
ford. warlly, she saw n saddled horse
tied TO a sapling and a man seated on
a messy log.
The trappings OF horse. the gray
green uniform of the man. left no
room for speculation; a trooper Of the
State C~onstabulary was seated there.
His cap was off; his head rested on
his palm. Elbow on knee, he sat there
gazing at the water-watching tho
slim fish, perhaps. dRrtins up stream
toward Their bridal. beds hidden for
away at headwaters.
A detour was imperative. The girl.
from the shelter OF a pine, looked out
cautiously at the trooper. The sud-
den sight of him a merely checked
her; low the recognition OF his uni
form startled her heart out OF it's tran
auil rhythm and set HI blood burning
in her cheeks.
There was n memory of such a nan
scared into the girls very soul-a man
whoae head and shoulders resembled
this man's-who had the same bright
hair. the same slim and powerful body
and who moved. too, as this young
man moved
The trooper stirred. lifted his lead
TO relight his pipe.
The girl knew him. Her heart stood
still; then heart and blood ran riot aud
che felt her knees tremble-felt weak
as she rested against the pines huge
trunk and covered her face with un-
steady fingers.
Until the moment. Eve had never
reamed what the memory of this man
really meant TO her-never dreamed
hat she had capacity fr emotion so
utterly overwhelming.
Even now confusion, shame, fear
were paramount. All she wanted was
TO get away-get away and still her
hearts wild beating control the
strange tremor that possessed her, re-
cover mind and sense and breath.
She drew her hand from her eyes
and looked upon the man she had at
tempted to kill-upon the young man
who had wrestled her off her feet and
handcuffed her-and who a bathed
her bleeding mouth with sphagnun
and who had kissed her hands-
She was trembling so that she be-
came frightened. The racket Of the
brook in his ear safeguarded her In
a measuse. She bent yer nearly
double. her rifle at a trail, and cau.
t.ously began h detour.
When at length the wide circle
through the Woo had been safely
accomplished and Eve was moving
ou through the thicken!ng ranks OF
tamarack, her heart, which seemed TO
s~uffocate her, quieted; and h leaned
against a shoulder OF rock, strangely
tired.
After a while she drew from her
pocket his handkerchief. n looked
at IT, The square OF cambria bore his
Initials, J. S. Blood from her Up re-
manned on 1t. She had not washed out
the spots.
She put it to her lips again. me
Chemically. A faint O OF tobacco
stiil chung to Il.
BY every law Of loyalty. pride. self.
respect. h SHOULD have held this
man her enemy Instead. she held his
handkerchief against her lips-crushed
it there suddenly. closing her eyes
while the color surgsd and surged
through her skin from threat 20 ha'r.