South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-23
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that day. twice had she barely
escaped with her life from the
hands OF men who fought with
oil MY IN the Adirondack
gain possession Of the
ger -riceIess worth, the Flam-
ing sewe.. which her rough and
law-breaking step-father,
MIKE CLINCH. madly boarded as
the means Of giving her the edu-
cation OF a lady"
First stolen from the refugee
COUNTESS OF ESTHONIA by
OUINTANA, the great international
thief and then stolen from Gum
tana by ClnCh, the jewel had
reached America and was now
under Ewes pillow as she recov-
cred from her treatment at the
hands Of Quintana and the muir
derer. Leverett.
CInch was now in the woods,
savagely intent on wiping out
Quintana's gang and with him
was
JAMES DARRAGH. known as
HAL SMITH. who. unknown TO
CHnch. had sworn 20 restore the
jewel 20 the beggared countess.
Guarding Eve was
TROOPER STORIONT. the man
she suddenly realized she loved
Go on With the Story.
EPISODE SEVEN.
ClinCh's Dump.
CHAPTER T.
When Mike Clinch babe Hal Smith
return TO the Dump and take care Of
Eve. Smith already had decided to
so there.
Somewhere in Clinch's Dump was
hidden the Flaming Jewel Now
was his time 20 search for It,
There were two other reasons why
he should go back. One of them
was that Leverett was loose. II
anything had called Trooper Stor-
mont away. Eve woul6 be alone in
tho house. And nobody on earth
could forecast what a coward like
Leverett might attempt.
But there was another and more
serious reason for returning TO
Clinch's Cliuch. blood-mad. was
headed for Drowned Valley with his
mon. TO stop both ends OF that VAST
morass before Qu.ntana and his
g0ng could get out
It was evident that neither Clinch
nor any OF his men-althouEh their
very lives depended upon familiar
fly with the eriness-knew that
a third exit from Drowned Valley
existed.
And that was why Darragh, or
Hal Smith. finally decided 10 return
90 Star Pond-because II Ouintina
had been told or had discovered that
circuitous way out Of Drowned VAT
ley. be- might so straight 10
ClinCh's Dump Ard. supposins
Stormont was s-iI there, how long
could one SKATE Trooper stand or
ouintana's gang?
No sooner had CInch and his mot
ley followers disappeared IN the dusk
than Smith. unlashing his basket
pack. fshed out a big electric torch,
dashed 10 tentatively. and then. re-
singing the pack and taking his
rife IN his left hand. he set OF at
an easy swinging stride
For a long while he did not dare
20 use his torch; but now he was
obliged 70.
He shined the ground at his feet
elevated the torch with infinite pre-
caution. throwing fan-shaped
light over the stretch OF sink he
had suspected and feared II flank
ed the fat wet path OF rock on
either side Here Death spread It's
Shiny trap az his very feet
Then. as he stood taking his bear
ings WIKI burning torch. far ahead
GA the darkness a light flashed. went
out. flashed twice more. and was ex-
t.ngulshed.
Qulntanai
Smiths wits were working like
lightning. but instinct guided him
before his brain took command. He
ieveied his torch ana repeated the
three signal flashes. Then. in dark
mas. he came 20 swift conclusion.
For three hundred Yards. counting
his strides. he continued on. Then.
IN total darkness ne pocketed the
torch. slid = cartridge into the