The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-20
SOULS for SALE
(Conilnusd iram saturday. B
By RUPERT HUGHES.

'om saiurdayJ
lightning Just ahead 81 her hlistered
her vision Ike tho white hot irons
driven into the eyes ~ hlinkespeare'p
Prime. Clarence. The wind blew her
I breath hack into her LUNGS II she
had not gained a little support from
ono stout Dough " the tree she could
never have reached the margin Of the
T picture.
7 hendricks heart was glid with tri'
umph as he saw her pasn out Of The
camera range lie called cut" aud
the camera men were Jubiliant M
ench " them shouted o X for me-
Then krndrick heard screams Of
terror wild howlr ~ fear He ran for,
wnfd ana Mw The blinded litlls figure
~ Mem still pressing on straight into
the blur u the arplne propeller.
His heart Hickeusd She would be
sliced 10 shrc1s. She could not hsr
the yelled warnings in the noise of
the machine.
CHAPTER NLNll
TIE operator shut or his engine
but the prOpolerr Ntill swlrled ~ a
speed that mndo them only whorl
Of light The witnesses were pBra.
lyzed by the horror nf the moment
Tom Hobby broke from a nightmare
that nttrun the Immediate beauty of
tho liftlo wonnn walking forward 10
q hldfouH fntu lle ran aud Owed for
her like football tackIor. hooked hg
loft arm about her knees and flung
F.4
and his head beneath her. no that
When she struck, her shoulders were
upon his breast, her drenched hair
foll across his face like seaweed
She opened her eyes IN chaos II
be~lldefment Just above her the
flying propeller blades we're gllstcnng
In tho light o. the sun arc.
They were slowly revolving when
the wind machine man, leaping from
1.-The posi- whore he had stood expecting
her fate and his own eternal reInorse,
ran 10 llft her from the ground. Others
helped up Tom Hobby.
lle h9d knocked himself uncon.
scions when hs head struck h rock
IN tho road Illa cheek WIS ripped
ana gushing blood
Ho came 10 HE senses at once and
forced . sh9stly hugh.
Mem screamed with fear for him.
She had not yet realized her own 81.
cape She was al pity for Tom Ilol.
by. md Dnxlcty
Its nothing" ho said. Then he
staggered with drcnd ~ what Mem
would have looked Ike now II he had
waited IN instant longer or missed his
aim nt her knees.
He drew her from the vortex Of the
propeller, which WIS snbslding with
the dying snDrl Of leopard that has
missed its pounce.
Now Mem understood what her own
adventure had been, and her knees
weakened with nm tx post facto
alarm.
Kendrlck camo up and. after n de-
cent walt for the incident 10 have its
dignity and move on, he thanked and
congratulated Hobby on retrieving the
girl from the massacre.
1T wouldn't have meant only the
horrible deDth Of this beautiful child,
but II would have meant also the hor.
ribIc death Of this beautiful picture;
for hardly anybody would have want
cd to see II II II were stained with
blood"
And all my beautiful art would
have persisted with me-" said Mem.
with only partial irony She had
reached the estate Of the creative
soul who longs for the Immortality
OF It's work more than Itself md
feels II death indeed, death entire,
to have It's record lost.
Just to have u book in library,
even If It liz never read: just 10 have
a painting on some wall; n tune In
somebody's ears, scientific discov'
cry recorded somewhere--tbat Is
honey enough In tho ashes that I'LL
tho mouth OF the morituri.
Hendricks next thought was one OF
dismay. Tom Hobby had not yet
fought his big fight, and yet his face
was torn. How was this to be ex.
planned In the preceding scene where
he was supposed to leave the arms Of |
his sweetheart IN her defense?
In the topsy turvydom Of film con.
struction the scene in which Mem |
and Tom Hobby were set upon by a
pack Of rufflans had not yet been
Laken, though Mem had already al
most completed the scenes In which
1he ran to call distant strangers 10
Toms rescue.
After long while OF puzzling Ken.
Trick decided TO make an effort TO
Hobby 80 that his dam
,ged towl should be hidden by Mems
ACE or by shadows. II would be hard
o manage and the men who had
promised TO beat Hobby up TO the best
II their ability would hesitate to pun
mel man already so hurt.
Butte put the fight off till the cheek
vas healed would cost the company
II 900 at least,
When Mem understood all the trou
lie IL had COST to snatch her from
she said:
I'm not worth It.
Kendrlck was IN no mood for polite
lenials, but Tom Hobby gave her a
ool that made the fishing worth
while.
ITO Ia Continued Tomorrow