Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-12

tho true oncs-dccp hidden. nj.
ways doublv guarded by two sets OF
perfect limitations lining the two
visible trays above.
And. IN the center. hnscd the
Erosite gcm-the magnificent Tlam.
ms Jewel. a glory Of living. binding
FIRE.
Nobody stirred or spoke. Oar
ragh blinkod at the crystalline
blaze NJ though stunned.
Then the young girl who had once
boca Her Serene Iiighncss Theo.
dorica. Grand Duchess OF Es;honia.
looked up az her brand.new hus.
band and laughed.
did you really suppose II WIS
these that brought me across the
ocean? Did you suppose Il was "A
passion for these that filled my
heart? Did you think II was for
these that | followed your"
She laughed again. turned 10 Eve:
"You understand. Tell hira that
n he had been In rags ! would have
followed him like "A gypsy.
They say there Is gyTsy blood in us.
4. God knows. l think per.
haps there Is a little OF Il IN all real
women" Stll laughing she placed
her hand lightly upon her heart
In all women-pcrhaps--a Flaming
Jewel imhcdded here"
Her eyes. tender and hooking.
mot his. she lifted the jcwelcase.
closed Il. and placed 81 In his hands.
Now" she said. you have every.
thing in your possession: and we
are sa;e-wc are quito safe. row. my
jewels and l."
Then she went 20 Eve and rest I'd
both hands on her shoulders.
"shall we put on our snow shoes
and go-h0ne?"
Stormont flung open the bullet
splintcrcd door. Outside In tho snow
be dropped on both knees to buckle
on Ewes snow shoes
DarTagh was performing a like
office for his wife. and the State
Trooper. bolag unobserv,d. took
Ewes slim hands and kissed them.
looking u2 at her where he was
kneeling.
Her pale face b'ushcf as II had
that day In tho woods on Owl
Marsh. so long. so long ago. when
this mans lips flrst touched her
hands
40 their eyes met both remem.
bcrod. Then she smiled at her lover
with tho shy girls soul OF her gar.
ing out at him through eyes as blue
a. the Wild bl.ndgcntians that grow
among the ferns and MOSES OF Star
Pend.
Far away IN tho northwestern
forests Quin,ana silll lashes his
horses through the p-lmeval pines.
Triumphant, reckless. resource
ful. dangerous, he fest that now
nothing could stop him. nothing bar
his way 10 freedom.
Out OF tho wilderness lay his road
ana his destiny; out OF Il he must
win his way. by strategy. by Gun.
ming. By violence-creep out, lie his
why out. shoot his way Quit
scarcely mattered. lie was going
Quit He was going back 10 life once
more. Who could forbid him7 Who
stop him7 Who deny him. now.
when. IN his pockets. he held all
that was worth living for-the keys
20 power. 10 plcasure-the key TO
everything on earth!
In fierce exul;ation he slapped the
glass jewels In his pocket and
laughed aloud
''The keys 10 tAe woriir' ne cried.
let him stop me and take them
who r. a better man than t. Then
his long whip whistlcd and he
cursed his horses.
Then. Of a sudden. close by IN the
snowy road ahead. he saw n State
Trooper on STOW. shoes-saw the uD-
fiuns arm warning him-scrcamed
curses az his horses. fiogged them
forward 90 crush this thing 20 death
that dared menace him-thls object
that suitcrly rose out OF nowhere
20 snatch from him the keys Of the
world
For a moment the State Trooper
looked after tho runaway horses.
There was no use following: they'd
have 20 run I'LL they dropped.
Then be lowered the ievelof rine
from his shoulder. looked grimiy az
the limp thing which had tumbiet
from the slcige into tho snowy road
and which sprawiei there crimson.
ing the spotlcss fakes that fell upon
IT,
THE END