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, 1925-01-21

wayiaid MN and buFse1 hin =
some old mlne." Moya faced them
tensely, a slim wrath Of Q girl with
dark eyes that blazed:t She had for.
gotten all about conventions. all about
what they would think of her. The
one thing she saw was Jack Kilmeny
in peril, calling for help.
But Lady FarQuhar remembered
via Moya did not. It was her duty
to defend her charge against the err
rant impulses Of the heart, to screen
them o the callous eyes of an IN
sympathetic world.
You jump to conclusions, my dear.
Sit down and we'll talk 1t over"
NO. He called for help. I'm going
10 take 1t to him."
Again Verinder laughed unpleasant.
ly. Moya did not at this moment
know the man was In existence. One
sure purpose flooded her whole being
SIN was going to save her lover.
India wavered. She. too. had lost
color. "But-you're only guessing.
dear"
You'll find it's true. We must fol-
low that pipe and rescue him. To-
night"
Didn't know you were subject to
nerve attacks, Miss Dwight" derided
Verinder u~neasily.
Moya put her hands In front Of her
eyes as II to shut out the picture of
what h saw. Hes been there for
I'VE days starving. maybe" She
shuddered.
You're only guessing. Miss Dwight.
What facts have you to back itY'
B,eyer asked, E
we must start at once-this very
our" Moya had cover herself
and spoke with quiet decision. But
first we u find where the pipe
leads.'
Bleyer answered the appeal in Lady
Farquhar's eyes by rising. He believed
1t to be a piece Of historical folly. just
as she did. But some instinct of
%chivalry in him responded to the call
made upon him. He was going. not to
ave kilmeny from an Imaginary
death, but to protect the girl that
loved him from showing all the world
where her heart was.
II be back inside of an hour
Just as soon as I can trace that pipe
for you. Miss Dwight" he said.
After all. Moya may be right" In
dia added. to back her friend.
Its just possible" Bleyer conceded.
, 1925-01-21

there was a big accident there some
years ago? Perhaps the ghosts Of
some Of the lost miners we're sending
a message to their wives. Eth. what?"
THE accident vas In the Golden
Nugget. an adjoining mine. The prop
erty was pretty well worked out and
has never been opened since the dis
aster.'
The color had ebbed from Moya's
lips. She was a sane young oma
not given to nerves. But she had wor-
ried a great deal over the disappear
ance of Jack Kilmeny. This. coming
on top Of It, shook her composure For
she was fighting with the dread that
the spirit OF the she loved had
been trying to talk with her.
Joyce chartered gayly. "How weird
Moya. you must write an account OF
your experience for the Society for
Psychical Research. Put me In 1t.
please"
"Of course. II must have beer some
Of the men. but ! don't see"
Moyn Interrupted the superintendent
sharply. An Intuition. like a flash Of
light. Ind Illuminated her brain.
where does that pipe run. Mr..
Bleyerr
Don't know. Maps of the workings
mt the Office would show"
"Wil you please find out7"
"Glad to look II up for you. Miss
Dwight. I'm a little curious myself"
Il mean now-nt once"
He glanced Mt her In quick surprise.
Was she asking him to leave the din.
ner table to do 1T Lady Fnrquhar
saw how colorless Moya was and
came to the rescue.
MY dear. you are a little unstrung.
aren't your she said gently. 81 think
we might find something more cheer
full to talk about. We always have
the weather."
Moya rose, trembling. "No. I know
now who called for help. 1t was Jack
kilmeny."
verinder was the FIRST to break the
strained silence. "But that's nonsense.
you know"
TITS the truth. He was calling for
help"
"where fromf What would he be
| doing down In n miner"
II don't know. Yes. I do. too"
Moya corrected herself. voice break.
ing under the stress of her emotion.
HE has been put down there to die"
ITO die" Joyce echoed the words
In n frightened whisper.
Dobynns laughed. This Is absurd.
who under heaven would put him
thercr'
A second fash OF light burned IN
upon the girl. THAT man. Penle-and
the other rufinn. They knew about
the shipment Just az you did They
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The one that ran through the tun-
nell"
Miss Kilmeny shook her head. II
didn't see anybody tap. Perhaps one
Of us touched 1t by chance"
mo. That couldn't be. The tap
came seven times together, and after
l had answered 1t even times more"
Seven times7' asked Bleyer quickly.
"Yes-seven. But. II you didn't tap.
who dld?"
"Sure 1t wasn't imagination7" verin-
der suggested.
imagination! I tell you It was re-
peated again and again." Moya said
impatiently.
Spirit rapping." surmised Joyce
lightly. ut doesn't matter. anyhow.
since 1t served Its work Of comforting
MOya."
ut might have been some of the
workmen," Lady Farquhar guessed.
Must have BEEN" agreed Bleyer.
And yot-we're not working that end
of the mine now. The men had no
business there. Odd that 1t was seven
raps. That is call for help. 1t means
danger"
A bell of warning began to toll in
Moya's heart. 1t rang as yet no clear
message to her brain. but the Fremont
ton of something sinister and deadly
sent a sinking sensation through her.
Verinder sat up with renewed inter-
est. II say. you know-spirit rapping.
Weren't you telling me. Bleyer, that
, 1925-01-21
XIV
The Acid Test

Jacy lme opened his eye to
find himself In darkness utter and
complete except for a pinpoint of light
cleaning from far above. His head
was whirling and throbbing painfully.
Something warn and moist dropped
Into his eyes,, and when he put his
hand up to investigate the CAUSE he
knew 1t must be blood from q wound.
Family the sound Of voices and of
harsh laughter drifted down to him.
Presently this died away. The still
ness was almost uncanny.
Something laid me out. I reckon.
Must have been a bad whack." His
finger found a ridge above the temple
which had been plowed through the
thick curly hair. Looks as though a
glancing bullet hit me. Golden luck
It didn't finish the job"
He moved. A sharp pain shot
through his lower right leg. Trying
to rise. he slipped down at once II m
a badly sprained ankle. Every muscle
In his body ached. as II he had been
Jared by a hard fall.
Better have a look around frst."
he told himself.
Cropping In his pocket. he found a
match case and struck q light. What
he saw made him shudder. From the
ledge upon which he lay fell away a
gulf. the bottom OF which could only
be guessed. His eyes. becoming ac-
customed to the darkness, made out
That he was In some sort of shaft,
thirty feet or more below the surface.
Rotten from age. the timberings had
slipped and become damned. Upon
some OF these he vas resting. The
sprained ankle, by preventing him
from moving, had saved him from
plunging down the well.
He held out n silver dollar and
dropped II. From the time the coin
took TO strike Jack Judged he was q
hundred feet from the bottom.
The Hare OF n second match showed
him a wall ladder leading down. but
unfortunately II did moi extend above
him except In rottIng fragments. What
had happened he could guess. Sup
posing him to be dead. his enemies
had dropped the body down this de-
serted shaft. Not for n moment did
he doubt who they we're. The voices
had been Enthusiastically Cornish. and
even without that evidence he would
have guessed Peaie and his partner No
the guilty ones
Since he could not 20 up he went
down. moving warily so MS no to Jar
loose the timbers upon which he lay.
Every rung Of the ladder he tested
with great rare before he put his
weight upon Il. Each step OF the jour
ney down sen n throb Of pain from
the Kicked ankle. even though he rest.
ed his weight on his hands while he
lowered himself. From the last rung
1T was by actual count the one hun.
dred forty-third-he stepped to the
ground.
Another match showed him a drift
running from the foot of the shaft.
Along this he dragged himself slowly,
uncertain Of direction hut determined
to ind out what possibility Of escape
his prison offered. For two hundred
ynrds the tunnel led forward and
brought him up sharply at nm impnsse.
A cnve-ln blocked further advance.
Check" Jack told himself aloud
grimly.
TO he CONTINUED,
, 1925-01-21
CHAPTER XIV
Spirit Rapping

Farquhar and Captain Kilmeny left
next day for another short hunting
trip. The captain had offered to give
It up. but Moya had urged upon him
that II would not be fair to disappoint
his companion. He had gone reluc-
family. because he say that his fiancee
was worried. His own opinion wns
that his cousin Jack had disappeared
for reasons Of his own.
Golfer did not relax In his search.
But ms the days passed hope almost
died within him. Jack had plenty OF
enemies. as an aggressive fighter In n
new country always must have. His
friends fear was that some Of them
had decoyed Kiimeny TO his death.
The suspicious OF the miner conferred
upon Peale and Trefoyle. both because
Jack had so recently Ind trouble with
them and because they knew before
hand of his Intention to remove the
ore. But he could find no evidence
upon which to brse his feeling, though
he and curly, In company with n dep
uty sheriff. had put the Cornishmen
through n g%rilling examination.
II had been understood that the
young women should take n trip
through the Never Quit before they
left Goldbanks. but for one reason or
another this had been postponed until
after the captain md %Farauhar had
started on their fnnl hunting expedi.
ton. The second afternoon after their
departure was the one decided upon
, 1925-01-21
CHAPTER XIIL-Continued


She laughed. 81 lid think perhaps
you knew where he was"
We'll. 1 don't-and l don't want to-"
he snapped. "The less l see of him
the better I'll be satisfied"
Tho superintendent Of the verinder
properties had found a note addressed
70 him In n of the sacks of quartz
taken from Kilmeny. The message,
genial to the point of impudence, had
hoped he haG enjoyed his little expe-
rience as a holdup. To Bleyer. always
. serious-mlnded man. this levity had
added insult to injury. Just now the
very mention Of the highgrader's
name was a red rag to his temper. 1t
was bad enough to be bested without
being jeered at by the man who had
set q trap for him.
1t was well on toward evening be-
fore Golfer paid his promised visit to
Miss Dwight. She found him waiting
for her upon her return from q ride
with Captain Kilmeny, verinder and
Joyce.
Moya. as soon as she had dismount-
ID. walked straight to him.
what have y0s found out. Mr..
polter7"
mot much. II rained during the
Night and wiped out the tracks of
wagon wheels. Don't know now far
Jack got or where he went. but the
remains Of the wagon are lying at the
bottom Of a gulch about two miles
rom the Jack Pot"
Flow did 1t get there?"
Il wish you could tell me that.
Couldn't have been a runaway or the
mules would have gone over the edge
sf the road too" He stepped forward
quickly as Verinder was about to pass
into the hotel. II want to have a talk
with you"
The little man adjusted his monocle.
"Ye-es. What about, my mann"
about Jack Kilmeny. Where is
hef What do you know7 I'm going
to ind out IL 1 have to tear 1t from
Sour throat"
Verinder was no coward. but he was
. product of our modern super-civlliza-
tion. He glanced around hastily. The
captain had followed Joyce into the
lobby. Moya and he were alone on
The piazza with this big savage who
looked quite capable of carrying out
his threat.
Don't talk Id nonsense" the mine
owner retorted. flushing angrily.
Golfer did not answer In words. The
strong muscular fingers of his left
hand closed on the right arm of We
FINDER just below the shoulder with n
pressure excruciatingly painful. Dob
Jams found himself moving automat-
Scally toward the end of the porch.
He had to clench his teeth to keep
from crying out.
LET me alone, you brute" he
gasped-
Golfer paid no attention until his
victim was backed against the rail
10 a corner. Then he released the
millionaire he was manhandling.
you're going to tell me everything
fou know. Get that into your head.
, 1925-01-21
S0AKS RIGhT1N
and LIMBERS UP
STIFF JOINTS

Stiff. swollen. inflamed, rheumatic
joints should be treated with a rem
edy made for just that purpose and
that purpose only.
Remember the name of this discov-
cry is Joint-Ease and 1t will take out
the agony. reduce the swelling and
timber up n troubled joint after ordi-
nary c~ure-alls have miserably failed
Just rub 1t on-60c a tube at any
druggist-ask for Joint Ease.
Always remember. when Joint-Eass
gets In Joint agony gets out-quick.
, 1925-01-21

IN Jou W Will
him."
"It's a bally lie. I dent stay with
Bleyer to guard him."
That's right, you didn't. You came
back with the others. But you know
what Bleyer did. Out with It,"
II don't admit a word of what you
say said Verinder doggedly.
Golfer had trapped him into a half
admission. but he did not intend to
say any more.
Moya spoke a little timldly.
Walt a minute, please. Mr.. Golfer.
Let me talk with Mr.. verinder alone.
l think he'll tell me what you want to
know"
Jacks friend looked at her with
sharp suspicion. Was she trying to
make a dupe of HIM? Her candid
glance denied 1t.
"All right. Talk to him all you like.
but you'll do your talking here" he
agreed CURLY before he turned on his
heel and walked away a fewrsteps.
You must tell him what he wants
to know, Mr.. verinder," urged the
young woman in a low voice. Some
thing has happened to his friend. We
must help clear It up"
I'm not responsible for. what has
happened to his friend. What do you
want me to dor Peach on Bleyer, Is
that IT."
mo. Send for him and tell Mr..
Golfer the truth"
"T1l see him hanged and quartered
FIRST he replied angrily.
III you don't. I'll tell what I know.
There's a life at stake" Moya cried.
a trace Of agitation in her voice.
"FfddlesticksI he shrugged. THE
fellows full of tricks. He worked
one on us the other night. I'm hanged
II I let him play me again."
"You must. I'll tell Captain Kill
meny and Lord Fnrquhar. I'll not let
1t rest this way. The matter Is seri-
ous." -
I'm not going to be bullied into say
Ing a word. That's the long and short
Of It," he repeated Ia disgust. LET
Bleyer tell the fellow If he wants to.
I'll have nothing to do with 1t. We're
not responsible for what has hap
pened-if anything has"
''Then I'll go and get Mr.. Bleyer."
Just as you please. I'd see this
ruffian Mt Halifax first, II you ask me-"
The angry color flushed his face again
MS he thought of the insult to which
he had been subjected.
To Golfer Moya explained her pur-
pose. He nodded agreement without
words.
After two or three attempts she got
the superintendent on the telephone
Mt the Mollie Gibson mine and ar
ranged with him that he was to come
to the hotel at once. A few minutes
later he drove up In his car.
Moya put the case to him.
BIeyer turned to his employer. "You
want me to tell Golfer what l known"
81 don't care n turn OF my hand
whether you tell the fellow or not"
drawled Verinder. ignoring the pres
ence Of Golfer.
The superintendent peered at Moya
In his nenr-sighted fashion over the
glasses on his nose. Cant see that
1t matters much. Miss Dwight. I'm
not worrying a bit about Jack Kill
meny. but, II Golfer and you are. I'm
willing to tell what / know on con-
dition hat yeu keep the facts to your
selves"
"I1l keep quiet II you haven't in
jured Jack in any way" Golfer
amended.
"We haven't. He was sound as a
new dollar when / left him Tuesday
night. Want to hear the particulars? ~
That's what I'm here for" snapped
Golfer.
Bleyer told the whole story SO far
rs he knew II.
, 1925-01-21

o $40
Z Wagon Wheels"
Or. by Cd. I'll wiring your neck for
you"
The Englishman had never before
been confronted with such n situation.
He was a citizen OF a country where
wealth hedges a man from such as
saults. The color ebbed from his face.
then came back with n rush.
go to the devil. you big bully" he
hung out sharply.
Moya. taken by surprise at Golfers
abrupt desertion OF her. had watched
with amnzement the subsequent flare
Mp. Now she crossed the porch
toward them.
-what are you doing. Mr.. Coiterf"
None OF your funeral. ma'am." the
miner answered bluntly. not for a mo-
psent lifting his hard eyes from verln.
Der. Better unload what you know.
I've had a talk with oulnt saladny.
know ali he knows. that Bleyer and
you and him with two other lnds held
M Ject and took his ore away. The
ArS " thsE Sft you and Bleyer
, 1925-01-21
Finally Squashed Her

The druggist was becoming wearied.
He had been explaining and pricing
dozens of articles to the shopper. who
didn't really want to buy anything ut
all. Finally she picked up a bottle.
rs this pest exterminator reliable7'
h asked. "How is it applied?"
You take n tablespoonful every
half hour. ma'am," the druggist re-
piled, with fiendish emphasis.
No more questions were asked.
, 1925-01-21

time I had finished taking one bottle
my cough had left me and l was
feeling fine. Golden Medical Dis
covery' is the best medicine I have
ever taken for coughs. colds or to
build up a rundown system"
Thomas ]. Lamb. 822 Oregon St.
Send loo for a trial pkg. to Dr..
Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
, 1925-01-21

70 p d q
chronic hacking
cough that l
could not get
rid of. ! coughed
SO much at night
that l did not
g c my proper
rest and sleep.
/ was advised 10
take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery. which
Il HI -.l H.. A.
, 1925-01-21
NetO Kitchen Ufensils

In England a patent has been grant
ed for n process by which cardboard
pressed into the shape OF kitchen uten-
siIs. such ms kettles and snucepans, can
be made waterproof and acid resisting.
The c%nrdboard utensils are dipped In
a solution OF n part asphalt, two
parts resin, three parts shellnc In i've
parts of spirit. and allowed TO dry
slowly In the mir. .
, 1925-01-21
Many of Them Do

MY niece" said Mrs. Blunderby.
"hns had - college education. She
spenks several languages quite flip
PANTY"
, 1925-01-21
Stop That Hacking Cough

East Bakersfield. Calif.-"Some few
years ago | took a severe cold and
, 1925-01-21
&SS$ s ;s %si *ss Be-:

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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-28
Years PrOsDcrity Breaks Record

The year just drawing to its clos" VIII prObablF
show the greatest total profit for all forms OF b'si
ness of any peace time year in Americas history
according to colonel Leonard =. AyreS, Cieve'anl
Trust COMPANY vice president and ON" Of tn" r"nn-
try'S foremost economists.
'Furhrr h" adds, 1926 viii show a ron''nuat"n
Of that prosperity, least throughout its first part
Then }urn"th ing Of Il Insin""s slump will come, G'
cxaci extent tl which cannot b" fuiy lor"Sr"n nr".
This has indeed been prosperous year. ON"
has heard occasionally vail from IN" aericnihr'
districts: but the whole the farmers seem 10
have done pretty well. And the business men
the New YORK stock exchanges repeated hurrirs nl
frantic buying orgies testify sufficiently TO the gen
"raly healthy condition Of stocks. All in all, We
can look back with satisfaction
And about thiS slump that's ahead of us from
all indcaiions ih"r" is no great raus" for alarm.
For il seems to b" Am. rican habit, {! Hat"
years. t, take stamps lin il. stride" II Sprini"r
would say. Let industry slide down for Il while
and presently lin it rising higher thsn before.
business repression the end Of next year woull
wing prosperity in III" year following.
Given American brains and American natural re.
Sources industrial prosperity is the normal condi-
tion, Real "panir years" are things e the past for
lis. General g-od times are in sight long way
ahead
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-12-28

rt. 7:30-Sunshine Girl. 8-Or-
estra. 9-Studio concert. 10
rand opera. H--Program from
KDKA (3oe) e:3o-Dinner concert.
Central Time
.WHAS (3998) 4--Musical selec-
ons.
'KYW (53G) 6-Dinner music.
WOAW (526) G:2O-Popular songs.
45-Orchestra. Ode Luxe pro-
am.
WCCo 41G.D 7:so-Dinner con.
rt. 9-Clasical.
.iWC'N (37O.2) 6:30-Dinner concert.
WMAQ (447.j) 6:3O-Orchestra.
IkSD (545.D ARTIST recital by
:ne. Arnesen. violinist. Seth Abergh,
anist. 9-Double piano recital by
iith Gordon and A. Lawton Gordon.
Concert orchestra.
iWLW (4o2.3 7--Orchestra. 10
oncert.
WHO (526) 7:3O-Mrs. Robert
vans. soprano, Mrs. Stewart Wit
er pianist. Mrs. Kilinsky, violinist.
r.. Stewart Watson, baritone, Helen
birmingham, accompanist. l1-12-
Iidnight dance program. ..
WDAF (365 9--Band concert.
:45-Nighthawk Frolic.
Mountain Time
KOA (322.D 9:30-Studio program.
Pacific Time
KGO (3G1.2) G-,Concert.
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