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A Story of Swift Adventure, Tingling Romance,
And the Youthful Pulsating Thrill Of True Love

: said kept rushing to her lips.
she clamored pitifuIly TO stand
again in that office; to have
Ramon alive with the aching
chance to answer his desperate
need still hers.
How she would smile at him;
how she would take that thin,
once-laughing face in her hands,
saying SO gently: You need me,
dear Ramon? I'm here. love
YOU. OF course / do! think
of all the dear, gallant things
YOU. did for me. How can help
but carer. You say you were i'll
40 long, Ramon? And you
dreamed of me? You dreamed
that / came III a white ship and
made a perfnmed breeze blow the
fever away? I'm here, Ramon.
You haven't come back in VAIN.
I'm glad you're here. You Won't
be lonely any more. You wont
suffer AGAIN.
And then they would have
walked out together and she
would have hidden deep in her
heart all pain of hers. She would
be strong and resolute. dong
brave. generous thing.
Douglas would turn to judith.
He would see how much nobler
and how much sweeter JUDITH
was
Again and again Sandy went
through the crucifying pageant.
Why had she not made 1t a fact?
Oh, why had not some kind
spirit goaded her flamingly into
doing this?
Then Ramon would yet be
alive: Judith radiant and Douglas
far better than he could ever
be with her. So all three would
be served and only she little
hurt.
But she would have done this
valiant, magnificent thing. She
would have measured up at last,
MISUNDERSTANDING a thing to
cling to
Sandy told herself with piteous
insistence she had meant to do
this. All along she really meant
to do it. That's why she an
swered Ramon's summons. De-
liberately and knowingly she
went MS
The moment she got into the
taxi she had realized her dream
of Douglas must go
And if Ramon had only been
quieter--only waited a moment
only given her a chance.
But he had frightened her.
closing his arms as he did; clos
ing his burning lips on hers.
She hadn't been able to talk
she had hardly been able to
breathe.
And she had tried to smile at
him-tried to take his face in
her hands 1t had only made
his eyes wilder; made him tell
her not to trick him-made him
sway her backward-made him
whittier with a queer, drained look
the pistol against her chest
she had a blurred, distorted
picture Of the office i'm her
thoughts; Douglas kneeling on
the floor, STOPPING over that
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BIZ EIenOre Meherile

; blocks from the flat where Hal
lived. He went through a lot
and in the back way.
Judith heard MIN. She came
out with her hands extended, her
plain face looking beautiful to-
him. He didn't know why-didn't
know what that glorious, sweet
look in Judith's face was. Might
good to see.
But Immediately Judith's eyes
filled, her lips quiet: What is it,
Doug? Something come out?"
How Is Sandy?"
'Tel me quick, Doug! Sandy
is getting along. But she knows
she remembers everything now.
She remembers seeing something
big and black lying on the floor.
She knows Ramon is dead. She's
crushed by it-poor little kid
she thinks she could have stopped
it she might have stop
ped him. I can't soothe her
She's only quiet when you come
No one knew the effort Judith
made to say that last sentence
She saw the paper in his
pocket held him while she read
IL. JUDITH was overcome. she
turned her back. Her voice had
a queer, hollow ring: "I wonder
how thoroughly they'd search at
the time this. edition went to
press. You ought to know,
Dough" '-~.E.t 80
:'Can't tell. Police often keep
things back--and they often pre-
tend to have. more than they've
got -. scare people into
confessing. Why Jude-does 1t
look bad to your"
THAT handkerchief
you didn't have it laundered when
En- was away last year? Re-
member the bundle 1 took for
your" -. ',-s'.. - -~
Eye Gods! I forgot about that
maybe l did I"
They could hardly search all
the little laundries in the city,
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sodsv' And rub his cheeks be-
cause they were grayish and
haggard looking.
But En- suspected nothing
dear Em--kiIl her il anything
got out about it
He went back carefully over
these five days No one in the
world who'd connect him with
it *% nothing but that hand.
kerchief and its laundry mark.
But that laundry mark was
stamped in New York. En- never
let his handkerchiefs go out
Surely they couldn't trace
a laundry mark clear across the
continent!
And no one would connect
Sandy with it. On Wednesday,
Judith had gone for her suit
cases. In Judith's composed way
she had paid Sandy's bill--re,
moved every trace OF Sandy'3
belongings.
How Douglas had felt his
heart stagger seeing Jude come
down the block with the two
heavy cases. Jude wouldn't let
him drive to the door. Couldn't
tell-someone might take the
number of the automobile. The
whole three Of them were ridic-
ulously careful-imagining the
whole world turned suspicious
Of a young boy named Douglas
Keith-and a girl named Sandy.
Her Winning Way
Every day Judith came up 10
him and put her arm across his
shoulder saying In that winning
way of hers: Jaw, don't worry,
Doug. Douglas, you couldn't
help it. And most likely Sandy
couldn't have done thing to
alter it. When people want to
die-they will. It will soon blow
over. 1t surely will"
He would go and see them
now. He left his machine three
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HERE'S FOXY GRANDPA'S STORY

you to do, Bobby" came .Bunny's
voice from out of my pocket. II
just want you to look at that
stone pile after we have passed
it,
Bobby looked at me as if he
. thought the heat had affected
Bunny's mind. But after we had
passed the pile of stones, we both
turned and looked. Right there
before our very eyes that stone
pile suddenly broke up and five
of the most beautiful gaZelles
you ever saw in all your life went
scampering off in great graceful
leaps.
What do you think of THAR
shouted Bobby. 81 never would
have known that it was anything
but an old pile OF rocks"
That's the idea," murmured~
Bunny, pulling his ears down into
my pocket. that's about the only
protection they have.'
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tograph of .her-r1o scrap of a
letter she had written Ramon
He folded the paper, his jaw
sha king and the tears rushing to
his eyes.
Another week and this suspense
would make an old man of him.
For five days he had gone
about in an abnormal tension. His
eyes might have been weighted
with iron. so difficult he found IL
to raise them.
He expected momentarily to
have someone-eyen a lpasserby
on the street halt him with an
accusing: stop! You're the fell
low who went into Ramon
Worth's office last Monday
night at a Quarter Of eleven. ]
say your
He even expected his mother
to connect up his absence on
that night and the postpone
ment of his trip with Ramon's
death. She might suddenly be
come suspicious of the explana-
tion he had given. Might sud
denly begin to wonder at his
continued depression. Her guile
less solicitude put him on guard.
He became almost hysterically
laxative in her presence. He
laughed with extraordinary mer-
riment now as they sat at the
table.
He would stand before his mir
ror shaving. He would muttar
to himself: eye gods! Oh! Ye
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DOBBY, Bunny and I were in
ID Arabia, one summer, and l
must say it was awfully hot.
Bobby said he knew why they
told so many stories in that coun-
try. Because it was SO warm
that he guessed that they just
sat up all night and told each
other stories. And that when he
got home. he was going TO read
the Arabian Nights all over
again.
But the heat didn't keep us
from riding out into the desert
in hopes of seeing some of the
animals of the country. So ! got
q fine Arabian horse for myself
and little one for Bobby, and
with Bunny tucked safely In my
pocket one morning bright and
early, we started cantering
across the soft sands of the
desert.
BY the way, / must tell you
that Arabian horses are different
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. board, head thrown back-laugh-
ing. And one was Ramon sitting
beside her in the automobile, his
thin face turned to hers with
that anguished, impldfing look
making him appear eaten from
within. The third was of some
thing inert, sprawled dark and
terrifying on the .floor-Ramon
dead.
She lay with her hands cover
ing her face, murmnring starkly,
'tDead-he's dead!''
No matter how many times she
repeated this it remained incredi-
BILE. not to be accepted like a
lash cutting Unexpectedly across
her cheek. She turned from it
with singing and shocked bewil-
derment.
Only to see herself standing at
a telephone, the mouthpiece
driven against her lips-see her.
self standing there listening to
Ramon's voice: would you come
and see me a. moment? l want
to hear your voice, only your
voice. I'm going away"
And the pale. wild look of him
when he came to the door of the
office, smiling at her and holding
open his arms. She remembered
his burning lips, remembered
such beseeching in his vioce:
"Oh, say that you love me
won't you say this. Sandy? Do
you care somewhat? A little?
Won't you tell me just once?"
Glowing Of his eyes and the
gray line like an agony about
his mouth. .s
Oh, why had she not clasped
her arms fervently about him,
drawn his head down and given
him comfort?
In his moment of frightful
desolation he turned to her. She
failed him.
And now. all the warm. kind,
tender things she should have
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II wonder if this trip in the sun
is worth it," gasped Bobby, fan
ming himself with his hat. I'VE
haven't seen any animals, and
bet we won't"
/ looked at Bobby, and Bobby
looked at me, because when that
little rabbit says anything like thai
there's usually something in it.
IN bet you a bunch of carrots
we don't see anything" insisted
Bobby.
might as we'll start to go
back" I suggested after a while.
And I arose to my feet and puts
on my East Indian helmet.
We mounted our horses and
started back on slow dog trot.
There! There!" exclaimed Bobby.
That's all We'll see on, this
desert. We won't see anything
with any more life than that pile
of stones over there"
There's just one thing 1 want
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from other horses. Now you may
say that they look alike, and they
do. And you'll never guess where
the difference between them is.
An Arabian horse has one less
bone in it's spine than other
horses!
Well, anyhow, we were galloping
along, and towards noon 1t grew so
warm, that we decided to rest UNI
der the trees of a small oasis which
we saw in the distance. What a re-
lief it was to lie under the shade
of those trees and how fortunate
we were to find cool spring there
with clear sparkling water!
We were so thirsty, we drank all
the water in our canteens. Even
Bunny-who isn't bit crazy about
water-took big, long drink, and
as he wiped off his whiskers said
that II he lived in that country, he
certainly would have to change his
habits.
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Follow the Mystery Of the Blue Scarab
and the Love Affair Of the
Beautiful Heroine

on his naiddle-of the-night ~
seminal parade.
An, doctor, he said pleasant
ssIistening To the heart-beats 81
your patients floa without.
truly devoted physician,
DR.. Cressy, feeling az ridtcusoun
as IL he were the Peepillg Ton
the old mans tone lnaphed.
snapped:
IL was merely wondering Il the
young ladies were awake. AND
realizing that as 1T was past three
in the morning Ills wonder VAS
ridiculous, he retreated with what
dignity he might 5nfCufIn the
old fool, Confound his ubiquitous
insomnia z
He was SO excited by all he
events Of the night that this alb
surd incident was sufficient q
annoy him out Of some sleep, tired
as he was When, however. iis
did fall asleep 1t was nOI for tens
That fate which decreed that hsS
nights should be sleepleSs WAS
still on the. job
1T was 4 light tap, tap. tap
on the lower pane OF his window
that startled him. He liStenad
tenseIy, only half sure il his
new awakedness. The wind had
risen ana IT was blowing d gale,
Perhaps ii was the ornamental
end OF the curtain cord blowing
against the pane that made that
tap, tap, tap. IT came q second
time. distinctly,
tsTap. tap, tapH, and again, very
lightly but unmista kably, NJ
tap, tap.
He leaped out Of bed. He 70
called the invasion of the gillH
room by some one the night be
fore. He invoIuntarily put up his
hand and felt the blue scarab on
his breast Some one out There
on the narrow stone ledge sight
stories up was trying to ct Into
his room. He saw by the radiun1
face OF his watch that 1t WaM
only haIf-paGt threehe cOuldn
have been asleep more than q
quarter 81 an hour. He took frors
his bureau Mazda flashlighf.
He had not vet provided himself
with that other necessity in q
world Of viciasitudes, an auto.
matte, but the fIashlight he had
purchased at q Third Street pawn
shop. 1t was mailer than h
would have liked, but IT, was =
flashlight.
One OF his windows was closed.
the other was open the whole way
down from the top On this win-
dow he suddenly saw, between
. the white curtains blowing out
In the wind, bare arm thrust in
over the doubled window paEes
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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set. Mach depended on mere
luck and the lads disposition.
It was after o'clock in the
morning when DIR. Cresy returned
ia the Fairyiew. For four hours,
since III that, night, posing as a
thirsty man and guaranteed by
his taxi-driver, he had cunbed
bootleg resort after bootleg resort,
both those on his list and those
suggested by the driver, but IN
none Of them had he found any
Z one OF the description of the miss
ing Bert.
Kelly. who came up to the doc
tors office on the second floor
lis minutes later, had the same
bad news to report no results.
No Heal News
DR.. Cressy rang up q friend on
the aIInight shift Of news
paper office and asked:
ANY fresh news on the taxi
cab murder?'
No real news Some gOofy
guy confessed to the murder, but
the police found he'd been out
OF town at the time il was com
nitted We have them in every
sensational murder case.
KelIy's son at least had not
vet reached the police or the
newspapers would know Of II.
That; at best, was negative
good. He debated ringing up.
Kathleen and telling her the re-
suit Of the hunt But 1t would
be cruel to awaken her merely
to tell her their efforts had been
useless il by any chance, worn
out. she had fallen asleep. Had
the physician only known It. his
debate with himself was useless.
1t would have been impossible for
him to awaken Kathleen by ring
Ing her up at that moment.
He went up again to sos to
sleep. Even though the Echards
had returned, he felt they offered
slight protection to the two girls.
Passing the door OF Sol, he could
not help stopping, bending and
listening at the keyhole. If BY
anv chance he should hear the
girls awake, or il Kathleen alone
was awake, nervously moving
about waiting for news. he would
rap lightly and tell her. Better
had news than suspense. But
he could hear nothing, not even
breathing, for the reception room
of the suite interviewed between
the door and the bedroom. lie
raised his head from the keyhOle
suddenly, flushed with anger and
embarrassment, for he encOunt-
cred a steady gaze upon him. It
was the old man Of the green
brocade dressing gown and the
gold headed cane, out doubtless
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BY ElenOre Meherin,
Author of ''Chickie," Ann,
"Ann and PhiP' and
''NoAA Lee"

who is this woman? Who is
the other man? Will the blood
stained handkerchief initiated X
identify him? Were they both or
only one of them In Worth's Of
flee the night of the fatal shoot
ing?
(which was wounded? Who
carried the woman away? Where
Is she hidden?''
Further search of the deceased's
quarters was expected to yield
answer to all these questions.
Tt was now clear that Ramon
Worth shot himself or was shot
because of woman. The room
where he spent his last hours was
eloquent of his dependence. Pages
and pages had been written and
these torn to frenzied bits. The
one extract told the story.
High Tension
Douglas turned to the next
page. Here was photograph Of
Ramon's room showing the desk
and scattered bits of paper.
But no mention of Sandy's
name. No allusion to himself ex-
cept in the letter tx" No pho
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huiking shadow. The shadow
was Ramon was dead.
Left UnanOurned
So they went stealing away
and left him to be found by the
ianitor in the morning left him
unmatched and unmourned.
Sandy turned her face until IL
was hidden In the pillows cover
ing before these. black forlOrn
images unable to release her
mind from the suffering in his
face as he had last looked to
her. She could still feel Ramon
reaching down for her hand,
turning it slowly. wonderingly IN
his, asking in that humble, ap.
pealing way: do you care for
me at all, Sandy? Do you not
care a. little?''
Oh, well, 1t was past now. Ra-
mons pain was past alternating.
Terrible to have anguish like
this: to need so piercingly an
others soothing hand: even to
ask for it and be denied.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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By Stella Wynne
Whose Stories of Mystery an
Love Are Causing Wide
spread Comment

SpEU0U NOmAAAkCAA1
know a lot of bootleggin' joints
he might have gone to. He knows
q lot from the taxi drivers. !"
They sat down with sheet Of
paper, hurriedly made out a list
Of possible places. then divided t
into two parts, each taking half
the number to investigate.
DR.. Cressy said good-by simply
TO. Kathleen, taking her hand and
holding it a moment. He was EN-.
barrassed embarrass
before Kelly. embarrassed at he
hardly knew what But each
knew that mystery had taken
place. that between them things
would never be as before.
Tt was as the two men were
going out the door that Kathleen
called Kelly back. DR.. Cressy
Just caught her low words:
Fl must give you some money.
from place to place-perhaps need
It to bride information out of
people
She went to her bag, but she
had there only small change. She
took her checkbook out Of the
desk nervously. All her blank
checks Were used up. The nerv-
BUSINESS that was still very close
to the surface caused her sudden
1y to wrench off her arm the
only jewelry she happened to be
wearing, the heavy silver and
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; They could hardly expect a little
one horse joint on Fillmore Street
to go over all their marks for
a year back. Oh it's silly to get
excited" She shrugged--she
came over and put her arm chun-
mily about his shoulder. Doug,
ole darling, don't he SO sad-or
you won't be my boi1ny lad much
longer" ~
Gee, Jude-you'll start me
bawling = could
They could easily trace me now.
Forgot about that laundry
don't care about myself. We
might as well kill Sandy and
EN- as have it come out"
( Hef, PreTllOnitiOn
1T won't come out, Doug-I
have q premonition 50 and
you know / always had a. sixth
sense, didn't /? Go. in now and
you can to her $50 and
never let on there's a word about
Next year Wen have nothing
but an ache because someone
died SO sadly 49,. -r--s pay. g.
"Jude-Lord, you, understand
everythtng-even him: funny /
only see the harm he did to her
Now she won't get over it I" -" e"
'Ah yesi Douglas-with you
she can get over it. Never fear
- ....., ....-..
He went softly down the hall
S"% =
Then Judith stole. into the
pantry. She put both her hands
lover her face. pressed back the
tears. But oh, dear God-how
terT1ble-they would find him out
judith was sure they
would find him out-now.
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CHAPTER 90.
Three images came into Sandy's
mind necessarily with a cruel
regularity. as.
One was a bronzed, vital figure
dashing through waters on a surf
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NOW CONTINUE

; ametlrkst bracelet ornamented
with bangles of silver sphinx
heads, and thrust it into his hand:
Take this she ordered, they
ought to give you at least 500
at some pawnshop for 1T. It's
worth $780,
DIR. Cressy rushed forward and
snapped the bracelet back on her
Go to bed. you outrageous
girl. / speak as your physician
and must be obeyed. I'll finance
Kelly to whatever is necessary.
Kelly moved off toward the
door like dog straining at the
leash, but Kathleen held DR..
Cressy back a moment longer.
"There's something I must SAY
before you go" Her eyes wefe
shining, soft and very lovely. II
must say It because you cared
to help me-even though you
thought me-guilty." She looked
straight and unwaveringly into
his eyes as she said the next
words:
Her Claim
I'm as innocent of the murder
of Kent Glendenning as you are"
DIR. Greasy had accepted the
fact of her possible guilt, but he
had not known what a burden he
had had lifted onto his soul until
her words suddenly rolled 1t Off
Kathleen, Kathleen! Poor
child, . was all he was capable Of
saying, overcome by pity for her,
together with sense OF horror IN
his own soul that he had wronged
her so by placing this Judgment
Of blood guilt on her dear head.
But don't ask me to explain
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him like a torch. Also there was
the subtle delight Of his changed
relationship with her.
But moment later, when they
were separated and started in
separate taxis on their quest for
Bert, feeling of heaviness again
settled upon him. She was in as
great danger innocent as guilty.
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The two men Immediately took
their leave.
AS he stepped out from the
hotel into the night with Kelly,
DIR. Cressy felt for a moment a
unique and splendid e1ation of the
spirit, a lightness OF soul. 1t
was the knowledge of Kathleen's
innocence bright and alight within
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anything ABOUT the revolver--or
anything
The door flew open and Hazel
came in. back from the lecture.
GOOD evening - she said to DR..
Greasy "Oh, good-evening Kelly.
She looked at the latter a little
curiously, surprised to see him
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The moment such evidence. came
into police headquarters she
would be indicted for murder.
Could they find the taxi-starter's
son? If they found him, could
they. by threats or offers Of
money, make him give up the
revolver and keep still? Twenty
thousand was a big offer to off,
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The Most Sensational Detective Story
of the Day, Penned by q
\ Clever Writer
THE STORY THUSeFAR

Kent Glendennng engaged Kathleen found dead
M in which they have arrived Katheens hOte!
Though supectng Kathleen police have only been able to
that quarrel Dr. Crey hotel physician
investigation that Kathens two
sisters Mrs. Echard, in involved
Iendennings slayer
stimulates the search for information Dr. Cressy locates
Suke disappeared shortly after the
ing and learns that valuable sacred blue scarab Is possibly Pc
killing surprised Cressy by giving
sakeepng she violence she
keeps it.
usual after series
trying days. Kelly hotel taxi starter found
Kathleen and Dr. Cresy
picked pearhanded from the taxi floor after
had entered the hotel Bert and that
since Of reward Bert has been missing
NOW CONTINUE
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This Day IN Hist Dry

Ts Is the anniversary the first armed conflict between ~
colonies and Britain at Lexington IN 1775 monulasps
Commemorative OF the town. Y also
museum off revolutionary relics.
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First Use of Ether in Surgery

anesthec for surgical operation by
II William Thomas Norton 1896 In the same
year patent for its under the name OF
@1etheon."