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lost out in the cattle business and took the family back home. l stayed. That s-fourteen-six- teen years ago.
 'Durin' these sixteen years, I've lived the life of a wander, ridin, drinkin', fightin' cowboy. stuck here on this range longest of all. don't say I was bad, but wasn't much good. I was always gettir' in trouble for other people.
 That's how I come to shoot Pick ins. It was a good riddance. But the sheriff then-Cass Seward-was a friend of Pickins's. I didn't want to kill Seward, so I left Wagontongue.
 T stayed away six years. Then had to come back. l got there the day I met you. Found out Seward was gone. Found out a lot of other things. I wanted to know about my old girls. I had always been crazy over pretty girls. Ran after anyone. Liked some-and, reck- oned I loved-or imagined I loved others. Sol Winter told me a lot of bad news about the girls-and about his son Nick So lost my happy mood. I wanted to go out and get drunk. Sol asked me to keep store for him. And I sat there sinkin' into one of the old black spells that had kept me from maxim some one out of myself. Pretty soon l would go and get awful drunk. I had hunch that it'd be kind of climax in my life. But I didn't care. Then you, Thiry Preston, walked in that store. And I didn't want to go out and get drunk. Somethin' hap pened. I don't know yet what it was. But it was wonderful. Sure you remember how funny was don't you"
 "Oh, I though you funny then, but now I see you weren't" she said.
 No, I'm sure not so funny now, !" he went on, with dark passion
 "Somethin' happened to me. It's been such tearin', changin' some thin. that l don't know myself. I'm findin out little by little. Seein' you this second time has helped lot. I'll make clean breast of aIl-soon as I know But right now know-if you don't turn your back on me-I1l never drink again Or hunt for a fight Or waste my time and money"
 "Mr.-Rockl" she exclaimed ris- ing, low-voiced and trembling Are you telling me you-you love me?"
 NO, I'm not tellin' you that, ]" he returned doggedly. But I'm sure afraid somethin's terrible wrong. It's this here wrong, Miss Thiry-that is you make me, i by your coldness to me and your pleadin' for that no-good brother, leave Sunset Pass, I'll go plumb to hell. know that. It'd be too much"
 "Coldness2 think I've been anything but cold" she murmured, sinking back on the bench.
 You've frozen me so I'm stiff. I can't talk. But it'll be good for me I've been spoiled. I've grown conceited. I need just this lesson you're teachin' me. But, Miss Thiry, please-please don't make me go away"
 Could I make you do anything? How sillyl-But if you're manly enough to save me misery, you'll go."
 That's hittin hard" he returned shrinking. Then he jerked up his dropping head. Suppose get it into my mind that by stayin' I can save you more misery?"
 MT. Rockp she cried, shocked.
 His sudden query had been a
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SYNOPSIS = Thiry Preston's fear makes Trueman Rock the more anxious to stay with her at Sunset Pass. There is something strange about the ranch. Thiry'S father, Gage Preston, may be a cattle rustler, and her brother, Ash, is believed to be a mur- derer. But Rock intends to take care of her.
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Chapter 19 TEMPTATION

TEMPTATION
 Rock hastened to thrust the in- sidious thought from him.
 Afraid of mel he calculated hurriedly. Why. T1hiry Miss Thiry, that's absurdl Right this minute I'm the best friend you have in the world"
 Then prove it." she said, bend ing closer.
 'How?"
 "Go away tomorrow
 And never see you again?" he queried, blankly.
 Tt would be best" she returned, and looked away. But I didn't say you'd never see me again. Perhaps I've might meet in town. I'm going in over the Fourth Mrs. Dabb is to give me a dance. I could see you there
 At that Rock laughed rather wildly "At Amy Wund's house? Not much.
 Then at the dance It won't be at her house. I-IIl go with you if you ask me"
 Don't bribe me to run off from Sunset Pass" he said, ponderingly But thank you for sayin' you'd go with me. I'd like to. But I'm not invited, and don't expect to be "I1l get you an invitation, MT Rock"
 Don't tempt me. I'd almost give my head to take you to a dance I'd almost quit my job here anc then come back to it again"
 But that would be a lie" she returned, severely.
 well, might lie. too. donf mean to you, but for you"
 Please, MT. Rock, go away to- morrow before more trouble comes I'll never be able to thank you enough. It's the only chance you have to be my friend"
 You're a queer, wonderful girl, he replied, puzzled and sad.
 'T will come to town oftener- then" she almost whispered.
 "Yo'd meet me in town and hope to deceive Ash?" queried Rock, bluntly.
 "Yes. I-Iu try" she faltered. But he'd find it out. You can't fool that hombre Then he would have a real case against me. He'd hunt me down, force me to meet him"
 "Ohl" she cried, poignantly.
 "If I give in to you and leave Sunset Pass, I'd never willingly SC, you again." he went on. with more bitterness.
 MT Rock, that wouldn't be such a-a loss to you as you imagine now" she answered.
 q don't know. All I know is that I hate to refuse you anything Reckon I can't. if it's for your sake. But if I do it, I'll go plumb to hell"
 She questioned him with mute lips and beseeching glance.
 Listen. There's two sides to this deal, and here's mine" he began, leaning close so that he could see her better in the pale shadow I was born in Illinois. My mother and ia ther are Twin They're quite old now. was home five years ago. Well, I went tc school till we moved out West Then I went to ridin'. My father
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For the first time in my life I've
been able to do things, give things
to others" There was a break IN
her voice. Her eyes we're shining.
But what are you doing to Bar
ry?" Mona went on. Everything
that can hinder him in his work.
Those two boys have made sue
cess of that old worked-out mine.
But that success has been Steve's,
not Barry's! Everything can be
traced to Steve! He found (she was
going to say the empress, but
checked herself the larger dia-
monds they sold to buy machinery.
steve controls the men more
easily than Barry could. He has
had more experience, I suppose, and
understands them"
Il never met Steve" Mr.. Town
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done is legal enough. but legality
and right don't necessarily go hand
IN handl"
They rode for a moment in silence
Mona's breast was heaving. Her
face was flushed and her breath
came in quick, short gasps.
Suddenly she opened her purse
and began repairing the damage
of the tears that had come into
her eyes.
When a woman gets out a pow
der puff" observed Mr.. Townsend
coolly, 4 realize she has had her
say. So I'll have mine.
Don't you suppose I know the
Empress came out of that MINI
Don't you suppose I know precisely
what you'll do with it the moment
you have the chance?"
"What?" asked Mona.
Sell it. No woman wants to wear
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send commented idly. He sat very
still.
Whatever way you look at it.
this is Steve's enterprise. Barry
doesn't count because of you. He
came north to get money to finance
the new dredging machinery"
New" remarked Mr.. Townsend
disinterestedly. Those mines have
been worked for years without ma
chinery. South American mining
is shallow. Nothing ike the South
African mines"
You light Twilands with cleo
tricity, don't you?" ask Mona holly.
You don't use candles simply be-
cause people did E. few hundred
years ago.
Let Barry have his inheritance
or the money you are keeping from
him. Oh, know what you've
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without looking at him.
i would try
Maybe I'll ask you later"
Drive through the park" he or
dered as they neared Fifty-ninth
street. For some moments they
drove in silence. Fall was more
evident here than in the streets.
Children on roller skates at cross
walks with their nurses. The trees
were beginning to look bare The
shrubbery was bronzed with red
berries.
Summer wanderers, summer alb
sentees were returning. The new
season had begun.
Vaguely Mona understood that
something new had come about, too,
in her relations with this man who
was so strangely her husband. She
did not-could not-hate him now.
Yet through him Barrys life seemed
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AK..QK
q DAY !
BY BRUCE CATION

TINE oldtimer of the regular
4 army never got a better por-
trait than is given in This Side Of
Hell" by Lowell Thomas.
This is the story, "ghosted" by
Mr.. Thomas, of Dan Edwards, who
went overseas with the First divi-
sion, went into action with the first
American contingent to face the
Germans, won congressional
medal of honor and countless other
decorations for bravery and finally
came home minus an eye and an
arm and plus a shattered leg and
tnnumerable scars
Edwards had served a hitch in
the regulars before the war. He
also had been a cowboy, a tramp
football player, a seaman on Whal-
er, soldier Of fortune in Mexico
and various other things.
He seems to have been the typi-
cal regular-typical of all armies,
from the time of Caesar on down.
The old-time regular was, and is,
peculiar citizen boisterous, rough
given to hard drinking and riotouS
living, caSe-hardened and willy. ir-
reverent and profane, winning pro-
motion on his merits and then
getting busted" for breaking all the
rules of God and man-and, with it
ALL truly magnificent fighting
man.
You'll find all of this in Dan Ed
wards story. The things he did
under fire are almost incredibly
stirring; but the best part of the
book is his picture of the hard-bit-
ten, supremacy capable regular sol
der, the man who has been the
backbone of every army since the
Romans conquered Gaul.
This Side of Hell" is published
by Doubleday, Doran 81 Co., fol-
$3.50
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CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

MONA looked across the table at
1Fl her companion and reflected.
Anything was better than that they
should talk OF themselves.
With the feeling that they were
approaching dangerous ground, she
carefully had led the conversation
away from their affairs.
Surprisingly enough, she was find
ing the experience Of lunching with
her husband not disagreeable. He
was entertaining, she admitted.
Handsome even.
II did not seem possible, or If pos
sible at least not at all likely, that
this man should have stopped to
punish his nephew by th~arting
him in a marriage.
Yet he had intimated at Twilands
that when their marriage had been
arranged young Barrys inclinations
were not unknown to him.
III explain If I may" Mr.. Town
send said as though he read her
thoughts. After 1 returned from
White Sulphur Barry told me he
was in love with girl he had met
recently.
Il vetoed it Immediately, because
7 wanted him to marry Miss Dover.
Her father and I have looked for
ward to such marriage for years.
] suppose the day for such arrange
ments by parents is over, but we
hadn't realized that. Barry re-
fused even to listen.
AS a matter of fact, though ]
did not realize it at the time, Gene
vieve-a fine girl, too-positively de-
clined to marry Barry She is in
love, it seems, with a young man in
my Office, a penniless nobody"
Like me-" Mona offered.
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MONA MORAN. receptionist in a wall
street law Office. receives an amazing
proposal OF marriage Her employer tells
her wealthy client wishes 70 marry
her immediately. with the understand
Ing that for a wear she shall occupy her
own apartment. have unlimited charge
accounts. do as she pleases
At the end OF that time. she Is 20 de-
eide whether % become the mans wife
in actually or secure q divorce
Mona is in love with BARRY TOWN
SEND. rich and socially prominent. who
y The business partner OF her old friend,
STEVE SACCAREILI
Barry and Steve operate a diamond
mine in South America. steve born 10
poverty recently has sold a huge dia-
mond called The Empress OF Peru"
When Mona asks the name Of the
man who wishes 10 marry her. she IS
told ~ is Barry Townsend. Not until
the ceremony is about 10 be performed
does she discover the bridegroom Is
young Barrvs uncle. Of the same name.
steve and Young Barry have returned
IN South America Mona, believing her
sweetheart lost 70 her. marries the
uncle LOTTiE CARR a fashion model,
Is Mona only conhdante
Six months pass and Mona lunches
with her husband IT Us tho FIRST time
abe has gone anywhere with him.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
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ruined. Her own life was ruined,
too.
ASK me now. Tell me what I can
do to make you happier"
Mona aroused herself from the
reverie to hear these words. In
stantly she made up her mind
The car shot across the bride
path and she could see a figure on
horseback, reminding her somehow
of that picture she had imagined
Of little Barry astride his pony at
Twilands. Even then his uncle's ami
mostly toward Barry had begun.
CHE laid an impulsive hand on
- the mans arm. You can do
this" she exclaimed. Nothing fo1
me because I have everything. Every
luxury and comfort could wish or
even dream of wishing for.
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that lump of ice. Even though she
Knows it cost a million. Well. sell
t and give the money TO Barry if
.ou like But 1t viii not come from
mel You seq"
Mona looked at him in amaze
ment. sell it? When?'
The man waved smoothly
gloved hand and laid it over the
other which was grasping his walk
.ng stick
ANY time. Now-today-tomor-
row. Or, better still, when I am
gone"
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Hurry Home. lin
THEY always have me defeated
i in August" SAYS that great.

THEY always have me defeated
i in August" says that great,
straightforward Hoosier statesman,
double crossing" Jim Watson, as
he is given reports that the out
look for November is gloomy.
They've always got jim beat in
November also-that is, until Lake
county comes to the rescue after
four days delay, with 10000 or
$1,000 ballots that the boys forgot
to count while waiting to learn hCw
the senator had Jared downstate.
But Lake county isn't the same
old Lake county-not with Demo-
cratic prosecutor and a Democratic
sheriff. Jim can't depend on that
faithful stronghold any more, and
gone are the days when busloads of
loyal Chicago Republicans were
shipped over the line into Indiana
to do their bit for the Grand Old
Party.
Which brings us to the fact that
never has there been such great
enthusiasm among Hoosier Demo-
Gratis as this year.
In fact, it is quite inspiring to
listen to about $50 county and dis
trict chairmen and chairwomen and
precinct workers sound off their
views regarding the glorious out
look for the fall.
n
If the six regional meetings held
by the Democratic state commit
tee and candidates Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday are a criterion,
then the election is in the bag and
the band can start to play "Califor-
MIA, Here I Come, Right Back Home
Again" for H. Hoover. And the
desks in the old law office of one
J. E. Watson, attorney at-law,
should be busted off.
Not that Jim would go into the
practice of regular law-he can
pick right up that OLD lobbying post
he held in Washington while a
plain citizen, and which he forgot
to terminate when he became SEN
ator.
Such yeoman service as he gave
can not be forgotten by the gen
erous corporations, else it would be
base ingratitude.
Never in his history has "promis-
ing jim been forced to face so able
an opponent as Fred Van Mugs and
if the senior senator wishes to con-
tinue his residence in Washington
he would better come on home and
build his fences.
Van Mugs sincerity made a great
impression on the party workers al
the regional meetings and when he
finished his short talks they were
standing and cheering.
So it's time for Jim to come home
but maybe he is waiting until some
of the boys he double crossed fol
everything from postmaster to Gov
ernor forget their hurts-as has &C.
CURED in the past.
1t isn't so easy to forget-not as
in the former years.
Double crossing the first loo
doesn't count in Hoosier Republican
politics, but when you get on the
secCld hundred that's when they
begin ~ remember and wait for g
chance to get even.
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(To Be Continued

New York City consumes more
milk-one pint daily per head of
population-than other city in the
world. Following it are Hamburg,
London and Paris.
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BY Martin

Suddenly Tarzan flung the door wide open
and leaped quickly into the center Of the room.
his iron bar raised and ready. But only
tomb-like silence reigned within that magnin-
cent settingl quick ganse about showed
him the bodies OF six men that had not been
visible from the threshold.
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DOC Travels 1OOO miles
BACK To LOCAL BOY

Limping and exhausted, after thousand
miles of travel, Poodle, pet dog belonging
to Freckles McGoosey, returned home last
night. The dogs feet were worn sore by the
journey and she barely reached her destination,
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from dummy, forcing Easts king.
Declarer refused to win, prefer
ring to hold up to try to exhaust
East Of hearts. East returned the
five of hearts, which was won in
dummy with the queen, West play
ing the duece, thereby marking him
with at least five hearts.
The Jack of clubs was returned
from dummy, East split his hon.
ors, playing the queen, declarer won
the trick with the ace.
He did not take the diamond
f1nesse, but returned the five of
clubs, playing the ten from dummy,
East winning the trick with the
king.
East returned his partners heart
suit, which South won with the ace.
dlscarding a diamond from dummy.
Declarer then cashed his two good
clubs, West discarded two diamonds
East followed with a club and sig
nailed in diamonds by playing the
nine.
Deciarer now played the ace and
KING of spades, East dropped the
nine and ten.
Declarer's play was next small
spade, West threw a diamond.
A spade was played from dummy
and East was forced to win with
the queen and then led a diamond
INTO dummy's ace-queen, and de-
clarer won the last trick with his
good spade.
refusing to take what may prove
TO be losing finesse affords a safe
way to play the hand. The end
play gave the declarer four odd at
no trump. w
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back. 1 want that note inclosed."
Yes, Sair.'
Marveling at the innocence of the
gentleman-an innocence already
perceived and exploited when the
bill was presented-Henri did as he
was bid.
Henri's acquaintance with young
ladies had not included those who
required an apology for sending
around ermine wraps and Patou
gowns.
Well. wen, perhaps the innocent
young gentleman knew best,
ITO Be Continued)
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get him. Or let the cops get him
for stretch at Sing Sing.
You haven't anything on me
buddies," Steve insisted.
Yeah? Tell that to the Judge
and see what it gets you'll" They
spoke glibly Of accessory before and
after the fact, Of receiving stolen
goods (this consisted OF carrying
the swag, unapprised. to the fences)
OF 'raps' taken by innocent mem
oers Of their organization.
Oh yes, they had plenty on him
So Steve perceived.
yellow the gang called him.
Green" replied Steve. But pri-
vately he told himself, Getting
less greenw
TT happened that Steve back in
4 the days before his association
with the gang often had as pas
senger in his cab a young man
about town whose wavering foot
steps could not always make the
distance to his club at l o'clock in
the morning.
Cruising about the supper club
zone in that dull period just after
the theater crowds had been cared
for Steve formed the habit of pick
ing up this passenger and dropping
him safely at his club entrance.
This service was the beginning of
a friendship. The night after the
next jewel robbery had blazoned
itself in morning and evening pa
pers, Steve, driving idly past the
club, had seen his old friend in an
honest and upright condition wag-
Cling finger into the traffic for a
taxi.
Steve drew to the curb and the
young man got into the cab.
He was going to South America
that evening, the passenger said.
To make conversation, Steve an
nounced he would like to go, too.
Come on" The invitation was
spontaneous and heartfelt. Here's
the idea. Wind up any business you
may have on hand and call for me
at II. You can ship as my man.
The old boy got cold feet yester-
day"
The trivial matter of passport
could be arranged unblushingly.
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Baggage, my eyel Money? Here in
the old jeans aplenty.
1t thus hastily was agreed. Steve
wound up his business" by chang
ing the license plate and ditching
the taxi out Canarsie way, then ly-
inC low in downtown movie house
until sailing time.
In an open-all-evening shop SELL
ing mems wear, he bought a hat
designed to change his identity COM
pletely-a trick foisted on the world
by none other than Colonel Lind
bergh, and worth adopting.
TN e. hired taxi he called for his
Il benefactor at II o'clock. They
boarded the Miranda in the North
river, the white stars and blinking
moon. the only interested witnesses.
New York slipped away at midnight
from the ships placid stern.
And that was that.
Now, after three years, Steve was
back, man of affairs. A partner
in fact, in a prosperous business in
Brazil. He wanted to show the
folks and he wanted to show Mona.
AS he drove north, Steve reflected
that he wanted to take Mona to the
swanky supper club he had found
last evening.
She was a knockout but may
be she didn't have the things to
wear. Not that he would mind-but
she would. He had been away from
civilization for three years, but
he knew women.
1t was no cinch these days for
a girl to support herself, let alone
her family. That good-for-nothing
brother of Mona's-
Steve himself had bushels of
money. Why not send her a gown
just to wear that evening?
1t did not occur to him that
Mona's code might fail to include
the acceptance of gowns sent to her
by men friends, however we'll in
tended such a gift might be.
Steve closed his eyes and thought
as he had often thought-of
Mona in a costume really befit-
ting her beauty. That graceful fig
ure, that hair, that creamy skin, the
gray-green eyes, the usefulness of