liJ'L. U.V .n ri i m 1 ' n ,1-uC 4ili,Al .ii u r.:ii:? ?Mii:K 7XJ, W i V.J i . '. Ft k ry.i"-" . mm WX&Wm ImV-1! BFpel HSVP f I Ml J IK it I r ttr 15 & fit'. Ml w rV 1 AV k-B S'"a ''V'7 ",? VAVJiV.li Ti. of x"t ZTV-WmfMVW itf' "W ' J llW4 it Of i &&pm - 'J rr&wfr l??y'jv - . .. ' WTPNrTTNTtt PTTTlTitf! TiPinOKtti. V.H?' r . iXtj,' i-v (HriV rf.l " AWNEP" As Unu.eil Reac of P-yk Who.. V.ry litnf It ' Ple4gel te D t Bldldinc of Others ' By FRANK L. PACKARD Auther of "The MirmtU Mmn," "Frem New On,' etc. Cepvrttht, Itti. ty PubUe Ledger Company !"& ' !-. TT - TT air!, AW ea ? t0 7 " a"ca flLVrf. ,' "Mt KiAWnrJ (fMl'l!.MWfe. crisply, nm rcntly," she answered Hy '.TtiPWTtI Xtty well, thru." sMtl Crnnif. "you better en out nnci get into tne eiu "Aeu can be with Hawkins and ,)! . nl" Claim looked In a bcwll- war at raui venua out, you IF "t knew I did," Cranj? Interrupted tsauelr. "but we're all here a little tZ2 -!"" . , ,. it ... ..... ifftnj ami mere h ieis nt umc iaiw- aermana tue otner-enr. no imnnm-n Paul Venlta wltlf a jerk of his head. "He's for,from as well a he was last lht. At least jeu'll admit that I'm a geed doctor, and when I tell you he Is net fit H,re this morning -flint ought te be enough for both of you. I'll phone and tell them net te fend the llmeu- Still Claire hesitated. Paul U-nlza had closed hli eyes. Trang shrugged his mieuiucr. Vn n fin n roll like, hut I den t . Imagine" a snarl crept Inte lilt te cc "flint It will gh-c him anv joy te vlt hesa the ccreineuy, or you te hae him. Bait yourselves; hut 1 won't answer ter the censenueneet." "I'll go." Mid Claire simply and as Pnul Venlan lifted himself up suddenly, In pretest. sh forced him gently back upon the couch again. "It's better hnt waT," she said, and for a moment talked te i.lm In low, earnest tenw. then kissed him, and rose, and wniked out from the room. . f!rnc. with a grunt rt approval, tarted toward the telephone. w.tri" Paul Venlsa had himself en his elbow. Crang turned and faced the ether rrlth darkened face. , It l net tee law even " " - rmnmentt" Paul Vcnlza'a face was fctu""" " "S She tired J Wai ht )wek; with .the sudden revulsion that swept uperi Blu new? Waa that it? Ha trtM te carry her up and found tharit'waa beyetid his strength. And he could. only cling there and wait for aaawance from abere, thankful ereV for .the auppert the water gare his weight. It was'strangel What were these red stain that unread .out and tinged the water around him? Ills arm! Yes, he remembered; newt Ills shoulder and nrnvj It waa the less of bleed that must have sapped his strength, that must be sapping it new se that "Jehn I" Clnlre whispered. "Yeu Jehn I'' t He burled his face, in the great wet masses of hair that fell around her. Weak? Ne, he was net weak I fie could held her here always always. Ha felt her clutch spasmodically nt mXBmX9?.a . . . J" ' 1 "A ' Iffs fc.. 1 B : 31 ii" vTtaWt.Sfft. swsfi &t& .m mmii xamxi; mammwsm wwm - - ; -.-,. '. "Mllte:, . X! M Hi rVJ , H.' hU in, ' RawklHi' ' JTk?" aha faltered. t . ' -'U" He lifted his aetrl.WdVattwad at the water. Little wares' rippM. Seresa its surface, gnmbellng laceawtieiitlallj at play. There wasa't aayttlar else there. There never -would be,. He Biade no answer. r , "Haw hew did It happen?" she whispered again. " L, i tninaa a gear jamtnea, or some thing," he said huskily T I until it rested Upen hers te catch He heard he: voice waa Very low. St t. 1 I- speaa again, een He He held Iter head abete the water. She was motionless, inert --i "-. t' rnnl iiu'5'' -- .,,....,. , f,,r drawn with agony. i ""' v"; what you are, and in the name of Ged IMiarae you net te de this thing. It Is foul "aiS I loathsome, the basest pas-llen-and whatever crimes lay at your SSr. even it murder be among them, 0 one of them Is comparable with this, ler you de mere than take a human life. !a desecrate a soul pure, us the da TOES iuSlntfeg's face, and -Held your cackling tenguet Thte? my wedding merning-understantu He laughe.1 out raucously. Wa ding mernlng-and In,.nffu a little Pnl Venlza raised hlmfeit '""" higher! White his face wss-white as d?.tiJu. ,i lmve mercy en your dCiredfer a moment, then. turned en his neci mm ' CHAPTER XXIV The Ride , Jehn Bruce turned the corner, and, trpaufrr'aVe.0 Sw he stwd motionless, waiting with Sew patS. his eye- Axed en h Present moment within the house, or pawnshop was drawn up before the d?He had no definite plan new. Ne plan wis needed. He was simply wait- 'ta Si"! net left the doorway. -..LS,eS.-Str he leaned a little for- SSST'Jft.rHeiV eVened. Ne; it was ni Hawkins ! He relaxed again. Ten Hawkins! Jehn Brece'a face .grew a little sterner, his '" ere tlshtly compressed. Only w Hn-inly an old man who swayed tt7?uuyide the deer, and whose face 'sjras covered with his hands. He watched Hawkins. The old cob Man moved blindly along the sidewalk for the few steps that took him te the corner, and turnlns the corner, out of alaht of the house, sat down en the Idt-e of the curb, and with his sheu - ?e 5Li ,1 "..!.. hnrled his faCO 111 WnbdanjehnCee understood; and his fingers. In his pocket, snuggled curiously around the revolver that was hidden there. He wanted te go te that old bent gure there In Its misery and despair, who was 'fighting new se obviously te S a grip upon himself. But he did let move. He could net tell Hawkins hat he meant te de. S ,Were they minutes or were tucj Sours that passed? Again the front eeir of Paul Veniza's house opened, land again Jehn Bruce leaned tensely inward. But this time he did net re mx. Claire! His eyes drank in the Slim, 'little, dark -garbed figure, greedy Hhat no smallest gesture, no movement, aae single line of face or form should 'Jseape him. It was perhaps the last lime that he would see her. He would "et see her in his prison cell he would fet let her go there. 5 A queer sound issued from his threat. stranse and broken little cry. She jvas gene new. She had crossed the fldewalk mid entered the traveling "giawn shop. The curtains were down, and she was hidden from sight. And -for a moment thcre seemed a blur nnd -fclst before Jehn Bruce'u cyw then ijHawkins, still around the corner, still jrith crouched shoulders, still with his ice hidden in his hands, took form Snd grew distinct again. And then after a UttleOwhllc, Hawkins rose glewly, and came back along the street, 'iigmd climbed into the driver's seat of tihe traveling pawn shop, and sat fum iSling at the wheel with his hands. The deer of Paul Venlzn'u house 4kened for the third time nnd new .Vohn Bruce laughed in a low, grim ray, and. his hand, hugging the revolver his necket. tightened and crew vise- Ike in Its srlp upon the weapon. It ras Crang at last ! tAnd then Jehn Bmce's hand came t from his necket empty. - Net in front of Claire ! He swept his band across his fore tad. It was as though a sudden shock lad aroused him te Berne stark reality wnicn ne Jiau Deen strangely ediivi- us. Net in front of Ulatrn! Claim ras In the car there. He felt himself kcwlldereil for a moment. Hawkins ltd said nothing about driving Claire, AA. Crang's voice reached him from across ke street: "All rlVif TTaulclnel C.n nliMlil!" Where was Paul Venlza? Crang bad t Inte the car. and the car was roev- ig forward, wasn't raui veniza go- tee; ell. it did net matter, did it? Crang aa there. And it was n long way te taten Inland, and before then a chance euld come, must come ; he waum muKe le somehow, nnu Jehn Bruce run swiftly out Inte the reet, and, bh the car turned the cer- er, swung hlmseit iigntiy nnd siienuy beside Hawkins, crang would net low. The curtained panel nc me deck if the driver's seat hid the interior ai be. car from view. tiaWCins llirncu ills IICIIU. ninrru miu feu Bruce's face for an instant, half a startled, uait in a cuneusiy ier- (led way, mnac as meugu ie kiicbk .then, wiiueui a worn, guvu ui ui- e the wneci again. ir rattled en down the block. ltrtm''BV silent as Hawkins, ahead. Otl-ihei ferry! -Yes. that lJtwaalHglway te KTCIalrej.wpuld e ,tay up en deck te get the nlr. And even if Crang accompanied her, it would net pree very difficult te scparute them. He looked around suddenly and in t creel) ted a furthc. nuzzled Klnucc cast raised nt ,1'm D? Hawkins. time. ou d better cet off. Jehn Bruce." he said in a choked voice. "You've done nil yau could, and Ged bios y.m ever nnd ever again for It, but jeu can't de anything mere new, and It won't de you nuy geed te come any further." "Ne," said Jehn Bruce, "I m going all the wav. Huwklnx Hawkins relapsed into silence. Tliev were near the Battery when he spoke again. "All the way," Hawkins repented then, as though it were but n moment gene since Jehn Bruce had spoken. "All the way. les, that s it after twenty J ears. That's when I pawned her twenty years aje. And I couldn't never redeem her the wny Paul Veniza said. And she ain't never known, and thank Ged she ain't never going te knew, that I that I " A tear trickled down the old face, nnd splashed upon the wrinkled skin of the hand upon the wheel. And then old Hawkins smiled suddenly, and nodded toward the clock en the cowl -beard nnd the speed of the car increased. "I looked 'ui the ferry time," said Hawkins. They swung out in front of the ferry house and the car stepped. A ferry. just berthing, wns beginning te dis gorge its stream of meters and pedes trians. "We're first in line." said Hawkins, nodding bis head. "We'll bae te wait a minute or two." Jehn Bruce nodded back indifferently. His eyes were fixed en the ferry that he teuld just see through the ferryheuse. Certainly, Claire would net Htny down in the confined space of the ferry's run way all the trip; or if she did, Crang wouldn't. His face set. Quite uncon sciously his hand had gene te his pocket, and be found his fingers new snuggling again around the weapon that lay there. And then he looked at Hawkins and stared again at the ether, startled. Strange, he had net noticed it before! The ttmlle en Hawkins' face did net hide it. The man seemed te have aged a ! thousand years; the old face wns pinched and worn, and deep in the faded, watery blue eyen were hurt and agony. And a great sympathy for the man surged upon Jehn Bruce. He could net tell Hawkins, but He reached out, and laid his hand en the ether's arm. "Don't teke it tee hard, Hawkins," he said acritly. "I perhaps perhaps well, thcre'tt alas n last chnme , that something may happen." , "JleV Bald HawkinH, and bent down ever his gears us he get the signal tr move forward. " ue I ioek hki mat' I I theueht it all out last I don't feel that way. I'll tell I was tliinklmr about. I was lust think ing that I did something today when I left my room that I haven't done be fore in twenty years. I've left the light burning." Jehn Bruce stared a little helplessly. "Yes," naid Hawkins. He smiled at Jehn Bruce. "Don't you worry about but her nt his head the wnrilff. . ' "Dear, dear, Hawkins dear 'Daddy Hawkins." She said! A great mist seemed te gather before Jehn Bruce' eves. A voice seemed te come again, Hawkins' voice ; and words, me. Mabba you don't understand, but Hint's nil I've been thinking about since we've been waiting here. I've left the light burning." Sick nt heart, Jehn Bruce turned his head away. He made no response. Hawkins paid the fare, ran the ear through the feiryheuse, nnd aboard the ferry Itself. He was fumbling with n catch of some kind behind his eeat, as he proceeded slowly up the runway. "He'll want n little nlr in there,", snid Hawkins, "because it's close down here. It opens baik, ju knew the whole panel. I had it made that way when the car was turned Inte a travel ing pawnshop didn't knew what tough kind of customer Paul might run into some time, nnd I'd want te get in beside him quick te help, and I " The old cabman Etrnightcucd up. The car wns nt the extreme forward end of the ferry and suddenly it leaped for ward. "Jump, Jehn Bruce! Jump elenr!" old Hawkins cried. "There's only two of us going all the way and that's. Crang and xne! Claire and Pnul'U be along in another car tell them it was an accident, nnd " Jehn Bruce wns en his feet tee late. There wns a crnsh, and the collapsible steel gates went down before the nluiicinir car. and the cuard chain bc- jend was hwept from its sockets. He reeled and lest his balance ns some thing, a piece of wreckage from the gates or chain pests, struck him. He lelt the het bleed bpurt from shoulder and arm. And then, as the car shot out in midair, diving madly for the water below, and he was thrown from his feet, he found himself clinging te the footboard, fighting wildly te reach the deer handle. Claire was in there! Claire was in there ! There waa u terrific splash. A mighty rush of water closed ever him. Horrer, fear, madness possessed his soul. Claire was in there! Claire was in there and somehow Hawkins had net known ! Yes, he had the deer handle new 1 He wrenched and tore nt the, deer. The pressure of the water seemed te pit it self against his strength.. He worked like a maniac. It opened'. He had it new! It opened. lie could senrccly see in the murky water only the indis tinct outlines of two forms undulating grotesquely, the hands of one gripped around the threat of the ether only that, nnd floating within his reach a woman's dress. He snatched at the dress. Ills lungs were bunting. Clnlre! It was Claire! She wns in his arras then blackness then mmllf-ht ngnin and then, faintly, he heard a cheer. He held her head above the water. She was motionless. Inert. "Claire! Claire'" he cried. Fear, cold, horror, seized upon him. He swam in mnd hastu for the Iren ladder lungs at the side of the slip. Faces, a multitude of them, seemed te necr nt him from above, from the brink XL nn.i'ef this nbjss in which he was strug ,nLs"'nS I sling. He henrd a cheer again. Why i..l? ...).'? , were they cheering? Were they cheer ing because two men were locked in a death grip down there in the water below? "Claire!" he cried out again. And then, ns his hand grasped the lower rung, she opened her eyes slow ly, and a tremor ran through her frame. Statistics Say Four te One Against Ybu Unless you take proper precautions, the odds are four te one that you will contract Pyorrhea before or after you pass the age of forty. Something te think about, isn't it? There are two things you can de: play the long shot and pay the probable penalty, or set about in a sensible manner te insure your teeth. Pyorrhea has cost many an individual his teeth and health. It starts with tender, bleeding gums. That is the danger signal you should be quick te heed. Ignore it and Pyorrhea does its deadly work in a hurry. The gums recede, the teeth loosen and drop out or must be pulled. Pus pockets form at the roots of the teeth and disease germs swarm throughout the system. 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