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Proud Mother—Well, not quite all of it yet, but he's got as far as “Baa, baa!” . Another Call to Arms. A lad of twelve, riding his wheel ing, “Good-by, Ma. Good-by Pa, good by mule with your old hehaw.” An old darky, sitting half asleep on the board seat of a little old wagon, and drawn by a gray mule, roused hime self and exclaimed, “What, you goin’ agin?” : All Settled, “Do you think your father will for. give us for eloping?”’ “I'm sure he will,” answered the bride. “How can you be 80 sure?’ “Well, you see, dear, 1 felt a little nervous about it, so I asked him bee fore we started.”-—Boston Transcript, Bible characters are ~asy to under. stand. They were about as human as we are. : " A —————————— is WBA. . It's awful to hear a toment tell ame sther toracat to jo to the devil. THE CENTRE Vance “The Lone Wolf." Ete. Dlustrated by Irwin Myers 1il, THE TRAP-—Continued. wn] Toon Priscilla began to get her bearings, finding herself In that sordid room where she had witnessed the meeting of Leonora and Inez, beside the in- sentient body of the drug flend, on the night of the storm. She reviewed face after face known to her through the associations of her dreams; English Eddie, heavy, florid and flashy; Char- lie the Coke, ghastly of face, shifty- eyed, with his frail, racked body and spasmodic gestures; Inez with elbows planted on the table, a sullen face clamped between two fists; at her side, the Nut, to whose presence nothing of his uptown elegance adhered but the handiwork of his excellent tailor, la- boring under the burden part, seif-assumed, his bottle of Red Carneban, mantle master bered lesser limbs of rye sang. as onfriendly, had at Nora with eyes. Precisely so Leonora of her ind. Only the setting slightly different, the company mated, its presiding spirit gone beyond The pause lasted longer than patience of Inez. ly ond waved an extravagant arm. mimicking the manner of bally-hoo be- fore a circus side show. and gempmum!” she “Ladeez pro have the honor to present to you t'- ecaptivity—Miss Priscilla Maine latest and plain Nora O'More of this club. Take a good Indeez and gemp- mum, at this peerless freak, the only livin’ Two of a Kind. of admission pays for both-—one dime, the tenth part money back If look, y'aint saut'sfled |» IV. RESURRECTION. Somebody chuckled heoarsely., Chairs were shi Asides were exchanged in audible mormurs. A conten voice declared loudly: “It's Nor, The Nut bent mouth to mumble into the ear of Inez fred. piuons i 1 all right, all right!” his a remonstrance. She heard him with irritate him and turned scornfully seemed to exceedingly away. English nor the dubious sion with Priscilla. The latter, drawing upon an unex pected forward to the edge of the table, “My pame is Priscilla Maine” uttered with difficulty. “I—f—u" “My Gawd!” Inez commented matically—“she admits it" “Please I moderately which she was Arink—water.” and squirted glass. “A siphon water “Ladeez and wempmum!” She Pro. claimed In a Flat, Professional Bawl, she suggested In a tone not unkind. Priscilla shook her head, “You'd bet- ter,” the woman insisted; “you need it.” She tilted a bottle over the glass, coloring the water with the liquor, Despairing of getting what she want. ed, too thirsty to permit of long hes! tation, Priscilla put the glass to her lips and drank, P “Everybody mit tight,” Inez warned; “the big bunk aeét Is about to com mence.” Priscilla lowered the glass, nodded her thanks to the English woman, and with something remotely resembling defiance again confronted her captors. “I am Priscilla Maine,” she stated for the second time, “What do you want with me?" The Nut tipped: his chair back and eyed her quizzically. “An even break,” he replied. “And no more supplemented, Priscila looked blank, derstand n “Ah~-cut out the stallin'!” Inez flared. “I'm gettin’ sick of your irs and everythin'!™ “1 don't understand” peated . patiently, ruption. “I'm not shenanigan,” Inez “1 don't un- Priscilla re- ignoring the intér. the woman you be- lieve me to be” She addressed her self directly to Harry: “1 told you that this afternoon. If you had made the inquiries I asked you to, you conild have satisfied yourself I was telling truth, Agr it you have done this thing—kidnaped me your- self open to the law" “We'll take Inez put in mind me: ngely. “But is, 1s laid the “But with sardonic, int'rust our chances law." don’t you on were stra " Go on. go if } I am Leonora—as- -what do you want even that ah “An even fterntedd- " break,” Harry “fair play and no more stalling. “Please explain what mean-— me go" chance” you lot “Fat “I am in. Inez commented unfit to stand on my feet you will fet me go, * to keep this ont rage to myself he police need név. er know “You maybe” Harry re to an iafied l ome un derstanding and vou'sve ant a and not try “Won't you please “Ah! You know explain ?™ “fe ee perfectly well With a sharp explosion of hor “De anywhere quie if only make temper #tlend od You want us to get with keen + you'll yon her stub. like this, born.” “That's vised right” English Addie Nora a ad “Give ter of it, subsided Into a fit of sulks “I'm sure It's simple enough” Harry loftily, with something of one humoring a “I'm what we want, Nora I'H-try to put it in sure you understand but if your insist words of one syl and we feel we've got a right to be struck it rich like you have. We want for ourselves. You've worked It, you how you you've got it. but you did- can go where you the Ritz mob. And that makes it sim- ple for you to open things up for us. You know what we can do, each one of us; you can easy slip us a tip now then and leave the rest to us, All T ask for myself, for instance, ‘is introductions. I'll take care rest.” “1 think you must be mad! Pris head was swimming sgain, “Was it to tell me this that yop ¥ On 9° “Precisely,” Harry assented with an For an instant she was dumb per- force. Then the vertigo beginning to pass, and with It the fear of fainting again: she found fresh confidence and “If 1 refuse" “You'll get twenty-four hours Nut replied, to “if ” “And if 1 agree?” “We'll put our heads together and “But, I'm too 11 tonight , . » A gleam dawned In the ugly little “That sounds like you mean to come Priscilla inclined her head: *I will “Sensible young woman!” “But I'm unable to discuss details tonight.” “You ean ‘go back and lle down tili you feel stronger.” “No. [I can't stay here. You must let me go home." Inez laughed aloud. ; “Hardly, my dear” Harry sald. “You won't get another chance to give me the slip until the cases are all framed, and I'm satisfied you won't dare try it again” “You'll have to take my word some- time—now or later” “Sorry--no can do” English Addie interposed: “But we all know Leonora never went back on her word” “Never,” Priscilla affirmed: and bad w A wit enough to refrain from throwing a look of gratitude to this new-found ally. ‘ “Ah, for Gawd’s sake!” tested In disgust. “You make me weary, If you think you can trust that double-faced cat any further'n you can see her *I don't ask you to trust me” Pris. cllla explained—*only to give me time to rest in quiet and comfort-—-not here ~bhefore we go info our plans. And you need not trust me. I'm willing that one of you shall come with me and see that 1 play fair] You car’ trust Addie . . ” “That's perfectly fair,” the English- woman insisted, “I'll go with Nora, and you know me well enough to know she won't lift 'er ‘and without me seein’ it” “All right,” the Nut conceded, “Take Addie home with and give me Your word you'll be ready to see me at eleven tomorrow" Inez flounced to her feet in a rage “You pack of poor boobs!" she shrilled. “Can't you see she's only framin’' to slip you the double and you all helpin' her!" “Only one thing more.” Priscilla in sisted, ns if she had not heard. “I must have my things back-—my sult, my ‘Mouse, my jewelry ™ “Hello her sharply. “Thought different. What's clothes Inez pro- you Cross you looked become of from back." The Nut blackly. “Give them back—" “Yes, I will-—not., 1 enlargement of me bein’ stole them me, Make her turned to Inez, such a simp.” “You'll do as 1 say.” Harry insisted darkly, “I'm “You are--ike h runnin’ this show" jr 2 new volee at the back of the “oom. “Like h—1 is right! There startled heads Was a concerted turning of The door had opened noigelessly. It framed the figure of a man wearing a greasy red sweater hiked up st either hands to remain in pockets of a pair of wis rudely # % of cloth pulled sha gray forward owed his eves: i but face stamped the with an evil, mirthless grin, was un mistakable After 8 moment's relish of the dra- sensation effected by his unher n, Red Carnehan closed the door with a his she resurrectio heel, and put uiders “Tell tnd 0 Ea rie ¥ 313 It'll take fil Emarter guy'n you 1" or ever will be, Harry.” he in a asserted blurred volte of arrogance, “to this bunch as longs I'm on top of the map.” V. THE HAUNTED Stupefiod silence MAN é held 11 shattered Thes Cry , hak. his hands, and bellowing phrases of congratulation, del screaming ight, and gether with He suffered greeting his hands each by name, fo one after an- Then, without warning he began te strike down the fawning hands and thrust his way through the group to ward the table, “Lay off me!” he snarled. “Lay off ~~gimme air! I'll bean the next guy what puts his bands onto me! Lay off i “But Red!” Addie protested—"we thought yon was dead!” Carnehan seized the brandy bottle and chattered Its neck against a glass into Which he spilled the raw spirit lavish. 1¥. The drink at his lips, his gaze. roving above the brim, discovered and was transfixed by the pale, set face of Priscilla. He started violently, As if an Invisible but mighty hand had struck him a crashing blow, he stag. gered back, lgst his footing, brought up heavily against the table. Bottle and glass, escaping his palsied grasp, crashed to the floor. In a fluttering breath the blood drained from his face, and left it livid, leaden and bine. Hix widened eyes were fixed in hor ror, “What's ‘at? Broken words brushed his stiff lips. © “What's ‘at?” He lifted a shaking arm and singled out, Priscilla, His volce became an scream: “Name of Gawd! somebody tell me—avhat's ‘at there?” The Nut dropped a soothing hand upon his shoulder. “Why, Red—it's Nora!" “Nora? the gunman chattered. “1 know it's Nora! But what's it doin’ here?” 3 “Bat, Red ["