THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA. I I I IIIs Ne re ee “| Magical Touch of | Dahlia Duvetyn Frock { ular army, whe has volunteered for special sesnting detafl to stop this (ALAA LLAL EERE RARER AAA AIEEE IIIT CHAPTER Xi1—Continued. wa] foe The girl hesitated, biting her lps, angered by his insistence “I cannot very well help listening; I doubt If I belteve.™ “Believe or not, 8s you d—n please,” he broke forth impatiently, “This is no time or piace in which to play. The truth is I have been white with You—square. I came here seeking refuge just exactly as I explained to you last night. I knew this was a thieves’ hole, of e¢ourse, but had no suspicion that we were going to run into their outfit at this time. But when we did, I had to act along with them. There was no other way, I had you to consider, and I had something else to consider. I led to them, mot to you—to both Sanchez and Bob Mea- ger. They are going to get the sur prise of their lives tonight. Now lis- ten. 1 came back there for you; 1 tried to trace you all the afternoon. I knew you couldn't be far away, be- cause you had not taken the horse. Finally I decided you must have climbed the cliff on foot, and I came up and ran into Meager. Neither of us was very happy sbout it, but I had some knowledge of what was on foot from Sanchez. Only Bob wasn't there for that purpose; he pretended to be, but he had something else up his sleeve. You don’t know what he was really up to, do you?” “No,” she sald quickly, not willing yet to tell her tale, “why shonld I Kelleen went om, undiscournged. “I didn’t know how long you were hiding there. But that is why I came back.” “Because you saw me? “Yes; and because 1 believed was up to some trick. I even had rea son to suspect, did I not, that you two might be there together? She faced him indignantly. “You thought I would secretly meet him? “Why not? You evidently believe every evil of me. How did I know yon had told the truth? wife, by your own statement. together? Anvrhow I went back discover the truth. here with you now.” not that. “Believing what of. me? ¥ not with him, yet that is “lI hardly know-—except on were his horse you are riding He fired at you, did he not ?™ “Yes; he went past me down the gully after you left. It was dark then, and I was not seen. I stole his horse and rode away. I doubt If he even knew it was a woman he shot at.” The listlessness suddenly left her volee, “But I am not going with yoy," she went on coldly. “If you fire 1 man you will not try to urge me. 1 trusted you last night, but not now. Will you let me go? . “Wher?” “I'l find my way: I have a horse. and the stars. By morning I'll be in sight of some point of guidance. Any- how if the choice is between the cruel desert and you, I take the desert. Am I free to go?” Kelleen lnughed, “You leave it to me, then? Well, 1 Bay you are not going. I am not the sort of cur who would let you com- mit suicide Just becanse you have taken a dislike to me. You would be lost in ten minutes: you don't know this country—it's treacherous as h-—1. Now listen: you are going to trust me whether you wish to or not. You needn't like me-—that ents no jee In this affair—but you are going to learn that when I give my word to oither man or woman, I'm going to keep it. Now, that's flat® If you want to go back to Bob Meager, all right. I'll take you to him, and we're done. But when you talk of my turning you loose in this desert, to take your chances out there alone, T am the wrong kind of man for any such job. ¥ou can hate me all you please, but we stick together until I get youn where fhere are white folks” “I believe 1 do hate you!” “All right; I don’t mind that. Win you do what I tell you to do?” He had spoken quickly, almost karshly, and the tone of command had, aroused Deborah's resentment. The two wills clashed, and neither wonld give way or seek compromise. down In her secret heart a bit of faith in this Daniel Kelleen yet lingered, but she was In no mood then to ac- knowledge it. He was threatening her; trying to frighten her; endeavor- ing to force her Into his power, and she resented It immeasurably, “No, 1 will not,” she sald sharply. “Take your hand off my bridle rein!” “2 She struck her mount suddenly, and ¥ the startled animal sprang forward, whirling sldewise from the blow, ea- reening agninst the flank of Kelleen's horse as it swept swiftly past. The next Instant the wild race was on through the black night. She rode recklessly, desperately, lashing her mount with the flapping end of her reins, yet, leap by leap, Kelleon drew closer, riding as he often bad hefore in heading off a wild stampede of eaftln resxing “ier horse more ane more to the right into a half-circle as he drew near, Inch by iach they drew closer together, the girl's skirt flapping against his leg; them his iron grip clesed on the bit of her horse, and the the afr Deborah was breathless, frightened, angry; but the man was conqueror and in no mood for com promises, “You fool! do you know where you were going?™ he exclaimed sternly. “straight to the edge of that hole; a dooen strides more and you would have been over. By G—d! I got you in time, but that is the last trick you'll play on me.” “You—you that—you 7™ The man laughed grimly, the nervy. ous reaction thus finding unconscious expreasion. “Dare? I'il say dare. What else could I call you? You didn't even know what direction you were going. dare speak to me lke and headed straight for a five hundred foot drop. Now, listen; from now on I am master, and I'll begin right here” his own belt. The significance of the action robbed the girl of all deflance; she suddenly felt weak, helpless, Meager or a charge of having killed him.” “Go on,” he sald soberly, stopped breathless. “Let's bave out; there Is no better time.” “lI never knew until morning: until I fimally recogniend you. Then you told me that story—told it so I almost belleved it true, almost trusted you. Really I had to believe, or pretend to belteve, for I was there alone with you, helpless to protect myself, un able to escape. ort. Then you talked with that Mex. lean cutthroat, where I could hear all you sald. He accepted you as one of the gang, and even obeyed your orders, He believed Bob Meager had pent you out here. You were certainly lying to someone, and naturally I supposed it must be me. why you should lie to na. When you rode away together | was sure you would soon be back alone, and I de termined you shonld never find me I made my cholce-—it was the this leon?” “Yes, I understand” on, let's have it all" “Then up above, In that little gully, I ran onto you again; it makes no Mfference how I happened to be thers, It was hours later; I had some time in which to think, and began to won- der if my quietly. "Go through that pateh of sagebrush and found you in private conference with Bob Meager. You were surely not playing a part then, for you had ne knowledge you were being overheard After that how could I still faith In you or trust myself with you?" gare leaving her face and turning In the strange re- He stared at this a mo- ment sllence Then swung down from the saddle, dropped the horse's head, and to scene in 8a moody over “1 am going to tell you” he sald enlmly, “if you consent to lHesten., Will you trust me enough to dismount?” There something man, his quiet confidence, even voice, his entire which Deborah found Hesitating an m was } his 1} impossible Instant, you say?™ “Exactly that. Youn came to me at first voluntarily; you asked my help I brongbt you here, and I am going to take yom ont safely. over her own and draw her to the common level of the desert sand. Without a word of urging explanation, Kefleen Jed her forward or please. I am not asking anything but obedience, J tried being a man with try being a brute and see what hap- He straightened up In his saddle, evidently startled hy something In the distance. She could barely distinguish his figure In the gloom, yet knew that his unoccupied hand was pointing to the right, “Do you see that?™ he asked, his volee tense and eager. “Down below there—that dull red light? It's Case heer’s outfit coming In7T" CHAPTER XIt Alone on the Desert She stared down at the red glimmer uncomprehending, her mind still agl- tated by Kelleen's sudden forcofulness, He had seemingly forgotten her very presence, so deeply Interested was ho fn what was transpiring below, leaning eagebly forward, with eyes never de serting the group now showing vaguely within the reddish glare of the fire, which Hllumined that little section of the gulch at thelr feet, Its falnt re flection even enabled her to mark the stern outlines of his face against the faraway radiance. Her hostility to the man somehow seemed slipping away. She nld not understand what It was ich held her there quiet, silent, watching him. At last a sudden uncontrollable Impulse caused Deborah to stretch out her hand and grasp his sleeve, “Who are you? she asked directly. “You must tell me.” The man turned his faeo toward her quickly, impatiently, thelr leveled eyes meeting In the dim light, “I have already told you” he replied, with no marked surprise in his tone. “I trusted you that far; but you chose to disbelieve.” “But can you blame me If I day she exclaimed almost passionately, disturbed once more Ly his apparent indifference. “It was merely your word pitted against all these others against everything that has occurred before and since. You sre not Do you remember the things I have heard sald about you-—ahout the 'Fris. co Kid'—before 1 ever saw you? Sto ries of erime, of reckless murder, of everything despicable. If I had known who you were back at the 1 should never have ridden a mile with you, not even to escape from Bob i i § swept bare by the Directly be neath lay the narrow valley, dimly It was lke Kel leen dropped down beside her, peering V ' of the distant flame barely {lluminating his face. She could not help but mark its strong outline *You really do rot understand what Is being done down there?" she asked at last, as he held silent. uy not™ He glanced aside at her, the trace of a smile on his lips “There is something ging oR here quite beyond me. I had supposed this was a plain case of smuggling war do it isn't. Casebeer's outfit must have come In through thet lower pass extending his hand, “and the only feas- ible way to the border Hes up the op- posite ravine, directly behind the cabin. All they would require here is water for the stock and a guide. That woes to be Sanchez’ Job. He was to assure them that the way ahead was open, unguarded, and lead them over the safe trail. They need all the rest of the night to make It In" “But—but they are unloading the mules.” “That 1s exactly what they are do Ing—all of them; and taking the stuff back into the cabin. They are not going on at all; they are going back unloaded, Ndw, what does it mean? Why Md Sanchez He to me about it? and Bob Meager?™ Deborah sat up straight. “Why shouldn't they lle to you?” she asked quickly, "if you are really what yon pretend to be to me?” “Because they have no suspicion they can have nome. Not a thing has occurred to arouse such doubt. The game has been played too carefully, It's not that, Meager has not the faintest suspicion ns yet that I am not one of his kind. The Yellow, together with Garrity, 1s pulling off something here out of the ordinary, which they want to keep me out of--that's al.” He stopped suddenly; then turned, and placed his hand firmly on her own where it rested on the rock smrface, his volce changing. border work, The character” of the Frisco Kid” has been made to order, to permit of my thus gaining the con. fidence of these outlaws: The whis per reached me ga week ago that mu- nitions were being run through here — that Bob Meager's sutfit was doing it: that tis was the lesk we had been unable to stop. I came up to Nogales: hung around there in the lowest quarters of the town, pleking up stray bits of rumor. Finally I heard about Garrity, learned he was going out to the Menger ranch, His henchman spilt a little, leaving me to believe there was going to be a run | made across the line this week——this Caseheer outfit. That's why I enme out; that's how Garrity picked me up | at Bllver Springs, and I rode on with him to Meager's” She was deeply Interested now, ime pressed by his earnestness, Nogales, There {8 a narrow phases through the his on the trail below, which this outfit must use ust before There 18 no from | they cross Into Mexico, | other way south leading | got there from the and are waiting.” “And If the outfit they ure watching for do not show up tonight, or early | tomorrow, what will the soldiers d *Hard to tell. This } knocked my plans | my guess at the game has gone wrong. {As Rt is I have the of things—either remain and what these birds a really up to, | or else ride south, bring those troop ers back, round up entire outfit on general principles. I'd { most of all to where Mea | wer =" | “Perhaps I can help you. | story to tell you yet" { Deborah | Picting her experiences cealed tunnel, north, ye ) It here hans 3 fw pletely MEReLy | in out Com cholee two here re and this like discover I have a in the con her escape up the nar | row passage leadMmg to the | level, how she came to be hidden In the gully, and what had occurred there after Kelleen had ridden away The | captain listened eagerly to her recital | of adventure, interrupting the narra- tive with nuwerous questions This fresh knowledge brought a new ele ment into the complicating the | whole matte Fr. *You this a nsked “Dug out desert affair, tunnel? he mean? shy finally. Was Yon cryey ie B18 ns r me 10 tell very much, 1 thought at the time it might be watercourse, but work had certainly been done on it, I found a pick and shovel on a f loosened rock. Quite a plle of bro { ken stone lay at the farther end, | though It might have been blasted | from the wall. 1 had to ellmb over it." Kelicen drew a long breath, his hand { suiting his knee In sudden conviction “By G “y lieve It must be the ‘Lost Mine.’ Mea. found it, and is trying {oo poor f an anelent heap nw ad!” he sald slowly tren ger may have to keep it to himself” “The Lost Mine?" “Yes: it is an Spa nd, 1 badieved for a hundred Men by scores have lost thelr for It from one end of the other. The story t was fabulously rich, dis a Spanish explorer, who try, an old but fmplicitls yours lives hunting this desert to nish leg believe, | goes that | { covered by He mules, eo City. came there twice with | laden but refused all definite | Information, and the men he took back with him as help TR Were never per mitted to go beyond the edge of the desert. He would then go In alone, She Was Deeply Interested Now, and bring out the ore, a muleload at a time. No one ever tracked him: the only one who made any serious ate tempt to do so, was found dead. Then one day the discoverer falled to re tarn to camp. He never did come back, and no trace of him was ever found. His name was Alvars, and ever since men have been hunting after "Alvarn's Lost Mine'"™ “And it was actually here? (TO RE CONTINUED.) Bix Miles a Minute, An earthquake wave has bees known to travel across the Pacific ocean In 12 hours 16 minutes—that Is at the rate of six miles a gninute. ¥ Ribbon for Gowns | Combination of Gay Strands | May Be Used to Obtain | Winsome Effects. 5 Every woman skonld have a silk | negliges adapted to her personclity They are simple and to make A pinin one-pleee pattern Is used to cut It out. After that everything de pends on the application of trimming at the right places. A wide, flowered satin ribbon nny be demped over the left shoulder, coming 10 a low walst- ine on the right side and tying In a huge IT the material of silk the ribbon should have the corn! color us a back ground, but eould niso show tones of hlue, green nnd gold A berths made of the wide, soft satin ribbon would be equally as ef. fective, especially If at opening with a few ribbon Howers, A paned reach from the last ending pany! HRY how, the decorated colorful of wide, soft the foot lying on a henuvy free from the and, being on the side back the center back ribbon may floor and This shoulder the gold 1a io the floor ‘n hangs sxel may be the arm becomingiy There are moderately silk negligees and kimonos shops that could be treated with rib von and turned into a t of beauty mstead of being merely a practical sHrment, The priced in the $s hing combination of a number of | Is such a variety of beautiful ribbons, | exquisitely shaded or shirred or scal- binations is afforded. In com™ining a | number of ribbons, it is not DECOR TY be so selected as to afford harmony Is an Imported Number ora aa ss EE oo Quite smart in hue and this dahlia duvetyn frock, one of the popular fall importations | that bids for favor. in plain white may be made more at- tractive matched to the color scheme iby a painted border I fringe, { which ean be purchased by the yard and glued on, also adds a deal of style to simple frosted-glass shades, {| Any onlor ean thus be bro to | emphasize the color scheme of the eu d great great ght out root trast of colors and of texture be made ss follows: First, an almond green ribbon. three inches wide Is osed It should be the kind of a ribbon that has a guth- ering thread along one edge and is scalloped along the other. The gath- ering thread Is pulled just enough to fit the neckline of the dress and to allow the sealloped edge to ile flat The next ribbon nsed should be a green plise. a shade lighter than al mond and six Inches wide. One edge is attached to ribbon just ander the scnlloped edge. The ribt falls over the shoulder bot finre. On the contrary shoulders closely, the allowing room for the shoulders, A green ombre ribbon three Inches wide Is next attached { It should have a scalloped edge or a | gold edge. Instead of using shades of one olor, two or three, or even four, pastel shades might be combined Or two colors, such as gold and blue would be effective, The ribbon berths on a dress re quires another ribbon touch either at girdle or bottom of skirt the first it hugs curve of the Adaptations of Home The shade or globe that covers an electric or even a gas light when re pinced by 8 newer design can be used as a flower holder. Merely In- vert the shade and place a tumbler in the middle actually to hold the flow. erg or ferns The bowl tracive shape. If the shade Is made of frosted ginss It can be decorated with | watercolor paint, Little flowers grouped In dots, each dot composed of one color such as pink and blue and | mauve, give a dainty decoration In | such a receptacle, | Frostedglass electric hans light shades Lovely Russian Tunic Makes Welcome Return The Russian tunic, more radiant, re splendent In shimmer and color. snd as sophisticated as th COSINO- politan of world beauties, Is with us going to at altho ¢ most { ngnin, ere tempt only add wear It ance that It it at de tiilating scintillating appeal, igh and divinely dash and deserves. To value you should in a metallic its 14 ow slim, resist ely lly the fo we might n the equ tail, on with fo 4 1 its full sheen and the iy ra- an an ablaze with color, the 2 diant tints When not scariets ids, with sprinklings of equal one of the metallic broacades t In selected. the choice Invariably vel. y embrol senson, is nt 2 hand of There is the short { falls vit : Napped dered It { knee denth that upon a brocaded or printed the printed Chim.-ring, or a richl fabric elaborately comnts of the depths for nerous Like the 4 to great it runs the ge i fur adds its swirling finish more of the fur gieves and occansionslly a collar | across the back at the neck. And you | girdle It or not as the fancy and the | wearer's figure may demand Show it { with a black velours or velveteen skirt | and you have the costume of the hour. banding hog ! i i The Jungle Frock. Although the animal-applique gowns of a famous desiguer made a sensation, a st greater one has been i caused by the new jungle frocks. The jungle frock has not only appliqued animals, in silk, velvet and leather; it { has also an appliqued landscape for thelr background. ava £11 ail Linings Match Costume. One of the smari2st things you can do this season is to line your cape or coat with the same material as the frock over which will wear it This Is particularily effective if the gown is of figured silk you | Decorate Your Rooms With Laurel Branches | Everyone realizes the great decora- | tive value of cut flowers, and how | much thelr presence adds to the charm | of a room. Unfortunately, observes a | writer In the Portland Oregonian, at certain times of the year, cut flowers are expensive and do not last long. Laure! Garnishings One 1s therefore often obliged to do without them, no matter how welcome they would ba. But there Is another resource that ean take the place of cut flowers to some extent--branches of Inurel or bunches of laure! twigs Laurel Is cheap and a good quan. iiiy can be purchased for a very little money. Placed in jars or vase: of water it will last a long time. If the | proper shade to give support to the { laurel, The green of the laure! leaves [1s of a virtually neutral hue and will | look well with any surroundings or | silhouetted against any background. | Placed on a table before a mirror. or | against a gray, yellow, blue or buff wall, for example, the laurel will Tully Justify its presence, Beading Is Combined With Ribbon on Frocks On the tide of the demand for ribbon trimming has come a lke demand for beading, since a charming embroidery effect can be attained by its use on dainty frocks without the actual bothes of doing the embroidery. This is espe cially popular for children's dresses, Rows of beading may encircle the skirt and yoke. Through this beading nar. row ribbons are run, tying In miniature bows at odd places. Several pastel shades are used effectively on light frocks, while black velvet ribbon is np propriate for any kind of dress A A ————A————.. Earrings Large The struggle for masters between hoop earrings and pendants stil goes merrily on. One style Is ax fashion. able as the other. The prime neces. sity Is that, whatever the style, colors OF material, the earrings must be as large as the face can bear - a AAA. White Slik Bag A white silk has bag many rows of
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