VI ,.y- . l'j eC :. VKV il 1 knm ?.m btm uw nil s sr mm ralH tr E-OTOTNG PTJBDIO EEPmABBiiPklA', - FffiDftY, ' IEOEMB 1& 1921 It W DAUGHTER OF THE SUN -vijl'l" he called. J "All right," bis voice flented back ?tur'haiJ reached the bottom of, the P. V. ntnlrway ! h led snitung drck W faith Informed blm that he was en Silk fleer lint w full of Inequalities PiSfhat Pitched Mccply ahead of hlra. ffita hre h nlmeDt etit. dteleratlni :- mere sttiudje curling up irem Mtlnerembcrs. The air was Mil. mien C Aeavy ; breathing was difficult. He iiffil un and made out the dim wjuare ? WblePi Hetty knelt. He could go n ' &.? (,,'iher without danger, since If ri.rtr erew worse he could still turn I'.'.tYm back up tbc steps. The fleer !-med te pitch still mere steeply. SSrSl of n precipice or, d pit and a i.n he went uewn en ins nanus niyi (SSii Sed crept en. Thus he held his nor torch before him and thus he made : first discovery. The smoke was drift- ?n steadily Inte his face. And that r"1 . . ..i.renl of nip. . attain n ...... v..w . . Still crawling, he pressed forward "rly. snlffiug the air. But he re ffKJ Anne of his caution; the fleer i.M.rncnth still pitched steeply, ami. -iVscemed te him, grew steeper. Then rlewed, and when he blew en them, fcroke again Inte flame. He looked up: he could net see the square of light hove new. Evidently he was pissing ffie seme sort of wide tunnel or lengthy rlarab-r. Dimly he could descry walls either side of him. Ahead was only Hack emptiness; underfoot the uneven fleer seeming te grew smoother nnd te ,Iant still mere abruptly downward. "I'd better gp easy. " he told himself trlmlr. "If a wan started sliding here I wonder where he d land I" 'Decidedly tha air was better. He filled his lungs nnd stepped where he aa. moving his torch above his head, lowering it, peering about him en all jj.. At last he umdc out that a dozen tens' farther en there was a level space JJJut which the walls were squared se ,j te glve the efiect at a smau room, ne drew nearer step by step and again wan forced te kneel and then feel his way forward with his hands, for the fleer under him grew' steadily steeper se that it was difficult te keep from" sliding j..n th In-line. When he saw his 1 way sufficiently clearly he did slide the hit three or ieur ievi. nuu , acaln his torch Lured and the nir frtfhened in his nostrils, he saw thnt which put an eager excitement in his Weed. The small room hud every up wsrancc of an ancient storeroom. He w objeets piled en the fleer, objects et'stranse designs, cups and pileners d vessels of varleua shapes. Ije cinght one up nnd It wns( heavy. He danked two together nnd the mellow, Wl-llke sound had the golden note. "Solid geld," he muttered. And as ainethins upon one of the vessels it ... B .irmklrie eeblet et ornate design ' raueht the lluht nnd shone back at him like Imprisoned fire, "Eucrusted with He put the things down nnd looked further. There was a big chest. As his feet struck it It burst asunder and tumbled its contents te the fleer. Frem tliq disordered heap there shone forth from countless places the colorful glow of jewiK He passed te another chest, ii f mailer er.e plnecd as in a position of lioner upon a square tablet of rock. He held Ills torch cJerc mid loeKi-u in ; ne thiubt in his hand and withdrew it tilled with prarlK. Even he. no connoisseur like Barlew, would have stoked his life en their genuineness. They weic of nmn.v M.es, but mere largi- ones among them than small: their 10ft, rich loveli ness dimmed even thof-e of Zoraida's itenrin;. "A man could carry n million dollars tut of here in his hands!" He went en. But whst he held iu his hand he thrust Inte his pocket 89' Iiq went. Tbe remembrnnce of Zernida's rattlesnakes came te him abruptly. Thus h moved with renewed caution and thus he was saved from a misadventure. Fe even 30, he almost stepped te 11 fall. Between two heaps of tumbled articles ttas a wuere hole, sheer and blank, several feet across. He steeped ever It. The air come up with a rush. At first he could bee only a little way. Then he made out that the shaft went straight y .drrwn only n few feet and then slanted away in n great chute iike tne noer down which he hnd already come, only se much steeper thnt he 'knew had he fallen then would hove been ue return peesible for him. Te what eventual landing place would he hnve plunged? ,or a moment or se his eyes straifjeii In vain into the gloom. Slowly faint and then growing detail rewarded him. jt was but n 'smnll section offered him wcause of the angling of the tunnel. But before a watch cpuld have ticked lea times he knew into what place he would bave fallen, into what regions lis glanee had penetrnted. Tbp light was dfm down yonder, but he knew that be was looking down Inte tbe gardens of the golden king of Tcxcuce. "Anether way into the hidden place, nd one that Zeraldn herself knows hetbing of," he thought. "If a man took this drop and then the slide, he'd nd with the breath jolted out of hlra. mt there is shrubbery te foil en nnd It wouldn't kill him. But in there he'd stay I There would be no climbing back up the slippery chute." He withdrew and looked about him anln. Expecting pitfalls, he took no ingle step without making sure first. Hs crossed the chamber and upon tbe further side he come te a second pit ed a second tunnel. This like tbe first was steep nnd smooth ; this aJse Me him a glint of light at the further na. The light was dim; he made out that the dUtant mouth of the tunnel was obscured by a tangle of brush nd scrub trees. "Anether underground garden?" he Wondered. "Or tbe outside world?" He filled his luugs with tbe air flow flew Ipg upward. He fancied that it hed a uesher, sweeter smell, that there was the wholcsemencss of sunlight In it. It would be a Jeke," was his quick thought, "if there were a way out for nere wnne kies watches tue canyon ibeve!" It. tl'RH trian hnt lmA nnmA n Mm ' -- ...... M4VM tlV VUblU kuwg iu tittwi "iai treni for nheve, Betty's scream. Ie whirled and ran. Again he heard her screams, echoing wildly. As he Mumbled en there come te him the muffled sound of a rifle shot. CHAPTER XXI Bew Oue Returns Unwillingly Whither He Would Willingly Enter by Anether Doer Again nnd again as he ran Kendrlc iheuted te Betty that he was coming, then at last, after an agony of fear nd silence, he heard her cell in. answer. He stumblcdf hut ran en. When he come te where he could see the square light marking the hele which led te ne level where she was, he caught his Prat glimpse of Betty. She was stand ln8 by the opening, tense te the linger Ups that were tight about the rifle. Ue sped up the steps and. te her side. ' A Tale of Adventure BY QUIEN SABE (Who Knows?) Copyright. Jft. te Charjf Sertbner't Sens And be was treated te the sight of Ktiis Bies, lying white i faced en the fleer, a hand at his shoulder nnd that hand dyed red. Beslde him, where It had fallen, was bis revolver. "Jr-I shot him!" Betty gasped. "And serves him right," cried Ken drlc heartily. He took the gun from her hands and strode ever te Itles while, at last. Betty's face was hidden by her shaking hands. "Se you're en the job. are you?" Itles looked .sick nnd miserable. But slowly, as he lifted his black eyes te the man standing ever him, the old evil fires played In, them. He stirred a little and lay back. ' "My shoulder Is broken." he groaned. "You're In luck te be alive," Kendrlc told him sternly. "What de you want here?" "I'll bleed te death!" Julck fright scut a shiver through him. "Fer the love of Godf-step the bleed for inc." Kendrlc could scarcely, de less than leek nt tbe wound. Presently he straightened up with a grunt of disgust. "It's only a flesh (wound," he said coolly. "The bone isn't even touched nnd it's a clean hole. ou U Inst for a let of devllment yet." ' Rles sat. up. He felt of his hurt with tender fingers and. slowly the fear went out of"his leek and his old craft and bate enme back. "1'ou've found tbc treasure here," he said. "Yeu will have te talk with me before Jyeu touch It, scner. "Yeu talk big, llles." snapped Ken drlc angrily. "It strikes me thnt you are just new In no position te dictate, leu should thank your stars if. pres ently, we let you go nbeut your busi ness. Whether or net we hnve found treasure docs net cenpern you." Se intent was he upon Ries, se oc cupied with considering what was te be done with him, that he did net note who it was who bad come te stand in the narrow cleft between them and the entrance from the canyon bide. But Hetty, her hands dropping from hur horrified face saw. "Oh," cried Betty. "We ere lest!" Then he saw that following Ries had come Zeraldn and thnt "she steed nnd looked nt them, her eyes filled with mockery and triumph. "Who is it that spenkes of what shall be done with that which rightfully is Zoraida's?" she demanded, her voice ringing out boldly. "And you two, who thought te escape me, I have you in a trap!" Kendrlc swung his rifle nbeut e that the muzzle was toward her. His eyes hardened. "If we hnve te sheet our way out of this, wirr going free," he told her shortly. Zoraida's only answer came quickly, unexpectedly,' before he could step for ward. Her hand wept te her besom; out came her silver whistle; a blast shrilled forth from it, loud nnd pene trating. "Twenty of my men, all armed, henr that," she said defiantly. "Tliey arc just below. Iilstcn and you will hear them coming." The sound, first of! men's voices semewhere outside, then of rattling stones under running feet, told' thnt Zernldn spoke truly. Kcndric henrd and for nn Instant was struck motion less with Indecision. The entrance wns narrow and he could muke a fight for It there was Betty te think of. behind him but in the path of glqncing bullets there was Ries, wounded but treacherous ithcre was Zeraldn there was the treasure below and he hnd no mind te sce it snatched from under his cyc Then the one chance presented itself te him, clear and imperative. "Ries," he commanded, "down you go through thnt bole or I swear te Ged I'll blew your brains out! Quick! And Zernlda, you with him." He spraug upon her and dragged her with him; shoving her toward the opening In the fleer. He took time then te whirl nnd fire one shot along tbe nar row wey which Zoraida's mn must come, confident thnt they would pause, if only for an instant, "Down, Ries. Down. Zoraida!" A sort of fury looked out of his eyes und even Betty drew back from him fearfully. He grasped Rles by the shoulder and the Mexican seeing the leek in his eyes' made no resistance, Had be fought back he would have been killed and he knew it. He went down the steps. Zern da would bave he d back, but again Kendric's hand, rough en. her arm, sent her forward nnd. rather than fall, she was fqreed te Rles' heels. Ken drlc fired 'again along the cleft. Then he began knocking loose the stones which held the levcr-reek back. When only one stone kept the boulder In plncc, he called sharplyte Betty : "Uewn we go witn tncm. men 111 knock thiit stone out from below nnd we'll hnve time te brcnthc before they come en us." "But," exclaimed Betty, "can we lift It ngaln from below?" "Ged knows," he returned. "I think se. But I don't knew that c')l bave te; I think there's another way out. Hurry." , Voices were calling, excitedly from without. Plainly the men taking Zo raida's pay would in time steel them selves te make ah entrance, but just as plainly they saw death In stere for some of them and hesitated. It struck Kendrlc thnt their delay would give him time for one ether thing nnd, that ether thing would mean much mere time gain- : - 11 can tnlk. And", If we nre sensible peo ple, n new day can begin for nil of us here." Ruin Rles wound must hnve been even less severe than Kendrlc had sup posed It. Fer new the Mexican seemed iittnriv ia imt'A inRr. rnnHcieusncu ui iv, He was striking fresh matches j lie steeped nnd picked ur. something nt his feet; a little gasp breke from him. lie tossed It down, caught up something '"Gelil 1" he muttered. "Celd every where 1" ... Zernida looked about her, seeming unmoved. Her eyes fbllewcd Ries con temptuously, roved away about the 100m, tarried only briefly with the henped-up treasure, sped te Kendrlc and te Betty. ..... . , "Yeu are feels, feels!" she taunted them. "All thapks, Scner Kcndric, for having led me straight te that for which I have been looking all my life." Ries had come back te her side, both bunds full. "Znrnlrlri." Im nld stviftlv. "let US talk rpiiKen ns the American says. We linvn ililtt!" Tin Imlil nn hi hands: his eves clentcd. "Let tncm have their lives nnd go, se thnt they take noth neth inc in their hands. Loek nt this. Here " His words trailed off abruptly In a scream of terror. He hed moved only a triflq ns he sdeKc, he nnd taKen a stcu backward between tbe two high Rles,." he remnvMidcc1, "down you go through that hole or I swear te Ged I'll blew your brains out! Quick, and Zoraida, you with him" cd later en. He scooped up handful after handful of dirt nnd poured It Inte the levcr-hele In the boulder, filling it even with the surface. Thus. It would net be readilv detected and mlcht never be noted. Then, snatching up his Htle and the bng of feed, he ran down the steps with Betty. A thrust with IiIh rifle barrel, nnd a quirk jerk hnclr. knocked the wedge stone free nnd snved him his gun. The boulder toppled bnck into place, the stairway nnd tunnel below were plunged into absolute dark ness. Kendrlc caught Betty's hand. "This way," he told her. "It's straight, going and no danger for n while. Rles, Zoraida ! Stand where you arc and wait for us or I'll btart shoot sheet ing wild. Where arc you?" "Here," growled Ries, his voice In dicating inni no nnu gene no great n tance. t "And Zernidi?" Zoraida did net answer. Kcndric went en a step or two nnd then struck a match. By Its short-lived light he made out Zernida standing close te Ries. Then tbe Manic burned out. "Straight abend," commanded Kcn dric. When there wns no sound of n step being taken, he drew Betty's hand through his nrm se as te have both of his hands free and went forward. "I can. hardly breathe." whispered Bettv. He felt her hand tighten en his. arm. "It is getting terribly steep un derfoot " Ue came te where Ries, wns "and set the rifle barrel in the smnll of bis back. Rjes cursed bitterly but moved en. Kendrlck's baud found Zeraldn'e nrm nnd gripped it tightly. "We're nil together in this," he said sharplv. "And don't start your old fnv fnv erite knife act. This is no time for foolery." Zernida moved en. But nguin she set her wbistle te bcr lips nnd thereafter called out loudly te her men, command ing them te fellow swiftly. "They Won't hear you," said Kcn dric. "And they couldn't obey you this time anyhow. Hurry: we'll nil stifle If wc don't get out of this foul nir. Rles, give me seme matches; mine arc get ting short." Ries, without comment, having as little love as another for the uncertainty of the dark nbeut him, did as he was commanded. He nise saved half of his box nnd began striking them himself. And thus they went en, all of them snva Kendrlc wondering. Mnking the last, steepest descent thev btoed huddled to gether in the treasure chamber. "Here," said Kendrlc, releasing Zo Ze ralda, "we have fresh air. Here wc hmnu nf. trmmirn wlinrn thn nit WOS He wns fulling he threw out his arms, clutching wildly. In a, flash he was cone from sight. But net nlenc. Fer his hand, seeking te save him, hed caught at Zernida and she was snatched back, overbalanced, drawn down with Jilm. Her scream rose nbove his cry of terror. Beth vanished nnd Jim and Betty steed nlenc, looking into each ether's wide eyes. "De you think they arc dead?" fnl tcrcd tbe girl. They went te the hole nnd looked down. The view which Kcndric bad seen before slowly disentangled itself from tbc darkness. They saw nothing of these who hnd fallen. "It would menu the short fall here,' said Kendrlc musingly, "the steep slide nnd no doubt another drop nt the end. We wouldn't he able te ce them at first. But someway. I don't believe they nic dead !" He did net explain then; it would tnke tee long and they hnd their own cnhiitlen te work out. But here wns his theught: Zernida had dropped back into the gardens of the golden king. He did net believe she would be able te climb up this way again. And he did tint believe that she would have with her the many keys needed te open the wny she knew. It impressed him that lure might be the judgment of u just Ged Zoraida immured for nil time in the heart of ancient Mexico. Zernldn with her priests and young men nnd children whom her stern decree hud lm lm prirened here. Zeraldn and Hul?. Rles together in the (ilace of hidden treasure. Te be concluded tomorrow Minstrel for Disabled Soldiers Automebilo busses will be sent tonight te the Naval Hospital, the Pennsylva nia Hospital, the Public Service Hos pital und ethers earing for disnbled war veterans, te take the inmates te Meese Hull. 1HM North Beard street, where a minstrel show nnd dance will he given by the National Disabled Soldiers' League. yj:!;!ii:MinintiT:uiTWHnunin:!ravn!iumiiiiinrnirajijannfnKiaumiuniii:iinmni:ninjK Plants roses in children's cheeks Victer Bread Big Leaf 6 Sold only in Asce Stores m a 8TOBCS co. M p GllM13IllIillllill!!rai!10!!!li1i:i!ill2llilffl Dape Hendersen premises te he geed and de geed "Frem New On" Read hew he kept his pledge, fjanfcj' te the Me of a ,girl in trank I,, Paekard's new ste.ni, BEGINS TOMORROW en this page, A ( fZt3if-' v '-' iW7,vv"7,", $1 1 50 Simplex ELECTRICSUNBOWL Your Gift- A Simplex Sunbewl GOOD cheer and personal comfort go with your gift of a Simplex Sunbewl Radiator. The glowing copper bowl, at tached te any electric light socket, pours sunny warmth into any corner.ef any room. The Simplex Sunbewl chases chill from bath room, den or living room; it takes no mere cur rent than a Simplex electric iron or toaster it is economical, safe and conveniently portable The Simplex Sunbewl is a "thoughtful" gift. At your dealer's t vv 1 SIMPLEX ELECTRIC HEATINGCO ' , i ' Cambridge, Mass. J UtllK'l'JfilWiPWf P "-B -i Mii..iNiJii ummemmmm liBBiB .Recerd-Breaking Values for Saturday. ' Extra te Handle Big Creiuds ratffitiEDER Eteyenth and Market: Streets The Stere of' Practical Gifts vts (SOO All-Weel Belivia lEMlTIRlA All-wool tseir ILA II IIVfl4 S3B. $45 & $5Q Values l Sale in Our Main Ceat Dep't FIRST FLOOR Wc can t begin te tell you here about the wonderful coats you can cheese from at this price. Assortments are the larcest in i-niiaacipnia anu inc.uuu cxclusive medelsin Rich Belivias, Suedines and Chameistyncs. 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