J 1 ij'l.n'i': ' ' r -4V -' 1 .' 54 sj r7; r -j''nu v 1 Mfrr. TANGLED TRAILS Wis nr-ems the atom? Jimea Cnnnlnhm U rleh nd ruth WiT )( turns down tha pie of a girl E. k.. n'lim en him findVkleMi out iintn who y Cunnlnhm eVraa him a ihtri en ft bualnaaa daal. At ft cowboy Srnfvii Wild Ueij. ftrldin lri. Ij, i..in And nun OT Wllulira. ft Wl cami-t ".-. .....-. rii.r - 'i-i bronche. Th fttmeu r.UiA T.urt ' whn ! lui-'V .rl- tuiAnmp nalla nut ".." .I"". -'1".---'7 -..' Unt ojwbev. who Ib ft "'M l?J'Atr ff j.n. ir timid Wl IBIWIirit HKI Mid J.irnn of neafV atir's treublm. iAr1n Cunnlntbftm l hl un.e. h.'n hv nothing- te de with tht Tleaa. fara fly. Klrby than te. tilth hl two eeualng. taltea up tha rnntter favored ureteKta of v .! riinnlnliam. AND IIEKE IT CONTlNPKa trr'D ItATHEH net gWe It except te J" TJncle James Wmielf Better writ it,1' uunrMted Jacli with a reminiscent lauRh. "lie's a bit jmptrueu. I saw hlra threw n man down the stairs yesterdar. Picked tha fellow tip at the feet of the flight. lis certain looked ei though he'd like te murder our dear uncle. "What I'd like te knew la this," eatd , lane. "What sort of a reputation haa Uncle Jnmea' in this way? Have you erer heard of hit belli' In anything of , thlaaortbcreror; "Ne, I haven't," James said prompt- ' If. Jack shrugged. "I wouldn't pick tmnky for exactly a moral man." he Mid flippantly. "His Idea of living Is te grab nil the easy things he can," "Where can I bce him most enally? 'At hU office?' nuked Klrby. j "He dreve down te Colerado Springs today en bunlnes. At least he told ma is was going. . Don't knew whether he expects te get back tonight or net. lie live nt the Paradox Apartments," Jack said, "Preb'ly I'd better see him there rather than nt bla office." "Hene you have a pleasant time with I the old boy," Jack murmured. "Don't . think I'd care te ee n cnarojMen ei dames where he's concerned. He s n damned cantankerous old brute. 111 say that for him." James arranged a place of meeting for luncheon next day. The young cat tleman left. He knew from the fidgety manner of Jack that he had eemc im portant business-he was anxious te talk ever Wliu ms ureuiur. CHAPTEU VI Lights Out It was Ave minutes te ten by Ms watch when Klrby entered the Paradox Apartments. The bulletin beard told Mm that his uncle'e apartment was 12. He did net teke the self-serve elevator, but the stairs. The hall en the sec ond fleer was dark. Blnce he did net knew whether the rooms he wanted were en this fleer or the next he knocked nt a deer. Kirbv theucht he heard the whisper ef voices and he knocked again. lie had te rnp a third time before the deer was opened, "What 1h It? What de yen want?" If ever Lnne hnd seen stark, naked fear In n human face, It stnred nt him out of that of the woman In front of him. She wni n tnll. angular woman of a hnrBh, forbidding countenance, flat-breasted and middle-aged. Ilehlnd her, farther back in the room, the rough rider caught a glimpse of n fat. gross, neihcn-fnccd man fleeing toward the Inner deer of a bedroom te escnpe being seen. He was thrusting Inte his coat pocket what looked te the man In the hall like n revolver. "Can yen tell me where Jnmen Cun ningham's nimrtment is?" naked Klrby. The woman gasped. The baud en the doorknob was trembling violently. (Something clicked In her threat hen the lr lips tried te frnme an answer. "Henil e' the stairs right hand." the reanuged te get out, then shut the deer swiftly In the face of the man wlioee simple question bad be shocked her. Klrby heard the latch released from its catch. The key lit the lock below also turned. "She's takln' no chances," he mur mured. "New I wonder why both her an' my fat friend arc ae darned wor ried. Who were they loel.ln' for when they opened the deer an' saw me? An' Why did It get her goat when I asked where I'ncle James lived?" As he took the treads that brought him te the next landing the cattleman had an impression of n light being flashed of! somewhere. He turned te the right as the woman below had di rected. The first deer hnd en the panel n card with his uncle's name, lie knocked, Hnd at the same Instant noticed that the deer was ajar. Ne answer came. His finger found the electric push but ton. He could hrnr it liuzzln? lunMn. Twice he pushed it. "Nobody at home, leeks like," he Mid te himself. "Well, I reckon I'll tep In en' leave a note. Or maybe 1 11 wait. If the doer'B open he's liable te be right back." IIe stepped into the room. It was ,. IIls flnKers groped nleng the will for the button te threw en the 'ht. fiefere he found it a sound startled him. It was the soft faint panting of some Ma breathing. lie was n man whose nerves were jnder the beet of control, but the cold of mice pattered up and down his tpine. Something was wrong. The with sense of danger that comes te wme men who live constantly In peril w warning him. Who's there?" he naked sharply. 'w yuite renilPM. htir thnrn una n wint rimtle of seme ene or some thing - --. , ' uv lit fa m He waited, crouched In the darkness. t e .cnl!18 .nnt'er vague rustle el movement. And presently another, this i me closer. Every mm In lihn was w ' .i 5d up t0 cleBt attention. He XL1, i a.orae ene' for ,,0,n0 alnUter n,iPre l'.'ul con?e '"t0 tu's apartment and been trappc.l here by him. could -Ti i ,""enia new. He thought he Jut nudullen frm Ulm' W0S flul8 l!P,C,1i 'or, the B0ni1- "I" t. t t1 at a nn!1 wiist, and fastened him A . i? f,rnLt,en of a wcend left it was ni"'1' beyond question, that u was a woman he hnd assaulted. TOm Jim- wn.s ww" 'rem hlra. iecre came a zltrznir fVneti n..i.-i ir me iiammerilll! lipnrt. A WflMnN l.i . , ,:"'' .'."I "rain, a crash that filled -.worm ter hlm hlm hlm naconacleusness. and he floated Inte cnAPTRn vii Feul Play el dIn me .ck Painfully te n world ttk,"es8,nIIl8,lend threbb"l die--fcere h. ""uleuBly he wondered II. , W08 .nd what bad takep place. rtr.d,:cw tbe ""KO" of m out- Lsn i h iij , " v"B u" ne i oer. Then at ,lmclw,red end '' remembered OMd Inhii ?n,s,ll0.nd ,ad becn Imprls Imprls fnetlenlnJU8t befe" h,s bra,n BtePPd Ani&ll hat,w lenB nltt i hnii hn.' under Lcaven Iiad hit nstrntlyn7OU8h t0 put " 11l" 1S' ill hi and ,,e,d hl8 throbbing the ch? had bec "ruck en tha point bl lock 'n0ud 80,1B dew "k nn axed Wt at him .vmema" mU8t bnv la8l,el In hi. ?"' wma wnpen. fled upP0nIiF.tl,,,e feun!! I' Pt of hfe-V' ", Vme11 Pnc i' the l feet en? ' Unsteadily he et te ! 3d 1 & t,eward the "deer. ttcfc Vii.. TIte clenr new and hla V "ennnlly senslUvc, Fer in,' mr'K 'I, ' ,f stance, he was aware e( a faint perfume pf violet In the room, se faint that he had net noticed it before, There grew en him a horror, kn eag crncss te be gene from the rooms. It was based en no reasoning, but en. some obscure feeling that there had taken place aamQthlnjr evil,' something thnt chilled his bleed. Yet he 'did net go, He had come for a purpose, and It was characteristic of htm that he stayed In spite of the dread that grew On him till It filled his breast. Again he groped nleng, the wall for the iignc switcn. a second match flared his lingers and showed it te him, flooded tbe room, , Senne? though Klrby Lane's nerves at what Ills first sensation was of relief. This handsome apartment with Us Persian rugs, Its padded casy-cbalrs, Its harmo harme harmo nleus wnll tints, had a note of repose quite alien te tragedy. It was the home of n man who had given n geed deal of attention te making himself comfort able. Indefinably, It was a man's room. The presiding genius of It was mascu line nnd net feminine. It lacked the touches of adornment that only a woman can give te make a place home like. Yet one adornment caught Klrby'fl eye at once. It was a large photegronh In a handseme frame en the tnble. The picture showed the head und bust of a beautiful woman In evening drcsB. She was a brunette, yeune nnd vcrv nt. trnctlve. The line of head, threat and sneuider wna perfect. The delicate, dis dainful poise and the gay provocation in the dark, slanting eyes were enough te tell that bhe was no novice In the game of sex, He Judged her nn expensive orchid produced In the clvlllj-ntien of our twen tieth century hothouse.' Acress the bot tom of the picture was scrawled an In scription In n fashionably angular hand. Lane moved closer te read it. The words were, "Always, Phyllis," Prob ably this was the young wemnn te whom, if rumor were true, JamcH Cun ningham, Senior, wait engaged. On the fleer, near where Klrby hnd been lying, lay n heavy piece of agate evidently used for a nnnpr-walclit-. h picked up the smooth stene nnd guessed Instantly that this weh the weapon which hnd cfltnbllshcd contact with hit cnm. very HKely the werann a hnnd had closed en It when oho heard hlin coming. She had switched off )m lichf and waited for him. That fhe blew had found a vulnerable mark and knocked him out hud been rhecr luck. Klrby passed Inte a luxurious bed room beyond which was u tiled bath room. He glanced these ever and re turned ta the outer apartment. There was still another deer. It was closed. As the inun from Wyoming moved to ward It he felt once mere n strnnes nnn. nation of dread. It was strong enough Je step Mm In his stride. What was he going te find behind that ctoer7 When he ltlld his hand en thn knnli rlnnrfr1.u played ever his bcalp nnd galloped down his spine. He opened the deer. A sweet slcklsh odor, pungent, but net heavy, greeted hlS nostrils. It was n fnmlflnr nirmll ene he had met only recently. Where? V1" memory jumped te n corridor of the Cheyenne hesnltnl. lln lmd hn passing the operating room en his way te nee Wild Hese. The deer lm.l nm.m.,1 ami mere ueu tieen wafted tn him faintly the penetrntlng whiff of chloroform. It wus me Bnme urug no sniffed new. He steed en the threshold, groped for the switch, nnd flashed en the lights. Sound though Klrby Lane's nerves were, he could net repress a gasp at what he aaw. Leaning back in an armchair, looking up at him with n horrible sardonic grin, was his Uncle James Cunning ham. Ills wrista were tied with ropes te the arms or the chair. A towel, passed around his threat, fastened the body te the back of the enntr and prepped up the head. a bloody clot of hair hung tangled Just nbeve the tern pie, The man was dend hAvnnri nn possibility of doubt. There was a small hole In the center of the forehead through which a bullet had crashed. Beneath this was a thin trickle of bleed thnt had run Inte the heavy eyebrews The dead man wna wearing a plaid eiuuMiifc juunn( uim pxoiaea Hiippcrs. On the tabeuret close te his hand lay a half-smoked clgur. There was a grueseme suggestion In the tilt of the head nnd the gnrgejle grin thnt this wna a hideous and Miecklng Jest he was playing en the world. Klrby snatched his eyes from th a-rlm cpcctHcle nnd looked round the room. It was evidently n prlvate den te which the owner of the apartment retired. There were facilities for smoking and for drinking, u louhge which showed murks of wear und a writing-dusk in ene corner. This denk held the young man's gare. If was open. Papers lay scattered ctery where nnd ltu contents had been rilled' nnd flung en the fleer'. Seme one, In a dcperate nurry, had searcltid every pigeon-hole. The window of the room was open. Perhaps It had been thrown up te let put the fumes of the chloroform. Kirbv stepped te It and looked down. -The (Ire escape ran past It te the stories aneve ana oeiew. The young cattleman had seen mere than once the tragedies of the range. He had hinrd tht bark of gunb and had looked down en quiet dad men, but n minute before full of lusty Iife But these had been victims of warfare In the open, usually of sudden passions that had (la red and struck. This wan different. It was murder, deliberate, cold-blooded, atrocious. The man had been tied up, made helpless and done te death without mircy. Thore was n note of the abnormal, of the iinhumnn, about the affair. Whoever hud killed James Cunningham deserved the ex treme penalty of the law. He was u man who no doubt had made man enemies, Alwajs he had demanded his pound of 'le-di nnd get It. Heme one hud waited patiently for hla hour nnd exacted n fearful vengeance 'or whatever wrong he hnd suffered, Klrby decided that he must cull the police at ence. Ne time ought te be lest In starting te run down the mur derer. He stepped Inte the living-room te the telephone, llftcij the receiver (join '$ ' I Ml IffflH jftMlrIH r IMIllffiB' liWllllllMliBI'1 lawll m( f II . ' . i.' in m 'i a i m nm .Jawn I m dF v mlu Jm'M III vaw mrrJi ja tiiiii ymm were, he could net suppress a gasp lie saw the hook and steed staring down at a gleve lying en the table. As he looked at It the bleed washed out of his face, He had a sensation as though bis heart had been plunged Inte cracked Ice, Fer he recognized the gleve en the table, knew who its owner was. It was a email riding gnnnflet with n rtpvlpe ftf n rnfui elnhtriulrml nn ftiA wrist, He would have known that glove I gj f)frntnf at thAiin m1 I KTl He had seen It. a few hours alnce, en the hand of Wild nose. CnAPTEU VIII Ily Means of Uie Flre Escape Klrby Lane steed with fascinate! eyes looking down nt the glove, muscles and brain alike paralyzed. The receiver was in his hnnd, close te his car. A volce from the A,thcr end of the wire drifted te him. 'Number, plcnRO." Automatically he hung the receiver en the hook. Dazed though be wns, the rough rider knew that the pollce were the Inst people m the world he wnuted te see Just new. All hla Ufa he hnd lived the adventure of the outdoors. Ter twelve months he had served nt the front, pert of the time with the forces In the- Argonne. He had ridden stampeded nnd fought through e ixzarus. tie nan tnmiM thn unrt nut. law horses the West could produce. But ne nnu never ueen se suecKstmken ns he wns new. A ftict impossibly but dread fully Brue confronted him. Wild Hese had becn alone with his uncle In these rooms, had listened with hnn).in.. horror while Klrby climbed the stairs, hnd been trnppcd by his nrrlval. nnd ind fought llke n wolf te muke her escape. lie rcmembered the wild cry of her outraged heart, "Nothing's tee bad for a mnn llke that." Lane wna sick with fear. It rnn r Seasons in 0 and the J!!- l ' i. i ' ' ' I J By WtLLlAM MacLEOD KAINE Auther of "A Man, fewr-Sqvrt? "Gunsight Patn," cte. OopvHeM, it. W mtllam Metived naln through htm and sapped hla auppla strength like an lllncsa. It was net possible that Rose could bave done this In her right, mlnjl. But he had heard a dqcter say once that under atress of great emotion people sometimes went momentarily Jnsane. Hla friend bad been greatly wrought up from anxiety, pain, fever and lack of sleep. In replacing the telephone ha bad ac cidentally, pushed aside a book. Beneath It was a slip of paper en wbtch had been penciled a note. He read It, with out any Interest, Mr. null Tie. ceme see you. He sorry you net here, He any maybe per haps make honerablo call some ether time. S. nOItlKAWA. An electric bell buzzed through the apartment. The sound of It startled Kirbv sn fhmicrh it hed been the warn ing of ff. rattlesnake close te bla head. Seme one was at the outer deer ringing for admission. It wduld never de for bint te be caught here. He had been trained te awl ft thought reactions. Quickly, but noiselessly, he stepped te tne deer and released the catch of the Yale lock se that it would net open from the outside without a key. He switched off the light and passed through the living-room into the bedchamber. His whole desire new was te be gene from, the building as seen as possible. The bedroom also he darkened befere he stepped te the window and crept through it te the platform of the Are escape. The glove was still In his hand. . IIe thrust it into his pocket as he began Uie descent. The Iren ladder ran down the building te the nlley. It ended ten feet above the ground. Klrby lowered himself and dropped. lie turned te the right down the alley toward Glen arm street. A man was standing at tha corner of the alley trying te light a, cigar. He was a reporter en the Times, Just returning from tbe Press Club, 'tDMSJSJSfiSJSJSraxf Yeu Are Cordially Invited te avail vantages with a modern, Trust Company is asset. The Real Estate Title Insurance Trust Company of Philadelphia 523 Chestnut Street 45 S. Bread Strt Aerats from iDilcotadenea 1111 Oldest Title Insurance -EESIEJSJSJSJiMS'SJa Frem Pines te Palms -mm flmJTrnTTOHJ Minutes ern Through e matchless transformation scene you enter Southern California for your winter vacation. In ferS minutes the LOS ANGELES LIMITED descends from the pine-weeds of the Sierra Madre te the bbssemS orange groves of San Bernardine. uiosseming Panoramas of every variety line the route. The crest nlnlna r, w.a'&?.r """' ' " " OT ,h P"fl North. SHSSSsSr- Our iltvatrated boekjtt, "CtJiremia Celt, v. . .. .. . Per ,a'oret'on, tik-- D. U. Dt!. .. OmT Agant C. ft N. W. B nar Bid;., ' 1133 in wifi.n.r iiiHtf Chtilnut 8t.. PhM.H.lnM. Chicago & Nnvflrft Union Pacifc ' IJ ' . .'t where he had been playing In a poe! tournament, ., , . He stepped Lane. "Can you lend me a match,'frlend?'' The cattleman handed him three or four; and started te go. "Just a me'," tha newspaperman said, striking a light, "De you al ways" -puff, puff "loave your rooms puff, puff, puffT-"by the Are ea ea cape?' Klrby looked nt him In sllcnce, think ing furiously, no had been caught, after all. Thorp were wUnessca te prqve he had geno up te his uncle's rooms. Here was another te testify he had left by the fire escape. Tha best he could say was (lint be wna very unlucky. "Never mind, friend," the news paperman went en, "Yeu don't leek like n second -story worker te yours truly.' He broke into n little amused chuckle. "I reckon friend husband, who never comes home , till 'Saturday night, happened around unexpectedly and the flre escape looked geed te you. Am I right?" The Wyoming man managed a grin. It was net a .mirthful one. but It served. "xou're a wizard," he eatd od ed mtrlngly, The reporter had met a bootlegger earlier In the evening nnd hnd two or three drinks. He wns mellow. "Oh, I'm wise," he said with a wink. "Chuck Ellis Isn't anybody's feel. Beat It, Lothario, while the beating's geed." The last scntence and the ges ture that accompanied, the words were humorous exaggerations, of old-time melodrama. Lane took bis advice without de lay. Te be continual tomorrow Flre Kills 32 Camp Dlx Horses Camp Dlx, N. J., Jan. 21. Thirty two horses were burned te death, de spite heroic efforts of soldiers te rescue them, in a fire, which Sunday night de stroyed a stable of Battery D. 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