Wtvwi'K&TiiM "f4'i T nt7r7'l"tt,,j$rjl f 'wt-vsj&i&m W-i'.'VW'JV- "'. "" J " "'K r4. 4- .K ' t EVENING PUBLIC . ELEDGEIPHIEADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1922 13 ' O'JDDOEIITxhH An Unusual Story of a Blackmailing Gang and a Mysterious Avenger, by the Autl AD 0f "Green Rust. The Daffodil Murder," "Clue of the Twisted Candle" gar Wallace THE S10RY SO FAH jj.i.V neuxiurr. ttASM .".-l- ,,.,' WMr nana of creeks, lies lefetf J'"'1 'nte.M nil 0 iWilcl. "T ,'h'"' tat, tnraimlly clever tirn tjecnmn ml mifi l ' SS? t.faltl llr trie te tltinfn vi- q nroiem nn. wy lui- pteln in7 '" .:,rrOI!P KM" " (fll M" u. . Sftl' n the .oilrfen Crfm- "..,-..... j.Vrrr i.l Mf!Wc'"-" . . ........ ( J2ftfi fjw. e i cre. who of the blacA- emtfrmnn. miu "l.J,rTF .lavnhter of SeVu M'l.llf. M.1 , ,Pit n deMaecA but ctevr ti,Ueatt, n "lamp ' AMlllMin IT CONTINUES i CHAUTBK XIII The Lew of Sanerd King MAISIK WIIITH hnd no Illusions L the icnert ''iime te her tlint Ih.,ri PhP Im.l employed Imtl the f''es ,nor te the man lie n&nentrhrRhe knew that V t fnr.e of the enlr RUHR tfc,f511,iermn'mp.l te her extliirtlnn. w Jiv enough, she did net nppear te n erbeT H "he renfened te Stafferd !?.di Thev ere lunching together nt "'si'rt.l Palatine, nnd the detective Sr,nnni11v thoughtful. Why don't ou K 0,,t et T'Ond' '"l mu't RO " w,tn my wer1t'" Rhf "'Whit l yur work?" llP nsled "I havi told veu once," she replied; i.t nm trnns te disentniiKle my liitlmr IrVS 1 am working te put tlS TnJaV't hen the dav of reckoning '""You've net heard from him?" he asked. She hwek her head, nnd her eye Her e no fur- rWen n Boe.l father te me." Vtaid. "the Kindest n hi eei; 01 ene- Hles Itl'die-idful te tninK lips in'JlW'l and .'he reuld or reuld Stafferd Kinc make mat tmans Mr for her He knew bet Ir than he the depth of Solemon White'" commitments. If the enng ever HM'bM. md If b Reed fortune the law ever took iti reiuee. there wns no lm (or Solemon WhSteV escape fiem lis hare of the rr'.penMbillt. "Wh de vvi think our fntlter vent ua''"' I"" a'-'xed. te nun the subject te a no .i'I1"'1 , , . She rl nl net reph In'tnnll.v. "I thinl. h" wih scired," she 'aid (tier a while ' I ' shocked when I direeiiil hew much In uwe of the tolend 1" 'tend Me wn. iurt tprtitieil at' the tlire.it and jet I knm he would have glen hN life t" pieteet tuc from hmn I think It v.ns just no beinq aheut that ipuned lilin en te make the plin he did " ... Stafferd Kins agreed with a gesture. "NV vliit .lie we going te de nheut ten'" he j.krd half huiiioreu'-lj , half terieulv "1 cannot let jeu go unn deilr.g abi.e ahmit Londen I'm scared tedeith ns it i." She siulcil at him "Yeu hid better lock me up." she MM fiipp int'.j , and he nodded in the fam M'liit "I knew i little home in St. Jehns Weed I'' it nnuld -rrve us beniltlflllly d a p. n," lie .ii'd "It bus ten toem and H" nilinirnble batliroems. There i"- central heating .and n large ahilj p.irden, and if jeu will only let c Like Mm before n cleigyman or a justice of the pe.n e " She hook her head. "They'll be tip here In flv ntes," he whispered. "I ra ynti, ."Nlalsle. Will you marr e in I li ra n save marry me?" "That isn't prison," she snld uuletly, and put out her bund ever the table. He caught it in his and held it tight. "Malsle," he wild, "jeu knew I love veu, I leve jeu mere dearly than any thing In the world." She did net speak. "Ah my wife," he went en. "you would be safe, and I should be happy. I just want you all the time." fiently she disengaged her hand, shaking her head with a llttle smile. "What would that meun, Stafferd?" she said. "Yeu knew you nrn de ceiving me when you agree that my father " Again her voice shoeic. "Ne. no!" ehc said. "It would ruin your career te have the daughter of a renvict for your wife. I realize very well what It will mean, for I knew I knew I knew!" "What de you knew?" he asked In a low voice. "I knew that all my work will be in vnln. But I must go en with It. I must, or I shall go mad. I knew nothing en earth can clear my father, but I'm net going te tell you that again. I just want te think there In n possibility tbat some miracle will hap pen, that all the evidence which even I have ngainst him will be explained away." He took her unresisting hand In Ills, and under the cover of the tablecloth held it tight. "That in why I wanted te leave the service," he said. Site looked at him quickly. "I'ecaue jeu thought that It would mean ruin?" lie smiled. "Ne. net that. It weu'd hurt you; tliet Is nil. Of ceur.-c, if such a thing happened I would be obliged te re-.-Ign." "And jeu'd never forgive yourself." "I wanted te anticipate such a hap pening, and, darling, you've get te face the future without any ether illu sions." She winced at the word "ethpr." but he went en, unnetlclng: "Heundnr.v is n User. If he thinks l thera is reason te fear you he will never let up en you till he has ou I in his grip. I tell you thL-," he said I earnestly, "for all the power of the police, for all their organization, mid the backing which the law gives them, they may be helpless iig.ilntt this man If he lias marked jeu down for pun ishment. "I'm net afraid." she said quietly. "Hut I am," said he. "I'm se ufraid that I'm sick with apprehension some times." "I'oer Stafferd!" she said softly, and there was n leek in her eyes which compensated him for much. "Hut you mustn t worry, dear. Truly, truly, .veu mustn't worry. I'm quite capable of (joking nftep myself." And that's the greatest of nil your illusions," he snld half Inughingly and half irritably. "You're the meekest lit tle mouse that eer came under the paw of n cat." She shbek licr head smilingly. 'Hut I tell jeu I'm speaking seri ously," he went en. rTll de my best te leek after jeu. I'll have a man watching you day and night." "But you mustn't," she protested, "thcre's no immediate cause for wor ry." He saw her te the deer of tbe res taurant and showed her Inte the taxi cab which came at his whistle, and she leaned out of the window and waved her hand In farewell br she drove off. Twe men steed en the opposite side of the read and watched her depart. Crewe was one and a dark-faced man with a fierce mustache was the ether. "That's the girl," said Crewe. The Greek smiled broadly, unpleas antly. CHAPTER XIV The Abduction of Malsle White A week passed without anj thing ex ceptional happening, and Malsle White had ceased even te harbor doubts as te her own safety doubts which had been present In spite of the courageous show ing she had made bcfeic Stafferd King. Undeterred by her previous experience, she hnd made arrangements with another end a mere responsible detective agency nnd had chosen a new watcher, though she had small hones of obtaining results. She knew his tasK wns one of almost In superable difficulty, and she was frank in exposing te him what there difficulties were. Still there was n faint chance that he might discover something, and moreover, she had another purpose te serve. She hnd seen Pinte SUva once. He had called, and she had noticed with surprise that the debonair, self-cenfl-dent man she had known, whose nlr of conscious superiority hed been se annoy ing te her, had undergone a considerable chance. He was ill at case, almost In coherent nt moments, and It was n long time before she could dit-oevor his busi ness. Tills time she received him In her tiny sitting room, for Pinte was some how leas alarming te lur than he had been. Perhaps she was conscious that at the corner of the street steed a quietly dressed mnn doing nothing In particular, who was relieved nt the eighth hour by nn even 1ch obtuisive ebtuisive obtuisive leoklng gentleman from Scotland Yard. She waited for Pinte te disclose his business, but the Portuguese was ap parently in no hnriv te de se. Pres ently he blurted It out. "Loek here, Mulsie," he ahl. "You've get things all wrong. Things are going te be very rotten for jeu unless unless " He floundered. "I'nless what?" she asked. "I'liless you make up with me," he said in a low voice. "I'm net se bad, Maisl", and I'll treat you fair. I've always been in lee with you." "Step," she said quietly. "I dnre say It is a gieat honor for a girl that any man should be in leve with her, but it takes away a little of the leiupllment when the man is already married." "That's nothing," he said eagerly. "I can divorce her by the laws of my country. MnUle, she hates me, and I hate her." "Ne. Mr. Sllva," she replied, "If you were single or divorced, or If you were oer se eligble, I would net marry jeu." "Why net?" he demanded trucu lently. "I've get money." "Se have I," she said, "of a sort." '.My mency'd ns clean nn yeurfl, If It is Solemon Whlte'n money." She nodded. "I'm well nware of that, loe," she Mild. "It Is Bang money, Isn't It? Stelen money. I don't see what geed I khall get out of exchanglnc nilne for 'jeurn. anyway. It Is just iih dirty. ! "The money doesn't coine into It nt tall, Mr. Sllva It is just liking people wen eneugii ter mnrrmge. Aim I don't like you that way." "Yeu deu't like me nt nil," he mut tered. "You're very nenrly right." She smiled. "You're n feel, you're a feel!" he exclaimed. "Yeu don't knew whnt'B coming te you. Yeu don't knew." "Perhaps I de," she Bald; "perhaps I can guess. Hut whatever is coming te me, ns you put It, I prefer that te marrying jeu." He stnrted back as though she hed struck him across the face, and his face wan livid. "Yeu won't say that when " He checked himself and without another word left the room, and she heard his heavy feet blundering down the stairs. And then she met him ngain It was two nights nfter. alie met him In a lienible dream. She dreamed he was llylng nfter her, that thej weie both birds, she n pigeon nnd he a hawk; and as she made her last desperate struggle te escape, she heard his hateful voice In her ear: General Motoi TtTKJKSi A Better Kind of Service 1 4 5 6 7 Twe Range Transmission Removable Cylinder Wall Radius Reds Pump and Thermo-Syphen Coeling Removable Valve Lifter Assemblies Pressure Lubrication Instantaneous Governer Maintaining GMC trucks is mere economical and mere satisfactory for two reasons. GMC trucks have been de signed te cut down "lay-up" time and te reduce actual replacement expense. Their exclusive features of con struction all aid materially in accomplishing such service. 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There wna no sound save the sound of his heavy biciitliliig and his voice "They'll be up here In live minutes," he whispered "I can ravn you, I can save you, Malsle 1 Will you marry me?" She summoned nil the strength nt here command te shake her head. "Yeu won't, eh?" The.re wnn a note of snvegcry In his volce which had mede her feci sick. "Keep dulct'." Fer a second the hand wns with drawn, nnd she filled her lungs te scream, but at that instance, n mass of cotton wool was thrust ever her fnce, and she began te breolhe In a sickly sweet vapor. Somebody else wns In the loom new. They were holding lirr feet. The volce In her ear laid: , "Breathe. Take n deep breath 1" She sobbed and writhed In agony of mind, but all the time she was breath ing, all the time she wus drawing Inte ngs ulw vhlch the woefwns unlimited. formed constable patrolling bis beat saw an ambulnnce drawn tip outside a house In Doughty street. He crossed the read tu make Inquiries. 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Jm elei, imhed yentenlnr afternoon front the Aeirn, The Vlelis- luirir In tin, Hint nf I tin mine! btim.l cutters te arrive here for the inaiipii-jl vers Sntiinlny off the Cape, - '"SAVE THL MttiDLEMAN'S PROFIT'" Prices Less Than Any August Sale fP- h-Pyi Genuine Walnut 4 Pieces Direct from Factory te you $115 Large Bureau, Bew Bed, Full Size Vanity nnd ChifTorette in Queen Anne style. Complete Line e LEONARD REFRIGERATORS At 25 Savings Great Eastern Wholesale Furniture Ce. 0';.Y HATUttDAY Ah'U DAILY tlhh 0 P. M. 06-108 S. 2D (2D & CHESTNUT) PHILA.; i j - I JYl OUT TOOTS lr Ail .f mtj i ifee.A Mm the wild quail Bil yes?' Ginger Ale Sarsaparilla Birch Beer Reet Beer "X7E are se far from the city, the wild quail come here in the winter time when the snow hides their feed. Here every thing is se quiet. It is like a big natural garden; se that these, the timidest of wild birds, come and let me feed them. 'Because we are se far from the city, we can make better ginger ale and ether beverages. Under the ground are unfailing springs of cold, pure water. "Every drop of water nsed in making Clicquot be ve rages comes from these springs. There is net the slightest chance for con tamination anywhere. As a matter of fact, if we bottled this spring water exactly as it is drawn from the ground, we would un doubtedly have a big de mand for it as a table water. "But tine purity of the water is net all. When we make ginger ale, for instance, we use nothing but Jamaica ginger and that's the best there is. With various fruit juices and cane sugar, a happy blend is made that comes se near pleasing every body that we can say of it, 'They all like it.' "But though everybody likes ginger ale, there are times when a change is desirable. Se we have ether Clicquot Club flavors Sarsaparilla, Birch Beer and Reet Beer. All are equally pure and geed. "I wish you would ask your grocer te send you a case of Clicquot Club Gin ger Ale for the home. Or, if you prefer it, let him send a mixed case. Yeu will find Clicquot bever ages are happy, friendly drinks that add pleasure te any occasion." THE CLICQUOT CLUB COMPANY, Millis, Mass., U. S. A. T CK0KCtCe&. $,W-Q ft w ,. ?srta JT GINGER ALE K'.
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