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By VAL

AFRICA FLIGHT

GIEDGUD _

LAW WON'T RECOGNIZE

It seemed to Carol as ii’ endless aeons ot years passed before she heard her father stuttering out. "I won't believe it." Though she had suspected the thiing for weeks; though the fear Lhat her aunt sus- pected it also had been her night- maie; though the barrier the secret had blllll between Ru ert and her- self nad been a daiIy increasing agony. iiotvlj that the murder was lit- erally out in the vtords of every day. she could no. persuade herself that they told the truth. And looking round the group of scared bewilde - ed rather foolish faces, she saw the same incredullty stamped u n each or them. 1t was left to Nlge Kerr to say what etich one of the expedition tel . and at that moment felt most genuinely for their leader.

"None of u: believe it. Larrimore." he said ﬁrmly. "You know well all stand bv you. ills: as vl-e know who

it into words? It t have given

u; the ghost o! a ancel Now

mwue builded s wall a. hundred les thlck—"

"No Rupert-be lair! How could I lace such a beastly idea? And it was so-so uniust to you. l know what you went through on that march. No one else knows. No one else can ever know!"

Lorri-more made her s little still

"You know Carol. because you did you: diam. so you had to know. I can't its! ne how you stuck it out as ou ."

" es." said the irl uietly, though therewasach qaobin her voice. "I thought wed proved that we were the right. people to ad- venture together alter all. We'd done it. I'd learned the realities o! adventuring, as you wanted me to. Rupert. you ought lo have told me the truth."

Larnmore shrugged helplessly.

"Well. I d.idn't tell you-and you

gullcti us out of lhnl mess in the . nhnt-n."

Idlfflllllll‘? achieved n smile. as he lruilzwi at the VOUIIQ pilot.

"Very cool! oi you. Kerr. But one o! to. . - nic. I And. he low.‘ . Jane" AI-Lnson. ‘

did not move. and Lar-

Thv lzi I?!‘ rimore :u l on Carol

know."

"You knciv. Carol. don't you?" he said ‘ q .

"Thais why _you've been so rind lln may sznce weve been ‘ lt you've krcwil have vou stuck to

\UII i'i'.\\'l. _ iu _vl;u, itupert. that I lov:d;' you."

Lliirimore laughed. I

"To the aalloivs foot and alter? It's no. in human nature!"

"It' 'n mine. 581d the girl simply. iniore had the grace t0

Bill bll‘ George Manson remained persisteutlv undefeated. It may have been that his mo'ive was not un- coruiecttd with the fair fame of Asscciil rd Air\\a_\'.<. It may have been thn. he was genuinely touched by the misery on his daughter's a

ce . . . "The whole thing's utterly absurd and preposterous!" he said with a fine fase breeziness. "I refuse to hear another word about it. to- night. I1 the charge is pressed. Liar- rimore.‘ i. niust be met. You'll see my solicitors iii the morning. and well get you the best iiian at the Bar. All this spashiiiz about?" Uniortuiialely no one was paying any attention to this superb exam le of the Englishman not know ig welin he is beaten. _ “tvhv did you kill him?" Janet llmisoii aiied gent’ '. fl coniess." adde her husband, "rt would be interesting to know the exact reason leading up to the act '

And Larrimore told them. He told the whole sory of that journey. as it had never been told in the offic- al i )Ol'[, or in his letters to Sir

- Manson. He made that Wor- ilho had never been uncom- fOiliIILS in ills ili;4xiierience the ultimate oi fear. of ihlrlst, of heat, oi dust. of the torture of imminent anti ligonikiiig delitlr He to.d them oi the toiling marches under the nleiciess sllli.i1ci'cs.; [he llmitles e.» ()1 he desert, I-Ie made ‘see Sotlicrn weighted down tum iiis aosuru pistols and am- inunzzion batidolier plodding WN-‘Pchﬂily in the rear-and occas- wnaliz-'—veri' occasionally at ﬁrst, then more and more frequently - taking a iurtlveswig at his water. bot le; at hrst jllSL moistening his cracked lips; then slowly increasing U11.‘ amount, guip by gulp; m1 me

Iatlil ousis was reached. and he real. iz/cd that he must get at Lani.

mores ilvaler, or face the conseq. uences 0t‘ his madness. He told tnem oi the: dreadful

Whispered quarrel under the palm- trccs ivllii tile sililticws itom the moonlight all about them, and Carol 8100mm; in peaceful ignorance on the farther sioe of the little group of trees. He showed them sothem; last desperate throw. when he tool; mill) 31W CUIUDB-is and waterbottles, anti mace oil _ln to the night; and his own pi-ututive Slﬂub-Lﬂﬁ hunt for his own iiie and the llle of the ivlimaii for whom he was respon- sio.e—whic_h had to end in the other mans death ._ , .

"YES! Had IO, Sir George! can you face that? I had to!" sold Lai- riinore quietly. "l kliiud him, and I WU.» tlcad iuglit to kill him. It was you, Carol. and the others here, and 1m‘ Ell-Oi‘ Anzony sothern. And in circumstances when it survival ot" "the ﬁttest with a. veng- eance-and Sothem had broken tne rules. and moved himself unﬁt to survive. I was right. I know it. But the lax: won't recognize that right- ziess. And I don't expect you people to-—not here, with civilization and lofa-cushioiis all round you!"

He broke oll. his face working. -

There seemed nothing more to be said. Janet Manson wnupered to her brothcr-in-law, and they all rncvctl awfkvvzirthjy/ towards the din- iiig-i-com door. caving Carol and Rupert Larrimore alone by the 318110. Only Nigel Kerr suddenly

roke away to go back and wrirg Lurriinores hant hard.

Larrimore looked up suddenly, arri Ilfliti out his hand.

1 "Cut along. Carol dean Wish me lick?"

"I want fn talk to you, Ru rt."

‘Your diitneril net stone co d.”

“I .=till want to talk to you."

He mnvexl irrltiib y. "Can it do atla- r1004. Carol? I've hacl rather a

‘O . . tirrimorc forced a smile- gsli is not rising." he said. "I'll be Jink- Cerol. We've nothing more to sav to each other. Good-bye."

A DVENTURE PLANNED

arol ditl not show any sl 0f following he others in ‘o the inini room. Nor did _her glance waver even momentarily. “You really mean.’ she saldnslow- 1y, "that we're all washed up? Larrimzre winced at the latent BCOFII lll 61‘ VOICQ jwhal. else?" he reioried. "Noth- ingﬂs‘ lxsmi the same since E1 Fay- oum. You begun to su 1W»

wouldn't accuse me ol it. And here we are as separated as i! the At- lan‘ic was between us. Better fate it. Carol, and let me go!"

"The only .hing l can't face, Rup- ert, is that vou haven't admitted to the truth even now."

Iiarrimore’; hands came out ol hl- Dockets, as if by a sprln .

"What do you mean, Caro ?"

"You want me to put it into so maiiv words?"

"I cer ainly do."

"very ucii._1 can understand poor Ton shooting. I can’. forgive you

l gag H illlng him for the reason you

"Then," said Larrimcre coldly, "you've not learned your lesson after all. Just why did I kill him do you think?"

The girl flushed, but kept her voice steady.

"Because you were still Jealous o! him." she murmured. "You admitted as much in the ‘plane. You ‘IOQK YOurV chance. 8nd your excuse, in pnmitlve circumstances-"

She broke off in amitzemen‘. at the sound of Larrimore laughing. It was noisy heart ' laughter. but there was singularly "ttle mirth in it.

"So you haven't learned your les- sons. Carol," he said at last. “You still reduce everything in an ad- venture to the personal. Now get this into your pretty head once and for all! I didn't give you a thought when I shot Anthony Sothern down, except as a mouth that need- ed so many pints of water. His re- laion; with you never entered my head He had committed an un- forgiveiible crime. That was all. The man who steals water oti a desert march has to die. There's no c oice.

"1 was of hovi to fight him to get his gun. I'd had a gun myself I wouldn't even have taken that much gamble. Ii.’ I'd caught you at those water-bottles I'd have killed you just as cold-bloodedly. I told you you didn't begin to know the ﬁrst thing about adventuring. Carol Adventurmg means dealing with circumstances where there aren't any laws or police to keep the nec- essary rules for you. What is called murder in England may be an ob- vlous simple necessity in the middle of the Sahara. That's the beginning and the end of it."

With an impulse movement Carol held out her ahnd. n I

"I'm sorry Rupert." she said. Ive been a fool."

But Larrhnore made iio move to take it.

"What are you going to do with yourself?" she asked, ’

"What's necessary and obvious.’

“But what dl they say at-

9.. "Very little. They're only ‘making

inquiries’, you see. I rather gathered

they weren't really very keen to

heir! the French extraditc me. and-

a guillotine me, 1 suppose 1i- W111 ‘I

Rupert!"

“They're got to ooriimuriicateyith the French again-J gather its all rather complicated. Ln fact I was g as given a hint that 1f I 100K myself oft and left no address-—-"

"And you're gxoilng. ol course."

Larrimore gr ed.

"I'm afraid I am. It's not heroic. I know. But then I'm not a hero. I never was-except in your im-aigin- atloti, my dear. And the leopard doesn't chance his spots at my age. I shall just. save everyone a good deal of embarrassment-your lath- er-‘in particular-by quietly fading out "

"I sec.” said 01ml slowly- "Ml- other adventure."

"Put it that way if you like-it sounds better than saving oneﬂs skin" said Lammore carelessly. I shall take a»‘plene from Heston to- night. There aro still quite a lot of countries where an extradition war- rant doesn't run: Turkey I believe, great some cl the South America

a es."

Carol went close u to him and t both hands on hIIe shoulders. “*5 ~ -- Sh ma , Im (gOIYI-Iélgi wllth you, e

ti“ s" 398130113, Caro.

r0 smil . » 9Iadtl)n't think." she ma. "that I've lefver been serious before in all my e. ’

Larrimore put up his hands and gripped her wrists. -“

"Listen, my dear," he M81111. I011 don't know?"

"I know everything at last. Tell me honesiy. i! you can. that you don't want me to co e! '

"I told you I wasn t a. hero, Carol. I'm a normal human lone] man. And I happen to love you. won't lie about that even to save you from

ursell. Oi course I want But

won "You will. I can convince you that my eyes are open! ' Iarrimore wrenched away from‘ her savagely. "They're not open! he said violently. "They can’. be! You can't know what this is goi to mean. I've next to no money. shall have to take a. job flying probably militarv ﬂying, in one of’ hose tuppenny-hallpenny republics with a ﬁt We shunt have a, friend in the world. We shall never be able to come back to iollg

hy climate.

p66‘. why on earth couldn't you have put

Pains In The Back

Tell o! deranged kidneys

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Pains in the small of the back tell oI kidney (Icriingemcnts. Other HVIIIPIHIIIS lire pnllor. loan oI

weight rynesw of the akin and their success as an e active means sweIIitiIz of the limits. _ oi rentonn the htaﬂlltliiséllfi ﬂlgtliivtlﬁ

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I0 Iiitvr iIic POIWIIIUIIN iirit‘. Miil IP01" tht- Iilotnl.

You Iiiliv IIIFU IIZIVP. frequent Iit-litIat-Iirs and iu-Iling Iimliw, for arid poisons always cause Iiorlily yuiins and nrIicH.

If vmi ivnnt In remove the cause

direct anti-combined action on those organs that they prove t-lTt-viive when ordinary tncdiciticii fiiil.

drug stores or Tlie Dr. A. W. Cline Modi-

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Dr. Chase’! Kidnny-Iiiver Pills at all

Limited, Oiikville. Ontario. iinarln. '

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wll b0]. a ii ubly t r taking ou m sorry to interrupt you." she "i- sorry. I've qid m more than WM

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“III: rglltlifxélgrol. D'you uiirik it will Wright. "It oouiiiirt help it. 1 meant Wﬂqht-‘euvvu at u! t" a f!‘ "Won't you wit}; with "I In‘! Bgstavlgm’ m‘! p’. so W m" “Quiylifngllllcﬁlignngm, 13.51, against all that amount ol to —bllt 1 was toointelested. arise». ‘ugh V811 ui-e. m n show us the macs? aired um- Eggy . oiﬂookmg! we: lWu-I. and ctiiidmi love II, ' handicap? Our tempers will shorten, ore turned towards the‘ Dhzvmwmm" l" dan- ipm. still 11in y ironic. ‘gm! mm m"; "QM," "an, mum, l a?“ 1| . y", ‘Rudy!’ depend b] We shall treat each other worse and secretary. ‘Zrell her its madness. T i d! l!‘ l? w 7W!“ n o know them wot m‘. unuqyog-nutwnr,‘ n“ . g Mun "ma; M, mewlh t. worse. we shall quarrel. Arid be- Miss W t, he said urgent - i gllmmhllll "d, u: mplgluq, Guol e s hoe at him-Ill! emmﬂw,’ b“ d” ‘m1, "u c“ _..,_ lmllw ‘m,’ W “J m em o1: cause we can get away from each "Oh w y not suggest tha shot c c or go , u?‘ B “IL Wright owed no I101 0! 1m» ﬁr...“ n ‘m; hhzumotgréL 25am u“ .5 mun“ £10011:- other. we shall come to hate each tells my lather-the l put a stop- at ‘ m h 6 80h alum g . _ _ “d m“, ‘M 1 up “ti-uh “d hnmm,‘ mum the “ma” mleenu other. Just because we shall be so per on me.’ Carol cried. 311mm g1!“ 2h 0d"; Q h" t u Innimon. the ‘d, . h‘, “any,” um “mm; and lnlkelbrelthin u, yoﬂi hideously dependent upon each _ There was a. little silenoei then, be A9 11131:‘??- mﬂ l‘ um 1y one 531d, but I've my own advent N, muu!.--NQ-_mubh n ‘m “mo” m“ dalkhm with (‘quick §il'°'....’8'i§.it2li“'Jt'“T§. ‘two's .'i.:-‘»'°li't. “si.tii.""vl°fli.if‘ w” it “Vii-wi- wi» u» t?» m» e "rat-m": ,, Tg,",,{'{>,..'.'£‘“,.’..°."§. ulritéi: i".>"i.’..‘;'.‘."':':i'.': “" '1." "m"- 35f. “i§3§§'l..£.°“°“'“"” "i “W- ...'=.t.='*-Pi%".:t=<:.2.:t itiiitziii: thu$ttiﬁ”i“us'§”u~ #1? deiiwiau.“ - ‘his; >:.§E'~..'h::.'.itl.*.ii"::i.iii-itir i." Pie." ‘it'll .. a. t -. - ., I" of view al tie blur: . I! you can ———- - y. I v__ . , m" u V" g m‘ l anti Bwuiiliiiititoitéii-Eﬁliei- °'i'iﬁ°"wruill°li'tié'd"iﬁ°ﬁiwe- m» WM ten-w w w» e mi (Continual ... m- l) . < ~:i'.i-*.tttt"-iz'."~';z.ftiith.it it"s: alts-t ziiii*..l‘eit.zz "i:

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