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2 1915
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ll the Clutch of the Iliver'l`l|ieves.
CHAPTER I.
ERE was 3 wllrl clanging of
bells on the yacht ililarlty as
the sun pushed its scarlet rim
up into the edge of da.\vn. At
the foot of the landing stairs beautiful
June Warner, ber big. lustrous eyes
widened in terror. had cast olf_tl.ie
swift little motor tender. and the dark.
handsome face of the black Ynudyked
n|an,"pecriug _o\'er the deck rail. was
distorted with rage. lie shouted agaiii
his impatient wuiinunds to the utlicer
ou the quartcrdi-clc
Sleepy sailors were on deck now
fumbling with the iliivlts ou each sidi-
l"r0|n one swung ii little covered cutter
and from the other ii long. narrow
ruccr. 'Blythe sprang io assist the
sailors io\vei'lng the racer.
On the dock as the sun pushed its
scarlet rim up into the edge of the
dawn stood thc well known and justly
famous private detective llill \\'olf, his
short. thick body stiff with the chill of
the long night. :ind by liiin stood an
overcoat and cap. lliil \\'oif's round
face and the visor of the cap werii
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The Escape of June.
turned toward the river. where iii mid-
streuui streaked the speedy little mo-
torboat i-`insli, which had been stolen
from that dock while the overcoat and
cap peacefully sluinbercd. ln the boat
at the wheel sat n natty little figure
with u chuui`i‘eur°s cap and a tiny mus-
tache. Upon lils face was a beatilic
smile. and his eyes spat-kleil and snap-
ped with the exhlinratiou oi’ this divine
moment. Behind him sat. stiff :is s
ramrod. ii woimin witii high check
bones and an expressioii of grinily pa-
tient deter-initiation on her lips.
"\‘oila. Mile. .ilarii-!" cricd the little
cbaulfcur ns lic cut a long. graceful
curve between two .slow iiioving barges.
“Did l not say we would s\vlsh':"
!iiarle’s stiff lips uorkcil for a mo-
ment. so that she could eiiuuciale.
"\'oilai" she lioarscly uttered. "Voile,
l'Ienrl!”
For only a momcnt the wcli known
and justly famous private detective itil
Wolf looked after the swiftly swlslilng,
Iienri; then he turned and pounded up
the dock. racing for the nearest tele-
phone. First of iili he called thc Eagle
Eye Detective :igeiicy and secured n re
port from its wireless di-pzirtiiietit:
then he roused out of slumber ii sharp
faced. long nusi-il woman \\'itli high
are-hed brows. who caught up her beti-
side telephone with instant alertness in
her heady eyes.
“Wcll. l not him!" came the hoars-
voicc of Iliil Wolf. “ilc's on board thc
yacht Ililiirlty, und, say. with tlis
girl!"
immediately ilouurin moved very
swiftly.
The sleepy cyctl steward stepped out
upon i.iie deck of the Hilarity with bla
uniformed jacket buttoncd askcw.
"Beg your pardon, slr," lie said.
“Don’t lower the boats for xi moment."
“Wlmti" shouted Gilbert Blye.
"The gasoline slr. lt did not arrivp
until an hour ago."
“And therc's no gasoline in these
trinits?" roared big T. i<`. Edivards.
pushing forward.
“I\'o. sir."
“You infernal idiot!" yelled Orin Cun
niniziiam.
"i.u\\-or those hunts!" shouted Gilbert
Bl_vc_ '°i\.'iililns, get downstairs. Yoi.
can till those boats in the water." And
he looked out across the waves. Thi.
escaping beauty was rounding the
point. '
in the pretty apartments which Ned
and .inns \\'iii~ner had tltted up to be
their nest _\'e<l rosa from the couch
where he Iiad fallen :ish-vp with th:
miniature of .Tune in his iuinil and rec-
ognizes] thc rnsplni: voicc of llonoria.
"Weil, wt-'ve located _vour darling!"
And there was a shrill cnci<lc_ “Siie’s
on board the illliirlt_'.‘ witii my lilie-
bnnd. .-\|itl the _vnwlii is r.ni-linrcil 0\it-
side the ii:i_r_ (loud iuorniiig.”
Ned wiisti-il no timc. Robbie illetl\~
ering had :i .-tiiiicii lltlle boat. and lion
ble was routed out oi' bed immediately.
_vnwlilnn :intl wnnilr-rim: wli,v the world
could in-vcr lic ilt pence. l'ln| hc wai-
rcntl_\'. tliounli it tool: his alzitatcil wife.
iris, at-vi-ii iiiiiiinus in uuiki- iiiin com
prt»lii-iid that the |lIl:irlt_\- was ii boat
She laid to sii|~pri-ss all her eliuilicnl
emotluiis to do lt. iiut shc ri-lli~vcd licr
Leif in-iii:-ii-init by lvlvplimiiiitr .lance
nmtlii-r and riilhi-r at their bi-autlfu
bonu- in li|'_\'|i|»ort
As tiiv _-mn |nuiln»ii its .~i-uriel rim up
into ||i|- url-_'v of tin- ilnwn and sttircff
in plmim-ii siirpriae at tlin iii-autlfni
girl who was spi-.~il'iiu liiivnril (In
mnrsliv short- ii |..\v. i:rii_\- .~iI:in‘ wltli A
|mrr||I||¢» imitor iltlarlltul to its Bti-‘l’lZ
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nnmuu viii- I-inf-ii |uil|- in lim rlvl-r’s
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RUNA WAY
 In the ski!! were three rwiii
looking men and _a roughly dressed
woman, who sat huddled in the bow.
'All four were silent, but their furtlve
eyel roved constantly over every ves
sei around which they crept. ln thi-
bottom of the boat were a huge bundle
ot celery and ii loosely piled tarpaullu
Suddenly the woman leaned forwoi-il
and touched the nearest man on the
knee. He was a big, rawboned man
with a bronzed face and a deep scai
on his chin. The woman pointed, and
the man turned hls evil eyes in thai
direction. Surrounded by black coal
barges was a shining houseboat with
brass rails, mahogany cabin und ull
the tlttlngs and appointments which
extrfivngance could devise.
The man at the stern, a lean. \vlr_\
fellow with n booked nose and ii leur.
jaw which ended in ii big kiioh on each
cheek, slowed down the engine until
it was nolselcss. Tlicy completely
circled the two adjoining docks before
they came back to the slip where coal
barges lay; then the skit? gilded in
beneath the overhang of the barges,
and the big man with the scar on his
chin knocked on the hull. No noise
from within. The nian picked up a
club and pounded. Na stirring.
There \\'us not a living creature in
sight except these four early morning
birds of prey.
“Ali right, Babe," growled the man
with the scar on his chin.
The woman looked up at the house
boat as lf she were estimating for
herself its plan, arrangement and all
the mysteries which it might contain.
She slowly rose and cast: aside her
shawl. She had been beautiful once.
She still bore traces of it. would have
shown more traces had she not been
unkempt and in fruwsy clothing.
“It's a wonder Jake wouldn't take :I
chance on the break-in once in awhile,"
she complained. “He's as iight on his
feet as I am.”
"But I iiin't so quick in the head."
hastily complimented Jake.
"That`ll do!" growled the leader of
the lillffy. "Up with you, Babe.”
The woman shrugged her shoulders
and put lier roughly shed foot into the
big tnan`s outstretched palm. He raised
slowly and lifted the woman straight
up so that sho could draw herself on
board.
She disappeared. The three men sat
sheut
“Ali right, Ben." The woman‘s face
peered over the raiL "Sny, it’s a nes-
selrode!"
The lean .Take stepped forward
lifvmptly and climbed up over the big
lDHl1's hack. Perfectly contented now
that he knew the silken hung house
boat to be empty. The third man with
little patches of half formed beard on
his face toolr the rudder; then the huge
Ben jumped up, caught the deck rail
and drew himself upward.
For the iiuudredth time Ned put his
head out of the vviniloivi At last they
were coming! He seized his coat and
hat. hurried do\vn to the street and
jumped into the mechanics seat of
Bobble Blcthcring's roadster before it
had come to a full stop; then they
turned and whirled away toward the
docks. Honorln Biye in her electric
coupe was headed for that destination,
too. and ou the yacht Gilbert Blye was
superintending with impatient energy
the loading of the gasoline tanks in
the two small boats.
The thoughts of all these people
were bent upon the poor little runaway
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Hunting ii Place, No Matter How Deso-
iats, In Which to Hide.
bride, who was at that moment skirt-
ing the marshy shore and hunting a
place, no matter how desolate, in
which to hidc.
There was an inlet among the
marshes Sho ventured into it a short
distance. but it led to nowhere, and
she hurried out again to the open wa-
ter. A small boat rounded the point.
and for ti moment June‘s eyes dis-
tendcd. involuntarily she crouched.
CHAPTER ll.
HE three river thieves in the ex-
quisitely fumished houseboat
worked with deft rapidity. it
was the womau‘s swift, intui-
tive port to discover hiding places; the
lean .‘lalre'n to discriminate in values:
Big Ben's, with nippere and hammer
and screwdriver, to rip od bruework.
to open drswcn, to rand and tear and
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ipiimei- it need be. \viuiui an uit-real
bly short space of time they bud the
skin’ piled high with the richest and
the bi-st which the bouseboat had cou-
t.-iineil; then they spread the tiirpaulln
over their plunder and disposed tliclr
bunches oi' celery so tlial the green
leaves protruded in u fringe from un»
der thc edge of the tarpuulln; then the
heavily laden skiif, with its four pas
sengers and its lout. worined its wa_\‘
clunisily from amid the barges. look-
ing like an innocent farmer bout.
The sun, new ii golden bali lu llle
eastern mist. looked down upon a
“Well, Babe, you yi`:ed me, all right."
harborage busy with the pursuers of
the little runaway brife. Henri and
Marie were swishiug swiftly; Ned iinil
Bobbie and Iris were leaving the dock
in Bobbio's speedy litilc cruiser; Hono-
ria Blye and the well known and just-
ly famous private detective, lllll \\'oii'.
were putting out into the river in the
Eagle Eye Detective ageucy’s steam
yawi, its stoveplpe stack rolling lilac-it
smoke and clnders and hot sparks
back over the already blackening pas-
sengers; Gilbert Illye and the lieavy
lidded Edwards were just leaving tho
Hilarity in the keen little racer; Cun-
ningham hnd been slow and below
decks when they put olf, but he fol-
low now in the cutter. The racer and
the cutter speeded straight for the
point around which June had disap-
peared. Tommy Thomas waved a scarf
after them and shouted absurd ia-
structlons to them, but Mrs. Villard
stood quietly by the rail, her eyes fixed
somberly on that distant point.
Slowly .Tune raised from ber crouch-
ing position. The cling of the small
boat which she had sighted seemed to
he fainter rather than more distinct
It was fading into the distance when
she looked, and from its red stern she
knew that it was not one of the Hilar-
ity's boats. Once more she breathed a
sigh of relief, but even as sho did so
she heard n familiar sound--the siren
whistle of the Hilarll;y's cutterl And
it was neari
Franticaliy now she scanned the
shore. There was another inlet just
ahead of her, and in desperation she
steered into it. It was a narrow but
distinct channel, winding about amid
n tangle of shrubbery and marsh grass
and stunted trees, with here and there
it larger tree rising from a mound of
solid earth. There were high banks
presently and then a tiny island, ln the
center of which was a decrepit hut.
June was about to step ashore when
she heard the low purring of a motor,
The cutter! From the sudden shut-in-
ncss of the sound it had entered the
inlet; In terror June jumped hack into
the boat. The hut seemed deserted.
There was no smoke rising from the
chimney and no one to protect her if
she were found there alone. She was
away in n flash. circling the island
From the other side she saw that the
channel led away into the marshes,
probably to another inlet, and she had
started to dart down this lonely water-
way when suddenly she spied a rope
trailing out into the water from under
some bushes matted with marsh weeds.
The whit- of the motor was rapidly ad-
vancing. She could scarcely hope to
escape unseen. Her wits sharpened
by her peril. she steered with swift de-
cision toward the overhanging bushes.
They parted as her prow ran into
them, and, bending low, she found her-
self shot into entire concealment The
whlr of the approaching motor grew
loud. Quick ne a dash .Tune reached
for the telltale rope which had be-
trayed this hiding place and drew it
under cover of the matted bushes.
Louder and louder grew the whir. It
was just upon her. With her heart
beating so that her esre were tuii of
the sound of it. J une peered out through
her leafy screen. Orin Cunningham!
He circled the island in his swift little
cutter, his keen eyes searching every-
where. He passed within ten feet of
her. She held ber breath lest he might
bear it. and once as his eyes tumed
full in her direction and she thought ho
had certainly detected hor hiding place
she almost screamed.
He passed on. however, and, running
his light little boat ashore. stepped out
and went up to the hut, the only pos-
sible place of concealment on the ls-
laad. .lune had a swift debate with
herself. Should she leave her conceal-
ment and, running her motor at its
quietest speed, slip awaydovm that
other channel while Cunningham was
in the huti That debate was settled in
an instant. for up the other chsund
cupped the swift little speed boot cu-
rytng Edwards and Gilbert Blyoi lovnturitiluly ramen.
3 iilye's dark. hlndlome face was with-
out lts usual suave smile. and it wore
ii look of concern us. making s quick
landing. he hurried up to the hut. foi-
lowcd by the plodding Edwards.
it seemed ages before they came
away, and they had apparently made it
thorough search, for they even stooped
down as they came outside to peer un-
der thc stiltcd foundation amid the
rubbish which had accumulated there,
When they had gone away June re
mained for a long time in her hiding
place. but iinally she stepped from ber
boat and crept from her concealment.
Thirst, inspired by the fever of her ex-
citement, had driven her forth in
search of drlnkable water.
There was a cask of water lu the hut.
brackish and stnle, but it was water.
and she drank of it from a rusty old
tin cup which hung to it. She had just
set down the cup when her quick ears
detected a low, steady bum. She step-
ped to the door, ready to make a dash
for ber boat. but as she set her foot
upon the threshold she saw the dark
gray prow of u skit protruding its
point around the bend of the lower
channel! She darted back out of sight
and. looking through a crack in the
board wail. saw in the skit! three
rough looking mlm and a rough looking
woman. The skitf rode l0\v in the Wil-
ter, and from under its tarpuuliu haunt.
ed a fringe of celery leaves.
June laughed in relief. It was good
to see human beings who were not in
pursuit of her, who would befriend and
protect her. and she had almost run
down to meet. them when suddenly
loud, angry voices csme from the frail
little craft. There was a bitter quarrel,
in which the woman took o shrill part,
and as the host landed the-woman
jumped out and stooped swiftly. The
man with the scraggiy mustache and
the scattered tufts of beard on his face
jumped ashore, cursing. The woman
raised up swiftly and, with a shriek
like a cat, jumped for the msn with a
long knife glittering in her hand. The
knife flashed down, and the man stag-
gered back. The gleaming blade WGS
raised again, but before it could de-
scend tlie huge. rawboucd man. who
had jumped from the boat. caught the
womun’s arm.
June saw no more. She run wildly
around the time nut. looking vainly
for some place of concealment. Arusty
stove. a rickety table, some rule bench-
es, two straw pallets-that was all.
There was no other room, not even s
cupboard. ln' the ceiling June‘a fran-
tically roving eyes found a tralldoor.
one of its boards loose. On the wood-
en wall beneath it was a series of
cross sticks, and without hesitation
June ran up this rude ladder, shoved
the tmpdoor aside and scrambled into
the attic.
There werb voices below. The quar-
rel, whntever it had been about, had
evidently been settled, for the woman
was laughing, and so was the big, raw-
boned man. June peered down through
a crack in the ceiling hoarils. These
two and the lean fellow with the
hook nose were loaded with nil they
could carry. The big man with the
scar on his cliln dropped his heavy
bags on the floor with a clutter. and
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|the brass stopcock of a washbasin
rolled out of one of them. The woman
carried silks and line linens i.n her
bundles, and the lean little fellow was
loaded with silverware. As they de-
posited their burdenl on the iioor the
other man came in and sal: heavily on
a bench.
“W€ll. Babe. you sliced me, all right,"
he grinned, and, throwing ol! his coat,
he loosened his shirt at the neck and
bored his left shoulder. There wan an
ugly wound near his armpit, and it was
bleeding profusely.
-Tune Cllllroed her hand over her
mouth to prevent a hysterical outcry.
while her senses swam. She ws; see-
ing phases ot life that nbc little dream-
ed existed.
The woman made I laughing reply
and after the people exhibited dlihr-
entv articles of jewelry, clothing. etc..
they started cooking s meal.
The men were at the table an ln-
credibly short time. They gulped their
food. and thai. tired and sleepy. they
lay down on straw pallets for a few
minutes of honest rest. While the cold
sad starved little runaway bride in the
attic looked down with rsvenoue eyes
ni what they had left. The odor of the
lot coffee made her feel faint. Only
terror kept hor on the slit. 1, ,
'ras impoi-me aim; to :im ai in
predicament was to devils some mode
of elclpe. but the opportunity so do
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CHAPTER Ill.
HE women below was actin:
strangely an sho cleared awsy
the remains of the breakfast
p and washed the dishes From
Uwe to time she passed near her hus-
Ulwd. bending over slightly, and dually
she etotllied beside him and listened to
his breathing. but she shook her head
and went away. Big Ben was quite
plainly tnlt asleep, sprawled in com-
plete relaxation, while lean Jake was
snoring with great energy. The wo~
man stooped sad touched her hus-
ba.ad's shoulder. Be moved slightly,
and she went back to her dishes. The
next timeshe came he did not even
twitch at the touch, and with deft tin-
gem she reached into his vest pocket
and extracted n_ little chamols bag.
So that was how one woman solved
her money problem, and her burning
eyes told with what bitterness she had
resorted to this bold step. Of more
value than her husband, even in his
low profession, she was still his supine
inferior in the rights of possession.
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Cutter-.'
What she had was a gift from him,
nad, as June had heard him put it him-
self. he gave her what was good for
her.
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iadderl The fugitive hidden in the arf
tic was stunned by this unexpected ac-
tion.
Nearer and nearer came the woman's
head. and nearer and nearer to the
edge of the trapdoor extended June'|
strong young handsl
"Babel" Flub stirred uneasily.
The woman was down the ladder like
n cut.
“What7"
No answer. The man was still sound
asleep. The woman stood over him for
awhile to make sure of this and started
for the ladder again Halfway across
the room she hesitated, turned, walked
swiftly to the end of the hut and hid
the little chamols bag beneath a loose
stone behind the stove.
Sho was putting away the last of tlie
' dishes when suddenly she stopped.
turned, and a slow smile spread upon
her lips. Her eyes burned with a som-
ber iire. She went ovcr to Big Ben
and deftly secured a long, slender
cigarette holder. She crossed swiftly
to her husband and inserted the holder
ln- his top vest pocket, so that iw
shining tip protruded. The water cask
stood by Big Ben's head. With a
gleam in her eye the woman went
over, tllled the rusty tin cup and de-
liberately poured a fourth of its con-
tents over Big Ben's face.
“Excuse me," she laughed as he
Jumped up and with the some motion
jerked a. revolver from his pocket.
He grinned at her sheepishly as he
saw the sparkle of mischief in her eye.
and he wiped his face with his sleeve.
"You done it o’ purpose," he speculat-
ed, chuckling.
“Think so?" she dimpled.
Big Ben's eyes brightened.
“I believe you'i-e after that shawl."
“Flub'd sell it.” And she glanced
across ni: the sleeping msn with vin-
dlctive hatred.
“Take it." urged Big Ben, “and if
Flub 'sells it tell me." Be picked up the
shawl and clumeily threw it around
the womnn's shoulders. She looked
down ai: the shawl and toyed with its
long, delicate fringe. She took it ou
slowly and gave it back to the msn.
"Nothing doing," she sadly decided:
her husband and walked away. Then
was a softening in Big Ben's eyes ss
she walked away, and then he, boo,
glanced at the sleeping Flub. He stroll-
ed to the door and came bsclr. Sudden-
ly he stopped. The gleam of something
yellow had caught his gale. He walked
close and bent low. He pulled the cig-
arette holder out far enough to identify
it and pushed it beck; then he gave the
sleeper s kick.
“Get up, you thief!" he costed. _
Flub sprang up, dazed. ._
“What’s that?"
“I laid get up. you thlefi” roared Big
Ben as lean Jake abruptly stopped
snoring and jumped up. He was halt-
vway to the ladder before he-realised
that this was not s raid. and June. di-
vlning his ininndon, rose swiftly uid
put her hands on the loole elapbosrdl
of the roof. Ben jerked tim cigsrotto
:glam from Fiulre pocket. “You stole
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Flub seemed duod by the accusation,
but suddenly he let out s yelL He-
cbsnleslly ho had rsldhod in hh vest
pocket, ss was his habit when the
chamols bug wus there, sndhld discov-
ered his loss.
“ily diamond!" be yslhd. "it’s
gucci” tails into hoc curses whim an
be loo   [Nitp-
liowly comprehension some to him.
“You framed mol” in suddenly lieut-
then she |lowLy turned and looked at p
ltupcflctiomf waiting for |
Boll.  dllmoadi l-N”
you planted this cigarette bolder 0°
you conld"-- '
"¥on'|-o s lisrl” beilowed B18 50°
and sprang for his accuser.
A mare gioimm in alum inns. md
he slashed lsvsgeiy st bil onrulhing
opponent. With s roar of H89 B33
Ben caught the deccendlnt WH"-
wrested the weapon from it and Dllllll'
cd it to the hilt in ll‘lub'l breast. V
There was s piercing shriek from
the lttlc and It tearing of bolrtll- Thi
woman. quick of mind u sho wal Of
may, wan the nm to comnrehwil
what that might: mean. Bbe IDB" f°
the ladder, but ss she went sho out I
backward glsuce at the lifeless msn
on the floor. There wise 11° S5045” in
her, only cold trlump
"lt's a girli- Shah on the roof!" 121590
the woman as she gained the l\tl1l¢»
Lean Jake was the llrst out of the
door. and Big Ben just after him.
They rounded the corner of the hu!
just in time to see June Illmll ‘Nm
the roof and dart for her boat. ll: Wll
the woman who cauiht her. ,
“Let me got” implored June. “I
won'i: telll"
Those last three words would Bell
her tate in the mind of any murderous
thief. Big Ben had caught her roughl!
by the arm, and now he looked ln-
quirlugly at the others.
"Drown her," advised Lean Jake.
who was more full of fear than I thief
should be. “She knows too much."
'All three of them looked st the ws-
ter. It spread far into the msrshel.
and it held its secrets well and long.
Without e, work Big Ben swung June
up in his arms and started with her oo
the waters edge, while she uttbltd
shriek upon shriek.
A shot and then another answered
.iune‘s piercing shrieks. and down 010
channel from the inlet swiftly sped the
little cutter, with Orin Cunningham at
the wheel, revolver in hand.
"Hands upi" yelled a strong voice.
and another shot startled the slr of the
marshes. Gilbert Blyei He stood W
in his racer, and over the wheel bent
heavy Edwards. his eyes narrowed and
his thick lips firmly set.
Big Bea had dropped June nt the
first shot and had reached for his re-
volver. Lean Jake had dropped list
on the ground behind s bowlder, but
before Big Ben could return the lim of
the oncoming boats from the Hllarlq
he was confused by a shot from an-
other quarter, and through the reeds
of the marsh there pushed a narrow
steel gray motorboat, in which stood a
tall. man with a soft hat and o. loosely
knotted cravat.
A stranger! And he was nearer' to
the helpless June than her pursue:-I
from the Hilarityi She ran toward
him like a deer, and as his drive drew
close inshore June sprang into the
boat.
“Hurryl” she cried. "Please hun-yr'
The man, evidently an artist, from
the canvases and folding easel in his
bout. followed her terrliied gaze as she
glanced back, ber terror divided be-
tween the murderers on the island and
the men in the boats. The artist lower-
ed June to a seat beside him, and, with
ti word to the driver, they darted away
toward the channel. A shot whlzzed
over their heads as they started, and
shot after shot resounded from the up-
per channel.
The man with the white mustache
paid no attention to Big Ben as he
steered his swift little cutter around
the island and struck into the lower
channel after the artist and the beauti-
ful young girl who had escaped from
the attic. Nor did the man with tho
Juno Rescued.
black Vnudyke waste any time upon
the astouislied thieves as his boat, too,
wliizzed around the curve. Lean Jake
Hind UP from behind his bowldcr se
the boat shot by, and the three -Babe,
Big Hen and Jake-looked at ¢g¢||
other in licwildermcnt. Another boat
came swliiliing down past the island,
it was driven by a blazing eyed pm,
eimuseiir with ii tiny miieuiehe. ana in
was shouting at the top of his voice.
Behind him sat stiiiiy s woman vnu;
high cheek bones and a wiiderueeg of
gums. and she, too, was shouting;
"Vuiloi Voilal Voilai"
-Another boat! in it vi-
md u woman. the driver ne;qg:,°g,:n¢3
llttleman with deep concern upon mg
bi-sw. the wgtmiin hysterical and ui.
hi er man tli his ng;
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Of The 01-gnu Rotpondblo For The
Formation Of Urlc Add ln The Blood.
Many people do not realize that the
Skin is one oi' the three great elimine.
tors of waste matter from the body.
Aa a matter of fact, the Skin ridl the
system of more Urea (or waste matter)
than the Kidneyi. When there is
Kidney Trouble, Pain In The Beck and
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“Fruit-s-tives” cures wsk, lore,
aching Kiduelys, not only because it
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Thin People
Can Increase Weight
_ Thin nieii and women.who would
like to increase their weight wltli 10
or 15 pounds of healthy “stay there"
fat should try eating a little Sargol
with their meals for a wlilie and note
results. Here is it good test worth try-
ing. First weigh yourself and measure
yaurself. Then take Sargol-one tab-
let with every meal-for two weeks.
'i‘hen weigh and measure again. It
lsn‘t a question of how you look or
feel or what your friends say and
think. The scales and the tape mea-
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most any thin man or woman can
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in the ilrst fourteen days by following
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the new flesh stays put.
Sargol does not of itself make lat,
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fats sugars and sturclies of what you
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biooil-“prepares it in an easllyy as-
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bones. Sargol is safe pleasant, eitlcl-
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Druggists sell it in large boxes -
iorty tablets to it package-on a guar-
gntie of weight increase or money
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