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Re oe LN = AL -------- Ive Sw ¢ RAN i a = ost TN i ot ---- REN _v SETI NY IOI OOOO IITIIOIION, CHAPTER XIV For the last twenty minutes, while the jade god was meeting its fate, Landon's taxi had been speed- ing uptown. Landon himself was no longer impatient; he was glad of this chance to order his thoughts. It seemed certain that the bird had flown. In that case, was there any harm done? If Pam liked him she would have to forget him. It was plain to Landon that Mark's cour- age had failed, "He didn't want to face the un- masking," he thought shrewdly; "he knew I'd have to do it." Yet he was uncasy; so uncasy that he had made up his mind to sec Mrs. Lynn and feel his way, find out if she knew anything, and {ft Mark Grant- had been there again. If he suspected any effort to hold on to his acquaintance, he would denounce the convict rather than risk his making love to Pam Rodney. The thought made Landon furious; he was still stinging from the tone of her refusal and was ripe for mischief when the taxi drew up at the house. «8» At the door he got his first shock; Mrs. Lynn was at home but she 'was not-alone; they had company-- "a gentleman." Landon found out who it was without difficulty, and his blood boiled--~-He had intended to wait in the reception room, but, as he entered it, he heard the crash of the jade god in the library and a startled cry from Pam. Landon cast prudence- to the winds; he passed the servant who was going to announce him, lifted the portiere and apppeared in the library. No one noticed him. Burleson had tot- tered as the jade god fell, his gray face was distorted with the red - Women! Why not help your man to better health by recommending this Vitamin Bj Tonic which has so greatly bene- fited you. Most women know about Dr. Chase's NERVE FOOD from ex- rience or the report of friends. 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His eyes were fastened on the shattered green bits on the floor and there was something akin to anguish in his face. Burleson would never speak! Mrs. Lynn, still in a panic, fled to the telephone. "We must have a doctor for you, Herbert," she cried, and came face to face with Landon. The young man was standing at the threshold, one hand still on the portiere, his face livid. He did not understand the scene, but he be-. lieved that Mark had come there to carry off Pam, that he was defy- ing Burleson, and the girl loved him! Tt was the wildest fancy, but it kindled the spark. "Why, Archie!" Mrs Lynn's startled exclamation broke the spell; she stopped with her hand on the telephone receiver and gaz- ed at the young man in open amazement. All her rules were being broken. When had he come? - Why had no one announced him?' EE Landon did not notice her ex- pression. He had made up his mind to burn his bridges. He walked into the room and stood in front of Mark, "You've no right to stay in this house," he said in a choked voice; "the sooner you go the better--un- less you want me to tell them the truth about you." i Mark looked at him and through him. "My business here isn't with you, but with Mr. Burleson," he answered crisply; "after that--per- haps!" "Your business is with me," Lan- don panted, "for I brought you here. I--" he swung around, fac- ing Mrs. Lynn's frozen look, Burle- son's streaked face and Pam's in- dignant 'eyes. "I owe you all an apology! I brought this fellow here by mistake; 1 didn't know the truth. He's an ex-convict" CIE Mrs. Lynn hung up the recciver hastily and stood quite still. No one else moved; the color deepened In Pam's face but her hand still rested on Burleson's shoulder. "I've already told Miss Rodney that" 'said Mark, coolly; "you're a trifle late, Landon!" "No, I'm not!" Landon retorted with a sudden wicked intuition; "you didn't tell the truth. Mr. Bur- leson, this 'man murdered his un- cle for his money. Ask Fosdick-- he knows." A strange little sound like a moan came from the young girl; she 'crumpled to her knees beside her guardian's chair. Mark, disregard- ing them all, looked only at her. She had hidden her face in her hands and his heart turned cold; he "Crisp to bite... flak texture ...oven-fresh flavor --that's Christie's Premium Soda Crackers ~perfect partiiers for Cheese * Beverages Soups + Spreads » At your grocet's ask for Christie's, - CB-345W A 3 Sad Ya a' i 175 Bik ONLY HIS MA THINKS HE'S CUTE ome RT All neck and knees is this newborn giraffe as his mother, with lov- ing care, nuzzles him. His arrival was a big event in-the Washing- ton, D. C., Zoo because he was first giraffe ever born there. . had been right in his fears; she would not stand for this final aw- ful charge; what woman would? + 2» It seemed to freeze his emotions, even his anger, his contempt for Landon, grew cold. He put up his hand with a'futile gesture, brush- ing back the hair on his forchead. He felt himself suddenly a convict, he might have been marching with "his mates to the jail; the rest of it was a dream. Then he heard Lan- don's voice, shrill and womanish in its denunciation, and he longed to seize him--this puny product of so- ciety--and fling him out. He turned and looked at him with the con- tempt he felt, he was so big him- self, he was so much of a pagan, as far as the world went, that it would "have been nothing to pick the fellow up like a puppy by the neck. His hands clenched at his sides, his breast heaved; he had taken a step forward when Burle- son's voice arrested him. "You'd better go," the million- aire said slowly, "There's nothing to say--here!" I Mark met his eyes; he hated the man for his injustice. He knew that Burleson could have helped him. He remembered his testimony against him, and he had the jade god all the time! No one had thought of that. Landon, shaken by what he saw in Mrs." Lynn's stiffening face, in Pam's bowed head, pursued his point, * "He was up for murder--f{ifteen years," he said, "he's just out." Mark turned on him then, and something in his look made the other man give way. Unconscious- ly Landon stepped back and Mark passed him, .taking his stand near the door before he .turned to face them. "He's told the truth; I'm an ex- convict and I was accused of kill- ing my uncle," he said in a hard voice, "and this gentleman"--he in- dicated Landon scornfully--"intro- duced me here on a wager. That's all--quite all!" He stopped an in- stant, his eyes sought Pam and caught the lovely arch of her prone head beside her uncle's chair. She did not look up and a dull despair seized him. Not even she would be- lieve in him! "It's true," he said again in his "hard voice, "and his eyes flamed upon Landon, the wager-maker, the coward! "The convict bids you all good-bye." . 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