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MtU-TRA^»D By R.v^/.^y^•^•t^Tl^^-l>, / BEGIN HERE TODAY. I " 'No shock like findii>g you a ^^^ Loriw HtinKvr offers a hundred ''«>««*«'l *"^ » )*'«^' * 1?â„¢?*^ "P him to see. thousand dollars reward for the re^ fix>m my charr. 'Of course I «* your turn of his mi«.sin« dauRhU-r, Hope.] game, Doctor. 1 know Ux> much for lie is aaei8t«d in his swirt-h by his at^ : my health, and therefore you are pr^ torwey. EuMii-e Higliy. and by his Hfe- I scribing a rewt for me here undler your long friend, Juani Charlie, a<i\'«ii- py^> •Ho looked at me without rtwving a muBcle, petient stiU, but a little stem. 'In the la«t few day»,' he said. over, ca>ug)it the retreating Juarez by the arm and drew him into the room. "It's coroe, Charlie!" His eyes were shinJng. "Just as you said it would, old bo^. A photograph and the de- mand for money. Found them on my deek when we came back from lunch." He pulled Charlie across the room to his wife. "Mary Ijou, this is Charlie." She dragged her gaze from the snep-shct, and held the picture up for turer. CTharlie t»ll» Ijoring t!i»i he fetCs certain Hop* is held pri.soner by a group of i-ri«nals ciiIUhI the "Combine." , , .. ,, i , A mtsrage cotncs to Ranger telling 'I ve gathered considerable inform a- hini t(> buy a hat for Hope and leave tion about your past life. You are, 1 . it at a spe<-ified place. F.-ank Bryan] find, an AustraJian, an actor bom in is Ranger's private secretary. I Melbourne. Your name ia not Kclsey CJeorife Kelsey is detained at a pri- kut Haworth, James Haworth.' vaU' f anntanum and he meets and ''That was a bit too thdck, and I toM visKt-s with a Rirl who closely resem- ' ^.^ ^ ,j,^ ^^jj Hgtenecl to me ipiie<- ly, never alterifig his expression. He was the grave, kind medical advHser liif-ji a nurse named (Copley. l)r. Bris- tow is the superintendent of the in- •tituiion. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ' A responsive shiver paseed over her shoulder!!. "There was no use ai-ting as if I hadn't taken it all in," Kclsey resum- ed; "and I didn't hesitate to express myself. I was leaving at once, I told bim; didn't care to be hooked up with a bunch of crooks. Bristow didn't bluster any; just smiled In that mad- dening, eaiperior way of has and when I finished, condescended to 'explain. He had been humoring a lunatic, he •aid; my expeirience should have taught me the r>ecessity of sonieOimes doing that. The story of the stolen jewels was pure dementia, but inter- esting as an example of unusiua? co- herence. "He made the thing plauMble enough but it didn't sink in as he ex- pected. I'd heard the two of them talk. Thtre wasn't any make-believe about it; they were ri'ght <lown to business. Actual names and addresses were givt-n and written down. And the alleged patient was all'owc-d to de{Jh.rt free. "So I stood my ground, and bluntly told him that I (^idn't consider the circumstances opeii to misinterpreta- tion. "Brirtow began tarP'iK on the ann of his chair, but he wa.s as cool as ever. "It looks as if j-our usefulneâ„¢ here is over,' he agreed. 'I regret it. You wouJd have been a \?aluable man.' " "Sp«ak a litUe lower," she cau- tioned. "Thanks, T forgot for the moment- Well, I left him then, and went up to my room. I've told you how I at- tempted to feci away and failed. After that, 1 tried to get to Bristow again, but he wouldn't see me. So 1 turmed to Morton." "Morton?" she repeated interroga- tively. "Yes, the other house physician. He'« a quiet, non-comnvittal sort of a feilow. I didn't go into the whole thing with him; just told him I'd had a faEiing out with Bristow and resign- ed, but that when I attempte<l to leave the place, I'd been prevented. "He didn't .-diow any surpri.se. He'd been primiMl. Juet listened, and said now and then, 'I'm sorry,' or 'Too bad.' I didn't. Ret his attitude at the time- My idea then was, that he was too keen <in his job to take sides. But I gained a clearer light on him when I finally Ulked to Bristow. "H<- was all ready for me, and didn't waste any time in laying his cards on the table. " 'It's for your own sake that I have taken the«<- restrictive mea.'^urcs,' he said in his be.st professional manner. 'I'm nM easily fooled, yet I c^mfoss I bad no susi)icions of yx)u. But your violent outbreak and the persistent way you have clung to your delusions le«ive (mly one course open to me. Do you remember ony great shock or acci- dent In your life?' "I saw where he was heading, anid boiled over. 'You say, "What rot!" and say it quite .oeriou»ly,' he came back at me; 'for youre is a case of dual pcrsonaJ- ity. You started life as a younpr phy^d- cian. Something occurred, a shock of some sort. Your secondary personal- ty aseertcd itself, and you became an actor. Thia continued for a tiine and then the doctor personality reasserted itself and you came to this country. In neither of these state* is there any remembrance of the otRer. There nvay eventually occur â€" and I think I can help you in such a crisis â€" a struggle between the two personalities, and it will then dew>lve upon you to decide which one you wish to retain, definite- ly putting the other away. In the meantime, I feel it my <i'uty to keep you under observation.' " White he talked Kelsey was aware that the girl was following his narra- P.K. iCHEWING SWEET handy pack* r.- "vrmi^ '* ••A •*" ia a treat that can't be beatl Benefit and plea* nire in generous mcAaurcI OIW p«99«raii«t riaror "It's the hat all right." He tried to throw some enthusiasm into his voice; but thJs atmoephere of jubila- tion left ham feeling dry and meager. It was, as he told Mmself, too (famed premature. Charlie had his swper- stitwns. "Yes; and it's Hope, too," Ranger dieclared. "We couldn't be fooled on that point." "Oh, yes; it Ls certainly Hope." Mrs. Ranger's voice trembled with emotion. "How can we ever thank you, MrT â€" ?" She hesitated, flushing faintly. She felt that she ought to know his name, and yet she could not remember ever having heard her hus- band use it She compromi-sed hastily on "Mr. Juarea." "I'm mighty glad to have the chance of meeting you, Mr. Juarea." Higby held out his hand. "You've been the sole person to throw any Hght on the puiile." "That absurd hat!" Mrs. Ranger bnrailed dvfprecatingly. "And yet you were right about it, Mr. Juarez. It does prove conclusively that the pic- ture was taken within a day or two, dtoesn't it?" "They snapped her when she wasn't expecting it, I guess," Charlie ex- plained; "and she's laughing at her- self in that sky-piece," To Charlie's relief Ranger remdnided him just then that he had not yet read the letter. He took it, ran over it perfunctorily, and laid it back on the desk witfwut conrmtient. "Well, what do you think?" Raniger was growing a little inypatient at thds indirectness. "Seems fairly plain," he said "They tell you, if you leave $100,000 under a railroad crossing on the Lone Hill road at four o'clock tomorroiw after- noon, ycnxr daughter will be returned ; and they warn you that if you fail, or try to doublecross them in any way, you'll never see her again. That's about all there* is to it, so far as 1 can see." Higby, more astute than the others, realized that he was not going to be leJ into expreseang his real opinion in the presence of Mrs. Ranger, and tact- fully succeeded in getting her to leave with him. (To be continued.) WITHOUT A NET By KENNETH F. LEE The Missus and T had enjoyed a hair-raising downhill rido on a rail- road "gas-buggy" that morning, the Section Crew from Keflnebago taking us down to the trail that led in to John's Pond, a distance of three miles. In much less than the same number of minutes. We had supplies for a couple of days in our light packs, and both carried flyrods, for John's Pond has a repu- tation In that part of the country for harljorlng large and succulent trout with fierce appetites, and we were bound to Investigate the re- ports. The trail, after it left the railroad rlghtof-way, led up through a dense alder run, and before we got fairly started, a heavy thunderstorm came up and the alder leaves displayed a very unpleasant capability for catch- ing and holding water. That Is, they held It until we brushed against them, and then Khowed a decided tendency utes, after which the Big Boy was ready for the net. But, Damnlt! There was no net. In pur hurry to get started that morning we had come away wItJhout It. So I tried lifting the trout Into the boat by the deli- cate, tapered leader. He gave a coupla swift shlmmyln' wriggles which lifted his weight of the barb- less. . . probably put a derisive fln to his nose, an' went away from there silently and swiftly. Not so goodi We mourned. To make a bad matter even more so I lost three big, fat trout, one after the other. . . and we were getting hungrier all the time. Of course, we bad bacon and beans aud similar fod- der In our packs, but we had come to John's Pond to e«.t tTout . . . and trout we were going to eat. Well, we tried slipping a hand over the trouls' heads and clutching 'em around the neck, but that proved to be a lot like trying to catch the to She held the picture see. up for him to freely baptize both of us. We were greased pig at the county fair. Next soaked to our hides long before we ^^ ^^led tipping the tin boat over un- tive with almost fevei-ish lntcntne«», and he wondered again at her self- control. "Careful!" he warned quickly. "Mifs Copley has come out and is looking for you." He slouched back on the bench, looking more bored and gloomily ub.stractc<l than ever. The nuirso crossed the lawn swiftly, her face darkening as she caught Slight of the twx> on' the rustic seat. "Verna!" she calletl. "Verna!" There was an anxiety bordering on panic in her harsh, unmodulated voice. The girl dii<l not ix'spoml at once. Then pho started ami K>ok«"d about her, a.', if she had just returntxl from a far country and the present surroundings were unfomiliar. But at another, "Verrwi!" she rose obediently and held out the note-book and pencil. "I,ook," she said; "see nil I've writ- ten. He," with a gesture toward Kel- sey, "gave mo the book and pencil." "How nice" The nurse was com- pofcod again. "Now give them back to h'im dear, and come in the house. I have a hat I want you to try on." CHAPTER IX. Juarez Charlie was beginming to ft«l oppressed and uneasy. Three days had passed since the hat was taken out of Ranger's car, and there came out Into the little clearing at the foot of the pond. 1 found an old "tin" rowboat partly hidden in the underbrush, and a pair of oars that had quite obviously been serving as a lunch for the porcupines. Thn handles were chewed nearly through, but we decided that maybe they could be used, so we stowed our packs In the bow of the craft and started up toward the head of the pond, where 1 had been told we should llnd a log camp. DIdja ever row a "tin" boat that has been In use for upwards of thirty years? A tin boat with collapsible ribs that havf! been "collapsed" ever since the Spanish-American War? If you haven't, it is of very little use to try and convey any real idea of what this experience was like. Every time 1 so much as wiggled nn oar, that cockeyed boat let out » series of walls that reminded me of the time "Square-Head Oleson" went on a drunk accompanied by an accor- dion that he swiped from the cook at the lumber-camp where ho was em- ployed. 1 would take a little pull at the oars. "Eeonk! Ee-awuk! EK-Onk!" would go the blessed boat . . . and the Missus would glare at nie Just as tbo' she plum' knew I was doln' It a-purpose. Our trip up the pond was a sort of triumphal march, the boat furnishing the music, and by the time we got to the landing In front of the camp wo both knew that "Ee-onk" tune by heart. I have no doubt all the wild things within Ave miles of the pond were In a state of nervous prostra- tion. I nearly was, anyway. But the little log cabin, with its shingled porch and rustic furniture, did much to dis- pel the gathering gloom. After we til Its gunwale was nearly in the water and sliding the trout In over the side, but about the first crack out of the box a big "lunker" changed his ''Orang* Pekoe" Is only the name given to a slie off leeffâ€" Some good, many poor, Orange Pekoes are soldâ€" The most economical and yet the linest llavourad Is ''SALADA" Orange Pekooâ€" Sealed In metalâ€" pureâ€" freshâ€" dellcloiis-43c per ^-Ib. T&HA 389 a big fish as well, or maybe a little better, than the nominal Boss of the Lee family. We quit at dark, and that night we sat by the. little stove and gloaed over the string of trout, and listened to a pair of Bobcats cussin' each other out In the swamp behind the cabin. After we had turned in for the night a £lg porcupine climbed up on the porch and started gnawing the wooden box that held our catch, and I had to take the flashlight 'and a chunk of stove-wood and go out and argue with him briefly, after which I chased htm into the brush at the end of the porch and went back to bed. In about twenty minutes, or perhaps half ai' hour, two more "porkys" made their appearance on the porch, and took up the good work where their dear de- parted had left off. I cbased that pair, too, and, after that, we went to sleep and slept like a pair of wooden Injuns till dawn. Peking Now Peiping As soon as the Chinese Nationalists completed their conquest of the terri- tory north of the Yangtze- It became evident that drastic changes would be made. All vestiges of the old regime In Peking, It was decided, should be swept away and the last trace of the Manchu dynasty obliterated. It is therefore not surprising that Peking Is to be renamed Pelping, and that the province in which it Is situated, Chlhli, Is to become Hopeh, which means north of the Yellow River. The change Is signiflcant of the gradual disappearance of old Chinese con- servatism, which began to go with the abandonment of the pigtail. Peking, like St. Petersburg, later Petrograd, and ultimately Leningrad, was destined to take a subordinate place in the affairs of the country. It had been losing prestige in proportion to the rise of the southerners. Regret Its disappearance as the northerners may, they will find consolation in the establishment of a single responsible government, lack of which has consti- tuted a serious drawback to progress In China. mind at the crucial moment and dived ' step which. It may be hoped, it marks under the boat, twisting the tip of my toward a unified China and toward the pet • Cross rod unttl 1 had mysteries for fear It would break. Right there I quit. "We'll eat ba- con!" I declared, "There Isn't a trout In this part of llberty-lovin' Canada that I'd bust that rod for." My heagt- felt sentiments didn't make the least bit of a hit with the Missus, and she said so right out lovid. "We'll go back and make a net ... or a gaff, or something . . . but we're going to have trout for supper. I didn't walk 'way In here, and get nearly drowned. Just to eat bacon," she decJared firmly. It has not tpken me ten years to learn t^hat arguing with one's Better 'rhree-fourlli« Is lost motion ... so"" back Wf> went, "Ee . . onkin' " to heat the band, all the w&y to camp. There Wo rummaged around for upwards of ^alf an hour In search of materials from which to Improvise a net. Just as 1 was aboiit to quit cold, the Missus got her eye on one o tliose had been no succeeding <IevelopmeiTvts. Again and again ho had explored the|J,„rt started a crackling blaze In the stragKling neighborhood where he I r,i„tod stove and ascertained that there lived, searching each fence-pose and hoarding for another of those cabal- istic comnwinications, but without suc- ces.i. On the fourth mornin-g as, after an- other fruit1e«s hunt, he brought out tho motorcycle which Ranger had in- sisted on his accepting In order to The Laborer and His Hire Manitoba Free Press (Lib.) : There are indications that the Government is learning, albeit with great reluctance, that the glory of holding a Govern- ment job is not sufficient compensa- tion for men whose talents command good salaries in the industrial world. 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Use Mlnard's Liniment. * • The Peace Rivw was plenty of dry bedding for one of the bunks, we began to feel comfort- able. "If the trout are here, we're all sot!" I announced, hastily stringing up my light flyrod and selecting a Silver l>octor, a Royal Coachmiyi and a nrown Hac^kle, with which formld- f aciltate his movementw, and prei>ai^ 1 „i,lo trio It was my Intention to pry to start for town, he ha<l the air ofjtlie lid off that pond Immediately, a discrodiited prophet who has lost yuten. Brother Fisherman: When nn Vancouver Province (Ind. ^Cons.): The Peace River knot can not be cut as easily as the Hudson Bay one was. t'heirreputed" appetites right along, I In the latter case, it was a question (PP J of deciding which of two points should My first rise was a daisy, an actlvev]be aimed at. The Peace River ques- heavy fish that slashed out of the tion is much more complex. The water wltb my dropper fl,y solidly In ; Teace River district is not a point, his Jaw. No fish was ever handled , but an empire. more painstakingly than that gentle ., . j , , man, for I could anticipate the way he > network, and the question to dec de would smell in a sizzling pan of Is the location of the main line which No one railway will I serve It adequately. It will require bacon-fat. He put up a gallant fight, but at length came Veiling his pink sides to- the boat, where tho Missus will afford the best outlet for this net- work,] Farm equipment production dropped last year from $461,399,528 to $4459,- honor even with himself. I Ontario trout refuses to do business i w"' the boat, ^^^^ ^^ ^ As he drew up before the entrance with at least one of the throe flies owaHed him, holding the wire droller | j,^^^^^ ^^ value. The trend to me- to Ijoring's office the outer guard to mentioned. Its time to got busy with I down into tho water. Its sides BaP'nK- 1 jhanized farming is Indicated by the whom he wa« now a familiar figure worms if you wanta cat flsh. and both her hands gripping the ^^j^ ^j 20,000 more tractors and the waved him along toward the the of flee I We climbed abpard the "HalleluJa handles firmly. I slid the big trout 1^^^.^ ^^^^^ trebling of harvestcr- vyjth the Joeujar announcement that P6rry"'nnd •"Ee-onked" our way across carefully along the surface, holding ihregjier machines since 192B, tho boss WrWn jubC oh llio polni a little cove over to whore a big hard on the roddju" to keep h^s head ____-_============= p( sending out a general alarm forlntream entered the lake. Here Illy- him. ' I pads dotted the surface of tiho cahn Glumly he pushed up the corridor water, and now and again we would awl opened the office door; tJien atop- ggg ^ quick uplaiih, foJfowed by slow- ned short on \i» thre«h<il<l ami bejrnn widening circles, that told a tale of awlcwnTdiy w) T>acK away. feeding trout. It sure looked prom- \w'nU\ Ranger and Buatace mKl>y.'lfiln l$»UE No. ti->n â- It tho attorney j^ wfre in e^pwot (IS ston over a letter which Higby "heVi *ii hlo hand; while over by the winnloiw â- tood Mrs. Ranker intentily «ludy1nK a phfOAoan-Bph, Th« Mlgm noUe m«d» by Charlie's About the _B60<)nd _^oa«t, my flies dropplnggenfly* Into a cTcaf space amongst the pads, a big trout surged up at the droppcf i\pd came clear of the water, the little harbless hook bit- ing deep into his }aw •• he fell back In4wton-tod W» murnbleiJ apologleoj ^nh a apiaif'b. 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