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wit?! a LA "EUEE m Hemitsinsrwan the going bging 1rttrirtut.,,: _. . They lost their. sense of _direetion, _ C, . "‘3’th sevaratk, rtityrrerdttur-hirrettt back 'st-tht-tly, Somiers' ‘Home’ 111;”; goi'ng Jn _a' iriesthr., soxs'dn iritmder and iitittt8HFTt with Hot-th find himself in 3Faitetra"rs" mom The Sheriff Comes in; holding our: gun and any- ing ‘hé saw sort-ite-ttttrm) in atsd Bilbeck has with Y heverth il Hommingway .arriven just why: Bilbeek {I assisting Mrs. Hemmingway, who but hinted. 313d bf course thinks the worst. Meanwhile , disturbance is heard in the cellar, Ind all gn'ust stay there, my: this. over t canvi after The the 0 harm‘s are interrupts ssh Tom Bill: of one pf the being in love l Riding, away rlsy' jn -their WHAT, HAPPENED BEFORE . Bunch. the narrator, Maryeuz. the girl he cups for, and Jim Cooper,' his rival, Ire membcrs, start a bbrformanc'e of Pnrmaliots and Gzzlutea at the Old Soldiers' .Home. put are interruptvd by a tire. During the rehea- sals Torn Bilbeett is accused by the )1de " one pf the utters. Mr. Hemingway. ot being in love with his wife. V Riding, away from the scene of the ttl-tated plry'rin 'thoir costumes hind overmu. the KI'DuD of players ia held up by the escaped convicts. one otwhorrr is captured by Bilbeck H bo an th the Sheriff m. ht with the house my b'0 W tl h a struggle captured et attic :ptured thief is tied to 'a chair at Soldier's Home. Unable to leave the the car refuses to badge, the players y there, and Mr. Hemmingway. hur- ,uver the ptiotsertmis he it coming the home--aq he is suspicion- of his d Bilbeck. Meanwhile tho Bherttt gCeci"'"O Ci2Ces' yt from '-urrriter the hed; where Abe” GO ON WITH The w ' ttld I Her; , rush down to it. ru horse has broken loose. Mean.. ninzzwny suspects Bilbeck more md Jim Cooper mixes in to ten Itis arranged that the Humming- 'tland that Bilheck is to marry In ‘vit nk ll m now I' must have talierifhern, .d _ Maryellag firmly. d that in order to get" to Hus had been forced to 'ser an which ‘the pearly mrfectly' possible for him pd them up .unobserved thou thom at ha mum the home. E‘emmingway must and Bilbeck offers to" so :iohynt disagreement,, they out together on snowshoa you Biibeck tttmbhsi over going being ditriqult, ", m " 011R n hack,", i declared knowing into what tttent might lead me. Trm?" Ma'ryella ex- I frcm the slough of confidtnee. "If you anything of me you k pr hex aged tvh xartly what she ht, I would take a t Jim Cooper had trdrawersTr _ . , ndtMo befound. Link-love picked (1. “I'll ask her." I can never look -the fate. again They were very l I doll What rt h rection of her was hare, save tare PTO n he promise tn a reward in Ted upon the hunt a doubt accomplishing STORY pamCe they , 'e'ftttt 9 :‘W’ . A h ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK B. Ci'.",';;.";..?,,..,:":""'". Thererias pd time to be lost. Leav- ing' Marian}: undress} r Went dbwn stairs td organiie a tios'pe to go iri "/iui.isiiit. My announiie.mppt -__‘that I 1 Ffts.- goirig tirleiH -apotrssiipartr-ttt CNfiri5tilirirr the "escaped -écritiets, hiat- Ikith féant enthnrsiasm trrCthe part; b d the dorgoneAhings. Terra cotta is grad enough for me 'any time." "Won't you go?” I asked. "I need some one ti, help me sail it." dollar _ 'tHe is a good horse." the sheriff aiwrwi trucurently, "and he is only nimterm yearg bld. come next May." "Well. let's gd,"'. I urged, "Even if y"At and I have to go alone." The Pheriff looked at his watch. “They are clear initown by this time," he, observed, “and they'll be' taking the 9:36 train cut. We haven’t got a chance. We'd have to get therein twenty minutes, and that ginlt possis ble." - rd the' old soldiers} One an‘d' an they politely declined. Even the sheriff did r/ot' respond“ to ‘the idea with any zes There tame "Haw can we.eatctr. them '?'rhe' ob, jected. "We've"got to follow on foot and they've got m.'v horse." _ "From what Ihre seen of 'yoilr horny," I- replied,' "I don’t think we will-have much trouble in beating him in tr-race." . _ ' . h ioubtful. [ T - . _ a “I wouldn't trust myself On one of I tmnf'd Io tho rest of the men. 'Who will 5:3 with me on the ice-bpat 0 intercept our escaped prisoners be, 'o're they cah catch the 9:36 train f" _ My proposal was received with ab- Mutt" Jsilonee 'I ran to the Window. It was still Tt the lake where [had seen the boys ig it the day before. . I trld the sheriff my plan. He,was I groaned. It was only eight miles. were whs no Way of making thiplj.s-, ,nce except by an aeroplane or -= There-was an alternative, The icpu Wil WM? Sir-T99 said See if he has, get the"pearls," panted Maryclla Not for voice from the a thousand THE "arccijalr, ,tFi'-ttyiisiihir (its-ii-r-l)).),?,"-.?.,'?), xtlothing' tfr borr.owi?itttttsitltrr(s" can and overcoat. . a, _" Fdr. the mast part the ice ’was black and clear. Occasionally there Was a small drift. When he strttek then/the rigging would rattle and we Would slow up. Hut-we went through ovary time, and out in the middle We. struck a clear space, smooth, un- brcken. and hard, _ . V A sudden squall of snow Camp with the wind. obscuring everything; hut I knew how to steer from the wind. As long, " t held herwhere she was we would rohch Pair Oaks on one Maek. The cold was stinging and the snow heat upon cur exposed faces. My fingers were numb from holding the tMer, and so were Marycllu's where she grasped the jib shoot. But thrtwhilaration made the bl ind pump. faster. The terriiic, staggering ‘s'tnirSQ "Theio"stood Maryella, vivid with' restored health. ":4" V . _ '.'Ycii're cn!" I saw/J "trustic, We’ve_only got Eighteen rhinuttig"hoiv.i' WAtimy’31135363tiénfjvmfyélleut"on :It took me probably a minute to get 1he saihuhtijsted. At any rate, we had less than ten minutes in-which M make town. Fortunately the wind Was on the quarter and I. knew "what an irpboat- was 'éapablgwrnf’ when crowded to ity pempit. Wéry'ella had soiled a regular W310? craft before, so she knew how to handlts a jib with- out instructicn. I shoved off. She' started vety slowly. At fifst I feared thaf‘pos- sibly she Was too heavy for the sail expanse. - ', q As soon-as we gs; cut in the lake, however, aurW. from the-protection of a wooded point of land that pro- jected from the bank near the insti- tutinn. a heavier gale cf wind struck us and with‘a leap like a frightened horge the' ite.choat jumpéd it. . Thus ehuippe:) and accompanied by the. protests of op' bompanionIS. we haistcntd down the hill. It was snow-' ing again, but there was; a‘gale of wind hack cf it. vw _ _ ' Wctt an tit f‘I’ve got you," I exclaimed, A He. made n? 1011]}? to my obvious statement. _ non. He had nothan tn_tht'ttt but some money and n knife. V "Where are the pearls?" Ido- manded. " ain't Rot. any pe1arls," he replied. "Yes yuu have," I insisted. “You stole them from the drom’in that room where you hid!" " . A crafty Irok came to. Juliuy's (Continued on following page), P As shd camé about the ’mast went over with a "crash. Fortunately Maryolla leaped clear of the rigging; and without. any further phrlcy we raced up the bank. We-got there while they were still unloading bag- gage. . ' .' ' f On the platform, ‘smoking a huge cigar in'C'b‘Vious contentment, was Julius; He hadmat seen us, and when I laid is heavy haml'on his shoulder he lookva up startlcd. Then came a squall; The iee-h leaped fy Ward mice mare with crc ing mast. Our speed dag-Mei. As train pulled in I swung the ice-): around sharply and abreast of statTon, ', _" . whim it We my breath. iib itself 1:esleaitd, fluttitro8 dowrf."the ’L‘C-hcat staggeréd and almost stopped. ‘Then, sléwly, she tweotre'ved head-. w ry, the wind filled the meinsail, aiul '-y holding a little hauler on the til- ltrr L.diseovored that I could still keep on, the CourFe. T 7 . . . Fortunately the _malnmast was slum: and own iithiiurthe forward. stay it . held.. " fl doubted seriously wiwtherfwe could come about ahd go on the, OHIO!" tack, but as ionit as we kept in the,cditeetiorcive were going ngto sup- prgg -th;-t 'Fr-FEW-fest' toTth'G" Fiiff nLthe trip if nothing further; or. c11‘rred...-" -' j . .' it _ p like; I tried to' sw lure it was too lite. Crash! The front beam went through music for my ears. We seemed not to be touching the iet, at all; and ‘ndeed there were mcments when We Were running on- only two runners. MoryclH's, ‘weight was not susffleient To hold the wihdwa'id shoe on the Leo, and cfton it would/ jump a foot or more from. the surface. I looked at her. inquiringly the first time it happened to see if shiirwas frightened- She read the questidn ot my glance. ,.' ' "It's cell right?”- she shouted. "PII take ‘a chimed"? . __' . And so we did, I héld the ice-boat with. all sizils set tit, the point where she went fastest. Suuklenlyrreutrcf tth white flurry '0me a black shape. It \vas ine of the fishing shanties that dotted Rhe like; I tried to' swerve and miss it, 1h;- wh hint ‘Soc if he has got the pea nted MarswM. . _ it Was a good suggestion. _ I ha nt, thrcugh his pocket: much tt azcmont of tho loafers at the n. He had nothing in,thom no money and n knife. V 'Where are the pearls l'" l eed there were re running on. n 0 the hiss of the runners, the of the wind-in the rigging and casionJ flap of the -mainsail I _piinted . up Aoo high were for my ours. We seemed not touching the iet at all; and there were mcmonts when We Thursday, July 18, 1929 uggcstion. _ I hastily pocket: much to the end of the main it, breaking our the pearls, The ice-brat but 'ak- oat the the . platform. V "Wherf are Maryella, joini F _ '.'Fthe tra V . "iirmselCparce,' ' “And _srdu le T ' 6utqtou'." she "He didn't t ‘._,_ late for me to M my aetiph, I test I could. My short-wir my statement. "All right. plied. "You’n‘l tra, that's all, 1 a cash basis." JVhile he we wanted to go for srnw mom "I had only catch the trail the staticn," I _ So I'sat whe form and note all I wtisrt.i.ide blunders I had “Tickets," " The conducts just. in front 0 He looked at clhthing was a well nit to mal Lut to follcw and get the IN them at the no - "Good-by'," formed resolut and sprinted d I caught it. tails of the ret and the dry ih; I ran. As it. to the rear pla I went into t forward end w the coach ahea Yes, Julius , his cigar all In (nee. I decide While we , train it came locked for th, water tank be: ius, and then look ‘on my f therfrt mysel an“ in the niisi I dropped ba away. Julius Cai' stops? I Nct quite 1 theless ran on him to mount "Now when Ctt' The train l mum not keet 1,'fltey,y1e,le .0 Thursday, Jul (Continuéd ', eyes. He pon The train w 7 "All, aboard “Win you 1 you where th asked. I débated. "Say 'yes,' “I must get t “Yes, I'll le . Juliys move of the eir, wi way.. _ , “I'lItoll you n aim" 2 zed J in, On' . Mu CH