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Bd se ho hi Outside all was bustle and she noted when Peaky came to the van and ovâ€" ersaw the,placing there by a countryâ€" man of a load of hay, and she wonâ€" dered for an instant why it should be placed there.. But her attention was diverted by the arrival of Jenkins and a doctor, who found Bert in considâ€" erable fever, and she readily assented when it was suggested he be removed Bo a hospital nearby, declining, howâ€" ever, to accompany him, saying she would remain for the evening perâ€" formance. An hour later and the circus reachâ€" ied the outskirts of the town and the wagons were parked and preparations made for the afternoon performance. Jenkins, busy, left Bert in Edith‘s care and her deep love for him was manifest as she leaned over to give him a glass of water. Their eyes met and giving way to her emotions, she was about to give him her first kiss when like a flash there came to her the pictures in the locketâ€"pictures of him and his sweetheart or wife, she knew not which, and with a tremor of pain and weariness she turned and went to the van window. Craven, villain that he was, was much upset at the nearness of Edith to the death he had plotted only for Bert, and was riding along in moody silence when Peaky overtook him,and, with a knowing grain, said: "Your Red Mask friend nearly put it over that time. That Forde seems a& tough customer <to kill." ‘"‘I‘ll see that he doesn‘t make a mess of it next time," was Craven‘s snarling response. At the name of the mysterious vilâ€" lain, .I\enkins breaks into anger and threats to which Craven and Peaky add their indignation and promises to guard against and if possible to apâ€" prehend the villain of mystery. Under the, tender ministrations ‘of â€" Edith, Bert is soon revived, and Edith‘s van having been called back, he is placed in that and with Jenkins on the driâ€" ver‘s seat the journey is resumed to the next town. , Cleverly simulating sympathy . and horror at the accident, Craven was helping revive Bert when Jenkins rode up and demanded to know how it happened. The two conspirators are silent, but Edith, a shudder crossâ€" ing her face as if she had seen a viâ€" sion, exclaimed: "This is some more of the work of the mysterious Red Mask." Far up the road on their horses, Craven and Peaky watched the result of their latest villainous plot against the brave heir to the, Beresford milâ€" lions and the exultation on the face of the former turned to rage as‘he saw Bert had escaped the death plunge. Turning angrily to Peaky, Craven ordered him to ride fast and summon Jenkins,‘ while he galloped to the assistance of his wouldâ€"be vicâ€" tims. Chapter 3â€""The Blade of Hate" Saved for the moment from death as the. cireus van plunged off the road. into the chasm hundreds of feet beâ€" low, Bert clung with one arm to the ‘branch of the overâ€"hanging tree, with Edith‘s arms about his neck, then his great strength, sapped by the harâ€" rowing experiences of the night beâ€" fore, ghve way. He bade the girl slide down his form ‘and drop to the road, which she did, and scarcely had she landed, on the very bring of the precipice, than he fell, an inert and senseless form beside her. SYNOPSISâ€"Bert Forde, adventurâ€" er, who is heir to the Beresford milâ€" lions, is a performer in Jenkins cireus, in which his cousin, Lewis Craven, is manager. Both are in love with Edith Paige, a beautiful rider. Craven learns that old Beresford is dead and that ten)rrfillions await Bert. If Bert dies, he (Craven) gets the fortune. Craven keeps the news from. Bert, who beâ€" comes the victim of mysterious "acciâ€" dents," bringing him almost daily near death. A stranger wearing ‘a red mask. figures in the accidents. One night, the van in which Bert and Edith are riding is cut loose on a steep hill and, speeding backward at dizzy speed, plunges over a cliff. PAGE SIX "THE IRON TEST" An uneventfull fortnight passed. Bert, recovered from his injuries, had put on a new and most daring act And again, the following morning, Peaky made it a point to follow Craâ€" ven to an outâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"way place to sneeringly remark that Red ‘Mask once more had made a bad job of his attempt to make. away with Forde. And again Peaky was roundly cursed for his insinuations that Craven and Red Mask were one and the same perâ€" son. Jenkins, first on the scene, then Peaky, were filled with horror at the supposed death of the girl, and over the telephone Craven shuddered. But there was relief in the hearts of all when Jenkins, hurrying to the hospiâ€" tal to break the news of the tragedy to Bert, learned. that Edith was safe asleep in a nearby room. | As the hour of midnight struck the circle of circus tents was shaken by the explosion and Edith‘s van was only a mass of burning splinters. An hour passed and Edith awoke with a strange feeling of impending peril and loneliness for Bert. She rose from the bunk to read, but her nervousness only increased .until fiâ€" nally she stole away in the night,to be nearer Bert. The evening performance had ended. when ‘"‘Red Mask" stealthily apâ€" proached Edith‘s van and peering into a window and mistaking her for Bert on the bunk, hastily affixed an inâ€" fernal machine to a wheel, setting the clock to explode the charge at just midnight. : 5 ‘"Hope nothing happens while I‘m gone." Craven gave no reply, but, snatching his grip, started on to the next town, calling back to Jenkins as he departâ€" ed: 4 Peaky started to ask questions, but Craven shut him off and the former agreed to be in the roadâ€"house, addâ€" ing a parting shot as he left: ; "I guess you‘re going to get your friend, Red Mask, on the job again, eh 2" "At twelve o‘clock toâ€"night you be in that roadâ€"house ovéer there and put it over strong that you‘re there. Have plenty of witnesses to your alibi." ~Darkness had fallen and Edith was asleep in the van when Craven came up to Peaky and in a voice that was little short of an order, said: "If high rates of interest must be paid on Government borrowâ€" ings it is but rignt that every man, woman, and child should have the opportunity to earn this interest."â€"Sir Thomas White. As an aid to the purchase of W.â€"S. S; you can buy THRIFT Stamps for 25 cents each. ~Sixteen of these Thrift Stamps on a Thrift Card will be exchanged for a W.â€"S.S.. Thrift Stamps do not bear interest. Their virtue is that they enable you to apply every 25 cents you can save towards the purchase of a Government, interestâ€"bearing security. BUY Warâ€"Savings Stamps for $4.00 each, place them on the Certificate, which will be given to j â€" you; have your Stamps registered against loss, free of charge at any Moneyâ€"Order Post Office; and on the first day of 1924, Canada will pay you $5.00 each for your stamps. / BUVY j Warâ€"Savings Stamps WEEREVER THISâ€" SIGN MONEYâ€"ORDER POST OFEICES & BANKS AND $5."" for $4.99 On Sale at all Then the hush gave way to a wave of horror, for even as their hands met, the rope\on the left side of the traâ€" peze parted.. All saw the one desperâ€" ate effort the brave Bert made to hold with one arm the added weight of the girl. It was vain. His right arm was torn from the polished bar, and ‘his arm, half encircling the girl, both shot ‘downward â€"to apparently . inevitable death. Solet ‘ At last Jenkins got the signal from Bert and Edith and a hush fell on the throng as the beautiful girl leapâ€" ed from the back of, her horse, and, flashing through space like an arrow, into the outstretched hands of: Bert swinging head down from the trapeze. But none saw the knife cating its deadly way through strand after strand of rope, spelling the doom. of Bert as he‘swung bravely to and fro. Jenkins from his stand watched the pair. . Hundreds of eyes were on them and none more closely than those of Cravyen and Peaky, gleamingâ€"vengeâ€" fully from distant retreats. â€" The tent was crowded and cheers rang out for Bert and his beautiful partner the next afternoon as they apâ€" peared. Bert, with not a thought of danger, climbed lightly to his trapeze and swung back and forth from canâ€" vas to canvas as Edith, poised graceâ€" fully, urged her horse about‘the ring to gain the momentum that should carry her safely into the arms of the man she loved. The night show was over, lights were out and all in the cireus village were asleep. All but one. A tent flap was stealthily thrown aside and "Red Mask" entered. Straight to the traâ€" peze used by Bert as he caught Edith in her amazing leap from her flying horse. the mysterious villain went. And beneath the rope as it coiled above the bar he inserted a keen bladed knife. With fiendish ingenuâ€" ity he had plannedâ€" that the blade would sewer the strands of rope and dash Bert to his death before Edith should spring to his arms. Aad there was satisfaction in the eyes of the stealthy, masked assassin that at last the fate of the young man had been sealed beyond chance of failure. _ But their seeurity .and‘ happiness was not destined to last. with Edith and they were scoring even greater triumphs in a new town, forâ€" getful of the evil spell of the Red Mask. IS DISPLAYED You save 50c. by payâ€" ing your subcription to this paper NOW. â€" WESTON, Main St. N. 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