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mmmmmmmmmmmmm THE "THROWER" By Ella Dean Richmond (Copyright by W. G. Chapman.) Kloppetty klpp! Kloppetty klop! Kloppetty klop! """ - Down the vilalge road put Kent Marvin, his rapid feet beating out a hideous alarm upon the still midnight air. A shout in the distance was fol lowed by the clamorous echoes of a watchman's rattle and Kent in creased his speed to its full limit. "I'm in for it this time!" he panted dolorously. "They call me 'the throw er' well, I've thrown myself out of home and friends, and as to Lina oh, that's al lover for good!" It was the thought of fair patient Lina Wentworth that made him wince. Not a week before she had told Kent that her parents had heard of his goings on and that unless he faced straight about they would cer tainly forbid him the house. From early boyhood Kent Marvin had been a "thrower." Quick of eye, sure of nerve, just as certain persons were born with some predominating skill, his lay in accuracy of aim. No one had ever excelled him in throw ing a bean bag or in duck-on-the-rock, or at quoits. Later on he be came the champion pitcher of the local baseball team. He did not make a profession or trade of it, but he could knock an apple off a tree branch with a pebble every time. He threw a bouquet straight into the arms of Lina Wentworth when she graduated and that led to their rare and charming love romance. Of late Kent had got to throwing something else dice, at the village billiard hall. This had led to his as sociating with a pretty rapid crowd. Among them was a profligate idler with plenty of money named Harper Winston. If Kent had analyzed affairs he would have found that Winston was scheming to discredit him with Lina so as to win her for himself., Two nights previous down at the billiard hall Winston had introduced Kent and his friends to a city friend, air. Halpin he called him. They had drank considerable and Kent escort ed Halpin to a hotel. The next morn ing a friend of Kent came to him and told him that Halpin had lost a diamond ring and accused Kent of stealing it, as he was the last person with him the night previous. Things looked pretty black for Kent. He hid in the room of a friend all that day. He made up his mind MM "Drop That! Who Are You?" ' that Lina would have nothing further to do with an accused thief. In a fit of desperation Kent decided to leave the village for good and started to do so at midnight when he saw the town marshal approaching him. Hence the present flight. Kent rushed down a side street out of sight of the marshal. Then a square farther on he saw a pedes trian approaching him he leaped a fence and ran through a garden. His overstrained fears led him to seek a tsmmtmMmmmiim