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SATURDAY. JANUARY 28. 1022 •^SfiowshoeTrail Sdiso^Mar^fiaU # v*tl ly UIU« Iww ft» Cm md. KIA tarvic« J iCanUnard VVotn Pa*r |) It* IV* heard all I want to from you too—■and I'll nay aud dunk what 1 please." Bill had no answer at first He had thought that this threat misht brine Harold to tins', ho had >up posed th* man valued Virginia's lav* a» much aa he. In a similar Motion, would hav* valued It. miarohl turned to th* girl. "So your* not my woman, eh?" "No. no. no! I never will be" Tfc* girl's *y*a wer* biasing, and alt* had forgot'*n her fear In her ra*gniru-e«t wrath. "I suppose—you were a »«|ia«r man. Ttira* Indiana •r* your own frlenda* Harold smlleid cruelty. "Tea. a squaw man. And thex* are my friends. Dent you supposa I've known—for Ih* ka*( week —you were just fooling me along, all th* time fondling BUI? Rlndv at least waa faithful- and her form wouldn't tak* anything from yours." feta. wntchlnf Joe, «na what a mated at (b* iiart '*• man mad». Ilia Hardiiaf ga»e bad leaped over the gtrl'a form; hla dart, mwlitrrlni eve* auddenly blaaed red. There waa no other | wocd than rod. They were like two ceaN of fir*. Tltere endued a moment of Strang* and menarlni Mltnr*. IVtt chuckled. already receptive to Joe'a thoughi, Harold turned to stare at him Joe pat hla pipe to bta tip*. then fumbled at hla pocket. Ha mmxl to search in -win you give • watch please. lady?" he asked The tone waa «trange, thick and ■trained, yet Virginia'* hea't thrilled with hope. Tha re<iueet wa* a wel <*>me Interlude In a quarrel that waa rapidly approaching tha fight- In# Mage. perhaps If theoa ineo started to smoke, their blood would tool; .--he had known of old that tobacco waa a wonderful bromide to overstretched perva*. sbe turned quk-kly to tha atieif above Hal* head and procured half a doaan nu tehee from tbe box. Aa her back waa turned *he heard Prte laugh again—one evil syllable that filled her with Instinct ive bocror Har wide eyes turned to hltn; he was watching bee i n . tsnUy. Then *he sieppad back to |l*« Joe the matcbea. la*tlnctn*ly her er«a turned to tha wall for a reaaaurlng light of ber pfcatot. II was goat from Its plaaa. For aa tatdaant aha starad In hoc atnaaemrnt. Tha matches drorfved Idly from har hand. A sob ! •»*ht In her throat, a »ob of hope lan* and utter terror, but aha fought a brav* little fight to auppreaa It. She knew aba must appear to be br»v»; at least aba must do this much. She looked at Joe; hla evil, lading face told her only 100 pain * ly that hla rarer hand had seised and secreted her pistol. Pete's face was drawn too; Harold only lookad Nfcwtldered Ha was her last hop*, hat In one [ Instant * scrutiny she raw thkt had vanished. too Home terrible thought had sobered and engrossed him Now he was eyeing her like a wit less thing, hla features drawn, hi* eras burning. The moment war eharjted with Ineffable au*pen>e. "What la It. Virginia*" Bill s*ked "On* of these men—" she an swered brokenly—"ha* taken my pistol. I want fatm to give It back " The el ret* laigh*d then—a and sinister sound that filled her artth inerpresslble horror. For a aomejit aha atood moiionlee* in the center of that leering circle her eyes wide, her face white a* death —a alight figure, trying so hard t* JgMsnd Straight, erunhed and defense leas, only ber eyes plradlng In Inst I appeal. Instinctively ber lips wtua j pared * prayer. Jm spoke then. a single n»rt«tr» Jn the v»rn»nil»r for Harold'* ear*. With rat (Mturc ho Indicated Har old. himself and P»t« In torn. then i pointed to the ctrl. Hla face »v f bldeoua with n«frnM«. HweM started at Uw words, bot at firat made no answer. He had Iwit her anyway; there wa* no of further restraint The silence, the strew. mrwt of afl the burning I Tior Hung a wild and devastating Hhitje tbrti bis vein*, a dreadful madness seised bla brain. Theie waa no *avlng f*are. no impulse of manhood, no memory of virtue to hold him hark. Ill* degeneracy waa complete He could not (to lower. Hla father'* Wicked blood pulsed (n hla vein*; 'ha final brutality that the North hejjtowe upon those It conquer* wa* upon blm. lit answered with a cur*#. "Why not?" ha aald. '"The *tut's thrown roe over. When I'm thru yau ean do what you want. And crack the skull of that mole with .tAa pick and throw blm out In th« wfcw." The two Indian* lurched fnrw.ird .it hi* word", BUI left hi* chair In f a mighty leap XXXI When Bill »prang forward to in tercept the attack upon the gir] he came with amazing accuracy and power. There wan nothing of blind neae or misdirection about that lerip. It waa aa IX hi* aight had already returned to him. Th» real truth wa* that by mean* of hi.- acuta ear he-had located Ihe e«a<-t position of every actor in the impending drama What wa* more important, he knew th* location of both candle*. For all Ma almost total bllndneea, he could diacern thru hia watering *ye* the faint, yellow gleam of each. The one that burned bealde him. nn th* little alielf. he bru*h*d off with on* iiweep of hi* hand a* he leaped- lie knocked the **cnnd tmm the table; It fell, flickered. (Ul'd the room an Inatant wlthdane. I it* light, and th»n w*rit out. Th* utter darkne** dropped down. Th* act had been no *wlft and un»*r>ected that neither .100. stand Ing n»ar**t to the girl, or llarold i'-rr'n the roorn eould draw their Matola and fir*. Seemingly In a fli.sh th* darkn*»* wa* upon them Ke more waa Hill the blind and k«lpl«aa mo.* to atrlke down with on* carel»» Mow. ll* ««■ fai-o to face with his enemies In his own iUrk lair. II" liad turned the tables; th* advantage of vision on which they had presumed had bee n In ai< tnctant removed. They could »"• no more than h* could now. Ho sidee. In th* hours since hla rescue ha had already learned to find hla way about the cabin. And thta wu no lialf'larkneaa thit which descended a* th* candl** were Mrurt down. It was th* in finite, smothering gloom of an tin dergrotind oav e In which no shadow could live, nor Uie sharpest outline remain visible Harold cursed In th* blackness: aa If In a continua tion of th* leap he had mad* to up**t the candles. Mill welled Vir ginia In hla strong arms. He thrust her to th* floor and Into tha angl* b«-tw**n her bunk and th* wall, th* point that h* Instinctively r*al!*«"d would be e«a|e*t to defend and safest from stray bulleta. Then, widening hla arms, alroont to th* width of th* llttl* apace between th* tabl* and U>* wall, h* lunged for want again Vlrglnia'a platol waa In Joe "a hand by now, and he ahot In Bill'* direc tion. Twi> apurta of yellow fire hroke for an Instant the utter glocm Hat there «i.< jv- time for a third (•hot. |!a *x< the DMrwt of the three attackers. an-1 Hill's out atretched ami* im»il him The wondaman'a muscle* gave a mighty wrrtich. Hlii rr**p waa about Joe'* ch*st at first, hut with a great lurch he alung the man'* body out far enough *o that he oould loop hla »in»wy arnt* about the man'* knee*. Joe waa ahifted In his arm* aa work men are aometlmea snatched up by a mighty belt In a machine *hop he neemnl eiir.ply to *nap In the remorseless grasp Bill hlmaelf had no sensation of hla enemy'* weight. He had him about the knee* by now. Joe's body thruat out almnet straight from centrifugal force, and with a terrific wrench of hla mighty *hou*dees BUI hurled him aiuul the wall. It wa* wefl foe hla enemie* that none of them were |p the road of that htjman mbrrfle Thav wotjld have taken no further part In the en*utng battle Joe* hodv crashed agaln«t th* leg* wt'h a anund that Hit seek uoa krokra lUr « stale*. The 0444 were but itos lo one. wa.* strange and horrlbla In the ut ter d.irkur-w, the pistol spun from hla hand and rattled down; then he felt with tk crash to the floor There waa no further movement from blm thereafter. Hla neck had been broken like a match. Tha u«lde were bot two to one. Harold had taken out hi* own revolver now and wa* shooting blind!? In the darkne.*. Ducking low. Hill leaped (or him. In thai leap there wa* none of the gentle mercy with which he had d»»«t with him first, wt long ago la Harold'* cab in. Bill sprang wit h the savagery and ferocity of an animal; and death dwelt In hi* extended arm*. But a quick movement by Harold wtvl him tha full forca of the leap; in a moment »bcy were grappling m each other's arm*. Bill wrenched him back and forth, and In an Instant would have J crushed the life out of him tf It hadn t been for the interference of Pete. The Utter breed leaped on Ills hack, and Bill had to neglect Haroid an instant to Itretch up hts arm* and hurl Pet* to the flour. Harold still clung to him. trying to seise hla throat, hut Bill wrenched him down. He flung hla own body down on top of him. then seized him by the throat with the deadly Intention of hammering hi* head on the floor; but before he could accomplish hi* purpose Pete wa* upon him again. It waa the end of the preliml nartes In that second the fight he gan In earnest. They wet* both powerful men. the breed and Harold, and Bll! was like a wild boast~ quick a* a cougar, resistless as a grlMily- a fighting fury tliat in the darknesg was terrible as death. Mighty muscles, stinging blow*, striking fist* and grasping arm*, the rage and glory of battle wa> upon him as never before. It wa* Ihe death fight - tn the dai knee." and that meant It *ll a nv:i|>, nightmare thing tliat culled forth (ho*e most. deep and terrible instinct* that In the flr*t day* at the faith were atored and Implant ed In the germ plimm The** were no longer m*n of the twentieth ren tury They weie simply beaata, lighting to the death In a cave. It wiu a fnmlllar thing to lie warring thu* In the darkness, neither Harold nor Pat* ml**ed the light now. They were carried Imck to no letw furioui hatttf-a. fought In dark cav. ern* under the aea; murder flamed In their hearts and. fire rai» ilot In their blood. They wire no longer conadou* of time, already It wa* a* If they had atruggled thu* thru the long roll of centuiina. It wa* hard to rfm»m h»r what had b*e« the call** of III* f ght. It didn't m.'itter now, anv way; th* only In u# left »an the llf•• of their adversary. To kill, to tear their eneml'H' bMrt( fiom their »iuui L»iea.tU auti LUclr arUriu* OUR BOARDING 110USB from their throats Ihla waa all that any of the three could tetnem her now. It wa* true that Hill kepi hla advertrirle* away from Virginia * corner a* well aa he could. hut It* did It by Instinct rather than by oonaclou* planning. lie hud not hated Itaw'id In three month* pa»t. but had only regarded htm with contempt, but hate came to hint fast enough In those fu*t momenta of latUa Once, reeling ecno*s the eabln they encountered no ft Heeh that tiled to earape from beneath their feet and at flrat 1111 l thought II sra* Joe, returned to consciousness. Hut In an Instant he knew the truth. **lo back to your coratr Virginia." ha commanded. For acme reason that he enu'd not gueaa, *he had ree-i fit to crawl forth from !»» »h»tter; whether or not *he relumed to It ha couldn't tell. Tb»re *•** no chance to warn her anm. Ht* torn were upon him Thia waa not a silent fight, at flrat. Bo that they wonld not at 'ack each other. Harold and Pet* ivtad oat often, to reveal their loca tion and to signal a combined at tack agatn*t illll. In tha trwtanta tha! he wa* free from BUI a arm* and ha knew that hla confederate waa out of range. Harold fired blind ly with hla pistol Their tssjlee eca*bed sr*in*t th* wall, broke t«* furniture tn'o kindling at their fee-, the* snarled the;r Hatred and thtlr cur^yi lull foarht ilk* a riant, a mtrht of battle upon him never known be fore. He would hurl away one. then whirl to ft»e* the other; hla fists would lash out. hi* mighty a boulders would wrench. More lh*n once their crjmblned attack hurled him to the floor, but always he waa able lo regain his feet. Once he aelsed Harold'* right wrist, and twtettng It back forced him to drop the pistol. Hut Pete's Interfcrem e prevent**! him from breaking hla arm. K'anlinticd Monday! Adventures THE TWINS V aw* Pobifj" Brtcr> "Whafn the difference between a jumping-jack and a babyt" a-xked Mr. Crane. i The atorka thought and thought al*>ut the riddle lluaklna had a*k*d I hem. Hie riddle being, "Wlml'l the difference Mwmb a JumplngJatk and a bai>y?" Mr. Crnn*. leoklnt: mom eolemti thnn 'tit, writ down the row "What'* the answer?" he n*k«"d the flrirt stork. i. "I I con fWW I don't know," aald the Murk, looking toollfth. "Next!" aald Mr Crun* aharply, turning to hi* nelghl*»r. "M«* either," mud the *eeon#*tork, ahakln? hi* head "I don't know." "Next!" aaid the Cmne "No' I dotl't know either " And *o It went on down the line until at l"t Mr. frune reached an old, old fellow who looked ue tho he w»* about to (to to.eleep, "What"* the difference !.etwi»n a JtiinplfiK-Jui k and a baby?" uaked Mr. Cr.ilie. "Well," anawered old Maddv Stork alowlv. "There'* etiou:-h difference Confessions of a Movie Star CHAP. LXXV.- DICK EXPLAINS MIS DISAPPEARANCE "And you d*c»d*d not to writ* to ma!" Ho I Jimmy. "How could I do othcrwlaa? Mm. flcott. you *** that I couldn't? I had no not u dollar of my own! Nut tvmi u cioaa L.uue U# ulfer DOINGS OF THE DUFFS FRECKLES AND "A QUEER RIDDLE" on that 1 should never mistake on* for the other." "Aha," amtlad Mr, Cmn+. ~tl»afa the anawer, daddy. You ir*t. th* nic*> m» ft pinky-blue ailk roinfort. I'm afraid If I RHVr It to anm* of thfac other atupida they might wrap a jumping Jack up In It to deliver to a family on earth, of n ho ft, p>nk huhy. Now bogon*. all of you. There won't t»e any mora comfortu rnfwl* until ifooaa.plurklnpr tint* la over and mor* *oft down com"* flyin* up to tl)a f-ky for my fairy w<»rk«-ra to u«* Wall, w*l|, I do bttlava thara'a mor» comJnff now Mrs. Bfown mtiMt l»a tmvtnr a pluck Inff I lirnrd li*r nay aha naedad noa* liul.Mtani tha otli«*r day and nnm« of ffi* fantharw have rtin awjiy. They know wfi*r*» to corner* A whole flocli of fi*at|icra cwn" blowing In at th«* wind<»w* rind door* of the factory, ao tla» atork waited. (To IU» f imtinnrrf) ffTopyrlrrht, 1922. hy Rta»i | lttl. atnr> her! Moreover, my future helon<r"<l to my father! It was up to hls,aou to pay (iff his creditors!" "I siirree with you. Jlinrrrv," mild Motlierdear. "but I Kiie.-w youta Is not Uie buuiiieaa tUiics of joux uuic, dear rHE SEATTKK STAR IS FRIENDS "If a n'nuiger *hould rome to FeatUe at night-fall now," con Untied Mrs Martha. "he would have an almost endless cJiolce of hotrls and boarding houses. "When we come t her* w** no ho(«l, at all. Hut strangers did not lark a welcome. "I rwtnember Just lio* It all looked to m» *li»n we landed and how nort nt frlgh»ne«l 1 wa.«. and how Mr. Dexter Morton w* me and lifted me up out of the sloop and net m» on the dork beside lilm, rind Just an 1 wan feeling safe because of Mr. Morton's kind welcome. I ran straight Into "Old I'urly,' that celebrated Indian, and was nearly scored to death wain. "How they told mother she could take Iter children up to Mr*. Merrer"*, for Mr*. Mercer had a bonrding houne and could take care of us that night. "llow there were not enongti lied* nnd mother made bed* for tii on the floor out of her own bedding, and we slept. "And then It. wan morning, a boy!" ".Since T was mortrnired Indefinite ly to my fuller, I coi(lct not remind May of niy existence. I caught the shin as >ny father hart planned. Muy and my dad contended fur first place In my mind durlnK my voynue. "When I reached my uncle handed me a cablegram. Nv w York attorneys Informed him that my father wan bankrupt, A second cable, that he wan dead. A third, that I hail disappeared. "The new* of my father's suicide paralywd me. For I knew at once that he had deliberately driven hia tar over (ho ed«c of Die quarry. You v" ace Uial 1 wtuitoU to Lai aiuut HY AIIKUN She Ijooked Too Good to Helen Ry Malk»l ClclftmLJ 585 SEATTIJ: A.N I KKM) IT THE 01J) HOME TOWN Iseave It to Pop—Hr'x Wi*r bright morning, and mother \ waited u* up and asked u« how we ahould like to have breakfast on the twach, and how w* got out our own thing* and had (hat picnic breakfast. "Where was It? night en the beach -It was then now It Is th« corner of Klrst a\*. and Main at. We sat right on the sand and the water was at our feet. "After that we went ts »e« ntmut a houss It didn't take month* to select one either. If anybody hud any ho it of botiao vat ant you look U und made the beet of It. "Mother rented one from Tom Ttusselit Mood on Verier way two called it Mill MrwtV between Chorry and Columbia, and Just over the side of the hill from us was the Indian'* village. "My! but I was afraid of them afraid as I could be, ami that's what made those first days In Seattle sort of hard, and what frightenvd us so when brother got lost." (To lie Continued) to think thlnirs ottt for myself. "I n fund to »ro to my uncle's house. In u I.ondon hotel, I stayed awukr all nlgrht and figured out why my father had tricked me." "lie nent you away to keep you from bei nff connected with his mys terious death?" ventured Mother dear. "To free me from any responsibil ity for the affair. I uaually drove the car -he loathed lielnif Ills own chauf feur. I knew the town and »o did he.. J'eopfcp that 1 had run off with what I could lay my hands on- and that the car did not no over the cliff -by accident!" "I'liu uevci' \»vuld EVERETT TRUE iruess that your father sent you away because he Intended to take his own ilfe!" exclaimed Motherdenr. "Why didn't you return, Jimmy, and ex plain?" "l>ld 1 care what the posslps thought and said? Not I! And what else was tlieiv to come hack to? The business was In the hands of n com* in 11 tee of my father's creditors. There wa« May to return to, but I had nothing to offer her." "Your uncle—why did he not help you 7" "&ly uncle Is a very successful man who despises failures. 1 and in.v father wens failures, to him. After a sleepless night In the lxuidon hotel 1 cheeked cut iUuU diMdiytMl Cii. A BY STANLEY BYALLMAN Y BLOSSER BY CONi wandered hopelessly, aimlessly, Itk< a nulilter suffering from shell shock. "I had not Iwn trained for a pro fessjon. 1 wiia to Inherit my father"« interests. One evening I wander*! Into a cinema palace. I wanted tj forget, If only for an. hour. "And tlwre II occurred to me thai I could mipiKirt mysolf in the movie*. I had made a hit as the villain in more than one college play. 1 looil the part, y«nu know. May.*' "I can't see tluu you do." I touched my twnduged lids and we three lauglred Bayly ns people dm over nothing, when their norics ait on edge. 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