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V- ! " 1, POLK 00UI77Y ITIinO, TIIYOI7, ITOHTII OAHOLETA 7". . 1 ; x Cy Grauiuik.? They V Bjf GEQRQE BARR McCUTCHEpN .CHAPTER XVIII Continued. fToa take this one, , "and I will manage the other lie was In a hurry to get away from the house. There was no telling when the. government agents would descend upon the place. Barnes helped Peter to lift the , trunks into the car and then ordered him to start at once for Hart's Tav ern. Nicholas hutted in tvt this imfor i Sixty miles lay between them and tunate Juncture, lie wade the rola-1 Crowndale. Tommy Gray guaranteed said Barnes, I take of hla llfe l?g jumped back Into that the distance f could be covered in hts roowu lu Us than a second he was out again He landed aquarely on Nicholas hack as the fellow turned to escape, I sawthe steel Hash. Poor old Nick went down In a heap, letting out a horrible yell, Ujro dragged hlra Into the room and dashed back Into his own. A moment later he came out again, yelling for help. There was three hours, even oyer the vile moun tain roads. Ten . o'clock would find them at the Grand Palace hotel, none the worse' for wear,- provided' (he al ways put It parenthetically) they lived to tell the tale 1 1 The luggage had gone on ahead of them earlier In the day. - . Soon after ten o'clock they entered NO. SO. Act like a man- with - brains. I saidI would; square myself with . you and with; him, too. Well, I've done both. : Maybe you think; it Is easy to give Tup this stuff.; t There Is a half-mil-. lion dollars' worth: of nice utue mings in that box, small as it-Is." 'l cannot ' begin ' to ; thank ; ybtf enough,', said Barnes. "See here, you. must jallow; me to reward iyou In some" way commensurate with : your " : "Cut that out," said Sprouse darkly. Tm not so virtuous that I have to be rewarded. V; I like the . game. It's the breath of llf,e to me." "The time will surely come when 7 can do you a good .turn; Sprouse, and you will not find; me reluctant," said Baraeit; lamely, That's different If I r ever need a friendly hand Til eall on you. It's only fair? that 1 snouia give you a up, Barnes, just to put you on your guard. From now on, I m arfree agent. I want ip advise you to put that stuff In a safe place. Til give you two days staTt. After that, If I', can t get, 'em away from you, or whoever may have them, I'm going to do it. They . will be "You can return later on for your only one thing left for me to do and the town of1 Crowndale and drew upl falr piunder from then on. Good things," he said. "I got 'em tied up In a bundle In the garage, Mr. Burns," he said. "Won't take a , second : to get em out. He hurried around .the corner of the house. :;Tr:v :;.-Jv A dry, - quiet chuckle fell upon Barnes ears. He. glanced about In sur prise and alarm. No one was In sight. "Look up, young man," and the startled young man obeyed. His gaze halted at a window on the second story, almost directly over his head. Mr. Sprouse was looking down upon him,' his sharp features fixed In a sar donic grin. V "Well. Til be d I" burst from Barnes' lips. ! : . "Surprised to see me, eh? If you're not in a hurry, Pd certainly appreciate a lift as far as the Tavern, old man. m be down In a jiffy. Stand, aside ! Pm going to drop.i A moment later he swung over the sill, and dropped lightly to the ground eight feet below. "See. here. Sprouse or whatever . your name is " "Better hear mo out," broke In Sprouse calmly.- "I could drill a hole through you so quickly you'd never know, what did it," he went on. His hand was In his coat Docket, and a quick glance revealed to Barnes a sin- Set e jewels.' gularly impressive angle In the. cloth, the point of which seemed to be direct ed squarely ' at his chest. "But Tm not going to do It , I Just want to set myself straight , with , you, In a word, I never got anywhere near the room In which the jewels were hidden. This is God's truth, Barnes. I wasn't the only one who was trying to get the baubles, my friend. It was a game In ( which only the best man could win." T know the truth now about Boon ' and Paul," said Barnes significantly. "You do?" sneered Sprouse. "Til bet you a thousand to one you do not. that was to get out jon the roof If pos- before the unattractive portals i of. the sible. and . wait for things to quiet Grand ,Palace hotel. An arc v lamp down. I got out through a trap door swinging above the .entrance shed a and stayed there for an hour or so. 'Well, to shorten the story, I final ly took a chance and slid down to the eaves where I managed to una me limb of a ,tree big enough to support me Just as If the Lord had ordered it put there for-my special benefit ,1 was soon on "the ground, and that meant safety for me. , I had heard Ugo tell the others that Nicholas said the man who stabbed him was yours truly. Can you beat It?, "And now comes. the maddening part of the whole business. ' He said that the crown jewels were gone! The thief was running downstairs when he stag gered to i the door.' If we are to find the crown Jewels, k my friend, we will first have to find Prince Ugo. He has them."' - .; :' .: V; VI don't believe a word of this yarn," said Barnes flatly. "You have the jewels and " , "Look'here, Mr. Barnes, Pm not go ing to double-cross you again. That's all. over. I want to get that scurvy dog who knifed poor old Nick. If you can give me . a lead, I'll try to run Prince Ugo down. And if I do, we'll pitiless light upon the dreary, Godfor saken hostelry with the ironic name., Miss f!nmprnn was wnrmlr - rnn- scious of the thrill that had come Into her blood when he carried her up the stairs In his powerful arms, disdaining the offer of assistance from ; the sud denly infatuated Tommy Gray. v "Rehearsal at ' eleven sharp" an nounced Bushcroft. ; Letter-perfect, every one Of you. No guessing.: By the way. Miss er 'pon my soul. I don't believe I got your name?" - . "Jdnrs," said the new member, shamelessly. - Barnes went ; down . to the ; dingy lobby. A "single, half-hearted electric bulb shed Its feeble light xn the desk, In front of which stood a man regis tering under the sleepy eye of the night clerk. , . - r : . Barnes was turning away (when a ramniar voice assaiiea mm. Whirling, he' 1ookhL into the face of a man who stood almost at his elbow -the ' sharp,- impassive face "of Mr. Sprouse. night and good-by for the present Stick dose to your room till morning and then beat It with her for New York. I give you two days' start, re member." '. . , N 'i ...lie switched .oft the light suddenly. There was no sound for many seconds, save the deep breathing of the two CHAPTER XX. YX?a9 Vaii omnoa ma finiviiioA Well, I can't do any more than give my promise, my solemn oath, or something like that . ' I can give a bond, you know. I swear to you that if I lay hands on that stuff, I will de liver it to you. Might just as well trust me as Ugo." "Get In the car," said Barnes sud denly, lie naa aeciaea to take a chance with the resourceful, inde f atigable rascal. There was something convincing about Sprouse's version of the affair at Green Fancy. - Barnes ' told him that he knew of The First Wayfarer Has One Treasure Thrust Upon Him And Forthwith Claims' Another. v "What are you doing here?" de manded Barnes, staring. He seized the man's arm and inquired eagerly :. "Have you got the Jewels?" "No ; but I will have them before morning,", replied, Sprouse coolly. Would you be surprised If I were to tell you that his royal nibs Is hiding In this town? Well, he certainly Is. The Baroness Hedlund has been here for a week or ten days. She goes by Lika 'Isn't It Jolly, Running Away The girl was led to believe that they Prince Ugo's fight Sprouse looked I the name of Mrs. Hasselweln. I popped were a couple of crooks and that they fixed me In that tavern down there. Isn't that what she told you? "Well, that story was cooked up for her spe cial benefit Boon was the Baron Hed lund. Hedlund came up here a week or so ago to keep & lookout for his wife. The baroness Is supposed to be ' deeply enamored of ' Prince Ugo. He found letters which seemed to Indicate that she was : planning to Join the - prince up here. When he heard of the arrival of a lady at Green "Fancy the other afternoon, he got busy.' I admit that I am the gentleman who tele phoned the warning up to the prince. They "tried to head the baron and his man off at the cross-roads,- but he thoughtful for a long time. "So ODowd knows Jhat I really was after the. swag, eh? -He believes I got It?".'., i c - "I suppose so., The only one-: who thinks rm abso lutely Innocent is Ugo, of , course and Mrs. Van Dyke, r That's good Sprouse smacked his Hps. ; "Tve got a pretty fair Idea where" I can find Mr. Loeb. It will take a little time a men. Then, witn mnmte caution; Sprouse turned the knob and opened out that she U at the sanatorium, but nr anrupiiy tnai mrnesneyer that she 'expects to leave tomorrow morning. I made another trip out there this evening and waited. About eight o'clock Mr Hasselweln strolled up. He sat on the veranda with her for half an. hour or .so and then left 1 fol lowed him. He went to one of the little cottages that belong to the sana torium. I couldn't get close enough to couple- of days, perhaps but ' sooner j hear, what they said, but I believe he or later hell turn up In close prox imity to the beautiful baroness." CHAPTER XIX. "See Here, Sprouse, or Whatever Your Name Is" beat them to it If there was to be a Ight they didn't want it to happen i nywhere near the house. I believe Ugo; is the one who got the baron or loon j as, you know him." Now, that is he true story of the little affair. "To ' go - back to my own troubles. Vhen I got out into the hall night be ore last, after leaving her room, "I xeard - voices whispering in. , Prince Jgo's room. I beat it up the stairway nto the attic. Nothing happened, so sneaked down to have a peep around. Che door to Ugo's room was open,5 but here was no light on the nside. He ame to the door and looked up and own the hall. Then some one else asrae out and started, to sneak away. I leave yov to guess the sex, A Trip by Niaht and a Late Arrival. Shortly after sundown that; eve ning, the Bushcroft company evacu ated Hart's Tavern. They were de layed br the irritating and, to, Mr. Bushcroft, unpardonable behavior of two officious gentlemen, lately arrived. who insisted politely but firmly on prying into the past, present and f u ture history of the several members of ine , organization, including the . new Barnes had devised a very clever plan for, getting Miss Cameron away from the tavern without attracting un due attention. She was to leave In one of the automobiles that he had en gaged to convey the players X to urownaaie, where they were" to "show." In case of detention or in quiry, she was to pose as a stage struck young woman who had ob tained a place with the . company . at the last moment through his influence. When the hour came for the depar ture from Hart's Tavern he deliberate ly engaged the two secret service men. In conversation In the taproom. -Miss Cameron left the house by the rear door and was safely, ensconced In Pe; ter's automobile long before he shook hands 1 with the "rat-catchers" nd dashed out to join her. Tommy Gray's car, occupied by the four players, was moving away from the door as. he sprang in beside her and slammea the door. ' ' . ;: 4 Peter's efforts to stay behind Tom my's venerable but surprisingly ener getic car were the cause of many a gasp and shudder from the couple who sat behind him In the bounding - car. He had orders to keep back of Tommy but never to lose sight of his tail light. "Are you ,there?" he whispered.' "Yes. Isn't it jolly, running away like this? It must be wonderfully ex citing to be a criminal, always dodg ing and " ' .i - . "Shi . Even a limousine may have earsr - ' 1 . . . But if the limousine had possessed a thousand ears they would have been rendered useless In the stormy racket made by Peter's muffler and the thun derous roar of . the exhaust as the car got tmaer way.- expects to take her away In ari auto- moDiie eany in the morning, it is a seventy-mile ride from here to the junction where they catch the train for the West Pm going up how to make a call on Mr. Hasselweln. By the way, 5 what- Is the number of ''your room?" J 1 -' "Twenty-two on the next fldbr." "Good. Go upstairs now and I'll Join you in about ten minutes. J' I will tap three times on your door." "Why should you come, to my room, Sprouse? We can say all that is to be said n . ' "If you will lookn the register you will discover that Mr. J. H. Prosser registered here about half v an hour ago. He. is in room 30. He left a call for five o'clock. Well, Prosser is an other name for Ugo. He left the cot tage an hour ago. Came in a Jftney or I could have got to him on the way over.' Barnes, regardless of consequences. dashed ; over to inspect the register. Sprouse follqwed leisurely.' "ee v cnea liarnes, excitedly, put ting- his finger on the name "Miss Jones." ; "She's In room 32 next to his. By gad, Sprouse, do. you suppose he knows that she is here? Would the nnfr nnnoprairik nnvlhinn quite got over the weird impression 'that he squeezed through that slender crack, and pulled it after him I Many . minutes passed before ha turned on the light -The key of the box was tied to the wfre grip. With trembling fingers he Inserted it in 'the lock and opened the lid. -K . ; "A half-million dollars worth of nice lit tie things," Sprouse had said! He did not dose his eyes that night -Daybreak found him lying in bed, with the box under his pillow, a ptstol at hand, and his eyes wide open. He was In a graver quandary than ever. -Now that he had the treasure In his possession, what was he to do with it? He solved the breakfast problem by calling downstairs f for a waiter and ordering coffee and rolls and eggs sent up to his room. Singularly enough the waiter solved the other and more dis turbing problem for him. " ( "Some robbery last night" said that worthy. "Feller up in one of the cot tages at the sanatorium. . All beat up, something fierce they say." "Up In ? Where ?" almost shouted Barnes, starting up. " The man explained where the cot tages were situated. -seems he was to leave A by auto early this mornln', and they didn't know anything was wrong till Joe Keephe's driving a car Mr. Norton has for rent till Joe'd been settin' out In frontfor nearly half an hour. The man's wife was waitin' f er him up at the main bulldln' and she got so tired waitin that she sent one of the clerks down to see, what was keeping her husband. Well, . sir, him and Joe "You may be sure he dosen't "know couldn't wake the feller, so they climb she's here, or you either, lor that mat-1 ,n an Pei winder, an' by gosh, Joe ten The country's full of Joneses nnA it was terrible. 7, THe feller was Barneses." (Jo on upstairs. ' Leave layIn on the bed.; feet an' hands tied everything to me." " ; ' " and gauged, and ' blood from head to Barnes had been In bin rketm fnr root. He was Inconscious, Joe says, twenty' minutes before he beard the Uan my G.od' how blswlfe took on t taoDlne on his door. He onpnpd it nnri ",oe ne coion t stand it, so he Sprouse slid into the room. : The in stant the door closed behind him, he threw" open his coat and . coolly : pro duced a' long, shallow metal box, such as one finds In safety vaults.' , , , , "With my compliments," , he ' said dryly, thrusting ;the box into Barnes' hands. "You'd better have the coun tess check them up and see if they're all there. I am not . well enough ac quainted with the collection: to , be snook out, shakin like a leaf." "Is is 0- the s man . ., dead?" cried Barnes, aghast "opel Seems like It's nothing seri ous : just beat up, that's all. Terrible cuts on his head and " "What time did .all this happen?" "Doe Smith figgers it was long "about midnight, Judgin' by the way the blood co'gulated." . ' K' Did they get away with much?" ."Haven't heard, y Seems as though Dosltlve." Barnes was , speechless. He could , urglar""must ha been more'n one ilv stare. nnpn-mouthA t , thio of. em 1 say wasn't, satisfied with crackin' him over the head. He stuck the point, of a -knife or something into only stare, open-mouthed, at this amazing man. . "My God, Sprouse; have you been In that man's room since I saw you down ':., ;f a.;;- . "All you have to do Is to keep quiet and look Innocent. Stay but of the hall tonight him just a little way, Joe says in more'n a dozen places What say?'.' VI I didn't say anything." ' . .'I thought you dld.v Well, if I Jiear Don't go near U'door of avttlne 1J?.0W" (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of Airierica.) .-- HOW CAMP TEACHES SCOUTS Ho v ? far can ; the summer camp serve the ambitious scout who wishes to advance in his tests? How can the routine work of tbe camp be made an interesting matter of service to the camp community ' . On ; the trait of these and many re lated: questions, several hundred camp directors are working. It IS 1 clear that the best "way to teach camping is to let the boy actually camp. 'The presence . or proximity of an experi enced camper will help him , to learn the best' way more readily, and with less hazard, but the way itself Is" that of: the apprentice rather ithan the book, student. -The habit of self-reliance" and, of common sense can best be de veloped In a camp where instruction is combined with hours and days that throw the . boys on' their "own . re sources. A .!'.V . . It should be the wish of every, boy to become a proficient camper while "passing his scout grades and merit badges.' . The enthusiasm of many boys will lead them to endure lectures and book work to - a certain extent but such enthusiasm feeds upon the chance to do some part of the neces sary work of a community as well as it can be done, whether it be for a patrol, a troop, or a council , MAKING - THE RIGHT SIGN. Mi . i . ymkf iswm I.. 1 ! j-U . i Boy Scouts Fingers. ; Test Have Signs With Their Here; la One Undergoing SCOUTS HEL? TO FIND JOBS. Another task which Boy Scouts were recently asked by .the government : to attempt was the dlstrlbutloir of posters relating to the problem of getting jobs for soldiers. ;: vr,; The war department provided na tional headquarters with a list of forty or more cities In which the situation was so serious as to require special propaganda effort. In every one of thes"e cities, there was a first-class Scout council and ' through" the scout executive of these local organizations the work was carried " ' out in each community with dispatch and efficiency. Again Boy Scouts were proud and eager t to lend a hand. . Evidently there Is still plenty of war work to be done, even though the treaty has been signed and peace declared. This is as it should be. Scouting wishes to help Uncle Sam put through some of his numerous big tasks which concern his "boys." Teacher 0f 'pi Watl. riki- .r English Div, ATtft K LESSON FOR OCTOBER F,SHERS OF WEN, LESSON TKXT GOLDEN TVrHark 1:14-20 ; u ""tome fishers of " 1 mk7 other, know Jesua """-Ipin, 0,; JUNIOR TAmn . T0 come workers f0r t0 r WLv . uiscipie. . iV The fc SENIOR AND a nm, ' winning men to cS T0Plc-ni reason why hP n,. Juaea to Gnlilee was th W N Position to him. The h.e gru Baptist he aec,pt a a f, his own death 1 0resH! forerunner meant Z i -hose dvent he hera! ovea him to a more remot where lie would axtrJ?". this ,frra this it frnvo lace " c .c.-a liivoren npnni portunitv to h, peoplew to the prophetic word (2 foreshadoui . tiles. . C Peitoft, 1. What he preached (v U 'SPel Of the KinrHnrv. ' gospel of the Kingdom of God uou news of the proach of the Kingdom the rule of God " nroohets wniiii Kn ... I . tl.e;K.nSdora dtffers trnTH or tne grace of God. 2. How he nreaohprt The time is fulfilled nd L rLJ Of find lo f v j.. m. . cnmWH unu now come for the apue ance of the Messiah and the estiS liirui oi ins Kingdom. (2) This meant that the people s nround. chance their mimiB tune tnvnr.'l PhHet f t't mm as tneir King. Tills ft sage which needs to he sounded tnrlair PnnnU oiw..,i,i u. . y -"fc aiiuum we cniieij upogti repent of their sins. (3) "Bellewfc gospel." Then, as now, men need I believe the gospel of Christ's death! their sins and resurrection for justifio flon (1 Cor. 15:1-4; Horn. 4:25). ;- II. Jesus Calling Disciples to Bece Fishers of Men (vv. 1G-20); i 1. Who were Called (vv. 16, 19). I mon and Andrew, John andJatuam pairs of brothers. It is usually bestti render the Lord's service In fellontt ln pairs. This is not only neceswj for-effectlve testimony, but for fellowship on the part of worterswl protection of the witnesses.' These d had previously been called to Chrli for salvation; they had hecomehlito clples (John 1 :36-42). They are nof called to service. This is ahrayt Ui way. , We are first called to be to clples, then called to have fellowshij with hirn in service. . 2. From what they were called (n. 16, 20). They were called from pn tions of definite service. God alnjt chooses his servants from theranfod the employed. The lazy man U tt likely to have a call 3. To What they were called (v. W Tn ho "fishprs of men." Thei doubt had been successful flshen TM 'rtiiciftftoa innrio fh'pm CTOd fish UUIlli.U vcv men, namely, patience, bravery to f the storm and night, and perseveraad H nicht. tliotlgi no fish were caught, would make tnea frood fishers of men. It requires r tience. bravery and perseverance 7VU9 -w---- a ii ry.hmpnoc ( V V. 18, 2U T6 obey meant sacrifice. pa'nfuI( aratlon. to give up all business nt . .! .,fKnf hph nd p escs ana leave uieir iuu - , - . thpv yield j garaiess or ine . prompt obedience, iney 6aVv -r ness and home, not even to where their salaries were to i from. They put tneir - . ..... . hp was called tnem, Denevius 1 .11 .tAi naPfls. , a 171 These men have wielded wondrous infl In the. world. Their names m. come immortalized. Had they tj ed at their business they mwMJJ have been humble nshennen. Christcalls let us promptly ooej. eventuW It will pay. nl" one hundredfold !n this life, ana nal life In the world to come. - Preaching the Gospel. . ' If the church is to reach tM tf of the people it will have , to did the prophets and aposfl to tell the glorious f. 0 or uoa. vuat 0 to supP -not do this wor win u.- - v . - ? knca nno , SCOUTING AND CIGARETTES. John M. Phillips, member of the na tional scout council and a scout com missioner f or Allegheny county, Penn sylvania, has this to say regarding cig arette smoking: : - : "From personal observation I find that ; we have very little smoking among our Allegheny county scouts, and while-We I have' not prohibited it we Impress upon the scout " the fact that to be physically strong; mentally awake and morally straight, he can not abuse his body by, using tobacco in any form, v I have -stopped a lot of scouts from smoking cigarettes by telling them that If I wanted to stunt a pup I would fee him tobacco juice.? ; Mr. Phillips 1 is getting splendid re sults from his Mstunted pup." . :v j " WHAT THE SCOUTS DO. The Boy Scouts in Soutn San Fran cisco have planted a large date , palm In' the civic center In honor of Theo dore Roosevelt. 1 : , Three Boy i Scouts who were on a hike from New York to Montreal, passing through" the Adirondack Moun tains" between Chesterton 'and Ellza-v bethtown; N. Y;, came across a side . car , accident, in Which the occupants of the side-car were unconscious.' The boys rendered first aid and telephoned to Elizabeth town for medical aid. auu wwu. fhurcn marching orders of we "Go ye into all e' .. the gospel to everycreatu ; TU. " Jk With all the salvation ot depending upon him. he n of the vastnesl of f j8 .1 body of our Lord JJ given for thee.-Selected Contagion of Hjj ought phereJn every ' here . h to be s'- ...h w II i sit ni pneren - ,ner . man' gomg and , take tne coniK'" . . dje u' ry ,home a - . Be( whence he came. ,ecber
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