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r , TSB raonJL BAUW1UU I- o. — CHAPTER Xlw>-Continued. —12 n It filled Andrea with a premonition and brought her a desperate courage. Sttie took off her high-heeled slippers and climbed down several rungs of the ladder that led to her'platform; then seating herself and ^getting a good knee-grip on the limb, she leaned down and gradually worked loose the cleat below her. After that she took the next above and then the next, depositing each cleat as she removed It in her room. No sooner had she finished, leaving herself cut off from easy access to the ootslde world but In Wom pen nation having established a substantial fc>h- eu assault fro the was straw of I claimed itself frankly and seemed to ’ be trying to rock her to comfort and oblivion. Suddenly a terrific ripping crash above her head tore through her numb ed senses and brought her staggering to her feet. The whole monster struc ture of the cala swayed and bent as though It had been struck by a^torna- do. Strong limbs creaked and cracked with reports like pistol shots and a shower of leaves fell with a faint dick-clicking that could be distinctly heard as If through the Interstices of the general and grosser commotion. The roaring of the airplane that she had thought an hallucination suddenly cessed. Presently smoke, pearl-gray. >gsn to seep through the thatch the roof. Andrea came fully to her senses and rnlled In a Hear, high voice' **t*m hew White Man.; I m here. White Man.' repeated the cry steadily at short "•at* until he shouted an anesrec nrtnc the aaund ad hla voice her raaghf the gtrem ad hla banting with fright; hla ryes cam# hack with n snap from their sensual feast. Many of his companions laughed aloud, hut others only licked thick lips in beatlal hunger lor more slaughter. “Vou !’**• cried Trfvor, pressing the muzzle of his revolver Into the quiver ing naked stomach of the man he had frightened. “Get your crew together. Take me horned I Half an hour later Andrea found herself once more In MacCloster’s boat, but In spite of the fact that all ita appointments and the crew were the same with the exception of the one black who had beet* killed. It seemed utterly strange to her eyes, now no longer glazed by misery. She turned to Trevor, who hod not spoken to her since first he had joined her in the cnln. “THp hnnt Is quite different.” she said. “It’s as though I saw it for the first time.” He gave her no answer beyond a noncommittal grunt, nor did he look at her. His eyes wer& fastened far ahead qn the river, tracing out the swirl of the current and deep water. A troubled look came Into Andrea’s face; she glanced at him and her lips parted twice In the half-smile that precedes kindly speech. “You think I ought to thank you?’’ she asked. “I haven’t the words; If I tried my heart would choke roe.” “Thank mo?” said Trevor, casting her a casual look. “What for?” Andrea's lip* trctnbled. If only the fire hadn't happened Just when it did. she thought. If only It had given him time to find her, to take her In hla arms! “For sa vlng me.” she answered simply. “For saving nothing.' affirmed Tre* “For saving the *f your beauty 4t der. Be fir* assured himself that she was realty asleep and then slipped hla arm around her and held her done. He fergnt hla burns and hrulaea. hla fatigue and hunger; he looked back with exultant pride upon the mael strom of emotions that lie had ridden to reach this haven of hi* soul'* peace. The feverish haste with which he had dug out the airplane and patched It up, the white rage In which he had hurled himself with It Into the air, the absolute and marvelous determination of the steady, unwavering flight that hud carried him straight to MacClos ter’s craal, all became emblems to him of the power of that which Is within us to rise eternally to superhuman heights on the wings of a little love. He glanced downward at the fair head pressed so close to his shoulder that the wide brim of-- his helmet shaded It as well as his own and let his eyes follow along the curled-up length of Andrea’s figure. She seemed very small, very young, Infinitely potent. For the 'Irst time In their In tercourse he consciously remembered who she was and all his bravado in the face of false values, all his logical In difference to established forms, fell from him. He trembled for the things he had done to, the murder he had coolly committed on, the person of the Honorable Andrea Tellor! She had said that shd knew herself safe with him forever and forever and while he recognized the gentle mood that had to overburdened hef tongue. I 'Undoubtedly a hit hut alee Ignored by Trevor, wboee mind waa Intent on far more weighty affaire. He shrugged hla shoulder* ami pointed to her but with hi* chin, an expressive hut most reprehensible adoption of na tive habit. She took the hint, never theless, and as she started he said, ‘♦Please remember. Please don’t show yourself this time, will you?” The tone of his voice wa* a great improve ment on all that had gone before. She llirew him a smile over hef shouldei and proceeded to cross to her hut on exaggerated tiptoe. Trevor did not bother to awake his guests; he went straight to his room and gave himself up to a long-drawn- out orgy of tea; hot bath, sharp razor and clean clothes; to say nothing of the cleansing, anointing and bandag ing of his many burns and wounds. When, hours later, he had completed the complex operation to the best of his ability If not entirely to the satis faction of his vanity he opened his door a cra?k and looked out. The three guests were awake and reading. They seemed quite comfortable as well as quite at home, a bottle and three glasses having magically accrued to I the table In their midst. It seemed a shame to disturb them at that par ticular moment and Trevor decided not ' to. He closed the door, harmed It, dis connected the alarm gong and left his room by the covered way. It la a matter of record that while aetne Inclosed alley waa certainly over thirty pares la length ana A have been traversed In half aa t y seconds. It took him exactly y minutes to get from bts end of passage to Andrea a door and *h. tike opened to him at onee the sight of her made htm tremble ppgp before had Mm seemed so si Ihev ndomsote Vo every dssuond of He tanked Upon her louuty *om hotr thn* was slfll leeghtag from Jmhh; an her duup hSnr span unsh ] rndd**ng U dwrtl ef on hpr ESCAPED UN ' OPERATION By Taking Lydia E. Pink*' bun’s Vegetable Compound. Many Such Caaea. “ Sometime ago I got an >uble that I thou]riit I would hsvo to be Cairo. 111.— 4 ' oomeuma ago ] I with female trouble that I bad operated on. 1 had a bad displacement. My right aide would pan me and I waa so nervous I could not bold a glaaa of water. Many times 1 would have to sum my work and eft down or I would fall [on the floor in a i faint. I consulted several doctors and one told me the same but I kept aa to keep from having the opera tion. I had read so many timet of Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound and it helped my sister so I began taking It 1 have never felt better than I have ■rere Mss M re •au* •%*oa Pus HMHB ti MMumudL fififl hoe Mp* om tp u #dM| gt* Mao so Mo i MfifiMdl tOPPUfi Pre %M 91 IfifMMs So 9 re •mod Poresfiopg fens I 9 tfiBMfMMI • *« mret has pmd kfi ogPMrem SB* Msi reud mw Mm ureu tfloweed Mo rwoop %9Mi^ «d Mo are MhSM sod More momsp < «uM *m MhoS V*0 m femmM • re f sMre Moe re* re feooaa-o* Mre Mo red ■* mm Mo mam ed MmMM nmmI 4 I •sui as sml aat smb wwa mu a dksm MM hum at dim ( id imu • • me —Mrs. J. R. Matthews, 8811 Sycamore Street, Cairo, III Of course there are that only a surgical operation win re- 1 w ve W# freely acknowledge this hut the above letter, and many others tise it, amply prove that many recommended when 9 cause is all that is no If you want spedal advice writs Is Lydia E. 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The bullet of the heavy service revolver caught MacCloster In the shoulder and spun him around three time*. Trevor fired again. The giant’s body seemed to waver In the air, then crumpled and fell sprawling toward the gun, face down. “You’ve killed him,” sobbed Andrea, I still on her hands and knees. “In a way,” said Trevor calmly and I half to himself. “He really died years ago.” reaooo^* mo has oread i ore hen 1 Mu MM has to om ar fesds M r M MdM IB ( MoavMfiM fire Ssspp MM tfireshomoi d^mre Mm * *• suseores nsBBBBBo 1 re • mufiM Mi it Agusp add OgBM M» Sore Pam to si ■MsMUdd Mre odsofi* Ms 1 NM ffedfi hoe ♦ sooouu fere d 1 MU tore M psChreree Pod Mm9 dttMi i re oreM re IMS a fidpre m l hoe fid 1 ■reo Mt ore 1 Pse wsfomoe k i Bu *0m d fid paoreo s d Mood Mol B I reouS on l MM • » Warp v< PATONIC i • T* Struck Him Across the Bids of the Head With AN Msr Strength. » through; that last blow had dreload her of si) sarrgy sad cooregs. shy was aa loafer coaarioas af a desire to Hvsl Mur head vaag with MrrsdiMu MsIMrtasiisa lurtasud hreughc la hur feuagMg rare Mu Mr- •way ham af Tvwuuris srrfSsas sasasr Sa stead aa* hsu tmapMunsm vi-M Ms as a fed sorry somstrthsa wsM Ml Tausar gradasaf srrssud feu Mu uassas af ga mg tus sups sad c-gateug Ml SMu tsud «d hur soosrUhg ihu mart asuaad Ms gssat rats u wa IMseMatsr af hM SMsas ury Mac a suae af gsa hud arvtvod uwh hM fresghi aad af Mu (Sty chuagr (hot hud f*was feu hfes sufesat AI Mia pafeac M hur shary Tkussa fur- ass feu wauhm Mu gfgc r Su^ Mr hat. huad af Mu pipu la a grip (hue mado hm haarhlus show aMCVu. Shu vaaid foot him Hot earns with hla whoftu tsasu body. Khs hurvferd oa tu bur rttams. to Mr dsurrtptloa of hur stretsgy la rviaovlag thu Hrats sod of MaHToo* tor's terrify log sttsek. she evea re- pouted sutoo of his words. “He said. 'Waiting up for me. dearie?* and then I drove the nails Into his hand* sod when he snstched them back, I hit him serous the heed and he fell. And then Vaseline Sy before bar Msu U S Sst Off £3 Carbolated CHAPTtS Kill. Aodreo did aut awake ooill Trevor withdrew his ana. which was when they were already Is sight of their home landing. By the time she reached the ramp *be was In no mood to welcome the astonishing sight of three white men calmly taking a sleata In Trevor'* most «omfortable chairs, their helmet* * ml I heard you coming. I thought I had dolmans tossed aside and their short- gone mad. that It ua* not with my ear* gloved undereblrtfe unbuttoned at the hut with the longing of my hoart that | Dfck _ n,, on | y th , nl to b. dlK-ornod CHAPTER XII. The memory of that tragic moment, strangely enough, was not to live in Andrea’s mind by reason of the sight of the collapse of MacCloster’s bulk, hut by what followed Immediately after. Never could she forget the sudden stilling of the ulululng and the InstantaneouM smile, broadening to s grin, that dawned on the face of every native. The black throng bucked step by step before the terrific heat of the flaming cals. Their erorehtag faces I added thoughtfully, “we despise )eal- gllateaed with sweat, hat their eyes ouay—but that doesn't keep us from has* greedily au Me rrumpfeud. sprawl-, adoHag It la )uut oaa man " lag masa Mat was aU Mat was left of | Tre vac waa alleat far a long flaw. MairfTaaSif la Me plsusarehte aur- iimpfesrlag aa this absurd aad MM af Mu momaat they ware re raises kssereble srgaanat Thu sun n Mu fan Mai Mu dBase sd Mu saore i sad suf m week at amre • i*. uu* Stud ■ ’he uurtd , AzSrre I heard you coming. When I called and you answered I forgot that I had ever known fear; I knew that I wan safe, forever and forever.” “Good girl,” said Trevor huskily. He reached out and patted her hand but his thoughts were not altogether with her; they were lingering behind, hov ering over the scene of her elemental battle with MacCloster as though he sought to steep his soul in that recol lection in an effort to drown for once and all time the memory of twenty- four hours of torturing jealousy. “So you’re not^jealous any more, are you?” pleaded Andrea. “Jealous!” exclaimed eternal man impatiently. “Who said anything about Jealousy? It’s one rotten quality that, thank God, I don’t possess. It’s the canker-worm that eats Into the heart of trust. A man that feel* It, demean* the woman he loves.” “How extraordinary,” murmured Andres, “because I don’t believe any woman In the world ever really loves an anjealoos man. Of course." in their favor wa* that they were all freshly shaven. It did not cheer her to see that upon catching sight of them, Trevor’s face cleared. “Who are the Interlopers?” she asked shortly. His eyebrows went up. “Interlopers, Andrea Pellor?” he asked with a smile. Then his face turned grim. “Will you do what I ask this time?” he inquired. She stifled the feeling of rebellion that immediately rose In her.at this recurrence of his fighting voice. “Yes,” she said meekly. “Please slip quietly to your room, have your tea and bajh. alone and dress in your smartest khaki outfit, leggings and all. When you have done that, please wait till I come.” Andrea could not resist a single shot. “Yes,” she said demurely, “Just for a change I'll go and have my tea— and bath—alone.” Trevor ignored the hit. “Good girl,” be said, his attention already swerving to his ssorlng guests. “And you won't tell me who they are?” asked Andrea. ’“Or dost you kaowr* Hs fixed her with • meaning stare "Certainly I teem." hs said. 'Tor I •sat Mr them at eaasfedtrabi# expsaor sad frewtl% Aire I amy as wall led Ipsa omsv Mat res af More pc (rest Is s ’ pHoet «# ?W fMreth ti FhfMad 1 * r * 1 A Masre af reapr » * ' - : PreSs red has opre were M rest fet«M*4 re fW v«rp» « as ihaagh ha wore up threw- ps/* Mre hs you marry reel^ Here was a gaare that Andros baew from its Infancy to its ofed age. The first mot • re Its chock or boned was ns fixed ns It waa oasy. “No." she •aid promptly sad automatically sad glanced up with s half-bored look that said: “Tour tun to play.” That look was • estlned to dlo a sud den death. “Thai h God!” said Trevor, fervently, appar -otly looking inu sluice, but In reaUy taking in her gal vanized start th jugh the corner of one eye. “You see * he continued. Tre come to my sen* -* and begun to get your point of v ew. - It’s still true that you asked a e to bring you, but it’s no less true t ist you thought you were just going up for a mornlug breeze, while I ikiew that once you were iff that flying machine it was good-by to a worh . If I’d told you that, of course you woi Idn’t have come.” .. “Of course,” s id Andrea, faintly. Her heart was i? _*hing and inside of her its pulse was Irumming an old fa miliar childish ref min of helpless rage. “He didn’t play f \ir! He didn’t play fair!” “Under the cii mmstances and ac knowledging my ault, I could do no less than offer tc icarry you in spite of your high stath n In life. I felt that you might think j nirself compromised to such an extent (mt even my humble person wonld pit <e some sort of an amend. It’s s g eat relief to know thin I overeat 1ms ed the situation all around.” Andrea realized that the false start had thrown her out of the normal stride of the gam imd she was to dutch it • str .f*. “Why thought of Mat—: isoan. I d forgoCtsp It somehow—but I do feel mAsed—awfully.” fb* treked Ay at Ms an face CTO MB OOPrucUfiJD J PETKOtlUMJCUY Aconvraknr,tt& antiseptic dreaing cuts and sores. A time-tried remedy. fUMirrom Stmts Street Mew York FOR WOMEN TUTTS UVKM rtLLS Mnm SfiM Mr Ms liver. Mrei Ms feUemtsMfrsMfiivwMM J si forty-eight! «I have reed ML TUTT8 POLS tire many year vMwsd that Inewm regn ed female t maay of my frlscida would he wtttwMt 1 Dr.T utt's Liver Pills FOB SA LB—C'HOICB KABLY MTBCKLBU AND O SC'BO LA VBLVBT BSAMSt ALSO FKASi all tlm V«ry Pre of m4 maafc. So- Ihrar aaxvPara it M. rraaOUWr'l Yipcm/fn iiitsxA * 11 y ■ ■ ■ KINGPIN CHEWING TOBACCO Hzs that >4 || ■ mre T3