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(Copyright, 1914, by Louis Joseph ance.) THE IMINTKI? HILLS SYNOPSIS-The ? of Hearts is the "death-sign" employed by Seneca Ti inc in the private war of vengeance which, through the agency of bis daughtor Judith, a woman of violent, passions like bia own, he wages ' against Alan Law. son of the man (now dead) who was unintentionally responsible for tho accident which rondered Trine a helpless cripple, ' Alun is in love with and is in turn loved hy Hose, Judith's twin and double, but in all else her opposite. ? Judith vows to compass Alan's death,' but under dramatic circumstances he saves her life and so, unwillingly wins her love. Thereafter Judith is by turns actuated by the old hatred, the new . love, and jealousy of her sister, Rone. ' She earns her father's distrust am Is left behind by him when he Journeys We?1, taking Hose with him. lo order j to lure Alan away from New' York. | Alan pursues, Judith accompanying him against his arish, and succeeds In rescuing Kose From Trlne'n special. train. < s, HYN0P80S-The 8 of Hearts Is the > "death sign** employed hy Seneca I Trine in the private war of vengeance I which, through the agency ?of his1 daughter Judith, a woman of violent passions like his own, he wages against Alan Law, son of the mah, now dead? who was innocently respon* 1 Bible for the accident which render- > ed Trine a helpless cripple. Alan ' Iov*s Rose, Judith's twin and double,, hot Itt all other respects her precise ! opposite. Judith promises her father to compass Alan's death, but under I dramatic ciron-stances he saves her life and so, unwillingly, wins her lore. Thereafter Judith Is by turns animat ed by th? old hatred? the new lore, and Jealousy of ^?J*AIL Across the plain purple shadow's ; were sweeping, close-ranked, like j some vast dsrk. army Invading the land, pouring oh over the rampart . of mountains in the east. Within the rim of hills that ringed the plain like the chipped and broken flange ot a titanic raucery silence brooded and solitude hold sway dwarfing the. town of Oetall that oc cupied the approximate middle ot the sagebrush waste, to proportions even less significant than might be infer red from the candor: of its christen ing. A platform, a siding, a waftrtauk. and ticket offlc^ bjRbjaSlZrItlfrp rough trame buildingl j. th?s St j?esofl itemized completely. --.->. . Shortly after night fall a freight train paused af Detail. Its ci*9^alt|?hr ed and engaged in animated argy mont. Detail gathered, that tho excite ment was due to the, unaccountable disappearance of the caboose; none seemed to Im ve any notion, pa, to how lt could have broken loose; yet is coa^picucusiy was. 'in the pauso that followed, while the report waa telegraphed to head quarters and instructions returned to proceed without delay, one of the trainmen spied a boyish figure lurk ing in tho open door of an empty hos oar. Cunningly boarding thia car from the opposite sWfo the trainman caught the skulker unawares and hooted him vaingloriously Into the night As tho figure alighted and took i? its' heels, losing itself in the darkness, lt uttered a cry of pained surprise and protest which'drew a wrinkle of . astonishment between tba hrewg e? tho trainman. "Sounded like a woman's voice," be mused; then dismissed the sugges tion os obviously absurd. It was- not; - Shortly after, ;tha freight-train had gone on its way- boforo, Indeed, the glimmer of its ? rear lights had been lost among the ^western hills-- a sec-, ond headlight appeared in the east, swept swiftly across tho plain and in tum stopped at Detail. The second blrd-ot-passage proved to be a .locomotive, drawing a single car-a Pullman, Hardly had it. run past the switch, however, when the' brakeman dropped down, ran quickly back to the switch, threw it open sud dropped the Pull man on a siding. By the time that the Pullman had come to a full stop on the aiding, the locomotive was Swinging westward like a scared jackrabbit- though no such milk-and-water characterisation of the traitor passed the Ups of any one of three men who presently ap peared on the Pulman's platform and shook Imputent fists in the' direction taken by the fiugitlve engine. When the last of these had run temporarily out of breath and blas phemy, a brief silence fell, punctuat ed br -roans from each and conclud ed by the sound ot n voice calling from >ne interior of the car- a,vo!cv, as strangely sonorous of tone Nu? lt was cnrioiuriy ?*er*:*~_? vf aCvv?t. . Tho three men immediately ran bafk into the car and presented, themselves with contenabcA* *m?Zmm. ly apologetic, to one who. occupied a corner of th?. drawing room, a man wrapped in a steamer rug and r clond of fury. Now when be. had drained the] mud . dy froth of profanity from his temper it left a clear and sffsiioitrsrai weil of virulent humor; the wrath of the valetudinarian began to vost itself anon thc hables heads nf tho tAo who stood before him. Kow while this was tn progress, the oefcoa ot boyish appearance, who was keeping : religiously aloof and incoa? spicu. uti! ev, that unhappy affair with the trainman, stole quietly ap to th?*rear of the stalled Pullman, clim bed aboard, and creeping down the ..iously Interrupted thc lust as the invalid was liing off a rude but honest opin ion, al th? i-tollscteal calibro of one of the three named Marrophat. "Amen to thpt!" the boyish person ejaculated wit; candid fervor, loung ing gracelessly in the doorway. "There's many a truo word spoken in wrath, Mr. Marrapbat. Father forget only one thing-your masterly way with a revolver. From what I've seen of that, this day, I'll go bail that the only safe Solace for a man you pull a gun on is right in front of the muz zle. There's something downright un canny in the way you can hit any thing but what you aim nt!" "Judith!" exclaimed the in vu lid. "Where did you drop from?" "From that freight." Judith explain ed carelessly, neglecting to elucidate the exact fashion -of her drop. "I Judged you'd bu along presently, and thought I'd like to learn the news. Well- what lu.k?" Her father shrugged with his one movable shoulder. Mr. Marrophat grunted Indignantly. "Nono?" Judith interrupted. "You don't mean to tell men . that after I had taken all that trouble-- cast the caboose loose in the middle of. that trestle at tba risk .of .my. lire-you didn't have the nerve 'to go through with the business?" . - "Wo went through with it all right," replied Marrophat defensively, "but is usual, they were too quick for us. They Jumped .out.and dropped off the trestle before our engine hit the ca Iwose." The girl started to speak, but mere ly dropped limp hands at her sides ind rolled her eyes helplessly. "Wo do our bqst," observed Marro-? phat. "We cant bo blamed :if some wish," Trine interrupted quickly. "Do I me the service I wi?h-and nama your price: whatever it is, you shall have it!" "Nothing could be fairer than that!" thc two-gun man admitted suspicious ly. "Hut what's the number of this here service- like you call lt?" "Listen to me." Trine bent his head forward und jabbed the air with an emphatic forefinger. "What's the life of a man in this neck of the woods?" "How much you got?" "I'll pay you ten thousand dollars for the life o' the nan I will name." The eyes of the bandit narrowed. "Hold on, ray friend: is that what you call my naming my own price?" "Name It, then, said Seneca Trine tersely. "(Jive me a thousand on account," said the other, "and a paper saying you'll pay me nineteen thousand more in exchange for it and one dead man, properly identified as the one you want-signed by you and your mao's as good as dead this minute, providing he's in riding distance of this here car." Trine waved his hand at his secre tary. "Jimmy: find a thousand dollars for this gentleman. Make out the pa per ho indicates for the balance, and 111 sign it," "Ain't you powerful trustful. Mr. Trine? How do you know I'll do any thing more'n pocket that . thousand and fade delicately away." "My daughter and this gentleman, Mr. Marrophat, will accompany you." "O, that's the way of ti ls lt?" ."Name?" interrupted the secretary. quietly into the town of Mesa! It was to bo termed a town only In courtesy, this Mesa: a straggling streut or shacks, ramshackle relics ot what had once ben a promising com munity. Midway in this string of edifices the hotel stood-a rough, unpainted, wod en edifice, mainly verandah and bar room as to its lower floor. Jealously Judith watched the win dows of the second floor: and sho alone of the four detected the face that showed for one brief instant well back in the shadows beyond one of the bod room windows. Her eyes alone, could have recog nized the features of Alan Law in that fugitive glimpse. Two sentences exchanged between Hopi Jim and s blear-eyed felow whom he roused from sodden slunu hers behind the bar sealed their con fidence with conviction the three fas gltives were in fact guestB of the house. In the rush that followed up the narrow stairway. Judith lcd with such spirit that not even Marrophat sus pected ber revolver was, poised sole ly with intent to shoot from his hand his own revolver tba instant he level ed it at a human target Closed and locked doora confront ed them; and their summons educe no response; while the first door, when broken in by a whole-souled kick,. discovered nothing more satis? factory than an empty room, Iis bed bearing, the imprint . of a woman's body, but that woman was gone. So it seemed that the three must the pommel, wabbled weakly in his saddle for a moment, then losing the stirrup pitched forward to the ground, while Hopi Jim's horse stopped short, precipitating his rider overhead, and dropped dead. III-THE UPPER TRAIL. In the ten minutes' delay necessitat ed by this reverse, a number of more or less innocent bystanders picked up the man Texas and carried him off to breathe his last beneath a roon; Hopi Jim picked himself up, brushed his person tolerably clear of clouds of dust and profanity, and departed in search of a mount. Incidentally the fugitives disappear ed round a bend in the. road that led directly into the wild and barred heart of the Painted lillis. In the brief interval that elapsed before hip, return with Hopi Jim, Mar rophat contrived to persuade the ban dit that Judith had been, at least indi rectly, responsible for the catastrophe, with the upshot JJ>at, temporarily blinded to her fascinations by the glit ter of nineteen thousand dollars in tpo near distance, Mr. Slade maintain ed his distance and a deaf ear to her blandishments. The only information as to their purpose that she was able to extract from either man, when th? pursuing party turtled aside from the : main trail, some .distance from Mesa, j was that Hopi Jim knew a short cut ?through the range, via what he term?. !ed the upper trail, by which they hop? I' ed to bc able to head the fugitives off before they could gain the desert on' the far side of the hills. Iel ll' ~~ ' iimflTullfifi ???Y irai I i fl p. jm^Kfi a_JHPBVKSflRsi H Ys. ^?I^HM B il __k m R I H KLBHW ^^^_B^___B__ _______^?^?^__eMa__l fi fi ' fi CgK. ^fimfl mKMp i ^swiffh^iW?^^! mm m ! Kr JCJSBSF ' *r fl BBVS__B. __B_i?fi____r ' fl^ ? fl ____HH_fl_3 fl '1 -WBSBBBS^S??i P ?__fl__flBC__B__B___E__BS___.' - silk M EiSfl i ' * B_r ' mm fl Mk fl fi ' SSI_*_B____ ! "-???viso Mo FrUnd?j'but I ttot to Ask-You to Hold Up You? Hands.**- J S ? .:- < . . . - >J~i-: . ? < i'?r -?,'?.. .- - - - ' " ?'. '.' .>'...''."'' ' . i '?? . . ... hing?omehow^-always hsppeus to writing businly with the top of hla bavo had waining of their arrival at- Only at long intervals did they draw c ip tho others off " attache case tor a desk. ter all; and presumably were now rein to permit Hopi Jim,to make re. e The girl swung to face him with "Slade,** said the bandit .."James herded together in the adjoining connoissance of the lower trail that dazing eyes. "Just what does that Slade, commonly known aa Hopi'Jim., room, which looked oat over the verr threaded the valley on the far side of f aean?" she doinwnded In a dangeiou? That's me." . anhah roof, waiting in tear and the ridge pole. b .olee. "Then attend closely Jar. Slado." trembling for the aseanlt that moat Toward noon.he returned in haste n Marrophat lifted hts' c/uuuiders. Again Trino punctured tho: simps- soon como and in fact immediately from the last ot theed surveys- y Nothing-much," he alloted. "I am phere with, his ih^ex finger. "The m?'J did.' : scrambling recklessly down the. a mly thinking how strang it la that whose life I Want ls natoetf Alan _awl But lt was met with more stubborn, mountain-?ido and throwing himself fy fr. Law cah't.be caught by any sort He. ls running away with my.dapgh- resistance than had been anticip?t- upon hts horse with the advice: C f stratagem-- when you are on the I ter, Rose, accompanied by a perron ed: The door had been barricaded, from "We've headed 'em-r-can make it hi m\mm JudithV . named Beucha, disguised as a -Pull-,, within-reinforced by.iarplture plac-. now. J?..u*fl. ride like all get-out!" . q The girl's hands were clinched In- man porter-" ed Against .lt, Pour minutes and the *ppr half an hour more they poshed , d o fists, white knuckles showing "The turee- of them having recent- untied efforts of .four mon (including on at the best speed to be obtained c hrough the I ?ah, "You contemptible ly escapad from a train wreek np the blea?y ioafer of the barroom). from the}r weary animals, at length a inppyl*' sh? mapped, yonder on the trestle?" Hopi Jim in- were required to overcome its inert drawing reta at a point where the e But on t_.s her -voice-failed: for terposed. resistance. But even when lt was trail crossed the ridge and widened ier oyes traveled past the person ot "You'r- met them?" Judith demand- down, tho room was found bo be emp- out upon a long> broad ledge that ov ?r. Marrophat to the doorway of the ed. ty a?-tho first, . erhung the valley of the lower trull, f Ira wing room and found it framing "About an hour ago, or maybe an Only the fingers of two hands grip- wlth cIear Qro t tQ , tt ?72 , stenger. hour and a half," Hopi Jim replied, ping the edge of the verandah root the brlnk of a ?coa t' hundred 7 '.Excuse mo friends," he offered in a "a good ways down the road. They showed the way the fugitives had }Tt ormit. OI a *ooa two ******* t wy drawl. "It palos ma considerable stopped and asked where they could get flown and these vanished Instantly Q . . _ - - . o butt in on this happy family gath- put up for the night I MAAT ?f?*? as tho room was nvaded. the val!fiy ^Tokod a "v& c* asUrS^ * nog, bul business ls business, same ed them on to Mesa, dowh in the Followed a sw?ft rw?h of ir^ote i 0 H -,?-?..?a?.**- t jt usual, and I sro* tc- rec c?: io Paiatwl Lliis yond?r." down the duBty street and a chous "j *t , " r.me .. he --iwverWteil' 1 desse put up your hands!" II-FTBJGPLAY. of blasphemy in the hotel hallway; ?HeJ"8V?T come.' T?n ?u?^tl ? ^at do you wantr Trine de- Contented with the promise ot a for Judith had headed the concerted Tre come! Ten m-^uUs more, t nab?ed. thousand dollars advance on his con- rush for the,staircase and contrived .".w^"." t. ^? S "Why" daw?ed the bandit, "nota- tract, proving he returned with nor- to block it for a full half minute b/ ?^ml^^nr^m^rtt?^1 nd the lady too." He rah aa appre- u^ert *?ht?_. v 4 4 M In spite of that alles^d Jnjjj-tf)^? i,a. .."wu, .? . it "^f- the figure Which ft wak. Marrophat and not his never limped, and Wasn't a yaroTbe- ;J^*8"T!* :j*er *W*aUcn to ? . u??s^KtsVretasJed rainer thin dadghtexfc whom Trine designated tn hind tbs flra? ?W Bt?nr from-thar-w warner raised insecureTy on the:?, ?iC?i?d."? vonni TM.r?en my tn?- lead the espcattxba, cunningly count- hotel to the open, nov ye* spy ecUhly Ta!?i-,S5' ' t n* notice " 'br mnaS?^^&a^^ *** JudlBS enagrta ta work upon behind him tn vsulUhaW-t?* mddle. < gWnr to ?Vtba? over on ; rouldn't it the lady*? ctothes owitot her P?s?1cns and excite her to one w#n np th? ^ ???nd ^f v ^a??fe9?L^ ? ^ w ?v.W* ^tr*L? last mad. Wind attempt that should J ^ -a?fv - - ?Biroa Jr ^S^'^^mT^^Sfi^^ ? "Keep a civil tongue lu y OUT Mad, W?"S*L, " three who rode for their very lives. ^ffi^J^Pt? <**r?toci*ni-<iil | ay mani" Judith 'counseled, without ?"^JM^TSSl* "?1!' **" T? iwrsult wag e? In a twinkiing *^X?Jl5S ^l*?.! / d ny shoVv of fear irouUoed his decision at the last mo- .Qd ?ell bunched-MarroBhat'? mount She anawered only with at? irreprea- " At the same time her father brought ????fr while Hopt Jim Vraited With, his leftdlai? hy a nC4ft; j^gWs*cxtnd, Hu- ?f??l?58lt,?r? 2* b?T** Marrophafs 1 ter to her r* asea. sha turned ? "Judith I Be quiet Ut rae deal with 1* HKSSff'i** f?2T And Itt the first mi* ?key seemed to . ^ . . . his gentlcnian, I am surs W-.*9*~ *ff fflad* unhesitatingly voue?- g^ia? mo?aeiK b? mpmis?t dr?w ay on SOEBei nmnienU she strained her ? ome to some orrangemsnt" the dying eloed of dust. vision vainly, endeavorttg to pene* }m "You bet your dfo," agreed the Sullenly submissive, st least in out- Judith heard au oa? mattered be- *rate i^* turbulent currents of eUnarr J :sntlsmaa- aa the girl mutinously war* seeniidg. Judith bowed to this sids her and saw M^nrf.pbat jerking' heated air that filled the valley, then * tapps* bapk. "I know what L want decision, marchad out of the ear. and- a revolver from its bolster. The Wea- she mad? ont indistinctly the faintly * nd yon-all know you got it; so th* sutarad l?arrephat to help her mount pon swept sp and to-a* level; but as TaxfBa Uj* ?* the ipwer trail; and tame of tho said arrangement is ' He? licrse. the hantSSer'f?71. Judiths horse car- ln*medlafc*Iy ?he caught a jrUmps* of ^ shell oat. " Now. deliberately, as the little ca*?- romed heavily against - the ' other, three, una!I figures, mounted, tolling c "One minute,", the i val id Internos- alcade rode through tts moonlit des- swinging tl barf a doSau feet aside, Palhtnlly tqa*.rd the point . whare d. "Don't misunderstand me: I g?r- ort night? the girl manouvered her and deflecting the ballet hoy>fteasty>' death awaited them like a belt from ,1 a tee you ahall be amply satisfied. I hors? to the sids of Hopi Jim. Simultaneously, as lt. taking tba tba-blup. " ive you my word of Seneca Trino." , As deliberately sh? sat herself U> shot as the signai tor a fuUisade. Ju- Hastily she glanced over-eonlder. 1 The eyes of the bandit -vldened. work upon the bandit's susceptibility dlth Saw Alan back over his horse's Hopi Jim and Marrophat ignoring * No? Is that so? Seneca, Trine, the lo her charms. rump and open fire. * , her, wara straining themselves sgafust 1 alh^bad king? Sures you're born Within an hour she ?sd him ready An* instant later his companion, the boulder without budging ouTe him," to do anything to win her smile- Barcus. Imitated his evampK loch, tor all lu apparent nicety of "Ml par vo? ?ar more handsomely Int that first rush ol golden* day In, imm?diate coswieouencte, TVsms' po\as. Por un instant a wird houtf, 1 htm you dream ot if you'll do aa ? ?thwart the land, th* party* came dropped reins, siump^ forward over fleshed through her mud, but it wea i immediately exorcised when Hopi Jim stepped bael: and utter a few words of which only two-"dynamite" and "fuse"-reached- ber ears. (Kneeling- beside the boulder he dug busily for an instant, then lodged the stick to his satisfaction and attached the fuse. But while he was so engaged and Marrophat aided him, all eager inter est, Judith was taking advantage of their disregard of her. Hurriedly unbuttoning her Jacket, Ishe whipped a playing card from her pocket, a Trey of Hearts, and with tlic stub of a pencil scribbled three jwords cn ita face-"Dangeri Go Ibach! Then finding a small, flattish blt of rock, she bound the card to lt with a blt of string; and with one more backward glance to make sure she was not watched, approached the brink. In the canyon below the three were within two minutes of the danger |polnt. ...... It was no trick at all tc drop the stone so that it fell within a dozen feet of the leading horseman. Sse saw; him rein in suddenly, dls koqnt, cast a look' aloft, then dis count and pick up the warning. At the same time Hopi Jim and Mar rophat Jumped up and rah back, each leizlng and hold his .horse by nose and iridie. Constrained to do likewise lest she [ose, her mount. Judith waited with, a lightened heart. .... The explosion smote dull echoeB om the flanks, of the Painted hills, drowsing In the noon-day hush; boulder teetered reluctantly . on e brink, then disappeared with a earing sound, - followed by a rush of irth and gravel; a wide gap appear In the brink of the trail. Leaving Marrophat to hold the two Tightened horses while the girl sooth her own, the bandit rushed ti) the ige, threw himself flat and swore dtterly, with an accent of grievance, s Ue rose. Prom the canyon below a' dull ru or o<" Tailoplng hoofs advertised too ?Sadly 'iie failure of their attempts;! 4 And . Hopi Jim turned back only to ?d Judith, mounted; reining her In between him and Marrophat id, prepared to give emphasis to what ie had tp say with an automatic pls ' that nestled snugly, in her palm. "One moment, Mr. Slade," she Bug ed evenly; "Just a moment b?fore m break the, sad news to Mr. Mar ophat. ..I'ye.. aomefhlng. to. .say that4 ? your attention-^-i the wise, your (ct. It Is this: I.?mrpfrtln? com y with you and Mr. Marrophat. t riding on toward the weat, by this il. If either ct you care to follow ie"-the automatic flashed ominous ih the ?lin. glare-"<t will bc . with tu-knowledge of the consequences. r.X Marrophat wi i I enlighten you if JU,have any doubt pf my ability to care of myself.in such affairs'as ils. If yon'-are well advised, you ill' turn back and report failure to .father." She nodded curtly and swung her rsc round. !And what shal I tell your, father rom .you?" Marrophat demanded harply. 'Whet you please," the girl replied, Bhing an impish smile over-should "Bst. sisee Ws5n I part company 1th yon, I part with him as well >r all of me, you may tell hun to go tile devil!" "weil." Mr. Marrophat admitted lfldentially to Mr Slade, 'Tnt darnn lY* aijht all," Mr: Slade con MhrraphQt, whipping out revolver; you're being held I'll take those - guns of jrn, friend adsl what else you've got bout you that's of value, Including lOUf h OHS-and when you get back to )ld Man Trine you' cab Just tell him, ?ith ray best compliments, that I've iult the Joh and lit out after that lughter of hls'n. She's a heap sight if*e atracttve than nineteen thous id; dollars,'-.md not half so' hard toi IV-BURNT FINGERS. ? Onco she had lost tench with her ether's creatures.- the girr drew' rein nd went on more slowly and ?au- >* iously. Ewiow her, in ?he vaiiejH the lower rail wound ifs facile way. Prom imo: td* time should could discern/ . ipon some naked stretch of its length i cloud of dust, or perhsps "three aonnted agu?es, scurrying madly on nth fear of daath snapping ?t their leeis. MI It whs within an hcjrti! of ?UB??4S1? i i night bell-clear amf M tte redt? ?n * he heights, and brbxht wiq*.- as?Si^ ight, when Als** partly made its sst pause and camped fe rest against he dawn, unconscious ot Che nm I hat, * owsrter of a mile above them, >n: th* upper trail, a lou ely woman ->??^*? ??vn" iney paused and made ter own eatfp on, the edge of a start? . ?.S*** : . . The level shatte 6f the rising en? y iwak*h*? her. S?z sst ap, robbed l?r eyes, yawned, stretched, linke- j tiff with the hardship of sleeping Os? . my!elding, snn-baked, earth^-and ot j i rudder) started SJMMbsjs^MvB 1 he grating of footstep? on the earth: BefereX^;Msild tura, howey^s)|? > Hit caught and wrapped tn the tum* >f Hopi Jim. ... 1 JKsV metered ali her strength and , rite ^ one list struggle iud in a fronded t?omeat mansgsd to ^Jk**** #?SK>M??aCte/en hle her to snatch at Qt* pistol .haag ns from her bert end present lt at . ds-head. Bot it exploded hsrmlessMt,'IfcHeS ? a? -Ma****-4*W&titoi9* di?'alor li ng sky. - i And now all hint of morey left his yes: remained only the glare of rage. He put forth all his strength In turn, and Judith was aa,a child in his hands. In half a minute he had her helpless. In a*> much time more her back was breaking across bis . knee, while he bound her with loop after loop of his rawhide lariat. Then, leaving her- momentarily su pine on the ground, Hopi Jim cught and unhobbled her horse, and without troubling to saddle it, lifted the girl to its back and placed her there. She* panted a prayer for mercy. He laughed in . her face, bent and kissed her brutally, and stepped back, still laughing, to admire his handiwork. . Thus he stood' for an instant be tween the horse and the edge of the declivity, a fair mark, stark against the sky, for one who stood in the val ley below, folding his rifle with eager angere, waiting just such opportunity with the impatience that he had wait ed it ever since the* noise of debris . kicked over the edge by the struggling man and woman had drawn hit; atten tion to what waa going on above. As Alan pressed the trigger and the shot sounded clear in the morning itlllness, Judith saw a look of ag grieved amazement cross the,.face of Hopi Jim Slade. Then he threw bis hands out, claw sd blindly at, the air. staggered, reel id against the horse's finale so* heavily hat lt shied In fright,- -and-, abrutly thpt from sigh tover the edge of the iluff. (To be continued.) -i-? Despondency Due to Indigestion. It ls not at all surprising thst per sons who have indigestion become iiscouraged and despondent Here \ro a few words of hope sud cheer tor them by Mrs. Blanche Bowers, indiana. Pa. "For years my diges :ion was so poor that I could only ?at the lightest foods. I tried every hing that I heard of to get relief, but lot until about a year ago when I saw Chamberlain's Tablets ??vcrtised and (Ot a, bottle of them, did I find the .ight treatment I soon began to iin >rove, and s loco taking-a few bottles Jf them my digestion ls fine." For larc- by all 'dealers^ I ?rerer grows too tight ton the one ! vino, bas systematically pat a certain ' sam each month in the Bank- Op portunities often open tie people who have . Are yen In a position to take advantage of a good easiness opportu nity. Deposit your money wttM the Savings De-, partaient el The .The Strong Bank la tko 1 'JV! In a Bnttfo /r-Througha the (M Ncio???efi?of Chere** M?tmtf? uri?fo?m,