A Siren's Victims

BIHOXOHKD AYD CNMiYO. • bi« on the envelope trey; but she be that he had been tempted Into the from the struck her a blow. In the shops 0f the bir* servant might I owe you a further invol Ing of any portion of her Still South- J her head that the “Never! You hear me? Man Who I'aptared Santa Ana railway, at Ogden. Utah not ace her sudden pallor. debt, my lady: and, as there s a heav- fortune? Living la the Town of San Saba. tL?I from almost a« stalled last week..a . pay I put the him. 'living toWn of 1 . idea in th> “No answer. Andnwr," she said-. en above us, I’ll It, too. You and He Th*re is still power Diesel motorthin/l! conceived, but its shadow, nev- Saba, Texas, rnan, unhon- iwMl She had not the strength tb break the have a long account to settle. I’llpay It was San an old wWrh tf* exp*, his when tod . as. uge seal with any eye upon her. my score! See to It that you do the ertheless, darkened fao«v ored amj unsung, who, at the of for a toia machine shop thr , As the man withdrew’ she cast om me one ques- Grace rose from her scat, he followed sixteen, captured, with the assistance <n h same. And now answer crude California petroleum quick, covert glance at the inscription! Henry George?” her to the door. two comrades, the Mexican general, I J tion— wh4-e's of of this type of motor A strong'shudder, a answered. he said, detaining her for a largely assisted in In SIREN’S and then a almost know, Tom.” she “Grace,” Santa Ana, and so VICTIMS “I don’t novel, much interest convulsion, you. day. your as she was passing out. “I gaining independence of U shook her frame. "And T told the other moment the Texas. the trial, for the oil She the paper as if It were a concerning him were all dou’t know what father meant Just In Sion R. wick was horn in Helds of rvl By Frances Warner Walker. held suspicions It 1819 Boat provide much reason snd possessed of fangs or sting. nothing to do with my now. but I hope you will not flml A years later his pa- for fad snake w’rong. He had any of your Alabama. few success. The Dles*d Tom Wlndom returned, and. like flight. seen him since I left to economize in rents to Texas, taking the fam- motor I, J had I've never necessarv your moved ly a gasoline engine, the leech, only her heart-blood could you!” expenditures, or to account for ily Young Sion grew up on adapted! more with them. crude petroleum or satisfy She forced herself to un- answered, bru- extravagances. I know no one the and became an ex- other him. “Ibelieve you lie'” he Texas frontier It operates on the • f’HAPTKR XIII. ((ontlnnr.l.) sheet and master Its contents. surprise to me if you entitled to thorn." pert When, four-strok# J bear no obstacle in the path which was fold the tally: “hut It’s no wondered, that she horseman and rifle shot. cycle, but differs “I have returhed, my lady.” were Its Iving race. Weil, I Did he fear, she 1835, against the from oth«r “Hill plans!” she echoed, with a low, to lead him on to victory. do: you come of a what use in the Texans revolted combustion motors J opening words, “and I want a few I don t would betray to his father to dictator, in '"-lyruJ bitter lauKh. "His plans last only as In his can be my own sleuth-hound. tyranny of the Mexh an Santa full charge of air own soul he had decreed that words with you. face to face. T want my she put the money? to a pointed long as Ills money. If that falls him, need ask your hejp. except that I had Ana. young Ilostwick became a mem- If Grace Hawthorne should become his be-tt against He must know, then, that It had Igniting point of the fuel, t not tell you, luck has me. pockets flllejl. A thousand dollars to- ber of one of the companies of Texas h«l fortune continues to turn Its tide wife, but this knowledge was locked her. Did he believe she lng this fuel for a c rtalil iej against him, how long Perhaps you’ve guess'd that. But. do morrow, m>* lady. Not a cent more nor come from Rangers, and saw hard lighting. The arn I safe? in his soul's inmost recess s. keep his secret to the death? this red-hot air. where it Mow you you know, I wasn’t more than half-sor- legs. needn't take th“ trouble to would not next year ttie of the Alamo, faS can I describe to the ineffa- T*et Helen help him on the first stag* You ignoble s¦< rot after fall limits of pressure ry. for T’ve a sort of hankering to see bring give you an address Yet the fact that this and U-mpenuSl ble torture of the moment In the of his Journey, he it to me. 11l in he took the field again, and it was or. der and could attain the yoj again: to look Into your eyes and call at the was hers to keep, and her belief that pet feet control. There c l aqua re. when I lifted my eyes and met goal that will reach me, or I’ll f<»r this expedition, while serviug as a without her further aid. your It like a love- iii> wordr she read a silent prayer plosions hut steady his. fixed in wondering, triumphant re- hear voice. reads house aud ask your husband for his mounted scout, that he. with two other 1 r-rflftbusthm And, as for Grae?, a worse fate might letter, don’t It? W. 11, I’d rather make send its preservation, brought an uncon- predetermined much lower tend cognition. upon niy face? *1 wake now her checque. Perhaps you'd prefer to it* soldiers, had the good fortune to cap- await than to become his wife. Af- than write it. I'll he in the square scious scorn into her eyes, and and without essential inerease|l In the night and start with horror, ex- ter all, with money love It”” ture the Mexican general, who was ar- in his possession, where I met first, this evening at 8 she an- into her voice, as she answered sure, the combustion line bdg] pecting to see him staring at me out of he you “Where am I to get It?” thrill rayed at the time in the of a could turn out an honest man. o’clock; but if the night's too stormy, good him: uniform ttestily an Isothermal. the darkness. I fear to go nut lest “Tour swered. “Tell me that. What private soldier. Their prisoner I husband has never liked me, you’re too fine a lady to venture “I will render your father no ac- was may meet him. I fear to stay at home, Helen, and will you do by forcing me to the wall? he continued. “Latterly, I think nlone, you said, “nor will he taken before Gen. Sam Houston, who A Sherlock of Hu* lest he may out don’t disturb yourself. I’ll Give me time, and I’ll help if I count.” she proudly, force himself upon me. and he begins to distrust me. You see how Your anxl ty is n-edless." spared his life, and persuaded him a A rag-man who was gathetii yet. wait for you half an hour, and then I'll but don’t me to wring water ask for one. I must lock the horrid secret of his necessary it to win can: ask Into Harry few weeks later, to sign a treaty of clothing is Grace to our call on you in your line house, and you Someth I i.c like a knife cut worn out* In the oouafrj existence In my breast, and smile, and side?” from a stone!” girl on. peace, in Independence me to your husband. he answered, Reynolds’ heart, as the passed which the of Chased a pair of discarded tm« laugh, and let no one suspect the bur- es, I car Introduce “Spare your platitudes," see,” she answered, dully, Kemeinber, you just one slowly closed the door behind h°r, Texas was conceded. a farmhouse, and remarked den that I bear. Ah, when I remem- I wait for “and remember that if I don't have this He t»tk passing her hand mechanically over to his seat. At the age of elghty-onc Mr. of the honse, as he paid half hour.” money by day after to-morrow, your and went hack Bost- ber that that man is alive, and that her brow. "I can't think, Harvey; my What had is still strong bought The paper dropped from her nerveless game By you play it well. What bad hanpemd? wick nnd in robust had the shadow of the old life hovers over brain is turning.” is up. Jove! health, hands. It had no signature. It needed until changed Grace, his little chtld-sweet- although the first fifty years of ”1 see that you nre about) mi', I can't bear it—l can t bear It!” try Luck never turned against me "Don't to think.

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