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Jungl e Breath Ben Lucien Burman THIS HAS IIAITKNKI): JViiiK at Tunes jis a barber, at (sinful ' which others as Attorney l>avis, a curious man called Yilak has came to the <iueer little town of IVrto Verde, in Brazil, to holp his cousin, Elise Mar- berry, solve a .-traniri- mystery. owns a coffee plantation. Several mys- terious deaths occur ami she herself has been threatened. Vilak sends for Lincoln Nunnally, a famous chemist. <aylord Pr ntUs, an em-my i.f Klise's, is involved in the <lt-aths, --o Vilak be- lieve--. Klise's two-yrar-old orphaned nephew in kidnapped. Vilak tracks tin- kidnap|x-rs and recovers the child, unharmed, without finding its abdue- tr.rs. Word is brought that Elise's manager of )u-r property in Villapa is nick and must, see her. Vilak and Nun- ally accompany her and are ambushed by a baiul nf soldiers. NOW HKtilN THE STiiRV (HATTER XXI. Vilak heard a rustle in the hrii<h behind which left no doubt that the officer had told th? tri'th. Coolly he flicked open hi cigarrt ' :!. "A cig- fcr<-t, amipos?" ar face with its slanted eyes which even VilakV skillful makeup could not completely cffaAe. "I have seen many who come J'rom this great country in the north, but never any who have looked like you-" He turned and winked a. a cadav- erous soldier with corporals stripes, who had been riding beside him. "What do you say, Jc-su, of this man who culls himseli an American? Is he not rather a perfect Argentine?" "Assuredly, c..pitaz. Were he to walk into Buenos Aires, fifty chil- dren would run to call him father." The officer pointed to the chemist. "And this one. Who is he?" he de- manded. The old man looked at his question- er nervously. "Kr . . . Nunnally," he stammered. "Lincoln Nunnally. . . Er . . chemist . . yes . . chemist." 'Nationality'.'" "Ere . . . United States . . . New Jersey." The officer chuckled. "You hear him, Jesu? You hear him? Is he not indeed more droll than 'he first? This f "Enough!" he .touted. The pnnde-f I monium cease.1 at once. He wheeled around to Viiak. "You pretend not to know why my men have stopped you," he said. "CJood. I will tell you. Then ycu can no longer pay that you do not know. Last ni;;ht on the fazenda Bon- jardos, four miles from Villapa, Col- onel Miguel Bonjardos, who .iad the fi./.enda from his father, who had it from his father's father, went to sleep. It was his last sleep, for this morning, when the servants i-ame to wake him, they found he had been killed as he lay in his bed- Killed with a pistol. All his thousands of reis were gone. "Three Arsons were seen coming there in the night. Two men, one tall like yourself, the other short and ''Id like your companion. Both English. With them was a woman. They could not see the woman well, but she was dhrk, Spanish, they said. They were seen by two servants who have de- scribed them well. They iell us the soldiers, for he wr.s our commander. The othi-r eyed him w;-.ri!y- "I do! bald rabbit, this tiny insect who hops rot Miinkc. Miiiigos, whin 1 have work t.. do." Yilak lit his own casually. That 5s foolish. A cigarct and the work is well begun, two cipare^s and the work To Family Has ! Become Habit All Adult Members of House- hold Find Personal Use of Auto is a Necessity Call for Vehicles Gains It used to be. not so long ago, quite an event It the family owned a car. One automohile seemed sufficient to take care of Its needs, and usually only one member of the family could drive, that member being the father of the household. Those were the days when women were accepted will) humor and patience If they express- ed a desire to drive, and with exag- gerated annoyance, should there be any trouble or delay in progress they will also tell the gendarmes. We ! through traffic when women were drlv- KO out to search. We see you. There can be no doubt. You are like the man and the woman the "ervants have seen as coffee bean is like coffee bean and palm leaf like palm leaf. We will take you to the jail hire we will hold an inquiry, and if you are indeed those whom I know you are, you will be made to tell where you have hidden Ing. Car Needs Increase Gradually a change came. Four or five years ago the Idea evolved that the average family could use two cars to good advantage ,a town car and a country car; or a closed b.>dy model and the open touring; or a big fam- ily car and a smaller runabnut. Two There is a delicate mellow flavour to Sal a da Japan Tea "SALADA" (GREEN) 741 'Fresh from the gardens 9 is done. It is an old saying 6t the I Argentine, JesuV the grass, tells us he comes from lh.> United States where no man is less than six feet in height, vhere they |* r> T ( hc kill all men who have not i,his height. Is not this droll one also a perfect the money, and then you will be shot. cars to a family began to be consld- For we will waste no time with those ' ere( j t ne thing. who have slain our beloved command- are too long. Now do not say that you do not know-" He listed his mustache so that the two ends looked like miniature horns. Elise's hand, holding the bridle, quivered with repressed emotion. "This is preposterous," she said as she leaned forward and indignantly con- fronted their accuser. "How could we have been here last night? All of us were on my fazenda. You are strang- ers here, that's why you're doing this. To-day, with lower prices and more exacting demands on life, a one-family car won't do. The modern American family Is arriving at a point wtiere every member needs a car to fit in ! with his or her wn particular pur- pose. In cases where only one mem- ber makes exclusive use of the car, when he is away on business or other- wise, the rest of the folks find them- selves at a loss. When one has en- joyed the advantages and pleasures of an automobile It Is as harl to live Go onto Villapa or Porto Verde, and without one as to forego warm and ask who I am. about here." Everyone knows me The officer spat between his teeth at a purplish lizard sleeping on a stone. "All who are taken by the law sy they are innocent. If we took only those who said they were guilty, we should take no one." "Somebody will pay for this stupid- ity," she went on doggedly. "I warn you. I hate to get anyone into trouble but I'll certainly telegraph to Rio ths first chance I get. The idea of sol- diers doing this, of government sol- diers. It's inconceivable!" The officer turned his back on her and walked over to speak to one of the men who had come forward from the bush. Vilak touched her arm- "He calm, Elise," he whispered. "What- ever you do, don't get excited; you're only wasting your breath. These men aren't soldiers at all. They're degener- ate types of tho South American sol- diers of fortune, insurrectos, who just go around the country waiting for a local revolution to break out which will give them n chance to do some looting. A lot of them are the worst sort of criminals. "This whole thing is a frame-up. a question of taklnt them to school; in many cases enabling them to at- tend better institutions, which they otherwise would not be able to do; such schools being too far from borne or too hard to get to with other trans- portation facilities. The young adult daughter in city or country finds manifold uses for the automobile, as does ner grown broth- er, in keeping engagements, in driving to town or to school, to the shops, to the theatre. In getting to week-end parties. In entertafniiffe guests, in per- forming errands and enjoying them- selves 'n >!< ral. Not having to bother with train shedules or the crowded subway, is a cause* for ela- tion that well warrants an automobile. Of course, It Is not advocated that children operate automobiles. But boys and girls sixteen years of age and over in most states can secure t jun- ior operator's license and in the main drive carefully. Those eighteen years of age and over are really adults and are usually perfectly com- petent as operators oi an automobile. They have needs for using cars which, as long as they are legitimate, should be recognized and some provision 1 should be made for meeting such need!). Auto is Part of Life To sell a car to every member or to several members ot a family would have been quite a preposterous idea a few years ago. It Is not so strange a natter to-day. When the family visits the automobile show or views the cars displayed in automobile showrooms or the windows of such concerns, the salesmen well know that mother is considering a car that wilt be of most use to her. and son and daughter are making their pick, even though faiher might decide (to him- self only) that one family car will do. Pigmies placed on tbe shoulders of giants see more than the giants them- selves. Robert Burton Minard's Will Kill Corns. running water In the modern home. So then we find the family arriving at a stage In city life, but particul- arly In rural communities where It Is essential that mother as well as well as father own a car, and the children and the grown-up sons and daughters have theirs. Women Driver* Lauded It was an easy matter for women to learu to manipulate a car. They are known to be as careful In driving and as quick-thinking In an emergency as most men; perhaps they are more so, for they have had to overcome the prejudice against their automotive activity. Won .1, as well as men, have come to appreciate the many ad- vantages In owning an automobile to use at will, and in having a car for children to use without interference with the parents' own particular pur- poses. The duties and obligations of mod- ern women In which they can make excellent use of a car are countless. To enumerate a few, we find her us- ing the car In fulfilling social engage- ments, In visiting friends and rela- tives, in driving to town during the She finds distance no barrier . An absolute frame-up. I doubt if )n the matter of looking for better there's been a hint of either a theft or a murder. These men have been bought Ixnly and soul. Can't you set- that? This is the work of F;>me of our friends at Porto Verde. What I feared has happened. That message from Villnpa was a trick and the man who brought it probably never saw your fa/enda there. We've walked blindly : into a trap." (To be rontinued.) He rean-d himself haughtily in his saddle- "Enough!" he shouted. philosopher d'Alnia.o which you, a good Pcrtujfu-jse, should know, nmigos. May I take to myself the privilege of troubling you to ask why your good soldiers have done us the honor of so escorting us?" The other scowled. ''Enough of this ritfohidr, noiigh of this folly," he muttered harr-hly. "You are all my i IT. until I sec . t to release you. I wil. liegin by Hski'ig you some ques- tions. Tiik "Assuredly, won capita/. In Buenos Aires there are. R thousand iti each street who would call him brother." Tho officer grinned at Elise. "And this third one?" ht> murmured. "This lovely srnhoritii with th? black eyes which flame with anger and the cheeks that K!"\V like the olive when it ripens in the sun. Who is she?" Elise started to make an indignant "Don't. , reply Vilak checked her. t-are t'.iat you answer l,, se your temper. It'll make matters tl em well and truthfully, or it will be tin- worse for you. What is your I,;iu.<-'.' Your prufe- ion?" "Sherman Davis, attorney. 1 "Nationality?" I i.< i,:'l;.-'-r laii/li -.1 I :i.irou-'l.v. "Yo;l !! droll, nmigou, very, very droll." Hi' !"!'. d ;. he |i' k"i| a' till' bnllV, MIGLEYS When you need new energy, u In n you arc hot anil mouib ii dry pep up with Wrinlcy'j it in. i i. n- mouth and throat. ' ; 'v The MI. ri .1 I'd flow of laliva feeds new itrcngth to the blood, ..'pu_can do more you fctj_ bctwr. The Try-Out Visitor- "I suppose you are very rnreful what you feed your lovely Per- sian rat?" Mrs. - rpices or better muterial when shop- plnR. She entertains guests with It, she tours tho countryside and enjoys the out-of-doors; she can also relieve frlfiid husband of matters that he might bo too busy to attend to. or feel Indisposed to bother with. The automobile has become so much a par: of 'the everyday life of women that they aro ftmliiiK .. impossible to dis- pense with this vehicle. In tho case of children, H might be : "Oh, yes, Indeed! I al- ways have my h us hand taste every- thing bi'fori; I offer it to her!" Minard's Kills Dandruff. II ISSUE No. 1630 worse. We've Rot no chance hero. They'll shoot u.< down if we (five them tht> slightest excuse." She obeyed her cousin's injunction and silent, coolly ri turned the officer's tare. He laughed. "Pill down nn- othcr Argentine, Jesu," he chuckled. "A beautiful on;- this lime. There arc not many like he.- in that mis-begotten country. Yes, n perfect Argentine." lie tared at the fourth meml>er of the party, the messenger who had brought them from Porto Ver.'e. "This one is nothing but n jackal who comes nfter (hi- 1, >!<* from the moldy bones they throw him. 1/t-t, him RO." The half-breed scampered off down the road. Vilak coolly tapped the end of his cigaret ajrainst the pommel of his saddle. "Mny I ngain have the privi lojtf of inquiring why you have con- fi i red upon us the honor of surround- it.(f us on the rond? PlensanL eiinuuh. amigos, for tlu> society of you and your men is a boon for which we couM nl! wish litit tit the moment it hind- ers us slightly, for we would be on our way. Whnt do you want with us?" The officer put, his hands to his sides and laughed with hyMe.'icnl pleo. 'Vwu," he Sjii'lj .H.fVr Jhc. vu.U"rst w;>s over, "you hoa'r him? 11 IK- not thy, king of actors, the kinpf of kings of i. mediiiiis? He does not know why > havr stopped them." "lie does not kiow! That is indeed droll!" roared Jesu. The. flvo other men echoed his words, mid burst into convulsive merriment. The Inughter became so loud that it irritated the mustncred officer. 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