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: TS hd 7" BEGIN HERE TODAY 1"! VERA CAMERON allows JER- transformation because man she falls og Hh HUYLER SMYTHE, ignores b tion at La Mie i HL her fer vivi DALL, ox who, after a Paris di- vorce is in hiding. ' The Crandalls, of their eereied dally, loaraing ut Shae detectives to the Minne They arrive at night, Vera flee in tole ad im The See Ty Thi and !' PRINCE IVAN, awaits th He and Vera are horrified when ! 1 men announce the prince's H Rianipring io insufficient and that } they will held for a ransom ) | at his discovery of her identity, | that they must play the part, for ' if the men she cannot draw '! & vansom they may murder her and the prince, 1 V\' In New York Jerry Macklyn is * erased with anxiety over news § EE Bad Backache Relieved After Seven Years John Hallahan Now Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills "I have been subject to a bad back Jor the Jost seven Or. signs ears," states Mr, J, Hallahan, a a resident of Princeton, Nfid. "I have tried all kinds of medicines but have found them wife was DODDS KIDNEY PILLS hy te Ba La NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXIX "What's the row?" "Happy." the moon-faced kidnapper called from the doorway, and no voice had ever sound- ed so musical in Vee-Vee's ears, The prince rose from his knees, and dusted his trousers with a fastidious- ness that no crisis could jar. "My wife was having a night mare," explained, with all the hauteur of a prince who resents the questioning of an inferior, "Well, shake a leg, prince," "Hapov" advised, him, good-naturedly." "It's way past my dinner time and I'm hungry enough to eat snails, Come on and get busy with your can open- er." "I'm not a servant," the prince scowled at the impudent kidnapper. "If you want any, dinner, you had better cook it yourself!" "Naughty little prince!" "Happy" chided him, "I gotta nurse my baby, prince," and he patted the automaticy which he held affectionately in his hands. "You don't reckon I'm going to squat down at a fireplace, with my hack turned to a hold, bad little prince like vou, do you?" "I'll cook the dinner," Vee-Vee said in a voice that she strove to make mat- ter-of-fact. She welcomed the chance to he busy, and the kidnapper's care- less reference to a can opener gave her an idea; It would make a better weapon that her hare hands, and the long night, with all its evil possibilities, lav hefore her, She found the little wall cuphoard stocked with enough food to keep the three of them, and "Satan", too, if he chose to spend any of his valuable time in the hut, for several days, On small triangles of delicately browned toast, she served heaping spoonfuls of creamed chip beef, filling up the plates with buttered string heans. To conclude the meal there were crackers spread with strawberry jam, tinfoil-wrapped triangles of soft Camembert cheese, and large cups of coffee. The preparation of so elaborate a meal had a more subtle motive behind it than a desire to save herself from madness by activity. And as "Happy and the prince ate hugely and appreci- atively, Vee-Vee realized that her | scheme had every chance of succeed- ing. The moon-faced, good-natured kidnapper had accorded her a careless sort of chivalry from the first, In his eyes, too, had heen a gleam of admira- tion, but not of covetousness., To him she was the prince's wife, or rather, his ex-wife, and he, "Happy," had no chance while royalty was around, But as he filled his stomach with the un- expectedly delicious food, she saw that RADIO SERVICE AND REPAIR WORK A phone call will bring prompt attention, R.E., our Service Superintendent, is specially qualified is Radio and it is our desire to give a service heretofore unequalled, Mr, Yates, AM Generator and Starter 15 Church St. COAL ONE TON MEANS 2,000 LBS, WOOD: 671 Albert Street You May Order ith CONFIDENCE "Famous Reading" CHESTNUT $15.50 EGG STOVE COKE '"Cliron"$13.00 SLABS, cut, } cord $3.50; cord $14.00 , cut, } cord $3.00; cord $11.00 MALLETT BROS. 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"Knowing my wife's love for camp life was what inspired me to plan this --ah--little outing for her," the prince contributed blandly, His fat, round little cheeks were flushed from the big meal he had eaten, and Vee-Vee saw with almost prayerful gratitude that his eyes had begun to look drowsy, If only he would go to sleep, sleep all night through-- "Now, prince," and Happy dragged his stool from the table to the wall and lay stretched out on it, entirely contented and at ease, "you get a hustle on and wash up them dishes for the princess, She's done enough work for one day, Got enough water 'in that bucket and \teakettle? If you ain't, I'll amble out to the pump and get you some, but no monkeyshine while my back's turned, see?" When the kidnapper was lounging from the room with the big water bucket, Vee-Vee ran after him, laid a hand persuasivly on his arm. "Please, may I go with you, Happy? I do so want a breath of fresh air. And I'll promise not to try to run away." J "All right, come along," he grinned down at her good-naturedly, "And say, Prince Charming, there ain't a chance for you to make a bolt, so don't try it. I'd like to let you go, seeing as how two's company and three's a crowd, and your carcass ain't worth nothing in the open market any- way, but it'd be just like you to run squawking to the police, You princes ain't got no regard at all for the rights of the common people, Come on, princess. You can take my arm if you like," She took his arm, her green eyes smiling up at him from under the long, curling fringe of her copper-colored lashes, The prince strode toward them, anger clicking his heels upon the bare floor, but Happy laughed as he drew the girl through the door with him, then slammed it in the face of the in- furiated scion of a dethroned royalty. The pump, perhaps 25 feet from the front door, was a rusty, groaning affair of decrepit iron, insecurely nailed to the rotting boards of a well-top, But Happy knew how to coax water from its creaky, long-dry old throat. As he pumped, Vee-Vee stood close to him, drawing in deep breaths of the invig- orating mountain air, Dusk was de- scending like a blue veil over the low, heavily wooded hills, The last flush of what must have been a particularly flamboyant sunset lay in smudges of ashen rose above the tree-broken line of the horizon, Peace brooded over the eternal hills. "Happy," Vee-Vee spoke softly, her voice hushed with the peace which poured in on her from the hills, "You ike me, don't you? You yourself, wouldn't harm me, would you?" "You're mighty right I wouldn't," the kidnapper answered vehemently, "Say, this bright idea of holding you for a ransom ain't mine at all, but Satan's. Honest, I didn't have no idea he was going to pull a stunt like this--but say, escape," he added hastily, "Satan would kill me quicker'n he'd look at me, if I let you get away. Anything but that, princess, And I'll tell the regular queen, you are!" "Thank you, Happy," Vee-Vee said softly. "I'm not going to ask you to let me escape, But oh, Happy, you'll protect me tonight, won't you? I'm afraid of the prince, Happy. You know --I'm not married to him any more. I divorced him. He--he was so cruel to me, Happy, and all he wants is my money." "The dirty little bum!" Happy spat contemptuously into a clump of weeds beside the well. "Sure I'll look after you, princess, That's why you was screeching this afternoon? Tried to get fresh with you, did he?" "Yes," she breathed. if you'll keep him out of my room to- night I'll do anything in the world for you that I can--when I get back to New York, I mean," she added hastily, as the gleam she had learned to dread leaped in the man's eyes. "I'll see that my people don't try to find you, or if you are caught, I'll swear I never saw you before in my life. Will Jou guard me tonight, Happy? I-Dll ill myself if the prince comes into my room." ly. "That's a bargain, prin- cess. Don't you worry, I'll do all the killing tals done proms this dump. ain't ever bum a prince yet," he added with relish. Reckon he'd bleed blue blood? More apt to be green, though. Tell you what--I won't try to sleep tonight a-tall. You boil me up a big pot of coffee and me and my little playmate here--" he slap- ped the gun in his pocket--"will keep each other company tonight" "When do you expect Satan?" Vee- Vee asked, as they turned toward the shack again. "He may be back any minute," Happy frowned thoughtfully. "But I ain't in on his plans. He's working this stunt on his lonesome and keeping me in the dark. He knows I ain't much good on these fancy jobs that require specialized training. I'm just a plain, ordinary gunman, that hires out by | the day, so to speak. Ain't got very far up in my profession yet," he regretfully, : Vee-Vee flaughed with genuine | amusement, but she was amazed to see | the kidnapper was a little offend- ; ed, his dignity assaulted. She realized 'then an amazing truth---that crooks do not consider themselves bad, that they justify and rationalize their crimes, and don't you go begging me to let you' world = you're a princess all right--a ""Oh, Happy, | a Happy. took her hand and shook sorry 1 laughed, Happy," she id Softly. ym. was Shining hod how the ce gong to s when finds he has to unmake hris bed and make it all over again--in the front room. 3 And then she laughed again, for the thought had suddenly occurred to her that Aunt Flora and Jerry Macklyn would be dumbfounded to see to what strange uses she had put their carefully imparted instructions on how to charm a man. For the first genuine con- quest that she had made was a moon- faced kidnapper whose highest aspira- tions were toward bigger and better things in the field of organized crime. But the laughter died in her throat as she caught sight of Prince Ivan's pas- sion-flushed, determined face, If Happy failed her now, or slept on his job during the night ahead. . are mearing a "Satan" is killed, and Prince Ivan--but read the mext chapter. INSUFFICIENT CAR TAKEN, JURY FINDS (Continued from page 10) anaesthetics had been administered by Dr, McKay. Following the opera- tion, Dr, McKay left, and then he (Dr, Cook) looked after the pati- ent, When he asked Mrs, Stewart to spit out the blood she did so. She also turned her head. These two facts alone, aé¢cording to the dentist, were sufficient to convince him that the patient was coming along nicely, " Queried as to any instructions left with Mr. Stewart at the point of leaving, Dr, Cook said he told the former to keep his wife warm and to let her rest for at least two hours, The dentist left the Stewart home on the instructions of Mr. Stewart, who believed everything would be alright. At the outset of his evidence, Dr. Cook stated the teeth in question were defective and were better out than in. He came to this coneclu- e€ion upon examining them at his office sometime before the day of the operation, The general anaesthetic was administered by Dr. McKay, at the request of the late Mrs. Stewart. Dr, T, W, G, McKay A thorough examination of the heart and chest was made by him prior to the operation, while in con- snltation with the patient, Dr, T, W, G., McKay testified {it was tor that purpose the deceas. ed asked that the doctor be al- lowed to see her in her room. Dr. McKay told the jury he had known the late Mrs. Stewart for thany years and for the past number of years has been attending her, in the ca- pacity of family physician. The doc- tor stated both he and Dr, Cook |arrived at the Stewart residence at about 8.34 o'clock, and shortly af- ter the operation was proceeded with, he administering the anaes- thetic. Deceased was in a condition fit to undergo the operation, in the opinion of the medical doctor. Ethel chloride and ether were given the deceased as an anaesthetic by Dm MeKay. Following the operation, and after being assured that ime patient was alright, Dr. McKay stat- ed he left the Stewart home to go to the hospital where he had an ap- pointment. Dr. Cook was left with Mr, Stewart, Crown Attorney Grierson seemed of the opinion that operations of this nature were usually eonducted at the hospital, or where trained nurses are in attendance, but the doctor claimed this is rarely done. Asked if it was alright to leave at the stage when he did, Dr. McKay stated it ie quite a common thing to do. Dr. Archie McKay, who perform. ed the post-mortem examination at the request of the Coroner, Dr, Hoig, stated he was unable to trace the cause of death from his examina- tion. There was no indication of smothering, if you want true satisfaction. Dr. Cameron. called to the Stew- art residence immediately following. the death of Mrs, Stewart, stated a trained nurse was administering artificial respiration methods when he arrived. 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