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h«|- a. pftrt of the atory'of her sarf ' life. • He ' meefa a young • w^om qe men tally, chria^en* fhe -Wli4_JRosS.| . Siie elude* hits be fore he can make\ her acquaint-, ahcp. ■ A vacant cabin ori thej shore has attracted the attention • of the aiUnsc. tsuman. arid they move into\ It Their flnrt tnejiU- la inferruated by the Man-ln-the- ' Fancy-Vest Pearlhunter strike's him- Ounpfay threatens. The mother dramatically drive,* .the Intruder away. She say* he Is the \Othor Man,\ A whom she ha* not seeh for 20 years. They find a red mask dropped by'the OtHer Man. That- . night Pearlhunter finds Che' Blue Moon, a grfejit freshwater pearl. \HI* mother dies without ' revealing hi* , fa ther'* name. Pearlhunter aind the Other Man m>^;t in the village; a pistol Aght.is narrowly averted.. Pearlhunter believes him' to be . the Red Mask crirn'lnaf. Pearl hunter rescues Wild Rose .from Jid ’ Othhr Vgn an,*' meets' _ ____ M.tm, . hem ?ather.\ ' HWos a \man 'of culture^ crazed from, concussion of the brain, the result of. an at tack by; someone wearing; a red mask- Nobody knows his Iden tity; he is known at the post of- • 6e» • • s i t n pty — -me- Bmc SS. Peg Tt-- -hunter propose* that he'sell the Blue Moon and send for a sur- Keon .. tol operate, ... Wild __ liana agrees. JPdarihunter , sells the Blue Moon 'for IS.ObO to Xoule Solo-. ,mon. pparl \Prlng. . ' . . - /. r .. w, ‘ 'Yoo ' abonMi ant rapper ■ftitt me. hala'Ur iff* -raid, gourd poised io| bis .ba&d. VaRiftWe p e wri ev er “ hTsted\ alenff-tlta - ■ - “ S«re. : But rm not much en-that*^- piire devil pear! buj-er got Wit <l*e who!* town against ’ Itn !** ( ’ , H st»fement> or .one like W -was whjat the crol-vd rh.ld been*waiting for. ■^te; tens!fin was over; 'the -finding and selling of \the famous ja|m. bhe most jtk Wabash, was now history — dHatwoods history. The one-eyed fisherman chucked Ws hat up In the ftlr and yelled — a luaty cheer. In which the ■ crowd Joined. One would ha ye thought that each man there had sold a Blue .Moon — or. found one. The Pehrlhunter felt a good deal as the crowd seemed to feel — a loosening of the tension. For that matter\ the fat little buyer seemed to feel some thing of the same relief. Caught up in the crowd, both buyer and seller were swept across the road 'and Into the ex pectant door of the Mud Pen,' . TW P wd'mr ii ^Ui;id-A-?r r r . - CHAPTER VII. ' — 3 — ' . ■ The Face >n, thf Orafti The hanker Brought: \baett The plush case and set 4t down on the; table. The .lew rook out his check book and be- •gan to write., ■ ■ • . , . Th e. Pearlhunter never ..could re- jueinbjer tlie thoughts that came over jjim at that high iuoment of his life. For all, he could recall, there were no . clear^flhoughts at all — just a loosening jaf . the, \tfiinat;!..* . relax!hg-..x>f ..the. \ muselo.%. jwe if he ha(J, dropped a H)a'd> under which he had been , straining, fie.didn ’ t know It. but the old banker was watching him. The old;' etnba'r- : . a'ssing question — what\ name = to\'write tn the theefe — brought him back out vf the. haze. He noticed . that' the .JcU'Is. hand tremhied-aa he-.wr'oth. ■■■ It vas tin-odd.trifie to notice, but it was - .the---one — -thing — he — could afterward .- a . • ■ s ' j . 1 ’ . - ^ . tleariyl recsill. The check, made out to . ‘ ‘ Pearlhunt- er. ” was ht his\ fingers! ’ Five thou- . land dollars — !n words, and big plain ttgures. ’ - It was the first check he had ,»ver owned* — the first dfte he had ever . <een. He was still .reading it. puz- dlng over it. when the.banker grasped 'fis hand. w The banker shaking, hands vith him'! .This was hlf. day.? “ May I have the money on this? ” , “ Why. tuy dear hoy,\ the hanker anr iwered. laughing, _ and slapping him on • he shoulder,\ “ there isn't, that ’ much • ugh in the ‘ bank. ” * •That. w*k a new'otie on the Pearl- luntef. He had \supposed\ h' bank had n Its Vaults unlimited loads of money. “ What will T do? ” • “Tou can draw par?, of it. and de- fjosit the resp to your credit. ” All of Which was a foreign language' »n the Pearlhunter. , - “ T didn't want to use any. of the I'rtooey.” he finally'mnnhged to say. “ I don't expect to spend a cent'of It for — you know — small matters. I expect to leave H right here till I can spend It. Tor something —well — big. ' 1 just ■mated to •htaf it to.a — friend. ” . “ You might show your — friqnd the > heck.\ The .banker stole a glance at • .lolpmbn gfoatlng openly over the gem. i 0 w that the deal was closet!. “ No,\ ;yfr— gwnttMHNi,\-' “ there ’ s » hAttpr\ — .afein.he. was about tn say. but dldh ’ t --\way than that. Why not deposit he check and take out a draft? ” “ Draft?\.What's that 7 ” The old banker reached his fingers ftp. through his haig and studied the iMin before him.\ Sitting-down at'his lesk. he wrotg rapidly for a moment “ This la a draft. ” he said, handing -iwer the slip he had been writing onr /.ud taking- the check Ih exchange. “ It ,* &i good as -gold anywhere, at any «nk, any time. Show It to your .fiend, and I suggest that you after ward bring it back to the ’ bank and ••eposlt If. I will then glve~Tod a i heck book and'show you how to use' ■ \ > ” ' ^'V The Pearlhupter read the . pgper -wer with curious Interest, put jt in . . • ,he b(g. fo.rmldable envelope the bank- .Tyr gave him for the purpbse. and bot- '• *oned It away In an Inside, poeke^ of i — ,, -yls'hloniWr'..' ,■ . ; Thy HSTe jew; had by this time put ! file Blue Moon. back in the plush Case. . .nit the case In his vest pociiht, and . ..^Hga ' -.w r'ihfr jfqckgfc_'.; •way from the tabic. “ YotFpearl flgh- aixs ,'1 ss . sdl. qpa s t r y jt to yad * ituMpMnbfatee.* . , ■ '\\r Ifdr~my price.\ - ' ' He-crackled ail the',way to tbe door. — gpelt ePOWd^waPed opfstde. : v . N<v fiot-jt man hut knew 4 qw * dollars.and twenty-seven cents In his pocket., -He\ had'counted It that mo fil ing while waiting for Louie Solomon to come. It. was the last cent after pay* iniJ^mo'thecji.funeraLexpunaea^liln threw a'pocket-worn twenty ^iollar bill on. the bar and motioned to,the crowd. \Make it.good whisky, ” he said. “ No Sqnlrrer goes .this wnml. ” ■*;••• • He couldn't have made a better speech for the occasion. The crowd Cheesed. yh» llttfo Jew said some thing. hut It couldn't be heard. The .bartender sot out a tong row of \glasses. ;The river men grow suddenly quiet • widvtfce gurgle of the filling. . Each man picked up a glass and' stood, waiting until every other , man wag served. The crowd was too occu pied to notice it, but the Pearlhnnter ’ s -' kn ee s were -fairly stinking under himr his face set and'pale. He was about fa do the hardest thing he had ever tackted • in his life, evec harder, than rpchtionlhg money to the Wild-; Bora. *He picket! up.his Vlusa j set It dowfi — “ pushed it bach. ' *;-• . “ Water for mine! ” . .i . To a man, the crowd\ whirled : and stared. ' Louie Soinmod s^vpre. . \Vot iss.! ” he skid. “ Yorf. make It foolishness?\ . ' . ■ \ \No was the slow answer. fiTm friend — of yours, fore he comes.' ■ The Pearlhunter had fof some time been debating with hlms^f . whether .or not to warn Solpmop of thd dafiger-. ous character of the man that Was com ing. : The one consideration that kept him from speaking was the fact that he ' had nb proof- — qertalo knowledge, but no proof. He decided not to speak — yet. ' “You no like h!m? “ The Jew laughed . easily, hung the gomM back on the stick and stood looking out over the landscape, spreading away ' under be' the first' to find the body. Tt was not lost on the Pearlhunter that he had*-imdoubtedly -crowded The murderer close, else why bad She left the knife? But why all these ell \plans against him? Was It some an- ejent grudge be bore liJs blood? Did he wish somebody to die la his plage to deceive -an outraged world Into thinking the Bed Mask was settled for good-and all, and so give him a-change to start over again? Was It because he was not yet ready to leave the Flab woods? It was probably for all these reasons. But with ' the last, .there .flashed across the young man ’ s inlnd that scene at the fence! Ifstung him like a lash; 1 Eyfrn ■ though the cyldence secreted, in the cabin was now In ashes, by thaf dead body w;as the most dangerous The tnivelljig clinic oft wheels which Is touring Alameda county. Oil., ectlc off thisfot keeps. ” - “ H — 1! ” jtrowied the one-eyed fisher man. “ Since ’ t when did yTnrnitT*\ — \Yesterday — about sundo^rti. ” He raised hi.s glass and clinked\ with Louie Solomon — the aristocratic bour bon against tiie Fiatwoods spring — and .drank the celebration of his great day in a glass of water. . The others' were too busy Just then, or cared too little, to press the point, or take the trouble to wonder Just what and what all he meant by . “ yesterday — about sundown. ” Louie Solomon set his glass down with a bang. “ Hlmmei !.. Dot\ \ddn ’ dt shtruck hot)' tom yet. It vas all soaked up in min^ \MaJw It Good .Whiafcy * He Said. throajt a-ready. FU1 ’ em up ag ’ ln. aU hands roundL- tfndt dig one 'lag on Loute .* '* t .-.IfWhere -Isa mine frlendt vot trim from me twenty-t*ree doilarf ’ Louie asked-, -feeling his ve^t pocket,'dm . he had dona probably a acore of times slpce crossing the street . \ ' “ Ob, be went up the Yellow branch this afternoon to look efraiae timber ,, . jj . •- -j ... Option8, ” the bartehder ans were d, , “ lilm u ns l 1 ” : .. ■,. grun ted , , - . ,-turoing .,... ffCsjU ’ Im toehhe he gomeby d ’ e camp f ’ n|sht undt gift me chance ‘ to git if back my twenty-free dollay ” \ . \LU tell hlm.when he coides In, ” ' Thg bartender wiped off. the bar. The .P e arth t m ter ’ wasfaiteaajr bar dh' th'e , sidewalk, wher^ the Jew sboa jotned him, and they, walked together down to. \Vot you “ do ‘ now The question caught the Pearlhunter unawares. He, too, was gazing\ out over'tpe landscape, but absorbed In i&ifl£S_fiL33lich the placldr little- Jew had not the remotest-inkling. ’ ■ “ J hardly know,\ he answered, -slow ly, as 'if fee ling for each. Word. -tTbaughf maybe -Pd go to school. ” ■ - . \School I ” The Jew ridiculed, the word with his hands. \I know a-Veady men could be pcofesaqra, undt deyjgot notTng. I go by school not .more as two weeks-for mine life, undt look at me. ” ^ The Pearlhunter \did took at him — \ hanf-faced, red-nosed, yelfowlsh teeth, a potty protuberance swung to, the front, of his waistline. It looked like tvyo weeks wasted. ' “ W^iy you' don ’ t buy timber? You can shbot It di.s waterfall into a flume undt. run a mill yet. ” ; The Pefirlhunter made no answer. The little Jew talked on. V ; “ You, can buy^t. d ’ e. Flatw<>o3s -a- ready yet. If 'yotTliancfle rlghr yonf* money. ” .He walked.back around the | end . 6f the cabin. The Penrlbunter J followed-\ \Veil you Come ’ long ven j you. get ready, haln ’ dt It? ” j He went oh: down the slope,, through the bushes toward his skiff; the Peari- uhder the direction of thd Alameda County Tubefculosis association. Is said to be the first of Its kind in California. The clinic goes -mostly into- the inr dustrlal sections ,where the people are mostly forelgners v ftnd are prone to neglect to have themselves'or their children examined!. As a result of these examinations, children having traces of tuberculosis are taken out of school and given further treatment.-'The clinic has ail the apparatus for making ~f iTT'iiwrw fill mtowm bunter turned tri' at tHFcabln <T6or7\ Alone at last, he - did the very thing, \that nine men- out of ten would have done; took, the draft put of his pocket and fingered it over— the. concrete and tangible evidence of a great day won. - He had seen It born at midnight; had sCen It drive In through the gates of dawn — and now It was forever his. He spelled out the magic* words: Five thousand, a wavy line, no hundredths, dollars. He said each bold figure over to himself. -Slowly u» face grew-alive among .the, words and figures ; a face framed ih yellow hair; eyes that laughed. They Md laughed ffih him. he had made them laugh. The draft would make them laugh again. • And- tomorrow she- gh^.vld.eend foMhat'Sm- geon. The sound of groarring Came in at the cablhHobr from the bashes down the hlH. \ The face was gone from the draft.- He thrust ft back In his pocket and stepped put into the yard. His first thought was that-the little Jew, none too .sure-footed among the rpc.fca. had stumbled and hurt himself. The \groan came again. He sprang Into the bushes. JThe Jew had hurt himself. A look so wild and terribje the Peafilhanter had. ne^ef seen upon the face of a man. He had- f&lieii upon hl» back, with one arm cramped under him,' The other arm was free,-but he seemed unable to rise, With his free hand he- was clawing desperately at his bospm, and the fingers of the hand were mussed' with blood. The Pearlhunter leaped down the hill and bent over him. It was' then he saw what: the bloody hand was clawing at — the handle of a knife, hilt deep In his breast. \The Pearlhunter raised him, and the other hand came free.. It clutched a bit of cloth of flam ing red — a red mask. - The Jew opened his eyes, recognized the man bearing him op, ., - - “ Dpt timber buyer,'' ’ he gasped out of \ bis flooded chest. 'He choke me —I tear off «r« mask — be shtick me,\ The stricken Jew dropped the mask and ps. jxie Traraes’ flmf docfor'k'aremi ppiTf^ ‘ Gyvach^ctiun ty \and their services are. free to the patients. ' ' . V The photograph Shows nurses examining children. . \ Spirit of ’ Kimtty Feeling Adds Greatly to Joy of Motoring n in Country. I/...;... HELP OUT STRANDED DRIVER J \Especial ; Need of Chivalrous Attitude bn Part of Experienced Operator — • -»* Women Nat Skilled in.Cop- «, “ He Choke Me — I Tear Off de Mask — \ ' One of the big, pleasures of modern motoring. lies in the fact that whether the vtrlp is for\ 100 or 1,000, miles, the motorist has \ ’ every reason to feel sure that'he wlH finish his journey without having-to- e4mh ’ - out-- of-J h L s - e a j , ta -un Hardly five seconds had passed sine* the last gasp of Louie Solomap, sb. fast does a-man think under such a\ stress, -when the Tearlhunter threw the mask down .by the body- and turned to steal back up the hill. ^ “ Up with ’ em !\ He whirled; stared; sl'owly raised his hands. It ’ S'one \thing to face odds ; quite another to face certain death. Behind the three black muzzles poking- out through the bushes glowered the truculent, bearded faces of Louie Solo mon ’ s three, rowers. _ Grim as the three Fates, they stalked toward him. 'Two of tiiem kept., him Ttfrtffed, while'VlLy ‘ third ‘ pTtieked the revolver from his-pocket and dropped it Into his own. After that hq bent . over the body of his master ; touched his face; lifted a hand; laid It Across his breast; He picked up the'red mask and snarled around at the others. The others gfow.led; swore; and the Peari- hunter fancted the revolvers pointed at him a little straighter, a little, more vindictively,, It whs not the first time these three had faced, tiie Red Mask. He had long been their particular' nightmare. It was the first time they had Seen him. with bis mask off, and wifh empty hands. . The\ one kneeling . by the body seemed to be the leader. He. felt care fully in side.th epocke t whe re-the peart, had been pinned ; searched the other pockets ; felt carefully over the cloth- Jng. 'Be rose after the fruitless search and faced the Pearlhunter. “ Where Isd it? ” ' The Pearlhunter shook his head. With, a snarled word of Yiddish, doubtless a curse, , and a flourish of his clenched hand that came, uncom fortably close ' to the young man's face, the Jew-began to search him: pockets; hems; waist-bami ; socks; even his hatband, ears .and hair. Of course the search again proved fruit less. The Jew drew his revolver. D ’ e pearl! DJe Blue Moon I ” His eyes &rew vacant; flared up again. “Mine Gotti Rachel 1 Rachel I ” His moqth quivered open so wide tflafr filk beard. frtBfpred tpon hls breaat, and thfi blood welled out over his thin! His eyes bulged\; the smeared fingers ceradd clawing at the knife ; he gaspeft twice-; and dropped back* — dead. The Pearlhunter packed up. the'bit how fast a man caa'thtnk wh^n he has id, The, mystery of the atm thrust to at the cabin dodf across the moqallgbt Cleared. The finding of 8 mUSaaak be- . the^ffljayi dersr to any* man m the Wabash coun- beat the pocket of Ids vest. \HlmmeH*- i ceat tfd Jt. a hd -th ru st lt Into the Peart hunter ’ s face. \Where las it?\ _ ' The bearded, lips were drawn sc tense that the yellow teeth were bare. The Pearlhunter knew the yellow- teeth meant exactly whaE they seemed to mean. Louie Solomon ’ s . three guardsmen had- a reputation, along the Wabash. The reward for the Bed Mask was the same'whether dead or of scarlet cloth that bad. fallaa- fre**., . alhrt k .--Bttllr hlg death.would not bring Overrtchnem of (he'd^kd man's hand. It ta surpiSsfng ’ ’ 'thenTany nearer finding the peari He pinned his hope there, and shook bis head. • . dertake the disagreeable job of making repairs.op. the xoaiL But now and . then' some mishap oc curs,; and a courtesy of the road that- airmotorists can. extend with little in convenience to themselves is an offer of help to a fellow motorist whose car has become v stranded. Such an offer Is particularly' timely if the scene of the mishap is some . point whose • re moteness from a garage, would make It difficult to get assistance. - Ownoai Caught Unawares, - Even the most careful owners are caught, Unawares af times and find themselves far from\ home and minus s ome tool that Is essential .to making a repair. For Instance,\ not ’ So Ton\* ago, a man who prides himself on his equipment got a puncture on a lonely country road. . He felt ’ he had no cause for worry, for lo ( cked on the. back of his* car were two new tires ready for ’ just' such an emergency. 'But when he went to get one v of these tires he could not find the key to the lock. He was Just getting ready to wreck the lock when a car drew, up with an offer of assistance. It hap pened that the good Samaritan had a key that'Opened the look, and pat *ah end to the'difficulty. ■ Many Wornen Unsklllod. With the number of women drivers rapidly increasing, some of them not skilled\ In coping with Bre tr oo ble^or YDU CAfFLPUNGTUfHE ---- THIS STYLE OF TIRE Metal Sections About Sides At- - < ford Protection. - . Spring Ring In Inner Section \Has Gorw slderable Supporting Rower as Well as \Resiliency — Attach-, menf Not Dlfncult,' 1 .,* ’ 1. In. x the. collective detail view of'this / tire, the parts fit together In the or der shown and form a complete arm- , ; ored tile having no Iimer tube, Met- ^al sections or scales.extend about the -4 j.-'-sifies jj £ .- tdTPr'lttrtr'-uffivrd protection against punctfire. ’ Jlie extreme outer: sectfou, or part . next to the ground, is a solid robber., bund or outer tire. The Inner Sectiou. , is a spring, ring, placed within tha. tubing, the. tubing', being split for jkhi. : bad Ignition, there Is an qspeclal need of a chivalrous attitude on\ the part.of experienced drivers. • The women prob ably ought not to be driving at all un less they know enough about a car to be able to make simple repairs, but; the fact remains that some are without the requisite knowledge. Moreover, equal suffrage has not yet reduced woman to the status of ma,n to the point where the average male would be able to square himself with his odd - sctence If herald no heed to a woman In distress. In oreler .to extend, an offer to this sort it la not necessary to go through a lot of formality — a mere wave of the hand will frequently serve the pur pose. But It Is this spirit of kindly .courtesy that addsto the Joy ofmotor- irtd Ing and'Increases tie pride df motor* fists to their class. TN' CASE OF' HARD STARTING Cause of Ti Evaporate, ie Frequently anyway. Gaeollfte ^ \ A not Infrequent cattpeof hartl start* 1 .toff. te .overrUdtoeea of 'the ajlxtqre. Wh8B^t!Lta.l<LMii*pgctai. tti e i lri repj ad. On Account of the Elasticity, of the Tire, the Armored Sections Are Made So They Will Glide Over One .^pqtber, ^ . r ' .. - ; purpose. As the spring ring has con siderable supporting power, as well as resiliency, the pneumatic: pressure Inthe-tpbe'cah'bequltelow.^ The different parts are screwed and' clamped In such a way {hat air at low presfjuru-wlll- not escape. It\ will 'be ■seen Tftttt rhe upp e r p o rt ion s' of tha E plit tube are squeezed between two ictal parts, thereby forming an air tight juncture. , Attachment of ' tho; complete tire to the wheel is\ made by \ any . of .the . usual clincher methods, there being nothing particularly new In that part of the construction, — Pop- . ular Science Monthly. t AV/TOrtOBIUC fmtwtSfm Shanghai, GJdna, has a public motor truck service of twenty-five cars. Uruguay has a motor car tor every .148 Inhabitants. - -\ A magnetized screwdriver Is a great convenience for the man who works about bis cor. * American Indiana of today ’ are; work ing to garages, driving automobiles or trucks.and operating fkrm tractors. In-Concord, N. H., a, church tuns a garage for the convenience of the mo- torfngmembers of the congregation. . W v llen you park <uf a hill, dtoefa the wheels Into the curb, so thaf If the brakes do release the car will stand. The.average car owrtor may oot kriow that a layey of cinders six Inches thick,' makes * vefy katlrtactory floor Vor the home garage.' ‘ \
