Adventure Magazine Cover, October 1911 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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976 it—I was not in time. But it is only an episode, my boy. They are common in this country, and this one now is happily ended. But we must not speak with you longer. Helen may come, and she——”’ “She’s coming now!” interrupted Mr. Grey, and like two schoolboys who feared to be caught trespassing, the old warriors tiptoed from the room as Helen entered it. But Jack’s curiosity was far from being satisfied as yet. Seeing that he was going to speak, Helen laid a gentle hand over his mouth. “Don’t, Jack, you’ll hurt yourself!’’ she begged. “I'll tell you all there is to tell. Our men came Just after that bullet struck Fees PARMELITA SOFIA McCANN sat on the Arlington porch, her beget eyes on the mountain top, her bs 29 mood a bit restless, her intelli- gence a little dissatisfied. It had taken her but a few days to exhaust the scenic possi- bilities of Hot Springs. She had cantered to the top of West Mountain and motored ee ELITA SO FIA MS CARN. THE HERMIT ANO THE POLITICIAN % -CLARICE VALLETTE MSCAULEY J Adventure you. You’re a popular hero; that rescue is known now from one end of the country to the other. And that’s all, I think—ex- cept that none of us, except you, were hurt.” Raising a feeble hand, he dragged hers away from his lips. “Tt isn’t all!” he protested faintly. “It’s hardly a beginning. Helen, have you——’”’ Gently, she replaced her hand; then her head bent down until her face almost touched his. ; “T’ve been thinking that—perhaps—the Boers aren’t such a very fine set of people— if you say so, Jack,”’ she whispered. “They’re the best ever!” he whispered in return; then, smiling happily, fell asleep. -GO along the beautiful roads of the reserva- tion; she had lost herself on the banks of the Ouachita and taken snap-shots of the Ostrich Farm; moreover, she had become the cynosure of -all eyes and the amused imbiber of waters hot and cold to an extent unprecedented in her career. : Ostensibly at the resort to recuperate, COmiclbook (© 5}