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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. 25 their hand mighty quick in the game. They evi- dently mean business, and as I am on the same tack, I suppose there will be fun before another sun. Well, here’s luck to you, Mr. Younger. I’ll see you later, and may the best man win.”’ CHAPTER IV. THE QUEEN, It now becomes necessary for us to go backward . for a time in order to become acquainted with the events of the preceding six months. One evening Theo Howard was seated in his room after his day’s work was done, thinking with long- ing of the happy ered when his beloved Myra should return. Theo was Ee alone in the world, hav- ing no near relatives, having none of any kind SO far as he- knew. Time, therefore, hung heavily on his hands, and it was small wonder that he sought the company of such men as Julian Stark. Even as he sat and meditated, an authoritative knock was heard at the door, and in answer to his summons the visitor entered. Theo sprang to his feet with an eagerness that showed how much he detested loneliness. ‘Hello, Julian. I’m delighted to see you. Was just beginning to have a dose of the blue devils: when your knock came like a panacea as it is for all ills.’’ ‘“T knew you would be lonesome this evening, so I - concluded to drop around and amuse you.”’ A firm chin and lower jaw, a droop of the mouth, comicbooks (ele) m