And Colonel Dunwoody was as good as his word, and he did not ask in vain for the hand and heart of the real of his ideal love, though then she was no longer known as Bonnie Belle of Pocket City, but as Miss Ruth Leigh, a belle and beauty in society, and one known to possess a very large fortune, of which she was the sole mistress. And there was in the fort another happy couple in Clarice Carr and Captain Dick Caruth, whose lives also had a secret romance in them. As for Nina de Sutro, with a heart warped by her sorrows, the wrecking of her life in girlhood by the outlaw who had crossed her path, she in the end sought a haven of refuge within the walls of a Mexican convent, hiding her life and her beautiful face under the veil of a nun. THE END. No. 45 of the BUFFALO BILL BORDER STORIES, “Buffalo Bill and the Doomed Dozen,” is a good deal of a mystery story. Of course it has the Western setting, and all the trappings of an A1 Buffalo Bill adventure yarn--yet it is a little different--though every bit as enjoyable and thrilling as any in the series. READ! The Chain of Clues By NICHOLAS CARTER New Magnet Library No. 1030 A gamblers’ club with sixteen entrances through sixteen different houses on three streets, where gambling is prohibited, is certainly an interesting background for a detective story. Nick Carter becomes a member of such an organization to trap a crook who held human life so cheaply that his devilish crimes went unpunished for a long time. Nick matched his wits against those of the criminal and won out--but how he did so will hold your undivided interest. If your dealer cannot supply this book immediately, he will get it for you. STREET & SMITH CORPORATION 79 Seventh Avenue New York City A REQUEST Conditions due to the war have made it very difficult for us to keep in print all of the books listed in our catalogues. We still have about fifteen hundred different titles that we are in a position to supply. These represent the best books in our line. We could not afford, in the circumstances, to reprint any of the less popular works. We aim to keep in stock the works of such authors as Bertha Clay, Charles Garvice, May Agnes Fleming, Nicholas Carter, Mary J. Holmes, Mrs. Harriet Lewis, Horatio Alger, and the other famous authors who are represented in our line by ten or more titles. Therefore, if your dealer cannot supply you with exactly the book you want, you are almost sure to find in his stock another title by the same author, which you have not read.