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 you so much as injure a hair of his head, the harm done him will rebound—it will result in serious suffering to this little lame girl, entranced in our circle.”

“It seems I find friends wherever I go, ” observed Clifford Bentley, with a mocking intonation that infuriated Wentworth. “Even Margie,” he went on with pointed and deliberate malice, “lay in my arms last night, and returned my warm kisses with her own! She can not deny it, can you, Margie?”

Ned, his tanned skin pallid with unutterable horror and loathing, turned wide eyes upon the face of the girl whose hand he held; her lids dropped before his accusing gaze.

“Margie!” he groaned. “It isn’t true, dear?”

“It might be well, Mr. Wentworth, to refrain from questions and accusations for the time being,” observed Mrs. Campbell dryly. “You should be ashamed to think evil of the woman you love. Mr. Clifford Bentley, you have been telling a lie that is half truth, and that is the basest of lies. I must ask you now to tell the exact truth, or I shall waken Clare—you know I can do it — and after you have returned to your etheric form I shall take certain steps that will result in your being bound down for many years as you may not care to be bound. Oh, you may smile!—I assure you I can do this, much as I dislike it, and much as it may cost me. Are you going to speak?”

Somewhat sulkily, the unwelcome Clifford turned from her. “Oh, I suppose I must not refuse a lady’s request, especially since it is put so persuasively,” and he smiled sourly. “Very well, then — I lied about Margie. I kissed her. To be sure, she kissed me, too — but she didn’t know it was I. But what does it matter, my dear lady?” he went on to Mrs. Campbell sarcastically. “If Margie won’t remain true to her STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN¬ AGEMENT. CIRCULATION, ETC., RE¬ QUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, Of Weird Tales, published monthly at Indianap¬ olis, Indiana, for April 1, 1927. State of Illinois ) _ County of Cook J ss’ Before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Wm. R. Sprenger, who, having been duly sworn accord¬ ing to law, deposes and says that he is the Busi¬ ness Manager of the Weird Tales and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, man¬ agement (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1.	That the names and addresses of the pub¬ lisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are : Publisher—Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Editor—Farnsworth Wright, 450 E. Ohio St., Chicago, Ill. Managing Editor—None. Business Manager—William R. Sprenger. 450 E. Ohio St.. Chicago, Ill. 2.	That the owner is: (If owned by a corpora¬ tion, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and ad¬ dresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a firm, company, or other unincorporated concern, its name and address, as well as those of each individual member must be given.) Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. Wm. R. Sprenger, 450 E. Ohio St., Chicago, Illinois. Farnsworth Wright, 450 E. Ohio St., Chicago, Illinois. George M. Cornelius, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana. George H. Cornelius, 2457 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana. P. Cornelius, 2457 E. Washington St., Indian¬ apolis, Indiana. 3.	That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding I per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mort- gages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state). None. 4.	That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and secu¬ rity holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they ap¬ pear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given ; also that the said two para¬ graphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner: and this affiant has. no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest, direct or indirect, in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 5.	That the average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscrib¬ ers during the six months preceding the date shown above is		 (This information is re¬ quired from daily publications only.) WM. R. SPRENGER, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of March, 1927. JAMES H. COREY, [SEAL]	Notary Public. My commission expires July 12. 1927.