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SIX - ?- -- ?: v^.v... T^.._? t sA/ Edisoi ~^il' * WHAT HAPPENED before lit l. ;:2f;\ o>it v--?-:h AieXaiitJt i Pierce, a -v. tei - ' hi proje'e t ft d v ri r t;> ? oliti/-*y Do* -. ns Pierce advise* jbi/n to kocp hivide open w.fcjie there. On trie va\ in .1 tram Dr. Lcng: V? attracted o> sx 'spx\. vho idter laiv.:-. Or. Lortreats v.% :\ and looking h;to her i;-ag. is a<toi;rd?.".. to finct a iokdeu re ).., : :; voiviec. Dr. l.omr hussi- gsfead Das. ar Orental. who conducts hint c SovDucy Di r.5, v :-. ; \\* - Mi'. Sou'thley ar.d his s< . Erne.?': h Icy. Mr. Haywaru ui I his n V i.:-.-. and then : ; the girl he wei on r. le train, phi no tell- him the si . ' Down? and its wdeh is r. *. the ghost of :: h'.mu>r. hut a tiger." Dr Lohy iia> a v.aarrc-] c-\ i.os Hayward -? .> ; ioscod/rand n:.?.:s thai'- the- fiay-a ards have a strange authority . v<ar th* Soufcfcssys. He is <u*d or?.ji r- lea.'--* South: j> Downs. The rain prevents him iea virtu !< Lt r.g ahrf Ernest jr< it th< road in "he rain io< kir.sr fi r v.he tracks :' a tfjifer that Erm-vt say? ire there. -It's tic. u-e." L sai.t. "Tre t?l:*:? tv . j!.j haw. washed theni ?'.*. VV<? separates :i,n<l koked up ami ilovr-u. And finally I raided to call' Err.esT huCl" into the h< use. Kc was hnht lptyi h ?i.,.fete - uii>:ra close to the; mud "What is it'.'* 'I a-k :. "Come h'iv," fie ordered VHV H" stnr..1 up as : came - ' aru held the iantern Iv . shone on his white.". set fBi-h. V, .. * J : " ?- - ? : ? vr 'i'juaurawv i.cs&J'A- ii<<s \t :; Set-nidi : i :i- thav I\-i ati k-'i tiU i < yh ar hihri hhn. ami wa> a jaa'i.. Tia- vfiict was :nat<i:v. .<te;ui> f" ft1'" ' y . ahv Hi- snake . - . I Vivui t" st: listen. tt u ai-.t't the . f ione thar ! ha.: Ti-ii. I ha.: ..v,j. thai ifehyp. iicro ah!-- t- .-mi thi t.-jiel-.-. tjfpj . .vi.v.l.i iui'.v eku'.eh up the mystery Sft a. nerfoikty satiif-i-.ettiiy aisriiih'. : : -,s-.- w.nifc have- a ifti.o.i joke rt? tig v he.: -. a earn..' to S. u-.r.ley tV.'.vne. On.y. course. I7!east a'.K/lu t.-l :t. t: !. I. k-t jokir.* hi -the i>M vam.i h?u?v v.'ei-p liaay. instead triumrh Ms tone huh eh that eeki futility with whieh me'r. to!! of ihoii- vvost ;> : s.uia! tragedies'. "Tho k, Ei'::osf.?" 1 iisked. i ho rakss - ..' exit?a!i l.u! . ). . Tili.i ..::s i- . a Vibee :r. trie x : a-!- ami ' : a'.ix'.os: a ?!v..i i ' th.r- t -. -0 ' 'h. ' && ?' ft^BSyiitiSu. :'? ?. and r.vioslied -.vi-.t?!'. A.IV: i, Mjs&i again :fc* ir-icK had een; ' obMlt-raxed./ "fcittie for.;"' J lyM bin;. ."'It avusr': tiwre. '?*>ng" hi* at'swored in a far away va:.;.;, "ft v. a- . sana trtefc oi tr.c- rnOi-Ooj- a mirage; It Wasr.'c that o-.t.iH be I- , r~~i^r a'mo;f ane1 Yk.ek who:: I got to Xiiv- loam. Thciv v.i.ra pioftt;- of thing? to tbhriw aKatit. Or:- was that on the^nd:k? I W.'tvyiK-l'V to South!oy Dov.ro. i"r v.ti ' ..z : the chi rn &f\t- steeping -va: had : < ?. to nothing. after aii i thought about AU-xauiU-:- ritOctatind ail tbac ho ha.! told n\ I had hcer. a'. SourV.iey l)6\ini ah -..?; a wreck. am it- r- -i-' .: ha-! gto'oO mode oSatlg^v.father thro. -imyli fied. St:" I why the mar whom Alexander caller. R?<ieiick r.ad offered the r?w:ira for trace of the elder Souchley. I cc-ukl' not explain why my ho-1 had gone for years under an assume.! name, or had adopted an alias now. The v relation of the Hay-wards with the Southleys. the creeping- figure or. the colt" green, the track in the muddy road, stii! remained as mysterious as ever. I thought about some stealing figure that was in th corridor just outside my door. flow I knew he Was there is a mys> tery still. 1 certainly could not have heard him above the thunder of the rain. Perhaps it was the. jar of his foosteps on the floor, or maybe a sixth sense that sometimes warns a man he is being shadowed. It seemed to me that he v.-as coming stealthily down the hall?and tl\?Ll\ \lii' it i Mai'sliall eg had .jiusi cutset* ray ' i W z I r;. ' - *. -. I si . -.r...v 'ri:._* :ra: i , r/ . \i at My *$?$:$ ar ifeiv\';Iy sharp ?oicr; things. The orjv po.-sibJt* exalar.ati^r. ;v that li'.r voice v.as '' ^ttjivvvvha; ifhargi'.f:. :. *\Dr L sotneo'BC* cj'.'t-.! softly | ,_c-* 4'?'^ . s?- : try ; . K: Stwo? WJ t.ttg sj&rldW oi the i-m;doj\ H* r-;.... . ii'.v ^ . ,i ? Ill- Vs trt * . ar.>i ivoseit the <it-v>r behind ?? : pit his cardie r. the taWs. it :s h. i'-- the micii w. rk.-. first '.'hservnth w, the neouiar ves.-rnvianev 10 i:i? .swiier. that ' r.v eye- The;. v. dark, bast : , hers. Hi- >ar. . r. on the Ijfc- ' tr.il tiJ. i iaiv that tie was o.yso pat-fir ftsiU iTssed; "fin vc-.: . pist ':" he jiske.U. **V-?>. I. > :r. :-y ' :i_\ ' "I v. je'tor. Fill > . ? . triiit v.r.et-'i ii." i . ; - t.-> i?a? with . : /. >:' v. X) q-v- < ut nU; Afttowatfik 'Can vou -V : v v *:v. he allied. "Fair!; :ve?Lv i :*.- r kte; it. F k I FoJif.d hit M [ si,:,- of i a:- . \S , t , '. -> ' LiOrijE,. v. ivt hunt 0:1 car' hutni.s tbiit^ht." i i looked at him a- to >ily as I , ould. "What have ire aot to hunt"" "That i i v."r khotv. ewpt that it'j, r,- thing that eft the track, it'- jr. the hi a.f." ' jhav < j , kF.W.'" ; "ii t-' , I ka,.-., S. My dear ixil h . . --x- to -ay I didn't kt-.Ott'U i : : : rait .. I Ir ha^ go) i '-He Merer..: -.at. . t: our tight i-.tr -.veto:-: M- ??.,> in oirhdrl Vt-'t can'! tea anything with these <avAU I -.uv -plenty. Are y..-u r?-iiay*'" F-f . .. r. ..V.S55.-. . 33}'.' " . pi 4 ifC the ur.d ?r tffi.iife ihiiJi.'-. uV ii Stave s.seh ihvfCo'itiVa ?:tf' >'tl3)s ih<- ia:r, '-m; . .-.-t 4], 't.?4l?li his Hps elW ?>: " < - "a;, a'.akv.. :v.v iv;;r. "-.im., .Than I Mif, r;U> 4 : ; f.ia heai4l. Vvo .-4li:p;iiscf. $$ a taiuUi-.g- in1 tin' jtairyfav. "Wf -.von't r..v,. Urn* v.air.' he 1 = n: i-vt-' t V i kr e\vru -v- h!?; ! <$?$& usnj-. a i\c: e v t-j ply.v. l1 f;?> v.ytoh his *i:a' " 1 the : camlii\ TK^ .-.Ki' ! ?: ;i si - V - W :.>fc- .-.W. /V' ' ' -f]: v .?;? . Mb- tlfe!; iliJSvTlzis -h-j-M wos'spW aipSr-sats,-.-! tr.ty.tivh :V? r.-jji). m. \\3S>. jnsr. a;,, .i-..u.:v... and ; ". -ay; ', e.:gV:u;vi': oho snadews the rooa:. j ; Tiig rur-ek xltf^c.ck'''lii die hail be- aw y as. s? ;,,:'ily a. coohi hardly >...*>;. . "I.ov.'s :;h jjgj ijt>(E?7 ! whisivovd. [ . "'Kv::ifc-.-,.'i .1:6 wake - .i <-." '. -Ho old p uttered the 5: raivjosi little. s??fc]f 'Look. Long: It i"v cohii? aOztr' , ail." V: Hi* v..ire itsppoc. a. ne-e. . :, :; only chap/ ! -.(-v. he . was pointing- toward the .vow pi win-i ; dews a: the jpcosite end pi this haidJ . Three of -her. glowed di ir.lv trcroJ , the fMekerirp lighroiEg; in the car? , roaches of. the sky, rfc'.-'.ar.so'ar rat : snaps a#. the*- should. he. The uupvy] i-av tot' the fourth was lighted too. ' , < *,.: the , e r part was vhoiiy oi- , : by soreethi-.-gr lhar stood in front. 1: was scmeThintt How av.o ie-ttjr that stood perhaps three feet; high. Something: was croispg at the v.. tits ha", iiwets as tad the V.S. ; The -ia,ja,v sypriy changed in. shape. It tnade an. arc over the loyyt - pari of the srr.-.c- window we. had se.r. -ator. a shape as of -j morstroas iia'xkk of an animal. And the; adjoining; window was partly ! sc usee hew. Whatever moved at the end of the hall was creeping; slowly j past the windows, and its body was: 1 ittas enough that it left dark tun-' brakes against two of the lighted: paries; There wjas r.o chance for a mis-! ake. My senses were perfectly' 3iert. It was r-.at a delusion or an; effect of shadow. Both of as kepti j our self-control and were rather] surprisingly calm. "Can you hit at that range?" j Ernest whispered in my ear. j " I can, but I don't dare. I can't 1 shoot at a shadow. Ernest. Too : great a chance for accidents." 'Then we'll stalk it. It doesn'tj nay to wait any more. Long. Any-j ; thing is better than this suspense.'' j ' M ' THE WATAUGA DEMOCfcAT-~EV Bustmliotis /y h/\UL FRBHfA We -'stewed ou.i;our hoiin,^ r lacc ant! crept down i!g hall. All :? xr ? : the % ?vs wore clear :* vUti:n ? in v. Our quarry had head* ed on. evqleivfciy into the corridor iha' ?;* : at rig:.: tr? tne mala half. vo ttat Ernest .sjn-;J.s-u ?.-ar dilutees vf sialrrirar the c-.tature the halh )?,*?. sot ?. . . V - ahd made turn. B? u> knew, us weU a? v k p ev.- j hat the ciin <:iar ?er that the creature v hunted was close Hi the dark ties? - -> .ev/i-.f.vr n front of us. V.'s were trying to walk v.-th utter silence Ernes* a p ? - < y two in i: He feru a I-out* a littie step at the turn in the corridar. Hi tripped, * ven above the roa!r c' the rain tr a sound was The v shook?and n seetr.r t: xiw. that I hoard the in?-, pact f < tshb < :V t as cor vy leaped. But I < u * be sure of that; The iir.a^ir.at is known to play. ricks. Peri:up- theie was a n* rostle and stir. "QuickC coptivAjjioii breathed. * ?'* v:k. osdipr- us'" W-- startv . running down . H was a *-resnendousiy Jona: : .. stret - almost \ h oi-*ad':h ? t the ,u*re&t house; and " skenun; to fc -v to overtake th sv if: l'e -r At i Completely at; th.eerat ffiiywatd's door suddenly tf.cr.o open. Beth cC ?;s k.r.cv.- in. a single . . 'Start that we woo ?: get a sigrht the open vya;.. Hay vi .? had many. ?;? . ::: hi- : ;ii-. ittte sor.ie of their hyy flung out ! th: hah. But th* was hardly tiro.- to receive thqugfajp, i!:rch toss u? act, w as iv.tiih a -. t rais* a pistol. Oar ?;i;ari-v v is a ioKg" wait us : .: ., the diK/i1 v.:: -. a i v. a, open before it phsse i ixy n;nnt. ^ : rso. gfcv;. : nra Of Colon it V :i : too iur to ninir.ly. Rut I : i more ti 1 s: i\l(t;L'r ,its tiaiity: The disease that itft'hoied ?. .1! tsur.or -nm ;e e.;v uloly drawing to i;? ? rtiis. The crefiiun; we saw fitted ? dtsturbjirg censOt.euc;. into the ill' legend of the mansion. The term wfts '?>? ario re. ami aithpujgh the livtht was dim its general c.o'or as .povfeet'.y \:s ide Hdith 'f us. Ir wti-S :i ncn. he.i'.r v. ;l![Kst with hiaCki There we e r.o cxtettus'.lr.C ie~. Bote of US suy 11?a.. piain is ive saw the o[H't, i;. m:;;. Trie ;* -Ve was exactly that of a great cat, ? niivr. with be.:. I-WV ti.trsr. u>ru ir- prey. Veiv. <.t >:s strop,(.eh, i dotl't; t'thet pi us cried cut We; rated otf.uy. the '< : Even itv :::erc i.iight h:n-? feet), a-ch-itu e rttklnfc the crearuiv if it had :;i-t -t;eer. tor Haywiiril'r interior- j . see i.w.yu < :.1 -.hr I a we p-ri i'ri " ' v ire: ixy P.ii ?:i&[ v a- f||s ..: m;iy ' : ;-. st K:, ! idcy r ,- - ouit'c.: &>ae. :t: : ....- -' re tfho: . : too:';, V- ' .: :.: us v. : : .. i .-'u.! * * ireereied Sair.da. E: ! shook v s.- .i. \ rrieu, the go'rid:, it 'i. . were] jjjjefiijsro^lr.s .-done it. many! jpo-iajj irovr. roca; covs ;-.v other j r:; d-.s, art! passages trn 'ear :l..:~ ana C'i the third l";.-. r. A win-: low ppe/Tiad to a little vao !.;; at! he end. We. looked a'.f.u: and| .'.ii'.-pered to each, other: a- r then: a?e?S hack, for tmp. V,'..- held: dtc-tn hitr't ami peered i: the cor-! iers ar.jj arao.te; the Pairs. The! ;;dei- Ka; wards herd eics" heiind U3.j sttBriiSff raw, inartieiihiie sentence?] net partite larly worth listen eg- to. i Hejva-i t- igniter. < ur stent in the ( I4B a I :V- hinivs before. His pres-l eat ewnitum left no room " ,r re-i rcemi ired atitfar. It ioyked .- it he: Were t.-yi:-.g to keep ei. -'- to me. ! "Die yen see it?-whet it passed' r-y ::o-:ri' tie wo- c.ryi:t. "Yogi kn-.w what it was?je-t as ! know.! There is no use of pre:einiVas any; There. It was there, and I stir it,] and so- did you. And ! V leave this . House tomorrow!" He seemed to bei folti mr UirviooT? ?--> V o*-Y? ?v. '?. !i kv , : t?.J Ui:- : "VVe car. keep the arrangements! we've pot. arij Viias can tend to; cm. I ll go toncorrow fn- good and all' And Vila.- car. stay with his; wench if he likes." Ernest stopped beside him. ""We! a ill remember* that word?at a bet-1 ter time," ho premised. Then he whirled to ene. "The thing's got J away?bat thre is one more thing! I want to do before I go to bed- 1 want to look in Ahmad Das' room! ?just tr, see if he's in bed and i asleep, as he ought to be." So we took the candle and went I or. back .into the main hall. Then we mounted a flight of stairs- At a little room, clear at the end of the corridor, we stopped to knock. No answer came, so we knocked again. Then we pushed open the! cioor. Ahmad Das was not in his ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. \ ?"?? j i His bed hail not been slept in. j "Does it moan anything to you?" ' F.rnesf asked me. "Nothing whatever?any morel than the rest of this devilish mystery, means. Do you suspect?that Ah-' mad Das i> perpetrating some-] . thing:" "I su-pot't nothing. I only want you to revel! a few little points that' will undoubtedly be a great .jfource of pleasure to you." He spake, witha jrr:rr- humor must have hoa-v. .sto'.tes?every m?.:i has?i>i; men shei.ting at hyenas in Africa, -v ?ur .'my thtriu. tracing tr>i? to the' : natives, artd. then finding?? . -. hyena?but a black rcV&h, %iy-j ngv v. ith a huije.t in him." "I've heatd the stories, ami they : niaict -<; sense " 'Ami amy be you have:'t heard of the theory of the transmigration of. -Every mat; of education has) . ,r i' i ?vt:- -- "If y.vii have, just remember these! Uttie pointy. One of them is that the; transmigration of c-oufe?that h soul of an animal can live again the body of a man??> a rather ' urrent belief it: India. Ahmad Das is of Hindu blood. And he was vxi at the same hour that *v.y father's tiger was killed." He laughed grimly, and gave me a cigarette*. T: h we walked out' into the hail. X Ernest and I found the elder Hay-; ward in the libra* v. He stood shivering before the faint coals that had been the lire. AIL of us leapeii when the front do . opehed. It was South'ey, and be carried a lantern His clothes vtrc* sxmp'o renchet Fie vroro -jib hat. and his whj?e ra;r was s:ringing about hiworn face, a fed the v. ate:* poured f'\ m him. His wet face glistened. '??. the candle light. "What's this?" he asked. V-fyst a little fniiiftiffh! session/' s-" / , ; I ? flp! V- . -x: ? The man who has for years stu> ess<fu?ly treated Pellagra by ma ;L S<3 k.rru:rc KauyUtee Pellixqre Treotn-.tr.t rciihOut labfl hears pn;iure and s-.gr+iiuse?CanJieii ytjitrj* .eri.. Have You Found Complete Relief? H*ve you any of the following rfmptorai? Nervoxisncss. Stomach Trouble, Brown, Ropghoc Irritated Skintl,os.sp^ V\ eight. Weakness, Peculiar Swimming of ths Head; Burning Sensations, Conatipation, Diarrhoea., Mucousin the Throat, Crazy Feelings or Aching Bones. Don't Waste your money and risk" delay by frying substitutes. Put vour case in the hands of a Physician who has been ;* proven success for many years as a Pellagra Specialist. READ WHAT OTJiKKS SaY: ' M&.-R. it -Robinaon. Stfgter, Okh., writ' ?*-- j "1 am gUa ? te:1 y.?a v.'hw ymir v :r , > :ul Irvat^Sst ha.ydoo'tuir"'me fte"' like, r. a:-.v \v i:u:-.n. ' Mr?. W . S. H.v ' r? writ . i j > Dr. tfvilw'r , - V - .l.V"- l ':Yt X 192-?>. S;l'cci i . I liavfrC r :5 ; J WRITE TODA.V: RoilUtrf t .r.>r.ii>-i ;< I Ahdim. Ta.i?. For FREE Dia?rrro?U, j liottfaitc ,ir?.l Bltif Ikiok. * The Storf of j Prfl?){rav>. ->Jso tor hiiiviieit o? aJjinjcuj 1 TcJ/iaiJ'nisiK // Look fort! /{ Red Tag! j /h^ JIN; ! i bis son answered. "Tell us firstj T why you went out in the rain, with'a* no <-'oat'.'" (Continued Next Week* Musician: "I'm afraid you've) E made a mistake. I an:- certainly a o doctor but a doctor of music." j ri Old Lady: "Oh yes, I know, sir.] r. 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