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CHAPTER XXII.
UN COM BE .was out of the roor
In a very few seconds. The
others hesitated for a moment
whether to follow him or not.
Spencer was the first to rise to his feet
and move toward the door. Lord Iiui
ton and Pelham followed a moment ot
two later. Outside In the hall the
house was perfectly silent.
Duncombe reached the Hbrarv door
Just In time to find himself confronted
by half a dozen of the men and worn
en servants coming from the back of
the house. With his hand upon the
door knob he waved them back.
"Be so good, Mrs. Wooton," he said
to the housekeeper, "to keep better
order In the servants' hall. We could
hear some girls calling or laughing in
the dining room."
"Indeed, sir," Mrs. Wooton answered.
with some dignity, "the 'noise, what
ever It was, did not come from the
servants! quarters. We fancied that It
came from your library."
Quite impossible," Duncoinba an
swered coolly. "If I require any one,
wHl ring."
He passed through the door and
locked It on the Inside. In half a doz
en hasty strides he was across the
room and Inside the smaller apart
ment where he had left the girl. With
little gasp of relief be realized that
she was there still. She was pale, and
spot of color was blazing In ber'
cheeks. Her hair and dross were a
little disordered. With trembling fin
gers she was fastening a little broocH
Into her blouse as he entered. A rush
of night air struck him from a wide
pen window.
"What has happened?" he called out
"I have oean terrified," she answer
ed. "I am sorry I called out I could
not help it. A man came here through
the window. He talked so fast that
could scarcely hear what be said,
but he wanted that paper. I tried' to
make blm understand that I bad not
got It, but he did not believe me and
he was rude."
Duncombe shut down the window,
Bwearlng softly to himself. " . ''
I cannot 3tay with you," he said,
"just now. The whole bouse is alarm
ed at your cry. Listen!"
There was a loud knocking at the
library door. Duncombe turned hastily
away.
I must let them In," be said.
will come back to you."
She pointed to the window.
"He is coming back," she said, "at
12 o'clock."
"Do you wish me to give up the pa
per?" he asked.
"No."
"Very well. 1 will be with you when
be comes before then. I must get rid
of these men first"
He closed the door softly and drew
the curtain which concealed it Then
he opened the library window and
moment afterward the door.
"Come In, you fellows," he said. "I
scarcely knew what I was doing when
With a UUU gatp of rtUtf as rtaliitd
that a, wot men tnu.
I locked tba door. I fancy one ot the
housemaids has bees seeing ghosts la
th nnln I saw something whits
among tba shrub, bat I eoald find
sothlng. Coma oa oat with mo."
gpancar followad with a perfectly
ma faca. . Lord Ban too lookad ps-
slad. relham did not attarhpt to 1T
the library. Bpancer draw his bos
llttl on ooa side.
"What a rotten Uar yon are, George,
he said. 1 don't think that eran Ban
too was taken la"
-I suTpoaa It sounded a tUOa thin,"
Poooomba aaswarad coolly. "Pet it
this way. than, so far as yo are eoo
carnad: The shriek eccnrral In my
doom, rra no esplanatlosi to offer to
anybody.'"
1 like the oofjad of that bettar. Dmv
eocbe.' bo wmarkad. -HeUol Wb.fl
the matter with BttntoaT
Lord Bontoa was calUng to them.
Toa're bad a Traitor who was hill
harry, old ehapr be remarked. "Bend
for a laatern."
paacomba concealed his enee.
-I dost want to alarm the whole
Knaabotd." he said. Tre a Utile elao
trK lord m mj rto&r. m fete that
He tetMfbt I eat. Tb v'M
a man from the road to the small wto-
taw, toward which Pawwi
rrwr now ana tnes
was marked by mot daetrsctton.
tetrader had effected his exit either to
(feat haata or In a stngnlarty snforts-
sate manner, ua naa api"
ed the gat ttl Pnt
eoly a small hand. oa. and ' cln
ZLx er foe f ca he had broke.
ibVtopox-t strand of wire. He had
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blundered Into a bed of wallflowers,
which were all crushed and downtrod
den, and snapped oft a rose tree iu the
middle. Below the window were dis
tinct traces of footmarks. Lord Kun
ton, who held the torch, was becoming
excited.
"Duncombe," he said, "there Is some
thing which I have not told you yet. I
have had numerous reports In about
the car and was able to trace It as far
as Lynn, but they all agreed In saying
that It contained only two persons the
driver and the man who called himself
Fielding. What became of the girl?"
"I have no idea," Duncombe answer
ed steadily.
"Of course not," Lord Runton con
tinued. "But don't you think it possi
ble that without your knowledge, of
course she may be hidden somewhere
about here? That cry was not like the
cry of a housemaid. Let us have the
whole place searched."
Duncombe shrugged his shoulders.
"As you will," he answered. "I am
certain, however, that it will be use
less. There is no place here where any
one could hide."
"Tour servants may know some
thing," Runton suggested.
"I have already questioned them,"
Duncombe answered.
"Come along, Mr. Spencer," Lord
Runton exclaimed. "Let us search the
grounds."
Spencer shook his head.
"Waste of. time. Lord Runton," he
answered. "If you really want to dis
cover the whereabouts of this missing
young lady and she should by any
chance be closo at iuiuu, I should rec
ommend you t ludu:c ;:.lr George to
let you search tte rojm to which those
footsteps lead."
"The library," Duncombe interrupted
quickly. "Sear'i'j it by all means, if
you like. I have done so myself al
ready." Spencer was facing the house.
"The library!" be remarked reflec
tively. "Ah!"
He stooped down to light a ciga
rette. Suddenly be felt Duncombe's
hot breath upon his cheek. In the mo
mentary glow of the match be caught
a silhouette ot a pale, angry face
whose eyes were flashing upon him.
"This isn't your affair, Spencer. Shot
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op!"
Spencer blew out the match deliber
ately. They both followed Lord Bun
ton to the library. Pelham was stand
ing In the middle of the room. He bad
tba appearance of a man listening In
tently. "George," he asked sharply, "what Is
on the north elde ot this room?"
"The wall!" Duncombe answered.
"And beyond?"
"A passage and the billiard room."
Spencer seemed dissatisfied.
"I fancied," he muttered "but I sup
pose It must have been fancy. Do the
' women servants use that passage?"
"Of course! Upon my word," Dun
combe added, with a nervous little
laugh, "you all seem to be trying to
make my' house into a Maskeyno and
Cooke's home of mystery. Let us go
into the dining room and have a whis
ky and sodu."
"Not for me, thanks," Lord Runton
declared. "I must go back. The real
object of my coming here, Duncombe,
was to seo if the Mr. Spencer who
called at Runton House today was
really Mr. Jarvls Spencer, and If so
to ask him whether he would help
me."
"To what extent, Lord Runton?"
Spencer asked quietly.
"To the extent of recovering or at
tempting to recover the papers which
were stolen from the Baron de Rothe,"
Lord Runton said. "The baron was a
guest in my house, and I feel the oc
currence very much. He will not let
me even mention the matter to the po
lice, but I feel sure that be could not
object to Mr. Spencer's taking the mat
ter In hand."
"I think yon will find," Spencer said,
"that De Itothe has already placed the
matter In tho hands of his own peo
ple. The German secret service Is
pretty active over here, you know. I
bavecome in contact w(th tbeni once
or twice."
"Nevertheless for my own satisfac
tion," Lord Runton continued, "I should
like the matter Inquired into by you,
Mr. Spencer."
"I am not quite sure whether I am
free to help you or not," Siencer said
slowly. "May I come and see you to
morrow morning?"
"If you prefer It," Lord Runton said
doubtfully. "Come as early as pos
sible. Good night, Duncombe! I
should like to know who your noc
turnal visitor was."
' to bb cortwusd.
Sepp went to market and before go
ing home bought a few eggs. In or
der to carry them safely he put them
in a small bag containing bis pipe and
tobacco. On bis homeward journey be
bad the misfortune to slip down, and
smash went the eggs.
"Heavens, what a fearful mess!" he
said, surveying It "Now 1 don't know
whether to snioko it or eat it" File
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In spite of the circumstantial re
port that Ambassador Aoki, ot Ja
pan, was about to be recalled, offi
cial confirmation is lacking. It is
known that Ambassador Aoki has a
number 'of enemies at the Japanese
court, aud he has been put iu an
embarrassing position, at least it
would be embarrassing for a Cau
casian, in having to report one
thing to his government and see the
government give out an entirely dif
ferent report to the public. This
was the case in the killing of the
Japanese poachers on the Island of
St. Paul and in some of the Japan
ese troubles that have occurred on
the Pacific coast. Since the report i
of his recall, the Japanese foreign
office has kept quiet, neither con
firming nor denying the report, and
at the Japanese Embassy here, the
Ambassador has denied himself to
all newspaper callers and explain
ed through his secretary that it is
impossible for him to talk on any
subject, even the weather.
As matteis have developed, the
Commissioner of Pensions seems to
be doing a very thorough job of
cleaning up land bounty grafteis
who for years have been fattening
at the expense of old pensioners.
About six months ago, the Commis
sioner began to be aware of what
was common knowledge in Wash
ington for years, that there was a
regular business being carried on in
speculating in land bounty warrants.
As many people do not seem famil
iar with the law, it may be worth
while to explain that soldiers, their
widows and their heirs of all the
wars prior to 185, are entitled to a
bounty of 160 acres of government
land in addition to- their pension.
This is right enough if the old sol
iers or their widows got it. But
there have been many pension
agents who have made a practice of
hunting up pensioners .who had not
claimed their land bounty, putting
the claim through for .them and
- - i ana, -am mas
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$3.00 Oxford Ties at $2.50
2.15
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1.40
1.25
1.10
.75
.70
.50
.30
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then buying the warrant from them
as cheaply as possible and selling it
to the highest bidder. 'There was
a regular market in land script, ami
a warrant for 1G0 acres was worth
from $700 to 8750. They were
mostly sold to the big timber and
mineral land companies. The at
torneys used to get them from the
pensioners to whom they were is
sued for from $75 upward. They
usually alleged that tho bounty was
worth nothing after it was obtained,
and one firm disbarred last week,
was alleged to have made $100,000
out of dealing in land script alone.
In fact they did nothing eke.
There were many pitiful cases un
earthed in which old soldiers and
their widows had been robbed
and in some cases the pension firms
would even have executors appoint
ed for dead soldiers who had neither
nor widows. Some firms have been
disbarred from practice before the
Interior Department, and a num
ber of others are now under investi
gation. Any who have been dis
honestly treated by their attorneys
can present their cases to the Coin
missioner of Pensions and they will
be fairly investigated.
The officers of the government
who are willing to sacrifice them
selves on the altar of their country
by taking a vacation at the sea
shore during the hot weather, arc
beginning to flit out of Wash
ington. Secretary Metcalf of the
Navy Department has just started
ou bis summer vacatien for the Pa
cific coast. His home is out there,
but he is going to investigate labor
conditions and work in the ship
yards, so it is quite possible he will
be able to charge the trip to the
government There has been trou
ble about warship building on the
Pacifie coast sure enough. The
price of labor and material has ad
vanced enormously, the former ow
ing to, the exactions of the labor
unions, and the Union Iron Works
which made a world-wide reputa
tion in building the battleship Or
egon, has notified the Navy Depart-
aj-akaaaawsjwsa sat sa as m bt - -. -.wi
ment that it will be impossible for
it to accept, any more government
contracts. This is annoying as it
has been inteneed to have one of the
two 20,000 ton battleships built on
the Pacific coast. The Secretary
intends to inspect the ship yards
and will be in a better position
then to say if there is any remedy
for the present condition.
The trial ot Edwin 8. Holmes,
formerly associate statistician of the
Department of Agriculture, is pro
ceeding. Holmes was the statists
cian under whom the famous "leak
it i .....
in me couon crop statistics occur
red. According to the evidence now
being given in court, it would seem
that Mr. Holmes ought to be sent
to the insane asylum instead of the
penitentiary for not making more
than he did out of his information
He was practically in sole charge of
the cotton crop report for a long
time and manipulated it to suit the
needs of his clients who were play
mg the market. lie bad a sure
thing and if he wanted to be crook
ed at all, it would seem that he
might have made millions just as
easily as he mado thousands. The
testimony shows that be was selling
information to three or four New
l or, cotton brokers sml taking a
rake off on their winnings. He
seems to have been a modest young
man and was satisfied with a small
share of the profits. He made
from 140,000 to 1U),000 t a stroke
but this seems mere chicken feed to
what he might have made with the
information at his command. It
looks from the present testimony
as though Mr. Holmes had profited
from his dishonesty in very homeo
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Frank Securest, a High Point po
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was found in the woods near . High
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cbrest was in the woods on the day
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es running he fired his pistol twice.
It seems very probable that the
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of Kearns, but whether tbe killing
was socidental is a question. An
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