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WAS DRIVEN BY STARVATIDN *%.. 4 - Jonsmith's Method cf Getting Key Was Rather Extravagant, but What Could He Do? - His v»ife had been spending a week '•r two at the seaside with tier own »eop?«\ and Jonsmith had been living the kme and simple lift'. Hut thorp Was a rurious lock of calm despera tion la his eyes when hia wife came lark And presently the wife began to make diaeoveries "Where B " she began "Good ocsa: What have you done with ray dre*a*f>"" And what has happened to 9he hi»n? What's that black patch t* the center' Why " Joonmith took a deep breath, then •poke bravely and manfully. "Julia," said he —"Julia. 1 starved fur two days, and then you wrote to say that the key of the pantry was fn the pocket of your second best, tailor made walking skirt the %olero or the morning " "I said morning-skirt, and not the tailor made nor the " "It doesn't matter," Jonsmith In terrupted wearily, and yet with a touch of savagery In his voice. "I don't know a tailor-made from a morn mR-skirt nor a bolero from a ftc.hu So 1 Just took the whole lot aut on the lawn and burnt the to Then t fourm the key whilst raking among ahe ashes?" LIKE. Jinks —Does Mrs. Speedem carry an extensive repair kit when she good au- Soirsß? BUDRS-NO; merely a paper of •aX« ly-pins. Tetterine for Ring Worm and Skin Disease. Varnvllle. S.' P., July 17. 1!*IR, 11 r ARTFR OBl'* your Tetlerlne for Kln>{- »orm. alao uses It In her family for all html «f nkln diseases, ami she thinks It ■k maadlclnc. There IH no suhatittite. L. It Dowllrm Tottcrine rtirrH K /I'tTi.t, Tetter. Rliik WormT Okl Itching Hun 1 *; imndriih. lyli" to* I'lVfs, Corns, Chilblains uiul every Sariu of Sculp and Sliln Disease. Tet ter ms- >k- Tetterine Soap At drilg *l*t» or by mull direct from Tho Shup trin* Co.. Savannah. lla. Wits «-»ery mall order for Tetterine we she a box of Hhuptrlnc'ti JOc, Liver I*ll IH tl r*. A dw. College Secret. Itarun What did youo boy loam at toHe*e' Kgbrrt —Says lie can't tell me "Why not?" "Kay* it'ti a secret " "Nonwwi''" "No, you know, lie learned the foot ball signals." linportnnt to Wlothorn Kx»min6 carefully every bottle of t'ASTOHIA, a safe and sure remedy for tufanis and children, and see that it Hears the Blgnntu^of In Une For Ov r 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria Name the Line, Hubbubs Have you a:i> late trains to Lonely v I lie? Hubbubs Yes All out trains aro lair Stray Stories. HeruUr practicing idivsician* recommend •ml |iri'«-iilM' OXIHINI' for Mil.mi. l>e- Oli* it i« * proven rcmedv liv veal s of e\ prt-irn»r Keep : buttle in the medicine chert and administer at tir*.! of Cliilli *nd Fever. Adv. Quite Natural. , "What was your experience when - the train was tele;»eot|>ed?" T saw WN»:X m'BiiKits lU: OMK NKCKKSAKV And >wir nhot H |»ln»ii, Allen* 1*• »*»t - Ku»", tho Aailarpiic pow.l- r t«> ht ah:tlu-n Into lh* itfiuii. r* ju«( th» thniß to us'. Try It fur Wft'dU!i»it fn N»'\\ Sti"> a. S'»l«l Kvt-i ywlnTP, Wke. Sdmplc I'I'KK. A»UIr«M. A S LdHo*. V V. Dun i accept any aubatUul**. Adv. Their Location. "There are many breakers in tho *eo. of domestic life " ~Y»*, particularly in kitchen " DI)KS vol It lIKAII At IIF.f Try Btrka'rArrniKK. It * liquid pleas •una ukr ls oinneill.lte—tioixl to j-reu-nt tsrk lf«>ataebi-s nnd NITVUIIH llt'atlnelies rUo. fiMrßWi li.uk if not ttalUMetl. 10, ~ 2V. and •Ar. M nUMbcliM* Mtorrs Adv. No Prudent Loan. "Don't you want Miss hYeezeui to bmd eclat to your function?" "No; we're not borrowing trouble." T» INUVB OUT M A I. A It I A ANI) HI ll.lt I PTHK SVSTKM M* tb» Old HMtidunl UIU>VK S TAHI.KM cuux ruinc. You ku«>w what you ar* takms tumuli la plainly printed on #»Tcry bottle, ■fcewieg Klaalaaply and Iron In u tast«*li*«#» IWL mml the mmt *fl»otnal torm. For giowo pavpte and cillLdrvn. bU ceDU. AUt ' Conditional. "Will jrour wife finish her Christinas ■flopping soon?" - "Tea; unless it finishes her sooner." Jka a summer tonic there is no medicine that oaite compares with OXIDINK. It not •nV Milda np the system, but taken reg ■hiti. prevents Malaria. Repilar or Taste- ICM formula at DruKgists. Adv. ( . 'Health's best way—Eat Apples ev «*7 any."— Coyne. ' MM VJJL ; WiDiam 11 COPYKJfiUT . *««■««»' IllusMionsb?YLßarnes d 8 I SYNOPSIS. n ® | Harding Kent ealls on Karrlsh to t, propose marriaße and finds the bouse In (treat excitement over the attempted aui l eldo of ber sister Katharine. K«nt ataris lan Investigation nnrl finds that Hnuli „ Crandall. aultor for Katharine, who had been forbidden the house by General Far rlah. had talked with Katharine over the . ' telephone Just before she ahot herself. K torn piece of yellow paper Is found. II «t sight of which General Fnrrlsh Is t (trlcken with paralysis. Kent discovers that Crandall has left town hurried y. ' Andrew Klser, an nged hanker, commits [I suicide about the same time as Katharine , attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is c found Iri Klaer's room. Post Office In -1 ipector Pavls, Kent's friend, takes up 1 the case. Kant la convinced that t'ran '' Sail la at the bottom of the mystery. CHAPTER IV. Katharine Speaks. If I had been alone I would have jone directly to the Farrish home. I was anxious about Louise. 1 had not geen her since the night before, though I had telephoned her early in the I Rreaily regrelted having to leave her so much by herself In such distressful circumstances. 1 thought It wiser now to prepare her beforehand for the Inspector's com ing. I wanted him to see the Farrish home. 1 felt that If he met Louise and realized the luxury and comfort j In which the family lived he would better appreciate the mystery and my determination to solve it. 1 suggested luncheon at Martin's and Davis assented As soon as we hnd obtained a table I excused my self and hastened to the telephone Ixjulse told me that the condition of 1 both her father and Katharine was practically unchanged. 1 briefly sum marized my morning's work and asked If I might bring the inspector after luncheon. "By all means," naid Louise, "bring 1 him right over. 1 want to meet him and there may be some things I cau ; tell him which will aid him." ' When I returned to the cafe on the Broadway side, where I had left the inspector. 1 found him abstractedly rolling little pclluta of hread and nlac- Ing them in various positions on the cloth. Ho absorbed was he In his oc cupatlon that he hardly seemed to note my return. His flying lingers would hastily mold three or four pellets In as many seconds. Placing them In a row, he would eye them Intently Occasionally he would swoop down on > some unoffending pellet and sweep It to the floor. Two or three times I tried to interrupt him to learn what he wished to eat, but each time he waved me Impatiently away. Finally, not desiring to delay too long over luncheon, I gave the waiter the order without'consulting htm. Mechanically he ale what was put before him, all 1 the while keeping up liis game wiih bread balls. Knowing him as well as 1 did, after studying closely Ills eccentric move ments, 1 felt sure"thut the array of pellets was closely allied with the mental process by- which he was seek ing to solve the Farrish mystery. The larger pellets, 1 decided, must be the various theories about the yellow let , ter or letters and their origin The smaller pellets were the different per > sons connected with the case. One by one he pushed the larger pellets from tho table until a single pellet I remained. Tho smaller ones ho kept arranging and rearranging until nt last lie seemed satisfied. The single sur viving large pellet stootf directly on a crease In the cloth. On one side equally* distant from the crease, but close to each other, he had placed i two'of the smaller pellets. The rest were In three groups on the other side of the line. For perhaps five minutes he carefully studied their position without shifting them, and then with ! a quick motion of his hand swept them r all to the floor. "There was some purpose distinctly criminal connected with the yellow letters," he said, as If Jur the first time aware of my presence, and be coming as loquacious as he had before been silent. "When we have run this mystery to earth wo will find that there are two of the criminals—only !. two guilty." « "Guilty of what?" I asked in amaze i ment, "I haTen't the slightest Idea as yet," I be replied with such apparent frank ness that 1 suspected ho was not tell -5 Ing mo all his thought. "Evil Ideas ar« of three kinds—the solitary, the pal", the group. Crimes are merely | thv physical expression of evil ideas i and bear the same classification. The j* j aolltary evil Idea manifests itself in I; a variety of crimes. In this class be » long defalcations, poisonings, crimes against women and generally the as sassination of private Individuals. s These are the hardest crimes to dis cover and punish. The evil idea is not •• | communicated. This sort of criminal seldom has confidants. Often, in fact I I almost always, he masks bis villainy t behind the cloak of respectability. [• j Most of these offenses are due to ma nia, to blood-lust, to a desire for re venge for real or imaginary wrongs r. "Evil ideas of the pair are generally J. Attributable to money-lust. In such crimes as burglary, highway robbery, blackmail, you will find two persons equally guilty, always the pair. Some times It is the man and the woman, sometimes the strong man the weak man. sometimes two women, though seldom, for women have little of the Inventive or creative faculty, even In crime. Notorious women crim inals, Just like all other feminine ce lebrities In literature or art, have much of the masculine In their make up. "The third kind of evil Idea, that of the group, Is responsible for the strike, the mob, the conspiracy. It Is the contagion of crime. The Black Hand is a typical example. The mem bers of this notorious organisation, while they profit financially by their misdeeds, care little about that end of It. Their greatest pleasure Is In the torture of their victims, In the : agony they suffer from the time the nameless dread of the Hlack Hand first seizes them until finally they are put to death for refusing the society's exactions. It is this evil spirit that kills kings, burns witches, destroys property and lynches negroes The Karrlsh mystery, however. Is of the second class—the crime of the pair. I ain certain of It." "The Important thing then for us to do," said I, trying to bring him from the abstract to the concrete, "Is to find Hugh Crandall and also to dl»- covcr who was his closest associate — man or woman," "Ho you think so?" he asked enig matically, adding a second later, "Can't you take me to see Miss Far rlsli?" Hardly another word passed be tween us as the taxlcab whirled us up Madli.on avenue to the general's home. 1 was thinking about Davis' strange theories of crime and his opinion that this was a crime of the pair. I felt sure that he, as well as 1, must be convinced of Crandall's connection with the matter and surely his flight did not argue Innocence. Hut if this .. was a crime of tie pair, who waa the other guilty person? Whom did Davis suspect? lie had said that It might be either two men or a man and a wom an. A woman? Could It be that he suspected Katharine Farrlsh of shar ing Crandall's guilt? No, no It was Impossible, too ab surd. Yet certainly the yellow letter seemed a ||nk between" her and Elser. It wns she who for a long time had been Crandall's closest associate. That association apparently had been re cently renewed in secret. Was It pos sible that back of the' mystery there was some crime and that Katharine was guilty? For a moment I was tempted to or tier the chauffeur to stop. Ii seemed almost desecration to take this heart less analyzer of crime Into the ho>roe whero death stalked so close. Hup post Katharine was—No, I had pledged my word to Louise that 1 would solve the mystery and 1 would keep my promise, no matter whore It lea me. After all, the Important thins was my beloved one's "peace of mind. As long as the shadow hung over her father and sister, her happiness must he marred. Better the knowledge of evil than the terror of mystery. Davis wasted little time in cere mony. As soon as I had introduced him to Louise, he said abruptly: "I'd like to see the room whero it happened —alone." As 1-on Iso called one of the serv ants to escort htm upstairs I was re joicing at the opportunity to be alone with her. The cold formality of her greeting would have troubled tr.c had 1 not attributed It to the inspector's presence. As soon as he had left us, with the memories of the evening be fore glowing in my mind, I turned to embrace her. "Don't, please don't!" she said cold ly. "Why, dearest!" 1 stammered la amazement. She offered no explanation but said In the most matter-of-fact tones—too matter-of-fact to be natural. I thought —"Tell me, Mr. Kent, what you learned at the plaoe where Mr. Elser ' lived." I was dumfounded. What had come over her? What could have happened to make this sudden change in her attitude toward me? Could I this cool, distant young woman be the j same girl who only a few hours before had clung so desperately to me and I had wept out her sorrows in my arms? Had she overnight forgotten the kiss with which we pledged our Joint ef forts to solve the mystery? i "Tell me, Mr. Kent," she persisted quietly, "Is there a yellow letter in that case, too? Do you believe there can be any connection between Mr. Elser and—and what Katharine did?" Greatly perturbed, yet trying to con vince myself that her attitude was only a girl's natural reaction as she recollected the events of the evening before, I was Just beginning to rehearse what we had learned in the boarding-house when DavU came run ning down the stairs. "Tell me,' 1 ' he said abruptly to Lou ! lee, "what color are Mr. Crandall's | eyes?" "" ' -' " " 7" "Blue," said Louise, "gray-blue." "Humph!" I could see she was as much puzzled at his question as I had been, but he offered no explanation and made no comment. "Was Crandall left-handed?" he snapped. "I don't think so," said Louise after a minute's thought. "I nevW noticed that he was." "Humph!" he repeated, his eyes rov ing about the room. "Take me In to see General Farrish." The young doctor whom Doctor Wil cox had left, in charge happened to be passing through the hall, and stopped as he heard the request. "U can do no harm," he said. In re ply to Louise's look of Inquiry. The four of us—the doctor, Davis. Louise and myself, In the order named, tiptoed Into the general's room. I was prepared for a great change In him, but his appearance was really terrify ing. Perceptibly thinner, aged as by many years, all shriveled and shrunk en. he lay chained to his bed by his affliction, unable to lift leg or arm, his Hps fallen nervelessly apart, his tongue lolling uncontrollably—dead, dead, dead, save his eyes. As I/Oulse and I approached the bed side It. appeared to me that he recog nized us both and I could detect the same pleading look I had noted the night before. He soemed to me strug gling with his deadened senses to ask us something. While I did not know whether or not his hearing had been Impaired I thought he might be worry ing about Katharine's condition, and carefully and slowly I began to enun ciate something about her, hoping that I had guessed what It was he wished to ask. Hut even as 1 spoke I saw that his eyes had left my face Into them returned the same acute terror he had exhibited at the sight of the yellow letter. If those eyes could have spoken, their shrieks would have filled the room. I followed the direction of their glance. He was staring in ter ror at the one strange face In the room—the inspector's. Seeing how much his presence dls ' turbed the invalid. Davis turned quick ly and left the room. Louise and I followed, leaving only the doctor and nurse. "I wonder what made him look so?" breathed Louise. "He's afraid of something—for some one?" I said, hurrying to over take Davis, hoping to learn from him his opinion as to what caused the pa tient's fears. "I was right. It's Just as * thought," I heard him mutter as he hastened to the hall and reached for his hat and coat. I saw that he was making prep aration for Instant departure and I was ]u a quandnrj- what to do. I felt It my duty to accompany my friend, for from his manner I was convinced ho was on the track of the mys tery. Vet I did not wish to leave Lou- Iso until I had gained some explana tion of tho harrier that she seemed to have raised between us. I was con scious of no way in which I could "Don't, Please Don't!" 3he Said Coldly. have offended her, yet there was a marked difference In her attitude tow ard me overnight While I was still debating the question and Davis had all but reached the door, seemingly In different to whether or not I accom panied htm, a nurse came running to Louise. "Miss Farrish," she said, "I think your alster is recovering conscious ness. I thought you would like to know It and to c be at her side in case she speaks." Though Davis was some distance away his acute ear must have caught her words. He turned and was up the stairs in a flash. Louise convulsively caught my hand. The barrier between us v/s swept away t ir.iew tnea K U'&l Ohiy ThaT 4B# "had"been ward In showing her affection. Hand In hand we raced up the stairs after the inspector, and ranged ourselves on the other side of the bed from him. Between us, her long hair in braids, only the white bandage around her ■ forehead to suggest her wound, lay I the silent figure of Katharine Karrish j The pallor of her face seemed only to 1 enhance her beauty, and though her eyes were closed, her long dark lashes : still gave expression. As we watched, she began stirring restlessly and her ' hands twitched nervously. Suddenly her eyes opened wide, not with the light of intelligence, but with the bril- | llancy of hysteria or the excitement I of fever. She made an ineffectual at- j tempt to rise in bed. but she was too weak. Sinking back on the pillow ! she shrieked: "Promise me, Hugh. j promise me, you'll do It at once." After that one sentence she relapsed Into unconsciousness. I feared for a moment that she was dead. The doo» I tor hastened to her side and began to i feel her pulse and listen to her heart- It seemed many minutes before he 5 turned to us with a reassuring whir \ per: "It Is nothing serious—a relapse to be expected after that outburst. Her ! heart is stronger than I expected. Bhe will not likely regain consciousnesr. j for many hours, but there Is no imme j diato danger." His manner, rather than his words, ; Invited us to go, so Louise aad ! | lowed Davis from the room. The Inspector seemed to have fof- I gotten his haste to depart. He sa f . down abruptly on a divan in the up- 1 per hall, with his face resting In his hands, and gave himself up to Intent thought. Louise and I stocd a little apait, dis cussing in whispers Katharine's strange outcry. What could she bav«a , meant? "She meant Crandall, of COVPKS," j said Ix>ulße. "She mentioned did you hear It?" I nodded nssent. "Probably she was repeating a con versation she had with him Just be fore she shot herself." I suggested, j "What do you suppose Bhe wanted him to promise her?" Louise shook her head. I racked my brain in' vain for some theory to j fit her words to her own desperate act, to Crandall's flight, to her fa- j ther's terror. I Judged from Davit' j abstracted manner that he, too, wa» similarly engaged. "Everything," I said to Ixmlse, "eT er.v single thing we have learned points to Crandall's connection with the mystery that has hung over you? j father and Katharine. When we havo found him we shall learn what it wa*. j I am more and more convinced that i he is guilty of some crime, something t terrible, something that your father and sister Shew." The Inspector laughed aloud. We turned to\»nrd him, I In Indigna tion, Louise In astonishment, to find j him looking at us with an amuso4 smile. "Don't be too sure," he said qultrft rally. "Crandall doesn't seem to ha>* j been left-handed." (TO BE OONTIKtTED.) A Utilitarian View. 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Daniel and Harvey, «wo old, expert fishermen, were fishing for trout in deep water, sitting with their backs together, when Daniel acci dentally fell out of the boat and. went down. Harvey looked back and miss ted his companion, —who at that mo j nient appeared on the surface, pipe ; still In his niouth, shaking his wiskers i profusely. Harvey—Gosh, Dan! I jest missed I ye! Where ye been? Dan—Oh. I jes' went down for ter «ee If me bait wus all right.—Judge, DIFFERENT MEAT. & I—BK_J Willie —We had the preacher for | dinner yesterday. Tommy—We had roast beef. STEADY HAND. A Surgeon's Hand Should Be the Firm, est of All. "For fifteen years I have suffered from insomnia, indigestion and ner j vousness as a result of coffee drink ! ing," said a surgeon the other day. (Tea is equally Injurious because „it i contains caffeine, the same drug found In coffee). "The dyspepsia became so bad -ll_had to limit myself to one cup at breakfast. 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A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's name and 2-cent stamp for pastaga, -■, Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek,
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