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BLACK By Mereclitl Copyright', Charier. Scribn?-> Si (titters' A v. toe CHAPTER I j Mw. Howard Feathersfone spoilt much time thinking up tilings for her brother. Archibald Benhlett. to do, and as Archie was the > leal bachelor brother, he accepted her commissions in the most amiable spirit am", his services .eve a*>i'ailing ty ?at:sfaet< ry. "The agent' who" been looking up a summer house for us says r:ii- is an up.usur.i opportunity, as the:0 are tow J-Iece tc ici at. Baiiey H.irbbc and this one is unexpectedly on the viarki t . Howard's simply swamped with work?and we'd appreciate it it' yoe. could iui: up there for us. The many preoccupations of his' brut'hi.'ifdn-Iaw, who held a .-ear fti| congress and look his job seriously, i were well known to Archie, and as! Archie ha:l nothing or. earth to do, I if. wo eminently fitting that he; should assume some of c'e-.itr.cr-: .tone's domestic burdens. Archie had planned to leave for the (""ira-j (liar Rockies run da\ - later, but lie obligingly agreed to *.;:ke a ionk at I,,. !>., ! II t , . ? 1 i,ac (lui us>r nou>e l15,:u :"i ! been placed so providentu,,:y with-! in reach of his sister. "The own. i' belongs t > that Old N'fiv. Kntri.mi I'orprdtiti familyMrs. Featfioi-stoW incplaiued; "they dale from the beginning of time, audi some <>f them are a trifle eccentric." i "11" you". : . nting a house /rem that family it's jti.-t as well to look into if carefully. Alt right. May. 1'ti: inyjjSfi:E the pi r-ir.ises ?<>> yea." Archie's condition Was always a' gratefe! fee trie of couvoisayitu. ami now .Mrs Fenrhers'ene. .in hot iSfot ! ' "'\V'hea lit found nintroif sittin;: be-; side her i^ieirJjkL. Mrs; t-'eaih-er^i^iie'svtable snc- said to him: "I pHsse.i you oil the stVee! the; other day and made frantic efforts) to attract your attention but you! were in a trance ar.'d failed t,<> .seel my hiynal.^ '( was taking my walk,"' he stammered. "'My v.itk!' 'J she repeated. "You speak as though you had a monopoly of that form of exercise. 1 most say you didn t appear to be enjoying yourself. Your aspect was wholly funeral and your demeanor that of a mar. with a certain number of miles wished on bim." "Four a day." Archie confessed, with an air of resignation, "two in the morning and two before dinner; By the doctor's orders." Vie added with the wistful smile that usually I evoked sympathetic murmurs in feminine auditors. "Oh, the doctors!" remarked the girl as though she had no great opinion of doctors in general or of Mr. Bennett's medical advisers in particular. He was used to a great deal of sympathy and he was convinced that Miss Perry was an utterly unsympathetic person. "What would you call a good walk?" he asked a little tartly. "Oh. ten, twenty, thirty! I've done fifteen and gone to a dance at the t end of the tramp " ''But you haven't any handicap," he protested defensively. "You can't be very gay about walking when you're warned that excessive fatigue may have disastrous consequences!" She was not wholly without' feeling for her face grew grave for a moment and she met his eyes searchingly, with something of the profesifA VcS>l-/ft5yr??' ' ' ' *" j ~ Tr? * '"V,' "J""- : - SHEEP i Nicholson \ ."vjrr <us. Released Through Pubaster Service -inna! scrutiny to which he had hint been accustomed. 'Eyes clc:.:'. color very good; voici a trifle weak and suggesting timidity and teebie initiative. Introspective a iittie self-conscious, and uhimport ant nervous symptoms indicated b\ thr rolling o? bread crumbs." "I've paid doctor.- large fee- to I toiling m the same things." he -aid. "I wisii you would n:those item down for nte. fm in earne.-v about that." "Your ease interests jhe and i'i consider this matter of adxisins you." . "1 -ha': expect the document tomorrow i ft err. .-or.." "You're a tremendously informal per- !i. Mr Bennett. What' you really need is- a good hard jar. Every morning you kiiow exactly what you're going to do every hour of the day. It's routine that kills. Suppose you were to hold up a hank messenger in. Wall Street and skip v.-i;h -i -a-cheiftii of negotiable secinitifes and then, after the papers were -.ro'.urh r&ggt.hg the police for their inefficiency you w on id drive sp to t'r.e bank in a taxi, walk in and retarn the money, saying: you had found it id the old family pew at Trinity when you went ill v- say your prayers! H re would be an bppcotunivy to breiK the foyej oi habit and ayvakeii your .seif-eonn detite'" "Am 1 to understand that you r.r:u-ti.->, what you preach? 1 don't nu-m to be ihtnertuiojSr. hut i uiily? "Oh ' ti! ncrt-riiy can-aide doauythina i vv maceur i. I mean ' : tor buried truii.-n;f'- su.jnr ir.'-r. r-.iqjtvbtsr the rem" <>:* ??<?. ere. To';, aiglet co:;i..ik- beiitjt: "'IV'.'u -s mftV; > !. ' oTt~T. : t p. j Mgjf{ t.ve z#?j v. y. til gKftS&ij&aB , CV.-..-t"r- ri-v. M thr >c>,y: W% llife; o| Pj..'- ini-.ynt-ed r.the , sat off at brisk pice. ?l5abe? wp's enthusiastic- about the summer ramp: :f ;r. succeeded shin .ant to conduct ar. outdoor sohuoi for jrivis. moving it from Mich ionr to Florida with the changing seasons. There was no question of her making a success of it, he said marveling at her vitality, her ex uberance. the confidence with which she viewed the future 'I wish you all good luck," hi said when they reached the house of the friend she was visiting. "The camp will be a great success?I'ir sure of that. This has been the hap piest evening I've spent since?" "Since you began taking everything so hard? Please quit lookine or. your life as a burden: try to gel some fun out of it 5" "Don't forget nte in the rush oi thing-! And particularly don't for gee. that note of instructions. I'n: counting on that! If I don't get it 1 will be terribly disappointed." She surveyed him gravely, ther answered lightly, "Oh. very well You shall have it, sir!" CHAPTER It Archie didn't know that the not't caused Isabel a great deal of trouble She must write a note that would nol require an answer; this she felt to br imperatively demanded by the circumstances. She thought Archibalc Bennett a nice feilow and she Was sorry for him, but no more and nc less sorry than she would have beer for any one else who failed to find the worid a pleasant place to live in Something a little cryptic, yet some thing that would discourage .furthei confidences without wounding him? this would solve the problem. Finally she hit upon these lines and copied them in her best hand: THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E i "Kc either fears (lie ?..:< too much. Or hi* deseeis small, i hat dares hot- cut it to the touch To gain or lose ?h all." After reading the linos aioud sev: eral times she decided that they . would serve her purpose aajr.irabiy j and dispatched it tc Mr. Bennett . immediately. ; The note reached Are trie just as ! he was leaving his Aster'- house. He i had hoped for a long better ip. the ' vein of the girl's chaffing humor, and the size of the missive was a distinct di-appoir.tm inc. r He opened it guardedly, and his face fei! as he pondered the verso. , It was a neat, well-bred star at him . u a man ' ' 1 -bout rmriatSyp or cour. age. At the dinner table -tie had expressed much the same thought . I that was condensed m the verse, but the quotation, unrelieved by her -mile carried a -ting. Ferhap.- this ' wa the way is she Perry thought 1 of him, a- a lose'- o tile game of life, but exy.eii.-iue.i a pleasant tingle :n the blond when he reflected i that thn may have been the wrong reading a- i very different from the sense she meant > convey. His spirit soared a- he decided that the last : line was intended . r read unI: brokenly and that It co isriturad a ! challenge flu e at . n with a toss of .' her head, a flash of he" Brown eyes.: Archie v.a-. died V- sleep by the : encouraging thought that what she ., had done was to give him a comnvis.! .-ion to redeem himself by strange ] and moving adventures. At two a clock he reached Bailey Harbor He stepped into the only! .; taxi in sight ar.-i drove to the village druggist'- for the key to the Corigdon house. "Just c v- i"<! t:?h your time io i?v said the man. "Lights and water haven't been f ;rhed of f and if yoei ake hoys y^ur folks can step right in. It you don t iind it hdnLVcnieht stop here just leave the key under the d ?br mat." "I j:: v- ; find the place all shipshape,'1 -V I the dr: er. as they < ii. "folks pame up early but i didii*: >Vay l.eft i' a hurry.; mi \ - i r- n! I don't! Eiov; n r.h; i'. nlhxd. ye. ffik there's' talk .she ua:i , v. itti her Bis V . v. *1 OYfc.' 10. iSjiT. ! Mrs. AIU-v B. : Bailey Harbor. K.ii-.ie. Your loiter ha = your character''?- i tic touch ot cruelty. IV; ma; as j well part r:r>-v arid bp done with it. | Liu-: ir.e enuuro:, you cannot have.! ' Remember thai t relinquish none of tin rights or. this point. I demand that you surrender Edith at once and I i I will communicate with you later j about the custody u Harold until J such time as he is old enough to !: come to me. i; Putney Oongdon. II The cautions hint < : the taxi :j.driver t'r.ar domestic difnculti? were( j responsible for the breaking up of j the Oougiior, household found here j T'i a painful corroboration. ! After speculating on the affair ! for a few moments he v.ent ahead I j with the preparation of bis supper. He wished Isabel couiu see him and M know that for once the routine of '- his life had been interrupted only to find himself resourceful and the easy II master of his fate. ! j He made a point of washing the dishes and putting them carefully away. These matters attended to, he roamed over the house which now i had a new interest for him since the ' t,onguor. lanuly skeleton had come : j out of its closet and danced round '! the dinner tahle. In a drawer ?i the -i desk was an automatic pistol and a I box of cartridges. This Archie thrust > iplo his pocket thinking it riot' a bad > idea to be prepared for invasion. i Then he switched off the lights in I the lower rooms and established - himself in the guest chamber. He - was half asleep when he was roused by footsteps on the veranda below. CHAPTER III ! It was close upon midnight' and ! the uresence of a prowler on the tit k'liKV 'I Hi; USD AY?BOONE. H. C. i premisei caused his heart to gallop ! wildly. Ho seir.eii the pistol. crept :u the window and peered cautiously opt. when a round in the room . below renewed hie alarm. He gained the door in two jumps. He could ! hear the opening and closing of : drawers and see the flash of an electric lamp as the intruder moved swiftly about. Then through the vast sileuee of the big house the unknown gave voice to his anger and , disappointment: I Well. I'll be damned!" A series of quick flashes on the I wall gave warning of the intruder's i invasion of The upper rooms. Archie drew back and waited. His ! thoughts and emotions in this hour ; of danger interested hint It was ! immensely gratifying to him to rea! lire that while his heart was beating ' quickly, his puise was regular, i The thief had become more eauj cio'Js ami was tiptoeing up the un rarpeteu treads of the stair, still! . sending occasionally a liar of light I ahead. Ke was now coming" boldly: j Sown the hall as though satisfied ' that the house was empty. A flash I of hi- lamp fell upon the door frame' just about Archie's ie?-. hand. A flash clipped the dark for an in - i stunt. Then a hand groped along the wall seeking the switch. Archie could hear its soft rasping over the i wali. Is tile switch snapped the j room flooded with light. The be-' wild'.-"inir glare leaning out of "he! darkness held the reap in the door-; way and he raised his arm and pass-. ct >ii - Kami over his eyes to shield them from the lights The burglar's i shoulders drooped as he grasped at: Archie's figure which wa.- reflected in a .riy minor The eyes of the' two men ire-., the gaze, of each grippir.g auu holding that of the other. Then :v.-iCt!v the intruder jerked a; pistol from his pocket and fired point blank ini" the mirror. The report lashed horribly ::i the room, follow by the tinkle of fragments of glass Archie aimed at the doorway, hut1 his not .scented only to hasten the mar' fligr. - A rug slipped and the f. . vv;th a frightened yell; h,n '-ang' eerily througn the house. I. tin ha Archie turn >1 on all the and rrair.tno the larniirig IIred the rots ea . tig figure ; - it lurched | t v > : the front .loo t A the crack J scon list i'. n : > touted tdi^g^.it lapped h:s hard iy- Bik' j.hpals \ ii>." i-.ral grosrsf.'li then sr thru. '7*1 ft'olfi dear- and- Bennett ncard '??> : til naii.'K patter of. las I* or. I fey wait. flpr Via lei!', re c-hier.c;- of hatha be.d. d. :Tv.c->V'fi ante o.. Oft .tar r yra-.i; of sl.y Afpjjju;: god,' hat T.loi . .c^:h^?'to.t;'5firf'j.aj-r,r. the . fl> rfjejuvtt piykeii ft t;p J| ioitnr: that the picture hud ; eif > :; -.vr-.l. ii was- r. ciiriou.si ; :: I'ut bo dismissed i mA. ec: :' ! :. ..: mi: ; ; . i.ier "ii biu-k-O" how t. a void the i'.-'tiv: Ic c-.i:so<;uei;ces OS ftfe tnFPWmB? tte infest Wavy tie- house and -c.tc.e from Bailey Harbor hs : nnybveak. :u! he vu.it upstairs kriti hurrfcri'.y i 6?a;s dresiintr. At i.'i'rt'.k Ue v/a.- .mukiiv c?.?<?eo Md mum i.tiig toast end jam .<; i'ohrfj- hjgisyit' fur his-jonrnej. He baa .-hot niui jjprhs'na killed a his mind' surged now with seif-aeeu>/?-.:i>?>!". He needn't have I tired tse ''.or.?the Ihicf was running: r-.W'iiyraf!C- >ery RJceiy wuuiri i>At have; aoiust?'>: hi in f drifter- Ea .was"sorry: the hutoTn h n-.ninont :iv? was^feuadrting eisk he "ef'uc'.io: that fi.e, i<uHot that, h.a'rt^th^evedi Chv mirror had.'reaiiy j VW.V.V.V.-'.W.SWiVV UWkVA I ?i . I VJ. I AN UN f 1 | The family ii ? or cooking, shoi ! every one speci ; | They are all sta I; is new for econ \\ gest that you m ;; lay in delivery. ;j so first come, fi | There are co: ?; No matter wha ;! plete satisfactio !; now on. Come BOONI I; Slogan, "Pis j beer, mean; for him arid it had struck i i with great precision of pirst where |g ; '-ho reflection of his head had pro-' tented a fair target to the startled marksman. : . He turiied nut the lights and.) placing the key muter the door mat; stole through the garden. The maul I | ha had shot down might even now 1 he lying dead in his path, and he Ilft'ed his feet high to avoid stumbling over the corpse. But more appalling ] was the thought that the fugitive | might be iyir.g in ambush, and he < j carried his pistol before him at arm's 1 | length against such on emergency. 1 He gained the road, glanced fo-< ' i ward the house, anil set off in the j | | genera! direction of the Now Hamp- j j shire border. (Continued Next Week> i J nterO&TfefOara^nla,Tlan3sjTSaf3ki;i'snE3iTtert= I MONUMENTS AP st, Wi Uc? = 5PJ 15^2 Erect a memorial to the hon ^ ones. We furnish anything Quality and prices guarantee REV, R. C. EGGEF SALESMAN TOR W/ isF MOUNTAIN CFH TS _ =ilL? WiUU.'.N I Airi t TTi. an! OURCUSTOME COME E < :; ;>* ii* v wc-rky ?8 '. *; -. ' . : li . . -a> - { l o.i1 i.R I'K -SATi cav. v>: I ^Iway- be- JU?J j y . v ;iy IgpTTKBI.Y f jphother y.iui- ?0 lieols a ou: haul; up. we \yiii . iu>i li'uliy mtvc ,j sefviyv>-LET US CARE FG W.R.WII & COM! t BOONE, NORTH L?_ W.m%V.,.V?%TOVAV.'.V.V, IV W USUALLY LARGE SH( REASONABLY PRICED ri need of a new stove, for lid see the display in our ar ally priced to encourage e ndard make stoves, incorpc omy in fuel uses and effici ake an early inspection afic We sell these stoves right rst served. il burners, oil burners and t type you want, we can g n. This special fall showi in and see them. E HARDWAR int More, Grow More, Ma * WWVWWWWWUWVVWWWWIAWi OCTOBER IS. ' 927 PjfSI Lcl's Grt Straight "Cotrv h;ve. waiter. Aiv ycu ::ar'l of hwiKijjrT'V; Po?siMy.? sir; jxvsiMy." "I so. I u>k-=d for K\ sr. RHEUMATISM While in France with the American Army I obtained a rioted French ne.-cription for the treatment of ilheumatism and Neuritis. I have jiven this to thousands with wonierfui results. The prescription cost ue nothing. I ask nothing: for it. I vviil mail it if ycu %vill send me your dciress. A postal will bring it. Write today. PAUL CASE, Dept. F209, Brocktor, Mass. W TOMBSTONES || ? ? I or of your departed loved -grj in marble and etaiiile. ?pjj d. for best prices see or m I IS, ZionviJle, N. C. tTAUGA COUNTY WE ( MARBLE CO. ITY, TENN. ^ ? ' c"\ TP" 11 i 'l'j'ffoi-n ACK !VU.V:C-, ti'.f 1 anii it>. rt-asonat:,. [yvw&s v.,; SKA'. HON*. lOY \YH*'X PRCMISKi". ru-.u : BASI D. ivi ot <>ji or uv.thcivupfp.Jivwft "ou. I" .>r r-afiftj-, savinir ukc R yoi:R CAR SIKLER m& PANY v CAROLINA ! V.VAV.V.V.W.W.W.WA , either heating , I t ^ larly purchase. ;! srating all that > ency. We sug- 5 I avoid any de~ % from the floor, > wood burners. ! uarantee com- ;j ng of stoves is >; !E CO. ,ke More." AVUWWVWWftMAWiWAW |
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