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A Parlor Car ?Ml\ By GOWARD FIELDING. i J ! f Copyright, 1907, by C. W. Hooke. ^ T is important to know how the p people were placed when this ■y thing happened. The pretty girl sat in seat No. 7 and was thus aibout midway of the car, on the left f ide looking forward. Directly in front v)f her, in seat No. 5, voas a lean, tall, liihe man of forty years, with scanty tlark hair and gray eyes. He was Pressed in a stylo of quiet elegance. A panama hat hung from the gilded ]icg over his head, and a neat traveling l :ig was on the floor beside him. He Kcemed to be dozing. I occupied seat No. 9, and behind mo were a woman and her son, an un pleasant child, of a very dull coun tenance, but as restless as a scared .iackal in a cage. Opposite me, in No. 10, v.’as Mortimer Bolden, who'm I have known some years. He is a rich man and looks *the part. Before and behind him, in seats 8 and 12, were young men of much the same tj’pe as himself. They were strangers to each other and to us. The pretty girl had boi’.rded the train at Albany, had immetliatcly opened a book and. except for an occasional glance out of the window, had not for a single moment ceased to rend. "We ■were some miles be^’on'l I'tlca when , she closed her book and laid it upon ; the window ledge. A few minutes | later I heard her utter a faint cry. She | bent forward and studiously regarded ; the tloor. Then she stepped out into | the aisle for a more comprjhonsive view, and I thought that she had spied the object of her search, for she knelt (ii’ick’y beside her chair. But when s!io raised her head her glance en- coi:nt('red mine, and I perceivod in- >;t:intly that she had not succoeded. A prt'tty bewilderment v/as in her bi.-r liro’.vn eyes. a:id as she turned them to the lloor I saw her ink rap- i.:!;-. ;is a clii'd does when its vision at fault. At this juncture the young animal seat No. 13 aiTived upon the ‘■eo'.'.o with a startling suddenness and Tcr not running. •■Lost anything?” said he in that flat r.'-vl whining voice, as of the educated very bright. Six of us—not to count the bad boy, who was viewed with sus picion by all and had been kept upon the outskirts—had searched twenty square feet of floor space in vain. The situation began to be painful, for if the ring was not on the floor it was in somebody’s pocket. Already I had observed my friend Belden to be eying the three strangers criticall3\ and now he edged away to ward the forward end of the car with the distinguish'ed looking gentlem'an who had occupied seat No. 5. Obvious- Ij" they were about to Iiold a consulta tion, and at the sight au idea came into my head. I turned toward the pretty girl and was much gratified to perceive that my diamond rings, but people, were able to lose themsi?lve3 v.'ith unexampled facility. When I re-entered our car. Belden had vanished. 1 glanced hastily to ward seat No. 5. The hat and grip were still there. ' “Your friend’s gone to find the con ductor,” said the man hi seat No. 12. “At least I think so. He asked nie if I remembered which way the conductor went. lie seemed rather excited.” At this moment the man in seat No. S rose hastily. In fact, he came up as if propelled by a spring. He turned toward us, leaning with one hand upon the chair back. The other hand was at his breast. His mouth hung open; his ej'es stared. “My pocketbooki” he gasped. Instinctively' I thrust my hand inside my waistcoat, where in a pocket which I had always thought to be beyond the reach of thieves I had been accus- timed to carry the bulk of mj» imme diate funds. The pocket was empty. The man in No. 12 looked from one to the other of us, and he grinned. His hands were in his trousers pockets. “My money’s all right,” said he. “I didn’t have much, but”— He paused and then suddenly clapped his hand to his tie. “By jingo! pin’s gone!” “He touched me for better than a thousand,” said No. 8, and I saw him moisten his dry lips with his tongue Great Opportunity, T. B. Allison, the popular drug gist, is selling Dr. Howard’s spe cific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia, offering the regular fifty cent size of this celebrated remedy at half price, and agreeing to return the money if it does not give perfect satisfaction and do all that is claimed for it. This is your opportunity, and one which does not come often. Do not neglect it. Dr. Howard’s specific will cure constipation, will regulate digestion, will restore the liver to natural action. Headaches, coated tongue, dizzi ness, gas on the stomach, specks before the eyes, constipation, and all forms of liver and stomach troubles are soon cured by this sci entific medicine. So great is the demand for this specific that Mr. Allison has been able to secure only a limited sup ply, p.nd you should take advan- I tage of this opportunity today and I call upon him or send 25 cents and I get sixty doses of the best medi- I suppose there’s no doubt”— I be- | cine ever made on this special half X^rice offer %vith liis x^G2*sonal guar antee to refimd the money if it sentence by ■ - '->A f'v i % SUE BEGGED ME TO BE EXPLICIT.” desire for private conversation was i shared by her. She must have been pen'octly sure that the ring v. as not on tile floor, for she aba’.idoned the spot v.'ithout hesitation and followed me to tliL' rear of the coach, whore she gra- (iously consented to accept my sympa thy and uiy card. I learned that she v.'as Miss Myrtle Leigh and that she lived in Syracuse. “Do you Euppopo that dreadful little boy could have found my ring?” she asked. “And yet how could he? 1 don't understand it at all.” “My suspicions incline in another di rection,” said I, “and for rather an odd reason.” She begged me to be explicit “There happens to be on this train,” said I, “a detective from New York, | really quite a celebrated fellovv' in his j way. Ilis name is Anderson. I know j him quite well. He passed through our car just after wo left Albaiiy, but I did not make any sign of recognition | bccau;-e lie didn’t. That's the etif’uette | vvitli detectives. They share with la- | dies the precedence in the matter of bowing to their acquaintances. He , saw and recognized me, of course, and he also saw and recognized, wiiili quite ^ a different feeling, the man who sat in front of you, in seat No. 5.” ! “Oil, r.iyl” s;he exclaimed in a hushed voice. “You don’t mean he knew him for a—a criminal!” “The i>lea flashed through my mind,” I replied. “You see. I’ve been about with Anderson and others of his pro- gan, and . finished the pointing to seat No. 5. “Nonsense,” said No. 12. “It was the girl. She made the bluff of dropping the ring, knowing what we’d do, and wliile we w’ere nil butting our heads against the furniture and she was reaching over us, pointing out likely places— Oh, oh, oh! What a set of easy marks!” “But v/here’s the man?” I demanded. “There are his things,” retorted No. 12. “He’s still on the train. But where’s the girl’?” “Miss Leigh was kind enough to per- 1 his niit a sort of introduction between her- ; his self and me,” said I. “I may perhaps claim the right to defend her, since there is no one else here who kno^vs her at all, and I v*’ould like it to be understood that nothing further must be said which touches her good name and that what has been said must be withdrawn.” No. 12 lookc;! me in the eye. lie vras Arm in his opinion and a man of nerve. 1 could see him hardening his heart for a reply that v.-ould create a very strained situation. Then suddenly his expression changed to one of astonish ment. He was looking over my shoul der, I turned and saw Miss Leigh. Behind her was Belden, and behind him was Anderson. The conductor brought uj) the rear. ^liss Leigh came sti'aight to me. “It v.as that man!” she cricd. “You were rig’it. I’ve got my ring again.” And she held up her h:uid to show it. “After you left me I went to the rear platform of the car,” she continueik. “Tiie train was stopping, and I had your words in mind. I tho’ig'nt rliat man might get off, and he did. And when I saw that he had another hat on—a soft one that must have been folded in his pocket—then I knev/ for sure. And I ran after him, and just as I cauglit him :\Ir. Anderson caught him too. He’s in the baggage car now, and Mr. Anderson has all your things.” “Yes,” said Andei-son, with his pe culiar drawl, “w’len I saw Tony .TaMi Wallace quitting us like that and pull ing out his folder hat I knew some thing was queer, so I just trailed along. Nobody quic’-' does not cure. may23juno KILLED GIRL AJMD KlTvlSHLF. IVj3n Mads ^.'!urder^us by a Fit of Jo?.l- cusy Over Girl. 'New York, June 2.—In a f;t of joal- ous rage H-erman Kitker. of Boston, Mass., shot Pauline Ferclicky, nine teen years of age, r.t her 1:on:e on Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, and then tcol: own life by firing a bullet into >brain. ?.Iiss Perdis:;y w.as shot tv/ice and vas removed to a hozpital. Miss Perctisky’s v/ounds are hciiov- ed to be fatal. The pcliee learned that Hitker and the girl, who v/ere en gaged, came to this country from Russia eighteen months ago, and Hit ker v»ent to Boston, where ho obtain ed employment. The Perdisky girl remained in Brooklyn. Plitker heard recently that the girl was keeping company wiLh another man, and camo here to ascertain the situation. After dinner at the home of the Perdisky firl he called her into a room adjoining the dining room and shot her twice and then killed hi: sell. These Bad Pains which give yon snch exquisite suffering, every month, are caused, as you know, by female trouble. Relief seldom or never comes of itself. It is necessary to cure the cause, in order to stop the pains, and this can only l>e done if you will take a specific, female remedy, that acts directly on the womanly organs. WEARTHE SHOE FOR MEN $3.50 and $4.00 WINE OF er tha!i Tony .Tack a little accident like the lady dropping the diamond. I'll bet he Imd it before it touched the floor. See him do it? Why, that mtn could take your shoos off your fe--'t and you wouldn’t knov/ it. Workiriir the trains is his specialty, and he al- Tliiaks It Saved His Tjiie. I.ester M. Nelson, of Kap'es Maine, says in a recent letter: have used Dr. King’s New Discovcry many years, for coujj^hs and colds, and I think it saved my liie. I have found it a reliable remedy lor throat and lung complaints, and would no more be without a bottle than I would be without food.’’ For i early forty years New Discovery has stood at the head of throat and lung reme dies. As a preventative of pneu monia, and healer of weak lungs it has no e«]ual. Sold under guaran tee at T. B. Allison's drug store. 50c. and $1. Trial b<dtle free. “lost anything?'’ raid UE in that FIiAT i VOICE. pig talking through its snout, which is rapidly becoming the typical speech of N(“w York. '^I'lie ])retty girl loolvcd up with some- tiiing like a shudder, and I observed tliat she deftly changed her position so ■ to exclude the boy from :i too inti mate participation in her search. “Yes.” she replied, and. oh, the heav enly dirference of her tone, so round M'.d i-ich and human! “I have lost a i • II- “;.o’ me help yer find it,” whined the 1")V. and at this vre all interfered si- L;:!ltaneousIy. S.lio received our attentions gracious- and simply. ■'It's very odd,” she said. “I dropped 1 ‘ rip.g right down in front of me. ; ' n it have rolled back under my , c;.,;ir?“ i Mf^rtimer Belden arose from the floor -i this, and his face was the color of a I -1 - tomato as a result of scanning the j ''|)ot at close range. * j “U's not there noAV,” said he. | -V-'^er! iieless we all repeated Bel-! < (''I’s r^'rTormance, and then with equal ! ■ nci’larity we examined the region ^ ih'i- and around chair No. 5. The re- , ^n!t was entirely negative. .' 1 -r niy own part, 1 was thoroughly '■•^■nvin'-pd that the ring had gone in iliror-tion of No. 5, for, though I -‘'1 I’.ot been looking at the young lady <‘;t :!;o exact moment of her mishap, I r sr IV v,i vhat her attitude had been, and ''' 'mod to preclude the possibility ling having rolled in any direc- U could not have caught in her lor the skirt was absolutely 1 noticed the trinket on her fin- It was a pretty little diamond of ■ carat and a half and had been ■ n what is called the engagement t'-iubly precious, no doubt, and . not to bo lost in this ridiculous There was not a cranny in it could be hidden; there were fession quite a bit for tne interest of , . , , , , „ , ,, , ! to take advantage of It. ar.d I know their ways. Of course this is rather a v/i!;l accusation, for, j upon my word, I don't see liow the fel- ; lovv' could have got the ring without ' your seeing him, an;l yet I think I’d i better hunt up Anderson and try to ; get a word with him. He’s still on the | t’Tiin, for I’ve seen him since we left i Utica. He went forward just after we pulled out.” Mi'js Leigh was naturally indisposed to accuse any one or oven to begin a police investigation under such cir cumstances, but she agreed with me that Mr. Anderson’s advice vrould cer tainly bo helpful. The man whose reputation I had so recklessly assa.iled v.’as not in view vv'hen Miss Leigh and I returned to our seats. Belden told me that he had gone forward, :ind he added, with a laugh, “He thinks you got it” “I? Blast him!” “Vrhat do you think?” “I think I>o got it,” “Y^'ell, you’re even on that,” £uid Belden, and the idea seemed to amuse him. “Now, look here,” said I; “I have my reasons, but there’s no time to tell you what they are. I may give you a sur prise pr(,'sently. You keep j’our eye on that panama hat and the grip over there. This train stops at Glendon, and we’re within two minutes of the place nov/. If that fellov/ tries to get off, stop him.” “What?” gasped Belden. “Well, if you don’t dare do that, de lay him. Keep your eye on him. I’ll be back inside tlie two minutes.” I hurried forward through the train, Vihich v.'as already slowing down for the Glendon station, but I did not find Anderson. Annoyed by this failure,|4 returned more slovrly, keeping a sharp er eye upon my fellovv’ passengers, but the detective had disappeared. Obvi ously he must, have got to the rear of the train without niy seeing him, per haps v/hile I and the others were paw ing around on the floor and bumping one another’s head, Th.e train had come to'a stop by the time that I reached our car. but the bag and th.o panama hat were still in view, and Belden was on guard. Miss Leigh. Iiowever, was not visible. 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For free bock, How 'to SecureTs) ■'? Vv'rite < Ptvtents and b 1(4 H '’cJ 5^ to r' c’.n!-k shadows, for the hour was 4 Miss Leigh nor the man from seat No. s f.'Ut.imer afternoon and the day It seemed to be a day \^hen not only “MY DEAE lilTTIiE RING,” SAID SHE. vrays has a bit of fake baggage to make you think he’s still aboard. I hadn’t seen him in two or three years; didn’t knov.’ he'd come back to this part of the country. But now he’s back he’ll have to stay. I’ve got him dead to rights this time. And now, gentlemen, if you’ll name your losses I’ll make good. I’ve got all the plun der.” Miss Leigh resumed her place in seat No. 7 and 1 mine in No. 9, but now the tv%’o sears faced each other. “My dear little ring!’’ said she. “1 love it very much. 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