The Helena Star. (Helena, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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BLINDFOLDED
A Mystery Story
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EAKLE ASHLEY WALCOTT
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SYNOPSIS
Giles Dudley arrived la San Franrtaco
to join his friend
and distant relative
Henry Wilton whom he was to assist
In an important and mysterious task
and who accompanied Dudley on the
ferry boat trip Into the city The re-
markable resemblance of the two men
le noted and commented an by paseen-
Were on the ferry They see a man with
nake eyes which sends a thrill through
Dudley Wilton postpones an explanation
of the' strange errand Dudley is W per-
form but ‘Orcprrences cause him to
know It is one of no ordinary- meaning
Wilton leaves Gilee In their room with
Instruction to await his rsturn Hardly
has he gone than Giles Is startled by a
cry of “Help" Dudley V eummoned to
the morgue and there llnde the dean
body of his friend Henry Wilton And
thus Wilton dies without ever explaining
to Dudley the pusxling work he was te
perform In San Francisco In order to
discover the secret mission his friend had
entrusted to him Dudley' continues his
disguise and permits himself to be known
as Henry Wilton Dudjiy mistaken for
'Wilton is employed by Knapp to assist
a stock brokerage deal Giles Dudley
In
finds himself closeted In a room with
Mother Borton who makes a confidant
of him He can learn nothing about the
mysterious boy further thsn that it Is
Tim Terrill snd Darby Meeker who are
fter him He Is told that Dicky” NahJ
Is a traitor playing- both hands In the
garnet Giles finds himself locked - in a
room Dudley gets his first knowledge uf
Decker who Is Knapp's enemy on the
tlnnrd Dudley lts the home of Knapp I
nd Is stricken by the beauty of Luella
lita daughter He learns the note was
forgery Hs Is provided with four guards
Brown Barkhouse Fltihugh and Porter
3ie learns there Is to be no trouble about
money as all expenses will be paid the
litre of the guards being paid by one
-Richmond" The body of Henry Wilton
ta committed to the vault Dudley re-
sponds to a note and visits Mother Bor-
ton in company with Policeman Corson
CHAPTER XIV— Continued
The four men within the room sa-
luted me gravely and with Mother
Borton's direction In mind I had no
hesitation in calling each by his name
I was pleased to see that they were ro-
bust vigorous fellows and soon made
my dispositions Brown and Bark-
bouse were to attend me during day-
light and Fltzhugh and Porter were to
guard together at night And so much
settled I hastened to the office
No sign of Doddridge Knapp dis-
turbed the morning and at the noon
boar I returned to the room in the
bouse of mystery that was still my
only fixed abode
All was apparently as I had left It
' except that a letter lay on the table
1 must get a new lock” was my
comment as I broke the seal "This
place Is getting too public when every
messenger has a key” I was certain
that I had locked the door when Cor-
eon and I had come out on the even
lug before
The letter was from my unknown
employer snd read:'
"Richmond has paid the men Be
ready for a move at any moment
Leave your address If you sleep else-
where! And now came three or four days of
rest and quiet after the merry life I
had been leading since my arrival in
San Fr&nclscA
- “I believe there was some arrange-
In the interval I Improved my time ment between you about a trl to ee
by getting better acquainted with the the slgbts of Chinatown Mrs Bowser
city Emboldened by my body-guard was QuIte worrled for feaf you hgd
I slept for two nights in Henry’s room forgotten it so I Save her your ad-
aqd with one to watch outside the
door one lying on a mattress just in
side and a new lock and bolt I was
free from disturbance
Just as I had formed a wild idea of
looking up Doddridge Knapp in his
home I came to the office In the
morning to find the door into Room 16
wide open and the farther door ajar
"£ome In Wilton" said the voice
of the King of tbe Street and I en-
tered his room to find him busied over
bis papers as though nothing had oc-
curred since 1 had last met him
"The market has had something of
a vacation” I ventured as he failed to
speak
"J have been oat of town” he said
Yhort5y "What have you done?”"
“Nothing”
He gave a grunt of assent
t “You didn’t expect me to boy up the
vmsrket did you?”
The yellow-grsy mustsche went up
rand the wolf-fangs gleamed from be-
mas'fi 1 reckon ft wouldn't hive been a
very profitable speculation” he replied
c Then he leaned back la his chair
and looked meditatively at the wall
“Have you heart anything more of
Decker r he asked
Tee beard enough to satisfy me
that he's the man who got the Omega
-frjyw
-TOmi other deni Is he in?” asked
C iubj of the Street -
“I don't know"
The King of the Street smiled Indul-
gently "Well you've got something to learn
yet I ll give you till next week to
find the answer to that question”
I was convinced from his air that he
had information on both these points
himself and was merely trying my
knowledge
“11 not be back before next Wednes-
day" he concluded
“Going away again?" I asked in sur-
prise 'Tm off to Virginia City" he re-
plied after considering for a little
“I'm not sure about Omega after all—
and there’s another one I want to look
into Yon needn't mention my going
When I come back we'll have a cam-
palgn that will raise the roof of every
Board in town No orders till then I
unless I telegraph you That's alL"
The King of the Street seemed I
straightforward enough in his state-
ment of plans and It did not occur to
me to distrust him while I was In his
presence Yet once more In my of-
fice with the locked door between 1 1
began to doubt and tried to find some
hidden meaning in each word and I
-look
CHAPTER XV
I Am in tha Toils
Welcome once more Mr Wilton'
said Mrs Doddridge Knapp holding
out her hand "Were you going to
neglect us again ?”
“Not at all madam” said I with un-
blushing mendacity "I am always at
your command”
I had received a letter from Mrs
Bowser setting forth that I was wanted
at the house of Doddridge Knapp and
her prolixity was such that I was un-
able to determine whether she or Mrs
Knapp or Luella wished to see me
But as all three appeared to be con-
cerned in it I pocketed pride and re-
’btnur'jtaMB 'rtKLjrrr IJKAZLtttaXTOuxTrt!
sentment and made my bow with
some nervous quavers at the Pine
Street palace
As I was speaking I cast my eyes
furtively about the room Mrs Knapp
Interpreted my glance
"She will be in presently' There
was to my ear a trace of mocking
I laughter in her voice as she spoke but
her face betokened only a courteous
Interest
"Thanks — I hope so” I said in a lit-
tle confusion I wished I knew wheth-
er she meant Luella or Mrs Bowser
"You got the note?" she asked
"It was a great pleasure"
"Mrs Bowser wished so much to
see you again She has been singing
your praises— you were such an agree-
able young man"
I cursed Mrs Bowser In my heart
dress and told her to write you a
note”
I had not been conscious of expect-
ing anything from my visit but at this
bit of information I found that I had
been building air-castles which had
been invisible till they came tumbling
about my ears I could not look for
Miss Knapp’s company on such an ex-
pedition "Oh" said I with an attempt to con-
ceal my disappointment "the matter
had slipped my mind I shall be most
happy to attend Mrs Bowser or to see
that she has a proper escort”
We had been walking about the
room during this conversation and at
thts point had come to an alcove
where Mrs Knapp motioned me to a
seat
"I may not get a chance to talk with
you alone again this evening” she con-
tinued dropping her half-bantering
tone "and you come so little now
What are you doing?”
"Keeping out of mischief”
"Tm but bow?” she persisted "You
used to tell me everything Now you
tell me nothing”
"Mr Knapp’s work—” I began
"Ob of course I don't expect you
I to tell me about that I know Mr
I Knapp and you’re as eloeemouthed
I as he even when he’s away"
I 1 should tell you anything of my
1 own but of course sooth erin-”
“I understand" Mrs Knapp sitting
with hands elapsed in her lap gave
me a quick look "But there 'was
something else You were telling me
about your adventures you remember
You told me two or three weeks ago
about the way you tricked Darby
Meeker and seat him to "Serrla City"
And she smiled at the recollection of
Darby Meeker's discomfiture
"Oh yes" I said with r laugh that
sounded distressingly hollow to my
ears "That was a capital joke on
Meeker"
"How did it thru out?" asked Mrs
Knapp with lively Interest "Did he
get back?”
I decided promptly on a Judicious
amount of truth
‘Yes ha - got back boiling with
wrath and loaded to the guards with
threats — that is I heard so from my
men I didn't see him myself or you
might have found tbo rest of it In the
newspaper
"What did he do? Tell me about it"
Mrs Knapp gave every evidence of ab-
sorbed Interest
fWell he laid a trap for me at Bor-
ton’s put Terrill In as advance guard
and raised blue murder about the
place” - And then I went on to give a
carefully amended account of my first
night’s row at Borton's and with an
occasional question Mrs Knapp had
soon extorted from me a fairly full
account of my doings
"It is dreadful for you to expose
yourself to such dangers”
I was privately of her opinion
"Oh that's nothing” said I airily
'A man may be killed any day by a
brick falling from a building or by
slipping on an orange peel on the
crossing”
But is dreadful to court death so
Yet" she mused "if I were a man I
could envy you your work There is
romance and life in it as well as
danger Yon are doing in the nine-
teenth century and in the midst of
civilization what your forefathers may
have done in the days of chivalry"
It is a fine Hie” I said dryly "But
it has its drawbacks”
"But while you live no one can
harm the child” she said There was
Inquiry in her tone I thought
I suppressed a start of surprise I
had avoided mention of the boy Hen-
ry had trusted Mrs Knapp further
than I had dreamed
"He shall never be given up by me”
I replied with conviction
"That is spoken like a true brave
man" said Mrs Knapp with an ad-
miring look
"Thank you” I said modestly
"Another life than yours depends
on your skill and courage That must
give you strength" she said softly -It
does Indeed"-1 replied I was
thinking of Doddridge Knapp's life
"But here come Luella and Mrs
Bowser" said Mrs Knapp "I see I
shall lose your company"
My heart gave a great bound and
I turned to see the queenly grace of
Luella Knapp as' she entered the room
in the train of Mrs Bowser
Was it fancy or had she grown
I Paler and thinner since I had last seen
her? surely those dark hollows under
her eyes that told of worry and lost
sleep were not there when her bright-
ness had chained my admiration
"Luella!” called Mrs Knapp J
fancied ahe gave a low mualcal laugh
as she spoke yet the glance showed
me that her face was calm and seri-
ous "Luella here la aome one you
will like to see"
Luella Knapp turned and advanced
What was the look that lighted up her
face and sparkled from her eye? Be-
fore I could analyze the magnetic
thrill that came from it it was gone
A flush passed over her face and died
away as she came
“You honor our poor house once
more?" she said dropping -a mock
courtesy “I thought you had desert-
ed us”
"Not I” said I stoutly holding out
my hand I saw there was' a little play
to be carried on for the benefit of Mrs
Knapp For some reason she had not
confided In her mother "Not L
am always yonr humble knight”
I saw that Mrs Knapp was looking
I at us curiously and pressed my ad-
vantage Luella took my hand un-
willingly I was ready to dare a good
deal tor the clasp of her fingers but
I scarcely felt the thrill of their touch
before she had snatched them away
'There’s nothing but pretty speech-
es to be had from you — and quotations
at that” ahe said There was malice
under the teeming Innocence of a pre-
tended pout
"There’s nothing that could he so
becoming in the circumstances”
Except common sense” frowned
Lnella
"The most uncommon of qualities
my dear” laughed Mrs Knapp "Sit
down children I must see to Mr
Carter who Is lost by the portiere snd
will never be discovered unless 1 res-
cue him”
“Take him to dear Aunt Jails” said
Lnella as her mother left ns-
"Dear Aunt Julia” I Inferred was
Mrs' Bowser
Lnella took s seat and I followed
her example Then with chin In hand
and albow on the arm of her chair
the young woman loosed at ms calmly
I and thoughtfully
-Well” said Lusila at last fit acut-
ting voice “why don't you talk?”
"It's your lead" said I gloomily
“You took the last trick”
At this reference to our meeting La-
ella looked surprised Then she gave
a little rippling laugh
"Really” she said '1 believe I shall
begin to like you yet’
"That's very kind of yon but tarn
about ia fair play”
"You mustn't do that” said she se-
verely "or I shsn'L"
"I meant it” said I defiantly
"Then you ought to know better
than to say It" she retorted
“I'm in need of lessonsrl feat”
"How delightful of yoa to confess
It! Then shall I tell yon what to do?"
This was very charming I hastened
to say:
"‘Do by all means”
Tha young woman sank back In her
chair clasped her hands In her lsp
as her mother had done and glanced
hastily about Then In a low voice
she said:
“Be yourself”
It was an electric shock she gave
me not more by the words than by
the tone
I struggled for a moment before I
regained my mental balance
"Don’t you think we could get on
safer ground?" I suggested
"No” said Luella "There isn’t any
safe ground for us otherwise” -The
sudden heart-sickness at the
remainder of my mission with which
these words overwhelmed me tied my
tongue and mastered my spirits It
was this girl's father that I was pur-
suing Oh why was this burden laid
upon me? Why was I to be tom on
the rack between inclination and
duty?
Luella watched my face narrowly
through the conflict In my mind and
I felt as though her spirit struggled
with mine to win me to the course of
open honest dealing But it was Im-
possible She must be the last of all
to know
Her eyes sank as though she knew
which had won the victory and a
proud scornful look took the place of
the grave good humor that had been
there a moment before Then on a
sudden she began to speak of the the-
aters rides drives and what-not of
the pleasures of the day Suddenly
she stopped with a weary look
"There’s Aunt Julia waiting for
you” she said with a gleam of ma-
licious pleasure "Come along I de-
liver you over a prisoner of war”
"Walt a minute” I pleaded
"No” she said Imperiously motion-
ing me "Come along" And with a
sigh I was given a helpless but si-
lently protesting captive to the mer-
cies of Mrs Bowser
That eloquent lady received me
with flutter of feathers if I may bor-
row the expression to indicate her
pleasure
(TO BE CONTINUED)
JUST AS GOOD A8 MONEY
Amos Budd’s Little Contribution
th Church
to
Stories have been told of buttons
tacks and varioua extraneous sub-
stances found In contribution boxes
but It la seldom that a church-member
strikes a blow so severe as was
that delivered by Amos Budd of Por-
terville on one occasion It was at
the close of a missionary sermon that
Mr Budd whose wont was to contrib-
ute ten cents to each of the charities
to the support of which the church
subscribed was seen to take take n
blue slip from his pocket and look at
It keenly and affectionately When
After a slight but evident hesitation
he dropped the slip carefully folded
into-the box Deacon Lane who was
passing it coaid hardly refrain from
an exclamation of joy "The Lord will
bless you Brother Budd” he said
when the sermon was over hurrying
down the aisle to overtake the pros-
perous grocer “I hope so” returned
Mr Budd dryly “but Tm afraid you
collate on that being a check that I
dropped in the box It wa’n’t Twas
a receipted bill for kerosene the
church owed me last year and it had
been overlooked Of course It’s Jest
the same aa money though when you
come to that’’— Youth’s Companion
Dogs’ Homing Instinct
The other day writes s 'corre-
spondent a dog was sent by carriage
to Brandon station in Norfolk en
route for London from Buckingham
hall At Ely it slipped its collar
the guard took It out to give it water
the time was after dark on a winter
evening and the dog dashed away
and could not be found
At 6:30 on the following morning
one of tbe stablemen at Buckingham
heard a dog whining and howling un-
der tbe window It was tbe asms dog
returned The distance from Ely to
Buckingham is computed st IT
miles
The dog Is a female spaniel and It
Is virtually certain that 'Its local knowl-
edge of the country about Bucking-
ham on the side toward Ely was lim-
ited to a mile from the former This
would leave It an unknown tract of IS
miles to travel through the dark ia
a single night By what seats was Ik
guided? — Country LUO
After suffering for seven'year
this woman was res toredtohealtli
by Lydia E Pink barn's Vegetable
Compound Bead her letter
Mrs S&llie French of Paucatmla
Ind Ter writes to Mrs Finkhsm:
"X bad female troubles for seven
years— was aU run-down ana so ner-
vous 1 could not do anything The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good While in thie con-
dition I wrote to Mrs Pinkham for ad-
vice and took Lydia E Pinkham’s Vege-
table Compound and 1 am now strong
and welL”
FACTS FOn SICK WCrTIM
For thirty years Lydia E Fink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound mada
from roots and herbs nas been the
standard remedy for female ills
and has positively cured thousands of
women who hav been troubled with
displacements inflammation ulcera-
tion fibroid tumors irregularities
periodic pains backache that bearing-down
feeling flatulency indiges-
tion dizzinessor nervous prostration
Why don’t you try it ?
Don’t hesitate to write to Mrs
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand She will treat your
letter inconfldence andadvise you
free No woman ever regretted
writing her and because of her -vast
experience she has helped
thousands Address Lynn Mass
On of Bill Nye’s
Referring lo a real estate transac-
tion made by one Peter Mlnult way
back In the year' 1628 Bill Nye in his
history of the United States declared:
"New York was afterwards sold for
$24 the whole island When I think
of this I go into my family - gallery
which I also use as a swear room and
tell those ancestors what I think of
them Where were they when New
York sold for $24?”
The humor of this strikes deeply
when one stops to consider what has
been the outcome of this original In-
vestment Peter Mlnult with trinkets
and s few bottles of rum so delighted
the native Indians that they gladly
turned over to him the whole of Man-
hattan Island now the heart of
Greater New York — "New York the
Giant City" National Magazine
The Perennial
According to the Atlanta Constitu-
tion s Georgia farmer posted this
sign on his front gate: -"Candidates
will pass on No time
to talk to ’em”
One morning his little boy shouted
from the garden walk:
“There’s one o' them canderdates
here an’ he says he'll come in any-
how!” The old man looked toward the
gate and said:
"Let him In There’s no harm In
him 1 know him He’s been runnln
ever aencethe war— jest to be a-run-nln
It rnns In his blood an’ he can’t
help it!"
FULLY NOURISHED
Grape-Nuts a Perfectly Balanced
Food
No chemist’s analysis of Grape-Nuts
can begin to show the real value of
the food — the practical value as shown
by personal experience
It is a food that is perfectly bal-
anced supplies the needed elements
of brain and Serves In all stages of
life from tbe Infant through the stren-
uous times of active middle life and
Is a comfort and support in old age
“For two years I have IiBed Grape-
Nuts with milk and & little cream for
breakfast I sm comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon
T use little meat plenty of vege
tables and fruit in season for the
noon meal and if tired at tea time
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel perfect-
ly nourished
“Nerve and brain power and mem-
ory are much improved since using
Grape-Nuts I am over sixty and weigh
155 lbs' My ton and husband seta£
howI have Improved are now using
Grape-Nuts
“My son who Is a traveling pan
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape- '
Nuts and a glass of milk An aunt
over 70 seems tally nourished on -Grape-Nuts
and cream” "There's a
Reason”
Name given by Postum Co Battle
Creek Xich Read "Tbe Road to Well-
vtlle" In pkgt -Ever
read the above lettorT A new
one appears from Unto to time They
are genuine true and full of human
Interes
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