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i Tea and be bit me over the bead
wftb a club It was hie Indleeretkm
air He -wanted to go tbrongb the II-
) hrary In broad daylight and It wasn’t '
‘ -any- nee anyhow There's nothing
"there" - v- - -
' - “But I don’t like the looks of this
abootlpg Morgan’s sick and out '©f-
? his bead- But a fellow -like Morgan
' Isn’t likely to shoot llmsejf aocldent-
7 - "ally and now- that It’s done the work's
- ’ stopped and the time Is running on
v' ‘ What do you think ‘ Olenarm sus-
pects?’ - 'V- )
" T can’t tel! sir but mighty little
I should say The shot through 'the
window the first night he Was here
seemed to shake him a trifle but he’s
quite settled down now I should say
Sir That shot of Morgan’s was a
great mistake The young gentleman
y Isn’t to be frightened away as easily
’ as that - -
' "Morgan’s a fool But what la Olen-
arm doing? He probably doesn'tspend
much time on this side olfthe fence — -
- doesn’t haunt the chapel I fancy?-
"Lord no! I - hardly - suspect the
young gentleman of being a praying
man”r - — -
"You haven’t seen hlfn prowling
about the house analyzing the archi-
tecture — ’ - I ‘
“Not a bit of It sir! He hasn’t I
: should say what his revered grand-
' father called the analytical mind”
- Pickering stamped his feet upon the
paved porch floor In a way that I re-
membered of old It marked a con-
clusion' and preluded serious - mis-
takes - "J - -
"Now Bates” he said with a ring
of authority and speaking In a louder
' key than he had yet used -"It’s your
' duty under all circumstances to help
discover the hidden assets of the es-
tate We’ve got to pluck the mystery
from that architectural monster over
there and the time for doing It Is
- short enough ' Mk Olenarm was a
rich man To my own knowledge he
' had - a couple of millions and he
' - couldn’t have spent it all on that
house He reduced bis bank account
to a few thousand dollars and swept
out his safety deposit boxes with a
' broom before his last trip to Ver-
mont He didn’t die with the stuff In
his clothes did be?’’
1 - "Lord bless me no sir! There was
little enough cash to bury him with
you out of the country and me alone
with him’’
"He was a crank and I suppose he
got a lot of satisfaction out of burying
‘ his money But this hunt for it Isn’t
fuftny 1 supposed of course we'd dig
it up before Glenann got here or I
shouldn't have been In such a burry
to 6end for him But It’s oyer there
7 somewhere In the grounds! ' There
tnust be a plan bf the house that
would help' Ill give you a thousand
dollars the day yoti wire me you’have
found any sort of clue"
““Thank you sir" ' k ' -"I
don’t want thanks I want
the money or securities or whatever
It Is I’ve got to go back to my car
now and you’d better skip home' You
need’t tell' your young master that
I’ve been here” ‘
' I was trying hard to remember as
I stood there with clenched hands out-
side the chapel porch that Arthur
Pickering’s name was written in the
list of directors of one of the largest
trust companies In America and that
he belonged to the most exclusive
dubs' In New York I had come out
' for my watk with only an Inverness
over my dliiner Jacket and I was
thoroughly chilled by the cold mist
I was experiencing too an Inner cold
as I reflected upon the greed and per-
fidy of man 1
"Keep-an eye on Morgan” said
Pickering T
"Certainly sir"
"And be careful what you write or
wire’’
- "I’ll mind those points sir But I’d
suggest If you please sir—”
’ - "Well?” demanded Pickering Imps-
tlently
"That you should call at the house
It Would look rather strange to the
young gentleman If you’d come to SL
Agatha's and not see him
"I haven’t the slightest errand with
him 'And besides I haven’t time If
1 he learns that I’ve been here you may
- say that my business was with Sister
Theresa and that I regretted very
much not having the oppbrtunity to
call on him” -
The Irony of this was not lost'on
- Bates who chuckled softly ' He came
out Into the open and turned away to-
' ward the Olenarm gate Pickering
passed me to near that I might have
and
carriage
drive off rapidly toward the village
" I heard Bates running home over
- - passed me to near that I might h
V f put out my band and touched him i
in a-moment I heard -the carrl
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the snow and listened to the clatter of
the village hack as It bore' Pickering
back to Annandsle -Then
out of the depths of the chapel
porch— out of the depths of time and
space It seemed so dazed I stood —
some one came swiftly toward me
some one light of foot like a woman
ran down the walk a little way Into
the fog and paused " '
'An exclamation broke from me
'’’Eavesdropping fpf two!” — it was
the voice of Olivia "I’d take pretty
good care of myself If I were you
Squire Glenarmf ' Good Wight 1” -
'‘Good-by 1” I faltered as she sped
Sway in the mist toward SL Agatha’r
CHAPTER XIV
The Girl In Gray '
‘-My 'first thought was to find the
crypt door and return through the tun-
- - - - i 1 -1 j
"I’d Take Pretty Good Care of Myaslf If I Were You 8qulrs Glenam1
nel before Bates could reach the
house Th'e chapel was open and by
lighting matches I found my way 'to
the map and paneL I slipped through
and closed the opening Uien ran
through theiassage with gratitude to
the generous builder who bad given It
n clear floor and an ample roof In
my haste I miscalculated Its length
pitching headlong iuto the steps un-
der the trap beneath Olenarm House
at a gait that sent me sprawling - In
n moment more I had jammed the trap
Into place and was running up the cel-
lar steps breathless with 'my cap
smashed down over my eyes
I heard Bates entering at the rear
and knew that I had won the race
by a scratch There was but n mo-
ment In which to throw my coat and
cap under the divan In the library
slap the dust from my clothes and
seat my self at the great table where
the candles biased tranquilly :
Bates step was as steady ns ever—
there was not the slightest hint of
excitement - In It— ns lie came and
stood within the door
"Beg pardon Mr Olenarm did you
wish anything sir?” '
"Oh no thank you Baton” -"I
bad stepped down to the village
sir to speak to the grocer The eggs
he sent this morning were not quite
up to the mark I warned him not to
tend any of the storage article to this
house” - ' -
"That’s right Bates” I folded my
arms to hide uy bands which were
black from contact with the passage
and faced my man servant' My re-
spect for his rascally powers had in-
creased immensely since he gave me
my coffee A contest with so clever
a rogue was worth while f
"I’m grateful for your care of me
Bates I had -expected to perish of
discomfort out here but you are treat-
ing me like a lord” r
-"Thank 'you Mr Olenarm' I go
whst I can sir” -
'He brought fresh cnudlee tor the
table Candelabra going about with his
accustomed noiseless step- I toll a
Seld 'chljl creep down my spine an 1
passed behind me on these errands
Hfs transition from" the rile "Of con-
spirator to that or my flawless serv-
ant was almost too abrnpt
I dismissed him aq quickly as possi-
ble and listened to his step through
the halls as he went about locking the
doors The locking-up process tad
rather bored me before to-nightj lis-
tened with interest for’ every j sound
When I heard Bates clnmblng to hla
pwn quarters -1- quietly went ‘ the
rounds of my own account and found
everything as tight as a drum - 1 ?
: I was tired enough to sleep when I
went to my room and after an event-
less night woke to a cldar day and
keener’ alr 7 -
‘ "I’m going to take a little run Into
the village Bates” I remarked at
breakfast ’ " ’’ -
“VOry good sir” —
1 "If hny should 'Call 111 be back In
an hour or so” v
’ ”Yesr sir’’ V f ’r' : '
- I really had an errand in the village
I wished to visit the hardware store
and bay some cartridge's but Picker-
ing’s presence In the community was
a disturbing factor In my mind I had
resolved to&et sight of him— to meat
him if possible and ape how n man
whose schemes were so deep looked
in the light of day - -
As 1 left the grounds and gained
the highway Stoddard fell in with me
"Well Mr Olenarm I’m glad to see
you abroad so early Wlth that li-
brary ofyoura the temptation must
be strong to stay-within doors Bnt
a man’s got to subject himself to the
sun and wind Even h good wetting
now and then is salutary" -"I
try to get out every day” I an-
swered "But I’ve chiefly limited my-
self to my own grounds”
Those Evening Chimes
Edgar-Allan Poe is dead and I do
not want to say anything rude about
him In bis poem of "The Bells” he
seems' to think that under certain
conditions the mechanical banging of
a clapper against large masses of
metal may-Jiave pleasing qualities
possibly he now has a wider knowl-
edge But there are living versifiers
nothing It they are not sincere who
have written the praise of those Sab-
bath hells They may also have writ-
ten In praise of those practice-nights
They may even have a sympathetic
sonnet tor the musicians rascal who
Mistake of a
Charles ' Dana Hasan head of the
history department of Smith college
had excused one of his pupils from
recitation - on account' of - sickness
Shortly after the recitation hour the
professor had occasion to pass through
tbs main street of Northampton and
much to hla surprise saw Lis excused
student coming from the apposite di-
rection - ’ v v-- - -
This was a critical moment' tor tha
college girt who took la tie situation
with a glance -- £ometk£ji must be
done at once to escape ktatotl") The
book star aearty vu Li 1 Jj re
'TAu-'gsoteat' omnibus' -'CBedvwtSh
yong women - passed at a' gallop
bound tor the station and we took off
our hats T
"Christmas holidays" explained the
chaplain "Practically all the students
ge home"
"Ifticky kids to have homes "with
Christmas trees I envy them” ’
"I suppose Mr Pickering got away
last night?"- he observed -and
pulse quickened at jhp aaqie
- - "I haven’t seen him 'yet” I an-
swered f' ' " ' ''"I
"Then 'of course he hasn’t gone!"
and these words uttered in (be big
clergyman’s deep tonesseemed whol-
ly plausible There' was to bo sure
nothing ' to unlikely ns that Arthur
Pickering -executor of my grandfath-
er’s estate would come to Olenarm
without seeing me ‘
' “Sister Theresa told me this morn-
ing he wsS there ' He called' on her
and' Miss Severeux last night I
haven’t seen him myself -1 thought
possibly I- might run Into' him in Lthe'
vUlage'Hls car’s very likely on the
station'' switch” ' ---
“No doubt we shall find him there"
I answered easily v v ‘
The Annandale station presents
an appearance of unusual gaiety whom
we feached the main street of the
village- Therm to be sure lay the
prlvpte car jn the sjdlng and on the
platform was a group of 20 or more
girls with several of the brown-habited
Sisters of St -Agatha There was
something spittle foreign In the pio-
turet(be'4frls in their bright colors
talking gaily the Sisters indhelr som-
ber garb hovering about suggesting
France or IJaly rather than Indiana
' We stepped upon the platform -The
private car lay on the opposite side
of the station having been switched
into -a siding of the- oast and west
road' Pickering was - certainly get-
ting on There ii something wholly
regal In a private car- Any one may
boast a catboat and call It a-yacht
but there la no known substitution for
aN private car As I lounged across
the platform with Stoddard Flckerlng
came out Into the vestibule of his car
followed by two ladles and an elderly
gentleman They all descended and
began a- promenade -on the plank
walk -
Pickering saw me aq Instant later
and' hui’ried - up with " outstretched
hand' - ! - - -
This Is Indeed good fortune! We
dropped off here' last night rather un-
expectedly to rest a hot box and
should have been picked np by the
early express for Chicago but there
was a miscarriage of orders some-
where and we now have to wait for
the nine o’clock and It’s late If I’d
known how much behind It was I
should have run out to see you How
are thing going? ’ v : -
As smooth as a whistle! It really
isn’t so bad when you face It And the
fact Is I’m actually at work” -
"That s splendid- The year will go
fast enough never fear- I-suppose
you pine for a little human society
now and then-A mam can never strike
the right medium In such things In
New York we are all rushed to death
I sometimes feel that I’d like a little
rustication myself I get nervous mad
working for corporations Is wearing
The old gentleman ' there is Taylor
president of the Mid-Western and
Southern The ladles are his wife and
n friend of hers Td like to Introduce
you” He ran bis eyes over my cordu-
roys and leggings in amiable accept-
ance of my rusticity - He had not la
years addressed me so pleasantly
- (TO BB CONTINUED)
tries to ring a hymn tune on a peal of
belli which la not provided with the
necessary accidental (He gives the
nearest match to the note that he has
In stock and I suppose he gets police-
protection on his way home from the
abominable work)' I want to get all
tbpse poets and tie them up together
in a churchyard I would then put
several shifts of good lusty campan-
ologists Into the belfry and pay tham
to keep those bells going tor the spaoe
of three days sad tl ree nights having
previously given anytime to get out
of ear-shot — Barry tain In Black and
White ’
College Girl
sort and If she could have reached it
on time she would have been all right
In her excited state of mind she got
into a saloon just oae door trim her
Intended hiding place' On discovering
her mlf take she rushed into the street
and Into the arms of the prof
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Anldn ths maqy storlprte! cftJ -Scottish
judr Lbrd Yonng U cae O
soclsted wlthr an -eTsetibe ln Ey
burgh when It -was announced tUi
Lord Wolmer had been returned hy a
majority of three votes' Later a ear ‘
rectlon made the majority ft) Ml
Save the names of two lords at ees-
slon who had voted for the successful
candidate Lord Young thereupon tw
marked:' "That accounts for the two
ciphers” - - - -
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Starches pat on the market 38 year
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jurious chemicals are omitted while
the addition of another Ingredient to - ?
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end smoothness never sp-
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‘ ’ Damage ' -
"Do 'you' believe that 'water la '
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Well” answered Mr Dustin Stax
"water In stocks combined with the
sunshine or publicity Is responsible
for a great many faded reputations”
—Washington Star -
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Starch yon can - launder your shirt-
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use a Starqh that does not stick to tbs
Iron ’ '
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six days" - - "
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