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Show i plan- tie There hie various things to The gen ju iiasnships. llenian of this lub sent ine the original ten of hearts, my preaewe being ueceskaiy at such big ennTtalnuiruis. And when I saw (hat card of yours, I was so happy that I nearly put you on your guard. Lord, how lung Ive I give you been looking for you! a clever rascal. You credit fur have fooled us all nicely. Not a soul among us knew your name, nor what you looked like. And but for STORY U-in- g HEARTS that rard, you might still be at large. Until the lady submits to the simple AND MASKS i By HAROLD MacGRATH AstkgrsT'TlM Mas an ths Boa." ale. With Drawings by Bairisan Fishsr L (MiniU, I M. I SuSM-Marn- Ua.1 CHAPTER VI. Continued. "What la it you thiuk I have done? il demanded. You have, or have had, aeveral .thouaand dollars worth of emus on your person I shrugged. The accusation waa ao impoaalble that my confldence re- turned. "Mr. Haggerty, you are making a stupid mistake. You are loving time, bealdea. I am not the man for whom (you are hunting. My name la Itlchard iComatalk." "One name or another, it does not matter. "Plenty of gall, murmured one of the mlnlona of the law, whom 1 learned waa the thief of the village police. "The card by which you gained admittance here, demanded the great Haggerty truculently. I surrendered It. A crowd had by thia time collected rurloualy about ua. 1 could aee the musicians on the stage peering over the plant a, "Tim thief you are looking for haa He eacaped by the gone," aald I. coal window." lly thla atatement my feet tank decier el ill. What did 1 tell you? cried Haggerty, turning to hla men. They had an accomplice bidden in (he cellars. 1 beg to Inform you that you are making a mlatake that will prcKcntly coat you dear," thinking of the i after-.war- process of Identification, I shall he compelled to look ujsn her an treat her as an accomplice. She has refused the offer I have made leer, and she ran not blame me If 1 am auspicious, when to be suspicious Is a part of my business.'' He waa reasonable enough In regard to the girl. Ha turned to the chief of the village police, who was sitting at tha desk ordinarily used by the dub steward. "No reporters, mind you." Well ace that no reYea, air. porter gets wlud of the capture. The telephone hell rang. One of the police answered IL For yon, Mr. Haggerty, he said. Haggerty sprang to the telephone and placed the receiver to hla ear. we heard him exclaim. What? You have got the other fellow? A horse and carriage at once! aald the chief ex"Take mine, citedly. "What is It. "My subordinate at the railway station baa Just landed the fellow with the Jewels. Mighty quick work. I must bustle in to town at once. Hamilton looked at the Blue "Madame, will you do me the honor to raise your mask?'' She did ao; and I saw HaiiiHtos diaw- In his breath. Her beauty was certainly of an exquisite pattern. He frowned anxiously. "I never saw this young women before," be admitted slowly. Ha!" cried the chief, glad to find euiie one "Did you receive your Invitation through the piojier channels?" asked Hamilton. "1 came heie coldly, "on the Invitation of Mrs. Hyphen-Bond- s who nailed for Kurope Wednesday. Here waa an alibi that waa an I was all at sea. alibi! Hamilton bowed; the chief coughed worriedly behind his hand. The girl had told me she was an Impostor like myself, that her ten of hearts was as as my own. 1 could sot head or tall to It. Mrs. Hyphen-Koiida- ! Fhc was a law In the land, especially In llJankbhlre, the larger liari of which ahe owned. What did It all mean? And what was her Idea in KMlug as an linpoator? The door aliened again. "The patrol haa come, aald the officer who entered. "l.iet It wait, growled the chief. Haggerty haa evidently got ua ail balled up. I don't believe his fashionable thief haa materialised at all; just a common crook. Well, he's got him, at any rate, and the gems. "You have, or course, the general Invitation? said Hamilton. "Here la It," and she pasaed the engraved card to him. t, dark-staine- d T will go, quietly. I objected. "Nonsense! "On my word of honor. I do not know this lady. Our presence In the cellar was perfectly harmless. There la no valid reason for detaining her. It la an out- rage!" "I am not going to stand here argusaid Hagerty. "Let ing with you the lady produce her card; let her disclose her Identity. That Is simple enough." 1 have already given you my determination on that subject, replied the girl. "I can very well explain my presence here, but I absolutely decline to explain It to the police. 1 didn't understand her at all. She had said that ahe possessed an alibi. Why dldit sho produce It? So the two of ua left the gorgeous . Every one moved aside for ns. and quickly, too, as If we had had the plague. I looked In vain for Hamilton. He was a friend In need. We were taken Into the steward's olfice and the door waa shut and locked. The band in the ball-roowent galand the loping through a two-alegaiety waa In full awing again. Tho thief had been rounded up! How the deuce wae It going to end? 'T can not tell you how sorry 1 am to have mixed you up in this, 1 said to the girl. Y'ou are In no manner to blame. Think of what might have happened ;had you blown up the She certainly was the least embar-- ! rawed of the two of us. 1 addressed next remark o- - the great llag- I my ball-room- posl-oKle- Rrly. "Did you find a suitable pistol In iFriard'sr "A man In my business, said llag-.gertmildly, "la often found In such y waa being The multi millionaire shaved. Aa he lay back In hla chair, looking upward, hla grave face gave the Impression that ha waa la deep study. Tha Road to Paaceful Valley. "Ah, whispered one of the barber I'll wager a dollar shop loiterers, against a toothpick that he la thinking of railroad mergers." No, said another, he la thinking bout bear raids In Wall street" Bet he la pondering over the re ate system, echoed a third. "I'll aak him. Walking over to the chair, he aald politely: "Beg your pardon, air, but to settle firm of Clyde an argument, would yon kindly tell ua A federal grand Jury la about to what mighty question you are studybegin an investigation of aeveral of ing over? the largest manufacturers of manlla The turned hla wrapping paper la the state of New lathered face around and smiled, "f York. was Just studying two files doing A serious fire which for a time handsprings on the celling, he., threatened to wipe out all the prop- chuckled, and the trio of guessers erty at Cape May Point, N. J., de- looked so sheepish they failed to hear stroyed a dozen bnlldlnga before It "Next when It waa called to them. waa gotten under control. William N. Cleveland, nephew of BABYS ITCHING HUMOR. Grover Cleveland, haa been sentenced, as a bridge trust Nothing Would Help Him Mother AlA bit of road that wanders by most In Despair Owes Quick agent to pay a fine of 500 and serve Beneath an amethystine eky. five days In the Toledo, Ohio, JalL And turning with nnmadlc skill. Cure to Cuticura. (Hides undulating down the hill! Cleveland la U1 at Then, crowding tlirouah the rocky ledge, "Several months ago, my little boy Lakewood, N. J., but the latest bulleHuns onward to the water's edgey 1 tins Issued would Indicate that there began to break out with Itching sores. follow II with spirits gay To catch the rivers roundelay! la no cauae for alarm, and that hla I doctored him, but as soon aa 1 got them healed up In one place they recovery la only a matter of time. Tleslde It grow the scented shrub, Ths numuridi din, the dwarfish scrub; Count Szechenyl and the counteaa, would break out in another. I waa banked with vine, I'pon the formerly Gladys Vanderbilt, had a almost In despair. I could not get The morning glory tendrils twins. a' anything that would help him. Then drowning On through the valley, wet with dew, narrow escape from A tiny rlMiou to the view. Vienna, when their boat capsized, I began to uae Cuticura Soap and CutiThe road Mils gayly past the rills they being forced to awlm to the cura Ointment, and after using them To loan 1 Heir among the hills! three times, the sores commenced to shore. Ah, narrow, rugged, beaten track Two prominent business men of heal. He la now well, and not a scar That strives In keep the verdure back, la left on hla body. They have never Milan, Mich, were imstnaly killed 1. too, would hiiineh myself a was automobile hen their struck And flimugti enchantment take my way! by returned nor left him with bad blood, On. on toward the perfect crest i passenger train while they were at aa one would think. Cuticura RemeWhere vuri colors blend the west tempting to cross the track near dies are the best I have ever tried, I. too, would lose myself by rills and I shall highly recommend them to Dearborn. the hills! Among everlasting on trial at Ottawa, any one who la suffering likewise. Frank Schneck, find showed the course for thee to run for murder of hla wife and Mrs. William Geedlng, 102 Washingthe (Cans., Toward the opalescent sun. ton SL, Attica, Ind., July 22, 1907. Through peace and gladness, birds and (vo children, at their home at on February 3, 1907, was song. Pants for the Orphans. lie hi Id thy lilting way along. of murder In the first defound guilty And where the wild forget-me-nThere la a praiseworthy custom In gree by the Jury. Is blooming, I would cast my lot. some families of sending all the Behind la only woe and care. The town of Cairo, 111., at the elecThe city's turmoil and despair! pants" that the boys have gone tion last week, decided against doswholly or In part, to the asythrough, Where nodding blush ing the saloons. At Thebes, where lum for orphans, and, as the orphans Amid the waving grasaea, lush, were victorious, the prohibitionists never mind a hole more or leBs, they Where shooting stars are peeking up which will be are six aaloona are there And marlgulds extend their cup. glad to get the garments. In one Where ferns are nodding In the breeie compelled to close their doors. families a few days ago ocof these And taaaels quiver In the trees. David Wetherbee, aged 75, hla wife, curred a little incident bearing on this I. loo, would trudge to Joy's abode aged 65, and their daughter were cre- laudable custom. Fred waa engaged Along the winding river road! mated, and Albert Lemm, the daugh In that extremely fascinating, but When man la hard and harsh and sad, tera husband, was probably fatally rather dangerous, a port of sliding A touch of nature makes him glad! burned In a fire that destroyed th down the banisters. A walk beside the singing atreain, Where aportlve minnows dart and gleam. Wetherbee home at Centerville, Pa "What are yon doing there, Fred? Will put a perfume In hla heart has been definitely decided that asked mamma. It And rase the worried worker's part the American fleet of battleships will Making panta for the poor little Ho let me lose myself by rills not call at any European port on its orphans, answered Fred. That babble to Ilia hills! way home, with the exception of cer o o o ' tain.. points In .the Mediterranean 8KIPPING IN THE JUNGLE. " Locating the Deity. ' ' to atop foi A small boy had been told that God where It will be necessary waa omnipresent, but could not sat- coal. Harry Thaw la to have a chance to isfy hla mind regarding the statement When the minister came for dinner. prove hla sanity, and will be taken Little Willie got him Into a corner and Into court in the near future and ex amlned by experts. If the court de naked: "Rev. Mr. Jones, la God every- ddea that he Is sane, the chances ot hla release In the near future arc where?" Willie very bright Certainly, anfrom Winnipeg A dispatch "la He tn this house? "Yea. nounces that while on their way tc "Is He In this room? the Peach river country,. Emil Cardi"Yea. nal, wife and child, were drowned in "la He down cellar? the Athabasca river. They were travAccounted For. "Certainly. eling on the Ice with a dog train and she turned to her husband Naturally "la He up stairs?" fell through. for Information. Yea. A baseball tossed by a boy struck "Why are so many of the police "la He In the attic? Mra. Catherine Murray of New York mentioned as s men? she Yea. over the heart death resulting a few asked. "Oh, what a atory! He ain't neither. hours later. An autopsy disclosed "I suppose, he answered, "that We ain't got no attic! the fact that Mra. Murray's heart had they're like the rest of ua. It takes all swollen to an abnormal size as a re their pay to keep their wives from be- - , o o o ult of the blow. s Fancies. women. PhiladelIng The Northern Pacific Railway com phia Ledger. la Getting engaged all right, but get ting married la a serious proposition. pany bn posted a bulletin offering a reward of 500 for the arrest and Even the vilest man will hesitate conviction of the bandits who at before teaching aln to an Innocent tempted to bold up the North Coast flfteec near Homeatake, Limited boy. mllea east of Butte. it it it My office boy la beginning to show son ot Bernard, the symptoms of hla grandmother's death. Bailey B. Nagal, president of the Batter up! Pennsylvania boiler works, and grandA ft son of T. M. Nagal, a You never feel ao kindly toward the died at Erie, Pa., on April 24, old sexton until a loved one Ilea In as the result of taking medicine prehla churchyard. scribed for hla mother, believing It ft ft ft to be candy. Many a young man who has sought Four men were killed, three seri- . -- ally so that assistance to na a hand fahaa weet heart's a gotten a ously injured and 100 others had a tune may be graJuaur dispensed iH thers foot. Instead. nasrow escape from death when an when it it It twlongrr needed a$thebestoj The man who haa not tried to better explosion occurred In Mine No. 1 of when required, areto assisl remedies, Colliers at company the world during hla residence on the Ellsworth Ellsworth, Pa. The dead are foreign- nature and not to supplant tbe iwtia earth has lived In vain. ers. Their bodies were mangled and M junctions, which Must depend ulti It it It Getting married didn't cure me of badly burned. ntQtefy upon propel nourishment Flores Ontaneda. a noted Ecuadowriting poetry. When the bllla began to come In, I had to write more than rean chemist, la dead a Guayqull, ever. Ecuador, from bubonic plague, which ft ft ft he contracted at the municipal laborDo you know, I have often thought atory while preparing Haffklnea prothat Adam must have had a terrible phylactic. Twenty new cases and nine MMuifairnl by Be time shaving himself with a clam deaths have occurred at Guayqull In week. the past shell! ft ft ft Experts of the water pollution comWhen you want an orange, do not mittee of the New York Merchants only 'pay the dago. Make faces at him and association declare that 7,650 deaths SOLD BY ALL LEADINC DRUGCIsr he will throw one at you. Many peo- annually from typhoid fever and kin- one sue only, regular price 504 nr Bottle ple go through life on thla same sys- dred diseases are directly attributtem, but aa a rule they get more rocks able to the common house fly, and war upon the house fly la to be waged than oranges. fr fr fr by the association. LIVE STOCK AND While I was In Baltimore recently, Louis Abrahams, president of the MISCELLANEOUS ' the barber aald he knew I was from diamond syndicate which controls 98 the west because I had my neck per cent of the diamond output of shaved. I quit having my neck shaved the world, says that there Is to be no I not because am Immediately shrinkage In the price of diamonds, ashamed of being from the west, bat despite the fact that there la now a IN GRBAT VARIETY because I can save five cents every marked decrease In the demand for FOlb SALS (AT time I get shaved and be more fash- the precious stones. . LOWEST PRICE! ST time. same This the at is the ionable Ford Warner, a member of the first time In my life that being In style house of delegates of SL Louis, has WESTEBN KEWSPAPEI UNION has paid me money. Comm City, MiMOurl been convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years' Imprisonment. Warner was convicted of having ac- h cepted a bribe of 1500 to Influence legislation permitting tha arection r WIDOWS- - N EW CAW obtained a garage bv a citizen. PENSIONS forty-sixt- h ship-builder- multi-millionair- e . Cen-tropol- ot apple-blosso- love-son- Idly. patrol arrives. Mind -- !' She did not reply. "You were with thla clever gentleman in the cellars. You may or may not be acquainted with him. 1 do nut wish to do anything hasty In regard to yourself, but your position la rather equivocal. Produce your card and be Identified If you really can. "I refuse! "Then I shall aak you to accompany us to the room up stairs till the police Nothing Very Serious In Hia Juat at That Moment. to-d- ltollt-Ica- them? d The aupreme court of Illinois haa declared that the new local option law passed last year la constitutional. annual convention The ot the National Educational association will be held In Cleveland, Ohio, June 29. The churchea of Burlington, N. J., have proposed a bar on the Merry Widow hats In the congregation during the service. By the discovery of two more bodies last week, the number of Uvea lost In the fire at Chelsea, Mass, la brought np to fifteen. The Russian government baa ordered five new warships, each one to be larger than the Dreadnought, from a THE GREAT MAN'S OCCUPATION. 1 pull my uncle had in New York. "I am the nephew of Daniel Witherspoon. Worae and worae! aald the chief of police, e "1 request Mr. Hamilton to be called. He will prove to you that you are greatly mistaken. Everything looked pretty black, I can tell you. "You will see whom you please, but only after you are Barely Innded la the Now, Madame," lockup. turning swiftly upon the Itlue Domino, "what Yoof part in thla line bnalnesa? "It certainly has no part In yours, Haggerty smiled. "My akin is very thick. Do you know this fellow? She shook her head. He stood undecided for a apace. "Let me aee your card. T decline to produce It, haughtily. Haggerty seemed staggered for a moment "I am sorry to annoy you, hut you must be Identified at once, "And why? Was It forproudly. bidden to go Into the club cellars for such harmless things as apples? Apples! 1 looked at her admiringly. "Apples? repeated Haggerty. "Couldn't you have sent a servant for NEWS SUMMARY Domi- no. What? We Heard Him Exclaim. I beg a thousand pardon! !" said There'll be plenty of time to attend to these iieraons. Bring them to town Hamilton humbly. Everything seems the moment the patrol arrives. The to have gone wrong. "Will you guarantee thin man? gema are the moat Important things asked the chief of Hamilton, nodding Just now. , "Yea, air. You can rely upon ua, toward me. "1 have aald ao. Mr. Cornstalk la Mr. Haggerty. Billy, go down with Mr. Haggerty and show him my rig. very well known to me. Ha la a re"Good! aald Haggerty. "It's been tired army offleer, and to my knowla flue night's work, my lads, a fine edge a man with an Income nuffldent I'll aee that all get to put him far beyound want. night's work. "What Is your name? asked the some credit Permit no one to apor the girl, acowling. It wan proach the prison era without proper chief quite he couldn't undentand her evident authority. "Your orders shall be obeyed to the actions any lxtfer than I. "Alice Hawthorne. with an oblique letter, said the chief importantly. He at me. glance already saw hla name figuring In the I had been right! New York papers as having assisted "What la your occupation? I am In the rapture of a great thief. to aak these questions, Mias. obliged A setsilence Haggerty departed. "I am a miniature painter, briefly. tled gloomily down on us. Quarter of Hamilton came forward. "Alice an hour passed. Tho police watched ua vigilantly. Half an Hawthorne? Pardon me, but an you an hour. Far the artist who recently completed the hour, away we heard the whistle of an out- miniature of the Emperor of Germany, going train. Would 1 had been on It! the Princess of Hesse, and Mra. From time to time we heard faint am. I believe there Is po furmusic. At length there was a noise outside the door, and a monment later ther reason for detaining me." Hamilton and two others came in. "Emperor of Germany echoed the When he saw me, he stopied, hla eyes now bewildered chief. "Why didnt you tell all thia to Mr. Haggerty? bulging and hla mouth agape. I had my reasons. Dicky Cornstalk? he cried helpOnce devil does thla the "What again the door opened. A burlessly. ly man In a dark business-sui- t mean?' turning to the police. entered. "Do you know thla fellow, Mr. Ham- His face was ruddy and his little grey eyes sparkled with suppressed lre. He ilton?' asked the chief. Know him? Of course I know reminded me of Vautrln, the only being that Vautrln was French him, answered Teddy; "and 111 stake whllo man was distinctly this hla on honesty. my last dollar Hla mnaalve shoulders betrayed Ugh. I to tre(Thanks, Teddy!) began mendous strength. He was breathe. vastly anHe went to gry about But- -" the began the chief, seized chlefa desksomething. and rested his hands with sudden misgivings. npon It is Impossible, I tell you," Inter"You are a nice tor a chief rupted Hamilton. 1 know thla gentle- of police, you are! specimen he began, man la incapable of tbo theft There "And who the devi! are Is some frightful mistake. How the bawled the chief, his eholer dickens did you get here, Dicky T rising Til tell you who I am present -And briefly I told him my atory, my We all eyed him In wonder. What ass's ears growing Inch by Inch as I waa going to happen now? went along. Hamilton didn't know llllt'lUfQ ii 1 whether to swear or to laugh; finally Hamilton?" asked the Bew-ohe laughed. gruffly. 'if you wanted to come, why didn't Hamilton signified that he was ' me Invitation? an for write you by that name. gentleman shouldn't have come to your old "Some ladles at your hall have boen ball, had I been Invited. It was Juat robbed of their diamonds I the Idea of the lark. aland? We shall have to hold him, neverten thousand, theless," said the chief, till every- w"About thing la cleared up. The girl To be Continued, grlm-visage- d three-quarter- i r i plain-clothe- plain-clothe- multi-millionair- e, SyrupffigsElixirtfSenm California Fig Syhup Co. Electrotypes |