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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH. UTAH MAMHGRAS MYSTERY P9 HBedfordxJones Illiuirations hi) Irwin Myers 4 Copyright by Doubleday , Page and Company . YOUNG MAILLARD!" SYNOPSIS. During the height of the New Orleans carnival season Jachin Fell, wealthy though somewhat mysterious citizen, and Dr. Ansley, are discussing a series of robberies by an individual known as the Midnight Masquer, who, invariably attired as an aviator, has long defied the police. Joseph Mail-larwealthy banker, is giving a ball that night,' at which the Masquer has threatened to appear and rob the guests. Kell and Ansley, on their way to the affair, meet a girl dressed as Columbine, seemingly known to Fell, but masked, who accompanies them - to the ball. Duels Ledanois, recently the ward of her uncle, Joseph Maillard. is the Columbine. At the ball. Dob Maillard, son of the banker, again proposes to her and Is refused. He offers to buy some of her property. A Franciscan monk interests her. He turns out to be Prin e Gramont. In his library Joseph Maillard and a group of his friends are held up and robbed by the Midnight Masquer. Lucie Ledanois, the last of an old family, is in straitened circumstances. Joseph Malllard's handling of her funds has been unfortunate. Fell Is an old friend of her parents and deeply interested in the girl. Henry Gramont, really the Prince de Gramont, is enamored of Lucie. Lucie talks with Fell about her affairs and the Masked Gramont's chauffeur, Masquer. Hammond, sergeant In the A. E. F., lives with him. He was the original Midnight Masquer, and Gramont had assumed the rote. Where Hammond had been a robber for financial gain, Gramont, of course. Is not. He arranges to return the loot to those whom he has robbed. d, i Sure, Ill be writing some notes to go Inside. Gramont went to a buhl writing desk in the corner of the room, and sat down. He took out his notebook, tore off several sheets, and from his pocket produced a pencil having an extremely hard lead. He wrote a number of notes, which, except for the addresses, were Identical In content : Dear Sir: I inclose herewith certain jewelry and articles, also currency, recently obtained by pte under your kind auspices. I trust that you will assume the these of responsibility returning things to the various guests who lost them while under your roof. I regret any discomfort occasioned by my taking them as a loan, which I now return. Please convey to the several owners my profound esteem and ray assurance that I shall not in future appear to trouble anyone, the carnival season having come to an end, and with it my little Jest. THE MIDNIGHT MASQUER." Gathering up these notes in his hand, Gramont went to the fireplace. He tossed the pencil into the fire, following it with the notebook. Cant take chances with that man All ready, serFell, lie explained, geant. Let's go down the list one by -- . . one. From the trunk Hammond produced ticketed packages, which he placed on the table. Gramont selected one, opened It, carefully packed the contents in one of the boxes, placed the proper addressed note, on top, and CHAPTER V Continued. handed It to the chauffeur, Wrap It up and address it. Give Well. I was followed today; at the return address of John Smith, least, I think I was. And let me tell Bayou Teche. One by one they went through the you something about that same quiet little man ! His name is Jachin Fell. packages of loot in the same manner. Ileluva name," commented Ham- Before them on the table, as they mond. and wrinkled up his brow. worked, glittered little heaps of rings, Jachin, huh? Seems like Ive heard brooches, watches, currency; Jewels the name before. Out o the Bible, r aint It? Something about Jachin and , 1 Boar.? I Imagine so. Gramont smiled as This chap Fell Is sharp, confoundedly sharp I he went on, while the chauffeur listened with frowning intentness. I think that he is on to me, and is trying to get the lie replied. goods on me." And someOh ! said Hammond. one was trailin you? Think he's put the bulls wise? Gramont shrugged his shoulders. I He almost caught me last night. Well have to get rid of that aviators suit at once, and of the loot also. I suppose youve reconciled yourself to returning the stuff? Hammond stirred uneasily, and laid down his pipe. "Look here, capn, he said, earnestly. "I wasnt runnin a holdup game because I liked it, and I wasn't doing it for the fun of the tiling, like you are. I was dead broke, I hadn't any hope left, and I didnt care a d n whether I lived or died thats on the dead! Bight there, you come along tnd picked me up. You give me a job. Whats more, ouve treated me white, capn. Youve ;!ven me something decent to live for to make good because you got some faith in me! Why, whpn you went out on that first job of ours, dyou know it like to broke me up? ' It did. Only, when we got home that night and you said it was all a joke, and youd send back the loot later on, then I began to feel better about it. Gramont nodded in comprehension of the others feeling. Its not been altogether a joke, sergeant, he said, gravely. To tell the truth, I did start it as a Joke, but soon afterward I learned something that led i me to keep It up. I kept it up until I could hit the Maillard house. It was my Intention to turn up at jthe Cntnus there hall, on Tuesday night, an make public restitution of the stuff but that's impossible now. I dare not Fell is too smart." risk it ! That Youre not goin to pull the trick again, then?" queried Hammond, ea- dont know. ' ' gerly. No. ' Im through. Ive got what I wanted. Still, I dont wish to return the ' stuff before Wednesday Ash Wednesday, the end of the carnival season. Suppose you get out the loot and find me some boxes. And be sure they have no name on them or any store labels. Hammond leaped up.aiid vanished in the room adjoining. Presently he returned, bearing several cardboard boxes, which he dumped on the center table- - "Im blamed glad youre done, he uttered, fervently, believe me! Fars Im glancing up at Gramont. concerned I dont care much,' but Id sure hate to see the bulls turn in a Here we arc. guy like you, capn. Want me to keep each bunch separate, dont you? All Wasted that flashed the Whole Murmured. Effort!" He Those papers, sergeant I To get them. Ive been playing the whole game. To get them and not to let their owner suspect that I was after them I Now theyre going back to their owner. Whos he? demanded Hammond. Young Maillard son of the banker. He roped me into an oil company; caught. me, tike a sucker, almost the first week I was here. I 'put pretty near my whole wad into that company of his. You mean he stung you? Not yet. Gramont smiled coldly, harshly, I fell right enough but Ill come out on top of the heap. The other frowned. I dont get you, capn. Some kind o stock deal? Gramont paused, and Yes, and no. seemed to choose his words with care. Miss Ledanois, the lady who was driving with us this afternoon, is an old friend of mine. Ive known for some time that somebody was fleecing her. I suspected that it was Maillard the elder, for he has had the handling of her affairs for some time past. Now, however, those papers have given me the truth. He was straight enough with her; his son was the man. He worked on his father, made his father sell land owned by Miss Ledanois, and he himself reaped the profits. There are notes and stock Issues among those papers that give his whole game away, to my eyes. By the, way, get that tin box out of my trunk, will you? I want to take my stock certificates with me in the morning, and must not forget them. . Hammond disappeared into the adjoining room. Gramont sat gazing at the boxes before him. He shook his head gloomily, and his eyes clouded. All wasted the whole effort! he murmured. I thought It might lead to something, but all It has given me is the reward of saving myself and possibly retrieving Lucie. As for the larger game, the bigger quarry its all wasted. I havent unraveled a single thread ; the first real clue came to me tonight, purely by accident Memphis Izzy Gumbertsl Thats the lead to follow! Ill get rid of this Midnight Mnsquer foolishness and go after the real game. Gramont was to discover that It is not nearly so easy to be rid of folly as It is to don the jesters cap and bells; a fact which one Simplicissimus had discovered to his sorrow - three hundred years earlier. But, as Gramont was not versed in the line of literature, he yet had the discovery ahead of him. Hammond the room with the tin box, from which Gramont took his stock certificates issued fy Bob Malllards oil company. He pocketed the shares. Ill go to Maillard the banker Joseph Maillard first thipg In the morning, and offer him my stock. Hell be mighty glad to get it at a discount, knowing that It is in his son's company.' You see, the son doesnt confide In, the old man particularly. Ill let the father win a little money on the deal with me, and by doing this Ill manage to save the greater part of my investment Hammond exHoly mackerel ! ploded in a burst of laughter as he Say, if this ain't caught the Idea. the richest thing ever pulled I When the, crash comes, the fancy kid will be stinging his dad good and hard, eh? Exactly; and I think his dad can afford to be stung much better than I can, agreed Gramont, cheerfully. Now lets take those packages and stow them away In the luggage compartment of the car. I'm getting nervous, at the thought of having them around here, and theyll be persafer fectly safe there overnight there than here, in fact. Tomorrow you can take the car out of town and send tiie packages by parcels post from some small town. In that way they ought to be delivered here on Wednesday. You'd better wear one of my suits,' leaving your chi uffeurs outfit here, and dont halt the mr In front of the post office ' where you mail the packages I get you, assented Hammond, But what' about them aviasagely. tors clothes? Take them with you better get them wrapped up here and now. You can toss them into a ditch anywhere. Hammond obeyed. Ten minutes afterward the two men left the room, carrying the packages of loot and the bundle containing the aviators uniform. They descended to the courtyard In the rear of the house. Here was a small garden, with a fountain in its center. Behind this we:e the stables, which had long been dis ised as such, and which were now occupied only by the car of Gramont. It was with undisguised relief that Gramont now saw tire stuff actually out of the house. Within the last few hours he had become intensely afraid of Jachin Fell. Concentrating himself upon the man. picking up information guardedly, he had that day assimilated many small' items which increased his sense of peril from that quarter Straws, no more, but quite significant straws. Gramont realized clearly that If the police ever searched his rooms and found this loot, he would be .lost. There could be no excuse that would hold water for a minute against such evidence. ' garishly with colored historic and famous jewels plucked from the aristocratic heart of tlie southland, heirlooms of a past generation side by side with' platinum crudities of the present fnshion. There had been heartburnings in the loss of these tilings, Gramont knew. He could picture to himself something of what had followed his robberies: family quarrels, new 'purchases in the gem marts, bitter reproaches. fresh mortgages on old heritages, vexations of wealthy dowagers, shrugs of unconcern by the nouvenx; riches ; perchance lives altered divorces Theres a lot of human life behind these baubles, sergeant, he reflected aloud, a cold smile upon his lips as When they come back to he worked. tlielr owners, Id like to be hovering around in an invisible mantle to watch results! Could we only know it, were .probably affecting the lives of a great many people for good and ill. These things stand for money ; and theres nothing like money, or the lack of it, i to guide the destinies of people. said it. You and Hammond Im here to prove it, aint gninned. I? I aint pulling no more gunplay, Seen anything of an avianow I got me a steady job. tors helmet around here?" And a steady friend, old man. Did it occur to you Added Gramont. that maybe I was as much in need of (TO BE CONTINUED.) friend as you were? He had come to the last box, now. Conscious Rectitude. that which must go to Joseph Mnil-iarPussywillow Im the cat that brings On top of the money and scarf-pin- s the birds. New York Herald'. which he placed in the box he A wife Is seldom jealous of her hus laid a thin pneket of papers. He band's first love altei meeting her. tapped them with his finger. fires, 0 IT o The Economy B&E&QRKIa PdD RfUBEIIR Thats What Millions 08 Housewives Do They know that Good Baking Powder cant be sold for less; that More for the Money means bake day failures, waste of time and money; that Calumet is pure and sure. -- BEST BY TEST The Worlds Greatest Baking Powder HOW BOOKS ARE DISINFECTED Method Employed in France Is Said Be the Most Successful Yet Devised. SUBJECT DECLARED HIMSELF AT ONCE Showed He Knew New Yorker Saw Fearsome Possibility of Near Future and Gave Wife Due Warning. HIS STUDIED to Little Bobbys Essay The danger of contagion from books been in the hands of persons suffering from various diseases has led to the invention of methods of disinfecting, of which none appears to he more effective than that devised by a member of the municipal council of Paris. ' This process consists of two features. In the first place, the books are placed in a beater, where a strong current of air opens every leaf, and an aspirator sucks out the dust and deposits it in aseptic water. Then they are suspended in a disinfector, the covers being bent bnck and held by clips, so that the leaves are widely opened, and placed over a heater, which for a long time subjects them to a temperature of 167 degrees Fahrenheit. The paper Is not damnged, and the efficiency- of the process Is said to be well demonstrated. that have HAD Practically All There Was to Know About Doors. Little Bobby Jones was told to write an essay on Door, and the effort which he sent In was as follows: Most houses have all the doors that they need, and no house Is complete without at least one. The two main differences between a door and a gate is: first, their opposite location; and, second, that people have much less respect for a gate, and would rather kick it than knock on it. But a gate is more useful than a door because it does everything that a door can do, and, besides that, it can be climbed over, and often is. The door handle is a small but Important part of the door which people never appreciate until it comes off. . Most people never notice the door handle unless it Is brought to their notice on account of having jam spread all over it. Doors are great things to give people privacy, and would give them still more if it wasnt for the keyholes. Exchange. Roll Butter. The' young housekeeper who told At the Womens Club. the fishman that she wanted some eels and when he asked her how "That was an. awfully good speech much, replied About two yards and a Mrs. Blakeley made. Still, my dear, a woman who so half, has a rival in a Baltimore woman. obviously makes her own hats could I wish to get some butter, please, never convince me of anything. she said to the dealer. Life. Boll butter, maam? he asked, politely. Taking life too seriously Is a beNo ; we wish to eat it on toast. We lief tlint others shouldnt be allowed seldom have rolls. to guide their own souls. Visitors to Central park the other day saw a new angle of the family pet out for an airing, reports the New York correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. A young woman was out with her variegated parrot. The bird stalked majestically about the lawn, but quickly came back and perched on the young womans finger whenever she called. His comings and goings to and from the finger gave the parrot Its prescribed exercise, whether it wanted It or not. The young woman didnt seem to mind the crowd that gathered about to In fact she seemed rather proud of the attention she and the bird were attracting. Jiggers, whose family pet Is a dog, happened along with his wife and stopped to look. I suppose the next thing, he remarked to his wife, will be that Im to take the canary up to the park for a walk. Right here I announce the answer : Nothing doing ! In Generous Mood. First Workingman What sort of a job have you got now? Second Workingman Oh, I collect alms on the Putreaux bridge, between midnight and 1 oclock in the morning. First Workingman Are the people particularly generous there at that hour? Second Yes. 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