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Show A f 1 e am THE GUNNUON GAZETTE, GUNNISON. UTAH which ! bad tecs U kl Uriels coxy litU rvorn up st lUnnoch-- I recollected that sh bad told me tbs name of tbe original wae Elm Heath, and tbat abe had been a school-felloof bert St CfaU'beeter. There-forI Inquired of tbe photographer's lady clerk whether tbe could empty me with a prlut of the orgatlv LE For a considerable time ahe searched lu her book for (be name, and at last rrrdock, discovered 1L Then she laid: cant give you "I regret, air, that a print, for the customer purchased ro the negative at th time." Ab, Im very torry for that," I said ud It?" To what addree did uu The customer who ordered U loangta at tha farthr end. removed apparently a foreigner," she tald. at hit bowler hat and ordered from th the same time turning round the ledger oo that 1 could read, and I aaw that proprietor a chop and a pot of lea. De Elma th eutry was: "Heath Then, taking n newspaper from hi three dozen cabinet and negative. pocket, he settled himself to read, apAdJre: Heron Xavier Cberg, Vos- parently oblivious to bis surrounding. And yet as I watched I saw that over neseuskl Fro peel li, Pi Petersburg. tha top of his paper ha wa carefully Russia." Who was this Heron Olrg? Tbe taking In lha general appearance of tha placa, aod hi ayes were keenly name was German undoubtedly, yet be lived In tbe Russian capital From following tha Russian's movement So deep was hla Interest In lb pise London to St. Petersburg Is a far cry. and so keen l ho dark eyes of bis, yet I reeolved If It were necessary I that lha truth suddenly dawned upon would travel there and Investigate. Wo. Msckeml bad telegraphed to At the German euibaesy, In the CarlScotland Yard and tha customer sluing ton lloue Terrace. I found my friend. there was a detecUv who had come Captain Nleberdlng, tbe second to Investigate. I bad advanced to the of whom I Inquired whether He started suddenly and looked at tbe name of Haron counter to chat .again with the proprieOherg wae known, tor when a quirk step behind me me, but having referred to a number of I have heard of hltu." he answered caused me to turn e liGerman bocks In his evcellc-nrBefore me stood the slim hgure of a very lamely. me told and he that returned brary, "And of hi daughter Muriel?" man In n straw bat and rather seedy the name did not appear In the lute of Hut I am not ac- tbe German And also of black Jacket. nobility. "Dio Signor I'adrone!" be crl d quainted with them nor, to tell the "He may be Russian Polish, most I I staggered as though I had received wish he" lo truth, do HU probably," added the captain. a blow. "Win? was that It was not n German opinion Olinto Santlnl In tbe flcb, smlllug "(levause they are enemies of mine name, for th-- r was a little place and well, stood thcr before me! bitter enemies." called Obcrg. be said, on the rallwav His declaration was strange, for It between Iznlx and Lowicx threw some light upon the tragedy in CHAPTER VIII. Next day I ran down lo Chichester, Rannoch wood and after some difficulty found the . Counter-Claimalso?" "And of your wife, Lifes for Indies, a big Cheverton I do not know No word of mine can express my abthat, he respond- old fashionedCollvge house about half a mile are enemies I ed solute and abject amazement when "My nty .wifes also, I cut of the town of the Drayton road. faced the man. whom I bad seen ly- I UppOM ! was eridiull) a flrst-- ! seminary ! The me told not You the secret of have cold and dead upon that gray stone ing one. fur when I entered I noslab In the mortuary of Dumfries. that dastardly attempt uion me when ) class ticed ho w!l cv ruling was kept My eye caught the customer who. we last met." I said In a low voice, j To the 1 Ipul. an, elibrly lady of prim me the truth? suielv on tbe entry of Olinto. bad dropped 'Why not tell I said: hi paper and sat staring at bim In ought to know who my enemies really somewhat severe aspect, trouble "I madum. to h you. to warned so ss regret, wonderment against any Tbe detective bad evi- are, but I am In search of information you dently been furnished ith a photo- future plot." It with regard to a some day. signore. can supply. "You shall graph of tbe dead man. and no', like certain Elma Heath whom you had as myself, discovered bim alive and liv- I dare not tell you now." "You said that before." 1 exclaimed pupil here, and who left, I believe, ing. Her parents If you are about two years ago. Signor Tad rone!" cried the man with dissatisfaction. lived In Durham. There baa been some whose appearance was so absolutely little frlcliou In the family, and I am How did you And me bewildering. ' cf a not her making Inquiries on here? I admit that I deceived you branch of ft an aunt who desires to when I told you I worked at tbe Miascertain the girls whereabouts." lano. he went on rapidly In Italian. Hut It was under compulsion my acAh, 1 regret, sir, that I cannot tell tions flint night were not my own you that The baron, her uncle, came but those of others. here one day and look her away sudYes, 1 understand." I said. Rut denly abroad, I think. come out Into the street 1 dont wish Had she no school friends lo whom to speak before these people. Your she would probabl" write? padrone know a Italian, no doubt." And There was a gill named who was her turning with a smile to the Pole. I Muriel apologized for taking away bis servfriend, but who has also left." ant for a few minutes. Girls "And no one else? 4 asked. And when we were outside, Olinto often write lo each other aftef leavwalking by my side In wonderment. ing school, uni 11 they get married, I asked suddenly: and then the correspondence usually Tell mo. Have you ever been In ceases. Scotland r.t Dumfries?" The principal was silent and reflecNever, eignor. In my lire. Why?" tive. "Answer me another question." I "Well," she said at last, there was said quickly. "You married Armlda another pupil who was also on friendly at the Italian consulate. terms with Elma a girl named Lydia Where is she now where is she this mornShe may have written to Moreton. If you really desire to know, her. ing? He turned tale, and I saw a comsir, I dare say I could find her address. She left ub about nine months plete change In i:ts countenance. after Elma." 1 Ah, signore!" be responded. "1 should esteem it a great favor If only wish I could tell." I cast no reflection whatever would give me that young lady's you upon address," I said, whereupon she unyou, Oitnto; I Lave merely inquired locked a drawer In her writing-tablafter' your wife, and you do not give and took therefrom a thick, leather-bounme a direct reply." book which she consulted for a We had walked to the Royal Oak. few minutes, at last exclaiming: and stood talking on the curb outside. I give you "Yes, here it is Lydia Moreton, no reply, because I daughter of Sir Hamilton Moreton, cant," be said in Italian. "Armida K. C. M. G., Whiston Grange, Doncasmy poor Armida has left home. ter. Why did you tell me such a tale of Olinto Santini in the Flesh, Smiling And with that 1 took rny leave, distress regarding her?" and Well, Stood There Befort Me. her, and returned to Lon1 thanking As have already explained, sigto don. nore, 1 was not then master of my faithful to tne, you ought pt least tell me the reason they wished to kill Could Lydia Moreton furnish any I was ruled own actions. by others. me In secret. If so, I might find this information? But I saved your life at risk of my "Because they fear you. was his an- girl whose photograph had aroused the own. Some day, when.it is safe, I swer. irate jealousy of the mysterious unwill reveal to you everything." should they fear me? "Why known. Let us allow the past to remain, But he shrugged his shoulders, and The ten oclock Edinburgh express I said. Where is your wife now? made a gesture with his hands indica- from King's Cross next morning took He hesitated' a moment, looking tive of utter ignorance. me up to Doncaster, and hiring a musty 1 straight into my face. ask you one question. Answer old fly at the station, I drove three The truth Is, Signor Commenda-tore- , yes or no. Is the man Leithcourt my miles out of the town on the Rotherthat my wife has mysteriously enemy? ham road, finding Whiston Grange to disappeared. Last Saturday at eleven The young Italian paused, and then be a fine old Elizabethan mansion in oclock she was talking over the gar- answered: the center of a great park, with tall den wall with a neighbor, and was "He is not your friend. 1 am quite old twisted chimneys, and beautifully then dressed to go out. She apparent- well aware of that. I have known kept gardens. ly w'ent out, but from that moment no bim several years. When we first When I descended at the door and one has seen or heard of her. met he was poor. the footman was not aware rang, It was on the tip of my tongue to Suddenly became rich eh?" whether Miss Lydia was in. He looked tell him the ghastly truth, yet so I Bought a fine house in the country: at me somewhat suspiciously, strange was the circumstance that his lives mostly at the Carlton when he thought, until I gave him my card and own double, even to the mole upon his and his wife and daughter are in 1 Impressed upon him meaningly that face, should be lying dead and buried London although i believe they now had come from London purposely to in Scotland that I hesitated to relate have a house somewhere in the West see his young mistress upon a very imwhat 1 knew. end and he often makes long cruises portant matter. She spoke English, I suppose? in his steam yacht. Tell her," I said, that I wish to see She could make herself understood And how did he make his money? her regarding her friend. Miss Elma very well, be said with a sigh, and I Again Olinto elevated his shoulders Heath." saw a heavy, thoughtful look upon his without replying. Miss Elma Eath. repeated the brow. That he was really devoted to He walked with me as far as the man. "Very well, sir. Will you walk her, I knew. With the lialian' of end of Bishop's road, endeavoring with this way?" whatever station in life, love is I fqllowed him across the bg old all the Italians exquisite diplomacy it is either ptfect love to obtain from me what I knew conhall, filled with trophies or genuine hatred. The Tuscan char- cerning the Leithc-ourts- . But I told of the chase and arms of the civil acter is one of two extremes. him nothing, nor did I rcvczl that I wars. 1p.-- a small paneled room on I glanced across the road, and saw had only that morning returned from the left, the deep-se- t window with its that the detective who had ordered Scotland. Then at last we parted, and diamond panes giving out upon the old his chop and coffee had stopped to he retraced his steps to the little res- bowling-greeand the flower garden light his pipe and was watching us. taurant in Westbourne Grove, while I beyond. Btit why havent you told the 'po- entered a hansom" and drove to the Presently the door opened, and a lice ? girl in white entered photographers in New tall, dark-haireI prefer to make inquiries for myBond street, whose name had been with an inquiring expression npon her self. upon the torn photograph of the young face as she halted and bowed to me. And in what have your inquiries re- girl in the white pique blouse and her Miss Lydia Moreton, I believe? I sulted? hair fastened with a bow of ribbon. commenced, and as she replied in the he the picture that I had found on board affirmative, I went on: "I have first Nothing absolutely nothing, said gravely. the Lola on that memorable night in to apologize for coming to you. but You do not suspect any plot? I the Mediterranean, and a duplicate of Miss Sothebv. tbe principal of the SPY The Tlysfery of a 5ilenf Love Chevalier WILLlAfl : 4 (J Trx acorp Aimion ILLUSTRATIONS fxrKr ar rr fuur w w iff w w SYNOPSIS. n I ! Onrta llmf la elM Iturnbr, Ito m ( Uto'swn4on,r, Ml Mil Wd timing tlur4 WH rrv 11,11.41 wrUwliily tluirr, tum (bui4Ti(in if JH1UB4 1M WitM IM imiwJI mmtm to hibM. Til ton wmmm I'-r- a4 mw ut ri to lali'i 'apt Jin liunluH hta It.miVf pUk to M a frw4 . ml Uw 1 e4 fcirtMi Mil Itom nwi(hi liunfuN ml omi Mill M I hi nriw; nmj. 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I found, situated about half ay ap West bourn Orov. nearly oppo-al- i Whllelny'a. It aa noon oiler nine aclock when 1 entered Ibc long shop with ita ro a of marble-loppetable and greaay lounge of red pluah. An unhealthy-lookinaa aneeplng lad out the place !th net sawdust. and a man In big. dark bearded, flabby-faceahirt aWve aiood behind the small counter pollahlng tome fork "I wish to e Signor Ferrari," I aald. addrcaalng him. There la no Ferrari, he la dead," the man In broken English. My name la Odlnzcff. I bought the place from madame." I hare come lo Inquire after a waiter you bare In your service. an Italian named Santlnl. He was my eenrant for aome year, and I naturally take an Interest in him." "Santlnl? he repeated. Oh. you mean Olinto? He la not here yet. He cornea at ten o'clock." This reply surprised me. . I had expected the restaurant keeper to express regret at his disappearance, yet he spoke as though he bad been at work as usual on the previous day. "You find Olinto a good servant, I suppose? I said, for want of something else to say. Excellent. The Italians are the best waiters In the world. I am Russian, but I dare not employ a Russian waiter. These English would not come to my shop if I did. How long has Olinto been with you? I Inquired. "About a year perhaps a little more. I trust him Implicitly, and I leave him in charge when I go away for holidays. He does not get along very well with the cook who is Milanese. These Italians from different provinces always quarrel, he added, If you live in Italy you laughing. know that, no doubt. I laughed in chorus and then, glancing at my watch, said: "Ill wait for him, if he will be here at ten. Id much like to see him again. The Russian was by no means nonplused, but merely remarked: He is late sometimes, but not often. He lives on the other side of London over at Camberwell." Suddenly a 6ide door opened and the cook put his head in to speak with his master in French. He was a typical Italian, about forty, with dark mustaches turned upwards, and an easygoing, careless manner. Seeing me, however and believing me to be a customer, he turned and closed the door quickly. In that instant I noticed the high broadness of his shoulders, and his back struck me as strangely simi lar to that of the man in brown whom we had seen disappearing in Rannoch n wood. The suspicion held me breathless. Presently Odinzoff went outside, carrying with him two boards upon which the menu of the Eightpenny Lunchwas written in eon! This Day! acrawly characters, and proceeded to affix them to tbe shop front. This was my opportunity, and quick as thought I moved towards where the unhealthy youth was at work, and whispered : if Ill give you youll answer my questions truthfully. Now, tell me, was the cook, the man Ive just seen, here yesterday? Emilio? Yes, siT. Was he here the day before? No, sir. Hes been away ill for four days." And your master? I had no time to put any further at question, for the Russian that moment, and the youth busied himself rubbing the front of the counter in pretense that I had not spoken to him.' Indeed, I had some difficulty in slipping the promised coin into his hand at a moment when bis master was not looking. While I stood there a rather thin, respectably dressed man entered and seated himself upon one of the plush . QUEUX recollect that night ta Lambeth yea told Ui you bad eueuilee?" o I h Ab! signore tad so Lavs you!" be eicialuied hoarsely. Ye toy poor Armida may bas beo entrapped by tbwu." And It entrapped, ebat then?" They would kill bof eltb as little ooiupuncUua as they would a fly." be o!d. Ah! you do not know the rollousuees of those people. 1 only hope and pray that ah may bate escaped and is la biding eomewbert, and win arrive unexpectedly and give me a startling surprise bits dyglte lu startling me," be added with a laugh, Then you tblnk she must have been called a ay from bom by some urgent message?" I auggvated manner In which she left Uy th thing It seemed ss though she went There were five sovaay hurriedly. a lu that we had drawer ereign saved for the rent, and abe took them wlih her" I pausml. hesitating whether to tell him the terrible truth. I recollected that the body had disappeared, therefore what proof had I of my allegation that she had been murdered? Tell me, Olinto," I aald as we moved forward again In tbe direction of Paddington stailon. have you any knowledge of a man named Leith-court- e !(. e d bcrT "It was auptuvaed that her people at Durham did not exist." she explalntd Elm bad evidently lived a gTealer part of her life abroad, for she ctmld apeak French and Italian belter than the prolesaor himself, and therefor alav won the prize Tbe class re volied, and then she did not compete any more. Yet six never told u of where she had lived when a child. 8h came from Durham, she said that was all." You had a letter from her after the baron tame and took her away? "Three or four, I think. They wer from all from places abroad. One Vienna, one was from Milan, aud on from some place with on unpronounew able name In Hungary. The "Ye the lat!" I gasped eagerly, lie h-- lari" terrupllng RECLUSE IS n well-know- n d I .bM, n. e BREEDING fOR MILK SUPPLY Br4 Improve the Thing for Which They Are Selected Germany in Yield. Maeet Inc' tatlln urd work Theft-lur- rl.iefly for brv It the cows did mt e Breed Improve th tl. m h tti)Sk . If Ihlnye lor wllth Ibey art srlntlt-da w were Cowe ued for MepUdJt-rshoo'd (y ibid ( ton hat tl.r-n- i feel hich lu I T AO it work etiw of Germany of a plot aod a half 4 pate an ! loti-res- t In Mi'k Inrrravrd. and er y yield was a quart b) lri" Iht and a ha.f I'rerdln went on milk-warand In 18!6 lb German coa . trrap. d two quart of Milk e h In DCO threw. In IfclO four aod any ihtro tl. pain slopped for SO year. (.vn srU av-ap- d. IT"'"' S I ' ki i-- J 0 m t ti i Y4 k , r t , ( -- V d. k j i'-- 'TYr-- jl .. : i l , A PHILOSOPHER ... , V i f , t . W v d n A r ,;x ' V f d D ro.VTINl'Kn t Negro Found Living in Cave Near Santa Barbara. Cal.. Telia Soma Plasn Truth. i d JL b-- (TO UK kw e v ft" , sec-reiar- si Cdjrr? j deep-rooir- ? . ! school at CLictoater. fefrrred n-- ts you for lefuru.iioo os to the whrrbouU of Wise Elms Heath. b. I believe, was one of your moot tnu n.at friend at school " And I added "I am try In on behalf a lie, of aa aunt of ter U 4icvver her" "Well." responded lb girl "I Lev tie's In ker only on or two IrUei uncles bndo, I believe, and t aooT lr ker write, poor firl the dreaded Laving Ua" Why?" Ab! she aould never tie had aome terror of ker anti Heron Ubrrg, who lived In tl Ietera-burgand who cam over at Umg lair val to 4 e her. Hut possibly you know bole tur 7" th "I know nothing." I cried eagerly "You will b furthering ber lniereu a well a doing tne a great personal 111 tell me what you favor. If you know." b answered, It I very Hule," I lb back edge of th again leaning table and regarding me seriously Poor Elma! Her upl treated her very badly ludeed. They sent her no money, aud allowed her no holiday and yet sh was lb sweet! Irmt-ereand most patient girl to th whole school," Well and ih story regarding 1 "There rich living In garbage." ays Orrln Swift, negro recluse, who Devon Cow ba juat come Into publicity through the lodgment of a complalut question- Hut In 18h0 th proriiirllon had Ining hla sanity, reports a dispatch from creased to nil quarts, and by 1870 to He bus for SO Santa Harhura, Gul. cave on tbe eight In lived a little year 1 he breeders of th Dotting bora mountainside, between Rlucou and found It tremendously bard to make Ventura. their steeds go any faster aflor the When the officers went out to In- 2:10 mark was readied, and it took vestigate they found hlui curled up In years and years to get below two mina corner of the cave sleeping the utes and at shout the The place was lit- mnrk lu all morning away. probability tlxe record will tered with tin cans. When aroused always stand. So with the milch cows, Swift greeted bis visitors cordially and as the yield Increased it grew more explained to them bis mode cf life difficult to breed record breakers, or to and the reason therefor. belter the average; but now the averantwo-minut- Civilization," he said, "Is only other evidence of how slavery cun bo lifted up and made possibly more refined outwardly. The man who works for bis living is nothing more or less than a slave. He is a slave to the whim of his employer, who may discharge him Just like that," and the nesro snapped his finger. If a man has an income today he The may not have one tomorrow. consequence is that both the man who toils for an employer and the man who draws his Income are slaves to worry, neither of them knowing the peace and happiness that comes with the quiet life. Men would live forever if It were not for worry. Thats the most subtle destroyer the human family Is prey to, for It leads to all other ailments whose windup is death. "Here I amv living contented. No one can demand rent or taxes, and 1 find yiy living in the garbage on the town dump, many fine morsels being left in cans and otherwise thrown away. Theres rich living in garbage." The mans talk was rational, though strange, and his conduct was quiet. Therefore, the officers left him to bis lonely life. There Is a whole lot of genuine said the truth in his philosophy, Men die from worry and sheriff. what comes in its train, and the race will die more rapidly as it advances in civilization, for the burden of taxation grows apace." Built-I- n Oil Paintings. a rule oil paintings are not strikingly successful In the average house. They do not harmonize with either water colors, blacks and whites or brown photographs and if hung in the same room need a wall space to themselves. Often, too, the color of the wall is not a good background for an oil. A delightful disposition for a low sort of a figure study is to leave It unframed and fit It in to the central space of the wooden chimney piece. The picture, thus made a part of the structure of the room, and surrounded by dark wood, has a dignity and value which it would never achieve in a gold frame and hanging on a wall. As of Fly. has made many experiments with various insects, such as caterpillars, fleas, butterflies and flies, which show how extraordinarily Strength An Englishman strong these insects are A bluebottle fly weighing of ao ounce was hitched by a thread to a tiny wagon and drew a total weight of a little over six ounces, or practicA ally 170 times its own weight manIn a similar harnessed caterpillar ner pulled 23 times its own weight. A strong man with a like equipment of large size can at most move but ten times his own weight age daily yield of all German cows Is said to be ten quarts. A thousand per cent gain In a century and a quarter; that Is what long period breeding will do. It is such work as this which alone will keep the woild big enough for its increasing nun bers of people. HANDLE THE BULL CAREFULLY Quiet Animal That Has Never Harmed Anyone Usually One to Attack Unsjspecting Attendants. The bull should always be handled kindly and firmly, and should understand that his attendant is his master. It Is always advisable to train the bull calf to lead, and a ring should be placed in Ills nose at an early date. Never permit tho bull to have his own way about anything where you may differ with him and insist upon prompt obedience. It is very easy to spoil the disposition of a bull by permitting children, old as well as young, to play with him or tease him. The man who is always prepared for trouble never has any. It Is the qnlet bull that has never horned anything that usually does the damage, suddenly developing a vicious spirit and attacking his unsuspecting attendants. Working in Salt. . If you use a barrel churn, sprinkle the salt in on the butter after you have drawn off the buttermilk and washed the butter Then turn the churn as' you do to gather the butter. You will find that you have worked in the salt more evenly than you can by the old method, and this way is easier and quicker. Pasture Extravagance, But one of the most absurd pasture extravagances is the feeding and tramping thereon of an unprofitable cow, for even the cleanest and best, most luxuriant pasture cannot teed profit into a cow that has missed her calling. Water for the Cowe. Cows should be given c.11 the pure water they can drink, net less than twice a day It has a decided effect upon the milk production. Know How to Raise Cows. Better than knowing how to pick good cows out of the sale ring Is knowing how to raise them. Good Investment. A high price for a good bull is a better investment than a low price for a poor bull. |