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Show TH2 TkOVO HERALD v K m CO. firfl$-A&tt.- L :iajnLlrJ:'"wi,ll he Insisted on attending the-pia-ns at Thrttnrr ...opens . nn. it rv w. ci O. - . iinvi jEvupr: ( w Harvr4-W. A, Vl&IUIIf, Mercer. He HW Col., I Btrunilnn hlmaftlr- - ho .l. M - I 1110 iut to7thecon of h nit . .. A 1 I I I ' T. 'I-- III If he did answer, screwing up his face: thought it was time to put a stop to III Jobs in the dark;; ff don't like' these a. gojl eioaeir vak not -- e it-H-all from-To-ledo- Keatcham's valet was , next ' sum- . cer -- ill,"-Mer- L I . a moned from his vacation and became, in Tracy's phrase, 'a dandy subhurse." - The Tracys' family physician came twice a day. He was known to be visiting one of . the guests whohad sent three or four fallen telegrams a day to Seattle and to New York, to Keatcham's associates, Sev-eratimes he held a conversation of Importance over the telephone with the man ho acted as distributor of Intelligence. .Warnebold, himself, came on tot San Francisco from Seattle, and .if aiTrecelvd with everjreourtesy. Ha questionedKlto, questioned Mercer, questioned the colonel. Tracy had effaced himself and was In Pasadena lor a day or twov" theatarwltnesa t(at least this was young Arnold's verdict). r- bas-relie- he sent for jth wfmueh sa4teaent,-s"7"-"An- d second assassin " had hlmarresfed?" 7- - "Z,"' "Oh, dear, Too; be wasn't In Massar ehusetts; 1 told you he wanted .tha thing stopped. - No, he sent for him and told him that he had no special ill feeling toward him, but that the next - time anything "of the kind" bairr pened he had made arrangements to have not hlm7 or any other thug who was doing the work, but the two met who were at the bottom of the whole a business, killed within 24 hours. They and-lt'- a, - . Bulcuje of young any 'contract work or Oinr going as I am reliably Insuch "scamping," - In 1SW6, Three yeara later; In formed beencomniOn"tn has these tow-. - Col. Winter overheard Mercer apCary parently planning- kidnap Archie,, .the ering new buildings in San Francisco; hhn-- . Aunt Rebecca Winter's millions. A Miss neickedoutati- - the. materials Smith was mentioned apparently as a self andinspected the inspector,,. It nnDirator. A great financial magTiate conwai aboard the train on which Col. win- -' has what- they call f"reiaforeed er met nis amh Keoecca. miss tunittr crete and ail the beams, etc., are . and Archi- e- CoL Winter learned that the financial magnate is Kdwin S. Keatcham. steeland the lower stery thick as to walls, in the genuine Winter,- - aided . K n . .. If.. . , . iraliut m Iii.IJ ... Mission styles He said be built" foT great liking to Miss Smith, despite her Archie alleged mysterlearthquakes. The house Is all in the kidnaping plot. -y -- a pfwa red in Js'Heeo BIood in a Spanish-- hidalgo otl fasblotu,. .wishjKra nearby roonrtctiheJiotel.cauiied fears for thT .. and tne boy lite. The lad s voice was heard could see the over the telephone, however, and a min- carved furniture with eane seatsxJMjie ute later a woman's voice that of MIbs "Smith. Col; Winter and a detective get seventeenth century, all genutneand out fof tlieempty mansion owned bv 'the stamped leather and'the iron grille a Harvard graduate!" Tner were I- Arnold, copied met - wlth-D- n explosion within, r Mercer workrejas they call ;. Ha" assured Winter that. Archie from famous Spanish models ppeard. had returned. The colonel saw a vision " know ancient the Spaniards ypu flitting f rom ihir supposedly haunted Smith. Col. were renowned "for theirT reja"a.The house. It Miss i... i - 1.was V,.,t U. U.ta4 t .. .1 Janet 1' - Jfia Sm4th. Mercer told Winter that pictures are fine allJ3panlsh;.J don't Archie had overheard-plan- s for a coup Jtnow-halLJ"hauiesjf the artists. And had fceen kidnaped. One of Mercer's old and imposing and all are but they friends on returning the boy to his aunt had been arrested for speeding .nd when some of them wonderfully preserved. .he returned from the police station to his The electric lights are all in the shape auto the lad was gone. Mercer confessed he was forcibly detaining Keatcham. of lanterns. ; The patio, as "they call Mercer told his life atory. relating how the court-arounwhich the house I Keatcham and his scoundrel secretary; blow Atkln.M. had ruined him, the killing built,' reminded maof the court in Mrs. his wife. Mercer was holding him prisonit was er In order that he could not get control I Gardiner's palace in Boston, only np project t)f not so crowded with objects ana tne, Chit-ago- :.' I l I -- - mm. ESoK"the asjyyiiwaajhe of his ol leg Jua, c -- 8he followed In an auto Into the Chinese district and by thtruse of a mysterious Chinese Jade ornament she secured a promise from an influential Chinaman the boy wouia tie returned, Archie 2 returned and told hie story, Atkins.,- former secretary to- - Keatcham. being- his second kidnaper Col. Winter and Tracy returned to lhei""h&unU"d house." They fnnnri Kwitcham.'aoDarentlv stabbed to-. ""death. Keatcham was not "dead, howon the scene, ever. Cary Mercer appeared "Wanter believing his - actions suspicious cuffs and on his blood and observing trousers. tht -- -- Arnold hope-you- - - aloei-li""Ti"ad""a- f ; L -- W mustard-plaster- (Whose father sheTTTnows, - they-wer- e . -- . ef-ene-of . hearing-hls-ymptom- al wi you know, and a refutation' as well . Wealth "and position at one blow cer-would appeal to her; an obscure talnly of no family (it is probably , dependent -, - not a romantic name), and Bertie is .and rather handsome very with his black eyebrows and gray hair and aquiline hose.. 1 have been very, verr worried, out l feel reiievea as.io that Melville, 6he is flying ntr higher game; In this house is a multimillionaire, "in fact the fourth richest ". man In the laitedtatesdwjn SKeateh. well-bre- ' am." ' d appendi-- . He is citis. which seems to be the common lot. 1 asKea tne aocioroi course, -- . hut i"nil smiled. verV conndentialiiv and begged" me not to r , mention! Mr. Keatcham's illneBB '; or even that he was in the house. "You he said, "that wbeaTthese great financiers sneee, the shakes; I so absolute, secrecy, please, tny dear madam." "Dont mention it to you? Of course-- hav'en't it soul.-wi1 1 eeenTthe invalidf - but I've eeea his valet, who is very English and I have seen his nurse- - .Who do yoa suppose tint btuMI stock-mark- i ll 4 flheJatOanet Smith Yesrryou know she has been a trained nurse. Was there ever a more artful creature! But Mr." hone of "my "affalrtf "he- - wil to save hiaiseU or be lost Once ;;hav - he Is his wife we are safe from that """ designing woman. I am quite willing and her fasclna- to admit tion. NO w-,- JHOi viue, ior once aamu that I can be Just to a woman whom l V. : dislike. Is sumptuous? I've a lovehouse This ' ' huge ly bathroom and a beautiful must It have closet with a window. ' costa mint of money. I have been told "that Arnold pere made. a present ct It. to his wife; he let the architect K-"- is" , r - ..i'.c-'-.T-- I ring-tha- ; imtnite-f-flwo- -- - d rooTrTrenas "" d . - wen-name- ' s water-logge- Tut Eu-,rop- 1. - - d T - , - , -- . - -- -- disturbedafthedeatTnynernd ' -- DS2 "Aunf TRebecca ; was: very Jiberalin. 'sistlng'Jhat'; I was usr'asmuchher - uest as' before. It was only she who the end of It nmnlnjf away;-anwas (she has such a compelling per"sonality, .you know) that she went with Randall and J. S. to Casa Fuerte ' (Strong House and you would call could you see it; it is a "it massive strticture!) while weothers remained until Sunday. On ""account of what I have hinted in regard to the designs of a certain lady I was not sorry to have Bertie "under another. -- No.-he'- s ,4 with his married daughter and her family) when th& young.Arnoia urged .ua all to come ana spena a couple of weeks with him, I could not very well refuse. Though a stranger to me, ne is not to aunue or neiue, , The house, is his own, left him by Ms mother, wha' died not Very long, ago': "At firsts I remained at the Palace with Bertie' and Archie ; Bertie seemed so " r s - XIV- - the old gentleman Is traveling in n J, , also-byT-y- euns T ' novr:, His narrative was-- to theeffect Jhatl he, had gone out to see Mercer who was a Tamlly connection;" no, he was not founf frlond-wit- h him; confidentially, he would admit that the friend was Mr. Tracy's son; and, while he could not be sure, he had reason to suspect that he "young " Tracy," had - been conducting some financier. KeatchMr. with delicate negotiations "No," said Aunt Rebecca. am. At this point the interlocutor "Yes." said the colonel. He lauehed as they both whirled icai plants- ana vines uiuio miuuaui aeauctions expeciea ana explaining to round on Tiim. on account" of the cTImate"T suppose.1 liuunspsss flimself - KeatchamV astonishing com- dear aunt," he proposed, politely; "I'll It is all certainly very .beautiful. v munication over thetelephone. So, he explain later.". J There is a great arched gateway for was surmising Bhrewdlythat was the a most caresaid Mrs. Winter that be which reminds do. me,; carriages clew; the old man had been "making ful examination had been made not sure lo send the horses .Into the counsort "of ..a deal wtth - Tram)niy ..bj. Mercer and the colonel to some have at a:tlme;:-antry to rest.-onheTbaT-welthey 'Were pro gether but through Arnold, . Erastus clean ' the stable properly thanka .tuwKeatcham't orders. They.:i6nndL'everythlng absolutely se tected, while they are gone. You can keep Likely as not they never would know cure; all the windows were bolted and .. one horse for golf but don't use the all the reasons Tor this all the cellar gratings firm and impos- - " brougham ever; and why not send the he aald, as one slble to open. " "I then," understand, surrey to be done over - while Ij am who holds a clew but has no notion- of " "Now, you ?" said Warnebold . gone? Is the piazza fainted yet? lettlng.it slip out of hU own "fingers, '71 pnly found out apologized How. does the new. cook do?. Insist you and. young: Tracy got here and the colonel, "or I should have'spokea" upon her cookingyou nouHshlflgLfood. How did of it I got to thinking; and It ocfound Mr. ,Keatcham? you You might have the Bridge club of an MrMarce'r let.ypji curred to me.that in a house built, as 4a? get you evening there are only the four of in? How did U happen he didn't dis- I understood from Arnold, by "a very Mercer Sent Three or Four Telegrams a Day. to 8eattle and New York. you and she might, with Emily's cover Mr. Keatcham Instead of you, original architect, there"mlght be help',' get you a nice repast of 4obster derstand which to ones, or did you come In on the side?" , me sugneeded very large schemes, too,, some queer features, such as secret why they a la Newburg," sandwiches and chicken need the man at the wheel. Now, 1 that.-Th-ere -- that- ln- - my- mind,. Mrs." Winter," who was in the room, passages.-Witthe gest , salad-- but be sure you don't touch the "was jjot induced theyoung gentleman to hunt stove agent, talis, have talked; with" Cary and Endicott had a diversion ready.-bu- t; as it your Harvard, lobster! :You know what happened rubberinTbouT-ttrellbraryrtryin- g to Tracy and my plan la to call ." up needed; the colonel answered unhesi- up the architect, as he lives in Saa ihe last time; and I shan't be there to find' The: Fortunes" of the Warnebold, his next frieatL who knows tatingly, with a frank smile r "No, we Francisco. in rN'lger He not only showed us" and give you put on of his voice' and knows he Is a trusty came In ourselves; young Tracy had a Bome very pretty secret-edition Darley had Illustrated; passages Hunyadi water. If Erastus needs any course, it wasn't there." He had lost man (for Mercer has done some in, about the house, but one that led into key."v more chamois skins Emily - knows it just before he came to the Palace, quiries for. him and saved him once "Oh, .he had, had he?" returned It Shall I Bhow It to" yon?"" where they are, but admonish him to steel Warnebold, .wlttra shrug, of the shoulhe thought It seems his old cipher from buying a (TO BE CONTINUED.) be careful with them ; I never saw kind. No plant) to call hljji up and tell him the ders. that a needs book, particular , mortal man go through' chamois skins doubt In my mind that your theory is truth. -- We can say Mr. Keatcham ,was - "He is a great friend of young NERVES OF LEARNED PEOPLE. Ihe way "he"canr ometimes'i think he and that Alkins stole lt 'and mysteriously stabbed ; we can aak Arnold's;- -' e at Harvard to. gives them to "the horses to eat! jight perhaps thought he stole the key, but what Is best to do. By that time we gether, belonged to the same soci- May Be Calmed by Silence, Solitud-Oood-by- . Your aff. wife, we med the have best that took. avmemorandumixan One Writer. and Sleep, Says ' report didn't get it. He eties." .' M. Arnold will get of .ciphers which looked like a key. 1cal assistance-ryoin- g I understand; well " ."Yes, . be In an article on "NerveB," published There" Keatcham was, with "millions his family physician, wty) "The Test of " CHAPTER XV.; y is told In on" hls wires and his modem trusted - Warnebold will InstructrMef-cer- , aaiUng was hanging tlarpenBazaarrthe-storMrcW'l?ter's presence "The Light That Never Was." of the I to who went medieval noted eur keep the,fact for the reckon, scientists substitute slgnetown in her very' explained words,""pf t assault a secret, not even mention course I was put out a good "the changes which - Mrs. Melville deal'at to Dresden to consult the famous tpe had accepted so philosophically, the quite lost. What to do? Why, there that " Mrr Keatcbant -- iaHMHan4rey nerves. Oa clallstu for broken-dowmetamorphosis, of the tragic and lone was nothing jto do" but get another likely he or..some one else will come ensettingrmixed-u-4n-itr-but-Mi8- 8 great phy- ly house of mystery into: a luxurious cipher ! They made up a tem porary straight on7 here. Meanwhile, young Smith undoubtedly saved Mr. Keatch- sician said,' Indifferently;" : country vtlla the fjnglng open of the one, right in that library, yesterday Arnold can open the house, hire some am's life. I never saw any one who. "Ach.'so? It. Is probable that you t ingf-servant-sU sEutlersTthe-marshservants -- who- wan'tialkr-dLcan'gafternoon." .. .. . seemed to thlnkof so jnanyJhlngs Jo have yes, all the gelehrten (learned) all say nothing of lio.- - Haif a dozen, Mercer be sure them" for htm-Rut thBrternJjtgireaeiay-- 4 d times, that first have" neurasthenia naturally.11 ffia mgnateff-Ti-esence- i light oh a rlchmanir ordinary suggested was "Play..gQlLand to Tirghthe:aeemed awayi all this had occurred as swiruy and hlm?. Did' he hear the conversation?" market will come ajl right" go" to . Egypt" "get Munich time she brought hlnvback.; with as little warning as a scene shifts After a little reflection the colonel I was anxious to have a doctor called beer in Cairo, though "it is disgustingCertaiidydaoAiLlJCeatchjim'ii on. the stage. word. Whatever bis faults, Keatcham agreed that, the bold course was the In; ly expensive there," - r, seemed -- opposed-to was " word. Mercer Silence, solitude and sleep are the sow Mrs. Rebecca "Wlhlerinarhavef the has always kept his safest. .Thus it came, about,, with making a stir remedies suggested for jagged credit forthis bouleversement of sure he would keep It,'. He. went out amazing rapidity, that the haunted business ereign "He knew his thoroughly" plans. By an astonishingly early hour of the room. He was in the library house was opened; that sleek, smiling Interjected .Keatcham's confidant, "he nerves. Slight daily doses of the three " Chinamenthe next morning she was awake and when Keatcham was stabbed." whiskey brooms and clean- undoubtedly" had hls Instructions to "S's," It Js claimed, will, prevent a The colonel drew a long, ' difficult ing cloths at open windows; and Haley keep Keatcham's presence here a nervous breakdown, and may be obdownstairs,, where Klto and Tracy tained by even the most busy people. were making coffee, 'toasting bread breathi' "Then' you don't believe Mer- and Klto frankly told any curious In- secret" ' and admiring the oatmeal .which had cer did it?" quirers who hailed them over the lawn ' "He had," said Mrs. Winter; "be- ButAJi. the learned have neurasthenia" is at once a warning and a that young Mr. sides,' Miss Smith Is his cooked, while they slept, in the Fire- "I'm sure he didn't. He didn't hurt and the flower-bedhnnlann1(f sur hlntV Why. should be kill him- - after Arnold. was coming home and going to and he knew that she could be trusted consolation to the brain worker. To, "drive the machine with skill and of friends: The to do hrntigh neUr.iin'-n1,rrPH1have a 'house-partbp'? nnfhiu everything possible, And, really, care Is the problem of the successful fault of, the Fireless, owing solely to to gain and considerable to risk, if servanta' "had'TieeiT'cai'lifulIy ' " "" '."." ... his omitting what he called the pick not to lose. We want that bull mar by Mrs. Winter's powerful Chinese him. I hardly believed thatTie could Amertcafl". that The of this article wrletr " urges commonly known as soda : kef friend; they had no dread of white live an hour when I saw him." we ought to thank God that we bean accident, as he truly said, which "But who did, then? . Atkins? But spooks, however : they might cringe "Nor I," the colonel corroborated, to the most nervous, restless, all- before yellow ones. Mrs. Winter and might happen to any lady the bread he Is trying to rescue him." Warnebold, plainly impressed by long " lace the world has seen all the Randall-lefwas "rather too adhesive." The break- - ."Is hell Howv do-pervading t after their hotel, know? The Mrs. Wlnter'a grand air, assured them of Julius Caesar. It la V fast, notwithstanding, was a cheerful rescue was only our supposition. I'm appropriate ceremonies, amid the lav- both that he felt that everything that since ' Miss Smith reported the only certain none of our crowd did it." ish bows and smiles of liberally paid could be done had been done; Miss our "nerves" that make - us what we are. -d belTBOyff-anporters. Tbey gave out Smith .was auite wonderful; and- be K!tO?"-Spatient a shade better. She looked . that tbey. were fo Jisltf riends ; - and '"would; admit-- i of courae confidential smiling,, although rather "No, - Klto keeps absolutely--withiMeant Welt. Mercer, and the; colonel had taken his orders; be knew bow things stood the colonel, who remained, was to take ly) that Mr. Keatcham did have" a "f" " ' turns sitting m the adjoining room to when: he went away. Mercer saw him charge of their mail; hence, with no heart trouble; Mr. Mercer had recalled ' The clerk was enappearance of secrecy,, the trail took one or two fainting fits; there was gaged In vigorously shaking up a golIiiOTldn-getJniri ' when suddenly the glass lenrieef:ootBlde.T:-- ' V to signal to be let-iThey .were as to water and was lost, since the motor ome congestion rand thejloptor found colonel had suggested calling careful as that. Now, assuming they. car which carried them was supplied a sad absence of reaction! he believed broke la" his- hands, and" the" ensuing a doctor,' but Aunt Rebecca had de are all' innocent, isn't it the best plan by Blrdsall and driven by a safe man that there had been a er rsyncope of deluge made blm look like a human ,v V-"of his own,"", murred T""Janet can ddeverythingrit to telephone , Z" some sort" before tbe stabbing; Mr. eclair s " The customer over leaned" horrified Is Just!4 question, of'his heart; and next friend there?" Regarding ."the detect! vev Rupert Keateham hlnnelfalthough hewas sbe.has digitalis and nitroglycerin and stiff I. Mill too weak to talkmuch, had no the counter. trying to be sympathetic "a Tarailyrhas hetHisf exactly what to.sayLhe strychnine, the whole outfit of whips, wife died and there , were no children. thlnlirhe" Could' not afford even-th- e TfcgllecUoB-anything. except, a very Jbiurted with-thfinaiif " pic-"Dunr: of his remote risk falntness.r'Mr.:jaercer'8 theory going great I thlnkZ --wUl op bad did ' the giass " . "Oh! be goon assortment--ot: Information seemed la cover the ground, sejptlcs; fea ever ba4MvTFroIhersrtnresque if 'Norand ' sa enough for the medical- - talent,.'.' f It or sisters they died when they, were which he had obtained abmrt-Caaato who did the stabbing," breaks was she, : howeverTwhovias.i8oon as li ttle hi a Duslness assoofatda-ar- e Lripptng"Thocolate l rein head to.. . . .the Fuerte and Mercer, Into "Atkins" em said the colonel. breakfast was over, took first Mercer onl jpebple Cary l?howg about. ; He is plby; therefore he hired him, sttir, "Has Mr. Keatcham any bitter ene foot the clerk looked' at him ' ana" Tfacy,theh the colonel," apart and r lagly. ab: mies?!!, asked Aunt Rebeccarthonght hlmsel f. anxious to have word sent at once, 'Did break VL Jie. roared. proposed-calliup Keatcham's con- cause there are important thingatfl.de I splutely truthful statement of the fully. then, fidential assoclataa oa the long dis- in Keatcham's owh, man who has made a.great "Didthe glass " break, eh?";-An- d interest; her came case; he said frankly:15 "Birdsali, I'm "Oh! no but hear toCalifornia and he has employed going to treat you fair, for I'm not go- fortune haaa'tT demanded Warnebold with freezing sarcasmr tance telephone.-"Strikme, nephew," she said, languidly', smil- Cary in a big Portland cement invest- ing to tell you all because with a saturnine wvmkle of the Jips. not at all, not at all. You Just haping at his bewilderment ; "Our only ment; Cary has been working all the well, for one thing, I don't feel aure "But our ontniicB doiftstab or shoot pened to step In while X was taking ' . . . my morning shower," chancy nowjs tq exhaust trumps. Yes- lime on it for him I beg your par-- how much know myBelf,. But all us, nowadays." out the said colonel, do terday the game waa won.f Keatcham don"" for the colonel" hatl "raised hlBTrm going to ask-r-f you iaJo.wairUhe west," They Delicate Way of Putting lt. had surrehdored,. he bad. his partners tfcand with a little gasp, r house, day and night, without Beemlng genially ; "werrecr"uils.' ,T'". ZJL,-,-in the deal to make no fight on Tracy's "1 In earnest?" "Are roV 're,ale of Bill Jones the to you watch Do yon niean said be, "that Mer election; they-- could et what, they cer has been acting as . Keatcham's Keatcham as well as me. r There Is a ."Entirely. I know: a man, a mine other day, and he told tne Bill had wanted without the Midland; he. ad- agent, working in his Interest all the big ganie going on,- but It Isn't what superintendent," who s got into a row gone Into business where he was makvised them to cover their8horta.,and that he had to give time he was holding Jiini a prisoner you tfiought Mr, Keatcham's best with his miners because he discharged ing money so fastInto seclusion for a eand it of union go & one the heuse;-iget ready. foraJruIl: np a light Jor foreman, and ready to. &UI him rather than' let helpers ara fight Ja .tJjat cer-nI and youngs FJrelefs and "stealfng"orerTn consequence he got a while." ; ."How did he do ail that when he had him go?" . ' our beat to guard big strike on"hls hands, found a dyna- -- ,t'Sal.did" lost biff private code book?" V' "Why not? C.aT is a man of honor. Arnold are doing "1.;. sanitarium for a at "Is and he his front piazza, "How would you do It? You would This cement deaL Is a perfectly fair him, not hurt him, Now, there is big mite bomb under - use the long distance telephone. We one which will give a fair price to the money for you if you will watch, put was shot at twice. The second time heal'.h?". in the .penitenilary t r he's shot was .:Nor he he, us." them; for busimen where them at and a his make Seattle, great caught presenfowners ie counterfeiting."".-?- BirdsaTl reflected a moment before back and killed one of them. had gone for the meeting. I don't un ness proposition.- - There are other e , ' " -- ; Continued. Saa FrancisfC . Calt Ca8a Tbis Wednesday .Dear Hasband: 'heading may surprise you. But we are Arnold making a visit' to Mr. Anthony ' fthe Arnold's son) in his beautiful In the suburbs of Wc"ttyV7lt was - fat more" convenient for; me at tne .raiace wnere- - iouuu auu tuwcuriARwnn.n itimki. aLLeiiLivr lal and found some great .bargains; but - vrn knnw-can- - not be false to my Trust. To watch Aunt Rebecca.-Win- - ter (without seeming to watch, of course, for the aged always resent the care-whic- h tbey. need) .Is my chief -- obieci In tills trip; therefore wneff Mr. CHAPTER . kind feeling- - -- 4 - - - w prevails." 'Waraebold grunted; he declared II to be a beastly creepy, situation ; fee. said he never wanted to sit down with- out a wall against bis back; and he Intimated that the president of the United-Statewar to blsme foirmore have than he reaHzedr some ona-- watching" the house," he fumed, "and that hewell,- he doesnt oelong ta the. police. lorceZ an honest mercenary, I'll Introduce him said the1 colonel hi you. ; ""And yo haven't found any method of entering the "house?" fumed Tlhe d the father ad - he - Tracy. hlnt-a- sthe e we hoac-jfiul- . The-reme- dr -- . but-ever- y but-Merc- eT . . -- : " . - . ;- s . sister-in-la- y si - me-up- .! !- -- the-day- one;-becau- s se - -- - "heavy-eyed- n r -- soda-fountai- n - brinff-her-irJOr- ;. n - " - " taSeatUe-taKeatcham- ; -- . - WInti4md-what.he.ealled- g of rTo-morre- ei-t- -- -- -- ;" e I ng - '-- ZZlJ -- -- the-glaa- s, -- e, , o , . r : " -- ; XfrZi'J. - - : d " -- ."- : - . " |
