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Show THE SHADOW .Remarkabl OF DEATH Recovery of a Woman. Washing-to- SAVED n Xc- Mftr.'iSpos Shearer, Yew and Washington Sta., Centralia, Wash., with one kidney gone, the other badly diseased, and five doctors in mSPt wffY" PJCTU&Z& consultation, was thought to be in a hopeless state. The story of Mrs. Shearer's awful sufferings, COPYRIGHT 1907 and her wonderful T He. cure through using Doans Kidney Pills, is a long one, but will Interest any sufferer with backache 8YNOPSIS. or kidney trouble, and Mrs. Shearer will tell it to any one who writes her, enMad Dan Maitland, on reaching his York bachelor club, met an attracclosing a stamp. I am well and active, New tive young woman at the door. Janitor 65 all and though the OHagan assured him no one had been years old, give within that day. Dan discovered a womcredit to Doans Kidney Pills, says ans Anger prints in dust on his desk, Mrs. Shearer. along with a letter from his attorney. Remember the name Doan's. For Maitland dined with Bannerman, his atDan set out for Greenfields, to sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. torney. get his family jewels. During his walk cOcJEPffi MVVCZLa )? . BO5-iaAILL- Foster-Milbur- HE Co., Buffalo, N. Y. n MEANT GOWNS EVENING Compliment to American Woman Somewhat Marred by Unfortunate Error. Well-Mea- Mons. Pruger, who from his triumph at the Savoy hotel in London has come Jo New York to conduct a very fashionable restaurant, was complimented by a reporter on his perfect English. Well, said Mons. Pruger, smiling, my English Is, perhaps, better than that of the Marquis X., who supped here after the opera the other evening. Our fine supper rooms looked very gay and fine, diamonds flashed, pale fabrics shimmered, 'and everywhere, turn where it would, the eye rested on dimpled, snowy shoulders shining like satin above decollete bodices of Paris gowns. These decollete bodices impressed the Marquis X. 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Postum, being a food beverage instead of a drug, has been the means of curing my stomach trouble, I verily believe, for I am a well man today and have used no other remedy. My work as chief bookkeeper in our Co.s branch house here is of a very g confining nature. During my days I was subject to nervousness and the blues in addition to my sick spells. These have left me since I began using Postum and I can conscientiously recommend it to those whose work confines them to long hours of severe mental exertion. Theres a Reason. Look in pkgs. for the little book, The Road to Wellville. Ever read the aboe letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are rennine true, and full of human Interest. coffee-drinkin- CO. to the country seat, he met the young woman in gray, whom he had seen leaving his bachelors' club. Her auto had broken down. He fixed it. By a ruse she lost him. Maitland, on reaching home, surprised lady in gray, cracking the safe She, apparently, containing ills gems. n took him for a crook, Daniel Maitland opened Anisty. hla safe, took therefrom the Jewels, and gave them to her, first forming a partnership in crime. The real Dan Anisty. sought by police of the world, appeared on the same mission Maitland overcame him. He met the girl outside the house and they sped on to New York in her auto. He had the Jewels and she promised to meet him that day Maitland received a "Mr Snaith," introducing himself as a detective. To shield the girl in gray, Maitland, about to show him the jewels, supposedly lost, was felled by a blow from Snaiths cane. The latter proved to be Anisty himself and he secured the gems. Anisty, who was Maitland's douas the latter. The ble, masqueraded criminal kept Maitlands engagement with the girl in gray. Anisty feared for the aafety of the gems. well-know- d, CHAPTER VII, Continued. He nodded, eyes to hers, fascinated, with an odd commingling of fear and Now I hope and satisfied self-lovam unconnected with the affair. No one knows that I had any hand in it. Besides, no one knows me that I steal. Her tone fell lower. The police have never heard of me. Dan! "I believe I could get away, she interrupted: and then, if they stopped you Youre right, by the powers!" He struck the table smartly with his first. You do that and we can carry this through. Why, lacking the jewels, I am Maitland I am even wearing MaitI went land's clothes! he boasted. to his apartments this morning and saw to that, because it suited my purpose to be Maitland for a day or two. Then ? Her gaze questioned his. Waiter! cried Anisty. And, when the man was deferential at his elbow: Call a cab, at once, please. Certainly, sir. The rest of the corps of servants were at the other end of the big room. Anisty made certain that they were not watching, then stealthily passed the canvas bag to the girl. She bent "her head. bestowing It In her hand-bag- . ' You have made me . . . happy, Dan, came tremulously from beneath the hat brim. Whatever doubts may have assailed him when it was too late, by that remark were effaced, silenced. Who could mistrust her sincerity? Then when and where may I see you again? he demanded. The same place. It was a bold move; but she was standing; the waiter was back, announcing the cab in waiting, and he dared not protest. Yet his pat riposte commanded her admiration. No. Too risky. If they are watching here, they may be there, too. He shook his head decidedly. The flicker of doubt was again extinguished; for undoubtedly Maitland had escorted her home that morning; her reference had been to that place. Somewhere else, he insisted, confident that she was playing fair. She appeared to think for an instant, then, fumbling in her pocket-book- , extracted a typical feminine pencil stub its business end looking as though it had been gnawed by 'a vindictive rat and scribbled hastily on the back of a menu card: Mrs. McCabe, 205 WTe8t One Hundred and Eighteenth street. Top floor. Ring three times. I shall be there at seven, she told You wont fail me? him. he "Not if Im still at liberty, laughed. And the waiter smiled at discretion, and unobtrusive smile that a could by no possibility give offense; at the same time it was calculated to convey the impression that, in the opinion of one humble person, at least, Mr. Maitland was a merry wag. Good-b. Dan! . . Anisty held her fingers in his hard palm for an Instant, rising from his chair. Good-by- , my dear, he said, clumsily. He watched her disappear, eyes By the humid, temples throbbing. But shes he cried. powers! worth it! Perhaps his meaning was vague, even to himself. He resumed his seat mechanically and sat for a time staring dreamily into vacancy, blunt fingers drumming on the cloth. ' No, he declared at length. "No; her Im safe enough hands. Once secure from the public gaze, the girl crowded back into a corner of the cab, as though trying to efface herself. Her eyes closed almost automatically; the curve of laughing lips became a doleful droop; a crinkle appeared between the arched brows; waves of burning crimson flooded her face and throat. In her lap both hands lay clenched mo tiny fists clenched so tightly that t hurt, numbing her fingers a phys-,-a- l Dain that somehow, helped her to far-awa- y y 'Z.OUU -- lit i. - J3? w. V We: session was less clear; and yet it was reasonable, after all, to presume that Maitland should prefer to hold his own. Possibly Anisty had seen the girl slip the canvas bag into Maitlands pocket while the latter was kneeling and binding his captive. However that was, there was no denying that he had trailed the treasure to Its hiding place, unerringly; and succeeded In taking possession of it with consummate skill and audacity. When Maitland came to think of it, he recalled distinctly the trend of the burglars Inquisition in the character of Mr. Snaith," which had all been calculated to discover the location of the jewels. And, when he did recall this fact, and how easily he had been duped, Maitland could have ground his teeth in melodramatic rage but for the circumstance that when first it occurred to him, such a feat was a physical impossibility, and eyen when ungagged the operation would have been painful to an extreme. Sipping the grateful drink which O'Hagan presently brought him, the young man pondered the case; with no pleasure in the prospect he foresaw. If Higgins had actually the fact of Anlstys escape to the police, the entire affair was likely t come out in the papers all of It, that Is, that he could not suppress. But even figuring that he could silence Higgins and O'Hagan no difficult task though he might be somewhat late with Higgins the most discreet Imaginable explanation of his extraordinary conduct would make him the laughing stock of his circle of friends, to say nothing of a city that had been accustomed to speak of him as Mad Maitland for many a day.- - Unless Ah, he had it! He could pretend (so long as it suited his purpose, at ail events), to have been the man caught and left bound in Higgins care. Simple enough. The knocking over of the butler would be ascribed to a natural ebullition of indignation, the subnotion sequent flight to a of running down the thief. And yet even that explanation bad Its difficulties. How was he to account for the fact that he had failed to communicate with the police knowing that his tieasure had been ravished? It was all very Involved. Mr. Maitland returned the glass to O'Hagan and, cradling his head in his hands racked his brains in vain for a satisfactory tale to tell. There were sn many things to be taken Into consld-eiatioThere was the girt in gray. Not that he had forgotten her for an instant; his fury raged but the higher a( the thought that Anlsty's Interference had prevented hla (Maitlands) keeping the engagement Doubtless the girl bad waited, then gone away in anger, believing that the man in whom she had placed faith had proved himself unworthy But that telephone call? OHagan, demanded the haggard and distraught young man, who was that on the wire just now? Being a thoroughly trained servant OHagan bad waited that question in with impatience silence, though he was. Now, his tongue un leashed, his. words fairly stumbled on one anothers heels in his anxiety to get them out In the least possible time. Sure, an' 'twas a leddy, sor, be the v'lce av her, askin' were ye In, and mesilf havin' seen ye go out no longer ago thin wan o'clock and yersilf sayin not a worrud about cornin back at all a all, pwhat was 1 to be tellin her, aven if ye were lyin there on the die-va-n all unbeknownest to me, which the same mesilf can not " pleaded the young man Help! One thing at a time, feebly, smiling. please, OHagan. Answer me one question: Did she give a name? She did not, sor, though mesilf" There, there! Walt a bit. I want to think. Of course she had given no name; it wouldnt be like her. What was he It could not thinking of. anyway? have been the gray girl; for she knew him only as Anisty; she could never have thought him himself, Maitland. But what other woman of his acquaintance did not believe him to be out of (own? With a hopeless gesture, Maitland gave it up, conceding the mystery too deep for him, his intellect too feeble to grapple with all its Infinite ramifications. The counsel he had given O'Hagan seemed most appropriate to One thing at a his present needs: time. And obviously the first thing that lay to his hand was the gilenclng o? OHagan. Maitland rallied his wits to the task. OHagan, said he, "this mau, Snaith, who was here this afternoon, called himself a detective. As soon as we were alone he rapped me over the head with a loaded cane, and, I suspect, went through the flat stealing everything he could lay hands on. Hand me my cigarette case, please. 'Tis gone, sor 'Us not on the desk, at laste, pwhere I saw ut last Ah! You see? Now for reasons of my own, which I won't enter Into, I dont want the affair to get out and become public. You understand? 1 want you to keep your mouth shut, until I give you permission to open it hare-braine- I Want You to Keep Your endure the paroxysms of shame. That she should have stooped so low! Presently the fingers relaxed, and her whole frame relaxed In sympathy. The black squall had passed over; hut now were the once tranquil wtfflfis Then .languor ruffled and angry. gripped her like an enemy; she lay listless in its hold, sick and faint with disgust of self. This was her punish-- , ment; to have done what she had done, to be about to do what she contemplated. For she had set her hand to the plow; there must now be no drawing back, however hateful might prove her task. The voice of the cabby dropping through the trap, roused her. "This is the Martha Washington, maam. Mechanically she descended from the hansom and paid her fare; then, summoning up all her strength and resolution, passed into the lobby of the hotel and paused at the telephone switchboard. CHAPTER VIII. Dance of the Hours. Mouth Shut." Well, well? he demanded with that Impatience characteristic of the illiterate for modern methods of communication. Pwhat the divvle alls ye?" RayBpicts to ye, maam, and tis sorry I am 1 didnt know twas a leddy. ' Hes not. Wan oclock, there or t hereabout s. Faith, and he didnt say." Pwhat name will I be tellin him? Rape ut to yersllf, thin. Tis none of me business. If ye do. Ill not answer. Sure, am I to be climbin' two flights av sthalrs iv ry foive minlts " Good-byersilf, hanging up the receiver. And the divvle fly away wid ye," grumbled OHagan. As he turned away from the instrument Maitland managed to produce a sound, something between a moan and a strangled cough. The old man whirled on his heel. Pwhat's thot? The next instant he was bending over Maitland, peering into the face drawn and disfigured by the gag. The saints presarve us! And who the divvle are ye at all? Pwhy dont ye spake? Maitland turned puiple; and emitted a furious snort. Mlsther Maitland, be all thot's Is ut mad I am? Or bow strange! did ye get back here and Into this fix, sor, and me swapln the halls and polishin the brasses fernlst the front dure ivry minute since ye wint out? Indignation struggling for the upper hand with mystification in the Irishmans brain, he grumbled and swore; yet busied his fingers. In a trice the binding gag was loosed, and ropes and straps cast free from swollen wrlBts aud ankles. And, with the assistance of a kindly arm behind his shoulders, Maitland sat up, gyftining with the pain of renewing circulation in his limbs. Wid these two oies mesilf saw ye lave three hours gone, sor, and I c'u'd swear no sowl bad intered this house since thin. Pwhat does ut all mane, be all thots holy? "It means," panting, brandy and soda, OHagan, and be quick." Maitland attempted to rise, but his legs gave under him, and he sank back with a stifled oath, resigning himself to wait the return of normal conditions. As for his head, it was threatening to split at any moment, the tight wires twanging Infernally between his temples; while the corners of his meuth were cracked and sore from the pressure of the gag. All of which totted tip a considerable debit against Mr. Anlstys account. For Maitland, despite his suffering, had found time to figure It out to his or dissatisfacpersonal satisfaction tion, if you prefer in the interval between his return to consciousness and the arrival of O'Hagan. It was simple enough to deduce from the knowledge in his possession that the burglar, having contrived his escape through the disobedience of Higgins, should have engineered this complete revenge for the indignity Maitland had put upon y Four p. m. The old clock in a corner of the sjudy chimed resonantly and with deliberation; four double strokes; and music was while yet the bell the silence into telephone dying shrieked impertinently. Maitland bit savagely on the gag and knotted his brows, trying to bear it. The effect was that of a coarse file rasped across raw quivering nerves. And he lay helpless, able to do no more toward endurance than to dig nails deep into his palms. Again and again the fiendish clamor shattered the echoes. Blinding flashes of agony danced down the white-ho- t wires strung through his head, taut from temple to temple. Would the fool at the other end never be satisfied that he could get no answer? Evidently not; the racket continued mercilessly, short series of shrill calls alternating with imperative rolls prolonged until one thought that would the tortured metal sounding-cup- s crack. Thought! nay, prayed that either such would be the case, or else that ones head might at once mercifully be rent asunder. That anguish so exquisite should be the means of releasing him from his bonds seemed a refinement of irony. Yet Maitland was aware, between spasms, that help was on the way. The telephone instrument, for been had obvious convenience, equipped with an extension bell which in rang simultaneously OHagans quarters. When Maitland was not at so warned, home the janitor-valet- , would answer the calls. 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