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Show VFV " ' 3PT 5N2T i r f r - N wy' ' w "& THE APPROVAL the most EMINENT PHYSICIANS of aid its WORLDWIDE ACCEPTANCE PCTSZZ3 jr 7jAfe- . by the WELL-INFORM-ED, - COPY R16HT 1907 THE. CO. BOBRA-rlERR- IU. SYNOPSIS. Mad Dan Maitland, on reachinr hi New York bachelor club, met an attractive young woman at the door. Janitor him no one had been OHagan assured Dan discovered a womwithin that day. an Anger print In dust on hi desk, along with a letter from hi attorney. Maitland dined with Bannerman, his attorney. Dan et out for Greenfields, to get hi family Jewel. During hi walk to the country seat, he met the young woman in gray, whom he had seen leavhad ing his bachelors club. Her aauto ruse she broken down. He fixed It. By lost him. Maitland, on reaching home, surprised lady in gray, cracking the safe his gems. She, apparently, containing n took him for a crook, Daniel Maitland opened Anisty. hi safe, took therefrom the Jewels, and gave them to her, first forming a part-- . nershlp in crime. The real Dan Anisty, by police of the world, appeared sought on the same mission. Maitland overcame He met the girl outside the house , him. and they sped on to New York In her auto. He had the Jewels and she promised to meet him that day. Maitland received himself as a a "Mr. Bnaith," introducing 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 was Maitlands ferns. Anisty, who as the latter. The masqueraded criminal kept Maitlands engagement with the girl In gray. He gave her the gems, afur falling in love at first sight. They were to meet and divide the loot. Maitland revived and regretted missing hi a engagement. Anisty, masquerading Maitland. capture narrowly avoided In gray through mysterious tip. The girl visited Maitlands apartments during his absence and returned gems. well-know- d, CHAPTER VIII. Continued. But where to put them, that' he might find them without delay?. It must be no conspicuous place, where OHagan would be apt to happen upon them; doubtless the janitor was trustworthy, but still . . , Misplaced opportunities breed criminals. It was all a risk to leave the treasure there, without the protection of nlckeled-stee- l walls and tlmelocks; but a risk that must be taken. She dared not retain it longer In her poa. session; and she would contrive a way lu the morning to communicate with Maitland and warn him. Her gaze searched the area where the lamplight fell soft yet strong upon the dark shining wood and heavy brass desk fittings; and paused, arrested by the unusual combination of book. inverted bowl and A riddle to be read with facility; in a f twinkling she had uncovered the InIncriminating criminating hand-prin- t if it could be traced, that is to say. Oh! she cried, BOftly. And laughed , a little. Oh, how careless! Fine brows puckered, she pondered the matter, and ended by placing her own hand over the print ; this one fitted the other exactly. How, he must have wondered! . ; . . He is sure to look again, especially If " No need to conclude the sentence. , Quickly she placed bag and case squarely on top of the Impression, the bowl over all, and the book upon the bowl; then, drawing from her pocket a pair of long gray silk gloves, draped one across the book; and, head tilted to one side, admired the effect. It seemed decidedly an artistic effect, admirably calculated to attract attention. She was satisfied to the point of being pleased with herself; a fact Indicated by an expressive flutter of slim, fair hands. And now, to work! ' Time pressed, and A cloud dimmed the radiance of her eyes; Irresolutely she shifted In her chair, troubled, frowning, lips woefully drooping. And sighed. And a still small whisper, broken and wretched, disturbed the quiet of the study. I can not! 0, 1 can not! To spoil It all, now, when Yet she must. She must forget herself and steel her determination with the memory that another's happiness hung In the balance, depended upon her success. Twice she had tried and failed. This third time she must suc5 super-impose- stltution to be a member of which Is a duty, but emphatically no great pleasure, to the sons of a New York family of any prominence. But in Its management the younger generation holds no suffrage; and Is not slow to declare that the Primordial is r rightly named, characterizing the individual members of the board of governors as antediluvians, prehistoric monsters who have never learned that laughter lends a savor to existence. And so it is that the younger generation (which is understood to include Maitland and Bannerman), while it religiously pays its dues and has the name of the Primordial engraved upon its cards, shuns those deadly respectable rooms and seeks its comfort elsewhere. ' Maitland found it dull and depressing enough, that same evening, something before seven. The spacious and impressive lounging rooms were but sparsely tenanted, other than by the eonuied corps of servants; and the few members who had lent the open doors the excuse of their presence were of the elderly type that hides itself behind a newspaper In an easy chair and snorts when addressed. The young man strolled disconsolately enough Into, the billiard room, thence (dogged by a specter of loneliness) to the bar, and finally, in sheer desperation, to the dining room, where he selected a table and ordered an evening paper with his meal. When the former was brought him. he sat up and began to take a new terest in life. The glaring head-line- s that met hia eye on the front page proved as bracing as a slap in the face. The Maitland Jewels, he read, half aloud: Daring Attempt at Burglary. Mad Maitland Catches Hand some Dan Anisty in the Act of Cracking His Safe at Maitland Manor. Which Was Which? Both Principals Disappear. was exploited as a The news-stor"beat; It could have been little else, s since of its exclusive de tails had been born from the fecund imagination of a busy to whom Maitland had refused an Interview while In his bath, some three hours earlier. Maitland discovered with relief that boiled down to essentials It consisted simply of the statement that somebody (presumably himself) had caught somebody-, (presumably Anisty)'. burglarizing the library safe at Maitland Manor that morning; that one of the somebodies (no one knew which) had overpowered the other and left him In charge of the butler, who had presently permitted his prisoner to escape and then talked for publication. It was not to this so much that Maitland objected. It was the Illustrations that alternately saddened and maddened the young man; the said illustrations comprising blurred halftone reproductions of photographs taken on the Maitland estate; a diagram of the library, as fanciful as the text It illuminated, and two portraits, side by side, of the heroes, himself and Anisty, excellent likenesses both of the originals and of each other. Mr. Maitland did not enjoy his diny Registering Under the Name of d 4 - There was a bright spot of color on either cheek and a hot light of anger in her eyes as she set about her task. It would never be less hideous, never iless Immediate. The desk drawers yielded easily to the eager keys. One by one she had them open and their contents explored vain repetition of yesterday afternoons fruitless task. But she must be sure, she must leave no stone unturned. Maitland Manor was closed to her for ever, because of last night. But here she was safe for a few short hours, and free to make assurance doubly sure. f the dispatch box, There remained the black japanned tin box which had proved obdurate yesterday. She had come prepared to break Its lock this time, If need be; Maitland's carelessness spared her the necessity. She lifted It out of a lower drawer, and put It in her lap. The smallest key fitted the lock at the first attempt. The lid came up and Perhaps it is not altogether discred ltable that one should temporarily forget ones compunctions in the moment of triumph. The girl uttered a little cry of joy. Crash! the front door downstairs had .been slammed. She was on her feet in a breath, faint with fear. Yet not so overcome that she forgot her errand, her success. As she stood up she dropped the dispatch box back Into the drawer, without a sound, and, opening her hand-bag- , stuffed something Into' It, No time to do more; a dull rumble of masculine voices was distinctly, frightfully audble In the stillness of the house; vces of men conversing together In tne inner vestibule. One laughed, and the laugh seemed to penetrate her bosom like a knife. Then both strode across the tiling and began to ascend, as was clearly told her by footsteps sounding deadened on the padded carpet. she turned to the student lamp and with a quick twirl and upward jerk of the chimney-catcextinguished the flame. A reek of smoke Immediately began to foul the close, hot air; and she knew that it would betray her, but was helpless to stop it. Besides, she was caught, trapped, damned beyond redemption unless unless it were not MaitUnd, after all, but one of the pther tenants, unexpectedly returned and bound for Mr. Daniels. nine-tenth- She closed the door, grateful that its latch slipped silently into place, and fairly flung herself upon the wih-dopainfully bruising her soft hands in vain endeavor to raise the sash. It stuck obstinately, would not yield. Too late, she remembered that she had forgotten to- - draw the catch fatal oversight! ,A sob. ,o . J error choked in her throat. Already footsteps were hurrying down the hall; a line of light brightened underneath the door; voices, excitedly keyed, bandied question and comment, an unmistakable Irish brogue mingtng with a clear enunciation which she had hut too great reason to remember. The pair had passed into the next room. She could hear OHagan announcing; No wan here, sor. "Then it's the dining room, or the trunk closet. Come along! . One last, frantic attempt! But the window catch, rusted with long disuse, stuck. Panting, sick with fear, the girl leaped away and crushed her self into a corner, crouching on the floor behind a heavy box, her dark cloak drawn up to shield hey head! And the door opened. A flood of radiance from the1 Relighted student lamp fell athwart the floor. The girl lay close and still, holding her breath. , Ten seconds, perhaps, ticked on Into eternity; seconds that were in themselves eternities. No one Then: here, OHagan. The door was closed, and through Its panels more faintly came: Faith, and the murdherlng dlvvle must ve flew th coop afore ye come ln.sor. The girl tried to rise, to make again for the window; but it was as though her limbs had turned to water; there was no strength In her; and the blackness swam visibly before her eyeq, radiating away in whirling, streaky circles. Even such resolution and strong- yvill as was hers could not prevail against that numbing, deathly exhaustion. Her eyes closed and her head fell back against the wall. It seemed but an Instant (though It was In point of fact a full five, minutes) ere the Bound of a voice again roused her. J; i She looked up, dazzled by altgush of warm light. He stood in the doorway, holding the lamp high above his head, his face another flat. as ; he pale, grave, and shadowed ' " -- 1 Futile hope. Upon the landing by peered down at her. the door the footsteps ceased; and a I have sent OHagan awsy he key grated In the wards of the lock. If you will plniue to said, gently. Blind with terror, her sole thought come, now an instinctive impulse to hide and so avert discovery until the last possible CHAPTER IX. Instant, and on the bare chance of Procrastination. something happening to save her, the The cab which picked Maitland up girl caught up her skirts and fled like at his lodgings carried him but a few a hunted shadow through the alcove, blocks to the club at which he had, the through the bed chamber, thence down previous evening, entertained his lawthe hall toward the dining room and yer, Maitland had selected It is the kitchen offices. one of all the clubs of which he and The outer door was being opened Bannerman were members, wherein ere she had reached the hiding place he was least likely to meet the latter. she had in mind the trunk closet Neither frequented Its sober precincts from which, she remembered remark- by habit. Its severe and classical ing, a window opened upon a building on a 6orner of MadiIt was barely possible, a son avenue overlooking the square, Is but the outward presentment of an in fighting chance. , long-deferre- d , ceed. And bowing her head In token of her resignation, she turned back squarely to face the desk. As shp did'so the toe of one small shoe caught against something on the floor, causing a dull Jingling sound. She stooped, with a- - low exclamation, ' and straightened up, a small bunch of keys in her hand; eight or ten of them dangling from a silver ring; Maitlands keys, He must have dropped them there, forgetting them altogether. A find of value and one to save her a deal of trouble; skeleton keys arq so slow, particularly when used by Inexpert hands. But how to bring herself to make use of these? Alls fair in war (and this was a sort of war, a war of wits at least) ; but one should fight with ones own arms, not pilfer the enemnys and turn them against him. To use these keys to ransack Maitlands desk seemed an action ever more blackly dishonorable than this clandestine visit, this midnight foray. Swinging the notched metal slips from a slender finger, she contemplated them; and laughed ruefully. What qualms of conscience in a burgShe was there for lar, a purpose, a recognized, nefarious purpose. Granted. Then why quibble? She would not quibble. She would be coldfirm, resolute, determined, blooded, unmindful of all kindness and She would use them, courtesy and accomplish her purpose, and have done, finally and for ever, with the whole hateful business! y Panic-stricke- , fire-escap- e. J- - d BECAUSE ITS COMPONENT PARTS ARE KNOWN TO BE MOST WHOLESOME AND TRULY BENEFICIAL IN EFFECT, HAVE GWEN TO Syruj)ofIigs ELIXIR orSENNA THE FIRST POSITION AMONG FAMILY LAXATIVES AND HAVE LED TO ITS GENERAL USAGE WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION. 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Estimating that on an gun, it is called robbery, and entitles average each child who dies of tuber- you to telephone the police, but if your culosis has had six years of schooling, wife holds you up for a much larger the aggregate loss to the country in amount the next morning at the end of wasted education each year amounts a long hug, it is termed diplomacy, to $1,152,000. According to Investiga- and counts in her favor. In this, as in tions made in New York, Boston and Other games of life, wives are usually Stockholm, the percentage of children allowed more privileges than other who are afflicted with tuberculosis Is outlaws. Judge. much larger than the death rate would Indicate. Appropriate. How shall I set this ad. for the minstrel show? To Check Ravages of Tuberculosis. How? 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If you have any dyeing to do, use Dyola Dyes. 10c a package at Direction book and your dealers. color card sent free by writing to Dyola, Burlington, Vt. ' "That Neglected. child gets everything it wants. And still It never gets what it really needs. , "You surprise me! It needs a spanking. BROWNS Bronchial Troches An Uoluteiy harmlfis remtdy for Sor, Threat, Hoarseness and Mournful Pleasure. ner. Master Since your wife died you Anxious and preoccupied, he tasted nave got drunk every day. You had the dishes mechanically; and when better get married again at once. Servant Oh, sir, leave me yet a they had all passed before him, took his thoughts and a cigar to a gloomy month in my grief. corner of the smoking room, where he sat for two solid hours, debating the If lt Your Eye Use Pettits Eye Salve, inflammation, stys, itching lids, eye matter pro and con, and arriving at for aches, defects of vision and sensitivity to conclusion no whatever, save that Jtflg strong lights. All druggists or Howard Coughs. Give immediate fallal Ip Bronchial and Lung Affactiou Fifty years' reputation. Price. 25 cents. 50 cents and $1.00 pee box. Sample sent on request. JOHN t. BROWN fe SON. Boston. Mass. RAW FURS hides and pelts Writ for our complete price list and tags. Highest prices paid and satisfactory returns. & WOOL CO. LOTZ HIDE dearer. Cole. Krh. IUI4 City, ft. fth lnrrt. Bros., Bufialo, N. Y. gins was doomed. YOTJRIDEA8. They may bring to At 10:15 he began to contemplate wealth. 64page Book Free. Bst, Crosses are of no use to us, but in plTCHT Fitzgerald ft Oo Pat.Attys..Box K. Weshington.IMl with positive pleasure the prospect of as much as we ourselves up to yield discharging the butler. That, at least, them and forget ourselves. Fenelon. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. was action, something that he could do; wherever else he thought to move he found himself baffled by the blank darkness of mystery, or by his fear of publicity and ridicule. Leads the most intelligent people to use only medicines of known composition. Therefore it is (hat At 10:20 he decided to move upon Dr. Pierces medicines, the makers of which print Greenfields at once, and telephoned every ingredient entering into them upon the OHagan, advising him to profess ig and attest its correctness under oath, are norance of his employer's wheregrowing in favor. No Sbcrbts. No DBcerriON. daily abouts. The composition of Dr. Pierces mediAt 10:22, or in the midst of his ad cines is open to everybody. Dr. Pierce -monitions to the Janitor, he changed his mind and decided to stay In New being desirous of having the search York; and instructed the Irishman tight of Investigation turned fully upon to bring him a suit case containing a bis formutte, being confident that the better the composition of few necessaries; his intention being to these medicines Is known the more will their great curative stay out the night at the club, and so merits be recognized. avoid the matutinal siege of his lodgings by reporters and detectives. Being wholly made of the active medicinal principles extracted from native forest roots, by exact processes original with Dr. Pierce, and without the use At 10:45 a club servant handed him d and chemically pure glycerine being used inof a drop of aloohol, the card of a representative of the stead in extracting and preserving the curative virtues residing in the root Maitland directed Evening Journal. employed, these medicines are entirely free from the objection of doing harm that the gentleman be shown into the g by creating an appetite for either alcoholio beverages or drugs. Examine the formula on their reception room. the same as swore to by find will and his that Dr. Pieroe, Golden Medical Discovery, the great you At 10:46 he skulked out of the club r, stomach tonio and bowel regulator the medicine which, while by a side entrance, jumped into a cab not recommended to cure consumption in its advanced stages (no medicine will and had himself driven to the East do that) yet does car all those catarrhal conditions of head and throat, weak Thirty-fourtstreet ferry, arriving tomach, torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak lungs and there just In time to miss the last which, if neglected or badly treated lead up to and finally terminate in contrain for Greenfields. sumption. Take the "Golden Medical Discovery la time srid it is not likely to disIienied the shelter alike of his lodgyou if only you give it a thomsth and fair trial. Dont expect miracles. appoint and his his home, club, country ings, do supernatural things. Yon mast exercise your patience and perwon It t man in the young despair caused him in its use for a reasonable length of time to get its full benefits. The severe self to be conveyed to the Bartholdi ingredients of which Dr. Pierces medicines are composed have the nnqrxlified hotel, where, possessed of a devil of endorsement of soorea of medical leaders better than any amount of lay, or his incognito by regfolly, he preserved testimonials although the latter are received by thousands. Dont accept a secret nostrum as a substitute for this istering under the name of M. Danremedy And straightway retired to his iels. os known composition. Ask you NsioHBOKS. They must know of many cures made by it during past 40 years, right in your own neighborhood. room. Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Bufialo, N.Y. (TO BS CONTINUED.) 10-19- 10. Common Sense bottle-wrapp- er triple-refine- habit-formin- bottle-wrappe- rs blood-purifie- h s, time-prov- |