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Show SUN. SAUNA. I'TAII Tin: SAUNA The Beser! Moon Mqsterq J ! IM Iwhii Mai l.wk, I uf m4 HI, M' M (Ml be NmI (MUiirtil tKki.u, pmwiii IM iitrl la rvaiua Uill wiMf l4 IMir 1. Ml, Caaacttaa a aM kil Mak IM raaaa at lUai t tfitainaa kit a if, la Ika aSu44 Ml lefca. ktt I i iMakuwa aM a ini, Malika, tMl aikld Mra Oil Makar. Malika a laaarl IU4 ikakattk a Ika aifctr tuaaMia al ka fcaaatkbU Ika aula anm uka Maa la tifcl alia. Uakrialla aaata la ala Jafci l4 tl-lin- Ml fc4 haa Mr kar a.iiuat , akaa a aka raraitaa a lailar hum r laaraa tatanfr Mia Mria i'aaaataaa la aooa alaaaaM Ika iaa-- Mra. fcafcaM lra Magia Ma la ka w'H'lill kata Oai.ri.Ji. la 4aalk, a Hk takam aakaa Mai4a kar kka raaliaat Ml Ika atkaa laaai M fna ka Miaa Ika Mai IlM aiaoaar, aw4 taarMla Ik.ia Mfora rallies ika lMMk.ll Tk. Mirtaa CjBi4 coraieita I aar4irl la maiaai aa4 aalri4a pe4a a aaia tall k coafaaaiai ka fcllla4 Ot Cael4 M tolls. kal Ika raarkar tea M c 14 am kata 4oaa It. aa4 Ik il ita ka aalira kaaafcl4 au.pl"' ta la ttlal CHAPTER VI I I knew, thought t was on I) bar it!aaji(MilulmrtiL Itul Oo- w- Wta CtiuliJ la quit Mia with amb fra I (uof roiling bar Trl-a- ba irfi all ot bar Iblnga in ordart aa If. rtllhf aba p rrj mi rad tot dm lb Kira bornrd bar ara and laitara (Many pointed lo lb fireplace I c mated the room and looked Into It. Papers bad rtraoll) bran burned IbarkL I took lb polar and stirred In tba fluttering. black btta; but noth log bad escaped Iba fit mm 1 belters," aald Itonny, that jron ara Iba only ona In the bouae atm baanl looked at what Gaby bad In la. 8e bar bag" 8ha walked lo iba labia ' by the window. I followed bar. I dreaded baaing that bag again; but I waa curtoua about Ita contents It waa lying limp on the table She picked It up. bruahml It (lick erlugly with tba lips of bar Angara and blew oo It, aa If aha were trying to blow ar.methlng off of It "Every thing." ahe explain.! "atlrkt to the little pointed beads." I took It from bar and looked at It closely; out I could aee no eok of ash, oo minute particle of lolmrrn. nor of dust "It la a beautiful I aald thing. "rra wondered why t waa Ihnl Gnby bad all the ax penal ve beautiful, things, aucb aa thla. Your clothes are pretty and taaty. but tbay aren't near tba quality of Gaby'a" 8he hesitated a moment before an awering. "I have been In England for the past eight yeura. while (lithy baa been on tbe continent, where beautiful thlnga are more plentiful and cheaper.1 Land alive I I thought you glrla bad lived together, all these yeara. "No," aba wild, and picked op Gaby'a cigarette case, and handed II to me. It was made ot dull gold with hei monogram, G. (V act lo tiny black opals, with green and blue lights flickering In them a If they were alive. I set It down and picked up an other little gold box. It bad powder rouge, lipstick, and a mirror In It 1 bad seen It often enough before 1 put 't back on the table, and took up a beaded coin purse that matched the targe bug. It was entirety empty "Isn't It queer that that should be empty?" Danny asked. And her hill fold la missing. She surely would not start to go anywhere with not a cent of money. Doesn't It look as If she bad been robbed? Only," I said. "If auyone had robbed her. why would he have left tbe valuable gold cigarette rase, and vanity case?" Lie might have thought they would he hard to dispose of. Mary." Danny's voice, always low, grew low er still with her Intensity, there Is one thing that no one has thought of Daniel Cannezlnno could have reached here from California In a few hours, by airplane." I had thought ot that, But, Dan ny, no airplane ever came within twenty miles of the ranch without of us hearing It. and every man-jacrushing out with our heads tipped back to gape at It. Airplanes arent stealthy things, you know, that peo pie can slip up In, and slip off again. But, on the third of July, two airplanes passed over, going to the Telko celebration." "On the third, 1 reminded her, as advertised. And you know bow much noise they made. And bow we all went out and watched them, from tiny specks In tbe south until they were tiny specks and lost In the north again." 1 picked np the carved Ivory clg arette bolder. It fell to pieces In my fingers. Was this Noken In her bag?" I questioned. "Yes. SnapMsd in twa And she ioved I I fitted the pieces together again, on the table, and took up a folded sheet of paper, and opened It, and k read : & Glorious Gaby: darling. C Be a good sport. la, be is me that !by. and "I'"4 ft,i around II i;.4Mr) .) liens urn Mila "CruHipIrd 41 ihlny, to IU rsbla II iied!l.4 ItfMkitt lul TM IVrtir Mid k Milt o y , "lea. innrM lull lluhrii Um4 aaeara lbl ltlkawMl wrote we Tun, Srtetal it-e- hem will fratr." ! Ilr4 11 t Irate Wreka 1 piayloa Kara al half ism lie neM Itaie p44 lo Iba raUi a ml in do lb ter, when the ali.g IlMllrMilrl (Trrt attoe at aa Hd liflH rJr lf My H4 Snr iMiim i mil rati I but al lull ,. I M He alien, if I bad lr-'! IM chore aa he rigid with (tiH raf Chad all the liner l lie and bate mi tied the nnwiera Jury al the in Ure f ala iMurroa Mi klary a It Mre iil all trim again la yo I Ita I Ihr lory waa van readily MlUUrdf I ajke aliarjdy li ahar4y la M to aaawef ir whil had tin gifted In hei at thud "Never Mira' about low ury bring etrallx aatlafied dam la ooi goii.g to h lie t4d a Mila inoniing that n attnln flitd im murderer If It every dollai he had to the world ,t dt It 8am la going to get in the twstom of this fte aura nf that." I twitter." alia an Id What d you wonder nae lo a la "klary repnaii h. I merely pi4i4i a ltd hei r ras ,1'ml Hum will atptved" I looked at her browt. ayes all red and awidlen from team and at the deep dark Hrrlea under them and I waa aehanwol I put my arm around hei ahooldera and drew hei ! to ma Money," I Mid. "forgive your old klary W I ara all nvaralrung. overwrought. didn't mean tn apeaa no sharply." "I know Were yru looking fot northing else, on the tahlr? There waa nothing else lo het hng " I aald "I waa wondering. shout that foreign looking teller ahe gd on the aemod of July Did ahe hum It, with the other Ihlnga?" IMdly. she dhln L I found It lo her desk; or, rather, heneufb hei Either ht forgot about typewriter. It; or knew thut none nf ua could read It It was written In rod Here 4 ' Ihal M4 14 Ml ,4H, k 'a lui av 4 14 ,! l. M'by diil I lai.) ii nflh e f nil nleal I m ato-- H, U u ullul it lull ul iMM l Hpii ltae willlet list ll.nl alrp M ui,l n4 ik I r4l m Mihrrt b. lit Nil iiiH 1.4 i be I'auiwrlao,- - glrla I a4 hwi' r, k mg fl4 li4lilhj 4t (lie I M U all Nt aM,i4iliiia a bub I enalli I bey Had "ul iHltl i v 4 gn s iiNMigbt ( Why be fail Ihnl Milt at lei a wrirl bn, 4iviNlt,4, Willi Gnby . am.rd'ng Code. Indeed I When I took Ir from Its envelop, this Is what met my ayes: Tacxzazlytpl rn fgnu fy oy ogrgrago atf Jan jasn. ahxgn xkg vkgt kypulzne. Irlzargf ref fguo. nyi clplzgf rg tkg rkat nyi palf. vlzk nyxo elpa prleg, "p-yoo- n " I have copied only the first lines on the first page There were four sleaty pages, all closely tyjiewrliten Not a scratch of handwriting on It What I judged lo be the signature, was, "Slrsl." Do too know who wrote asked. this?" dare be sure sure, It anything, that It wis written by I I . am I of a man named Bauermotil." I counted the letters of "Lewis on my fingers. Five. The nutuhei of letters In the signature, Slrsl" If he signed his nnme Lewis," I said, then S would be. IV and I would be e and so on. Get a pencil, dear. Let's see If we ran work It out." No." she said, you see. the tettei-comes twice In the Iasi word, and there are no duplicate letters In She didnt read the signature, when she read the letter to ma Al least I dont remember" She rend It to you I" I exclaimed I thought that she did. Now I dont know. I cant he sure of any thing. She rend to me wtmf she said was a copy of tbe letter; that la the worked-ou- t coda She may have left out entire paragraphs. She may have changed It, In any wny, In order to keep her terrible secret from me." Yes. but what did she tell you the letter contained?" It Is too long even to begin to tell And I don't want to tell It now. I have told John again; not today all about it. you see Later of course Or you may ask John to fell you It It was an Insult from beginning t. I An Insult to het. end can t heat thinking ol It, any more; not today Mary." her voice hanged suddenly as did het manner, do you know why Iticle Sam asked me almost commanded me tc be in the living room at three o'clock today?" No, Danny, I don't. But he told Mrs Kicker and me to he Ihtre, too I guess he Just wants to talk to alt of us, together." 0h a:k I What good Is talk go Ing to do? Talk. In t place like this now, where there Is not one true certain thing to get hold of. any where; where not one of us can be lleve In another She put a quick hand to hei lips; her eyes widened; she turned, and hastily pushing aside the heavy cur tain, went through the clothes closet Info her own room. I sat still, at the desk. The paper before me. am. the sharp pencil In my hand, tempted me to mnke a list, as they always do In books, of the clews, to date. I wrote: Locked door. Key In my pocket. "T. A. (1 put only the Initials of tobacco ashes.) Chads suicide. Chad's note. What person was be trying to shield? 111. far Me ifarre lk key its blanks u Manfaa was lb playing wllfc b 14I.4! r bu mu tin n4 Hulo-r- t I'aad rum Into 'be n. (teas iMpribei fav-ke- MlN 0art OHiVliug bvre," b wild 104 l, k4 IM bad fa and Hutn bad com the kef to fait ibrougb ami dnq-akH ! It amt all irmuw) lb 14 ibwtitg arv Making lb b 4lbi ms lie Moved 4 rfaall In l,e l,4 id ibe 4olraiy, ptdrd a fals i, lull table avi-- i tl,le IL "All la lk ii gui, ul id bla look Mkl pul il 4i 'fa laid aad mi down la il4i ir fa 4ie bad flutied Out bad Mid I I know Ibal I was frlgtdrbvd I M4 afiald d Haw aad I waa h4 almld nl lluil al: gun M'ly I aa afraid of lieibg aale orw gfrafal nf my Irald; partly i urd lu an ell sike II uteri Hand awfaf fae Obeefed find "11 niton "T'ini' all Hgbl Hand.' Km aa "1 fan la nvmly hlnk fad mameiifai puq-- a Imdcly," Manba piped up, arent a going lo have lie flrevr,uk( to nlgbi Kara frowned al her Not lonigbl irN f daugbier." Kir iqeiied net and began making itvwe dreudful botje aha al aaya itMdr vrlmnever ahe waa rnaod r rnlilM II Is." li lp aa aiUI,l vlai tiHiM IM S all ulauiM lira Hvtng 4m " ttk r rf Job uvuikry rtg bubler VI liebrlclie Ipi be lw. IggnM tdtl Md II purM Meet I ha 1 ail fcl 1 I STRAHAN If SmIUMi Mmi Ck, Ih m I'M DittMf, IVliil 41 1 Hubert Head iklrk toil to heard In l. lbf "Mrs Itlrkers luirat Vidilrv.la ( IM Mg lb I nv-ut- lo anythli.g rard Ktuil no I In table, Kara ihul up. iiete and uw," he Mid "N-aitoilM! l,lnier out of yoa Hear me. Martlwf" Kbe bet mouth with a snap I thought lliomr lunnenae ryea ot her I SRI ill I Mp oul ol hei head rln aur Ibe idhrra of us all fell Ih way In all the year w had looked lived di the I Wert klin. If ail Ih And time any on ot ua hnd ever tn heard 8am S4ak Impatiently Martha Aa foi scolding her being ateru wllb her. up la this mlnut Il hail never been In the book I mkoB." Kara Ixgnn. Ibal all ol you In hcie know Dial anyone could walk up lo any man or woman In b Te and call him or her a murderer, and tlmt not on of us could give him Hie lie. rigid now I r,sk on Dial you know. too. ns everyone In Ibe country knows Ihnl. al Hits hour. Hie lus-er- i Mon ranch la rotten with Hie murk of crime and What Hao Become ot the Key to the suspicion. May tie you don't know Attic Door? that ll It uoi going in say Ihnl wny for many more hours. Mrs Kicker- - bad been dean and We have cv'led the taw In, aa was clcur sway oft the place since early And Hie law hnt and pro4r right iflenoou until evening? been mil (Millie and bl nke Its eye, Why did I not Include lo my list Folded Its tents like and departed the fad that Gnby given the the Aruba and silently stole awsy gold numkey m Martha? I didn't much Well, tha e all right Why Instead of frying to puzz,e fellows nili care about having ilu-sout the vinle letter, did I not read Into my private hudness; anvwny between tlie lines ot Guhrlelte's last do! until I hnd found out Ihnl I note to Danny? I am con Id nl attfiid to it myself However, at the time, since If was not going to And that out I cun of my own making. I was quite well attend to It. I am going to. right I took It to satisfied with my list on when we here and now the laMe lo check over the Items need the law again, we'll call on It Sum biul put the key. with which I The innocent In this room will have hud opened the attic door, alongside The Desert their names cleared. the oilier things there. Moon vlll he a Al nlecv for a white I picked it up. now, and looked man to live on at It for I he first lime. I had not Now this gun here may look like looked at II. I had merely used It. I felt violent or something. I don't the nlgld before. My heart Jumped And I'm not going to act violent It wus not the This gun la here for Just one purup In my throat. key lo the attic door It wus a rusty pose and Im dead certain It won t A old purs key that had hung on a nnil he used for thnt word to the In the broom closet, off the kitchen, No jicrson. barring wise, though. for more rears than I could remem none and Including the Indies. Is : tier. leave this room until I give the word Whoever had pul this key In my No innocent person in here will try pocket, must have been well ac- to leave. Any guilty person In here-anwith the Desert Moon before Jod Hu re Is a guilty quainted kitchen, to have found that old key. person here; guilty, at least ot aiding under the brooms, and mops, and and abetting Is going to nave loo du.-rugs, and chamois skins, and the much sense to try lo make a break rest, that hung around It and over That Is why I wont need the gun It In tlie broom closet Not. I mean until ve find the guilty What had become of the key to the person When w haw found him It may he ot some use until tht slier attic door? at, tl ltet d. 1 race Origin or uypsies to Northwestern India The nice ot gypsies Is now a very much mixed one, with elements of the blood of all ot the countries In which they have resided; and gypsies from one urt of the world may present ehurncterlsth s und appearances quite (lltTcrcnl from those of another part The Eng'lsh word gypsy reliccts t tie that the old belief of many count r In othe gypsies wort Egyptians. countries they were called Tartars The old ngicement of the traditions concerning iheni was that they had come ' Europe out ol the East M alern inquiry lias revealed a good deal ot llieir true history, however und lias es'ahltshed that the race is India originally from northwestern Bands of the Inhabitants of this re gion were driven away from ttieii homes and set wandering by hordes of northern Invaders which swept down upon them In the Ninth ecu tur.v. These forbears of the modern gyp sy moved Into Knlmlistan and a to f. at HI K krw ill everybody bee to 111 1 0 an Itol tb iruifa Tea II bat auut tr Better Mak It aoubtw." mi r Ibtribs I l sjwmh atf daMfey ktl i bad farru rising v4 up prwtry raid and Hi b ILU flm Kt a ivy." 4 ottgai l pk out. I bow ibal ) rual fort iru'fc out of say taaty at Ik polai of a tuL oor b keefdn Ibal barked p Wall 41 hungry W1l gti Hdraty Aad do well driuk aad bo will go about out aflalra Al tout UblrM you abiad ot Lta Md filed lo put up with tht ktovj Of ford tab, (, ShiIoq M 4o five . bu KAl ClEAUEIt VNOMI 'Nat Tb I r f CHAPTER IX Ierslu and ultimately filtered through Syria into Egypt and northern Africa and through Turney Into Europe There are now fourteen 01 more distinct dialects of their language In Eu con tries indicating theli ropean widespread distribution Paper' Varying Qualities Philatelic m inenclaliire includes the adjectives wove, laid, granite, quadrille and pelure as applied to postal In a general way the distincpaper tions ate these: Wove paper is of the plain, even texture used for hooks and newspapers; laid paper Is water marked with parallel lines close toDistance of Start gether; the tines may be either vertl The celestial body nearest the earth, cal or horizontal; quadrille paper Is watermarked with both vertical and tl.e moon, ami astrj mere meashorizontal lines, which thus form ure the distance by observing simultaneously the angle to a given point on s .ares or oblongs; granite paper the moon from two widely separated shows colored fillers In Its texture, the fibers ore tiny pieces of silk thread, points on the earth's surface. The trl angle thus formed Is then solved by and the reverse of the stamp has a mottled apjiearance; pelure paper ts the nld of trigonometry. The distance to the sun Is measured In much the thin like tissue paper, send transparent hut tougher smt harder than the same way. by sighting the planet Ye nus as It passes across the face of tissue texture and usually grayish In the sun. The stare are measured by color. using the diameter of the orbit of the Mott Coatt Lie earth, about one hundred and eighty six million tullea. aa tt Vase of the Michigan has hv far the greatest trtongl coast lu of any slat h 8a ei a4 qcm" . Ttol'a "Mary." Kara roared al Tea b quiet, rtiougb out uf you V"tl ar got tig o do yo am Md. Ko ar It tdhera." Kara had uevet a4ro nk Ibal to out be f,rv It ton m llnip aa a drained telly bag ttofort I could n gvd my bets l4 aa tHor, Hubert Hand uaa talking. NTtangcd font mind at nr ommlng, haven't you. Kara) You orr dwd nr ltd uwmilbg ibal on on no thg Ida had bad anyibtng to da oltb tb inurtor " "Nrtrt ttobd atMHil ray raornlttg'S iqdnkdiu. Hand Toq nr rlghL I toad rigid lv changed ny ratnd .Now. atm you ar alrrudy rdut pretty g,aat III begin wltb you aod work around lb rara taking travb on la (o to tkar rnvn tportnf inm I want you to irll everything tkg tu&rin m ortr-flfoyu know and every thing you aura avi cvdirertiin lb murder." uukJ olkm. But bow, ur ptpt Sorry. " It llert Hand tald, tul anil load do tinM is Fatkcf truit, dob I knou a d n tktng xc that, Waller Ralcigk, wkoM Sir was uirangted g app'irently. at death m time between brat o' dock Dull, ffifrul klcral H M popular wtik tester day afternisdi and algid o'rlorfe ' tk tmoUJ-d- t, kl k ia Jttjklful to tk BurWv. Mndcf. Tku UctJ of cko HT.7,,r' W a found dead at eight I . , r t A I and Thai the extent of my knowledge.' rtrj ypccul "All Hgtil. Not gn ahead uill fry (ranee. Yet k'l K Bull you can what you aus4a!' inxJte k kH Jay ko(, witlj only tkg "I can't ace." Hubert llaod ot Ktuabon of inerraunf enjoyment. that auaplrlobs bsv Jccted. any heru pirn Beyond atlrrtng op rumpus and hard feeling, tbay wouldn't gel any of ua any plat" j "That la for m It, devide," 8a a You wer mighty busy for said Id) thla morning, throwing out hints and slura II this aemdna doesn't do anything is. it can toy1 way clear out all this whispering that' Is going around Gome no now Hand MEN ef kl Jin-covtfi- 2 W( ' Inmtt dean." j "Well." Hand said. "1 can talk all tight Hut I want in start with thla I don't un tersiamllng know anj fans that amount ro a d n Youre rtget that I have suspicions. anl,j sine you ar determined tn hat ' them now. at the point of a gun I'll! soy that I think John did It. and that amcttod else In the (muse it shielding him" Du any gave a thin, sick tittle shriek and threw her arm aiound John In a protecting way. John straightened I'ndet his tan I could .ee Ibe coloi seeping out ol his face Gently, b removed Danny's arm Sam lowered his white eyebrow unfit his eyes looked Ilk two sllti A bachelor nus to huut for agree-o- f blue light, glinting out from away able cronies and becomes rather his face. When be (poke Prt at It. j his voice war Iron. Why do you think John killed ner?" In the first place, John Is tba only one here 1110 hasnt a water right alild" Not by a d n sight he isn t, Sunt But never mind Gtj Interrupted n. At four o'clock Gnby came down While she wa through the room. still In sight. Danny culled down, try-Pr i Ing ro get her to come back. Now Pierces F a r o r t e Tablets this Is Just anothe. suspicion; I dont; Prescription was greatly imknow whether anyone will back m ' rid proved. I have used In ' It or not probably not," h up and am still using tha added the last In a hateful slurring 'Lotion Tablets and hut I noticed that her vote way Suppositories which have done wonders sounded strange, like she was ex for me. I can now say that I do not suf- - . fer any such pains as I did before. Dr. cited, maybe, or else afraid Sara asked, Did anyone else hers Pierce's medicines are to be praised for this change in me." Mrs. Dortha E. notice anything of that kind?" Stiles, 752 E 3d So. All dealers. 1 Mrs. Itickei spoke. noticed It," Write Dr. Pierces Clinic, Buffalo, shq said. N. Y for free medical advice. Hubert bowed at her, in a sort ol mocking way. Knowing what I knew, Laughter adds to beauty, but weepI thut oer corroboration thought ing never does. would do Hubert Hand more harm fhan KK1. of course, the oth- ere did not know wt.at i knew. let me see," Hubert Hand continued. where was I) Gaby, after going through the room, stopped on Leroy Young, 1118 the porch for a minute to talk to Georgia St., Los AnIluid. He came Into the house in geles, is a regular a tine uumor. Gaby then went around fellow," active In the house to the rabbit hntch. and sports, and at the ton for some reason, gave her bracelet to In his classes at Martha Martha was In Hie house To look at school. again within five 01 ten minutes. him now, you'd think Dn.my had come down by that time. he never had a days From four to five, then, you and 1 When were playing chess Chad was at sickness but his mother says: we was a little Just fellow, Leroy the (dano. Danny and Mary were were over there, talking together. Mrs. found his stomach and bowels Kicker was tatting. Martha was Just weak. He kept suffering from conwith fooling around the mom I'm pretty stipation. Nothing he ate agreed and was He feverish him. fretful, certain not one of us left this room ptiny. during that hour When we started giving him CaliAt five we three men went togethfornia Fig Syrup hi3 condition imer to let the cows In and to milk. quickly. His constipation and proved I In was believe, the kitchen Mary. alone, getting suppet, during that biliousness stopped and he has had time, .dre Kicker, Danny and Martha no more trouble of that kind. I have remained here In the living room Is since used California Fig Syrup with him for colds and upset spells. He that tight?" because It tastes so good and Maybe It Is, and maybe It Isn't," likes it Sam said. There is the hour In I like It because It helps him so won!" there, before supper, that we'll ail derfully California Fig Syrup has been the have to ccounf for. right accurately, trusted standby of mothers for over before an of us lias that water-tigh- t 50 years. Leading physicians recomalibi you were talking about. Hand. mend IL It is rarely vegetable and All right," Hubert Hand agreed. tone You and Chad and went down to works with Nature to regulate, and stomach the and strengthen We the barns together. let the cows full so bowels cf children get they In. We milked them. At least, yon Chad stayed with yon nourishment from their food and and I did. and was kidding around down In yonr waste is eliminated In a normal way. Four million bottles used a year end of the barn. I beard you laughhow mothers depend on it Alshows ing and talking down there, together, look for the word California" ways tba whole time. carton to be sure of getting on the BE COMfUTCUM (TO tba genuine. 1 j Los Angeles Boy Needed Help 1 |