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Show r V K TH3! WEKf-- ATSVIIXnTAR 3 i . .TME.CWMLM) AGNES MILLER 1? J JL WKUSOTtoi . t By $ ftbTboCoaiw?W Jr t CHAPTER XII Continued 1 , Bat lq re mo vlna I lie original book-- ' plate iu order to conceal the certificate, he timusht be mut have torn the former, Hence the need to make copy, aa I had acen her do, Incldeo tall, grandfather waa much vexed that tlmt original should have disapreal Colfax.cn peared, for It was graving, the only cop he had of his father the dwtors bookplate If Mr. Aluiy hadnt Interrupted, I should have bad to, I was so bursting with curiosity, and I should have not been able to compel the answer bp re, lancet with him, that Monday In Harrow's to compare the scratched that Instrument would rat.; Of all the revelations of the afternoon. this was so 'tar the 'most satisHitherto there had been factory. t none aa to why the had been taken to Harrow's. And now Maclvor. was proceeding drearily to the cloae of bis story f "It was that long strain of the pursuit of that book, and tbe fear that somehow the copied bookplate would be noticed. and may lie the hidden birth certificate discovered, that broke grandfather down. lie waa afraid hi secret would be revealed; bla con tdcDce would nevei let htm rest; bis bitterness would oever let him forgive your mother or you, Julia. , He wouldn't have been berg much longer. In any case." "lUi. wby did be treat her sop cried Julia. t"Hla unhappiness was a Judgment on hlnil Why did aba endure aprlog-lance- - ceived. .One minute, Maclvor, How did your grandfather happen to own a Colfax bookplateT II ugh Colfax mode It . juit before hie death It waa. In fact, Ida leaf work In gratitude i for 'the doctor's having ' saved the Ufe of Colfafa British naval ofUrer. on. who wis when he waa stricken with yellow hla unkindness?' "She-baoevei disobeyed blm exfever In South America." answered her by marriage, I suppose; she cept .MacJtypr. briefly., tncely whei;lug my, ' was dependent on him, as her husband curlosfty; but he bad to go on with No. born bad died before wav hla story. "Hot the main thing that the birth certificate waa missing I dont know bow. Hla brother, whS Grandfather knew Case bad It and would doubtless hv helped her, was Case bad gone abroad directly after abroad;. her health was falling, you your mother' death Julia, and Prof. had to be thought of. 'Aod you know Rojall Harrington, to whom your my mother, her sister, never came mother had referred bj name. Have home here, Her divorce bad vexed So yonr grandfather very 'ranch. you aver heard ef Mlu?"( off cat mother' (from practically In hla nami seen the , "I think I'rt everybody. . lint she did get grand paper," said Julia, reflecting. ' la your fatbera elder father to promise her. when she was Well, h : actually , dying, that he would have brother" vou brought np and educated properly What I" he did better by you than by Julia, Tea, your uncle. He bad gone to me. Ton gee what I am today . , Oxford the. previous , summer., on hlk work . fine specimen t" tear year's the. university. Charles Maclvor gave a laugh ao Grandfather knew Case must 'have taken him the book, that your mother bitter that ft waa dreadful to bear most have told Case the secret In ft. For the flrat time he aroused my symHe knew i Harrington would try to pathy. Tha one thing he eared 'for. trace you, so be sent you away and the Groevenor estate, for which he had agreed to a shameful alienee that kept you awiy all those years." "And took my name from me, eo had defrauded hla cousin for years of her birthright, waa to be largely lost yon might claim all the property t" to him, after all; and It hod taken "Welt, partly; not altogether."' loss to show him hla own worth that What other reason coold there have lessneaa. Julia gated at him aorrow been?" could not hart found In Sha fully. Tour name was Harrington." ' a her heart apark of her old cooslnly "I dont understand P , regard for him; yet her true, womanly Maclvor pointed to the certificate. Tour father came from Eliots loyalty . prompted some speech that , Crossing, Virginia. . So did the Qroavfe might jet, revive hla manhood, . "Listen. Charles, lb aatd gently-- ' nor family. There1 waa a feud be- at last: "HI nevtr forget bow you ; tween those famllleefor decade went to Oarrow'a that night, for ma. Nor . I thought mistakenly, . you ' know eo long ago that Tea; and It started ven grandfather had only a vague that you went on your cwu account, after I told you where the He thought Idea of what.begnn I shall always be grate-- ' the-ye. It was a political duel, around because ful for you did U when that, In hundred. which a eighteen you thought I waa guilty, and you flroavenor waa killed. Of coarse hi father, a boy at that time, hated the wanted to help me." And then, where opposition and in very mention of the name Harrington. Grandfather waa a hidebound con- ger and severity had only aroused deservative. yon know, kuew the family fiance la ' that cold aod . mercenary traditions and held to them fast 8o heart, tbe free forgiveness of that bitwhen he learned that hla daughter had terly Injured girl, who had aatrifleed married a Harrington, of all people tn herself time and asnln for blm. broke Maclvor collapsed, U Completely. the world" , , Where? How?" Interrupted Julia groaning aloud. "Dont, 'Julia t dont 1" he cried. 1 j eagerly. "Ive never known, confessed Map bad no idea whatever what had hap-- ' Ivor. "He never told ine. Maybe be pened to grandfather. bnt l always didnt know everything about It blm-- ' knew you must be absolutely innocent t self; I. waa a - secret ' marriage, of I only wanted to keep you from getcourse. But when be learned the main ting that bookplate; I wanted time to facta about It, I'm sure be resolved to get It myself, ao I tried to throw the wipe out alt traces of It. That waa guilt on you. God forgive me I I lied I what made him to bitterly determined lie bid bla face. Silence descended to recover that bookplate. After Pro- on the room. Julia sat motionless, returned 'from looking at blm. She waa cleared, vinfessor 1 Harrington abroad. : grandfather made various at dicated; tf she had wished it. fully tempts to regain that book." avenged. Hut all that anyone could "Ton mean, of course, to ateat UP have read face aa compna-aloTreecntly she rose, went to blm, suggested Mr Almy. ' "Harrington ' ' and laid her hand on hla bead. would never have sold It I Maclvor nodded. Mr. found our Altny and jAnd as "And Ova years ago. he uearty got selves In tbe hall, we met reter Uur-toIt The professor's library was coming up the stairs. robbed" Ue started to greet us; suddenly 1 "Tee, I know" eald Mr. Almy. 4 A : number of rare books were taken, and .some of them turned op later In varl bus bf the smaller cities, though the 'thief was never traced. Ton mean to say MriClrosvenor Instigated that The average expectation of life-to- day "He did ; hr hired the thief, but the 53 waa probably between 25 thief did a reoiarkalgy thorough Job. SO In the Middle age. JVe. have ! tMMkks besides the and lie took a lot OarlheVr and disposed of them alt no Idea today what a vast luxury then himself, beNldes taking hla wages I waa a bit of food, tire hnd drink, aliet lloweref, that failure started my ter and a bed, even aucb poor' things grandfather collecting Virginians. He at they were. .The pathetic tnaseea of knew If. he was known aa a collector, bumaos were ao indescribably miserh would be notlfled of alt the Virginia able that w hate almost no perspecbooks that were put on the market; tive on them today. Picture then), tlv-- , he could examine all libraries put op ing In low thatched hut without ven Ulatlon. the earth for a floor. When for sale, have the run ut second-hanthla floor got too filthy a new layer shops. Itut he certainty was aston lahed that ereulng when you read out of rushes was laid down ou the top of the title of the very book be wanted. the old tilth, until the layers of twenty Julia I And there was one thing he years festered there, alive with verhad that would Identify the book ab- - min, foul with refuse. Those who J could afford li!" woife' leather clothes; 7 anlntety "Not the bookplateP demanded Mr. the lower masses wrapped themselves with straw. For food they ate pea, Almy. beside "Something that," answered black bread, fern root and tbe bark MacIvoK end pointed to the spring-lance- t of trees. Ouly ohalf of them ever which was stilt In Ur. Almy 'a told tuo when I went to bund, Learning Personality .Richmond, . lo unite,. In.jtddUlua .to ' A school teacher died tn Indian the bookplate, whether there were a number of small parallel scratches apolls of whom the Indianapolis New here f and there on and Inside that editorially stated that "she waa great book lie had made them, when a boy. ty beloved by bvr pupils." A teacher who Is greatly beloved hy her pupil with that old Instrument Of hla fa tlier'a. he rememhered ; be hnd been Is a great teacheruno matter whether punished for doing so. I think that she t a very learnd person or uoU ' was ft reason. Im Awl the Ijrtng Topeka capital ' - - . yoo-wer- e - k a ... : j i i . - - , - - . it apring-lencet.waa- .. ar : ' -- - - - -- on-he- r n. -- n lies not the aunpect you mentioned taw bla eyes become fixed on sometold ber thing behind me, hla hand grasped the to Julia llarrlugtou wheicjou banister.1 bla face blanched, tbe greeting died ou hla Ups. Next Instant, however, be had commanded blmaelf. Mr.' Almy signed to him. and we al( went downstairs aod out ef tbe house '' together. . turned uptown. - Ieter walked rlong with, os lb alienee, which Mr We Almy presently broke. "I.ota of water has flowed under' the bridge since you left on yoor trip, Burton. Some of the oetra la good, and aomea verjrJNd." All I looked at him In curprlae. the news 'I bad beard seemed to tbe extremely , good. My glance crossed iVtera; be was still very pal. I said: , vlte rvas cleared?" Is very had!" Then she does not know It yet, doe ahe. Almy?" demanded Peter vigorously.! "Not yet. But the evidence agalnat la very strong. Shell have to kuiw It eoon." "Tell me flrat what baa happened." evidence? urged Peter, i "Whata thla on that marriage finish about and terla This . Island. , Atmy'e rible I "To begin with the evidence!," All along there Mr. Almy. was a tiny gap lo Harringtons alibi that didnt appear to many observers, and might bars been unimportant. There were three or four minutes when he was alone In tbe aisle, ostensibly looking at hooka on tbe table there, that were not accounted for ta detail We started to look blm np. aod found directly that bis birthplace was Eliot a Grossing, the old Groave-n- r him .VC ligjrA fr ed Groave-ru,r-Harringto- 1' The nurse tells you to take' Bayer Aspirin because she knows it safe. Doctors have told her so. It has no effect on the heart, to talce it to stop .a headache or check a cold. For almost instant relief of neuralgia, neuritis rheumatism; even lumbago. But be ure its Bayer the genuine Aspinn. At druggist?, with proven directions for its many uses. x 4 jjv.A - He nodded again. "Now you aee why I pot It that way" I5uf he's ber ooelsf" I gasped. "Oh, If this Is our bad news. U certainly Almy, the fact that Mias Grosvenor Is uo longer under suspicion ought to counterbalance any bad news. I should think." What's happened?" deuauded Hater, In a strangely Incredulous tone, before Mr.. Almy could answer. Welt, lets have ' the good nears flmt," agreed Mr. Almy.- - "Thata quite true, Burton : Mias Grosvecor ta cleared. But we rant call her that any longer I Aod aaMlaa Fuller la responsible for that" fact, she ran tell homestead; and while the you all about It." fend aeemed rather reTaking this statement aa an order. mote as a motive for aa attack on Mr. I then told Heter, as succinctly as posGroivenor, It waa well remembered aa sible, all about) the discovery of the very bitter down In that section. So birth certificate. Still, as full clar- there It waa. a factor' to be rememity Involved a recital of the strange bered. and there were the proud. and numerous adrenturea of Uarl-hewcharacters of those two eld"Notes" during hla absence, tbe erly men. story took some little time. When I went op to the cel"An had finished, be turned to oor com- ebrationInvestigator at Carroll Bay, and there, panion. to tbe oldu townsfolk about talking "Do you koov' anything more than Miles Uarrlngton, stambled on young that scamp, Maclvor, told?" be de- a trail which led Anally to tbe unearth. manded. , ing of that secret marriage. The man Tea,", replied Mr. Almy, sa If be who performed tbe ceremony waa a bad received a good opening. "1 know of the peace tu the one little Justice where Miss Julia Uarringtona parents Iowa on Almy's Island ' twenty-edwere married." He's w'mlserly old characPeter and I registered amaxement years I ago. know well who he la. Miles ter: at tlila unexpected reply. narrington was spending bla vacation "Ive known ouly since this morn alone at Carroll Bay that summer, as tag." continued Mr. Almy. "It waa on hla brother had Just gone to Oxford; Aimya Island, up In tirroli Bay. where Mary Groeevenor waa op there with a my folks have always been. I might of artists who had come to patnt tell yon now that my apedal Interest party coast. When they decided to get tha In this Grosvenor case dates from tbe was It married. easy to sail down the mlnnta I read tha preliminary report to island and briba that bay rpmote of It, and learned that Professor Harold bold to P. J. the hit tongue. It rington waa ona of thoaa In Harrows was equally easy, a day or two ago to Tou last Monday morning. see, though bribe him to loosen It I never knew him personally, I knew "Then w learned that Clarihewa who hla brother, waa." Notes had belonged to tbe professor's who Miles Ton knew Uarrlngton library, aod bad been stolen; that it was! 1 exclaimed. had turned np again and had been .Mr. 'Almy nodded. "In tha village called Carroll Bay, ought by many people, among whom Mr. Grosvenor waa Included,' without which la on the mainland a few miles doubt for be and hla granddaughter up from our bland, theres a cenotaph had been engaged In controversy over put op to Miles Harringtons memory. a book, and that book was tha one I was serving In the Philippines when U was erected; but when I returned ahe was to eager to obtain. That It home I learned It had been put np In was certainly of extraordinary Interest seemed proved by the presence of tha memory' of the younger of two brothers of that name, who had been cleverly forged bookplate concealing drowned saving some fishermen tn a the key 1 flung "The key I" I Interrupted. storm. They were often anmtner vision In living-rooit that table tbe I" Carroll was at elder a tor Bar; the "Toull have to leave It there New now, In a Tork college." professor He went on;, but I couldn't listen said Mr. Almy; ierhaps thata the best place for it Well, to a cut a long went Broken 'sentence rluging abort It eeemed as If Professor atofy 1 sentences hud through my ears, Uayrngton might be among the perentirely: sons tn recovering that Interested "Fve had an levitation my ummer . playground . . . Carroll book, perhaps the most so, since It waa 1 stick to tbe bla own possession. Ue hud had opBays the earns old traditions . . . My brother waa portunity to try to do so last Monday Of the five persons tn the highly romantic . . . We're not ell morning. well suited to stand the blows of shop 'then suspected of trying to get the book, four were gradually elimi." The Icy Ungers of pre life. . monition grasped me. and I beard nated. Mr. Grosvenor was attacked; Maclvor obviously never got a chance Peters voice saying heavily: at the book ; Mr. Case "Not our Professor Harrington P "Case? Interrupted Peter, increduMr. Almy nodded reluctantly. Tou never auspected that lously. "Ilea onder arrest." correct of assault tad rob1 person In In short street tbe stopped bery!" horror. "Tea; he waa absent from tbe conference Monday morning, and waa aeeu ta the shop Just before tha clock He finally admitted struck eleven that be bad formerly known Mr. Groaveuor. and be gave Indication of a tasted fresh meat, aod tbe other halt remarkable Knwnal Ini eras t in s ate meat only once a week. A hole 'Notes. But now be ta In lh roof drained off sums of the The second dick of tbe t smoke. ' The boose servante miserat arts the able creatures, earning 30 shillings a attack, and Mr. Case did time of the not leave the year and shoes went about nearly conference until ten By the naked, such garments aa they hnd be- way. you havent seen tbe have lancet, ing utterly filthy, and slept on tbe vile yon. Burton? I brought tt along." .rush floor at night " Men were old at Td tike to, said Peter, forty and women even earlier. J. the little brass box from Mr.receiving Almys George Frederick. In the New Age hand and looking at It with close attenIllustrated. tion. Ue worked the flashing knives once, then returned lu as Mr. Almy Eat Eels for Long Ufe went 'on : Eat eels and Uve long Is tbe slogan "We have to thank Mr. Case at least of those In Japan who enjoy tbe dish that - Clarthew'a 'Notes' didn't leave and claim tbat.lt la nourishing aod Harrow's. He could have accepted the healthful, although somewhat of a luxJuddes offer tentatively la Mr. Harury for many poor people. During row's absence, bet be turned Miss the recent "eel day festival many In- Wilkes down- - Of coarse, the fourth stances of old persons who were fond suspect Was MU Crwvenor. as we of the elongated fl?h were cited. then Vailed ber. and tbe one that thing Among these Is Klhachlro Ok art, tb saved ber waa that though tbe reninety-yeretired flnapcler and mained In the shop, tbrre was no wv business. whv Is cotied of connecting berafth'any weapon' an eel epicurean. Aoother champion -"None," agreed Peter. So only of the eel Is Matsusuke Onoye, aged remains. Wby (a be held?" Uarrlngton . elghty-flveao actor of the Imperial "Ue waa seen behind tne law book theater, Tukya alcove at ten uity o'chk last Moo day , In fact, on the occasion of that Some people 'are like nails they second dick of th mini be hit on the head to make them spring Unrai Which was elan heard by the witness " n anj use. -- Forbes Magazine. 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