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Show re-pil-ed SERIAL STORY J THE SMUGGLER ' By ELLA MIDDLETON TYBOUT ElmtratioM tcopjritfbfc, .;, by Ray Walters It J a, littim:uM Cu.) 8YNOP8I3. KllxulM-th- , ThTM irlrln Oabrli'll and arted (or ChiihiIii In npi'iiil th On iMiHnl atpnim-tiniincr they dimient-- . by an HppRn-ntlfrightened withlrani-r, rrt who HihIIiik a hag ht'lonKing to cm of Ihi'in, took enjoyment In wru-- . tlnlsint a pholo of the Irlo. Kline allured her fUiitiToom with a Mm. Graham, ulno bound fur Cunada. The younK women on wlKlitHeelnn tour met Mr. Graham, nxloiiHly nwaltlnK tier tiutiliand, who hud m mnnln for nalllrm. They were Inlro-- . dornd to W1 Wilfrid and Ijjdy E.IIih. A cottage ty the oeean waa rented by Kllxabotti h trio for tlio nummer. earned that a friend of Iter father's waa mun culled, one of them Two to rail. atranKer on tlia bring tli qucer-arttritlwonrr, The Klrla were "not at home." txil itimovered by the rani loft that ona off th men waa Kllmilx'th'a father' sfrtend. The men proved to be John '. blialm and Gordon Hennett. The party told of the aearch for amiiKftlera In wij vicinity wwt of the cottage. Kline vlttlted lira. Ciraham to find that her life waa not the happleat. Phe learned that the Orahatna and Laity Edith were artpjalnt- A wlnp of yellow hair from Mr. pocket fell Into the handa of Kline. Mra. Graham'a hair waa block. During alorm the younK women heard a craah and a mo- la the bailment of the cottagewoman aerv-mn- t, aarnt later Mary Anne, their entered, her arm bleeding. To aa- no waa them there danger, Mary ,nira Anna denrended to the baaement alone mnd quieted their fear. I.ady Kdlth told ttw iclrla of a robbery of Jewels at the hotel. Fearing for the aafety of her own i. twins, she left them In a aafo at the Mr. Gordon Bennett waa properly Introduced, explained Ilia queer actions, )jr turned the loat bag. ' CHAPTER VI. Continued. am glad It amuses you," I remarked, " V.Vam tlir. r y Ora-fciun- 'a ' cot-tng- "I A dull red flush was distinctly visible beneath his coat of tan aa be to my question, "I'm not a native, you know. I was here for a bit last year, and I liked it; so when I had a chance to buy an Island, house and all, I Jumped at It Dut I'm not wise about my neighbors. I do know that this cottage was occupied last summer, and I heard the people were very unsocial and never received a guest or entered the village while they were here; and, of course, there were stories. Gossip flourishes on a mystery, you know." "Well," I returned, "I don't care how mysterious the former tenants were, but I'm glad they did not come back. Perhaps they were In mourning, or Invalids, or something of that sort." "No doubt," he agreed hastily; "no doubt." And then we changed the subject and talked of other things till the sound of voices and laughter told me Elizabeth and Gabrlelle were returning from the village. They brought Lady Edith and Lord Wilfrid both home with them to dinner, and It was not difficult to persuade Mr. Bennett to stay also, so we had the first of some very merry repasts, where morning costumes were allowed, and where Mary 'Anne, to quote her own words, "dished up banythlng that came 'andy and prayed the Lord It would be enough." That night I asked Gabrlelle to look in her bag and give me my but she found that it was not there, and that our picture also was missing. "We will ask for it the next time we see him," remarked Elizabeth. "I don't think It Is very nice In him to have taken it out." "Oh, no," I objected; "don't say anything about It. I don't want to give him the satisfaction of knowing we missed It." And we all agreed that this was our most dignified course. side-com- CHAPTER VII. Elizabeth inspected the cellar next morning, and I went with her, by request. "Not that I'm afraid," she explained elaborately; "but It Is always nicer to have some one to speak to, and, besides, one of you, at least, ought to take an Interest In such things." It looked very much like other cellars, with paved floor, coal bins, and so on, except that it ran far back, forming a sort of alleyway, which was my most frigid manner, which I la extremely chilling. "Oh, I say," he said quickly, "don't look at. It that way. Why, It was nothing after all.' I had made two trips on that old boat this summer, and one of rthnae dilapidated chairs broke down with me and nearly pitched me over-- ' board. I complained, but the company would not get new ones, which put the my back tip a bit, so I got intowhen habit of examining them, and r 1 found one weak In the back or legs 1 Just pitched it overboard. ThAt wasn't so bnd, was it? Of course I never thought how it looked, and I i did rant1er,' but I'm heartily glad you . .did not hear what I said." Xt was a very simple explanation ao simple, in fact, that I felt provoked It had not occurred to me, and I hated to think how he would relate the Incident to bis friend Mr. lllake, and Sow they would laugh over It. So I merely looked out at the ocean and remark made a frosty, impersonal about the view. But Instead of the familiar landscape I found myself looking straight "It Must Have Belonged to the Peo Into two very blue eyes with a trace ple Who Were Here Last Year." of anxiety in them, and a sunburned dark and unprepossessing and hand was extended toward me appeal-Ingly- . very seemed to be a repository for old boxes, bits of paper, kindling wood "Let's shake and be friends," he and the usual accumulated trash of a said heartily. "I'm sorry I alarmed household. At the extreme end an you. but I'm glad I found out my of- empty packing case large enough to fense. I was determined I would know have contained a piano rested against what It was. When the general wrote the wall, which looked and studied me his daughter was here, and I dis- very damp and mouldy. covered who it was, I was delighted, Elizabeth glanced about and curled on the saw all I course of boat, you for her the zeal of the and I wanted awfully to know you. bornUp contemptuously; shone In her eye, To don't mind my saying soT Then and I housekeeper knew she had visions of nicely when I got snubbed so unmercifully whitewashed walls, with eminently I could not understand It. Shall we for kindling and proper receptacles ex-- . will and over you all start again, foresaw trouble waste and paper, In am I plain to your friends that ahead for Mary Anne. , senses and of all my hope possession We could bear the ocean outside. while a them longer?" to keep for tho cellar was an excavation In the Well, it was Impossible not to smile bluff, and It conveyed such lan un a was of I Indeed very glad also, and pleasant impression of a vault-likchance to descend gracefully from my cave that I was not sorry when Eliza high horse, so we shook hands grave- both proposed an adjournment. as over he all again, ly and started "And here Is the hanging shelf," I 3md suggested. , remarked, as I almost ran Into It, B Inquired where he spent the night, "Mary Anne has lost no time In put nd he mentioned the hotel we had ting It up again on chains this time, deserted, so I told him about the rob- so I hope It is safe." bery. He had heard nothing, having "How rusty they are!" said Eliza left wry early In the morning, mean- beth. pausing to examine them. "They ing to sail home In time for breakfast. look as though they had been here for I asked him if his boat suffered any years, but I suppose they are old ones illl effects from the storm, and his man-ti- r she found somewhere. This place grew all at once constrained and must be well aired; It la awfully ; ill us. raise, so I changed the subject, musty." ; fearing that It might have been She gathered up her skirts as she damaged against our slip, preparatory to going tip the spoke, I ramd ."feeling somewhat responsible. and I was about to follow when steps, we how en and She 'of cottage, upoke something caught my eye, and me joyed life here, and the contraHt It chanically I stooped and picked It was to the hotel. . from a crack between two bricks. "Yes," he said absentlj ; "it's a Jolly up"Have you lost anything?" called little place. But, tell me, how did you Kli2abeih from the stairs. to how did and manage of you It, ricar "No," I replied; "I have found some get It? I understood It was not for Look here." thing. rent." Together we examined my dlS' I told him he was mistaken : that covery as It lay In the palm of my we. had no trouble at all in securing mau's cuff link of dull, raised it, ami that the rent was ridiculously hand a head of the Sphinx on one the gold, coiirstdored. iill things ;iiw, "I "would like to know to whom It side and the under link shaped like, a "I understand small key. jelimgH," I remarked. Elizabeth turned it over curiously. It was some woinuu's wtn. and she "It must have belonged to the peo tins tired of It. rorhnps wa might get some of our relatives to buy it and ple who were here last year," she con lectured. "It's very pretty, Isn't It? rinne here every summer." "'Don't you know anything about It ?" I never saw one anything like it." "Look, Mary Anne!" I exclaimed, as as looking at me curiously now. "Not a thing." I said lightly; "do we entered the kitchen. "See what 1 have found." you?" $m save been told e . Mary Anne tdvanced willingly, but as I raised the button by the little key and held It toward her, ber Jaw dropped suddenly and. the color top sook her ruddy face. "Where'd you find It, mis?" "In the cellar, right by the steps." "You've been down la the cel : V: ' lar?" "Certainly; why not?" Mary Anne wiped her face with a corner of her gingham apron, and poked wood Into the stove with reckless prodigality. "It's entirely too fore'anded you are. Miss Elizabeth," she grumbled "the cellur lookln' like distraction and you goln' down there the fust time! What kind of 'ousekeepln' do you think I do? This very day I laid out to put everything shipshape down there and take you around meself, And the cellar's damplike, and no place fur a lady any'ow, and you like to take cold and sneeze yer 'ead off!" Elizabeth laughed and assured her that this catastrophe was not liable to and suggested that the happen cellar might be improved by the Introduction of fresh air and BunllRht. "And how soon you got the shelf fixed!" she added, by way of soothing Mary Anne's ruffled feelings. "Shelf?" she repeated vaguely. "Oh, of course, miss. 'Ow could I git along without it? And what else did ye find In the cellar, Miss Elsie, besides the little button?" I thought she watched me keenly as I replied I had not looked for anything more, and wondered she had not seen It on her trips up and down the steps. "Me eyes are not so good as they once, were, nor bo bright as yours, "It's a Miss Ellse," she remarked. pretty thing, now Isn't It? What will you be doln with It?" But I did .not reply, for Gabrlelle, who had been to the village for the mall, now appeared, and Elizabeth immediately lost Interest In everything else. I do not wish to arouse false sus picions, but Elizabeth certainly wrote a great many very long letters, and re ceived volumes all In the same hand writing, which always arrived on certain days of the week. She used to open them with an air of lndlffJience and glance over them carelessly, then in a few minutes she would make some excuse to go off alone, and we could sometimes see her poring over them, dead to the world as she turned page after page, and smiling a smile whicu exasperated Gabrlelle exceedingly, although she also did not a little corresponding on ber own account that summer. however, she handed Elizabeth her letter without comment, and only glanced casually at the cuff link when I displayed It In triumph, for she was eager to relate the news she had 'accumulated during her trip to the vil lage. "You know that smuggler?" she began, seating herself on the kitchen doorstep and removing her hat. "No," I Interrupted; "I'm happy to say I don't know him." "You know about him, don't you? It's all the same thing. Well. I've teen to the hotel, and I heard that he Is suspected of having been on the Island the night of the storm, and they think" she dropped her voice cautiously "they think be took Mra. Bundy's emeralds." "Who thinks so?" "Oh, the detectives, of course. Lady Edith told me. And they say It was a very foolish thing for him to do. because he can now be arrested in Canada. And our government officials are perfectly wild, too, for a whole lot of things were smuggled In somehow right under their noses." "Is he on the island now?" "Oh, no. As Lord Wilfrid said. It would be madness for him to stay here now. He must have been one of the men who left the hotel so early that morning before Mrs. Bunfly discovered her loss. They are following them up. of course, but It was easy enough to register a false name and address. I can forgive his smuggling, but I can't forgive his robbing that poor old woman she's Just scared to death, and expects to have her throat cut every night, they say so I hope they will' catch him." (TO ma CONTINUED.) to-da- To-da- CRAZE FOR TITLEL HUSBANDS. Cynical Bachelor Criticizes Alma of Average Rich American Mother. "'Not only an English carl, but an Italian prince and a German count proposed to my daughter while we were abroad, but ' "That is the sort of thing." said a cynical bachelor, "that we bear on all sides from the average rich mother on her return from Europe What does It denote? Why, hang It, It denotes that the average American mother feels actually ashamed nowadays It her daughter doesn't marry into a n ble fortign family. To marry Into the foreign nobility is the correct thing to do, and the girl who doesn't land a duke or a count or something feels ashamed, and her mother feels more deeply ashamed still. "I don't want to boast, but. cotiHlder-In-g the quality of us American men, I think It's terrible tfiM American heiresses only marry us as a lust resort when they are anhnmed of their failure to got a duke or marquis. "If you think I'm exasperating, listen to the shamefaced mothers of marriageable daughters who have returned from Europe without a title In tow. Like parrots they say nothing but: ' '"Yes, Prince Petti and Lord Lao-lan-d and Count Sago all proposed to Mamie, but" Nationalities Remain Apart. In the French schools In Algiers and Tunis the Arabic boys sit with tho French In school, but out ot gcboul they do not mil much. TO SERVE AS SURPRISE DISH. Combination That Is Known Italian Cheese Is Appetizing and Healthful. TIRED ALL THE TIME. PLAIN TALK. Languor, listlessness, dullness ot spirits are often due to kidney disor ders. Pain and weakness In the back, as ' Chop one pound of veal, 1 pounds of calf's liver and half a pound of ham, all uncooked. Before chopping the liver cover it with boiling water for five minutes and dry It Add two tablespoons chopped parst ley, one teaspoonful salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne, half a teaspoonful of powdered aage Mix and one small, grated onion. well. Grease a plain mold well with butter, press the meat tightly Into it, cover and steam or .boll three hours. When the lid Is removed you will And that the meat has shrunk, leaving an Inch of space partly filled with liquid, carefully remove this liquid, put It Into a saucepan on the fire, add to It of a box of gelatin (which should have been covered with cold water and soaked half an hour), and sufficient water to fill the space and cover the meat Stir until the gelatin Is dissolved, add salt and pepper to taste, pour back into mold, around the "cheese," and set away to cool. Turn out of the mold, when cold, and cut into thin slices. If properly made the meat should be encased In jelly. one-hal- one-fourt- h KEEPS THE BOTTLES SWEET. Simple Scheme of Housewife That Ssems to Premise Much In the Line of Results. To keep bottles perfectly sweet, especially those which contained milk, requires more than careful washing, they should also be well aired and drained. , One Ingenious housekeeper has hit on a novel plan, which has much simplified her bottle washing. She bad a narrow board about three Inches wide nailed to the outside of a kitchen window that had a sunny exposure. At intervals along the length of the board were made screw holes Just big enough to hold a child's drum stick, the bottom of which was likewise preThis could be pared for screwing. done at home by anyone slightly skilled in tools, but a carpenter would charge little for It. The drum sticks were painted white, with a coat of enamel, so they could easily be kept clean. When bottles were to be aired the sticks were screwed in the holes sc they stood upright and a bottle, first cleaned In hot soda water, was turned upside down on each stick to drain, and sun. ' A Good Cake. Two cups of butter and two cups ot sugar, creamed; six eggs, well beaten; one cup sirup, one cup good brandy; one nutmeg, one teaspoon cloves, three of cinnamon, two of soda, three of baking powder; grated rind of two lemons. Juice of one; one tablespoon of vanilla, one of lemon extract; two pounds of best raisins, one of sul tanas, two cups of walnuts, one of cit ron, one of orange peel, one of figs, one of dates, one of preserved strawberries (drain off the juice); five cups of flour sifted with the soda and baking powder. Prepare the fruit the day before making; cut the figs and dates fine with the scissors; also the raisins, and be sure there are no seeds left In them; shave the nuts with a sharp knife and the citron and orange peel as fine aa possible. Dredge the fruit with flour and add Just before putting In the oven, which must be hot at first and then moderate. Bake In two loaves, and Ice. English Orange Marmalade. Twq dozen Juicy oranges, six lemons (only use juice of), cut rinds of oranges In quarters, put In pan with cold water. When hot empty water out, lay rind on board, white side up, and with small knife cut all white out, then slice rind In very thin, narrow strips. Peel off all the white of the orange, then quarter in small plecea and put on to boll until cooked. This, run through a sieve; pulp, throw away. The Juice and the sliced peel measure and put equal sugar; boil this all together until thick; stlrr often. Ideal Cream Toast. Cut stale bread one Inch thick, trim off crust and cut Into even cubes. Toast these in a hot oven or under gas flame so that the Inner portion will be dry and the outside a . light brown. Serve these cubes In small bowls or cereal dishes and turn hot thin cream over, which should be served in a small hot pitcher. Instead of cream use a thin white sauce cooked in a double boiler not less than twenty minutes. Callfornian Tarts. Required: Half a pound ot prunes, quarter of a pound ot sugar, half a pint of water, one pound ot apples, lemon peel; pastry. Stew the prunes with the lemon peel, sugar and water till almost soft Next add the apples pared and cored, and cook all together till perfectly tender. Place the stewed fruit In a pie dish, add a pinch of mixed spices. Cover with pastry Ilka an ordinary tart and bttke for half an hour. Delicious Dish of Apples. Take two pounds of applcB, pare and core them. Then slice them into a pan. Add one pound of grunuluted sugar, tho Juice of three lemons and the grated rlud of one. Let these boll about two hours, when turn Into a mold. When cold serve with a thick custard or with cream. Honey Pop Corn Calls. Take a pint ot honey, put In agate dish and boll till thlek. then stir in frctihly popped corn, and when oool mold Into bulls. sides and hips, headaches, dizziness, urinary disorders are sure signs that the kidneys ned immediate attention Delay is dangerous. Alonzo Adams, Osceola, Iowa, says: "My kidneys failed, me. I Buffered awful pain and was so weak I could not work, and often had "I think she's double-faced!- " to take to bed. I "Oh, don't say that! One face like was dull and exhausted nearly all the hers la bad enough!" time. I consulted doctors and used medicines, but only Doan's Kidney DREADFUL DANDRUFF. Pills helped me. Soon I was permacured." nently Girl's Head Encrusted Feared Los Remember the name Doan's. For of All Her Hair Baby Had Milk-Cru-st sale by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Wife Made Fo8ter-MllburMissionary's Co., Buffalo., N. Y. ' M n Two Perfect' Cures by Cutlcura. TRUE RESIGNATION. "For several years my husband was a missionary in the sou tn west. Every one In that high and dry Atmosphere has more or less trouble with dandruff and my daughter's scalp became so encrusted with It that I was alarmed for fear she would lose all her hair. After trying various remedies, In desperation I bought a cake of Cutlcura Soap and a box of Cutlcura Ointment They left the scalp clean and free from beautifully dandruff, and I am happy to say that Old Maid Is it really true that mar the Cutlcura Remedies were a comare made in heaven? riages sucplete success. I have also used Doctor Yes, I believe bo. cessfully the Cutlcura Remedies for Old Maid (resignedly) O, then, 'milk-crus- t on baby's head. Mrs. J. A. doctor, you needn't call again. Cutlcura Is a blessing. 310 Fifth St, Carthage. Ohio, lrllng, Had to Hear Evidence. Jan. 20. 1908." Some ladles were visiting at Cham. Corp,' Sola Prop, Boatoo. Fottar Druf Blanche's home one day. During the conversation, while the visitors were The Happiest one of the ladles was describof the Finland, there,how In the smoking-roothe blowflies laid eggs and ing discussing a June wedding, Andrew batched out as maggots. ' they Carnegie said: Blanche did not seem to be "And thank goodness It wasn't an Interested in the conversation nor pay the International marriage, though any attention lo what they had been bride did have 18 millions. talking about. After the visitors had "Not." appended Mr. Carnegie, "that gone, Blanche said: I object . to international marriages "Mamma, I don't believe flies lay wherein the two parties are good and eggs." honorable and well matched. But bo "Why?" asked the surprised mother. many of these, marriages are like one "Because I never heard one cackle," that a Boston cynlo described to explained the doubting Blanche. Four-year-o- ld me. "'Was It a happy marriage?' I asked i this Bostonlan. ' 'Ob, quite,' said he. The bride was happy, her mother waa overjoyed. Lord Lacland was in and bis creditors, I understand, were in a state of absolutely endleb and uncontrollable bliss.'" Hospitals a Benefit to Property. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis has recently, concluded an investigation, which shows that 67.5 per cent of the tuberculosis sanatoria and hos pitals of the United States have been a benefit to the property and health, of the communities In which they are Time to Change Subject. located In the case of more than 62 tells of this per cent of the sanatoria the presence The Courier-Journa- l embarrassing statement made by a of the Institutions has helped to inLouisville woman who is crease the assessed value of surround known as "saying things without ing property. Her daughter was enter thinking." Another Step Needed. talnlng a young man on the front "I like my house all right,"' said porch and the mother was standing thing. I at the fence talking to the neighbors Luschman, "except for-on- e next door. In the yard of the latter guess you'll have to fix that" "What Is it?" asked the architect " was a baby a little over a year old, "Several times lately I've nearly and it was trying to walk. "You shouldn't .let it walk so young," ad broken my neck, reaching for another vised the thoughtless matron. "Walt step at the bead of the stairs when I until it's a little older. I let my got home late, so I guess you'd better daughter walk when she was about put another step there." Catholic Standard and Times. that age, and it made ber The young man began to talk ener Better than gold Like it hi color getlcally about the weather. Hamlin Wizard Oil the best of all remedies for rheumatism, neuralgia, and all Crime. pain, soreness and inflammation. She I can't bind myself until I'm The softer a man's head the more sure. 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