Show 0 amm hill lutz a AUTHOR vf t ARClA ri DAWN of W MORNING ORNING rt ETC I 1 TT fc 11 ll at ney wd wars X J y CY A Z SYNOPSIS tyron lunham L just alighted from a train la approached ro ached by a beautiful girl who ask LOKI his protection she la Is in tear fear declines to give elvo the cause of ot pUT pursuit SUlt but ner her distress dunham takes her to of n ills his home and in the absence of his big mother and sister elster borrows a hat and cloak for her lie he takes her to a dinner party at the home ot of a friend and gives her name as mary remington iier her actions stamp her as aa a girl ot of refinement and breeding lre eding after the dinner she aha requests pun hairn to assist her to leave the city lie puts her on A train tor for chicago and and supplies her with money dunham ties has become intensely interested in the girl and anxious to solve the mystery which surrounds her stories in the newspapers tur ners of missing hris dd to his file bew bewilder de r ment arria arrived d in conw chicago icaco the KT girl b buys u Ys dome cheap clothing ln in an attempt at se and starts out to to week eek employment CHAPTER VI continued 1 I 1 suppose my husband would think clink I 1 was crazy to do it she bhe said aloud but I 1 just cant help trusting you suppose you come and stay atay with me today and tomorrow and help me out with this dinner party and you can stay overnight at t my house bouse and sleep in the cooks cooka room if 1 I like your work ill give you yo a recommendation as waitress you cant get a good place anywhere without it not from the offices im sure A recommend rec recommendation ommen da ought to be worth a couple of days work to you id pay you come thing besides but S W really cant afford it for the washerwoman charges a dollar and a halt half a day when she goes out to cook but it if you get your board and lodging and a reference that ought to pay you you are very kind said tho the girl 1 I shall be glad to do that and so they got into a car and were whirled away into a pretty suburb the woman whose name was mrs hart lived in a common little house filled with imitation oriental rugs and cheap furniture the two went to work at once bringing order out of the contusion confusion that reigned in the tiny kitchen in the afternoon the would be waitress sat eat down with a box of watercolors water colors to paint dinner cards and as her ful brush brought into being dainty landscapes lovely flowers and little brown birds she pondered the strangeness ot of her lot the table the next night was laid with exquisite care the scant supply of flowers having been used to best advantage and everything showing the touch ot of a skilled hand the long hours that mrs hart had bad spent puckering her brow over the household department part ment of fashion magazines helped her to recognize the fact that in her new maid she had what she was pleas ro ed to call the real thing ls 3 she sighed regretfully when the guest ot of honor mrs rhinehart spoke C jf t the deftness and pleasant appear rince ace ot of her hostesses wat waitress treBs A yes mrs hart said swelling with aride boride she la is a treasure I 1 only wish 1 I could keep her ashes going to get married I 1 suppose they all do when good sympathized the guest no but she simply wont do cooking and I 1 really work enough for two servants la in this athla little house the guest sat up and took notice you dont mean to tell me that you are letting a girl like that slip through 41 ab allt tt himself silently into the house your dour fingers 1 I wish I 1 had known 0 bout bollt her I 1 have spent three days lu in bencs off offices icea la Is there any chance for me do you think then did the little woman prove that at she ahe should have had an e in her balno ae tor for she aha burst into a roost most vol tible oe account of the virtues of her now aid d until the 0 ther other woman was ready to hire it her on the spot the result of ml was that mary alary was summoned 0 au an interview with rhinehart in the de room and L imaged at four dol rs a a week with every mothr sunday vernoon and every other thursday olt t and her ulli uniforms forms furnished ter the e next morning mr air hart gave wr a dallar bt 11 and told her that he thal rocla led tho the help she had given J an and 11 wanted to pay hor some e for it she 0 o thanked him graciously and took the money with a kind of aw awe 0 her first carni earnings ngsi it seemed BO 60 strange to think that she had really earne earned d some money she who had always had all she wanted without lifting a finger she went to ft store and bought a hairbrush hair brush and a few little things that she bhe felt were necessities with a fifty cent straw telescope in which to put them thus with her modest baggage she entered the home of mrs rhino hare and ascended to a tiny room on the fourth floor in which were a cot and a washstand a cracked mirror one chair and one window CHAPTER VII three days later tyron dunham entered the office of judge blackwell ackwell Dl by appointment after the business was completed the judge said bald with a smile well our mystery Is ii solved the little girl is all safe she telephoned me just after you had left the other day and sent her maid after her hat it seems that while she stood by tho the window looking down into t the he street she saw an automobile containing some of her friends it stopped at the next building being desirous of speaking with a girl friend who was seated in the auto she hurried out to the elevator hoping to catch them the elevator boy who took her downstairs went off duty immediately which accounts tor for our not finding any trace of 0 her and he was wag kept at home by illness the next morning the young woman caught her friends and they insisted that she should get in and ride to the station with ono one of them who was leaving the city at once they loaned her a yell veil and a wrap and promised to bring her right back for her papers and other possessions but tho the train was late and when they returned the building was closed the two men who called for her were her brother and a friend of his it seems I 1 must say they were not so attractive as she is however the mystery Is solved and I 1 got well laughed at by my wife for my fears but the young man was puzzling how this all could be it if the hat belonged to the girl he bo knew to mary when lie ha left the judges office he went to his club determined to have a little quiet for thinking it over he was annoyed when the office boy appeared to tell him there were some packages awaiting him in the office bring them to me here henry the boy hustled away and soon came back bearing two hat boxes one of 0 them in a crate and the heavy leather suitcase suit case with a start of surprise dunham sat up in his bis comfortable chair say henry those things ought not to come in here ile he glanced anxiously about and was relieved to find that there was only one old gentleman in the room and that he be was asleep suppose we go up to a private room with them take them out to tho the elevator and ill some in a moment 1 all right sah and say henry suppose you remove that crate from the box then it wont be so heavy to carry all right sah sab ill be than in jest a minute the young man hurried out to the elevator and he be and henry made a quick ascent to a private room he gave the boy a round fee and was left in quiet to examine his fits property As he fumbled the strings of the first box hla his heart beat eat wildly and he be felt the blood mounting to his face ace was he about to solve the mystery which had surrounded the girl in whom his interest bad now grown so deep that he could scarcely get her out of his mind for a few minutes at a time but the box was empty save for some crumpled white tissue paper lie he took up the covier cover la in perplexity and saw his own name written by himself tb a he remembered this was waa the box he hail had sent down to the club by tho the cabman to get it out of hla his way ile he felt disappointed and turned liioi iv to tn the other box and cut the me liioi iv to tn the other box quickly cord this time ho he was rewarded regarded by seeing the great black hat beautiful and unhurt in spite of its journey to chicago the day was saved and also the reputation 0 of f his mothers maid dut was there no word broj from the beautiful stranger strangers 9 ile he searched hurriedly through the wrappings pulled out the hat quite unceremoniously and turned the box upside down but nothing else could be found then he be went at the suitcase suit case yes there was the raincoat rain coat ile he took it out triumphantly for now his mother and moreover was could say nothing not his trust in the fair stranger justified lie had done well to believe to take out the other in her he began garments curious to see what bad been there for her use leair hair nestling A long golden brown on the collar of the bathrobe gleamed of sunlight lie he looked in a chance ray laid the garment at it reverently and down carefully that it might n not 0 t be disturbed As he lifted the coat he saw the little note pinned to the lapel and seized it eagerly surely this would tell something but no there aps only the mesi message ag that she abe had arrived safely and h her or thanks stay star she eho had bad signed bar name mary alary she had told him he might call her that could it be that it was waa her real name and that she lad had meant to trust him with so BO anu much alx of her true story r ile HI pondered the delicate writing of the note thinking how bow like her it seemed then ho he put tho the noto note in an inner pocket and thoughtfully lifted out tho the evening clothes it was then that lie ho touched tho the silken lined cloth of her dress drees and he drow drew back almost as it if lie he had ventured roughly upon something sacred startled awed he looked upon it and then with gentle fingers lifted it and laid it upon his bis atnee gradually as ho he looked the he gown told its ita own story as slid sho had thought it would how bow sho she had been obliged to put on an a disguise and this was the way to hide bide tier her own dress with a sigh he carefully folded up the cloth gown wrapped it in folds of tissue paper from the empty hatbox hat bat box and placed it in ills his suitcase suit case then he transferred the hat to its original box rang the bell and ordered the boy to care for the box and suitcase suit case caso until he called for them during the afternoon he be took occasion to run into the judges private office face about some unimportant detail of the business they were transacting and as he was leaving he said dy BY the way judge who was your young woman who gave you such a fright by her sudden disappearance you never told mo me her name Is she one of my acquaintances I 1 wonder oh her name la is mary weston said tae the judge smiling 1 I dont believe you know her tor for she was from california and was visiting hero here only for a few days she sailed tor for europe the next day that closed the incident and so far as tho the mystery was concerned only added perplexity to it dunham purposely remained downtown merely having a clerk telephone home for him that ho he had gone out of the city and would not be home until late so they need not wait up he did this because he did not wish to have his mother or his sister ask him any more questions about the missing hat and coat then he took alenty mile trolley ride into the suburbs and back to make good his word that he had gone out of town A little after midnight he arrived at the clubhouse club house secured his bla suitcase sult caso case and the hatbox hat but box and took a cab to io his home he left the vehicle at the corr cor lest of it waken his hid mother or sister he lot let himself silently into the house bouse with his latchkey latch key and tiptoed up to his room the light was burning low he put the hat bat box in the farthest corner of his closet then he took out the raincoat rain coat and slipping off his shoes went softly down to the hall ball closet in utter darkness he felt around a and nd finally hung the coat on a book under another long cloak then gently released the hanging loop and let the garment slip softly down in an inconspicuous heap on tho the floor he stole upstairs as guiltily as if he had been a naughty boy stealing ng sugar when he reached his room he turned up his light and pulling out the hatbox hat box surveyed it thoughtfully this was a problem which ho he had not yet been able to solve I low ilow should he dispose of the hat so that it would be discovered in such a way as to cast no further suspicion upon the maid he took tho the hat out and held it on his hand band looking at it from different angles and trying to remember just how the girl had looked out at him from under its drooping plumes then with a sigh he laid it carefully in its box again and went to bed tho the morning brought clearer thought and when the summons to breakfast pealed through the hall he took the box boldly in his bis hand and descended to the dining room where he presented the hatto hat to his astonished sleter sister 1 I am afraid I 1 hm am the criminal cornelia he be said in his pleasant est manner im sorry I 1 cant explain just jupt how this thing got on my closet shelf I 1 must have put it there myself through some unaccountable mix up its too bad I 1 have found it before and so saved you a lot of worry but you are one hat the richer for it for I 1 paid the bill yesterday please accept it with my compliments cornelia exclaimed with delight over the recovered hat but how bow in the world could it have got into your closet tryon it was impossible I 1 left it in my room I 1 know I 1 did for I 1 spoke to norah about it before I 1 left how do you account for lt it oh I 1 dont attempt to accotI account tit iu it it ho he said paid with a gay gar vaye 0 of his bla hand 10 lo ive been so BO taken up with other things this past week I 1 may have done almost anything lly liy tho the wily way mother sure bo be glad to hear that judge blackwell has mado mo me it i most generous offer of business relations rela tlona and that I 1 havo have decided to accept it amid the exclamations of delight over this bit ot of news tho the hat was forgotten for a time and wh nhsn an the mother and sister finally reverted to it and began to discuss how it could have gotten on tho the closet shelf be broke in upon their questions tlona with a suggestion 1 I should advise mother that you make a thorough search for your our rain coat I 1 am sure now that you must have overlooked it such things often happen we were so BO excited excite i the morning cornelia missed the hat that I 1 suppose no one looked thoroughly gut but that to la impossible tryon said eald his mother with dignity 1 I IQ had that closet searched most carefully nevertheless mother please pleas 0 me b by y looking again that closet la Is da dark alt and I 1 would suggest a light lie ile beat a hasty basty retreat for he did not care to be present at the finding of the raincoat rain coat there Is something strange about this said mrs dunham as with rut ruf fled dignity she emerged from tho the hall ball closet holding lier her lost raincoat rain coat at arms length you dont suppose your brother could be playing some kind of a joke on us do you 1 I never did understand jokes of course not said practical cornella cornelia with a sniff its my opinion that norah knows nil all about the matter and tryon has haa been helping her out with a few suggestions now cornelia what do you mean by that you surely dont suppose your brother would try to deceive us ua his mother and si sister 1 I say that mother answered Corne cornelia liap with her head bead in the air youve got your raincoat rain coat coit back but better watch the rest of your wardrobe ward iobe I 1 dont intend to lot let norah have free range in my room any |