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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH The Reel use of Fifth Avenue By WYNDHAM MARTYN Continued CHAPTER X 0 drove to a Western Instantly rlisnatehed a cable. - ..... r.mra, nl riiou prepaid, to the countess rli r Un- llorshaui, Horsham, England. a was came te hardly tlie reply (e?fu! or amiable guest he read, "lias Lady Horsham," Brown and of heard Agatha jf.er mmieiids Robin McKimber to put matter In the hands of the police." TSiere remained that great French g iilewoman, the duchess of sonie-(;r:or another, llis mother saw hlra at a piece of wins uncertainly Cojrlgbi in tlx Cn'.tM 8uum WKC 8 err if - ant-we- -- i ,a;T. Wbafs that look like to you?" he He did not know French, and ifked. Mrs. was Indistinct. die name -- read the language easily, lie to make a mistake. He Dot want (j,! deirrmlued to describe Agatha this time. Possibly cbe had adopted a ion) de guerre, It means," said Mrs. McKimber, " "Die duchess of "Couldn't there be such a person?'', liuliiii was Hushing red with anger. g ."Of course not Where are you to In such a hurry?" He He had no tlnfe to answer. ' iratited very much to see the visBut here again he met count Sneed informed him that lie had gone and left no forwarding nidress for his mail. A friend at his Hub advised Robin to consult the new de Bruxelles, In whose ,l:imiiach e pages the nobility of continental Is described. There was no men-lioof any Count or Viscount de Gull- Green-Cheese.- go-li:- disap-fointine- nt Eu-r"i- n Kubin went back to Great Rock a disillusioned young man, filled with There was no such thing 'bitterness. the world as honor or truth. Agatha was an adventuress, the fake viscount an accomplice. . He wondered why there was not already a robbery of Jewels. It must be because Mrs. lliixon had dismissed her before the 'day of the coup. His Inquiries about Miss Brown had frightened the viscount away. He was particularly anxious to meet the swindler. Mrs. McKimber saw that her son was worried, but for the moment she was more disturbed at her husband's uindition. He had aged for no reason that was comprehensible to his rife. He had spoken vaguely about giving up the senatorial race and HvId was to be given complete charge. hinted that he might In- -' d( Raxon. Secretly she was not wi ry to relinquish , the Washington Idea. The prospect had been less al- trt her ttinn tr him. Mrs. Mp- khiiber was more ttwerested In her Luiiie city than the nation's capital, ith its Jealousies, Intrigues, and cont'd at entertaining. IU'liin r- -e i r ' CHAPTER XI ; i Peter Milman received the transcription Nlta had made from her muU notes without showing the tremendous eagerness that possessed him. "You have done splendidly," he said, and then hesitated a little. "I am almost afraid to read It" "You need not be," she said slowly. "1 think you will find that you have saved your home." "Then It Is complete success?" he cried. "There Is still more to be done," she said, "but 1 think we have succeeded." She could not bear to talk any more. In his library, Teter Milman read He- - saw exthe document carefully. actly with what a deadly grip Paul But Peter Raxon held McKimber. Milman was not yet in a position to turn this knowledge to account So far, McKimber was the sufferer in that whereas only one man had known his secret now It was shared Milinnn thought of the by many. thing Impartially as though he were an arbitrator and McKimber's case had come before him. On one side, McKimber and Raxon. On the other, himself, Barnes, Bradney, and Malet He persuaded himself that It was Justice against Injustice, right against wrong. He had brooded too long over the prospect of losing his home to have any qualms left He waited Impatiently until the hour when be expected Bradney and Barnes. They could not leave Great Rock until past ten o'clock, and It was almost midnight when he passed them Nita's report "The next thing to do Is to obtain that envelope," Milman said. "We fcnt.w they are In that room somewhere." of a mod-r"There's a big wall-saf- e type," Barnes said. "And therefore absolutely . Immune n felt that there must be an np-- , to this sort of enterprise. prenticeshlp ' Is .practiced successfully j by almost all the yeggs who wander p and down our country. I know bow It Is done, but I couldn't do It i self." "We dnfe not hire anyone to do It 'or m," Hurries said thoughtfully. "It ems to me we are up against It. If Jou haven't enough to hold him up lth already, I don't see what else l to be" Cone." "There's a way out," said Peter Milton, "and a simple one. I admit we tntii.ot crack a safe. Why not permit I'umI Puixon to oiien It for us?" "He wouldn't" Barnes cried: "tor-tirwould not mnKe hi in do that." "You ion't understand." said Peter -I rnfnn tlnipiy this. tiiidiy. Why iu.u!d not Raxon open the safe. be long g e must do frequently, quite unaware that someone Is ready to spring at him, tie hlra up and examine Its con- tents at leisure?" "By Gad!" Barnes said excitedly. "It might work. There's danger in It but It's an even chance It tUght succeed. I see the who?e thing. I could be hiding where Nita was there's plenty of room and watch bin?. - He wouldn't be carrying that gun of his, because he would probably have locked himself In and felt free from Intrusion. If you can make that end of the bookcase movable so that It ei,a be opened without warning Raxon, I believe I can get him." At the prospect of action and danger, Neeland Barnes seemed another man. He had, Indeed, visualized the whole thing. What was the risk of a bullet compared with getting from Raxon what would bay him the ranch In California? "Give me two uninterrupted hours," Bradney asserted, "and I can make a very workmanlike Job of It." "Not a word before Nita," her father cautioned. "She might want to come In on It, and there's Just a chance It may turn out badly." "How often does a financier open his safe?" Bradney asked. "I can see 'Enry lying there, entombed, for duration. periods of uncomfortable 'Enry has forgotten he will be helping me to attend to the Raxon guests." "I shan't be there," said Barnes. "I shall dismiss myself tomorrow morning and then come back to my old room when It is dark. Only Sneed and you ever come up our flight of stairs, so It will be safe." Barnes chuckled. "You'll have to smuggle my meals up." "Someone will come to take your place." "Sneed will attend to that. He'll probably work you double tides." The three Malet had not come talked the thing over. If once the letters were In Milman's possession, he did not thkik It likely that Raxon would quarrel at the price enormous ' though It was that he would be called upoq to pay. McKimber would suffer but they could not grieve about that. The main thing was that Raxon would have to acknowledge he was beaten, and to maintain his hold on McKimber he must pay out a million dollars. They told Nlta of It wlien she came In. She did not venture to disagree. But her depression was noticeable. It was so unlike the cheerful and laughing girl. She gave as a reason a headache. But it was a heartache that troubled her. The father of Robin was to be disgraced. She and her volunteered activities were the direct cause. For a moment she thought of pleading with them to find some other way, but she refrained when she saw no other way was possible to make Raxon pay. She tried to harden herself against this weakness. Her father had been disgraced through Raxon. Malet and Bradney had been robbed of their opportunities and their careers clouded. Peter Milman had lost Ills fortune, and might lose his home if Raxon were not compelled to pay. She must be loyal to those with whom she had begun this adventure. But It was very hard. All her world had been changed In that moment when she bad seen Robin looking at her from the big car that had swerved so perilously. He would never see her again. To the day of his death he would believe she had played with him, used him for a summer flirtatici and then forgotten him. "I think It is more than headache," Peter Milman observed when she had gone from the room. "Was she unhappy at Great Rock?" She had a good time "Unhappy? for a month and came away with a hundred dollars more than she expected. If that's uu'.iappiness, let mn enjoy it." He turned again to Bradney, not realizing for an Instant that he was the sort of usual father who rarely understands his daughter. When women said little and were difficult to comprehend, he set It down to headache. It was an easy solution. 'Enry gave notice next morning. He did not hesitate to say that Mrs. Raxon did not understand domestic problems. He was lofty and not to be persuaded. Not until too late did he perceive how much more financially beneficial It would huve been to get himself dismissed with a month's sal ary Iq place of a longer notice. By nightfall he was back in his own room. He had purchased a dark sweater, and black sneakers, and. by the use of those devices which he had learned in amateur theatricals, had disguised his face. Bradney had employed his leisure by doinff some surreptitious carpentering work In th tower room. Sneed had arranged tc give Instant warning If Raxon re turned unexpectedly from the city Eut as a chauffeur had been told ti meet the train arriving at half past six, there seemed no reason to fear Interruption. The bookcase was six feet In height and contained five shelves. The lower, behind which Nita had hidden, was given up to volumes whose average The height was eighteen inches. shelves were very deep, made to accommodate bocks of more than average width, many of which were deeper than their height. They rested on a board seven inches above the floor. Eradney had ingeniously split this, so that while the books were not disturbed, the man hiding had an additional seven Inches of shelter. He had the craft of a cabinet-makeand the oiled and hidden hinges moved noiselessly. It was as dinner drew to a close that the disguised Barnes crawled feet first to his shelter. He had arranged thlngt so that he could see the safe without There war nothing In his moving. garments to catch on any projection-H- e found he could move his limbs without attracting any noise. He tried It when Bradney, directly the dinner was finished and his employer settled to a game of auction, hurried to the room. Bradney sat In Raxon's chair and looked hard at the lower shelf, but could detect nothing unusual. It was not so difficult for Barnes tc remain Immobile and patient as for some. He had the hunter's Instinct He was not the highly developed. man to forsake a pool If the fish did not Immediately rise to his fly. This was a game after his own heart. He thought of poor Fleming Bradney, overtaxed owing to the defection of 'Enry, scurrying here and there with his grave face and rather grand manner, and smiled. At ten he was tired but sanguine. At midnight he began to suffer from the hardness of the floor. But the longer he waited, he told himself, the sooner would the quarry come into view. It was nearly one when Paul Raxon entered. He took a seat at the center table and put on It some small change and bills. Bridge winnings, no doubt Then he lighted a cigar and went to the door leading to his bedroom, soon to reappear with a velvet smoking Jacket. It seemed to Barnes that he paced up and down before the bookcase for hours. Then suddenly he went to the safe, turned the well known combination swiftly and flung It open. He seemed to be searching feverishly for some one thing in Its deep recesses. Very quietly Barnes pushed open the oaken side .of Ills prison. It made no be sound. Then, as noiselessly, emerged. His next move was to crawl to the shelter of the table. Here he felt safe. He could see that Raxon was still searching. Stealtliily the man who had been 'Enry rose to his knees. Then he rose to his feet and canie nearer, Inch by Inch, to the unconscious man. He covered the last few intervening feet In a leap. Raxon's head, twisted sideways with the fearful and agonizing force of a blow on the jaw, caught sight of a face wholly unknown to him. The disguise was He was palpable, but sufficient thrown forward on the heavily padded It was while he was fighting lounge. for breath that his hands were tied behind him. Then a loop of rope was forced into bis mouth and something pulled down over his head so that he Next he was could see nothing. dropped to the floor and pushed ' through a narrow door. After that he was not molested. But he could hear someone at the safe. Papers rustled, drawers were opened. Then the steel doors swung to. Later his locked door was opened and shut After that for hours there was blackness and crump, rage and despair. r, (TO BE CONTINUED.) XXXXXXXXXXXXTXXXX'XZXXXXX Howe Too Optimistic Over Girl's Greeting The first person Viscount William I English general and com hove, In chief ot North America from miuider 1775 to 1778, saw on American soil when his ships arrived off Brooklyn was Nancy Corteljau. who had climbed to the top of a high bill near the Narrows and waved her petticoat In greeting to the Incoming troops. The English troops considered the girl's greeting a favorable omen, says Maude Stewart Welch In her book. "Yrouw Knickerbocker." . To Howe, eer nttracted by a petti-coatIt Miggesied pretty girls and the social life of the community. Howe, the geneiul und soldier, felt It pres Nautical Mile Longer The nautical mile, or "km.!.' Is H' feet longer thnn the statute mile In points out an unsworn! question Liberty. The statute mile Is VJ'- feet and the oauitcul tulle Is ti,.Wi leet - aged good will and allies to further ft an omen lis ids cause. But It s of fighting credited during ttaw that followed. "Welcome" was not written on Breucklen's (as the Dutch i jt-ar- spelled the name of the then small own) doormat, even if one of its daughters had enthusiastically sug- gested It Shoes of Alexander Dumas Musum Exhibit Dr. Whittaker's Burglar i At J By AD SCHUSTER (Copyright) IT 1 after the hour WAS when an old man like Doctor Whittaker should be asleep, but he lay quiet iu bed with Ills eyes open and his ears strained at a persistent sound which came from an adjoining room. "1 suppose," he thought. "I ought to Is something approaching the humorous in the Idea of n burglar visiting the house of a country doctor. I wonder if It would be safe for me to speak to the man." Then he remembered the unloaded reoiver In bis dresser. He could step across the room quietly, seize the weapon, and the advantage would be las. The bed creaked as he got out, the doctor all but leaped to the dresser. In a moment a startled burglar blinked as the lights went on and blinked again as he discovered a and night-robeman menacing him with a weapon. "I'm not going to shoot, young fellow, tinless you make me," Doctor Whittaker's voice quavered and he felt shame for the weakness. "What would like to do Is discover just why yoa thought it would be to your profit to enter my bouse? Sit down." The burglar sat down. His hands fumbled nervously In his lap and he let bis head fall. It occurred to the doctor that this man was like a small boy caught In mischief; that he was sitting there awaiting punuishment If he had a share, now, and a new suit of clothes, he would not be a bad looking youth. "It Is a pity," said the physician, "that you should be a burglar." "What else?" The young fellow lifted his head. "It's all right to talk about pity, but suppose you were brought up to the job? Suppose reform school or jail?" He subsided suddenly. "Well, are you going to call a cop?" "Not yet," was the answer, "Tell me, couldn't you find an honest job?" "I won't say I can't because I have found lots of them. But with no trade I didn't make much and, well, there Is a lot of talk of easy money and and I guess something is the matter with me. I just keep going back to this. You won't believe me, but I'm not sorry I'm caught. Maybe they can make me straight I've heard about doctors who did that." ' You mean?" "I mean there must be something the matter with me or I wouldn't be swiping tilings." llis eyes took in an instrument case, charts, and books. "Say, are you a doc?" The physician smiled. "If you will let me take that gun out of, your hip pocket, I'll give your head an examination." Hopefully the burglar submitted, the physician sensing in the strained attitude and eager expression an Intense desire for a discovery that would relieve a conscience of burden and work a cure. "Perhaps, when you were a boy, you hud a severe blow on the head?" "Not, perhaps, but certainly. I had a lot of them. You couldn't live lit our neighborhood without" "Now listen, young man. 1 can send you to jail and prison, or I can send you out of th's house cured of your desire to steal. It will mean an operation, a short time of unconsciousness, and a sore head, but you won't want What to steal. ' You'll go straight do yo'j say?" "You mean you're going to cut a hunk of the bad out of my bead? That's what 1 read about, what I meant about the prison doctors. Well, you can't go ahead any too soon." In the operating room and without an assistant or nurse, Poctor Whittier prepared and, in a surprisingly short time, lie was through. In the morn inq; the young man, with a bandage on his head, was out again In the world to steiil or go straight and the physician had subject for speculation (t was ail of five years before the burglar returned, this time to thank his lienefaeior and to give assurance In word ai.d manner that the expert meiit had been successful. "I'm m.iri'ied." he said, "and am making good. I wanted to thank you." "No reed to tell him." Doctor Whittaker i.iused when the young man had gone, "that all I did was scratch hi. scalp to make him think that the thing thi h caused him to steal was gone. The older I get the more I believe In the power of suggestion.'' be afraid and yet there gray-haire- 1 1 the flood diiniiige you folks iiiueh?" asked n stranger In thp Riimpus Ridge region. "The flood?" returned (lap Johnson, "We wasn't s prominent resident. times." In Bible yur "I mean the flood of tiie recent spring." "Aw. not as I Uuiiw of We're too pestered by risins wa high up Icrs. I believe, f hough tliitt n iiiksH of my children did get to lighting in the edge ot ihp Imllei down yimdci and tumble in and cot wet all over lot the firM lime tills season l',:u I don't reckon it injured 'em none; le;isl ways all of em ot I he Niii't o) "(Mil nliyw ;i y - eaiee f rag'rl'ng back utter a while. "- - Kansas ciiy Star "I id mine." The change was effected. The novelist stuck to his friend's boots and wore them out His own boots, which would stand no more wear, were thrown away In a lumber room, and ultimately Inherited by Count Georges de Chaffault, who, In response to an advertisement for relics of the Illustrious writer, presented them to the Yllliers Cotterets museum. d d No Injury in France, Is Dumas museum raised to the memory of the celebrated author, who was born there. Among the exhibits Is a pair of boots, and these have a history. When Dumas was a parliamentary candidate and had to address a public meeting at Sens, he noticed that his boots were down at heel and shabby. "I can't possibly address the electors In boots like these," he said to his companion, Alphonse Biliebault de Chaffault, "and there Isn't time to buy another pair. 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