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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH He Ing because of Its oohfuln, turned hath to the detective soberly enough. "This man has Imposed npon th credulity of the women, I am quite sure without their knowledge," be trace of bla former gal- said, with lantry. II Is Bailey of th Union hank, tha missing elder." Tha detective slowly put down bla cigar on an ashtray. b de"That's tho truth, la manded. Dale's band flew to ber breast If Jack would only deny It even now I But eve n n she thought this, ah realised the oelenrsa of any such denial. Bailey realised It, too, "It's true, all right," ha admitted liotelesly. He closed bis eyas for moment Let them coin with tha handcuffs now and get It over every moment th seen dragged out waa moment of unnecassary torture for A Novel from the Play Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood By Mary CHAPTER VIII- - Continued Itr I ' I I T,tlwr Lydia E. PinkhWe Vegetable Compound A neighbor advised m to try Lydia (Mnkhare's Vegetable Compound, which ah said bad helped bar ao much. 8o 1 bought a few bottle and triad It out It aur helped ma wonderfully. X felt much batter. My work waa no longer a dread ta ma. Iflbaarofany on who la troubled tbs way I was, I will gladly racou-men- d tba Vegetable Compound to them and I will answer any letters In regard to tb earn." Mas. Beams Mcacbau, 1134 N. Penn. Ave. Lansing, Mich. "1 had bean sickly over aloe I waa fifteen years old. After taking Lydia E. Plnkbam's Vegetable Compound I got so 1 could do all my housework and 1 am In good health." Mas. Maori K. Willis vie. Ketchikan. Alaska. From Michigan to Alaska, from Main to Oregon and from Connecticut to California letters are continually being written by grateful women recommending Lydia E. Plnkbam's Vegetable J5. hr observed. "He was not expected sha aald stubbornly but ber tones in go there. I found that out when were not th tones of utter conviction I telephoned." which sha had osed before, Why certainly," agreed tha doctor "The doctor!" detec"And yet," aald tha detective, ruththa repeated at once. He turned bark. Mix Cor tive, hla eyea narrowing, hie head belessly demolishing another link In her Ogden would bav aeen him." Delia aeemed pleated. lie turned upon Dale. ginning lo sway from shlo to aide broken chain of evidence, "the doctor "I hoped yon would," aha aald, with tike the head of some great rat Jut waa In this room tonight, according "Did your I little tremble la her voire aurb aa to your own statement, when the She hesitated. Why hadn't ahe before a spring. wight eaally occur In the voire of a beMl an "Aa aurb of Cornelia anonymous letter rame through the Dale. went know," you explanation thought here'a hervoua old lady. "Oh, yea fore? But now It would eound too on, "I had a supplementary bolt plaeed window," But Beresford bad not bnlshed with gaper and a pencil," aa the doctor Mlsa Cornelia gMred at him blankly, od that terrace door today." She fllinay I tumbled In a pocket. hla Indictment In her life at a los "No. nobody rame down," aha ad nodded toward the door that gave for the first time The doctor took the abeet of paper "I accuse blra not only of th thing It an for retort Mlaa accea Into once the from Cornelia alcove the mined, ter appropriately candidly. sharp e prpffered and, using the aide of he la wanted for, but of th murder more had put heraelf between him race. Kurller tide evening. Doctor was true the doctor had been here of bla hag aa a pad, began to write out Richard Fleming!" he aald, fierce- In the room beside her. when the Well ald tliMi he hud bolted It, when and Dale. the prescription. he had left It oien purposely, as I stone hearing the Ihi snonymou "Now, Mr. Anderson1 " ahe warned "I don't generally advice there waa obviously trying now realize. In order that he might warning had crashed through the winThe detective n a for he aald. looking up trvga," dow pane. And yet You may also recall return Inter. to keep his temper. "I'm not hound L Still Billy' entrance In answer to Berea-ford'lug this girl!" he said, doggedly. "I that fnicinr Well look a (crap of He pouted. "What time la Itr haven't auld yet that ahe committed ii!cr from Richard Fleming' hand ring made her mind turn to Mist Cornelia glanced at the dock. It why did he other mailers for the moment. took she tried hut and conceal to murder that the blue Why Half paat eleven." hnd ltereford's manner rlmnged so. Compound. do that?" print and I want It !" "Then I'd better bring yon the pow. Tha Compound Is mads from roots She paiiM-- for a second. Then she and what was he saying to Billy now? "Von want It to connect her with diva myaelf," derided the doctor. and barbs and for mors than fifty years Van Gorder a Miss her "Tell the the tone Mla Cornelia murder," little, changed parried gardener "The pharmacy cloaca at eleven. baa been helping to restore wants him and don't say we're all Th detective threw up hla hnnda .May I ak you to look at this?" overworked women to health. Ihall har to mnka them op myaelf. commanded a She reasonable to "It'a rather auppoae displayed piece of paper on here," the young lawyer Art you on th SunllC Road to Bet"That aeema a lot of trouble." Well had started to the butler sharply, Billy nodded and tor Health t that I might want to return the funds which lax-to- r "Nothing la any trouble If 1 can to the Union hunk. Isn't Itr he queried write the. prescription for her Bleepdiiuipiiearod. Mlsa Cornelia's bark he helpful," be aaaured her, smilingly. and now her strategy began to stiffen she didn't like other ing jMiwdcr 4nd Mlae Cornelia alto smiled, took In tones of heavy sarcasm, "provided he added, doubtfully. with the doctor's bag and the soot jieople ordering her servants around the piece of poper from hie hand, they're here," IMPROVED Miss Cornelia resolved upon win Jack Bnllcy had got from the firelike that. aa It If Idle out of at once, gluhred someA sharp, black frankness. had The stood revealed. detective, .. place . QUICKLY pnratlve apparently, the about unflnlahed preruiloalty I see," she sold. "Well, I'll tell Imprint of a mun's right thumb the what of the same feeling. Carter's Little Liver Pills scription and then laid It down on the I seem to have plenty of help In rare VtaotaMa Loutfea table with a careleaa little geature. you this much, Mr. Anderson and doctor's stood out on the paiwr below the broken line of writing. The 111 ask you to believe me aa a gentlewith obvious sarthis he case!" said, th. bowU Ira, from non a aunt dumb of her (tale gave glance pun ud bopInMi mtxm woman. casm, turning to Beresford. Granting that, at one time, doctor had not noticed the staining Mlaa Cornelia read her offacta. Tluv ealW tha naan o coMtira rntieaty. of Ids hand, by the blackened noa polioaa which nuns ftmaa cauaa pfcapUt. There was a fateful pause, for sn my niece knew something of tlrnt blue wish for another moment alone with Hmantar (hay m a doctor1 praarriptlon or, noticing, had thought nothInstant, while Dale roved nervously print at this moment we do not Ilia doctor. and ran bn takas bv tha nniirn family-AIt room who Is It." has of to the or hut the one know the It of where blackened from side ing Dnmiita 25c sad 75e Had Packasaa. "Dule will let you out, doctor," aald had been a trap, and he hnd left other. Then Jack Ituiley came Into Her words had the unmlNtnknble the of the the girl ESa key the, giving ring of truth. The very oath from nn Indelible piece of evidence behind the room alone. front door. the defective that succeeded them him. It now remained to test the He seemed to sense danger In the "That'a right," he aald. smilingly. value of this evidence. showed Ids recognition of the fart air. Ills hand clenched at his sides, kE) "Keep thlnka locked up. Discretion A thumb-print,- " hut except for that tiny betrayal of "Damnation," lie muttered. "That's muttered Anderla the better port of valor!" son. "Whose Is It?" true. Is Itr emotion, he still kept bis servant's Hut Mlaa Cornelia failed to agree Cornelia "Thats true," anld MI "Doctor Wells," said Mls Cornelia pose. alth him. "You sent for me?" he queried of with what might have been a little (Irmly. A alienee of troubled thought "rve been discreet for sixty-fivBeresford Already In an Attitude of fell the three. Miss Cornelia crow of triumph in any one not a Miss Cornelia, submissively. Ignoring Defense. yeara," ahe aald, with a an I IT. "and took upon out her Van Gorder. the glowering Beresford. knitting. wunetlmes I think It was a mistake!" Did you ever try knitting when Anderson looked thoughtful. Then But Beresford would he Ignored no ly. glaring at Bulley, a If only a The doctor laughed eaally and fol He caine between them behe felt In his pocket for a magnifying longer. you wanted to think?" she queried youthful horror of making a scene belowed Dale out of the room, with a sweetly, after a pause tn which the glass, fulled to find It, muttered and fore Miss Cornelia had time to answer. fore Dale and Ml Cornelia held him and of furewell to the other In pass-kig- . detective tramped from one side of took the reading-glasMiss Cornelia "How long has tills man been In back from striking the latter down The detective, seeking for some In one mlnate pain from corns is ended. the room to the other, brows knotted, offered him. your employ?" he asked brusquely, where he stood. object upon whom to vent the grow-biDr- - Scholl's Zino-pado this aoejr Bailey's eyes snapped open. He Irritation which aeemed to possess eyes bent on ttie floor. "Try this," she suld. "My whole manner tense. the cause pressing by and removing He the atdetective. a hi No," took final one made toward Miss on case grunted Cornelia threatening conviction of step my hangs that that him, made Bailey the arnpegoat robbing of shoes. They are thin, meditook out a cigar hit off the end with accuser. "You He!" be said In a his wrath. print and the one out there on the tempt at evasion. cated, antiseptic, healing. At all savage enap of teeth lit It re- stalr-rnl- l are the same." and shoe stores. Cost hot a trifle--drug "I gueaa we can do without you, Why should that Interest you?" hoarse, violent voice. Anderson crossed between them, He went out, rather grimly, paper she parried, answering Ids question tor the present I" he aald, with an sumed his pacing. "You should, sometimes," continued Just a conflict seemed Inevitable. In hand, to tnuke with an Icy question of her own. and reading-glas- s rngry frown at the latter. Bailey Miss Cornelia, watching his troubled You knew this?" he queried, shnrp-lhis comparison. It was then that It wa too Inte. Already Bailey Bushed, then remembered himself, and In Dale's direction. Beresford came In. a new and slightly had read the truth in Beresford' eyes. left the room submissively, with the movements with a faint light of mock Zino-padDule set her lips in a line. She I caine this evening." he admitted, air of a servant accepting ery In her eyes, "I find It very helpful. rigid Beresford, and crossed to her Put one on the pain Is gone to "I dont need knitting think at once. an unmerited rebuke. The detective still hoping against hope that his did not answer. Anderson turned to Miss Cornelia straight," rasped Anderson, Indignant Miss Van Gorder," lie said, all the cringing posture of the servitor might turned at once to Miss Cornelia. LMscretion and cowardice are apDid you?" ly. Miss' Cornelia's eyes danced. "Now I want a few words with flippancy gone from his voice, "may give Beresford pause for the moment Dear allied, but they're not parently "I wonder!" she said, with caustic I ask you to make an excuse and call Yes," admitted the latter quietly, But the promptness of III answer kin. you!" he said In a surly voice. The her knitting-needlat Inst at rest. affability. "You seem to have so your gardener here?" suspfailure of his search of the terrace only crystallized Beresford' much evidence left over. Do you beI knew he was Mr. Bailey, If that and grounds seemed to Irk him greatly, Dule started uncontrollably at the icion. .Skepticism Is pood for the people, In circumstantial evidence?" Is all you mean." ominous words, but Miss Cornelia be"Which means that you mean to do lieve "Kxnctly," he said, with terse finalnot too mud:. hut "Ita my business," said the detec- trayed no emotion except In the In- ity. He turned to the detective. The quietness of her answer seemed all the talking!" said Mlaa Cornelia Miss smiled. tive Cornelia to Infuriate the detective. stolidly. "Ive been trying to recall tld creased rapidity of her knitting. acridly "Very welll But first I While you have been InvestigatQnite a pretty little conspiracy," "The gardener? Certainly if you'll man's face ever since I came In townnt to show you something. Will he said. How do you expect me to ing," she announced. I, too, hnve not touch that bell," she said pleasantly. night " he said with grim triumph. you come here, pleaseT" been Idle." do anything, with the entire houseBeresford stalked to the bell and "Now, I know who he Is. She started for the alcove. The detective gave a barking laugh. hold against me? Tell me that" "Who Is he? rang It. The three waited Dale In "I've examined that staircase," said She let It pass. "Exnctly," said Mis Cornelia. "And an agony of suspense. The detective Bailey straightened up. He had (he detective, ungraciously. "To me," ahe continued, It Is per If we are united against you, why room Chance with Ids and the the the lost game alcove by He followed her unwillingly, up the should I have sent for you? You fectly obvious that one Intelligence when It did, seemed bitItuirs, hla whole manner seeming to has been at work behind many of the stairs, his mien unfathomable by any loss, coming anxious glances that sought terer than even he hnd thought It might tell me that, too." the of a confidence lack of betray complete He turned to Bailey savagely. things that have occurred In this him out at once. could be but before they took him tn theories of all amateur sleuths In house." "What did you mean by that 'three Ids VHn Miss would ndnd. no he "It'a good. speak Gorder," he away, general and spinster detectives of Now Anderson observed her with a hours more? he demanded. "The he all are said not said, Beresford," "Its the right, quietly. prints sixty-fiv- e In particular. footTheir new respect. I could hnve cleared myself In same." with a fatigue so deep that it colored steps died away up the alcove stairs. Who?" he grunted, tersely. 1 three hours," said Bailey, with calm "Not the same!" gasped Miss Corhis voice like flakes of Iron-rus- t The living room was left vacant for Her eyes flashed. nelia, unwilling to believe her ears. know you think you're doing your despair. an instant. T11 ask you that! Some one perBeresford laughed, mockingly a Anderson laid down the paper and duty hut I wish to God yon could Vacant? Only In seeming. The son who, knowing Courtlelgh Fletn-Inwith a little gesture have restrained your sense of dutv laugh that seemed to sear Into Baileys the reading-glasmoment that Miss Cornelia and the well, probably knows of the exist consciousness like the touch of a hot of dismissal. for about three hours more!" etectlve had passed up the stairs, To let yon get away?" the young Iron. "If you think . Im mistaken, Ill Again he turned frenziedly the crouching, mysterious Unknown, leave It to any unprejudiced pprson upon the young lawyer and Ander lawyer sneered, nnconvineed. behind the settee, began to move. The son was Just preparing to hold them or your own ejsight Thumb-print- s said Bailey with quiet d:fl "No. door of the French windows opened never To let me finish what I came away from each other by force if necanee. lie," he said In a flat, convinca stealthy figure passed through It Miss Cornelia stared at here to do. ing voice. essary when the doorbell rang. silently to be swallowed up In the him disappointment written large on think have dune Don't For an instant the ringing of the you yon darkness of the terrace. voice flicked her features. hell held the various figures of the enough?" And poor Lizzie, entering the room "I still believe It was the doctor," him with righteous scorn, no less fell little scene In the rigid postures of a at that moment, saw a hand covered waxworks tableau Bailey, one foot with blood reach back and gropingly, ' Why do so many, many babies of to- x:x -:- -x -:- x:- x:- z:x -i- x: x -:- Xvx - - - x -:- x:z - XM:advanced toward Beresford, his hands horribly, through the broken pane, day escape all the little fretful spells Into hailed fists Beresford up already refnsten the lock. and infantile ailments that used to an in defense of the detecattitude t!ie Much She shrieked madly. worry mothers through the day, and tive about to step In between them keep thorn up half the night? Miss Cornelia stiff in her chair Dale CHAPTER IX If you don't know tire answer, you About all the average person knows paluce. In Spanish Renaissance style over by the fireplace, her hand at hei haven't discovered pure, harmless the Seventeenth century cathedral, its heart Then they relaxed. about Luxemburg Is that it Is a small It is sweet to the taste, and Handcuffs. bridge and viaducts, the palace of the country somewhere between Belgium Probably the doctor, murmured sweet in Arhed." the Musee Pesrntor and Its Miss Cornelia the little stomach. And Its and Germany, but the little country Dale had failed with the doctor. as the uncertainly, gentle influence seems felt all through When Lizzie's screams once more had He was to possesses some rare scenery. The wonderful parks, he has before him doorbell - rang again. some of the best motor roads In Euthe liny system. Not even a distaste-- I called the startled household to the come back with some sleeping-powdercountry is as old as most of its neighful dose of castor oil does so much rope for a spin through the duchy to bors, and Rome thought It Important living room, she knew she had failed. good. She followed In mechanically, watched enough to fortify it, centuries ago. see its other cities and towns. DeBilly appeared for the key of the Fletcher's Castoria is purely vegeFrom Its ducal family have come troit News. an irritated Anderson send the Pride front door. so you may give it freely, at of Kerry to bed and threaten to lork queens of France and emperors of If that's Doctor Wells," warned the table, first of colic ; or constipation ; or The city of Luxemburg Is sign Gerniuny. Explosion's Effect her up, and listened vaguely to the detective, admit him. If its any- I diarrhea. Or those many times when a rocky gem In a forest setting, and. The bureau of standards says that body else, call me. conversation between her aunt and you just don't know what is the mat-- i the noise and the shock of nn exploaccording to Edwin Robert fetre, the detective that followed It, withBilly grinned acquiescently and de ter. For real sickness, call the doctravel writer, from here one can look sion occur simultaneously. There Is out more than casual interest. parted. The detective moved nearer to Treves tor, always. At other times, a few and not and Thionville, an Nevertheless, that conversation was Interesting record of an observer to Bailey. of Fletcher's Castoria. in England who was looking down and drops ouly Into Germany hut to I.ongwy and to have vital results later on. a on Have you got gun you?"' The doctor often tells you to do just the north of France, Arlon, Brussels across a stretch of open country from l'our point about that thumb-prin- t "No. Bailey bowed his head. and the coasts of Belgium. The old Is very interesting. a hill during a bright sunshiny day. that; and always says Fletcher's. on the stair-rai- l "Well, Ill just rhake sure of that.' She Shrieked Madly. Other preparations may be just as fortress of Vauban has been modand suddenly noticed a long narrow The detective's hands ran Anderson said, with a certain respect. swiftly and pure. Just ernized so that Its gloom no longer shadow rushing toward him silently as free from dangerous "But just what does It prove? ence of a hidden room In this house over Bailey's form, through hut why experiment? Besides, across the valley. As It passed him expertly drugs, "It points down," said Miss Corand who, finding us In occupation shadows the city. When the visitor concealed-weapons- . for his pockets, probing the book on care and feeding of babies of the house, has tried to get rid of has seen its sights, such as the dukes he heard the sudden report of a heavy nelia, still glowing with the memory Then, slowly drawing i that comes with Fletcher's Castoria Is me in two ways. First, by frightenof the whistle of surprise the detecexplosion and felt the jar of it. A pair of handcuffs from his pocket, h worth its weight In gold! tive had given when she had shown powder magazine several miles away prepared to put them on his wrists ing me with anonymous threats and. on the second, by urging me to leave. Some had exploded, as he learned later. him the strange thumb-priCity's Downfall Complete But Dale could hear it no longer rail of the alcove stairs. one, who, very possibly, entered this Achala was the name given by the The shadow" was the result of the The sight of her lover, beaten, sub increased density of the air In the missive, his head bowed, It does," be admitted. "But what house tonight, shortly before the rflur-deRomans to the province that comwaiting obe waves. then? compression and slipped up that staircase!" the southern of part Greece, prised diently like a common criminal foi Miss Cornelia tried to put her case The doctor? and the capital of the province was the detective to lock his wrists lr. It American, O. K. Miss Cornelia knitted on, as if every as clearly and tersely as possible. the famous city of Corinth. In ancient steel broke down her last defenses In seen A man was the west end of She rushed Into the center of tht It shows that somebody stood there movement of her needles added ote times its wealth was so great as to London wearing a straw hat with evefor some time, listening to my niece more link to the strong chain of prob be proverbial ; so were the vice and room, between Bailey and the detec and Richard Fleming, In this room abilities she was piecing together. profligacy of Its Inhabitants. The city ning dress. I understand that no legal five, her eyes wild with terror, hei When Doctor Wells said he was in the Middle ages shrunk to a mis- - proceedings will be taken against him below, she said. words stumbling over each other li "All right HI grant that to nve leaving here earlier In the evening for I erable village, standing on part of the If he can prove he is an American. her eagerness to get them out London Passing Show. site of the ancient city. retorted the detective. the Johnsons, he did ot go there, (TO UK CONTlNUttUl argument, "nut tha moment that shot was fired, light rime on. If aomebody on that atalrcaaa shot him, and then rame down and took tha blueprint. Ml th mo-we- s d run-dow- COMPLEXION . U bag-handl- CARTERS PILLS CORN e Ends pain at once s ds DZScholls y s well-traine- d e The BABY s Veres-ford'- i: :i: i: A Luxemburg Has r:xvi: to Attract r :i r :r: Tourist Cas-tori- I I r, Children Cry for |