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Show THE SPANISH PORK TRESS. SPANISH PORK. UTAH swered. half carelessly. -- ret going to By old school friend. It hints Apperley, a iho llveo la flat of her owa la aisnsluos, la Maids Vale. I'm all right-b- ut yea caa get me a tail and ride them with mo If you like." "And tomorrow. In th morning." said Maythorne, "let lloll call fur ywa end bring yoa to my offlra. And by vosws oho art HI sod I was Mr' before wo go out, I'vo got prisrd that ah should Ukd M BrackI something la toy pocket. Miss Mrrhl-ton- . Ireubld In Ibis particular hat I'd like l show yen. Como loll o both I imported somrthtng lo Iho tlgt.L" Coaid Ihoti, hut I didn't loots Huddenly, from so mo Inner packet, I help Itr ho produced sad laid on tits Ishlo la xio ml suld Miytburn, flalotly. He full gtsro of tbo lamp, an Toll over) thing. cairngorm brooch, set In Well, last bight, the him thln fine, much w ora sliver, lit loohed Kbella. continued occurred again, closely at Shells. Kho aent out, oa Iho HM oscoso, "Ilsvo you ever seen that beforo?" and sho ass easy still lunger. I heard he asked. "Think P Ihero her come In 1 went lo see If "No!" fibrils. "Never I replied wo onyllilug I could da for her. And Wlmso Is U? What Is ItP II was then I made a discovery. fib Msytborns picked op the brooch, was la Iho Inner library. I tow her and began to finger IL Turning It through the curulna that abut It off over, ho to Iho pin st th bark, front the hlg library. Thero wad a which was considerably worn, and email lamp on Iho table lo Iho center; fitted loosely lo Its OockrL shoe! of she stood by It examining "It would easily slip out of any . And I dont know If tt was womsnn gown," bo wold. pai-er"And I Iniuli Ion, or w hot It flashed acroaa picked It up at ItWvcra den, clooo to ne that what sho was looking at wrss ths sKt whers MswrolTs dead body the mlMlng will I Ho well. Ibea I ss found." confess It. fib road watched her-- ill Kho turned on him a quick, questionitbe per through, folded It op, looked ng gtsnco that shifted from him to round, and then went over to no of the brooch, and bo picked up Iho t tie bookcase, and slipped Iba paper brooch again, nod restored It to his Into big volume In n corner. Then pocket. -I I went off and I didnt sleep. So to the best of your recollectknew (here waa mischief. I waa cer- ion youvo never seen It beforeP ha tain dead certain I that paper wss said. the will, wherever and however aho "Never P she repealed. "Never P had got IL And In tho mlddl of tho Iresentty we all three went downnight 1 gut op. and went down, and stairs, and Into tho streeL I got a got the paper out In tha dark, and iMxicnh, and Sheila and I got Into IL then Just struck a match and of May thorn told goodnight and went course on glutire was enough. I put off; we. too, set out on our ride to It haih. and went hack to bed. And Malda Vale. She auddenly laughed then thero wns no sleep. I felt oh. shyly. I dont know whut I felt I Thero was Mervyn!" she said. "Were wero devilry somewhere close at hand. you glad to see meP My own mother or not ! what busi"Will it he an answer." said I. "If ness hnd she with that will? Where I tell you thnt I'd been thinking about did le get It? By whut means? Waa you all the evening? she mixed np with? hut I didnt dure That's a nlee answer," ahe laughed. to think olK'Ut what oho might be "Oh, well now dons lets talk well mixed up with. What I did realize talk tomorrow, or next day, or oome was this the probability was thnt If other dny. But you cun bold my hand, the will remained In her possession, if you like, till we get to the eud of she'd destroy It. and then well then, the ride." all sorts of things would happen thnt We held each other's hi.tds In And so I I didnt wnnt to bnpien. Hence all tho way to Mulda Vale, determined to take matters Into my I saw her safely In charge of her ow'n hands. I got up early. I took the friend, and went back home in the on and set off same cub. will, got my bicycle, Wondering, of course Black Gill Junction It was still . . wbat next? wondering dark when I set out. I got down to It Wua Carlisle and then, of course. CHAPTER VII plain sailing up to town. And will!" the youve got You're a good plucked un!" MayThe Missing; Man thorne Raid, with obvious admiration. I was back at Ashington umnslona You know at any rate how to act soon after nine o'clock on the followwithout hesitation. Well! this la a ing morning, and by half pust Sheila queer tale. Holt, now doei It Strike and I were walking down Edgware road on our way to Maythomea office. you?" It may be," I answered, that Mrs. Amidst the crowded London streets, we were alone In a sense In which we Elphinstone could give a perfectly proper and valid explanation as to could not have been alone In the how she became possessed of the will. of Mnrmsdale, and the sensaSheila turned on me like a flash. tion was as novel as It was dellghtfuL "Mervyn !" she exclaimed, I believe Yet I knew It could not lust, and we you think I should have asked her that had not been walking far when Sheila before I stole the will and run off voiced exactly what I was feeling. with It to you!" Mervyn 1111 have to go back, you No no!" I protested. I've done what I know!" she s.!d. "I believe you do I believe yon do!" came for given you the will and she exclaimed. A pretty fool I should now I'll hnve to go home soon, anyhave been If I'd aa much as let her way and face the music. Of course, I my mother has guessed long since know thnt I knew It was there! know what would have happened If what's happened. And there'll be a I'd told her that I knew what waa hidI shall have the liveliest nice row! den In the book! She'd have burned qunrter of an hour I ever had In my It before my very eyes. I know ! No ! life. And I shall only have one reknowing whnt I did, there was only tort to make not a nice one to make one thing to do, and thnt was to place to one's own mother nnd that's to It In safety." ask her what she was doing with that "Miss Merchlsons right, said Maywill nnd how she got It? And, If I That was the only thing to know her, she won't say." thorne. And here It Is, and tomorrow do. There may be developments before The morning lit hnnd It over to Crote. It comes to that, I remarked. Mind yon, Miss Merchlson, your mothfact la, we none of ur know where we er. as Holt suggests, may have a perare. I dont, anyhow I I feel as if I fectly good explanation as to how she didnt know what on earths going to got the will. But, under the circumturn up next" stances, you took the best step you I Anything may." said Sheila. could. Is, In these cases, to the thing suppose Sheila Jumped up, suddenly, and bebe ready for anything and surprised gan to button her coat. at nothing." Then thats all right," ahe said, And at that very moment a surprise Ive done my bit. anyway and now was within touching distance of ns. Im off Ill sleep tonight" Sheila stopped dead and Suddenly Where are you going?" I asked as clutched my arm; turning sharply on Wherever It her, I saw that she was staring as 11 Maythorne and I rose. la, you most let me aee you there, fascinated at the open door of a tobaclately? conist ahop, a few yards ahead of ns. 'Oh. you can do that, abe an (TO BS CONTI.VUXD) Tike Mazaroff Mystery -D- J. y- S. FLETCHER rnrm (Cl Ir m hutwts Atfrad W, K. A. mas Kwrr, found? Too do? Well, now" vaa lid broko off abort. Iam-bedk aorklng. gently bul peralatently, at my outer door. I walked nut of tbe room, aero the little hall, and oiene the door lo aland bark amasrtL fibrils stood ihero olontl lot) c. larvleo TMt ITOHV Mrv H rid tnpaloa. Holt la MlltM felmtolf IUW'uR a Ait.r Woodwork It oa M.rir.4.1 tnoor, Thrjr (. uiir. aira a o4 Rh.iu Xt.rrfei. ClpliUttona fvfc MatarolT (ll Hull tbrp arr bia ttifr and dauabirr and that bia rrol aama la Mr blrun Tbat main SUsarvff faila to rriura to Iba Ino and bia dtppaanra la nraplainrd lllt mrna Rh.il (rav.lint hurt tour IM CHAPTER VI put up at tha Haw Waa It CotT Into! Her tonne sprang la my lt unlonly s I stood there, storing st her, Khe laughed, hslf shyly, s I let It out. hut slur was more collected than t. and she stepped Into tha ball aa readily as If there rro nothing strange In this to me surprising llt. I had left Hie door of the sit; she gloneed through ting roin and sow Maythorne. and her first word were hus'.neealike enough. Mr. there? "Youve May thorite Tlutt's hotter ! she said. "Well I followed her Into the room and rlosed the door. May thorite had Jumped to his fret ; for a serotid or and talla br of blaiarulfa praranro. Hull la qu.Miun.d bp 1ollra trrfrant Mannrta and a rrporirr, murdrrrd 10 goo remember (bat oheo w wert at Iteher's deo I picked op something rlu by whero MauroCa body oaa lwna XUtruffs budp la found, trolr, Mata ruff' a laaprr, and Map tbomr. prlvalr drlrrlltr, ami Valutbl diamond ibat Mnaafvff A uauallp rarriud ar nl.ii-a- . aun. atolrn from Muaiao. I found at l hr acrno of iba mur dar, Kvld.ur at lb Inqurat Matareff mat tlrrrbiuia Ala ar 11 Irarra all to Hull liftman Kloup, riot frind of Mala la london ta ruff. I'mm him it la- - Uarntd ibal Maaaroff pua pra tu aftd whir h two rmnrkabl diamond, h bad nffcrtd for aula lo and Lady LwH, Lv.kr Mato ruff bad on of th ) atone and bia aanl. Armlnirad, lb Olhff. CHAPTER V -- $4 ir.re.y fir Continued 10 Tl or saht Jnme Bark Inin t argiit llml Mr. whlrti r.v-nliti-- t with hln auiit and hi uiulo-IItnv. Hut ('ttln?l-- knows? a o io yutiLimw UoUlrisliy k..i-ati)llilnit uIh-u- I CmilngloyT" ut Wry little! Young nuui tow ii. A lilt fopplnli. Kjiorty In a wnv. I.lvi-- wlih Kir Kiiiiiui-- I nn-- luoly M.'tiliM-fi- . art-.- - you no lie n y u al--- a I.oi ke. They any Ihla Mulllaon will come In for Sir Snimn-- r motiey." Ami tl.ut's all you know. Cut- - tingle) -- aii r tl.nme threw the scraplxiok on the tnhle. We Well, thnta thut! he nul-knew a bit more now bheiit Mnlihon. I wilit loss he's the man Mnzuruff spoke to at lluntlnk'don and at York. Now, there's noililng mueh In that, but It aeenm that Mall how wan going north. And what I'd like to know la this did he and Muzaroff ever meet again? What we wunt to get at la the rela- tionship of Mazaroffs murder to the Diamond fact that M.iznrnff bad Number Two on him when he waa murdered. How many people know that he had? Well, from all we can make out, here waa a man Malllson who certainly knew It. Malllson had aeen the blue diamond Number Two In MuzarofTa possession. Probably, when they encountered at Huntingdon and at York, the blue diamond deal with Kir Samuel Loeke waa the subject of their conversation. We'll have to get and talk with Malllson, And (Armlntrnde? That certainly. man has got to he seen, too he knows more than he's told ; In fact, he's told nothing. And In the meantime, he Holt! must te carefully watched. Is thnt mnn you left at the Woodcock, the chauffeur, Webster, a nmn of good Intelligence? Websters a sharp, clever chap," I Kmart trusty." answered. "Give me some telegraph forms. said Maythorne. Holt, Im going to send Webster a wire In your name, telling him of certain things I want him to do there as regards keeping an eye on High Cap lodge. We shall have to go back there, I expect, As for but It maynt be tomorrow. tomorrow, will you two come here at ten oclock In the morning? Crole and 1 went away, leaving Maythorne concocting his telegram to Webster. I bought the evening newspapers and went off to Jermyn street, resolved on going to bed at exactly nine oclock. I should have kejit my resolution if. just as I was about to make the definite move bedward, Maythorne had not turned up. "I've seen Sir Samuel Loeke. again, Holt, he said. Ive found out a cer-tai-n fact ttiat may or may not be relevant. About this chap Malllson, of course. e Yes? I said. continued Maythorne. Malllson, went up north Just about the time you and Maaaroff did. Old Loeke wants to rent a shooting next year grouse moor, you know and he thought It would be a good notion If Mallison went and Inspected some shootings while guns were actually at work. From what he told roe, I'm pretty dead certain tbit Mallison was In the Immediate nelcnborliood of Mar rasdule at the very time you and Maza-rof- f reached the Woodcock Inn. Eli?" I saw that he expected me to make some comment. 1 had no comment to make: all I could say was that 1 had never seen anything of Malllson In these regions. He smiled. Why, no!" he answered. Of course you didn't or, I might say, wouldnt, if but still, thats all In the clouds. Yet Mallison was certainly there or thereabouts. I wonder If we shall ever And out J1 about It I I said. He gave me a quetr: knowing look. We shall find out all 'bout It, Iloit, he replied. And when we do, there'll be a fine surprise I Look here I "Yes, She Answered, "I Know a Lot Mor Than That the three of us stood gazing at each other. Aa for myself. 1 felt utterly at a loss: Maythorne waa quite calm. He drew a chair In front of the fire, silently motioning Sheila to IL Mis Merchlson is here because something has happened, be said. "Exactly I" She thrust .her hand Into some Inner Itorkct and drew out a folded paper. As quietly as If she were giving me an ordinary letter to read she held It out to me. "Mr. Maythorne Is right. she said. "Something has happened. That's the will I 1 brought It to you myself." I gave one glnnce at the signature at Its foot here, without doubt, was the will, made at York, of which iostlethwalte had spoken at the Inquest. I handed It across to Maythorne. Where did you get this, Miss Merchlson? he asked. The answer came promptly and sharply with a certain hardness of tone. "Stole It!" Stole It? From whom? No use beating about the bush, I stole It from my own mother!" now Maythorne and I exchanged glances: Sheila looked from one to the other. I dare say you've heard, perhaps known, of cases where daughters have .had to tell the truth about their own mothers, Mr. Maythorne? she said. Well whether Its wrong or not. Im going to tell the truth about mine. I stole that will from her this morning, because I knew shed no light whatever to be In possession of It, and when I'd got It, I Jumped on my bicycle and made off to Black Gill Junction, and caught the next train If I going south to hand it over! hadn't who knows what would have become of It? Yes? said Maythorne. Exactly. But you know a lot more than that. Miss Merchlson. And we three are alone. She put her fingers together in her lap I noticed they trembled a little. 1 know a Yes, 8he answered. lot more than that Let me tell you, for It's no use denying It. thnt my mother Is one of those women who love money money, to her, means all sorts of things never mind what I saw from the beginning that as soon as It was put into her mind that Maznroff was really Merchlson. the Idea of getting hold of his fortune began to shape Itself. Well, I didn't know what my mother might do: I don't know now, 1 tell you both, and at once, what she has done I only know that somehow or other she became possessed of that will, and that I've stolen It from her and given It up to you. That came about In this way. Night before last, Intlsh in the eve Jng, my mower did a most unusunl thing for her. Some little time after dinner, she went out, saying that she was going to see an old man who Is lying 111 In the village. Now, my mother Is not by no means an anxious sort about old men and Babies lntco. btl i i CRY Pabirt win cry, often for no apparent reason. You may not know whats wrong, but you can always giv Caitoris. This soon hu your little one comforted; if not, you should call a doctor. Don't experiment with medicines intended for the stronger systems of adults! Most of those little upets are soon toothed easy by a little of this olesisnt-tastin- r, gentle-actinchildren's remedy that children like. It may be the stomach, or may be the little bowels. Or in the case of older children, sluggish, con atipated condition. Cattoria i still Hard to Grasp Fact At first the' brain reels a little In the attempt to grasp the facts of the stellar system, even explained with the lucidity and exactness A which Sir Jamea Jeans Is a master. From the vast extensions of the sky he carries us Into the inmost recesses of the atom, where the electron whirls around Its perpetual circuit several thousand million times every second. These numbers, says the London Spectator, are but dazzle palming, and It Is simpler to say that the electron travels as far in a second as our latest seaplane travels In an hour. Sir James Jeans has a happy fertility He Knew the Law The late Haley Fiske of Insurance fame told this story at an Insurance men's banquet In New York. An American company, he said, "opened a branch in eastern Europe and was soon doing well. A rich peasant visited tbe main office one day. Insured his farm, and tben said to the immeger: Now. then, sir, I must have everything plain and clear before I go. Exactly whnt would I get If my house and bnrn were to burn down tonight? Not more than ten years and not said the manager. less than three, of the Stellar System In such comparisons, and forcibly strikes the imagination when he tells ua thnt if the carbon atom were magnified to the size of Waterloo station, ita electrons would be represented by six wasps flying round In the vast vacuity. All the rest is emptiness ; and so In the celestial spaces it is immense odds aguinst any We live given spot being occupied. tn a gossamer universe ; pattern, plan and design are there in abundance,, but solid substance Is rare. Put Health First The views of students as to what makes life happy are revealed by a ballot competition conducted by the National Union of Students throughout the universities of England and Wales, says the London Observer. The following was the order of Importance voted for the various attributes con- ducive to a happy life: A sound constitution ; a sense of humor: a congenial occupation; an assured future; a charming wife (or husband); a blameless reputation; 400 a year; a brilliant career: a thick skin; a good! cook; a persuasive manner; a library and a poker face (equal); an artistic temperament; a schoolgirl complexion the thing to give. It la almost certain to clear up any minor ailment, and could by no poiii-bihdo tha youngest child tha slightest harm. So ita the first thing to think of when a child hat a coated tongue; wont plar, cant sleep, it fretful or out of aorta. Get. the genuine; it always baa Chat. II. Fletcher's signature oo ty g the package. YY To remove stains and odors to clean and sterilize simply sprinkle a little Lewis Lye In toilet. Let stand a little while then clean with swab or brush. Brad far Tr. Back. n Troth otoot tea." JlFETYFnonT James D. 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