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Show ! MIEN se The Mystery of By Randall Parrish Author of to twcome diseased. Pain in the back, headache, g&ns of Cavendish World Parley to Bar Gas, Submarines? X Continued. -1-6- I shook my head, but this .only 'angered Costigan. Ah, stow that, he broke in .roughly, we know you never got it, but she did. There aint no other way it could have been done.' The dame left with Alva. George here saw 'her go out with him. Then the next morning the guy was found dead, bis pockets rifled, and the bag of eaeh gone. How was he croaked do you know? punctured from behind with some sorter sharp instrument, no bigger than a hat-piIt looked like a woman's job, but she got away dean. And what then? The next night she toms up with you over at Peronds blowing in the coin, and the two of yer havin a h 1 of a time. That proves yer were together, dont it? Were not going to blow this to the police, broke in Harris, as Dan That aint the paused for breath. Idea at all. But we want a share of that dough. You come across, and there wont be no Tnore trouble." But suppose I dont? Suppose I tell you I havent the slightest Idea where that money is, or who got it? What then?" Harris grin was more malicious and hateful than never, but he waited and deliberately lit his stump of a cigar. he echoed finally. What then? Well, In the first place, weve got you, havent we? You'll squeal, believe me, before you ever get out of our bands. See here, Severn, I aint got any direct proof thatll put you in the chair at Sing-Sinthats true enough, but, unless the two of you cough up liberal, Ill turn something over to the police of this town what will give you a term in the Jug, as accessory, and fix that fly dame of yours for ail time. You are bluffing; you have no such n. g; proof." Oh, havent I? Look here, you fool; do you know where I got that? He whipped something from out the concealment of an inner coat pocket, and flung It fully revealed onto the desk an ornamental dagger, glittering In the light, which I as Instantly recognized. Ever see that baby weapon be- fore? Yes, and I felt a sudden relief at You slashed open my the discovery. valise, and found It Exactly; thats what I did, evidently proud of himself. It was an easy enough trick. Just as soon as I got eyes on this pretty plaything I knew Id got the sticker that put Alva out of business an I knew where it come from, . Where? Oh, h 1! do you think I aint got ( any eyes? That skirt wore it in her hat when she and Alva went out together. Oh, did she? This same pin, was it? Say, Harris, I wish I could be as bright as you think you are. And did you happen to observe also that the i ladys hat was held in place by ex- actly the same pin tonight when she was in Peronds? Well, It was; now how could It be in your pocket and in I her hat at the same time? He stared at me, his mouth wide open, and I was equally amused at the expression upon the faces of the other two. I realized fully the peril I was in, and that these men would, hesitate at nothing to obtain their end. Yet, In spite of all this, I was inexpressibly happy. I spiked their big gun with a single blow; moreover, I had learned the truth about her, and my faith in her innocence came back in a flood. Harris had done too much boasting; he had ruined his own case. He had placed the very weapon in my grasp which I most desired to have absolute assurance that the girl herself was innocent. The fellow felt, and realized, the. change. She Thats easy," he sneered. bought herself another. That proves nothing, except that she is smart enough to play safe. Neither one of you 'can get away on that sort of dope. Perhaps not; but it clears her of the murder charge. Oh, does It? That remains to be seen. We know who she Is, and that Is more than you do. Oh, h 1, I got onto that over the wire; the only thing that interested you into coming here was to learn who the dame really wag. That's part of her play, as I figure It, Severn. She wont give herself away, but is just using you. When ebes good and ready she means to fade, bn shell take the dough along with her. You will have sold out for few cheap kisses, an thats all. He She is stringing laughed coarsely. you for a fool. Come now, wake up, before it Is too late, an lets all get a hand In the pot; whatde yer say? You still think I am that kind? One of your class? I questioned, thoroughly angered by his sneering speech. One of my class? I should say L i . not; you are the rawest kind of a mutt, but so far youve been in luck thats all. Now your luck has changed, and yer up against it What do you want me to do? Blow her; tell vs all you know. Weill play the game for you, aud divide square. You will let me out of here? VSure, i once you give us the right steer. "And if I refuse? He laughed contemptuously. "Youre mot going to ; youve got too d a much sense. But just to satisfy your curiosity si'll tell you. Weve got the girl spotted.; we can lay our hands on tier in an ibour; and, believe me, weve sot ithe goods on the young lady. Heres the sticker that did the business, and i found sit right where you had hidden it Away. I can find three men they ace keeping out of sight, but I can stir them UP wholl swear that she weat away alone with Alva from that factory over 'there ; that he bad the bag with him, .and that the two got Into the auto together. That makes one h 1 f a straight case, dont It? "The way you put it yes. But what good will it do you fellows to have her pinched? Where do you gain anything? Time; it blocks the getaway with the swag. Thats &U we want Bee here, Severn, we know where the stuff Is planted; at least weve got an Idea, but weve got to work slow and cautious in order to lift it If it wasnt for that we wouldn't care if she skipped. If youll help us to get quick action, well let the girt go, and give you a share. Take my word for it thats a d n sight more than yoall ever get by staying with her. "But If she finds out that I have turned her down? She wont never find It out; well keep mum. Besides, youre doin her a good turn, keepin her out of the electric chair. Well, there's the proposition you can leave it or take it Serious as the situation was, I could not fail to see its absurdity. This was no threat to frighten me; the fellows meant what they said, although I -- to step back closer against the wall, I feared the Jew least ; he had neither spoken nor moved since our entrance, and I felt he had no stomach for any farther fighting. Yet I judged wrong. With one quick dash forward ha gripped my wrist as 1 reached back for a revolver, and flung bis burly frame against me with such force as to have thrown me headlong but for the support of the wall. Before I could wrench myself free, the others closed in desperately, content to use their hands, unwilling, perhaps, to I was create any alarm with a better fighting man than any one of the three, but combined they had the advantage. I wrenched free from the Russian, and thus got one hand in action, yet that was all. I know I planted one jolting blow straight against Costlgans round face which made him wince, and got a foot fair into Harris stomach, sending him reeling backward. Indeed I staggered the two of them, twisting out of the grip of those iron fingers, and smashing a step forward in spite of every effort I was maddened, frenzied, reckless of ah injury, eager only to Injure those devils in any conceivable way; hate seemed to endow me with supernatural strength, and a desire to kill swept me with passion. All before me was Mood-reamid which swam .their faces, and I went straight for them like a wild beast. Then, suddenly, from behind, a blow descended on my head, crushing me to the flow. I went stumbling down as thongh struck with a pole-a- t, and lay motionless. For the instant I must have retained a 1 knew measure of consciousness. where I was; I even attempted vainly to regain use of my limbs, and I heard Harris swear in disgust What the h 1 did you hit him like that for, you idiot? he yelped. "We dont want to kill the guy; hes worth more to us alive. Here, you, Waldron, lift up his head! Then ail knowledge left me, and I went out into the dark. fire-arm- s. CHAPTER XI' States, should push himself into the WORLD conclave further. He will, of course, in his capacity as President of the nation which Invited the conference, IfEREHCE, address the delegates when they convene here November 11, but after that his relation with it will be an advisory one. Hie Presidents invitation to the powers points out the futility of lookPresident for stability or the assurance of WASHINGTON. the selec- ing social Justice, or the security of peace tion of Secretary of State while wasteful and unproductive outHughes to head the delegation to rep- lays deprive effort of its just reward resent the United States in the Wash- and defeat the reasonable expectation ington conference on limitation of armThe invitation also of progress. ament and Pacific and far eastern : says which menace international It may also be found advisable to The President further anformulate proposals by which In the nounced that he passed on to his secof interest humanity the use of new for of state all responsibility retary warfare may be suitably of agencies of the conference henceforth, except, course, the naming of other members controlled. of the American delegation. Although none of the new agencies of The President believes, according to warfare are mentioned in the invitahis advisers, that he has done his full tion, it refers, of course, to the adduty in bringing about the world con- visability of the nations of the world ference, which already begins to as- reaching an agreement to control the sume an Importance as vital to the use of poison gases and other brutal nations as the Versailles peace agencies developed in the great war. ' It may also mean submarines. i is-lu- tran-lulllit- y. "At Last, a National Military Policy statement, with title, At last; a national mill-- iWWIHto tary policy, has been Issued from tbe War department, prepared by Col. fiiLmw John McA. Palmer. It deala with the WUCY national defense law, which President Harding baa described as establishing an economical and democratic military policy thoroughly consistent with our national traditions. After explainw ing the law providing for a small regular army, to be augmented by trained citizen forces from the National Guard simple as all really great construcand National army reserve in event of tive measures are simple. national emergency, the statement "Congress bas thus settled tbe milisays, in part: tary policy of the United States and "It Is our traditional military policy bas prescribed that the military organithat we are to maintain a small reg- zations required at the outbreak of ular or Standing army in time of war shall be constituted by the Presipeace, and this small peace establishdent In time of peace. It grants the ment is to be augmented, or President, as constitutional commandby great armies of citizen er In chief, the necessary powers and when a national emergency calls personnel to accomplish this organizafor greater forces. The defeat of our tion, leaving the details of organization military system in the past has been to him, that the organization of these larger "Congress has assigned a great conforces has been deferred until after structive mission to the President and the declaration of war. the President has accepted it. These The obvious remedy was simply to two harmonious acts of the legislative provide for their organization in time and executive branches of the governof peace. This is the underlying, ment finally define our military Instidominating feature of the new law, tutions. AN AUTHORIZED lf n n ' .... the question of issuing bonds for s water works system, said a guest. "What do you anticipate will be th eutcomeT Hard to tell, replied the landlord of the tavern at Tomlin vllle, Ark. The yonng people 'are mostly'for It and the folks that have traveled and like to show oft and the newcomers from the North, and so on. But ths are unanimously agla It They say theyve never gone swimmla' in a house yet and Its toe late now to learn old dogs new tricks, and, any how, they're opposed to paying for ths privilege of going Into Godalmlghty free water. So it looks like a standoff. Kansas City Star. ' en eld-tlme-rs Melted. So you have made up with GUp plug? "Yea, said lfr. Twobble. I couldnt resist the spirit In which his apology was offered. When a man cemes to me and says hes sorry and unwraps a package done up to look like a pals of shoes and says, What we need now is a corkscrew, Tm not adamant sir, and In such circumstances Ihopef never will be. Birmingham Agw CATARRHAL DEAFNESS greatly relieved by constitutional treatment HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal' Deafness te caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube I inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the result Unless tbe inflammation can be reduced, your hearing may be destroyed forever. MEDICINE acts through th on the mucous surfaces of the system, thus reducing the Inflammation ana issistlng Nature in restoring normal son. la HALLS-CATARR- blc-o- JItlons. Circulars free. AH Druggists. F. J. Cheney ft Co., Toledo, Act amends the farm loan act by increasing the depository privileges of the federal land banks, with the treasury from $6,000,000 to$31,000,000. Without such privileges the system would have found itself within the last month without any available loanable funds, for the reason that experienced bond salesmen advised the federal authorities of the unwisdom of attempting another sale of the farm-loa- n bonds so shortly after the close of the previous ent Personal Exemption. Mrs. Henpeck Hereafter, bring me your pay envelope as It Is handed you, unbroken. Theres a shortage here. Explain. Mr. Henpeck (bravely) I took out my car fare and lunch money, whldk under the income tax law I interpret is my personal exemption. New York Sun. Freshen a Heavy Skin offering. The Curtis-Nelsoact makes cer- With tbe antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-cu-ra Talcum Powder, an tain, so long as bonds can be sold, the exquisitely scented convenient, economical facet continuous, uninterrupted loaning operations of the federal farm loan sys- skin, baby and dusting powder tem. It is estimated that there is a perfume. Renders other perfumes sudemand in this country for such a perfluous. One of the Cuticura character of investment as our farm-loa- Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum). Ad. rertisement bonds to the extent of $200,000,-00a year. The machinery of the farm Interrupted Profit. loan system, operating normally, is I understand there is oil in th capable of putting this amount of money annually into the hands of the neighborhood of Crimson Gulch." There is, replied Cactus Joe. But farm borrowers. it was mlsmanged. They insisted on Assuming that these facts are wan to get it out in paying quantiranted, the conclusion follows that the tryin enactment of this legislation shall re- ties instead of goin on forever sellln stock. sult in the liquidation ef about n lyif) n 0 $1,000,-000,00- of debts annually. 0 ' Sportsmen for Public Shooting Grounds I1 All He Does. He gets his money easily." "Very. All he has to do for It ! to stick everlastingly to his job. We shall not find it so difficult tS love our enemies If we begin by pit) Ing them. . There may be as good in a drug store as ever came out o saloon. ts Is dependent upon the protection ol the birds during their entire migration In every section of the country thej visit. Moreover, drainage Is as hard on the waterfowl as lack of protection. At the present rate at which suitable ducking territory is being drained, immediate action Is necessary. This bill will permanently set aside lakes and marshes where the birds may he hunted by the public, and also areal as refuges where the birds will receive protection. Under the federal migratory bird law the waterfowl are increasing In numbers. It is claimed that this bill if enacted, will admirably supplement the present law. tm BETTER DEAD i o The Coming Contest I see your town is going to vot The Difference. Miss Lena Ashwells part In Mrs. Danes Defense" was one night tafcf by an understudy. In the audience) was a warm admirer of Miss Ashwel who wept bitterly as the piece com tinued. It Is lucky for yon Mias Aaht well Isnt playing, said her frlen& If this moves yon so much, yo wouldnt be able to stand that BOs Ash well not playing? said the admirer, and at once began to dry her tears with a resentful expression. r Curtis-Nelso- - Herald. sol-die- ts Effects of the New loss of aa bition, nervousness, are often times syrnp. tome of kidney trouble. Dont delay starting treatment. Dr,' Kilmers .Swamp-Rooa physicians pro. cription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bottle mediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first rto test this meat preparation send ten cents to Dr Kilmer ft Co., Binghamton, N. Y, far sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Advertisement t, The President does not believe that he, as the President of the United Venture of Peril. I must have remained unconscious for an hour or more. I never really knew how long, for my watch disappeared, yet it was still night when I again painfully opened my eyes and endeavored to perceive my surroundings. Memory of the blow which ended the struggle caused me to lift a hand to my head; the scalp was bruised and broken, the hair matted with clotted blood, yet I could not believe the' Injury was a serious one. I could use my limbs. Satisfied on this point, and assured that I was alone, I braced myself on one arm, and. In a sitting posture, endeavored to survey my surroundings. I was resting on the floor of a bare room of ordinary size, containing no vestige of furniture. The place was cold, with that indescribable chill peculiar to unused apartments, and through the one window, which was unshaded by a curtain, poured the direct light of an almost full moon. In this silvery light every bit of that interior stood revealed in its hideous bareness, the a billion dollars to And if I Refuse? roughly finished walls, the patches of HANDING the process of scaled off, the dirty floor, the plaster which will relieve to liquidation the if doubted they really possessed single door and window, the rags amid extent the present financial knowledge claimed so glibly. But they which I rested. It was a hopeless that stringency and giving ready cash to evidently meant to go on ; they were scene. one-haof the purchasing public so an had for not bluffing, they really to my feet reeling a that I staggered they can buy the materials they ugly case, and could undoubtedly make moment like a drunken man, and then trouble. The evidence against the girl finally found my way along the side need for another year, and thus making the whole of industry hum. That was strong, almost convincing ; it even wall to the window. My instrength Is what the Curtis-Nelso- n act, recently inIn her shook my own confidence creased as I advanced, and courage passed, adding $25,000,000 to the capnocence The absurdity of the situa- was born with it I was not dead; I ital and deposits of the federal farm tion lay in my absolute ignorance. I might baffle those villains yet. They loan system, means. knew even less than they pretended to must have felt that I was safe enough The original capital of the 12 fedknow. What should I do? Pretend, in this that, even if I regained eral land banks was too small to perplace; ns had some I manufacture story? farm-loa- n consciousness, no escape was possible, faith It would work. These fellows for they had left no guard. A glance mit a reasonable flotation of some artifiwithout bonds adopting were criminals, suspicious and unscru- without nivealed the reason for such other than is provided cial machinery what believe would only pulous; they I was four stories up, a confidence. Curtis-Nelsobill I could prove.. If they caught me in sheer brick wall below, rad, at the in the act The a deliberate lie, as they probably bottom, a concrete walk. There was would, that would instantly end everynothing between to cling to unless it thing. I might, then, Just as well fight might be the narrow coping ef atone bill 1452, Introduced by It out with them now as later. I set just beneath the window sill. I stared SENATE Harry S. New of Indiana, my teeth, ready for what I felt sure at this, almost hopefully, for an in. and house bill 5823, Introduced by was coming. stant ; then turned my eyes away with You fellows have sized me up a shudder; it was scarcely as broad Congressman Dan R. Anthony, Jr., of I as the sole of my shoe and to think Kansas, are commonly known as the wrong, I Said quietly, but firmly. am not the kind to squeal because of of creeping along there was merely Public Shooting Ground Game Refuge a threat. Youll find Ill protect the the dream of a madman. The bright bill. , This measure provides that every lady, but Ill do It In my own way moonlight flooded everything about, not yours. The honest truth Is, I yet 1 saw nothing familiar; I was evi- gunner who hunts migratory birds shall hunting license havent anything to tell. 'You wont dently at the back end of a house, first take out a federal - Every cent of the $1 year.less know per so. I coating Is believe that, but it with others closely set o either Ride, than you claim to know. 1 have no and tin alley beyond a small, enclosed money received from the sale of such licenses is to go Into a special fund knowledge of where the money is, or yard. This latter was littered with known as the "Migratory Bird Proteckilled who not know who got it I do dead weeds and rubbish of every deForty-liv- e per cent is to Alva; even now I havent any suspl scription, and a small shed of some tion Fund. of suitcions worth mentioning. But I will kind extended across the rear. Three be expended for the purchase as use areas for able shooting public this not believe do I stories below, but to tbe right, a narsay this plainly grounds and migratory bird refuges. girl did it or that she had any hand row porch protected the back door. Forty-five per cent is to be used for in the robbery. I am going to stay There was no movement visible anyand caring for the birds. protecting 1 if that over, h freezes with her till where. no glaam of light from the a balance of 10 per cent to leaves This is what you want to know. Thats my windows below me. I listened in vain used for any other expenses necesanswer, Harris, and It is all Ive got for any sound; the night was as still be to effect to the provisions of to give you. as death, not even the echo of a dis- sary act. give the show you tant street-ca- r You d d cur! well reaching my ear. I was Sportsmen claim that this bill has somewhere within the limits of the somethinlg merit. They hold that when great to are three will ; you Perhaps you city; of that I felt assured, but be- this bill Is enacted Into law, wild fowl dung-hilBut yond this could determine nothing. one, and on youf own shooting will be perpetuated for all the man who touches me is going to (TO BB CONTINUED.) time to come. Breeding, feeding and No, that. get hurt; Ill promise you places for our migratory birds resting Yes, Sir. you dont, Costigan ; that trick wont No matter in what are necessary. I be, fcn ever work I Yesslr, eighty-twsection of the cotintry a man shoots, he ead same I on as three the in th tooth to I tried my day keep my eyes London Mall. of them, bnt hi movement caused me were born I A l. STOP-ROO- T Thousand of women have kidney bladder trouble and never suspect it. Womens complaints often prove to b nothing else bnt kidney trouble or thft result of kidney or bladder disease. 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