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Show f dubbed her Snow Queen. She with a resigned amusement how wore a gown of a frail silvery lace gradually, aj is inevitable at all trimmed with broad bands of parties I have watched the proc white fu. ess a hundred time in my own Quick as $ flash came Sylvias place Mattie's house lost its look identifying M whisper. oily of freshness and orderliness. Eames! And there she waa, at Sylvia complained that she was once revealed (o me, my precious thirsty tnd I sent her out intq the Molly. drink. She did not kitchen for "She Jooki l.ke Snow Queen? come back until the unmasking. 2 I laid. did not bother her. I knew she was Almost Immediately on Molly having a good time with the maids. entrance appeared another noticeThe unmasking came eome time able figure a man in armor. Ob- after eleven. Three of the people viously young, obviously athlctie, for whom 2 looked particularly had he was in his medieval way, almost apparently left the house Molly a etriking as Ace in his Roman Eames, Walter Treadway, Aco way. I am no authority on armor, Blaikie. We knew the next day although 1 suppose 1 have seen that Ace Blaikie left it to walk to hundreds of specimen in the gal- his death. leries cf Europe. When the clock struck twelve, t I hadn't the remotest Idea who sent Sylvia home with Bessie. At he was. He was superb, though! midnight, the Stows put on one of divertissements Yet the combination of black mail the delightful and black mask made him a little which are always a feature of their sinister. Even Sylvia did not at annual party. This time it was a first identify him. He fascinated modernistic quadrille danced by her, however, as he fascinated me. four couples dressed in cubistic We both watched him. And then black and white. Presently came the delicious sup-re- r suddenly, with a little ecstatic and dancing had begun again. start of recognition, Sylvia whis1 know now who Sarah and I left a little after two. "Oh is! it pered. It's Walter Treadway! Molly and Walter had not returned My first sensation was of thrill, to the party; neither of course had romantic thrill, delighted thrill. But Arc Blaikie. when I saw him making at once in the direction of the Snow Queen, MURDAT swing off into dance with her, 1 beI have often recalled how hard, came conscious I dont even now know why exactly of a sense of long and dreamlessly 1 slept that unease. Molly and Walter had not, night. Not much more than I believed, throw from my house, tpoken, had not seen tone each other, lince they broke their horrible tragedy had enacted ItDid they recognize self. But my psychology, untouched engagement. each other now? by the horror In the atmosphere, I whispered close to Sylvia ear, stayed static. A rest, a thick, as vast white "Remember, darling, that you are toft, as soundless as not to tell anybody but m who cloud, enveloped me. I waked about noon. I lay (of a these people are. "Oh, of course! Sylvia declared moment truggling with that cloud with emphasis, "I won tell any of sleep, half trying to pull out of 1 wouldnt like anybody to It. Presently I heard Sylvia's voice, body, tell who ! wa. I dont believe any "Oh I do wish Aunt Maryd get upt and I bounced wide awake. body will gucs who I am. called, "come b here, I reassured her on this point. I Sylvia, dearl continued to watch Molly Eamei Sylvia, very slim In her tittle blue gingham dress, .her pig tails snapping upwards at the end, perched herself Oh my bed, and contemplated me In. her mpst friendly manner. Of course she was carrying Dorinda Belle. "Have you had your breakfast,' ' Sylvia? I asked sleepily. . . Aunt "Yes, Mary.. . "Did' you sleep well?v . .' "I did, but Dorinda Belli; didnt. A terrible thing happened. Aunt Mary. 1 fed perfectly, dreadful about it. You see I let Dorinda" Sarah Darbe Interrupted, entering with my breakast tray. "We let her sleep as long she could, Mrs. Avery." she took up the' con-- , vefsatloft. "She must have waited up about eleven. She had her breakfast a little over a half hour ly BRISBANE j C0PYRIGHTINE.ZHAYNE5-IRWI- W.N.U. SERVICE SYNOPSIS 1 Vary Avery, a widow who live ift the harbor' town of Satuit, Mast., with two Wilnegro maids, Sarah Liarbe and Bessie liams, writes a manuscript describing the famous Second Head murder, which ocNext to Mary live curred on her estate. Mr. and Mfs. Peter Stow who every year give a summer masquerade party. One of the guests of this function is murdered. Nearby live Dr. and Mrs. Geary and their .married daughter Edith and her husband Alfred Bray; Doctor Myron Mardett who has been abroad for 26 years and is visiting the town for the surrtmer, and his Caro Prentiss, t beautiful young girl who was bom io France. Next Jive Paul and Lora Eames and their daughter Molly. Molly was engaged to the murShe had previdered mab, Ace Blaikie. ously been engaged to Walter Treadwell, who had beon Blaikie's secretary, but the engagement was suddenly broken and he Other tleighbora are the had left town. fairweather sisters, Flora, a hopeless invalid, end Margaret. All but the latter two attended the masquerade. Mary niece, Sylvia Sard, it visiting her (or the summer.. The wooded part of Marys state is called the Spinney. In it is a tiny tog cabin, called the Little House. On the day of the' masquerade excitement i high. Mary decidsd to take Sylvia, who it an unusually observant child. Caro Prentiss . end Molly Eames drop inr during the afternoon, MoHy wearing Doctor Ace Blaikiea engagement ring. She seems' Soon a car arrives and Blaikie, Doctor Mar-de- n friend of Act's, and Bruce Hexson, alight. Hexson is a big man with a brooding lank. Molly is impatient to'leave and At the party they all excuse 'themselves, Syl.via identifies each of the masked, futitt . s they arrive.. eight-year-I- d ' always take a particular delight at costume affairs in the picturesqueness of casual groupings. Three times during the evening of the Stow party, I saw groups which delighted me to the tingling point. Once it was a trio; a slender golden haired Tsyche in white Greek draperies; a cavalier in a great hat. gray velvet small clothes with slashings of ruby; a tall slender dark girl in a balloon-likskirt of white muslin, dappled with big orange dots; bands of brown fur about her wrists; a mans silk hat on the black hair which curled at the neck. Another time a white-claBotticelli angel, carrying a golden lyre, hobnobbed with an Indian In a war bonmagnificent flamingo-pinnet and a ballet dancer in many skirts of pale blue tarletan. I kept calling Sylvias attention to these pictures. When she turned her face up to mine. I could see her eyes shining as though stars were boiling up from the depths of their blueness. Once she said to me, "Oh, how I wish 2 had brought Dofinda gray-feathere- d e d d Belle! Fortunately however, the right reassuring idea occurred to me. "Oh we couldnt have brought 2 declared in a Belle, shocked tone. "Dont you see, Sylvia, everybody would have known Dorinda Belle, And then they would have guessed who we are! "That would be dreadful. Sylvia Whispered. "Perfickly dreadful! !But Ill tell Dorinda Belle all about itevery word of it! Just at this moment there came another entrance crash of the orchestra. There strode Into the room a magnificent male figure, a Roman warrior of the period of Julius Caesar. He wore a short white military tunic, overlaid with long tabs pt gilded leather; a golden helmet; golden shoes. At his belt, hung the short sword as became an officer, on the left side, The costume was superb. The man himself was equally superb with his height, his shapeliness and the bold, free carriage of his splendid body. Only one man in Satuit could have carried off that costume. mind Even my imaginatively-leregistered his identity before Syl via said, "Doctor Ace! And then the sword caught my eye. 2 rec ognized it. The first time Ace visited Rome, he had had a Roman short sword made for him, Doctor Ace stood on that ruffle cl applause, calmly surveyed the room. His eyes stopped on Sylvia and me. The music started up. In stantly he came over to our corner, bowed before Sylvia. "May 2 have the pleasure of this dance, senorita? he asked. Sylvia arose, and stood before the gigantic Roman warrior;' a thrilled, trem like a little silbling little figure ' which had burst fountain very through the floor, They danced. When the musie stopped, Ace brought her back to my side. He bowed low before he left "Thank he said. you, senorita ' "Did you enjoy. ted dance, lamb? ! asked Sylvia. "Ohr Aunt Mary I hushed her with touch of melodrama. conscious "Dont speak my flame. "Oh, 1 wont do it again, Sylvia whispered, Idokirig hastily about her,' her eyes dancing with im. portance. "He tried and he tried, and be tried to fipd out wbo I was, she wept on importantly. "But I would not fell him. He' asked mb Sylvias 'if f. was Mrs. Rroome. - imsparkles, burst through the her had 'quieted which, portance Do-rind- a fRIDAY Continued . . . ft began almost immediately. "Mrs. Burton' she whispered as magnificent. Elizabethen court lady in stiff distended skirt, stomacher and ruff entered .the room. Imrhediately .1 $aw under this brocaded. panoply the graceful swan-lik- e gait of Leda Burton. When presently there passed an East In-- , dian rajah in a flowing robe, a c6iled, .jeweled turban of golden tissue, a belt bristling with, knives, "Mr. Burton," her 'little voice . . whispered. a . Presently appeared great potentate I took him to be an Arabi-- ' an. Before him, walking backward d and. wielding an . enormous jade green 'feathered fan, d came his- slave; a alim fellow with sleek, straight locks and .a tiny sleek mustache, his trousers and shirt o! embroidered orange linen. ."Who can they be? I was helplessly thinking t when Sylvias whisper came in my ear, "Uncle Peter and . Aunt Mattie! . . From where I sat I could see the Tail grandfather clock, it was nearly ten oclock. People were pouring in now, but Sylvias steady, accurate observation' constantly - . ( long-handle- - brown-fleshe- jert-blac- k . d 1 , "Sh-sh-s- . h, - Of Course She Did Not Identify Every Mask. clicked names to me. Of course W identify every mask, unlike me, she did not know everybody in Satuit And naturally there were some who were strangers to both of us or, as always, people brought house guests. But Intimates she recognized instantly. it was a fairiy magical Performance. room ad, of course, filled P- - Between dances, people spilled out on the wide piazzas. The pro-tective silence which had produced the vacuum of that first half hour had broken into laughter and talk. eopie were gtilj disguising their vo.ces however, as I, who was now on the inside of so many secrets, realized. I was enjoying myself tmmensely. Several strange masks 6ii dance, but I declined invitations. I did not particularly want to dance. I did not jvant to leave Sylvia, and especial v wanted to enjoy the scene. fe nt look. . Nina . Broome, .was' the tallest little over six Satuit--- a in woman feet- - , . "I told him 2 wasnt. Dent Sylvia - Ellie Dent Was the fattest woman in Satuit three hundred pounds the among '.us, had conservative ' . guessed. "I told him I wasnt Elbe Dent! And at first he wouldnt believe me. And then he asked me if Again she burst Into giggles, Tom was Eoylan. I Tom Boylan was the town drunk an old man of an exaggerated tallness and thinness. Entrance music interrupted this conversation. There appeared in the frame of the doorway the loveliest figure A that had yet entered the room. Yes young! creature, tall, lithe with that aliveness she must have been young; dressed a mental . Even In this day of flaming youth, mature age still has its usefulness. The average age of our Supreme Court justices is seventy one years. Twenty-s- i years ago Chief Justice Hughes took his seat on the Suptsms Court bench. President Taft rendered public service by appointing him to succeed Justice Brewer. lie left t h e bench to run for president against Woodrow Wilson, and Would doubtless have been elected had he not gone to California. Had his been- elected he would have remained In the United States and probably would have, saved tee country ten thousand million dollars that Woodrow Wilson shoveled out in his ecslacjr of - self-approva- l. Rioting. In Londons "Mile End Road," In which the faces of men and women were slashed with razor blades and one man was thrown through shop window, etc:, seems rather .put it. mildly, Flgt fighting , has been encouraged by distinguished Englishmen, including judges, .on the ground that it ls "better than using . knives." . , It is better, doubtless, but what about the. razor blades? . "un-Englis- . ... . ' Ogo. . ; Justice uses sclenec the electric chair, the lethal Chamber to punish criminals. Thq criminal uses science tq earry on his trade. An SOS eignal, h yacht purporting- to come fro-in distress, drew the coast guard away from the. coast of Hawaii, making it convenient for smugglers of narcotics to bring in their cargo. Tear gas, comparatively modern; was .used to empty a New York theater . where ' there wps . labor trouble. . .. Sylvia watched me pour fny Coffee. "How 2 wish 1 could have somt, Aunt Mary!'" she exclaimed WistuUy. . - , "Ill be glad when you can,'-temporizqd. "Because then you and I can have.odr coffee together.' But you'll hqve to be a big girl before that happens. What ore you going to do' thik afternoon? ' Changed the subject I and ate "Nancy going to play down Mere. at Ihe We are to I Are and Merry Going "Nancy Play little village, 'Theres Dowk at the. Merry Mere." making my doll bouse and. that blrdhouSe and Walter Treadway. How 'beau- thats been In 'the garage so long tifully they danced. together! And and lot of'boxes that, sort of look what a contrast they made Molly, like houses. Nancy and I made in her up our minds that there was goring and almost silvery lace and crystals,' Walter to be king and queen in- the village as one carved out of Jet In his and So Dorinda Belle Is going to black eape and his shining chain-mai- l' be queen and Nancys boy dolls g Walter daheed continuously' to be king. Theyre to be with Molly except- for' two dances crowned today. she gave Ace Blaikie, I continued "Oh thats, why Dorinda Belle is to watch them and with varying wearing, that gorgeous dress 1' I emotions. Molly Eames with all said.. . her golden gayety was not a . "Ye-s-, Aurrt Mary. I made It my-seperson of whom you asked person Sylvia held Dorinda Belle up al questions,. There was one ques- so 'that I coriild get the entire effect tion that all Satuit would have liked of lanky draperies wrapped 'arou4 to ask her. Why had she thrown her. to Walter over? They had; seemed "Bea.utifuH t fibbed tactfully; be .passionately .in love.; They had on, adding othSylvia seemed to be perfectly .matched. er details the days opulent suddenjy-r-and And yet, apparently was not but I. plans, listening. for no reason she had broken with 'Which of the ladies did. you him, and Walter had Immediately ' left town. A few months later she think looked tee 'prettiest Iasi announced her engagement to' Ace night?. I' asked. "6h, the Snoto fjueQnl Sylvia Blaikie. Ac6 Blaikie Who was my answered In who promptly and with enwas, age, contemporary, thusiasm. "1 thought she liras permpre than twice .her twenty-twyears? Ace Blaikie who had start- fickly wonderful. Molly Is the njost ed, before She was horn, flirting beautiful lady I ever sawl" with all the pretty women In the "Which of the men did you like county and who had never, except most? I psked., for his. absence during the World ' "Doetor Ace!" Sylvias small war, ceased to flirt with them. Wal- freckled nose "Wrinkled with her elfi ter had- nevqr entered Satuit since in mirth; she distilled her tinkling I laughter. . "Oh,. Doctor Ace was his. departure a year before. had not known that he had re.-- so funny asking me If I was Mrs. .turned. . Broome and Ellie Dent and Tom ' . There was one more nfttable Boylan. Wouldnt you have thought, before the unmasking; this Aunt Mary; that hed have known time a pair man and woman. They I wasnt any of them? He did not take his mask off. He went away Wore costumes of the Revolutionbefore that' Oh I'm so sorry he ary period; the woman in a gown of the palest yellow went away. "You love Doctor Ace, Sylvia? satin trimmed with lace; a wig of yellow hair, from . "Yes, he gives me nice mediwhich fell onto her neck two long cines. I dont like Doctor Spellcurls. The man wore lilac satin. man. Doctor Spellman- - gives me Being something of a connoisseur horrid medicine. Doctor Ace tells both of old lace and old paste, I me stories too. I love him. noticed the fineness of the Chantilly (TO BE- - CONTINUED) which trimmed her gown ruffles t which fell and the old Guncotton Easily Made from his neck and wrists; the anGuncotton is prepared from orditique preciousness of their paste nary cotton-woo- l which is boiled her necklace and earrings; his in a solution of sodium carbonate. and shoe buckles. ruffle-piAfter the boiling, the cotton is I should have guessed at once; washed and dried, following which I should have recognized a certain it is dipped for 10 minutes in a trained quality in the movement mixture of nitric and sulphuric of the woman, a certain courtliness acids and water. It is again in the bearing of the man. Yet It washed and dried and is ready fur was not until Sylvia said, "Doctor employment in the various comMarden and Carol that I knew. pound explosives in which it finds The party went on. 2 noticed use. 1 . - gq-in- - l! . . , o full-skirt- high-pile- d rose-poin- n "-t- h Germany honor's Its youngest grandfather, Hernqafl Jahnkd, farm laborer, thlrty-?l- x years' old. Marhis eldest ried at seventeen, daughter bocame a mother at seventeen. 1! all you want Is children, teat record Is satisfactory, although any mouse family could beat H by 25,000 pet cent, and almost any microbe by a billion per cent. If good children were desired, it would have" been better tor Mr. Jahnke to have h.s. first child at SO, and his first grandchild at CO or 70; t least that was Tlatos ' . . opinion.-- ' blue-bowe- d ce went on. "Aftd 6t first he wouldtijt believe me. Then he asked me Here Sylvia burst intd a series of I was Elbesilvery giggles, "if Men Still Useful Fists and Razo? 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