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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER- HYRUM, UTAH - less I could anticipate disclosure. My vada came, he also saw the box which Mr. Sidney seemed to guard so carecrime . . fully. Dravada decided to Bteal whatThat was all. Several persons two at least; Dra- ever was In the box. Jed found him vada and Attorney Brown knew as In the act. .They fought, but Jed reHops- Hair Coming much as I had read. Three persons, tained the contents Mr, Sidneys manOgn In the house, Mr. Sidney, Mrs. Sidney uscript. 1 Doubles secret knows the Then Jed Its. and Jed, knew the story completely. Beauty.) It was this knowledge which had asked. He does." given Jed his control In the house, Mrs. SidAnd Dravada does not?" Mr. and her Sidney unhappiness He cannot know any more than you ney some of his pleasures. from reading this one sheet from know Hartof the The search for a solvent the Insistent. wns 'manuscript. house ley mysteries "Where is the manuscript?" incidental remark came back to By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND Montevideo." Jed has It. me: It might have been Does Mr. Sidney know that?" I felt uncomfortable to recall this, Illustrated by Irwin Myers Not yet. You have been wondering ashamed and abashed, as If in relowcontrol In the house. He has to at I Jeds had It done something calling I had to the manuscript, and he knows the er myself In my Copyright by Georgs H. Doran Co. go to Mrs. Sidney with the Information story which for your own sake I would and Insinuations Attorney Philetus M. not have you know. He presumes upon Brown had given me. My desire was his knowledge." BLACKMAIL. But doesnt Mr. Sidney ever want to protect her from precisely this kind to see the manuscript he sets such was to of carry my trouble; necessity Synopsis. Dr. John Michelson, the trouble to her. I had to know how store by? I asked. Just beginning his career, becomes "No. He wants to know It Is In his resident physician and companion to act. of Homer Sidney at Hartley house. I told her of strong box. If he ever finds, that it of By way preliminary Mr. Sidney is an American, a the three appearances of the Spaniard is not, we shall have to meet the situA few cents buys Danderlne." Aold and rich and very deand then of the appearnnees of the ation somehow. God knows how." sirous to live. Mrs. Sidney Is a fter an application of Danderlne" you Then this sailor and this blackmailSpanish woman, dignified and retilawyer. When I offered her the sheet can not find a fallen hair or any dancent. Jed, the butler, acts like a I know no more a know than of a of ing lawyer transcript paper containing druff, besides every hair shows new privileged member of the family. page of Mr. Sidneys diary, hef hands now? The family has come from MonteIfe, vigor, brightness, more color and No more, so .far as I am aware." Hartley trembled, but she took the sheet reso video, South America, thickness. Adv. house Is a fine old Isolated country Brown, the lawyer, came to Hartley lutely. She was greatly alarmed but place, with a murder story, a me. I think see house the next day to regained her composure. Her Break. haunted pool, and many watchShe read the page hurriedly and he regarded his plan of blackmail as Mrs. Kawler We generally dine al dogs, and an atmosphere of mystery. The haunted pool" Is where then more carefully and, It seemed, Irresistible. I wonder that he did not fresco during the summer months. My Itlchard Dobson, son of a former have an express wagon and a large husband with relief. enjoys It; does yours? owner of Hartley house, had killed with him. He was amiable and chest I have to deal with these men, window. Mrs. Newrich No ; John doesn't his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed begins operations by locking the If this had been all, I shodld have said, and I must know how to do It. expectant. care much for on style in hot doctor In his room the very first You have decided? he said as Jed, weather ; he putting no client in this case. But In his rage They can be dealt with by criminal to eat out on the prefers door his Doctor fixes John night Dravada, when he was throwing the law If there is no reason why protec- having brought him to me on the porch, lawn. Boston Transcript. so he cant be locked In. He meets papers about, had unconsciously re- tion should not be sought in that fash- went away. He had his cane and his Isobel, daughter of the house, and n suit. in In the love at first sight. falls gloves and his tained one sheet In his clenched fist. ion. BOCHEES SYRUP night he finds the butler drunk anil and may You I said, Mrs. get "and said nothing, In There Is, It fist He found his when he came Sidney, holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist act upon that Information. out of his senseless and inordinate I cannot tel you the reason. He Interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes The disappointment was unpleasant A Harmless Soothing, Healing Remedy You know that I do not ask' for light of it. John buys a revolvei. rage later; and then, his natural cuto John overhears Jed telling Mis. him. If I wanted to dramatize the for Coughs and Colds. I realsaid. he and it, cunning reasserted, pidity Sidney he will have his way. In You know there is something very effect, Id say it was catastrophic. He ized a remedy for coughs, colds, was Here is that guardsomething being reply she says she will not hesitate sat down suddenly in the nearest wick bronchitis, throat Irritation, and esped in the box; that something be'ing strange about this house? to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John er chair, and his face became ugly in ecially for lung troubles, that has been to consent to the announcement of That was evident in twenty-fou- r only papers. It must follow that the his engagement to Isobel. The were valuable. He reproached hours," I said, but It means nothing appearance. sold all over the civilized world In papers young people consent to the You must know, doctor, he said, many thousands of households for the to me. I am not curious. I merely himself defeated his had that anger Later they engagement. r his judgment when it was possible for want to know how to deal with these "that I am nerved to the performance last find it is to head off Jed, who years. Its merits have of my duty by the thought of a wife stood this test of time and use, and would marry Isobel. Jed tries to him to take the entire contents of the men. kill John, but the matter is box. He did not dare go back; he had It Is not a lack of confidence In and two daughters for whom I have surely no test could be more potent smoothed over. John, though enstabbed he It gives the patient house the love. you that keeps me from telling what Is provided Indifferently. I will not say or convincing. might Jed; gaged to Isobel, conceals his Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison alarmed. He had only a single sheet wrong here, said Mrs. Sidney. It that their situation Is desperate, but with weak and Inflamed lungs a good ahd has Dobson, the murderer, of the guarded manuscript. It Is a would be a relief to do so. It has been it may make me desperate. I feel that nights rest, free from coughing, with pointed out. Jed tells the story of we have a claim here which might easof that sheet which you find here. hard to stand It all alone, John. copy easy expectoration in the morning. the Dobson murder. The family go I said I would gbe you my conjecI was glad, for the first time con- ily be adjusted." to South America for the winter. Try one bottle, accept no substitute. John Is left at home, but the enYou use a number of euphemisms For sale by all druggists and dealers tures. You will ask first why I am sciously, that my name was John. It gagement" Is not broken. John I said, and none of In medicine everywhere. Adv. so candid in committing to writing a had an honest, straightforward sound for blackmail, hears the story of a tragedy that communication of this nature. It Is suggesting the plain, honest dealing them conceals your meaning. If your might have happened in MonteThe Real One. wife and daughters are In need, you video." The family returns. A because: first, I prefer to write it, that might be needed In this house, mysterious Spanish sailor appears. "So they actually had smuggled Mrs. Sidney as the ? do not tell you, John, to a physical timidity in conreason The might approach owing Jed recognizes him and wants to versation ; and second, but equally im- said Mrs. Sidney, is because I would almoner of Mr. Sidneys charities. whisky on that yachting party. This kill him. The sailor pl.iys burglar. for the Mr. Brown, "attorney portant, because I know the last thing not have another conscience distressed, That, at least, would be an honest Is going the limit. sailor, calls on John. Oh, no. Thats three miles out." Mr. Sidney or any true friend of Mr. You could never again be really happy statement of your case, and it might be effective. of this which If to have the story, you knew the story : Sidneys, desires is He brightened at once. Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin of which this is a page, made public. sheet Is a page. You could not do me CHAPTER VIII Continued. a In I for lesson thank When you procedred, rough and itching with hot I do not know what this story Is, any good if you knew It. You would 9 It We consider said. he shall of Cuticura Soap and touches of baths ure, torment yourself. but I know who does know what it Is. only "Where was that? I asjved. an Cuticura Ointment. Also make use understanding." So much for that, I said. I take upon such as The little man pulled ut his coat .That person is the man Jed now, now and then of that exquisitely scentI I saw mistake had made. the before, a servant of Mr. Sidney, I your judgment. But how am I to deal cult's and smiled again. I assure you, I said, you may con ed dusting powder, Cuticura Talcum, . have made sufficient Inquiry as to the with these fellows? Mr. and client sider nothing upon the terms you wish one of the indispensable Cuticura My being Spanish Mrs. Sidney hesitated. position of Jed In the household of Sidney having lived many years In Mr. I dont know, she said. Im sure to have considered in this house. Your Toilet Trio. Adv. to know that he retains Montevideo, It might be assumed that the Sidney attempt at blackmail Is so unconsid I dont know. manuscript found In the box, or If An Anomaly. It was there, he does It was there, he said. ered that you may go shriek to the Draknow man Do a named conyou Its knows not retain It, man gets that ferret-facesay They and my client came Into possession of tents. to or the world attorney, prosecuting vada? I asked. Did you know him his well with all Along a document by dishonest means, I In not or Interested The family Is you The visit of Mr. Sidney and his when you lived In Montevideo? Can client. suspect of which he now retains bnly your me him about tell with you beanything one page. I wish to leave a copy of family to Montevideo this winter Why shouldnt he? The shabby little fellow seemed to out telling something that you do not Because he works In a rat office." d d disIn this page with you, and later to find trayed Jeds whereabouts to Dravada. want to? and get had sailed. came He north after they out to what extent It Interests Mr. I can tell you about Dravada, said appointment. " His cupidity has determination. I Important to Mothersbottle ol I am sure you cannot have considSidney. was "Mr. Mrs. head Sidney. Sidney man that. Jed think Examine your appreciates every You mean to find out if he will Mr, CASTORIA, carefully that famous oldseeremedy I think from what Dravada has told of a shipping firm. Dravada had been ered your Interests, he said. submit to blackmail, I said. do that it Mrs. not want and tor Sidney certainly Infants and children, and his simple boasting fashion, a sailor. He had come to be a porter I anticipated your remark," he said. me, in scandal." a docks. We or about stevedore the Bears the was dismayed to see him I look at the matter differently. If that Jed Certainly not. How are they threatneeded a porter at home, and Mr. Sidof in Montevideo. again Signature Mr. Sidney lins something to conceal, brought this man from the docks ened with one? In Use Over 30 Years. for My clients first impulse, having fol- ney we shall be glad to help, him to con- But the manuscript Indicates one." to fill the position. He was a docile ceal It. I will leave a copy of the lowed Jed to the United States, was creature, very strong and useful, and Does It? I have read It, and I knew Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria page from the document with you, and to get at this secret by force or theft, never annoying. . . . Now I will nothing. You have read it. What do Trouble. with your permission will see you but he sees the physical difficulties In tell you as much as I possibly can you know? the way; and being, except in his vlo without is that? What later. can read I with he said English, doing you a great Injustice. .The trouble wagon. I read in Mr. Sidneys hand He handed me a long envelope and lent moments, a reasonable man, he We had lived In Montevideo fifteen spirit. to recourse an to attorney Are they delivering It these daysr had he with a bow asked to be shown to the has had a crime committed years when Jed came to us. He has writing that door. Jed, not suspecting that the obtain such settlement as his knowl- been with us ever since. Mr. Sidney and that he was committing an indis little man had any connection with the edge may be worth. the manuscript, of which cretion in putting the account on I do not wish to defend my course began writing sailor, showed him out. is a copy of one sheet, the year paper. this I went to my room to examine the iu the matter. I suggest merely that Jed came. will fare The only reason I do not tell what paper which had been left with me. Mr. Sidney and all concerned Jed fall into the hands of It was accompanied by an explanatory the better for having a man of the manuscript contains Is because I his enemies. by "Attorney Philetus M. sideration and discretion, such as value your peace of mind. 1 know I will give the explanatory flatter myself I am, intervening be- from my own experience that your Brown. tween them and a man of the moral conscience never would' be at rest If statement first. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Indicated by my client I Dr. complexion for Michelson: Memoranda you had full knowledge, and yet you The accompanying typewritten sheet shall be at your disposal, dbetor, with- would be entirely helpless. So out of Boiling Steel In Oil. Is a part of a document stolen from in any reasonable time. I leave it to consideration for you I shall not tell is one of six places In the Cincinnati OffMr. Sidney In Montevideo ten years your judgment to handle the matter you more than 1 have to. world where steel Is strengthened by Reg U. S. Pat. house. within then a Hartley Dravada, never Alejandro Mr. had has by the Sidney ago slight- being boiled in oil. At a plant in CarThe copy of manuscript which servant In the capacity of porter. Dra- est scruple as to what he has doue; tilage, a steel shaft weighing 30,000 preserves the original, of which companied the letter was as follows: he rejoices in it. You have spoken of pounds, the largest piece ever subjectwould be .fatal to the his will to live; what I am holding ed to the new method, went through I have had several typewritten copies Dravada had the complete doc- - cess of what 1 have done and intend back from you would explain it. He the process of being strengthened, PETROLEUM JELLY ument In his hands, but only for a to do If this confession were to be says in this page of his manuscript was a hollow bored tumbler shaft for short while. He had discovered, in found. It might be asked, then, why which you have seen that it perfects use in dredging gold in California, cost , the course of several years service expose myself and my happiness to Ids satisfaction to leave a record of ing about $17,000. The great shaft was for cuts under Mr. Sidney in Montevideo, that the chance of discovery of things his crime. I know that it does. 1 un first suspended in au upright furnace A a strong box In Mr. Sidneys room which I may lock forever by simply derstand thnt he had to have it known until heated to just below the melting 7-lie sup- - forgetting. It Is sufficient answer to after his death that he had done what point. A crane then picked it up and was particularly guarded. posed it contained Jewels. He Is. I that question to admit that for me I he had. dropped It Into a huge well of oil, should judge, a person of small moral could not be content unless it were Jeds family name is Arliss. He where it boiled and sputtered, throwing character and great cupidity. He de- - certain that what I have done should was a sailor on a British ship which out clouds of oily mist. termlned to steal the box, hoping that be known. I want the record of it sailed from Montevideo to Liverpool, Its contents would enable him to get known. It Increases my satisfaction and he became tired of sea work. Mr. AVOID SUBSTITUTES Sea Serpents Numerous. married and set himself up in a small to know that I shall cause moralists Sidney had seen him about the wharf of are sea There Mro-eo-; plenty serpents, to be Indignant I want to be known and had been attracted to him. business. They and of all snakes they are the most I want In as a to he had talked enough for Mr. my crime criminal. lie succeeded getting the box, Street Sidney to venomous. In tropical waters they are by entering Mr. Sidneys room, but be- - talked about I want It remembered, learn of Jeds ambition for a comfort- vastly numerous, especially In the Insavor Is of my life. It would able life on shore. Mr. Sidney gave fore he could make his escape he was That the dian ocean, where they are often seen unfortunate enough to be discovered be Impossible for me to obtain a him the chance to realize It la our by hundreds, swimming at the literally by another servant, known to you as sufficient satisfaction unless I made house. surface of the water. They are six and soothe your irritated throat by for a It the revolver at leveled of a crime to Jed. Jed story possible my Jed, after he was taken Into the to eight feet long, very fierce and will client and made him surrender the be known some time, So long as I house, found that Mr. Sidney used commonly attack human beings. Their box. live, I shall need and seek concea- great precautions with something bodies are fiat, aad almost wholly filled I nan only conjecture here fre-- lment; but I should not be happy nn- - which he locked In a box. When Dr- by the lungs. 1 Thi Mystery of Hartley House semi-invall- d, quently this case lias caused me to conjecture; but I think that the man Jed, although he knew something valuable was contained In the box, thought, as did my Spanish client, that It was personal property ; and, unlike my client, he was not careless of property rights. This conjecture may not Interest you, but I imagine you asking: 'Why did not Jed steal the box he afterward took from my client? It was, I think, because the man Jed wns by nature honest, and It was only when his Inhibitions had been broken down by the sight of another man committing a crime which had been easier for him to commit, that he lost control of his morals. "The man Jed took the box. My client, desperate at finding himself robbed of his loot, armed himself Immediately and broke Into Jeds room shortly thereafter. He found Jed looking at a mass of papers, which was ail the supposed Jewel casket contained. In tills disappointing occupation Jed was aroused by the stealthy entrance of my client through a window, but there was no conflict. Jed pointed to the papers and laughed. My client was shrewd enough to read Jeds emotions. lie knew that the treasure trove had proved a soap bubble. lie Is a man of violent temper, In his double disappointment he sprang at Jed, stabbed him in the shoulder, seized the papers, scattered them about the room and Jumped out of the - r Al-cot- ts self-respec- t. nap-wor- maTre-belie- fifty-fou- d fellow-employ-oe- s. blue-nose- blue-lippe- I nt Vaseline - Carbolated ac-va- "... suc-mad- e. An antiseptic dressing sores, etc. necessity where there are children. eHESEimouon ftnti A Bad Cough , i |