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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYRUM, UTAH grounds, he said, "and there's a train back in half an hour. Weve our rlfj . ' waiting. "Im not going back, said the law yer. "I stay at Hartley. They Work while you Sleep" What Is he to do? asked McGuire. "Merely leave the house, I said, and I rang for a maid. "Ill not be bulldozed, said the lawyer. "You are not being I suggested. maid will show you out." The CHAPTER IX. He was at a loss but had nothing else to do but go when the maid came. We had seen nothing of Dravada or I held McGuire for only a moment and By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND the lawyer for nearly three weeks. I asked him to have operatives watch was unable to think that we had heard the lawyer constantly, with an Idea Make it your "hobby to keep the last of them, Dravadas purpose Illustrated by Irwin Myers that he actually would remain In Hart- - and bowels regular. If bilious, had been too long nourished and the cons" ley, and to continue to search for Jed. pated, headachy, unstrung or was too great for lawyers cupidity a Mr. Sidney, Isobel and I had a cheer-- 1 have a coid, an either to abandon his intent. Jeds upset stomachi JJJ Copyright by George H. Dorao Co. dinner that evening. Worried as breath, take Oascarets ful disposition was resilient, and soon tie tonight and Mrs. Sidney was by Jeds disappear- wake up feeling recovered his poise. He thought his clear, rosy and fit. n0 ance, she was relieved by his absence. griping no Inconvenience. Children enemies had abandoned their intent. JED ABDUCTED. I had a pleasant two hours with Mr. love Cascarets too. 10, 25, 50 It was a relief to me when going to cents. Sidney, and after that the night proAdv. bed and lying a few minutes awake, to Dr. John Mlchelson,r Synopsis. duced an occurrence. Just beginning his career, becomes hear the rush and scurry of the dogs able. resident physician and companion A Fair Valuation. Ever since Jed had disappeared I Two reportdetectives about the place. They were active at days later the of Homer Sidney at Hartley house, to taking certain accustomed had been "IIow do ed you think stolen kisses had that disappeared the blr. Sidney is an American, a seml-lnight. Rabbits, coons, weasels and lawyer valid, old and rich and very dea fox kept them moving. from all his accustomed places and responsibilities with regard to the ought to be assessed? occasionally ensirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a At their face value." Jeds courage returned and with It, that it might require some time to get house. The element of securitywerd Spanish woman, dignified and retiwe knew ns a I tered question. trace was of him. I disturbed to cent. Jed, tlie butler, acts like a observe, a threat of another fit of temper. It showed itself Jed had been gone four days when In circumstances which demanded at GREENS AUGUST FLOWER privileged member of the family. So I went The family has come from Montefirst in moodiness and then In Inso- one of the maids asked for a months least asked precautions. video, South America. Hartley lence. I was glad to find that Jed In leave. Her mother was very sick, she about the house at night to see to A Marvelous Remedy for house Is a fine old isolated country Indigestion. this mood this time was not directing said. Mrs. Sidney agreed willingly, al- locks, in a supervision of the duties place, with a murder story, a Those who suffer from nervous the himself against Mrs. Sidney. He had though disliking to have an unfamiliar the servants performed in closing "haunted pool," and many watchconstipation, indigestion, dogs, and an atmosphere of mysturned against me. I knew that he servant in the house to fill tills maids place one I took on myself without liver, dizziness, headaches, com tery. 'file "haunted pool is where about it. he Anything would was gone. saying in for she time the torment again, ne had noth- place lUchard Dobson, son of a former tng up of food, wind on stomach, Hartley house was large, with many ing to say to me unless he. saw me in Anna, the maid, said that a very close owner of Hartley house, had killed and other indications of dis a was an opIt of Mr. his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed friend of hers would be glad nearly wings. Sidneys room. Then he sorder in the digestive tract will find begins operations by locking the pleasant. portunity to have a month In the coun- work to visit all the entrances and see Greens Flower a most effedoctor in his room the very l.rst August correcomto bolts. Many of the halls and Jed," I said to him one morning, try. Mrs. Sidney took Annas ctive and efficient assistant in the renight. Doctor John Axes his door an I and were carried relief. some ridors mendation I know with dark, so he cant be locked in. lie meets you better than you think I storation of natures functions and a do. Youll torment yourself until The day Anna went away a very electric flash to use when needed. Isobel, daughter of the house, and you return to health and happiness. There falls in love at first sight. In the asdo something youll regret. I did not say anything of my pretty girl was met at the train by the could be no better testimony of the night he finds the butler drunk and chauffeur. Go to the devil, said Jed, She was the thirty-dasumed duties, but I suggested to Mrs. value of this holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist. remedy for these troubles Isobel and I had been progressing maid. I saw her as she came in. I Sidney that, considering the state of Ho interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes than the fact that Its use for the last did not Indicate manner of it. as rationally as two young people thought her John buys a revolver light the house, It would be wise to tell the r has extended Into John overhears Jed telling Mrs. years could, situated with regard to each domestic service, but afterward I household that all doors would be lock' of households all over thousands Sidney he will have his way. In many found that in spite of appearance she ed at ten oclock. Mrs. Sidney thought other as we were. reply she says she will not hesitate world and no Indication civilized the was With deft and to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John were competent One evening I had been reading and very this good policy and the servants of any failure has been obtained in all to consent to the announcement of Isobel had gone to the piano. I had Jed gone, such of his duties as could so informed. his engagement to Isobel. The that time. Very desirable as a gentle be were done them ; the maids by given The night which had our new laxative. Sold put my book down on my knees as e young people consent to the everywhere. Adv. so new was and this servant, Agnes, she began to play. Then I was aroused as a development I startLater they engagement. phenomenon room that she ed through the house at midnight I find it is to head off Jed, who by perceiving, without seeing, that efficient in the dining The Kind. would marry Isobel. Jed tries to took over what Jed had done there. was near me. had gone from Mr. Sidneys room to my somebody are kill John, but the matter is Why they sending out circulars Mr. Sidney liked attractive women I turned suddenly and saw Jed. He own, had put on a smoking Jacket and about this business? smoothed over. John, though "enabout him and with him, Agnes pleased was not three feet behind my chair. gaged to Isobel, conceals his love. put my revolver In my pocket To show it is on the square." her bright, pretty appearance and good slippers, Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison His face revealed disorder of mind. laid my watch on the dresser. had and and has Dobson, the murderer, Do you want a cocktail? he asked. I went downstairs and examined the pointed out. Jed tells the story of SWAMP-ROO- T FOR No. I said. the Dobson murder. The family go bolt, lockv and chains on the doors at to South America for the winter. Isobel touched the keys of the piano, the main entrance. In the halls leadJohn Is left at home, but the "enas a player done with a mood may do ing from these doors there were elecAILMENTS Is not broken. John gagement to or surfeit conclusion. tric buttons, and the house being preexpress hears the story of a tragedy "that Not a mild one? Jed asked, persumably closed for the night and darkjmlght have happened in Montevideo. The family returns. A ened, I went from hall to hall, from There is only one medicine that really sisting. mysterious Spanish sailor appears. as a medicine for door to door, lighting my way by push- stands out Well, I said. then, very weak," Jed recognizes him and wants to and I took up my book again and forced kill him. The sailor plavs burglar. ing the buttons and turning off the curable ailments of the kidneys, liver bladder. Mr. Brown, "attorney" for the In I satisfied had when as to I read. myself. had lights myself, discipline, stands the Dri Kilmers Swamp-Roo- t sailor, calls on John and makes two wings, one to the north and one not been able to do it so long as Isobel for the reason that it has proven highest to the south, there was no electric to be played, but now that she had stopped just the remedy needed in thousands :o I might at least try. wiring. In the halls of these wings - I upon thousands of distressing cases, went along easily enough with an oc- - Swamp:Root makes friends quickly I made an effort. I tried to keep CHAPTER VIII Continued. flash of the little light I car- - cause its mild and immediate effect is soon on the type. It was no my attention ; 10 realized in most cases. It is a gentle, rjed "I cannot correct your convictions, use. After fifteen minutes reading I IrfatSent Jeds room was In the south wing Sold at all 1 said. You must use your best judg- found that I had not turned a page. on the second floor. The windows df dl.ug gtore8 in bottles of two sizes, ment. You have our permission to do Neither had Jed brought the cocktail. I got up and walked about the library. hall toward the east showed the um and large. anything that suggests itself to you. moon just rising above a to find If to went entrance However, if you wish first to test tbs I front the waning Youre going to brazen It out, he preparation send ten cent: to I of oak with in mixed and a the few would breaths larch, open grove deep cried. stopped at one of the windows to adtranquillity. .wffwritbg beure and "We are not going to do anything at not produce bot 1 stood at the entrance Isobel was scene. I As the mire attracted quiet dv. thia menon paper.-Aall, I said, not seeing any necessity came not startled but turned by a noise toward It. I heard her running I for doing anything. might merely before I saw her. She was at the farther end of the hall. At that running Getting Anxious, suggest to you that there are legal and of the hail were the stairs to the She came up the steps, end a finger in everything." Maud wants gasping. provisions against blackmail. second had where controlled herself Jed and room. saw floor, fcis tried me, butan in engagement ring for Yes, The quiet little man, with his no' . She were no windows at that end. preference. There undisturbed. to Boston appear Transcript, might tions of profit evaporating, suddenly M.ygivri but a sleeve of her and It was In complete darkness, al- have succeeded, and became savage desperate. was torn from her waist and had "Ill Not Be Bulldozed, Said the Law- though three faint rays of moonlight Catarrh Can Be CuredinflI cant be fooled with; he cried. gown to her wrist. traversed the hall from the windows fallen Catarrh is a local disease greatly yer. I know you. You wont assail me conditions. nearer me. uenced by constitutional What has happened to you? I with a blackmail charge, because you asked. therefore reauires constitutional treathumored serviceability. In three or I and It seemed the that listened, HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE do not dare. I know I am guilty and four days he was glad to have her as- sound I heard was the creaking of old ment. she said. Is taken internally and acts througn Nothing, ot can be punished unless I have a real signed to duties which Jed had done stairs under a light and stealthy step. the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces You are running. CATARRH the HALLS hold on this family. I have taken the System. for him. In little over a week Agnes That interested me, and I went as MEDICINE oi A little exercise. destroys the foundation by chance that I have a real hold. It was had fitted Into the routine of the house quietly as I could toward the sound. the disease, gives the patient strength Look at your sleeve," I said. not certain, but now I know It. It the general health and assist must have made some noise. The improving She clutched at it as if she had be- perfectly. In doing Its work. nature Is not enough of a hold, but it Is come conscious of it for the first Up to this time nothing had been creaking stopped. I stood still In one All Druggists. Circulars free. time, F. J. Cheney & Co... Toledo, Ohio. enough to keep you from making trou- and then ran by me and Indoors. heard of Jed, but ou the ninth day of of the shafts of moonlight. There was see soon and for that it Ill me, ble We met at dinner twenty minutes his disappearance the detectives tele- an Instant of silence. I took another . A spinst'er may imagine that mar, air and hit will be enough to make you listen to later. Isobel had on another gown. phoned that they had the lawyer. Me s toward the a foot step my re arranged in heaven, but rl me. Jed did not serve us. Dinner was de- Guire was the against a chair, almost losing my bal--1 married woman knows better. You may do anything you want to name. ance. layed ten minutes. Then two maids do, I said, I am not to understand what ii Mrs. Sidney undertook the service. There was a scurry of feet and a lie became quiet and cunning again. asked for Jed. One of the maids said back of this case, he suggested, teleUSE DIAMOND DYES" of skirts from the bottom of rustling Then, if you dont mind, Id like to that he had not appeared arfU they phoning. the stairs across the dark hall. I risk speak to Jed," he said. It Is not necessary," I said. "If he flashed my electric light, and within Its were doing the best they could withDye right! Dont I rang for him. dye. is willing to come here In your eus rays saw a gliDt of white which Inout him. your material in a poor Diamond When Jed came, the little shabby Each Why, what can have happened to tody, that is enough. corpackage of down a side disappeared directions The next day McGuire, the detec- stantly contains lawyer became excited agaln and gotjedr Mrs. Sidney exclaimed. Dyes ridor which led to a small door used up out of his chair to shake his finger so simple that any woman What did happen to Jed? I asked tive, came with the lawyer, who ap by servants. I started in pursuit, but a new, at Jed. was to from Isobel after dinner when we were parently can diamond-dykeep trying a blow on the head, sharp but not powinto old You are In for trouble, he said. alone. color looking as frightened as he felt. fadeless rich, erful, coming from behind, knocked covewhat and have Ill well know I We you have, came me down. I dont know, you understand she said, garments, draperies, whether of my own volition," he said. Who tore your sleeve? get it. They dont dare stop us, and everything, rings, It dazed me a bit and felled me, but or With Mr. McGuire I want to give you notice that you are representing was not enough to make me unconJed," she said will) resolute wool, silk, linen, cotton marked. Thats all. Youll be followyour volition, I suggested. i mixed goods. scious. Nevertheless I got to my feet I think Ill look about the grounds ed and hounded and run down In the Where is he? Buy Diamond Dyes and made my unsteadily way slowly an end to be perfec therell and this a for I dont know. end, while, said McGuire. no other kind then down the corridor Into which the flash What do you expect to gain ' by of white had turned. I came to Where were you when he did it? are guaranteed. superciliousness here. It may be when the Diamond At the edge of the woods. I had this? the lawyer asked when the de- door with my electric youre dead. has Druggist light IlluminatAdv. and colorsthe tective a In had for of out a bit across air just 16 rich gone. Thats threat, people gone the hall, and thus I knew no one Dyes Color Card What did you fear to lose by not ing this house ran make the best of It. the lawn. Jed appeared." was in It It had no recesses or furnihe can What did he say? coming? I asked. "Suppose we make ture to offer concealment and found Im In this case to stay, and my Span-Any man who thinks that wife our dealing plain. You were one of the door locked from I dont know something ish client Is not easily discouraged or keep house better than his the outside. You have chosen to deal ent, violent; and he took me by the a party of three that abducted the foolish If he ever mentions It. servant We'll We not fashion. Jed. I was this in the us I want sleeve. him with released get frightened, but rest of this evidence, and well make drew back suddenly. My sleeve ripped and returned here where he Is needed. "Agnes, the new maid, can. "Papes Diapepsln for Indigestion You are talking nonsense, said the not be found." Is th.. au you pay ten times more than wed be lout. We were at the edge of the woods, Diapepsln "Papes I now. men came to for settle Weve Three Jed be with detective lawyer. for relief surest Indigestion, got appeared, strangled Intation your willing lence. Heartburn, Sourness, Ferm ldity. an equity In this matter, and were fore he could cry out, picked him up because I thought that at last thlB (TO BE CONTINUED.) or Stomach Distress caused immea household was prepared to deal rea ve almost A few tablets going to collect It. We know all about and carried him off. shortly the and relief Jo0$g stomach and Mr. a with the show I man. well with friend reasonable Jed, sonably spent you evening my Sidney of The you, the Cat. Eye Is corrected so you can eat favor $ 111. him Where cane was Where's is and and told Jed?" I asked. that Jed He was my that we do. As showing how widely the permawithout fear, targe ease costs Absolutely store. cents at "Thats none of my business. drug hat? I'm going to get out of here. concerned, and I made the lie & kindly nently blue eyes of cats differ from and Millions neipeu avone. "It will be made yours. Youll regret it other eyes, It Is noted that Immediate- - Best pleasant. stomach corrective known-AbIiow Is I the I said. moonshine "It With said, Barking dogs gentleman Insignificant, things ly the eyes of white cats that are to "Jed, where the door Is and dont let (he his hablte he must occasionally pay a to scare babies," said the little man. have permanently blue eyes open they Lovemaking of the kind uSUfl.ba McGuire A on came of him in romantic novels make touch the found back. way out" Indigestion this shine bright red In the dark. No otli- price. dogs attack I guess Ive seen all I want of the er colored eye does this. A disappointed shyster went away In time. real thing look like 80 cents. a hurry. I was not only perplexed but alarmed. Of the rapacity of the little man, of his lack of conscience and morals, I had no doubt at all. My only question was whether he could make his malevolence and cupidity effective. Jed showed him to the door and then came back. I could see that he was frightened nearly to death. lb. Mystery of Hartley Honse v. To extemporize few lies to get through the night was easy enough; but Jed was ot back In the morning, and Mr. Sidney had to be deceived In wore enduring fashion. I explained to him that Jed had been called away on an urgent matter, which seemed to Mrs. Sidney to Justify his going at once. Mrs. Sidney, at my request, made the same explanation later, and Mr. Sidney accepted It This explanation seemed very lame to me, but it served. Mr. Sidney did not know of any reason why Jed should disappear. We offered him an explanation of the servants absence, and he accepted It. It was apparent that the Spaniard and the lawyeT had beeu two of the men concerned In Jeds plight, and I thought It best to telephone a discreet detective agency and have the. lawyer Mrs. Sidney put under scrutiny. thought this was a proper course or at least that no better one was avail- CASCARETS J n tor-p!- d half-hour- y fifty-fou- make-believ- KIDNEY . . medi-th- e - I -- detective-superintendent- s e results - Incoher-controlle- d. . , jny, |