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Show SERIAL STORY ELUSIVE ISABEL ) By JACQUES FUTRELLE lr It KETTKER 0pyrlht, im, by Th by For the reason that you are Mr. Grimm of the Secret Service I shall tell you the truth. I did take the revolver because I knew who had fired the shot Believe me when I tell you that that person did not act with my knowledge or consent You do believe that? You dor She waa plead lag, eager to convince him. After a while Mr. Grimm nodded. The revolver is beyond your reach and shall remain so, she resumed. According to your laws I suppose I am an accomplice. That Is my misfortune. It will In no way alter jny determination to keep silent. If I am arrested I cant help it She studied his face with hopeful eyes. Am I to be srreated? Where Is the paper that was takon from Senor Alvares Immediately after he was shot?" Mr. Grimm queried. I dont know," she replied frankly. As I understand it, then, the motive for the shooting was to obtain possession of that paper? Itor your government? "The individual who shot Senor Alvares did obtain the paper, yes. And now, please, am I to be arrested?" And just what was the purpose, alarm? telNo alarm was necessary. The shot may I Inquire, of the message you In tbs halt with fan egraphed your was an alarm. Itself Then why, Mr. Grimm persisted room? You read that?" exclaimed Miss coldly, did you run along the hall- Thorne In mock astonishment "You kitchof the way and escape by way read that?" en? If you did not do the shooting, And the man who read that masof the escape, carrying sage? Perhaps he shot the senor?" necessity why the revolver? Perhans, she taunted. There was that In the blue-graFor a long time Mr. Grimm stood to his Mr. Grimm which eyes brought at her, staring, staring. She, feet. His hands gripped each other staring and faced him quietly. too, rose, cruelly; his tone was calm as always. "Am I to be arrested?" she asked V the take revolver Why did you again. he asked. Why do you make me do it?" be Miss Thornes head dropped for- demanded. was she silent. ward a little, and That Is my affair." There are only two possibilities, of Mr. Grimm laid a band upon her course, he went on. First, that you, arm, a hand that had never known in spite of your denial, did the shoot- nervousness. A moment longer he ing. stared, and then: I did not! The words fairly burst Madam, you are my prisoner for from her tightly closed lips. the attempted murder of Senor AlOr that you knew the revolver, and varez! took it to save the person, man or The rings on the portieres behind woman, who fired the shot I will as- him clicked sharply, and the draperies sume, for the moment that this la cor- parted. Mr. Grimm stood motionless, rect Where is the revolver?" with his hand on Miss Thornes arm. From the adjoining room there You were Inquiring a moment ago came a slight noise, a faint breath of for a revolver," came In a mans voice. sound; or it might have been only an Here It is! Mr. Grimm found himself inspecting the weapon from the barrel ead. After a moment his glance shifted to the blazing eyes of the man who held It a young man, rather slight, with clean-cu- t, aristocratic features, and of the pronounced Italian type. The words came from My God! Miss Thornes Ups almost in a scream. If you did not shoot Senor Ally. vares, do you know who did? There waa another long pause. "I want to believe you. Miss Thorne, hp supplemented. She turned quickly with something of defiance In her attitude. Yes, I know," she said slowly. "It were useless to deny It Who waa it? "I won't tell you. Mr. Grimm leaned forward In hla chair, and spoke earnestly. Understand, please, that by that answer you assume equal guilt with the person who actually did the If you adshooting, he explained. here to It you compel me to regard Hla questionyou as an accomplice. ing took a different line. "Will you explain how the revolver came into your possession?" Oh, I I picked It up in the hallway there, she replied vaguely. T want to believe you. Miss Thorne," Mr. Grimm said again. You may. I picked It up In the I aaw It lyhallway, she repeated. ing there and picked It up." Why that instead of giving an AMoeitUd Hand Msgssinefc BcWAMmlU Oam A SYNOPSIS. Coant dl Roslnl, the Italian arabaa- hador, la at dinner with diplomats in the national capital when a messenger brings a note directing him to come to the embassy at once. Here a beautiful young woman asks that she be given a ticket to the embassy ball. The tick-Iset is made out in the name of Miss Chief Campbell of the abel Thorne. secret service, and Mr. Grimm, his head detective, are warned that a plot of the Latin races against the English speakWashington, ing races is brewing theIn state ball for and Grimm goes to In a conservatory his atinformation. tention is called to Miss Isabel Thorne, who with her companion, soon disapA revolver shot Is heard and pears. Campbell and Grimm hasten down the find that Senor Alvares of the to hall Mexican legation, has been shot. A woman did it, and Grimm Is assured It was Miss Thorne. SHOTS Oalgdm FIREO , OBRIENS MISTAKE. OVER THE LINE States Sldlers and Unidentithe Mexican Sids Exchange Numerous Shots. United fied Men From WllBVR P.NESPIT Che ANNUAL REST El Paso, Texas. About fifty shots were exchanged between United States soldiers and unidentified men from the Mexican side, striking a bouse belonging to C. H. Cole. After the first three or four shots were heard, the soldiers on guard on the American side opened fire .toward Mexico. The bullets then came faster from the Mexican side. Several houses near the river were hit by bullets, aa waa the roof of one of the El Paso foundry buildings. After the persons on the Mexican side of the river had fired thirty or forty shots they ceased. ENTIRE FAMILY DROWNED. Mother and Three Children Meet Death aa Result of Cloudburst. Baker City, Ore. Mrs. John Powell and her three young children were drowned Saturday In a freshet on Bragg creek, when their home was swept before vast quaantitiea of debris which waa carried down the stream to a boom dam on Burnt river. Held by the dam, the waters backed up over a large territory. The bodies of Mrs. Powell and her three children are believed to be In the debris. The freshet waa caused by a cloudburst which did much damage to crops In the region of Huntington. 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Address free, with post-carCutlcura, Dept. L, Boston. Archbald Trial Postponed. Washington. The trial of Judge CHAPTER VI. Robert W. Archbald of the United States commerce court on Impeach-jnen- t Revelations. proceedings brought by the house Some vague, Indefinable shadow of representatives on Saturday was In blue-gradarkened Misa Thorne's clear, set by the senate to open Tuesday, For the barnyard thats the view. eyes, in sharp contrast to' the December 3, the second day of the In Of her health cheeka, radiant We're going away, away. glow next regular session of congress. The In Different. From the city's noise and glare. as she stepped from the automobile n the to smell To loaf and hay posbpdnement of the case came after Since It is your wish, Daughter front of the Venezuelan legation, and a long fight by a number . of senators dear parents, that I should marry the That they get in bales up there. liveried ran lightly up the steps. And the string beans and the pease to have an immediate trial, as desired flch Qld breweIf j consent, although errant opened the door. Shall be fed to us from cans. And theyll charge us extra each tima by the house. be is seventy years old. "A gentleman la waiting for you, wa aneeze Mother But lie is only sixty. His card la madam," he announced. Election. Hold Turks May fans. Or wa use their palm-lea- f here on the Daughter Sixty! Tell him to ask Constantinople. The cabinet and me again in ten years. Meggendorfar I was expecting him," ahe Inter We are going away from here, secret Joint Blaetter. senate held a prolonged We are going away from town. Which room, please?" rupted. To hark to the shriek of the chanticleer meeting Sunday and voted for the disThe blue room, madam. And to get all tanned and brown; solution of the chamber of deputies on In the eyes of a silly girl clotbM Miss Thorne passed along the hallO, the egga that well eat up there! the ground that the present extraor-- make a mighty poor specimen of A way which led to a suit of small draw They purchase them by the case, And well aee the atencila that they bear dinary session of the chamber, being a man look like the real thing. s opening on m garden In the Of tha city storage plac?. continuation of the previous session and aside the portieres, rear, pushed Dont! and having completed its terms, now Hre. Winslow Soothing Syrup for Children entered. rest to Were a about away some going Inquiries T did make gume, reduces InDsmm awake we when Each lapses. It ts expected that an trade teething, eoftene the Im sorry Ive kept you" she bemorning revolver, yes, Mr. Grimm Interrupted We shall think how we dreamed with pain, enree wind eoUc, 15e a bottle tloo,ftUti elections new and dissolution tone of In a and then. surprise ordering gan, Is this the one? quietly. , hungry zest i J within three months will he Issued. I beg your pardon. A smooth man la liable to be RlilK He raised his hand quite casually, Of a great, big Juicy steak. rose and home-cureA gentleman i. d bans and hla flngess closed like steel Wa shall aat of pery. d Murder. That la saltier than the aea gravely. Behind hts back the around weapon. And shall dine on the cutlet of spring I am Mr. Grimm of the sec: Delta, Colo. A masked robber stood Miss Thorne make some quick em Its difficult for a man to be upright lamb of the body of the man whom after he Is down and out Ice, he Informed her with reastride 631 the and hatic Of the spring of gesture, P I am afraid you were courtesy. he had murdered here Saturday night leased the revolver. some one elBe! I handed my away again and meditatively Jingled a handful of I shall ask you, please, to free Miss We are going For the era of summer board card to the footman." hlB reward for the killing. Four I Where silver, he courteously. as a requested Thorne, mossy glen Is known a gully eyes For an instant the blue-graother men in the barroom of Frank shot Senor Alvares. I, too, am a secret And the eggplant tastes like gourd. opened wide In astonishment, and then are going away once more L. Dimock, who lay dead on the floor, agent of the Italian government; will- We some quick, subtle change swept over On our recreation quest, able to defend myself. Miss And stood with their handa up and their and ing coma we've aa well all come back, Mias Thornes face. She smiled graThorne has told you the truth; sha faces pressed against the wall The TO before. to seat. a him motioned ciously and whatever to do with it To our noisy borne to rest. had counted the nothing silver, robber stepped This Is quite a different meeting Mr. Grimm Found Himself Inspecting She took the weapon and escaped beover the body and slipped noiselessly from the one Senorlta Rodriguez had The Weapon From th Barrel End. cause it was mine. Here Is the paper out of the door. Rsform. for 'Rah asked. ahe It? planned, isnt that was taken from Senor Alvares,' Lydia E. Pinkham's VegetaComes now another reformer who There was a taunting curve on her echo of silence. Their eyes were fixed and he offered a sealed envelope. I Newspaper Correspondent Arrested. ble Compound Restored scarlet lips; the shadow passed from each upon the others unwaveringly, have read It; It Is not what I expected. wants to uplift us by eliminating tha Lisbon. Mias Alice Oram, corresher eyes; her slim, white hands lay with not & flicker to Indicate that You may return it to Senor Alvares word "Hello from our telephone con Mrs. Green's Health venations. Good! We heartily agree pondent of a Lodon daily paper, was Idly In her lap. Mr. Grimm regarded either had beard. After a moment with my compliments n that arrested Saturday after a domiciliary his with suggestion her reflectively. There waa a determ' Miss Thorne returned to her chair and Her Own Statement After a moment Mr. Grimms hand first syllable of that word la too search of her residence had been auInatlon of steel back of this charming sat down. tell away from Miss Thornes arm, the a form of swear- thorized by the military authorities, exterior; there waa an Indomitable "Its rather a singular situation, and he regarded the with suggestive of certain to us occurred worn not a before; who seized a number of documents. had all of It and keen a she Mr. Grimm? brain, ing. will, Isnt it, Inquired Covington, Mo. "Your medicine has an Interest In which admiration, even, ans Intuition to reckon with. She very few people are in tha habit of The British minister to Portugal has done me more good than all the doYou, Mr. Grimm of the played a part. was silent, with a questioning upward Secret Service of the United States; ctors medicines.. At standing on windy corners of conver- taken up the defense of his countryYour name? he asked finally. of a secret slant of her arched brows. Isabel I, everymonthly period Thorne, agent waa the ready sation and watching for embarrassing woman, the charge again whom has Pietro Petrozlnnl, I am not mistaken In assuming that Italy together here, one accusing the I had to stay in bed displays of language. But we extend not been made public. As I say, I accept all responreply. our reformer four daya because of to the you are a secret agent of the Italian other of a crime, and perhaps with sibility." Law and Order Campaign. Also we move that government, am I? he queried finally. good reason. hemorrhages, and A few minutes later Mr. Grimm and warmest accord.n of the ba reYork. The revelation Mr. his certain New No," she responded readily. rhyme Where la the revolver? my back waa so weak out the of legation prisoner passed to I could hardly walk. to In that event I may speak with per- Grimm Insisted. read: murder vised case, Rosenthal pointing side by side, and strolled down the It I have been taking fect frankness? he went on. If you were any one else but you! street together, In amicable conversa- "Early to bed and early to rise the existence of a system of police would be as useless as It would be I could not afford to be frank with tion. Half an hour later Senor Al- Makes a man hearty and wealthy and blackmail levied upon Illegal resorts, Lydia E. Pinkhams Comabsurd to approach the matter In any you and citizens wise. of a number Vegetable leading varez Identified Pietro Petrozlnnl as prompted pound and now I can let us change tha to issue a call Sunday for a public mass ether manner? It was a question. If you had been any one else but the man who shot him; and the maid Furthermore, atay up and do my Miss Thorne was still smiling, but you I should have placed you under servant expressed a belief that he was name of the Helicon to the Rubicon, meeting at Cooper Union to adopt work. I think it is us room. entered the And I Indefinable let shadow, when or prohibit arrest the the vague, Rhymlcon. again the man who slammed the door in her plans "to make effective the public She smiled, and inclined her head. face. the sale of hellebore in drug stores. demand for the observance of law and the best medicine on earth for women. momentarily lifted, darkened her eyes. Mrs. Jennie Green, Covington, Mo. 1 understand, she said pleasantly. While we are about it, let us disin- order in this city. You may be frank, of course, ahe (TO BE CONTINUED.) tha on." fect Please Change said pleasantly. go things properly. How Mrs. Cline Avoided name of damask, for Instance, and Providing Tents for Refugees, Senor Alvarez"' was shot at the Operation. taka Damascus off the map. And pass German embassy ball last night, Mr. El Paso, Texas. The work of trans- I can aay that Ind. Brownsville, for sue to law a forbidding people Grimm told her. the Mormon refugees fronts j LyllE.pinkhais Vegetable Compound ferring modamages, and, with one supreme Miss Thorne nodded, as if In wonlumber shed to tents supplied by has done me more good than anything tive, brethren, let ns wipe the Infamy United States government continued else. One doctor said I must be operader. of Isthmus off dam the of the Gatun Did you, or did you not, shoot Sunday, but scarcely half of them had ted upon for a serious female trouble Panama. him? been transferred when night came. and that nothing could help me but an It was quite casual. She received The United States continues to issue operation. It Sometimes Happens. 'I had hemorrhages and at times the question without change of counprovisions to the refugees. So you are moving to the country coaid not get any medicine to atop them. tenance, but involuntarily she caught , Allen Reported in Washington. I got in such a weak condition that I would her breath. It might have been a sigh again?" we ask. our friend. that have died if I had not got relief soon. smile. of relief. Seattle, Wash Information "Tee, he replies, with a sad 'Several women who had taken your "Two years ago I had a little place In Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards, the Why do you come to me with auch the euburbs, with a nice yard and s Virginia outlaws, were believed to be Compound, told me to try It and I did a query? she asked In turn. I beg your pardon," Interposed Mr. small garden, that I paid fifty dollars in hiding In the vicinity of Seattle and found it to betha right medicine to or did "Did ind overcome you you, steadily. Grimm, Animal Discovered by PrJevalaky have until now believed that the true a month for. I got tired of It, wanted caused the federal and county author- build up the ajrftsty In the rush and bustle of city ities to conduct a thorough search female troubles. ! be to not, shoot him?" Never Has Been Famed and May wild horses with an unbroken line of "lam now in great deal better health life, so took a fifty dollar apartment of the surrounding country for the Bs a Distinct Species. No, of course I didnt shoot him,1 wild ancestry were extinct I ever expected to be, so I think I emothan back to was If concluded we found. This was there any waa the reply. get men, but neither It Is the genera! opinion that the to thespring ought to thank you for it "Mrs. O. M. after looking at and tion In the tone It was merely Impacountry, It Is more difficult to domestlcata domestic horse of today was mainly Miss Snodgrass was Drowned. Cline, S. Main St, Brownsville, Ind. tience." Why do you come to me? the wild horse than It la to bring oth- derived from three everything on the market we found wild species, of Y. subthe N. The report Catsklll, er species of wild animals under she repeated. which have been named the steppe, the same old place. So youre going tack to It? Why do I come to you? Mr. Grimm jection. phylsiclans who performed an autopsy The varieties. and forest gobl plateau Yes. But It haa had a new porch on the body of Miss Dorcas I. SnodSome years ago PrJevalaky, a Rua echoed the question, while his listless la a representative of the ateppe I will be alan explorer, discovered a distinct horae to the aide of the bouse and grass of Mount Vernon gives the cause added eyes rested on her face. In Its wild state variety. This horae etrenffthea tb absolutely frank, as I feel sure you wild horae In the Gobi desert. In the Uvea In the level districts and goes now It is a villa at seventy dollars a of death as drowning. dizestive erase, rasralate the bowris.A rw would be under the same circum- south of Mongolia. A herd of 30 colts at night to the .pasture lands and month. ' headache. Usequalcd as aa dy hr rick Nicarla Proclaims Her Independence. He paused a moment; she were captured and landed In Europe stances. of day It break At places. drinking MEDICINE. ANTIB3LKHJS Nic-aria sodded. "Well, Immediately after the Most of them were sent to Russia, hut returns to the deBert. where It rests Athens.' The Turkish island of "Pure Food. Smell dose. Price, 25c. of (also known as Icaria), In the Eletentljr safer ceated. shooting you ran along the hallway a few were shipped to the estate New York Herald. sunset monuntil hla make did father "What her In ran of England. Bedford, the duke sea, has proclaimed its with a revolver In your hand; you DAISY FIT KILLER gSf jyjffiTa ey in? asks the man who haa been Aegean of the Turkish governThey were ragged of coat and of down the steps Into the kitchen, and Shows. heiress. Picture beautiful Like to Introduced the lie. Meet, eleea Of Moving tame to All effort where awkward back you and door, the gait. seized out through the ment. The Inhabitants answers The or fot business," Marionette subpuppet theaters, not drug will not la failed. have They them entered an automobile. That all the Turkish officials. . Mede et ' and are therefore merly well beloved by the Italian resi- other. iVsplUortlp conjecture; it is susceptible of proof mit to mans rule of aot toll or old or memories their will Wholesale from retail? Colonists Reach Arizona. badly dents unserviceable. mq They become by eye witnesses." aajrthtns. laiae In New York, he , You have see, disappeared man a exactly. Neither, home, effective. when Oeereeteed t approaches with of frightened Miss Thorne rose suddenly Globe, Ariz. The distribution Off dealers or held two or three rods of them being replaced by the moving picture made hla fortune in the manufacture Mormon refugees from Mexico among I eeas prepaid tor n. queer, helpless little gesture of her nearer than lo-canned and but the of mythological a methods brand of pure claim absolutely shows, that Russians She by The hreeun. . T. -' window. Aee, to the Satwalked Mormon Colonies In Arizona began jrms, and In other gendary dramas familiar In the van-- ; fruits and Jellies. of here three the arrival I ttood there for a long time with her of comparative anatomy and with urday j MateWoadareeUinc patent ways they have proved that the Gobi lsbed playhouses are still preserved lor nw l hands clasped behind her back. carloads of en women and chlldren ASERTO article gold distinct species cl and in more effective form by the s is horae desert quesanother to us t of SononL state taUw U Box ftw, Suuo, Moaua th from fled "That brings who sub. Most naturalists films of tha blographs. tion. Mr. Grimm continued merciless the genus horse. y lng-room- We're going sway again And I know Just how It wilt be To aleep in a room that la 6x10 In a bed thats 6x3, Where the morning aun cornea in And the evening sun does, too. 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