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Show :ZTHEZ iSUGGLER I j! I By ELLA MIDDLETON j TYBOUT ;! llluilnlioni b Ray Will en S YNOP8I8. Tlfr.. ultl. KM.ih-lh. Hat. Hi II.- i.tnl Mia.- e'nm.l f..r Chi. .1.1 i.. Mi- i h.V.i'is'.'i. ' fin 'llil'llni! 'u l.im l..l..ni.ii t - i f H hi. ik .nj.i.i... m In . in- tllilxtltiC n li. nf til" HI'. III'..- .Iialnl 1i. r -1 .. I . I ...... . villi n Mm llinlism i.l.n In. iiml ..r l'.iiui.l.i Tli. a ..ii..i n sltflos. i li.tt l.mr in- I Mi. iltat.s.n. mix i. iivialilnn li. r I I oli.i liml lunula f.r .i.t'init Tl.. . " Inn..-4u Inn..-4u I 1.. I.r.l Ulllrl.l .mil l-i. I. i:.l'Hi Hi-" Hi'..' f.'i I i'.V 'sun, in. I Kl'lrill-lii I.KIII..I ll.nl .. fil.ml f I..I fl vu In . nil Ti. in. i. i nil. il t lli in iK llllI llil. 'I'll.T ... Illlll SllSllg.1 nil I I..I. I.-.I. 1. Mi. -I Tin- mil. were "ii. il ill Ih.iii.'. ' lull ill.. ... i-lnl l.v II,. .i.r.l. I. ft lii.il ...I" i.c ii... i.. "ii v.ii. i:h.ii.. ii, . f 1 1 i. i i-fii. i-fii. ii.i Tin- in. n in.ni.i in I.. J ii ii c Ilia, mi. 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I rcmiirUi d. j , In my most frigid manner, which I have lie n mill In extremity chilling "Oh. I iui,' lie mud quickly, "don't! liink ni II thai way Win . II win imth- Ilnit iifti-r nil. I lind made two iilm on I hill nlil hdlll lllla HlllllllliT. Hint I'll.' n( j those 1 1 L li i I.I ii "I ilmlin hriiki. down i . '.' . with nic Hiul nearly itclici niii over board. I complained, lull lh.' compniiy -I-. would mil Ki'l nnw nticri. which put i fiiv hack ili a 111 . no I mil Into Hip !' luilili id cmiiiiIiiIiik I hem. ii ml when 1 I rniiiul one weak In lli( hark nr leg I Juki pitched It over hoard. Th.it wasn't mi had, wan It? Ill course I ., nen'r IIiiiiikIiI hnw U liHiked. und I did 'i.iiiiicr.' hut I'm heartily Kind ymi 1! did nm hear what I uild." i i It was Trjr alnifda rniilanalli.n Jl . ". .lni.l. Iv faol. Ilial I f.l( l.rt.vi.krd rJi ." It han mil nrrurrixl lo mryanil l naid ifcl 1 to think hiiw h wmild elniK Ihn Id- ' , cldent to hla (rli-nd Mr. Ilhikc. and V how thojr would InuKhlnrrr It. 8o 1 ( r inrrely luokcd out at (ha ik-i'uii and ' ' madn a froaty, ImiHirxinal remark ahout th view. I Hut Inatrad of tha familiar land- I ararw I found myaalf looking alrnlnht f Into two ery blua aya with a tracK I of ansloty In thorn, and a unburned 1! hand waa vitonded toward me atiprul. i luKiy. j "lit'i iliake and be frlcnda." he j aald heartily. "I'm aorry 1 alarmed 3 you, but I'm (lad I found out my of. f foiiia. I waa determined I would know . what It waa. When the aeneral wrote me hit ilauxhter waa here, nnil I ill a-coyervd a-coyervd who It waa, I waa dellnhled. for of courae I aaw you all on thu hont, and I wanted awfully to know you. You don't mind my aaylnn ao? Then when I Rot nitbbed ao unmercifully I could not iinderHtund It. Hhnll we atart all over attain, and will you explain ex-plain to your frlcnda that I am In oaaciHliin of all my aenaea and hope to keep them a while limner?" Well. II waa InipoaKlhlo not to amlle j alao. and Indeed I waa very Kind of a I chance to dencend urnrefiilly fnim my lilxh hiirne, i" we ahonk hunila Krnve-' Krnve-' y und Kliirieil nil over Hkaln. aa he ' hnd aiiKKi-'Hted. inquired where he apent the nlKhl. and he nieniliined the liniel we hud I ileerteil. ru I luld him ulmiit the mil her. lie hud heard nmhliiK. IihvIiik i I li.fl very early In the niortiliik'. mean. I i IIK m nail Inline In time fur breakfast. L nuked him If hla hiiat Buffered liny I in effecta frniii the Hinrm. mid hla man tier itrew all at once constrained ami III Hi eiie. "O I rhliliKi'd the aillilect. feailmt Hint II inlulit have been lr invociilily illlll'liueil UKlllllit our nllp Ullil feellllH in.llievhal rcapollBlllle, I HlniUo of the colia:;e. and how we mi-Joyed mi-Joyed life here, and the colltlUHt It wan to the ho'1'). "Yen." he mild uliKciitl) ; ' Ifa a Jolly mile plni'i . Hut, tell me, how did you hear of II. ""d how did you tiiainme to til It? I uiideratood It waa not for tent." I told him he waa inlnlaken: that we li."! no trouble hi all In m'. iiilnt p. and Hint the runt whk ilillcuoul low, all tliliiK ronldcred. I Kiiiild like to know to whom II bi'loiiBB." I remarked. "I uiidemiuiid It wui Home woiiiau'a wliliu. and tilie l.iia tltcil of It. IVrhapa we nilKhl ltd nome of onr lelntlvea to buy It and i collie here every Buminer." Don't you know iiiDihlnii uhoiit It?" . he wua looking cui'loiislv in.v. Sot a thiim." i ".'hi hhtiy; ' JU?" I !'! 1 re I t' i-'i "(as dlftlnnly v!nl-' jr.. I ' i 1 ill li. i .it of Hill li. he re 1 I i. -fori. I In II. 1 II II .'He. 1...1 kll.IV 1 .l 1 ' lieie ...r ii I i M'.n, an. I I l,;.e. it: i !: n I I ,1 ii . !:-ii,. .. i.. Inn n-i In I 1 l.iii.l h...i ;il all. I i im:.... at II II, Il I III . 1 l e Ml,.. HI IIH II. ,rh'.ll ' I .In Inn f ..' Il l- i nll.i.',' .ih '( cm ii il l.i.i Miti ii i'i . mi'l I Ii. mil Ihe 1,, ,..,. t. i,.,...e,i lll. lieiei leieHeil II u ' I I elllered tile llll'iKe While the! vie lele an. I of ciell-e. lieie V.'ie BtlH !c Hi - I ! l!oiIHll. ! on u nn "iiTv. i,ii know " Well." I . iiirne.. ' I don't cute how II. .'..lloui Ihe tunnel leliantM Were, leu I'm chid lliev did not come h n k. ri.ilni,. ihey were In nioiini Ini:. or In Mlllil-i. Ol nllielllllll( of tll.'ll "Ml " "No doul.l." he aitreed hiiKllly; "no doiiht " And then we ihniimd the mil.J.H t mid nilkeil if other thlliitB till Ihe s.miimI of lohe. and hiuuhter told me niiiheth and tinbrlelle were return Inu from ihe vlllnite They biouilht t ..i.l v Kilh aid I .mil Wllfild both home with them to dinner, and II wnn Mil illltlcull to ,eiBiiade Mr. Ilinnell to viay ulvo. ni we had the firm of Home icry merry repnKtK, where mornhiK cimiiimea were allowed, and where Mary Anne, to quote her own words, "illnhcd up haiiythlnR that came 'midy and prayed Ihe Uird II would be enoimh " That liluht I naked tinbrlelle to look In her bag and Klvn me my aid, comb: but ahe found that It waa not i Hieie. nnil that our picture almi waa tnlx.lnK. ' We will ai-k for II the next time we -ee him." teniaiked Kllraheth. "I don't ihlnl, Il la very nice In hi in to have taken It out." "till, no." I objected, "don't aay ntnthliiK ii I t It. I don't waul to rue hi in th" riitlalnctlon of knowing : we mlK.ed It " I And we all agreed thai thla waa our j inimt dlKiillted courae. CHAPTER VII. Klluheth In.pei'led the rellnr next tiiornlng, and I went with her. by request. re-quest. "Not Hint I'm afrnld." ahe explained e'lihnrnlely; "but II la alwnya nicer to I have aoine oik to apeak to. und. he-j he-j slilca, one of you, al least, ouuht to i tal e an Interest In auch things." It looked very much like oilier cel. lain, with paved Moor, mal bins, and ko on, except that It inn fnr hack, fin tiling a aort of alleyway, which w.ia mm "It Muat Have Belonged to tha Pea-1 pi Who Ware Her Lait Var." very dark and iinprepoaneaalng and aeomed to be a repository for old hoxva, bit of paiier, kindling wood, and the uinnl acciimiilaled trash of a hnuaehold. At the extreme end an empty parking raae large enough to have rontnlued a piano realed agulnat the wall, which looked and amelled very dnmp and mouldy. Kllithelh glanced about and curled her lip contempt iiously; the teal of the horn houaekeeper ahone In her eye. and I knew the had vlalona of nicely whitewashed walla, with eminently proper receptacles for kindling and waste paper, and foresaw trouble abend for Mary Anne. We could hear the ocean outside. for tho cellnr waa an excavation In Ihe bluff, and It conveyed auch an unpleasant un-pleasant Impreaalun of a vault-like cuve Unit I wna not aorry when Kllr.a-both Kllr.a-both proposed an udlourumeut. "And here la Ihe Imaging ahelf." I remarked, u I aliuoat ran Into It. "Mary Anne haa loat no time In put ting It up again on chulna thla lime, ao I hope It la aafe," "How iii.ity Ihey are!" aald Kllr-n-hi ill. poiiblug to examine them. "They look in thoiiiih they had been here lor yearn, hut I auppoae they nre old onna she found aoinew here. Thla place linibl he well ulied; It a awfully musty." Hliu gutheied up her uklrla a she npoke. prepnruioiy to going up the Heps, mid I wua about to follow when i.ometlilng caiiKht my eye, and me-1 chiiiilcutly I stooped mid picked II up from u ci nek between two brlcka. ' llavii you lost anything?" railed KlUnhiiih from the stulra. ' No," I replied; "1 hnvu found uuie 1 1 1 1 1 IK- 1-ook In I ...'' Together We exiillliued my dig cover)' ua It lay In the palm of my hand a maii'a cuff link of dull, ruined gi ld, lb" head of tho Sphinx on one .Me mid the iiinh i' link nhuped like a sniull key. I.luaiicih turned It over curiously, it must have lielolic.ed to till) people peo-ple who were hero last yeur," she con-leciiinil. con-leciiinil. "Ha very pretty, Im't It? I never saw one anything like It." I i.o ili. Mury Annu!" I exclaimed, an ' we entered the kitchen. "Heo whut I j llJVO ftlllll'l." 1 M.iiv t.ii.. ..dv.i:!. I w.'ii, :lv. h.f im I i ii.. .1 Mi., t.'ii'. -i i.i Hie Iliii,. ki I HI. I I I II I ill I I ,'!'. her Jlf. ! ,'.. I I .1 -1 V .,'1 I I be cider fl'' j , . V. II ll'l.l l. tlih "' iii il.. , . il.'i n i i ih "i.'ps ' V.. I've in , ii down In the eei ' llll ' I M.ll .nne wped her face Willi j toil I of her lilimhalii ilproli. ae pi. I...I Viinil IiiIO th" slove with re I less pio.lcillll . I It entii.dy loo lore aniled oil ar. Mis. I hMheth." she Killlllhled -"tl" j cellnr lis, kin' like illhlllictlon nnil yell giiln ih wn there the lust time! Wli.it kill. I of oilsekeeplir do loll think I do- This verv dm I laid out In put evervthlng shipshape down there inn I take you around meself And the rclhu'n dnmp like, and no place fur a lady any ow. and you like to lake cold mid aneere er cad off'" j I'.llnilieth laughed und anured her I that thin iiiianirophe wan not liable to happen today, and mmgested that Ihe ' cellar might be Improved by Ihe In-' In-' troiluctlon of frenh air and aunllghl. I "And how aeon you got the shelf flxud"' she n.lded. by way of smithing Mary Anne'a rulTled findings. "Shelf?" ahe repented vaguely "I'h. of course, miss. Ow could I git along without It And what else did ye find In Ihe cellar. Mlsa Klsle, besides Ih little button"" I thought she watched me keenly at I replied I had not looked for anything more, and wondered ahe had not seen It on her trlpa up and down Ihe atepa. "Me eyea are not an good aa they once were, nor an hilght nn yours. Mlsa Kline," ahe remarked "If pretty thing, now Isn't It? What will you be dolii' with II?" Hut I did not rcplv. for (luhrlelle. who had been to the village for Ih ninll. now appeared, and Kllnnbetti Immediately lost Jntereat In everythlnl else. I do not wish to nroiinn fnlae sus picions, hut Kllraheth certainly wrote a great many very long letters, and received re-ceived volume nil In Ihe Battle hnnrc writing, which alwnya arrived nn certain cer-tain dnva of the week. Hhe lined to open them with nn nlr nf IndllT eence and glance over them cnrelennly. then In a few minute nhe would make nome excuse to go off nhuie. mid we could aomeilniea see her poring oyer them, dead to Ihe world nn she turned pnr:a after page, and smiling a amllii which exaniiernled llabrlellii exceedingly, al though ahe alno did not a little enrre-nininillUK enrre-nininillUK on her own account thai sum. nier. To day, however, she handed KltMheih her letter without rmiimeiit. ami only glanced casually at the cuff link when I displayed II In triumph, for she waa eager to relate the news she had ar-rnmulated ar-rnmulated during her trip to Ihe village. vil-lage. "You know that smuggler?" she he-can, he-can, sentlng herself on the kitchen doorstep and removing her hat "Nn," I Interrupted: "I'm happy to aay I don't know him." "You know about him, don't you? It'a nil tho snme thing. Well, I'v eon to the hotel, and I heard Hint he la suspected of having been on Hit Inland Ihe night of the siorni. and tln'f jejjjij-ahe l.rnpticd her, v"l'"--y,'''. Ilundy B emrrania "Who thlnka ao?" 4 "Oh, the detectives, of course. deV Killth told me. And they say In a, very foolish thing for hi in to to., cause h can now lm arrested lin. da. And our government orncltr perfectly wild. loo. for a whdot of things were smuggled In sow right under their noses." "la he on tho Island now?" "Oh. no. Aa Uird Wilfrid would be madness for him to atari now. Me must have been one it men who left the hotel so ear, mornlnit before Mr. Ilundy r ered her loss. They aro fiih them up, of courae, but It wnrj enough to register a false naiad addreaa. I can forgive hla smig. I but I rnn't forgive hla rohhlut poor old woman alin'a Juai acio death, and exiiecta to have hert cut every nlghl, they say so Ihey will catch him." (TO UK t'NTINrKI.) |