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/Ifoac^tne Final Instalment g. “Wait a minute,” I said. An :dea had struck me. “I have a friend up in the next coach who will pay my fan* ■Ml right. Let me meet him.” The conductor was frankly sceptical. T led the way with some misgiving aci.ss the swaying platform to the sn< king car ahead. ' Julius was still there, his back tur. :u toward us. Evidently he was grvutl • c<^’*eiited with his lot in the u-.rui: * "fowded into the Si it in front of him. Bering cats.” The cigar fell fr ; c tween Julius’s lips. it’o your old pal, Tom Bil bt ^aid reassuringly, at the same ti wing down my left eyeiid. hied, he preserved a discreet si ; \ He had no way of knowing win.: ■ :iy next move was going to be. :!;us,” 1 said heartily, "I find that I if.; come away from home without am cash, and I want you to pay my fare.” tiuis laughed a hearty, ringing lauv.h. X UVU L IUIVF viv., j>a> yvui you from Adam.” 1 leaned over and whispered in hii eat "There is a sheriff in the ncx' cat behind,” I said. "If you pay mj fare I wou’t tell him you are on th« tra in.” I; was a long shot, but he had nc means of knowing whether 1 was tell inj the truth or not and it won. V'iiv didn’t "you say that in the ht' place?” Julius said heartily, reach ini down in his pocket and producing a ro'i of bills, one of which he handed t' the conductor. “Where do you want to go to?” asked that worthy. Julius looked inquiringly at me. *1 an* goto wit', th . gen1. I ssul tr c Julio a • a . . -i." wlr [th< ,* li’.atii,., uni wh*.v | ..it} WlUCti, *>..f • ■ • k.dt get tin l- ai v.; * 'i se ui suenrr lo*' some time di gest .ug this, i'mal.y he grinned. M low do you thu.ik you will get the pearls’” he asked at length. “Perfectly simple, my dear Jultus,” I answered, pationizingly. “AH I have to do is to go to the postniastei of vour town as soon as this tram gets “• in and ask him to hold all mail ad dressed to a man by the name of Julius something or other. There car.’t DC many Juliuses, and I will be^pretty sure to get the right package.” “Darn clever,” he admired. “It wonid work, too, if I had addressed tlu package to myself, but I didn’t. Besides my real name ain’t Julius.” ie leaned back and surveyed me will an impudent smile. My face must ha t shown how crestfallen I was at having1 my scheme overthrown. I wasn’t much ot a detective, after all, not to have thought of this simple de vice for evading tne. Now I had be tray td my plan to him and it was worthless. id a hand for you. I have been ninst this game too often.” was still telling himself how he was when our train came to a stop. We both looked out to see •.as a station. It was not We ;r. die midst of a snow-piled “Don’t be down-heart d, pa!,” he said encouragingly. “You’ve done pretty good for an amateur, but I am too up a P gCir alow if u wer preiri'.: *What the d-rjee is the matter?’’ Julius inquired anxiously. » Every one was asking the same Seat ion, turning to one another in the lies. j Finally some one got out to see, and [returned shortly with the information at we were stuck in a snow-drift ith every probability of being there wr some time. After we had waited quite a while had a new idea. I got up and started "tvn the aisle. ‘Ton ain't going to ve me, are you, pal?" asked Julius, ou better keep an eye on me if you ‘I j(rar expect to see me again.” m *1*11 take a chance on that,” I as gored him. “You’ve got a fat chance [4 t& getting away in thjs kind of a coun try with the snow eiaht feet deep.” Mv action m deserting him evidently ^ Majed him, but he did not follow. With most of the other male pa* ii! 1 tengers 'I got oat and walked toward ’ j .{be Sjpad of the train. Th*<y went on |p see how badly we were ptodk, bat 1 ‘ pped at the raflAy poei-ofle? OH e mail cl-spio in the car a slight vacatict he next town, gad averse to- talking C6 A I pi;*.nation of how 'here came >0 be only I one kg to niy pair of trousers, and I kept them interested by telling them about the robbery of the pearls. When I explained that the booty was in their own car in a parcel-post package mailed at Fair Oaks, they were eager to help me. ‘ It will be a comparatively simple matter,” said one of them, “to hod all the packages which were rnaiieu from Fair Oaks. I don’t think there were many. It will be against the 'aw for us to let you examine them, but you can make a memorandum of where “What shall I do?” she moaned. “Kow can I ever tell Mrs. Hemming way ?” I was too humiliated by the failure of my plan to be very fertile in offer ing suggestions. I felt that I was in disgrace with Maryella once more, and I had planned to ask her to marry mo when I restored the necklace. “I just can’t face her, that’s allP Marvella stated mournfully. "/V/'tell her if you want me to,” I offered. “At least I can do all the dis-' agreeable work, even if I wasn’t very bright.” . . . It contained twelve beautiful, large eggs. . . . they are being sent and you can traci the address thst way.” That was tven more than I hac dared hope. It is rather difficult to gel Uncle Sain’s clerks to do anything ou1 of their routine business, and the mail is an especially inviolable department After a few minutes’ search they shewed m. a dozen packages which had come on at Fair Oaks. All but three of them were addressed to a mail-order company in the city, and two of the remainder were obviously books. Tha' le* onl on. package under Tv \vr : hoi vix inchc. long ir.cv- v-'il with a depth of .«• a o iWi aui. one-half inches It " ' ■ bi: heavy, but it was doubt n a* packed both t. insure its ur 1 r: o .1 pond older and atso in order u escape detection. .\!i you have to do,” said the rail way clerk ” i* to take this address, and j when yor. gel to the city gc to the \ postmaster and have him hold this for indent ilicat ion.” I thanked the boys and returned to my car. As J had rather more than half sus pected. Julius va: not there, nor did I ever set eyes or. him again. I did not care, i had the pearls once more; or at least I had then; where 1 could get them. They were really safer in the mail-car than they would have been in my own possession. CHAPTER XV. THE PEAKES AT LAST. After half an hour of delay we got under way once more, and shortly arrived in town. 1 went direct to the post-office just as I was. Although the postmaster at first re garded me with suspicion, owing to my motely garments, I explained my con j nection with the Daily Mail and gave him enough of my story to arouse his interest. He sent for the package under sus picion and assured me that he would keep it personally until I arrived with Maryella to identify the pearls. I went to my own room and changed to a suit of regular clothes. Then I telephoned the Old Soldiers' Heme to see if Maryella had gone hack there. Colonel Stewart informed me that the entire party had leit to catch the afternoon train and that Maryella was in Fair Oaks waiting to be jotoad by the others. When the train came in I was down at the station to meet than. Maryella was expecting to*, sod her eye sought me anxiously in die three* that was waiting is the statins. I greeted the others perraoctorCy and drew her one side. ‘1 have located them at the post office, out von have got to eorae over and identify them.* She squeezed nry hand. said sweetly, 'you are I swelled with pride aa I declaimed any special credit for hekrieg her otit of her predicament I halted a cab and together we went to the post-office. The postmaster was expecting us and we were reatfly admitted. The box lay on bis desk, and ater a short explanation men MaryVUs no opened it m\ OOumuOOQ TWCf^C DCtSufS^ “Oh, will you?” Maryella smiled wistfully. 'That will make it a lit4,e easier. I don’t know' how I can place them, but I suppose that i. L work my fingers to the bone an the rest of my life, like women did in . the story about the diamond necklace, I can replace them before I die.” "But the diamonds in de Maupas sant's story were only paste. Maybe Mrs. Henmringway's pearls were imi tation.” ® "No such lock” moaned Maryella. ! “These wer* re* oonr We took a cab to the Hetnmingways* house to get it over with as soon as , posalblr. « W* g<* ifo* jtf «fiop a*i they j j did. They appeared very happy, nr.-' I were even nice to me; which was un it than I expected, considering the wa> they had felt toward me during the last couple of days. While Maryella stood tearfully by l told them the story of the necklace and how wc had traced them and discov ered only the package of eggs. Mrs. Hcmmingway heard me through without interruption, smiling sympathetically. At the end she | laughed. ! I gazed at her anxiously. Was she ; going insane at her loss? No; her amusement was genuine. "Oh, I am sorry,” she said at last, "that I caused you so much trouble; but here are the pearls.” one reached in ncr hand-bag and produced the strand, lustrous and satiny against her throat, around which she clasped it. "Why, how did you get them?” stammered Maryella, confused. "I saw them lying on your dresser the night that John came back to the Old Soldiers’ Home, and as I knew you were through with them I picked them up!” It seemed simple enough, and Mary ella and I laughed with relief as we went down to our cab once more. Once inside, she laid her hand on my arm and said: “Anyway, Tom, it was qdendld of you to moke the effort yotj <fid, and I will aew forgot >Ln “NewT J ached. * "No.” ,1 -Not «rn «ft«r you are married to ; Jim Cooper P I asked gloomily, j ; She laughed. "No, because I ana j *' oarer ydbg to marry Jhn Cooper P 4 •': -Not warn Jim Cooper I* J i#> I | j prated Tbea whom are you going ;?' ^ WWP |i i “Thgt depend* entirely upon you,” j ^ aha said, and I startled a traffic police* man by "Hr** my neatx remarks is H panfotmta. * We went out together die following week after the snow had melted and Operated op Grandmother Page for * 'J1 new pump-gear. She was absurdly J ! grateful, »nd $dnH stop once all tha | ;, ^•y home, although K took us nearer • three hours to make the trip because ; H,i* hard to drive using oply pop am» J !; *»' .'OKi Have yon allowed yoar ice-box to help you in every possible way on hot days—given it a chance to serve de licious ice-box meals instead of the regulation hot foods? These treats can be arranged so easily—and what a joy it is—a scant half hour before mealtime to step leisurely indoors, open the refrigerator and pull exit a magic menu all ready to put on the table. Early in the day plan your meal and prepare it. choosing only recipes and combination? that will work har moniously in such a scheme—one hot dish may be r.dudrti; otherwise, let each course he something tantalrdngly cold—and how you'll enjoy itl Ice Box Menu V Jellied BotriDoa Cheese Chips phb mmt srd Qauitral Hrrd-tafed JScgs on Levture - Mayocoais* Saratoga. Potatoes feacootarh (re-tasted) Ice-box Pwkfioc r Devrragc Lira** Beans sdui King {lb 2 cops cooheri irrtk Hrass adA4 2 heaping tsMwpooos cC phaimto, J sfiood hard-bode^ a bit of spaced parsley sod a cap of white sauce. Add last two table spoons grated cheese and bleed well ■*1 «rjR instead of mpat Italian Vegetable Salad Sliced radishes, tomato, and cucum ber. oocfced cauliflower, cold mrlo»d asparagus, A, slice or two of gpuriah nfTttn and hearts Of lettUCQ and marinate well wt$fa French dress ing maifa in poooortaaos of 3 tabie jnoacs ofwe on to 1 tablespoop vmegar and serve very cokL A Fragrant Fruit Drink To each glass of ginger ale add 3 tablespoons of juice from a can of apricots. Pour over cracked ice aad garnish with fresh mint I i Handling Refuse Save all paper bags to line the • trash can which receives scraps of food, peelings and dry waste matter; of all sorts. Thus refuse can be dis-j posed of in a very cleanly and santi»| tary way. Nicest Soap Dish imperially in the kitchen are those rough rubber soap dishes convenient; They not only rinse out as easily as a sponge, but can also be used to scour; ^ the sink in a jfcfy. nwiuwwrc' Cleans Rosty Knives Butesd oi trying to scour thenU vock rosty knwes and fodo op and! kwn h the ooaod sewecal times M hey w* pa&h bamtttufly. Newer cook bam or baeaa over «1; lot Ire. Place meat hi a cold pan *«r fpodrntfr fee* and <&$ __j— — ; Bf Helena Rufcmsfm p Where b S£hert, 0 e beauty moves and uht deligi there! Where’er l go I’ll Make Summer A Season Of w • Beauty Will yvu make your summer a sea son of greater beauty—or will you let it be a period of neglect, when your good looks “go off” and your greatest beauty is submerged by the effects of to sun and wind? It can be one of two dungs for yoa flas summer season. It can be a os Bedaimtny beauty, or it can be It H a Be to 331 mitm™ aI efiet that most of us ■Mi || M ftl t»e its and signs of kindness bi;.d :ne, leave my heart behind me! —Anonymous. that benefits both figures and com plexions. Fresh vegetables, salads, fruits and cool drinks made with fruit juices all do wonders for your looks and your dispositions in warm weather. If you are trying to reduce, live lor six weeks on fruits, vegetables and dark, coarse breads, and see what inroads it will make on your girth. If you wish to gain, add to this diet plenty of eggs, milk, cream and icereais. But in any case, try to do without meat in warm weather, and all rich foods and sweets. Drink lot* of water—it’s good for your bodily health and your complexion. And drink fruit drinks—particularly lemon ade—or ginger ale. They are excel' &for you and are both easy and ut to take an a rammer’s day.« 4bowe afl—protect your riem—that is (M fait hm of ranuner complrrioa We vffl suppose that yoc ag . . ___ program 5, gearing and Hie proper prapsratbq to k ope or i TiO V , toie doubly sals becomingly Iff-A FUTUREQUEEN-: Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, according to rumors from Eu rope, is soon to become engaged ; to4thc Prince of Piedmont, heir jtotte throne ofjtaly.^ Herbert) -:-A NEW PREMIER-.: Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, British Labor leader and one time Prem ier, becomes Prime Minister for the second time after the recent labor, party^victory^at^the polls. ■^-BRITAIN’S* KING-: King George oi Great Britain as he appeared on his return home after his prolonged illness and convalescence. The King is now fully recovered. (Herbert N. Y.) -::-TINY PRINCESS-:: Princess Ilona, whose mother is | the youngest daughter of the Ex-1 King of SaxonyAThe young prin-1 cess won a health contest recent- \ ly in Budapest. 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