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Ardmere, Sunday, February 13, 1910
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE.
PAGE NINE
(Copyright, 1909, By G. W.
ham Company)
Dllllng-
(Continued from yesterday)
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters. !
Mrs; Caldershaw, former Hen'nnt In j
tho Alouk family, in killed in her1
shop, a hatpin piercing her heart, 1
and her glass eye missing. The (
ye In supposed to contain n clue 1
to the hiding place of n treasure 1
worth 00,000 pounds, bequeathed
by Gabriel .Monk, a miner, to his !
niece, (iertmde Monk. Cyrus Vance I
, a 1) ml on playrlgbt, sees a pho-
tofiraph f Gertrurc nt Mrs. Cal-1
dors-haw's and falls In love with '
her. It w.-u he who found the body,;
and at the time his motor car was
taken by a woman In n white
cloak. He rinds the cloak In a
field where his car had been de
serted. It bears the Initials "G. M." ,
Vance conceals It. Joseph Strlver, '
u Hardener for the Monks, nephew
and heir of -Mrs. Caldershaw,
avows his love for Miss Monk.
Vance noes to ilturwaln to see Miss :
.Monk. He meets her In the house
of Miss Destiny, her aunt, who j
had ai rived at Mrs. Caldershaw 's ,
shortly after the discovery of the I
bsdy. 'He Hnds Gertrude more
ln'nutlful than her photograph.
CHAPTER XVII.
In Mlis Destiny's Jungle.
".Nothing has been discovered,
.Miss Monk, I simply came here to
see nn old s'enant of my mother's,
who keeps The Itobln Redbreast, and j
Intend to stay for a few days." Of
caurso this was a white lie, but I j
had to make Mime excuse, for her j
troubled eyes wen; searching my
faco intently.
"Mrs. I.TIlfin." said sne, a smile
relaxing the corners of her mouth
and henvlng what I took to be a
sigh of relief, "I am fond of Mrs.
Gilfln."
"And she is fond of you, Miss
Monk. Had she never spoken to
you about me?"
"No," was the reply, so my artful
question failed In Its effect. Then
tho conversation languished and Miss
Destoiny babbled to evcuse her lack
of hoepitallty. Luclnda had left the
rcom.
"I should give you a cup of tea,
Gertrude, and you also. Mr. Vance.
Hut tho kettle Is not boiling and
the baker has not come, so you
must excuse me."
'T aw not hungry, Miss Destiny,
thank you. What a comfortable little
placo you have hero!"
In my desperate desire to propi
tiate tho little woman, I told a lie,
and Miss Monk saw that I did, for
her Hp curled so contemptuously that
the color came ta my cheeks. I had
been undiplomatic, for the word I
had used did not apply In tho least
to tho larc surroundings. Tho Hhed
it had originally been a shed, as
I afterward learned was divided by
frail partitions Into four small rooms
two bedrooms a kitchen and a
parlor. These were furnished with
tho flotsam and Jetsam of auction
rooms In an insufficient manner. If
MIst 'Destiny had contracted tho
vice of avarlco from the late Ga
briel Monk she had done so very
thoroughly. Tho baro wooden walls,
tho drugget on tho floor, the four
or five sticks of shaky, furniture
and the evil smelling oil stove made
up a picture of insistent penury. And
Miss Destiny, lean faced, keen eyed
and restless, looked like the hag
Poverty herself as she hovored about
the bleak room. And oven who saw
through my lying remark.
"Comfortable! .No indeed, Mr.
Vanco," she tittered nervously. "Com
fort, to my mind, means laziness
and self-indulgence. Luclnda nnd I
live the simple life, and require
only the necessities of civilization.
And I'm so poor "
Her niece Intervened coldly. "Is It
necessary tj Inform 'Mr. Vance of
your private business, aunt?"
"Oh, my dear, ho knows It. For
instance, that I am your aunt only
by courtesy."
"What do you mean? You are
my mother's sister."
"Yes. I'oor dear Jane! What a
bad marriage she mnde with that
spendthrift."
"Aunt! Aunt! Leave my father
alone!"
"My dear, I refuse tj be contra
dicted. I nover liked Waltor, and I
never will, so I illssassoclato myself j
from him In every way, na a sister-
In law, nnd look upon myself ns ,
jour aunt by courtesy merely by
courtesy
Miss Monk rose with a flush. This
conversation cannot be Interesting
to Mr. Vanre.' she said quietly. "If
you have any business with him 1
shnlll ave you together."
"No, no, 1 have no business with
him, my dear. Merely I should like
to Know If Anne's will really leaves
all hir property ti Joseph?"
"If you mean Mr. Strlver, I un
derstand that he has got the money
and the lease of tho corner shop,
to say nothing of the contents," 1
said.
Well, 1 did think Anne would
have remembered me," said Miss
Destiny. "We were such friends. And
with a little money 1 could have
made myself more comfortable. Tho
garden, for Instance; I'm sure 1
lle In a kind of Jungle. Gertrude,
I wish you could let Joseph come
Hnd put It right. Then wo could talk
about his goal fortune."
"Joseph takes odi Jolvs at times,"
said Miss Monk, trying to spealr
calmly, for really her aunt was very
trying with her unnecessary frank
ness. "If you ofler hlin a good wage
he will come with pleasure."
"Oh, I can't uffsrd to pay money,"
said Miss Destiny, hurriedly; "It Is
not to be expected, especially sln.'e
Gabriel left me nothing. Ah! Ger
Undo, you are the lucky one! Fifty
thousand pounds." Miss Destiny
suricked her Hps, "Oh, If It could
only be found!"
"It is not likely to be faund."
"Mr. Strlver intends to find It," I
said Incautiously, and could have
bitten out my tongue the moment
afterward for so crude a remark.
Ilcth the women turned to face
me Miss Destiny with vulturc-llkc
eagerness and Miss Monk with an
expression of astonishment. "What
has Joseph to do with my money."
asked the latter pointedly.
"Perhaps he doesn't know that It
is your money, Miss Monk."
"What do you mean, exactly?'"
"Simply thnt Strlver Is searching
for the sum of fifty thousand pounds.
That being the amount of some mon
ey belonging to you which Is missing,
as Miss Destiny said Just now, I
apprehend that It Is tho same."
"It must be! It must be!" cried
the little old lady, clapping her skin
ny hands, "for Anno never could
have saved so much out of her wages,
loertrude, I always declared that
Anne knew where the money of
Oabrlel was hidden. Now It seems
she told Joseph about It."
"She did not Inform him of Its
whereabouts," I struck In, eager to
enlist Miss Monk's attention, "but
he hopes to trace It by means of
the glass eye."
"The glass eye?" echoed Miss
Monk,
very much amazed. "I know
that Anno had a glass eye and that
It Is missing. Hut "
"I see; 1 understand," said Miss
Destiny, feverishly: "don't Interrupt
me, Gertrude, far I see It all. Anne
always attached a great value to
that glass eye, so In some way from
what -Mr. Vanco says It Is con
nected with the hiding place of
Gabriel's money. Perhaps Gabriel got
Anne to asslbt him In hiding it.
Dear me! and the eyo Is missing!
If It could only bo found, fieitrud?,
you would be quite an heiress."
"I don t believe that the eye .ir
the money will over be found," said
Mist, Monk Impatiently, and walked
toward the door. "Are you returnlni;
to the village, Mr. Vance?"
The hint was unmlstakal'ic, and
1 was only too glad tu take ad
vantage of It, since It meant, a lete
a-tete with my goddess. '"Mm. Oil
fin will wonder what his be-jomo
pf me," I said glancing at my watch.
"Oh. don't go! don't g-!'' Implored
Miss Destiny, gra3p!ii my arm. "I
do vo w i ik to learn all abo.it this
glass eye and the money I"
"Ask Joseph Strife", then," I re
plied, disengaging myself; "he knows
all that I know and more," I ended
significantly.
"Iteally and truly! Oh, I must
tell Uuclnda," and Miss Destiny van
ished into tho back room crying for
her handmaid. Miss Monk seized the
opiKirtunlty to open tho front door
and slip out, raising her eyebrows at
me meanwhile. I lock the hint' at
once.
We walked down the meandering
path between the weeds and out on
to the high road. Miss Monk kept
silence for some distance, but 1
was so taken up with admiring her
face and w-a.s so delighted to bo In
her presence that I did not mind
her lask :f speech. With compressed
lips iho stared straight In front of
her! then spoke abruptly:
"You seem to know a great deal
about our family affairs, Mr. Vance."
"Nothing more than has to do
with tho murder of Mrs. Caldurshaw"
I roplled quietly, 'and I am so mixed
up in that "
Yes, ye!" she Interrupted Impa-
tlently. "I understand o far. Hut '
my aunt has been talking to you."
"Well, yes and no. I havo not '
gathered much information from Miss
estlny '
"Why should you wish to gather
any Information at all?" asked the
girl with some sharpness.
"My dear young lady, this murder
Interests me and I wish to loam
tin truth. Naturally 1 seek for In
lormatlon." "Oh! And you hate come here
to question my aunt?"
"No, Indeed. 1 don't see what she
can tell me."
"She can tell you nothing," said
Miss Monk, with decision; "my aunt
Is u : quite smie, as you can easily
fee. She has a moderately good In
come, yet prefers to lite In that
miserable place which you" she was
sarcastic here "called comfortable,
Mr. Vance."
'7 wished to set .Miss Destiny In
a good humor," said I uneasily.
"Why?"
She was so very direct that 1
nearly came out with the truth. Hut
it was absurd, on the face of It,
to confess a crazy love for one I
had known only half an hour; she
would take so sudden a declaration
as an Insult. 1 therefore held my
peace and fenced. "Mls.s Destiny,
from what she said at Mo-tby, s.-ems
to know something ulxnit that glass
eye, which waH stolen from Mrs. Cal
dershaw's head when she was dead.
I wish to learn all nliont it, so as
to discover why the eye was stolen
and the woman murdered."
"Then you did come here to ques
tion my aunt. In spile of your de
nial." "Well, if I must confess It, I came
to ask about the glass eye."
Miss Monk walked on In silence,
t;nd th;'ii again spoke abruptly. "You
should be hiit with me, Mr
Vance."
"I am honest."
"1'ardon me. joh are no'., since
you said that you did not see what
my aunt could tell you." And .she
looked like an offended goddess.
This was brutally truo; I had
equlocated
"I throw myself on i
your mercy."
She turned a pair of surprised eyes i
In my direction. "Why on mine?"
"I appear to have ottVndeil you,'
1 hesitated.
"What does that matter? We an
strangers."
T wish we were not," said my
rash
pcd.
"I
Mr.
tongue, and Miss Monk stop-
really don't tiuders;aud you,
Vance. Why should It matter
to me
whether we are strangers or i
not?"
"Your aunt's words when she
I,,,
troduced mo " :
Miss Monk flushed and cut me I
short. "That Is my aunt's nonsense!"
she said hastily. "You don't expect
mo to believe that you followed me
here because you admired my pho-
tnirnnli'e'
That was exactly what 1 had I
done, but it did not do to tell her
so, lor she looked more like an
offended goddess than ever. "I came
here about tho eye," was my cau
tious answer.
"You think that a time knowledge
of why Anne Caldershaw attached a
value to that eye would enable you
to trace her assassin?"
"Yes, 1 do think so. Do you. Miss
Monk?" I spoke with the cloak In
my mind. "Do you wish me to trace
her assassin?"
"Why not?" She should certainly be
captured and punished and the eye
recovered, especially as you seem to
think It can Indicate where the money
left to me by Uncle l.'Jabrlel Is hid
den.' "She! She! She!" I positively
gasped.
ui course, .gain sue looked sur
prised. "I understand from tho re
port In the papers that the woman
who ran off with your motor car Is
tho assassin.''
It was with some difficulty that I
commanded my voice. Miss Monk,
I thought, must be very sure that
she had hidden her trail success
fully, else sho would scarcely dare
to speak In this way. Hut, of course,
as I remembered, sho did not yet
know that I had found her cloak.
"You would like to havo tho woman
traced?"
"Yes," sho said coolly, "and tho
eye recovered, If It moans tho recov
ery of my money. I Inherit fifty
thousand xunds by "
"I know, I kn:w." ,u.ld 1 hastily;
"Mrs. Gllfin told me."
Miss Monk's faco ilouded. "I dare
When Kdltor J. P. Sossman, of
Cornollus, N. C, bruised his leg
badly, It started an ugly sore. Many
salves and ointments provod worth
less. Then Hucklen's Arnica Salve
healed it thoroughly. Nothing so
prompt and suro for Ulcers, Holls,
Hnrns, Hrulscs, Cuts, Corns, Sores,
Pimples, Kezoma or Piles. 25c at
Aidmoro Pharmacy.
A DOZEN FAMILIES
CURED OF ITCH
TIC A
Showed No Marks but Whole Body
Itched Like a Million Mosquito
Bites Sleep Out of the Question
and Life Became an Inferno.
DOCTORS AND DRUGGIST
TREATED THEM IN VAIN
"Tlw Cuticiirn KeinedieH am the hft
In the world, n I know from ejperieiuv.
In DowInK South Wide-, nbolit fifteen
years ngo, families were Mi liken whole
sale by a illM-a-e khowii n tlie itch.
Helieve me. It is the mM tciiihlo dis
rate of in kind thai I know of, n it
Itchomll through your body nnd makes
your life nn Inferno. Klirp Is out of tho
question and you foe n if n million
liiOMiiitoA were Attacking you nt tho
nine time. Yet you could rro nothing
on the rkin. Hut Hi" itt h win then- all
right nnd I cincrvlv ti'i-t thnt 1 hhnll
never get It, I know n doyen families
that wiv so nflectrd. The mnle mem
bers nnd myself lchnj;r to ip untiio
society nnil, ns Mowiutl. it was my duty
to visit the ick incmlwrs omen week
for sick Iiriu'tit until they were tloelnrod
off. Thnt i how 1 I nine mi rninlllar
with the iteli.
"The doctor did their nt but their
remedies weie of no nuid whatever.
Then the fiimillet 1 1 .! ii ilruggml who
was noted fnr nnd wide for bi loinsrk
nbli" euifs. People mine to him from
nil parts of the eountiv for tientment
but Ills medicine uwiilo mutter still
worn', as n hr-t lesott they wen' nilvbcd
by n fliend lotli-c (he lutlcurn Iteinedies.
I a m i-lml to tell yen that nfter n few
days' tientment with t'titieiirn Monp,
Ointment nnd Itesolvent. the effect was
wcmderltil nnd the result n n cifcct
cure In nil uu-es.
"I limy ndd thnt my thru" brothers,
linn- Miter, myself nnd nil our finiiilies
Imve Ixi'ii iiM-rs of the ut i urn Heme,
dies for fifteen or twenty yenri. Tliotnns
Hugh, ItiMI West Huron St., Chiinco,
HI., Juno 1!S, lllU'J."
fVmplft rttrrnul unit Inirrrul Irrittmrnt ff
i:irv lltimnr nt Infant. ( t.iwirin nml Atluli
irnl-t4 ol t'utlmn Nat Itf.V l to clmtr tlir SMn.
t'ulkuM oininiint IMH-I li ll.nl th.i sum, ami
eutltim Ili-ftMltitit imic I fnr In tlif form l I hnn
lair llialril I'MU i'.V. l"t Ml 1. 1 Mil In I'uMlv ll,n
lihiod fiM itirniiKhout tlir hoiM lriui- ten
don, 27. rtitrtrrlioUK f-l I'ariP. In. Hup fir U
1'liaui.xr iI'Mitln: I. H. A I'MIrr I iron I t,rm.
Corn . Hfilr I'mi . 1.1.1 iIiiihIhi Air . iflin.U.
rltal'ri! frrr, :i?.nuir eiitir ura Hunk, an antlior
Hf a tlir Cam anil Irralu.ml ut ttlu and lUlr.
say,"
story
she remnrked bitterly, "tho
of the missing money Is coin
property. No doubt Mrs. Oiltln
I mi in
told you
that my Uncle Gabriel was
a miser."
" Yes. She tcld me a good deal."
You asked her?" questioned the
girl suddenly.
"I admit It In the interest of tho
case."
"Or courn;," she said, whether
ironically or not I could not deter
mine, and then walked on in si
lence. Shortly we were abreast of a mol
derlng red brick1 wall on the out
skirts of the village. Heyond could
j be seen the mellow-tiled roofs of a
llaige mansion. Miss Monk stopped
abruptly. "I live here," she said with
j!ome coldness, "and must go In.
Oaod-day, Mr. Vance."
She vanished through a heavy
green gate and leit me staring down
the deserted road. To me the sun
seemed to have vanished from tho
sky.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Gertrude's Father.
Hitherto 1 have explained every
thing In detail, from the time I ad
ventured out to seek romance and
Minm tragedy instead. N-.W 1 must
be more or less exact, ns It is
well nigh Impossible to set do.vn
everything. For an Indefinite period
I lodged at The Itobln Hedbreast
and met Mit-s Monk frequently here,
there and everywhere. The moth
had come to the caudle and was
havering around tho flame with dan
porous pertinacity. Not that the lady
accepted me straight away, for tho
most romantic of women have their
practical side. Miss Monh at first
acquaintance apparently liked mo; but
I puzzled her, and she questioned
Mrs. Glifln about mo, so as to bo
sure of her ground. A very neces
sary urecautl n In the face of the
circumstances.
"You seem to have made cpiite an
Impression on that sweet young
lady. Master Cyrus," said the land
lady, a day or so after I had vis
Ited Miss Destiny, "sho met mo by
chance last night and asked me to
tell her all about you."
"I hope ysu gave mo a good char
acter," said I anxiously, and very
pleased to think my Interest In
Diana of the Kplieslans was recip
rocated. "F told her that you were always
the best of boys, Master Cyrus, and
that fond of my custards, as I had
always to give you one every day
when you was little and sweet
to:thed." I reddened. "Oh, nonsense! Miss
.Monk doesn't wish to hear tales of
my childish greed, Cuckoo."
"She wished to hear everything,"
said Mns. mtfln, phlegmatlcally, "bo
Ing wonderfully took up with your
pleasant ways. And I dont blame
her," said the ox-cook, beaming
through her spectacles, "seeing ns
you re a gentleman grown, Master
Cyrus, and handsomer than I evrr
tlvught oud lu l ome Not i.it l i
Gertrude cares for good loon-, with
out good birth and good tnannen,
or she'd haw tun otf with ,lose,
a.es ago."
"Is h back?" I asked, starting,
for I had t reckon with the gar
doner.
"Oil, yes, he's back," grunted .Mrs.
Gilfln, dligusted, "and always hang
ing about that house picking weed;
So he says, but lt' to look at what
he'll noer get, as I'll tell him me
flue day. Such sauce!"
"lie hasn't had the Insolence to
' speak to Miss Monk en the subject
of his confounded feelings?" I asked,
nnlously, for there was no denying;
'that the man's aggrerwlve good looks'
constituted hint a dungot tu rival.
"Not he, and If ho did nhe'd noon ,
j send li i in to the rightabout with a j
1 flea in his ear. Good links ain't Komi
manners. Minter Cyrus, ny what you
will."
"Well,' I laugher, "I hope yoa told
I her thnt I was the hosl-manucrd
and most good-natured man In the
enlverse. Cuckoo."
"I told her the truth, you may be
I Kin,. M:i ut or Pvriin." relinked Mrs. .
Gilfln, ' saying you was that honor-
nble and clever and thoughtful and
kind-hearted, as I'd trust you with
my very own heart to do what you
liked with. Not that you want my
heart, bless you," ended Mrs. Gll
fin, beaming again and becoming
one vast substantial smile, like Mrs.
Fez.lwig. In "The Christmas Carol."
"You want .Miss Gertrude's."
'1 iood heavens, Cirkoo! you didn't
tell her that. I hope."
"Not in so many words, Master
Cyrus. Hut bless you," added .Mrs.
Gllfin, significantly, "wtnien In these
matters, ain't fools, sir."
I was rather perturbed over this,
is it was not liuHissinie that the
maidenly modesty of Certrude might
take oflense If she guessed my un
declared sentiments. And in any oas-,
the slightest hint ol such an atti
tude might embarrass our eonvor-
nation. Hy this time It was useless
to deny that 1 was fathoms deep in
love. I suppose I had brooded so long
over the beauty of the pictured face
that when the original proved to be
even more attractive, the egg of
love was promptly hatched Into the
actual chick. From the moment my
eyes met those of Gertrude, and soul
read soul, I adored her with a head
strong passion, which I should have
scouted In another man. If ever
theie was an impulsive being who
aptly Illustrated Marlow's dictum us
to love at first sight, I was thnt
uncomm:u Individual. For I take it
that sudden passions of this unthink
ing sort are unusual nt an ago
when lovers -a most unsuitable name
for such cautious creature wish to
Inspect the lady's check-book before
proposing.
iltut I need lut have worried my
mind over any possible embarrass
ment on Miss .Monk's part. Site was
more composed than I was when
we next met; and that was lu the
village store, whither I had gone to I
proem e some stationery. It wits' nec
essary to write CaiinlngUn and ad
vise him of my actual whereabouts,
If only to keep him out of the way.
I did not wish him to come down
and spoil my wooing as an Inc n
venlent third. Ilesldes, as a feather
headed boy, ho might In indiscreet
with regard to the Mootley murder,
and I wished to supply all Informa
tion on that matter by word of
mouth. It was the s:le cxciihc which
I had for seeking the .society of my
goddess, and I did not wish It to
be staled b) other people's repe
titions. While I was purchasing blottlnt;
paper, Ink and pens and statlom ry
from a genial :ld woman lu a mob'
cap, Miss Monk entered the shop,
She was dressed as she had been
when I lust saw her, but this time
carried a dog-whip lu place of a
sunshade. Gamboling round her was
a large ungainly Newfoundland year
old puppy, who answered to the odd
name of Puddles. At least that was
his pet name, as Miss Monk after
ward told me that he was registered
as Ion, after the hero of .fudge Tab
fourd s famous play. Puddles lounged
against me with exuberant friendli
ness, and had to be corrected with
tho whip. When the commotion sub
sided his mistress found time to
speak and apologize, looking hand
somei than over, with the color of
exorcisv In her chfcks.
'Wou inusn't mind the dog," she
said gravely, "he won't bite you."
"I h..po not," I replied with equal
gravity, "I am extremely timid, you
know."
Sho smiled nt this.
would trust you in a moment of
danger, Mr. Vance. Hut to bo friends
with mo you must bo friends with
Puddles."
"I quito understand. Ivu me, love
my dog."
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"I didn't ny iiiiM'tlng .i'm
she 1. mulled, her 1 lor d
"Hill III Sin ertpe, ou li.ur
cart lu-fore the horse. Love
l' I.e..
I'lM'tlltU
illt the s
my dog
and lotc me, you should say"
"Certdlnl) ! Puddles!" I dropped on
one knee and held out a carousing
hand, 'try and Inve mo-am a be
j ginning "
"A beginning t i what?" asked Miss
M mk. smiling and cilmson.
I'uildles knows. Puddles under
st.iiid"; see, he give mo his paw.
"Mm
log." I shook tho huge paw,
Pitted t he
huge head, and rose to
heautllnl
he i iu vent ioual. 'It Is a
daj. Isn't It. Miss Monk?"
Of course, anil the h rsi
noblest of all animals." site
with uplifted eyebrow. "I
you were mote original. Mi.
U the
replied
thoiiKht
Vance."
"1 assure you that Is a mistake. I
am that harmless and necessary per
son, the repeater of platitudes."
She shuddered. "Don't roeat them
to me, please. I hate eopyln'ok
phrases."
"Yet what good sense they contain.
Your remark about the horse I one,
nnd Is absolutely true."
"So true," she mocked, "as to
make the statement null ssary."
She turned to purchase a bag c f dog
blseult. "Are we fighting a erbal
duel, Mr. Vance?"
It would seem so, Miss Monk, hut
tin- buttons are on our foils."
With the bag on her arms, she
whet led nei vously.
"Why do you say that?" and there
was apprehension in her dark eyes.
"I speak for the sake of speaking."
"No," her anxious eyes sought
my face, "you are not that kind of
man. If you " she stopped and
bit her Up, and with a curt nod
walked rapidly out of the shop, fol
lowed by Puddles. I did not at
tempt to follow, as 1 saw that my
cryptic speech had interested her,
and wished to give her time to
think over my personality. While I
remained In her thoughts there was
every hope that she would seek nui
again. Hotter that she should
afraid of me thnn indifferent
iiki.
And as I sauntered back to
bo
to
the 1
Itobln Hedbreast, 1 felt convinced that
she was afraid of mo; my dark
sayings hnd made her atrald. At our
first meeting under the tin roof
of Miss Destiny's hovel I had seen
the fear In her eyes, and at this
second meeting I saw It again more
1 apparent. Hut what could she bo
afraid of in connection with me?
There was only one ciniinon-sense
answer; Gertrude Monk was the lady
who had stolen my motor ear and
' who had but no; 1 could not bring
myself to believe tho worst, even In
I the face t,f the obvious certainty
I thnt she was concealing something
j which had to do with the wierd
, (ircums'ance.s at Mootley. She would
i explain whoa the time came, and
i that would be when she was suffl
j clently well acquainted with me to
J regard Mrs. ''illfln's eulogy as Justi
fied. Then well, I would wait until
j then, for In the pursuit of the Im
possible I was developing u fine
finality of patience.
I
miring tne next row nays r occa
sionally met MIsr Destiny nnd her
servant lu the village. They wen
shopping together, and tho little
old l.idy beat down the prices of
; every one, however cheap the goods
she wanted might originally be. I
, believe she enjoyed the squabble, and
ceitalnly her tongue clacked from
I morning to night In the endeavor
; to get her own sordid way. Sho
was a miser, pure and simple, nnd
1 hail contracted the disease for that
j It was from the late Gabriel Monk.
I Hvery one hated Miss Destiny, fr
, ui addition to being avaricious she
had a desperately evil tongue, and
A Safeguard to Children.
"Our two children of six nnil eight
years havo been since Infancy sub
ject to colds and croup. About three
years ago I started to use Foley's
Honey and Tar, and It has never fail
ed to prevent and euro these trou
I think I '''l'8, ,l is 11,0 0,,,y -licltio I can get
mo ciiiiiircii iu iuko wiiuoui a row,
Tho above from W, C. Ornsteln,
Green Hay, Wis,, duplicates tho ox
pcrlcncu of thousands of other users
of Foleys Honey and Tar. It euros
coughs, colds and croup, and pro
vents bronchitis and pneumonia. Sold
by all druggists.
With on.
.led .t'l from the pot' .
iniH.iti! urope That i
in ' 4.ii,l ii good word ot .i'i
. inn li.ibtiled out many had one .
i tli.tt sli.- set people hy the e.r
lonxtaiitly She might have .itnise.i
me. fur all t knew, but If she d'i
hoi demeanor to my face was e
tremoly phnnnt When we m. sle
iilwny hinted roguishly at m lov
lvr her niece, and chaffed tin .ibon'
the same. t time,, wondered .
she dlMourweu" my presence at lln
wain with Gertrude. thought not
a my meetings with the goddes.,
1 w""' "lwaJ,w irhed by a perfect
ly ttiieiiibiirriisNed manner on lit"
part, lorooer. aunt ,-uid nine
tlid
not get nn iel together, and
exchanged lormal visits. MU
oillv
Dos
Gil-
tiny as I gathered from Mrs
fin's ready tongue- had never
given Gertrude for Inheriting
fii
thi missing fortune, and always express
d hersif pleas.tl that it could not
be found.
(To bo continued)
REGULATE
YOUR DOWELS
And iiilt being ski.. Cointlpntloii
oaiiH'N more liaekuelioi. Iinidur lies.
luiMtiiiti' bint ilri'iiiii nnd tim riil
sir nox ilnin iiiiv nt tier one thing.
We tn.iriiiitie "Keen's Syrnp j-ritim
mid lYpMn" ns the ciilckit. most
olth e nnd but .rriii:ilii:nt reiki for
old nnd yotniir It makes ynu wi ll
mid strong K It fnlls In nny nine we
ref unit money nltboiit arx'ii iiu-nt.
I'rlri-Mi ts.
'omit to our store. Ilrlnc this
''' ml nnil we'll present you
"keen's lliiml Hook ot I'mIiiI tutor
iiiatlon'' nb-ijliiti'ly In e.
Coleman Bros., Druggists, Atdmort.
Whitfield Hotel
DAVIS, OK. LA.
A three-story brick, just over
hauled and newly furnished.
Most conveniently located
hotel in city.
Ono block enst of depot on
Main Htroet.
J. M. WIIITFIKLD, Prop.
Stop at the
Maxey House
when in KINGSTON, OK.
Best Motel on Fiisco R, R.
NOTICE
I havo opened n store at 125 8.
Washington St., a doors south
of Oily Hall. Wi 1 buy, sell
and rent second hand goods.
1 will pay you tho top prices
for your goods, and will rent
and sell you Kods ns cheap as
can be done. Phono 368.
T. L. HOLLAND
Railroad Time Tabic
SANTA FE.
Northbound.
No. 18 11.37 a ui.
N'o. .. 12:07 a, m.
No. 12 3:0J p. m
Southbound.
No. 17 4:22 p, in,
No. C 0:10 a. ui
No. 11 i:ig p m.
FRISCO SYSTEM.
Westbound.
No. S25 0.30 a m
No. G03 12;30 p, in,
No. 627 1:25 p. in
No. COj 8:55 p. in
Local Freight.
No. C15 3:30 p u
t Dally except Sunday.)
Eastbound.
No. C0t 7:00 a m
No. 524 11:00 a. m
No. 620 1:45 p. in
No, 604 1:00 p, ui
Local Freight.
No. 540 C:00 a m
(Dally except Sunday.)
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
Westbound.
No. C73 1:45 p. m
No. 5G1 8:60 p. m.
Eastbound.
No. 652 7:30 a. in
No. G7I 3.30 p, m.