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HAZELTiriE
Coprpjastr. tan. if. C. p/rc< cut o O Co
the villainous slant-eyed ramp Into
(Continued from yesterday ) confusion, and I rejoiced at my friend's
’- intrepidity.
“I—I—am to glad," v.er<(l
at las: ,..r big liquid blue * yes swim
ming, her fair face wet with the tor
.rent of hsr emotion. “I—I— am so
happy.”
Presently I placed her in a great,
cavernous leathern chair, and b ut her
my handkerchief—assisted her. in
deed—to remove the evidences of her
tumultuous joy. After which I sat
down opposite her and answered a
hundred questions, still marvelling at,
the contrariety cf the feminine tem
perament which defies disaster dry
eyed and over good tidings is like Ni
che all tears.
Evelyn's emotions alone considered,
it was, therefore, just as well that
Cameron had not returned robust and
cf sane mind. Her rejoicing undiluted
might have resulted in nervous break
down. As it was, the mere fact that
he was weak and a Citle distraught—
which was the mildlj equivocal way in
which 1 softened the truth for her—
hud for her fortitude the revivifying
potency of a tonic. It so balanced her
joy with anxiety that she grew strong
in surprisingly short space.
“I do not see why a nurse is at all
necessary,” she objected, at once. "1
shall nurse him, myself. Louis and I
tan do everything that is r< quirrd.”
“But Dr. Massey--" I began. Where
upon she interrupted me:
a foolish, frivolous child. 1 shall mu. o
Uncle Robert even if 1 have to dismiss
Dr. Massey and get another phy
sician."
There was nothing 1o be gained by
opposing her at this time, . o I held my
non-committal peace, doubting, never
theless, the practicability of her prop
osltion. Dut to her next proposal I
must needs interpose the obstructive
truth.
“Come," she commanded, brushing
hack from her temples with both
hands the encroaching golden halo,
\ with the gesture of one who prepares
for conquest, wiping away, as it were,
the last clinging vestiges of her emo
tional weakness. “Come, let us go tc
f h in, together.”
I .She was on her feet before I could
' restrain her.
| • Not now, Evelyn,” I said, quietly,
and, at the risk of seeming rudeness,
eat still.
"But, why?" And there was a hint
of uspicion in the look she gave me.
"He is asleep." I told her. And
when she had relaxed into the great
cbt ir again, I added, temporizing, "Mr.
Bryan will let us know when ho
* ikons.”
Her disappointment was undis
guised, and in secret 1 sympathized
with her. She w as experiencing some
thing of that which had come to me
when Bryan had refused me converse
with his patient. But it were latter
to divert than to commiserate, and so I
said:
1 "This is the day I am to hear from
Miss Clement.”
“Is it?” she. asked, differently, the
disappointment still rankling. ”1 didn't
know.”
“She has promised me important in
formation before three o’clock. If sho
keeps her word, this whole perplexing
mystery may very shortly be cleared
UP.”
‘‘Isn’t that what you would call
suiH-Terogatory?” she asked, smiling.
"I should think Uncle Robert could tell
all that is needed, now, himself.”
I was at a loss for a moment how to
answer her; and in that moment the
telephone broke In, and did away with
the necessity of response.
The instrument was on the writing
table at my elbow', and with a “Shall
I?” to Evelyn, 1 took the ret eiver from
the hook and bent to the transmitter.
“Yes,” 1 said, "Miss Grayson is here.
Who Is it, please?” I thought I recog
nised Miss Clement's voire, and I was
not wrong. But, alter all, it was I
abe wanted. She had called up my
rooms and my office, and, unable to
get me at either place, had taken tho
chance that Evelyn might aid her to
my discovery.
“You have learned something?” 1
asked, disguising as well as I could my
burning interest. If possible, I would
keep from Evelyn the least suggest!' i
of how vitally important I regarded
jthe news I hoped for.
“I hardly know how to explain it to
u,” came Miss Clement's reply. ' 1
as on the verge of what I am sure
|1 as a most pregnant revelation i
|| ns to be given names and dates and
rcunmtances, 1 had been promist 1
ese by oae in whom I put the great
reliance. And now 1 am asked to
t another twenty-four hours. Some,
g has happened, my confidant t< la
something puzzling and utterly
xpected, and those who know mo.:
he matter are. now most at sea '
velyn must have seen me smile,
tas quite evident to me that JIi:-:a
„inent was in touch with some or.e
cell informed, but it was not that
rlilch provoked the smile. I smiled
fecause I felt tfiat Cameron in acme
ay had outwitted his captors and
tned his freedom. This was the un
yected happening which had thrown
i sum iu anas v leuieiu.
‘'you wish me to wait another day?"
‘‘I think it would be worth while,"
she answered.
‘ And I do, too,” 1 told her. "I don't
suppose you've seen an afternoon pa
per, have you?" 1 went on. "Well, they
contain some news of interest. They
say that Mr. Cameron came home last
night, and for once, at least, they tell
what is very nearly the truth.”
If sincerity ever carried over a wire
it carried then in Miss Clement's con
gratulations, and the re was something
almost divine in her forbearance to
ask for particulars. She congratulated
Evelyn, too, and promised to come to
see her, soon; and then once more site
assured mo that she would yet learn
everything we could possibly care to
know.
"The Chinese,” she added, "are a de
liberate race, Mr. Clyde. They refuse
to he hurried. Hut eventually we shall
have our answers.”
With Evelyn beside me the hours no
longer dragged. We talked unceasing
ly; reviewing everything from the re
ceipt of the first letter; conjecturing
on each of the score of little problems
making up the one great mystery, but
arriving at nothing definite; adding, il1
changing conditions at all, to our own
confusion.
where opportunity offered, I spoke ten
der words nnd pleaded for a definite,
or at least a closer, more intimate un
derstanding between us, who shall say
that I was to blame? She was never
more lovely, never more appealing
than she was that morning; and 1
begged for an admission of a senti
ment above and beyond the mere sis
terly regard to which hitherto she had
persisted in limiting her expressed af
fection for me.
More than once I had read in her
eyes—without unseemly conceit, 1
trust 1 may bo permitted this asser
tion—what I now asked in lip avowal. ;
Hut there seemed to he with her a no- :
tion that, the occasion was ill-suited to 1
my plea.
“Philip,” she said, "dear Philip, 1
care for you very much; almost as i
much as I care for Uncle Robert. You ;
have been very good to me, and very
good to him, and if I could tell you
that I love you in tlio way you ask
I—" And there she hesitated a shade
of a second, "liven if 1 could tell you,’
ahe corrected, “I wouldn't tell you
now. It is not stubbornness, Philip.
It is just a woman's way. Ask me
again, when Uncle Robert is well, and
all this horrible nightmare has passed
Promise ine that you will ask me
again!”
“Never fear,” I returned, “I’ll asl
you.”
"And promise me, too," she added
"that until all ihe skies arc clear once
more, you will not mention the sub
ject.”
1 was on the verge of promising;
not because it would be an easy prom
ise lo keep, for I knew it would be
very difficult; but because I could
deny her nothing. 1 was on the verge,
I say, when the library door opened,
and Louis, pale and excited, and so in
haFto that be had not paused to knock,
was exclaiming:
' .Monsieur Cameron! Pardon! Mats,
eufin, etesvous prete?”
A score of fears springing instantly
to birth within us, Kvelyn and I were
on our feet before the speech, rapid
ly delivered as it was, was finished.
l\<re we ready! We evidenced our
readiness in no such voiceless thing
as words.
Louis stood aside for us to pass, and
as I went by him, ! asked, under my
breath:
“What is it, Louis?”
"Ah!” he whispered. "Monsieur
Cameron is talking in the strange
tongue which neither Monsier Bryan
nor I myself can understand.”
CHAPTER XIX.
The Pang of Disillusion.
The sick room was dark. So dark
that for a little, until our eyes accus
tomed themselves to if, we could bare
ly distinguish objects. Rut our ears
required no attuning. Even in the pas
sageway, separated by a heavy mahog
any door, we had hint of what was go
ing on within; and as we entered, a
hoarse tirade smote us in the gloom,
like an assault from ambush.
to ns both the tone and words were
alike unfamiliar. In inflection and
modulation the voice was strange. And
the uttered sounds were a coarse, hor
rid jargon. Once I thought I detected
an English oath, but I was not sure.
Evelyn clutched my hand and 1
could ft *1 against me the tremble of
her slim young body. Gladly I would
have spared her this ordeal, but I had
been no less unprepared than she. And
now, as gradually shajtes defined them
selves less dimly in tbe gloom, the hor
ror grew; and, held by it, speechless,
inert, I stood where I had paused—
the quivering girl very close beside
me—staring, listening, wondering.
It was a large room, lofty of ceiling,
with high windows, across which
teavy curtains were drawn; and the
mly light was that which stole be
w«en these hangings or filtered
through three dark, richly-colored,
;la_ss medallions set in a side wall.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
PERSONAL NOTES
Mrs. E. Williams and daughter
■ I't for Atlantic City.
Misses Florence Manford and Joan
ta Welch left for Atlantic City.
Mr. Clarence Snapp has bought
lirnself a new Flanders motercycle.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sigler, of Pied
nont, have been visiting friends here.
Mrs. Lucinda Sheets remains unite
II at her home on North High street.
Mr. Samuel E. Xaggs, of East Mar
in street, lias returned from Thomas,
,V\ Va.
Mr. Edgar Thorn is beginning the
reel ion of another building on Porter
tvenuc.
Miss Fannie Ziler, of East Pennsyl
vania avenue, loft to visit at Great
'acapon.
At the City Hospital today Master
'harles Heard, of iledgesville, was op
rated on.
Mr. II. D. MeCue has returned to
'umbcrland after fip.jii<iii:;■ ti few dayi
n Martin..burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Mcreciin,
)f Milwaukee, stopped last night at
Intel Berkeley.
--
The will of the late Sarah Jane
'rowel! was presented in the coun
y court for probate.
Mr. Raymond H. Smith, local C. &
’. telephone manager, is in Winches
it today on business.
Mr. K. II. Bender, wire chief for
lie A. P. Telephone Co., is in Stras
jurg, Va„ today on business.
Mrs. Frank Grimes and grandchild,
if North College street, have returned
font a visit to Berkeley Springs.
Mrs. Annie Fiery and son, Master
A'nrd B. Fiery, of West King street,
ire spending some time in Harrison
burg.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norrington
ind children, of North Mountain, left
his morning for Keyser, to visit rel
itives.
Rev. W. F. Roberts and daughter, of
Baltimore, who visited Mr. and Mrs.
V L. Wilson, of West King street, re
timed home.
Misses Pauline Hutchinson and
\'aneye Nelson, of Auburn, Kv„ stop
red last night at Hotel Berkeley en
•oute to Winchester.
Mrs. Walter Clarke, of South Ra
eiglt street, who has been spending
he last five weeks in Cavetown, Md„
tas returned home.
Mrs. Shaitan, of Wheeling, who has
teen visiting Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hot
ter, on the Winchester pike, left In
lay for a visit in Winchester. ,
Mrs. Breedon Conkling, of Green
rille, Ohio, who ^visited her parents,
Vlr. and Mrs. C. W. Boyer, South
•ueeii street, left for her home.
Mrs. Addison Hoffman, of Frederick,
■vho has been visiting her parents, Mr.
nd Mrs. P. B. Lyle, West Race
street, will return home next Monday.
Mrs. George Beard and two aons,
Robert and Emmert, of llnionlowti,
’a., are spending a Hw days w.'r,
t-r. at.d Mis. A. It. I".Corson, north
:? town.
Miss Edith Dodd, of Ilodgesvillo,
pent Wednesday witli Miss Ada Mu
on, Boyd avenue, and left for Shep
terd College, where site will study
his session,
AN OLD SWINDLE
AGAIN BOBS DP
Marlinstiurg Man Asked To
Participate In $350,000
Hidden By Man In
Prison In Mexico
The old, old swindle of a hidden
treasure, tthis time $350,000), an in
nocent matt in prison, and a yelp for
help to some disinterested person in
a distant land, who might become in
terested if given half the bitriad coin
in the event a small advance is made
on the deal, bobbed up in Martins
burg again a day or two ago, with
James I,. Sibole, of Virginia avenue,
as the intended victim.
Mr. Sibole didn't recognize th
tiling as a swindle, bul (he affair was
of such an unusual character that lie
consulted an attorney, who promptiv
pronounced (lie matter a fraud.
The letter to Mr. Sibole was along
tiie usual lines, but the scene was
shifted from Spain to Mexico, where
the writer of the letter stated he was
lining Mild in | in soil on a i ru m peu-u 11
charge, and that all lie needed was a
t'i w hundreds in cash to effect his es
cape and regain possession of $350,
000, which he had hidden before his
arrest. He offered to divvy with Mr.
Siholo if the latter would advance the
few hundreds repaired for the prison
er to regain his liberty.
The swindle has been worked in
this country for many years, and
many persons have been caught by it,
notwithstanding the fact that it has
been exposed countless times.
Mikado's Funeral Services
Helij This Evening
(By United Press.)
Tokio, Sept. 12.—The funeral ser
vices of tlie late Mikado will com
mence at (i o’clock tomorrow morning,
that is to say, at 5 o’clock this even
ing, Atlantic time. At 8 o’clock the
imperial division of 10,000 men will es
cort the dead emperor to the Aoyom.i
parade ground, where the impressive
Shinto ritual will lie observed. The
casket will then be placed on the im
perial funeral train for Kioto, where
it will arrive Saturday afternoon at
5 o’clock.
Mrs. Mollie Stalnaker and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, of Fairmont, are vis
iting her sister, Mrs. 11. Berry,
and brother, Mr. \V. (1. Edwards.
They will make their future home in
New York, where Miss Stalnaker will
attend Columbia University.
Mr. \Y '1. Phillips, Western Union
operate'. accompanied by .Mrs. Phil
lips, left for Atlantic City, where
they will spend two weeks at their
old home. During Mr. Phillips’ ab
sence his place is being filled by Mr.
Proudy, of Pittsburgh.
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Miller, re
siding near Billmyer’s Mill, were busi
ness visitors in Martinsburg Wednes
day. Mr. Miller is a prosperous and
well-known farmer.
Mbs Lucy bunion, of Washington,
who spent a week with Miss Knima
Staley, North Queen street, and rela
tives in the county, returned home
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Katherine Smith, of Middle
way, accompanied by her little ne
phew, Master Itobert Smith, and Mrs.
C. J. Shanll, of Vanclevesville, were
visitors to Martinsburg.
Messrs. Harlan Thatcher, Harry
llaintnarin, Charles Thatcher, 10. c.
Shepherd and George Shaffer autoed
to Hagerstown last evening in the
Thatcher car.
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jubecribe For The Eveulng Journal
AVIATOR PECK
DIES FROM FULL
Hod Seventeenth Airman
Killed During The
Past Week
Chicago, Split. 1l*. 1'anl Peek, of
Washington, who fell with his bi
plane while making a flight at Cicero
field last evening, died :n a local hos
pital early today as a result of his in
juries. He suffered a fracture of the
skull and internal injuries. Peck
was aged at! years. Me was horn at
Abated, W. V;t„ but had lived with
his uncle in Washington for the past
1- years, llis parents, two brothers
and one sister now reside at Sullivan.
W. Va.
The death of Peck, say the manag
ers of the meeting, will not interfere
with today's card, and tlie program
will he carried out from :! o'clock to
(By United Press.)
0 ill is ovening.
$25,000 BREACH
OF PROMISE SUII
Comes Up Next Week Be
fore Judge Dayton At
Martinsburg Term
Of 1). S, Court
The fall term of Federal Court: that
will convene in Martinsburg on next
Tuesday, promises to be more inter
esting than its predecessors. It may
Iasi for a week and one of the inter
esting causes will be a breach of
promise suit. Miss Iva Lee Fullhart.
who claims that William V. Thrush
promised to marry her, but wed an
other girl instead, now asks that she
be recompensed by the payment of
$25,000. They are Keyset- people. The
Whitmore & Boyle vs. the B. & O. it.
R. damage suit is also scheduled for
this term and a vast array of wit
nesses have been summoned. This
cause arises from the alleged burn
ing of timber In Morgan county by a
it. & O. engine.
TO PLAY IN BRUNSWICK.
A number of young people from
Martinsburg will give a play in Red
Men’s hall at Brunswick on Friday
night for the benefit of the Reformed
church there. The play is entitled “A
Perplexing Situation,” ami the parts
are taken by members of Friendship
Circle of Christ Reformed Church o!
M..i tincburg.
HELPING THEM OUT.
Miss Ethel Hines, one of the ex
pert operators of the local exchange,
C. <C P. Telephone Co., went to Fred
erick, .\ld„ where she will remain sev
eral weeks to help the operators out
at that point.
MR. MILLER AT HOSPITAL.
Mr. Levi Miller, of East King
street, tlio well known merchant and
junk dealer, was taken to the City
Hospital early this morning to be op
erated on for hernia.
Miss Blanche Kussler, of Kansas
City, has returned home after a visit
to her aunt, Mrs. Frank Wilhelm, of
North Queen street.
Miss Mildred Munson, of Great Ca
capon, who visited Mr. and Mrs. W.
II. Ziler, East Burke street, returned
home today.
CIO PLAYED
Hod William Vontz's Family
Came Near Being Ren
dered Homeless HI
Noon Today
Mr. William Yontz and family were
almost completely ruined by a fire at
heir home, ill!) Frederick street, at
; noon today. What the fire and smoke
did not destroy or damage, water fin
ished. Tlte kitchen and dining room
are intact, but the upper and front
rooms of the house suffered. The
damage to the building will amount
;o less than $100, but Mr. Yontz's loss
will be more serious as many of the
articles ruined represented the ac
cumulation of years of housekeeping.
While the family were at dinner, his
father, Mr. James Yontz sent the old
si child ui> to his room for matches
i.nd the little one could not lock the
rank. The second eldest child thou
! |il ii| : 'airs, rummaged fit roil; ^
he truck and set fire to some cloth
in; with the matches it found. Fortu
! nately Mrs. Yontz suspicioned some
! thing was wrong the moment, the lit
tle shaver returned to tlie dining
room ami upon running up found the
bed room ablaze. Her infant child
was asleep in an adjoining i«om but
Mrs. Yontz rescued the naby without
difficulty. An alarm was turned in
and both the Ityneal chemical wagon
and Fourth and Fifth Ward hose com
panies responded, saving ilio building
wd adjoining property. Mr. Yontz,
who is employed at the llannis llis
illery, lmd no insurance on his house
hold goods.
Another Plug Needed.
The imperative need of another
fire hydrant in that vicinity was forci
bly demonstrated. No. 5 first re
sponded to the alarm but their hose
could not reach the blaze as there aro
no hydrants closer titan that at the
corner of Liberty street and the one
it the corner of Second street. It is
very likely the City Council will
place another plug in that section.
The Hooge street, school needs the.
idditional protection.
MANY ACCOMPANY THE BAND.
Comroy’s Band was the means of
attracting a number of Martinsburg
people today to the Winchester fair,
i although some would have gone any
! way. In all 1155 tickets were sold at
the local C. V. K. R. passenger sta
j tion
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