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-v The St. Dunstan Mystery rsi' By PERRY NEWBERRY. Copyright The Frank A. Munsey Co. pWlr -rrVr ff-i7W-W-i Well, I needed something to sup port a -wife, didn't 1? I could not nsk the mother "of UiIb black-haired, black eyed girl for her daughter's hand, and mo without an occupation? 1 wrote tbo first story that any newspaper In iho country In the wotld printed of the death of tho Grand Duke of Igerln, the end of as beautifully sad a ro mance nB history has ever told; and 1 wrote It for tho Sentinel. Dut the first message that sparkled from the foremost of the Snkuntaln was to Holme, and read: Catch Ignntz Gicgr and hold. Ans wer. Gllmore. Soon the word camo back: Gregr under arrest. What next. L ( Holme. Then only did I hand Clifton th.o first sheets of what kept him at the ey most of tho night. Thexo were three unidentified bod ies lyliig in San Francisco's morgue, to which I gave the names: Marnee Taafe, the Grand Duke of Igcrla, and his gcntleman-ln-walting, valet and guard, Franz Pallfys. From tho knowledge gained through KodanI, from my own observations and a de ductive imagination, I portrayed the happenings of Tuesday afternoon in the St. Dunstan apartments Numbers 629 and G30, the northwest corner of the sixth floor, from the time Marnee Taafo knocked at its door at some thing like four o'clock. KodanI opened for her; tho duke, or James Frcel as he was known there, was not in, but would bo back shortly, KodanI said; she was to wait. Then no left her nlone. She looked about the loom, proba cy straightening it up as women will when opportunity comes to help bet ter a bachelor's quarters, and she took off her hat to bo more at case. Then she stood at the window, looking out nt the steel frame of the great struc ture, twelve stories high, which was building next door, watching the riv eters handle the hot iron rivets, deaf ened by the sharp staccato of the pneu matic hammers; and from above her through the opened window left pur posely open came the bullet to her heart, and tho pistol's discharge was soundless in the greater din of the clanging riveters. lirought to the St. Dunstan by a trick similar to the one which lured Marnee to her death, the grand duke met his fate as he stood over the lov ed body, and Captain Delgrag, who had planned tho murder, and Ignatz Gregr, who fired the shots, had but to reinovo the bodies from tho building to some place remote enough to avoid suspicion. I had Interrupted their endeavor ot Tuesday night or Wednesday morn ing early after Gregr had placed ilamco's corpse in the lift, and Uel gr.ig, below, had brought it down. I knd driven them away by signaling tho elevator before Belgrag could re move the body, and there was of course no other opporunity. The fact that Franz Pallfys, the duke's confidant, was still alive was a menace to the murderers, so ho was lured there Thursday and was done away in the same manner which had proved so effective before; a shot from the steel skeleton, covered by tho racket of the riveters. And Franz Pallfys'B shadowing of me, the uncle of the girl ho knew the duko was to wed, was unquestionably with a hope that I would lead him to his missing master. When tho .discovery of Marnee's dead body mado ceitaln that suspicion would be directed to some occupant of the sixth floor, 1 was selected to stand as the murderer, quito natural ly, because I was Marnee's uncle and might huve u motive for tho crime; and Kodani wits bribed to build evi dence against me, discharging one cylinder of my levolver and placing the hatpin in my handkerchief box; then t Blvo Gregr the key to my room when elgnig took the Jap oil the Sakuntala. It was Gregr who re stole the hatpin- from my trunk and changed the set of tho alarm-clock. Whether Giegr or Belgrag wiote tho purple-ribboned liotos to tho de tective department, I did not know, but they were to give Impetus to .tho suspicion uKalnut me, just as the nolo to Isabelte was to ward off Inquiry which might lead to discover)': Either might have typed them; which did so was unimportant. Only the motlvo for this seilca of crimes was locking now, and my brail ached trying to find an explanation for this, couspiiacy of muidcr. It was planned long In advance, for Grejjr had taken his apartment in the St. Dunslan a month befoio the muideis, almost nn sjoii i tho elopement wan planned In Igorla, half aciobs tho world; and, unless I waa gicatly mis taken, Grc;r had teemed cinplojuKiit us a rJyol-drlvcr on the Ucol con struction for tho express purposo of these crimes. lie must huve been a laborer thore to fire tho bltoto; but why this elder- VWVAiAlOxvfTl ly, benevolent-appearing man should do such atrocities I could not imagine. Would monarchlal objection to this marriage go to such extremes in its prevention? Could a political oppo sition to tho duko he excuse for the murders? 1 might only surmise, for tho truth was locked in tho stolid mind of Belgrag, In tho reticent Gregr and in the hcait of a country still as medieval as tho Dark Ages, the Grand Duchy of Igerln. "Senora Ilcade," I said to Isabellc's mother, "you may have seen guessed that I love your daughter." Sho looked up from an embroidery frame, and her eyes smiled so like Isabelle'h ihat I was sure she would not bo haish to my request. It was the afternoon of my first day in Du rango, and we sat in the cool shade of tho patio at the senora's hacienda in the hills. "Yes, senor," said Isabelle's moth er, which was non-committal and mennt go on say It finish con clude. I looked around for help from Isabella, but she had vanished. "Of course I am not worthy," I con tinued weakly and tritely. "In fact, I'm worse than that I'm forty, twice her age. That is a fearful disparity, Mrs. Senora Itcade!" "Mr. Keade was forty-eight," she re plied. "Forty-eight and I was sixteen when wo wed, and it was not dispar ity nor fearful! We were greatly happy and blessed." Hero was encouragement! Now let me get across all tho good points in the inventory of my possessions anji qualifications. How did that go? Item one, a home but I had given that up; I no longer had a home to offer. Item two, friends I had more now than when I last Inventoried, anyway Isa belle and her mother more, but I couldn't offer them as a reason for permission to marry Isabelle. Skip item two. Item three, money, funds, capital, fortune. "I am. not very wealthy, senora," I ventured a bit nervously, for I wanted, to be real honest about my financial condition, and that $127. 33 had shrunk woefully! "In fact, I'm not at all wealthy. I'm just a pauper, but I lo " "Ah! So like him!" interrupted the senora. "So like my dear husband! Never a thought of the morrow or a worry or care for the meal that should be next! Those were happy, happy days, Senor Gllmore!" She sighed blissfully at the memories of the past, and I sighed blissfully that item three was past. Item four, I recalled, was experi ence, and I was strong on experience. "But I am an experienced man of af fairs, Mrs. Reade," I urged, brave" again. "I am a steamer efficiency economy expert." Then I remember ed that I had not matriculated; was just beginning the freshman's first semester. "I mean a newspaper writ er, o course," I concluded lamely. "A reporter; Just a dub reporter on a morning paper. But I do love Isa " "A writer? A journalist? Mr. Heade was the representative of the London Times at Madrid when first I met him; a brave and fearless writer! I must always havo a great admiration for you journalists, Senor Gllmore, be causo of my husband." "I have a good constitution, some arms nnd feet, and eyes and nose and mouth a chin; don't forget the chin, senora!" I was certainly mussing up those last items of the inventory. "Hair and a face and and nothing at all toNoffer Isabello but a love which means all that is good in me! And you must give her to mo bo cause " "Because you will make her happy, Benor," said Isabelle's mother placing her hand on mine, "nnd thore is noth ing better to give her than happi ness. So I shall send her to you now that you may tell her that you love her. I wish you every success, John Gllmore." I raised her hand to my lips In gratitude. Because of ribs, I had to wait for Isabelle to come to me, which she did, very quietly, demurely. "My mother said you wished to see me," sho said shyly, and her eyes were cast down. And 1 was tongue-tied. It Is ono thing to tell the girl you love her when you havo your arms around her with darkness all about, and quite an other to say It In answer to "My moth er said you wanted to see mo," while she stands, tall and slender, beside you, out of reach, her black hair re flecting tho t:un and shadow, her red lips opened just to phow pearl teeth In a dellciously mysterious smile, her thick lashes hiding tho telltaio eyeH which might nnawer the mystery of tho lips, and lior bosom rising and falling to tho rhythm of her breath! "And didn't you want to boo mo, John!" whispered Isabelle. Then tho fe(tors fell away from ray tongue and words came free to tell nor a part of what she meant to me, to ask her tho question I had forgotten to ask before; and with her lips against mine, sho answered, "Yes." (THE END.) Kcclpes. Raisin Buns Sift one quart of flour with four level tcaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoontul of salt and two tablespoons of sugar, rub in two tablespoons ot shortening and mix with Bweot milk to a dough to roll. Hall out thin, sprinklo with sugar and chopped seeded raisins, roll up like a jelly, roll cako, and with a sharp knlfo slice across Into Inch pieces, lay theso on a buttered tin nnd bako in a quick oven until brown. Macaroni and Cheeso One-third package macaroni,- ono nnd one-half pints of milk and one-half pint of wat er, one-half cup grated cheeae, butter slzo of walnut, four level tablespoons ot flour, salt to taste. Make whito sauce of milk, butter, flour and salt. When partly cooked stir In grated cheese and finish cooking, stirring well to melt cheese. Cook macaroni in boiling water until tender. Stir cook ed macaroni into hot sauce and bako in slow oven about thirty minutes. Gingered Apples Select tart ap ples, pare, core and cut In small pieces. To five pounds of the chopped apples allow an equal amount of su gar, five ouncea of ginger root, three lemons, and one pint of water. Bruise the ginger root, add the water and let simmer for a couple of hours, adding more water when needed, getting a strong extraction of the ginger. Wipe the lemons, grate the rind and extract the juice. Tie gingerin a piece ot cheesecloth and add to the pint of gin ger water, with the lemon Juice and rind, the sugar and apple. Boil all to gether until the pieces of apple look clear. HOME GUARDS. "I haven't seen your husband for several days," remarked Mrs. Turpen tine. "Is he out of town?" "No, he's in the house" replied Mrs. Curfew, "but his head is badly dent ed and bruised, and he is threatened with nervous prostration, and I -won't allow him to leave the premises until he is more like himself. "I'm sure I don't know what's going to become of Mr. Curfew unless ho can get rid of some of his patriotism. I'm glad to have a husband who is willing and anxious to make sacrifices for his country, but I can't help think ing that even patriotism may be car ried too far. "My husband has been trying to en list ever since diplomatic relations with Germany were broken off, but the officials won't accept him. They take one look at his flowing white whiskers and advise him to get a plush-lined rocking chair and a pair of carpet slippers, and spend his' de clining years by the fireside. One ser geant or corporal or other enlisting officer said the country was trying to organize an army, not an octogenari ans' club, and Mr. Curfew was boiling mad. "Finally, seeing that he couldn't break into the army, he decided to organize a regiment of home guards to police the town when the able-bodied young men are called awa He went around and Interviewed a lot of the patriarchs in tho neighborhood, and they all said it would be a fine thing, and they would be glad to take part. "Mr. Curfew elected himself colonel or brigadier general or something. He felt thai he was entitled to the- com manding position, as the idea was bis own, and the old men admitted that it was fair, and so the other evening they assembled for a drill on John son's vacant lot across the alley. Mr. Curfew had dug up a sword and a big brass helmet with a plume on it, and he had a red sash around his waist and large spurs on his boots, and when he walked he clanked like a keg of nails. "He certainly was an Imposing fig ure when he went out of the house In all his martial array, and I was proud of his appearance, although I feared tho worst, for I didn't believe the old men ot his brigade would stand it to be bossed around. -I-knew most of them personally, anrthoy are a can tankerous lot, and their wives can't get along with them. "My husband shouted some order and some of the men obeyed and .oth ers just stood around grinning. Mr. Gooseworthy said there was no sense In such an older and that it was con trary to all military rules and the eth ics of West Point, or words to that ef fect. "My husband reprimanded him se verely, which was perfectly proper, for If tho commanding officer of a homo guard can't maintain discipline thero is going to be anarchy.' Mr. Gooseworthy said he'd be everlasting ly drawn and quartered If he'd be spo ken to In that tone of voice by any body, nnd he picked up a chunk of vit rified brick and threw it at my hus band. "It struck his brass helmet and jammed It down over his gars, so that wo had to get the blacksmith to pry It off. Meanwhile all the members of the home guard indulged In a ilot, some supporting my husband and some backing Mr. Gooseworthy, and they wore all bunged up more or lesB, but most ot the bricks nnd things hit my husband, for ho was where the weapons wore thickest, as ho always is, and I really don't want the neigh bors to see him until his head is healed up." A Question of Degree. "What Is your reason for wnntinc to learn to danco?" "Well, It looks foollsher to sit still and look foolish than It does to get on your feet and look foolish." i TRAITOR TO BE SHOT BassflssBisit K3Bl9p&OLA Bolo Pacha has been condemned as a traitor and sentenced to death. The court martial which convicted the notorious adventurer, who sought to betray France into the hnnds of Germany, deliberated only fifteen minutes bcf"" rending the decision, which inc.i..s that Bolo Pacha must be shot to death. GOAT COUGHS AS !E SOUTHERN NEGROES STILL BE LIEVE IN SUPERSTITIONS "Keep Dat Rabbit's Foot, Chile, or He'll Git Ye," Says Black Mammy. Montgomery, Ala. "Wha" dat niov In' down da' by yon graveya'd? Dis chile doan go dat way ef I hev ter walk fo' miles tcr git home. You uns heah me!" This from a stalwart young darky, uttered in the arly dusk of a recent evening, In the outskirts of this city, lent convincing proof that the ghostly superstitions traditional among the ne groes of the South have not been wiped out by the many changes that have taken place In Dixieland since the Civil War period. Uf course, the blacks are not the ouiy people today who cherish their toiiu superstitions. Who has not en countered the gambler who will not permit one to put a foot on his chalr'r A pi eminent business man here a while man confesses that he always j wears a garter of one color upon his J right leg and one of different color upon the other. Nearly every one has som-5 peculiar beliefs about Friday, the number 13, laddeis and many oth er' "warnings" handed down by the I New England forefathers. i The young darky's discomfiture at seeing something moving down bythe graveyard cannot be thought strange , or unusual when one considers that from time immemorial the Southern pickaninnies have been disciplined in--to believing that all household trash, must be swept out of the front door after dark; that they must never I "walk a chair" while sitting in it, if they would escape "hanls." To avoid the evil spirits they should get up and 1 move 'the chair to where they want . it. "Watch out, chile, if you heah a goat cough," they were told. It is a sign that OWRawhead and Bloody Bones is around. "Doan stop ion to inwesti gate enny strange lights in a grave yard or in front ot a church attah dark," the old black mammies often say. The most reliable safeguard against ghosts, gobblins and "hants," as well as a charm against the evil visitations ot witches, according to the super stitious negroes, is the left hind foot of a rabbit killed in a graveyard after midnight in the light of a full moon. Such a talisman could not be bought from home owners with its weight in gold. It is a common belief among the ne groes that a house cannot burn if sas safrass twigs are sprinkled on the stovewood when the lire is made. One of the most common preventatives of "misery in the leg" is a dime with a hole in it worn on the lelt leg just above the ankle. This also cures iheu mutism, bay the darkies. , Another superstition, mostly among youug people, Is, if one is lying down and another steps over htm ho must, by all means, letrace his steps. The belief la that it checks one's growth. Here are some remedies to destroy "spirits" or "ghosts." Old-timers used to tiro a silver bullet at the trouble some specter or dlsturber101d Aunt Violet kept spooks away for many years by burying a chicken eye, a frog leg and some dirt from a nc"w grave under the front steps ot her abode, re pealing the operation as often as there yere any signs of the spook's re turn. When one meets a "hant" and it comes 'Ji- to you face to face tho ghost always blows its breath in your face, first hot, then cold. In a case like this to avoid trouble all one has to do la to tell tho "hant" your business atfd It will let you alone. itougli language or threats are disastrous. Opossum hunters hud better bo careful that the dog did not once be- I long to a dead inan-wtto died a sinner, for this dog will "tree" "spirits." "Loading tho pillow" Ib another dan gerous opoiaJJon. It conslutB in steal ing tbo pillow on which one sleeps and Inserting a "conjuro bag." The vic tim nutters from head ailments und often becomes. Insane. BUNS AR NIGH DEATH REVEALS u E" A GIRL CAMP MOURNS FOR ITS "WATER BOY" KILLED BY AN, AUTO. Mountain Child Sought Man's Job In Order to Do Her "Bit" For United States. Three thousand workmen at Camp Stuart, Vn., paused in their work tho other day and stood with bared heads at tho hour when the body of Florence Kelley was being lowered into Its grave In the mountains of East Ten nessee, fourteen miles from Green ville. For Miss Kelley, inspired by a de sire to serve her country, had gone to Camp Stuart, where, disguised as a boy and under the name of "Mike" she worked as a water "boy" at ?2 a day until she was crushed under a truck and her Identity became known. Her story is that of many a little mountain girl. The girl grew up in a rough moun tain district In East Tennessee. Her lot after the death of her mother waa a hard one, so she obtained work as a domestic in a home In Greenville. Her reading in the newspapers and magazines of the war; how women, and girls were doing their bit; how in many cases women were taking the places of men who had gone to the front, kindled the fire of patriotism In the heart of Florence. She sought Bed Cross work, but found that she could not go abroad. Some weeks ago Florence disap peared from Greenville. A month ago she returned, hut refused to tell where she had been. After a visit of a few days with friends she again left without giving notice. About three weeks ago the girl, wearing the clothes of a man, applied at Camp Stuart for work. She was given the job of water boy. She work ed hard and receivad two increases In her wagesL so thatnshe was drawing ?2 a day at" the time of the accident. Given a bunk In a cabin with a "fel low" workman at the camp, she con ducted herself as a boy, listening to the jokes of the men and taking part in their discussions. But her identity was never suspected until Dr. W. J. Knight, who attended the girl at the hospital made the announcement. The girl's roommate was so startled by the discovery that he started an in vestigation. The girl's hair was discovered in an old oil stove, where she had first cut off the long tresses. It was also learn ed that she sought the assistance of a barber to shape the hair up "man style." The most calloused workman in the camp was touched by the find ing, in a small satchel owned by the girl, of a lot of little trinkets such as girls like to have about them. There were several well thumbed books in the satchel on what can be accom plished by women if they work hard to develop their minds and their bod ies. In one book, found in the girl's room, was a torn page telling why wo men do not make as good fighters as men. It was attributed in the article to the fact that women eat dainty food and do not get the necessary training to equip them for bard work. Florence Kelley was a real girl in her last moments on earth. She lost her desire for war and called pitifully for her father. Just before she died she regained consciousness and pite ously begged her father be brought to her. BAD MEN ARE HIS EASIEST MEAT WILLARD WILTON WEBB LEADS 'EM LIKE' LAMBS. Never Let 'Em "Get Drop" on You and You'll Miss Trouble, He Says. Denver, Colo. Bad men are his meat. He doesn't know how he tamea them, but he does. And he looks mild. i harmless, almost apologetic, at that. ' In his quarter of a century's experi ence in dealing with "ornery hom- .bres," Wlllard. Wilton Webb, former ', secret service operative and deputy sherift In the West ot the days gone by, has never had a single man try to 1 resist him when an arrest was to be made. Some of tho "bad uns" that have followed him to jail as tamely as lambs have kilted other officers who later tried the same trick. "The worst man I ever had to han dle was a fellow named Sid Munn, at Telluride, Colo.," sa'id Mr. Webb a a local hotel tho other day. "He was , something of a bully,- and had been raising a disturbance. 1 told him he had better come along to jail with me, oi'' something like that, and he came along veiy peaceably. "About three mouths later he shot a, maishal who tried to arrest him. "1 huve no particular method. I Just take it for giunted that a mun is go ing to resist, and I don't let him got the 'drop on me. "Maybe my luck comes from my be lief" in God. 1 think lie must have kept mo from teUi"G killed out in the lied DeHeitj around SweelwuUv, Wyo. A fellow took a shot at me from be hind u Wily. He hit lue'-Jii tho chest, thV bullet muJStyg trow jrlbi Iq left. IK nnd out on tho other side. I don't know who tho man was or why ho did it. ' ''Out In Lander, Wyo., I was shot in tho abdomen by a rich gambler, who was known as a tough customer. Ho believed somo ono had cheated him ' and began to raise a 'rough house.' 1 While tho marshal had hold ot him, tho fellow let his pistol go off, not meaning to hit anyone, howeveit It I hadn't turned just at that moment, I would have gotten the full benefit of it, but as it was, it just grazed me. No one knew that I had been hit. The same gambler afterward gave me a job. ' "They call me a 'gunman,' but I. think I havo carried a gun around much less than most of the men who have lived in tho wild country. I was marshal of tho camp at Bcrwind, Colo., near Ludlow, during the strike trou bles, but I took no part in tho Bhoot ing." Mr. Webb arrested on an average ot from twenty-five to thirty men a month while deputy sheriff in San Miguel, County, Colorado. He was a member of the posse tbafcaptured Harry Tracy and two companions at Brown'B Park, Utah. "Tfacy was a cold-blooded fellow Just llko a frog. He said if he had known his pals were going to give up he would have shot them nnd then himself. And he meant it," said Mr. Webb. The lure of the wild country is back on the old veteran "law and order" man. He Is considering an offer from a syndicate ot Denver men which is developing the oil fields in the Red Desert, between Baggs, Wyo., and the district west of Rawlins. "I gues3 the old, rough country, la my. country, alter all," he Bays. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. ' Pour boiling water on oranges, ap ples, tomatoes, peaches and potatoes and they will peel Quickly. If brass curtain rods are rubbed 'with hard soap before being put up the cur tains will slip on them easily. Before broiling a slice of ham rub brown sugar on it. The ham will then have a delicious flavor. It is an im provement to soak in sugar and water a while. To whiten ivory rub it well with un salted butter and place it in the sun shine. 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