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: ;-. a j i ., m r u i m, u u r"J r I'lAY, f il l kTI I T 3 v comiotffwiJi v j BOBBJ-MTRRHl COMPANY F t fil i nro not certain now," ho point ed out. ",lial 'eotnethtD' - wF6nc, (uuurt, I want you (o keep mum about It. 'm going Xo ;lnvestlgafe7.r J V "Aq, aionsicr.Micoqi" i tnuntcu.i , "Ma't JmphJ-f I'm-- qujtcf .bctJouh ftboutflt. 1 fiavo nil sorts of theories." "IfTyourtnrc ijulto ti8rqu tlbcjuX ItC you lUght to'haye all .sorts ot a detcc Uvc.j'l Biigstytdf W- 'i "One Is coming, but It isn't; going to keep mo from tiding alllttlo work on my own book. A detective might And a gnrfg planted, hero it in o tig tho sqrV' Illustrations, iivuct' inro. p6iitforil 1 tmtcv inro. pe "Reajlyi" bo called, 'J i CHAPTER VIII. V . . ' . .a Th Dracelet It Identified; Ttieihorror" of iWlnthrop's Artist had not "magnified ove'r night. Tho news papcrs'camia ou'tSvllh d bloto of bead lines: ''.Noted Autlior Arretted, Ac cused of Vast Jowel Thefts. General Schuyler Shot!" Mrs. Hazard bad Bono on Wlnthrdp'rf ball, nnd they mado n lot of that, hinted at an en irncenirut hntwrpA tba incctisrd mid nntujj'-l might 'flinf tho chief rit tho din- Iuira.ondoavored f'dmnko.Iohn Crown- uer table, Fascinating, Isn't It?" "Horrlblcl" I declared. inahlcld ns counsel, significant, tried i to Invent a mystery out' of a bnlky "Peihnp N'ntnllo'H ruby was atolctfj carbureter and ther nrcladmlttcd after'all," ho mused. Ho began pacing , that a rmhMieadtid dctcctlvo might tignln. "I thought sho. was crazy, for have mado a mlstako, and firzlcd out why frottld n thief tnko ono Jewel hnd kavo tho others? I'm not bo imro now 'but that nho In right. V6 no doubf,have n charming creature In our midst with a delightful senso ot hu mor.'i "And you nro going to unearth her?" Ilosnt down again nnd looked nt mo intently. "Aro you losing, the. mnin point?'' toward tho end like a wat firecracker. Tho.ftory hadn't n pg to stand on. It was received in just that spirit nt I.onp Oak. Thoro was somo cmhnr rasimcnt at first, but Winthrop sua pectcd of being n thlcl wax ho ridicu lously nbiutd that before noon It wug ft joko. Laura ched a faw tears of honest concern ut tho breakfast tnblo when uho saw tho silly thing in tho papers, then sho laughed. Mr. Abcrcroinblo got hot uridur tho collar, and told us ull what ho would do with tho police when he wa governor, then laughed. Everybody else laughed, Including ills Grace, who merely know it Won a nice I little bon mot' of American humor. 1 Only N'atallo was horlous. I met her on the threshold of tho wldo doors opening upon the terrace ( where tlio younger pcoplo wore wildly , welcoming ir.o w oh iiio motors ar rived. Sho drew mo back Into tho j houso whllo 1 merely wondered what J had brought lior out so early. It was , only ten. . "It'a rnther truglo about Mr. Abbott, i I n't It?" be iiskcd. Tlio tone ot her volco was unusual, and her attitude j held n hint of excitement. "Not now," I answered. "It looked 1 that way Inst night, but this morning . It U comedy, not tragedy. General Hchuylrr Isn't badly hurt. tllave you ' Hcen the uewapuprrtt?" ' "Ycc. I dl-In't know If tho sltun- tlon wa better or worse, that's why I wunted to know from somobody from you "Onco I Made a Fool of Myself," He ' (Interrupted. nc demanded. "Yomust bo cleared , . "Oh, tho newspapcrH always try to of suspicion, you know." , mako It, v.oMu you. know," I told bur, "Ohl'.' l exclaimed. "I nm no "and even ut that it's nothing. Tho ronger suspected. Mlis AgnzU enme i Jewvjls urp Mr. Abbott's and ho can iu in (juuwi iiibv mum unit nuiu biiu j (irovu ii. t'ixcepi lor uio general iiuv- lug been shot It h r.lthur nmusliig, nnd something to break tho monotony. Tho .boys huvu gono to bring .Air, Ab bott. 'Tliey'io'golm; to cdlebrnte, or doHopiethiug .qxcitlng. I know. Mm. iDyUtinau' wlllUhirtU -ivo have a press agent." liu my flippancy, met no rosponi'O krdiiVhcr. r ' ; "I'm glud It Isn't yurlpusBhct Bald, TliflSKoir ufter.'lier cuiiouuly iib tho wnlki'i) thrpugh tlio wldu hallway and Into tho library, then I went out upon tho terrace; wiutlirop baa iirrlYod wau Mitro I hadn't tnken her ruby: that sib realized . couldn't possibly have d ino such a, thing, couldn't pqs-Blbly.-ljr . ) HI . ' "WclJl'll be 1" Ho stared at mo. "what happened to muku -hur . change Ih'cr mind?" "I don't know," I anuwurud.; V8ho didn't glvn, mo the ImtircBslqntlmt nnytblng. had htiiponed. S ho w:an quite culm und-tiool-uw-i-hB'nlwnyH'lH, nnd BheJIas ratlr frli'ijdly,!' , , Ho brushed 'the furcfock but of ,1ilu eyes, and regarded mo for a wliliu with that'1 comically surprised oxpres-. with tho '30 who had gono for him, eion of bw. Then ho laughed. "You'jli excuse mo," ho said, "but tho thlqg: Is funny. Walt a mini) to 1 ICt me Jhlnkl She heard about Win- vurop." t t "I'm inro sho didn't," I assured . r t i i Aft . i i .' . ' 3 "Ji htfbh "where I could- fbok 'down tho hallway. Tho reporter glanced nt tho xfropt door again. 'Not oFo 4 oft ua bought ctf, Its being h holiflny ' i 'tWlirfto bo bftbkhhis aflenoi?" tn JWort?r nskedi , & v V ji" lihrdly think Lfc Hml?anBi"red. "I think sIio'h going to stay over nnd ehop ngaln tomorrow. And 1 really jcan't tell you where sho,'t staying. It wlght be,. wltji fher nunt, you know, again ii'mlgtilr bonvlth-'hcr cousin, or yet again it might bo with Fomo -friend-" l!o'dliavo gone "on llko thnt until doomidajv Ustfppose, If tho i-cpoHer hlidn't Infcffilpted. "I'd ljkq tq pe4k to. Mr.Abbot," tLb reporter said,- and' staabd' 'sud denly for W.lnlhrpp. Hut Hnji!, not wnB'inyst(rlously jn Ih'o woi. nhd fbo newspapi'r mah batl.hard',wor.k nditirt ilng hlft cfiulllbHum; '"lM-111 W'hsk him If ho can positively prqvo that Uic chferald " ' ' Something happened, ;yo could- ncv ler feny Just what, 1 Hut the rop6f tCr'a hat was on .the ground-nnd lnp, pick ihg It nf to restore, It to its' on'her wltlv. exaggerated courtesy, wait bab bling about the gorgeous" mitfBhlno'nnd tho: delightful breeze from tlio cant. Then ho linked his arm through tho reporter's, nnd It was Just As well for that red-headed young gentleman to go where ho wnfi being led. live min utes later the car and tho red-hcfidtd reporter disappeared down tho drive way. Hap called mo nsldc. "Will you go tell Natalie that a newspaper man hns been here, and not to let him trick her Into seeing him If be comes back?" "She's In the llCrary If you want to tell her yourself," I told him. Ho knew there was something odd In NntnlloV 'being up so early. Ho did some thinking, but tho result ot his meditations ho didn't confide to oi c. "You tell her, dear," ho requested finally, that 1 want to talk to John."' I found Natalie replacing several books, but tbo AliuDtiuch do Cotha still lay open on tho table. 1 deliv ered my message. , "Thanks," sho said. "I'll bo 'care ful. Ho you know what ho wanted to uk mo?" ' 1 1 "No." "Ther wasn't nny one but tho re , crtoi'7" she went on anxiously. "No iktccttvp, oi policeman?" "No one but tho reporter," I replied. Then suddenly: "Would you mind toll ;tS me If you bad nny particular rea on taut night for changing your mind about mo?" "Yes," sho replied. "I simply came In my senses. I'll never bo able to apologize sufficiently for what I said. My only consolntlon Is that no one but tho family know It." Sho closed tho Aluiiiunch do Cotha nnd put It cnrqfiilly back on tho shelf. "Did you cw: hoar of the Hue d'Aublgny?" sho 'slied, ' "Yes," I answered. "Why?" "Do you know that ho was charged with jewel thefts iu Franco nnd 'sent i.itnit "i no. wiiy?" , She didn't answer for qulto a v.lillo; finally sho cnino clouo to mo. , "It's n nllly thing I'm going' to (ell you," sho drawled. "I have no f,omv ilatlon for my suspicions, but Satur day, when I -wan 'In t6vn,' I'm euro I saw the Due dlAublgny!" I Kiisjtcdj nnd mrm6utlf.fofl'oinv "Of course, I might have been mis taken, hut iibo Due d'Aiibigny is nut pntdly- forgpttcn. Hc.jaH n peculiar tear'" ,.. '.'.Year 1 knowt'i-I-lntcTrtirtnl'."- saber cut,; y ma. .a : Dim. "Irilon't boo how sho could have heard. So ono knew Itpbut- myself until tliiit message came forydur mother. Your root, her talked to) Mr. Crownlnsbleld from her own room. It's her (own private number, as you know, and has no possible connection with tho;othor 'phone. The conversa tion revealed nothidg, erij Jt any one had bii llBtenlng "at the door. Laura did not guess, and you know how keen she Is. MIbb Agazzlz come in soon after, btijt she couldn't possibly bavo known." "I belleyo she did know." v "You'ri rather strnngo in your bo- lief, aren't you? Whatoypr elsp" Na' taue fended hnrd '-:.L ...mm and just as I cumq out Lydla met; him; with outstretched- liu'mlH. ' " ' "flood mornlpg, Mr. Uurglnr," sho, laughed: "Whero Is your revolver, Land-dark lantern,? Did-j'OlT'WeW If musKT And you woro8Uot tool Do. you know you'ro'suCh'diV Interesting yer,sou and ihayo, furujshed us.,iuch corking excitement that I'm tempted to hug, you." i i " Winthrop rubbed tbo bnck of 'bin beud reflectively and the last bit of ouibamissmenf disappeared in IIjo lpugh that wep$ up, f ?J wa'srCWJuilyiJiiggllng my crowil nnd planning my scbcdulo for tho day when a car that didn't be-long to any of the '90 s camo up the driveway. It carried ono passenger and a chauffeur, the pussenger being a red-headed is sno isn:i a. uypocnie," iaeA . U'You oug hb not, ktp bo-W an her. rsmemtMrfhir that onco young maiu whom VI knew lns,tnntly. Hap knowh1mioo:He reacla'd, steps by tlUmo theHewspaper faittn. UU 1 IUUI Ul J W Vl w I Iff a M nppriintn.1. "Wn'ro eolne. to .fOMtet. , VI ,"j.MV5l "."ft. V.S .Bf.VvSl J.--J tJtt 17 .1 l.i Kfij1ZilSIel S S.'eaiHisJWgaselWe-lltnVa-' Hu "Yesi" I replied: then nftor a mo ment. "Wo- are going to xorgei nu ubout everything, you and I." "Uxcept thai wo lpvo each other." "Wo aro going' to forget that," I said firmly. "I havo anotfier strongo belief" h? Einllcd. "I'belloVo I'm going to marry you." ' Thero was n6 use ' answering'. 1 picked up two tonnlB balls nnd started for tbo other end oMhe courtrHut it's Just my sex to have the last, word. I looked back over my shoulder, "And I WelleVe you'rVgoli'' 'o make come girl an argumentative! !i.:bb&nd," I said very, very sweeUy.' 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In a divorce cuso In the circuit court lust week a woman testified that during tho coldest wenther her luiBband would come home drunk nnd drive hur out of the house and i-ho would upend the nights in the Btablc getting what little warmth she could from the horen. if the story in only half true, its awful to think of, Judge Samuel Davis, whllo listen ing to n trombono solo Thursday evening, remarked, "I can't enjoy Hint music, because I know It miiRt hurt that poor fellow to swallow a foot or more of his horn!" A farm hand quit bin Job recent!' bocnti'o he woh not furnlithod hot wnTor to wokIi his face In momlim llet'tlldn't know thnt n cool wash if bust1 In the morning. m ,VI guess I'm considered n crunk oitphiuor drlnkln' but pon my word It'snlways more pleasure nhaltln' lianda with n half-tipsy folior than , iy nny old money-Innnln', lntoreRt-coun- pi tin', tlithtwnd I ever saw." Kit. ,J If I hud but five minutes more Vj llvcJ'tuiil know It I'd put In most ! that tliitu oxplaluln' to my boy Rill how' foolish It In to wnsti; time Inwoven with other people. Kx. Dr. HENDE a. Li f RSON 815 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Ma. A racultr gradual In madleln. Oldaal In and lencaat loeatad. 41 yaara' Special Practlc-as and iparUnc are Important. Ovar 33 Yaars In Kansas City. so'VaV. chronic, nervous and special diseases, Curable care Rtiarantrtd. All nrdlelcta turnlthcd ready for uio-no mcrcurj or Injurloua mtdlclnea uird. No deKDiloo from tiualnaa Patteola atsdlaunca treatod by mill and cxprtM. Medicines aeot ercryvbtre. Ires from Kate or breakage. Cbargealow. OrcrM.OCOcaaca cured. State your eaie and tend for urtni. CODiultallon free and coofidantlai, perionally or by letter. In Samlnal Weakness and Sexual Debillty0V,orue,'bui!,,l tolllea and axceti eauilng night Ioimi and lots of aexual power, pliuplea and blotches on tbo face, confuted Idea and foreetfatnei. batbfuineea and averalon to society, etc., cured for life. I atop aigbt loiita, rettora sexual power, nerra and brain power.entarge and atrrnglben weak parti and make too Ot for marriage. Send for f rea book and Hit of nueatlom. C4atrtMP CurJ with a new In airiCIUrO fallible Home Trent irtrl rlnnt ment. Nointirumenli, una MloOl no piln. no detenllon from bulncn. Curo gutrantetd. nook and Hit ot question f ree-icnt lealed. lfalaiials Kntarcad veins w ai ibUboie the ecrotum, caue. Ina nervous debility, weaknete el the eexual system, etc, permanently cured Vfltheut aaJn. Cunlilltai That terrible dlieaia In M all It forma at cured for Itle. Ulond polionlng andli rea. Oa CSrnnlo, Nerrou aad 'Hbeclal tiU' eaiea. Fi3r nleturei. fill description of atxiradlaeatea, e(Tecta.air cure, ainneaieti in piain wrapper. It forma and ttagea. prlrate diaeapea pmnarnTrrcUr FRFF RnM a aita k a ms w a m rain. rat boln aeiea Jfi page. t7 picture. ,t .a J. Q J. VANUYKB DOCC i c-7 "AiJvcrlliilng mye, try It, T.Am WC Of Btia. Kv.. "and can do all W 1 liouscworlc Tor ycars i suticred witli''ucfT i:P?iPlrtJS could scarcely stand on myv feet After hilTrBffefentoctors:iJlu .failed to help me, I gave 'eardulWai: Now, I feel B58 lew woman." l3 I onre knew it . smart profossor who put In most of hi time explain-, in' the habits of itulninlH and blnf, have, as niiieli laid away to Mt ns t)ir- niul" when winter come on he dldi.'i X3CC J J 4 At $ v f 1 Office VANDYKE & CO. Farm Loans VMi X Lowest Rates Easiest Terms J-jft "iV. : Between New York Racket and Bank oMaHnfc; W- ? 30C MARSHALL. MISSOURI.,. DOECC u Established 1874 lltil(frroho of iiurnlyslH ThurHday ub- j outinbou. Ho wag stiicKcii huuuoiiI) 'ndU In Ills rlcht Bide that Is iinrlfal Jr ly (Iffi-cted. .Mr. Crtfiier iiiih uoci .i.i c. iit'.sroN I.. tU lll.i.. la.a.altl. ne aMWKL ltrt lull ,111 itajuii fivittlll iui Buitii; iiitt- " 'i ii It r nVl.'n,. mliln in Iui 111 nllrl n 1-111 1 ' III iiiin'tjyirv.i iiuivj iu iv ti ttiuu,i Hii.UXwnv he Is conflnetl to hU IIIsSJIiyMplnii said FrMny thnt whll' I. AlX. I.Iam ll. Ani,lttlill 3 n liAiun tlinii Tli ii ra tin v. A tlmtiflie - Itl ler.Strti. Phil. Smith of Xnnton cairn- 0 Ami to MatBliall Friday afternoon to f". rr.; or father. It Is hopod that Mr. Cret-J therrfwlll soon recover from this BtroKc: of paralysis. I , " Mlrs Snoddy of Slater Ktlinr'Iloatrisht of the com WIlMii Spring, were bore and Ml fin rnriRiine .eison X repeat. "Awfully sorry. MUaAgazzIr IB IU IUWU. "Cuu you toll mo wberasheJaT'' tho reporter nuked. "Shu's shopping,'1 Hap lied glibly. "Novor know exuctly whero a wouiun is when sho .shops." "Shopping?" ropeatod tho reporter. "Dut ." He looked at Hap and smiled, glanced: toward the front door. thcn; IranUly looked over Hnp's shoulder nt the crowd 'on the tot raco. Hap noted the action and grinned. IIo swept hla harld' generally lii-our dlroctlon, ",Vou isea sholsp't; here," he re marked, affably, He was, sure that Ka. tallo was s,tlf upstairs la bod,' b,ut -"knew bettor, nnd eyry mjriuto,. 1 4es; iected tfa see bo'r step through t.hoFa doors to the bsrrncfV 1 1 "rthvft'd air A woman'3heallh-de pends so much upon her delicate organs, thai flie least trouble, there affects her whole system. It, Is the, little things that count, in a woman's life and health. If you suffer from any of the' aches '.and pains," .'due4 to, foanjy,, weakness, take Cardul at. once, and avoid more seri ous troubles. We urce .ypniotrylt BSeM'tbdjryr ,.S40.S( N.rS34.40 r.ifo Pius. Tgmu- Airtta, Qfo-lZZ&'ZSl v l&r 9 XL -m ip iKOf lour wpoks rrguiariy. iie ur. r rv Klit'4 Now Llfo Pills. 'Tluhiu-'Aiftrita, QaV lato-.tlio liver, jnipiovo iiiawjtiryi.re-. eWHtAX ntovo. Diooii in unimies. JiWiewHw 3rt-1,IfJ,ftr ovnptfdiis dlsnppear froifi four fVftiS . - ... ....... i . . i ,...4..n r.:x. yy ami uouy rinii -oji iije uuiujrv-nosiy 'nt onco. . Hut at P, Ira FruitviiA's. ' 1.! Mra.'A, ho in It tint rlvod 'hi that." ll'lt BBfilsMn imrwllifi W. Hanco,ok, ,wo for somo tlw ;bur.u I e to n fork fit Q . father's hi Ml Vnllo wtifittoW If, B. on sal it, Sunny .S34.30 PVo. V8J.W;- i 'ro m v: f, ac 1 APHlWlOajAi ro AOL JuneMlH. Don't ti For full n attract j)s, call Ticks uptnr 1 ro.3E of u. met. V etS G . " W A-. . V O f.'