The Ozark spectator., August 29, 1917, Image 3

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A Mystery Story
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By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
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' CHAPTER IX—Continued.
tie’s single and very attractive,
hay d««r. - The entire village Is trying
to marry him'. * There is talk of the
doctor's daughter, a common little
thing.”
\ When she had gone, Elinor, a little
mdnt and dlxzy, went out on the ter
race. 8he realised that the barrier be
nuoen Ward and herself was not only
it his faith against her unbelief. There
was the Insurmountable gulf between
his world and her world. She did not
Ct into his life. Into his arm, perhaps;
into his life—never.
Walter would try to get the money.
She must get word to him somehow,
> for If the Bryant pearl was recovered
'{Ml Boroday given bis freedom, mon
^would not be an Immediate neces
She paced the terrace and tried to
thlr* H out For Talbot to go back
to t lty, an hour; for the delivery of
the special delivery, another hour.
Then the police would have to come
out by train or motor. With the best
of luck, it would be four o’clock before
the pearl could be recovered.
’’here were a dozen possibilities;
. , u.v .. nf might be out of town; the
pearl might be recovered from the
' bos without his assistance. In that
case be would not hold to his agree
ment with Boroday.
She tried to head Walter off, but she
could not locate him. At none of his
various haunts could she find him by
telephone; he was not at the Dago's;
tL the taxicab office be was said to
f laid off for the day. As the white
« ouds of the afternoon turned to
game in the sunset, Elinor's face grew
net and bard.
*Tm not blind. Fll get him for
this!”
That was what he had said. He
would go after the money that nlg^jt,
and there was murder In his heartT
Old Henrlette, watching Elinor's set
face, grew fretful. She squealed if
a door alammed; brought food that
Elinor could not eat, and finally, dlvln
— ing a crisis, tried stealthily by tele
phone to locate Talbot or Lethbridge
and failed.
"You’d better eat a bite or two,"
ab''entreated.
JUnor's nerves, too, were on edge.
' * don’t want It,” she said.
Just a little soup 1”
-If you bring that tray here again
l shall throw It out of the window."
Henrietta was cheered. Elinor,
whitelipped and speechless, was alarm
ing. Elinor In one of her rare rages
was reassuring.
By seven o’clock Elinor knew what
she must do; go to Ward, tell him
what she feared, and how she knew.
She was not craven, but her very soul
was sick. She sought about for some
v \y to evade the Issue or to postpone
It, and finally she struck on one. On
plain note paper she scrawled a little
note in a feigned hand:
“An attempt will be made tonight to
secure the fund raised at the morning
service. Be advised and give It to
someone else to keep overnight.”
But she realized before she had fin
ished it the uselessness of such an at
tempt. Ward would not transfer a
N danger.
The night had fallen. A line or cars
from the country club was carrying
town people and villagers home to the
late dinners of the golf season. Groups
of girls and men In summer garments,
"hatting ~nyly, passed under the wall
* her garden. Down in the valley
ggling lines of evening church
.ts moved decorously toward the
Jhurchea. A ragged child stood in the
- 1 road below her garden and wept.
Elinor ran down to him, and took him
up in her arms. When she had soothed
him she felt quieter. She went Into
the house and put on her hat. There
was no message from Talbot, no word
of Huff.
Evening service was over when she
reached Saint Jude's. The last strag
gler had gone, and Ward was not In
sight. She avoided the street lights.
She felt quite sure that Walter was
in the vUlnlty, his keen eyes missing
^ nothing. '"V
He had put hSi hand on her before
. the knew he was near,
f orsbiping again!” he Jeered.
have not been in the church."
Her quick mind waa scheming deeper
♦ely ahead. “I have been alone this
| ~ ening. When you did not come,
*>-"
He swung her around.
Ton were looking for met"
A “I thought you might be here. Tou
Tmld last night—"
\ The memory of the night before
stung him. He released her wrist.
"Waiter. I am afraid! I tried to
make you understand last night, but
you wouldn't listen. If he were roused,
he might be dangerous. Don't take
chances; don’t think, because be is a
churchman—”
She was talking against time. Sho
had ber plan now.
"I can take care of myself,” said
Huff sullenly. But he kept his place
beside her as she started back. Her
solicitude was for him, then. She
cared, after all. But it wouldn’t do to
unbend too much. Elinor had treated
him with a high hand. His very pulse (
ached with her nearness, but be did ;
not touch her.
He left her without even a hand
clasp.
“You might wish me luck.”
"I wish you safety," she replied. He
stood down in the road, and watched
her shadowy figure threading its way
along the garden paths. He had a
wild Impulse to run after her, to kneel
in the earth at her feet uud cry out
for her old tenderness, for her wist
ful-eyed caresses. Then. Into his sus
picious young heart crept the vision
of Elinor's face when be had planned
his new coup.
“I shall warn him,” she had said.
Huff’s mouth was hard as he turned
and walked down the hill.
CHAPTER X.
Into and through her garden Elinor
walked quietly until she was safe from
surveillance. Then she ran swiftly,
ruthlessly across the flower beds,
through the roses. The terrace was
lighted. She avoided it, making a de
tour that led by a side entrance into
old Hilary's library. For obvious rea
sons, old Hilary's privute telephone
was In a sound-proof closet.
Before Walter bad taken a hundred
watchful paces down the road she
had Ward at the other end of the
line. What with running and terror,
she could hardly s£eak. Once, long
ago, she had heard a discussion be
tween Boroday and her father about
the use of the telephone. Its sub
stance was that w-hen the transmitter
Is held to the chest a clear message
may be sent, but with the efTect of dis
tance. She held the transmitter to her
breast then, and It seemed to her that
Ward must hear the throbbing of
her heart.
"Hello, hello!" came his quick re
sponse.
No need to ask who It was. She
knew every inflection of his voice.
"This Is—a friend," Elinor panted.
“I want to tell you something.”
"Yes?" Very incisive now.
“Tonight—very soon—an attempt—•“
She stopped. What was she doing?
She, her father’s daughter, the head
of the band! By warning Ward she
“I Can Take Care of Myself*
might be sending Waiter to his death.
A vision of old Hilary, gray-headed,
keen-eyed, ut this very telephone,
flashed into her mind, old Hilary,
whose religion had been of keeptug the
faith, not with his tiod, but with bis
men.
“Who are you?” The impatient
voice was saying In her ears. “Are you
sure you want me? This is Ward, of
Saint Jude’s."
Elinor quietly hung up the telephone
transmitter, and stood in the darkness,
her hands to her throat.
Old Henrlette, ever watchful, came
Into the library beyond. Elinor could
hear her wondering about, knew the
moment when she discovered her wrap
on a chair, hoard her plaintive voice
speaking through a window to the
empty terrace.
"Miss Elinor," she called. “Miss
Elinor !H
Elinor let her go. When her shuf
fling footsteps had died away, Elinor
took the receiver down again, and
called the assistant rector's house. But
.this time she spoke directly into the
transmitter.
“Thin la Elinor Kingston, Mr. Ward.
I wonder If you are very tired to
night?"
"I? Tired? I**P never tired.”
“Because 1 am thinking of asking
you to come up. I—there are some
things I want to talk aboub^fluestlons
t’»at are troubling me. I kntm^lt Is
late, but—" X -v
"I saw you at the early service. Of
course I'll come up.”
He hud aeeu her then!
"I’ll do my best," he was saying. “Of
course, you know I may disappoint
you. These questions, that come from
within, must be answered tn the same
way. But I’m coming at once.”
Elinor's battle was only half fought,
but she hud a great sense of relief.
Let him inset Walter on the way. So
much the fetter. Let Huff know that
I
Ward was out, and the offering pre
sumably unguarded. lie might hate
the man, hut no hope of a running
fight with him would deter him from
his main object, the money.
To save Ward, she was willing, even
anxious, to let Walter succeed. •
Women sometimes meet large crises
with small vanities. But Elinor had
no vanity. Without so much as a
glance at the mirror she went out in- 1
to the gnrden to listen for Ward's step
on the road. She knew his walk al
ready ; the forceful, certain step of an
energetic and purposeful man.
The illuminated dial on the steeple
of the Baptist church showed some
thing after ten when Ward finally
came up the hill. The relief of seeing
him unharmed sent Elinor down the
terrace steps with both hands out.
Before he could take them. Ward was
obliged to stoop nnd deposit on the
ground at her feet a small box that
he carried.
“The morning collection,” he said
smiling, and took her hands In his.
Her quick alarm showed in her face.
“But you are reckless! To go about
with so much money—”
Ward was following her up the
steps.
“I dare say it is safer with me than
any place else in the world. Did any
one ever hear of an assistant rector
going about with a fortune in his
hand?"
He followed her into the library and
placed the box on the great table
where old Hilary had been wont to
divide the annual earnings of the band.
Ward pointed to It with his humorous
smile.
“Would anyone suspect." he said,
"that in that box there is a stone par
ish house, a new church orgau. and a
children's playground?"
Then, glancing at her with keen
eyes, he was struck by her pallor.
“You to ask me If 1 nm tired!“ he
cried. "Why, you poor child, it is you
who are worn out. Wouldn’t it be bet
ter to have me come tomorrow and go
over the things you—spoke about?”
"I think we had better talk about
them now,” said Elinor, desperately
calm.
At a quarter before eleven that Sun
duy night, old Henrlette, bent on her
evening task of sending Elinor to bed,
wandered Into the library. She found
Wurd, his earnest face glowing, ex
pounding the tenets of his faith from
the edge of his chair; and Elinor ly
ing back with her face drawn, watch
ing the clock on the mantel.
Old Henrlette, astounded, withdrew,
not to sleep, but with the wakeful
alertness of old age, to wander up and
down the garden paths until such time
as Elinor's visitor might leave.
Ward suddenly realized that he was
making small headway. When at last
he caught Elinor's eyes on the clock
he flushed and rose.
“I’ve done it all very badly.” he
said. "I seem to wander all about
and not get unywhere. You see It's
nil so real to me—"
Elinor had leaned back with closed
eyes.
“It is all very terrible to me,” she
replied.. "This God of vengeance—”
"This God of tenderness and mercy,”
Ward supplemented. "Don't you see
what it all means? How terrible this
life would be if this were nil! Our
little lives, full of jeuiousies and
hatreds and crimes: 1 bringing that
box, over there on the table, up here
with me toulght, because I dare not
trust it to my fellow men; 1 who could
not sleep last night for thinking of
you, who are all that Is good and sweet
und tender, up here alone in this great
house, with God knows what danger
lurking about.”
Elinor had reached her limit. The
bond of her self-control snapped. She
could not hold him much longer, and
before he went he must kuow.
“When I sent for you." she said, “I
had two reasons. I wanted to see you.
Please!" As he took a step townrd
her. “And I wanted to save you from
something that I know of."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
College Girls Do Their “Bits."
The American flag waving over Bad*
cilffe college proclaims the willingness
of Radcllffe girls to help their country
In time of need, says the Boston Ad
vertiser. Cards Indicating the capac
ity In which every girl Is willing to
serve hsve been filed. Many Intend
to work In the field, raising fruit and
vegetables; some are ready for domes
tic service—cooking, sewing, cutting
out garments and knitting; others
have signified their Intention of doing
clerical and mechanical work. Still
others have signified their readiness
for service In nursing and first aid.
Every girl Is willing to do her part.
At the College Exercises.
“Whir la that quiet-looking fellow
over therfe MBody seems to be no
ticing ?”
“I forget, his uurae; he’s won sev
eral scholarships, 1 believe.”
“And who Is the one they seem to
be going crazy about?”
"That’s Jahbs; why, everybody
knows him—he's the football Cham- 1
pioo.”
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RJNNE3JF0R STATE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS
BEEN REACHED TO FORM A
STATE AND FEDERAL BUREAU.
TO BE APPROVED BY BROUGH
Federal Office Will Be in Charge of
Major R. R. Keating and State Of
fice in Charge of W. C. Sprague,
Deputy Commiasioner of Labor.
Little Rock —
Ben D. Brickhouse, labor commis
sioner, ami A Cammettl, commission
er general of the Uniter] States tm
migration department, have reached a
tentative agreement to form a State
and Federal employment bureau in
co-operation in Little Rock, Mr.
Brickhouse, who returned from Wash
ington. announced.
The agreement is to be submitted
to Governor Brough, and if it meets
with the governor's approval, will be
forwnrded to Secretary of Labor Wil
son for his approval. Under the ten
tative plan, two offices, one a state
and the other federal, will be main
tained. but they will work in co-opera
tion and without conflict.
The Federal office will he in charge
of Major R. B. Keating and ihe state
office in charge of W. G. Sprague,
deputy commissioner of labor.
While in Washington Mr. Brick
house attended the national child
labor conference. He said that the
government is planning for a vigor
ous enforcement of the child labor
laws and that it was probable that
labor commissioners of various states
would work with the Federal govern
ment in enforcing it. Rules and regu
lations to be promulgated under the
new Federal law were discussed, he
said.
Wine Temporary Order.
The Judgment against Walker V.
Powell, who was convicted on the
cbvpo o' conspiracy in connection
with the legislative bribe cases, and
sentenced to one day in jail and the
paynvmt of a fine of $100. in Fir«t
revision Circuit Court last June, was
set aside until the further order of
the court by Judge Guy Fulk. acting
for Judge Robert J Lea of the Cir
cuit Court, by the consent of all con
cerned.
Mav Sell Stock Here.
The following corporations have
secured authority from the State
Rank Department to sell stock in Ark
ansas: Glenrose Oil anti Gas Com
pany of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Kil
larney Oil and Gas Company of Inde
i pemlonco. Kan.; American Indian Oil
I and Gas Company of Poteau, Okla.;
i Oklahoma Auto Manufactcring Com
pany of Muskogee, Okla ; Wayman
j Oil and Gas Company of Little Rock
Suits To Obtain Ground.
W. H. Rector, assistant United
States district attorney, bas been .1)
rected by the attorney general to in
stitute suits against certain owners of
land wanted for the cantonment for
the purpose of acquiring a title C* r
j tain owners have asked too high a
price for their land. In the opinion of
the Little Rock Hoard of Commerce
Committee which has had charge of
purchasing the land.
Names Representative.
Governor Brough appointed John
Meehan, merchant, of Cotton Plant,
representative from Woodrufl county,
to succeed Ross Mathis, resigned Mr.
Mathis was recently commissioned a
first lieutenant, having attended the
Officers' Training Camp at Fort Lo
gan ii Roots.
Registration Was Costly.
Arkansas’ registration of her IfiO.
000 men eligible under ihe selective
draft law for military service cost the
federal government $7.3M f>2. accord
ing to figures made public at the ad
jutant general’s office. The cost was
approximately $100 per county.
Names County Examiner.
L. L. Hilton of Morn was appointed
county examiner of Ia>e county, to
succeed T A Futrall of Muriannn.
who died recently Mr Hilton is a
graduate of the University of Arkan
sas, and has been teaching school in
I.ee county since his graduation from
the university in 1912.
No Fine For Gun Toter.
Governor Brough Issued a procla
mation relieving Jesse Blagg. 18
years old, of Booneville, of a <50 line
for carrying a revolver. The petition
for raTtei was signed by the trial
lodge, prosecuting attorney and other
officials of Logan county.
Incorporation Matters.
Barton Creamery. Barton, capital
<3,000: J. T. Kddins president, W. H.
Gibson vice president. Peter G. Deisch
secret ary-treasurer
Springfield Light & Power Co., of
Springdale, capital $50,000: George D.
Locke president, F. L. O'Neal vice
piegldent, H. L. Hughes secretary
treasurer.
Superior Coal Company, Coal Hill,
capital $6,000; J. L. Post president.
Chas. S .hmidt vice president, R. A.
Sci-midt secretary-treasurer.
"Goes, U, Mr. Jack.” / j
Of/all telegrams of i /fcratulations j
received since the commissions of “
•student officers were announced, fee
are valued more than the one received
by Capt. John Parker of Monroe, 1,
a former member of the First TV on
from his old negro mammy. “Goes it,
Mister Jack. 1 know you come back
with the kizer's hed. Carrie Young,”
is the sincere but somewhat blood
thirsty telegram "Aunt” Carrie sent.
Captain Parker said that the old neg
ress is 80 years old and ht«n been in
his family all her life. Captain Par
ker was sheriff of his parish for eight
years, but came to the training camp
from Honduras, where he was pay
master for a large fruit company.
Wilt Open Bids August 31.
The Board of Trustees of the State
Normal School met in the office of the
state superintendent of public instruc
tion to consider the completed plans
for the new administration building
at the State Normal School. After
some minor changes and alterations
the plans were approved and the ar
chitect, John P. Almand. was author
ized to advertise for bids for the
erection of the building. The bids
will be opened on August 31.
The election of a teacher of mathe
matics to take the place of Prof. H.
L. McAlister, resigned, was postponed
until the next meeting.
No More Appointments.
Applications for commissions in
the Arkansas regiments still are
coming into the governor’s office, with
nothing doing. A few persons seem j
to believe that the governor still ha* j
authority to appoint a brigadier gen j
eral. captains and lieutenants, but j
that authority vanished upon the rec |
ognition of the Arkansas troops by !
the federal government.
Appoints County Judge.
A. C. Brooks of Harrison was ap
I pointed county and probiwe judge ol
I Boone county, to succeed Claude 3
j ( rumpler. resigned to enter military
service at I/eon Springs officers'
i training camp. Mr. Brooks was for
I merly a justice at Harrison, and for
! 16 years president of the Harrison
! School Board.
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Argenta Man Gets Job.
R Mobley of Argenta was awarded
the eontract for construction of nine
miles of asphaltic, macadam road In
Woodruff county by the State High
way Commission. His bid was $70.
250. There "ere six other bidders.
The road will extend from Cotton
Plant southwest to the Prairie coun
ty line.
Plan Sand-Clay Road
Plans for a sand-clay road from
Ashdown to Walnut Bayou, via Rich
mond. in Little River county, wore
sent to the commissioners of the dis
trict by the State Highway Commis
sion. The road will be 12 feet wide
i and 11 miles long. The estimated
cost is $26,011.
Military Office Abolished.
, The office of inspector-instructor of
the Arkansas National Guard soon
will be a thing of the past, according
| to orders received by Capt. A W.
Lane. U. S. A., who formerly was as
1 signed to that duty.
Orders License Revoked.
Revocation of the license of the
Southern Live Stock Insurance Com
pany of Stephens, Ouachita county,
, was ordered by Bruce T. Bullion, in
; surance commissioner, because of its
! insolvency.
I -
STATE HAPPENINGS.
There is reason to hope that the
i proposed new highway from Conway
| to Saltillo will be completed before
the end of the year, according to one
1 of the commissioners. The Missouri
1 Pacific railroad has agreed to with
draw its opposition to the project.
The contract has been awarded for
the btrilding of a largt bridge over
i Blacl river just north of Corning.
This bridge has long been needed in
I that section.
The Boone County Sunday School
| Convention w ill he held at Walnut
Grove, seven miles southwest of Har
I rison. September .h tint! 4
I)r. K. .1 Horner of Yellvllle has re
j reived notice of his appointment by
i the government to the army sanlta
j tion work at Fort Roots.
Peach shipments front the Harrison
[ section has practically closed, the
year being the most profitable in Us
history.
The name of the Arkansas Farmer
of Conway has been changed to the
Conway Weekly Times.
A coal mine has been opened near
Mansfield and It now yields coal in
paying quantities.
Marion county is said to have bet
ter crops this year than any year In
its history.
The first 1>h1p of cotton of this sea
son arrived at Pin** Bluff, having been
shipped by Dr. M M. Norton of Lake
Village to the Hammett Grocer Com
pany.
The report of City Treasurer J. I.
Heigei to the council says the funds
of Conway are practically exhausted.
Retrenchment plans were discussed.
W. E. Ramsey, a farmer who »tfea
southeast of Searcy, brought a W
pound watermelon to to?.n.
liL PRICES ARE
FIXED BY WILS1
EVERY MINE IN COUNTY AFFECT.
ED BY PRESIDENTS ORDER
DEALERS’ TURN IS NEXT.
ADMINISTRATOR PROVIDED
c
Rumor Says President A. H. Garfield
of Williams College Will Be Chos
en To Fill Important Position—
Country Divided Into Districts.
Washington. — Bituminous coal
prices were fixed by President Wilson
for every mine in the United States.
The next step in coal control, a
Whte House announcement said, will
be to fix the prices to be charged by
middlemen and retailers.
Pi ices were ser on cost of produc
tion estimates furnished by the fed
eral trade commission after months
of exhaustive investigation. The coun
try is divided into 29 districts and
every producer in a district will mar
ket his output at the same price
The president is expected to ap
point soon a coal administrator, who
will .he given entire control of lire
coal industry. Humor named Presi
dent H. A. Garfield of Williams Col
lege as the man. Mr. Garfield now
heads a committee appointed by the
president to fix a government price
for wheat. The wheat committee
probably will he dissolved by Septem
ber 1.
Tire prices announced for run of
mine coal in the large producing dis
tricts average slightly more >aan $2.
in a few districts they are below that
figure and in western territory they
are higher. Washington state s
highest, with $3.25.
Tile president's statement said:
“The following scales of prices Is
prescribed for bituminous ecai at the
mine in the several coal producing
districts. It is provisioned only, it is
subject to reconsideration when the
whole method of administering the
fuel supplies of the country shall hav«*
been satisfactorily organized and put
into operation. Subsequent measures
will have as their objects fair and
equitable control of the distribution of
the supply and of the prices not only
at the mines, but also in the hands of
• he middlemen and the retailers.
"The prices provisionally fixed here
are fixed by me under the provisions
of the recent act of Congress regard
ing administering the food supply of
the country, which also conferred upon
the executive control of the fuel sup
ply. They are based upon the actual
cost of production and are deemed to
be not only fair and just, but liberal
as well. Under them the industry
should nowhere lack stimulation.”
New Officers To France.
Washington. From the 27.000 of
ficers taken from the training camps
just closed, a considerable number
are being selected to begin imme
diately intense training in France un
der Major General Pershing at an of
ficers' school in tlie American army .
area.
Many Buy War Bonds.
I^rndon.—The total number of ho’d
ers of the last war loan number 2.
023,624. according to particulars is
sued by the chancellor of the exche
quer.
New Loans To Allies.
Washington.—Loans of $40,000,000
to Italy and $5,000,000 to Belgium
were made by the government, bring
ing the total thus far advanced the
allies up to $1,916,400,000
Wilson Loses His Steno.
Trenton, N. J.—Charles Lee Swem,
private stenographer to President Wil
son. was passed by division draft
board No. 4 as physically fit for mili
tary service in the National Army. H-'
said he would not file a Claim for ex
emption.
Liberty Bonds At Par. I
New York. — A block of $864,000
worth of Liberty bonds sold at par
on-the Stock Exchange here. The clos
ing price the day before was 99.94.
Woman's Suffrage in Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. R.—Bills providing for
woman suffrage and the establish
ment in the Island of the Torrens sys
tem of land titles were among the
measures Introduced at the first sif
ting of the Senate.
Food Riots in Brazil.
Bahia. Brazil.—Disorders have been
caused here by,the high cost of-liv
ing Two persons were killed and sev
eral wounded in conflicts with the po
lice.
Wilson Dubbed ‘‘Kaiser."
Washington.—Members of the Wo
man's party paruded before the White
House with another banner addressed
to “Kaiser Wilson." A passing naval
bluejacket snatched the banner from
the women and carried it away, say
ing he wanted it for a souvenir
Fletcher To Mexico.
Mexico City.—Henry P. Fletcher,
the American ambassador to Mexico,
returned here from a visit to Um
United States.