THE FATAL REQUEST
OR FOUND OUT
By A. L. Harris Author of "Mine Own Familiar Friend," etc.
Copyright, I*9l, TJ Ca » » til J> utilising Company'.
Copyright, 19 0 2, b 9 8 t r t e t A Smith.
CHAPTER XI.—Continued.
“Know me? Of course he does!”
wan the reply. "Didn't I buy him of
a drunken old Irish woman, and mend
Mb broken leg for him? And do you
think he's going to forget that, though
ho Is only a duck?"
They remained pacing up and down
the garden paths until It was quite
dunk; the doctor perfdstcntly con
versing on cheerful subjects, and re
fusing to allow the conversation to
take a morbid -turn.
At nlno o'clock supper was served,
consisting of boiled fowl end hbu
aages.
"You’ll take a leg and a wing and
n bit of the breast?” said the hos
pitable little man, as he piled his
visitor’s plate. “You’ve got a tsylng
day before you to-morrow."
CHAPTER XII.
The Other Passenger.
The inquiry Into the death of Mr.
Filas Jlurrltt was held at the “Wheat
slieaf,” in the long, low room usually
dedicated to the flowing bowj and the
promotion of social Intercourse.
The same routine having been ob
served as on that previous occasion.
Dr. Jeremiah Cartwright was called
to prove the finding of the body—Its
position, appearance and subsequent I
removal to tho vestry of the old
church, and his examination of the
remains—resulting In the discovery
of a wound, with two orifices, showing
that tho build* which had caused It
had traversed tho head colnpletely.
Other scientific evidence followed,
which In suppressed.
Mr. Edward Burrltt was then called,
and went through the form of identi
fying the doccascd as his father. Mr
Silas llurrttt, merchant, of Timber
Dane, City, aged GO. He entirely nega
tived tho theory of self-destruction,
stating that Mh father, to bis certain
knowledge, had not only never pos- # i
Rested anything in the shape of fire- i '■
“Know me? Of course he does."
arms, but had always been remark
iablo for an unusual amount of nerv
ousness, almost amounting to horror,
with regard to anything of the kind, in
consequence of an acqldent, with a
tragical termination, which be had
once witnessed. Dr. Jeremiah Cart
wright, recalled at this juncture, here
stated his firm conviction that the
wound had not been self-inflicted,
which lie proceeded to prove, to his
own satisfaction and the entlro be
wilderment of everybody else present,
by the* aid of a great many polysylla
bic expressions and a torrent of pro
fessional phraseology, which swept
everyone off their feet, but which, on
being Altered down for the benefit of
the unlearned, merely amounted to
the following facts, viz., that the edges
of the wound, by which the bullet had
made ks entrance, were torn and
lacerated, as well aB blackened and
burnt by the action of the gunpow
der, that the skin in the vicinity of
the wound was blistered, the bleeding
slight, and chiefly from the orifice of
exit, and the two openings in the
scalp nearly opposite each other.
Dr. Cartwright, having brought his
evidence to a conclusion, row gave
place to another witness, and one In
whose power It might be to help to
unravel the mystery. This last was
tne guard of the 4:30 train—an In
telligent looking man. who, with a
bandage round his head and one arm
In a sling, bore tokens of the injuries
he had received In jumping from the
train while It was In motion.
On being questioned as to what he
knew of the matter, he replied, with
out any hesitation, that he remem
bered the fourth carriage from the
engine well, and the passengers that
It contained in that particular com
partment.
“Was he sure that there was more 1
than one passenger in that compart
ment of the carriage referred to?"
Bure and certain he was. “There
were two of them. He could swear
to It. Didn’t one of them. »he taller j
of the two, tip him handsome to lock |
them In so that they might have the j
carriage to themselves for tho Jour- ,
wey?"
“And did you lock them In. and are
quite sure that they were both to
gether In the carriage when Ihc train
started?”
"Certain sure he was. He see them
both together In the compartment as
the train passed him. just before he
■wung himself Into his van.”
Being asked whether there was any-
thing about either of them that helped
to fix his attention upon them, he an
swered that "the taller and thinner of
tho two—though they were both of
them tall and well growed— seemed
uncommon pertlckler about picking
out a carriage to his mind. He no
ticed him looking into several before
he fixed upon that Identical compart
ment; and when lie had. he beckons
to him (the guard) and says. ’Look
here!’ he says, ‘me and my friend, we
don’t want nobody else getting In
here. Wo want this here carriage to
ourselves till we get to London. Take
this.’ he says, ‘and don’t you let no
body else In whatever.’ So I says ’All
right, sir,’ and locks the door, and
thinks to myself, ‘Anybody would
think as It was a couple of honey
mooncra instead of two elderly
gents.’ "
"Could he Identify tho body of the
gentleman who had been shot as the
companion of the other?"
He both could and would: except
that there hail been a sort of a smile
on his face then and he looked \ery
different now In fact, ho had struck
him (the guard) —ln spite of the tip
which the other party gave him—as
being by far the agreeabler and most
pleasant-spoken gentleman of tho two;
and lie had been most uncommon sor-
I ry that he had, on recognizing the
body, because, you see, he had quite
made up his mind that ho had es
caped as well as the other one.
Being asked to explain himself, said
he didn't see much what there was
to explain. What he meant was that
ho thought that If one gent got off
scot free, the other might have d:*ne
the same.
"What did he moan by tho other
ha\!ng got off scot free, and what
was his authority for speaking as he
did?"
Why, it was simple enough Being
in the rear of the train, he was con
scious of nothing until he found him
self thrown violently on the floor.
Recovering himself, he jumped from
his van and alighted on bis feet, but
was struck by n fragment of some
thing and knocked down. Ho rose to
his feet again, though suffering from
wounds in the head, hand an knee,
and saw a Bight the like of which he
had never seen before. With his keys
in hln hand, he ran up and down the
line, hardly knowing what he was
doing. As soon as he began to get
his senses hack, which had been pret
ty well knocked out of him, he un
locked all the doors of the carriages
tint ho came to, though they were
already unlocked on one side. After
he had done all he could, he went and
sat down by the side of the line, for
he began to turn faint and dizzy.
While he sat there he saw a tall,
rather thin, elderly gentleman mak
ing his way slowly towards him, who
limped a little as he walked. As this
latter come nearer he recognized him
as being the same individual who had
given him the tip, and told him to
keep anyone else from getting Into
the carriage.
Witness noticed that his face was
ghastly, and that ho breathed like a
man who had been running a race,
but naturally put It down to the ter
rible shock and the fright caused by
the accident. As he came up to him,
he (the guard) spoke to him and
said, “Glad to see you’re safe, sir!
hope the other gent Is the same?”
Hut he only stared at him in a queer,
dazed sort of way, without making
any answer, and passed on down the
line.
At last, after some debate, the ver
dict agreed upon was:
"Wilful murder against some person
or persons uuknown.”
Ted Burrltt and his friend the doc
tor left the place together.
"What will be your next step In
i the matter?" asked the latter.
I “First, to take my father’s body
home—then to look for his mur
derer! "
CHAPTER XIII.
Coming Home.
i Early in the evening of the same
day Dr. Jeremiah was bidding his new
friend "good-bye" as he saw him off
from the station.
• The train puffed slowly out of tho
station, and the last view Ted had
of the little man showed him stand
ing at the end of the platform and
- waving his spectacles after him. He
gave him a parting salute out of the
window of the carriage and then drew
In his head, sank hack into his seat
with a sigh and began to review the
events of the last few days.
“Wilful murder against some person
or perrons unknown!"
And he had to break this, as well
as all that went before it, to thoßO
two women at home. A grewsoine
task!
Well, so much the worse for the
man who had been the cause of it all.
So much the worse for him when the
day came for reckoning up accounts;
the day that would see him in tho
criminals’ dock; the day that would
place a noose round his neck. And
the young man felt that that would
be a day well worth waiting for, even
though It might he Indefinitely pro
longed.
But he would never rest, and never
give up. until he had helped to bring
It about; for it seemed to him that
revenge would ho Incomplete and
robbed of half Its sweetness unless it
were his foot that helped to dog tho
murderer and his hand that helped
to hurry him to a felon’s doom.- Oh,
yes, ho must be an agent, If not tho
chief, at any rate an Important one.
Ho hoped among his father's letters
and papers—contained In a scaled
packet, which he carrlod about his
person—to come upon something
which might help to set his feet in
the right track.
Then tho thought struck hlm.Tf ho
could find that letter! The one that
came less than a week ago! If It had
not been destroyed! And why should
It have been? Unless —and he re
called that, at the time, distasteful al
lusion of Dr. Cartwright’s—unless
tliere were something compromising
in it!
But ho rejected thd Idea now, as
lie had then. No doubt he would he
able to find the letter. It was most
probablo that It was Included among
those other papers which were even
now In his possession.
Meanwhile, at Magnolia Lodge, tho
days had dragged heavily along. Mrs.
Burrltt having once taken to her bed
(a recumbent position being looked
upon by her aB the most proper and
becoming one In which to encounter
affliction) immediately upon receipt
of the sad tidings had not since suffi
ciently recovered herself to leave it
again. "Grief," she said, "always had
a peculiar effect upon her Bpine, and
she didn’t know whether it was tho
blinds being down, or the sight’of her
widow’s cup, hut she couldn’t help
feeling that she was not long for this
world. Anyhow, they must not grieve,
hut he sure and bury her by the sido
of tlieir dear father." All this could
scarcely he said to add to her daugh
ter’s spirits, only, there was so much
to ho done, that she had, fortunately,
little time In which to indulge In
morbid reflections on her own behalf.
There were letters to ho written,
dressmakers to he Interviewed, and a
host of other things, which must be
done whether the house be one of
Joy or mourning.
It was about half-past seven on
Tuesday evening when she heard the
sound of wheels. She hastened Into
the hall and met her brother. Tho
first glance showed her the alteration
that had taken place in him. He
looked very worn and full of trouble,
much older, and she thought, much
sterner. She had been in the habit
of regarding him as a boy—was ho
not barely three years her senior?—
now he looked a inan, every Inch of
him. A hasty greeting passed be
tween them, and then she went to
prepare her mother for his arrival.
Mrs. Burrltt was dozing, and her
daughter hesitated for a moment be
fore rousing her. As she stood, wait
ing, she heard heavy footsteps ascend
ing the staircase—footsteps of men.
who were carrying something of great
weight. She knew what it was. They
came on slowly past the door of tho
room In which she was. Then, after
a short time, she heard them descend
ing the stairs again; the door of tha
house was closed, and at the same
moment her mother woke.
(To he continued.)
HIS RIGHTS IN THE CASE.
How an Aggrieved Man Might Abolish
Cat Concerts.
A retired citizen in the southeast
Miction has been greatly annoyed by
the howling on his own fence and
shed In the back yard oi a big black
cat In the neighborhood. Not being
able to sleep, ho called upon his at
torneys the other day to discuss with
hint what could be done In the wa/
of getting rid of the cats.
“There the cat sits every night on
iny fence," tho sufferer explained,
"and he yowls and yowls and yowls.
Now. I don't want to get into any 1
trouble with my neighbors, for I am
a lover of peace, but I would like to
know if I am not justified in putting
a stop to It?"
"Certainly,” replied the lawyer.
"I am well within my rights If I
shoot the cat, then?”
"Um. well, 1 would hardly like to
say that,” answered the lawyer. "The
cat does not belong to you, as I un
derstand the case?”
"No.”
"And the fence does?"
"Yes."
•Well, then. I think I may safely
say that you have a perfect right to
I pull down tho fence.”—Washington
j Times.
Standard Oil Branches.
The International Oil Company of
Japan, which Is a branch of the Stan
dard Oil Company, has n large refinery
at Navetsu. besides owning Important
wells on the western provinces. Six
tv-elght native companies have been
forced to combine, so that there are
now two competing companies, neither
of whom has one-fourth the capital
of the International company.
HEARTH & BOUDOIR.
Nightgown.
No matter what the demand for
fancy nightgowns iray be every wom
an wants a few of the comfortable
sort that can he worn when occasion
demands. This one is modeled on
simple lines, but is tasteful at the
same time and Includes wide sleeves
that are both com
fortable and fash
able, and are fin
; inked with deep
becoming frills.
, The model is made
• from cambric with
trimming of em
broidery. but all
material in use for
4646 Nlfftit-Oown,
32 to 46 bust.
underwear, cottons, flannelet. wash
flannel and the like are appropriate.
The gown is made with full length
fronts and n hack which is gathered
and attached to the yoke. At tho
neck Is a simple roll ever collar and
tne right hem laps over the left to
form the closing. The sleeves are
fuller below the elbows than above
and are gathered into narrow hanria to
the lower edge of which the frills
are attached.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 8*4 yards 27
Inches wide or 6 yards 3G inches wide,
with 3*4 yards of embroidery to trim
as Illustrated.
The pattern 4649 Is cut in sizes for
a 34. 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 Inch bust
measure.
“Blister Brown” ttuit.
“Buster Brown” has become far too
familiar a .Igure to need introduction.
His admirers are many and It is safe
to assume that Interest in h!s cos
tume is as general ns is amusement
over his doings. The model shown
will he recognized at a glance and is
made of dark blue serge stitched with
corticeili silk and vorn with linen
collar and cuffs and silk tie. but as
all the materials used for boys' suits
of the sort are appropriate there Is
ample range of choice. Tho blouse
drawn on over the head, which makes
4646 “ Busier Brown" Suit,
2 to 6 years.
the essential characteristic. Is emi
nently becoming to small boys as well
rs simple to make and the trousers are
full and baggy at the knees.
The suit consists of blouse and
trousers. The blouse is shaped by
means or shoulder and under-arm
seams and includes full sleeves with
roll-over cuffs and a belt that is pass
ed under straps attached at the under
arm seams. At the front is cut a
short opening that is concealed by the
tl* The trousers arc in Knicker
bocker style, drawn up under the
knees and allowed to droop.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size (4 years) is 3V4
yards 27 inches wide. 3 Vi yards 32
Inches wide or 2% yards 44 inches
wide.
The pattern 4646 is cut In sizes for
boys'of 2, 4 and G years of age.
Jeweled Hose.
Smart women are always looking
for something new, nnd their latest
fancy Is Jeweled stockings. Tur
quoises sown on bronze-colored silk
hose, with bronze kid shoes to match,
are the favorites.
Pink and green stenes on any col
ored grounds, with shoes of the same
shade, and iridescent lizards, beetles
and reptiles embroidered on black are
worn with black satin shoes.
Tho daintiest of all are the white
silk stockings worn in England. They
are netted all over with lace or trel-
Used with embroidery, and fit for a
fairy princess.
Raffia Baskets Are the Fashion.
Some of the prettiest baskets shown
in the stores this Beason are made of
1 raflla. Among the most useful ones
are the hanging baskets made of
reeds. Interwoven with raffia of the
most beautiful colors. Japanese gin
ger Jars and pottery of all sorts also
make effective receptacles for plants.
Readers of Ibis psper can secure any May
Stanton pattern illuMxatoU above by fill In#out
ail blanks in coupon, and mailing, with io cents,
loE. K. Harrison A Co.. 85 Plymouth Pluoe. CUP
caga Pattern wtil be mailed promptly.
Namo -
' Town — .......
State
Pattern No. —-—-
Waist Measure for skirt)
Rust Measure (If for waist;
Age (if child's or miss's pattern) —
Write plainly. Fill out all blanks. Enclo<*e
10c Mall to E. E. iiai rison tUa.K Plymouth
Place. Chlcigo.
A SMART BLOUSE COAT.
Blouse coats with shoulder capes
nre the smartest of all smart things
and suit young girls exceedingly well.
This one Is made of tan colored
broadcloth and Is trimmed with fancy
braid, but all suiting and cloaking
materials are equally appropriate.
When desired the capes can be omit
ted. hut they add largely to the effect
and are much to he desired. Both
blouse and skirt are tucked at front
Pearls Produced to Order.
In his scientific pearl farming Prof.
Dubois lias transplanted a colony of
pearl oysters from tho coast of Tunis
to a point near Toulon. Of these oys
ters one in 1,200 yielded n pearl. Act
ing on llie theory that the pearl dis
ease of the shell is due to the accre
tion of mother of pearl under the ac
tion of a parasite, the experimenter
has tried to transmit the disease to
other oysters and has succeeded in
producing one or more pearls from
every ten oysters.
Walking Skirt With Kilt.
Since walking skirts have become
established facts smart women are
ever on the outlook for novel effects.
The skirt illustrated is quite new and
is in every way admirable, as It pro-
vldes the smooth
fit oyer the hips,
that means perfect
outline, combined
with generous flare
below the knees.
The model is made
of mixed gray
cheviot stitched
with corticeili silk,
hut all suiting and
skirt materials are
4648 Walklt.g Skirt,
22 to 30 wuUt.
nppropriate.
The skirt is made with circular
front and sides, full length hack gore
and flounce. The hack gore and the
flounce are laid in deep kilt plaits and
are joined to the upper portion, which
is made circular and fitted by means
of short hip darts.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is 8 yards 27
Inches wide, 6V4 yards 44 inches wide
4% yards 52 inches wide.
Tho pattern 4648 Is cut in sizes for
a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inch waist meas
ure.
Corsage Sachet.
The heart-shaped corsage sachet of
white satin is to wear around the neck
beneath the lingerie. The ribbon edge
and bow make a pretty finish and it
Is suspended by a ribbon.
Another corsage sachet on thin or
der consists of two pads about two
inches square, with a small bow in
tho center of each. They are fastened
to the end* of a strip of baby ribbon.
For the Japanose sachet, made of
Japanese silk, a bag two and one-half
by three inches, and In the top seam
fasten a Japanese doll's head. Around
Its neck a ribbon !s tied, stock fashion.
The most popular sachet odors at
present are sandal wood, orris and the
Japanese perfumes.
The Walking Skirt.
The short skirt can be quite becom
ing and nmart, provided it is full.
Heavy winter skirts this year are be
ing made without linings, and are
worn with a very smnrt silk petticoat
of sufficient substance to keep them
i well out at the feet.
and hack and are joined at the waist
beneath the bolt The sleeves are
large and ample with shaped cuffs
that are eminently stylish. To make
the coat for a girl of 14 years of ago
will he required 6 yards of material
27, 3?4 yards 44 or 2% yards 52 inches
wide. A May Manton pattern. No.
4634, sizes 12 to 16 years, will be
mailed to any address on receipt of
ten cents.
Fancy Waist.
All broad shoulder effects are In
vi gue and. as a consequence, berthas
of all sorts are worn. This smart and
effective waist combines pine green
Cure&n crepe with chiffon velvet in a
deeper shade and cream colored lace,
ai.d exemplifies a bertha of the new
eat sort together with sleeves that
ct.n he full or elbow length as de-
sired. The lace
yoke over the un
der one of velvet
Is singularly hand
seme as well as
n( vel and the use
ot both heavy and
fine lace on the
same waist is a
feature of tho lat
est designs.
The wrist is made
over a fitted lining
4647 Fancy Waist,
32 to 40 bast.
which is faced to form the yoke nnd
on which the full front and backs
and the circular foldB, which give
a bertha effect, are arranged. The
sleeves are made plain above the folds
but full and soft below, forming full
puffs, which are finished with frills
when elbow length is used, and be
low which deep cuffs aro added to
give full length. At the waist Is a
shaped bodice that Is softly draped.
The quantity of material required
for the medium sizo Ir 6 yards 21
inches wide, 4 yards 27 inches wide,
or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with 1
yard of all-over lace, 1% yards of
velvet and 3 yards of lace for frills to
make as illustrated.
The pattern 4647 Is ent In sizes
for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 4(Hnch bust
measure.
w*
An old steel pen if kept in youi
Inkpot to absorb the acid, will make
the pens in daily use wear better.
Carron oil, which should always be
kept ready to use In rases of burns, is
made of equal parts of linseed oil and
lime water.
White fur can be cleaned by rub
bing with sawdust moistened with
benzoline: but the behzoline must not
he used near a light or fire.
When cleaning plate mix the whit
ing occasionally with a little gin or
whisky and water, and you will get a
far better polish than If water alone is
used.
Hot water cans shonld always be
turned upside down after use. It is
the tiny drop of water left standing
In the bottom that causes rust, and
holes soon follow.
Clean white corsets by scrubbing
with a lather of soap, ammonia and
warm water, afterwards thoroughly
rinsing. Steel should be removed
first, or Iron molds will result.