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SERIAL STORY The Mystery OF Carney = Croft By JOSEPH BROWN COOKE (Copyright, 19U7. by 8tory-Pr*«« Corporation.) CHAPTER XVI.—Continued. She leaned forward weeping bitter ly, and I said nothing until she began to control herself once more and choke down her sobs in an effort to speak again. Then I said gently: “Don't say anything more about it mow, Miss Weston. I am sure you will what is best, and though I am ut terly at a loss to know what you mean, I am, of course, willing to wait a reasonable time until you are able to tell me. I will trust you without question, and in every way, but you will understand that we both owe it to Miss Carney to do away with all this mystery as soon as we can. It is spoiling her pleasure in life and ruin ing her property, too, and, as her friends, we must not let it continue if we can possibly put a stop to it.” “Oh, yes, I know,” she said, “but we mustn’t stop it now. It’s too soon, Mr. Ware, and if Florence should learn the truth now it would break her heart.” “Why, what do you mean?” I ex claimed. “You surely do' not expect me to believe that this affair could affect Miss Carney in any way, do you?” “Yes,” she moaned, rocking back and forth in her seat and speaking with difficulty, “it would affect her and all of us here, but me, most of all, Mr. Ware; me, most of all. When the time comes it will be easier for everybody, but nothing can be done now, or things will be even worse than they are. Oh, I do wish I could tell you what little I know about it, Mr. Ware, but I cannot, and I know that you will trust me for a few days anyway.” I walked slowly with her back to the house, and, when dinner time came and she sent down her excuses, I learned that no one in the house was aware that she had been ont during the day. Miss Carney looked pale and care worn and said that she had spent the • £ ?st part of the afternoon lying down and nurBlng a severe headache. Mrs. Randolph seemed reticent and de pressed and the meal passed off slow ly and without incident. When we rose from the table I had formulated a plan which, I thought, might relieve the situation somewhat and, apprising no one of my purpose, I set out in the direction of the Widow Bruce's cottage. It was my intention to put the matter squarely before her and ask her, not necessarily. an ex planation of affairs, but a friendly co operation with me in putting an end to the annoyances she had been caus ing. I had not formed a bad opinion of the woman from her appearance, and the new turn things had taken made me wonder if she, like Miss Weston, might hot have been drawn into this business unwillingly and in all innocence. More over, I was convinced that matters were far from being as tragic as Miss Weston, in her hysterical emotion, would have me believe, for I could not conceive how a staid, respectable place like Carney-Croft could, by any pos sibility, be drawn into an affair that might not be satisfactorily explained in one way or another. In a word, I had no doubt that a quiet, good-natured talk with Mrs. 'Bruce would accomplish all that I !could wish, and I was prepared to of fer her money or any other induce- Anent that she might name if she jP’ouId let the matter drop. I confess my curiosity was greatly excited, but I was willing to forego all knowl edge of the underlying facts in the case if the Bruce woman and the rest of them would only depart and leave us in peace. I approached the cottage from the re*r, coming down by a short cut through the fields, and as I turned tho corner of the house by the open sitting-room windows I heard a wom an's voice sob out: “Oh, I must! I must, Mrs. Bruce! I cannot live unless I do!"* Mrs. Bruce made some reply in a gentle, soothing tone of wonderful sweetness, and then she emerged from the door of the cottage with her arm affectionately around the waist of Annie Weston, who was weeping as if her heart would break. The two passed on down the little gravel walk toward the gate, while Mrs. Bruce continued to pour words of comfort into the ear of the agonized girl; and I turned and retraced my steps to the house that I might be there before Miss Weston ar rived. CHAPTER XVJI. A Vale of Tears. By walking rapidly and taking the short path over the hill, I was able to reach the house several minutes be- 1 fore Miss Weston, and just in time to see Miss Carney come out of the door and peer into the darkness In a timid, hesitating way. A “Oh. it's you, Mr. Ware,” she ex claimed, with a nervous little laugh. “I •ni so glad. I see who It was at first, and I’m In such a fidgety state to-night that I am almost ready to start at my own shadow.” She came down the steps and stood by my side, while the light from the open doorway streamed out and touched her face so softly that it poised in the surrounding darkness like some faint, angelic picture ideal ized by a master’s hand. “I came out to try and find Annie,” she went on, “she does not answer when I rap at her door and I thought she might be here. My! what was that?” she gasped, coming closer to me and grasping my arm. It was only an owl far away in the timberland and, when I told her, she laughed quietly but almost hysterical ly, and still clung to my side while we listened to the weird, unearthly sound that was wafted again and again to our ears from out of the blackness of the opposite river bank. She shivered slightly and I said: "You are cold, Miss Carney. Le me get you a wrap, and then, won’t you take a little walk? There’s a chill in the air to-night and the exercise will do you good.” She made no reply, but looked at me gratefully, as if I had done her some great service. There was a warm woolen golf cape just inside the door, and, snatching it up, I hastened back and threw it over her shoulders, clasping it myself at her throat while she drew her hands under it and nestled comfortably in its generous folds. We turned and walked slowly down the path under the stars, away from the house and with our backs to the road along which I knew Miss Weston would pass in another minute. After a few moment's silence, broken only by the drowsy splashing of the river and the cheerful, friend ly hum of the insect bands that make half the charm of an October night. Miss Carney said, with a cqntented little shrug: Walked Miles and Miles. “Oh. how delightfully warm and comfortable this cloak is, Mr. Ware. You always seem to know exactly what I need, for I am not nervous any more and I really believe it was nothing but the cold after all. We mustn’t go far, for I ought to be looking for Annie this very minute. We can turn at the tennis court, can’t we?” “Whenever you wish,” I said, with an effort,’for I was becoming intoxi cated with the glory of her presence and her slightest hint served me as a command. “I really must not stay a minute longer,” she murmured, almost apolo getically. “Annie has had such a hard day of it and I must see if there is any thing she wants. I suppose she is asleep and did not hear me tap, for I’ve looked everywhere for her and was just going back to her room when I saw you come out of the night like a —like —a —Oh! I mustn’t say ghost, Mr. Ware! It’s no longer a joke, is it?” We had stopped at a little rustic ar bor by the side of the walk and my hand rested on the trellis in front of Miss Carney. She did not speak, and I thought she was laughing softly to herself when suddenly she leaned for ward and a hot tear fell on my wrist and was followed by another and an other as she gave up entirely and choked with convulsive sobs. “Why, you mustn’t do this!” I ex claimed, solicitously, laying my hand instinctively on her arm and then drawing it away In a guilty fashion. ‘‘You are completely unstrung, Miss Carney.- The day has been too much or you, and you need rest and quiet. Shall we go back into the house?” "Not yet,” she sobbed. “Not yet, Mr. Ware. I must not go until I have con trol of myself again. Oh, it is aw ful —awful! I don’t know what I shall do!” “Why, what is It?” I asked anxious ly, as I stood helplessly by her side. “You surely haven’t let this littla af fair of the morning take such a hold of you?” “Oh, no—no —no —” she moaned. “I am going to tell you in a moment, just as soon as I can talk coherently. You will forgive me, won’t you, Mr. Ware, but there is no one else to w hom I can go, and yet I seem to do nothing but take up your time with my trials and worriments.” I led her out Into the path again, thinking she would grow calmer as we walked, and she said no more until we were nearing the house, when she resumed in a plaintive tone, broken occasionally by a half-suppress ed sob: “It’s about Annie. Mr. Ware, and I did not tell you at first, for I thought I could see her myself and find out what it all meant. Ever since this morning she has been walking up and down her room crying and sobbing, and this afternoon I heard her say such dreadful things that I almost feared for her reason.” “What did she say?” I asked gently. “Oh, I hardly know,” she went on, “but she seemed to be calling upon heaven to forgive her for some dread ful sin that she had committed, and she was so wrapped up in her anguish that even my knocks at the door made no Impression upon her. Then she would grow more calm and only sob and moan for a time, but soon those awful words would come again and it seemed as if she would go mad. She has always been subject to occasional attacks of melancholy and when I would try to learn the cause of her trouble she would put it off as a mere fit of the blues. “You don’t mind my telling you all this, do you, Mr. Ware, for you have always helped me out of every diffi culty, and it is second nature for me te turn to you now. At first I thought l could straighten it out myself, but she wouldn’t even let me see her, and then, Mr. Ware, since dinner I have not heard a sound from .her room and can get no response when r rap. Do you know,” she whispered, touching my arm in a frightened way and shud dering as she spoke, “I can hardly bring myself to say It, but I —I—al- most fear she has taken her life!” Her eyes filled with tears again, and I lost no time in saying, reassur ingly: “You mustn't take such a gloomy view of It, Miss Carney. There’s noth ing to worry about, I am sure, and as to Miss Weston’s having taken her life I can promise you most positively that she not only has done nothing of the sort. but that no such idea has ever entered her mind.” “I knew you would cheer me up as you have always done,” she exclaimed gratefully, “but how can you be so cer tain about Annie, Mr. Ware? Remetn bc*fc you don’t know her as well as I. do." ‘i,ook!” I replied, pointing to a win dow of'Miss Weston's room, and there, in the full glow of the lamp within she sat at a table writing rapidly. Miss Carney gave a glad little cry and started a«v y toward the house, but turned in an instant and extended her hand, saying: “You have cheered me up, Mr. Ware, just as I knew you would. Thank you so much, and —good night.” As her hand lay in mine she turned it until its back was uppermost and then raised it slightly. I had already b«sen sorely tempted, but this was more than I could bear, and. bending forward, I touched it lightly and rev erently with my lips. “Good night,” she repeated, softly, “and thank you again." I watched her until she had disap peared into the house and then I turned and walked miles and miles over the deserted country roads, my head bowed down and my mind nearly dazed. When I returned to the house the cold gray morning light was breaking in Um eastern sky. CTO BE CONTINUEDJ _ CTO BE CONTINUED.* _ ALL GOOD TO EAT TESTED RECIPES NOT VERY WELL KNOWN. Lebkuchen Sweet Cakes Are a Deli cious Confection—Savory Cheese Fingers—Delicious Way te Prepare Steamed Apples. Lebkuhcen.—Boil four pounds ol honey with an equal amount of sugar, then add a half pound of split almonds, one pound of citron cut small, the grated rinds of four lemons, half an ounce of nutmeg, half an ounce of cloves and three ounces of cinnamon. The mass should be stirred while the above substances are added. Then add one tumbler of brandy and stir into the mixture six pounds of flour. Roll out into quarter-inch thicknesses, keepitg the dough warm. Cut into small cakes, bake at once in a hot oven and ice with lemon icing. Cheese Fingers.—The cheese fingers are quickly made and very savory. Mix one cupful of flour, quarter tea spoon I .;1 oT salt, a dash of cayenne, a t half-teaspoonful of baking powder; rub into this two tablespoonfuls of butter, add a half-cupful of grated cheese, and-mix to a dough with ice water. Roll out in a thin sheet, cut | In half inch strips with a jagging iron and bake pale brown in a moderate oven. Steamed Apples.—A delicious and , simple way to prepare winter apples. Peel, quarter and core six or eight i applet. Steam or boil until about , half cooked. Take from the fire and let cool. Make a sirup of two cups , of sugar and half a cup of water. • Drop the apples into the boiling sirup ’ for a few minutes, or until they be- I come clear. Let cool and serve with , cream, Springerie.—Stir one pound of pul verized sugar with four eggs for one Jiour; add one pound of flour, a pinch of powdered ammonium carbonate and anise seed. Roll to one-quarter-inch thickness, press with forms, cut and place on napkins powdered with flour over night. Bake in a cool oven. If kept in a stone crock the springerie will remain soft. Made of Handkerchiefs. Over 100 years ago the Empress Jcßephine made tlie ornamental lace bordered handkerchief popular. Beau tiful handkerchiefs are now used for many purposes other than the one for which they were originally intend . ed, as there are any number of dainty articles which can be made ffom them. A pretty cover for a dressing table Is made from light embroidered handkerchiefs joined by strips of beading. Four handkerchiefs are used on either side of the center ami are joined together by three lace medallions which are sewn down the center of the scarf where the hand kerchief corners meet. Baby ribbon is run through the beading and tho effect is charming and attractive. How Do You Dust? In dust there lurks the deadly bacillus, and the woman who wraps her head in a handkerchief or cap, arms herself with a feather duster and [proceeds to whisk it airily over orna •ments and pictures is not only doing an unreasonable thing, but is actually doing harm. Here is a recipe for hy gienic dusting: When you go to dust ■a room have three dusters. One must be damp and perfectly clean. Pass the damp duster over the furniture, when the dust will cling to it, and not float in the air. Make a beautiful pol ish with the two dry dusters; the damp duster can be rinsed out of wa ter and wrung tightly as often as you please. Marble Cake. One egg. one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter. Beat to a cream. One 1 egg beaten to a froth and added to the > sugar and butter, one-half cnp of milk, one teaspoon vanilla or lemon, or one hall' of each is very nice. One heap ing teaspoon of baking powder, two cups of flour. Beat above mixture thoroughly. Take out one-third of mixture and add one-half teaspoon clove, one-half teaspoon cinnamon and one tablespoon of molasses. Add to the white part, also the dark, a lit tle salt. Mix the cake in any pretty way. Brass Lightens Rooms. Brass can make a wonderful differ ence in a dreary room. A large jar diniere with a plant in it placed in a dark corner will lighten up marvelous ly. The andirons, too. will give a cheery reflection. Even candlesticks help, and little trays and bowls, be they ever so small. The importance of brass in a sunless room cannot be too strongly emphasized. Mirrors brighten up, and so do pictures with well polished glasses and gilded frames. But these little points are too seldom taken into consideration. New Floor Coverings. Fiber floor coverings, though not new, are exceedingly attractive, espe cially in the new effects, which this summer’s lines show. Quite the new est and, withal, the most effective, which have yet been seen are those of crex in a vivid grass green color. On this background are huge stars and Indian-like designs in woody browns. The effect is particularly striking when a rug of 9x12 dimen sions carries but three such figures and hall runners and long, narrow rugs but one figure to the yard. To Mend Kid Gloves. First buttonhole stitch around the rent, not so cloße as in a buttonhole. Then overcast, taking up the thread of the buttonhole on the edge and draw the edges together. MADE A NEW FASHION. Good Joke Played In Old Days on Would-Be Fashionable. Old Camden, in his “Remains,” tells a good story of a trick played by a knight upon a would-be fashionable shoemaker. -Sir Philip Calthrop purged John Drakes, the shoemaker of Norwich in the time of King Henry VIII., of the proud humor which our people have to be of the gentlemen’s cut. This knight bought as much fine French tawny cloth as should make him a gown, and sent it to the tailor's to be made. John Drakes, a shoe maker, coming to this tailor's and see ing the knight's gown cloth lying there, bid the tailor buy cloth of the same price and pattern and make it of the same fashion as the knight's. Not long after the knight, coming in to the tailor to be measured for his gown, and perceiving the like cloth lying there, asked whose it was. “John Drakes’, the shoemaker, who will have it made of the self-same fashion that yours is made of.’’ “Then make mine as full of cuts as the shears will make it!" John Drakes had no time to go for his gown till Christinas day, when he meant to wear it. Perceiving the same to be full of cuts, he began to swear at the tailor. “I have done naught but what you bid me,” quoth the tailor, "for as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment is, even so have 1 made yours." "By my latehet!” quoth John Drakes, "1 will never wear gentlemen's fashions again!”—London T. P.’s Weekly. THERE IS A REASON. The Medical Times Explains Why Doctors Oppose Patent Medicines. The Medical Times for April in a moment of frankness explains the whole opposition of physicians to “pat ent" medicines which are taken with out a prescription, in the following words: “We will hardly repeat here the specific statement to the effect that in one year $02,000,000 has been ex pended on patent medicines in tho United States. Enough to give every practitioner in the country a yearly Income of $2,000. In the face of such facts as these, all talk of love of hu manity, altruism, self-abnegation and the like becomes cliean and nauseat ing. It appears to us that such bun combe should give place to homely common sense.” Reliable authority states that, the ?ross amount of the "patent” medi cine business is about $40,000,000 in stead of $02,000,000 but taking the Medical Times’ figures as correct they represent an outlay of considerably less than $1 per capita for home medi cation. The cost of doctors’ fees ex clusive of medicines except such as are dispensed for the same period, probably was approximately $230,000,- DOO. This is reached by allowing an average income of $2,000 to each of the 115,000 physicians in the United States. Even allowing that a gross business of $02,000,000 is to be divid ed between 115,000 physicians the in come of each would not be Increased more than $5lO. THE BEST HE COULD GET. Amateur Gardener Could Not Under Btand Why Seeds Did Not Sprout. The woes of the amateur gardener are very amusing to others, but de cidedly real to the man who has spoiled a suit of clothes, blistered his hands and lost his temper in his ef forts to make things grow. A young man, recently married, early in the spring secured a sub urban place, mainly with the idea of fresh, home-grown vegetables.’ Every evening he would hurry through his supper and rush out to his garden, where he displayed more energy than skill. But. alas! When many little green tilings began to break the ground in his neighbors' gardens, hi? awn remained as bare as the Sahara. "Tt certainly lias got mo beat,” he confided to a friend at his office one day. "I can’t understand why not a blessed thing lias come up. I planted peas and corn and tomatoes.” "Perhaps the seed were refective,’ the friend suggested. "I hardly think it was that,” the gardener replied, "for 1 got the very best —paid 15 cents a can for them." The Terrible Mafia. Neither the Naples Camorra. the Paris Apaches, nor the Black Hand ol America is the most powerful and ter riblo secret society in the whole world, in spite of the harrowing do tails of their ghtJtly work. The palm must go to the Mafia, which flourishes in Italy, and lias done so for more than 300 years. This society, which works so swiftly and silently, yet sc surely, was founded in Sicily for pro tection against the injustice of rulers. —London “P. T. O.’’ Careful Public Guardian. One of the pillars of the city ordi nances is a traffic policeman stationed at Fourth avenue and Twenty-third Btreet. He loses no opportunity of making war on persons who drop feinana peels in the street. lie pounces upon an offender and orders him to pick up the slippery menace to life and limb and to carry it to 9 receptacle for waste on the sidewalks. —New York Herald. Full Particulars Wanted. 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