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Evening Star’s
Daily Story
HIDDEN HOUSE
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Bl CLARISSA MAORIS.
(Copyright, HUS, by tha McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
Jack Shirley had aocepted the as
signment with a beating heart. If
he made good on the first great
"story'' which the "Chronicle" had
given him, he would stay with the
bunch of regular reporters who cov
*> ered great cases, instead of hanging
around police headquarters picking
up stray Items and sordid olty oourt
new*.
"Remember, Jack, the man ha*
been In prison for twenty years—
once he was a great politician, a
rich man, respected by all—but he
was found out In a big steal. He'a
done time and now he is out. What
is he going to do with the reat of
his life? Bring me the story—and
, you'll get yours, see." The chief
smiled significantly and Jack, with
his meagre data concerning the pres
ent whereabouts of Lawson Roberts,
bustled away to catch the flr*t train
for a remote Long Island village,
where It was said Robert* was in
hiding.
At Sandyways Jack guardedly
questioned the host of the solitary
hotel. He reasoned that Lawson
Robert* would seek sanctuary under
an assumed name.
"Many strangers In town?” re
peated the hotel man, thoughtfully
nibbling a toothpick. "Can't say as
there are—It’s the end of the summer
s-ason and all the boarders have
gone. I reckon you’re an agent or
f some kind—maybe selling books?"
Jack smiled evasively.
"I’ll bet there's one old party you
couldn't sell a book to—not If you
was to take off 90 per cent, of the
price,” went on the man.
"Who Is he?"
"Name’s Robinson—taken the old
Hidden House—used to be Judge Hid
den's place. Celia Hidden married
Lawson Roberts, the politician; he’s
In prison now for crooked dealing.
„ His wife died ten years ago and the
place belongs to the daughter. It’s
never been rented until recently,
when Mra Hester Bird rented it. No
one ever heard of her before, and now
her brother, old man RobinBon, and
his daughter have arrived. And
they're all as close-mouthed and up
pish as can be; as if Sandyways folks
weren't good enough for them. And
stingy—whew!”
"Well, you're not very encourag
„ lng,” responded Jack with a bored air ;
ns he moved away. But when he was |
out of sight hie pace quickened. The
Hrst urchin he met directed him to
Hidden House on the outskirts of the
village.
e ‘‘There’s a miser lives there, In
formed the boy, "and an old witch
woman and a crazy girl. You better
look out!"
"Good heavens!" muttered Jack, as
he went on Ills way. "It certainly
takes the unsophisticated rustic to
make a lurid story out of a simple
happening! Here is Lawson Roberts j
returning to his only refuge—the |
home that his daughter inherited
from her grandfather, and no one has
recognized In RoblpBon the orimlnal
Roberts!”
Hidden House set back 200 feet from
^ the highway, half concealed under an
overgrowth of honeysuckle and wis
taria vines. There was a sweep of
lawn dotted with fine old oaks and
chestnuts and towering locust trees a
century old, but the uncared-for turf
was a wilderness of weeds and the
trees were untrlmmed. High hedges
of arbor vitae surrounded the place.
Jack tried the front gate, but the
iron portal was securely fastened. A
wide carriage entrance was similarly
barred against Intrusion, and he
* finally entered a narrow, grassy lane
that bordered one side of the grounds.
Here he found a small gate set in
the hedge that swung Inward at his
touch.
He approached tne eiae entrance 10
the gloomy old house, passing a small,
rustic summerhouse smothered In
wooblne.
•'Haiti'' said a determined voice.
Jack halted to confront a wicked
looking shotgun leveled by a sweet
faced, wide-eyed girl boyishly attired
* In a short khaki skirt and blouse,
with hlgh-laced tan boots on her
pretty feet.
His hat came off and his look of
Inquiry was mingled with sincere ad
■* miration. ,
■'Perhaps you dln’t observe the No
Trespassing' signs,” she remarked
coolly.
"I didn’t,” he honestly confessed.
"They are plainly to be seen,” she
said significantly. "You can read
them as you pass out.”
“Thank you—but I want to see
some one." _ .
“Who are you looking for? she
asked sharply.
„ "Mr.—Roberts," hs hssarded.
Her face paled and a desperate look
came Into the sweet eyes that should
never have been troubled by sorrow.
"You mean Mr. Robinson?” she
asked. .. . .,
“I mean Lawson Roberts, he said,
feeling like a brute.
The gun dropped suddenly as If her
strength had failed her. "You
know?” she whispered.
“I guessed.’’
“Tou are a reporter?”
■v ' •'Yaa.''
* "1 might hav* known HI Tou
want to Interview him. I suppose?
Show the world what twenty years
of prison life can do to a man? He
has paid the price of his sin—1st him
alone!” she cried passionately.
"My—my paper——” he stammered,
abashed at her emotion.
“Tour paper!” she mimicked.
•What is It to your paper what my
father doAs now that Justice has
•> been satisfied? No one would listen
to him when he protested his Inno
cence in those old days—I was only a
child but I remember the shadow
that ' clouded our home. I suppose
you will lose your position If you
don’t get a good story about my poor
father!” How scornfully she looked
* . « •_i
at him i
"Hardlv that," he said .brusquely.
He looked sharply down the path. The
bent form of a man was hobbling
painfully down the walk, pausing now
and then to smell a late rose nodding
on its stem or to gather the fresh
green leaves of a shrub and pres*
them against his hollow cheeks.
„ "He is like a child," she said tremu
lously "He has been shut away from
♦ he world SO long, and now everything
is strange to him. I will not have him
hounded by curiosity seekers; I will
kill the first man who tries to inter
view him!” She ended In a fierce
outburst that was strangely unlike
her gentle personality.
"I will go, Miss Hoberts," he said
slowly "Some day I'm coming back
again not as a reporter to Interview
your father, but as a friend to help
" prove his innocence!”
"Ah thank you—but stay now and
bear his story of the guilty man,”
ehe cried eagerly.
He shook his head. "I must throw
un mv present job before I can tackle
another one,” he smiled and went
ft way
In the Chronicle office he was
onlv remembered as the cub who fell
down on the Roberts assignment,
but as Roberts and his daughter dis
BDPeared from Sandywaye no one else
covered the desired interview with
the ex-convict. .
Afterward, when a great criminal
lawyer took up the Roberts case and
proved the innocepce of the old map,
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all credit was given to Jack Shirley
for his strenuous efforts In the case,
and when Jack married Celia Roberts
neoole said he had his great reward.
Thl editor of the Chronicle mut
tered maledictions on womankind In
a-eneral and pretty girls In particular,
"i wondered what queered that
Roberts assignment," he frowned. It
was the girl In the case._
evening star
astrologer
gUNDAT, ACOtJgT t*. 191».
“The .ter. Incline, but do not compel."
Owing to the contending forces of
the stars this is held to be an w>
favorable day. Mercury and Mars are
strongly malefic early In the morning
and later both Saturn and Neptune
exercise an evil influence. Jupiter Is
in a place fairly fortunate.
Astrologers read for the next few
months a period InWhich tho«.
blessed with wealth will he removed
from actual financial stress, hear of
want will take hold of persons of all
classes it is said, although trade and
business conditions will be greatly
improved. A . . .. . .
The fear of poverty is held to be
accentuated by the peculiar positing
of the stars, which are sinister in
their aspect. The cultivation of frugal
habits will be advocated by pulpit
and press.
There Is a fairly good rule for those
who solicit aid for philanthropy or
qh^rlty. Ministers should bp success
I ful in making pleas for public insti
tutions.
While this configuration prevails
letter writing Is not well guided, and
they who express their thoughts
should be exceedingly careful. The
sign Is especially forbidding for
lovers.
It Is not an auspicious time for do
mestic serenity. Conditions tire be
lieved to encourage Irritability and
unreasonableness, which men will
show more readily than women.
Religious troubles continue to be
foreshadowed. A Catholic prelate In
America will be called to high service
in Italy.
The death of an editor famous for
many years Is prophesied.
Socialist aggression will be encour
aged in the United States by a for
eign visitor. Sensational incidents
will disturb public meetings and fo
ment street encounters.
Next month will be a time of much
peril for the United States. The
stars presage trouble in which the
navy becomes involved.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of a prosperous year, but
they will buy success at the cost of
much worry. They should be careful
of contracts and Indorsements.
Children born on this day have
lucky stars to guide them. .These1
boys and girls are on the cusp and
they should partake of both Leo and
Virgo characteristics.
MONDAY, AUGUST M, IMS.
“The stars incline, but do not compel.”
Astologers read this a* a variable
day, but, it Is not at all fortunate in
Ua taOutficM- Alcaeus la la
peculiarly threatening, while Jupiter
and Mara are adverse.
Uranus 1b read as warning the
world that It will be overwhelmed
by disaster, and It Is prognosticated
that the next few months will be fore
runners at times In which all the
horror* of war will ba accentuated
and the nations of Europe prostrated
to such an extent that governments
will totter Into nothingness.
More than & year of supreme tra
vail for the world Is to follow the
conjunction of Mars and Saturn Sep
tember 11. During this time of dark
ness spiritual forces will be at work,
the seers declare, and the light of a
new knowledge will dawn. Then old
religions and outgrown faiths will
crumble, the prophets believe.
One of the signs of the times will
he the appearance of teachers who
will minister to humanity and point
the wav to the establishment of a
new order of things.
Rankers of the United States come
under a malevolent sign today. They
should be exceedingly cautious.
Theaters are subject to a sway that
in promising for better achievements
In art.
There Is a sign believed to fore
shadow criticism and gossip relating
to the United States army.
The death of a member of the cabi
net of the king of England Is fore
told.
Persons whose blrthdate It la
should not travel or change the abid
ing place. They should keep a strict
watch on business and domestic af
fairs.
Children born on this day will prob
ably be fond of travel and adventure.
, These subjects of Virgo learn easily,
are fond of literature and art, and
flfli il difflsjii!, is *«££§s4 la buaiat^
Junior (ftoenttiQ j&t&r
VOL. II., NO. 1*6. SATURDAY, AUGUST M, ItlB.
; • I"-—
“The Man from the West”
BY OKRTRCDK BKADN,
’ (Continued from Yesterday.)
Was Mr. Meeker surprised that
night when the check was handed to
him by the stranger? Indeed he was.
That night the "Man from the
West," Mr. Meeker and Beverley had
supper at the Hotel Rainer, after
which they spent a pleasant evening
at the opera. As the air was damp
and moist and too hot to sit In the
limousine, the three friends decided
to walk home.
After they had gone a few blocks
a largo crowd attracted their atten
tion. There was a-pushlng and a
jammlng and a-hollering at the en
trance of a movie house. About the
entrance a large sign was displayed,
which read as folows:
Tonight: Vaudeville! !
Mrs. E. A. Sherry, Dancer.
15c.—A Remarkable Program—15c.
"My wife” gasped the stranger.
"And she hasn't, changed her name.
I wonder what'g the matter?"
"That your wife?" laughingly an
swered Mr. Meeker "Ha, ha. She
has been a dancer for weeks. Didn't
you read it In the papers a few
weeks ago? It's all bluff about the
rich broker. She lived 177 poverty
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LONDON ftN' M WS IN HI1 KN1W #( HOOK* 10 Gt I Hi UNffK
HfWSONI COUIMND HE.K«fll D0 11 ■ JHUttjltoLWMKTLM puclRIC LMR
p 5LttT TOR YtMWfOK.BUT MRS.LEWIS FIBhL TOUML. INAl UNLESS I BaSl
BY WMINft HERA ^ donjMfAN TO HBIkEAUV Vv/WlD f.1, he: Tf IW AND IeY
LETTER!' |tell ml YOU VT GOlH V. A'l Ab .Toll It l V EflTlf1'
ft STONGE R MINdM W RU. 31 y HvbJ At-WI WE.
Iflre IF*+IE$mt J^&hv
TEuiNfelE COWKW
WHAT A HEftK 70U
Wt AT Kt-SUSTlNP.
HYPWJMIA.
she took up dancing, much against
her own will. Her wages are hut $4
or 15 r Week. She has been scorned
uivft tot it&via* m tom him
band and a poor but happy home.
Accidentally, ahe wag engaged as a
dancer by thin moving picture com
pany." —
I . .. .. IXu taatUimpUl _,
to
. The Lost Son
BV ANNA M. FtiSCHETTI.
(Continued from yesterday.)
and lightning was seen. Ths goats
herd Jumped up and determined to
go after his goats and get them home
before the storm grew. The excited
father exclaimed, "John, stay under
this tree and do not move from hers,
otherwise you will surely be lost.
Prince and I will go after the goat*
before the storm develops."
"Yes, father," answered the fright
ened boy. The son kept his promise
only for a short time. As ths storm
grew louder and louder the poor
became more frightened than ever.
He thought his fathor would never
return. With this idea In his little
mind ho started to roam toward the
woods for home, but Instead he was
going farther away from hla home.
Meanwhile hts father returned and,
to his surprise, found John missing.
He searched all over the woods for
him and finally gave up, thinking
some stream had washed him down
■with the tide. His wife was grief
stricken when she heard the sad
news.
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