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THE ARGUS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909. 7 AT THE START OF THE GREAT WORLD CRUISE 01? HISTORY By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM, Author of ' 'The Mister Mummer." "A Prince of Sinners." Sabln." "Anna the Adventuress." Etc "Mysterious Mr. Copyrltfht. 1905. 1906. by LITTLE. BROWN, tnd COMPANY. A. MAKER V SYNOPSIS OF I'HKCEIJIXU CJIAP TKUS. CHAPTER I. Guy Poynton, an Enpr lfh boy, is taking a walking tour on the border line between Russia and Germany. Iff falls asleep, and when lie awakes wees two t ruins meet, one from Russia and one from Germany. lie reaches an inn, when he ia followed liy a German o nicer, who tries to lind out if he knows anything' or' the meeting on the road, ile di-nie all Rnowleds" of it. lie is advised to leavu for Aus tria without delay, as lie is susixeted of being; a spy. lie hail il'ii init the col loquy secured a papei- which Had blown from the window of one of the cars. It was written in German. CHAPTER U. Guy jjnes to l'aris af ter visltinx Austria and meets a parly of men and women, to whom lie t'-lls the story, omitting- all mention of the paper. CHAPTER 111. Phyllis Poynton comes to England in search of Guy, her broth er, who lias disappeared. She liuils in his trunk the German paper. She trans lates it Into English, but cannot n ake anything out of it. She destroys the translation and keeps the original. CHAPTER IV. i-hyllls mots a man Who she has-b"en . inf,i niil knows of her brother's whereabouts. CHAPTER V. SicGcortrP Utineombe an EriKlish barohet, sees a photoKraph ' (U I'tiyitiH una i,tus in luve wiui 11. lie aprees to Kit to Paris to search for her. , CHAPTER VI lie leaches Paris, but fails to find any trace of the poynions . CHAPTER VII. Ininoomiie offers an enormous reward, for iufornmlion of the Povntons. CHAPTER VIII. Di.-neombc i:j wani . ed to give up the search. CHAPTKR IX. B fijIA.K. MKRMILLION was not M warmly welcomed at the y Jj Graiid hotel. The pot ter be . lieved that Sir ;eor,e Dun combe was out. lie wuulil impure if mademoiselle would wait. but he did not usher her Into the drawing room, as would have been his duty in an ordinary case, or eveu usk her tj take at seat. Mile. Mermilllon was of the orJer of youug person who resents, but th'.s aft ernoon she was tar tx nervous. Dur ing the porter's teusporury-absence she . started at every footstep and scruti nlzed auxiously every passerby. Often "fche looked liehin-1 her through tho glass .doors into the street. 'When at la he reappeared alone her disappoint ment was obvious. "Sir George iHmcombe is out. made moiselle," he announced. "Will you be pleased to leave a message or your name?" -'You do not know how long he will be?" she inquired. . "Sir George lett no word." the man answered. "He has been out since before dejeuner." Mademoiselle decided to leave a note. The porter supplied her with note pa per and envelopes. She sat down at a small round table and once more glanced around. Convinced that she ;was not being watched, she hastily wrote a few lines, tealcd and address ed the envelope and handed it to the porter. "You will give this to &ir George im mediately he returns," she Legged. "It Is Important." "Monsieur shall have it without doubt, mademoiselle," the man an swered. , . She pulled down her veil r.nd left the place hurriedly. When she reached the boulevard she slackened her pace . and drew a liftlc breath of relief. "Ten- thousand frucs!'' she murmur ed to herself. -lf I took that with me. they would receive me at home. I might start all over again. - It is worth a little risk. Heavens; how nervous I am!" She entered a cr.fe and drank a petit verre. As she set her glass down a . man looked at her over the top of his newspaper. She trial to smile, but her heart was beating, and she van sick with fear. "What a fool I am!" she nivtterod. "It Is a stranger too. If he were ono of Gustav's lot, I should know Lini." She returned his smile, und l:e came and sat down, beside hor. They had another liqueur together. Later they left the place together. ' Duncombe returned to his hotel tired out after a disappointing day spent in making fruitless inquiries m various parts of Paris. He hail learned ii3th!ng. He seemed as far off the truth as ever. He opened the .note which the ptrter handed him listlessly enough. After- .ward, however, it was different This is what he read: . I can tell you nbout the youns English lady if you v.-ill promise upon your honor that you will not betray me. I dare not tonic here again. I tlaro not even speak to you wh'.le the others are nbout. Go to the Cafe Sylvain tonight and order din ncr4n a private room. I will come at half past 7. V FLOS31E. Duncombe drew a little sirrh of re jier. At .last, then, be was to know something. He was very English, a bad amateur detective and very weary of his task. Nothing but his Intense The bad effects of a V CELEBRATED weak stomach U - . -v m rwm mmm y- 1 n C KluJckly re- moved by the Bitters. Try it and see. It prevents all Stomach and Liver Ills, Colds, Grip and Malaria, Fever & Ague. interest in the girl herself an interest which seemed to have upset the whole tenor of his life would have kept him here, plodding so relentlessly away at a task which seemed daily to present more difficulties and complications. Yet so absorbed had he become that the ordinary duties and - pleasures which made up the routine of his life scarcely ever even entered inCo his mind. There bad -been iuo:i earning dowii to shoot whom ia fii ordinary way he would not have dreamed of putting off, a cricket match which bad been postponed until his return and which he had completely forgotten. Paris had nothing in the shape o! amusement to offer him in place of these things, yet in hi:? own mind those things were as they had not been. Ev ery interest and every energy of UU life were concentrated upon tiie one simple object of his search. He gave the man half a crown and walked to the lift whistling. The por ter shook his head, and Duncombe ru ceded cjusiderably In his estimation notwithstanding the-tip. He consid ered Mile. Flossie a httle obvious fjr a gentleman of Duucambe's class Duncombe treated himself to a cock tail and cigarette as he changed his clothes. It was positively the UVi'i gleam of hope he had had. And t':on suddenly he remembered Spencer's warning, and he became grave. He was at the Cafe Sylvaia early tvt I an 'I'crt sorry, monsieur, liut toniyltt every place in to;c;;." fie ordered dinner,' save elaborate in structions about a young lady when she arrived and with a glass of ab sinth and another cigarette 6at down to wait At a quarter to 8 he begau to tret restless. He summoned the waiter again and gave a more detailed description of. Mile. Flossie. The wait er was regretful, but positive. No young lady of any description bad ar rived expecting to meet a gentleman in a private room. Duucambe tried him with her name. But, yes. Mile. Mermillion was exceedingly well known there. He would give orders that she should be shown up immediately she arrived. It would be sooa without doubt. At a quarter past 8 Duncombe dined alone, too disappointed to resent the waiter's sympathetic attitude. At 9 o'clock he returned to the hotel on the chance that a message might have been sent there. He read the English newspapers and wrote letters until midniglit. Then he ordered a carriage and drove to the Cafe Moutmartre. He mounted the stairs and passed through the little bar which led into the supper room. M. Alfred came for ward, with a low bow. "You can find me a table, I suppose? Duncombe remarked, looking round. "Where shall I sit?" M. Alfred shook his head slowly, nis hands were outstretched, his man ner sad, but resigued. "I am very sorry, monsieur, but to night every place is taken. I have had to turn others away already, he de clared. "A thousand regrets." DuncorWie looked at him astonished I be place was more tnan nair empty, "Surely you can find me a small ta ble somewhere," lie said. "I was here last evening, you know. If It Is be cause I am alone I will order supper for two and magnum of wine." M. Alfred was immovable. He re membered Duncombe well, and he was proud of his patronage, but tonight it was impossible to offer him a table. Duncombe began to be annoyed. "Very well," he said; "I will stay In the bar. Yon can't turn me out of -t. ' . - . . . . M. ' Airred was evasive, lie aesirea xt nnnnn.HA he nmnaoH nri th 5eople who remained In the bar well, It was not poBslble to get rid or theni; but they were not fitting company fori him.! - . .. ; "There Is the Cafe Mazarin" he add - ff?1 k 'S I ' r. i HI-: TT 1 mmm, mm K"i-.;;-M I r-'t' f-N f.' i ... r !w fe!,ii!r:i mum Lv m lib ed confidentially, "a few .stena on!vltnat yur druggist" uses the genuine from here, a most amusing place. The most wonderful ladies there, too very chic and crowded every night. Moo- p- . i 1 iL ... ' m ' . ' rxf.-s,v, o-i ) . I .t3re-? i?SU.- - -" . fit- Tl . wi. .w". vrj l ., - t. - v"-.,, . - - x v A'vti,rHr, - . ? v -r4.t - - . yer , v . - . " , i --- , ".," ;H " - t. It -.e WHEN THE' FLEETWMWW Wc5w?-' '- " -j- JtTpif fVf departed ow- , , , jS V : vr tirt :-'--v;'jSMySS - Rg DECEMBER i6dg07lA!y i.", X' 'rnPfVr rAjV" ' ' -Eriv A"' sietjr should really try it.' The com missionaire would direct him a few yards only."- "Much obliged to j-ou," Duncoiulm answered, turning on his heel. "I may look in there presently," He seated himself at a small round table and ordered a drink. The peaple here were of a slightly different class from those who had the entree to thi; supper room and were mostly crowded round the bar itself. At a small desk within a few feet of hint a middle aged woman with a -cold, hard face sat, with a book of accounts before her and. a! pile of bills. There Xvas something al most sphinxlike about her appearance. She never spoke. Her expression never changed. Once their eyes met. She look ed at him steadfastly, but said noth ing. The girl behind tha ba; also took note of him. Che was very tall and slim, absolutely colorless and with coils of fair hair drawn tightly uncle from her forehead. the was never without a cigarette, lighting a fresh one always from its prertoce;s:r, talk ing ell the while unceasingly, but with out the slightest change of expression. Once she waved the men and girls who stood talking to her on one side, and Duncombe fancied that it was because she desired a better view of him. Suddenly he was startled by a voice close at hand. He looked up. The wo man at the desk was speakiirg to him. "Monsieur would be well advised," she said, "if he departed." Duncombe looked at her in amaze ment. She was writing rapidly ia her book, and her eyes were fixed upon her work. If he had not actually heard hr it would have been hard to believe that she had spoken. "I5ut why, madame?" be asked. Why should I go? 1 am in no one's way. I can iay for what I have." She dipped her pen in the ink. "I know nothing of monsieur or of hb business," she said, still without even glancing toward him, "but I know that M. Alfred does not wish htm to .re main." "The devil take M. Alfred!" Dun combe answered angrily. "1 am wait ing to speak to some one who co:v.e3 here regularly, and 1 shall stay until they come." The woman wrote steadily for a mo ment. , Then she blotted the page on which she had been writing and, rais ing her head, looked at him. "It is no affair of mine." she said, "but M. Alfred has sent for the police They may say that you have had too much wine or that you owe money. In either case you will be removed. The police will not listen to you. M. Alfred has special discretion. It is no affair of mim?,' she repeated, vbut If I were monsieur I would go." Duucombe rose slowly to his feet and, summoning a waiter, paid his bill. The. man produced a second oue, dated a few days back, for a large amount. "What is the meaning of thisY" he asked. "I do not owe you a:iy thing." "Monsieur was here with a party last Thursday night." he said glibly. "He promised to xay the next time I will call the manager." Duncombe tore the bill in half and turned away. He bowed to the lady at the desk. TRY THIS FOR YOUR COUGH Mix two ounces of glycerine with a half-punce of Virgin Oil of Pine com- pound pure and a half pint of straight Iwhiskv." Shake rtll nnd tAlre tn rinses 1 . . - - - - - of a teaspoonful every four hours. This mixture Pssesses the healing, health - iUl properue8 01 lue es am W1U tulu 'u meuij-ium muuib auu I cure any. cough that is : curable. , In lnavinS this formula put up, besure I VIrgIn 0il of Plne compound pure, pre- I Parea ana guaranteed only ny the Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. TT-SKG C3kF "I see that ytu were right," he said "I will leave." ' . "Monsieur 5rs wise.1'- she answered, without lookingnrpt " He left the cafe xrithrrot speaking to any one further. '..Wh'pn he reached the pavement he slipped a five franc piece into the hand of the, tall commission aire. "You know most of. the young Indies who come here. I suppose':" he asked. - "But certainly!" the man anwerd. with. a smile. ."Mousleur "rlesire?". . "I want the address or a young lady named Mermillion. Flossie, I think. thoy call her," Duncomhc paid. "Thirty-one Kue Pigalle," the man finswered promptly. 15ut she -should be hero within an hour. She never misses." Dun?ombe thanked him and hailed a carriage. ... "Shall I give nSidemoisolle any mes sage':" the man aske.l confidentially. : "I am going to call for her." Dun eoude answered. "If I do not find her I will return." To drive to the Rue Tigalle was an affair of live minutes only. Duncombe climbed a couple of flights of narrow Starrs, pushed open a swing gate ana found himself in front of an oiliee in which an elderly woman sat reading. "Can you tell me where to find Mile." Mermillion?" Duncombe asked. 1 "Xpt floor- Hrsit 1mr on the left" the woman answered. "Mademoiselle. aiIey' ' is not often In at this hour, though." Lrvm Rus'" moved his household Duncombe thanked here and climbed Koods f his home in Hillsdale,- Mon another flight of stairs. He had to .1- wh,ch he purchased last week of Btrike a match to louk for a lien 0r A,brt Huneke. Mr. Huneke has his knocker and then found neither, ne'oods all packed ready to ship to his knocked on the door with his knuckle:,. There was no reply. He was on tho point of departure when he noticed that the door was ajar. After a moment's hesitation he pushed it open. Ho found himself iu a narrow pas sage, with dresses and other articles of apparel hanging from a row of peijs In the wall. The place was iu com plete darkness. - Ho struck another match. At the end of the passage was an inner door, also ajar. , He rapped upon it and finally pushed it oca. Just then his mutch went out. (To be Continued.) NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS. (Continued Fro'm Pa(?e Two.) secured work- as housekeeper for a man and hi3 wife. Miss Cora Clapper spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Prophetstown with her sister. L. A. Giles had., business in Rock Island Monday i - - - - , "" . -....' Jessie Walker, the clothing man, ' received notice from Washington that ne was aPP""ea to succeed nenry nuiimm in me tiiusaaie posiomce . Hugh Donahay of Joslin was-a busi,- ness visitor in Hillsdale Monday. I : "Mr and Mrs. Frank Thrsman of Jos 4in spent' Saturday rand Sunday with tneir daughter,-Mrs... John Johnson.. Mrs. A. B. Huston was an Erie vis - 1CL;JS OF LI & ATLANTIC T"I"EE.T c c-.xr W c. 1 itor Monday. Tuesday she spent the day shopping in Davenport. - The Aid society met Wednesday af-i ternoon wiUi,Mrs, Tom. .Cole. A lunch was served. Mrs. John Holmes was a Rock Is- ing chair was presented to them as a land visitor Wednesday. - ' ''remembrance. Mr. Buckley ships his Wedding cards are out announcing! goods this week to Iowa, wliere he the marriage of Miss Nettie Donohoo . to Joseph Wreath. The marriage cer emony will be performed at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Donohoo, Wednesday, March 3. Mrs. Sadie Pearsall gives a shower for her sister. Miss Nettie Donohoo, at her home Tuesday. , Wednesday, March 3, the Ladies' Aid of Hillsdale will give a box socia ble at the M. W. A. hall. All the young ladies as well as the older ones are requested to bring boxes. Chris Rasmusscn moved Monday from Hillsdale to the Edward McMur phy farm, which has lately been bought by Robert WToodburn. Charles B!ack moved Tuesday from the Ashdown tenant house to the house vacated by Mr. Rasmussen. George Passmore has rented the Ashdown tenant house and will move. This week Mrs. Jasper Sell will move from the farm near Bethesda cemetery to Hillsdale, where she has purchased the tenant house of Justin new home in Oklahoma. He has them stored in the tenant house of Hiram Cain until he is ready to go. Miss Louise Pearsall returned to her work in Rock Island Friday after a few days' visit with her parents. . . J. I j. Dailey has purchased a driving horse of John Dillon. Herman Sands bought a fine team of blacks last week from a farmer near; Geneseo. Dr. Charles Donohoo and wife were Rock Island visitors Wednesday. ' The Royal Neighbors from the Hills dale camp met Friday afternoon with Mrs. Lena Shroder. They had special business, Voting on two new members, Mrs. Viola Wreath-Marshall and Mrs. Clara Hanson. Mrs. Julia Cowley and son Ralph, of Moline visited over Sunday with Mrs. Cowley's aunt, Mrs. Mary Sell. Mrs. D. E. Scott of Watertown spent Friday in Hillsdale with her daugh ter, Mrs. Matid Passmore. - . r Mrs. William Donohoo and son Ray ; Every Woman Will be Interested If yoii will send your name aufl ad dress we will mail you FRER a pack age of Mother Gray's. AISTR AM AN l.EAF, 'a certain, pleasant herb cure for women ills. It Is a. reliable retfu lator and never failing. If you have rn ins in the back. I'rinary, Bladder or Kidney Trouble; use this pleasant onion of. aromatic- herbs, roots and leaves. All drugrgrtsts fell It. 50. cents, or ad dress. The Mother Gray Company," Le ;R0y,SN. V -'I 1 1 were in Rock Island a few days last week. Ray is having his eyes treated. The neighbors of John Buckley spent Saturday -evening at , their ; home,- tak- i ing refreshments with them. A rock- will farm. George Hill is taking a short vaca tion from his work and is visiting rel atives in Rock Island. Walter Hill ".of Rock Island spent Sunday at his home" in Hillsdale. George Scott of Watertown visited over Sunday with Hillsdale relatives. . William Conrad has appointed Wil liam Dillon to act as substitute mail carrier whenever it becomes necessary for Mr. Conrad .Jo lose a day. Peter Johnson acts as substitute for Ervin Russell. Mrs. William Dillon. Jr., of near Chi cago visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Dillon. John Kuehl had business in Erie Saturday. Wilbur Donohoo successfully under went an operation at his home Mon- Hard Times Made Easy by Drs. Walsh Pay What You Can. Pay When You Can. Every Chronic Sufferer is Given a Chance 1 &?'5,'V ( Dr. T. M. WALSH. President,. Chicago Medical Institute. V Established In Dav enport 1T years, 12 years longer In business In paven port than all oth er specialists. on by- dissipation and habits that were hard to break, still we did not have to send one in a thousand to a sanitarium or asylum. Our sue- cess in treating Catarrh, Skin Dseases, Stomach, Liver, Kidney and" Bladder Diseases, lias been of the same high order. In' our .'.surgical work we have never lost a case. Our special home treatment for wo men has been praised by all who have tried it. 1 ' ' MEN Try our 'painless, no risk cure for Varicocele, Hydrocele and , Enlarged Glands! - " REMEMBER you on,y Piy what you can and when you can- you cannot 'call, write us a hist ry of your case today.'"" ..; y"'' DRS. WALSH, WALSH & WALSH, l ' 124 West Third Street, Davenport, Iowa. "''- ' -Hours 10 a. m. to 12 m., 2 p. 'm. to 4:30 p. m., 7. p. m. to-8:15 p.. m.; Sundays and holidays, 10:30 a. m. to 12 noon. No office hour Tuesday evenings. . . ' ' -v . . - day for rupture. Dr. Donohoo was as sisted by a surgeon. Dr. Bowman,' and a nurse. Miss Smith, from Davenport. 'James Adams and Leslie Hanna of Jcsiin were Hillsdale visitors Satur day. Verna Conrad visited over Sunday in Erie with her grandmother, Mrs. John Quade. Miss Gertie Hill was united in mar riage Sunday in Erie to Frank Brooks of Soring Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Justin Dailey spent Sunday at Zuma with Mr. Dailey's par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Dailey. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Walker were Zuma visitors Sunday, spending the day with Mr. and Mrs. James Walker. When vonr Watch Stons Yon cannot make It go by shaking if. x U hen the bowels are constipated you can disturb them with cathartics but, like I the watch, they will not be able to do their allotted work' until they are put into proper condi tion to do it. One cannot mend a delicate piece of mechanism by vio lent methods, and no machine made by man u as fine as the human body. The use of. pills, salts, castor-oil and strong cathartic medicines is the violent method. The use of the herb tonic laxative. Lane's Family l is the method adopted by intelli gent people. Headache, backache, indigestion, constipation, skin diseases all are -benefited immediately by the use of this medicine. Druggists sell it at 25c. and 50c. I To treat with Drs. Walsh. Although hundreds have been out of work during the last 14 months, not one patient of ours, ever had to stop treating because th?y were out of money through lack of work. ', We have had 18. years of success here. Over 50 doctors, who were probably very good doctors, came here as specialists during that time and ' failed as specialists. We feel justly proud otr our record. Most people think blood poison cannot be cured; still in our 13 years here we have not failed in a single case. We not only cured them, but we gave them a pleasant cure. . : We did not let them become disfigured, with sores or with hair falling out In patches. One" of., us has spent nine seasons in Hot Springs, and , t while the treatment there is very heroic, still they , have never equalled our record. Although we have treated thousands of . nervons sufferers, some both mentally and physically weak, brought .