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Till- TRIRUNE. TURNER. OREGON *. W M 3 CHAPTER X— Continued YV. wont downstair* and out of the house In silence, and a* ve moved down the path we were lusi.itstly chah Ion trod by Mallory, who came running up to Us. “Where'* Wllhlns,” he askevt. "What have you done with him?” “Lost him.“ said Ashton sourly. “But he can't have gv>t out of the house,“ protested Mallory. "I'm sure nobody has got out of the house." "We've lost him, I tell you." said Ashton. “Can't you understand plain English?" We all halted Just then, and start«!, a little expectant. A man's footsteps were approaching, and the next mo ment he halted, rather undecislvely, at the front gate. But seeing us. he turned In and came promptly toward us. “Where's the car. gentleman?" he asked. “What have you done with the car?" "What's th at!“ Ashton roared. “The car—the automobile that I drove you out In! Where ts tt ?“ For a moment there was no answer to that but silence. But the silence and the dismayed astonishment on our faces, gave the. man his answer. “So you went to the Are. did you?“ said the doctor grimly. “Not for more than five minutes.* the man protested. “I thought I'd see If I could tv* of any help—^ * The man s explanation trailed off volubly—protesting, incoherent, but we paid very little attention to it. We knew what had happened, all too well. "Well." said the doctor, “If Wilkins only appreciated the fact, he owes ns a large debt of gratitude. We told him about the map; and then we brought the girl out to him. and left her. together with an automobile for him to disappear in." "He's better not try to thank me," said Ashton grimly, "until the score is settled, rtl get him yet." "No," said the doctor. "I don't be lieve you will. Wilkins is playing la luck, perfectly unmerited good luck. And when you combine luck with the more solid and reliable qualities which Wilkins possesses, you get a result that is almost sure to be successful." Ashton turned away impatiently. "But the car!" the chauffeur cried. "I'm responsible for It. What am I to d o r Ashton told him what he might do. In three or four short, explosive words. CHAPTER XI The doctor’s prediction regarding the escape of Wilkins and the girt cl me true. It was all of twenty-foor hours before the wires were working e ra in : and the search, which could not fairly begin until that time, proved absolutely futile. The automobile was found next day, very early in the morning, standing in front of the Western station, the very place where we had started In It on our ride to Oak Ridge. But the oddly assorted pair, who must have driven back to town In It that night, disappeared as completely as If the earth had swal lowed them up. It was a long while before Ashton would admit the probability, or even the possibility, that he had lost them. Their escape must have rankled* for he never, voluntarily, spoke of the Oak Ridge affair, and he treated all reference to it, however Indirect, In a manner which did not encourage dis cussion. I think that. In his heart. Doctor McAlister found It Impossible to be sorry that Wilkins had got off. It is one thing to know, as a matter of fact, that a man U a knave and that he richly deserves to be hung; but it is another thing to wish, devoutly, for suoh a consummation. We had liked Wilkins, and the strange, uncanny revelations regarding his past, which the doctor’s merciless Instruments had betrayed to us, were not strong enough to change that liking. What we regretted most. In our dis cussions over the affair, was our frag mentary knowledge of i t One thing certain about it ail seemed to be that we should never know. But In that conclusion, strangely enough we were wrong. Only a few days ogo (and It Is now more than two years since the events I have here chronicled took place) the doctor came into my office waving a letter. “Look at the handwriting first,“ he said, “and see If you can guess who It’s from.” I took the thing in my hand, and frowned over it for a moment In com plete perplexity. It was familiar, si most as familiar as my own. and yet I could not place it Rut as I gazed, some vague sugges tlon of delicate French potages and en trees came into my mind I started, and dropped the letter on my desk. “Not—not Wilkins!“ I cried. The doctor smiled broadly. “Read what he's got to say “ I needed no second invitation. "Doctor McAlister. "Respected S ir: I have long In tended to write to you to tell you how Jane Berklns and I are getting along thinking you might be Interested T have taken up the white man's bur den, as the poet says, and I find that It tak"* up most of my time, even though this island of mine is small (About ten square miles) and the pop illation not numerous. “Berklns and I (or Fanenna as she Is called by her own people) are mar ried and living very happy Now that 1 am. In a sort, king here- trusting that you will pardon the liberty, air— and obliged to make all the laws as well as enforce them, 1 am filled with regret for my former Irr gularttlea, though I may say that they base turned out well In the .ml. “1 did not murder Henry Morgan, k anemia did, althou.h she does uot know it, aiul 1 wou'J not tell her so fat worlds. IV rh s .j l had better tell uiy si ory in order. “Morgan was a villain and he de serv'd exactly what he got—If I may be allowed that opinion, sir. Circum stances may have justified him In kill ing Captain Franklin; Indeed, there is * doubt that it had to be one or the other ef them; and iu robbing hiiu of his money and his map be only did what Others, perhaps, would have done U> hU place. Rut he did an inexcus able thing, when he lodged an Infor mation with the authorities against the rest of us. The act was uot neces sary to bis escape, for he could have got off scot free anyway. Rut he wanted Frankiin’s treasure all to hltn- ralf and he thought If he could get us all hanged there would be uone to dispute it with him. 1 found out in lime what he had done, and 1 escaped; but the other poor fellows were caught and paid the penalty of their faith In a traitor. “I wvnt to America, but not In pur suit of Morgan. I did uot know that he had gone there, aud I wanted noth ing more to do with him anyway, as I had decided to settle down aud lead “The Map Which I Found in Old Mor gan's House Was Worth All the Trouble It Cost Me to Get It," a respectable life. It pays Just as well as the other and It’s much more comfortable. This may surprise you. but it’s true—1 do not refer to the tips I earned as head waiter at The Meredith. That was not my trade so much as ft was my recrafition. In my youth I made the acquaintance of a palm reader and spiritualist, and this was the profession I took upon coming to your city. It was not long before I was able to organize this industry and to hire others to do the actual work. I supervised it all. and as head waiter at The Meredith. I was able to learn much about our smart people, which could be told to tl»em again by palmists and mediums, with very good effect. “It was In this connection that I be came acquainted with Jane Perkins. A medium I employed, whose apart ment was not far from The M. redith, discovered her, and w*as using her trance states very effectively as a controL I got the greatest surprise of my life the first time I ever heard her talking Maori, a language which I un derstand and speak, as I suspect that you do also. From her talk I discov ered that she was my old vaptain's daughter, and that she had inherited his secret. This was corning rather too close to home for comfort, as you will well understand, so I took her out of the spiritualist business, much as I regretted to do so, for she was very valuable, and got her employed as chambermaid at The Meredith. “We were out walking together one day when her subjective state came over her without warning. She darted ahead of me, and I saw that she was tracking some one through the streets, by the scent. I followed her Luckily it was dark, and we were not molested She traveled very fast and overtook the person she was following. Just as he was entering the Western station. I caught one look at him and sa**- that be was Henry Morgan. “I succeeded in rousing her out of her gtate, for I did not want anything to happen Just then and there. But 1 was determined to find where he lived and to get his map away from him. It did him no good, as there was neither latitude and longitude marked upon It, and this was the secret which Fanenna had told me. “On the night when the unfortunate Incident occurred which caused you and Mr. Ashton to Interest you reel vee In the case, we had gone out to Oak Ridge to make an attempt to secure the map. Nothing more than that. 1 assure yon, sir. 1 had hypnotised her In order that sin» might load me, by means of her extraordinary sen-e of Moeil, to the house where he 11» ed, but she run on ahead tin» fast for me to follow her. The crime was already committed, if put can call U a crime, before 1 reached the house. “I tried to got her to g»» home with me, making no attempt to find the map at that time, but site was greatly excited aud dangerous. So 1 was obliged to go away without her. I was unable to find her from that Uwuk until site on me back to The Meredith of her own accord, the day after she made her second visit to the Morgan house at the time when you were there. “It was during my absence from the hotel, aud without my knowledge, that she answered the advertisement for the clonk. Indeed. I did not know that she had done so, until you spoke to me concerning it that night at diuuer. At that time it seemed safer to permit you to make the examination which you wished to make, than to try to prevent the examiuatlou from taking (dace, for she was now Jane Berklns, perfectly lguoraut of everything con nected with the affair. "How you found out her true con nection with It, us well as tuiue, I have uo Idea. I did not know you had done so, until 1 tore open the en- v el ope iu the hall and found It empty. Then 1 knew that it was time to nc L “There is one thing more, before I close, which you may think wants an explanation. 1 said Just now that Fuuenua did uot kuow that she had killed old Morgan, and yet she la Fanenna rattier than Jane Berkins, al though she is not exactly eltlivr one of them. She is no longer subject to those trance states of Iters, aud her character set‘ms to in» a mixture of the two distinct persons which site was before that night when you took her out to Oak Ridge with you. Her mem ories of all her past are. 1 am thank ful to say. extremely vague, though she remembers some things out of both of them. Site can talk both Maori and Knglish as well as I. and she says It Is because when site was a Maori girt she heard a voice speaking to her In Kuglish. and ordering her to under stand it. This seems grant nonsense to me, but It tuay be that you will see some meaning in It. “I will close by saying that the map which 1 found iu old Morgan's house that night was worth ail the trouble it cost me to get it. for It has made us very comfortable and well-to-do» and has made it possible for me to make many improvements on this island of mine. It is a very beautiful place, and with the- comforts of civilization, which 1 have been able to add to Its natural attractions, is a very good place to live. “Fanenna wishes to be remembered to you and Mr. Phelps, and also to Mr. Ashton, whom she used to admire very greatly when she was chamber maid at The Meredith. “I should enjoy a visit from you very much, but I fear it will be im possible. for reasons which you will doubtless understand, for me even to suggest such a thing. But please be lieve me, sir, “Yours most gratefully and respect fully. "WILKINS, “Rona Island. “P. S. You have seen a mop of this island, or a part of It. and above is the name I have given it; but 1 must imitate the wisdom ami db« ration of my old chief, and omit to mention latitude and longitude." The doctor met my eye as I laid the paper down. “You don’t happen to know the latitude and !oogitudev do you. Phelps?’’ he asked, laughing. “I k > you?" I exclaimed, with a rather startled look into his twinkling gray eyes. “Do you remember those queer syl lables that Fanenna repeated to ua that night when she told us her story, the syllables that neither she nor I understood ?” Then, mimicking be** strange gut tural voice (and I will admit that even now the mere sound of It made me shiver a little), he said, “Ouan feef, tl oues. Ten soul " Over and over he repeated them, his smile growing broader and more tan talizing. as 1 still failed to under stand. Then, all at once. I got It. “One fifty west. Ten south!" 1 shouted. “Not so loud," he said in mock alarm. “Ashton might bear you. And, on the whole,” he added, smiling thoughtfully, but still ha If-seriously, “on the whole. I'd rather Ashton didn't know." “You can show him the letter, at any rate,” said I. There came a knock at the door Just then, a knock we knew. "Come In,” called the doctor. “Come In, Ashton. Here's a letter that may Interest you.” (THE END.] • :i':iv x :x :x :x :- x :i:x :i:i:iM ':x :-x -:-x - :-X v I- :-X v X < -X v X v X - :-X v X - > X '- One O rdinary Day in L ife of Statistician Arose, feeling on the peak of the rbarL Consumed average breakfast Assumed average Intellectual attitude toward life. (1 am an average statla- tlclan with a mean disposition.) Or ganized new end-to-end toothpick cir cuit, New York to Itetrolt. Cable from India: Calcutta agent reporta ter minus reached for Splutter fountain pen line Splutter pens now circle five eighths of globe. Estimated po tential heat In celluloid collar*, with and without necks Issued report re fact that five out of every nineteen fat men sink anyway; also that more than 24.37 “lost" golf balls are In plain sight all the time. Statistics daring lunch nour on max imum girth of the common garden mole (fam Ta I pi doe) Wrote to Reach ahd Extend bureao about pyramid made of rear collar buttons lost in Hawaii In one year Mailed circulars on Reversible Statistical ' ’harts for This and That, and Surreptitious Studies In Statistics for Stutterers After dinner attended lecture on “Fact* and How to Avoid Thera.” Re flected on the futility of the end-to- end spaghetti problem In Italy. To bed. and fell asleep dividing the sheep Jumping over the customary sl< ne wall by some of the digits.—Istn Angeles Times. More W orth W hile The man who with a microscope tries to discover In his fellows blem ishes and Imperfection* Is engaged In very unprofitable business. He would be far better employed If he used a telescope to find In them beauty and sub »(amiability of character.—Grit Giant Only in Intellect Biographies of Napoleon show that his height reckoned In English meas ure was a little over 5 feet Q Inches. Explaina Everything But Job never had to stand being cut off during a telephone talk.—Rich mend Timet-Dispatch. 1 1 - Serious Floods in Northwestern New York H o w e ^ vbont— S r ED h o w l Id? U#U S>«aic«'c WNU ««rvic* John Quincy Adams said: “With niuvt uun reform la a trad#— with some a »»»hulling trade—uhli other* an honeat yet a lucrative trade. Re form for Ita own aako seldom thrive*.“ A clever paragraph, yet It lau’t true. Million» ot tueu and wouteu advocate reforms of various kinds coualatoutlv. Intelligently, honestly, and without hope of reward, for the good of their children, their friends and neighbors. All reform» are forwarded and (Utility established by the effort» of the silent majority. The efforts of tin»*# who make reform a trade are not very Air X lew of the flooded region In effective; we are auspicious of the northwestern New York, where grant professional gm*d man. but all respect property dittongo wan dotte unti ninny and heed those among our neighbor* f’ttiiIlion wera •trlvett from their humea. who believe In a better world because of the knowledge, born of experience, that a better world will prove more profitable and comfortable for every body. • • • It Is generally raid there was never before such »hlftleasuesa as exists to day. Millions of men are recklessly squandering money who will later u»»ed a few miserable pennies to pro vide Otcesritlea. Statistics proved, a quarter of a century a gw that 80 per rant of men are very poor after reach Ing sixty five, and become charges on public charity or grumbling relatives If the general shift»essne-m Is greatet now thnu then, ami Increasing, will It be possible to provide n sufficient num ber of ulmshouses in the immediate future? # # # Men, women and children have had habits; a!', ire familiar with the fact, j from hearing It bawled by critics all ■ their liras. Why are new books Is Thirty two Kansas dirt farmers who have been touring the h’a*t at the Invitation of Senator Capper. They »Mied sued every day to tell us of our fuults? Criticism does not cause us the Stock exchange In Wall »tract ami other financial and Interesting placen of New York city, ami attended tbs to give them up: indeed. It »rams opening of congress Iu Washington. only to cause us to behave worse Look how we behave about pro WROTE PRIZE ESSAY hlbitiou! Have we not been fully warned as to the devUI“hneaa of rum? Therefore why do not the critics en gage Iu raising corn, and thus do good by reducing the pxice of fi*>d supplies? Why keep up their snarling, to the detriment of their lives aud ours? # • • The great writing men aoera to have a notion that they have a special * .tine of t fie world. We common people know It as well as the critics do, aud ure do ing more to get rid of It. * # • A man’s accomplishments must be genuine. Buy a man a tribute be doer not deserve and lhe other men will promptly rip It to pieces; but half the compliment for womeo are manufac tured. g, A t'ni|»t«M 4. # * # Some of his critics say Mussolini la Miss Bethel Pugh of Pueblo, Colo., a great scoundrel, 1 do not so estl winner of the national safety essay mate hint. His only ambltloo la to contest, was congratulated hy Presi bring peace and prosperity to his dent Ceolldgo when she called at the country. He Is In revolt not against White House. She was escorted by peace, be* ugalust tyranny. Is he not Senator Waterman of her native state. actually a great leader, compared with leaders like Napoleoc. who lost a mil FACES REPRIMAND lion of his follower* in a single cam palgn? Good causes must have lead era ar surely as bad causes. Mus solini certainly found bis country go ing to pieces, and hua now made II whole. « * # Philosophy I* no more than an at tempt of an Individual to think and act as Intelligently and honestly as his natural equipment will allow. WII limn James said philosophy was an unusually thorough attempt to think clearly. I don’t see why Jamer should have used the term “unusually thor • »ugh." That mean* effort. No effort is required to think clearly, providing •ne la capable of IL # # • ! rarely read that I do not encounter a reference to “the poor simpleton” France Is about to Issue new postage stamps, and above are t *»;■*'» of the who attempts "to make an honest liv beautiful designs selected. At the top Is the Arc de Triomphe, In the middle ing.” No good workman, honest or the harbor of Lu Rochelle and at the bottom Mont St. Michel. intelligent man, ever wrote such a sentiment. It Is one of the sentiments lhat belong In the realm of dishon Capt Richard D. White, t'nited esty or insanity. States naval attache In Burla, who»« # # # remarks at a dinner In Paris «re un- When what is called a divine spnrk tier Inquiry by the Navy department. is struck and flashes out. It may be Secretary Wilbur demanded a full text traced to ronie mean and candid man. of the officer's speech. # # * Millions of foolish people are not DRY PUBLICITY fools; there is not one In a thousand who does not “know enough." * # # A woman spends years In plotting to get a husband, arid then isn’t satis fied with him. This queenly person expects her man to act toward her with the gallantry displayed by thore she rejected or couldn’t get. 1 don’t v e why a woman should be so exact ing with her man. She knew her mother was dissatisfied with her fa tlier; she never knew a wife who was satisfied. Why should she expect to be? • • • This Is the great age of cranks. In the past, the cranks devoted their at '»•ntion *o spiritual things. Modern ■ ranks exf»ect more than la possible rrotn practical thing«, precisely «* the aiiclents expected too much of spirit ual things One Is about as mis chlevou* a» the other. Although there may not 1 k » sufficient snow for hla reindeer sleigh, # # # (ft, ll nr rl n é Sw in g . people are as moral, as kind, as Santa Claus will still he able to deliver his load of presents on time this Dr. Ernest II. Cberrlngton of Ohio, Christmas by using the air route. The old saint culled nt the Commerce intelligent as they ever were: the selected as the director of the new department In Washington, where he Is shown receiving an airplane pilot’s trouble In 11*27 Is they are more shift Anti Saloon league department of license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautic« William B. tea*, lazier than they ever were be poi I city, education and research MacCrncken, while Clarence M. Young (right), director of aeronautics, looks on. fore. • ft * Which the Better H alf? I despite any woman at alt like Madame d • Ftael. You will recall she It Is s«ld that more I h it» 'ill (1er bad a salon, where the men gathered cent of the women In i l»|s co u n try to listen to her brilliant conversa rimi ac There are more thunderstorm« In Tarabuinara children of Mexico run liavt defective eyesight Inn; she dlspla>ed womanly charm* land than near the sea. tit of th e distance» o f 20 to 80 miles a day ufter counts for ahoiit Ml p< i ■is a cunning public speaker displays men who are able tt get nmrrled. - There are about 2,000 apéele*« of their fathers. oratory about fictitious things he ha* fish In waters about the Philippines. Cleveland Plain Denim Ocean cables corrode most serious polished with great practice and care Mind reading Is now being tested ly near the shore, because of the I m «Iml re Napoleon largely because he by radio, and In «onte cases proving refuse and other material In the In a ic a ' r understood Madame de Stael. and or water. successful. When >ini in mini dered her out of Baris. I admire only The Tomba, New York’s famous Arnh tradition says that hi hulhllnt! ward appi cat ion to i n womanly wotnen. The natural charms prison, occupies the site of the old n famous mosque musk tv : t « mixed In lotio n • t nt«’ *f women are enough; when they are pond on which Filch launched his first the concrete so thnl the lePM’na • quit) greatly polished, they lose their at sten tn boat. would be scented si I tractiveness for me. Kansas Fanners Inspect the Effete East New French Stamps Are Beautiful rfUNce P0ÎTFS Santa Claus Gets Pilot’s License JO T S FROM HERE AND TH ERE