oitr.nox (mtv kntku.m.ini-:. ritin.w. may?. m
I
ION Or
VAGES DOES NOT
MEETTHEDEMAND
RAILROAD MEN ARI NOT SATIS
FIIO WITH RESULTS OF
CHICAGO HEARING.
KETORHS IN CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT ARE ORDERED
i2
E. PHILIJPS OPPENHELM
KortUled frvm th Phofe I'lay of th Bam Nam. Produced by 111 liuvaiaal
Jllro klanufatturtii- Company,
Chltf ef Englntmtn Mikts Chsrg
On en CemmlMion It "Vieltnt
Partiasn" lntrats In
Roads li Alleged.
CHICAGO. April So The award In
the weatern railroad wage srliltrailnn
w a n:i(Hinird her today. It In
creaars the ratr of pay to firemen and
rngluerr in mny Inatancr. but l
believed by th men to fall hort of
thlr demands. Hy rraaon of the many
rule of operation Involved, no rail
road will lx al to tell enrtly. for
month at leant, Hi mount of 1111)1.17
lnrnlvr. Th surprise tot remain
The award Include arve.11 reforms
affecting hour and conditions of rrn
ploymcnt
Itepresi ntatlvrt of the brotherhoods
expressed dlaappolntment at it. while
the rallroada in a general war ronsld
rrcd It satisfactory. Tne arbitration
was atrictly on the demand or the
men; there wai nothing for tlioui to
loae of advantages already enjoyed.
Charges that C'harl Xagel. neutral
member of the board of arbitration.
wat "a violent partisan." who through
Indirect bualneaa interests In the
roads was unfitted to act at a neutral
arbitrator, were made tonight by War
ren 8. Stone, grand chief engineer of
the lirotherhood of Locomotive En
glnemcn and Firemen.
With these charges made public, the
representatives of the men had tele
graphic communication with President
Wilson and Martin E. Knapp. W. L.
Chambers and G. W. W. Hanger, pro
testing against Mr. Nagel's being per
mitted to act as an arbitrator.
Tbe protests asserted that the er
bltrator. acting; as co-executor of th
estate of Adolphus Rusch. had di
rect and personal Interest In the sue
cess of at least !1 railroads through
the ownership of stocks and bonds.
SYNOPSIS.
nrnt O'l.-at. niailrr crlmln..l.'lt ot
lh ..i!.l nn.ia that In I'linmn in iua.
lu- ala. .I.tul. ih muf.U-i.-r ef lr.l
AftliU-lai. lUuahlrr. h haa tut )itt tw
Sun a lire-anj-ilrath airus-! nti a
m trl.iia iitaalvr erlmlital. In a l.l.l.lrn
hut In I'n.r-.. Aat.liiKh' sfln ha haa
ran an amiirA-jwiil ai akrW-d.n an.t a
llvlns Inhuman crt-ature, bait tmtttkvv,
half iiian, U-airoye! by fir. In hia rHima
hat ai-peari fivm tii.nt.vr hla.a h.ia.
on cnlatiilrc illamona t.rn fr.m a
lovelr I'.r.-ai br a air ot arniUnu. tlirrai-
nine han.la, bih llh tanuik-, I lie. I -antna1
l'tr,. aianaU br ir.a Inaorulabl
han.la. Ilia v;rt. II. a llrnan. anj
calif r. liaa Wutsg. ar rourdrrrj In bla
ro. 111a I .aura and Ifnona. hia aaaiatanla,
Whooping Cough
'When my daughter had whooping
cough she coughed so hard at one
time that she bad hemorrhage of the
lungs. I was terribly alarmed about
her condition. Seeing Chambberlaln's
Cough Remedy so highly recommend
ed. I got her a bottle and it relieved
the cough at once. Before she had
finished two bottles of this remedy
she was entirely well." writes Mrs. S.
F. Grimes, Crooksvllle. Ohio. Obtain-
able everywhere. (Adv.)
sukct t'raia. th nrvfraaor a valet. I a
nma. abliK(M hr th threatening han.la.
la r-a ul Wueat traps 1'raia. hint.
Iraita him aaain In th huu whrr 1
nora waa Itnpriae nsL and Uiara hi in yt
arala aftrr a thrilling, rhaa. Th black
bui- runtlnu to appear In uncannf
faahlon allli tl.rlr notra of aarvaatn, warn
Inf and augrratlons of cluea. aU Bignrd
by th Inhuman, armleaa hands.
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE INHERITED SIN.
"Getting kind of used to these court
house) shows, aren't you, Lenormr
Quest remarked, at the y stepped from
the automobile and entered th bouse
In Georgia square.
"Could anyone feel much sympa
thy," she asked, "wltb those men?
Red Gallagher, as they all called blm.
is mora like a great brutal animal
some rntrlrs concerning which I was
Intcrraird It contains a hUlory of
the llamblln estate since the days of
Cromwell, and brre In th back, you
see. Is a llat of our farmers, bailiffs I
and domestic servants. There was a!
Craig who was a tenant of Ui first
Urd Aahtrlgh and fought with hint In
the Crumwelllan war as a trooper
and since those days, so far as I can
see, there hss never been a time when
there hasn't been a Craig In tbe serv
ice of rur family. A One race Ihcy
seem to have been, until"
"I'ntll whrnT Quest demsnded.
The liHik of trouble bad once more
clouded the professor's face. Ho
shrugged bis shoulders slightly.
' "I'ntll Craig's father," be admitted
"I am afraid I must admit that we
come upon a bad piece of family his
tory here. Silas Craig entered the
service of my father la lS.'.S, as under
gamekeeper. Iter we com upon th
first black mark against the name.
H appear to bav lived reputably
for some years, and then, after a quar
rel with a neighbor about torn trivial
matter, be deliberately murdered blm.
a crime for which he was tried and
executed In 1567. John Craig, his only
son, entered our service In IS so, and.
when I left England, accompanied m
at my valet."
There waa a moment's silence.
"Lenora and I are aatltng tomor
row." Quest said. "W ar taking
' mi '2 I j 1 1 , r v x 1
If
X -
W tii4 I ham lot f.tar or br 1 rrMtli. w la aaiasi n, Ne
tf. as tMk ibrNs kuii. Ta ant '
ftvomluf. wk'le Ik (Isr as Uli tutur abd lb jid kair of lb
lbixvt,lr srartksd, Cams Mpua w f.x.(ina Qurl. -iti fr lb
lb SI whai bra lulf.hr Pol llu. la kla III, fell al ) ll.
ka rut dnaa. and f.u4 Ikata 1 tn.j lra.ly out cf luuih wiili hi nn
faaiM la lb U liubt i.f a It, ' h. i J a. aud a tlfurillni fs'ii
dilftlbg dosa (be hr " 1 Nn.nhi U., k rnlriUlixd Ibe IHI
Qucal tad lit a fie.h clisr soJ ! " l'"l' "Uf "I
iiuiklng ilgniixiiljr
"Uhat ailt'iiUhas b mm lha
anlhlii(." b prvniHjrd, as k "'d
kM.kllig or lb dretiltt ei-ana uf
roualry, 'la that wha on rotue
all lb tllii Slalnil that qmif aii.t't
sd thin
f an hfi'tiliin al.tik no
befall. alitioel upptcaalt.
Hie inffa.f lilrsauf al fliiilli.g
blniaelf one nun auiong! Iba fa
far to fa. wlik lb fallow b pre. ' ""ii'JH'l oblus aud
sehla all Ih aii.ianra a a.ria. ! IHl'ft lb runrail"B lnwern
Ira slid hrukradown etiwstd Then
sll I't a sudd thr spring up Iheaa
eildrmrs of th most amtilng. th
tnoat illatx'lli al rranutr , , , Who's
this. Urd A. hlel.hr
Th taller turned bl brsd An
i ktm and k tifuihar haver Rasa4
Craig Osappaarsd About Mars, $jr
brother and lady Aahlelgh bav rrcov
crd from th shock of poor Lena's
death In a marvlous manner, I be
lieve, but lb sight of the girl might
bav brought It back to them. You
have left hrr with friends. 1 bope. Mr.
Qurstr
She ha an aunt In llampatcad,"
Iderly man In a brown vrlvrfrea,
suit, wild gaiters and thick tools,
rslaed bis bat re peel fully.
This Is my ha. keeper, kllddla
tofl." hi maatrr eiplalned "II ass
Ilk us on Ih chaa"
Th professor lunik bsnds heartily
aith lb newcomer.
"Not a day older, kllj.llvlnn'" h
' lclalmed. "Ho nU ar the man who
1 has given us all this trouble, eh? This
; gentleman and I bsv rxim over from
i New York on purpos lo lay bands on
: Craig "
"I am very sorry, sir." th man re
l piled. I wouldn't bav fired my gun
j If I bad knoan bat th ronse-
quencrs were going lo be. but Ihern
j poaching devils that com round her
' rabbiting fairly send ui furious, and
j that's a fart. It ain't that on grudges
them a few rabbit, but my tarn
1 pheaaanta alt run out her from th
bom wood, and I'v seen feather at
b aakad after, n.siins concerning lha
lal on ablib ba dnns'ided 1 11 for
tiiatlun. Kra lha iy servants'
bSll.rs b r IlieUiU'lad
"It ass aquerr tuftiof fate.lifiifgr."
b d-lard. a ha held out befof him
a aiili.l.-f fully rbated g'aas flllr.l Willi
iitilr win, "ahltb sent tou Into Ih"
World a few seconds before Inn and
n.ade yoit lord of Aahlelgb and in a
struggling s lentlfle 11111."
"Ilia amid has benefited by It."
lrd Aahlelgb remarked, with more
than fraternal wurtrey. "We bear
lug. TL burs shied, th whl
caught a great atou by the aid of
th road, and all four men were
thrown out. Th man to whom Craig lh l,le of ,hpr ,nil "
was handcuffed was stunned, but Craig ; or nJ B"'b'n l" h. All
himself antirara to bav been unhurt I '" T,rT aorry." b
I II aiumbled up. tiH.k th key of th dl,rJ- ",0 n,v k,'n ,D of a'
handcuff from th pticket of th offl- '. In'onvenlenc."
than a human being. I think that even
if they bad sentenced blm to death I (over the necessary warrants and ahall
should bav felt that It was quite ue
Vnlted States has 66.662 postoffices
Germany has 49.84$, England 23.738.
Russia 18.000, France 13.000, Italy
and Austria 9,500 each.
Despite the increase of electric
lighting, twenty five factories in the
United States are kept busy making
gas mantles.
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Ride of These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as
the prescription othine double
strength is guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine
double strength from any druggist
and apply a little of it night and morn
ing and you should soon see that even
the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. It is seldom that
more than an ounce Is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain a beau
tiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if II falls to
remove freckles (Adv.)
JENNINGS LODGE.
The Tompkins family, of Portland,
spent Sunday at Lyswin, the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W'm. Jennings.
W. S. Good, of Vancouver, Washing
ton, spent Tuesday at the Edd Curtin
home. Mr. Wood was the auctioneer
at the Maywood dairy sale, which
took place on Wednesday, May 5th.
Mr. Curtin has decided to quit the
dairy business and offered his herd
of fifteen milch cows for sale on the
above date.
The regular meeting of the Com
munity Club on Monday evening wan
well attended. After a short business
session Harvey Cross of Gladstone
spoke on "Incorporation," telling the
first steps necessary for this place to
become a town. His remarks were
taken from actual experiences, as Mr.
Cross has been familiar with this line
of work for a number of years. Those
present had the privilege of asking
questions along these lines for further
enlightment. Messrs. Jacobs, Potter,
Newell and Sinclair spoke favoring In
corporation, while Messrs. Under
wood, Ostrom, and Gardner were
against it The aentlment expressed
the larger number were against, while
many were not prepared to state
which they favored.
Mr. Burke, an attorney of Oregon
City, spoke a few cheery words. Mr.
liurke is also secretary of the Glad
stone Commercial Club and was anx
ious to find out the best method of
getting' the dues from the members.
He waa Informed our financial secre
tary was a wide-awake woman. The
ladies of Gladstone will probably be
proper thing to bav done."
Too much sentiment about those
things." Quest agreed, clipping the ecd
off a cigar. "Men like that are bet
ter off the face of th earth. They
did their best to tend me there."
Here' a cablegram for you." Le
nora exclaimed, bringing It over to blm.
Mr. Quest. I wonder It It' from Scot-
Isnd Yard!"
Quest tor It open. They read It to
gether, Lenora standing op tiptoe to
peer over his shoulder:
Stowaway answering In every re
spect your description of Craig found
on Durham. Has been arrested.- as
desired, and will be taken to Hamblln
house for Identification by Lord Ash-
lelgh. Reply whether you are coming
over, and full details as to charge."
"Good for Scotland Yard!" Quest de
clared. "So they've got blm. eh! All
the same, that fellow's a slippery as
an eel. Lenora, bow should you like
a trip across the ocean, eh?"
1 ihould love It," Lenora replied.
"Do yon mean It, really?"
Quest nodded.
"That fellow fooled me pretty well,"
be continued, "but somehow I feel that
If I get my bands on htm this time,
they'll stay there till he stands where
Red Gallagher did today. I don't feel
content to let anyone else finish- off
the Job. Got any relatives over there!"
"I have an aunt In London," Lenora
told him, "the dearest old lady you
ever saw. She'd give anything to
have me make ber a visit"
Quest moved across to his desk
and took jip a sailing list He stud
ied It for a few momenta and turned
back to Lenora.
Send a cable off at once to Scotland
Yard," he directed. "Say 'Am sail
ing on Lusltanla tomorrow. Hold pris
oner. Charge very serious. Have iuu
warrants.' "
Lenora wrote down tbe message and
went to the telephone to send it off.
As soon as she had finished Quest took
up his hat again.
Come on," he Invited. "Tbe ma
chine's outside. We'll Just go and look
In on the professor and tell him tbe
news. Poor old chap, I'm afraid he'll
never be the same man again."
They found the professor on his
hands and knees upon a dusty floor.
Carefully arranged before him were
the bones of a skeleton, each laid In
some appointed place.
What about that unhappy man,
Craig?" the professor asked, gloomily.
"Isn't the Durham almost due now?"
Quest took out the cablegram from
his pocket and passed It over. The
professor's fingers trembled a little as
he read it. He passed It back, how
ever, without Immediate comment.
"You see, they have been cleverer
over there than we were," Quest re
marked.
bring Craig back here for trial."
The professor smoked thoughtfully
for tome moment. Then he rose de
liberately to bis feet He had come
to a decision. He announced It calm
ly, but Irrevocably.
"I shall come with you." be an
nounced. "I shall be glad to visit
England, but apart from that I feel It
to be my duty. I owe It to Craig to
tbe latter explained. "1 should bav !rer. undid them and slipped off Into
liked to e her safely there my- th undergrowth before either th
self, but w should bav been an groom or th other Scotland Yard man
hour or two later down ber. and I bad recovered their senars. To cut
tell you," he went on. bis vole gather . a long story short, this was last Thur.
Ing a not almot of ferocity, "I'm day. and up till now not a slngl trace
wanting to get my bands on that fel- of th fellow ba been discovered."
low Craig! 1 wonder where they're j Quest rot abruptly to bla feel.
homing him." . 1 "Say. I'd Ilk lo take this matter un
"At the local police station, 1 ex- : right on Ih spot where Craig dltap- j "hout finding anything, but
pert," the professor replied. "My , peared." he suggested. "Couldn't w 1 'n g'nllemen from Bcotlsnd Yard,
brttber Is a magistrate, of course, and do that!" " you'll excuse my Risking th
be would see that proper arrange-1 "Hy alt means." Lord Aahlelgh rmr. nJ hoping that this gentle
tnents were made. There be I at th agreed, touching a bell. "W bav I nin'' sdded, looking at Quest. "I
ball door." i several hours before we rhang for ,n 1,0 " connected with them well.
I Tb carriage drew up before the I dinner. I will bav a car round and ,hrr d00'1 know rytblng, and that's
frreat front a moment or two later. I take you to th pot." I ,"r
see thst he ha a fair chance, and I .Lord Ashlelgh came forward with out-j The professor acquiesced readily. gentlemsn Is from th United
owe It to the law to see that be pays ktretched bauds, the genial smile of and very soon tbev stenned out of lha ! Stales." 1-onl Ashlelgh reminded him.
the penalty. If. Indeed, be Is guilty of the welcoming bost upon bis lips. In I automobile on to the aide of a narrow ! " Tour criticism doesn't affect blm.
Vll1: i
Shewing the Guest Through Ham
blln Hous.
"It I rather worse than Inconven
ience. Mlddleton." tha profrssor aald.
gravely. Th man who baa escaped
Is on of lb worst criminals of the
dys.M j
"It won't get fsr. sir," th gsm- great things of you over here, Edgar,
keeper remarked, with a llttl smll. We bear that you bav been on Ih
"It's a wild bit of country. Ibis, and I point of proving most unpleasant
admit that men might search It for thing with regard to our origin "
these crimes. Is Miss Laura sccom- bis manner, however, there was a dls-1 road, looking very much as It had been
panylng you. too?" rInct note of anxiety. described. Farther on. beyond a
Quest shook his bead. ' "Edgar, my dear fellow," be ex- stretch of open common, they could
"From what the surgeons tell us," claimed, "I am delighted! Welcome tee the smoke from the gypsy en
be said, "It will be tome weekt before 1 to Jour home! Mr. Quest I am j campment On their left hand aids
she is able to travel. At the same Tc7 happy to see you here. You bsve 1 was a stretch of absolutely wild coun
ting, I must tell you that I am glad of . beard the news, of courser ; try, bounded In the fsr distance by the
your decision, professor." j' "W" tve heard nothing!" the pro-j gray atone wall of the park. Lord
"It Is my duty." the latter declared. ! tnBOT "P"". Ashlelgh led the way through the
-lou aidn t go to Scotland Yard?" thicket, talking at be went.
Lord Ashlelgh asked. "Craig came along through here."
" e haven t been to London at all." he explained. "The groom and the
Quest explained. "W got on th boat Scotland Yard man who had been
"I cannot rest In this state of uncer
tainty. If Craig Is lost to me, the
sooner I face tbe fact the better. At
the same time I will be frank with
you. Notwithstanding all the accumu- i trln riymouth, and your brother j sitting by bis side, followed blm. They
manngea 10 inauce one 01 tne directors searched for an hour, but found no
lated pile ot evidence I feel In my
heart the urgent necessity ot seeing
him face to face, of holding him by
the shoulders and asking blm whether
whom he saw on the platform to slop
the train for us at llamblln road. We
only left the boat two hours ago.
these things are true. We have faced I There' nothing wrong with Craig. Is
death together, Craig and I. We have
there?"
Hnn mm-A than hw. hit. emirf. Asnieign motioned them to fol-
ed It There Is nothing about blm I , ,ow hlm'
can accept from hearsay. I ahall go ! plc cm y.M Invited,
with you to England, Mr. Quest" I ,,e led them "cross the hall which,
I dimly lit and with Its stained glnss
CHAPTER XIX windows, was almost like the nave of
I a cathedral Into the library beyond.
The professor rose from bit seat In He c'09cd the aoor and ,urned round'
mm. .TeitmAnt a. th. e.rri.a. I "I hav bad news for you both," be
passed through the great gates of , an"0""ccd' Cralg bos escaped. '
Hamblln park. He acknowledged ! NeUher le professor nor Quest be
wlth a smile the respectful curtsy of ! tra'ed n "al surprise. So far
the woman who held It open.
"You have now an opportunity, my
dear Mr. Quest," he said, "of appre
ciating one feature of English life not
entirely reproducible in your own
wonderful country. I mean the home
life and surroundings of our artstoo
racy. You see these oak trees?" be
went on, with a little wave of bis
hand. "They were planted by my an
cestors In the days of Henry VIII. I
have been a student of tree life In
South America and In tbe dense for
ests of central Africa, but for real
character, for splendor of growth and
hardiness, there is nothing In the
world to touch the ABhlelgh oaks."
"They're some trees," the criminol
ogist admitted.
"You notice, perhaps, the small
ones, which seem dwarfed. Their
tops were cut off by the lord of Ash
lelgh on the day that Lady Jane Grey
was beheaded. Queen Elizabeth beard
of It and threatened to confiscate tbe
estate. Look at the turf, my friend.
Ages have gone to the making of that
mossy, velvet carpet."
"Where's the house?" Quest in-
"Perhaps," the professor assented.
"They seem, at least to have arrested
the man. Even now I can scarcely
believe that It is Cralg my servant
Cralg who Is lying in an English
prison. Do you know that bis people
have been servants In the Ashlelgh
family for some hundreds of years?"
Quest was clearly Interested. "8ay,
I'd like to hear about that!" he ex
claimed. "You know I'm rather great
on heredity, professor. What class
did be come from then? Were bis
people Just domestic servants al
ways?"
The professor's face was for a mo
ment troubled. He moved to bis desk,
rummaged about for a time, and final
ly produced an ancient volume.
"This really belongs to my' brother,
Lord Ashlelgh," he explained. "He
brought It over with him to show me
quired.
"A mile farther on yet. The woods
part and make a natural avenue past
the bend of the river there," the pro
fessor pointed out "Full of trout, that
river, Quest. How I used to whip that
stream when I was a boy!"
They swept presently round a bend
In tbe avenue. Before them on tbe
hillside surrounded by trees and with
a great walled garden behind, was
Hamblln house. Quest gave vent to a
little exclamation of wonder as be
looked at It.
"This Is where you've got us beat,
sure," he admitted. "Our country
places are like gewgaw palaces com
pared to this. Makes me kind of
Borry," be went on regretfully, "that
I didn't bring Lenora along."
The .professor shook bis bead.
"You were very wise," he said. "My
1
iraco 01 mm ai an. men iney re
turned to the bouse to mako a re
port and get help. I will now show
you how Cralg first eluded them."
He led the way along a tangled path,
doubled back, plunged Into a little
spinney and came suddenly to a small
shed.
"This Is an ancient gamekeeper's
shelter," he explained; "built a long
time ago and almost forgotten now.
What Crnlg did. without doubt, waa to
hide In this. The Scotland Yard man
who took the affair In hnnd found
i distinct trnccs here of recent occupa
tion. That la bow be made bis first
escape."
Quest nodded.
"Sure!" he murmured. "Well, now,
what about your more extended
search?"
"I am coming to that," Lord Ash
lelgh replied. "As Edgar will re
member, no doubt, I have always kept
a few bloodhounds In mv kennels, and
as soon as we could get together one
or two of the keepers and a few of
the local constabulary, we started
off again from hero. The dogs brought
us without a check to this shed, and
started off again this way."
They walked another half mllo
across a reedy swamp. Every now
and then they had to Jump acroHs a
small dyke, and once they hnd to
make a detour to avoid an osier bed.
They camo at last to the rlvor.
"Now, I can show you exactly how
that fellow put us off the scent here,"
their guide proceeded. "Ho seems to
have picked up something, Edgar, In
those South American trips of yours,
for a cleverer thing I novor saw.
You see all these bulrushes every-
dence than mine alone. Accordingly, where clouds of them all along the
they left London one afternoon, and I river?"
sent a dogcart to the station to meet "We cnll them tules," Quest mut
them. They arrived quite safely and 'ered. Well?"
started for here. Cralg handcuffed to When Cralg arrived bore," Lord
as tbe latter wss concerned, bis first
glimpse at Lord Ashlelgh's face had
warned him of what was coming.
"Dear me!" the professor mur
mured, sinking Into an easy chair.
"This is most unexpected!"
"We'll get hlra again," Quest de
clared quickly. "Can you let us have
the particulars of his escape. Lord
Ashlelgh? The sooner we get the hang
of things the better."
"You know, of course," be began,
"that Cralg was arrested at Liverpool
In consequence of communications
from the New York police. I under
stand that it was with great difllculty
be was discovered, and It Is quite clear
that someone on tbe ship bad been
heavily bribed. However, he was ar
rested, brought to London, and then
down here for purposes of Identifica
tion. I would have gone to London
myself, and, In fact offered to do so,
but on the other hand, as there are
many others on tbe estate to whom be
was well known, I thought that it
would be better to have more evi-
one of the Scotland Yard men on the
back seat, and the other In front with
the driver. About half a mile from the
south entrance to tbe park the road
runs across a rather desolate strip ot
country with a lot of low undergrowth
on one side. We have bad a little
trouble with poachers there, as there
Is a sort of gypsy camp on some com
mon land a little way away. My bead
keeper, to whom the very Idea of a
poacher Is intolerable, was patrolling
this ground himself that afternoon and
caught sight of one of these gyps'
Ashlelgh continued, "he must have
heard the baying of tbe dogs In the
distance and he knew that tbe game
was up unless he could put them off
the scent. He cut a quantity of these
bulrushes from a placo a little farther
behind those trees, then stepped bold
ly into the middle of the water, wad
ed down to that spot where, as you
see, the trees hang over, stood stock
still and leaned them all around blm.
It was dusk when tbe chase reached
the river bank, and I have no doubt
the bulrushes presented quite a natur-
fellows settine a trsn. He chased him. bI sppearance. At any rate, although
and more. I am sure, to frighten him 'De dogs came without a check to' the
than anything else, when he saw that edge of the river, where he stepped , of armor which would have gladdonod
the fellow was getting away, he fired of. tbey never picked the scent up , tbe eye of many an antiquarian, was
bis gun, Just as the dogcart was pass-, "Ka" eunor op mis side or the other, ranged along tbe black-paneled walls.
Py (he bye. Mlddleton. I beard this
morning thst you'd been airing your
opinion down In the village. You seem
to rather fancy yourself as a thief
catcher." "I wouldn't go so far as that, my
lord," the man replied, respectfully,
"but still, I hope I may aay that I've
as much common seme as most peo
ple, lou see, sir," be went on. turn
ing to Quest, "the spots wbero be
could emerge from Iho tract of coun
try are pretty well guarded, and be !l
be In a fine mess, when be does put
In an appearance, to show himself
upon a public road. Yet by thlstlm
I should say he must be nigh starved.
Sooner or Inter he'll have to como out
for food. I've a little acheme of my
own, sir, I don't mind admitting," the
man concluded, with a twinkle In bis
keen brown eyes. "I'm not giving
It away. If I catch him for you. that's
all that's wanted, I Imagine, and we
shan't bo any the nearer to It for let
ting anyone Into my little secret."
Ills master noddeu.
"You shall have your rise out of the
police, If you can, Mlddleton," be ob
served. "It seems qoeer, though, to
believe that tho fellow' still In bid
ing round here."
They made their wsy, single file, to
the road and up to the bouse. Lord
Ashlelgh did his best to dispel a queer
little sensation of uneasiness which
seemed to have arisen In the minds of
all of them.
"Come," he said, "we must put asldo
our disappointment for the present,
and remember Hint after all the
chances aro that Cralg will never mako
his escape alive. Let us forget him
for a llttlo while. . . . Mr. Quest," ho
added, a few minutes later, as tlioy
reached tho ball, "Morcton here will
how you your room and look after
you. I'leaso let mo know If you will
take an aperitif. I can recommend my
sherry. We dine at eight o'clock. Ed
gar, you know your way. The blue
room, of course. I am coming up
with you myself. Her ladyship back
yet, Morcton?"
"Not yet, my lord."
"Lady Ashlelgh," her husband ex
plained, "has gone to the other sldo of
the county to open a bnzaar. She la
looking forward to the pleasure of wel
coming you at dinner time."
Dinner, served, out of compliment to
their transatlantic visitor, In the great
banqueting hall, was to Quest, espe
cially, a most impressive nseul. They
sat at a small round tublo lit by
shaded lights, In the center of an
apartment which wat large in reality,
and which seemed vast by reason of
tho shadows which hovered around the
unlit spaces. From the walls frowned
down a long succession of family por
traits Ashlelgbs In the queer Tudor
costume of Henry VII; Ashlelghs In
chain armor, sword In hand, a charger
waiting, regardless of perspective, In
the near distance; Ashlolgbs bofrllled
and bewlgged; Ashlelghs In tbe court
dress of tbe Georges Judges, sailors,
statesmen and soldiers. A collection
'Ob! there la no doubt about thst."
th professor observed. 'Whf w
cam from and where w ar going to
ar questions which no longer afford
room for th slightest doubt to th
really scientific- mind. What sometime
dor elude, us Is th natur of our
tendencies while w ar ber on earth."
There wss a brief silence. Th port
bad been placed upon th table aud cof
fee served. The servants, according
to tbe custom of th bouse, bad de
parted. Tha great apartment wss
empty. Even Quest wss Impressed
by sum peculiar significance In Ih
long drawn-out silence He looked
around blm uneasily. Th growing re
gard of that long lln of painted war
rlors seemed somehow to b full of
menace. There was something grim,
too. In th sight of thos empty suits
of armor.
"I may be superstitious," I.ord Ash
lelgh said, "but there ar times, espe
cially Just lately, when I seem to find
a new and baleful quality In silence.
What Is It, I wonder? I ask you. but I
think I know. It la th conviction that
there la some alien presence, some
thing disturbing, lurking close at
bsnd."
He suddenly rose to his feet, pushed
bis cbalr back and walked to the win
dow, which opened lovel with the
ground. He threw It up and listened.
The others came over and Joined him.
There was nothing to be heard but the
distant hooting of an owl, and farther
away the barking of some farmhouse
dog. Lord Ashlelgh stood there with
straining eyes, gsilng out across the
psrk.
"There wss something hero," ha
muttered; "something which lias gone.
What's thut? Quest, your eyes ar
younger than mine. Can you see any
thing underneath that tree?"
Quest peered out Into tbe gray dark
ness. "I funded I taw something moving
In tho shadow of that oak," be mut
tered. Walt"
He crossed the terrace, swung down
on to tbe path, across the lawn, over
a wire fence and Into tho park Itself.
All tho tlmo be kept his eyes fixed on
a cortnln .ot. When at last h
reached the tree there was nothing
there. Ho looked all around him. II
stood and listened for several mo
ments. A more utterly peaceful night
or more utter peace It would bo bard
to Imagine. Slowly be mado bit way
back to the bouse.
"I Imagine we are all a little nervy
tonight," bo romarked. Tbere'a noth
ing doing out there."
They strolled about for a hour or
more, looking into different rooms,
showing their guest the finest pictures,
even taking him down Into the wonder
ful cellars. They parted early, but
Quost stood, for a few moment before
retiring, gnzlng about blm wltb an air
almost of awe. Hit groat room, as
large as an Italian palace, was lit by a
dozen wax candles In silver candlo
sticks. His four-poster was supported
by pillars ot black oak, carved Into
strange forms, and surmounted by the
Ashlelgh coronot and cout-of-unns. Ho
threw his windows open wide and
stood for a moment looking out across
the park, more clearly visible now by
the light of the slowly rising moon.
There was scarcely a breeze stirring,
scarcely a sound even from tbe animal
world. Nevertheless, Quest, too, as re
luctantly be made his preparations for
retiring for the night, was conscious
of that quer sensation of unlmaglnsd
and Impalpable danger.
(TO BHJ CONTINUED.)
down there if the secretary has his
way about it.
Mr. Cross will address this Com
munity Club on the firBt Monday even
ing In June. His subject being "Good
Roads." This is something we are
all much interested in and the Com
munity Club are hoping for a goodly
attendance..
Good Roads Day on May 20th, will
probably be kept here on May 20th.
Mrs. MacHutcninson, of Spokane,
and A. P. Morse and wife of Portland
autoed out and spent Friday with Geo.
Invited to Join their commercial club Morse. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Dwy-
er and daughter, Miss Gladys Rodgers,
autoed out and were dinner guests of
Mr. Morse.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs and Hugh R jb
erts and wife visited with the II. C.
Painton family at Orchards, Wash.,
Francis Ogdi-n, .of Humbolt St. in
Portland, passed away on April 26th,
I with septic Infection of the glands.
jwr. uguen nad several teem exiracieu,
while a resident of this place, and
never fully recovered from the ef-
going over In the Jacobs new Ford rect- 'eaves a wife and several
car, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher spent a fort
night with their sister, Mrs. U Good
win, returning to their Portland home
on Tuesday ot this week.
Mr. Hugo Sandstrom sailed on Sat
urday from San Francisco after spend
ing six weeks at the Exposition City.
grown children.
The Kern home has received a new
coat of stain and a porch and room
addf:d to this attractive little place
on the county road.
The camp-fire girls held their outing
In the Evangelical camp grounds on
Saturday. Eight of the members were
present.
A pretty bungalow at Lyswin hus
been completed by Mr. Will Jennings
and Is delightfully built In a shady
nook, overlooking the Willamette on
the Jennings homestead. -
The church services were well at
tended on 8unday morning. Rev, H.
N". Smith, pastor, choosing "Save Steps
on Slippery Places" for his subject
and Psalms 17-E.as his text Mrs.
Langdon Spooner sang effectively,
'There la a Pardon for You and Me,"
and H. J. ' Jloblnson favored with
"Rock ot Ages", bis bass voice being
particularly pleasing In this song. Tho
regular church choir rendered two
choruses. A special floral committee
has been chosen and the Children's
Day exercises will he held the first
Sunday In June.
"Little Klrd Blue" Is tbe new book
written by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Flnloy
and Is written for children, but like
all truthful and well-told nature stories
Is Interesting and particularly so be
cause the Flnloy children, who were
born at Jennings Lodge, have had a
part In raising little bird blue. The
book sells for seventy-five cents.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO
OREGON CITY FOLKS
Wo wish to announce we are ex
clusive Oregon City agents for tho
simple mixture of buckthorn bnrk, gly
cerine, etc., known as Adlor-1-ka..Thls
remedy, used successfully for appen
dicitis, Is the most THOROUGH bowel
cleanser we ever sold. It Is so pow
erful that ONE SPOONFUL relieves
almost ANY CA8E of constipation,
sour or gassy stomach. Adler-l-ka
never gripes, Is safe to use and the
INSTANT action Is "surprising. Tho
Jones Drug Company. (Adv.)