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10 FRI0AY M6UNiNfti DECEMBER 21, 192.1 Tim OREGON STATESMAN,.. SALEM; OREGON C1U.HD HUGE PBOCLEKS A ele Garrison's New Phase' of REVELATIONS OP A WtFE Copyright ,1921., by Newspaper Feature Service. Inc, , CHAPTER E2 ; ' THE 'STARTLINQ NEWS BESS DEAN GAVE MADGE AT THE ; . , inn. : : , ... i - As the realization came to me that the hidden mysterious rolce I had heard , In . the f reservoir grounds was that of the man who calls himself Smith, -who had later Attempted to throw the blame for the attack n -Trooper .Crowley, 1 turned to Col. Travers In frantic haste Jto undo the error Into, which the failure to function of my us ually .unerring, memory had led me. v.-'" "l'i- (."'.' . " In my antagonism toward Smith ray fury, at his insolence and, arro Kance, t had, given him a warning which might give him a chance to escape justice. f I J,;; ' :r-xi v f f-i R EL I ABLE ME R'CHAN D I S E . Umbrellas ; . ,i i Beautiful silks, useful as well as ornamental. 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It was hls.voice I heard. beyond a doubfc. , Please telephone to your men at the inn to "have him held xat ' once, s for I am afraidhe thinks we know.". 7 Col,, Travers rushed toward the door turning only to ask; . "You are sure?" t "Absolutely! Hurry! I'll ex plain when ' you ' come, back." Back to the Inn. 1 ! He was gone but a minute or two, and when he returned there was a constraint, in his ;manner which had not been there before. "Hastings will get in touch with the men tt the inn," he said, and I knew the reason for his manner. , . ; , ? , "Capt,, Hastings . has told you that it was tar' own folly which warned him," I said. That is too strong a word," he replied with perfunctory eourteay. "No, it isn't,". I returned with a bitterness of spirit which I knew would long be with me. To. think that I had allowed, he insolence of. this Smithy to goad me Into so glaring an indiscretion! "My memory never played me a trick like that before," I went on futiiely enough. "But his .voice was so cleverly disguised" ( "He js i one of the best mimics commercial st. j . in, the world," Col. Travers inter rupted. "so don't blame yourself on that score. . Tour only slip was the little taunt you gare him, but that was a thoroughly, feminine and.. therefore," , forgivable- pro- ceeding,, - He smiled indulgently, end longed to slap him. I think be read my displeasure, for his face suddenly grew serious. "Please don't ; let this trouble you, Mrs. Graham,; he said. "He cannot have gone far if he did start; and-" ' . t CapU, Hastings . rushed through the door which the colonel had left open.? ' "Somethinx has happened to the telephone out here," he said "I can't get the Inn.", "We must reach there as quick ly as possible, then.! Col. Travers replied. "If he looked at me. and I seized the look, interpreted it Joyously. . , - i "I can 'drive you back in no time," I said. "My car is a splen did hill climber, and it has plenty of gas, oil and water." Where Is Dicky? ; "Good! Hastings, you stay here to see if Crowley recovers con sciousness. Get a full statement from . him it he does stressing the identification of Smith. Come down here with it whea you . get it if I haven't given you different orders beforehand. Now, (Mrs. Graham, we'll pick up the " man who came with you, Mr.". : "Cosgrove," I supplied. . "Ah, yes! I didn't catch it be fore. We'll start1 at once if you don't mind. , ; . ' X" "Mind!" ! ejaculated, and I think he understood the frantic wish which was mine for strenu ous action to atone for my folly In. giving 'the ;warning inadvert ent though it-was, to Smith. . Thankful,' indeed, was I on that return Journey for the wonderful moonlight which made the road almost as safe to travel as day lisht. ' Thankful, also, that the hour gave us the winding thor oughfare to ourselves. Neither CoL' Travers nor Mr. Cosgrove spoke at all, evidently fearing to distract . my , attention for a sec ond, and I sent the big car along the road at a pace at which" X would have shivered at any other time. .. , ' Yet, concentrated as I was on the management of the car, two thoughts obsessed me every inch of the way." One was the keen humiliation I felt for my childish yielding to temper in the taunting of the man named Smith. The other, no less vivid, was the remembrance of Dicky's assidu ous attention - to Bess Dean dur ing the stirring events at the inn. It was she whom he was assidu ously shielding fnpm all discom fort, all chance of rudeness, while I- The zest I had felt In playing a role in the drama staged at the inn changed to the dust-and-ashee which a Thespian failure knows most. poignantly. " V : And then we had reached the Inn, to find an excited group of babbling people in front. . Bess Dean, with Ted and Fred, stood a little apart, and when they saw the car they rushed forward. There was a malicious lltle gleam in. the girl's eyes which belled her apparent solicitude. Oh, Madge," she said, f'l don't know how to tell you ! Dicky went after the man named Smith to thrash him for something he said to me, and neither has come back." . . CHAPTER 63 THE SERVICE COL. TRAVERS ASKED OP MADGE !CoI. Travers' sprang to the ground before I stopped the car, aad at Bess Dean's excited words turned on her swiftly. ; " that right?" he demanded. "Is Smith gone? Here Raynor! Jones!" He gave 'the call for the troop ers even as he questioned her, and the men came running j toward Mitt- , ; , . . " . , "Yes," she responded. "Mr. Graham knocked him down be cause of a name Smith called me," she achieved : a becoming ? blush. "He wanted Smith to stand ,up and "fight,; but like most ; bullies, Smith ran away and- " ," Which direction?" he inter rupted her curtly, and she had the quickness to see that she was an noying him by her loquacity, ; "Into the woods there!" She lifted her hand, pointed to the for est back ( Of the Inn, and waited for the officer's, next question. ; But : he evidently was : through with her. His next words were commands .like bullets. . , "Raynor take, two men with you you; can trust, and ;track Smith down. , I'll get; more help here as soon as I can get In touch with Kinkston. - Arm your ; help ers, and get him . dead or alive, preferably living however, Jones!" : i. "Yes, sir." A tall, picturesque youth saluted as the trooper ad dressed as Raynor singled out two men from the excited loungers about the Inn and disappeared in the forest back of the house. From the looks on the faces of the men selected I guessed that they would have an especial seat In hunting down the man named Smith. . His would be the fate of most tyrants dreaded and fawned upon for their poweT. ' - "Find old. Kronish for me and bring him here." '.-;) ;; "Take Me to Her." while " his superior . officer went 4 -CLi L' Select Victorblas r "i From $25 up All the latest V V ' f : ; . - ?:"-. -' -'' - , i Our terms will suit any "Reasonable Purchaser." We guarantee 100 per cent satisfaction. - If you purchase a phonograph here and it should not prove satisfactory hi ev ery way we will gladly exchange it. OTHER CHRISTMAS SUGGEaTIONiSaxaphones, Violins, Trumpets, Guitars, MahoTm Uliel eles, Banjos, Band mstrumehts. Full line of Victor Records, also Binwswick Records. from man to man of the group before the inn, questioning each closely. But. at Jones's return, alone, : his face darkened. "Kronish Is nowhere to be found, sir," the young trooper re ported. "I've been in every pos sible 'place in the house. He's gone." - v ' "Where's his wife?" .. "Wringing her hands and mut- tefing to herself ! I can't get any thing put of her. She's hysteri cal."! "Take me to her." He walked perhaps three steps in the wake of young Jones, then turned abruptly to , the . car In which I still sat; bewildered, stun ned by the news which Bess Dean had given me concerning Dicky. Dicky had been so occupied with Bess Dean's ; smiles and chatter that he had not observed the In solent treatment which the man Smith had accorded me, but at some real or fancied insult, to her he had made a scene, and had fol lowed a furious, perhaps desper ate man to what? My heart quaked with the pos sibilities that might lie out there In the forest where my husband had gone.. , ;. ,.' , v ,, "Mrs. Graham! Please!" - ' I came to myself with a start, and realized that ' Col. Travers must' have called : me more than once. . "YeaV I returned. "You must pardon me. I " . ' "Will you come with me, please. at once?", he said, holding out his hand to help me from the car. Madge Summons Courage. I accepted his aid mechanically and, wondered vaguely as I walked beside him where h"e was ; taking me, what he wanted f ane,; to . do. We were Inside ' the Inn,; through the big deserted front 'room and into a smaller room beyond before he spoke. ' r r . . m - ' , ; .. - :.r.,: Three GoMi)lete Limes to 600. models I Sherman, clay 409-415 COURT "No man can handle an excited, hysterical, old woman," he said. "I want yoa to find out from Mrs. Kronish when she last saw her husband.' Use any means you wish. I will be right here if you need me. She is in there, Jones says." He pointed to a closed door at our right. WHh a mighty effort I pulled myself together as I walked to ward, the closed door, trying to put all thought of Dicky out of my mind. ; For the time I was a sol dier under Col. Traver's orders, and -I hugged the thought with the chance to atone for my idiocy, at least in part. Through the door came the souad of laughter and sobbing, and I recognized the unmistakable hysteria. Without ceremony I pushed the door open. I found myself in a spotless kitchen with a table in the middle of it, seated there, was the swaying figure of a Woman with an apron thrown oyer her face. Two other women were trying" half-heartedly to pull the apron away, and I touched each on the shoulder and' signall ed them authoritatively te leave the, room. ; They obeyed instantly I guess ed that they knew I was represent ing' the officer. When' I was left alone. with Mrs. Kronish' I stooped and took the twisting hands' of the old woman in my own,' held them so firmly that sLe' couid not squirm away,-and snook 'the apron from her face. - (To be co:.t:..ued) Scandinavian Singer , : Entertains Silverton l SILVERTOX. Or., Dec. 20. 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