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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.
Notice Is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Umatilla
County, Oregon, will hold the regular
examination of applicants (or State
Certificates ot Pendleton, as follows:
Commencing Wednesday, December
20, 1916, at 9 o'clock a. m., and
continuing until Saturday, December
23, 1918. at 4 o'clock p. m.
Wednesday Forenoon.
U. S. History, Writing-, Penmanship,
Music, Drawing.
Wednesday Afternoon.
Physiology, Reading, Manual Train
ing, Composition, Domestic Science,
Methods In Reading, Course of Study
for Drawing, Methods In Arithmetic.
Thursday Forenoon.
Arithmetic, History of Education,
Psychology, Methods in Geography.
Mechanical Drawing, Domestic Art,
Thursday Afternoon.
Grammar, Geography, stenography
American Literature, Physics, Type
writing, Methods In Language, The-1
sis for Primary Certificate. '
Friday Forenoon.
Theory and Practice, Orthography,
Physical Geography, English LHera.
ture, Chemistry, Physical Culture.
Friday Afternoon.
School Law, oeology, Algebra, Civil
Government
Saturday Forenoon.'
Geometry, Botany.
Saturday Afternoon.
General History, Bookkeeping.
I. B. YOUNG,
County School Supt
TOP STEERS SELL AROUND $7.25
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dc 11. Very
strong tone Is showing In the catti'i
market at North Potiland. All
through the week there was an excel
lent call for feeder stock as well as
for butcher stuff. Top steers sold gen
erally around (7.26.
Greater run of cattle was shown In
the yards for the week as compared
with last week and this same week a
year ago.
General cattle market range:
Prime heavy steers 17.00 7.25
Prime light steers 6.507.00
Good steers 6.25S6.40
Medium steers B.756.25
Ordinary steers
Common steers
Prime cows
Prime heifers . .
Ordinary cows
Common cows S.004.Zo
Prime heavy bulla 4.50 6.00
Good bulls 4.00425
Ordinary bulls 8.00 3.60
Pest light calves 7.0
Ordinary calves 8.00 6.50
Poor calves 5.00 5.7a
Mutton Murket Advanced.
Sharply higher prices were forced
Call for Bids.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the undersigned up to I
o'clock p. m. December (th, ISM, for
the purchase of Improvement bonda
aggregating 1724.05. dated December
1st, lilt, being Improvement bonds
series 4 of the City of Fenaieton,
Oregon. Each bid must be aocom
panled by a certified check for $100,
payable to the order of the Mayor of
said City, the same to be forfeited to
the City If the bid be accepted ana
the bidder falls to take and pay for
the bonds, but to be returned to the
bidder If he be unsuccessful. No bU
will be considered for less than par
and accrued Interest, and The City of
Pendleton reserves the right to reject
anv and all bids at Its pleasure.
Dated this 2Jrd day ot November,
A. D. 111).
THOS. FITZ GERALD,
City Records
6.006.SO
4 2504.75
5.766.00
S.756.10
4.004.2r
Ordinary lamljs 9.0i1i 9.25
Select spring lambs 9.6il
Best yearlings 8.00 M 8. 51
Good to common wethers 7.60&8.00
Best ewes 6.50 & 7.00
Heavy to common ewes ... 4.00 4.50
There was great strength shown In
all lines of livestock at North Port
land for the week. With the excep
tion of sheep, there was an increase
of offerings in all lines In addition to
me snow siuir.
The holding of the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock show during the week
was naturally the big topic with the
local livestock trade. Aside iron
the fact that the show was not onlv
the greatest ever held in Portland
and on the Pacific coast, it brought
forth numerous buyers who partici
pated in the week's activities.
Hog- Market 1 Strong.
While there was a liberal increase
in the movement of sheep and lamb
to market at North Portland during
the week, the trend of the trade was
extremely favorable. The market
was excellent all through the week.
While very good stuff was available at
the show, open market offerings were
not of very good quality. In fact.
IX POl'ND.
The following described animal has
been taken up by tne Marshal of the
City of Pendleton, to-wit:
One bay mare with suckling colt,
.weight about 1000 pounds, branded
on left shoulder, not visible; age
about 11 years.
If suld animal Is not claimed by
the owners or toso entitled to Its
possession, costs and expenses paid
and taken away within ten days from
the date hereof, then at 2 o'clock p.
m. of the 18th day of December, 1916,
the said animal will be sold to the
highest bidder, at public auction, for
cash, at the City Pound, 212 West
Webb Street. In said City of Pendle
ton, the proceeds of such sale to be
applied to the payment of such costs
and expenses of making sale.
Dnter this 6th day of v December,
1916.
T. B. GURDANE, City Marshal.
for both mutton and lambs at North this is usually the case during the pe
Portland during the week. Run was riods when the show is held.
somewhat smaller than during the On the basis of sales of ordinary to
week previous and far below the K00d quality hog in the local yards
movement of this same week a year during the week, No. 1 swine would
ago.' 'have sold at 19.750 9.85.
Ton auallty Willamette valley lambs General hog market:
sold up to $9 50 in the local yards dur1- Prime heavy weights ... 9.75f9.85
Ing the week, Indicating unusually prime light weights 9.B"9i-i!
strong tone. What superior quality Good light weights 9.25 09.60
east of the mountain stuff would Medium weights 8.75uo
have brought Is merely a guess. None Rough heavy 8.OO8.60
.of this was offering, therefore no .
prices were established. If acquired characteristics writ
General mutton and lamb market. ; readily transmitted what would be
: the shape of the human foot In th's
jyear of grace 1916?
- A business woman ehoirtd never
. " '.h. si.- TZ i propose to a man who can't cook or
tsrrb U s local disease, greatly Influence : sew on buttons,
by constitutional conditions, una In order to
cure It you mutt take an Internal remedy.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken loternalli
and arts thru the blood on tbe mucous aur
faces ot tbe system. Hall's Catarrh Curs
waa prescribed by ant of the beat phyetct
ana In tbls country for years. It Is com
posed of some of tbe best tonics known,
combined with aome of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination or tut
Ingredients In Hall's Catarrh Cure la what
produces such wonderful results In catarrhal
conditions. Meno ror testimonium, ir.
r. 1. CHENEY CO., i'rops., -loieao, u.
All DrUKKlsts, Vol.
Hall't f amily Pills for constipation.
Notice of Bids for Concrete Sidewalk,
Notice Is hereby given that aeaieq
bids will be received at the office of
the City Recorder at the City Hall In
Pendleton, Oregon, up to December
18th, at i o'clock p m., for the con
struction of a concrete sidewalk on
the south side of lots T and 8, block
47, Reservation addition to City of
Pendleton, on the north side of Webb
street In said city. The Common
Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Dated this 2nd day of December,
1916.
THOS. FITZ GERALD,
City Recorder.
IF BACK. HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
ihsii yom kidneys OCCA
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MEAT RKGILAIU.Y.
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No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally,
says a well-known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which clogs the kid
ney pores so they sluggishly filter or
strain oaly part of the waste and pol
sons from the blood, then you get
sick. Nearly nil rheumatism, head
aches, llvor trouble, nervousness, con
stipation, dizziness. sleeplessness,
bladder disorders come from sluggish
The moment you feel a dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts, or
if the urine Is cloudy, offensive, full
of sediment, Irregular of passage,
or attended by a sensation of scald
ing, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any reliable pharmacy and
take a tablespoonful In a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts Is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice, com
bined with llthla and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to activity,
also to neutralise the acids In urine
so It no longer causes Irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts Is Inexpensive and can
not Injure; makes a delightful effer
vescent llthla-water drink' which all
regular meat eaters should take now
and then to keep the kidneys clean
and the blood pure, thereby avoiding
serious kidney complications.
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Fsnnle Ward, Lssky 8tar In Par.
mount Pictures.
The majority of us would have to
work overtime If we undertook to
love our neighbors naif as mucn as
they love themselves.
A first love Is not the last and the
last always knows us mat, way.
CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY
INSURANCE AND LAND BUSINESS
BENTPLHY & MONTGOMERY, REAL
estate, fire, life- nnd accident Insur
ance agents. 816 Main street. Phone
404.
AUCTIONEERS.
COL. W. F. YOHNKA, AUCTION
eer, makes a spclalty of farmers
stock and machinery sales. "The
man that gets you the money.' Leave
orders at East Oregonlan office.
6F.COND HAND DEALERS.
V. BTROHLE. DEALER IN NEW
and second hand goods. Cash
paid for all second-hand goods
bought. Cheapest place In Pendleton
to buy household goods- Come and
get our prices. ' 219 E. Court street
Phone 271W.
ATTORNEYS.
JOHN W. HUFF. ATTORN EY-AT-Law.
Room B, American Nation
al Bank building.
RALEY & RALEY, ATTORENYS AT
law. Office In American National
Bank Building.
GEORGE W. COUTTS, ATTORNEY
at law. Estates settled, wills,
deeds, mortgages and contracts
drawn. Collections made. Room 17,
Schmidt block.
FEE & FEE, ATTORENYS AT LAW,
Office In Despaln building.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
J. T. BROWN'S FURNITURE STORK
Funeral director and licensed em
balmer. Most modern funeral par
lor, morgue and funeral cars. Ca'.li
responded to day or night Corner
Main and Water streets, Telephone
63.
JOHN S. BAKER. FUNERAL Di
rector and licensed embalmer. Op
posite postotflce. Funeral parlor,
two funeral curs. Calls responded tc
day or night Phone 75.
CARTER & BMYTHE, ATTORNEYS
at law. Offloe In rear of American
National Bank building.
ARCHITECT.
RAYMOND W. HATCH, AKUM1
tect. Despaln Building. Phone
768. Pendleton, Oregon. .
DOCTORS.
DR. B. A. ROB PRACTICE LIM
Hed to the eye, ear, nose and tnroit
Hours 9 to 12 and to 6, and by ap
pointment Suite 11, Judd Bldg.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LEGAL BLANKS OF EVERT D
ecriptJon for county court, olroutl
court. Justice court.
tor sale at Ernst OrefoalM otflo
MONTANA FARM LANDS.
JAMES B. PERRY, ATTORNEW AT
law. Office over Taylor Hardware
company.
PETERSON t BISHOP, ATTOR
neys at law; rooms 8 and 4, Smith
Crawford building.
DOUGLAS W. BAILEY, ATTORNEY
at law. Will practice In all state
and federal courts. Rooms, 7, 8 and
9, Despaln building.
FREDERICK 8TEIWER. ATTOR
ney at law. Office In Smith-Crawford
building.
8, A. LOWELL. ATTORNEY AND
counsellor at law. Office In D
tpaln building.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIYWAY
Lands In eastern Montana at 22.50
to 118 per acre. Suitable for farming
or grazing. Easy terms. For infor
mation write or see W. E. Holt, Miles
City, Montana.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS No
tice Is hereby given that there will
be an annual meeting of the stock
holders of the East Oregonlan Pub
lishing company on Wednesday, De
cember (, 1916, at 4 o'clock p. m., at
the office of said company In Pendle
ton, Oregon, for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the ensuing year. C
a Jaokson. president; U IX Drake,
secretary.
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WtONfoue'O
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"KTniiHy rrf ADALBERT PAYS ON XEUHUNE
from the CoxxscUd&lcd notion Picture Triumph
h i
How It All Began.
TABOLD BTAXLEY, to of a
tl Hew York pubHther, U love
Clayton obediently lowered, Of t-
atrument to the table.
Unobtrusively be shlftsa ta pac
tion of a big book on the table m
hr thu monthDiece of the telsplwste
MUI. UU WMM w, vw " - - . .
VUK Florence Umtroa, daugMer of Clever of As he went he glanced about him ZZmYcOuZ
t. Uontrote, tefco U, tpent hU life L outstretchc". hand, Mr Clayton 'r any mray tacab ta gCold haiK dowr Ml "hUtUB
fcrfeeW a macHine to revenue turned her backuom blocki' h" M C appearance th. taMr-
llLlty. Stonlev U kuntino the ra!ked across the room to the win- one. ..rftet ,tself. but meat wis out ofW Actually
BvthB-wav. mother, seetng her. He bad telephoned for
r . in nvu.f a taxlcab. but the company bad evl-
Vanva. wlti her most wtnnlnemlle, denUy made a mistake In the address.
heTdouThddT! Jortoe cab did not arriv. Lnpa-
ikH fridlv at her for an Instant, """w " -
llaver of fourteen wealthy Sew K;b6rt flUjshed i, to the roots was backed Into a sort of alleyway was connected, and
tTvi?:Z vr0r rj???
gather made the fifteenth Crimwn -J"? to By the light from one of the . Thus Florence Montrose, In her on
Btaln victim in her home. After the HaytoZ m ft house', windows Oayton could barely
ixteenth victim U tlain in the opart- ioot cIoeed behlnd th9 mouei, "why distinguished the outline, of the cab.
Of Vanva To,ca, Florence fin, S. llXl Therflt
Tanya hypnoUzei and photograph M' Josca so grossly? It was cruel that he noticed no
1m her evei the Image of Pierre La ' ',. .... .h iaaT, chauffeur on the seat
- t . irovH(wiv;w... ......
Rue, the ilayer. But Layton Farrun, jjUt bravely she answered:
detective, "atcidenlaW drop " "I refused to meet her. my son, be-
IreaU the photographic plate. Stan- Z?? '
Uy fruttratet an attempt to eteal .Tou have 0 rlght to My that!..
toO.OOO necklace and tavet Florence Y,zei Robert, "yon know nothing
Vow death by a make tent by La about her. She "
7ue in a bo of fiowert. Clayton, Jl bn her." retorted Clayton, to
ue m "I i stubborn defiance, "and I mean to
Usiulted at La Rue, coll oh vanya her wltn your WProval or
rftile La Rue hlnuelf it there, fifav without It."
y, waiting outside for tignal from, -f 4-
Clayton, tect Florence enter the His mother tried to speak. Her
iuildlng. Be foUowi her and it in voice failed her. Rising hastily, she
time to tave Clayton'! Ufe, but La gXr'
tue etcapct. r Montrose', after-lunch nap,
' that day, was troubled by gruesome
CHAPTER IX. ' . dreams. As he lay back in the big
., .. c leather chair in his laboratory he
IHe naunung jpctici. .eemed to see the secret panel in
Passing around the Jde of the taxi.
he made for the dimly seen rear door
way In front of which it stood. Just
then the door opened, letting out a
dim gleam of light from a hallway
lamp. Three men were coming out
from the house.
Clayton stepped forward toward the
light. But on almost the same- In
stant he halted, and slipped hastily
back into an angle of the wall. For
he had recognized the foremost of the
three men.
It was Pierre La Rue.
Behind La Rue was a man in a
black mask. And behind the latter
was a tall, slender man, with the
coat, puttees and cap of a chauffeur.
"Got your mask ready?" Pierre In
quired of the chauffeur.
"Yes. eir." respectfully answered
the man, climbing onto the driver.
m
mm
vxxi rtovtnn returned to the wm nu. mn h f. seat. "Ripht here In my breast
.mdif. after Pierre's escape of Pierre La Rue appear m the black pocnei.
over the rooftop rope he aperture, ....
... n... -rail ine iace gnnnea nuuevoieuuy
B found Vanya Tosca, as well m ,
as Florence, busily explaining e)owin m y,, hajf.ghut evil eyes.
'ihe whole affair to Stanley. Montrose shouted aloud, in terror.
"It It was horrible!" be neara ana leapea u nis ieei, wiae awanc.
Vanya stammer as Clayton's eyes
Wait till you're sure the coast is
clear," ordered La Rue, entering tne
cab, followed by the masked man,
"then follow ns Indoors."
The cab door shut. The chauffeur
made a short turn of his machine
and it started toward the mouth of
the court. .Robert Clayton as it sped
by him darted out of the wall em
brasure, caught the edge of the cab's
top and with one toe gained a foot
hold on the rear axle.
Forgotten was the peril of his situ
ation. Forgotten even was his pro
posed visit to Vanya Tosca. Every
thing was forgotten except the fierce
thrill of the man hunt.
Yes. now that Clayton had found
But even though the dream was
Tested questionlngly on her troubled ,Q the waU wids opcn ul
tace. "I was waiting here for you. fl 1din throD h lt
And I ww Pierre La Rue come in. mt0 tne laboratory. -Then,
all at once, a second Pierre h6 cried aloud once more this time
la Rue sprang into the room, behind in sheer relief at seeing the' figure
the first, knocked him senseless, and was Tanner', and not that -of a
, then passed his hands across my face, demon. The tough had come for
I felt myself falling asleep. The next treatment And for once Dr. Mont
thing I know I was sitting in the rose made no objection to giving it to
flressing-room. i'i--"'- m . j. Ru. he wonl(j gtick ,0 hra, m the
la here to nna miss juuauvoo nut evi as ue punea lorwuru ine , . . ,
ng over you! What does it an mysterious apparatus a pounding
mean? Are there two Pierre La Rues? at the laboratory's outer door inter-
And where have they gone?" rupted him. He thrust the apparatus
"Mr. Clayton made up as Pierre La back into it. niche. Tanner disap-
Jiue Just for a Joke. The real Pierre peared through the secret panelway.
La Rue must have followed hira here like a rat into iU hole,
and knocked him senseless. That is "what on. earth is the matter?"
il I know. Except that La Rue has qUeriei Florence, breathlessly, as her
escaped." . father appeared. "We heard you cry
"My head, buzzing too much for out you W6re eu flaring. We
He to paint any more today." said heard it all the way down-stairs. Are
Clayton. "But I'll be all right by to- you m,
Borrow. Shall we say at S in the aft- ,.No,. tte doctor managed to reply,
ernoon?" with a fair semblance of careless-
And promptly at S next day vanya nesa .7 Ju3t snoozed; and had a
ras on hana. as sne iw nightmare. I'm sorry I scared you
two children."
Shutting the laboratory door behind
him, as he spoke, he accompanied
them down the stairway and out onto
the veranda, chatting as he went
Tanner, emerging from a side
entrance of the house, was about to
cross the lawn toward the street
when he saw the three come out upon
the veranda. Not wishing to be seen,
he crouched among the porch vines
mm i dressing-room Into the stu-
JUo, clad to her "Delilah" draperies,
tier beauty was so intense, so allur
ing that Robert Clayton stared.
oellbound. at her.
She threw the light shawl from her
shoulders and stepped toward the
model throne to take her pose for the
Tilctuin. But Clayton, as she passed
close beside the easel, sprang up
from his chair and Impulsively caught
her In his arms. until they should go Indoors again.
"T invn vnu!" na exclaimed, as oe lm v j, j v. . ,,
rasped her in hi. arm. JOJ.! of Mr, Clayton, who was coning L?I ?JS
hope of solving the mystery or of get
ting the arch-scoundrel in his power.
Wherefore, flattening himself upon
the roof of the ttuticab, Robert lay
there, tense with eagerness and sus
pense. After a long twenty minutes the
taxicab slowed to a snail pace. Clay
ton had kept a general Idea of his
surroundings. And now he knew at
a glance where he was.
Clayton bad known that nous all
his life. It was Harold Stanley's
home. And again the thrill of the
man hunt possessed the young artist.
The taxi halted. La Rue and the
masked man stepped out. The latter
crept toward the house. Pierre turned
to the chauffeur.
"In five minutes Join us," he said.
"You know which window. Keep
watch here till then, to make certain
we weren't followed."
He vanished mto the darkness, in
the wake of the masked man. The
chauffeur sat alert and watchful on
his high seat.
Robert Clayton counted slowly up
to fifty. Then, knowing the others
ou, Vanya! Tell me youu hbutj
jie. Tell me you will!"
Noiselessly the door leading from
the studio to the outer hall was
tpened. Mrs, Clayton, during a shop
ping tour, had dropped in for a flve
mlnute chat with her son. To sur
jrlae him she had softly opened the
itudlo door Instead of knocking.
And the "surprise" was all hers.
As quietly as she had opened the
door, Mrs. Clayton now closed It,
tepplng back into the outer hallway
a. she did so.
Regaining control of herself by a
mighty effort, Mrs. Clayton raised
her trembling right hand and rapped
at the studio door.
At sound of her knock the man and
the girl in the studio started apart
Robert, muttering angrily, strode to
ward the door. Vanya slipped into
the dressing-room.
Clayton threw open the door, say
Sig crossly:
"Well, what the deuce, do you
rant?"
At sight of the pallid-faced woman
jfe the threshold he exclaimed:
- "Oh, excuse me, mother. I thought
It was a bill collector or a book agent
or an Insurance chap, or something
like that. I'm pestered with them
here. Come In. It's mighty nice of
you to call on me like this in work
hours."
He led the way Into the studio.
Mr Clayton glanced sharply around
her. Vanya was nowhere to be seen.
Her shawl
"I am afraid I have interrupted
you in your work," said the old
lady stiffly.
"Not a bit!" Robert assured her
with forced cordiality. "Not a bit.
We were Just through. My model is
In there getting into her street
clothes. Sit down."
He spoke loudly, so that Vanya,
behind the dressing-room curtain,
should take her cue from him.
"By the way," as his face clouded,
"you say you would phone the police
ogaln this noon. Had they any
further news of the necklace V
"No," said Robert, "only the usual
bunoh of clews that lead nowhere.
We "
The dressing-room curtain was
drawn aside, and Vanya Tosca came
Into the studio. She was dressed for
the street: even to hat and' gloves.
"flood-by, Mr. Clayton," she said
demurely. ' "When do you wish me to
pose for yon arainT Tomorrow?"
"I 1 think so," sputtered Robert, in
ome confusion j adding! "If you are
going to be at home this evening Til
Mil, And we can arrange then for
the walk toward the Montrose house.
And he shrank closer in among the
vines.
Mrs. Clayton, seeing the three
people on the veranda, quickened her
pace.
"Doctor, Pm so glad to find you!"
she greeted her host. Tm in such
trouble. And you have advised me
so wisely at other times when things
went wrong."
"You look tired," said Florence.
Til ring for tea. Felix can serve it
out here, where it's cool."
She went indoors to summon the
manservant. Mrs. Clayton turned
again to the doctor.
"It's about Robert," she said. "He
Is to love with a woman a horrible
woman end he declares he's going to
marry her "with my approval or
without it." He "
"Who is the woman?" asked Dr.
Montrose sympathetically, "anyone
we know?"
"No one we could possibly know,"
returned Mrs. Clayton. "A model.
Her name, I believe, is Vanya Tosca.
She is posing for Bob."
Stanley, furtively watching Mont
rose, saw the doctor's face blanch
and stiffen at the model's name.
"And It's all the worse; coming, as
it does, at a time when I'm so wor
ried and unhappy about my beau
tiful necklace. The police show no
signs of finding my necklace, by the
way. It wasn't so much Its valtio
that I mourn, though it cost $V,O0O,
and it's worth much more now. fiut
however, lay on the floor. . -
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count more than "
"Mrs. Clayton," broke In Harold
Stanley. "I did not mean to tell you,
Just yot; for a reason I'll explain
later. But I can't see you suffer
when I can easo your trouble. Your
necklace is perfectly safe. I have it."
"You?" gasped Mrs. Clayton, In
credulously, while Dr. Montrose and
Felix gasped in woader.
"Yes. It came Into my hands, In
an odd way. I'll explain that part
of lt, later, too. But the necklace Is
recovered. It 1. locked to the safe,
to my library', at home."
Mrs. Clayton was effusively grate
ful. And, In listening to her thanks,
Stanley quite failed to notice Felix',
breathless Interest in the conversa
tion. Nor did he hear the faint rustle of
the vins s, Just beenath him, as Tan
ner 'wriggled away from his hiding
place. There was work afoot and
Tanner felt he had no time to waste.
That evening Robert Clayton set
forth from the studio on his promised
eall at Vanya Tosca's flat. His heart
throbbed stirringly at prospect of
gathered his body Into a compact
mass and launched himself upon the
unsuspecting chauffeur.
In less than three minutes Robert
Clayton had divested the senseless
man of his coat and cap and puttees
and had clothed himself to them.
Feeling in the inner pocket of the
chauffeur's coat he drew out the
folded mask and adjusted it to his
own face.
Then, lightly he ran toward the
house, and began slowly to circle it.
Presently he found the newly opened
window he sought It led into the
Stanley library.
Clayton crawled over the sin and
Into the room. One shaded electric
light was turned on. By its glow he
saw La Rue and the masked man
kneeling In front of the library safe.
Robert was not adept In the gentle
art of house-breaking- As he scram
bled into the room one of his groping
feet struck against a chair, upsetting
It
At the noise La Rue turned and
swore fiercely. Then be bent once
more to his task of boring a large
enough hole in the safe to hold the
nitroglycerin with which he intended
to open lt.
"All ready!" he leard La Rue say.
"Stand back. It will explode in thirty
seconds now. Come over here, out of
the way."
He drew the two others into the
farthest extremity of the long room.
As he did so the library door opened
apnin. Harold Stanley sauntered hi.
Coming home unexpectedly early,
Stanley had stopped at. the library on
his way upstairs for some letters he
wanted to read again before going to
bed.
At once he noted the upturned light
and the apper.ranoe of the safe. Strid
ing across to the safe, he bent over it.
Clayton took an impulsive step for
ward. Hut he was too late.
The safe door clashed to the soft
rug. Harold Stanley was sent sprawl
ing and senseless by the concussion.
He lay In an Inert heap on the floor,
close beside the library table.
With a laugh that drowned Robert
Clayton's horrified gasp, Pierre La
Rue ran forward. At the same In
stant the telephone on the table be
gan to ring.
Instinctively Robert Clayton picked
up the instrument Steadying his
shaky tones as best he could, he said:
"Hello!"
' "Hello!" came the reply in Florence
Montrose' clear voice. "Is that you,
Harold? I called up to ask you if
you "
"Put that thing down, you fool!"
snarled Pierre La Rue.
home, could plainly bear -wneurtw
might be said within three feet of Ox
table. And. as Robert knew, she m
listening for the supposed HaretCst
renlv to her treating.
Pierre La Rue looked down In
contentment at the face of his i
less enemy.
"Have you found the Clayton i
lace. Tanner V
The masked man, who-had
fumbling in the dismantled safe, i
drew out his hand, triumphantly.
"Here .he is, chief!" he announce!.
La Rue snatched the glittering cir
clet of diamonds from him and threea
it carelessly into the side pocket et
his coat Then be bent again ever
Stanley. '
His wandering eye fell on the truk "
he had hauled from the closet
"Open that," he said to Taiuter.
"If it's full dump out the eontent
and help me pitdi him Into it W
can carry it out to the taxi and take,
it where it will be safe to opea H
and finish him. Look lively, there.
He motioned Tanner to lift the body
by the shoulders, while he hlnumif
bent to raise the legs and feet Aa
Pierre leaned forward to lift the
weight Clayton saw the gleam of
Jewels shining from a bit of the neck
lace that protruded from his pocket.
With a deft agility that surprised
himself Robert lifted the neckJac .
from La Rue's pocket and dropped it '
into his own.
"Trunk's empty, chief!" reported
Tanner.
"Good!" replied La Rue. "In b
goes! Lock it."
Florence Montrose, at the other end
of the wire, slammed the receiver ea
the hook, breaking the connection.
Then she called up the nearest poiicw
station, and at once afterward rang
for her chauffeur. Five minute, hater
the Montrose automobile, centals ins
Florence and four excited policemen,
set forth at top speed for the Stanley
house.
-f i
Meantime, sending Clayton ahead
to start the taxi's engine, La Rue and
Tanner shoved the trunk out thnugri
the wide library window and with
much effort lowered it to the grtrand.
Thence between them they clrried a
to the chugging taxicab and propped,
it endwise beside the driver". eja.
"Where now?" questioned lUaner.
"Homer' "No," said La Rue, -out into the
open country somewhere. What'j .
wrong?" he broke off as the taxi sud
denly ceased whirring and Clayton v
Jumped down to crank It.
"Stalled my engine," muttered
Clayton, his voice muffled, aa he.
heaved at the crank.
There was but one hope, and Bol .
Clayton knew it. If Florence Mont
rose had heard and understood ahc :
undoubtedly would notify the police..
For this reason he had purposely--stalled
the engine. For this reawri
he was now taking all the time h
could In cranking-.
But the ruse gained for him little
of the time he-desired, for after a
moment or two of fuming Impatience
La Rue thrust him roughly aside, ex
claiming: "You've lost your nerve, man? Ton
ought to be playing pingpong or
learning to sew. Tanner, get busy
here. Start her and then take the
wheel. This Idiot has gone art to
pieces."
When the taxicab was at last under
way, with Tanner at the wheel and
Clayton and La Rue inside, Tanrr
put on all possible speed. The Uxl
whizzed out into the street oa two
wheels. As it settled into its pace
a shout behind caused La Rue to
glare back through the window.
An automobile that seemed fairly
to bustle with policemen was In ho
and close pursuit. La Rue bellowed
to Tanner for more speed.
Out into the open country the race
continued. Three miles beyond a
river flashed into view In the star
light. "Stop when we get to4h bank, and
heave the trunk over!" yelled La Rue.
"They're gaining on us."
Tanner came to a second's halt.
Over went the trunk with a splash
into the deep stream. Clayton sought
to spring out after lt But La Rue
seized him. The taxi dashed on.
Clayton still struggling to escape.
In the tussle his mask fell off.
La Rue started back to amaze at
sight of his face. Clayton, took ad
vantage of the momentary respite to
dive out into a clump of wayside
bushes.
Florence Montrose, leaning fnj out
of the pursuing car, saw the trunk
hurled into the river. At her shrinked
command her chauffeur slowed up for
an Instant Just 'as he reached the
bridge, while she and the policeman
sprang to the ground.
Florence, running to the bridge
rail ahead of the policeman, saw the
almost submerged trunk. As the air
to It was nearly expelled by Inrush,
ing water, the trunk steadily sunk.
Without a moment's hesitation.
Florence dived frora the bridge, struck
out toward the -jinking trunk and.
seizing it held lt partly above the
surface until Clayton and the po
liceman could reach out to araw n
up on the bank.
They burst open the lid and lifted
out the gasping, half-drowned Stan
ley. "Florence!" panted Stanley, feebly.
His lips could say no mora, But
his eyes spoke volumes.
"They got clean away." reported
the chauffeur of the returning car.
"Soon or late," gasped Stanlejv
TU-ril get them. I know Itl
(To be continued next week.