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CM J ii" a m ::1 k cgetable Pr cparalionfor As similating the Food andBegula n the Stomachs andBowcls of rf . I i 'remotes DigestionXheerfur ess and Rest.Contains neither 'jiuni,Morphine nor Mineral. ot Narcotic. 1 Acq mfOltI-SAMUZLPtrCfnLH PmfJa Seat' jilx.Saui ilaktlU Satit StnifSmi Jifpmtwt -lit Cubonate-Soda Cfaivd Sugar huuayrmit riavcK fl a Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa ion , Sour Stomcich.Diarrhoea "orms .Convulsions .Fever istv i'ss and Loss of Sleep. Fac Simile Signature oF NEW YORK. ... L - -g.BM bo jenKinson was cauea' ana con firmed the diagnosis. He understood, of course,' the cause of Mr. Royce's breakdown and turned to me when the consultation was ended and bis col league had taken his departure. "Mr. Lester," he said, "I advise you to go home and get some rest Put this case out of your mind or you'll be right where Mr. Itoyce Is. He had some more bad news, I suppose?" I told him of Miss Holladay's disap pearance. He pondered over it a mo ment with grave face. "This strengthens my belief that she is suffering with dementia," he said. 1 We sprang to him and led him to a couch. "Sudden aversion to relatives and friends is one of Its most common symptoms. Of course she must be found." "I'm going to find her," I assured him, with perhaps a little more confi dence than I really felt. "Well, remember to call on me if I can help you. But, first of all, go home and sleep for ten hours twelve, if you can. Mind, no work before that no building of theories. You'll be bo much the fresher tomorrow." I recognized the wisdom of this ad vice, but I had one thing to do first I took a cab and drove to the nearest telegraph office. There I sent an Im perative message to Brooks, the Holla llay coachman, telling him to return to New York by the first train and report to me at the ofliee. That done, I gave the driver my address and set tled back in the seat No building of theories, Jenkinsoa had said; yet It was difficult to keep the brain idle. Where was Frances HoUaday? Why had she fled? Was she really mentally deranged? Had the weight, of the secret proved too great for her? Or had she merely fallen under the Influence of the wo- , man who was guilty? Supposing she ( was Insane, That should we do with her when we found ber?.. How ooyld i f -sua EXACT COW OF WRAPPER. S TIPH II lUJInill For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use Over Thirty Years till THM CENTAUR (OUHHr. MCW VOM CITY. A Mystery Of Two Continents By BURTON E. STEVENSON Copyright, 1903. by Henry Holt and Company .Vo wuinn iiert Ana, supposing 'sne were not insane, what legal right had we to interfere with her? These and a hundred other questions crowded upon me till thought failed and I lay back confused, Indifferent "Here we are, sir," said the driver. Jumping down from his seat and jerk ing open the door. I paid him and went stumbling up the steps. I have no doubt he was grinning behind me. As I fumbled with my key some one opened the door from the Inside. "Why, Mistair Lester!" exclaimed Martigny's voice. "What Is It? You have no illness, I hope!" "No," I murmured, "I'm Just dead tired," and I started blindly for the stair. "Let me assist you," and he took my arm and helped me up, then went on ahead, opened my door and lighted the gas. "Thanks," I said as I dropped Into a chair. He sat quietly down opposite me, and, weary as I was, I was conscious of his keen eyes upon me. "We heard from Miss Holladay this morning," I remarked, unconsciously answering their question. He did not reply for a moment, but I had closed my eyes again, and I was too tired to open them and look at him. "Ah!" he said in a voice a little hoarse. "And she is well?" "No. She's disappeared." "You mean" "I mean she's run away," I said, waking up a little. "And she has informed you" "Oh, no. We've Just found it out She's been gone ten days." "And you are going to search for her?" he questioned carelessly, after another pause. "Yes. I'll begin In the morning." Again there was a moment's silence. "Ah!" he said, with a curious In tensity. "Ah!" Then he arose and left me to tumble incontinently Into bed. CHAPTER XI. TIRED nature asserted herself and took the 'full twelve hours, but I felt like another man when I left the bouse next morning, and I was eager to grapple anew with the mystery. I found two reports awaiting me at the ofliee. Mr. Royce had passed a "good night and was better; the clerks who had spent the afternoon before in visiting the stables had as yet discovered nothing, and were continuing their search. I looked up a time card of the Long Island railroad and found that Miss Holladay's coachman could not reach the city until 930; so I put on my hat again, sought a secluded table at Wal lack's, and over a cigar and stein of bock drew up a resume of the case to clear the atmosphere, as It were. It ran something like this: March 13. Thursday. HoUaday found .,. murdered; daughter, drives to "Wash ington square March X Friday. Coroner's Inquest; Miss HoUaday rslawl: .mntarteua AW- (For iy wjj us? El March 16. Sunday. Hsttaday buried. March 18, Tuesday. WOl opened And pro- . tiated. y- ' March 28, Friday. Miss Holladay returns from drive, bringing new maid with her and discharges old one. - - ' - March 29, Saturday. Gives orders to open summer house. April 1. Tuesday. Asks for $100,000. April 2, Wednesday. Gets It. - ; - April S. Thursday. Leaves home, osten sibly, for Belair, in company with new maid. April 14. Monday. Butler reports her dis appearance; Royce taken ill; I begin my search. . , There I stopped. The last entry brought me up to date. There was nothing more to add. But It seemed Impossible that all the developments of this mystery should have taken only a month. For years, as it seemed to me, I had thought of nothing else. I looked over the schedule again carefully. There was only one opening that I could see where it was possible to begin work with the hope of accom plishing anything. That was in the very first entry. Miss Holladay had driven to Washington square; she had, I felt certain, visited her sister; I must discover the lodging of this woman. Perhaps I should also discover Frances Holladay there. In any event I should have a new point to work from. . . The police had been over the ground, I knew. They had exhausted every re source in the effort to locate Mr. . Hol laday's mysterious visitor and . had found not a trace of her. But that fact did not discourage me, for I hoped to start my search with information which the police had not possessed. Brooks, the coachman, should be, able to tell me ,' ' Recalled suddenly to remembrance of him, I looked at my watch and, saw that It was past his hour. I was pleas ed to find him awaiting me when I opened the office door three minutes later. I had only a tew questions to ask him. . "When your mistress left the. car riage the day you drove her to Wash-, lngton square did you notice . which street she took after she left the, square?" - "Yes, sir; she went on down West Broadway." - .. . - "On which side?" ,, , :u. Th' left hand side, sir; th' east side." "She must have crossed the street to get to that side." . ... "Yes, sir; she did, I noticed , per-, tie'lar, for I thought it . funny she shouldn't 've let me drive her on down th' street to wherever she was goinY It's a dirty place along there, sir.'. "Yes, I know. - When you drove her out on the 28th the day she brought back the maid where did she go?" "Tt Washington square again, 8lr.M "And left you waiting for her?" , Yes,' sir; Just th same." . ; . ' "And went down the same street?" "Yes, sir; crossed to th' east side Just th' same as th' time before." "How long was she gone?" ;J "Over an hour, sir; ah hour an' a half, I should say." " "Did you notice anything unusual In her appearance when she tame back? "No, .sir; Bhe was fwearin ;a heavy veil. She had th' other' womanp with her, an she just said 'Home!' in adtind o' hoarse voice as I helped them, into th' carriage." That was all that he could tell one, and yet I felt that it would help me greatly. In the first place, it narrowed my investigations to the district lying to the east of West Broadway, and I knew that the French quarter extended only a block or two In that direction. And, again, it gave me a point to insist on In my inquiries I knew the date upon which the mysterious woman had left her lodging, or, at least I knew that it must be one of two dates. The lodging had been vacated, then, either on the 28th of March or the 3d of April. As a last resource I '. had the photo graph. I was ready to begin my search and dismissed Brooks, warning him to say nothing to any one about the mys tery. . As I passed out the door to the pave ment I happened to glance across the way, and there, in the crowd of bro kers who always line the street, I perceived Martigny. He was listening intently to one of the brokers, who was talking earnestly In his ear tell ing him how to make his fortune, I suppose and did not see me. For ait instant I was tempted to cross to him and get him out of danger. Then I smiled at the absurdity of the thought. It would take a clever man to fleece Martigny, and I recalled his strong face, his masterful sir.- He was no fool, no lamb ready for the shears. He was perfectly able to look out for himself to wield the shears with power and ef fect M need be. I turned west toward Broadway, still, I suppose, thinking of him sub consciously, for a few moments later some Irresistible impulse caused me to glance around, and there he was walking after me on the opposite side of the street! Then In a flash I un derstood. He was following me! It is difficult to describe the shock that ran through me, that left me numbed and helpless. For an Instant I stumbled on, half dazed; then grad ually my self control came back and with it a certain fierce Joy, a hot exul tation. Here at last was something definite, tangible, a clew ready to my hand, if only I were clever enough to follow It up; a ray of light in the dark ness. I could feel my cheeks burning and mv heart leaDins at the. tbousht. fTo he Continued.) Invaluable for Rheumatism. I lmVrt lxtMl f tllffrir.u lor the Mint fear vpsun uir?i m v- an; t of rheumatism and f mm! that Kallani' Snow Liniment was the onlv thing that pave patiefac tion an 1 tended to alleviate my pains. March 24, '02, John C. Degnan. Kins man, Ills." 2oc. So? and $1-1)0. Graham A Worthm. - Have your printing done at the Gazette office: We give you quick service and save you money. - You Doubtless want to know about By BURTON E. 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