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Suppose that you, aroused tonight by the stealthy presence of a
masked prowler In your bedroom, covered him with your pistol Just as
he was about to plunge a long knife between your ribs and discov
ered he was an old friend. Would you turn him over to the police
and prosecute him, or would you assume he was crazy and have him
sent to an asylum? Perhaps you will find an answer to such a prob
lem In this installment.
Previous installments told how Hugh Whitaker, thinking he was
about to die, married an innocent girl to save her honor, and left
the country immediately. Five yeare later he returned to New York,
healthy and wealthy, and found the wife, now a famous actress
known as Sara Law, engaged to marry Drummond, his old friend. She
disappeared. Drummond supposedly committed suicide, as her1 previ
ous lovers had done. Whitaker was assaulted In the dark, and while
recuperating at the country home of his friend, Martin Ember,
discovered spies, fought them,- and was helped by a charming and
mysterious young lady living nearby.
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CHAPTER XI Continued.
13
Ember pushed back his chair and,
rising, strolled to the door. "Moonrise
and a fine, clear night," he said, star
ing through the wire mesh of the
screen. "Wish you were well enough
to go riding with me. However, you
won't be laid ud long, I fancy. And
Til be back day after tomorrow. Now
I must cut along."
And within ten minutes Whitaker
heard the motor car rumble off on the
woodland road. He wasn't altogether
sorry to be left to his own society, but
in spite of his half-hearted perturba
tlon and dissatisfaction, the weariness
of a long, full day was so heavy upon
him that he went to sleep almost be
fore Sum Fat had finished making him
comfortable.
Extinguishing the candle, the China
man, moving with the silent assurance
of a cat in the dark, closed and latched
the shutters, then sat down just out-
Bide the living-room door, to wait and
watch, sleeplessly alert
An hour passed In silence, and an
other, and yet another. Sum Fat sat
moveless In the shadow, which blended
so perfectly with his dark blue silk
garments as to render him almost In
distinguishable a figure as patient
and imperturbable as any bland, stout,
graven god of his religion. But in time
there fell upon his ears another sound,
to which he stirred, If Imperceptibly
drawing himself together, tensing and
flexing his tired muscles while his eyes
shifted quickly from one quarter to
another of the darkened living room
and the still more dark bedchamber.
And yet apparently all that had
roused him was the drowsy whistle of
a whippoorwlll.
Then, with no other presage, a
shadow flitted past one of the side win
dows, and In another reappeared more
substantially on the veranda. Sum
Fat grew altogether tense, his gaze
fixed and exclusively focused upon
that apparition.
Cautiously, noiselessly, edging inch
by inch across the veranda, the man
approached the door. It was open. A
full, long minute elapsed. Even Sum
Fat held his breath throughout that
Interminable reconnoissance.
At length, reassured, the man slipped
Into the room. Another minute: no
sound detectable more untoward than
that of Bteady respiration in the bed
room ; with a movement as swift and
sinister as the swoop of a vulture, the
man sprang toward the bedroom door.
Leaping from a sitting position, with
a bound that was little less than a
flight through the air, the Chinaman
caught him halfway. There followed
a shriek, a heavy fall that shook the
bungalow, the report of a revolver,
sounds of scuffling . . .
Whitaker, half dazed, found himself
, Standing In the doorway, regardless of
his injury.
He saw, as one who dreams and yet
Is conscious that he does but dream,
Ember lighting candles calmly apply
ing the flame of a taper to one after
another as he made a round of the
sconces. Sum Fat was kneeling on all
fours, above something that breathed
heavily and struggled without avail.
Whltaker's sleep-numbed faculties
cleared.
"Ember t" he cried. "What in the
name of all things strange"
Ember threw him a flickering smile.
"Oh, there you are?" he said cheer
fully. "I've got something Interesting
to show you. Sum Fat" he stooped
and picked up a revolver "you may
let him up now, if you think he's safe."
"Safe enough." Sum Fat rose, grin
ning. "Had plenty."
He mounted guard beside the door.
For an instant his captive seemed
reluctant to rise. Ember moved to his
side and stood over him, balancing the
revolver in his palm.
"Come," he said Impatiently. "Up
with you I"
The man sat up as If galvanized by
fear, got more slowly to his knees,
then, grasping the edge of the table,
dragged himself laboriously to a stand
ing position.
' Whltaker's Jaw dropped and his eyes
' widened with wonder and pity. He
Uouldu't deny the man, yet he found It
hard to believe that this quivering,
shaken creature, with his lean and
pasty face and desperate, glaring eyes,
this man In rough, stained, soiled and
shapeless garments, could be identical
with the well-set-up, prosperous and
confident man of affairs he remem
bered as Drummond. And yet they
were one. Appalling to contemplate
the swift, devastating course of moral
degeneration, that had spread like gan
grene through all the man's physical
and mental fiber . . .
"Take a good look," Ember advised
grimly. "How about that pet myth
thing now? What price the astute
sleuth eh? Perhaps you'd like to
take a few more funny cracks at my
simple faith In hallucinations.
"I had a notion he'd be hanging
around," Ember went on ; "I thought I
saw somebody hiding in the woods this
afternoon ; and then I was sure I saw
him skulking round the edges of the
clearing after dinner. So I set Sum
Fat to watch, drove back to the village
to mislead him, left my car there and
walked back. And sure enough I"
Without comment, Whitaker, unable
to stand any longer without discom
fort, hobbled to a chair and sat down.
"Well?" Drummond demanded harsh
ly In a quavering snarL "Now that
you've got me, what're you going to
do with me?"
There was a high, hysterical accent
in his voice that struck unpleasantly
on Ember's ear. He cocked his head
to one side, studying the man intently.
Drummond flung himself a step
away from the table, paused, and again
faced his captors with bravado.
"Well?" he cried again. "Well?"
Ember nodded toward Whitaker.
"Ask him," he said briefly.
Whitaker shook his head. It was
difficult to think how to deal with this
trapped animal, so wildly different
from the cultivated gentleman he al
ways had In mind when he thought of
Drummond. The futility of attempting
to deal with him according to any code
recognized by men of honor was
wretchedly apparent.
"Drummond," he said slowly, "I wish
to God you hadn't done this thing."
Drummond laughed discordantly.
"Keep your mealy-mouthed compassion
for yourself," he retorted, sneering.
Whitaker gave a gesture of despair.
"If you'd only been content to keep out
of the way ... I If only you'd let
me alone "
"Then you let Sara Law alone, d'you
hear?"
The Interruption was little short of
a shriek. Ember motioned to Sum Fat,
who quietly drew nearer.
"I swear I don't know what to do or
say"
"Then shut up"
"That'll be about all," Ember inter
posed quietly. At a glance from him,
Sum Fat closed in swiftly and caught
and pinioned Drummond's arms from
behind.
A disgusting change took place In
Drummond. In an instant he was strug
gling, screaming, slavering; his face
congested, eyes staring, features work
ing wildly as he turned and twisted In
his efforts to free himself. Sum Fat
held him as he would have held an un
ruly child. When a break In Drum
mond's ravings came at length, together
with a gradual weakening of the man's
struggles, the detective turned to Whitaker.
"Sorry," he said. "I didn't dare take
any further chances. He'd have been
at your throat In another minute. It
Isn't as if we had simply an everyday
crook to deal with," Ember went on,
approaching the man. "He's not to
be trusted or reasoned with. He's just
short of a raving morphomanlac, or I
miss my guess."
With a quick movement he caught
Drummond's left arm, pulled the sleeve
of his coat back to the elbow, unbut
toned and turned back his cuff.
"Hmm yes," ho continued, bending
over to inspect the exposed forearm, in
spite of Drummond's efforts to twist
away. "Deadly work of the busy little
needle. Good Lord, he's fairly riddled
with punctures!"
"That explains . . . Whitaker
muttered, stekenod. m
"It explains a lot," Ember readjust
ed the sleeve uml turned away. "Ami
It shows us our piilh of duty, clour," lie
continued, despite Interruptions from
tho maddened drug ilond. "1 think a
nice little sojourn in a sanatorium I
what?"
"Right," Whitaker agreed, relieved.
"We'll soo what a cure does for him
before we indulge in criminal proceed
ings shall we?"
"15y all moans."
"Good." Kmber glanced at his watch.
"I'll have to hurry along now must
bo In town not later than nine o'clock
this -morning. I'll tako him with inc.
No, don't worry I can handle lilm eas
ily. It's a bit of a walk to the vil
lage, but that will only help to quiet
him down. I'll be back tomorrow;
meanwhile, you'll bo able to sleep
soundly unless "
He checked, frowning thoughtfully.
"Unless what?"
Ember jerked his head to Indicate
the prisoner. "Of course, this lsu't by
any chance the fellow you mixed It up
with over on the beach and so forth?"
"Nothing like him."
"Queer. I can't find any trace of
hlni the other one nor can I account
for him. He doesn't seem to fit In any
where. However" his expression
lightened "I daresay you were right ;
he's probably only some idle, light
fingered prowler. Id keep my eyes
open for him, hut I don't reully believe
you need worry much.
Within ten minutes he was oft on his
lonely tramp through two miles of
woodland and as many more of little
traveled country, at dead of night, with
a madman in handcuffs for sole com
pany.
America's Greatest Army
Fighting Fo,c NwiTIiWM. A MJ WW
Ten Moulin Time
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by Koprosontalive Chart,- t'a Jr.
of IW at tho annual mooting of tho Port Washing,, (!, I.)
Men's aviation. Koproseulative (Ulwoll the hjujv. t
ty learned ua a member of tho Iioiiho i-oin-
govcriiinont'a urmoi.
CHAPTER XII.
Offshore.
"You ask me, I think very excellent
quick cure."
Sum Fat tenderly adjusted the can
vas brace, and then with infinite care
inserted the foot in a high-cut canvas
tennis shoe.
He stood up, beaming with benevo
lent interest. "You take it easy one
day or two no walk much Just loaf
no go see pretty ladles "
"Go 'way, you heathen go clean
your teeth I ' cried Whitaker, indig
nantly.
" and I think be all well and
sound," concluded Sum Fat.
He waddled away, chuckling. Whit
aker got up, and with the aid of a cane
made a number of tentative experi
ments In short-distance pedestrlanlsm.
were thoso which he luul reeen
mitteo on military affairs:
A.,,..i;,r hi hVnrosonlativo Calilwoll, tho
strength is divided as follows:
Engineers' corps, 11!,-ITG.
Ordnance corps, 20,000.
Signal corps, 151,717.
Quartermaster's corps, 110,000.
Medical corps, 15,000 oflioers.
Medical corps, 7,005 enlisted men.
Veterinarian's corps, 10,000.
Sanitation corps, 3,915.
Staff, 52,129.
Staff officers, 63,851.
Enlisted men, 1,479,25!).
Called under the draft and clue to report, 7I,70(.
Of this number, tho speaker asserted, 605,010 were drafted men and
the remainder volunteers.
"The great exponents of preparedness," cimtinuod the represent.! ive,
"went through the country declaring that tho administration would l-e
able to raise an army of a million men in a your. Imports .how that inside
of ten months wo have more than two million men under arms and that
we are in this war and that we are going to see it through to tho fin. hi.
"We have the men, we have them under shelter at fifteen cantonment
of wood, fifteen under canvas and twenty training whoola for aviators. A
job that equals in labor tho building of tho Panama canal. And wo did
it all in ten months.
"Our reports show wo have tho best engine for the airplane and that
before many days we will be turning them out as fast as one every minute.
"Every man who goes to Franco bus four suits of clothes, four pairs
of shoes, and is well provided for."
Use Less Soap
By DR. SAMUEL C DIXON
Commiuioner of Health ol Penmylvtrua
The Chinaman Caught Him Half Way.
The results were highly satisfactory;
he felt little or no pain. On the other
hand, he felt the advice to which he
had just listened was sound ; it would
be unwise to attempt a neighborly call
within at least another twenty-four
hours.
He resumed his chair on the veranda
and sighed. It was late afternoon, and
he was lonely. lie inclined to sulks.
The trouble with him was (he began
to realize) that he had lived too long
a hermit. For six years he had been
practically isolated and cut off from
the better half of existence ; femininity
had formed no factor in his cosmos.
But now, of a sudden, he had been
granted a flash of insight into the true
significance of companionship between
a man and a woman who had some
thing in common aside from commu
nity in their generation. Not two hours
altogether of such intercourse had
been his, but It had been enough to in
fuse all his consciousness with a vague
but Irking discontent.
He had lashed himself into a very re
spectable transport of resentful rage
when, chancing to lift his eyes from
their absorbed study of the planks
composing the veranda floor, he dis
covered a motor boat at the landing
stage. At once a smile of childlike
serenity displaced the scowl
The woman made the little vessel
fast and, turning, came swinging up
the gentle slope to the veranda, ease
and strength and joy of living Inherent
In every flowing movement.
No imaginable consideration, how
ever selfish, could have kept Whltacre
any longer in his chair.
In this season and at this time when
thousands of our young troops are be
ing mobilized for the National army
and are, of necessity, exposed to un
usual conditions often producing nerv
ous chills, is the wise time to econo
mize on soap. Again, when the cost
of living is so high all along the Hue,
it will be an economy to use loss soap
as It Is a much-abused article. It is not
necessary, as so many seem to think,
to have a stiff, creamy lather in order
to dissolve the dirt that is filling up
the pores of the skin. On the contrary,
very little soar) pure soup Is re
quired to break up the dirt and per
mit the water to remove it from the
pores so that the glands may perform
their normal duty.
The pores are the openings on the
surface of the skin of the sweat glands
and must be kept clour and free from
either dirt, soup or any matter that
would tend to Interfere with their uc
tlon in the elimination of perspiration.
Imperfect action of the sweat glands Is
a source of disease, various matters
accumulating In the system, which
would otherwise be eliminated.
Therefore, economy In soap would
not only be a saving in money, but
would help in saving human life, by
cutting down respiratory diseases.
nra-a 'a o a g o m-a'a'o a a a o a a a g s j
What do you think was Drum, o
mond's purpose in killing Whit- 2
U akerT Is there any connection
g between Miss Fiske and Drum. 2
mond? a
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Cotton and Soy Beans Fat
Producers Giving America
Advantage Over Germany
"The Germans, with their colossal
military preparedness, failed miserably
at one point. They had soldiers and
guns galore, but they were short of fat,
says Milo Hastings In Physical Culture
writing on "The Extravagance of
Meat." No provision had been made
In their domestic economy to produce
home grown vegetable fats. When im
portations were shut off and the quan
tities of live stock were reduced as a
matter of economizing grain food, the
Germans both Industrially and dletetl
cally suffered acutely from fat priva
tion. "Their laboratory food scientists had
told the military authorities that car
bohydrates were dietetic equivalents of
fat. Through the means of most pain
ful experience the Germans found out
the scientists had been mistaken, and
smuggling fat into Germany today is
as profitable as shipping whisky the
week before Christmas.
"In America we have no such prob
lem of the shortage of fats. As a by
product of our cotton Industries we
have an annual production of 150,000,
000 gallons of oil, and we have the soil
and climate suitable for the production
of other vegetable fats. , Among the
most promising of such fat producing
crops Is the soy bean.
"The soy bean is a sort of vegetable
live stock. All the arguments In favor
of live stock apply to this distinctive
plant. Its growth enriches the soil by
the extraction of nitrogen from the air,
hence It is a source of actual gaining
in soil fertility. The soy bean in our
Southern states yields thirty bushels to
the acre one-third of the product be
ing oil and another third protein. Both
elements are excellent human foods,
and It is only a question of learning
how to work them up into a palatable
Prime Minister of England
Asks an Extra Hour a Day
to Help Beat the Germans
While American fanners are being
urged to do everything possible to help
feed the nations engaged with Ameri
ca In the war, they should not got the
notion that those nation1) are not do
ing their utmost to feed themselves.
Lloyd (Seorgo, prime minister of
Great Iirltiiln, has Just Issued an ap
peal to the agricultural workers of
Kngland, which could also have been
very properly made to American farm
ers. Ills letter wuh as follows:
"I ask all workers on the land to
do their very utmost to help to grow
more food. There is a shortage of
food all over the world, and we may
have to feed our army and navy, as
well as ourselves on what we can grow
at home. They cannot fight on unless
they are properly fed. Kvery full day's
work that you do helps to shorten the
war, and brings pence and victory
nearer. Kvery Idle dny and all loiter
ing lengthens the war and lessens the
chance of victory.
"Your comrndes In tho trenches are
under fire every hour of the day and
night. Will you not help them to win
by working an extra hour each day?
That Is the way In which we can beat
the Germans."
Right to the Point.
You will lie surprised to Nrid
out how much good there is In
tho world if you will sit up and
take notice.
The surer a girl Is about a
man's being In love with her tho
loss sure she Is about being In
love wlih ,l in.
Nothing is more exasperating
than u fool friend who Is always
reminding you of your faults for
your own good.
Of course men are not vain
but just toll a man over fifty
that he doesn't look n day over
thirty and watch the effect.
Many more men would ' buy
heavenly shares If they could be
had on the installment pm
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the a agony of its darting D7'
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nus ueni currccunp; lim Wi
when other treutmenU C
utterly failed. 1
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(lint it oil Win into tU- LI.
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alleviate thii stubborn rnitlt
Get a bottle of Scoff '
friend. No alcohol,
The Norwrnlmi oxl Unitfl
itl't Emulsion I. how
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Biko II I'utc anil pat,
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IB Mil
lake tablespoon!" ill of Salts if
Hack hurts or Madder
bothers.
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Wo re a nation of mat ettcnit
our blood ! filled with uric cU. bt,
a well known authority, who wtnuj
to be connt&miy on guard Malnit
noy trouble.
The kldnya do their utmost toh
the Mood of tlili IrriUtlni ac!o,k
becomo weak from the OTerworkjtti;
got BluKgloh; the (diminutive Uun
clog and thus the waste It retained i
the blood to polion the entire ijiUi
When your kldueys ache and (it
like lumps of lead, and you bare itlni
lng palm in tho back or the urint k
cloudy, full of eedlment, or the bill
dor Is Irritable, obllginc you to Kti
relief during tho night; when yon bin
severe headache"., ncrvoui and dto
epulis. slerplenMiPim, uclil stomach t
rheumatism In bad weather, get trtt
your pharmacist about four ounc
Jad Salts; tako a tableipoonml u
glass of water before breakfast etc!
morning and in a few diyi tout kit
nnys will act fine. This famous itlti
is mado from the acid of grape ul
lemon Julco, combined wHhlltbla,iU
has been used for generation! to f.ml
and stimulate clogged k'dneyi, to m
trullzo tho acids In urine io It li u
longer a source of Irritation, thus end
ing urinary and bladder disorder!.
Jad Salts ia Inexpensive and cannot
injure: makes a delightful effena?
cent llthla-watcr drink, and nobodj
can make a mistake by taking a Uttli
occonlonally to keep the kidneys eleu
and active. Adv.
Won Her Over.
First SuffraKOt So you lucceedeJ
n convincing Mrs. Fickle?
Second Huff racet Yes ; I designed I
perfectly fetching campaign costutm
and showed it to hor. Brooklyn Citi
zen.
It Won Him.
FranroH I'm afraid you don't Ilk
my came of bridKO.
Francis I am bound to like any
thing that costs mo aa much as that
Siirlnc (Irons in now and then to see
If tho country Is as green as it's palnt-
ed. Atlanta Constitution.
Nice Little Job For Him.
Sho Oh. Jack, dear, I'm so glj
you've como! Fathor is so eicuw
and disturbed. Do go in and calm
him.
He Very well. But what's the mat-
tor with him?
Sho Why or I just told him yoa
wanted to marry ;no. Boston Tran
script.
Seven Important New Food
Rules Are Now in Effect
The federal
all unl7l,IS
grants and boarding houses tS
1- Wheatless Monday.
2. Wheatlesa Wednesday
3. One whentless meal every duy
4. Meatless Tuesday. y'
5. Porkless Saturday
C- One meatless meal every dy
L""Vfut!n'lsr every Z'.
"iieuuess" now menni tn
whent- in w..., "ns t0 use no
soup or gravy or to 177 10 U,,cken
other ceSl leads " T
"Meatless" means no beef ,
mutton, veal or inmtTi ' pork-
fresh or pressed nTd ll h"7 frm'
or lard no bacon- ham
20,000 South Africa
Nearly 20,000 British T'
can natives w South Afri
-v'ce behind th
for
and
No Older Than Your Fee.
Is true In most enses. Then keep your
face fair nnd young with Cutlcura
Soap and touches of Cutlcura Oint
ment as needed. For free samples a
dress, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Poston.
Sold by druRRlsts nnd by mall. Soap
2,r), Ointment 25 and CO. Adv.
Plunkvllle Society.
"no you want a bit of society news.
"I gezso."
"You know the lady you stated was
coming to vinlt me last week."
"Yes, madam." , .
"She's gono." Louisville Courier
Journal.
To reBtore a normal action to Liver,
Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels, '
Garfield Tea, the mild herb laxative.
All druggists. Adv.
I
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A BAD WRECK of the constltuu
disoraw
ed Bystem, due to impure Mod,orn'"
active liver. Don't run the risk! W
tor Pierce's Ooldon Medical Discow
euros all disorders and affections
to Imnnni ki j i liver. J a"
Kerms of disease circulate througn
Wood; the liver is the filter which W
mits the eerms to nnter or not. J".
liver active, and the blood pure, aw
you escape disease. , ,..
When irnn'n AUIIItntaA nnfl I01"
weight below a healthy standard,
regain health and strength, by
mo "Discovery." It builds up tne uu
Sold in Tablet or Liquid form.
your flp.nl or ,I t V,oa t seHU "
cts. for the Tablets. Dr. V. M. Plflrce'
uurralo, N. Y.
Dr. PiRrc.fi'q PioooQTif Pullets res11;
late and invigorate stomach, liver y
bowels. Snwr p--jf-fl tiTIT rnsM-