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A full line of seasonable Roods
always on hand
Monopole Peanut Butter in bulk
Nice and fresh at 15c per pound
Highest Cash price paid for fresh Eggs
Dry Goads .
See our new line of Dry Goods,
Shoes and Notions
A new shipment this week of ladies
and misses Low Shoes and
Mary Jane Slippers
If we havent what you want
let us order it for you
We need your trade, you need our goods
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Wdterbury & Chapman
Estacada,
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Oregon
$50. Stove
TO BE
Disposed of May 15th
Every piece of Blue Granite Ware ticketed
j The Case of
p relim in ary , “ wh v re is J e n n i e H i k e ? '
“ I d o u ’t k now. Miss H o p e.” I an
sw ere d .
\Ye looked a t each o t h e r for a m in
ute, a n d each o f us s a w w h a t t h e o th e r
su sp ected .
“ H e h a s killed her!*’ sh e exclaimed.
“ S h e w as a f r a i d he would d o it, a n d —
he has."
"K illed h e r a n d t h r o w n h er iu to the
By
r iv e r.” 1 said. “T h a t 's w h a t I think,
a n d he'll go free u t t h a t , it se e m s t h e r e
| MARY ROBERIS RINEHART
Isn't a n y m u r d e r w h en t h e r e isn 't au y
5) C o p y r i g h t . 1 913. b y t h e B o b b s -
c o r p s e .”
“ Non sense! If h e h a s do n e t h a t t h e
M e rrlll C o m p an y
r i v e r will give h e r u p e v e n t u a l l y .”
“T h e r iv e r d o e s n ’t a l w a y s g ive th e m
Continued from last Issue
u p ,” l re torted. " N o t in flood tim e, a n y
how. Or w h e n they a r e ro und it is
Hut nt t h a t m o m e n t Lida called
m o n t h s later, a n d you c a n t p ro v e a n y
from t h e front hall
t h in g *
"I th in k I h e a r IVter.** »he «aid. “ He
S h e h ad only a little time, being d u e
is sh u t in so m e w h ere , wh in in g .”
a t t h e t h e a t e r soon, but sh e s a t d o w n
We went f o rw a r d
once She was
a n d told m e t h e sto ry sh e told a f t e r
right.
P e t e r w a s sc r a t c h i n g a t t h e w a r d on th e sta n d :
door o f Mr. L ad ley’s room, a l t h o u g h i
Site had k n o w n J e n n i e Brice Tor
had left t h e door eluseti a n d P e t e r in y ears, they h av in g been t o g e t h e r in
tile hall. I let him out. u ud be c r a w l t h e c h o r u s a s long b efo re as Nadjy.
ed to m e on t h r e e legs, whi m per ing.
“ S h e w as m arried then to a fellow
Mr. Howell bent ov er him a n d felt th e ou t h e v audeville circuit.'* Miss Hope
fonimi.
said
“ H e left h e r ab o u t t h a t time
‘Poor little b eas t!” lie »aid. “ His leg a n d siie took up with Utdley. i don't
is broken."
t h in k th ey w ere ev er married.*'
He m ad e a splint for t h e dog, a n d
“ W h a t ! ” I said, j u m p in g to m y feet
w ith Udii h elp in g they put him to bed “ a n d they c a m e to a resp ec ta b le house
in a c lo th es b a s k e t in my u p sta ir s like this'. T h e re 's nev er been a b reath
kitchen.
it w a s easy to se e how of sc an d al ab o u t Ibis ilotme. Miss Hope
th in g s lay w ith Mr. Howell. H e was a n d if it comes out I'm m i m si
all e.\es for her. H e m a d e ex<uses to
“ Well, p e r h a p s th e\ wer e m ar ried .'
touch tier h a n d o r h e r ar m , little c a sh e said. “ Anyhow, they w ere a l w a y s
ressin g to u ch es t h a t m a d e her color q u arre lin g . And when he w as n 't play
heighten. And w ith It all t h e r e w a s a lu g it w a s w o rse She used to • om e
so r t of h opelessness in his m an n er, as to my hotel an d cry her ey es o u t ”
it he kn ew h o w f a r t h e girl w as o u t of
"I kn ew you w ere friends.' I said
his reach.
K n o w i n g Alm a a n d her “ Alm ost tlie last t h in g s h e said to me
pride. I k n ew b e t t e r t h a n t h e y how w a s a b o u t ttie black anti w h i t e d ress
hopeless it was.
o f tiers you w e r e to borrow lo r tlie
I w as n o t so s u r e a b o u t Lida.
I piece t h is week.”
w o n d ered if s h e w a s in love w ith the
“ Hiack a n u w h i t e dress! I bo rro w
boy o r only in love w ith love. She o n e of Je n n i e Brice's dress es!" e x
w a s very you n g , a s 1 had been, (¡od claim ed Miss Hop e. “ I should th ink
not. I h av e plenty o f my o w n . ”
help h er if. like me. s h e mu eri tired ev
That puzzled me. for sh e had said
e r y t h i n g to d isco v er to o late t h a t she
it. t h a t w as sure. And then l re m em
w a s only in love w ith love.
be red t h a t I had not seen th e d ress
9 ilie loom t h a t d ay , a n d I w eu t to
C H A P T E R V.
I look lo r it. It w a s gone. I c a m e back
R. R E Y N O L D S did n o t come ¡ an d told Ml»s Hope
hom e to d i n n e r a t all
The
A black a n d w h ile dress!
Did It
w a t e r had got into t h e b a s e h ave a red co llar?'' sh e asked
m e n t a t t h e store, he t e le I
es "
phoned. one of th e Hood g a te s in “ T a h e n I r e m e m b e r it. She wore a
s e w e r h a v in g leaked, a n d th ey wer e sm a ll black h at w ith a red quill with
m o v in g so m e o f tile d e p a r t m e n t s to an l h a t d r e ss
Von m ight look for t h e
u p p e r tioor. i had e x a c t e d to h ave h at "
him in t h e house t h a t even iug. an d
She followed m e back to t h e room
n o w I was left a lo n e ag ain .
a n d <h»od in th e d o o r w a y while I
Hut. us it iiappeued. 1 w a s not alone. . s e arc h ed 'I’he h at w a s gone. t««o.
Mr. (¡rav es, o n e of t h e city detectives , ! “ P e r h a p s, a f t e r all. he’s tel lug th e
c a m e a t h a l f p ast (i a n d w e n t carefu lly T ilth .” sh e sa id t h o u g h tfu lly . " H e r
o v er th e I .ad ley s' room. 1 sh o w e d him I *ur co at isn't in III«* closet, is It?"
t h e towel u u d t h e slipper a n d t h e b ro i It w a s gone. 1 1 is s t r a n g e t h a t all
ken k n ife a n d w h e r e w e had t o u u d th e j i a \ I had ne« ei th o u g h t of lookiug
kn ife blade. H e w as very n o n c o m m i t j j v e r h er clothes a n d se eing w h a t w as
tal an d left In a h alf hour, t a k i n g th e missing. I h a d n 't k n o w n all sh e had.
articles w ith him in a n ew s p ap er.
of course, but I had se.-n h er all w in
At 7 t h e doorbell rang.
1 w en t t e r in her f u r co at a n d ad aired it It
d o w n as f a r us 1 could on t h e staircase, w a s a strip ed fur. b lo w n a n d gray,
a n d I sa w a boat o u t s i d e t h e door, a n d ver y unusu al. H r. \\ t!i tin* coat
witii tlie b o a tm u n a n d a w o m a n in i t m iss in g a n d a d r e s s a n d hat g n . it
1 »*alied to th e m to b rin g t h e boat back b e g a n to look a s if i hud been m.ik ng
alo n g th e hall, a n d I h ad u q u e e r feel a fool of m yse lf ami st living up a
ing t h a t it m ig h t be Mrs. Ladley a n d te m p e s t in a t eacu p Mis» H o p e w as
t h a t I'd beeu m a k in g a fool of m yself as puzzled as 1 was.
all day for n o th in g
Hut it w a s not
" A n y h o w If lie d idn't kill her ." she
Mrs. Uidley.
»«»id. "It Isn't b ecau s e In* did not w an t
“ Is this No. 42?" as k ed t h e w om an, I to. Only last week sh e had h y ste rics
a s th e boat c a m e back.
in m y d r ess in g room a n d said lie had
"Yes."
j t h r e a t e n e d to | h >I* oii tier. It w a s all
Mr. Bronson, t h e business m an ag er,
“ Does Mr. I .ad ley live here?**
a n d I could do to q u iet her.”
“ Yes. But he is uot h ere n o w .’*
She looked a t h er w a tc h a n d ex
“ A re you Mrs. Plttock?*’
claim ed t h a t sh e w a s late a n d wou ld
“ P i t m a n , yes.”
T h e boat b u m p ed a g a i n s t t h e stairs, h av e to hu rry . 1 s a w h er d o w n to her
a n d t h e w o m an got out. S he waa as b o o t T h e r iv e r had been fa llin g r a p i d
tall a s Mrs. Ladley. a n d w h e u I sa w ly for t h e last h o u r o r tw o, a n d I
h er in t h e light fro m t h e u p p e r hall I b eard t h e b oat s c r a p e as it w e n t over
kn ew h er i u sta u tly .
It w a s T e m p le t h e d o o r sill. 1 did not know w h e t h e r
Hope, th e leadiug w o m an f ro m the to lie glad t h a t t h e w'ater w a s going
d o w n , a n d I co uld live like a C h r istia n
L ib e rty th eater.
“ I would like to talk to you, Mrs. a g a i n o r to l»e so rry for f e a r o f w h at
P itm an .' sh e said
“ W h e r e can we w e m ig h t A i m ! in t h e mud t h a t w a s al
w a y s left
go?**
I'elei was lying w h e r e 1 had pu t
i led th e way b ack to my room, an d
1 him on it folded b lan k et laid io a
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w h e n s h e it n f I olio w e d m e hi sm*
t u r n e d a n d s u n t t h e door.
“ Now. then, s h e said w ithout any
P e te r!" I said .
“ Poor old Peter!*'
clo th es basket. 1 w en t back to him
a n d sa t d o w n beside t h e basket.
" P e t e r ! ” I said.
“ Poo r old Peter!
Who did th is to y o u ? Who h u r t you?"
H e looked a t uie a n d w hined, a s it he
w a n t e d lo tell m e if onl y he could.
“ W a s it Mr. IaidleyV” I asked. And
t h e poor tiling cow ered close to his bed
a n d shivere d.
1 wo n d ered if it had
beeu he a n d if it had why lie had co m e
back.
P e r h a p s he had re m e m b e re d
t h e towel.
P e r h a p s he would come
a g a i n u ud sp e n d th e n ig h t there. I w as
like Peter . I cow ered a n d s h iv e red a t
th e very th o u g h t.
At 9 o'clock 1 heard a boat at th e
door, it h ad stu«*k th ere, a n d its o ccu
p a n t was scol ding furiously at t h e
b o atm an . Soon a f t e r 1 heard sp l a s h
ing. a n d I k n e w t h a t w h o ev er it was
w a s w ad in g ban k to t h e s t a i r s th rough
t h e foot a n d a h alf o r so o f waiter still
in th e hull
i ran bau-k to in.\ room
a n d locked m.vseif in a n d th en stood
a r m e d w ith th e st o v e lid lifter in ca se
it should be Ladle.v amd lie should
break t h e do or in.
T h e s t e p s c a m e lip tlie stairs, ami
P e t e r b ark ed furiously.
It seem ed
to me tbait tills wats to be lii.v en d kill
ed like a rat in a tr a p a n d th r o w n out
the window, to float, like my kitchen
chair, into Midlie M a g u i r e s kitchen,
o r to be fo und tying in th e ooze oi th e
y ard a f t e r th e r iv e r had go ne d o w n
T h e ste p s h es ita te d ait t h e lop ot th e
s t a ir s a n d t u r n e d back alon g tin* hall
P e t e r redoubled his mdse
He nev er
b ark ed for Mr. R eynold s or t h e L a d
ley s.
i stood st m . hardly a b l e to
breatiie. T h e do or w as thin atiui the
lo< k loose One good blow, ami
T h e do o rk n o b tu rn ed , a n d I sc re a m e d
1 recall th at th e light tu r n e d blank ami
t h a t is ail i d o r e m e m b e r until I cam e
to a h alf h o u r iaiter a m i saw Mr. iioi
co m b e stooping o v er me. T h e door,
with t h e lock brok en, w a s st a n d in g
open. 1 trie d to move, a n d t h e n I saw
t h a t my feet w ere p ro p p ed up on the
edge of P e t e r 's b a s k e t
“ B e tte r leave th e m up.” Mr. Hol-
come said. “ It s e n d s t h e blood back
to th e head. H a l f t h e ---- fool people
in t h e world stick a pillow u n d e r a
f ain tin g w o m an s shoulders. How are
you now?”
“ All riglR.” I said feebly. “ 1 t h o u g h t
you w ere Mr. L adley.”
H e helped uie up. a n d 1 s a t in a
c h a i r a n d trie d t o keep my lips from
sh ak in g .
And t h e n 1 sa w t h a t Mr.
H o lco m b e h ad b r o u g h t a s u it c as e with
biin a n d had se t It Inside th e door.
“ Ladley Is s a f e until h e g e ts ball,
anyhow,** be said. “T h e y pi ck ed him
up a s be w a s Itoarding a P en n sy lv a n ia
tr a i n bo und east."
“ For murder?” I asked.
Continued o i p ag e 4