Thousandth
Woman
'By*
ERNEST W. HORNUNG
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" The A mateur Cracksman, “
"Raffles," etc.
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opened, and H ilton Toye w as In th e
room, looking at her.
“Keep your voice down,'' said Caza­
let anxiously. "E ven If It's all over
with me b ut the shouting, we n ee d n 't
sta rt th e shouting h e re !”
He chuckled savagely a t th e Jest;
and now Toye stood looking a t him.
"I ve h eard all you've done," co n tin ­
ued Cazalet. "1 do n 't blam e you a bit.
If it had been the o th e r way about, I
m ight have given you less ru n for
your money. I’ve h eard w hat you’ve
found out about my m ysterious m ove­
m ents, and you’re absolutely rig h t as
far as you go. You do n 't know why
I took th e train a t N aples, and tr a v ­
eled across E urope w ithout a h an d ­
bag. It w asn ’t quite th e put-up Job
you may think. But, If It m akes you
any happier, I may as well tell you
th a t I was a t U plands th a t night, and I
did g et o u t through the foundations!’’
T he in san e Im petuosity of the man
was his m aster now. He was a living
lire of Im pulse th a t had b u rst Into a
blaze.
“I alw ays guessed you m ight be
crazy, and I now know It," said H ilton
Toye. "Still, I Judge you’re not so
crazy as to deny th a t while you w ere
in th a t house you struck down H enry
Craven and left him for dead?”
C azalet stood like red-hot stone.
"M iss Blanche," said Toye. tu rn in g
to her ra th e r shyly, “I guess I c a n ’t
do w hat 1 said Just yet. I h av en ’t
breathed a word, not yet, and perh ap s
I never will, If you’ll come away w ith
me now—back to your home— and
never see H enry Craven's m u rd erer
ag a in !”
"And who may he be?" cried a
voice th a t brought all th ree face-
about.
The folding-doors had opened, and a
fourth figure was standing betw een
the two rooms.
C H APTER XIII— Continued.
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And yet he seem ed to m ake no se-
oret of It; and yet—It did explain
hla whole conduct since landing, as
Toye had said.
8he could only shut h er eyes to
w hat m ust have happened, even as
C azalet him self bad shut his all th is
wonderful week, th a t she had forgot­
ten all day In her Ingratitude, but
would never. In all her days, forget
again!
"T here won't be an o th er case," she
heard herself saying, while her
thoughts ran ahead o r lagged behind
like sheep. "It'll never come o u t—I
know It won’t.”
"W hy shouldn’t It?” he asked so
sharply th a t she had to account for
th e words, to herself as well as to
him.
"Nobody knows except Mr. Toye.
and he means to keep It to him self."
"W hy should he?”
"I don't know. H e’ll tell you him ­
C H A P T E R XIV.
self.”
"Are you sure you don't know?
The Person Unknown.
W hat can he have to tell me? Why
T he In tru d er was a shaggy elderly
should he screen me. Blanche?”
man, of so cadaverous an asp ec t th a t
H is eyes and voice w ere furious hi.; face alone cried for his death-bed;
with suspicion, but still th e voice was and his gau n t fram e took up th e cry,
lowered.
as it sw ayed upon th e th resh o ld In
"H e’s a Jolly good sort, you know," dressing-gow n and bedroom slippers
said Blanche, as If the whole affair th a t Toye In stan tly recognized as be­
was the most ordinary one In th e longing to Cazalet. T he man had a
world. But heroics could not have shock of alm ost w hite hair, and a less
driven the sense of h er rem ark m ore gray beard clipped roughly to a point.
forcibly home to Cazalet.
An unw holesom e pallor m arked the
“Oh. he Is, Is h e?”
fallen fea tu re s; and the envenomed
'T’ve alw ays found him so.”
eyes burned low In th e ir sockets, as
“So have 1, th e little I’ve seen of they dealt with Blanche but fastened
him. And I d o n 't blame him for g et­ on H ilton Toye.
ting on my track s, m ind you; he's a
"W h at do you know about H enry
bit of a detective, I was fair game, C raven’s m urderer?" he dem anded in
and he did w arn me In a way. T h at's a voice between a croak and a crow.
why I m eant to have th e week—” He "H ave they run in some o th e r poor
■topped and looked away.
devil, or were you talking about me?
"I know. And nothing can undo If so. I'll stn rt a libel action, and call
th a t.” she only said; but her voice C azalet and th a t lady as w itn esses!”
swelled with thanksgiving. And Caza
"T his Is Scruton," explained Cazalet,
let looked rea ssu re d ; th e hot suspi­ "who was only liberated this evening
cion died out of Ills eyes, but left them a fte r being detained a week on a charge
gloomily perplexed.
th a t ought never to have been brought,
"Still, I can 't u nderstand I t 1 don't as I've told you both all along.” Scru­
believe It. eith er! I'm In bis hands. ton than k ed him with a b itter laugh.
W hat have 1 done to be saved by ‘T v e brought him here,” concluded
Toye? H e's probably scouring Lon Cazalet, "because I don’t think he's
don for me— If ho Isn't watching this fit enough to be about alone.”
window at th is m in u te!”
"N ice of him, isn ’t It?” said Ecru-
He went to th e cu rta in s as he spoke. ton b itterly . " I ’m so fit th a t they
Sim ultaneously Bluncho sprung up. to wanted to keep me som ew here else
e n tre a t him to fly while he could T hat longer than they'd any rig h t; th a t may
had been her first object In coming to be why they lost no tim e In getting
him as she had done, and yet. once hold of me again. Nice, considerate,
with him, she had left It to th e last! kindly country! Ten y ears Isn't long
And now It was too late; he was at enough to have you as a dishonored
th e window, chuckling significantly guest. ’W on't you come beck for
to him self; he had opened It. and he an o th er week, and see if we ca n 't a r ­
was leaning out.
range for a nice little sudden death
'T h a t you. Toye. down there? Come and burial for you?' But they couldn't
up and show yourself! I w ant to see you see, b last 'e m !”
you.”
He subsided Into th e best ch a ir In
H e turned In tim e to d art In front the room, which Blanche had w heeled
of the folding doors as Blanche up behind him ; a m om ent la te r he
reached them, w hite and shuddering. looked round, thanked h er curtly, and
T he (lush of Impulsive bravado ded lay back with closed eyes until su d ­
from tils face at the sight of hers.
denly he opened them on Cazalet.
" You can't go In th ere W hat's the
"And what was th a t you were say­
m atter?" he w hispered. "W hy should ing th a t about traveling acro ss E u ­
you be afraid of H ilton Toye?"
rope and being at Uplands th a t night?
How could she tell him? Before she 1 thought you cam e round by sea?
had found a word, the landing door And w hat night do you m ean?”
WONDERS OF GRAND CANYON
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No Other Spot an Earth Is Believed
to P o ssets the Same Interesting
Form ations.
Many people still living can remem
her a thrill of wonder and admiration
that ran through the world in reading
of the daring exploit of Major Powell
In l t d In navigating the rapids of
th e Grand Canyon of Arizona In a
■mall boat. It was hla account of hi*
trtp more than anythlug else up to
th a t time that called the attention ol
tho world to the magnificence of th a t
w onderful gorge and to the brilliancy
of th e coloring on it* rocks.
T he United State* haa recently p u b
Rahed a bulletin. No. &♦», a report on
th e geology of a portion of the Grand
Canyon by L. F. Noble. Thta gorge
offers an opportunity of studying the
h isto ry of th e form ation of our globe
p resen ted In no other spot now
known. On th e top are deposits of
th e C arboniferous period, and below
th is stra ta , som e of them of Immense
thick nee«, ranging down to th e Cane
h rtaa period at th e b a se In th e Grand
“T h e night It all happened,” »aid
C azalet steadily.
"You m ean th e night some person
unknow n knocked Craven on the
h ea d ?”
"Y es.”
T h e sick m an threw himself for­
w ard In th e ch air. "You never told
me th is ! ” he cried suspiciously; both
th e voice and th e m an seemed strong­
er.
"T h e re w as no point In telling you. ’
"Did you see th e person?”
"Y ea.”
"T h en he isn ’t unknow n to you?"
“I d id n 't see him well."
S cru to n looked sharply at the two
m u te listen e rs. They were very in­
te n t, Indeed. "W ho are these people,
C azalet? No! I know one of 'em,"
he an sw ered him self in the next
b reath . “I t's B lanche M acnalr, isn ’t
it? I th o u g h t a t first it m ust be a
y ounger s is te r grow n up like her.
You’ll forgive prison manners, Miss
M acnalr, If th a t's still your name. You
look a w om an to tru st—If there is
one— an d you gave me your chair.
Anyhow, you’ve been In for a penny
and you can stay In for a pound, as
fa r as I care! B ut who’s your Amer’-
can friend, C azalet?"
"M r. H ilton Toye. who spotted that
I’d been all th e way to Uplands and
back w hen I claim ed to have been in
R o m e!"
T h ere w as a touch of Scruton’s bit­
te rn e ss in C azalet’s voice; and by
som e su b tle process it had a distinctly
m ollifying effect on the really em bit­
tered m an.
“W hat on earth were you doing at
U p lan d s?” he asked, in a kind of con­
fidential bew ilderm ent.
“I w ent down to see a man.”
Toye him self could not have cut and
m easured more deliberate monosyl­
lables.
"C rav en ?” suggested Scruton.
"N o; a m an I expected to find at
C raven’s.”
"T he w riter of the letter you found
a t Cook’s office In Naples the night
you landed there, I g u ess!”
It really was Toye this time, and
th e re was no guessw ork in his tone.
Obviously he was speaking by his lit­
tle book, though he had not got it out
again.
“ How do you know I w ent to
Cook’s?"
"I know every step you took be­
tw een the K aiser Fritz and Charing
C ross and C haring Cross and the
K aiser F ritz !”
S cruton listened to this Interchange
with keen attention, hanging on each
m an’s lips with his sunken eyes; both
took it calm ly, but S cruton’s surprise
was not hidden by a sardonic grin.
"Y ou’ve evidently had a stern chase
w ith a Y ankee clip p er!” said he.
"If
h e’s rig h t about the letter, Cazalet, I
should say so; presum ably it w asn't
from Craven him self?"
"No."
"Y et It brought you across Europe
to C raven's house?”
“ W ell—to the back of his house! 1
expected to m eet my man on the
riv er.”
"W as th a t how you m issed him more
or less?”
"I suppose It w as.”
Scruton rum inated a little, broke
Into his offensive laugh, and checked
it Instantly of L'.s own accord. "This
is really In terestin g ,” he croaked
"You get to London—a t w hat time
was It?”
"N om inally three-twenty-flvo; but
the train ran th irte en m inutes late,"
said H ilton Toye.
"And you’re on th e riv er by what
tim e?” S cruton asked C a z a le t
”1 walked over H ungerford bridge,
took th e first train to Surbiton, got a
boat there, and Just dropped down with
th e stream . I don't suppose the wholo
thing took me very much more than
an h our.”
"A ren 't you forgetting som ething?"
said Toye.
"Yes, 1 was. It was I who tele­
phoned to th e house and found that
Craven was out m otoring; so th e re
was no hurry."
Cunyon we come to tho basic rocks
of the earth , th e g ran ite and gneiss. TO GUIDE TROOPS AT NIGHT
T his panoram a Is described as prob­
ably th e m ost com plete geological rec­ P rism atic Com pass is Declared to Be
of G reat Value to M ilitary
ord of th e world revealed to th e eyes
C o m m an d ers
of ffiUU.
Leading troops across country by
com pass bearing with as much ce r­
Man's A chievem ent.
Kellect upon th e disproportion be­ tain ty by night as by day Is mad*
tw een the achievem ents of man and possible through th e use of a pris­
the use he puts them to. .de Invents m atic com pass ju st brought out In
w ireless telegraphy, and the ships call England. The nam e given this com ­
to one an o th er day and night to tell pass Is due to th e prlain fitted to one
th e nam e of the latest winner. He Is side of tho fram e, although th is Is not
Inventing th e flytng m achine, and he th e m ost im p o rta n t fea tu re of the in­
will use K to ad v ertise pills and drop stru m en t. T he dial, which Is made of
mother-of-pearl, haa a ce n te r coated
bom ba
with lum inous paint, and In addition to
th is th e re are lum inous patch es on the
Apt to Be Costly.
W ife — Oh. Tom. I dream ed last lid by which th e In stru m en t Is readily
night th a t you bought me a beautiful sighted at n ig h t When a night march
ts to be u n d erta k en the Instrum ent Is
automobile.
Hub—Good heavens!
Yon’U ruin opened a r d exposed to th e daylight for
half an hour. T his la sufficient to
me with your ex tra v ag a n t d rea m a
m ake th e dial ce n te r and sighting
patches lum inous for from sis to nine
W hat la the tru e te st of ch aracter, hours la th e la test form of the in­
unless It be Its progressive develop
stru m e n t th is exposure to daylight la
m ent tn the bustle and turm oil. In the u n necessary, owing to th a use of
actloa and reaction of daily Uf«?—
radium , a su b stan ce th a t la alw aya t t l f
Goethe.
Ium iaous.—P opular Mechanics.
In sp ectio n Day ,t 0 j
"Yet you w eren’t going to see H enry
C orvallis, O r e .- Mili. ' *’■
Craven?” murm ured Toye.
Cazalet uld not answer. H is ta « Day, one of the really r 1 1
words had come in a ch aracteristic college calendar, ha* he2 *
burst; now he had his m outh sh u t 16. 1916. Review 0f a '
tight, and his eyes were fast to Scru m en t and inspection of I
m ilita ry efficiency will g??*
ton. He might have been in th e w it­ C a p ta in Boss of th ,
ness-box already, a doomed wre c
th e U. S. Army.
cynically supposed to be giving ev -
M ilitary exercises win
In , he
dence on his own behalf, but actually e n tire d ay
only baring his neck by inches to the held a regim ental review.00“!
In the aftUSil
rope, under the Joint persuasion of in sp ectio n .
judge and counsel. But he had one w ill be individual a n r t 01!
friend by him still, one who had d rills held for the b e n e f it^
an d officers. Upon the *
edged a little n earer in the pause.
th e w o rk done in these ei
"But you did see th e man you went d ep en d th e classification nT!?H
to see?” said Scruton.
c a d e ts fo r th is year
°f 'H
Cazalet paused.
”1 don’t know.
B ecau se the college
Eventuallv somebody brushed past me se n t alm o st every portion of M
in the dark. I did think then—but I of O regon a great n.any »wL
u su ally p rese n t on this d ,v T l
can ’t sw ear to him even now!
th e ex ercises. Leading
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“Tell us about it.”
in c lu d in g th e governor of A
"Do you mean that, Scruton? Do and d istinguished military / ' L - - »
you insist on hearing all th a t hap­ { th e s ta te and national d l v l i C ^ ^ ^ H
a re
usually in J ? "
pened? I'm not asking Toye; he can , arm y
do as he likes. But you, Scruton— G r o u p s of Portland visitors >?■
g atio n s of other nearby nia-Jr
you’ve been through a lot, you know
you ought to have stopped in bed—do 1 p ected to attend.
, T h is is Captain Ross’ fir«]
you really w ant this on top of all?
i tio n a t O. A. C. Heretofore
"Go ahead,” said Scruton. “I'll have th e la s t tw o years, inspection J
a drink when you’ve done; somebody p erfo rm ed by William T Metrl
give m e a cig arette meanwhile.”
] of th e G en eral Staff. Captahl
Cazalet supplied
the cigarette, I will have ch arg e of the I mp « '
struck a match, and held It with un­ th e m ilita ry departments of t
faltering hand. T he two m en’s eyes tw o colleges, universities am]
schools. H e will come here d
met strangely across th e flame.
sp ectio n of th e San Diego ArJ
”111 tell you all exactly w hat hap­ N avy A cadem y, and after ^
pened; you can believe me or not as th e w ork a t Corvallis will g0tt|
you like. You w on't forget th a t I tie, W ash in g to n , to inspect theT
of th a t u n iv ersity .
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U n iv ersity Offers Tested t J
D u rin g th e coming spring J
p a rtm e n t of Forestry will agail
to Idaho citiz en s a limited n u j
te ste d sh a d e and forest trees J
! im ately a t th e cost of growing!
A b u lle tin giving the size, ¿1
cost of each species, as well J
n um ber w hich may be sent eactl
| son, w ill be m ailed on request tol
S h attu c k , Moscow, Idaho.
Fortunes of War. ■
F irs t R e c ru it— What do y o aj
! of th e m ajor. Bill?
Second R e c ru it—'E's a chan
kind o’ bloke. L ast night I id
| ’im, “Oo goes there?’ An’ ¿7
’F rie n d ;’ a n ' to d ay he hardly J
I me.”— P unch.
U # A f J T C f l
E veryone to know «boot!
If H 51 I CU ELECTRIC HAND U
“What Do You Know About Henry
Craven's Murderer?”
knew every inch of th e ground—ex­
cept one altered bit th a t explained
Itself.” Cazalet turned to Blanche
with a significant look, b ut she only
drew an inch n ea rer still. “Well, it
was in the little creek, w here the boat­
house Is, th at I w aited for my man.
He never cam e—by th e river. I heard
the motor, but it w asn’t H enry Cra­
ven that I wanted to see, but th e m an
who was coming to see him. E ven­
tually I thought I m ust have m ade a
mistake, or he m ight have changed
his mind and come by road. The
dressing-gong had gone; a t le ast I
supposed it was th a t by th e tim e. It
was almost quite dark, and I landed
and went up the path p ast th e back
premises to th e front of th e house. So
far I hadn't seen a soul, or been seen
by one, evidently; b u t th e F rench win­
dows were open in w hat used to be
my fath er’s library, th e room was
all lit up, and ju st as I got th e re a
man ran out into th e flood of light
and—"
“I th ought you said he brushed by
you in th e d ark ?” in terru p ted Toye.
"I was in the d ark ; so was he in an­
o th er second; and no power on earth
would induce me to sw ear to him. Do
you w ant to hear the rest, S cruton, or
are you an o th er unbeliever?”
'T w ant to h ear every w ord—m ore
th an ever!"
(T O B E C O N T I N U E D .)
Nothing to Be Proud Of.
Those who say they will forgive
but can t forget an in ju ry sim ply
bury th e hatchet w hile th ey leave the
handle out ready for im m ediate use.
—Dwight L. Moody.
Poor Speculation.
In theory it is good to go about sh ed ­
ding sunshine and m aking two sm iles
grow where one groan grew before,
but In practice the p u rsu it Is so m e
tim es unpleasantly painful.
Should
you. at the dinner tab le in th e board­
ing house which you Infest, hum orous­
ly request the w aitress to fetch you a
few capsules In which to ta k e your
butter, or Inform the landlady th a t she
does not really keep her boarders
longer than any o th er reduced gentle­
woman In that p a rt of town, but In­
stead keeps them so much th in n er
th a t they look longer, you may win a
few pale sm iles from your fellow
ru ests, but the m istress of the man­
sion will soak you two dollars more
Per week for your w it—K ansas City
S y m p ath y *that b e g m s T n d ^ e n d . la
j rea!. g re a t bitf lig h t, safe, handvandcbei_
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teed. C osts less th a n half of oral iris’.nj
tion.
P ia n o . O rg a n . Violin. Banjo.
M andolin, G u ita r and Cornet
ta u g h t.
W rite to d ay fo r C a talo g and 4 freelesa
American School of Must
500 Commonwealth Bldg.,
PORTLAND, 0H3|
Progressing.
“I've ta k e n up a course in
izing."
"W hen does th e class meet!'
"I've fo rg o tten w hether it s on!
days an d T h u rsd a y s or Tuesday^
F ridays.”
Accommodating.
H er F a th e r—T h e fact is. I
give my d au g h te r a dowry'- 1**!
present.
S uitor—T h a t's all right, sir
love her for h erse lf alone in the a
tim e.—Boston T ra n sc rip t.
W A N T E D —A irents. live o n e ,. in every k -,
th e sta te . Only D a y lig h t E ( ti Tester in » ]
tr y . No com petition. Money-back
Send $1.50 fo r te s te r and explanatory m*l
g e t busy in yo u r neighborhood. Addr«%
E g g T ester, 506 R ailw ay E xchange. PordH|
For The Schoolboy.
W ise—I’m glad I w on't be P*
school a fte r th is w ar.
O ne—W hy is th a t?
W ise—J u s t th in k how motl'
history th e re will be to learn.-
His Natural Bent.
G rubbs—Do you believe ttfj
B ryan is sin c ere in h is opp
p rep a re d n ess?”
S tu b b s—C ertainly.
H e I*
in his opposition
to eta
—Richm ond Times-DIspatch.
Obliged to L eave Earl?
"D aughter, your new beau t
rem ain very late. T h e last M*J
to hang around u n til the n»1“
called.”
"W ell, you see, dad, this oat*
m ilkm an."—L ouisville Courier-!
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