linen In two distinct halve«. On either sible. When we hute. It Is either he realgnntion. “That ls my sxplauatloa. side o f thta line there were towu« cause the object ha* Injured or belt* Milk e an and," ho salii. Coloni»! Désti tilt dld noi move. In marked and the beginnings o f water filed us uuhenrahly. I have both these thè yrllow min scorcili»! ntimwphera bis ways. but In no Instance did these ex reasons to Justify me.” "You have still live minutes to ex o w i i face lookcd llvld, and Ihere wera (end beyond an Inch on either hand. It fi enti line» ulsuit tha monili whloh gave was as though the red line had ab plain. Captain Arnaud." sorbed everything, and that what lay "E xp lain !" He laughed, and In hla Il a iteepor, mura ruttile«« power and beyond Ita Immediate radlua waa o f no laughter there ttlready Bounded a note roncentratlou. The pendi wltli whlrh ho Inni h«vu playlng lay annppad lu I account, a blank white waate o f de of suffering becoming Intolerable. "K * populated country. The lower part of plain In live minutes what It has taken litilf In thè inhhlle of thè Inhlo. •‘Tour leu minute» are over, and you the map had been painted yellow, and mouths for mo to realise tny God — there the rod Hue faltered and broke nnd yet It Is simple enough. A woman bave Justlfied yoursolf,’’ Ite »uhi. “You off Colonel I Vatluo a pencil hovered - the eternal cauae, the eternal expla un» free.” “ You are llberntlng a ma dina ri. What over the .tagged end, and his brown nation P “ Your w ife?” were knitted Into an expression of I bave dona I »Itali ilo agalli—" “ Who elne?" thwarted Impatience. On the other side "What I* timi lo ine?" anld C’olouel “ I have heart! rumors, Arnaud." of the table au elderly man wearing DcKtlnn, »nilllng. " I have I oat my wife: I h*at her the uniform of a French army doctor They watched each other In silence, sat and stroked his neatly-trimmed j months ago- I never possessed her. It lu A ru a lid's eye» Ihere were fear and beard with a reflective hand. Front | was a dream. She fell In love with me Inorediitou» question. lie made n vague time to time he glanced doubtfully at on a moonlight night when the regl uncertain movement »■ though groping his companion, and at last, receiving mental hand played In the Cerela and through darkncM. Then came the mid no attention, gave vent to an apolo there was glamour nnd color every den Inevitable collapse of an exhausted getic cough. where—over Sldl bel-Abbe», over me. personality atul the man was ouee more " I am afraid I hare come at an In- : over my life, over my love for her. We the automaton, the Instrument o f a pre opportune moment.” he said. "You i know that glamour, my colonel. It dominating will. Without a wor«l be are busy. The matter ts o f really no makes madmen out of us. It blinded »aluted and turned and staggered from Importance.” her. I followed her to England while the room. Peat Inn started and looked up. the glory o f It all waa still strong In "Pardon me. I was absorbed In a her Imagination. I made her throw C H APTE R X. difficult calculation. You are tulataken. over the man to whom she was virtual The matter ts o f Importance. I.lfe Is ly latum!— ” A Grave la Opensd. no doubt cheap out ¡tore, but economy ■ "The man whom you tried to mur It «va» midday. All Still bel-Abbes has to be • practiced even In cheap 1 der last night?” things. Besides, order has been estnb- "Y ou ’ re right— you guessed right seemed to be asleep The street« were Hshed In Sldlbel-Abbes. anil nuy act That was the man. I made her break utmost empty, nml n htxy hush hung o f wanton aggression must be pun- j with him. It would have been n over the deserted cafes where a few isited with a hard hand. You say the damnable thing to have done If I had Indefatigable tourists dozed ts-urnth bullet has been extracted?" known—but I never knew for certain. the gtyly striped awnings, yv at died “ Yea.” 1 refuse«! to see for myself, nnd she over by waiters themselves half coma “ Did It suggest anything to you?" never told me. Perhaps, anyhow. It tose with sleep and Indifference. SV N O P S IS . In the Cafe dll Tonkin the repose The doctor shrugged his shoulders. wouldn't have mattered All’s fair In was absolute nml unashamed. There S y lv ia Om ney, her lover. R ich ard F ar- His small brown eyes had shifted from love, and I didn’t care who suffer**! quhar, flints. ha? fallen In love wi th Cap- the colonel’s face to the floor. But that wasn’ t all. I wns lu debt. An was only one watcher. Presently foot lain A rnau d o f the F ere urn le g io n . In : “ It forced me to the conclusion that International spy had got hold of steps sounded oil the stone flags out Captain S o w er's room Farquhar t o r e «« O V o unce* for the assailant was lu possession o f an and bribed and threatened me al side. She got up nud crossed the un Sow er to h ave P re s to n '» l O l " * hr H tn * l a n s i v I l i a n m • |H «»•*«••* turned to hitn. Farquhar ts helped to hts army revolver— stoleu, without doubt." i • I xmki L»r m <|ua i i r l t i i ternately. To get out of his clutches. even floor to tlio door. Her movements r u m s by (iu b rtelle Srn'th Sow er demands “ Without doubt." Colonel Destinn I gambled like n fool am! lost— lost all were lithe and noiseless like au ani an apology. Refused, he forces F arqu h ar i to resign his com m ission In return U r agreed. “ The man Is doing well?” the time. At last I yielded. I made mal's. and not one of the hi>uvy sleep possession o f F a rq u a r’ s fa th er s w r it "A s well as can he eipected. There use o f my friendship with au English ers stirred. In the narrow passage ten confession thnt he had m urdered Sow er's fath er C abrtelie sa\es Farquhar was considerable loss of blood follow which led from the stn-et to the en officer to get hold o f what I believed from suicide. T o shield .trr.aud. S> ' a * DAISY FLY KILLER tiance, Farqu har professes to have stolen ing on the extraction. Also fever." to l>e valuable Information Oh. I did > trance o f the cafe a mnn lu European • O I Or a ... w ar plans and tells the real culprit why “ Next week I am taking a fresh It badly enough. They found me out dress waited for tier. There «vas some lu s s u iM d * ) , c . a v r t f he did so. As R ich ard N am eless he V' < !» M . r l .r e j , I * s t « * 1 | the F oreign Legion and sees S y lv ia , now batch with me down south to the pres I N « « « . M « !• •» I and there wasn’t an Inch between me thing furtive nml restless In his m e t a l .. a i> 't« t U »•» U p Mme Arnaud. meet Colonel IV stlm u ent terminus. Will our English friend movements that suggest«*] a fear and ruin. God knows what would *»••« i «sili »v| «mi <>« F arquhar meets S y lv ia and G ab n elle. and I n I u « • l a f l M a f . that o f dan learns from C orporal Uoetx o f the col- j be in a fit state to bear us company?” have been the end. I Just sut there more subtle thnu <• i r ll « i .t |N . onel's cru elty. Arnaud becomes a drunk- : “ Undoubtedly—if be Is not sent back and wait«1«! for them to make up their ger. The girl touched him on Ids arm. tm t-l I f i l # « l n v u» ard and opium smoker. S y lv ia becomes * »»•« b p tip « « * * p**- |s*J«l 1 .» f 1 friendly wi th Colonel Dettinn. Arnaud : to his regiment for the present. Other minds. The man I had ousted was op and without n word he followed her wise— " His expression was signifi posite me. and 1 waited for him to across tiie room o f sleepers through a SABULO BOMXBi. n o A * * »rmaèljr*. V. T. cant. laugh. He came forward and accepted curtained doorway Into a second apart At that moment Captain Arnaud en the responsibility. You understand— ment. Here there was uo door or *vln- j; A beautiful woman, tired of ; Shattering Auto Records. 1; her husband, flirts dangerously ¡j tered and he got up stiffiy. Destinn he was one o f them, and he tied their dow. A charcoal brazier burned In the lj! with his superior and with his ¡j; glanced over his shoulder. Khallcrlng all existing records be hands. Ills frleud held the door open center, nnd Its dull sullen glow lighted “ Ah. good morning! Well. I shall for him nnd he went out It was all up the shadows nml reveal«*! phantom tween Portland and Hpokane, F. W. | inferior in rank. With the In- not detain yon any longer, doctor. In done In a minute. I wus save«!. ;j; ferior she is somewhat in love. ' outlines o f low dlraus and oriental VogI«*r, northwest representative of yet she sees her husband go to ; the course of the day 1 may have a “ I paid. It was true— my w ife’s Ideal tables, uud hid their dirt nml dhnmler the Iteo line, and II. ( ’. Harris, factory look at the sufferer, nnd I shall then shoot the lover without giving had lx*en saved— but ouiy for the time. lu soft mysterious twilight. representative of the lino, arrived In any sort of warning. Is she i The girl put her hands upon her Hpokane Tuesday In a 1916 Iteo four Little by little she got to know me— ; cruelly indifferent, or does she and to compare. Oh. she said nothing: companion's shoulders nnd looked up cylinder touring car. The actual run : ; look upon this as a good way to but I saw It, heard It. felt It In every at him. He had removed tils hut. and ning time between P«>rtlan<l anil Hpo t get rid of temptation? ; 1 j movement, every look, every tone. The the somber light spread n pals repel kane was 20 hours and 59 minute» for a distance slightly In excess of 475 man she had cast off became the hero, lent reflection over bis white features. miles, an average speed of almost 23 the realization o f her dreams, and I It was ns though nn nrtlflrlnl life hnd miles an hour over all kinds of roads. CHAPTER V III— Continued. Ix-en conjured Into the face o f a dead was what I had been from the begin Not satisfied with making a Port ning— a neurotic weakling In a uni man. land Hpokane record, Mr. Vogler and Sylvia Arnaud came out Into the "Yon are changed. Desire. What | Mr. Harris also set marks between form, a roue who had kept clenn for clearing. She was still singing— a lit- j tins happened In these dnys? Has títere Pendleton and Dayton and Colfax and her sake. She shrank from me and 1 tie loader than before, as If in defiance been no comfort for you?” Hpokane. They made the run from knew she hated me. And he was In of a reawakening dread—and in the Ills eye« opened. He threw back Pendleton to Dayton lu two hours and my power. 1 don’t know whether I hla bead so thnt they looWerl each other 3H minutes and drove from Colfax to sudden hush her voice sounded lurlngly meant to kill him or not. I bad ceased sweet. Hpokunc In two hours anil thro** min In the face. to think. Last night chance had ] utes. “ Vlens pres de mol. viens plus pres tiie reins. Perhaps at the last mo- i It ls seldom thnt the trip from Port encore. land to Hpokane Is attempted by auto- mem I might have held back, for the j Mon amour t’appelle— ” mobile and because It lias been made thing sickened me— but I saw her. She The passing shadow stopped midway so few times many motorists think It stood opposite him In the moonlight— between darkness and darkness. The ran not be made. According to Mr. and she was smiling. I heard him call ; light was on them both. There was a Vogler it Is as nice a three-day tour her name— and then—It was all done j smothered exclamation. A revolver- as there Is In the northwest, the scen In a flash— I shot him down." ery along the route comparing favor shot rang out and all was quiet again. The dry cracked voice broke off ably with any In the country. The last echo o f song bung In the vl- j Arnaud staggered to his feet, his hands j brating air. Then slowly, the man outstretched In a movement o f trnglc j To keen clean an healthy take Dr. (T O ilK C O N T IN U E D .) standing against the light sank to Pierce’■ Plensnnt Pelk ts. They ngti gether Into a limp piteous heap. Col- j lute liver, bowel» nnd stomach. onel Destinn raced across the interven- ; when necessity forced him to begin h'.s ing space. His indifference was gone, battlo with the world, a precocious, The Cause. lie cursed somberly. high spirit«*!, impulsive, sensitive, am "W hat makes Stiffens such a queer Not Written While Payne Was Pov “ The insolent devils— One of my ruf bitious boy. conscloun of an intolloct lead color?" erty-Stricken, But When He Was fians— one of my ruffians— name of above the normal, restive under re "I guess It Is the plumbago hls wife Fairly Comtui table. God." straint. quick to take offense at seem says he'« got in Ins back."- -Baltimore He lifted the unconscious bead It Is morn than ninety years since ing slight.—T. T. P. Lukuer, in Hcrlb- American. against big shoulder, his experienced "Home, Sweet Home.” was written, ner's Magazine. Difficult. hands wrenching open the breast of the A sign In an American barroom heavy military coat Sylvia Arnaud “ For God's Sake, Don’t Jest With but Its popularity Is still world-wide and wherever the English language Is Fumigating Paper. reads: • rept up to him. Her face was ashy M e!” spoken It Is known and loved because "Gentlemen shooting at the bar There are many formulas for mak and expressionless, like that of a sleep walker. He waved her impatiently give further orders. The culprit you It appeals to that deep-lying Instinct In ing fumigating paper, one of the moat keeper will please to try to avoid hit aside. can leave to me. Sit down, won't you, humanity which la the basis of family simple being: Benzoin, 1 av ounce; ting the mirrors, which are the largest life. storax, one-half ounce; fumigating es In the state and a credit to the town.” “ Don't stay here. There may be A rna ud ?” Tit lilts. Many stories have been written ol sence. 2 11, ounce; ether. 1 11 ounco; ! The young officer remained standing some more of them. As you value your Its origin, most of them more or less acetic add glacial, 20 drops; alcohol, life, run back to the villa and give the He returned the doctor’s greeting me alarm. Ah.’” He sprang to bis feet chanically and his features were blank. Inaccurate and tending to distort 2 (1. ounce. Dissolve the benzoin nnd storax In a mixture of the alcohol and I instinctively, placing his body between As the door closed Colonel Destinn reality by a mans of pleasing fiction. Moving word pictures have been ether, filter, nnd add the fumigating her and the three men who had started threw down hia pencil and tlielr eyes 1 drawn of the starving author In his essence and the acetic acid. Kprcad i out of the darkness. His hand had met. garret and Illustrations have been pub the mixture upon filtering or bibulous , “ Sit down.” Gown to his pocket. “ Who goes there?” This time Arnaud obeyed. The elder lished of the original “ lowly thatched paper (blotting paper e g .) and allow "The patrol, my colonel.” Always Keep "Goetz—you?” A sharp sigh of re man bent forward with his chin rest cottage” for which he was supposedly It to dry. To prevent sin king, dust pining, both affecting and Interesting the surfuee with talcum, nud preserve lief broke from between his set teeth. ing on his hand. B o t t l e In lu wax paper When used, the paper “ In the ordinary course of events I but not In accordance with the fuels Then he drew hirnself up. The red hot Your Stable rage froze to a deadly precision. "H ow should have had you arrested last Although he had periods of failure Is simply wanned, or held over u lamp. did you come here?” night,” he said. “ I f I did not do so It and hardship, as well as possibly brief "W e were warned by a lady, my was because there was something un periods of success and prosperity. It Red Glass Milk Bottle«. Rub It In colonel.” usual In the case that interested me. was not while suffering from poverty It Is not at all Improbable that milk “ You heard that shot Did you see Even In the Legion madness has Its that he wrote 'H om e, Sweet Home." will be generally delivered In r«*I bot no one?” method. A man In your position does hut during a time when he was living tles, for It bus been discovered that "Yes, my colonel.” not go out of his way to shoot down a comfortably in Paris In the Palais while ordinary light hastens t h e ; "And did you not lay hands on him?” poor harmless devil without reason. Iloyal, and having considerable success "spoiling'' of milk, the red rays pre A L I M I M I NT "M y colonel, It was beyond my duty, You had a reason and I wish to know In his dramatic work. vent It. The violet rays, on the con it ” it wns Captain Arnaud.” There Is also no evidence to Indicate trary, cause the milk to turn. “ For God’s sake, don't Jest with me! that the "lowly thatched cottage" had Pure, fresh milk, or sterilized nnd j >r Gall*, Wire C H APTE R IX. Do what you mean to do and have any existence outside o f the author s pasteurized milk, If placed In an un lit», Lameneu, mercy enough not to turn this business brain. In spile of the tradition which colored glass bottle and left In th«j full rains, Bunches, Justification. into a burlesque. I f It Is a confession has been built up about the East hump sunlight, Is completely spoiled by ove finish, Old Sores, Colonel Destinn bent over the map you want—” ton cottage. rling But substitute u rod glass bot spread out before him In an attitude of Destinn rose, and his heavy fist rest ail Wound«, Foot R Throughout his Ufa Payne had n tle, or wrap the ordinary bottle In rod concentrated attention. It was an un ed clenched on the table. deep affection for his native land, his paper, and milk Is perfectly good after »tula, Bleeding, Etc., Etc. usual-looking map, roughly outlined " I have asked for your Justification,” friends and his family, from whom ha standing ton hours In the eun. and almost destitute o f the ordinary he said. “ For ten minutes I am pre was for many years widely separated network o f mountains and rivers. At pared to Judge yon hy my own laws. Ills letters frequently allude to his Price 2 5«, #0c end • 1-00 Religious Calm. the top a single town had been marked, It is an offer worth accepting, Arnaud,” longing for the society of those he „ _ . OR WHITE Htella Going to church steadily? “ He Is my enemy.” II f l o a t e r c a c . H.nfwd *ft. ca. and from thence downward there ran loved and his appreciation o f the home Bella Yes. I planned my dress dur “ For wbat reason?” a dark red line, almost undevlatlng. and domestic life. ing one service nnd It will tako the “ There are only two reasons pos which cut the upper port of thè whit* He was only fifteen years of age rust to plan bow to pay for W. A You need never worry about results In baking if you use BAKING POWDER It has been a stand* by for a quarter of a century. Guaran teed u n d e r all pure food laws. 25 STORY OF HOME. SWEET HOME For Sprains, Strains or Lameness H A N F O R D ’S Balsam of Myrrh ade Since 1846. f *