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LUCY CARTERET ADMITS TH A T SHE IS LYDIA CRAVENS
AND TH A T HER FATHER DOESN’T KNOW SHE IS GO
ING TO AMERICA TO LIVE W ITH HIM
A w ell-bred young E nglishw om an, nervous nod suspicious, tlnds
when she 1 »cards th e steam er A lsatiu, bound from Liverpool to New
York, th a t h e r stateroom m ate Is Mrs. A m elia Beggurstnff, a fa sc in a t
ing, w ealthy A m erican widow of six ty y ears. T he girl Introduces h er
self as Lucy C a rte re t and explains th a t she Is going to tuake h er home
w ith h er fa th e r In America. S om ething about the g irl's behavior pus
sies th e widow, and she Is m uch s u rp rise d to find th u t Lucy ow ns n
m agnificent necklace w hich had been sto len from u m useum collection
som e tim e previously, and inform s h e r friend. Mr. Quolu, a p riv ate
detective. Lucy, d ressing in th e d a rk in her stateroom , hears u m ys
terio u s conversation betw een m en Ju st o u tsid e h er window and recog
nizes one of them .
C H A PTER
you for th a t, ft I w ant to. Tell m*
H I t r y im n o u t W K vm
long you have known Idiu. and
long you’ve known I w as his daughter, D I A L I V ** *”TTVra K*«"“ * M il
and w hat m ade you begin to euap*ct
a n d —"
“ In p ity ’s n a m e t" th e D owager Ih-a-
gon In terru p ted , covering her ears. f Wrtelwt
“O ne question at a time. Ilo still, and
f I’M.ar Iole
< U • MB •
I'll tell you."
IK« lUMHailtf •• <
I*«**’ •• !• * •• •• •’*•»
v»o«a •} **. »tut««
V 4 « • I N M A*»
Hut here, to her open relief, the
OMLf.
oil CUTI AAA. II M»uUa*—U«.
stew ard ess knocked slid entered, w ith
•ft« # A m i
. A
_
.
I to la ttw le tw e to n • • * * • * . «aUfMaU
th e effect of rendering Lydia oblivious
to all else.
“ Yes. W lnant? You’ve found him ?
Araiulaled Eyelids.
W here?"
F t * , in fla m a d b y c>is>~
“One of th e stew ard s tells me, miss,
•ure to Sea. Da«l*nd WlaJ
'e's Just seen Mr. C raveu ab aft the
*»•«1 by Minin*
deek’ottse on th e main deck, usteru."
No Sunning,
J
lull E
y« <
Ju.l
Fys
Comfort. A t
"T hunk you so much, W lunnL Good-
Your Druggl.t*« iOc per Bottle. M aitaelys
by, Mrs, H eggarstuft 1"
inTuoeelHc. For Seek eith er yafree.ik
Snatching up w rap and senrf, Lydia Salva
Druggi.t• or Marta* Ey* S ta e f ; Ce . , Chicago
w as off In a breath.
T hose s h e left behind eyed one nn
o th er oddly the Dow ager D ragon with dajisy fly killer •JlftU*. S.«| «
utaaM fatel, • ->•«•».
a tw inkling look of In q u iry : the ste w
• *••** I *•<* all
ard ess w ith discreetly tig h ten ed lips
• aasw M . M • «I • u I
••••«I.«**'I*..It a*# tip
and half low ered lids th a t, hinting nt
M*a* I wni gel ai.lt tag
I «»U*. t*t thltif,
m ysteries u n u tterab le, w ere u plain
L u a ita im l *fl*< tlvw.
*•14
I f ilMUtt,
provocation to uny com petent c u to
• *•»«! I .»
pe*.
chlat.
And the face o f Mr*. HegguratnfT B A B O U l ftU M B B t. I M P O s l l A v « - » r w ^ ljr » . B. T .
grew bright w ith the light of battle.
T o L ydia, w aiting with eyes shin
ing and Up* trem ulous w ith an ticip a
tion. en tered unexpectedly her Dowager
D rag o n ; and entering, for the llrst and
only tim e In th e ir association betrayed
no signs o f som e slight em barrassm ent
and bew ilderm ent.
"H eaven help o u r hom e!” Mrs. Iteg-
garstuff cried, th u n d erstru ck . “ W hcro
a re you going, c h ild ?"
“On deck, probably," Lydia Informed
h er w ith a tw in k le of mischief.
" Ilu t—my blessed Income—"
"D ear Mrs. H eggarstaff," Lydia In-
terpoaed Im pulsively. “ I m ust tell you,
som ething h a s happened som ething so
w onderful and delightful th at I verily
believe It would have got me out of 1 '< h I
had 1 been a t th e point of d e a th !"
•T o h !" exclaim ed the
Dowager
D ragon Im patiently. S urprise fuded In
h e r eyes, an d w as replaced by som e
thing stra n g e ly like dlsap|>olutm ent.
W ith a quick movement she closed the
door and s a t down on her bed. "N on
sen se!" she added with unaccountable
i Irritatio n , looking the excited young
woman up and down. "My dear, you’re
not going to tell me you've found out
yo u r fa th e r 1 1 on hoard?”
"H ow In th e nam e of w onder did yon
guess?"
"I d id n ’t guess— I knew ," th e D ragon
reto rted , sententlously. "1 know every
thing. Including my owu m ind: my mid-
LEG™
Sore
E y e s? ~
S . . J
CH A PTER IV.
III—C ontinued.
"I w a r r a n t!” W inant com m ented
w ith an am biguity lost ui>on Lydia,
Tw o m inutes in te r the stew ardess, who accepted the response ns oue of
h asten in g to an sw er a series of Impa sim ple concurrence, w hereas the wom
tie n t rings from B75, found th a t s ta te an a t her feet w as hiding au Ironic
room bright w ith light and ten an ted sm ile.
by a pale but an im ated young woman
In point of fact, th is T ad C raven of
fra n tic a lly struggling into a haphazard I Mrs. B eggnrstufTs acq u ain tan ce wus u
selection of g arm ents, w ith th e evi conspicuous figure am ong tra n s a tla n
d en t Intention of m aking Im m ediate tic trav elers, one who crossed fre
quently, and, Incklng any o th e r title to
ap p earan ce in public.
• W lnant. do you think you could notoriety, would have m ade him self
rem em bered by his lavish tips. More
find me a passen g er list? ”
over. W inant read A m erican a s well as
“Oh, surely, m iss.”
“I w an t very m uch to see one. h n g llsh new spapers, and knew a vast
deal m ore about C raven than th a t man
I’lease fetch it a t once.”
G ravely W ln an t shrugged n a d w ent would have cared to c red it—who,
h er way, shrew dly guessing close to w hen a ll's said, w asn’t lightly to be
th e cause of th e p assenger s excite term ed a m an o f retirin g disposition.
m ent. “Some sw eet’a rt. likely, she T h u s th e discovery th a t he bad a
reflected w ith th e Indulgent pity of a d a u g h te r (and why not u w ife living
self-supporting m arried wom an not as w ell?) w as one trem endously tltll-
obliged to live continuously w ith her I la tin g ; fo r tra d e in g«*sslp about notn-
husband.
"F o u n d out soroe’ow ’e's ! bill ties goes on as briskly betw een
on board, w 'lch she w asn ’t expectin . ’ | decks on fashionable A tlantic steain-
So Instead of sum m oning th e ship’s shlps as below s ta irs In fushlonublo
doctor to p ass upon th e advisability of hom es on e ith er side of th e w ater.
B ut C raven’s d aughter, fo rgetful of
allow ing th e convalescent to go on
deck, W lnant serenely carried out her th e serving woman, sut w ith eyes se-
Instructions, re tu rn in g to find Miss ren e in a face ra d ia n t w ith th e glow
C a rte re t all d ressed save fo r hooka of happiness In h er h eart. N ever a
doubt troubled h er a rd e n t a n tic ip a
and shoebuttons.
"Y ou’ve been In since I w ent to sleep tions. T h a t .om inous note which had
th is afternoon, W ln an t?” the girl de been sounded In the brief conversation
o u tsid e h er window w as now forgot
m anded a s W inant entered.
ten —a t w orst could not have shaken
“Yes, miss, tld y in ’ up a b it.”
“You didn’t notice a brooch any h er fa ith In h is loving kindness. T h at
w here— on top th is chest of d raw ers?” w as som ething alw ays to be counted
never
"A cam eo brooch? Yes. miss, I did, upon, som ething th a t had
failed her. And if his a ttitu d e of la te
and le ft it w 'ere I saw It.”
“R eally? B u t It’s not th e re now. m ight have seem ed in co n sisten t w ith
W h at can have becom e of It? Oh, Is tru ly sy m p ath etic affection, Lydia
knew b e tte r: h er fa th e r had not so
th a t th e passen g er list?”
In h e r excitem ent, alm ost snatching m uch opposed h e r w ishes ns he hud
from W ln an t’s g rasp th e p rin ted list u n d erestim ated th e sincerity of her
o f first-cabin passengers, th e girl m utiny ag ain st th e ru le of Agnes Hlcks-
L orrlm er.
prom ptly forgot th e m issing brooch.
H ow could It be otherw ise, w ith a
“You’re sure, m iss,” th e stew ard ess
pursued, first exam ining th e ch est and gap o f five long y ears In th e ir associa
then kneeling to paw th e carp e t be tion, five y ears of sep aratio n , change
n eath it, "you're su re you d id n ’t by and grow th?
any chaw nse knock It off w hile dress-
H is thought aro u sed ap preciation of
in’ r
th e g re a t changes tim e had w ro u g h t:
"W h a t? ” th e girl m urm ured a b s tra c t so g re a t th a t it w asn ’t difficult to fancy
edly, h e r gaze racin g down th e dense C raven falling to recognize his daugh
colum ns of sm all type.
ter, w hose m em ory with him m ust he
“T h e brooch, m iss—”
th a t of a hobbledehoy of fifteen, long-
“Oh, b o th er th a t I I t's surely som e legged and aw kw ard, with p erpetually
w here about. I ’ll find It la te r. Oh, freckled snub nose, m outh too wide,
W ln a n t!” she bro k e off w ith a cry of and eyes too larg e for h e r th in face,
delight. " It Is t r u e ! I knew I couldn’t and h e r h a ir In p laits— two w rist-thick
be m lstn k e n ! H e Is on th e s h ip !”
cables of It fallin g below h er w aist,
H er trem bling forefinger indicated c a rro ty red, and bonnd w ith broad b u t
m idw ay down th e colum n headed “C” terfly bows of stiff blue ribbon.
th e entry, “C raven, T hnddeus— New
M rs. H icks-Ixjrrlm er's Idea, th a t of
Y ork.”
th e butterfly hows— the final touch of
“T he gentlem an ns y ou're engyged Ignom iny! Lydiu d ated h er h a tre d of
to, m iss?” W ln an t h azard ed Im person th e w om an from th e hour w hen she
a lly ; an d h aving noted th e nam e h ad been com pelled to subm it to those
sU-pped behind th e girl to hook up her u n speakable decorations.
frock.
B ut todny— Lydia sm iled tenderly.
“E ngaged to?
Oh. no, W ln an t!" N o ; C raven w ouldn’t know his girl—
T he girl laughed. “H ow ab su rd ! Why, not u n til she told him —unless, to be
h e ’s my f a th e r ! ”
sure, she had grow n som ew hat to i >
“Mr. Craven, m iss? B ut I thought sem ble h er m other, who had been a fa
as ’ow your Dime w as C arteret, m iss.” m ous beau ty —o r so Mrs. G rum m le of
“O h !” th e girl gasped In tra n sie n t th e Bloom sbury lodgings hnd asser-
dism ay. T hen she laughed. "T o be v ated —and so C raven him self, under
sure, th a t Is th e nam e I sailed under. p re ssu re of p ersiste n t questioning, had
B u t my real nam e’s L ydia C raven—not once adm itted.
Lucy C a rte re t a t all. You see, I didn’t
W lnant, rising from her knees, dis
w a n t—w ell—som ebody In E ngland—to pelled reverie. “Is th a t all, Miss C ra
know I w as sailing.”
ven ?”
"Y our fath er, m iss?” W lnant h azard
Lydia sm iled brilliantly. "T h n t’s
ed dispassionately, kneeling aguin to rig h t,” she affirmed w ith decision. “Let
a tte n d to th e g irl’s shoes.
me be Miss C raven from now on. I>o
" N o ; som eone else. I—I didn’t you th in k you could find my fa th e r for
know my fa th e r w as In E ngland, yon me, W lnant?”
see,” C rav en 's d a u g h te r fa lte re d in n
“Oh, surely, m iss.” W lnnnt preserved
first fa in t chill of doubt. "H e—ne a stra ig h t face. “ Would you wish me
m u st h av e m ade a h u rrh s i trip on busi to send ’lm to yon ’ere?”
ness— h e’s a very busy m an—and didn’t
"Oh, no. I m erely w ant to know
h a v e tim e to notify me. B ut th a t,” her w here to look for him. B ut to send
s p irits d ictated on th e rebound, “only him h e re to find me—why—do n ’t yon
m ak es It m ore stra n g e and w onder see?— th a t would spoil It all I”
ful— th a t w e should m eet th is way I
"Q u ite bo , miss. I won’t be a min-
B e w ill be su rp rise d .”
n te.”
TV a «.-?*
VAI«*
Lydia Stood Rooted in Incredulous Em
b arrassm en t.
«lie nam e is Om niscience. R em em ber
th a t, next tim e y«>u try to k*H-p Amelin
B eggurstaff In the «lurk. Y ou're Lydia
C raven, nad your f a th e r’s Thaildeu*
C raven—T ad C raven to m e and—”
"You know him ? You know my fa
ther. Mrs. BeggurstnfT? You d«-ar!"
W ith a grim sm ile, th e I>owng«‘r
D ragon subm itted to a spontan«*ous em
brace, then gently fended off th e a g i
ta te d girl. “T h e re !” she grow led w ith
an a tte m p t a t a cerb ity not w holly suc
cessful. "S ave yo u r kisses fo r your
d a d ! I d a re say you’ve playe«l the
dence w ith my co m p lex io n .'an d as fo r ;
my w ig,” (th is w hile re a d ju stin g th a t
disarrange«! ad o rn m en t) "If you ca n ’t
ki*ep your own h a ir «>n fo r Joy, you
m ight a t le a st he good enough to let
m ine r«>ost w here It belong* 1”
"B u t—I don’t c a re !” L ydia retort«-d |
w ith gay deflancr
“ You know my fa
th er, und I’ve a p erfect rig h t to kiss 1
HAD AN EXC E LLE N T REASON
W itness E xplains How He Knew All
About Dead Man W ithout Ever
Having Seen Him.
T h e learned <*ounsel In th e g re a t will
case literally beam ed w ith Joy. H ere
w as a w itness w ho wus ev erything a
w itness should be.
"I co n g ra tu la te you, sir." he mild, en
th u siastically . “ Your m em ory for de
tail does you Infinite cred it. Aw? on
Iw half of th e num erous re la tiv e s of the
te s ta to r who a re p re se n t in co u rt I
should like to th a n k you fo r th e very
fluttering, though none th e less tr u th
ful, description th a t you have Just
given of the esteem ed geritleinun who
Is now, a l a s ! no m ore.”
A m urm ur of app lu u se w ent round
th e crow ded court.
"I presum e,” continued th e lenrnc«!
counsel, " th a t you w ere very Intim ate
w ith th e te sta to r d u rin g his lifetim e?”
T h e w itness h esita te d und blushed n
crim son red. "N-n-no,” he answ ered,
lam ely. "In fact, I never saw him In
my life.”
“B ut, r«-ally, sir,” cried th e law yer,
In surprise. “I fa ll to see how you
could give such an n«’c u ra te anil fla tte r
ing description o f him If you never
saw him 1”
T he w itness gave a very sickly smile.
“P erh ap s you will u n d erstam l b e t
te r,” he said, "w hen I tell you th a t I
m arried
his
widow l” — R o ch ester
TIrma».
Front-R ow P atro n .
I ’atlence— Y o u r'fa t ner Is very bald.
Isn’t he?
P a tric e — Well, he w ears a wig.
"B u t he never h a s a w ig on when
I see him In th e fro n t row a t the
th e a te r.”
"N o ; you see he alw ay s ta k e s hts
wig off then, so h e can get a good
I.yilln stepped over the high sill of
a doorw ay to open a ir upon th e multi
ih*ck ab aft th e s u p e rstru c tu re and
gained th«* shadow «if the «h'ckhouse
w herein the ru<ld<>r engine clunk«*] and
groaned. W hen she cam e to th e <ipeu
space betw een the deckhouse and the
tnfTrnll th e moon slipped from behind
n cloud, drenching the ship w ith ghost
ly ru«llnnce. mid she stopped short. In
no o th er public p a rt of the venae! couhl
one—o r
tw o—have
found
g reater
privacy.
Two. nt least, seem ed to hnv*
thought of th a t. In th a t fan shaped
Space behind the deckhouse. close by
the singing m eter of th e log. C raven
stood w ith Mrs. Mi-rrilccs In hi* arm*.
Wholly unuw ure th a t they w ere not
alone, th ese tw o clung to encti other,
lips settling lips in the cr*ta*y of a long
and p assio n ate em brace, m oveless save
a s they yielded to the m otion of the
ship.
Lvdin st«ssl rooted In Incredulotti
em b arrassm en t. In th a t p itiless wash
of nuke«! m oonlight she could not fall
to recognize th e woman. She was Mrs.
Morrllee* beyond question, gowned p re
cisely an she had been th u t first night
out, forev er to he a figure «if rad ian t
lovelln«*sa In the galleri«-* of Lydlu’s
memory.
But th u t the o ther, her lover, could
be T haddena C rav en —Im possible I A
passing likeness to Ids stu rd y but
g raceful figure— «Jecelvlng eye* toe
enger to recognize n beloved p a re n t: It
could lie nothing m ore th a n thut. lm
possible th a t he, h er fa th e r, coul«l b*
th e lover of n wom an but little ol«l«*f
th an h erself!
Thinga happen Im m ediately
which Lydia did not barg ain for,
and the unfolding of a m yetery
it vastly diaconcerting to sev
eral persons. The veil la lifted
In the next installm ent.
t a - J*
ta H i o l . i
U v O fl rW H C M V
C01D1 ANO IA CHISM
1*
A
tu rra re
n fc U d
a n s *
A.k tor ■
ou-
»ata* us a c o n i -r—
T A O tin
- z»eB ñ*A va
AO ‘IrutftfU U —U I I « « .
s
T *
"T h e re I t a T ide,” Etc.
"T h ere I* a T ide." etc.
Mr. H ldener hud mudo hie first pub
Ilo speech und w aited for tile w ife's
verdict. Ilo expected h e r to say, "O h.
It wus sim ply g reat. E d d y !” B ut th« y
w ere h alf way horn«*, and sh e had said
nothing. "W ell,” ho began aw kw ardly,
“w h at did you th in k of my iipooch?"
"W h at you said w as all rig h t,” sh e
answ ered w ith g u ard ed en th u siasm ,
but you didn't mnke tfcn mont of
your o p p o rtu n itie s.”
"O p p o rtu n itie s? " rep eated Mr. Bid#-
ner. ’’W hat do you m<-an, K ffle?”
“ W hy," Mr». Bldetier repl|«<d, “you
had so m any chance* to alt dow n be
fore you did ."—C h ristia n R egister.
CUTICURA IS SO SOOTHING
To Itching, B urning Sklna— It not Only
Soothee, but H eale— T rial Free.
T re a tm e n t: B athe th e aff«»ctod s u r
face w ith C u ttcu ra Soap and hot w a
ter, dry g en tly and apply C u ticu ra
O intm ent. R epeat m orning and night.
Thl* m ethod affo rd s Im rnedlato relief,
a n d potato to opoody hi-altnenL T h o y
ur« Ideal fo r e v e ry d a y to ile t us«*s.
Freo sam p le each by m all w ith
Book. Aildr«-** p o e tra rd , C u ticu ra.
D ept. L, JioHton.
Hold everyw here.
— Adv.
Billing C lerk Only.
Bose— I w anted to Npeak to you, Mr.
Lovum. a b o u t your a tte n tio n s to Miss
Hweet d u rin g office hours. I engaged
you us billing clerk o n ly; no cooing
mentioned T h a t win i*» ail for th e
prcsenL — E xchange.
W anted.
"Huy. w h e re ’s th«» m issu s?" " 8 h * ’s
u p sta irs w ash in g h e r face." "T h en
tell h e r sh e hail b e tte r com e dow n
and acc th e lau n d ress w ho’s h ere
facing h e r w ash."— D altlm oro A m eri
can.
W orrying.
“ Y’ou seem troubled a b o u t your g a r
dening p ro p o sitio n .” "Y es, replied Mr.
(TO UK CUNT1N Uh.L».)
C rosslots. " I ’m w ondering w h eth e r I
ra n ra ise enough to ta k e ca re of th e
ex ceptional appetlt«» the ou td o o r exer-
M ost-Sought-A fter Thing.
In the A m erican Mnguzlue a w riter cls«» will give m e.”— W ashington S tar.
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1
says:
"Men have been living In thl* world A I ’R O A IIN E N T W O M A N E N
for m any cen tu ries. T hey have traded
DORSES OUR STA TEM EN T.
In th e ir lives for m any different tilings
P
o
rtlan d , O regon.—" I was troubled
—fam e, money, power. But the eon
for years with fe
sensus of opinion through th e ages li
m ale trouble and
th a t th e th ing m ost to !>«• desired 1*
tried n great m any
happiness.
No man ru n he really
rem edies w ithout
happy unless his conscience I* c le a r;
any benefit until
j I was advised to
th erefo re It p ay s to he ho n est and to
use Dr. Pierce’s
tre a t th e o th e r fellow a* one would like
Favorite Prescrip
to he treated . No one ra n tie happy
tio n .
I took sev
who suertftc«-* his h e a lth ; therefore
eral bottles of it
fam e and too m uch m oney—e ith er of
and received g reat
which usually dem and health Iri ex
In in-lit therefrom .
change—a r e not to be d«*slre«l. No man
I can Imnrtily rec
can have th e highest happiness unless
om m end ibis toed*
he can feel th a t In* Is doing a little if-ne to nil women who are expecting
good by living, th a t he Is going to lenve to becom e m others, as I do not th in k
the world a bit b e tte r a fte r lie has gone. there is an y th in g to equal it. It is
T h erefo re II pays to bring children also good d u rin g th e period of m iddle
Into th e world and care fo r th em ; it life.” — M r s . C. A. A n d k k s o n , 1151
M acadam S treet.
pays to tie a good neighbor and a good
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is
em ployer and a good frien d ."
a tru e friend to women in tim es of
trial and a t tim es of pain when the
organs are not perform ing th eir func
C ables Contain Much W lra.
For h ead ach e, backache, hot
It Is estim ated th at the total length tions,
flashes, c a ta rrh al condition, hearing
of w ire In the sh eathing and com of down sensation, m ental depression,
the w orld’s cables m ade since th eir In dizziness, fainting spells, lassitude an d
troduction In 1MT»7 Is sufficient to rvr.rh exhaustion, w om en sliouhl never fail
from th e e a rth to th e moon. W here to take th is tried a n d tru e w om an’a
th e sen Is about th re e m iles deep, and m edicine.
For girls a b o u t to en ter womnn-
th e ship Is steam ing a t Its usual rate,
In paying o u t n new line, It has been hood, women a b o u t to becom e m oth
found th a t <*ver tw o and a h a lf hours ers, nrul for th e changing days of
p ass before th e cable reach es the bed m iddle age, Doctor Pierce’s Favorite
Prescription should nlways he on hntid.
of th e sea. By the tim e th e ¿-able has
I t ’s a tem p eran ce rem edy th a t is
se ttle d to re st th e ship Is 25 mile* extracted from m ots wilii pure glycer
aw ay.
ine and its ingredient.« uru published
on w rapper.
Any m edicine dealer can supply it
A Vim« for Everything.
E d ith —“ Is It tru e th a t you have in either liau id o r ta b le t form . T he
q u arreled
w ith
Ja c k ? ”
Ethel__“I cost is m odest, th e restorative bene
fits truly rem ark ab le.
should say n o t! My b irth d ay la next
Write I)oot<»r Pierce, In v alid s' H otel,
w eek.”
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Buffalo N. Y ., for free I.'16 page book
on w om an’s diseases. Every w om an
C oncrete pile* 100 feet long and th a t should have one. You enu also have
weigh 20 tons hnve been tiáexl | 0 build confidential m edical ndvico w itho u t
cost.
ing a w h arf in New Zealand.