CLOT tWG A U T H O R c / MT ttE :L O N C W L f , ” "THE* D R A 5 5 D O W L .T T C carrmcHT m louo josíwi varier 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. - ......................- ■ — .................. 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.” # 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.