past; but little or uuthlug bad aba ever known definitely. “ You wereu't a strong child, and we form'd the effect uu you o f the Atlantic voyage. Botddon, our engagement was to last eight weeks ouly. So we left you in Mrs. Qrumiuls's on re. Five weeks after wo nvu-hed New York yi*ur mother rarac down with fypbold. A month luter she died; and when 1 had i « l d funeral expense« 1 was pen­ niless in a strange land, our (»iiq itn y laid gone hack home, and my chance o f ever seeing England again was to earn enough money for my return pas­ sage. I wrote Mrs. Urummle to look CLOTHING AUTH O R o /^TNETLONC WOLF,” 'THE: 5RASS BOWL/ETC. COPYRIGHT BT LOUIS JOSEPH VA HCC LYDIA CRAVEN LEARNS SOME AMAZING FACTS ABOUT HER FAMILY HISTORY— AND HER FATHER EX­ PLAINS THE NATURE OF HIS MYSTERIOUS BUSINESS S Y N O P IS .— A well-bred young Englishwoman, nervous and sus­ picious, finds when she boards the steamer Alaatla, bound from L iv­ erpool to New York, that her stateroom mate is Mrs. Amelia Boggar- staff, a fascinating, wealthy American widow of about sixty years. The girl introduces herself us Lucy Carteret and says che is going to America to meet her futher. Lucy's behavior puzzles Mrs. Beggar- staff, who is vastly surprised to find the girl in possession of a mag­ nificent necklace, stolen from a museum some time previously and passes the news on to her friend. Quoin, a private detective on board. Lucy, dressing in the dark in her stateroom, hears a mysterious con­ versation between two men Just outside her window and recognizes one o f them as Thaddeus Craven, her father, whom she hasn't seen for five years. She confesses to Mrs. Beggar-staff that she is in reality Lydia Craven, goes on deck, and searching around, discovers her fa­ ther making love to Mrs. Merrilees, wealthy, benutiful young widow and friend of Mrs. Beggarstaff. They and Lydia are much surprised. Mrs. Merrilees has Just promised to marry Craven, but he has always posed as a bachelor and this fact she doesn't relish. C H A P T E R V. ] wns hanging fire— young Keyes n lilt backward about coming forward. He In humor as radiant as that o f a i must have been blind! Y’ ou don’t child presented with a long-coveted mean to tell me It’s fallen through?” plaything. Craven returned to find his “ I mean to tell you,” the girl cried, daughter as he had left her, alone. passionately, “ I didn't like him ! One “ Lydia ! My dear, dear g ir l!” | of Mrs. Hicks-Lorrimer’s tame ca ts! She yielded without struggle to his He may have money and family, as embrace, instantly supple to the spell she claimed— I don’t know— but he's o f that .blind and unquestioning devo­ abominable, and I loathe h im ! And tion which never before that night had she wouldn’t let ine alone. I stood her wavered from his image. In those I incessant nagging till 1 thought I ’d go arms the old enchantment regained mad. Worst of all, my letters to you full power, doubts and misgivings were got no answers, save indirectly— I all forgotten. Craven became to her mean, she said it was your wish I once more the most splendid o f men. should marry him.” and the handsomest, dearest of fa­ “ I never said that,” Craven observed thers. thoughtfully. “ I did say that, if It And then he was holding her by the was your wish and for your happiness, shoulders at arm’s length looking her I gave my consent gladly. It wouldn’t fondly up and down, wagging an indul­ j be like me, would It, to wish unhappi­ gent bead. “ The saints preserve u s! ness to my own flesh and blood?” But you’ve blossomed out into a wom­ “ No— it wasn’t like you: that’s why an, Liddy, m#- dear, to turn the heads I didn’t understand. It— It seemed as of half the w orld! As tall as your ! if you'd turned against me.” “ Liddy— dear!” old dad, as sweet ns cherry blossoms, as lovely as the break of a day In “ Oh, I know I was wrong; but what .Tune! It’s like seeing your mother j could I think? Y’ou wouldn’t write. again, the way she was the day we , But I knew if I could see and talk to were married— though she was only ■ you, I could make you understand. So eighteen then, and now you’re more I pawned some things— some of your than tw enty! God forgive ’em. but presents— and got enough money for the years have magieked me into an my passage. And now— ” old man before my tim e! The father H er voice was breaking. Craven of a woman like yourself— I can’t be­ passed an arm round her nnd drew her lieve i t !” | close to him. “ There, my dear girl, “ You haven’t aged a day, daddy there!” dear.” “ And now— I’m in your w a y !” Craven would have none of that. "L y d ia !” He had lost none o f his “ It’s of grandchildren I must be think­ old-time trick of quieting her with a ing now. Don’t bang your pretty show o f righteous Indignation. “ You’ve head: let me look my fill of my g ir l! no right to talk like that to your old But you might be so good as to tell daddy!” me how it comes you’re here. I f you “ What am I to think? I surprise dropped from the skies— ” you making love— you are angry with “ Surely you know, daddy,” the girl me— ” protested. “ I ran away— I had to. “ Not angry, dearie, but so surprised You know why.” I was hardly myself. Do be quiet now “ Devil fly away with me if I d o !” for a time, and let me do the talking. “ But I wrote you about it, every­ Listen, and learn never to Judge a thing, from the very beginning; and man hastily. Has It never struck you when you didn’t answer, I thought how little you really know about our there was nothing left for me but to fam ily history?” run away.” “ How often have I asked you— ” “ I tell you, Liddy, I ’ve not heard a “ Ah, but that was long ago, when word from you for months'!” you were— ah— too young to under­ His manner carried conviction— stand. I never meant to keep you per­ credulous thrall that she was to the manently ln the dark. In the first magic of that dear, earneying tongue! place, you’ve always believed yourself “ You didn’t get my letters?” the child o f American parents.” “ Never one. i f I hadn’t been the “ But surely— ” the girl exjaxjtulated. busiest man alive these last three “ Mrs. Qrurnmle told me— ” months, I ’d have written to ask what "What she believed, too, no doubt. was the matter. Not that I worried— The truth is, your mother was an Amer­ Mrs. Hicks-Lorrimer’s letters were reg­ ican; but I ’m British to the marrow o f ular and reassuring.” An ominous gleam Informed the eyes me. Craven's a good English name, o f the girl. “Then she stole them 1” i you know. Not that it matters. I cut away from my people forever when “ Who stole what?” “ My letters to you— Mrs. Hlcks-Lorri- they tried to prevent my marrying the woman I loved, an American girl mer must have stolen them !” who’d taken to the stage and somehow “ My dear girl, be fair to h er!” “ I f my letters didn’t reach you, i drifted to London. Well, we defied someone must have Intercepted them. the family, and It disowned me, and I One might have gone astray by itself, went on the stage with my wife. When you were born— yes. In Mrs. Grum- y es; but it Isn’t likely five would.” rale’s, Bloomsbury— our combined pay “ Lydia, I don’t get this at all.” “ You knew that woman wanted me didn’t run to anything much. Most o f the time .one o f us was out o f a to marry a man I didn’t love?” “ She wrote roe you were about to Job. Still, we were happy enough till become engaged to young—what’s-hls- we went to America.” name*— Keyes; gave a good account of • He was silent for several mlnntes, apparently lost In memories. him. I wrote to you at the time.” “That was three months ago. I | Lydia, fearing to interrupt, waited haven’t heard from you since. Her In mute fascination. Something o f later letters must have told you I had ! this history she had guessed; much refused him.” she might have guessed from words, "They didn’t. She said the thing hints, clues, carelessly sown In the J j “ Pm quite sure y»m uugtiint to know," ba u U grnvrty ; “but I'm quits s i n you've gi4 to. If in r reluUona are fin continua In kwo and trust Miwwwet, I know I oun trust yon. kim I, were I to keep you In tgixinmoa, much might hapjxin that you wouldn't under­ stand, that mlgtit make you doubt mis­ judge. mistrust tuo. You may on occa­ sion si«> ris* In coufurcmu with strange men. of u class I’d normally buvu nothing In coumion with. You’ll huve to Istcome accustomed to my keeping strange hours- and help me keep them secret You may even heur «nid whls- pers about me— rumors tlint I’m not altogether whnt I seem. Well, tiiey’ll he Juxtllhil; for I’m not. New York knows me as a feather-brained fnsh- lonuble, with a dtwent income from the real estate business I tunintuln ns a blind. I’m nshuTned to have no object ii ex stem » other ban amiable idling. Whereas. In reality— " Though their solltudw was absolute, Craven came closer to his daughter and lowered his voice: “ This Is u grout secret, dear girl. out for you, nnd— But this Isn’t a hard-luck story. Ultimately 1 left the stage for employment more attractive and better paid; but It meant perma- nent resilience in America. However . ... , , . , , , . . . . . ... . since you were In good bunds. I think we muy say that for Mrs. (¡rumíale.’’ “ She was ulwuys kind.” Lydia uf- tlrm.il gently. “ When I could afford a trip back to Kngland, I found you In tin* best of condition, and It scemai hardly right j ( *ui,r'1 “ •* * ou wou,d Jrour4 *,.°’ 1 “ to uprtMtt and transplant you to a ln rh* rBe uf ,bo ‘,1»'lo,nu,,c bachelor establishment ln a strange H* nrlco representing Um-nlng Street country. Moreover, my new work, you In tile Unitisi Statisi !” see, hud divorced me wholly from my stuge associations, and none o f my Does it teem to you that ths ] new friends knew anything about me nature of Tad Craven'* work a* before I come to them, properly Intro­ a British secret service man Jus­ duced. and I was careful not to excite tifies his posing as a bachelor their curiosity for reason.» that «111 for many years and hi* treat­ apl>enr. So | never mentioned \ottr ment of Lydia? : existence. This reticence grew Into n habit as years went on. Ami when Mrs. Grunuule din] I had come to »To in: CONTINUED.) ■ think It best for you to attain woman­ hood In Kngland. and If possible marry some decent Englishman. “ W ell— a substitute had to he found , for Mrs. Grutntnle. Mrs. IIk-ks l.orrl Public Could Buy Its Seafood Much Cheaper If Industry Were on tner presented the strongest creden­ Efficient Basis, It Is Declared. tials. I can only say I'm sorry she turned out badly— and surprised. That, If the entire fishing Industry were however, is well over nnd done with. put on un efficiency basis, the general Henceforward you live with me.” “ Oh. daddy, daddy dear! You public would buy Its nonfood much cheaper and better, Is the opinion of mean It? I’m not In the way?” “ It would have been better If this William K. Beardsley, manager o f the could have been postponed a few New Kngland fi*h exchange. 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CAA a aaaaaa aaaaa « • < Reliability. “ Illlgglns bolleros In himself implic­ itly.” “ No reason why ho shouldn't. Hu's the .'IK- per s on to « tn nil he . » l i t tell whoppers without being caught at IL” — Washington Star. An Inside Bath Makes You Look and Feel Fresh SIG WASTE IN FISH TRADE to her— ” Lydia fultered. He silenced her with a gesture e f­ fective if a shade theatric, und walked with her to a closed hatch, where they seated themselves. “ But I — ” “ Hear me first, if you please, Lydln. Although your futher, I ’m by no means nn old man. And— love is paramount! When you come to me und say, ’I love this man,’ whosoever he may be, I sha’n't Interfere— even as» now, when you say, *1 can’t love this man,' I re­ frain from insisting. Mrs. Merrilees and I love each other. She pays me a great compliment; for I ’m fifteen years .her senior. I can’t permit my daughter— ” “ But if you will only listen to m e!” "W ell?" Craven demanded severely. “ I haven't the least desire to come between you and Mrs. Merrilees. I think she’s very lovely, nnd I wish you both every happiness.” “ That Is my own dear g ir l!” Clip­ ping her face between Ills pnlms, ho lifted it to receive his kiss. “ I only meant,” the girl resumed, ” 1 hoped you could make hor understand, as you have me, by explaining— ” “ Make your mind easy. There’s ixi-n no real harm done. I’ve already received her assurance that our rela­ tions w ill continue ns before. She understands— if not ns fully ns you do now. I f I fold her all that I’ ve Just told you, she might ask questions I couldn't answer; not, at least, until she Is my wife, perhaps not then. Surely you must realize that your faith has taken a great deal on trust. You have refrained from putting n question that, with Mrs. Merrilees, would take the form o f n demand— What 1» the nature o f this business o f mine to which I have referred but never named?” “ You will tell me when you think I should know, daddy.” l C Bays a glass of hot watsr with phosphate befors breakfast keeps Illness away. This sxcslltnt, common-sense health measure being adopted by millions. Physicians the world over recom­ mend tho Inside txith, claiming this Is of vastly more Importance than out­ side cleanliness, because the skin pores do not absorb Impurities Into the blood, causing til health, while the port« in the ten yards of bowels do. M-n and WMMB are ur ged to drink each morning, before breakfast, a gloss of hot water with a teaspoonful o f limestone phosphate In It, as a harmless means of helping to wash from the stomach, llv.-r, kidneys aud bowels the previous day s Indigestible material, poisons, sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purify­ ing the entire alimentary canal before putting more food Into the stomach. Just as soap and hot water cleanse and freshen the skin, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the elim­ inative organs. Those who wake up with bad breath, coated tongue, nasty taste or have a dull, aching head, sallow complexion, acid stomach; others who are subject to bilious attacks or constipation, should obtain a quarter pound of lime­ stone phosphate at the drug store. This w ill cost very little but Is suffi­ cient to demonstrate the value of in­ side bathing. Those who continue it each morning are assured o f pro­ nounced results, both in regard to health and appearance. , Changed. “ Crimson Gulch doesn’t seem like the same town since it went dry.’’ “ That's right.” replied B ron ch o Bob. “ It has changed both In Joy and grief. The hoys don't have neither so many Rescue Pigeons From ■ C a t frolics nor so many funerals.” — Wash­ Sometimes the crow inuy he suspect­ ington Star. ed of being altruistic. Not long ago u Hartford Courant man saw four o f the birds in a tree watch a cat which was stalking a pair o f pigeons In a field u,.ur h jP tT h e cat came near enough to its quarry so that It crouched for a spring, when one of the crows leisurely glided out of the tree und swooped down to within a foot o f the cat’s head. The cat was surprised and the pigeons were warned nnd moved on n little. Once more the cat made n forwnrd movement, nnd another crow dipped over it and said a few things which its predecessor had overlooked. That end­ ed tlx; cat’s pigeon hunt for the day. The crows were safe at every stage of Cleveland, Ohio.— “ For yearn I suf­ the ganx*. but no one knows whether fered so sometimes it seemed as though they took a hand In It through ¡Iking I could n o t stand for the pigeons or dislike for tho cut. it any longer. It FOUR WEEKS INHOSPITAL No Relief—Mrs. Brown Fin­ ally Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Island Classed as Battleship. Ascension Is a curious nnd onbof-tho- wny little Island In the south Atlantic, about ns fnr from any place else ns It Is possible for an Island to get. Its nearest neighbor Is St. Helena o f Na­ poleonic fame, and that Is 700 miles away. Ascension belongs to Great Brit­ ain and, for some Inscrutable reason known to the powers-of England, It Is not carried on the lists o f jhe colonial governments, hut perhnps bernnse of Its Importance as a navnl station Is governisi by the ndmlrnlty. It Is treat­ ed as part of the British fleet, and Is the only piece o f Innd on the globe that Is carried on a roll o f ships ns part of the naval force o f the nntlon. Instead of being garrisoned by the array. It Is manned by the navy. It Is classed ns a battleship In the admiralty office«. You enn’t convince n man with a 1918 model that there’s such a thing as u car shortage. was all in my lower organs. A t times I could hardly walk, for if I stepped on a little stone I would almost faint. One day I did faint and m y husband w a s sent for and the doc­ tor came. I was ta­ ken to the hospital and stayed four weeks but when I came home I would faint ju st the same and had the same pains. A friend who is a nurse asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com­ pound. I began taking it that very day for I was suffering a great deal. It has already done me more good than the hospital. To anyone who is suffering as I was my advice is to stop in the first drug store and get a bottle of Lydia E. I’inkham’s Vegetable Compound before you go home.” — Mrs. W . C. B rown , 2844 W. 12th S t , Cleveland, Ohio.