lA
glanced askance at t raven. Tills Inst
turned to his betrothed with a star
tled gesture and lips that gaped. Pe
ter Traft alone betrayed no tihiborttuil
emotion.
Grinning cheerfully,
he
watched tin- two women, absorbed In
ouch other— Lydia
finding
hrenth
enough for the protest, “ But, Mrs.
Merrilees, you mustn't I" the other con
Bays ylaae of Hot water with
SYNOPSIS.— A well-bred young Knglishwotnnn, nervous and sus
firming her Intention with im emphatic
phosphate before breakfast
picious, finds when she boards the steamer Alsatia, bound from Liv
nod and the statement, “ But I've made
washes out poison*.
erpool to New York, that her stateroom mate is Mrs. Amelia Beggar*
up my mind, dear; so you muy us well
stnff, a fascinating, wealthy American widow o f nbout sixty years.
give me my head. Besides, you prom
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
The girl introduces herself us Lucy Carteret and says she is going to
ised always to call me Betty.”
To ace tho tinge of healthy bloom
= = =
tub« W —. ■ — ------
America to meet her father. Lucy's behavior puzzles Mrs. Beggar-
Locking the metui box. she rose. In your face, to sec your akin get clear
TMI LONE WOU.“ THE UAU SOWL.”
stalt, who is vastly surprised to find the girl in possession of a mag
“ Come, Tati. I owe my appetite five er and clearer, to wake up without u
Eta.
nificent necklace, stolen from a museum some time previously and
more laps round the deck before lunch
headache, backache, coated tongue or
passes the news on to her friend. Quoin, a private detective on board.
f »fTrifbl by
eon. Peter, please take this back to
I m m JawfE V im
Lucy, dressing in the dark In her stateroom, hears a mysterious con
the purser and get his receipt.
If u nasty breath, in fact to fe d your
versation between two men Just outside her window and recognizes
you're nfruld, Lydln'll go along to pro heat, day in and day out, Just try in
one of them us Thaddeus Craven, her father, whom she hasn’t seen
C H A P T E R V I.
side bathing every morning for one
tect you."
for five years. She confesses to Mrs. BeggnrstnfT that she Is In reality
"W hat becomes of me?" Quoin do- week.
Lydia Craven. The girl discovers her father and young Mrs. Mer-
“ Thor«?, Peter," announced Mrs. Ileg-
tuatided with mock truculence,
Before breakfast each day, drink a
rlleos, a charming widow, eugaged to be married. Mrs. Merrilees is
garstaIf, “ there goes a very happy
“ You're to walk the other side of gloss of real bot water with a tea-
bewildered
for
a
moment
because
Craven
had
always
posed
as
a
g ir l!” Her amazing complacency would
lue," the Indy ordered iiiiis*rlously. spoonful of limestone phosphate In it
bachelor, but she and I.ydla like one another. Craven tells Lydia he
have suited a fairy godmother gloat
“ and help mo mnke Tad behave."
as u harmless means of wushlug from
secretly
represents
the
British
government
In
the
United
States.
ing over some signal beneficence.
Craven breathed heavily. "Whether the stomach, liver, kldueys and bowels
Bast the deck chair in which she
I like It or not— " With n last reluc
the previous day's Indigestible waste,
was reclining, with l’eter Traft at her j
tant glance at (he treasure box, he
sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing,
Peter started and batted his eyes. Indy wunts to ask you something.” '
side, arm In arm, Lydia Craven and
rose and somewhat sulkily prepared sweetening and purifying the entire
Eh?“ he inquired stupidly.
Mrs. Merrilees were striding briskly
In a lower tone bo added, “ You're the to obey orders.
alimentary eunul before putting more
“ What do you think?“
aft. Hare color warmed the face of
best little diplomat ever, i'll be grate
food into the stomach. The action of
"Ah—
about
what?"
Craven's daughter, mirth danced in her f
ful ns long as I live." And rising with
hot water and limestone phosphate on
eyes, a smile edged the pretty lips | “ Good heavens!” Craven exploded the sunniest o f smiles, lie drew up
an empty stomach Is wonderfully In
What do you think about thla
from which the breeze caught a snatch a full. deep note o f exasperation, chairs for Lydia and Quoin.
vigorating. It cleuns out all the sour
man Quoin?
la he strictly on
o f laughter as musical us singing glass, ‘Here 1 sit yammering nt you—
fermentations, gases and acidity and
yes, Mrs. Merrilees?" the detective
the level— or do you suspect him
"Sorry." said Peter.
“ Fact Is -I inquired, taking the place at her side.
gives one a splendid appetite for hreak-
and bore it to the ears of her two
of connection with the profes
fust.
know Mrs. Merrilees won't mind being
devoted admirers.
Peter uml I have been bickering
sional smuggler« aboard?
A quarter pound of limestone phos
let
into
my
confidence
on
the
ground
“L'm-hm," Peter assented indistinct
about you." tlie lady fibbed brazenly.
phate will cost very little at the drug
ly between teeth gripping the mouth- Uoor fact is, 1 m lu love with your
Are you, or ure you not. wasting your
store but Is sufficient to demonstrate
piece o f his pipe. Basking in the j daughter. Tud. And Quota's talking brilliant talents on my devoted trail?”
(TO m ; c o N t j n u k i ».)
that Just us soap and hot water
warmth o f a late Supteniher sun. as t0 her. J^o, naturally. Pm sick with
Quoin looked puzzled. “ Something
cleanses, sweetens and freshens the
lazily content as any cat, Peter ! Jealousy,
on your conscience?" lie udvunccd ten-
skin, so hot water and limestone phos
watched the girls swing down the deck
phate act on the blood and Internal or-
and disappe:
Only by Accident Oid Healdcnta of guns. Those who ure subject to con
stipation, bilious attacks, acid stom-
ture. Th
Apartment In Dig City Discover
nch. rheumatic twinges. also those
observe,
Neighbor la Old Friend.
whose skin Is sallow and complexion
all the- _____ . .
_
pallid,
are assured that one week of
“ Why not?" the Dowager Dragon gratuitous lover unless bored or ao- vised—don't!”
Tw o boisterous children romping ip Inslde-hathlng will have them both
demanded with asperity.
"Didn't I
u,d'uppy.
| "W hy?"
Mrs.
Merrilees
pouted. the halls of u large uptown apartment looking and feeling better In every
discover who she was and bring her (
I Weu why bother me with your “ Why not. if, as IV ier would say. 1
house In New York met a middle aged way.
and Tad together? That's why she's 'lovesick va p o rs;'
ran get uway with It?"
man and forcibly drugged him into the
happy, if you must know— not because
" e l l , 1 wanted to see how msty
“ i f for no more moral reason " said
library, where they p;\wveded to “ play
you've fallen head over heels in love >OUl' cut up. Besides, Mrs. Beggar- the detective seriously, “ because it
horse” with him by riding on Ids hnek
with the girl mid moon around after
has discovered my hideous se- can't be done. The customs people are
while he galloped around the room on
her like a stray puppy looking for a cret- and Is now busy or about to laying for you."
ills hands and knees.
good home."
j
distributing handbills. ^
| “ They'll be disappointed."
and $2.50 per m onth
They made so much noise that mem
“ Ouch!” said Peter pensively, and
Can t you shut her up?
“ I km’t deceive yourself. Everym an
Huy«
a W)xli*i ft. lut. i»Hc«t» from $flo UiflOO. w ith
bers o f the family opened the door and
replaced the pipe.
!
*a" forbids cruel and inhuman j on
f orce g nows
WM your agent
in a f«-w m ln utr«' walk o f th « huaim*»* rrn trr o f
1
looked
In.
With
the
two
children
still
With a grim snifT, the Dowager punishments. Besides, I m not sure who s e c r e t l y purchased that three-hun-
clinging to his buck with all their might
Dragon withdrew momentarily into 1 want tler hushed. 1 m not ashamed fired thousand franc pcarl-aud-dlu-
( —they wouldn’t let go— the mail stood
deep thought. “ Have you asked her
t*lt> f act- and
I let the 1 eggarstuff niond collar at Cottier’s In Purls.1
i up and bowed.
alone, sooner or later she or someone
H«*n<!
lw**n caltnl th « S|-«4tnrm o f
to marry you yet?”
"But I've quite made up my mind
“ Pardon me,” he salil. “ You see. I Timber. W atrr Tow er an«! Agricu ltu ral I-atwla are
will
mention
the
matter
to
Lydia,
and
never to stoop to unythlug so truly
aorne o f th « th in g« reajMmalhle for it« grow th.
“ Who— me?" Peter
expostulated.
live in tlie apartment opposite yours
then— well, rouse a woman’s curiosity, low as smuggling."
“ Nothing like th at!”
orroftTUNn v pou m i s m a u
and
your
children
are
very
old
friends
i and half your battle's won.”
I N V E S T O R IS N O W R IP E
Over this virtuous protestntlon Mrs.
“ Why not?”
We piny together on the
Craven turned to inspect the pair Merrlleea purs„ ,
,m „ p
b of mine.
I«?t ua tell you ful*mt it. Call or w rite
“ Too much sense,” Peter explained,
-tulrs. But I liiiA'e not seen them for
at the rail. “ She might do worse, he ,luDclng eywi; tlu.n bro£ down
T H E B R O N G CO.
rarely sententious.
observed.
Portland, Oregon
joined in u general laugh as Craven so long that tills evening I ventured 267H Oak St.,
"Whose— hers ?”
“ Thanks !”
reappeared with a smull dispatch box to renew acquaintance with them.”
“ Even money you can’t guess.”
“Than Quoin, I mean.”
Then lie went buck to his hands and
of black metal.
“ Yours, of course!”
C aught on the Fly.
“ Curse i t !” said Peter, flushing.
knees
and resumed his wild unties
"Mayn’t
I
giggle
too?"
he
inquired
“ There J" groaned Peter. " I might’ve
"You
aro
nothing but a big bag of
“ I ’m In earnest. Tad.”
i
with
the
children.
plaintively, looking from face to face
known better than to bet against in
“ I believe you are," Mrs. Merrilees
As It developed, he was a man the wind,” sneered the smart airplane.
as he delivered the box to Its. owner.
tuition.”
Tlie bulloon, in its Indignation,
interjected with dispassionate scien
“ Not worth repenting.” his fiancee family had met abroad a year lie fore.
“ Why plain intuition, Peter? The
tific interest. “ I really believe you reported, fitting a key Into the lock. Not until tlie children used him ns n s w e l l e d visibly. " A t least." !t r e t o r t
phrase is rightfully ‘feminine intui
ed, ” 1 am self supporting.” — Boston
are, Peter. Certainly jou ' ' tre
! “ I was merely swearing I meant to be > horse did they discover lie wus their Transcript
tion.' *
, good— when every blessed drop of near neighbor.
“ The weed intuition flourishes only j so intolerably stupid whe
I with me."
Such Is life in New York apart mem*.
in the well-known sex. Man. possessed
'
time recovered, fixed blood in me cries out against the sin
itT
ir o in
r t.o e n n c
tn
n
li.in o o I o n n o lii
*
«
___
ful
extravagance
o
f
paying
duty
on—
o f brain, reasons to a logical conclu- J her with a reproving glance. “ Uttered (bjg ,
New Gun Shoots Both Ways.
sion ; woman— km !—shuts her lovely
he
An army officer has Invented a gun
eyes, sticks a pin through the card, in the presence of a third partj, **c | opening the dispatch box, she re-
said severely, "slander is act ona > i. njoved „ handsome Jewel case of which shoots both ways nt the same
and if the perforated horse wins.
claims her choice wus dictated by a ' I,’re,y h '1U! ' j U n r infatuated' ad- ~ralned morocco, unlocked this In turn, time. The purpose o f this arrange
mysterious
denied
nl' 1 s as e , _ i " _ _ ' ^
...
----------
and disclosed that same necklace ment Is not to fight the enemy In tlie
o ixri
i faculty
u L u i i > U
c i i i t r i i to
L U l man.
i J u i J . The
1 lit
( L
f *
i n
ft
?! i
word itself is a sort of abracadabra. ' ancef ' 5°!\. UT . , h„ . „ ..n,i then get wh,ch ^ ,Ioln had Just named, watch- front and the rear at once, hut to elimi
at mere mention of which fools faint fy rat on
e
’ ' . e banns__ ln? with a smile of gratified vanity nate the recoil, and thus to save the
nn,i «•!«» man niimh tran« »
« * * because I don t forbid the banns— the effect on her four friend*
time required in bringing the gun back
and wise men climb trees.
,
.,
At length. “ Sixty thousand dollars?” Into position for n second shot. Tlie
Secretly charmed. Mrs. Beggarstaff
"Just for that.” said the woman, Quoin Inquired listlessly.
force exerted by the exploding powder
wrinkled her nose unbecomingly. “ For
“ Just for that. Peter. I ’m going to
“ My dear man, l do believe you’ ve In any gun Is equal In both directions,
once you admit man is deficient.”
heap coals of fire upon your ungrate- seen the b ill!”
hence the recoil, or “ kick.” By having
Grinning, Peter made a quaint obei
rul head— and heaven knows I hope
Smiling, the defective shook his a barrel open in both directions, by
sance, and strolled aft, leaving Mrs.
Enhaut, Pa. - “ I was all run down and
they’ll scorch and blister— ”
head.
placing the charge of powder In the weak inwardly. I had female troubles
Beggarstaff to gnaw her nether lip over
“ Marble?" Craven suggested with j I “ Worth half as much again," Mrs. middle of the gun and by h: • r a pro
and nervous feelings
the discovery, too tardily made to be
open
incredulity.
Merrilees affirmed. "Cottier wanted jectile o f equal weight on
and my head l*>tn-
b side
turned to his discomfiture, that what
ered me.
1 Would
o f the powder charge, the _ i -i itself
“Be dulet’ Tadi and run an errand j ninety
took him from her was his utter in-
often have crying
ability to rest in Ignorance o f Lvfiia for ,ne- ,ike a biddable child.” Mrs.
“They seem perfectly matched." Is not moved by the explosion. The
spells and feel a.i if
Craven’s whereabouts. For the two Merrilees loosed the drawstring or a , Qnoin pursued, knitting Ills brows; projectile fired to the front Is nn ordi
I was not safe. I f
young women bad failed to round out lace work wristbag, took out a tiny j <*but p j like to look at them in u nary explosive shell. The counterbal
I heard anyone com
pocketbook,
and
from
this
last
extract-
;
stronger
light.”
ancing Is a charge o f fine shot o f equal
their circuit of the deck.
ing I would run and
“Take them out into the sun. if you weight. The shot loses Its velocity
lock the door so they
Turning past the veranda cafe, at ed a slip of paper. “ Take tliut to the
and falls harmlessly to the ground
would not see mi'.
the after extreme of the promenade purser and bring me what it calls for. ’ i like.”
I tried several doc
With assumed reluctance Craven
Craven sat forward in nervous Im within a few feet o f the gun.
deck, Peter came upon Mrs. Merrilees,
tors and thev did not
seated at an adjacent table in com heaved up from his place and rolled patience. “ Do be reasonable I” he ex
help me so I said to
forward, while his fiancee cradled her postulated. “ It’s sheer Idiocy to have
pany with Craven.
Find Substitutes for Flour.
_.ny
.____ r ‘ . I gues
____
rny n
niothi
guess
A second glance showed him Lydia chin In her hand and regarded Peter that thing up here at all, with God
Since wheat find rye flour became no I will have to die as there is no help
for
loin f«j
knows who spying! And there are scarce In Europe, substitutes have been m e.’ She got me one o f your tittle
in the angle of the starboard rail, with a whimsical smile.
“ Quit i t ! ” lie said crossly. "You some queer fish aboard— eh. Quoin?” sought even for sueli purposes as thick books and my husband said I should try
Quoin at her side.
I stopped the doctor's
“ Rather!”
the detective
agreed ening the electrolyte of dry batteries. one bottle.
In response to a hail from Craven, haven’t got anything on me, you
dryly.
W'uferglnss, kieselgithr. gelatin, saw medicine and took I.ydin E. Pinkham's
he turned sulkily to that quarter, know.”
“ Please be advised!” Craven urged. dust. starch and glass wool are among Vegetable Compound. I t soon m ade a
“ IIow about the others?”
where, at least, a cheerful disposition
“ Others? I never looked cross-eyed “ Lock that thing up again and let me tlie more or less satisfactory substi change in me and now I ain strong and
wouldn't go unappreciated. Indeed, he
do all my work.” —Mrs. Auut.'STUA
take it back to the purser.”
tutes, and a base or binder for the elec B a u g h m a n , B ox 86, Enhaut, Pa.
was welcome. Having privately dis at a girl before this.”
“ Tad, you’re tiresome!” Mrs. Merri trolyte Is obtained by using one of
seminated news o f their engagement.
“ P e te r!”
Why will women continue to suffer
“ Well, hardly ever. And, anyway, lees began.
these substances or a mixture of two day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
Craven and Mrs. Merrilees were indus
But Quoin Interrupted. "Craven ts or more. This binder Is made to ub- half-hearted existence, misning three-
triously conducting themselves In as from now on I'm going to wear a sign
sorb tlie electrolyte, which may be a fourths o f the joy o f living, when they
He sketched the site right.”
smartly an unloverlike manner as pos board here.”
“ Oh, w ell! I f you will spoil every concentrate 1 solution made by stirring can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
sible. A tentative third was always upon his waistcoat:
encouraged in their company.
Private. No Thoroughfare. Thla means thing, take all the fun out o f rny sur Into distilled water, at about 100 de Vegetable Compound?
I f you would like free confidential ad
you!
grees Fahrenheit, a mixture o f SO parts
prise.”
“ Sit down there,” Craven Insisted.
“ It seems so funny— you I” Laugh
o f sal ammoniac. SO o f calcium aeetute, vice address I.ydla E. Pinkhum Medicine
“ Surprise?” Peter echoed.
“ The steward’ll be back in a minute.
Co., Lynn, Muss.
Mrs. Merrilees nodded emphatically. ns o f zinc, chloride and 10 of glycerin.
I want to talk to you about this ing quietly, the woman looked up to
wretched concert tonight.
They’ve review Lydia with a long glance. “ Look well nt them, tny friends; for This paste, applied between the bat
the minute I get them through the tery plates and covered with paraffin
asked me to be master o f ceremonies— “ She’s a dear girl,” she observed.
"Promise never to call me ‘mamma,’ customs, to safe deposit they go and with gas vents. Is claimed to retain Its
awful bore!”
a b s o r b i n e
there remain.” She paused deliberate pasty condition, without crystallizing
With a fixed, agreeable smile, Peter and I'll do my best for you.”
TBADf MASK BIG.U.S.PAT. Off
or absorbing moisture.
"What chance have I got, with ly, with a challenging smile.
sat, drank whatever the steward
w i l l reduce Inflamed, swollen
brought him, automatically consumed Quoin muklng the pace? He's a regu
“ Why?” Peter demanded blankly.
Joints, Sprains, Bruises, Soft
Bunches; Heals Boils, Poll
History of the Duma.
Craven’s cigarettes, and listened with lar fellow— I’m ODly a drawing room “ Don’t you ever mean to wear ’em.
Evil.Q uittor, Fistula and
Nicholas Romanoff wns compelled by
out the least interest to the other’s entertainer.”
Betty?”
Infected sores quickly
“ He’s a strange man,” Mrs. Merri
plans. IIow could he be interested,
She shook her head. "They’re not conditions to constitute the Russian
as it ii a positive antiseptic
with that fellow Quoin monopolizing lees mused. “ I f he hadn’t taken up for me, Peter. I f I dared smuggle, (lirnin in a manifesto issued in 1905
and germicide. Pleasant to
Lydia? Not that he didn't like Quoin. such an impossible profession— ”
I should wear them, Just to be sassy calling the assembly to meet in Janu
u k ; d o e * n ot hlluter or rrmo?«
“Do
you
suppose
he
has
a
case
In
the
hair, and you ran work (be borse.
In fact, Peter admired that man tre
about It. But since I don’t dare, I ary, 1900, but elections were not held
.00 per bottle, delivered.
mendously: so much the more reason hand now; aboard this vessel, I mean to keep them for n wedding pres until Mnrrh and April, 1906. Nicholas
R o o k 7 M free.
mean?”
to fear his influence!
ent to my stepdaughter— If I ever have opened the assembly May 10 and after A n S O K R I N E , JR..the antiaeptir liniment for mankind,
redurea
Painful.
Swollen
Veina.
Wen*. Mraina. Rrtuaeai
“ Call him, and I ’ll ask.”
And Lydia, leaning on the rail, a
one.” She closed the case with a snnp. a stormy session it wns met in March, ttopa pain and inflammation. Prlee $\.00 per bottle at
Peter complied with the best grace
dealers
or
delieerrd.
Will
tell
you
more If you writ«.
vision more radiant even than the day.
Lydia sat back with a little gasp, 1907, and w h s dissolved June 18, of the
“ W eil?” Craven demanded with par imaginable. “ Quoin! I say, Addison, her eyes blank with confusion. Quoin snme year. The present assembly was Liberal Trial Bottle for 10c In «amt*.
ff. f. YOUNG, FO.F., 401 Timpl* St., Springfield, Maas.
come over here a minute. A beautiful laughed un odd, brief laugh, and elected In 1912 for a five-year term.
donable Impatience.
SHEEP'S
CLOTHING
PETER TRAFT CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR LYDIA CRAVEN.
AND MRS. MERRILEES SHOWS A MAGNIFICENT PEARL
NECKLACE WHICH SHE PROMISES TO GIVE LYDIA
HAVE ROSY CHEEKS
AND FEEL FRESH AS
A DAISY TRY THIS!
SUCH IS LIFE IN NEW YORK
$5.00 C a sh
Bend, Oregon
J
i u u t
SICK WOMAN HAD
CRYING SPELLS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E.Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.