“Yes," said Lydia, slitiug up. “IX
laying for somebody to buy (ho diluir
lie hud the counterfeit all reudy, of you want it?”
" if convenient."
course."
Without another answer she rose am.
“But that’s what l don't understand."
“Simplest
thing
iu
(lie
world. went to tht* bureau, found her hand-
Chance Is he found the copy rently made hug, produced the puzxlo box, umt
to Ids hand. Nine out of ten of these silently, with uverted face, gave il tv
! smart Frenchwomen, like the original her father.
owner of the collar, have their best
ills footsteps were audible crossing i
pieces duplicated in paste for public the sitting room. Then she heard him | Ufi© (ìrundnia'M Sam* Tea and
wear. Somehow or oilier he must have closing tils bedchamber door.
Sulphur Recipe and Nobody
got hold of that. The only question Is.
will Know.
With some effort Lydia pullisl her­
when did he make the substitution? self together, rose, bathed tier face nnd
Betty swears it was the genuine ar­ eyes with cold water, then sought her
Tho
uso of
li.oui’i been
.
............
................
.
1,10 USO
°* Hugo and Hulphtir for re-
ticle she received, and It
11 1
mirror to survey and repair as best she storing faded gray hair to Its natural
out
of
her
possession
since, ex. opt ( could Ilio ravages of tears.
I oolor dates hack to graudmothar’a
A U T H O R o /" T H E : LONC
while In the purser's safe, and when l
time. Hhe used It to keep her hair
W OLF,” " T H D R A
brought It to her, up there in the |
beautifully dark, glossy uud attractive.
veranda cafe, day before yesterday.
B O W L .'T T C .
Whenever her hair took on that dull,
Do you suspect Craven of be­
Looks as if it was up to the purser—
faded or streaked appearanc«, this
COPTW1CHT BT lOUIS JO iLP » VAftCC
ing up to some trickery? Why
simple mixture was applied with won­
unless you care to point the well known
should he become grouchy to his
derful effect.
finger of suspicion ut me— or Deter!" J
daughter? There Is a big devel­
But brewing at home Is mussy and
“How absurd!"
opment of the story in tho next
out of date. Nowadays, by asking at
LYDIA BEGINS TO SUSPECT HER FATHER OF DECEIVING
“Think so? Well. I'm glad you do. j
installment.
any drug store for a 60 cent bottle of
my dear." ills humor had softened.
"W y e th ’s Sage and Hulphur Com­
HER IN SOME MANNER AND SHE IS DEEPLY GRIEVED
Drawing near, he pinched her cheek
pound," you will get this famous old
affectionately. “Not that there's tiny
(To UK CONTINI!ED.)
preparation. Improved hy the addition
—SOME MYSTERIOUS THING SCARES HIM
reason for you to worry. Only, If Betty
of other ingredients, which can he de-
still wants to play Lady Bountiful at SMOKED HIS CIGAR BY PROXY I pended upon to restore natural color
and beauty to the hair.
your wedding, she'll have to dishursc
Synopsis— I.yilia Craven, traveling ns Lucy Carteret, runs away
A well known downtown druggist
the price of another necklace."
from her English home to go to her father, Thaddeus Craven, iu New
Bismarck Gave Cherished "Weed" to says It darkens tin* hair so naturally
“Daddy
!
As
If
I
thought
of
that!"
York, whom she hasn't seen for the years. Three days out on boa"d
Wounded
Soldier and
Enjoyed
nnd evenly that nobody can tell It has
“Probably you don't, being yourself.
the steamer Alsutla, she runs plump Into Craven, tunking love to Mrs.
Watching Man’s Contentment.
been applied.
You altnply dampen a
Still—
you'll
marry
some
day.
and
pearl
Sponge or soft brush with It and draw
Merrilees, a young widow, engaged to marry him. Later Craven ex­
coliurs don't grow on every hough of
With all tils hrusqueness nml even, this through your hair, taking ouo
plains his mysterious conduct and supposed bachelorhood by telling
orange blossoms.”
By morning the
Lydia he is a British secret service agent iu America. She Is attacked
at times, brutality, Bisumrek, snys strand at a lime.
gray
hair
disappears,
and after an
“I'm
uot
thinking
of
being
married,"
at night and a small box containing supposed valuable documents,
Frederick Marvin, had much of the
other application or two. It becomes
Lydia murmured, looking away.
which iu lias given her to keep for him, is stolen. Quoin, un amateur
"live and let live" philosophy, and It beautifully dark and glossy.
•“Oh. 1 presume not- no more than humanized him so ttint men loved him
detective, recovers it for her, and when the party lands at New York,
W yeth’s Huge and Hulphur Com­
the next girl of your age! Nothing do­
I.ydia. carrying the box openly, has no trouble passing the customs In­
and willingly followed after liltn. The pound is a delightful toilet requisite
ing with Deter Truft. eh?"
spection. When Mrs. Merrilees declares u $00.00) necklace and the
story of the last cigar at Kocnlggratt for thoso who desire a more youthful
"Oh, daddy! Don't he silly!"
inspector finds it an imitation worth $300, she is held and searched as a
illustrates what lias been said, says1 appearance. It is not Intended for the
Lydia met his gaze fairly and hon­
cure, mitigation or prevention of die
smuggler. Despite past tricks, however, Mrs. Merrilees is honest this
the Yorkshire (E n g.) Dost.
estly. laughter In her eyes, and Craven
ease.
time.
“The value of a ^;< mm I cigar," said
accepted her disclaimer without ques­
TO BKKAK IN NKW HHOKM AI.WAVH I NK
Bismarck, as he proceeded to light an
tion.
AIU-n'« Knit t W . IS « anttM>t>tlr i«iw.l«-r
It
excellent Havana, “is last understood
“ Well, Dm sorry for Deter. He's n
iM-Vf’ i i t » t l i t l i t i i » > am i t>llataring. Kt-hcw-a l om > ,
when
it
Is
tin*
last
you
possess
and
(
C H A P T E R X — Continued.
lutikuua. amt Hwollan. H a n illiiir
A r h ln g K«nrt.
"Which? Oh. I see!” Here the cur good hoy— well off too. And he's mighty
( l l v i a rr.1 am! rum f.irt
A n -a p t mi ■ u ln titu tc.
drew away, so that Black Dutch was no strong for you. Mustn't let yourself be there is no chance of getting another. Ham
pin K K K E
A.klraaa, A l i m H. O l m . t « l . I* .
After a brief conference he turned longer visible. “I’m not dead sure," misled by Peter's reputation. Just I«*- At Kocnlggnitz 1 tiad only one elgnr Roy. N. V.
back to Lydia and Deter. “A had busi­ Deter resumed, “but he looks a heap cause he’s got the name of a gay young left Iu my pocket, which I carefully
ness
he doubted iu an undertone, like a chap Quoin pointed out in the butterfly is no real reason why he guarded during tin* whole of the bat­
wagging his head. “Betty's played the smoking room one night— one of a shouldn't he in deud earnest this time." tle, as a miser does tils treasure. 1
did not feel Justified In using It,
game straight as a die this trip; but brace of deep-sea sharks we had
“I wish you wouldn't say such
nothing on earth will make these )***>• aboard. Chap with a queer name— things.’’
“I painted in glowing colors in my
mind tin* happy hour when I should
pie believe that, after the way she's Lefty— no, I've
got
it— Southpaw
“ W ell— don’t forget him, when you
carried on in the past. Looks like an Smith. \\ hy do you ask? You cer­
enjoy It after the victory. But 1 mis­
do come to think of marrying. And,”
all-day session— no good your sticking tainly can't know the fellow I"
calculated my chances. And what was
Craven dismissed the subject airily, “of
round; nothing either of you can do.
Lydia sank back into her corner, course you would be happier as mis­ the cause of my mlscalculatlona? A
Quoin und I will stand by Betty; but with a head awhlrl. “No," she said, tress of your own establishment thun— |M»or dragoon. He lay helpless, with
you'd better cut along. You won't tnind “no, I don't know him. I— iu*— some­ well— playing second fiddle in mine."
both arms crushed, asking for some­
N o humbug!
Any corn, whether
dropping Lydia at the Great Eastern how reminded me of something very
thing to refresh lit in. I felt In my hard, soft or between the toes, will
Had he shipped tier tin* girl could
unpleasant.“
hotel. Deter?"
pockets and found only gold, and that loosen right up and lift out. without
hardly hnve suffered deeper pal.; and
“No— I won't precisely what you
would lie of no use to him. But stay. a particle of pain or soreness.
humiliation. He wanted to in* rid of
This drug Is called freezone and Is
might call uiind.” Deter declared,
C H A P T E R XI.
1 had still tny treasur<s| cigar!
I
tier! That truth was out ut last. H ow­
a compound of ether discovered by a
lighted tills for him and placed it be­ Cincinnati man.
brightening.
ever kindly Craven’s primal Impulse to
tween tils teeth. Yotl should liuve S4*en
"I engaged rooms by wireless yester­
From the manner of the room clerk
Ask at any drug store for a small
deceive, the time hud come when he
day. It'll take a day or two, you know, Lydia inferred that tne name of Thnd-
the poor fellow’s grateful smile I I bottle of freezone, which will coat but
could or would no longer dissemble.
to readjust tny diggings to receive a deus Craven was well esteemed hy the
never enjoyed a cigar so much ui a trifle, hut la sufficient to rid one’s
Her thoughts worked swiftly. Since
feet of every corn or callous.
daughter. Now cleur out— like good management of the Great Eastern. Nor
that one which I did not smoke.”
he found her a drag, she must cease to
Dut a few drops directly upon any
was this impression at all modified by
children!”
be such ut once— instantly— tonight.
tender, aching corn or callous.
In­
Lydia bade hurried farewells. Giving the rooms to which she was shown— u
An
Odd
Collision.
Until she could find some way to be­
stantly tho soreness disappears and
Quoin her hand, she hoped he wouldn't suite so complete and luxurious In ap-
"One would Imagine It t<> in* safe. In shortly the corn or callous will loosen
come self-supportiug the hospitable
forget to call, as he’d promised. Quoin ; pointinents that its appeal was strong
doors of Mrs. IJeggarstafTs home of­ preparing n list of Improbabilities, tc and can be lifted off with tho fingers
was persuaded that such oversight i to the sybaritic strain with which
This drug freezone doesn’t eat out
fered a haven where Lydia felt sure Include such a thing ns a collision be­
would be symptomatic of insanity. His heredity hud endowed the girl.
of finding a welcome, sympathy, uffec- tween an airplane nnd a steam roller,” tho corns or callouses but shrivels
Toward six o'clock she dropped, worn
tone was light; but his direct and pene­
says the Popular Mechanics Magazine them without even Irritating tho sur­
tlon.
rounding skin.
trating gaze embarrassed the girl, and I out, into an armchair beside an open
With n brisk trend nnd n cheerful "A rear etui crash of two s<> utterly *11 f
Just think! No pain at all; no sore­
she was fluttered by consciousness that window in the living room. Wearily
countenance Craven returned to the sit­ ferent machines seems extremely In ness or smarting when applying It or
bn r cheeks were unaccountably aglow, the girl's eyelids drooped. Insensibly
congruous.
Anti
yet
this
Is
precisely
ting room. “Hello! What's troubling
afterwards.
If your druggist don’t
her fingers tremulous in his firm grasp. she drowsed, drifting into a sort of
my girl? Something on your rnlnd, eh?" what occurred not long ago at an avi­ have freezone have him order It for
Betty Merrilees offered a cool cheek halfwaking nightmare, wherein she
ation field near Buffalo. N. Y\ Th* you.
She eyed him gravely. “ Do you real­
to Lydia’s lips. “Don't worry about with her father waged incessant war
xtenm roller was being used on th*
m e!" she protested pettishly. “Besides, agnlnst powers of darkness, shapeless, ly wunt me to marry Deter Truft?" «In- turf when an airman attempted tc
demanded.
in your heart of hearts you believe I’m featureless, inscrutably malign—
make n landing. In doing this he cither
"W hy consult my desires? You'll do
guilty— you know you d o !"
The Inst rays of the sinking sun flood­
by C U I T H ' I B l A C K l f Q f i l l *
mlcal'-nlnti <1 the relative positions of
L t i v 1 1 • c -i.
“I don't!” Lydia insisted, and in the ed her face, even as It Impregnated her as >oQ please anyway— Just as I did at his craft and the heavy roller, or be­
If' h
(
p r r l a r r r . t l»y ’
your
age.
It’s
a
good
match,
and
If
you
next breath. “You didn’t— honestly?"
dream, with the hue of blood. Twilight,
c a m e 'object struck,’ for the nose of
wra'.rrn at • k •
I*-* vc they '
Betty’s mood melted transiently. succeeding, caught together the gap­ find you cure enough for the young- 1 the plane wns plunged with consider
»h en * »(h er '
»aceIn** fall.
“Honest In ju n !” she declared with ing arras of the sky. Minutes wove a ster,” he raised Ids bunds in mock bene­ a b l e force against the rear of tin- other
if
W r’fo f* »
k M *r. 1 tc»* muntoli,
diction,
"bless
you,
my
children
1
But
mirth in her voice, but downright can­ web of hours—
machine. Fortunately no one wns had
in don Pkf. Blachl*! P 111 . 11 M
B0-S sst SM - W s c b ls f flit« . 1* 00
dor in the eyes that held Lydia's. “And
Abruptly Lydia found herself on her — upon my word !— never can tell about ly Injured, hut the propeller of the air
l '*# any In}»* *«*, I aj ! ( itt**’ « %tm (>!«•%
( an*! «frun geat.
I don’t blame anyone for climbing up feet, a low cry shuddering in her you women. Only two minutes ugo— ’’ craft was broken, the landing gear
7 h# B*»perl'»#tty ol I wtle» |>f'"lii* ts ia >1 .* *»» * -r It
f«an of .
• YAmNH an » ami'm
"That was when I still believed you wrenched, and the radiator smashed." ,
on the fence, either,” she added in throat, aware that the room was ablaze
ONLY. Ì U .131 UN CUI rKM X II
w i n diro* t.
cryptic phrase, “all except these de­ with light, that shr was no longer wanted me with you, when I thought I
T bs C sttsr la b s rtt s ry . I s r b s lt y . Cantam i*
¿J
spicable customs m en!"
alone.
Then, calming, she realized might be n help to you, not an obstacle ,
To Close London Churches.
I'eter’s town car was waiting at the nothing more terrible than Craven’s iu the path of your happiness. Better
The City of London will have forty j
to marry at once— the first bidder— and or fifty of Its church«** dosed In tin
pier entrance, and when’he had helped return.
her into it, Lydia, looking out through
He stood near the center of the room, repent too lute. If that must bt— thun j near future, till after the war, as n re­
the limousine door, viewed a section of staring, evidently at n loss to account to know I'm in your way.”
mit t of the bishop's scheme for relean -1
“Llddy, my dear little girl I” The Ing clergy for national war work j
the throng of passengers waiting for for her agitation, his face slightly
tone was fond, the smile indulgent; hut | There a r e now only about 20,000 pen]
taxicabs, in the forefront of which flushed yet lowering.
stood two men.
“ Well?” he demanded sharply. "W hat with sharpened vision she saw through pie resident in the city (the centro! I
the pretense.
One faced her and first attracted at­ the deuce is the matter with you?"
portion of the whole municipality), nn<i!
" N o !” she cried passionately. “N o l if present plans go through, only eight j
tention by his singularly persistent
“You— you startled me.” she fal­
stare— a stoutish body, by no means tered with a tremulous smile. "I must Don't— don't waste time trying to de­ churches will be kept open for theb| Restored to Health by Lydia E.
tall, snug in a braided morning coat— have fallen asleep, waiting for you— ceive me, daddy!"
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
use.
the London mode, glossy topper, white und then I had a horrible dream— ”
Turning she stumbled blindly Into
spats and all. down to the sliver-mount­
Craven’s look swept her from head her bedroom, shut the door, and threw To Explain Russian Minersl Deposits
Aurora, III.— “ For seven long months
ed stick of malacca— wearing a humor­ to foot, captious and ugly. “You herself ucross the bed, sobbing.
An Important geological expedition] I suffered from a female trouble, with
ous eye in his square-Jawed, scarlet haven’t dressed," he said— meaning
After some time the door latch
severe pains in my
Is to he undertaken hy Busslan sei ,
face— one who would readily pass cur­ that she hadn’t changed for dinner. clicked. “L ld d y !”
hack and sides until
enlists Into the mountainous region
I became so weak I
rent as an elderly and retired gentle­ “Been asleep long?"
The girl made no answer. She of Julian, South Caucasus, for the ex j
could hardly wulk
man of means, with a penchant for
“Why— some hours, I presume. What couldn't; she whs struggling to hush plorntlon of mineral beds there.
It
from chair to chair,
good cooking and outdoor life.
time is It? It was just sunset, the last her sobs.
Is hoped that the expedition will be
and got so nervous
His companion, some Inches taller I knew.”
“Llddy!” Craven came to her side, able to recommend the exploitation oil
I would jump at th.*
and built upon more rakish lines, stood
“After nine o’clock now. Then you’ve and seated himself on the bed. “Little extensive beds of coni and certnln
slightest noise. I
half turned aside so that she could see hod no dinner?"
was entirely unfit
girl,” he said, with melancholy, “you’ve rare minerals. The expedition will be
little more than the salient line of a
to do my house­
Lydia shook her head. “I was wait­ hurt me terribly, misjudged rne so l**d by M. Androussov, u well-known
dark, lean cheek, and a long and nar­ ing for you.”
work, I was giving
cruelly. But no matter. I realize that Busslan geologist.
row back-head. But that was quite
up hope o f ever be­
“You shouldn't hnve,” he grumbled. you don’t understand."
ing well, when my
enough to make her sit up with a start, | “Thought I told you not to count on
No Use For Them.
He touched her hair caressingly. She
sister asked me to
remembering that she had seen him me. I’ve been busy of course, flying
To­
Richard, aged four, accompanied hy try Lydia E. Dinkham’s Vegetable Com­
once before in precisely that pose, out­ round all afternoon, getting Betty set- suffered this without response.
pound. I took six bottles and today I
side the window of her stateroom. He ) fled. Otherwise should have been home night her wits were keyed to u pitch of his mother, was watching a regiment am a healthy woman able to do my own
divination. Beneath the cloying ten­ of soldiers, headed hy Its hand, march­
turned for a moment toward her bring- I long ago."
I wish every suffering
derness In his accents she read the ing hy. “Mamma,” he asked, "what’s housework.
ing to her view his right eye— covered
"I have been worried about Betty
woman would try I.ydia E. Pinkham's
the use of all them soldiers that don’t
truth too clearly.
Vegetable Compound, and find out for
hy n black patch!
j Mrs. Merrilees— ”
“I’ve Just telephoned for dinner. It’ll make music?”
themrelves how good it is.’’— Mrs. C aiu ,
Happily Deter chose that moment to | “Oh. that business I” n e smiled
A. K ie s o , 696 North Ave., Aurora, III.
climb into the car, arid so blocked out ] grimly. "It was over sooner than I ex- be up presently, und I want you to try
Playing Safe.
The great number o f unsolicited tes­
the disturbing vision. On the other petted. Unpleasant for her— to submit to eat something. Get up, please, and
Eusebius was told hy his mamma timonials on file at the Dinkham Lab­
hand, he was quick to note the evi­ to being searched hy a female Inspec­ dry your eyes, compose yourself, nnd
not to stay to menls at his aunt's with­ oratory, many o f which are from time
be fair to me.”
dence of her distress.
tor. But of course they found nothing,
out
nsking her.
Ho wns Invited to to time published by permission, are
“Very
well,"
Lydia
said
stiffly,
with­
“H ello!” he cried In deep concern. and had to let her go. And now she’s
proof o f the value o f Lydia E. Pink-
dinner
nnd
his
aunt
said she would
out stirring.
“W hat’s up? Surely you’re not feeling threatening all manner of trouble.”
ham’s Vegetable Compound, in the
With a final approving pat Craven nsk his mamma hy phone. IIo sukl; treatment o f female ills.
in r
“Then the necklace was really
“Don’t
ask
her,
tell
her."
rose, "Thank you, my dear,” he said
She shook her head vigorously, and stolen? I’m so sorry!”
Every ailing woman in tho United
gently. He sight'd, moved toward the
Elates is cordially invited to write to
in heedless agitation raised a gloved
“Yes.” Craven eyed her curiously
And Pay Dearly.
the Lydia E. Dinkham Medicine Co.
hand and pointed. "Peter, who is that j for an Instant. "Yes, It was stolen, door, but there paused. “ By the way,"
The road to ruin Is kept In good re- (confidential), Lynn, M ass ., for special
he observed carelessly, "that thing I
man— the tall one, there, with the
right enough, and a clean-cut Job, if
advice. • I t is free, will bring you health
gave you the other night— the puzzle pair at the expense of those who ti
black patch over his eye?”
and may save your lifa.
you ask me. The thief must have been
ovar IL— Cincinnati Tlmes-Htar.
box— It is safe. I presume?”
LADIES! O H
YOUR GRAY HAIR
CLOT tWG
£7
55
J
SUFFERING CATS!
GIVE THIS MAN
THE GOLD MEDAL
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