Uge (he Old-time Sage Ten and
Sulphur and Nolmdy
Will know.
S
TO OUR FE M IN IN E R EA D ER S £
Young ladies, if you were liv­
ing in a secluded neighborhood
and discovered a respectable,
nice-looking young man on an
adjoining place watching you
daily, would you notify the po­
lice or would you encourage a
bit of flirtation just for curi­
osity?
What one young lady
did in such circumstances is told
entertainingly in this install­
ment.
You remember, Hugh W hita­
ker, thinking he was about to
die, married an innocent girl to
save her honor and departed im­
mediately for the Southern seas.
Five years later he returns to
New York, healthy and wealthy,
and finds the wife, now a fa­
mous actress known as Sara
Law, engaged to marry Drum­
mond, his old friend and part­
ner. She disappears suddenly.
Drummond supposedly commits
suicide, as her previous lovers
had done. Whitaker is murder­
ously assaulted in the dark and
goes to the country home of his
friend Martin Ember, near the
sea. He discovers a mysterious
spy there and thinks it is Drum­
mond.
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C H A P T E R X.
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The Spy.
Already the sun was warm, the faint
breeze bland. Standing at the window
and shading Ills eyes against the glare.
Whitaker surveyed a world new-
washed and radiant; the landlocked
bay dimpled with vagrant catspaws
and smitten with sunlight as with a
scimitar of fire; the earth fresh and
fragrant, steaming faintly in the ar­
dent glow o f the dawn.
In another moment he was at the
kitchen door, interrupting Sum Fat's
first matutinal attentions to his teeth
with a demand for a bathing suit.
Three minutes later, from the end of
the small dock, he dived neatly, com­
ing to the surface with his flesh tin­
gling with delight of the cool water;
then, with the deliberate and jiowerful
movements o f an experienced swim­
mer, struck away from the land. Tw o
hundred yards out he paused, rolled
over on his back, and. hands clasped
beneath his head, floated serenely, sun­
light warming his upturned face, his
body rejoicing in the suave, clean, fluid
embrace.
Then something disturbed him—a
dull fluttering, vibrant upon his sub­
merged eardrums. Extending his arms
and moving his hands gently to pre­
serve his poise, he lifted his head from
the water. From the landing stage on
the Fiske place a motor boat was
standing out. The churning of its pro­
peller had aroused him. He could see
bat a single person for all its crew.
Seated astern, dividing her attention
between the side steering wheel and
the engine, she was altogether ignorant
of the onlooker. Only her head and
shoulders showed above the coaming—
her head with its shining crown, her
shoulders cloaked with a light wrap
gathered at the throat.
Whitaker, admiring, wondered . . .
Sweeping in a wide arc as it gath­
ered speed, the boat presently shot out
smartly on a straight course for the
barrier bench.
Why? What business had she there?
And at an hour so early?
No affair of his— Whitaker admitted
as much freely. And yet he was be­
ginning his fourth day on the Great
West bay without having set foot upon
Its Great South beach!
Ridiculous
oversight! And one to be remedied
without another hour’s delay.
Grinning with amused toleration of
his own perverse sophistry, he turned
over on his side and struck out In the
wake o f the motor boat. When at
length he waded ashore lie found the
motor boat moored in shallow water
at the end of a long and substantial
dock. He patted the flanks of the ves­
sel ns he waded on.
"Good little boat!” said he.
Walking rapidly, very soon he stood
at the head of a rude flight of wooden
steps which ran down from the top of
n wave-eaten sand bluff, some ten or
twelve feet in height, to the broad and
gently shelving ocean beach. Midway
between the sand bluff and the break­
ing waters stood the woman Whitaker
had followed. (There wasn’t any use
mincing terms— he had followed her
in his confounded, fatuous curiosity!)
Her face was to the sea, her hands
clasped behind her. Now the wind
modeled her clonk sweetly to her body,
now whipped Its skirts away, disclos­
ing legs straight and slender and gra­
"Please I" she said not altogether
ciously modeled. She was dressed It ance. lie felt tenderly of the Injured
member. “ Only my ankle twisted It patiently.
Gray hair, however handsome, de­
seemed, for bathing.
®
We nil know
He eyed her askance. There was In notes advancing nge.
Whitaker turn to go. and turning let a few days ago, and now again. It'll
this Incredible situation u certain pl- the advantage of a youthful appear­
his gaze sweep up from the beach and lie all right In a moment or two.”
Her gaze traveled from him to the quutwy, definitely provocative, tran­ ance. Your hair is your charm. It
along the brow of the bluff. He paused,
scending tlie claims ids Injury made makea or t u n tin- faee. When it
frowning. Some twenty feet or so dis­ edge o f the bluff.
< fades, turns gray and looks streaked,
“ I didn't see- 1 mean, I heard some­ upon ids Interest, Lust night for the just a few applications of Hage Tea
tant the legs o f a man, trousered and
llrst
time
lie
laid
seen
tills
woman,
booted, protruded from u hollow be­ thing. and turned, ami saw you trying
and Sulphur e n h a n c e s Its uppearuucu
and from a distance hud though! her a hundred-fold.
tween two hummocks of sand. And to sit up ami the other man rising."
the toes of the boots were digging into
Don’t stay gray!
Ixmk young!
"Sorry we startled you." Whitaker desirable; now, within twelve hours,
the sand, indicating that the mun was mumbled, wondering how the deuce lie tie found "himself with mi uriu round Either prepare the recipe at home or
get from any drug store a bo-rent
lying prone; and that meant (I f he ' was going to get home. Ills examina­ tier neck 1
Ami then suddenly she turned tier *>otth- of "W yeth ’s Huge and Sulphur
were neither «lend nor sleeping) that tion of the uttkle hadn’t proved greutly
head and Intercepted ills whole-hearted I Compound," which la merely the old-
he was watching the woman on the I encouraging.
stare.
For u thought wonder glim­ time recipe Improved by the addition
beach.
"Ililt I —ah— how did It happen?"
of other ingredients.
Tiousnndn of
"A mere misunderstanding." he said mered in tlie violet eyes; then they folks recommend this reudy-to-use
Indignation, righteous indignation,
warmed Whitaker's bosom. It was all lightly. "I mistook the gentleman for flushed disconcertingly; tinally (hey j preparation, because It darkens the
very well for him to catch sight of someone I knew, lie resented It, so became utterly col-' und disdainful
hair beautifully, besides, no one ran
“ W ell?" she demanded In a frigid possible tell, us It darkens a< natur­
the woman through her cottage win­ we started to scrap like a couple of
ally and evenly.
You moisten a
I wish to voice,
dow, by night, and to swim over to the schoolboys. Then . . .
lie looked iiivny In complete confu­ sponge or soft nrush with It. draw-
beach in her wake the next morning, heaven It had been his leg Instead of
sion, und felt tils face burning to the j lug tills through tlie lialr, taking one
but what right had anybody else to m ine!"
small strand at a time. H> morning
“
Hut
still
I
hardly
understand
.
.
."
temples.
constitute himself her shadow? Re­
tlie gray hair disuppiats; after an­
"W ell, you see. I ah— I'm visiting
" I beg your pardon,” he mumbled un­
sides. it was possible that the man
other uppllratlon or two. Its natural
Ember— the cottage next to yours, 1 happily.
was Drummond.
color is restored and It becomes thick,
lie essayed to wnlk. Twenty feet glossy and lustrous, nnd you uppeur
He strode forward and stood over believe. That Is, If I'm not mistaken,
and more of treacherous, dry, yielding | years younger.
the man. looking down at his back. It you have the Fiske place?"
She nodded.
sand separated them from tlie flight of
Wyeth's Sage and pulphur Com­
was true, ns he had assumed—the fe l­
“ And so, this morning. It struck me steps that nseended tlie bluff.
It pound Is n delightful toilet requisite.
low was watching the woman. And
It Is not Intended for the cure, mitiga­
his back was Very like Drummond's. as a flue young Idea to swim over here proved no easy Journey.
The
stairway
accomplished.
he tion or prevention of disease— Adv.
A little quiver of excitement mingled and have n look at the bench. And
with untldpative satisfaction
ran ! then I found that chap watching you—" limped to a wooden seat ami sat down
That startled her. "H ow do you with much grim decision In his mun
through him. Now, nt last, the mys­
Getting Even.
tery was to be cleared up, ids future mean—watching me?"
nor. Hut he mustered u smile to meet
The druggist danced and chortled
r latlons with the pseudo-suicide de­
"W h y —ah— that's what he seemed tier look of concern, and shook his till the bottles danced on the shelves.
"W hat's up?" asked the soda clerk.
bead.
fined and established.
to be doing."
"Huve you t-een taking something?"
Deliberately he extended his bare
She slumk her head. “ You must be
"Thus far und no farther."
"No. Hut do you remember when our
find and nudged the man's ribs.
mistaken."
"Oh, hut you must not be stubborn!” water pipes were frozen last winter?"
"Drummond . . ." he said In n
“ I im-un to be— horrid stubborn. In
“ Daresay. I generally am when I
“ Yaa, t.ut wiint — ”
clear voice, decided but uunggrcsslve. Jump at conclusions. Anyway, he didn't fuet, I don’t mind warning you Hint
"W ell, tho plumber who fixed them
With an oath and what seemed a like It much when 1 called him out of there’s a famous strulu of mule In the has Just come In to have a prescription
filled.” — I’ Utahurg Chronicle • T ele­
single, quick motion, the man Jumped tils name. I gathered. In fact, that he Whitaker make-up."
to his feet and turned to Whitaker u was considerably put out. Silly, wasn't
She was. however, not to be divert­ graph.
startled and inflamed countenance.
ed; mid her fugitive frown bespoke Im-
it?"
To keen clean and healthy take Dr.
"What the d e v il!" he cried angrily.
patience. If he were uny Judge.
“ R ather!” she agreed gravely.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, 'fhey regu­
“ Who are you? What do you want?
For a moment or two they eyed one
late liver, bowels and stomach.
What d’you mean by coming round another In silence, Whitaker wonder­
Who do you think this girl 1«
here and calling me Drummond?”
ing Just how much o f a fool she wus
Quelling the Panic.
And what la the purpose of the
He was no more Drummond than he thinking him ami dubiously consider­
One night nt a theater some scenery
unrecognized
spy7
Do
you
w as Whitaker himself.
took fire and a very perceptible odor
ing various expedients to Ingrutlute
think the girl knows Whitaker?
“ For
that
matter" — something himself.
of burning alarmed the spectators. A
clicker! In Whitaker’s brain and sub­
CrCrCrCrCr'Ct'CitrCt'CrCrCr'CT'iUu actor appfared on the stage
"I don’t seem to think of anything
consciously he knew that his temper
t T U H I- t O N T I N U U D . J
“ Ladies and gentlemen," he said,
useful to say,” he ventured. "Cun you
"compose yourselves. There Is no dan
was about to take the bridge— "what
help me out? Unless you'd be inter- .
p r
do you mean by spying on that lady
ested to know my name's Whitaker—
The audlenco did not seem reas-
yonder?"
I I igh Whitaker- r
■tired
It being Indisputably none of his
Humorous Situation When Man Once
"Ladles and gentlemen,” continued
She acknowledged the information
concern, the unfairness of the question
Imprisoned With Michael Davitt
the comedian, rlsitig to the necessity
merely
by
a
brief
nod.
“
It
seems
to
only lent It offensive force. The man
Called Him by Number.
of the occasion, "confound It ull, do
made this painfully clear through the me," she said seriously, “ thut the
you think If there was any danger
medium of an intolerable epithet and pressing question Is, w hat are you go­
Tlie death o f James Collins, the nusl- ! I’d be here?"
ing
to
do
about
that
ankle?
Shull
Th e panic coltapsed.— Exchange.
an attempt to land his right list on
ern historian of Dublin, reminds one
you be able to walk?"
Whitaker's face.
that Mr. Collins was engaged In com­
Simple.
"Hard to say,” he grumbled, n trifle
The face, however, was elsewhere
pleting a work of bis friend, the late
dashed.
With
Infinite
pains
and
tin-
"Th
o
kaiser
Is
undoubtedly l „ a hail
when the fist reached the point for
Michael Duvitt, Irish nationalist mid
which it had been nlmed; and Whit­ aid of both hands nnd Ills sound foot. labor leader, once a mill lad In Huslliig- fix,” remarked the chatty man; "one
not so easy to get out of as that the
aker closed in promptly as the fellow ’s
den. One of Dnvltt’s stories Intended | city youngster found himself In on the
body followed his arm, thrown off bal­
for inclusion Is the following:
1 farm, lie was up on top of a tall hay-
ance by the momentum o f the unob­
Tlie "Irish Tribune," as Davitt was slack and shouted to the farmer: ’Say,
structed blow.
called, having served many years In j Mr. Harnes, how am I goln’ to get
What followed had entered Into the
Chatham and other prisons as a po­ down?”
"T h e farmer considered t’ c problem
calculations of neither. Whitaker felt
litical prisoner, hud been n free mun
nnd finally solved It.
himself suddenly falling through air
some six months, when he wus ad­
" *Oh, Jest shut yer eyes an’ walk
thick with a blinding, choking cloud of
dressing a huge meeting in the Ro­ around a bit,’ he said."— Exchange.
dust and sand. The body o f the other
tunda, Dublin.
was simultaneously wrenched violently
Davitt bad worked tils audience up
The Old Songs.
from bis grasp. Then he brought up
to a tense pitch of enthusiasm and eon-
" I wonder why It Is that we love the
against solidity with a bump that
eluded n great speech amid a perfect old songs best?” asked the sentimental
seemed to expel every cubic inch of
I one.
storm of Mppluuse.
"1 think," said her workaday hearer,
air from his lungs. And ho heard him­
When be hud resumed Ills seat and
self cry out sharply with the pain of
the applause was subsiding a voice j " It ’s because they’re not sung so
I often."— Huffalo Express.
his weak ankle newly twisted. . . .
from the gallery cried out:
He sat up, gasping for breath,
"Bravo, X Tw enty-nine!"
brushed the sand from his fuce and
Davitt started and, looking up, be­
eyes, ami ns soon as his whirling wits
held tiie grinning face of a well-known
settled a little, comprehended what
“ cracksman” whom lie bad left fl/ilsh-
had happened.
Ing a five years’ term In Ciiatliam i Ship ur your good. fat produce. No commUnion
Immediate payment«. W e w ill pay you:
H alf buried in the debris of a mini­
prison, and who had bulled Davitt by Dreased pork, 20c.
ature landslide, he sat at the foot of
his prison number.
Lrcmicd v #* h I, nmnil, lflr
v«n! up to lion I km.. 12c
the bluff. Immediately above his bead
It did not take nn Irish audience 1 L I Jig
ive chicken««. 22c
L iv e rooster*. I* c .
a ragged break showed where the sand,
long to scent out the liuinor o f the situ­ OrcNRed turkey» 30c.
L iv e turkey « 20r
L ive duck» 72c.
I)re ««e d ««•«•««• 20c
held together solely by beach grass,
ation and tlie Rotunda rang with penis | L iv e ifoene 15c.
Droruwd Mm«ll goat«, 12c.
had given way beneath the weight of
of laughter. In which both "her ma­
F R A N K L. S M IT H M E A T CO.,
the antagonists.
jesty’s ex-guests" heartily joined.
"F ig h tin g the lJeef T rust."
228 A lder St.,
P O R T L A N D . ORE
A little distance from him the other
Poison in Self-Defense.
man was picking himself up, apparent­
While we very natnrully dislike a
ly unhurt but completely surfeited.
plant that poisons us when we touch
Without delay, with not even so much
It. yet If we investigate the reason for
as a glance at Whitaker, he staggered
Its poison we discover that a vnst num­
off for a few paces, then settled Into
ber o f pin nt s develop poisons and near
a heavy, lumbering trot westward
[mlsons, and when we look over the
along the beach. He did not wish the
list we find that we would be rut her
woman to recognize him; therefore he
badly off without them, the National
was putting himself out of her way.
be lifted himself and contrived to Geographic Magazine states. It Is true
For she was approaching.
/ / " b o z / y c o u ld
When Whitaker caught sight of her, stand erect for an Instant, then bore a that most «if them are poisonous only
■he would a«k f o r ou tsid e support fu r her over
w ir k s fi organ a o f milk p rod uctl..n
T »f K »
when
eaten,
nnd
that
few
are
poison­
little
weight
on
the
hurt
nnkle—
and
she was already close nt hand. She
K o s * , It e«N aa with g ro a t fon tr e ffe c t or» f he eye
trm . p r e v e n t« disease, a aure rem ed y for
had been running.
Now as their blanched, paling visibly boneuth his In­ ous to the touch, but they have all «.«v
A b o rtio n , H errenn eee R etain ed A fte r b ir th ,
• m u r in g , L e i A t,p e tite , lla iid ie e
veloped these qualities In self-defense.
glances met, hers keenly inquiring of eradicable tan.
Huy K «iw K n re fro m fe e d
d e a le rs »m l drurfgieta
Some of them store their poison In
"I don't suppose,” he said with e f­
Whitaker’s still bewildered eyes, she
daim askciatioi co„
_ _ _
lyMtaflrlll«. ft.
pulled up abruptly and stood astnre. fort—"they grow— crutches— on this their seeds, others In their root stocks
and others In their roots to protect
He saw, or fancied, something closely neck of land?”
Botikijt, “ lh , Horn. Cow O h W , " frm. II.-— „
akin to fright and consternation In her
And he was nbout to collapse again their progeny from linrm. They do not
look. The flush In her cheeks gave upon the sands when, without wnrnlng, go about looking for trouble or seek­
on
way to a swift pallor. The hands he found tin- woman hnd moved to Ids ing, like the «levll, whom they may «le-
trembled that drew her bench elnuk side and enught his hund, almost stroy; hut they are prepared to resist
close about her. She seemed to muke brusquely passing his arm across her Invasion of the rights o f their children.
an Ineffectual effort to speak.
shoulders, so that she received no little Nux vomica and aconite are two of
this kind.
On his part, Whitaker tried to get o f his weight.
Others develop nlkalolds, like the
up. A keen twinge In his ankle, how­
“ Oh, I say— 1" he protested feebly.
ever, wrung an Involuntary grunt from
“ Don’t suy anything,” she replied nicotine o f tobacco, the quinine of the
Prom ptly treat martini, cold «, hoarsenem,
him, and with a wry grimace he sank shortly. "I'm very strong— quite able cinchona tree and the thelne o f tea, to
lirnnehiti* nnd sim ilar Infl-.in.d nnd irritnti-d
back.
to help you to the boat. Please don’t protect themselves. Strychnine, digi­ • und it ion* o f the til root w ith a teatrd remedy -
“ O h!” cried the woman, impulsively. consider me nt a ll; Just see if we can’t talis nnd a hundred and one Indispen­
sable drugs that are poisonous In over­
“ You’re hurt!” She advanced n pace, manage this way."
solicitous and sympathetic.
He endeavored to withdraw his arm, doses are the gifts o f the plant world
"Oh. not much.” Whitaker replied an effort rendered futile by her cool, to man as a byproduct o f plant prepa­
rations for self-defense.
In a tone more of hope Ilian of assur­ Arm grasp on Ids lingers.
GAVE AUDIENCE GOOD LAUGH
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