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bkiKHtlr ciST" .A. Romance ot lhe "gfcjv J IFigtoilng on Nio Bat 1 lef iddr of) Y WTm Jc. .. a ' yon know liiiuv' . I followed you lure. Tell dm Hum Whole truth about tills business, mill I II stand by nii to tlio end. Til trust y.m to the limit hut l! wont tell you. Captain Wallace. Bona day. perhaps, but not now. Ml stand I'.v you. nnil I'll tight nt your side, sir. Itut I won't tell you. And Hint's the only condition on which I can agree to what you propose." "And If we succeed T "Not 'If.' hut 'when'." cried ITnrMey, with a sudden outhurst of conviction. "I'll tell you then yes, Cnptnln Wal lace. And till then we'll fight together to null down this nest of conspiracy mid prove your Innocence to the world." After a moment he added. "I think we'd better be making n move out of here. Captain Wallace !" He pushed open the cellar door nnd led Mark along the hasemeiit passage Led Mark Along the Baaement Pas sage. Bntil a gleam of mtsuillght appeared In front of them. They emerged Into a little garden, a replica of the one next door. There vwts no xillremnn on Hard. In n moment they were In the t-ireet ami In safety. Mark, who had already recovered from the effect of his blow, .sle for I splitting headache, took a car with Hartley, and half an hour inter the two re again in Mark's mount. "So ynu were parking?" nsked Hart ley, looking about him. "What were yon going to do?" "I don't know," answered Mark. "It's qaeer, being broken like this I've nothing, DO pmpeet.s, only n little money. I have to earn a living." "It'll be the army," said Hartley 'Vend be a seru'ennt In no Unit; you'd run through the ranka in about a couple of yeurs. Ami then you've won. You've conquered fortune. And, you're In a positron to do n little quiet working to straighten out your tangle nnd run down the Kenson gang. And then I'll help you, for whan the time comes I can tell whnt I know. At present 1 can't. I'm waiting " He burst Into an expletive, and his face was twisted with anguish. The man seemed under the stress of nomf irerpowarlDg anotloa. "And how about your own part In this affair, Hartley?" The man winced as If Mark had struck him. Mnrk put out his hand, look Hartley's, nnd shook It warmly. "Vmj're right, Hartley," he said quietly, "I'm ready to sink my name, l" a, and we'll go in together as coin rude, and by Heaven we'll net the 1 1 rooked business right J" I CHAPTER X. "Weston! Hey, there!" Mark, who wns sitting nt the en rranee of the tent which be geared 'ith live other privates of the Metlbitl "Wis, looked up at Ihe sound of the none to which he hntl grown nceiis tomed. At the sight of the corporal who had hailed him, he flung down the grooved strip of metal, known ns the "soldier's friend," wllh the nld of which he hnd been polishing his but tons, snd hurried obediently forwnrd. "The train's In from the base wllh the sisters nnd doctors to meet Ihe convoy that we're expecting from Hie front. Rvery man's on duly until the lob's finished. Report to the matron with Hartley." Ua aeJdnV and Oeaated mn Vv . humiiu ni. door ot ii bene hoapttat "i which I'm- matron, Bdgetlna linna- I ttcntly, win awaiting Ul assembling I or trie onion lex It WIIU HUP liml Hi.. ,w,l..,..u ..F (1.. i - ' "" "" " ""i "i me fur dratant gu is were nil ehotrt them! i dully. though war hud never passed Hint way. I'lider the nana of Weston, Murk hntl enlisted In the medical brunch Of the service. It wns a lowly branch. despised by those who knew nothing of its activities. Hut the choice bad I. ..'Il li.ilni'. ii !... .....I ....,l.l.. Ih. .1 : """ """,,m uiiiii,iuriiiii first fighting contingent to be aent overseas embraced only the regulars, not those of the tlrnft. Mnrk hud en - ltl rather thim wnlt, especially since , h knew Hint Colonel Hownrd. With I .. . yy" ". iiii my prospects among the rich young Kellermnn and hfa atuff, were already ..,. , ,, ,t waa ,rt of in trance, absurd, misplaced, quixotic chivalry. And somewhere within n few square Captain Wulluce" miles was the base of Hie American; WlIuM wa. hoW ,he ,, activities, the hendquiirlers from which ' anown i the mobilization in France was being j . i , , .., ., jt-giii H I Hut he had won hla miserable game, "ll.rry up to the surgical Ward H "Jf iSTiSt HL'SH'w , said .he matron, as Marl; reached her. . '' W"H U f" "" ("Irt,,,n "And you. IOO, Hartley." she athled. '"' '" '"""'" ' V" ,Ve,,1 l "J' ! , ... .. ' know Hint men aren't so idealistic nnd I he two men scrum led up the , , , , , , .. ...i- a. .i ,. . . chivalrous as I hnve Imagined them, stairs. At the nppos te end of f he ,,,.,,,., , .7, , .. , i ..ii n. - ii . . i Itut ' she belli forward "I don't be- hiillding, an old converleil chiitenii, .. ., . . ,, , ,., ,, iiii. Ileve yisi nre a nil tr, Capta n Mark the convoy hail halted. Other order- , ..... lies were oirrvlng out the Stretcher. , An" "u'r '"''' '""(1 M"rk H,lw ,l"' '"" with their Ihlog. naagiad burdens. ,:', of K. ih-rmnn In the tloorway. A group of the newlv arrived doc-l Tl"' '' " "Utul and In tors and nnr: es was eaaabu m tin" Miiiimii.tms. Keiierman'a surprise waa stairs. They were nil renily for theli work. Mark no longer saw anything but the wounded men. Dripping with perspiration, he hurried from the ward to the pink store nnd back. Innumer able times, struggling under great plica Of towels nnil bedtllni;. "Must hnve been a stiff light." pnnt td Hartley, ns tl,ey passed inch other. Mark reapoaded with a moawaaal of the head. It must have hi. mi a light, to have bmiiKht all tttoaa serious nives ,own to the base hospital. "Wtston. you're to go Into the ope rating roonr The nurse who addressed liliu spoke lia io I strMim. "Yes, Sister," he answered, anil braced his shoulders nud hurried to obey. The pntient. already etherized, had been brought In. Mark, watching the patient narrowly ns the surgeon probed the wound, knew nothing hut his task until the surgeon nudged him fnmlllnr- ly In the side while one of the nurses WM spnnging his forehead. "I know jour face, orderly," he said. "Where was It?" Mark started and looked Into the quizzical gray eyes of one of the army doctors from an Arizona town, wheni ' he had dined ul the mess. "I think yon are mistaken, sir," he answered quietly. The surgeon searched his face, and. like a decent man. admitted his error. "Another poor devil gone down," he thought, as lie turned to his work. There were three more operutloi following, and Mark sighed with relict us the Inst mini was Carried nwa.v. lie took n scrubbing hrm-h ami bar of soup and km-eled down to clean the Hour, while his fellow nttentlaut i scoured the splnsh.il table and curried away the towels. Mnrk was conscious that the nurse still lingered, and he went on with his scrubbing. Somehow he tlid not want to meet her eyi. ...1, ,11111,- 1,, l,ll nun 111(11 - I . r. . r i in ,ii him. by the table. Something splashed down to the lloor then something else. Murk raised his head. They went tears, and others followed them down the nursing slater's face. The girl wiih Eleanor. She put out her hands blindly. "Oh, Cuptnln Mnrk !" she whispered. Murk felt himself beginning to shake; fate seemed to have played u wretched tit,.!, on him Just then. "Why, Captain Mark! Why why dbl yod tlo this?" asked Kleanor. "Hey, Weston '" called his fellow or derly froir the door of th sterilizing room; and then, seeing him with the sister, withdrew. "You heard my name?" asked Mark. S'l... ......... , ...I l.l... .....I Jl n.... "I heard It, Captain Mark. Won't you tell me what It means, what It ull means?" "Whnt It nil means?" he repeated vaguely, wondering at the concern on her fuco. "Why you disappeared ns you did from Washington. I knew Hint you had applied for leave of absence, be cause you bail overworked In the hot weather But you never came back." Her voice broke Into a sob. "The Colonel didn't think II strange. He wouldn't admit thai there was any reason, except that you must have gone back to your regiment. I ml you nnd he quarrel, Captain Mark? It's unthinkable. I could learn nothing about you, but Mnjor Kellermnn had aid you were Hud of Ihe work anil might have got some appointment out ef thc.eerrtee. Thar talep.were a- inning. ;.vi you wwwnt on tin- army lint uny more. Won't yon It'll iih, JliHt because- you know because" Murk could hardly restrain hi feel-In.-. "I'll (I'll you," Mid Mnrk, niMtig his eyes. "I was accused of treachery, of betraying aeereta to enemies f my country " Klcuuor laughed In a little, mirth less voice. "You're Mill the same, Uncle Murk," olio whlspcri (I. "Did you think I would believe thut?" "It wiih not true," cried Mnrk, net tled mid desperate. "But It was found Unit I frcipicntcil gambling housea " "You lire no fond of money, Uncle Mnrk I" "I wnnted money. Toil were rich, lind I "iniled your esteem. I wnnted to move In your elreleK. to win your favor, im other could " She gnvped mid gNW red: he Rnw Hint his kITOW htd none home, nnil went on pitilessly. When I was nt your reception you liml smiles for evet .,uuo." "Thnt'M elioiiL'h. t'ntitaltt Wiillnee" l. l ....... - ..... & .. ..m. pne sun. wiin no lit iruw II men III. l (Ml laaoltad me Hie liml time we met, you know. OP iirolmldv hnve forimtten I 1 see Hint nil my thoughts of you were wrong. I wns always n burden. Ami when you dldu't write mo miiny years, and when you didn't come to see me, I thought oh, I'll tell you now, ulnoe you have humiliated me as deep- . ... ..... iy it a possible to humlllnte WOman. I thought you ateyed away I and krpt 1WHT becauae you liked me, ! ,i i,,.,.,,,,.,,. ., -,, .,fr..i.i that I n,Knt conM( t0 care for you and ruin lnw nrni.n-t .mon il,".. rlrh vnnriir ' hanging Into a sneering challenge when Kleatior turned, saw the new comer, nnd. with ii superb effort of will, smiled at him. "So I see you kiii here, Sister How ard," suld Kellermnn, with u forced Inugh. ".lust In time," answered the glrL "Hnve j on iiiiue to order US all Up to the tlfliehesV" Some of you, but not the ladles. ., I'm attaadlng the (ieiiniil on his imir oi inspection ol' the lltn ." The talk grew IndlatJnel as they drlftad awajr. Hark, atarlng after ,., i, ttopor, saw Kt llennnn nod toar.l him, anil lam led that the girl made a L-eslure of nleaillnc. Neither had noticed hltn. He reflect ed savagely Hint n I ready Kleanor was coming t't lake his statu- for granted, hs the other sisters did. The Surnson Searcd M( Face. CHAPTER XI. By evening the rush of work hnrt died down, and the orderlies, save those on duty, were given the custo mary leave. la iim' meant Klnplos, with Its coui foil.tble little Inn. the chatty landlady nnd her jireity daughter Mark strode townrd Klitplcs. He hntl nn iiilen-e longing foi the lights nnd comfort of the little Inn. But be had not gone more than a hundred pines when -Hartley hailed lilm. 'lining Into Kiuples';" ha asked. "Do yon mind my going with you?" "Krankly, yea, Hartley," answered Murk. "Vou won't nilinl my snylng so' I want to he alone after " "1 know, old man," said Hartley, dmwiiig i,nt k. "Sony ir j bothered you." But Mark swung round on him. I "l(nrlloy, miswer me one question,'' he-; Mud. "Whnt bits' Miss Howard ever bud toJo with you? Win have you i been w niching her for six or aaven yeiH's?" Hartley begau to walk aioug the read at M.v--' .!:. -' A 3 (S ff 'Ufffl L I '.i.r LTVLJ- m II llss:. '11 "I ill77Tw. la Rl tik.'-d T- Tl?lwiiDlVWB Mir silbill ifff IT rf w V ll II L Jl IT ?fJi. r- WlJnTife, fir, ' " fJtY w ISbbB CA VST ,fZJ h ou gulping aonad before ha auawajna. "Has M occurred to yirti, Mnrk, Hint the Krnaon woman has in en operatlBi In Washington foi a good time now? lie aal "1 siii i ... o," Mnrk answered. "Vou know everything was prepared for years before Hie vnr begun. The system had lainlllciitliins In every de partment of the government. Vou know Colonel Howard was III touch with It as fur back ns the Cuban war?" "Oond ltrtl, yes, but" "And a mini Is only n pawn In such n game. Hood (bid, don't question me, Mnrk ! I've I n a tool of hers, but I'll sweu r thai I never worked against the government. I learned little hy little of Hie whole accursed nest of spies. I obeyed He lr orders beeini a well, 1 cun't I. II you now but 1 worked against them loo, I've done them m barm than gohd, i had my motives hi im it one-, flaaplcablo, parhape; imi i wns Barer a arallor. Hood God, Mark, bavet) I you seen how your lallh In me has begun to miike u man of mc7" Mnrk look llaitley's band and grlppetl it. It was the best mid the only possible answer. In their tad I understanding they went on toward the inn together. Outside the Inn they saw an auto. with a soldier chauffeur In Charge. Hartley gripped Mark's arm. "Io you know whose that Is?" be whispered. "Keiierman'a I" The landlady enme to the door. "Ilonsolr, messieurs," she said smil ing. "This way tonight, If you please." She led them round by the side, Into the kitchen, where bey found half n dozen privates drinking light wine and teasing the landlady's daughter aa she served them. There waa nothing In this to the men; they were often turned out of the dining room parlor when officers put In nn appearance. Itut this waa Kclhi mnn ! Mark looked at Hartley and saw Intense excitement on his face, which he was trying most evidently to rest ruin. He ortlered beer of Annette, nnd fol lowed her toward the outhouse In Which the liquor was stored. The girl was a Irlentl of his, perhaps b.. aiise, I more serious than the rest, he treated her with less badinage ll,a:i wns ills Initial) among the soldiers. As she ' moved out of the lighted room into the I shallow s outside the merriment fell like ii mask from her fate. "What Is It, Annette?" asked Mark. "Ah, monsieur, it is tragic!" sab! the girl, pausing at the outhouse door. "She Is one of my countrywomen. The lit -cent Is of the south, or some out hinillsh part, but sh Is French nnd she lias come it lOOg way to meet him, nnd he will not have anything to da with her. Row old be get through the lines?" "Who, Annette?" "The lady with the American oflb it. Listen, iiimisii ur ! Listen, linn!" They were standing in front ol the outhouse, which u.i- mi mar nn angle of the old faahloned building between the parlor nnd the kid hen. They could hear the Imploring voice of the woman, and the subdued answers ol Kellermnn. Then, elusive against the dark angle of the building, Mark perceived Hart ley. He was standing under the high sill of the window, In such a way that Murk thought he could see through the chink between the sill nnd the lower ,M "" rih- Ju!1 " ,""k '"1 "''''I' 1 edge of the blind. Kuesdroppltig as ' thlM to yourself. You'll get a fifty he evidently was. Mnrk felt that some- i ,M,r '" ,v ,n l"",t- M thing Justified his presence there. Annette perceived him at the same moment. She started, and then shrugged her shoulders. "Kb hlcn, monsieur, It la their af fair!" she said lightly, and went Into Hie OOtboUse. Sin was loo wire to In terfere with her customers. .Mark baldly noticed her departure. He was watching Hartley. Suddenly ihe t..or opened and the woman enme down tin- steps Hint led Into lb" little vineyard behind the Inn. sin- rntaed her hoaiy veil to dub a iiuiiilkereblef at lier eyts. ami at that mottii lit Mark re ounlxed Mrs. Kenson. He remained rooted to Hie ground In astonishment. But it was more , than that ; he felt suddenly trapped, j as If the woman's presence there, was vitally connected with Ids own prob lems, as If he Weea the victim ol sonic ' far-reaching si heme wllb which he could not grapple. A minute Inter Kellerinan appeared and stood Upon the step above her. looking Into her upturned face with Ills habitual sneer. "Il N all over then?" asked Mrs. Kenson, "Since you compel me to be frank vcm." iioswiiri.fi Kelterinn ii "It Iiaa t ii over for years, Ada. To 'think thai ynu should have put us ull In this danger I Ton haven't told me how yon gol hero, or how you sent me thut message." "How 1 got here? Does that mat tor? Well, 1 came up In a peasant woman's dress, ns one of Ihe repn trlntetl. I scut you the message through i a boy, who knows nothing his wHh ' were thrashed out of hlm by the Mer imins. He left tin' note he won't trouble you. And 1 suppose now I'm to go buck." Suddenly she broke Into u shrill In vective. "I'm to go back, after the thousands ot miles that 1 en me, be cause you are the only mnn In the world who has ever meant anything to met 1 jruve my life to you. How many years have you played with me? An swei me I And now you fling me from you as if I were nothing, because of oh, do .Mm suppose I haven't heard of you ami Miss Howard? I'll call her that I But take care! I can be dan gerous when 1 am arouseit, and 1 see now 1 see clearly now, if never be fore I" Mark's blood utrned to freeae as he listened. He had unconsciously drawn If Htrtleju . . . . . """, r" tnikiiiK wiidiy, Ada," mut- ' H-red K'Hcrmiin. "Are you going to , r,,,n everyone? Do yon wnnt to banal For you will, Ada. There's no senti mentality In war. Now I'm going to tlo j the rl.klesl. thing I ever did. I'm going to take you buck behind the lines In my uiito. Hy a mlrncle of good link I hnve the password for the night. Come! And we'll talk over mutters on the drive hack I" "Come, Ada I" said Kellermnn ; nnd then ho I in ned sharply and confronted Mark. For an Instant he stood ns If trans fixed ; then, wllb nn onth. he leaped nt Sent Him Reeling Backward. him anil struck him a blow in the face Hint will him reeling backward. Adn Kenson turned nud run toward Murk with I scream. She did not rec ognize him, Mark could see that. The discipline of a lifetime held Mark steady. He stood confronting Kellermnn. but did not raise a hand even to guard himself. Kellermnn t glnreil nt him in speechless fury. Anil even then It seemed a little singular (to Mark that Hartley disappeared, so i swiftly and silently that neither the I man nor the woman knew he hat) been ; there. ' Then Kt lb rimin burst Into hysterical laughter. "Its the spy from the war depart ment." he cried. "The fellow WO pitched out ..i the amy for treachery, nuisipier riding lore In uniform. A blank wall nun tiring sijuud tor you tomorrow, my mnn !" Atla Kenson sprang between them "He doesn't ineun tlmt !" she cried, peering Into Mark's face dubiously. She reeognled Murk now, but Mark could see that the recognition meant little to her; probably he had been only n trivial Incident In her career. "LIs- ten to me!" she whispered In Mark's ,' ! ,,,,r- "' h8 eeii drinking. It Will rvery moiiin niierwnrti, so long as you don't see anything. Understand? He Isn't responsible" Mark turned awny in disgust, but he Imagined the warped mind Hint caught at this hope of secrecy. lie went hail: Into the kitchen. The soldiers were still there, one or two hulled Mn; the Incident l.atl occupied only ten minutes. Annette made a little mouth ut him from the tloorwuy. Bill Murk wns searching In the room for Hartley. "V.nir Mend went home, I think. njooaiew M soiuut, suld Annette in banlei. . Mink strotle out of the Inn without a word. Hartley's disappearance did not disturb him. Hartley was strange; but he felt thut he bad relied too much on Hartley. It was for him to act. lie would o to the Major In charge of the hospital, tell his story, and do the only .ki.. i.i u ...t .I...1.. t po-.-.oie, ,,i- nun I,,, iionoi any longer thai Kellerinan ami the Kenson woman were partners In a far reaching conspiracy against his country, though lie hud never before allowed himself to accept the obvious deductions from the Washington episode. Ills mind ...... ...I uI.i.kIu 1 1 1 u ,.,,,, u.. ku.l 1. ...... to redeem himself, he hud thought Hartley ooaaaaedl now he meant to re- I veal everything. ' And suddenly, out of the mist "of ' years, he recalled Colonel Unwinds story of Hampton. Kellermnn bail been the chief agent In Hampton's 1 1 a, -ic fall. Suppose Hampton hud been im aal ! Suppose that Klea- nor's father had been u brave and loyal man. whose hideous ruin ami abom inable death might be posthumously vindicated? The Mood rushed to his head ut the thought of It. The burden or the knowledge of her father's shame, ami of Its probable effect on her If ever she learned bud weighed heavily upon Murk s Heart since that night In the tent In Cuba. Then the blood receded, leaving hlm aa cold as a stone. For he recalled Ada Kenion'a words to Kellerinan. So ' the hunter was hard upon the quarry perhaps he had already snared her. Kleanor had liked Kellermnn. He forced back his thoughts, strode , atralght to barracks, and tuijied In. (Te be continued) a No oae Is recommending Berlin as a yleaaura raaort at present. PINKY DAINTINESS IN SUMMERY VOILES , SOB Kven summery daintiness can not get away from a patriotic touch and with war In the hack ground some months when It will appenr In the hot days to come. The Red. White and Blue has been modified In this white voile -to a pink and sky blue flower design on a field of white and with a pale plain blue waist band of satin It Is nil touched off by B toil with sloping brim made from the penM material and one of the new. si models seen in the ',...1.11.. - at Patau l!. ii Ii. Fla. HOLT CAM 1 1 Y CHURCH tboUo) ("oi Miller nnd ('. Sis. Sunday High Masn at 10:30 o'clock Week day:. Mass at 7 o'clock. lnstru-Hona for children Satur days at 9 A. M. Rev. Kutber Francis, O. F. M. Rector Sumpter Valley Railway Cd. Arrival end Departure Of iu us, Dcparta No. 2, Prairie Sumpter 1:15 A.M. 2:35 P. M. 4:15 P. M Arrives Baker Qeparta No. Arrives 1, Baker 8:3 A.M. Sumpt er 1:05 A. M. Prairie 2:! P. M. No. 1 Makes Reed connection with O.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4 i tKast Maill lenvinv PrirtlmiH ti'ln p M 0rrivin nt l!-.b,.,- 7- A A . ,1 - , l I , IllfS ' ' ' ,.,,.,. , - .,, IM. and No. 17 from east arm- ,nK UaKer U.OV A. M. No 2 connects with No. 5 iFa.-t Mail) arriving at Baker 7:56 V. M. which picks up Pullman 8t Ba er. arriving At Portland 7:00 A. M. Also with No. 18 at 0:45P. M. for points Esist. $1500 Reward! Ik i) Pirn IforniB and sit' i l.l- ,ii I I . . Hob Amuii mini I which ii.- liisrd l mi ii. will gjve ' tew r4 ffir v 4arr leadisr n thr srmt in ten V II IIO !)(,' , l HiUO ! m Inc hersm m..- or winlrii I'l-longo. ; 'II mi' of t BtM ana, in miiitiitm mine tbeve, the agooreiyaea ofan tin' miihm in i. .a im i, , , ,, i.miiilfil liorte thiul Ian nn belli ort-i-i,, , ,nw. Hrsnd rerouted In Muatle ii', llnn'v, I.Ike mil i look musliot. IK . , rrlltrtl wlmu lOiJ, Sua but growa hmin tel.l (id . . Ii bUBL'hN, w. w.iiiiwk ru eiuta. - Wt-M Baag ti- Gel the Genuine i?al and AvoidmjPTaOlXJyl WaslCSajC $&&& sZ -k tn Every Cake siMmwErF. .-l-