P recluse
big Loose. T he rest of them a re all of what we are going to do.” She
eath u slastlc children.”
smiled a t him. "L et's go into the like him to see your things, I'm sure
"It Is very satisfying to be a child.” kitchen and h ear daddy laying down he'd be delighted. If you’ve lots of
people coming next week. It might be
the whole duty of footmen."
he rem inded her.
h ettter to weed some Af these out. One
"B ut children never look ahead,"
hates to be laughed at in th at sort of A lba ny baking co
she said wisely. I am sitting a t your
CHAPTER VIII
thing."
405 West F irst
I feet pretending everything is going
BUTTBR NUT BREAD
I suppose this viscount ha* a regu
to come out right. You ure looking
N lta B arnes fitted Into the life at la r fee?”
down a t me like a courteous sphinx Great Bock very quickly. She would
A lb an y Floral Co. Cut flowers
“H e would w ant to fight a duel with
In evening dress, certain th a t your have trouble la te r on, she decided,
and plants. Floral art for every
plana are not to m iscarry.
Uncle with the three Itaxon girls, whose ages you If you even suggested It. He Is
7
quite u rich man and often gives his and all occasion*.
Peter, are you a grown-up like me, or ’ ranged from twelve to eighteen years
Flow er phone 458-1.
services to museums to detect for
one
of
the
children?”
I
They were a ttractiv e in a rath e r sec
geries."
“N lta, my niece, I am grown up."
ond-rate way. The eldest girl was
I wonder how I could get hold of A LB A N Y STATE BANK—We
“It la h ard to believe,” she said b itte r ly opposed to letting Agatha
• ^ i n v i t e fyour business Savings and
him?”
slowly.
Brown mix with the guests. She saw
commercial accounts. Capital, surplus
“Why should It be?”
I'm
alm
ost
sure
he
would
accept
undivided profits, $100. 000.
(hat on her m erits she had no chance
"Because, If you look ahead, you against the stranger.
Since Miss an invitation to dine If I reminded
must realize th a t th ere’s more than an Brown carried the day and appeared him about H orsham abbey. Shall I I?A ST B U R N ’S GROCERY
even chance of failure. F ailure won’t at the dinner table, udmlrably gowned, w rite?"
4th and Lyons Street
be pleasant for any of us. It w on't be the Raxon girls determ ined to force
I'll tell you w hat we’ll do," Raxon The place to buv good groceries at the
merely falling as one does whe& one her out.
C O P Y R IG H T tn
W NU
said. “Give me a le tte r of Introduc rig h t price. O b the corner, plenty of
room to park. Albany.
»A» U N IT E D STATES
S E R V IC E
goes a fte r a prize or a golf cup.” She
Paul Raxon, w alking leisurely up tion and I'll call tom orrow, when I
lowered her voice. “It may be prison, his drive one day, w as amazed to set shall be In New York. Find out w here
pORD SALES AND SERVICE
ipanuDUOQ)
any sporting blood In you, you can't Uncle P eter.’’
two strapping men alight from a taxi he Is staying and let me know.
Tires and accessories
hold back. If you hud your nerve
“It will be If we fall,” he returned. outside the house and carry suitcases
A few hours later, Viscount Raoul
At a square house on Lower Fifth
Repairs
"And you can keep so cheerful?”
de
Guillian,
duly
w
arned
by
a
tele
avenue the young ludy who had Just with you, we should make a great
In as though they had come to stay.
K ir k -P ollak M otor C o .
“We shall not fail. I feel confident As they had gone to the back en gram In French dispatched from a
passed as A gatha Brown hurst In upon team."
"It Isn’t lack of nerve,” B radney ex th at I shall not lose this home. If trance, he supposed they w ere men distan t office, moved into the Ritz.
four anxious men.
EVirtmiller Furniture Co., furni-
He received P ru I Itaxon with reserve, * ture, rugs, linoleum , stoves ranges
“My d ears,” she cried, "I've got It. plained. “I simply don't know the dumb, Inanim ate things can radiate
servants
hired
by
the
social
secretary.
cheerfulness, this house w ith the
rt was only when lie learned that Funeral directors. 427-433 west First
I move In tom orrow and take complete technique of It.”
Neeland B arnes was In his element. treasu res I love rad iates It. I feel It had not, until this moment, oc A gatha Brown w as a guest a t G reat street, Albany, Oregon.
charge of the household arrangem ents.
I carried her off her feet. She kissed He had kept a large establishm ent influences outside my own perception, curred to him th at to huve strange Rock that he consented to go. He
roe and called me ‘D earie.' I left be und had been reared among people perhaps on some other plane, a re fight men In the house might be dungerous was affable enough to agree to stay
'IN T E L WRECKING CO-
who hnd not denied them selves lux ing for me. Not fo r years have 1 There was a new butler expected. there a week.
fore she could ask to see my testl
436 W est 1st
T
hat
made
three.
Suspicious
and
monlals. I ’m afraid I lied feursoniely. uries. lie explained lucidly the whole aw akened with »uch cheerfulness In
When l.e arrived, th e adm irable
Used Parts for all cars
crafty,
Ruxon
saw
th
at
he
m
ight
have
In fashionable wy h eart. W hen I wake up I find
I t ’s quite tru e . Uncle P eter, they are duty of footmen
Sneed was In the hall, and a footman
myself smiling as though I had Just three spies here, for all he knew.
going to en tertain largely.
She houses.
E H L E R f ’ S G RO CERY
Im
mediately carried his suitcases to
Neeland Barnes, looking fifteen
“Sneed will be there," N lta rem ind left friends who had bid me cheer up
showed me the list. She evidently
401 W F irst street
his room.
years
younger
w
ithout
his
big
mus
because
victory
was
In
sight.”
Successor to J. D. sears
doesn't know how to do things on a ed him, "I’m banking on him. He
“T he whole gang's here now," said
tache,
w
as
giving
his
fellow
footm
an
“I wish I felt th at,” she said.
will be nominally your superior and
We will tay to please you
large scale. I didn't see him.”
'Enry, w ringing his hand. “H ow's
“T here are oth er crum bs of comfort a few last words of advice when u good old P eter?"
Neeland B arnes looked nt her with help you In any way he cun. It won't
U O L M A N & JACKSON
blase, cynical man pushed open the
pride. At a bound she had lauded In be a hit difficult. Uncle Fleming. for you." He smiled. Milman took
"More hopeful than ever,” Malet
door of th eir common sitting room.
G rocery—Bakery
th e guarded fortress, unsuspected. Sneed, daddy, and I shall be th ere.” from his pocketbook a page of note-
seemed a trifle nervous. He fingered E v e ry th in g in the line of eats ,
"W here do I come In?” Malet asked. paper covered with his fine, distinct Never before had Flem ing Bradney
The keys of the arsenal hud been
Opposite Postoffice
writing. "T his," he went on, “Is a seen the man who had disgraced him. ills sm all m ustache and Imperinl in
handed her. It wus a complete tr i He did not wish to be left out.
doubt. "Do you think I can carry this
"I have h very definite use for you. copy of a conversation w ith Loddon. In a sense the sight of Itaxon was a
umph.
-TUB Co n f e o t i o n e r y. Noon
shock. He seemed of a refined type, through? If one Is suspected, all are
“Now you are there,” said P eter Uncle Floyd. I talked a g reat deal with At th at time Loddon had done me the
A-*- lunches. Home-made candy and
suspected."
intelligent, and superior to w hat Brad
honor
to
consider
me
dead
and
burled,
Mrs.
liuxon
about
h
er
husbund.
lie
Mllnian, "w hat good shall we be to
"Of course you can. Even Alf Is ice cream. F trst street, next dooi ro
suspects the furniture, and he Is a harm less recluse Ignorant of w hat ney had expected.
Blain Clothing Go.
you ?”
getting
a firm touch. H e had stage-
Barnes
was
a
b
etter
Judge
of
man
"I’ve thought It ull out. You, per I right. Uncle Floyd, how well do you he was talking. He wus able to talk
fright
ut
Ills
first
dinner,
hut
he's
kind.
He
suw
in
Raxon
a
cruel
and
M PERIAL CAFE, 209 W. First
Indiscreetly, confident th at not a
sonally, will have to slop here, be I speak French?"
,
Harold G. M urphy Prop.
"As well as I do English. Ten years breath of w hat he said would ever be vindictive niun, lndom ltuble and not
cause the law yer man knows you. I
(Continued on page 5)
to be swayed.
Phone 665
ahull need daddy and my other uncles In P aris and no chance to forget It, tran slated Into words by his listener.
W e n e v e r close
“ 'Alio, 'andsom e," said B arnes
because I’ve been teaching It as a side I will read it to you:
a t once."
Fisher Bros. Implement <o
“ 'T here's one big-headed, million genially, “your name Sneed?"
Jennings Auto Top Shop—Auto
"W hat possible use can you have line In Philadelphia for the last alx
"It Is not,” said Itaxon, frowning.
aire
m
an
u
factu
rer
who
thinks
he
owns
o
r
seven
years.
W
hy?”
Phone 47
122 N. Broadalbin at. ** trim m ing, seat covers and w inter in
for me?” Bradney dem anded eagerly.
T h at was P eter Milman'*
"I'm going to Invite you to stay .it New York state ubove the W estchester Sneed.
closures. 202 E. Second. Phone 4l8J.
"Or for me?" said h er father.
Albany, Oregon
man. He had heard It more than once
N. L. Jennings Manager
"All In good tim e.” She laughed. (he Itaxon*' directly you can raise a line th n t has a big Jolt coming hl.s from Loddon. “ Who are you?”
John
Deere
Implements
way.
Some
day
he'll
go
Into
m.v
You
“Uncle Peter, you made u g reat mis little m ustache nnd Imperial.
"My
name
is
'Iggins,”
said
Barnes.
DeLaval Separators and Milkers VTAGNETO ELECTRIC CO.
tak e In letting Sneed go. I am dls- shall he u French viscount, a friend of friend's office looking six feet high and
"W hen you know me well enough you
u ilu ln g the Ilaxon butler tomorrow Lady H orsham 's. You ure a g reat au weighing around two-fifty. When he can cull me 'E nry. I'm the new foot
Fencing and Farm ers’ Hardware •■’A Investigate the new Prestolite
thority ou French furniture.
T hat comes out he'll look a d w arf and
and shall w ant another.”
Battery prices before buying.
mun.
T
his"—he
pointed
to
Bradney.
weigh
as
a
bantam
w
eight.
I
tell
you.
"You mean you will put Sneed In? means you must study all the books
whose
beardless
face
had
a
certain
Mr.
Milman,
when
a
man
has
brains
) ou cun get hold of. I'll arrange i
V a g e l’s Bob and Beauty Shoppe,
W onderful. I huve his address.”
and no scruples be can get to W ash childish w lstfulness about It—"this is
■ ■ '
Hotel Albany
First
ffnd
Baker
Albany
"Won’t Loddon rem ember him?" name for you later."
Alfred
Budd,
also
a
footm
an
to
the
"How about my testim onials?” B rad ington uny time at all.' ”
M anicuring, m arcelling, facial
Brudr.ey asked.
"You think he wus talking about swell who owns this place. I f you Chevrolet Cars 6- Parts, rxepiaring
ney suld. suddenly coming from a trull
Miss Lamphear, operator
"Probably. Sneed will suy th at he
1926 Ford coupe, fine condition. Bargaiu
of fancies in which he saw him self the Itaxon and M cKlmber?” said Nlta a re n 't Sneed, who are you?"
left because lie couldn't stand tire
eagerly.
"I
happen
to
he
‘the
swell
who
owns
Pianos
!
Pianos ! ! Some big
1926
C
hevrolet
touring,
good
tires,
fine
perfect footman.
place any longer. We shall have to
finish.
hargains in second-hand pianos; one
“I am certain of It. Undoubtedly this p lace ,"' ..aid Itaxon. He had no
"I engage all help. Your testim o
let him In on p art of our plan. Do
$85, one $195 ; one $250. Call at
nials will be perfectly satisfactory. McKlmber expects to be United S tates doubt about the bona tides of these
you think he run be trusted?"
D avenport M usie House, Albany
FOR SALE
The Itaxon woman Is afraid of men senator from New York. It Is con men. T all London footmen by the
“W ithout a doubt," said P eter Sill
look
of
them,
'E
nry'a
ugitatlon
ceded
he
deserves
this
honor.
If
.-ervants, sh e won t Interfere. Her
secured Farm M ortgages R O S C O E AMES HARDW ARE
man. "Yes, I made a m istake In let
husband has given her full charge and Itaxon forces hlin out of the race, It amused him. 'E nry wus heard to say
ting Sneed go, I should have rem em
$1500.00
$2500.00
$3000.00
she has deputed me to do It for her. can only be because he tins some mys that his last employer, Lord lUehester,
The W inchester Store
bered Ills many loyultles.”
$3500.00
$4500.00
$6000.00
terious and powerful hold over him. would not so demean him self as to
I think she needs a friend. She hah
$7000.00
"But w hat am I to do?” her fath er bled most Indiscreetly to me about the You must not forget th a t for years I e a te r his footm an's room.
persisted.
“1 do as I please." suld Raxon cold Linn County Abstract Co. Inc Q e c o n d - b a n d player piano a t a
people she hoped to huve as guests. have been collecting all sorts of scraps
ly. He left them, as he supposed,
“You and Professor B radney will A pparently she knows none of them.
L-4 real bargain If taken soon. Will
of knowledge about him."
h.stablished 1892
Albany, Orc,
be my full, Imported footmen.”
trade piano for good hay if bcled. We
"Why?" the girl asked. "T hat's w rapped In em barrassm ent.
"Do you rem ember If the name Me
I have what you want.
Instinctively Neelund Itarucs stroked Klmher was on the list?" Milman w hat is so curious to me. It seems
"I have seen the footmen," he said
his chestnut mustache.
so coincidental th u t Just at a moment to his wife. "They'll do. Let me be
S ta n d a r d P ia n o s
asked.
he ruined you Indirectly you have nil told when the new butler comes.”
‘ I’ve had It since I was u freshtnau
' Yes. It wn* the first nam e on It
We sell on tim e
Davenport
"H
e’s
here,"
said
Mrs.
Itaxon.
"I
this
knowledge
to
use
against
him."
nt Yale," be said regretfully.
at lowest rate of interest.
Mllnian smiled. It was plain the
Phone
3I2J
Music
House
"It was through Mr. B radney," he hope lie’s satisfactory. He has the Real Estate
Insurance I Albany, Oregon
"And
I've
bad th is"—Bradney
news gratified him.
ailm ltted. "You guessed thnt I gave best references. He w as with Mr. Prompt service, courteous treatm ent.
stroked Ills board "ever since I went
"A nother of Loddon'* port-begotten
him the hundred thousand dollars. I P eter Milman for years.”
W m . B a in , w ith Ijine C ounty Abstract
confidences. John McKlmber Is aim
believe In him. His lecture, which
A few minutes later Sneed bowed
corapauy, Albany
ing at the si ante and hopes New York tired
me, brought the donation. Then, respectfully.
state will send him to W ashington
A ttorney at law
suddenly, I found he had been dis
"W hy did you leave Mr. Milman?”
At present there seems no serious op
J Practices in U. S. and state courts. Suits
missed. I had his successor Inter he w as asked.
position. I could hardly believe Lod
1st law.in equity and estates in probate
viewed, a lesser man and an envious
T here was a certain reticence nbout D on't w a it t i l l the last m inute to I carefully attended to at
m inim um
don nt the time, but he Insisted there
one. He w as frankly against B rad the man. It seemed he hardly liked
’ charges Money to loan.
vns a dark horse from New York city
ney. T h at's how it began. I bought to say.
but come now
who would beat McKlmber. I see now Mr. M ulct's wonderful group because
B altim ore b ld g ., Albany, O regon
and get your
"Mr. Milman w as very good to me," buy you
lie was hinting plainly at Itaxon."
I thought we in America hnd al last he began, "but of late It got to be
supply
But Itaxon Isn’t known politically
a sculptor w orthy to rank with the very hard there, sir."
We have A No, 1 seconds, grain
fin rues rem arked.
world's greatest. I was interested in
TUSSING & TUSSING
‘In what way?"
and wheat sacks, at very reason
That does not make Ids candidacy his eclipse. I found Itaxon only when
‘I'm afraid poor Mr. P eter Is losing able prices.
iin|iossible. Men have often ridden Loddon spoke of M alet."
LAW YERS
Ills mind.
He’s had some money
into high office on waves of hysteria."
Halaey and Brownsville
"But my fath er?" she insisted. losses, I understand, sir, nnd he's act
Albany
B
argain
House
Mllman's eyes were bright, lie be "How did you find out about him?"
ing queer. It's my belief lie’s danger Second and Baker
Phone 411J J
Oregon
lleved th a t I-oddon had been right
"It began at a dinner table. Some- ous. H e's cut down on the food so
a fter all when he hinted th at a dark
A
lb
an
y
,
O
rpgon
•ne m entioned the .Saratoga affair. there isn't enough to e a t H e's been
horse would go to the senate from You know, Nlta, we are distant eon
a good employer to me, hut when a
|\ o u r eyes examined and a fine
New dork. But how could a decent nectlons, and I have a family pride
man don't get his wages or Ids meals,
pair of
man
like
McKlmber,
extremely th a t Is as strong ns It is Illogical. he has to look out for him self.”
and
wealthy, a large employer of labor, E 'e n then I did not see Itaxon in the
‘Quite right. I've seen your two
and a g reat power up-state, he de affair until Loddon. port-sodden, told
feated? H ardly by fair means. H ad me th at his patron never forgave. new footmen. One of them, 'E nry he
Paul Ilaxon woven about him a mesh Then came instances of this vengeful- calls himself, seems Inclined to be Im
in a fram e of your own choice
pudent. Check thnt." ■
th at would keep him Inactive?
ness. Among them was a mention of
"Im pudent 1" Sneed was Incredu
'I think I uiu right In assum ing th at a society horsem an who had thrown
lous. "Why, Mr, Itaxon. they have the
Paul Itaxon has definite political am this patron of I.oddons into the sea.
highest references, o n duty, sir,
bition*. He must remove Mi KI miter
"1 employed Investigator*. Many of
from tlie running to gel his chance. them. The first would get facts. I you'll find no fault with them. 1 don't
1 think McKlmber Is In danger His then dism issed him and engaged a sec know " h a t's come over house-servants
Waldo Anderson & Son Jewelers and Optometrists
relations with Ilaxon—If he «täys ond to build on th is structure. I did of late, Mr. Itaxon. When off duty
they seem to think them selves as good
th e r e m u st be observed very closely.*
not w ant any p riv ate detectives to gel as anyone else."
“ I Could N i v t r Do It,” Said Bradnsy
Albany, Oregon
|
Albany, Oregon
" H alt < in lie managed," said Nlta at my real purpose. I w arned Brewer
In a Panic.
Itaxon
said
nothing.
Ills
dism
issal
calmly.
against blui. But at th at time Hazen
1 should ’ like frequent report«," seemed so Im m easurably more power was a nod. He was satisfied th a t Miss
to G ottingen for m.v Ph D." Alarm
Agatha Brown knew her Job. She had
spread over his face. ' Put i cannot Milman suld.
ful than the uuknown Ilaxon thut he
brought In three excellent men, nnd
I ' itmen, butlers, social secre- laughed at my advice.”
possibly do w hat you sug.-ost. P...,t
the colony of Swedish women help
• n rles, a n d fu rn itu re e x p e rts on th e ir
men have to w ear st me sort of gor
I owe you an apology," said the
genus livery, don't tltej?"
n ig h ts out shall keep you Inforiried." girl. "I had no Idea you had been so seemed thoroughly capable.
He found him self wondering how It
"U ndress liver) at (irc.it 11 ■ •.-k," she she retnrued
thorough. I see exactly w hat I'm to
It n » a b>) ous company of gentle
M anufacturers of
aald. "not powdered hair and knee
do. I'm to flud out w hat hold Raxon was so much Intelligence, energy and
beauty could be united In a girl who
In the has on McKlmber.”
breeches, as we hud at the nhhe\ m e n ad v en tu rers that night
How long will It take yed re get into b u tle rs pantry Neeland B arnea was
“Yes," Milman assented. "I want was now only one of his help. It had
to use th e sam e weapon against been Paul Raxon'« Idea to make a hit
th e way of w a itin g at tatite.-opening tccturlag— with suitable dem onstra
iloas oq the care of glass and silver. Raxon ns he employs against Me- with her by his knowledge of fu rn i
doors, and being loftily eA ctent?"
ture. He had flung open the door of
"I could never do It,” said Rrkdnrv Fleming Bradney, one of the w orld’s Klmher."
"It's a glorious adventure," she cried. a lofty apartm ent with the simple ex
In s panic “I should
p thing
i great tu tborltlea ou etheric physics,
Do Mother's Fyes Bother 7
was listening Intently and making
"T here's one thing which makes me clam ation. "My Louis Seize room.”
should pass dishes on the wroug shlo
Remember
that mother is not a* young
"W
hat
makes
you
think
so?"
Miss
Copious notes Barites had rarely been uneasy." he adm itted. "It Is In send
I should forget,"
as she used to be, and aleng with her
Ing you to a house owned by a man B roun returned a fte r one brief glance. advancing year* her evesight begins to
"T he poor old thing has lost his ao gratified a t a listen er's attention.
Floyd Malet. In th e library had be
of Raxpo s sort. He has the power to She pointed out w hat she declared fan Let us fit her with glasses before
•a rv e ."
Neeland Barnes laughisl
fore hlui H lstotre rte P a rt 1 antlquite. create th e illusion of tru th snd sin were forgeries She went from piece it is too late,
"H e can toy with atomic dlaintegra
If you enjoy a good meal
tlon hut he shies at pnurinH out wine Lady Dllke's work ou French fu rn i cerity when In reality he laughs at to piece criticizing here and there un
And know a good meal when you get it
Broken Lenses Duplicated
ture. and photographs of tho Bureau both Good women have loved him as til his pride of possession fled.
and passing plates."
Y
on'll
be back for you'll not forget it.
You may break y o u r glasses—sect- j n . n .
well as had."
"I know very little about f rench > '*nt*
"Can you do I t f B radney retorted. da Rol, In the Louvre.
m ay h a p p e n _ h u t save the pieces P A R A G O N C A F F
Legion lunch
In the Japanese garden Nlta sat on
I’m not exactly a child. Uncle furniture." she «aid simply. "When 1
“It will he a great J< t. I shall en
B rin g the a to us and we W ill d u p lic a te ■ '
VHTL
Tuesday*
P
eter,"
she
rem
inded
him
•
la
to
s
euihlon
at
the
feet
of
Peter
Milman
was
at
H
orsham
abbey.
Viscount
Joy every m inute of It. Itaxon will
the o rig in a l lenses w ith o u t re exam
G
EO
-
M.
G
IL
C
H R IS T
clety
one
m
eets
all
types.
I
am
not
and
looked
np
Into
hl.s
clear-cut,
R
a
o
u
l
de
Gulllain
often
stayed
there
ation
think us flunkey; while we are there
ALBANY
afraid. I can never forget the life mi You know, of course, th a t he Is the
tjt dr-jj
¡11 down.
t yoo tun, rhAughtful face.
E A D E Ä. A L B R O T ic k e t office Bell t.ine Stage.
Vhelc P e te r/’ $fle said, “yoji and to ‘hSr npight |» v u h e n laadlgg now s u p r e m e a u th o r ity . Oddly enough, 1 Optometrists, M
312 F irst s t , Albany. Ore
> / l b a ny¿Z/*rectory
y FIFTH
i AVENUE
1 WYNDHAM
J MARTYN
Willamette Chevrolet Co.
FA R M LOANS
George William Wright
Farmers, Attention
C hrysler Cars
Atwater,
Kolster and
Federal
Radio Accessories
Toric Reading Glasses
$6 to $7.50
F. M. French & Son
Albany
| Creamery Association
LINN BUTTER
and Buyers of Eggs
A Farmers' Co-operative
Creamery
Albany to San Francisco, $1$.