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 ) 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. 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