n oiei, lu r example.
••
..... ... .. . . . . . . . . . .
------
hud been w earing Hie green hat things. I w ant you Io know Dial
help
and dress, they probably w o u ld n 't It
“ isn’t just
.......... the
.. interest
....... and »•*•'■*
have noticed w ha l you
had on. o f a frie n d ly stranger I'm o ffe rin g
Your disappearing so suddenly and you. Il's Hie interest and help of
leaving those clothes may mean, of a man w ho loves you.
“ When you’re w e ll. Eve," he con
course, that everything you left in
the apartm ent w ill have a sharp lin u r il steadily, "I'm going Io as!:
inspection; bul even Ihal w o u ld n 't you lo m a rry me. I w ant to de
c u rry the investigation very
far. vote my tim e to m aking you li ip- ,
You're very w e ll disguised now ." py, if you w ilt taae me. Bu* in
“ Yes,” she adm itted, “ hi my b o r any case, le, me begin to look a fte r
rowed clothes.
M argaret’s w a rd you rig h t n ow .” He slopped an In-
aii,. then add i r
I ve ,.nd ;l a t.
robe lias given me an idea. I ’ve
i got lo buy new* clothes, o f course. I w on ’, m ention it a’- ai*i t i l l y o u r?
WHAT II a S GONE B E I'O B F
w
hat I 'll get w
will
p la in
w t e . | ll,
| o
, , r 1.1 you te ll me I m a, speak
What
ill he
be the
plain
I;.. i H oii w hich had surprised Idin W
A beautiful young woman find» was careful noi Io in te rru p t.
black pumps o f u nice little w a it- ,,{ j, "
fro
m
Hie
firs
t.
'So you sec, II comes lo th is."
b c ix c lf «in the sidew alk in u strunge
rcss w ith quiet tastes. They w ill
. l i n i i l i - * ' v .li.i, to % • *'•
"G od know s I need to he found
c ity . She cunnot rem em ber her she summed u p : " I ’m even more
tie cheap, w h ic h is my firs t reason you,” she m urm ured. " I oughtn’t
a
fra
id
of
wind
s
oil
Hie
o
ilie
r
side
and
tukeu
ra
re
o
f
by
my
ow
n
peo
nuine or w l ere site came from . Stic
and they w ill he a disguise, w hich to let you speak of such tilin g
lie 's there; ple, if I have any,” she confessed is my second. But I don't know
bus n o llilu g in lie r purse Io te ll o f my blank w u ll.
You’re s im p ly fo llo w in g a shadow,
And I ’m sure,
herself w ho »he Is. A young mun I in sure of d ia l.
hal i I n
’ll o do
about
she W h y don't you I* • 1 ut in f ■
w ith a sigh. “ Yet, as I've just w nai
o a
i m u i my
n i)
i h i . a
i l ir,”
>,
te rro r
lo
w ho hus seen her in the hotel where w ith n o th in g hut my
added th o u g h tfu lly . I suppose I 'll fiunshine when* y >u t ( long, and
hack n m my
c o n v ic .......
tio ....................
n , Ih al
was (old you. I'm ag m ueli a fra id now
ij
..
- he
--
she is slopping notices h e r und in,,
¡1 ( dark
Ir ir U l brow
i r O W n.
fl."
.
.
t
x ..
>”
end 1.«
by <lvs»inc/
dyeing I,
fo rg et ab o u t ll'c
tiikes her Io the hotel in u cal». Hie danger I ran uway from . Am i i o f being found as of not livin g
O h, don't
“ I lik e the shadows better, when
There she fin ds th a t she Is regis vet, as I th in k o f it. lie doesn't look found. W hat I'd re a lly lik e ,” she
I ’ll have to do som ething.” she yo u 're am ong them ." he said q , el-
like
a
mun
one
w
ould
fear.
There
desparalely
added,
”
1»
to
come
hack
tered, in French ns "M iss Eve No
im-
was n oth ing cruel in his manner— j to m yself and lo know w ho I am rem inded h im . "M y h a ir is ra th e r j y> j,e pressed H i- han d s*
body o f N ow here.” H ie cle rk lias
unusual,
you
k
n
o
w
.’
p
ils
iv
e
ly
held
out
and
w*.
n'.
on
been culling her Miss Parsons. The quite Hie c o n tra ry . He seemed to W ith o u t any one else k n o w in g it
“ Il
is," he fe rv e n tly agreed, in a new Ion?, quietly m a t'e r-o f
lie
su
ffe
rin
g
;
once
lie
almost
broke
t
ill
I
decide
w
ind
to
do.
W
hat
I
young man te lls tier she is in New
w a tch in g her w ith eyes so elo- fact.
York. Ills nuine is E r lt lliu n ilto n dow n. But all Hie lim e I was cold j c o u ld n 't endure w ou ld he to he quent that she refused to meet
That’s that, and I won
s;? ik
I in any one else'» p ow er in
my
of Ghieugo, She is te rrifie d ut her w ith fear.”
< f it again. , jus, w anted to T ie ■
them.
“
It's
Hie
most
b
ea
utifu
l
hair
H am ilton nodded.
' present c o n d itio n ."
loss of m em ory, lie asks Ids frien d
I've ever seen. The light in it —" I' clear lo you lha , some one to
D r. G a rrick, a nerve specialist, to
“ There's s o iiie lliin g hack o f it." | lie understood,
That one detail m ight give me w hom you’ r.’ firs t in Hie w o rld i-
lie said. “ I've got several pieces
" It's a mbeonst lolls
fear,”
he
eidl id Hu hotel. Dr. G urriek talk
aw
ay,”
site w ent on, ignoring the standiug by.”
encouragingly, hut says Ilia ,
he if the puzzle to put w ith yours, agreed. "T h e chances are that yo ur
Gve I ft Hie hotel th ro ug h the
c o m p lim e n t; bul she made up fo r
A
,.’II
talk
it
a
ll
over
la
te
r
on.
But
J
large
frie
n
d
o
f
last
n
ig
ht
is
hack
w ill send u nurse to stay w ith tin
th is in her next w ords. "Y ou see. e rva n ,' in trn e c e . as b e fitte d her
be saw Hie need o f le n t-I o f it in some w a y ."
m ysterious "M iss Parsons
that
though I say I'm a tr ifle a fra id of appearance, !•:•», w alked acr*>c. to
.lo ra rily d iv e rtin g her m ind ,<> other
“ T e ll me exactly w hat you did,
n ig ht.
you. I ’m tru s tin g you w itti a il my F ourth Avenue. There she picked
Miss Nobody listens w h ile H am aliases of her p ro b le m - " w hy d ill ,,ml a ll about it.”
plans, as fa r as I know them , m y up a taxicab and ordered In r If
on run away from us?"
j
w r „ , e un unsigned lit t e r lo
ilto n tells her what llie doctor bus
taken to the nearest large depart -
self.
»aid, then steps in to another room.
• I seem to he
ru n n in g
away \ F ifty saying Hint you w ere safe
“ I kn ow you are, and I can’t te ll 'uerit ton*.
When the nui >e arrive», the g irl
II the tim e,” she said, "m id today an,| ||m l some new frien ds you had
Eve. keeping close lo her new
you how much I appreciate youi
ll
i ii g
U
.1.. w ould I l lik
ib e
« lo L
n n U ' r a ill
bus vanished fro m the h ote l!
made
know
ll tKf*
the
I suppose I I ' 'll
end 1st»
by f-n
ru n ii n ii in
a ....
role,
selected i simple b ltf
confidence. T hat rem inds me of
Eve'» departure was simple. She vay
again, n o tw ith s ta n d in g
nil circunistanc ■*, before p u ttin g X50
piece dress o f good
q r a litv ,
a
something m ore."
‘But
then—God
severe black coat, and a sm all black
w ent on, of a hack door in to the I've said.” She shivered. “ I sup- she m urm ured.
He took
some
papers
from
iosc I shouldn’t take the ris k of note w ith fake in itia ls and gave
servants hall of Hie hotel, w he n
cloche hat.
an inside pocket and handed tl.e, i
the
newspaper
o
ffice
as
the
ad
"G ould I go I " m o vin ' pi -lores
she encountered a young French
icing in the same c ity w ith that
dress. I got a reply the same night to her. “ These credentials I w a n t w ith the m in is te r in these?” she
■ m ill, w hoever he Is.”
mun pc ?ter, w ho claim ed to reto g
Site had expei led
him lo pro- hut it was m ig h ty noncom m ittal, ed fo r G arrick go, here a few days in q u ire d as she revolved before the
nlse her. He had seen her in I arts.
X 5(1 w asn't show ing his hand anv a fte r you left. I showed them to
“ T lie n you knew m y name?” she lest, hut lie nodded.
"Yes,” he said, "th e y 're evident- more than we were,
lie wanted him , and I w an t you to look them
demand d e a g e '.y . Hut the porter
over, too.
Please!” he urged as
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
had fo r o lte ii li.at. He w ou ld w rite |y on yo u r tr a il, w hoever ’th ey’ lo kn ow a ll I could te ll h im ( L ’m
----------o----------
she hesitated.
at once o a frie n d in Paris und fin d are.
Did th is man
arouse any iissum ing Hint it was a man, you
"
I
trusted
you
w
ith
o
u
t
these,"
aus sense that >. I, a n d In * v as ralllel
high-
the iiiii ie of ,..e Am erican young m em ory io you
she handed them
lad y H.cy hud both udm ired. He you knew him
had seen him handed about it.
Ilia ,, o f course, | Eve m urm ured
d id n ’t make any h it w ith C a rric k back.
te lls In r of an apu rlu ie nt house In fo i
I kn o w you d id ..... up to a *,
"N o m em ory— o nly paralyzing and me. We decided that a fa m ily
w here I ie ja n ito r, he th in k s w ou ld
U niversity of Oregon. Eugene. -
certain point. N ow I'm going to
take In in. Meantime, w h ile H am
A survey of the Columbia r iv e r s niv
ask you to tru s t me a ll the w ay. I igability is b rtn a m ede by th e Bur. cu
ilto n is anxiously h u n tin g up the
I w ant you to promise to keep me
nerve s eclalist fo r advice*. Eve gets
of Buatnesd R- search lit re under the
posted fro m now on,” he rustled , auspices of the business ad m in istra
In to a axicub and drives away.
tion school and under the direction ol
along. "1 haven’t any rig h t io ask,
She a ranges w ith Marcel s frie n d ,
C hester A. Jones, newly appointed re
b ul, somehow I don’t th in k I could
,h<- jan m r of a d in gy little a p a rt
search agent.
stand another tw o days and nights
m ent I »use on the has, Side of
Jones is a t p resen t w orking in the
lik
e
those
I
w
ent
through
before
I
New Y o rk, fo r a sm all furnished
Columbia valley of ea stern Oregon
got y o u r note. It w asn’t alone the
npurtim ut. He tells her no, to be
making studies of th e volume of tra t
sense that 1 had lost you.
fic now being carried on the upper
be frig l lened if she hears Hie young
'I prom ised m yself I w o u ld n t Columbia, and th e am ount of produce
wom un w ho occupies the next |
speak t i l l you w ere norm al again.
which could be shipped by w ater if
apu.*tui nt come ill very late in ,h<
shipping facilities wore Improved.
But y o u r leaving that w ay, and
m ornin .i. Eve wonders w hat sort .
now
th
is
new
danger
and
y
o
u
r
o f u pi ice she has go, into.
T ile g irl in Hie lies, upnrtinent j
is Iv y D a ve iip o it, a professional
cabaret dancer w ith u weak hear,.
Eve helps her one n ig ht w hen she
is ill. Ivy sugggsts that Eve, w ho
is short o f funds, should take her
place in the cabaret. Eve th in ks
it over, dislikes the bleu, but real
lie s th a t she has to do som ething
Gods know s T need to be fo u n d and laken care o f
to earn n liv in g u n til she fin d s out
people. If I have anv.” she c o n f e s s e d .
w ho si e re a lly is, Ivy has tw isted
the name o f “ Pcrsonne w h ic h is
c irc le w o u ld n 't be so cautious. In
Hie o nly surname Eve know s fo r . fear. But of course 1 must know
looked
him , and il wus hideously clear fact, the w hole s itu a tio n
herself, in to “ llersou.
extrem
ely
suspicious
to
us.”
Eve fin ds "Jake's a strange sort dial he knew me and (e ll him self
" I can , see a fa m ily c irc le , c ith e r
a u th o rity
over
o f place and the g irls w ho dance in some sort of
help m e!" she broke out w ith sud
me.”
Stic
was
struck
by
a
sudden
there even, stranger, though kind
den passion, "1 can I see anything.
to the stranger w ho is ta kin g Ivy's re co lle ction . "W 'hut were Hie im
w hat eonld
portant tilin g s you said you w a n t W hat have I done
place.
1 have done
io deserve th is !"
She meets a young man named ed to te ll m e?"
"S it tig h t,” he urged and the fa
lie decided she was eool enough
H un t, w ho fra n k ly tells her Ilia ,
m ilia r
in ju n c tio n
steadied
her.
now to hear them.
she doesn’t belong there.
.vne straightened w ith
u, q uick
"T
ile
most
im
p
o
rta
n
t
is
about
One evening when she is ta lk in g
oreath.
Io the frie n d ly young man named th is.”
"1 beg yo u r pardon,” she said in
He drew’ a bill-ease fro m his
H unt one o f Hie o the r g irls tells
a d iffe re n t tone. " I'm m aking it
pocket
and
found
in
it
«
small
her there's a man from the West
harder fo r you, instead o f listen
w hom Jake w auls her h i e ntertain. piece o f paper w hich lie unfolded
ing ami helping to th in k things
The man from Hie West Is a .Old bunded to her, I, was a c u l
out. Please go on, und I ’l l tr y to
lin
g
from
a
newspaper,
and
as
to ta l stranger Io Eve, so fa r as she
can recall. No m em ory o f her »he read il h e r face w hitened. 1, do b e lte r.”
" H a lf a dozen notes were ex-
past life has yet relurn ed . b ul tin ra n :
hunged in Hie next few* days, he
W
A
N
T
E
D
:
In
fo
rm
a
tio
n
about
a
stranger acts and talks as i f they
old her, "each o f us tr y in g to
young lady who disappeared
w ere in tim a te frien ds.
H is man
Ira
w out the other. Meantime the
on August 30th. T w en ty-three
ner suggests that he has some claim
alvei tisement kept appearing.
E
years
o
ld
,w
eig
ht
about
one
upon her, and Eve is te rrifie d . Her
was
in
re
g
u
la
rly
fo
r
a
week.
Since
b un dled and eighteen pounds,
in s tin c t is In fin d E ric H am ilton,
(hen I haven't seen it, o r heard
height, fiv e feet five In die s,
the one frie n d ly figure
in
her
from X 50. It looks as i f he had
gray
eyes,
sm
all
regular
feat
new life . She escapes fro m Jake’s
p v e ii up. So I decided lo leave
ures, bobbed, bronze colored
by a hack w ay and h u rrie s to Hie
.ow n m yself, and hud made
’.1
h air. W hen Iasi seen she wore
hotel w here H am ilton lives.
the pre pa ra tion s; hut
fo r
gome
a green dress w ith gold cuffs
. eason 1 hung on and— Jove I —
and c o lla r, a sm all green lint,
NOW GO ON W IT H T H E STONY
how
glad I am that I d id !"
patent -le athe r
pumps,
and
He hasn't given u p," Eve said,
champagne- colored «lockings.
" I rc tilly must he a riiH ie r good
from Hie depth o f a black abstrac
A lib e ra l re w a rd w ill he o f
sport, somewhere under n il th is,"
tion. "H e's jus, going at i t in some
fered fo r in fo rm a tio n leading
o the r w ay.” She ha dnot observed
she to ld herself. F or Hie impulse
to her re tu rn to tie r friends.
his em otion, but now she noticed
wns the unexpected one of w a lk
Address X 50, in care o f this
bis silence and checked herself to
¡ng in on IlH in illo n in n il her gar
newspaper.
I
ish fin e ry when lie come to her
Eor a moment she could
not meet h is sym pathetic eyes,
sittin g -ro o m , of m aking no expln
w
onder
w
h
y
I
said
that,”
she
mus
speak.
He w aited p atie ntly.
nations o f it .and of w a tch in g its
"W hen di«l Ih a l appear?”
she ed. " I t sounds as if, under it all,
I had some d e fin ite k n o w le d g e ...
effect on him . "B u t I w o n ’t do
isked a, last.
„
"She broke o ff.
H's lu c k y fo r
|l,"shT sto u tly decided; and when
"A b o u t a week a fte r you le ft.
me I ’ve le ft the green dress and
bis knock fe ll on (lie panel o f the
"D id y o u "—«he seemed almost
the green hat beh in d me forever.”
o ute r door she hid her excitem ent unable lo b rin g out the w ords
she continued in a lig h te r ton. Is
and em otion liv m aking her expla
do a n y th in g about it? ”
nation w h ile Ihey shook hands.
"N o th in g you w ou ld disapprove there any w ay they can trace me
“ D on’t look at me,” she begged,
of,” he to ld her and added h u r th rough those th in g s? ”
try in g In s|>cak lig h tly .
" I'm in
"1 don't th in k so. If your janitor
r ie d ly ,'" T lia l is, n oth ing Ihal w ou ld
the cham berm aid's Sunday p lu m
__Sm ith, did you say?— reads the
give you away if you didn I w ant
age, and il doesn't suit m y style ."
newspaper, he may have seen the
to he found.”
« f™ Ttowhere
»
f
onColum
trwey
Ä .
Jim Sainsbury, London fruit mar
ket porter, who claim# the title o f
world’s champion bosket balancer.
There are 19 baskets on bia head.
r h ts tle 'iaiaing Prc^itahla
The teasel, a cactus-iike thlstie, p ro
zldes the only entirely satisfactory
means of carding wool, removing th e
burr and bringing up th e nap. Conse
quently in some p a r ti of the world,
especially in England. In n orth ern
New York and in Oregon, raising
th istles for the wool n atn u facturicg
¡»dustry is a reg u lar hush»«». T easels
were Intro d u ced into Junerlro by V tl-
Mam » n o o k ! an Englishm an, tn 18J1A
The Man
who has a thing to sell
and whispers it down a well
is not nearly so likely
to COLLAR the DOLLARS
AS THE CHAP
Who Climbs a Tree
AND
HOLLERS
Mac’s Printing Co.
Glendale,
Gold Hill,
If You Have Anything
Bul he did look at her as they
It was clcur that she breathed
sat down together; and that look
more freely, and even as he ob
of sympathy and understanding
served this she commented on il
brought the story of last night from
her in a rush of words which ha with the in»ight into her own »1-
ailvertisenient.
But, ns I've said,
hosts of newspaper-readers never
deram of looking at the persona
columns. Take tta» nwn In thi»
to sell---Advertise It!
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