taking up his story, ’ that Harriugton I Sir. Case was trying to steal ClurT
(hadn't stooped at all, hut had stood hew's ’N o te s '!"
“ Was he scandr.Uxed because you
upright all the tim e! Therefore we I
■tole
It yourself?”
told Burton to look Into the gap und
sea Where the lancet Was, assuming | V o , he sold that was first-rate.; but
Whwe ftairtngtnn might have seen I t ' 1 no ofle old enough to be a Judge o f
%nd then reached fo r It without beud-| i character could t?ilnk Mr. Case cap**
I ble o f such a thing. He never thought
'leg. And then— ”
•*I couldn’t come within eight inches anytldug o f Mr. Cuse, himself, until
By
o f I t without stooping o v e r!” cried a fter wfiut Jullu told him und Mr.
AGNES MILLER
A lm y r
Peter, triumphantly.
“ But you said the professor admit­
“ What was that?"
ted he made those streaks that were
“ Long ago, he knew Julia's mother
ffcund tn the flust between the rows — oh, very w e ll; lie wanted to marry
o f books." 1 suggested.
"D idn 't he her, but she didn't care for him. lie
reach In there?"
•■aid she was a very romantic girl, he
"Yes, but Just to feel, according to thought specially because her father
his story, whether or uot there was 'was so stern ; and he— Mr. fu se— well,
any third row o f books concealed be. 'he never was very exciting, 1 guess.
hind the front r o « , us is often the ®-it yesterday, when Julia was most
WNU S«rvle«
case on crowded shelves," explained
der suspicion, he came here and of-
£ Ly Th« Century COk
Mr. Almy.
“ This explanation wus
■ed. for her mother's sake, to help
borne out to some extent by the fuet •her In any possible wuy. You know
that the murks In the dust were, In­ ¡last Thursday, when you and he and
deed, fa r back from tlie edge o f the Hlfr- Roberts and Captain Ashland
shelf where the spring-lancet was, 'were tulklng about the bookplate?
down Just then and made a d r a ft "
“ And «h e r e wan Professor liarring
placed, and it Is purtly corroborated 'W ell, o f course he knew something
ion all this time ? Come and show us."
by Tucker's statement that the profes­ about it ; you’ve heard how Julia's
Tucker emerged from the history al
sor never stooped over. Furthermore, mother threw the book to him from
It furnished a d e w as to why Mr. 'this balcony, where those very granite
cove, and walked a few feel up the
aisle, on the side o f the rnhles toward
Grosvenor should have been stooping* pillars stand that form the bookplate
to look through the gap lie was muk j fram e?”
the law-book alcove, where he halted
facing toward the front door.
lng a thorough search for that law
“ So they d o ! so they d b !"
“ Was the professor In that posl
book. So then Burton had another
“ Maybe Mr. Cuse was trying to find
tlon?" demanded Mr Almy.
Mea."
that book, when I saw him Thursday
“ Yes, sir.”
"Ob, we all had It," demurred P e te r;) 'evening, really to see If he could help
“ W ith his back to the luw-book al
“ but perhaps It occurred to me Arst, Julia with I V ’ pursued Nancy, not
cove?"
seeing that I had Uurrlngtou's part. without shrewdness. "Y’ ou see, he did
“ Yea, sir; be was glancing over
H e seemed to be let o u t; It looked as know Mr. Grosvenor. and then he
books on this table.'*
I f his story were true. Yet there Mr. i found out who Julia was, when she
“ How did you see him from thnt
Grosvenor was, killed by that tnstru-) fainted In the shop; he must have
place where you were standing Inside
ment— how? Well, I said: ’ 1 can't s e e 1 guesaed what they both wanted.”
that history alcove?"
Farrell, but he can see me, wheD he's
Yes. all Mr. Case’s queer furtive ac­
“ I didn’t stay right there all the
stooping over as Grosvenor was. Now, tions now appeared In a new, rosy
time,” said Tucker.
that old mun had a weak heart and a light. What he knew o f Mary Gros-
“ Cuaie forward, eh, and looked
bad conscience. He must have got a venor's secret had apparently not been
around the shelves?”
dreadful shock when he saw Harrlng-i enough to determine hint on what he
"Looked through 'e m ; across the
ton right In front o f him. He must thought the best course o f action to
tops o f those little books." answered
undoubtedly have thought Harrington help her daughter, thou under a cloud.
Tucker, pointing toward one o f the
had come to look for Clarihew's H e had therefore come personally to
shelves In the history alcove. “ Some
“ Notes,” his own property, the book Julia's aid to try to discover the best
one would have seen me If I'd come
Grosvenor bad had stolen from him. course.
out far enough to look around the
even though the theft didn't quite
“ And you’re not going to try to And
• —
. j— . .t— —
J—
*!**•**!* *!**!* *1**!* *•**!** I* *1**1*' *1* *1* *J* *** *1* *1**1* *4* *1**1* *ï*
*•* *•* *1* . j—
* !—
** shelves.”
come otT as hoped
I f a man lu such out why Mary Grosvonor hid that key
“ Now, tell me: did the professor do circumstances, standing In such a po­ Tinder thnt bookplate!" I ejaculated
sition, had such a shock, what would erushlngly.
Creases bordered Ernesto » eyes and
he do?’ ”
Nancy flung down the fashion sup­
nose and lips.
Be loyal to your own merchants— spend money at home.
“ So we worked It all out, with Tuck­ plement.
“ You think I get married?" he que­
ried coquettlshly.
"N o t m e!
Hut er’s help," finished Mr. Almy, "and,
“ But whatever I do," she protested.
other people, uiuybe . . . uotta?" He fo lio « lng Burton's lead, were able to
“ Peter w ill think he did It himself,
reconstruct
what
undoubtedly
did
hap-
glunced up the stulr well and repro­
W W W V A V ^ M W W V A S V / A W .W / A V A V W V A W A V .
pou to Mr. Grosvenor
Tucker suld and If It should by any chance be
duced his clusslc wink, tills time sot
he
Jerked
himself
upright
suddenly wrong, he'll say I ’ m young.”
tened by regard. “ I go burn a candle
"H e will, my dear," I agreed, “ for
from that stooping position, when we
fo r them this morning, an yw ay!”
he Is a man and a brother. But that
asked
him
to
remember
Just
what
hap­
•‘U h l” 1 breathed, clutching the bun-
won’t stop you doing tilings, 1 sup
lster. "You don’t meun . , . bus pened a fter the old mun looked Into
pose
?’’
1
the gap, and that his right hand, which
something.
. . something nlee hup
She was already half wuy down­
was
stretching
toward
the
lancet,
you
pened
?”
“T O - D A Y IS
stairs. Professor Harrington and Mr.
“ You don’t kuo-o-ow?" cried Er­ know, slid nloug the side o f the book­
Almy were Just departing.
W e all
shelf.
Then,
according
to
Tucker,
‘the
nesto, crescendo. “ My G od! You go
J Y E S T E R D A Y ’S P L A N S ”
hands warmly.
Mr.
Almy
box clicked,’ and the old man toppled shook
upstairs I”
breathed
kind
thanks
for
my
humble
over,
slowly
and
hcuvlly,
but
without
, I did, somehow. Perhaps they had
assistance, and hopes, which T shared,
-put into action
heard our voices, for as 1 walked down much noise.
that
w e might meet again, either offi­
“ W e worked this description out in
!ttoe hall, the door o f the Grosvenor
htpartment sprang open, and I heard— d e ta il; It was soon evident that the cially or unofficially. They were gone;
I
uTnghterl
Not loud, not m erry: a sliding o f the hand along the book-) and Nancy forthwith developed n
happy ripple o f content, ltut It grew shelf wns Mr. Grosvenor’s attempt to burning enthusiasm fo r the key quest
Julfa mentioned some old mahogany
m erry when I entered, 1 was so duzed steady himself, as he had Jerked him­
— that bank account you
to see Julia sitting on a blue sofa, und self off his bulnuce when rebounding boxes in her room which had always
^ start to-day is the help-
beside her, holding her hand. Profes­ from the shock o f seeing the professor stuck fast and refused to op en ; Nancy
;j; ful working plan of action
sor Harrington.
Near by sat Peter. so unexpectedly. But Instead o f re­ said she didn't believe the key would
Standing,
hat
In
hnnd,
wus Mr. Almy. covering his balance, he lost It en­ At any o f them, though she had never
I
tomorrow.
His frail wrist hit violently saen them but she would try.lt. She
“ W e had to have you here to make tirely.
It complete I” cried Julia, rushing against the base o f the spring-lancet, flitted a w ay ; then Julia turned to
There wns a new,
toward me with such a smile on her which was lying set on the edge o f the Peter and me.
fuco us had never been seen there be­ shelf— ROt, as we know from the wound sw eet serious determination on her
InAicted, at Its greutest depth, doubt- face.
fore. “ A miracle hus happened I”
— be a to-dayer
less to give full scope for comparison , “ I’m going to tell you both some­
I sank Into a chair.
at your neighbors bank
“ It must have,” I gasped; “ Ernesto’s between Its Incisions and the scratches thing; something I’ ve known ever
on Clurlhew’s ‘Notes.’
H e shot the since last Monday m orning; some­
got religion 1”
“ Good old Ernesto!” cried I ’eter. lancet along the shelf forcibly until It thing— " she addressed I’eter— "that
"W h y aren’t you Joyful, too, Con­ struck the upright division between) you did for me, that you never told
stance?”
the book-shelves, and set It of. on bis about and never would tell about I
Embarrassed, 1 glowered severely at own wrist, thus forced against the know well— “
A good bank in a good tow n ¡a tha
He fulrly sprang from tils chair.
Mr. Almy, who, the cause o f my mis­ base o f the lancet, by accidentally
"S to p !” he Interrupted, In frantic
Cardan Spot o f O ragoa.
taken anguish, and the only culm per­ I pressing the trigger on the edge of the
agitation. “ I beg you uot to speak;
son present— Professor Harrington was shelf over which It wus hanging."
In such a state o f ecstasy he couldn't
“ Just one thing more, please I” I everything's over n «w ; It's o f no con
‘speak at a l l !— came to my rescue.
begged!
"Hud I ’rofessor Harrington sequence!"
“ It Is o f the utmost consequence.”
“ W e Just wanted to return some o f come to Darrow ’s fo r Clarihew's
said Jullu, firmly, “ that I acknowl­
your correspondence,” he said; and •Notes'?”
M EM BER F E D E R A L RESERVE SYSTEM
edge what 1 owe to you.
For last
from his pocket be produced my yel­
Mr. Alm y laughed.
Monday morning, when 1 dashed up
low note I
“
He
wus
the
one
person
who
had
— where service blends into
Th e professor now found Ills voice: n otl He hadn't even noticed the ad­ the aisle in Darro«''s, uiid you, Mr.
"M iss Fuller kindly let me use that vertisements. either of the unction or , Burton, came rushing towurd me, you
helpful co-operation
saw this In my hand.
bit o f paper tem porarily,” he said lu the purchase. He hud, In fuct, quite
Dipping behind some books on the
^>Is
gentle,
precise
munner;
“
It
was
lo
given
up
his
old
law
book,
which
he
v a w * W A V A V W A V A W . W W . V . S W A S V . S W A \ '. V . ^ % W
table,
she held up the spring-lancet, to
rescue me from great dllllcultles. And was chlelly sorry to lose for senti­
It Anally brought me to my dear broth­ mental reasons.
You see, Mr. Gros- Peter's Increased agitation. She «'ent
on calm ly:
er’s child, whom l had never expected veuor— and with this Anal wrong, we
Re loyal to your own merchants— spend money at home. to see In tills world."
“ You saw mure: although I Instant­
might dismiss that unhappy old man,
ly concealed the weapon under my
W e were silent a moment, before since the one he Injured bears 1dm no
cupe, you saw Its blades protruding
the picture o f that tine old-fashioned grudge because she Is tncapuble o f do­
slightly, as the kick o f the mechanism
gentleman and that beautiful and g ift­ ing so— Mr. Grosvenor had written to
always
cuuses them to do. I reset the
ed girl. At Inst Creed, cue from the I ’rofessor Harrlagtou, while the latter
hammer at mice, to throw off suspicion
wns
still
In
England,
that
the
niece
he
sorrow,
the
other
from
the
persecu­
Phone 3G03
Beaverton Res. 3002
tion, which had Ailed their lives, thcro knew had been born had died soon that my cousin had used the weapon,
could be no doubt that their huppy, after her mother. That was why the aud sliding It to the floor under my
unexpected reunion foreshadowed long professor never made r.ny attempt to cape, I kicked It as violently as I
years o f sweet relationship.
They And bis niece. W ell 1 Thnt was a re­ could, so It would land under that
That kick was
w ere absorbed In each o th er; Mr. union when we broke tbe good tidings desk at the door.
what
bruised
my
fo
o
t:
1 stubbed my
Alm y beckoned Peter and me Into the to them P
"W h at a lot you're responsible for, toe bard, and my feet were uot pro­
little reception room and shut the
tected by shoes.”
door
P e te r !” said L
” \\ hat?" asked Peter, surprised.
“
Prom
ising
young
fe!low,
he
la,”
“ Am 1 never to know what has hap­
Julia smiled at me.
smlUM Mr. Almy.
“ I engaged him
pened?” 1 demanded.
“ Miss Fuller could hnve told you
“ You mean since you slammed Har­ again this morning. And Ar»t thing he
I D E A L E R IN H A Y , G R A I N . F E E D , P O U L T R Y
I that I had on black satin bedroom
row's door?” Inquired Mr. Aluiy. “ W e does Is fall out with his sister!
slippers," she assured him; “ only she
heard you ! W ell. 1 didn't blame you, merely said shed be a good one to
didn't tell any body I”
help
with
the
job.”
then, ltut this Is what happened:
G A R D E N A N D F L O W E R SEEDS I N B U L K
“ Good for you. Constance,” saM
“ Stuff r said Peter, hutllly. “ An 1
"Hurton, taking Professor Harring­
P
eter;
“ I don’t quite get ull this, but
ton’s pi nee. «turted to reach for the did was teli her she was yoang; site
•Uppers might have looked queer,
spriug lancet ns directed, when sud­ goes straight up In the air and stays eh?”
denly he straightened up and asked there.”
W e Recommend
“ \ery. I'll tell you now how 1 cume
“ W hat a dreadful thing to M l one
Tucker how fur the professor had
stooped to see Into 'he law-book alcove who Is yo u n g!" 1 retuonsiraied. “ Do to weur them. As you know, my
grandfuther and 1 had ■ disagreement
Berthold Scratch Food
Berthold Egg Mash
from the rear.”
you really want Nancy, Mr. Almy?”
on Sunday. I made up my mind that
“ You see," Interrupted Peter, "being
“ Yes, If you could persuade her to
Berthold Egg Mash with mineral
Dairy Feed
Just Harrington's neight, I would of come. I want a keyhole to be found he must tell me about my parents; so
course see Just wh.it Harrington saw. fo r that lonesome key. Surely there’s I told him I had been to tbe Richmond
Standard Dairy Feed Standard Scratch Food
And I had noticed that when Farrell, cue here or hereabout«. I must leave auction to see that book. He refused
who took Gnwvetior's plaee, »«Id he tbe job In g(k>d buiHia; I n going home me all Information, not too kindly.
saw me through the aa|s us he fo r rvtne sleep, so's the professor." Next morning at breakfast he ajw
Berthold Hog Feed
peared all ready to go ou t; I felt sure
Stooped I didn't >ev him at all 1 Now,
I ascended to tne third Aoor, there
that spring lancet was right on the to And Nancy determinedly reading he was bound for Harrow's. I don’t
go to my studio until ten o’clock. I
R O L L I N G and G R I N D I N G
edge outlie shelf, close hi side F a rrell; the Sunday fashion supplement.
had on a breakfast Jacket and sllp-
and while I could see It— I sold I
“ W hy don’t you come down and
!>er*. thcref.-re, and had Ju*t time,
could, you know -It « a s only hy sioop- celebrate, as Invited?” I Inquired.
W e Deliver
after he had left the house to
tng over that I did so
So It occurred
“ Peter's scandal lied at met A fter
ti me to ask I'm -cr how Dutch tha the way he acted, himself. and atier »Up on a frock ar.d hurry after
•dm ao
I
copiil
ko»p
him
lu
Beaverton Oregon. Near S. P. Depot
professor I..ol stooped.”
■II I'v e done for him! Why? IVcause
»•ght.
My slippers were black, so
“And be tkj 1," c ’» t ,;;m_•■? Mr. Ai.uy X Uioi- U«:u UaW 1
'■ k G ..K i:. -t j UhalL*£i£ULJH- Uuu l A»uai. tajm a
The
Colfax Bookplate
i, “It Never occurred to Me 1
that Y O U Carried it,”
said a man the other day
to a local merchant, after
making a purchase out of
town
Always TRY to buy it at
Home First
You may be Surprised at the
Variety of Goods carried by
the home merchant, once you
make inquiry of him
i
BANK OF BEAVERTON
Charles Berthold
E
chance that they would ma c .
Uced. Yet they might hu\* * . E
against me. as sbow-u* U ,lt , J ; *
the house In hasty, p u «lb ly
‘
; ^
2 * m f «randfather. Mi2
•gavtrme the benefit o f the
“ And you, Mr. Burton, saw m.
distress at Richmond, you gUg,
1 had trailed that hook to y„Ur a.
you heard me cry: ' l i c'8 j
..." "D
saw this weapon in my hand; yet “
gnve me, a stranger, the protection '
your silence at the price of , U1T
to yourself. And finally. y0„ c l ‘B
my uncle o f all suspicion. f o j T
You don't think I’ m gotDS t0 , " * tr
all pass without n word, though l n
never repay you?"
*
ca
“ Don’t talk to me about
m en t!” said Peter, sharplv.
SJ
enough fo r me to have always belbo
In you.”
e
" ’.Veil.” smiled Jullu. “ you'll h
to take credit, ut least. When
Mr
A lm y brought iny uncle here, l t ,
both o f them everything I”
Peter looked at her determinedly
“ 1 don’t wuut credit.’ he sUid.
So, us It was the day of r^si aud h
had plenty o f time, I gave him
chunce to tell her what he did
CHAPTER XIV
They Have Their Rewaid.
Monday morning I awoke very earl
and view ed the fuding stars with
grot thut the lists o f adventure shoul
seem to huve closed, however hap
pily. A very few hits of the Colfa
bookplate picture puzzle remained t
be fitted in ; and then what? Well, g
least work, and work was always a
adventure to me. So, ns I still ha
plenty o f It to do after the previous
Interrupted week. I took an early trail
into town. A quarter-past eight sa
me w alking down Fourth avenn
through the pale fall sunbeams slant
lng over the low buildings. Ilut win-
1 reached H arrow ’s, lo nnd behold
there were Peter and Nancy befop
m e!
“ Good morning, Constance. I wan
to talk to you,” announced Nancy
adding us an afterthought, "so doe
Peter.”
“ I enme early to get ready my
port for Mr. Darrow on the Kayne
Foreside sule,” explained I’eter. "It
going to be a « ’under, but I snppo
he’ll pick me to pieces on prlncip
anyhow.”
“ H e shn’n’t,’’ promised Nancy.
“ W liat I wanted to tell you. Col
stance,” continued Peter, “ Is of s|
ejal Iuterest to you ; it’s about yoi
boy friend Charles MacTvor.”
“ H e has repented, I don't believe
I observed.
“ A t least he has been forgiven;
don't know Just how you would wo
that, but anyway, it has been dun
H e cume last night to say good-by
his cousin.”
“ Good-by? W here’s he going?”
“ T o Buenos Aires, very soon,
guess they're going to let him off pre
ty easily, ns the ease against hi
Isn’t o f the greatest Importance. 1
did sell those bonds; but it seems tli
formed part o f the estate be will I
herit. and he tins coufess.-d and «'I
make any reparation decided on. D
sides, be gnve the authorities mud
Information that was useful in bel
ing solve the Grosvenor mystery, I
eluding the fact that he wus the pi
boob who tried to pinch that book
Richmond— from me I So the (Ionian
o f Justice won't be too hard to satlsij
and he’s due to clear out. Well, geo
4
riddance 1"
“ And Julia won’t be alone, elth-
now,” said I brilliantly. “ She has k
uncle— ”
"She wouldn't be alone long, s'
how,’’ observed Nancy demurely.
A faint flush mounted to Pen
serene brow, but he offered no reha
So we all smiled with highly sp*
taneous cheerfulness, and he observ
m odestly:
“ W eil, I'm not likely to start «'
thing I can’t finish 1”
Nancy snorted.
But here cume a fortunate Ini
ruptlon. Outside, a motor rolled
to the curb, and In walked Mr. I
row, wearing a portentous express)
something important was Impend
to bring him to the shop at thli he
Being one o f the employees he sp<
to, I said, careful, however, not to
too forward or unconventional5
“ Good morning."
He admitted my existence, but
Peter’s nor Nancy’s.
“ Good morning. .Mr. P rrow " *
Nancy, sweetly.
"Isn ’t It lovely 1
so early I”
“ Delightful, Indeed.” murmured
Darrow, with «ligh tly uncertain o'
cordiality.
"You d m ft know roe." 81 1 v -
“ I am MBs Burton
Mi--
kindly clvlng me special training
become Miss Fuller’s private ***
tary. This Is m.v brother."
"A h h-h I" observed H arrow. "Bi
are you. Burton?"
"Yes. sir, us.«: nted I’eter.
T
emboldened by our having *ur' '
Nancy's coup, he a dded: "1 - 1
set o f the broadsides. Mr Darre»
a bargain."
“ Ah I" observed Mr Harrow. _
might conic and tell me a!M,ut It
“ H e’s n perfect dear, but h* r
a lot o f h elp !" signed Nancy.
the retreating for..is o f the two
tlemcn.
“ Mr. Harrow needs help ?”
“ A ll men do, but I was r u rr '■
rcter. l i e ’* going to marry J-* J
" Is lie?”
"WcM. can't yon *ee flan? *'
■ ays r.cc-sm.ry to s-iy - ' l’r
f»?yr*s«
•« *t
i n i’
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(To be coouniKo;