THURSDAY JUNE 28, 1928
PA'-SÄ FIV®
, my rather then, and leaped through
| the window and escaped] into the
' marshes.
“When morning c a m e '~ a ll~ ?the
negroes and my father and the Hindu
tracked the tiger down—and Anally
killed him In the thickets. And when
they got back Ahmad Das was born,
On the very day, and the same hour,
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A BETTEit O X
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THE NEW
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RELIEF FROM CURSE
WHAT. HAS HAPPENED BEFORE— ’ ta.ns. It usually takes years of prac­
OF CONSTIPATION
shivered out of the darkness—seem- , rug. evidently cleaning a soiled place
A Buttle Creek physlctm. says. "Con­
Dr. Long, out H ulling with Alexan­ tice to learn to stalk. He seemed to ¡ngly just below the veranda. It was on the carpet. And even in that aiwk-
der Pierce, a detective, tells of his know how intuitively. The man walk­ a plaintive, haunting cry, but except j ward position he seemed to move with stipation Is responsible for more mis­
projected trip to Southerly Downs. ed just like a cat. He placed his feet to a naturalist not worth a moment’s a strange, feline grace, a lithe sinuous- ery than any other cause.”
T H E .MODERN «11,
Pierce advises him to keep his eyes the same way.
But immediate relief has been found.
thought. 1 had been enough in the ness beyond all words.
wide open while there. On the waV
A tablet called Ilexall Orderlies has
“The other must have missed the wilderness to recognize it as the cry
I did not forget that this was been discovered. This tablet attracts j
in a train Dr. Long is attracted by a train, he told me in his correct but of a certain large species of
-- owl—a
- --- — natural
........ . in the uiaui
man. uui
But by ouiilt
some
girl, who later faints. Dr. Lopg trcjts hesitant English, as he helped me in­ night-hunter that is often found In our Satanic contriving of fate and cir water from the system into the lazy
' dry, evacuating bowel called the colon.
her, and looking into her bag, is as- to Southley’s great touring car.
Florida marshes.
Those on the
a standard oil paunun
— ' cunistance, the candlwlight had found
ounded to And a loaded revolver.
Southley himself met me on the veranda wiih me must have heard the I a reflection in his eyes. 1 am a cold- The water loosens the dry food waste
Now read on—
great veranda. The shadows were same sound dozens of [lines. But j blooded, self disciplined man, and it and causes a gentle, thorough, natural
heavy there, and his face just a white four of .them started iu their chairs, was not Just Imagination, not Just | movement without forming a habit or
blur. But when
we went -----
into the
CH/MPTER II.
,
---- and one of the four uttered a half- delusion or moon-madness that re- j ever Increasing the dose.
; vealed to me a strange greenish
I heard the conductor shout behind ighted h a ll I saw that the months j smothered gasp of dismay.
Stop suffering from constipation.
me. I turned from her, even as her
, k rhe 8lght ° f hlS i Something was radically wrong Flare, not unlike the light to be seen Chew a Rexall Orderlie at night. Next
eyes were upon mo. It was my sta­
<,|. atve I? J S<>ft can<H®-lIght with the nerves of these occupants *“ the ¿yes of certain great beasts of day bright. Get 24 for 25c today at
a h. t . flrS(L real 8hOCk ° f ° f Southiey Downs.
Evidently the i Pre>' *“ the black depths.
tion; and I did not stop to realize the tnv at
the nearest Rexall Drug Store— (Adv.)
screaming folly of leaving the train.
ay S
° U ey own8‘
swamp air had got into them and! Ahmad Das left the room, and I
Men who have thrown away the n it
u
W t,h , the fine8t h08 jleft its poison. The elderly Southlev I BP°ke In the deadly quiet that fol
his departure.
wrong card in the biggest poker hand pitality. »He couldn t live in a 1 had evidently not heard the sound
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of their lives might have some inkling Southern njanor house and do any »» At
least, he gave no sign His son, i "What Is it. Miss Southley?” r
of the way I felt. For three minutes other thing. It’s in the air and the the nerves of whose handsome body »»ked her as gently as I could, "What
a ffò
I stood fuming, watching the vanish­ atmosphere, as all men know who should have been of steel, gave a h“M frightened you?"
.8™ b « -rc p r tlb
le . start.
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of I ! I -----------------------
must be ------ ill,” she said “It was
ing end of the train. It soon »wept
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tion, too. The voice itself was rather the Haywards turned with a nervous ! JU8t Ahmad Das
out of sight.
“Is this Dr. Long?” spoke a voice wavering and shrill, rather more aged Jerk, and the elder said something j “* know—and that wild light In nis
than I had remembered it. Then he that sounded like an oath under his
behind me.
eyes was natural. It was Just the
The voice was deferential; yet ft turned to the impassive Oriental be­ breath. Jostphine had been the most glare from his candle."
hind
him.
had neither the tone nor the rhythm
affected of
all-;
and when
at
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w n r ii
i I I looked
D G A PG
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ir
l through
llltH iR II
She smiled
at me, took H me
Our Equipment Is the best in
“Ahmad Das,” he asked, ’’didn’t her again I saw that lingering, haunt-
of our Florida colored men. I think
6f ,he «reat. downstairs rooms
the state and no factory ban aay
Joe
come?”
that I expected to turn and see a
Ing sorrow In her dark eyes.
1 °f ,he manor house. The place was
Thor« is no excuee, in
better method of doing this
I didn’t hear the answer, for 1
white servitor—ono of those gray*
She uttered a little, nervoua laugh I almost Georgian. There were many
class nt work or belter Hum to
turned
to
shake
hands
with
a
tail,
this
age,
for
stoney
halred English butlers of an old and
operate them
a sound that was Joyously musical little alcoves—the best of hiding-
Incomparable school. It was a low straight youth that -was Southley's In spite of her embarrassment
places—and long corridors and tndefl
hearts or glass eyes.
son.
He
was
about
twenty-one,
evf-
voice, with a rather percullar purring
"Did you ever encounter Just this nite flights of stairs. I was amaseu
Warm up to a pair of
quality. And so I was surprised to dently an undergraduate at college.
at the site of It.
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"My son, Ernest," the old man told atmosphere before?" «he asked me
see try dusky face that looked Into
“And
whst
traditions
it
must
have!"
"It's these marshes, I think—the tra­
our glasses in time
mine. It wasn’t black, yet quite dark me. He tried to straighten up. "Al­
•C Y L IN D E R ..................... IH .0U
I exclaimed. "You forgot. Miss Houlh-
ditions of this old house."
enough to be that of a mulatto. But ready taller than bis father."
and you will need no
ley, You were going Jo tell me about
"AU
It
needs
Is
a
ghost,"
I
told
her
♦ W H E E L BRAKES
We walked Into the great drawing
In a glance I knew that the man had
the ghost.”
substitutes.
N E L IN K Ö . . .
room; and there two other men arose "If you can present a ghost It’s going '
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no African blood whatever.
She
paused
anrf
looked
at
me.
“I've
to be the biggest week of ray life."
The shape of his features was dis­ to greet us.
decided I hadn't better."
"H's here already."
"Mr. Hayward,” my host explained.
tinctly Aryan. He had a straight,
"I'm so sorry . It would give an
D r. ^ H e r m a n W . B l o o d y
“You
don't
mean
It!"
finely chiseled nose that was almost "And another Mr. Heyward, his son.”
added
seat to thia visit—"
The
newest,
moat
novel
ghost
in
It
was
wholly
possible
that
his
classic»., thin lip* auu i«tuei high
OOTOMFTBIST ♦ rVCSICMT SMCVUMV
"But you wouldn’t believe It—"
the world!"
s o u s as» Miwaa s u m m k
cheek-bones. He wore the snow-white voice changed slightly when he In­
"And
you
wouldn't
want
me
to!
»*», BROAtlWAV
She said It lightly; and I kept my
"We Serve to Save"
turban of a Mussulman. But most of troduced these two. But, of course.
Ghoet
stories
aren't
meant
to
be
be
t u c t n i -one.
eyes
on
her.
Then
M4 i’earl 8t
Phone S«3
* e heart! the lleved. -
all I noticed his eyes. They were the It was to be expected. An Instant
arWard *runtln« Hom the j -But this story Is a little different.
eyes of a mystic, very black, and before he had Just introduced his son. chair,
astoundlngly deep. They gave no evidently the Joy and pride of his life.
"Oh. don't tell that .Illy .,„ ry again f * ’ i f " *
'*
°"*“ Or tW° ra,her
key to his thoughts, but suggested But norw It seemed to me that ,h» Josephine." he muttered • i
troublesome points—and It Isn t to be
voice
had
an
alien
tone—a
strain
and
the somber mysticism of the East. Of
It till I'm tired."
* e<rrt lau<hed at-
H H Isn't to be be-
course he was one of Southley's ser­ a nervousness that was not readily
"Th-e «.b L.
.
! l,*T’'d 1 hope you'll be able to laugh
explained
I bowed over the older Joe her f.th h *” lBt°
vants, and a native of Hindustan.
l‘brary' “ b"‘ 1 « Afraid you won't It's been
man's hand.
“Yes. I'm Long," I told him.
h?m
a
.
■*’ d°
‘Tad,“ °» of ,b " house »Inc. my
He was a huge creature— six feet Mr H ^ « m H -* » « .I - c . It bore, father came, forty years .g o
"1 come from Southley Downs,
And
sahib—and the car is waiting," he tall and more than a little obese, and here
X
r "
“O‘
•» ' '«’• » '« <b»<
went on In his strange, purring voice. perhaps sixty-five years of age. Me •nyway "
'**
houaa' 8o“‘hl*Jr D""“» "«ed. • d o cto r-sv en
The great, black eyes fascinated m e . , was closely shaven, and his 'white
more than I do.”
"u)A«re ta v in g a a r t g r t a t u t "
Josephine and L went through the
He took my bag and led the way to hair was clipped close. He had rather
And maybe I'm the one It needs."
942 Willamette 8t., Ktig ene, Oregon
the car. I am not usually particular­ peculiar, piercing gray eyes, a firm long hall, and Into the library There
Our ghost Isn't the ghost of a
were other candles here, and
ly observant of casual acquaintances; mouth, and he had the look of over­ shadow,
man."
she
said
"It
Isn't
the
ghost
of
. . . . i— " T "
*b" .
"“,a "
«ho"‘ ol
but I found myself studying the dark, flowing opulence. As I shook his hand I held « T . . ‘ a° d "l” rar«,rlng • lovely girl who died for a eweet
■
bell
Jingled
In
the
hall
For
an
In­
straight form In front of me There
" r f° r her' *n<1 took on* heart—or even a little child
stant the Hindu's face showed In the myself.
w ,« a quality in his rarrtsv« th«»
I'm glad It Isn't a little child. I
"Of course I know you." she said it can't bear to think of their sleep be
particularly absorbing. 1 couldn't quite doorway, and Southerly went to meet
once.
W ill B ring S ty le In to Y o u r B edroom
grasp what It was. 1 rather thing It him They talked together an instant,
Ing so uneasy that they would walk."
"I'm glad of that I was sure you
was the somewhat stealthy way with and the old man was beside me again
Bedrooms have taken on a »mart air these days with
Our ghost—Isn't a human being .it
all."
which he placed his feet, a slnuous- by the tme I had turned to the y ang had forgotten."
----
colorful spreads on the bed— a
I was watching with lm m es.ur.bl
ness and a grace that one might ex­ er Hayward.
fresh assortment is low-priced
couldn't Into
laugh!
Into her earnest
d rli.h .
----- immeasurable
« coukw t I laughl
her ear
He was a man possibly my owu h
pect In a dancer. I couldn't hear his
her fa
rhan«
1 didn't fe«l like laughing
— ’' »f ’ expression
•p i’-BPion in face
here.
footfall on the gravel; and I fell to age. He also was In the newest ot the de|C|clo lTeH i" ,,a<,OW ln h*r
I ",t *“ ‘‘ * * > **•*<*•. la IL doctor r
C rin k le C otton
conjecturing what a successful hunt­ dinner garb He had a rather large, I color in h
7* I * a"d f , l "nK of U"' | • h* *•"* °" "And “ '• ™«I«" •‘"•»Mir
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8he was In the ’•»»«Ing to sit here and tell you thing.
er he Would be in the Western mnun- dark face— perhaps a trifle severe
Spread«
anu toi bidding. There was . d u ll!“ ’* ” - «* » «-ntenre. . „ d . | | thing. J ■«""» y„„
M
light that might have been ambition ,
* » • ^ g o tte n
Then, slowly „ f»«h-r c.m o from India forty years
9 8 c — $ 1 .4 9
and might have been a thousand ' •
«he life utterly died In
»"«The brought a tiger rub w lf,
other things in his eyes
! ber f»cp
1 •-*-
R ayon
him . - ft was a pet—a tawny little
•‘I've heard Southley speak of you.”
Th« » Is no other word
In a a i I rr*
,»’»re that
creature
that played
played ai
and romped and
the youngerraian told me "I am V ila .,’"""”'"«- «h- witchery and «rater» ' •"•«*<« •« UW certains. He brought
Spreads
" a^ i L ?
help yon ,o
.
can **fe was sparkling In ,wo "ervants. too—a Hindu man and
Slav flO a IO S
us straight to know mv given name." Her 7 7 "nd ,Unrln< m her amile T "»"‘her'« ayah
Both theae two
“I think that Is Joe now."
$ 2 .9 8
wa.
“ “■
*nd I , ’*"•»»"
dc»d Although you
Then we all stood up. The whole next it
n< * ,,ke Wl"*
,B ,h" * ° " W b"rd|T gueas it. Ahmad Das was
Select a gay
world faded—the glittering table, the mv £
WhO“ r *On*
fTob.blT t «w n after they came to tbi. p i.n l..
spread in cot­
watchful faces of the men. the dark ">r “rat impression wa. that h e r ,
ton or rayon
body Of the Hindu servant—and left
I
rob • m r '",o - * ■ « « « .
to match your
only the slender form at the threshold O ver m v u
»"mefhlng Juat ! ’• ’rnY- full grown tiger, aeemlngly a .
curtaius.
of the door.
moat trsn^".^ r H*r “ *•
"" “
Bu‘
»Kht
"She's beell on a visit to the shore, Of her eveP
"ah' **"* ou' ***"
W'nd bl’’W “ "<”,"”'d »« S®
and she was carried past her station And S O .
th‘’y w'den*d. loo | mad >« »Hacked the Hindu woman,
—lijte Ihe little stupid that she Is." I came In
^ r,?eP,,b,,• ““ “ • t | Bnd "h* *»" b»dly lorn before my
heard Southley saving from far nwav
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of her Up"
father drove the creature off | n the
, * ■ u
« u to
tv send
.e n u lo
Very slowly I turned
had
for r her In the car.
I don't know condition that she was. hpr wounds
Josephine—come up and meet mv wf"H I expected to "*«•
Bui ' I were
even more o dangerous
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a n g e ro u s than they
friend, Doctor Long. Long—my daugh­ w onp l.ee I s T ' X n° i h,n< “ rom ° ‘h*rwto* *"»'d
been. It was
the opening of Ihe lar­
ter, Miss Southley."
fixed nn
.
HBr ’‘yM wp-p I ""questionably the brute's Intention
The girl at the doorway was the servant
gest, most completely
Ahmad P** ‘h- ,o rarry h«r <>»f-end maybe yon
same girl I had carried In rov arm s. hnid . l ° --------..noe
* B" do , n * n<
house know aometehlng about tigers.
equipped optical ojjice
that afternoon; and she had not yet j long
hoW rnfl'm
ta"k «» ""
’he other
end ° of f
"th”r ’‘”d
' "Tfc,y "ay ‘hat
Play for
removed the Intriguing little he.t from
------
in Lane county.
For
an
In.»«.»
»
.
.
literally
hours
with
their
human
prev
the fine, brown hair.
mo,"on. w.?h
fn"OW,‘d Wa H * ”“
"Hh » mou.e,
"I hope you don't mind candle­ motions With a senseless fascination, with Ihe moat terrible eruelty
Eight years of progress
that
light." Southley apologized during the He was ,,n |,|H band„ nnd fePt on )hH f (Jn he
Our drivers are accustomed to hearing this rcm.trk. «or
The
beast
attacked
and growth; eight thous­
excellent meal. "We have a pHvate ~ —— — —
no m atter how light the color, how soft the fabric, w<
lighting plant, but it's seriously out of
and satisfed customers;—
j order. We’re sending for parts."
restore your clothes to their original softness.
demand new and larger
“I prefer candles, and I'd have 'em
quarters.
If I had enough servants to keep them
trimmed," I replied. "It's the most
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restful light on e«e»h."
One of our delicious Ice cream sodas—made—ex­
Then
iluei Hayward grunted
tric spectacles, opposite
: In hla place.
pertly—of pure Ingredlenta—delicloua!—
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“I fall over the house with ’em,"
Gratifying In every senae of the word!
burne main entr
he said. "I like bright lights, and lots i
Men's Suits Cleaned and Pressed
$1 00
Just come to our fountain and try one—you will
of 'em. And the worst of It la the I
Ladies’ Silk Dresses (pleats extra)
$1 50
I
find
that
our
sodas
are
the
best
In
town.
Mq success is due to
| plant broke three days after I came
Ladies' Coats (plain), Cleaned and Pressed
$1.00
We also serve soft drinks, and sundaes of every
, Spite work, I think."
s e r e ic e ,--o fIea when
Ladies' Suits A Wool Dresses Cleaned A pressed, $1.00
description
I I looked at him. expecting to find
others fait
We can fix up a sundae to suit every Individual
1 him In Jest There are men that Joke
I
taste.
like that sometimes. But bis face 1
Ice cream sold In bol or bricks.
gave no sign And I was to learn be 1
| fore the night was done that such re­
marks were quite to be expected from
the elder Hayward.
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