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The Devil-Stick
By ike Author of
"The Mrotorr «4 • Kareen Cab.” B»e.
CHAPTER VIII.— (Continued >
examined the body, but could find no
Ttrhopi I may
aftalra sooner tree e of any wound until he came to
than you thing.“ said Aylmar
* 1‘ncle the right hand. Here. In the palm. ho
Jan, I won't t»a t»arli to dinner lo nlihl ■aw a ragged rent clotted with bk nd.
as I hAm to
tnto iManmlnater
but It was a mere scratch not likely
“What about T~
to have caused death, unless le 11 eon
“llutlnoM connected with the devil- were——
Here Major Jen ruse t > Mg
• t! ■ r.
| let’ <■ .«
feet with a new and terrible Idea tn
Toy are
hla brain.
wrloua
U hy not
The devil-stick!” he said, aloud.
••a?“
Again he bent down and examtned
“Kereuea ! may fati." said Maurice the face and hands,
Both were ewol-
lirre. t’ncle Jen. don't be croas. I'll len and discolored; he ture upen th«
tell y ■ i about It t<> morrow, and then shirt at the neck, and saw that the
you will eve and approve of my allene« )oun| m*n'i breast was all distend'd
to-night ."
and bloated, Undoubtedly the cause of
"Well." said Jen. with a «hrug. "you death uaa blood poisoning, and
the
are old enough to guide your own ac­ devil at Irk had l-een the Instrument
tions But I must say that I don't like used to eflTact the deed llut here the
to t e shut out of the confidence of my problem proposed llaelf
Who
had
killed Maurtre? The person who had
two l>oys In thia way "
everything
to-mor- atolao the devil «Bitch!
You'll know
Who had ■lo-
leu the devil-atlck? 1 The person who
Major Jrn came to an abrupt |«auee
About David sis
**1*»rhaps I can •
Me could think« for a moment, of no
anauer to that quretlon, hut It la only
thail" sold Maurice
fair to aay that, dated by the terrtble
"Wh«|!" cried J<
why ! mv I<) has pm
ex currence of hla dear lad's death, Jen
"Not for certain; but I can gueea had not hie wlta about him
While ha was still considering the
No*1, I'ru lo Jon. I ahan'l answer an-
other question Just now, aa I must go affair In a confused manner Jaggar.l
reappeared
Into I taenmlnster "
with
the
men
from
A whan tee** carrying a stretcher While
Il was udeleSS to ask further quee-
Hons, as Jen saw that the young man they placed the body of Maurice there-
was getting Irritated; so. tn n-> very <m* the groom bound for l>c<nmlnater
Major Itaaerd them driving the d<»< art. and
plsasant temper himself. the
»! i-p» .1 thr
t«» tell him
He Major
went up Io bls dressing • n*>m
was <>f a p> ace-loving sn<! easygoing that at all rlake he was to bring bark
Or, Etwald with him. Jaggard won*
-
ed him not a little that all this dis­ derad at thia, for Maurice -poor lad
turbance should take pla- o on account wag beyontl all earthl> aid --hut Jen
wag thinking of a certain per eon who
of a woman
David and Maurice both being ab­ might have committed the crime, and
sent. Major Jan was lompelled
to he wished for the aid of l>r Etwald to
!n the mean-
dins alone. This he disliked doing, so capture that person
hurrying oier his dinner
w-lth
all time the necessities of the ces« called
speed, he lo-to -k himself to th« smok­ for the Immediate removal of the body
It was a melancholy
ing room with ■ book. Here he chose to “Ashaniee *'
a comfortable chair near th« open win­ proceaalon which bore the body up to
dow. and attempted to read; but the the house, and behind came
Major
eomnolent Influence of ths
evening Jen bowed to the ground with gorro*
was upon him. and lieforw long the
In due time Etwald arrived, for the
groom had been fortunate enough to
good Major waa sound asleep.
Outside a warm wind was blowing, find him at boma On hearing of the
and the air was filled with the per­ affair be expressed the deepest con­
fume of flowers
In the darkly blue cern. and, pulling all other business on
sky hardly a cloud could l>e seen, and •>ne side, he came back to Ashantee"
the mo >n. Just showing her orb above tn the dog.cart, Before seeing Jen. he
the tree tops flooded th« still lovell- went up to Aylmer's room and exam­
n«sa of the night with wave after wave Ined the body of the unfortunate young
of cold light
All was full of charm, man. Having satisfied himself
far
spellbound as It were by ths magic of as he was able he came down to the
moonlight, when suddenly a long, wild library, where Jen awaited him
"Well. Etwald." cried
the
-cry struck shuddertngly through the
Major.
when he saw the tall form of the doc­
Silence.
Accustomed as an old campaigner to tor nt the door, "have you seen him?"
"1 have seen It." corrected Etwald
sleep lightly. Major Jen was on his
feel tn an Instant, and again
heard with professional calmness, "the poor
dead.
Major—dead- from
that terrible shriek It seemed to come fellow Is
from the dlr«« lion of the high road, blood-poisoning ”
"1 knew It. 1 guessed It the devll-
and thinking that some evil was being
done. Jen. without l<>ea of time, raced stlck.”
'That may be.' rejoined Etwald. tak-
across ths i lawn and Into the avenue
In a few minutes ho arrived al the Ing a seat, "but I cannot bo sure, You
gate, and stepped out Into the while see neither you nor I knew anything
and dusty road; a black mass was ly- of the poison which was In the han-
Ing some dlstance
•
down, and towards die of that African
Instrument.
It
this ran Jen with an undefinable sense
Hut what are you talking of?” broke
of evil clutching at his heartstrings
"You say that
The black mass proved to be the laxly In Jen. Impetuously.
of a man. cold and still
Jen turned my poor boy died from blood ■ poison•
ths corpso over and
recoiled
The Ing. How else could he have come by
that, save through l-elng touched or
dead man was Maurice Aylmer.
struck with the devil-Mick? No one
In the neighborhood was likely to pos­
UIIAITEIt IX.
While the Major, hardly
able
to sess any weapon likely to corrupt the
If Maurice had been Sts bled
eredlt his own eyca, was staring at the l-lood.
dead txxiy of hlk dear lad. Jaggard, at­ or shot. I could understand the crime,
tracted also by the atrango cry, came but as tt Is. the person who stole the
devil-stick must have killed him."
running up.
"And who stole the
devil-stick ?*'
"What Is It. air?" he asked, saluting
asked Etwald. coolly. "If I forget not.
Jen even In that moment of anxiety.
“I heard an awful cry. sir, and came Major, you asked me the other day If
I did
I was no friend of the dead
after you."
man; I did not Ilka him. nor he me.
Jen pointed to the corpse, but said We both loved the same woman—we
nothing
Jaggard. Ignorant
of
the were rivals. What then so easy ns for
the truth, bent down to place a hand you to say—for a Jury to believe—that
-on the dead man's heart
Then he I had stolen the devil-stick and killed
saw and recognised the face.
Mr. Aylmer, so as to get him out of
"Mr Maurice: What does It mean?"
the way.”
he cried, aghast with sudden horror
"I never thought of such a thing."
“It means murder, Jaggard!"
re­ protested Jen. "I do not suspect you."
plied Jen, In a hollow voice which he
"Then whom do you suspect?” nak­
hardly recognised as his own.
"Mr. ed Etwald. fixing his dark eyes on the
Maurice went to Deanmlnster before Major
the Major point-
dinner, and now
"Dido—the negrvss of Mrs.
Dal­
ed again to the remains
las'“
"Murder"' echoed Jaggard. hla rud­
"That Is ridiculous
The commie-
dy face going pole.
"And who, sir «ton of « crime presupposes a motlva
Now what motive had Dido to kill
“I don’t know—1 can’t say!" Inter- your friend?"
rupted his master. Impatiently,
“Go
"She hated Maurice, and she did not
■nd get the men to bring down a want him to marry Miso Dallas"
stretcher for the body, and ■end the
"Neither did I. If I rem»ml>er right­
groom for Dr. Etwald."
ly." said Etwald. dryly. By the way,
"Ain't It too 1st», sir*"
I suppose you will have a detective to
"tm as I tell you,” an Id Jen. oo flare*
sift the affair to the bottom? Mr. Her­
ly that Jaggard did not dare to diso­ by is In ths city. Why not wire him?"
bey, but ran off. leaving the Major
"If I thought thal—— But.” added
■ lone with his dead
Jen. breaking off. "how do you know
The road which ran past "Ash«n- where David Is?"
ee" towards The Wigwam was lonely
"Oh'" rejoined Etwald. quietly. "Mr.
even In the daytime, and «t this hour Aylmer told mo so tonight"
of the ntght It was quite deserted. Mot
"No-nlghf” echoed Jen. starting up
■ person was In^ sight, although the "You saw Maurice to-night!"
Major could see up and down the road
"Certainly. About at hour and a half
for • considerable distance, owing to 1>efore he was murdered. At my house."
the bright moonlight
He raised Mau­ replied the doctor, with groat deliber­
rice In his arms, and placed the body ation.
on the soft grass by tha wayside
“No It was you whom he went to see
la the bright moonlight he carefully on business to-nightF
• '?
1 don’t know If you call tt
■■
I asked Mr Aylmer to call and
••e me, and sent the meaeage by that
tramp named Battersea."
"I remember hla coming
Go
on.
plea»«.''
"Mr. Aylmer called, aa I said.” con­
tinued Etwald “And then I told him
that Mias trails« was 111 from being
presented by her mother from seeing
That I was sorry for the poor
I ijy. and that I gave up my po
a a rival. In fact." added the
"1 advised Mr Aylmer to eea
Mias Dallas and marry her aa soon aa
he could."
"But why did you wish to act In thia
generous manner?"
that
"For the very elm pie reason
Miss Dallas la of a delicate and ner-
"If
vous constitution,” said Etwald.
she does not marry Mr. Aylmsr, with
whom ahe to In love, she may die. I
quite forget that I should speak tn th«
last tense huw. Major
Mr Aylmer la
dead, and Miss Italian may pine away
of grist. It «•■ to prevent such a oa-
lastrophs from occurring that I •ur*
rendered my claim to her band.”
"Very generous of you Indeed." said
Jon. Ironically; "but I do not aeo why
you should behave in such a noble
manner when you were so much in
love with the girl “
"It lo for thal reason that I changed
my mind
As you know. I have bort
attending upon Mra. Dallas thia weak
■nd I saw plainly enough that
my
caae was hopeless thal tbs girl was
dying to marry Aylmer Besides," add-
Et WB hl. carwlraaly« * ths mother was
not on my sld Is
Hhe »ante lea bella to marry Da-
vid”
"Ito I hear; and ha la tn town, as
Mr. Aylmer told me to night.
Hut i
what are you going to do about tha
matter. Major
"Give notice to the police.”
"There wlll ba a
nwrtam.
(N
course," said Etwald. carelessly.
"No. not
I hope nut." cried
Jaa.
horrified at the idea.
Hut there must tie," Insisted
Et-
wald. cruelly. "Aylmer died of poison,
and II must be proved that such was
the case
Then we may learn If he
perished from the poison of the devil-
stick. Afterwards you must get a de­
tective to search for the person was
stole It from your smoking-room. t»noe
i.e or she la found, and the eseasstn of
your poor friend will be In custody.”
"'He or eh«-.’“ repeated Jen. slowly.
Dido I mentioned, but he!* who Is
he'?"
Ah, that ts what we wish to find
out,” said the doctor, gravely.
"But
how do I know? Battersea may be the
thief.”
rii! FOUI'D ALL rXAXB.
ft Is fast growing to be the opini- n
of thoughtful people outside of aca­
demic circles that the mania for sport«
and contesta of physical prowess In
our colleges and school» has gone so Is the most effective medicine
far that tt constitutes an evil of great
for the complete purification
magnitudo, writes Albert flhaw In ths
Review of Revtewa One of the reasons of the blood and the complete
fbr ths Intensity of ths devotion to renovation of the whole sys­
football, for example. as a typo of tha tem. Take it this spring.
Intercollegiate competition, ts to ba
G»t It tr :«y In u«ual ll-iul-1 form °V
found In the great «Ite of the under- i tablets U.rj NsrsaUbs. 10« I> «»s IL
graduate tody and the great prom
Insure of the leading Institutions tn
the social •rnso College loyalty has “On the morrow call me early
to express Itself In some form or other,
Call mo early, mother dear!
and ardent devotion to the •uocsas of Rs! I the maid unto her parent
Aa aha brushed away a tear.
the college team In ita contesta with
Other colleges comes to he the easiest
“Ara you »«Ing shopping. dauahtarf
form of eommon expression among a
Ara you «'»Ing out to dine*
great mase of students who can And Or why aho ild I call you early.
no other rallying point.
Call you aarly. daughter mine?”
A natural consequence of lbs Inten­
sity of this feeling la the undue re­ "Let me whisper to you. mother.
Let me whisper In your ear;
sponsibility placed upon the memtwre
of the representative teams The foot­ “Tie to-nfahl I marry Early
Mr Karlv. mother dear.
ball players are made to feel that upon —-Yonkers Plst-snian.
them chiefly depends the glory or the
disgrace of their college
So over­
whelming ts this feeling that tt be­
comes a veritable obaenslon Mimleri
of tha faculty and of the Board of
Trustee« and all the old graduates be­
come Infected with the erara
Women ere especially susceptible to
epidemic hyetarla of this sort. Their
influence la even worse than that of
moo tn driving the players to that at­
titude of false heroism which would
maha any of them willing and glad,
not merely to break hla nose or his
collar bona, but to lay down his life on
the football field. They are doing It
all for the glory of the college and the
admiring applause of the score of
ihouaauda of well dressed girls on the
bleachere who. all unaware to them
solves, have become tainted with that
wretched passion for dangerous gladi­
atorial combat that takes the fair
women of Spain to the bull fight every
Munday afternoon.
Sarsaparilla
FASHION HINTS
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"The thief and the murderer!
"Well, no. Major on Second thoughts
I do not think tt Is wise to couple
those two words ns yet The thief may
not t-e the murderer-- but what can 1
say!" broke off Etwald. suddenly. "As
yet we know nothing. It la late now.
Major, and 1 must get back. Khali 1
give information to the police*’
If you will be so kind." said the
Major, listlessly, and he let the doctor
go away without another word.
All through that long night he knalt
beside the bed upon which lay
the
corpse of the. man whom he had loved
as a son. The Major was broken-heart-
sd by the sorrow which had come up­
on him. and when he Issued from the
chamber of death he looked years old-
ed than when he entered It
Fortunately he was, not forced
to
sorrow alone; towards midday David
arrived from town, filled with
grief
■ nd surprise at the untimely end of
Maurice. He found the Major In tha
library, and grasped him by the hand
with genuine sorrow.
"My poor uncle." I
v nice. “I cannot tell
Etwald telegraphed
thing In the morning,
by the earliest train
Maurice!—and we parted tn anger
"More's the pity." sighed Jen. lean-
Ing upon the shoulder of Karby; "but
you cherish no anger tn your heart
now?”
"Heaven forbid, sir!"
David spoke so fervidly that
Jen
saw plainly he meant what he ■aid
The mnsalve face of the young man
looked worn
and
haggard
In
the
searching light of the morning, and
whatever enmity the love of the same
woman had sown between him and the
dead. It was not to be denied that he
was suffering cruelly from rrnions
at their unhappy difference, Jen wat
sorry, but even In his own grief he
•x>u!d not forbear a stab.
"You can marry Isabella now." he
■aid. bitterly.
"No'" «aid David, faintly, turning
his face away. "At least, not yet.”
The Major looked at him for a mo­
ment or two. then, with s new Idea In
his head, he took David by the hand
and led him tnto the chamber of death
"Swear.” said he. "that you will not
marry Isabella Iwllas until you have
discovered and punished the murderer
of klau rice."
<To be continued.)
ccs
A
Man’s
Terror.
"Wbers «re you going, my pretty
maid?"
“I’m
going ashopping, sly,” ahs
said -
"Won't jrou come with ms?” Hs shook
his h««d.
And then. !•■■• coward, hs turned
and fiwl!
—Washington Star.
The
F i I bcr U i I
oods
gpldeaate IS yet erta to w Viri Wees
Are Eogeelatly ■•»•copitele.
«■■/•ni |-sw i-sw iniis r«»i ine
tri» sctlvlty by grulle rueibvUs. TU
t t stour, grl», or wsssea Ttiey are •
turile te tke ■loms< k, Hwr ssd uerresi
1 rlg-.rste Inatesd of wrsXea.
Tliey so­
rbii tbs lluod sud rosole tb, stoma h te
get all thè nourlaUm i.t fruì* fued liuti le
put loto IL Tbew pilla mutala no cslo-
mel; tbey sre smthl-ig. henllng and sttm-
S
e
F< r sale by all drngglsti In ino
«mi 1?«- »1» •
If voo need ru.-dlcsl sd-
vlee wrtte Minr-a'i Dnctors
Tbey wlll
sdvlre to tke ben of tb-ir sblllty sb»o-
Imeiy fr»e of < h«r«e
st'sroNX, «ad
■ad JrtTrrees Sia., rhltsdel«Ala. Fa»
Rend 10s far tris! parità««
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"One of these days," predicted Unela
Allen Sparks, “some ambitious Eskimo
will make his way. with great hard­
ships. down to the oguator. and when
he anee back homo and tolls of his suf-
ferinas and tha wanderful sights ho
saw hell bo hooted at as th« biggest
liar In the
■retto
Bircia"—Chicago
Tribuna.
la the
Nowak.
man mixed some strychnine with
wheat.
And fed It to the English sparrows.
Raid the cat
'What makes
The birds taste so queer?"
And there wasn't a dry eve In the IglCMX
A
imoke blue luoadtloth suit, has
a natty little coat that is a deter n>or!ih-
»ation of the Russian tendency.
The skirt and waist ate in one piece.
Soutache braid and self coverrd buttons
form the trimming, while ths yoke is id
“ smoke-blue '• dotted net.
THE KEYSTONE
TO HEALTH
IS
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH
BITTERS
SPLUTTERS.
All to tha good -Sermona
Fortuna hunter« aro always looking
for big gama.
A man may be set/ posseaaed «nJ
yet owned by hla creditors.
It Is batter to giva than to receive
until tha other party starts to grab.
Bowers— Jonas seams to bars a hard
tima making both ends meet. Powers
—Yea. his financial and Is short.
You have got to havs the coin If
you want to catch the crowd.
Boyce—You never see Smith cut­
ting a very wide swath. Joyce—You
can’t do tt very well when you ars la
tha straight and narrow path.
Roma people are Ilka the parrot
which can say only a few words and
talks all ths time.
First Diner—Are you looking for
pearls tn that oyster stew? Second
Dinar—No, 1 am hunting fbr oysters.
Vleteey
Bad
Kaeagh.
Ia a oorrldor of ons of ths Uni var­
iety of Texas buildings there is a
larga replica of “The Winged Vic­
tory” A waggishly Inclined student
observed the headless, armless, foot­
less statua and wrote underneath:
God pity Defeat I" — Lippincott's
Student I home at vacation)—Bridg­
et, I've just found another fly In the
milk.
Bridget (appreciatively)- Begorrah.
Its wonderful what college trainin'
Magnai na.
will do for ye.—Yale Record.
1 he first aid to a weak
stomach, sluggish liver or
constipated Dowels should
be the Bitter», because it
has proven its right to be
called “the best
1__ ”
n fa
for Indigestion, Costive­
ness and Malaria. Try it.
SICK WOMEN
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