TY. e I.rd was empty
ge>.<
The Devil-Stick
C|t*ITKR X.
Or»«! was th» dismay throughout
th« country slilo
when
It
became
known that Maurlc» Aylmer had Loen
murdered. Thera was hardly a perron
of consequence In the counly
who
could n«l claim al least a l«iwltu ac
quaintance with hlrn. Moreover. Mau
rice was one of those men who are al*
way* popular. and much sympathy
was manifested for his untimely death
Also the mysterious way In which he
had coms to hla end. the absence of
any known motive, and the knowledge
that the deceased had no enemies all
these things combined to raise public
curlooity to the blithest pitch.
Crowds of people came from
all
parts of ths country to »lew the seen»
of the crime, and. If posellda, to gain a
glimpse of Jen and David, who as rel
atives of the d< eased were notorious
for ths time I . Ing. but thanks 1« the
presence of the police and the vigi
lance of Jaggard. the mort-ld crowd of
sightseers were unable to gratify their
ourluetty. The two men remained In
seclusion. and saw no one save Dr. Kt-
weld. A sympathetic message arrived
from Mrs I »alias, which, considering
the wsy she had behaved
towards
Maurice, th» Major regarded as a
gratuitous Insult.
"Can't she let the poor man rest In
his grave?" said Jon. wrathfully
"It
Is all through h»r opposition to the
match that this has come about!**
"Oh. you can't say that. Uncle Jen."
remonstrated David
"Tea. I i»». sir
If Mauries had not
oeen prevented from seeing Isabella,
there would have t>een no necessity
for him to call on Ktwaid. and If he
bad not done that, he would not have
been on the high-road in th» night to
meet with his death
Mrs Italian and
her Infernal negr-»» are at the bottom
of this whole accursed busln>-sa."
Of oouree this wne mere raving on
lhe part of Jen. but the poor man was
heebie himself with grief at the loss of
Maurli r. and hardly knew what he
was saying.
Being tn this frame of
mind, he was by no means pleased
when shortly after the delivery of Mrs
l>alla»' message Dido made her ap
pearance with a request for a person
al Interview
”1 shan't see that black witch." cried
the poor Major. "David Ktwaid. Send
her away."
"1 wouldn't If I were you. Major!"
said Ktwaid. Judiciously;
she might
be ths bearer of valuable Information,
likely (o lead to the detection of Ayl
mer's assassin.”
Itavtd left the room and remained
absent for some time
On his return
he stated that Dido had come with a
message from laalwlla. and that she
refused Io deliver It to anyone eave
lhe Msjor.
Seeing that the negroes
was thus Insistent.
and
wondering
what Mias Dallas might want
with
him at so painful a time. Jen yielded,
and Dido wan admitted
Into th» li
brary. Hhe looked taller, more mas
sive. and more sullen than ever. and
though she trembled at the sight of
Dr. Ktwaid—who. by the way. kept hla
dark eyes studiously tiled on her—ah<*
was fairly compos'd when She ad
drensi-d the Major.
"My III missy want you, ear." said
Dido, going straight to the point "Sh*
weepl
Hhe III!
Hhe make terrible
bobbery. <lat imo' girl
Massa coms an'
ace my III missy dis .lay'"
"I can't at present' The police are
tn the house; there la a lot to be at
tended to
Tell your mistress. Dl-1o.
that I'll sew her to-morrow "
"Hhe wants you to-day!" Insisted
Dido, obstinately
"1 have given you the message." aald
Jen. sharply. "Tell her I'll see her to
morrow.
And now. Dido, I want to
know what you have to do with this
crime?”
1. maasa' Ole Dido she do nuffin
Massa Maurice he die Voodoo!
Oh.
yes!"
"Ry that devil-stick poison*"
"Me don't know what debhle-stlek
la! I no touch him!"
tt was clearly Impossible to learn
anything from no obstinate a creature,
so Jen repeated that he would call up
on leabella on the morrow, and dis
missed the n egress
As she left the
room Dr. Ktwaid followed her. and on
bls return mentioned cnsually that he
had been giving Dido some Instruc
tions as to what was to bo done with
Isabella.
"The girl Is nervously excited." ho
explained, "end now that she has sus
tained this ehock of
Mr.
Aylmer's
death there Io no knowing what com
plications may ensue."
"You are a pr<g>het of evil. Ktwaid'
First. my poor Maurice, now Mies Dal
las'"
"As to that." replied Ktwaid. with
dell! .-ration. "I foretell that Mias Dal
las may get ill from perfectly natural
signs
Hhe woo tn love with Aylmer;
»he 1» nt a highly excitable and ner
vous character, eo tt Io easy to know
that unless great care la exorcised, her
brain may be affected.'
"Hut with regard to Maurice?“
“Quite a different thing. I read In
hie hand that he would 1-0 subject to
a state of Life In Death ”
"Which, as we guessed, meant par
alysis »r catalepsy." said David ' But.
•a you see. po*»r Maurice la dead Your
' prophesy was false"
"It would stem a..
Mr Aylmer is
-Dad. as you say. so th» term l.lfe '.n
Iteath cannot bo applied to hie pret
erit etale of non »»letence
Rut you
j will admit that 1 foretold that evil
would happen to him If he decided to
marry Mina I*« I lea
It has turned oul
as I thought "
True, doctor." remarked Jen. keep.
Ing hla eyes fixnd upon the swart face
■>f lhe other. "And Is lhal all you have
to »ay ?"
"All* What else do you export ms
to say?" demanded Ktwaid. coldly.
"Hay who you think killed Maurlc«?
Who stole the devil-stick?"
"I can't answer.” said the doctor,
taking up hla hat "A detective may be
able to aaatet you on the»« points En
gage one!”
"No." aald Jon, taking David by th»
arm
"We d*>n't need aid from th»
law to lesm who killed Maurice, and
avenge hie death. David and myself
will find the guilty person?"
"Really
I hops you will eurceed
Itut a ease like this requires s'trained
Intelligence such ss you may find In a
detective.
Of course, you may com
mand my eorv|c< a. Msjor.
but
I'm
afraid you will not SU< ■>.--.1 '
When th® doctor had taken himself
Off. and was walking past the library
windows towards lhe curve of the eve.
nue where It ran Into the wihm I s Jen
looked after hltn with a lowering face,
and laid an Inquiring finger on David's
arm.
"Do you trust that man. my boy?"
ho naked, gravely.
"No." returned Harby, after a pause
"1 think ho la a t-ad lot."
"I am auro of It. and what's more."
added Jen. nodding. "It la my opinion
that he knows who killed Maurice. If
Indeed he did not do It hlmrolf."
The hours dragged heavily along In
that house of mourning. Tho body of
lhe dead man lay in the little chamber
which huikod out upon the laurel-en-
elf ¡rd lawn. It was covered with a
while sheet. the hands were folded up
on the breast, and flow era had l*e»n
laid thereon by the Major. Over the
face a handkerchief had been thrown,
as the ones handsome features were so
discolored as to tie absolutely repulsive
to lhe sight
There was something
terrible In lhe rigidity of the
long
iorm. stretched out so stiffly under the
sheet.
In the chamlier. candles were
burning, and Jaggard was watching
near ths corp«»
lie was to watch
tbriughout the night.
Itavld retired early to bed. aa he was
quit« wornout with lhe anxieties of
the day; but Jen waa too grieved to
sleep
11« remained In the
library,
thinking over his great loss, and won
dering what wretch could have taken
that young life. Towards 11 o'clock he
went to the kitchen, and had a short
conversation with the policeman, who
«>■ a stupid bucolic youth with no
mors brains than a pumpkin
After
wards he sought the chaml'er of death,
to see that Jaggard waa not sleeping
al hie post. Finally, tike the old sol
dier he wa«. Jen went round th» house,
to satisfy himself that the windows
and doors were bolted and barred. All
these things done, he returned to thr
library.
At first he read and then paced up
and down, thinking of hla dead tad.
and finally as the hands of th« clock
drew to midnight, he threw himself In
to a chair, and worn out In body and
tn mind, the old man slept profoundly.
Hour after hour passed m silence; the
moon set. and the night grew darker,
as lhe mind rose and moaned through
the wm-l« round the h»u«e. Rave the
muttering of the breege and th« ticking
of the clock, not a sound was to tie
heard In that silent room wherein Jan
slept heavily.
Suddenly he woks with a start-
H»meon» was rapping gently on the
shutters of the middle window Glanc
ing at lhe clock. Jen saw that It was
1 tn th« morning, and wondering who
could be outside at so untimely an
hdur. ho m«e to open the window.
With care, begotten of old experlsnc«.
ho plcke«t up hla revolver, and held It
ready while unbolting the window
shutters.
Wh»n they
were thrown
open, he saw a white figure with out -
stretched hands standing before lhe
window.
"Mlae Dallas!
Tou hers? At this
hour?*
"Yeo, y»s." whispered the girt, step
ping Into tho room. T got out of my
bedroom window and escaped from my
mother and Dido. I want to see Mau
rice. Take me to the death-chamber."
Seeing from her look« that «h« waa
too distraught to t-o argued with. Jen
led her sot of th« library and Into th«
dead man's room.
Then he uttered
a cry, which was echoed by a wild
shriek from the gtr’
th« corpse was
FASHION HINTS
CHAPTER XL
Astounded and horrified. the Majo>
with Isa- >11« [katias clinging Is hie
arm. stui-.t »(»ring at the eripty bed
Th» candies were still burning, but
Jaggard bad fall* n from his chair, and
was lying, a huddled heap upon th«
fiis»r.
The one window of the room
was wide open, end lhe wind was
shaking « Ions» «hattet to and fro. The
shock of the dl»< 'ivery wa» se terrifie
that Jen. for ivuce In hla Ilf», het hla
presence of mil.4
lie was retailed to
his senses by the wild vole« of Isa-
"Maurice! Maurice! Where le b» ?”
ah» cried leaving the Major and rush
ing towards th» empty l-*4 "You said
ha was here - my poor dead love; but I
can't er» him. it tier» is he? Where
is be?"
Jen turned bi» horrified gage on th»
poor girt .11» did not know what to
do. laalodla was In a dangerous Stat«
of hyeivria. Hb» had little on but a
loose white -ir, saine gown, end
her
pree.-nc« in Ilia house at I o'clock In
th» n.ornlng was enough to overpower
Tbit outing tuit of rose colored !in*n
Jen's songe of the reasonable, Ind»-
has small tucks psnnelsvl in th« sides of
piaulent -if the crowning horror of th« ths lilouis sad skirt Black linen is used
missing corpse, At thia Juncture th« fur th» belt, follsr snd deep cuffs.
t .uih needr.t i hi cam« from without
A |sunty tis is drawn through th«
lutvid Karby rushed Into the room
slash in th» Mouse front, giving Just ths
II« was half - clothr <1. ¡wale as lhe required dssh to the whole
j
while dross of Isabella Dallas, and evi
dently. from th» wild look In hie eyoa
v UAIMI A LAKk.
and quivering of hi« nether dip. Imdly
""""""
•cared.
Stopping short a few paces
»Hys i alary te a Hlg Oil Ventnvw
from th» door, he held up th» lamp
Tkf*s|k Bering 1« Its Bed.
• hlch h« -srrled. to survey th» aston
A fight for title to <,400 acres of Fer
ishing soene before him
Th» eight of
Jen tongue-tied and Immovable, of Is- ry Laks In Caddo pariah, southwest
atiells weeping on her knees by the I »u Is tan a, and said to bs in oil field
•-»deute. <>t th» l»e.t Itself vacant of Ils valued at approximately 15.000.000. has
deed occupant all thes« things wire tieen begun before Oortwnissloner Den
cali ulated to shook even stronger nett of the general land office.
The
nerves than those of David Harbv.
claimant Is John ILKIng of Texarkana.
Nevertheless, after a |»uw of sheer
aatunlshmimt, h» managed to stammer Texas, who made entry over one year
Iago under tho placer mining act lie
out a question.
"Did—did she cry out*" h« asked, claims that the area of tho lake was
nodding towards the girl
"1 b«ard a never turned over by the government
shriek.”
to the State of I^tulelana. and as the
His presence and question unlocked attorney general of that State did not
th« Major's tongue.
put tn an appearance yesterday tt Is
"Yea." he replied. In a
hesitating
believed that tho State is content to let
manner, as of one unused to speech
the general government deal with the
Hhe cam« to th» library window ten
minutes ago, having «soaped from ths proposition before it In any mannsr
custody of lor mother and Dido. Quit« it tney deem advleablo.
Former Representative John J Lxnts
hysterical, as you see, and bent upon
»• • lug our poor dead lad.
To pa<Ify of Columbus. Ohio; J. A Tellier of
her I brought her here, but, as you Little Rock, Ark., and J. D Körner,
see—”
eleo of the capital of Ohio, made up
The body ts gone!" cried Imvld, i the legal array which preeentod Mr.
hurrying towards the tied.
King's tide of ths case
At the close
?liun
gone "' moaned lail'ella. ris
of ths argument Commissioner Den
ing
"Oh. my dear dead lover!"
nett took ths matter under advisement
“Jaggard!"
"There
said Jen. pointing to ths Ils did not announce when a decision
will be rendered In the matter.
Inanimate form of ills old servant.
• must alarm th« house," cried
For several months past It has been
Karby, In a horrified ton», and there believed that the State officials of Lou
upon walked swiftly towards the door. isiana were going to put up a vigorous
Heiore he could reach It the Major,
fight for the lake, which also has a
baling recovered hla presence ut mind,
'xmslderabls area tn ths State of Tex
selkad him by lhe arm.
No. no!" said Jen. hastily, "Do not as. Several years ago, while prospect
bring anyone lore as yet.
We must !ng over the general oil field In tbs
think of this poor girl. David. Tsks section where the lake Is located. Mr.
her home at one» When you are both King discovered that while ths Stand
out of the house 1 shsll give th» alarm. ard Oil Company hail located Its wells
You understand, no on« must know on all sides of the property, no attempt
that Mias Iiallao has been In my bouse ba.! been made to locate on the lake.
st this hour."
Ho then went to work, and made a
"I quite agrre with you," said Da
vid. simply; and turning to Isabella, does examination of lhe records bear
be took her gently by the hand "Com». ing on ths question of tills to ths land
This was for
Miss Dulins This Is no place for you." on which the lake lira
"Maurice." muttered laatwlla. looking merly government land befors ths hack
piteously at him
water from tho Red River overflowed
"Maurice Is not here
Coma. Miss the oectlon and left tho lake. Ho aecer
lUII-te. let me take you t*ack to your talned. eo It was pointed out In ths ar
mother."
gument of ths attorneys befors Com
"My mother ts so cruel.” aald Isabel-
missioner Dennett yesterday that tbs
la. In a low tone, "and I feel so III."
lake
was never turned over by the
she continued, raising her hand to
her I'»« hair. "Tea. yea. I must go general government to tho State of
home.
Hut Maurice -my dear Mau Louisiana, and he lost no time In mak
rice."
ing an entry on the 4,400 acres In queo-
"I shall tell you all at>out it to-mor tion, which Io believed to be the rich
row," answer'll Jen. soothingly, and rat In the section In point of possible
led her out of the room. "At the pres oil fields
ent moment you must go home with
With hla entry he then made his
Mr Harby.
David, there la a liaise
plans to bring tbs matter to the att»n
cloak of mine In the hall.
Wrap It
round her and com» In the library. It lion of the commissioner of ths gen
Is best that ah« should leave In th» i-rsl land office, so as to perfect the ti
tle befors he begins operations for lo
way she came."
David did a« he
was
told.
and cating oil wells. He talked at length
snatched up his old ulster after wrap yesterday of tho question and pointed
ping up laaliella. In the library they out that as the lake Is only about two
found th« Major reopening the shut or three feet deep It will be a compara
ters of the window, which
he
had
tively easy matter to locate oil wells in
Closed on the girl's entry.
When he
all parts of ths srea covered by ths
flung them wide, a guat of mind blew
Mr. King Is
Inward, sprinkling him with moisture. 4,400 acres In question
"Hain," snld Jen. drawing latch. "All positive from ths Investigations he has
th« better; there will be
no splee made that the area Is of Immense value
about, and you can take Miss Dallas and hope« as soon as he gets tills to
home without being observed."
begin operations
Taking th« girl by th« hand. David
The section tn which the lake Is lo
Icil her towards the window Sh» was cated In both Texas and Louisiana Is
In a half-dased condition, the result of looked upon by oil experts everywhere
the strong sxcllefnent which hsd Im
as a particularly rich oil country, and
pelled her to make this midnight visit,
end her nerves being thus dulled, she this fact has been singularly brought
surrendered herself passively to ths out. It Is declared, by reason of ths fact
guidance of David. Only at lhe win that ths Htsndard Oil Company has
dow did she pause, and look stead come Into the eectlon and bought up
fastly at the Major.
all the land bordering on the leks —
"Tou must find out what has tieooms Waahlngton Star.
of my dear Maurice s lady." she said,
quietly.
A ■■«■tin« Merckaat.
"I promts« you," replied Jen. with a
The
Jeweler
had loft his new boy la
look of stern determination in his face
oharge of the store while ho went
<To b» continued.)
home to hie dinner, but not until ho
Demeanor Analysed.
cautioned the youth that all the goods
"Your < bauffeur seems very respect were marked end that he must not lot
ful." said the guest.
anyone take goods with him unloee
'"That str of lieferen!la! solicitude," they were paid tor.
rsplled Mr. Chugglns, "Is not reaped.
"Well, Sam." be asked npon his re
It Is sympathy."—Washington Star.
turn. “did you have any customers?"
"Tou bet!" said Ham. gleefully. "And
I got bls money, too'
I sold one man
Medical Profeeaor—What Is ths re ell those brass rings you had that
sult. young gentlemen, wben a pa were marked Ike on the Inside, and
tient's temperature goes down as far here's tho money —a dollar and ninety
as It can? Student—Why er- ks gets sight rants:"—Judge
cold teak—Cleveland 1-eadsr
x.»»^»ue law law nue rosi t.-i» uvei
Uto a. tlvtty by gì alls s>«ibuUs *1 us J 4
Out scour. gr>;« or «••»eu Tksy sr» •
Uste t» the ttomark, liver end nerves;
l&ilgArsts ls»t»«4 of weaken. They ea-
rku IM blosd anil »assis the ateuia k to
get all tbs acari»!.tu> Lt frein teed that la
put Into It Th»«» pilla ceuta n no ralo-
mel; they ara scofblng. beallag and stltn-
ulattag. F«r aal» by all droggtite In 10e
and if«- sisra
If you need medical ad-
vic». writs Mnayos a Pi- t ira They will
• detw to ths teat of tbrtr ablllte abso
lutely free f «'barge
Ml WTOH'S. *14
aad ;<«••• •<».. ratUdelpkla, m.
Seed lôe for trial package
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Tbs women of Alllngtown.
Conn.,
hav« organised for the protection of
their village from fire
They are to
hold a country fuir, ths pro. »eds of
which will be used te buy apparatus«
They will also form a woman's bri
gada of th» fir« department
Mother* will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup thr Uat remedy u* use tor thslr «.hUdreg
tuilug lbs Uethlng ;wrtod.
Juba
D.
1!» accumulated many rocks.
And this ts hla explanation:
"1 n»«d them all—In spite of your
knocks—
To make a securs Foundation."
I —Chicago Tribune.
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Atlen'a Foul Fee«, a powder for the feet. It core»
.ainful ewolleeu emartlng. eweetlr.g feet. Makes
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Htorm.
Don't accept any eutwtltuta
Sample
ntt.K. Addrsea A S. <>im-t»l. La Roy. N. Y.
Russian and Dutch scientists are ad
vancing th» theory that there la vege
tation on Jupiter, Batura. Uranus and
Neptune
It’s Pettit’s Ty* Sake
that gives instant reliof to eyoa; irri
tated from deal, heat, sun or wiml.
All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo,
N. Y.
He«»«,« tor the Home.
First Milliner -You have designed
the north pole hat?
Second Milliner—Yes; It will be a
matter of dispute between ths pur
chaser and her husband.—New
Turk
gun.
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