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• pertinent were seated w>rt>y. Arasi,
and 111 sa Id Only one man stood up—
r Jrn— and he stood as the accue-
g»»t>tinned. )
><•4 •trnngc
ar
on. and found
••ad ■one to t>«<L I
hA lime, as I was afraid
|tsrwards, when Maurice
M you said that the devil-
k.-d him. I went to Dido
i her of the crime. Hhe
,v angry, and warned me
>flfl<l a word about the theft
jflvil-stick. I would l»a in dan-
Ranging my own mother. Afraid
wh an accusation should kill my
*, who Is not strong. I said noth-
her, or indeed to anyone. I told
•q you to save my mother; what
Jd I do? But now I tell you
h, and I wish you to protect
njtalnst the evil of Dido and
'|d.V
Have that Dr. Elwald killed
Î
’
«B ’*yh:n U became
•the terrar of tlva he. ret
•«Med. Dido prepared that
Hid prrtenc« of curing
ilnowShat"Ifha did ea to
n stick: * Rhe th<-n sent
'-t |_he kilted Maurice
Sily with th» BB-
*
"You are right. I wish to know If
you have discovered anything new."
"Tag. Your messenger, Battersea,
was wandering about your grounds on
that night "
"Battersea"' cried Jen, thundrr-
struck.
Did he see the body carried
uff —
"Ito did not see It taken out of the
house," explained Arkel. referring to
some notes which he held In his hand,
'but be saw It put Into the carriage,
which was walling In the winding lane
st the foot of your grounds Two peo
pie carried the l»ody iwtween them—a
man and a woman but Battersea can­
not give me their names."
"1 can. however," said Jen. grimly.
I'll give you the names later on Mr
Inepeitor. In the meantime, l-e good
enough to conclude your report of Bat-
tcraoa'a confraalon.
It Interests me
deeply."
"I thought It would, repll.-d Arkel,
with a look of satisfaction
Well, the
man and the woman put the body Into
the carriage—-« doctor's brougham.
Wh«-n the body was placed In the car­
riage and the door cloaod. the woman
went away. The man mounted the
carriage-box and drova off It appears
that there waa no coachman."
”1 don't wonder at that." rejoined the
Major. "Thia precious pair were afraid
to trust their secret to a third pariv.
No doubt,
*
the home, being quiet, wee
left to stand In the deep shadow of
V’* Ians while t*.,e rooiier* stole the
i.r. I understand. Tha
M ■ way. the (anti mounted
4 "and I sup ¡»owe drove off with
pee."
> .with Battersea." ad ted Ark«d.
. significant smllw. “It seems
•he trump wishes! to Me the end
.» singular adventure, or, no doubt,
dahed to make money out of It
he waa driven with the carriage
.Mtimlnslar"
¿utto eo, gt»-' D*
,<irtyard u w* *
'
■ »a*
*d*-
Into
’into the
», Mr. Ar-
"
"
’
Z*»-
A»n In
*
,
.
A*r’’»k It
To nieltif "lim«to IMvId
Jrkw the truth, and tn let the
ÖffGtw.ild tell Its own tale, and
lad's lipa, by showing that
•ri iMliaa was Innocent.
As Jrn
F-Ijwwa •« ibi» conclusion, hr entered his
ii»n gwtes. and rather to his surprise
he n>et David, considerably Bgltaled.
advancing to mart him
••Jnsj-cetor Arkel and Dr Etwald are
waiting for you In the library," •aid
Harby. rapidly.
"I know It. I sent for them. I wish
the Aral to arrest the an und "
what
Dr.
Elwald! <. In
"Arrest
grounds?"
"» >n the grounds of having murdered
Maurice," •aid Jen. coldly. "Yes. you
may look astonished. Dnvld, but It Is
the truth. Without your assistance I
M avo disc* iVOred that Utwald Is guilty.
the Major, In a kindly
Also' adt
the reason of your si-
?>tono. "1 k
t. /. . Sf*
stammered
—who told y oil ?
,.W“i
11 n. ni pale as death.
i-C- ! •
ïs.*i‘*'|h*
I1*-iti l<M»keJ t*n
. CHAPTER XX.
tateforw Jen had time to Inulqre the
^•n. inlitfc of Davtd's strange »-xclamu-
tlon. the young men had turned on his
t>e,-l and wss walking rapidly imck to
the houa «. Rurprised by this behavior,
of its reason, the Ma-
and suspli
jot culled out to him to stop: but.
without taking any notice, the young
(nan Incress >d bls pace, and was soon
lost to sight. Jen went after him. and
on entering the library found that only
Arkel wilt present
"Where Is Dr Elwald?" demanded
the Major, anxiously.
‘lie went up stairs a few minutes
■ K<> to see your servant." replied the
Inspector, rising, "Mr. Karby was with
him."
Jen started
i In order to see
returned before
in private Speech
Final.I. and. io
conducted him to
with the doctor.
JngKiird's sick-room. For the moment
Jen- still suspicious of Karby's l«eha-
vlor had It In his mlnd to follow;
hut a few minutes of reflection con-
vlni-ed him that this was nnm •cessa ry.
Dio Id did not know all the c Mt verán •
tlon which had taken place between
lilmvetf and lassbella, therefore • hs
could Inform Etwald of nothing new.
Hu*. Indeed, the Major pondered why
Iknvld wished to sp> ik privately with
the doctor. It looked. to his mln id. as
though the two men were tn I'-agi ite.
"Well, never mind Dr. Ktwald Just
now.'* be said, aloud "He had his du-
t'aa to perform, and I have mine. Hit
down. Mr. Arkel, I aup|H»ee you son-
der why I have sent for you."
"Well, no, Major I presume It la In
•connection with the casa."
' t’v
'1 ta»IRRM s loh* 7t>u so." stammered
Arkel. amused at his Insight.
T assure you he told ma nothing
But I am as clever at Battersea, and
•-an pul two and two together Next
day Battersea went to Elwald. did he
riot, and trie«! to blackmail him. but
this clever doctor compelled him to
keep silent
I know a great many
things. Mr. Inspector, For Instance. I
know that the woman who assisted
Dr. Etwald to steal the body la IHdo;
also that Dr Ktwnld Is a murderer t>s
welt as a thief."
"If I had only known that. 1 would
have had the warrant altered."
"What!" cried Jen. with an exprès ■
•Ion of ferocious Joy lighting up hie
face, “you have a warrant for the ar­
res* of Etwaldt"
"Yes. but on the charge of stealing
the t*<»dy only. I took It out after hear-
Ing the evidence of the tramp Batter­
sea."
"Very good. Then you can take out
a warrant for his arrest as a murderer,
after hearing my evidence. I swear an
my sacred honor, that Maurice Aylmer
was killed by Max Ktwald'”
At this moment the door of the li­
brary oiwned slowly, nnd Dr. Etwald.
calm and composed, appeared on th«
threshold Behind him. over his shoul-
der, :•"* I the pale countenance of
David From the Ironical look on the
»!•»< tor's face It would appear that he
hud overheard the accusation Of the
Major, and was prepared to treat It
with contempt. That such was the
case appeared by the Aral words which
Issued from his mouth as he faced his
accuser.
"I hear the name of Max Etwal-l
coupled with the crime of murder, le
this the way you treat your guests,
Major?"
' You are not my guest." retorted
Jen, furiously.
"No. rather your victim, seeing that
yoq have lured me Into a trap. It Is
not to see Jaggard that you asked me
here; but rather to force me—If you
can Into confessing that I am guilty of
a triple crime.”
"You make one mistake, str." said
Jen. coldly. "I accused you of two
crimes, not of three.”
"Ah. you are lenient." replied Etwald.
a shade of surprise passing over his
features, i, a surprise
surprise which was reflect-
ed tn the agitated face of David Kar-
by. “Well. sir. let me hear of what I
am accused."
with the utmost roolneas. he enter-
ed the ro<>m and s it down In a chair
near Arkel. The Inspector, with his
hand In his breast-pocket. Angered the
warrant, but did not deem It wise to
execute II until he had heard what
proof the Major poasesset aanlnst Et­
wald for the murder of Maurice Ayl­
mer. David sat down near the door,
and followed every movement of the
arena which enoued with keen eyea.
Thus, three of the occupants at the
"Dr. Eta aid. •aid the Major, with
eat calmness and <irllierall<m. “y>u
e a clever and ambitious man. who
wishes to make his way in the woril.
l-ut has hitherto tailed to do so for
lack of m oney. To procure money for
your experiments In chemistry. you
would do anything -even marry a rieb
woman!**
“Or murder tha man formerly en-
gaged to her," retorted Etwald. with a
[utle smile. "Go on. Major Jen. I see
the mark you are aiming at"
' You found thia rich match here,"
resumed Jen, without nothing the in-
.erruptlon, "In the person of Miao Dal­
las. already engaged to the late Mr
Aylmer
You loved her, and wanted
your rival out of the way. 1
you had the de vil-atlrk stolen.
"Ho, bo! and by whomf"
"Mrs Du lias etnie the devil stick.
and gave It to Dido, who. by your di­
rex-tiona, tilled ll with fresh poison.
Dido helped you to do eo. and drugged
of death to you, and with it you killed
my p< M»r tx»/ at the very galee of the
girl he loved,
Afterwards you agole
the laxly of the man you murdered
Dido helped you to do so .and drugged
m> servant. Jaggard, with th* perfume
of the devil-stick poison. In order that
the theft might be carried out with
safety."
"It would seem that trido has a great
deal to do with these matters.'* said
Etwald. looking up to the roof.
"Rhe has every thing to do with them.
Hhe will be brought against you as a
witness "
"Indeed Then it appears that I am
to be arrested."
"I «an answer that." broke In Arkel.
smsxrd at the self-possession of the
man. '! havs here s warrant to arrest
you for stealing the body of Maurice
Aylmer.”
‘Ilow can you prove that I did aoT*
he demanded.
"By the evidence of the tramp Bat-
taravu."
"Battersea!" repeated the doctor, and
for the first time he frowned.
' Y'ea. Hi- saw you place the body In
the brougham, with the assistance of
Dido, lit followed you to Deanmin­
ster, and saw you take the ixxly into
your house"
"Oh. then," said Etwald. turning to­
wards Jrn. "I am not to be accused of
th« murder,“
"latter on. my friend Caln." said l*><-
Major, grimly, "You will have quite
enough to do to eave your neck from
the halter,"
"I am afraid so. indeed.
Major:
therefore, I must have assistance,
There is nothing Ilk e bring prat id»4
tn H um with ■ <• •1 «• I for the defence]
therefore. J must ask Mr Inn Id Karby
defend me from these absurd
k>rg<-s "
qAD" cried David, starting up with
..Ute checks "1 defend you'”
"Assuredly." replied Eta aid, fixing
a piercing glat.ce on the young man.
"Do you refuse?"
"Of course he does," cried Jen.
wrath fully.
David raised bts head
1
and looked at
the Major, at the
it lb. I:.
Spector.
"No," said he. In a flrm voice to ail
three. "I accept. I shall defend Max
Elwald."
(To oe rotiiInued I
LUNCHES AT ONE CENT EACH.
They Are Fed to Half-red < tell-
>lr»x M k» " .»aid Hear a I < baric y.
A heaping portion of ludían pudding
with milk and two crackers was tht
menu for the leant lunch served at the
Winthrop School yesterday, and u
long ns the service proves as succes>
ful as It has In the past the lunches
wlh be continued at 10 30 each morn-
Ing, so that uou<- of the little children
who come to school with appetites
hnlf nut Is hod need go home famished.
The high cost of living which han
shaved down the breakfasts at home
alaioM to a minimum o|>erat<-a to send
seme children to school with insuffi­
cient nourlshiueut to do justice to
themselves In their work, the Boston
Post says.
At tha Winthrop
elded that any plan
elude charity would prove a failure, a*
children are the qulekist persona to
form class barriers and look down on
their playmates who may not be able
to have food enough M home.
Mias Emmeline F. Torrey, teacher
of domestic science, believes that she
has solved the problem m the l-cent
lunches served each morning. If cost
of preparation and service were added
It would t>e Impossible to make the
meal Otherwise than charitable, so
Miss Torrey has a class of eighteen
giria. ranging In age from 10 to 13,
prejiare the dishes and serve them
Thus the cent that the children pay
covers the entire cost.
The cup of pudding and crackers,
together with the milk, which waa
served yesterday to each hungry ¡a»-
pll had enough nutriment In It to
rqua! nearly three large si!«« of bread,
with butter. The quality, Miss Torrey
said, was well suited tor ths needs of
the child ren.
All the teachers In the school aay
that the tentative working of the plan
thus far has be-n tn provide much
more wideawake children after the
lunch hotir and to do away with the
eagerness to have school dismissed.
%
FASHION HINTS Years of Suffering
Catarrh and Stood Disease —
Doctors Failod to Cure.
Miss Mabel F. fxxwktna. 131« I-sfxy-
ette Kt. Fort W«;r.<k ln<L, writes:
"For three years 1 was troubled wltlk
catarrh and blood disease- 1 tried sev­
eral do t <rs and a d->:en different rem­
edies, but none of them did ma any
gixxL A frl- nd told ma of Hood's Sar­
saparilla. 1 took two b. tiles of this
p.edlelne and was •• well and strong
as ever. I feel like a different person
• nd recommend Hood's to any one suf­
fer irg from catarrh."
Get It today In u
'
-
cb<- lated tablets called Darsatabs.
«.rseamolberlT
Felde.
Old Ro» ter (with some Irritation) —
What are you doing all that strutting
and cackling about?
Old lien My eldest pullet has fust
hatched Out her first brood of chicks,
you mean old thing*
—
Bad BLOOD
••Before I began using Csacwrets I had
a bad complexion, pimples on my face,
and rar food was not digested as it should
have lern Now I am entirely well, and
the pimples have all disappeared fn u> my
face I can truthfully say that Cases reis
are )u»t as advertised, I have taken only
twu boxes of them."
Clarence R. GruFin. Sheridan. Ind.
I’lia.sr.l. I'alstabU I'-UM teals
tin Crwl Nevac aa-e Waafcen «* Gr.(<
lev. 3Sr. ma Nevae -aS n bulk fk-
ulna table» alssip-u Ct’C i.uaraniaml M
curs or rear «•—•••* bark
Wae tlreeWy*
There'* lots of character to this suit of
plain and (triped pongee.
The »tripe i* sort of an old blue, the
tame a* tne deep culf*. and it tone* to
well with the natural color pongee.
The knife pleated collar of net is a
vew feature
ODD GEOGRAPHICAL FACT*.
*/ntqae
relate
Abeel
the Catted
States Wurth It smeiuberlag.
Aauong tbs many geographical pe-
tuUarities lu the United States there
are some especially Interesting.
The two largest countlae in the
United Blates are Custer County, Mon­
tana and San Bernardino County, Cal­
ifornia. Each of these la a little more
than 30,000 square tulles In extent, and
the Blates of Massachusetts, Rhode
Islaud, Delaware aud New Jersey
could be put Inside the boundaries of
•Uber of them, Tho smallest county
in the Union Is Bristol County. Rhode
Island, which baa only 25 aquara
mllea
The county In th# United States hav-
Ing the largest population to New
York, which has 1.000.000 people In it.
At the time of the last census Hatley
County, Texas, which la about the slxe
of the State of Rhode Island, had only
four Inhabitants.
About 50 miles from Durango, Colo­
rado, there Is a point where four
States meet. Here by stepping a few
feet In either direction one can walk
In four different commonwealths In as
many seconds These commonwealths
are the States of Colorado. Utah and
the Territories of New Mexico and
Arlsona A nearly parallel case le at
Harper's Ferry, where the train stops
a few minutes to allow ths passengers
to slight and enjoy a view which per­
mits them to look Into throe State»—
Maryland. Virginia and West Virginia
The highest and lowest elevations In
this country are In California, within
100 mllea of each other. The loftiest
Is Mt. Whitney, 14.499 feet high, and
the lowest le Death Valley, about 450
feet below the level of ths sea.
Two Oceans I'asa, In Yellowstone
Park. Is no netted because whenever
there Is a shower In the vicinity and a
certain small creek overflows, tts
waters spread over the edge of the
continental divide and paas Into trib­
utaries of rivers which flow to the At­
lantic and to the Paciflc.
The longest city street In the Untied
State« is Western avenue, Chicago,
Its
which Is exactly 23 miles long
nearest rival Is Halsted street, also
tn Chicago, which Is two-thlrds of a
mile shorter.
Halsted street ts so
much more closely built up that It le
usually spoken of as the longest street
In the world. Interspersed with the
native Americans on this one street
are Germans, Italians. Russians, Jews.
Bohemians, Poles and Greeks Hal
eted street la crossed over and under
by 20 railroads
A novel way to demonstrate the else
of the State of Texas ts to spread out
a map of the Union and stretch a
string across Texas the longest way.
Then placing one end of the measure
at Chicago, one will And that the other
•nd will extend Into either the Atlan­
tic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
Hsian, aged 4. waa telling Mary, aged
I. of her plana for the future. "I'm go­
ing to be married." she announced,
'and have eighteen children"
”<>!"
(»•pad Mary, her eyas wide with
imaiement, "you mercenary wretch!"
—Cleveland Deader.
one nt II* Ml«a*ea.
"Tom my." askad the teacher, "men
tlon some of the ua«s of pappar"
"Pepper." said Tommy, after a perl-
od of profound rerte Slon. "la a good
thing not to put • n X re.I hot stove ”
•.••yen's raw raw ruts coax toe uve l
Into activity by gentle u<»ibods. 7 bey de
lid Stour, grips or «Mira They are a
tools to tbs aiemn u, liver sad nervosi
1 . »rats ln»ie«d of weaken. They so­
rb b the bleml and enable tbs stornai b to
get sil the mxirUbinei.t frota food that Is
put Into It. Tbrae pills contala no ralo-
met; they are sootht-ig. hen Ing and stim­
ulating For sale by all druggist» tn too
and Jfir atara If , oq n-ed tardiest ad-
vice, urite Motrn»'« Doctors ’’’hey will
sdvl«e to the beat of their ability sbao-
lote'y r-ee of Chara-» (M'Wl'OS'a. *(4
au4 Jag rasa Si»., I'hlladrIphia, fa.
Send 10s lor trial package
tilWerly
liege«-lly.
Ths professor regarded with an eye
of suspicion the small yellow cube the
waiter had brought him.
1 take thee." he murmured, "for
butler—or worse"—Chicago Tribune.
New ' York is experimenting with
st reel cars driven by electric motors
which get thslr power from gas un­
■Ines mounted
I
below the floor of the
cars
-9»
THE KEYSTONE
TO HEALTH
IS
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH
BITTERS
The Ilea’s Kleis.
Mrs
Hen. having performed he*
oviparous function, took a constitu­
tional around the yard. Returning to
her nest, she found It empty and
clucked angrily
"What's the trouble, ma'am?' asked
the rooster.
•
"It’s mighty funny," she grumbled,
"that I can never And tbines where I
lav them" r—ion T--"•"■•■'nt
Generiil,
"What has become of your New
Year's resolution’”
"Well, havln* he|,| out long enough
Take warning from tbs paachbvdi
to satisfy all requirements of bravery That which crows venturesome and
and honor. It capitulated last night takes off Ila union suit too soon ns vat
for humanity's sake."
lives to be a pea
I
Poor health can nearly
always traced to a dis­
ordered stomach, weak
kidneys, sluggish liver or
constipated Dowels.
The
Bitters acts directly on
these organs, making them
strong and healthy. Try it