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K-R-0 la miii of Squill, ae rrc em mended brU.S.Drpt. of Asriculture.unoer the Connable procraa which Inturea oiiiimum etrencth.Two cana killed 5" 9 rata at Arkaneee State Farm. Hundred! of other teetlmonlale. 14 oa Money -Back Guarantee. Inelat upon K-R-O.the original Squill eater minator. A'l poultry euppljr, drug, and eeed Storet ?S. Large alia (bur tlmee aa much) iOO. Direct If dealer cannot supply rou. K R 0 Co, Springfield, O. (Sva3 &1) rrtfi KILLS-RATS-ONLY Why Let Him Live? "Did your husband give you the diamonds he promised you'" "The brute gave me a pack of cards and told me to help myself.' People boast of their ancestor only after the world 1ms forgotten their records. After a man says, 'Til think It over," nothing ever happens. Y Back hurt you? If troubled with b.-ckache, fcladdcr Irritations, and getting up at night, don't take chances! Help your kidneys at the first lien of disorder. Use Doan'i Pilh. I Praised for 50 years. Endorjsd I by thousands of grateful users, n Get Docm's today. J v 'sfc A MTa Ts A DIURETIC mM y-was M My WW '"a."r.,. .m F Ml B THE STORY Mervyn Holt Is nirnKt tT a man cnlllns Mtnurlf Mstnroff a traveling companion. Attar ahort tour they put up at tha Woodcock Inn on Mnrraad.tU moor. Thy meU raaually, Mra. Klphlnatona and Sheila Merohl con. M.tiaroff talis Holt they art hli wife and daughter and that hta real nam I Merchlaon. That nUht MninrofT falls to return to tha Inn and hi dlaappearanct tr unexplained. Holt niaeta Shells and telli her of MiinrofT's dlioip pearanco. They no to her eoualn't (Verner Courihope) ihootlng bos hoping to And some word ot M.v tarofT. Thar they meet Mr Armlntrad and Doctor Eccla share. Holt Is questioned by fo lic Sergeant Manners and a re porter, llownat. Maiaroft's mur dered body Is found. CHAPTER II Continued "Shot, doctor?" snld the police sor gMiit "Why, I never notlcej " "Perhaps not." Interrupts! Kecle shnre, quietly. "Hut you noticed that some wild animal or animals had de stroyed the features, and It perhaps dUlnt occur to you to examine the back part of the head. He was shot through the head, from behind; shot dead. And by an ordinary fowling piece. Look there l" He held out a plump, smooth white hand, unctosed It, and showed us, lying In the palm, a couple of pellets. "KlddJedT he said. sl.Tittcantly. "That's number twelve shot. And that's how he came to his death. Slu t, from an ordinary fowling-piece, at close quarters." I saw that Manners was consid erably taken aback by this opinion, which was corroborated by the local doctor, who Just then came out snd Joined us. It upset the police ser geant's theory, for It was not likely that the cattle drovers whom he sus pected would carry a gun. The two medical men went away, Eccleshare previously turning to me and saying that If there was anything he could do for me, I was to let Mra know, and Manners, for the Erst time, betniyed symptoms of uneasiness. "This Is a queer business, captain 1" he said. "Shot! That never came Into my reckoning. Well! I must be doing something. Cut now, about him? you know where bis relations are to be found, of course? They'll have to be communicated with at once. Better telegraph to em." The predicament! There It was full facing me. But I was not going to ttU this souwhat thick-headed po Bceraan that Satlm Muxaroff was real ly Andrew Merchlson, and that his wife and daughter were within a mile of us. "I'll look through his papers, tip stairs, and see what 1 can f.r.d," I un swered, evasively. That secret of MazaroTs weighed on me like lead. Ouyl.t I to keep It to myself? or ought I to go straight to llarras'lale tower and tell Mrs. Llphinstone what I knew. It seemed to nie that I ought, for there was this about the situation If Mazaro:T was really Merchlsi.n, then his wealth (and I was some-thing more than certuln that be was very wealth; ) would surely go to his wife and daughter. Yet It was no pleasant task that con fronted me. There was Sheila, with whom It was uelcs to d-ny It I was already In love: I h.atlod the Id"a of having to tell her that the father she had never known had beer, foully murdered at her very dor: then the advice I was longln? for was coming to me as quickly as an old horse and a ramshackle fly from the station beyond the hills could carry it. Such an equipage drove up to the Woodcock and from It d.scended first a keen-looking sharp featured, ttilddle-uged man, whom I at once set down as either a solicitor or a barrister, and second, a younger tnr.n. smart, alert, well-dressed. They hurried Into the hall; through the open door of my sitting room I heard my name spoken. I went forward: the legal looking man turned and gave me a sharp Inspection. "Mr. Holt?" he said. "I am Mr. Lincoln Crole, of Crole h Wyntt, jo lititors, I'.ciiford row. I heard of Mr. MuzarofTs strange disappearance from the London papers last niht, and I eaiif.'lit the night mall here. Now, has Mr. Muzaroff been found or heard of'" "Yes." I replied. "He was found this morning. Iead. Murdered." He gave two successive starts at the last two words then pointed to the room which I hud Just left. "La us go In there," he said. "This." he went on. ns I led them In and closed the door, "Is Mr. Frank Maythorne. win m you may have heard of as one of the cleverest private In fjulry aip'trls living. Now Mr. I'olt, let lue explain as 1 said Just now, I re-ul ,'ioti! this niattir In the papers PROBABLY WORN OUT 0s. First Flapper 'Their new baby neer cries uny more." Second Flap- by J. S. FLETCHER 'i ' Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS (if, by Alfred A. Knopf, Ino.) W. N. U. Service your name, of course, appeared and as I have acted professionally for Mr. Mitrarotr since his coming to Eng land, I was much concerned. Finally, I decided to coiuo down here, and to bring Maythorne with me: 1 knew, you see, that Mimitvff has no friends or relations In this country. If any where, and well, for certain reasons I was anxious about him. Now we know the worst !" I was unfelgnedly glad to see Mr. Crole and his .companion : It was a positive relief to be able to share that awful secret with men accus tomed to deal with such matters. I ordered breakfast for them, and wblle they ate and drank, I sat with them,, and Mr. Crole and I exchanged pre liminaries. "I'll tell you In a few sentences all that I know of Mtuaroff, Mr. Holt," he said. "He Introduced himself to tue a few weeks ago at my oihVe. lie told me that he was an English- "I'm So Sorry to Hear This Bad NVas," She Said Quickly. . mnn who had been out'of England for many years, and during his absence had umafsed a large fortune. He said that he'd now returned to this country for good, and he wanted to buy a really nice house In London and settle down In It. He had beard of our firm and had come to see If I could help Mm. I promised to Itwk out a likely house for him and that's practically all." ' "I don't know much more," I snld. "I can tell you how I came to know him " He Interrupted me. "Oh, I know atl about that, 'and about you. Mr. Holt!" he exclaimed. "When Mnzaruff put that advertise ment In the Times, he brought the ap plications to me mos-t of 'em anyway. It was I who advised him to I'.X up with you. You got on together?"' "Splendidly ! admirably I" I snld. "We'd grown to be very close friends." "Aye!" he replied. "He seemed a, likable and kindly man. But now, as you'd got so friendly, I wonder If you'd observed something about Maim roff's habits something, to he plain with you, that mimed nie alarm, and sent me off, up here, with Maythorne there, as soon as ever I read of his disappearance. Had you?" "I can't say that I bad," 1 an swered. He bent across the table, eyeing Mnythome and myself significantly. "I lunched and dined with MazarofT two or three times." he snld In a low voice. "And I learned a bit about him. Aren't you aware, Mr. Holt, that ho enrrled diamonds In his pockets loose! us If they'd been so many halfpence?" That gave me a genuine start of as tonishment. "No, Indeed!" I exelnlrned. "I never saw him produce uny diamonds never !" Crole lnu;;hed dryly. "I only hope he l ft them behind him In I,owori, then," he said. "Hut I doubt It, even If you didn't see them He'd made the greater part of his for tune in that sort of thing, and I tell you that ho carried, loose on him, stones that looked to rue to be worth no end! I remonstrated with Mm. but be only laughed. Now ask May thorne there what he thinks, profes sionally?'' Ma.vt home smiled. "I think that a per "Do you think It could be worn out nl ready, Mae?" Out of Father' Control Visitor How many controls have you on that radio set? Hoit Three my wife, goo and daughter. -Capper's Weekly. Defined "Who was this fellow Pan?" "Why he was half man mid half gont." "Ah, a husband.'' IIP man who carries diamonds In bis pockets, and pulls them out In public places, as you say Miuarolt did, Is asking for (rouble," he remarked. "And the probability Is that he was followed here. Just give us the plain facts up to now, Mr. Holt brlelly." I told them of all that had hap pened from the moment of MiunrolT's going out nloue on the moor to the bringing of his mutilated body te the Woodcock that morning, And sud denly, making sure that nobody would 'interrupt us, I told them, word for word, of all thnt had passed between 'me and Ma tarofT on the second eve ning of our stay at the Woodcock. As soon as I had finished, t'role spoke, sharply and decisively. "I believe all that!" be said. "1 fett sure there was a queer mystery about Mararoff. Well, there It 1st And the next thing Is It'll have to be told to Mrs. Klphlnstone, who Is really Mrs. Merchlson. And at unce!" "The sooner the better," agreed Ma) thorne. "Because there are things by which he can be Idcntlucd, that birthmark, for Instance." "Yes, at once," declared Crolo. "He may have tiled probably has died intestate. He made no mention to me of any wilt. If be has died In testate, and his Identity as Merchlson Is established, then this lady and her daughter benefit : the daughter mainly, of course. Holt, yoa and I must go to this place what is It, Murrasdule tower) Immediately, A fine reveln 'iron! Come, you and I will go, and leave Maythorne to bis own devices. He'll not be Idle." I led Crole across the moor In the direction of Marrasdale tower, giving him on the way some account of the people be would meet there. We met one of them before we reached the gates Sheila was Just coming out, and I saw at once that she bud beard tha Dews. CHAPTER III The Landlord's Gun Sheila came up to me with genuine sympathy expressed on her pretty face. "I'm so sorry to hear this bad news," she said quickly. "I suppose It's true? we've only heard very little." i "True enough," I snswered. Then, its she glanced at my companion, I said: "This gentleman Is Mr. Mara roffs solicitor Mr. Crole. He's Just arrived from London and he's anx ious to see Mrs. Llphlnstone." She showed no surprise at this; probably she thought that Cmle wanted to ask some questions about the neighborhood. She turned buck to the house, motioning us to follow. We found Mrs. Klphlnstone In the morning room. She gave us an un mistakably questioning look ss we en tered; It seemed. Indeed, not too friendly. Sheila, after her fashion, went to the point "Mother!" she said. "It's quite true about this unfortunate Mr. Mazaroff He's been found dead, on the irmor, and this Is bis solicitor, Mr. Crole, from London, and be wants to see you." "Merely to be permitted to ask a few pertinent questions arising out of the death of my client," Crole snld. "I may mention, first, a fact of which perhaps neither of you Is aware. Mr Mazaroff was murdered!" This announcement produced differ ent effects on Its two hearers. Shells mode a low murmur of horrified as tonishment ; Mrs. Klphlnstone guve Crole a quick glunce. "Are you sure of that?" she asked. That Is the medical opinion, ma'am," replied Crole, with a frigid bow. "I know of no reason to dispute It. My client was shot dend." Mrs. Klphlnstone pointed a finger to chairs near her desk. "Won't you sit down?" she said with faint politeness. "You say you want to osk me some questions pertinent questions? I really can't conceive what they can be! I know nothing whatever about this poor mon." "I think you saw my late client the other day?" suggested Crole, whom 1 had fully posted In every partlculnr of our stay at the Woodcock. "He and Mr. INt were standing at the garden pale of the Inn when you nnd your daughter passed by." "Oh, that!" exclaimed Mrs. Klphln stone. "Yes, I suppoM! I did see him toll, bearded man, wasn't he?" "You didn't recognize him, ma'am?" asked Crole, with a keen look. Mis. KIphliiKtone gave her ques tioner a particularly freezing stare. "Ilerognlze him?" she demanded hHUf.'h'lly. "Heally whut do you mean?" Talent "Your daughter plays 'Beethoven' wonderfully." "Yes, and she only plays from the cheap sixpenny copy, It Is wonderful how that girl can make something out of anything." The Reason Why Old Man Can you give my daugh ter the luxuries to width she bus been neeuslomed? Y'oung Blood Not much loncer. That's why I want to get married. "What I mean, ma'am, Is this," Cmle answered, bluntly, "The man whom you saw, though he has of late years colled himself Sallm Masoroff, was the man whom you married some years ago Andrew Merchlson," I expected something say, dia matte to follow on this. But noth ing happened that Is, nothing par ticular. Sheila's Hps opened a little In astonishment, sad her eyes turned from Crole to her mother, Mrs. Klphlustono was sitting bolt upright, very stern and illgnlllud, nt her desk. Suddenly, and swiftly, a satirical, con temptuous smile showed Itself round the comers of her finely cut thin lips, and she rose quietly from her chair. "Follow nie, If you please," siitt snld. She marched us through two or three rooms, Into (ho hall, out of the house, across the grounds, looking neither to right nor left, ntid so through the porch of the church, and Under Its fine old Nornmn dmrwny Into the shadowy nave. Marching up thnt to the rhnncct, she suddenly paused, pointed upward, and, giving Crole a frowning look, spoke two words : "Uwt there!" We looked. There, on the north wall of the chntirol, was a plain, square tablet of Aterdeen granite, whereupon were deeply Incased and gilded a few words: "In Memory of "Andrew Merchlson "Sometime Itesldcut In this Pariah "Iroued In Mombasa Bay, October Klh, Vsisj." 1 glanced at Crol. His face wns Inscrutable. He merely looked st the tablet, rend the Inscription, nnd turned, with a nod, to Mrs. Klphlnstone. "Now come buck to the house," she commanded. Mrs. Klphlnstone marched us bark to the bouse, and up the old oak stair rase that led from the big hull. She went along one corridor after another until she ci me to a dKr. Selecting a key from a bunch thnt hung by a sil ver chain from her wnlst. she unlocked the door, and uihered us Into a anmll room, wherein there was nothing but so old fashioned bureau, a chair set before It, a bookcase filled with old volumes, and a tldctnhlp. whereon lay a much-worn cabin trunk. She went straight to this snd laid a hand on It "Now," she said, looking at Crole. "I sm doing more than anyone has the right to ask me to do! I am only doing It to set st rest, once and for all, the utterly ridiculous Idea that yon metlonM when yon came here uninvited Ton will please listen to me! It Is quite true that I married Andrew Merchlson, when be and I were very young and foolish and headstrong. We did not get on. lie made full provision for nie: shared equnlly all be bud with me, In fact, and left me. k'lght months later, this girl was burn. I and my friends did our best to f.nd til in. ami make him acquainted with thst fact: we failed. I never hoard ninthlng of hi in until the early part of the year 1!"0, when I got a letter from the roptaln of S steamer which traded between Bom bay and It'irhan. You shall read It.'' Hie produced another key. unlocked the cabin trunk, and from a pocket Inside It, took out an envelope, from which she withdrew a letter. She handed It to Prole. "You and Mr. Holt can read that together," stie said. "Bead It enre fully." I read the letter over Cnde's shoul der. It was from one James S'nclalr, who Introduced himself as captain of the S. S. General ("live. He snld thnt on tils last voyage from Bonibny he had taken on board at that port n pas senger tunned Andrew Merchlson, whom be dexerlbed: Mr. Merchlson wns hound for Durban. In the course of the voyage, a stay was made off Mombasa. On the 17th of October, (he stenmer being nt anchor In Mombasa bay, Mr. Merchlson disappeared. The writer's belief wns thnt Mr. Merchl son had had a sudden attack of faint ness or giddiness, lost his balance, and fallen overboard, probably strik ing his head against the side of the ship as he fell. Nothing being discov ered about his passenger, he hud ex amined his effects, found Mrs. Merchl son's address In a memorandum book, and therefore now w rote to her ami at the same time forwarded Mr Merchl son's cabin trunk, nnd all that It con tained, with other small matters lying about his cabin. The solicitor rend this letter through In tdlenee, and silently handed It hark to Mrs. Klphlnstone. She re placed It In the trunk. "This trunk and Its contents have remained Intact ever since I received them, now many years ago," she said. "Now you come and tell nie that this stranger, calling himself Mai'.arolT was In reality Andrew Merchlson Absurd!" 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