There certainly was something strange there as hla friend, the young doctor, had Intimated—even If she were only growing better. Even tide tie could scarcely believe. Rut, "Poor Adelaida," he said, after he lay half asleep In bed, "the least I can do la to go end see.” He carried out hla Intention that very next morning, and was surprised at the outset to see the strange door­ man at the door In place of the old familiar figure so long stationed there. “ I’m sorry, sir," said the new door- Held in Trust GEORGE KIBBE TURNER Illiutrabon* by Irwin Myera [T m îorry sir, bu» Mrs. Rutherford sees no one.” tiiiiiiiiiain ii ii Minn m ini 111 iiiin u iiiri Copyright Metropolitan Newspaper Service S YN OP S IS C H A P T E R I— J a s p e r H a i g a n d H a s - | brouak R u th e rfo rd w ere search in g for a y o u n g w o m a n — a girl w h o resem bled A d elaide R u th erfor d en o u g h to serva as h e r d o u b l e . F o r H a i g w a s m a n a g e r o f the g r e a t s lx ty -m lllio n -d o lla r Q o r- gam trust-oenetlt. created by old D a n ­ iel G o r g a m In hla w il l f o r the be n e f it o f hla d a u g h t e r A d e l a i d e d u r i n g he r lifetim e; R u th erford , the husband o f Adelaide, shared he r great w e a lt h . A n d— A d elaide R u th e rfo rd w as dying, w as already unconscious. C H A P T K R II— T h e y f o u n d t h e y o u n g w o m a n — M ary Manchester, a w ork- w e a r y but still b e a u tifu l y o u n g s h o p girl w ho was thoroughly discouraged w i t h l if e, a n d a r r a n g e d f o r a m e e t i n g 1 — '* e 1 - —— - - - . -a w « — M .IH W - S C H A P T E R III— M ary lived w ith a d r u n k e n s t e p fa t h e r w h o had n o Interest In her, s o It h a p p e n e d t h a t w h e n H a i g ■— a f t e r e x p l a i n i n g t h a t A d e l a i d e a n d h e r h u s b a n d h a d l iv e d a p a r t f o r s o m e years— offered h er g re a t w ealth he f o u n d h e r In a r e c e p t i v e m o o d , b u t she dem anded to see things for h er­ self, C H A P T E R IV — F in d in g con dition s as t h e y h a d b e e n d e s c r i b e d t o her, s h e a c c e p t e d t he p r o p o s i t i o n a n d o n t h a t night the real Adelaide R u th e rfo r d died. C H A P T E R V — T o the new s e r v a n ts w h o r e p l a c e d t h e o l d o n e s In t h e R u t h ­ erford h o u s e h o l d it b e c o m e s a p p a r ­ en t t h a t t h e i r m i s t r e s s w a s r a p i d l y i m ­ proving— though th e y , l i k e e v e r y o n e else, hud b e e n g i v e n t o u n d e r s t a n d t h a t h e r m in d w a s u n b a l a n c e d . H e r p h y s i ­ cia n confided to S ta n fo r d G o rg a m , a cousin of Adelaide and H asbrouck R u th erford, and a personal enem y o f t h e l a t te r , t h a t hla p a t i e n t w a s n o t I n ­ s ane . C H A P T E R VI If. In the birth o f a trust fund, It Is devoted to the care and protection of one particular person, then too, under the certain limits which always govern Its existence, It can pass away and leave Its all to still another. If the “ use and enjoyment" of the grout es­ tate of Daniel Gorgam went to his daughter for her life, and at her death to her surviving offspring, then In cage she died and there was no direct heir. It could he and In fact It was specified that It should pass to the next of kin— "the son of my deceased brother, Stanford Gorgnm, who benrs hla fa­ ther’s name." It waa, too, far from essential to the hnpplness of the younger Gorgam that this fortune should ever come to him. There was sufficient, many would have said more than sufficient, already pro­ vided for the use and enjoyment of Stanford Gorgnm In hla own father’s will— even though hut a minor frac­ tion of sixty millions. It was, too, far from essential to the hupplness of Jasper Haig, the umnuger of the Trust, or of Has- hrouck Rutherford, the husband of Adelaide Gorgam, that he should ever receive this property, or In fact hnve been named In the first place as the possible legatee. Indeed, few things about Stan Oorgam'a eminently pleas­ ant life and living were essential to the hepplneaa of llashrouck Ruther­ ford. Even when they were both In Yale— both members of the university foothill team—tlielr disregard for one another approached often to the verge of physical disaster; In fact had done ■o once, the disaster, as It happened, occurring to the heavier, and some had thought, the stronger niun, Hask Rutherford—so well known In hla time as the great Yale center. Alwaya after that he had said. In his blunt, downright way, that If there were any pleasure Itt the world which he craved especially, It was the at­ tendance upon the funeral of Stan­ ford Gorgam. This old and carefully nursed lire o f resentment kept ever hurtling In the heavy and substantial temperament of his old Dutch ances­ tors. It was not decreased In the slightest after his very fortunate mar­ riage with Adelaide, the cousin of his enemy ; and then the creation, at the death of her great father, of the fa­ mous Gorgam Trust, quite evidently— so many persons were not slow In say­ ing—to keep the great power of hla fortune always out of the hands of his quite notoriously dissipated aon-ln- law. Stan Gorgam remembered her al­ ways as she was before her unhappi­ ness, her twin misfortune of marriage and Insanity. He had gone alwaya, as a mutter o f course, to see her when she waa 111, and at longer and longer Intervals aa the poor girl grew worse. Like many a woman under marital conditions like hers, her one persistent desire was for the one great essential of life she still lacked—personal kind­ liness and affection—for herself and not her money, a desire preserved and exaggerated In a rather pathetic way In her mental Illness. Hut tlnally, even before his absence In uniform In France, young Gorgam lind given up hla visita there almost entirely. She had not changed physically so much— hut tuentnlly It was too painful. “ Adelaide not Insane I” he said to himself when he was In his rooms that night—for long before tills, while he was still In France even, he had expected at any time the news o f her death. man, "but Mrs. Rutherford sees no one. She la dangerously III." Aa he said It he looked annoyed through hts professional disguise. A rough dog, a rough-and-ready dog with a strong look of humor In hla face, ap­ peared In the dour with Ills head at an Inquiring angle; and from upstairs with hut partly suppressed amuse­ ment, the voice of a young woman was calling him. “ Very well," said Stanford Gorgam Anally—and went away still more pus­ hed then when he cnine: at the em­ bargo against all callers, at the dog at the door and at the voice of the young woman calling from Inside. Cer- , talnly no one but the mistress would take the liberty of such calling In that house, and certainly that was not the voice of Adelaide Rutherford. He might of course, he considered as he left, take up the matter of ac­ cess to the house at once with Jasper Haig. But on the whole would that he wisest? If there were something there that required explanation—as ; there certainly seemed to be— would that be exactly the place to turn Just ' now? And aa he considered this, his hand I in one pocket touched hla key-rtng, and a light came into his eye. There was always of course that key of the side door—the private entry used per­ sonally by hie uncle when he waa liv­ ing, for hie own mysterious exits and entrances, and for the entrances of hla peculiar and particular visitors which It brought directly Into hts great private office on the second floor. He remembered taking the key In hla hand that day when hla uncle gave It to him—the keenness of hla I satisfaction to know that the old flnan- I cler so far trusted him as to give him that very special key of his own prl- ! vate door. The key to the front door he had naturally; that was his home In those days Just after his own peo- j pie had died—those years he was In ! Yale before his cousin's marriage. That door, the secret personal en­ trance of the old financier, wns prob­ ably unused now— Indeed he had heard so— unless Jasper Haig still j kept a key to It. And If so—If any- | thing strange or sinister had taken place within that house—here was the means of seeing It for himself. After all, he had never been quite of his uncle's mind about Jaaper Hutg. He had never greatly trusted him. His decision was made n ow ; he would take the chance and see the situation for himself. It was this resolve, we may assume, which gave to Adelaide that very night a sudden startling shock— the unusual sight of the door of her late father's greHt study at the hack of the second floor, slowly opening from In­ side as she passed by. "Keep still, Rags," she snhl, and stopped the dog's slow growling. After all It might be one of the servants gone Inside there for some reason. She snapped on the light In the big room from the outalde button and pushed hack the partly open door Into the room, the grasp upon Ita knob Inside first opposing and then relaxed. She waa, not unnaturally, surprised when the door waa finally opened, at the sight o f a tall und rather handsome stranger standing watching her with an amused und friendly amlle Inside. "Adelaide," he said, and smiled that ■mile o f u lifetim es cloae acquaint­ ance. But she herself was occupied for the moment at the collar of Rugs, who though usually silent at such times, waa Inclined to he extremely business­ like. “ Adelaide." the stranger said again —and she was now astonished even more than she was afraid, for tills man very clearly assumed that she must kuow him. "The old key I" he said, holding out hi* key-ring. "Your father's private entrance I" Adelaide Rutherford waa not mere­ ly surprised now—she was greatly em­ barrassed. Who was this man with a pri>ate key In her own ht .-’e l Could It fitted in, she saw with so last o f the week, buying mules. Hs It be—she asked herself with a sense Ine delights of unmeasured wealth and luxury' Who t un reasonably ques- many little things. It made her ju s t ! purchased five from S. D. Bigelow, almost of fright. "You act," he said, “ as If you did . litMt ufter their universal acceptance a little taint. He had to'd her her j two from T. M. Lowe, two from not kuow m e !" Anil now, when she as the goal of life for man—and for ow n ?ea Wm. Schweizer, one from J. S. .'cm . had come under the stronger light she womun certainly no less— through all Glascock and three from Geo. Glas­ had turned on in the room, pis eyes the ages, aud especially In this? This (T o be continued.) cock. scrutinized her face in a very singu­ Is a simple matter of common knowl­ Henry Peutz and Nick Brother- lar way. edge and belief which everybody son, o f Payette, visited Sunday at OWYHEE “ Yes. Oh, yea. Yea— certainly I knows. On the other hand there are Peutz’s. d o !" ahe said hreuthlessly. But nev­ very few who hHve been In a position Services for Eighth Grade Gradua­ E. L. M arLafferty was a Nyssa ertheless she stepped hack, and one to observe and appreciate the strange tion Class— Twins Arrive at almost hysterical effect visitor Sunday. hand— free now from the reconciled illogical, at Share Home dog. who was nosing at the new­ which close Imprisonment has on hu­ The K aylor and Hite young folks, Born, Monday, Feb. 25, to Mr. and Rowena Glenn and Werner Peutz comer's hand for attention— lay at man nervona systems; to understand the side of her face. the odd outbreaks and panics o f hys­ Mrs. Chas. Share, o f Nyssa, twins, hiked to Mitchell Butte and climbed "Yes," she said. “ Of courae I kuow teria which penologists assure its over­ a son and a daughter. Mother and to the summit Friday. you. But you must go. You must take the most unlikely victims— the babies doing well and Charlie about Fred. Klingback and Ray Cantrell never come In here again. That was moat hardened Individuals confined In recovered. were business visitors in the Gate ! prisons, at entirely unexpected Inter­ our agreement I" The eignth grade graduation e x­ City Saturday. And with her speaking, the sound vals, In involuntary and almost Insane it vises took place Thursday eve . F. L. DcBord purchased a cow paroxysms o f self-pity. o f her voice, the face o f the stranger, Miss Corinne Considering this, It Is possible to ex­ ing at the school house in honor of and a heifer from which had been tense before, took on plain, If not to understand, the changed the three girls, the Misses M yrt'e Maxwell Saturday. a harder and very definite look. T. M. Lowe and F ied Klingback She became insistent when he lin­ und changing mental attitude of the Elba Pullen, Nellie Elliott and Nova gered, with that o