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The House of Whispers BY JOHNSTON IliustraUons by IRWIN MYERS Qopyrshla by LAitl, Brown A Co, Ionti'ttiled from Page 3, this section). J11n.' oil tle cl' lr (if h vin. 111 r clered Daisy 1.2inn :nd Ilufui (i:tston. I filtier urge the4. imm11 lineIit(- relasC. of iny lient, Mr. Spalhlil Nelsoi, in re:ly ltvl oltni ed wN. I I I st a blwe i-sh tt.-at ho was all inniocent victiml (if thlt (hoslardly riots of itese twIo Cx-oll viets." 'Thev lenelion thalt emllie froimi this lutid ell rik111.1 o j iuy nan1et i1oll't eie 11n a puizzled daze froitn wichl I hlard ly recovered un til late that evening, wthen, inei or 'o, I flound whyself In he G s"tIon til apartment. Granti es, II- ol. Wick, 11and practenlly every ehniloyee of the randdeck wer untr er irrest, and warrants were out for 00ther mlemlber-S Of the haind who1Se identidy had ben ra by tie for mer telephone girl. Anid] there In thle apartinent with me here mly motier, Gorman, MIeitregor and to my surprise and delight, Bar harn Bradford. After her sister's wedding, it appeared, Barbara's moth er iad gone away for int brief rest, leaving her alone in the apartment Ith the servants. Site had welcomed the opportunity to work undisturbed onl the mystery that had landed mie be hind the bars. Thinkicng that at Rutfus Oast(ons fuineral Site iIst ic'k uip some clue that would be of service In unraveling the tangled skein that held her andi mie togethter, shte had gone tilitier, and seeing my motlier tlire, 2an1d slspec(tlig at once( wh'lo site I inglit ie, had lit r1odiced herself. Quickly they had become good friends and she it wvas whlo Imad In ritned my mlother of Iy plight. L'reseiit 1liso with s3, desit til lateness (if the hour, was t ll' ist rict a(ttornevy an1d ''two (if Ils 1ides' and N lle Kelly, or 11.3 slih i mui h prefll iie 'el to I enlled, 'adr. Mloore. ThIgi-l was techien1lly a ri-isnilier, but hwr sellvies io brillging th rIeal cr12i i inals to)ill S hook h1.1d leenit '1 excel tionatdll that lie had beenl released on heri own.I recogn'liz u'( . l' itI r shet had el - en i lbrn ht thatl he itict attorney' 1 might'l 1111hek u11' with !ier the 'li r0vlonrs lal of rir. il onspine y ,1ta2 Shh(' amd filn folce to fy coins l inI the brief r( ceds o l '1eert. t 1 1it d.ly. ('1 illo l~ndr it app11ar1d. had bheen the nm~nster-mitil tilm1 h1:11 jil-ect ed ll th I I1e plo1tin 1f. A (If yelne beforel to 1ad lweol president ot o of the Iwiil/ols' hIS est I He h11l h1(n scoverwd to ih' lbe ofen pris'loand steedto ivete n tearsec imprirnmetbtnos onesgved hardthen ab(tilet' tofn haVtiihad hlhdeo iteawty. In hiis ldgasiting riken assitte wte sdain wit emnls fie worstd t thr. andryittent linrit plfor furWtether a crim i na(ir tllas, his aeown ritallinsie ne~riretl tovhim daed, nihat grwnt stong, 1nd oen hads orerts impiyng apeniw sys temt hoard uin his comntfeae himr litn eiloort Wi on o all e blitOit be-t coeain leitint pr1s. Wer n ler hdliee rleasethe hrad slipedt qhrughaa his he ~est racndgtvedi tls etli.r eery tmtil ae ien ftr building iThel aht whsters he hadtli granshagd his paskeppidulokeary door ther e wa. Alittie faddion bton aths-e oe swslf ohm e afomet t e ok thegh n ex-s ofll posets grettoe investrand, pedmonfoandint of landa. erCoed ting withndde apartmcens elestorned .frate ocpening it ran aloathiest cl ao tearnts. henrne concetein ailg pattnlke at ittle whatepider toh wtleba wie plnnedito they paret at alwhto lavin tmyiv tero. noer oriy hitenants, bid ping into ie acretmiddeno n theoir wlse , lteiong allei telehoe o .their most privat' conversattons, utninting tihe contents of tbelr pockets. As he had planned fromn the begin' nig, he g:itild iII tills way much in fortatioll thit h wits able to utilize to his Hut1eia1l profit withouit tirouts Ing suspicion. Ile had discovered, Mr.4. Moore said, secret stock market inovetents ole of his temuints was lanini g and had made a small for time out of the aiviceC inuformnation. Eeveral Injudicious wonen lie ' had successfully lackinlled, turning over to agents who never came near the Granddeick the secrets lie learned fron letters lie opened find telephone con versations he had listenedtto. In the case of Rufus Uaston, he had plotted to steal the Gaston pearls, Mrs. Moore explained, first terrifying the old cotile Into leaving the apairt milent, the whispers that had been heard comning of course from the se cret passagway. "But I can't tinderstatnd," I said. "why, after Ie had once got hohl of tie pears in Mr. thiston's absence, he shoult have restored thvin to their 1.b(ling place."I 'llo hind a dutipliente Iiade of phony pearls," explained Mrs. Moore. "It was part (if hIs phln hot to have any of the tenants discover the thefts for a long tie after they .occurred." "If lie was so cautions," said the district attoriy, "I am puzzled itas to why die killed Miss Lutan and Mr. Gaston. Ile must hirve realized that both muurilers would be thoroughly in vest igated." "hIith were acclents, so to speak," the girl explained. "'ach of them surprised hun iIn thei' alpartient, and he had to kill them to Inake hIs get away. Iitippoi.e he had been roaming around so niu1h lie had got careless." "llow about tie revolver?" asked Gormnn. "lIlow ild lie come to plant it in Nelsoni's roonI?" "I'e wits puzzled by Mr. Nelson but ting in on the Bradt'ord case, ilad it made him sore. I heard hin ainid Wick talking about it one day, anti he said that he'd '.ench Mr. Nelson not to in teria v 'llow,%?' ask0ed Wick. 'I'll freune him fcor the goat If anything haippens.' " "And was It lie who had me dls charged from lny ofce?" I asked, eag erly. "Sure it was. Ile wrote a note on Mr. Gaston's stationery saying that you had forged a check after lie had i)efriended you. le wrote in the let StI Ihat lie wits not gting to prosecute You heeautse of your mother. but that li, felt that you were unworthy of em pioyfinenit antywhere." "I helitve," said the district attor Iwy. "that that clars everythlung up1), exke!t for fImI t li Ig-wIy. MIr-s. lotril. ibl ytu aid ahin amnd Wick In amll thsc -i-Ineos?" "e iwtmnisedl that if I voubil itlp h111Ini. oh glet IEddle out," shei cre."I was sprate . I'd do4 anly tini to gel tiy hiusb11tand biek." (hmorta 31nd1 the district attorney e xch:Higed Invanling-1 gh"lines. 'While nothin;; more was said, I felt sure as they.N depar.11ted thalt bolh were thinkingl 1hai this b-rave yoting vomnaii wh.Ito had solved the in mlystery for themli certainly (aierved snrwarid, atl I think we all rea lized that the oInlly reward life ever could hold for her was the free (t1n of heri huisbiAniid. I 'Ireseitly Ith ey went: Iad left is aliid I. "Thiieret aire still two things I ciannot uindelrstauiul."' I said, ais we sat talkinig itov'. "Tli irst is"-tiil I tuned to I3 ihar--"wint wa yor si str do hitri .init t'tintg omit oft liy thoar. I t''i liot hmelp wondieinig if theiiy had inade iiir plathe revoilver."s't ~tth, no." shen ib-. "otiti wal n-oting iiin i to y om lo!Ating four tat'. She wvas pu zldl by m:' iy ab lsie, awmil he onlyi so ltioni thai niiine to lher was~ that I Iiust Ihe in yourti roomsi. Alaritml' danet, she limid slipp'd out lito lhe haill, atl seeig yoiur dloor open'i, homl :nve'stigoated. (Of couri ise she dihi not find me, for I hiad r('tumrnedi by waiy of the inditow ledge. Sheo tol mie about it lie niighit beore she' wtis timarriedi. I dotn't woniider, thioughi, tha youi sus)251 peeted her." "I dltdn't suspe'ct he'r," I eriild. "I just wondlieed wiha t she had been do lng there.'" 'i'hint's righlt," said (Got-nian. "lIe wouildnm't h'ellev'e for a ninuate thamt she hadl hadt antythinig to (10 with lit.'' "Blut what puleslO' mte ttost," I went on, "'is how you e'ver persuiaded~ the telephmone girl to give Grnande'rs away. It mutst have been done aifter she had gi-en her fir'st testimony. I low dild it hiiippein thnt she changed so suddenly over to our side?" As I looked fr'om onie to the other for ain explanation, (Gormaan burst out laughing. "You'll hiave to ask Miss flradford about thati ," lhe sa Id. "'She d Id It all." I turn-med againi to look at Barbara, expectinug hier to speaiik, hut she merely bl ushied anad wa-s silent. '"(o oni toll miie," I urngedl her. "Well,"' she si d he(siatingly, "as 1 liearid tier test ifyinig. I hatd an lispi~lra tIon. I heaird hiert say that she loved he(r i hband. and that 51he did not care wiho knew lt-and-aid-an--nal at onice I realized that love was the strongest influence in ilhe w~orld, so I lai MrIt. McGr'egor ask for ansadjourn ment, oend then---" She stopped in confusion, the rosy blushes once mnore' iiantling her "Go on," I insisted. "I can't tell it," she cried. , "You must tell," I urged. "I have a right to know it. What did you do?" "I managed to see her alone." Again she hesitated. "What did you say to her?" I de manded. "I Just told her," sho faltered, low ering her eyes as she spoke, "that that I loved you just is iuch as she loved her husband, and I begged her for love's sake not to help send you to the chair, and she broko down and told everything." "Oh, Barbara, my Barbara!" I cried, springing .up and clasping her J' "if Only I Had Something to Offer You Besides My Love!" fin my armns. "If' only I hadt( something to off'er you besides my love-"1 "I wouldn't worry about that just now, Spalding," Interrupted my moth er's voice. "They found your great uncle's will today. I-Te made you his sole heir." But IBarbaira and I hardly heeded her teood news. We were too busy telling cachi Mther the worldl-old story. [T11E U.ND3.] No Wormns hit a Healthy Child All children troubled with wormis have an u. healthy color, whic ehindicates poor blood, and a:4 n rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELE'SS chill TONIC given regularly for twoor three wyeeks will enrich the b'ood, hn provei the digestion, and act na a Gencral Strength enling Tonlie to the whole systemn. Nature wvilI t hen throw off or dispel the wormns, and the Child will be la perfuct ic lth. Pleanant to take. 4&perbottle. p.~ . Farc l "it nly Had8omh 30 to O3%e Yoc BesidesrMcLove!" iGm rs I 113 a oehn * ILANFORDtt NEWS. * *' e *5**** 5*5e*eeeee LTanford, July 12.-Rev. Sexton and Rev. Aliller, pastors of both churceos here, met with their people S'unday night and organized a community irayer meeting. The large crowd present testified as to the interest in this good mwork, which we trust will result in much and lasting good. " The debate Wednesday night at the school house by the young people's (1ub, was a success. The young de bators deserve much praise for the way in which they handled their sub ject% "Resolved, the Women of the l'nited States should have a right to vote. " Mr. Loule Lanford and Aliss Mary Illiggins represented the allr 'm alive aid Nir. Yatei Waldrep and Miss Ruth Cooper the negative. The judg es decided in favor of the affirmative. Afterward the ladies soldl ice cream anad realized a neat little sum for school heliprovemnents. M r. G.reen anid family, from Ceor gia, and Mr. Gleo. CunIingham and fatily. from ' 'aigstonl, visited Ir. W. 1). Patterson and family last week. Mrs. Talmage Patterson spent last Saturday withl her parents, Mir. and Mtrs. J. T. Langston, at Enoree. Mrs. .l. W. Fowler and Aliss Carry C. Eowler are in Troy spending some time with relatives. A recent letter from them stated that Aliss Mabel Burnside, a young lady who visited tere a few 'veeks ago, was very low wilt a case of pneumonia. The many friends she met. while here will be sorry to hear this. liss Margaret Waldrep has return ed home after a very pleasant visit to her cousin, Miss .iulia Alicle Johnson at Arcadia. Mrs. J. T. Bobo and children, of Clinton, spent several (lays last week with friends and relatives here. The friends of M\r. and 'Mrs. T. 1). iarman were glad to welcome them in our Sunday School Sunday morn ing. Mr. Harper Iliggins came over Sun day morning from Buffalo on a brief visit to his parents, Mr. and Jrs. . S. 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