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•pond«nt mood whon ho rorolvoo on
Invitation to dlixnor from hli groat*
unclo, ftufua Gaston. On his way
to tho houao he moots, undor po*
collar clrcumstancea. a young girl,
apparently In troublor-to whom ho
has an opportunity to bo of slight
oorvlco. _ Sho lives In tho jiamo
apartment building as Rufua Gas
ton, and he accompanies hor homo.
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CHAPTER I.—Continued.
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Although I tried to pretend to in
terest In their conversation and absent
ly answered their questions about my
family, my thoughts kept constantly
recurring to the 'strange trouble of
the girl across the hall, her plight In
teresting me far more than the pur
pose for which my great-uncle had
•ent for me. I had expected that he
would broach that subject himself, but
the coffee arrived and still the con
versation had been limited to stilted
family chat. As we returned to the
living room. 1 derided to give him •
My mother wrote me ** I
I "tMk yea." aald add Refer teefctnc
ed.
9 Ton yon of renrae." echoed Mrs
I wnMed far mm eg the other of
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there la aa use hiring a noth
The jewels will he all right
they are. In case of fire you can re
move them to a place of nafety. Thla
Is the combination—are that you re
member It—six right, four left, two
right, eight left, 6.428.’*
Til remember it, ,r I replied, men
tally repeating It over and over again.
“And now, my dear,’’ said the old
gentleman, “if you will get the keys
from my desk, we can permit our
nephew to depart.”
My great-aunt left the room to do
his mission. The minute she was
safely out of hearing old Rufus’ whole
manner underwent a startling change.
Into his deep-set gray eyes, came a
look of terror. His face became ashen,
and the withered hand with which he
clutched my arm was trembling vio
lently.
“Listen, bo/.** he hissed. leaning for
ward that he might speak Into my far
and looking about apprehensively as if
He feared te he overheard. "Llstee— ■
there’s aomethleg wrong here.**
My drat tHsaght wee that he had '
base ewddewlf gtrVhea with seatlg
demeetta. hat rors IHag his perfectly * 1
rattaael eewdacf theeaghaet the real
af the weaSaR f dmmtewsd the thswry
as gRastaaetf eaoswehAe Mis faae.
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ty And
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if there was a Mystery, why <
did they
where
stay there? Why didn’t they
movnf
Yet. as I pondered over the mailer,
I was convinced Ihst both my great-
uncle and his wife were rational. I
dismissed without hesitation the the
ory that there could have been any
supernatural happenings to affright
them. It was probable, I decided, that
their fears might have been played on
by &>rae conspiracy on the part of
their servants tp Induce them to spend
a season in Maine. Perhaps there
was some specter from my great-
uncle’s past now rising to confront-'
him that he was seeking to hide from
his wife. It might be that she knew
of it or had received threats and was
trying to conceal thp matter from him.
There are few men of millions with
out some secret shameful pages In
their lives. As 1 remembered that
old Rufus Gaston's dollars had been
made In South America, all that I had
heard and read of plots and counter
plots below the equator came boning
Ipto my brain. If each should be the
that soaw betrayed conapirater
was seeking vengeance, more
than ever I wsteamed the aneapected
rbaara that bad tbrewa tibia
tunity far adeanfore fen my
path
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i bed TWes won Ms vanes RrodReed.
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earf tinnr unRH tbeae Mbs seosnad ae
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mM tossed down • as • * ■ t * • susMsgn
that It was Mtsnded far my ercepnnry
Heturaing tn tbs fufer la get my bag
and unpack It. I was stented by lbs
ringing of the front daerliell.
I sprang eagerly to mtitwer It. It
must be Miss Bradford. Probably she
had reconsidered and had decided to
tuke • me Into her confl.Vnce. Who
else could it be? There was no one
else w’ho knew I was In the apart
ment. It must he Miss Bradford!
With an exclamation of welcome on
my Ups I flung open the door. A man
stood there—an utter stranger. In my
disappointment I was almost closing
the door In his face, but ns If antici
pating my thought he quickly advanced
one foot over the sill and kept It there.
“Well,” I demanded, almost savage
ly, “what do you want?”
“Oh, It Is you, la It?” he replied, eye
ing roe with what seemed to me a
most insolent stare.
"What do you mean?” I asked, be
wildered. Certainly I never had seen
thla person before. He was short and
stocky, with sparse nondescript hair
and weak, shifty btaa eyes Hla face
‘iS
Type of Volunteer “Shock Troops" That Helped thq Farmer Hold the
in 1918.
With a shortage of farm labor, as
acute this year ns in the critical war
year of 1918, threatening a curtailment
of food production on the farms, espe
cially at the trying season of harvest
ing, the United States department of
agriculture is ehdeavoring to stir up
the Interest of city men In spending
their vacations In the fields, particu
larly as harvest helpers.'k
Everyone remembers the now famous
"shock troops" of tbe war years, who
went Into tbe harvest Reids of Kansas
, and other large wheat producing states
sad last a band at gathering to the
aatleaa bread sappty. They included
men to many walks a# life college
; students and rtVf awn. Including Honk
sow tooyorw duct ora ctoeho sod state
and rtty edMoto Thene vetamnn tto
gutWe vtob efhee voboniaeee In onefi
the mnha aoe negod to msnnaoe ago to
yeas In help ruMsen
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kb toMMtoR tMR anRnai r
md tons, as *se snsnes or
will tend, they say, to prevent any re
duction in the prices of farm product*.
While the total acreage undoubtedly
has been reduced aa a result of thn
present situation. It Is not to so largo
proportion as the reduction In tho
labor supply, because tbe farmers with
their families exerted themselves m
the utmost to overcome the handles*
Cultivation thla year was lass Intern-
■ive than formerly. More land wan
put Into grass and ouch crops aa re-
galred a minimum of labor, and thn
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to my KHtth»-r thr next time I wrote.
Old Rufus handed me the keys, ex
plaining which was which.
“And remember,” said my great-
uncle, as he escorted me to the door,
“you are not to come until Sunday
morning at ten. after we have gone.
And remember the combination of the
safe—Remember!’’
The insistent way in which he re
peated the word conveyed to me force
fully that what lie most wanted
to remember was the strange warnir.g
he had given me, and as I clasped Ins
hand in parting I tried by the firm
ness of my grip.to let him know rhat
I understood. .
“Remamlier.” repeated my nqnt, too.
as she stood there in the d<*or a little
behind him. at the same time giving
me a significant look.
Yet. puxxling n« hid b«*«-n the con
duct of both rf them, ny memories
that sight u ere hoc »f th*-lr «armiag
nor of the romMostioa -«f the asfb
h«r of the tosar m w><wh | <
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ly iuirnduct-d.
"Yet.’’ I it’-i-te«l. “you promised to ,
let me help you."
“I have not forgotten. I’m grateful,
really 1 um. Perhaps I tuny call on I
your -ervicea. I may have to. If I
do. I’ll rind-some way of letting you
know.”
’ Some secret way,” I suggested, half
sarcastically.
“Perhaps,” she laughingly nodded as
we separated.
As 1 took out the keys my great-
-uncle had given me and entered the
apartment, I looked about me with a
wholly new Interest. That little word
“mine” makes a vast difference In the
way we regard things. Now that
these luxurious quarters were to be
my home, temporarily at least, I look
ed about curiously. Certainly at flmt
glance there was nothing mysterious
In tbe atmuaphere Retting my bag
down | began an Immediate in spec
ftou of the rwumu
fluuisai •partWire’ | RlttfwopfwR.
smeupSeR aRW • he4e aaRe ad the wath
hww ad # mmw«o towey RutoRtoR
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. —.. .. _ —it way," I ra
tow undrrstaudlng hla rayntt-
“1 met her as 1 wna c«hu
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plained.
Rmtion.
Ing in.”
“Twice.” he said, rather insolently
“I can’t see that It is any of yout
business." I retorted angrily, "If i|
happened a dozen times."
His manner at once became apolo
getic. and he hastened to offer ob
sequious explanations.
“Mr. Gaston asked me io take par
ticular notice. The other evening
when you were coming to dinner ha
fold me to tell the hall boys to look:
at you closely so that they could iden
tify you as the right party when you
came in today. That was how it hap -
peiied. You see, air. in a house of
this sort »• have to be careful, ft j
doesn’t do to let Grangers prowl about
without finding out who they are and
what they are doing."
Tit# h#ro'| troubai
begin
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to* stow emm tn
wnsswe totofRse-
rmed to e *«"•
ad swseR
ml Rt« mt these
■rventh warehouse was |M*ewiltted te
hold &1 per cent of the stock. With
such a »n«*no|«*ly. this gentleman was
able to control the bu«lne*a of the as-
a«M-iation with the result that all the
sweet |attato«*s were stored In his
warehouse, and the other warehouse
men faced the threat of being driven,
out of business. However, tbe sev
enth warehouse owner was finally
made to see the error of his ways
and through the assistance of the field
marketing agent of the United States
department of agriculture the asso
ciation has been reorganized upon a
truly co-operative basis.
In the adjoining county were two
men who had made a considerable for
tune in sweet potatoes, largely-through
their ability to store their potatoes in
their i own warehouses. The other
sweet potato growers were able barely
to eke out a small profit, because they
were compelled to sell their prodnew
Immediately. The two warehousemen
finally were prevailed upon to Interest
thrfti•elves to the fortwathwi of n Mr
•fsMutise esamrlatloR. The aamectoOoe
mos ttoe*4»t eamhtod to uogoaiato a
too* fesNs tow hmuk fue tow sumtoitoH
toto Rf a RMptoMsuto to RtoR •me* «#
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am esmmRtoeeae eg seotMaomi Is km
RtotoMsMCed to fhese mt tlsv
mmd sale by grade at MMBR^y psemR
The eld *• vtesa of Ha*lag th
s» • ’><-«* «»r other gmln \
hamght fremi the faruMe apoa the ai
age quality of the crop la any
nlty or aeetlon was totally unfair to
the producer of good grain. Under tho
“mine-run” basis of purchasing grain
the producer of good grain received
no more for his clean, heavy wheat
than did the producer of light weight
and otherwise Inferior grain. Instead
of a premium upon heavy grain, a pre
mium was paid upon inferior products.
. The application of federal grain
standards is calculated to prevent such
inequality, and as experience Is being
had under the grading system growers
are finding that the purpose sought la
being accomplished.
DON’T FEED DEAD CARCASSES
Careful Examination Should B« Mads
te Find Tracoa of Tuberculosis—
May Infact Hard.
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