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v m 15h* Mystery of Hart lev House • • • iimtTi %f+mv m f»* Mi# ttMMMMk mi viHiHHfe# Hv ooeoeo* wet&eeB o^todhoo %oe Ot !♦*•••# Shift## ftl MftMl»y IftftMft Mr |ft4ft<f M ft# AftM^Uftft. ft ftftft! i*«ftM4. ftk4 ftft4 Mch ft«4 '•ry «*•• •tro^ft Ift ItVft Mrft il4n*jr U ft •pftfllfti womftft. dignified ftftd fell- rent Jed. the butler, ecu Hke ft privileged member of the femlly. Hartley house Is a fine old llblated country place, with a murder story, a “haunted pool,*' and many watch dogs, and an atmosphere of mys tery. The “haunted pool" is where Richard Dobson, son of a former owner of Hartley house, had killed his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed begins operations by locking the doctor in his room the very first night. Doctor John fixes his door So he can’t be locked in. He meets Isobel, daughter of the house, and falls in love at first sight. In the night he finds the butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist. He interferes. Mrs. Sidney makes light of it. J6hn buys a revolver. John overhears Jed telling Mrs. Sidney he will have his way. In reply she says she will not hesitate to klU him Mrs Sidney aSks John to consent to the announcement of his engage m«nt to Isobel. The yuuftg peep I» c oft sent In the snake- believe engagement. Later they ftftd M Is Ift bead Jed who wwnld skerry leeftet Jed trvee te lug #00 weafto, ftl' v. Iwftf lotMo new gf HMMfch fMe anode the |afte* Mg# ft tfftge^ino f»W two I# aikft lotted tils virginal (dtp wrote ftft If t a eye her lover ftftd that letter was as tho ftwrtj of the meftdoft lark front a soon rvnftred field to March, as 1 he odor of lllaca 00 a vrarm night In Mar x The Sidneys went to the Bnhnmna, but did not remain there. They wrote me that Mr. Sidney was well. Doctor Brownell was convinced that nil were the better, himself Included, for their experiment and that Mr. Sidney’s con dition would pennlt a longer voyage In his pleasant circumstances. Conse quently they were going on to South America. Mr. Sidney wanted to revisit Montevideo. From Montevideo I had a letter from Jed in a different tone from his sarcas tic banter and taunting. I thought It was the letter of a man who had suf fered a shock. I could not say why I thought so, hut I thought something had disturbed him. I gathered the Idea that something had changed Jed’s view of life. Karly If March cam# letters saying That mj folks shanty wwtMd be oft the! way bosfte. tft arrive after efr fftfi talft skwIIK had rrv.4ved Itte f ftevwre 1 fft"— ft The ftSh—e ftMftt wftSft #»•'* vftft r sft If Mwl# ftttesftft |f detail lift bwft hftfd The (Held hefftf • race with 1 he hftshwwd to reach the hottaft t'a Iwrhtly for him the rah he look ant only was palled by tlte faster bursa, but. he being rnneclotts that It was a race and the husband being uncon scious of It, his driver had reasons given him for speed. It wns unfortunate for the friend, because there was a tragedy later, and he was its victim. He arrived In time to worn the lover. The lady, appalled by the appearance qf the lover, aghast to consider that she had been thought so unworthy as ta attract these atten tions, 4nd suffering from a confusion which blunted her Judgment, had not called lier servants, hut had endeav ored with a dignity consciously self- compromised to assert her self-respect and recall her lover’s reason. In a turmoil of abasing emotions she was engaged In this effort of self-con trol and assertion of dignity when the friend destroyed all composure by his announcement. The lover went In stantly <mt of a window, The friend having hta own dignity of Innocence • oft id not ram promise his self respect in this ’ . •! 1 uW. Tt*e hftl kd BfV H *m ftr —<e| ift tftw f— maaMheaftev m thw 1 mwftftv — C-*e - t • < — k— * kaa ' V • . ft* y • Mb - “ffioft t ywft thtnh. Mrw H Miry.*" | anggeftted. "that aww we can cewtdec thU firtlon f ermine in I T“ ' Y«mi me«n your engagement ta lao- beir “Surely." "No, please." she said. "On the boat there will be no problems. ,Thc Cfmniuf.lty Is too compact and must be considerate. But when we come back. I’ll need you Just as before.’ r Isobel said: “Good-by, John. Be at the landing when we return. You’ll be the first person I wont to see.” I might not to have been so discon solate. These were fair portents, hut a portent does little to console a loss. I stood on the little dock and watched the yacht' go down the river. And when It had disappeared helow the point of land south of the pool, all the world was and am) life had no pros pects to give It values Otarle* drove me to the Htj. I arms f Ml of humaf driftwood far a week It 4M mat mu Her that they wore earn lag Imsw That vacs faftw; that wa* Che hnoMs* H • as la (he pswsefC,, HTf U - m Kl# nr Yatparaifto ac I • here. "It might have been In Montevideo.” he Mid. He did not emphasise the re mark. but the remark subsequently em phasized the story for me. Sinclair—Alcott thought we might as well agree upon Sinclair ns a name— had come out of somewher* or no where irod had made a great deal of money. When he fell In love, he was an advantageous match. The parents accepted him gladly. Sinclair and the young lady were married, but he did not have fhe Latin genius for Isolating and guarding a woman. Neither did he have the genius for completely Interesting and absorbing a woman. He wda, in the shipping iMisir.ess. He wuvA "ery prac tical mid’husjnes* ruled 1(111 r, but, Al cott had haard. a genial aad Jovial msti nevenhelrft* Losers came, as imara J~ K - MmI| ftas taw rharmlpj sad hod too fnsadaot Mo was dhMmrof awd gsOhskooft Mm ha# Mmthaod ft •• PM (Ms f Afciwm as. if po ftWft sf ftOftW ftftft* saws a fts Swftftwamf ftft ••• M*OftO fhoftft imi Pooft |m** ao4 *w «tf« Msi-Cftif gftCv 4#ftft - ft*# It# gwMtf kasftft fooft srwi fwft Mm thft ftvrvftftf kAft— TvwMscMioMB porndMlMlso Ift tPAft. AWwtl ihftoahi Theft Alcott waMt to ftthcr atorWft. Aft he drank more, he made thewi personal. I fell sick It was outrageous for my rmi'ollection to emphasize his merely Incidental remark: "It might have been Montevideo.” CHAPTER VII. % « pk fMRfP tfcMMMM a I #%'*' 1 % MtdM §++***• •'# f Ihftt ft W« «Wf wftfs fttOi I (Of tt«S>9 *1*11 I# M•er* * • *'S' SO Jftd Pftd foMft Aww a tft thft dorks aftd Pod rwaao hock ftPvtnuoly disturbed HPe had oM sorted the fact without giving touch -thought to It. fthe was not sure but that there had been an amelioration of Jed olnce then. She had regarded fhe event as Insignificant. It might have had a meaning, but if so. It was ob scured. Our days were of pleasant routine, hut nevertheless, for reasons which I have tried to make perceptible If not exfflctt, "the expectation wat touched by dread. We had, for aev*^ eral months, no outstanding incident or disturbing happening. Mr. Sid ney’s health remained exceptionally good. He created a new interest In his life: he had not forgotten his visit to the penitentiary, and he was eager to do what he could for the convlcta. Evidently he thought of his restrict ed life as something not wholly alien, ‘except for Its comforts, to theirs. The moat that he could do wua to send hooks and occuslooally ta prepare a Sunday afternoon program of afuole to ho given by a smnfl orehentra arPlcP Pe Pod PrwucPt out from tP# city. He oovee went hock to VW powMeotlory. hM *mto a wftek J«4 or I Mvaw weev Mhi Pft WftO PMeewa* ed Ift WOT UfVWMMM Jod vwa hwgiuwtftg Ml ft awe adf I Mao uspwoaa a# paa goad Potmekse Moow •ftftfieao mMOUbu losi arad fPfta Little Smile CftUA No* I M UOS kt% * THK SOLE DRAWBACK. The village polltlcinna^ere gath ered In the postofflee discussing the pofklbltitles for the coming local cam paign. There was a lamentable lack of congressional timber. None of the candidates could meet the demands of the town solons. Finally Lew Parker had a brilliant Idea. Spitting Authoritatively In the general direction of the cuspidor he remarked: "Boys, PH tell you the name of A good man, a mighty good man. a man we could win with. It's old Cap Infer- aoll." And then ha added regretfully. "But darn him. he's deed.-- American La- Malta WWherueu. of Moult L lhAa "I wain’t able t# stand uu m and had to go to bod.’ The . . . grew worse, and for about throe weeks nothing aeemed to do mo any good. I grow so weak and nervous and could .not sleep. I began to have pain in the lower part of my body, and all across my back. There was a great deal of soreness and pain In my loft aide ... I Just gave up, for I sufterad so. I grew discouraged and thought I was not going to get well. ■■My head not only ached, but would feel so light and dizzy ... I deckled then I would take Cardul, as I read of bow many women It had benefited, and tome whoso case was like mine. When I began Cardul, Just after a few doses. I noticed a change. I slept better at night • • • and felt like I could eat comet king I got up and began to do the work In the Penan and yard, and after thros or four Psftlso if Cardul I woo wait" ~! \ •* r< . V ftftft* • *« ■ " • w — ^ *1 dWT It may seem inireasonRhle that a story by a man incidentally met. nn in different acquaintance, had started a solvent at work on my mysteries. I am discussing, now, matiers 1 had tried to keep out of my consciousness. Thlngv at Hartley had Insisted upon an explanation which I did not want to find or give. I could not kill a curiosity, although I was shamed by It. I felt Indecent In my almost Involuntary conjectures re garding Mrs. Sidney. Circumstances did demand an explanation. No one could pen elve toe strange fads of the bouse and not speculate as to rhetr mesa It mlgPi Pe oopteeaest to do so. Pm tv * * a # tmgMeotPtft oat t»» do ao The ysoftJftovMssi tog fart Pooovor, ooe fifidTMflrfikMHrURIPP'MMBMMfMMBPt MMfi^ i Pamft'tpfti sat aMssapps Iso Apr* fiPd ft.O* 1 ftMOa Sk# ft t* »ft* Mg boom Pb seats m ae-as ft vftftfO ftftd Pft dreeftod ftod la BP*e fftoos Pf PaMfoM or*so | aoMftOy fftftd ft feft-oP OOKli Jed PowogO* tPo sof- Mm ftftd *Pa mofMlog popee It woe s letonftfts ftod reatfpl npnisoca to Pove this Poor oocP day. This lonrntog hi goestloo I waa read lug placidly * hen tooklng mil (Pa wlo- doe, | waa startled to *ee a strange figure of a roan on the hiwa. He waa close to the house, almost under my window, and I even could see that ha wore earrings. He had a handkerchief around his neck. He was swarthy and bhtek-hnired. 1 thought he- -wa# Span ish, and I thought Tie wns a sailor. These were only Impressions, but they Identified him for me later. He was pa^i\e and was looking up at the house In nn interested but puzzled fashion, harmlessly, one would have said, if the wholly unexpected nafure of his presence had not been in Itself significant. Men wearing earrings were not ss common of sight ns to allow one wear ing them to he unnoticed. Strangers of any kind seldom came our way. Strangers of his kind were extraordi nary. He waa looking up at the win dows aa If he 'sought the answer ta SoliHPlOf Ibftl Pod lOlftTftftfftJ if ool enaftfisd Ploi I koew. la gvery to sfkast. •!»« Po Pod aM osmo la Pf ■fiMmaa Pm Pp dosMa a MBB daoee la "Asa tPvcs soy > yoM askgPPftePoodl 1 * "OM. yeo | the rsftf a I tort I seas Pi the Ploc "Look at that MaA ta the parade haw It can do the gulch step sad march ahead." "Tea, that line la busy." •otved Itself. "Has Mrs. Nubrtde solved the help problem yet?” "It solved Itself In her case, my dear. She found her husband was making only $15 a week." rradod mm of the "A young dlvlae chorus girl from his the course of their divine said: “ ‘You like the city beet, Lalage. but I love s wild, free, open-air Ufa.* "And don’t I tooT tlie chorus girl protested hotly. ’Every evening after fhe show I get my supper on a roof garden.’" Important to Hothoro ICxamina carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of | In Use for Over 80 taora. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castors* Fascinatiso ef Mendacity. “Ewer read Aeoop’a fablesT* "Too rnreo the stories In which the snlaMle are soppoaod ta talkT asked