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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8 0. mm ^OP THE- W*f LfiUJBISH y\ AUTHOR Of i i THZ STRMGZ CASE f CAVENDISH ILLUSTRATIONS* v'I'WHIL COPVR»GHT. CPf RANDALL PARRISH \ o o + CHAPTER XII—Continued. —19— "Look to the right! What is that?” It was a dull, red glow, a mere pin prick in the black curtain, yet It seemed to change in brilliancy, like an evil eye winking at us out of the <lark. There was 'something uncanny about the thing, yielding me no sugges tion as to what It could be, yet frightening by Its baleful gleam at auch a time and place. Then there was borne to my nostrils the faint odor of tobacco smoke; It must ba a man sitting there smoking; what w# saw was the red tip of his cigar. fould we slip by unheard? 1 doubted It, yet whatever happened, one of us. at least, must escape from the house before any alarm was sounded. There was but one chanca left—for her to slip silently down that other flight of stairs to the street quarters to flee »#. door, while I remained behind to pro tect her flight. If there was no alarm, tin notice taken of her passage, ■possibly I might venture to follow ■without being overheard; but she must go flmt. her step was light, and she was more sure of the way. Be sides. I could block pursuit, by s tight If necessary, and thus give her ample time In which to unchain and open that front door. Once sfithout, these fellows would never follow. I put my Ups dose against the girl’s •ear. “It Is k guard there smoking. Don't try to answer, but do exactly as I say. One of us. at least, must get The body lay at the bottom motionless, huddled up in such fashion us to block the door. Without a doubt but that the man was dead, I thrust the form to one side, leaped through the opening, and 'crashed the door behind me, I turned to the left, afraid of the bright lights, aud the street-cars, and plunged into the depths of the alley. I may have gone a mile, twisting and turning before I came to what evidently was a small hotel. Here I encountered a cab, an old horse cab, the driver half asleep inside. An old- time cabby was not liable to care who his fare might be so long as he was well paid. Kncouraged by this re flection, I stepped over to the curb. “Engaged, my man?*’ -• He came to life In an Instant, tumbling out of his comfortable “No sly. I never heard yap cornin', sir. Bin a bit quiet about here to night." He stopped, as though just noticing my appearance under the dim street dghta. “Ter bln hart, sir?" be asked solicit ously. “\er coat's all tore, and there's some blood on yer face." "A small fight, that's all. Ih a saloon over west. Any place around here where I could wash up?'* “Sure; right In yere; there ain't nobody 'around to bother. I'll show I a huge pile on Broa# near Wall, de voted largely to brokers’ offices, abso lutely deserted at plght. except by scrubwomen and a watchman or twq. A tenant might .slip in nt such ah hour, yet lie would he fortunate indeed to escape the observation of some one along the halls, or on the staircase. I felt confident a careful questioning among the night employees would give some line on the identity of the man, even- if there should prove no other menus of locating him. •One thing was settled: I must go back to the hotel. If. I was to pay my hill and depart i would lose all con nection with Marie Gessler; site would then possess no means of finding me, I could not seek her, but she possessed my address, and must'surely endettvor /Ttn communicate with me be/ore night. •L^he only tiling, then, was to remain and wait for her to call. Yet this surely exposed me to the danger of arrest, if Waldron named me to the police in connection with the death of Harris. Yet by this time I was firmly con vinced that the Russian would either lie outright It> the affair—claiming that Harris’ injuries had resulted wholly from a fall downstairs in the dark— or else woulij, swear them upon some unknown Invader who had escaped after knocking him senseless. Certain ly he would never reveal the trpth, unless compelled to do so. To do so would queer his whole game. That la, It would If his game was anything as I had doped it out. If he, working alone, or with some accomplice, as now appeared more probable, had been concerned In the Alva murder, hla main object at pres ent would assuredly be to escape de tection. and get a division of the spoils. Hla one desire would be to remain out of sight, and In order to do thlp be must shield me from arresj. I awoke at eleven, rested and with a dear brain. Nothing had occurred to disturb me. and. as I looked at the watch and realised the hour, felt no longer a doubt but what Waldron had found some way In which to protect us both. Eager to look over the noon editions myself. I dressed rather hurriedly, and descended to the lobby. BOY The Kitchen Cabinet (Conducted bjr National Council of the Hoy Scouts of A-merie.a. > * '' LYNN, MASS.* BOY SCOUTS BUSY 1*21, Western Newspaper Union.) The world goes up and the world goes down, < And th« sunahisrtrTollows the rain; And yesterday's sneer and yeaf^HUy’a . frown Can n< ver come over again. —Charles Kingsley. 7 Here are a few of the many reasons why Lynn should stand behind her boys scouts, according to tht»Ke in charge of* a recent financial campaign in that city. January 12.—Scouts distributed 200 posters for Y. D. club. „ February 14.—Held 'Teed the Birds Hike" to Lynn woods, distributing grain and suet to the starving birds. February 28, 27, 28.—Scouts assist ed residents of Home for Aged Wom en in salvaging and sorting their per sonal property following that disas trous tire. February.—The scouts assisted dur ing coal shortage by delivering' 100- pound quantities by tied to homes where there was Illness. Removed snow from more than TOO burled hydrants. , . April.—Contributed 123 to the fund for America's gift to France of which, the average Individual contri bution was 3 cents. April 23.—About fifty scouts searched iu the Srlclnlty of coal wharves for missing Dsrlsh boys. April 24.—Scouts found cap on Na- bant beach which waa Identified aa belonging to one of the missing boys. This led to search by police, resulting to finding tbe two bodies in the harbor. April 30.—Distributed 20,000 hand bills for chamber of commerce “Clean- Up Campaign." May 1.—Distributed 16,292 min iature American flags for the Lynn The paper secured was devoid of par- < Loyalty league. tlculars. •‘Gentleman George" Harris, well known to the police, had been found dead In the hallway of a room ing hnuNe on Le Compte street, oper- SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT. T^he following dish niuy be made as successfully in the North as in the South, for we are told that okra is easily grown in northern latitudes; however, there Is always the canned variety avail able: Creole Gumbo.—Melt four tablespoonfuls of fat In a saucepan, add three tnblespoonfuls of Hour and cook until well blended. In this brown one-half pound of steak which has been cut in fine pieces, and tie onion chopped. Add two medium d tomatoes, ope green pepper plied; cook together, stirring cun- stantly. Lastly add one quart of chopped okra and u cupful of hot water with two and one-half teaspoon fuls of salt, one-half teaspoonful of pepper. Simmer gently until the veg etables are tender, adding more water us needed, stirring frequently. Serve with hot boiled rice. Reheated Mutton With Reasv—A left-over dish which Is very appetis ing may be prepared ea follows c Take thin slices of cold cooked mutton, re heat in a hot frying pan with a little butter, serve with some reheated peas in a thick cream sauce, tbe sauce poured around the mutton on the plat* [ Green ('eppers parboiled and stuffed with chopped, seasoned mutton, then baked, makes a fine dish, and one which will use a small amount of j meat. Rice Omelet With Reas. — Take a | cupful of rooked pees added to a cup- Hunfer. Judge Horace Flanigan of wok praising the fortitude of the hun ger striker. “Hunger Is a terrible thing," bw said. “I remember one evening wheu my \ylfe sent pur eldest boy to bed without any supiier—punishment, you know, for some slight misdemeanor. ‘•Well, after my ogji supper I got tp,'feeling sorry for the little- fellow, so I tiptoed upstairs to his room and whispered through the door: “ ‘Bill, could you eat some honey In the comb?” : “‘Daddy.’ said the boy. T could eat 7 it in the brush.”’ / /. you. He opened a little side-door, and j ttw j by Mrs Sarah Waldron. It I followed down a narrow hallway to | | a believed to have been a thieves' out: you stand the better chancy | a Mma n washroom, flung off my coot, quarrel from the evidence of those In with my remaining behind to hold > and filled a hasln with water. The | t he house, who heard the sounds of a these fellows bark If there should he cabby turned up the light, and watched struggle, and saw a strange man *any alarm. If there la not. I'll follow, me curiously. He waa evidently de- escape through the front door There understand?—answer with lighted to have some one to companion | wer e no arrests, although the police Do you your hand." j with at this weird hoar of the morn- I felt the firm pressure of her Angers Ing. In quick response. } “They got yer one good 'un. sny- were searching for certain parties who might he Implicated. So far so good; but now what about The frtiow evidently hasn't heard how." he remarked. "Keller wbut «he Russian? He bad avldently eacaped suspicion, yet would be far from easy la his own mind. The situation in whlck he found himself would only anything yet—you better go." struck yer must‘v| bed a ring on ter I felt her creep past me without a make thet gash." Hmnnd. her hand slipping from my There were two of them." I ans- grasp ss her foot touched the level wered. spluttering through the water srrve to Increase bis desire to secure the floor of the hall. She was Invisible, | was using liberally, “I may have money, and get safely aw#y while the no longer even a shadow In the black hurt one of the fellows, so you keep going was good. If he actually knew gloom. Then suddenly from somewliere still—will you?" . there each money was to be had. a chain clanked faintly; the ear could | •■Me! Shucks. 1 don't talk about he would scarcely delay seeking it. May 30.—More than 100 scouts s»- fu) of cream sauce—leftover peas may slated the G. A. R. and Sons of Vet- | be used in this dish. Beet the eggs, erans In decorating graves at Lynn 0*10^ two eggs, add a cupful of cooked •■eroeterle*. | rice to the yolks, then fold In the May 31.—Three hundred scouts in whites beaten stiff. Cook as usual and Memorial day parade assisted veter- serve with the hot peas poured around ans by placing chairs at cemeteries i the omelet. and serving water. Corn Maal Wafflta.—Put two cup- November 6.—Distributed about 40,- ful» of water and a teasponfttl of aalt 000 handbills announcing the Red over the Are to two?; add gradually one Cross roil call. ' cupful of corn meal mixed with one November 9.—Distributed several [ mpftil of cold water, add very slowly, hundred large posters for Rad Cross «>*«■ over boiling water Safe From Traffic. An East side Italian woman, mot Iter of three small children, has Invented a way to prevent her offspring from playing in the middle of the street, thus keeping them away from traffic dangers. Every day she takes them down to the front dodr of the tene ment house In which they live, slip* a noose around each waist and neck, and then ties the end of the rope, witk about five feet leeway, to an Iron rail ing In front of the house, and the chil dren , play among themselves. She slips a small padlock In between the knots of the rope and the barm of Che Iron railing, so that no one but heruslf can untie It.—Detroit F’cea Press. CATARRHAL DEAFNESS la greatly relieved by conetHuttonal treat menu HALL'S CATARRH MKDfCDfli Is a constitutional remedy. Catarilml Deafness la caused dittos of the mucous lining of tbs chlan Tuba When this tube la you have a rumbling sound or tmyerfeot hearing, and when It la entirely closed Deafnees .is tbe result. Ui non t an be CATARRH MKDT blood 00 the me tern, thus reducing tbe Inf assisting Nature In restoring aenaai dltlona Circulars free. AH DruagMa T J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo. Ohio.- vert lee ment. be destroyed fe KD1CINR er HALlI of the roll call. November II. — Three hundred scouts assisted American Legtoo at Arm let Ice day parade. December 1-24.—Collected and re paired more than 1.000 unused and discarded toys, boots and games and distributed them u> more than 300 children who would not otherwise have not determine from what direction the m y fares none. Thet ain't hunioeea. if he had personally hidden that bag : b*d a Joyful Christman. The names notind came, yet It wan clear enough | picked one up night before last j of carrency taken from Alva, ha to be heard plainly. The man Hood down by the west aide docks, who'd would be after the stuff within twenty- still, evidently listening; I loet sight been In some kind of a fracas—any- j four hours; while If another held It, of the ted glow, as though he had re- how. he wus sure scared half ter be would as surely seek the fellow moved the cigar from between his death. Looked like a foreigner, an’ out. and demand Ids share. This gave lips, and slowly straightened myself was dntggln' a grip ’i°nf with him. me two lines to follow; I might locate up. braced foe any emergency. fUie (] 0 | 0 ff a t Jefaey ferry, I reckon.” 1 Waldron, and shadow him; or l rpight had reached the outside door, and was 1 “When was ttmt?" I was using the ! see what discoveries I could make in preparing to open It. For an Instant t u wel by this time, eying the loquac- the Colmar building. The better nothing happened. Then the sharp. j 0U!l over the edge. — chance seemed to-me lay In Broad resoiyiMIng click of a heavy lock “Mght afbre last. 'Bout midnight; j street. I ate a deUherate lunch, -echoed up from beneath, like the tap ^ ^ ap|1 down thet way, an’ planning how best to |vro' , eed, and of a hammer. wus drlvin' back empty, when he hoping some bellboy would »<*H me-to -The fellow snapped on the elec- hollered to me to stop. Oneh, the the telephone. I finished the meal triciTv. flooding the large hall. and. feller, tumbled in like there was a uninterrnnied. uttering a gruff oath, slnrted forward.-1.ghost after him, an* sed I wua ter Both Wall and Broad streets were We met face to face. There was drive like h l." of the chiidreo were secured through the Associated t'harltiea and Vafhollc Charities center. stirring occasionally for one hour. Add one-fourth of a cupful of shortening and pour Into a bowl; when cooled a little add one-half cupful of soar cream or buttermilk and two-thirds of a cup ful of sweet milk. Sift together two cupfuls'of flour, one-fourth of a tea spoonful of soda and two teaspoonfula of linking powder, heat well Into the first mixture, add two well beaten egg yolki and fold In two wall beaten egg white*. Bake on a hot. well greased waffle Iron. This amount will fill the Iron five or six tiroes. Nothing Doing. T hear tell that a feller driving along In an automobile run over jronr least boy. Bearcat, in tbe Mg rend tuther day?" Interestedly Inalauatnd an acquaintance. "What did yen- do about Itr "Well, the toiler wanted roe to pay him b'cus Bearcat bit a hole la one of the tires while he was going over and over." replied Gap Johnson of Rum pus HWige Ark “But I says. ‘Uoh-ahl If yon don’t want your tires hit yon needn’t—p’tu!—ran over tny klda.’"— Kansas City Star. New College Coarse. One of the leading Amertcai vend ties has Just established a < In ship const radios and marine portatton. AMERICAN ftCOUTfl IN JAPAN. nothing else for It but to fight it.out. )if I ran the act would only expose her before she could dlstanee'pursult; besides that first glimpse hail revealed my antagonist, and I was glad—It was “Gentleman George” I Hr knew me almost at the same Instant, spitting out a curse ss he reached back for his gun. "You. hey!' How the h—I did you get down here!” But I was quicker, the move ready, gripping the wrist, and twisting the arm back until the torture caused him to drop the weapon, as we struggled back across the width of the hall. We were both weaponless, relying only on the efficacy of bare hands, but lie turned Into a savage, a dangerous fighter who oared onlyu-to disable his opponent In any way possible. It was like battling with a wild cat. infuri ated, crazed with hate and fear. And for the moment the fellow had me, driving me back against the rail, help less before the fierceness of his assault.' _ . Some one was coming. 1 could hear a voice, and flying steps on the stairs; then a. woman’s scream somewhere above. I broke away, getting a grip on his throat, and feeling my feet firm on the floor. He could see what I couldn’t, and found voice im spite j)f my XbrottUBg. “It’s that d—d skunk, Severn, got out. Hit him, Ivan! Smash in, I’ve got the guy—quick now P* I whirled with him, dutking my own head behind his shoulder, gaining a* I did so one blurred glimpse of Wai- dron as he swung full at me with that looked like tha leg of a chair, trrls caught the full fortv of the >w Just'over his'eyea and the power "of It. added to the swirl of m^ arms, •ent him hurtling along the rounded rail, headlong dowq the stairs. dreo. atood paralyzed, stunned.' his ha ads still on tha club, his eye* found ing that flying figure. With all my •rrmgth I drove a flat flat to his (ace. - Md. as ha reeled, staaibllng'backward. ta ratal* hla fret, I “Had a grip with him. did he?” “Yep; black, ’bout medium size. The fellow wasn’t overly big himself, an’ it wus quite a lug for him; it humi>ed against his legs when lie toted It. I wouldn't a thought nothin’ more 'boDt It. Only I got hoi’ of k paper, an’ read how there wus a guy croaked that same night over in Jersey. It sorter made me think o’ this feller, Just because he was so d—d scared. It wus sorter funny where he had me set him down, too after midnight thet way.” “Where was that?” “Colmar bulldln’ on Broad street. Wa’n’t a darn light from top to bottom. He didn’t let me pull up there—not by a d—n sight. I had ter let him out a block away, around the corner. But somehow I sorter wanted ter know just where the Moke went, so I -slipped off the box. an’ took a peek. He turned in there, where li wus blacker than a stack 0’ black cats, an’ thet’s the last I seen of him. S’pose lie wus the duck who diif that Job sir?" “He might have been, of course. Did you .report it to tiie police?" “Lord, no; if us fellers told the cops half we know they wouldn't get no sl^ep at all. I ain’t sed nothin’ to nobody. Ready re go now. sir? 1 " CHARTER XIH. In th* Colmar Building ' - His horse was not a fast traveler, yet this afforded me time to think over my own situation, as well a* this.clew -o unconsciously furnished me by the loquacious driver. The chances wvre that' this mysterious pa cseure-' of two nights before had no conn-erfon with the Alva case; yet there remained a possibility. The hour, tin* place, his evident fpar of pursuit his eager desire to get nut of sight, the heavy bag he carried, and hla being a foreigner of some kind, all eombined to stimulate any suspicion Who the fellow could bo was beyond gueos Tho Cotarer buLd'ngJ My busy* enough when I elbowed my pa*sflge through the shifting crowds of men hurrying in every direction, and. reached the edge of the curt), gased upward at the ornamental front of the Colmar building. J took an elevator to the twelfth floor, and walked slowly from end to end of the marble corridor, reading the names 011 the glass doors as I passed. I met but few people and attracted no attention, paasiug down the stair way to the floor below. Growing more pessimistic as 1 proceeded, I had reached the fifth floor, when, as J turned at the front of the iron stairs, my glatK-e rested on the letters sten ciled along the frosted glass op posite—“Mutual Investment Company, Gasper ’.Vine, Manager.” I stopped still, my heart beating wildly, feel ing that I bad stumbled blindly on the - very thing I had been seeking. Gasper Wine was the name of the matt who, through accident, had opened to me the door leading into the Alva factory; the man who hud left me alone in the entry while he disappeared to talk with Alva privately in the little side-room. ; Gasper Winq! For the first time I >reaWy believed the old -hack driver was right-r-he had actually picked up just such a fare, lugging a --hag with him, and drlyeu The fellow to this place at midnight. I had never connected the crime with- Wine before—yet why not? He was among those present; he had been 'alone with Alva; he doubtless knew of the transferring of the money; and he answered fully the description of the man the cabby had picked up near the Jersey docks. (TO BK CONTINUED.) _ W.tn woiors of both eountrtos flying, Amarioan boy scouts parti ci pa tod in Memorial day pared*. PRAISES BOY SCOUTS. Forester Greeley of the United States Department of Agriculture In expressing the forest service’s appre ciation of the fine spirit of co-opera tion shown by scouts in observing Forest Protection week, writes as fol lows: This Is hot the first time that .the Boy Scouts of America have been called , upon to render service for the government and your effeirts In this pnbilc-spirtted movement to preserve our forests from needless destruction' have-been In keeping with other note worthy achievements of your admir able organization. It is • pleasure to feel that the boy scouts stand aa • unit for fire prevention and reforesta tion. But it Is also more than a pleas ure—It Is an assurance of an invalu able aid In * work of the utmost pub lic importance * ^ Country Lif* Is 8w*«t. Tbe best and most hopeful feature In any |M»ople Is undoubtedly the in stinct that leads them to the country to take rout there,rend hot that wbUffi »ends them docking to the town and Its distractions. The lighter th* mow the more it drifts; and the more friv olous the people the more they are btowtt, By ant wind *r BOY SCOUT COMMUNITY SERV4CI Scouts of Macon. Gfl.. hawe been making a sanitary survey of the city, reporting to local health officials all unsanitary conditions and later tnak- , , _ ... „ . . in. . Ml..-*, to M, 11. tb. >« “rV*" department’* requests for dean-npe havetieen obeyed. Montclair (X.J.) scout* In ramp are enjoying -their new shelter hell pee vided by the generosity of the acont of the town. Tb* boy* them Today Is what you have It Is also what you art- And again today Is what -you do. And tf you haven't any thing. and aren’t anybody, and do nothing—why. than, for you thvrs la no today —Georg* Matthew Adams, SUMMERY GOOD THINGS. For the woman who like* *0 cook and prepare dainty food, there la no pleasure greater to her than an occasionaJ v I a 11 to an up-to-date lunch room where she may order a lunch and at the same time gain new ideas In gar nishing and serving food combination*. Papparmint Candy lee Cream.—Add to partly frozen unflavored Ice cream one-half cupful each of seeded raisins, chopped pecan meats and shredded al monds, with one cupful of peppermint candy crushed fine. Pack in a mold and when unmolded garnish with whipped ertrem streaked with red col oring. This Is done by drawing a fork dipped Iq color through the cream. lea Cream, Lillian ' Rusaall.—Heat one quart of milk and one cupful of double cream, one cupful of sugar un til lukewarm (not over 100 degrees), add one junket tablet crushed and dissolved in a tablespoonful of water. Mix thoroughly and let stand ;n a warm room until the mixture Is thick, then chill and freeze. Serve in chilled muskmelon. Sprinkle with cinnamon over the top of the cream In reClt melon. ; —• •. Paach Shortcake. — Prepare and bake a rich biscuit mixture- Spread one layer with butter and thinly sliced peeled peaches well sugared, then pdt on the other layer and cover with more of the prepared peaches. On top place halves of choice peaches, dredge with sugar, then pipe r. roseue of sweetened whipped cream In the hollow of each half peach. This may be served In individual shortcakes, making a very attractive dessert. Rhubarb Jam.—Select t;.e red stalks ref rhul»art>. leaving as much of tbe red oi the 'peeling on It as possi ble, cut up Into half-inch stalks, weigh and add an equal Velght of sugar “This afreet Is poorly lighted." "It’s Lover's lane."—LoulaVtlle Oow- rler-Joumal. WOMAN AVOIDS AN OPERATION boll Ptnkham's Compound Sftvod Hbt Star, N. JCL—**Mj moathly gave me an much tooqbk,^ miHnnia I was treated by two doe- I tors without relief and they both said I would nave to have an operation. I had my trouble four yean and waa unfit to do anything, and had given up all hope ef •Yer gatting any better. Ireadabout iE. Pinkham’e Lydia m PQla for about save* months and now I am ahla to do 9 work. I shall narer forest yoor madP STitl? J.T Huhsbt. Star, N. C. Hem m another wo testimony to tbe many whoaelattamtm pound often reetorea health to sui women even after they ham font ao far that an operation la deemed advisable, therefore ft will aurely pay any woman whe suffers from aflmenta peculiar to her sex to give this good old fashion •firr remedy i trial. pounds of fruit add the grated rind and Juice of a lemon, let simmer for a half-hour after hoBtog one Just before taking nff tb** fire add an# of ailced blanched **UIK▼’ Ml mflav«"U u •lIXHJTmB ^ Clear Your , Complexion with This Old Reliable Remedy-^ SuuwGmmd atowt A*