Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SYNOPlS Chafl.Wrandall Isfound murdered In a road house near New York. Mrs. Wra.n dall is summond from the city and Iden tifies the body. A young woman who ac companied Wrandall to the inn and sub 9equently disappeared. is suspected. Mrs. Wrandall starts back for New York 'Wan :Suto during a blinding snow storm. On the way she m4ets a young woman in the R -A4 who proves to be the woman Who klled Wrandal. Feeling that the girl had eher a service in ridding her of the man who- though she loved him deeply -had caused her' great- sorrow. axrs. *randall determines to shield her and takes her to her own home. Mrs. Wrandall hears the story of Hetty Cas tjeton's life. except that portion that re la to. Wrandall. This and the story of the tragedy she forbids the girl ever to tell. She offers Hetty a home, friendship and security from peril on account of the .tragedy. Sara Wrandall and Hetty re turn to New York after an absence of a year in Europe. Leslie Wrandall. brother of Challis, becomes greatly interested -in retty. Sara sees In Leslie's Infatuation poesibility for -revenge on the Wrandalls and reparation for the wrongs she suf fered at the hands of Challis Wrandall by marrying his murderess -into the family. clie, In.company with his friend Bran * d Booth, an artist, visits Sara at her place. Leslie 1confesses to Sara that he ls-madly in love with Hetty. Sara rranges with Booth to paint a picture of . Booth-has a haunting feeling that he seen'. --Hetty . before. Looking through a'portfolio of pictures by an un known Engish artist he finds one of HAtty. BHe speaks to her about It. Hetty declres: it -must be a' picture of Hetty Glyna.- an English actress. who resembles her very much. . Much to his chagrin Leslie is refused by Hetty. Booth and Hetty confess.~their love for each other, but the latter declares that she can never marry as there is an insurmountable bar rier In the: way. Hetty admits to Sara. that she loves Booth. Sara declares that -Hetty must -marry Leslie, who must be made-to. pay his brother's debt to the girL. Hetty again 'atteqtpts to tell the. real story of the trag-dy and Sara threat ena to strane her if she- says a word. Sara insults Retty' by revealing that all this ttme showhas .believed Hetty to have sinned In her relationswith Challis Wran dall. Later she Vealizes that Hetty is 1 nocent: - Leslie "again proposes to He. and Is rejected. Hettv prepares to I -ave Bara, *declariug that after what ha-q hap pened she can remain no longer. CHAPTEER. XIII. ed. Leslie did not turn up at father's plce. in the High street ,hat night til Booth was safely o of the way. spent a dismal ev at the boat His fat othe- were in the lbrary when came home at half past ten- Frii a dark corner of the garden he bad witnessed Booth's early departure. 'Vivian had gone down to the gate rn':the low-lying hedge with her visitor. She came in a moment after Leslie's entrance. - "Hello, Les," she said, bending an neniinjeye upon him. "Isn't this earli for you?" Her brother was standing near the "There's a heavy dew falling, Ma tur," beidald gruf fly. "Shan't I touch a match to the kindling?" His mother came over to him quick lygand laid her hand on his arm. S "Your coat Ia damp,"- she said anx iously. "Yes, light the fire." "It's very ,warm in this room," said Mr. Wrandall, looking .up from his I. boolk> They wrere always doing some 'thing for Leslie's comfort. 'No one seemed to notide him. .Lea e I knelt and struck a match... "Well?" said Vivian. "Well what?" he demanded without looking up. iWs sister took a moment for thought. "Is Hetty cnming to stay with us in He. stood erect, first rubbing his knee 'to dislodge the dust--then his 'Nshe Isn't coming," he said. He drgw a- very long 'breath-the first In several hours-end then expelled It vocily. "She has refused tomarry Mr. Wrandall turned a leaf In his -book; It sounded like the crack of doom, so still had the room become. Vivian, had the forethought to push Schair toward'her mother. It was a nost timely act' on her part, for Mrs. randafl sat down very abruptly and very limply. "Se-what?" gasped Leslie's "Tdrned me down-cold," said Les 11e briefly. 'Mr. Wrandall laid his book on the table without thinking to put the book mark In place. Then he arose and removed his glasses, fumbling for the "She-she-what?" he demanded. "Sacked me," replied his son. "Please do not jest with me, Les lie," said his mother, trying to smile. "He Isn't joking, mother," said Viv Ian, with a shrug of her fine shoulders. "He-he must be," cried Mrs. Wran dali impatiently. "What did she really say, Leslie?". "The only thing I remember was 'goodby,'" said he, and then blew his' nose violently. "Poor old Les!" said Vivian, with real feeling. "It was Sara 3ooch's doing!" ex caimed Mrs. Wrandall, getting her breath at last. "Nonsense," said Mr. Wrandall, picking up his book once more and turning to the place where the' book mark lay, after which he proceeded to re-read four or five pages before dis covering his error. No one spoke for a matter of five minutes or more. Then Mrs. Wran dali got up; went over to the 'library table and closed with a snap the bulky blue book with the limp leather cover, saying as she held it up to let him see that ''was the privately printed history of the Murgatroyd family: CAT AND RAT EQUAL PESTS Former Especially Have Wrought Havoc Among the Smaller Native Animals of Australia. In the Monte Bello Islands domestic cats have most unfortunately been in troduced, which do much damage amongst the wallabihs, and have ex terminated the bandicoot. The cats thrive exceedingly wherever they are introduced, growing to great size. .They soon become wild and cunning, and breed fast. It may be safely said that these animals are doing more damage than anything else to the na tve fauna of the Australian region; Indeed, the same remarks apply to te greater part of the world. Cats are carried almost universally on small trading ships, with the Idea that thykeep down rats. When they be ome too numerous or otherwvise ob i~4,'onable, they are simply afarooned, '71to kill a cat is considered among ~e clack; rat :ii' hmduce Lis w '::z doe ; 'e . - The Th( "It- came by post this evening from London. She is merely a fourth cousin, my son." Be looked up with a gleam. of in terest in his eye. CHAPTER XIV. Crossing the Channel. Booth, restless with a vague uneasi ness that had come over :him during the night, keeping him awake until nearly dawn, was hard put. during the early hours of the forenoon to find occupation for his interest until a sea'onable time arrived for appearing at Southlook. He was unable to ac count for this feeling of un'certainty and irritation. At nine he set out to walk over to Southlook, realizing that he should have to spend an hour in profitless gossip with the lodge keeper before presenting himself at the /villa, but somehow relishing the thqight that even so he would be nearer to Hetty than if he remained ih/his own door yard. Half-way there we wVas overtaken by Sara's big French ,fiachine returning from the village._ The car came to a standstill as h 'stepped aside to let it pass, and Slra herself leaned over and cordiall:7 invited him to get in and ride home with her. "What 4n early bird you are," he ex claimed s he took his seat beside her. Shwas not in a mood for airy per sifia e, as he soon discovered. ,, 'Miss Castleton has gone up to town, Mr. Booth," she said rather lifelessly. "I have just taken her to the station. She caught the eight thirty." He was ai once solIcitous. "No bad aaews, I hope?" There was no thought in- his mind that her absence was other than temporary. "She is not coming back, Brandon." She had not addressed him as Bran don before. He stared. "You-you mean-" The words died on his Ups. "She is not coming back," she re peated. An accusing gleam leaped into his eyes. "What has happened, Mrs. Wran dall?" he asked. She was quick to perceive the change in his voice and manner. "She prefers to live apart from me. That is all." "When was this decision reached?" "But yesterday. Soon after she came in from her walk with you." "Do-do you mean to imply that that had anything to do with her leav ing your home?" he demanded, with a flush on his cheek. She met his look without flinching. "It was the beginning." "You-you criticised her? You took her to task-" "I notified her that she was to marry Leslie Wrandall if she marries anyone at all," she said in a perfectly level tone. "Good Lord, Mrs. Wrandall!" "But she is not going to'marry Les lie." "I know it-I knew it yesterday," he cried triumphantly. "She loves me, Sara. Didn't she say as much to you?" "Yes, Brandon, she .loves you. But she will not be your wife." "What is all this mystery? Why can't she be my wife? What is there to prevent?" She regarded him with dark, inscru other man? Heuredver _cld Th also hishans wre et aswit ic-waer "Th-hat notped esie'r othqes tabeeysoMnn.cns"ase e "YeW ould want her," ou wie ifeyouae sely. ngd o n othe mrla matnopto"t h relef tune vroie. "She pasa god hisl hnds were. wet aske wit icewter. omeoutn drk." md oitbfr Mont willo rop blevena of ther,"ahe saidtshing is wheadih ae aivr ofs that is nt an angoswtomyer.es isuIwoulo id tlhat her. aniae whecae isteadilyr. i isatv countrely at to putke yuo asha hret urest, should, usaly thee was ref iher vce.est poua good glandsheisre. it skempaaiy ueo blieas cunti estery haow reasoni has dutkeroth. e."en bte adapted feoroupifevn ornsi thesall tsoutingise hichreou nver-P vis ira, on whihpitz ocus mosthd. at dattti ts preeni Hatrbuted and twee easago cana zone is tel known lariouvse to employtat ethitaimal, gantcosoit sholdally bfteusua 4 Of 101 1U sor e Bar BY G4O/t BRR M ,i/107, .' C "Good heavens,-how could you doub1 those honest, guiltless eyes of-" She shook her head sadly. "To an swer you I would have' to reveal thi secret that makes it impossible foi her to- become your wife, and that cannot, will not do." "Is it fair to me?" "Perhaps not, but it is fair to her and that is why I must remain silent.' "Before God, I shall know the truti -from her, if not from you-and-' "If you love her, if you will be kine to her, you will let her go her wa3 in peace." He was struck by the somewhat sin ister earnestness of her words. "Tell me where I may find her," h said, setting his jaw. "It will not be difficult for you tc find her," she said, frowning, "if y'ot insist on pursuing her." "You drive her away from youi house, Sara Wrandall, and yet you ex pect me to believe that your motives are friendly. Why should I accep1 your word as final?" "I did not drive .her away, nor dic I ask her to stay." He stared hard at her. "Good Lord, what is the meaning of all this?" he cried in perplexity, "What am I to understand?" The car had come to a stop undel the porte cochere. She laid her hand on his arm. "If you will come in with me, Bran don, I will try to make things cleal to you." He left in half an hour, walking rap idly down the drive, his coat buttoned closely, although the morning was hol and breathless. He held In his hand a small scrap of paper on which was written: "If I loved you less, I would come to you now and lie to you. Il you love me, Brandon, you will let me go my way. It is the only course Sara is my friend, and she is yourg Be guided by her,, and believe in m3 love for you. Hetty." And now, as things go in fairy sto ries, we should prepare ourselves tc see Hetty pass through a season it drudgery and hardship, with the ulti mate quintessence of joy as the re ward for her trials and tribulations. Happily, this is not' a fairy tale. There are some things more fantastic than fairy tales, if they are not spoiled i the telling. Hetty did not go forth to encounter drudgery, disdain and ob loquy. By no manner of means! She went with a well-filled purse, a definite purpose ahead and a determined fac tor behind. In a manner befitting her station as the intimate friend of Mrs. Challis Wrandall, as the cousin of the Murgat royds, as the-daughter of Colonel Cas tleton of the Indian corps, as a per son supposed to be possessed of in dependent means withal, she went, with none to question, none to cavil Sara had insisted on this, as much for her own sake as for Hetty's; she argued, and she had prevailed in the end. What would the world think, what would their acquaintances think, and above all what would the high and mighty Wrandalls think if she went with meek and lowly mien? Why should they make It .possible for anyone to look askance? And sgit was that she departed in state, wil a dozen trunks and boxes; an obsequiously attended seat in thE parlor car, was hers; a telegram In her bag assured her that rooms, were being reserved for herself and maid at the Ritz-Carlton; alongside it re posed a letter to Mr. Carroll, instruct ing him to provide her with sufficieni funds to carry out the plan agreed upon; and in the seat behind sat thE lady's maid who had served her for a twelvemonth and more. The timely demise of the venerablE Lord Murgatroyd afforded the most natural excuse for her trip to England. The old nobleman gave up the ghost, allowing for difference in time, at thE very moment when Mrs. Redmond Wrandall was undoing a certain pack age from London, which turned out to be a complete history of what his forbears had done in the way of prop agation since the fourteenth century. Hetty did not find it easy to accom modate her pride to the plan which was to give her a fresh and rather imposing start in the world. She was to have a full year in which to deter mine whether she should accept toil and poverty as her lot, or emulate thE symbolic example of Dicky, the canary bird. At the end of the year, unless she did as Dicky had done, her source of supplies would be automatically cut off and she would be entirely depend ent upon her own wits and resources. In the interim she was a p,robationar3 person of leisure. It had required hours of persuasion on the part of Sara Wrandall to bring her into line Iwith these arrangements. "But I am able and willing to wori for my living," had been Hetty's stub born retort to all the arguments brought to bear upon her. "Then let me put it in another light. It is vital to me, of course, that you should keep up the show of affluence for a while at least. I think I haye made that clear to you. But here is another side to the matter; the ques tion of recompense." "Recompense?" cried Hetty sharply. "Without your knowing it, I haye virtually held you a prisoner all these of the ship's propeller must not exceed a certain limit. To reduce the speed of the turbine in order to accommo date it to the speed of the propeller means a considerable loss of energy. Doctor Toettinger's transformer, how. ever, transmits the motion of the tur bine to the propeller shaft by a hydrau lic intermediary, whereby the turbines can be operated at a high speed while the propeller does not exceed its limit of revolutions. The loss of energy is only ten per cent. Besides there is freedom from noise and vibration. Two Unusual Professions. One of the most unusual professionm in existence is that of the man with knowledge of many languages wh< spends a great part of his time in look ing through reference books in orde; to discover errors, the publishers pay ing him for every inaccuracy dis closed. But this is by no means the queerest trade in existence.. Evez more out of the way is the calling I ~ I VV r McCutd O'-f yggy7/92 BY AC,MSDZj &- COMV months, condemned in my own judg ment if riot in the sight of the law, I have taken the law unto myself. You were not convicted of murder in this unitarian court of mine, but of an other sin. For fifteen months you have been living under the shadow of a crime you did not commit. I was reserving complete punishment for you in the shape of an ignoble mar riage, which was to have served twc bitter ends. Well, I had the truth from you. I believe you to be abso lutely innocent of the charge I held over you, for which I condemned you without a hearing. Then, why should I not employ my own' means of mak ing restitution?" "You have condescended to believe in me. That is all I ask." "True, that is all you ask. But Is it altogether the fair way- out of it? To illustrate: our criminal laws are less kind to the innocent than to the guilty. Our law courts find a man guilty and he is sent to prison. Later on, he is found to be innocent-abso lutely innocent. What does the state do in the premises?. It issues a formal pardon-a mockery, pure and simple and the man is set free. It all comes to a curt, belated apology for an error on the part of justice. No substantial recompense is offered. He is merely pardoned for something he didn't do. The state, which has wronged him, condescends to pardon him! Think of it! It is the same as if a man knocked another down and then said, before he removed his foot from the victim's n6eck: 'I pardon you freely.' My fa ther was opposed to the system, we have-that all countries have-of par doning men who have been unjustly condemned. 'The innocent victim Is pardoned in the same manner as the guilty one who comes in for clemency. I accept my father's contention that an innocent man should not be shamed and humilfated by a pardon. The court which tried him should reopen the case and honorably acquit him of the crime. Then the state should pay to this innocent man, dollar for dol lar, all that he might have earned 'dur ing his term of imprisonment, with an additional amount for the suffering he ha's endured. Not long ago in an ad joining state a man, who had served seventeen years of a life sentence for murder, was found to be wholly Inno cent. What happened? A pardon was handed to him and he walked out of prison, broken in spirit, health and purse. His small fortune had beet wiped outin the futile effort to prove his innocernce. He gave up seventeen years of his life and then was par* doned for the sacrifice. He should have been paid for every day spent in prison. That was the very least they could have done." "I see now what you mean," mused Hetty. "I have never thought of it in that way before." "Well, it comes to this in our case, Hetty: I have tried you all over again in my own little court and I have ac quitted, you of the charge I had against you. I do not offer you a silly pardon. Y~ou must allow me to have my way in this matter, to choose my own means of compensating you for--" "You saved my life," protested Het ty, shaking her head obstinately. "My dear, I appreciate the fact that you are English," said Sara, with a weary smile, "but won't you please see the point?" Then Hetty smiled too, and the way was easier after that for Sara. She gained her quixotic point, and Hetty went away from Southlook feeling that no woman in all the world was so be wildering as Sara Wrandall. When she sailed for England, two days later, the newspapers announced that the beautiful and attractive Miss Castleton was returning to her native land on account of the death of Lord Murgatroyd, and would spend the year on the continent, where probably she would be joined later on by Mrs. Wran dall, whose period of mourning and distress had been softened by the con stant and loyal friendship of "this ex quisite Englishwoman." Four hundred miles out at sea she was overtaken by wireless messages from three persons. Brandon Booth's message said: "I am sailing tomorrow on a faster ship than yours. You will find me waiting for you on the landing- stage." Her heart gave a leap to dizzy heights, and, try as she would, she could not crush it back'to the depths in which it had dwelt for days. The second bit of pale green paper contained a cry from a most unexpect ed source: "Cable your London ad dress. S. refuses to give it to me. I think I understand the situation. We want to make amends for what you have had to put up with during the year. She has shown her true nature at last." It was signed "Leslie." From Sara came these cryptic words: "For each year of famine there will come seven years of plenty." All the way across the Atlantic she lived in a state of subdued excitement. Conflicting emotions absorbed her waking hours but her dreams were all of one complexion: rosy arid warm and full of a joyousness that dis tressed her vastly when she recalled them to mind in the early morning hours. During the day she intermit tently hoped and feared that he would SACRED SPORT IN ENGLAND Farmer Who Broke Up Hunting Meel Punished by the Master of the Hounds. The unusual incident of a master of hounds thrashing a horseman in the hunting field was witnessed near Sals bury, England, recently. There was a meet of the Tedworthi hounds at Abbotts Ann. and the fine weather attracted about fifty riders. A fox was drawn In Stonehanger wood, but of scent there was none, and the fox made good his escape. A little la ter, without there being any sign of a fox, some half dozen of the hounds picked up a line in the open which the master at once -recognized as a drag, there being a strong smell of aniseed. The pack went off at lightning speed on this false trail, and the master al loed them to continue the run in the he o -..eraung th ayer of the eon W4iY be on the landing stage. In any event she was bound to find unhappiness. If he were there her joy would be short-lived and blighting; if lie were not there, her disappointment would be equally hard to bear. He was there. She saw him from the deck of the tender as they edged up io the landing. His tall figure loomed In the front rank against the rail that held back the crowd; his sun-bronzed face wore a look of eager expectancy; from her obscured posi tion in the shadow of the deck build ing, purposely chosen for reasons only too obvious, she could even detect the alert, swift-moving scrutiny that he fastened upon the crowd. Later on, he stood looking down Into her serious blue eyes; her handa were lying limp in his. His own eyes were dark with earnestness, with the restraint that had fastened itself upon him. Behind her stood the respectful but immeasurably awed maid, whc could not, for the life of her, under stand how a man ;could be on both sides of the Atlantic at one and the same time. "Thank the Lord, Hetty, say 1, foi the five-day boats," he was saying. "You should not have come, Bran don," she cried softly, and the lpook of misery in her eyes was tinged with a glow she could not suppress. "It only makes everything harder for me. I-I- Oh, I wish you had not come!' "But isn't it wonderful?" he cried, "that I should be here and waiting for you! It is almost inconceivable. And you were in the act of runnidg away from me, too. Oh, I have that much of the tale.from Sara, so don't look so hurt about it." "I am so sorry you came," she re peated, her lip ,trembling. Noting her emotion, he gave her hands a fierce, encouraging pressure and immediately released them. "Come," he said gently; "I have booked for London. Everything is ar ranged. I shall see to your luggage. Let me put you In the carriage first. As she sat in the railway carriage, waiting for him to return, she tried in a hundred ways to devise a means of escape, and yet she had never loved him so much as now. Her heart was sore, her desolation never so complete as now. He came back at last and took his seat beside her in the compartment, fanning himself with his hat. The maid very discreetly stared out of the win dow at the hurrying throng of travel ers on the platform. "How I love you, Hetty-how I adore you!" Booth whispered passion ately. "Oh, Brandon!" "And I don't mean to give you up," he added, his lean jaw setting hard. "You must-oh, you must," she cried miserably. "I- mean It, Brandon-" "What are your plans?" asked he. "Please don't ask me," she pleaded. "You must give It up, Brandon. Let me go my own way." "Not until I have the whole story from you. You see, I am not easily thwarted, once I set my heart on a thing. I gathered this much from Sara: the object is not insurmount able." "She-said-that?" "In effect, yes," he qualified. "What did she tell you?" demanded Hetty, laying her hand on his arm. "I will confess she didn't reveal the secret that you consider a barrier, but she went so far as to say that it was / He Stood Looking Down Into Her Se rious Blue Eyes. very dark and dreadful," he said light ly. They were speaking in very low tones. "When I pinned her down tc It, she added that it did not in any sense bear upon your honor. But there is time enough to talk about this later on. For the present let's not discuss the past. I know enough of your history from your own lips as well as what little I could get out of Sara, to feel sure that you are in a way, drifting. I intend to looks after you, at least until you find your self. Your sudden break with Sara has been explained to me. Leslie Wrandall is at the back of it. Sara told me that she tried to force you to marry him. I think you did Quite right in going away as you did, but, on the other hand, was it quite fair to me?" outcome of the meeting was that the master, Oswald Riley, administered a sound thrashing to the farmer with his hunting crop. His action, says a local correspondent, was witnessed by the field of huntsnen and was warmly ap proved by them. Made Government See Point. Lieutenant Waghorn found It diffi cult to convince the British postoffice of the value of the isthmus of Suez as a means of shortening the letter route to India. He guaranteed to transmit a bag of letters to India and return with others to England ~in the same time that It then took the letters to go. He was granted permission to make the attempt, and difficulties at once cropped up. Coal at Port Said was $30 a ton, at Suez $100, so he load ed camels with coal and took them across the isthmus. When he reached Suez with th-e letters the steamier which he had arranged to meet him was not there. This difficulty he sur ..- . "Yes, it was most fair," she said compressing her lips. He frowned. "We can't possibly be of the same opinion," he said seriously. "You wouldn't say that if you knew everything." "How long do you intend to stay in London?" "I don't know. When does this train arrive there?" "At four o'clock; I think. Will you go to an hotel or to friends?" He put the question very delicately. She smiled faintly. "You mean the Murgatroyds?" "Your father is here, I am informed. And you must have other friends oz relatives who-" "I shall go to a small hotel I know near Trafalgar square," she interrupt ed quietly. "You must not come there to see me, Brandon." "I shall expect you.to dine with me at-say Prince's this evening," was his response to this. She shook her hea.d and then turned to look out of the window. He eal back in his seat and for many miles with deep perplexity in his eyes, stud ied her half-averted face. The old uneasiness returned. Was this ob stacle, after all, so great that it could not be overcome? They lunched together, but were singularly reserved all through the meal. A plan was growing in her brain, a crue'l but effective plan that made her despise herself and yet con tained the only means of escape fro= an even more cruel situation. , He drove with her from the statiom to the small hotel off Trafalgar square There were no- rooms to be had. It was the week of Ascot and the city was still crowded with people whc awaited only the royal sign to breal the fetters that bound them- to Lon don. Somewhat perturbed, she al lowed him to escort her to several ho tels of a like character. Failing ii each case, she was in despair. At last she plucked up the courage te say to him, not without constraint and embarrassment: "I think, Brandon, If you were t allow me to apply alone to one of these places I could get in -without much trouble." "Good Lord!" he gasped, going very red with dismay. "What a fool I-" "I'll try the Savoy," she said quick ly, and then laughed at him. His face was the picture of distress. "I shall come for you tonight at eight," he said, stopping the taxi at once. "Goodby till then." He* got out and gave directions tc the chauffeur. Then he did a very strange thing. He hailed another taxi and, climbing in, started off in the wake of the two women. From a point of vantage rnear the corridor leading to the "American bar," he sail Hetty sign her slips and move ofl toward the left. Whereupon, seeing that she was quite out of the way, he approached the manager's office and asked for accommodatons. "Nothing left, sir," "Not a thing?" "Everything has been taken fol weeks, sir. I'm surry." "Sorry, too. I had hoped you inight have something left for a friend whc expects lo stop here-a Miss Castie ton." "Miss Castleton has just applied We could not give her anything." "Fortunately we could let her havE rooms until eight this evening.. Wi were more than pleased to offer thenr to her for a few hours, although they are reserved for parties coming dowr from Liverpool tonight." Booth tried the Cecil and got a mos1 undesirable room. Calling up the Savoy on the telephone, he got he: room. The maid answe'red. She in formed him that Miss Castleton had just that instant gone out and would not return before seven o'clock. "I suppose she will not remove het trunks from the station until she finds a permanent place to lodge," he in quired. "Can I be of any service?" "I think not, sir. . She left no word sir." He hung up the receiver and straightway dashed over to the Savoy hoping to catch her before she left the hotel. Just inside the door he came to an abrupt stop. She was at thE news and ticket booth in the lobby, closely engaged in conversation with the clerk. Presently the latter tool up the telephone, and after a brief con versation with some one at the other end, turned to Hetty and nodded hii head. Whereupon she nodded her owi adorable head and began the search for her purse. Booth edged around to -an obscure spot and saw her pay for and receive something in return. "By Jove!" he said to himself, amazed. She passed near him, without eeeing him, and went out into the court. HE watched her turn into the Strand. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Purpose Doubtful. "I'm puzzled about this custom 01 eating to music." "How's that?" "I can't understand whether the food is Intended to keep your mind off the music or the music is intended to keep your mind off the food." Musician. a steamer to take him to Bombay, and the return journe~y he completed wel) within the time. Thenceforward thE isthmus route t~cama th overland route, for Waghorn was able, w mon vince the Arabs that the protection o: the mails was better than lootirg them. English gol I being his strQres1 argument. Slaves of Azteca. This system of bondaj$, or peoi .age as It is called. b ve$- simple. 'The peon receives a se a~ag and thin is required to purch ..e his worldly goods of all varieties 'at the propriet~or's store. There he ~s encouraged tce be extravagant. He very soon runs into debt. It is a ye ty simple mattei- to keep him In debt. 4.nd the Mexican 4aw decrees that so 10i 1 as an Indian work man owes a cent his employer hu is the latter's chat' 1 and must go on working for him ti the 'iebt Is p31id For three centi and a half this sys tem. with variati1 ns, has pealdi BRUSS.1S BR TOWN River Sene Shown on V; .s Is Covered Up. Now Flows Literally Under Belgium's Capital, the Great Boulevard of the City Covering It - Metropolis Has Many Winding Streets. Brussels.-It is related in the guide oooks that "Brussels" means the "city on. the marsh." Nowadays visitors will look in vain for a marsh, or, in fact, for any sign of a river, although the maps show that the Belgian capital lies on the Senne, a tributary of the Schelde. Many years ago the stream was not merely put in harness, but put out of sight. It now flows literally under Brussels, the great boulevards covering it. Here and there a basin has been left for lighters to carry goods to the seaport, but the aspect of the city in chief is that of a strictly dry town. Whatever may have been the orig inal character of the soil on which Brussels was established, centuries ago, its marshy nature has .been com pletely altered. The precipitous hills flanking the old town were early oc cupied as the community grew, and the streets were carried up their sides In the easiest possible curves: Thus the Brussels of today is a.city chiefly of narrow, crooked ways, with no perspectives save in the newer por tions. Indeed, so accustomed have the people become to the curving 1 streets that they insist upon following the same plan in laying out new streets, and so some of the fine mod ern thoroughfares are bent hither and thither, preserving the old-time sys tem, which is utterly destructive of one's sense of location. In 'old Brussels little space was wasted in street making, and less in sidewalks. There is room In some of the busiest downtown streets~for two vehicles to pass, and at the same time two reasonably slender people can Z W .' Church of Middle Age Architecture. walk- on either side of the traffic. But most of the sidewalks are built for sin gle occupancy and some of them tax the balancing powers of one. In consequence of these conditions the majority of the Belgians walk in the streets, and ever since my arrival I' have been marveling at their free dom from accidents. .My first impulse was to propose the- Immediate forma tion ot C Street Safety association, but now It is evident that the whole popu lation is already enrolled in one of the oldest organizations of that kind. They take very good care of themselves, and the drivers and chauffeurs are excep tionally watchful and considerate. A street accident' is a rarity, for~- the reason that even though every one goes across the thoroughfare at all points vehicles are kept at all times strictly under control. The noise of the gongs of trains and horns of mo tors and the sharp cries of carters, whose "Attention" serves quite as well as an electric signal, make the streets noisy, but it is good noise, fqr It means security. There is no rule of the road for pedestrians, although vehicles follow the right-hand rule prevalent in the United States. It would be impossible to maintain a fixed passing rule for foot traffic, for the sidewalks are not wide enough to permit regularity. You simply do the best thing under the cir cumstances; and if a collision results ask pardon and pass on. No one is ever annoyed at being bumped, and It is quite common for a couple walking together to be separated by a passing pedestrian. Nor is there any sort of precedence for women. A man natur ally gives way, but It is common to see a handsomely dressed woman step from the sidewalk to give the wall to a passing man, who takes his way without question. HIS FINGER PRiNTS BLANK Noted New York Criminal Nearly Suc' ceeds in "Beating"~ Modern Po lice System. New York.-The infallibility of the finger-print test hung in the balance for two weeks, until the police discov ered a way to bring out the character istic whirls and loops erased from the digits of an aged criminal. The man, who, for a time seemed to have found how to beat the system without actu ally mutilating himself, Is dead, and the police are still trying .to learn his method.-. He was picked up in the street, un conscious, two weeks ago, and he died in the hospital without revealing his Identity. In an effort to learn who he was, the .police took an impression of the finger tips, only to find they were smooth as paper. When chemists of the detective bu reau finally brought out faint linea up on the hitherto blank surface, they compared them with their records and dscovered that the dead man was Pat rick Walker, alias Napoleon Green, once a famous burglar. Sentepces Miionaire to Roc Pile. Portland. Ore.-W. C. Barkar, a mil lionaire clubmlan, pleaded gruilty to a charge of epeedifng .expecting Judge Stevenson to assess a small fine. The judge sentenced him to five days on the city's rock pile. "Lfttle German Band" Scrappy. Chicago.-Edward Kinneally inter rupted -the piece a German band was playing and demanded that they play some Irish music. When the five German musicians left the scene Kin neally was lying on the sidewalk bleeding froni many wounds. Arrest nest Man. NwYr ar HE OFTEN. PRAYED To DIE ut Friend Comes to RescW& Sound Advice,which wasFoflow . with'Gratfying Results. Nettleton, Ark.-"My.oubles date ,ack five yeirs," says'Mrs. Mary 3entley, of this town. "I was first ;aken with 'awful pains In my right side, headache, and backache. The ;ain from my side'seemed to move lown my right limb, _ind settled in :he right knee. Then it- would move back, and once a month I would nost die with pain. I was told I had tumqor, and/ol iave to undergo an operatioiat once. . s'-eemed I could not ubmit to ten prayed to die. seemed would gve.Ime the de ,u finally I was advised by. a friend to try CArdul, and it is undoubtedly curing/me. I have only used three and alalf bottles, and It is a pleasure to -tell of the bezeflclal results. I shall ever pread the good tidings Df what Cardil has done for me, and will do for pther suffering .ladies, if they will ojy try It." You can/depend on Cardti, because Cardui is/a gentle, harmless, vegetable tonic, that can do you nothing but !ood. Predared from herbal Ingredients, ardtil has a specific effect on the womr fiy constitution and puts strength where it Is most needed. Try Cardul.-Adv. WITH THE APPROPRIATETU Whistling Waitress Has -Accompanil ment for the Dishes She Serves to Her Customrs. The whistling girl in Warren's one, 0;aeet has become a real celebrity ince Elmer Bates discovered her .down in the capital of -old Trumbull county. In, the .course of the ram blings that Elmer refers to as "Ran dom Remarks," be insists that the mu sical waitrfss whistles the following tunes with the- following selections from the menu: "Will-You Love Me When Im Old?" -with the cheese. "I Know I Am Weak and Sinful"-. with the coffee. "Old Dog Tray"-Wlth the sausage. "Ties That Bind Me to Naples" with the spaghetti. "She May Have Seen Better Days" -with the chicken. "Silver Threads Among the Gold" with the butter. "I Arise From .Dreami with, the Welsh rabb Plain Dealer. PAIN MiA ON Bienville, La.-"I was trou eczema ii my hands for sev The skin would break and It had been cut with a knife hands were so sore -I coul bear to put them in water hardly use them. When I us the blood would run out. Th heal a little and then -they wo worse than ever again. The very~ painful. The - eczema breaking out on my arms in p which Itched and burned very "I-used different remedies, all kinds of facial creams and' on my hands and arums and 14d1 get any relief until I used Cuti Soap and Ointment I. cured hands and eczema with Cuticura and Ointment." (Signed) Miss Mostller, Oct. .5, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment .sold throughout the world. Sample of each - treejwith 32-p. SkiniBook. Address post-. card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv. , And He Was a Lawyer Himself. The autobiography of Thom3as JTef ferson contains the following: "I served with General ,Washington in the legislature of Virginia before the Revolution,"~ wrote Jefferson, "and, during It, with Dr. Franklin in con gress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point which was to decide the question. -They laid their shoulders to the great points, know ing that the little ones would follow of themselves. If the present con gress errs in too much talking how can It be otherwise in a body to which the people send 150 lawyers; whose trade -It is -to question everything, yield nothing, talk by 'the hour?" That 150 lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected." No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX This is a prescription prepared es pecially for Malaria or Chills and Fever. Five or six doses will break any, case, and if taken then as a tonic the fever will not return. 25c.-AdV. A Counter-Irritant. Fred-So you, didn't feel the earth qake a few days ago? Ned-No. I was riding in a taxL You get your money's ' worth every time. Hanford's Balsam Is ~gukra-. teed to cure ailments and injuries thair can be reached by external application or your money will be refunded by-the dealer. Getting a bottle now-Is like taking out Insurance. Adv. ,. Widespread General DeceptIon.k Dancing is largely a matter of self deception. -No man is really as grace ful as he feels. - - For bunions use' Hanford's Basa Apply It thoroughly for several nights and rub ini well. Adv. Berlin has a store where the pic tures of women who wish to become brides are displayed. Constipation causes and srolyaggra vates many diseases. It is thooghycured by. Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated granules. Adv. A girl should allow her parents to pick out a husband for her. Then she can always blame It on them. For thrush use Hanford's Balsam. Get It Into the bottom of the affected part. Adv. Life Is full of uncertainties. pri cipal among them being the sure things. - Knowledge is power; and yet many an old maid is single because -she knos too much/ But the m-an o loses isn't aCC ~ a of ceating.