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ilIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 13. 1910. Pi Bright Boys and Girls of Nebraska Are Wide Awake Club Workers X 1 it - 4 I! v r ( ; I'm.) Dure v.n-t organized In Nchrnsk.i. imkI.-v the direction ami ; um rvlsion of the stute nhool superintend! nt. In i:n f r.'t'H t lih tho oiii ictiimral college and st He univemity. ivm known hi) l!us' and Agricultural (iuh. Thr.? clubs tepesc-iif-d county nruinlz.tloli.i md weie triad available t h rui the public choi of (hp county. Tim purpose, was to dl- ' tlii! attention of the. bois to fnrm Inte .Flu, encourage them In tin? growing crops, ami the girl In tho study and pra . 1lc of household economics, dome. cience, technically speaking. In order to stimulate Interest In thia work there wan a big fall cintest. planned to take place at Lincoln, the capital of the state, where tho produce of the seasons efforts were tn ho gathered together for comparison, to be panned upon under lurlir rrnnt of a hoard of expert and prixm awarded to the lent In competition, in all lines of production; the Slale Hoard of Agriculture and other allied Interest con trlhuting toward the prize fund. It re mitted In establishing the wisdom of tlm movement -4r one destined f ir great popularity with public sentiment. The com Jrtiwing spirit that It encouraged in the and the corn cooking ambition with the clrl have all Influenced to a very popular form of organisation hi the stale of Boys' nd Girls' clubs. Kiida In Illn Dtale Meet. These clubs are based upon tho public .rknni n. ii. , .' n.o ..... ' " ' - 1-1 n .1 J T- 1 1 1 L lit m l A I U ' iniH k. .. nMn..i .i ni . . ...... n Koi.iiii.n. i iiu pri7!e winners "In these exhibitions are mado ellclble to tho townshlD contest: the winner, her. carried forward to the representatives organization, the county Boys' and Girls' club, whose winners are the delegates to the state exhibition, held now with the State Corn Growers' association exhibit. In January of each year and during the week of what la known In Nebraska as "The Week of Organized Agriculture." Thia occasion Is planned to be a big state meet of boys and girls engaged In the primary work of scientific and practical agriculture. A banquet is served, and the annual meeting embraces not onlv a arand w hat Hi IV time .oclally, but becomes one of the me- organization of boys' and girls' clubs In Classes and a liberal premium list will For tho boyi hort courseg ln agriculture Boys' and Girls' clubs, under the home h,lve every evidence that It Is. and that It the atate organizers or state school superln morable events In the life history of every 198. under the auspices of the college of be arranged to the county, state and na- w,ll be offered, and Judging contests con- experiment department. " K0,n t0 dve,P lntf muc ter tendent and arrange your County fair pra- boy and girl who attends. There are us- agriculture of Cornell unflverslty. New tlonai corn Bhows and the state fair for ducted, In which the boys' teams from At Omaha, ln Douglas county, on April 27, proportions, then why not Incorporate It Into tniura list accordingly. uauy irom z,ww io j.uw Doy ana gins pres- ent on these occasions. fj At tho present times there are twenty- light states that have taken hold of this or similar form of orgunlzalon of Junior . agricultural clubs, under the auspices of DOMESTIC (Copyright, 1910, by Bobbs-Merrlll Co.) CHAPTER XXIII Continued. . "If It Is a trap," he whUpered. "I have two arms to your one, and, besides, as I said before, life holds much for you. As for me, the government would merely lose n Indifferent employe." When ha found I was going flibt he waa rather hurt, but I did not wait for Ms protests. I swung my feet over the kill and dropped. I made a clutch at tho window frame with my good hand when I found no floor under my feet, but I was ton late. I dropped probably ten feet and landed with a crash that Becined to split my ear-drums. I was thoroughly shaken, but in some miraculous way the bandaged unn had escaped Injury. "For heaven's sake," Hotchklss was call lot,' from above, "have you bioken your back?" "St," I returned, as steadily as I could, "imrely driven It up through my skull. This Is a subcase. I'm coming up to open another window." It was -ilo work, but I accomplished It finally, dlscovei nig. hot without mishap, a room filled with inure tables than 1 hud ever dreamed of, tables that iwm1 u, waylay and e'.ilka at me. When I had jf l a window open, .Hotchklss crawled through, and w0 were at last under shel ter. flist thoujjht was for a light, t'liri" laborious invalidation that The had lauded tia where wo were, revealed that lb house was lighted by elccli iclty, and tiiat the plant was not In operation. By accident I alumbUd scrub a tabouret v, lib smoking materia:, and found a half dozen matches. The fust one allowed us the magnitude of tho room we atood In, and rvalid also a brass candlestick by i lie open fireplace, a candlestick almost Tour fed high, supporting u candle of i miliar colonul proportions. It was llo.ch-k;-i who diecovcird that It liud beeu re 5ft i.Hy lighted, ilo held tho match to It J. .1 pcviijal H over his glassis. A 'VVubVy i) niluulcs, he announced liu- - , Mfw r r '1ivm.'(i 'ri. . v'v,ii,T--w-ww-'imc ""-w 1.an..' j o, -.1.,1 ii . i- ('. , t , -.-i. Jr-" 'Mi' GtlKTNA SCHOOL CHILDREN AT THE NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION, noma repponalhle atate educational Influ- there has been Introduced this year a new work will be Introduced at the demandt ence; argli uttural college, state achool department, a feature of extension work require. superintendent, extension department state which will be known as the home experi- 4 university, State Farmers' Institute aflsocia- ment department. The plan Is to provide Short Coarae In January. . ttnn T.'nlted StattM Dmilirtnirnt. of Aarlrill- ture. or other equally determined force that means success. Nebraska leads In number of counties orcanized. hivino riftv-nine. .nrt Is second to New York In membership " huvlnff 2.1 .000. - N York was tho first state to Introduce the Farm Boys' and Girls' clubs, which now have an aggregate membership of u.- WO. The prize winning exhibits In the local school and are taken year at the VJQJ meeting of corn at their r corn show, about one-third from twenty-eight boys' and ere were also exhibited about of which came girls' clubs. Ther 150 druwlngs on corn subjects. 150 essays on "How to Grow Corn." and 200 letters on "How We Celebrated Corn Day In Our School. " New York mn.1 lt first effort In xorg lias had markfd success In the growth and development of Its boys' and girls' clubs. $ "ew Ki-nture. In the Nebraska boys' and girls' clubs county contists of New York educational basis which will be helpful ent. The delegates from each county will """ cultural ciuos onera a spienam oppor- man ouuaing men ana women mr in.. i to the -state exhibit held each alike to the school and to the home In be permitted to enter the short course ana ";t, " """ fh" ' t lunlly lur l"" tuu,,l ,alr- r nigner ii.ii. ui u.. i-u ....t .,..- r.m. i oiieKe oi Agricunure. ai me snowing wnai can De accompiisnea o.o. . .,.i.,.lh,rll rininr v.t intm. . . . . . " . 7. ... mi .. - . . . , . . . ,, L . ... ..n.l wn f ln.tr.ii.Mnn rillflno h. waalr If "v , Wn.r in 1Bn OT nmnl EBllOll IS DCII1K in IlllH rP HI nil. OI lnfl IHH nH K(tTS Ul UUI r there were . ten.ear exhihlt. earefnl.v directed continuous effort. The Is expected that a cooking contest will be V ' " . " carried out, to make tnis a department or county rairs, that tne material was aDuno- ' .... J to. .H'H-- --srfir- ':-- SCIENCE SCHQOL EXHIBIT AT PAWNEE CITY-. ; n fTr. ' '' 77 f preaslvely, "this candle has been burning, i-ook at the wax! And the wick! Both soft." "I'erhaps It's the damp weather," I ven tured, moving a little nearer to the circle of light. A gust of wind came in Just then, and the flame turned over on its side, and threatened demise. There was something almost ridiculous In the haste with which we put down the window and nursed the flicker to life. The peculiarly ghost-like appearance of the room added to the uncanniness of the situation. The furniture was swathed In white covers for the winter: even the pic tures wore shrouds. And In a niche be tween two windows a bust on a pedestal, similarly wrapped, one arm extended under Its winding aheet, made a most lifelike ghost, If any ghost can be lifelike. In the light of the candle wc surveyed each other, and we were objects for mirth. Hotchklss was taking off his sodden shoes and preparing to make himself comforta ble, while I hung my muddy raincoat over the ghost ln the corner. Thus habited, he presented a rakish but distinctly mure comfortable appearance. 'When these people built." Hotchklss said, surveying the hugu dimensions of the room, "they must have bought a moun tain and built nil over It. What a room'" It seemed to be the living room, although Hotchklss remarked that It was much more like a dead one. It was probably fifty feel long and twenty-five feet wide. It was very high, loo, with a domed cell lug, and a gallery ran around the ent'is room, about fifteen feet above the floor. The candU light did not penetrate beyond the dim outlines of tho gallery rati, but I fancied the wail there hun- with smaller pictures. Hotchklss had discovered a fire U.d in the enormous fireplace, and In a few min utes we were steaming before a cheerful blaze. Within the radius of its light and heat, we were comfortable again. Hut Hid brightness merely emphasised lha gloom of tho ghostly corners. We talked in subdued tones, and I stroked a box of Russian, cigarettes which 1 found lu :., y? tr.f u ninnV..K K..ra ana cylrlfl In .B(h county aome definite work in which they are to receive Instruction and on which th..v ir to nn nmnrna nrh month, Their wo.u win form .hstntini nucleus " -- " fur thtn mtlnrul nminlv iirtruntxatWin which ' can Include In addition thereto whatever phases of work the county superintendent of schools sees fit to Introduce. plan Is to send a pamphlet each month to each member of this department. The In- .tractions, pamphlets and supplies are ..... . . furnished free to members. Each person on becoming a member must agree to carry out '""y the directions and make the re- quired reports. work done ln this department. or I'Jio tne. work planned for this department Is a follows: Acre corn contest, ear to row contest, husking contest, Judging contest, acre potato contest, cookery contest, sew- lng contest, ln which all styles of textllt Bfeaty tAJisi B .MiBt-Vr MiT-a.H hVWlMV'i table drawer. We had decided to stay all night, there being nothing else to do. I suggested a game of double dummy bridge, but did not urge It when my companion asked me If it resembled euchre. Grad ually, as the ecclesiastical candle paled ln the firelight, we grew drowsy. I drew a divan lhto the cheerful area, and stretched myself out fur sleep. Hotchklss, who said the pain In his leg made him wakeful, sat wide-eyed by the fire, smok ing a pipe. I have no Idea how much time had passed when something threw Itself vio lently on my chest. I roused with a start and leaped to my feet, and a large Argora cat fell with a thump to the floor, The fire was still bright, and there was an odor of scorched leather through the room, from Hotchklss' shoes. The little detective was Bound asleep, his dead pipe lu his fingers. The cat sat back on Its haunches and walled. The curtain at the door into the hallway bellied slowly out Into the room and fell again. The cat looked toward It and opened Its mouth for another howl. I thrust at It with my foot, but It refused to move. Hotchklss stirred uneasily, and his pipe clattered to the flour. The cat was standing at my feel, star ing behind me. Apparently it was follow ing with its eyes ,an object unseen to me, that moved behind me. The tip of Its tail waved threateningly, but v. hen 1 w heeled I saw nothing. 1 took a candle and mail a circuit of the room. Behind the cm tain that had moved the door waa securely closed. The . win dows weie shut and locked, and every where the allunc j was absolute. Tho cat followed me majestically, t stooped and stroked lis head, but It persisted In lis uncanny walciilng of the corners of the room. When 1 went back tj my divan, after putting a fresh log on the fire, 1 was re assured. I took the precaution, and smiled at myself for doing u, to put the fire tonga within reach of my hand. But the cat would Dot Wl uia sleep. After a time 1 decided (hat It wanted water, aud starU'4. It Is designed to put the work upon an Plan arranged by the county superintend- -- -- , r'"-."Zy, V "r"n "l,u uuy' ",r uo "'.... - '1 T.- .U. mmAllnff if fh V - omska "oys" and Olrls' clubs, to be held at Lincoln, January 16 to 20, 1911, there will v,. n rrun.n i a. h,n-t mnru nf ne week in .,,a home nrm t the '"'"""O . . . ..... n " - ..... ITninnr.ilv nt V.hi-uab. In th itnnurtm.nl of home economics. Arrangements will be mudo by which girls may be sent as dele- gates from each county, according to the held in each county and that a cooking team of two girls will be ent to the state meeting, where they will compete with the fvnm I V.A ...rlmi. onnntle. tnr vhlith teams from the various counties, for which iropnies or premiums win oe urrungeu. j n.k. irir.v f'nnnti... ' j-izx- If MlinmWflMaWf out In search of some, carrying the candle without the stand. I wandered through several rooms, all closed and dismantled, before I found a small lavatory opening off a billiard room. The cat lapped stead ily, ami I filled a glass to take back with me. The candle flickered In a sickly fash Ion that threatened to leave me there lost in the wanderings of the mar.y hallways, and from somewhere there came a vio lent puff of wind. The cat stuck by my feet, with the hair on Us back raised menacingly. I don't like cats: there is something psychlo about them. Hotchklss was still asleep when I i;ot back to the big room. I moved his boots back from the fire and trimmed the candle. Then, with sleep gone from me, I lay back on my divan and reflected on many things: on my Idiocy In coming; on Alison West, and the fact that only a week before she had been a guest lu this very house; on Richey and the constraint that had corns between us. From that I drifted back to Alison, and to the barrier my comparative poverty would be. The emptiness, the stillness were oppres sive. Once I heard fotsteps coming, rhythmical steps that neither hurried nor dragged, and seemed to mount endless staircases without coming any closer, I realized finally that I had not quite turned off the tap, and that the lavatory, which I had circled to reach, must be quite close. The cat lay by the fire, its nose on Its folded paws, content in the warmth and compsnioi.shlp. I watched It Idly. Now and then the green wood hissed In the fire, but the cat never batted an eye. Through an unshuttered window the light ning flashed, Suddenly the cat looked up. It lif.ed its head and stared directly at the gallery above. Then It blinked, and stared again. I was amused. Not until It had got on Its feet, eyes riveted on the balcony, tall waving at the tip, the hair on its back a bristling brush, did I glance casually over my head. From among the shadows u face gazed down at me, a face that seemed a fitting tenant of the ghostly room below. I saw It as plainly as 1 might see my own faco In a mirror. Whlld 1 stared nt It with horrified ees, the apparition faded. Tne tall was there, the Hokhura rug st 11 swung from it, but the gallery was empty. The cat threw baclt lta head and walled. ( H tPTKII XXI. HIS WIFE'ri FATHER. 1 Jumped up ar.3 seized the fire long. The cat's wail had roused Hotchklss. who was wide-awake at once. He tojk in my utfenslve attitude, the tongs, the diitt'tjn of my gaze, and needed nothing more. As he picked up the canule and darted uut into the hall. 1 followed lilm. lie made directly fur the staircase, and part way up he turned off io the rlyht through a email door. We were In the gallery itself; below us the fire gleamed cheerfully, the cat was not In sight. Thore. was no eign of my ghostly visitant, I but as we utood tluit the Bokhara rug, without warning, slid over the railing and fell to the floor bulow. "Man or woman?'' Hotciikis.j inqu.red ln lui Wist piofesslonal loua. . .V - -; 1 I ,4 EXHIBIT OF YORK ,h various counties will compete. Full statements of plans will be given In an- i"n, houncements for the state meeting. There re n"w approximately fifty coun- lies In Nebraska that have orcanized ,,a. . v, .,i.ni f V Z ' T . BoJ'g an1 G1.r,a. clu?8- . Th" Bcw. ment In agricultural education. In which Th' , ..Mr,m,nt The or"''nB r h Wn- rtacM in rlf B " ,d ? , r-l '"6 hanOS OI J. 1U. JeiSOn BnU 11BS UBf- trude Rowan of the Agricultural college. who are reporting the most encourag ing . P V T , ,k n r.. Tn , the public schools of the counties Into SCHOOL GARDEN CLUB "Neither that Is, I 'don't know. I didn't notice anything but the eyes," I muttered. "There were looking a hole ln me. If you'd seen that cat yqii vwould realize my state of mind. That was a traditional graveyard yowl." "I don't think you saw anything at all," he lied cheerfully. "You dozed off, and the rest Is the natural result of a meal on a buffet car." Nevertheless, he examined the Bokhara carefully when we went down, and when I finally went to sleep he was reading the only book In sight "Elwell on Bridge." The first rays of daylight were coming mistily Into the room when he roused me. He had his finger on his Hps, and be whis pered slbilantly while I tried to draw on my distorted boots. "I think we have him," he said trium phantly. "I've been looking around some, and I can tell you this much. Just before we came ln through the wlrdow last night, another man came. Only he did not drop, as you did. He swung over to the stair railing, and then down. The rail Is scratched. He was long enough ahead of us to go into the dining room and get a decanter out of the sideboard. He poured out the liquor Into a glass, left the de canter there, and took tne whisky into the library across the hall. Then he broke Into a desk, using a paper knife tor a Jimmy." "Oood lord, Hotchklss," I exclaimed; "why. It may have been Sullivan himself: Confound your theories he's getting far ther away every minute." "It was Sullivan," Hotchklss returned 1m pciturably. "And he has not gone. HiJ boots are by the library file." "He ptobably had a dozen pairs where he could get them," I scoffed. "And while you and 1 sat and slept, the veiy man we want to get our hands on leered at us over that railing." "Soffly, softly, my friend," Hotchkits said, as I stamped into my other shoe. "1 did not say he was gone. Don't Jump at conclusions, ft is fatal to reasoning. As a matter of fact, he didn't relish a night on the mountains any more than we did. After ha had unintentionally frlgnlened you almost Into paralysis, what would any geiitliman naturally do? Uo out In tne storm again'.' Not if I know the Alloe-slt-by-lhe-fire type. He went upstairs, well up near the roof, lucUtd himself In and v ent la bed." - "Ai:d Is ho there now?" "He Is there nov." We had no weapons. I am aware that the traditional hcr is always armed, und that Hule'iikiSH c. the low comed.au should have had a revclvir thai mstcd f.ic. Ah a fact, we hi'.'l nothing ot the hurt. Hotch klss iiiiTO'1 the fire luii'is, but my t.ense of humor-vas too stionu for me; 1 de--cllmd the pol.er. "All we want Is a little pcaceabld con versation with him," 1 demurred. "Wu can't bra'n him first and converse with him afterward. And, anyhow, while I can't put my finger on tha place, I think your theory Is weak. If he wouldn't run a hundred miles through fire and water to get away from us, then he la nut the man we waul." Iha m orleiiltornl nnlt.irA n nrl .vn.rm.nl nt.. mi i . , . -1 - . l - - i. ...... .. . i. iii si M; ' ji,; LJ p? 1 X.q V : tf I Xv..':2.T rif ' r' h J4i A J . COUNTY BOY3 AND G1RL3 IN LOCAL there was a law convention of children gathered by request of the county school superintendent representing the majority of the district schools of the county, and a club was organised with about 300 mem- v .u- in "'""",ru l" "" '"" taking up this plan of study of agriculture and household economics. the fair, and arrange the classification In the flr- ntt the Premlum ture 0f exhl .,,. .... list to cover Just such fea- exhibit as are provided for In the nnnpM nf Oiilv ll.tn.4 In fh. a.v.r.l M blUon contests Df state and other exhibitions to rf exhbUor- may b6 HUM. " this Is a good thing, and we . .t . ... ...... ..iV l1a hU!lHW tel AT CRETE, NEB. Hotchklss, however, was certain. He had found the room and listened outsido the door to the sleeper's heavy breathing, and so we climbed past luxurious suites, revealed In the deepening daylight, past long vistas of hall and boudoir. And we wore both badly winded when we got there. It was a tower room, reached by narrow stairs, and well above the roof level. Hotchklss was glowing. "It was partly good luck, but not all," he pmled ln a whisper. "If we had per sisted ln the search lust night, he would have taken alurm and fled. Now wo have him. Aie your ready?" He gave a mighty rap at the door with the fire tongs and stood expectant. Cer tainly he was right; some one moved within. -Wello! Hello there!" Hotchklss bawled. "You might as well come out. We won't hurt you, if you'll come peaceably." "Tell him wo represent the law," 1 prompted. "That's the customary thing, you know." But at that moment a bullet came squarely through the door and flattened It self with a sharp pst against the wall ot the tower staircase. We ducked unani mously, dropped back out of range, and Hotchklss retaliated with a spirited bang at tho door with the tongs. This brought another bullet. It was a ridiculous situa tion. Under the circumstances, no doubt, we should have retired, at least until we had armed ourselves, but Hotchklss had no end of fighting spirit, and as for me, my blood was up. "Break the lock," I suggested, and Hotchklss, standing at the side, out of range, retaliated lor every bullet by a smashing blow with the tongs. The shuts ceased after half a dozen, and the door was giving,' slowly. One ot us on each side of the door, we were ready for almost any kind of desperate resistance. As It ssfrung open Hotchklss poised the tongs; I stood, bent forward, my arm drawn back for a bluw. Nothing happened. There was not a sound. Filially, at lint risk of losing an eye i justly value, 1 peered around and into the room. There was no desperado there: only a fresh-faced, trembling lipped servant, silting on the edge of her bed, with a quilt around lur shouldeis and llio empty revolver at h-r feel. ve were vlctoi lim, hut no tonqueiej army ever beat su'.'li a retreat as ours down the tower stairs and Into I lie n-fuifj of the living room. There, with ihe door closed, kprawiid on the divan, 1 u.iu from uiit spasm of in rili Into another, be coming satin at Intervals, ar.d suffering I -lapse a',.. ill every time I saw Hotchklss uisgi uniU d couiueancc. Ho was pacing the room, the longs still lu his hand, h.s mi fill pursed with irritation. Finally he slopped in front of me and compelled my attertiuii. "When you have finished cackling." ho bald with dignity, "1 wish to Justify toy position, Do you think the er young woman upstairs put a pair of number eight bouts to dry in the library last night? In you think she poured the whisky out of thai decaliter r, :t a v r.... M. ,aJ .l 4T. ti ll , ? ' r ..7 S CORN CONTEST. our local agricultural fslra and boost It along when It most needs our support and assistance? Managers of county falls should take up this matter at once and nut a little money - - . .... , "P'"-- "' ' " it must be done at the sacrifice of the fast horse and the airship. The county ant, but the laborers were few. We have the boya and girls and they will be men and women. Just as we give them oppor- ttinltl. Th. emmtv fair In thlft Work now so well begun, may be a great stimulus !o BCt,vlty and energy. Get an outline of the general classification for prizes from " . , .... . , ! 1 I '"' sMVKVtPIWI V "They have been known to do It," I put In, but his eye allenced me. "Moreover, if sho had been the person who peered at you over the gallery railing last night, don't you smpose, with her er belligerent disposition, she could have filled you as full of lead as a window weight7" "I do." I assented. "It wasn't Allce-s!t-by-the-fire. I grant you that. Then who was It?" Hotchklss felt certain that It had been Sullivan, but I waa not so sure. Why would he have crawled like a thief Into his; own house? If he had crossed the park, as seemed probable, when we did, ha hsd ' not made any attempt to use the knocker, 1 gave it up finally, and made an effort to conciliate the young "woman In tha tower. We had heard no sound since our specta cular entrance Into her room. I was dis tinctly uncomfortable as, alone this time, I climbed to the tower staircase. Reason ing from before, she would probably throw a chair at me. I stopped at the foot ot the staircase and called. "Hello up there," I said, ln as debonnalr a manaer as I could summon. "Good morning. Wie gehl es bel Ihnen?' No reply. "Bon Jour, mademoiselle," I tried again. ' This tlmo there was a movement of some sort from above, but nothing fell on me. "I we want to apologize for rousing you so er unexpectedly this morning, I went on. '"The fact Is, we wanted to talk: to you, and you you were hard to waken. We are travelers, lost ln your mountains, and we crave a breakfast and an audience." Sho came to the door then. 1 could feel that she waa investigating tho lop of my head from above. "Is Mr. Sullivan with you?'' she asked. It was the first word from her, and she was not sure of her volou. ' "No. We are alone. If you will come down and look at us you will find us two perfectly hurmlcss people, whose horse curses on him departed without leave last night and left us at your gato." She relaxed somewhat then and came down a step or two. '1 was afraid I had killed somebody," the said. "The house keeper left yesterday, and the other maid went with her." When she saw tliut I wan coiuparat! cly young and lacked the e.irmaikH of tho highwayman, shu was greatly relieved, .ho vis Inclined to fight .-liy of llotiiikns, however, for some reason. .Sho gave us .i breakfast of a sui t, for there was litll in tho hc-ise, and afterwaid we lehphomd to tho low n for a vehicle. While llotclikn-1 examlntd scratches and replaced th? Bik tiara rug, 1 cniRcd Jeniiiu in conversa tion. "Can you tell nit," 1 asked, "who is man aging, the estate since Mr. Curtis was killed?" "No one," she returned shortly. "Has eny member of the family boeo Ii re since the accident?'' "No, sir. There wus only tin) two. and some think Mr. Sullivan was Killed as well us his sister." ti'o Be Continued.) i