THE lUTE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY
ri, ioir.
Woffle
AUTHOR. OF "WHISPERING
SMITH," "THE" MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE," "STRATEGY OF
GREAT RAILROADS," ETC,
COnrWOHT,"l97jrY flANIC K SPEARMAN
OF MOOWTAIM RAILROAD LIFE
IXTH 1TALLMR.T.
. . SYNOPSIS
rnl Holm,!iB ilnm"i- auhter of Gen- '
Trr'l V, eJlroad man, la rowuJ I
v . 1 nnnr on a acenlc rail
road by George Storm, a newsbo"? Grown
low0 algf7mnho,ld v StoVrn
1.2 fireman: her father and hi
Rob" fdT' Rhlnelander. f man"?, and
S ri"rU'e,p0,r- from thraat
' ??f kera employed by
rTan. , al Gfn:rm!. Holmea" eurve
w.ter r..V!? f"-ff line for the Tide.
"cw. rter fathers k.n.. i
on ih- oem. Helen goea to work
Tidewater, sagrue u, Splk(S ,
"TnrT . powder train hauled br
. hm,.K,"n?ln iMFn ftorm from
ZJi IT! " dp,hi. n" recovers the sur
er. ' "'a, "na thounh they
"7'";n from her, find, an accidentally
Storl Prf L ,he urvv blueprint
flaht .r,TPL0'ed bV Rhlnelander. win- .
rmtit with 8eatrue'a men for possession
ef a consignment o llroad ties. ",lon
llelrn'a HH Ride.
Helen a pled htm the minute aha atepped
inalde Rhlnelander's hut to deliver the
telegram-a .mail, fluffy bundle of black
end white, lying: curled up tightly on
nhlnelandera cot. aa If this waa the
nven of warmth and refuge he long- had
eought. Where." demanded Helen of
nnmeianaer. and emphasliin
ng each word
in amazement
little dog?"
"did you get that dear.
That dear, little don." explained Rhine
lander, with corresponding emphasis, "is
the last addition to my already overbur
dened pay roll.-'
"What's hla name? Who.- demanded
Helen In delight, "put him on?"
"He Just got hold with his teeth and
hung on. He blew Into camp the other
". the tiredert. ornerlest, hunKriei
looking cur jrou ever itw."
Rhlnelander reread his telegram:
Rhlnelander.
Signal:
Monthly pay roll on No. 4. H.
"Say. this Is new; beet I've had this
week. The pay roll is overdue threa dava
and these .Greeks and Mexicans . are a
auspicious bunch. What's your hurry?"
he asked as Helen made ready to go.
"I must run." uM Min i
mis morning."
uont be In a rush; I'm going over
't may myself." returned Rhlnelander
Picking up his hat. "The pup will keen
House a few minutes."
Leaving the hut door open. Rhlnelander.
accompanied by Helem. started for the
station. Two good comrades as well as
devoted friends. Helen, and he laughed
aim joked along their way. watched
from th farther end of the camp by
t'pme, who, in disgrace, chafed, half In
Mding, awaiting some opportunity far
mischief to turn up-aornathlng that would
release him from honest Idleness.
It waa to be an irony of fate that now
made of the homeless dog an Instrument
to serve tfte purpose of the restless crlml
nal. The puppy, alone, in the tent, re
freshed by his nap. Invigorated by his
Breakfast, - and Impelled. Rhlnelander.
would have said, by th devil, looked
about for something to Interest him.
Heinlng the telegram In hla sharp teeth.
the dog started to tear It to piece. At
triat Juncture an Inquisitive squirrel,
pausing before the open door, peered
sharply into the hut.
To the dog, thla looked like a formal
challenge. He was so overcome by the
Impudence of it tht he sprang from the
table, forgetting to put the telegram
I ck where It belonged. Away he dashed,
telegram In teeth, after the aquirrel.,
There was but a single spectator of
this dssh the brooding Rplke. Aa the
dog tore past Spike the telegram dropped
from Ms mouth almost at the convict
feet, and idly picking the paper up Fplke
opened and read It:
Rhlnelander,
Signal:.
Monthly pay roll on No. 4.
Brief though the message was. It con
tained enough news to arouse fiplke.
Casting only a glance In the direction
of the fleeing dog, Fpike clutching hi
find, hurried toward Seagrua'a camp and
lost no time In covertly showing him the
message, without ezplalntng how It had
fallen into his hands.
Seagruc. reading the telegram, saw the
moment he looked at Pplke, what was In
the convict's mind.
"Welir he growled, regarding his tool
curtly.
geagrue studied the message: "It
wouldn't be a bad Idea to get hold of
the stuff a while, anyway," he mused.
"It's behind time now, I understand; and
I hear tbe men over there are getting
restless about not getting their money.
If you could hold It up on Rhlnelander a
few daya. you might work up a strike."
"How far do you want to go with this
thing V demanded Spike, casting a.
vicious eye on his employer.
"I don't care how far you go," said
Searrue, "provided you hold up that pay
roll."
Spike left the camp. No more ttian
a moment's reflection waa neded to
suggest an Idea to him. Returning to
the station, he got a long distance tele
phone wire and called up two of his
friends at Oreanslde Fykes, a convict
awiualntanee, and a chum of Sykea, who.
In various encounters with the law, had
lost all of his name but "Dan."
In Jailbird Jargon Spike explained to
Sykes, who answered the telephone, the
possibilities of a haul at Signal. Dan.
standing near Sykes In the room they
occupied together, aaked queatlona and
prompted hi companion, who tried to
get from Spike reluctant to talk much
on the wire description of the lay of
the land. Spike bluntly told them In the
end to stow It and take the Job or
leave It as they liked. However, the two
criminals got enough from him to de
cide that a third man was Indicated
and they eallad Into their conference a
crooked safe expert, known only by hla
nickname of "Bat, the Bat"
When No. 4 pulled Into Signal nxt
morning three men dropped off the hind
nd. They mad up the criminal gang
that Spike had engaged to rob Rhlne
lander. aad. knowing the loot waa ex
peotad oa th train that carried them,
two of the men kept the front end of
the train wall tn view until they had
watched Lyans and Hslen taka the pack
age of money from the exprM messen
ger, and after receipting for It walk
with Rhlnelander Into tbe station. In
Ida of the office Rhlnelander examined
the ahipment of currency.
"I have no safe at the ramp, Lyons."
explained Rhlnelander, when the agent
asked him to receipt for the package.
I I - .,-.:: ' .c.,. ,'.. ..i t JT f ' ' v:- Ft- I
1 "I don't car how far jrou go," said Seagmo,
"provided rn hoM up that py roll."
"Keep It her for me In our safe tint i
tomorrow." He pushed the open package
of hills back through the wicket of the
counter, but in doing this he accidentally
overturned a bottle of Ink.
IMcn screamed r little and Jumping
aalde caught up a piece of cloth from
the letter preas stand,' wiped the Ink
off tho bills ss best she could and turned
them over to Lyons, who took the big
package within his charge and placed
it carefully in the safe. Not, however
without having been observed by two
of the Occansliio criminals, who were
loitering Just then outside of the office
Window.
Turning away before they were diacov
ered. these men Sykes and Dan were
Joined by the third member of their ex
podltlon, and the three headed for Rhine
lander's camp to hunt up Spike. They en
countered him on the way over to the
station to look for them. A consultation
waa held In the woods. The four were
now assured that the money had come
and they knew where It had been put.
To the safe expert was left the details,
and when these had been arranged to suit
him the quartet scattered. That evening
they might have been seen hovering
around the station about the time that
Helen and Lyons were closing up for the
night Indeed, the latter had hardly
locked the station door before Spike,
watching an opportunity, signaled his as
sistants to the freight house window.
This, without ceremony, they broke open
and entering the telegraph office from
the freight room took possession of the
premises.
The man known aa The Bat. the master
mind of the visiting trio, at once got
down In front of the safe for an exam
(nation. It took him only a moment to
throw hack the bolts and swing the
door open amid the suppressed applause
of his companions.
They took the pay roll package out Just
aa Lyons had placed It within the sate.
But the easy triumph of the expert and
the congratulations of his friends did
not seem enough to satisfy him. To make
the Job artistic, he directed hla assistants
to get together some brown paper, and
after they had taken the bills from the
package, he filled It with waste paper,
rerrapped the package carefully and re
placed It as he had found It in the safe.
Leaving by the aanie way they had
entered the building, the quartet took
their way to Seagrue's camp. He listened
to all that Splka had to aay and at once
advised sending the three safe blowers
back to the city. Thla, however. It was
decided, after a brief conference, would
not do, aa fiplke needed aomebody to help
him foment a disturbance next day. In
the end. a compromise waa effected, by
which The Bat was sent to town while
Sykes and Dan were kept over night to
aid In stirring up Rhlnelander' s men.
The following day had already been
announced In Rhlnelander'a camp aa pay
day. When Helen and Lyons arrived at
the office In the morning for duty the
found Rhlnelander waiting to take the
money. Lyons, very willing to be rid of
his responsibility, opened the sale and
unsuspectingly turned over to Rhlne
lander the package he had placed In It
the afternoon before.
When the conatructlon boss reached Ms
camp, the men were lined up outside ht
tent waiting for their pay. Passing
within. Rhlnelander cut open the pack
age. To hla consternation he found only
brown paper Instead of currency. Stunned
by the revelation and breathless with
amasement. he made hla way. white
faced, back to the station for an ex
planation Rushing Into the office he threw tne
doctored package down before Lyons and
Helen. The two paled In turn with ex
citement and each of the three looked
blankly Into the facea of the others.
Helen looked at Rhlnelander with the
utmost sympathy. He took the catastro
phe hard. Much had transpired within
recent weeks -o try his endurance and
thla seemed a climax to all the misfor
tunes that had gone before.
Rhlnelander wiped his brow and turned.
dejected, from the counter. He had not
the heart to wire Oceanslde of the calam
ity The first thing necessary, tn any
event, waa to make an effort to appease
the men and. atarttng to hla camp, ha at
tempted to do thla. The men, made un
easy by Rhlnelander' s sudden disappear
ance after his promise to pay, were
grumbling around Wood, the foreman,
who waa using hla best efforts to quiet
them. Rhlnelaader now reappeared from
the station, out empty-handed. He
brought with him the rifled package.
showed this to Wood and to the men. ex
plained that he had been robbed and told
the men they would have to wait. -
Those closest In the group that cmwdid
around htm had been primed for a din-
'0 v feu
pi
Thieves took the
train!"
turhance by Spike and his two eonfeder
stes. They sneered at Rhlnelander'a state
ments and told him they wanted their
pay. Lyons, hurrying over from the
station, reported to Rhlnelander that the
express company and the chief special
agents office had been notified of the
robbery and detectives were on the way.
But while Wood and Lyons argued with
aome of the disaffected, Spike and his
companions lured others of them to a
hut on the edge of the camp limits, where
a sort of blind pig waa In operation. Here
Spike, spending money freely, plied the
grumbling laborers with liquor and ad
vised them to stand on their righta and
refuse to work If their money was not at
once forthcoming.
Rhlnelander made up hla mind not to
dodge the Issue and he assured auoh of
the men aa would listen that If -they
would give him a little time he would
replace the payroll on hla personal credit
and that no one should lose a cent
through the accident. The difficulty was
to get the men to listen. The strike Idea
spread through the camp Ilka an Infec
tion, and reason was for a moment com
pletely forgotten. Spike, perceiving the
mischief well under way and anxious to
get the two city criminals out of the way
before the detectives from headquarters
should arrive and round up the camp for
suspects, directed Sykes and Dan to "beat
It back to town on the local passenger.
At this time a sudden and unexpected
complication arose. With Spike, tbe party
rciurnea to the shack for a final drink.
and when they left It, Sykea and Dan
started for the station. But a lighted
match carelessly thrown to the ground
Inside the hut falling among rubbish, had
Ignited It and almost before the pair
reached the station the hat was on fire.
Entering the waiting room with hla com
panion, Sykes bought tickets from Helen
for the city. When with Dan ha walked
out on the platform, the local train had
pulled In and the crew were looking at
the fire In Rhlnelander'a camp.
Sykea and Dan boarded the train at the
moment it pulled alowly out In the of
fice, while Helen waa putting away the
bill with which Sykea had paid for the
tickets, her attention waa arrested by a
oioi or ink on the edge of it. With a
woman's Intuition, she realised almost at
once that the ink-atalned bill was one of
those stolen from tne express package the
night before. Running out on the plat
form, ahe told Lyons of the discovery.
aui at mat moment Lyons waa too much
concerned In the fire, now rapidly spread
ing across the camp, to give the neceaaary
attention to what Helen said, and to
gether with a lineman who had Just
stopped his little speeder car before the
station, the agent hurried over to the
camp to see what aaaistanoa could be
rendered Rhlnelander and his men.
Helen, frantic as she saw the train mill
ing away with the burglara, looked around
ror help. Nothing aeemed to offer In u
direction and she tumad djstractedly back
to me orrice to wire Oceanslde when her
eye fell on the speeder, deserted a mo
ment before by the lineman.
With a start ahe turned to It took hold
of the handles, pushed the car forward
a length, found It responded to her touch,
and hardly giving thought aa to whether
she could manage the machine, conceived,
as It began to pick up speed, that pos-
loiy ane oouia overtake the departing
train.
Catching at the Inflammable malarial
with which lta path waa freely spread,
lesplng from tent to tent and hut to hut
licking up the canvas and eatlnar ramdlv
into the flimsy wooden structures that
u.rrea its way, engulfing machinery,
wagona and equipment in Its quick ad-
vanoe, fire, fanned by the north wind
and lta own auction, tore along Ilka a
whirlwind, with Rhlnelander and hla gang
doing their beat to check It By the time
the train had reached the vicinity of the
camp, the fire had Jumped the track and
the flame rose on all sides as the local
headed through them.
Close behind the train, Helen, running
th lineman's speeder, was doing her
utmost to attract the attention of the
train crew. Their eyes were fixed on
the fire. It seemed doubtful whether
the train io:ld get pint the blai-. In
any event, the men mere too much ab
S -The
pay roll they are on thli
sorbed with their own situation lo re
gard Helen, though she waa rapidly over
taking them. Unable to attract a single
eye to her own perilous position for as
she entered the patch of conflagration,
heat and smoko blinded and threatened
to overcome her Helen determined at
any cost to overhaul the fleeing train
and board It Letting out the motor car
to lta highest speed and crouching low
In the seat from the amok and flames,
holding her breath and setting her teeth,
Helen sped through the angry fire, and
gained on the fast-moving train until
but a slight gap aeparated the nose of
her speeder from rear platform. Then
mounting on the footboard of the roar
ing little motor, ahe sprang with all her
strength to the observation platform of
the rear car.
The conductor and- brskeman. looking
back at that moment from the coachs
to watch tha fire, discovered the pursu
ing speeder. The two started back for
tho rear platform and they reached
It Juat aa . Helen landed In front of
them from her Jump.
"What in the world?" demanded the
conductor, aa he looked from tbe excited
girl to the deserted lineman's car, now
falling back In the race It had main
tained with the train. What in thun
der," ha again demanded of Helen, In
simple good faith, "are you trying to
do. Mlsa Holmes?"
Helen, short of breath and wild with
excitement tried to explain: "Mr. Rhlne
lander," she said, between gasps, "was
robbed yesterday. Thlevea took hla pay
roll from our safe last night They left
bunches of brown paper In the package.
They are both on thla train!" ahe cried.
"They have the money. We muat get
them or he'll be ruined, If he Isn't ruined
now by this terrible fire. Tou must help
me, conductor, both of you."
"But how do you know?" demanded
the conductor. "Who are the men? What
are you going to do? Tou can't arrest
them. They'd blow out heads off U
we tackled them. Do you know them
when you aee them? What evidence
have you got they atole the money
or have It?"
"I know," returned Helen, panting, "be
cause two of them Just bought tickets
from me and handed me one of the
stolen bills. We upset a bottle of Ink
when the money waa put away. The
bill they gave me for their tlcketa had
Ink on the edge which I wiped off. when
I put the money away. You must help
me arrest them."
The conductor was game. He drew
revolver from hla hip, examined It put
It back tn hla coat pocket and bade Helen
come along with him to Identify the sus
pects. "Tou point out the men." he said,
simply. "I'll do the rest"
Followed by the brakeroan, the two
walked forward. It waa rather a long
train, and the conductor, knowing that
no aearch but a thorough one would be
of any consequence, passed with Helen
through the coaches, examining every
nook and corner and giving her a chance
to peer carefully Into every pasaengers
face as they made their way ahead.
The conductor could not be hurried,
and the search went all too alowly fur
Helen, who feared what did. In fact pres
ently occur. Sykes and Dan, uneasy In
the fear of special agenta on their trail,
were on the alert. They sat near the
front door of the smoker, and as Helen
and the conductor began at the rear end
of the car to look over the passengers.
Sykes, espying Helen, quietly slid
through the front door left open to let
the smoke out to tha platform, Dan fol
lowing. They sat down on the steps look
ing for a good place to Jump off. While
the conductor was walking forward, with
Sykea casting furtive glances In at him
through the front window, the train drew
near the Ban Fablo river. "I'm off here,"
growled Sykes to his confederate, briefly.
Pan protested; a Jump waa not to his
taste, but Sykes, the big fellow, did not
hesitate. The train was crossing the San
I'ablo. Sykes leaped from the step into
the river, Dan reluctantly following suit.
Helen, throug.i an open ulndow of the
smoker, saw fyke Jump. She caught
H e conductor's am, mid bigKed him to
lop the train. He pu'lvd the cord, an I,
with the conductor and hrakeman after
her. Helen ran to the front platform. The
train alowed. In the river fykes and Dan
were swimming. Helen made ready to
drop off. The conductor and bmkeman
tried to dissuade her; they could not.
"You'll have to go alone; I ran t leave
this train," sh-vited the conductor to her.
Helen only waved her hand as she
.-
Convicts Swam to the Nearest Rank.
dropped to the ground.
Luckily, she had not been seen by the
men she was after, but a further obataole
threatened. The convicts had swam to
the nearest bank and were now across
the river from Helen. A passing boat
was awaiting the draw, and the moment
the train passed the Jackknlfa had been
started up by the bridge tender. Helen
wag running tn get to the other side be
fore It was too late. Sykes and Dan,
n shore, mere hutrylng away, and the
ponderous Jackknlfe waa rising under
Helen's fleeing feet. The draw span, al
ready high In the air, made a widening
cap between her and the abutment but
Helen, running to the rising end. Jumped
from It recklessly to the abutment below.
She landed, bruised, on the track, but ahe
picked herself up and sped on after the
fugitives. '
The river bridge Is at no great dlstanoe
from Oceanslde, but Helen's breath waa
pretty well exhausted before Sykes and
Dan reached a auburban street car and
boarded It So close waa she after them
that ahe gained one platform Juat as the
two men stepped up on the other. Con
cealing herself behind a seat Helen hid
In terror, but with all their astuteness the
criminals failed to dtacover her. When
the two left the rar In tha city. Helen was
again relentlessly on their heels, follow
ing them vigilantly she Intercepted an
officer, told him of her chaao, and ha in
stantly Joined her In the pursuit of the
men, now disappearing In the dlstanoe.
Turning Into an obsoure street the crim
inals entered a doorway and started up
a long flight of stairs, Helen with her
policeman hard behind. Looking back
from the first landing, the convicts now
saw their pursuers. Springing up a see
ond flight of stairs, they knooked hur
riedly at the first door. It was opened
by their confederate, The Bat who. Inside
the room, had been diverting himself by
counting the stolen money.
"They're after ua," exolalmod Sykea to
him. "We've got to get out of here. Beat
It, Bat. The girl and the cop are on the
stairs."
"Make for the roof," cried The Bat. The
hard-pressed pair ran for the trap ladder.
The Bat. keeping to his room, slammed
the door shut. Once through the trap
door, which Sykea and Dan dropped be
hind them, and on tha roof, the pair
Imagined themselve safe, but Helen and
her officer were close behind, and when
they .found the trap door cloaed against
them the officer drew his revolver and
fired up through It.
On the outside. Sykes and Dan Jumped
back like rabbits from the shots. Helen
and her helper threw open the trap door
unopposed, and, gatng the roof, faced the
convicts. Nowhere could the robbers find
an avenue of escape on the top of the
building, and cornered like rata aa Helen
and the policeman reached them, they put
up a hand-to-hand fight.
The officer tackled Sykes, the more
powerful of the pair, and Dan, seeing his
opportunity for a flank movement tried
to regain the trap door. Helen pounced
on him like a panther. He tried to throw
her off. Despite his blows and struggles,
he could not get rid of his tenacious as
sailant, and locked tn a life and death
struggle they fought, reckless of conse
quence, nearer and nearer lo the edge of
the roof. For a moment both their lives
were in peril, but Helen, her flehtlnr
blood up, would' have clung to her pris
oner if It had cost her life.
Providentially the harried man. fast
losing his nerve under her frantic at
tack, and pushing to the edge of the
parapet In the wild assault, flung Hrlen
vlolenly off In an effort to throw her
over the roof parapet to her death. In
his terrific effort he lost his balance.
With a scream he tried to recover his
foothold. H"len. seeing his desperate
plight, would have caught him to save
his life, but fortunately for herself ahe
could not reach him In time. Had she
done so. her own death would have been
Inevitable, for Dan, swaying wildly,
slipped again. He caught with a fearful
curse at the empty air. It was too late
for anyone to aid him now, and the next
Instant he had plunged headlong off the
roof to his death.
Helen turned to the officer, who. in
a grapple with ykar, was fighting In
the grasp of the powerful criminal, to
save himself frem being hurled through
an adjacent skylight.
Below the two, the fat man. Bat, look
ing up, beheld hla confederate in the
grip of the law. Helen waa too lata
to aid the officer to sate himself, but
the plucky policeman giilpd Sykes
around the neck aa he plunged forward
himself, and before tha fat man In the
room, watching apprehenalvely, could
draw a full breath, the two men era had
violently through the skylight together
almost on top of him. As It waa. they
landed in a heap on the bed. Tha Bat
prang at onoe en the halpleaa police
man. It would have gone hard with
hirn, but for Instant aid from Helen.
She dropped down the open akylight
"aught the revolver from the officer's
hand and hsld the two criminals at the
point of It until the policeman could
slip handcuffs on them. When the two
men wer secured. Helen demanded the
stolen money.
The man Hat did most of the talking.
I'nabaitheil and unafraid, he met Helen's
liiiliilsltlon without batting an eyelash
Had she not been absolutely atire of hr
ground his coolness would have deceived
her.
"I don't know what you are talking
about." ha sall Jovially, while Helen's
accusations were launched at him. "I
am a piano tuner, officer. I don't know
this man." he pointed calmly at Sykea.
"1 irever saw him In my life till lie
manned my skylight. What do you
three mean, anyway, by breaking Into
my room? I'll put the blue-sky laws on
you. Who's going to pay for all this
glass?" he demanded with an Injured air.
"The landlord Is going to come after
me for It. I'll have yonr whole bunch
arrested the minute I get to the polios
station. I don't know anything about
your money. I don't believe you've got
any money or have had any."
"What did you attack the policeman
for as soon ss he dropped Into the room?"
cried Helen, Indignantly.
"Why, mlns. I am near-slanted. I
thought that man waa a plsno tuner when
I saw him a man that a tried to let the
light Into me two or three times with a
gun-It's a fact!"
The officer shut off The Bat's talk, and
Helen, with the astuteness of a detective.
aearohed him, with the result that from
hla various pockets she recovered every
Package of the bills stolen from the safo,
and nearly all of them intact
Tha fat man loot none of his nerve when
The Secret of
By ADA PATTERSON.
I heard It twice in fin SB A F si tr A n my A
from persons aa unlike aa you can
Imagine.
One was from tha wnrkat m.A aw
belonged in that stratum of life In which
you must work that you mav ? i.
a good world to live In. a pay-as-you-go
wonu. a worm where the bread has a
fine flavor bscaua r f v.-
dependence and the aplce of effort vnu
m k. yet it Is a world In
wnicn eyes look straightforward and lips
are aet straight n rim t, i. . .
-- m Vila
state of determination.
The other waa from h mm -i...
The world where "must" la seldom heard
and "will" often spoken. It Is a state In
which the greatest effort put forth Is
eearcn ror amusement The greatest
-nx.eiy u tne anxiety to be entertained.
Tha only fear la the fear that aometlme
every source of amusement will be ex
hausted, that lire will begin to repeat
Tha representative of the workaday
world la a prima donna. The Immigrant
out of the world of a play Is tho wife
of a muiu-mlliionaire. The prima donna
has worked and won. She has the out
look of one who has traveled far on
earth and In thought; tha rewarda of
fame and fortune, and ...
oompanlment of each, tha ability to make
ofter and pleaaanter the lives of those
she loved. She can give to them luxuries
wnicn sne nerseir has only recently pos
sessed. That la one of tha mn i. net
ful of the sweets of success.
The other la tha wife of a millionaire.
She la the fin eat aneclman e k. ...
gmtlve person I know. She is a triumph
of the not. She doesn't do mora than
anyone I can name. She doesn't have
any Interest in housekeeping. Her serv
ants do that for her. It ki.. i.
more efficient than ahe. She doesn't do
anytning except flutter about society
and She la too Indolent A ..v
- - - .1, Mt.lt Ol
that. She doesn't do anything worthy of
'"'"" "orpi to meanie in tho affaire of
her friends. Tha maArllAwLJkaj W
taken the form of matchmaking.
But these women, traveling such dis
tant and different roads, hare reached
m same conclusion. What think you
that is? Both think h. k..
secret of fascination.
fascination." the nrim.
me, "Is stmnlr tha art r k.i. -. . ..
The most fascinating woman I have seen
la neither young nor beautiful. But when
he cornea Into a room everyone begins
to brighten up. In two minutes aha la
vividly alive herself beeauae she haa the
gift of being Interested in everybody and
everything."
The millionaires wlfa ha .....
ulng a busy woman, rather plain, rather
urea, wim invitations to visit the art
galleries of a neighboring millionaire
"But whyr asked the rather plain,
rather tired woman.
"The pictures are lovelv m
masters, some new."
But the Metrooolltan Museum of Aw
It open everyday. I can drop in there
whenever I am picture hunarv and h.v.
tlire."
'Look here, Mary, who ta thla man?"
!esinol
keeps skins fair in
spite ofyrintry winds
The soothing, healing; medi
cation in Keainol Soap which is so
helpful in clearing poorcompleg.
ions, is equally dependable tor
protectingdelicate skins from the
havoc of winter' s wind and cold.
Toute Resinol Soap regularly
for the toilet is usually lo make
ure that one's complexion will
come through the cold weather
unharmed, and that the hands
will be kept free from redness,
roug-hnesa and chaoping.
If yon already smfier from pain
ful and nnsightly chapping-, a
little Kesmol Ointment will ueu
ally afford complete velieL
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confronted with the result He declared,
he had been made the victim of a plo
that his character and reputation wera
Known everywhere tn the city which was)
quite true. And having denounced all un
warranted Intrusions such aa he had
been made the victim of. he resigned hltm
self to go aa prisoner with a much better
arn.ee than hla sullen companion did. They
were taken together to the polloe station.
Helen telephoned Immediately for a m
tor car, and. accompanied by her friendly
officer, and with the money safely atowed
away on her person, she stepped into tha
ear and ordered It driven In haste te
Slxnal. Past as the landscape flew by It
did not keep pace with Helen a Impatience,
They drew In sight of Rhlnelander'a camp.
Smoke still rose from where the fire had
threatened Its complete destruction.
Rhlnelander and Wood, with thele
lad finally extinguished the conflagration.
mougn not until a heavy toll of damaga
had been taken by tha flamaa. vri
caught sight of Rhlnelander Juat aa tha
car raeeo up to the camp, and alighting
called him Joyfully tn her wiri, ..
money, in her great excitement In her
nanns.
"It's here," ahe cried. "Moat avi-r xe
of It." '
'What do you mean?"
'The pay roll! We've aot ltli e i
the money stolen from the safe. It 1a
nere in tnie package."
Rhlnelander. half daaed.
ask explanations. Bit by bit Helen told
me story. Her foster uncle caught her In
his arma. money and all. Together the
men crowding around-they walked with
the recovered treasure through the half
burned ramp.
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"Ile a very wealthy, a nice man and
widower."
"Aa l thought Tou Ye matchmaking
again."
"I can't help It Sue."
"Any way. why try to halt your match
making hook with ma? Why not with your
coualn, Bnl'le? She la young and pretty
and she needs help, a matrimonial
crutch. Sha can't earn her living. I can."
But Tva tried Sallie on save raj and
She didn't ttea.-
"Why not? She haa beauty. That red
been man bait sine the world begas."
"But it Isn t any longer. The werlj'a
chanting. In thla age men want women
with bralna. It'e so. Look about you.
Wen must be Interested. And beauty
can Interest And you can't Interest any
one iin cm you yourself ar Interested "
Across the distance between widely dif
fering worlds they had echoed each others)
orda. I wonder If they aren't right.
The demand o tha day Is for brains, that
are need. Tho secret of fascination Is te)
Inter st and be Interested. Thar Is
new rratrlmontal cry. No longer la it
"Feed the brute." but "Entertain the
brute " Intelligent Interest Is tha key of
more than one treasure house, perhaps
even that of icmanoe.
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