SYNOPSIS.
Lawrence Blakelcy, lawyer, goes to
Pittsburg wlUi tho forged notes In tho
Oronson case to take the deposition of tho
chief, witness for tho prosecution, John
Gllmoro, a millionaire In tho latter'
houso the lawyer Is nttracted by tho pic
ture of a Klrl whom Gllmore explains Is
lil. granddaughter, Alliion West. Ho says
her father Is a rascal and a friend of
the forcer. Standing In lino to buy a
Pullman ticket ntakoley Is requested by
a lnd.v to buy her one. Ho Riven her low
er cloven and retains lower ten. Ho finds
a man In a drunken stupor In lower ten
and retires In lower nine. He awakens In
lower seven and finds his bag and cloth-
riff missing. Tho man In lower ton Is
round murdered.
CHAPTER IV Continued.
Some one was on tho floor at our
feet, fnco down, head peering under
tho berth. Now ho got up without
apology, revealing tho mnn who hnd
summoned tho conductor. He wa8
dusty, nlcrt, cheerful, and ho dragged
tip with him tho dead man's suit-case.
The sight of It brought back to mo at
onco my own predicament.
"I don't know wnother there's any
connection or not, conductor," I said,
"but I am a victim, too, in less degree;
I've been robbed of everything 1 pos
sess, except a red and yellow bath
robe. I happened to bo wearing Iho
bath-robe, which was probably tho
reason the thief overlooked It."
There was a fresh murmur In tho
rowd. Somebody laughed nervously.
Tho conductor was Irritated.
"I can't bother with that now," ho
nnrlcd. "Tho railroad company Is
responsible for transportation, not for
clothes, Jewelry and morals. If peo
ple want to bo stabbed and robbed in
the company's cars, It's their affair.
"Why didn't you sloop In your clothes?
1 do."
I took an angry step forward. Then
somebody touched my arm, and I un
clenched my fist I could understand
Iho conductor's position, and besido,
1n the law, I had been guilty myself
of contributory negligence
"I'm not trying to make you re
sponsible," I protested, as amiably as
I could, "and I believe tho clothes tho
thief left are as good as my own. They
nro certainly newer. But my vnllso
contained valuablo papers, and It is to
your Interest as well as mine to find
the man who stole It."
"Why, of course," tho doctor said
shrewdly, "Find the man who skipped
out with- this gentleman's clothes, and
you've probably got tho murderer."
"I went to bed In lower nine," I
said, my mind full again of my lost
papers, "and I wakened In number
seven. I was up in the night prowl
ing around, as I was unablo to sleep,
and I must havo gone back to tho
wrong berth. Anyhow, until tho por
ter wakened mo this morning I knew
nothing of my mistake. In tho Inter
val the thief murderer, too, perhaps
must have como back, discovered
my error, and taken advantage of It
to further his escape."
The inquisitive man looked at mo
from between narrowed eyelids, for
ret-llke.
"Did anyone on tho trnln suspect
you of having valuablo papers?" ho
Inquired. The crowd was listening in
tontly.
"No'one," I answered promptly and
positively.
Tho doctor was Investigating the
murdered man's effects. Tho pockets
of his trousers contained tho usual
miscellany of keys and small chnnge,
yhlle In his hip pocket was found a
small pearl-handled revolver of tho
type women usually keep around. A
gold wateh with a Masonic charm had
slid down between tho mattross and
tho window, while n showy diamond
stud was still fastened In tho bosom
of his shirt. Taken as a whole, tho
personal belongings wero those of a
man of some means, but without any
particular degreo of breeding. Tho
doctor heaped them together.
"Either robbery was not the mo
tive," he reflected, "or the thief over
looked these things In his hurry."
Tho latter hypothesis seemed tho
more tenable, when, after a thorough
search, we found no pocketbook and
less than a dollar in small change.
The suit-case gavo no clow. It con
tained one empty leather-covered flask
and a pint bottle, also empty, a change
of linen and some collars with the
laundry mark, S. II. In tho leather
tag on tho handle was a card with the
name Simon Harrington, Pittsburg.
The conductor sat down on my itn
made berth, ncross, and made an en
try of the nanio and address. Then,
on nn old envelope, he wrote a fow
words and gave it to the porter, who
disappeared.
"I guess that's all I can do," he
said. "I've had enough trouble this
trip (o last for a year. They don't
need a conductor on these tralris any
more; whnt thoy ought to havo Is a
sheriff and a posse."
Tho porter from tho next car came
in and whlsporod tq him. The con
ductor rose unhappily.
"Next car's caught tho disease," ho
grumbletf, "Doctor, a woman, back
there has got mumps or bubonic
plague, or something Will you como
back?"
The Btrange portor stood aside
LOWER TEN
I COPYRJCHT ipr QQBOg -Tr.Tl.
"Did Anyene Suspsct You of
"Lady about tho middlo of tho car,"
ho said, "In black, sir, with queer-looking
hair sort of copper color, I think,
sir."
CHAPTER V.
The Woman In the Next Car.
With tho departuro of tho conduc
tor and tho doctor, tho group around
lower ten broko up, to reform In
smaller knots through tho car. Tho
porter remained on guard. With
something of relief I sank into a seat.
I wanted to think, to try to remember
the details of the previous night. But
my Inquisitive acquaintance had other
Intentions. He camo up and sat down
beside me. Like tho conductor, ho had
taken notes of the dead man's be
longings, his name, address, clothing
and the general circumstances of the
crime. Now with his little notebook
open beforo him, ho prepared to en
Joy the minor sensation of the rob
bery. "And now for the second victim,"
ho began cheerfully. "What is "your
name and address, pleaso?"
I eyed hlm with suspicion.
"I have loBt everything but my name
and nddress," I parried. "What do you
want them for? Publication?"
"Oh, no; dear, no!" ho said, Bhockod
at my misapprehension. ".Merely for
my own enlightenment. I like to
gnther data of this kind and draw my
own conclusions. Most interesting and
engrossing. Onco or twlco I havo
forestalled tho results of police Inves
tigation but entirely for my own
amusement."
I nodded tolerantly. Most of us
havo hobbles; I know n man onco who
carried his handkerchief up his sleeve
and had n mania for old colored prints
cut out of Godey's Lady Book.
"I'uso that inductive mothod orig
inated by Foo and followed since with
such success by Conan Doyle. Havo
you ever read Oaborlau? Ah, you havo
missed a troat, Indeed. And now, to
get down to business, what is tho
name of our escaped thief and prob
able murderer?"
"How on earth do I know?" I de
manded Impatiently. "Ho didn't write
it In blood anywhoro, did ho?"
The little man looked hurt and dis
appointed. "Do you mean to say," ho asked,
"that tho pockets of those clothes are
entirely empty?"
Tho pockets! In the excitement I
had forgotten entirely tho sealskin
grip which thb portor now snt at ray
feet, and I had not Investigated tho
pockets at all. With the lnquisitlvo
man's pencil taking note of every
thing that I found, I emptied them on
tho opposito scat.
Upper loft-hand waist-coat, two lead
pencils and a fountain pen; lower
tight waist-coat, matchbox and a small
stamp book; right-hand pocket coat,
pair of gray suedo gloves, new, slzo
seven and a half; left-hand pocket,
gun-metal clgaretto caso studded with
pearls, half-full of Egyptian cigarettes,
Tho trousers pockets contained a gold
penknife, a small amount of money In
bills and change, nnd a handkorchiet
with tho Initial "S" on It.
Further search through tho coat dis
covered a card-caso with carda bear
ing tho name Henry PInckney Sulli
van, and a leather flask with gold
mountings, filled with what seemed to
bo very fair whisky, and mono
grnmmed H. P. S.
"Ills name evidently is Henry
PInckney Sullivan," said tho cheerful
L CONPAN V
Having Valuable Papers?"
follower of Poo, as ho wrote It down.
"Address as yet unknown. Blonde,
probably. Havo you noticed that it is
almost always tho blonde men who af
feet a vory light gray, with -a-touch
of red in the scarf? Fact, I assure you.
I kept a record onco of tho summor
nttlro of men, and 90 per cent, fol
lowed my rule. Dark men like you
affect navy blue, or brown.
In splto of myself I was amused at
tho man's shrewdness.
"Yes; tho suit ho took was dark
a blue," I said.
Ho rubbed his hands and smiled at
mo delightedly.
"Then you -woro black shoos, not
tan," he said, with a glanco at tho ag
gresBlvo yellow ones I wore.
"Right again," I acknowledged,
"Black low shoes and black orabrold-
ored hose. If you keep on you'll havo
a motive for tho crime, and tho mur
derer's present placo of hiding. And
It you come back to tho smoker with
mo, I'll glvo you an opportunity to
Judge if ho knew good, whisky from
bad."
I put tho articles from tho pockets
bnck again and got up. "I wonder If
there la a diner on?" I said. "I need
something sustaining after all this."
I was conscious then of som.e one
at my elbow. I turned to seo tho
young woman whoso face was so
vaguely familiar. In tho vory net of
speaking she drew back suddenly and
colored.
"Oh I bog your pardon," she said
hurriedly, "I thought you were
some ono else" Sho was looking In n
puzzled fashion nt my coat. I felt
all the cringing guilt of n mnn who
has accidentally picked up tho wrong
umbrella; my borrowed caller sat
tight on my neck.
"I'm sorry." I Bald Idiotically. "I'm
sorry, but I'm not." 1 havo learned
nlnco that she has bright brown hair,
with a Ioobo wavo in It-that drops
over her ears, and dark blue eyes
with blnck Irenes and but what does
it matter? Ono enjoys a plcturo as a
whole; not as tho sum of its parts.
Sho saw tho flask then, and her er
rand camo back to her. "One of the
ladles at tho end of the car has
fainted," she explained. "I thought
perhaps a stimulant "
I picked up tho flask at onco and
followed my guide down tho aisle. Two
or threo women wero working over
tho woman who had fainted. They
had opened her collar and taken out
hor hair pins, whatovor good that
might do. Tho stout woman was vig
orously rubbing hor wrists, with
the idea, no doubt, of working up hor
pulse! Tho unconscious woman was
the one for whom I had secured lower
11 at tho station,
I poured a Uttlo liquor In a bun
gling masculine fashion between hor
lips as she leaned back, with closed
eyes. She chocked, coughed and ral
lied somewhat.
"Poor thing," said tho stout lady.
"As sho lies back that way I almost
think It was my mother; sho used to
faint so much."
"It would make anybody faint,"
chimed In nnothorr "Murder nnd rob
bery in ono night nnd on ono car. I'm
thankful I always wear my rings In a
bag around my neck oven If they do
get under mo and keop mo nwako,"
Tho girl In blue was looking nt us
with wide, startled eyes. I saw her
palo a little, saw iho quick, apprehen
sive glanco which sho throw at her
traveling companion, the small woman
I had noticed beforo. Thoro was an
exchange nlmost a clash of glances.
Tho Btnall womnn frowned. That was
all. I turned tuy attention again to
my patient.
She had rovlvcd somewhat, and now
sho asked to havo tho window opened.
Tho trnln had stopped again and tho
car was oppressively hot. Pooplo
around wero looking at their watches
and grumbling over tho delay. The
doctor bustled In with a remark about
ita being his busy day. Tho amatour
dctcctlvo and tho porter togothor
mounted guard over lower ten. Out
side tho heat roso In shimmering
waves from tho trnckB; tho very wood
of tha car was hot to touch. A Cam
berwcll. Beauty darted-through-Iho
opon door nnd 'mndo Its way, in or
rntlc plunges, great wings waving,
down t,ho sunny aisle. All around lay
tho poaca of harvested fields, the quiet
of the country.
CHAPTER VI. '
The Girl In Blue.
I was growing more .and moro Ir
ritable Tho thought of what tho
loss of the notes meant was fast
crowding tho murder to tho back of
my mind. Tho forced inaction was
Intolerable. Tho porter had reported
no bag answering the description of
mine on. tho trnln, but I wob dlBposod
to make-my own Investigation. I mndo
a tour of tho cars, scrutinizing ovcry
variety, of hand luggage, ranging from
luxurious English bags with gold
mountings to tho wicker nondescript
of tho day coach at tho rear. I was
not alone in my quest, for tho girl in
blue was Just ahead of mo. Car. by
car sho preceded mo through tho train,
unconscious that I was behind hor,
looking, at each passongcr na sho
passed. I fancied tho proceeding wns
distasteful, but that sho had dotormin
ed on a courso and wns carrying It
through. Wo reached tho end of tho
train almost togothor empty-handed,
both of us.
Tho girl went out to tho platform
When sho saw mo sho moved nsldo,
nnd I stopped out beside hor. Behind
us tho track curved sharply; tho early
siinshlno throw tho train, in long black
shadow, ovor tho hot earth. Forward
somewhere thoy wero hammering.
The girl said nothing, but her profllo
was strained and anxious, .
,, "I If you hnVo lost, anything," I
began, "I wIbIi you would lot me try to
help. Not that my own success Is any
thing to boast of."
Sho hardly glanced nt me. It was
not flntterlng.
"I havo not been robbed, If that Is
what you mean," oho replied quietly.
"I am perplexed. That Is all."
Thoro was nothing to say to that
I lifted my hat tho other fellow'
hat and turned to go bnck to my car,
Two or threo members of tho train
crew, including tho conductor, woro
standing In tho shadow talking. And
nt that moment, from a farmhouso
nenr camo tho Bwlft clang of tho
breakfast bell, calling In tho hands
from barn and pasture I turned back
to theglrl.
"Wo may-bo hero for an hour," I
snld, "nnd thoro Is no buffet car on
If I remember my youth, that boll
means hnm nnd eggs nnd country but
ter and coffco. If you caro to run
tho risk"
. "I am not hungry," Bho Bald,, "but
perhaps a cup of coffee dear mo, I
believe I im hungry," sho. flnishqd.
"Only" Bho glanced back of hor.
"I can bring your companion," I sug
gested, without onthuuinsm. But tho
young womnn shook her head.
"Sho Is not hungry," sho objected,
"nnd Bho Is very well, I know she
wouldn't come,. Do you aupposo wo
could make it If wo run?"
"I haven't any idea," I said cheer-
fully. "Any old trnln would bo hotter
than this one, If It docs leave us be
hind."
"Yea. Any trnln would bo better
than this ono," alio repeated grnvoly.
I found myself wntchlng her changing
expression, I hnd spoken two dozen
words to her nnd already I folt that
I know tho lights and shadCB In hor
voice I, who had always known how
a woman rodo to hounds, and who
never could havo told tho color of
her hair.
I Btopped down on tho tlcH nnd
turned to assist her, and together wo
walked back to whoro tho conductor
and tho porter from our enr wero In
cIobo conversation. Instinctively my
hand wont to my-clgaretto pocket and
camo out empty. She saw tho ges
ture.
"If you want to Btnoko, you may."
Bho snld. "I havo a big cousin who
smokes nil tho time. Ho says I am
'kippered.' "
I drew out tho gun-motal clgaretto
caso and oponed It. But this most
commonplace action had nn extraor
dinary result: Tho girl beside me
stopped dead still and stood staring
at Jt with fascinated eyes,
"Is where did you got that?" sho
demanded, with a catch in her volco;
her gazo still fixed on tho clgaretto
caso.
(TO nrc CONTINUED.)
"Uneasy lies the hoad that wears an
Ico bacl"
DAN WEBSTER VASE
4mong Rare Exhibits in Boston's
Public Library.
Valuable Relic la Made of Pure
Coin Silver and Weighs
at Least ' Thirty
Pounds.
Boston. Tho Danlol Wobster vaso,
now tho property of tho city of Bos
ton, has been plncod among tho list
of rare exhibits in tho fine arts de
partment of tho public llbrnry. It ia
made of puro coin silver, wolghn at
least thirty pounds, and la worth In
trinsically a tidy fortune.
Tho vaso was prosentcd to Mr, Web-
Btur on Octobor 12, 183G, at tho Oduoti,
which was the nnmo by which tho
old Federal strcot theater wns then
known, nnd a crowded houso of Inter
ested spectators wo" troated to a re
sponsive hnur-nnd-n-hnlf speech. In
acknowledgment of tho gift, by the
foremost political orator of his time.
Tho current nowspnpera rocordB ot
tho ovont Bay thnt tho mono,to de
fray the cost of tho vaso was raised
by nmn.ll subscriptions. No one sub
scriber was permitted to contribute a
sum In excoss of ono dollar. Tho re
Bult of such n restriction was a largo
list of contributors and no attempt
Bcomtt to havo been mndo to preserve
tho names. Neither wns thoro any
rcferenco mndo to tho nggregato of the
sum which was raised.
"We shall say nothing dcscrlptlvo ol
Mils massive ploco of pinto," snld Edi
tor Bucklnghnm of tho Courier of Oc
tober 13, "until wo enn obtain n moro
oxact nccount thnn wo aro now pro-
pared to glvo."
Tho Courier also said that 3,000 per
sons witnessed tho ceremony of pre
sentation, a largo estimate for tho ca
pacity of Boston's first thontor, and
Itstoncd to tho Bpcechoa. Francis 0.
Gray sioko for the subscribers and re
ferred in ninny complimentary phrases
to tho sorvlcos of Senator Wobster in
his dobnto with Robert Y. Hayno of
South Carolina In 1832.
Mr. Webster, In closing Ills address,
Bald: "Now I want you to go on,
right on, straightforward In maintain
ing in your utmost zonl and with all
your power tho truo principles of tho
best, tho happiest, the most glorious
The Daniel Webster Vaoo.
constitution of a froo government with
which It has pleased provldenco In
nny nge to bless any of tho nations of
tho. earth."
In 18G5, or nearly thirteen years
after the death of Mr. Webster, cor-
tain public-spirited citizens Of Boston
purchased tho vaso of tho heirs of tho
Wobstor ostato, and In a formal loiter
to Mayor F. W. Lincoln convoyed tho
"maBBlvo pleco of plato" to tho city
of Boston. Among tho list of sub
scrlbcra to this ontcrprlso, which was
headed by Qeorgo W. Lyman, woro
Bitch prominent names ns Henry J.
Gardner, F. O. Prince, Q. 8. Hllinrd,
II. W. Pnlno, E. D. Jordnn, Peter But-
lor, II. D. Pnrkor, J. P. Healoy, Lov
erott Snltonstall and Potcr Hnrvoy.
STOPS HIS BOUNTY ON FLIES
Mlddlesborough (England) Alderman
Is Swamped With Insect Dlsoase
Sproaders.
London. "Plcnso havo morcy on mo
and wlthdnrw my offer to buy doad
files and bluebottles," writes Aid. Mat
tlson of Mlddlesborough to a local
newBpnpor. A few days ago Mr. Mat-
tlson, aware of tho baleful Influences
of housoflles ttnd bluebottles on tho
public health, proposed through tho
sanitary department to pay a ponny
(two conts) for every CO files and a
penny for every 12 bluebottles doltv
cred, impaled on pins, to tho corpora
tion offices. His offer stirred tho waga
In Mlddlesborough. Ono wroto to Mr.
Mnttlson:
"Will yon quote mo a price on daddy
longlcgs? I can deliver a cholco lot."
Another wrote:
"Whnt Ib your quotation todny on
gnats and ilean?"
This was tho funny sldo of Mr. Mat-
tlson's ndventuro Into practical phllan
tliropy, but It also had Its serious sldo
for him.
FIIcb nnd bluebottles arrived at tho
corporation offices by tho thousands
Every small boy In Mlddleborough
wns busy nnd even men and womon
joined In the crusnde. Ono boy do
llvcrod 1,200 dead flics In n Blnglo lot
and tho clerks had to leave their or
dinary work to recelvo, count nnd pay
for flies. Tho corporation olllco
rooked with tho odor of tho dlsrnHe
breeders. Children besieged tilth
heaps In looking for fllea nnd their
mothers nro nftor Mr. Mnttlsonls
icalp. Hnico tho nldormnn's frantic
jry to the nowBpupors to call riff the
bunt. IIo Is out ir ($7fi) In ciihIi.
"I don't mind thnt," ho writes, "but
I have 200.000 dead fllos on 'my hnnds
ind have lost my reputation. I want
d to promote- the public health, but I
m afraid that I am going to glvo
ory boy in town some Infectious dls
ISO,"
THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY
KIDNEYS.
WeAk kldnoys fall to romovn nM.
sons from tho blood nnd nro tho causa
of
backache, hendacho, urinary trouble
and dizzy snails.
To Insure good health,
keop tho kldnoyl
woll. Donn's Kidney
Pills romovo all kid.
noy Ills. Read what
a physician says:
Dr. II. Green, 215 H
Oth St., No. Yakima,
Wash., says: "I have
used Doan's Kldnoy
Pills In my practice
for years and thoy
havo clvon satlafao-
tlon. I havo taken D"oan's Kidney
Pills personally nnd nronouacA them
tho beat remedy I havo prescribed la
my long career as a physician and sur
geon."
Remember tho name Doan's. For
alo by all doalors. CO cents a box.
Fostor-Mflburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
When n girl marries for a home ah
seldom boasts ot what sho gets.
Smokers find Levis' Kitn-tn TllnHrr fh
clear better quality than most 10c cigars.
Different Values.
"Thoro" a big difference in men."
"I .Judgo so, by studying tho vari
ous rates for which Pittsburg council-
men wero bought"
On a 8tyglan Ferryboat;
Charon waa ferrying a passenger
across tho Styx.
"Flno scenery for my toothnowdet
ad," cried tho shado. -
Thus wo seo tho ruling passion sur.
flvoa.
Fine School.
"Your daughter should attend my
school of education."
"Sho shan't! She's attondod ono,
and Blio's positively"
"Ah, but I teach a new system.
When tny pupils nro aBked to recite
they are trained to refuse."
THE BEST OF ITS KIND
Is always advertised, tn fact tt only pay
10 auveriisfl goou imnits. wnen you so
an article advertised in thin paper year
after year you can be absolutely certain
that there Is merit to It because the con
tinued sale of any artlclo dopends upon
merit and to keep on advertising one
must keep on selling. JVI1 good thing
have Imitators, but Imitations are not ad
vertised. They have no reputation to sus
tain, they never oxpect to have any per
manont sals and your dealer would never
sell them If he studied your Interests.
Sixteen years ago Allon's Foot-Ease, tha
antlseptlo Powder for the feet, was first
sold, and through nowspaper advertising
and through people telling each other
what a good thing it was for tired and.
aching feet tt ha now a permanent sale,
and nearly 200 so-called foot powders
havo been put on tho market with the
hope of profiting by tho reputation which
has been built un for Allen's Foot-Ease,
When you ask for an artlclo advertised
in tneso papers see mat you got it. Avoid
lubutllutes.
Hfs Soft Answer.
And thla la tho sort of excuse you
put up for coming homo two houra
Into for dinner and In such a condi
tion that you and thnt disreputable
Augustus Jonea were out hunting
Mushrooms, you wretch? And whore,
pray, aro the mushrooms?"
Eoro zay aro.m' dear, in m' yes'
jiockot;
; and w'lle say aln' so many ot
om, in' dear, wo had lots ot fuu
BUS an' I huntln' 'cm."
119 Years Old When He Died.
Paddy Blake, who was born at Bal
tyglroon, parish ot Kllnasoolngh, Coun
ty Clare, Irolnnd, 119 yonrs ago, haa
lied In tho Corofln Union hospital.
Paddy had a"cloar memory of ovonte
lhat happoned a hundred years ago
ind wns ono of those who went to boo
Daniel O'Connoll passing through Bun
ratty Plko on his way to Ennls for
tho groat election of 1828.
" Reformation.
"You say you aro a roformor?"
"Yep," replied tho local boss;
"ot
(ho deepest dyo."
"But you woro not nlways so." -J
"No. Tho reformers reformod our
;own last year and I want to reform
it back again."
Pretty Bad. '
Mrs. Hoylo Does your hUBband use
tad language at home7
Mrs. Doyle IIo talks to mo as if I
Noro a fountain pen.
Some people nood only a little hole
pt observation to take in all the im
portant candaia of the age.
No Trouble
A Saucer,
A little Cream,
anc
Post
I
Toasties
e
right from the box.'
Breakfast in a minute,
and you have a" meal as
delightful as it is whole
some. Post Toasties are crisp
and flavour y g olden
brown, fluffy bits lhat al
most melt in' the mouth.
"Tho Memory Lingers"
POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD.,
liuttla Creek, Mich