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New Orleans, La.—“For years I suf fered from severe female troubles. Finally I was confined to my bed and the doctor said an operation was necej eary. I gave Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound a trial first, and was saved from an operation. ”—Mrs Lily Pkyroux, 1111 Kerlerec St., New Orleans, La. The great volume of unsolicited tes timony constantly pouring in proves conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a remarkable remedy for those distressing feminine ills from which so many women sullen THAT AFFAIR AT 17 T \r7 A 11 T? npT T By Burton E. Stevenson, P, I , I / , H fA I l I Author of "The Marathon Mystery." "The ^ Hollsday Case," Etc. New York—Henry Holt & Co.—1907. CHAPTER VII—(Continued.) "Or, at least," I persisted, pressing my advantage, "if you know why your daughter fled, you might yourself tell Mr. Curtiss-" Again she stopped me. "The secret is not mine," she said hoarsely. "Whose is it? Who has the right to tell?” "No one!" "And you will let it wreck two lives?” I saw the spasm of pain which crossed her face. She must yield; a moment more, and I should know the secret! "Tomorrow—give me till tomorrow!” she cried. “Perhaps you're right—I must think—I cannot decide now—in stantly. There are so many things to consider—the dead as well as the liv ing." “Very well,” I agreed. “I will call tomorrow morning-” "At 11—not before.” "Tomorrow at 11, then. And I hope you’ll decide, Mrs. Lawrence, to help me all you can. The living come be fore the dead.” She bowed without replying, and see ing how deadly white she was, I checked the words which rose to my lips and let myself out into tho hall. The maid was standing Just outside the door. I wondered how much she had heard of what had passed with in. "One moment,” I said, as she start ed for the. stairway, and I stepped again into Miss Lawrence’s room. It had grown too dark there to see anything distinctly, for this room was not flooded, as her mother’s had been, by the last rays of the sun, but in a moment 1 switched on the light. The maid stared from the threshold, her face dark with anger, but not daring to interfere. "This is the dressing table, isn’t it?" I asked, walking toward it. “Yes, sir,” she answered sullenly. “It was here you found the letter?" “Yes, sir." "You persist in that farce?" I de manded, wheeling round upon her( She did not answer, only staved uack without flinching. I realized that here was a will not easily overcome. “Very well,” 1 said quietly at last, "I shall get along then in spite of you." and I returned to my inspection of the room. There was a writing desk in one cor ner, with pens, ink and paper. I picked up a sheet of paper and looked at it; I dipped a pen in the ink and wrote a few words upon it; then I blotted it, folded it and placed it in my pocket. “Now we can go," I said. and switched off the light. She led the way down the stairs with out replying. "My hat is in the library,” I said, as we reached the foot, and I turned down the lower hail. The library was even darker than the room upstairs had been, for the trees around the house seemed to shadow especially the windows of this wing. I noted how the windows extended to the floor and opened upon a little balcony. One of the windows was open, and 1 went to it and looked out. A flight of steps connected one end of the bal cony with the ground, and I fancied from the steps I could discern a faint pathway running away among the trees. A convulsive sob at the door brought me around. It was 'lie maid, who had entered and was glaring at me with a face to which the growing darkness gave an added repulriveness. Tho sob. which had more of anger than of sor row in it. had hurst from her involun tarily, called forth, no doubt, by her Inability to hinder me in my investiga tions, to show me the door, to kick me out. I could see her growing hatred of me in her eyes, in the grip of Un hands she pressed against her bosom; and a certain reciprocal anger arose within me. "Here is a handkerchief of your mis tress," I said, plunging my hand into my pocket and drawing foith the square of lace. “Please return it to her wardrobe. It's valuable,'’ I added, with a sudden burst of inspiration; “es pecially so, since it s her bridal hand kerchief.” The shot told. She took the hand kerchief with a hand that shook con vulsively, and I determined to risk a second guess. "She left it here," I said "She left it here when she went out by yonder window and ran throng!; the grove. Shall I tell you where she went? But you know!” "I do not!" burst from her. "It's a lie!" “You know," I repeated remorseless ly. "You followed her there. It was there she wrote that note which you brought back with you and which you found on her dresser.” "No, no!" The words were two sobs rather than two articulate sounds. "Don’t lie to me! If the note was written here, why did she used a writ ing paper different from her own? You’re playing with fire! Take care that it doesn't burn you!" But I had touched the wrong note. "Burn me!" she cried. '‘You think you can frighten me! Well, you can t. I’m not that kind.” And indeed as T looked at tier, I saw that she spoke the truth. "Very well," 1 said; "do as you think best. I’ve warned you," and without waiting for her to answer, I passed before her down the hail, not without the thought that she might plunge a knife into my back—she was certainly that kind! I opened the door myself and closed it behind me, then started down the walk. But in a moment, I dodged aside among the trees and hast ened around the house. I was determ ined to follow that path which started from the library balcony—I must see whither it led. CHAPTER VIII. THE PATH THROUGH THE GROVE I had no trouble in finding the path and In following It through the grove, noting how the trees screened it from the street. I reached a hedge enclos ing a garden which the path skirted, and finally a second hedge, which seemed to be the one bounding the estate. The path led to a gate which opened upon the grounds of a cottage Just beyond. I could see , that there was a garden and that the cottage was covered with vines, hut no further de tails were discernible. Suddenly a light flashed out from one of the windows, and I saw a wom an moving about within, no doubt pre paring supper. But at that moment, I caught the sound of hurried footsteps along the patli behind me and shrank aside into the shadow of the trees Just in time to avoid another woman whom as she dashed past. I recognized as the dark-faced maid. She crossed the gar den without slackening her pace and entered the house. I saw her approach the other woman, pause apparently to speak a word to her. and then the two disappeared together. Wig I was happening within this house? Was It here that Miss Law rence had found refuge? And as I turned this question over and over In my mind, staring reflectively at the lighted window before me, It seemed to me more and more probable that I had already reached the end of my search. The fugitive must have escaped by some avenue screened from the public gaze, else she would surely have been noticed. She must have known a place of refuge before she started; a woman of her self-poise would not rush wildly forth with no goal In view. And, lastly, that goal must have been close at hand, or she could not have escaped discovery. The house before me answered all of these conditions, but how could I make certain that Miss Lawrence was really there? Suppose I burst In upon her, what could I say? I could n*>t ask her to tell me the story—Indeed, I would not even know her If I met her face to face. I must see the photograph, first, which CurtiSB had promised to leave for me at the hotel. Besides, I asked myself—and In this matter, I confess, I was very willing to be convinced—would It not be wiser, more merciful, to wait till morning, till the first shock was past, till she had time to rally a little, to get her calm ness back? Then, I could dare to ap proach her, to show her how she had wronged Burr Curtiss, to persuade her to see him. It were better for both her and Curtiss that they should not meet for a day or two; they would have need of all their courage; all their self control, for that meeting must reveal a secret which It chilled me to think of. At least. I would try to force no entrance to the cottage now. I shrank from any show of violence. Curtiss would countenance nothing of that sort. To approach the cottage now, while the maid was within, would be a tacti cal error—would be to court failure. She could easily prevent my seeing her mistress—she would, no doubt, shut the door in my face. Why should I show her that I suspected Miss Lawrence's place of refuge? Why put her on her guard and urge the fugitive to farther flight? How much wiser to wait until the maid was absent, till I could make sure of seeing Miss Lawrence, and then calmly and clearly lay the case before her. Yes, decidedly, I would wait. I oven found It in my heart to regret that I had already showed the maid so much of my suspicions. I would better have kept them to myself. Convinced by this last argument, I made my way bark to the street, and as I passed the Lawrence grounds I was impressed again by their extent and excellent order. At the front gate a curious crowd still lingered, staring at the silept darkened house, whoss drawn blinds gave no hint of life with in, nr listening to the knowing gossip of three or four alert young fellows whom I recognized as reporters. There was still a policeman there, and he was quite willing to be drawn Into talk— to tell all he knew, and much that he did not know. \\ ho lives In that cottage hack yon der?". I asked, after an unimportant question or two. "The Kingdom sisters.” he answered. "The youngest one works in 'the Law rence house—a maid or something.” The crowd had collected about us and was listening with ears Intent; I caught a quick glitter of interest in the eyes of the reporters; so I ended the talk abruptly by asking the way to the Sheridan house. "Right down the street, sir," he said. “You can’t miss it—a big square build ing on the corner.” As I thanked him and turned away, I caught the cry of newsboys down, the street, and in a moment they were among the crowd and were selling their papers right arid left. Both the Leader and the Journal, stirred to unusual en terprise by the day's events, had evi dently made use of the largest and blackest type at their command to add emphasis to their headlines. I bought copies of both papers, und hurried on to the Sheridan, for I was becoming disagreeably conscious that I had eaten no lunch that day. X found the hotel without difficulty and after registering, sat down in the office and opened the papers. The reporters, no doubt, would save me a lot of trouble. The scene at the church had been even more sensational than I had pic tured it. for evidently the Lawrences were a more important family socially than I had imagined, and tfie list of guests had been correspondingly large. They had gathered, had gossiped, hail admired the decorations and criticised each other’s gowns: a murmur of satis faction had greeted the whispered an nouncement that the groom and his best man were waiting in the study; the organist played a selection or two and then stopped, expectant, ready to begin the wedding march. The ring ing of bells and blowing of whistles an nounced the noon hour, but the bride had not arrived. Then, from some where, came the sudden whisper that something was wrong. A shiver ran through the crowd as two carriages drew up at the church door. Heads were craned and a sigh of relief ran around as the bridesmaids were seen to alight. Rut where was the bride? There was r.o bride! The bride hud disappeared! Uneasiness changed to wonder, won der to astonlshhim nt\ as the details were gradually gleaned from the ex clamations of the excited young wom en; tongues began to wag, innocently at first, then, inevitably, with a touch of malice, for the bride's actlori had been a direct affront to all these peo ple, ^lany o' them, usually well bred, waited In the hope of catching a glimpse of the groom's face as he hur ried away. Both he and Mrs. Law rence had been protected from til4 re porters, but the decorator and some of the I^awrence servants had evidently made the most of their opportunities, for the papers had the details of the disappearance substantially as I had learned them. And nobody had been found who had seen the bride leave the house, or had caught a glimpse of her during her flight. That was the gist of the Informal Ion contained in the papers. Both of them gave space to much speculation as to the reason for tills remarkable event, but plainly both were wholly at sea and had no theory to (it the facts. So, finally, 1 folded them up, put them in my pocket, made a hasty toilet and went in to dinner. That over, 1 again sought the reading room and lighted a reflective cigar. I had said to Mrs. I.awrence that the cause of her daughter's disappearance —the mystery underlying it—did not concern me; yet that was by far the most interesting feature of the case. To trace the girl must prove an easy task—indeed, I fancied it already as good as accomplished. But to probe the secret—ah, that would not prove so easy. There was no, reason why I should attempt it, and yet 1 could not keep my mind from dwelling on it with a sort of fascination. For 1 knew it was no ordinary secret—it was gbme thing dark and terrifying—something beside which n woman's happiness and reputation had seemed a little thing. | Before 1 could hope to make any fur- 1 ther progress In that direction, I real- ' lzed that 1 needed to know more of the ’ family—of its history and social stand- I ing. Besides, I must be armed cap-a- ] pie before 1 went to that Interview | which I had determined to seek, In the morning, with Marcia Lawrence. "Beg pardon, sir,” said a voice at my elbow, and looking up. I saw the hotel clerk standing there. "This is Mr. Les ter. Isn't it?" "Yes," 1 answered. “I have a package here for you," he went on, and handed ine a square en velope. "It was left here for you this afternoon." "Oh. yes,” I said; “thank you," and I slipped the envelope Into my pocket. "You ve had rather an exciting time here today,” I added. "You mean the wedding that didn't come off?” he asked, smiling. “It has torn tlie town wide open, and no mis take.” "So I Judged from the papers. The I-awrences ure pretty prominent, aren't they?" "Yes; top-notchers; especially in church circles. I'll bet Dr. fcchuyler Is all broken up." >'Dr. Schuyler?” "Pastor of their church—First Pres byterian—that big church Just down the street yonder. They’ve been great pets of his.” "He was to have performed the cere mony?” "Sure. They wouldn't have had any body else. Nice old fellow, too. Be sides, he’s been their pastor for years." Here was the source I had been look ing for— the source from which 1 might draw detailed, and accurate Informa tion. if I could only reach It. "I suppose that house next to tha church is the parsonage," I ventured. I had never seen the church, but it seemed a safe shot. "Yes; the one this side of it.” 1 nodded. "I thought so. Thank you for giving me (lie package," I added, and glanced at my watch and rose. "Oil, that’s all right, sir," he an swered, and turned away to his desk. As for me, I lost no time In starting out upon my errand. I would see Dr. Schuyler—I would put the case beford him, and ask his help. It was nearly 8 o’clock, doubtless well past his dinner hour, and I resolved to seek the Inter view at once. Lights had sprung up along the street, cnsting long shadows under tha trees which edged either side. The win- I dows of the houses gleamed through tha darkness, and here and there, where the blinds had not been drawn. I caught glimpses of families gathered together about a paper, with heads! eagerly bent. From the dim verandas, I I heard the murmur of excited gossip —and I knew too well what It was all about. Tonight, this city, from end to end, could have but a single all-ab sorbing subject to discuss—to wonder at and chatter over witli that insatia ble curiosity which we inherit from thd ; monkeys. rsur i nan not tar to go. tup tan, straight spire of a church told me that T had reached my destination, and I turned in at the gate of a house which was unmistakably the parson age. The maid who took my card at tlie door returned in a moment to say that Dr. Schuyler was in ids study and would see me. I followed her and found the clergyman seated beside a table upon which were lying the eve ning papers. A glance at them showed me what he had been reading, and his perturbed face bespoae great Inward agitation. He was a small man of per haps 60 years, with snow-white hair and beard and a delicate, intellectual face. He arose to greet me, my card still in his Angers, and then motioned me to a chair. "Candidly, Mr. Hester,” he said, "I was half inclined to excuse myself. | This lias been a trying day for me. Eut 1 saw that you had come from New York.” “Yes, and on an errand which, T fear, may not be very welcome to you, Dr. Schuyler.” "Not connected with the deplorable affair of today, I hope?” "Yes, sir; connected with that.” “But.” and lie glanced again at my card apprehensively, “you are not a— j reporter?” “Oh, no.” I laughed. "I can easily guess how they've been harassing you. I’m acting for Mr. Curtiss,” I added, resolving quickly that the best thing I could do was to tell him the whole story so far as I knew it. which I did, as briefly as possible. He heard me to the end with intent, Interested face. ' I think you'll agree with me, Dr. Schuyler." 1 concluded, “that my client is quite right in deciding to demand an explanation.” "Yes.” he added, after a moment's thought. "I suppose he is—I'm sure he is. It's the most extraordinary thing I ever heard of—and the most deplora ble. Until this moment, I had hoped that they had gone away to get mar ried elsewhere.” "Hoped?" I asked. "Yes, hoped. I’ve seen them togeth er. Mr. Hester, and it seemed to me an ideal attachment. I can conceive of nothing which could keep them apart. Has any explanation of it occurred to you?” (Continued Next Week.) Only Roses. To a garden full of posies Cometh one to gather flowers. And he wanders through its bowers Toying with the wanton roses, Who, uprising from their beds. Hold on high their shameless heads With their pretty lips a-pouting Never doubting—never doubting That for Cytherean posies He would gather aught but roses. , In a nest of weeds and nettles, Hay a violet, half hidden. Moping that his glance unbidden Vet might fall upon her petals. 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