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. (Copy light, CHAPTER XXVII. ( Mitt Hope Suggettt. No sooner bad Miss Maclalre ran iished than Keith's thoughts turned to -ward Hope Walte. She would need someone In her loneliness to take her 1 mind from off her brother's death, and, besides, much had occurred of , interest since the funeral, which be desired to talk over with her. Be yond even these considerations he was becoming aware of a pleasure in the girl's company altogether foreign to this mystery ' which they were en deavoring together to solve. He yearned to be with her, to look Into her face, to mark how clearly the dif fering soul changed her from Christie Maclalre. He could not help but like the latter, yet somehow was conscious of totally different atmospheres sur rounding the two. With one he could be flippant, careless, even deceitful, but the other aroused only the best that was In him, her own sincerity making him sincere. Tet there was reluctance In his steps as he approached the door of 15," a laggardness he could not ex plain, but which vanished swiftly enough at Hope's greeting, and the sudden smile with which she recog sized him. "I was sure you would come," she dec'ared frankly, "and I took an early lunch so aa to be certain and be here. It has seemed a long time since." "And you might have even thought 1 Toad forgotten," Tie answered, releasing her hand reluctantly, "If you could have looked into the dining-room lace., instead of staring out of these windows." "Why? How forgotten?" her eyes opening wide in surprise. "I had the pleasure of taking supper with Miss Maclalre." "Oh!" the exclamation decidedly ex pressive. "Yes, I come at once to you with the confession. However, our meet ing was purely accidental, and so I hope for pardon." "Pardon from me? Why, what dif ference can it possibly make to me?" "Would you have me consort with the enemy?" he asked, scarcely daring to press his deeper meaning. "Oh, no,' of course not. .1 What did you talk about? Do you mind telling? 1 that and Keith Keith sitting there "Not In the least; our conversation before her she would have doubted It waa entirely Impersonal. She was au. And yet even Keith had come telling me about Hawley; what a won- nt0 her life so suddenly, so unexpect derfully good man be is. I have be- edly, as to leave her dazed and un gun to suspect the fellow ha fas-1 certain, that she extended her hand clnated the poor girl he is a good and touched him, as though ta make looking devil, possessed of a tongue . dripping with honey." "Surely you do not mean she has fallen In love with him," and Hope shuddered at the thought "Why why that would be impossible for i - - for a good woman. "Standards of morality are not al-. ways the same," be defended gravely. "Miss Maclalre's environment has been vastly different from yours, Hope. She la a variety hall singer; probably, from her own account, a waif since childhood; and Hawley has come to her in the character of a friend appealing both to her Interest end sympathy. I do not know she la In love with him, I merely suspect she may be; certainly she Is ready to do battle on his behalf at the slightest opportunity. She believes in him, de fends him, and resents the slightest Insinuation directed against him. He even escorts her back and forth from her work." "You know this?" "I certainly do," and he laughed at the recollection. "Falrbaln met us coming out of the dining-room you know what a delightful, blunt, blunder ing fellow he lsl Well, Miss Christie must have made an Impression even on his bachelor heart, for he actually requested the privilege of escorting her to the Trocadero, and back to the hotel after the performance to-night hinted at a lunch, the gay old dog, and pranced about like a stage-dour Johnnie. It was a treat to watch her face when he blurted It all out, snap ping his sentences as If he swung a whlp-lash. She excused herself on the score of a previous engagement." "But that was not necessarily with Hawley." "I asked her directly, after the doc tor had disappeared." "You must have become very famil iar," questioning once again In her Tolce. "So Miss Maclalre evidently thought, Judging from her manner. However she answered frankly enough, and even defiantly added the lnfurmatlou that the gentleman had something to Impart to her of the utmost Import ance, sarcastically asking me If I didn't wish I could be there and over hear. 13ut sit down, Hope, until I tell you all that has occurred." He went over tbe various events In detail, watching eagerly tho expres sion upon her face as she listened in tently, only occasionally Interrupting with some pertinent Inquiry. Tbe light fell to that she eat partially in the shadow, where ber eyes could not be read, yet he experienced no difficulty In comprehending the various moods with which the met his narrative, the Fl Ait or me plaims Pamdall Padbism- rHOR0rMY Lady Or TUr Aouth Vhem Wildepneso Was Kina "trttrc Illuotratioms By DeARBMin Mraviix- C. MoClurg c.. 111.) color changing in ner cneea's, ner sup ple form bending toward him, or lean ing backward In the chair, her fingers clasping or unclasping in nervous at tention. He began with Neb's report, ' repeating, word by word, as nearly as he could recollect, what had passed between Hawley and her father. He paused to inquire if ehe had ever heard the name Bartlett, but her re ply was merely a negative shake of the head. When he described their missing the train, she was, apparently, not convinced as to the General's de parture upon It, although finally agree-1 ing that, if he really believed the re-, port that the man sought was else where, it would be characteristic of f him to accept the first means of get ting there. "If he only knew I was here," she exclaimed wearily, "It might be so different, but, oh, we are all of us Just groping in the dark." Then Keith turned to his chance meet ing with Miss Maclalre, and repeated carefully their conversation, dwelling particularly upon the few admissions I which had slipped through her Hps. These did not seem Important to eith er, although they treasured them up and talked them over. Then, having exhausted the topic, silence fell be tween them, Keith asking the privl- 1 leee of llehtlnr a clxar. IIodo. after i I watching him apply the match, think-1 ing what a fine face he had as tne ruddy flame brought It forth with the clearness of a cameo, leaned back, drawing aside the semblance to a lace curtain, and staring forth, without see ing, Into the street Somehow, It was bard for her to ful ly resize the altuation, and how close, ly it arrectea ner. i ds swuuy passing events, the complication arising so suddenly, apparently out of nothing, left her feeling as though she must surely awake from a dream. She could not comprehend what It was all about; the names Dartlett and Phyl lis had no clear meaning, they repre sented nothing but shadows; and this other woman this music hall singer what could there be In common be tween them? Yet there must be something something of vital Import ance to her father something which had a'ready cost her brother's life. That was the one thing which made It seem an actuality which brought It home to ber as a rugged fact But for 8ure of his actual presence. "What is it, Hope?" "Oh, nothing nothing," her voice breaking In a little sob. "It Is so 811. y, but I was Just wondering If you were real evervthlne senis so imnosslble. i. -.--- . . , A. I ennnot bring my mind to grasp the situation." lie aia noi enn:e, out omy iuuk 1110 groping hand Into both of bis own. "I think I underptand, little girl." he said gravely. "You are totally un used to such life. Almost without a moment's warning you have been plunged Into a maelstrom of adventure, and are all confused. It is different with me since the first shot at Sum ter my life has been one of action, and adventure has grown to be the stimulus I need, and upon which I thrive, nut I assure you," pressing the soft hand warmly, "I am real." "Of course 1 know that; it makes me glad to know it. If I could only do something myself, and not Just sit here, it would all become real enough to me." She rose suddenly to her feet, clamp ing ber hands together, her face changing with new animation. "Why couldn't I? I am sure I cou'd. j Qh, Mr. Keith, It baa Just come to me ' now I can help." ue looked at her questlonlngly, thinking of her beauty rather than of J what she said. "Do do I really appear so much like like that woman?" she asked anxiously. "Very much, Indeed, excepting for the slight difference In age." I "That would never be noticed in the dark, or a poor light Am I the same height?" I "Practically, ye?." "And my voice? could you distin guish me from her by my voice?" 1 "I might; yet probably not, unless my suspicions were arouned. What la It you are thinking about?" Cha rrt a Attttn ttrnath tnnriiTiff now directly facing him In the light "Of playing Miss Mnclalre to-night,' sho said quickly. "Of taking her place, and learning what It Is of so much Importance Hawley has to re port Don't you think It might be done?" The sheer audacity of this unexpect ed proposal left him speechless. He arose to his feet, gripping the back of the chair, alraoBt doubting If he could have heard aright his eyrs searching the girl's face which was g'owlng with excitement. Of course he could not permit of her exposure to such a risk; the scheme was Imprac ticable, absurd. But was It? Did It not offer a fair cbance of success? And was not the possible result wonny to risk assumed? He cnosea back the earlier words of protest ure uttered, puzzled as to what he had best say. A quick-witted resourceful woman might accomplish all she pro posed. "It looks so Blmple," she broke la Impulsively, moving nearer him. "Don't you think I could do It? Would It be unwomanly?" "The result, if accomplished, would abundantly Justify the means,, Hope." he acknowledged at last. "I was not hesitating on that account, but con sidering the risk you would Incur." "That would be so small merely the short walk alone with him from the theater to the hotel," she plead ed. "Once here It could make no dif ference If he did discover my Identity, , 111 -1 "Don't You Think I Could Do Would It Be Unwomanly?" It! for there would be plenty of men near at hand to come to my defence. On. nlf)KA fill V VPS " .-If j Ao tnen we mugt m&6 the 11 luslon perfect, and take as few chances of discovery as possible. I must learn exactly how the other j ureases-, uu wueu lug icavm 1110 iuo- ater. Fortunately for the success of your plan the Trocadero permits no one but performers to come behind tne scenes, so umi rijr win t?s compelled to wait for the lady outside 1 the stage door. I had better go at once, and see to these details." "Yes," she said, her eyes sparkling with anticipation, "and I am so glsd you are willing. I will be most dis creet. You are not sorry I made the proposal ?" "Certainly not At first it struck me as altogether wrong, but the more I think of It the stronger it appeals to me. It may reveal to us the whole conspiracy, and I cannot believe Haw ley would venture upon any gross familiarity likely to cost him the gcod opinion of his ally. There la too muck at stake.. Walt here, Hope, and I will be back the very nioment I learn all that is necessary." A glance at the office clock con vinced Keith that, in all probability, MIsb Maclalre had not, as yet de parted for the scene of her evening triumph. Still, it could not be long before she would, and be lit a cigar, sitting down In a corner partially concealed by the clerk's desk to wait her appehrance. This required longer than anticipated, and fearing lest he might have missed the departure en ureiy, ne waB bdoui 10 question mo . Thnn,0. vh.n hm hph(,,d nawiev tirely, he was about to question the ,,.,,.,J, , nH run up the stairs. He, then, had been the laggard. All the better, as he would now have no opportunity to un fo'd his tale to the lady, as it would be necesFcry for them to hurry to the theater. Whatever the nature 01 me revelation It would have to wait until the walk home. The excitement of the adventure was already creeping into Keith's blood, his pulse quicken ing. The two returned alr.:03t lr.. medi ately, conclusively proving that Miss Maclalre, fully dressed for the street, had been awaiting the arrival of her gallant with some impatience. Hawley was busily explaining his delay ai they came down the stairs, and paid little attention to the seemingly de serted office. Indeed, Miss Christie monopolized all his thoughts. With quick scrutiny the watcher, noted the more conspicuous articles of apparel constituting her costume the white mantilla thrown over her head, the neatly fitting blue dress, the light cape covering the shoulders surely It would not be difficult to duplicate these, so as to pass muster under the dim light of the streets. Far enough In their rear to feel safe from obser vation he followed, noting with In creased pleasure the rapidity with which they covered the required dis tance. Clearly Miss Christie was al ready nervous lest she have not suf ficient time remaining in which to properly dress for her act, and there would be so exchange of confidences on the outward Journey. Hawley left her, as Keith anticipated, at the stage entrance, the lady hastening within. "er "c0.rt elrolled leisurely back to the front of the house, and finally, purchasing a ticket, entered, the per formance already having begun. Keith knew perfectly the arrange ment of the theater the seats la front; tables all through the center; a gallery filled with benches; a noisy orchestra beneath the stage; a crowd ed audience of men, with only here and there a scattered representative of the gentler sex; busy waiters dodg ing in and out among the tables, and down the aisles, filling orders for liquids from the nearby saloon. The air would be puogsot with tbe odor of drink, thick with the fume ef to bacco, and noisy with voices, except as some special favorite ea Ue stag won temporary attention. Tne Trees dero possessed but one redeeming 1 feature no doorway connected stage! and auditorium, and the management brooked no interference with his artists. It had required some nerve to originally enforce this rule, togeth er with a smart fight or two. but at this period it was acknowledged and respected. No sooner had Hawley vanished than Keith found occasion to enter into casual conversation with the door-keeper, asking a number of Question!, and leaving impressed upon the mind of that astute individ ual the idea that he was dealing with a "gent" enamored of one of the stage beauties. A coin slipped quietly Into the man's hand served to deepen this Impression, and unlocked discreet lips otherwise sworn to secrecy. Out of much general information a little of real value was thus extracted Miss Maclalre's Act began at 9:45 and was over promptly at 10:10. It re quired about twenty minutes more for ber to change again into street clothes, and she usually left the thea ter Immediately after, which would be about 10:30. Yes, there was a vesti bule outside the stage door, and on bad nights, those waiting for the la dies could slip In there. Hut on such a night as this they generally hung around outside. No, there was no watchman, but the manager was fre quently prowling around.- He'd be busy, however, at 10:30, getting the stage ready for the "Flying Her manns." Abundantly satisfied and re sisting the door-keeper's professional suggestion that he'd better buy a ticket and take a look at the show, Keith slipped away, and hastened back to the hotel. The more he Investi gated the more feasible appeared the girl's plan, and he was now fully com laltted ta it (To De Continued.) For Sale. 14 extra fine pedigreed Duroc Jersey boar9, all sired by Fal stafT, the great boar by Glendalo's Critic's last, and his dam was Nancy Top, 2d, 92445. The dams wcr0 8ired by Critic's Banker Son, 85297. All are April pigs and sufficiently large for immediate service. Will also sell one extra good fall boar weighing over 200 pounds. II. L. Oldham, Murray, Neb. Farmers, Attention I I have opened the Marler black smith shop in Mynard and am prepared to do all kinds of gen eral blacksmithtng. 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Estimates cheerfully furnished for all kinds of work in the building line from foundation to roof complete. PETERS 6 BHDS We are prepared to do all kinds of Building Work. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. WIFEY HAD A LONG HEAD People With Patriotic Instincts Paid for the Patching Up of Her Old House. "If 1 thought I could get a wife as smart as the wife of that man who bought property up in Westchester, I'd get married tomorrow," said the pessimist. "It was a bum house he got hold of. Rotting shingles, sagging weather boarding, and defective I plumbing sent cold chills chasing all over the man every time he looked at . them LucKiiy ior mm nis wire was not subject to chills. She Joined a literary society, and one day when nosing around among historical docu ments she discovered that their di lapidated little cottage had been some body's headquarters for about fifteen minutes in some war or other. " 'Patriotic societies can't afford to let this bouse go to rack and ruin,' she said with spirit. 'It won't cost over $300 to make repairs. We couldn't raise $300 in three years, but the societies can get it easily enough, and It Is their duty to do It.' "She wrote fervent appeals to pub lic spirited citizens who have a han kering for Investing money In historic landmarks. Pretty soon contributions began to come In. They were not large, but they were numerous and the first thing that man knew he had enough cash on hand to buy new shin gles and patch up the weather-boarding. What better Investment can a fellow make, I should like to know, than a shanty with a historic past and a wife with a Wall street head?" LITTLE JOKE ON FARMERS 6leepers Effectually Roused by Threat ened Danger In Which They All Felt a Share. "I am no foe to whiskers. Indeed, In cold weather, I regard whiskers as a blessing. They protect the throat." The speaker was De Wolf Hopper, the comedian. From his corner table in Delmonico's he resumed: "And reverencing whiskers as I do, I shall never cease to regret a Joke I once perpetrated In Nola Chucky, "We were playing in Nola Chucky during a campaign, and one evening on my return to the hotel I was amazed to find the whole place packed and Jammed with sleeping and be whlskered farmers. lT-V. 1 1 1 .Ma. MAM mllPM nrnnnn in vnfn ann nnv mtprlir ' worn out, they lay snoring every where. Yes, the entire floor space of the hotel was covered with sleeping farmers. All were whiskered, and their whiskers, sticking up In the air, caused the hotel halls to resemble fields of grain. Those upstanding whiskers In the draughty corridors waved In the breeze, for all the world i '"ce "e'd8 of nodding grain on a windy day. . "Then I played my Joke. I shouted at the top of my lungs: '"Hit the one with the whiskers.' " "And Instantly every blessed farm er leaped to his feet with doubled flats." Historic Church. One of the oldest churches in Amer ica is the French cathedral or bnslllca of Quebec, which dates back" to 1647. It is one of the most Imposing struc tures In Canada. It contains several important pictures, Including a pic ture of the crucifixion rnlnted by Van Dyck In 1030, which, with several oth er examples of the old masters, was looted from the churches In Paris by the revolutionists of 1793 and pur chased by Abbe Des Jardlns of Que bec, who happened to be in tho French capltul at thnt time. Tho vestments are superb and the collection of sncred relics Is the larg est in North America. They are kept in two large vaults In the sacristy and Include skulls or bones of more than 400 saints, beside pieces of the true , cross and crown of thorns, the cradle of the child Jesus, a piece of rope with which the Savior was flogged and a fragment of the veil of the holy mother which shows a stain of the blood of her beloved son which fell upon it as she kneeled before the cross. Exchange. The Figure of the Law. A husky New York gangster permit ted himself to be arrested tn tbe course of a street fight by a policeman. When the ward leader bad balled him out, his friends made merry at his ex pense. "To be done up by one cop!" was the comment. "You could 'a eaten htm up wld one bite." "Yes, an' I could a laid him out wld one Wow," was the answer. "Say, young feller, was you ever on de iBiand?" "Just as a friend; never under de curtain for keeps." "Then shut down on your works. Let me tell you, when a cop comes at me wld a club I don't see him. I see de bloke on de bench. The Islnud. That cell. Ills club looks to me like all these; and I throw up my hands. And so will youBe, if you are wine guys. A cop Is a policeman; be ain't a man. See?" Raised Something. Cynlcus What did the signers of tbe Declaration of Independence raise by pledging their sacred honor? Historian From the British point of view, I rather think they raised Cain. Easy Fruit "What does the political pie of which I hear so much contain?" "Plums." Washington Star. PLACE FOR FASHION HINTS Policeman's Wife Rejoices Over HI Promotion to the Fifth Avenue Squad. When It was reported that the CToes street policeman had been promoted to the Fifth avenue squad the police man's wife declared that she was the happiest woman in New York. "Oh, it isn't the salary," she said,, "nor the honor. I don't know whether he will get any more money or not and as for the honor, he had enough of that where he was. But the fash ions; Just think of the hints he wQfc pick up on them. For the last tr. years I have been sick with envy et the Fifth avenue policemen's wive every time I went to a policeman's ball. Tbey looked so chic. Whsa , asked where they got their Ideaa the:r said "'Why, from my husband, of course. He la right in the center et fashion, and he takes notes and come home and tells me things. Then when I get my clothes made up he can oonv pare me with the women he see every day and tell whether I look Just right or not.' "Now It la my turn to crow. My husband's eye for clothes Is as keeni ai any man's, and there won't be much In the way of style that will escape him. Oh, yes, no doubt he will be kept pretty busy managing the traffic, but you can trust him to find out how the new clothes are made, Jua the same." OPIUM PROBLEM IS SERIOUS Where the Poppy Is No Longer CultW vated In China, Bees Stop Making Honey. Some unexpected results are foundi from the movement against the pro-, ductlon of opium in China. In thai Yunnan, one of the provinces where opium was produced In large quanta ties and at a low price and where a, great deal of it was consumed, It ap pears that the poppy is no longer cul tivated, owing to the recent measure and the poppy fields have quite dig appeared, according to the statements made by Doctors Talbot and Rlgaud. However, this has had a dlsastroua ef fect on the honey culture of the re gion. In fact, the honey from Yunnan was renowned for its quality, but a the bees find no more flowers, the 1 production of honey is stopped as well iiAnnr ni rn na wh am f r nnoi waw rvrrt swva Tt Mtiv va avs k4 1 Rot such as will give honey yield a well. On another side of the que tlon, It appears that the habits of the population are not suppressed by th present legislation, as some supposed would be the case, but according to Doctor Talbot, opium-smoking is again, on the Increase. Scientific American Good Effects of Heat Wave. According to an eminent medloai authority in England, who has been talking about the beat wave and !t effects on tbe general health of the community, a shade temperature ot 87 degrees Is an excellent thing foi a number of people provided they are strong enough to stand it. "To live for a few days in a continual state of perspiration," snld this doctor to, M. A. P., "is about as good a health reviver as there Is; it really Induce the same result as the fasting cure, but in a better way. It clears the system thoroughly. The only draw back to this perspiring cure 1 that some people find it extremely weaken Ing; those who do should take sus. talnlng food, but little or no meat K glass of port wine la advisable in cases where the heat has a very low erlng effect on the vitality. I hav seen a number of cases of nervous d presslon, neuralgia, and bnd indlgee tlon completely cured during the last) few days simply as the result of the sufferer living in Nature's Turklsb bath for a few days." KEEP THEIR MEMORY GREEN Frenchmen Delight In Pilgrimages te the Tombs of the Great or Notorious. The chapel tomb of Ilonore de Cat tno at Pere la Chaise was vlBltod thla afternoon by a group of admirers wb make a yearly pilgrimage to the spot on August 18. There "friends of BaW tac" keep the novelist's memory green In an essentially Parisian man ner, leaving cards and bend wreath on the tomb and delivering speech and eulogies that are listened to reverently by a fair audience. During August Innumerable Amer lean tourists visit tbe different ceme teries of the city, and ninny happened to be nt Pere la ChalHe this afternoon; at the time of the little ceremony.. The French themselves have a verit able cult for ancestors that must be second only to that of the Japanese, and on every fete day anniversary or holiday they "precipitate themselves (to use their own expressive word) to the cemeteries, leaving alway some mark of their presence In the shape of a bouquet, large or small. The tombs of public men and women, are yearly the object of special dem onstrations. Heine's tomb is perhaps one of the. most favored by foreigners, but thai of the original Dumas' "Dame au Cameltas" Is the best cared for, a every day In the year It Is visited and carefully dusted by a hnlf-craxy wom an with dyed yellow hair and thread gloves, who enters freely Into conver satlon with all visitors and loves tea relate the history of this "Msrgue rite." Parts Correspondence London Svenlng Standard.