.S." SERIAL STORY By Edith Huntington Mston Pittutes by Weil Wallers Ftcv Campbell A Aleihire Wilwn D Cojiyrlijlit, IW7, by A. U. MrClurtc & Co. SYNOPSIS. I.onl Wllfrwl Vincent nml ArclillmM TVrliuno nn- Introduced nt tho openUm of the Htury, In KnKluud, tlu Inttor teltitliiK Uii' talk'. Tho iilr on an outliiK nils their train anil neeltltiK rec'ivnlliin meet "tno Honorable AKtitlm wyeKiion, wIhjhp liiinil Ih iiiticli coti;;lit after, lie niiBH of her wealth Klvo other Aimtlm WyrkliolTfi are Introduced. The deceased Htefatlier. In an eccentric moment, made IiIh will no that the teal AKatlia, heiress to Ids forttino and tho castle at Wye, KtiKland, inluht wed her ntllnlty. Thus Mrs. ArmWtead, ehaiieron, was In duty Iioiiiu! to Ituep the teal AKathu's Identity unknown. An attempt hy Terhuno to (rather a clew from the chaperon falls. Tcihuno finds old honks containing pic ture, of a former Ilaroness Wyckhoff, which Is exactly like At-'.Uhii Sixth, whom ho la rourtlnt,. Atratha Fifth confesses her lovn for Vincent anil also that she Is the real heiress. Ho spurns her proposal. Many clews to Identity of the real AKatlia prove fruitless. Axatha Fifth later confessen she Is not the heiress. Mote apparently unfailing clews mate! Inl ine. CHAPTER V. Continued. The next morning when Hhe catno down to breakfast I inquired with Kreat concern as to tho effects of the accident of the day previous. She replied most kindly that Bhe felt very nearly as well as ever and thanked mo earnestly for my Bharc in her tea cue. In fact, her gratitude was so profuse as to make mo uncomfortable, and I protested volubly that what 1 had done was nothlnp. Nevertheless, from that day on Agatha Second clung to mo In a manner that was almost touching. Vincent, to my surplse, In stent! of taking advantage of his part as hero, seemed rather anxious to avoid tho girl, whereas, beforo our mutual discovery, he liad seemed to be quite taken with her. Although his conduct was a puzzle- to me, yet 1 could only rejoice that It was so, for it left the field absolutely free to me, and I felt as each day passed that now, In deed, I was hotter on tho trail of that twenty millions than I had yet been. It was the first Sunday after the ac cident and tho fouith of our stay. Wo had breakfasted at eight and were sitting around aimlessly waiting until it was time to go to church. When It was finally time to get ready my head ached from tho sun, for 1 had been sitting without my hat, nntl I decided that I would not go that morning, though there was a Mattering chorus of protests when I made this announcement. "I shall go," said Vincent, positive ly, Just nB if anyono had disputed It. "I always go, don't I, Miss Marsh?" ap pealing to the secretary, who ws pres ent, but who, of course, had been rath er left out of tho conversation, "Yes," sho answered, smiling nt him faintly. "You always do ovor since we've known you, that it. You're a saint, Lord Wllferd." I3ut she laughed as sho said It, and Vincent, for no rea son at all, looked pleased. Then tho girls all went into the house to change their frocks, and Vin cent, too, had to go and get himself rigged out in all tho swcllness of his llond Btrcet afternoon things. "Aro you going to rido or walk?" I asked him as ho came downstairs ahead of the young ladies. "Walk," ho said. "It's such a rip ping day tho girls thought they'd llko It. Tho phaeton is coming for us after church. What's tho matter with you? Wo shall miss you." "Oh, Just a bit off my feed this morning. Hut, Vincent, my boy, tlo you realize thnt you're going to church nil alone by yourself with six girls, tho prottlest In England?" "Sovcn," corrected Vincent, un moved. "Tho secrotnry is going with us this morning." I shook my head at him admiringly. "You're a wonderful follow," I told him; "I couldn't mnnago seven of them nt onco to save my skin. It keeps mo busy enough when I take 'era ono nt n time." At this moment tho girls trooped downstairs, Tnoy had their prettiest gowns on and were fully awara of tho nilmlratlon In tho eyes of Vincent and myself. And that admiration was per fectly excusable, for tho six Agathas wero looking unusually lovely In their llowored frocks, big whlto hats, nntl tho dainty parasols to match tho wide sashev, and 1 should havo been hard put to it to say which was tho hand somest. Hut ns they filed out of tho big door I saw Vincent look longest nt Uio secretary, who walked a llttlo behind tho others, her plnln, dark blue silk gown and llttlo rough straw bat with tho pink roses being n conspicu ous coutrnst to tho frills and furbo lows of tho six Agathas. I thought I had uover seen hor look so well, and she passed us men without so much as glanclug In our direction, thouuh Vln T The I Real Agatha j cc. I'h gazo. 1 thmmht, was n trifle I - rtule. They had been gone some 15 min utes when It occurred to mo that It might tlo my head good to go out and get sonic fresh air. Hesldos which 1 had begun to regret that 1 had per mitted Vincent to go to ehuieh tho only esquire of such a galaxy of beau ty. So I put on my hat and strolled out over the lawn and down the long drive, and before 1 knew It I had reached the bottom of the hilly road and had set out over the fields. Tho church party had gone by tho way of the path over the fields, for that was a shot tor totite than the main road. As 1 walked quickly along tho well beaten path between the thickets I stopped suddenly anil stooped to pick up a small dust-covered object which proved to be a ptayor book. "One of thoye careless girls has dropped It," I said to myself, for they had all car ried them. Opening It to find tho owner's name. 1 was much agitated to read on tho llylenf this Inscription: "To my daughter Agatha, from her father. Fletcher Iloytl," and tho date, 1000. It was, then, a gift which Fletch er lloyd had made to his daughter only two yeats before his death. 1 was wild with excitement In a minute. I would keep the book, and soino time when all the gills were gathered together I would nnnounco thnt I had it in my possession and see If one of them did not betray her self by asking me for It. Hut Fate decreed that 1 bhould make my test of the prayer book more speedily, for I spied In the dlstnnce the white figure of a girl hastening back. The path was dusty and the sun was shining right In her face, so I trusted she had not seen me, and, putting the little volume down just wliero I had found It, 1 jumped behind the bushes. The owner of the book was looking for her proporty. On she came, running slow ly and glancing eagerly from side to sldo of the pathway. As she cumo op posite me she stopped and snatched up the book, and when she had run back again tho conviction that tho Honor ablo Agatha waB no other than Agatha Fourth way forced In upon me. So roused was I by tills event that I turned my steps homeward at once. Suspicion had now fallen on every one of the six Agathas, but this this was The Owner of the Book Was Looking for the Property. the most convincing of proofs! That night I could hardly wait for the end of the evening, so that I could drag Vincent Into my room and disclose to him my tlnnl and greatest discovery. I was so full of excitement over it, be sides feeling a certain pride In my wit nnd sagacity which had led to tho dis covery of so many important clews, that I was rather disappointed when Vincent received my disclosure with indifference. "At it again, Arch," ho Bald, rather gloomily, as ho sat cross-legged beforo my fire in extreme deshabille, nnd smoking his vile pipe. "What is tho use? I should think you'd get tired of pursuing tho elusive gold. 1 ndmlro your patience, my boy, but I don't tnko any moro stock In this 'clow' thnn I did in your others. When you think that you have now fastened suspicion upon each ono of tho six fnlr ladles who havo been christened Agatha I marvel at the sanguine temperament which permltB you to placo so much Importance on this last find of yours." He stopped, nnd I nnswerod him rather sarcastically, as I didn't llko the gen tle ridicule of his tone or his lack of enthusiasm. "it seems to me," I said, "that con sidering how you've spent your tlmo, my dear boy, you are a very poor per son to look down upon my efforts to turn this adventure of ours to hqiiio account. Tho fact that I havo kept my eyes open and used thoso faculties of penetration and observation of which I am the natural possessor to discover n piece of information which might provo of groat value, not only to mysolf, but also to you-thls fact, I say, Vincent, ought hardly to bring upon mo your derision as well as your lack of sympathy." I don't mind ad mitting that I really felt hurt, and Vincent saw thnt I did. Ho took his pipe out of his mouth and looked at mo with thoso big, truth ful eyes of IiIb so penltontly that I smiled Inwardly; then ho guthorcd up his long limbs from my hearthrug and camo and ensconced himself at my feet ns I sat in my easy chair. "Well thoro, then," he said, patting my linnd as If I'd been an old woman or a small child. "Poor old Arch'buld, did I mako It cross? Well, It was n. shame!" And ho smiled at mo with such a mixture of contrition and fun that I was obliged nftor a short atrug glo to luttgh uuconstralncdly. "Well, 1 suppose you will begin op- l-M i MiCi'7 r ffi Ota 'JH if &L ab "m rallonn nrrordlnp: to your lntcst clow io-mortow?" he laughed at me. I did not answer him. and silence fell upon us. I was pondering over the problem and did not look at Vin cent for a long while, but when I did 3 saw that his face wore a tumbled, hopeless look, and that his whole at titude Indicated profound dejection. "Vincent," I Bald, leaning over him, "wltnt's the' trouble?" I had been noticing of lato that die had been sub ject to fits of melancholy altogether out of keeping with his churactor, and I had como to tho conclusion thnt ho had some trouble on his mind. I wanted to know what It was, so that 1 could help him. When 1 spoko ho turned his head slowly and looked nt me n moment solemnly, then smiled faintly, the very ghost of that splen did, boyish smile of his, so that it went to my heart. "Oh, Arch," he burst out, "every thing's wrong! Hut It's not my fault; how could I help loving her?" 1 was amazed. What was tho boy talking about, and who was It that ho loved? "Yes, sir," he went on; "I met her four miles from town carrying an old beggar-woman's bundle becnuso tho poor old thing had hurt her foot. And when 1 drew up the dogcart and asked her to get In and tnke the bundlo too, Bhe shook her head, nnd, by .love, sho wouldn't get In till 1 let the old beggar-woman get In, too!" Vincent turned to mo positively radiant. "Ah, Terhune!" he cried, "you don't know what It Is. I love her so!" And ns ho stood there, his fnco transfigured, 1 grasped in a moment the mennlng of the whole thing nnd the understanding struck llko n blow at my heart and I knew how dear tho welfnre of this boy was to me. Some how, Vincent represents to mo tho things 1 might have been, and am not, the things I might have won, and have lost; he tepresents the Hist Hush of my own youth. And now thnt I had wasted those opportunities to lead tho selfish existence of tho nvcrago bachelor. 1 found n certnln Joy in again experiencing those first throbs of living that had been mine, In tho person nnd life of young Vincent. As he stood before me, glowing with feeling, 1 felt that it waB for mo to wipe that look from his face, cruel as it seemed, and my anger at the wom an who had so deceived the boy by withholding from him tho knowledgo that she was mnrrled helped mo to do tho deed. "Vincent," I said, slowly, "do you mean do I gather from your ravings that you honestly or care for this person?" I had risen to my feet, and ns I spoko Vincent's whole expres sion changed In a Hash. "Your luferenco is perfectly cor rect," be said. Ills face went white and there was war In his tone, for ho perceived that I meant trouble. Tho necessity of saving tho boy I loved from the consequences of his own folly took possession of mo, nnd I was full of rago at Vincent and nt thnt conscienceless woman In tho gray gown who had entrapped him. "You fool," I said, putting my faco close to his square, cleft chin, "why do you throw away your chance in life like l hat? What do you want to let yourself get entangled with tin ad venturess for? Don't you know tho woman's married? Sho confessed to having ono husband; she may havo a dozen, for all I know!" (TO Hi: CONTINTHD.) GUARD FOR GEN. WASHINGTON. Soldiers So Honored Chose for Their Motto "Conquer or Die." Hy general order 11 dated at Valley Forgo, March 17, 1778, 100 men wero selected from tho army to bo annoxod to tho guard of tho commandor-in-chief. Tho gtinrd then existing num bered 80 VlrglnlaiiB nnd for that rea son it wns ordered that the now mem bers bo taken from tho troops of other states. It was further prescribed that tho men must be Americans born, 20 to SO ycarB, llvo feet eight to flvo feet ten, of "robust constitution; well limbed nnd men of established char acters for sobriety and fidelity." Tho ofllcinl designation of this forco was tho commander-in-chief's guard, but It waB commonly known ns tho llfo guard nnd Washington's body guard. Its first commondnnt was Capt. Caleb Glbbs of Rhode Inland. He wns in turn succeeded by Wllllnm Colfax of Now Jersey, who had been mndo liou tenant of tho corps when it was first brought Into being. Tho motto of tho llfo guard was "Conquor or Die." Cnpt. Colfnx oventunlly attained tho rank of general. Ills grandson wns Schuyler Colfax. WHEN "CUB" SHOWED UP LATE. His Excuse Was One That Few of the Tribe Could Make. Tho nverago nowspapor reporter Is a young man generally not possessed of too much money and who con siders himself lucky if ho is ablo to Bquaro accounts from week to week. Hut thero Is ono newspaper reporter in New York who does not havo to bother about financial problems. Ho rides down to tho olllco of his pnpor overy day In his own nutomobllo. Tho young man is tho son of a wealthy Iron manufacturer. Ho Is a roporter of tho common or garden vnrloty on an afternoon newspaper and so far bus managed to hold on to his job. Ho showed up bo Into at his ofllco tho other morning that his city editor inquired, somowhat sarcastically, whether ho thought ho was working on a morning newspaper. Tho cub tapped his highly polished tan shoes with his slender cano, flecked a bit of dust from his clothes and struck the city city editor dumb by replying: "Well, you see, my man failed to wako tno up o- tlmo." Night Sweats & Cougli. K. W. Walton, Condr. S. 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