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ppuiutur, Uniili'l tliinilolpli I'll'
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street, caliDcM the uroi.lt of nn nil to,
whom iluuiffeur illsntik-H It try
ing to uvolil runnlitK lilm down
In pity tliu occupant of tin; nlito, n
yumiK Rltli HtiM's him from nrrent
anil glen lilm ii ilollar, telling lilm
to huy 8onp, and wash. HIh nemo
of slmmo Ih toiicln'il, ntnl lin Im
proves Ills appearance 1 hat nlKht,
In a croud of unemplocl anil an
arclilnts, liu meets Kstlicr Strom
anil In u rplrlt of liraviulo makes
a speech Hsthcr liitluun ritr.liiJKli
to aildreus the radical iniutlng. Hit
eloctrltlea tlio crowd, and on part
Iiik tlio two ngrcu to meet attain A
few das later riuliuuli vIkHh Sy
mington OtlH, prominent llnancler,
and dlnplalnK a puckngo which ho
siys cnntalnH dynamltf, but which
Is tnciely a bundle, of paper, du
innnilH $10,0(0. Otis gives lilm n
check. At tlio lintmo ho incctn tho
Klrl who had given lilm the dollar,
anil learns she In Kathleen Otlpi
Sho recognizes lilm. Aslmtned, ho
tears up the check and escapes", but
Is arrested Kstlier visits ntzhugli
In Jail, and makes arrangements
for procuring legal iidvlio Ills
trial In speedily completed and ho
Is found Inswio and committed to
an osjlum. from which he easily
makes his escape, ritzlitlgli takes
icfiigo In Chleas'o with Ksther,
who has bceomo Infatuated with
lilm, but with tho thoiiRlit of
Kathleen In his mind he gives tier
no cnrouraRenient. Ills ono Idea
Is to become rich unit powerful, and
win Kathleen. Whllo hldltiR In
Ksthor's houso ho Rrows u heard,
which effectually chanRcs his ap
pearance. Nlkolay, a big llusslan,
becomes Jealous.
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CHAPTER V.
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It was ten days sltico tlio reward
for Flt7hugh's capture hntl been of
fered, nml though detectives, city,
amateur, and private, ns well as tlio
police, had kept hot an unremitting
search, not n trace of the fugitive
could they find. "Clues," they had hy
ficores, but they led nowhere. This
tenth day fell on a Thursday In April
a cold, dark day of Incessant rain.
NIkolay Invariably called upon Esther
every Friday, but on this particular
Thursday night, happening to be In
her neighborhood, ho decided to take
advantage of the opportunity, and
drop In on her for a pot of hot tea and
a word of good cheer.
He was about to pass under the
wooden staircase, and so to her door,
when suddenly, Just opposite the win
dow he stopped still and stood as
though hewed from stone.
What he saw was this: In the cen
ter of tho room, her back toward him,
stood Esther; nrms held out, her head
back, she had the unmistakable pos
ture of a woman uniting only for the
One Man. The next Instant a very tall
man, young-looking despite the short,
untrlmmed beard on his lean face,
stepped from some point outside Nlko
lay8 range of vision, and took her In
his arms and kissed her.
Ills pimply face livid with fury, yel
low hair seeming to stand on end,
NIkolay burst Into the room.
FItKhugh sprang from his place and
vaulted tho table, bringing it between
himself and the door. "Get out,
Esther," he ordered quietly, rolling up
Ids shirtsleeves. "I'm going to slaugh
ter this beast."
She made no move to go, however,
but drew to one side, and with hands
tpressed to her cheeks, watched Ine
Rushed Like an Infuriated Bull.
two gladiators with mingled horror
and fascination. NIkolay had the ad
vantage of some forty pounds In
weight, but Fltzbugh was vastly his
superior In stamina, fistic skill and
quickness of eye nntl movement. To
win the fight he Judged he had to do
but one thing: to keep frco of the
other's clutches. Once tho big Itus
Blan got those tremendous arms
around him the combat would bo un
equal. NIkolay rushed upon his foe like an
Infuriated bull, and Fltzbugh ducked
&d utdeutepped like n lean panther,
Bringing In quickly to deliver two
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blows in rapid succession, the last of
which brought blood. In the uet rush,
lioweer, a sledge hummer seemed to
swing upon the point of his chin, and
he spun dizzily backward, tumble to
regain his balnnce, and fell heavily
against a fender. Hut NIkolay was
not quick enough to follow up his ad
vantage, and when next he charged,
Fltzlitigh bad recovered, and was
dancing nroutid him as befoie, bis lip
drawn back Horn bis gleaming teeth
In n taunting smile.
The blood was streaming from n
doen cuts on the Russian's face, Its
crimson blots In his eyes; and ever
that smiling, whlteuml-blnck face
swam before him liko u pitouettlng
phantom.
Knowing his endurance to be his
strongest, and the other's weakest,
point, Fltzbugh desired chlelly to
wear bis opponent down until such
time as be could rush In and finish
lilm.
NIkolay was fast becoming exhaust
ed. Ten minutes of this mad pace was
more than he could stand. Ills breath
came shorter and shorter. At last he
stopped and allowed his arms to
dangle limply at his sides.
For a little while, coughing nnd spit
ting blood and catching his breath In
wheezy gasps, he stared drunkenly.
Then, seizing a heavy water pitcher
from belde an overturned chair, he
hurled It, with n vile word. Fltzbugh
dodged tho missile and leapt for his
foe. lie put every atom of his vigor
ous young strength Into the blow he
landed under Nlkolay's jaw, and the
man went down like a clubbed ox.
The conqueror walked to n corner,
picked up his coat, and slung It over
his shoulder. He came back to Esther,
crouching against the wall like one
awakening from some horrible dream.
He smiled, but In the neutral light the
smile was ghastly.
"I'm sorry you hnd to see it. I told
you I'd slaughter him."
Tho next moment the womnn was
sobbing hysterically In his nrms. "I
can't let you go I I enn't I can't!"
She clung to him as a drowning per
son, clutching his hands, his arms, his
neck.
"You must, Esther." lie stroked her
hnlr tenderly. "The police may be
here at nny moment. Get nway ns
quickly ns possible. Never mind about
him he'll bo all right presently. I'll
wrlto you care of the post olllee. You
write me, too. Good-by, dear, good-by."
With these words of parting he
turned nnd left the house.
Fltzbugh entered n saloon nnd laved
his hurts and washed up, afterward
surveying his fnce very critically in n
mirror. lie concluded he was ef
fectually disguised against anybody
who had not seen him during' the pust
four weeks. He left tho saloon and
continued northward.
In State street he stopped before nn
alleged restaurant one of those dis
colored, unwashed places that can be
scented a hundred yards off on a warm
day, and where a "full meal" may be
had for twenty cents and rend this
sign hanging from a nail on the door
post :
"DISHWASHER WANTED,"
He removed the sign, wnlked Inside
and handed It to the chemical-blonde
cashier perched on a high stool be
tween n cash register and a pyramid
of toothpicks.
"I'm It," said ho, favoring her with
an engaging smile.
It wns n sweltering, filthy plnce,
reeking with multitudinous odors and
overrun with cockroaches. The soiled
dishes came In a never-ending torrent,
nnd alt day, with three respites for
food, he bent at tho wash-bench, bis
nrma Immersed to the elbows In black,
soapy water. At eight came the night
man nnd he drew a breath or relief
and n dollar on his weeklv wne-o nml
started home. Or. rather, he started
to look for a home. He found one for
two dollnrs u week a depressing
room, little larger than n coalbox,
tucked away In the upper regions of
n shoddy lodging house. He paid tho
grim-taceii landlady hnlf of his capi
tal, bought a packet of tobacco and
an evening newspaper, and went to his
room.
He disrobed to his underclothing,
and with the newspaper and a ciga
rette, stretched himself on the couch
bed, allowing his feet to rest on n
chair. Ho Inhaled n satlsfjlng cloud
of smoke and unfolded the news sheet
and his fingers closed rlnldlv n t.
paper; his heart seemed to stand still.
What he read at a glance stretched
across four columns of tho front page:
MURDER MYSTERY AMOI.'O REDS I
OLAF NIKOLAY, RUSSIAN NIHIL-
1ST, FOUND DEA7) IN SOUTH
SIDE EASEMENT I
WOMAN SUSPECT GONE I
Tho Rtory so shrleklngly hernlded
wns told In a few paragraphs, and
Fltzbugh breathed easier ns he read.
Substantially, It related that NIkolay
had been found that nfternoon by Es
ther's Inndlndy, who, thinking the man
drunk, had called the police. An ex
amination showed that ho was stabbed
to tho heart and had been dead for
hours. Esther had disappeared, leav
Ing no trace behind her.
Fltzhunh drouued the oaoer to the
By EDWIN
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floor and stared thoughtfully at th
celling, crushing his cigarette slowl.v
between bis lingers. Suddenly he
Jumped up and began pacing the flout
restlessly.
"I'sbawl slie'll get away all right
Yes, yes. she'll get away all right."
On bis way to work next morning
he called at the post olllee and found,
as he expected, a lifter from Esther.
It was written on a scrap of wrapping
paper with a lead pencil, and began
without preface:
If I've sinned It was because I loved
you so I did It for your sake. I am
praying God that your desire for wealth
may bo granted ou. Kvon though your
ambition Is ono of which I do not entire,
ly approe, 1 would willingly die that you
mlRht achieve It. That Is how I love you.
It may bo n long while before you heat
from mo again, because I um going fat
awuy. Destroy this letter.
Your udorhiff
Esther.
He burned the letter In the kitchen
range and knuckled down to his op
probrious toll as on the previous day.
Flfhtigh bad a clearly defined rea
son fur doing scullery work in a res
taurant. It provided a steady, if
small, Income; It facilitated economy,
and, above nil, It afforded him u securn
hiding place during the day. He In
tended to stay there six weeks. Hy
that time his beard would be suflt
Then, Seizing a Hevy Water Pitcher
From Beside an Overturned Chair,
He Hurled It With a Vilo Wed.
clently long to bo shaped Into a Van
dyke. Also, for he practiced the most
rigorous frugality, he expected to have
thirty dollars with which to buy some
presentable clothes. From that point
on he felt positive that somehow his
soaring aloft would bo Hwlft and sure.
Only once was the monotony of that
month broken. Hy one of those
anomalous conditions peculiar to some
cities, the street the restaurant was
on, n miserable, poverty-stricken thor
oughfare, Is less then ten minutes'
walk from Chicago's wealthiest real
dential section. This Incongruous Jux
taposition accounted for the break In
Fltzhugh's routine. It wus late one
warm night in June, and he had
walked a few streets from his bou-d
Ing house and was taking the ulr ulong
the Lako Shore drive, when ho saw
Kathleen Otis. A shining llmouslua
stopped before the Iron gateway
through which he hud twice passed,
and as he drew back Into the shadows
of some shrubbery she alighted with
her father. How exquisite she was
how desirable! . . .
Every night after that Fltzbugh
promenaded the drive. Hut he neer
snw her again. He rend later that she
had sailed for France with her mother
and would not return until the au
tumn. From dishwasher to
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Bird Deadly Enemy of Files.
The Wilson warbler Is the champion
fly-catcher of tho United States. Ills
method of getting most of his food Is
to dash out from the limb of a tree
and snatch passing Insects on the
wing. He catches other Insects which
are flitting about or sitting on the
foliage or b'ossoma of the trees. You
will often find these little birds In
apple treea when In bloom. Their olive
green nnd yellow plumage harmonizes
with the green leaves of tho trees.
The male bird has a black crown patch
ou tho top of Its head, while on the
female this cap Is greenish like the
back. This bird Is found throughout
the eastern United States, but win
ters lu Central America.
Free Hot Water.
Free hot water for hot drinks at pic
nics or for any other use Is Berved to
tho public at a recreation park In
Toronto from a gas water heater
placed on tho grounds by tho city au
thorities. A wooden shed houwj the
heater and n sign on the building calls
attention to tlio fact that hot water
is Cru
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ALL the fair procession of youth,
leading off with young git Is who
(go to make their first communion, fol
low en iy innumeraoie graduates and
finishing with brides In stately wed
ding garments, go clad in filmy white.
In graduation frocks, organdies, voiles
anil nets respond to the vogue for ulry
'fabrics and wherever schools do not
prescribe the fashion of the costume I
to be worn, these materials are sure
'to be represented to the exclusion
of heavier ones on th sweet girl
graduates. Mothers nnd dnughters
may consider the merits of these and
make a choice, with the certain knowl
edge that they can not do better so
far as material Is concerned.
Organdy Is easy to work with nnd
very prnctlcal. At the same time noth
ing Is daintier or gives better service
than this old-time favorite; so that n
pretty graduation frock mado of It
will cnntintie to be useful nfter Its
first triumph, when the grent day Is In
the past. It makes n less formal dress
than net or georgette and Is equally
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THERE seems quite n long story
about lints forx little girls this
season, but fully half of It concerns It
self only with such aristocratic
and simple styles ns ore grouped to
gether here. Plain hats of Htraw braid
with mllans in tlio lend having
sashes of good ribbons; these nre the
choice of people who are discriminat
ing Judges of good stylo In dress for
small girls and others up to sixteen
years. Although nil these lints mny
be described with the same words,
thero Is u surprising variety In them.
It lies In their lines mostly, with color
and quality varying each shape several
times.
At the top of tho group n square
crowned hnt, with medium wide, droop
ing brim Is found to bo becoming to
many types of faces nnd proves it com
fortable hat and durable. These sub
stantial straws are soft and not heavy.
This model hns n band of tlbbon fold
ed over at tho front under u small
Hat silk ornament nnd n bow nnd snsh
ends at tho bnck. Tho shapo at the
right has a brim thnt droops less and
n sash of wider ribbon. Tho hat at
the left reverses the brim lines In tho
others and displays n rather wide
brim, rolling up all around, about n
rnnnd crown. It Is the nlwnyH henutl
ful Itreton sailor and Is usually flnt
terlng to the fare a great favorlto
with (tanners. For them the hat at
tho bottom, with crown slightly belled,
Is n good choice also.
Ilcsldcs these nlnln models thero nro
I many lints In which ribbon and braid
nro combined in making tne snnpe.
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voile in this respect. Its crNpnoss Is
nn Hem to be reckoned with. In thin
respect It differs fioin otner materlalo
and makes possible certain trimming
effects that cannot be copied In other
cotton goods, as the upstanding plait
ed frills lu the frock pictured will
show.
Tho dross shown above has n
straight skirt with a three-Inch hem
finished nt the top with a frill made of
the organdy laid In line side plaits.
Above this there Is n group of flno
tucks headed with a narrow band of
insertion and a frill, and bnuds of
tucks with lace nnd frills nbove them
extend about the skirt until the hip
line Is reached. Then there Is n whlo
belt nnd eton Jacket with n collar to
correspond. Organdies already tucked
nnd befrllled sell by the yard lu tho
stores, so that tho work of making a
frock Is reduced by more than half. A
nnrrow ribbon sash Is tied on over the
belt nnd mny add n little touch of col
or to the otherwise all-white costume.
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row and of ribbon about two Inches
wide, of the same color as tiie brnltl.
The ribbon Is used In many ways.
Soinet lines It makes n top crown, wov
en In checkerboard pattern, sometimes
It forms u brim by means of a series
of loops placed sldo by side, over a
wire support or Is knife plnlted nnd
Inld over a brim of georgette or straw
braid.
When flowers nre used on children's
lints very small blossoms nro chosen
of garden or field flowers. They nre
used lu small wreaths or tiny clus
ters. Nnrrow ribbons also piny a
pleasing part In the trimmings of lit
tle girls' huts. With midsummer we
may expect to see little hats of or
gandy, very frilly nnd dainty, nnd
there Is po question ns to leghorns
they hnvo nlready made their entry.
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Care of Buttons.
When Ironing n blouse or other gar
ment with buttons on you can Iron the
hem under tho buttons If you fold n
Turkish towel and lay tho garment on
this with tho buttons against the
towel. Tho buttons will sink Into tho
soft fabric nnd you enn easily Iron
over tho bncka and get tho hems per
fectly mnooth. This Is better thnn
running tho Iron between tho buttons
and taking a chnnco on forcing them
off.
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No More Gentle Than
"Cascarets" for tho
Liver, Bowels
It Is Just us needless as It Is danger
ous to take violent or nasty cathartics.
Nature provides no shock absorbers for
your liver and bowels against calomel.
i harsh pills, sickening oil and salts.
I Cascarets give quick relief without In
jury from Constipation, Hlllousness, In
digestion, Gases and Sick Headache.
Cascarets work while you slecl, remov
ing the toxins, poisons nnd sour, In
digestible waste without griping or In
convenience. Cascarets regulate by
strengthening tho bowel muscles. Thcjr
cost so little too. Adv.
European Army Illiteracy.
Examlnution of tecrults for the
army iid navy for the leading Euro
pean countries showed the following
percentage of Illiteracy: Oormany,
0.11; Fiance, -J.DO; England, fl.00;
Austria, 'J.'I.SO; Hungary, 'JvS.10; Italy.
:iS.:iO; Ilussla 01.70. The percentago
of Illiteracy In the United States army
was 7.0.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucaa
County hs.
Krunk J. Cheney mnkes cth that he Is
senior nirtncr of tho firm of i. .1. nhenev
1& Co, doing business lu the City of To-
iuiiu, I'ouiuy ami state urorcsalil. unit that
suild firm will pay the sum of ONi: HUN
nitKD DOLLARS for any caso of Catarrh
that cannot bu cured hv tho usm of
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my presence, this Cth day of December,
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nn the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
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Her Ring.
"Sir, did you see a ting ly'ng about
here?"
"Er n finger ring, madam?"
"Of course! What did you think
It was u nose ring?" Judge.
I To Have a Clear Sweet Skin.
Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or Itching, If nny. with Cutlcura Olnt
, tnent, then bathe with Cutlcura Soap
and hot water. Hlnse, dry gently and
dust on u little Cutlcura Talcum to
leavo a fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each. Adv.
Removes Red Ink Stains.
To remove red Ink stains from
table linen spread freshly made mus
tard over the stain and leave about
one-half hour. Then sponge off and
all truce of Ink will have gone.
An olllee holder who has a pulf
doesn't generate much push.
TOO
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Death only a matter of short times.
Don't wait until pains and aches
become incurable diseases. Avoid
painful consequences by taking
COLD MEDAL
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liver, bladder and uric acid troubles tha
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Lack for la ataaa Cold Mdal oa e?cy has
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Finds it After 10 Years
Food Would Sour and Boil
Teeth Like Chalk
Mr. Herbert M. Gcssner writes from his
home in Berlin, N. II.:
I had stomach trouble over ten years;
kept getting worse. I tried everything for
relief but it came back worse than ever.
LaBt fall I got awfully bad; could only eat
light loaf bread and tea. In January I got
so bad that what I would eat would sour
nnd boil; my teeth would be like chalk.
I suffered teiribly. I prajed every day for
something to cure me. One day I read
about EATONIO nnd told my wife to get
me a box at the drug store as I was going
to woik nt 4 p. in. I took one-third of it
and began to feel relief; when it was
three-fourths gone, I felt fine nnd when it
was used up I had no painii. Wife got me
nnothcr box but I have felt the pain but
twice. I used five tableta out of the new
box nnd I have no more stomach trouble.
Now I writo to tell jou hoy thankful I
am that I heard of EATONIC. I feel like
a new man; I cat what I like, drink plenty,
of water, nnd it never hurts me at all.
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