RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF '- LXUJI rLHMHLVMPewPHMBSLIL I .III 1 . H -L-- J 1 kwaS 'I - rds!b 'aymon Illustrated fcg IrwinMyr Copyright ty George HDoranC "ENGAGEDl" Synopsis. Dr. John Mlclielson, Junt boKlnnlnK Ills carper, becomes rrslilent physician and companion of Hntnor SUlnuy nt Ilnrtlcy house. Mr. Sidney Is nn American, ft noml Invnllil, old nnd rich nnrl vory do slroun to live. Mrs. Sidney Is n Hpnnlnh woman, illKiilllod nml roll, cent. Jed, the butler, nets like u privileged rnumber of tho family Hartley house ! a lino old Isolated country place, with n murder ntury, a "hniintcd pool," nml inuny watch iIorh, and an atmosphere of mys tery. Tho "haunted pool" Is whero Illchard Oohson, son of a former owner of Hartley hotiso, had killed IiIh brother, Arthur Dobsnn. Jed bcRltwi operations by locklnK tho doctor In his room tho very (lrBt nlRht. Doctor John fixes his door so ho can't be locked In. Ho meets iHobel, daughter of tho hutino and falls In love at first sight. In the night ho llnds tho butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by tho wrist. Ho Interferes. Mrs. Sidney ex plains. John buys a revolver. CHAPTER II Continued. 3 Tho gordener's name was Wllllnrn noil. He luul boon on tho place almost from tho tliun of Mr. Sidney's purchase of It. Ho was attached to It, proud of IiIh work nml fond of It and Its results. JIo had n neat little cottage beyond the gardens. Ills wfo was very pleas ant and thought too inticli of my serv ices. Williamson himself was a lino man, and I ntn Interested In gnrdoifing.' Consequently, having to visit the fam ily every day or every other day, I formed u habit of talking with him. When, by cliance, 1 spoke of tho ghost story to Williamson, with no more purpose than 1 ever had had In these Inquiries. I noticed that he was u bit embnrrassed. "I take no stock In the stories nbout tho pool," lie said. "I'd Just as lief pass It ut midnight as mlddny al most." "He honest, Williamson," I suggested laughingly. "Almost, I said," he replied. "But I did see something nt tho pool." lie was a straightforward, unlmng lnatlvo sort of mnn. I was sure he was not about to Indulge In romance. "I kuow something of these stories," he said. "I have not gossiped mlno nbout I wns coming from town lato after midnight. It was the second year of our being here. It was In the fall or late summer I do not remem ber. As I came along the mud by tho pool, I saw the figure of a man stntvl Ing by the edge of tho river. It was light enough for me to see that the llguro was leaning on n stick or cane. I stopped and was going to call out, but for some reason I don't know Just why i didn't. The llguro did not move. I began to feel creepy and went on as gently as I could. Fifty feet farther, I heard a rustling In the brush and I thought I saw a face. I 'couldn't be sure, but I thought I did. I know I heard a rustling. When I got out In tho open, I ran the rest of the way homo on tho turf." "There was nothing very alarming about that," I suggested. My romance weeded more substance. "Ion saw a man and heard a noise." "There was nolhng In seeing n man nd hearing n noise," said Williamson. "It was tho effect." "That was due to the hour nnd tho flnce." "No. I'm not superstitious. I was not thinking of the place. Tho man on tho bank was different from it mnn. 1 could not see why. I didn't think ho was a man. It was not becuuso I was scared at first. I became scared as I looked at hint. He did not move. Jlu did not seem to be alive. When I felt shivers starting up and down my back, I knew I was scared. Then when I heard the rustling, I went home us quickly and quietly tin I could." would be unjust don't you see It would be unjust? to make a point ngalnst him or behavior that Mr. Sid ney causes. I'leasu never mention It." She wns very much in earnest and was not satisfied until she had my promise that I never would speak to Mr. Sidney of Jed until I had her con sent. She then showed relief, and I felt more distressed. .led had some hold on this resolute lady that 1 should have liked to break. Jed's attitude tmvnrd me was n thing to drive districted u person who cared what It was. I did not. He could bo Interesting, and then I was Interested In htm. He could be stupid, nnd I avoided him. He could be surly, and I Ignored him. Ho could be quar relsome, nnd I fought him back. It seldom was a matter of sobriety or Insobriety with him. He was best natural to mo at times when he was most Intoxicated. He was surliest at times when he was perfectly sober. At other times he quite reversed this. One never knew from bis physical condi tion what his disposition mlglit be at the time. Hc'served nt dinner when Mrs. Sid ney, Isobel and I, more ceremoniously than we cared to, dined. Certain do mestic ceremonies pleased Mr. Sidney and he liked to know that In some re spects tho baronial character of his place was being maintained as he would lmvu maintained It If he had been active. When Jed was In good nature, ho frequently sought me out for talks, and when be was In good nature, I en couraged Idm. I did not want to open up any secrets the house mlglit have, merely to learn what they were, but I know Mrs. Sidney needed help, and I thought I might give It if I knew how. I also thought that Jed somo evening when pleasantly and good naturally drunk nnd garrulous might say more than ho Intended. There wero many opportunities, hut he never did. Ono night this was In September I was walking about the placo with tho mastiffs at my side. I stood a while at tho edge of the woods looking at tho , "I hope It Is to osk me to take Jed In hand," I said. "No j It Is to nsk you to permit mo to announce the engagement of my daughter Isobel to you. Don't bo nlarmed. It shall not make any dif ference In your life. It Is a desperate expedient I am using out of u diffi culty." I felt ns If I were In a spiritual fog. "Is that the only way I cun help you out?" I asked. "The only one." she said. "I have thought of everything." "Has It to do with Jed again?" I nsked. "With things I ennnot possibly ex plain. Is there any one who would be distressed by such an announcement?" "Not a soul," I said, "except Miss Sidney." "I would not cause pain," said Mrs. Sidney. "Are you sure there Is no one?" "Mrs. Sidney," I said, "you are the only lady who ever has given me a thought slnre I knew my mother. I am merely wondering what Miss Sid ney will think of me In such it role. Will she understand why I take It? I am not hesitating. I hope I do not seem to be, but I knowI suspect that your decision Is sudden." "Isobel's affection for us Is greater than her demand for Independence,"' said Mrs. Sidney. "If nhe knows that I asked you to consent to this an nounetfment, she will think of you as a proved friend." I laid suggested all the precautions that were reasonable. "You certainly may moke any use of mo yon want to." I said. She thanked me and said good night. Isobel's view of our engagement was purely comic. She may have had a roc uil of spiritual revolt, but comedy and consideration for her mother as serted themselves. Mrs. Sidney, when she told Isobel of the engagement, had me present. The mother was really embarrassed, almost flustered, but she was determined. Isobel was greatly amused. It may be Imagined that I was not irolc. I might better have been a ix figure taken from a display win dow. I felt like one, a thing with a wax Miillo and no animation. "It Is merely precautionary," said Mrs. Sidney uneasily. "It Is quite Im possible to explain. You will have to accept my Judgment, Isobel. Dr. John" an odd halfway bouse toward lntl nincy sho readied and stopped at "Dr. John has been kind enough to do as 1 asked hltn. I need and want tho support of my children In what I pin doing." I felt a touch of emotion at that. Unconsciously, Intent upon her main point, phc had Included me at the fire side and had spoken of her "children." "Anything you do or have done Is "We are Indebted," snld Isobel, with j il.HI nw1 ililslttil rue ,ii I m t HMwin din ' U tlllli iiiiii uimiiiu ..qi.u.,.v. ...... .. smiled and said: "Hood night, doctor. If I ntr. Incon siderate at any time, put It down to u naturally bad temper." in Jed had taken a small shotgun nnd said that he was going after rabbits, which wero unusually numerous and threatened to be dumiigluv to tho young brush about the place. It was an October afternoon with n warm An hour or two aft"r Jed baa sun. gone, 1 went out for a walk, going down by the pool. I was In the brush for fifteen min ute, and It happened Unit while I was there I saw from a little prominence the figure of Jed on ahead with his shotgun. He was some distance away, hut I could see that he was going stealthily from tree to tree In an odd fashion for one hunting for rabbits. It was as If he were stalking something rather than trying to kick rabbits up out of the brush. I went on toward the pool. Once again 1 s'uw Jed ahead of mo. I came out on the path and went on to the river hank, whore I sat down. Whenever I saw a piece of drift In the pool and watched Its movements. I thought of the body of the slain brother. It had been whirled out Into the current and hud been carried down stream. On the bank had been found n few torn bits of clothing the sleeve GUTTING DOWN HARBOR THEFTS Vigilance of New York Harbor Motor Police Makes Stealing Extra Hazardous. HEAVY TOLL TAKEN i Back Lame and Achy? Housework is too hard tor a woman who is imlf sick, nervous and always tired. Hut it keeps piling up, nnd gives weak kidneys no time to recover. If your back is lame nnd nchy and jour kiilnejH ii regular: if you have "blue kpcIIh," nick heniliiclie,, nervous ne, dixincs nnd tlieumntic pains, use Doan's Kidney Villn. Tlicv have done wonders for thousands of worn out HI mm Jl ? house. In Its shudowy bulk It seemed nn right, mother," said Isobel, recov lit container of mystery. Only a few windows were Illuminated. It wns tho jjohn will not be unhappy I am sure erlni from her sense of humor. "Dr.- river side of the house thut was bright at night. I walked slowly across tho Inwn toward tho sldo where Mrs. Sidney's rooms were. A small balcony opened off her sitting room. I could hear her talking to some one on this balcony. The person she wns talking to, as I heard In another moment, was Jed. I was then utmost under tho balcony. "I am a rcsoluto mnn," Jed was say ing. "I'll hnve my own wny. I'll have what I want. I'll mako you glad to come to terms. 1 in a rensonnble man, too. Now, admit that I've been con siderate." I sturted to get out of hearing as quietly and rapidly as I could, but I heard Mrs. Sidney, her voice vibrant with Indignation, say: "I ought to have you whipped." That Is silly, unreasonable passion," said Jed. "I shall not hesitate to kill you," sold Mrs. Sidney. Then I went out of earshot. The fact that .Tod could threaten Mrs. Sid ney In this fushlon was Inexplicable. It could not bo explained by his serv iceability to Mr. Sidney, greut us that "I Do Not Like to Find a Romeo Among the Servants." CHAPTER It t. .Ted certainly was the most signifi cant disagreeable fact In the house, and his Influence tho most significant malignancy. He had been sobered by the discovery of his attack upon Mrs. Kidney, but as be began to recover from his discomfiture, nnd as the sense of caution began to lessen, he again assorted, or suggested, control, par ticularly when he was drunk, lie never allowed Mr. Sidney to know this. In 'their strange association nt Iloratlan wine feasts, Jed was tactful, respect ful, considerate and Jovial. To Mrs. Sidney ho was at time cour teous und thoughtful, at other times disrespectful or even brutal. Some times he seemed to frighten himself. When I snw that ho was again begin ning to show disrespect for her, 1 was for putting an end to it. Mrs. Sidney was horrified when I said that Jed could bo brought to terms. She held up her hands. "No, no," sho said. "Not in any .event I Never, please, speak to Mr. Sidney. Plenso never think of it. Jed Is Invaluable to Mr. Sidney. Ho Is not o discourteous to me ns you might think. Ho Is gruff, und drinking does not mako him better, but it Is Mr. Sid ncy'R whim thut he should drink. It NjWMjfl!' v I Might Better Have Been a Wax Flo ure Taken From a Display Window. was. I walked about for a while, dis tressed and depressed; then I patted tho heads of tho mastiffs, went Indent's und to toy room. An hour later I opened my door In responso to u light rnp. Mrs. Sidney was there. "May I como In a moment?", bho nsked. "Thank you. I have u req'uest to mako which you cannot help but think Is extraordinary preposterous." I placed n chair for her. She thanked me but rcmnlne'l standing. I thought sho must bo In un agony of mind, but she smiled. will you, doctor? And I mother f I'll cot an advantage of you In this boo If I don't." "You mustn't try to, Isobel," said Mr. Sidney anxiously. "I am doing tho best I can." loiter In the evening I saw Isobel, finding her alone In tho library, where she wiwi rending. I went In to get a book beforo going to bed. She was by a lamp near the fireplace, and she looked very beautiful. "I want in tnlk- to von." she said when she saw me. "Do you know the explanation of this?" "No," I said. "You are not quite honest," she said. MA man engaged to n girl he never nsked to marry him might suspect that something was out of the ordinary." "Of course, something Is extraordi nary," I said. "Do you know whut It Is?" "No, I don't," sho said. "Why don't you sit down?" With n soft witchery of femininity he pervaded and glorified the room, hut she was peremptory. I was not sullen, but I felt defiant. "Hccnuse I don't want to sit down," I said. Isobel smiled indulgently at me. "Oh, sit down, Dr. John," she said. "I want to talk to you. We are en paged, you know, and engaged people ought to huve u talk after tho event, If not before." "You understand how this hap pened,".! suggested. "I do," sho said. "My mother Is I frightened. Jed has been trying to i marry me." "What can give him the privilege of ; mich Insolence!" I exclaimed, j "I Ininglno he Is enamored," she said i serenely. "It may seem Impossible to ! i. i - jwu. "Has tills man approached you di rectly?" I asked. "Ho has been gallant, amorous, sug gestive, tender, ponlful, aggressive, pleading, threatening, subservient and I tninu Hint is nn out oniy in man ner." "I don't understand It," I said Help lessly. "Neither do I," sho sold. "And 1 know Just enough lo know that 1 shll not understand it. I do not like to Ili.J a Homeo among the nervunls, but 1 khiive learned to accept some strange conditions hurt' among them you." "Don't disturb yourself about me," I snld. A good deal of my hurt pride must hnvo found expression in that remark. "1 am unjust." she said. "I know that you are doing what my mother wants done and that you are not con sidering yourself, I shall be reason utile. I want to mnke my mother's life as plensant ns It can be made. 1 can not understand everything thut. she needs of me, hut I know that you have done everything that you could do for her. I do not want to seem Inconsid erate." "I'd llko to protect you and your 1 mother," I sold. of n coat, n collar spotted with blood, a necktie and n piece of a white shirt. There also had been found a heavy walking stick, bloodied and with hair in the blood. I had not been sitting on the banlc live minutes when I was startled by u shot from the nearby thickets, and n bullet hit within two feet of where I was sitting, knocking off the bark of a tree. The report was not that of a small shotgun such as Jed had car ried. It was the report of a rllle or pistol. The chipped bark showed that u bul let, not shot, had hit the tree, and I was unpleasantly conwloiis of what had happened. Jed hud shot at me, probably with a large cal'her revolver. He could not have had t rllle, unless he had one bidden In tre brush. I had seen what he carried, not only as ne left the house but as In was dodg ing through the thickets. It likely was n pistol or .. revolver, and that was why he had trlssed me. I was stupefied for an lus'ti'.it, and I did not Jump or start. I wn motion less, not even looking nrouml, but I was thinking rapidly. A subconscious protective Idea formed almost Instant ly, and when the next moment another shot came from behind me, I fell for ward on my face, rolled a couple of feet to a bush, turned my face In the direction from widen the shot came, got out my pistol and- lay still. After a minute or two which seemed a very long time. Jed's face came In view in the brush. He looked malevo lent bqt seemed undetermined nnd cuutlous. I think he was uncertain whether to leave my body where It lay und have It discovered, or throw It Into the river nnd have my disappearance unexplained. His decision was given him by the noise of a farm wagon ap proaching on the road, and be disap peared. I was ready to shoot him if lie came near me. I was young and had youth's confi dence, but nevertheless this event would have sent me away from Hart ley If It had not been for Isobel and Mrs. Sidney. They needed even my small help and 1 had to remain. 1 had to remain, but 1 had also to protect Ijinyself. Another time Jed mlglit noi miss. On the way back to tne uouse. I thought out u plan which I believed would work. I inquired for Jed and was told that he was with Mr. Sidney. I found hltn there drinking, and my entrance gave him a shock which ho plainly Indicated. Ills fright Hindi him so ugly that he was comic. Motorboat Crooks Work Hand In Hand With Barge Captains Harbor Po lice Pursue Pirates With Speedy Launches. New York. Thotisnnds of dollars wortli of loot which used to be almost the. nightly toll of New York city hnr bor motor thieves have now dwindled to a minimum of losses, due to the ef ficiency of the New York harbor po lice. The police have Jurisdiction over the navigable waters of New York city and their aquatic bent, measured In shore lines, covers a distance of 41." miles. Speedy motorbonts, equipped with automatic rapid fire guns, grappling Irons ami searchlights, patrol every Inch of the distance, day and night. finch member of the sailor police must be able to swim, ami swim well. Many of them are former sailors with a technical knowledge of nautical mat ters which helps them In their present work'. Work During Relieving Hour. Police and launches work in eight- ! hour shifts. Immediately following roll call, the launches start off for their post, nearly always close to the pier head line, and always there at night time. Tho police launches steal along at night without sidelights and now and then Hash an Inquiring searchlight Into the darkest depths of some de serted pier. For this Is the time nnd place when the motoiboat pirate piles his art. He knows the relieving hour, too, and does business very fast during the 150 min utes It takes to change reliefs. In fact, so cognizant Is he of the very time and place, that both are changed every fortnight to keep him guessing. "Bleeding the Cargo." "Weeding the cargo," they cnll It the l'nvorlte form of river robbery. De fined, the phrnse mentis stealing n lit tle here nnd there, the totul mnklng n snug hnul. The game Is more safe If tho barge captain stnnds In with the pirates, as he often does. He receives cash for the privilege of letting tho pirates make away with a certain por tion of his enrgo, a small supply of 'After all, we are engaged." women. A Nebraska Case Mrs. W. n. 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In Ifi minutes It's In the motorboat and off to somo "fence" ashore. The river pirate's vocation Is tho safest ono In the underworld. Nearly all the men hnve boon sullors them selves. They opernto under cover of darkness, In speedy motorbouts built especially for the work. iSS Mhf IE& K.?IBv:SVw Mii" ei-ST-l'rtwvW -a . """ .b. ... . .. -.. (7 1- '- -,, ---v SAK3TAR5UM iSULPHO SALINE SPRINGS Located on our own premises and used In the Natural Mineral Water Baths Unsurpassed in tho treatment of RHEUMATISM Heart, Stomach, Kidney and Liver Diseases Modcrato charges Address DR. O W. EVERETT. Mar. MthandM Sts. Lincoln, Neb. 7 PER ANNUM TAX FREE Tho Lincoln Telephone & Tolecroph Com pany. Lincoln. Neb , Is arteritis to Investors at par. $100 per nhare. somo of Its tux-frco IK Btock tliut Ims pulil qu.me.rly dividend! for tho pant' 11 years. This Is a nafe nnd con venient Investment, checks for dividends be ins mulled to our address for Jl 75 per 1100 share In January. April. 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CASE TOO MUCH FOR SOLOMON Efforts to Follow the Example of Solo, mon In Judicial Decisions Some times Go Wrong. Chnrloston, W. Vtt. Kfforts to fol low tho example of Solomon hi Judi cial decisions sometimes go wrong. Five, witnesses testified that a hen and her h"rood belonged to Mrs. John Fra- . zlor, who had boon arrested on n charge of stealing them. Mrs. K. S. ConUhain sold tho hen belonged to her, and six witnesses backed up her claims. Judge Henry Wertz decided to turn the chickens loose nt u point half way between tho two homes and see If they wouldn't go homo to roost. They went to Mrs. Frazler's homo. Now Mrs. Cookhnm's witnesses say chickens recognlzo as homo tho last place In which thoy woro fed, and that, of course, they would go to Mrs. Fra 7.1er, who was charged with hnrborlng them. "It's a caso which oven Solo l mon cotldn't bundle," says tho Judge. Important to Mothers Exnnilno carefully every bottle ot CASTOKIA, that famous old remedy for Infunts und children, und see that It Ttnnra ilif Signature rtQtafflcUtZrtl In Use for Over 30 I'etirs. Children Cry for Fletcher's Cnstoria He Didn't Have to Lie. Dick hod neon spending tho day with a little playmate, and when bli mother called for hltn ho hopped In the machine and settled himself com fortably, saying: "Thank heavens. Hint's onco I didn't hnvo to tell a lie." Ills mother asked what bo monnr, slid bo said: "Well, you see Mike's mother wasn't home, so I didn't hnvo to Miy I had a jjbod time, cause didn't." Sis re ReSief f3) 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief RE LL-ANS WPFOR INDiGgSTION W. N. U LINCOLN, NO. 33-1920, i f