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ruvtrz;.ir' ti . ij. C:'ii RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF I 3 XtjT3 rr b HH i CmordSmvumm Illustrated bg Iwritfyerr Copyright by-George HJ)oran( A SPANISH SAILOR SynopfilM. Dr. Jolin Mlolielnon, Just beginning his career, becomes militant pliyHlclun nnd companion of Homer Sidney ut Hartley house, Mr. Hldnciy la an American, u notnl InviillJ, old mid rich ami very ita Hlroim (o live. Mrs. Hldricy In 11 Hpimluli woman, dlKiilIlod und rctl cent Jed, the butler, acts Ilka a privileged member of the family. The fumlly Iuih cnnio from Mnntn video, South America. Hartley Iioiihu Is u line old Isolated country place, with a murder story, a "haunted pool," and many watch 1okp, and an ottnoHpheru of toys lery. The "haunted pool" l where Hlchard DobHon, son of a former owner of Hartley houne, hail killed IiIh brother, Arthur DoIipoii. Jed IicrIiih npcrntlotiH by locking thu doctor In IiIh room the very llrnt iiIkIiI. Doctor John fixes IiIh door no he can't be locked In, Ho meet Itiohcl, daughter of the house, and fill In In love at first night. In tho nlKht ho llndii tho butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by tho wrist. He Interferes. Mrs. Sidney mnkci light of It. John buyH a revolver. John verhearH Jed telling Mrs. Sidney ho will have hln way. In reply she says she will not hesitate to kill him. Mrs. Sidney units John to consent to the announcement of his engagement to Isobcl. The young people consent to the mnko bcllevo engagement. Later they llml It Is to head off Jed, who would marry Isobol. Jed trleH to kill John, but the mutter Is smoothed over. John, though "on gaged" to Iflobel, conceals his love. Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison and has Dobson, the murderer, pointed out. Jed tells the story of the Dobson murder. Tho family go to South America for the winter. John Is left at homo, but the "en gagement" Is not brken. John hears tMe story of a tragedy "that might have happened In Monte video." The fumlly returns. A mysterious Spanish sailor appears. CHAPTER VII. Continued. Ted mny hnve suspected I carried a pistol. I hod no more tlmn caught n Cijllmpse of his while, alnrmed face when ho sprang nt mo nnd grabbed af iny hip pocket'. I lind a pistol In the (Docket nt which he reached, but I In tercepted his movement before he got the wenpon. ' "Let me have It," he begged. "Just a minuter I got u hold of his wrist, which slopped him, nnd lie whimpered. Then die broke nwny nnd showed himself nt the window. At this tho man on the iluwn smiled with n Joyousness thnt was a triumph. He. Indicated In u flush jthnt ho hud found what he had sought. Ho smiled so thnt I could see the white !of lils teeth. He hnd been uncertuln liud puzzled when I first saw him look lng up nt tho windows of the house. Wlth Jed framed In one of the win dows, he wns triumphant nnd rejolc jlng. Whntcver he wnnted he had IfotinM something which pleased 'him. Jed was furious, the moro furious ttiPCiiURP he was helpless. He would have murdered the man on the Inwn If he hud had any means of doing so. He wns so furious that he did not on re how lie revealed himself to me. The man on the Inwn stood laughing for n moment nnd then walked slowly iBut I Intercepted His Movement Be fore He Got the Weapon. Ivny toward the brush, Into which 'he disappeared. Jed hung out of the (Window wntehlng him. "Well, sir," 1 said, "I think we have lyou under n real restraint ut lust." "I wns ninil that tho fellow should Ihnvo come up to tho house thnt wuy. (Koine it amp I" "And you dropped tho coffee tray nnd tried to get my pistol. A perfect ly natural proceeding on seeing an un known tramp !" ' "We don't want strangers nbout mere." he said, you don't want (hat man," I said. Aiid ho I not a stranger. When he 'aw you he smiled ns If he hnd found what he was looking for." , .led was unhappy nnd showed It. "1 with you were a friend, doctor," .III ll M he said. "I try to make you one. 1 will get you your coffee." Me sent In a maid to sweep up the breakage from the coffee-tray, und presently he came with another pot and flip lie hnd steudled down, but wits not traiiiiill. "You know thnt man," I uld, "und you wanted to kill him." "I never saw him before." he said. "you have had some sort of dealing with him. He lias been hunting for you. lie has found you. I think we are going to Hnd you more Interesting, Jed. The man will remain .n the neighborhood ; I think you are going to have some unpleasant hours. The thought does not make me unhappy." "1 wish I could Hud u friend In this house." said Jed. "I wish you could deserve one," I said. My description of Hartley house has been so sketchy nnd Indifferent Unit It mny not have Included mention of the fonliat gardens which took In the river Hide of the place. They were charming at all times but particularly so at sunset, when the radiance wns behind the western hills two miles ncross the wuter und wits reflected In the clouds back off our own east ern hills. The shore nt thl point was narrow, and the river was wide. Hills, river nnd bottom lands formed uu iiitlmtitc sanctuary which evening glorified. To the north the gardens terminated at n high brick wull against which hollyhocks grew nnd now were In gor geous blossom. Jed hud Joined mc In the garden, nnd we were sitting on n stono bench facing the river not fifty feet from the brick wnll nnd the hollyhocks to tho north. Je.d wns expected within n qunrter of nn hour to Join Mr. Sid ney. Ho seemed dejected nnd wor riedIn n fnshlon timid, I thought. When he came to sit down beside me, I resented the Intrusion for a mo ment; but knowing thnt he hnd only n few moments In which to Impose his presence upon me, I did not make him feel nny more unwelcome than ordinarily he knew himself to be. A schooner deep In the water with brick from up the river hnd Just come In Right around a point above, nnd with mills spread to the light wind wns caught In the glorification of the water. A catbird wns hopping In nnd out' of the shrubbery, and even with Jed by my side I wns sentient nnd content. It wns not a noise thnt attracted my attention, It must have been tho sensation of being stnred at. I turned my head toward the wall to the north. In line with the bench on which we snt, nnd Just topping the wnll, wns the bend of the Spanish snllor. lit nnd t looked nt ench other for what seemed to be nt least a moment. His earrings glittered. His gnze wns stendy and both Inquiring nnd pur poseful. Even In Inquiry It seemed malignant, with the malice which comes from n sense of Injury. I felt n decidedly unpleasant shock with the creeps which come from n good ghot story. If bo had nppenrod suddenly nt full length somewhere In the garden, walking about, It would have been different. Hut Just his head appearing above the wnll, and he perfectly unexpected, unexplained, motionless and Inquiring It gav you the shivers of a child frightened nt night In the nursery. "You're poor company," said Jed, "but I am. too, und I have to go to Mr. Sidney." i1 seemed not to hear him. It wns not Intended to rebuff him; I was held by the Spanlnrd's eye. Jed went In to n huff and said: "Oh, go to the devil." Then he nlso turned and saw the head above the wall. Ho arose and stood looking at the Spaniard as Intently as the Spaniard was looking nt him. This sltuntlon lasted n full minute, without n move ment or word from one of us. Then tho Spanlnrd's face, graven In line of malevolent purpose, softened Into n smllo which expressed satisfaction with prospects. And then he head disappeared suddenly. I was In doubt whether tho man's feet had gone out from under him, or whether ho had Jumped. In dlwnppcnrlng ho eft the place where he hnd been, charged with tho mystery which his presence bud In dicated. His disappearance Intensl lied, thickened, the atmosphere which his presence had created. While his head was above the wall, the sciihk tlon was one of nervous astonishment. When his heud disappeared, the sug gestion' of terror was ndtled. So long as we saw him, It was something un explained but embodied; when he dropped out of sight, It was ns If a person going down n hall In his house by candlelight n't night were to come upon n startling sight, nnd nt tho moment when his perceptions and rea son were struggling to explain the ob ject nnd Its presence nnd to sustain his courage the candlelight should go out In a gust of wind nnd leave him blind, facing a thing he hnd not explained nnd now could no longer see. Then, with cause, mny the hairs crowning even n bend with n thinking brain arise In sheer fright. The per son's plight Is that of black Igno rance, In which superstition and child ish fears ascend nnd dominate. Jed took u fftep forward us If In pursuit, but stopped with Unit one movement. It broke the situation down and made It possible for me to return to animation. Seemingly my (lowers of movement and speech hud been suspended. I looked at Jed, who was as pitifully frightened as a child In the dark. He made every demon stration of fright except wnlllng. Then he braced himself, recovered bis cour age mid without saying anything went Into the house to Join Mh Sidney. CHAPTER VIII. When I saw Mr. Sidney that eve ning lie made n remark In Joke that Jed was 111 and needed my atteiillon. "I have not had the usual satisfac tion of my wine." he void, "and 1 know It Is because Jed Is not In condition." "I'm not well. Mr. Sidney." said Jed. "I didn't want to say anything about It, because 1 didn't want to Interfere with your evening, but since you men tion It. I'll admit It." "(5o on along then, Jed." said Mr. Sidney. "(Jo and have the doctor look yon over." "I'm not sick," said Jed iiliiiiwt an grily, "but I know I'm bad com pun v. I'll go to bed." "There's something wrong with the man," I said as Jed left, "but it Isn't physical." "So I Imagined." said Mr. Sidney. "He's as strong as a if" ox. lie's got the constitution of nn onion. How ever, he's not himself tonight, nnd that's all there Is to that. Will you read to me?" It was eleven o'clock when I went to my room. I wits glad of my re lease, although It had been a pleasant Juit Then I Wat Blinded by the Light of an Electric Flashlight Hitting Me Full In the Eyes. evening. For a dead or u dying man for a living nnd live mnn, for that mutter Mr. Sidney hnd extraordinary manners' nnd grent charm. He gave u dignity nnd worth to life by his very manner of leaving It. In going from It, he proved It to be worth while which, I suspect, Is the highest ac complishment of the real gentleman. After I hud gone to my room. I found myself restless und thought I might find rest In n wulk. I expected to be Joined by my friends the mastiffs nnd Airedales as soon ns I was out side, but not u dog nppeared. This was enough to be noticed, but not enough, ut the time, to be given slg nlflcnnce. I wnlked nbout for a while and re-entered the house with quieter nerves. I found that I was tired. Ordl nurlly I liked tit least an hour's read ing Just before bed, but this night I wanted sleep. I was grateful for the mood and the opportunity, and I yawned once or twice as I got Into my pajamas. I do not know when I went to sleep or how soon theieafter I awakened It was possibly only two hour later. I dlil not look ut my watch, tor tin very good reason that other thlius at the time were more important. bright moonlight was shining, un! whntcver had awakened me. the moon light showed me good cniixe to l, awake. In a window which 'the moon light touched with full. Illuminating force was a face recognizable as that of the Spanish snllor. Again only his head was vMhlc, hut this time he wns In my bedroom wn dow and seemingly trying for entrain Into my room. This may seem u inure ghastly proceeding than hN uppenr mice above the wall early in the .. nlng, but really It was not. I had the shock of unpleasant astonishment, but 1 felt, to my satisfaction, the ability to handle the situation. I wns not frightened by the appearance of the head In my window. I suppose it h becnuso the appearance suggem,.j burglars, utid burglars are oonwn tlonal. I lay quietly In bed and wondered how much more than tln head I should see. Just then I was- hlliel.d by the light of an electric llmthl.Klit hitting mo full In the eyes. A second later the Hash was g.iU, the face In the window was, gone n'ifl' a slight movement on the gravel bi-h.w showed me that iny visitor was gum., I got up nnd looked out. Although the Inwn was bright In the moonlight, no one was to he seen. The Spnnlurd hnd disappeared Into tho woods. To come to an understanding of the wollor's acts, not much reasoning ntu needed; It wus not my room he wns trying to enter, but Jed's. Ills tush light hnd not only shown that I wns nwnke but Hint he had the wrong man, and be had climbed down and run Into the woods. One mystery was how he had escaped the dogs. ' That was explained the next day; they had not been loose the night before; had not been released from their kennel.f. They were found rest less from an unexpected night of con Hiieiiient. They had not been out be cause the stableman who had charge of them had spent the afternoon und night In the village of Hartley, drunk. It was an extraordinary and not an ordinary proceeding for this stable man, who had been a dependable char acter. It did not requlie much sus picion to conjecture thnt he had been tilmpereil with In deliberate purpose to bfree the grounds of the dogs for the use the .SpuiiMi snllor made when he climbed up to my room. The stableman, proved delinquent, wus so apparently contrite and Inno cent that It would have been an liijus the to punish or discharge him. Ho IiiiiI gone to the village in the early afternoon on an assigned mission for the house. He hud used the oppor tunity to drink a Tow glusus of beer, for which proceeding no one would Illume him In Hartley house. It seems thai be drank two or three glasses more than he Intended to and. even beer being in a fnshlon Intoxicating, got Into a condition which made him unliable to the approach of a .stranger who succeeded In interesting him In the Immediate prospects of life, which then to him were chlelly alcoholic. lie and the stranger had much talk and many drinks'. The stableman lost all souse of responsibility, which was not strange, and proceeded from beer to strong liquor, forgetting all his duties to the house. In consequence he did not get homo that night, and the dogs were not loose. Naturally one drew u direct line from tills pert'orinitnce to the uppenr mice of the Spaniard at my window, and there was natural, wonder as to what kind of confederate the Span iard could have so effectually .to pre pare the way for him. The Spaniard bud u confederate who was ingenious and resourceful; that was evident. lie had made a deliberate piny to get the dogs out of the 'wuy the night the snllor made Ids uttempt to get Into Jed's room, nnd had succeeded In almost getting Into mine. Two duys after the strange appear nncos of the Spaniard, I was; asked for nnd was told that u gentleman desired to see mo. I went to the olllee of tho house and saw u man who Instantly .suggested the one who had entertained Hie stableman so successfully. He wns so easily described that It was a crime for even n drunken sta bleman to have missed his distinguish ing chnrncterlstlcs. but nt thnt, tho stableman hud made Identification pos sible. The moment I suw the fellow I thought we were neurer the solu tion of the mystery of Hartley house. He was a slgnltlcnntly Insignificant looking man; that was his Identifying mark. He seemed timid nnd Insecure of himself, apologetic for his Intrusion' upon me und withal determined to do whatever It wus thnt wus In his pro gram. I wondered how so shrinking nn Individual hud plnyed n Jovial part In a vlllnge tavern with yokels nt drink. Ills curd Indicated him to be u lawyer nnd gave his name as Phil etus M. Urown. He came directly to his subject for which I thanked him as soon ns he hud made n brief pre liminary of commonplaces of Introduc tion und greeting. "P have asked for you, doctor, be cause I know of no one else here who will serve. I tlo not wish to approach Mr. Sidney directly and cannot trust tlie factotum yon know as Jed. I would not Impose upon Mrs. Sidney or her dniighter except In extremity. You are here, a rational human being and interested. I am Informed, xln the fortunes of this family. Therefore I have come to you." "For what purpose?" I asked. He smiled as If to apologize for having any purpose, and pulled at the cuffs of his coat. "I'll be frank." be said. "I hardly know the purpose clearly myself. My client Is n snllor. My practice lie considerably along the wuter front In the city. It has not made me rich. I luive lost a good deal of egotism and have become pragmatic. I have t get along and to deal with facts, There are people dependent upon me, and I have not been much to depend upon." "The condition of your tl minces or your morals cunnot la of Interest to me," I said. "What have you that Is of Interest?" He smiled as If he was tp-ed fre quently to rebuff. "What I have. 1 nssuie you. humili ates me to present, because 1 reulle that If I succeed for my client, I sluill he in Mte way of blackmailing Mr. Sid ney. My consolation Is that I am only an 'agent and 1 am sure that I shall be n more considerate and honest one than any other this Ignorant sailor would llml. It has been necessary for me to know ninny luugiiuges to make my small living. My Spanish client docs not know much if any English. He bus been u man of precarious man ner of living, and It seems that several years ago lie was In tlie employ of Mr. Sidney." No wonder Jod it worried. (TO UIC CON.T1NUHU.) The more money you sine the more, respect your heirs will hute tor fcou. TRAGEDY TORNS INTO ROMANCE Chief Figures in Sensational Epi sode in Chicago Are Quiet ly Married. COMES AS SURPRISE Man and Woman Were Prominently Mentioned in One of the Most Re markable Tragedies of the Year Both Exonerated. Chicago. Ittith Wood, Iwenly-llve-year-old bookkeeper, who was found leaning over the dead body of Samuel T. A. Loftls. wealthy diamond broker, in Ms palatial North side apartment, was married two weeks Inter In Wan kegan to Hoy M. Shayiie. advertising salesman, whose mime was linked with hers In the widely heralded tragedy. The niaiiiuge comes a surprise to both relatives and friends of tho cou ple. They made no ntiiinuticctiicut of llielr intentions, hut slipped quietly from the city. The first announcement came in a telegram to Miss Wood's mother: "We are married, lloth very happy. On our way to a quiet resting place." the ine-siign lead. It was signed "Hoy and Htith." Romance Old Yet Young. Tlie romance of the pair Is scarcely two months old and yet has lasted over a decade of years. Then Hoy Shayne was nianagor of his father's business, the John T. Slutyne com pany, dealers In furs. Hiith was a typist, barely out of school. Shu worked for the firm mid Shayne be came attracted to her. Later she left his employ and for ten years did not see III id. Then, some weeks ago, the fates which had de creed their participation In one of the most sensational "stories" of the year brought them together again. They met at tlie Kdgewater Ileuch hotel, where Itnth was employed. Shayne became devoted to her. nnd met her dally at her home. He intro duced her to Suniuel T. A. I.ol'lls, Leaning Over the Dead Body. wealthy dlu:iiond dealer. That nlgiit they announced their engagement at a dinner glien ly Loftls. Girl Met Loftls by Appointment. Six days Inter Loftls called Miss Wood at the hotel. "Come to my apartment. I want to talk to you about Hoy's future," wus bis inessnge. Miss Woods went. Loftls met her nt the door dressed only In pnjunms. Drinks followed. FIo hours later Shayne. awaiting her arrival at her mother's homo, received a phone call. It was Huth. "Crfme and get me. I am nt Loftls' home! And hurry I" was the message. Shayne went. An hour Inter ofllcers cnnie rush ing to the house. Loftls Iny deud on the lloor. Shayne was awaiting. Miss Wood had tied. Shayne refused at first to tell her name hut finally consented. Hoth were arrested. Iloth were grilled. Moth obtained "scare heads" In the papers und both faced tho searching glances of olliclals and spectators at n coroner's Jury. Their story was a IM-hour sensation of Chicago. And both were exonerated. Babe's Appeal Touches Father. New Castle, l'a. Contentment pre vails In the home of Hetty Jane Heno, nnd her brothers, Jack und Hnlph, nt New Custle, l'a. Mr. Heno, who was In Cleveland, read Hetty's letter o the paper, and was touched by the appeal. "I was Just going to work," he wrote home to his wife, "nnd suw Hetty's letter In the paper. I slm'piy couldn't work. I had no Iden how the kiddles would suffer." He forwurded a money order with the letter, and stated thnt he would return and "piny square" with the family he hnd deserted. fe Pill mi P '5 w IS Threshing Shows Increase Over Expected Yields. The Wltinlpcp Free I'r.css of n tew days ago contained u cartoon of which the following is a copy: ytiwiM.ingTfniu'WHiwt.iBUrclH 0l SnmiV.at How l)K Ttrm This probably us much as anything else will give some Idea of the state of mind of the Western Canada fann er, as he watches the tally from the thrashing machine while Ills wheat la being carried to the elevator. . From all sections of the country, the most optimistic reports are re ceived, the local and city papers are filled with reports from twenty to thir ty bushels of wheat to the acre, while In some places oats ore showing a rec ord of as high as VM bushels to 'the ncre. Heferrlng to Saskatchewan. It Is con fidently expected thnt the whent yield will be tienrly 12.r million bushels, nenvy ruins which fell In districts tint did not promise so well In July, had grently Improved the prospects there, nnd there Is no question thnt paying yields will be produced. The yields In the castprn part of the province may not show to the ndvnntngc thnt will those of the western part, hut too much cannot he said of this, for It Is the results as they come from the machine, and often these prove happily deceptive. There is now every renson to believe that the whent crop of the three prai rie provinces will approach 1250 mil lion bushels. Albertn will exceed the 70 million bushels thnt hnd been looked for. The average yield will be considerably higher than It has been In the province In nny of the Inst four years. The Department of Agriculture In 9 recent report gave tho opinion that It cannot full below twenty-two bushel to the acre, and thnt It might enslly pns8 the twenty-five bushel mark. Most of the whent In the province when (he report wus written, stood well up to three feet high, nnd od ome fields wns still higher. The re. port goes on thnt In pnrts of South ern Albertn forty nnd fifty bushels to the ncre yields will not be uncommon, while there will be a good ninny ylelda of from thirty to thirty-five bushels to tho ncre. In the northwest pnrt of th prov ince. In the country surrounding Hnt tleford nnd ndjncent to the Canadian National Rnllwny line to Lloyumlnster. and south the crops nre excellent and the yield will be heavy. A Inrger thnn nvernge wheat crop Is being thrashed In Mnnitobn. 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