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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.
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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. It hn
been estimated thnt the totnl yleU
of the three provinces will not be less
thnn 2jn,000.000 bushels, nnd It mnr
be thnt somewhere between 250,000,
000 nnd 300,000,000 bushels will be the
tlnnl figure.
Onts Is n good crop In nil three
provinces. This crop hns nlso grown
rapidly during the Inst two or three
weeks. Excepting from those flelde
which were sown Into for green feed,
the yield will be heavy nnd the grain
excellent. Dnrley nnd rye are ubove
the average. There was sufllclent help
to harvest the crop. Advertisement.
Sign of Prosperity.
"So you regard the udvnnco In rnlU
rond rates as a sign of prosperity?"
"Assuredly," answered Mr. Dustln
Stnx. "A pufcjlc that can afford to
meet the new cVurges ennnot possibly
bo other than prsperous."
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