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THE OMAHA SUNDAY' BEEs MAY 22, 1910.
BILL ME 05 ASTRONOMY
Six Generations Are Alive Simultaneously
Remark! of Old Humorist Apply to
Halley'i Comet.
STAR GAZING THANKLESS JOB
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XTEtS.XlAKGARETl HLDJtSt. XXR5. IIALLSS A SEADXCIITtV
ITRS.LYDIA URS.HATHT.L GOFF URS.CCRA. GULLEY AITO BABY
T.ydla Shrake. With
I '167 grandchildren, and Baby
I Gulley with fifty-eight grand
aaJ parents, constitute the beginning
C5'J ani 11,19 end of one of the most
k.aZLaaaf remarkable families that ever
lived. It In the only Instance on record
of a family of Blx generations all living at
once, With an additional remarkable fea
ture that all are females. Their home Is at
Wyaluslng, Wis., and for the last elxty
flve years thei descendants have mostly in
habited this town and they constitute to
day moat all there Is of the town.
When you speak of a six-generation
family It usually would represent about 300
years, but not so with this. Ninety-six
year is all that is embraced from Grandma
Shrake to Baby Gulley. In this history
there are a great many Interesting facts.
Just think of one woman having 17 chll
' dren, grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren!
It is certainly strenu
t cue enough to out-Roosevelt Roosevelt hlm
mlf. Grandma Shrake's posterity Is as fol
lows! Children a.-..''. 10
Orandchildren fl
Great-grandchildren 85
Great-great-grandchildren 30
Great-great-great-S'randchildrea 1
Tjwal 1CT
And It Is equally Interesting to start at
the other end with Baby Gulley and ascer
tain the number of grandmas who live to
spoil the child, for It Is usually the custom
of attributing the responsibility of spoiling
the child to the grandparents, If they are
fortunate enough to have such. In this list
all but two are living;
Baby Gulley's parents' parents 4
Their parents 1
Their parents 1C
Their parents 82
Total 60
Less deceased ones 1
Remainder , 5S
Mere are the names of the six generations
In their proper order commencing with
Grandma Shrake: "
First generation Mrs. L,ydla Shrake
Second generation Mrs. Margaret Elder
Third Ge-neratlon Mrs.laehel Ooff
Fourth generation.. Mrs. Mallss Spauldlng
Fifth generation Mrs. Cora Gulley
Sixth generation Baby Agnes Gulley
The head of tnis remarkaoie tmmily is a
woman of remarkable vitality. She was
born In Connesvllle, Fayette County, Pa.,
In 1814, and Is now In her ninety-seventh
year. She was married at the age of 18
years. Ten children were born to bless the
union. The five sons were all soldiers In
the civil war. Iter husband was a soldier
In the war or 1812.
At the head of the second generation Is
Margaret Ault Elder. She was married at
the age of IS years to John Elder and Is
the mother ot ten children, seven of whom
are living.
In the third generation Rachel Elder, at
the age of 17 years, was married to Warren
Goff. She Is the mother of twelve children,
even now living.
Mallssa Goff Is at the head of the fourth
generation. At the age of 16 years she was
united In marriage with W. A. Spauldlng.
She has three children, all living.
Cora Spauldlng Gulley is at the head of
the fifth generation, at the age of 16 years
marrying Raymond Gulley. They have but
the one child, Agnes Naomi Reah Gulley,
the only representative of the sixth generation.
J re Coald .ot See Wisdom Its lt
tins tp Mghti to Mady
Cometa, Bed Hot frem the
I'omet Factor."
I
There Is much in the girat field of
astronomy that Is I'iscoiiraging to the
snvant who hasn't the, time nor means to
rummage around through the heavens. At
times I a 14 almost hopeless and feel like
saying to the great yearning, hungry
world: "Urepe on forever. Do not ask
me fe-r another scientific fact. Find It
cut for yourself. Hunt up your own new
laid planets, and let me have a rest. Never
ask me again to sit up at night and take
care of a new-born world, while you lie in
bed and reck not."
I pet no salrry for examining the track
lisx void night after tilKht whin I ought
to bo In bed. I sncrifloe my health In
cider that the public may know at once
of vttae presence of a red hot comet, frt sh
dim the faotoiy. And yet, what thanks
do I get?
Thn, again, you take a certain style of
ster, which you learn from Prof. Simon
Newcomb Is such a distance that it take
fifty thousand years for its light to reach
Boston. Now we will suppose that after
looking over the large stock of new and
second-hand stars, and after examining the
spring catalogue and prlcelist, I decide that
tne of the smaller size will do me, and
buy it. How do I know that It was there
when I bought It? Its cold and silent rays
n ay have cea1 49.0UC years before I was
born and the Intelligence be still on the
n:;'. There Is too much margin between
sale and delivery. Every now and then
another astronomer comes to mo and says:
"Professor, I have discovered another new
Blar and Intend to file on It. Found It last
night about a mile and a half vouth of
senlth, running loose. Haven't heard of
anybody who has lust a star of the fifth
magnitude, about thirteen hands hlKh, with
light mane and tall, have you? Now how
do I know that he has discovered a brand
new star? How can I discover whether
he is playing an old threadbare star on me
for a new one?
We are told that there has been no per
ceptible growth or -decay In the star busi
ness since man began to roam around
through space, In his mind, and make
figures on the barn1, door with red chalk,
showing the celestial time table.
No serious accidents have occurred In
the starry heavens since I began to observe
and study their habits. Nut a star has
waxed, not a star has waned to my knowl
edge. Not a planet has mason-cracked or
shown any of the Injurious effects of our
rigorous climate. Not a star has ripened
i 17- n Riots smooth SW-- Is, K!pr.
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FIH iff? 1 hitting n up' Tpr l4iW'S v'
512- OUT OF Mt BERTH1 1 1" A N
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EAT IN A
RABBI T
IN THU
OiMN AH
eoPTmoMT. isia ir tni m tom evcwsb ratowa ww towjihld ex a ix uun
prematurely or fallen off the trees. The
varnish on the very oldest stars I find on
close and critical examination to be In
splendid condition. They will no doubt
wear as long as we need them, and wink
on long after we have ceased to wink bark.
In 1806 there appeared suddenly In the
northern crown a star of about the third
magnitude and worth at least $250. It was
generally conceded by astronomers that
this was a brand new itar that had never
been used, but upon consulting Argelander'e
star catalogue and price list It was found
that this was not a new star at all, but
an old faded star of the ninth magnitude,
with the front breadths turned wrong side
out, and trimmed with moonlight along the
scams. After a few days of phenomenal
brightness It gently ceased to draw a sal
ary as a star ot the third magnitude, and
walked home with an Uncle Tom's Cabin,
company.
It Is such things as this that makes the
life of an astronomer one ot constant and
discouraging toll. I have long contem
plated, aa I say, the advisability of retiring
from this field of science and allowing
others to light the northern lights, skim
the milky way and do other celestial
chores.
"Did you notify the police?" I asked as only a lonely man can crave It, I Hotchk'iss "that the police were here while Knight's advice we have arranged a little
sharply. wanted the comfort of her, the peace that we were at Creson, and thoy found the Interview here tonight. If all has gone aa
"Police!" she sniffed. "Poliee! It was Icy In her presence. And so, with every bag that I brought from the wreck?" I planned, Mr. Henry Pinckney Sullivan Is
the police that did It two detectives with atep outside the door a threat, I telephoned "Things are coming to a head," he said by this time under arrest. Within a very
a search warrant. 1 I woul.ln't dare tell to her. thoughtfully, "unless a little plan that I few minutes he will be here."
you over the telephone what one of them She was gone! The disappointment was have in mind" he hesitated. "I wanted to talk to him before lie wa
said when he found the whisky and rock gif.at, tor my need was great. In a fury "I hope so; I am pretty nearly desper- locked up." Rlchey explained. "He's clever
candy for my cough," of revolt against the scheme of things, I ate," I said doggedly. "I've got a mental enough to be worth knowing, and, besides,
"Did they take anything?" I demanded, heard that she haj started home to Rich- toothache, and the sooner It's pulled the I'm not o cock-sure of his guilt as our
every nerve ori edge. mond but that she might still he caught better." friend the Patch on the Stat of G-ove-n-
"They took the cough medicine," she re- at the station. "Tut, tut," said McKnlght, "think of the ment. No murderer worthy ot the name
turned Indignantly, "and they said" To see her had by that time become an disgrace to the firm If Its senior member needs six different motives for the earns
"Confound the cough medicine!" I was obsession. I picked up my hat, threw open goes up for life, or" he twisted his hand- crime, beginning with robbery, and cndln
frantic. "Did they take anything else? the door, and, oblivious ot the shock to kerchief Into a noose, and went through an with an unpleasant father-in-law."
Were they In my dressing room?" the office force of my presence, I dashed elaborate pantomime. We were all silent for a while. Mc-
"Yes. I threatened to sue them, and I out to the elevator. Aa I went down In on-s "Although Jail Isn't so bnd, anyhow," he Knight stationed himself at a window, and
told them what you would do when you cage I caught a glimpse of Johnson and finished, "there are fellows that get the Hotchklss paced the floor expectantly. "It'a
came back. But they wouldn't listen. They two other men going up In the next. I habit and keep going back and going back." a great day for modern detective methods,"
took away that black sealskin bag you hardly gave them a thought. There was He looked at his watch, and I fancied his he chirruped. "While the police have bn
brought home from Pittsburg with you!" no hansom In sight, and I Jumped on a cheerfulness was strained. Hotchklfs was guarding housee and standing with their
I knew then that my hours of freedom passing car. Let come what might, ar- nervously fumbling in my book. mouths open waiting for clues to fall la
were numbered. To have found Sullivan rest, prison, disgrace, I wag going to see "Did you ever read 'The Purloined Let- and choke them, we have pieced together,
nd then, In support of my case against Alison. ter.' Mr. Blakeley?" he inquired. bit by bit, a fabric"
him, to have produced the bag. minus the I saw her. I flung into the station, saw "Probably, years ago," I salj. "Poe The door bell rang, followed immediately
bit of chain, had been my intention. But that It was empty empty, for she was not Isn't it?" by sounds of footsteps In the hall. Mc-
the police had the bag, and, beyond know- there. Then I hurried back to the gates. He was choked at my indltterence. "It Knight threw the door opn, and Hotrh-
- She glanced at my arm. "You were on leaving, while Hotchklss and I compared Ing something of Sullivan's history, I was She was there, a familiar . figure In blue, Is a masterpiece," he said, with enthus- kiss, raised on his toes, flung out his arm
the train?" t notes, and then, with the cat in her arms, practically no nearer his discovery than the very gown in which I always thought iasm. "1 re-read It today." In a gesture of superb eloquence.
"Yes." ' she climbed Into the trap from .the town, before. Hotchklss hoped he had his man of her, the one she had worn when, heaven "And what happened?" "Behold your man!" he declaimed.
She waited for more questions, but none I sat with her, and on the way down she m the house off Washington Circle, but help me I had kissed her at the Carter "Then I inspected the rooms in the house Through the open doorway came a tall,
... ... v. - ........ J 'I' l. ,. .. v. ...u . . i. rtn I ,ao. nldht V l. .1 A maart Kim T.nnl. farm ArtA uho u a u nnt a ira rttanHinfr . mm ,-..v.i . nl 1 1 T . A .. A I hlnnri fftllnw. r.l&jt in 1l?ht. flrrB-V. WAarinff
W' TOU don't? ' t -l"ll",8, oiiu itviii lu uiu uuuii iiicii biio lum 'lie a June. Iiuv Iliuuil. v.. .." Jtii wsi.u.a ..... " ..wv vlL n aoiKUBWll v-ntit:. a 1 iiiaue buiiiv uio- u -
t "Vn" with conviction. " ' closed it softly and came back. "If you see Mrs. Sullivan," she advised, claimed that Sullivan had tried to enter over her, talking earnestly, with nil his coverles, Mr. Blakeley. For one thing, our tan shoes, and followed closely by an of-
wis. v.uiii.1 to ucbu iuu ai c sun- ui anu Bna is conscious, one pruDuuiy minus ul utn au,pvaa vuuu hhi- w.b.. ... ... ... wv, j man mere la leii-iisniucii. iiq iuuktu
ll'i" tha asked. . that both her husband and her father Hvan and proved the satchel and Its eon- They did not see me. and I was glad of around for our approval. "There was a "I brought him here aa you suggested.
"She was killed instantly, I believe. The were killed In the wreck. She will be In a tents were his? Since the police had the it. After all, it had been McKnlght's game small cushion on the dresser, and the scarf Mr. McKnlght," aald the constable.
body was not recovered. But I havo rea- bad way. air." bit of chain it might mean involving Alison first. I turned on my heel and made my Pinl in it had been stuck in with the left But McKnlght was doubled over the;
tr.A wm tn snv vou represented 8onB for believing that Mr. 6ulllvan Is "You mean that ahestlll cares about in the story. I sat down and burled my way blindly out of the station. Before I hand,'.' library table In silent convulsions of mirth,
the law " living." her husband?" fca in my hands. There was no escape, lost them I turned once and looked toward "Somebody may have twisted the cush- and I was almost as bad. Little Hotchkiss
"I am a lawyer Some of them misrep- "l k"ew U'" Bhe sald- thlnk ho Th clt craweled over on to my Jinee, I figured It out despondlngly. them, standing apart from the crowd, ab- ion," I objected, but he looked hurt, and I stood up, hla Important atUtude finally
resent tha law but I" M nero tn9 "'a""1 before last. That la and rubbed its head against my hand In- Against me wn the evidence of tha aur. aurbed in each other. They ware the only assisted. changing to one of chagrin, while the blond
She broke In 'impatiently. v hy 1 went to ,he tower room. I believe vitingly. Jennie stared at the undulating vlvors of the Ontario that I had been ac- two people on earth that I cared about, "There la only one discrepancy." he ad- man ceased to look angry, and became
"A herlff'a officer?" " wouia kiii me n ne coum. jb neany tine or the mountain crests, a coiosoai aurr m me muruer i mo nine. mere "u icn iviuci. i.icw x muted, out it troubles me. Accoramg 10 sneepian
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(Copyright, 1910, by Bobba-Merrtll Co.)
CHAPTER XXIV -Continued.
Tou don't?" . . ; .
"No," with conviction.
Why?"
Bhe wheeled on me with lulpk suspicion.
"Aro you a detective?" she demanded.
"No."
he would kill me If he could." As nearly line of the mountain crests, a colossal aurf cused of the murder at the time. There and 1 left them there together. alien I mltted. "but It troubles me.
"No Look here Jennie; I am all that ' rou,la "na comeiy ia:e coum ex- against a blue ocean ot sky. yes, sue uiuou nuu on my ymuw uu newt vain, nn.omuijr u, vuo umio jvirs. carter, at tne larm nouse, our man ji waa ttuart, our coniKienii.il cirra ior t
r v. -v.ii v.,.. n K.ii.v.. .hot P' "t. Jennies txpression was tragic at cares," she said softly.
... j.m Dad oositlon through no that momcnt- I mit a quick resolution, like that. They say they are cats, but possession had been found
fault ot my own. I want you to answer
ome questions. If you will help me, I
"Women are made & hidden dagger. Into the bargain, In my awaited arreat.
traveling bat,' . -
and acted on It at once. Teter there on your lap wouldn't come containing the dead man'i pocketbook. CHAPTER XXVI.
"You are not entirely frank with me, back and lick your hand if vou kicked In my own favor was McICnlght'a theory ON TO RICHMOND.
were gaudy pyjamas, while I found hem the last half doren yeara.
only the most severely plain night shirts." . .McKnlght sat up and wiped his eyes.
"Any buttons oft?" McKnlght Inquired, "Stuart," he said sternly, "there are two
looking again at his watch. very serious things we have learned about
"The buttons were there." the amateur 'ou- '"t, you Jab your searf pin Into
.i a r.- , . n ., iV Jennie, I protested. "And I am going to him. If If you have to tell her the truth, against Mrs. Conway. She had motive for Strangely enough, 1 was not disturbed
near hare?" . te" ou more tnn 1 httve' w' wera ulk" be s Bentle 'ou can- Blr- 6h has wlshln o aecure the notes, she believed that day. McKnlght did not appear at all. detecUve angWered gravely, "but the but- your cushion with your left hand, which Is
. . . . ' ,. ... flrm, ., inK at cross purposes. ' been good to me-thafa why I havo played I was In lower ten, and she had collapsed I sat at my desk and transacted rouflne tonhol8 next the t0D on9 ,voi torn through." most reprehenrtble; second, you wear-er
Htr enln otMX'ereu. it was tne xirst sign ., ... . . . . . . . . .. ... . . . j . . . . . . i. . . . , , ...,. ...... .... . . . .
of weakness she had shown.
i was on tne wrecitea train, in tne the spy here all summer. It a a thank- ai tne uiscovery oi me crime in in morn- Business mi auernuun, wuikiii wiui icver- McKnlKht winked at me furtively
raiiia one vi-lth Mm lnrtla Xlia Vst .ml 1... tkin .n.,ino- nn lnir lah enersrv. I.lka a man nn the vorce of a ... . . .
.f v,,v,. . i. TMttKhiue" aim said ' wi-mb. - - .. am COnvinceu ot one ining,- iioicn-
My noma IS in luisouig, sue aiu, KnlUvan nnHo- nlcht thnr xxiam "it 1 .i..." T o ,.i v,.,i Aralnut hnlh nf thna theories. T ar.riisa rill leal tllne.s or a hazardous iournev. I .. . ...... ., .. . ....
,..j T v..., .n..h mrnv n iref thprA " " " "' "5'x " - - ; - . ' . . .. kiss went on, clearing nm imoai, tna
i ' " , , m J . . fnr two a orlme committed In that tar und Mr. HotchHlss and I arrived In Washington purely chimerical person named eulllvan, cleared up my correspondence, pa n uius are not ,n tnat room- Eklier
"Vrty. hd"t p.tt.."ny Hgf" ... Sullivan disappeared. But ha left behind late that evening, and, rather than arouse who was not seen by any of tho survivors until I had the writer's cramp from sign- ... thm ,,.h htm . L. ia MnM
snontha. iney aian I py anuun, him a. phaln nf rtrniimatanltnl vMnne th-if iv.A i . n u t ... aav. Am Alison, whom I rnnlri not hrlni? Inar rhrki. reAd over mv will, and rjald ..
very well, I reiurnea. i 11 senu jou Invnlvwt ma rnmnlnlal v. ao thnt I m v lit t, t .v.. r.tn .k. a Into th run I eniiM find a mntlva for un mv llfg Insurance, made to the benefit . . . .. fQii,.n uki,iu.
a Plttaburar. Pullman included, ff " . l.'Z7 . ,"'7 ;" , " ' V" V" . Z' a souna on tne street maas Dotn my ""-....
v.w - ... unv iime. Da arresiea. Amitt mvBir Mrn hi v an. nui muraerina: nis iamer-in-iaw. wnom ne oi an eiaeriv sisier ok rnv moincr s. ... , .
j .....B... . - w -k- - . ... - - visitors listen snemiy. w naiever it was it
night shirts, Instead of pyjamas. Worse
than that, perhaps, w find that one of
them has a buttonhole torn cut at the
ntck."
Stuart was bewildered. Ho looked from
McKnlght to me, and then ot the citst-
"I haven't any Idea what it'a all about."
Anv tlm. irrMlAit " .mi...A u.i.uwi .i .. iIa mnrArina' IiIa fsthar.in.lflw. vhnin ha Af nn MArtv Kifpr at m V mother's
... , , . . . . " " UllllllCU III. DCIl, WimilKlK IHICIT RU . .... . ... , . . ... ' - . . . . ' ' - ..... .
you wm ten me some imngs Apparently she did not comprehend for a peered beforo half after ten, and our mod- hated, but agaln-I would have to drag In I no longer dreaded arrest. After that paMe1 however. I was growing cunoua he said. "I was arrested aa I reached my
k cf' n ... th . moment. Then, as If the meaning pf my est office force some time after 9. I looked the girl. mornir.g In the station, I felt that any- and the r'eitrajnt wag telling on McKnlgh. boarding house tonight, after the theater.
Bhe agreed eagerly, "utsme tne """ words had Just dawned on her, she looked over my previous day's mall and waited. -And not one of the theories explained thing would be a relief from the tension. H h talent for secrecy. In the In- and; brought directly here. I tAld the offl-
iioicoKiBA wa uouu.i.A w.i., un and tnisDed: nii nh nadana aa t iuiii.i.i tn the teleeram and the broken necklace. I went home with Derfect openness, court- . , a. it ,aa mi.i.i,."
- " ' , . . . . - - . i""j --..v., w, - - - - iervA.1 wa oiBCUMea ini n i ib.uk n ucciiriflnci - .... .
"You mean-Mr. Sullivan committed tho McKnlght. In the interval I called up Outside the office force was arriving, ing the warrant that I knew waa waiting. at creeson. which lost nothing by Hotch- Poor Hotchkiss tried bravely to Justify
Mrs. Klqpton and announced that I would -iney were coouonaoiy ignorant, oi my Dut i waa not moieeiea. ine away pusziea kl8g. dlv nariA,Uon.
dine at horns that night. What my house- presence, ana over ma transom iioatea me. me eariy part ot tne evening waa
foot prints in the drive.
"Now," 1 began, "there .has been a Miss crime himself?'
Weat staying here l -I think he did.
"Yes." "What was it?" hold subsists on durlnar mv numerous ab. scraps ot dialogue and the stenographer's uneventful. I read until late, with oc
'VI,. fiiillliTAn was attentive tO her?" I , ... . . T b.J ..l I V. 1 . I .t . m . . . npirllfi lan.h W.U'nl.ht k.l a ..I o I M..AM.l l.nau m. k.n mu Knlr lav at
' - " - ...u.w., .am uiiv. bibij, BCHVH X HAVO IIUVCT ULfUVCIOU. A CJl. UTUU" -. " - .. wm.iv.iw t.-., " m " . . www.. '"J "-J . . i. j i. . . . ... . .
the fiasco.
"Anrt .n" h. nonoi,MH "ih. woman In - oeny, ne ronicnn.a, mat
the Baltimore hospital is the wife of Henry Mr- Andrew Bronson followed you to your
H ... ... . ... . rooms last Monday evenlnr."
Va Sh. WAS the aranddSUahter OT a lli- h.n,lu l.nk.M lr....l,,a.IU, n . vi.. t-,,,i . i .... whn waa ...Jlni law mtHtt him In Ih. .IkAi. mnA T amnla an lhnnhl Vlra ux...... m.m wt
wealthy man In Pittsburg. My aunt has ihe shrank back. "A woman?" Bhe could I have made a midnight arrival, never re- intervals between calling up the young Klopton closed the house with ostentatious j" J" ?' f th k .. c""'l",wl watn
been in his family for twenty years. Mr, scarcely form hpr words. veals anything more substantial. Possl- women of his acquaintance. He came lit caution, about 11, and hung around waiting heard or tne wreck.
Curtla wanted her brother to marry Miss -Ko, a man; a Mr. Simon Harrington, bly I Imagine It. but the announcement inging, and the office boy Joined in with to enlarge on the outrageousness of tha "Jy- Probably," McKnlght put in. "Is
West." of Pittsburg." that I sm about to make a Journey al- the uncertainty ot voice of 15. I smiled police search. I did not encourage her. lhat cloclt rlhtt Lawrence? Never mind,
"Do you think he did marry her?" I Her effort to retain her self-control was ways seems to creat a general atmosphere grimly. I was too busy with my own "One would think," she concluded pom- 11 doesn't matter. By tho way. Mrs. Con
could not keep the excitement out of my pitiful. Then she broke down and cried, cf depression throughout the house, as troubles to find any Joy in opening the pously, one foot In the hall, "that you were wlr dropped In the office yesterday, while
voice. her head on the back of a tall chair. though Rnnhemin an raim ami Thnm
"No. There were reasons" she stopped "it was mv fault." she said wretchedly, tho .i.hi.m.n ,. aireaHv .i.hikiii even heard, without resentment. Blobs of rence. Thev acted aa thoua-h vou had com- "What!" I sprang from my chair.
Monday evening.
Stuart looked at us and flushed.
"No, I don't deny It," he said, "but there
was nothing criminal about It, on my part,
at least. Mr. Bronson has been trying to
Induce me to secure the forged notes for
him. But I did not even know where they
were."
"And you were not on the wreckeo.
though Euphcmta and Eliza, end Thomas, doo" nl startling them into silence. I something you oughtn't to be, Mr. Law- 'ou
. the stableman, were already subsisting, evn heard, without resentment. Blobs of rence. They acted as though you had com- "What!" I sprang from n
. . . . . ....... .u. i i . i. r, . "Sura thlmr. Raid aha h
i in imagination, on Mrs. iviopton's meager " """mu vuiw unjuirs nnm onn miiiea t trim - - --- ------ Bu, McKnlght Interfered
didn't Mrs. Klop- """ wemea ... to ...no,, nrr ..... . , . .
"Somebody did and case against the railroad." Tner.B ,g ,no UH Wfc P
JZ . t my "I would Ilk. to know what she is driving " Stuart, Mr.
abruptly. "my fault. I should not have sent them
"Co you know anything of the family 7 the word." fare. would be back. "I'm not sure that I
Are they wera they New Yorkers? After a few minutes she grew quiet. She So I called her ud and announced mv I honed McXnia-ht would arrive before ton." I said wearily,
"They came from somewhere In the seemed to hesitate over something, and arrival. There was something unusual In tha arrest occurred. There were many the general verdict seems to point my
:.ad heard great Wanln'ton Filer?" persisted Hotchklss.
outh. I have heard Mrs. Curtis Say her finally determined to say It. her tone as though her throat ... .nA thtna-A tn .rr.n.. n h.n At la.r im. way." 1 ret' eoted. 'Is she trying to reach me
am afraid that the beautiful fabrio we have
scraps is going to
tone was facotioua.
put the other
Hotchklss,"
he protested. "H has been our confiden-
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muti.cr a, euDmi. t uou i uu win uiiuriomim uener, sir, wnsn wnn inaignation. Always snrill. ner eld- patient or his delay, I telephoned, I round BU stereo, at me in speecniess inaigna- ' , " . . away from the office a day for a year I
about them, but Mr. Sullivan had a wicked I sav that I was raised in tha Harrlnrton a,-lv nia ...r..H mw ar nairf..iiu .v,r,.,,o-i, h. K.n h..n en. nn h. .n h.. tinn. Than aha floti nraH nut. Kha ram. Rlchey S flippancy Is often a Cloak for .... .. ... . . ..... . . ' .
temper, though he didn't look It. Folks family. Mr. Harrington was Mr. bulllvan s the receiver. Clearly he was not coming directly to the back once to say that the paper predicted JePer feeling. He dropped It now.
say big. light-haired people are easy going, wife's father!" "I have chai.ged the butcher. Mr. Law- office, and with such resignation as I cooler weather, and that she bad put a h" ,aJd' "h' ur tha notes, of
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nut i ouui noucvo u, ah. rence," sne announcea portentously, rue couia muster I paced tne noor and waited, oianaei on my ceo. dui, to ner aisappoini- - - - - but j C0U,i detect the undercurrent of real
"How Jong was Miss West here?" CHAPTER XXV. last roast was a pound short, and his mut- I felt more alone -than I have ever felt ment. I refused to reopen the subject. whatever that may be-when I turned her aigappolIltnlent
Two weeks." AT THE STATION. ton chops-any aelf-respecilng sheep wouli in my life. "Born an orphan." as Rlchey At 11:30 McKnlght and Hotchkiss came down- She stood by the door with her face ... .. .
I hesitated about further questioning. So It had been the tiger, not the ladv! refuse to acknowledge them." said. I had made my own way, carved out in. Rlchey has a habit of stopping his whlte. and told me contemptuously that I Pia the consiaD e ror nis trouble, ana
Critical as my position was, X could not well, I had held to that thsory all through. As I said before, I can always tell from myself such success aa had been mine. I car In front of the house and honking co"ld ,av' Va trom murder charge and flepartea. Stuart, still indignant, left
pry deeper Into Alison West's affairs. It jer.nle suddenly became a valuable person; the voice in which Mrs. Klopton conveys had built up my house of life on the props until some one comes out Ho has a code wouldn't do it. She made me foel like a to fo Dack to Washington Llicio. lie snook
had got into the hands of adventurers, if necessary she could prove the conneo- the most Indifferent matters. If sonWg ot law and order, and now some unknown of signals with the horn, which I never re- cur- I Jut as guilty as If I could have nKna. wun MCKnignt ana mseir mag
as Sullivan and bis sister appeared to havo ticn between Sullivan and the murdered of real significance has occurred. Also, band ha4 withdrawn the supports, and I member. Two long and a short blast mean, obliged her. She hinted that there were "anlmu' nur,'a ,. .u,,,r
been, she was safely away from them man, and show a motive for the crime. I through long habit, I have learned how stood among ruins. I believe, "Send out a boa of cigarettes," reesons ana sne iana my atutuae to ueasny v....-, -
again. But something ot the situation in waa triumphant when Hotchklss came In. quickest to bring her to the point
I suppose it Is the maternal tn a woman nd six short blasts, which sound like a
motives.'
chair.
f
the car Ontario was farming itself in my When the girl had produced a photograph "You are pessimistic this morning," I thst makes a man turn to her when every- police call, mean "Can you lend me some "Nonsense," I said, aa easily as I could. As far as I can see. said McKnlght
mind: the incident at the farm house ef Mrs. Sullivan, and I had recognised returned. "What's the matter, Mrs. Klop. thing else falls. The eternal boy In him money?" Tonight 1 knew something was Hotchkiss had gone to the window. "She ry'y. "we're exactly as far alot.g as we
lacked only motive to be complete. Was the bronse-halred girl of the train, we were ton? You haven't used that tone since goes to have his wounded pride bandaged, up, for he got out and rang the door bell was excited. There are no 'reasons,' what- wr the day we met at the Carter place.
6ulllvan, after all. a rascal or a criminal? both well satisfied which goes to prove Eurhemla baked a pie for the Iceman, his tattered self-respect repaired. If he like a Christian. ' ever she means." Were not a ateap nearer to finding our
Was the murderer Sullivan or Mrs. t'on- the ephemeral nature of most human con- What is It now? Homebody poison tho loves the woman, he wants her to kiss the They came Into the library, and Hotch- Rlchey put his hand on my shoulder, man."
ayT The lady or the tiger again. tentments. nog?" hurt. kiss wiped his collar until it gleamed. Mc- "We've, been together too long to let ar.y "w hav one thin tht my '", of
Jennie was speaking. Jennie either had nothing more to say, She cleared her throat. The longing to see Alison, always with Knight waa aggressively cheerful. 'reasons' or 'unreasons' come between us, vlue-" 1 "Wtd. "He if the husband of
"I hope Miss West was not hurt?" she or feared she had said too much. She 'The house has been broken Into. Mr. me, waa stronger than I waa that morn- "Not pinched yell" he exclaimed. "What old man." he said, not very steadily. bronxe-haJred woman at Van Kirk's hos-
asked. "We liked her. all ot ue, Bho waa evidently uneasy before Hotohklsa. I Lawrence," she said. "I have lived in the Ing. It might be that I would not see her do you think of that for luckl You always Hotchklss. who had been silent, here plt'' an1 11 ' Ju,t PMlbu we may trace
waa not like Mrs. Curtis." t0la ner that Mrs. Sullivan was recovering best famlllea. and never have I atood by again. 1 had nothing to say to her save were a fortunate devil, Lawrence." cams forward in hla most Impressive men- hlm th1"0"11 hr- 1 hP" w re ot fng
-T wanted to say that she was not like i Baltimore hospital, but she already and seen what I saw yesterday-every one thing, and that, utder tha cloud that "Yes," I assented, with some bitterness, ner. He put hla hands under hla oeat tall to Io" yo,ur vlubl co-opera,flon. Mr.
af?bodj intlie world. Instead "Sha ee- knew it, from some source, and merely bureau drawer opened, and my my most hung over nw, I did not dare to say. But "I hardly know how to contain myself for and coughed. Hotchklss?" I asked.
"o"1" u,u,"l" nodded, bne maae a rew preparations for saored Belongings'' she choked. I wanted to e ber, to touch her hand Joy sometimes. I suppose you know" to "Mr. Blakeley," be began, "by Mr. Mo-
(To Be Continued.)
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