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I) Ottt THE PROFESSOR'S MYSTERY Two Charming Paris Models FULLY DESCRIBED BY OLIVETTE by) WELLS HASTINGS ip BRIAN HOOKER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS by HANSON BOOTH COPYRIOHT 1911 hy THE 1IODQS MEnillLL COMPANY THE BEE: OMAHA, TtTESDAY, APRIL 14, 1914. S . If M VB ITST II IB t You Can Begin This Great Story To-day by Reading This First k Professor Crosby, waiting" at a subur ban station for a trolley oar to take him Into Boston, where he has a social en gagement, 'encounters Miss Tabor, whom tin had met the nrovlous winter at a SO clal party. They comparts notes, and find they are bound for tho same Place, and waiting for tho same car. While waiting they talk of themselves In a casual way, and Crusby Imagines ho has touched on something closely .personal to alien Tabor. Now Read On CHAPTER I. Up- In Which Thine Am Tnrnrtl utile Dnivn, (continued.) A short open car, with an air of put ting Its wheels plosc together In order to buck, Bquealied nround the curve and tooK us aooaru. wnen wo were under way a sjiort, ..heavy man came nround tho corner- of the station ort an Unsteady , run and, pursued a little dls tanco with Inarticulate shoutings' and violent gestures. Wo were too far ,6ft to see him very distinctly, but-1 though he "had somehow' a foreign look: and unless my cars wero at fault he was cursing us In Itaftan.' "Wer loft hfm 'standing In the middle of the road, shaking Ills fist and munnlne his face wltlfa- red handker chief. There was onl one other passenger on the car, a fattlsh woman" with blonde hair, who sat at the further tondj but for all that, It could hardly hp called cither a prlvataor a comfortable qbnveyance.. There was a badly' flattahfed w(ieel for ward, which banged and jolted abomin ably; and the .motorman. Instead of run ning slpvly on that account, seemed pos sessed b'f Tl speed mania Induced by ar tificial happiness. He bumped, ovcr'crpso Ings and rocked around curve's at An alarming' rate, accompanying the pcr 'formance with , pccaslon'nl snatches of : song;, whllo tho conductor, balanced ou the back platform', read a newspaper and chewed a toothpick wifhput, paying' the slightest attention. SVhere wo ran, for a long stretch along the highway, an auto mobile came along ami proceedod to have un with us after the: manner of Joyous automobiles. It ran ( languidly beside us 'Until wo were--. a rjiilf hest Bpctiaritieh1 .'with a derisive toot, buzzed, halt a mile ahead. Then it "waited -for us tq come up, and repeated the t evolution, 'barking' at us.,witlv the engine.; .Tho motorman's Bongs turned to' muttered anathemas.-And as we turned from tho' roadside along n low embankment . oC sandi across tlie meadows wo held to aerate of. sped '.that was really exciting. '.''.- , "Aro wo making up. 'time?" I asked. "Or Is It merely tho festive - motor man?" ' ' Miss Tabdrshpok her bend'., "t never went so fast before. Tho- man must bo-" Just tljen wo struck a curve. I bad one, JhstanVH slc'krjhlng' 'sense of danger ns-the, front wheels bumped and thudded over tho ties. Miss' Tabor caught it my arm with a smothered' cry. Then the car lurched drunkenly to the edge of tho em bankment and slowly rolled over. roro me. To my left loomed tho absurd bulk of the upturned trolley, on Its back with wheels In air, looking for all the world llko a stupid mastodan puppy. A very much frightened conductor stood near by. "Say," ho asked hoarsely, "Is yous all right? Kin you look after things till Joe an' mo git back?" "Look after things?" 1 repeated .dully. "Sure, tho lydles, I mean. Sure 'you kin. We'll beat it right off, an' 1 hope to gash Joo sobers up on tho way. So long." He was gono before I could gather my wits for a question, and uncomprohond ingly I watched the two blUe-conted fig ures scrambling up tho steep, scarred sides of the viaduct. Frantically thoy scaled the top and made off down tho tracks without so much as another glance In my direction. Then of a sudden memory came upon me, and my heart contracted with a greatness of fear that I had never known.' Tor a moment I could see her nowhere. tnen as I stnggered to uncertain feet t found ber. She lay behind me, her hand pillowing her. cheek as If-sho slept. And as I knelt beside her .to listen fearfully at her heart I laughed with half a sob, for tho beat came, purely and with grow ing strength. The sudden easing of my fear camo over me drowsily until It seemed as If all the world lay In the hollow of the meadow about me and tllno had been blotted out, In tlie grass beside her I sat down to wait. To -my- bewildered sense wo were two shadowy, pcoplo In an. Impossible dream. A wayward tendril' of dark hair had fallen across her eyes. . I smoothed It softly back and my fingers brushed her, nair ugnuy anu strayingly, ae my.,motb er's had mine In by go'rierdays, tcnd?rjy and as If we shared. In tho secret of sleep. " I do not know when her eyes opened, but looking down. I found them turned to mine. She smiled, sighed softly, and .closed them. Then again they opened. "I think that 1 Bhould llko to sit up," she said. T helped her carefully. "Aro you all right?" I asked. v Slio smiled uncertainly. "I think so. I am very dlziy." My arm was halt about her, and for a long, moment her head" rested, against moi Then she sat up very straight and n, llttlo apart, busying herself about her dress, giving a practiced touch to her hair ,and .tho laces at her neck, and smoothing tho scarcely ruffled breadths of her skirt. I gazed out across' our nieadow to where three; black and white cows' stood In erratic, wavering flight. A little cloud tempered tho brightness and passed. "What happened?" she asked softly at last. t pointed to where tho trolley lay tow ering behind her. Sho lost color a little and sprang to her feet, then sho turned to mo laughing. "I never saw anything look so ashamed of ltsolf In my life,'' she said. "Speak to It kindly, Mr. Crosby, It can't lie there with Its feet In tho air forever." I shook my head ruefully. "I am afraid that It will have to stay thtero for tlie afternoon, at least." "Hut how aro we how am I going to got home? Where aro tho crcw, and wasn't there another passenger?" I gasped. 1 had absolutely forgotten ho other woman. Sho was lying not far from us In a little hollow of tho long grass, and for a moment I thought that nho whs dead. Tho sallow, foreign face was yellow White, tho plump hands were gripped, as It In somo past ' convulsive agony, above her head, and this, same muscular rigidity seetned, to underlie Incongruously every formless lino of the flabby body Miss Tabor's hand trembled upon my arm. "Do you think that shcr-that nho is dead?" sho whispered. I a looped to the woman's wrist. The pulse camo faintly with a dull throb that was unbelievably slow. Hut as I. still fumbled tho pulpy hand caught mine In a grip that "made me wince, the bloodless lips stirred In a shuddering moan, and without opening her eyes shq spoke. "It Is hard, hard," sho sold, "thero Is too much light. Will some one turn down the' light;' A long convulsive tremor ran over the entire body and tho hand In lnlne stnurpled Jn anguish. . jMias iauor;suivcrcu. '. ."lYttm'j afraid that she'' Is very much hurt,!' ! said all gently ns t could. T was shamed at myself? but fear seemed to clutch me. Then I gave myself, a metal shake and caught my hat from tho ground. "Von will have to stay with ',her, 1 suppose,- while I get somo water. You might loosen, bet- dress." It was all unit t couiu tiunK or. Miss Tabor knelt to tho work without a word, and I made oft across the meadow to the, pool, running at my best speed, In a moment I was back again and dashed 'what "little water my hat still held oyer tho twitching',-' yellqw face. Tho eyelids fluttered and lack-luster eyes' looked Int6 mine. Tho woman gaepefl-and sat up, "That Is a very dangerous .thing to do, young jnap." Tho voice beneath Its se verity of tono was softly unctuous and vaguely Latin. "A very dangerous thing, Indeed. Sudden shock has killed us many times..' That Is well known." sleepily, knec-decn in a small nonl. A noj',.1gI.rg. ftpd, crossed fjjeqj fTSBc OohtJnUfd Tomorrow.) -CH,VITKnll -jLa!ftJ" f0-, mpmeit - hal,f stunned, my iWPuffcPtJn' thQ-.most depths of' the grass. Mtwah. A". If "earth had been sud fcnRulfMl in a, vVphtferlng star, as If WJ.pown arid faiillar things hail come to' an Instant end' arid I must gather hy vogue, soul to face unlmagined eternities. ' ?'&H0Usl" 1 raised my head and looked , vBj' A Joaow stretched blooming, be- lSVRINkjL.ES MUST GO Free to All rr i The Fatal Early Marriage nmov rnr wrlnklea and . mtrki ot st. mr way move Wrinkles, Crow's Feet, Blackheads, Acne, Pimples ana racial memisnes, NO MATTEIl WILVT YOU TRIED 'Mr book ttllt oH tile nwa 6t your pMt fall uiei. Mr method hu no record o( tillurti. Throw way lb Sticky Ouum. Worlhleu PUtura. lUrm lul .Jtttrumti PvUonoui Wtrhet, Ktnil Vibrator or Cuppto Iwlua, tbat ncrer !ut halpd yon. and let & t)l rou bow to Restores the Blood of Youth. Band ma no money, as my Book ot Baauty It Kit EE. - It 'nplalea bow all thta can- bo dooa at hurua. Doo't irlrottnt with old uwltat method! feiir loniery tbat rob yon ot Irora SOo to II at a (Una. STQl NQW. and watt, until you bar ray Look. It will aata tor you all tb baauty you ngw hut. or rastoro what tuu bean loot. You will do longer need powder or coametlc ot any kind, l,carn.ho ''W 'lywlh akjn.aycb aa natar beatowa on the young. MY ROOK TKLLS YOU Haw to obtain XREK la connection with all thli. tb aacret ot Ramovlas Buperlluaui fleih. It you are. jYreltlt. How to remove Suparfluoua Ilalr. If you aro afflicted In tbit way. ilow to Itovelop tb buat. If you- ara underelopad. My book explain Jut how I tlvi theu away and WHY I DO BO. You want to know ao tbtt you ran begin' at one to ramare tba wrinkles, and biker narka ot time. Writ today aa I only ad- rtlea. at odd tunea. and you Day not aaa the d agil. A"T HOW. VERLIE GATLIH, Dept. 129, Denier, Colo. Ry DOROTHY DIX. A boy who says he Is eighteen years old 33BBSZ&Bm aim teiiiiiR iwtiv dollars a week sal ary, writes me that he Is desperately In love with a girl o( seventeen, and that they want to marry. And ho wants to know what I think of It. What do I think ot It? Son, when there are so many easy and convenient ways of committing suicide, such as tak ing rough on rats, and wetting In front of a trolisy car, why do you chooso such a horrible, and lingering, and torturing way of exter minating yourself hh an early marriage? Just take it from me that it you gel married at eighteen you will never re- Igret it but once, and that will bo every day that you live. .... A boy that marries before he has come jto man's estate, before ho knows what i kind- of a man ho Is going to be, and To every ladvlwlmt kind pt needs and dealres he Is reader wh o going to have as a man, commits a crime will matl6 1 nea,n8t himself and against tho girl he free." copy of marries, for which there Is no forgiveness my book, en- hero or hereafter. He foredooms them jjQji both to failure and mteery, and anybody BHAUTY.- It who has- got llttlo enough senso to even tells' you how . contcmplato doing such a thing should retulnrorrdei bo Iockea up by the stute m a nlce velop to ' Us padded cell until he recovers his sanity, '"Nest posst-, Fon, matrimony Is a man-sized trouble charmof your wlth whlo,, no c,,,,d naa the "rength to faco a n d wrestle. Walt until you get grown up form. An .en-, before you tacklo It. tlrely new I ... .. , . ., . .. . ' Way. Iteslllts imic-ii iu uiu num. tii wiBtiuiii in rive aaysjirom a juago wno nas naa mucn ex- T i JeSB' A ptrlence In arbitrating tho difficulties bo- plaln common ; , , . sense - h o ni e twten married couples. He .says; method of ' find that It Ib youthful marriages a t. a n ... ... that dVHgi.t:mcr; '"f" w kUUlK V y JUUHb VUU)JIU KVWVlll enough money to live- upon, and quarrels begin when the young husband finds that It Is difficult-to support his little fam ily Blows and blaCk eyes follow. "Financial matters, however, are not tho only cause .of disagreement between couples who marry at tender ages. There are dissensions tamong rich young couples aa well as poor ones. If it la not about money, it Is. about something else. They are not old enough 'noir wise enough to have patlenco with each other's faults," I wish that theso .words- of' warning might be printed In letters a foot high upon eVery signboard in the country. ao that they might always be before the eyes of girl and boys, who hao reached the calf loVo' Mate 'of, existence, where they are apt 'to 'mistake,. tV passing fancy for an eternal passion, and wreck their lives in consequence. Marriage is risky enough, heaven knows, at the best, when people are old enough, and mature enough to know what thoy are doing, but, for the young and callow it means inevitable disaster. A couple who mirry before they are twen ty take a long shot a happiness, and it is nothing but pure luck If they win out There are many reasons why the early and aaton Ishes alL MV BOOK OF BBAUTV Will tell you KIIE13 how you can re marriage ,(b prooroained to failure. The first and most practical is that matri mony, like, any other venture, has 'to be adequately 'financed to bo- a success. No boy Is able 16 cam enough to support a family In' decent comfort, and when hunger and cold begin to pinch, and tho bill collector beglna to hammer on tho door, lovo packs Up its grip and beats It uway from that abode. The second reason why early marriages aro failures Is that the boy husband and the girl wife have not had their fling. They still crave, the pleasures and amuse ments that belong to their years, and when Instcnd.ot dancing and frolllcklng they hayo to walk colllcky babies, and toll to exhaustion to take care of a family, they are dead sure to turn upon each ptljer With hatred and recrimina tion. Tho third objection to early marriages Is that youth Is unreasonable in Its de mands, it is utterly selfish, and tyran nical, ,and ovorbearlng, and both hus band and wife demand too much' of each other. Hence quarrels, and jealousy. and dlvoreo. Ago teaches us patlenco nnd forbearance, and to deal diplomatically with' altiiatlons that youth treats with brutal and .fata! directness. Tho fourth reason why early mar riages are olmoBt sure to bring misery Instead of happiness to those who con tract them is that no boy's or girl's character is formed. At 18 years and 2S years our tastes aro no more the same than If wo were different persons, and the man or woman wa fancied ourselveH In lovo with In our salad days fill us with weariness and repulsion when we have reached maturity. There are foolish sentimentalists who advocato early marrlago on the ground that a young couple will grow up - to gether. This is a fallacious hope for not ono time In a thousand does It hap pen that a boy and girl develop along tho same lines. Either the husband out grows tho wife, or the wife outgrows the husband, and there Is left that hideous dtbth-ln-llfe of matrimony where tho su perior one must ever drag about with him or her the corpse of Jove. It Is true that not all youthful mar riages end In divorce, but practically all end in estrangement. If you will look about umong your acquaintances you wll. find that in almost every case whero the husband Is openly or secretly un faithful to his wife, or where the wlfo cares more for tho admiration of other men than she should, or where the couple aro frankly weary ot each other, that they married young. No, son, don't marry when you are 18 years old. Walt until you are 28 years old and then take time to think it over. Walt until you are able to support a wife. Walt until you know Just what kind of a wife you want, and then pick out some woman who already comes up to the specification. Instead of marrying a chit of a girl of 17 years, who may be what you want, and may not be. Any way, you have to take enough chances on the womanyou marry, without taking any chances on tho sort of a man you may become. There, is no use in being In such a hurry about running your head In the matrimonial noose. For when you are married you are married a long, long time. And sometimes it seems longer. i 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 iitv m-pj&mmK&m . f,.ji-rmmmmaxr t '1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 MidjKSmJhS ' -iie-!a V sr xvSsmrjKUr i wrw i-mr ?. sBr iiiKujigf if. .w i i'. '?Kmiw fimmxws III TT T iTiTn IMMlli l v ' O " t 'SI V- Motoring has made tho topcoat an ojit-and-out nccbflBlty, antli what Is mora, necessity has boon tho mother of Invention In making: n most attractive garment of the horotofo.ro merely useful motor coat. Gono are tho days when any old thing would do to bundle yourself tin In for a spin. Now women manage to look attractive In their cars or on tho piazza, whero thoy Btop for tea, and tho woman who docs not often rldo In an auto, but still wishes to look attractive on tho chance motoring expedition, will do well to copy this stunning and unusual motor or sport coat. This Is 'a three-quarter cout lu tho left, knoo length In hack anil a trlflo shorter In tho simulated cutaway front. It Is fashioned of phostnut brown poau do pecho, with a lining of lighter brown satin. It falls straight up and down In lines that, aro almost capelike In their simplicity. Thero is a deop" point over" tho arm but there Is no sleeve. At tho bottom there is b deep hem edged In a piping of tho material. With this wo show ono of the new flat-topped pagoda parasols. It is of whito taffeta covered over three-fourths of Ub surfaco In black not sol on at tho top with a hoadlng and finishing in an Insot of chan tllly lace. The long stick of whllo wood crtds in an ebony ferule. Azuro blue silk cachemlr and azuro chiffon .aro comblncjd with charming effect In this gown on tho right, which is a groat favorite with ono of tho greatest beauties ot tho French stngo, Tho kimono 1b of azuro chiffon over which aro laid two wldo strap of tho cachemlr crossing In a fichu effect In front. Tho docolleto Is V-shaped with a Bmall ruff collar of Malnes laco. From under this fall two soft cravat ends of laco to form u Blmplo jabot. Tho iklcovo ends at tho olhow nnd Is finished by a gathered flounce. A soft holt of draped cachemlr fastens In front tinder two Amer ican Beauty roses. A flounco ot tho chiffon galhorcd at tho waist 1b hordorod by a bias fold of cachemlr stitched on each side, beneath this is a drapltitf of cachemlr flnls'hod by a bow, This hends a second flounco. Underneath this uppears tho Bkirt itself dovoloped in cachemlr draped up In front and terminating In a small pointed train. OLIVETTE. No Men Admire Freaks Ry RKATRICB FAIRFAX. Take two girls: Let ono dress mod estly, refrain from ulng powder and rouge and take her walks abroad with not attempt to attract masculine atten tion. I.ct the other bleach hor hair, paint and powder her race, wear ner areas qui iniierntiv inw In tho neck and her skirt slit Indecently high, and take her walks abroad with the plain Intent to attract tho men. arid which of these glrla Is the first to get a husband? in other words, when rrirls seek mem bership In the fast-growing freak family, are the men to blame? Vnn have an onlnlon: What do you think? Look nround you before making up your mind, Which class of girls gots Invitations to tho dances and tneoters so dear to the heart of every pleasure-lov- Ine girl? Which class stays at home, or Is dependent on rather or Droincr or s-iri frlnnd for escort? From which class la recruited the fast-growing army of plnBters? "In the neighborhood In which I live," writ. woman, "are three of tho nicest and sweetest girls that any one would ever care to know. They dress fashion ably, but not extremely so. Also thoy are good to talk to and to look at, yet I have never seen one go out -with a u-i-.nnu- man. It Is not because there are not any nice young men In this neigh borhood, but simply that they don t taite any Interest In these girls. "In the same neighborhood thero Ilvs a girl who Is extremely modern In dress and manners. She is an artist In making up her face and bleaching iyer hair. Yet this girl attracts all the attention, for she is out eVery Hunday with a different boyj and Is popular with all the. young men In the neighborhood, While tnesa three nice girls are sitting on the porch In the summer time, the painted lady is hiking off somewhere for a ride, or swim, or sail with some young man. From what I have seen ot the young men of today, they do not admire nice, sensible girls." A terrible arraignment that, but Is It based on fact? "I am 21," writes a lonely-hearted girl, "Ucrmnn, a good cook, and know every detail of housework from tho front to the back door, I dress neatly, but can't af ford nil tho late fashions, and have been brought up too modestly to approve of them. I know I havo every qualification that makes a good wife nhd mother, yet I men pass jne by to court nnd marry girls who can't toll a waffle Iron from a vacuum -cleaner, but who am authorities on rouge and hair bleach. l)on't scold the clrls for dreaslnir like frenka. Mv lonell- ( liens is proof that the men aro to blame." "My mother died when a was 10," writes another girl, "and for ten years I havo j kept house for my father. Ho brings me ! bis wages every Saturday night, and I spend his money so carefully that, wo I havo a nest egg laid by for tho times when work Is slack. I know I would make some niaii-a good wlfo, and I know also I will never be a wife, for tho rea son that I haven't tho time to paint nnd doll up and chase the streets looking for u husband." If girls dress llko freaks, who Is to blame? Advice to the Lovelorn by RKATRICI: rAIIUVaX. You Koollali Girl. Dear Miss Fairfax! I am 17 and deeply in love with a young man a few yours my senior, but my folks are very much ugalnst him, the reason being that he comes from a very low family, and his brother Is a convict sentenced to a long term In prison for robbery and assault. He only cams about 18 por week, but he has somo chance of advancement. I know very well that my people are right, as I come from a exy respectable family, but still I do not know what to do, as I love him very mueh. HBAIVrortOKK.N. Your head counsels pne thing and your heart another. My dear, lot you head control. The young man may not be responsible for his brother's sins, but you will bo responsible If thero proves to be u taint In the blood for the coming generation to Inherit But, be that as It may, you aro too young to put your wishes against your parents' will. m ill An Aristocratic Anger By RHV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. Ono hundred and elghty-olght years ago. April 7, 1726, a younK man named Vol taire got Into some sort of difficulty with h great noblonian namer Chebat "the Chevalier de Cha- bat, of tho fomlly of Itohan." if you please, and to savu hlmsulf from being flayed allvo by tho muddened aristo crat Voltal-re skipped out for ICngland, where ho ronialned tit rou years. ISngland had not Invited the young man, and, of course, was not looking for hjm when ho landed at Dover, t. ..nftl..& t.n.l . k. ....Ht tt m.lf. I UUl illO lU&HIVU HUU UIU lUUII v.. IIIU"- ing himself at home wherever he might be, and it was not long before he felt quite comfortable in the laud of freedom. (While In Htigland Voltaire, with those sharp oyeu ot his, saw everything, and there was much to see that was positively new to him. I'aylng but llttlo heed to physlcnl Ungland, ho studied mental and moral Ungland thoroughly, and much of It was a downright revelation to him. In Kngland be saw, for the first time, a free peoplo, doing their own thinking and making their own laws; a people who ! cared nothing tor authority simply ub such, but who stubbornly Insisted that authority should be backed up by a cer tain amount of truth and right.1 He associated Intimately with the great men of tho country, Bollngbroke, Swift, I'opo. He acquired the language and read and studied tho works of Bacon, NeWton and John Iocke. He made himself fam iliar with the Inductive method as em ployed by Englishmen In history, ethics and sclunce. In a word, he learned the secret of among tho reading public the knowledf of tho strange facts ho had found acros. tho channel-how tho Ung was tho ser vant rather than tho master ot to people: how the press, instead of being gagged, was free; how tho Individual man and hla private, opinion wero treated with re rpect; how, in a word, men In Kngland Were men, rather than things. Voltaire's work was tho fuse leading to tho Intellectual dynamite that was " rre sently to blow tho medlaval Intrench ments sky high nnd forever rcatter ths forces of darkness and oppression. Men Pay Homage to Mother's Friend i "I am hot surprised to observe txC number of men who come into the store to purchase 'Mother's Friend, " remarked a leading druggist. The expectant mother If she hasn't heard ot this1 splendid embrocation is probably not reading the papers to much extent. And if she does it Is a happy thought to send hubby to tho drug store. "Mother's Friend" is applied externally, over tho abdominal muscles. It is a gentle, soothing lubricant, pene trates to the fine network of nervel beneath tho skin and has a marked tendency to relieve the muscular strain to which these broad, flat abdominal muscles are subjected. The cords, ten dons and ligaments are thn permitted to stretch without the correr ponding surfaco strain so often Involved during the period of expectation. And particularly to young mothers is this remedial application of inestimable value slncu in thus keeping the muscles firm hut pliant it enables logical thinking, or distinguishing between them to go through tho ordeal without truth and twaddle, fact and fiction. Beat; laceration ot the epidermis eften the casa wn mis genua auruuou is urjciccira. "Motners Friend" is nigmy reoora- of all, he learned what a grand thing it , was to bo intellectually free, a man, as rnei.Jed by a host of women. Wrlta distinguished from n parrot. 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