THE BEN: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914.
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The Professor's
Mystery
' BY WELLS HASTINGS
AND BRIAR HOOKER
Illustrations by Hanson Booth
Copyright, MIL by The Bobba
afflerrlll Company.
You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
by Reading This
First
Prof. Crosby, waiting at a sunurban
station lor a trolley car to tako him to
the Alusllea, -where he had a social en
gagement, encountered Miss Tabor, whom
ho had met at a Christmas party the
winter before. She, too. Is Invited by the
Alnslles. When the belated trolley comes,
they stan, off together, to meet with a
wreck. Miss Tabor Is stunned nnd Crosby,
assisted by n strange woman passenger,
restores her, finding all her things save
a slender golden chain. Crosby searches
for this and finds It holds a wedding
ring. Together they go to the Tabors',
where father and mother welcome the,
daughter, calling her "Lady," and give
Crosby a rather strained greeting. Cir
cumstances suggest ho stay over night,
nnd he awakens to find himself locked In
his room. Before he can determine the
cause he Is called and required to leave
the house, Miss Tabor letting him out
and telling him she cannot see him again.
At the Inn where he puts up ho notices
Tabor In an argument with a Btrange
Italian sailor. Crosby protects the sailor
from thn crowd at the Inn and goes on
to the Alnslles, where ho again encoun
ters Miss Tabor, who has told her hosts
nothing of her former meeting with the
professor. The two are getting along very
well, when Dr. Walter Held, Miss Tabor's
half-brother, appears and bears her away.
Crosby roturns to the inn and demands
to see Miss Tabor. Held refuses, but
Crosby declines to go until she tells him
herself, , Miss Tabor greets him In a
strained way and tells him It is her wish
he leave and never try to see her again,
lie says ho will not unless she send to?
him. That night she calls him to join
In a hurried trip by auto to New York.
Tho chauffeur does not appear to relish
the journey, but Crosby fixes tho ma
chine and they are driven Into a crowded
tenement district of the city. Here they
ascended several flights of stairs, and
found the door at tho top blocked. Forc
ing It open, they discovered tho body of
Sheila, Miss Tabor's nurse, bleeding from
many wounds, but with signs of life.
Caruucl, thu strango Italian, who is also
Sheila's husband, 1b in a drunken stupor
In the next room. The chauffeur
weakens, but Crosby carries tho Injured
woman down to the car, and prepares to
drive It himself. Crosby succeeds In elud
ing tho polloe, but tho timid chauffeur
escapes. With no further adventure the
party reaches the Tabor home. Hero
Crosby learns that Dr. Held is married to
Lady Tabor's sister. The details of tho
adventure aro discussed, nnd the prospect
of Hb getting into the paper. Crosby is
.- Informed that hln former ejectment from
the Tabor home had ben a bluff. Tabor
explains how Sheila came to be the wife
ot. Caruccl, and the trouble the Italian
had mada for the family. The newspapers
come with sensational accounts of the
affair of the night before, but no names
of the persons who carried off Mrs.
Caruccl. Crosby and Mr. Tabor talk over
tho situation, and Lady is called to the
door, where she meets a prying and In
quisitive young man named Maclean, who
turns out to be a reporter, and a friend
of Crosby. Together they set about to
locate Caruccl and solve the meaning of
a threatening note received by Tabor. The
man hunt leads them through a lot of low
saloons, frequented by Italians, where
Crosby finds two suspicious looking men
arc also searching for Caruccl, MacLean
informs him the police nre also watching
Caruccl and his companion. Crosby con
sults with Lady Tabor, when they aro dis
turbed by screams In a room upstairs.
Ho finds Mrs. Tabor badly frightened.
Kvtdence that someone has just Jumped
from a window is apparent; at tho door
he meets two men who had followed him
and MacLean on their manhunt. While
talking to them ho Is called to the tele
phone. Warned that Caruccl is employed
in a. nearby grading camp, Crosby goes to
seek him, and gets Into a row, which is
interrupted by Sheila.
Now Read On
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CIIAPTKH XIV.
A IRnpieuraiiee nnd nil lncoutiter.
(Continued.)
Caruccl turned (o see the fat central of
fice man trotting down the path, for
all the world as If he wero taking a
little cross-country scamper to reduce his
welghti He cumo on with such an Inevi
table matter-of-factnesa that It all
seemed audiienly funny, like the con
clusion of a farce; and when I looked
around to see the other Italian coming
up from behind, it was quite what I ex
pected. The fat one In front of us stooped
u second in the long grass, and picked
up the knife that I had kicked away. Ho
turned It over thoughtfully, and dropped
It into his pocket.
"Antonio Caruccl." he said calmly, "I
arrest you for this assault with intent to
kill, and for the murder ot Sheila Ca
ruccl, your wife. And I arrest you,
Iaurmce Crosby, as accessory after the
faet."
"What!" I cried. '
"Anything that either ot you say," put
in tho thin Italian, ''will be. used against
you,"
Sheila broke Into a peal ot laughter.
" 'TIs fine countrymen ye have, An
tonio, an' fine bloodhounds they make, to
be suro! Ya poor, Ignorant little men,
open your mouths an' shut your eyes.
Aunt Sally's Advice
To Beauty Seekers
"In the Teacup Time of Hood and Hoop,
and When the Patch Was Worn
BcproAnced by Permission from Harper's Bazar for May.
Copyright, 1!H, by Harper's Haxar.
Step on the
magic carpet
fashion thin
summer nnd he
trnnxplnntcd to a
Srlcn pnrty.
l&sasw
WRAPSI The vcrj
word has a magical
meaning to tho French
couturier this spring, for
wraps, so immaterial that
they aro mero fantasies,
and wrapa as imposing as
evening cloaks, are worn by
the chlo Farisienne morn
ing, noon und night. Mau
pas has made one in pea
cook chameleon taffeta. It
is a billowy affair with a
capuchin attached to a low
yoke and Is worn in the
nonchalantmanner so diffi
cult for tho uninitiated to
imitate becauho tho wrap
Is perilously near to fall
ing off the shoulders.
There are no sleeves
worthy of tho name
merely draplngs of the ma
and plaited frills are very
much In .evidence.
A new fancy in tho
realm of millinery is the
crown of foliage und
flowers. It Is the featura
of this Watteau hat which
la finished around the edgo
with a plaiting ot the blue
inolrc ribbon.
A VARIATION of the
Vardcn frock is found,
at Schneider-Anderson Co.
Instead of fashioning the
entire frock ot the printed
crepe, this Is used spar
ingly on the skirt, but more
generously on the blouse.
Tho effect of an underskirt
Is simulated by the narrow
band of the crepe at the
bottom of the flesh-pink
taffeta skirt, and folds ot
tho pretty flowered ma
terial fall In pannier fash
Ion over tho baggier drap
lngs of the skirt at the
side. The platted tunic of
the taffeta. In typical style,
adds the finishing touches
to a thoroughly modern
skirt. Tho taffeta vest Is
a happy Inspiration for tho
blouse, its effect being
emphasized by gold but
tons, und a wired laco col
lar. Tho designer ot this old
tlmey hat must have
gleuned the Idea from the-old-fushloncd
formal bou
quets, for there Is tnr
tamo stiff little cluster ot
posies and tho sheer lace
frill-only the frill edRes
tho hat, not tho bouquet.
THIS frilly maiden ot
1S30 has ' returned with
her crinoline and her
pantalets. Prcmet has re
produced her frock In
white organdie, favored
fabric of that earlier day.
Tho skirt Is shirred over
hoops yes, real hoops
and stands forth in an im
possible flare, and, as If
to accentuate the bouffant
tendencies, a ruchlng ot
blue moire heads the very
full circular flounce and
still fluffier one finishes
the bottom of the flounce.
Tho Bklrt Is raised to
show pantalets of creamy
lace which veil the ankles
In tho most coquettish
manner. The blouse Is
draped simply in the sur
plice lines and has tiny
ruffles of tho organdie as
trimming.
The Louis XVI hat Is of
white chip, raised In tho
I'nck to display a cache
Pelgno of roses and loops
of bluo ribbon, the typical
Frngonard colorings, 'Great
pink roses aro also massed
cn the crown and a stray
cne or two fall over the
the drooping brim.
TIIK lingerie frock belies
the name for the exquis
itely embroidered nets lav
ishly encrusted with laco
will never withstand the
ministrations of tho laun
dress. The fetching frock
though moro elaborate
than many models, Is
typical. The skirt consists
ot flounces of embroidered
net and shadow lace
mounted on the sheerest
of net foundations, the up
per flounce extending In n,
rounded point In tho back.
Over It falls thn wide sash,
tho one dash of color on
the frock. This sash 1 15
veiled by the sleeveless
coateo, also of the net and
richly emproldored. The
vague outline as given
by theso whimsical an
cessorles Is very chle and
lends the cachet to the
otherwise simple blouse.
There Is very little trace
ot tho old-tlmo sailor
shape In the hat ot ab-slnthc-cotored
Italian rice
straw massed with red and
plpk roses, tho brilliant
tones accentuated by nich
ing of black plcot ribbon.
I -11 .... . !'- - wirta. AU.putkln
for my freckles, but can't loe them. What
do you suggest?" See answer to "Stella."
The treatment suggested I've never
known to fall In any case of freckles or
other cutaneous blemish.
P. J. K. asks: "Is there anything better
tl-an massage to remove wrinkles?" Too
much massaging may aggravate a wrin
kled condition, tending to soften and
loosen the tissue. I advise bathing the
face in an astringent lotion made by dis
solving an ounce of powdered saxollte In
a half pint witoh hasel. This Is remark
ably effective.
Stella writes: "My complexion is hor
ribly muddy. What shall I do for It? Oet
an ounce of mercolixed wax at your drus
KUt's. Apply this nightly like you'd use
old crcani, washing it off mornings, This
All! cause the Offensive cuticle gradually
to make way, by a process of gentle ab
sorption, for the flear velvety, healthy
hutd akin underneath. -A oman a Realm.
-Advertisement!
TIs a miracle I'll be showln' ye. Look
here Sheila Macuamara, for her sins
culled Caruccl, stands before ycan' ye
say I'm murdered! Ye little black,
bcady-eyed illvlls, 'tis the likes av ye
that goes makln' trouble for my man.
Take off your dhlrty little fat paws; I'll
have none uv It. Tako thlm off, yo thief,
ye zany loon! Uo ye think I look like
a dead woman ?''
The fat Italian dangled his handcuffs
as if they had been eyes-glasses.
"It -Is true," he said, "she is like tho
description; but then, luiw did she come
here?" ,
"Whisper!" said Shellu, "I do not love
me husband," Antonio glared. "So while
he was asleep 1 eloped with this other
handbome young Kt ntleman here !'
The two little men grew very red.
"Look here," I said, "you caif see there
has been a mistake, Mrs. Caruccl Is a
well as over, and she Isn't going to make
any charge against her husband, Tho
only thing you've got on me Is breaking
tho speed law. Five dollars apiece would
about cover my fine, wouldn't It?"
Two gravely beautiful Italian smiles
answered me. We watched them well
out of sight; then Hhella turned to her
crestfallen lord and master.
"Out with It, ye dhrunken beast," Bhe
said, "where Is she?"
80 that was why Sheila had come here.
"Who?" Caruccl usked blankly.
"Who? You look innocent, don't ye,
standin' there uskln' mo who! What
have ye done with hor. you an' your silly
revengos? I'll teach ye to keep out uv
things that're none av your business, ye
leathur-heuded, garllc-ealln' baboon,' ye"
She grasped him solidly by both ears, and
shook him till his greasy hair flapped.
All the fight seemed to have gone out of
Carueci, and he squirmed away, appeal
ing and protesting in a torrent, ot Itallun
too fast and mutilated for my ear. Sheila
answered Incongruously In the same lan
guage. "He says he don't know anything about
It," she told me finally, "and for once
I believe htm, blr. He can He well enough
to some folks, but he can't lie to me."
"Well." said I, "If you believe him,
you ought to know. Rut 1 wish you'd get
him away frpm here, Sheila. He'i been
sending black hand letters to Mr. Tabor."
"lie has, has ho, the Bphalpeen!" and
gain came the dual and ludicrous torrent
of Neapolitan.
.. "j-waa Just the lovln' heart of him, sir.
HVs that Impetuous. But I'll learn him
manners. You go back to the house, an'
you'll hear no more from Antonio. It's a
beast he Is sometimes when he is drunk,
but he's bober enough now. sir, and when
sober he has the sense to be afraid of me
Have no fear I'll send him parkin'
Leave him to me
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"Do ye think I look like a dead tvomnn?"
Trotting Your Way to Beauty
Not Turkey-Trotting, But Using the Saddle as a Quick nnd Wonderful Way
to Bounding Hoalth
first Is the development ot the chest
muscles and Is gained first and forcmod
by what wo call tho pickup movement
That Is. the swinging down from the
oailillo to pick up something from the
ground This may seem very much like
n trick movement to thoso unuted to
ildl.ig nnd who see It done tor the tlrt
time, but anyone who Is at all accus
tomed to riding wl'l find It a very ensv
thing to accomplish. If you have never
ridden before of course It would be fool
Ih to try anything like this until you
linvo tun t tot oil the rudiments of th
Knmo. Any good eportsmau will reallxe
this fact without bring told.
'Tim next two forms of development
rJmo rlBht In the early stages of learn
ing nnd depend entirely upon tho way a
person learns to ride If you want a
in etti foot with n beautifully arched In
step, learn to rldi from the stirrups
I sc vour reins mcroly as an adjunct and
make the balance of the exercise rest
upon tho fet't. You hav$ no Idea how
wondei fully this exercise develops tho
fret
'Them there Is thr balance riding, tho
fret renting lightly In the stirrups, thn
knees tightly clinched against tho horso
and the strictest attention paid to tli
reins Oftentimes thr ilder pays so little
attention to the stirrups that he doe
not use thrin at all. nnd In this case thn
muscles of. tho arms nro brought Into
lly MAUI) MlLliKH.
I wonder where we could find any bet
ter Ideas about horseback tilling than
we could from a regular, gcnulno cow
girl, who lives In tho saddlo from mom
Ing tilt night, nnd declarer that It is the
only thing In tho world that a girl cnu
depend on for absolute beauty.
"Recauso, you see, you got such posi
tive results," said our Idcul cowgirl,
shaking her golden hair out of hrr oyrs
und smiling Ht mo Just asv though ohe
novor did nnythlng more exciting In tin.
world than Just plain embroidery While
In reality she Is Miss Jnnr Fultrr of thu
101 Ranch show, up at Madison Squaiu
MISS JAXH I-'UIiLKK.
Oatdcu, who lives for hours ut ft time
on tlia back of her porky little horse, and
who wouldn't chango hor modo of living
for anything In the world, "not even lo
live In Now Yotk and parade up and
down Fifth avontie In tho latost style"
"Of course, what horseback riding no
compllslies faster thnn anything else over
could Is development. Thnt's wbut 1
meant when I said posltlvo results. You
can Just look at yourself from day to
day and watch the wonders grow, and
there's so much satisfaction In a thing
llko that.
"Thcr arc three distinct ways of dr.
velopm'-nt that 1 have noticed about
hyrsebuck riding for nil exercise. Thr
play and tho arms are beautifully de
veloped through rein riding.
"Of course, I am taking for granted the
fact that all girls who wish to benefit
greatly by riding will ride astride, Sid'
saddle riding does really very little
toward development of any kind, nnd
often brings harm In Its wake. Tho all
aiound movement that comes from horse
back riding brings almost every tnttsc'n
In the body Into play at somo time. And.
of course, the wonderful advantage ot
bring In tho opeif air where deep breath
ing will have Just the best effect possi
ble Is a very potent factor In bringing
about tho results that horsebick riding Is
always sure to accomplish."
I laughed. "All right. Sheila." I said.
"If you use the same persuasion with him
that you've been using, I think you can
tcaoh him almost anything."
1 reached tho Tabors' out of breath,
and stumbled panting up the steps; and
at tho door 1 stood a moment to gather
my breath and thoughts, wondering If
Lady and Mr. Tabor had returned. Mr.
Tabor's hat was still missing, from tho
rack; and I lit a cigarette as I strolled
Into tho living room to wait. Mrs, Tabor
wa& sitting over a piece of embroidery
by the window.
"You look hot." she said, glanolng up,
"what is the matter? Have you been
running?"
"I've 'been looking for you," I stam
mered; "Sholla thought you were lost
or something." Tho words were out be
foru I could stop thorn.
' Lost?" Mrs, Tabor repeated, raising
her brows, "lost? What should make
yu think I was lost'"
' Why, Sheila said you hadn't told tier
j yon wero going, and she couldn t find
you anywhere, nnd"
"You are all the strangest peoplt," dld
Mrs. Tabor. "I have been out of town
at an afternoon tea with soma friends at
Oreenwleh. It was the shortest llttlo trip
Imaginable. Has Lady got baok yet?"
CIIA'PTKH XV.
5Ientnl Ilraerrallons.
I sat down rather uncomfortably. Wo
hail all ot us been made to look foolish,
and I was here to bear the brunt of It
alone. What had become of Reld, I did
not know; but 1 was muoh mistaken In
him If he had not gono off upon some
highly efficient search of his own, after
alarming Lady and her father. So the
whole family had been upset because a
rather thoughtless little woman had gone
out without thinking to give notice of her
Intended absence, and because an of
ficious young son-in-law had Jumped ,tt
the chance to exploit his executive abil
ity t Sheila and 1 had ben disturbed,
we had at leant only acted Under his di
rection; and the wholo foolish flurry, with
Hi risk ot nttrautlng public attention,
had emanated from the jerky m,lnd of
Reld.
"I must plead guilt)." I sold, "of giving
the first alarm. Hholla seemed worried,
und I called up Or. Rrld on tho tele
phone." Mrs. Tabor's face clouded, und It stemed
to me that something like anger gathered
In her eyes, "it was very like him," bhe
sniil. "ho Ik the most selfish mau In the
world." She pansei). "If you don't mliid,
Mr. Crosby, we will not talk about him.
I um tired."
1 got to my feet, feeling as If I had
heard something to which 1 had no right-
"Mis. Tabor," said I, "you must for
give mo for having troubled you with the
matter at all. I am stupid sometimes,
and forgot that we nail been officious
and that you might be tlrrd."
Hhn flashed forth an appealing little
hand. "No. you are not to go; I didn't
inran that. I'm not so truly tired that 1
want to bo alone. In fact, 1 shall rest
much better If you stay und keep mo
company."
"I shall be very glad to." I answered.
"I've regretted all along lliut I haven't
been able to see you more often. Resldos,
lin the only mau In the house for the
momont, and I suppose I oughtn't to
leuvH my post until the others coino
homo."
Hhe raised her blows. "Why, what do
you mean? That sounds as If we wero In
a state of siege. Vou'ro a gtest, Mr
Crosby, not a sentry on duty."
I had said too much, evidently, und 1
felt angrily (hat it .Mrs. Tabor knew
nothing of the affairs I should have been
warned of the fact. "1 didn't mran that,"
I said, as easily en I could manage.
"Om that the others are still looking
for yoti, and I ought to lot them know
as soon as may be that I've been more
fortunate. I'd tolcphono If 1 knew where
they were."
"Rut It's all so ridiculous. I'm not a
child, you Know." Her petulance was
rising aguln. "Recaute a tramp cume
Into the houe Mie other day Is no rea
son for hedging me ubout as if we were
all back In tho dark ages. It's never
likely to happen again; and besides, thore
was no danger at the time ot anything
worse than losing eomo of the sliver- 1
can't see the least excuse for all this
mysterious caution. And It's been going
on so for montrs-long before there was
even that shadow of a reason '
(To Be Conlln 'J Tomorrow )
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Mexico's Peg-Legged President
lly HKV. THOMAS 11. (JHKGOHY.
I
It wits eighty-one years ago, April 17,
U33, that Bantu Anna, the man with thn
wooden leg anil the heart of stone, was,
by some sort of wiy destiny lifted to the
presidency of the He-
publlrof Mexico.
Mexico, as well us
most other nations,
Iiiib miiny things to
its dlsrredlt, many
diets In Its hlstmy
which worn better
unwritten; but prr
)mw the most hu
miliating thing to It
Is the fact that
8 a n 1 11 Anna was
once, nay thrlre, Its
president.
K u n t u A nnn not
only crippled his country by his Incom
petency, but disgraced It by his cold
blooded cruelty and Inhumanity, und left
behind him a name as malodorous us It
Is contemptible.
As long ns men reud Jilstory they will
shuddor at thn btory of the "Alamo"
the modern Thermopylae wheie tho hand
ful of Texans carved out for. themselves
a fame an herolo us that belonging to
Lronldas and his Spartans. There wore
Just 172 of them, anil against them wero
5,000 Mexicans under Fantu Anna, com
pletely surrounding them, shutting them
off from all outside succor.
Wc know how the ITS fought, we know
huvv. Inspired by Crockett, Route and
Travis, they made the record for courage
that will shine as long as the fttars. And
wo know how. upon seeing tho down
right uselestness of further struggle, the
remnant ugreed to surrender upon as
surance that their lives would be upared.
and how they were desplto this assur
ance, maisaered to the lut man by order
of Santa Anna.
Rut the monitor rolled by, and the
tables were fairly turned at San Jacinto.
With their cry "Remember the Alamo!"
Ham Houston's Toxuns rushed upon Santa
Anna's Mexicans, nnd though outnum
bered two to one, made short work ot
thtm
Klght hundred wero killed, and the re
mainder ot the 1 MO captured, Including
Santa Anna. The o.d coward was caught
up a tree, hidden among the thick leaves.
Released by the Toxuns, Santa Anna
went back to Mexico, Heartily ashamed
of him tho Mexicans deposed him, but
he managed to get re-elected In 1846. In
the Mexican war, he played general until
he was seared nearly to death at Cerro
(lordo, where he came very near being
captured, escaping In such haste that ho
left behind him his wooden leg.
He kept his stony heart to the last,
dying in Mexico In 3S78 at the age of 78.
Ho would not have llvod so long had he
possessed a conscience. Poor old Santa
Anno.
"Tiz" Fixed My
Sore, Tired Feet
Just take your shoeo off and then put
those weary, shoe-crinkled, aching, burn
ing, coin-pestered, hunlon-tortured feet
of yours In a "TIZ" bath. Your toe
will wriggle
with Joy;
they'll look up
at you and al
most talk and
then they'll
take another
dive In that
'TIS" bath.
When your
feet feel all
tired out JUTt
try "TIZ." It s
grand Your
feet will dance
with Joy; no more pain In corns, cat
louees and bunions. There's nothing like
"TIZ." It's the only remedy that draws
out all the poisonous exudations whi l
putt up your feet and cause toot torture.
Get & 25 cent box of "TIZ" at any
drug or department store don't wait.
Ah! how glad your feet get; how com
fortable your shoes feel. You can wear
I shoes a size smaller It you dtslrs.
THE OLGEV BEEP
THE HOME PAPER.