THE BKE, OMAHA, MONDAY, SlAY 18, 1914.
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The Professor's
Mystery
BY WELLS HASTINGS
AND BRIAN HOOKER
Illustration by Hanson Booth
Copyright, 1311, by The Bobbs
Merrill Company.
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Great Story To-day
by Reading This
First
Prof. Crosby cattmtly encounters at a
suburban trolley station Miss Tabor,
whom lie hart met at a Clulstmas party,
both be.ng bound for tho Atnsleys. On
the way thes trolley is wroekod, near the
rabor homo, and thero Crosby goes to
npud Coo night. After retiring he Is
iiUir.mor.fii and turned out. to tind nc
commouuiicns at n nearby Inn, no ex
planation being given him Ho en
counters Mr. Tuboi ,n a heated debate
with n. rouch looking Italian the next
day, nr.d learns tile Italian Is one Caruccl.
Ijaler ut the A.nsleys hn meets Miss
Tabor iisain. r.nd thsy are setting on
famously whn Dr. Walter nold. Miss
Tabor' st'-pc.-crSicr turns up. and curls
nor of; hc.-.v. Crosiy is warned ha must
not try to f! Miss Tabor again. He
VfTt.sU. and :b incited to accompany htr
on n. roldnls'.it trip to tho city, where
they rsscuo Sheila. Miss Tabor's old
nurse, from tho offects of an assault
committed on har by Carucel, who turns
f-ut to be Sheila' husband. In escaping
from th city with Sheila, they have a
urilRh with Ihn t.nU.'f. K... ....!, 1 I
dealr.ad or Identified. This sets the
iiewspapers into tlir garse. and ono of
tho reporte-?, who comes ilosesi to the
....... ....... v .w ..h.vicuh. nn oia
j.al 04 Crosby s, who is persuaded to sup
pre&s tho Tabor name, r.tvd to assist In
clean.nB up the mystery In tho mean-
T I TYI A I wnKf I. a a . .
....... .uos eo-.ien i:uo tne good
SafWu. th T-5""' family, has learned
t-.m 't, f Mc"Caret who wedded Dr.
Held, n-hlle ho Is In love with Miriam.
TT..an'or8 ,tho ,fay Pet name of
? f; H"?.nd Maclean locate Caruccl
T?I;!.nBi,ith a Ba.n of 8der near tho
laeor home, and manage to stir tin
? ,a wJlh hlm' when Sheila Inter
venes. Crosby returns to the Tabors,
tut fVe,t U)i0Sn intimate convoraa-
i?M.d b' and her father. A a
result of tne conversation that followttl
Lady is left with her mother" "lie l items
unduly excited, whllo Crosby and Mr
Tabor co to havo a smoke and talk over
the situation. Tabor explains that his
?fe 1 ,1?a,th, hft bfen Mattered slni'S
the. death of a daughter several year"
mhr' Xh conditions arc becomfn"
nJ?bcaEabl0, Caruf the atonn-oentsr.
and they agree that he must be gotten
liac. to town and encounters Maclean.
Caniccl" Mp Som lnforTOatl,n a t"
Now Read On
CIIAPTEn XVI.
Stenircp nevela-.:ona.
(Continued.)
"Mac, I've gone so far with the Tabors
that I need to know all I can. If It's a
Ho, why all right. If It's true, why you
can trust me and so can they. I wasn't
born last week."
"Well," Mac grunted after v pause,
"I'd better toll you. I guess, than let you
go It blind here you are. You know
that Dr. Held that's In with the Tabors?''
Ho lowered his voice, leaning- across the
table. "Accordln' to the dago, he got
mixed up with some woman abroad, an'
married her. Then he leaves her, an'
comes back, an maybe he thinks "sho's
dead. So ho marries the. Tabor girl, you
see? Then the family get wise about
the other woman, an there's an awful
row, an" finally they fix It up an' among
them to move away, an' let on that Reld
an' tho daughter ain't married at all.
not until thlB other woman die;', you see?
An' that's what they'ro all koepin' so
quiet ahout. Mind you. I don't believe It.
myself. "
"Why, it's Impossible," 1 said. "It
doesn't fit together. Miriam Tabor died
a year after Reld married her, and why
Hhould they"
"Suic, that's Just it. Sure. I told you
It was all over, an' anyhow It couldn't
l.o eo." He looked at his watch, and I
noticed that the monosram on tho hack
mis cut In a quaint, antique fashion.
"Come ahead we've Just got time."
I found his eyes and hold them. "One
minute, Mac. You're keeping back tho
point, so that I won't understand tho
story. It's no use."
".o, I ain't honest it's all ovr well,
damn It, Caruccl says the Tabor girl
didn't die. He says that's only the fake
they put up, an' she' alive an' around
the same as over " t
For a moment the words did not mean
anything. I was groping madly among a.
mass of reminiscences, the noises In tho
house, the room with the presence In It,
Into which Caruccl had broken, tho
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This cmart ILllo tailor-mado of uoranlun
cpongo, on the loft, is an advance model for couth
an wear, but milady will do woll to keep it In
mind tor hor Bprmg wardrobe. Tho cout 10 a
btraighl rcodol turned back to form collar and
revcrs. Those rovers hroadon out at tho bottom
of tho coat and aro caught back by three white
pearl buttons.
A tab fantenlnft with two buttonB of whlto pearl
holds tho coat togethor in front. Tho plain coat
nleovo Is finished similarly by a buttoned tab. The
email waintcont In of white opongo, with a turned
i'P collar rolling over tho coat. This wabtcoat
fusions down tho front with "twin" olives of ruby
r-:d pearl.
The nliirt, nlightly g&thorod at tho waist, is a
plain round model fitted with patch pockets on
either sldo of tho front..
Hero la a charming afternoon costume, in tho
center, for the girl who wished to proparo early
for the coming of Easter,
Every dotall is carefully thought out, from tho
smart pagoda parasol of vanilla brown, with Its
Elnglo row of hemstitching and tassellcd handle, (o
tho pumps of vanilla brown suede bucklod in bril
liants. Tho hat is of vanilla hemp with upstanding
I rim that forms a halo for tho face. Brown taf
feta is sot tam-o'-fihanterwlso over this, and at tho
front there Is a perky little bow of taffota caught
by a little nosagay 0f bacholor buttons and Scotch
heather. Those flowors onwroath the brim Just
'under tho lino of tho taffota tarn.
tangled half-confidences of the family.
Then tho plcturo of I.ady twisting ner
vously at the slander chain camo upper
most In Imaslnatlon, and through tho
eddying fog- of my mind tho whole night
mare leaped forth In 11 flash of horrible
clearness, a scqre of interwoven circum
stances outlining it as with threads of
fire: tho wedding rlwr worn hidden nt
hor breast, her raising of unaccountable
barriers, her hopelessness, the family's
fear of publicity and growing anxiety
over my Intimate preajr.ee among them,
the cloud upon Airs. Tabor, hnr aversion
to Held and the elaborate explanation of
her tllp in calling hor daughter Miriam
I icancd my forehead on my hands.
Maclean hBil nio by tho shoulder.
"Brace up, man," he muttered: "hero,
drink your drink. You'll have everybody
looking; at you."
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rilAI'TKIt XVII.
Tim llorderlnnil, nml n Name.
"It's an Internal lie," I said dully.
"Sum It Is." Maclonn was thoroughly
embarrassed and uncomfortable. 'Tho
way I work It out Is, thore's probably
Just enough In It somewhere for Caruccl
to build on. Maybe Ileld did get Into
pome mess or other 'way back bofore ho
was married, on' Caruccl works that In
with what hu thinks ho knows about tho
family now. an' dopes out this scandal
In high life business. Or maybe he don't
believe it himself, an' Just has It In for
the old man. You can't tell whether It's
muck-rakin' or mud-Mlneln', hut It's
bound to be partly both, you see? I only
told you so you'd know what wuh around.
We'll, are you comln'?"
, 1 got my hat mechanically, und went
out with him Into the dust and tho heat
Tho sense of unreality Jhat had been
upon me that early mornlns,' In tho'auto
mubile was returned now In the breath
less afternoon. The hazy silt of sky
overhead, the stark light und shadow of
the street, had the tones of a cheap
colored photograph. The very smell of
tho air was like a memory of Itself. The
mar and jangle of the traffic seemed to
come from a distance through a stillness
that listened; and the wall of a hand
organ on the corner somehow completed
and enchnnced it all I had only had
ones serious Illness In my life, and that
had been long ago; but I remembered
that upon my first venturing out of doors
after It, things had looked so; and I
I wondered for a moment whether I wore
'going to be ill again. But that was non
sense. I was not a person to collapse
unon the hearlnr of bad news: and bn.
' sides, this news. I did not believe. Mae-
lean had not helloed It himself, in tell
ing It to rot. Only, he had so much less
knowledge, than I of Its consistency.
Grant for ones that lndy was Miriam,
that sho 'wns an only daughter and they
all would havo dono even ns I had soon
them doing. So I.ady would havo worn
her ring, bo feared our growing intimacy,
so felt tho burden of an abnormality not
her own, so confessed to me the barrier
and In extremity lied about her name, so
the family would have shrunk from any
notice, and 'striven tit rid themselves of
Caruccl and of me. Straight this way
pointed every lino of mystery since the
beginning; here was one logical motive
for all. Tho explanation fitted every fact;
only, I could not believe It of the people.
A small cloud covered the sun, and the
hot street turned suddenly gray. A
horse clocked heavily around the corner,
the tumble of tho wheels behind him
suddenly muffled as they struck the
asphnlt of tho avenue. Wo were going
up tho steps of a house, a house closed
for the summer with lead-colored board
shutters over tho lower windows, and
an outer door of tho same, on which
tho bright brass disk of a spring lock
took the placo of a knob. Maclean
glanced again up at the number as he
pressed the bell.
"Admit one gent and phantoms," h
said sniffling. "Now you put your soul
In a safe pocket, an' button It In. This
gang, they'd snitch It In a second."
A low-voiced man In a cutaway coat
opened the dor, and we stood for a
moment in a dark hallway smelling of
cloth and furniture, while he and Mac
lean talked together In a half-whisper. I
upioe explaining my presence. Then
he opened another door at the side of tho
hall, and ushered us Into tho front room,
where we half groped our way to a seat
on the farther side, amid a low rustle of
whispers. A grayish twilight filtered
through tho bright cracks of the shut
tcrs and between the closed folding doors
at the rear. At first, the contrnst with
the glare of the street made It seem al
most absolutely dark: und as my eyes
gradually became adapted to the dlmnoss,
I remembered being shut In the closet
when I was a child, and how the pale
streaks from door-casing and keyhole
had gradually diluted the gloom In Just
the same way. The recollection was so
vivid that I half Imagined here tho same
rU5tle and stuffiness of hanging clothes,
and the sense of outrage at the shutting;
out of daylight. Then slowly the room
formed Itself out of darkness Into gray
ness; the white celling, with Its moving
shadows and bulbous cloth-enfolded
chandelier; the floor and furniture, all
shrouded in summer covers of grayish
denim, ami tho Indefinite shade of the
walls, lightened here and there by the
square of c picture turned bark outward,
anrt darkened by the nrom of the cor
ners and the blurred figures of the
Tho tailored afternoon frock Is of navy blrfa
f.ahardine.
Tho bodice is fashioned in a sort of bcloro, held
up at the shoulders by horn buttons, and at tho
waist by crossod straps and similar buttons. This
Is arranged over a wal3tcout of "ltnon glaoao"
flaring Into a Normandy collar and faetcnad in
front by a singlo vest button of bluo onamel.
Tho slcovo and tho underarm aro of taffota of
the same color.
A deep cuff, fastened by throo horn buttons,
guthors up tho sleeve.
The skirt is lifted up with a broad box-plait In
front and is held in place under tho buttoned
straps of tho waist.
This very daring tailor-mado suit, on tho right,
h worn by Mile. Sydney a very charming French
actross and its design originated In ono of the
most famdus of nil tho dashing French houses.
Tho coat is an oriental blouao cut on very
lcono kimono lines.
Tho collar, of black fox, is continued In a
straight lluo down the tront. Narrow whlto braid
sketches a vory broad arn:holo and trims tho coats
In two separata bands extending horizontally about
the coat. Tho lower ono is finished b7 a broad
band of braid.
Tho sloovo Is finished in tho samo way.
Two ornamonts of tho samo braid fasten tho
coat over jot buttons.
Tho oxtromoly short skirt is slightly draped on
the right sldo. OLIVETTE.
dozen people or so who Bat about In twos
and threes talking In whispers and mut
terlngs. At tho back of the room were
largo folding doors, now tightly closed.
In thu corner nn the sldo toward the
hall stood a grand piano, enormous and
bsre 'under Its palo covering; and the
oilier wnll was broken by a marble
chlmnoyplnco of tho fifties whereupon
stood lumps of brlc-n-broc tied up In
bags. Most of tho furniture was ranged
rigidly against tho wnll; hut In tho cen
ter of the floor glimmered dully the un
covered mahogany of a heavy round
table. In splto of the dark and tho cool
ness, tho air was closo and stuffy, as If
with the presence of a multitude; and I
whs a trifle surprised to find that we.
wore actually so fow.
' "What sort of a crowd Is this?" I
oskrtl Maclean In an undertone. "I can't
make them out."
"Every sort. I mean every sort that's
got the social drag or the prominence In
this business to get In with tho crowd,
nut Inside of that, you get 'em all kinds,
you seo? The chnp that let us In Is a
philosophy prof, an' a psychic researcher
Shelburgh, hla name. Is. That old gink
over theio alone by himself Is some other
pioneer o' modern thought. I've got to
find out about him later. The rest are
mostly social lights, I guoss. This Is the
Kmmet Langdnns' house, an' they're
here somewhere. I can't see fscei yet,'
can you'" .
I shook my head. 'We eiin to be ;n
j Sunday edition rnmpiiny. anyway"'
1 "fure. ,All head-llntn. Kaee on file
In evsry office. Hullo, here's tho tr tik
stress. They're otf 'a i bunrll."
! A rather heavy woman In a Ions drab
j dustooat had come 'n, followed by Prof
Shelburgh, who closd the dTj behind
them. I us tli a red 0 vague in.prcsslon,
only half visual, that she jvaa i-iijdlc-aged
and of that ,ililmi)y ulond typo
which agvs by imperceptible degrees,
fihe made me think, joiivmiow. of a man
j of molasses randy ufter tt imd hein
'pulled Into paleness and -f-irj ti ii.ij
! hardened; hut I could not till whether
this suggestion came trim her vulce cr
from hor sleepily offuiive manner r wss
a mere fancy about a ,ihv llr.Jl presence
'whleh J could hardly s Who took off
her hat and coat, and sat down at tho
center-table, pushing ba?k her hair pnd
rubbing her hands ivir her faco as If
to shake off drowslneni; while the others,
exeept Maclean and invc'f und the gen
tleman In the corner, Jrw jp thlr teals
In a circle about the tabl, anil placed
their hands upon it. The professor
counted the hands aloud n a perfunctory
tone, and they all leaned forw.irl, bund
touching hand around tho circle
To lie Continued Toworrov.j
Beauty and Plain Water
r IMIIll 1 !! IIMMM IIIIHIIW ih 1 III
Mi Dorothy
Dy MAUD MILLION.
"I have thoueht seriously and often on
Just the best thins In the world to rr.a!:o
a girl beautiful," says Miss , Dorothy
Mcuthcr. who Is one of Keith's stars,
"and 1 know that there Is nothing In
the world so beautifying an water.
"There was a time, not so very long
ago, when I felt nil run down and m'
cr.use of which I hail to again so
on with all tho exercises I had always
taken, but I didn't seem to feel any bet
ter. Tlnally I decided to try somothlng
new. and as I had never learned to swim.
I went over to one of tho baths und be.
gan taking lessons. ,Tho exerc'se aeomed
to havo a great effect the very first j plunge Is to wet a towel and slnp It on
day and tho excitement of It. the bracing the skin as hard its possible. Th'n exer
nerve tonic, the feeling of absolute power j else, taken with the cold water. Is the
that one assumes after mastering one or
two successful strokes. That was how 1
Does Marriage Excuse
Ur BEATRICE FAIRFAX. ,
From three who are unmarried: "I am
SO and havo been keeping company with
a young man two years my senior. I lov
him and he loves me. Out h objscu ;o
me even speaking to othsr mn, which has
caused many quarrols. Do you think ho
Is rlthtr
"I am 19 and love a girl one year my
junior. We are not engaged, hut for a
year we have taken It for granted that
we will be some day, The other day 11
boy asked her to go, to tha theater, I
didn't object, and ho wont, and ho then
nsked permission to call on her. Now,
Instead of waiting what I consider n rea.
sonsbln length of time, he called within
three flays. We quarreled about It, as I
Insisted this growing Intimacy should
cess. Was I right?"
"I am 18 end deeply In Ipve with s man
three years my senior, with whom I
have been keeping company two years.
He comes to see me evory night, and
when he fails to come, which Is seldom,
and I ask him why, he gives an evasive
answer. Don't you think I ought to know
where he goes when he falls to oome U
see me? Do you think he has another
girl? How can I find out without letting
him know It?"
From three who are married;
"My husband said not long ago that 1
must ba giving wine suppers because I
was short of money. He gives me IT) n
week for four of us. I pay IM rent, yl
fcaa. Insurance, machine V. plana
15 and have until' nntly bcn paylnz
ou some loU purchased 011 Installmcnta.
.Mouther
found out about swlnimlnc, and swim
ming was tho thing that first suggested
different ways of becoming beautiful
throuch tho iMo of wator.
"Uet Into thn water Just as often ss
possible. If It Isn't possible to go some
whi.To tor an Invigorating swlin thru got
Into tho bathtub and refresh your whole
body with a warm bath and a brisk rub
down. Exorcising In thn water Is a
splendid Idea especially f a girl has the
' i-ournge to tnko u cold water plunge. Kx-
crciso keeps tho blood In circulation, that
Is why swimming In cold water hasn't
tho same effect upon tho body aa the
cold dip.
"Tho best exercise In tho world to keep
worm and glowing while taking a cold
imoet Invigorating thing In tho world,
I Keeping tho blood in rrlculatlon Is the
This leaves rae the magnificent sum of
111.50 to be wildly extravagant on. Now,
when you feed four people from lU.W,
rlothe them, give them cor fare, etc., can
you tell mo where tho wine supper would
come from? pieaao tell girls who nre
loved by suspicious men about me."
"Mfo s made miserable for tne by 11
Jealous husband. I hava but one thing
tc live for, and that Is my baby daughter.
He Is continually nagging me and nc
cussing me wrongfully through Jealousy.
If I go to the store, he times me, and
accuses me of flirting with the clerks
when I am detained. We go to the same
movies often and tho man who runs It
knows us. If I pass the time of day with
rim. In response to his greeting, my hus
band scolds me. I was brought up to be
frlencly to people, and think and Intend
no wrong, but my husband's Jealousy
makes every Innocent act oue of deceit.
He watches me all the time, staying hopje
to do it, and never lets mo pven visit a
woman friend. He says 1 could win any
YANDEHJBILT Bof ef
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WALTON H.MARSIIALL.rUnogcr
An Ideal Hotel with an Ideal Situation
Summer lutes'
Some Valuable Hints
From a Pretty Girl
whole success of n beautiful skin anyway.
Water Is the only thing needed to beautlf.
skin from the outslde-warm. pulsatlnB
blcod on tho lnsldn will do the rest.
"Learn, too, to drink plenty of water.
Tlcnty of water taken Internally prnvento
all colds and keeps tho system In splen
did condition. Kvon walking near the
water Is more beneficial than walking
anywhere else. Thero seems to be a fresh
quality about the air hovorlnc 01 ar
Icnr stream of th salt frngrnnee arm
nx In from the ocean that wilt bring
"Thero is Nothing Ko Hrnutlfjing
ns Water."
rosts to tha checks quicker than, anything
die
"Stmotlmcs, 1 think I'd like to have
an Island all my own, Where I could
have swimming, sen breezes and every-
thing else all at onec. Water ) rcallv
th" most wonderful beautlflrr In the
world Anil (lint tipnttla It In nn fmrnilv nh.
jtalned people don't think about using It '
Jealousy?
man If I trlsd. and won't believe that I
have never tried to win another."
"My wlto accuses me of leading ,v
double life, thofigh I am home every
hour when not at work, und keep only
enough of my wages for lunch and car
fare. What caq I dor
There Is no help for the parried that
a third party may offer, but to those
who are uumarrfed let me offer these
thrci letters for earnest reading and
thought. Ijjvp I no exciK.o fof susprop,
j and a love that knows suspicion is not
me Hinu or .love 10 vncourngq. it means
nagging, quarros. Jealousy and fault
finding and makes of life sl veritable
hades.
if two lovers haven't confidence and
filth In each other, they should part.
There should never b a marriage when
ither party to It harbors a doubt 6r sus
picion of the other's good Intention, The
letters from the threo who are married
nre my grounds for tho contention. They
dispose of all argument.
NCS
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