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THE PROFESSORS MYSTERY
WELLS HASTINGS H2 BRW.N HOOKER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS by HANSON BOOTH
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Prof Crosby, on his way to visit a
friend In tho ountry, meets Mis Tabor,
whom he had met at a Christmas noune
party the winter before. An accident to
the trolley car leaves them stranded near
tno Tabor home, where thoy 'aro made
welcome, but under peculiar conditions.
-L'UrlnET th nlffht r'rnnhv la ftnUtfiri in ImVA
to him and requesting lilm not to call
again. At the Inn ho learns that Tabor
Is concerned In some way with a burly
Italian, named Caruccl. When he goea -n
to his friend s home, he finds Miss Tabor
also a guest there, and Just as they are
netting on well together, nhe Is taken
away by rr. Rc!d, whom Crosby afttr
wnrcs learns Is a brother-in-law of Miss
Taoor, having wedded her sister Mlrluni,
who Is now dead. The mystery of thu
Tabor household Is increased, tho'lfh.
when Crosby Kets a hasty call to go with
Miss Tabor on a mysterious mission to
the city, where he rescues Mrs. Caruccl,
who Is Sheila, .Miss Tabor's nurse, fro.n
the effect of a brutal attack by her hus
band, rians arc laid to Ret rid of tho
Italian, by sending: him out of the coun
try, to relieve Mrs. Tabor of his presence.
Mr. Tabor tells Crosby his wife has novsr
been quit? well since the death of her
daughter. MacLean, a newspaper reporter",
aids Crosby In Raining admission to a
spiritualistic seance, where the dead
daughter la supposed to be "material
ize!," After the seance Crosby discovers
Ir. Reld and n stranger drugging Caruc
(1. Intending to have him "shanghaied''
aboard and outgoing steamer. Ho makes
an enemy o Held by Interfering. A call
;ipm.s from Tabor, telling him that Mrs.
Tbor has suddenly gone alone to the
city, and asking Crosby to look aftor
hoc He succeeds In locating her, and wit
ne3t.es a strange Interview between Mrs.
Tabor and a man who turns out to be
Dr. Paulus, a celebrated alienist. (Jrosby
and t-'helia get Mrs. Tabor back home,
nnd there Crosby meets Miss Tabor for
an Interview that promises to lead to the
clearing up of the mystery. They con-
Crosby meets Dr. Reld, and they settle
down for an explanation. After discuss
i' mi. lit i ill a ii 1 1 v 1 1 n i r 1 1 1 v i i
ing me anuuuon ruuy, urosuy roiurnn to
tne city, wnere no meets JicLan, ana
togethur they go to attend another
Seance, where they encounter Mrs. Tabor.
CHAPTER XXIII.
I Stnnd Between Tito "World.
(Continued.)
And it was as It she brought with her
an increase of the already tenso expec-(
tancy, as If her own' nervous 'trouble
spread out about her like a deepening of
color, like a. drop qf blood faljlng. Into
water already tinged with red. It was
my own Imagination, of course, the. ex
citement of being close upbn my quest,
and the reaction of silence closing over
the Interruption of her entrance; but I
felt the exertion of breathing, as If 1
were Immersed up to the chin In water.
If the atmosphere had been like a weight
before, It was now like a deliberately
closing vise. In the intervals of the dron
ing hum at the table, the silence took on
a quality of brlttleness. Little brushlngs
and rustlings ran In waves around the
room, and I thought how a hrceze runs
over a field of tall grass, where each tuft
In turn takes up Its neighbor's restless
ness. It occurred to me suddenly that
ivost of tho people here were women:
u the sense of crowded presence led
ia to Imagining crowds and throngs of
hmen croUDed In nletures nr dnnclntr In
aoor anu wunuerea wnemer my ccriainiv
that it was she had any more foundation
than these fantasies. I heard my own
breathing, and that of many others. I
felt vaguely Irritated that all these breath
ings were rot keeping time, and In
stinctively brought my own Into the
rhythm of tho predominating number.
A chair creaked softly, and I Atarted,
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VfcT-hlle ths skin tightened over my jfcheeks
medium seemed to bo writhing (about,
mak ng little soft urging noises, like muf
f;ed groans or the. nameless sound that
goes with lifting a hea'y burden or sud-
t'fnly exerting the whole strength of the
bodv Then the peculiar padded rapping
began The Incongruously inatter-of-fact
voice of the professor asked: '"Are the
hand3 rII here?" and the circle counted
In a low tone -while the raps went Ir
regularly on. Some women across the
room giggled nervously. Why these trivial
details did not Interrupt and relieve the
tension, I do not know; but their very
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that itch
absurdity seemed to Intensify It. 1 was
hot nnd puffy And a. trifle faint. Sud
denly Maclean gripped my knee, nnd mut
tered. "Look at the table My Clod, look
at the table-'"
I do not Know Just bow to describe It;
to say that I saw in not literally ac
curate, for It wbs really too dark to see;
the table and the group around were no
more than a bulk In tho midst of dark
ncas. But as I strained my" eyes toward
It,' that blur of unconvincing cloudiness
which I had seen or fancied before swelled
Into midair, showing against the dark like
black with light upon It against black In
shadow. Afl Illuminated as It were by
that visible darkness, the table beneath It
rose up from its placo under the circle of
hands, wavered as though afloat upon ths
rising stream of a fountain, then settled
with a thud nnd a creak down again upon
the floor. There was a momentary si
lence, full of crowded breathings. While
I was wondering confusedlv how much of
It 1 had only imag'ned. Prof 5helburgh
said calmly. "That's tho best levltation
wo've had so far. Who did It? Who IsJ
there?" And the throaty, querulous con
tralto answered: "1 did. Miriam. 15o
you want any more?"
Another man somewhere In the circle
stammered uncomfortably: "I well er I
beg your pardon, but could you move
something quite beyond our roach? One
of those things on the bookcase, for in
stance?" 'What for?" whined the olce, "you
wouldn't believe it anyua.v t don't want
to talk to you Is mother there?"
Maclean's hand relaxed upon my knee,
and ho sniffed audibly. But the answer
brought my heart Into my throat, for 1
knew who made It, beyond the possibility
of in'stakc.
"Yes, dear," Mrs. Tabor said quietly
"What Is it?"
"I wanted to see you Why didn't you
come last time? 1 get lonely some
times" 'I couldn't . come before. Aren't you
happy?" She miRht have been speaking
to a child crying In Its bed.
"I dant to come back I want you,
mother dear I'm very happy, but I went
away too soon."
"But I've seen you every clay at home,
dear child."
"It Isn't the the same I can't talk to
you there You'i e afra'd of something
I see fear In you heart and that fright
ens me."
"Ycni mustn't bo afraid, Miriam you
mustn't. Nobody shall take you away!"
A flush and a wave of nausea went
over me, and I felt niy hair bristling, not
with nervousness, but with a kind of
anger. The uhwholcsomencsa of the
whole scene was too sickening the poor
mother's hysterical fondness, tho utter
rlncerlty of her emotion, and the sentl
mentailsm that whined In' reply, so per
fectly calculated to irritate and control
the crippled mind. And the element of
distorted love made It all the worse, a
beauty -turned sour. I. thought of the
dainty little lady that had fenced with
words so deftly; and only the need to
understand once for all made me endure
to listen. .
"Ask something that no ono but your
self can know," the professor put In.
Perhaps even lie felt some embarrass
ment, Mrs. Tabor hesitated,' "I wonder If I
ought," she said, half to herself, "1 do do
want to know."
Tho voice grew steadier: "Ask .me what
you will mother darling I know already
what you fear."
"Miriam, did 1 understand what what
I saw tho other day?"
I grew suddenly. cold, and felt as If tho
floor were sinking under me;
"The other day? Fix your mind upon
it, mother dear 1 see you now i" see you
very milch frightened You thought a
new trouble was coming Another trouble
like the first not for yourself but "
"Oh, It wasn't myself!" The dry terror
of the tone was dreadfully like some
thing I remembered. "It was for her
you know It was for her. They looked as
If Docs she love him, Miriam? Does she
love him?"
That was more than I would bear. The
whole unnatural dialogue had been pro
fane enough; but this new sacrilege
The switch of the electric light was In
the wall behind me, and before the spirit
voice could speak again, my fingers had
found and pressed It.
The medium gave a tearing scream that
was horrible to hear,' twisted herself out
of her chair, and jerked and wriggled on
the floor, choking and gurgling- In .tho
sharp yellow glare, the whole room was
one hysterical confusion, men and women
scrambling to their feet, or sitting dozed,
their hands before their eyes. The pro
fessor cried angrily: "Confound It. man,
you're crazy: You't crazy! You may
have killed her. Don't you know how
dangerous It Is to turn on light that way?"
and stooped over the struggling woman on
tho floor, with scowling sidelong glances
at me. A couple of other men came for
ward threateningly, and a bcjeweled
woman, who seemed to be the hostess,
cried acidly: "Mercy on us, who Is the
fellow? One of those reporters?"
"Madam, I can promise you no public
ity," said I, and I strode over to where
Mrs. Tabor had Mink forward on the
table, her head motionless upon her out
stretched arms. Maclean came td my
rescue Just Intime.
"One moment, ladles and gentlemen!
Look there the lady had fainted, you see?
Fainted before the lights went on. you
see? My friend did exactly right. Now
let's keep this all as quiet as possible
we don't want a sensation in the papers."
Then as he helped me to raise Mrs. Tabor
from her chair, he muttered: '"Darn you,
Laurie, what in blazes was bitln' you
anyhow?" t
Between us, we half carried her from
the room, while the others were attending
.to the medium and at cross-purposes
among themselves. Bhe had not actually
fainted away, and In spite of her shook
was able to walk downstairs with a little
help. Tho door bell had been ringing vio
lently as wa came Into the upper halk
and we were still upon the stairs whea
a flustered maid opened the door upon
Mr. Tabor.
"Is Mrs. George Tabor" he began.
Then he caught sight of us and sprang
past the maid with a growl.
"It's I, Mr. Tabor Crsby. She's been
to an entertainment here, and broken
down I'll tell you later. Have you sot
the car outside?"
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Somo of tho smartest French houses are specializing In hats that
are brlmless, bonnet-shaped affairs. One we picture today, at tho loft,
is of old blue picot developed in a stylo most becoming to a youthful
face. A wide ribbon of silver molro crosses tho shape In front and Is
drawn through wide slits in the sidos of tho hat to bo tied in a bow
of two flaring loops at tho back. Thir'butterfly bow is most softening
and becoming to tho face. At tho right sldo is a huge rose of pink In
a sotting of silver leaves.
Tho small shepherdess plateau, illustrated on tho right, is prottily
tilted at the loft. With such a hat a carefully arrangod coltfoure Is
of the greatest Importance
About a brim of tote do nogre straw rests a cross-ribbon and soft
bow of geranium velvet. Two hugo blush roses rest among tho velvet
folds at tho heightened left sldo and another reats'bclow the brim.
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The Heavens in June
By WILLIAM F. RIGGE.
'On the 22d at 1:51 a. m. the sun reaches
Its highest northern point In the sky and
that day Is the longest of the year every
where In the northern hemisphere and
shortest In the southern. For Omaha this
length of the day Is fifteen hours four
minutes and of tho night eight houre
flfty-t.lx minutes. Tho sun is then in
the summer solstice and cntrs the sign
of Cancer.
The earliest sunrise of the year, 4:5,
occurs from the 10th to the 31 tt, whllo
on the first, as well as on the last ot
the month the sun rises at 4:56
The latest sunset of the year, 7:J0, occuis
from June ii to July 1. It Is 7:44 on the
first of this month and 7:65 on the 15th.
Owing to the very slight change in the
sun's noon altitude for many days, about
the tti the sun Is said to be at the
solstice, that Is, It stands still. As the
equation of time tho difference between
sundial and clock tlmea changes about
six minutes during the month, the sun
being two and a half minutes fast on the
first, on time on the 15th and three nnO
a half minutes slow on the 30th. The
earliest sunrise and the latest aunset do
not occur exactly on the very day of the
sollstce. although that day Is the longest,
or rather ono only of the .longest days of
the year. This greatest length, fifteen
hours four minutes, extends from the Wh
;to tho th. the shortest day of the month.
I fourteen hours, fifty minutes, falling on
the first, so that all the days of the pres
ent month are equat n length within a
quarter ot an hour.
According to standard time the sun Is
twenty-one minutes slow on the first,
twenty-four minutes on the 15th ind
twenty-seven minutes slow on the 0th.
The official length of the night, that if.
the time from sunset to sunrise, of nine
hours, Is reduced about an hour and a
The Menn Thins.
"I'll never speak to you again as long
an ( live!" exclaimed the temperamental
girl.
Haw' Maw!" rejoined the practical
youth. "Vnu can't help yourself I'e
get some of your fcongs and recitation
oh tm phonograph "-Indianapolis New.
half at each end by the twilight, so that
we have only about six hours df night
this month. While the weather Is tho
most agreeable tho length of time thnt
astronomers can devote to their work Is
the least of the year. For the non-profes
sional world the planet Venus In our
evening twilight will therefore most prob.
ably, next to the moon, be the only
celestial object for convenient observa
tion. This planet will all along bo very
conspicuous and the time of its setting
on .the 15th will be 10:06 p. m.
Jupiter Is morning star and may be
sten to rise on the 15th at 11:23 p. m. In
the cast-southeast. The other planets a-o
lost In the long twilight.
The moon is In first quarter on the first
at S:03 a. m., full on tho 7th at 11:18 p. m..
In last quarter on the 15th at :V a. m.,
new on the J3d at 9-SJ a. m. and In Jatt
quartor again on the 30th at 1:34 p. m. It
Is In conjunction with Jupiter on the 12th,
Venus on the Mth and Mars on the 27th
All these conjunctions will be pretty
close, although at tho exact times of
nearest approach the moon wllr not be
visible to us.
Sympathy
By LILLIAN LAUFERTV.
You seem so very far away,
Tho' you are Just acros.s the room;
About your head the sunboams play, .
While I am deep In shndowod gloom.
Aiyl if 1 crosbod to whorcyou stand
Tho sunlight would not reach ray heart,
Tho miles betwoon us woro not spanned
Tho' close, we'd still bo miles apart.
But If you camo to where I Ho
In darkness weary leagues away,
My happy bouI would view the sky,
And I'd know sun and Joy and day!
Tho homo mllllnor will, find it very easy to mako over a last year's
chapeau into this stylo, and with a littio patience and Ingenuity may
havo a hat that looks as if It woro "Just from Paris."
With a knifo out off enough rows of braid from tho brim so that It
will bo as small as is becoming to you. Then soparato crown and
brim except for about three inches at tho right sldo. Raise- tho brim
abovo the crown so that tho crown forms a bandeau to rest upon tho'
hair. Now with straw paint such as may bo purchased nt any drug or
department store color jour hat tho rich dark brown used In this Pari
sian model. You may froshen old roeos by a bath In gasoline containing
a tubo of palo pink oil paint. But If you can possibly afford it, buy
two yards of fresh1 now goranlum-colorod rlbbou, as this will give yom
hat a crisp ,now look.
Jf you follow directions carefully you ought to bo ablo to duplicato
this f35 hat for $1! I know for I havo done it. OLIVETTE.
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Why, Oh! Why Be Bashful?
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
I.ove Is a medley of endearments. Jars,
Suspicions, quarrels. rfvmcllmnents,
wars. -WILLIAM WALSH
"I am positive," he writes, "that the
girl loves me, but I Just cannot nrlng my
self to the point to ask. i?he knows that
1 love her, but. she stubbornely refuses
to' mako It Just a little easier for me to
ask. This troublos me, but I havo a
greater worry;
"Why Is It that two people, who really
love each other, and who know that they
love each other why, oh! why will these
two people do mean little things to make
each other feel bud? Why do they affect
love for others and an Indifference to
each other" Why will thoy take a tort
of savage delight In being abe to mako
eaeh other feel the most terrlblo mental
angulsl)? Why (To they act this way?"
Why? Because they aro In love, nnd
love Is a sort of sweet lnitanlv in which
Its victims do such things and say kiicIi
thing,, thqt If the man weie In behave
In a similar fashion In business lie would
have to rctlro to private life In a week,
end If it girl were to treat her friends
as sho treats her lover she would soon
be hopelessly frlendler
Love, like wine, goes to tho head. At
a time when Its victims should bo as
cool headed as If their lives depended
on being well balanced, they know
neither sense, nor Judgment, nor caution,
nor sympathy, nor understanding. They
become almost vicious In trying to tor
ment those their hearts am crying loudest
for, a vlclounncsfi that has for Its only
redeeming quality Its greater desirability
than Indifference.
It Is tile iHst resistance before sur
render. Without the formality .of reason
ing, every girl knows when the has con-
fosscd her love for a man she has losl
I a certain degree of her power over him
I The certainty Is never powerful as
'the uncertainty. When he Is not sure
of her love, ho Is hers (o torment. When
hn Is sure of It. It often happens that h
becomes the tormentor, and to the end
oi her days, if she loves him, slvn must
btar his tormantlng with a sickenlm?
fear that ha no longer loves her, and
with a determination to keep that love
If humility and elf-sacrlflce will serve.
Courtship Is the playtime of the heart
In which wound-: are given ruthlessly,
every wound to be salved and )icald
and forgotten when tho confession of
love comos later
The writer of this letter nnd hlr sweet
heart are having In love's torment the
happiest time of their life, hut It will
take the cold shower bath of matrimony
to make thrm know It.
(fThirtifySurth tStrcet
An Ideal Hotel
Summer lazier
Kadam& Iseiclts
"Seaiiy Lesson
i.i:sson( i.v paiit it.
The Present Fnhlnn.
Today we seem confronted with a curi
ous change In the trend of fashions.
I'tll'ty seems entirely disregarded and
the craze for the untiiunl has run riot
with suitability and In norno cases with
good taste. When the new modeli first
came from Paris I was pulrd as to how
tney would suit the American woman,
whose personality Is so different from
the French type for whom they were
created. On the whole, the new dress
Ideas (I am not scpenklng of the ex-,
treme models) havo been quickly and In
most cases succestfully adopted, and In
their refined form there Is much to ad
mire about them.
Thero nas. perhaps, a danger that
women were growing too practical In
their Ideaa about dressing, and that
tailored milts, close, straight skirt and
sober colors were too largely considered,
ifmlnlnn beauty Is one of tho reflnlnar
influences of life and It needs a acttlns
worthy of It.
1 Co not believe that any woman. v
matter what her age or situation, should
be. Indifferent to the question of dress.
The ultra fashionable woman who makes
her toilet the chief Interest In her life Is
t6 ho pltlrd, for she Is a slave to the
fnlse Ideal she has created for herself
And In another way tho woman who Is
unhappy became she cannot have every
thing that Is new. beautiful and fashion
able Is a slave to a wrong conception of
happiness. Clothes have their place and
they fulfill It the best when they express
the Rrentesl harmony with our lives and
surroundings.
Somo women are so situated that they
1 ave Iltllo time to spend on clothes, and
they aro wise It they restrict themselves
to n. simple and conventional manner ot
dressing. Very elaborate dressing, espe
cially If It verges on the historical or the
picturesque, demands thought and Urn
In addition to expense, XUa woman who
has not these nt her disposal Is wo
when she avoids such fashions.
thesson IX to be Continued.)
Do the Ocean
Levels Vary?
EDGAR LCCIEN LABKI.V.
Q, "Is there! any difference In sea
level between the Atlantlo and Pacific
oceans? If-'so, which ocean la sea level
on. Does the rule, "wntcr finds Its own
level,' apply to tho tyo oceans?"
A, Water surely seeks ita level. This is
ono law of nature, nt least, that was dis
covered by men before tho discovery of
mathematics. If tho air surrounding the
earth should forever remain at reat, no
winds, and If the water In all oceans
was also (n a state of complete rest, that
Is, without .oceanic currents, 11 would bs
without Burfuco waves In absence of
winds, then at all places on earth ot the
same latitude tho truo surface of water
would be .at the same distance from the.
center of tho earth-that Is, equal lati
tudes, equal levels.
But winds, currents In air and ocean
streams, currents In water, greatly mod
ify actual levclts, when water comes In
contact with land. If any regular current
of ocean water strikes against any land,
whether continent or Island, the water
will be backed up und rise somewhat
higher than at places not so beaten b?
currents, But these elevations of the
water" are merely local, temporary and
subjected to fitful changes.
The laws of gravUatlon, centrifugal
tendency of the earth's axial rotation,
shape of the earth, of Islands and conti
nents are not changed. Suppose that the
United States geodetic survey engineers
make a trlangulatlon and a measurement
of all altitudes of points on a line from
the Atlantic lavel In Now Jersey to the
Pacific level north of tfan Vrancleco, as
they have done and should find the water
at mean hclsht one foot, two feet or sn
f either from the center of the earth In
California than In Now Jersey, the Taclfic
would appear to be higher, but In a year
or two repeat tho process. Then the Pa
cific might not be any higher.
Gallery Hoys.
At a suffrage banquet In an Indiana
town the equal-franchise ladles will oc
cupy the tables while their husbands
look down from the gallery. Later on.
the diners will take the husband home
nnd send them to bed and see that they
uie covered up nice und warm.
No doubt the tame cats In the gallery
will stand while Mrs. Clytemnestra Btlg
glna toasts "The men God bless "em."
And when "Old Lang Myno" Is reached
tlm mon are quite sure to Join hands and
sing -the words with real regret.
Ot course. It's all right, but It docs
reem as it some Indiana husbands must
naturally be of the 10-cent gallery type.
Cleveland Plain Oealpr.
WndeiibiltM
east at(&ark CjficnuCy jcu3 Tork
with an Ideal Situation;