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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JULY S, 1919.
THE
WOMAN IN BLACK
By EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY
"Copyright, lilt, by ths Century company.'
CHAPTER XIIL
Poking About.
'There are moments in life as one
might think, when that which , is
within us, busy about its secret af
fairs, lets escape Jnto consciousness
ome hint, of a fortunate thing or
dained. Who does not know what
s It is to feel at times a wave of un
' accountable persuasion that it is
about to go well with him? not
the feverish confidence of men in
'' danger of a blow from fate, not the
persistent illusion of the optimist,
but-n unsought convictfon, spring
ing up like a bird from the heather,
that success is at hand in some
great or little thing. The general
suddenly knows at dawn that the
day will bring him victory; the man
on the green suddenly knows that
he will put down the long putt. As
Trent mounted the stairway outside
the library door he seemed to rise
into certainty of achievement.
A host of guesses and infer
ences swarmed apparently unsorted
through his mind; a few secret ob
' servations that he had made, and
which he felt must have significance,
Mill stood unrelated to any plausible
theory of the crime; yet as he went
up he seemed to know indubitably
that light was going to appear.
The bedrooms lay on either side
of a broad carpeted passage, lighted
by a tall end-window. It went the
length of the house until it ran at
. right angles into a narrower pas
sage, out of which the servants'
rooms opened. Martin's room was
the exception: it opened out of a
small landing halfway to the upper
floor. As Trent passed it, he
glanced within. A little square room
clean and commonplace. In going
ap the jest of the stairway he
stepped with elaborate precaution
tgainst noise, hugging the wall
closely and placing each foot with
care; but a series of very audiMe
creaks marked his passage.
He knew that Manderson's room
was the first on the right hand when
the bedroom floor was reached, and
he went tot at once. He tried the
latch and dock, which worked nor
mally, and examined the wards oi
the key. Then he turned to tne
' room.
" It was a small apartment, strang
' ly bare. The plutocrat's toilet ap
pointments were of the simplest. All
remained just as it had been on the
morning of the ghastly discovery in
'the grounds. The, sheets and blank
its of the unmade bed lay tumbled
rve'r a narrow wooden bedstead, and
' the sun shone brightly through the
window upon them. It gleamed, too,
upon the gold parts of the delicate
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wurK oi aenusiry mai iav hi waici
en a shallow bowl of glass placed
' on a, small, plain table by the bed
side, ' On this also stood a wrought
iron candlestick. Some clothing lay
untidily over one of the' two rush
bottomed chairs. Various objects on
the top of & chest of drawers, which
had been used as a dressing table,
i 2 u j: I-- . u..;.
lay in sutii ui3uiuci as a iiuintu
man might make toilet articles, a
book of flies, an empty pocketbook
with a burst strap, a pocket compass
and other trifles. Trent looked
, tliem over with a questioning eye.
He noted also that the occupant of
the room had neither washed nor
ouavcu. vvuii ins linger nc iuihcu
over the dental plate in the bowl,
artd frowned again at its incompre
. ' hensible presence.
The emptiness and disarray of
- the little room, flooded by the sun
beams, were producingxin Trent a
sense of grues6mness. His fancy
called up a picture of a haggard
v man dressing himself in careful si
lence by the first light of dawn,
glancing constantly at the inner
door behind which his wife slept, his
' eyes full of some terror.
x - Trent shivered, and to fix his
oiind again on actualities opened
two tall cupboards in the wall on
' either side of the bed. They con-stained-clothing,
a large choice of
which had evidently been one of
the very few conditions of comfort
for the men who had slept there.
In the matter of shoes, also, Man-
derson had allowed himself the ad
vantage of wealth. An extra ordi
N nary number of these, treed and
. carefully kept, was ranged on two
long low shelves against the .wall.
Trent, himself an amateur of good
shoe leather, now turned to them,
and glanced over the collection
withNin appreciative eye. It was to
be seen that Manderson had been
inclined to pride himself on a rather
small and well formed foot The
shoes were of a distinctive ""shape,
narrow and round-toed, beautifully
made; all were evidently frbm the
same last.
Suddenly his eyes narrowed
themselves over a pair of patent
leather shoes on the upper shelf.
" These were the shoes , of which
the inspector had already described
the position to him; the shoes worn
- by Manderson the night before his
death. They were a'well-worn pair,
he saw at once; he saw, too, that
they had been very recently polished.
Something Ahnnt the nnnr nf Vica
ihoes had seized his attention. He
, tnt lower and frowned over them,
' tomparing what he saw with the ap
pearance of the neighboring shoes.
then he took them up and examined
s -the line of juncture of the UDners
vith the soles.
As he did this, Trent began un
toasciotfsly to whistle faintly, and
vith great precision, an air whjch
. Inspector Murch, if he had been
iresent, , would have recognized.
Most men who ,have the habit of
lelf-control have also some invol
untary trick which tells those who
know them thai they are suppressing
excitement. The inspector had noted
.'.-"that, when Trent had picked up a
strong scent, he whistled faintly a
certain melodious passage; (hough
the inspector could not have told
you that it was, in fact, the opening
movement of Mendelssohn's Lied
ohne. Worter in A major.
He turned the shoes over, made
some measurements with a marked
tape, and looked minutely at the bot
toms. On each side, in the angle be
tween the heel and the instep, he
detected a faint trace xti red gravel.
Trent placed the shoes on the
floor, and walked with his hands
behind him to the window, out of
which, still faintly whistling,"" he
gazed with eyes that saw nothing.
Once his .lips opened to emit me
chanically the Englishman's exple
tive of sudden enlightment. At
length he . turned to the shelves
again, and swiftly' but carefully ex
amined every one of the shoes there.
This done, .he took up the gar
ments from the chair, looked them
over closely and replaced them. He
turned to the wardrobe cupboards
againand hunted through them
carefully. The litter on the dressing
table now engaged his attention for
the second time. Then he sat dtfwn
on the empty chair, took his head
in his hands, and remained in that
attitide, staring at the carpet, for
some minutes. He rose, at last and
opened the inner door leading to
Mrs. Manderson's room.
It was-evident at a glance that
the big room had been hurriedly put
down from its place as the lady's
bower. All the array of objects
that belong to a woman's dressing
.table had been rernoved; on bed and
chairs and smaller tables there
were no garments or hats, bags or
boxes; no trace remained of the
obstinate conspiracy of gloves and
veils, handkerchiefs and ribbons, to
break the captivity of the drawer.
The room -was like an unoccupied
guest chamber. Yet in every de
tail of furniture and decoration it
spoke of an unconventional but ex
acting taste. Trent, as his expert
eye , noted the various perfection
of color and form amid which the
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My Heart and My Husband
ADELE GARRISON'S New Phase of
"Revelations of a Wife"
Who the Dinner Guest Was and
What He Did.
I was feminine enough to specu
late upon the identity of the dinner
guest, whose presence had led Lil
lian to invt in an exquisite new
blouse for me that I might be pre
sentible after my hasty and unex
pected journey from school.
She had promised to tell me the
guest's name when I should be "fully
clothe dand in my right; mind," but
she had no opportunity, for she was
not in her bedroom when I returned
ill-mated lady dreamed her dreams
and thought her loneliest thoughts,
knew that she had at least the re
sources of an artistic nature. His
Interest in this unknown person
ality grew stronger; and his brows
came down heavily as he thought
of the burdens laid upon it, and of
the deed of which the history was
now shaping itself with more and
more of substance before his busy
mind.
He went first to the tall French
window in the middle of the wall
that faced the door, and openingit,
stepped out upon a small balcony
with an iron railing. He looked
down on a broad stretch of lawn
that began immediately beneath
him, separated from the housewall
only by a narrow flower bed, and
stretched away with an abrupt dip
at the farther end, toward the or
chard. The other window opened
with a sash above the garden en
trance to the library. In the further
inside corner of the room was a
second door giving upon the pas
sage; the door by which the maid
was wont to come in, and her mis
tress -to go out, in the morning.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
from my cold shower, and as I fin
ished dressing I heard ht peal of
the kor bell. I waited another five
minutes, and as there was still no
sign of Lillian, I concluded that she
bad been summoned to Robert Sa
varin's room by the artist's lister,
who depended upon Lillian for every
slightest change in thetreatment of
the invalid.
It evidently was incumbent on me
to "do the honors," so I descended
to the living rooms,, expecting to
greet and explain Lillian's delay to
a stranger.
But as the tall, lithe figure which
sprang upvas I entered the room was
stranger to me. I had last seen
Allen Drake in the library above us
when he and Major Grantland had
pledged their aid in the finding of
appearance behind theetaoitaonnn
Dicky after his mysterious dis-hvas
appearance behwd the German
lines. I knew from Lillian that the
exigencies of his work had taken
him to the western part of the
country shortly afterward, and I
had heard nothing of or from him
since. In truth I had not thought
of him, or except for an occasional
flash of pity, of blinded Major
Grantland, who had also vanished
from my knowledge.
"Mr. Drake!" My utterance of his
name was a startled exclamation.
"Ah, Mrs. Graham." He came
quickly toward me, yet with the
appearance of indolence which
always invests him, and put out his
hand in greeting. I extended my
own hand, realized a moment later
that he had not promptly realeased
it, but was holding it while he"
talked, with an air of casualness
that made it seem a self-concious,
awkward act for me to withdraw ifc
It was no part of my program.
Store Open Saturday, July 5, From 9 A. M. Till 6 P. M.
1 Surprising Specials in Al Departments
AYOEN'
THE CASH STORE
HI Equal "T
H Quality Lb,.
Less I
j Price ssUa
( C" Superior
vjw . ; Quality
I J Equal
is Price
however, to stand listening to Allen
Drake with my hand clasped in' his,
neither did I wish to have him' think
that I had noticed the incident. So
I put a note of apology in my voice,
and spoke hurriedly.
"I cannot think what is keeping
Mrs. Uunderwood," I said. "If you
would pardon me a moment I'll find
out where she is."
I took my hand from his when I
spoke, turned toward the door.
His voice arrested me promptly.
"I can give you all the informa
tion you desire on that subject," he
drawled. "Betty just informed me
that 'Mis Lillian had been all dis
combobulated - over something
Marse Robert wanted to eat, an' she
axed to be excused for a few min
utes, so you can see your errand
would be useless. Besides its your
plain duty to stay here and enter
tain me. - I have come here as a
dinner guest, my hostess has not put
in an appearance. I demand a sub
stitute." His whimsical smile, his brillliant
eyes with a slight trace of mockery
in them, told me that he had
promptly fathomed my ruse and
enjoying my embarrassment.
things that ray ne blouse was
especially becoming, that my whole
appearance was not displeasing.
and that seeing me again was a
rare pleasure.
"The tinge of mockery in his
eyes and smile put me on my mettle
in an instant. I have always felt
for Allen Drake a bit of antagon
ism, even in the moments when I
was most compelled to admire his
wonderful ability. I know that to
him that a woman's mentality is
not a serious thing, and that his
general opinion of the sex is not
an especially high one. He has
always given me the impression
that feminine idosyncracies, of
which he necessarity sees many of
his profession, afforded him the
keenest amusement, and I have
always an uneasy impression when
with him that he is watching my
brain processes much as he might
watch the antics of some insect
impaled upon a spindle.
There are few women staid
enough to resist the tempation to
compel recognition of their power
from a man of Allen Drake's type.
I felt a little thrill of anticipated
mental jousting as I turned back
from the doorway.
"I can never be a substitute for
Mrs. Uuderwood." I murmured
meekly, "but it is always my aim
to please."
(Continued Monday) -
Footwear of
Refinement
There is an air of dainty
tnmness a delightfully re
fined "personality" about
Fry footwear that elevates
it out of the realm of the
ordinary.
The most exquisite formal gowning or the
simple costume for sport or street wear finds its
complement in our showing of the season's lat
est models
16th and Douglas.
A Remarkable Sale of Summer Dresses j
On Second Floor, Saturday J
Ladies' Washable Dresses In voiles, j
tissues and ginghams. A splendid as- m
sortment of classy styles selected from f
the best of our wash dress stock, and m
they are remarkable values. (ft p 'm
Hay den's Cash Price, Satur- h I H
day, at. j
t Dainty Wash Waists j
In voiles, organdies and batistes, white and
colors, stripes, plaids and plain colors; all 3
sizes. Saturday, Special Cash Price
$1.98
New Georgette Waists g
In all the wanted shades, nifty styles, beaded j
and embroidered. Very Special, Saturday
$5.95 1
"The People's Store.
Omaha's Home Furn ishers for 32Years.
Opposite Hotel Rome.
invited, iffl
coranfiiav-
S. E. CPU. 16th & JACKSON srs:
This Great One Day Sale of
Store
fffAnuiSj Closed
WmnrSiuJ July
ACE
CURTAINS
Ladies' White Washable Skirts
In gabardines, piques and poplins; all sizes,
including the extra sizes for the ladge
woman. ' Just the garment for the Fourth.
Saturday, Special Cash Price
$5.95
All sizes,
only 1
Bungalow Aprons
Special Cash Price; Saturday,
$1.49
" White and Khaki Wash Skirts jl
All sizes, also including the extra sizes, g
Just the thing for outing wear., Very Spe- m
cial, Saturday, Cash Price .
$2.98
Dressing Sacques
In all colors and sizes. Special Cash Price,
Saturday, at .
89 - fM
Better Values in
House
Furnishings
100-LbrCapacity White Mountain
Refrigerator Price 825.00
125-Lb. Capacity White Mountain
Refrigerator Price $30.00
100-Ib. Capacity, Solid Stone, White
Lined Refrigerator At.. $55.00
7-Ply, 96-Inch Molded Garden Hose
50-ft lengths, with couplings. Our
Cash Price -.$7.50
Roller Skates Plain bearing. Spe
cial Cash Price $1.00
Roller Skates Ballbearing. Spe
cial Cash Price $2.00
Hand Vacuum Washers Our Spe
cial Cash Price. -..754
6-FL Unbraced Step Ladders Our
Cash Price $1.65
Large Size O'Cedar Oik Mops Our
Cash Price... $1.25
Lawn Sprayers Our Special Cash
Price 694
rnlreml Lunch Kit Our Cash
Price . $3165
2i-Lb. Family Scales Our Special
Cash Price $2.00
CASH AND CARRY THE GREATEST
ECONOMIZER ON EARTH
Read These Specials
for Saturday
10 Pounds Best Pare Cane Granulated Sugar for 984
48-lb. lack Diamond H Floor 13.18
H-lb. sack Diamond H Flour 11.65
( lbi. whlto or yellow Corn Meal
for . tie
I lb Oatmeal t5c
Nary Baana, per lb. 10c
No. 1 cani Sweet Corn. Barly-
June Peas and Tomatoea.l2c
No. 3 cana Pumpkin, Hominy
or Sauer Kraut lie
1-lb. can high-grade Baking pow-
t der tie
I6-01. cana Wilson or Elkhorn
Milk 14c
lS-oa. -cana Carnation or Pet Milk
per can ....15c
Ramo aasorted Soopa, can.. . 10c
Enlder'a Tomato Bonp, can. ...10c
Bnjder'a Pork and Bana, can. 15c
Sduab Soup, can c
S cans Dutch Cleanser 25c
( bare Pearl White or Electric
Spark Soap 3tc
10 bare D. O. Soap 38c
33-os. Jar Preserves 32c
23-oi. Jar Apple Butter S5c
Plllsbury's Health Bran, per
Pkg-. lc
-Com Flakes, per pkf. IVit
Grape-Nuta, per pkg-. 13c
Soda Crackers, per lb lfta
Assorted Cookies, per lb. tOe
Bur Tour Fruit and Teretablea
at Hayden's (or Your Sunday
Dinner.
New home crown Potatoes, per
lb Bo
3 buaches fresh Carrots, Turnips
and Beets Bo
I bunches Radishes Be
3 bunches Green Onions Bo
3 bunches Carrot Be,
Green or Wax Deans, lb 11)0
Cucumbers .5c-10c-UHo
New Cabbage, per lb. So
Cauliflower, per head Bo
Fresh Tomatoes, per lb,....120
Fancy Cantaloupes lOc-lSVio
Lemons, per dozen v. 35e
Hire's Root Beer, per bottle. 13V4o
Edelweiss Ginger Ale, bot.lZtte
DRIED FRUIT AND NUT SPE
CIALS. Fancy' Whole Apricots, lb.....!o
Fancy Peaches, lb, 23o.
Silver Prunes, lb. 30o
Fancy Seeded Raisins, lb...l70
Fancy Seedless Raisins, lb....JOo
Choice California Prunes. .... .30o
Choice Bartlett Pears, lb 3Bo
No. 1 soft shelled English Wal
nuts, per lb. 40e
New Pecans, per lb 30c
Fresh l Roasted Peanuts, lb,...15o
L 'f f ill i'llb 1 I j
I-; m .:
' at" . i-HSSr B ? ,i?
Will Save Hundreds of Dollars
toTh ose Who Attend
This extraordinary sale is made possible by a big
purchase of Lace Curtains, bought direct from one of
the largest lace mills in America previous to the re
cent heavy advance in curtain materials.
There are Curtains of fine Nottingham,
Scrim, Irish Point, Marquisette, Cluny
and Filet
in dozens of beautiful designs and novelty patterns.
Even though you do not expect to recurtain your win
dows until fall, it will pay yju handsomelyto take ad
vantage of the reduced prices in this sale, as they may
not be equaled again for many months.
',, - Hgf a , ', '
i ' Br 'A
. ''eiMlfaWttm
Nottingham Lace Curtains; in
this one-day sale, , on
each 0t C
Nottingham Lace Curtains,
splendid values at, rOQ-,
each 02C
Nottingham Lace Curtains,
special values at, A El
each rOC
Notthingham Lace Curtains,
in this one-day ECKo
sale, each OOC
Scrim Curtains of good qual
ity; for one day, JC-
each DOC
Beautiful Scrim Curtains; in
this one-day sale, 7Q
each 2C
Nottingham Lace Curtains,
excellent values, at Qg-
each OOC
Dainty Marquisette Curtains,
for one day, Qfi
each JOC
Exquisite Nottingham Lace
Curtains go at, f 1 1 Q
each v 1 1
High-grade Filet Lace Cur
tains; one-day sale J 1 JQ
at, each P 1 Vf
Pleasing designs in Marquis
ette Curtains, di OQ
at, each j) I
Marquisette Curtains in orna
mental designs, 1 QQ
each P 1 elvO .
Irish Point Curtains In exclu
sive patterns, . $2 45
Rich looking designs In Cluny
Lace Curtains, t0 QQ
each iPeSeiJO
Real Filet Curtains of very
high quality; Q AC
each POetO
Real Filet Lace Curtains in
beautiful patterns, 1 C
special each V )
Saturday in Our Busy Sanitary Cash Market i
Meats
Spring Lamb Legs, lb. . 28y2
Steer Pot Roast, lb. lS1
Hams, California style, lb 29
Breakfast Bacon Backs, lb SlVrt
Steer Rib Boiling Beef, lb. ll1
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Pickles,
and 01eo
Best Bulk Creamer But-
tej. per lb ....564
Full Cream American
Cheese, per lb 404
Fresh Bulk Peanut But
ter, per lb.....22H4
No. 1 Fresh Country
Kse, per doz 404
Heine Small Baked
Beans, 3 fbr 404
2-lb. Cartoons Snow-
flake of Premium, at,
each 804 fjs
Gem Nut Margarine. 53
per lb ..324
Sweet Mixed Plcklea. 33
! per qt 404 3
Fancy Bulk Queen -
Olives, per 'qt 504
I
The Witching Beauty of These
Summer Dresses
Lends Added Charm to the Wearer
You will find a most comprehensive collection
'-j)f, cool summer dresses in flowered and figured
voiles; gay ginghams and pastel-tinted organdies in
styles of unusual charm and youth, made "differ
ent by effective trimming, at
$g7 2 $17
50
UP
White Skirts Spott Hats
Such fetching fabrics and"
such practical styles smart
enough for any occasion, are
shown here in Wash
Skirts as low
as
$3.95
The word "chic" hardly de
scribes them., There are
new models of ribbon, oth
ers of straw with rib
bon bands, as
low as
$5.95
New Georgette Waists at $4.50 and $9.75
Ask to See Our Superior
New Home Outfits
The Big Buying Power of this store, located just
outside the High Rent District, assures you Depend
able, Guaranteed Merchandise at the Lowest Prices.
3 ROOM
Outfits
$149.50
4 ROOM
Outfits
$19800
ROOM
Outfits
5
$248.50
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Omaha.
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Come in and let us demon
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You may have the Electric or
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