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Jordan a strong •cue of romantic and dramatic value*. When ehe began writing novel* ehe had many ready-made plot* stored up In her experiences and observations of actual life. Confronted as she was accustomed to be with mysteries and thrilling events tn the dully news. It wh* natural that she should turn to the

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dm of Action »tr#n* In raynttry, luv* adventure elements. few novelists can equal her In fram!cf amazing and puzzling mysteries, and eh* almost alone In her ability to tell a pleasing story, Introduce itrong and well-drawn characters nnd roake all the Incidents of plot and characterization dovetail perfectly Into the central mystery theme. Also, she does not find It necessary to use rrltr.e. criminals and morbid elements to the eitent that most other w riters do In producing this type of Action. Tie people In her stories are generally of the agreeable sort, and her mysteries. Intense and baffling though they itisv be, are of the happy kind. Here !• a story so logical that It mlfht happen In any city. Here are people who pass and repass each other every day in American communities nnd who live the average lives of such places. Yet, hers is a record of love end romance, of splendid, even heroic efforts by a your.g man to rescue hit loved one from Impending, tragic dangers, brave encounters, thrilling lights and other adventures, and, shove all, a mystery, the outcome of which It so surprising that any reader not gifted with second sight will be pndhle to solve It. It requires the reading of almost the last page to gain the solution. CHAPTER 1 Barbara’* Wedding The little city of Derondale, Ohio, hud shaken off for one night at least the air of aristocratic calm that normally distinguished It from the busy mill towns on Its right and left. Elm gvenue, Its leading residence street, usually presented at this hour only an effect of watchful trees, dark shrubbery, shaded lamps, and remote domestic peace. Now. however. It had blossomed Into a brilliant thoroughfare, full of light, color and movement. on all of which the December star* winked down as If In Intimate understanding. Automobiles poured through the wide gates of Its various homes and ,'olned a ceaseless procession of vehicles. Pedestrians, representing every class of the city's social life, joiiied oue another on the sidewalks as they hurried onward, following this w ik’-iawwww—-neeoovd f .* hut one destination which a self-respecting citizen of PevoDdale might properly have In mind; and already many of the elect had reached this objective and had comfortably passed through Its wide doors, down Its aisles, and Into Its cushioned pews. It was an Interested, good-humored and highly observant crowd, pressing forward as each automobile approached, to watch with unashamed curiosity the guests who alighted and made their way along the strip of carpet stretching from curbstone to church. Devondale's leading citizens were here, nnd the spectators knew them all, from those high personages who were presidents of local banks down to little Jimmy Harrigan, who was Barbara Devon's favorite caddie, at the Country club. Unlike most of his fellow guests, Jimmy arrived on foot; but the crowd •aw his unostentatious advent and ffAeeted him with envious badinage. "Hi, dere, Chlmmle, where's yer •tsnlu’ soot?" one acquaintance delved to know. And a second remarked solicitously. "Pe c'rect ting, CJilmmie, Is t’ hold yer hat to yer Wart as y' goes In!” i Jimmy made no reply to these pleasSstpies. The occasion was too nig toS too novel for that. He merely •tinned, presented his card of adinlsifiah In a paw washed clean only In and accepted with equal equa“b'Uy the piercing gaze of the usher gift the rear seat to which that outftjfad youth austerely conducted him. , jThere, round-eyed Jimmy stared ©Silt him. He had never been Inside IB St. Giles’ before. It was quite jWMble that he would never find himInside of It again. He took In R 4 beauty of the great church; Its l|*he of lights ; Its masses of flowers; jug ivhisperlug. waiting throng; the jWad white ribbon that set apart eerily* front pews for the bride's special Jlteda, including a party from New f*rk. Jimmy knew all about those frttuds and all about this wedding. 8j grimy llttl.e ejira vvecu caqaehSSSfy

openTcTthe talk of the t< wn, alia fi> week* past the town hail talked of - i nothing but the Devons and Barbara Devon's approaching wedding. , In the pew Just in front of Jimmy, ( Mrs. Arthur Lytton, a lady he recognized us a übiquitous member of the Country club, wus giving a few Inti- , mate details of Miss Devon's life to her companion, who evidently was a newcomer to the city. “You see, ' Mrs. l.ytton win murmuring, "this Is really the most Important wedding we've ever had here. Barbara Devon owns most of Devondale, and her home, Devon house, is one of the show places of the state. She hasn't a living relative except her brother, Laurie, and l fancy she has been lonely, notwithstanding her hosts of friends. We all love her, so we're glad io know she has found the right man to marry, especially us we are not to lose her ourselves. She Intends to live In Devon house every summer." The newcomer —u Mrs. Hecway who had social aspirations—wus politely attentive. “I met Laurence IVvon at the Country club yesterday,” she said. “He's the handsomest creature I've seen, I think. He's really too goodlooking ; and they say there's some romantic story about him. Do you know what It Is?” Her friend nodded. “Mercy, yes 1 Every one does.” Observing the other's growing attentlon, stie went on expansively: I “You see, Laurie was the black 1 sheep of the family; so the Devons left all tlietr great fortune to Barbara and put Laurie In her care. That infuriated him, of course, for he Is a high-spirited youngster. He promptly took on an extra shade of blackness. He was expelled from college, and sowed whole crops of wild oats. He gambled, was always In debt, and Barbara had to pay. For a long time she wasn’t able to handle the situation. They're both young, you know. She's about twenty-four, and Laurie Is a year younger. But last year she suddenly put her mind on It and pulled him up in a rather spectacular way,” Mrs. Renway’s eyes glistened with interest. “Tell me how!" she begged. The raconteur settled hack Into her j pew, with the complacent expression of one who Is sure of her hearer's complete absorption In her words. “Why,” she said, "she made Laurie a sporting proposition, and he accepted It. He and she were to go to New York and earn their living for ore year, under assumed names and without revealing their identity to anybody. They were to start with lifty dollars each, and to be wholly deTTonYHM.t ufrti'imwwv ntflg- i«R*r was gone, Laurie was to give up all j his hsd habits and buckle down to the J Job of self-support. For every dollar he earned more than Barbara earned, j she promised him five dollars at the j end of the year. And If he kept his j pledges he was to have ten thousand j dollars when the experiment was over, j whether he succeeded or failed. He and Barbara were to live In different parts of the city, to be ignorant of each other’s addresses, and to see each other only twice." I She stopped for breath. Her friend . drove an urgent elbow Into her side, | “Go onshe pleaded. “What happened?" “Something very unexpected.” chuckled Mrs. Lytton. (For some reason, Barbara's friends always chuckled at this point in the story.) “Barbara, who is so clever,” she went on, “almost starved to death. And Laurie, the black sheep, after various struggles and failures fell in with some theatrical people and finally collaborated with a successful playwright In writing a play. Perhaps It was partly luck. But the play made a tremen-, dous hit, Laurie kept his pledges, ami Barbara has had to pay him a small fortune to meet her hargalh.” The hearer smiled sympathetically. “That's splendid,” she said, "for Laurie! But Is the cure permanent, do you think? The boy's so young, nnd so awfully good-looking—” "I know,” Mrs. Lytton looked ominous. “He Is straight as a string so far, and absorbed In Ills new work. But of course his future Is on the 1 knees of the gods, for Barbara Is go--1 ing to Japan on her honeymoon, and ! Laurie will be alone In New York the rest of the winter. Barbara found her husband In New York," she added. 1 "He’s a broker there, Robert Warren. That’s what she got out of the experiment! She met him while she was working In the mailing department of some business house, for seven dollars a week —” Mrs. Lytton stopped speaking and craned her head backward. "They're coming I" she white netted- emUediy. “Ok. dear* J-Jwce 1 j

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sha’n't cry 1 Tft I wav* do 'cry'»?iF?d dliifg, and I never know why.” i rum the crowd outside there r»*e a cheer, evidently at the bride'* aj> liearanre. The echoes of It aecutfipa filed her yrogreas into the church,’ “The mill jteoplc adyt* Barbara,” JJ whispered Mr* Lytton. “Sbe built a j big clubhouse for them two yean ago, j! ■ml «he'x the president of most of their club*." In hi* seat behind her, Jltgmy Harrlgao, who had given his attention to the conversation, sniffed contemptuously. If the dame In front was lyin' to talk about Ml** Devon, why didn't •he tell somethin' worth while? Why didn't she tell, fer ins'ance, that Mias Devon played the best golf of any woman In the club, and had beaten Mrs. Lytton to a frazzle In a match last month? An’ why didn’t ahe gay somethin’ about how generous Ml** Devon was to caddie* In the matter of skates and boxing gloves and clothes? And why didn’t she say what a prince Laurie Devon wua, Instead of all dat stale stuff what everybody knew? The excitement In the street had communicated Itself to the dignified assemblage In the church. The occupunts of the pews were turning In their seats. The first notes of the great pipe-organ rolled forth. Friends who had known and loved Barbara Devon since she was a little girl, and many who had known her father and mother before her, looked now at the radiant figure ahe presented as Bhe walked slowly up the aisle on her brother’s arro, and saw that figure through an unexpected ml*t. “What a pair!” whispered Mr*. Renway, who had a pagan love of beauty. "They ought to he put In one of their own parks and kept there as a permanent exhibit for the delight of the public. U's almost criminal negligence to leave that young man at large," she darkly predicted. "Something will happen If they do!” Mrs. Lytton absently agreed. "The bridegroom Is very handsome, too,” she murmured. "That stunning. Insolent creature who la acting as matron of honor, and looking bored to death by it, Is his sister, Mrs. Ordway of New York. The first bridesmaid I* another New York friend, a Russian girl named Sonya Orleneff, that Barbara met In some lodging house. And will you look at the iDfant Samuel 1” An expression of acute strain settled over the features of Mrs. Renway. She hurriedly adjusted her eyeglasses. “The what?" she whispered, excitedly. “Where? I don’t see any Infant”' Mrs. Lytton laughed. "Os course you don’t I It’s too small and too near the floor. It's a thlrty-monlhs-old youngster Barbara picked up In a New York tenement. She calls him the Infant Samuel, and she has brought him here with bis mother, to live on her estate. They say she Intends to educate him. He's carrying her train and he’s dressed as a page. In tiny white satin breeches and lacs ruffles. Oh, don’t miss him!” A little ripple stirred the assemI blage. Three figures in the long advancing line of the bridal party held the attention of observers. Two were the bride and her brother. The third, The Third, Stalking Behind Her With Her Train Grasped In Hl* Tiny Fists, Wa* the Infant Samuel Mr*. Lytton Had Mentioned. stalking behind her, with her trnln grasped In his tiny fists, his round brown eyes staring straight ahead, and his fluffy brown hair flying out a* If swept backward by an eternal breeze, was obviously the Infant Samuel Mrs. Lytton had mentioned. From a rear pew the Infant’s mother watched her offspring with pride 1 and shuddering apprehension. It was quite on the cards that he might sud- ( ilenly decide to leave the procession and undertake a brief side excursion into the pews. But Samuel had been ■ assured that he was “taking a walk." , and as taking a walk happened to be his favorite pastime he kept manfully i to his new form of diversion, even thougti It lmd features that did not strongly appeal to him. His short legs wabbled, and his tiny arms ached under the light weight of the bridal train, but Something would happen If he let that train drop. He did not ( know quite what tills Something would be, but he abysmally inferred that It ! would be extremely unpleasant. He held grimly to his burden. Suddenly lie forgot It. The air was full of wonderful sounds sucli as lie had never heard before. His eyes j grew Jarger. His mouth formed the i

"D’ r file deepest wonder. He longed to etop and cut* outJ where the sound* came from, b>< tt>*» I train drew him on and on. With us! unconscious sigh he nccompanlwfi the I train; hud a* things were, hr j •,>lsb< j Lav* been worse, fer fie k«ew tbit aotuewbere tn advance #f nun. lost lu a mate of white stuff, wua the "Baht” be adored When the train stepped, he stopped. In response to kb urgent suggestion from some pte behind him, be dropped It. In obedience to sjd equally urgent tuner prompting, be sat down on It and guAed around. The walk bad . been ratber a long one. Now the big j bouse he wa* lu was very stUl, eave ' for one voice, saying something to Baba. It was all strange and unfamiliar, and Bab* seemed far away. Nothing and Dohody looked natural. Samuel became Increasingly doubtful about the pleasure of tfiks walk. The corners of his mouth went down. A flower fell Into hie lap, aDd look- i tng up he saw Sonya Orleneff smiling i at him. Even Sonya waa a new i Sonya, emerging from what Samuel i dimly felt to be pink clouds. But the eyes were her*, and the ensile waa here, aud It was plain that ebe expected him to play with the pink flower. He pulled it to plaeoa, slowly and absorbediy. The task took some time. From it he paaoed to a close contemplation of a pluk-allppered foot which also proved to be Sonya's, and then to a careful study of a black pump and black »llk sock that proved to be Lawwie’s. Lawwte was smiling down at Samuel, too, and Wobert was standing beside Babs, saying something in a voice that wobbled. Samuel sighed again Perhaps by and by Lawwle would take him out j for a real walk In the snow. All this plnk-and-wblte display around him might be pretty, but there was nothing In It for a small boy. He gazed appeallngly at Sonya, who promptly hoisted him to his fat legs The man at the railing had stopped talking to Rabs and the walk wa* resumed, this time toward the door. Again that especially precious part of the white stuff was In Samuel's keeping. The sounds that Sow filled the air were more wonderful than ever. They j excited Samuel. His fat arms waved, and the light train Vaved with them, j A compelling hand, Sonya's, quieted them and It. There was absolutely nothing a little boy could do lu this queer walk. Gloomily but sedately the Infant Samuel continued his promenade. "Here he Is," murmured Mrs. Lytton to her friend. “Yon can see him now, i can’t you?” “Rodney Bangs, the playwright who collaborated with luiurle. Is sitting In the front pew,” continued her Informant, “and the fat 'little bald man next to him Is Jacob Epstein, the New York manager who put on their play." At the same moment Epstein was whispering to hi* companion, as the , two watched Barbara and her hus- | band start down the aisle In the first little Journey of their married life. | “Say, Bangs. If ve could put this veddtng Into a play, Just like they done It here, ve could vake up Broad my a little—ain't It?’ Bang* nodded, vaguely. His brown eyes were alternately on the bride and on his chum and partner, her brother. He was conscious of an odd depresalon, of an emotion, new and poignant, that made him understand the tear* of Barbara's women friends. Under the Influence of this, he spoke oracularly; "Weddings are beastly depressing tlunga What the public wants to see ls’somethlng cheerful!” Epstein nodded In his turn. His were busy. lA ba luaay , ’ of those around him,' fi’e ‘waa nientHiy?' reducing the spectacle he was watch ; lug to terms that he could understand. A wedding conducted on tills> scale, he estimated, probably repre-i seated a total cost of about ten thousand dollars. But what was that to a bride of thirty or forty millions? It j was strange her family had left them all to her and none to the hoy, even If Ihe boy had been a little wild. But the boy was all right now. He’d make his own fortune If life and woman and the devil would let him alone. He had made a good start already. A few more successes like “The Man Above” would make Epstein forget several failures he had already and unwisely produced tlds season. If he could get Bangs and Devon to start work at I once, on a> fiber good play— j A little later, In the automobile that whirled him and Epstein out to the wedding-reception at Devon house, Rodney Bangs briefly developed the wedding theme. “I suppose the reason why women cry at weddings and men feel glum is that they know what the bride's In | for,” he remarked gloomily. I Epstein grunted. "You an' me Is bachelors,” he reminded the momentarily cynical youth. "Ve should vorry!” I "What I’m worrying about Is Laurie,” Bangs admitted, I Epstein turned to him with awakened Interest. "Veil," he demanded, "what about j Laurie? He’s all right, ain't he?” ! . “His sister ha* always kept a collar and leash on Laurie,” Bangs reminded him, "nnd Laurie has needed them both. Now she's off for Japan on a four-months’ honeymoon. The teaslt aud collar are off, too. It’s going to be mighty Interesting and rather anxious business for ns to see what | a chap like Laurie does with bis new ' freedom. His nature hasn’t changed I in a year, you see, though his circumstances have,” he added, slowly. ! “And all his promises to Barbara are | off. His year of probation is over.” Epstein grunted again. He, was I !

fociT of saying* ffiat*"fa?"Tove3~Hang»' and Laorte as If tbey were Ote sons i be bad never bad: but he was nut gives to analysis off himself or others, ' and be bad Unit patience with It, His j reply showed a toWrume uausuai in h^ra •Veil, re keep an eye on him, don't ve?" he predicted Bangs frowned. “Well have to do It mighty carefully,” he muttered. "If Devon catches us at It, he won't leave us on eye to keep on anything 1” Epstein grunted again. "Ve keep him busy," he euggested, eagerly. "Start him right avay on an other play. Kb? That’s the Idea Bangs shook his bead. “That's It," be conceded. "But Laurie has decided that be won't work again, just yet. He says he's tired and wants a few months' rest. Besides, he thinks America will declare war before the winter’s over. He’s going to volunteer as soon as it does, and he doesn't want any loose euds dragging here, any half-finished plays, fur example.” Epstein looked worried. This was serious news. Without allowing him time to recover from It, Bangs administered a second Jolt. "And of course, in that case,” he added simply, “I'd volunteer, too." Under the double blow Epstelu’s head aud shoulders went down. He knew In that moment what even he himself had sometimes doubted, that his boasted love for the boys was deep and sincere. “Oh, veil," he said vaguely, “I guess ve meet all that If it comes, eh? \'e needn't go to It today." I At Devon house they found the congestion characteristic of weddingreceptions. A certain line had been drawu at the church. Seemingly no line at all had been drawn in the matter of guests at the reception. All Barbara Devon’s proteges were there, and they were many; all the young folks lu her clubs; all the bid nnd new friends of her crowded life. Each of | the great and beautiful rooms on the main floor of Devon house held a human frieze as a background for the 1 throng of new-comers that grew rather i than lessened as the hours passed, i As Bangs and Epstein entered the main hall Laurie Devon saw them over the heads of the crowd and hurried to meet them, throwing an arm across i the shoulder of each. He was In a mood both men loved and feared, a mood of high and reckless exhllaraj tlon. He liked and approved of his I new brother-in-law. The memory of his own New York triumph was still fresh enough to give him a thrill. He was devoted to his partners, and ' proud of his association with them and their work. But most of all, and this he himself would loyally have denied, deep In his heart he wus exulting fiercely over his coming freedom, j Laurie loved his sister, but he was weary of the leading strings. HenceI forth he could live his own life. It 1 should be a life worth while, on that he had decided, and't should continue free from the vices of gambling and | drinking, of which he was sure he had cured himself in the past year. He had come Into a full realization of the folly of these and of the glory of the work one loves. He hadn't the least notion what he was going to do with his Independence, but a boundless delight filled him In the prospect of It. Whatever life held he was convinced i would be good. Looking down from his slender height on the plump Epstein and the stocky Bangs, he smiled Into the sober face of each, aud under the influence of that smile their momentary solemnity fell from them lfke "Come and see Barbara,” Laurie buoyantly suggested. "She wants to say good-by to you, and to tell you how t<r tuck me lnio my crib every night. She’s going to slip away pretty soon, you know. Boh and I have got her off In an alcove to get a few minutes’ rest.” He led them to this haven, of which only fifty or sixty other guests seemed aware, for the room wus but comfortably filled. They found Barbara sitting In a high-backed Spanish chair, against which, In her bridal array and her extraordinary beauty, she made a picture that unaccountably deepened the new depression In Rodney’s soul. On her tralu by the side of the chair, the Infant Samuel slumbered In peace, like an exhausted puppy. Warren, hovering near Ids wife, shook hands with the newcomers and responded to their congratulations. Then, slipping his arm through Laurie's, he drew film across the room to where his sister, Mrs. Ordway, was languidly talking to several of the bride's old friends. He knew that Barbara wanted a final and serious word with her brother’s partners. Laurie knew It, too, and winked at the pair like an Impish child as tie permitted himself to be led sway. Young Mrs. Warren, whose title was still so new that she looked startled when they addressed her by It, greeted ■ them warmly and Indicated the sleeping Samuel with an apologetic smile. “His mother Is lost somewhere In the crowd," she explained. "He has had two glasses of milk, four fat cakes and three plales of Ice cream; and lie s either asleep or unconscious, I'm not sure which." Her manner sobered. “I’m so glad to have a moment with you two," she said gently. "You know what I want to talk about.” “We can guess It.” Bangs smiled at her with the odd wistfulness his smile always took on when he spoke to Barbara. To Bangs, Barbara had become a temple at whose portal he removed his eMrth-stalned shoes. "You want us to look after Laurie," lie added qulyou bet we're going to

CoTf ’ - She tmllad again, tbl* Uu* the rare I smile that warmed her face like a | light from wlthUk “Then 1 shall go aw«y happy,” the told them. “And there's nothing more to oe said; for of course you both uu del-stand that 1 don't dlgtrnst Laurie. How could I, after he has been so wonderful all this year. It'* only—" she I hesitated—"l suppose It's life i'u» afraid of," she confessed, "1 never used to be. But —well, l learued In New York how helpless we are, sometimes." Rodney’s nod was understanding “I know," he robustly agreed. “But It's going to be absolutely alt right. Bf.sure of that." i ro hi: i OMTMt BO) New Pavement Opened On Lincoln Highway Indianapolis, Ind„ July 17. i Special to Decatur Dully Democrat)—New pavement was opened this week on State Rd. 4li (Lincoln Highway) between Churuhiisco am! Merrlam and excellent progress is being msidp on many paving projects at various points in the state highway s>*leni, it was announced by John D. Williams, director, In the commission's w«ek!y traffic bulletin today. Tlip long detours have also been removed on 44 between Lebanon and Frankfort where the slate in building penetration top pavement, as this construction has progressed to the point of applying the tar. Short detours (changed daily) will he in force on this project while the tar treatment is applied, Mr. Williams said ——— o —— Only Three Os Club Os 34 Veterans Left; Meet Again On July 21 Stillwater, Minn., July 17. —(United Press.) — Three survivors among a group of 34 soldiers who 4(1 years ago agreed to meet every year until none was left, will gather around a bottle of rare old wine here July 21. The wine, center of two score celebrations during the course of which 81 of the soldiers have died, is rare Burgundy, preserved in cherry wood casing to be opened only when there are but two members of the club left. Coif Player Claims Airplane Struck Him Richmond, IniJ.. July 17 —(United Press) —Walter Anderson, stunt aviator, is facing trial for assult and battery because he flew so low over a golf course that players ran to refuge under trees. o Gary.—An “evangelist" here retired front the pulpit after police started an investigation'which resulted in the discovery of some 22 gallons of pure alcohol in his garage.

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OPEN DRIVE ON BONE DRY LAW Effort Being Made To Have Wright Law Modified By State Legislature Indianapolis, Ind., July 17. —(United press)—An effort to secure mortification of the Wright hone-dry law In ihe coming session of the state legislature being made today by a membership canvassing force of the Indiana Liberty League. A .state wide drive for members vaas under way today and officials of the league, headed by Harry N, Neeley, Indianapolis attorney who was Republican floor leader in the state Senate in IHI9 and president por tern, state as iheir aim the elimination of "oppressive and un-Anierioan features" of ihe Wright statute. Membership of the league already reaches well Into the hundreds, according to Huarry M. Franklin, editor of the Columbian, monthly organ of the Columbia club and chairman of the convassing forcestaling (hat Ihe Wright law. as it now stands and other prominent prohibition statutes are promoting flagrant dlsreipect for the law and undermining public morals. Negley said he felt ii was lime for all good citizens to join the league and demand correction of some of the faulty conditions. While i nthe senate, Negley voted dry, hacking measures supported by the anti-saloon league. He explains his stand with the statement that, in voting out the law violating saloon keeper, the people have voted in ten fold number of bootleggers and rum runners. According to Negley the only way to secure relief is thought early and concerted action, consistently carried on by all favoring the movement. o — Farmers Use Oats Seeder To Scatter Poison Bait In War On Cut Worms Delphi, Ind., July 17 —(United Press) —Farmers of Carroll counfy have discovered a new use for an oats seeder which Is generally tt a ed for a short time in the spring. The seeders are being attached to the rear of a wagon and used to scatte- poison bran bait in the battle ftgainst cut worms which have b=«n infeasting corn in lips vicinity. Directions for the use of the implement lu combatting the worm were supplied by County Agent Harry E. Ackerman.

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