Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 192, Decatur, Adams County, 14 August 1926 — Page 3

Tfe GIRL in the MIRROR Elizabeth Jordan S

| the story B —.rrXR L—fiartare Devons wedI 80 *° ■ W "Lanrta” SM«eaoK l * , !f.rrni6t tot •omewbat taolUiU ■ "Jr. theatrical seeoolatea I ±.r Bnd ,Me> I J*J a “ w * •“ a U. — X* Brtß > wh * *• I '• ••«>• “” r “ '* JfVTmUM rrßm m *•< lefk tB •••* We “of a Waatlful girl to a mlr- „ at »«»•• oppoaKw fluf-riX HL—Devon from Junior tor tn lb. «:rr. bout. Mto name >• A ** B ,n .* £L., reflection with Feirer er-fl fear* •“• u L c:t Miolflo- He break. Into her mruttr.t anfl. mnnlnfl her confidence ,;■■<. ter u> lunch with him, tboueb J* werm bun or ~aac«er.’ x . ■ ' • 9~~~ MaFTKR IV —Perceptibly aattat.d J tt . arrival •* • ““ ! B “• Mtunnt. the mutter. Oat be has SZfl her.” Learning that .be I. •oaerrled end the man ha. no claim Jj J,r. Laurie. Inoen.edL aoco.t* the (trader CHAPTER V.—Accuelng the man of uterine Mite Maro, Devon warne MS te end tie eeptonaga The .tranau it politely earcaetlo, but from him Uwle Item, the flr,t *• JirU She telle blm her persecutor | Herbert R.neome flhaw. CHAPTBR VL—To Louise Orflway. Ml Invalid eleter-ln-law. and flrm friend. Laurie admit, he le "lnt.re.ted" p Doria net revoallnfl her identity. CHAPTER Vll.—Dori, resolutely defrltu to meet Mr. Ordway, and frernlr veto.. Laurie 1 , .ugge.tios of Uilrltd to tbo police to protect her from Shew IF fTwaT However. his fat matchbox waa comfortably filled, and his cigarette case, which he eagerly| tfrtned and examtoed by touch, held thee ao. four cigarettes. That *st tock' Hl. spirits rose, singing. New tel light! Be lit a match, held It up, looked round him. and felt himself grow flbddealy limp with surprise. He had mpected. of course, to find himself In ftew'i room. Instead, be *aa to a eeliar, which resembled that room «ly la the interesting detail that It UHtrtd to have no exit. With this ttcovery his match went out. He lit •bother, and examined his new environment as carefully as he could to ttf brief interval of illumination 1* afforded Th. cellar was a perfe ‘'.7 good one, m ellars go. It was a email. square, billow cube to the earth, not damp, iiiiruiu.. it. walla Were brick. »•« 'he floor, which was covecyd with dun straw, a discovery that made Ito Jteoent occupant suddenly cautious to handling bls matches. He had no wish is be burned alive to this underground trap The place was apparently used is a wrt of storeroom. There was an old trunk to It. and some broken-down pieces of furniture. The second fetch burned out. Affluent though he was to matches. It was no part of the young man's plsii to burn his entire supply at one lotting, as it were. For half sn hour he crouched In the darkness, pondertog Then, as an answer to certain persistent questions that came up to Ms mind, be lit a third match. He greatly desired to know where lay the outlet to that cellar, and to this third illumination he derided that he had found It. There must be some sort u s « trap-door at the top, through which he had been dropped or lowwed. Those wide seams to the whitewashed celling must mean the cracks du. to a set-in door. Undoubtedly that door had been bolted. Also, even tssumlng that It was not fastened, the 'riling was fully eight feet above blm. Ther. was no ladder, there were no ttglrs. Hig third match burned out. lu the instant of Its tost flicker he something white lying on the •traw beside blm. He promptly lit Mother match, and with rising excitewent picked up the sheet of paper read the threedlne eommunfeatiou kl * wl *4 to pencil upon It: 'Out tomorrow. Flashlight, candles, 'Uarettes and matches in box at your Blßßk *to to corner. Be good." lhe recipient of this interesting document read it twiee. Then, having •ecarsd the box at his left -a dlscard•u collar box, Judging by its shspe and tk ,tr * w torth the flashlight, s * cigarettes, the matches and the c «n«i*s it centotoed. Lighting one « the candles, he stuck it securely on •Projecting ledge of the wall. By Ito *n light, aided by the electric flash, • took a full though still dated toven,,r T »f hi. surroundings. The ophld■uflhsw had pussied him again. had handled Shaw very roughly ■«r • time. He eould still feel-and| * tocalled the sensation with great Ueuure-ae thick, slippery seek of! 8 creature, and the way It hadi a 9ttEieCjdjet> he got hie fingers into

it. Yet the serpent evidently bore’no malice Or—a searing thought struck Laurie—having things his own way, be could afford to be generous. In other words, be was now perfecting bls plana, while he, Laurie, was out of the way. The promise of release tomorrow could mean, of course, only one thing —that those plans, whatever they were, woufd be carried out by then. And yet—and yet— The boy put bls bead between his hands and groaned. What was happening to Doris? Surely nothing could happen that night! Or could it? And what would It be? Only a fool would doubt Shaw's power and venom after aueb an experience as Laurie bad Just had, and yet— Even now the skeptical interrogation point reared Itself in the young man's •tod. One fact alone was clear. He must get out of this. But how? Flashlight to band, be made the short tour of the cellar, examining and tapping every Inch of the wall, the masonry and the floor-work. Could be pile up the furniture and so reach tbe door to the celling? He could not. The articles consisted of the small, battered trunk, a legless, broken-sprlnged cot and a clodk whose Internal organ* had been removed. Piled one on the other, they would not have borne s child's weight Laurie decided that he was directly under Sbaw's room. Perhaps the creature was there now. Perhape be would consent to a parley. But ehouto and whlatles. and a rain of small objects thrown up against the trapdoor produced no response. He began to experience the sensations of a trapped animal. So vivid were these, end so overpowering, as he measured his helplessness against the girl's possible need of him, that he used ail bls will power in overcoming them. Resolutely he reminded himself that be must keep cool and steady. He would leave nothing undone that could be done. He would ahout at Intervals. Perhaps sooner or later some night watchman would hear blm. He would reach that trapdoor if tbe achievement were humanly possible. But first, last and all the time he would keep cool. When he had exhausted every resource bls imagination suggested, he sat to the straw, smoking and brooding. bls mind incessantly seeking some say out of bls plight. At Intervals he shouted, pounded and whistled. He walked the floor, and re-examined it a/;? . etltr wallr looked st x.» »»>.->, 1. .. *<. morning. He was exhausted and bis body still ached racklngly.

Very slowly he resigned Mmaelf to the Inevitable. Morning would soon eerie. He tnuet sleep till then, to be to condition for the day. He found Shaw's blankets, threw himself on the straw, and fell Into a slumber full ofi disturbing dreams. Tn the most vivid of these he was a little boy, at school; and on the desk before bird a colled boa constrictor, with Shaw's wide and eliarp-teothed grin, ordered him to eopy on his slate an excellent photograph of Porto. He awoke with a start, and In thej next instant was on his feet. He had J heard a Bound, and now he saw a light falling from above. He looked! up. A generous square opening ap- 1 pearod to the celling, and leading j down from it was the gratlfylng'vlslon; of a small ladder. Up the ladder Lau-< rie sprang with the swiftness of light Itself. Subconsciously he realized that I If he was to catch the person who had opened that door and dropped that ladder, he must be etceedfngly brisk about It. But, quick ts he was, he was still too slow. With a grip on each side of the opening, and a strong swing, be lifted himself fnto the roomi above. As he expected, it held no occupant. What he had hot expected, and what held him staring now, was that It held not one stick of furniture. Bare as a bone, bleak afl a skeleton, It bad the effect of grinning at him with Shaw's wide white gcln. His first conscious reflection was the nitural one that It was hot Shaw's >oni. He had been carried to another nlldfng. This room had a window. lilch, of course, might have been ■icestod behind the letter flies. Yet. tie ns It was, it looked familiar, here was the fireplace, with Its lisrred logs. There, yes, there were the iqdluters of the glass that had protected Doris' photograph. And. final convincing evidence, therev forgotten to a comer, was the worti bedroom slipper be bad noticed under the couch the night before. With eyes still bewildered, still incredulous, he stared around the empty roem. Before him yawned an open doer, showing an uninviting vista of dtogy hall. Ha stopped across its threshold and looked down the windings passage of the night before IJai

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w^y r uuuu i lio seen ut»off £1” moved buck tote the empty room A glance explained the little mystery. Wie room had been freshly paaaed door and all. The surface of had been made leva! with the wall. When It was closed there w» no apparent break to the pattern of the , wall paper. If there bad been a chair in tbe room, young Mr. Devon would havo sat down at this point. Hla body I wanted to alt down. In fact, it almost Insisted upon doing so. But Just as be was relaxing in ntter bewilderment. ; be received another gentle shock. | Above the old-fashioned mantel was a narrow, set-ln mirror, and In this mlr- i ror Laurie caught a glimpse of tbe features of a disheveled young ruffian. I staring fixedly at hkn. He had time to stiffen perceptibly over thia vision before he realized that the disheveled ruffian was himself, a coatless, collar- | less self, with shirt torn open, enffa ' torn off. hair on end, features battered and dirty, and bits of straw dinging | to what was left of bls clothing. For a long moment Laurie gazed at the figure In the glass, and as he gazed his mingled emotions shook I down into connected thought. Yes, there had been a dandy fight in this room last night, and he had the satls- ' faction of kdbwlng that his two oppo- | nents must have come out off it as I disheveled as himself. He htsd “had them going." Beyond doubt Ise could have handled them both but flor their ( Infernal chloroform. Again he recalled, with pleasure, the feeding of Shaw's thick, slippery neck as it choked and writhed under th& grip of his fingers. Incidentally be had landed two blows on the secretary's Jaw, sending blm first Into a cottier and the next time to the floor. It was | soon after the second blow ■that the episode of the chloroform occurred. 1 Straightening up, be began the hurried and elemental toilet wialch was all the conditions permitted. He re- | ' moved the pieces of straw 'from his clothing, smoothed his hair, straightened his garments to conceal as much , of the damage to them as possible, and gratefully put on his coat, which lay neatly folded on the floor, with his sfllf hat resting snugly uptti It. It required some courage to go out Into the clear light of a January morning ! In patent-leather pumps and wearing a silk hat. He would find some one ! around the place from whom he could I borrow a hat and get the Information he needed about the late tenants of this extraordinary office. It was halfpast seven. He had slept later than he realized. He had slept while Doris was In peril. The reminder both appalled and steadied him. | With a last look around the dismantled room, he closed Its door behind him and went out Into the winding hall. He hurried up and down its length, poking his head Into empty storerooms and dusty offices, but finding no sign of life. ! At last a cheerful whistle In the lower regions drew him down a flight of stairs to what appeared to' be an underground storeroom. Here a bulky, overalled individual, loomlr£ large In the seml-darkness, stopped In his labor of pushing about some boxes and regarded Laurie with surprise. 1 “Are you the watchman?" asked ths totter, briskly. , "I am that,” . ! "Were yon nere last alglii?" ! ”1 was.” "Was anyone else here?”

■’ I I night?" "Dlvil a bit.” “Were you asleep?” “I was," admitted the watchman, simply. His voice was Hibernian, and rich with tolerant good humor. “I want to make a trade with you.” The newcomer held out his silk hat. “Will you give me your hat, or any old hat you've got around the place, for this?” "I will,” said the watchman calmly. Though good-humored, he seemed a man of few words. “And who might yon be?" he added. "I came in tost nlgfit with Mr. Shaw, and I spent the night here. When I woke up,” added Laurie dryly, “I found that my host had moved.” The watchman sadly shook his head. “You’re a young tod,” he said, with friendly sympathy. ”’TIs a pity you’ve got Into these habits.” Laurie grinned at him. He had discovered that his money, like his watch, was safe to his pockets. Taking out a bill, he showed It to his companion. “Do yon like the looks of that?” he Inquired. "I do," admitted the watchman warmly. “Tell me all you know about Shaw, and take it for your trouble." I "I will," promptly agreed the other, "but 'tls not much you’ll get for your money, for 'tls little enough I know. The man you’re talkin’ about, I sup- ' pose, is the fat fella with eyes you could hang yer hat on, that had the back room on the ground floor." | “That’s the one." "Then all I know Is, he moved In three clays ago, and h» moved out two hours ago. What ne did between times I don’t know, but he paid for the room for a month to advance, so nobody’s mournin' his loss." "Did he say why he was going, or . where?” I "Dlvil a word did he say. He was to a hurry, that lad. He had a gang of three men with him, and they had the place empty In ten minutes. I I lent 'em a hand, an’ he gave me a doli tor, and that’s the last I saw of him.” I A sudden thought struck the watch- ' man. “Where was you all the time?” he asked with Interest "In the cellar.” Tbe watchman nodded, understand-oMa-c mh awr**.*' •

togiy. "You'ra toe young for that sort of thing, me boy. Now, I'm no teetotaler meself." be went on argumentatively “A glass once to a while is all rygbi, ' if a man knows whin to stop. Bub—" "How about that hat?” Interrupted I the restive victim of this boffiily. i "Have you got one bandy?” "I have." • Tbe watchman disappeared into a shadowy corner and returned with a battered derby. “Au' u fine grand hat it Is!” he earnestly assured the newcomer, as he handed it over. f Laurie took the hat and put it on his head, where, being too small for him, it perched at a rakish angle. He dropped the bank note Into his own silk hat, and handed them to his companion, who accepted them without visible emotion. Evidently, brief though his stay in the building had been, Herbert Ransome Shaw had ac‘■ustoraed its watchman to surprises. Laurie’s last glimpse of the man as he hurried away showed him. with extreme efficiency and the swift simultaneous use of two well-trained hands, putting the silk hat on his head and the bill In his pocket. Laurie rushed through the early East side streets. He was not often abroad at this hour, and even In his anxiety It surprised him to discover how many were abroad so early to the morning. The streets seemed full of pretty girls, hastening to factories and offices, and of briskly stepping men and women, representing types that also would ordinarily catch the attention of the young playwright. But now he had neither thought nor eyes for them. His urgent needs were first the assurance that Doris was safe, and next the privacy of his own rooms, a bath, and a change of clothing. Obviously, he couid not present himself to Doris i In the sketchy ensemble he presented now; or could he? He decided that he could, and must. To remain In his present state of suspense a moment longer than he need do was unthinkable. In a surprisingly short time he was In the studio building, facing the man Sam had called Henry, a yawning night elevator man who regarded him and his questions with a pessimism partly due to the lack of sleep and fatigue. These combined Influences led him to making short work of getting rid of this unkempt and unseasonable caller.

“No, sah,” he sa(d. “Miss Mayo don' receive no callers at dis yere hemr No, sah, Sam don’ come on tell eWit , o’clock. No, sah. I caln't takiypio , messages to no todies what aljjput dey beds yit. I got to pel yere folks. I has," he ended The caller peeled a bill his ever-ready roll, and the the building's guardian angel YjWtg ged and softened. (TO BE CONTINUED) o GENEVA NEWSI The marriage of Miss Miriam F»-ity ■ and Edward Meyer was quietly solI emnized at the Geneva United BrethI ren parsonage at S:00 o’clock Monday levelling. The Kev. J. K. Knipe, pas- - L‘SS.fS Mrs. John Felty, of east of Geneva, and attended school -in the Geneva high school for several years. The groom is the aon of Mrs. Albert Meyer. He also was reared in the community east of Geneva, but his mother and family moved to Geneva after the death of his father. Edward is employed at Jackson, Mich., and returned to that city Tuesday, while his wife remained, at the home of her parents. I Miss Imogene I-ee has returned to her work as clerk at the Harlow Grocery after an extended absence because of sickness. I Miss Jeanette Sprunger went to Berne, Monday afternoon where she. spent a short time attending to business matters. Mrs. Chas. Shepherd entertained at her home west of Geneva, Monday evening, in honor of her house guest. Miss Mary Blakeburn, of Fayetteville, Ark. At six-thjrty o'clock a delicious buffet dinner was served. The remainder of the evening was spent playjng progressive butterfly, Miss Mary Miller receiving first prize and Miss Nell Green the consolation. Those enjoying Mrs. Shepherd's hospitality were: Misses Mary Blakeburn, of Fayetteville. Ark., Mary Miller, Esther Hutton, Nell Greene, Virginia Schaefer, Georgia Martin, Catherine Anderson, Mildred Muth, Margaret Haughton, Dorothy Shoemaker, of Pennsylvania, Mae Barton, and Natalie Jones of Bryant. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Stuckey attended the International Baby Chick Con vention held at the West Springs Hotel, West Baden, Indiana, recently. Ray McCollum, the “Red Grange" of this town, had the misfortune of letting a cake of ice fall on his toe, the first part of the week. The toe was bruised considerably but it is thought that “Curly” will be able to play baseball by next season. Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

A STUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS 9H9HHH TOM 3KEYHILL Tom Skeyhili is a young Australian a soldier, a poet, a world traveler student of literature, political econ omy, and world affairs He was stricken stone-blind fighting the Turks at the Dardanelles and spent three years of the last ten in total darkness Miraculously he recovered his sight in 1918—and he is today one of the mosi popular and most sought lecturers of the American platform. Since 1915 he has visited many lands and crossed many seas and has traveled over e quarter of a million miles Theodore Roosevelt said of him “I would rather be on the platform with Tom Saeyhill than any man 1 know." Concerning his lectures the New York Globe said: "The most Inspiring speaker that ever appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House.' While the Philadelphia Public Led ger stated: "All of the beauty of poesy, the optlm^ lll of a highly de veloped sense of humor, the dramatic power of a Booth were embodied ir his great lecture.” While the C’lncln natl Enquirer called him "a silvet tongued master of eloquence—;a wizard of matchless word pictures." Decatur Chautauqua August 30 to Sept. Illi, inclusivt “Your Health” This Column is conducted by the Adams County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Association in the interest public’s j health. Hot Weather Health Hints "The summer vacation should be a time for rest and recuperation as well as a period of changed surroundings and activities." says the bulletin is Lued today by the Public Bureau of the Bkdiaua State Medical Association bulletin, entitled "Hot Weathei stresses the danger of the aylfcfo city Welker ( tigaging in over recreatiuiis during the sum-met-lßLo'' and tells how the hot days itiay ■■ oin r : ' aid . - Resible. Jk mental cMHloit - '■ duced," -W the bulletin. "Food should be light. K ritioit.- ami easily digest ible. Meat* fried foods and pastrie and other A—«Js should be <urtailed as they conttibute materially to heat production! ripe fruits, fresl. garden vegetables, salads, cereals milk, and the filling toods satisfy the hunger while contrinuting but little to the production of heat. "An abundance of water, both internally and externally, is a necessity during hot weather A daily bath during the summer cleanses, refreshes and aids in maifiyaining the health ‘Summer clothing should be light in weight and col r am' porous in texture. Such clothing permit's evaporation and allows air to reach the skin readily. Frequent changes of clothing, particularly of tlia next the skin, is especially conducive to comfort. “Keeping lat v or irregular hours during the summer is particularly undesirable. An idequate amount of sleep necessatiy tor health Because of the intense heat, it is sometimes difficult to secure the requisite amount of sleep. “Constant automobile riding is strongly to be iepreeated. Walking, swimming, dancing, baseball, go f. tennis, horseback riding, in moderation, will provide needed exercise during hot weather. Participation in these sports for the average person may well be confined to the early morning and later afternoon, when the heat of the sun is less intense. "Swimming, one of the most popular of summer sports, has been greatly abused by the irareb s» and unthinking. By refraining from bathing immediately after eating and by remaining in the water for only short periods, this excellent and diverting exercise may be enjoyed without its being abused. “Comfort during het weather is due In no small part to the mental attitude. A philosophical state of mind, freedom from worry and inclination to benefit as much as possible by the

outdoor lite, are ail conducive to health and happiness. When a pleasant state of mind is coupled with reasonable observance of hygejnic principles, a winning combination results. If the summer vacation has been properly spent, one may resume the more arduous duties of fa’l and winter with confident knowledge that the mind and body ate better prepared to meet the legitimate demands of our dally tasks." o Two Roys Suffocated In Wheat Bin At Elevator Shelbyville, Ind.. Aug. 14.—(United Press) —Funeral arrangements were being made today for Victor Bornhorst, 12, Indianapolis, and Herman Wagner, 9. Prescott, who were suffo-

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i aced whea buried beneath hundreds of buabeln of wheat n a Prescott grain elevator yesterday The boys had climbed into the great wheat bin of the elevator and were playing fu the grain, unknown by operators of tbe elevator when a chute lending from the bln to a freight car was opened und the wheat shifted, completely burying tbe lads. A third boy managed to escape und gave the alarm. Both boys were dead when taken from the bin. NOTICE Plenty of money to loan on city property. SCHURGER ABSTRACT CO. 164-27 t ■ O- ■■ .... Get the Habit—Trade at Home, < Pays