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Ur77(TJ2 The Story of . AJ'$ji V- a Great Love

A Thrilling Serial of Devotion and Mystery

VOf 'course. Do anything you like." "By the way, -what is Mr. Crawley's address In Grosvenor road?" "40a , Grosvenor road," t replied Brooke. - r "But you won't want to .rouble Mr. Crawley, will you?"

"Oh, dear me, no!" -was Mr. Paton,"

eply, though, at the . same time. - he r jade a mental note, and determined '. asually to cairon Mr. Crawley at an idrlyjdate -'.- , i M r.TPaton's- interview with Louise '.erenger was produT5tlveofear "lit-

e of importance. Her ladyshipiai

pen' out moat, of the . day shopping,

lie supposed, though she.', did not

-now. . .. Her; ladyship never had gentlemen - Isitors, - and , had no correspondence t any importance. Her ladyship had een Sir Godfrey about six or seven, :ad dined alone in her room, and had, vltbout giving any reason, gone out bout half-past eight, she Berenger supposed, to. call, on a . friend. .. Her; ladyship was most unconvenlonal In her habits and never, made a confidante of her maid. - , - . Mr. (Patoa's interview with Collier nerely coninned Berenger's information. Collier, however, somewhat en'arged upon; his master's excitement .vhen he found that her ladyship had not slept In the hotel tbatt night; and ae fully described what had transpired by telephone and telegraph. "We shall do all that is possible, Sir Godfrey," said the little man before he left., "You can rely upon me. I shall look In and report fully as soon as possible. - Pray do not allow yourself to become alarmed." Brooke thanked him eagerly, and felt much easier in his mind. Once outside the - Savoy hotel, Mr. Paton ' haled a taxicab. As he drove away 'be remarked to himself that he , would bet quite a large sum of money that Sir Godfrey Brooke knew a lot more than he dare tell; that, in fact, he was extremely upset; and it was his, ' Paton's, - determination to get to the bottom of what at the outset bade fair to become a very difficult mystery to solve. , The clock .had just struck the last reverberating boom of midnight.' Mr. Paton and another man sat facing each other in a small, official-looking room at Scotland Yard. "It's the queerest business I've ever had to tackle," said Mr. Paton musingly," "and I'm hanged if I like the look of It. What do you say, Booker?" "Darned queer," laconically re-, mark Booker In a strong Pennsyl-

vanlan accent "Can't cotton , to it nohow. But you ain't got two straws to go on so far. - What say?" "True, but we've got to go on. And that's' why I thought I'd have s chat with you" Yup!"said Mr. Booker, sucking hard ' at a long cigar- and regarding the little man with a paternal expression on his countenance. Paton Seeks.. Aid , ... .. From an American,

Mr. Booker was a typical American

.iH""aTl leave his personal : appearance.N

In .that he resembled nothing so much as., a . worthy Nonconformist divine. He was tall and - thin . and , angular, and his black loose-fitting frock-coat suit hung about him like : a , cassock. His low turned-down collar, and black tie gave the clerical effect which was heightened by his pince-nez and his almost sanctimonious expression. He-' was one of the. smartest men in the New York service, and a great personal friend-- of Mr. Paton'c. In the past, between them, these two men had carried through several remarkable cases.v "Seems to me," drawled Mr. Booker, "you're up agin one o them brick walls that nothin's gwine to knock down but a few hard facts." "Well, haven't I got some facts?" exclaimed Mr. Paton, unconsciously dropping into Mr. .Booker's American accent. '.'Nothing that's . worth ' , ten cents," said the Yankee. "You can't go on theories. So far as I can see you ain't got a leg to stand on. You've got nothin' against . the woman, have you,, now?" .... "Perhaps not," admitted Mr. Paton. "Nor against the. worthy K. C. M. G. neither. What say?" "True," admitted the Englishman. "Still" - "Hold, hard; none of your stills!" Just you wait. You tell me that this Ladys Brooke Is lost. Well,, that is quite a usual .happening, so to speak; and I agree with you. that it's, reasonable, seeing that she isn't, In. any of the hospitals, and no reason to commit suicide, was quite sane and happy, wealthy and all the rest, without' a trouble in the world, and everything, so to speak to tempt her to live must have been something for her to get a title, you know, and be the wife of a chap like this Lord Godfrey Sir Brooke, or whatever the fellow's name is." ; ;;': ' -. ; t - (To Be Continued.)';

Copyright. 191 6, by the McClur ; Once upon sr.- time . when all t the world - was; as young as a newly laid egg, the 'animals all gathered on the beach of the big ocean The largest among the birds was a

huge eagle,' on whose head glittered a

crown of shining feathers. 'iney guttered In the sunshine like gold, and the- eagle was so proud that he would hardly look - at anything else in the crowd. .... A .tiny .mole crept upon .the rock on which he stood; and with an angry peck the proud, eagle pushed the tiny animal down to the sand.- r "Such creatures as you that crawl on the ground and . burrow in -darkness should not come Into my" company," shouted - the - eagle. The little .: mole crept away i in ; terror and , hid in a hole In which a snail had 'taken up its home. The two became friends, and made .quite " a comfortable place together In the crack in the stone. That evening there was a great time

nmnnc- the Animals. The asle had

been king - for years and wanted to

continue in tnis position, dui me otner birds thought it was time fop a

change. . . "Well, said thet eagle, "If any one wishes to take my place, he can do so only by. proving he is better than I am. We will have a race."

Now the little mole was humble and spnaihlp hut he thoueht he knew of a

plan to work a trick on the proud eagle. So he stepped forward and said

that he would like to race witn me

eagle. "That is a joke," laughed the eagle, tossing his bridge plumes. "You little thing that can not see how to walk

to beat me-in a race."

"I will beat you in a race," replied Hio mnl Ktmitlv." and it must be a

race, half the way around the world."

"It seems foolish for me to minic

Newspaper Syndicate, New York. . about such a'creature as you," laughed the eagle. "Stfll, to show the others, what a silly animal you are, , we will race half way around the world." Now Just half way round the world grew a tlnv Whitft mm with a Hm.

son center, and there was no other place in the world where it could be found. ' . ; "We will race around to the other side, and the one getting the rose and reaching "home first will be the victor," said the mole. "But if 1 "am the one who wins, I Insist not on being a king, but that I shall have the pleasure of pulling out that plume or golden feathers on the eagle's head." , "Sure," laughed the eagle, scornfully, as he shook his glittering crow in the sun. It was decided that the race would start in two weeks, so the rest of the animals remained at the beach. Early the next morning the mole went into the forest and gathered, all of his friends. Moles came by the hundreds and' thousands. When they were all together the mole who waa to race told them his plan. v'T'wlsh you all to get to work at once and dig for me a passage through the earth right straight down to the other side," he said. "Make it the shortest way. down. And I want it to end Just where the white rose grows." So the moles went to work by the thousands. Night and . day they burrowed a hole down through the center of the earth until ended at the other side right by the rose. But this was kept a secret. On the morning of the race the eagle sped through the air like an arrow. The mole crept into a hole in the rock and - let himself down, down, down, till he grew dizzy. But at last he found he was out on the other side of the earth and at the foot of the rose. With one bit he took it in his mouth. And when night came on he let himself drop down through the hole till -he was back at his home again. The next morning he laid the rose before all the animals and claimed the race. At the end of two days the eagle came wearily to the beach. "I have been around the world," he said, "and I found the plant on which the rose grew, but the bloom itself had been broken off." "Yes, the rose has been broken off.

Helen and

Warren

Their

Married

Life

By MRS. MABEL HERBERT URNER Originator of "Their Married life," Author of "The Journal of a iveg- - ; lected' Wife," The Woman Alone,", Etc. - .

; "Why, dear, that's absurd. I only use, a tiny piece in the morning. - -Yesterday was so cloudy and sultry that ts what soured the cream. - : i "Well. I cant drink this stuff. Let's have the milk." . - "Dear, we didn't use the milk.' and 1 stopped taking it.- - Anna can make you some tea," hopefully. "Tea for breakfast!" I guess not! Give me another cuprl'll . drink -v it black." A moment later Anna appeared with a beaming face, and a glass pitcher filled with cream. , . ; "Why.- Anna,, "where did ylu; get that?" demanded Helen. "From -Mrs. Gordon's maid, ma'am. They's got plenty they take half a pint every mornln'," "From Mrs. Gordon! Oh oh, you didn't borrow from HER!" v "No, ma'am, not from her from the girl. I'll pay it back tomorrow." "Oh. Anna, how COULD you! You know I told you never" . "But I didn't think 'twould hurt to borrow just a drop of. cream for Mr. Curtis' coffee." Anna's blue eyes were troubled. . . . . "Well, it's done, now no use making a fuss about it." grunted Warren, pouring the. cream in the fresh cup of coffee. . "Oh, but after the things 6he said about us!" Then sharply, "Is " that their pitcher?" ? 'I '

"Yes. ma'am." -. '. . .-'"Well, right after breakfast. ; you wash - it. and take it back! - Say that Mrs. -Curtis is very sorry you borrow

ed the cream that she never wants

you to borrow." . J "What's the sense of stirring things up" broke in Warren." "Less said the better.- Let her take it back and say nothing." " . ' "But I want' Mrs. Gordon to know that I DIDN'T". , "Huh. guess she knows that anyway.. 111 wager her girl borrows, too." "Does she from us?" asked Helen, hopefully. . "No, ma'am," admitted Anna, "but she borrows from the girl-upstairs." This made It worse,- for it showed that Mrs. Gordon had- given orders not to borrow from them.

and here it Is," said the wolf. The mole got there and brought the rose back here almost two days ago." The eagle saw he was beaten and said not a word. "Now," laughed the mole, "it Is my turn. And'yith that he bit off the eagle's golden plumes and cast them into 'the water, where they turned to golden lilies. ' But the proud eagle, was left ugly and bald. And that is the way he is today, as you can see for yourself if you go to a zoo. Tomorrow's Story, "Piggy Wigg."

EffliryiBJAUJ liJVM-i OtLJMtL "Two Sisters" viSrSe

"Why don't you live somewhere else, then?" asked Ida. The girl eyed her indignantly. "Well, do you suppose I'm going to leave my own folks when they need my earnings and hand them out for board and lodging to somebody I don't care a rap for? Nit! ,But I wish there wasn't a new kid In our familx every two years." '" "So much for people's getting married!" sniffed Ida. f'None of .it in mine until -a rich guy comes along who can settle me on Easy street." "A swell chance we get of meeting that kind at the notion counter in Baird's. or when we're wearing' the kind of clothes that our salaries buy us!" Ida remarked. "I say It ain't fair that the girls who need to marry rich can't meet rich chaps. If a poor girl wantsto stay decent, there's nothing for her but to spend her days clerking

in a store or marry a poor man, and be worse off than she Is single. I say it ain't fair!" Julia sighed and became silent as the two. girls continued to exchange opinions. Such thoughts as they expressed were in. her mind frequently nowadays. What was there for her to look forward to?. What did all these girls look forward to? "Sales here!" Bounded a sharp voice, and she started violently and hurried toward a customer , who had just approached the counter. The floorwalker who had called her nodded approval. "I'm glad. he said In a low voice, "that one of the-girls Is paying attention to the job." and as he passed Ida and Mary be paused long enough to utter a word of Veproof . His . speech of commendation of her was the first bit of praise that Julia Marvin had received since she started to work, and it changed the trend of her thoughts from discouragement to hope. But her spirits received a dash when she reached her room that evening. Caryl was there before her, sitting by the window gazing down Into the street, and turned upon her sister as soon as she entered. , "I Bay. Bis." she began, "do you know I've chosen an awfully slow line or work. I sometimes think I'll never catch on to those old pothooks, circles, dots and scratches that people call stenography. They're horrid." Julia looked grave. "Don't talk like that BOiSOon," she. advised. "There's , always a sticking point in everything, 'but now that you have paid for your lessons ' it would be foolish to drop them." ' " ' "I supposed," Caryl said,."that you'd take that tone, so I'll go on with the thing for a while longer. But the weather's getting warm up in that school. " . ' "No warmer than-in Baird's store," .'her sister reminded her. , "Perhaps not," said the other skeptically. -"But you, at least, have the fun of seeing people. Oh, Julia," her tone changing suddenly and her eyes beginning to dance, ""I bet I'm ahead of you in one majtter. - I've, had a, man . at least, he calls himself a man ask if he could call on me." . ,

Julia started. "Oh. 1 Caryl! " she ejaculated. "Who was he?" " Caryl laughed. "Don't be scared," she said. "I turned him down good and plenty. His name is Dobbs, and he's a measly-looking, skinny youth, who's studying at the school. He confided to me that he hopes to get a job and help support his mother and sister. So when he asked me if he could call, I snapped out quickly,-'No, you can't, thank yOu.!'" ? "Poor chap," mused Julia. "But you are right not to tell any man where you live, and not to accept attentions from any one of them." "I , know I'm right about such a cheap skate as Dobbs," Caryl said loftily, "but if he was a rich fellow I might act differently." : "You would not!" declared -her sister firmly. "I'm not so sure of that," Caryl argued. "By the way, Judy, I caught a glimpse today of the man who followed us the day we come here. He did not see me, and as he is such . a common looking creature I was not sorry. "I find, 55 she went on tuoughtfully, "that it is easy to snub men like him

and Dubbs. But" she hesitated "there must be in this town some decent men .who have cash and would like to meet me." A wistful soudd had crept into her voice, and Julia; hearing it, felt a sudden' thrill of apprehension mingled with pity for her , "little sister." Although chained to the dull routine of her work, Julia Marvin was not discontented. Every morning found her at her post at the notion counter. Late afternoon saw her walking home to her barely furnished room. She went to bed early and slept until the whirr of her alarm clock aroused her. The small alcohol lamp which she and Caryl had owned had been ' replaced by a little gas stove, and, after she had dressed each morning, Julia would prepare with this a light breakfast of toast and coffe just-enough for two. Then she would wake Caryl, and the sisters would eat; Julia with her bat on, ready jto hurry off to the store; the younger girl sleepy and cross and clad in a wrapper, casting wistful glances at the bed from which she had been called all ,too soon for her. ' a (To be Continued)

'In the general flurry. Anna had failed to remove - the cup of curdled cof fee which Warren - had- pushed aside-. And now as he reached for the toast he caught the handle in his cuff,. toppling it over. N - - "Darnation!"-as-lt splashed outon his white flannel sleeve-; - . "Take . the coat off-niulck! " cried Helen.' ; 4 ? ' In the bathroom she sponged It first with clear water, then .with-castle soap, but - the muddy brown ' stain '- remained undimmed. , .. .--;.""' "Hold 'on. there!" growled Warren, following her in. "You're making It worse! .You don't have to wet" the whole sleeve." '".V - .... "Oh. there must be something thafll . take out coffee stains!" desperately:- . "Now you'll not try any experiments. Hang it up and let lt'dry.r Sendfit to the cleaner's tomorrow.' -- , . Reluctantly Helen put the coat on a banger and hung it on the chandelier " In her- room. WTy must- everything go wrong on ; Sunday the only, day Warren was home? She went back to the table, but could not finish her breakfast. To be Continued; ,

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