Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 200, 10 July 1916 — Page 10

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The Insistent Jangle of her alarm clock called Julia from her bed the morning after the trip to Coney Island. Even when she had dressed and eaten breakfast, she was still drowsy from lack of sufficient sleep. On her way out of the. house she met Mrs. Halloran in the lower hall, the morning's mall in her hand. "There's a letter here for you sister., dear," she said, as Julia bade her "good morning." "My, but you do Wk real tired for so early in the morning!'; "I : didn't get to bed until pretty late," Julia answered, smiling kindly, "and for some . reason I lay awake for an hour or two after I did get thereso I didn't get slept out. Will you leave the letter under the door of our room when you go up again, Mrs. Halloran? It's probably from my sister's employer.". She hastened away to her work, and in the hurry of the day the incident slipped from her mind. - At half.; past eight Caryl awoke, yawned, and lay thinking. Suddenly her eyes fell on the white square of an envelope protruding from under the door. She had told Somerdyke to address her in Delaine's care, so she arose and picked up the letter without a thrill of anticipation. But her heart beat fast when she saw the imprint of where Somerdyke was stopping. Seated on the side of the bed, she read the missive. "My Dear Miss Marvin: Will the news of deep importance with which you wish to honor me, and the advice I am supposed .by you to have the wisdom to give, admit of the presence of a third person . at our meeting?

If so, will you not lunch with me at one tomorrow It will be 'today when you get this In company with a friend of mine who has fallen a victim to the one glimpse he had of your charming self in a public place? ' ' "If one o'clock will suit you, and you do not object to Mr. Hadleya presence, I shall look for you just inside the Forty-fourth Btreet entrance to the Astor at that time. " "Very sincerely, v .... "Henry W. Somerdyke." . . i. . CHAPTER -XX. Ben Had ley. "Good morning, Miss Marvin," said Kelley Delaine, as his stenographer entered his study. "You look as though the world was treating you well." Caryl's usually delicate coloring was brilliant today, her eyes were bright and her heart was beating high with happiness. In her little handbag she carried Harry Somerdyke's letter, and there was room in her mind for nothing else. She wag to see him again! More than that, she was to lunch vith him and a friend of his who, Hairy said, longed to meet her. In her vanity she had. already determined to .discipline Somerdyke for his recent neglect, and and she meant to be .very, very nice to his friend. She would show her former admirer that she vas a person to be sought after. "Good morning, Mr. Dleaine!" she responded blithely as she laid aside her hat. She had dressed with oYborate care this morning. "I can't help feeling happy on a beautiful day lik3 this." (To be continued.)

Once upon a time there was a hard working farmer who lived near a town in which there was to be a great fair held. The farmer's wife was anxious to win a prize for the best poultry, as it would be a round gold piece, so she fed and cared for her fowls most diligently. Most of her time was spent in the chicken yard. :There were two girls in the family Dora and Reba. The mother gave to Dora, the oldest, a couple of young fowls which she thought would prove to be fine birds. But to Reba she gave nothing, saying that she was too young to know how to care for animals. Poor Reba cried in secret, but as there , was no help to aid her, she said nothing. One evening about sunset an aged man came to the door. : His clothing was dusty and his white liead bent with fatigue. Reba brought him a glass of wine, but Dora took ra notice of him at all. and .continued to smooth and pet her fowls. "When the old man rose to go he placed in Reba's hand two small but very . strange looking eggs they were a bright blue. "I have traveled in many lands," said the old man, "and " soen, many things. These eggs are unknown in this country. Put them : under a hen and some day you will' feci that, you have your reward." ' ; . : w The man took his cane and disappeared" down the road, ." while Reba went into the henhouse arid placed the

Newspaper 8yndloate, New York, two odd eggs under a hen. In two weeks they -hatched, but what funny looking creatures. The old hen did not like them at all because they were not a bit like her chickens. The other fowls walked around and laughed at the curious creatures, and would give them a peck when they got a chance. And-had it not been ; for Reba they would have starved. : But the girl took them into her own room in a box, fed them till they were large enough to look out for themselves in the yard ac d cared for them most carefully."

"Why do you waste your time on such silly things V asked Dora one day. "They are nothing but an ex. pense and as uglv as frogs." " "The poor little things would - die if I did not c?.re for them.' replied Reba. MI love them and , mean to see that they have an they want." "Well, put t'.u-m in the yard back of the barn," sa'd the mother. I don't want such things around my prize fowls." i t y , So the girl built her two fowls a nice coop and fed them wfcll. She Mould take part of her. own meals to give them, and inosl of her day she spent petting and caring for them. Then one day she noticed that they were changing they were growing handsome their ugly colors wero changing into soft tints and their. thin feathers becoming thick and long. "Oh, they wU be beautiful," said the girl to herself ii delight and about two weeks later on seeing, how really lovely they were getting. "But I will

keep It a secret and try for the prize at the show." 1 So she continued to care for them alone, and no one knew about the wonderful change which had transformed the ugly fowls into a pair of beautiful birds with sweeping plumage gorgeous in every tint They walked about with ; stately tread, and their long tall feathers of glowing colors towered up: into the air above their heads. i ' On the day of the fair Reba rose eoily, and taking her two fowls in a Mk basket set out for. town at once, lie found a good cage in which iby weic placed in tin same row with her nfber's and I' rails . '.clcs. But still she did not let her mother know. The mother and Dora came with their hens and thought that Dora was merely looking at the poultry. Presently the judges went aloLj to examine the chickens, then the mayor stood up to give the prize. ' Upon the table ,. by his side was

placed - the cage containing fteha'sj

fowls. :

1 award! the prize for the finest

and most beautiful fowls to the ownexf of these two birds," said the mayor Reba came forward and received the prize, while her mother and sister looked on in surprise. After the fail there was a ball that evening and Reba danced with the mayor's wm, and that gentleman took her home afterward, carrying the poultry foi her in the basket , In a few weeks Reba and the mayor'i son were married and went to live on a big farm, where they became famous for the strange and beautiful

birds they raised so beautiful thatf

from that day to this they have ' al

ways been called "Birds of Paradise."

(More Tomorrow.) ... A new French parachute to be car ried on aeroplanes by aviators H forced to open' by the explosion of. a cartridge at the instant of its release.

"The Crevice Bv Wm, J. Burns and Isabel Ostrander

A Real Detective 8tory by the World's Greatest . Detective. A Fascinating Lev. Story Interwoven with the Tangled Threads of Mystery. Copyright, 1919, W. J. Watt Company. Newspaper rights by International News Service

"If he had met with any accident his identity would have been discovered and we would be notified, unless, as in the case when he was run down by that motor car, he did not wish to " let - you know for fear of worrying '. you." Blaine watched the' young girl nar4 rowly as he spoke. Was she aware ' of the two additional attempts only the day before on the life of the man she-loved? v "He merely followed a dear, nnselfieh impulse because he knew that in ! a few hours at most he would be with me; but now it is morning! The ! dawn of a new day, and no word from ! him! Those terrible people'who tried : to kill him that other time to keep him from coming to me In my trouble ' have made away with him. I am sure 'of it now." The detective breathed more freely. Evidently Ramon Hamilton had had the coed cense to keep from her his re cnt deeper. ' Ycu car bo sure of nothing. Miss Le 71.0 n ra-. 2 iri f?ct that Mr. Hamilton is ::c: d-:.d." Henry Blaine said tcrccst'.y. "Ycu do not realize, per- . heps, the oz? talient fact that criminal esreif wbo aeaj with cases of disappearance have Ions cince recog- ! nized the mcst difficult of all things : to conceal or do away, with in a large t city is a dead body." ! Anita shivered and clasped her i hands convulsively, but she did not

speak, and after a scarcely perceptible pause, the detective went on: "You must not let your mind dwell on the possibilities; it will only entail useless, needless suffering on your part. My experiences have been many and varied in just such cases as this, and in not one in fifty does serious harm come to the subject of,

the investigation. In fact, in this instance, I think it quite probable that Mr. Hamilton has left the city of his own accord, and in your interests."

"In my interests?" Anita repeated, roused from her lethargy of sorrow

by his words, as he had Intended that she should be. "Left the city? But

why?"

"When he called upon me yesterday

. morning I told him of a commission

sob rose in her throat, "Oh, Mr,

Blaine, promise me that you will leave

no stone unturned to find him!" "Mys dear child, you must trust in me and have faith in my long years of experience. I had already, as a precautionary measure, started a thorough investigation into Mr. Hamilton's movements yesterday, and in the event that he has not gone on an errand I spoke of, it can . only be a Question of hours before he will be located. You did not see him yesterday?" " "No. He promised to lunch with me, but he never came nor did he telephone or send me any word. Surely, if he had meant to leave town he would have let me know." t "Not necessarily, Miss Lawton." Mr. Blaine's voice deepened persuasively. "He was very much excited when he left my office, interested heart and sou! in the mission I had entrusted to him. Remember, too, that it was all for you, for your sake alone." "And I may not know where he had gone?" Anita asked, wistfully. "I think, perhaps, that is why Mr. Hamilton did not communicate with you before leaving town," the detective replied, significantly. "He agreed with me that it would be best for you not to know,: in your own interests, where he was going. You muBt try to believe that I am- doing all in my power to help you, and that my judgment is in such matters better than yours." "I do, Mr. Blaine. Indeed I do trust you absolutely;- you must believe that." She reached out an im pulsive hand toward him, and his own

closed over it paternally for a moment. Then he gently released it. Anita sighed and sank back resignedly in her chair. There was a moment's pause before she added: "It is hard to be aqulescent when one Is so hedged in on all sides by falsehood and deceit and the very air breathes conspiracy and intrigue. I have no tangible reason to fear for my own life, of course, but sometimes

I cannot help wondering why it has not been imperiled. Surely it would be easier for my father's enemies to

do away with me altogether than to

have conceived and carried out such an elaborate scheme to rob me and

defame my father's memory. But I

will try not to entertain such thoughts. I am nervous and overwrought, but

I will regain my self-control. In the

meantime I shall do my best to be patient and wait for Ramon's return."

Henry Blaine felt a glow of pardon

able elation, but his usually expressive face did not betray by a single flicker of an eyelash that had gained his point. He knew that Ramon Hamilton had never started on that mission to Long Bay, but if the young girl's health and reason were to be spared, her anxiety must be allayed. Courageous and self-controlled as she had been through all the grief and added trouble which besieged her on every hand, the keen insight of the detective warned him that she was nearing the breaking . point. - If she fully realized the blow which threatened her in the sudden disappearance of her lover, together with the sinister events which had preceeded it. (More Tomorrow.)

which I wished him to execute for

me in connection with your investigation. I gave him some preliminary instructions and he was to return to me in the afternoon for a letter of introduction and to learn some minor details of ..the, matter involved. He did not appear at the hour of our appointment and I concluded that he had taken the affair into his own hands and had gone immediately upon leaving my office to fulfill his mission." "Oh, perhaps he did!" The young

i girl started from her chair, her dull,

tearless eyes suddenly bright with hope. "That would be like Ramon; he is so impulsive, so anxious to help me in every way! Where did you send him, Mr. Blaine? Can't we telephone,or wire and find out if he really has gone to this place? Please, nlease do! I cannot endure this

agony of uncertainty, of suspense, much longer!" "Unfortunately, we cannot do i that!" - Blaine responded, gravely. :"To attempt to communicate with - him where I have sent him would be to f how our hand irretrievably to the men we are fighting and undo much of the work which has been accomplished. He may communicate with :you or possibly with me, if he finds that he can contrive to accomplish It safely." "Safely? Then if he has gone to .''this place, wherever it is, he is in ' danger?'. Anita faltered, trembling. ' "By no means. The only danger j 1b ihat his identity and purpose may be disclosed and our plans . Jeopardized," the detective reassured her i pmcothly. "I know it is bard to wait for news, but one must school oneself 'to patience under, circumstances such as this. It may be several days before you hear from Mr. Hamilton and you must try not to distress your&elf with idle fears in the meantime." "But it is not certain we have no assurance that he really did go upon that mission." The light of hope died j IM her eyes as she spoke, and a little

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20 COATS IN SPORT STYLES Golfine and Double-Faced Cloths. Value $7.50 to $10; Clearance price . . ... . . . ...

15 LADIES' FINE SILK COATS A Silk lined throughout. All -T. value $ 1 7.50 to $30.00. Clearance" price . , , .

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LADIES' WASH SPORT SKIRTS Fancy stripes in different coloring; all new" models. Value $3.98; Clearance price

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Ladies' Silk Crepe, Tub Silk and Fancy Silk WaistsBroken lot; values $2.98 and $3.98. Clearance price

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