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Bv Wm. J. Burns "Oh, no, sir! I'm quite ready for another job!" The operative's eyes sparkled eagerly as he spoke, and his long, slim, nervous fingers clasped and ' unclasped the arms of his chair spasmodically. "What is it? Something new come up?" . "Only that disappearance, two days i ago, of the young lawyer to whom Miss Lawton la engaged. Ramon Ham- ; lit on. I want you to go out on that at once, and 6ee what you can do. I've I got half a dozen of the best men on it already, but they haven't accomplished anything. I can't give you a single clue to go upon, except that when he walked out of this office at eleven o'clock in the morning, he Wore a black suit, black shoes, black tie, a black derby and a gray overcoat with a mourning band on the sleeve for Mr. Lawton, of course. Outside the door there, he vanished as if a trap , bad opened and. dropped him through into space. No one has seen him; no one knows where he went. That's all the help I can offer you. He's not in jail or the morgue or any ' of the hospitals, as yet. That isnlt much, but it's something. Here's" a , personal description of him which the police issued yesterday. It's as good ! as any I could give you, and here are ; two photograps of him which I got from his mother yesterday afternoon. Take a good look at him. Suraci, fix his , face in your mind, and then If you should manage, or happen, to locate him. you can't go wrong. I know your memory for faces." The "shadow" departed eagerly I tipon his quest, and Blaine settled : down to an hour's deep reflection. He held the threads of the major con1 spiracy in his hands, but as yet he ! could not connect them, at least in any tangible way to present at a court ' of so-called justice, where everyone, ! from the judge to the policeman at the dxr could, and inevitably would, be bought over, in advance, to the side of the criminals. It was a oneman fight, backed only with the slender means provided by a young girl's Insignificant financial ventures, against the press, the public, a corrupt political machine of great power, the desperate ingenuity of three clever, unscrupulous minds brought to bay, and the overwhelming influence ' of colossal wealth. Henry Blaine felt that the supreme struggle of his whole career was confronting him. The unheard-of intrepidity of conception, the very daring of the conspiracy, combined with the prominence of the men involved, would brand any accusation, even from a man of Henry Blaine's elobrated international reputation, as totally preposterous, unless substantiated. And what uct'ial prenf hzel he of their criminal connection with the alleged bankruptcy of Penning tor. Lawtcn? He hud established, to his own satis faction, .if kast, that the mortgage on the family home on Bellaire Avenue had been forged, and by Jimmy Brunei!. The signature cn the note held by Mcore. the banker, and the entire letter asking Ma Howe to negotiate the : loan had been also fraudulent, and manufactured by the same hand. Paddington. the private detective with . perhaps the most unsavory record of any operating in the city, was in close and constant communication with the three men Blaine held under suspicion, and probably also with Jimmy Brunell. Lastly, Brunell himself was known to be still in possession of his paraphernalia for the pursuit of his old nefarious calling. Paddington. on Margaret Hefferman's testimony, had assuredly succeeded in mulcting the promotor. Rockamore, of a large sum in a clear case of black mail, but on the face of it there was no proof that it was connected with the matter of Pennington Lawton's insolvency. The mysterious nocturnal visitor, on the night, the magnate met his death, wa? still to be' accounted for, as was the disappearance of Ramon Hamilton: and in spite of his utmost efforts, Henry Blaine was forced to admit to himself that, ho was scarcely nearer n i.oliition. "i- rather, a confirmation of his steadfast convictions, than when he started upon his investigation. l.'nquer.tlonubly. the man Paddingion held the key to the situation. But how could Paddington be approached? How could he be made to speak? Bribery had sealed his lips, and only greed would open them. He was i hrev d enough to realize that the man who has purchased his services v.eiild pay him far more to remain sih.nt than any client of Blaine's could, to betray them. Moreover, he ' pns that suit you? All right, then." as Caryl nodded, "come along with me." He took her arm and guided her through Hip hotel lobby to the street. Livingstone's Restaurant was gay vith thf glaring over-decoration that passes for elegance under the electric lights of Broadway. Women, gowned In the ultra-ttylish mode, chatted stridently with heavy-faced men seated opposite them at the small tables, while waiters hurried silently to and fro over the heavy carpet. At one end of the room a hectic pianist and a sallow, shock-haired violinist, were attacking the accompaniment, to the latest ragtime atrocity which a rouged woman sang shriekingly in a high, piercing voice as she pirouetted up and down the aisles formed by the rows of tables. To Caryl's susceptible senses if. seemed like a glimpse of a hitherto unknown world. "It's wonderful!" she said estatically after an unctuous head-waiter had conducted them to a small table in the corner of the room. "This is the first time I have ever been in a place Df this sort." "1 like it." her companion agreed. "Some people don't fancy the glitter an' music, but I'm strong for them. Somerdyke loathes cabarets. I can't drag him into one." The smile faded for a moment from Caryl's lips at the mention of Somerjyke's name, and, recollecting anew .r orievance, she determined to be

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TV evice and Isabel Ostrander was in the 6ame boat, and must of necessity sink or swim with his confederates. Fear might induce him to squeal. where cupidity would fail, but the one sure means of loosening his tongue was through passion. "If only that French girl, Fifine Dechaussee, would lead him on, if she had less of the saint and more of the coquette in her make-up, we might land him," he detective murmured to himself. "It's dirty work; but we've got to use the weapons in our hands. 1 must have another talk with her, before she considers herself affronted by his attention, and throws him down hard that is, if he's making any attempt to follow up his flirtation with her." Blaine's soliloquy was Interrupted by the entrance of Guy Morrow, whose face bore the disgusted look of one sent to fish with a bent pin for salmon. "I found Paddington. all right, sir," he announced. "I tailed him until a half-hour ago. but I might as well have been asleep for all I learned, except one fact." "Which is " the detective asked quickly. "That he went to Rockamore's office yesterday morning, remained an hour and came away with a check for ten thousand dollars. He proceeded to the bank, had it certified, and deposit

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"My daughter earned a scar on her right arm. My men, when she was a child on Windward island, caught and killed a shark. Thechild, when no one watched her, thrust a hand in between the brute's jaws. Those dying jaws closed on the flesh, and an iron bar had to be used to open them again. And they said that scar would always stay with her." "Why, I seem to remember," she said, staring before her. "I seem to remember years ago, rows and rows of sharp teeth and the sudden pain as those teeth came together. It was long ago, after Legar had brought me across the water. I remember him taking me to a man and showing him my arm. This man gave me something to make me sleep. But when I awakened my arm was sore again, for wt'pks and weeks. And when it healed the scar was gone. I remember" But she stopped suddenly, for the telephone bell close beside Golden shrilled out. a sudden call." "This is Kastman of the central office speaking," said the voice over the wire. "A short while ago a young woman was seen entering your house. Our office merely wants to warn you that the girl is Blondie Casey, the come-on for the Cookson gang. She's the smoothest swindler in the business. And as long as that babyeyed she-crook is in your house. Golden, your house will be in danger!' Golden hung up his receiver and sat studying his desk top. Then he crossed to the rear door and peremptorily called his butler, Manley stepped into the room from another door. "Who are you?" he pertly inquired, as Golden re-entered the room. Then he spied an eavesdropper clinging to the vines near the window. He jumped through the window and tackled the intruder. A blow staggered Manley.. Before Manley could recover himself the mysterious eavesdropper broke away, vaulted to the street and signaled to a waiting automobile. Then Manley's senses came back to him, and rolling over into the open roadway, he took the camera from his pocket and held it between him and the disappearing touring car. He pressed the spring, knowing that his telescopic lens would carry to the waiting film the secret of that mysterious car's licnse number. The Arrow of Conflagration. Jules Leear. in his role as a master of underworld activities, was both I rvdroit in his engagement of the serv-! ices of others and painstaking in the preparation of the field wherein they j should labor. Like the humble weasel, j he held that every warren should have i both an exit and an entrance. more than usually agreeable to her present escort. "It was very kind of you to think ! of giving me all this pleasure, Mr. j Hadley," she said archly. "I have so j little amusement!" "The kindness is all on your side," replied the man. "I was rather afraid j to ask you at first, but I let my desire get the best of mv timidity. You ! certainly got my number the first time j 1 1 ever saw you, girlie." ! "I'm afraid that's what you tell pvery girl you know, Mr. Hadley," ! Caryl protested. I "Indeed it. isn't!" he denied warmly, ! leaning across the table toward her. ! "You're different from all the rest, j j Miss Marvin. You appeal to me as ! j no other girl I have ever met has) done. That's the simple truth of the j I matter." j ; "Oh, Mr. Hadley!" stammered Caryl j startled into forgetfulness of the part ; she was assuming. The apparent, i earnestness of his manner had dis-

concerted her for the moment. "I'm sure you don't mean that." "Please call me Ben." he begged. "1 know this request seems rather sudden, and all that,v he went on noting with satisfaction how the rich color pulsed in the girl's cheeks, "but I am going away soon and I want you to learn to care a little about me before I go. Do you think I could make you do this?" (To Be Continued.)

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ed it at once to his own account in the Merchants' and Traders'. He evidently split it up, then, for he went to three other banks and opened accounts under three different names. Here's the list. I tailed him all the way." He handed the Master Detective a slip of paper, . which the latter put carefully aside after a casual glance. 'Then what did he do?" "Wasted his own time and mine," the operative responded in immeasurable contempt. "Ate and drank and gambled and loafed and philandered." "Philandered?" Blaine repeated sharply. "In the park," returned the other. "Spooning with a girl! Rotton cold it was, too, and me tailing on like a blamed chaperon! After he made his last deposit at the third bank, he went to lunch at Duyon's. Ate his head off, and paid from a thick wad of yellowbacks. Then he dropped in at Wiley's and played roulette for a couple of hours played in luck. too. He drank quite a little, but it only seemed to heighten his good spirits, without fuddling him to any extent. When he left Wiley's about five o'clock, he sauntered along Court street, until he eame to Fraser's, the jeweler's. He stopped, looked at the display window for a few minutes, and then, as if on a sudden impulse, turned and entered the shop." (More tomorrow.) So when Legar and his scientific friend. Dr. Herman Stein, engaged their triple-floor office suite at the top of the Central Tower building they insisted on certain structural alterations in these offices. Not only was one of the largest windows commandeered for the installation of a strangely complex apparatus used in Stein's electric wave projector (which was announced to be the latest improvement on wireless), but the upper and lower floors of the suite were connected by a smooth-walled shaft which, it was explained, would make easier the passage back and forth of chemicals and apparatus needed by the illustrious Doctor Stein in his carefully guarded experiments. His secret cellar beneath the Owl's Nest led to an opening on the East river. He did not dream that Madden was on his track. Madden, through his camera, found that license No. 6249 belonged to Prof. H. Stein. Within an hour he knew that this auto made trips from Maple avenue to Central Tower and the Owl's nest. o'alling up his employer, Madden learned that he had received a message from Legar in a bottle thrown through the window. "Here it is," answered the bewile.ered voice over the wire. "'You ere keeping Blondie Casey a prisoner in your house. Unless you liberate her within an hour your house will go up in flames. And after that house, your next house, and the next.' It is signed 'The Cookson Gang.' But what am I to believe? What am I to do? And THEY ALL DEMAND IT Richmond, Like Every City and Town in the Union, Receives It. People with kidney ills want to be cured. When one suffers the tortures of an aching back, relief is eagerly sought for. There are many remedies today that relieve, but do not cure. Doan's Kidney Pills have brought lasting results to thousands. Here is Richmond evidence of their merit. Benjamin F. Case, 14 S. Third St., Richmond, says: "I was in bad shape. I could not keep at work and was down half of the time. My back was so weak and the pains wore so fierce that I couldn't turn over in bed. If I stooped I couldn't straighten up without suffering. It didn't take many boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got at Quigley's Drug Store, to cure me and I haven't had any trouble since. I believe the cure is permanent and for that reason I gladly confirm the endorsement I formerly gave Doan's Kidney Pills." simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that cured Mr. Case. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. mm Light Tractor A FOUR.WHEEL TRACTOR DEPENDABLE AS A HORSE A simple, durable, powerful machine selling at. a price you can easily afford. Equipped with fourcylinder vertical engine 5x6, developing 25 h. p. at belt. 12 h. p. at drawbar. Two-speed transmission working in oil, automobile type front axle, roller-bearing rear axle, steel gears thoroughly protected and fan that cool absolutely. Operates on KEROSENE as Well as Gasoline The lightest four-wheel machine made to pull THREE PLOWS Weight only 4S00 lbs. Turns in 12 feet. A Tractor that is guaranteed to do the work. Electric Wheel Co., Quincy, III. O. E. FULGHUM, Agent and Demonstrator, Phone 3136. Richmond, Ind.

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