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1: it s i :5} F? gs; Restor to fl;;i;l;.by E. Pi kham s Vegetablef,` . _ C pound --Her' ~. % wn Story. ' t. ~-- I am a farmer_ I-wlfa';= sy woman. Last summe; ' I was taken wl_t_h_ severe pain: in n)y back so 1 could not get up jot; 1 scarcely move with-'-7` f out pain,`a.nd.m London, 0 -u .I...m`.__ _ . The TIME LCK 111-can '6. I have" By j CHARLES EDMONDST-`WALK Author of "The suve;- Iuadet" The Paternoster Rubu", e1c'. the other `I x.-yblwo 9! Ve (311- `arewadopting a most vui1wiseVco-gtrse. `I am not trying to force your .cou-- fidence; I am merely inviting it, leaving the dcisi-on with your good `judgment. Bear "in mind that I haven t t-lleslightest _ pergona1 in-' terest in nding Miss OareW;.she' is merely incidental to an investi- lgatiou I. am pursuing. . V"V_ `,L_,_ |.e',"~'-~ -- ---- r"`:"""w' _ . I For a vlong -t1me_ Van Vechten` pondered. At last The . said, very soberly: , 111- . 1' I if` You are `right, Flint; I haven t been -perf_ectly.vfrankJwith you. My conception of _detectives and police gellerally has been the haziest, but I believe I can trust you -with stress upon the you. \-I am go- ing'to, at an-yTrate. ' "-4.-._..`__L.`.] Lug nu, I~n_u . , And ; then he recounted the` episode of the,veiled lady in me taxicab,` `the incident of the girl and the'sandy' `haired man in the crowd, and of his subsequat view of the former at" a5 "window jn Number. 1313. ' ---_1_'- J.-...n_.J unanvnn) {Q4 En mun. V c `an... Number 1010. A My impulse toward reserve is so" difcult' to account for, he said `in conc1usi_on, that I had determined to keep the matter to myself? . ` 1 I gmdglati _yc:iu didn t, was ne, ow-voxce reyom er. , - ~ Flint, said Van Vechteu earn- estly,` do; you believe. that I am qualied ;to form a fairly accurate .estimatet of a peraon s dharater; from a study of . th-at` personfs fea- tures?_ \ , ~ 111"? _L "_`_1 ,1 copyixgm by A. '1. Mociurg 8: 0a.. 1913' dislike for you." - But _expostu1at;ed_.- the other, she d6esn t know _;me, -F1:in_t.-; {' I never saw 'he`r>'~in my -life vbe_f__o_r yesterday. ` eshould` `she; d.ia1ike me? 'k__noiws I` never intexgtzikzne ally *harn 1e_d' anybbdy. ,in` _. my _ ;'=11fd ; , ~"`She.i.:_unquestibnls thinks "' any Vnarmea uu,yum_.,, ..,_ ..., V`.`~She.~ unquestibnbly ` thinks {L knows yo11:-,-whicl1_ ,, _` as far. as; 11d.UGt"`i3: _ 99i'11_*%d 77-`*`1119i1.T1t.9I`5 the aam'%`t1iiit.;` 7 V .11-my _A.. a_.~_- _d_v;__.3/ A-am nearly: .jbefag'_ge;,l.'L I 'ha`vf.e_ ..~ L -_ --....;--:...l1.'...l-. I..kn~ii":rni1 :7T z$lIi'~.. the same 7 pnmg."_ - I- 'havo- 'raclc ed my main. over, it, A Van Veqhten %anx;on;:9ea,% T+`<:m;yi1%;I . tofore aecreditzi % ` SLIg`1lt3V'.\ ia.Qgre OI : "yU1'Bpva\asv,y, `. ;-`au- ;her iunmis,t`aka,ble; *an'in__1__\'1_s} 01!..1P10_t`eI7y ` znei" sb03i.tiY,6. S001 9.1 .T;3.ll76 5 W33 "no deta-1 V of reseniblaiice. LI 11`&V'O; _ `R _fa.nc`:y, based u`pon :n othiI'g, `.tht.;~Vsh-e._` and-` th.: `g -irl jgt the win? .5d`9Wf`?&8 the same.. " V` ` . `.`Bm-. inf. w1~nm ma `aha Vrntnin 7i3,{i? .3 ;;? 1 fcyith " a IIIIII '. A whomaia `ma remindi: L- .0111 . 1 detective4 fasteildjj him V 'iWith"-733hreWk31 -1f$3ird.._,` ' ` V ` 17- `5'.A1`-l1h.1;; :?.~ `returned `Van ~Vec11ten. `A-`ifs the; one? 5 :i1it'.concrningA which. I` feel that ' `fought to know some- thing"denite,~but which persistent- _'ly eludes fne. In fact, the` convic-. 5tion f-`rfxever Acyst'a11ized. 1 , "\"I .. l31E__;_ 0.11 0 . I - A 1-~ *7 i2if*fa11t7 i*Sif`1"a brow1{stugy.% ` from which she other -had-~no* m -; `c1;ina._1;'ion..to "disturb ` him. During ;their "conversation -the, afterndon had 77passed, and now the 7detective Lsat, motionless and silent while the in k gat-hefed and deepened. S 1)....,.`...,.`4.1_- 1.- _.r_`___-:| 1_:_,__-1p _:n- Lvuuvos awuolvsgau Nun uwqyvuvuo " 'Presb n'tly he `reused himself with `a `little shake. No one `had `intrud- . {ed'1ipoh their privacy; save for themselves the lounging room was now empty. "He rose and went over to`o'1_1e of the windows; taking his hat with -him. _ Van _Vechten `_fo1- l1p\3ed._ ' L - - 39.`: vvV\u9 1 .'.TI}1 ,th;e_. shadowy twil.i'g`ht the si- ilent .hquse7 across `t1ieiway' loomed .f_ sjom~bre and forbidding; "its lifeless darkeni-ng front might `xhave. _. been iMy'et.ery. and... 'Se-enecy `personied. - The two stood asbefrwctedly' contem- plating it, each immersed in his own Vreections, 'while the~'pa1-1 of night lowered,`bIurring and di'sto`rt- .ing heishabby outlines. T . Mr. `Flint broke the silence. W I-amiglad we had this talk, 7' said he in his quiet way. But dear me, dear me, what is it lead- ing 11:, `to? I trust we are not go- ` ing`-t1 stir up any ~mud.v He E" abruptly `changed the subject, ask- ; mg. en... 1 __,___:_.- ___1_.'n-,._-. ._..._- --\ 8515 I :``May I enqu-ire whthor' you in- ,Miss- Carew. fend making any move to locate 0 . .0 ` . ,`I`I .&I-Ll-73 \Ig`C7VV`I - AIt was my intention` to call on my uncle immed__iabely,. 1'ayT case before ;him, and then set cables - to working; urn1_,.9_A ___'_.1_L 1' -.-,.- ...,.:.... KCUIJCGQ U\J VVV-"<|\lIlaI That s. right. I was gging. to s-uggest `something of the kmd. AIL- 'll'_.' 1.112;; 1--.`! ...,.-... .Y7nn SLIEECDIJ 'DULllUV&ll1| UL UAIIJ xxcsaxu After Mr. Flint had gone,` Van Vecht-en did not --pause to dine. . He ascertained -by te1epho11e thitt his unvle vwouldebe at home, then sum- moned a cab and -sped through the stiing night--a* n.igh.t Athafaugured sto1fm--to Theodore Van Vec_hten s_ huge, dreary ]:_il:h Avenue palace. Y h3g1- Torn Phinney` Returns During. this ride -it occurred to Van Veehten --that he had seen nothing of `Tom Phinney since he had. sent him away 'brusque-ly, the day before., He wondered not 21 little at his friend s prolonged` ab- sence; hoped i.'.that;q_ Tom was not `hu'y, and finally concluded `that he had tired of waiting upon an un- certainty and had gone o upon some jaunt of his own`. _ fl, - `Il-L_ -J3' Tun 1nnsJyonnI` nf- :90 2: Jnuuu UL um uwu. I'II:he*Mai1 of -Iron. harkned at- ,'tentive1yL to what Rudolph had to say, but if the- narration prompted any Amisgivings he showed them not` at `all. He considered .ai_no1nent; after the young man had nished, thensaid: ` ` - A ~*---`-- --3--1~4 Jinn frnm too. improbable to believe that both Paige and Josephine could` have izeen made away. with without a. ripple reaching the shore. gBoth merit a stern rebuke, `although I apprehend that nothing serious has happened. I - ' -. `Andi, Theodore Van Vechten dis- missed the `subject nor - would he `discuss it any further during .IRudolph s stay. " A " - ` .furious_ thunders_torm was _ rag- \sight in a number -of ways, but it is 9! ing fivhenthe 1atter'wa_s ready to .i depart, so he perforce diner} with ehisiunole, -and. instead. of returning to the Powhatan, went} directly to the A Kemore, `where he surprised _ Barnicle with` an explicit injunction. ,' not! to be` permitted: to sleep a min- ' ute later than seven o c1ock.- ` V IH`- -.. .33.! ..n..' gnvi Hill? ked D later than seven Ucluvn. Seven, dld you` say,_s1r? asked Bamicle, .too ifhunderstruck `-t6" be- ' lieve his own `ears. ' The y`9u_11g[. man regarded his aged Avaslet a'_trie sandi.o11iea1ly. ' You old satyr. Go to" b'e5E1 at a dee1`1t` hour, ? and * to sleepi--mark_ that, ,.Barr;icle?--,ea'nd you will` nd 5* 'no V great hanishmp to _rise bbforex sevVen.o c1o,ck.A , - ,, .L . llI\`I ` "A,_ ..A 0+. seven o clo,ck."4 V ~ Oh, it s no ardship at a11,`sir; 'jus`t~-'-er:-`4begg`in _ your pardon, sir- =ju.t_._ it hit uxmsuavl , if I may be al- .l'owed.to sayfso, sir. - . .. L ` ? Well, Vgn` LV`ev,chtenv announced, "`I* `E0318 1io turn in ndw.- And I wa"nt to.tb_e, up by seven_.' ~ . - An .%Vh6uxfj.,,}ater, Sati'sed that his . master '~7_atua1lyjf `was "in `st , sound ` fkble 'bTl n.kec`A'7 ;at _-the T Ina . b.ef'W;i=1d_erd% way. ` 061.18-r`_e,tte` .1.1A\_Iext-' h ' ' CHATPTE-R_ ADVANCE I c1L\1>'1`1:1}: 1\ .-(C0nti1iued&)A ` ` But \';m \'cu}1tc11 decisively S1w0`_,{`]]i5 11131:], "It has 11013 . 1, _ ..,..!,.n n nn:S.o`.' ,,, He. up- I the 9Z9!|OZOQDq9Z9ZOZ__OF` "Ho O-uo-`% 3- O--C-OA 0'-O-0-0 d 010 "x `in a resentful tone: E called me izhat" shows is fee1'in,.. d'o_n t y -know`, and that is what makes [me sure that whatever ` is ` bothering him is serious. I can tell -when anything is a-worryin him. And,. a_satire. E as something on is mind, so e as,yet e is a-sleepin like a ea1thy h-infant. I Another pause. ~ I I unde_rstand--some time to-mgr-- O SHOCK H1: 1u:uu. u. uua .u_.... . out of her p.':.~~'t-_"~`.$iU11 fa we ek,; a"s- s:=1'tL-A hr`, the sig'11ica11ce "of whicll thu 1_-t--e;ti\'e` seeme:1't,o` \l1}\I91"t2Hl=`.. 4 _ V "\'e1," ~;-13.1 he. "'1 have been cnlldid v.'it`:1 _\`-an. M1`. Van V'e_chte`n;" s111:1:n.~`:3 yxm 1`:-tu1'11 the c.oxnp1i-L_ H xent. . ,IlVI . 1 ` __. .-._ '1 1`.-u-can/> \V!\r-- row- night. I` was afraid for a While that I could` not nd an opportunity to call you to-night; his coming ome so . early and unexpected like, .don t y kno-W, and his being that} concerned quite took me breath away. - . V" ~ I ' V 1 1 .1 A___A:__`___ GVIVUIJI Bamicle replacyed the receive: as lnoiselessly as he had taken ti down, and a`fter switching off the lights -stole away to regions bestknown to 1:226 ther comes. '_.et us show yogi ` Vemetery Work. `o 1` stock and the latest designs *-\\']m `In ,\'-m" n1ea11?. I11)I1li11;:' in NH. _ ' I ' ~-~,\`..thi11:' r. t-.>H. the. ' Aechrgezl muain;;'ly--"p1'eciS-e]5." (\;ut.;u-t(_~.:1 ('_\'i,`-` `r':1vu1``1, Vmill to!) with :1 1:1-!`.:*f`.`:lti!1g,` look.` "Mr. \';121 \ -sv11tex1, he . 1 . ' 1 -1- R.L`WOLFENDEN `Five Poinlis, Barrie . Clpperton St. G33 ! d you ever Hear azniything like that 9 No ! For up till now such music has not gieen possible and ntil you heara new u can have no a of its beauty. e in to-day and let vs show you hoyv Am `F h pleasure it wil ring intoevo r `[110 for a smal {no ehly outlay. am W?) \\'1T.'1 [Ii`I`.`.`f`.`:lU!lfI IUUK. ._.:, Van \'-.,-.-hton, quiet':_v aft.-1' -.1 1-au.e, I. have 11015 f<`Hu's\`c] my ]1'H1'(--`.~fi<`)11'fUI` 8.800133` .nfym1r.-j winuut m~qui1'ix1g' _1n0re.7o_r_ 1e==1'-at-i1it_\' in 4-..1't:1i11 direct_io4ns .A Fn1' lw. "I 1-:1m".v ahnO_SAt-in- t11iti\'oL\' \\"m-21 :111_\'b ..x,-' is keeping, srnnethinu` lan.-k frnln me. I lm_ew, that you \m-.- nut T entirely -Qpgn; and frank \\`hi`:.-[T xvas talking =.Wit1f13 S011 _\'o-`t<-1'.1:~..\'. . . rm, 1_:I-'-L:';.. -hi1`1_1_se1`f. 1111115611 - Next. morning, bright and early, Rudolph Van Vechten ' was seated. at his writing-table, while Barnicle, ltall, white-haired, cadaverous of l countenance, but extraogdinary ecietft, moved quickly about his morning tasks, and so quietly that the young manwas not aware of his presence. turn 4 1-4 .0 1` IOLUMBIA ERAFONOLA '(.':o be Continued) 4] - I/5% 303 with ellllilf/.1'1Il`11T. mt -;*11ti!'1y d\I'\ _\L`u rn`..\ . The _vruu1_2' man _1'0,-`rattled fI` vl11 (H~`mII!1}H~~11l`P. ` : Of <'mll`.~:-." M1 . F1i!1t`W9Ylt':0na' \`~'iIh1`I11t U11` ]<'z1 (1110ti0}1,"I .C'1'l,'t,. `llnzmilno what _\'-`ml 1`easd11 may far 1`\`-tit-.011:-'-; but I (16 k11o\v'-that: if you 1n-1':~i~t in remaining`. Tsilent. l1}`0n`1_111.\' praint Hf this C0..~ ma ER 8 WIFE 1 AL 31 Awmacx