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E70 _I:h1et if-Sett1`v`r-:7i`ng" the` incident thus to `his `own eatisfaactioxx, he entered and plogad le door behind him. V wuvvn. ._\.ru. vaned wward 'va_.u\.:vu.. uuwaunr nus: UvuA:u,' ~-."-.,uv.. oomed dimly. lie ore him. But -thence-forward he moved with ut- most circumspection, pausing` fre- quently at some imagined sound, or" to determine the nature of some shape unexpectedly confronting him ii1'a darker corner`. . ~ -And scarcely had he arrived at the first oor than his strained at- tentiveness. was rewarded *by a sound -that- was unmistakalble--one that brought him up short-a sound of human voices. A distinctly ' un- _pleasant tingling sensation played lover his scalp and at the back of `his `neck. The` temporary alarm, however, instantly vanished, and in- stead he was lled with wonder and curiosity at this unlocked-for ex ploration. ' 1171.. -.___`IJ L,.--,. -1....-..._. - ....-; rufl. k I\I-I (cl. lIl\4VlJg Who could have chosen a spot so ldesolate `and God-forsaken in which to carry on a conversation? " D Tie- 3 K ... .2]? u\J, for (To be Contmued) It. -goihis feg1i1_1g4:?.`1d `Ed 1'1-d`:~t;,he sta1rs,r5Wh1ch n]v Hafnrn I-aim, Rllf. 303 &I`0 7. "mu, 1` il'._ whzn is his 1 the Ihi11,L'~ I ` 'f:I1I-,\' I114` 311 iI~ 21:14-2 created .~u1nt time; -.~s.1n<- Sh0uM In.` NH: ply you with "011, I ham t0 ;\lIl-l`it':l stead M j u11n'(Ivu.<,- i: their Lent n irdpp-.1 -mi wife. _\'u I'] follgtinw: I. T951! 1~' Mn 1 IN sre um: Lwsnmm wu vv vs; av, nu`.-t _ ` made me feel. `$331? new girl and I H . these troubles. Elrls gill get relief as ;lnwhoare.troul_>_1,sp_|' :'; , 1 "z.,:_M d'o _ ' " CH.&1"1` Ii ll g u; yuluruvs uuunluuuull CIUULII |g0nCI'Ct simply send - post c8|`.d 10 ? oucnto load : Doprtincn _ - Cement Comp;ny..:Limitgd ' 80 Heral,lBuilding._Mo|_:In5|l V The` There ;m_- "'Dcxn1ic [I-1 ; W i- 111`. `hm I I w'<".l1I:ll I" v.';mI' um-,v 1'un:1\\' elm-n.lzm,t lI(`I] .~u`.lH`I}Ii1l;1' 1 5: Hf \'> .111 Iv - is the most satisfa that can be built. expenditure for upkec inwma in more good lling mud holes andr and passable the year '1' For. complet MR 0 inJqpE' CLARK T c .Ved . Oumiy, M1ssissiDr9& `~ In mg convincin - D1, ak W F - Estate % ale ;... V i mg tin; nulic-` facts. jliumum never returned I zltzw} .\lz1.\` \_\'i1Tard,_ in-_ _i::~Ii1'.\'i11}_*' his frieud7s in 1xi< tzth-11ts--\\'l1atever 1ni:_'}1I' 11z1`.'(: be-311---h,adw ni2'.A};.- hum: .~'i;:ht. His I.-li mm-. 11-as heexl (1-3ad.a' 1:111 m-1'1` tl1c1"e 110 child- slzax \\'iH:1z' still alive, 11`. he any family,-' ~' 4'~'I".l]|:lTi<|1l{ Those are `-.'.';m . you to n(1=.0'ut; xv 1"::1:x\\';1y match, with :z:~n-{um tances,V l10`If=ai}l}_" wt :1 Stir at th xv .\w~u1' nlcluer friends` zuiv nnnl wil'1ing`t0 Bill) I it}; :}n; f:1cts.3 1` 1 'I' V, 1 boo; and not a. sin 51! HIV: SC 9 j ' . a__ of , down the -_nf`?t," :vn, whil::,j';:.`;retofore_, has been s1"w;mve. _n more than my ma A V 'T`yll((i(:(C)ur)rl1'c labsout pa 13*-``bM` "ml" 3 . .1]-ng to paytaxe n my.pack[o_f fox hdundsa am WI I _ . h __ns and if . my bxrd does, rxffecr T %;{,h,; w;u .,..L nccessarY.d'_Y roads kc this anon, thgcounu-y., it in exten :12 have yhousc md ten acre, of I wdould Tlhtiseioad li it is now than haw my Ian 0 V Id road like it was `before I. whole farm on the - I I improvement.` \' [1 If.--( Cuntinued) Iiil that I can` By % % ` V _ CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "(The Sllvr Blade" The, Paternoster Rubu". etc. A C4 _ _ ._ - 1.... vs. run nevi-{Mull} IIU and enables road taxes _to be roads instead os being spent in, M s. It is permanent, safe, clean have the 1'Y%and_ economical road It rcquxres practically no QR!` nnnklnn ran.` 4.----- `aerate Road Vijn(f;1-mation about Concrete R_oadu. post card Van Vechten. Most of what you have just told me is not exactly news; `but I had forgotteil it--it all happened -before my `time, you know. Josephine - is generally regarded V by her friends as `a wo-man` who` has `suffered much, `one deserving pity and sympathy; =but-h:31\ e11s and learth-`-she is no-.martyr to tribula tio11;-sl1ue s tl1e jolliest sort imag'i'n '-learn all you want to, know, agreed` able. . .. .But how will this help you to solve your murder problem, or-- what more nearly concerns me--nd some trace of my c.-0_usin_? -I-11: . .l For some mom-ents Mr. Flint sat silent, Agazing meditatively through the wi11dow. Number 1313 s dingy front loomed "din-g'ier' thanever in the late afternoon sugjashine; but! ?Mr. Flint had no eyes for the old` 3house just at present-. After a. bit {he turned to Van Vechtven. _. -- i | cent loV'3=.._affair 'Q .. A Before answering your question, Mr. Van Vechten, I" am going to lay another A matter before you,_ said he gravely; it may seem im-. pertinently personal, but _, there are occasions when the` ordinary civili- ities and amenities" must be~ lzidl faside and disregarded; `I know that] fyou. -and `Miss 'Carew are (engaged to _be married; I do -not `mention that sentiment that usually accom-V -panies such a conventionality, for perhaps I shall pain you; but isn t therea po`ssibi.lity_ that she has be- come interested: in another more re- `pun... --. ., . __,, 1 Flint, was the pggolllpt 1'cs'p-.mse,_ you are not trepassing: upon my feelings in the least, and I..am goe 'ing' to! be frank with youa, The~~3n- gagemevnt you._speak of has` always been more or less of ti tacit. under- |~stan_ding in` our family. Paige. i~ I 1 , - .!l:,.4..~...+ nnna1*|' imh 1-'.ll. )":'. "BLLIIIUUIQ Au Uus ...~--.--,,. , u \only a distant cousin, you 1~'.11;r~;;`.o `but we are a clanuish set, we Van Vechtens, and she and I hnva ni- ways been `awfully `fond of each other. 5 - I V But asforj love. 'T11at s`anot:. qn' matter. ..In wstrictest-* cor1`'denk2e," Flint, It haive an ~.id,ea`Tt_h2ihto we shall never mar1`y.-'-- s_imply. I " pm `con-| vinced, `because A I could =11ot4-ixifsist ;7without forcing 'myse1_* uph` V her: o- -` 1' ....:. .w...z.`1n" 1-.n`is. -Fond offhra "without forcing Inyst:u_ upuu ...... No, no; I amimuch too fond of `her: for that. 1 And as for '_ another love; `affair, what .earth1y reas{on 1s there. ig not agir1 given tofromantic fancies . or-3* schoql-girl A. fshtimentalb i-ty ; she is "Off*lg,~ her Vmistrgss; h`et_jto ,-`learn, as I f `h'a.ve,_ 1 `~`7[)U_3i`b18i .fc'>`1-?_.: `ither _ `of _us` ehody ,;.e1s9 I in: a; sway` to our} 3P1` 1It.-- 'Lfeelin:ga_ , Lwh "T ou1!11l : I Copyright by A} 3. Mcclurg 8: 05.. 1912 Fnails and learn wnat _ne's up `no.-' _ . .. . Perhaps, Van - Vechten t reec- {tively oered, Temple Bonner s {sentiment about _ the house extend- [ed `to; preserving everything just as` it was when - he was attentive to Miss Henrietta. But hethas never come` back to it. . 3 That was precisely the*impres- sion I gathered. Aside i from the igold purse, I found nothing what- ever` of any interest to my investi- gation. i ` ' Van Vechten asked carelessly: ` If one were minded to, could one get in '9 . A The detective smiled. Are you i thinking of, attempting it Z ' `I : 2.'i,"j""" yum "mm say` are like mother and daugh- osephine s ;heart- `is much too eP9;ige .and`g:Tosephi.ne?` I L` ceh t> young; for that:--chums Iwoulde be more nearly -accurate. Yet` Mrs. Devereaux `has %been a - mother to /Paige, and the very ' _stronges9 ties of affectionn and condence hind [them together. e ` I7 Jam- . '[e`erything'*{ possiPo1e~ ;a!bout Max %Wi11A .1`51. I suppose that she aild Mrs; Deveeaux are very muh attached to each ot`he1'.?_ u l\ 'o - 7- One `thing - more, said he.` It. is strange that it has never `occurred to you, with your intimate under- standing tof your cousin, that noth- ing` at all has happened to her;ithat5 her prolonged, wbsence without `com4 mtuiicating with relatives or friends is an act of `her own free will. ' Now, said he, I -ll answer your question as -to why I. attach so much importance to "finding Max Willard; although what I have al- `told you should Supply `the explanation. I want to A discover the motive that inuenced Temple_ Bon- ner to disregard his own iron`-`bound system `of. doing business and estab- lish a precedent lby inteptrsing per- sonally in. the case of the house across the street. It is remarkable that `he should do such a thing for anybody. If Max Willard is alive, the old friendship would supplythat motive. Then it would be high time to get in touch ._with Willard and learn what he s up to. V ,,-.. . . , n", , l Maybe I shal1-if- the obstacles [in the Way are not insurmountafn1-3. You see, Flint, I mayvstumble up- on `something of value as ahclue; son1efehi11g that "was mea.ning1e~ss to you with your `V scant kno~wledgve of family traditions._ ' - T 1" /1.1 Mr. `Flint slowly nodded his. head, as if these_disc1osures were right in harmony with whatever theory he was evolving. . I` -- - _` - . .__ \ {_``But it did occur to me, Van] {Vecfften contradicted. AI_1_d it is my knowledge of Paige that renders such a hyppthesis wholly albsurd. 5 -._..v ._---vg wvnr-vv-w . Ynodded unaer-` 1 i [[659 quid ed.-- . \ Tlfe (1et e7'TTpasAsecl `` a at key across the talble, saying merely: The `back door; you reach _it through .the alley. . . V .Van Vechten pocketed the key. Turning to "Tom, Mr. Flint had A just ajskedghim to recount his Rocky Cove expe.rie.nce, when the arrival of another messenger boy w_it.h .a fresh bundle of cablegrams int/Br- I r1,11'3`t';ed him, -7 '4- _-,,_._ L1-.. .._._-_-..Z__ N 1|,|`I1|JULl ' 1111110 1 1 These messages were the remain- ingrep1i"es to those sent by Van Vech-ten 'in the morning, -and, in add`ition.- a notication `from the telegraph company `of failurre to de- liver the casblegram to 1 aige at .P`a'is. ` ` 1 . 1 - I1 - Au` o ` They proved to be similar, in ten- yor to those rec-eived earlier in the ?day--one `and all they declared en- Extire ignorance of Paige Carew s ;wherie`abouts. _. ` V` I _ .' V CITIAPTE-R IX. l ` Un Enfant Perdu. _ . Whether Mr. Flint -attached, any [ particular importance to anything [in Tom Phinney s recital; Van Vechten` was unafble to det-ermine, either from the detective s xed ex- pnession (or'a:'bsence of expression), or the few questions he asked when "Tom had iinished. These interroga- tions were!-aimed solely at aiding Tour to remem'ber the motorboat s occupants`; but excepting the sup- pos-iti_ous" servant .and` the sandy complexionuech `man-now identie-cl `as John" Callie:-- Tom s description was exceedingly vague._ _ ~ `Before `leaving, Mr, Flint saicL to Van Veghten: T = _ .. I am liable" to be looking you up .a1m.o`s1;. any minuteof ` the day or `night. I` expect -to be,.m'.etty busy, but it` is Ai-mpossinble" to .. foretell pre- cisely in`-_wh9/ts` way my. eorts will be idirecteid. 'May I eount on you spending - as i in of your y_ time here gaessnyoutsfcan? s e` j.T-he iyouiig` ,- man nodded`. `_fI.f I not 'he1`e :I `shall leave. }W0.1'd `i :S*o'1i may MOW fW`h91'e `'0 [nd . 111-t 3ri :1 .-:*__ 1 :oxr1';;,afte:1`- tsthesdetective was`..s0q9.e . - `:t9=_"a r'1_`.opi_c',Wh`ich.`_;he7`:'}1a `-.:".li.'l ,L.- ;_<.-;.. .`....'2.u .....- On :65 "+`Hn`_`.`1v`\rH .n1"- , Oaaneu Ul1I'1lCl.' Lu /IIIIKZ .uv-go .7 W Are you going to use the motor `for 9, whi'le,;Ruddy?. I wantvto take {I runf to.Mai:den Lane if yan- G Iuu uvv 1\e not. . III ` use now." . . . The other roused suiciently from` his puzzling reections to give. the speaker _a questiqhing `look. Maid-" ,eA11_I~;an~e? ? `he repeated. ~ - cram Amp1ied`- A bheifeg-we:;1't:1_iJy_ 1 _ .di_a-. Was" uW&1.1t.iI'18: af %1?H%E}oR'rHER1%i ADVANCE .. - % 3 Tom "was moody; and: V for_ % the time being Van Vechten laid; aside his own perplexities. [LIV in 1 o 1 1; .-!I I % { aw ;';;;a," you are'sti'11`d-3- ..termined to go to work ? 89% Tom .nodd`ed._ _Mo_;st of the time you chaps were talking I was think- "ing the whole thing -over. ,It s real- ly not likely I shall- ever meet that; girL- Ruddy`; it s too dueced im-I probaible tohope such a thing. J ust.` thesame, - I mean-to get busy. I` want to get away. I want to feel that I am doing something worth while. I can run old ABrown1qW .S yacht just as well as `anybody II might recommend; if not better,` and I m going after the berth" my-1 self. Can I refer him to you I 3"u.t~ , . V,`_,-:ff~ van .1. 1613:; u_1u1'vv .yvu_ vuu u vvvg Ce_rtainly, aid` Van Vech.ten;l A minu l`akea the ear for` ae<;,long._,as, ypu ,_the in,-des< W31. it; if` 8*<` 3113 Wh 1` backyard I _l_l use a taxi. Send" Mr? Brd'wn- ftruth, the to__me if he wants my 1'-eeom-' a small] mendations_ (of your qualications to; walled all handle. a yacht, steam, "or" sail. And` of stone you would be "safe in mentioning a basezneu Fred ,Ca-rteret `too. Good 1'uck',`d,ence of Tom. _ ' V ` - `sly, was t -And Mr. Tom P-hinney departed be1118d- to call on the wealthy` diamond im- He unl porter. A A ' " half-dozen A=Left thus to himself, Van Vech- StPpd *4 ten took from h-is pocket "the key 1`f.91V.e1 1 which Mr. Flint had given him, and 3dV.9;nt`e sat contemplating it `for some min- Before utes. By and` by -he returned it to the key i" hig po t,. then pushing back his swung op chair, rose and fell to-pacing to _and being unl fro the width of the lounging-room. even caug `As he passed -each of the bigplate , Humpl glass windlo-'we--they were screened, w_ou1_d ha` however, at this /season--he would his imme `glance across the street at the ~si- not occur [1-ent house. At last he halted and, ready mig "Yes, This\is Ours Grafdnolas` cost " from `$20 tp $650. pncir lnrrnc from $20 to $650. Easy terms. F o WUSIC SUPPLYVA COMPANY, (WHOLESALE 0 Y)" _ ~ West Wggllingtoxi St., Toronto; Ont. e---a`nd- isn't it fine to? have just the mllic we like I) the famous lorchestras instead 0 ., that awful `three - piece quartet we had last winter ? u The Columbia_ `GRA ONOLA brings you all the wor - "known ~orcl1_estral, band and ins l um_ental V U: Eniilift Jr 343 latlas he-stc,md in .,_the indescrihably littered siz;..`z` "`1i1iy, :;`:backyard_. of Number? 1313. `- In -f'tmth,a1the place, was no H101`? than -' sm 1 brick-paved court. t was >: walled about, and` a. short ight l steps leading downward to ~' 21 basement.door*bore the only evi- ll denee 6f "r.ec_-_ent use.` Here, `patent- wly, the door to which the key -1-.. .....'l ghandgsx ii sto>d' starin - at! the facade, his mien pensive! i - y not ? ` his thoughts present-I 3.. -......A._1`I2_-_`l 'u\T.___ :_ -1 ----J - , .. e.,...._. e;.e_.i _ ..e , = .``.Why_. not 2 his; 1y 'c1'5 8tal}ized:. New is a`e good as`-. any time. It e-too late in the -day` to -`undertake anything else; besides,` there. is nothing `to do but wait. Erd-wait! It would be a relief ft?) have the universe come tumbl- ing ground one s ears. After F-1int s nyarn, it will `be interesting to have {a gquint inside. .Queer, `queen? I V'"7T.'---7` `.."V"'T"`- ~ _ "> f"" ""' "' ,_'V `' ""' ' "'" " " j.`_%.17`l""`V3h1-"7!" 7I`_7sW1$1-bee rehef` He glimpsed into the kitchen, and 320, have, theunlverse come tuI_nb1- promptly withdrew with a shudder.` [1?1g_'.t,`. .1'=?.`.1nd_ n"._931_`?-. Aftel` F`1mt `Off on one side a huge range stood, |Yi31'1s'_1t Wl]1_,b9 lntefestlng red with rust, and everywhere were `.3. squmt m$`d9~ -Quger 'co'bwvebs and layer `upon layer of perhaps he forgot his prom- dirt. A sleek rat darted into the *ise jtoFlint to leave word respecting denser shadows, and the opening. his movements, or else he did not door dis-turibed hundreds of enor- consider a brief. absence mereb mous cockroaches. Some scuttled Ia_r0.ss the streettof sufficient conse- away, but others remained motion- q11I1Qt0 "be ` mentioned; however less and ' watchect him with mali- that may 1 be, he left the club with- gnant eyes that sparkled weird-ly in out a word` to`. any.body.v the half-light. 3 I _ _mi_nute or _tw _later_h-e_;`stg\y1 ' lA1e`sho0ko,0`fT f'ef;.1iT_1gw'58gd` fidf \ .A.nEn '. H_e_2_qrzng Believing. unlnasitatingly went down the half-_d,oAzen or so steps, and when he stopped to insert the key in the lock received the initial surprise of his | adventure. ` -9.` ~ that uuvugsuuuuu . . he succeedei in, getting . the into the keyhole, the door open at his touch. Besides being unlocked, the latch was not even. caught. Hu-mph! Shou1dn t think Flint ____`IJ 1.___- `L..-_'- 4.1.-` ..,.....L.m. 79 .....-l cvcu. uauguu. Hu-mph! Flint` would have been that careless, was immediate conclusion. It did not to him that somebody `al- might be within, but content- give p efst tone, cost less, ast longest. led jhin_neI_f with the belief that the {detective-` had neglected` to make._-_ `fast the door after his visit Sunday `afternoon. T ` ' V the 'W0-