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s the Skiff slipped out from the
confusion of the town edge the
N moon, lifted like paper sickle,
~ silvercd all the misty distance.
A mile away across the broad eXpanse
Anne saw the twiniling lights Of
Gloucester and to her left the camp
fires under the river bank slipping slow
ly back. But the current was steady
and their progress necessarily slow.
Ahead doomed the massive star shaped
Fusileer's redoubt, with the British
frigate Guadaloupc n,oored some way
outside, and, passing, she clinched her
hands till the nails struck purple cres-
cents in her palms III Il dumb terror of
pursuit or alarm.
They We're scarce come opposite this
when shot, shout and sound Of
oars tumbled upon tlwarts came clear
ly over the water behind them.
"They have found it out" she cried.
ROW hard! Oh, would that could
help you"
"Found out what?"
II must tell you the truth. l have
procured your escape by trick. Twas
not true release which l brought to
the barrack. Twas false. They are
like to discover 1t ut any moment and
pursue us"
He stopped rowing. "You did that
for me? You spoke falsely when you
said you were in terrible danger?
Row." she pleaded. leaning forward
from the stern. stop not an instant.
l have fooled CORVALLIS. Think you
he will forget that? Or if they take
us, that shall go scot free? Would
you see me in Il cell!
The boat shot forward with u jerk
that made her catch her breath.
"Where are you headingI" she asked
presently, for lie had turned inshore.
''The French battery is just ahead.
Ills the extreme left of the circling
Continental front Beyond that is safe
ty, mademoiselle."
81 will not land there You must
pass the American lines. You must
take me home to Gladden Hall"
But
"Row, row.
Il beg you 10 allow MS TO land," he
urged. 1.-THE regiment of the Gatinais
les behind that bluff. They will not
fare to pursue into the French
trenches"
IAN You are afraid
Oh, what 1t cost her heart to say
that!
Armand bent to the oars and In
creased his speed. Neither spoke. She
was suffering II like apprehension now
Of arousing the American pickets on
the shore. AT any other time, doubt
less, there would have been challenges,
but on this night. the first of many
weeks, the Continentals rested and
made merry, waiting the signing of the
articles of surrender. The skiff passed
the danger point, and for awhile there
was no sound save the slap of tiny
waves like children's hands against
the stem and the mullled din Of the
pursuit. which drew on with logged
pcrsistency.
'"rhey will not fire." she said at
length III II low voice. 'for fear of
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MO further opportunity was af-
An forded me that night for study
ing the three lending charac-
ters in the remarkable drama
saw unfolding before me. A task
was assigned me by the captain which
took me from the house, and missed
the next scene-the arrival of the cor
oner. But repaid myself for this loss
in way thought justified by the i'm
portance of my own theory and the evil
dent necessity there was of collecting
each aud every point of evidence which
could give coloring TO the charge, in the
event of this crime coming to be looked
on Mt headquarters rs one of murder.
Observing that a light was still burn
Ing In Uncle David's domicile, crossed
to his door and rang the bell. I was
answered by the deep and prolonged
howl of dog, soon cut short by his
masters amiable greeting. This latter
was a surprise to me. | had heard SO
often of Mr.. Aoore's churishness as a
host that l had expected some rebuff
But l encountered no such tokens of
hostility. His brow was smooth and his
smile cheerfully condescending. In
deed, he appeared anxious to have me
enter and cast an indulgent look at
nudge, whose irrepressible joy at this
break in the monotony of his existence
was tinged with very evident dread
of offending his master. Interested
anew, l followed this man of contra
dictoly impulses into the room toward
which he led me.
The time has now come for more
careful description Of this peculiar
man. Mr.. Moore was tall and Of that
refined spareness of shape which sug-
gests the scholar. Yet he had not the
scholars eye. On the contrary, his re-
gard was quick. If not alert, and while
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Uncle David hears of
his niece.x dcafh

made more frequent use of the chair
so conveniently placed for viewing the
opposite house, you might have been
in Il position to correct this inference
1t would help the police materially to
know positively that she had no COM
panion in her fatal visit"
"Fatal?" he repeated, running his
finger inside his neckband which sud
denly seemed to have grown too tight
for comfort. Can 1t be that my niece
has been frightened to death in that
old place? You alarm me-"
He did not look alarmed, but then he
was not of an impossible nature. Yet
he was of the same human clay as the
rest of us, and, if he knew no more of
this occurrence than he tried to make
out, could not be altogether impervious
to what l had to say next.
"You have a right to be alarmed"
assented. "She was not frightened to
death, yet is she lying dead on the
library floor" Then, with glance ut
the windows about me, l added lightly,
Il take it that a pistol shot delivered
over there could not be heard In this
ROOM"
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I find thatyg1EEs, not love "
thoIf mot live. kns


% be So pray God that you may for
give me. VERONICA
A gasp from the figure in the corner;
then silence. We We're glad to hear
the captains voice again.
"a woman's heart is great mys-
terry" he remarked, with q short glance
ut Mr.. Jeffrey.
1t was sentiment we could all echo,
for he to whom she had alluded in
these few lines as one she could not
love was a man whom most women
would consider the embodiment of all
that was admirable and attractive.
That one woman 50 regarded him
was apparent to all. If ever the heart
spoke in Il human face it spoke i'll that
of Miss futile as she watched her sis
ter's husband struggling for composurc
above the PROSTATE form of her who
but Il few hours previous had been the
envy of all the fashionable young wo-
men in Washington. found it hard
to fix my attention Oh the next Ques-
ton, interesting ana valuable as every
small detail was likely to prove in
case my theory of this crime should
ever come to be locked on as the true
one.
GLOW came you to search here for
the wife who had written you this
vague and far from satisfactory fare
well? see no hint in these lines of
the place where she intended to take
her life"
mo! Nor Even this strong man
shranls from this idea and showed a
very natural rccoil as his glances flew
about the i'll omened room and finally
rested OH the 1ireside over which so re-
pcllent Il mystery hung in impene-
trable shadow. "Shc said nothing of
her intentions; nothing! But the man
who came for me told me where she
was to be found. He was waiting at
the door of my house. He had been on
n search for me up and down the town.
We met on the stoop."
Tho captain accepted this eXplana-
ton without cavil. l was glad he did.
But to me the affair showed inconsist-
encies which l secretly felt it to be my
especial duty to unravel.
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The detective visits
Uncle David

of individuality which marked him.
They We're of different cut from those
of other men, and in this as in many
other ways he was law to himself;
notably so in the following instance:
He kept one day of the year religiously,
and kept it always in the same way
Long years before he had been blessed
with wife who both understood and
loved him. He had never forgotten
this fact and once a year, presumably
on the anniversary of her death, it was
his custom to go to the cemetery where
she lay and to spend the whole day
under the shadow Of the stone he had
raised to her memory. No matter what
the weather, no matter what the condi-
ton of his own health, he was always
to be seen in this spot, at the hour Of
Z, leaning against the shaft on which
the name of his wife was written, cat
ing his supper in the company of his
dog.
SO much for one oddity whi.h may
stand as sample of many others.
One glance at the room into which he
ushered meNshowed why he cherished
so marked dislike for visitors. 1t
was bare to the point of discomfort,
and had it not been for certain
quaintness in the shape of the few ar
ticles to be seen there should have
experienced a decided feeling of repul-
sion, so pronounced was the contrast
between this poverty stricken interior
and the polished bearing of its owner.
He, l am sure, could have shown no
more elevated manners if he had been
doing the honors of a palace. The Or
gan, with the marks of home con-
struction upon it, was the only object
visible which spoke of luxury or even
comfort.
But enough of these possibly uninter-
esting details. l did not dwell on them
myself except in a vague way and
while waiting for him to open the con-
versation. This he did as soon as he
saw that 1 had no intention of speak
ing first.
"And did you find any one in the old
house?' lie asked.
keeping him well under my eye, l re-
piled with intentional brusqueness:
"She has gone there once too oftenw
The stare he gave me was that of an
-7'H' who feels that some expression
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it did not convey actual malice or Ill
will it reused in the spectator an I'M
comfortable feeling not altogether
easy to analyze. He wore his iron
gray locks quite long, and to this dis
tinguishing idiosyncrasy, as well as to
his invariable custom of taking his
dog with him wherever he went, was
due the interest always shown in him
by street urchins. On account of his
whimsicalities he had acquired the cpl
tibet OF Uncle David among them, de-
spite his aristocratic connections and
his gentlemanlike bearing. His clothes
formed no exception to the general air
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The surprise expressed at this bold
attempt ut righteousness was better
simulated than his, hope.
you don't inow!" exclaimed "Can
you live directly opposite place of
such remarkable associations and not
interest yourself in who goes in and
out of its deserted doors?"
II don't sit in my front window" lie
peevishly returned.
let my eye roam toward chair
standing suspiciously near the very
window lie had designated.
"But you saw the light?" 1 sug-
gested.
~ saw that from the doorstep when
went out to give Ridge his usual
five minutes breathing spell on the
stoop. But you have not answered my
Question-whom do you mean by she?'
"Veronica jeffrey" replied. "She
who was Veronica Moore. She has
| visited this haunted house of hers for
the last time"
"Last time" Either he could not OF
| would not understand me.
"What has happened to my nieceY'
he cried, rising with an energy that
displaced the great dog and sent him
with hanging head and trailing tail, to
his own special sleeping place under
the table. HAS she run upon ghost
in those dismal apartments? You in.
terest me greatly. did not think she
would ever have the pluck to visit this
house. again after what happened nj
her wedding"
"She has had the pluck" assured
him, "and, what is more, she has hat
enough Of 1t not only to re-enter the
house, but to re-enter it alone. AT least
such is the present inference. Had yor
been blessed with more curiosity and
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ITO BE Continued


Dentist (after struggling for twenty
minutes in Il vain endenvor to extract
the tooth-l must say you-yon have
the lirmcst tooth ever had--to deal
with. Patient-I'm in nae hurry. It's
S,ann' practice for W. an it'll teach
We that we maun II work for cor liy-
In"
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Severalm mysterious deaths have
occurred in the Moore house in Washington. 1t
Is vacant. Uncle David Moore, o prosperous
heir. .widower recluse, lives across the Street.
His neice. Veronica Moore. In fit of caprice
opens the house to celebrate her wedding with
FRANCIS JEFFREY. A supposed guest was found
lying dead In the fatal room before the ceremony
was finished. When the story opens. the house
is again empty. and Uncle David notifies the
police that a light is seen there at night. ia
detective goes with Uncle David and after view
from the outside concluded that there Is some
one in the house. Summoning aid, be enters,
and begins playing the organ. The detective
finds the body Of a woman on the floor In front
OF q settle which has playeda part In previous
tradegies. A pistol Is attached to her wrist by
ribbon. Hin an upstairs room the detec-
tive finds burned matches, candles. a rich wrap
lying with the bridal bouquet and handkerchief
marked "Vero1ic,,D with dust upon 1t. On a
mantcl are finger marks in the dust, and pie
ture on the wall has recently been busted.
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ITO RE coNTINuED.j


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wish to send to school, and am afraid
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annapolis Ind. at one fare plus 50 %.
Dates of sale June 26-27-l9O4, good
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and including July To- 1904.
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lSwS Traffic Manager.
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"Not at home? Did his wife know
that he was going to dine out?'
"She said nothing about it,
The captain cut short his questions
and in another moment 1 understood
why. n gentleman was standing in
the doorway, whose face, once seen,
was enough to stop the words on any
mans lips. Miss futile saw this gen.
tleman almost as quickly as we did
and sank with an involuntary moan to
her knees.
1t was Francis Jeffrey come to look
upon his dead bride. Breathlessly we
awaited his first words. His eye,
which was fixed ON the PROSTATE body
of his bride, did not yield up its secret.
When he moved and came to where
she lay and caught his first sight of
the ribbon and the pistol attached to
1t, the most experienced among us We're
baflied as to the nature of his feelings
and thoughts. One thing alone was
patent to all. He had no wish to
touch this woman whom he had so
lately sworn to cherish. His eyes de-
voured her, he shuddered and strovo
several times TO speak, and, though
kneeling by her side, he did not reach
forth his hand nor did he let tear fall
on the appealing features so pathetic.
ally turned upward as if to meet his
look.
Suddenly he leaped TO his feet:
"Alust she stay here:" he demanded,
al,
authority.
The captain answered by question:
"How do you account for her being
here at all? What explanation have
you, as Ecr husband, to give for this
| strange suicide of your wife,
For reply, Mr.. Jeffrey. who was an
exceptionally handsome man, drew
| forth a small slip of crumpled paper,
| which lie Immediately handed over to
| the speaker.
LET her own words explain" said
he. Il found this scrap of writing in
our upstairs room when returned
home tonight. She must have written
it just before-before'-
A smothcred groan filed up the
break, but it did not come from his lips,
which were fixed and set, but from
those of the woman who crouched
among us. Did he catch this express
sion Of sorrow frcm one of whose pres
ence he as yet had given no token of
| recognizing? He did not seem to. His
eye was OH the captain. who was slow
ly reading. by the light of a lantern
held in Il detectives hand, the almost
illegib!c words which MIR. Jeffrey had
just said We're his wife's last commu-
nication.
Will they seem as pathetic to the eye
rs they did to the car in that loom of
aWesome memories and present q
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Baptist Young Peoples Union of
Amarica.

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Mich. at one regular first class fare,
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to Chicago and Great
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