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the matter Of her marriage, it was un-
fair. to ask her, to-. shut, herself off
from all intercourse with her friends,
90 he exerted himself to make Jessie
Bradley's stay a.pleasant one. s .s...5
He could do no less for Belle
Thompson, who came a few weeks
after Miss Bradley's departure, and,
having set standard OF. entertain
ment. he felt bound to repeat the es-
tablished program for. Grace Hazard,
who was the next visitor. ss
All through the summer and fall
there was constant string of visitors
and Grantham's expression soon
.rivaled Tim G1agett's for dolcfulness.
More than once lie was moved to pro-
test, but always the memory of Daisy's
sacrifice came 10 him and he said moth
ing until late in the fall. Il: 3.
There's anot one coming next
week, isn't there 81 he asked as they
stood on the station plat form 4 ooking
after the train which bore away = de-
parting guest 81 $3.50 s.ess2
Nettie Hayden is5 coming next
week Z. onfirmed Daisy S QUILL like
her, know. she Is ~ ~
S srantham nodd 4 aloo mily.
& laefe seems yosr
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to dinner and then he settled himself for
tho 1orc-

to dinner and then he settled himself for
the long wait.
Nell, his sister, had sustained injuries
in an automobile accident that kept her
to the house. To tighten her imprison-
ment she had invited many of her old
school friends to visit her and from a
class photograph taken four years be-
fore Dick was supposed to be able to
identify the present visitor when she
appeared in the crush of arrivals. ....
A year ago Dick would have rejoiced
in the task, but since his western trip
he had lost interest in girls, or rather
it had conferred upon one girl. and she
was one whom he did not know. ::
An enforced delay, due to a snow
storm, had. broken down the barriers of
convention, and for two days the girl
and he had been great friends. Then the
snow plows had come to their relief,
and, with their release had returned the
old formality of manner. She had hint
ed that they might meet again, but since
they did not even know each others
names this seemed highly improbable:
Not until he had reached his journeys
end had Dick realized how much the
girl meant to him. He had retraced his
steps in an effort to find her, but his
search had proved fruitless, and he had
come home changed man. He met
his sisters guests, but he took no in:
terest in them. ::
He did escort duty at command, but
four successive visitors had left, each
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oil schoolmates." he said. "She makes
nine this SUNNI e.. ss<
3 There are Pc counting me, ex-
planned the girl. They were all CONS
ing to the wedding, but since there
isn't going to be any wed ding, I'm
having them come one at q time.
I m not SO. certain about there Be.
ing no wedding said Mr.. Grantham
slowly Tim S a nice hoy, and il don't
seem rigl.;s to make him wait just to
satisfy an old mans foolishness. q You
tell Tim to get the new house ready,
and we'll have wed ding that will pay
him for. waiting and we'll have all
your friends here at once and get ii
over with ~ GA # =s
lust the shadow Of a smile cleaned
in Daisy's eyes as she stood on tiptoe
10 reward her father with 4 kiss, but
she laughed outright as she sat on the
sstet of th esnew. house will Tim that
evening after they had planned anew
the manner of its furnishings u
How did It happen7'' he demanded
81 ou haven told me . word. S IS sss
ow could ?'' she count
when father was. with Is all the timex
WANTED 10 save Il until we were
salone ont want him &, guess how
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it was done. s s.55S
he chances are that he won't, as
sured Tim. 4 can't. figure it out my
e1f-uniess he got tired suf having
company all the time. I don't think 1
should like that myself. 3 sA..3s1s::s.
That was the idea, admitted Daisy.
~ ~ on see, father would not let me
marry you, because he wanted me to
himself for a while. He couldn't very
well refuse to let me have some of
the girls at the house when had Civ
Ell you up to please him, and 50 /
wrote ali the girls / had schummed
with. and begged them to visit me.
IT oday dad gave ii without know
ing II, told him that IS more were
coming, and that they had al. planned
to- come at once to my wedding, but
that instead j was having Them come
one at . time.
Dad IS 50 regular III his habits that
visitor disturbs the routine Of his
life, and makes him abso lutel miser-
able. &c was . shame to tease the poor
dear 50; But &c y - the only way 70
persuade him Is let me marry you
ritht away
vas much than simply
nags;nE him tos ma nj yot,. ~
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get lost If she found herself alone in

get lost If she found herself alone in
a crowd" -
1 '.And l thought that you were here
to meet me" was; the smiling re-,
Spouse. Surely, you are here to make
welcome Miss Mariscai: am She"
.tYou!,. gasped Dick. ...A1ld you knew
all along?'' !. 5-f,. :, .. s..
Miss Mariscal nodded. IS.
did not Nell tell you? she asked.
81 wrote that I had met a Mr.. Ridgley
on the train and asked If it was her
brother. She said that it was and
when she invited me to come and visit
her, she told me that you would meet
me at the train." -. 1t$.5iss
i. and she told me to look for "a girl
with black hair and eyes!" said Dick.
wrathfully. 40 :-Ezs . 4: 81
d Perhaps she planned a surprise"
suggested Miss Mariscal demurely.
would 1t not have been odd had we
missed each other because you were
looking for some one with dark hair?"
1T would. have been more than odd
had missed you,,'' was the pointed res
ply. II seemed to feel your prev
ence before 1 sa-- you. !"
81 Miss Mariscal answered only with
her eyes, but deep down In those hon-
est blue eyes Dick read the answer to
the question that he put into words
some weeks later. In spite Of the late
ness Of the train. he was glad that
ae had met Miss Mariscal.
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concealed until the following evening

concealed until the following evening
IN order to effect an escape. ] believe
that you told the chief that the woman
suspected was working III an Office;
therefore she would have to be at her
desk in the morning at least, and again
in the evening. = ~ s..s
That's one Of the odd parts" said
Rcmsen. Il don't know how else to
account for It though Il q ,s
Suppose we sit down and talk it
over" suggested the agent II will adj.
vance plans and you can pick them to
pieces. Through. the process of elm
in2tion we might arrive at the cor
rect theory" :, " .....5.
He drew up a couple of chairs facing
the sofa lat which Remsen cast long
Ing glances and began to talk. Some
Of the propositions advanced were
clever II the extreme, But to ea1h there
was some objection raised and q fresh
solution had to be sought.
For 40 minutes the chat continued
and the arguments advanced were suf-
iciently clever to hold the interest of
the client. Suddenly the agent pointed
to the sofa. $50
On the leathern surface patch of
black was spreading and tiny blue
flame was rising which turned to red
even: as they watched. An ice water
pitcher was upon the table, and with
this the agent extinguished the fame.
| II thought that this was the an
swer," he said easily. 1T was what
though last night. You gave me the
hint when you TOLD me that the at
tacks had been resumed about year
after the first series of attempts,
after ! told YOU" asked Remsen.
"You mean after I told Mr.. Ashley
"You told me. I am Wadleigh,,' -
was the quiet reply. Il thought tina.
you would go to Ashley & Aiken, and
'phoned them and got permission to
act in the case. It is seldom that
assume disguise, but black wig will
d. much with an unsuspicious person
The fact that just year had
elapsed gave me an idea. The second
clue came when Elizabeth told, me
about the room last night. If you will
recall you gave the other chaps lis,
of the dates on which the attempts
were made. looked them up anc
found that on each occasion the sur
was shining brightly. VII ~,
+ Il suppose you know that the sun j.
higher in summer than in winter. A.
the sun moves north in the spring il
rises higher in the heavens. Just a
this time Of year it gets high enough
to shine over the roof of the hous.
next door and strike it through til,
I bull's-eyes in the loaded glass above
! the windows. ~. "~ 81
cat: first it does nos'harm,. though
lone of the bull's-eyes is by accident
perfect burning. glass. The beam j!
then directed: against the: safe, but i
does mot strike ahperfeet focus sane
though it has faced the varnish trif,
lit did not scorch the coating. =.
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house somehow but he might never SEE
his girl Of the train again. T. III, :

house somehow, but he might never see
his girl Of the train again. T.. .@., I.
The thought vanished almost - as
quickly as it came. Miss Mariscal was
unused to the ways of the east. The
best that he might hope for was that
this girl of the train might be moved
to- pity and giveshim her address.
To Dicks surprise she came directly
toward him, @.,~E =
You must have had a very tedious
wait, Mr.. Ridgeley," she said as she
offered her slim. cool, hand.
1T was worth the waiting to find
you here" he said. II had despaired
OF ever seeing you again. ,.x
yeti said that we should meet"
she reminded smi1ingly.. 81.
But. we did not know each others
names" protested Dick.
yet It seems that l DO ,ow yours
else how should I, know that you are
Richard Ridgeley?" X ..s
'.That's .so,''' he assented in wonder
ment. "You did know my name. didn't
you?" So. "a. .gs
''shall we move on?'' asked the girl
quietly. st is rather confusing In, all
this crowd" .s.s ..
Dicks face Ill. ..5s
"I'm waiting ri, mother girl
he explained. "Shes q friend Of my
sisters and Il suppose that she would
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|st sfRfif ae & eu,;noy. sr,,er -, ~. 80,
ner;od &C nerh,ns thr-.. , ,,s.i,. s,,,,,sn
the ravs are 'nerfect1v foc,,eed ,,n nan, !.
the conch .ho,,t ) o,c1acL nd = =
then q, a. IL. &C.. so 20 s. - a -
IJsmallv = i II. 1; s,,I =,
nv.r ,,o,,r..if 49, : - yo4 49,.
cnid. Nrc. - So; y.o = Iao asa,ns.
couch ;tself wh;ch hae c.rght y
s: s1.h. ss..1s.a.:n., na aS... ~
d;scovered lana saa No. nave Deen
herence ~ cms+on, ,uh;ch ,,,.,,id ~.
ncrm;t vou - ah.rd Z 49,, 3.a,,r r 49, 40
take It in some other room, but which
from, II. o,,ta;den 80; : " 49, - I.
sRemsen 1onIed 10 49,: -. n,~~o,,,
naneis of +h;ck a,,es ,vl;ch .l,,d h aom
MT :, so,,,e t,,,e s,sars h.fnr. $500,
mn.t &c ~. h,,i,;e a,.s ~. i;o,. sa.es.
91,ilv 1T +hrn,,ai, "a ~. hae,,,. .,,are
cieay .rd e+rons ,Lanos s ti;s ..r
t;cri,r r;ece had hesn na1;shad 49, r.
nerfec+ tco.,,,.~.I..,ss ), = ' $50 -
T,i~;r- ~ 'l;h-.-,, Nth. 111..,:,
ecr,tched ~ e,rfacs @ 4 "a 1ea au sI;ti
he Al mond r;,,a ,,,t;i 80 naa.;I af
1;aht No. h-a1-.r5 p~is ~' - -
"R.t+s- ~ ae, L So
+ha decor,+or,s - 1r;ad - 49,, a ~ =
eri,, y +. .d,,;sad sTh;s arabnh1,t ~,
ars,,.,,+' =. 49, e. 10 = W.
-, 49, safa go. 'ot - = - "e'l - IS
H. .aa,a1t ~ ~.
49, tau ~ 10 - %. anu ~ neu -
h :sve Inc 'oo'li' oul Neltsen ser.aspec
"4s s.1Si:11 - E.:- -, ~
Will you tell. E'lzaDeth 1nat wiz
d 49, 'ie' 'o'no''o" % oes he' par
M W.
see vo,,, was The co1d reenonee =
"Nrs Wad1e;oh9 Yo,, +p1d me- +b,t
WI, were on1v engaged > g,sned Rem
Sen 80 ~ =
owe were married 1,e+ .n;gh+" ~
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There was certain scanGal that left
me without my wife and with the Gus
tody Of my child. OF that we will not
speak. The woman is dead. May God:
show her the mercy I. cannot. - y
But be that as it may, ElizabethTe:
fused to believe the preponderanee OF
evidence was pleased to declare that /
had killed her mother by my cruel
treatment, and declared that revenge
would follow. = 49, " =.
. am man of methoGical habits.
1t is my custom to take a nap every
afternoon for an hour Directly after
lunch it is my habit to lie down in my
library and sleep. To this habit l at
tribute my remarkable good health.
Some six weeks after my wife was
buried the couch on which I slept was
found to be in flames. The smell of
burning leather reused the butler, who
woke me in time to avoid serious com?
| pllcations. / sleep so soundly that
should have been badly, perhaps fa-
tally, burned before I reused.
| Remsen grunted at the apology Of
fered for delayed arrival. It was
time for his nap, and when he hinteG'
to the visitor that perhaps the inves-
tigation might be postponed for cou
Pile of hours the agent gaily waived
aside the idea. :;
"'Do it now,' is my motto" he. de-
clared. II know that you want your
nap, but you'll sleep more peacefully
tomorrow if you know that it is all
right. Did you every try sleeping in
some other room than the library;
your bedroom, for instance?" e
why should ?" asked Remsen test
| lily. II have been accustomed to TAX
ing my nap here. Ever since the house
was built have had my afternoon nap
save on the few occasions when my
plans have been interrupted, such as
THE present instance" concluded
| the agent. Don't mind my feelings,
| Mr.. Remsen. I know it's baG breach
of good manners, but I want to get
things Strengthened out as quickly as
possible. Did you ever try sleeping
your
"The buffers pantry is at the end Of
the hall" explained Remsen "He has
instructions to watch for intruders. /
cannot get to sleep when there is some
one in the room."
"But you sleep soundly enough once
you get asleep. Then someone can
come in, say through those windows,
and set your sofa on fire and you never
know it," -.
Il suppose it gets to be a habit
commented Remsen; II am used to
going to sleep at 1880 and waking ex-
actly at 2:3o 1t is with the utmost
difficulty that I can be aroused before
then"
"1t's bad thing to become a slave
to habit" said the agent rehectiyely.
| "You are here to discover crime,
mot to comment upon my habits
cried Remsen angrily.
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II feel that I have some right to an
explanation, Mr.. Remsen," he said
stifly. You will remember that l die
not seek to engage in this case. To
the contrary, I told you that expected
call from the Cattle bank people,
who had several times enlisted my
services.
"Now, after urging me to give you
trst call upon my time, you break of
short in your statement of the case
and announce that you have decided
that it would be better to place the
matter in other hands.
Il do not know by what telepathic
porcess you have arrived at that con-
clusion, but feel that you should give
me at least hint of the reason"
Jacob Remsen flushed angriiy, but
Wadleigh's eyes held him.
You will, perhaps, admit that have
some reason for my action when tell
you that the person who just left this
room is one whom I believe to be
the culprit," he said coldly.
Miss Arnold?" cried Wadleigh.
THAT is impossible"
Nothing is impossible" cried Rem
sen testify, "and since this Miss Arnold
is suspected of the crime, you will
realize that it is but natural that
should decline to place the case in her
employers hands,"
Quite to the contrary, that is the
greater reason for believing that shall
serve your interests the more faith.
fully" declared the detective.
Miss Arnold and myself are en-.
gagged to be married. If it is true
as you say-that Miss Arnold is sus.
pected of this crime, I shall leave nc
stone unturned to discover the real per,
petrators of the outrages and clea,
my hancee's name. 1t. is absurd
though, to declare that Miss Arnolc: is
connected in any way with your inter.
ests."
mot so absurd when I tell you that
she is my daughter" said Remser
with sheer" She proved most un.
flllal daughter, but 1 regret to say tina,
circumstantial evidence is conclusive
when it carries such an excess o.
weight"
The lean hands gr;pped the arms o.
the, chair more tightly to repress a,
inclination to clutch the fat neck of the
man who faced Hugh Wadleigh with
the sneering smile upon his face"
You see," went on Remsen. INV
wife died something more than veal
ago. She did not die in my home.
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Meanwhile Remsen haG given the
case to firm Of inquiry agents. Me-
thodical tc the point of nonomani3,
he resented the fact that he could not
employ the man he had first intended;
still more did Wadleigh's announce
ment that he was to marry Elizabeth
irritate him. In the end~he was as Bit
ter against the detective, as against the
girl herself. -. =, :::'-:
The firm he had employed had prom
ised that then would quickly run down
the offenGer, and Remsen smile d in
anticipation of the coup which should
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man out to make an investigation and
it was shortly after lunch that a per
SON in pronounced plaids' presented
himself at the Ren1sen home in a
suburban town. =; - -:
."Three times this happened. The
third time a watch was being kept
and Elizabeth was discovered coming
from the room just before the flames.
were discovered. "A c11rar1y had been
rugged upon the sofa.:rcSi,e no,doubt
thought that .it::wa s my form beneath
the: rug. ~. ~: -: :c+s :::,-*@ =.
"It"is just aboutsa year ago that the
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first endeavor was made. Dr.. Hep
burn, who used to attend my daugh-
ter, believes that the anniversary Of
her mothers death has brought on an
other attack of hon1icidal mania" s
You see that there is here the ele-
ment of mystery" said Remsen, not
without pride. 1T is evident that who
ever sets the fires is thoroughly tamil
lar with every part Of the, house. Only
through a complete knowledge of every
possible hiding place could the culprit
And place of concealment that would
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escape. detection during the thorough.
search that is made. -
For a time it.: was my belief that
my daughter had taken a opposition here
as a maid, and so was enabled to get
into the drawing room and so through
to the library at the rear. -
sNow we believe that she has re-
tanned key and can let herself i'm;
possibly in the early morning before the
servants are astir."
Very well reasoned" agreed the
agent: The trouble is that-:in: such
plan it would be- neeessarYHto remain
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He stamped out Of the room, leav-
ing Wadleigh consumed with rage.
None knew better than the detective
the difficulty of combating such a
charge without direct evidence, and
talk with Elizabeth made: it appar-
ent that It would be impossible to
prove an abb for, the period in which
he had been absent from the office.
.Wadleigh's business was transacted
mostfysat the offices of his clients. For
four weeks not a soul had entered the
office.
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It 1911 y0u1 o111y
Daisy Grantham patted her sweet
hearts curly head No one could OBJ
ject to oil. ! It's simply that dad
wants me home for a while. He never
was reconciled to my going to col
lege, and he feels that since he gave
me up for four years, ! should stay
home for a time and not want to leave
him again even to get married. /,
Leave. him.. echoed Tim You'll
just be, across the street. He'll see
we'll fix it, declared Daisy COM
fortingly. 80 Just you wait and see"
With light laugh she ran into the
house and left Tim to continue his
melancholy way to the post office.
Tim did not share Daisys optimism.
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Against this was chalked "Three
hours late" and courteous porter ex-
planned that there was a probability of
a further delay since now the train was
running on. the time of other. trains.
An accident to a bridge necessitated a
roundabout journey, and the train had
lost time steadily allathe forenoon:
"Nell ought to- hire 'meeter' if she
wants to keep open house," he groaned
to himself as he sought the refreshment
room to replenish his cigar case. sfThis
is the fifth time this month that I
have had to meet someone l never saw
before"
Even the discovery that the restau.
rant stand kept the sort of cigars he
liked best did not molly Dick. Ridgelev.
for by the time he came back to the
train shed, the genius Of the chalk had
added another half hour to the record
of the train, and Ridgeley remembered
what the porter had said. He groaned
as he wired friend not to expect him
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DON'T see what your
father has against
me" urged Tim
Clagett.' Hes known.
me ever since l was
in dresses, and I
couldn't turn bank
robber or murderer
in Prestonville with
out the whole town
knowing about it." N
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again. dsmaIy
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ADLE1GH'S thin, nerv-
n%ss..nY,s !.H 49,, srS ssstsst e.

thin, nerv-
Gus hands clutched the
arms of his swivel
desk chair. 1t was his
favorite means of
steae1ying himself in
times of nervous ex-
element. and now it
seemed as though his
fingers would bite into
the wood of the un-
Ao~e:Io
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,DGLEY let his: glance

follow the announce
ment board in the
train shed and groan-
ed. The movement of
seven incoming trains
were set forth in chalk
and, from the local to
the fast express, all
were on time with the
single exception of
the one he sought.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-07

In Germany II Is planned to lette
the roofs OF houses 20 guide airmen.
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|OUTLAW STILL
DEF|Es OFFICERS
Attorney General Of Wisconsin Offers
John Dietz Liberal Terms II He
Will Surrender.

WINTER, Wis. Oct. Although
John Deitz has refused the most re-
markable offer ever made by q CON-
monwealth to q fugitive from justice,
the encouragement OF Wisconsin
went out today to promise him not
only a fair trial, able counsel At the
expense OF the state and change OF
venue, but to add an offer TO Quash
all the indictments against other
members Of the family. providing he
will surrender.
A rumor. however, reached Winter
Just after the peace party left, that
Deitz, under the cover OF night, had
fed from his cabin and Is now we'll on
his way northwest toward the Michi-
gan state line. The woods are dense
for rs miles and Deitz. who Is an ex-
pert woodsman. could make II In two
or three days.
Late yesterday. In plain view OF the
armed guards who watched him from
the shadow OF the woods. Deitz
brought out knapsack and a rife
which he deposited down the HILL from
the house and then returned TO the
cabin. He made no attempt TO con-
ceal his movements from the aston
ished guaras. but not one of them had
the courage to go over and take the
grip and weapon. Whether Deitz has
fed will not be known until the new
peace party gains access TO the cabin.
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a number OF medals as an Esperanto
expert. When four years OF age the
baby was given a diploma by DIR.
Ramenhof Russ as one of the best Els
peranto linguists in the country.
Winifred contributes frequently to
newspapers and magazines. She won
silver medal from a child's maya
zine last fall for her clever verse
Her book OF 'Jingles" was printed
last year.
The prodigy Is Of English ancestry
being the granddaughter of Thomas
Sackville, and the grandniece OF the
late Lord Lionel Sackville West, OF
whose estate her mother Is the heir
Mrs. Stoner il the author of Castles
In Spain"
The Stoners recently left Evans.
vile for the west, where Col Stoner
Is in charge of the United States
Marine hospital at Port Townsend
Wash.