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had halted the night before in their
search for the hidden papers, Wed
| better give him further directions"
said the girl
But the chauffeur turned north at
the corner and put on more speed.
He's taking the right direction"
she laughed. Perhaps his idea is to
follow Sheridan road till We tell him to
turn"
Il don't quite like It," said orme,
thoughtfully. He's bit too sure of
what he's doing"
The girl hesitated at is funny"
she exclaimed. And he's going faster.
too She leaned forward and called
up TO the chauffeur: Stop at this cor
ner."
He did not seem to hear She re
peated The order in a louder voice, but
the only answer was another burst of
speed.
Then Orme reached up and touched
the chauffeur's shoulders. stop the
carl" he cried.
The chauffeur did not obey. He did
not even turn his head
Orme and the girl looked at each
other. Il don't understand" she said.
I'm afraid am beginning to-" orme
replied. He will not stop until we
are where he wishes us to be"
I'VE can't get OUT she exclaimed.
mo, And If | pull him out of the
seat, the car will be ditched." He
puzzled vainly to hit on a method of
action. and meantime the moments
sped.
They passed the university grounds
quickly. Orme retained an impression
of occasional massive buildings at the
right, including the dome of an OBJ
servatory, and at the left the lighted
| windows of dwellings.
He saw, too, the tower of light.
house, a dark foundation supporting a
changing light above; and then the
road turned sharply to the left and
after a few hundred yards, curved
again to the north.
llit SloNOu uON
On either side were groves of trees
Ahead were the lights of an approach.
ing motor
Orme was still at loss, and the
girl was awaiting some decision from
him. When the chauffeur at last
turned and spoke-three short words
Orme realized too late the situation he
and the girl were in.
I'VE stop now" said the chauffeur
| And the girl, with Mortified gasp
exclaimed: "Maku."
Yes, 1t was the Japanese.
Calmly he put on the brakes ant
brought the car to standstill by the
roadside: then, removing his goggles
turned to Orme and the girl and smiled
an inscrutable smile. There was ar
ugly bruise on his forehead, where
0rme had struck him with the wrench
But quick though Maku was. he was
not quick enough to see a motion
which Orme had made Immediately
after the moment of recognition-a mo-
ton which had even escaped the notice
of the girl. Perhaps 1t accounted for
the GOODNESS with which Orme met his
enemys eyes.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13

| folded them--could hear her sigh OF
content
| And then something occurred that
disquieted him to a degree which
seemed unwarranted The chauffeur
suddenly turned around and glanced
swiftly through his goggles at the girl
and the papers. The action was, per.
haps, natural but there was an as.
sured expectancy In the way he turned
-Orme did not like It, Moreover,
there was something alarmingly famil-
lar in the manner Of the movement.
Somewhere Orme had seen man
move his body like that. But before
his suspicious could take form, the
chauffeur had turned again.
The girl handed the papers back to
orme. These are the right papers, +"
she said. "Oh. my dear, If you only
knew how much they mean
He held them for moment In his
hand. Then, after returning them to
his pocket with as little noise as pos
sible, he caught the girls eye and, with
a significant glance toward the chauf.
feur. said in distinct voice:
Il will slip them under the seat
cushion. They will be safer there"
Did the chauffeur lean farther back,
as If to hear better? or was the slight
movement false record of Orme's
imagination?
Orme decided to be on the safe side,
so he slipped under the cushion of the
extra seat another mining prospectus
which he had in his pocket, placing 1t
in such a way that the end of the pa.
per protruded. Then he put his lips
close to the girls ear and whispered:
Don't be alarmed, but tell me. does
our chauffeur remind you of anyoue?"
She studied the stolid back in front
of them. The Hitting dustcoat masked
the outline of the figure; the cap was
so low on the head that the ears were
covered.
NO" she said, at last, 81 think not"
With that, Orme sought to reassure
himself
They were in Lincoln park now.
Over this same route Orme and the
girl had ridden less than twenty.four
hours before To him the period
seemed like year. Then he had been
plunging into mysteries unknown with
the ideal of his dreams; now he was
moving among secrets partly under.
stood, with the woman OF his life--lov-
ing her and knowing that she loved
him.
One short day had brought all this
to pass. He had heard 1t said that
Love and Time are enemies. The false
ness of the saying was clear to him in
the light of his own experience Love
and Time are not enemies; they are
strangers to each other.
On they went northward. To Orme
the streets through which they passed
we're now vaguely familiar, yet he
could hardly believe his eyes when
they swung around on to the lake
front at Evanston, along the broad rib
bon of Sheridan road.
But there was the dark mysterious
surface of Lake Michigan at their
right. Beyond the broad beach, he
could see the line of breakwaters and
at their left the electric lights threw
their beams into the blackness of little
parks ard shrubby lawns.
The car swept to the left. past the
university campus.
do you remember" asked the girl,
in low voice, pressing his arm. Then,
DON'T" she whispered. Some one
will see!" for he had drawn her face
to his.
They came to the corner of Chicago
avenue and Sheridan road, where they
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13
CHAPTER XIV.


From the Devil to the Deep sea-
How shall we go?" asked Orme. as
they descended to the street level.
by train. There is no other con-
venient way, since my car is at home"
She looked at him doubtfully, and add
ed, but they will be watching the
railroad stations"
He nodded "A motor would be
safer-if we can get one" He gave
her hand a secret pressure while the
elevator boy was opening the door for
them, and as she passed before him
she flashed upon him a look so filled
with love and trust that the sudden
thrill of his happiness almost stifled
him.
At the La Sale street entrance Orme
had fieeting glimpse of the watching
Alcatrante. The South American, after
one astonlshed stare, darted away in
the dusk He would follow them, of
course, but Orme decided to say
nothing about him to the girl.
II must telephone" she said sudden
~, stopping az II to turn back to the
building. Father will be very anxi-
GUS"
THE booths In the building must be
closed" he said Wed better try a
drug store"
Accordingly they made their way to
the nearest, and the girl went to the
booth. The door was shut for long
time.
While he was waiting, Orme glanced
through the brilliant window. In the
light of an electric lamp across the
street he discerned family a motion
less figure; without hesitation he
crossed the pavement, recognizing AL
catrante more clearly as he left the
dazzle of the store.
The minister did not bulge. His
face, as Orme approached, was cold
and expressionleSs.
Senior" exclaimed Orme. does your
trade include murder?"
mot at all. Why do you ask, Mr..
Orme?"
Because only lucky Intervention
has saved you from the murder OF a
young lady and myself"
You are exaggerating, my dear sir"
Alcatrante laughed
SIS 1t your custom to lock people into
alright chambers?"
Albright" Alcatrante was clearly
Disconnected. 81 did not suppose that
1t was alright Also, did not dream
that the young lady was there. But
this game is serious game, Mr.. Orme.
You do not appear to understand.
When one is working for his country,
many strange things are justified"
Even murder?"
Even murder-sometimes."
Orme had en- inspiration. Thank
you for the truth, senor," he said. 81,
too, am working for my country. If
you continue to follow us, shall as.
sumo that you have murder In your
mind, and shall act accordingly"
Alcatrante smiled coolly.
This is fair warning" continued
Orme.
He glanced to the drug store and
saw the girl coming out of the tele-
phone booth. fastening across the
street, he met her at the door
"If father had had any idea of such
complications when we came west"
she said, there would have been plen-
ty of men near by to help us. As II
In, We shall have to act alone. 1t Ia
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13

| cd as possible and, in any event, to
gain time enough to communicate with
Poritol and the Japanese and whatever
other persons might be helping in the
struggle TO regain the papers. The
probabilities we're that Alcatrante had
been using the last two hours to get
in touch with his friends.
And now those friends would be In
formed promptly that Orme and the
girl were setting out by motor. This
analysis apparently accounted for AL
catrante's nonchalance. Orme and the
girl seemed to be escaping, but In
| truth. If they approached their destina.
ton at all, they must run into the am
buscade of other enemies. Then the
nearer the goal, the greater the dan
ger.
AS the motor slid smoothly north.
ward on La Sale street, Orme looked
back Alcatrante had made no move.
The last glimpse that Orme had of him
showed that slight but sinister figure
alone on the sidewalk of the deserted
business street
They crossed the Clark street bridge
Keep on out North Clark street until
you can cross over to Lincoln park, "
said Orme to the chauffeur.
The only indication that the order
had been heard was bending forward
of the bowed figure on the front seat.
Orme explained to the girl ut will
be better not to take the Lake Shore
drive. They may be watching the
Pere Marquette"
you are right" she said. "As pre-
caution, we'd better not pass the no.
tel"
How surprised | was 10 find you
waiting for me there last evening"
unused Orme-"and how glad!"
Il never called on man before" she
laughed.
Il had made up my mind only lit
tie while before" he continued, 'to
stay in Chicago till found, you"
I'm afraid that would not have been
easy" She returned the pressure of
his hand, which had found hers. "If It
hadn't been for those papers, we might
never have met"
I'VE were bound to meet-you and
l." he said. 81 have been waiting all
my life just for you"
But even now you don't know who
| am. | may be "a political adven.
turess-or woman detective-or-"
You may be-" he said, but you are
the woman love. Your name-your
business, If you have one--those things
don't matter. know you, and l love
you"
She leaned closer to him. Dear"
she whispered impulsively, 81 am going
to tell you everything-who l am, and
about the papers"
Wait" He held his hand before her
mouth. Don't tell me now. Do as you
planned to do BE simply Girl to me
for a while longer"
She moved closer to him. Their err
rand, the danger, were for the time
forgotten, and the motor hummed along
with burden of happiness.
You haven't looked at the papers
yet" said Orme, after a time. They
were turning east toward Lincoln
park.
DO | need to-"
Perhaps not. l took them from the
envelope which you saw at Arima's.
But here they are. | did not look at
them, of course"
He drew the parchments from with
in his coat and placed them in her
hand.
While she examined them, he looked
straight ahead. that he might not see.
He could hear them crackle as she un.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13

The heart Is small thing. but de-
sireth great matters; 1t is not SUM-
cient for kites dinner, yet the world
is not sufficient for it.-Hugo.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-04-13
Seed Sweet Potatoes
All Varieties. Cabbage Plants.
MEMPHIS SEED & PLANT CO., Memphis, Tenn.
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yielded 10 bushels TO the acre; land cultivated 70
years with proper of fertilizer, will safely say
l5o bushels to can be raised; this corn is moss
prolific known, and seed is carefully selected; corn
club boys and our farmers ought not miss this OPP
portunty to get pure seed $50 per bushel SIS per
y bushel, 81 per peck above seed was raised at our
stock farm and Is own product best of references
can be given. keck's stock farm; j. H. keck 90,
proper. Isl g. Second. Memphis Tenn Blu. lots sl2
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
IT Is CRIMINAL TO NEGLECT
THE SKIN AND HAIR

Think of the suffering entailed by
neglected skin troubles - mental be-
cause of designation, physical be-
cause of pain. Think of the pleasure
of a clear skin, soft, white hands, and
good hair. These blessings, so essen
tial to happiness and even success in
life, are often only matter of little
thoughtful care in the selection of eff
fective remedial agents. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment do so much for
poor compilations, red, rough hands.
and dry, thin and falling hair, and cost
so little, that it is almost criminal not
to use them. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold everywhere, a
postal to "Cuticura," Dept. 81 L, Bos-
ton, will secure liberal sample of
each, with 32-page booklet on skin and
scalp treatment.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
Only 4 Moose.

The modern woman isn't a bluff, I
asserted Mrs. Gobbolink, looking up
from her newspaper. This suffrage
movement has more in it than mere
ideas. The new woman is brave and
fearless. Here is a story of woman
up in Canada who killed a mouse. 1t
seems that She
"Impossible!" interjected Mr.. Cob,
bolink. There must be some mis-.
take-read it again"
Mrs. Gobbolink searched out the
paragraph and then blushed wildly.
How stupid of me- she stammered
Il did make a mistake. 1t wasn't a
mouse she killed-nothing but a
moose"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
Buying Legislators in yobIots.

One day, writes Sloane Gordon In
Success Magazine, former member
of the Ohio house displayed, mad
vertently, large roll of bills in the
Neil house lobby. A fellow member
gazed in awe at the show Of wealth.
81 just sold drove of hogs" ex-
planned the farmer member rather
hastily and confusedly.
The observing one was thoughtful
He did not reply for the half-minute
usually essential to the full-measured
beat of his mental processes. And
then"
"Yaas." he drawled, land III bet
I'm one o. them hawgs."
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
snail Millions Of Years oId.

A petrif1ed prehistoric snail embed
ded in the heart of large piece OF
blue las stone. was discovered few
days ago by Quarrymen working at
Cheddar Cliffs. Wales. upon some
large boulders of stone which were
displaced in the landslide which oc-
Cured some years ago. The discov-
cry is distinctly interesting to the
biologists on account of the great age
OF the find. as. situated upon a very
low strata. it must be millions OF
years since the SNAIL lived.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
The First ThimbIe.

The thimble of plain sewing was
invented in the year 1884 By gallant
young Dutch goldsmith OF Amsterdam.
who devised the ''thumb-bell" for
this was its original name-in order
to protect his sweetheart's thumb tops
when she was engaged with needle
and cotton. The thumb bell" has.
however. become ''finger-bell." but in
shape only little change has taken
place in 1t since the loving Hans
placed the first thimble on the thumb
of this lady love.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

|
ible as it may seem, scientists are
even now doing that very thing. In
the near future you and ! should be
prepared to hear them announce most
learnedly and sententiously the re-
discovery Of the human soul.
Here and there, in hospital labora-
tories widely scattered, men of sci
ence are cropping into the mystery.
Like the medieval scientists who
lived in dread Of the ban of Mother
Church, they are mostly working
secretly and are not telling half they
know. For science, that marvellous
machine of modern progress, has its
church, too, as 1t were; it's orthodoxy
and its heterodoxy; it's hierarchy of
established rulers who excommunicate
and set autos-da-fe for expounders OF
heresies.
So far the evidence these bold in
vestigators have unearthed is chiefly
negative, yet nevertheless highly sig
nificant. In the first place, one of
| them found that physical death is ac-
companied by sudden loss Of bodily
weight varying from three-quarters of
an ounce to nearly an ounce and a
quarter Some curious experiments
| of this kind were made by DR.. Dun
can MacDougall, of Haverhill, Mass.
His first subject was man dying
of tuberculosis. He selected a pa
tient dying from this disease because
so great an exhaustion characterizes
its final stages that death occurs with
little or no muscular movement. With
patient quiet, the beam of the scales
can be kept true and any loss occur
ring will be evidenced
In this experiment the patient was
lying on bed arranged on a light
framework which was built on very
delicately balanced platform scales.
He was under observation three hours
and forty minutes before death. He
lost weight slowly at the rate of an
ounce an hour, due to the evaporation
of breath moisture and perspiration.
Keenly the physician watched the
fading hours and minutes of the al
most spent life. And then-suddenly.
coincident with DEATH the beam end
OF the scales dropped with an audi
BILE stroke, hitting against the lower
bar and remaining there with no re-
bound The scales registered an in
slant loss of three-quarters of an
ounce.
What had gone? 1t could not have
been evaporation of sweat, he decided,
for that had slowly left the body at
the rate of a tiny fraction of an ounce
a minute, whereas the sudden loss at
death had been many times as great
1t could not have been. further tests
satisfied the doctor, the air in the
lungs. DR.. MacDougall was startled at
the weird phenomenon, Something
immaterial, yet evidently forceful and
of weight, had departed with the life.
What in the world was it?
The physician repeated his expert
ments in the last hours of various 9TH
er tuberculosis patients. Always at
the supreme moment the stroke of the
beam came down with an audible re-
port. and each time the scales told
the loss of about an ounce. Gould
this thing that so suddenly departed
be possibly viewed tn its upward
flight?
Seized with new hope, the expert
menter devised clear white light to
rest along the body of the subject IN
the dying hour. In other cases he
covered the bodies with the rainbow
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
TOMMY MURPHY.

the great horseman who IL winning
mes Of the big races for fast trotters
e w1el thaI Iarm horse. 'R. T. c." record
CURE is the best remedy for ali forms Of
Plstemper and coughs 1 have ever known.
! nave used it a number of years" Ali
and 81 bottle. Spohn Medical Co Chem
lists Goshen Ind. u s. a.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
As You Go.

"Clear up as you go" Is an excellent
text to work by-a parallel to "Nev-
er put of till tomorrow" &c.-and
one that many a mother would 40
well to keep over before her and live
up to. 1t is the putting-off habit that
leads to accumulations. to hurry. and.
consequently. to badly done work. II
clothes need repairing. let them be re-
paired at once; If things are out OF
their proper places. put them back
again, where they ought to be; before
hey are irretrievably lost.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
The Old Love Possible.

Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, at a gar
den party at Hampstead, praised the
working girl
How much nobler," she said, Ito
work than to marry for money.
know pretty girl who gave up good
position to marry man of sixty-eight
II am marrying for love- she told
her chum.
".And tie old fellow said the
chum, disgustedly. is worth $1,000
O00!'
Yes was the reply. It's the
100000 I'm in love with"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
Cause of the Excitement.

The sons of the rich were all en-
Enthusiastically following some one
down the street
What's up?" somebody asked.
A rather more accommodating
young nabob than the others turned
around
DO you see that tall fellow up
front?" he asked.
YES"
We'll" he said, he's discovered q
new way to spend money"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
Folly Of Vain Renrets.

The late John W. Gates, an incur
able optimist, harped continually on
the futility of pessimism. One of Mr..
Gates's epigrams, still quoted on the
chicago Stock Exchange, ran:
: he who nurses foolish hopes may
be an ass, but he is not such an ass
as ne who nurses vain regrets"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
Most Expensive iat.

The most expensive hat in the
world is said to be wonderful crea
ton belonging to Princess Miheson
Bucharest, one Of the richest and most
fashionable women in Roumania. The
hat, which is worth easily $1,000. is Of
black tagal straw and is very large
1t is lined with silver lace and GOV
cred with number of perfect white
ospreys.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
Cured Of FIlrtlna.

What cured him of fiirting?"
He started a Irritation with lady
who turned out to be selling an ency-
clopedia at f40 set. London Opinr
ion.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

a German composer has written an
altisonant piece of music called
He'll" There win be any number
OF people in this country able to play
1t at glance Houston Post
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

The Pure Food Law stopped the sale
of hundreds of fraudulant medicines They
could not stand investigation. Hamlins
Wizard Oil has stood the test of investi-
cation for nearly sixty years.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

Suspicious Smoothness.
Your motor boat is running very
smoothly now"
Yes. l think something's broken.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

For HEADACHE-Hickss CAPUDKNE
Nervous Troubles, Capadine will relievr you.
It's liquid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try 1t. l0c., 25c., and so cents at drug
stores.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20
For COLns anh 49,

u nlcks CAPUDHE Is the best remedv--rs
ne exss me aching and feverishness- the
nquld-ehects Immediately. 10c.. DC and soo
At drug stores. vs. ~oc'' ana ooc'
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

Didn't Break 1t Around Her.
Ella-Our friend, the pitcher. has a
glass arm"
Stella-I didn't notice it when he
called ON me last evening.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

It's one kind of tough luck to strike
oil when boring for water.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

HE mystery Of life! Will
science ever solve that rid
die? Will it heed THE
Sphinx in Emerson's fam
GUS poem who babe the
eager questioner behold
himself, the answer and
the ouestian too2 Incrad-
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-10-20

To DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You Anow what you are taking
The formula Is plainl, printed on every bottle,
form, and the most enectual form. For grown
people and children, 80 cents.