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him and Doggott found him sitting up.
with haggard and careworn face.
but with the sane light OF nau com
posed In his eyes.
'Doggott," he asked I'm an even
toneless voice, have you ever men.
toned to anybody your suspicion
about Mr. Rutton's race?"
only to you. sir"
That's good. And you wont!"
"No, sir"
Have you." continued Amber, look
ing away and speaking slowly, lever
heard him mention his marriage?"
Never. sir. f says I'm that paper
e was a widower; 1 fancy the lady
must have died before I entered 'if
service. e was always a lonely man
all the 10 year I've been with i'm
keepin' very much to 'imself, sir"
Doggott disappeared to prepare 9
meal, but within five minutes a gun.
shot sounded startlingly near at hand
The Virginian's appearance at the
door was coincident with a clear hail
or "Afo-oy. Amber!"-unmistak
Quain's voice. raised at q distance OF
not over 200 yards.
Amber's answering cry quavered
with joy. And with bear-like rush
Quain topped the nearest dune,
dropped down into the hollow, and
was upon him.
BY the Lord Harry" he cried, al.
most embracing Amber In his excite
ment and relief; I'D almost given
you up for good and ALL"
And i YOU" said Amber, watching
curiously and somewhat distrustfully
second man follow Quain into the
vale. Who's that?" he demanded
only Antoine. We've him to thank.
He remembered this old camp here
I'd completely forgotten it-and was
sure you'd taken refuge in 1t. Come
inside He dragged Amber in, the
Portuguese following. Lets have a
look at you by the light Lord! you
seem to be pretty comfortable-and
I've been worrying myself sick for
rear you" He swept the room win
an approving glance which passed
over Doggott and became transhxed
as 1t rested upon the hammocx-bed
with its burden and his jaw fell
What's this? What's this?" He
swung upon Amber, appraising with
relentless eyes the havoc his night s
experience had wrought upon the
man You look like hell" he ex-
ploded. What's up here? Eh?"
Amber turned to Doggott. Take
Antoine out there with you and keep
him until call, please. This is Mr.
Quain; l want to talk with him un-
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disturbed. But you can bring
us coffee when it's ready"
Quain motioned to Antoine; the
Portuguese disappeared into the back
room with Doggott, who closed the
communicating door.
You first" said Amber. IF you've
fretted about me, I've been crazy
about you--what time I've had to
think"
Quain deferred TO his insistence.
1T was simple enough-and damned
hard" he explained. Il caught the
Echo by the skin of my teeth, the
skinny almost sinking under me. She
was hard and fast aground, but | man
aged to get the motor going and back
ed her of AS soon as that was all
right we got a wave aboard that
soused the motor-like fool I'd left
the hatch off-and short-circuited the
coil After that there was hell TO
pay. I worked for half an hour reef
ing, and meanwhile we went aground
again The oar broke and I had to
go overheard and get wet to my waist
before | got her of. BY that time it
was blowing great guns and dead
from the beach. l had to stand OFF
and make for the Notwithstanding
else to do We beached about mile
below the lighthouse and / had the
four-mile tramp home. Then after I'd
thawed out and had drink and q
change of clothes, we had to wait two
hours for the sea to go down enough
to make crossing In the launch
practicable. That's all for mine. Now
you? What's that there?"
"A suicide; a friend OF mine-the
man Rutton whom we were discuss
ing the night I came down. And that's
not half There's a man out there
somewhere, shot to death by Rutton-
Bengali babu. Quain, I've
lived in Purgatory ever since we part
ed and now I'm about done"
He was; the coming of Quain with
the ease Of mind It brought had
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| peered keenly into his face. "I wish
/ knew what you know. | wish to
heaven / might go with you. But I'm
married now-and respectable. The
morning train leaves Nokomis at 7:3O.
You can make that, If you must But
you need sleep-rest"
I'll get that on the train"
Knew you'd say that Very yell
This is Tuesday. The Mauretania-
or the Lusitania, don't know which
sails tomorrow. You can catch
that. too. It's the quickest route,
eastwards-"
But I've decided to go west"
That means week more. and you
said you were In a hurry"
Il am: but by going westwards tt,s
barely possible | may be able to trans.
act or wind up the business on the
way"
AS matter OF fact Amber was hon.
ing the Rolands, with Sophia Farrell
might nnger somewhere en- route 20.
memDering that the girl had discussed
tentative project to stop over be.
tween steamers a Yokohama
Very we'll" Quain gave in: you're
the doctor. Now as for things here.
make your mind easy. III take
charge and keep the affair ou;et
| There's no reason | can see for ,ts
ever getting out. can answer for
myself and Antoine; and the two nj
us can wind things up. Get ready
now to trot along. and III take care
OF everything"
There's no way OF thanking Won =.
That's a comfort. Call Doggott nou
and tell him to get ready. You
haven't much time 20 lose"
While they waited for the servan,
to pack his hand-bas-it being obvi.
GUS that to take the trunks wiz,
them was not feasible while Ouain
was to care for Amber's things at
Tanglewood until his return from In.
dia-Quain was possessed by an idea
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Rutton"
The servant stared. vrsibly i'm
pressed. Very good, Mr.. Amber. I'll
remember. sir. l don't ordinarily gos-
sip, sir; but you and him being so
thick, and everything 'appening to-
night so orrible, corgot myself. I
'ope you'll excuse nce, sir"
God in heaven" cried the Young
man hoarsely. ''It can't be true" He
flung himself iL.o his chair, burying
bis face in hiG hands. 'It can't"
Yet irresisttbly the conviction was
being forced upon him that Doggott
had surmiSed Alright. Circumstances
backed Up circumstance within his
knowledge OF or his experience with
the man, all seeming TO prove incon-
testably the truth OF what at the first
blush had seemed so incredible. What
did he, Amber, know of Rutton's par
entage or history that would refute
tho calm belief OF the body-servant
| of the dead man?
And then Amber's intelligence was
smitten by thought as by club;
and he began to tremble violently, un-
controllably. being weakened by ia
tigue and the strain OF that endless,
terrible night strangled cry es-
capped him without his knowledge:
Sophia"
Sophia Farrell. the woman he had
promised to wed. nay even the woman
he loved with all his being-a half
breed mulatto! His mind sickened
with the horror OF that thought.
! His very soul seemed to shudder
! and his reason cried out that the
! thing could never be. Yet in
his heart OF hearts still he loved her.
. still desired her with all his strength
and Will; in his heart there was no
wavering. Whatever Rutton had been.
whatever his daughter might be. he
loved her And more, the honor of
the Ambers was in pledge. holding
him steadfast to his purpose to seek.
/ her out In India or wherever she
I might be and 10 bear her away from
! the unnamed danger that threatened
her-eyen to marry her, If she would
have him. He had promised; his word
had passed there could now be no
withdrawal.
An hour elapsed. It's passing rau-
cously emphasized by the tin clock.
Amber remained at the table. his head
upon 1t, his face hidden by his arms.
so still that Doggott would have
thought him sleeping but for his un-
even breathing.
AT length tho young man called
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Fences Ward OF Rabbits

Owing to the increase OF rabbits in
certain parts of Australia a movement
has been started in the Armidale dis
trict TO construct barrier fence along
the eastern side of Central New Eng.
land. This will serve to ward of the
rodents. which now abound In the
rough country along the edge OF the
tableland. These rabbits are begin.
ming to crowd westwards. and are al
ready making their presence felt on
the adjoining country. The sugges-
tion is to link up the rabbit-proof fen.
ces which already exist along the edge
of the more settled area from Walcha
to Glen Innes districts, and thus cut
OFF the rough country where the rab.
bits are thick. and where there Ia no
chance of keeping them under.
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take care of that, when / write and
tell Labertouche you're coming
What name?"
'Iabertouche. Why? You don't
know him"
mo: but Rutton did. Rutton got
that poison from him.
Quain whistled, his eyes round.
did. eh? So much the better; he'll
probably know all about Rutton and'll
take keener interest"
But you forget"
Hang your promise I'm not bound
by it and this is business-blacker
business than you seem to realize,
Davy. You're bent on jumping blind
fold and with your hands tied into the
seething pool OF infamy and intrigue
that is India. And ] won't stand for
1t. Don't think for an instant that I'm
going to let you go without doing
everything l can to make things as
pleasant as possible for you. :.
No; Labertouche Is your man."
And to this Quain held inhexibly;
so that. in the end, Amber, unable to
move him, was obliged to leave the
matter in his hands
A sullen and portentous dawn hung
in the sky when the little party left
the cabin
Between two sand hills the BengaN
lay supine, huddled heap Of garish
color-scarlet, yellow, tan-against
the cold bluish-gray of snow.
At word from Quain the Portu-
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SHIFT
II Your Food Fails to Sustain You,
Change.

/.
One sort Of diet may make person,
respondent, depressed and blue and q
change to the kind of food the body
demands win change the whole thing
A young woman from Phila. says:
For several years 1 kept I'm run
down. miserable sort OF condition, waa
depressed and apprehensive OF troubIe.
I lost flesh In distressing way and
seemed in perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare. No one serious disease
showed, but the 'all-over' sickness waa
enough.
Finally, between the doctor and fa-
ther, was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream. as it was decided 1 must have q
nourishing food that the body could
make use OF.
over me was not. like Jonah's goard.
the growth of a single night. yet it
came with a rapidity that astonished
me.
During the first week gained In
weight, my spirits improved, and the
world began to look brighter and more
worth while
And this has continued steadily. TIN
now, after the use OF s}fape-Nuts for
only few weeks. am perfectly wen.
feel splendidiy, take lively interest In
everything, and am changed person
In every way" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book. ''rhe Road e
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a reason.'
Ever read the above letter. A p~u
one nppears from time 10 ttsse. Th~,
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the check again and again 1t was re-
turned. A week later tried again,
with the same result. Moro for
amusement than anything else, sent
the check to the bank for the fourth
time, and this time 1t went through!
Soon after that our friend calls me
up on the telephone. and IN the most
outraged tone OF voice asks what l
mean by taking advantage of him that
way. He could not have been more
indignant had | double-crossed him In
a straight deal. And that explains
why he no longer speaks to me-"
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SYNOPSIS.
6y LOLHS LOsSE9r kQNcc

David Amber. starting for a duck shoot
ing visit with his friend. Quain, comes up
on young lady equestrian who has been
dismounted by her horse becoming fright
ened at the sudden appearance In the road
of burly Hindu; He declares he is
mouthpeee OF the Bell addresseP ePpSnSssd pxmSsa
AS a man Of high rank and pressing q
ken" into his hand: disappears In the
wood. The girl calls Amber by name
He In turn addresses her as Miss Sophie
Farrell. daughter of Col. Farrell OF the
British diplomatic service in India and
visiting the Quains. Several nights later
the Qucin hcgGc Is burglarized and the
bronze box stolen. Amber and Quain go
hunting on an island and become lost and
Amber is left marooned. He wandcrs
about. finally reaches a cabin and rec
ognizes as Its occupant old friend
named Rutton. whom he last met in Eng
land and who appears 20 be In hiding
When Miss Farrell is mentioned Rutton is
strangely agitated. Chatterji appears
ana summons Rutton to meeting of Il
mysterious body. Rutton seizes a revol-
yer and dashes after ChatterJi. He re-
turns wildly excited. says he has killed
the Hindu, takes poison. and when dying
asks Amber to go to India on a mysteri-
Gus errand.
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knows where.

IOuii'l--lISdNSu KNOWS WneTe.
"Right-O!" agreed Quain. His
hand sought Amber's. "Goodby, and
God be with you," he said huskily.
Amber frightened his clasp upon the
mans fingers. II can't improve on
that, Tony" said he with q feeble
"Goodby. and God be with you" He
dropped his hand and turned away.
Come along, Doggott."
The servant led the way baywards.
Behind them the angry morning blaz-
ed brighter in the sky.
In the sedge OF the shore they
found a rowboat and, launching IL,
embarked for the power boat, which
swung at her mooring in deeper wa
ter. When they were aboard the lat
ter, Doggott took charge of the motor.
leaving to Amber the wheel, and with
little delay they were in motion.
AS their distance from the shore in
creased Amber glanced back The
ISLAND rested low against the flaming
sky, a shape of empurpled shadows.
scarcely more substantial to the Wis
ion than the rack of cloud above. In
the dark sedges the pools, here nnd
there, caught the light from above
and shone blood-red. And suddenly
the attention of the Virginian was ar
rested by the discovery OF human
figure-a man standing upon a dune
top some distance inland, and staring
steadfastly after the boat He seemed
of extraordinary height and very thin; |;
upon his head there was turban; his
arms were folded. While Amber
watched he held his pose. a living
menace-like some fantastic statue
bulking black against the grim red
dawn.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Let the Fairies Atonei

Another good but misguided WON.
al has undertaken campaign for
the abolition of Mother Goose +"
Alice In Wonderland" and fairy sto-
ries of all kinds. She declares that
these stories are lies and ought not
to be tolerated. In her opinion Moth.
er Goose is worse than witch, and
as for Lewis Carroll--well, this Mrs
Gradgrind," of Boston, would have him
hanged on the highest hill. All. but
1t would be a sad old world If all the
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Woman,s Rlahts.

During these days we hear a great
deal of women's rights which are
really womens wrongs. 1 know not
whether women will ever get what
they term equality with men. Man
and woman are equal in the sight of
God, but here below woman occupies
different station. She was created
to be mans helpmate and to supple
ment what he lacked. She was to be
kind and gentle under long suffering
Bishop J. ]. Milan, Roman Catholic
Hartford, Conn.
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go on valeting until I'm too old; after
dares'y. Don't you think So
sirf"
Il believe you're right. Doggott;
only your common-sense surprises me
But 1t makes 1t easier in way. =
Amber fell thoughtful again.
lows that, sir-if l my ask?'
This way" said Amber: Before
he died, Mr. Rutton asked me to do
him service. / agreed He sug-
gested that l take you with me-"
I'm ready, sir" interrupted Dog
gott eagerly. There's no gentleman
Id like to valet for better than your
self"
But there will be dangers, Dog
gott--I don't know precisely what
That's the rub; we'll have to travel
halfway round the world and face un-
known perils. If Mr. Sutton were
right about it, we'P 5 lucky to get
away with our lives"
iii go, sir; 1t was is wish. I'll
go with you to India, Mr.. Amber"
Very we'll. :" Amber smoke
abstractedly, reviewing his plans
But" he enQuired suddenly, "I didn't
mention India. How did you know"
WHY suppose | must ave
guessed it, sir. 1t seemed so likely,
Knowing what I do about Mr.. Rutton."
Amber sat silent. unable to bring
himself to put single question in re-
gard to the dead mans antecedents
But after a pause the servant contin-
ued voluntarily.
He always 'ad deal to do with
persons who came from India-nig-
gers-1 mean, natives. 1t didn't much
matter where we'd be-London or
Paris or Berlin or Rome-they'd unit
I'm up; some ed give money to and
they'd go aw'y; others ed be locked
up with In is study for hours, talking,
talking. They'd 'ardly ever come the
same one twice e 'ated 'em all. Mr..
Rutton did. And yet. sir, always
'ad n suspicion"
Doggott hesitated. lowered his voice,
his gaze shifting uneasily to the still,
shrouded figure in the corner
"What?' demanded Amber tensely.
Il alw'ys thought per'aps e was
what we call in England man OF
color, imself, sir"
"Doggott!"
i don't mean no arm, sir; II was
just their 'cunding him, like, and is
being dark-complected man the
syme as them, and speakin their Ian
guage so ready, that made me think
- '--~ 'od q LITTLE
IS d
con-
80.
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HE TOOK MEAN ADVANTAGE.

of great excitement. saying that lit.
tie deal he was putting through made
$50 necessary at once, and would |
save him little trouble by cashing a
check for the sum He always seemed
to have plenty OF money, so 1 gave
him The cash and took his check. I
did rot see him again soon. and on my
deposlting the check It came back
marked No funds ! looked up his
bank. and found he did have a de-
post there at one time. deposited
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They,re At About raIIors.

"All criticism" said Professor
Brander Matthews In one of his brfi-
liant Columbia lectures, ''is. to GER
tain extent, personal and biased He
paused and smiled. THE Tailor and
Cutter, weekly paper, he resumed.
said in a recent leading article:
"'Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus." Mere
dith's Evan Harrington" and Kings
ley's "Alton Locke" will be great
classics when the ephemeraI novels
of today will have long since per
ished'"
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Would Arrest Him ANYWAY.

Sergeant-'Alt! Take Murphy's
name for talkin' in the ranks.
Corporal-W'y, sergeant. e weren't
talkin'.
Sergeant-Wasn't he? Well, cross
it out an put i'm in the guardroom for
deceivin' me.-Tatler
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Broker Banked Friends" Check AT.
er the Borrower Thought He Had
Protected His Money.

See that heavily built guy who Just
came in?" said the broker TO his friend
IN the cafe. You may have noticed
tnat he caught my eye, but passed on
without sign OF recognition. Well,
nos a promoter. He and I used to be
great friends-ostensibly He rushed
iuto my o@ce one afternoon In a state
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II all the dear delightful tales that
have to do wiss, fairies and imps and
elves and hamadryads we're to be de-
stroyed. The world is sad enough as
1t is. but it would be infinitely sadder
and dreader If children did not be-
lieve in Fairy FIneEar and mothers
and fathers did not yield allegiance to
the Dame o. Dreams.-Rochester Post
Express.
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CHAPTER vi. (Continued).

The servant brought from Rutton's
leather trunk battered black
japanned tin box, which, upon ex-
ploration, proved to contain little that
might not have been anticipated A
handbook issued by the house Of Roth
schiid Freres. Paris, showed bal
ance to the credit of H. ID. Rutton of
something slightly under a million
francs. There was American money,
chiefly In gold certificates OF large
denominations, to the value Of, round
ly, 100000. together with a handful Of
French. German and English bank
notes which might have brought in
exchange about $3.50. In addition to
these there was merely single en-
velope, superscribed: ITO be opened
in event OF my death only. H. d. r."
Amoer broke the seal and read the
enclosures once to himself and a sec
ond time aloud to Doggott The date
was barely year old.
For reasons personal to myself
and sufficient" Rutton had written. II
choose not to make a formal will
shall die, probably in the near future,
by my OWE hand. Of poison. / wish
to emphasize this statement in event
the circumstances surrounding my de-
mise should appear to attach suspic-
Ion Of murder upon any person or per-
sons whatever. / am n widower and
childless. What relations may sur
vive me are distant and will never
appear to claim what estate | may
leay
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have died or left me, however, the dis
position of my effects is matter
about which l am wholly careless"
The signature was unmistakably
genuine-the formal "H. d. Rutton"
with which Amber was familiar. II
was unwitnessed.
The Virginian put aside the paper
and offered Doggott the blank cheque
on Rothschilds This" he said
makes you pretty nearly independent
ly rich. Doggott."
Yes, SIR Doggott took the slip OF
paper in hand that trembled even as
his voice, and eyed it incredulously.
i've never 'ad anything like this be-
fcre, sir; 'ardly know what it
means"
1T means" explained Ambes. that
when you've filed in that luank and
had the money collected from the
Rothschilds, you'll be FORTHWITH
what cash IA herein me neigbhcr-
hood CT forty-Ave thousand pounds
sterling"
Dcggott gasped, temporarily mar
uculate. "Forty-fTo thousands pounds,
Mr.. Amt~r." he declared earn
estly, Il never looked for nothin' like
this. II EsVer-I-" Quite without
warning hh was quiet and composed
again. 'Hight l ask 1t OF you as a
favor, Gr, to look after this"-he Of
fered 20 return the cheque-"for a
While, till can myke up my mind
what TO do with IT,"
Certainly" Amber took the paper.
FOLDED q and placed IT in his card
case. I'D suggest that you deposit
II az soon as possible in a New York
bank for collection. In the meantime.
these bills are yours; you'd better
take care Of them yourself until you
open the banking accouls"
It'll keep as - Dle asAany-
where's DoggGt considered. relool1-
ing tho box-NI 'aven't ardly any use
lor mons except. of course. to tide
N'e over find another position"
"hat exclaimed Amber in
49,. affirmed Doggott respect
Shlly. l'm q bit too old to chynge
my w'ys; valet I've been all my
life and valet I'll die, sir. It's too
lyte to think of anything else"
But with this money Doggott--"
Beg pardon, sir, but | know;
could live easy like n gentleman If
liked-but l wouldn't be gentleman
so what's the use OF that? So the wye
look at It, there's naught for me bu;
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% man can no more change his rep.
1tation thIn ne can change his lace
OF his arms said Senator La Ecnctl9
II banquet in Madison.
There WIS once wicked old BsdE-
son millionaire who took mis- pastor
aside and said:
am going 10 devote tETe re-
n.ainder oi my lie TO doing good
r DIR. Thirdly. outspoken man, m
torted:
DO you mean John III. Good. the
wealthy farmer or young Sam Good,
the Socialist millionairer"
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Knicker-we can't carry revolvers
any longer.
Bocker-But they didn't take away
the girls hatpins
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All human culture rests on a VIII
ngness to make sacrifices to the
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Hair Indicates Strength.
Short. thick, curly hair is an iadlcs