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in some way Crandall was involved:
My theory would not account for his
connection with the case and at once
abandoned it. listening intently to one
Louise advanced.
There must have been some con-
nection between his having telephoned
her and what she did this afternoon.
Before she shot herself she burned
this letter. or most of 1t. Father must
have known about the letter. so ! am
certain that 1t concerned Crandall."
HAS Crandall sister,
II do not know" said Louise. 4
know nothing about his family. II
seems strange. too. when for months
and months we saw so much OF him.
do not recollect his ever having men-
toned any of his relatives.
My brain recorded victory for
womsn's intuition over mans logic.
Her theory seemed infinitely better
than mine. After all II was absurd to
suspect a skeleton in the life of man
like General Parrish. who had been
constantly under public scrutiny Tor
many years. 1t was muck more prob
able that the letter referred to some
incident in the life Of Crandall. some
thing so discreditable that the general
had been forced to forbid Katharine
having anything to do with him. This
theory would account for the quarrel
between father and daughter, Tor Gran.
dalls reticence about his family, for
Katharine's distress. and naturally
the sight Of the letter that had caused
all the trouble would upset the gen.
eral. / began to see plan for action,
Louise, dear" How quickly I'D
versity strips on couventionality and
puts US where our hearts would have
us! Louise, DEAR" I said. 1T win
probably be days before either your
father or Katherine viii be able to
give US any assistance. yet the knowl'
edge that everything has been cleared
up, that the specter has been driven
away. undoubtedly would hasten the
recovery of both. So feel that we
must go ahead"
ooh, Harding" she breathed Her
hand stole out and sought mine. What
comfort you are to me! What wonld
have done this afternoon without
you'll You're right. dear. We must solvs
this awful mystery at once. We must
THE first thing for me to do" J
went on, is to find Hugh Crandall.
He can probably tell us all about this
letter. Even IL he can't he can say
why he telephoned Katharine and
where she went this afternoon. When
we have learned this much we shall
at least have made good start. The
next thing will be to trace the letter.
! II Crandall does not know about 1t. wa
will try to learn from whom 1t came"
That's impossible" objected Lou
| ise. Haven't we looked everywhere
| in Katharine's room for the envelope
| In which 1t came. | am positive that
she burned 1t. Without the envelope
you can never discover where 1t was
mailed or to whom 1t was addressed"
I'm not so sure about that The
post Office has wonderful ways Of
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CHAPTER II.
Our First Clue.

Louise and sat at dinner together.
Isn't 1t strange In this world OF
ours how the commonplace follows on
the terrible. how the usual and the un-
usual intermingle. how the clock ticks
on when the whole universe seems to
be tumbling about our heads! In one
of the rooms upstairs lay Katharine.
still unconscious, with doctor and a
nurse constantly at her side. The bull
let had been removed, and while 1t
had penetrated the brain some slight
distance. Doctor Wilcox said there was
Just chance-the barest chance-that
she might recover. 1t might, however.
be hours, he explained. before she re-
gained consciousness-if she ever did
In another of the rooms lay General
Parrish, more dead than alive. Paraly-
sis had deadened his limbs and tied
his tongue. Only his eyes seemed
alert Most of the time since the
stroke had felled him he had been
slumbering heavily.
While the hustle OF caring for the
two stricken ones lasted there was
little time for thought. and was glad
for the activity that kept Louise's
mind distracted. Just at the moment
when 1t seemed that everything mad
been done and there was nothing left
but the anxious .waiting-waiting foi
the worst--the butler had fiptoed In &c
summon US to dinner. Brayely, al
| first, Louise and | made pretense Ct
eating, each trying to encourage the
other, but the unforgetable events Of
/ the afternoon, the missing faces at tht
table and the sorrow that filled US bctf
n ade food impossible Drawing oul
! chairs together. we distressed in wis
I pcrs the battling mystery OF Kath
arine's attempted suicide and her IA
( TIERS strange terror.
On tie table before US lay the scrai
Of yellow paper. the sight OF which
had 80 agitated General Parrish. a
soon as he had been carried into III
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NO sLEEPlhG-BAG FOR THEM
lapianders Preferred the Snow and
the Open Air, and So Had =
Comfortable Night.

Sir Henry Lucy tells In the Corn
Hill Magazine a good story that he
had from hansen. the explorer. 1t
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
of the Laplanders.
Part of Nansen's equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted Of two
sleeping-bags made of undressed
skins. On the first night of the Jour-
ney hansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one of the bags.
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks. and so slept in the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring to rest. hansen saw
the three Laplanders he had engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping-bag. When he
awoke in the morning. almost numb
with cold. he observed that the bag
In which he had tied up the Lapland-
ers was empty. and that they were no
where in sight He was afraid they
had deserted him. and scrambling
out of the bag he went in search of
them, He found the three men fast
asleep behind hillock OF snow that
they had scraped together as pro
lection against the wind,
-Ah. master" they said. when ask
ed to explain this extraordinary con-
duct. I'VE couldn't sleep In that thing.
1t was too hot. SO we got out and
have had a comfortable night here"
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SOUL out Oh ulm. nave seen hotu-
arine's life. too. blighted by its con-
slant presence. Whether Katharine
lives or whether she dies. must find
out what it is ! must. before it kills
my father. too. You'll help me. won't
your"
There have been strange wooings
and strange betrothals in loves his
tory. but never before has any man
been brought to fuller realization of
the depth OF woman's affection for
him or her confidence and trust in him
than was at this moment when Lou
ise put this question to me. My arms
went about her and my lips met hers
in one long kiss that was pledge-a
pledge that henceforth my life. my
heart. my.mind. my powers. my every
thing were hers All my abilities would
be devoted to clearing this mystery
that was stealing the JOY from her
years, when they should be the pleas
ATTEST But this was no time Cor love
dalliance. The mystery must be
solved. Suicides generally left letters
Perhaps
| Hand in hand, Louise and l went
into Katharine's apartments, where
the rooms disorder still told of the
tragedy so recently enacted there. In
one corner stood little open desk.
It's contents bore evidence OF / recent
careful sorting that limited very plain
ly of generalization. but there was no
note or letter there. looked next on
the mantelpiece. hoping to find among
the photographs and cotillion favors
that Uttered it some clue which might
solvs the mystery, but there was moth
ing there. either.
My eye fell to the CRATE below.
where fire burned cheerily. Here
again was evidence of generalization
in the ashes of burned letters and the
charred corner OF a Photograph. A
blackened bit of paper that had fallen
through the CRATE before 1t burned
caught my glance and ] stopped to
pick it up. 1t was just scrap of vel
low. torn from folded letter. with its
edges burned to fragileness. Careful
| ly Louise and ] unfolded IT. for it
seemed the only thing in all the room
that might yield some explanation. AS
1--we pored over the meaningless frag-
ments of sentences, an exclamation of
horror came from the doorway Look
ing up we saw the tall form of General
Parrish lettering or the sill.
Clad In dressing-jacket, his white
hair in wild disorder, he pointed with
| accusing finger at the yellow scrap OF
paper in my hand Never in mortal
face have seen such terror as | saw
in his. His eyes. dilated. seemed bulg
ing from their sockets. His counte
nance was white as chalk. His jaw
had dropped in the paralysis of terror
From his throat came horrible numb
| lings. as he tried to speak and could
not.
Louise and sprang to his side. but
with almost maniacal strength hs
shook us of and. with finger still
pointing to the yellow scrap had lei
fall to the floor, he managed to gasp:
That yellow letter. Where did"
Before he could finish the sentence
he fell stricken to the floor. his vote,
choking, his eyes glazing. paralyzed b!
some hidden terror--we knew no
what.
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=.
own rooms 4 nao nas'eneu " ieseue
from the moor. ieit tha'' ins's''nSan'
as IL appeared u must nave soine ''l
portant conhection win .ne events y,
tue aieefnoon. .e' as LOUISE anu :
pulzieu over II, tnere seehieu no'nins
sinister III 'he irasinenss oi sen'eneeS
ina. 'ne names hau iei' az ou' iAee
cipneraoie-
Inc paper' VI peou,iAiiy yeno"'sn
TINT was mar ui' nioie 'naii W. 'sUa
ine'ies, me urn corner u 'o'.'u 49,.
Ter on II we couiu inaAe ou' 'n0ss
VIRUS
"a
used SO
a sister
seemed iheVita
ana aisgrace an
ny aeeiuen' &c
mani eoou
<As we STUDIED the DIT OF 'ype"ri''
ing. Word Dy woFu' we ,risu 10 trace
In II some hidden meaning some SIN
lster warning. something or any,hins
that would connect II with poor hatn'
arines mental distress ana ner Ia
tners poignant terror mat the let
ter OIL winch this was part nad neen
IN Aa'haiiiie possess,oh was .'iaen'
from the pace Mnere ! nau pieAeu ap
.ne i.asmen,. was eqaany Ia"
'nat 4. hau peen ner PURPOSE " ue,
s.ioy H. oh cue o.nei nanu'
..''"' ~ nus - .,,s
.N's,snee =. 'a.s ~ .,ah,
10 81" 0 ~. ,. 49, -
u sap VI - ,naSs 80 49,
pal. =, soine uoeu, .Aa. A 49,
'i',u iiipiess'on On us a
man nAey' we ie,'' w
yer was ~ hau piayeu sone
.he euairei oe'"eea 'a.. 49,
ner rather 'he ai'elnoun oeio'e s"e
oisnisseo hush orahuan'
we ran over all the words we cou -.
think OF that begin pa. Trying 70 ~
one TO the phrases loiio"ins-
bar. ban, bank. bankruptcy oasih' par
rel. barren, battie-tnere were 'oo
many of them. we gave II up ano
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tracing nail. One Of the inspectors 4
friend OF mine and we will enlist hi
help. But first must find Crandali
Probably he can tell us everything I
he will. Do you knowNwheTe he hvesr
He has bachelor apartments some
where along the avenue, don't know
just where. know his place Of bust
ness"
Il know that. too. but It Is useless b
try to find him there tonight"
Katharine used to send all be
notes to one of his clubs where he n
ceived his NALL think II was tn
University"
~CorAe into the library" said :. ~
can quickly locate him."
CTo BE coNTDguEn,
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OQpXRA@HT 1911
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house IN
great excitement over the attempted sur
eide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an Investigation and finds that hus1
Crzntail, sutton for Katharine. who nad
been forbidden the house by General + at
IRISH, had talked with Katharine over the
Telephone Just before she shot herseh.
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Perhaps man can't be married
against his will, but many a poor man
discovers later that he was married
against his better Judgment.
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Most Of our so-calledi good inten'
lions are base limitations.
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COLD FLOODED AND
MEATH nIsAIyMR

Chiis: Rev James Reed. Gaincsy lie. Tex, wrote.
IL have used your Chcathuu Chill Tpnic IN my
family and can recon uaondit To eyofypnc Affected
ether remedies failed. nrice Soc. Sold and guar
antecd by All dealers. A. ~ Richards Medicine o..
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chanoed Its Species.

''Wacn't the forbidden fruit an np
pleg"
Yes. but at the time Eve handed
1t to Adam 1t was lemon"
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Daisy-By the way. Frank, that's .
lovely waistcoat you have. New, isn't
It?
Frank--No.
Daisy-strang never saw it be-
fore.
Frank-That's because my brother
never called on you.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-05
CLOUDS
(By Walt Mason)
y x < $ y IS 3 n $ n 3 s IS i:

4 every day was sunny with ne'el
IA cloud in view. we'd soon be spend
Ing money To buy cloud or two. 1t
la'ways makes me weary when peo
rle say; "Old hor, may All your days
he CHEEKY and hrght and full OF
loy'' Ii all my DAYS were sunny. ex-
stenee would seem flat IL | were
fed on honey I'd soon get sick of
taat like slice OF sorrow To hold
Jne down today. tor that viii make to,
morrow seem fifty times as gay A
hide dose OF sickness won't make me
whine or yell: twill emphasize the
sickness OF life when z am we'll A
lttie siege of trouble won't put my
hcHes in pawn, for I'LL be trottius
double with Joy when ii is gone
Down there in tropic Regions where
sunshine CLEANS all day the Ia; aud
lazy lesions. just sleen their lives
away. there every idle pumpkin who
in the sunshine lies, lives Ike a ye'-
low .umpkin, and like a squash he
dies. ! want my share of changes
my share OF ops and downs. want
. life that ranges from crosses mp TO
crowns
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DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS

Though ii begins to be apparent
that the crops raised in the United
States this year Will approach, if
irdeed they will not surpass, the rec
ord figures, ii does not by any means
follow that prices for farm products
to actual consumers through the com
| ing year will be appreciahly less. M
lGss, in the meantime. corrective Ma
| tional legislation can be had. or, at
least foreshadowed by Democratic
| success
| Tach of the political parties blames
the other for this rather illogical
state Of affairs. If there be any ad-
vantage ID the fight on this particu-
lar issue o. high cost OF living, ii is
jth the Democrats, because RepGb-
Icans are in power, and whether
justly or not, the body of the people
are inclined to hold Them responsible
for troubles now so acutely felt. It
is therefore, being generally conceded
that divided as the Republican garty
lis democrats are pretty sure to come
into power next year and be afforded
he oportunity of putting IN force. as
Quickly as possible corrective meas
ures. which the platform promises
anu MlLtN : fNIAEl4A ! Q4A noe A-AN+H
ed TO allow 10 become laws.
While Governor Wilson's speeches
have a very sure ring about them as
to the general policy he intends 10
recommend he has so far said moth
ing whatever calculated to justly
alarm the business interests OF the
country and 1t is quite certain that
he will moi do This. His short tour
last week through PENNSYLVANIA mere
tcfore the stronghold Of Republican,
ism was one continued ovation. tie
had expected 10 deliver but one SET
s eerb but the welcoming crowds
mounting to untold thousands torceu
Linn to Give them seven. lie u.s. as
an know. a very forceful and conVinc-
Jug speaker perfect master OF we
So biects he discusses. In tne mos,
sood-humorad. smiling way. he tolo
his audiences how. for many years
they had been blindly living unde.
The control of trustees rather than
bo;re AS they should have been, di-
rar+ mariners in whatever prospefltN
the country has been able TO ENJOY
,usder existing laws He seems 10
no of the opinion that If these tr0s
taos had acted more as partners u
fhesp favored few. while ahlas7i"- =
untold millions under specially favor .
ne laws had divided 81 little more
with those by whose laoors
lone such vast sums OF money have
accumulated into the hands OF the
Few there would not noV exist such
General demand for a revision OF 4
ne laws bv which such accumuia- I
tions have been rendered possible
Governor wilson's very d.enine,G (
conduct while the ballouue al Fal- +
timore was proceeding and his con +
edert. good humored conduct OF ms
q r,nvass. so far, show him 70 possess,
dining strenuous times = weltpoisea 4
r,ud highly essential 10 one VINO
e,1 he called on 20 nm that char +
wrseh seems 10 be wifh certainty /
awaiting him.
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w entyfourhour day on an efficiency
basis Systematic the essentials oi
our life, and remember thar recrea
ton Of energy must b. followed by
an Inhalation OF spiritual energy
s;.stematize Your time and work with
a view toafnding yourself every morn
ny a little stronger and brighter than
rOu We're the morning before Worl,
and play for power, spiritual. mental
and hysical Not merely for the
sake of turning off work.
More attention is being paid TO liv-
,ng than ever before 1t has come to
be q sort Of fad for people to find
ont that there is such a thing as life
u the past there was so much to be
done that people actually forgot they
lad personality they became ma
chimes and Went through life without
knowing it,
But much as there was to be. dove
IL he ast. there is more TO be done
now and that is why il is so highly
important that we begin living. We
sircp DIV car not accomplish all there
Is to be accomplished unless we sys-
feinatize our lives We must learn TO
live in order to d. the DAYS work, so
heavy has the days work become
50 many details are there to look az
ter so many things are there for us
10 learn.
lUt when we etematize our lives.
when we learn how 10 plav as well
as how to work. when we learn how
10 read and when to read when we
learn to live SO that we shall not he
worried. to death by petty annoyances
when we learn system then we
shall ind that We have plenty Of time
10 accomplish our work. with enough
time to get something out OF life
.-~-~--s~--=-~-~----~~--~@--s
Amanda E. Lentz d C., has return
ed from Chicago after months
work in clinic. She says it is won
lerful how the science of chiropractic
s spreading in the East
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BABY CURED OF SKIN TROUBLE

Decstursitle. Tenn My babys head
broke out 10 u de blisiers when be was
about two weeks old They Larst and then
just scabbed over With a soft spOngy crust
and raw under g. He cried and could not
sleep. There ddnt anything do him ans
good until 1 got the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment IN about three weeks after J
began using Cuticura Soap ana Ointment
they cured him. lsiEued] 1lrs. Anna
Goodman. Jan. 81. 1872
Cu.icura soap and Cuticura Ointment art
sold throughout the world Liberal sample OF
zach mailed FIRE. still sep skin Bouk Ad
frsss postcard .Cutirara nept1 Boston
sTender-faes'd men shotld usa Cuticur;
soap shaving stick, PC. Sample free.
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DR.. Hartman Answers Questions
About The Revised Pe-ru-na

iiN years ago, but did not realize the
ifficulty OF overcoming the people S
lotions on this subject
made q change in the formula OF
'e-ru.na Quite a radical change A
hange that altered the color and the
aste and somewhat the medicinal
aifect of Peru-na did this beiey-
ng il was the best thing 10 do under
he circumstances
Immediately the change appeared,
he people began to complain OF Pc.
una They generally thought the
lruggist was to blame. that their
ottle OF Pe-ru-na had been tamperod
With. This made bad feelings be
ween the users OF Pe-ru-na and the
.ruggists. The druggists in some
'ases became irritated and angered
md made complaint TO the whole
,alers and maputacturers. Thus the
rade was temporarily in an uproar
After year OF explanation the
rade quleted down and the new
'e-ru-na took its place in the drug
torres IS popular household remedy
lnd yet ii has not attained the popu
arity that the other Pe.ru-na had
hanging the formula of Pe-ru-na was
Equivalent 10 introducing new
medicine nto The drug trade, an ex
remeB Nlfachlt thing to do now-a-
days.
Pe-ru-na as it is made today is a
very excellent remedy for catarrh and
general catarrhal ailments. Ii is for
sale in all drug stores and has a
slight laxative effect very much need.
"a in these days 1t seemed 20 me
hat it was in many ways a better
than before Yet in spite OF
al explanations there is a consider |
able demand for the old Peru-na as
{ used TO be made.
! have authorized the formation OF !
, company 70 manufacture it, under |
he trade name OF Ka-tar-no. The |
<a-tarno Go is located in Columbus, /
Ohio, and stands ready TO surpiy the /
rade with the old-time formula of /
'e-ru-na under the name OF ka-tarno. |
Send for free booklet Address
[a-rar-no Co.. Columbus Ohio
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The Balkan states. to say nothing OF
Great Britain Germany France and
lie other larger and more powerful
nations
No unusual perspicacity is required
to see in these TWO facts q case OF
cause and effect In the proportion
in which rompt and certain infl.c
.uon OF punishment operates as a de
terrent of crime. in Just that proper
ton does slow and uncertain admin
isiration of justice breed lawIessness
The United States occupies the bad
eminence Of being the most homicidal
OF the worlds civilized nations bar-
ling none. chiefly because with Us
Justice not only travels with a leaden
teel but strikes. when it strikes at
al with weak and uncertain hand
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ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. was com
pletely run down. On advice | took
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and am enjoying good health. 1t
is now more than two years and have
not had an ache or pain since. | do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. /
think your medicine is grand and l praise
it to all my-neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
lish it. Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
tons Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia u. Pfnkham's Negeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
tOLydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by "A woman,
eNd held in strict confidence.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT

For years the official figures have
been showing that n proportion 10
population. murders are more numer-
ous In the United States than in any
other civilized nation on the face OF
the globe. Now Investigators, who
claim TO have gone into the matter
with great carefulness and thorough
ness are telling US that the percent
age of murderers caught and convict
ed in this country is much smaller
than in Spain, Italy or even any of
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BREAKING OUT
ITCHED AND BURNED
On Wrists and Hands, Ears Red
and Swollen, Terrible itching,
Heel Would Crack. Could Not
Sleep. Cuticura Soap and 0nt-
ment Cured all Troubles,

Beilton. Ga.--"sone time ago my feet
and ears were frost bitten which troubled
me very much every winter My ears
would turn red and swell with terrible
itching and my heel would crack. ] had
out on my wrists and binds which would
Itch and burn until ] could not sleep OF
nights There was an eruption on my scalp
with dandrun. ! had 10 keep my hair
clipped close 60 keep down the irritation
and itching. ] tried several remedies and
cream and two treat tments OF ----- remedies
which did me no good. Then ! used Cuti-
cura soap and Ointment and am now cured
OF all my troubles. (signedl J. S. Echols.
Mar. Il 1Ql2