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CHAPTER XIV.
Suspense.

OuoPCHoCs
Ten minutes after Sweetwater's ar
rival in the village streets, he was at
home with the people he found there
His conversation with Doris in the
doorway OF her home had been OBJ
served by the curious and far-sighted
and the questions asked and answered
had made him friends at once. OF
course, he could tell them nothing
but that did not matter, he had seen
and talked with Doris and their idol.
lied young manager was no worse
and might possibly soon be better.
or his own affairs-of his business
asked nothing. All ordinary interests
we're lost in the stress OF their great
suspense.
II was the same in the bar-room OF
the one hotel. Without resorting to
more than a question or two, he read
lily learned all that was generally
known of Oswald Brotherson. Every
one was talking about him, and each
had some story to tell illustrative OF
his kindness, his courage and his
quick mind. The Works had nevet
produced a man OF such varied capa.
bilities and all round sympathies To
have him for manager meant the
greatest good which could befall this
little community.
CTo BE CONTINUED)
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Imnosslble.

Startled he looked about him. my
legs are comfortable" he muttered.
MY knees aren't cramped. ! can get
the kinks out of my calves and even
lean back little. My line of signt is
unobstructed Why, not only can
see everything, can also hear every
thing! | can retire to the foyer with
out disturbing Is people. or even one,
but-Pm so comfortable sitting here
that I'd rather stay just where ! am.
These lights-the music-the scenery
all look real, yes, they strongly sug-
gest reality-but it's impossible. Who
ever heard of comfortable theater?
I must be dreaming"
And doggone it, that's just what be
was doing.-Masses.
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light in the young detectives eye
clouded over. Presently he remarked:
How will the finding of another o
B. alter Mr.. Brotherson's position? To
my mind, this discovery of a more ia
vored rival, brings in an element OF
motive which may rob our self-rellant
friend OF some Of his complacency.
We may further, rather than destroy,
our case against Brotherson by locat-
ing a second o. b."
Mr.. Gryces eyes twinkled.
THAT won't make your task any
more irksome," he smiled. THE loop
we thus throw out is as likely to
catch Brotherson as his rival"
The prospect grows pleasing.
Where am to look for my man?"
Your ticket is bought to Derby, Pa
II he is not employed in the great fac
tories there. we do not know where to
find him. We have no other clue"
81 see. It's short journey have
before me-"
You will start tomorrow"
"Wish IT we're today"
"And you will first inquire, not for
o. B., that's too indefinite; but for a
young girl by the name Of Doris Scott
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CHAPTER xxilL
Doris.


"A young girl named Doris Scott7"
The station-master looked some
what sharply at the man he was ad-
dressing, and decided to give the d.
rection asked.
There is but one young girl in
town of that name," he declared, "and
she lives in that little house you see
Just beyond the works. But let me
tell you, stranger" he went on with
some precipitation
But here he was called of, and
Sweetwater lost the conclusion OF his
warning, IL warning 1t was meant to
be. This did not trouble the detect
i've. He stood a moment, taking in
the prospect; decided that the works
and the works alone made the town,
and started for the house which had
been pointed out to him. His way lay
through the chief business street, and
greatly preoccupied by his errand. he
gave but passing glance to the rows
on rows of workmen's dwellings
stretching away to the left in SEEM
insly endless perspective. Yet in that
glance he certainly took in the fact
that the sidewalks we're blocked with
people and wondered II IL we're a holi
day. II so, 1t must be an enforced
one, for the faces showed little Joy.
Possibly a strike was on. The anx-
iety he everywhere saw pictured on
young faces and old. argued some
trouble; but II the trouble was that.
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alarm. But she answered him dis
tinctly:
"On the twenty-fifth of last month.
just an hour after he was made mana
ger. He fell In a faint at the works
The day-the very day OF Miss Chal-
loner's DEATH
Had he heard-did you tell him
then or afterwards what happened in
New York on that very date?"
mo, no. we have not told him. II
would have killed him-and may yet"
Edith. Edith" come again
through the hush. hush so deep that
Sweetwater received the impression
that the house was empty save for pa
tient and nurse.
This discovery had its effect upon
him. Why should he subject this
young and loving girl to further pain?
He had already learned more than he
had expected to. The rest would come
with time. But at the first intimation
he gave of leaving, she lost her alb
stracted air and turned with absolute
eagerness towards him.
"One moment" said she. You are
stranger and do not know your
name or your purpose here. But
cannot let you go wishout begging you
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On llfe,a Road.

All our weariness OF suffering ID
without avail to leave even a little
memory among those for whom the
work is done. All that is wrought in
despair, all that is loveless and me-
ohanical. falls to the ground. We live
for even 80 much as a brief life only
In that which carries the breath of
our being. the love OF our heart It Is
not in ceaseless routine and grinding
that we live. nor in what is small and
anxious. Machines will continue the
tale of that forever. No cog will ever
be missed in that endless chain. But
we shall not wholly die in the song
we carry in our heart, the love with
which we love the being of another,
the smile we give another wayfarer at
dusty noonday.-Collier's Weekly.
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AN OLD NURSE
Persuaded Doctor to Drink Postum

An old faithful nurse and an eXpef~
fenced doctor, are pretty strong COM
bination in favor Of Postum, instead
Of tea and coffee.
The doctor said:
81 began to drink Postum five years
ago on the advice of an old nurse.
During an unusually busy winter,
between coffee, tea and overwork,
became a victim of insomnia. In q
month after beginning Postum. In
place of tea and coffee, / could eat
anything and sleep as soundfy as n
baby.
"In three months had gained twen-
ty pounds in weight. ! now use Pos
tum altogether instead OF tea and cof-
fee; even at bedtime with a SOFA
cracker or some other tasty biscuit
Having a little tendency TO Disbe-
tes, used a small quantity OF saochsf~
Inc instead OF sugar, to sweeten with
may add that today tea or coffee arc
never present in our house and very
many patients, on my advice, have
adopted Postum as their regular bev-
erage
I'm conclusion / can assure anyone
that, as a refreshing. nourishing ana
nerve-strengthening beverage, there m
nothing equal to Postum"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, The
Road to Wellville."
Postum comes In two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
. ing but Is prepared instantly by stir
ring level teaspoonful In an ordinary
cup Of hot water, which makes II right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put In .
heaping spoonful and temper II with q
large supply Of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate ana
have II served that way In the future
There's Reason" for Postum.
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CHAPTER xx.-contInued.

"Letters!" Fury thickened the
speakers voice, and lent a savage
CLEAN to his eye. "Forgeries! Make
believes! Miss Challoner never wrote
the drivel you dare to designate as let
ters. 1t was concocted at police head
quarters. They made me tell my story
and then they found some one who
could WELD the poetic pen. I'm
obliged to them for the confidence
they show in my credulity. | credit
Miss Challoner with such words as
have been given me to read here to-
day? / knew the lady, and | know my
self. Nothing that passed between us,
not an event in which we were both
concerned, has been forgotten by me,
and no feature of our intercourse fits
the language you have ascribed to
her. On the contrary, there is a la
mentable contradiction between facts
as they were and the fancies you have
made her indulge in. And this, as you
must acknowledge, not only proves
their falsity, but exonerates Miss Chal-
loner from all possible charge of SEN
timentality."
Yet she certainly wrote those let
ters. We had them from Mr.. Challon-
er. The woman who brought them was
really her maid. We have not de-
ceived you in this"
Il do not believe you"
1t was not extensively said; but the
conviction it expressed was absolute
Sweetwater recognized the tone, as
one of truth, and inwardly laid down
his arms. He could never like the
man; there was too much iron in his
fiber; but he had to acknowledge that
as q foe he was invulnerable and
therefore admirable to one who had
the good sense to appreciate him.
Il do not want to believe you"
Thus did Brotherson supplement his
former sentence. For If / were to at
tribute those letters to her, / should
have to acknowledge that they were
written to another man than myself.
And this would be anything but
agreeable to me. Now l am going to
my room and to my work You may
spend the rest OF the evening or the
whole night, II you will, listening at
that hole. AS heretofore, the labor
will be all yours. and the indifference
mine."
With a satirical play of feature
which could hardly be called a smile,
he nodded and left the room.
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Plea for More Hyo,enic GRAVY.

STRAY Shots" the weekly paper is
sued by the inmates of the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth, offers this
mild suggestion to the cook: "If the
gentleman intrusted with the task Of
making brown gravy to accompany the
T-bone steaks served at this great cui-
mary center, will take the trouble TO
read few lines in any old cook book
he will discover that it is impossible
to use hot water and produce lumpless
gravy. If he has any spark of SYM
pathy in his soul he will realize that
uncooked -four is the bosom friend or
indigestion. A little regard for the
great regiment that feasts here should
furnish comfort in the consciousness
of duty well performed"
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tience rose above every other consid-
Grafton. Without attempting to finish
her sentence, or yielding in the least
to her curiosity or interest in this
mans errand, she cried out with
smothered intensity, GO! go. can
not stay another moment from his
bedside"
But a thunderbolt could not have
moved Sweetwater after the hearing
of that name. "Mr. Brotherson!" he
echoed. "Brotherson! Not Orlando?"
mo, no; his name is Oswald. He's
the manager of these works. He's
sick with typhoid. We are caring for
him. If you belonged here you would
know that much. There! that's his
voice you hear. Go, il you have any
mercy" And she began to push to
the door.
But Sweetwater was impervious to
all hint, With eager eyes straining
into the shadowy depths just visible
over her shoulder, he listened eagerly
for the disjointed words now plainly
to be heard in some nearby but un-
seen chamber.
"The second o. b." he inwardly
declared. And he's a Brotherson
also, and-sickl Miss Scott" he
whisperingly entreated as her hand
fell in manifest despair from the door,
don't send me away yet. I've a
question of the greatest Importance to
put you, and one minute more cannot
make any difference to him. Listen!
those cries are the cries Of delirium: !:
he cannot miss you; he's not even con-
scious."
He's calling out In his sleep. He's
calling her, just as he has called for
the last two weeks. But he will wake
conscious-or he will not wake at all. "
The anguish trembling in that lat
ter phrase would have attracted
Sweetwater's earnest, II not pitiful,
attention at any other time, but now
he had ears only for the cry which at
that moment came ringing shrilly
from within
Edith! Edith"
The living shouting for the deadl A
heart still warm sending forth it's
longing to the pierced and pulseless
one, hidden in a far-off tomb! To
Sweetwater, who had seen Miss Chal-
loner buried, this summons of dis
tracted love came with weird force
Then the present regained it's sway.
He heard her name again, and this
time 1t sounded less like a call and
more like the welcoming cry of meet
ing spirits. Was death to end this
separation? Had he found the true
o. b., only to behold another and final
seal fall upon this closely folded mys-
terry? In his fear of this possibility,
he caught at Doris hand as she was
about to bound away, and eagerly
asked:
when was Mr.. Brotherson taken
i'll? Tell me, entreat you; the exact
day and, If you can, the exact hour.
More depends upon this than you can
readily realize"
She wrenched her hand from his,
painting with impatience and a vague
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Breaking the Ice.

Now, Miss Imogene," argues the
young man who has been receiving
the frigid stares and the monosyIlabic
replies of the fair young thing who
chose to become offended at him at
the dinner and continued to accunu-
late indignation at the opera. "it's per-
fectly useless for you to attempt TO
act like an iceberg Science tells us
that only one-eighth of an iceberg is
visible, and you"
Considering the fact that she was
wearing an evening gown, he really
might have exercised bit more tact.
Judge.
Many a fellow lays his heart at the
feet of a girl who deliberately kicks n
goal with ii.
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CHAPTER XXI.
A Chanoe.

'Tt's all up. Pm beaten on my own
ground" Thus confessed Sweetwater,
In great detection, to himself. but
I'm going to take advantage of the
permission he's just given me and con-
tinue the listening act. Just because
he told me to and just because he
thinks won't. I'm sure it's no worse
than to spend hours OF restless toss
ing in bed. trying to sleep"
But our young detective did neither.
AS he was putting his supper dishes
away, a messenger boy knocked at his
door and handed him a note. 1t was
from Gryce and ran thus:
Steal of, II you can, and as soon
as you can, and meet me in Twenty
ninth street. A discovery has been
made which alters the whole situa-
ton"
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=" A hitch of the shoulder conveyed
Sweetwater's disgust. His uniform
good nature was strangely disturbed.
He says that, does he? Come, now!
prejudice aside, what's your honest
opinion of the man you've had under
your eye and ear for three solid
weeks? Speak up, my boy"
81 can't. | hate the fellow. | hate
anyone who makes me look ridiculous
He-well, well. il you'll have it, sir
| will say this much. If II weren't
for that blasted coincidence OF the
two deaths equally mysterious, equal.
ly under his eye. I'd stake my life on
his honesty. But that coincidence
stumps me and-and a sort of feeling
| have here"
1t is to be hoped that the slap he
gave his breast, at this point, carried
off some of his superfluous emotion
You can't account for a feeling, Mr.
Gryce. The man has no heart. He's
as hard as rocks"
you've found no evidence against
him."
"N-no."
Then listen TO this. The test with
the letters failed, because what he
said about them was true They were
not meant for him. Miss Challoner
had another lover"
only another? | thought there
were a half-dozen, at least"
Another whom she favored The
letters found in her possession-not
the ones she wrote herself but those
which were written to her over the
signature o. B. were not all from the
same hand. Experts have been busy
with them for week, and their re-
ports are unanimous. The o. B. who
wrote the threatening lines acknowl-
edged to by Orlando Brotherson, was
not the o. B. who penned all of those
love letters. The similarity in the writ
ing misled us at first, but once the
doubt was raised by Mr.. Challoner's
discovery of an allusion in one OF
them which pointed to another writer
than Mr.. Brotherson. and experts had
no difficulty in reaching the decision
have mentioned"
Two o. BIS! Isn't that incredible
Mr.. Gryce?"
yes, it is Incredible; but the in.
credible is not the impossible. The
man you've been shadowing denies
that these expressive effusions OF Miss
Challoner were meant for him. Let
US see, then, if we can find the man
they were meant for"
THE second o. B.?"
"Yes."
Sweetwater's face instantly lit up.
do you mean that latter my
egregious failure-am not to be kept
on the ounces seat? That you will
give me this new job?"
Yes. We don't know of a better
man."
The superintendent--h does he
feel about it?"
He was the first one to mention
you"
And the Inspector"
"Is glad to see US on a new tack"
A pause, during which the eager
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the clue to this second o. B."
Another woman!"
mo, a child-well. won't say child
exactly; she must be sixteen"
Doris Scott
"She lives in Derby. Derby is a
small place. You will have no trouble
in finding this child. 1t was to her
Miss Challoner's last letter was ad-
dressed. The one"
Il begin to see"
mo, you don't, Sweetwater. The af-
fair is as blind as your hat; nobody
sees. We're just feeling along a
thread. o. BIS letters-the real o. B.,
| mean. are the manifest effusions pos
sible. He's no more of a milksop than
this Brotherson; and unlike your in
domitable friend he seems to have
some heart. only wish he'd give us
some facts; they would have been
serviceable. But the letters reveal
nothing except that he knew Doris.
He writes in one of them: Doris is
learning to embroider. It's like fairy
weaving a cobweb! Doris isn't very
common name. She must be the same
little girl to whom Miss ChalloneI-
wrote from time to time"
WAS this letter signed o. B.?"
Yes; they all are. The only diff
ference between his letters and Broth
erson's is this: Brothersons retain
the date and address; the second o.
B. do not"
How not? Torn off, do you mean ?"
yes, or rather neatly cut away;
and as none of the envelopes were
kept, the only means by which we can
locate the writer is through this girl
Doris"
IF ! remember rightly Miss Chal-
loner's letter to this child was free
from all mystery"
quite so. II is as open as the day.
That is why it has been mentioned as
showing the freedom of Miss Challon-
er's mind five minutes before that IA
tai thrust"
Sweetwater took up the sheet Mr.
Gryce pushed towards him and re-read
these lines:
Dear Little Doris:
"It is a snowy night, but 1t is all
bright inside and | feel no chill in
mind or body. I hope it is so in the
little cottage of Derby; that my little
friend is as happy with harsh winds
blowing from the mountains as she
was on the summer day she came to
see me at this hotel. | like to think
OF her as cheerful and beaming. re-
joicing in tasks which make her so
womanly and sweet. She is often,
often in my mind.
"Affectionately your friend,
EDITH A. CHALLONER."
That to a child OF sixteen!"
Just So"
Doris spells something besides
Doris"
yet there is a Doris. Remember
that .. B. says in one of his letters,
Doris is learning to embroider'
"Yes, | remember that"
$50 you must first find Doris"
Very good. sir"
And as Miss Challoner's letter was
directed to Derby, Pa. you will go to
Derby"
Yes, sir"
Anything more?"
I've been reading this letter again."
It's worth IT,"
The last sentence expresses
hope"
THAT has been noted"
Sweetwater's eyes slowly rose till
they rested on Mr.. Gryce's face: I'll
cling to the thread you've given me.
I'll work myself through the laby-
rinth before us till reach him."
Mr.. Gryce smiled but there was
more age, wisdom and sympathy for
youthful enthusiasm in that smile than
there was confidence or hope.
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CHAPTER XXI.
o. 3. Aualn.

Whats happened? Something very
important? ought to hope so after
this confounded failure"
Failure? Didn't he read the let
ters?"
Yes, he read them. Had to. but he
denies everything. Said she would
never have written such letters TO
him; even goes so far as to declare
that n she did write them-(he must
be strangely ignorant OF her hand
writing) they we're meant for some
other man thep himself All rot, but
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The Omen Car WIndo,..

The rule as to windows In passen-
ger cars in Germany has been that
they must not be opened on both sides
OF the car without the consent of all
occupying the compartment, but on
city and suburban trains in Berlin
neither window in the front compart-
ment OF each car may be opened with
out such unanimous consent
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Poor Excuse.

why did you drop of the water
wagon?"
"It was so crowded l couldn't get n
seat" explained the other man. lameiy.
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When a man boasts that he Is his
own master it may be because no one
else wants him.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1913-12-30
To Fight Hog Cholera
(By United Press Association

(By United Press Associations)
Manhattan, Kas., Dec. 3O.-ln or
der that Kansas may be better pre-
pared to fight sudden outbreak Of
cholera the state is now erecting a
new antihog cholera serum plant-to
be the largest and best equipped in
the world. The present plant has a
capacity of something over 100000
centimeters a month, enough to vac
cinate about 10000 head of hogs. AS
precaution against sudden out
break of cholera the laboratories here,
which are operated by the veterinary
department of the Kansas Agricul-
tural College, keeps constantly in re-
serve enough serum to treat 10000
hogs. The Sunflower state was among
the first to produce such serum and
it is estimated 100000 hogs have been
saved to Kansas farmers by vaccina-
tion.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1913-12-30
Life Expensive

Walt Mason: The cost of living
still goes up, and trouble round us
thickens, and yet whene'er we dine or
sup, we've porterhouse or chicken. To
make our walls have proper force we
should be lean and scrawny, but we've
the muscles of horse, and we are fat
and brawny. The portly man gets up
and whoops about the cost of living,
while to his form some costly soups
a genial warmth are giving. The
clubman wrings his hands and whines
the cost will make us vagrants, while
to his breath imported wines impart
a pungent fragrance. We should be
hollow eyed and thin, our Stats like
washboards showing, if we'd denounce
the men of sin who keep the prices
going. But nearly all the kicking's
done by fat and fussy sinners who
have their pockets full of mon, and
swallow four-course dinners. I do
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1913-12-30
Consider Labor Legislation

(By United Press Associations)
Washington, Dec. 30.-lmportant
labor legislation for the coming year
was considered today in the opening
session of the two days session of
the American Association for Labor
Legislation and the American Politi-
cal Science Association. Such prob
lens as workmen's compensation, oc-
cupational diseases, one days rest in
seven, federal museum for accident
prevention, social insurance and en-
forcement of labor laws were sched-
uled for consideration.