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HOW TOKEEP THE FACE SMOOTH
AND UNLINED

Once week, massage your face and neck
with Pond s Cold Cream. 1t has the exact
and body required to make il
work well into the skin. Always work from
the center of the face outwards and upwards.
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Effective Way
TO Beauffy Face
The Use Of Stuart's Calcium Wa
fers Is Recommended for its
Wonderful Influence in Rid.
ding Face of Skin Eruptions.

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Pretty Teeth
Are White Teeth Free From Film
Al Statements approved By High Dental Authorities
Film Is What Discolors

When teeth 6scolor it means that
film is present. That shiny film
which you feel with your tongue,
is stain absorber. When tartar
forms It is due to the film. The
film clings to the teeth. gets into
creNces and stays. Remove that
film and teeth will slisten in their
natural whiteness-
Film causes most tooth troubles.
1t holds food substance which fer.
ments and forms acid. 1t holds the
acid in contact with the teeth to
cause decay.
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WHY YOUR SKIN NEEDS
TWO CREAMS

One ioithout any OIL, for daytime and
evening needs-Pond' yaaiShing
Cream. 1t will not reappear in a
shine
One with an OIL base, for cleansing
and massage-Pond's Cold Cream.
1t has Just the amount of oil that
the skin needs.
Neither of these creams will encourage the
growth of hair on the face
Get jar or tube Of each cream to-day at any
drug or department store You will realize
for the first time how lovely your skin can be-
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HOW TO CLEANSE THE
PORES AND KEEP TIE
SKIN CLEAR

For cleansing, your skin needs IN
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been especially exposed to dust,
rub some Pond s Cold Cream into
the pores of your skin and wipe it
off with a soft cloth. 1t is amas-
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You will get new idea of how
important this cold-cream cleans
ing is. The formula for Pond s
Cold Cream wasespecially worked
out to supply just the amount
of oil required to give it the high
est possible cleansing power.
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when your complexion shows that
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bright light All those horrid dis
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arts Calcium Waters They contain
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one of the most searching and ef-
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You will find Stuart's Calcium
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be surprised and delighted with their
successful action on the skin.
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Millions of germs breed in They with tartar are the chief
of pyorrhea.
The tooth brush alone does end 6m The ordinary tooth
paste does dissolve That why the odway brushing fails
the teeth
Dental science after years of searching has found way to
combat that 6m Many clinical under able authorities have
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The method embodied in dentfrce called Pepsodent And
supplying en-day free anyone who asks
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Pepsodent based pepsn. the dsesant of albumin The
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science has discovered harmless acvatng method has been
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important that you know it. To you and yours it means
safer whittier teeth Cut the before you forget
t-and the effects for yourself
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Send the Coupon
for a To-Day Tube

Note how clean the teeth feel
after using. Marx the absence
Of the shiny film. See how the
teeth whiten as the fixed 6lm
disappears.
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Little secrets on uhioh Good looks depend

: : - ~ S
GO many, many women could be twice q at
tractive If they only knew howl just . bit
- more understanding Of the definite things
that should be done to bring about certain
specific results makes all the difference between
looking duh and looking exquisite.
HOW TO PROTECT THE SKIN FROM
COLD, WIND AND DUST
Every hike, !" every motor trip you take, your
skin pays for. The cold dries it. The wind robs
it of all natural OIL The dust flies into the pores
and coarsens them. Then, the next day your
complexion is forid, harsh, rough-altogether
rnlovplv!
You can protect your poor skin from this punish
ment Before going out, rub little Pond q
Vanishing Cream into your face, neck and hands,
At once it disappears. 1t can never come out
again in a wretched shine, for it is absolutely
greaseless. Now the wind and cold cannot dry
or chap your skin, the dust cannot work into the
pores. Do this every time you 60 out. Your
5 skin will stay soft smooth, lovely all winter.
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HOveyI

"oh, Janice, my poor child" she
said to me when / was at last al
lowed to sec her, why didn't you
come to me? Why did you try to
bear all this terror and misery
yourself?"
l held her hand. 81 wish had
come to you, dear Mrs. Brane.
wish, for very many reasons, that
l had had the humility and good
sense to do so. What now is there,
except that statement of my
wretched mother, to keep you. the
whole world, everyone, from think
ing that was thief myself? From
putting that construction upon my
insane behavior here?"
We'll, Janice" she said, induI-
gently, there is one person to pre-
vent it. /, for one, would never
have the courage to suggest such a
theory in Paul Hovey's presence.
He has written up your rescue of
him so knowingly and told the story
of it so appaalingly that | think you
are rather in danger Of being a sort
of national heroine. In the papers,
my dear, you are painted in the
most glowing colors. ] shouldn't
wonder if there would be a movie
written about you"
Paul" l said, paul has told it?'
Yes, Pau And l think he owes
you apologies. In fact, we all do.
engaged a detective the day after
Della and Jane and Annie left, and
very well | knew, of course, that
our young student visitor was
Skane's cleverest man. But / did
not guess that from the first mo-
ment he suspected you. Poor child!
Poor Janice! What misery you
have been through. all by your
brave, desolate little self"
From the first moment" / re-
peatedly bIankly. From the first
moment Paul thought that l was
Madame Treme?"
My mind ran back over that meet
ing in the book room. remem.
bered his sharp. sudden speeches,
the slight edge to his voice. ] had
thought him a coward with that
hand in his pocket. and he, mean
while, had imagined himself always
under the eyes of the red-gold
strand
YES" said Mrs. Brane. "One of
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the force saw you get OF the train
at Pine Cone and was struck by
your resemblance to the famous
criminal"
1 remembered the man whose
scrutiny had so annoyed me.
HE reported at headquarters
madame's possible presence, and
they realized at once that If she
was in it the Pine. Cone case was
apt to be both dangerous and inter-
esting. There was big game some
where.
so, without telling me how seri-
GUS the situation might be, they
chose HoVey and sent him down
here as a student of Russian litera-
ture. They knew that madame had
never come into contact with him.
Paul HoVey has rather a re-
markable history. Janice. Would
you care to hear it?''
l bent my head.
"He began life as a young man
with great expectations and a
ssuper-excellent social position. But
he was very careless in his choice
of companions. 1t was the love Of
adventure, 7 suppose, like Harry
Hotspur and his crew.
= Eat a house party. not a very
reputable one, am afraid, on Long
Island-this was a good many
years ago-he got mixed up in a
very tangled web. and disentangled
himself with such cleverness and
resource, discovering the guilty
man before the police had even
shifted a trail, that Shame, half as
a joke, urged him to turn detective.
"HoVey, too. treated it as joke,
bpt not Ions after, my dear, the
poor boy got himself into trouble
oh, nothing wicked. 1t was a mat
ter of holding his tongue and keep
ing other people safe, or telling the
truth and clearing himself of rather
discreditable folly.
He held his tongue and most
people believed his innocence. l
think everyone would have stood
by him, for lie was enormously pop
uIar, il the very people from whom
he had the best right TO expect
mercy and loyalty had not. turned
against him-his uncle, who had
brought him up, and the girl to
whom he was engaged. He was dis,
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had long known by another name.
Our interview was very formal. l
called him Mr.. Hovey and met his
cool and unembarrassed look as
rarely | coutG. | was propped up in
bed to make my statement.
Dr. Haveratock was present, his
hand often stealing to my pulse,
and Mary stood near with a stimu-
liant She had made me as pretty
as she could, the dear soul; had
arranged ny hair and chosen my
daintiest dressing gown, but / must
have looked like a ghost, and it
seemed TO me that there lay a
brand Of shame across my face.
Mr.. Hovey took down my state
ment and DR.. Haverstock witnessed
it. was told that | should have
to appear in court at the trial of
madame's accOmplic,s. At that
shrank and looked he'll lessly at DR..
HaverstOck, ana r7y Eyes, in spite
of'all l could do, filed with tears.
"Oh, my dear" said the doctor,
kindly, lit will be a long time yet.
You will be strong enough to face
anything"
There are some things" I muir.
INJURED snakily. that | shall never
be able to face" | covered my eyes
with my hands and turned against
the pillow.
| heard DR.. Haverstock whisper
something and | knew that Hovey
and he had left the room. Paul
had not said a word to me except
the necessary questions. His face
had been eXpressionless and pale.
What else could l expect? How
could any man act otherwise to the
daughter of the famous Madame
IRENE?
The doctor. Mary. Mrs. Brane
were all wonderfully kind. broke
down again under Mrs. Brane's
kindness.
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inherited and turned out Of doors,
and the girl, a worldly little wretch,
promptly threw him over. HoVey
went straight to SHANE, who vel
coined him like a long-Iost child.
Since then Paul HoVey has be-
come famous in his chosen line Of
work Now you know his history.
1 learned it. what was not already
public property, from a mana
friend Of PauPs dead fathers man
who. loves Paul dearly and has
known him all his life"
was not sorry-selfish as the
feeling waste learn that Paul,
too, had a grievance against the
world, that he, too, was something
of a waif ard stray, another bit Of
Fate's fiotsam like myself.
And from the first moment he
thought I was Madame Treme?"
"Yes-and fell in love with you!
A nice situation for a detective,
wasn't it? Don't start. You know
he did. But / must run away before
tell you any more secrets. l must
leave Paul Hovey to make his own
apologies, to plead his own cau-e.
X am firing you, as it is. You are
getting much too pink"
Il will never give Mr.. Hovey
chance to make his apologies" !
said, sadly And l am certain,
dear Mrs. Brane, that he will never
try for the chance. Would you?
Who would want to-loye the
daughter Of
It was here that broke down
and she comforted me.
Janice, darling" she said when
| was. HtIle quieter, love is a
very mighty god, and though they
say he is blind. l believe that he
sees like az immortal. II Paul
Hovey lOved you in spite OF his
best will and Judgment, against
every instinct Of self-preservation,
loved you to his own shame and
anguish when he thought you a
woman dyed in crime, a woman
who had attempted his life, do you
think he will stop loving you when
he knows your history and your in
nocence?"
She left me before l could answer
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The light Of the electric lantern
and the light that fell through the
trapdoor which he had so myster-
iously opened above our heads made
him CHASTITY visible, made the whole
passageway, with its raftcrs and its
red bricks, outlined with plaster,
the iron box, the glimmer of Jewels,
plain to my sight.
saw two men coming toward
me. Between them, by her arms,
they held up Madame IRENE.
We've got her, sir" said one OF
them triumphantly. / recognized
Mrs. Brane's outdoors men, and
thought corfusedIy that one of
these was HoYey, the detective.
Paul Dabney looked slowly
around. He looked, and raised a
shaking hand to his eyes. He
turned again toward me. Then, as
though a current of life had been
flashed through his veins, he sprang
to my side, united my bonds, tore
off the silk handkerchief from my
mouth.
l was as helpless as a babe, but
he lifted me tenGerly and, kneeling,
supported me in his arms.
Janice" he said, brokenly,
Janice, what does it mean?"
My double laughed.
so now. Hovey, you cat, do you
understand what a fool my pretty
daughter and / have made of you?
You think yourself very clever. no
doubt. Your reputation is made,
isn't it? Now that you've nabbed
the famous madame of the red-goId
strand! No, no, my friend, not
quite so fast"
She moved her head from side to
side, struggling with her captors.
/ saw her bend her mouth to her
shoulder to bite and tear at her
dress. We all looked at her in a
CHASTITY sort Of silence. / could feel
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Paul Dabney's quiVering muscles
and his quick breathing.
Then, for a second; / saw a white
pellet on the woman's tongue. 1t
must have been sewed into the
seam of her dress there at the
shoulder.
She swallowed convulsiveIy and
stood still, her head thrust forward.
staring in front of her with eyes
like stones.
My face must have showed itself
to her through the mists of death,
for she spoke once hoarsely.
The girl is quite innocent" she
said; she wasn't trying for the
jewels. Do you get that, Hovey?
Keep your claws off her"
Then she gave a great SILVER, her
face turned blue, her head dropped
forward, her legs gave way, and the
two men held a dead body in their
arms
Paul Dabney laid me gently down
and moved over to her. He cut
from her head lock of the beau
tiful, cleaning hair, and twisted ii
around her fingers.
"The last victim of the red-gold
strand" he said.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Skane's CIeverest Man,

"TITH the death Of Madame
w IRENE and the arrest of
Jaffrey and Of MAZDA the
danger to The Pines was over. 1t
was long time. however. before l
was allowed to tell my story. l lay
in darkened room, waited upon by
Mary, and the least sound or word
would send me into a paroxysm of
hysterical tears.
The first person TO whom / re-
counted my adventures was the de-
tective. Hovey, a certain gray-eyed
and demure young man, whom l
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CHAPTER XVIII. (Cont'd).
The Last Victim.

-OR me it was indeed the end,
- q far more bitter one than a
= knife in my heart. II would
be taken. ] would be tried for my
life. Half a dozen people would
swear that ! was Madame IRENE.
Who would believe my incredible
story? / was lost. looked up at
Paul Dabney with complete despair.
footsteps came along the inclined
plane, but Dabney did not turn
around. Evidently be expected
them and they did not interest him.
He was shaking; even his white
lips were unsteady. saw his
hands open and shut.
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she Is bound and cruelty beaten By
her double, who is enrsged at not
finding on her the paper she seeks.
The next night. by clever maneu-
yer, Janice eVades the watchers.
gains admission to the secret wall
and finds the much-sought treas
ure-an celestial robe and
crown thickly encrusted with
Jewels. Before she can carry
them away her double appears
and overpowers her. While she
is bound and gagged the girl learns
that this creature is her own
mother.
She cannot leave till daybreak,
so the woman begins to tell
Janice the story Of the treasure
before killing her, as she must
do, to avoid capture. With the
help Of a faithless priest she had
robbed 'the Virgin Of Jewels"
in Moscow and secreted the plum
der in Theodore. Brane's baggage
and had since been unable to
recover it. After his death she
makes a desperate effort to re-
gain the treasure.
The willy criminal believes that
after her escape the detectives
and her confederates viii think
Janice's dead body hers. Thus
she will be free from pursuit. Seiz-
ing an opportune moment. Janice
attempts escape. She fails and is
facing a terrible death when sud
denly an electric lantern flaches in
her face and she sees Dabney bend
ing over her. q have caught you"
he says. ct is the end"
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comes to examine the late Mr..
Brane's Russian library. Robbie
dies one night in a fit of terror,
clutching in his hand a strand OF
red-gold hair. Dabney drags Janice
from her room to the boys bedside
and confronts her with what he
evidently believes conclusive proof
Of her responsibility for the ira
gedy. But even his cruel suspic-
ions cannot shake the love she has
begun to feel for Dabney. Mrs.
Brane confides to Janice that her
husband left great wealth, but that
she does not know where it is
hidden. In the library, late one
night, Janice is startled by the ap-
partition Of a woman who is her
exact double. With this clue to
the mystery to work on, she deter
mines to oUtwit whatever Yillainy is
on foot. She learns Of plot to
kill Dabney and saves his life at
the risk of her own. That night
Janice sees her detested double in
the arbor. The next morning a let
ter is found there. Janice surmises
e was lost by her double as she sat
with Paul Dabney. In the note the
writer offers to translate certain
mysterious paper which Janice has
previously taken from its secret
hiding place in the library. Janice
slips away to town, where she
meets a renegade Russian priest
who translates the Slavonic script
for her. After memorizing this
she destroys it. On her way home
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Synopsis of Preceding ChaPtefs
MYSTERIOUS hand a New York
take the position OF housekeepe at
The Pines She amazed
which the sight redgod hair exeies
aroused almost nightly by the
screams of terror and its
edge bause 6 oueer noises and that
house after Miss Gales arrival Paul Dabney
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Continued on Page 10.
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Copyright. 1919. by Star Company.
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