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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17
CHAPTER v.

I was determined to let the disap-
pearance of the jewels alone until I
had found some way Of getting the
Bradfords out of their troubles. The
key to the mystery surely lay in the
notes that had been found on the floor
in both apartments. II I could discov-
er how the notes had been put there
and who put them there, I would bs
On the trail OF the miscreants.
The placing Of the notes indicated
the necessity Of a confederate in the
apartment house. Could 1t be that
n of the employees was in league
with the plotters? Was n Of the
Bradford servants betraying them?
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AYou HEARD WHisPERsf"

oynopsia.-Circumstances, having
peovonted spalding Nelson. clerk.
lrom joining the American forces
gelng to France. h. 10 in . DO
spendsnt mood when he receives
n Invitation to dinner. roin Ms
groAt-uncls. Rufus CASTOR. On the
way 20 the house hs meets. under
peculiar circumstances. . young
girl. apparently In trouble. to whom
10 his m opportunity to be Of
slight services. She lives In the same
apartment boilding - Rufus q
ton, and he accompanies her to the
house. Castor and his wife are 90
ing 70 Maine for = trip and want
70 leave Nelson In charge of h
apartment. He accepts. CASTOR
and his wife tell their great-nephsw
Of mysterious noises-"whispers"-
which they have heard In the
house. On HE way 70 the CASTOR
apartment the next Sunday Nelson
again meets his accidental ac-
Quaintance Of = few days before.
Barbara Bradford. She urges him
moi 20 allow the fact Of their be-
ing acquainted to be known. At
the apartment Nelson meets the
superintendent, Wick. and instinc-
lively dislikos him. In . wall safe
ho finds 4 necklace of magnificent
pearls, worth q small fortunb.
Next day Nelson finds the pearls
have disappeared from the wa1l
safe. His flret idea Of informing
the police 10 not acted upon be-
cause OF peculiar circumstances.
He has been discharged from his
position without adequate explana-
ton or reason, and feels himself
involved IN something Of . mystery.
He decides to conduct IN investi-
cation himself. That night Barbara
signals from tho window Of her
apartment, which n opposite his.
ana they arrange Z meeting for
next day. In the morning he hnds
: note In his room, asking him why
ne had not informed the police Of
the loss Of the Jewels. Barbara
tells Nelson her sister Claire had
some years before made = run
away marriage with An adventurer.
from whom she was soon parted.
and the marriage had been an
nulled. Claire II engAtsd to be
married and someone knowing OF
her escapade has stolen documents
concerning the affair from the
Bradford apartment
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IOSUl, 0QS NVW ] VStI NO
Was my aged great-uncle in hiding
somewhere, playing malevolent pranks
on us7 How had that note gotten in
to my own apartment? Nobody had
access to the place but myself-yes,
and Mrs. Burke, my great-aunt's trust
ed old laundress. I determined to re-
turn to the apartment and lie in wait
for her until she came in to do up
my room. In the week that I had
lived there l had not even laid eyes on
her. although each evening when I
came in / found my bed neatly made.
While I awaited her arrival l busted
myself with studying anew the differ
n rooms in the apartment, hoping
v e to find some new clue to the
methods by which the anonymous
notes had been delivered. l went to
the back of the house and looked out
of the rear windows. An ornamental
ledge of stone. perhaps eighteen inches
wide ran along apparently on the level
of the flooring. Any agile person
might easily have crept along it IL
they dared risk falling six stories to
the ground, but there was no means of
access to it save from either my bed
room or the sitting room or from the
corresponding rooms In the Bradford
apartment. Certainly no n from my
apartment had been Tipping mysteri-
Gus notes into the other apartment.
Could the onver be true? Was
there some unbalanced person in the
Bradford family who was doing lit
Could 1t be n Of the servants, or
possibly Claire Bradford? She always
had been Eighty, according to her sis
ter's description. Had her troubles
unbalanced her to such an extent that
she was playing mysterious hysterical
pranks on all Of US?
l sat down at my uncle's desk. The
pigeonholes crammed full of papers
caught my eye. Under ordinary cir
cumstances I would have hesitated to
examine them, but now l felt no
scruples. Old Rufus had warned me
that there was some mystery about
the place. The pearls had strangely
disappeared. I faced the accusation
Of having stolen chem. Surely I vas
entitled to examine anything and ev-
erything in my efforts ut solving the
mystery.
Pigeonhole after pigeohhole l exam
ined without result until at last I came
to q little leather-covered diary. I
read 1t with interest, noting that It
was for the present year and that the
last entry had been made only the day
before he had departed for Maine.
About six weeks previous to the pres
ent date I found this amazing entry :
Heard whispers last night"
A week later there was another en-
try, whispers again." There could
be no question az to what he meant.
The ghostly noises that had been heard
by both Miss Bradford and myself had
been heard by him, too. No wonder
the old man had been 50 terrified.
Other entries in the book recorded
hearing the whispers at intervals Of
about a week.
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The House of
| Whispers
"What did the last note Sayr
AAIlnAn ~ In


/ "What did the last note sayT"
"Here 1t IT,"
This wal written and folded as the
others had been. on the most ordinary
kind Of writing paper. 1t read:
"Unless we get the money Wednes-
day, Thayer gets the papers Thursday.
No wedding then for yours. Same
bench at s%ix-thirty."
"What can / do about lit"
"I1l 60 in your place." suggested.
"Oh, no. l couldn't permit that"
Let me explain" I fastened to say.
I'm in this mystery as deep as you
are. Only last night I discovered that
all the CASTOR jewels which had been
left In my custody are gone"
mot stolen I" she cried. 1.-THE Gas
ton pearlsr"
"Yes." I replied. 'the pearls, too"
"Why, they are worth two hundred
thousand dollars, at least. What have
you done about 1t? Have you notified
the policeT
mo, as yet I have told no mi Of the
robbery but yourself"
why not? You must notify the po-
lice at once"
/ hesitated. It was hard to explain
my actions without telling her the
whole miserable story, without admit
ting to this girl on whom l was most
eager to make the best Of impressions
that l was a young man out Of q po-
sition, discharged In disgrace. Yet
Fshe had given me her confidence. It
al only fair to her and to myself
that there should be no secrets be-
tween us. / began at the beginning.
I told her Of my coming to New York
and how ! had seer my great-uncle
Rufus only once or twice. l related
the departure of Roller and Birge for
| the war front and told her how. eager
/ had been to go with them. / even
went into detail as to the reason I had
not gone with them, my debt to the
mother.
She did not seem greatly interested
in the first part Of my narrative but
when l began telling of the PROPOSE
ton the Gastons had made to me and
Of the mysterious warnings each of
them had separately given me l could
see her interest kindling.
There IL something wrong in that
apartment house." she explained. I'VE
have had nothing but trouble ever
since we lived there. I wonder II
there is anything in the theory that
evil deeds make bad karma, which
spreads It's effects all about. l know
I feel there is a sinister atmosphere
about the whole place."
I'm beginning to feel 1t, too" l said
bitterly.
I told her then of my unexpected
and unwarranted discharge without
explanation the day before.
show do you account for It'll" she
asked perplexedly.
"You must have some enemy, some
malicious person, who has spread
some terrible tale about you"
II haven't any enemy In the world
/ replied, yet even as l spoke there
flashed across my mind the malevolen1
glance the scar-faced man had giver
me In the restaurant q few evenings
before.
II WONDER" said Miss Bradford
thoughtfully. III the same people whs
are trying to blackmail us are not try.
Ing to involve you with M In some
way1"
"Why should they?"
'They may have been watchins<end
have seen you enter the house with
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W-contlnued.

~Oh. no, she must never know. Dad
did not want her ever told anything
shout Il We talked It over, Claire
and /. and decided to put 4 personal
advertisement In the papers. It sim
ply said, Liberal reward and no ques-
lions asked for return Of important
papers"
@Were there any answered."
"Yes and no. One morning there
Wa Z second note"
delivered like the firstf'
sYes. l found Il, too, on the door
q my bedroom. Here It H."
More amazed and ~perplexed than
evsr By the growing ramincation Of
The plots Of the thieves that seemed
- involve a. both, ! took the paper
md read:
s1Ten thousand II our price for the
Dapers. Pay It q you1l never marry
MAYER
sDid Jon 50 men to meet the man
& the parkr'
sNct until after ! got . third note,
nore threatening than the first and
ooecnd. Claire and I talked It over
a,Ad over, trying to think who could
have taken tie papers. We only keep
two servants now. Sarah and Mary.
md they both have been with No since
- wsro children. n could not have
beon olther - then. They think a
mnch u - - our oWnt mother does.
% you suppose ~. maj that shs
0arfied may haye learned 10 your
1hthor's death and have returned from
France q tr5 to. blackmail her1'
NJ thought Of that. The notes did
- coma from him. They do not read
~ Il = Freedman wrote them"
who could Il bel" I.said more to
ayself than to her.
sZAen there was another note" she
vent u ut demanded that Claire
Woor ! red carnation and meet the
Nrltor q The park and bring ten thou
olnd dollars. That was the time I
<roI mot you. Your presence must
80 frightened them "a. for We had
- moro demands until night before
last.
sDid ,you have ten thousand with
- int night FIRST met your
- GAook her head.
o havenst Ten Thousand dollars
: ~ world. Outside q our furniture
and CIR jswsls md our motor, W
n0yo 49, listle. e N the bills "
~ $3.50 -. wsid have alnsost moth
ns % NJ
NAot IA - propose doing when
11ok ~ man-or men7s
1t1nAk ksoW. 4 was going - try
Aflooos Niln No. - Sivs ne the ~
/ Woel6 h1ye premiasd anything
nxto 11ottoo fhem back.*
~ man-tAe men-might
i've oxDed you.S
- &tflod inero0ulously.
xhsfa was little danger
ls oteael1ne ne there = ~
- n1ar ~ svsnuss with people
pIe!slllnG. ana be1idas. I car~.
es.,a 80 ~ pselse
- foeen
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17

Men fall down because they miSca.
culnte the width of the ditch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17

No city In the nation Is removed
from starvation more than two
weeks.-Asbury F. Lever. ~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17
BULGARIAN BLOOD TEA

Those who suffer with stomach,
liver, kidney, rheumatism or blood
troubles will find Bulgarian Blood Tea
the best medicine to relieve and cor
rect these ailments. It Is wonderful
how quick you will begin to pick up
and be your old-time self again.
During the 1918-19-2O influenza cpl
demic Bulgarian Blood Tea was used
by countless thousands Of sufferers
with marvellous success and millions
Of people took 1t steaming hot to pre-
vent and ward of the disease.
AS a general first aid family medi-
cine 1t has no equal and every person
should have a box constantly on hand
for any emergency-to kill colds. allay
fevers and guard against Influenza,
pneumonia or other serious sickness.
And oil mothers and fathers Of fam
lilies should apply at once to their drug
gist or grocer for q trial box of Bulga-
rlan Blood Tea.
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Buy I House. Farm or Business Now!

List with Us Exclusively-We Advertise in
100 Newspapers. We Buy. Sell. Lease and
Exchange Property Any Houses. Lots,
Farms. Business. Autos. PArtnershipa Stores,
Hotels. Rooming Houses. Restaurants. Cafes,
Acreage. Western Land. Hortgages and
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.Dut the Man-ths Msn-kioht Have
Harmed YOU
me twice. They may think that you
and l are friends and that you we're
there In the park purposely that hrst
time"
-Even o." / replied, "that doesn't
explain this"
pulled from my pocket the note
I had found On the door Of my bed
room and showed Il TO her.
where did y0u st thatf' she
5anepe6 ~ establishment
sLast night I heard footsteps and
whiepers. ! thought q the time I
40 dreaming. This morning I found
thto note O. the door"
You heard whisperstr she cried ex-
.etto6ly. Awhispses that SEEMED 70
'eomo from up near the eailingr'
= ths1ght I hsard tAsaa. 4 WASN'T
sure
= lmew. ~ said. shuddsring
Nrve h1ar6 them-twicAs
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Nelson and Barbara
agree to meet frequently.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
New Musical instrument
New In the musical instrument line
10 Z whistle with two tubes that y
played like 4 slide trombone.
Daily Thought
Never anger made 90 ",rd ~
ttn4lf.-ShakeAneare
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17
TO EVERY READER

There is no pure herb family medi-
cine In the world today that can equal
the power and give such grand results
in regulating the bowels, stimulating
the liver, flushing and cleansing the
kidneys, sweetening the stomach or
purifying and enriching the blood
than
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-09-17

A fish that hangs In the net, like a
poor mans right In the law, will hard
~ come out of it.-Shakespeare.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20
hne Caprice to Wed
: Fox Film Director,
]; Says Coast Journal

.ssGrace Kingsley. pho;oplay editor
x the Los Angeles Times. seems TO
rave a nose for weddings" Last
seek she published tile story of
2ichard 8arthlemess' engagement
% Mary Haye. This week she
comes out and speaks OF marriage
BELLS ringing for June Caprice and
Harry Millarde. Miss Caprice is in
Florida making pictures. so she
Sould not be reached Tor 4 verifca-
Ion of the Timcs' story. Miss
Kingsley had this to say: 90 .r
"A romance shortly to become a
marriage, word concerning which
las just come from New York. is
nat between June Caprice. former
tox star. now leading her own
ompany. and Harry Miliarde, di-
,ector At present with the Fox
sompany,. but shortly to leave that
Tranization.
Miss Caprice is remembered as
nc very young girl discovered by
William Fox. president of the Fox
organization She was with the
Company two years, aad left finally
% head her own company. Mr..
dillarde was in the West for a
limo directing Madeline Traverse
Ind other Fox luminaries.
The wedding will not take place
or several months. according to
tdvices received by this depart
nent, though, Of course. nobody can
<er tell what will be done at the
irGs Of Cupid"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20
KNICKERBOCKER.

Today and tomorrow of the cur
rent week. Jack Piekford will be
the pictured star at the Knicker-
booker in John Fox, jr..s The Lit
tie Shepherd of Kingdom Come
On Saturday only. Mack Sennett's
Down On the Farm" will be the
feature; Sunday and Monday. Ma
zimova in The Heart OF q Child;
Tuesday and Wednesday, Priscilla
Dean in ''The Virgin of ,stambouF';;
Thursday and Friday. why Change
Your Wife," Cecil B DeMille's pro-
duction; Saturday only. The Dream
Cheater.". starring J. Warren kerri-
gan.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20
Mary Pickford Delays
Wedding Trip to Make
Picture for Big Four

Beginning September 2. the United
Artists Picture Corporation, dis
tributins the film output of d. w.
.Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Douglas
Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and
others, will release on a def
mite schedule, one picture the
first OF every month. This an
nouncemeat has Just been made
and will be welcome news to
the exhibitor, who has been com
planning for some months that the
Big Four" pictures were all too
few. Is. -.
Hiram Abrams. in making the an
nouneement, said he had received
ASSURANCES from Mary Pickford,
Charles Chaplin. Dodslas Fairbanks 5
and d. w. Griffith. Individually, that
their pictures. will come to the
United Artists Corporation with suf-
ficicnt regularity to assure steady
release to the theaters Of the coun-
try. -...-a.--- -.
According to : Mr.. Abrams this
promise means a considerable sac
rifice on the-p part OF Mary Pickford
and Douglas Fairbanks, who will
have to postpone their trip abroad
in order to avoid the delays that
being at suchfa distance might In
volve. {.S :.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20

William Boyd, who plays the
male lead with Poker Ranch,
willard Mack's latest play which
comes to Polls for five days be-
ginning next Tuesday. was born in
Washington. thirty-twO years ago,
educated at Georgetown made his
stage debut as an extra boy In
Maude Adams company at that time
playing The Little Minister" a
peculiar incident being that four
teen years later Mr.. Boyd return
ed as Miss Adams leading man,
which he remained for two years
After leaving Miss Adams. Mr.. Boyd
was leading man for Ethel Barry
more. being secured by A. II.
Woods from Frohman for "A Voice
in the Dark"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20

ling should bring exceptional results,
and IL did.
A harmless little postal card,
bearing the salutation Hello. Dear"
and simply signed Marie" in which
the addressee was importuned to
take the family and me to a show"
with the admonition that he simply
must get tickets for the Garrick
Players" because she, the writer
was crazy about them last year"
and concluding with a message of
love to the entire family. with
COOLIES of kisses" in conclusion, was
the advertising scheme that for a
time worked havoc. but at the same
time unusual business results for
the Garrick Players.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20

Followers of Mitchell Lewis.
achievements on the screen have
come to expect at least one real
FIST fight in any production TO which
their rugged hero lends his person.
ality AMI talents. While they will
not be disappointed in his new
starring vehicle, king Spruce"
the Holman Day story of the Maine
forests. which opens a weeks en-
gagement at Moore's Strand Thea
ter next Sunday. the most rabid
Of Mitchell Lewis fans will have
to concede the palm for superior
two-fisted fighting in the new w.
w. Hodkinson release to another.
Joe Ray Is the Individual to
whom go the f1stic lauTels. And
when it can be said in all truthful
ness that fighting is the least of his
qualifications as a screen actor a
performance CT uncommon merit
may be looked for from this prac-
tically unknown player. Lewis
runs second in the fistic handicap
because his furious combat is
against one man. while Ray Is call
ed upon to battle at one time no less
than twenty brawny lumbermen.
every one Of whom Is his equal in
weight and height.
On account of the weather, one OF
the largest sets" ever constructed
in a motion picture studio was nee
essary for THE Dark Mirror" the
Dorothy Dalton feature at Loew's
Palace next week. Episodes in the
story take place in the toughest
districts of the New York clums.
Several of the scenes were made on
the actual spot, withE the star and
her company, dressed for the occa-
sion, invading the cafes of the Bow
cry for scenes without the habitues
suspecting them.
Then typical New York winter
weather set in. Snow, sleet and rain
fell every day. Either sunlight or
artificial illumination was needed
for the scenes that remained. So
Director Charles Giblyn and his
staff set to work and transformed
the Yonkers studio of the Famous
iPlayers-Lasky Corporation into New
York's Chinatown. -.s
THE Dark Mirror" requires Miss
Dalton to portray two vividly con-
trasted roles and is extremely un-
usual and dramatic in its quality.
Louis Joseph Vance wrote the orig
I inal story. 1t was produced. by
Thomas H. Ince for, Paramount Art
craft release. =
I Advertising pays" is a very, popu-
lar slogan in various walks of life,
1 both business and private, yet some
| times advertising, brings results
that are entirely unexpected. Take
1.-THE case of the Garrick Players, now
/ in their third week Of the summer
! stock season at the ,Shubert- Gar
Trick Theater. for instance. The
lopening bill, it will be 'repiembered
was the farce, 'T~Loye You" Here
Twas a, chance, the management de-
tcided, where some unique advertis-
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20
Eddie Lsoaards New PI.y.

"sprees and Knees Of 1920 is the
title Of Eddie Leonard's new play
Tor next season. It Is in the form
OF a revue. and Alex Sullivan rs
writing the book and lyrics.
Leonard. last Saturday paid John
-Roly Boly Eyes" for next season.
Hobert Law. the scenic artist. is Id
be the producer. = 80 :.
The synopsis Of Sulliyan,s revue
impressed me so much" says Leon
ard. that I at once went to Mr.,
cort and asked for my release. and
afterta bot of arguments we settIed
the matter by my paying him 5000,
I've been in the show business for
twenty-six years. but nAyer saw or
as the basis Of comedy, lively; music
and the sexploitation Of beautiful
gfrls.sstss -. - y
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20

While Nazimova was at work or
her latest screen production, The
Heart Of a Child" at the Metro
politan and Knickerbocker next,
week. the brilliant Metro star re-
ceived an application for a position
in her company from a man to
whom she hands the palm as the
most versatile performer in the
world.
Here Is his letter: -
1T, Elmer E. Gilmore. do hereby
apply as a man for small parts with
your Company. / am know Ammi-
ture. 1 have three years Experr-
ence such as Barker, ticket agenv,
black face & Irish. 1 have up to
date Swede & Irish Jokes and can
go through comic stage steps and
can repair costumes scenery and can
Manafactor Mecanical scenery. . :.
Il lost five costumes to day Only
own l black wig & Swede outfit
which I had not with the company.
Had taken them along they might
be gone. / have been getting $l2
per week, but would work for less.
1 assure you we get know fall our.
I also say can get for you a young
emotion woman who will WORK
cheap for you and would say she
is a moral Girl and banjo player
at that and she can sing Commic.
'I remain YOURS in Honesty In
distry & Sobreity.
Mr. Elmer E. Gilmore"
Gussie White, who is this season
lportraying the role of the saucy
stenographer with Barney Gerard's
Girls de Looks" at the 'Gayety this
week, was passing a moving picture
theater in New York one evening
and noticed a crown waiting of the
second show. Roy Montgomery, the
straight man of the company, was
waiting with the rest to get in. He
saIuted her with: .r.- r.
Hello. Mary Pickford, going in to
see yourself act?". -. -s
Immediately everybody's ear and
eyes were wide open, and there was
a craning, of necks' to get good
look at the lady, whom they thought
was Mary Pickford. who was being
shown in a picture, there that night:
Several of the women in the crowd
were SO sure 1t was her that they
insisted on meeting her and she was
compelled; to shake hands.
D
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20
Toymaker Goes Home.

After weeks visit in New York,
l. W. Edwards, the Cape Cod toy
maker. AROUND whom tho play
Shavings" was written. left last
pght for Boston. where, as the guest
George NJ. Cohan, he win see Mr..
sohan's musical play, Mary" be-
ore his return to Chatham. Mass.
Edwards recently presented Cohan
Etth a violin made from the white
me mast Of a schooner washed
Shore in 1883. Edward waistcoat
unn. who was born in the Cape
s5d district. confirms that date. He
ays he saw. the wreck.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-20
pnIs

Bcginnlns. next Tuesday. at Polls.
wellman and sinnott win present
willard Mack's latest play. Poker
Eanch." a romance of California.
Il Is claimed that Mr.. Mack has in
Sroduced something new in stage
setting. Messrs. wellman and Sin
DOT: have engaged q cast In sup
port Of Clara Joel. who Is featured
In the production. which includes
William Boyd. Lyster Chambers,
Ben Hendricks. AIDA Gleason. 7.
ramamoto, Louis Hendricks. Naomi
BaSses, and others.