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CHAPTER ii.

That evening had dinner with Mrs.
Sidney and her daughter Isobel. had
been in the house tweaty-four hours
and did not know there was daugh-
ter until dinner brought the three OF
us together.
Mrs Sidney was Spanish. She was
a lovely woman, gracious and charm
ing, but l thought there was a great
deal of steel hidden in her disposition.
She did not seem to ask that life be
soft or to expect to find it so. She
had a Roman dignity Of self respect
which did not, / could be sure, permit
moaning 1t would not have taxed any
ones perceptions to recognize in Mrs.
Sidney a human being living an ex-
traordinary life. The fact was so ap-
parent that it seemed a part of her
personality.
1t must be remembered that | had
come to Hartley house prepared for
abnormalities. There was first, the
man with the wonderful will to live
which had interested DR.. Brow1ell.
There was the alien beauty of the
house, the strange servant Jed, the
haunted pool-insignifican as it was,
to a rational being-the lovely woman
who was so apparently tragic figure.
There was the fact of my being locked
in my room the first night There
were the forbidding defences of the
place-walls, dogs and keepers. | may
be excused for taking fanciful view
of my new surroundings
Then there was Miss Sidney-Isobel.
She came into the dining room an I'M
expected if not astonishing phenome-
non to me, who did not know that
there was a daughter in the family.
Mrs. Sidney presented me.
''How do you do7" said Miss Sidney,
and she seemed to fad it tiresome that
q stranger had taken place at the
table.
Jed served us, and the dinner was
excellent. Although the ladies had
only glass of sherry each, was Of
fered a variety of liquors. My habit
is abstemious except upon rare occa-
sions, but ] was so embarrassed by
Miss Sidney's boredom that took two
glasses of champagne, and they made
me more tOlerable dinner companion.
IL was some champagne stimulated re-
mark on feminism which caused Miss
Sidney to stare at me as If were an
animal which, being smooth skinned,
suddenly had grown coat of fur.
She stared for an instant and then
laughed. She was quite frank. She
had been bored; she had become In
terested. / could see that she dis
tressed her mother Mrs. Sidney, any
one could know, held to conventions
as the salvation of life; Miss Sidney
did rot.
Isobel Sidney was very attractive
girl. l guessed her age to be twenty
three also guessed that candor and
honesty were outstanding points in her
disposition. Her youth and her beauty
were magnetic, and must confess that
my romanticism was touched instantly.
had seen just enough of Mr.. Sidney
to understand how this girl could be
the daughter of Mrs. Sidney.
BY the time dinner was over we had
found a pleasant agreement in ideas
and taste. was ii an ecstacy, full of
the sensation which comes to a diff
dent man, unaccustomed to women,
when he dares to think for the first
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Jed has been made the victim of Mr..
Sidney's vicarious enjoyment. Jed is
not always considerate of his position
when he is not sober, but he never is,
dangerous, not even when, like last
night, he is exceedingly annoying"
/ admired the lady's resolution and
fortitude, but / did not think she was
telling the truth-not all of 1t.
"That was the first time anything
Of the kind ever occurred she said.
II am sorry it disturbed you. met
Jed In the hall. He was not SOBER a1d
he had preposterous request to make.
When he has spent such an evening
with Mr.. Sidney, he resents being
servant in the family. He wants to
be accepted as member Of the fam
ily."
ST have had something to do with
that" I suggested.
mo DOUBT it has inf1amed his ego
tism to have you enter the family. The
situation with him is difficult. His
pride was hurting him last night. He
had lost all sense Of proportion He
was like child. He demonstrated with
me: he was too important as Mr.. Sid
ney's crony to be merely our servant
1t was only a drunken mood, but he
forgot himself and grasped me by the
wrist. / had been trying to control
him and restore his common sense.
Then / became indignant, and you
heard my voice. / am afraid it was
shrill, but I was not alarmed. I was
merely Indignant
sYou speak of Jed, Mrs. Sidney" /
said, 'as if he were merely an annoy
ing alcoholic, tolerated when he is an
noying, because of his general useful
ness but that does not explain why he
tries to lock me in my room while he
is sober and before these disturbances
begin. That shows design and intent
to have a free hand when he makes
the disturbance. / do not like being
locked in my room"
sit is outrageous" said the lady ner-
vously. 81 did not know that it was
DONE / shall see that 1t is not re-
peated."
Il am not so sure you can" said,
"and wish you would not try. / have
protected myself against it, and I'd
rather Jed did not give me any more
thought than he thinks is necessary
now"
81 am sure, DOCTOR" said Mrs. Sid
ney, ''that you will understand Jed and
the situation better when you have
been here longer. 1t may be annoying
to you now, but we all here live for
the pleasure and comfort of Mr.. Sid
ney, who is worthy of all we can do
for him. He did everything he could
for us while he was active, and if
thoughts would benefit us, he would
be working for us now"
Mrs. Sidney was determined to pro-
tect the secret of the situation, and
had no right to cross examine her. The
next time went to town bought N.Y.
self forty-five caliber pistol.
Although l was prepared for recur-
rent disturbances, there were none.
Within a week / had found my way
into a pleasant routine. Jed seemed
to be conscious that he had over
stepped his bounds. He was not ap-
parently contrite. but he was cautious.
A week was without incident. Then
Miss Sidney went away to make visit.
Her absence was a spiritual disaster.
Ecstatic and morose youth! The beau
ty Of Hartley house became hollow
and dark melancholy, making sad
sounds. Vibrant life had gone from it.
It's perfume was lost.
/ c,fnnot now eel quite what 1t was
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shakesneare as Poacher.

In the description of the amenities
Of the Shakespeare hotel, Stratford.
on-Ayon, which was recently put up at
auction. the story is revived that
Shakespeare came before Sir Thomas
Lucy on charge of stealing deer
from Charlotte park. The charge is
omen to the comment that in the time
of Elizabeth there was no deer park
at Charlotte. To this 1t is retorted that
deer were to be found in many parks
not described as deer parks. AS to all
which it may be suggested that
Shakespeare may have been brought
before Lucy for stealing any deer
within his Jurisdiction.
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thoughts of vacation and are working
one of the quarantine officials said, to
the limits of human endurance in vac
cinating, fumigating and inspecting
prospective citizens and their families.
The reason for the unusual call for
the services of Hoffman island is said
to be a misunderstanding on the part
of italian officials and steamship
companies respecting United States
public health regulations, Travellers
from districts where typhus and 9TH
er transmittable diseases prevail are
supposed to be "deloused," examined
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Diamond Thieves Easily Detected.

Diamond stealing in the South At
frican mines is becoming precarious
business. The blacks still swallow
them or hide them in self-inflicted
wounds, but these methods no longer
suffice. Coolidge X-ray tubes are SO
mounted in frame as to illuminate
the whole body Of the stripped native
standing before them. The entire body
of the hundreds of miners can thus be
brought into view in the Horoscope in
a few seconds, and any diamond pres
ent, even if behind thick bones, is
quickly detected. The glow of the dia-
mond under the X-rays, as well as its
dense opaqueness, aids in detection.
IT is said.
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that made Hartley house, a place 30
comfortable and genial, at the same
time a place so threatened. The threat
could not be ignored: it was there. The
story of the ghost at the haunted pool
could have nothing to do with 1t. The
threat had tangible aspects. Mrs. Sid
ney's worry, unspoken but craven In
her resolutely Roman face, was one
evidence. The extraordinary behavior
of Jed was another. The atmosphere
of the place was one of mystery.
During the pleasant, peaceful, odor-
Gus summer months, when our life was
one of undisrurDed routine, never es-
capped the sense of dread. | hoped the
| Intangible would take shape; surely
something intangible that would be en-
bodied, hung over the house.
may not be able to make this GER
tainty appear SO wildly to you as it
did to me. 1t permeated; it was in the
atmosphere; ii. hung over the woods
| it filled the house. 1t came with the
odors of blossoms 1t was expressed in
the summer winds; it was threatened
in the lightning which flashed over the
river. | could not reconcile this effect
| to such cause as that feeble ghost
story of the pool. could not dread
that ghost or feel its presence. 1t
was benevolent ghost needed for
decoration.
| | asked the people of the house, the
servants, and found that for them 1t
was largely a superstition. They all
had been brought from the city and
only a few. such as Jed, a gardener, the
housekeeper and the cook had been
long enough in the house really to be
associated with it.
Jed was the only one that willingly
would be in the vicinity of the pool at
night. The others might laugh at the
suggestion of terror. but they would
not willingly test their superiority to
superstition. If they had been really
frightened. they could not have been
kept in service They were not. The
place WAS large, comfortably inhabited
and genial. There was a touch OF
dread at one spot. They avoided the
! spot, and it was negligible so long as
they did avoid it.
In the small town of Hartley there
was more of the legend than there was
at Hartley house. To the people who
lived at a distance and came in con-
tact with the place only on occasions,
| it had an alien, exotic air. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney had come from South
| America, from Mo1teyideo, where they
had lived many years. The circum-
stances of their selection and purchase
of the place were normal, but the vii
layers spiced a great deal of gossip
with notions of the alienism. wealth,
aloofness and odd habits, concerning
which gossip ran from our servants to
the Hartley householders.
have mentioned that my first morn
ing at Hartley house a gardener asked
me to see one of his children. which
had a bad cough. The man had
good deal of sickness in his family In
the next few months, and ! was OF
| considerable service.
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ISoBEL!

Synopsis. = DR.. John Nicholson,
just beginning his career, becomes
resident physician and companion
of Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
Mr. Sidney is an American, semi
Invalid, old and rich and very de-
sirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is
Spanish woman. dignif1ed and reti-
cent Jed, the butler, acts like
privileged member Of the family
Hartley house is fine old isolated
country place, with murder story,
a haunted pool" and many watch
dogs, and an atmosphere of mys-
terry The haunted pool' is where
Richard Dobson, son of former
owner Of Hartley house, had killed
his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed
begins operations by locking the
doctor in his room the very first
night.
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safeouardlnq tho Goat.

In Switzerland the goat is placed
ahead of all other animals. If a boy
plaques a goat he can be fined and
sent to prison. If person meets
goat on a path and drives him aside
he can be arrested. If a goat enters
the yard of a person not his owner,
and is hit, the person guilty must pay
a fine.
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ITALIANS FLOCK TO AMERICA
Rush of immigrants Has Made Much
Work for New York Quarantine
Doctors and Officials.

New York.-Hoffman island, de-
tention station of the New York
quarantine service, has an average
transient population of more than
1000 a day, due to the inbound rush
Of Italian immigrants.
In addition, the five doctors at
tached to the station have given up all
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and certified as "clean" by American
public health officers before they
board the ship.
These regulations are not being
complied with, officials here say, and
therefore the delousing and fumigsting
must be done before the traveller is
landed.
During the last week more than half
dozen ships have arrived from ports
where typhus-carrying suspects could
be taken on board.
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The congressional Junketing party
that has gone to the orient arrived at
Manila very seasick, because Of ty-
phoons that wrought havoc in parts Of
the islands. The visitors were just
in time for the raising of red flag
by angry farm tenants near Manila,
whose rent has been increased six
times. This, small incident In itself.
shows the Filipinos, like the rest OF
the world, are full of social unrest.
After ten days in the Philippines, the
party will be taken to China under the
escort Of Doctor Reinsch, former
American minister to China and now
the adviser of that government.
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Winning three races In row after
losing two, the yacht Resolute sue
cessfully defended this country's pos
session of the Americas cup against
the fourth attempt by Sir Thomas Lip
ton to lift the international trophy.
His yacht, Shamrock ", was out
footed and out-sailed by the American
boat and it's crew, and the tea mer-
chant admitted that the Resolute was
the better boat. But he is coming
across again in 1922 unless some other
Britisher captures the cup next sum-
mer. 1t is estimated that Sir Thomas
spent in the neighborhood Of million
dollars in trying to win the trophy this
year.
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though no one would predict an imme-
diate end of the trouble with the biz
luminous miners of the middle West.
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers of America asked for a joint
conference of operators and miners
ito deal with the confusion that ex-
lists in the coal industry" and the ILL.,
nOis operators consented to meet tina
workers for the purpose of discussion,
but would not agree to reopen the
wage agreement until they received
authority from Washington. So seri-
rious is the threat of fuel famine that
Governor Lowden Of Illinois urged the
authorities at Washington to act quick
~ in bringing about q settlement. In
the national capital 1t was said Sec
rotary of Labor Wilson was about to
make report to the president. Mr..
Tumulty, secretary to President Will
son, said a satisfactory solution of the
problem would be reached through the
efforts of Attorney General Palmer,
who named a committee to fix profit
margins. and the orders of the inter-
state commerce commission. Others
were not nearly SO optimistic as Mr..
Tumulty.
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Governor Cox of G. % was signaIly
honored on Friday by his home town,
Dayton. His fellow citizens. regard
less of party affiliations. made him
the chief figure In the home coming"
celebration, and he delivered a speech
in a handsome l"court Of honor" The
city was beautifully decorated and was
thronged with visitors from all parts
of the state.
Dayton also has prepared for the
Cox notification ceremony. set for Au-
gust Z. This will take place in the
county fair grounds and the governor
will deliver his speech Of acceptance
from the grand stand of the race
track, in which will be sound ampli-
fiers such as were installed in the ma
tional convention halls. Most of last
week was devoted by Governor Cox
to the preparation of this speech. A
great many persons profess to be In
tensely interested in what he will say
about liquor. 1t is predicted that he
will steer skilfully around that ques-
ton, and may advise the people of the
United States that if they want lib
eral enforcement Of the law, they must
elect congressman who are In favor OF
such course.
Governor Coolidge Of Massachusetts,
was formally notified of his vice pres
idential nomination on Tuesday and
responded with speech in which he
did not markedly deviate from the
lines laid down by Senator Harding.
The burden Of It was that the country
must be speedily rescued from the re-
actions of war.
Senator Harding's campaign is not
by any means to be confined to his
front porch. Plans are being made to
take him on an extensive speaking
tour, which probably will include Den
yer, Memphis, New York, Boston, Chi
cago and Indianapolis. He may even
go as far as the Pacific coast. To avoid
certain errors Of past campaigns, he
will not enter any state until its pri-
mary fights are over
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the territory through which the Rus
slams might pass, but corps of Lith-
uanian troops joined the bolshevik
cavalry operating eastward through
Augustowo and Suwalki and the COM
bined forces were reported massing
on the East Prussia frontier. The
German reichSwehr was concentrated
at Insterburg to repel the invaders.
The diplomats of Europe were not
especially hopeful last week that the
conference at Baranovitchi would
bring about peace between the two
warning nations and were awaiting
the Russian armistice terms with inn
patience. 1t was reported that Lee
nine favored moderate terms, while
Trotzky wished them so oppressive
and humiliating that the Poles would
be forced to continue fighting or over
throw their government if the terms
were accepted
The press of Warsaw is especially
skeptical concerning the intentions
and good faith of the soviet Russians,
expressing the belief that the latter
do not want peace.
POLAND is fully aware that negotia-
lions may be broken off any minute
and that, while they last, soviet Rus
STA will make all efforts to cause an
outbreak of bolshevism and revolution
in Poland" the Gazeta Warszawska
declares. Therefore Poland must. in
order to safeguard an honorable peace,
gather all her patriotic spirit and en-
ergy."
The Russian patriot Barzew, now in
Warsaw is quoted by the, Corier Po-
ranny as saying:
II do not believe peace will be made
between Poland and soviet Russia.
The sovet regime needs temporary
rest and it will sign an armistice. If
it signs peace it will mean that the
soviet rule hopes through propaganda
to establish soviet government in
Poland"
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Poor old Mexicol No sooner does
she get rid of one disturbing element
than another springs up to continue
the turmoil Last week ''PanchO"
Villa, having received assurances of
forgiveness and financial reward for
his efforts in the past, surrendered to
the government and promised to spend
the rest of his life as a peaceful farm
er. But at the same time came the
news that Esteban Cantu, governor of
the northern district of Lower Cali
fornia, was considered by the govern
ment to be In open rebellion. Can
tn profesSed TO be aStOniShed by this
view of his position and denied the
charge. He said he had been advised
that the provisional government was
sending two bodies of troops, number
ing about 5000 men, against him. and
that he would have 1000 men ready
to resist in the field any attempt to
invade his province. He assured pro
lection to Americans and other for
eigners engaged in lawful occupations
in Lower California The prospects
for a stubborn conflict were good,
though United States Consul Boyle at
Mexicali urged our government to use
its good offices to prevent hostilities.
ST am surrendering because the
country needs peace for reconstruct
tion," said Villa to General Martinez,
who arranged for the capitulation of
the bandit chief But the story comes
from Mexico that Villa "has been CIV
en- very pleasing financial guarantees"
His men are to be mustered out at
Torreon, and each of them is to re-
ceive years pay and a tract Of land.
There was some relief in sight in
the coal situation in the United States,
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time that he has been interesting to a
young and beautiful girl. 1t is one of
the Elysian emotions. We grow old
and bald, and women are adventures
dismissed from our lives. We know
we do not interest them. We do not
think of interesting them. We become
pantaloOned lay-figures too scared Of
scandal or too confirmed in proprfety
TO break cut of the narrowed way.
There is an age which comes to man,
3 cOnditioH IN which he finds himself,
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The French in Syria protested to
find that King FeisuI was insincere in
his submission, so they stormed and
captured Damascus and ordered Feis-
ul to leave the country. So far there
has been no outside opposition to this
procedure, but it is conceivable that
Great Britain will in some way help
that Arab chieftain who gave them
such valuable assistance in the cap
ture Of Palestine.
In Thrace the Greeks have been
making great progress against the
Turkish nationalist and after desper-
ate fighting they occupied Adrianople,
the headquarters of Jafar Tayar, and
captured that leader and his staff.
King Alexander himself entered the
city and was warmly welcomed. The
Greeks also took Kirk Kiliseh and 9TH
err strategic points, and it was an
nounced that it would now be COM
paratively easy to clear the country of
the nationalist bands.
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cuba's population now is assesses.
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Il shall not hesitate to kill
YOU"
sAvAGEs WORE BODY ARMoR

4Io BE CONTlNU EDO
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There was some relief in sight in
the coal situation in the United States
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# KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SAL IS
Says Backache is sign you.
have been eating too
much meat,

When you wake up with back
ache and dull misery in the kidney
region 1t generally means you have
been eating too much meat, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which overworks the kid
neys in their effort to filter it from
the blood and they become sort of
paralyzed and loggy. When your
kidneys get sluggish and clog you
must relieve them. like you relieve
your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache. sick headache, dizzy
spells; your stomach sours. tongue
is coated, and when the weather is
bad you have rheumatic twinges.
The urine is cloudy, full of sedi-
ment, channels often get sore,
water scalds and you are obliged
to seek relief two or three times
during the night.
Either consult good. reliable
physician at once or get from your
about four ounces OF
Jad Salts; take tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days. and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous
salts Is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia, and has been used for
to clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize
acids in the urine so 1t no longet
irritates, thus ending bladder
Jad Salts is a life saver for regu-
lar meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive,
cannot injure and makes a delight
full. effervescent lithia- water drink.