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vet, too. was NOT q large man, Aians
own hand was Of good size and pow.
erful. but when he put his fingers over
the marks the other man had made. he
found that the other hand must have
been larger and more powerful than
his own. Had II been Corvets serv-
anti II might have been. though the
marks seemed too fresh for that: for
the servant, Sheriff. had said. had left
the day Corvet's disappearance was
discovered.
This proof that some one had been
prying about In the house before him
self and since Corvet had gone. star
tied Alan and angered him. Who had
been searching in Benjamin Corvet's
in Alan's house? He pushed the
drawers shut hastily. and hurried
gcross the hall to the room opposite.
In this rOom-plainly Benjamin Cor.
vets bedrOonl-were no signs Of In
trusiOn. lie went to the door Of tile
room connecting with 1t. turned OH
the light. and looked in. II was n
smaller room than the others and
contained roll.top desk and cabi-
net. The cover Of the desk was closed.
anu the drawers Of the cabinet were
shut and apparently undIsturbed; He
tried The cover Of the desk. but 1t ap-
peared to be locked: after looking
around vainly for key. he trie0
again. exerting little more force,
and this time the top went n? easily.
tearing away the metal plate into
which the claws Of the lock cInsped
and the two long screws which had
held 1t. He examined the lock. sur
prised. and saw that the screws must
have been merely set into the holes
scars showed where 4 chisel or some
metal implement had been thrust In
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CHAPTER v
An Encounter.

Aim, standing In the darkness of
the hall, felt In his pocket for his
matches and struck one on the box.
The light showed the hull In front OF
him, renching back Into some vague.
distant darkness, and great rooms with
wide pOrtiered doOrways gaping on
both sides. He turned into the room
upon his right. glanced to see that the
shades were drawn on the windows
toward the street. then found the
switch and turned on the electric light.
Alan had the feeling which 30 often
comss to one In an Unfamiliar and
vacant house that there was some one
10 the house with him. He listened
and seemed to hear another sound In
the upper hall. 4 footstep. He went
out quickly to the foot of the stairs
and looked up them.
rs any one herer' he called. us
any one herer'
His voice brought no response. He
went half way up the curve Of the wide
stairway and called again. and lis
tened; then he fought down the feeling
NC udu bu" tuVAS
would be no one In the house. and
Alan was certain there was no one.
So he went back to the room where
he had left the light.
The center Of this room. like the
room next to 1t. was occupied by n
library tnble-desk. He pulled open
some drawers In II: one or two. hal
blueprints and technical drawings in
them; the others had only the miscel-
lany which nccumulates In room
much used. There were drawers also
under the bookcases nll around the
room: they appeared. when Allan
opened some Of them. to contain PAM
phlets Of various societies. and the
scientific correspondence Of which
Sheriff. had told him. Alan felt thnt
seeing these things was bringing his
, father closer to him: they gave him n
little Of the feeling he had been unable
! 70 get when he looked At his fathers
. picture. He could realize better now
/ he lonely. restless tn4n. pursued by
some ghost he could not kill. taking
up for distraction one subject Of study
| ttiter hnotHef, o0uuusiuk eucu III tuiN
until he could no longer make 1t en-.
gross him. and then absorbing him.
selftin the next.
On the top Of q chest Of high draw.
ers In corner nenr the dressing
table were some papers. Alan went
over to look mt them: they were invi'
tations, notices Of concerts and Of
plays twenty years old-the mall
probably. OF the morning when Corvct''
wife had gone away. left where heI
maid or she herself had laid them
and only picked up and put back there
at the times since when the room wa,
busted. As Alan touched them. h
saw that his fingers left marks In the
dust on the smooth top OF the chest
he noticed that some one else hat
touched the things and made mark.
Of the same sort as he had made. Thu
freshness Of these other marks star
tied him: they had been made within
day or SO. They could not hav,
been made by Sheriff., for Alan hat
noticed that Sherrill's hands >wer,
slender and delicately formed: Cor
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and rend the short. dry biography Of
his father printed on the page oppo-
Mite the portrait. II summarized In
few hundred words his fathers life.
Alan Riiul the book and snt thought
full. The tall clock In the hall struck
nine. He got up and went out Into
the hall and asked for his hat and
coat. Wbe:: they Ind been brought
him, he put them on md went out.
lie went down the steps and to the
corner aud turned west to Astor street.
When he reached the house OF his fa.
Their he stopped under II street lamp,
looking up at. the big. stern old man.
sAon qucstioningiy.
lie could not call up any sense that
The house was his. any rsore than he
had bcen able to when Sheriff. Ind
told him Of II. He own n house on
that street, Yet was thu, In Itself
-. se~e r.~srkab'e than that hi
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under the top to force II up. The
pigeonholcs and little drawers In the
upper part Of the desk, As he swiftly
opened them. he found entirely empty.
He hurried to the cabinet: the drnw-
ers Of the cabinet too had been forced.
and very recently; for the scars and
the splinters Of wood were clean and
fresh. These drawers and the draw
erx In the lower part Of the desk
either were empty. or the papers In
them had been disarrnnged and tum-
bleti In confusion. as though some one
had examined them hastily and tossed
them back. To Alan. the marks of
violence and rouEhness were uhmIs-
takabiy the work Of the man with the
big hands who had left marks upon
the top Of the chest Of drawers: and
the feeling that he had been In the
house very recently wns stronger than
ever.
Aim ran out into the hall and lis
tened he heard no sound; but he went
back to the little room more excited
thnn before. For what had the other
man been searching? For the same
things which Alan was looking for?
And Ind the other man got them?
Who might the other he. and what
might be his connection with Benja-
min Corvet? Alan had no doubt that
everything OF Importance must have
been taken away, hut he would make
sure Of that. He took some of the pa
pers from the drawers md began to
examine them; after nearly IN hour
Of this. he had found only one article
which appeared connected In nny way
with what Sheriff. had told him or
with Alan himself. In one Of the little
drawers Of the desk he found xevernl
hooks. much worn ms though from
being carried In 4 pocket, and one Of
these contained series Of entries
stretching over several years. THESE
listed an O-opposite Sc
ries Of dates with only the year and
the month given. and there was an
entry for every second month.
Alan felt his fingers trembling as he
turned the pages Of the little book
and found at the end OF the list n
| blank, und below. In the snme hand
but In writing which had changed
slightly with the passage Of years. an
other date and the confirming entry of
1880. Alan looked through the little
hook again and put It In his pocket.
1t was. beyond doubt. his fathers
memorandum Of the sums sent to Blue
Rapids for Alan; 1t told him TINT here
he Ind been in his fathers thoughts.
He grew warm at the thought as lie
began putting the other things back
into the drawers.
He started and Strengthened sudden.
ly: then he listened nttentiveiy. and
his skin, warm an instant before
turned cold md prickled. Somewhere
within the house, unmistakably on the
floor below him, door had slammed
Some one-it was beyond question
now, for the realization WINS quite diff
ferent from the feeling he had had
about that before-was In the house
with him. Was It =. his father
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-FLEsAl FLesHl"

6YNoP6Is.-wealth and highly
placed In. the Chicago business
world. benjamin coryet 10 come
thIns o. Y rsciuss and y snystery
u hiS associates. After stormy
interview with his partner. Henry
Spea1nAn. Corvet seeks Constance
Bherrili. daughter of his other
business partner. Lawrence snsr-
slk and secures from her prom
W NOT 70 marry Spearmnn. lie
theA disAppears. Shsrr,b learns
Cofvst has written to certain
Alan Conrad. In Blue Rapids. Kan
sAA, and exhibited strange agita-
tsoa over the msNer. Gorvet's let
tsr summons Conrad. y youth OF
unkaoWn pArentage. TO Chicago.
Alan arrives In Chicago. From .
statea,snt OF Sherrtll II secms prob
a,bls Conrad 10 Corbet's Legitimate
son. Csrvst has decided his house
aaA IT, contents to Alan
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Commercial inquiries answered. and
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TAX COMMISSION VALUES
UTILITIES At $226,763, $50

Dcnyer.-The assessed valuation for
1922 on all utilities in Colorado under
the State Tax Commission hns been
placed at $228, 1885, $50. according to In
formation given out by the commission
here. Lust years valuation on these
same utilities, which include railroads,
telephone, telegraph and express COM
panles and electric. power and water
companies, was placed at $218, 418,9 $50.
The assessed valuation of the Den
YER Tramway Company Is placed at
81, O56, go. the same a. last year. The
valuation Of the Denver Gas and Elec-
trio Light Company has been increased
from $l2, 100 900 for 1921 to $i2 TO-. 900
for 1917.
The Colorado Springs Light. Heat
and Power Company will be assessed
at S2,OOo.5 the same as last year.
The valuation OF the Colorado Power
Company has decreased. according to
the tax commissioner, from $6.60,-
400 for 1921 to 36,Oe7 $50 for this year.
Assessment on the properties OF the
Arkansas Valley Railway, Light and
Power Company. which supplies cleo
TIC power IOr tHe Srippe StttA ViS-
trict. Fremont county and Pueblo. 10
given ut <4,513.40O, the same rs last
yeur.
All "local" public utilities, consist.
ing principally Of light. heat and
power companies, tramways, reservoir
and water companies, are given un AS
scssed valuation this year OF $47,577,.
FLO. u decrease of $48.34O, us compared
with last ye:r'B tables.
Railroads OF the state will be as
sessed on q valuation Of $3.50, 800. $40.
a. compared with $10O,314, $50 '1st
year: the Pullman company, $l,iOl.-
800. the same as last year: the Ameri-
can Railway Express Company. S75a-
TO. decrease OF $l4S,14O, as com
pared with the 1921 valuation, and phi
waite car lines, $86l, $40. a. compared
with $780, last year.
Telephone companies will be A.
sessed on a valuation Of $l3.333. $50
as compared with $13,2l4.7OO for 1921.
and telegraph companies, $3.50, $40.
as compared with $2,43l ,24O Lust year.
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Now Tourist Record for National For
ests.

Denver.--The rush Of tourists
through the Colorado national forests
Is unprecedented for the time OF year
according to c. w. Richards, general
agent Of the Denver-Interlrban rail
road. who declared that the season Is
now In full blast with the promise Of
breaking all records of former years
All roads are open to the mountainous
regions, he stated. and with no snow.
banks to encounter. motorists need not
worry about the use Of chains.
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victor.-Mrs. Patrick McDermott, 81
years old, while suffering from demen-
tia. shot her 3-year-Old son, Neil, and
turned the revolver on herself. The
boy Is at the district hospital hero,
with two gunshot wounds In his head.
The mother died instantly. Physicians
say a spinal disease had affected her
reason.
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"For this was the nan whom
he had fought in Benjamin
Corvet's house the night be.
fore"
tro BE coNrINuEp.3
Jud Tvnkina.

Jud Tunklna.
Jud Tunkins says there's big id.
vantage in using long words. Any
body would rather take what you say
for granted than be put to the trouble
Of looking u the dictionary.
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girdles that are worn very loose.
Tailors vary them In many ways and
use patch pockets and large buttons
to give them snappy finish.
In a clever overcoat Of tweed, in
two-toned plaid, the tailor has con-
trived unusual sleeves having slashed
cuffs ornamented with large buttons.
The collar is the new tunnel" design
and these are little points that dis
tinguish the coat illustrated from
others Of its kind.
The smart utility coat sells itself,
to fill definite need, but not every
one needs coat, and there are some
intriguing coat dresses calculated to
coax money out Of those who are not
driven by necessity to part with it.
They are handsome affairs that will
serve without coat for wear In
autumn and with one for winter. One
of them is shown here. 1t is made Of
men's-wear serge and has novel
sleeves, with pendant panels finished
with silk fringe. Loose straps, en-
broidered with silk floss and ending
in long silk tassels, hang from the
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some frocks which have all the char
acter of those made for afternoon
wear. This is a hitherto unoccupied
field, for knitted fabrics have been
identified with sports clothes where
they have been entirely successful.
Sports suits and dresses, in heavy and
light weights, and greatly varied in
texture by variations in the knitting,
are beginning to vie with sweaters In
variety of design.
Another field has been invaded by
the knitted dress Of wool. 1t is a
comfortable and sturdy garment for
the little school girl and appears in
slYp-over frocks in one color with deco
rations in contrasting colors knitted
In. A gray or blue dress in plain,
close stitch, has bands Of red, orange
and green about the bottom Of the
skirt and sleeves, and around the
waist. A narrow knitted silk girdle
at the waist and similar tie at the
neck, match the dress in color.
Very attractive knitted trimmings
Of wool yarn are used on dresses and
suits Of Jersey cloth or to finish
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the madding crowd - and wondered
why Father did not send for me. Then
the slam Of the screen door downstairs
sent me to the window, a sickening
terror within me.
Was he going-without seeing me,
his future bride? Impossible!
Father and Mr.. Harold Hartshorn
stood on the front steps below, talking.
In another minute Mr.. Harold Harris
horn had walked away, and Father
had turned back on to the piazza
AS soon as could control my shak-
ing knees, went downstairs.
Father was in his favorite rocking
chair. 1 advanced slowly. l did not
sit down.
WAS that Mr.. Hartshorn?" I asked,
trying to keep the shake out of my
voice.
EYES,"
"Mr. H-Hartshorn," 1 repeated stu
pidly.
Eyes. He came to see me about the
Downer place." nodded Father. HE
wants to rent it for next year."
ITO rent 1.-THE Downer place I" (The
Downer place was no ose-embowered
cottage far from the madding crowd
Why, it was big, and brick, and right
next to the hotel! / didn't want to
live there)
"Yes-for his wife and family. He's
going to bring them back with him
next year." explained Father.
His wife and familyl' / can imag-
inc about how gasped out those four
words.
Eyes. He has Eve children, 1 be-
neve, and"
But had fed to my room.
After all, my recovery was rapid. /
was in love with love, you see; not
with Mr.. Harold Hartshorn. Besides,
the next year went to college. And
it was while was at college that i
met Jerry.
Jerry was the brother Of my college
friend, Helen Weston. Helen's elder
sister was a senior In that same col
lege, and was graduated at the close
of my freshman year. The father,
mother and brother came on to the
graduation. And that is where / met
Jerry.
If 1t might be called meeting him.
He lifted his hat, bowed, said a polite
nothing with his lips, and an indiffer-
ent "Oh, some friend of Helen's," with
his eyes, and turned to a radiant
blonde senior at my side.
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New Knitted Textiles;
Coats and Coat Dresses

ity coat that Is needed and these
are the garments that move early and
in quick succession from the mer.
chants assortment Of new models.
There Is demand for these smartly
tailored. mannish overcoats right now
and they appear in English mixtures,
with plaid back, tweeds, velours and
polo cloth. They arc made with col
lars that may be buttoned up closely
about the throat or worn open across
the shoulders, they hang In full, loose
lines, are ample In width and length
and sometimes have belts or narrow
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-08-24

THOSE enterprising manufacturers
= who make our knitted wear for us
have been experimenting with textiles
lately and have turned out some beau
ttful fabrics that have the added allure
OF novelty. Among them are the fiber
silk and worsted combinations classed
as matelasse, which present lustrous
surface covered with motifs In con-
trasting or self color. They follow the
successful printed patterns on knitted
textiles used for sports coats.
These new patterns in knitted goods
are making their appearance In hand
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY
RH.LIVINGSTONE.
COPYRIGHT BY ELEANOR H. PORTER

was breaking. How / longed to help
to heal, to cure! How / thrilled at the
thought Of the love and companionship
could give him somewhere in rose
empowered cottage far from the mad
ding crowd (He boarded at the An
Jacksonville hotel alone now.) If only
he could see 1t as ! saw it. If only by
some sign or token he could know of
the warm love that was his but for
the asking! Gould he not see that no
longer need he pine alone and unap-
preciated in the Andersonville hotel?
Why, in just few weeks l was to
be through school. And then
On the night before commencement
Mr.. Harold Hartshorn assembled our
front steps, rang the bell, and called
for my father. I knew because was
upstairs in my room over the front
door; and / saw him come up the walk
and heard him ask for Father.
oh, joy Oh, happy day! He knew.
He had seen 1t as / saw 1t. He had
come to gain Fathers permission, that
he might be duly accredited sutton
for my hand!
During the next ecstatic ten min
utes, with my hand pressed against my
wildly beating heart, planned my
wedding dress, selected with care and
discrimination my trousseau, furnished
the rose-embowered cottage far from
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knitted dresses Of fiber silk. These
trimmings are knitted in many ways.
those Of wool yarn in loops are among
rhe most effective. Fiber silk makes
s0me of the handsomest trimmings
ind dresses. 1t appears as a trimming
n the overblouse Of crepe de chine
which Is illustrated, worn with heavy
repe skirt. Very handsome tassels
# the silk finish soft girdle Of the
repe de chine.
When woman simply must have
4 wrap, usually It is practical util-
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Some information.

She was an amiable old lady, and
volunteered much information to the
fair stranger, who had come down to
see an important event in the country
town-the laying Of the foundation
stone Of the new church. EYES," pratt
tied the old lady, "that is the duke
and duchess, and the couple behind
them are the mayor and mayoress, and
those two on the right are the vicar
nd-er-vixen. "-Pearson's Weekly.
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Mary Queen of Scots had a large
collection Of wigs, and 1t Is said that
she wore one ct her execution.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-08-24

A girl wants to get engaged, just
the way she wants to be asked to
dance.
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shoulders and the same embroidery
finishes the collar, cuffs and sleeve
panels. A small net vestec is revealed
at the front, below the neck fasten-
ing and there is very narrow girdle
Of the serge which ties loosely at a
low waistline, combining the embroid.
cred straps.
NsA~ 5l7a57a-A
cpvrosn p vHrus sfsRNa usaess
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a substantial i-bedroom home in best of
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FOR 81 ,Oo0 CASH

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FOR sAIE-Continued.

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Main 43J

ON CONN AVE. NEAR BUREAU or
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sleeping porch, bedrooms: hardwood floors;
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A very nice home OF 8 rooms, bath: good
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17I7 18th ST--ONE ROOM KITCHENETIt
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WILL SACRIFICE A GROOM HOUSE AND
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