The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-02

was until tho night-wind brouEh;
10 her ears q fragment Of q iovo
song from tho alyeF-tipped gondolR
gliding down tho moon-ilt canal
Tho feeling that she had always
been aiono eams 10 haun, her. She
closed her eyes and tried 10 shu;
out tho night and all It's wfiehcry.
but aho could fool herself no
longer. All about her were love
and youih--,ho two were one---and
ahs thought OF tho temple Girl who
had sung;
-Now 10 tho season OF my youth.
Not thus hhail I always be-
shs blushcd. there IN tho dark.
a. her love-hungry heart thrilled
with an emotion quite strange TO
her. Youth was fleeing: love was
best OF all.
But iovc was far away--or was
itI That morning she had found a
message In q bottle. tossed up by
tho sea- sho had smiled over II at
tho tlfne--oniy fools and Idle per-
sons put messages In bottles and
tossed them away 70 torment pos
slhlo findera-but aha found herself
repeating tho message aloud now.
Iie was an Engilshman. n soldier.
--,hs writing was bold. generous.--
prisoner IN vcnlcel The tone OF
tho message was hopeless: between
tho lines she could read suffering.
despair. Il do IL you fail mo"
II mus. be gcnuinei She knew
sho dared not ignore IL But 20
find him--a uncovered house. n
corner room with ,hreo windows. n
wreath Of stars frcscoed on tho CELL
ing.--whers In all Venice was such
placer
Louise Gerard unfolds another
taie OF love and mystery. laying
bors tho heart OF a woman who
reached out for happiness
BEHINp THE BRONZE
DOOR" William Leoueux; Mac
aulay Co.
Tho Metropolitan Information bu-
reau dealt In socrets--lt bought and
sold them. A buried past. secret
lovo affair. were worth Just 40
much In cash 20 Tho House With
Tho Bronze Door," as II camo TO DO
called.
And. tho II owed It's prosperity 10
certain people OF Importance in So
ciety. those very individuals came
10 tremble at mention OF Its name.
Fully fourth OF tho crimes COM
mIttcd daily In London never are
brought to tho attention OF tho po-
llco. RobbericS. blaclSmail. and GER
tain other crimes come in for this
secrecy; and simply because tho
victims dread tho publicity OF po-
lice activity or fear that some hero
tofore hidden bit OF scandal. in an
otherwise blameless life. may be
uncovered.
Therefore tho service which the
Metropolitan Information bureau
offered for tho detection OF Grimm
ais had n certain appeal for the So
cially prominent: but with soclcty's
b'SIttb III iN7 pOSatSSiOit AHc DuEthu
became more relentless foo than
the men and women whom II wns
supposed to DO fighting. Fastening
on its luokless victims. II offered
social ostracism. disgrace, even sui
eide, TO those who dared refuse It's
terms OF silence.
Grim. greedy-mnking tho limo.
cont pay for the guilty--it sends
It's agents Siding thru the night I'M
enrthing the skeletons which rattle
In the closets of tho rich.
In n breath-talting story OF thrill
Ing incidents. Mr.. LeQueux I'M
ravels the mysterious operations OF
tho most Infamous band OF black
mailers London has ever known.
DOCTOR NYE." Joseph c. Lin
coin; ID. Appleton & Co.
Joseph G. Lincoln has surpassed
himself In this story OF tho cheer
full things such eyes as his can dis
cover among small-town folk. Hero