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VII

For her part the new Adelaide
Rutherford still stood in the great
room where he had left her, still star
ing at the exit through which he had
gone, a victim of emotions only less
disturbing than his.
There could be naturally little
doubt in her mind now of the identity
of the stranger. Who could it pos
sibly be but one-this individual with
a pass-key, and the private knowledge
of her own house which she herself
had never dreamed of, and of her own
intimate but forgotten past.
She had often thought, naturally, of
her husband-of what he must be
like; of why she had been separated
from him. She had avoided speaking
on this subject to Jasper Haig; and
he, for purposes of his own no doubt,
had mentioned it to her in only a very
general way. She had assumed mere
ly that she would not see him; nat
urally that was one absolute condi-
ton of their agreement-one compli-
cation which must not arise for her.
She could have complained to Mr..
Haig now, of course, of this visit, but
after seeing him She paused and
thought, remembering her visitors
face-and her own situation, as she
saw it now. For her situation, 1t must
be said, was growing more and more
disturbing to her.
One must recall, in endeavoring to
understand, this, that this young wom-
an, this fortunate mistress of the
great Gorgam Trust, had-as her w
servants could at least partly seeAno
memory of her past at all back of her
recent desperate illness, beyond that
supplied by her two visitors-her
financial and physical guardians. Jas
per Haig and the very celebrated doc
tor. Considering this, she often. and
more and more as time went on, felt
the lack of exact and definite infor-
nation concerning many things
around her-even about herself.
She was ill she appreciated that
nervous trouble with a long name,
which would keep her isolated for a
long period. She would see none of
the friends of the Adelaide Rutber-
ford of former years. She readily
agreed to that. But she had hoped
in fact had been more recently at least
partly promised that some time. after
a sufficient time for recovery she
might be free, by some special ar
rangement, to travel-to see some
thing of the world outside of the in
terror of this great luxurious house.
She grew most weary of this place. 1t
was like, in a way, an Imprisonment
a museum: huge, priceless paint
lngs; long, costly draperies; Jars
worth a fortune-many enough and
enough to hold the Forty
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Che Uhu
of
Superstition
POOLING GHOSTS
By H. lRDlNG KIN

a N OLD-TIME superstition which is
"A still occasionally met with in the
rural districts is that a funeral pro-
cession should not return from the
cemetery to the house by the same
route which it traversed before.
In Virginia there is a prevalent SUI
perstition among the colored popula-
ton that after a funeral from the
house the position of the ~door-knobs
should be changed. The Virginia ne
gro frankly says that this change ia
made so that 'the ghost cannot find
his way in" The first superstition
mentioned is of a kindred nature and
had originally a like purpose. 1t was
to throw the ghost of the departed off
the trail so that he could not find his
way back to the house. Along the
Carolina coast a stake is sometimes
driven through a grave as soon as a
body is buried to keep the ghost of
the deceased from Haunting"
Among the peasants all over Europe
there are similar superstitions to these
and among all savage tribes kindred
precautions are taken to keep away
the spirits of the departed. The GUS
toms under consideration are not re-
lated to the superstitious-which are
many concerning the protection
against ghosts by means of Charms
but have to do with primitive mans
conception of the spirits of the dead as
entities which could be physically
controlled by sympathetic magic and
easily deceived by the more vigorous
spirits embodied in the living. That
primitive idea is the basis of the mod
ern superstitions mentioned above.
The old English law-enforced in COM
paratively recent times-which direct
ed that a certain class of ~malefactors
should, after execution, be buried at a
crossroads with a stake driven through
the grave was but a legal enactment
of this primitive superstition.
GO by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Jasper Haig and Has
brouck Rutherford were searching for
3 young woman-a girl who resembled
Adelaide Rutherford enough to serve
rs her double. For Haig vas manager
of the great sixty-million-dolIar Cor
gam trust-Deneft, created by old Dan
Eel Gorgam in his will for the benefit
of his daughter Adelaide during her
lifetime; Rutherford. the husband of
Adelaide, shared her great wealth.
And-Adelaide Rutherford was dying,
was already unconscious.
CHAPTER II-They found the young
woman-Mary Manchester, a work
weary but still beautiful young shop
girl who was thoroughly discouraged
with life, and arranged for a meeting
with her to present their proposition.
CHAPTER III-Mary lived with a
drunken stepfather who had no interest
in her, so it happened that when Haig
after explaining that Adelaide and
her husband had lived apart for some
years-offered her great wealth he
found her in a receptive mood, but
she demanded to see things for her
self.
CHAPTER Iv-Finding conditions as
they had been described to her, she
accepted the proposition and on that
night the real Adelaide Rutherford
died.
CHAPTER v-To the new servants
who replaced the old ones in the Ruth
erford household it becomes appar-
ent that their mistress was rapidly i'm
proving-though they. like everyone
else, had been given to understand that
her mind was unbalanced. Her physi-
clan confided to Stanford Gorgam, a
cousin of Adelaide and Hasbrouck
Rutherford, and a personal enemy of
sane.
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blOOdleSs I


bloodless. /
strangely enough" the man went
on when he saw that she did not en-
swer, 1.-The man-this friend of mine I
speak of-believes in the girl. He does
not know her very well, either, but ha
has an idea, an instinct-a rather silly
one, perhaps-that he can believe In
her-from her face. He thinks that
she should be given a chance at least
to clear herself"
Murder murmured Mrs. Huther-
ford hoarsely when he stopped. But
she said no more.
He believes" said the Young man
after waiting, that possibly he could
a V her-and that she, at he same
time, might help him to know what ba
must eventually find out. And vet ona
thing apparently makes this impos.
sible."
"What?"
Her attitude. 1 wont go into that
at length. That situation is too com.
plicated too" he said again. "And T
can't entirely. I'm not allowed to. But
| can tell you this much: the whols
affair might be simplifed, done away
with perhaps, if she would only give
her confidence to him. You see?"
She did not see, nor answer. 1t war
very awkward. Adelaide Rutherford
was about to faint. She did, in fact.
almost. All that she remembers. very
dimly, is the figure of the young man
going out the door just before the
servants-led by that woman who was
with her so much now-came in.
1t was a strange and mysterious
business-this being the mistress of a
jealous trust; displeasing, dangerous.
sinister.
"a prisoner Insane ! A murderess IL
said Adelaide Rutherford, tossing in
her great bed in her high bedroom
knowing less and less what she could
do.
CONTINUED Next Week.
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ne was still in France even, ne nau
expected at any time the news Of her
death.
There certainly was something
strange there as his friend, the young
doctor, had intimated-even if she
were only growing better. Even this
he could scarcely believe.
But, Poor Adelaide" he said, after
he lay half asleep in bed, "the least 1
can do is to go and see"
He carried u his intention hat
very next morning, and was surprised
at the outset to see the strange door
man at the door in place of the old
familiar figure so long stationed there.
I'm sorry, sir" said the new door
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dened more and more under the douDle
influence of liquor and emotion.
you don't know" he went on in q
very disagreeable voice, d you-the
exact rights of a woman, judged insane
by law, to be at large?
"Good-by," he called to her. Don't
be a fool. Think it over. l shall be
back-sometime before long. I'll ex-
pect another kind invitation from you
or even introduce myself. 1t will
not necessarily be dis~agreeable to
either of u.s." he told her with a leer.
"And you should remember, too, that
l can perhaps get you many little
favors, which you haven't now. More
freedom, for example; more amuse-
ment in your young life. Don't be
dull" he said, leaving her. whats
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Pur a Fence Around 1t.
The man who had forgotten to bring
any literature on his three hours rail-
way journey contemplated the short
sighted man who was reading a news
paper.
would you mind lending me your
s~pectacles?" he asked, politely.
The short-sighted man nodded
affably.
Certainly, certainly" he assented,
handing over his glasses.
And now, sir" said the traveller,
pocketing them, 'since you can no
longer see to read, would you kindly
lend me your paper?"
Discouraging.
Mr.. Freshleigh-Do you believe kiss
ing is dangerous?
Miss Wyse-Well, my brother made
a forward young man who tried it
here one night rather believe it was.
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CHAPTER VIII

The point of view is so important in
u life-especially the idea that you
yourself hold of yourself. This being
held in trust-a prisoner sentenced to
an indefinite term of solitary luxury
was one thing-a very weary thing
indeed; but on the other hand how
different, and how much more sinister
the life sentence of a prisoner insane
to be held till death for the neceSsi-
ties and unknown purposes of Sixty
Million.
Judged insane! BY some court, no
doubt If so, ONE one must have Sc
cured the judgment-and that some
one was not far to seek. This man
who had just left her was n person
interested, quite obviously-and JAS
per Haig must be another. She was
certain now of what she had so long
suspected, that no appeal was possible
to him.
She had in fact very little idea
where she could turn next, when OF
another evening not long. afterward,
she observed the peculiar actions of
her dog, standing at the outside door
of the empty study or the second floor
again. When she saw this, with a
curious mixture of fear and adven-
turousness she snapped Oh the light
again and opened the heavy door. 1t
was a surprise, and yet not entirely a
surprise, to find there, the unknown
young man of the former evening-the
tall, quite handsome man with pleas
ant eyes and agreeable address.
"Hello, Adelaide" he said. "You
see, / had to run in to see how the
world was treating you once more.
How are you, my dear?" he asked and
shook her hand warmly. Yet his eyes,
she felt now, had underneath the sur
face kindness a deeper hardness in
them.
"Shall we be alone here" he asked
her, for a little while?'
"Why, yes" she said, and in spite of
the natural caution demanded by the
circumstances, she shut the door be-
hind her.
He kept looking at her, studying
her all the time with those eyes of
his with their curious double expires
sion those naturally kindly eyes with
the hard judgment showing always
underneath.
you'll wonder he said, adelaide,
why 1 am so attentive, why I came
again so soon, why l took the chance.
You see, it's this way; 1 rather won
dered if you hadn't something that
you wished to tell me-"
"Il' she answered, a little startled
by the look that he was giving her as
well as by his question. I'll" she said
again-and her voice was very uncer-
tain. "What would I have to say?"
Don't you known" he insisted.
mo" she answered finally.
Perhaps" he said, 1--WE do not un-
derstand each other yet. Perhaps I
should make myself "a little palmer.
I'll try it, anyway. Let me ask you
something" he said; your advice on
a matter in which 1 have a personal
interest. 1t is about a man"
Eyes," she said uneasily when he
"And a oma in great dangerl"
YES" breathed Adelaide Ruther-
ord.
"While the man knows that she Is
IN the verge of being accused of a
,reat crime"
"Of what crime?" asked Mrs. Ruth
rford, her voice now scarcely above a
whisper.
"Of murder % said the stranger, pat
ing the rough-headed Rags, who stood
teside him.
Adelaide Rutherford did not move :
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/ into the room, the grasp upon Its
knob inside first opposing and then
relaxed. She was, not unnaturally
surprised when the door was finally
opened, at the sight of a tall and
rather handsome stranger standing
watching her with an amused and
friendly smile inside.
Adelaide" he said, and smiled that
smile of a lifetime's close acquaint-
ance.
But she herself was occupied for
the moment at the collar of Rags, who
though usually silent at such times,
was inclined to be extremely business
like.
"Adelaide," the stranger said again
and she was now astonished even
more than she was afraid, for this
man very clearly assumed that she
must know him.
1.-The old key!" he said, holding out
his key-ring. "YOur fathers private
entrance! !"
Adelaide Rutherford was not mere
ly surprised4nOw-she was greatly EN-
barrassed. Who was this man with a
private key in her W house? Could
it be-she asked herself with a sense
almost of fright.
"You act" he said, "as if you did
not know mel" And now, when she
had come under the stronger light she
had turned on in the room, his eyes
scrutinized her face in a very singu-
lar way.
eyes. Oh, yes. Yes-certainly I
do" she said breathlessly. But new
ertheless she stepped back, and n
hand-free now from the r~econciled
dog, who was noSing at the new
comer's hand for attention-lay at
the side of her face.
Eyes" she said. "Of curse l know
you. But you must go. You must
never come in here again. That was
our agreement"
And with her speaking, the sound
of her voice, the face of the stranger,
which had been tense before, took on
a harder and very definite look.
She became insistent when he lin
gered, with that odd, hard scrutiny on
her face. CO." she said, before 1
call in the servants I"
She did not do so Immediately, he
observed; yet finally, after some hest
he went out-through the pri-
vate door, down upon the walk, and
with a glance upward, hurried down
the side street upon which the en-
trance opened. He walked like a man
dazed-caught half way between won
der and horror. 1t was a block be-
fore he stopped and said-with a
blank face, talking to himself:
"What is this? Foul play?"
He passed along then, thinking. 1t
was at least half a block before his
lips moved again.
"And yet he said aloud, bewilder-
nent taking for the moment the up
Der hand of horror. Murder! With
hat face?"
For after all it may be fairly said
hat there was little in the face of
he young woman he had been watch
ng exactly suggestive of a murderess.
Then he was silent, walking on
lgain. do you suppose" he NUT
to himself a third time. Jasper
Who else?' he asked himself
! a still louder voice.
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the use, if you don't have to-" And
with another still less pleasant smile
upon his Redeemed face, he was gone.
She sank back into the nearest
chair.
Judged insane" she said aloud.
1t fitted in, she saw, with so many
little things. 1t made her just a little
faint. He had told her her own fear.
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man, 'but Mrs. Rutherford sees n
one. She is dangerously ill.,"
AS he said it he looked annoye,
through his professional disguise. !
rough dog, a rough-and-ready dog witt
a strong look of humOr in his face, ap
peared in the door with his head at al
inquiring angle; and from upstair:
with but partly suppressed amuse
ment, the voice of a young woman
was calling him.
Every WELL" said Stanford Gorgam
inally-and went away still more puz-
zled than when he came: at the en-
barge against all callers, at the dog
at the door and at the voice of the
young woman calling from inside. Ger
tainly no n but the mistress would
take the liberty of such calling in that
house, and certainly that was o the
voice of Adelaide Rutherford.
He might of course, he considered
as he left, take up the matter of ac-
cess to the house at once with Jasper
Haig. But on the whole would that
be wisest? If there were something
there that required explanation-as
there certainly seemed to be-would
that be exactly the place to turn just
now?
And as he considered this, his hand
in one pocket touched his key-ring,
and a light came into his eye. There
no o1v,o1,e of oov,eo +bo+ Eo,, of +bo
side doOr-the private entry used per-
sonally by his uncle when he was liv-
ing, for his own mysterious exits and
entrances, and for the entrances of
his peculiar and particular visitors
which it brought directly into his
great private office on the second
floor. He remembered taking the key
in his hand that day when his uncle
gave it to him-the keenness of his
satisfaction to know that the old finan-
cier so far trusted him as to give him
that very special key of his own pri-
vate door. The key to the front door
he had naturally; that was his home
in those days just after his own peo-
pie had died-those years he was in
Yale before his cousins marriage.
That door, the secret personal en-
trance of the old inancier, vas prob
ably unused now-indeed he had
heard sO-unless Jasper Haig still
kept a key to it. And if Soft any
thing strange or sinister had taken
place within that house-here was the
means of seeing it for himself. After
all, he had never been quite of his
uncle's mind about Jasper Haig. He
had lever greatly trusted him. His
decision was made now; he would
take the chance and see the situation
for himself.
1t was this resolve, we may assume,
which gave to Adelaide that very
night a sudden startling shock-the
unusual sight of the door of her late
fathers great study at the back of the
second floor, slowly opening from in
side as she passed by.
Keep still, Rags" she said, and
stopped the dogs slow growing.
After all it might be one of the
servants gone inside there for some
reason. She snapped on the light in
the blg room from the outside button
D pushed back the partly open door
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ton here. Her home is in Cali
fornia, but-welI, she likes
Manhattan.
''You have just finished your
first starring picture, haven't
you :"
And then Miss Logan sprang
another surprise:
"Don't call me a start / am,
suppose; but being a star
cuts out so many good parts.
Producers think that you pre-
fer the star part instead Of the
good part. Give me a good
role and don't care il am
called a star or not"
Florida may be no summer
resort, but, safe in the trop-
zeal jungles, Richard Barthel-
mess will no longer be annoyed
by friends who run up to tell
him that he needs a shave.
Before leaving Fort Lauder
dale, Barthelmess was obliged
to explain on an average Of six
times an hour that his whiskers
were growing in the interests Of
the jungle scenes of "Class-
mates" he really does not like
'em long.
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ESTELLE TAYLOR u ~5oYiNe
and aoYel : TlvoLl

toric monsters has been brought
together for the filming of
Conan Doyle's story. "The Lost
World" Six years ago Waiter
son Rothacker bought the rights
to the story and ever since that
time he has been devising pro-
duction plans for the weird tale.
Of course, there will be human
actors in the fantastic story.
Bessie Love, Lewis Stone. Lloyd
Hughes, Wallace Beery, Arthur
Hoyt, Margaret McWade, Finch
Smiles and Bull Montana have
been engaged.
~
Marcus Loew and his party
spent forty-eight hours Of in
tensive sightseeing in Paris.
They had only two days to give
to the French capital on thir way
from Cherbourg to Rome, where
"Ben Hur" will be filmed.
Ramon Novarro acted as their
guide in Paris and saw to it
that they did not miss any Of
the sights.
Mr.. Loew and J. Robert
Rubin, secretary of Metro Gold
wyn, were the guests Of Leon
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Mrs. Fred Niblo and Bess Mere
dyth.
49,
In the course Of a brief con-
versation, >Jacqueline Logan in
New York recently made two
original remarks which is a high
batting average in this sultry
weather. She was asked:
care you glad to get back?"
Now the regular answer for
California stars is "No."
But Miss Logan said she was
glad to get back, that she adores
New York and that she is so
fond Of it she will even choose
July as the time for her vaca-
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Gaumont and Mr.. Vostil, Of the
Gaumont Company, and attend
ed a performance at the Hippo
drome Theater, which was part
Of Gaumont's gala week. Every
year the Gaumont Company de-
votes a week to film showing,
and film men from all parts Of
Europe attend.
Just before the party left
Paris they were the guests Of
Nora Bayes at the Club DAMON.
Among those in the latest "Ben
Hur" expedition are: Mr.. and
Mrs. Loew, Mr.. Rubin, Mr.. No
varrO. Carey Wilson. Mr.. and
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GOINGS-ON
At the Theaters

KEITHS-Joseph Santley and
Ivy Sawyer will headline the bill
at b. F. Keith's Theater next week
in 1.-THE Little Review composed
OF several episodes, among which
will be 1.-THE Hunchback OF Neu-
trodyne."
The White sisters. "Broadways
big little girls" win be featured
attraction.
Tom Smith, expert chuckle pro-
Queer, billed as ian artist. a gem
tleman and scholar" holds
prominent position on the advanc-
ing program.
A potpourri of unique specialties
will be offered by Emmett GilToyle
and Elsie LANCE.
Harry ANGER and Meta Packer
will present 1.-THE Old FOOL a
sl1it in four scenes, which are
titled Mash, Smash. Flash and
Splash"
Marguerite Padula, she Of the
smiling personality. will present
her Song Study of Boys
Benson and Massimo, with Kath-
ryn Mclaughlin. will appear In
pantomimic interpretations.
The usual screen features viii
frame the program.
&&x
POLI'S-Monday night the sew
enth week Of the special engage.
ment Of the DeWoIf Hopper
Comic Opera Company at Polls
Theater, will bring another Of the
famous Gilbert and Sullivan
operas. Pirates Of Penzance." 1t
is full OF. sprightly satire and
gives Hopper and his supporting
company excellent opportunities.
Pirates Of Penzance" was first
produced in New York, which
was most unusual as the original
production of all the other Gil.
bert and Sullivan operas was in
England. The reason was that
someone had stolen the lyrics and
score and brought it to America
thinking to get the production on
here first, which would give them
the rights for this country with
out royalty, as the copyright laws
at that time were not Of the
best.
Sir Arthur Sullivan rushed over
here with his company and made
production hastily at the Fifth
Avenue Theater. December 81,
1879. At this production Pirates
Of Penzance" was acclaimed as
the best Of the Gilbert and sullivaa
operas.
Richard Mansfield sang the part
Of the Major General in an out.
of-the-way performance given In
London. to protect the English
copyright. The opera was finally
produced publicly in London in
1880 and continued for 400 nights.
The Major General lie a char.
acter particularly adapted to
HOPPER. After many verbal and
written requests Mr.. Hopper has
finally been prevailed on to again
give his famous Casey at the
Bat" which he win do between
the first and second acts OF the
Pirates" He was very loath to
give his consent but 80 many de-
mands have been made that he
considered 1t his duty to the
public to accede to them.
BELASCO-The third offering
Of the Belasco Theater Players
will be 'Roilo's wild OATS" by
Clare Hummer, one OF the most
successful comedies produced in
recent years. 1t had a long run
in New York two seasons ago,
but has never been presented in
Washington.
The story Il about a young boy.
the son Of a wealthy family. who