:
A STORY
OF THE)
SYNOPSIS,
Lieutenant Holton Is detached from his
command In the navy at the outset of the
Bpanish-American war and assigned to
important secret se ervice duty.
CHAPTER it.
The Girl and the Walter.
At seven o'clock, in immaculate eve-
ning attire, Holton set out from his
club and sallied forth to the Willard.
After studying the menu lovingly, and
having devised a dinner suitable to
the palate of one who had followed the
lure of Epicurus in Vienna, Paris, and
London, he turned from the card and
lighting a cigarette and sipping a cock-
tall, he gazed about the room.
At one table he saw the French am-
bassador and a company of his Gallic
friends. Near by young Pembroke, of
the British embassy, was dining a girl
Holton had met. To his left sat a
dark-skinned, sleek-appearing man
with close-cropped Vandyke beard. He
had been pointed out to Holton In
Paris as a man who had plans of Ger-
man forts at Kiel for sale. The young |
office wondered what he was doing
here.
Altogether the atmosphere, Holton
decided, was just as it should be, just |
as the eapital of a country should act |
when the government stands on the!
brink of International war
Holton had just dispatched his frst |
oyster when his attention was attract
ed by a musical little laugh to a table |
about twenty feet away from him. A |
girl, slightly above the medium height, |
with slender resilient figure, was stand.
ing with her back to him, talking to
her escort, a well-built man of fifty |
odd, with fron-gray hair and beard, |
and the dark features of the Latin
She was a beauty. Holton, connols-
seur of femininity though he was, ad-
mitted that without hesitation. Her
hair was not the coal-black hair of her
race, but a shining, golden deep
brown, which lay upon her head In
thick, waving convolutions. Her eves |
were blue-gray, off by long, dark |
lashes, and fine brows, which ran with
delicate arches to the straight, finely
modeled nose. Her lips were colored
by nature, pure coral. and her teeth
flashed as she Spoke.
“It's absurd, father, for you to mind
I can walt here as well as anywhere
else—although | shan't
to occupy elf by dining.”
The fat} gged.
“Well,” said
quite necessary. Rs: and I shan't
be gone long, but if you mind I'll take
you back to the hotel
“Not at all, all,”
“It's so bright and
and you'll return
50 on, father, and I'll eat’
radiantly—"“very slowly
turn.”
Her cheeks had flushed with ani
mation, and the purity of her coloring
as well as the whiteness of her skin,
set
mye
1er sh
he length, “it Is
Anes,
not she protested
interesting here, |
ay. No
she smiled
until you re
800n, anyw
Holton Tightened Mis Grip on the
Waiter's Arm.
convinced Holton that if her father
were Spanish, or Cuban, or something
Latin, the girl unquestionably was the
daughter of an Anglo-Saxon mother
With a gesture that amounted al
most to carelessness, she had tossed
& gold mesh handbag on the table.
and now as she glanced over the ecard
it was quite concealed from her view
Holton returned to his oysters, not,
however, neglecting occasional glances
at the radiant creature who had been
left, as he inwardly phrased it, high
and dry by her father,
“1 should think.” he murmured, “that
he'd be afraid someone would steal
her. I-I, by George! I'd like to, you
know.”
Which thought thrilled him out of
all proportion to the amount of good
sense it contained. It was at about
this point that Holton's gaze tell upon
the walter attending the young woman,
He was one of those interesting per
sons to be seen occasionally in great
“estaumnts who seem to be above
their calling.
something, passing phases of facial ex
pression, a certain movement of the |
shoulders, and above all, a firm-footed |
but light tread, all of which seemed to
Holton to indicate a man misplaced. i
He felt certain of this a moment |
later, when the girl again lifted the
menu and the waiter stepped to the
corner of the table, upon which the
gold bag lay. With a quick snakelike |
movement his hand shot out and seized |
the bag. Then, hardly lifting his fin-
gers from the table, he snapped his |
wrist upward and the bag flew under |
the lapel of his jacket, which had been |
hand. Another instant and he was In |
front of the girl receiving her order!
with the utmost sang froid
Holton wasted no time in thought. |,
Quickly springing up he approached
the young woman's table, and nodding
to her as to an old acquaintance, he
placed his hand lightly upon the wait
er's arm.
“Wait a moment,
antly.
The girl In the meantime had been
staring at the young officer in wide |
" said Holton pleas-
“What-—what does this mean?” she
asked finally
“Your bag,” sald Holton quietly,
was on this table, was it not?
The girl leaned forward with a gasp
“Why—why, yes,” she said. “Why
it's gone.” She looked up at Holton
with startled eyes. “It's gone,” she re
peated, her voice beginning to rise
Holton smiled reassuringly and nod-
“Please don't be alarmed.” he sald,
“It is all right.” He turned to the
waiter. “This man evidently regarded
Rather stupid,
he were not
waiter, you
table.
then,
but if
stupid he wouldn't be a
"What do you mean, sir!” exclaimed
the man, flushing.
Holton laughed and
grip on the waiter's arm
“Come, he sald
bag out of your coat and put it
table or I'll a spread-eagle
you.”
Giy
eyes flashir
Without
hand in
3 the
tightened his
“Take that
on the
of
come,”
make
e me bag.” said the girl, her
my
ih
a word the walter reached
his jacket, and bring
missing article, laid it on
side
“I thought
was going to take it
someone
» desk.”
comme
arrested?”
"Do
added, glanc
nted Holton
he
FOU
him
ing at the g
The young
nt and then si
“No. thank
said I should hate
and after
It may
oving the
wish
an ught
wok her head
I thi not.”
to appear
all,
be he
won & mo
me
you nk ashe
in pro
arm has
ncere
no bn
been done
rem
was si
bag.”
Holton regarded her sharply and
saw that really believed in the
man’s gullt, but was averse to carrying
the matter further
“All right,” he said,
grip upon the waiter's
then, you go and atte
in
she
releasing his
arm "Now,
nd to your duties
sure you don’t put any poison
in this young lady's food.”
The waiter turned away with an evil
and Holton and was
when the girl
and be
scowl, bowed
smiled at him radiantly
“I have not thanked
your kindness,” she said
Oh, it was nothing at all,”
Holton
But
bag
it
lose
you yet for
responded
it was.” she insisted
very dear to y, and, besides,
ntains things | should ha to
I am sorry that my father is not
and yet in another
way 1 am glad He would scold me
for being awfully careless”
She was speaking in perfect Eng.
lish, with just the faintest accent
“Perhaps so,” granted Holton Then
he took the bit in his teeth “My nama
is Appleton,” he said: “I'm a lleuten.
ant in the army.”
“And 1.” she sald, “am Miss La Tos
sa. 1 think I-—at least, | remember
seeing you at one of the White House |
receptions.”
“1 remember having seen you,”
Holton,
“That
Is me
co te
led
“but I was trying to recall the
place. | think we were Introduced. La
Tossa,” he mused i
“Oh, come, Mr, Applegate--* .
“Appleton,” corrected Holton
“Thank you Mr Appleton; let us
have done with beating about the bush. |
You have rendered me a great favor
tonight, and that Is quite sufficient |
But you do not remember me, and so |
please do not try to make me think |
you do.”
"All right,” sald Holton, “i won't
But-but you will not think me pre
suming if I sald 1 should like to—here. |
after.”
‘I ®hould like to have you know me,”
sho sald simply.
The unexpected nature of this re |
mark quite unhorsed the young officer, |
and for a second no words came to his |
tongue.
"Thank you.” he sald lamely,
She regarded him in smiling silence.
“But I'm afraid,” she sald then, “that
your knowledge will be limited to this
evening. 1 wish, really wish, 1* would
be otherwise.” She sighed. “It would
be go nice to be like other girls. But
father and I are birds of passage, here
one day, there the next. [I shall be so
glad to be home once more.”
"Home?" Holton looked at her in.
quiringly.
“Yes, my home |
are outside Cuabitas.”
“Oh! Holton flushed for some rea
son or other
"Good-by, Mr.
I am grateful to you—
You have been very good
you must go, really.”
“May [ not call?” asked Holton. “1
recognize the
ing, and I do not wish
me forward, but I really
“l1 thank you, Mr. Appleton.” she
sald; “but, no—these things cannot
be.”
There was a note of finality
voice and a trace of pathos,
Holton caught.
"Of cx Miss La Tossa, I shall do
AS You say But I am sorry.” He
paused. “And will you please remem
ber this If you ever need assistance
in any way, and | am within
will you call upon me?”
“I thank you," repl
most kind. { shall reme
have sald"
Holton drew a
pocket,
is near Santiago, We
Appleton,” she said.
I am thankful
But now
you
in her
both
nurse
reach
ied. “You are
mber what you
ghe
card-case from his
“When 1 told you my name was
plet he said, “I acted upon impulse
but Intended no | My real
and my address are contained here”
and he placed a card in ¢ of her
The girl glanced at the bit of paste
board, and then started. She looked
up at Holton with frightened ex.
pression
“Lieuten
I thought
She paused
“You thought?
“I-11 thought
'n her expression changed and
miled at him [I thought
ur name Appleton.”
I did tel} you
on,”
ron
Ton
ty
ant Holton,” she said
“Why
promjg
ted
paused
Holton
She again,
yo
was
impulse, and
was inte aded. Now
* girl shook her head
at X do that
give th
slowly
1 mu again.”
hat
said: it
Hol
at-
| f Ur own
Yes, # & More
tractive sound Spaniard
1 Y. then the it
Now, Mr. Ap
you. [I shall re
and all you
must go
stiff
iRii YY,
* 5
on
member all
have said
The
her ma
) » done
And n«
officer bo a
nner had der som
a change. He withdrew to his own
table went through his various
in & perfunc manner
upon that beautiful
girl and the strange nature of their in
terview
While was engaged in
thought La Tossa's waiter, as
though to make up for his misconduet,
proved a most excellent servitor
seemed, in fact, to take especial pride
in attending to the service with all the
ekill at his command, with the
WwW You
trifl
gone
wed @ for |
un
of
and
CoOlrses tory
mind was wholly
Holton
Mins
DAINTIEST OF BIRD'S NESTS
Maple Leaf of Ordinary Size Will Con
ceal the Home of the Hum.
ming Bird,
The most exquisitely dainty home
built by the bill and feet of birds is
that of the ruby throated humming
bird, says a writer in the Craftsman
than an English walnut and is usually
saddled on a small horizontal limb of a
tree or shrub frequently many feet
from the ground. It is composed al
most entirely of soft plant fibers,
fragments of spiders’ webs sometimes
being used to hold them in shape. The
the
from a knot on the limb. The CERS
Although the humming bird's nest
is exceedingly frall, there appears to
be nothing on record to show that any
great numbers of them come to
grief during the summer rains. It is,
however, not called upon for a long
tenure of occupancy. Within three
an epicure, rewarded him with a pleas
ant amile.
Her father joined her at coffee. and
it was then, while waiting for an or
der, that this strange waiter penciled
the following telegram upon a pad
which he carried in his pocket:
“Holton at Willard. Scorpion evi
dently not golng to Key West. Falled
with girl. But all working well.”
This went to Key West. The waiter
returned to the dining-room, and spent
which Miss
were seated.
i shot of the table at
Tossa and her father
The two were guests at the hotel
Just before they arose the father
sald something which brought
waiter rigid. He listened for the
ply, and then with broad smile
hurried to the gerving-table for finger
bowls, as demanded by a fussy gentle
man at a table in front of him
As for Holton, he was
long cigar and, gazing thot
the ceiling, trying to determine
he had seen the face
fore,
»
re-
a
ightfully
where
* ®
When Holton entered the ballroom
of the Willard the orchestra from be-
hind its shelter of palms was sending
forth the stirring notes of Sousa's
“Stars and Stripes,” whose popularity
was then at the apex, and the
was filled with whirling couples A
few minutes late, all other thoughts
flashed from his mind as the girl
had met in the restaurant passed in at
the door on the arm of her father. She
| was smiling animatedly, and was at
men, mainly foreigners,
for one or mere dances
“By George!” ejaculated Holton un
der his breath. “I'm for that young
lady without any doubt at all”
Twice started to move toward
only to be anticipated by
equally ardent young gallant, i it
was not until the music of a waltz had
he
her
Bilt
Trying to Determine Where He Had
Seen the Face Before.
rinen had
the room
confronted
hich
and disappeared
pple Mr. Holton'™
What a surprise!”
1 an unpleasant one, |
led Holton In reply
Of con
the
she ex
hope.”
iree not,” she answered, plao
2 her card in the officer outstreteh
ton
Ho
list of 1
glanced quick
ames
and
taken
1b
Lae
fourteenth
May | have
“1 see
two dows
| dances
thirteenth
are not
She arched
pleased
* said the young man
as many as
her eyebrows,
ile d. as if
riainly, all’
and
| you can spare.”
She regarded him smi]
What a queer person are'™
Holton was about when a
| man in diplomatic British uniform ap
proached, bowed stiffly, and bore the
girl away. She looked back at Holton
over her shoulder
“Adios!” she called
(TO BE CONTINUED
ola A more
ingiy
you
to reply
| weeks after the twe little white eges
are laid the young have departed on
their tiny Pinions,
Servant Girl Educator,
The truth is, we never think of edu
cation in connection with babyhood,
the term being in our minds inex.
tricably confused with schoolhouses
and books. When we do honestly ad-
mit the plain fact that a child is be.
ing educated in every waking hour by
the condition in which he is placed
and the persons who are with him,
we shall be readier to see the need of
a higher class of educators than serv
ant girls. ~~Concerning Children.
Salmon Industry Threatened.
Alaskans say that indiscriminate
slaughter soon will drive the whales
out of the north Pacific, and that this
will result in the destruction of the
salmon industry. Countless millions
of herring, now driven close to shore
by the whales, will stay out in the
deep water, they declare, and the
salmon, which live on the herring,
will stay out in deep water with them,
except in the spawning season.
ISD.
AYTORNRYS,
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MORE WARSHIPS
SENT 10 MEXICO
ARTORYEY AT1AW
Villa's Troops to Attack Federal |
Stronghold at Chihuahua.
| NO ALARM OVER TAMPICO.
| Constitutionalist Forces Are Reported
To Be Advancing Toward
Tampico From Vie.
toria.
The movement of
Francisco Villa's troops to the
| Bouth to attack the Federal etrong.
{| hold at Chihuahua was begun when
nearly 1,000 men under Gen. Rosalio
Hernandez departed from Juarez
They accompanied a work train used
to repair the rallroad line which was
destroyed places below Juarez by
the Federals when they retreated
southward after the Tierra Blanca
battle,
Rebel leaders believe they will have
a fight with the Federals at Vila
| Ahumada, 83 miles south Juarez,
as the Federal troops defeated at
Tierra Blanca are marooned there.
Villa said he had plenty of ammuni
tion for a fleld fight or for a siege of
the State capital. He said he captur-
ed 1,122 shells in the recent fighting
besides 1,300 rifles 23,000
ridges.
Villa stated that not more
of his men were killed.
El Paso, Texas
i Gen.
in
Penns Valley Banking Company
Centre Hall, Pa.
DAVID K. KELLER, Cashier
Receives Deposits . . .
of
@ Discounts Notes . .
and cart ~~
BO YEAR®
than 80 EXPERIENCE
NO ALARM FELT OVER TAMPICO
Washington Gets No Word From Lind
Or Fletcher,
Washington
no official commun
Admiral Fletcher
special American
relating to conditions in the oil
near Tampico
The fact that
received since
Fletcher relating to conditions in
ity of Tuxpam several
regarded ircles
assurance that there
cause for alarm
Secretary Daniels
fssuead an
division
the
Trae Manus
Desiane
CorvymianTs &a
Anyone sending a sheteh ang descr!
utekly ssoertaln our opinion free ea
ie n is probably patentable Commu
tions strictly confidential Handbook on P
sent free. Cldest ney for nn reas
Palents taken t hk Moun &
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Bold by all newsd
Ferm nrh (rem,
Secretary Bryan
from
Lind
in Mexico
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nas
Rear
the
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or John
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no d been
the cable from
report ha
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WHA in official «
Was no immediat
in the day
the fou
early
directing rth
fleet
to proceed
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trip are
Ohio
order
of the Atlantic
now in
Mediterranean to the
const of Mexico via ©
make
Kansas and
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bn the World. . ...
THE BEST IS na
CHEAPEST .
No Muth
Ne Ameuments
Before amsing
the contract
which is oo aa Joy
the tenth and twentieth
turns all premiums pic le Es
dition to the face of the
te Loam om FViess
Mortgage
Office 1a Crider's Stone ln
ships the the
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Connecticut order
af
now in .
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and =}
two weaks
ould
STILL HARPING ON PANAMA.
Money
Colombian Senate Passes Resolution
Of Protest
admitted
Roosevelt,”
by
regol
ex-President
nani nously
Colombian
adopted
The
res that “the attitude of the
and peo of thd
opposed to that o
dent Roosevelt, resent govern-
ment has made quite clear de
to respect the laws of equity and §
tice"
tion
Gov
United
f ex-Presi-
Senate
decla
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States is
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EX-MAYOR GUILTY OF ASSAULT.
Confesses and Is Sentenced To Five
Years in “Pen”
H
Courthouse,
Roanoke, Va.-—Waesley
years old, of Floyd who
was arrested October 30 charged with
attempted assault upon a young wom-
{an of that appeared before
Judge Moffitt at a special term of the
Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to
the indictment. He was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. Terry
was former Mayor of the town and the
young woman, whose room he entered.
was the daughter of the Clerk of the
County Court
Terry, 63
H. 0. STROHNMEIER,
CENTRE MALL, . . PEN,
Manufaocturer.ef
and Dealer In
HIGH GRADE ...
MONUMENTAL WoRwR/}
TERMS TO BEGIN JANUARY 1. In all kinds of
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| Radical Changes Proposed in Bill Now
In Senate, | Granite, = = ®marmre
Washington —Efforts will be made
early in tue new session of Congress
for a favorable report from the Sea-
| ate Judiciary Committee on the Sha- |
froth resolution to begin the terms of |
| President, Vice-President, senators |
and representatives on the first Mon- |
day of January immediately following |
election. The resolution was report. |
ed favorably some time ago by a sub.
committee, and has been under con- |
sideration by the entire committee.
place,
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Loostion | One mile South of Osntre Hall
coom modations fi Partion
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DR. SOL. M. NISSLEY,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
A graduate of the University of Peun'n
ds
TOLMAN MUST SERVE 6 MONTHS. |
Sentence Imposed, On “Loan Shark |
King” Affirmed,
New York.--Daniel H. Tolman, |
"king of the loan sharks,” must serve |
six months in the penitentiary for
usury. In eo deciding the appellate |
division upheld the lower court which |
imposed sentence. Tolman based his
appeal on the ground that the act of i
usury was committed by a woman em-
I ploye without his knowledge or con. !
sent.