Copyright by George H. Doran Co. CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND Hlustrated by IRWIN MYERS A a Al a ad a eel ee cd ISOBEL! Synopsis. — Dr. John Michelson, just beginning his career, becomes resident physician and companion of Homer Bidney at Hartley house, Mr. Sidney is an American, a semi. invalid, old and rich and very de- sirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a Spanish woman, dignified and reti. cent. Jed, the butler, acts like a privileged member of the family Hartley house is a fine old Isolated country place, with a murder story, a “haunted pool.” and mapy watch- dogs, and an atmosphere of mys- tery. The “haunted pool” is where Richard Dobson, son of a 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 Oo | CHAPTER IL —— That evening T had dinner with Mra, Sidney and her daughter Isobel. I had in the house twenty-four hours and did not know there was a daugh- ter until! dinner brought the three of us together, Mrs. Sidney was Spanish. She was a lovely woman, gracious and charm- ing. but I thought there great deal of steel hidden in her disposition. She did not to ask that life be soft or to expect to find it She had a Roman dignity of self respect which did not, 1 could be sure, permit moaning. It would not have taxed any one’s perceptions to recognize in Mrs. Sidney a human an ex- traordinary life. The fact was so ap- parent that it her personality. It must come to abnormalities. There was with the wonderful will to had Dr. Browaell was the alien been wis a |eem 8, heing living seCmed a part of that I Hartley house prepared had for the he remembered first, man live which There house, interested beauty of the | Jed, the as it the str servant haunted pool to a who was so appa was, rational » lovely woman a tragic figure. There was the in my were ny being locked root tnrhiddine d forbiddin det There | tl ences of the the place—walls, dogs and Keepers. be excused for taking a fanciful of may sew surroundings Then there She came into the dining was Miss Sidney room expected if y astonishing non to there wa Mrs. “How do you do? Sidney presented and she seemed to fi a stranger hae table. Jed served excellent irra assed wit 1 took d they made | She Seemed to Find It Tiresome That | a Stranger Had Taken a Place at the | Table, diffi- man, unaccustomed to It is one of the Elysian emotions. We grow old We know We do not pantaslooned lay-figures too scared of to break out of the narrowed way. which he morals, and submits if he have any when it comes and when adventures. If he he is content. romanti¢ fortunate, pect is the sunset. He no longer asks the great question of youth: “Could I make that girl like* me?” To me, after that first Sidney apd her daughter, ecstacy romantic folly. me, my dinner with Isobel my wus a ra- sense, and emotions, tive young man, and when attractive when the young man the it touch floor. 1 was captured and after that first dinner—knew loved and dreaded it. i about to make a fool of myself fool. In the exalted state of egoistic emo- able to Mr. Sidaey’s room after dinner and sat him for two hours, 1 began to decorated. of art A really used to rare subtlety bring a warm eolor man's I did not fully appre- was winter of life, Mr. haired and was a precise, was white His It but it Sidney gracious, manner not was was robust, wis beaignant, the place, We talk. that been more than the period cheerful What he my world a hun- had n suggested to me could not have dred years old at most, of the period but a such conceptions included the which swoltution in ganle evolution is pin ‘outh is startied by I had an interesting even- ing Jedd enme He stood easantly I Sidney said : lefore ight, in with two tties of wine and to or y arose to go, at “1 me unpl d Mr we shall Hke each other. looked think ‘ you will be comfort. And the wii even happy. don't he dis I don’t drink ks it, and 1 en- tressed about more. Jed dr joy seeing him do it.” . + . . » % * * A whippoorwill was reliterant in the fhigt iad its call came from fa ele Hrs odorous and Having sald good night to Mr. Sidney, 1 had gone to my room with n The night was fresh, and cool, 1 had read hours vhen 1 heard the ent door thrown =o if metal which had been left In the socket. There no the door, and evidently the threshold kept light from appearing beneath it. I had been reading, as I sald, for three hours recesses mysie riously veiled book from the library. fFWweet for several bolt in 1 piece sme i ny the gainst was transom above in had good to think I adleen, I knew who the person was, It was Jed. Knowing I was not locked in, I was undisturbed and continued read- ing. reason was in hall. It arose abruptly to a sharp ery, and I had to lay aside my book sad locked, a thing 1 had not wanted to do until the secret of its being locked me a more tolerable dinner companion. | It was some champagne stimulated re- mark on feminism which caused Miss Sidaey to stare at me as if [ were an animal which, being smooth skinned, suddenly had grown a coat of fur. She stared for an instant and then faughed. She was quite frank. She had been bored; she had become in- terested. I could see that she dis. fressed her mother. Mrs, Sidney, any one could know, held to conventions as the salvation of life; Miss Sidney did not. Isobel Sidney wns a very attractive girl, 1 guessed her age to be twenty. three. I also guessed that candor and honesty were outstanding points in her disposition, Her youth and her beauty were magnetie, and I must confess that my romanticism was touched Instantly. 1 had seen just enough of Mr, Sidney 10 understand how thix girl could be the daughter of Mrs. Sidney. i By the time dinner was over we had JJ tound a pleasant agreement in ideas and taste. I was LY an ecstacy, full of hall. Both She released I hurried out and down the He stood until I came up. “What is the matter?’ I asked. “What makes you think anything is the matter?” he asked. “Don’t take me for a fool,” 1 said. “That was Mrs. Sidney who screamed, You were holding her. It seems to me it needs an explanation.” “Who are you that you need an ex- planation?” said Jed, “You are drink again” “i know I am. If that's satisfactory to my employer, why should it bother you?" ; “I doubt that It Is satisfactory to your employer that you should be mak. ing his wife scream at midnight. Look heré: you're a servant in this house, What have you to say for yourself? I'm going to have an explanation of this.” Jed had been surly and angry, but pow he grinned. COO Eiri “All right,” he sald, “but If you want to be decent about it, ask Mrs. Sidney first whether she wants your help and your asking. That's my advice, young | fellow, not supposed, to be out. We don’t want | people in this house running around the halls at this time of night” “1 opened the door and | Why shouldn't 1 come out, | seream and came.” He looked at me as If he were doubt- { ing himself. I think he was uncertain whether Be had thrown the bolt or not, | It transpired later that I was right, { but for the time I was worried. When I went back to my room, was restless, as one naturally would be, h stranger in so strange a house, If was impossible to sleep and difficult to i read. 1 sat by the window and alter came out, I heard a i and the woodthrush began to { Then, quieted, I went to bed and had two hours’ sleep. . I thought it wise to speak to Mrs, Sidney about the incident of the night, | She had seen me, she knew I had talked might not know i that I recognized her. 1 might add to her by to her, but I might obtain an insight into mat- which whuld me act discreetly and usefully. If I remained ignorant of motives prevalling in the house, I might at any blunder into a serious mistake. It seemed best to speak to Mrs I could see when | spoke to her, she had but she i was Roman, Sing. to Jed, she might or perplexities speaking ters enable to time Sidney, been greatly disturbed, “It was nothing serious or Important, | doctor * ghe said. “I'l not say that it or that I liked it, but f(t Jed is nn faithful invaluable servant, { was pleasant had no significance He has a vice He he in and for WARK ne i to us, he i= not sctly man and if he isn't I 4 «3 fault. which responsible, sr fe gaober when came aow, it our own him without intending to My husband, when he was well and strong, loved drink wine. He it in great quantities and without any dis turbance of his sobriety or do so. to drank good nu- It mellowed and at the time in- life for him. He cannot use it account of his health, bat he the of and Jed has been made the vietim of Mr. Ridney's viearious enjoyment. Jed not always considerate of his position ture, tensified now, on enjoys seeing i ng it tse is whe he Is not sober, but he never is 14 not like I he is exceedingly annoying.” even when, 181 the indy’s resolution th i hink she did not He 1% wt IS Mv) et fy posterous request | wig not soher, ad make spent such he family an evening ney. resents being 5 He a member of the wants to fam “I have had something to do with I suggested, has inf ned his ive you enter family. The hin Is difficult, His as hurting him la night. He ie with Mr. Sid servant! that,” “No dount it tism to hb situation with pride w st had was like \ v3 lost all = of a child was Tse proportion He remonstrated he ney's crony It was only forgot wrist, i him nnd Then 1 heard shrill, but merely indignant.” “You speak of Jed, Mrs, Sidney,” 1 { sald, “as if he were merely an annoy- { Ing aleoholic, noying, because 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. 1 do not like being | locked in my room.” | “It is outrageous.” sald the lady ner | vously. “I did not know that it was { done. 1 shall see that is aot re | peated.” me too important as to be merely our a drunken mood, but he himself and grasped me Ly the had been to ct restore his cammon trying control sense and afraid it alarmed. 1 was indignant, volce, | became you my am was I was not tolerated when he i= an of it “and I wish you would not try. i protected myself against it, { rather Jed did not give me any more | thought now," . “1 am sure, doctor,” sald Mrs. Sid. ney, “that you will understand Jed and the situation better when you have been here longer. It may be annoying to you now, but we all here live for the pleasure and comfort of Mr. Sid. fey, who is worthy of all we can do for him. He did everything he could for us while he wax 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 situition, and 1 had no right to cross examine her. The next time I went to town I bought my- golf a forty-five caliber pistol, * . - - - - . -» Although I was prepared for recur rent disturbances, there were none. Within a week 1 had found my way into a pleasant routine, Jed seemed to be conscious that he had over A 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 a visit, Her absence was a spiritual disaster. Eestatic and morose youth! The beau. ty of Hartley house became a hollow and dark melancholy, making sad sounds. Vibrant life had gone from It Its perfume was lost, I cannot now tell quite what it was that made Hartley house, a place so comfortable and genial, at the same time n 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 it. The threat had tangible aspects. Mrs, Sid- ney's worry, uaspoken but graven in Roman face, was one The extraordinary behavior The atmosphere During the pleasant, peaceful, odor I hoped the would take shape: surely bodied, hung over the house, I may not be able to make this cer It permeated; it was In the it hung the house, It came with over woods it filled the the She Had Been Greatly Disturbed, but She Was Roman, in the lig) river. wld not reconcile thi ect i glory that was n benevolent such of the ghost ir foe 8 presence ded y dread it ghost ne for decoration of the servan ard fount hat for I asks house, the y all to reall been The abited of vv have fod avoided ex art there n there was To the and came in fo apie » only on ofcasions, it had ar Mr. and Mrs, Americs had Sidney ia Com from Moatevideo jived many years he « of the place were normal, but the : lagers spiced fn great with aloofness nlienism, habits of the odd notions and concerning the Hartley hanseholders house a gardener of his children, The man ing ant Hartley me to hind no He had ose cough LINEN IS great multitude, observes a writer. lingerie during spaces between these sales of white? And have you little cholee? Well, the lesson learned der forth at the white time of year and to do your buying then, for you will find the wares of the world pre gented for your selection, The materials now are those of some years ago. blooming under the 83.98 sign post eo array that would have formerly been relegated to the basement, The deal- ers have announced that they are push- ing domestic underclothes because of the scarcity of French and Philippine inferior to Now we see and so we see cotton crepes of them perforce, bid goodbye to the thin silk and muslin surfaces to which our pampered skins as we, Fine Apparel Expensive. However, once the situation has been tudied, we find that not we need nt heavy, muslin underwear unless we be There are ways to dodge ti counters {liese displays, though the result brings ever the inevitable conclusion that much ing wardrobe, quantity, and in spite of the fact that we hear how scarce materials have become there sees to be every evidence of plenty of silken these under A new set of chiffon was trimmed with satin nar- row ribbon pinched over the edges and many streamers of the same color of ribbon (the sets were in colors) the underwear bindings of made streaming from the ribbon was garments into place many places where to tie the used Absence of Buttons. There seems welcome the nore to be na ab- sence of buttons on all of More and appear with tied newer the de bands and hold underwenr, signs riabber loosely ribbons to them in before and But it looks made than ever the fine French linen its to chic the were wedging way ranks. During this type it is, after sort of slowly bu urely, it More importations are be- dav. 1 made the were repeating thelr 1d that they had i new Vell, foremost ¥ of un ’ but all, the tractive nit and, to most lingerie is marching frig ig made every me buyer of lingerie statement that the French {former achievements ar no anything if the pure delicacy and be improved upon, then ful enough for the thing ist! thought for n cannot Among the bridal trousseaus that many have been purchased during the onths, muslin undergarments ypularity, Silk of course (they ignored), but en things Intri- nied tr end received id the vote of Iw things there have been too Ix itiful to be cately handmade new ave sh 2 3 #0 10 attention, ¢ dealers in these things Lace in "the Limelight. used more and yusly for that beginning being more You this has been done since of things, but bands and is ne is undercliothes this new used the finer inserted In e¢ ig of wide abundance, in great Hv sorts of handmade laces medallions on the new undergarments, There ince panels lace edgings, five, six and in depth, put in are for chemises: seven inches ruffled on slightly the few months, and 1 was considerable next service. “1 shall not hesitate to kill ad you. LAY BE LO Raab iss Varnish to, imitate Ground Glass, To make a varnish to imitate ground glass dissolve 90 grains of sandarac and 20 grains of mastic in two ounces washed methylated ether, and add, in small quantities, sufficient benzine to make it dry with a suitable grain, too little making the varnish too transpar- ent and an excess making it erapy. The quantity of benzine required de pends upon the quality, from one-half to one and one.half ounces, or even wore. The best results are obtained from a medium quality, It is impor tant to use pure washed ether, free from spirit, Safeguarding the Goat, In Switzerland the goat is placed ahead of all other animals, If 8 boy plagues a goat he can be fined dnd sent to prison, If a person meets a gont on a path and drives him aside he can be arrested. If a goat enters the yard of a person not his owner, gud hit, the person guilty must pay a * » * Accordion.Plaited Handkerchief Linen Chemise in Pale Violet Embroidered in Pink and Blue, flouncings ; real lace tops for camisoles and chemises; lace sleeves and yokes for night dresses; lace in every con- teivable usage, . In fact the newer night dresses are so eclaborately done and so bedecked with wide and expansive trimmings of lace that one can scarcely distinguish them from the prevalent negligees, There are linen night frocks trimmed with Irish lace and lances of other ex- pensive and real varieties. One had n yoke and sleeves of Chantilly with a wide band to make the hem of the garment, It was as beautiful as any. thing which has ever been shown In the way of lingerie and surely marks a refurn to the lingerie that was done in trousseaus of our grandmothers, ~The «ilk and chiffon nightclothes and Embroidered Stitches in Wool. their rODGr HON Heir proper posi into in con- sequence, much of tha ariety of un i» much sald In its favor, fu are the dally course fo rosehuds, derwear to There 10 Le r there many in wolnen f thelr lives fuss with Still annot stop rib and { which is soft ne Hing that tendency i thaw of Lid ! y love dainty, It is there rwWeur comes its own, Following the of the single ar there have been things like th lesigned for ave won Aa nade of fine plece men's unders 8 +1 r n ins 1a woman. of the and me t radition of white for underthings The new | become more ¢ varied ed. Now, any the more un- We have seen wets of black and red and marvelled at “et of pos- better anderclothes and but, nevertl we have $6] i ) Arua accepts © colored underwear as an everyday In chiffon and in and satin the colors vary thro crepe de 3 oo} Aid and even in the seen ones and shades, on materials there | variety of tone. On the tinted underclothes there is is every | much use of embroidery in silk threads, Lin threads, In mercerized stitches and even in colored cotton em broidery stitchings., It is considered much better to form an edge by a but- tonholing of some contrasting shade than to resort to the old method of just making a hem. Then there are the long woolen stitches, which show to thelr best advantage on the thin “hiffon things. From underwear to negligee is but a slip, and it does seem as though we are paying more attention to the grace- ful and becoming robes dd'interieur which so long have been a necessary part of the wardrobe of a French wo- man. Never before have we shown such 8 concentrated interest in the gowns which are for private appear. ance only. The lines of the new negligees are simple enough, but the trimmings grow More gorgeous as one season melts in- to another. On the newest ones there are layers of chiffon so constructed that the things look only like floating clouds, Every trick and scheme 8 re- sorted to that the garment may be lightness ityelf. Lace is used lavishly. Sometimes it constitutes the overdress and then again it Is used for the foun. dation slip so that only a suggestion of its loveliness shines through the overlaying chiffon, Silk lace trims the edges of other chiffon negligees, being carried around the Jong lives of the outer edges and giving the effect of something not quite tangible In ite elusiveness, woolen /
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