Een] SRT “ENGAGED!” Synopsis. — Dr, John Michelson, just beginning his career, becomes resident physician and companion of Homer Sidney at Hartley house Mr. Sidney is an American, a semli- {nvalld, old and rich ang 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 & fine old isolated country place, with a murder story, a “haunted pool,” and many 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 Dobs begins 0 doctor night. Y 80 he can't be loch Isobel, daughter falls in love at 9 CHAPTER I11—Continued. cS inn The gardener’s was William- gon. He had been on the place almost from the time of Mr. Sidney's purchase of it. He was attached to it, proud of his work and fond of it and [ts results, He had a neat little cottage beyond the gardens. His wfe was very pleas- ant and thought too much of my serv- feces. Williamson himself was a fine man. and 1 am interested in gardéning. Consequently, having to visit the fam- {ly every day or every other day, I formed a habit of talking with him. When, by chance, 1 of the ghost story to Williamson, with no more purpose than I ever had had In these inquiries, I noticed that he was a bit embarrassed, “I take no stock in the stories aboul the pool,” said. “I'd just as lief it at midnight as midday—al- name spoke he pass most.” “Re honest, Williamson,” I suggested laughingly. “Almost, I said,” he replied. did see something at the pool.” He was a straightforward, unimag- {native sort of man. I was sure he was pot about to indulge In romance. “] know something of these stories.” he said. “I have not gossiped mine about—I was coming from town late —after midnight. It the year of our being here. It was in the fall or late summer—I do not remem- per. As I came along the road by the pool, I saw the figure of a man stand- ing by the edge of the river. It was light enough for to that the figure was leaning on a stick or cane. 1 stopped and was going to call out, but for some reason—1I don't know just why—I didn't. The figure did not move. 1 began to feel creepy and went on. as gently as I could feet farther, I heard a rustling in the brush and I thought I saw a face. 1 couldn’ be sure, but I thought I did. 1 know I heard a “rustling. When 1 got out In the open, I ran the rest of the way home on the turf.” “There was nothing very alarming about that,” I suggested. My romance peeded more substance. “You saw a man and heard a noise” “There was nothng in seeing a man and hearing a noise.” sald Willlanrson. “It was the effect.” “That was due to the hour and the place.” “No. I'm not superstitious. I was not thinking of the place. The “But 1 was second me joe would be unjust—don’t you it | would be unjust?—to make a | against him of behavior that Mr, Sid- | ney causes. 806 { was not satisfied until she had | promise that I never would speak to sent. She then showed relief, and 1 i felt more distressed. Jed had some hold on this resolute lady that I should have liked to break. I Jed's attitude toward me Was thing to drive distracted a person who eared what It was, I did not could be Interesting, and interested in him. and ¥ avoided him, and I ignored him. relsome, and I fought PH iasobriety him back. seldom was a matter of sobriety m. He times when he was He wa when he was perfectly sober. At or with hi was best i natured intoxicated. to me at most % suriiest ant fmes other times he quite reversed knew never | tion what his di | the time, { He kney, at dinner when Mrs, Sid- Isobel and 1, more ceremoniously than we cared to, dined. Certain do wg pleased Ar. Sidaey Served mestic ceremonis and he liked to knew that in some re the character maintained it if spects baronial of his place he had as would have maintained he been active, When Jed in good nature, he frequently sought me out for talks, and he ia good nature, I couraged him, I did not want to open up any secrets the house might have, merely to learn what they were, but 1 was when was en- thought I might give it if.I knew how. I also thought that Jed some evening | when pleasantly and good naturedly drunk and garrulous might say more than he iatended. There were many opportunities, but he never did. One night—this was in September— 1 was walking about the place with the mastiffs at my side. I stood a while at the edge of the woods looking at the house, In its shadowy bulk it seemed fit container of mystery. Only a few windows were {lluminated. It was the river sidecof the house that was bright at night. I walked toward the rooms were, across the awn where Mrs, Sidney's A small balcony opened off her sitting room. I could hear her talking on this balcony. The was talking to, as 1 heard In another moment, was Jed. 1 was then almost under the balcony. “I am a resolute man,” Jed was say- I'l have glad to I'm a reasonable man, Now, admit that I've been con- slowly side to some one person she { ing. “I'll have my own way. | what I want, Tl to ternds, nake you {| Come i too. i ! al dors i Bigera I started to get to. out of hearing as | heard Mrs. Sidney, her voice vibrant with Iadignation, say: “1 ought to have you whipped.” sald Jed. sald Mrs. Sidney. Then I went out of earshot. act that Jed could threaten Mrs. Sid- It could not be explained by his serv. 1 could not see why. [I didn't think he was a man. It was not because I was gseared—at first. I became scared as I looked at him. He did not He did not seem to be alive. When I back. I knew I was scared. Then when quickly and quietly as I could.” CHAPTER IIL cant disagreeable fact malignancy. Sidney, but as he began to allowed Mr. Sidney to know this. In their strange association at Horatlan wine feasts, Jed was tactful, respect. ful, considerate and jovial * To Mrs. Sidney he was at time cour- teous and thoughtful, at other times disrespectful or even brutal. Some times he seemed to frighten himself. When I saw that he was again begin- ning to show disrespect for her, I was for putting an end to It. Mrs. Sidney was horrified when I sald that Jed could be brought to terms, She held up her hands, “No, no,” she said. “Not In any event! Never, please, speak to Mr. Sidney. Please never think of It. Jed Js invaluable to Mr. Sidney. He Is not po discourteous to me as you might think. He is gruff, and drinking does not make him better, but it is Mr. Sid. pey's whim that he should drink. It TE I Might Better Have Been a Wax Fi ure Taken From a Display Window. was. 1 walked about for a while, dis tressed and depressed; then I patted the heads of the mastiffs, went indoors and to my room. . \ Aa hour later I opened my door In response to a light rap. Mrs. Sidney was there, “May I come in a moment?’ she asked. "Thank you. 1 have a request to make which you cannot help but think is extraordinary--p erous.” I placed a, chalr for her. She thanked me but remained standing. 1 thought she must be in an agony of mind, but she smiled, in hand,” 1 said. “No: W.is te ask you to permiteme to annofince the epgagement of Jf daughter Isobel to yop. Don't alarmed. It shall net make any d ference in your life. It is a despera expedient I am using out of a diffi culty.” I felt as if I were In a spiritual fog. “Ig that the only way I can help you out? 1 asked. “The only one” she sald, thought of everything.” “Has it to do with Jed again?’ 1 asked. “With things 1 cannot possibly ex- plain, Is there any one who would be distressed by such an announcement?” “Not a soul,” I sald, “—except Miss Sidney.” . { “1 would not cause pain,” sald Mrs, | Sidney. “Are you sure there Is no one?’ “Mrs, Sidney,” I sald, “you are the only lady who ever has given me a | thought since 1 knew my mother, 1 am merely wondering what Miss Sid ney will think of me in such a role. | Will she understand why I take it? 1 | mn not hesitating. 1 hope I do seem to be, but I know—I suyspect— that your decision is sudden.” “Isobel's affection for us is greater than her demand for Independence,” said Mrs. Sidney. I asked you to consent to this nouncement, she will think of you as a proved friend” | 1 had suggested all the precantions | that were reasonable. “You certainly may make of me 3 to.” I sald. She thanked me and sald “1 have any use on want * » * * » Isobel's view of our engagement wns purely She may have had a second of spiritual revolt, but comedy | and for her serted themselves, Mrs she told Isobel of the engagement, had me The mother embarrassed, almost flustered, but she Isobel was comic. mother as- Sidney, when consideration present, was really determined. greatly amused, It may be imagined that I was not herole. 1 might Better have n wax figure taken from a display witi- I felt like one, thing with wnx smile and no animation. “It is merely precautionary,” Mrs. Sidney uneasily, “It is quite lm- possible to explaby You will have to accept my judgment, Isobel. Dr. Joha"” been dow, fi a nid | macy she reached and stopped “Dr. John has been kind do as 1 asked him. 1 need and | the support of my children in what 1 ham doing.” I felt a enough touch of emotion at that, | Unconsciously, intent upoa her point, she had included me at the fire | side and had spoken of her “children.” “Anything you do or have done 1s all right. mother,” sald Isobel, recov- ering from her sense of humor, | John—will not be unhappy- —will you, doctor? I'll get an advantage of you ia this- gee if 1 don't,” “You mustn't try to, Mrs. Sldney anxiously. the best I can” Later in the evening I saw Isobel, finding her alone in the library, | she was reading. 1 went in to get a | book before going bed. She was by a lamp nesr the fireplace, nad she looked very beautiful. “1 want to talk to yon" she gald when she saw me. “Do you know the | explanation of this?” “No,” 1 said. “You are nat quite honest,” she sald. “A man engaged a girl he asked to marry him might suspect that {| something was out of the ordinary.” | “Of course, something Is extraordi- nary.” 1 said. “Do you Know what PIL 1a?" “No, I don't,” she sald. { you sit down?” With a soft witchery of femininity | she pervaded and glorified the room, but she was peremptory. I was not | wullen, but 1 felt defiant, “Because 1 don't want to sit down,” I sald Isobel smiled indulgently at me. “Oh, sit down, Dr. John" she sald, “I want to talk to you. We are en- gaged, you know, and engaged people ought to have a talk after the event, if not before” “You understand how pened,” 1 suggested. | “I do,” she sald, “My mother is | freghtened. Jed has been trying to marry me.” “What can give him the privilege of such insolence!™ 1 exclaimed. “1 tmagine hb is enamored,” she sald gerenely. “It may seem impossible to you." “Has this man approached you di- rectly?” I asked. “He has been gallant, amorous, sug- gestive, tender, soulful, aggressive, pleading, threatening, subservient and —1 thiak that is all—but only in man- ner.” “1 don't understand it” I said help lessly. “Neither do 1.” she sald, “And 1 know just enough to know that 1 shall not understand it. 1 do not like to find a Romeo among the servants, but 1 have learned to accept some strange conditions here—among them you.” “Don't disturb yourself about me” I sald. A good deal of my hurt pride must have found expression in that remark. “1 am unjust” she sald. “I know that you are doing what ny mother wants done and that you are not con- sidering yourself. 1 shall be reason able. 1 want to make my mother’s life as pleasant as it ean be made, I ead not understand everything that she needs of me, but I know that you have done everything that you could do for her, 1 do not want to seem Inconsid- erate” | “I'd like te protect you and your mother,” 1 sald. : main Isobel ™ “I am said doing to to this hap “We are Indebted.” ald I¥ohel, witn {a chill and unkind restraint A'hen she sm lede and gndd . “Good hight dector, 101 am Incope siderate at any time, put it down to 4 puturally bad temper,” ® » * - * * . wn Jed had taken a small shotgun and gnid that he was going after rabbits, which were unusually numerous and threatened to be damaging to the young brush about the place. It was | an October afternoon with a warn | aun. An hour or two after Jed had gone, 1 went out for a walk, going down by the pool. I was in the brush for fifteen min. utes, nnd It happened that while I was there 1 saw from a little prominence | the figure of Jed on shead with his shotgun. He was some distance away, but I could that he was going stealthily from tree to tree in an odd fashion for one hunting for rabbits, It was as if he were stalking something | rather than trying to kick rabbits up | out of the hrush. I went on toward the pool. again I saw Jed ghead of me. see river bank, where I sat down. the pool and I thought of the body of the slain | brother, It had been whirled out into the current and had been carried down stream. On the bank had been found A yas. | “I Do Not Like to Find a Romeo Among the Servants” of a cont, a collar spotted with blood, a necktie and a piece of a white shirt. There had heavy | walking stick, bloodied and with halr in the blood. also been found a shot from the nearby thickets bullet sitting, ia tree small hit within two feet of Was knocking off the bark ghotgun such as Jed had i ried. | pistol. The chipped let, not had hit the tree, was unpleasantly of had happened, Jed had shot at shot conscious one he had hidflen Ina | had seen what he carried, the ing through the thickets. | 1 was stupefied for an instant, and I ! did not jump or start. 1 was motion- | less, not even looking around, but 1 | was thinking rapidly. A subcoascious | ward ou my face, rolled a couple of ! foot to a bush. turned my face in the direction from which the shot came, sgot out my pistol and lay still. After a minute or two which seemed a very long time, Jed's face came in view in the brush, He looked malevo- fent but seemed undetermined and cautious, I whether to leave my body where it lay and have it discovered, or throw it into unexpiaibed. him by the noise of a farm wagon ap- proachiag on the road, and he disap peared. [ was ready to shoot him if he came near me. I was young and had youth's confi dence, but nevertheless this event would have sent me away from Hart fey if it had not been for Isobel and Mrs. Sidney. They needed even my small help and I had to remain, I had to remain, but I had also to protect myself. Another time Jed might not miss. “On the way back to the house 1 thought out a plan which I believed would work. 1 inquired for Jed aad was told that he was with Mr, Sidney. { found him there drinking, and my entfance gave him a shock which he plainly indicated, His fright made him so ugly that he was comic, “After all, we are engaged.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) World's Highest Village. The little village of Karzok in Kash. mir is sald by a writer in L’Astronomie to be the highest In the world. Its altitude is 14.046 feet. The bulldings consist 6f a few wretched stone houses and ‘a small Buddhist monastery. Kashmir is the most northerly state of India and les wholly in the Himalaya mountains. Not far from its eastern border is Mt. Everest, the loftiest peak, #0 far as known, in the world poy C—O Midsummer Fashion Makers Cite | Styles Now in Favor. | Material and Denims Are Now Fashioned Into Dresses, ———— Gotham midsummer fashion mnkers | declare for hips, says a New fashion writer. Manufacturers retaliers both ray that new In popular favor Tr. ¥ York the hips are all beecnuse | of HIPS CREPE DE CHINE IN WHITE ’ finned hat that was thrown into the | boudoir of France's lady of the land and just as promptly bounced out again, while the Parisian milliners international fashion squabbling. often and that American women will buy the toothpick or chemise that Paris launched Zor the HOW Season. well display. Tis the fashion season the bouffant, the billowy, tke exag- Nnt- of gerated, the puffed and pouched. has launched of coarse sti carloads fabrics upon the cloth market, toweling, crash, awning, mock material and denims are in full ¢ dresses of Although of the colored many midsum: natural toweling there Is ao tendency to dip these sturdy em- use er's that in color combinations or purr paisley cretonne fight old are frequent, and 4 ward 4 pt steel shawls are found up into new bustied dresses. A leading house shows a street rose cretonne. Although an occasion- of intricate patterning, the general ef fect is like a dark-flcvered foulard. The material Is inset he with a white of sheer organdie upon yhon and A bustle distends the the while the blue metallic ri pink rosebuds, skirt through i pale ps, Of pouch pockets there is no end on PARIS HAIR DR This is one of the latest in Parisian coiffures; it is enhanced through the use of a wreath of silk roses. To appear cool and feel cool is not always possible, but the wearer of this | charming frock of white crepe de | chine with pipings and sash of navy blue grosgrain ribbon achieves this | happy result, Most of distend that they ral feet the hip « or hips drapes are they will fall int Tier skirts o the summer's skirts, them ®0 to treqm Over nannlers ys that there it soft no aar lines. y rows of ruffles ger aire on the avenue, and are deller the tog wired into lamp shade and effects, skirts have completely old hoydenish, killing off .mincing footsteps. Lowly ironing board covering Is be ing made that carry a | price tag in three figures. This heavl- | est, cheapest kind of crash lished with scallops and embroideries | itn Chinese red or Algerian blue, and | igunts wired pouch or side i skirt drapes, Occasionally heavy | strips of white kid or ordinary bar | ness leather are stitched into mam- | moth side pockets for the hip = idth | effect. Midsummer evening gowns are | slaborate and are as heavy with wvel- plush and fur Christruas time. Many of these heavy velvet sk are painted In gorgeous eccentric such as with a red pitcher pi a screaming parrot, or a clump of ferns. But “the the hips the thing" y thie toms of ited the and a rapidly three-inch-around smscuinne into dresses is embel. pockets most vet, as at satin § wots irts bustied anc ant ant, Confetti Trimming. A French trimming which bids falr to prove popular is known in Paris as “annfetti” trimming. . This is used generally on a foundation of sheer | slik. chiffon or georgette, the latter | more frequently seen here, In Paris according to recent arrivals from that market, it Is popular in the many colors characteristic of the real con- fettl, the trimming being fabric, felt or leather, cut up Into the tiniest of ways AWords Bit of Smartness That is Desired. Women never tire of black and white, tion 1s a great favorite, hat is rather dead looking, and while a white hat with colored trimming may be very pretty there Is a likelihood of its appearing somewhat Insipii unless created by an artist. A touch of black on a white hat always brings a bit of EMArtness, White organdie hats, much like the old-fashioned lingerie hat that wemen affected for many summers because it brought eternal youth, are trimmed with puffy flowers of organdie. Then they are swathed with black tulle. Equally effective are hats of pale yellow organdie velled with brown net. Taffeta flowers—big puffy ones of dark colors—are sometimes applied to drooping mushroom shapes of white organdie with long, loose stitches of black and a wispy transparent scarf draped over all. Sometimes white or organdie plays many roles. unusual to see it ornamenting oficloth hats in the form of scarfs or appliqued flowers, and In turn oficloth may be ap: on the same arm. There are colorful bracelets of imitation jade or of am. ber with narrow bands of imitation topaz. A pair of bracelets may vary greatly in gize, one being large | enough to slip up on the upper arm, | the other small enough to clasp the wrist. The Parisians are wearing smart sets of Ivory bracelets handed with narrow strips of elephants’ hair, and to complete them there are little matching finger rings Straw Trims Taffeta Frodks, One of the newest and smartes trimming touches used on taffeta frocks consists of bandings of narrow straw braid In vividly contrasting eolor. It is not a stiff hat braid, but something very soft, and it is often applied in odd-shaped motifs as well as In straight’ band effect. The tallored street frock, whether of taffeta or wool fabric, ts often shown with a matching cape or mantle, cut short and fanciful ly trimmed. Lace Stockings. For evening wear Paris is taking to lace stockings, not only because these are new and effective, but becanse silk stockings are extremely high priced, and very dificult to procure in colors as wanted, May Take Place of Sweater, practical and smart and wu
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