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THE HAUNTED POOL.
Syopsis. — Dr. John Michelson,
beginning his career, be
physician and compar
of Homer Sidney at Hartley bh
Mr, Sidney Is an American, a semi-
invalid, old and rich and very
sirous live Mrs, . Sidn
woman, dignified
Jed, the butler,
ileged member of the
r house is a
with a murd
haunted pool,” and many wat
and an atmospl
The “haunted pool”
tichard bison,
artiey house
. Arthur Dot
rations by | i
his room the very
Jot
Jo! nx
just Or
resident
to
Spanish
cent
fine ol
y place,
» locked ir
thiter of the |}
love at first slg
he finds the
Mrs, Sid
eres M
it
overhears
he will have
1@ SAYS
him. Mrs
nt to
igement ¢
people consen the
engagement. Later
head oft Jed. wh
1 tries to
3
the
make-
they
Isobel oi
but
Isobel
Sidney visits
’
Dobson,
Jueer
re
a]
stories
Jed, draw
«1
+ Mr, Shkiney
in the cgmfortabl
have our legend.
shiver
he
asked,
her
i 3 id and
Henry was
old. James Dobson died two ye
ter, and
Thix family was
qf
families,
her other son Seven vears
mrs In
the
boys were
argument
parentiess
nest
an agains
heterodox notions
I have instilled in an mind,”
sald Mr, Sidney. “Jed, you must not
repent phrases in your narratives. You
parrot things and try to pass them as
observations.”
“You'll have him surly in a moment,”
1 suggested, "and then where Is the
story 7’
“I vever knew him surly,” sald Mr,
“and he could not be in his
genial wine”
Jed showed the flicker of a malig.
nant glance in my direction and went
on with his story evenly and good-na-
turedly,
“1 don’t pretend to have all the de.
tails or to understand it” he sald:
“but from what I learn, Richard Dob-
aon, the elder brother, was strong and
brutal. Henry Dobson, the younger
brother, was frall and sensitive, 1
guess they hated each other from the
cradle,
“Dick, when he was four and Henry
wid two, found ways of tormenting his
unger brother, The best thing Hen.
ever had from Richard was con-
fempt” 1
“1 have known families of that na-
“That's one of the
innocent
Sidney,
ture,” sald Mr, Sidney, "Our conven-
cdons teach us to regard a family tie
as sacrament, In many cases it is
only an obligation leading to
tragedy.’
“Dick knew all’of Henry's weakness
he
sleally, by twist.
or rolling him over
1 when young girls
Som he would
him without laying hands on him,
“Dick thick-headed brute, but
had a8 gent for When
thelr boys
odious
es.” Jed continued, “Sometimes
would torture him phy
ing his wrist
were
etimes torture
Wis 1
he cruelty,
and the
ajority, Henry was al-
for fear of Dick
“Dick wanted then to get his inherl-
tance into the world, but
the estate was left In trust until both
Qick «
and was obliged to walt two years for
Henry."
1 was n
1 unp-
proached their
most an imbecile
and go out
boys were of age, ame of age
stonlished
nd
ffnorant
by the suceinet n
1 brevity of thi
Mr. Sidney
his eves closes
philosophic
man's 1 was at
ease in hi i
and a placid expression of pleasure on
Jed was active In gesticula-
talked. That was the ef-
wine, The continu
t
his face,
tion as he
fect of the
to pull at the ch
wind d
1
o
mney and scold he
in
COTNEers,
“Jed has
Ar.
eyes, “1 think he
“Well,” sald Jed,
Dick,
» had
to
opening
read a great deal
his
without
without
sald Sidney
has become theatrie,
“to shorten a story,
found
to wait two more years for
brutal
ror other, the
brothers
ng twenty-one,
ne more
two
f tavern In a
Hartley he
to go
At the Edge of the Pool a Man Was
Revealed in the Moonlight
trial. Richard was convicted, though
the state could not produce any In
dubitable physical evidence of Henry's
death, The contention over this evi
| dence made the case noted.
“Richard Dobson is in the peniten-
tinry at Alwick now. Henry's ghost
is what is supposed to come ‘back to
the pool.”
The wind howled outside, and the
fire burned cheerfully. As a romantl
cist 1 felt rebellious. The ghost story
incked antiquity. A good ghost story
would not have any human element in
it a prisoner in 8 nearby penitentiary.
It was too common a savor of the pres
ent, -
“But Stevenson would have liked the
story,” said Mr, Sidney. “It has so
much hate in it. Probably it is be-
cause I live here where this tale of
hate has its scene that ‘I enjoy ‘The
Master of Ballantrae’ so much.”
CHAPTER VI,
When I sald goodnight to Mr. Sid.
ney and Jed I did not go to my room.
A little alcoholic stimulant to one un
accustomed to it will break down rou.
tine, :
1 went to the library to select a book
|
i
i
The fire In
cheerfully.
tuke it to my
the library was
The wind
windows,
and room,
burning
had a clear sweep at
To an slightly exhilarated
perception the circum were al-
luringly comfortable,
I found a good book, but lost the in.
I sat down
noes
clination to go to my room.
In a comfortable chair, having turned
off all the lights that the
reading lamp. The library was large,
except of
lighted there were deep shadows and
the room was largely in darkness,
I read for a while then
asleep, 1 had intent of
that, but drowsiness came irresistibly
and 1 before 1
myself to go to bed,
wis two o'clock when I
had died down, 1 felt
sy, not belng nc
: asleep in this fa
of waking up
to
fell
and
no ion
was gone
Cust
fall
struggle establish
I started then for bed but
I went to look to
tenings an ound tha: Jed
i €
duty it wa ‘Hose the house, hud fe
the fas-
ire
It was
in hanging
» door that
I stim
ders work
fi
3 amen
¢ phen
¥
Raw
to myself that it was a bu
into extravs t shape by my
nder a
moral
in
hysical
great
walked, but my moral
whe complete,
There was a man at the
I had
geom him and something had
from him,
finding out who he was or why he was
10% speaking to
there
. . ® ® . * -
change came
A suggestion that Mr. Sid.
A really violent
our
lives,
acted upon, and within month 1 was
so important in my affections, Doe
tor Brownell had been called to Hart.
ley house hy Mr. Bidney's discourag-
ing conditioh, Our Invalid had over
taxed himself the evening he displayed
such activity in his room, such un
usual strength and agility. The fol
lowing morning he was almost In col-
apse. I was alarmed and telephoned
Doctor’ Brownell, who came out at
once.
“You will see his will pull him
through,” he sald. «“If it were not for
that, I should be alarmed. He .8 very
low."
“I blame myself for permitting the
unususl exertion,” I sald. “My judg.
ment was deluded, 1 think. by my hap-
piness #t seeing him so strong. He
really seemed strong. It did not seem
fictitious or unnatural”
Doctor Brownell sald that the phe
nomenon was not new in his experi.
ence with Mr. Sidney's case.
“lI have had it six years,” he sald,
“and this is the sixth time he has gone
from unexplained and unnatural
strength to extreme and dangerous
wenkness, And always In the fall
somewhere about this time. Each time
I have seen his will assert itself and
strengthen him in his exhaustion,”
A, HY IL A RA FA, DA NIN BON
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The day I eanlled Doctor Brownell 1
had been too concerned and alarmed |
Mr.
toward
Sidney and did not observe until |
evening that Jed malig
nantly unfriendly again in his attitude
Finally he pare
of vicious
wns
toward me,
by a bit
determined never
of that
made It 03
insolence, 1
to take
but to
gEnin
ingerly
had
nettle g
it,
“What do
you m
y
‘he is an plague
t or has
ald. “You locked
didn't you?
be 11
door last night some time,
“1 found
after I had
it open this morning
about the
walked
Be Judge of My
a4
its?
Joel
sliowed] It
“Wh
ol 1
the river.)
His discor
looked i
“Where we
He tried
’ They wore
was out, and you lo
been
wit!
why I have
back and
I do not
were Ie
You
CONS
WINE
fous
trouble. 1 knew you ; the 1 nent
You.
person Ww
sald here's
duty
eves on
ith =a tu
troublecmaking
vou had
1 nesume
No
Of cour
You could 1
for a
show {tL
holt that door,
it
a,
that WHE open
purpose
I knew That's why we're
only when you are locked In your
room.”
“Well, I'll not have 1 insisted,
“and you can understand that, It
flat. Why do you have to run around
you
safe
it "
i=
“Do you have to be judge of my
habits? If you do, It may satisfy you |
to know that 1 frequently have many |
duties to perform for Mr, Sidney in
the night. 1 frequently drink too much
wine. 1 frequently walk around the
grounds to clear my head and be able
to do what is needed by Mr. Sidney”
My mind had jumped to a conclo.
sion,
“Were you at the pool last night?" J
asked.
“Yes,” he sald.
He was very ugly.
“You seem to be a Paul Pry.” he
gald. “You ought to be manacled.”
1 was not interested in Jed, I was
thinking of my figure at the pool. As
embodied In Jed It did not fascinate
me,
“It migh
Montevideo.”
(10 BE CONTINUED.)
Nearly All Water,
Mushrooms generally consist of 90
per cent water, but the remaining 10
per cent Is more nutritious than bread,
Yew Models Show Combinations |
of Duvetyn and Beaver.
Hatter's Plush Used to Make Swagger
Veil Headgear—Flower and
Fruit Trimming.
Included in the
nillivery manufact
attractive models
and beaver. For
early fall line of |
urers are unusually
made of duvetyn
some of the hats
is
fuvetyn used for the crown and
apper part of the brim and beaver |
forms the facing. Other models have |
the wn
with velvet used 5 f * Of
facing
ler
entire ore and brim
the
of
un-
the
eribed this i
side of the brim. Some
this line
the cur
Bats In
way In
Retail Millinery
fea:
“A
lush Is especial
des
rent bulletin of the |
Assoclation of Amer-
of hatter's |
The hats
+
just
line of sali
extremely Io rig-are nade
i n
bods
for some
as fa
“Hatter's plush is
yell hat.
somewhat
high hat,
ing
1se<i ulso to make
The high
the
crown
** It
small
pes slightd
of the
with
im
festooned
with
(156
‘nigger
JOULE
brown’ velvet,
tr
the front
FE
Fawn colored duvetyn with French
blue ribbon and embroidery on the
brim,
Huge Fi
fioy
HE Are
owers Used.
astered fat
TE
ere nN
{ against
ithern
EERE
is
Frocks Never
for the
Ornamentation for
More Pronounced Than
Present Season.
and net are most popular for
frocks this year, and the
that carried then
1
i
ns
sumiper on
Same wave
larity
popular favor.
have never been
me
£8
ribbon © en
Consequently, ribbons
more beautifully col
in
from the narrowest widths of
ribbons those wide enough
for n girdie, they are really notable
One of the most attractive uses
ribbon In connection with lace is
an underskirt. One very pretty frock
of wide filet lace was made with a
ored or interesting design
and,
Ug |
to
of
at the sides. the extra length being |
managed by being caught up in a
loose drapery, held by knets of par
row ribbon of two eolors, silver on |
one side and lavender on the other, |
The underskirt of this dress wns
made of very wide ribbon In lavender
and pale rose tones, the ribbon being
entstitehed together with lavender |
silk thread. This underskirt was per
fectly straight, and about half an inch
shorter than the lace skirt,
Summer Slip.Covers.
“The real mission of the siipcover
fs by no means the merely utilitarian
one of protecting the furniture from
the dust and dampness that invade the
house In. summer” writes Mary H,
Northend in Good Housel oeping maga. |
zine. “Of course the importance of such |
protection eannot be denied, bat more |
important still is the cheerful and ine |
SRR RRR
v
RE ——ra
This graceful suit with long striking
coat is of white jersey of plain de.
sign. It is regarded as one cof the
season's best models
SHORT JACKET FOR SPORTS
Garment Promises to Prove Most Pop.
ular for Outdoor Wear; Wool
Jersey Favored.
3 i almos-
OUR carefree pir.
it of ti vacation months Adee
arntive of slipcovers, so
Ong
hie
glities
ized, are nowadays given
In place of the char
noteriess white linen cotton dam-
ask of chilly memory, the gurest col.
orings and patterns are preferred : and
in reoms where figured walls and pat-
terned rugs forbid even the oon
ventional design on the slipcovers, an
Ingenious and effective use Is made of
contrasting plain colors ™
——————
Satin for Afternoon,
At afternoon gatherings In Paris
many satin dresses have been worn,
some quite plain end others either
Fry
+ Odd
expression.
ir
Bost
Mathieu de Noallles. the
gown heavily embroidered In the same
shade. With this she wore an original
little hat of black satin covered with
ered her ears in Egyptian style
Brown Summer Wear,
Brown continues to be one of the
colors. We might
have expected it to be entirely super
seded by the lighter colors in mide
summer, things, but it has not
———_—
Cut on Sport Lines.
A great many of the new suits for
fall are very simple and cut on the
popular sport Hoes.
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