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A SPANISH SAILOR
Synopsis. — Dr. John Michelson,
just beginning his career, becomes
resident physician and companion
of Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
Mr, Sidney is an American, & 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.
The family has come from Monte
video, South America. Hartley
house is a 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 wheres
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. Doctor John fixes his door
80 he can't be locked In. He meets
Isobel, daughter of the house, and
falls in love at first sight. In the
night he finds the butler drunk and
holding Mrs Sidney by the wrist
He interferes. Mra Sidney makes
light of it. John buys a revolver.
John overhears Jed telling Mrs
Sidney he will have his way. In
reply she says she will not hesitate
to kill him. Mrs. Bidney asks John
to consent to the announcement of
his engagement to Isobel. The
young people consent to the make-
believe engagement. Later they
find it is to head off Jed, who
would marry Isobel. Jed tries to
kill John, but the matter Is
smoothed over. John, though “en.
gaged” to Isobel, conceals his love
Mr. Sidney visits a nearby prison
and has Dobson, the murderer,
pointed out. Jed tells the story of
the Dobson murder. The family go
to South America for the winter.
John is left at home, but the “en-
gagement” Is not broken. John
hears the story of a tragedy "that
might have happened In Monte-
video.” The familly returns A
mysterious Spanish sallor appears
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CHAPTER Vii Continued.
wn
Jed may have suspected I carried a
pistol. I bad no more than caught a
glimpse of his white, alarmed face
when he sprang at me and grabbed ar
ny hip pocket. I had a pistol In the
pocket at which he reached, but I In-
tercepted his movement before he got
the weapon.
“I.et me have It,” he begged.
& minute!
I got a hold of his wrist, which
stopped him, and he whimpered. Then
be broke away and showed himself at
the window. At this the man on the
lawn sinlled with a joyousness that
was a triumph, He Indicated In a flash
that he had found what he had sought
He smiled xo that 1 could ree the white
of bis teeth. He had been uncertain
and puzzied when | first saw him look-
ing up at the windows of the house.
With Jed framed In one of the win-
dows, he was triumphant and rejole-
Ing. Whatever he wanted he had
found something which pleased him.
Jed was furious, the more furious
because he was helpless. He would
have murdered the man on the lawn
ff he had had any means of doing so.
He was so furious that he did net
care how he revealed himself to me
The man on the lawn stood laughing
for a moment and then walked slowly
“Just
But | intercepted His Movement Be.
fore He Got the Weapon.
away toward the brush, Into which
he disappeared. Jed hung out of the
window watching him.
“Well, sir,” 1 sald, “I think we have
you under a real restraint at last.”
“lI was mad that the fellow should
have come up to the house that way.
Some tramp!”
“And you dropped the coffeetray
and tried to get my pistol. A perfect.
iy natural proceeding on seeing an’ un-
koown tramp!”
“We don’t want
here.” hd said,
“You don't want that man,” I sald.
“And he Is not a stranger. When he
saw yon. he smiled as if he had found
‘what he wus looking for.”
Jed was unhappy and showed It,
“l wish you were a friend, doctor,”
-
strangers about
he sald. “I try to make you one. I
will get you your coffee.”
He sent In a mald to sweep up the
breakage from the coffee-tray, and
presently he came with another pot
and cup. He had steadied down, but
was not tranquil.
“You know that man,” I sald,
you wanted to kill him”
“I never saw him before,” he sald.
“You bave had some sort of dealing
with him. He has been hunting for
you. He has found you, I think we
are going to find you more interesting.
Jed. The man will remain n the
neighborhood ; I think you are going to
have some unpleasant hours. The
thought does not make me unhappy.”
“I wish I could find a friend In this
house,” sald Jed.
“I wish you could deserve one” 1
sald.
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My description of Hartley house has
been so sketchy and indifferent that
it may not have included mention of
the formal gardens which took in the
river side of the place. They were
charming at all times but particularly
so at sunset, when the radlance was
behind the western hills two miles
across the water and was reflected
“and
ern hills, The shore at
WAS DATTOW,
which
an mtimate sanctuary
at a high brick wall against which
geous blossom.
and’we were sitting on a stone
north. Jed was expected within a
quarter of an hour to join Mr. Sid-
ney. He seemed dejected and wor
ried—in a fashion timid, I thought.
When he came to sit down beside
ment ;
a few moments
his presence upon me, I d
him feel any more unwelcome
ordinarily he knew himself to be,
A schooner deep in the water with
in which to Impose
id not make
than
around a point above,
with sells spread to the light
was caught In the glorification of
water,
out of the
the
shrubbery. and
content,
it" was not a noise that
my attention, It must have been
senzation of being stared at. 1 turned
the
we
was
In line with the hench on which
sat, and just topping the wall,
the head of the Spanish sallor.
what seemed to he at least a moment.
His earrings glittered
steady and both Inquiring and
poseful. Even In Inquiry it
malignant, with the
comes froin A sense of injury.
with the creeps which come from a
good ghost story.
the garden, walking about,
have been different.
head appearing above the wall,
he perfectly unexpected, unexplained,
motionless and Inquiring—Iit gave you
the shivers of a child frightened at
night in the nursery.
“You're poor company,” sald Jed.
“but I am, too, and I have to go to
Mr. Sidney.”
I seemed not to hear him. It was
not intended to rebuff him: I was held
Jed went in-
to a huff and sald: “Oh, go to the
devil.” .
Then he also turned and saw the
He arose and stood looking at the
Spaniard as interftly as the Spaniard
was looking at him. This situation
the Spaniard’s face, graven In lines
satisfaction
And then the head
I was in doubt
whether the man's feet had gone out
from under him, or whether he had
Jumped.
In disppenting he left the place
where he had beeh, charged with the
mystery which his presence had In-
dicated, His disappearance intensi.
fled, thickened, the atmosphere which
his presence had created. While his
head was above the wall, the senas.
tion was one of nervous astonishment,
When his head disappeared, the sug.
gestion of terror was added. So long
as we saw him, It was something un.
explained but embodied; when he
dropped out of sight, It was as If a
person going down a hall in his house
by candlelight at night were to come
upon a startling sight, and--at the
moment when his perceptions and rea.
son were struggling to explain the ob
Ject and its presence and to sustain
his courage-~the candlelight should
go out In a gust of wind and leave
him blind, facing a thing he had not
see, Then, with cause, may the hairs
crowning even a head with a thinking
brain arise in sheer fright. The per-
son's plight is that of black Igno-
rance, In which superstition and child-
Ish fears ascend and dominate,
Jed took a step forward as if In
pursuit, but stopped with that one
movement, It broke the situation
down and made it possible for me to
return to snimation, Seemingly my
powers of movement and speech had
been guspended. I looked at Jed, who
was as pitifully frightened as a child
in the dark. He made every demon-
stration of fright except walling. Then
he braced himself, recovered his cour-
age and without saying anything went
into the house to Join Mr. Sidney.
CHAPTER VIIL
When I saw Mr. Sidney that eve-
ning he made a remark in joke that
Jed was {lil and needed my attention,
“I have not had the usual satisfac-
tion of my wine.” he sald, “and I know
it is because Jed is not In condition.”
“I'm not well, Mr. Sidney,” said Jed.
“I didn't want to say anything about
it, because 1 didn't want to interfere
with your evening, but since you men-
tion it, I'll admit It."
“Go on along then, Jed" sald Mr.
Sidney. “Go and have the doctor look
you over."
“I'm not sick,” sald Jed almost an-
grily, “but 1 know ,I'm bad compiny.
I'll go to bed.”
“There's something wrong with the
man,” I sald as Jed left, “but It ish't
physical”
“So I imagined” sald Mr. Sidney.
“He's as strong as an ox. He's got
the constitution of an onlon. How-
ever, he's noc himself tonight, and
that's all there Is to that, Will you
read to me?
It was eleven o'clock when I went
to my room. l was glad of my re
lease, although it had been a pleasant
PUTT In |
A go 4
Just Then | Was Blinded by the Light |
of an Electric Flashlight Hitting Me |
Full in the Eyes. |
For a dead or a dying man——
living and live man, for that!
-Mr. Sliney had extraordinary |
He gave
a dignity and worth to life by his |
manner of leaving it. In going
from it. he proved it to be worth while |
~-which. 1 suspect, Is the highest ac-
complishiment of the real gentleman.
After 1 had gone to my room, I
found myself restiess and thought 1
might find rest In a walk, 1 expected
evening
for a
matter
and Alredales as soon as I was out-
side, but not a dog appeared. This
was enough to be noticed, but not |
enough, at the time, to be given sig. |
nikcance. I walked about for a while
and re-entered the house with quieter
nerves.
I found that 1 was tired. Ordi-
narily I liked at least an hour's read.
ing Just before bed, but this night I
wanted sleep.
I was grateful for the mood and the
opportunity, and I yawned once or
twice as 1 got Into my pajamas,
I do not know when I went to sleep
or how soon thereafier I awakened.
It was possibly only two hours later.
I did not look at my watch. for the
very good reason that other things
at the time were more important. A
bright moonlight was shining, and
whatever bad awakened me. the moon-
light showed me good cause to be
awake. In a window which the moon-
light touched with full, luminating
force, was a fece recognizable as that
of the Spanish: sallor,
Again only his hend was visible, but
this time he was in my bedroom win-
dow and seemingly trying for entrance
into my room, This may seem & more
ghastly proceeding than his appear
ance above the wall early in the eve-
ning, but really it was not. I had the
shock of unpleasant astonishment, but
1 feit, to my satisfaction, the ability
to handle the situation. 1 was not
frightened by the appearance of the
head in my window. [ suppose it is
because the appearance suggested
barglars, and burglars are conven-
tional,
I lay quietly in bed and wondered
how much more than the head 1
should sce, Just then I was blinded
by the light of an electric flashlight
hitting me full in the eyes,
A second later the flash was gone,
the face in the window was gone and
a slight movement on the grave! below
showed me that my visitor was gone,
I got up and looked out. Although
the lawn was bright In the moonlight,
no one was to be seen. The Spaniard
had disappeared Into the woods.
To come to an understanding of the
oliOrD acts, not much refisopicy was
needed; it was not my rooms he was
trying to enter. but Jed's,. His flush
light had not only shown that I was
uwake but that he bad the wrong
nan, and he had climbed down and
run into the woods, Oue mystery was
how he had escaped the dogs
That was explaiped the next day:
they had nof been loose the night
before; had not been released from
their kennels. They were found rest-
less from an unexpected night of con-
finement. They bad not been out be-
cause the stableman who had chargé
of them had spent the afternoon and
night in the village of Hartley, drunk,
It was an extraordinary and not an
ordinary proceeding for this stable-
man, who had been a dependable char-
acter, It did not require much sus
picion to conjecture that he had been
tampered with in deliberate purpose to
free the grounds of the dogs for the
use the Spanish sallor made when
he climbed up to my room.
The stableman, proved delinquent,
was so apparently contrite and inno
cent that it would have been an injus-
tice to punish or discharge him. He
had gone to the village in the early
afternoon on an assigned mission for
the Mouse. He had used the oppor-
tunity to drink a few glasses of beer,
for which proceeding no one would
blame him in Hartley house, It seems
that he drank two or three glasses
more than he Intended te and, even
beer being In a fashion intoxicating,
got into a condition which made him
amiable to the approach of n stranger
who succeeded In Interesting him in
the immediate prospects of life, which
then to him were chiefly alcoholic.
He and the stranger had much talk
and many drinks. The stableman lost
all sense of responsibility, which was
net strange, and proceeded from beer
to strong liquor, forgetting all his
duties to the house. In consequence
he d!d not get home that night,
the dogs were not loose,
Naturally one drew a direct
ance of the Spaniard at
there was natural
kind of confederate the
could have so effectually
my
wonder as to
The had a confederate
was ious and resourceful;
He had n
get the dogs
ht the sailor
evident.
play
the nig
his attempt to
and had succeeded
Was
to
he way
into
in almost
get
ances of the Spaniard, I was asked
and was told that a gentleman desired
{0 see me,
house and saw a man who
the stableman so successfuily,
was & crime for even a drunken
ing characteristics, but at that,
stableman had made Identification pos
sible.
tion of the mystery of Hartley house,
He was a significantly insignificant.
looking man ;
mark. He seemed
gram. 1 wondered how so shrinking
an individual had played a jovial part
in a village tavern with
drink. His card indicated
him to be
Combination in One Costume. Is
Important Feature,
Colors Promise to Be Strong Favorite
-Gowns Liberally Decorated
With Embroidery.
An Important style feature iu the
combination of black snd white In one
costume. It may be safely predicted
that this will be a black and white
season. There eze white satin blouses
with black satin skirts to make one-
plece dresses. These are lavishly em-
broldered with satin beads. A great
deal of jet and many palllettes are
used. Dregses may be sald to fairly
sparkle with them,
Velvet dresse are making thelr ap-
pearance, and these too, are embroid-
ered in bright-colored beads. This
type of beading is much more distine-
tive than the ordinary beaded dresses
beadwork, which Is more on the order
The bright-colored contrasting sash
still holds a place of lmportance. For
hetance, a very brilllant green one
may be used on a brown dress that
scintiliates with brown pallliettes,
The resurrection of ombre is worthy
of note. Very gay are the dresses of
chiffon showing several shades of the
same color blending into one another,
“
A Black and Whites Frock.
but by
applying the color with a brush. Seo
cleverly is the material handled by de
the deftness of their draplog. as If |
made of different colored materials.
Ss —
tion and greeting.
“l have asked for you, doctor, be
éanuse I know of no one else here who
will serve,
Mr. Sidney directly and cannot trust
the factotum you know as Jed 1
would not impose upon Mrs Sidney
or her daughter except In extremity.
You are here, a rational human being
and Interested, 1 am informed,
Furbelows Carry Any Dress
into Fashion.
The Gotham fashion world has an-
nounced that aithough a string of
and below
York fashion
furbelows above, at
waistline, writes a New
correspondent. Dame
resurrected any type of dress and put
have come to you"
“For what purpose?” 1 asked.
He smiled as if
having any purpose, and pulled at the
cuffs of his coat.
“I'l! be frank,” he sald.
know the purpose clearly myself,
cellent is a sailor. My practice lies
considerably along the water front in
the city. It has not made me rich,
I have lost a good deal of egotism and
have become pragmatic. I have to |
get along and to deal with facts
There are people dependent upon me,
upon.”
“The condition of your finances or
|
Green Good Tint for Fair Complex. |
joned; Blue Harmonizes With the
Golden Hair,
You know there are blondes and
blondes? A fair blonde has pale skin,
resembling a white rose, slightly |
tinged with delicate pink. She has
clear, soft blue eyes and light golden
hair,
you belong to this type, color in dress
from a color expert might help you.
You have three tints to bring out-—
me,” 1 said,
of Interest?”
|
the hair enriched. Green is a good
quently to rebuff,
“What I have. 1 assure you, humill.
that If I succeed for my client, T shall
ney. My consolation’ls that I am only
an agent and I am sure that 1 shall
be a more considerate and honest one
than any other this ignorant sallor
would find. It has been necessary for
me to know many languages to make
tiny small living. My Spanish client
does not know mueh if any English,
Ie has been a man of preearions man.
ner of living. and it seems that several
vears ago he was In the employ of Mr,
Sidney.”
No wonder Jed is worried.
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
The more money you save the more
respect your heirs will bave for you,
| parts a reddish hue to the surfaces
Blue is a perfect contrast
for orange, so it harmonizes with the
golden hair, and also by its strong
reflections, adds a depth of color io
the eyes.
The colors for a fair blonde to avoid
are red, orange, purple and brown,
Violet is an most difficult color for
any type to wear, since it gives a
yellowish tone to the skin. A pale
blonde, with a rose-leaf skin is not at
tier best in violet. Happily there are
the deliente shades of lilae, heliotrope
and parma that are less unkind,
Tassels,
Ornamentation was never more ef-
fective nor easter for the home dress.
maker to do than now, when bold,
simple designs in embroidery have
ousted the finely wrought wreaths of
flowers and leaves. Separate large
motifs, usually circular, are worked
In conrse wools of mercerized cottons
In darning stitch. Often, in place of
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THIS IS COMFY GREAT COAT
This comfortable great coat will
make a strong bid for popularity the
coming season because of its smartness
and warmth,
thereon, and chieness Is the up-to-da‘e
minute result,
Both Orient and Oeccident have hob.
nobbed in this new folderol of the
erratic old dame, although the East is
supposed to be directly responsible for
this hobbling of the hips. Rich slik
fringes In every shade of the rainbow
are showered us of sheerness
or heaviness to the manner
of the Spanish ng girl, Fringe
arrcngement a In leopatra Is also
much in the limelight and this fad
promises a rev of the good old
time vamps and serper Nile.
rently a promis nctress dined
at the Ritz clad in a very slinky, mod-
ish Paris gown, about the middle part
of which was draped a colorful sash
of many ribbons, sl to dozens
of loops that to the and
formed into a train, “Movie” studios
over gow
according
danci
val
ts of the
Le went
eshed In
fell floor
are demanding train on evening
| gowns, and It looks as If an unhappy
day was coming for percmbulating
feet,
| Smart Fifth avenue shops are mak-
ing frocks of barren simplicity and
then embellishing them with some
confection of sash or belt worth a
king's ransom. Up in upper Fifth
avenue & shop shows a plain silk
dress of perfectly straight lines which
| flaunts a wedgewood buckle at the
I belt. With the belt it may possibly be
| nest for a four figure price It Is no
| secret that severas! museums tried to
| obtain this plece of former pottery for
their collections, but falled because
| of the higher bid of the ap-
{| parel house which coveted the wedge-
| wood.
All street dresses display the use of
colored leather for belts, and the most
popuiar fad is a combination of sev
| eral weights and colors of leathers
| Tan with white bound In black ix very
| populer upon linens and serge. The
| Grecian girdles made of colored
| chenille cords abound on light sik
| gowns. while the bouffant is suppiled
by hip puffings made of knotted cords
or fringes.
iadien
. Joining Lace,
When joining lace, an almost In.
i sible union may be made by match.
{ laying the two edges
ogether and buttonholing these rather
| loosely, but taking the stitches close
together on the wrong side. When
| the lace is pressed there will be no
thickened seam, and it will be scarcely
{ noticeable.
ing the pattern,
a hem, the raw eige is finished In
blanket stitch. Ancther plan is to
| work three-inch squares at the hem,
| these rising several rows higher at the
{ sides In a triple row of darniLg stitch,
| the middie row in a darker shade. A
{ simple motif is then embroidered In
| alternate squares, or a colored tassel
| left to dangle there.
| GEORGETTE FOR COOL FROCK
| Material Affords More or Less Dressy
Fabric Which ls Favorite for
Late Summer,
Brown has made quite a place for
itself this season, and bisqué dots and
trimmings are often used by way of
decoration. Foulard, sating and mate.
rinls on this order are all very well
for early symmer, but in the “dog
days” they cannot approach the cools
ness of sheer cottons. If a more or
less “dressy” fabric is “required for
a town dress georgette makes the
coolest frock of this sort. .
There Is one pale shade which is fa-
vored In all materials and for all oe
caslons—French gray. This color has
been extremely popular In Paris for
many months, but it was not till warm
wenther reached us that we gave it
anything like its Parisian reception.
Fashion does not always regard mat.
ters of heat In choosing her favorite
colors, however, for tomato red is new
and very popular in organdie and
swiss, yet, needless to say, it is not
exactly cooling In effect. The trans
parent hats that are belng worn do
much to ald a cool appearance. In
Ince, tulle or forse halr braid they are
frequently seen and quite as often
they are of organdie, swiss or geor
Bette,