The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, September 30, 1920, Image 3
JED ABDUCTED, Synopsis. - Dr. John Michelson, just beginning his career, becoines resident physician and companion of Homer Sidney at Hartley house Mr. Sidney Is an American, a semi- invalid, old and rich and very sirous to live Mrs. Sidney 8 a Spanish wor dignified and retl cent. Jed, the butler, acts privileged member of the The family has come from video, South America house is a fine old isolated « place, with a murder si “haunted pool,” and many dogs, and an atmosp tery. The "haunted pool” is Richard Dobson, so owner of Hartley house, his broth Arthu Dobe Jed begins operations by locking the doctor in his room the very frst night. Doctor John fixes door so he can't be locked In. He is Isobel, daughter of the house, and falls in love at first git In the night he finds the butler drunk and holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist He interferes. Mrs. 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. Sidney asks John to con to the announcemant of his engagement to Isobel The young people consent to the make bel engagement, Later they find it is to head off Jed, who would marry Isobel. Jed tries kill John, but the matter Is smoothed over, John, though “en- gaged” to Jaatsel, conceals his los Mr pr de- nan, where primer killed er, moe ent jeve to Visita a bson, out “Jed te son murder America ils the story of The familly go for the winter the Yan. CHAPTER VIilI—Continued, SH 1+ NR our coavietions.” de. “1 cannot I said. “You must use your best ju ment. You have our anything that “You're aried. “We all,” 1 for iggest correct ¥y i wrmission to suggests itself to you " going to brazen It ia are not going said, “not seeing any necessi I might tl ty any merely doing ng. st to you that ere are Kmail” with evaporating, provisions against blac The quiet little man, tions profit became savage and desperate “I can't be fooled with™ “l know you. You won't with a blackmail charge I know 1 his of he cried be ause you do not dare can be punished un hold on this family. chance thet I ha Bot but am guilty less 1 have a I have taken the real hold, pow 1 know it. Ye 8 certain, ow “You Are in for Trouble” He Said. “We Know What You Have, and We'll Get It" is not enough oft a hold, but it is enough to keep you from making trou- ble for me, and I'll see that soon it will be enough to make you listen to me.” “Yon may do anything you want to do,” 1 said. He became quiet and cunning again. “Then, If you don't mind, I'd like to speak to Jed” he sald. I rang for him. When Jed came, the little shabby lawyer became excited again and got up out of his chair to shake his finger at Jed, “You are in for trouble,” he sald. “We know what you have, and we'll get it. They don't dare stop us, and 1 want to give you notice that you are marked. That's all. You'll be follow: ed and hounded and run down In the end, and there'll be an end to this superciliouspess here. It may be when you're dead and the people In the best of It. and my Span- threat, can make “That's a house deal the make You have chosen to with us In this fashion. We'll get of this evidence, and we'll pay ten times more than we'd be willing to for We've equity in matter, and we're going to collect it. We know all a you settle now. got this my friend Jed, we Where's I'm going to get regret it," “Jed,” 1 sald, the you, cane of do. my out here, the gentleman don't let the way disappointed shyster went away In rplexed but “show door is and out.” A a hurry. alarmed. man, of his morals, 1 had no only question was make his malevolence effective, Jed showed him to the door and I could see that he to death. CHAPTER I was not only px Of the rapacity of of lence all. he cupldity Conse doubt at whether lack i nnd then came back. wae 1X. We had seen nothing of lawyer for nearly thea to think that we had heard Dravada’ 9 purpose nou the cupidity was abandon his them. ‘na long last of too rished and foo great intent, been for Jed's Inwyer's either to disposition and thought his thet ir intent. wns resilient, SOOT) He was a relief to me when going to t bed a hear the rush nd lying a few minutes awake of and scurry They COONS, were active nt i the place. labbits, lly a fox kept them night returned—and with It Jed's courag temper. It.showed itse then In was glad to find that Jed in was not Sidney He gainst me 1 knew that he enn He had to me unless he AW me in mooliness and ins # mood this time welf against Mrs, 1irne<! a 4 was In torment ag noth- frie ing to say Sidney's room he pleasant. “Jed,” 1 “1 know you You'll tor sald to him of morning better than you th went yourself until rat ™ greet said Jed. do. the devil,” I had two “Go to Isobel and been mally situated were, 1 had gone as young with regard to ther as we One evening been reading and Isobel to the plano down on as my knees t1 perceiving, without seeing, somebody was near me, I turned suddesd) and saw Jed. He not three feet behind chair. His face roeauled disorder of mind “Do you want a cocktail?” he “No.” 1 sald. Isobed touched the keys of the ith oar my isked, piano, as a player done w do surfeit a mood may lusion. asked, to exp “Not a sisting. “Well them said. I took up my book again and forced myself read. 1 had not heen able to do it 80 long as Isobel but now that she had stopp™d at least try. I made an effort. nition on the type. After fifteen minut: § found that 1 had not turned a page. Neither had Jed brought the cocktail I got up and walked about the library. [ went to the front entrance to find if a few deep breaths in the open would not produce tranquillity. As 1 stood at the entrance Isobel came running toward it. [ beard her before 1 saw her. She was running and gasping. She came up the steps, saw me, controlled herself and tried to appear undisturbed. She might hnve succeeded, but a sleeve of her gown was torn from her walst and had fallen to her wrist. “What has happened asked, “Nothing,” she sald. “You are running.” “A little exercise.” “Look at your sleeve” I mid. She clutched at It as if she had be. coune conscious of It for the first time, and then ran by me and indoors. We mef at dinner twenty minutes tater. Isobel! had on another gown. Jeg did not serve us. Dinner was de layed ten minutes. Then two maids undertook the service. Mrs. Sidney asked for Jed. One of the maids said that he had not appeared and they were doing the best they could with. out him, “Why, what can bave happened to Jed?" Mrs. Sidney exclaimed, “What did happen to Jed? I asked fsobel after dinner when we were alone, “I don’t know,” she sald. “Who tore your sleeve?’ Tess Cod mild one? Jed per: very weak,” I as discipline, to played, I mig! I tried to keep It was no reading 1 my atts ~~ use, to yout” “Jed,” she sald with resclute frank- ness, “Where [8 he?” “I don't know.” “Where were you when he did it?” “At the edge of the woods. 1 had gone out for a bit of alr—just across the lawn. Jed appeared.” “What did he say?” “I don't know-—something ent, violent: and he took me sleeve, 1 was not frightened, drev’ back suddenly, out. We were at the edge of the woods. Three men appeared, strangled Jed be fore he could ery out, picked bim up and carried kim off.” I spent the evening with Mr, Sidney incoher- by the but I He was concerned, and I made the lle a kindly ane, mls insignificant.” his habits he must price, A time.” To extemporize a through the night but was not back In the morning and Mr. Sidney had to be deceived in enduring fashion I explained to hi called which fy my tion This explan: , but pf any Is I sald, “With occasionally pay 8 of touch indigestion few lies to get WHS easy Jed more AwWny on an urgent seemed to Mrs his going at once. Mrs, Sidney request, made the same Sidney seemed M: reason matter, and Mr. 01 inter, accepted it very nme to Sidn oy Jed im it served, did not why Ve offered hb the nt's | disappear i oF he accepted it, It was app and the yer hb concerned In nation Serva absence, aren that the two ght, Spaniard a been of the ‘ed's pl thought It best to telephone detective agency put under thought this was a at jaw men and have the Mrs. Sik proper etter one ines Course ar serutiny least was avall able, Two dave Inter the detecti ¢d that the lawyer Lad d from all { that it might require some time of hin Jed had ' ef report rappen omed places and to got trace been gone of the malds asked for a Her m Riiney one leave other was very sald. agreed | though disliking to lus he very of an « HS recom some rel Anna Ww ; as met at the train by She thirty-day maid came in. | i thought er In ier did not ent awl was the i toOK | Mr Hked fi bout m, and Agnes { her brig pretty ng srance and goo 3 In three as glad to have Jedd h { for him. In little over a | hin ores service! her 1 folir days he w { signed to duties which Wei { had fitted into the routine of the ! perfectly nothing had the ninth day of } the de Up to this of time been | heard Jed, but on his diem tectives tele M ective-superintend i pea rane vib phonéd that they had the lawyer as the det Guire w ent's name, “1 am not to un back of this case” ing. is not necessary.” 1 said to here In your i= enough.” day MeGuire, with the lawyer was trying keep ghtened as he felt derstand phon “It willing that is tody, he come Cus detec the who next tive, came parently looking as fri ol my own vol “With Mr. MeGulre your volition,” 1 suggested “1 think I'l} for a while” “What this?” tective ap- to understand 1 tion,” he have you came of sald. representin look MeGuire, ta gain when the said do You the lawyer had gone "What did you coming? I asked our dealing plain, a party of three expect asked by de fear to lose by not “Suppose we make You were of that abducted the servant Jed, We want him and returned here where he is needed ™ “You are talking nonsense,” sald the lawyer. “I came with your detective because 1 thought that at Inst this household was prepared to deal rem sonably with a reasonable man.” “Where Is Jed? 1 asked. “That's nove of my business.” “It will be made yours.” “Barking dogs—moonshine-—thlngs scare babies” sald the little man. McGuire came hack. “F guess i've seen all | want of the grounds.” be sald, “and there's a train back In half an bour. We'de our rig | waiting.” “I'm not going back,” sald the law yer. "1 stay at Hartley.” “What Is he to do?” asked McGuire. “Merely leave the house,” 1 sald, and I rang for a maid. “I''i not be bulldozed,” lawyer, “You are not being” 1 suggested. “The mald will show you out.” He was af a loss but had nothing else to do hut go when the maid came. I held McGuire for only a moment and asked him to have operatives watch the lawyer constantly, with an iden that he actually would remain in Hart ley, and to continue to search for Jed. Mr. Sidney, Isobel and | had a cheer ful dinner that evening. Worried as Mrs. Sidney was by Jed's disappenr. 4 one fo sald the i i i i i i i i $ | ance, she was relieved hy his absencs, I had a plensant two hours with Mr Sidney, and after that the night pro duced an occurrence, Ever since Jed had disappeared I had been accustomed to taking certain responsibilities with regard to the house, The element of security en- tered ns a question, I knew we werd in circumstances which demanded-—at least asked--precautions. So I went about the at night to locks, in a supervision of the duties the servants performed in closing the one I took on myself without anything about It, Hartley house wus large, wings, It w nearly a haif-hour's work to visit all the entrances and to bolts, Many of the halls and ridors were dark, and I earried electric fl: to use when needed. I did say anything of my sumed but 1 suggested conmidering house Hoe place saying ns Ree cor an 1h not duties, as Mrs to Sidney that, the state boy Wh Said the Law. yer. would be wize to tell the all doors would be lock- Mrs thought sn o'el Sidney ight wl policy and the servants vo mend, which had a developine i the hones at ! wn Mi wd put on a smoking t my revolver in id my watch on wn night nenon as 15 Sidney's roo ) mY jacket and wre, pt ms pocket the dresse wtalrs and exami and cha ns In doors there house for the nigh I went from hall or, lighting ttons t. lock, ti main entrance from these ing tric buttons, and the ibly closed 10 in the south or “he room was wing or of the ahove a and 1 windows to ad- attracted aocomnd windows toward the east showed on just rising iixed with larch ¢ fat one Of ak n the scene. 1 was turned-—by a farther end of the hall, At that hall were the stairs to the where Jed had his room, nt that darkness, of the » i1iiet gue artled but noise 4 + at the i + end of the socond floor, end al- ht windows ere were no windows in igh three the ih and It was #4 not com faint rays hall from plete moonlig vi ree) ie I listened, and it seemed that the sounid 1 heard was the creaking of old «talrs under a light and stealthy step. That interested and 1 went as | quietly ns 1 could toward the sound, The me made some noise, § stood still There an insthnt of silence. 1 took another step toward the stair and hit my, foot chair, almost losing my bal {1 must have was against a i i i i of feet and a the bottom of ACTORS dark hall 1 flashed my electric light, and within {ts rave a glint white which in- stantly disappeared down a side cor ridor which led to a small door used by servants. 1 started in pursuit, but a hlow on the head, sharp but not pow- erful. coming from behind, knocked ine down It dazed me a bit and felled me, but not enough to make me uncon scious. Nevertheless [ got to my feet unsteadily and made my way slowly down the corridor into which the flash of white had turned. 1 came to the door with my electric light illuminat. ing the hall, and thus 1 knew no one wns in it—1t had no recesses or Marni tire to offer concealment-—and found the door locked from the outside, There was a scurry rustling of skirts from stairs the anw of wns «Aunad, the new maid, can not be found.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Eye of the Cat. As showing how widely the perma: nently blue eyes of cats differ from other eyes, it is noted that immediate Iy the eyes of white cats that are to have permanently blue eyes open they shine bright red in the dark. No oth vr colored eye does this, One of Human Ways, Ever notice how every one of the near-centenarians thinks his one good hahit 1a the secret of longevity? TRIMMING IN USE Wealth of Pregedence® Over Silhouette. ——— ——— Lavish Use of Decoration Question of ‘Wheres Needlework Is to Come From, the silhouette, asserts a fashion authority. This Is the thing that one most forcibly Wn the lute wodels, Many of the «ld forms f trimming are cast aside for em- which are used so lavishly that we wonder where all the work- ers are coming from to turn out so much of this neediework. strikes brolderies, to an extrava- of It ig unfortunate to run pant use of any tiom. No oue can gainsay the rativeness of beautiful embroidery, but it, like noything else, becomes commoupiace when extensively used, ne reas ioe deco too on for nay be bed changed so slightly that this the something new, are #0 much trim- sauxe the silhouette has designers have felt onbly way offering Straight dresses embroidery, the {O- fo using ming ¥ is Ol line with stitches being placed covered so closely alinost impossible Coats and hats as much embroidery as do gether that it is discern th show quite the frocks. it use of i¢ patterns, is surprising to se# such trimming directly movements ward that 1 off dress is like ny economy, It would seem ort toward in swimming the « ure of success economy urrent With what meas. these dresses will meet 181 ReCes. much it i» difficult to say. i sarily be hey mt expensive with so r them things used A che Yery unusual are the — - nnd Chemise Dress Embroidered in Red, Bright Blue and Copper. frock of =atin has the entire and back portions grapes colores] wooden beads. Steel front overlaid with huge clusters of nallhend embroideries in con) Among Late Accessories is an Algerian Chain of Du'l Gold; An At. tractive Meaddress. Although the season is well advanced us with something new Summer never has been a the shops exploited new This year, however, provide cessories to be had, states a Paris fashion correspondent. studded with vari colored stones. At the end of chain hengs a gold care, aary lip stick holder, but is like 6 metal handsome ornament. An Empress composed of black satin leaves placed so that they form a crown, is novel the crown spring slender silver wires a-glitter with tiny crystal balls, SWEEPING AND DUSTING (By U. 8. Public Health Service.) In sweeping a room raise as little just as possible, because dust, when preathed in, irritates the nose ami throat and may set up catarrh. Some of the dust breathed is carried to the tungs, making portions of then black and hard nnd useless, To prevent raising dust lo sweeping AAAI Blouse of couture brown Klimax sat- in with applique coin dots of green velvet, worn with box plaited skirt of pussy willow satin, FOR THE PORCH AND GARDEN Furniture and Accessories Suitable for Qutdoor Use and Whith Resist Weather. blems that none is t of convert a ctarm ly aad ace into to which fan writes Winnifire How wekeeping vitate, Good Vely gra June lightfully ate furnl oh natural wilio Rqun to sag and lose their resiliency is to set them out i! in admin ister a copious shower the garden hose. While thi medy is a trifle fiber willow fur- piture that has been ined or paint. in the ordin those Yo on with drastic for ITY 1 even will successfully withstand stl ” and dampness, Boudoir Cape Late The latest In ne the be garments is glige w wudolir cape. When News scraps and carpet. In paper are floors. nse moist sawrlgst, be room Is Hh t noisten a tear it into null the SCTans of and they will dust and hold it , Just as the sawdust does on bare floors. Do not have the paper or saw- dust dripping wet—anly moist, In dusting a room, not paper scatier ping. nlong with catch most fast these over brush these the bhroom of the do use a remove the dust from the room, bnt Use soft with, and shake of the window; or use slightly moistened cloths and them out In water when fin. ieliexl. In this way the dust can be gotten out of the room. In rooms which have bare floors. 'n houses, =tores, shops, school rooms, all dust, ean be easily removed iia by passing over the floor a mop which has been wrung ont so as to be only moist, not dripping wet, dry cloths to dust Straw Braid Trimming. A very odd trimming is seen on some of the new satin models. It is a bristly straw braid sewn to the frock in a conventional design very much after the manner of old-fash- foned braiding. The effect is extreme Iy novel. By combining embroidery done In heavy biack silk threads with this straw brald great elaboration is obtained. Frocks of Taffeta, Many afternoon frocks are of taf. feta, very often black, combined with white georgette ~repe or crepe de