THE CENTRE
By Randall
Parrish
Author of
“The Strange Case
of Cavendish”
Copyright, by Randall Parrish
“GEORGE HARRIS!”
Synopsis. —In a New York Jewelry
Store Philip Severn, United States
consular agent, notices a small box
‘which attracts him. He purchases
it. Later he discovers in a secret
compartment a writing giving a
clew to a revolutionary ‘movement
in this country seeking to overthrow
the Chilean government. The writ-
Ing mentions a rendezvous, and
Severn decides to investigate, IFind-
ing the place mentioned in the writ-
ing apparently deserted, Severn
visits a saloon In the vic infty. A
woman in the place is met by a
man, seemingly by appointment,
and Severn, his suspicions aroused,
follows them. They go to the des-
ignated meeting place, an aban-
doned iron foundry. At the rem-
dezvous Severn is ace epted as one
of the conspirators and admitted
He meets a stranger who addresses
him as Harry Daly. The Incident
plays into Severn's hands and he
accepts it,
CHAPTER IV—Continued
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at him doubtfully.
I've
I looked
“Well, of
80,” I admitted,
enlightenment,
Course, got to think
“but vou
the dark.
Nothing.
leave
pretty well What
really know? You
=libly about a million You propose go
ing fiftyv-fifty That
urally but it wou
better if I ey who I
ing wit 1. neve aw bh
my life.”
“HI
fully, “I
old
me
in
with me on. nat
sounds good. id sound
knew was deal
efore In
ned cheer
pal.
Daly
up,
it?
wis
but you out, does
Ever he
In your trave
“George name
Nn; only the
to read a maga
# famous criminal ex
leaped
to my lips in in<pirati
before 1 had chanced
zine account of
ploit. HIS eyes gleamed in Fenial ap
preciation,
“I thought maybe that would feted
you,” he said exultantly. “There ain’
many of the old boys but have
I know |
Will we
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119
number, an
square. How
hands, and call it
2¢t back in with
I took the
feeling the
not belie
shake
I've got to
bunch”
hand cordially,
ip of his fingers. 1
do
*1 Was ever more fright.
enad In outwardly
Cool eno i perfectly
clear here we 1 a sat
I must
character iy
possible
girange
his drama to which I had
been assigned
“But known
name here? I ventured.
I'm
Sep !
You are not by that
“I should savy not.
8. Horner of Detroit.
the guy who had the He
English right but pretended to he
United States, and had a to
come with No
I've got the hull by the
million, old man, a
afrald of is this d
ways did get my goat”
“Keep still, and let her show
cards,” 1 suggested, feeling the neces
sity of saying something.
“What I'm aiming to do. Well, so
long, Daly. I'll be back presently with
everything straight. Better turn ont
Horner, P
That's
papers, was
all
passport
through this bunch.
tall—for a cool
million. All I'm
«d womar, they al
here.”
I was alone again, In the dark, but
under vastly different circumstance
than when wandering blindly about
between those imprisoning
walls, With no effort of my
purely by blind chance, I had been
given a new name and identity, and as
instantly inducted into a revolutionary
criminal plot as fascinating as it un-
doubtedly was dangerous. Who Harry
Daly might be I had not the slightest
conception, yet there was no eReape
from the conviction that Harris be.
Heved blindly In my Identity. He was
not acting, for he would have no pos-
=ible object In such pretense, I was
to his mind Harry Daly, a well-known
criminal, an international thief, man
after his own heart, to be warmly wel
comed into partnership as a most valu.
able ally,
What should I do
peculiar circumstances? Seek to es
cape during his absence, and thus
frighten the covy, or remain, and trust
fortune to show me a way to both ex.
pose thetr villainy and save myself? !
was young, adventurous, and I chose
the Intter, thinking less of the danger,
I admit. than of the mystery of the
case, and--yes, the girl.
Harris had spoken confidently of
gaining possession of a large gsum-—a
million dollars, surely a stake worth
daring much for—but how, by what
in
under these
on such n fortune?
My mind reverted to the fragment
of letter which had sent me on this
mad chase, to its mention of a letter
of credit to be deposited with the
banker, Krantz, to the credit of the
recipient. The writer had stated that
Athe sum would be found ample for all
needs. But a million dollars! Could
it be possible that so large an amount
would be thus advarced? If so, then
the result hoped for must be propor-
tionately Important. To whom had
this letter been sent—Alva, who ap-
a ——
——
parently was the active leader here in
New York, or the revolutionary repre
sentative in Washington,
known as Mendez? Whichever it was,
that man evidently had the disposition
of this vast sum entirely at his dis
either it was already In his
hards or so “deposited as to be juickly
In my judgment the fel
he Alva. for sundry rea
seemingly
posal ;
low would
SONS
at the hotel when the lac
registered
the port of New York—if I read the
America; perhaps the enlistment of a
So far the matter was fairly clear
this money to spand In a certain defi
nite but he under
head
work
the
way ; must
from
Ww
the in
the mu
Something had
shington,
without
higher up
occurred
to
ow
erence,
the “0
Mendez
delay ac
}
!
nssume lative
RK." of in
made no dif mt now
Mendez,
and even
tion: that
the the had come. un:
person,
ny of his well-knowr
in thi
hosen to send a
*
itatives to appear
unsuspected, to deliver
irators his defini
ite plan of
this seemed ren
Y HB surpr Se
o%e
mtimacy «
1
iarris. She was not criminal,
of the inSurrectionary class
vh
aud I could not imagine what i
1 i
* had ever induced her to aod
such a commission. Something
some undefined quality
a defin
Would Be Suicidal to Attempt Viewing
the Room Beyond.
pression upon my mind, not to be ef-
faced. Everything was against her—
meeting with an unknown
spiracy.
worthy.
nized,
was too wide,
explanation possible—she was actually
here, in the den of conspiracy, alone
among all these men, unafraid, the
recognized representative of the
Chilean revolutionary junta, bringing
with her direct fromm Washington those
final instructions for which they walt.
ed—instructions, no doubt, Involving
unneutrality, destruction, death, fright.
fulness, the extinction of a friendly
government ; all this that could be com.
passed by the expenditure of a million
dollars In ruthless hands. It was un-
thinkable, yet every evidence proved it
true,
There came to me an insane desire
to overhear what she had to say: to
watch her once more, when free to
study her unnoticed, and to see this
gang to whom she brought her mes.
sage. Almost without realizing my ac-
tion I crept In the dark out Into the
harrow passage, and felt my way
along the rough board walls. As I ad.
vanced cautiously the fall ingenuity
with which the place had been pre.
pared for just this foul purpose be-
‘ame more apparent. The narrow
passage 1 followed, my hands touching
either wall, was not straight, but
curved to the right, and it dawned
upon me that it skirted the main apart
ment, where, In all probability, the
conference was being held. This ac.
counted for the fact that no gleam of
light was visible, and that, in anticipa.
tion of their use, separate and small
rooms had been constructed, connected]
together yet so isolated as to permit
of the utmost privacy. One of these
Harris had left me in, and now |
me
| found that the passage led me not di
| rect to the malin apartment, but to an
other smaller room, whose door barred
my This, 1 figured "out,
might be the into which Wine
had entered in of Alva, when
he deserted me In the front hallway,
intently, but heard
and, satisfied
progress,
same
search
I listened
! sound within,
ly to gain a glimpse inside. It was a
room not altogether unlike the
I had just left, although
and containing a chair or two in ad
dition the writing table. 1
these things quickly, my gaze straying
to a partially open door In the hoard
to the right, through
brighter glow light
sound
one
to
which a
My
wall
streamed,
of
if
the
indistinet,
Although
thout
ears caught voices,
words
small
convinced the roon
was ww occupants, I was some
moments screwing an my cournge
Yet there
which I could le
prepared
or be i
my part later with
I must
answer
enter a8 no other
inteiligentiy
Harris To
w his pur
this, to
trap the
be
further de
nd-
Valparaiso,
Washing.
you strike, the people
you are
I wak
are
“it is not
ore You savy
That
1 find
is what
nor
and you not
prepared.”
“Not
| Worn to service™
| She to lean forward,
almost to a whisper,
seemed
volee changing
your eagerness, your de
that is not readiness for
Who has been chosen for
votion. But
! such a duty.
{ one. Until the man 1 need not name
dies, we can accomplish nothing, You
have taken no ballot. If the single
word was flashed tonight, ‘Go,’ and it
may be, who among you is anthorized
to execute the order?”
She paused, but no volce spoke,
“Nor is that all: the money from
England yet untouched. Surely
| Your instructions were clear, and noth-
{ing Is being accomplished for the
cause while it rests in the vault. It
will require all of thirty days to dis
tribute this into the proper hands,
here and in Chife, yet nothing hans
been done. We supposed it was al
ready in circulation. What caused the
delay?
One of the men on the bench spoke,
a heavily built fellow, with a long
gray mustache, and horn spectacles
shading his eyes,
"All I know iss et valt on der order
of Gustave Alva to be indorsed by
Senor Mendez. 1 hol’ ett #0 In trust,
from the agent. Ett was in a private
safe, a package of currency, only 1
know where, The bank hav’ nothings
to do with der deal”
“I understand. The agent gave you
personally the letter of credit, which
you immediately cashed, and you now
hold the currency subject to call?”
“Certainly ; dat vos how ett vos. The
agent he tell me”
Hes
“What are you doing here?”
she gasped. “Listening ™
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
isn't She the Cutup?
Woman Writer-~A festive touch
may be imparted to rice croquette by
hiding a big raisin In the heart of
each. ~Boston Transcript,
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Even the homely girl will be a
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In Dressy Tailleurs Clinging
Fabrics Are in Vogue.
Outfits Are Equipped With Coats
Which Have Mandarin Tendency
in Many Instances.
It 1s to be a suit year. For several
seasons, observes a fashion authority,
the dress Luss crowded the
tallored suit out of its rightful place
und the dressy suit almost the
one-piece
out ot
This year the suit has come back, In
dressy and semi dressy the
clinging fabrics are the with
coats which have a mandarin tendency
in many Quite a new
has with the binding of the
{
tallleurs
vogue,
instances, note
crept in
Mis Of n matching color
Cre
in very Li
Three-pie © Sul
e the HOES ure
popuinr
tendency. Loose cont r capes form
uni
wraps with mat res
high-colored bodies « { soe de chine
and the coat
Black and navy blue twill are the
vorites for such 0 se
In the
» hod iee
fu
lined to mat
very ‘Vereily taliored trot
ug shown
almost
In
entirely
graye and
for the
ity of the
In
are to
Hines ane
blue,
by
Tailored Suit of Navy Tricotine.
organdie and batiste f are elah
orated in a novel fashion by the
Frenel
use o
y
knots embroidered apon
beads are passe,
Use Yeliow.
Pale yellow is quite the vogue for
back Into his year's
for the soft flowing girdle of that
You'd love it—and incidentally,
Paris Edict Is That Every Frock Must
Make Use of the Dangling
Strands.
This 18 a ribbon year, says Paris,
or finish, should have its touch of rib
bon. Ribbons are found In a great
variety of designs suited for every
possible use, but the smartest of them
will invariably be the cire or var
nished variety.
Certain smart kpring frocks boast
of panels of ribbon. There are broad
ribbon panels at the sides and narrow
flonting panels are caught under the
hem at the bottom of the skirt
A smart variation of ag georgette
model has a vestlike bodice made of
very narrow width head the skirt and
outline a flounce,
Girdles, of courseg will make the
most or ribbons. A unique sash gir
dle, straight from Paris, Is madé of
wide crepe de chine ribbon printed in
an oriental design. The ribbon encir
cles the waist twice and ties at the
left side with a short loop above the
waistline and a long one below, The
end, longer than either of the loops,
fs thrown aver the top.
A rether narrow girdle of purple
and gold ribbon has a wreath of flow:
ers made of ribbon In pastel shades
sombined with wheat heads,
Black satin ribbon makes a very
nodish and becoming ruff, The loops
of ribbon are wider toward the back
vhere it Is finished by streamer ends,
Naturally one would expect to fir)
mgs of ribbon designed to he carried
vith ribbon eostumes. There are many
¥ weal Co ®
PR >
PR ele
A winsome change from the strictly
tailored suit is this mode! of platinum
gray, with scelf-toned embroidery,
i not
Other
overwork of
ain stitchi
itiern on re
andie had crossing linea of
Re]
A simple
| is a negligee which might
| terized #8 a ten frock, so simple is It
Lin Hine.
| eatin, flares at the back and front,
leaving the fullness to be concentrated
| at the sides. Sleeyes, cut In one with
the main portion, are very full, hut
| so draped as to fit the wrist closely.
The only trimming applied consists of
small squares of orfental embroldery,
Just above the waistline at the front
|of them and all fire beautiful. One
| attractive bag of brown taffeta ribbon
| is made with four panels. At the top
of the bag are overlapping panels
edged with piaited satin ribbon,
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| VEILS ARE WORN IN PARIS
Face Coverings Important and Many
of the Smartest Hats Are
Draped With Mesh.
At the moment in Paris, vells are
extremely Important, and many of the
| smartest hats depend almost entirely
on the placement of their vell for chic.
In consequence, veiling houses are
making novelties that are interesting.
One of the most striking has the
shape of a semicircle, to be worn
round the front of the hat, velling the
eyes and sometimes the mouth. An.
{other is square-shaped, with a long
end at one corner that Is supposed to
fall from the side of the hat; and
others are various shapes, with ends
or tails to be draped from the hat.
all of them embroidered mesh,
One small circular veil is plain mes
with its edge finished by a triangular
border made of heavier cord mesh, and
one longer triangle, about six Inches
long, to fall over one side of the hat.
An Egyptian vell of filet mesh with
embroidered chiffon border ig enught
under the chin. The mesh Is In such
shades as castor, brown or black, with
the chiffon border of pale plnk or
white chiffon.
A
Challis Back.
Challls In all of its coftness and
wonderful color Is back! It is being
used extensively by some of the smart
shops for chlo" v's frocks,
ut now through
It means no t
But human beings Just
Who live and love and
For greater things Ane
In dull, blind fashion crus
I shall not fail to ur lerst
WHAT TO EAT.
When young green
ful serve them
serving them in
three
plentd
onions are
COUK®d as Fagus,
stalks of
or four well
with
white
buttered toast
a drawn butter
Sauce,
Lamb's longue,
cess Style.~—\Wash three
in cold
with boiling
Prin
inmb's tongues
water, cover
wiler
one
add one te iS
{ ful of of
| « hopped onion
snit, tenspoon i
two
cloves, a bit
| until
LO Ong
gently
add
of rich white duce, one
i f *XIrac one-half
on Juice, one tea
of bay leat
tender hes
Cool, cu
cupful
teaspoonful of bee
teaspoonful of 1e1
3 sf 4% Cite» » :
spoonful of chopped pa y and
$41}
one
espoonfal of ay Nerve in tim
bale cases or ram
Caramel.Aimond
one-half cupful
Cream. —Mix
of one cunful
i of
with
aramel
holler
ently
COOK
tantly
frozen
Color ane fla
Calf's Brains
of rai
With Eggs.—I'repare
bs king in cold wa
ng
five
i hot
then
half
to
a pair
ter
set
deeper thar
——
GOOD THINGS.
A good dish to use up baked beans
the folloving
Baked . Bean
Put two cupfuls
baked four cup
fuls of water, two slices
of onion and a few celery
leaves in a saucepan and
let «immer one hour,
Put through a sieve with
: one cupful of stewed to
| matoes and two table
| spoonfuls of chili sauce: season with
| salt and pepper, bring to the boiling
| point and thicken with one tablespoon.
| ful of butter cooked with one table
| spoonful of flour. Serve with cron
tons,
Sponge Pound Cake.—Beat one-half
cupful of butter to a cream, add the
grated rind of a lemon and gradual
ly. beat In one-half cupful of sugar
and the beaten yolks of four eggs, one
cupful of flour sifted again with one
tablespoonful of cornstarch and a tea-
spoonful of baking powder: lastly fold
in the stifiy-beaten whites and bake
In a loaf thirty to forty minutes. This
recipe makes a cake of sponge cake
texture; for finergralned cake use
one-half teaspoonful of baking pow
der.
Egg Scrambled With Ham.— Break
three or four eggs into a saucepan,
add a little milk, seasoning of salt
and pepper and butter, then add a
half cupful of chopped cooked ham;
stir until well mixed and serve with
buttered toast and fried potatoes
Caif's Liver Forcemeat.—Rub the in
ner surface of a trying pan with halt
of a cut clove of garlic. Cot a pound
of calf's or lamb's liver In cubes und
cook them in bacon fat with haif a
shallot. Cook, stirring often until well
cooked, then cool, add a few cubes
of veal or the breast of a chicken,
pound in a mortar, then put through
a sieve. Add while pounding the
chopped trimmings of truffles: the
flavor will be that of Imported pate,
Use this forcemeat for seasoning In
chicken or lamb croquettes or any
creamed dish, or to line ramekins or
egg shirrers In which egg is to be
poached. A little of this forcement
will season otherwise tasteless foods,
Save the stale bread to use crumbed
and buttered to cover the top of
dishes of escalloped potato, oysters,
creamed celery and cheese, as well as
any number of deserts
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