THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA.
Makes Hose Wear
By Randall
Parrish
Author of
“The Strange Case
of Cavendish”
Copyright, by Randall Parrish
CHAPTER X!—Continued.
we] 7 nn
I stole as silently as possible across
to the
COUrse,
It was securely locked, of
could be open, if
by creating
staring
impossibility of
for my flail
impotent to ald myself
After all, that
most Impelling
door,
and forced
at all, only considerable
alarm I
feeling
stood, helplessly
the
could only
thout,
escape, 1 walt
4
ers (oo appear,
in any wayv-—or her,
last thought was the
That they suspected Marie Gessler of
being implicated in both mur
robbery was clearly evident; indeed,
were col
the
admit that
they not only suspected, but
vinced that had done deed
I was secretly oblige to
had
they
probably
Sole reason SO Delieve
they
that
would
possessed prool
her
even
convict
This
advantage on
had
Guilty
of the crime.
rible
they her bodily
sion
not
torture and thu
establish
doubtless use
there wa
happer Alone,
al
of these unscrupulo
might be death, disgra
would be foul insult,
+}
to yield, the desire for res
even drive those cowards
denouncement
This, however,
ti
thelr
exhaust
would he
1e would
effort
positi
this
could ef
merely
was also in the balan
And the time in
short if 1
be accomplished be
turned, they
iad aroused from
had
attempt.
escaped
fore my
before dreamed
unconsciousness
strength enough to make
Yet
suggested itself?
what possible
I felt in my
they were utterly empty
single overlooked bill
means of egre ot!
dow and t!
in desperation 1
more, and
[—dare
slight ledge in
for the
to reach
seemed hopeless
crossed
again looked
I attempt to «li
over ot
Could
that
out
ng to
my stocking feet, even
ons or two
the next
conception of such a
sieps
window?
Necessary
The
made
vers
my
head reel giddily and my stomach rise
in protest even if 1 made
it hy some miracle, what if that other
window should be and
How I ever move bhackw
regain ?
Yet
aus
[ possessed the necessary nerve, There
feat
a ut
desides
closed locked?
could ard to
safety
walt: there was a way
danger
enough to be sure, yet possible
were opened blinds at each window:
they would help some as grasping
within
firmly
secured
spots for the hands The one
reach appeared solid enough
anchored to the casement, and
means of an iron
the space to
not wide: a
(0 the DICK
hook tet
he traversed
wall by
the
was
ween two
single
ground beneath would
distance, If 1
thing to cling
stride on the
bridge the had some
to above—anvthing that
I might hold
narrow sone and
slowly, it
but
would keep me upright
the
passage
deadly
ut what could I hope to utilize as
a support? The bare room offered but
the dirty
which had been thrown over me,
apart
my foot)
nike
daring.
ng on
the
venture possibile
coveriet
Torn
a single suggestion
from corner to corner.
twisted into the form of a rope, it
ought to safely sustain my entire
weight in case a foot sapped. |
succeeded In the
end to
enough
pedied
spondingly
thing from
scarcely
ripping
end It
the
me to make the
However,
was
for purpose, which com
NOOsSe Corre
small with this
improvised
hand, 1
of the
fect the
right
the siil
lagso gripped in my
took position astride
in an endeaver to pro
pro-
By
my
free,
far
There
on,
jist lous
window
lovsened end
taberance of the blind
tight to the
the right
ennbled to
Over some
bevond
with
left
out
holding
left hand
and 1
qiongh to obtain a
little the
continued
frame
wns
was lean
clear toss
was could eatch
left
ost
NOOR
ined
tnd
failure me
discouraged I hope, yet
Surprise
aver
Kept at it my
the ring settled
iron projection of the hinge, and clung
here, extending straight across from
window. 1 hardly dared
I drew the thing taut and
firmness with which it was
the other end The noose
down tightly about the iron
and resisted every effort at re-
To all seeming it was as safely
anchored as though I had placed It
there by hand. Somehow the very
Knowledge that this had been accom-
plished, that the way was open,
hrought with it a renewal of the feel
of horror with which I had first
contemplated the possibility of such
an accomplishment, Would I ever dare
the attempt? My head swam ns |
gnzed downward, and then acrgss, and
I shrank back absolutely terrified at
the very thought,
Yet my nerve returned, and 1 found
myself cool and determined. It was
and finally, to
of the cloth nn
vindow to
breathe as
thie
held at
closed
dtaple,
lease
tested
ing
A eto
Er ——————————
and 1
the
po pleasant job, to be
wis compelled to steel
sure,
myself io
attempt, yet I no longer held back para
lyzed by fear
fastening for the strip of bed-spread at
I easily found a secure
window, and then, satisfied
faut
both ends, lowered my body cautiously
feet
my
that it
own
was and securely held at
over the sill. until
ny
the
stockinged
nervousty gripped Hurrow NifOne
of we coping I dare look dow
Or permit ims mined to
not
dwell
tant on vit Wi helow
I straightened
weight
my
wns up eld by his precari
foot-hold To advance step by step
wis lippossible: all 1 could hope to
accomplish commotion wi to
stealthily advance one foot a 1
inches, sliding it along the stone, ev
retaining contact, and then
fully draw other after
It wn
ng the
toe and heel
cotid
the lower frame
as 1 wax enabled
wirtially sustain my sieht, and
if a foot slipped, the feel of the so
vielded But fins
nd reached out and grasped «
confidence,
cord, twisted into some sem
a rope, and, as it
the
guve
i
pressure he old
torrent of
but a
and I
other
Was Sten to
conld
£1
nness of the blind : bot
he step——the speechless horror of
Yi
I tried
impossibility, and the pe
there was no g : back
this, onl
rejiration
burst out from every pore, as the fall
horror of my gituntion suddeniy
flushed over me. |
to that thin
ing myself above the g
no retreat
jot know
ust go on, tras
unstable cord, !
i Tlie
no other way no means
do now how
The Sleeper Was Marie Gessler!
Inch by inch I crept, hand encroach
slightest movement
wound once ore
the grasp of
until
support of and clung
as with death
I clung there mind came
until 1 felt the return of strength
body, and 1 look
through the moonlight without
dizzily. The blind
braced, and [ felt safe in
tion. But what about the
hevond? Sappose it should be locked?
or the into which 1 opened
I could not continue to cling
I must learn the
that 1 had
this tense
my
could
reeling
firmiy
prote«
was strong
its
window
room
ocoupied?
there in uncertainty :
truth—assure myself
passed through all
in vain
I moved
not
agony
slowly, barely an inch at
a time, each advancing foot feeling
for support, but more confident now
because of the grasp of my fingers on
the upper wood. The window
closed, but dark and grimy looking,
as though the room within had been
long nnoccupied. Its very appearance
gave me courage. I balanced myself
on the preearious footing of the stone,
clinging tenaciously with my left hand
to the iron hinge of the blind, while
my right endeavored to raise the sash,
At first 1 believed the window
firmly fastened down--the suspicion
jeaving me numb with despair. But
reckless tugging loosened its hold,
and enabled me to shove up the sash
little by little, until finally the open-
ing became sufficient for me to squeeze
through. 1 felt as though I had re.
turned from the dead, the nervous re
action so great that 1 lay for a moment
on the floor where | had fallen, un-
able to move. | knew | was alone,
the space untenanted, the walls as
bare as in that ther room from which
was
eee.
I had
exhaustion
Then
with
fled I knew
cared to know
I staggered to ay
Stared
my wits
nothing to
the
permitting
dark
this, and in wy
more
knees, and
no
opened eves curiously
abont gathering together,
but the
and it
ne to
There
four
Wis sire
wills I tried door,
silently,
into a narrow
uncarpeted I
the
down to
slipped out
hall
dimly
giance out
way, could
discern top of a flight of stairs
leading the story below I
and closed the door softly
behind we, being plunged instantly into
funereal blackness
I groped a way forward
toward the
statrs, guided by a hand against the
wall, until the touch of the upper rail
assured
Strip of
be from
the
muffle
me of my position. A narrow
took it to
down
rag 1
1
feeling eX
carpeting
the
center of
ended
sufficient to
paused
the siightest
All
that
stairs
and 1
for
the darkness
the
any footsteps,
listening
noise amid beneat!
remained still and mysterious ; so
forth coal
my shoes from a
and slipped t Ol.
Twice the hoards «
unaGer my
that
soundin
silence causing me to
the 1}
breath in
At last I attained the
bottom,
in suspense over minister
holding my
the find son
plore my surrounding
effort. As i f blindly groping
about, I 1 nll is¢ of direction
must hav
through
and
into a side room
an draped recess, for 1
38 rile 9 j
siicidenly brought Up against a tabie
Paper N
this
encoun
Ntartied by into a
lost ina s
hou
ghitest mi ep in
trangs
n unhols orn
ing, aud that the sl
that darkness might result in an rom
(0 RWaken every
did
any direction
sleeper, for a few
not
Yet
there indefinitely
choosing a
iinutes 1 venture to move in
could
and
I set forth,
forward until
I first ran into a chaif, and then struck
one hand against I fol
could
manifestly |
not Hain
blinds
feeling on
80,
COUrse,
Way raulious
a side wall,
Intter ns
the thought
lowed this best |
that If I con
tinued this course long enough 1 must
attain opening through which 1
had the On the way
my hands felt the outiines of a closed
door, and, in aimlessly groping about,
key in the lock. It
inserted asx to be extracted
at the touch of my fingers and instant
ily a light shot forth
through the vacated hole, It was such
of that darkness
bend
scene within,
inspired by
the
entersd rowan
encountered a
WRR 80
tiny ray of
a relief in the heart
a8 to cause me to quickly down
and endeaver to view the
It was evidently a chamber of some
and
iHuminated by
globe, a
floor. and
about the
sine, well furnished. rather dimly
a single shaded electrie
green rug on the
pumerous pictures hung
I could perceive the
bed at
range of
this an ornate
mirrors. But
rested upon with greater interest was
couch the
handsome
walls
ines fl side,
the
ou one barely
and
with
eyes
the vision
dresser,
three what ms
leather beside
with some sort of covering draped
with face toward
motionless, and to all appear
fn sleep
her. She lay
the wall
ances
To her was Inst thing
I desired, and I would have slipped the
key into the lock, and stolen
silently along in the darkness, had she
not suddenly stirred one
sound
arouse the
back
flinging out
and turned partially, so that her face
The sleeper
Gessler! For a moment I
credit the discovery:
there could be no mistake. 1 re
well every character
istic of the girl, to be deceived
(TO BE CONTINUED)
clearly visible,
Marie
foo
Reasonable Excuse.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the noted food
expert, and Dr. Samuel Wilson, re.
tired minister, were discussing old
times one day last week
Both the men are graduates of Han-
over college, near th» Ohio river, along
which the minister spent his early
years,
“I remember the great floods of "82,
8% and ‘S4” said Dr. Wilson. “Dur
ing one of those floods we had to re-
the third floor.
“We had to cook our food over the
grate,” he recalled. “In the morning
we would let down a bucket on a
rope to the milkman, who came in a
skim”
Dr. Wiley smiled.
“That would be
watering the milk,” he said.
S——— —————— ”
A Slam.
He Witty people make me tired.
She—Trying to keep up with them,
I suppose. ~~Boston Transcript,
It must be awfully nice to be we
rich that you can afford to grumble
about the enormous taxes you pay.
————————
Proper Care, Expert Says, Will
Save Much Expense.
One-Half Size Larger Than
Size Is Advised; Wear Only Once
Before Washing.
How
be made to last
if the
them
his
follows by the sil
When the motorist b
must necessarily pled
mze, or it not
Knows, too, that if he gets a size
ly larger, called an « tire” his
ear will not on ride en ut the
will last long
"he
y
allow
108
LWo pale QO sill
nan 1nd #
wWenrer
that the a
automobile
take the
motorist gives
erage
tires, Is explained as
stocking expert
the right
wWouia
Fin
silghit
gil
one to
relia sed.
y i : fl ze larg
r than wears in ton or isle,
’
reas
A littl wing i # next precat
on Lo take ach Ind fual wear
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right
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tle
Gari ont
LIKE “THREE-DECKED" CAPE
©) sferwest §
Ld it 40]
Reviving the fong riding cloak of
Revolutionary days as an early au.
tumn wrap comes this model! from
Paris. The fine black serge is thrice
banded with broad strips of fur, one
of them edging a small overcape and
the other
capes.
Trim Sailor With Ribbon Trimming
Vies With Blossom Decorated
Chapeau That Is Larger.
With the great vogue for white
it is natural this should be popular for
felt hats, and they are us from
the trim sailor with ribbon trimming
blossom-trimmed inrger
The drab
all
with
hat of
ful
duliness
relieved, however, by a large
cabochon, The flower
strong on all fells,
unusual flower trimsaing at that, hy-
on,
one,
odd
ap
and
felt
and so
flowers ;
has an
velvet
Incquered foliage
hats have felt
biack felt,
little green
pink silk apple blossoms,
leaves printed upon the
goft
ples,
But if one hat in ten ix white, eight
The gray vogue
[PTI
on es
The big hats with stiff brimg are
rather awkward in a crowd, go the
flapping brim has come to take its
place This hat is of black velvet
trimmed with two calla lilies The
checkered blouse goes very well with
the hat
ani
HR
trated
FALL FASHION BRIEFS
1s] on slesiea
frocks
crepe de
ircular capes of same
with linings of
ad
jE Re sleeves
corgette are a feature of
fall models
worms are being shown again In
of broad and medium
efforts as well as poke
with
Tooke
of pale pink
ck and front
organdie,
formed by
smart addition to the
miss
which
iS nN
{ the tiny
amd brown vou used
are
some of the
street
helleve vou conld not combine
now
for
hined
if dresses fall
ong. rather
to,
with
straight lines are to
adhered according to present
ations, guilt conts—many of
least
the
ur trimmed,
enough to al
and
long
skirt,
in at
nee) elaborate
¥
rounded of crown. The felt brim
with ribbon, and a twist of
ribbon with perhaps a small bow en-
¢ base of the crown. Smart
is n Maria Gay shape of hiack velvet
cirvies th
with cyclamen velvet, a fold of cycla
velvet twisted about the base of
The pew shapes are large
men
the crown
drooping brims shading the face
Plum Custard.
Boil some plums in water anti! ten
Put
boiler
well.
milk in a double
and when lukewarm add three
beaten eggs, one-half cup of
and two level tablespoons of
starch moistened with a little
milk or cream. Stir until it
and boils for eight minutes, then re-
from the fire. Add one tea
each of lemon and vanillin ex
and the ploms. stir well and
Corn
cold
thickens
Soon
tract
tling eonvalescence in
hat. It i= to be found in those soft
little rolled hats, close fitting and de.
mure, that frame the faces of our
bobbed hair sisters, little hats with a
saucy bunch of waxed blossoms lald
Tapioca Snow.
Sonk one cup of tapioca until soy,
When clear,
quills throst
one-half cup or boiling
feathers brushing the wearer's cheek
on one or both sides,
flack, brown or dark green, and
possibly bright green will be the colors
tor felts for later wear. The eloche in
gain a favorite, very broad of brim
of cold water. Ax soon as it begins
to set, beat In with the =tiffly beaten
whites of four eggs. When sufficiently
fluffy, heat in the tapioca and the juice
of three lemons. Pour Into a mold or
molds and set away to harden.
WARM WEATHER DISHES
and
To
Luscious
that
will help
days
and melons
{ $1411
nen 1
plentiful
ke the warn
net more
Cucumber Ealad
three uceumbers
serve with ma
Of on erisp lettuce leave
Combination Salad. -Tuke t
uls 1e11cde0
Pour int
of los
tor
3
whole strawberries
Muskmeion Cocktails.-
pota
chilled
Kyrup t
and le
syr ip,
es are wort!
ly ebook book for
once trie ther
will be used again
and again
Italian Tutti.
Frutti Ice —The
combination of
his de
may
be made to oon
the
strawberries,
form to
Oranges
berries,
aste and Ses Rom
rasp
watermelon
small balls
apricots and other fruits RONSON
The pulp and grated rind of the
Oranges used The from
plums and and
the fruit Is weighed, allowing an equal
Make layers of the
Sugar on
over night and in the
boiling
the sugar In
not boll, however: cool
Are sinnesk
Apricots are removed
weight of sugar
fruit and
Let
morning
sugar, having the
stand
bring to the
sure that
just
Dao
Ice. Take
grape
Grape Juice one
pint of
quart of
juice, one
then freeze Serve in sherbet cups,
of vanilla ce cream.
Old Southern Cake. Cream
fourths of a pound of butter,
three
add ow
When
volks of =ix ops
well beaten, then three-fourths
of pastry flour, about three cupfuls
gifted with one-half a grated nutmep
and one teaspoonful of ground cloves,
added alternately with ons pint of
rich milk Fold in the stifty heaten
whites and one pound of sultans
raisins chopped and mixed with four
Bake in a large pan, about thre
inches deep, the hatter hall filling tha
pan
Tomato
add the
pond
With Macaroni Mix
eupfuls of well cooked
spaghetti with one
sauce, sprinkle with onebalf capfe
of grated cheese, Spread this on
deep glass pie pinte. Over the tog
place tonmtors out in halves, cut side
np. Sprinkle with salt sand pépper
dot with hits of butter. and sprinki
with buttered crumbs. Bake in a hot
oven until the tomators are soft bul
nnhiroken
Nore, Mogwut
foe
macaroni om
cupful of white