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7V7 MYSTERY GIRL
A Ditictive Story
By CAROLYN WELLS
WcttvrteMil ttn hu '' ' L","nwU Cempanu, Serialised bit Ledger Bu'dtcate.
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IfT'evNOPSlft OF PREVIOUS
W P INSTALLMENT
Bft -! XParina, gentleman nni tcheU
ag; M preMemfef OerMh
. "cre-t. m. ",;:
M "&
tfli CAOrmilW 9" imr.i
W9K ,
J .-. Ven 'Enttrdy HsppyT"
PP08ITB the double doers was the
JT" 1.1 f rArved fcten. Eech Bide of
''Ui ..nM were windows, high and" net
?L The main daylight eame through
'iirtt window en the right of the
trtnee ana n " (
jftLjew (hat opened like doers en the
-'W vide.
jT; , . t..-u nlndntr. slrlnep nn R
1-ilSil mrch. and the deer that opened
fPJJ ,j,e cress hall of the house were
lb enlf doers In the great room, save
'Sh en cupboards and bookcases.
&0 the ether side of the room, oppo eppo oppe
Viii the French window, was a row
j four small windows looking into
At dining-room, dui inese were uign,
d could net be seen through by pce-
h,en the sunKcn noer 01 tne siuay.
ft Th' whole room was done In Cir
fpidn walnut, and represented the
Wl hede of a man of letters. The
i$ttdit was flanked with two facing
Imnperts, the wide window, seat was
''ifltd with cushions. The French win-
1J0 doers were suitably curtained and
f high windows were of truly beau-
rttful stained glass.
I jtj spacious table desk was in the
'SDduIO 01 Ue room, uuu uwwiibce, uuiu
wrUble and built In, lined the walls.
'There were a few geed busta and valu
able pictures, and the whole effect was
ee of dignity and repose rather than
'.fC,elaberate grandeur.
The room was renowned, and all Ce-
'rlnth spoke of it with pride. The stu
"dtnti felt it a great occasion that
kreafht them within its walls and the
fcculty loved nothing better than a
Mwlen therein.
Casual guests were rarely entertained
In the study. Only especial visitors or
these worthy of its classic atmosphere
found welcome there. Mrs. Peyton or
Htitn were net expected te use it, and
Mrs. Bates had Jready declared she
should respect lr as the sanctum of
Dr. Waring alone.
The two made their way te the win
dew seat, and as he arranged'the soft
cushions for Ler, Waring said, "Don't,
Emily, ever feel shut out of this room.
As I live new, I've net welcomed the
Pejtens In here, but my wife is a
'different preposition."
"I Mill reel an awe of the place,
;Jehn, but I may get used te it. Any
WT, I'll try, and I de appreciate your
willingness te have mc In here. Then
If you went te be alone, you must
put me out."
"I'll probably de that sometimes,
wir, for I have te spend many hours
ilene. Yeu knew. I'm net taking the
presidency lightly." ' v
''I knew It. you conscientious dear.
But. en the ether hnnil. rinn't Kb fnn
Jtrleus about it. You're just the man
ler the place, just the character for
1 college president, and if you try
tee hard te lmnrove or reconstruct
jeurself, you'll probably spoil your
fresent perfection. '
1 "Well nothing would spoil your pres
ent perfection, my Emily. I am tee
Ptttlr ble&t te hnv rim trrenr linnnr
from the college and you.'tee!"
ir..uu iiuii.v, ,iennr ah nappyr
Hirtnirfl ilann M. .. f..i. 1
Oemselvcs en her face. His brown hnlr
wonweniy u little grny nt the temples,
nis flee face was net touched deeply
67 times lines, and his clear, whole whele whole
enie skin glowed with health.
if tnPrf irnct nn tne.n... I...JA-.I
Mfere his reply came, It was none the
less hearty and sincere. "Yes, my
f tog, l happy. And yeirt"
".-.aw " y-." ?-" " .;
jui i l-iiii iicvrr ee nannv n
turned.
h. 1. .:::. ."-.
k.... ? """ . .v son. en your
rt. It, there, Jehn? Tell me. truly."
."", "'fun resarnins; tin? trouble
that I hear Is brewinu for me?"
NOt OniV tlint ! T mpiin In anv ,U .
Bctun." ' '
-Ff010 ElH.v! With you In my
ms 1 .Ne. a theuttand times no !
eble and I are strangers, go long
I have you!"
Ml6 Mvstarv Arrlrna
Viy.0V? ,vhe ha" arrived nt the rail
wtd BtaMen 0' a New Unghn.l lllncr
R?J a!'rK. "" a verv L'el(l winter nignt
iee train late, no one te meet him, nne
J Place engim-ed for beard and ledgins
Itieti t (leso'utien of f,uch a situ-
i!.ew England's small railroad stn
wns are much alike, the crowds that
1'int from the trains nre much a'lke.
in f:0. ? wn!tlng en the plntferm for
a?..k ,ns fablers are much alike.
i ;.ere came. i,,t0 Corinth one night
1 passenger who wns nec at nil like
hi t?w Pass,nsers en thnt belated
r n V..0 traln from Nw Yerk,
ft. P" ",M:?It. bt "wing
untn .1 . e.""' r' ATi-?"" ,
thercVir .1, 1 1 ";iitiH uci-asieneu
UUCOy, the delnra rer nmn ...! I
kH a ;--".' "..- m.miij 111111 lull.
the train drew Inte the station
'J afier 7 e clock.
paweuger who wns unlike the
ncnped down from the car plat.
I rV-i "'"' "eming ner smnll suitcase
S ,..?'OBfd,,he trnck n"d entered
uiuig room, nnei went
lie itt.j "", out leuna ujere
inH"?nnt. lmnntlentlv she tanned
Ktin I'! ft,et en t,,e el(l beard tloer,
in j ne PPared.
LiLW.'l n te her next move, sh
te i. ."" p,,ntl" 'oer Just In time
keard J," ?h m,an witl' !nB wuite
ta7k V,PK,nt0,his fi,cl8h "fI begin te
fc fur robes nbeut him.
teirr :...' "t . "' "li Melgh te his
kerself . "JwT,le 6l' nueted te
lad
n gave a wtilstl
ttete Snr,Mn.en CC1 out. ."Hey,
ij.J " (lit VjlIlllN. P1VO 11A n iirv
n Mii.J,lad for 0l,r house?" the
m hi lc,s',n,,d ns 6he sh00 b
" 7,4! e gntherivl nn i,i i.
"c.'gnt,hprcd P hls "Ins.
u& isgldffR01 cngaged'
k,. tialt wntfi t i . .
iB shnm 1 cummnna you:'
through &.ata& ye,,nB volce rang out
8emVmY7! w,ter nlr, and Old
"He i" d.ams ,"nsed te listen
,, J10.' he chuckled, "you ee
J ou? New, I haven't hi
ter something Uke fifty
years.1
clalmd n ' B,,?P t0 f,1Mi" 'be elrl
cS ln"grl'y' ,"De" you see
W? V u18ry nml ver? unfcomfoi unfcemfoi unfcomfei
1 want n i ve n bearding house
HS hear?dnew. ye tak ine in.
H nlarnvIr,!cnr, m,( mlbS. we've only
ttanv ' u,u n"bRi wev
llrenK.?n,, '"ey're all
I 'Bem
eccu-
yet un-
Ki.T,.?r engaged,, but as
lLTvtt ' h ,l,.l." i.'ii
beuUuM mumble(1 T MWeU'
m, , '
Very well, I wllleccupy one until
the engager comes nlehg."
The wind blew fiercely. It -was
snowing a little, and the drifts sent
feathery clouds through the air. The
trees, coated with Ice from n recent
sleet storm, broke off crnckling bits
of ice as they passed. The girl looked
about, at first curiously, and then tim
idly, as if frightened by what she saw.
It was net a long ride, and they
stepped before a large house, showing
comfortably lighted windows and a
bread front deer thnt swung open even
as the girl was getting down from the
sleigh.
"Fer the land sake!" exclaimed a
brisk feminine voice, "this ain't Lcttyl
Who In the earth have you get here?"
"I don't knew," Old Halt Adams re
plied, truthfully. "Take her along,
motherland give her a night's lodging."
"But where is Letty? Didn't she
come?"
"New can't you see she didn't come?
De you s'pese I left her -at the sta
tion? Or dumped her out a'eng the
read? Ne since you will have It, she
didn't come. She didn't cornel"
Old Salt drove en toward the barns,
and Mrs. Adams bade the girl go into
the house.
The landlady followed, and as1 she
saw the strange guest she gazed at her
in frank curiosity.
"Yeu want a room, I s'pese," he
began. "But, I'm sorry te sny we
haven't one vacant "
"Oh, I'll take Letty's. She didn't
come, seu see, se I can take her room
for tonight."
"Letty wouldn't like that."
"But I would. And I'm here and
Letty isn't. Shall we go right up?"
Picking up her small suitcase, the girl
started and then stepped back for the
woman te lead the way. ,
"Net quite se fast it you please.
What is jour name?"
As the landlady's tone changed te a
terner Inflection, the girl likewise grew
dignified.
"My name is Anita Austin," she
said, coldly.
"Where are you from?"
"New Yerk City."
"What address?"
"Plaza Hetel."
By this time the strange dark eye
had done their work. A steady glance
from Anita Austin seemed te compel all
the world te de her bidding. At any
rate, Mrs. Adams took the suitcase, and
without a further word conducted the
stranger upstairs.
8he took her into an attractive bed
room, presumably made ready for the
absent Letty.
"This will de," Miss Austin said,
calmly. "Will you send me up n tray
of supper? I don't want much, and I
prefer net te come down te dinner."
"Land sake, dinner's ever Ions age.
Yeu want some ten, V bread. V but
ter, V preserves, V cake?"
"Yes, thank you, that sounds geed.
Send It in half an hour."
Miss Mystery Baffles Speculation
Te her guest Mrs. Adams showed
merely a face of acquiescence, but once
outside the deer, and released from the
spell of these eerie eyes, she remarked
te herself. "Fer the land sake!" with
great emphasis.
"Well, what de you knew about
that!" Old Salt Adams cried, when,
after she had started him en his sup
per, his wife related the episode.
"I can't make her out," Mrs. Adams
said, thoughtfully. "But I don't like
her. And I won't keep her. Tomor
row, you take her ever te Bolten's."
"Just ns you say. But I thought her
Kinda interesting looking, ieu can t
say she isn't thnt."
"Mnibe se. te some folks. Net te
me. And Letty'll come tomorrow. .e
that girrll have te get out of the room."
Meanwhile "thnt girl" Mb eagerly
peering out of her window.
She tried te discern which were the
lights of the college buildings, but
through the still lightly falling snow,
she could see but little.
"Corinth." she whispered. f'Oh.
Corinth, what de you held for mi?
Whnt fortune or misfortune will ou
Bring rae? Whnt fortune or misfortune
shall I bring te ethers? Oh, Justice,
.rufctiec. whnt crimes are committed in
thy name!"
The next morning Anita appenrcd
In the dining-room nt the breakfast
hour.
Mrs. Adams scanned her sharply,
and looked a little disapprovingly at
the short, scant skirt and slim, silken
egs of her new boarder.
Anita, her dark eyes scanning her
hettcss with cqunl shnrpnc.ss, seemed
te express an equal disapproval of the
country -cut gingham and huge white
apron.
Net at all obtuse. Mrs. Adams
sensed this, and her tone wns a little
mere deferential than she bad at first
Intended te make it.
"Will you sit here, please. Miss
Austin?" she indicated a chair next
herself.
"Ne, thank you. I'll sit by my
friend," and the girl slipped Inte a
,'iicnnt chair next Haltenstnll Adams.
Old Salt gave n furtive glnnce nt
lis wife, and suppressed u chuckle at
ler surprise.
"This Is Mr. Tyler's place," he said
te the usurper, "but I expect he'll let
ou have It this once."
"I mean te have It all the time,"
and Anita nodded gravely nt her host.
"All the time is this one meal only."
crisply put In Mrs. Adams. "I'm
sorry. Miss Austin, but we can't keep
j-eu here. I have no vncant room."
The entrance of some ether people
gave Anita a chance te speak In nn
undertone te Mr. Adams, nnd she said :
"You'll let mc stay till Letty comes,
won't you? I suppose you are boss
in your own house.
As a mntter of fact nlmest nny
phrase would have described the mnn
better than "boss In his own heute,"
but the Idea tickled his sense of Irony,
nnd he chuckled ns he replied. "Yeu
bet I am! Here you stay as long
as you want te."
"You're my friend, then?" nnd an
nppcaiing glance was shot, at him be
neath long, curling lashes, that proved
the complete undoing of Saltenstall
Adnms,
"Te the death!" he whispered In
mock dramatic manner.
Anita gave a shiver. "What a way
te put It!" she cried. "I mean te
live forever, sir!"
"Doubtless." Old Salt returned.
placidly. "You're a freak aren't
you?"
"That Isn't n very pretty way of ex
pressing It, but I suppose I am," and
a mutinous leek passed ever the strung"
little face. ,
In repose, the face was oval, serene,
and recular of feature. But when the
girl smiled or spoke or frowned, changes
took place, nnd the mobile countennnce
grew soft with Inughter or hard with
qcern.
And scorn wns. plainly visible when,
a moment later, Adams introduced
Rebert Tyler, a fellow boarder, te M'ss
Austin,
She gave him first a conventional
glance, then, as he dropped into the
chair next hers, and said, "Only ten
glad te give up nuy place te a peach,"
she turned en him a flashing glance,
that, ns he expressed, it nfterward,
"wiped hjm off tue face of the earth."
CONTINUED MONDAY
SOMEBODY'S STENOGMiss Scratch
Registered U. S. Patent Omee
By II ay ward
A SAD JDlAlfi Te A W0AiDEf?FOU
VACATIOA1. AFTES SEVERAL WEEKS
CAMPIH6 IAJ THE AAOOA1TAIAIS
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Deedle were' kid aiapp&d by
bandits aajd are beai held
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it all came about from caaa
df?eppw6 a letter that sta?te&
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aajd fouaie it-fi6ures he has a
BIS HAUL FROM THE "bUCHESs'
wealthy family; meam. while
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DREADFUL IF THERE WAS AAiY
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among some of the candidates for
office nnd the Auti-Saleen League
may have te get into politics yet
te fight tbem.
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