i"THE INSIDER"! 4 • Br Yrglnia Trrbsnr \an de flatfr.; CHAITER XXIV. (Copyright, 1917, Star Company) It had been an easy matter for me to promise Tom that I would have a talk with his father. It was not so. easy to make an opportunity to see ! Mr. Norton alone. When he came upstairs in the evening for his twilight chat with j Grace, it was always about dinner! time, and I could discuss no subject j at length with him. Nor did I wish to drag Tom's need forward unless the j father himself made an opening fot ; ine to do so. 1 cudgelled my brains to find a way! to accomplish my ends. And then, j one morning, 1 had an inspiration, i j might request my employer, to give me a few minutes, and when he did this I would make as my excuse my desire to learn if he was content with I Grace's progress in her lessons. I really did want to be sure wheth er he thought the child was advancing satisfactorily, yet my need to know this was not pre-emptory. It would, however, serve as the entering wedge to the conversation I had planned. j On the morning following my prom ise to Tom. I came into the hall as Mr. Norton was putting on his over coat preparatory to going downtown. "Excuse me," I ventured, "but shall you be too busy for the next day or | two to spare me five minutes? I want j to ask you about one or two mat- i ters." "Why, no." he said kindly. "X will be glad to talk with you at any time. Shall it be to-night when I come up | to see Grace?" I shook my head. "I think not. 1 do not want her to fancy that we are ! discussing her, and it Is, of course, of j her that I wish to speak. Moreover, 1 dinner is always ready by the time you come out of Grace's room." "That is true," he admitted, "and," with a smile, "as Mrs. Gore likes peo ple to be prompt, she might not be pleased If we lingered talking." Xo Comment Made It was the first time he had referred to his sister-in-law's jealous tenden- j cies, and I made no comment. "I tell you what you do!" he ex rlaimed suddenly. "Meet me at the Waldorf this afternoon and have tea j with me—will you?" "I can't," I demurred. "Grace has j to have her supper at 6 o'clock." "Some one else can give it to her if you are not at home by that time.] Meet me in the Turkish room at 4. i Let Maggie attend to Grace's supper I for once. You will reach home before' the child's l>ed hour." "But Mrs. Gore may not"—l be-j gan. I got no further. Striding past me, 1 lie called to his sister-in-law, who had lingered in the dining room to give i some orders. "Adelaide," he announced, "I have, 1 just been telling Miss Dart of a little j business matter X want her to attend ' to for me this afternoon. She will have: '■4f be out until 6, or later. Let Maggie j i7ok after Grace during Miss Dart's absence —unless you yourself can ar- j range to be with the little girl." "I can keep her with me in the j afternoon until her supper-time," i Mrs. Gore replied. "Then Maggie will I have to give her her supper—if it is ! impossible for Miss Dart to get back! by then." "It may be Impossible." Mr. Norton 1 informed her briefly. With a nod to j his sister-in-law, he turned to me. "You understand what 1 want done,! Miss Dart?" he asked. "You have the address all right?" "Yes,"' I told him, I had the ad-j dres.i. 1 felt like a hypocrite as I met Mrs. j Gore's eyes. No suspicion lurked there, j yet I was sure that she expected me i to tell her what the errand was upon < which i\ ing his daughter's governess. "I must find Grace," I remarked hastily. And, to avoid any questions,' X hurried upstairs. Tom was home to luncheon that j noon, and the subject of my going | out was not broached in his presence. The lad was evidently trying to be as j polite us he could. I forced myself to; talk of indifferent matters, and he did: his best to be agreeable. A Bit of Diplomacy After luncheon, Mrs. Gore inquired ; when I was to start downtown. "About three-thirty," I said. When I was ready to go out, I took Grace to Mrs. Gore's room. "Do you want the little girl in here with you?" I asked. "Yes," the widow answered, "she | can stay here with lier old auntie— i can't you, darling?" I think she was secretly glad to have j the child alone to herself, and I was only too thankful that she was in a | good humor. Grace gazed at me long-' ingly, but voiced no resentment at my leaving her. I had explained to her j that I had some business to attend to, j so could not take her with me. "Good-by," she said clinging to me i and ktssing me. "Please come back soon." "As soon as I can," I promised. I paused in the lower hall to glance i at myself In the mirror. My gray | spring suit, although cheap, was be coming. This was the first time I had worn it. The toque of the same color suited my face and I noticed how I prettily my hair waved beneath the! narrow brim. I was glad I looked so | nice. Yet. I demanded of myself as I| started toward the subway, what dlf-( ference did it make how I looked? I| was only an employe going to talk j to her employer—ostensibly about his j daughter—really about his son. Had I done wrong in acting a part j to accomplish my aim? Well, If so, | the aims were surely kindly—and in ; some conditions the end to be ac- i complished might justify the meansl used. (To Be Continued.) ,Doctor Tells How to Quickly Strengthen Your Eyesight at Home Watfencthen- i ine the eyes ; of thousand!. It is fuaran- j strengthen eyes 50* in one week's inie In many tanres, Often tirely does ay with clats qulckly re lieve! inflammation, achlnir. Itching, buminr, tired, worktrained, watery eyes. Not a secret remedy. Absolutely harmless, formula on eery package. See Doctor's announcement soon to appear In this paper. BOD Op to prescription filled by *ll4nif *lt*. TUESDAY EVENING, The Scribb Family—They Live Right "1 10M HERE (Bits ?CRIOB WIL,I HAVE fl | ml-Put 'EM ADHERE I 1 amright—ts ia.ia,/ ! ASHES IN MY COLLAR POX ! N0 OT V, PLFL , T I EXCEPT IN w COLLAR BOX!"! L T", ' I 1 ~~ Z V l " _J \ -W.IT ASH QUESTION L| I'b O XTtV\WT iff— ■ ,IS SETTLED-I GUESS ILL ■ J*?? ••>. WVLTS THOSE. © NAN of ® MUSIC MOUNTAIN By Frank tl. Spedrmarv- Author of Wiisperiivg Smittv cop-ymcrwr chaik-M tctnntxs JOIU (Continued) SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I—On Frontier day at Sleepy Cat. Henry de Spain, gunman and train master at Medicine Bend, is beaten at target shooting by Nan Morgan of Music Mountain. Jeffries, division superinten dent, asks De Spain to take charge of the Thief River stage line, but he refuses. CHAPTER ll—De Spain sees Nan danc ing with Gale Morgan, is later derisively pointed out to Nan on the street by Gale, ar.\l is moved to change his mind and ac cept the stage line Job. CHAPTER III—De Spain and I>efever ride to Calabasas inn and there meet Gale Morgan with Deaf Sandusky and Bassoon, gunmen and retainers of the Morgan clan. Morgan demands the dis charge of a stage driver and De Spain re fuses. De Spain meets Nan but fails to overcome her aversion to him. CHAPTER IV—Sassoon knifes Eipaao. the stage driver, and escapes to Morgan's gap, the stronghold of the Morgans. De Spain. Lefever and Scott go in after him, and De Spain brings out Sasson alone. CHAPTER V—He meets Nan, who de lays him until nearly overtaken by the Morgans, but lands his captive in Jail. CHAPTER Vl—Sassoon breaks Jail. De Spain beards the Morgans in a saloon and is shot at through the window. He meets Nan again. Morgan threw the brim of his weath er-beaten hat back from his tanned face. He wore a mustache and a chin whisker of that variety designated in the mountains by the appropriate name "Spinach." But his smile, which drew his cheeks into wrinkles all about his long, round nose, wns not unfriend ly. He looked with open Interest from his frank but not overt rust worthy eyes at De Spain. "I heard," he said In o good-natured, slightly nasal tone, "you made a sunrise call on us one day last week." "And I want to say," returned De Spain, equally amiable, "that If I had had any idea you folks would take it so hard—l mean, as an affront Intend ed to any of you—l never would have gone Into the gap after Sassoon. ) just assumed—making a mistake as 1 now realize—that r.iy scrap would be with Sassoon, not with the Morgans." Satt's face wrinkled into a humorous grin. "You sure kicked up some alkali." De Spain nodded candidly. "More than I Intended to. And I say—with out any intention of impertinence to anybody else —Sassoon is a cur. I sup posed when I brought him In hert after so much riding, that we had sheriff enough to keep him." He looked at Druel with such composure that the latter for a moment was non plussed. Then he discharged n volley of oaths, and demanded what De Spain meant. De Spain did not move. Ht refused to see the angry sheriff. "That Is where I made my second mistake,' 1 he continued, speaking to Morgan and forcing his tone Just enough to be heard. Druel, with more hard words, began to abuse the railroad for not paying taxes enough to build a decent jail. De SDaln took another tack. He eyed the sheriff calmly as the latter continued to draw away and left De Spain standing somewhat apart from j the rest of the group. "Then it may be I am making another mistake, Druel, in blaming you. It may not be your fault." "The fault Is, you're fresh," cried Druel, warming up as De Spain ap peared to cool. The line of tipplers backed away from the bar. De Spain stepping toward the sheriff, raised his hand in a friendly way. "Druel, you're ; hurting yourself by your talk. Make j me your deputy again some time," he! concluded, "and I'll see that Sassooo stays where he is put." "I'll just do that," cried Druel, with 1 a very strong word, and he raised his hand in turn. "Next time you want! him locked up, you can take care ol i him yourself." The sharp crack of a rifle cut off the j words; a bullet tore like a lightning bolt across De Spain's neck, crashed j through a mahogany pilaster back ol \ the bar, and embedded itself in th i wall. The shot had been aimed from the street for his head. The noisy | room instantly hushed. Spectators sal | fflued to their chairs. White-faced players leaned motionless against tin j tables. De Spain alone had acted; all! that the bartenders could ever remenv terft< s ' lot 4* I • 1 j He Whirled and Bhot Instantly Towarc the Heavy Report. lng his hand go back a* he whirled ani! shot Instantly toward the heavy re jwrt.j He had whipped out his gut HARRtSBURG TELEGRAPH ana nred siclewlse through the window' DIRECTORS TO AID LIBRARIES 1 at the sound. ! Marysville, Pa., April 10.—•'Miller That was all. The bartenders breathed and looked again. Men were crowding like mad through the bach doors. De Spain, at the cigar ease, looking intently into the rainy street, lighted from the corner by a dingj lamp. The four men near him had not stirred, but, startled and alert, th< right hand of each covered the butt of a revolver. De Spain moved first While the pool players Jammed thf back doors to escape, he spoke to, without looking at, the bartender, "What's the matter with your cur tains?" he demanded, sheathing his re volver and pointing with an expletlvi to the big sheet of plate glass. "Ii this the way you build up business foi the house?" i . Those close enough to the window saw that the bare pane had been cut just above the middle, by two bullel holes. Curious men examined both fractures when De Spain and Lefevet had left the saloon. The first hole was the larger. It had be<>n made by a 1 high-powered rifle; thj second was froma bullet of a Colt's revolver; it was remarked as a miracle of gun-play that the two were hardly an inch apart In the street n few minutes later, D ' Spain and Lefever encountered Scott, who, with his back hunched up, his j cheap black hat pulled well down over ! his ears, his hands In his trousers pockets and his thin coat collar mod estly turned against the drizsling rain, was walking across the parkway from i the station. ; "Sassoon Is in town," exclaimed Le | fever with certainty after he had told j the story. He waited for the Indian's , opinion. Scott, looking through the water dripping from the brim of his ! seasoned derby, gnve it in one word. "Was," he amended with a quiet smile. "Let's make sure." insisted Lefever. j "Supposing he might be in town yet, Bob, where is he?" i Scott gazed up the street through the I rain lighted by yellow lamps on the obscure corners, and looked down the street toward the black roaches of the I river. "If he's here, you'll find him I in one of two places. Tenlson's—" "But .we've Just come from Tenl son's," objected Lefever. "I mean, across the street, upstairs; or nt slm Kitchen's bnrn. If he was hurried to get away," added Scott re flectively, "he would slip upstairs over there ns the nearest place to hide; If be bad time he would make for the ! barn, where it would be easy to caclu ! his rifle." Lefever took the lapel of the scout's coat in his hand. "Then you, Bob, go out and see if you can get the whole story. I'll take the barn. Let Henry go over to Tenlson's and wait at the head of the stairs till we can get back there/' De Spain found no difficulty In locat ing the flight of marble stairs that led to the gambling rooms. It was the only lighted entrance In the side street. No light shone at the head of the stairs, but a doorway on the left opened Into a large room brilliantly lighted by chandeliers. Around three sides of this room were placed the keno layouts, roulette wheels, faro tables and minor , gambling devices. Off the casino it self smoll cardrooms opened. * A (To Be Continued) township school directors have decid ed to aid all schools of their dis trict to obtain libraries, where the proper efforts have been put forth by the scholars and teachers to bring about this result. The condition im posed is that the school hold an en tertairiVnent to provide a nucleus for its library fund. The board then has agreed to deposit seven dollars to the credit of the school. sets are against sets are designed * \^H^^^rv^~~^° v exclusively for STEELAST/C ( \\•■° v: '?;fe : iBI! medium and full ii/roo/*//' 1 I \ \ i^Hfl figures, where the Wtuu/nb \w\ V l|gH ! V if fflWjf superlative strength necessary \ T \\ UK I 1 in reducing garments is demanded, 7 J / — —' (i ■ and where excessive wearing strain / Am WB I H^^fl is the rule rather than the exception. J I Bff / VNt Regular materials and ordinary j / W &SK / G H methods of tailoring are not / / I IV sufficient for Rengo Belt Corsets. / /I U . The method of accomplishing / ./ / fll —_ (j xB ' abdominal reduction the one \ \ IE most important reduction in all I \ HI y - (j Hi 1 stout figures—is in the tailoring \ \ l|| / I of the exclusive Rengo abdominal \ TV M /HI / * I Belt from which these scientific )) / \\V /MW / Ha corsets take their name. There either as to the material DCklCf\ A or the double watch- C/¥\y U - - \ For Sale by Dives, Pomeroy t '•£>' *' * and Stewart Prices: $2, $3, $5 J APRIL 10, 1917, TO PRODUCE "ESMERALDA" Marysville, Pa., April 10.—Seniors of the high school have selected Tues day, April 24, for the date of their production, "Esmeralda," which will bo given in the Galen Theater. This work which the high school Thespian will produce Is the collaboration of the celebrated playwrights, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gil lette. Martin G. Keller, Aged 80, Dies at Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, Pa., April 10. —Mar- tin G. Keller, one of the oldest and best-known residents of Elizabeth town died at his home in North Mar ket street on Sunday evening from a complication of diseases. He was 80 years old and was a native of Dauphin county. About twenty years ago ho moved here and engaged extensively in the cattle business. He was a mem ber of Borough Council several terms. He was a charter member of the Eli'/.a bethtown National Hank and the Farmers' Hank of Middletown. He is survived by his wife and a number of children. His funeral will be held from his late homo to-morrow after noon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the family plot in Mt. Tunnel Ceme tery. LUMBERMEN WANTS HELP Liverpool, Pa., April 9. —Lumber- men In this district are finding It dif ficult to obtain help at any price. High wages in other industries attract the lumbermen from their profession. During the past week the county newspapers carried numerous adver tisements calling for men to peel bark. DAJLY DOT PUZZLE \ i v. wl 1 • o ■ <oc£, 12 . 21 ! 16 j - 7
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