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jAFOOISAND HIS,
.iimiiONEY
Copyright, 1915, by fiaorg* Birr McCutcliaon,
CONTINUED
CHAPTER IV.
I Convert* With a Mystery.
L\TE in the afternoon I opened
my door, hoping that the bang
f ing of hammers and the buz 7
of Industry would have ceas
ed; but. alas, the noise was even more
deafening than before. Ksyping Brit
ton iu the gloomy corridor. 1 shouted
to him. and he came at once.
"Britton." said I as be closed tht
door, "do you think they will carry
out their threat to have the law or
tne? Mr. Rocks worth was very angry
—and put out. He is a power, as you
know."
"I think you are quite safe, sir,"
Mid he. "Shortly before 2, sir. one ot
the porter* from the hotel came ovei
to recover a gold purse Mrs. Klley
TVerkheimer had dropped in the excite
meat, and he informed Mr. Poopen
dyke that the whole party was leaving
at 4 for Dresden."
Later on. somewhat refreshed anc
relieved. I made my way to the little
balcony, first having issued numerous
orders and directions to the still stupe
fled Schuiieks. chief atnong which was
an Indexible command to keep the
gates locked against all coders.
Suddenly us I sat there *,iminating 1
became acutely aware of something
white on the ledge of the topmost win
dow in the eastern tower. Eveu as I
filed my gaze upon it something else
transpired. A cloud of soft. wavy,
luxurious brown hair eclipsed the nar
row white strip and hung with spread
lug splendor over the casement ledst
plainly, indubitably to dry in the sun.
My neighbor had washed her hair!
And it was really a most wonderfu
head of hair. 1 enn't remember eve
having seen anythiug like it except ii
the advertisements.
What a glorious, appealing, sensuous
thing a crown of hair—but Just theo
Mr. Poopendyke came to my window.
"May I interrupt yon for a moment.
Mr. Smart?" he inquired, as he squint
♦d at ine through his ugly bone rimmed
glasses.
"Come here. Poopendyke." I com
manded in low. excited tones He hesi
tated. "You won't fall off." 1 said
■harply.
Although the window is at least nine
feet high. Poopendyke stooped as hs
tame through. He always does it, no
matter how tall the door, it is a" life
long habit with UUu. Have 1 men
tioned that my worthy secretary is six
feet four and us tlilu as n reed? I re
member speaking of his knees. He is
also a bachelor.
"It is a dreadful distance down
there," he murmured, flattening him
self against the wall aud closing his
eyes.
A pair of slitn white hands at that
Instant Indolently readjusted the thick
mass of hair and quite as casually dis
appeared. 1 failed to bear Mr. Poopen
dyke's remark.
"1 think, sir." he proceeded "it
would lie a very good idea to get some
of our correspondence off our hands
A great deal of it lias accumulated in
the past few irwks I wish to say that
I am quite ready to attend to it when
ever"—
"Time enough for letters." said I.'
■till staring.
"First of all. we must have a lad
der." 1 went on "Dave you seen to
that?"
"A ladder?" be faltered, putting one
foot back through the window in a
most suggestive way.
"Oh," said I, remembering. "I haven't
told yon. have I? Up there. In
that window. Do yon see that?"
"What is it. sir? A rug?"
"Hug! Great Scott, man. don't you
know a woman's hair when you see
ttr
"I've never—er—never seen it—you
Bight say—Just like that. Is it hair?"
*lt is. Tou do see it don't yon?"
"Haw did It get there?"
"Good! Now I know I'm not dream
ing. Come! There's no time to be lost.
We may be able to get up there before
ahe hears us!"
I instructed old Conrfld to have the
tallest ladder brought to me iu # the
courtyard at once.
"There is no such thing about the
castle," he announced blandly.
"Where are your sons?" 1 demanded.
The old couple held up their bands in
great distress.
"Berr Britton has them wearing their
aouls out. turning a windlass outside
the gates—acb. that terrible Invention
of his!" groaned old Conrad. "My poor
•ons are f;iint with fatigue, meln berr.
Tou should see them perspire and hear
them pant for breath."
Happily a new idea struct me almost
at once.
In a jiffy balf a dozen carpenters
were at work constructing a substantial
ladder out of scantlings, while I stood
over them in serene command of the
aituation.
When the ladder was completed I
mounted to the top and peered through
the sashless window. It was quite
black and-repelling beyond. Instruct
ing Britton and the two brothers to fol
low me in turn. I clambered over the
wide stone sill and lowered myself gin
gerly to the floor
1 will not take up the time or the
space te relate my experiences on this
first fruitless visit to the east wing of
tnv abiding place. Sntfic*? to sa.v. we
got as far as the top of the stulrs iu
the vast middle corridor after stum
bllnj; through a series of dim. dump
rooms, and then found our way effec
tually blocked by a stout door which
was not only locked and bolted, but
bore a most startling admonition to
would be trespassers.
I'iuned to one of the panels there
was a dainty bit of white note paper,
with these <atiri words written across
its surface In a bold feminine band:
"Pleasu keep out. This is private
property."
Most property owners no doubt would
have been incensed by (his calm defi
ance on the part of a squatter, either
male or female, but not I The very
impudence of the usurper appealed to
me What could be more delicious
than her serene courage in dispossess
Inpr me with the stroke of a peu of at
least two-thirds of my domicile and
what more exciting than the thought
of waging war against her in the ef
fort to regain possession of It? Really
It was quite glorious: Here was a
happy, enchanting bit of feudalism
that stirred my romantic soul to its
very depths
We returned to the courtyard and
held a counsel of war. 1 put all of the
Schmicks on the grill, but they stub-;
bornlv disclaimed all interest in or
knowledge of the extraordinary occu
pant of the east wing.
"We can smoke her out. sir," said
Britton.
I could scarcely believe my ears.
"Britton," said I severely, "you are a
brute. 1 am surprised. You forget
there is an innocent babe, maybe a |
collection of them, over there and a
dog. We shan't do anything heathen ;
ish. Britton. i'lease that in mind.
There is but one way—we must storm
the place. 1 will not be dehed to my
very nose." i felt it to see if it was
not a little ont of joint "It is a good
nose."
"It is. sir." said Britton. And Poo
pendyke in a perfect ecstasy of loyalty j
shouted. "Long live your nose, sir!"
My German vassals waved their:
bats, perceiving that a demonstrations
was required without in the least
knowing what it was about.
That night was very black and trag
ic. swift storm clouds having raced up j
to cover the moon and stars. With a j
radiant lanthoru In the window be- i
hind me. 1 sat down with my pad and i
my pipe and my pencil. The storm j
was not far awav.
I was scribbling away in serene con
tempt for the physical world when
there came to niy ears a sound that
Sdve me a greater shock than any
streak of lightning could have pro
duced and vet left sufficient life in me
to appreciate the sensation of being
electrified.
A woman's voice, speaking to me out
of the darkuess aud from some point
quite near at hand!
1 beg your pardon, but wonld yon
Blind doing me a very slight favor?"
Those were the words, uttered in a
clear, swept, perfectly confident voice,
as of oue who never asked for favors,
but exacted them.
I looked about me. blinking, utterly
bewildered. No one was to be seen.
She laughed. Without really meaning
to do so, 1 also laughed— nervously, of
conrse.
"Can't you see me?" she asked. I
looked intently at the spot from which
the sound seemed to come—a perfectly
solid stoue block less than three f eet
from my right shoulder. It must have
been very amusing. She laughed again.
X flushed resentfully.
"Where are you?" I cried out rather
tartly.
"1 can see you quite plainly, and you
are very ugly when you scowl, sir.
Are you scowling at me?"
"I don't know," I replied truthfully,
still searching for her. "Does it seem
so to you?"
"Yea "
'Then I must be looking in the right
direction," 1 cried impolitely. "You
must be— Ah:"
My straining eyes had located a
small, oblong blotch in the curve of the
tower not more than twenty feet from
where 1 stood, and on a direct line
with my balcony. True. 1 could not at
first see a face, but as my eyes grew a
little more accustomed to the darkness.
1 fancied 1 could distinguish a shadow
that might pass for one.
"1 didn't know that little window
was there.'' I cried, puzzled.
"It isr't." sbe said. "It is a secret
loophole, and it isn't here except In
times of great duress. See. I can close
it!" The oblong blotch abruptly dis
appeared, only to reappear au Instant
later. I was beginning to understand.
Of course It was In the beleaguered
east wing! "I hope I didn't startle you
a moment ago."
1 resolved to be very stiff and for
mal about It. "May 1 inquire, madam,
what you are doing iu my hou—my cas
tle?"
"You may."
"Well." said I. seeing the point,
"what are you doing here?"
"1 am living here," she answered dis
tinctly.
"So I perceive." said I. rather too dis
tinctly.
"And I have come down to ask a
simple, tiny little favor of you, Mr.
Smart.'' sbe resumed.
IIAKRISB TT THi STAR-fNI)KPKNDENT, FRIDAY EVKXINfi. APRTL 23, 1915.
REFRIGERATORS THAT SURVIVED 810 WAREHOUSE
FIRE, SHOWN IN WINDOW
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"You Kn.nv my name':" 1 cried. sur
prised.
"I am reading your last book— Are
you going V
"Just a moment, please," 1 called
out. struck by a splendid idea. Reach
ing inside the window, i grasped the
lanthoru and brought its rays to bear
upon the—perfectly blank wall! 1
stared open mouthed and unbelieving.
"Good heaven! Have 1 been dreaming
all this?" 1 cried aloud.
My gaze fell upon two tiny holes in
the wall, exposed to view by the bright
light of my lamp. They appeared to
be precisely in the center of the spot so
recently marked by the elusive oblong.
Even as I stared at the holes a slim
object that 1 at once recognized as a
finger protruded from oue of them and
wiggled at me in a merry but exceed
ingly irritating manner.
To Be Continued
MINERS MUST KEEP FAITH
Agreement Sis Years Ago Fixes Their I
Quitting Time
Haxleton, April 23.—Former Judge
George Gray, of Wilmington, Del., um
pire for the Anthracite Conciliation
Board, decided yesterday against cer- I
tain classes of miners of the Xesque
houing colliery of the Lehigh Coal and i
Navigation Company, in their conten- i
tion that they be allowed to quit at j
3 o'clock instead of 4.
He finds that in 1909 an agreement I
GERMANS IN BRUSSELS PALACE OF JUSTICE
M ill i li .. L.
GERMAN SOLDIERS QUARTERED IN THE PALACE OF JUSTICE, BRUSSELS
The number of the regular German garrison In Brussels la as a general rule about 3,CMiO to 4,<>00. but with sol
diers constantly passing to and from the flghtiug line there are hardly ever leas than 10.000 soldiers present in Lb*
city. Of these a number are quartered in the famous Palace of Joatlce, in the centre of the town. The above view
shows how the soldiers have arranged one of the finest halls of the building their own purposes. Running down
the centre of the hall are the racks In which the well kept rifles are stored. The desks aud the various projection*
nround the walls are used for accommodating helmets, caps, clothing and more rifles. Above this scene the beauti
ful allegorical design by Jeau Delville keeps watch.
■ was entered into by the scale commit
tee ami the company fixing 4 o'clock
, | as the time.
GRIEF DRIVES FATHER MAD
1 i
Silk Mill Foreman Goes Insane Over
Death of Daughter
Gaston, April 23.—Maurice Wil
liams, aged 36, a silk mill foreman,
j was committed to the State hospital
! at Rittersville yesterday, after an ex
amination by alienists. Several weeks
»io Williams lost a little daughter, to
whom he was deeply attached by diph
theria. Since then he had .been melan
choly each night, wandering through
the house and calling on the child to
return.
Wednesday night he .became violent,
I procured a revolver and announcing
; that he would end it all, shot at his
I wife. The bullet missed and Williams
I was overpowered bv neighbors.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
la Effect May 24. I*l4.
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SJg HOUSEHOLD
§j TALKS
111 Henrietta D. Grauel
Judging Home Baking
It is a good plan for anyone to know
what they are trying to achieve and
to have a standard to measure by. The
following score points nre from the
same source as those given yesterday
for cake and bread.
Cookies, cruller and small cakes:
Flavor, 40 points
liightness, 15 points
Texture 20 points
Appearance 25 points
The appearance of those cakes in
cludes form, size, linking, additions of
icing and decorations. The crullers and
cookies must be free from all suspicion
of greasincss, and be uniform in size.
Some judges insist that cookies be
accompanied by the recipe from which
they are concocted as the ingredients
so greatly affect the color and texture
that injustice is sometimes done. For
instance cookies made with soft, light
brown sugar are sweeter and richer than
those of more expensive sugar and nre
really more deserving of credit but the
whiter ones often carry off the prize.
All these things must be discussed
by those who are to judge and be de
cided upon before the contest is opened.
Pies:
Flavor, 35 points
Crust, 4 0 points
Appearance 10 points
Tenderness or flakiness, ... 15 points
If a pie is flaky and tender with a
well browned, nicely made crust, a
mediocre filling can be tolerated but
the least suggestion of toughness or
soggvness in any pie should condemn
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Bakjng and cooking contests are al
ways interesting at church fairs, school
entertainments and at neighborhood
gatherings. They may include candy
and preserves and pickles.
In judging caudy you will only need
consider flavor or taste, texture and
appearance.
If our housekeepers care to go
further into this matter we will give
scores for fruit butters, marmalades
and preserves. It is interesting to cook
by rule and can be made a habit as
easily as to cook by guess.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
"Please describe correct way of mix
ing ingredients in butter cakes; does
it make a difference in results if every
thing is mixed together if the batter is
well beaten?"— Student.
Reply.—The proper way of combin
ing cake materials is to cream the but
ter, add the sugar to It and crearr. them
together. Add beaten eggs next, but
only the yolks. Beat the whites of the
eggs separately then sift flour, baking
powder and salt together and add to
the butter and the augar with the
whites of the eggs, putting in a little
of one and then a little of the other,
beating all the time. The flavoring may
tie added to the first part of tl.- mixture
or be put in with the whites of the
eggs-
If any readers have suggestions to
add to this plan we will be pleased to
publish them.