THE FULTON COUNTY- NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. MEET IN SEGRET The Hollow DOINGS LEAK QUI of Her Hand Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Stirred Up. George Barr MCutcheon AN INVESTIGATION IS SOUGHT :. : r SYNOPSIS. Clwlllii Wrandnll In foiinil mim!eril In rood hoimo near No York. Mrs. Wran iIhII miiniiiniu'il from the city anil liln tlflra thn imly. A young woinun who ae compnnld Wrandnll to the Inn and mib nequiiiitly dlKapppurril, In mmpccti'd. Mrn. Wrandnll ntitrtn bark for Now York In an auto durlnv a blinding unow stnrm. On the wav ahe meet young woman In th rond who proves to be Iho woman who killed Wrandnll. Keeling that the Rlrl had done her a aervlce In ridding her of the man who though he loved him rleeply. had rauned her rreat Borrow. Mrs. Wrandnll rii-lermlnes to ulileld her and takes her to hr own home. Mr. Wrnndnll henm tru iitnry of Hetty Caa tleton' life, except hut portion that re late to Wrandnll. Thin nnd the itory.of the trngeriv Hhe forhidx the girl evr to tell, fihe offers Hetty a home, friendship and nerurltv from peril on arrount of the tragedy. Mrs. Bara Wrnndnll and lMtv attend the. funeral of Chnllls Wrnndnll at the home of his parents. Hnra Wrnndnll and Hetty return to New York after nn iihsenee of a vear In Europe, resile. Wrnndnll, brother of Thallls, makes him self liBeful to Bnra and becomes grently Interested In Hetty. Fnra sees In Iss ue's Infnttintlon posilhllitv for revenge on the Wrnndnlls nnd repartition for the wrongs she suffered al the hand! of Chnllls Wrandnll bv marrying his mur deress Into the fnmllv. Islle. In com pnuv with his friend Tlrnndon Ttooth, an srtlKt, visits Sara nt her rountrv plaee. lyslle confesses to fisra that he Is msillv In love with Hetty. Kara arranges with Itooth to paint a picture of Hetty. Booth has a haunting feeling that he has seen Hettv before. looking through a port folio of pictures by an unknown English artist he finds one of Hettv. Ho speaks to her about It. Hettv declares It must he a picture of Hettv Olvnn, an English actress, who resembles her very much. Islle Wrandnll becomes Impatient and jealous over the plcti.re painting nnd de clares he Is golne to propose to Hetty at the first opportunity. CHAPTER X. Continued. lie looked as though he expected nothing. He could only sit back and wonder why the deuce Sara meant by behaving like this. They returned at seven. Dinner was unusually merry. Sara appeared to have recovered from her Indlspo sltlon; there was color In her cheeks and life In her smile. He took It to be an omen of good fortune, and was Immeasurably confident. The soft, cool breezes of the starlit night blew visions of Impending happiness across bis lively Imagination; fanned bis Im patience with gentle ardor; Oiled him with suppressed Blghs of contentment, and made him willing to forego the delight of conquest that he might live the longer in serene anticipation of Us thrills. Ten o'clock came. He arose nnd stretched himself In a sort of ecstasy. Damn It All, 8aral She She Turned Me Downl" Hie heart was thumping loudly, his senses swam. Walking to the veran dah rail he looked out across the moonlit sound, then down at tbe se lected nook over against the garden wall spot to be Immortalized! and actually shivered. In ten minutes' time, or even less, she would be down there In bis arms! Exquisite medita tions! He turned to her with an engaging smile, in which she might have dls cerned a prophecy, and asked her to come with him for a stroll along the wall. And so be cast tbe die. Hetty sent a swift, appealing look at Sara's purposely averted face. Les lie observed tbe act, but misinterpret ed Its meaning. "Oh, It Is quite warm," he said quickly, "You won't need h wrap," he added, and In spite of himself his voice trembled. Of course she wouldn't need a wrapl "I have a few notes to write," said 6ara, rising. She deliberately avoid ed the look In Hetty's eyes. "You will find me In the library." She stood In the doorway and watched them descend to the terrace, a sphinx-like smile on her Hps. Hetty seemed very tall and erect, as one go Ing to meet a soldier's fate. Then Sara entered the house and at down to wait. A long time after a door cloeed stealthily in a distant part of the house the sun-parlor door, she knew by direction. A few minutes later an upstairs door creaked on Its hi lines. Some one had come in from the mellow night, and some one had been left outside. Many minutes passed. She sit there at her father's writing table and waited for the other to come In At lust quick, heavy footfalls sounded on the tiled floor outside and then came swiftly down the hall toward the small, remote room In which 'she sat. She looked up as he unceremo niously buret Into the Voom. He came across and stood over her, an expression of utter bewilderment in his eyes. There was a ghastly smile on bis Hps. "D n It all, Sara," he said shrilly, rshe she turned me down." He seemed Incapable of comprehen sion. She was unmoved. Her eyes nar rowed, but that was the only sign of emotion. "I I can't believe" be began querulously. "Oh, what'i the UBe? Bhe won't have me. 'Gad! I'm trem bllng like a loaf. Where's Watson? lav him get m something to drink. IE Never mind! I'll get It from the sido- board. I'm I'm d d!" He dropped heavily Into a chair nt the end of the table and looked at her with glazed eyes. As she stared back at him she had the curious feel ing that he had shrunk perceptibly, that .his clothes hung rather limply on him. His face seemed to have lost all of Its smart symmetry; there was a looseness about the mouth and chin that had never been there before. The saucy, arrogant mustache eloped de jectedly. ' I fancy you must have gone about it very badly," she said, pursing her lips. "Hadly?" he gasped. "Why why, good heavens, Sara, I actually plead ed with her," he went on, quite pa thetically. "All but got down on my knees to her. D n me, If I can understand myself doing It cither. I must have lost my head completely. Uegged liko a love-sick schoolboy! And she kept on saying no no no! And I, like a blithering aes, kept on telling her I couldn't live without her, that I'd make her happy, that she didn't know what she was saying, and Hut, good Lord, she kept on saying no! Nothing but no! Ho do you think she meant to say no? Could It have been hysteria? She said It so often, over and over again, that it might have been hysteria. I never thought of that. I" No, Leslie, It wasn't hysteria, you may be sure of that," she said de liberately. "She meant It, old fel low." He sagged deeper In the chair. "I I can't get it through my bead," ho muttered. As I said before, you did It badly," she said. "You took too much for granted. Isn't that true?" "God knows I didn't expect her to refuse me," he exclaimed, glaring at her. "Would 1 have been such a fool as to ask her If I thought there was the remotest chance of being" The very thought of the word caused it to stick In his throat. He swallowed hard. You really love her?" she demand ed. 'Love her?" There wne a sob In his voice. "I adore her, Sara. I can't live without her. And the worst of It is, I love her now more than I did before. Oh, it's appalling! It's horrible! What am I to do, Sara? What am I to do?" Be a man for a little while, that's all," she said coolly. "Don't Joke with mo," he groaned. "Go to bed, and when you see her In the morning tell her that you un derstand. Thank her for what she has done for you. Be " "Thank her?" he almost shouted. "Yes; for destroying all that is de testable In you, Leslie your self-con-celt, your arrogance, your false no tions concerning yourself In a word, your egotism." He blinked Incredulously. "Do you know what you're saying?" he gasped. She went on as If she hadn't heard him. "Assure her that she Is to feel no compunction for what she has done, that you ore content to be her loyal, devoted friend to the end of your dnys." 'nut, hang It, Sara, I love her!" "Don't lot her suepect that you are humiliated. On the contrary, give her to understand that you are cleansed nd glorified." What utter tommy" Walt! Believe me, It Is your only chance. You will have to learn some time that you can't ride roughshod among angels. Think It over, old fel low. You have had a good lesson. Profit by It." You mean I'm to sit down and twirl my thumbs and let some other chap snap her up under my very nose? Well. I guess not!" Not necessarily. If you take it manfully she may discover a new In tereat in you. Don't breathe a word of love to her. Go on as if nothing had happened. Don't forget that told you In the beginning not to take no for an answer." He drooped once more, biting bis Hp. "I don't see how I can ever tell mother that she refused" "Why tell her?" she Inquired, rising. His eyes brightened. "By Jove, shan't," ho exclaimed. "I am going up to the poor child now," she went on. "I dare say you have frightened her almost to death Naturally she Is In great distress. shall try to convince her that her de cision does not alter her position In this house. I depend on you to do your part, LeBlIe. Make It easy for her to stay on with me." He mellowed to the verge of tears, "I can't keep ou coming out here after this, as I've been doing, Sara. "Don't be silly! Of course you can, This will blow over." "Blow over?" he almost gaBpod. "I mean the first effects. Try being a martyr for a while, Leslie. It isn' a bad plan, I can assure you. It may Interest you to know that Challls pro posed to me three times before accepted him, and yet I I loved him from the beginning." "By Jove!" he exclaimed, coming to his feet with a new light in his eyes. The nouows in nis cneeas seemed to fill out perceptibly. "Good night!" "I say, Sara, dear, you'll you'll help me a bit, won't you? I mean you'll talk it over. with her and "My sympathy is entirely with Miss Castleton," she said from tbe doorway. His Jaw dropped. He was still ruminating over th callousness of the world in respect to lovers when she mounted the stairs and tappod firmly on Hetty's door. Hetty Caetleton was standing the middle of ber room when Sara entered. Prom her position It was evident that she had stopped short In her nervous, excited pacing of the 1 floor. She was very palo, but there was a dogged, set expression about her mouth. , , "Come In, dear," Bhe said, In a manner that showed she had been expecting the visit. "Have you seeo him?" Sara closed the door, and then stood with her back against It, regarding her agitated friend with eerlous, com passionate eyes. "Yes. He Ib terribly upset. It was a blow to him, Hetty." "I am sorry for him, Sara. He was bo dreadfully in earnest. But, thank God, It is over!" She threw back er head and breathed deeply. "That horrible, horrible nightmare is ended. suppose it had to be. But the mock ery of U think of It, Sara! the damnable mockery of it!" "Poor Leslie!" sighed tbe other. Poor old Leslie." Hetty's eyes filled with tears. "Oh, am sorry for him. He didn't deserve God lu heaven, if he really knew everything! If he knew why I could not listen to him, why I almost screamed when he bold my hands in his and begged actually begged me to Oh, it was ghastly, Sara!" She covered her face with her hands, and swayed as If about to fall. Sara came quickly to her side. Put ting an arm about tbe quivering houlders, she led the girl to the broad window seat and threw open the blinds. "Don't 6pcak of it, dearest don't think of that. Sit here quietly In the air and pull yourself together. Let me talk to you. Let me tell you how deeply distressed I am, not only on your account, but his." They were silent for a long time, the girl lying still and almost breath less against tbe other's shoulders. She as still wearing the delicate blue dinner gown, but In ber fingers was the exquisite pearl necklace Sara had given her for Christmas. She had taken It oil and had forgotten to drop it in ber Jewel box. "I suppose he will go up to the city early," she said monotonously. Leslie ie a better loser than you think, my dear," said Sara, looking out over tbe tops of the cedars. "He will not run away." 1 Hetty looked up in alarm. "You mean he will persist in In his atten tions," she cried. "Oh, no. I don't believe you will nd him to be the bugbear you Imag ine. Ho can take defeat like a man. Ho Is devoted to you, be Is devoted to me. Your decision no doubt wrecks his fondest hopes in life, but It doesn't make a weakling of him." "I .don't quite understand " "He Is sustained by the belief that he has paid you the highest honor a man can pay to a woman. . There Is no reason why he should turn bis back on you, as a Bulky boy might do. No, my dear, I think you may count on him as your best, most loyal friend from this night on. He has Just suld to me that his greatest pain lies In the fear that you may not be willing to accept him as a simple, honest, un presuming friend since " "Oh, Sara, If he will only be that and nothing more!" cried tbe girl won- daringly. Sara smiled confidently. "I fancy you haven't much to fear in that direc tion, my dear. It Isn't in Leslie Wran- dall's make-up to court a second re pulse. He is all pride. The blow it suffered tonight can't be repeated at least, not by the same person." "I am so sorry it had to be Leslie," murmured Hetty. "Be nice to him, Hetty. He deserves that much of you, to say the least, I should miss him if he found it Impos sible to come here on account of" "I wouldn't have that happen for the world," cried the girl In distress. AUDREY EQUAL TO OCCASION Hard to Refrain From Admiring in genuity of This Little Wash ington Girl Audrey was thirteen, but a big girl for her age, according to the Washing ton Herald. Yet she was still a child In her absorbing taste for Bweets. Not far from her home the food show, which is held .annually In Washing ton, was going on, and the Idea that there were pounds of cakes, Jellies and chocolates all ready to be eaten occu pied her mind every morning as she wended her way to scnooi past iue building. This preoccupation oi thought resulted In arltnmetio in which four quarts equaled one yard, and Napoleon crossed the Rubicon on thQ. Ice ia history lessons. But Aud rey was a modern girl, and soon found a way out of her trouble. Saturday she decided to put her plan Into execution. Mother had gone to work at the treasury, and Audrey was monarch of all Bhe surveyed literally. She could not get Into the food show without being accompanied by an adult. Now, adults In such cases be ing regarded fas necessary evlU, tbe girl determined to be one herself for the occuslon. Down at the ten-cent store she bought a diamond ring and a Bmaller one of plain gold. Then she hied home, arrayed herself in her mother's beet tuit, put on a picture hat with a big veil and went to the food show. Tbe doorkeeper passed her in unnoticed in the crowd of others streaming in, for the figure seemed that of a short wom an. Inside, Audrey did her duty. There was not a bit of food In the house she did not sample, nor a cuke nor candy of which she did not bring away speci mens. When she went home she was "He is your dearest friend. Send me I away, Sara, if you must. Don't let anything stand in tbe way of your friendship for Leslie. You depend on him for so much, dear. I can't bear the thought of" "Hush, dearest! You are first In my love. Better for me to lose all the others and still have you." Tbo girl lookod at her In wonder for a long time. "Oh, I know you Kican It, Sara, but but how can it be true?" "Put yourself In my place," was all that Sura said In reply, and her com panion had no means of, translating thd sentence. ' ' She could only remain mute and wondering, her eyes fixed on that other mystery, the cameo face In the moon that bung high above the som ber forest. "Poor Lesllo," murmured Snra, a long time afterward, a dreamy note In her voice. "I can't put him out of my thoughts. Ho will never get over It. I have never seen one so stricken and yet so brave. He would have been more than a husbaud to you, Hetty. It is in him to be a sluve to tbe woman he loves. I know blm well, poor boy." Hetty was silent, brooding. Sara resumed her thoughtful observations. "Why should you let what happened months ago stand In the way of" She got no farther than that With an exclamation of horror, the girl sprang away from her and glowered at her with dilated eyes. "My God, Sara!" she whispered hoarsely. "Are you mud?" The other sighed. "I suppose you must think It of me," she said dis mally. "We are made differently, you and I. If I cared for a man, nothing In all this world could stand between me and him." Hetty was still staring. "You don't mean to say you would have me marry Challls V rand all's brother?" she said, In a sort of stupefaction. Sura shook her head, 'i mean this: vou would be Justified In permitting Leslie to glorify that which his broth er desecrated; your womanhood, my dear." "My God, Sara!" again fell In a hoarse whisper from the girl's Hps. "I simply Volco my point of view," explained Sara calmly. "As I suld before, we look at things differently." "I can't believe you mean what you said," cried Hetty. "Why why, If I loved him with all my heart, soul and body I could not even think of Oh, I shudder to think of It!" "I love you," continued Sara, fixing her mysterious eyes on those of tho girl, "and yet you took from me some thing more than a brother. I love you, knowing everything, and I am paying In full tho debt he owes to you. Leslie, knowing nothing, Is no less your debtor. All this Is paradox ical, I know, my dear, but we must remember that while other people may be indebted to us, we also owe something to ourselves. We ought to take pay from ourselves. Please do not conclude that I am urging or even advising you to look with favor upon Leslie Wrandall's honorable, sin ccro proposal of marriage. I am mere ly trying to convince you that you are entitled to all that any man can give you in this world of ours we women all are, for that matter." "I was sure that you couldn't ask me to marry him. I couldn't believe " "Forget what I bave said, dearest. If it grieves you," cried Sara warmly. She arose and drew the girl close to har. "Kiss me, Hetty." Their Hps met. Tbe girl's eyes were closed, but Sara's were wide open and gleaming. "It la because I love you," she said softly., but she did not complete the sentence that burned In her brain. To herself she repeated: "It Is be cause I love you that I would scourge you with Wrandnlls!" "TO one of the fullest and happleBt chll uren in Washington. And yet men talk about woman's lack of Inventive power. Blucher Solved Problem. une nundred years ago the plenl potentlarles of the allied nations were conferring on the future of Europe auer me overthrow of Napoleon, wnicn now seemed inevitable. The In vnslon of France, which was the first great task undertaken by the allies had been accomplished, and there now remained only the march upon Paris to rar tne coalition had accomplished Its work well. But at this point the jealousies of the allied nations began to come to the surface. The moBt of tne plenipotentiaries favored pushing on to Paris, without delay. But th Austrlans were not eager to hasten the advance of tho armies nnd thus In sure the triumph of Russia and the passionate vengeance of the Prussians, At wis juncture Marshal Blucher solved tne problem by boldly contlnu ing his advanco on the French capital wunoui waning ror the plenipoten nanus to agree. Evil of Gossip. Every man and woman will be en titled to tlilnlt better of themselves and will have a stronger claim to the regard of others, If they cease to be on the lookout for somothing to find fault with, to treasure up and repeat and magnify every scandal, llttlo and big, and to retail and spread every small item or tea taue gossip, which carries with it ridicule or censure for some one. Suppose all that were drop ped, and really it Is unworthy of in telllgent, well meaning people, and the habit formed of only speaking well of others. Would It, after all, be as stupid as soma seem to think? Cin clnnatl Enquirer. "You are very good to me, Sara," sobbed Hetty. "You will bo nice to Lesllo?" "Yes, yes! If he will only let me be his friend." "He asks no more than that. Now, you must go to bed." Suddenly, without vnrning, she held tbe girl tightly In her arms. Her breathing was quick, as of one moved by Rome sharp sensation of ter ror. When Hetty, In no little won der, opened her eyeB Sura's fago was turned away, and she was looking over her shoulder ss If cause for alarm had come from behind. "What is It?" tried Hetty anxiously. She. auw the look of dread In ber companion's eyes, even as It began to fade. "I don't know," muttered Sara. "Something, I can't tell what, came over me. 1 thought some one was stealing up behind me. How silly of me." "Ah," Biild Hetty, with an odd smile, I can untlerstund how you felt." "Hetty, will you take me In with you tonight?" whispered Bara nerv ously., "Let me sleep with you. I can't explain It, but I am afraid to bo alone tonight." Tho girl's answer was a glad smile of acquiescence. Come with me, then, to my bedroom while I change. I have the queerest feeling that some one Is In my room. I don't wunt to be alone. Are you afraid?" Hetty held back, her face blunchlng. "No, 1 am not afraid," she cried at once, and started toward tne door. There Is some on in this room," said Sara a few moments later, when they were In the big bedroom down the bull. "I I wonder," murmured Hetty. And yet neither of them looked bout In search for the intruder! . Fur Into tho night Sara sat in the window of Hetty's dressing room, her bin sunk low In her hands, staring moodily Into tho now opaque night, her eyes somber and unblinking, ber body aB motionless as death Itself. The cooling wind caressed ber and whispered warnings into ber unheed ing eurs, but she sat there unprotect ed agulnst its chill, her nightdress damp with the mist that crept up with sinister steulth from the sea. CHAPTER XI. In the Shadow of the Mill. The next day but one was overcast. On cloudy, bleak days Hetty Castle ton always felt depressed. Lesllo wbb to return from the wilds on the following day. Karly in tne morning Booth had telephoned to in quire If she did not want to go for a long walk with him before luncheon. The portrait was finished, but he could not afford to miss the morning hour with her. He said as much to ber lu pressing his invitation. Tomorrow Leslie will bo hero and I sha n't see aB much of you as I'd like," be explained, rather wistfully. Three Is a crowd, you know. I've got so used to having you all to my self, It's hard to brenk off suddenly." 'I will be ready at eleven," she said, nnd was Instantly surprised to find that ber voice rang with new life, new Interest. The grayness Beemed to lift from the view that stretched beyond the window; she even looked for the sun In her eagerness. It was then that Bhe knew why the world had been bleaker than UBual, even In Its cloak of gray. A little before eleven she set out briskly to intercept him at the gates. Unknown to her, Sara sat In her window, and viewed her departure with gloomy eyes. Tbe world also was gray for her. They came upon each other unex pectedly at a sharp turn In the ave nue. Hetty colored with a sudden rush of confusion, and had all she could do to meet his eager, happy eyes as he stood over her and pro claimed his pleasure In Jerky, awk ward sentences. Then they walked on together, a strange shyness at tending them. She experienced the faintness of breath that comes when the heart Is filled with pleasant alarms. As for Booth, his blood sang. He thrilled with the Joy of being near her, of the' feel of her all about him, of the delicious feminine appeal that made her bo wonderful to him. He wanted to crush ber In his arms, to keep her there forever, to exert all of his brute physical strength so that she might never again be herself but a part of him. They uttered commonplaces. The spell was on them. It would lift, but for the moment they were powerless to struggle against It. At length he saw tho color fade from her cheeks; her eyes were able to meet bis with' out the look In them that all men love Then he Beemed to get his feet on the ground again, and a strange, ineffably sweet sciiBO of calm took possession of him. "I must" paint you all over again," he suld, suddenly breaking In on one of her remarks. "Just as you are today an outdoor girl, a glorious out door girl In" i "In muddy boots," she laughed, drawing her eklrt ayay to reveal shapely foot In an American walking shoe. He smiled and gave voice to a new thought. "By Jove, how much better looking our American shoes are than the kind they wear in London!" "Sara insists on American shoes, so long as 1 am with her. I don't think our boots are so villainous,' do you?" "Just the Bame, I'm going to paint you again, boobs and all. You" "Oh, how tired you will become of me!" "Try me!" "Besides, you once. She has you. She will an to do Sara consented to sit be wonderful, Mr. Booth, oh, bow wonaarluil" 1 '.:x was uo mistaking tbe sincer ity of this rapt opinion. "Stunning," was his brief comment. She was silent for a long time, so long Indeed thut he turned to look at' her. "A thoroughly decent, fair minded chap Is Leslie Wrandall," he pro nounced, for want of something bet ter to say. "Sti!!, I'm bound to say, I'm sorry be Is coming home tomor row." Tho red crept into her cheeks again. "I thought you were such pals," she said nervously. "I expect to be his best man If he ever marries," suld he, whacking a stone at the roadside with his walk ing stick. Then he looked up at her furtively and added, with a quizzical smile: "Unless something happens." "What could happen?" "He might marry the girl I'm In love with, and, in thut case, I'd have to bo excused." "Where shall we walk to this morn ing?" sho asked abruptly. He had drawn closer to ber In the roadway. "Is it too far to tbo old ston3 mill? That's where I first) saw you, If you remember." "Yes, let us go there," she said, but her heart sank. Bhe knew what was coming. Perhaps It were best to have It over with; to put it away with; the things that were to always be ber lost treasures. It would mean the end of their companionship, the end of a love dream. She would have to He to blm: to tell him she did not love him. Coming to the Jog In the broad mac adam, they were striking off Into the narrow road that led to the quaint old mill, long since abandoned In the forest glade beyond, when their atten tion was drawn to a motor car, which wus slowing down for the turn Into Sara's domain. A cloud of dust swam '.n the air far behind the muchlne. A bare-headed man on the seat be side the driver waved his hand to them, and two women In the tonneau bowed gravely. Both Hetty and Booth flushed uncomfortably, and hes itated In their progress up the forest road. The mun was Leslie Wrandall. His mother and sister were in the back ecr.t of the touring car. "Why why. It was Leslie," cried mm She Made No Response. nooth, looking over his shoulder t the rapidly receding car. "Shall we turn back. Miss Castleton?" "No," she cried Instantly, with some thing like Impatience In her voice 'And spoil our walk?" she added In the next breath, adding a nervous little laugh. "It seems rather" he began dubi ously. 'Oh, lot us have our day," she cried sharply, and led tbe way Into tho by road. They came, In the course of a quar ter of an hour, to the bridge over the mill race. Ileyond. in the mossy shades, stood a dilapidated, centurion structure known as Rangely's mill, s landmark with a history that Included Incidents of tbe Revolutionary war, when enger patriots hold secret meet ings Inside its walls and plotted under the very noses of Tory adherents to the crown. Pausing for a few minutes on the bridge, they leaned on the rail and looked down Into the clear, mirror like water of the race. Tholr own eyes looked up nt them; they Bmiled Into their own faces. And a fleecy white cloud passed over the glittering stream and swept through their faces, off to tho bank, and was gone forever. Suddenly he looked up from tho wa ter and fixed his eyes on her face. He had seen her clear blue eyes All with tears as he gazed Into them from the rail above. "Oh, my dear!" he cried. "What 13 it?" Sho put her handkerchief to her eyes as she quickly turned away. In another instant sho was smiling up at him, a soft, pleading little smile that went Btralght to his heart. "Shall we start back?" she asked a quaver In her, voice. "No," he exclaimed. "I've got to go on with It now, Hetty, I didn't Intend to, but come, let us go up and sit on that familiar old log In the shade of the mill. You must, dear!" She suffered him to lead her up the steep bank beyond and through the rocks and rotten timbers to the great beam that protruded from tho shattered foundations of the mill. The rickety old wheel, weather-beaten and sad, rose, above them and threat ened to topple over if they so much as touched Its flimsy supports. He did not release her hand after drawing her up beside him.' "Ymi must know that I love you," be said simply. She made no response. Her hand lay limp In his. Bhe was staring straight before ber. (TO BB CONTINUKIX) . All Tbe Senators Do Not Approve Of Committee Meeting In Secret All Over Nicaragua And Colombian. , Treaties. Washington. Stirred to nctlon bj the apparent freedom with which tin doings of , the Foreign Relations Com tnlttee In consideration of the mc araguan and Colombian treaties ha been published from day to thy, m eral senators agreed on a resolution asking for authority to subpoena nci ators ana wasnmgion correspondent! to an inquiry to determine how the proceedings of the committee--whirl are supposed to De especially njcret get out. Chnlrman Stone introduced th0 p olution, and it was referred to a stand ing commltteo which decides on th expense Involved in Mich in vesiiua- tlons. It is expected that the Senate vlll pass It. With the resolution Chairman Stone read Into the Con gresslonal Record this statement: "All newspaper reports of what hai occurred in the Committee on For eign Relations In its proceeding re garding the Nlcaraguan and Colonv bian treaties are unauthorized anil In, accurate and are, moreover, unworthy of belief, because whoever tave out the alleged Information betrayed tin confidence of tho committee nntl gov ernment and deliberately violated bis word of honor." "No man upon that committee," de clared the Senator to his colli asuei, "can give out the confidential buii ness of the committee except he hai upon him the brand of absolute dis honesty and betrayal." He added that he regarded the disclosures of what had taken place behind closed doon "a disgraceful performance." The committee probably ill endeavor to cross-examine Its own members, and may decide to go Into a broad inquiry that will reach out through the hen- ate. Under the resolution the com mittee may summon newspaper men and attempt to learn where they ob tained their information about the to treaties. Evidence that all senators do not entirely approve the Idea that the committee's proceedings shall be ffr cret was given by Senator Mirrn, who is not a member of the Koro1;n Polatiiinn Poinmittee. He offered roanliitlnn flint nil senators he fur- nlshed with copies of the daily teii- mony before the committee nn the treaties that senators who were to vote on the matter should have M benefit of it. rn result of the day's develop ment was to strengthen tne urin mluatlon of several senators opposed to the treaties to make an effort w have them considered by the Sena" in open session. "T. R." TO PUT ON BRAKES. n Dhii r in'i Order ne Conduct Campaign From Home. Oyster Ray, N. Y. After hearing to tihvalelnn'ii decree that he MU-' ei er take a prolonged rest or Incur tW nnnnpr of nerninnent ill health. inv dore Roosevelt made plans to conduct the fall campaign, so far as posnlW from Sagamore Hill. Another 4J -i .i.iu ri.,nl Urwwevelt reach BIUI! WHICH vuium-. . in ninti the steady nrocesslo lnllnra In Snnnninm Hill. I'e " told that his constant Interviews will I Innilera from all pnt't of tM country were too much of a 8tr"lB him and that for the next few ' t least he Bhould see as few IrM as possible. PROMISES TO HANG FOURTEEN J.. c;,,U Mexican Mmnniiusi peradoes At Vera Crux.' .. -. o.lnil Of I" vera uruz. i..u-uirim American authorities in Vera was sought by the commander oi Mexican Federal outposts, who for aid in capturing 14 desri-u...- k ,.,o.iinir in nisi""1 u- kM.n the Anient? ..... it... Tim Mexican"" anu aiexiL-nu iiuoa. ..." ,i.bB cer asked for the arrest of iw and suggested they bo held m fi( Cruz or turned loose at the v . 1 1. ..fit IPS told the American BUU"", Jert would promptly nans i to the nearest telegraph pole"- AMERICA FLIES 15 MILE! Trans-Atlantlc Hydro-AeropH"1' net Three Passenger!. . xt v Lieuton8' Itniiimnnilnnort. N. ' n.iL . " . i r 21S" rorte, accompanied by Geoo, James Lamont and George flew about 15 miles in ftf Wanamaker trans-Atlantic m America- During tne uj hydro-planes were ntteu io . ji aft of the step and these I- material value in helping tne ' to rise quickly from the wain- ON SON ' USES HATCHET Them After Trvlna to Kill Ends Own Lite. Port Lauderdale, Fla J M. HH ntiy burger, wno came i i Hebron, North Dakota, tow small sons into the 00? V rriV " tried to kill them wltn a then committed suicide or rt,t 1 1 euK" Tf U hci luveu was mentally unbalance"- boys were found later sua hospital at Miami. " " Injuries will prove fa11.
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