EN i LA CHAPTER XI—Continued wn Although he could not shout, he found he could make inarticulate noises, He made them till his throat ached and the corners of his mouth were raw from the harsh rope. He bad no idea yet where he was. He supposed Bellington must have pre- pared this secret place and kept its locality hidden. Perhaps through It there had come men, ere this, who had ipied upon him. Cramps seized him, whose agony left him white and feeble. Perhaps he would starve to death here. It was well known that his movements were uncertain, secretive, ind that he was impatient of question- ing. It would be found that his bed was unoccupied. They would not look for him here. They woutd hunt far ifleld while he starved to death in this tower retreat. No shame or re- pentance came to him. Instead he ‘ursed himself for carelessness. In ais former home he had preserved al- most an excessive caution, but he had jupposed in so large a household as ‘his, with many servants and guests, 2e was safe. There were other rooms which should have attracted burglars nore than these, rooms where women rept their diamonds. To come here irgued a preconceived plan. First of all he though of McKimber. Jould he, after all, have dared this? Was his dejected spirit assumed for putting the younger man off his guard? He remembered telling McKimber that ‘hose who underestimated him came io disaster. Perhaps he had made the mistake of thinking a man beaten to he ground when he was merely rest- ng, awaiting an opportunity to spring. His assailant might even have been young McKimber. It was a tall, agile man who attacked him. According to Barnes’ instructions, Sneed, at breakfast, asked if he should wrouse Mr. Raxon or see if he wanted 2is coffee in his room. As a rule Raxon was up early. In the end they discovered him. His mouth was twollen and discolored, and he could rot rise to his feet when Bradney un- tut the bonds. He was in a deplor- tble condition. © He would tell his wife nothing. Nor would he hear of the police being notified. “I know who did it,” he lied, “and I will attend to him myself. This must 10t get into the papers. If it does, I shall know it comes from one of you three.” He looked coldly at his wife, his butler, and the footman. It was Bradney alone who dared to meet his gaze. In such a rage as this Mrs. Raxon trembled. Sneed could not avoid the consciousness that it was one of the wealthy employing tlausses who shivered with anger. Bradney welcomed the opportunity to see a man of whom he had heard so much bad, at whose hands he had him- self experienced Ill-treatment, at a moment when his wsual control was gone. It seemed to the scientist that for a minute the mask was lifted and the terrific emotions which he had kept hidden were let loose. He cursed bis wife. He called Sneed a timid, worthless creature that he had al- lowed a thief to break through and assault him. Bradney, towering over them all, came in for his share. Where bad this hulking flunkey been that the marauder had stolen upon him? Bradney was secretly amused. Then be saw his chance to escape. He re- called some of Barnes’ gestures and gave notice at once. There could hardly be a suspicion of collusion. It seemed to Mrs. Raxon that here was a courteous and efficient man servant goaded to rare insubordination Sneed suddenly took the resolve to depart with his footman. Raxon turned to his wife. “Pay them and see they leave at once.” Sneed turned on his heel and left the room. His second-footman fol- lowed. “If any of those other people heard any commotion, just tell them I had a fainting spell and shall be all right tomorrow.” He almost pushed her from the room and turned the key. Raxon hoped, as he walked to the safe, that he would find the robbery had been made by professionals for readily convertible plunder. He hard- ly dared search for the McKimber ex- hibits. The envelope which had held what would have kept McKimber a pliant and obedient tool was gone. Negotia- ble securities) and a large sum of cash were untouched. It was plain that the intruder had come for one thing only, and had been successful. The man who would have most to gain by this abstraction was young Robin Mc¢Kim- ber, who had been in the house a week and had learned of the danger in which his father stood. In figure voung McKimber was like the man of whom Raxon had one fleeting glance. Never again would there be the op- portunity to get any more incriminat- ing letters. The page stolen from the Tegister could not be replaced. What a fool he had been not to have them photographed. To implicate the poli- tician without them would be almost impossible. Were McKimber to make a bold stand and accuse his enemy of attempted blackmail, the public would probably flock to the support of the older and better-known man. It was the greatest blow Paul Raxon had ever sustained. He felt that the humiliation of it would never pass from his mind. His face was bruised and sore, but he hardly knew it. He who had warned his opponent of the folly of underestimating him had fallen himself into that very trap. It was late in the afternoon when be ellowed his wife to enter. She had By WYNDHAM MARTYN Copyright in the United States W NU Service brought with her a pot of coffee and some sandwiches, The coffee he drank eagerly. He would not eat. “I don't know what we are to do now those men have gone, It was most inconsiderate of you to talk like that to them. The maids won't wait at table and the agency can’t send any men until tomorrow. If only we hadn't 80 many people staying here!” “They won't be long here,” he sald grimly. “I think this social experi- ment is going to end. Pile the whole bunch in automobiles and take them to the chateau at Huntingdon. Tele- phone for reservations and see they get a good meal. They'll like the change. Now leave me alone.” CHAPTER XII The evening that saw the Raxon guests taken to dinner at Huntingdon found the Japanese garden in Lower Fifth avenue occupied by the Milman conspirators. During the dinner, which was perceptibly better served because Sneed had dropped back into his old He Was in a Deplorable Condition. place and Achille was less hurried, there was no word sald about Great Rock. It was when Sneed had taken the coffee away that Milman began. Sitting in the center of them, he showed no eign of triumph. Watch- ing him, Nita thought that she had never seen a4 man more perfectly courteous than he. Milman compli- mented them all on what they had done, but it was her father who came in for the greatest praise. The daugh- ter watched him growing younger as he listened to Peter's encomiums. Barnes felt that at last he had been able to do his share, “We are now,” Milman went on, “In the position of holding what Raxon was going to use to lever himself into a senatorial seat. I have little doubt in my mind but that he will pay the price asked, which is a million dol- lars. Without this evidence he has no actual hold on McKimber. With it he can command his absolute obedi- ence, I feel certain that with Me- Kimber’s help Raxon can win. With- out it he has little chance. The ques- tion is this: Is the senatorship worth a million dollars to Paul Raxon? If not, we are worse off than when we began. If it is, we have won.” Peter Milman looked about him as the chairman of a meeting does when he desires suggestions. None would have supposed that there was a very real risk of disgrace and imprison- ment if Raxon refused to buy and de- termined to prosecute. “If you had looked into his face," Bradney remarked, “and had seen all the passions of hate and disappoint- ment, fear and despair graven on it, you would have no doubt at all on the subject. I'm certain he will buy them back.” “But he'll try and get us,” Barnes reminded him. “I wasn't any too gentle.” “There's always that danger,” Peter Milman observed calmly; “but when a man has so overpowering an ambition as his, he may use caution which is really abhorrent. I have no doubt he will wish he could put us in Sing Sing. THE PATTON COURIER ‘The Recluse of Fifth Avenue But better counsel will show him that | it is dangerous. Before we see him we must rehearse some of the circum stances In which we were injured by him. TI want him to think that we all know very certainly by what means | he hurt us. In case he should decline | to buy these letters, he must under. stand that he cannot prosecute us.” Floyd Malet had sald little. He was watching the girl's sensitive face. | He did not understand how it was the others did not realize she was suffer. Ing. They had assumed that she was wholly with them and as eager as they to win. It was because Malet loved her that he knew what was passing in her mind. He had seen her with Robin. He knew certainly that she loved the lad and suffered torture at the thought that she was going to aid In giving Paul Raxon the whip hand over him, It was plain to Floyd Malet that this love of his for a girl, whose beauty had first attracted him be- cause it was of a rare and finer sort, must be kept a secret. What has the world to offer but scorn for the mid- dle-aged and unsuccessful lover? But love, he reflected, if it is genu- ine, finds its reward in service. How could he help her? Was it possible to bring her happiness and Robin? The other men were talking about Robin’s father. “He will suffer,” sald Mr. Milman impartially. “And his family will suffer. I am sorry for them; but in this case our interests weigh down the balance. McKimber, at all events, has money and an assured position.” “Why not offer to sell the letters to him, then?’ Malet cried. “You will get your money just the same and you will be defeating Raxon?’ He noticed that Nita listened eagerly for the reply. “There are two reasons against fit. One, that we know Raxon to be a crook used to chicanery, fraud, and blackmail. He will not protest, no matter how we obtained these letters. He will probably pay. With McKim- ber it is different. How shall we con- vince him that if he buys these let- ters he is safe from subsequent black- mail? He will know that his secret is shared by many others and he will never feel safe. As he probably won't run for office now, he may make a fight of it. He has money. He can retain the best counsel, while we are handicapped from the start. It is not a matter of choosing to benefit one at the cost of the other. Personally, I am inclined to be sorry for McKimber, With us all it is merely the easiest and safest way to get the money we have been defrauded of from the man who did it.” “Who's to bell the cat?’ Barnes asked. “How are you going to talk it over with Raxon?" “I think if I telephone to him he will come.” “But he might bring a gang of thugs with him,” Barnes objected. “He can get a bunch of gunmen any time he needs them. What's to prevent him going through this place and getting the letters?” “It is not a house easy to break into, as you know. He will not be admitted if he does not come alone. If he is as desperately anxious for those letters as I believe, he will come at once and alone. I shall not men- tion them when I speak to him, but he will be thinking of nothing else.” Malet had the opportunity to get a few words with Nita later in the eve- ning. “A few mornings back,” he sald softly, “you met young McKimber in the grounds at Great Rock. You had a few minutes with him and then left him. You sald you thought you had been breaking your heart. Nita, what did you mean?” She smiled at him. “Did I say that? How silly. Doesn't one exag- gerate before breakfast?” “You can't decelve me like that,” he answered. “You are fond of Robin and you are torn between two emotions, your love for him and your loyalty to your father. What you would like to be able to do is to take those accursed letters and give them to Mr. McKimber without letting his wife or son know they ever existed.” “I would rather do that than any- thing else,” she admitted. She saw | that it was useless to conceal it from | the sculptor. And she knew, too, that | this middle-aged genius with the worn | face and quiet ways, loved her. “It| is hard, Uncle Floyd,” she said, and | smiled whimsically, “to feel one is be- | traying where one loves.” “You are not,” he protested, (TO BE CONTINUED.) QXPT XIX PTX PL LTP LTP TST GTP TBE PT GTX TNT LST PTT XoXo Old Ideas Revived by Experiments in Diet Some remarkable cases of fasting have attractc? attention lately, but one striking experiment in diet has met with less attention than it de- serves, This experiment was carried out by three scientists who lived for several months entirely on potatoes and vege- table margarine, with a slight addition of onion. One of the results of this experi- ment is that science is now beginning to believe that there may be some- thing in the old idea that potato water is a remedy for gout. The potato does appear to have considerable vir- tues where this disease is concerned. Another result is that it is now claimed that the diet of the peasantry in some parts of Europe, in which meat figures very rarely, is healthier as well as cheaper than more elahor | ate fare, | Sir Rowlend Hill, founder of the| penny pos:, was very keen on dieting experiments. He lived for many peri- | Put it imparts convincing smartness | ods of three days each on not mor | than two articles, such as boiled greer | peas and salt, and damson ple an¢| sugar, Ballooning Spiders Ballooning, says the Dearborn In. dependent, is the method of migra: tion used by many species of spiders, Standing in an open space, with the body elevated, the spider projects froic the spinnerets a Ime of silk whick continues until the spider feels the pull of the wind. It releases its hol¢ as it 1s borne away. CASCADE DRAPES NOW IN STYLE; Rather Pretty Story FEATHER TRIMS MODE IN PARIS ,,, Told of Great Orator To cascade or not to cascade, that fs the question which hosts of autumn frocks are definitely answering in the affirmative, even unto the point of ex- treme style distinction. The model in the picture admirably demonstrates the popular new cascade treatment, From the illustration one is apt to get the impression of a black and white corabination. In reality the color scheme for this stunning after style edict. Not only ears, but every vestige of hair is concealed under- neath many of the new cling-tight types. In the ease of the feather toque as worn by la Parisienne, a lit- | tle hackle pad at each side of the hat “does the little trick,” fitting al- | most like earmuffs. Speaking of hackle pads, they “carry the day” in point of impor- tance. Sometimes an entire turban is noon frock is black with corn color, for black and yellow have found a very fashionable alliance for the com- Ing fall costumes. So pronounced is the vogue for cas- cade treatment, even the separate skirt Is falling into the habit of tak- ing unto itself a side or a front cas- cade or two, the reason for this be- ing that cascades are often the “means to an end” of attaining the much-ex- ploited irregular hemime. Then, too, cascades so Intriguingly suggest de- sired fullness, without destroying the much-to-be-desired slender silhouette. As to the material of which this dress is made, it is crepe satin. Such an enthusiasm as is now on for crepe satin! The gown of crepe satin used on the lustrous side and distinguished by its absence of any trimming save a beguiling manipulation of the fab- ric itself, is the “talk of the town” in Paris. Not only black satin, but satin in glorious autumn tones is made up in the simple perfection of its own drap- ing, shirring, cascading and the like. A navy-blue crepe satin thus fash- ioned is of incomparable mode for daytime wear. Other new colorings stress various wine shades, honey beige, cinnamom brown and various tones of green. If you are casting about for the smartest and most utilitarian dress with which to initiate the autumn sea- son, choose satin by all means, Mak- ing it up sans trimming is such a practical as well as a fashionable thing to do. Especially does this simple classic styling receive encour- agement, now that such adorable lace accessories are being worn on the new frocks, Then, too, gold costrzie Jewelry is the outstanding new note of the sea- son, and with the classically simple satin frock, what more effective than & gold clioker collar matched with the Inevitable bracelet? “A feather in your eap,” is the lat- est millinery message. Almost every Paris collection bears testimony to this featherward movement. Most of the new feather trims feature the unusual, which of course adds zest to the mode. For instance there is the little feather ornament on the hat shown first in this group. Merely “a touch,” to the hat it trims. These little feather ‘‘swirls” are an outstanding novelty for this season. Pasted feather motifs, such as adorn so. many of the new felt and velvet hats, achieve the unique in form of applique flowers, flat birds, bow- knots and bands, with hosts of other novel effects, Novelty quills are also included in the list of popular feather trims. Just now it Is the little feather toque which all fashionable Paris ac- claims. With the wearing of these feather caps, ears disappear, which they should, according to the latest Shows Chic Styling. made of them. Again they are stacked about the crown of the hat with a brim, or perhaps they tumble down, a whole cluster of them, over the side, forming a becoming side-drop trim. By the way, side-trims of either mance connected with that.” feathers or immense choux of velvet | are “in” again. Note in this picture the draped satin toque to the left at the top, also the modish soleil velours beret shown at the bottom of the group; they each flaunt an ostrich | brush, which presents a popular sil- houette for this fall. The black vel- vet toque illustrated to the right adopts a smart shaving-brush side trim. The russet-colored little cloche of | velvet centered in this collection | emphasizes the use of clusters of biot feathers, which French modists regard | so favorably this season. | | \ There is every evidence of a spirited competition in the realm of tiny hats, between the skullcap and the cloche. Some Hats From Paris. Both types are showing novel treat ment in that they are tucked, creased and cut into all sorts of eccentricities which are charming. The cloche la often banded with pastel feathe?s, while all sorts of sprightly feather novelties adorn the newest skullcap versions, ' The latest novelty used by Parisian milliners is the twin bird head trim. ming. These brilliant little bird heads are used in pairs very effectively. JULTA BOTTOMLEY (®. 1927, Western Newspaper Uninn.) Told of Great Orator good deal of fun with William Jen- nings Bryan. In his long adventur- ous career he had grown well accus- tomed to banter, which, in private at least, he never resented. For instance, I said, “Mr. Bryan, why do you wear your hair in that funny way over the ears?” “Well,” he replied, “there’s a ro- “I never would have guessed it, What is the romance?’ I asked. “You see,” said he, “while 1 was courting Mrs. Bryan, she objected to the way my ears stood out, and so I let the hair grow to cover them.” “And now that you've caught the street car,” said I, “don’t you think you ought to do something for hu- manity at large—with scissors?” “No,” said Bryan slowly; “the ro- mance is still going on.” And that is the prettiest line 1 ever heard him ut- ter.—Joseph Cummings, in the Satur- day Evening Post. Husbands Get Together In an Illinois town a man sued his wife for divorce, and the neighbors knew he had cause for his restless- ness. The wife promptly began selling his goods and took some unfair ad- vantages of him. Being a rather helpless sort of man, the other men raised money and hired a lawyer to see that the protesting husband got a fair break. It is the newest thing I have heard of this month. Usually the men throw- jokes and rocks at a protesting husband. Are husbands realizing the necessity of standing together more? — Ed Howe's Monthly, The Uproar “What was the racket in the lobby last night?” inquired a guest. “Aw, it was nuth’'n’ but Tobe Sagg and old Dad Fetchett, both of which know everything and know it differ- ent, telling it to each other till they got mad and both went home in a huff,” responded the landlord of the Mansion house. “I'm sorry if they dis- turbed you, Mr. Sellers, but I'd hate to turn 'em out into the weather. I'm hoping they'll sooner or later empty each other and quit argying for good.” —Kansas City Star. New York’s Busiest Clerk A deputy clerk in New York city’s marriage bureau declares he has mar- ried 85,000 couples in five years. A Kansas editor figures that would be one marriage ceremony every 15 min- utes, 10 hours a day, every day in the week for five long monotonous years, and argues that half that much matri- mony would send a man to the bug- house. Sometimes one ceremony will do that.—Capper's Weekly. A Lesser Evil Ted—Now, you old bum, you're mar- ried. How do you like it? Sam—Well, it has its faults, but it’s better than working. Colds Headache Ne Pain Neuralgia Toothache HELP FOR SICK WOMEN Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Cand Has Restored the Health of Thousands Brooklyn, New York.—Mrs., G. Heg- mann of 228 Schaeffer St., was in a run- down condition and “Jcould not do her housework, She could not sleep at “I'night. Her story is not an unusual one, Thousands of women find theme | selves in a similar condition at some time in their lives, “lI found your ade vertisement in my letter box,” wrote Mrs, Hegmann, “and took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and got relief.” Mrs. Hegmann also took Lydia E. 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