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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
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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.
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‘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.)
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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-
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Sam—Well, it has its faults, but it’s
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