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alleviated by a lively anticipation
the door would open almost any
went, and the man (some forth;
nothing of the kind happened.
house remained as still as it had b
for months. Not a blind was r
no sign of 1ffe was manifest.
Then the watcher began to g
restless. As the minutes ticked
and nothing occurred, he glanced
his watch with inereasing frequees
Presently he rose and went over t
push-button, upon which he pr
with Unueceseary'iolence, afterw
hastening back to the window under
Redden, apprehension that the
might take advantage of his brief
attentiveness to !apish --as the fell
bad caught him napping before.
A cocktail was presently set
him upon a tabouret; he gulped
down, thea lighted a, cigarette whi
began to smoke feverishly. But
tossed it away aate+. a puff or two;
bad smoked too meet the night b
ore, and the tempered spirits
not remove the tarry taste from
tongue -
Another glance at his watch; ilea
iy an hour had he wafted. for it w
pow ten minutes to ten. Would
Callow never appear?
And then Van Veehten's attentio
was all at once diverted. Ile had
dared and contemned a second coc
tail, and was attemperng a fresh 'Digs
ate, when he paused, the biazin
match suspended in mid-alr.
He saw another and quite diffe
stranger approaching along the opp
site walk, He knew instinctively th
this could not be the drat man, -but h
manner copied that worthy's so pr
+lady that Van • Vechten' was co
'strained to watch him instead of mai
taming his unprofitable vigil.
He lighted his' cigarette, Sipped
match away, and'waited.
This second individual was welkin
hesitantly, just_ as the other had done
and also seemed to be devoting his
taxation to the house numbers.
Be paused before the house soros
the way. There could be no doubt bu
which was only imperfectly outlined
upon the red -curtained fanlight Th
that he waresearching for the numbs
abruptly all signs of hesitation van
!shed from his bearing; he went de-
terminedly up the atepe and rang th
bell.
At that very instant the clock in th
hall began striking' ten.
First of all, Van Vechten was struck
by this .coincidence. Even before in
ventorying the man's semblance, h
asked himself how many had precede
him; how many were yet to comp, An
how did they time their arrivajl ,s
nicely?
There bad been something furtive
about the second fellow's admittance;
Van Vechten recalled; not particularly
on the man's part, but suggested rath-
er by the narrow crack which the open
door at first disclosed, making one
think that the chain had not been re-
leased until atter a parley. And then
e aperture had widened only enough
the vieitor to squeeze his bulk
rough, whereupon the door had
Dromptiy banged shut. Van Vechten
fined merely a sense of absolute
rkness beyond the threshold; not
slightest glimpse had he caught
servant er attendant. The door
ght have been tended'by invisible
ands.
Again he asked himself; Would the
!dent be repeated in another hour?
The wait between ten and eleven
lock dragged with most exasperat-
slowness; but the self-appointed
teller's interest was at.such high
eh that he left his third cocktail un -
ted.
As the hour approached, he darted
ek glances along the street in an-
pation of a new arrival. And sure
ugh, at a minute or two before the
r, here came a third muscular, resp^
e -looking young man, not over-fee-
ously attired, who was scanning
house numbers as intently as his
predecessors had, done.
nd Just as the chimes in the hall
an tolling eleven, he mounted the
ps and rang the bell.
Van Vechten scarcely .breathed, so
witty was he following the proceed,
acroes the street. As` before, the
✓ was opened perhaps an inch, a
of colloquy patently ensued, then
gap widened barely enough for the
rig man to squeeze through. And
as before, the door was sllammed
thout Van Vechten obtaining the
st glimpse of whatever mysteries
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Sy now he was taking account of
time. only with reference to Numbed
1313. He was in such a state of mind
that be forgot that he was ,tired and
sleepy, or that he ever bad been bored.
Other club members—the few unfor.
tunates anchored to the city—were be.
ginning to drop in, but Van Veohten
was too intent to give any of theca,
particular notice until' Tom Phinney
arrtved.
It was impossible to ignore Toni
Phinney. Not that Van Vecbtenrwant
ed to, because he didst—•aa a rule.
Their friendship antedated their col,
lege days; which was odd enough if
one cared to sum up the differences
between their two characters. Tont
Phineey, never celebrated for his wit,
was once inspired to epigram by alt
appreciation of these tempermentaj
dissimilarities, and as His utterance
not without pith it is worth quoting:
He confided' to his right-hand neigh,
bor at a pertain formal dinner; "Bud.
dy not only belongs to .a half of the
world'tbat's not wise to how the other
haltlives, but it's the half that doeane
care a rap and would be tired to death
it you tried to tell it,"
With a lazy lifting of one :leader
hand, Van Vechten arrested Phinney's
noisy progress across the lounging
room. As soon as Tom comprehended
who was hailing him, his good -lin
mored expression died away with coin,
real rapidity, a look of mingled amaze
merit and alarm taking its place,
"Moses and green spectacles!" he:
troieed in astonishment. "You! Out;
of bed this time of day? Sunday, tool"'
He ]curried to his friend's side and ex•
emitted biro critically.
"Seen a doctor yet? You'd better. If:
you're not able I'll go fetch old Pattio
•--sleeps horn, you know:"
These remarks were ignored,
"Draw up a chair," was the response,
i—"no, not that entity one; it makes'
me perspire only to look at it -the wil-
low rocker."
Tom did precisely as he was direct-
ed. "Welln
?" he grunted, eyeing Va
Vechten witta a concern that was only,
half simulated. But in a moment lce1
felt his gaze impelled to follow ^ his
friend's.
"What's up?" he demanded, staring,
hard—even belligerently—at the silent
House of Mystery.
Van Veehton listlessly consulted his
watch, stifled a yawn, and then said:
"Twenty-two minutes to twelve. I'll
lay you a hundeed that w1sile the
ts0fl1 There Watt Something About Her
That Teaeod and Perplexed Him.
;plonk's striking the hour a chap will
go up that stoop, ring the bell and be
admitted,"
"What do you mean?"—bluntly,
"Been Upped .off'toanything about our
House of Mystery 7"—the second goes
tion with, kindling tutpr,aet.`
The other, however, shook his head.,
"The 'bet's a fair ono," he said. And
he repeated it. "You are always an
cieyilish hard up that I thought you
would like to pick up a hundred. Yoe
can take it or leave IL"
•'Oh, I'll take you fast enough," To
remade haste to. agree. "Your moneys
as good as anybody's. But sit here till
noon? I don't think! I haven't breets-
fasted yet."
T1HU CLIIITON NEW ISR.
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-"Yeas pamper tha hgro.a weedier 0,
yours, Well breakfast together, libeFp
,will be something bo talk about, who-
ever wins; for, truly aonsething in
happening across the way at rant."
Tom was iminediatoly all tumors tn-
quiry, but to his ' importunities Van
Vechten opposed thb one injunction_.
"Wait." So Tom grumbled and growled.
to no purpose, and was in and out of;
his chair a dozen times during the+
period of wafting, though he made its,
point to settle himself there some min
utas before the hour of noon, He sat
glowering darkly at hi''s friend and ut•..
tering sarcastic remarks which the
latter apparently did not hear.
However, the alert watchfulness that
lay behind Van Vechten's imperturb-
ability was infectious, andas the preg-
nant moment drew nearer and nearer
Tom himself fell to scanning the
street, which was quiet and oppres-
•siveiy respectable, and never crowded
.with traffic of any sort, even on work
days. On Sundays it was practically
deserted all clay long—eapecially mid- ,
.summer Sundays,.
There was ne word from Van Vech-
ten until he quietly announced:
"Here he comes."
Tom Phinney craned forward, Ile
:beheld a 'stalwart, well set-up young
!man in a shabby 'puft, approaching on
the opposite walk. Ole scrutinized him
'intently.
Excepting that it was so nicely
'timed, there was nothing' dramatic
about the man's advent. Tom even ire
idulged in a disdainful "Huh!"—not
;withstanding which be was sensible of
a distinct thrill when, a few seconds
{later, the young man mounted the
;steps of Number 1313, rang the bell,
land after the now familiar preliminary
'measures on the port of the un.eee
]door -tender, was admitted,
Awl all the while the clock in the
club hall was" ,chiming the hour of
CHAPTER lif.
An Exit,
"Alexander!"
A page hastening eat -footed, atter
,the manner of all well-trained pages;
swerved abruptly frons his course and
bore down upon the window where the
!two friends were seated.
Van Veohten waved in the direction
of Number 1313.
"Alexander," he said, "we are going
breakfast, and we want you to bold
.these two chairs for us^ Keep an eye
upon that house across the way--thir".
teen -thirteen. Observe whether any-
body departs, or whether anybody an
;rives, and make' careful note of them:
If anythiag unusual happens, come to
elm Immediately in the grill. Under.
stand?"
Alexander signified that be under,
stood, and that he was willing to wait
and watch—for even the club's ser
,wants shared the general interest 'In
the House of Mystery—and Alexander
was already seated in one of the ea -
toted chairs, his eyes gludd to the
doorway opposite,
There were only two other diners in
the grill Van Veohten and Tom sought
ja secluded corner, where the ]atter
listened in blinking bewilderment to
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snyatified than the narrator.
He was, however, all at ones, in,
red.
"I have it!" he impetuously an•
canoed. "Let's hurry and eat I'm
t hungry noir, anyway. What say
'me walking up and ringing the bell.
one o'clock?"
But Van Vechten's comment was not
couraging.
"Crude," was hie word. "I fear you
1I never learn anything beyond
uash, yachts and polo ponies. Those
en are not wandering blindly into
e house; the indications all point to
prearranged meeting. They may bo
o tenants themselves; some sort of
cret society
'Anarchiste1" Tom yelled. A thought
d but to enter his head to emerge
his mouth. The other two diners.
led up, startled; but perceiving the
urce of. the outburst, they returned.
Chair meals with expressions of pa+
nt endurance,
'Yos, anarchists," Van Veohten'
reed; "even so. ,And you would
ve a nice, pleasant time getting in
�or, once in, getting out again."
'Oh, well, we might try breaking in
er dark—jimmy, you know, and all
at sort of thing," a; sarcasm which
s frankly ignored
"It has occurred to me,", pursued°,
Vecbten, picking daintily at his
elette aouf6e, "that a person who
been at such pains to: keep his;
ntity hidden from the rest of the
orld,' is stimulated to do so by same:
erfui motive. If he is a person oe
elligenee It will be no light matter
etrattng .his- secret; it might be,
ngeroes for the meddler. And it is
business of ours,
'Rats!" Tom Phinney exploded in
agent. "You're losing interest ai-
eady,"
The other elevated his brows and
vaned comfortably back in hie chair4
'Tommy," he returned weariedisq
am willing to try anything -once•
d,; as you know, whatever F under
I see through. to the end, what-
✓ that end may be. Just now : I
too depressed by' this uncertainty
out Paige—not to mention its dis-
agreeable consequences -to become he
rested fn anything,"
It. is deuced "queer you don't hear
her, isn't it?" Tom felt (smiled
on to show a polite concern
a friend sighed. "Since my cousin
woman," he said, "'queer' is not
word. Her disregard for my and
cls _Theodore's plans' is; just what:
ght have been expeeted; it is so
roughly feminine, as you would
ow well enough 1f you had a will
pretty cousin like Paige But by
same token I tin no more resigned
cit twiddling my thumbs • pee th[$';
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Continued next week,
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Children Cry
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PAGE SEVEN
( QUEER TASTES OF ANIMALS
Some animals and also birds have
very extraordinary tastes for different
foods and drinks quite apart from
those with which Nature has provided
them, and it is in the knowledge of
these peculiarities that the skill of the
trapper lies.
go marked is a monkey's taste for
an intoxicating liquor made from the
fermented juice of rice that this drink('
Is invariably used for trapping these
creatures. Bears are very partial to
alcohol, and many of 'the performing
variety Find their highest reward in
honey and , beer, or rum -and -water
misted With sugar.
Canaries delight in eating lettuce,
which is well known for its narcotto
properties, and they will.eat it to sack
an extent as to leave themselves
stupifled for a long time afterwards,
Poxes, ordinarily the most cunning
and, eonsequentiy, the most difficult
to capture of animals, readily suc-
cumb to a trap baited with the body
of a dead cat.
Stoats, weasels, ate., the bane of
the gamekeeper, are seldom proof„
lgalnet a trap sprinkled with oil from
Ash. •
Many Operationa Needless
DR. CHAS. - H. MAYO
"Too many operations are perform,
ed without justifiable cause," declared
Dr. Charles H. Mayo, the younger of
the famous brothers of Rochester,
Minn., speaking before a convention
of the American Medical association,
"Many of the deformities of man,"
he says, "are due to causes before
birth %and will be understood by the
surgeon only when he knows embry.
ology,"
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Huron Boy Gets a Big Job
Dr. W. E; Struthers Chief Med-
ical inspector of the Toronto
Board of Education has been ap-
pointed as Chief Medical Officer of
the Provincial Workmen's C01/1-1
Struthers will enter upon his new
duties almost immediately,
The first duty to confron ,:' the
new officer will be the crganiza-
tion of the medical systern of the
board. No specific, organization is
mapped out bythe act. but it is
proposed to gm into this phase of
the work with? exceptional thdr-
cughness. While DO official imag-
ination has yet beeu eaade it is
understood that it is • ithe inten-
tion to provide in addition to the
central health office a series of
branches in various parts of eete
Province which will be prepared to
conduct local investigation, when
deemed necessary.
Dr. Struthers is a native of( Hay-
field mid a graduate of the I/nivel.
+ay of Toronlio. He was appoint-
ed Chief Medical Inspector of ehe
Board of Education in e911 and
proved exceptionally successful in
the work. He was recently elect
ed Pres. of the Huron Old Boys et+
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