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BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. law permitted him to leave the neigh -
Robert Redmayne, uncle of Jenny borhood.
Pendean- is suspected of the murder He found himself detained, bow
of Jenny's husband, Michael., Robert ever, for some days, until an official t :=
disappears and is being pursued by examination of the strange problem
Mark Brendon, criminal investigator. was . completed. The investigation
Jenny goes to live with her unc:e, achieved nothing and threw no ray of
Bendigo Redmayne. Brendon meets light, either upon the apparent mur-
Robert in the woods near Bendigo's der of Bendigo Redmayne, or the dis-
home but fails to capture him. Giu- appearance of his brgthee.
seppe Doria works for Bendigo. When Mr. Albert Redmayne stayed no
Doria and Jenny find. Robert they ar- longer in Devonshire than his duty
indicated, for he could prove of no
service to the police, On the night
previous to his departure he went
through his brothel's scanty library
upon the water; with Itzii ="s li,eg at
the tafl'iail. But the little'ships were
no #,drys and Assunta hated thein; for
be atb,e to tell IThc'e Albert just hova'i`
it was, Assunta. HPis 'Uncle Al-
bert's brother --Robert It,ciilmayeel"
the strange craft told of the ceaseless Jenny helped Assunta with her
battle waged by atltliority against the lgreat .basket, lifted it on her shoulders-
mountain smugglers and reminded the and then set oil beside her,
widow of her own lawless husbend's "I have a horrib:e dread," she said.4
death ten years before, "Something tells me that we ought to I
The women enmbed presenting to ale going Rester. Would you be fright -
little field 6f meadow grass that vned if, 1' were to leave you, Assu1*ta,
sparkled with tiny fio.wers .axle spread incl Snake greater haste?"
its alpine sward among thickets of.. The other managed to understand
mulberry. Here their work awaited and declared that she felt no fear.
them; but first they ate the eggs and They parted and Jenny hastened,
wheaten bread, walnuts and dried figs risked her neck sometimes, and sped
that they had brought: and shared a for wttrcl with the energy of and
and
little flask of red wine.'Tliey finished on the wings of fear,
with a handful of:,•che•t ries and, then Jenny saw and heard no, more of the
Assunta began to pluck leaves for her being who had thus so unexpectedly
great basket while Jenny loitered a ` returned into her life, Her thoughts
while and smoked a cigaret. It was were wholly with Albert :Redmayne.
'a new habit acquired• since her inar- lie was at Be:lagio when'she reached.
riage. home, and his man -servant, Assunta's
Soon the women started upon their brother, Ernesto, explained that Mr..
homeward way. They had descended Redmayne had crossed after luncheon
about a mile .ander at a shoulder of to visit his dearest friend, the book
Grante sat down to rest in welcome lover, Virgilio Poggi.
shadow. Jenny waited impatiently and she
And then, suddenly, as if it had been was at the landing stage when Albert
some apparition limned upon the air, returned. He smiled to see her and
there stood in the path the figure of a tools off his great slouch hat.
tall nran. His red head wasbare and He looked at Jenny's frightened
from the face beneath shone a pail. of eyes and felt her hand upon his sleeve.
wild and haggard eyes. They saw the "Why, what is wrong? You are alarm-
stranger's great tawny mustache, his ed. No ill news of Giuseppe?
tweed garments and knickerbockers, "Corrie home quickly," she answered,
"and I will explain."
Jenny told him that. 'sheehad seen
Robert Redmayne, whereupon her
uncle considered for fiveniinutes, then
himself both puzzled and
range a meeting at Bendigo's home;
but Robert fails to keep the appoint-
ment.
Robert sends word to Bendigo to
meet him alone in a nearby cave.
Moria takes Bendigo to the appointed and found nothing in it of any inter -
place and leaves him with Robert• st to a collector. The ancient and
WIhnmen have a tdisappearedhis
mestereAlbert ell thumbed copy of "Moby Dick" he
bot.Redmayne conies from Italy to try took for sentiment,.and he also direct -
to solve the mystery. ed Jenny to pack for him Bendigo's
"Log"—a diary in eight or ten vo1-
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. nines.
He departed, assured that his fam-
CHAPTER IX. ily was the victim of some evil, con-
cealed alike from himself and every -
PIECE OF WEDDING CABE. body else; but he promised Jenny that
Albert Redmayne, holding it his he would presently write to America
duty to come to England, did so, and and lay every incident of the case, so
Jenny met him at Dartmouth after his far as it was known and reported,
long journey.
"Oh, that Peter Ganns were here!"
he sighed again and again, while he
thrust himself as near as possible to
a great coal fire. ,
• Mr. Albert Redmayne slept well, but her promise to follow him as soon as
the morning found him very depress- she was able to do so.
ed. He -was frightened and awe- Robert Redmayne had vanished off
stricken. He detested "Crow's Nest" the face of the earth and his brother
and the melancholy murmur. of the with hila. There remained of the fam-
sea. He showed the keenest desire to ily only Albert and his niece—a fact
_ return, home at the earliest opportun- she imparted, not without melancholy,
sty and was exceedingly nervous after to Mark Brendon, when the day came
dark. that he must take his leave of her .and
"Oh, that Peter Ganns were here!" return to other and more profitable
he exclaimed again and again, as a fields of work: -
eon -anent to every incident unfolded For a period- of several months the
by Brendon or Jenny; and then, when detective was, not to hear more of
she asked him if it might be possible those who had played their small parts
to summon Peter Gamin, Mr. Red- in the unsolved mystery. He was busy
mayne explained that he was an Am- enough and in some measure rehabiii-
erjean beyond their reach at present. tated a tarnished: reputation by one
"Mr. Geniis," he said, "is my best brilliant achievement in 'his finest
friend in the world—save and except- manner.
ing one man only. He --my first and, On a day in late March, Brendon
most precious intimate—dwells at received a :little, ;.triangular-shaped•
I3e=llagio, on the opposite side of Lakebox through the post from abroad, and
wed -
Como from myself. • Signor Virgilio opening it, stared at a wedge of wed-
Poggi is a bibliophile of European cling cake. With the gift came a line
re -
eminence and the most brilliant of —one only: "Kind and grateful re-
men—a great genius and my dearest rnembrances from Giuseppe and Jenny
associate for twenty-five years. But
Peter Ganns also is a very astounding
person --a detective officer by -pro-
fession. '
"I myself lack that intimate knowl-
edge of character which is his native
gift. Books I know better than men,
and it was my peculiar acquaintance
with books that brought Gams and
me together in New York. There I
Served him •well in an. amazing police
case and aided him to prove a crime,
the discovery of . which, turned upon.h
certain paper mann ae •are ori e
Medici. But a greater thing than this
criminal incident sprang from it; and
that is ray* friendship with the wonder-
ful Peter." '
He expatiated upon Mr. Peter
Ganes until his listeners wearied of
the subject. Then Giuseppe Doria
intervened with a pereonal problem.
H. desired to be dismissed. and was
anxious to learn from Brendon if the
before his friend Ganns.
Before he returned to the borders
of Como and his little villa beneath
the mountains, the old scholar took
affectionate leave of Jenny .and made
Doric." '
She sent no direction that might en-
able hint to acknowledge her gift; but
there was a postal stamp upon the
covering and Brendan noted- that the
box came from Italy—frons' Ventimig-
lia, a town which Doric once mention=
ed in coin -Waren with the ruined castle
and vanished splendor of his race.
CHAPTER X.
ON =ANTE. .
f t d f th Dawn had broken over Italy and
morning, in honeysuckle colors, burned
upon the mountain mists. °
Two women climbed together up the
great acclivity of Griante; One was
brown and elderly, clad in black with
an orange rag wrapped about her
brow ---a sturdy, muscular creature
who carried a great, empty wicker
basket upon her shoulders; the other
was clad in a rosy juniper of silk; she
Rushed in the morning fires and
- ~ - - brought an added beauty to that,beau--
tiful scene.
Jenny ascended tire' mountain as
lightly as a butterfly. She moderated
her pace to the slower gate of the
elder and presently they both stopped
before a liltle gray chapel perched be-
side the hill path.
Mr:, Albert Redmayne`s silkworms,,
in the great airy shed behind' his villa,
had nearly all spun their cocoons now,
for it was June again and the annual
15 eat- ack crop of mulberry leaves in the valleys
Each c p beneath were well-nigh exhausted.
. Therefore Assunta Marielli, the old
bibliophile's housekeeper, made holi-
daywith his niece, now upon a visit
to zn, and together the women climb-
ed, where fodul might be procured for
the last tardy caterpillars to change
their state.
Arid then, 'where. two tail cypresses'
stood upon either side, Jenny and Ae-
surite, stayed a while,
The lake below was now reduced to
a cup of liquid jade over which whet
streamers of light into the mountain
iS'liadows at ate brink; but there' were
vessels floating on 'the Waters that
held the watchers' eyes,
They' looked like twin, toytorpedo
bo'tts—mere streaks of rod and Meek
J
declared.
alarmed.
(To be continued.)
A Bad: Guess.
A leading Paris prophetess
Informs the girls of '25,
Who sacrificed each Sowing tress,:
That shingling will not.long survice.
Long hair will be•on•ce, more the vogue;
And, though just.now she -may not
know it, - -
Will decorate each dainty rogue -
As fast as site can grow it. .
Well, Fashion plays astounding tricks,
And those iwho search the crystal
spherew
For news of 1926, '
May think they see the future clear;
envy uttered one -.louts cry of terror But in the busy barber's shop •
Said fell unconscious. They treat such gloomy forecasts'
gaily,
his red waistcoat, and the cap, he car-
ried in his hand.
' It was Robert Redmayne. Jenny ut-
tered one loud cry of terror and then
relaxed and fell unconscious upon the
ground. The widow leaped to her aid,
but it was some time before Jenny
came to her senses. -
"Did you see him?" she gasped,
clinging to Assents. and geeing k fear-
fully where her uncle had stood.''
"Yes, yes—a big, red man; but he
meant us no harm. When he cried out
be was more frightened than we. He
leaped down, like ai red fox, inti the
woods and disappeared."
"Remember what you saw!" said
Jenny tremulously: "Remember exact-
ly what lie looked like, that you may
Since shingle,. bob and Eton crop - Still claim fresh converts daily. e
As for our womenfolk they smile
To think that t'hey,eould e'er again -
Revert to.that old-fashioned style, '
Which cost them so much toil and
' pain,
Reversions such as Fashion craves • -
41•ay, he designed, but few will heed
'em. •
She lost her humble, wiliing slaves
The day they tasted freedom. ,
—Touchstone in London Daily Mail.
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"Have nothing in your home that
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lieve to be- beautiful."—William Mor-
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People who do not anticipate wLth
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oat only be obtained by leaving open
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much poor Stuff.. •
"I adore antique furniture.". ' How
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Gloag; an English writer of note, in
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ower period, thensurely they should
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front the danger of attemptingto live
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The Dishes on the Table.
Theee shining bits of china •
Have served us many `yentas•,
Have blessed us•, Oh! so many times,
Yet are just as clear and bright,
Just as .ready 'for to -might! ,
So many times -the mother
Has set them in their place,
So many times has washed •
And put them back again,
Their very shape and pattern r
Seem part of this old-hamei
And here to -night they gticw
With a soft, new, tender light
Not seen by me before—
Thesie necessary, simple things
That meet our needs so well!
Always gleamingpure and white,
Always shining clear "and bright,
,These old dishes on the table!
Their quaint pattern and design
Were wrought"by one who cared,,,
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Sale/ice. -
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band?"
And she was comforted,
"Camel hair brushes" are' made
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. squirre:s. -
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their own home. Hor vt a should de- l
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