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The Double Cross
By CARL MASON,
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PART II.
This was no social call. To him it
was a business meeting, pure and
simple. He treated her as a stranger,
a eustomer—some one to buy the
wares he had to sell.
"You said to be here at Il, You're
alone?" he asked.
"Yes," she meekly answered.
"You're sure? You've set no
traps?"
"Traps!" she repeated. "With the
letters M. your possession?"
"That's so. You wouldn't dare let
then come to light" He felt store
certain of his ground, until a noise
from the bedroom attracted his at-
tention.
Who's there?"
he asked 111 an
in
undertone as he pointed toward the
ways doubt me. Please let me have
them!"
In her despair she had followed
Mtn and now clung to the departing
man's arm. She realized that not
only was she to lose the lettere, but
the money as welL It was a trick,
the lowest of its kind.
"Not tonight," responded the dere-
lict as he brushed her aside.
The man with the mask made two
movements silently and quickly; the
one was a step into the room, the
other the raising of the blue -steel
weapon he carried.
"tip with your hands—both of
you!" he calmly commanded. "Be
quick abort it!" be added as the man
alt the door hesitated.
r
other room. But it was only for a moment.
"Only the baby, asleep."Then the derelict unwillingly submit-
ted to the order.
One on his errand aauId not afford "•
A little family row, eh?" the
to take any chances. Ile quietly stole masked one continued in a peculiar
over to the door and cautiously drawl "Why don't you let your wife
glanced between the curtains into the have what she wants V'
room, lighted only by the moon's rays „
as they fell through the window, "He's not my husband, the woman
scattering themselves on the floor in shamefacedly confessed.
fantastic patterns formed by the fire- "Not your husband! Well, then
escape. it's only a lover's spat. That ain't so
Satisfied, he cane back to the table. bad. Didn't you just give him some -
"You've got the murrey? he asked thing?"
"Yes," she meekly answered.
"Spine money."
The word "money" seemed to stir
the masked one to action. Before the
other man realized what had happen-
ed he felt something pressed against
his side, and heard a calm voice filled
with determination say:
"Don't move. It's dangerous."
With nimble dexterity the new-
comer first ran his free hand about
the other's clothes to make sure that
he was unarmed, then from an inside
pocket took out two packages, and
still threateningly displaying his wea-
pon, backed to the table.
"Now you both can rest your arms
a bit," he said.
Deliberately he opened the one en-
velope and with an exclamation of
pleasure discovered the money, which
he hastily plated in the side -pocket
of his coat. The other packet seem-
ed to puzzle him.
"What's this?" he asked.
"They're mine," spoke up the wo-
man. "Only letters—letters I wrote
before before I knew my hus-
tips as he began to count the money. band. I don't want him ever to know.
it contained. I don't want to lose his love. We are
The fantastic patterns, cast on the so happy. I wanted to destroy them."
bedroom floor by the moon's rays) "That's what you gave hint the
ehinimg through the Are -escape and, money for'?"
the window, began to change. Theyl She did not answer. There was no
moved. Silently and quickly they need. Her bowed head was an elo-
evolved themselves into a man's form quent response.
—.silently and quickly forcing the "Blackmail!" was all he said, as he
window upward. turned on the man near the door with
So intent were the two inside on a Withering look of loathing. Out of
what was taking place between them respect for the woman he withheld
that they failed' to hear the sharp the words which carne to his lips.
click and the slight rasping noise as For a moment the two men stood
the t;iirrdow opened. A man, his face silent, gazing into each other's eyes;
hidden by a bandanna, stole into the and then the one at the door dropped
room. A dark cloth cap, pulled well his glance and acknowledged his de -
down over his head, left only his eyes fent.
visible. "Look 'em over," the victor of this
His coat was tightly buttoned, its silent 'battle said to the woman, as
collar turned up about his throat, not he tossed the bundle. "Make sure
so much for protection as for conceal- they ain't phoney."
most His movements were quiet, "They are the originals," she said,
decisive, determined. at last. Themwith a note of ap-
Haff-way across the bedroom floor peal in her voice, she continued: "I
the man with the mask was sudden- may keep them?"
Iy brought to a halt by the sound of "Slue," said the man with the
voices. mask. "Get in that room and lock
"It's three thousand, all right," he the door. Don't take any chances.
Beard, and his right hand quickly Burn or tear 'em up now. I'll wait
went into his side pocket and brought out here. When you're done, knock;
cut a blue -steel weapon. and don't 'worry. We'll leave to-
"Btit your promise—the letters!" gether, out of the front door, and it
the woman called with terror. will be locked when we go."
A few noiseless strides brought the When the door was safely closed
newcomer to the curtained doorway behind her and he had issued another
In time to see the manplace the en- warning in no too gentle words, the
velope containing the money into his man with the mask set about the
pocket and turn toward the hall door. work he had come to do. Never once
"Oh! Think what I've clone for allowing his eyes to wander from his
,you. Think what this means," the prisoner for any great length of time,
woman pleaded, consternation over- he passed from drawer to drawer;
*souring her. "Give mo the lettere—
telease give them to me! My hus-
nd roust never know. He would al -
sharply.
"Yes, I had to pawn my jewels.
The letters—"
"Never mind the fetters," he inter -
meted. "How much have you ?" He
?mild only see his side of the bargain.
"What you asked for—$2000. It's
all I could get --everything I own,"
she said. a tremor creeping into her
voice. "You're not going to take it
from me?"
"Why not?" he hoarsely esked.
"I've got to live."
"But surely not by this method.
There are other. honest ways."
"I've tried them," he. answered.
"They're nd' good. The world owes
me a living and I'm going to get it.
I'm not co particular bow, any more.
Lets count the money. You'll get
the letters all right"
For a moment she hesitated, but as
(-here seemed only one course open to
her, she went to the desk and from
the drawer, into which she had look-
ed before, took out an envelope and
reluctantly handed it to the man. A
smile of satisfaction played about his
Well Planned Meals.
Have you ever wondered why cer-
tain families are always complaining
and employing a doctor? Why some
mothers are up every night with cry-
ing children? Why some folks can't
travel and eat en route, without hav-
ing a sick spell?
Barring accidents, in nine cases out
of ten, the afflicted parties habitually
eat wrongly. For the greater port of
the ills to which flesh is heir are trace-
able to wrong habits of diet.
'Yet feeding the family correctly is
a very simple matter, once you stop
trying to stake it difficult and scien-
tific, and
calories and i
tai1M
tific, forgot cv
proteins, and deal in terms of meat
and potatoes, lettuce and apple sauce,
turnips and cabbages, and eggs and
bacon,
Here is a classificatiel! tiro aro,
ett sorts of foods. Cut
it out, paste
e
it over your table, and every day feed
your family something from every one
of the classes. That does not mean
that every meal must be made up of
foods from all five classes, but every
day if we are to be kept in the best
physical trim we should have some-
thing of every sort of food, vegetable
or fruit, animal foods, cereals, sweets
and fats.
The Five Food Groups:
1. Vegetables or fruits.
2. 11liilc ar cheese, or eggs, or fish, nothing more in between. There seems
or meat, or beans. j no end to a growing boy's stomach
3. Cereal: Corn, rice, oats, rye or capacity, but do not let him be test -
wheat. • mg it every hour in the day. Fill
4. Sweet: Sugar, honey, syrup. him up, but do it at regular intervals.
5. Butter, cream, meat fat, butter Chewing that is as important
substitute, oil. choosing food. Most men and boys,
The most common mistake of cooks and some women, bolt their food with-
is to leave out fresh vegetables or out properly chewing it first. The
fruits, or give them in insufficient starch, which should be digested in the
amounts, and to substitute too much mouth, enters the stomach undigested
of one or the other sorts of food. Next and is as good as lost to us, and the
to vegetables and fruit, most families other foods enter in large pieces which
use too little milk and eggs. In the are hard to digest. Take at least an
city the middle class cook substitutes hour for dinner, and chew the food
meat in quantities out of proportion long enough to get the flavor.
to the rest of the food, with the result Don't drink with the meal. Drink a
that the family grows irritable and glass of water when you sit down, or
quarrelsome, with a tendency towards your tea or coffee at the close.
diseases of the kidney. If you have never given the subject
The country housewife omits the of eating properly any thought begin
vegetables or fruit, and gives too to -day. You feed your stock a care -
much baked stuffs, cakes, cookies and fully thought out ration. Why not try
pies, with the result that everyone suf- it on yourself ? It is cheaper to eat
fers from constipation. One can see properly than to pay doctor bills, and
a reason for the city cook, who must dots more fun.
buy everything, to omit vegetables.
But in the country where vegetables
and fruits should be abundant, and
milk is to be found on every farm, the
reason for the lack of enough green
stuff, fruit and milk in the family diet
is hard to see. Yet the farm table is
usually lacking in enough of these im-
portant foods.
Many of our ideas about food have
changed in the past ten years, and
many more are likely to change as
time goes on. Scientists are constantly
working to find new light on the sub-
ject of food values, so it is not wise
to run to extremes and follow every
new light. But certain things are de-
finitely established. We know that
sailors, or soldiers, who 'are for a long
time deprived of fresh vegetables and
fruits, develop scurvy, which is cured
as soon as the missing foods are sup-
plied. So we may know to a certainty
that we need those foods to keep us
in trim. We know that children who
aro not fed enough milk or eggs or
lean meat are undersized and anaemic,
which shows pretty well that those
foods are neeessarY to growth and
bodily upkeep. And we know that
however "filling" vegetables may be,
they do not give us the vigor that
bread and cereal foods supply. So we
can see that all those foods are nec-
cessary to keep up in the best physical
condition.
But the right sort of food is not
enough. It must be handless with dis-
cretion. That is, it must be eaten in
sufficient quantities and at regular
intervals. Too much stress can not be
laid on both these qualifications to
good health. Sufficient means just
enough. Too much is as bad as too
little; in feet, worse. If we take too
Mitch food the body can not use it fast
enough. It can neither be taken up as:
nourishment, noreliminated as waste,
and a part -crams as poison. What
'e
is known as auto -intoxication n W follows ,•
that is, the body poisons itself, and a
train of ills follow.
Then meals should be regular.
Breakfast, dinner and supper at the'
same hours every day, and no constant!
"piecing between meals," Growing;
children need more than the three;
meals daily, but the lunch hour should!
be regular. Give them a glass of milk
and a sandwich at ten, and a similar
light lunch at three o'clock; or, if they
are in school, when school is over, and
parently satisfied, .he turned to Ms
crestfallen comparison.
"Those were letters she wrote to
you, eh?"
"Yes," the ether admitted.
"And you scared her into buyin'
'em?"
"I needed money. I've got to live,
haven't I?" the other offered as ex--
cuse.
"You're a fine one, you are," end
the intruder made n0 effort to con-
ceal his disgust. "Blackmail! And
a woman what's livin' straight --and
you was gonna give her the double
Crmaa, too. You cur!"
Hore came the knock on the door
for which both were waiting.
"Well, I guess we can go now,"
the masked one added.
"But the money?" asked the other,
with undisguised sarcasm, as he turn-
ed to, the door. "Why didn't you
give her that, too?"
"I didn't get ,it from her. I got it
from you, didn't I? What'd you think
I came here for? I knew all the
time I'd meet you here. You've got
a lot to learn in this game yet. Don't
ever make a date like this over the
and whatever mated his fancy went telephone—somebody might accident-
into the same capacious pocket where ally get on tate wire like I did."
he had put the Ihoney. At last, ap- "You think you know it all, don't
you?" retorted the other, disappoint-
edly. They were both at the door
now, just about to pass out. "You're
one of these wise ones. Who do you
think you are, anyway?"
"I?" questioned the man with the
mask, removing the bandanna from
his face, as the door closed after
them and the night latch closed. "I?"
he repeated. "Why, I'm the lady's
husband., and I've got�to catch the
midnightrain for °hicago."
The next morning, when Mrs. Mor-
rison discovered that some of her ail -
ver was missing, she thought it
strange that it was her oldest, plated
spoons. She was much more surpris-
ed when she opened one of the draw-
ers in the little mahogany desk and
found the envelope with the $S00
15 in it.
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Chicago slie met him at the station
with a smiling face; and she was
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There is no more peaceful and harm-
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The Japanese are notoriously war,
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Montt' meat or fish.
The farmers of New !England have
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