Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1916, Page 28

Story No. 3-- Mary Burnett watched the pretty hotel The Parasite lost—and people won't believe they're |maid as she finished performing the tri- |harmless— 1 flushing with pleasur fling service for which Mona Hartley, Mary's chum, had summoned her “Thank you,” said Mona. “Here~" *Oh, thank you, Mis' sald the girl he received her tp. The mald went out, and Mary sitting back in the deep chalr that was so placed that she could look out, without moving, and ses the park with its ever changing panorama, laughed. “Mona,” she sald. Wil you tell me | why you sent for that girl to do a lot of silly things for you, which would have made you indignant had anyons even of- | fered to do them for you a few weeks | ago? “I 4id 1t Just because T liks to be lux- urious,” sald Mona. 8he stretched out | | hor arms, and took a step or two, “Mary | | ! | | | " busy, Mary—I don’t belleve that woman ~don't you love it, too?’ Here we are, you and I Bome peopla would say we ought to be hunted fugitives, flying | around the eountry under assumed names —and instead, we're living here, right within sight of the scens of our exploits | in the most expensive hotel In town” | “I suppose wo're A palr of scamps,”’ | mid Mona. “But 1 don't feel a bit sorry | for our two worthy (7) victims, They | thought I was rich—and easy, But ft was mighty funny to see the way they hied it 1 happened to mention casually that any girl I knew was married.” “Wao 414 get thelr money with our pl #aid Mary, “and 1 may be all wrong, but 1 haven’t any scruples about them, either, It will be all right to collect the expenses for our eampalyn It we nlways take care to present the bill to someone who de- serves what he gets as richly as those two men 41d." “Bpeaking of that” eaid Mona, "we've &0t to keep our eyes open, Mary mine. We're living in the very lap of luxury Just now, but If we don't watch out we'll #lide off on the floor. We've got Lo be forehanded, you and 1. We can't wait Il the wolf 1s at the door-we want to turn him away befors he remembers to sturt looking for us.” “You're right,” sald Mary. “T'm keen enough when we've once started. Mona ~you'll admit 1 Ald my part in the other matters! But it's a good thing T've got & partner like you, or I never would get started.” “You'rs not started yet, you know, said Mona, dryly. “I've not the slightest this place!” “Oh, something will tum up,” said Mary, confidently. “But-—I like the Jux- nry of all this just as much as you do, Mona. BUll-1 wish we had some Prienda!" “ ‘Fend friends..” sald Mona, in mock ‘“We can't afford that luxury, my dear—and it's about the only one Not untfl we've made to give us a nice in- 1 think we've quite a long that time comes.” i i ever so much. He tells me about all the trouble women make for him here ~the things they loss, and all sorts of things! 1It's quite entertaining. Come on down—I'll introduce you to him." 80, In a few minutes, they went down 1o the luxurious lobby of the hotel. But I'llv had to wait for her introduction. “There he is" sald Mona. “But he's Juat lost a ring or something! Bhe looks A5 if she were in deadly trouble!" “:t"v::hn..‘":mmvhmlmbm " of emotd gy on was pleading “We'll_ have to find out ‘o by out why," sald Mona and Mary had not long to wait Defora the woman, greatly dejected, left the detectives and went to tne elevator. HMer manner made it plain that he had l" \unnwblo to comfort her, “Miss Bumett—Mr.Clyde,” sald Mona *Miss Burnett lives with me, Mr, (lyde. Now-you're going to be nioe to us, aren't you? We're dylng with curlosity! What Wwaas the mattor with that poor soul you were talking with just now? I'm wure | #he's 0 some sort of real trouble!” { T #hould say she was!" efaculated Clyde | angrily. “Of courwe, it's her own fauit, | fn & way-and yot, when I think of o | man who s scoundrel enoush to take ad- | vantage of & woman's mistake | | “You've simply got to tell us more than | that,” sald Mona, determination plain in | her volce and In every line of her fea | tures. “Wellt | L know,” aald (yde, doubt. | fully. ot Iota of Infarmation in oon. | fience that I'm not at iHberty to YOR, pleass-planse™ wald Mary wowhat harm oould it do, My, Clyd don't know this woman-an we would | maver toll on you!" | afrald of ~publieity! “Oh! sald Mona quickly. the letters he'd sent her?” “Lost them—or they were stolen from her. It doesn’t much matter which. soe point Is—they've turned up. In the hands of & man who knows their value— or thinks he does, She’d have pald any reasonable sum-—any sum she could have “She lost managed to get together But she fig- ured on her husband’s money, not on what she can command herself, He won't belleve she can't get it.” “Oh—and what does he intend to do? “Turn them over—some of them—to her husband, If she doesnt make good In the time he's given her. Bhe's come to me, half mad with terror. How he could help being sorry for her, or belleving #he can’t get the money, 1 don't mee! But I've heard things nearly as bad bout him before!” “What & dreadful thin naid Mary Ts there nothing that can be done to help her?’ ot without the very thing she's most 11 1 tried to make # move, the first thing this man Rey- nolds would do would be to expose her, It's his only weapon—but {t's & terribly strong one. Tt's kept him out of the clutches of the law for years. Tha police and half the big private detective agen- cles In the country have done their best to get something on him—and he defles them.” "It seems incredible!” sald Monas, with shining eyes, “True enough—but thers are the facts! He's got more money than he can possi- bly know what to do with. 1 believe the |thing’s come to be sport for him-—that he takes a viclous, depraved sort of pleasure in seeing his vietims squirm, He has & wonderful place out in the suburbs, and—well, 1 don't know that this is & thing to repeat before you young Iadles, but his pelghbors do a great deal of talking about the women who are seen there from time to time.' “UIgh!” sald Mons. “What a beast, He's an old man, you say?" “He must be about #," said Clyde. “As repulstve and vile looking an old scoun. Arel an you'd find in long day's hunt, to0!" “You were right,”” sald Mona. “It's an ugly story. But I'm glad you told it to us, Oh, I do hope that poor woman finds some way to beat him! How much time has sh “Ho said a week-but he'll give her more than that. He won't strike until| he's quite certain that there's no way of getting the money out of her. I know has wayn' Back in thelr own room Mary shud- dered. m not glad he told us’ sald she, think it was a dreadful story, Mon: “Bo do 1!” sald Mona. “But, Mary— can’'t you see? Where could we find a better person to present our next bill agninst soclety for mettlement?" "Oh~oh! 1 didn't think!” said Mary. “But, Mona~a man like that is no Tom- linson Gerry! We might very easily burn our fingers If we tried to serve him as we dld Gerry!” “Then weo'll perve him very aiffer ently,” sald Mona. “Oh, let me think! I know there's some way of outwitting an old villain like that-and wouldn't I love to do 1t, just! I know one thing, too—the more we know about him the better our chance will be. You heard what Clyde said—the private detective agencies must all know about him. We'll #ot a report from one.” Mary it was who attended to this, and a1d 1t, too, without letting the agency suspect that either she or Monn was concernsd In the matter In any way, And Mary, with a sober face, studied the report. “He lends money—as well as gotting it by blackmall,” she said. “He's very rich—and, oh! He keeps a lot of money and jewels as well at his place—he's afraid of banks. 1 don't wonder, I sup- pose he knows that one of his victims may tum on him at any minute, end that he may have io make a break for his freedom! And here-you remember what Clyde sald about the women?" “He was awfully nice—~he was afraid we'd be shocked." “Yes. It is nice to have men consid- orate again, lsn't It? We've had enough oxperience with the other sort! But here—it goes into that in detail here, It seems he's rather mad about our wsex, my dean Now I know we can handle him! A man lke that was bound to have o weakness, and that's one we can play on™ “It's riaky work, Mona.' “I'll take the risk. I'm flashier than you are, though a man who has any sonse wouldn't hesitate a minute to choose you, Ho I'll be the vietim of his #-year-old charma—only T won't!" “How are you golng to manage it “Don't know yet-I've got to sea him first. One thing I've learned is that it doesn't to map out & lot of plans ahoad, before you know the people you've Kot to deal with, They won't work, and you tend to stick to them, despite your - selt It better to approsch a thing like this with an open mind, If you can man Age to do It It seems to me I've got a widow's outfit somewhere in our trunks, 16 1 ean find 1L T think that's just the thing for my eall on old Reynolds to morrow They moved away from the Grand hotel that day, Much aa the two girls liked It they vealised that 1t was not sieh & campalan as they And It was fr Apartment aw planned 1o & small tur & house and a Auarter where noe questions were asked | FARM, beskdan, 11 IENE B0 & WRPRIAE 15 | for e ne iy owe weada, aet it WA 0U Mana. “T UMIBN 1’8 ¥our 41 15 [ wnomas ¥ Tarnonta ae e ernalds 101 90 That wo'll never, by any ebanes. | g tomd e T e T had wake the saine mistake ahe 4t When &b g e :l' f '_ v . & W 00 oF 1AL sl Oiade, warmiy. [ cuuid S0 1o force herself te ga thraus ORI JouTh presmim Bot 16 lot a6 | with her plan. Ma was Tully an Femulstrs Ihal you know anything and never, by ' Olyde s deseription of him had lod AR handis, Breaihe te & soul that T iher 10 enmest e very fastidiousnem .. yon-t with regard 1o M person made him more O, -'_'Iu. i Mary Moneatly, | frightful, for he aped 1ha dress and the '-;‘:u:nlbllm:‘n.h e s WARNEr of & youRg WAR about lewn A \aaryeed » despite his yours pie, At “And an ugly snn tee The And what mar | have the pelasurm of APUEh of I bs WAt the poer lady | Bing for you. ey 7" he aahod Mana, :.:“‘:l ':':'::QIO"‘ SN AOF | Y. you-iend meney., don't ye pred v SRR 6 an 10 SeRe the weman's e | ThAL dependa n e peaple’ ha Sald Mosa Bun ahe BMint say I baat femakiod Por a pretly woman ke you :z Imh‘d..: ool deal mare chartty 11 might de Ahings | oweuldat de fer an har s e women wha have | oM scarverew NS Baver Rad to Wihatand towptation cun | As M apoke he squsesed her arm ity oty Al Mona had bard work 1o reproas the Woll, be that a8 1 mar.” sald Ohpde, | aludder Ihal ran Lhimagh her frame e W el YO 1 hape pew wilh Me W ™ AAS 15 have seima cotreapandence with [she sald tearbully L sy maat have :fln.:u‘\“':\ -“:n"o:. u“.-v wener! Fye Bone 8l ali-and wo place hing e ke s What e sar Besle poople ae 10 Keap iotiars! Thay .u; Y L Whal's 100 Nadl™ he sl ' the hest place 1o use ae headquarters during | THE OMAHA The Social Pirates - All the time she realized that he was appralsing her, weighing her charms, in fact. “But I'm very short just now, my denr—very short. Business is bad. Stili— 1'd like to help you! I don’t know about & loan—that would be hard to manage. But—ah, T have it" “Yea?' she sald. “I need & housekeeper! I've just had to (prmas the one I had—a hussy, my dear, and that's the truth! [ could give you the place. That would give you a place to stay where you'd be comforta- | ble, And 1 could pay you something—" Mona pretended to hesitate, but she was overjoyed, He had received her in his office and she was already studying his safe. And so, dublously, she con- sented. Reynolds did not give ber a ¢hanco to change her mind. He sent for his servants at once, and introduced her a4 the new mistress, Mona shivered as she saw the way the maids looked at her, They understood! | Mona, as & matter of fact, had anticl- | pated the possibility that Reynolds would propose somo such grrangements, With that in mind she had warnsd Mary that whe might not return, and bad made ar- | rangements for keeping in touch with her ehum, She wns well content. Bhe | was by no means Insensble to the risk | whe was running, to the false position in which she had deliberately placed herself, But she was confident, too, of her ability to cope with Reynolds. Shb knew, from the way he looked at her, that she had a power over him, and she | | mesnt to use it to the fullest possibls | | extent. That night, indeed, after she had once gone to her own room and sssured her- | welf that she could lock herself in, she | deliverately ventured into the lfon's den, metaphorically speaking. She went down to the office, which Reynolds also used | ns & Ubrary. He was sitting thero alone ~the servants had all retired. At the | slght of her he started up, plainly | pleased, but Mona drew back in con | tusion, ‘I took the liberty of coming down to borrow a book,” she eald. “I like to read myseif to sleep.” “Help yourself, my dear” he mald “You~" he chuckled meaningly, and leered at her~"you're welcoms to more | than & book from me!"” | ®he went to the shelves and after she had selected a novel, made for the door. “#it down,” he said, “Bit down and talk | to me n little, You're bonny company for an old fellow like me, But—I'm not too old. am 17" “I mustn’t stay. | Remember, I'm only your housekeeper, Mr, Reynolds.” ' Ho cackled at that, and she started ne #ho saw bim go to bis safe and open it But, though she tried, she couldn’t make out the combination—he wae shrowd enough fo prevent that, When he turned Ll he held out a necklace to her, a | string of sparkling brilliant “Look nt the pretties!” he said, Mona took the necklace and looked at 1t admiringly. “It's benutifu that, 1 belleve!” “Ha-ha!" he chuckled. “Try it on, my dear! Who knows? If you and I get along you might wear it for your own!" Mona pretended not to understand, and returned it to him., “Now 1 must go to bed, “Good night, Mr. Reynolds!" “Ho soon,” he sald, wistfully, “T've got more jewels to show you' “More?’ she said, "I should think you'd be afrald of thieves!” alnst them,” he sald, “1 envy you she sald, she sald, “I'm guarded shrewdly, look—I'll show you!" And in the next few moments, thanks to hls vanity, Monta was able to make & mental chart of the whole burgiar alarm system that protected the place. She had hoped for this, rather than expected it. And then she went to her room. But in a few moments there came a tapping at her door, “It's me!" sald her employer's cracked volce, “Is everything all right? “Quite, thanks,” said Mona, with an affectation of sleepiness in her volce. Ho turned away at that and went to his own room, disappointment plainly written on his face. Mona slept little. But she was up, bright and fresh, in the morning, She was not afraid of Reynolds by day. As she suspected, he had plenty to keep him occupled, so that while he might think of her, he would not have the | time to pursue her with his horrible at- |tentions. His ‘clients,” people of all | morts and conditions, since all appeared |to be grist that came to his evil mill, |began to arrive soon after breakfast, |and came all day long, In a steady stream, It was easy to understand that | his business was a profitable one. ‘ Mona, meanwhile, had affaira of her |own that demanded her attention. The |first was a meeting with Mary--previ- ;ulllly arranged for, and held at a nearby [ro house, | looks fine, my dear” you've got to find a “Everything | satd Mona, “Put real burglar for me-some one who can orack & safe. T ean't do that-and it's | the safe that contalns what we're after, | Do you think you can? | | "I ean try sald Mary “I know |some awtully disreputable people, you know." | “Waell, it's vital to my plan to have a dependable safe eracker. I'll leave that to you. As usual, tha really hard work 18 for you te do Mary did she had told Mona, know & lot of more or leas shady people, And on the night of her talk with Mona she | went to & place she had not visited for | & long time-a place that had threatened, | o8, 10 entrap b A drag her down, 1t waa & lusurious resort of thoss whe smoke oplim-a place where the drug s the glamour and fals atitutes Ha ehlet apponl uatnt rrounded with & mance that o many who | anee for the first thne | This place was et in Chinatows, but of the bes are forming 1ts & I the heart of of the oity e N was | Ther furniahed was A Aenlivd and sppotnted they » sreal ¥ ihe ity mnall v wight take thelr sase on sohon 1 Uy preferved, b wever das wore At thely where peivavy tapnaa Many be ausn ey might hav Mo ama 19 (Nl resont They new hat of hele Pellaw ameh Thare had besn & (e whon Mary had e talien & viethm te the smeking Babit Bt ahe had ahaken off the deadly apell of \he drug and ohe heniiated, even wilh & Fiaed purpess In her 5uind, ey eed b meen by Rone Bew Bat Acqualntames Wik B T had e ver, dinse harw sha Mol e wah Aalely aure te TInd A man of the sort she paeded. Mave would be ne sam e ertminals bt e very ek and ohales of (he The proptetor " B Binainan, wWhise eyes glanmed evel aoly A0 A8 bl of My Vou alion same some baek one (e, | | tnability to INDAY BEE: APRIL two time? he sald, gloatingly. He fan- cled that she, who had once escaped, was now about to fall back into his clutches once more, And he knew that those who returned did not escape & second time. I want Ching to cook for me,” she sald. She affected a great las- situde, Ching came, and welcomed her, He began to ‘roil & plll’ for her. “Yes—and “Listen, Ching,” sald Mary. “You want money ™’ “Yes,” wald Ching, who, save for an Kot his tongus around an R, spoke almost perfect English, ““Then do something for me, and yo" shall have it—$0. Bee? Here it fs. I want to know If thers i3 & man here who knows how to blow safes.’ Ching thought for g moment “Stallings,” he sald. “He did & job In ‘Frisco—now he s In hiding here. Come. I show him to you.” He gulded her to one of tha little pri vato rooms. And thers she found Stall ings, & young, keen-faced man. He had been smoking, but Mary saw at that he was an old-timer—that the drug had no perceptible effect upon him “Want company”’ she said. “1'd to smoke my pipe here with you.” “Welcome,” he sald . He was't at all the sort one would expect 1o he a cracksman, Ho was rather an atteaetive young man and only his oyes betrayed him. Fe looked like any young fellow with plenty of money—a successtul young business man, perhaps Mary studled him, and decided on a bold play. ‘I know all about you,” “You're a safe blowsr.” “A pinch?’ he sald, not very curiously “Nothing like that’ she told him. “It just happens 1 need some one in your line as badly as 11l ever need anything!” | “Tell me!” he sald, interested “Why not? sald Mury. *I'm pretty Ges- | perate'” And she recounted, with changes to fit her appearance, the story Clyde had told of the woman in the hotel and the Ietters Reynolds held. She told her story well, and she could ses the appesl was | striking homs to Btalling “The hound!” he said, “Bay-I'm no saint, you know, but he—well, he's past all lmits! Bure I'll get ybur letters for you! Just give me the layout! Money and Sewel's, tco, you say? They'd help, of course! Bay-you'd Mke g chap who got those letters for you pretty well, wouldn't you?” “1 certainly would!” said Mary, mean- ingly. “Well—you'll have the chance to prove 1t he mald. “I'm on the level-Tll never bother you till I've put the letters in your Lands. Curlously enough, Mary was sure that #he could trust him, that he, confessed thief though he was, had a certain code of his own to which she could be sure that he would iive up absolutely, Bhe promised him & chart of some sort that would guide him among the burglar alarm wires they both were sure must guard Reynolds’ strong box. This Mary knew she would be able to obtain from Mona. Indeed, Mona had it for her when they met in, and Mary was able to report the success of her effort o] secure the services of a dependable | cracksman. Mary and Mona met almost dally to compare notes. And at last Mona urged Mary to send her cracksman at once. “I'm getting nervous, Mary,” she “01d Reynolds is frightfully per He's a lttle bit afraid, but I think soon he'll come to the point whers he'll feel that he'd just as soon get rid of me as have me stay.” “I know,” baid Mary, ‘Tt was just what 1 was afrald of. And, you see— I've got something of the same sort on | my hands! I'm wondering how to get rid of Stallings after I've made use of him!" “Oh!" sald Moua, T wouldn't worry about that, Mary, I think I can see a way out of your troubles, But the only chance there is for mg is haste!" “We'll come tonight,” sald Mary, “He has planned it all. I'm to come with him, In a car—he has a chauffeur he says he can trust, I'm to walt~if there's any danger he will whistie and we're to run for it.” “That's pretty decent of him, you | know,” sald Mona. “It seems a shame | to trick him—and yet—I tell you what you'd better do, Mary. Slip away, if you can, after he comes here, without | letting the chauffeur know you've gone, | Get another car at tne roadhouse—1'll| arrange that for you. And then drive down the road at the back of the house | and walt for me to foin you." 8o it was arranged. That Mona had a scene with Reynolds. And that night, when he, old Keynolds, re- tired to his own room, he did net un- | dreas, but walted. He had a plan in his evil old mind. She had told him she meant to read rather late; he sat walt- ing for her to eome upstairs But Mona d14 little reading as all was burglar fke she pald | afternoon | As soon qulet she disconnected the alarm system ®o far as she oould, cutting some disarranging others. She also, on a sudden impulse, out the telephone wires. Then she went wires, upstatrs. As she passed Reynolds' door she saw that It was n—and that he himaelf, fully dressed, was dozing In chalr, She started at this sight; then smiled. And, I hor own room, she Ustened breathlessly, She heard an auto coms up I the road and step a little distance away, And then, taking a re volver, she crept downstalrs. Reynolds Sl dosed; up! Downatairs, Mona walted tensely, pis tol In hand, She heard & wandow ralsed, and & minute Inter she slipped Inte the he had not heard her come Hbeary, Thers was o kneeling figure e fore the safe, and with & low laugh Mona ealled to him: “Hands awung around n dismay At the sight of Mona and her pistel e Jaw dropped. hia hands went up AJ ™ oA fosd sald Mans, holding har plstol veady My safe's hurg »r f 4 ha wasted your time sven £ 1 hadi't enught you Siallings sabd wothing. But suddenly he dr ne hand And sounded o shrtll wihistle Bhe hoped hat Mary had already areiod ol thelr plan Al pow she plekod up (he telephane, as If 1o 6 he poth Mdenly she lald 1 down I don't hnow (hat | want 1o have you send 1o prisen” she skl T safe oan be b ®, 1 don't want It i Tl bt you 49 I pou oan open and dent wake the my hause t wark quietly . Fasy oM Balings, confdently WhY, 118 nolling bt & clgar hey Me wah aa good 8s hie word In less AR Ihree Wwinuies the safe wan open e Ml workad on he W Na practioed sam catohing ihe ™ Weli!* said M Bave 16 Take (hat sttt the safe berod and nhtnatlon o el of & T'w sirprised! | Al b Wy boran empty Phoa we Hlaiiings | an 1916. - Novelization b;_l'iugh C. Weir She recolled, and bis face grew dark up at the sight of a dozen or more pack- ages of letters. He had given up hope with anger. Stringing me, were you?™ he cried ¢ the jewels, and he piled everything neatly toget And then, as she 'Playing me for a good thing? Well- He made a dash for her—and just then watched him on the stairs tensely, Mona heard a step Reynolds had awakened— She whesled Smazement at the sight of her. Mona appeared. Stallings started in he was coming down around, and liings selzed his chance Don't you see? We're all in the same to pocket the letters. He would keep game!” sald Mona falth with Mary Stallings was able to smie & minuts later. The next moment Reynolds came in— “I've got to hand it to you girls!” he to find his housekeeper covering & bur- glar with her revolver. sald. "You certalnly strung me aloag! “Get up'” said Mona, sharply, to Stal- | Well—I got the letters for you! Mayve lings. She had seen him take the let- | W#'ll meet again ers, but pretended that she had not As he got up he made & sudden lunge tor her and seized the hand that held the revoiver. Reynolds, now, cried out in terror, againat the wall. And while they strug- gled Mona managed to whisper to Stal a coward rev. Plot by George Bronson Howard e (.Zopyright Kalem Company A good sport,” sald Mona, as he w out. “I like him better than some b est men I've met They were back in the Grand Hotel & few days later. And Clyde, the house detective, came up to them with a beam- ing face “Remember that story 1 told yon?’ he asked. “Well—our friend got her letters back In the mall-no sign of where they ceame from! What do you know atout that They knew wu great deal-but they | didn't tell him! End of Eplscde No. 3. i st il o Quichest Wy to Remove ngs ‘I'm with you—I'll let you make your acRnreads ylelded at onee. sphone the police!” cried Mona to teynold o made for the instr ¢ Reynolds. He made for the ins rmw: Valssks Surstt, OColobentes o 180 and then stopped. As Mona had guessed | Y300 orican Btage for Bey “1, he dared not, with his record, call in the Made Ben Gives Bome police. And the next moment, at a slg Hlll’lal“llhlll and ual from Mona, Stallings slipped through Simple Methods of e o Acquiring Quick he window and f) Bessty. Oh, let Wim go!” erfed Mona “He Aldn't get anything—see, all the jewels | FpYHERE hardly anything in_the there! 1 saved them for you!' r ., g aRi. o e “You're the bravest woman 1 ever| i, .4 V6 common re knew!’ ecroaked Reynolds. is to squ an xmulr‘)_" mt'p«v:l' Y o ‘ro " and face e first pro S06 B0 90, 36 £hey 'Fo" A1) NoRS. Cass ¢ remoyes the thousands of He examined the jewels; then stralght- | (il "\ it ieadn, and the second en oner up, “Yes—all here. he said. “Here | larkes e pores, makes the skin - q!" coarse, and in never successful in 1k ASKE: SRantens. 8. pownrd \ing the skin of thewe pests, [ want He held up the necklace he had shown | (108 [0 S0l 16 try my method, as fol- her before, and & tiara of equal val lows: Bprinkle a litle neroxin on & Mo L b ly cocepted | sponke made wet with hot water, and | en e Rpaitstad ‘;‘ ""f" y ,k oy . | rub this all o the face, particularly them. And then, with & ery of dlsmay locaiitios. To your Heynolds saw that the letters were gone shment you will find He was like a man beside himself, and hl.bu kheads w-lm " n‘"'nw g | g s There is nothing else known tha in the confusion of his dtsmay Mona | [V S AORILE BIC pesult It slipred away, pretending that she was | manently molves the blackhead proble going to her room. Five minutes later | You can get the neroxin at any Arug Mary was speeding back to the city, | *10T% PR with Mona at her side, | HANNAH M1 am known as the In Mary's apertment they talked over | only woman on the American stage . | who does vot have to resort to the the wild affair of the night, well satie- | WD of switches and otier make-shifts. tied with the jewels Reynolds had siven | ¢ 5o, "wili uxe my balr growing | formula_as follows, you will find that | dandruft will be 'absolutely wtopped, the hair roots will regaln their youth Mona. “But 1 had to let your burgiar get the lettors—nnd I'm afrald he’ll come here,” ful vigor, hair will grow quickly and | sald Mona. | luxuriantly, often several inches a Her fears were justified. She had | month, and take on a very silky and scarcely spoken when there was s ring |bealthy gloss. Your halr m:x (Slso " [ one oune r at the door. Mona hid herself; Mary | AL fWlOK. MIx one e “halt s admitted Stallings. He tossed her the | pint each, or use a full pint of bay rum instead, This makes & very sconomical letters, halr treatment, is mixed In a few mo- “I took an awful chance for you, " v YOU, | ments, and cannot be surpassed. Any Mary,” he sald, “Now—make good! drug store can, supply you with the : beta-quinol, MIS8 BADNESS —~My head-wash s & mixture of au teaspoonful of exgol [ Tooay's BEAUTY HELP | You can keep your hair at its very best by washing it with this simple, inexpensive ashampoo, which cleanses the hair and sealp thoroughly of all the dandruff and dirt and leaves & clean, wholesome feeling: Just use a teaspoonful of canthrox dissolved in a cup of hot water, afterward rinsing |in half & cup of hot water. As it containe no slkall whatever, it actually dissolves @il fatly accumulations, and Aundruff completely disappesrs. it cannot be surpassed a8 o clean It | in nimo economical, since you can obtain enough eggol at small cost, at any drug store 10 supply you for a dozen ur more -humlmuu,. . UESTION —If you will do this you | will be able to remove superfiuous halr | 1 0) thoroughly with clean water, One finds | tHoroughly without injuy 15 the ekl that the halr dries quickly and evenly, | some sulfo solution obtainable at any 18 unstreaked, bright, soft and fluffy, |drug store. This will absolutely dis so fluffy in fact, that it looks more | #0Ive the hair instead of burning it abundant than it is, and so soft that |1t never leaves a mark or red spot, and arranging it becomes a_pleasure. All | scalp frritation will disappear and the hair will he brighter thag ever before— Advertisement, are looking for, Valeska does not injure the most delicate skin, It removes heavy whd light halr, and leaves the skin soft and mmooth, o308 to be hon tha t, no on dovelop | MAUD M.—No, ean gromise you ] you mechanie are dange unces of ruetone, id half & pin eanpoonf bedtime fatactory Adevelope it s perfectly cons 1 ire of two mixt n cup of NuKar yater, sduce ment in many cam safe, .. MILIIE T, O~Many women of my acquaintance, over 45 In years, hgy made themselves look ke young girls by the simple use of my wrinkle erndf- cutor. Desp und little wrinkles, the thousands of little croms-lnes, crow's feet, and the sagging of flesh quickly disappenr, The wkin becomes plump, youthful and vigorous, Mix twe ounces of eptol, which can be obtained at any drug wtore, and two tablespoonfuls of Kiycerine dn a half pint of hot water, Use a lot of it at one application. It is very economical, v . MRS, V., O f-~1 have seen g tres mendous Aifference produced in two or three days by the use of my eom- plexion beautifier, Tt never fails, #mply mix one tablespoonful of Klvcerin and ohe ounce of zintone, in u pint of water, Use thig cream fberally, All spots will disuppear and your come plexion will become exquisite. . MISS FANNIE O.-—As you state you were unable to get the beta-quinol st | the drug store, for making my halr grower, 1 sugkest you send fifty cents to “Becretary (o Valeska Suraft, Thompwon Bidg., Chicago,” and my sece retury will soe that you get it at onge, DR | PAITHPUL ~Yes, 1 use a face pow= der made from my own formula, It far | excels even the hest imported powders, | because it s remarkably free from chalkiness, It i indetectablo and of | exquinite fineness. This “Valesks | Buratt e Powder” can Le obtained | 8t your drus store, in white and flesh, —Adyertisement, Read The Bee Want Ads, You may find the ad that ym; 5 TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER ’ A MAGAZINE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF,THE FARM [ ? A Big Farm Paper and assistants, unequaled in help- ful activities, tive size of each {ssue, unlimited in pulling power of its ads, accomplishing a big work by teaching the farmers in the Mis souri valley to grow two bushels of corn or wheat where but one A farm paper must be big in every way to be entirely success. ful, The Twentieth Century Farmer is one of America's great farm papers because it is big in thought, broad.minded in poli cles, lofty in ideals, deep in its investigations and study, im mense in eirenlation, large In or ganization of ploked exeoutives grew Dbefore pounds were The Twentieth Century Farmer is mighty in its influence for good in agriculture. pounds of pork where but 200 g § i large In compara. il It is to produce 400 produced before -\ - — 7/ ffi '»14 *-