The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1924, Page 12

A Story of Seattle and ‘The South Seas “The Beacon Hill Mystery” | BY FRED V. WILLIAMS START HERE TODAY er flowers. I r 1 can't say that I care for them, particularly,” replied Olark t dryly, handing the bey @ dollar Sack int J “That's for your headache and FER at midnight if you see this lady again, be oy on an sure jo let me knew the Seuth Sear apell of @ trib women. the Mowers. “Why, I have 1 thing like them. We grow noth ing like this in Washington. a an : amine ver seen any CHAPTER 18 nd Marian retir LARK ¢ Deart, Marian em the verge of panic. en hic Pyidence which th film while } police sta teok one of them from the vase and plucked it apart; (hen staggered dizeily to @ window. It Was some moments before be re mysterious er again the ver ad taken trom 5 way to a the ne the windows in’ the sitting covered himself sufficiently to room of Clark's suite were open . — ig ‘ ig ek Fae when they erttered. A cool breeze ad oe ae from the hills swayed the eur, A" enemy, Hot & friend sigan tains, The room shone, clean and =‘? Ye" ie ackes : neat and sparkling, fresh tidied Cars nested, Fhe on by the maid, And on the table in | EINE Tis shoulders, Packed to the the center of the parlor was a Yase of great red flowers. Marian exclaimed tn fright “Er am sorry a had he ny years of exper but T am unab “The red " she 7 asked. "Oh a Py : TES os, Let wn bide scmewh Tt was plain the man did not He took her in his arms and she| ¢are to mix with Clark's affgir, Mead softly He would not even accept a fer “We cc » happy here if This proves we are up agains they would let « said. | almost foe,” Clark re ark approa de.| marked to M after the fected the deadly had © “I wonder how the boy who brought them here escaped?” he | this ‘woman |r mused, and sent for him. The | to see this thing thru.” me into the reem. | They dined in th “I don't like the smell of those) retired to her boudol things,” he said bluntly, "They gave/ only « floor lamp in his sit me a headache. A lady brought |and took a seat by the win them,” jthe door, The door he wi ked, The “Did you ever see the lady before?” | flowers he had long since destroyed he asked. The boy nodded. So far as the police wer neerned, _ *¥es, I've seen her at dinner with | he was thru with them, The ive friends. She said she was coming| laughter of the captain of detectives back tonight. but mister, | don’t } and his man had cut him off trom Popular Colors Including Neutral The World's Premier Shoe Dressing For All Smooth Leathers You can pay more for Orange Pekoe tea if youlike——but why do it? You can't get more tea- taste and tea-value than you get in Tree Tea Orange Pekoe. 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The lights! &. | retired, Clark sat up, attic began dim, if cigar, waiting for his mysterious ened behind the | ening fog vieitor ng ow ne by one Would this woman keer dt) od, awakened, shook him would b then dosed again, And why sho lone woman r k mot c of newsboye. He turned now and then to look out of the window eye could see, acres of blinking Hebts and be i the black space Sound with slow creeping boats, tike bright fire bugs, erawling across lis surface. picked up into it Smart ' FROCKS Feature Priced $22.5 PonTs ‘och of myriad ous he kind of frocks worn by correctly-attired fr women at all those ummertime affairs where the trictly formal Js not required. “Fleurelle”’ and “Suederelle” — Lovely New Dress Fabrics AND Novelty Crepes of Much Beauty— develop these frocks in a most | interesting vartety of styles, | trimming effects and colors. An exceptional offering in Car- man style and quality at $22.50 Gown SlopeThird Gallery Wifth Ave, at Pine St, Holling beneath bis vision, as far as his were geres on of the the phone ar shape of ogres of the night. The pictures the walls became fqces 4 of people. The on the walle just THE SEAT Bhe would come, he thought, drowslly, He knew she would, Whoever she was, this mysteri ous person who, with Renard and his gang, dogged his footsteps and made his life and that of his bride miserable since their arriy al from the uncharted Isle w his eyes, their lids heavy, low om, in his wemi-drowsl strange place, people % ever, their lids heavy the room, whie h wainens, became trange thing midi a The great plush chairs took th Instinet told him to open his eyes, rive and face danger, Some one was in the reom, standing before him. He knew it the his eyes were closed and his breath- ing labored. Slowly he struggled, fought sleep of exhaust 4 his eyes. The ogre night became chairs again pictures im th oom Hut there was @ piece of furnitur dd not seen before, It was tal It crossed before Not by step, but a gliding, saying, subtle motion, It passed before his wide staring eyes Clark tried to speak. not. He tried to possible, His like lead. drowsy ung his « It moved. him. He could His brain, heavy, He fought thru a cloud that obscured thought, to pene trate that which was before him ond realize what it was, r twice his lips moved, bw ague © to the of hi mouth, hard and dry, fa ed ther if by a power But hia vi ion began to clear ay ore he kaw It was a woman, A tall woman in black. ike that woman he had se iste in the South » e and confront her, summon help, | Making Karl feteh cause her detention, learn why ahe|!! D sued him (Continued in the Nest Tesu Miss O. S, Allen’ Tested Recipes Caramel Cookies (A wafer thich improves in flavor if kept in an air-tight container) 4 cupfuls dark brown sugar 1 cupful melted Crisco 4 beaten out 1 teaspoonful salt 7 cupfuls flour 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder Cream together the sugar and Crisco. Add samt. id flour sifted with baking powder. Knead this for five minutes. Shape into long roll about 2 or 216 inches In diameter. Let stand on ice for one to three hours. Slice down and bake in moderate oven, Wlayor seems to improve by letting these eookies remain for quite a while in an air tight container. (RISCO For light, fender caker Kor digestible and lak: For‘erian, digestible tried fonds strange the faces Perhaps a rack upon which he other than his own, aS 72m S 1 Get them for Baby ~ for his orange juice Nature produced fine oranges this year, but made them in a smaller size, so they sell for le But they are tender, sweei, deli- cious,—as good as any larger fruit you ever ate. And they are full of healthful juice —rich in the fresh essential vitamines that every growing baby needs with his bottled milk. All doctors recom- mend their daily use for children. Because of their economy, buy two dozen now where you've bought but one before. a box. Phone your grocer now, Ask for— California, unkist Oranges Or buy ne LETTER FROM LisLit COTT TO RUTH ELLINGTON, CONTINUED 1 wag fealty surprised, Ruth dear, | when Karl left me so abruptly jon't understand him at 6 must love Alico, or he w have asked her to marry him. Karl, you know dear, ts a ¢ of chap—lovable in th treme, but a man who w at let alone and cares very ;lwoclety; who has a pagan Sl ieanty, and is kindly ward every one, becat es ¢ 4 for him. I don’t think he'll be haps , with Alice with ‘© tell you n much digsap Bhe ta to centered This woman in black, Tall, ele | #ater gantly dressed. arson hotel em. | #elfish to appeal Altho mother nloyes had described, the lady who [has said nothing 1 had left the red flowers, He had| think she has this feeling too, for 1 neon asleep. She had entered the |Causht her two or three timep the} ‘com, stood before him, now he must {other evening, when Alice was d carry for her ing at Alice with a sad smile ertainly are a jinx to me that I have promised Karl never lgive them up, what will }when | tell Jack about them he in | nists upon doing it? all this, I up her mind to have them, tr ould nat | vertheless, Ruth dear, 1 am id I'm in for all sorts of com tions with those pearls. They Now to I do if And besides w that Alice has made Bho will in every way to persuade me to This Dentifrice Does Not Seratch Enamel CLEANS TEETH THE RICHT Colgate’s Ribbon “Dental Cream—| The Tangle (Aw intimate story of Inmermont emotions reveaicd im pricate letters) PRES- | give or pel! em 1 | Sometimes I thik, dear, isn't the big things in tif one’s sou We can xreat that ttle nippi cling of unrest © of those with w are so puerile we nro ashamed to speak of these are the thingn that ake modern martyrdom Edger F the continual | ¢ |morning (I met him c from my walk in p ad heard from Walter Burk coms that be %) Ii haw nd that Walter is on his retur: some I expect months, when yo g will bapp n, Leslie.’ rvently, in my own mi my return} Ts heard from } them out of your! there anything you want me fo or this shop? We've got money because I am money if you It © burn, dear partner mm, | tc nd that will make telling 4 RtriP! him about the pearls much hander q t it was before. = a few! 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