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ATHENS DAILY HEBALD, THTfHSDAYf OCTOBER 30,1913. THE MAIDS OF PARADISE By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Only Costume Poiret, Paris Tailor, jf Designed For An American Woman (Continued from Yesterday) T^wu» aatonl&bed, and caked where Eyre had gone. ~He la In your room,” the said, “load- Ing your revolver. I hope you will not permit, him to go alone to Paradise ” TU see about that,” I muttered, and hurried up the stairs and down the hallway to my'bedchamber. He sprang to the door ea I entered, glrlng me both hands In boyish groeC Ing. Hooked at him keaoly but pleas antly. V* ’•You are going to load my revolver, and go orer to Paradise and take that balloon from these bandlta?” 1 asked, emlling. He shrugged his shoulders with * a recldeaa laugh. "Give me my rerolrer,*' I sold, cold- ly. His face felL "Let me take it, Mr. Scarlett” he pleaded; but I refused] and made him hand me the weapon. “Now,” I said, sternly, “I want to know what the devil you mean by at tempting suicide! Kelly, what's the matter with you? Is life as unattrao- ftlre as all that?” better grfl ready'fe'go.”' — : [ Sylvia had shrunk a way from Byre. The countess looksd at her blankly, then at me. "Madame,” I said, "there Is little enough of happiness in the world—so little that* when it cornea It should be dame, can you see the tights on the semaphorer .j- j. , "Tee.” “Count them aloud." She counted the white lights tor me, then the red ones. "Now,” I said, “if those lights change In number or color or position, come i welcomed, sren by those who may not Instantly to me. I shall be with j ab * r ® 1x1 ,t -“ Mademoiselle Given in the Httle tea- j Aad 1 bent rteerer and whispered the room.” j tiutl^ I left her in the shadow of the cur- ! “Sylvia!” murmured the young tains, and passed through the room to 1 countes *' ^credulously. "A spy! And Sylvia's side. She looked up quietly j sho ***“*■ this—this shame on mel" from her embroidery frame, then, ! Sylrla toned, standing unsteadily, dropping the tinted silks and needles For • ,on * time ***** looked at eaoh on the cloth, roee and walked beside other In BUence * their eyes wet with me. When we entered the little tea- teari - Th *° B * re lifted Sylvia's hand room she passed on to the lounge and and led her away, cl os- seated herself on the padded arm. I ***e door behind. , “What is it!” she asked. ! Th ® countess still stood in the cen- ”1 am sorry to tell you ” I said— tor of *** room - tranaQx * d - ri«M, stor- "sorry from my heart. You are not ,n * through her tears at the closed very friendly to me. and that makes door - With • deep drawn hroath she It harder tor me to say what I have to Btralgbtened her shoulders; her head say.” drooped; she covered her face with "Yo» appear here- I aafcj, “after the ether, have .ailed free. Lortent. WbrT ; wlll lnud here toalgM or Uimorrow .. “What hate I done!” she cried, brokenly—“what have I done that this . shame should come upon me?” "You have done nothing,” I said, “neither for good nor evil in this crisis. But Sylvia, has; Sylvia the bent her steady gr.zs c sge was admirable. "I thank you for telling me,” “What do you-mean?” she asked, , h ^ nd * guardedly. "1 mean that you cannot stay here," I eatd. “And you know why.” “Will yon explain this insult?" she asked, hotly. “Yes. You are a German apv” I _. . -*v_ - - said, under my breath. “French troops fP7'. ^hai a maft should give up his To do vonrsalf the ^ • - will land here tonight or tomorrow," „ for “ frI ? nd ? good; 05 at a woman ™ >le * wr ® rt •ndlng | j weat on oatoiy -y ou wfti see how otten hers for har C° untl 7 Is better, an embittered hfe under the eyes of | dangerous you/ situation 1* certain f*® don . # he ? duty: tbe sacriflb * to become when Buckhurst Is taken, I s 8t,I * bUrn,a *' It may e pars and when it Is understood what use b ®«L?° d Bpare blm. *-> v • you have made of the semaphore.” , ™ ,ooked at me scorntol- She wlaoed, then straightened and ly ‘ ^ tbtak that w« are not fitted to mt her tMnriv or r. nn ma w«v M na. understand each other.” ”It remains,” I said, “tor me to thank you for yobr kinc your generosity to me'in my time of sold, simply. "Have 1 a dhance to need. ... It is quits i reach the Spanish frontier?” mo to dream of repaying it. "I think you have," I replied. "Kelly shall never forget It. ... I ask Eyre la going with you when—" leave to make my adleux, madame” “He? No, no, he must not! Does She flushed to her turn {lies, but did he know what I am? Did he offer to not answer, go?” she naked, Incredulously. I -Matfc.moi.elle. he taalaW !„ *• \ »‘ 0 « 5 «* h «. » .*7“ Without turning her heed ebe taid: ®"» P‘ lcbt ‘Hvough the win* "Doe. he know that ft may a»aa Ua dow lleWnd m0 * crta ™ ta * tbe death?” 1 J* 1 ®* 1 ®* over tee coHtag with an in- “Ho baa suffered worse for your JJ™ 1 raOianoj. At toe same lustaut aake*“ I nfd Mtterlr Iho gate outside crushed open, a huh* "Whatf she flashed out oonfronttng kl ' b 01 TOlcea »'"e> l ' d Into a roar; then me In an inetant. tl)0 outer 400r “ w « re flung haelt aad a “You must know that - I Mid— • cor ® ot msn •Pr' u >f lnt <> ‘he haUwuy, “three yearn of h<*-prte<m-utter f 0141 *” * ltb tbc , rad ‘V** 11 *** d “°- mini Do you dure deny you have <w ^ tarrelu and bayoueta. been ignorant of tht.r I And bafore them, revolyar ewloging For a .pace ehe stood there, atraok * ! *? d ® J"> d - J 4 '"™™ 1 - speeohleee; then. “Cull him!" she !‘.f??,.!“ h _ tle< !„ acr ^ a „ W _ , .!‘ r ® ,u “- M * cried. “Call him, I tell you! Bring him bore—I want him here—here ’be fore us both!” Byre, passing the long stone oorrl- 4or« &9fe94 up u 1 beckoned; and. the woman who rained you. Kelly, I must toll you tbe—well, something of the truth—as much as yon need know , . . now. My friend, she Is not worth It" "Do you think that makes any dif ference?” be said, harshly. "Let me Alone. Scarlett 1 kaowl • • • 1 know, I toll you I” "Do you mean to Ben me that you know she deliberately betrayed you!” pended. , 1 know it—I Ml you X know “And ... you love her?" . "Yee ” He dropped his haggard face bn hit wrap a moment then eat bolt nprlght. “Truth Is better then Hfe,” he sakt slowly. 1 wanted to sod It "Kelly: pther way to rhflt yoepr neck, and, l {think, a nabfey wur. Those to in this bouse a woman who*- rtblo risk—w<Jun > running a i Naan (pay the oomapOTt Huter of the re volt a man obUed’BudVtawat She la pn error. WltMb the a*ft Cwetftyfoor hours. I expect to SBa Bxokhnrvt a prisoner. And when that happens it jrm^go hAfd .wtih Jludsmala^te Elveo. jtor^h^Twitf tstnbn'fier^ +* . ; . . And yon know what that tneens; ... a blank wall, Kelly, jgnd a flrlogwqnad. There is but one sex for spies. She must le&rre tonight Polly. She must try‘to cross Into Spain. Will you help her?” , He nodded, striving to say “yea." I "You know your own risk!” j "Yes.” ' "Her company is death tor you both If you are taken.” He stood up very straight In what Strange forms (Dial OHAPTER XXL Like Her Ano&atora. . T leaned in the embrasure of the box thorn window, gating at my light ed lanterns, which dangled from tbe halyards at Solnt-Yseel. The soldier Holland had so fgr kept his word— |hree red lamps glimmered through a driving mist; the white lanterns hung above, faintly shining. Full in tbe firelight of the room set |hs young countess, lost In reverie, hands clasping the gut arms of her •hair. At bar feet dosed Ange Pi ton. "X am afraM a story I have to tell !c not gates to be very choorful,” I said, "and l am also afraid that I must ask you to listen to IL” She met my eyes with composure, leaned a Utile towhrd me,' aad waited. Aad so, sitting there in the tinted klaret I told her of the death of Dal- tnont aud of Tavernier, and of Buck- hang's share in the miserable work. “Madame, I am patahxg you,” l «ald; *but I am going to cause you even greater unhappiness.” “Tell me what is necessary,” ebe Said, forming tbe words with tightened Ups. “Then I must tell you that it is nec- teiarj for Mademoiselle Eiven to leave tfecaurt tonight.” * -Why!” . "It is bettsr that I do not teQ you. Speed anQJscquellxie came hurrying j i through the hall to where I stood; j j Buckhurst's smile was awful as his j . .■y” eyes flashed from Speed to ao. : ' — r.«-: -- - - j-.-'V:'' • Wh«v. Ann"M»re<ki_ { Behind him, dose to his shoulder, the part of Leila, i Xal«1ro (jn ^tTi | tbs torch-light fell on Mornac's smooth, Love Leash,” she* ma<iV ap har^nip, 1 false fao^, stretched bow into s fero- N to wear somethin^ nefr; and she jrot ' clous grimape; behind him crowded Toiret, the Paris ladils'* tailor,; "who the soldiers of the commune, rifles was then in New Yorlfc,, to'-design a slung, craning their unshaven faces costume* for her. He tuVhed'out sortie- Wonderful Blood Remedy That Works in the Tissues The Very latest Theory Ahooi How and Why the Bleed te Disordered. to catch a glimpse of us. thing in the minaret* tofm, which he "Buckhurat,” I raid, “what the devil called diablo. Having*, '{been named do you mean by this foolery!” gnd X Devil, it course,, in started tor him, shouldering my wfiy This is what Muss -Meredith among his grotesque escort ab ° ut clothes; .'; ; For MlMtaotl looked loto toW, 'Whsn^wss m Pans thia summer. I learned that the keynote of fftshion was quianCness or picturesqueness, and as* I find modern clothes unbe coming being ‘§m pld-fashioned (girl,’ delighted to-note that the smart ; then be silently motioned mo back; a dozen bayonets were leveled, forcing me to retire, Inch by inch. The' Countess do Vassart was al- ■2J? 8 *»• ^ . m ooratvMinrft. pj c ^ ureS q ue one. tol*here. is just the least degree of task, one may en- _ counter, for in striving, to be pictur- your purse. w 4 *txAte r ^3fctimatf -ritniai ge?,;ojE !.osing*one , s ^hdivtauality looking frumpy.’ , { ' “ “Miss Meredith says that- she be lieves that ci'ithes affect one’s feel ir.gs. Especially is this so on the stage where one is anxious to project one’s ego, to a critical ptfblic, in its most pleasing form. By this I do not mean to say that ono is not able to live above clothes, but they can be a great help or hindrance in characterizing a rple. 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Who maintain a very efficient Medical Department, where all who have any blood disorder of a fctub- born nature may write freely for advice. S. S. S. lg sold everywhere by all drug Physiology now dec lam what has all along been contended, by the Swift lab oratory that the germs of blood disorders End lodgment in the interstices of the tis. And herein Is where S. S. S. goes to work rapidly, effectively and with won derfully noticeable results. f This famous blood purifier contains medicinal component* Just ns vital ana essential to healthy blood as the nutritive elements of wheat, roast beef, and fate and the sugars that make up our daily ration. As a matter of fact there is one Ingre dient in S. S. S. which serves the active purpose of stimulating each cellular part of the body to the healthy and judicious selection of its own essential nutriment. That is why it regenerates the blood sup* ply; why it has your audience—they attract or repel. It is often difficult, however, to dress a part so that it will help tte brine out the.important points of the char acter, and at the sam etime suit your public, your manager, and more often “Tell me. It la mr right to know" ' "Not now; later. If you insist” i “This la AraadteL” aha muttered. | . . It t did not know you, . . . if X did not trust you so perfectly, * . . trust you with all my heart! h . . Oh, are you certain she must f » Crigbtena me; it is so strange 1 tore grown fond cf her. . . And taow you say tout she must go. I can- *ot understand—I cannot." "Wo, you cannot understand.” I re- boated, gently; "hut she cam It ia a serious matter tor Mademoiselle El- e ; it could not easily be more aeri- Xt la even perhaps a question of ( cussd of sheltering the Individual Seal* iONLY A FEW MORE DAYS lett, late inspector of iropsrlal police; the individual Speed, ea-taspeotor ot < . . ...... . | Imperial gendarme#; the Individual I ^ ^ xxi^ suepicion; th. j ~>«“*»»»■»-.i spy. As war delegate of the oom mune, X am here to accusel "1 socuso the woman Sylvia Elven of cotnmualaatlcu with Pruselau of attempted corruption Ha . Reloaded Hie Revolver. Monaleur,” ehe said, hkrahly, “why did you not come to that book stove?” He was elleut His faoe was answer enough—a terrible answer. "Monsieur Byre, apeak to mil Is it trus! Did they—did yon not know that g^^tera vn(lQr my command. I accuse I muU an error—toat I did (. on Mon. w. of aiding, enoemraging and abetting at the uaine that you had gone away -* « k *‘ | toeJ“^niM0t Fraocal" ^ «md bawd bu ^ W ** ted mntu Bbori, fierce yeB Care, he groaned, and bowed his ^ approTa j ^ <u«<l away. Then: "Call the soldier Holland!” he csid. My heart began to hammer In my REMAIN OF 35,000 VOTE OFFER IN PONY CONTEST head, onishiug bra hands over But % few mqrp days remain of the 35,000 extra veto offer in The Herald's pony outfit contest. -The offer will not be renewed and no offer as good made during- ehe contest. Therefore those who really want to win will get together before Saturday, November 1, every possible club of ’five yearly or ten six months subscriptions, each ^ ^ of which clubs witt*|8ec»re fqr. them ra«. she took, flora, toMtWto.itiStt. “I tolier, W. gotag“tirfl“Trith 35 009 exWs wtes.. Wltu terror <rafl «rlef to,- t ntotered to Speed. Tfc " 7 ” n<>t * ,pr U *^'J nIlT J *** | “Ltotai." he motioned, hot. Kelly. Tim ™ no bum to m, , H.t^ml to the wratetod ortotu* -i only-only naked tor th, toetche, RptUod whll, h, told whto hid hop. b<K*ioej-bec«..er-I cored tor yo«. I pe,,^ at tfc, ,. m ,pt, ora . “Feu toy h, tribed ywr uM Buckhurst, gently. "Yes; I've said it twenty timee, haven't IT" "And you took the bribes?" The wretch laughed outright "And you believe that you deserve weft of the commune?*' amlVte. Book j away. What kiqg'of it? Are you getting ahead of your competitors or are. you standing still while they forge ahead when the going is good? Tfie really active and industrious contestants, those who will succeed in what they undertake in business life, are mailing every hpur count in get ting up these dubs. Furthermore, they find it easy, as people are ready and willing to take The Herald or renew their subscriptions,. arid, there is no difficulty in assembling a big vote to those who will try. Are you one of these? have them now; no soul save myself haa ever seen them.” She raised her head and fumbled In her oorsage with shaking fingers, and draw from <her bosom a packet of pa in heaven’* name, help bpr, then!” •be said, scarcely controlling the alarm that brought a pitiful break In Mr voice. "1 am trying to," .! said. "And now I must commit Mademoiselle Elven. Will you help "What can isked, ptto- Jd*lLn& "Here are the sketches,” ebe sobbed; "they have cost you dear! Now leave me—hate me! Let them come and take me—I do not want, to live any more. Oh, what punishment on earth!” Her suffering was unendurable to the man who had suffered through her; be turned on me. quivering in every limb. . "We must start,” he said, hoarsely. “Give me your revolver." I drew it from my hip pocket sari passed it to him. Scarlett,” he begin, "If we don't A quick rapping at the door silenced him; tbe young countess stood In tbs hallway, bright-eyed, but oomposed, asking for me. ' - "The red and white lights are gone," she said. “There are flour green lights on the tower and flour blue light* on the halyards." I turned to Eyro. "This is interest ing.” I said, grimly. "I set signals for the-Vkiste-Laaoe to land In forok. fiQBflbcKfr jat ataaidfcSNte. YggAad I The soldier grinned and opened hie v month to answer, and Buckhurst shot ’best bldbd in Kentucky.* HOW TO IMPROFE LIVE STOCK. Shortly after, a nerw administraticn took hold of a wall-known Southern railroad a great number of claims -were preferred against tbe company on account of horses and cattle being killed along the > lims in Kentucky. To make matters •wgj-se, it appeared that every animal killed* however worthy less it may havft been before the ac cident, invariably figured in the claims subsequently presented being of the him through the face; and* as he fail, shot him again, standing #raathad la the smoks of his own weapons. ”1 think,” said Buckhurst. In a pleas antly persuasive voles, "that there will ha no mors bribery in this bsttaiftm.” the desk, bj He deliberately opened the smoking - have reached weapon; the spent shells dropped ana ln K Kent- ter one from the cylinder, «uaM> g oa stock- ^ One day, in conversation with one of the Toad’s attorneys. tEfe' president became very much excited in referring to the situation^ *‘Do you know,” he msmimm v mi m touching the dead man with Urn care fully polished toe of his shoe. "Be cause,” he added, reloading Ida ra> TgXflC. ”X do not Kke ItJ_ r - (To be continued Tomorrow.) my assev do that,'but rBdy.”—Balti- Uncle Sam doesn’t mind i a woman in it. .Wsjuld it not be pleasant and add much to the home pleasures to see your daughter seated at the piano and hear her. voice singing some of the church hymns or one of the new popular songs. You are missing much if you do not provide a piano for the family—much more than you think. 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