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_MM *m. mt ^‘It amir \lliis* 5 ■ v- ; r.^; h-<-'->;-<-- »«gqg Have The Kind You Always Bought. In Use for Over 30 Years. THE GHOST OF LOCHRAIN CASTLE A Thrilling Novel of Love, Intrigue, Tragedy and the Mystery of a Famous Diamond By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON, Author of “Tho Lightning Con* ductor," Etc., Etc. CHAPTER XIII. An Amatour Detective. yKumber 33 was a email and com* vnonpliire room, such its might have been given to n lady'* maid; and Kin- path reflected, when she hew It, that Mr. McGowan would not have offered It to her had she not been going to leave hie employ. Now, It did not matter to him whether she w an Mat lulled or not at Lochruln Castle; nhe would have to stay on through her fortnight; and then nome other girl would arrive to take her place, to be treated with all the klndneMH and consideration that had been herH at flrnt. But, after all. she said to herself. auch unimportant things mattered no more to her now than they d|d to Mr. McGowan. She was ho unhappy both for herself and for Lady Hilary Vane that little details of physical comfort were too Insignificant to be thought of twice. She was miserable because she was going to be turned out Into the world again, where she would be worse off than ever, because she had failed—or, If she had not really failed. It W'as the same as If Mho had. She was miser able because she knew that she had been foolish enough to fall deeply In love with a man aa far removed from her os tho sky Is from the earth— a man who thought of her. when he thought of her at nil, as a clever child In a different Hass from her own. poor llttlo creature to whom one must bo kind out of sheer pity for her lone liness. She was miserable because that man would perhaps marry Lady Lntn- hart, who was doing all she could to secure him, and who—If she succeeded Southern Express Company MONEY ORDERS THE BEST WAY TO REMIT MONEY. Require No Written Application. 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She was very sorry for Captain Oxford, whom she liked and admired, anil whoso cause she would have championed If she could. She was wretched In sym pathy with Lady Hilary, who would probably be forced Into accepting a man she did not love; and she feared much that her friend was still In dan ger from the secret plottings of two jealous women. As for the letter which Hilary had asked her to give Mr. Trowbridge, she had not handed It to him during their short conversation In the morning, and, when several hours had passed without her seeing him again, she had enclosed the letter In an explanatory note and returned It to Ludy Hilary. What had happened since—whether the note had been sent once more; whether the girl hail given her agswer by word of mouth Instead of writing, or whether the ques tion was still In abeyance. Klspeth did not know, for she had heard nothing. None of her regular work went on that day. except with Mr. McGowan for she was Informed by him that neither Mr. Kenrith nor Captain Ox ford would need her services, and she could not guess whether this were be cause of her disgrace or because the theft of Mr. Kenrlths Jewels had upset the ordinary routine. Later, when the time caine for her to go to Lady Ardcllffe, she was In formed that she would not he wanted that afternoon; therefore she would have been Idle during most of the day, had not Mr. McGowan had plenty of work to give her In the office to replace that which she usually undertook out side. Altogether, she whs In a strange state of mind—a state which she felt could not endure for long. Toward evening, us she tried to make the ugly new room look habitable, she decided thut she would pay a secret visit to the tower that night, and discover. If she could, ason for her banishment. She nothing of Lord Lochruln, and could not suppose that he had any con- tion with the myitertotll occur rences In the tower; Indeed he had not been In the hotel when they had taken place. But she believed that his desire to have the room was only an excuse to get her out of It. Perhaps It was really to he given to him, perhaps not. Perhaps it would not be occupied at all, at any rate imme diately: but of one thing Klspeth was obstinately certain. Something was to happen in that room, at all events In the tower, that very night, or she would not have been moved out so hur riedly. Klspeth did not even say to herself that, If nh# were right In her surmises. It was nothing to her. She had come to have the Idea—though but dimly and vaguely—that many mysteries were moving shadow-like about the hotel, and that all these dark shades were controlled by one hand, perhaps aided by others; that somehow there was a connection between all the gliding shadow s. Kenrith was concerned. If the motor ear accident were part of a plot. Cap tain Oxford was concerned; Lady Hil ary was concerned, and behind the veil which was Impenetrable still, Klspeth teemed to see Trowbridge and Countess Radepolskol. Maybe, after tonight that veil would not be Impenetrable, any case, the girl resolved to do her best, even If she risked much to And out what was on the other side. Klspeth remained In her room all the evening, as she had remained In the beautiful old one; hut she did not go to bed at the usual hour. She sat up, trying to read, and once In a while glancing at the stained and faded sketch of the boy in old-fashioned clothes, which she had brought uway from the other room, between the pages in a book of her own. The face was so like Captain Ox ford’s that she half Intended to show' It him some day, and though she did not wish and had no right to take it with her out of the house when she left Loehraln Castle, she had been disinclined to leave it in its old place. If she did so and the tower room tv as really occupied she could not get the sketch if she should make up her mind to let Captain Oxford see It. The guests of the Hydro, those who were there for pleasure as well as those who were there for health, went to bed early, und by midnight, unless there w ere'a dance or theatricals, the great house was quiet, the hall and drawing rooms deserted, even by the men. Kls peth knew this, and so when the half hour after midnight had well passed she opened her door and looked out. The dimly lighted corridor was silent as the grave. Kven the man who col lected the boots had come and gone and would not return till early morn ing. She tiptoed downstairs and was not disturbed by u sound. On the ground 1! x»r there w as a grandfather clock solemnly ticking and Its hands pointed to the quarter before 1. Kls peth told herself that she was safe now, She would meet nobody—unless some person wandering for as strange 1 reason as her own. To go from this part of the house t< the tower where Klspeth hail lived It was necessary to pass the doors of Mr. Kenrlth s and Captain Oxford’s rooms. They were In the same corridor. Just beyond which was the entrance to the ower; and their corridor could be hut off from a small, square hall (on which several private sitting rooms opened) by a heavy, sliding door. This door Klspeth had never seen closed, and so far as her knowledge extended. It never was closed by night >r by day, but now, to her astonish ment, It was shut. “It Is sure to squeak and wake omebody.” the girl thought ruefully, s she tried cautiously to push the oor back. • But for some time she tried in vain, and It was only wheh she dis covered an odd, old-fashioned catch, which held the latch down as she strove to turn the handle, that she was able to open the door. “Supposing anyone on the other side had wanted to come through.” she said to herself, "he could not have got out of the corridor this way.” And then the thought sprang Into her mind that the closed and'locked door was per haps part of the mystery she was hop ing to unravel. The idea frightened her, as It made the plot—whatever It was-r-appear so elaborate and so formidable, she felt that the elm idatlon might prove to be beyond her powers, or that she might be destroyed In the attempt she wo* about to make. Still, she persevered* and alowly pushed back the sliding door which, sc far from squeaking,* glided so smoothly along Its groove that Klspeth wonder ed If It had not been lately oiled. As the door slid back a wave of acrid smoke rushed out Into the girl's face. She could see no light In the corridor, except a dim yellow' gleam faintly vis ible through a thick brown smoke cloud. Instantly the tears started to her smarting eyes, and she kept herself (torn coughing only by covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. “Something on Are here,” sne said to herself, und with a start of terror, her thoughts turned to Mr. Kenrith. Ills room was In the corridor. What If It should be burning while he slept? What If the same person who had sto len his jewels wished him now’ to die by Are? Her eyes and lungs stinging with the acrid smoke, Klsretn felt her way dowr the corridor, and was about to stop before a red light glimmering through the keyhole of the door opposite. “Cantaln Oxford’s room!” the girl gasped. “It’s on Are.” For a few seconds she lost her pres ence of mind, and ran to the door of the tower, not knowing what she did. But the fact that this door was locked, ay the other had been, recalled Klspeth t« herself. Never had It been locked before; never had It even been shut. It could not be that both these doors were closed tonight by accident; that this was a mere rotncidence. No; they had been locked for a purpose, to pre vent the escape of someone whose room opened on the corridor. The per son who had kindled that red light had Watch the Candidates They will ALL use this label on their printing. If it is a good vote getter, it is also a good business-getter. Try it. Atlanta Typographical Union, 620 Candler Building P. O. 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All these thoughts flashed through the girl’s brain In the fraction of a mo. ment. W'hlch carried her back from the tower door to the door behind which the red light dickered. There, she bent upon the panel, shrieking "Fire, nre!” and crying Captain Oxford's name. No sound came In answer, though again and again Glspeth rained blows on the heavy oak; and she turned to Kenrlth’a door on the opposite side of the hall. There was no red light there, and Kenrith was not In the deadly peril which threatened hls friend, but If she could wake him he would be safe from danger afterward, and would help I her rouse Captain Oxford. ' With all her force she struck upon the door, calling "Mr. Kenrith—Mr. KenrHh!" But there was no movement, no re ply. K’Have they been murdered already?" ehe asked herself, trembling with hor ror now. "No. It can’t be. Tho heavy smoke of the Are has drugged them. I must And the night tvatchman and get him to break the doors tn. It’s a won der he or some one else hasn't heard e before." She turned to run toward the door which led Into the gnat hall when she was seized round the waist from be hind and at the same time a hand wan pressed over her mouth. She felt thet she had been lifted off her feet, and that she was being borne away, away toward the corridor In the direction of the tower. Awnings For stores, Ofllces, Residences, Public Buildings, etc, manu factured and put up. JU1 work guaranteed 'Lowest prices. Phone or write for estimates. J.M, HIGHGO. Atlanta* Ga* CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAIL WAV; Arrive From— J Depart To— Savannah .... 6.60 ami Macon MP® Jacksonville.. 7.60am)Macon fjX*! Macon 11.40 aSMacon ......... J-gg Macon 4.16 pm]Jacksonville. • ■ J JJ g Macon 110 pmtSivannoh 9Ag” TEETH EXTRACT6 hE n 5wwm“""- There could be no doubt that c hand which pressed her lips " a * she hand of the would-be murderer. » had Interfered with the success?'“ work and ehe was to be removed I* haps from the world. 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