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“The Gates of Silence”
A STORY OF LOVE. MYSTERY AND HATE. WITH A THRILLING POR
TRAYAL OF LIFE BEHIND PRISON BARS.
TODA Y S IN ST A LLM E XT.
“That would be very heroic, doubtless
—hut why? < Hi. yes, 1 know: tn clear
two bum .wk r»-=-'St m believing inno
cent. But one question, Miss Betty: The
welfare of these two men -one of them
a very great scoundrel, by the way—is it
dearer to you than the good name of your
sister Edith and all that is bound up in
that good name?”
A Confession.
She made an effort to speak, but the
words raveled off into silence. Paul Saxe
took her hand and she let it He unre
sistingly in his.
“Miss Betty—ls we are to be friends—
allies —if I am to help you to aid those
who are dear to you you must be frank
with me. .you must give me your confi
dence. I happen to know the reason that
drove you to the unconventional step of
coming to me at Tempest street that
night.”
Indignation gave Betty voice. Knowing
her need and her sister s need; this man
had refused to give the money lie had
actually projpiesd!
"Ves: because— forgive me J mis
judged you? I did not know then what 1
know* now 1 had no idea how imperative
your need was till 1 saw to what you
stooped.”
“To what I stooped?”' The words forced
themselves from her white lips: there was
something’ so sinister under the almost
purring caress of his voice
Saxe looked at her intently.
“Fate played you strange tricks in that
eerie old house of the hundred clocks.
Miss Betty,” he said. "It gave your se
cret into my hands. What have you done
with the ruby you stole from Fitzstephen.
Where is the genuine Lake of Blood. Miss
Betty?"
“The Lake of Blood!" It seemed to her
that some paralysis of terror had bereft
her of all power of speech save a repeti
tion of his words. “I know nothing of it
—nothing —nothing."
She gave a little, half-impatient sigh.
“Miss Betty, is this amazing partial fail
ure of your memory real or a pose? Are
you trying to bluff me? He bent forward,
looking Into her eyes. “I can't believe
that It Is. any more than I can fall to
believe the evidence of my own senses
when I saw you slip the stone you had
taken from Fitzstephen from the table in
that room where an old man lay dead
and slip it into your bag. I can describe
the bag to you minutely—just about so
large." be made a movement with his
hands—"violet morocco, with your charm
ing name across its corner in shining let
ters. Where Is that bag. Miss Betty?”
it seemed to the girl that there was al
most a challenge in the question.
The remembrance of where slid hard last
seen that bag -seen it empty in -lack
Rimington's 4iand last night bi the river,
recurred tn her now. fraught with a
presage of impending evil. Had she done
this thing of which this man accused her?
In this new world to wldch she had awak
ened all things seemed possible.
“Where is that hag?” Saxe repeated.
• It seemed to her that the world stood
still, waiting for her answer, an this man
waited, his eyes fixed mercilessly in her
face. , ■ ..
"I--I do not know." she said.
Still for a •fhotnent Saxe continued to
stare at her. Then he turned awaj
"I do." he said. *
Once again there was silence in Hie
room for a moment; then Saxe turned to
the girl.
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“Miss Betty, forgive me,” he said. “Let
us have an end of this fencing; lei me
be quite candid with you. I do know
where that vanity bag is: where the po
lice will find it, worse luck—’n Mr. Rim
ington’s possession. But T know more
where Rinington put the jewel that you
entrusted to his keeping.'
“That I entrusted? What fin you mean?”
There was almost an appeal for mercy
in Betty’s startled tone. Saxe made a
gesture of his eloquent bands as though
he repudiated it.
“I Can Save You.”
“In plain .English, Miss Betty. I mean
that you, like, the foolish, maddened girl
you were, probably hardly knowing what
you did. like many another before you.
yielded to an impulse of your necessity
and stole a beautiful jewel—a world-fa
mous jewel that could never impossi
profit you because of-the sheer impossi
bility of ever getting rid of it. Riming
ton. to whom you gave the stone, realiz
ing the danger you ran. the uncomfort
able notoriety of rhe stone, was guilty of
an action almost Idiotic as your theft
instead of comfortably leaving the ruby
behind him jn the house in Tempest
street, he carried it off. and the next
morning, in melodramatic fashion, flung It
into the Thames.”
Saxe broke off impatiently and crossed
the room to her side.
“Do you understand what his action
meant?” demanded, almost peremptor
ily. “There is no need to go into tech
nical details and mouth long phrases
about the compounding of felonies and
the like. It simply means that the fact
of his disposal of the stone being known
for good or ill. you and he stand to
gethf.. If you go to the police, as you
foolishly suggest going, you simply place
yourself under an inquisition which not
to mention the scandal such an action
would create, the ruin it would mean to
your sister and yourself will very speed
ily draw sufficient evidence from you m
incriminate your lover.”
“Why do you say this to me?” the girl
broke out wildly, almost as though the
words had been drawn from her in spite
of herself by the look In his strange eyes.
“Because I v/ant you to understand this.
Miss Betty—that I can save you by a
word —that • can hang him by a word. I.
who know just what happened in Tempest
street that night in those fifteen minutes
before Rimington entered the house —In
those appalling five minutes after the
lights went out in that room of death —can
strikeor forbear to strike —at a price.”
“Ves?” The whispered word was a
question, not an affirmation. Saxe saw
that Belly's face, white before, was ashen
now. that her lips trembled.
“You came today to ask for m\ help.
Betty.” he said, and there was something
in his tone that hurt her as an undesired
caress wobid have hurt her. “I am will
ing to give it but you must pay for It.
Already you are in my debt, you and your
sister more deeply than you guess. She
hasn't spoken to you of the hush-money
she received the morning after you re
turned home? If I keep my promise if
I save this man who is arrested to
day as only I ran save him I shall require
my quid pro quo. I do not pretend to
be a philanthropist You're not a child.
Betty; \nu must know what it is.”
He bent, his face toward her. and the
girl recoiled with a little cry of disgust.
k Saxe gave a short laugh.
“I must want you for my wife very
, badly, Betty, to withhold my hand after
the insult that your eyes have flung at
nip every moment you have been in this
room." he said. But I do need you
need you so badly that I must proffer a
further argument still."
He leaned toward her and whispered a
sentence in her ear.
Betty drew back with a sharp cry. her
white, appalled face quivering.
Once or twice her colorless lips moved,
but no sound issued from them Then -
"if you complete your bargain, if you
do what you say.” she said, hoarsely. "I
will pay your price."
Her voice broke, she bowed her head
on her bands and hurst into a tempest of
tea rs.
The Yawning of the Gates.
As the man spoke it seemed to Riming
ton that a little petrified silence fell over
the crowd at the bustling station, ahum
at this midday hour with all the gay life
of the holiday season, .hist as though it
were no scene in real life, hut only a pic
torial representation <>n a scale as vast
as- Frith’s “Derby Day." animation
seemed suspended. The porters paused
in their labor <»f wheeling laden trolleys:
the women in their charming summer
finery stood about the bookstall, papers
poised in their gloved hands, or in the
act of chatting to each other. < >ne beau
tiful girl, who had evidently just greeted
a lover, stood with the glad smile nf her
w elcome frozen on. her piquant face
The feeling was horrible, appalling
such as might be experienced by a person
held prisoner by some epileptic trance.
The detective, seeing the fixed look in
his companion’s eyes, repealed his state
ment in an elaborated form, his watchful
gaze ready for the slightest movement of
Rimington’s hand towards pocket or lip.
Continued Tomorrow.
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$ The Making of a Pretty Girl
Her Hair, and How to Mate It a Joy Forever
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By MARGARET HUBBARD AVER.
T A " so ashamed of my hair."
I writes one of .my correspond
ents. "All the family hate beau
tiful hair, but I only have a few strag
gling locks of a nondescript color. Will
you please tell me what I can do to
make my hair grow and to change the
color of it ?"
Be sure, my dear girl, that I am not
going, to tell you anything that will
change the color of your hair, be
cause this is the sad fate of the girl I
who was just about as you must be, i
with a small handful of brown hair
that went well with a pair of beautiful
brown eyes. But, alas, the brown hair
didn’t suit the young lady, so site de
cided one day that she would give it a
little life. To "liven the hair up is one
of those nice ways people have of say -
ing that they are not dyeing their hair.
So my little brown girl applied some
henna to her hair and went and sat nut
in the sun until it dried.
Henna is a red paste made of pow
dered henna leaves and water, and is
guaranteed to turn the hair reddish,
then red. then redder and finally pur
ple. and other gay and festive colors.
That is the unfortunate part about
livening up the color of your hair. You
never know quite where you are going
to end.
My little brown giri was as pleased
as Punch to see the reddish glint in her
brown hair, and many of us were fool
ish enough not to realize that she had
touched It up; so we said: "How nice
your hair looks!”
Delighted with the result, she went
and applied more henna, and eat out in
the sun again.
A Prismatic Effect.
I emphasized the fact that she sat in
the sun. because that quickened the
process. Soon her hair was a brilliant
red. and as she struggled to lighten up
the dark roots and ends of the hair
somewhere near the same color. she
was tempted to try a quicker method
and to use peroxide.
Well, in a very short while she went
through all the colors of the rainbow,
ending up with distinctly purple locks
streaked with a slightly greenish tinge.
Now. the little brown girl was very
clever. and when she saw what she had
done she frankly said: "I have made a
fool of myself; I dyed my hair. I will
never do it again."
Os iours>». every one knew she bad
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN * By Beatrice Fairfax I
IT IS POSSIBLE.
Iteai Miss Fairfax
If h young lady really and truly loves i
a young man will she be jealous of him
and accuse him of going to sec other
girls, w hen she has never seen him v, it h
any'’ "111 she also believe rumor."
about him going with, other girls when .
she hears them .' I '. (
Jealousy always attends on love. ,
Some claim that where jealousy does ;
not exist there Is no love. It doesn't
indicate perfect faith, but that, most
desired of all sentiments i“ also one of
the rarest. The giri undoubtedly loves
you. but her love is of such an exact
ing. suspicious nature that a future
with het as your wife is not at all
prontl“lng At least you know what
quality you till find In control when
am- la y out wife Ii - o.i p-,. JiiokitUi al
fixed her hair, but 1 have met only two
women in my whole life who admitted
they diil; so I think she dcservi s praiao.
After months of work, the hair eventu
ally was restored lo its original color.
The restoration might have been helped
with more dyes, but the hair was in
bad condition, anyhow, and it was
eventually decided to cut off the great
er part of it and wait patiently until it
grew out its natural brown color.
Paring the hair dyeing process my
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A woman's glory—her hair.
little girl had been a sou ice of real
humiliation to her family and her hair
had been an eyesore to all who looked
at her. because she had the clear, olive
complexion that went with her own
color of hair. and. of course, once the
scarlet leeks appeared she had to paint
and powder in order to overcome this
ghastly looking complexion.
The minute you do anything to your
hair to change the color of it you have
to aid your complexion, which was in
tended to go with the original color.
That is why the girl with dyed hah
never looks quite respectable.
Hair that Is touched up is never
healthy, and the bleached or henna
tresses become very dry and brittle,
love their natural wave and the gloss,
which is the chief attraction of healthy
halr.
Don’t Touch It.
If my < ortespondent wants better
ami healthier hair she must discard
the idea, of touching It up. There is
only one thing in tin- world to lighten
up hair naturally, and that is sunlight
and fresh air. Go about just as mm i,
as you can with your hair loosened
and flowing after you have wash d
your h.:, be sure and dry it In the sun
and nev wash your halt on a cloudy
day. : s the difference in color will be
perceptible.
Girls with drab hair should be very
careful about keeping it clean, and al;
lite diub shades should be washed
much oftener than the deeper colors. If
you are subjected to much dustduring
the course of the day In your home
work or in business, shampoo the head
once a week in summer time, and about
once in two weeks In winter time A
good shampoo is made of small pieces
of toilet rasp that are left from the
big i tik' ami that are >o haul to us>
her side of the question, you hive,
shaken her faith in you by some fool- I
is h act. Ho ~ a bon t tha t ?
MOST CERTAINLY NOT
Dear MBs Fairfax
1 am R'Vntei li mil have -ie>m keep
ing company with a young lady of six
teen. who -coms to think a great deal
of me, and I return her affections, <»ur
people, however, • erm to think we are
too young to marry, but as we are
deeply In love with each other my
sweetheart lias proposed eloping Do
you think a ■. ming married ■ ~upl ■ > -ould
live happilv "fl V ala week"
A TH<'l' Itl.l'J* I.OVI Jt
Tills i< mil the day of miracles You
i,m m>t live, happily if oimiwie., on
$, 511 h wei k III,—, dms If ion li.id
mmo money I would still urgi aintinst
iiuiiiiiigv lnimri- >d )i>u, youth.
up. Keep them in a little box or bag
until you have a good quantity, then
boil them up in about four times the
quantity of water, add a little borax or
soda. When the >oap and water cools i
it will form a jelly, anti this can be
kept in preserving Jars almost indeti
nitelx tor use in the weekly shampoo.
Where the hair is very heavy, braid
it in two braids before shampooing.
Rub the soap very thoroughly in tile
scalp, and rinse in a gieat many
waters. The rinsing is almost more
' important than the lathering. The gill
with weak hair should try to get some
• one to give her a good scalp massage
at least once a week, and twice a week
if possible. Os course, the health of
the hair depends very largely on the
general state of health. If your sys
tem is not in order, if your stomach
■ is up-et. your liver sluggish, or you
. are overworked, worrying and anxious,
the hair will reflect these conditions
almost immediately. It will lose color
and vitality first and will flatten out
and mat together. Then it will begin
to fall out and all the tonics In the
world won't tie of any use until the
circulation In the scalp is restored to
its normal condition
Massage Good.
A good masseuse will manipulate the
scalp, moving the skin of the scalp, but
. not rubbing the hair. The Angers must
I be pressed deep Into the flesh, and the
. scalp must lie made to move beneath
! them. The pores of the scalp become
clogged, just as do the pores of the
face and back, and these pores must
, bo emptied before the natural secre-
tions can nourish the hair again Ono
can do a great dea: for one's self in
the way of scalp massage, but It is
, really bettor, if possible, to spend a
litth extra money and have this done
by a thoroughly competent person.
Now that we are in the midst of lhe
bathing season, I want to warn all you
girls against the promiscuous use ,»f
bush and combs in dressing rooms.
Selap dßcasos of all kinds are trans
mitted in this way. I know that the
’ dainty and fastidious girl only takes
■mb .i comb thoughtb ssly and becaus
she doesn't know wliat else to use. The
same warning applies to combs in any
public place, ami it can not bo insisted
on too strongly.
GIVE HIM A CHANCE.
' Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am eighteen and have been keep
ing company with a young man about
.1 year. He is engaged in work that
makes It Impossible for him Io See me
in the evening. However, he lias ar
ranged several times to see me In the
ifte'noon and has disappointed me.
without even sending a postal card
telling the reason. Do you think he is
worth consideration .’ M. It
If business detained him. his failure
(n keep his engaged.ruts is not to his
I’fsi-iidlt. So many young men think
mor, of <oi i.il engagements than duly
to buslne.'o life ihat it is really to bls
' ri'lll. Gi\e him a i hanee io explain,
aid so long as it is not <ome other
girl don't In too exact U'K.
* Hunting a Husband *
NO . 13— MAYNARD'S MAGNETISM AND KINDNESS FORCE THE WIDOW
TO FORGIVE HIM IN SPITE OF HER VOWS
By VIRGINIA T. VAN DE WATER.
AT the maid's announcement of
her unexpected guest, Beatrice
set dow n her cup and flashe i a
startled glance at Helen. Mrs. Robbins
was a trifle disconcerted and flushed,
but Beatrice thought that an expres
sion of triumphant self-righteousness
flickered around her Ups as she raised
her brows in answer to the appeal in
the widow's eyes.
It is hard for any of us to bear dis
comfiture in the presence of an unsym
pathetic witness. Beatrice felt in in r
heart that Robert's champion was se
cretly enjoying the embai assing cli
max to rhe retent discussion, and a
sudden wave of anger swept away the
guilty terror she had felt when Rob
ert's name was mentioned by tne maid.
The knowledge that Helen would revel
in h>r confusion steeled her determi
nation and cleared her brain. It was
with a calm voice and inanne: that she
said to the waiting servant, "Show Mr.
.Maynard in! "
Even Helen, with her p’ejudice.s. was
forced to admit to itei'self that Beat
rice's manner was that of the perfect
hostess as she rose to greet her guest.
“A very pleasant surp ise!” she ex
claimed cordially when .Maynard en
tered Hie drawing room. "Helen and I
were just talking of y<m when you were
a nnouni ed."
"Ves'.'” queried the man. jestingly, as
he turned to greet Ills fellow gue.t.
"Speak of the devil and you're sure to
see him. eh? While I. out in rhe hall,
was thinking of angels and heard their
voices."
“You "ill have some tea. of course?''
suggested Beatrice, touching the tiny
Chinese gong on the little table at her
side.
“None if you please." tite man an
swered. “My lunch was late today, and
what little appetite this first hot weath
er left me was taken away by that re
past.”
The maid entered, and at a word
from her mistress removed the tea tray
: and table, w hile the t’io. s’ettling them
selves in their citaii s. chatted lightly of
impersonal things until tire sinking sun
warned Helen that it was time for her
to leave. Yet. Incredible as it may
seem to on° who Is not an Impression
able woman, In that quarter of an hour
Robert Maynard's manner Ita.l done
much to cool Beatrice's indignation
against him.
He possessed to a great degree that
wholly indefinite something which we
call magnetism. Weeks ago Beatrice
had heard Helen say that one could be
angry at Robert Maynard, but nevet
angry with him. Site remembered that
now a.’ she found herself laughing
spontaneously at hi* clever nonsense
which was combined with a natural
gayety that was almost childlike. He
rose to his feet as Helen got up to
leave, and announced In spite of her
protests, his intention of a'ccompanying
l, pr as fa- ns her car. But before ho
left lie murmured to Beatrice. "I m
coming back—may I?" And she smiled
her assent.
She waited until the nimble of the
elevator signalled their descent, and
then hurried Into he 1 room, whete she
quickly exchanged her .easy and rather
homelv house slippers for a dainty pair
of satin pumps, and slipped upon her
wrist a bangle which Robert had ad
mired the day nf their drive together
[f the recoHectlon of .this . . Incident
brought the disagreeable ending of the
excursion more clearly to her mind, she
quickly consigned: the unsavory, mem
ory to obscurity.
He was merely a friend, she insisted
to herself, scarcely more than a pleas
ant acquaintance. despite Helen's
match-making ideas, and If lie was
calling on her In that capacity. It was
her duty as a hostess to make his visit
as pleasant and agreeable as she could.
If. when she looked Into the glass, she
saw that her cheeks were more flushed
and her eyes brighter than the advent
of a chance caller would justify, she
felt only a thrill of satisfaction at her
appearance and did not attempt ro
analyze her excitement
Maynard returned sooner than she
had expected and she had scarcely
time to seat herself and open a book
as If she had been reading ever since
his departure before the portieres
parted and he again entered the room.
"1 was a long time getting hack. I
know." he said ruefully. "But it really
wa«n't my fault. Those Infernal street
cars never come when one Is in a
hurry.”
“But you weren't gone long." an
swered Beatrice. "I call that a very
short time indeed.”
“Perhaps,” he admitted as he drew
up a chair. "Bur I was living in an
ticipation. you see and you were not.”
"What an arbitrary way you have
of declaring what one's thoughts have
been." laughed the widow. "Are you
always certain of every person's feel
ings”"
■‘No,” he responded slowly and with
out a smile. "I am only sure of my
own.”
His tone held a significance which
his words did not warrant, and Bea
trice flushed under his steady gaze.
"Even at that you are a very for
tunate person” she forced herself to
say lightly.
"I hope to be.” he answered “nig
matfcally.
There was a brief silence which the
man was the first to break.
"Mrs Minor.” he said abruptly, as
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though spurred by a sudden resolution-:
■ I hope you did not wltoliy believe
whatever it was that Mrs. Robbins was
saying io you this afternoon about
tne."
"Whit Helen was saying?" queried
Beatrice, puzzled.
“She is a good woman,” wezit on-
Maynard, "but she has queer, strict
ideas w hich lead her at times to say .
more than she -means or has a right
to say. I heard her mention my name :
when I came in today, and. although
1 did not intend to listen. I also heard ,
Iter say something relative to hard
drinking. I know her well, and, in
spite of her New England conscience.
I am fond of her. Yet I ask you to
judge by facts hereafter rather than
by her statements."
"But how." asked Beatrice, faintly. .
"did you know that it was Helen who
was speaking?"
"I noted who looked embarrasseed
when I came tn." said Maynard, smil
ing.
Confession hovered on Beatrice's . ,
lips, but was checked by. the rpetpory
of Helen Robbins's superior I-told-you
so smile when Maynard was an- ’
nounced.
“I honestly did not catch exactlv
what she said." Maynard admitted, "but, .
please don't believe it too entirety. I
scarcely think you did. anyway.”
"No.” responded Beatrice, verbally
truthful. “I didn't."
"I value your good opinion.” Robert
said, gently, “more than I dare hope .
you appreciate.
But at- this Juncture the maid burst
into the- reom. holding Beatrice's small ”
son by tjie.arm.
'Please, ma'am!" she gasped. “Mas- .
ter Jaclc lias cut his hand something
dreadful! What shall I do?"
The sight of- the pale, little boy and
the crimson • blood turned Beatrice'
faint. It was .Maynard who grasped' 1
the child and wrapped around the gash,
the cloth the bewildered servant hejd,
out to him: it was he who telephoned
for the doctor and calmed the fright
ened mother and the sobbing child.
When the physician had arrived and
order had been restored Mayndrd tact
fully took his departure, reminding
Beatrice of his desire to be of service
at any time she or tiie lari might need
a man's help. .
An hour later a long bo.v came to
tiie widow. She opene'd it and gasped
at the pale glory of the orchids that
filled it. tin top of them lay a card.
“Can I come day after tomorrow
night to finish our talk?” ran the
message. "Best wishes for the boy's
comfort. R. M."
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