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THE GEOTCrIAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE “Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green | .4 Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times (Copyright, 1911. Street & Smith ) (Copyright, 1911. by Dodd, Mead ,v Co.) TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. "We will do what we can But you must understand that the matter is not a simple one That, in fact, it <nntains mysteries which demand police investigation We do not dare to trifle with an> of the facts. The inspector, and. if not he. the coroner, will have to be told about these letters and will probablx ask to see them “They are the letters < f a gentieman." “With one exception “Yes. that is understood " Then in a sudden heat and with an almost sublime trust in his daughter notwithstanding the duplicity he had just discovered: "Nothing —not the story told by letters, or the sight of that sturdy pa:>er-< uttpc with its long • and very slender bladt will make me be lieve hat she v illii.g; k h*r nun life. You do not kr<»w. can not know. th' rare delicacy of her nature She was a lady through arid through if she had rnedita ted death -if the breach -uggested by the one letter I have mentioned, should have so preyed upon her -p r as to ’p;. her to break her <ud !;■ 's heart -nd « u s - « rag* the- feeilngs of al! who knew her. she could n»»t. I)**;!;;: th** woman she was. choose a public place for such an act a hotel writing i »m n face of a lobby full nf hurrying nun it v. « out of nature. 1 Every one w ho knov. s Lor will tell you so. | The deed vu* 4 n : ■.•• de- incredible but St II ;• . u < i<ir! ' Mr. Gryce had respect for thia outburst. Making no attempt •» u»*r it. he sug gested, with som h» .in’ -n that Miss <’h<;ilort-r had been sp» n writing a letter prev ous to taking th-;-, fatal .;?cp« from the desk w’uru ended so trag:• all'. Was | this letter to on of her ladx ’r’on<l~. a> I repotted, and was it far from suggest ing ih< a vful tradegx which followed, as! hr ’rui en told" "It was a cheerful letter. Such a one! «he often wrote to her Lille protegees here and there I judge that this was | written to some girl like that, for the per- , son addressed was not known to her maid, any more than she was to me. 1’ ex pre sf.l an affectionate interest, and it breathed encourr gemen : encouragement I ( find She meditating her «>wn death at the j moment’ Impossible* That letter should) exonerate her if nothing else does." Mr. Gryce recalled the incongruities. ; the inconsistencies and even the surprising : contradictions which had often marked • the conduct of men ami women, in his lengthy’ experience with the strange, lhe sudden, and the tragic things of life, and ■lightly shook his I♦ ol Ik pitied Mr. | Chailoner, and admired even more his | courage in face of the appalling grief which had overwhelmed him, but he dared i not encourage a false hope 'rhe girl had 1 killed herself ami w ith this weapon They might not l»e able to prove it. but it was nevertheless true, and this broken old man would some day be obliged to ac knowledge it. But the detective said nothing of this, and was very patient with the further arguments the other advanced to prove his point and the lofty character of the girl, to whom, misled by appear ance. the police seemed inclined to attrib ute the awful sin of self-destrurtion. But when, the topic exhausted. Mr Chailoner rose to leave the room, Mr. Gryci slowed where his own thoughts still centered by asking him the dale of the correspondence discovered between his daughter ami her unknown admirer Tears Wont Help The Gray Hairs But thn proper <are and treat ment will And right now, when the first few white threads are beginning to glis ten. is the time for action. Stop pulling out the gray hans or you will make your self white-headeii. Your hair is losing vitality. USE Robinnaire Hair Dye No. it isn’t a vulgar bleach or artificial coloring. It is a re storative that sitnplv renews the natural color and life and luster of the li.ili, and makes it soft and beautiful. Non-. Micky, and d'*s not stain skin or s< alp. 'PRY IT. Your hair needs it. .pared for lignt, medium and dark brown and black hair. Tria! j»ize . postpaid 30c, large size 75c. b\ mail 90c, Pure and harmless FOR SALE BY All Jacobs' Stores AND DRUGGISTS GENERALLY. Low Summer Excursion Rates CINCINNATI. SI 9.50 LOUISVILLE, SIB.OO CHICAGO. - $30.00 KNOXVILLE - $7.90 I Tickets on Sale Daily, (iood : to October 31st, Returning ’ City Ticket Office,4 Peachtree "Some of these letters were da’ed last summer, some this fall. The one you are most anxious to hear about only a month i back." he added, with unconquerable de- j votion to what he considered his duty. » Mr Gryce would like to have carried his Inquiries further, but desisted. His heart was full of compass.on for this childless old man. doomed to have his choicest memories disturbed by cruel doubts which possibly would never be removed to his own complete satisfaction. But when he was gone, and Sweetwa- • ter had returned. Mr. Gryce made It his ; flrst duty to rommuniea’p to his superiors the hitherto unsuspetced fact of a secret romance In Miss Challoner’h seemingly calm and well guarded life. She had loved and been loved by one of whom her fam ily knew nothing And the two had quar reled. as certain letters lately found could l»e made to show. The Letters. Before h table strewn with papers, in the room we have already mentioned as given over to the use of the police, sat Dr Heath in a mood too thoughtful to noUce the entrance of Mr Gryce and Sweetwater from the dining room where i they had been having dinner. However as the former’s tread was] [somewhat lumbering, the coroners atten- ; tion was caught before they had quite 'Tossed the room, and Sweetwater, wit his quick eye, noted how his arm and . hand immediately fell so as to cover jjp a portion of the papers lying nearest to him. Well, Gryce, this is a dark case/' he [observed, as at his bidding the two de- * tect.vo? too., their :ua:s. Mr Gryce nodded, so did Sweetv.atoj. “The darkest that has ever come to my knowledge." pursued the coroner. Mr. Gryce again nodded; but not* so. j . Sweetwater. For some reason this Him-, pie expression of opinion seemed to have 1 given him a mental start. She was not shot. She was not struck I by any other hand: yet she lies dead from | a mortal wound In the breast. Though |th<-re is no tangible proof of her having , Inflicted this wound upon herself, the jury I will have no alternative. I fear, than to i pronounce the cr.se one of suicide." "I m sort’ that I’ve been able to do so little, ’ remarked Mr. Gryce. The coroner darted him a quick look. • Aou are not satisfied? You have some i [different Idea?" he asked. lhe detective frowned at his hands I crossed over the top of his cane, then' shaking his head, replied: "'rhe verdict you mention is the only natural one, of course. I see that you have been talking with Miss Chailoner’s former maid?" B’S. ami she has settled an Important point foi us 'lT.ere was a possibility, of course, that the paper cutter which you brought to my notice had never gone with her into the mezzanine That she. or some other person, had dropped it In passing through the lobby. But this girl assures me that her mistress did not en ter the lobby that night. That she ac- i companied her down in the elevator, and ‘ sau her stop off at the mezzanine. She ; •an also swear that the cutter wa« in a i book she tarried the hook we found lying ! on the desk. The girl remembers dis- j tinctly seeing its peculiarly chased handle I projecting from its pages Could any- I thing be more satisfactory if 1 was going to say. if the young lady had been of the Impulsive type and the provocation great er But Miss Chailoner’s nature w r as calm, and were it not for these letters’’ here his arm shifted a little shotjjd not bo so sure of my jury’s future verdict. Ix)ve‘ he went on. after a moment of si lent consideration of a letter he had chosen from those before him "disturbs the most equable natures. When, it en ters as a factor, we can expect any thing as you knot* And Miss Challoner evi dently was much attached to her corre spondent. and naturally felt the reproach conveyed in these lines." And Dr Heath read: "Dear Miss Challoner: «mly a man of small spirit could endure what I en dured from y ou the other day Ijove such as mine would be respectable in a dod hoper. apd I think that even you will acknowledge that I stand somewhat high er than that Though I was silent un der your disapprobation, you shall yet have your answer It will not lack point because of its necessary delay." ’ A threat’" 'fhe wot ds sprang from Sweetwater, and were evidently involuntary Dr. Heath paid no notice, but Mr Gryce, in shifting his hands on his cane top. gave them a sidelon.'s look which was not with out a hint of fresh Interest In a ease con cerning which he had believed himself to have said his last word "It Is the only letter of them all which conveys anything like a reproach." pro ceeded the coronet "The test are ardent enough and, I must acknowledge that, so far as 1 have allowed myself to look into them, sufficiently respectful. Her sur prise must consequently have been great at receiving these lines, and her resent ment equally so If the two met after wards But 1 have not shown you the signature To lhe p<x»r father it con vey rd nothing some facts have been kept from him but to us— ’’ Here he whirled the letter about so that Sweetwater, at least, could see the name, "It conveys a hope that we may yet understand Miss < ’halloner." ’Brotberson’ ’ exclaimed the young de i tective In loud surprise. "Brotherson! The man who "The man who left this building just before or simultaneously with the alarm paused by Sliss Chailoner’s fall. It clears .away some of the clouds befogging us ! She probably caught sight of him in the lobby. and in the passion of the moment forgot her usual instincts and drove the 1 sharp-pointed weapon Into her heart." "Brotherson*" The word came softly now and with a thoughtful intonation. 1 He saw her die.’ To Be Continued in Next Issue. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought TETTERINE CURES PILES. "One application cured me of a case of j Itching piles after 1 had suffered for ti\e years ' RAYMOND BENTON, Walterboro. S. C Teltenne cures eczema, tetter, ring worm ground Itch, infant's sore head, pimple- dandruff, coms, bunions and all s'.ln affections At all druggists or bv mail for >oc sent the Shuptrlne Co, Sa vannah. Ga ! < Freaks of Fashion Fiber Muffs and Scarfs / F' : \\ / - G&v 1 sßf ■ ; C 1 >< z “ (jA— WOOD PULP THAT LOOKS LIKE SILK. Up-to-Date Jokes "You,” sighed the rejected lover, "would find your name written in im perishable characters on my heart could you but look ” "So?" murmured the fair young thing, who was aware of the fact that the swain had been i laying Romeo at the seaside for something like twenty years. "So? Then you must have a heart like a local directory by this time." A lady,, having left her umbrella in a ear, applied for it at the office. "Oh. you ladies, you ladies!'’ said the official in charge. a‘ he brought about thirty umbrellas for iter inspection; "you are so terribly forgetful." The lady smiled as she calmly point ed out to him that, with the exception of three, they were all gentlemen’s um brellas. Lawyer Now, sir. tell me. are you well acquainted with the prisoner? Witness I’ve known him for twenty yen i s Lawyer Hav. you. J must now ask ever known him to be a disturber of the public peace? W itness Well er —he used to be long to a drum and fife band. Teacher Now. Tommy. suppose you had two "apples, and you gave another boy his choice of them. You would tell him to take the bigger one, wouldn't you ? Tommy - No Teacher Why? Tommy—'('os twouldn't be neces sary. Manager of Firm—Your former em ployer tells me that you were the quickest bookkeeper in the place. Applicant for Situation (dubiously) He does? "Yes. Ho says you could'throw the books in the safe, lock up. wash ana get ready to go home in just one min ute and ten seconds " While touting last summer a certain holiday maker found this item in a list of police regulations posted up on a highway in Ireland: ' 'Until further notice every vehicle must catty a light when darkness be gins l>atkness,begins when the lights are lit " I The other day a child said to het mother. ‘T wish I had a new doll, mamma." "But your old doll." her mother an swered. "is as good as ever." "So am I as good as ever." the little | girl retorted, "but the doctor brought i you a new baby ." < >ne of th< girls at an examination tn grammar in Maynooth school, w hen asked why the noun "bachelor' was sin gular. blushingly answered. "Because ft is very singular they don't get mar ried." She went up to the head of the class | Patient Here, that isn't the tooth 1 | w nnt pulled! Dentist Never niinii, I'm coming to l' L By OLIVETTE. r I ■* ll rakp one kind of material and make some things en tirely different out of it seems to be the great ambition of the modern fashion artist. "Never be what you is, just seem what you ain’t,” to paraphrase a popular song. This muff which looks so furry is not of fur, but braid; and the braid which is so silky and fine isn’t silk; it’s made of woodpulp. There. I hope that’s complicated enough for you. it shows how very hard our fashion artists do try to please. Silk braid is going to be tremendously popular this season. And you know you can make anything out of silk braid. Even false hair. Many women are wearing switches of this siik hair, wh:. h is ever so much more hygienic than ordinary false hair and can not be told from the real article. The muff, as you see. is very elaborate, with long streamers and fringe of silk. The fact that the braid is made of wood pulp and fiber makes it less expensive than the real kind and will aid to popularize it. The last of the summer races have taken place at Long champs; so the fashions for early fall are definitely settled. T'-ry include the draped and slightly wide skirt, short jackets of contrasting color, usually lighter than the skirt material. The latest jacket is a kind of sack coat which Is vei-y smart and can be worn with the short pleated skirts. These skirts retain their narrow lines, despite the pleats, as the latter are sewn dor. n to look very flat. The general one-sided effect that was a feature of last sea son s fashions and which was very much overdone is being carefully eliminated by the best Paris dressmakers, and lace land other trimming are arranged in a more natural manner, j The liehu and the cape effect, however, will be carried over into 1 n> xt season and the cape in all kinds of arrangements will be | most popular. Nothing seems to be able to stop the vogue of black and ' v.hite; and, indeed, most women find it both becoming and economical.' It will continue next fall, and already the first autumn hats are appearing in black or white. The white ones are of ’plush, with lower crow ns and large flat brims. Then l there are helmet shaped toques with the plume very much to i one side and bonnet shaped toques in the Directoire style. I These are to be worn with very simple models in velveteen. . One of the smartest of these new - frocks is of golden brown vel ' veteen bordered with black satin. The foundation is the simple ■ frocks we have seen all summer. A plain, rather short-waisted | dress is buttoned down the front. The back breadth of the j velvet Is draped a't the hem of the gown and the band of ; black satin goes over the shoulder to the foot of the gown in ! front and then around the back. There is the flat, wide collar of la.ee over the shoulders and the so-called Robespierre collar ’ besides. The girl who loves ruffles would be suited with the new { fashion, for flounces and ruffles of lace or heavy material are sure to be a. feature of the autumn fashions. The dark taffeta ! dresses which were so much worn in the early spring days are i disappearing from view, while poplins and satins are being made up for smart afternoon dresses. Pur has already made its appearance and Is used to trim 1 chiffon dresses. Tt is sure to be very popular for fall, espe ' dally skunk and ermine. A callot dress of white satin is one of the handsomest new models; the skirt is made very full and i over it is a short tunic of white chiffon, edged with ermine. Most of the waists are tight fitting, and all the silk dresses I have long, tight sleeves. Many of the waist belts are deep and i folded to the figure with a sash and long ends behind. Among amusing fashions that were seen at the races was a i hat in prune taffeta, corded into the shape of a melon with a 1 plain taffeta border; curling from this border upward and | backward from the right side was a wonderful golden paradise j plume. Shoes are quite fantastic, most of them being In the same shade as the dress and made of satin, but the fad for white shoes with dark dresses will go well in the autumn, and prob ably we will see this piebald effect In the winter, too. Advice to the Lovelorn 1 Ry BEATRICE FAIRFAX. HE DOESN’T LOVE YOU. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am nineteen and have a great many’ gentlemen friends, but I love one very much, and he seems to care for me. We meet quite often a't different parties, where he pays a lot of at -1 tention to me and always takes me home, but he never asks if he can cal! for me. My girl friends asked him quite a few times to bring me. but he either says he has another engagement or stays home without an excuse. . ANXIOUS. i If he cared for you he would look for an opportunity to be with you. in stead of that he seems to shun it. It Is a good rule for a girl to ob i serve to refuse to let a man escort her home if he didn’t have enougn gal lantry to escort her there. Don’t let him take you home next time. YOU ARE NOT IN LOVE. Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am 23 and in love with a young man of 19. We were engaged to be married, but this young man is making only S3O a week, and told I me to wait, that in the course of four or five years he would be mak ing S6O or S7O a week. There is another young man of 26 who Is making sl2 a week. I love both of these young men dearly and do y ou think it is proper for me to wait for the young man five years, or marrv the voting man who is now making sl2? UNDECIDED. Don't become engaged to either, for the reason that you don't really love either one well enough to marry him. If y’ou did. there would be no room in your heart for doubt or argument. CERTAINLY NOT. Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am 32. but do not think I look over 24. 1 have been keeping com pany w ith a young lady 18 years of age for the past year. 1 am at present earning sll a week, with a bright future. I am desperately In love with this girl. She is a Swede and I am Irish. Do you think this difference in nationality would mar our hap piness .’ WILLIAM CHEENERS. If y ou really love each other it makes no difference what country was your birthplace or hers. Go ahead and win. A Swedish girl usually has so much energy and vim that she makes a fine wife, especially for an easy -going Irish man. THERE COULD BE NO OBJECTION., , Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 have a bachelor friend living in the mountains who wants me to write to him. He is very lonely, he says He is forty; lam twenty. I would like to correspond, but don't want to if it means to encourage him. for I could never feel toward him in that way. CONSTANT READER The cot" espondence might prove of interest and profit to both of you Per haps he has no sentimental hopes re garding 'ou. and considers you merely as a nitgirl friend No m.,n - ! girds every woman correspondent as a possible mat:unonial venture. I Do You Know— An average man of 150 pounds con tains the constituents found in 1,200 eggs. There is enough gas in him to fill a gasometer of 3.649 cubic feet. He contains enough iron to make four tenpenny nails. His fat would make 76 candles and a good-sized cake of soap. His phosphate contents would make 8.064 boxes of matches. There Is enough hydrogen in him in com bination to fill a balloon and carry' him above the clouds. The remaining con stituents of a man would yield, if utilized, six teaspoonfuls of salt, a bowl of sugar and ten gallons of water. Tire first woman wireless operator to receive an appointment is Miss Maggie ■ Kelso, whom the Alaska Steamship Company have just placed in charge of the wireless installation of their latest steamer, the Mariposa. Miss Kelso holds a certificate of proficiency from the United States navy’ department, and understands emergency repairsand the replacing of broken parts. When on duty’ Miss Kelso will, it is stated, wear a blue jacket with brass buttons, a tailored skirt and a blue cap trimmed w ith gold lace. A feature of the Hotel Industry ex hibition now open in Zurich is a very simple and ingenious machine called a "tornado dishwasher." which can easily wash up and dry with hot air 300 plates and dishes in ten minutes. The cleansing, which is perfect, is done by means of 72 brushes, and it is impos sible for the crockery to be broken. The washing and drying apparatus is all in the same piece of machinery, which is not very large and is as sim ple as possible to manipulate. There is a gamekeeper at Winches ter, Va., who has a wonderful collec tion of cats’ tails, which he obtained in the following way: He surrounds the coops in which he keeps his pheasants with a network of electric wires, and when the cats come after his birds they are killed by the shock on touch ing the w’ires. In the morning the gamekeeper goes around and picks up Ute bodies of the marauders and cuts off their tails, of which he has 255 spec imens. Stockings embroidered with life-size figures of mice are the latest craze in New York. They' cost $6 a pair. Beautify the Complexion IN TEN DAYS \ Nadinola CREAM / \ Unequaled Beautifier r ' ' 1 ‘IS. P USED AND endorsed by , Ur THOUSANDS Uh ■ "51 * Guaranteed to remove j **' ,an > freckles, pimples, Sq -nJ". liver-spots, etc. Extreme j " —cases twenty days. Rids pores and tissues of impurities. Leaves the skin clear, soft, healthy. Two sizes, 50c. and SI.OO By toilet i zounters or mail. . NATTONAX TOfLET COMFAXr. Taru, Tm - Daysey May me and Her Folks By Frances L. Garside THE HOUSEHOLD PRISONER. X < THEN women with high hair and \/l/ high voices get up to talk about the Prisoner of the Home they invariably represent that prisoner as a woman. They make of her kitchen dress a convict’s garb, and mold her biscuit cutter and dishpan into manacles, and of the chopping bowl make a big ball which they chain to her feet. There may be homes in w hich such conditions exist, but there are as many more in w hich the husband is the pris oner. and his fetters are made of what his wife calls "love.” If she doesn’t love him. he can do as he pleases. If she loves him, when he takes off his har he hears, "Where have you been?” and when he puts it on he hears. "Where are you going.’’ These two questions Mrs. Lysander John Appleton always asks her hus band. They’ are followed by objections, reproaches, more questions, suspicion, jealousy, sometimes detective work, and tears. Lysander John put on his hat. “Where,” asked his wife, "are you going?” He wanted a breath of air. he said, and was told to stick his head out of the window. He believed he would go to the corner and buy a cigar. There were c igars in his den. He believed he would ask the druggist for a corn cure. There were corn remedies in the house. He sighed, and subsided, but it was only temporary. He must use diplo macy. The florist at the corner has some . American Beauties. Would she like a bunch? She sniffed in scorn. Would she like a box of candy? She smiled in contempt. 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He tiptoed carefully to the door h* fell over the dog and upset a chair. Still she slept. He tripped on a rug, that being the purpose of rugs, and stumbled over a table, but he didn’t waken her. As cautiously and carefully as if he were a criminal trying to es, cape jail, he reached the door, opened it gently and le’ himself out. Five minutes later his wife awoka and found the man she loved was gone She gave pursuit, and found him play ing an innocent game of dominoes at the corner drug store. "Ah.” said the other men when they saw Lysander John dragged away, now that woman must hate her husband!” Being men, and not knowing women, they did not understand. It’ was not hate. It was LOVE, as all wives onstrate it. OUT OF FASHION. Mistress —Why do you want to leaves, Mary? Servant —Why, mum. the young la dies don’t dress with style or taste and wherever I’ve been I’ve always been used to copyln’ the young ladies hut your young ladies ain’t worth copyin . HER LUCK. "I married him because I thought he was like a Greek god.” "Didn’t he turn out like one?” "Yes—Bacchus!”