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THE QEOBGIAMS MAGAZINE PAGE “initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times (Copyright, 1911, Street & Smith.) (Copyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead A- Co.) TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. •We wHI do what we can. But you must on 4erstand that the matter is not a simple pne . That, in fact, it contains mysteries which demand police investigation. We do not dare to trifle with any of the facjs. The inspector, and. if not he, the coroner, will have to he told about these letters and will probably ask to see them." ■They are the letters of a gentleman." "With one exception.” “Yes, that Is understood." Then in a Hidden 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 C f that sturdy paper-cutter with its long and very slender blade, will make me be lieve that She willingly took her own life. You do not know, can not know, the rare delicacy of her nature. She was a lady through and through. If she had medita ted death—if the breach suggested by the one letter I have mentioned, should have so preved upon her spirits as to lead her to break her old father s heart and out rage the feelings of all who knew her, she could not, being the woman she was, choose a public place for such an act—a hotel writing room —in face of a lobby full of hurrying men. It was out of nature. Every one who knows her will tell you so. The deed was an accident —incredible — but still an accident.” Mr. Gryce had respect for this outburst. Making no attempt to answer It, he sug gested. with some hesitation, that Miss challoner had been seen writing a letter previous to taking those fatal steps from the desk which ended so tragically. Was this letter to one of her lady friends, as reported, and was it as far from suggest ing the awfnl tradegy which followed, as he had been told? w "It was a cheerful letter Such a one she often wrote to her little protegees here and there. I judge that this was written to some girl like that, for the per sun addressed was not known to her maid, any more than she was to me. It ex pressed an affectionate interest, and it breathed encouragement—encouragement! iimi she meditating her own death at the 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 and women, in his lengthy experience with the strange, the sudden, and the tragic things of life, and slightly shook his head. He pitied Mr. Challoner. and admired even more his courage in face of the appalling grief which had overwhelmed him. but he dared rot encourage a false hope. The girl had killed herself and with this weapon. They might not be 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 i f the girl, to whom, misled by appear ance. the police seemed inclined to attrib ute the awful sin of self-destruction. But when, the topic exhausted. Mr. t'halloner rose to leave the room, Mr. Gryce showed where his own thoughts still centered by asking him the date of the correspondence discovered between his daughter and her unknown admirer. Tears Wont Help The Gray Hairs But the proper care 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 hairs or you will make your self w’hfte-headed. 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 simply renews the natural color and life and luster of the hair, and makes it soft and beautiful. Non-stlcky, and does not stain skin or scalp. TRI IT. Your hair needs it. Prepared for light, medium and dark brown and black hair. Trial size 25c, postpaid 30c, large size 75c. by mail 90c. Pure and harmless. FOR SALE BY All Jacobs’ Stores and druggists generally. Low Summer Excursion Rates CINCINNATI, $19.50 LOUISVILLE, SIB.OO CHICAGO, - $30.00 KNOXVILLE - $7.90 Tickets on Sale Daily, Good to October 31st, Returning City Ticket Office, 4 Peachtree 1101 Some of these letters were dated last summer, some this fall. The one you are most anxious to hear about only a month back,” he added, with unconquerable de votion to what he considered his duty. Mr. Gryce would, like to have carried his Inquiries further, but desisted. His heart was full of compassion 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 first duty to communicate to his superiors the hitherto unsuspetced fact of a secret romance in Miss Chalioner’s 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 be made to show. The Letters. Before a 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 notice the entrance of Mr. Gryce and Sweetwater from the dining room where they had been having dinner. However as the former s tread was somewhat lumbering, the coroner's atten tion was caught before thej’ had quite mossed the room, and Sweetwater, with his quick eye t noted how his arm and hand immediately fell so as to cover up 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 tectives took their seats. Mr. Gryce nodded: so did Sweetwater. The darkest that lias ever come to my knowledge. pursued the coroner. Mr. Gryce again nodded; but not so. Sweetwater. For some reason this sim ple expression of opinion seemed to have given him a mental start. "She was not shot. She was not struck by any* other hand: yet she lies dead from a mortal wound in the breast. Though there is no tangible proof of her having inflicted this wound upon herself, the jury will have no alternative, I fear, than to pronounce the case one of suicide." "I'm sorry that I've been able to do so little." remarked Mr. Gryce. The coroner darted him a quick look. "You are not satisfied? You have some different idea?” he asked. The detective frowned at his hands crossed over the top of his cane, then shaking his head, replied: "The verdict you mention is the only natural one. of course. I see that you have been talking with Miss Challoner’s former maid?" "Yes, and she has settled an important point for us. There 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 companied her down in the elevator, and saw her step off at the mezzanine. She can also swear that the cutter was In a book she carried- the book we found lying on the desk. The girl remembers dis tinctly seeing its peculiarly chased handle projecting from Its pages. Could any thing be more satisfactory If —I was going to say, If the young lady had been of the Impulsive type and the provocation great er. But Miss Challoner's nature was calm, and were it not for these letters" here his arm shifted a little—“l should not be so sure of my jury’s future verdict. Love"—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 anything as you know. 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: Only a man of small spirit could endure w’hat I en dured from you the other day. Dove such as mine would be respectable in a clod iioper, and 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!" The words 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 sidelong look which was not with out a hint of fresh interest in a case 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 coroner. "The rest are ardent enough and. 1 must acknowledge that, so far as I 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 I have not shown you the signature. To the poor father it con veyed 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, “fr conveys a hope that we may yet understand Miss Challoner." "Brotherson!” exclaimed the young de tective in loud surprise. "Brotherson! The man who—” "The man who left this building just before or simultaneously with the alarm caused by Miss Challoner'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 sharp-pointed weapon into her heart.” "Brotherson!" The word came softly now. and with a thoughtful intonation. "He saw her die." To Be Continued in Next Issue. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the y/ J" y? ~~ Signature of TETTERINE CURES PILES. "One application cured me of a case of itching piles after I had suffered for five years.” RAYMOND BKNTON. Walterboro, S. C Tetterine cures eczema, tetter, ring worm. ground itch, infant’s sore head, pimples, dandruff. rom. bunions and all skin affections At all druggists or by mail fnr 50c sent the Sbuptrine Co, Sa vannah. Ga. < # Freaks of Fashion By OLIVETTE. TO take 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 whirl} 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 silk hair, which 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 They 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 very smart and can be worn with the short pleated skirts. These skirts retain their narrow lines.’ despite the pleats, as the latter are sewn down 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 and other trimming are arranged in a more natural manner. The flchu and the cape effect, however, will be eaiTied over into next 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 white; 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 crowns and large flat brims. Then there are helmet shaped toques with the plume very much to one side and bonnet shaped toques in the Dfrectoire style. 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 velvet is draped at the hem of the gown and the band of black satin goes over the shoulder to the foot of tiie gown in front and then around the back. There is the flat, wide collar of lace 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 (’yesses which were so much worn in the early spring days are disappearing from view, while poplins and satins are being made up for smart afternoon dresses. Fur has already made its appearance and is used to trim chiffon dresses. It is sure to be very popular for fail, espe cially skunk and ermine. A eallot dress of white satin > one of the handsomest new models; the skirt Is made very full and over it is a short tunic of white chiffon, edged with ermine. Most of the waists are tight fitting, and all the silk dresses have long, tight sleeves. Many of the waist belts are deep and folded to the figure with a sash and long ends behind. Among amusing fashions that were seen at the races was a hat in prune taffeta, corded into the shape of a melon with a plain taffeta border: curling from this border upv ard and backward from the right was a wonderful golden paradise 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. 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 playing 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 car, applied for it at the office. "Oh, you ladies, you ladies!” said the official in charge, as he brought about thirty umbrellas for her 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—l've known him for twenty years. Lawyer—Have you. I must now ask. ever known him to be a disturber of the public peace? Witness —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 ? Tom my—No Teacher— Why'.’ Tommy-—’(’os twouldn’t b« 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 He says you could throw the books In the safe, lock up, wash ano get ready to go home in lust one min ute and ten seconds." While touring 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 carry a light when darkness be gins. Darkness begins when the lights are lit." The other day a child said to her mother: "I wish 1 had a new doll, mamma." "But your old doll,” her mother an swered. “is as good as e.ver.” "So am 1 as good as ever." the little girl retorted, "but the doctor brought you a new baby.” One of the girls at an examination in grammar in Maynooth school, when asked why the noun "bachelor” was sin gular, blushlngly answered: "Because it 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 I want pulled! Dentist Never mind, I’m coming to it. Fiber Muffs and Scarfs Advice to the Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU. Dear .Miss Fairfax: I am nineteen and have a great many gentlemen friends, bui I love one very much, ami he seems to care for me. We meet quite often at different parties, where he pays a lot of at tention to me and always takes me home, but he never asks if he can call 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 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 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: I am 23 and in love with a young man of 1:1. We were engaged to be married, but this young man is making only 330 a week, and told 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 inaking sl2 a week. I love both of these young men dearly and do you think It is proper for me to wait for the young man five years, or marry the young 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 you did. there would be no room in your heart for doubt or argument. CERTAINLY NOT. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 32. but do not think I look over 24. I have been keeping com pany with a young lady 18 years of age for the past year. I 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 i'HEENERS. If you really love each other it makes no difference what country was your birthplace or hers. (Jo ahead and win. A Swedish girl usually has so much energy and vim that she makes a line w ife, 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; I am twenty. 1 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 cori espondence might prove of interest and profit to both of you Per- I haps he has no sentimental hopes re- I guiding you. and considers you tm-rely I as a nice girl friend. No man :••- i garde every woman correspondent as a I possible matt imonial venture /f'■ i - H \\ FT* J, Ok ■ W WOOD PULP THAT LOCKS LIKE SILK. 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 ■ ill a gasometer of 3,649 cubic fret. He contain- enough Iron to make fot> tenpenny nails. His fat would make 75 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. The first woman wireless operator to receivewn appointment is Miss Maggi-- Kelso, whom the Alaska Steamship Company have just placed in charge of the wireless installation of their latest siteamer. the Mariposa. Mis- Kelso holds a certificate of proficiency from the ( nlted States navy department, and undei stands emergency repaint and 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 with 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. I'he 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 njachinery, which is not very large and is as sim ple as possible to manipulate. 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( Daysey May me and Her Folks THE HOUSEHOLD PRISONER. WHEN women with high hair and hfgh 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 tiie chopping bowl make a big ball which they chain to her feet. There may be homes in which such conditions exist, but there are as many more in which the husband is the pris oner ami his fetters are made of what his wife calls "love.” If she doesn't love him. lie can do as lie pleases. If site loves him, when he takes off his hat lie hears, “Where have you been?" and when lie puts it on he hears. "Where are you going?" These two questions Mis. Lysander John Appleton always asks her hus baniL.. They are followed by objections, repn iches. more Wjiv s.ions. -uspieion, .jeal isy. sometimes detective work, and teal s. Lysander John .put on his hat. “Where." iski-d his wife, "are you going?" He wanted a breath of air. lie said, and was told to stick his hi ad out of the window. He believed lie would go to tiie corner and buy a i igar. There were cigars in his i>n. He believed lie would ask the druggist for a corn cure. There were corn remedies in tile house. He sighed, ami subsided, bm it was only temporary. II • must use diplo macy. The florist it Lie corn r -lias some American Bi autii ... Would site like a bunch? She sniffed in scorn. Would she litre a box of canny? Site smiled in contempt. 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Still she slept He tripped on a rug. that being tiie purpose of rugs, and stumbled over a table, but he didn’t waken her. As cautiously and carefully as if he w'ere a criminal trying to es |eape jail lie reached the door, opened • it gently and lei himself out. • Five minutes later his. wife awoke • and found t-he man she loved was gone. She gave pursuit, and found him plly ing an innocent game of dominoes at the corner drug store. "Ah," said tiie othei men when they saw Ly-ander John dragged away, “how that woman must hate her husband!” Being men, and not knowing Tom-g. they did not understand. It was not hate. It' was LOVE, as all wives dem onstrate it. OUT OF FASHION. Mistress Why do you want to leave, ' Mary? Servant—Why, mum. the young la 'dies don't dress with style or taste anil wherever I’ve been I've always been used to copyin’ the young ladies, but your young ladies ain’t worth eopyin'. HER LUCK. I "I married him because I thought he i was like a Greek god?' "Didn’t iie turn out like one?" ”Yi s Bacchus!"