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“Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green
.4 Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times
(Copyright. 1911. Street & Smith.)
(Copyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Co.)
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
It had a sinister look, and George, who
!s brave enough under all ordinary clr
cumstances, was glad that his companion
wore a badge and carried a whistle. He
was also relieved when he caught sight
of the burly form of a policeman In the
shadow’ of one of the doorways. Yet the
houses he saw before him were not ao
very different from those they had al
ready passe*! His uneasiness coufd not
have sprung from them They had even
an air of positive respectability, as though
Inhabited by industrious workmen. Then,
what was it which made the close com
panionship of a member of the police so
uncommonly welcome? Was It a certain
aspect of solitariness which clung to the
block, or was it the sudden appearance
here and there of strangely gliding figures,
which no sooner loomed up against the
snowy perspective, than they disappeared
aga'n in some unseen doorway?
•’There’s a meeting on tonight, of the
Associated Brotherhood of the Awl the
Plane and the Trowel (whatever that
means), and It is the speaker we want tn
see; the man who Is to address them
promptly at 10 o’clock. Do you object to
meetings?”
"Is this a secret one?”
"It wasn't advertise*!
"Are we carpenters or masons that we
can count on admittance?”
"I am a carpenter. Don’t you think
you can be a mason for the occasion?”
"I doubt it, but— ’’
"Hush! I must speak to this man.”
George stood back, and a few words
passed between Sweetwater and a
shadowy figure which seemed to have
sprung up out of the sidewalk.
"Balked at the outset," were the en
couraging words with which the detective
rejoined George. "It seems that a pass
word is necessary, and my friend has
been unable to get it. Will the speaker
pass out this way?” he inquired of the
shadowy figure still lingering in their
rear
"He didn't go in by it; yet I believe
he’s safe enough inside,” was the mut
tered answer
Sweetwater had no relish for disap
pointments of this character, but it was
not long before he straightened up and
allowed himself to exchange a few more
words with this mysterious person. These
appeared to be of a more encouraging na
ture than the last, for It was not long
before the detective returned with re
newed alacrity to George, and, wheeling
him about, began to retrace his steps to
the corner.
“Are we going back? Are you going to
give up the job?” George asked.
"No; we’re going tn take him from the
rear. There’s a break In the fence—Oh.
we’ll do very well. Trust me.”
George laughed. He was growing ex
cited, but not altogether agreeably ao. He
says that he has seen moments of more
pleasant anticipation Evidently, my
good husband is not cut out for detective
work
Where they went under this officer’s
guidance, he can not tell The tortuous
tangle of alleys through which he now
felt himself led was dark as the nether
regions to his unaccustomed eyes. There
was snow under his feet and now and
then he brushed against some obtruding
object, or stumbled against a low fence;
but beyond these slight miscalculations
on his own part, he was a mere au
tomaton in the hands of his eager guide,
•.nd only became his own man again when
they suddenly stepped into an open yard
•nd ha could discern plainly before him
the dark walls of a building pointed out
by Sweetwater as their probable destina
tion Yet even here they encountered
some impediment which prohibited a close
approach. A wall or shed cut off their
view’ of the building's lower story, and
though somewhat startled at being left
unceremoniously alone after just a whis
pered word of encouragement from the
ever-ready detective, George could quite
understand the necessity which that per
son must feel for a quiet reconnoitering
of the surroundings before the two of
them ventured further forward in their
possibly hazardous undertaking Yet the
experience was none too pleasing to
George, and he was very glad to hear
Sweetwater’s whisper again at his ear,
and to feel himself rescued from the pool
of slush in which he had been left to
stand.
“The approach is not all that can be
desired,” remarked the detective as they
entered what appeared to be. a low shed
"The broken board has been put hack and
securely nailed in place, and if I am not
very much mistaken there is a fellow sta
tioned in the yard who will want the
pass-word too. Looks shady to me. 11l
have something to tell the chief when I
get back.”
"But we' What are we going to do if
we can not get in front or rear?”
"We’re going tn wait right here tn the
hopes of catching a glimpse of our man
as he oomes out,” returned the detective,
drawing George towards a low window
overlooking the yard h* had described as
sentinelled. "He will have to pass direct
ly under this window on his way to the
alley,’’ Sweetwater went on to explain,
"and 1f I can only raise It but the noise
would give us away. I can’t do that
"Perhaps it swings on hinges,” sug
gested George. "It looks like that sort •>(
a window
"If it should well’ it does Were in
great luck, sir. But before I pull it open,
remember that from the moment I un
latch it. everything said or done here can
be heard in the adjoining >ard. So no
whispers and no unnecessary movements
When you hear him coming, as sooner or
later you certainl) will, tall careful!) to
your knees and l«an out just far enough
to catch a glimpse of him before he steps
down from the porch If he stops to light
his cigar or to pass a few words with
some of the men he will leave behind,
you may get a plain rtigh view of his
face or figure to identify him The light
Is burning low in that rear hall, but it
win dn If It does not—if you can't see
him or if you do, don’t hang out of the
window more than a second Du- k after
your first look I don't want t•> be <•;» ight
a’ this with n< better opportunity for
es*ap*« than w- • ave hen (’an y r»
member all that ?'
George pinched bls arn. encouragingly,
and Hwe.-wHNr. with an amuse*! grunt.
wide op**!
for " • ’ ■ - f <l.Ol I • K- and
the sijgM l;!Z> n diffuse! through the
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proportions at their left The yard be
twec’n. piled high in the center with snow
heaps or other heaps covered w’ith snow,
could not have been more than 40 feet
square. The window from which they
peered, was half-way down this yard, so
that a comparatively short distance sepa
rated them from the porch where George
had been told to look for the man he was
expected to identify. All was dark there
at present, but he could hear from time
to time some sounds of restless move
ment. as the guard posted Inside shifted
in his narrow quarters, or struck his be
numbed feet softly together.
But what came to them from above
was more interesting than anything to
be heard or seen below. A man’s voire,
raised to a wonderful pitch by’ the pas
sion of oratory, had burst the barriers of
the closed hall in that tow’ering third
story’ and was carrying its tale to other
ears than those within. Had it been
summer and the window’s open. both
George and Sweetwater might have heard
every word; for the tones were excep
tionally rich and penetrating, and the
speaker intent only on the Impression he
was endeavoring to make upon his audi
ence That he had not mistaken his
power in this direction was evinced by
the applause which rose from time to
time from innumerable hands and feet.
But this uproar would .be speedily si
lenced, and the mellow’ voice ring out
again, clear and commanding. What
could the subject be to rouse such en
thusiasm In the Associated Brotherhood
of the Awl, the Plane and the Trowel?
There was a moment when our listening
friends expected to be enlightened. A
shutter was thrown back in one of those
upper window’s, and the window’ hurriedly
raised, during which words took the place
of sounds, and they heard enough to whet
their appetite for more But only that.
The shutter was speedily restored to place
and the window again closed. A wise
precaution, or so thought George, if they
wished to keep their doubtful proceed
ings secret.
A tirade against the rich and a loud
call to battle could be gleaned from the
few sentences they had heard. But Its
virulence and pointed attack was not
that of the second-rate demagogue or
business agent, but of a man whose In
tellect and culture rang In every tone,
and informed each sentence.
Sweetwater, in whom satisfaction was
fast taking the place if impatience and
regret, pushed the window to before ask
ing George this question:
"Did you hear the voice of the man
wi.ose action attracted your attention out
side the Clermont?”
"No."
"Did you note just now’ the large
shadow dancing on the ceiling above the
speaker’s head?"
”Yes, but I could judge nothing from
that "
"Well, he’s a rum one. I shan’t open
this window again till he gives signs of
reaching the ci 1 of his speech. It's too
cold.”
Hut almost Immediately he gave a
start and, pressing George’s arm, ap
pearel to listen, not to the speech, which
was no longer audible, but to something
much nearer -a step or movement in the
adjoining yard. At least, so George in
terpreted tho quick turn which this im
petuous detective made, and the pains he
took to direct George’s attention to the
walk running under the window beneath
which they crouched. Some one was
stealing down upon the house at their
left, from the alley beyond. A big man,
whose shoulder brushed the window as
he went by. George felt bls hand seized
again and pressed as this happened, and
before he had recovered from this excite
ment, experienced another quick pressure
and still another, as one, two, three
additional figures went slipping by. Then
his hand was suddenly dropped, for a
cry had shot up from the door where the
sentinel stood guard, followed by a loud
slam, and the noise of a shooting bolt,
which, proclaiming as It did that the in
vaders were not friends, but enemies to
the cause which was being vaunted above,
so excited Sweetwater that he pulled the
window w’ide open and took a bold look
out. George followed his example and
this w’as what they saw:
Throe men were standing fiat against
the fence leading from the shed directly
to the porch The fourth was crouch
ing within the latter, and in another mo
ment they hoard his fist descend upon
the door inside in away to rouse the
echoes Meantime, the voice in the au
dience hall above had ceased, and there
could be hoard instead the scramble of
hurrying feet and the noise of overturn
ing benches. Then a window flew up anti
a voice calk’d down:
"Who’s that? What do you want down
there?”
But before an answer could be shouted
back, this man was drawn fiercely inside,
and the scramble was renewed, amid
which George heard Sweetwater’s whis
per at his ear
•‘lt's the police. The chief has got
ahead of me Was that the man were
after- the one who shouted down?”
“No. Neither whs he the speaker. The
voices are very different."
•’We want the speaker If the boys
get him. we’re all right, but If they
don't wait, I must make the matter
sure.”
And with a bound he vaulted through
the window, whistling in a peculiar way
George, thus left quite alone, had the
pleasure of seeing his sole protector mix
with the boys, as he called them, and
ultimately crowd In with them through
the door which had finally been opened
for their admittance. Then came a wait,
then the quiet reappearance of the
detective alone and In no very amiable
mood
"Well'’” Inquired George, somewhat
■ breathlessly. “Do you want me? They
don’t seem to be coming out.”
To Be Continued in Next Issue.
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By AMY WEBB.
WHEN I was a little girl it wor
ried me greatly because my
eyebrows and eyelashes were
so very light and so faint that they
were barely perceptible.
I must have looked like an animated
question mark, for nothing makes the
face look so inquisitive, not to say fool
ish, as extremely light and faint eye
brows, and while it's all right in a child,
it becomes very distressing as one
gets older.
So one day, in real despair, 1 set to
work and clipped such meager eye
brows as I had and cut them off com
pletely. Then 1 got a little girl friend
to cut off my >ii< s, too, because 1
had read somewiiere that that would
make them grow.
Nobody noticed that anything espe
cial had happened to my appearance
until It suddenly dawned upon the fam
ily at the supper table that I had lost
my already slender claims to good
looks, and that they had been sacri
ficed upon the altar of early vanity.
What is the use of remembering past
scoldings! I got a very good one. v. tfleh
I remember to this day. Also my
eyelashes did not come in for a long
time, and finally 1 had to be taken to a
doctor, and salve was applied every
night to make the hair grow. Some
times tlie salve got into my eyes and
made them smart, and at all events the
performance made an indelible impres
sion on my memory, so I have come to
thick nice eyebrows and eyelashes quite
invaluable to good looks.
A Great Help.
As clipping them proved perfectly
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the old ideal, but the modern eyebrow,
at least the one which our modern art--
ists like Christy, Gibson, James Mont
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pretty girls, is not the straight kind,
but the highly arched brow. If you can
make your eyebrows look as If they
were very far away from your eyes the
eye will look larger and the face more
refined.
When the eyebrows are very scant, it
is usually a sign of poor health, except
in red-haired persons. These scant
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stant brushing, and they can be made
to look darker by combing them with
soapy water and letting the soap dry
on them.
A great many people have eyebrows
that meet over the’bridge of the nose.
This is supposed to be the sign of a
jealous or melancholy disposition. I
suppose if you can’t change your dis
position it would be no harm to take
away the guide post and pull out those
quite superfluous hairs.
Eyebrows can be trimmed into al
most any shape with a little ten-cent
pair of tweezers, and there is no reason
why one should allow them to grow
across the nose or to scatter, as they
sometimes do, right in the middle of
the arch.
Very few girls have the pencilled
eyebrow which is supposed to be such
a natural beauty. More oT them have
eyebrows that are made with a pencil,
and look it. It is really not necessary
to color the eyebrows artificially, unless
thej' are absolutely white, or flax blonde
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and thicker. These thick lines not only
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the refinement of the face and make it
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street without brushing my eyebrows
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The Manicure Lady s e
By William F. Kirk
“POETS HAS GOT TO LIVE SOME
HOW.”
H T SURE had a great time last night,
| George,” said the Manicure
Lady. “I didn't know that any
body could have so good a time in this
here big selfish town. I was up to see
Mister and Mrs, Mcßeth and I didn't
get home at all. It was raining when
the party broke up, and they wouldn't
let me go home at all if I had wanted to
go, which I didn’t. There was a sweet
little girl there named Gibson, from
Detroit, and between Mister Mcßeth’s
recitations and the rest of the conver
sation everything passed away lovely.
I guess if father had been there he
would have passed away as lovely as
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“Folks don’t have many good times
in New York,” said the Head Barber.
“There is too much of the downtown
stuff and too little of the old gathering
around-the-table' stuff. I was enter
tained myself night before last up‘at a
home in Harlem, and every minute I
was there, looking at my up-state host
and his wife. I was thinking how little
real friendship gets a chance to get out
among New York people in general
The town is too big, kiddo, and that's
all there is to it.”
“Wilfred was there, too, last night,”
said the Manicure Lady. “Poor brother
was in fine fetter.”
“In fine what?” asked the Head
Barber.
“In fine fetter," replied the Manicure
Lady.
“You mean in fine fettle,” corrected
the Head Barber. “You ought to go to
a finishing school with some of the tip
money that you get.”
“Never mind what I mean!” snapped
the Manicure Lady. “Some of these
days, George, you are going to prompt
me once too, often, and you will be sor
ry. I know a barber once that spoke
out of his turn to a manicure girl and
got a orange stick through the lobe of
his ear. It made him look like one of
them Fiji Islanders. You know they
always have wooden pegs in their ears
or their nose.”
“When you try that on me be careful
that your judgment of distance is
good,” said the Head Barber. “I don’t
want to hit a lady.”
“Well. I wouldn’t probably do noth
ing like that,” replied the Manicure
Lady. “But, as I was saying, Wilfred
was there, too, and he had the time of
his life. There wasn’t no place for hl?
to stay all night, so he had to go
but he stuck until the last dog w
hung, you can bet your'life on that.
had a swell midnight lunch, and t'-»
way he went to that would remind v ij
of a whale swallowing a prophet \ n ,
other reason that he stuck arouni,
sides the good eats, was that he’ had
all the chance in the world to recite - A
poems. He must have recited twent •
of them. Some of them was worse :
others.”
“If I had a home I wouldn’t entertain
poets,” said the Head Barber. “They
recite too much.”
“But you oughtn't to say that
George,” answered the Manicure Lady'
“Poets has got to live somehow."
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