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THE QEO&OIAN’S MAGAZINE, PAGE.
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“Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Grene
J Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times
rsnvright, 1911. Street * Smith.)
lCo pyright B 19H. by Dodd, Mead & Co.)
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
The superintendent—how does he feel
about i T . ~
• He was the first one to rnentlon you -
. An d the inspector?”
•■ls glad to see us on a new tack
A pause, during which the eager light
)T1 , h e voting detective's eye clouded over.
Presently he remarked:
How will the finding of another O. B.
r Mr. Brotherton’s position? He still
’ll be the one person on the spot, known
|(1 ha ve cherished a grievance against
the victim of this mysterious killing. To
mind this discovery of a more fa
vored rival brings in an element of motive
which may rob our self-reliant friend of
me of his complacency. We may fur-
L r rather than destroy. our ease
against Brotherson by locating a second
0 R.
Mr Gryce's eyes twinkled.
won t make your task any more
irksonm he smiled. “The loop we thus
t Xw out is as likely to catch Brother
i(n as his rival. It all depends upon the
' man we find in this second O. B.:
jrd whether, in some way unknown to
us" he gave her cause for the sudden
“r'i overwhelming rush of despair which
alone supports this general theory of sui
cirfp
■ The prospect grows pleasing. Where
am | to look for my man?"
Your ticket is bought to Derby, Ba.
p he is not employed in the great fac
tories there, we do not know where to
find him. We have no other clew.”
I sec It s a short journey I have be
fore me"
•Ti'll bring the color to your cheeks.”
-Oh. I'm not kicking.”
"You will start tomorrow.’’
"Wish it were today.”
"And you will first inquire, not for
o ft. that's too indefinite; but for a
young girl by the name of Doris Scott.
She holds the clew; or rather she is the
clew to this second O. B.”
"Another woman!”
Xo. a child—well. I won t say child
exactly, she must be sixteen.”
“Doris Scott.”
"She lives in Derby. Derby is a small
place You will have no trouble in find
ing this child it was to her Miss Chal
loner's last letter was addressed. The
tme—''
"I begin to see.”
"No, you don't. Sweetwater. The affair
Is as blind as your hat; nobody sees.
We re just feeling along a thread. O. B.'s
letters—the real O. 8.. I mean, are the
manliest effusions possible. He's no more
of a milksop than this Brotherson; and
unlike your Indomitable friend he seems
tn have some heart. 1 only wish he'd
given ue some facts; they would have
been serviceable. But the letters re
veal nothing except.that he knew Doris.
He writes In one of them: "Doris Is
learning to embroider. It's like a fairy
weaving a cobweb!" Doris isn’t a very
common name. She must be the same
little girl to whom Miss Chailoner wrote
from time to time.”
"Was this letter signed O. B ?''
"Yes: they all are. The only difference
between his letters and Brotherson's is
this: Brotherson’s retain the date and ad
dress; the second O. B.’s do not.”
How not? Torn off, do you mean?”
"Yes, or re f. neatly cut away; and
as none of the tic ■ '■’ were kept, the
only means by which i.c mn locate the
writer is through this girl D< • - ”
"If I remember rightly. Miss Chai
loners letter to this child W’as free from
*ll mystery.”
Quite so. It Is as open as the day.
That is why it has been mentioned as
showing the freedom of Miss Chailoner's
mind five mtnu’es before that fata!
thrust."
Sweetwater took up the sheet Mr. Gryce
pushed toward him and re-read these
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"Dear Bittle Doris:
"It is a snowy night, but it is all bright
nside and I teel no chill in mind or body
I hope it is so in the little cottage in
Derby; that my Tittle friend is as happy
with harsh winds blowing from the moun
tains as she was on the summer dav
she tame to see me at this hotel. 1 like
to think of her as cheerful and beaming,
rejoicing in tasks which make her so
womanly and sweet. She is often, often
in my mind. Affectionately your friend.
"EDITH A. CHALLONER. ’
"That to a child of sixteen"*
"Just so.”
"D-o-r-i-s spells something besides
Doris."
Yet there is a Doris. Remember that
O. B. says in one of his letters. ‘Doris is
learning to embroider.’ ”
"Yes. I remember that."
"So you must first find Doris."
"Very good, sir '
And as Miss Chailoner’s letter was
directed to Derby, Pa., you will go to
Derby."
"Yes. sir?"
"Anything more""
"I've been reading this letter again."
"It's wortli it."
'The last sentence expresses a hope.”
"That has been noted."
Sweetwater s eyes slowly rose till they
rested on Mr. Gryce's face: ”I'll cling to
the thread you've given me. I'll work
myself through the labyrinth before us
till I reach him.”
Mr. Gryce smiled; but there was more
age. wisdom and sympathy for youthful
enthusiasm in that smile than there was
confidence or hope.
Doris.
"A young girl named Doris Scott?”
The station master looked somewhat
sharply at the man he was addressing,
and decided to give the direction asked.
"There is but one young girl in town
of that name." he declared. "And she
lives in that little house you see just
beyond the Works But let me tell you.
stranger, he went on with some precip
itation
But here he was called off. and Sweet
water lost the conclusion of his warning,
if warning it was meant to be. This did
not trouble the detective. He stood a
morfient. taking in the prospect; decided
that the Works and the Works alone
made the town, and started for the house
which had been pointed out to him. His
way lay through the chief business street,
and, greatly preoccupied by his errand,,
he gave but a passing glance to the rows
on rows of workmen's dwellings stretch;
ing away to the left in seemingly end
less perspective. Yet in that glance he
certainly took in the fact that the side
walks were blocked with people, and he
wondered if it were a holiday. If so. it
must be an enforced one. for the faces
showed little joy. Possibly a strike was
on. The anxiety he everywhere saw pic
tured on young faces and old, argued
some trouble; but if the trouble was
that, why were all heads turned indiffer
ently from the Works, and why were
the Works themselves in full blast?
These questions he may have asked
himself and he may not. His attention
was entirely centered on the house he
saw before him and on the possible de
velopments awaiting him there. Noth
ing else mattered. Briskly he stepped
out along the sandy road, and after A
turn or two, which led him quite away
from the Works and its surrounding
buildings, he came out upon the high
way and this house.
It was a low and unpretentious one,
and had but one distinguishing feature.
The porch which hung well over the door
step was unique in shape and gave an
air of picturesqueness to an otherwise
simple exterior; a picturesqueness which
was much enhanced in its effect by the
background of illimitable forest, which
united the foreground of this pleasing
picture with the great chain of hills
which held the Works and town in its
ample basin
To Be Continued in Next Issue
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MISS FLORENCE REEVE, IN TWO POSES.
One of the beauties with George Arliss in the "Disraeli” Company.
By FLORENCE REEVE.
I AM going Io give a little advice' (6
women regarding the care of their
hair.
1 feel sure that everyone will agree
with me that her hair is one of wom
an's greatest charms, and I think it is
Advice to the Lovelorn
Ry Beatrice Fairfax
HE IS FICKLE.
Dear Miss Fairfax':
I am seventeen and about a year
ago 1 met a young man of eighteen.
I kept company with him for eight
months. Suddenly he stopped com
ing to my house, and I do not know
of any reason.
He always told me he loved me;
and 1 don't know of him paying at
tention to any other girls.
LONESOM E.
If there was no quarrel, undoubtedly
he has ceased coming to see you be
cause he has grown tired
I am sorry, my dear, for such expe
riences hurt. Just try to forget him.
and don't let it hurt you too much.
Some day a better man will come along
and you will regret having wasted so
much emotion'on this one.
ASK HER OPINION.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am deeply in love with a young
girl of seventeen.
My position will probably not al
low me to get married for at least
three years.
Do you think it advisable for me
to continue keeping company with
her or.not ? D. L.
Tel! the girl frankly what you haVO
told me. A three-year engagement is
often an injustice to the girl, because of
the fickleness of your sex. If you are
sure of yourself, ask her to put you on
probation, but be generous enough t<
demand no piomise from her She is
too young
OBTAIN INTRODUCTION FIRST.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young man of nineteen,
and am deeply in love with a girl
one year my junior, who is a "cub
telegrapher" in one of the most ex
clusive hotels of the city. Would
it be right for me to approach her
and Invite her to accompany me to
the theater, or obtain, first, an in
t roduct ion ?
EAR NEST ADM IRER.
You will sho.w her greater respect if
you obtain an introduction to her be
fore you make any advances. And I
am sure she will think al) the more of
you. even though this formality delays
your acquaintance.
EVERY SIGN OF SELFISHNESS.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am eighteen years of age and
was asked to keep company by a
youn« man a few yAars my senior,
but he does not want me to go out
with urn of my former male u .
uuaintanci . Do you think In >
'every woman’s duty to take care to
preserve it. There are so many worn-'
’ en who are not actually good looking
' but who possess beautiful hair, which
seems to make up for the lack of every
■ other charm.
One Is constantly meeting women
who exclaim: "My hair is simply com-
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doing rigid, as I wax informed by
one he considers his friend that he
was out with another young lady?
VIOLET.
You have been unfortunate in at
tracting a .man so selfish. Have noth
ing to do with him. No woman could
be happy with such a man.
SHE SUFFERED
TEOONTHS
Mrs. Blankenship Tells of Her
Restoration to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg
etable Compound.
Elliston, Va.— “ I feel it my duty to
express my thanks for what Lydia E.
■ Pinkham’s Vegeta
ble Compound has
done for me. I was
a sufferer from fe
male troubles and
had been confined in
bed over one third of
my time for ten
months. I could not
do my housework
and had fainting
spells so thatrnyhus
band could not leave
Iff
il fi
w
I me alone for five minutes at a time.
“Now I have been restored to health
and it has come from taking Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. When
ever I see a suffering woman I want to
tell her what this medicine has done
for me and I will always speak a good
word for it.’’--Mrs. Robert Blank-
i enship, Elliston, Va., Montgomery Co.
j
Was Helpless Now Well.
Trenton, Mo.—“About two years ago
I had female trouble and inflammation so
bad that 1 was literally helpless and had
to be tended like a baby. I could not
move my body or lift my foot for such
severe pains that I had to scream. 1 was
very nervous and had a weakness.
“Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound has helped me to such an extent
that I think there is no medicine like it
for female troubles. lam up and able
to do my work again and I give you full
permission to publish my letter for the
sake of other suffering women,’’- Mrs.
W. T. Purnell, 320-10th St., Trenton, Mo.
ing out in handfuls. I can t stop it i
and I’ve tried everything under the
sun.”
This is true. They spend lots of
money on expensive hair tonics and
ointments, which the)' have heard are ,
wonderful, but prove Absolutely use
less. I have been through that stage
myself and nearly worried myself sick
The Use of the Brush.
It was only since 1 came to this
country for the first thne. two years ■
ago, that I discovered there was a
treatment for the scalp which was gen- ; 1
nine and a very simple and inexpensive | 1
one. The whole secret of it is brush
ing—real brushing, I mean, so that ev- 1
ery hair seems to be brushed sepa
rately.
It is almost impossible to do this
yourself. If you prefer to have it done
at home, your maid or some one who
knows how to brush the hair thor
oughly should do it. A tonic should
also certainly be used, but it is the
brushing that is so beneficial and
brings life and luster into the hai
1 can never understand why women
dread the approach of gray hair. 1
think a young woman whose hair i«
gray looks charming, and I'm sure the
average man will agree with me. Most
women think it suggests age, but. on
the contrary, it gives a more youthful
expression to the face, and lends a cer
tain charm which is indefinable. 1
counted ten gray hairs on my head |
this morning. I
Don’t Use Dye.
I must admit I prefer them to be ;
on the temples instead of down the
center parting; nevertheless, there they
are and there they'll have to remain,
because nothing on earth would in
duce me to dye them. That is a mis
take so many women make. They ad
mire a certain fashionable shade for
hair and promptly dye their own that
particular shade, forgetting all about
their complexions, which do not blend
with the new color of their hair and
make them sallow in consequence
My advice, therefore, is if you were
born a brunette. Just remain one. how
ever popular blondes dr titians may be,
I have never craved for masses 'if
hair reaching long past my wais"
This is not a question of sour grapes,
but because people who possess it have
told me how difficult it is to dress,
and how it often is Hie cause of head
ache. No! I shall be quite contented
so long as my hair continues to be
moderately thick and long, and shall
not worry until I get really old and
have no hair, because without my hair
I know I shall look hideous. 1 do
now, when it is pulled away from my
face.
. A Mosquito As Big
As A Man
would be an object
L> ZK ' Z / whose vicinity you
/ U would leave, with-
S 1 \ out standing on the
order of your going!
And yet, insects of that size, which we could see before
they made their meals off us, would he infinitely less
dangerous than the little pests with which we are
familiar.
1
Science has given strict orders to “Kill every’ creeping,
flying thing which asks you for board.” Each and
every one of them may be a veritable messenger of
death.
You can learn all the recent facts about the insect
dangers which surround you, and how
to guard against them, by reading Dr.
Henry Smith Williams’ popular, illus
trated article, “ Messengers of Death,” in
®The November
nopolitanj
15 cents a copy—at all Newsdealers
Daysey May me and Her Folks
By Frances L. Garside
ryw HE parlor in the average American
( home is a place sacred to Mother,
Daughter and Daughter’s Beau.
When Father ventures in when
Daughter has company he comes out
chilled to t'ne marrow. When he goes
in when there is no one there, his wife
follows him to see what lie is up to
now.
Seeing what a man is up to now is
a divine right marriage gives every
woman and one she unfailingly exer
cises.
Lysander John Apiileton saw his
chance; no one was in the parlor, and
he stepped on.
“What are you up to now?" his wife
called from the kitchen.
•Nothing," he replied, giving a wist
ful look at a big square book on the
table. Then he retreated.
I'he next day he had better luck. He
got in unnoticed and. picking up the
book, he turned the pages eagerly.
Away off in the back he stopped. He
had found t what he wa- looking for.
He turned it to the light. Ho held it
near; he hold it far; he looked at It
critically, and then proudly.
"It is good.” he whispered to him
self, and then he turned to get a bet
ter light.
“What are you up to now ?" his wife
called.
Up-to-Date Jokes
"It is a pity there are so many ignor
ant men in politics." observed Mr
Hicks.
"I suppose it's because those who've
really studied politics know it s best to
keep out of public affairs." said Mrs
Hicks.
"Come nuu, Hemma," said the
Whitechapel bridegroom, "you're goin'
to s'y 'obey' when you comes to it in
th’ service, ain’t you?”
"Wot. me?" cried the bride "Me
s'y ’obey’ to you! Why. blime in •.
Ennery. you ain't arf me size!"
“Jones ran his motor into a building
yesterday. “
"I knew that idiot couldn't drive. Was
it a shop?"
“No, a motor garage."
He—My dear, you spend too much
money in false hair. Look at you
puffs.
She—And you spend too much tn
cigars. Look at your puffs
"My husband considered a very long
time before he proposed to me. he was
very careful.”
"Ah. it's always those careful people
who get taken in!"
"Nothing," he stammered, and closed
the book and left the room.
The next day he stepped in again.
And again, eagerly and furtively,
opened the big book and turned to one
of the back pages.
This time he stepped to the mirror,
and. holding the book at a distance,
looked first at the page and then at
his reflection in the glass.
"I suppose,” he Said to himself in
the glass, "it couldn’t be better."
"What —" began his wife from the
kitchen.
"I was looking for my newspaper,"
he said, putting the book down.
The next day, as furtively as a dog
that has buried a bone, be entered the
parlor and dug up the book.
Again be opened it and turned to
the back, looking cynically and some
what proudly.
"What—" began his wife.
"Oh. let him alone," said Daysey
Mayme. “He's in there looking at that
photograph of himself he had taken last
week."
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