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Ew â€"â€" As they watched, a rigid little figure of horror backed slowly down the alcoveâ€"stairs and into the room **â€"Billy, the Japanese, his Oriental placidity disturbedâ€" at last, incom prehonsible terror written in every line of his face. "Billy!" "Billyâ€"what is it?" ‘The diminutive butier made a pitiâ€" ful altempt at his Pul grin. "Itâ€"nothing," he gasped. The Unâ€" known relapsed in hbis chairâ€"again the dazed stranger~from nowhere. Beresford took the sapanese by the shoulders. Billy trembled like a leaf. "Ghost! Ghost!" he _muttered frantically, his face working. 5 "You‘ve seen something! What was it !* fi:‘ilo'l M something. Look at him!" Miss Cornelia stared at her servant. "No, no!" insisted (Billy, in an ague of fright. "No, no!" But Miss Cornelfa *was sure of it. "Breoks, close ‘that door!" she said, pointing at the terraceâ€"door in the alcove, which still stood ajar after the entrance of the Unknown. Bailey moved to obey. But just as he reached the alcoveâ€"the terrace door slammed shut in his face. At the same moment every light in Cedarcres blinked and went out again. _ Bailey fumbled for the doorâ€"knob in the sudden darkness. "The door‘s locked!" he said, inâ€" credulously. ‘"The key‘s gone, too. Where‘s your revolver, Beresford?" "I dropped it in the alcove when I caught that man," called Beresford, cursifig ‘himself for his carelessness. ‘The illuminated dial of Bailey‘s wrist watch flickered in the darkâ€" ness as he searched for the revolver ly "Quickâ€"there‘s a candle on the tableâ€"light it somebody â€" never mind the revolverâ€"I have one!" called Miss (Cornelia. , "Righto!" called Beresford, cheerâ€" ily, in reply. He found the candleâ€" lit itâ€" > m’l’he party blinked at each other for a moment stil_lungble quite to eoâ€"ordinate their thoughts. "Now see hore!" he said sharply. Bailey rattled the knob of the door : into the hall ‘ "This door‘s locked too!" he said, with increasing puzzlement. A gasp went over the group. They were locked in the room, while some devilâ€" ment was going on in the rest of the house. ‘That they know. But what it might be, what form it might take, they had not the remotest idea. They were too distracted to notice the injured man, now alert in his chair, of the Doctor‘s odd attitude of listening, above the rattle and bangâ€" ing of the storm. But it was not until Miss Cornelia took the candle and proceeded toâ€" ward the hallâ€"doorâ€"to examine it that the full horror of the situation burst Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Colds _ Headache Neuritis Lumbago Pain Neuralgia _ Toothache _ Rheumatism round, glowing spot of phosâ€" Mhflm;m(w-(h)d'lfl.mdw ucidester of Sallcyiicacid (Acetyl W_.A‘*A_A.&A;-)hmlh':“ wcldester of Sallcylicacid (Acety! Salleylle Acld, "A. 8. A.‘"). While it is well ko m:wm--m--mmn.--nn.-n.iâ€"“un umoâ€"m-m-n-um--uâ€"-mu“hnu by MARY ROBERTS RINEKHART AVERY HOPWOOD DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART | 2 ASPirin A Novel from the Play upon them. Neatly fastenedâ€"to the white panel of the door, chest Wigh and hardly more than just dead, was the body of & bat. w 3 Of what happened thereafter no one afterwards remembered the deâ€" tails ‘To be shut in there at the morey of one who knew no mercy, was intolerable. It was loft for Miss. Cornelia to remember her own 1e volver, lying unnoticed on the table since the crime earlier in the evenâ€" ing, and to suggest its use in shattor ing the lock. Just what they had expected when the door was finally opened they did rot know. (But the house was quiet and in ‘order; no new horror faced them in the hall; their candle re vealed no bloody figure, their ears heard no unearthly sound. Slowly~ they began to breathe rormally once more. After that they began to search the house. Since no room was &pâ€" parently immune from danger, the men made no protest when the woâ€" men insisted on accompanying them. And as time went on and chamber after champer was discovered empty and undisturbed, gradually the courâ€" age of the party began to rise. Liszsie still whimpering, stuck closely to Miss Cornelia‘s heels, but that spirited lady began to make small sgide excursions of her own. Of the men, only Bailey, Beresford. ard the Doctor could really be said. to search at all. Billy had remained below, impassive of face but rolling of eye; the Unknown, after an atâ€" tempt to depart with them, had sunk back weakly into his chair again, and detective, Anderson, was still unaccountably missing. While no one could be said to be, grieving over this, still the bollo({ that somehow, somewhere, he had met the Bat and suffered. at his hands was strong in all of them exâ€" cept the Doctor. As each door was opened they expected to find him, probably foully murdered; as each door was closed again they breathed with relief. And as time went on and the silâ€" ‘ence and peace remained unbroken, lth'.- conviction grew on them that the Bat had in this manner achieved his object and departed. Had done his work, signed it after his usual fashion, and gone. And thus were matters when Miss Cornelia, happening on the attic staircase with Lizzie at her heols, decided to look about her up there. And went up. » s CHAPTER SIXTEEN | The Hidden Room | A few moments later Jack Bailey, seeing a thin glow of candleâ€"light from the attic above, and hearing Lizzle‘s protesting voice, made his way up there. He found them in the trunkâ€"room, a dus‘y, dingy apartment lined with high closets with an incongruous assortment of attic oljectsâ€"two battered trunks, a clothes hamper, an old sewing maâ€" chine, a brokenâ€"backed . kitchenâ€" chair, a pair of dilapidated dressâ€" suitcases and a shabby satchel that might once have been a woman‘s "Candlogroase!" she said, sharply, siaring at a line of white spots by the window. She stooped and touchâ€" ed the spots with an exploratory member how Mr. Gilleite, in ‘Sherâ€" lock Holmes,‘ when heâ€"â€"" o and followed the frail of the candle: grease away trom the Windows, inâ€" genlously trying to copy the shrewd, plercing gaze of Mr. Gillette as she remembered him in his most famous she murmured, in tones of Sherâ€" lockian gravity. Bailey repressed an involuntary smile But her next words gave him genuine food for thought. ‘She stired at the mantol of the freplace accusingly. s ona "It‘s been going through my mind torâ€" the last few minutes that no m...yn»nu_umnmotm house!" she said. Bailey stared. ‘"Then why the fire place?" ? "That‘s what I‘m goined to find out!" said the spinster grimly. She started to rap the mantel, testing it for secret springs. "Jack! Jack!" It was Dale‘s voice, low and cautious, coming from the lsnding of the stairs. Bailey stepped to the door of the trunkâ€"room. _"Come in," he called â€" in . reply "And lock the door behind you." Dole entered, turning the key in the lock behind her. "Where are the others?" "They‘re still searching the house. ‘There‘s no sign of anybody." Dale shook her head. "Not yet." She turned toward her aunt. Miss Cornelia had begun to enjoy herâ€" self once more. * Rapping on the mantelpiece, pokâ€" ing and pressing various corners uld1 sections of the mantel itself, she re membered all the detective stories she had ever read and thought, with a sniff of scorn, that she could better them. There were always sliding panels and hidden drawers in detec tive storiesâ€"and the detective disâ€" lcoverod them by rapping just as she was doing, and listening for a hollow Iwund in answer. She rapped on the wall above the mantel â€" exactlyâ€" ithere was the holtlow echo she wantâ€" | "Even without the money," 'lhe' l-‘ld. "the mere presence of this ‘safe here, bidden away, tells the !lu'ory. ‘The fact that someone else | knew and got here first cannot alter | on | But she could not cheer them. It was Lizzie who created a diversion. Â¥ Lizzie who had boited into the hall at the first motion of the mantel piece outwards, and who now with equal precipitation came‘ boiting 'b.ck. She rushed into the room, " ‘ slamming the door behind her, and collapsed into a heap.of moaning terror at his mistress‘s feet. At first she was completely inarticulate, but * |after a time she mustered that she had seen "him" and twen fell to groaning again. _ "It leads straight to the fireplace!" "Hollow as Lizzie‘s head!" she said trinmphantly. The fNreplace was obviously not what it seemedâ€"there must be a space behind it unaccountâ€" ed for in the building plans. Now what was the next step detectives always took. Oh, yesâ€"they looked for panels; panels that moved. And when one shoved them away there was a button or something. She pushed and pressed and finally someâ€" thing did move. It was the mantelâ€" piece itsolf, false grate and all, which bggan to swing out into the room, revealing behind a dark, ho low cubbyhole, some six feet by six â€"the Hidden Room at last! l The tragic collapse of all their hopes was almost more than they ‘oould bear. Coming on top of the \nerveâ€"racking events of the night, it ‘lsft them dazed and directionâ€"less. |1t was, of course, Miss Cornelia who ‘reoovered first. "Oh, Jack, be careful!" breathed Dale, as her lover took Miss Corâ€" nelia‘s candle and moved toward the dark hidingâ€"place. But her eyes had already caught the outlines of a tall iron safe in the gloom, and in spite of her fears,, her lips formed a word less cry of victory. ‘ But Jack Bailey said nothing at all. One glance had shown him that |tho safe was empty. "They haven‘t foundâ€"Mr. Ander In nearly all cases this condition, which doctors usually describe as general debility, is due to poor blood â€"blbod that is deficient in reg corâ€" puscles. When the blood is thin and weak your whole system suffers. You lose appetite, have no energy,. your nerves trouble you and you feel restâ€" What you need is help to build up your blood and you should begin a* once to make your blood rich and red by taking Dr. Williams\ Pink Pills. â€" You . will soon noticeo the difference in your hedlth by a better appotite and increased vigor. The reason is that the new blood created by. Dr. Williams‘ Pink. Pills stimuâ€" ‘lates all the organs of the body to healthy activity and ptrongth,. i you are weak and out or sorts, begin gaining new strength today by takâ€" llnrnr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. "I was in a badly run down condition," says Mrs.‘J. Petter, of Winnifred, Alta., "when I began using Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills and they~fully restored my health. _ I strongly recommend this medicine to all weak people." Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills are gold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ‘The same thought was in all their minds, that in some corner of the upper floor she had come acrose the body of Anderson, But when Miss Cornelia Rnally quieted her and askâ€" ed this, she shook her head. "It was the Bat I saw," was hor astounding statement. "He dropped through the skyâ€"light out there and ran along the hall. I saw him, I tell you. He went right by me!" _ "Nonsense," said Miss Cornelia briskly. "How can you say such a thing ?" But Bailey purshed forward and took Lizzie by the shoulder. "What did he look like?" "He hadn‘t any face. He was all black where his face ought to be." "Do you mean he wore a mask?" "Maybe. I don‘t know." She collapsed again, but wher Bailey, followed by Miss Cornelia, made a move toward the door, she broke into frantic wailing. "Don‘t go out there!" _ she shrieked. "Hes‘ there, I tell you. I‘m not crazy. If you open that door, he‘ll shoot. § h9o But the door was already open and no shot came. With the departure of Bailey and Miss Cornelia, and the reâ€" sulting darkness due to their taking the candle, Lizzie and Dale were left alone. The girl was faint with disâ€" appointment and strain; she ‘ sat huddled on a trunk, saying nothing, and after a moment or so Lizzie roused to her condition. _ "Not feeling sick, are you?" she asked. "L{eel a little queer." "Who wouldn‘t, in the dark hore, with that monster loose somewhere near by?" But she stirred herself and got up. "I‘d better get the smel+ «i ing salts," she said heavily.‘ "God knows I hate to move, but if there‘s one place safer in this house then another, I‘ve yet to find it." 1 60 CASES CHICKENPOX There are now sixty cases of chickenpox in the city of Kitchener : but the authorities hope to check the |prosreu of the disease shortly. She went out, leaving Dale alone. The trunkâ€"room was dark, save now and then as the candle appeared and reappeared the doorway was faintly outlined. On this outline she kept her eyes fixed, by way of comfort, and thus passed the next few momâ€" ents. She felt weak and dizzy and entirely despairing. Catarrh Heat Minard‘s andinhale. Exâ€" cellent for colds in head, throat and chest. f \ract y © L i 2 B: r@ ; “‘.?553'_-'::;.,‘_:" (; | i# (}]}â€" (To be continued) rwe=l Snfleg || "~_ Fime For Hetâ€"Dog Castle The town is growing by leaps and ‘bounds, and if we can stir up a fow more enterprising business men we ’vlbo.“ltr‘uluovohflrn- The latest additions are Mr. Alfred E. ©Wrickson‘s Becond Hand Store ing Stand. Who‘s next with some new line of business?â€"Buttons Bay (Micit) paper.: 4 . ‘The above item appeared in The Literary Digest of September 10 in ‘The Spice of Life column and was reprinted from our lssue of August ‘The above caption (which was not ours), set us to thinkingâ€"perhaps some one is already making proparaâ€" tion for the opening of a "Hotâ€"dog Castle," judging from the high morâ€" tality rate among our dog "populaâ€" tion" the past two: weeks. _ Farmer Freeland suggests: ‘"What we need most to boost this town into a city is a big potato dig, although much valuable publicity can be de rived from a iLterary Dig."â€"Suttons Far Too Fresh He was fresh at the job, was the yoo@n-loouu reporter, and very keen on his work. He was determined to make good, and no effort was too much for him If â€"there was a chance of getting something new, among them being the railway season ticket office. "Anything fresh this morning?‘ he asked of the clerk one day. ~ ‘"What is it?" he asked. "The paint your leaning against, was the answer. Seifâ€"Defense "I often wondered why the Engâ€" lish were tea drinkers." "Yep, but I know now. I had some of their coffee." Stuffed Date Oneâ€""Did you fill your date last night ?" Moreâ€""I hope so. She ate everyâ€" thing in sight." Saying It With Sales Talk Pretty Saleswoman â€" "Don‘t you want a talkingâ€"machine in your home?" Watch Your Step Heâ€""You must economize! Think o" the future. If I were to die, where would you be?" Sheâ€""I should be here all right. The question isâ€"where would you be ?" Nonâ€"Resistance Hame Bone says: "‘Tain‘t no use bettin‘ wid dem gamblers. You jesâ€" well give ‘em yo‘ money en go home en git yo‘ sleep." 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