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t The iron doors shut behind her. Bailey watched the Unknown inâ€" tently. One moment of relaxed »wigilance andâ€"â€" (But though the Unknown was unâ€" wlocking the door with his left hand â€"the revolver in his right hand was w@s steady as a rock. He seemed to lsten for a moment at the crack of the door. Not a sound, if you value your dives!" he warned again. He shopâ€" herded them away from the direction of the window with his revolver. "lrut that woman in the mantel room and shut her up!" ordered the Unknown, the muzzle of his revolver emphasizing his words with a savage little movement. . But at last she had encountered someone who had no patience with her vagaries. Bailey took Lizzie under the arms and started to execute the order. But the sometime colleen from Kerry did not depart without one Parthian arrow. "Don‘t shove," she said in tones of the greatest dignity as she stumbled into the Hidden Room. "I‘m damn glad to go!" death., Reluctantly, dejectedly, Bailey obeyedâ€"stuffed the money back in the satchel and replaced the latter in its corner of shadows near the window. Comb Sage Tea Into Gray Hair halited. o "Do what he tells you!" Miss Corâ€" nelia insisted, her voice shaking. A brave man may be willing to fight with odds a hundred to oneâ€" but only a fool will rush on certain "It‘s the Batâ€"it‘s the Bat!" whisâ€" pered Lizzie eerily, and, for once, her gloomy prophecies seemed to be in a fair way of justification, for "Blow out that candle‘" commanded the Unknown sternly, and after a moment of hesitation on Miss Corâ€" melia‘s part, the room was again plunged in darkness except for the red glow at thie window. ‘This finished Lizzie for the even img. She spoke from a dry throat. "I‘m going to scream!" she sobbed hysterically. "I can‘t keep it back!" Bailley‘s first closed. He step toward his captor. "Youâ€"* he began in a furious volce. But the steely glint in the eyes of the Unknown was enough to give any man pause. "Me isâ€"the Bat!" mmu‘rhwm but for once she not carry out her purpose. ~‘"Not a sound out of you!" warnâ€" *4 the Unknown, brutally, almost “mmurhtolu'flh. He whooled on Balley. "Close that satchel," he commandéd ed, "and put it back where you found it!" x Darkens Beautifully and Restores Its Natural Color and Lustre At Once. Common garden sage brewed into @ heary tea, with sulphur and alcoâ€" mol added, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuriant. Mixing the Sage Tea and Bulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way is to get the readyâ€"toâ€"use preparation imâ€" proved by the addition of other inâ€" gredients a large bottle, at little cost, at drug stores, known as "Wyâ€" eth‘s Sage and Suiphur Compound," thus avoiding a lot of muss. While gray, faded hair is not sinâ€" ful, we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and attractiveâ€" mess. By darkening your hair with Wyeth‘s Sage and Suiphur Comâ€" pound, no one can tell, because it does it so naturally, so evenly. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning all gray hairs have disappeared. After another application or two your hair beâ€" comes beautifully dark, glossy, soft and luxuriant and you appear years "In a moment or two," he said in "Jack !" ~* c \ hR T â€" ;i AFhe ~ \.* a,:‘.? Â¥ p\ 4 .# yo k ~ f '..;:' A P P ~â€"C% t is -'...EEI" ’ A Novel from the Play by MARY ROBERTS RINEHART and AVERY HOPWOOD pleaded Dale. _ Bailey T he The top of the extensionâ€"ladder ‘began to tromble. A black bulk stopd ¢learly outlined against the diminishing _ red _ glowâ€"the Bat, masked and sinister, on his last foray! ~ There was no sound as the killer stepped into the room. He waited for a second that seemed a yearâ€"still no sound. Then he turned cautiousâ€" ly toward the place where he had left the satchelâ€"the beam of his flashlight picked it out. In an instant the Unknown and Bailey were upon him. There was a short, ferocious struggle in the darkâ€" nessâ€"a gasp of laboring lungsâ€"the thud of fighting bodies clemched in a deathâ€"grapple. "I‘ve still got you covered!" he said fiercely. The Bat made no sound. "Get his gun‘" muttered the Unâ€" known hoarsely to Bailey, as he tore the Bat‘s lean hands away from his throat. "Got it?" ‘"Yes," gasped Bailey. He jabbed the muzzle against a straining back. The Bat ceased to struggle. Bailey stepped a little away. ‘Miss Corneliz and Dale shrank back against the mantel. Bailey took up a post above the windowâ€"the Unknown flattening himself against the wall beside him. There was a breathless pause. "Hold out your hands, Bat, while I put on the bracelets," commanded the Unknown in tones of terse tri umph. He snapped the steel cuffs on the wrists of the murderous prowler. "Sometimes even the cleverest Bat comes through a window at night and is caught. Double murderâ€"burâ€" glaryâ€"and arson! That‘s a good night‘s work even for you, Bat!" â€"He switched his flashlight on the Bat‘s masked face. As he did so the houseâ€"lights came onâ€"the electricâ€" light company had at last rememâ€" bered its duties. All blinked for an instant in the sudden illumination. "I begin to understand," she said, in a low tone. "The man who struck you down and tied you in the garage â€"the man who killed Dick Fleming and stabbed that poor wretch in the closetâ€"the man who locked us in downstairs, and removed the money from that safeâ€"the man who started that fire outsideâ€"isâ€"â€"" "Sssh!" warned the Unknown, imâ€" peratively, as a sound from the diâ€" rection of the window seemed to reach his ears. He ran quickly back to the coridordoor and locked it. "Stand back out of that light! The ladder!" And so for a moment they stood there, waiting for they &new not what. So swift had been the trasiâ€" tion from joy to deadly terror, and now to suspense, that only Miss Corâ€" nelia‘s agile brain seemed able to respond. And at first it did even that very slowly. ‘"‘Take off that handkerchief!" barked the Unknown, motioning at the black silk handkerchief that still hid the face of the Bat from recogâ€" nition. Bailey stripped it from the haggard, desperate features with a quick movementâ€"and stool appalled. "For God‘s sake, don‘t keep these women here!" he pleaded, in low, tenke tones. ‘The Unknown seemed to tower above him like a destroying augel. "Keep them here where we can watch them!" he whispored with fierce impationce. "Don‘t you underâ€" stand? ‘There‘s a killer loose!" a hushed, taut voice, "s man will come into this room, either through the door of by that window â€"the man who started the fire to draw you out of this house." Bziley throw aside all pride in his concern for Dale‘s saféty. A simultaneous gasp went up from Dale and Miss Cornelia. It was Anderson, the detective! And he wasâ€"the Bat! The Unknown gloated over his captive. "It‘s Mr. Anderson!" stuttered Dale, aghast at the discovery. "I‘m Anderson," he said. ‘"This man has been impersonating me. You‘re a good actor, Bat, for a fellow that‘s such a bad actor!" he taunted. "How did you get the dope on this case? Did you tap the wires to Headquarters. "I‘ll tell you that when Iâ€"â€"" he began, then, suddenly, made his last bid for freedom. With one swift, Miss Cornelia smiled. She broke open the revolverâ€"five loaded shells fell from it to the floor. The Bat staréd at herâ€"then stared inâ€" credulously at the bullets. ‘"Don‘t move!" he warned, "or I‘ll fill you full of lead!" He smiled out of the corner of his mouth at Miss Cornelia, who was primly â€"picking up the revolver that the ‘Bat had flung at herâ€"her own revolver. "You seeâ€"you never know what a woman will do," he continued. feaith, because it is made from n ith tonics; . Nat safe. Step into your druggist‘s. m 25c or 50c box. Make Mrs. Godin‘s happy * experience come true for you, also. 1 "Hands up, everybody!" he orderâ€" ed, menacing the party with the stolen pistol. "Hands upâ€"you!‘ as Miss Cornelia kept her hands at her sides. * ‘"‘You see," she said, "I too have a little imagination!" CHAPTER TWENTYâ€"ONE Quite a \Collection An hour or so later, in a livingâ€" room whose terrors had departed, Miss Cornelia, her niece and Jack Bailey had gathered before a roaring fire. The local police had come and She smiled, swéetly, and came toward the Bat as if the pistol aimed at her heart were an innocuous as a toothbrush. The Bat flung the revolver toward her with a\curse. The real Anderâ€" son instantly smatched up the gun that Bailey had dropped and covered him. desperate movement, in spite of his handcuffs, he jerked the real Anderâ€" son‘s revolver down on his wrist. Bailey‘s revolver fell to the floor with a clatter. The Bat swung toward the door. Again the tables were turned! _ "Why?" she queried mildly. "I took the bullets out of that revolver two hours ago." lives up to every claim." Such is the sinâ€" ‘ Bat had left it pathetic L t, was the pathetic cere nafi‘é‘.’f'ufi..‘.‘.;""‘"‘““"“."w- creature with which the Bat If your body is handi a '-klndslcndahb.tormln(onho hmthuâ€"ilyo-hnh-bchzd-y had completed it. mlh.led?“.â€"bbu enjoy | (But calmly and (@ispassionately work or play, by all means try "Fruitâ€"&â€" ‘ Miss Cornelia worked tives". It is the ideal tonicâ€"laxativeâ€"the j i# in aose most natural ficine to ”..lvora puszle of the evening and anâ€" health. berauce it is made fenm an», Bounced her resuits. . It was the greatest moment of Miss Cornelia‘s life. fieshy and in good health. I tried all 1 un many io strly that ‘Fiog a thed In one minute your clogged nos trills will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking. snuffling, blowing, headache, dryâ€" ness. No struggling for breath at night, your cold or catarrh will be gone. pation, I advised to ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€" tives®. M!'.:v ills are -_-_-.-'3'~Al_-e Get a small bottle of Ely‘s Cream Balm from your druggist now. Ap ply a little of this fragrant, antiâ€" septic healing cream in your nos trils. It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen muscous membrane and relief comes instantâ€" ly. It‘s just fine. Don‘t stay stuffedâ€" up with a cold or nasty catarrhâ€" Relief comes so quickly. ‘After suffering many years from constiâ€" CREAM FOR CATARRH OPENS UP NOSTRILS Tells How To Get q-h:k Relief from Headâ€"Colds. It‘s Splendid! _ When Lissie came at last to coar and scold her into bed, she was sitting happily at,the table, surâ€" roumded by divers small articles which she was handling with an alâ€" most childâ€"like zest. A. clipping about the Bat from the evening newspaper; a piece of paper on which was a wellâ€"defined . fingerâ€" print; a revolver and a heap of five shells; a small very dead bat; the anonymous warnings, including the stone in which the last one had been wrapped; a battered and broken \wntch. somehow left behind; a dried and broken dinner roll, and the box lot sedative powders brought by But it was the Bat who held her interest; his daring assumption of the detective‘s identity, his searchâ€" ing of the house, ostensibly for their safety but in reality for the treasure, and that one moment of irresolution when he did not shoot the Doctor at the top of the ladder. And there after lost his chance. "That took brains," she said. "Cold, hard brains. To dash out of that room and down the stairs, pull off his mask and pick up a.candle, and then to come calmly back to the trunkâ€"room again and accuse the Doctorâ€"that took real ability. But I dread to think what would have happened whon he asked us all to go out and leave him alone with the real Anderson!" _ "It is al clear," she said. "Of course the Doctor had the blueâ€"print. And the Bat tried to get it from him. ‘Then when the Doctor had stunned him and locked him in the billiard room, the Bat still had the key and unlocked his own handcuffs. After that he had only to get out of a window and shut us in here." And again: "He had probably trailed the real detective all the way from town and attacked him where Mr. Beresford found the watch." It somehow weakend her terrified admiration for him, but she had noâ€" thing but acclaim for the escape he had made from the Hidden Room itâ€" self. It was after two o‘clock when she finally sent the young people off to get some needed sleep, but she herâ€" self was still brighteyed and wide awake. "It must have been a blow to the Doctor and Courtleigh Fleming, when they found me settled in the house. She smiled grimly. "And when their letters failed to dislodge Once, too, she harkened back to the anonymous letters. more back to the subject in hand. Out behind the flower garden the fuins of the garage and her beloved car were still smoldering; a cool nw'uemm*om windowâ€"pane.where not so long beâ€" fore the bloody hand of the injured detective had intruded itsof. On the door to the hall, still fastened as the Bat had left it, was the pathetic little creature with which the Bat had signed a job, for once, before he had completed it. Lizzie came over to the table surveyed her grmily. "You see, Lizzie, it‘s quite a lection. I‘m going to take them But Lizzie bent over the table and picked up the box of powders. ‘"No, ma‘am," she said, with exâ€" treme finality. "You are not. You are going to take these _and go to ‘The fire burned brightly, and the lovers hand in hand sat before it. But Miss Cornelia,; birdâ€"like and brisk, sat upright on a chair near by and reâ€"lived the greatest triumph of her life while she knitted with automatic precision. And ‘Miss Cornelia did "Knit" two, purl two," she Wells col Firstâ€"Marie Koebel, Mildred Koeâ€" bel, Harold Kittel, Gilbert Diebold, QOliver Koebel. Testimoney was to the effect that accounts were radically different in the books of various township and county officials from those in Bilk ings‘ books. Most of the latter reâ€" cords were destroyed in a fire at defendant‘s premises a year or so ago, but the township secured testiâ€" money and evidence from the reâ€" cords of county officials and school section auditors of the township, and bank records. Jr. UIIâ€"Marguerite Logel, Russel GohL/ John Brenner, Mary Koebel, Russel Hayes. â€" Secondâ€"Joseph Brenner and Anna Schummer (equal), Joseph Koebel, Elgin _ Diebold, Jack Friedman, Geraldine Karley. Primerâ€"Jack Finucan, Wesley Cornell, Betty Cornell, Claire Brenâ€" ner, â€" Bartly â€" Finucan, â€" Margaret Dougherty, Gerald Koebel, Florabelle Koebel, Lloyd Brenner, Oscar Dieâ€" bold. * TREASURER ORDERED TO PAY ACCOUNT DEFICIT _ H. Braddish Billings, former clerkâ€" treasurer of the township of Glouâ€" cester, was ordered by Mr. Justice Raney in the supreme court of Onâ€" tario, at Ottawa, to pay to the townâ€" the sum of $56,823, the amount claimâ€" ed ‘by the township following alleged discrepancies in the books of the former clerkâ€"treasurer which were revealed by an audit.. M. Birns, teacher. Sr. IH.â€"Therese Digbold, Laurine Koobel, Bertilla Brenner, Edward Hayes, Genevieve Koabel, Ruth Schummer, *Geneva Brenner. 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Jr. V.â€"Alice Kummer, Helen Mcâ€" Tavigh, Rose Kraemer, Carl Voll, Claude Brenner, Sophia Ganczarski*, Walter Brenner*. 8r. IV. â€" Aileen Hayes, Alex. Kraemer, Helen Koebel, George Schummer November. Sr. V.â€"Genevieve Kraemer, Edwin NOVEMBER REPORT and neuralgia. $5 cent bottle guarâ€" anteod by all druggists. OF 8. 8. 8. 4, WELLESLEY The following is the report of 8. 8. 4, Wellesley, for the month of H. V. Flannery, teacher. Mary Goh!*, Gertrude of Red Pepper Joints OATS CHAMPIONSHIP . CAPTURED BY CANADA AT CHICAGO SHOW For the fifth time in eight years, a Canadian exhibitor demonstrated ARTHUR FOSTER ;â€"++++. Manager B. E. BECHTEL and W. R. BRICKER ........ Inspecters C. A. BOEKHM INSURANCGE AGENCIES LIMITED District Agents in the oats section of the hay and grain show of the International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago. Herman Trelle, the "wonder man of agriculture," who in 1926 won the wheat and oats sweepstakes, again captured the oats championhsip and a few days ago was awarded the reserve sweepstakes in wheat. He is from Wembley, Alberta, and his victorious sample ‘of Victory oats weighed 49.6 pounds to the bushelâ€"far heavier than any sample ever exhibited in this exposition. Optimistic of future success, Trelle is looking forward to a 1928 victory in the oats section, which will give him permanent possession of the silver cup, donating his title of "Oats King of America." Officers and Dirssters L. W. SHUH ............ President W. &. WEICHEL ... Vieeâ€"President J. Howard Simpson _ Oscar Rumpe! Richard Reschman Udgar Baver Jos. Stauffer P. E. 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