I * the chased him in from Thurston,” “We other tell the the “I continue® chemist lie TREE. APPLE ments. POISON CELLARS. THE OLD you, IN open saw tflHfc ago.” table and end minutes Sturgis, with what seemed stood his not ten like safe which near very meadows crossed the To-day I hurried down the bundles of The policeman enthusiastic it conviction, “this from take numerous mar Rotting Vegetables Fruits Pro* and the beyond town. lie That carefully packed originator which he stairs. the of banknotes, almost was every duce apple Carbonic Gas, Deadly tree gnarled old 'neath a And a and package him take from Murdock's valise unsolved he which valise; stood mystery has into down. saw I laid nonplussed To rest me a Disease Breeder. bound long richly conspicuous the pine the police safe few box. during the last the t* upon a same stirred above branches Says J. Its me, J. H. Gregory, the well-known proceeded do of Murdock there sign. he But lie had his which to in important notebooks, agents w as no years. and every fro. to breeze swept A seedsman and vegetable “A grower: exclaimed tied and “Gone!” of the detectives, securely bundle, throughout the apple buds in center the neat one high And among country; up a cellar be the valuable than may more humming slow. deeply mortified the thought bees The at w’orking agents under were sealed. in potent building which when the stands it on his his had slipped through the chemist that centives. and working in dark This done, put yet the quarry on watch squirrel to A me, BLIGHT. camo LEAF POTATO farmer has learned just control how to “Gone! How? fingers. Where? the hill. and preparing to his few of them have for from and known wh( bird coat, A hat sang was ever telnperature its and dryness for the fields the all about escaped. And open have He He hallway, when cannot held the mysterious into the cannot— which di out a power pass Check Held in This Disease May Be still. keeping of his vegetables.” best lay and The warm sun Sturgis?” What is it, Mr. the door. rected their sounded Murder has knock upon every move. Application of Bordeaux the by Cellars have generally found been to caught sight childhood. suddenly how, in slightly—enough He had of the done of wholesale: thought Murdock opened been and 1 quietly so Mixture. be unhealthy. Vegetables frequently are it seemed to Like dream me. the stairs. half a without revealing reporter, and mysteriously himself, has the work show’ been to way up While told childish love left rotting, had rot. to We two our over carbonic widespread and destructive. This disease is Sturgis, with blanched Weak and ill, accomplished other occupants that, of the in all but this last the presence apple Beneath that tree. is formed. This acid is gas gas confined the leaves It is to with face, unsteadily, hand, clung the detectives have found of the one case, room. n-i heavier than air, and settles much the apple buds common The same— seem and about and with the steins, the railing; while, other, housemaids. whatever to clue which appears of the It might lead to green was one and cold, and the the cellar. It is sweet bottom of As to pure very form, but begin lead-lined the time the tubers toward to in he pointed the girl, explanation said the vat, of .he “Plaze, sur,” sudden and a an the apple tree, unaccountable has changed But time unhealthy, and people when entering earlier the growth of noticed if be whose dark viscous contents polacemun disappearance “the old. frightened voice, of wealthy may I it and were And says are If breathe it. the cellar liable to are checked in the plants has been boiling oil. bubbling like he whose bodies, any wait longer; must can't shipped the he to see men, no apple like the life is tree. alone it sufficiently breathed My and pure its of The first indication in dense clouds A presence pungent Manhattan Chemical away.” way. right by rose vapor harsh and rough and strange. Grown yer company section would death. In soon a cause leaves of the is the liquid. Through from of the bursting buds— the surface Murdock’s the parlor?” is like in the appearance on But love “Are they agents, quietly and were fever malignant much affected with a change. become They to grayish brown which spots, of the horrified never seem it the fascinated systematically the other soon polacemun, made “Only the with in the gaze sur; away where found that in Literature. it Good in W. Anderson, Waldron every case was brittle. The disease hard and discerned vaguely nameless chemist’s would wait outside.” laboratory.” said he a men man cellar, the fever prevailed there was a rather slowly, the spots weird and thing, tossed in grotesque reflection. “He progresses minute for the fiend Murdock took incarnate!” was a exclaimed while where there the houses were especially gradually becoming larger, seething’vortex. contortions in the physician. a cellars generally exempt. no were the along the edges of the leaflets. At the justice Murdock had escaped you,” of “Well,” said in the hall until I call Sturgis, “Wait after | f a moment Where cellars thus used a covered are WAfiER half of end of days weeks, STURGIS ten to two THE of becomes thoughtful “If the policeman silence, “at said, last. he at men. any drain size leading of outward proper withered brown, the leaf surface be may he tell him I shall not rate, impatient, not wantonly cruel. He * was $ the cellar from the bottom of STORY. CHAPTER XXV. DETECTIVE is of and brittle, while the A rest oh a engaged heartless; he most be that I pitiless; but long; was am was should be The constructed. construction weeks MURDER SYNDICATE. yellowish color. Three THE or green his cruelty always business.” important to was a means an should drain be such that the can jc MORETTE. all the month elapse before EDGAR won’t 9 “See here, Sturgis, this do. Dy 1 a may qnd. however than selfish had the girl and illegitimate No gone sooner be opened By and closed pleasure. at tubers stop Frederick Stokes Co. leaves succumb. The by A. stroke right, IS?9, forbade do of V Co;».' to work and you a that end might His the be. seizing the valise cruelty Murdock, opening foul air occasionally the can KU.K-U.K".KU.K'U.KU.F! yv’.OX leave bed; to-day, to and your or even in door of the that, of the human package, opened extension. a measure, every be drained off. It however, believed is, scribbling just here away are being destroying rested for awhile you as life that he live His may eyes that the better will be abandon plan to .—Continued. PTE XXIII had happened. Ci R nothing I IA though tell absorbed and trampling his still fellow’ daughter, who, his upon men upon the cellar altogether. A house of proper the when has squeak narrow he inanimate you a man that be comfortable. her Between awhile irresolute, and tender of stood for in the He may care size be constructed with can a been tremendous have, there has a you Murdock and the else. There of mind risk all of all there his oblivious rest had just ?.iade lover, to us up was r from double floor and double alls w and it is strain his heart, positively difference expression— upon of degree, certainly, suddenly Murdock’s unusual bold when in them was a an move, was on a feet Fill between 8 to 12 apart. dangerous—” there impassive but difference distinct, if but the of kind ?” light; voice became tender almost A, was a as more a earth. the walls with sawdust fine or old have “Don’t scold, I man; never “There is thing emotionless. which the mouth-piece otherwise I he passing face one cannot were near was constructed, Double doors should be life been bettei than I feel in today. - my yet understand,” said end. Thurston, speaking-tube the other of the at The in either end, feet. 5x2% say, one And, besides, this work could not “and that is, why Murdock directly.” should shall be back hesitate for “1 seemed chemist to The slide. inner door be constructed to may postponed—” be have pushed his audacity to the point whether speak; going then. Agnes, if it brief instant to He Houses was constructed above a gave entire as pshaw! That is what nine “Oh. out defying of ferret the to out extension, into the would remain alone passing she, for then, out you at mystery satisfaction and free from were were patients of their physician. ten to every say of this crime, when he might behind him. instant and instant closed the door in that softly least he the deleterious carbonic acid effects of an ; modestly They convinced are perhaps have avoided all risk detection of and powerless lay possible salvation. weak alone, Sturgis gas.—Bryan and Home. Tyson, in Farm that the workl must needs to come by a holding his tongue.” The strained reporter him had nerve every go. seen accomplish standstill if they cannot “No is perfect,” answered APPLE TREES. SETTING catch other word. None man to some their tiny mite of work.” —s' XXIV. Sturgis, sententiously. “not CHAPTER But presently he heard door even an came. a Dr. Thurston, who had assumed his accomplished villain like Murdock, Geometric close. Murdock had left the Placed In Unless They Are CHECKMATE! room. severity, of professional frown proceeded fortunately for the of mankind. rest after leaving Presents Now the chance The detectives, the Orchard Never Order to act. two or never was reporter’s pulse. feel the to human Every being has his weak cellar of the With Sturgis in the all his might he and Good Appearance. blew repeatedly Sprague a in luck; better than “Well, you are points. Murdock had two:—his into the tube. Chemical Manhattan vanity proceeded company, orchard it is In setting out young a deserve. Almost other any man BY BLIGHT. you LEAF AFFECTED and his love for his daughter. from “Well?” premises the search to the be that highly important trees set laid week would have been for by up a They the only traits which almost the leaves somewhat growing The question in roof. Then, the were sweet basement con to as soon as came exactly in geometric order, exactly in have been through. the experience you nected him with the human family. result the cellar, attacked, and returned the woman’s voice. of discomfited, they to crop tones as a are a directions. in line with each other two To them he his undoing.” find that is practically worthless. Sprague surprised “Mr. is in danger. and to owes great were much An orchard presents attractive more a check This blight be held in had disappeared. friend THE END and his You alone his life, if the reporter may can save you exercised if is care appearance by of Bordeaux mixture. the application do I Go the door at to once as say. in this direction, and the looks of an applied whom This is prepared and of questioning the r Frightened by Poodle. the extension; upward After as a man press on important factor orchard be to an prove 50-gallon barrel follows: into outside, Pour watch the had left Burns’ famous the lower hinge; then the knob! they Perhaps line might be turn a on on when it is desired if time to comes a then gallons of clear ncither-Sprague 25 water, ascertaining that- Quick, before made read: “A dog’s father returns!” and to dog for a' —wdorlF your a orchard. sell the of crushed weigh six pounds house, had left the Sturgis evoked Sturgis yet that.” But of all dogs, thoroughbred out the image of Murdock nor Now in cannot set trees one a perfect bluestone sulphate, and after called loudly the performing detectives to mongrel, shaggy these operations the poodle would before or copper or a line line by sighting along the of tying it in piece of sacking reply, and receiving missing be about the kind opening the door of the to poorest oi coarse a exten* JIA) no men, seem they The obscure trees set tops out. as are suspend the package just beneath the word alarmed and sent dog sion; with became for defense. Yet and, retrospective intui* at last missionary, a the view, and when the is row of surface of the by to water mysterious disappearance tion. divined their of the whose experience has been the means a purpose. among finished will be found much trees some string laid the tied to stick The chief’s headquarters. and cannibals Africa, of across a There Sturgis answer came waited savages says was no answer. of the barrel. another suitable top In that his little Sally, poodle, at of for bound In he once: at was one none. a was barrel, vessel, such tub half where watch “Remain 1 his best Companion. protectors, Youth’s as a or friend's side and you are. his struggling on says was slack Slack four pounds of fresh lime. from the other investigate We shall One of her exploits consisted drag him toward the foot of tho to the lime small carefully by pouring side.” in putting flight band of hostile on to stairs. As he reached this point, the. a quantities of time, the object water at detectives thereupon of the went One natives. The missionary traveling a door opened and Agnes revealed Murdock, was being obtain smooth, building, whence to roof of the the distance in advance his a creamy to of and pale frightened, the up some caravan, on liquid, free from grit. When the lime back watch the could keep he accompanied only by his boy-servant upon landing the at top. is slacked sufficient add mixture companion remained to his yards, while and Sally. When he the to The first rush of caused her came gas make gallons. the 25 As bluestone hall. the front of hill, in large soon as top body of Burungi back; in but another instant a to start a is dissolved, which will require waiting thus for had been warriors in They full war-paint an some suddenly she had sight caught of her lover’s were hour the lime murk heard latter thought he the time, when racing or more, pour toward them. Calling inanimate form had seen and rushed his to and bluestone solution together, using private direction of the in the Sally footsteps him, to the missionary whispered assistance. JU. barrel for the separate in instant. and the alert office. He in a her purpose, something about on an “going was Suddenly shadow fell tho ear a across stirring constantly effect to thorough l w for them.” Then a witnessed the threshold of the door. Sturgis was open mixture. It sometimes happens opened and cautiously The door of small, shaggy dog with was scene looked in quick apprehension. a a up THE GENTLY UP that HE EORE HER sufficient lime is used, and not stepped into the hallway. out big bark, tail in the air, as a charging a man very It Murdock. was STAIRS result the foliage be injured. To He carried valise and package. He at of may armed a “It a a company men. critically was He stood observing the a be certain that the mixture is safe, hold coming suddenly blinked like face have the to sight.” And here great the traveler, recover “worth a man you says TRIPOD FOR SETTING TREES, with all outward of scene, appearance steel knife in it for three minutes, two daylight. darkness into the assistance of the medical from the without the going a to Africa or for.” those to see warlike calmness. of line. Setting stakes beforehand out out and if the polished surface of the you?” detective, “Who asked the and in spite of insolent profession, running for their lives, your with are men had Agnes him. She not since each will stake not seen was answer, blade shows copper-colored tinge add orders leave brusquely. disregard of little Sally a to their at heels, barking my express if as desperate efforts making raise to be taken in order hoie. dig must to up a lime, but if it bright the stays looked in the direction of Now, there she more The alone for the knew, work present. brave little dog. that she man Sprague's limp form; felt herself but An excellent plan is shown in the cut. mixture is fit to use.—Farmers’ Review. voice, and, his became Sprague—” the is making big bluff, and eyes accustomed it all depended as was a succumbing effects the of the to Set small stakes in the out exact spot gas. the light, returned the detective’s Sprague?” asked of the to “Ah, what the noise she could make. on darling! darling!” she ‘"My where each is stand. Make to tree my poor a THE FREAK PUMPKIN. surprised with calm stare anxiously. reporter, a and suddenly exclaimed she staggered light tripod, is shown in the cut, as and searching look. had call. “Sprague has close But Held Reformer Hie to Word. a and lurched forward. with cord and weight, arranged a as Shrewd Yankee “Checkmate!” muttered quietly Farmers he safe If tender and intelligent Have he is When beggar now. asked Philadelphia a made effort shown. Set Sturgis instinctive the tripod stake to a the an over Turned It Into Ever-Increasing himself last. nursing for anything, to at count he an stationer the other day for help, the before he could that the weight her; but at the end of the support so seeming Source Then, without haste, he of Income. will probably be in day two.” latter or offered up a him lead two pencils, side cord will Murdock her be exactly reach her at the stake. saying: was over into the office, passed back private before Murdock—” “Miss “With half effort required in The modern farmer Now pull the had in lie is learning stake dig and her his bore, and the hole to up arms. astonished detective could the “Yes. professional She has begging a nurse easily sell these you for take advantage for can of the the without the stairs and into his weaknesses of tree, moving the tripod. her gently up make him. attempt to stop help her; but she has insisted to any five on cents apiece.” The beggar gazed the New York Set the Mail that study. Then, for instant, he and tree when the nature, says an so detective Recovering himself quickly, the taking of the herself. charge And the case at pencils scornfully. “Who’d give Express. One of these weaknesses weight is lowered hesitate. The is it will touch the seemed to reporter expected followed of the sounds the excellent she is, and too. retreating five an nurse cents for a them?” me he demanded. found in the lordly pumpkin. trunk. In this Bruise him door. Instinctively will close the to tree way every see footsteps cellar stairs. the charming girl into the bargain—and to “Why, anybody,” said the stationer. growing pumpkin and stand finally in the will the position of his hand reached back exact to a scar Then, fearful of ambush, he fired his what woman.” is noble an more, “Go a and out it.” “Would try you?” be cleared the of but will stakes show first his set out.—American his hip pocket for revolver. But, never row away, his signal companion revolver to “Does she know of her father’s as a asked the beggar. “Why, the certainly,” ripe pumpkin Agriculturist. in the shape in. of another Murdock had in moment, returned the roof; and, after striking death?” on a the reply. A smile of was triumph delicate little yellow Starting warts. where he stood. to THE match, he cautiously descended, reaching “I broke WILD the PERSIMMON. gently news as spread as the grimy features of with this principle, over the shrewd Y’ankees “Come!” said. he some just the cellar in time Murdock possible. to She took it much calmly see more mendicant. “Here then,” have their he made pumpkin farms you At the time he lifted the artist are, same disappear underground It la Fine into the than I supposed Fruit she would. There Whoae Improvement a said. “Gimme the ten Y’ou valuable. cents. in his and carried him the arms up evidently but little la Being; Urged sympathy by Southern between passage. was can’t back word.” the melons It After good-sized and get go on stairs. Sturgis followed unsteadily your own He rushed the and, unable her and to spot; to her father.” Horticulturists. took the stationer several minutes that will they be fine the to and reached the study, fall only prove ones to find the door, he pounded with all his “On her side, rate.” at any his breath, but he finally farmers into the patch and with recover If indications of value, the exhausted chair. into entered go a are a persimmon might the shelves, causing the “Yes. Her first learning- act of her upon on into the deal, and hereafter stick them he sharp that when is receive to Having deposited his burden scar so attention more upon father’s crimes bottles dance and rattle. send for to to lawyer. was a will adopt other tactics.—Hartford they ready for market their happy in the future than it has in the the floor, Murdock closed the door are of past. “Come,now,” he shouted, “the game’s She refuses touch to cent of his a Times. words of faces bear, in legends warts, The American wild persimmon has the death chamber; turned valve a and up! You well be reasonable. has instructed her attorney money, may as “Eat Smith’s;” these: like at Smith long been well known me and talked and which his desk; opened the was near make such restitutions can’t possibly you’re to You for be escape, as may How He Held It. will make pies of soon;” “Brown's written about, but me systematic windows wide, and revolved crank attempt no a possible surrounded.” and the to turn rest to charitable “Yes,” said the politician’s wife, the best;” "Jones’ pies pies delicious!” has been made are are develop to it. which projected wall from the near institutions. from within. This No leaves her almost answer came reading of the out “it “Y’ou inside.” eat The paper, says you introduction of Japanese can me persimmons the door of extension. the penniless; for The tried his the powerful strength property she man held the crowd spellbound.” wily farmer hauls The these warty has perhaps stimulated interest “Ho is shutting off the and gas held in her right the door without perceptible from her mother’s upon own any “Ah!” he exclaimed, rubbing his fellows market, and, to calling Smith, this fruit in has and led investigation to opening the steel shutters sky, of the an effect. estate amounts to little. Fortunately, very hands, “at last they acknowledge that and Brown from Jones their respective being started by the Tennessee light,” thought Sturgis. Sprague When the second detective is rich arrived enough for lam I knew that I should shows the orator. restaurants, freak strange of an experiment station the possibilities to Then the chemist produced flask as a both. What the he found doing there, the first if I one are you upon scene them make recognize eloquence Of is nature. sale made course locked my a in both the foreign on and and poured small quantity up out of a ask?” removing the bottles from the shelves may or—” and sight, the pumpkin lies the front at sooner native persimmons. The persimmon brandy, which he forced his daughter Dr. Thurston pointed by the light of match held in his to bundle a a “Wait,”his wife interrupted, the “there's of restaurant for few days to wide has of growth. It a astonish is a range swallow. to which lay left hand. the table. upon this to ‘He passers-by until it sentence. It be made must more found far north southern Illinois, says: As as as she sufficiently soon as was “That revived, “Get light is Murdock’s and autobiography— Jim. There’s a an ax, pies held the spellbound into it. crowd while he to Then the farmer Indiana and Ohio, save well in as she as rushed the side of her to legacy The door to package secret here which we’ll have found to a ine. a was read several discovers another freak from pumpkin, suitably extracts speech Pennsylvania. It also least a at lover, grows whose head she raised gently to his valise in break in; I can’t find the death of chamber near any way opening marked, delivered replace it. Fancy that Daniel to by Webster north New miles of York was 50 city. her lap. Murdock’s fastened He had eyes were addressed it it.” to the at me last prices be paid for these ago.’ ’’ —Chicago Times-Herald. to CO Southward it are anywhere years pumpkins, grows her. She his on calm met minute.” upon A few minutes later, the detectives, and patches that stony would American soil and is raised from Florida questioning “Did gaze. it help in after dealing the shelves you your account of upon some in other taxes Texas. That never pay any to the is crop produce tree hardy “Yes, I love him,” she said, simply. the Knickerbocker telling blows with bank called for Hl*li. Had Lived Too the an ax, case upon wealth in pumpkins. well Within is known. the last rtwo Then this strange without Tempest?” man, Murdock another surrender. to “This is last boot-leg!” whimpered our the fruit has begun to seasons appear word, gently pushed his daughter “A little; Receiving but naturally, their Murdock's to Careful Picking: of the cook, he served Apples. no breakfast. answer summons, as Chicago in the markets and is not infrequently side to and, throwing off his one the account of that stood crime The fruit should irresolute be loosened by for not “What?” cried the arctic men was explorer, a complete. met with in the exhibitions now stooped coat, the form prostrate over few seconds. The entire Then, with journal, raising upward and pulled grim determination, off, however, not is scarcely the middle paling. “It vf as of horticultural societies, our of the whose life he had tried to man is of absorbing done, they attacked interest. is usually and with the door; It varieties is pity and the lecture can’t August a season also and it at of appears some take, our and industriously worked raining the that it blows over it fast be published.” that cling tenaciously, raise the apple and furiously, cannot election upon possibly until after this open fairs. The interest state in it. is the him, on in attempt the failing to restore an and “Why filling and it the air with it be give half the cannot turn shower published?” at year!” a a same increase.—Farmers’ Review. respiration. of splinters. “It would Lay carefully in be dangerous time. the basket to the welfare bad blundered. or Some one Slowly and steadily he worked for At length final of used, and stroke society. receptacle when placing Murdock in sent the WUdom a with heart, indeed, Penny I« Expensive. It heavy was an extraordinary was a what seemed eternity to the weakened hinges an from box handle their fastenings, genius bartel with in in anxious his line; To successfully help or there called explorer a care, the run a creamery that a messenger girl. At length he calm and and the rushed is through marvelous just tenderly rose, originality fact would the be sufficient and men ingenuity must to prevent the as as you underground anti word rescuiug out to boy sent any man collected usual, and drew his in as into thereby the his work. preventing bruising murderer’s His on crimes, having do double duty. When to passage and eggs that they might or party a numbered come rescue again. coat laboratory. by of the skin the puncturing by the hundred, stems. short-handed is of all now.—Detroit Journu.. of time were him creamery run some any “lie is of danger out now,” he said;' capital A hasty, startled glance importance Apples for home should told be them in not. the vital neglected. The their things use results; are man “you do the rest yourself.” deep-laid can that Murdock all placed the cellar, but there. in in dark, and skillfully the weigh be conscientious, not Sweet Love! Love, was Oh, a at executed. can may And he handed his daughter the They started for the It is hardly well-ventilated building, stairs and likely until freezing his that me,” but if he has leave position to such kissed she pouted, to “You have were another not brandy flask. policeman who approaches, and by weather those intended met just artist the boilers he will consummate in look after have crime minutes!” to a was will “for entering 15 exist A faint tinge of color had returned Murdock's for market should be office. put the things for take granted in the century. To said. have once publish it,” he “I upon “I know a some the very a the to artist’s face; his breast heaved “Haveyou him?” ground under the remain asked details to got the detectives of his trees, quality mtlk he is receiving. of schemes It is is liable ache would sensitive tooth, which a be to to gently in irregular respiration. and in chorus. week then barreled. All formidable an put short-sighted policy to attempt in or more, to the a hands I do.” if weapon a Sturgis, still unable stir from tho “No,” to replied bruised then the policeman, of the readily discernible vulgar few dollars herd month of are surprised; ordinary sir?” ones “What do save a per criminals. on you mean, chair in which he had fallen, “Mr. Sturgis be thrown for he down lose who out and it the lack at selling went the price was imagination know!” ar»u may evaporating says “Why, wages sweet, cf you you are so vaguely conscious of Murdock's here other minutes use.—Farmers’ about 20 ago.” this Voice. brilliant of the butter. —Farmers’ Review. villain. Y. move- or World- —N. ijii&tS'N ■■ 'SBBi ’;v. ■■■ <■