~Vf.- .»._j 1 'XC' ~wC _?" ^INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS, APRIL 17, 19191 PAGE SEVEN ,V*' & FINISH WHAT lBE-GIN!" $ GEORGE BARR MS CUTCHE0N j-.wtf§ ^4 Author of "GRAUSTARK," "THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND," "THE "Li*- ilii! PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK," ETC 3 5fCT0RY Copyright by Dodi, Mead ml ComptJjhJnc. gentlemen,- or would"introduce each SYNOPSIS. of you separately and divisibly." Lyndon Rushcroft was a tall, saggy CHAPTER I—Thomas K. Barnes, "Here, Try One of wealthy New Yorker, on a walking trip man of fifty. Despite his determined a through New England, Is caught in to a erectness he was inclined sag from storm miles from his destination. At These Candy-like Cathartics" crossroads point he meets® a girl In tne the shoulders down. His head, huge same plight. While they discuss the situation and too gray, appeared to be much an automobile, sent to meet the girl, arrives and Barnes is given a lift to and ponderous for his yielding body, The ever increasing popularity of DR. MILES* Hart's tavern, while the girl is taken even yet he carried it manfully, theatrically. on to her destination, which she tells LAXATIVE TABLETS is due largely to the fact Barnes is a place called Green Fancy. The lines in his dark, seasoned that people who have used them are glad to recommend face were like furrows his nose CHAPTER II—At the tavern Barnes them to their friends. The following letter falls in with a stranded troupe of "barnstorming" was large and somewhat bulbous, his actors, headed by Lyndon tells how a friend's recommendation of DR. MILES' mouth wide and grim. Thick, black Rushcroft, and becomes interested in LAXATIVE TABLETS resulted in much good. them. eyebrows shaded a pair of eyes in which white was no longer apparentit CHAPTER Til—As the storm grows, "I have suffered long from constipation and have used all sorts of Barnes finds- himself worrying over the had given way to a permanent red. medicines without relief. A friend of mine sent me a box of DR. safety of the girl, traveling over the MILES' LAXATIVE TABLETS. After taking them I find they A two-days' stubble covered his chin mountain roads at what he considers dangerous are the finest laxative I have ever used. Pleasant to the taste and speed. He learns tnat Green mild and effective. They are in my judgment the best in existence." and cheeks. Altogether he was a singular Fancy is something of a house of mystery. L-6 J. J. HUSSEY, Chief of Fire Dept., Texarkana, Texas. Two mounted men leave the tavern exemplification of one's idea of are troubled with constipation or any of its ill you in a manner which arouses Barnes' curiosity. the old-time actor. effects, don't risk ruining your health by Passing through the office, his arm CHAPTER IV—He meets "Miss Thackeray," neglect. Get a box of DR. MILES' LAXATIVE TAB­ linked in one of Barnes', Mr. Rushcroft leading lady of the stranded theatrical LETS at your druggist and notice how quickly and hesitated long enough to impress troupe, who is acting as chambermaid. without any ill or unpleasant effects they will restore That night he is aroused by the upon Landlord Jones the importance your bowels to healthful regularity—they cost only bringing of a dying man to the tavern, of providing his "distinguished friend, one of the two who had ridden away a a few cents. Money back if first biox fails to satisfy. short time before. They tell of finding th® Robert W. Barnes," with the very best dead body of the other man. Both had '. -^r ~"'-"_^"" **T^ been shot. that the establishment afforded. Putnam Jones blinked slightly and his LAXATIVE TABLETS CHAPTER V—The wounded man, registered eyes sought the register as if to accuse at the tavern as Andrew Paul, dies, and Barnes is informed he must not leave or justify his memory. Then he BUY NOTES APRIL 21 until after the inquest. O'Dowd and De Soto, guests at Green Fancy, visit the spat copiously into the corner, a necessary tavern, apparently much mystified over preliminary to a grin. He the affair. hadn't much use for the great Lyndon CHAPTER VI—Barnes advances Rushcroft Rushcroft. His grin was sardonic. THE ST|UBEE money sufficient to release the company from its embarrassing position, Something told him that Mr. Rushcroft thereby becoming its official backer. He was about to be liberally fed. visits Green Fancy, and in the grounds She joined meets his acquaintance of the night before, finding he'r a girl of surprising 8 I CHAPTER III. beauty. Sash and Door Factory our CHAPTER VII—She seems not to be Jones Intervenes, Mr. Rushcroft Dissolves, Mr. desirous of recognizing him, and turns away. 'O'Dowd appears and in apparently and Two Men Ride Away. friendly fashion escorts Barnes (who feels Mr. Rushcroft explained that he had he. is unwelcome) from the grounds. IS N9W ©PEN F6R BUSINESS had his supper. In fact, he went on CHAPTER VIII—Miss Thackeray warns to confess, he had been compelled, Banking Barnes that a man stopping at the tavern, ostensibly,a book agent, had searched like the dog, to "speak" for it. What We Are Well Equipped t© do All Kinds of his baggage "fn his absence. O'Dowd could be more disgusting, more degrad comes to the tavern and with Barnes and MILLWORK KCLUB others goes over the scene of the previous ing, he mourned, than the spectacle night's shooting. Barnes is invited to of a man who had appeared in all of dinner at Green Fancy. with the principal theaters of the land as and you will make ho mistake by getting CHAPTER IX—His acquaintance of the star and leading support to stars, settling storm is introduced as Miss Cameron. their prices before ordering elsewhere The makeup of thev house party, particularly for his supper by telling stories a man introduced to him as "L,oeb," and reciting poetry in the taproom and the number of menservants about the place, somewhat astonishes Barnes. of a tavern? -Building and Contracting a Specialty /Vlext "Still," he consented, when Mr. CHAPTER X—Miss Cameron informs him she is a prisoner in the house, appealing All Work Guaranteed Barnes insisted that it would be a Xmas to him for aid and binding him kindness to him, "since you put it that to secrecy. In conversation- with the chauffeur who drives him back to the way, I dare say I could do with a little tavern, Barnes becomes convinced there she will is a conspiracy of moment hatching at snack, as you so aptly put it. Just a LARS STUBEE, Prop. Green Fancy. bite or two. What have you ready, HAVE CHAPTER XI—At breakfast the supposed Miss Tilly?" 2nd Ays. and 6th St. Phone 50 book agent introduces himself an Miss Tilly Was a buxom female of Sprouse, a government secret agent. Sprouse tells Barnes he is there to watch forty or thereabouts, with spectacles. the party at Green Fancy, describing She was one of a pair of sedentary them as refugees from a country overrun by the Germans. He asserts that '-'Miss waitresses who had been so long in the Cameron" is a relative of the former ruler employ of Mr. Janes that he hated the of the devastated country and that she or "Loeb" have with them the crown jewels, sight of them. of enormous value, which Sprouse would recover. Mr. Rushcroft's conception of a bite O N S or two may have staggered Barnes CHAPTER XII—Barnes agrees to accompany If you haven't joined our Christmas banking club, come Sprouse on a_nocturnal visit to but it did not bewilder Miss Tilly. He Green Fancy, Sprouse with the object of in and do so today. had four eggs with his ham, and securing the jewels, and Barnes with the hope of rescuing "Miss Cameron." other Ihmgs in proportion. He talked Men, Women, Boys and Girls all should join and we ur**e a great deal, proving in that way that CHAPTER •XIII—They enter the grounds in safety, Sprouse overcoming two men it was a supper well worth speaking you to join for you own good. evidently on guard. Reaching the house, for. Among other things he dilated Barnes sends up, by means of a fishing rod carried by Sprouse, a note to "Miss at great length upon his reasons for There are clubs to ft every purse—I cent, 2 cents, 5 cents, Cameron," informing "her of their intention not being a member of the Players or to enter the house. She tries to dissuade Automobile Tourists 10 cents, where you increase your deposits each week with them, but Sprouse climbs to her the Lambs' in New York city. It seems room and goes through it on a quest for the amount you started with. that he had promised his dear, devoted the crown jewels and state papers. wife that he would never join a club CHAPTER XIV—Barnes becomes uneasy We also have 50 cent, $1.00 and $500 clubs where you pay of any description. Dear old girl, he When In Minneapolis Stop at at Sprouse's long absence "and follows him, climbing by means of the ivy would as soon have cut off his right in the same amount each week. attached to the wall. While talking to hand as to break any promise made Miss Cameron" a commotion in the house warns them that Sprouse has.been to her. He brushed something away But join—join today. detected. Barnes, with "Miss Cameron" his from his eyes, and his chin, contracting, clinging to him, makes escape to the Hotel Lincoln ground. He loses his sense of location trembled slightly. "What is it, FIRST NATIONAL BANK and they become lost, finally taking refuge in a "Miss Mr. Bacon? Any word from New small shed. Cameron" explains how she was decoyed to the York?" be married against her house, and was to NICOLLET AVE. AT NINTH ST will to the main "L»oeb," whom she reveals Mr. Bacon hovered near, perhaps International Falls, Minnesota as a prince of the house to which hungrily. she belongs. They are surprised in the darkness by O'Dowd. "Our genial host has instructed me OPENED SEPT. 1st. 1918 i- to say to his latest guest that the CHAPTER^ XV—O'Dowd demands the jewels, which he thinks the fugitives have rates are two dollars a day, in advance, in their possession, not knowing of all dining-room checks payable Especially convenient for auto parties as Nicollet Avenue Sprouse's enterprise. Convinced neither Subscribe far The Press •Miss Cameron" nor Barnes have them, on presentation," said Mr. Bacon, apologetically. is the leading- road from all point, and has no car tracks. ODowd puts them on the right road to the tavern, where Barnes gives, his companion Within'two squares of 5 large garages. Adjoining the cities' into the care of Miss Thackeray. Rushcroft exploded. "O scurvy insult," Next day O'Dowd tells Barnes Sprouse, he boomed. "Confound his—" Iargiest stores. whom he describes as an expert burglar, got away with the treasure, after killing The new guest was amiable. He a guard in the house. O'Dowd and "Loeb" interrupted the outraged star. "Tell leave Green Fancy. Rooms at $1.00 per day. With private toilet 25 cents Its up to you, Mr. Jones that I shall settle promptly," extra with private bath 50 cents extra. In addition there CHAPTER XVI—Barnes tells "Miss he said with a smile. Cameron of Sprouse's treachery, and are suites of rooms with separate toilet, each room having she tells him the whole story of Green "It has just entered his bean that says Sand)/ to Fancy. The man known as Loeb is her you may be an actor, Mr. Banes," said connecting bath—an ideal arrangement and only found here. cousin, and he inveigled her to the hous« with the object of possessing himself of Bacon. tne jewels, which were in her custody. Miss Tilly, overhearing, drew a step rsm, Cafe in connection—Hotel Lincoln guarantees an atmosphere CHAPTER XVII—O'Dowd returns and or two nearer. A sudden interest in informs Barnes of the identity of "Miss Mr. Barnes developed. She had not of home refinement. CameTon." She is of royal blood, he asserts, Countess Therese Mara-Dafanda. noticed before that he was an uncommonly good-looking fellow. She always CHAPTER XVIII—Barnes visits Green WM. B. CAMFIELD- -Proprietors- Fancy to secure the wardrobe of the -F. S. GREGORY had said that she adored strong, countess. He meets Sprouse, who tells "If it's thick, heavy Good taste, smaller, "athaletic" faces. Mm Loeb got away with the jewels after For past ten years- with Minneapolis leading hotels. Killing the guard and accusing Sprouse eweetening you want chew,longer life is what Later on she felt inspired to jot of the murder and robbery. down, for use no doubt in some future stick to your ordin«i„i CHAPTER XIX—Barnes and the countess n.,* ly cost less to chew than literary production, a concise, though leave Hart's tavern with th'e actors, ary plug. But for ordinary plug. general, description of the magnificent and at Crowndale. where they are to real tobacco satis- appear. Ba-nes again meets Sprouse. Mr. Barnes. She utilized the back of the bill of fare and she wrote with CHAPTER XX—Sprouse tells Barnes Loeb Is in hiding in Crowndale with his the feverish ardor of one who dreads Liberty Bonds Boungh and Sold WnmP tn°lrnnH nhl GENUINE GRAVELY to come to good old mistress, and promises to rob him of the DANVILLE. va. the loss of a first impression. I herewith jewels. He does so, delivering the treasXre We pay market price, cash only Uravely Barnes, as agreed, at the same append her visual estimate of the far booklet on -Juwinf ping. time informing him that ne would tsike United States Government Brokers License No. 3320 hero of this story: it from him if he could, at the expiration Peyton Brand .of one week. "He was a tall, shapely specimen Mail your bonds, check returned same day of mankind, "wrote Miss Tilly. "Broadshouldered. _CHAPTER XXI-With the" countess, Barnes leaves Rushcroft and the rest and Smooth-shaved face. Penetrating American Security & Investment Co. hurries to New York. There he leaves gray eyes. Short, curly hair the jewels In a place of safety and introduces REAL CHEWING PLUG the countess to his sister. about the color of mine. Strong Sprouse risks his life in a daring efTort Ground floor, Palladio Bldg, Duluth, Minn. of Plug packed in pouch hands good shape. Face tanned {«&•* to obtain the treasure, and failing takes his leave of Barnes in a characteristic considerable. Heavy dark eyebrows. Bewarl of Bond Swindlers an manner. With little prospect of early 2?fe V®!$IAISSsjP*^ -_i. GoocMteetlu very white., ^Square chin^ return to her home in Europe, the countess agrees yields to Barnes' pleading and to his wife.., fe$come