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unusual opportunity, as there are a few r to let at Bailey Harbor L and one is unexpectedly on the market. Howard‘s simply swamped with workâ€"and we‘d all appreciate & :;R_-g-_- couldâ€"run up â€"there !§u§:_ _ brotherâ€"inâ€"law, who held a seat in ‘it Congress and. took his job seriously, were well known to Archie, and as Archie had nothing on earth to do, ‘"The owner belongs to that old New England Congdon family," Mrs. Featherstone expiained; "they date from the beginning of time, and some of them are a trifie eccentric." "If you‘re renting a house from that family it‘s just as well to look into it carefully. All right, May, P‘ll inspect the premises for you." Archie was already mentally planâ€" ning: the details of his trip with his customary exactness. . He traveled constantly in the interest of his health and knew train schedules by Archie‘s condition was always a grateful topic of conversation and now Mrs. Featherstone, insher most sisterly tone, broached the subject of his health. should assume some of Featherâ€" stone‘s domestic burdens. . Archic had planned to leave for the Canaâ€" dian Rockies two days later, but he obligingly agreed to take a look at "I haven‘t much faith in this idea of your going to the Rockies; you know you tried the Alps five years ago and the aititude nearly. killed you." _ Archie smiled wanly. . "I seem doomed to sit on the sidelines and watch the game," he agreed gloomily. To look at him no one would beâ€" lieve that he had a nerve in his tall frame. Once a friend carried him off to a farm where an autocratic athletic trainer rejuvenated tired business men, and Archie survived the heroic treatment and reappeared bronzed and hardened and feeling better than he ever had felt in his life. But after a winter spent in an office and leisure to think of himâ€" self as an invalid, he renewed his acquaintance with the waiting rooms of specialists. the Bailey Harbor house that had been placed so providentially within reach of bis sister. *There will be a few people in for dinner _ tonight," _ remarked _ Mrs. Featherstone as he rose to go; "very simple, you know; and Howard just telephoned that he can‘t possibly come, so if you can arrange it Archie â€"it will be a real help to me." "All right, May. 1 was going to have dinner with Weld and Coburn, but if you really want meâ€"" "Oh, that‘s perfectly fine of you, Archie! And Isabel Perry will be here; you know she‘s the dearest girl, and I always thought you realâ€" ly did like ber. Her father lost all When he found himself sitting beâ€" side her later at Mrs. Fetaherstonc‘s table she zaid to him: his money before he died and she‘s other day and made frantic efforts to attract your attention but you were in n trance and failed to see my sigâ€" CHAPTER I MRS. HOWARD FEATHERâ€" STONE spent much time thinking up things for her brother, Archibald Bennett, to do, and as Archie was the ideal‘ bachelor brother, he accepted her commissions in the most amiable spirit and his services were unfailâ€" ingly satisfactory. "The agent who‘s been looking up a sumumser house for us says this is an summer she‘s to run & girls‘ camp up in Michigan and she can‘t help making a splendid success of it." " ‘My walk!‘" she repeated. "You :â€"l-wrhdnnuipdy Mm exercise. I must say you C uppest to be enjoying yourself. Your aspect was wholly funcreal and your demeanor that of "Four a day," Archie conferssed, with an air of rekignation; "two in the morning and two before dinner. By the doctor‘s orders," he added feminine auditors. $ 2 ues "Oh, the doctors!" remarked the dll'ur ‘o-hl .o:v: Mr. -“;-‘h:‘mh particular, was : to a great deal of sympathy and he Was conâ€" was taking my walk," he stamâ€" BLACKSHEEP! 2&:” "You‘re a tremendously formal perâ€" son, Mr. Bennett. What you really need is a good hard jar. Every â€"mornâ€" ing you know exactly what you‘re going to do every hour of the day. It‘s a routine that kills. Suppose you were to hold upâ€" a bank. messenger in Wall St. and skip with a satchelâ€" ful of negotiable securities and then, after the papers were through ragâ€" ging the police for their inefficiency you would drive up to the bank in a taxi, walk in and return the money, saying you had found it in the old family pew at Trinity when you went in to say your prayers! Here would be an opportunity to break the force of habit and awaken your selfâ€"confiâ€" dence." "Oh, the pirate in the story is a cousin of mine, who inherited the land up near the St. Lawrence and has dug all over it without results. My father gave the Michigan scenery to _ "I‘ve paid dogtoP® "WMirgeâ€"fees for telling me the same thing," be said. "I wish you would write those items down for me. I‘m in earnest about that." "Your case interests me and I‘ll consider this matter of advising you." "I shall expect the document toâ€" morrow afternoon." "Oh, I‘m perfectly capable of doâ€" ing anything I‘ve suggested. Iâ€"mean to dig for buried treasure this stimâ€" mer, realizing the dream of a lifeâ€" time. Talk about romance being dead! My grandfather was a piantâ€" er in Mississippi before the Civil war. In about 1860 be saw trouble ahead, and as he was opposed to secession he turned everything he had into gold, bought several tracts of land in Michâ€" igan and New York and secretly planted his money. My father inherâ€" ited the land, and that‘s where I‘m cpening my camp." "And the gold hasn‘t been found1?" asked Archic, deeply interested. "Not a coin so far! You see grandâ€" father made bis will in :war time and only divided the land, beingâ€"afraid to mention the buried treasure in a docuâ€" ment that would become a public recâ€" ord when he died." "This is most exciting. It‘s unfortunate that it‘s not pirate to give zest to your enterprise." me, but this cousin of mine hak been digging on my land, most unwarrantâ€" ably! He‘s rather a dashing young person!" â€" When it came time for Isabel to say goodâ€"night to her hostess, Benâ€" nett was hovering near to offer his services in calling her car. "Nothing like that for me! But â€"â€"" she hesitated and said with mock gravity, "if you‘re not afraid of the night air or the excessive fatique, you might take me home. meant to conduct an outdoor school for girls, moving it from Michigan to Florida with the changing seasons. ‘There was no question of her makâ€" ing a success of it, he said, marvelâ€" ing at her vitality, her exuberance, the confidence with which she viewed the future. "I wish you al good luck," he‘ said when they reached the house of the friend she was visitingâ€"I‘m sure of that. This has been the happiest eveâ€" She was not wholly within feelâ€" ing for her face grew grave for a moment and she met his eyes searchâ€" ingly, with something of the profesâ€" sional scrutiny to which ke had long been accustomed. "Eyes clear, color very good; voice a trifle weak and suggesting timidâ€" ity and feeble initiative. Introspecâ€" tive; a little selfâ€"conscious, and unâ€" important ‘ nervous symptoms indiâ€" "Am I to understand that . you practice what you preach* 1 don‘t mean to be impertinent, but really, scription but you canâ€"ride back!" She spoke of her plans for the sumâ€" mer with charming candor as they sat off at a brisk pace. Isabel was enthusiastic about the "But you. haven‘t my handicap," he protested defensively. "You can‘t be very gay about walking when you‘re warned that excessive fatigue may have disastrous consequences!" ning I‘ve spent sinceâ€"â€"*, . ** _ "Since you began taking everyâ€" thing so bard? Please quit looking on your life as a burden; try to get some fun out of it!" counting on that! If I don‘t get it I will be terribly disappointed." "Don‘t forget me in the rush of things! And particularly don‘t forâ€" answered very well propleh bas) o (ur \ Thee Brist diaben ies _/ 6y Meredith Nicholson by the rolling of bread only The note reached Archie just as he was leaving his sister‘s house. He had hoped for a long letter in the vein of the girl‘s chaffing humor, and the size of the missive was a distinct disappointment. He opened it guardedly, and his face fell as he pondered the verse. It was a neat, wellâ€"bred slap at him as a man without initiative or courâ€" age. At the dinner table she had exâ€" pressed much the same thought that was condensed. in theverwiâ€"e.‘gl;t-;; quotation, unrelieved by her smile, carried a sting. Perhaps this was the Afisc _ iiiding the Tines aloud: sevâ€" eral times she decided {nhi‘t they would serve her purpose admirably and disâ€" patched it to Mr. Bennett immedinteâ€" ly. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all. stance. She thought Archibald Benâ€" net a nice fellow and she was sorry for him, but no more and no less sorry than she would have been for any one else who failed to find the world a pleasant place to live in Someâ€" thing a little cryptic, yet something that would discourage further confi, dences without wounding himâ€"this would solve the problem. Finally she hit upon these lines and copied them in her best hand: ‘595 e aass 525 ke"745 WM. RUEHL & CO. 120 North First Street P ._ that defies comparison far ZEconomisal Transportation Just think what Chevrolet offers you today! A type of performance that is amazing â€" perfect comfort at every speed â€"flashing acceleration and remarkable handling easeâ€" all the marvelous beauty of bodies by Fisher â€"finished in smart colors of genuine lustrous Ducoâ€"a motor worldâ€"famous for power and in every unit that results in the extreme of satisfactory economical transportation ! Because these cars are sold at amazing low prices, they embody the most outstanding motor car value in the world todayâ€"a value â€" that defies comparison ! They reached the house and Archie discharged the driver. In a moment he was standing in a big livingâ€"room that exhaled an atmosphere of comâ€" fort and good taste. ‘ Fully satisfied with his investigaâ€" tions, Archie picked up a book, beâ€" came absorbed and read until he was roused by a clap of thunder that seemed to shake the world. Hurrying to the window he found that the storm had already broken, and that it would "Think itwill rain?" he asked the driver. "I guess you‘ll find the place all shipshape," said the driver, as‘ they set off. "Folks came up early but didn‘t stay long. Left in a hurry. Family troubles, I reckon! I don‘t know nothin‘, mind ye, but there‘s talk she had trouble with her husâ€" band." > The confideénces of .the chauffeur only mildly jnterested Archie. It was unscasop@ibbe warm and the air w~~ likeless and humid. ‘"Yep," he replied with a glance at the sea. "There‘s going to be a lively kickâ€"up before mornin‘." way Isabel Perry thought of him, as to be read unbrokenly and that it conâ€" stituted a challenge flung at him with & toss of her head, a flash of her brown eyes. Archie was fulled to sieep by the encouraging thought that what she had done was to give him a commisâ€" sion to redeem himself by strange and moving adventures. At two o‘clock he reached Bailey Harbor. He stepped into the only taxi in sight and drove to the village druggist‘s for the key to the Congdon house. experienced a pleasant tingle in the blood when he reflected that this may hnbunthvmn“nlm different from the sense she meant to convey. His spirits soared as he deâ€" cided that the last line waas intended if you take the house your folks can step right in. If you don‘t find it convenient to stop here again, just leave the key under the door mat." "Just go in and take your time to it," said the man. "Lights and water haven‘t been turned off and HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS fiveâ€"eleven. rang under the downpour and he deâ€" cided that after all to spend the night gloom he set about making Himself comfortable. _ Feeling thinges of be fmpossible for him to cateh the He turned on the lights and sat ‘!hi!atnsb»o_'oidfinolignof‘bu- cAlfred 1 RUBPY® & © 60 EWASHINGTON S[Tnm F99 €TREFT 60 EWASHINGTON STH 2356 E. 715 FOR AFTERNOON ” 1363 EAST 53* ST. ~| ORRINGTON HOTEL HYDE PARK EVANSTON A TRIM RUBY SLIPPER 514..50 Leather and Black Ooze Phone 1110 I)M'Iw'ldam and snap that are a constant of chrome Easy handling is assuredhby a modern Jâ€"epeed transmis Full size 174nch tion of driver fatigue. inest built cate. cooking of supper would be a jolly incident of the adventure. In arâ€" ranging the table he found & teleâ€" gram under a plate at what he as~ sumed to be Mrs. Congdon‘s place. His curiosity: overcame his scruples and he read the message: hunger, he explored the kitchen panâ€" try. The Congdons had left a wellâ€" egg», and bread, he decided that the Continued on page 6 found in the