THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA.

AUTHOR OF

" THE STRANGE CASE of CAVENDISH" © o

By" COPYRIGHT, BY RANDALL PARRISH

*

“AH, SENORITA!"”

Synopsis. —In a New York jewelry store Phillp Severn, United States consular agent, notices a small box

which attracts him. He purchases it. Later he discovers in a secret compartment a writing giving & clew to a revolutionary movement

in this country ostensibly seeking the overthrow of the Chilean gov~

ernment but evidently international in character and In any event threatening the welfare of the Unit. ed States. The writer mentions a rendezvous and Severn, tem porarily at leisure, determines to investi- Bate on his own account.

CHAPTER I|—Continued. 3

The whole affair looked hopeless, | About all I could do would be to send the torn note to the proper authorities | in Washington, with a statement of | how It came into my possession, and let them dispose of the matter in any | way they deemed best, 1 a letter carefully on hotel stationery, | and went down to mall it in the lobby. ! Before disposing of it in the mailbox 1 encountered the manager, Burke. and stopped for a word. We were talking when a bellboy came up hur- | riedly with a message. Burke turned. |

“What is it, “

wrote such |

still |

George?” That Gans street party

sir," is on the

wire,

“Oh, all ri

but I've heen

for an hour.”

Sut a minute,” my veins tin- |

gling. “Did he say Gans street? Where i

is that? There is no such name in the | city directory.” i

“Gans! Why,

I'm coming.”

I thrust the unmatled letter into my pocket down, at the

crowd In the lobby, but eatirely indif-

ferent to their presence. Here at least

was an opening Gans street

was in Jersey City. Then it was not

all a dream. 1 would at

the ground before | gav

for I had stumbled

the blind

City.

ght. Excuse me, Severn, | trying to get connection |

wait

over in Jersey. Yes, |

and sat stari ng

a chance

least look over

e up in despair, |

ay out of

street, Jersey

upon a w

alley—QGans

CHAPTER IL

A Man and a Woman, i

It was late in the afternoon, the day |

dark, with a chilly blowing off |

the river, when I reached Jersey City.

The first policeman encountered gave |

me all necessary

alighted from a street

block of my destination.

the upper corner of the block fur- nished me the necessary clew, and,

using it as a marker, 1 succeeded ini

tracing back until satisfied I had thus

safely located “876.” It was an aban-

doned factory, bullt of brick, two sto-

ries high, evidently extending over con-

siderable ground at the rear, but with

a frontage not to exceed forty feet.

The lower windows were boarded up,

A number of those In the second story |

broken, and the maln entrance, large

enough for the passage of a motor |

truck, was tightly secured by an im- |

mense iron bar. A smaller door to the

right alone offered any possibility of

entrance, although it was tightly |

closed,

To all outward appearances the place had been unoccupied for months i

and perhaps years. From the sidewsnik |

it was lmpossible to gain any glimpse |

within. Only one discovery served to |

convince me that I might be on the

right track—that I had not been en- |

tirely deceived. A small sign, so cov- | ered with dust and dirt as to be almost |

wind

directions,

car

A saloon on |

within a |

unreadable, was nalled over the smaller |

door. In the growing dusk I was

obliged to study it intently to decipher

the words, but finally made them out

letter by letter:

“OFFICE ALVAMALLEABLE IRON COMPANY."

Here was a strange coincident, if nothing more, for Gustave Alva had been one of the names signed on the

hotel register. Beyond doubt this old, abandoned iron foundry was his prop erty, and what better spot could he selected in which to meet and concoct

a scheme of crime? What a place to

hide arms for shipment. Whatever doubt I may have felt regarding my

venture vanished in the presence of that unusual name. This was unques- tionably the place named in the letter as a rendezvous; here was where the recipient of that letter was to go and receive instructions; where he was to use tne mysterious raps, and the codn- tersign “Cervantes,” in order th gain admittance, The knowledge that I was actyally upon the threshold of such a discovery brought with it a de- termination. not to lose the advantage. But what could 1 do? What further steps might be safely taken alone?

The night was dark, a slight drizzle in the air, no one abroad except from

i into view,

| posite walk, | to

i enough,

| nation to enter,

i ure

i corner, sitting beside

i Some

{ bar,

i scarcely

i and stared

{ spoke to the barman ir | changed a

so that I |

| look

| no attention whatever,

necessity. No sign of life was visible

ILLUSTRATIONS

AWEIL °

for the full extent of the block, until

| the saloon on the further corner came

Its gleaming hospitality in- |

| vited me, and 1 strolled along the op- | my cout collar turned up |

finally |

| crossed over to where I could peer in

| through the dingy windows,

| behind the bar was unmistakably

| ish,

| I saw no other occupants of the

i except two roughly dressed men at a

shut out the drizzle, and

and of no high type, and at

inside, who were playing

cards silently. The room was

and quiet, yet I felt

Those were not fel-

table just

lows it would be safe to quest

I would have turned but a

Instant I perceived the indistinet

of a young woman in the fi

a table

ion,

away, t that

irther

alone,

Her presence stimulated my curios

ity. She appeared to be

badly dressed, and her being

a place unattended rendered

interest. It surely

young,

in such

her

could do no

| harm if 1 dropped in for a sandwich

a glass of beer, 1 erossed i

furtively watchful, but

except the proprietor apparently

the attention to my entrat

The two men

thelr cards,

more

and

slightest

never glanced up

girl—for

ly turned her

and the she

mers

at me without interest

1 English, We

his awn se hg few words

| Could Peer In Through the Dingy Window.

very broken—while he prepared the

sandwich, and the only thing unusual

I noticed was the passage of a slight signal between him and the woman

across the room. 1 could not be sure

even as to that, but gained the lmpres- |

sion that he shook his head negatively,

| as though to some mute guestion.

Unless it might be the Intense bru- nette blackness of halr and an ex-

tremely clear complexion, there was

nothing typically Spanish ino her ap-

pearance. Indeed she impressed me

as thoroughly American in features,

dress and manner, somewhere in the

twenties 1 should judge, with brown eyes, and a face decidedly pleasant to |

upon, although with a firmness |

| to it, expressed by mouth and chin, not

to be mistaken. I noted these things

her, though she apparently gave me

that dingy saloon-—she did not in any

sense belong.

drinking; and yet there must surely |

be some meaning to her presence.

The proprietor approached me, lean- i

ing one hand on the table,

“There is nothing more?” he asked. “No, this will answer very well.”

He lingered, tempted to question me, “You have not been in hefore? Per

haps you do not live near?”

“I do not, 1 replied frankly, *1 travel out of Boston, and sell lumber. |

| looking up toward the lighting fixture, I have been doing some business with

the yard down below.”

“I see. You are not from New York, I make it?

“No; Boston has always been my home,”

“Once 1 live there, too; when I first come north from Rio. What you think about this war? We lick Germany hey?”

“Oh, | don't know ; she seems to be more than holding her own.”

“Ach, yes, But now this country go in; what then?"

1 looked up quickly into his face, with a swift desire to test his real sentiment.

“This country! Why should it go

| of me,

The man |

Pol- |

first |

place |

clean §

no incli-

and | good, 1

hall wo factories o ’ with all the facto ORIng

Got | nothings.” i» 1

| Whatever

| nlece—

Somehow the |

| girl seemed strangely out of place in

She was evidently not | there seeking company, nor was she |

in? There are Germans enough over

here to stop that.”

“Not Germ ins——no,

tlonals, revolutionaries, They ure

more than you think. "Tis time for them to strike a great blow.”

“You are Polish, are you not?’ “Yah, from Warsaw, 1 come

six years.”

“Nuturallzed 7

“1 have first papers-

suspiciously.

“I merely questioned from curios-

ity.” My eyes wandered once more to

the girl across the room, and he no

ticed the glance,

“You wonder what she do in here?”

he asked. “lI tell you. She was my niece, an' sit here to walt for a triend

to wnlk home with her. [It not a

good neighborhood, shis, for a woman

alone in the dark.”

“Her home is some

“Five-—six blocks.

way."

He moved back toward the bar,

parently satisfied with his examination

tut Interna-

over

-why you ask?"

is

distance?”

It Is a dark, bad

wondered

the trouble

dered another

cuse to linger

What was the

call for the

Hnger

The side

man stepped

the raindrops

greeted the

“Ad

Ing swiftly abe

grimly why he had to tell me all this,

glass of heer

there a while

party like who

girl? [I did not

to gratify my

door opened siler

hriskly

from

mn cheerily,

Jans" he

at, his eves

and or

as

longer,

to

Curiosity

have

long

tiy, and a

shakis inside,

his ns

har:

irty night sald, giane-

over me sh “Business not very

“Dread. wil now any more,

up be ’ Cause of Just some gn!

That drops in

TT} n "OY ie Newoeo

put quite

to wall

sirange

od

iression of the

even detect

“X11 i

move, or attempt

quietly

fronting

could onl

the window

ntly watched inter

y =it

my eves on

ot I

hadows passed that

81 rod but

the two ha

ians street,

“ way

turned down

My mind

there motionless

worked rapidly as 1

afraid to make slightest move lest it arouse suspicion,

the object of the meeting Juans was more or less in-

He had signaled to the girl twice, and his words, however inno cent they may have sounded. have brought a warning to the man. Beyond doubt he: had questioned me with the distinet purpose of thus dis

wnt

the

might be,

Vi ¥l Vv odd

| covering why I had drifted into the pince, I dismissed utterly his state ment that the young woman was his

the He.

Something was wrong, perhaps not criminal, perhaps in no way with the affair which had brought me into. that neighborhood,

piciously wrong.

he | | negligee,

OF ORIENTAL AIR Negligees Featuring Loose Trou-

sers With Mandarin Coats.

8oft Batins and Chiffons Are Favored Material For These Comfy

Home Garments.

would think that the brilliant spectacle of Mecca still lingered, if one were to enter any of the negligee departments in the big city stores, for the Orient wields a strong influence

In the new spring boudoir robes. Loose

trousers with short mandarin coats taken from the costume of the Chinese lady, full gathered trousers with low

One

| hip girdles and floating chiffons which | whisper of Turkish harems, while oth-

ap- | i

| Itself as well as his explanation. I |

taken |

i are

an ex- |

| and chiffons wis to {

{| and

| qQuolse

| many ing |

| same tone,

sweeping | | which

| silk,

{ color

. i'Ing lr

| aptly cal

{ It is fashioned

ers show a influence that In

the color of the

Russian

is tinged with

Orient,

Of course

the

sumptis

soft

favored

His

and chiffons

material for these

negligees, although

form charming

colors are indeed vivid, jade

tur-

and

satins

The

emeraude

tions.

and

red

yal

flaming

shades

Kreensg, re

with

orange-tinged

the name

Of a scarab blue

chiffon it consists of loose

the ankle

jacket, The neck are embroldered in Persian

the tassels being In

blues

“Bagdad” is

crepe satin, with long sleeves ln the

Row ine HOWINgE

drape about and a

and

red

wide-sleeved

sleeves

Ong

that In its long nes shows a

Another robe

Russian influence | edd by its erent

from

gatin and

The “Bagdad” Negligee.

chiffon, the long scarf which Dassed { around the throat being of this fabric. { The inset V Is of cloth of gold,

mua | while

the sleeve trimmibg and the long

' Egyptian girdle are of this cloth em- | broldered Chinese negligee Is of jade-green satin |

| and motifs of black

in varicolored beads. A

gathered black chiffon

taffeta on which

trimmed with

| hand-painted fruits are depicted, her very appearance gave that |

associated !

and yet sus. :

and 1 felt inexorably driven to find out what it all meant. | I finished my beer slowly. and

to remain, although I cursed inwardly at the delay assured that 1 had finally lulled every suspicion to rest and passed out through the front door.

“You're Charlett, Ain't You?"

——

(TO BE { CONTINU ED }

To Remove Grit From Eye. Small foreign bodies which are not

imbedded In the eyeball may often be removed by going into a dark room,

then turning the light on quickly, writes a correspondent. If the light Is strong enough, it win cause a vio- lent reaction which will cause the particle to be washed to the corner of the eye. It Is then easily removed by means of a clean handkerchief,

Proverb Analyzed. A proverh hopes nothing, fears noth.

Ing that the eyes do not see, the ears

do not hear, It Is the doubting Thom- as of fe, of literature. "A man of the world is," as Mr, Balfour once neatly epitomized him, “one who does not beliove anything good of the world.” Wall, No is a proverb —¥, H Friedluendes, in in Country Life,’

Yet I broke away at last, |

then | | selected a cigar from the case and lit |

A {1 ‘liberate hurriedly, never venturing to stare at | t deliberately. | bar, speaking confidentially,

Jans leaned over the |

and 1 had |

lance |

combina.

given to one |

trousers |

this

| chine,

| sweet and simple.

i #rn

OF WHITE CREPE DE CHINE

——

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The vogue for embroidery has full

sway on this frock of white crepe de which in all other respects is

GOWNS FASHIONED AT HOME Graceful Negligees or Hostess Robes

Are Easily Constructed by the

Family Dressmaker,

The simple yet graceful negligees or

t § 4+ iy - rh which In _hel: straight

iinierine ling n } i to the Ing in re ba £ fig l

of the Itallar lenaissance

hostess gowns

days

are easils

HEer drpsem ifessm

of the front

fo pass a

the four

with tassels of silk. The

jet beading,

through

Oraers ed ge

10 midesn

passes may be

THE STRAIGHT- LINE DRESS Carments Are Long Waisted, Often

Without Any Beit, Skirt Being

Gathered to Bodice.

built

often with

Bore (I resses are on

Hines, long walsted,

any belt the

fv the x

i® 8 narrow

slides and tiled a little one side,

Trimming Is mostly placed on

skirt, consisting of embroidery in mod-

designs, in silk or wool, beads,

"his emabwoldery Is either of a color

to match the material of the dress, or

contrasting and chiefly of the type

called “mousse,” really a mass of tiny

French knots or cut threads as In

carpet embroidery. Afternoon dresses are either with long and straight

bodices and scarf belts, or made In

one with girdie. Sleeves are <lither

long and wide or very short,

there

the

On a few models

starting

slice,

belt, from on

in

FADS AND

For dressy blouses, sheer fabrics and crepe de chine are smartest,

A new frock of brown velvet

trimmed with laequer red buttons,

White appear together as a charming wed-

} ding gown.

i

An apron-shaped net vell has two deep points forming ends to tle around the crown of the hat,

One smart leather coat has collar and cuffs of otter and bands of em broldery in gold thread,

Silk fringe is used on one of the new serge sults, The fringe, in black, borders the coat of blue twill--fringe

about two inches wide, hanging along

the edge of the sleeves and the lower edge of the coat,

Filet lace is treated without any re- spect whatever by the dressmakers

this spring, for they dye It any color of the rainbow that sults thelr con. venlence. Sometimes it is jade green, again it Is gray, and then it Is red. It takes dyes well, and really is often very effectively used in these colors,

The binck satin coats that are so smart for young girls this spring look for all the world like thelr grand. mothers'—or rather, their great-grand- mothers’, for no grandmothers of to- day's young girls wear garments like those, They are made with quilting in black or white for trimming. A deep border is quilted around the bot. tom sometimes, and sometimes a wide eollar or a sarrow collar and cuffs are

satin and bands of ermine |

| One

| straight and they are held together at A tricot blouse of canary yellow has |

! the cuffs and lower part of the blouse

| run with metal.

dent over each ear, | ward droop to trimming ls observable

quilted. They are quaint little coats, { and look charming on a young figure.

is | Paris presents the two-feather os-

trich fan for use with the sheerest and daintiest of summer-evening frocks.

feather is curled, the other is

the stem by ribbon flowers and similar ribbon is twisted about the long,

straight handle, finishing in long streamer ends,

jarring bats are much worn-—that Is, hats with trimming hanging down over one ear or both, That Is just what they look like. One such’ hat is made of straw in tam shape, with the band about the head covered with big red stones like cherries, and with one cherry.ike stone hanging pend.

This same down

on many hats of the spring. The trim. ming is often In the form of a bunch of ribbons, and sometimes it is in the form of a feather ornament that hangs down,

Very feminine and dressy are the new satin tallored suits. A chic one is made of dark-biue satin. The skirt is rather short and narrow, save for

n few gathers on the sides. The box cont opens over a gilet of ecru filet lace. This same lace Is seen at the edges of the three-quarters sleeves, The lower part of the coat, the entire sleeves, the collar are heavily padded and worked in intricate machine stitched patterns. This is called “motelasse.” This garniture has been exceedingly popular In Paris and 1s scen on many tailleur couturiere,

Western Newspaper Union.)

The man who wing is the man who works,

Who neither labor nor trouble shirks; Wh 0 uses his hands, his head, his eyes;

he man who wins, is the man whe tries.

GOOD THINGS.

The breakfast being the of the day is often the most difficult

to in the

hurry of the morn-

ing with children

and business men

to get off on time.

Really, the break-

iret meal

serve

» | strikes the pote

AWAY | Just

i or ela

| Ing of a new day and no pal: | be

| vallds

| good

| petite In

| very | milk

Ys FOF even a

| quite

skirt being gathered |

the |

or even |

fust is the most

important meal of

the cay as it

of the day's harmony

A well-planned meal does

the flurry not knowing

to serve, However simple

the meal, It is the open-

18 should

out

or discord.

with of

what

horate

spared

right,

Delicate, aged persons or

and, often, people In health suffer from a lack

the morning For

light meal should be served: hot

or coffee, a plece of with

& cup of ch or cocoa and pull

bread or a

to start everybody

semi-in-

apparent

of ap- such, a

st

ocolate

will

hot malted

cracker

glass of

zwieh ack and m

refresh:

with

enough

light

very

bre:

eat

better to serve them

if light

than

sparin

food,

three hess

hatever beverage is

ne

are

sustain!

breakfast

served :

begins

in the «

required

potatoes are

where the day

workers

meal is

bacon, pork

and fried

fried mus

are out

and beans

potatoes,

h, also

hot griddle cake

irdeners

will find this kind

bread, or

come (35

campers

popular,

here are two things in an 0 KE

SAEe must presarve at

the coats of his stomach

mel of his teeth 8 consolation, but there are no ¢

for dyspepsia and the tootl

1 fe that a

ev

is admit of forts

Bul

TIE 6%

ache. —

wer

HOT CAKES FOR COOL DAYS

cakes of all kinds

vomit 2 We never

“he foll

something nev

Crumb Griddle Cakes

With Dates. — Take one

and one-half cupfuls of

fine bread crumbs, one

and one-half cupfuls of

hot milk, soak for 15

minutes. Mix and sift

one-half cupful of Sour,

one teaspoonful of salt,

three teaspoonfuls of bak-

powder, one tablespoonful of

sugar; beat two eggs. To the crumbs

| add the eggs, dry Ingredients and

three-fourths of 8 cupful of stoned

snd chopped dates, and when well | mixed, add two tablespoonfuls of | melted butter. Bake on a hot grid- { dle and serve with maple sirup te | which a tablespoonful of melted butter | has been added.

Brownie Flapjacks. — Mix one-half cupful of flour with three teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, one-half tea-

spoonful of salt, one and one-half cup- one-half

Stir

As

OWL

ing

i !

FASHIONS 1] | fuls of whole wheat flour, | cupful each of nuts and raising

in three-fourths cupfuls of milk, add

of molasses and

Mix well and

| three tablespoonfuls

one well-beaten egg.

bake on a hot griddle.

Enchilades. — Cook one pound of pork from the shoulder until tender, in water to cover, Remove the meat from the bones and chop. Take the broth in which the meat was cooked and stir in cornmeal to make a mush, Season with salt and pepper and a lit-

tle sage, stir in the chopped meat and pour into a mold. Slice and fry as any fried mush,

Spanish Pancakes.—Take one cup- ful of warm cooked rice, two egg yolks beaten light, mix and add one cupfui of flour, one teaspoonful of cur ry powder, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of chopped chicken livers, one teaspoonful of grated onion, one tablespoonful of melted butter and two stiffly beaten whites of the eggs Mix and bake on a hot griddle. Calf's liver may be substituted for the chick: en and one-fourth of a teaspoonful of curry used Instead of one, if curry is not expecially well liked.

Sassafras buds are undeveloped leaf-buds and picked and dried are sold as gumbo filet. The flavor is not at all Uke the root or bark, but has a dainty flavor of its own with the mn cllaginous quality which gives the in- dispensable touch, according to the Creole cooks, who have made gumbo Zamon by thelr methods of cooking

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