renewed energy. "Thanks," he added under his breath as he started
picking up the plaster casts and tools. "That's how we caught
'Cutbert,' and I'll nurse the bird like a Grand Opera singer."
Loris glided from out the curtains and crossed the room. She stood a
moment under a cone of soft light which reflected downward and brought
out every detail of her gown and girlish figure. She turned and smiled
widely at Drew who stood by the portieres.
"I've almost forgotten something," she said, drawing out a chair and
sitting down with a graceful sweep of her skirt. "I've forgotten that
you are tired and that you have worked hard."
"Not at all," said Drew.
"Yes, you are tired and you have worked very hard. Harry will bear me
out in that. He was just saying that you would make a good major of
overseas forces. Why don't you join the army?"
Drew reached into his right hand trouser pocket. He brought his hand
out with a small gold badge between his fingers. "I've already joined
the army," he said. "This is a Secret Service badge. Don't you know
that much work can be done over on this side? A burnt warehouse, for
instance, is equal to a victory for the Kaiser. My agency is almost
exclusively devoted to Government work. We never mention it, though."
"I see," said Loris, reaching into a pigeonhole and drawing out a small
yellow check-book. "I'm glad," she added, picking up a mother-of-pearl
penholder and inspecting the pen-point. "I rather thought you would do
your share. I think everybody should to the limit of their pocketbook
and ability. Harry is."
Drew bowed slightly. "That's right, stick by Harry," he said to
himself. "She's a sticker and then some," he added, frowning toward the
check-book and the poised pen.
"Mr. Drew?"
The detective took one step in her direction. He waited then.
"Mr. Drew, how much money do I owe you? I'll pay you out of my account
until the estate is settled."
The detective smiled broadly. "Nothing," he said, toying with his watch
chain. "I don't think you owe me anything in this case."
"Oh, but I do!"
"I don't think so. Your father retained me. He was--was slain through
my own carelessness. I think I owe you something."
"I can't let it remain that way." Loris turned and widened her eyes. A
tiny pout sweetened her mouth. Nichols came across the rugs and stood
by her side. He turned to Drew.
"That wouldn't be fair," he said. "You certainly earned your fee in
this case. Why, you look five years older than when you came up into my
rooms with that little pistol!"
Drew touched his mustache. He closed his lips. Fatigue swept over him
as he said huskily:
"I've aged, yes. Well, I guess I have. The responsibility was more than
I expected."
"How much?" asked Loris, opening the check-book.
Drew raised his eyes to the ceiling. A faint smile brightened his olive
skin and brought out the fullness of his cheeks.
"Five thousand dollars," he said, without glancing at Loris.
She dipped the pen into the ink well, leaned her elbow on the leaf of
the writing desk and hastily scratched a check with angular writing
which had certainly been cultivated in a select boarding school. She
turned, waved the check in the air, then rose and advanced toward the
detective, who had not lowered his eyes.
"Thank you," she said, holding out the oblong of tinted paper. "I want
to thank you."
Nichols stared at the detective. The soldier's eyes were like bayonets
beneath a parapet. He had thought the figure rather high. Loris had no
one to advise her save himself and the presence of Drew had tied his
tongue.
"I want to thank you," repeated Loris.
Drew lowered his eyes and reached for the check. He glanced at it,
started folding two edges, then smiled brightly as he crossed the room,
picked up the mother-of-pearl penholder and dipped it into the ink.
"I'll endorse it," he said, flattening out the check with his palm.
"I'll endorse it so that it can be transferred."
"To whom?" asked Loris.
"Why, to where it belongs. Do you think that I could take it? It's too
much in the first place. In the second place I'm going to do my full
bit from now on. What do you say, if we endorse this over to the
American Red Cross? It'll buy beds and bandages and it'll help out all
around!"
Loris lifted her eyes beneath her down dropping lashes. She smiled with
tiny puckerings at the corners of her mouth. The glance was so archly
sweet that Drew felt it was more than a reward. He caught her mood and
hastily dashed off his signature across the back of the check.
"You present it to them," he said. "Take it with my compliments to the
treasurer of your own division. I'll venture they will not question the
signature."
Nichols' hand crept out. It clasped over Drew's fingers in a soldier's
grip. The two men faced each other. Drew reached up his left arm and
patted the captain on the shoulder. "Two bars," he said. "I hope to see
stars there," he added sincerely. "Stars, when you come back from the
conquest of Berlin."
"They'll be there!" declared Loris with flashing eyes. "Harry will get
them!"
Delaney peered through the portieres despite his instructions to the
contrary.
"All set, Chief," he said. "I hear Fosdick downstairs."
"Coming," said Drew, as he turned away from Loris and Nichols.
The two detectives paused in the center of the room. The mound under
the splendid rug held their eyes for a fleeting moment. The ends of the
telephone wires lay across the hardwood floor. They glanced at these.
"No trace!" said Drew. "We needn't tell Fosdick much. Come on!"
Delaney held out the detective's coat and hat. Drew thrust his arms
into his silk-lined sleeves, pulled the hat down over his eyes and
swung as the big operative turned his shoulder.
"Look," whispered Delaney.
Loris Stockbridge and her lover stood under the glow from the soft
clusters of the inner room of the suite. The captain held his peaked
cap in his right hand. He also was departing.
"Turtle-doves," Delaney breathed with almost pride.
"Ah!" said Drew. "Ah, my friend, you must remember that we were once
that way ourselves. But now--but now, Delaney--there is a thing which
is sweeter than love's young dream. It is a tired man's sleep. I think
I have earned mine to-night!"
THE END
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THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS
A New York society girl buys a ranch which becomes the center of
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delightful close.
THE RAINBOW TRAIL
The story of a young clergyman who becomes a wanderer in the great
western uplands--until at last love and faith awake.
DESERT GOLD
The story describes the recent uprising along the border, and ends with
the finding of the gold which two prospectors had willed to the girl
who is the story's heroine.
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
A picturesque romance of Utah of some forty years ago when Mormon
authority ruled. The prosecution of Jane Withersteen is the theme of
the story.
THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN
This is the record of a trip which the author took with Buffalo Jones,
known as the preserver of the American bison, across the Arizona desert
and of a hunt in "that wonderful country of deep canons and giant
pines."
THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT
A lovely girl, who has been reared among Mormons, learns to love a
young New Englander. The Mormon religion, however, demands that the
girl shall become the second wife of one of the Mormons--Well, that's
the problem of this great story.
THE SHORT STOP
The young hero, tiring of his factory grind, starts out to win fame and
fortune as a professional ball player. His hard knocks at the start are
followed by such success as clean sportsmanship, courage and honesty
ought to win.
BETTY ZANE
This story tells of the bravery and heroism of Betty, the beautiful
young sister of old Colonel Zane, one of the bravest pioneers.
THE LONE STAR RANGER
After killing a man in self defense, Buck Duane becomes an outlaw along
the Texas border. In a camp on the Mexican side of the river, he finds
a young girl held prisoner, and in attempting to rescue her, brings
down upon himself the wrath of her captors and henceforth is hunted on
one side by honest men, on the other by outlaws.
THE BORDER LEGION
Joan Randle, in a spirit of anger, sent Jim Cleve out to a lawless
Western mining camp, to prove his mettle. Then realizing that she loved
him--she followed him out. On her way, she is captured by a bandit
band, and trouble begins when she shoots Kells, the leader--and nurses
him to health again. Here enters another romance--when Joan, disguised
as an outlaw, observes Jim, in the throes of dissipation. A gold
strike, a thrilling robbery--gambling and gun play carry you along
breathlessly.
THE LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS, By Helen Cody Wetmore and Zane Grey
The life story of Colonel William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," as told by
his sister and Zane Grey. It begins with his boyhood in Iowa and his
first encounter with an Indian. We see "Bill" as a pony express rider,
then near Fort Sumter as Chief of the Scouts, and later engaged in the
most dangerous Indian campaigns. There is also a very interesting
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MOTHER. Illustrated by F. G. Yohn.
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experiences.
SATURDAY'S CHILD. Frontispiece by F. Graham Cootes.
Out on the Pacific coast a normal girl, obscure and lovely, makes a
quest for happiness. She passes through three stages--poverty, wealth
and service--and works out a creditable salvation.
THE RICH MRS. BURGOYNE. Illustrated by Lucius H. Hitchcock.
The story of a sensible woman who keeps within her means, refuses to be
swamped by social engagements, lives a normal human life of varied
interests, and has her own romance.
THE STORY OF JULIA PAGE. Frontispiece by Allan Gilbert.
How Julia Page, reared in rather unpromising surroundings, lifted
herself through sheer determination to a higher plane of life.
THE HEART OF RACHAEL. Frontispiece by Charles E. Chambers.
Rachael is called upon to solve many problems, and in working out
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"K." Illustrated.
K. LeMoyne, famous surgeon, drops out of the world that has known him,
and goes to live in a little town where beautiful Sidney Page lives.
She is in training to become a nurse. The joys and troubles of their
young love are told with that keen and sympathetic appreciation which
has made the author famous.
THE MAN IN LOWER TEN. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy.
An absorbing detective story woven around the mysterious death of the
"Man in Lower Ten." The strongest elements of Mrs. Rinehart's success
are found in this book.
WHEN A MAN MARRIES. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher and Mayo Bunker.
A young artist, whose wife had recently divorced him, finds that his
aunt is soon to visit him. The aunt, who contributes to the family
income and who has never seen the wife, knows nothing of the domestic
upheaval. How the young man met the situation is humorously and most
entertainingly told.
THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE. Illus. by Lester Ralph.
The summer occupants of "Sunnyside" find the dead body of Arnold
Armstrong, the son of the owner, on the circular staircase. Following
the murder a bank failure is announced. Around these two events is
woven a plot of absorbing interest.
THE STREET OF SEVEN STARS. Illustrated (Photo Play Edition.)
Harmony Wells, studying in Vienna to be a great violinist, suddenly
realizes that her money is almost gone. She meets a young ambitious
doctor who offers her chivalry and sympathy, and together with
world-worn Dr. Anna and Jimmie, the waif, they share their love and
slender means.
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CHIP OF THE FLYING U. Wherein the love affairs of Chip and Della
Whitman are charmingly and humorously told.
THE HAPPY FAMILY. A lively and amusing story, dealing with the
adventures of eighteen jovial, big hearted Montana cowboys.
HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT. Describing a gay party of Easterners who exchange a
cottage at Newport for a Montana ranch-house.
THE RANGE DWELLERS. Spirited action, a range feud beween two families,
and a Romeo and Juliet courtship make this a bright, jolly story.
THE LURE OF THE DIM TRAILS. A vivid portrayal of the experience of an
Eastern author among the cowboys.
THE LONESOME TRAIL. A little branch of sage brush and the recollection
of a pair of large brown eyes upset "Weary" Davidson's plans.
THE LONG SHADOW. A vigorous Western story, sparkling with the free
outdoor life of a mountain ranch. It is a fine love story.
GOOD INDIAN. A stirring romance of life on an Idaho ranch.
FLYING U RANCH. Another delightful story about Chip and his pals.
THE FLYING U'S LAST STAND. An amusing account of Chip and the other
boys opposing a party of school teachers.
THE UPHILL CLIMB. A story of a mountain ranch and of a man's hard fight
on the uphill road to manliness.
THE PHANTOM HERD. The title of a moving-picture staged in New Mexico by
the "Flying U" boys.
THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX. The "Flying U" boys stage a fake bank
robbery for film purposes which precedes a real one for lust of gold.
THE GRINGOS. A story of love and adventure on a ranch in California.
STARR OF THE DESERT. A New Mexico ranch story of mystery and adventure.
THE LOOKOUT MAN. A Northern California story full of action, excitement
and love.
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THE INSIDE OF THE CUP. Illustrated by Howard Giles.
The Reverend John Hodder is called to a fashionable church in a
middle-western city. He knows little of modern problems and in his
theology is as orthodox as the rich men who control his church could
desire. But the facts of modern life are thrust upon him; an awakening
follows and in the end he works out a solution.
A FAR COUNTRY. Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer.
This novel is concerned with big problems of the day. As _The Inside of
the Cup_ gets down to the essentials in its discussion of religion, so
_A Far Country_ deals in a story that is intense and dramatic, with
other vital issues confronting the twentieth century.
A MODERN CHRONICLE. Illustrated by J. H. Gardner Soper.
This, Mr. Churchill's first great presentation of the Eternal Feminine,
is throughout a profound study of a fascinating young American woman.
It is frankly a modern love story.
MR. CREWE'S CAREER. Illus. by A. I. Keller and Kinneys.
A new England state is under the political domination of a railway and
Mr. Crewe, a millionaire, seizes a moment when the cause of the people
is being espoused by an ardent young attorney, to further his own
interest in a political way. The daughter of the railway president
plays no small part in the situation.
THE CROSSING. Illustrated by S. Adamson and L. Baylis.
Describing the battle of Fort Moultrie, the blazing of the Kentucky
wilderness, the expedition of Clark and his handful of followers in
Illinois, the beginning of civilization along the Ohio and Mississippi,
and the treasonable schemes against Washington.
CONISTON. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn.
A deft blending of love and politics. A New Englander is the hero, a
crude man who rose to political prominence by his own powers, and then
surrendered all for the love of a woman.
THE CELEBRITY. An episode.
An inimitable bit of comedy describing an interchange of personalities
between a celebrated author and a bicycle salesman. It is the purest,
keenest fun--and is American to the core.
THE CRISIS. Illustrated with scenes from the Photo-Play.
A book that presents the great crisis in our national life with
splendid power and with a sympathy, a sincerity, and a patriotism that
are inspiring.
RICHARD CARVEL. Illustrated by Malcolm Frazer.
An historical novel which gives a real and vivid picture of Colonial
times, and is good, clean, spirited reading in all its phases and
interesting throughout.
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GRAUSTARK. Illustrated with Scenes from the Play.
With the appearance of this novel, the author introduced a new type of
story and won for himself a perpetual reading public. It is the story
of love behind a throne in a new and strange country.
BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK. Illustrations by Harrison Fisher.
This is a sequel to "Graustark." A bewitching American girl visits the
little principality and there has a romantic love affair.
PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK. Illustrations by A. I. Keller.
The Prince of Graustark is none other than the son of the heroine of
"Graustark." Beverly's daughter, and an American multimillionaire with
a brilliant and lovely daughter also figure in the story.
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS. Illustrated with Scenes from the Photo-Play.
A young man, required to spend one million dollars in one year, in
order to inherit _seven_, accomplishes the task in this lively story.
COWARDICE COURT. Illus. by Harrison Fisher and decorations by Theodore
Hapgood.
A romance of love and adventure, the plot forming around a social feud
in the Adirondacks in which an English girl is tempted into being a
traitor by a romantic young American.
THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND. Illustrated by A. I. Keller.
A story of modern New York, built around an ancient enmity, born of the
scorn of the aristocrat for one of inferior birth.
WHAT'S-HIS-NAME. Illustrations by Harrison Fisher.
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is billboarded on Broadway under an assumed name. The very opposite
manner in which these two live their lives brings a dramatic climax to
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SHORTY McCABE. Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.
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SIDE-STEPPING WITH SHORTY. Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.
Twenty skits, presenting people with their foibles. Sympathy with human
nature and an abounding sense of humor are the requisites for
"side-stepping with Shorty."
SHORTY McCABE ON THE JOB. Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.
Shorty McCabe reappears with his figures of speech revamped right up to
the minute. He aids in the right distribution of a "conscience fund,"
and gives joy to all concerned.
SHORTY McCABE'S ODD NUMBERS. Illustrated by Francis Vaux Wilson.
These further chronicles of Shorty McCabe tell of his studio for
physical culture, and of his experiences both on the East side and at
swell yachting parties.
TORCHY. Illus. by Geo. Biehm and Jas. Montgomery Flagg.
A red-headed office boy, overflowing with wit and wisdom peculiar to
the youths reared on the sidewalks of New York, tells the story of his
experiences.
TRYING OUT TORCHY. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.
Torchy is just as deliriously funny in these stories as he was in the
previous book.
ON WITH TORCHY. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.
Torchy falls desperately in love with "the only girl that ever was,"
but that young society woman's aunt tries to keep the young people
apart, which brings about many hilariously funny situations.
TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC. Illustrated by F. Foster Lincoln.
Torchy rises from the position of office boy to that of secretary for
the Corrugated Iron Company. The story is full of humor and infectious
American slang.
WILT THOU TORCHY. Illus. by F. Snapp and A. W. Brown.
Torchy goes on a treasure search expedition to the Florida West Coast,
in company with a group of friends of the Corrugated Trust and with his
friend's aunt, on which trip Torchy wins the aunt's permission to place
an engagement ring on Vee's finger.
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SEVENTEEN. Illustrated by Arthur William Brown.
No one but the creator of Penrod could have portrayed the immortal
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of the time when the reader was Seventeen.
PENROD. Illustrated by Gordon Grant.
This is a picture of a boy's heart, full of the lovable, humorous,
tragic things which are locked secrets to most older folks. It is a
finished, exquisite work.
PENROD AND SAM. Illustrated by Worth Brehm.
Like "Penrod" and "Seventeen," this book contains some remarkable
phases of real boyhood and some of the best stories of juvenile
prankishness that have ever been written.
THE TURMOIL. Illustrated by C. E. Chambers.
Bibbs Sheridan is a dreamy, imaginative youth, who revolts against his
father's plans for him to be a servitor of big business. The love of a
fine girl turns Bibb's life from failure to success.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA. Frontispiece.
A story of love and politics,--more especially a picture of a country
editor's life in Indiana, but the charm of the book lies in the love
interest.
THE FLIRT. Illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood.
The "Flirt," the younger of two sisters, breaks one girl's engagement,
drives one man to suicide, causes the murder of another, leads another
to lose his fortune, and in the end marries a stupid and unpromising
suitor, leaving the really worthy one to marry her sister.
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THE BLAZED TRAIL. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.
A wholesome story with gleams of humor, telling of a young man who
blazed his way to fortune through the heart of the Michigan pines.
THE CALL OF THE NORTH. Ills. with Scenes from the Play.
The story centers about a Hudson Bay trading post, known as "The
Conjuror's House" (the original title of the book.)
THE RIVER MAN. Ills. by N. C. Wyeth and C. F. Underwood.
The story of a man's fight against a river and of a struggle between
honesty and grit on the one side, and dishonesty and shrewdness on the
other.
RULES OF THE GAME. Illustrated by Lejaren A. Hiller.
The romance of the son of "The Riverman." The young college hero goes
into the lumber camp, is antagonized by "graft," and comes into the
romance of his life.
GOLD. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.
The gold fever of '49 is pictured with vividness. A part of the story
is laid in Panama, the route taken by the gold-seekers.
THE FOREST. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.
The book tells of the canoe trip of the author and his companion into
the great woods. Much information about camping and outdoor life. A
splendid treatise on woodcraft.
THE MOUNTAINS. Illustrated by Fernand Lungren.
An account of the adventures of a five months' camping trip in the
Sierras of California. The author has followed a true sequence of
events.
THE CABIN. Illustrated with photographs by the author.
A chronicle of the building of a cabin home in a forest-girdled meadow
of the Sierras. Full of nature and woodcraft, and the shrewd philosophy
of "California John."
THE GRAY DAWN. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty.
This book tells of the period shortly after the first mad rush for gold
in California. A young lawyer and his wife, initiated into the gay life
of San Francisco, find their ways parted through his downward course,
but succeeding events bring the "gray dawn of better things" for both
of them.
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