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lon, while its machinery has demanded
lubricating oil at the low rate of seventy

lon, while its machinery has demanded
lubricating oil at the low rate of seventy
six miles to the pint.
Other models of this machine sell for
prices ranging between $3.50 and $3.50, and
have seen increasing use among physi-
clans and rural mail carriers, achieving
similarly good records. According to tes-
timony, the blackboard is particularly eff
fective on rough and sandy: roads. fol-
which Its flexible body and light weight
seem to qualify 1t. The total weight OF
such machines Is between 600 and roc
pounds. which. with wheel base of be-
tween seventy-f1ve and ninety inches and
a tread of -forty-two inches, enables them
literally to skim over sand or mud, thus
realizing a higher average of effective
power under such conditions than the
usual heavy machine with broad tires
Their hill-climbfng record seems truly
users is competent in evidence. 20 per
cent grade is an easy one. Although un-
usually light and frail to look at, these
cars have made some extremely good
scores. In the efficiency contest of 1906
two of them broke the twO-gallOn rec
ord; one at ninety-four miles. the other
at 1O1.6 miles. without stops for repairs
or adjustments. In q one-gallOn contest
over rough country roads another of these
machines made the record at 43.6 miles
carrying two passengers. Taking the
average gasoline consumption at thirty
miles per gallon and the average oil
consumption at fifty miles per pint. a
yearly mileage of 10000 would represent
a cost Of $87 for gasoline Cat 20 cents per
gallon) and of $50 for oil (at 10 cents pei
pint, making a total considerably below
that required for maintaining q horse and
buggy, having less than one-third the
speed and endurance capacity.
Another one Of our foremost designers.
a man with five figures of runabouts to
his credit. sees money in a machine OF
accepted type at $780, This machine, pro-
PEELED by single cylinder engine Of eight
horsepower. through a planetary trans
mission gear. Is guaranteed for speed
of twenty-six miles per hour with two
passengers. and can carry four when a
folding rear seat Is provided. This is
accommodation sufficient for an average
American family.
The performance Of this machine is
CONSPICUOUS, and quite entities 1t to con-
sideration as q good investment for a
loose $3.50. It's widest use has been in
the service of physicians. who uniformly
indorse 1t for its speed, hfll-climbing eff
ficiency and insolent indifference to the
violence OF the worst roads.
Several machines Of excellent capability
may be purchased at figures ranging from
5000 to $3.50. Among these is the original
and only four-cylindered runabout. which.
although at first declared an impossibility
for the price, has been sold in immense
numbers, and promises to be the forerun-
ner of a distinctly new class. 1t was de-
signed to follow the lines of the large
four.cyiindered touring cars. feature
which struck the popular fancy at once
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grafton" This Is gratifying, particularly If
this gentleman is q qualified judge Of de-
teriorations. More Dleasurable still it Is
to learn that another enthusiast after
running his machine ten months. with q
total repair bill of only $14.O5 sold it for
only $50 less than its original cost. This
is cheap for ten months fun. Another
one, who totaled 80 cents for repairs in
six months. might have got all his money
back had he tried hard enough. But
these records show only so many exam
piles Of $3.50 we'll spent, and demonstrate
that all FOOD machines are not held at
"prohibitive prices
For the reasonable sum of $3.50 one may
purchase a motor carriage with a real
tonneau, which. although mounted on
''buckboard' running gear. with the en-
CINE in the rear. is of sufficiently con-
ventional form to be classed as an au-
tomohile The efficiency Of this type of
car is remarkable. Its gasoline consump-
ton. over rough roads, has scored as high
an average as thirty-seven miles per gal
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One of the best of the automobile type
Of motor-buggy, having a wheel-base OF
20 inches and rear clearance of "a
inches and selling for $775 complete. has
shown records worthy of a thoroughly
serviceable car. On a run of thirty miles.
including several hills as steep as Is per
cent the entire trip was made on the
high gear without straining the ma
chinery, and with the consumption of two
gallons of gasoline and one pint of lubrl-
can't When we consider that this par
ticular make of car is guaranteed for one
years service, the inducement seems rea-
sonable. Another similar type of auto
mobile buggy. which has received several
exposition awards. is offered for $500
Several such buggies are equipped with
friction transmission. which is a distinct
contribution to simplicity and sufficiently
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CUPS FOR THE THOR.

Mr. George w. Beall Of 2120 18th street
who is conducting q bicycle
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There has been no radical change from
last year in the design of the bodies Of
the 1869 models. There has been a gradual
evolution in bodies since the general adop-
ton of the auto that has been marked and
explainable for several reasons. When the
first ears came out they were mostly
MADE of the runabout type. although that
term was not then in existence. Soon the
one with them on their trips. and then a
tonneau was added. This was at first of
the rear entrance model. That soon be-
came in the way and by using longer
wheel base they managed TO make the
side entrance tOnneau.
More and more the racy-,ooking car
began to make its way and there was a
reversal to the runabout style again. this
time with higher powered cars Next the
rumble seat was added and then the baby
tonneau- Now there seems to be tend
ency to GO back TO the large tonneau for
the same reason that it was at first
adopted.
All kinds of high price and high-powered
cars can be bought by just naming the
price one wishes to pay. There is the
greatest field in this line that could be
wished. New features are specialized on
the various cars and there is the widest
range. However. the greatest chance is
for the automobile Of popular price for
this city The proportion of these to the
population is very high in fact Washing
ton may lay a claim to having more cars
of all kinds in proportion to the popula-
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plete. including surrey top and four seats.
for about $500 Other makes of this type
of car. perfectly similar mechanically. sell
at figures between 5000 and 500 complete,
including tops.
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f1f.ff.fi-f'.f.f.f-f'.i' -Sr.r-i-.f'.t-.fff'TTT
A New Era in Automobile
II Production-The Glass
of Owners Has Chang
ed More Than the Cars-New
Devices Are Seen on the 1909
M o d ls-P roportionately
There Are More Cars in
Washington Than in Any
Other City-Great Field for
the Popular-Priced Cars
What Can Be Procured for
Small Money in the Way OF
Automobiles-There Is
Type of Car for Every
Pocketbook and Every Need.
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ton than any other city-nearly 1 per
cent of the total population owning cars
And 1t has been only recently that
the popular priced car has been able to
make its own way. For a long time the
cry of the people was:
When will one be made sufficiently
low-priced for, people like you and my
self?' In other words. a very real de-
mand has grown up for a good motor
vehicle of moderate power. moderate
speed and moderate weight, to be sold at
a moderate price. Moderation in the last
particular involves a machine that can be
profitably retailed well within $1,000, and,
at the same time. stand up under ordi-
nary hard service conditions.
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the lake and cawed derisively, wheni
the air was disturbed by h gunfre.
At 10 O'Clock nye hunters resu!nedl
the b of rowing back to the launch
with lake water While trying to scram-I
BILE into the boat. The launch was still
obstinate. but an hour OF hard n
ing and shiverY talk got it under way.
warden inquired whether everybody
had licenses to shoot, and whether any
body had exceeded the limit of Is!
birds. Everybody had the first and,
hadn't the second. There was no ques-,
ton about the bird limit. One mud.
hen for the day.
Evening Shoot No Better.
Back in the camp. however. with the
wet toys stealnfng before a hot fire, the,
savory smell of bacon and eggs and
1apjaclSs rising from the stove, the
hunters thawed out, m conversation
ing shooting would be and how many
birds each man would kill and how
many he had killed on certain other
occasions. But the resurrected one
said nothing. He was reaching tho
point where he had to be shown.
In II evening another trip. minus
the launch, was made to the duck
blinds. and, just as the sun presumably
pulled Off its boots the other side of tho
gray curtain in the West. somebody
SAAoA "a IL 1S I Illt' lkId11
with the new s125 outfit. He had
played a cold hand Of poker and was
Stuck to pick up the decoYs. He did
It. somehow, and went back with the
other hunters to camp. to sleep and
think and dream Of ducks by the mill
lion. each carrying an fee pack on his
head n a SNOWFALL in his fippers.
Ton Trips, Four Ducks!
Ten trips he made to that nearby
lake and during that time he shot
just four ducks. On the market they
are worth about two bits apiece. He
of shells n he still had his $125
outfit. plus some other things he had
to buy. costing a few simoleons. The
ducks cost him $50 each. But at that
creased wonderfully. he could tell what
kind of a load was best for a duck.
il one ever came his way, and he
knew the difference between a widgeon
and q mudhen. And so he was in
fine fettle for Il longer trip to a AXE
where the waterfowl really exist. He
shot a few ana he was satisfied.
South Dakota Duck Grounds.
Lake Andes in South Dakota is a
good place to duck shoot. There the
hunting fraternity has erected many
"shacks" where the shooter can live
tte sport. The lake produces little in
the way of and most of the
hunting is done in flat Sneak boats.
In these the hunters lie in a cramped
up position While they STAY the var
ious species of web-footed birds, which
whistle over the lake on their way to
the South. Near Letcher, S. D., is a
slough called Long lake." a rush
grown body Of water, which can be
waded easily. Here some OF the best
shooting OF the past season was en-
toyed. Near Oldham. S. D. is Lake
Thompson and near that, Lake Pres
ton. good grounds for mallards. can
vas backs and redheads. Bluebills.
which winter to a great extent on
Mobile bay. We're thick at all the lakes
this season. especially during the
southern flight. Few geese We're bag
ged, these wary birds apparently hav-
ing shifted their southern flight farth-
an. Tn tho v-oSt
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Turn About.

dciphia cricketer. at a dinner, described
the and customs of the Eng
lish as he had observed them during
his cricketing tour.
The English lodging house, said
Mr.. King. lis not of much account 1
have a friend, an Oxford man, who
tried lodgings, then. took a Hat. In
lodgings, it seems, the landlady gouges
you frightfully.
My friend old me how he once
rebuked his landlady. She came to
him with his spirit case.
whisky all gone. SIR she said.
Shall I get you another bottle?'
Yes. 1 wish you would said he
it's YOUR turn"
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S0u1ptltHUu11Ty
Mr.. Prides-If your wife had q voice
like my wife. what would you do?
HI. GrumDy-Have her tonstls cut.
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Down the Mudhen.

A nlidhen flew blindlS across the fire
zone and vas exterminated, whereat
five frozen cheers rose and were borne
away in the rain. A lonely muskrat
riopled the water so yards away and
ducked just in time to avoid a half
pound of shot. A crow Topped across
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of 3 o'clock q. m. They used a launch.
one OF those gasoline affairs. to tow
the duck boats down to the feeding
grounds of the waterfowl. And the
lake was full Of moss and the launch
didn't have what Is technically known
as a "weedless wheel" The sea was
choppy when the expedition started
and II grew worse as daylight came
Moss on the Wheel.
The water sometimes flew over the
gunwale into the launch. Then III
propeller clogged with moss and as
he had been stuck" to keep 1t clear
on the down trip. he pulled his coat. his
sweater n rolled his sleeve up to
his ears to dig off the moss. The wa
ter was chillier than any ice yer ped
died, and it kept getting colder the
longer the moss stuck. Immediately
following the moss cleaning, the gaso-
line engine went on a strike. 1t ran
beautifully backward, but nothing do
ing forward. The launch was and the
duck boats drifted into a moss bed
and the engine suddenly took a notion
to start. The wheel picked up a fine
bunch of moss. and again the res
s%urrected sportsman shed his "duds''
and cleaned the Wheel.
They Finally Arrive.
When the launch had finally been
poled out of the moss, the engine be-
a CA Wv INlSilNC vi wv l i OuL IL was
discovered the gasoline was gone. One
mile away was plenty of the neces-
sary fuel. but it was unnecessary after
all to sc that far. for another launch
which had gone on strike vas ound
aground a short distance away and it
had a can OF gasoline aboard.
The owner of the abandoned launch
lost the gasoline. With a fresh supply
of gasoline the hunters launch was
tried as in and quit cold. 1t wouldn't
rN Us ,t @, ~-.,,@- 800 -- A1-
anchor was tossed overheard amid the
loud hMZZas Of the moss cleaner. The
hunters took to the luck boats and
rosved the rest OF the three miles. The
waves washed over the low decks and
sent spray into the cockpit until the
tho ducks We're not far away and so
there wasn't amy yelling. The fact was
each ma in the crowd was silently
daring the other to kick. so the Others
could turn to and reno him.
Duck Call a Failure.
Down in the duck blinds the hunters
waited for the breaking of the dawn.
1t came after Il while, era chill and
discouraging The decnys bobbed in
willingly on the muddy water and the
aspirins sportsman blew a blast on
his: brand new duck call. -
tine noise was terrifying.
shut mp. You fool. sounds like a
cat fight chartered his companion,
disgustedly. +
Mutual exchanges of glares and the
duck call fell into the lake. The min
utes Slid awa.'. but no ducks. An hour
crept by and then a pair of bluewings
tearing along in the gale swept past.
Everybody took Il shot at them. in
Guiding the man who blew $125 for an
outfit. The bluewinss disappeared in
the rain and the wind sighed through
tho br:ish of the blind and the rattle of
teeth went on.
Down the Mudhen.
A mndhen flew blindlS across the fire
zone and was exterminated, whereat
five frozen cheers rose and were borne
away in the rain. A lonely muskrat
riDpled the water SO yards away and
ducked just in time to avoid a half
pound of shot. A crow Topped across
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The Crime Of *; ;::
a.! ss':' the Boulevard
HAPTE xII.-continued.

y have only to remand you to your
CELL" said tho magistrate. I'VE will
hunt for the other man"
Dantin, In his turn. said in an iron
tcal tone. And you will do weil?!'
N. Ginory made a sign. The guards
led out their prisoner. Then looking at
the chief while Bernardet still re-
manned standing like a soldier near the
window, the magistrate said:
Until there are new developments,
VIII say nothing. We must look
Tor the man in the sombrero."
The needle! The needle! And the
haystack!" thought Bernardet.
The chief. smiling. turned toward
him: THAT belongs to you Bernar-
- know 1t well" said the little man.
;Sbut It is not easy. Oh! 1t is not asy
at ALL"
Bah. You have unearthed more
difficult things than that. DO 1t up
Drown. There is only one clew-the
They are not uncommon. those hats,
NJ. Leriche. They are not very bad
hats. But yet it is a clew. IL we live.
I've shall see."
He stood motlonless between the
bookcase and the window, like a soldier
carrying arms. while NJ. Ginory. shak-
Ing his head. said to h chief, And
this Dantin-what Impression did he
make on you?" :
He is 9 little crack Drained" replied
the chief.
Certainly. But guilty-you believe
him guilty?"
without doubt
Would o condemn him?' he
quickly asked as he gazed ~searchfngly
1T h chief. N. Leriche hesitated.
Would you condemn him?" M. Gil
nory repeated insistently.
The chief still heSitated n m
glanced toward the impressive Bernar-
Diet without being II to read his face,
and he said:
II do not know"
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THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO
HUNTED DUCKS-AT $50 APIECE
Compares Price of Hunting Out
fit With Worth of Ducks
49, Finds He Lost.
HISTORY FROM HIS START
Guns He Began With and Pro
crossed To-Where Hunt
ing Is Worth While.

when he was a "ldd In kilties," he
was accustomed to pinking his school
mate with a pea-shooter; whe he
reached the g that his voice climbed
the chronatic scale in an effort to
speak steadily, he fired off dads old
army musket at the sophers and plovers
home from college on his vacation. he
occasionally. went out to try a Zulu
breech-blowing fusee warranted to kick
and Kill at both ends. He was only half
killed and he quit trying to be a hunter.
His sporting proclivities remained in
a more or less dormant condition.
awakening once in a while when he
ordered a duck at q restaurant and got
a udh On such occasions, after
sampling The hen. he, swore he'd go out
and bag a boat load of ducks and revel
once again i'm the feasts of his youth.
Once more he'd experience the Joy of
hearing the whistling pitfalls as the
flock cut low over the rushes and head
open space beyond. Also he would show
some of the coal stove hunters who
talk about chasing The untamed duck
during the closed season and so into
hiding when the season is 81, how to
transact business on a scale that would
make him the hero of the hot air cir
cult. And he'd show them the goods.
Easy Enough.
Once the idea began to smolder, 1t
gradually gave off more and more
until it burst into a flame. First
he began slyly to inquire what the Ven
smell of gun oil and watch the weather
closely, told him that the shooting
would more than compensate him for
all he spent on an outfit. But how much
would 1T cost? One hunter said n few
dollars; another. that a mar could
really hook through with a 10-spot, and
If he could shoot a lick on earth. he'd
u enough game to square his
board bill for several weeks.
Here's the way of It," he whispered.
who don't go hunting are crazy to get
hold of some of the birds. Put EN-
the birds. H3t tt.c .Hnon'e-in cold stor-
age. and then judiciously hand out a
brace once in g while. You'll get an
invitation to dinner and pretty soon
you'll find that the boarding house
landlady will begin to kick on your
holdout. Keep close tab on the fine
feeds you get and set 'em down in a
column opposite our hunting bill and
youll see you're coin In"
What 1t Cost.
Fired with economical zeal, he
slipped down to he sporting goods
dealer and after listening to some Inn
passloned oratory abour sea sras.; cc.-
r clothes, he blew himself, as a
starter, to the following:
One suit of shooting clothes.
trousers and 1000
one 1ur lined hunting coat. 500
One shell rs
Set of cleaning rods and oil can $50
One pair waders. 1000
One sweater, sea grass color.... 500
One pair leather boots......... Geo
Socks. duck call and incidentals $50
Shells. zoo. $50
3 dozen decoys. 1900
one shot 5000
N 4OSIL .$IEb.lJ
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Discreet Prophecy,

why do you Invariably predict the
coolest int we have a in years?'
Well" answered Professor Blather-
ton, 'if it comes true people necessarily
give me credit for great wisdom. And
IL It doesn't come true they are too
thankful to hold n grudge."
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While under the spell of the sporting
goods man.. the duck chaser hadn't a
chance to figure out where he and his
board bill headed in. but he realized
that he had gone h he considered
the limit. Then the dealer had another
little invention that ooked good. 1t
was a 'thermos bottle or something
sounding like hat. The duck chaser
hadn't been against that, game, so he
baked and likewise escaped. But not
until after an argument.
Talks on Temperance. .
Now, here" said the dealer. 'is
something you ought to have. This bot
tie has two Jackets and it keeps
coffee hot "a hours. What's nicer than
a good drink of hot coffee after you've
been sitting in a duck blin for two
hours?"
Only n thing better" Moderated
the hunter. and may be you nov
h that Is"
The dealer looked lofty disdain.
Touch not. taste not
Don't talk touch to me. What do
you call that little bill you've just
And this termos bottle will keep
water cool 72 hours at a stretch.
What's better than a cool drink of wa
ter on a hot day."
Again let me remind you there's
only one thing and don't you start
that touch not at me either"
Then you won't buy?"
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CHAPTER KUN.

CHAPTER XIII.
II do not know thought Rernardet
as he returned home. What one knows
very we'll indeed. what one cannot deny.
oh. that would be impossible! Is that
on the retfna of the dead mans eye. re-
Elected there at the supreme moment of
the agony? Is there found the image of
this Danttn. his face, his ~features-thts
man, IN a word, denounced by this wit
ness which Is worth all other witnesses
In the world? This a~ssassinated mar
cast q last look upon his murderer as he
called for aida last cry for help in
the, death rattle. And this man says, I
do not know But the dead a knew,
and the kodak knows also. 1t has no
passion. no niger without hate, because
1t registers what passes; fixes that
which is ileeting."
Bernardet was obstinate In his con-
vlction. He was, perfectely rooted in 1t.
What IL he had not persisted in be-
llcving that photography would reveal
the truth? What weighty reason, what
acceptable One. was there which
obliged Dantin to remain silent in the.
presence OF the examining magistrate
and his rcgistrar--in the secret inter-
yiewEof IN exaInlnation-when in order
to Sescnpe a prison. an accusation, he
had only to speak two words? But if
n said nothing WAS 1t because he
had nothing to say! II he had given
~ SuS y a lIo ldO
none to give? An innocent mar does
n q remain silent. IL at the instant
when NJ. Gtnory pressed the ivory hut
ton the other day the man had been
able to defond himself, would he not
have done It? One knew the secret rea-
son of criminals for keeping silent.
Their best reason is their guilt.
Only 1t seemed now certain that Dam
tin. although guilty. q an accomplice
Yes. without doubt. the man with the
eonlbrero, the seller of the portrait.
Where could he now be in hiding?
mot easy" Bernardet repeated the
words. Not easy: "a. not easv at ali
TO run him out al M. rabbit ll,itch"
Js1a woman IN l.ia.k. he visitor
wsuId Is another i,,.,,s,..ant claw: On
this side the ait,natinr d mad n sin, nc
4 or wass this won.... ALSO an acs
conaplice. n a swon,S she r..nain si,ent
hidden in the nrnvincea a.. r,o,,ia ths
death of RoVera draw har IN Paris
where she mirht be -recocnized ana ha'
come a wsitness for iusticee s.e
che mystery Of the Bnnleyard daS C snl
continued to Interest and excite tha
public. Violent and nernlexinr nari,as
menta,y discussions could NOT distract
attentiCn from q crime connnoittad IN
broad daylight. almost. as one might
dnnht the secmritv Of the c;t,, tha IA
ciencv Of the nolice The faiis,,s a nin-
nradicted anrh n,nrrinS "a ~
ficipated / n advance. could NOT thirst
aside morbid Interest in this m,,rde,
The death Of the x-coun vas n
rrand %actualitv. vas .
Jacuues Dantin TINS hacar,o a dr,.
matte Ia II rannrtarsso raatad
legends about him. some dacia rad hin,
unity ana brought nm IN s,,nnnrt nr
their conviction some anecdotes SONS
taies from the ci,lhs given 90 nroofs.
1890. .Sr..a - PnooASs