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I'VE are just starting" she suggest

1--WE are just starting" she suggest
ed. Come with us on the yacht"
Sommers shook his head.
I'm sorry: ! cant do that"
The girl stood lonking NJ him. hurt
and uncertain. She mad not expected
that rebuff. She could not understand
II. Again Bradley seized the situation.
Miss Durant. Mr.. Sonlmers goes 10
Washington 10 endeavor to show why
be should not he court martiaied for
neglect Of duty the night his gun was
forged. Its most important that ne
get there as soon rs possible. and no
ship sails from this port for week"
Pinckney stepped forward angrily.
"Mr Bradley. your explanation is
most uncalled for" he exclaimed.
Then Frances began 10 see. Her
head came up. and her eyes lighted.
ION the contrary. Mr. Bradley. I'm
very much Obliged 10 you for your ex'
plantation" she declared haughtily
would II not be possible for you and
Lieutenant Sommers 10 return with
ns?"
1T would he the greatest favor. Miss
Durant." he said earnestly. Il had al
ready requested II. but Mr.. Pinckney
objects"
The girl turned on Pinckney haugh
tily.
when Mr. Pinckney realizes tina
the lrvessa is my fathers yacht and
that this gun was forged in my father;
works aud that II Ii my desire tha'
Lieutenant Sommers and Mr.. Bradle.
sail with us al once | am sure ne vii
have no objections to offer"
Rebuked. Pinckney bowed with II
grace.
'Since Miss Durant wishes II ! an
unIy too happy to have you come will
US. of course" he said TO Bradley.
The secret service man bowed II
turn.
Then well 20. of course. viii
thanks" he said simply. If you VII
excuse me I'll get ready. Lieuienan
Sommers and | will be at the docl
within an hour"
When Bradley and Pinckney bot
had gone Frances came over 10 wher
her lover was standing.
That was wrong she said. geutl
reproying. You should have trustee
me more. We must have no NOR
MISUNDERSTANDING. From now on wha
affects you affects me. You and
are one. bur don't You see"-shr pause
moment. looking mp at him. he
heart In her cyes-"but don't you Sc
love your"
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start apart luiiily. Sommers isaikJd
up angrily rhe big man with the
shrswd eyes WIS standing beside the
table. his face as unconditional as
though carved from stone
"Whai d. yu WANT asked the
aa,ai either sharply.
MY name Is iiraGley." said The man.
United Sias secret service I've
breughi tA lee 70 you from Wash.
tsfon linnip III
.Wra:"
'.Aun nte wanfed 1T Washington,
B,HirunM III answer sume questions
II liz cnua u inquiry
Win 81 invn iniars exclamation Of
tear and Stiai ariy Frances stood
rltiSar L. hrr lot"r lie was staring
ii the -. NJ s,.fsl . man. astounded.
~ court al inquiry"
Bradley uslt,a
YES. sir iuut .aln exploded three
E.rks ago Two urn Mere killed out
rish' AMI three minsled. One will be
blinded ii lie lives
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officer Grml-. and i'inekney permitted
himself tbs iirSi smile Of satisfaction.
After MI there vas q chance ~
ihis young fol. through insane chiv-
airy. permitting himself ~ overlook
bis oniy means 81 yindication
Bradley was siill booking NJ Sommers
win Involuntary surprise when Pinck.
neg made his next move.
mir. Bradley. / want you 10 under
stand that I'm very sorry for SIR. Som
mers about his whole affair. II can
be OF any service TO him or 10 you
shall be only too glad"
The secret service man was not one
to be whimsical or chivalrous when be
had started out TO accomplish any
thing. Promptly be took Pinckney al
his word.
That's very good OF you. sir. and
you can be OF the greatest service %
us Lieutenant sommers goes 70 face
the court Of inquiry al Washington,
and IL Is bis desire and mine 10 reach
there with as little delay as possible
No steamer sails from this port 10 New
York for nearly q week.
NOW. the gun that made this trou
bic was forged az your works. spt
therefore. whether you wish u OF not
you have q direct interest In the case
Perhaps I'm going 20 ask you some
thing unusual. but u will be great "a
sor II you viii allow Mr.. sommers ab,
myself to sail with you on the Ir
vessa."
PinckDey and soInmers both stare'
az the secret service man In amaze
ment The cool audacity Of the pru
posai took them both on their feet
Sommers was the first to recover.
Bradley: No. be exclaimed impel
uously.
plnckney bowed coidly.
I'm sorry. sir" be said. but 20
are asking too much. ThsrIl be iit
possible"
lie turned away Just A. France
tired Of the waiting. re-entered III
courtyard.
-Ah. Frances. you are resdyY'
asked.
Without replying the girl can
straight 10 soinmers.
What are Jon going TO do now
she asked directly.
Il have been ordered to report
Washington ct once TO face the cou
OF Inquiry" returned the ofscer.
. The girl smiled. Thers were boz
sadness aud Joy 10 II ssdnsss for b
unfortunate situation. Joy thst -
; had chance stiII 70 ~ iogsthsr.
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ager promptly.
Then how does Marsh know himr
demanded the government agent stern

ager promptly.
Then how does Marsh know himT
demanded the government agent stern
~.
II was pure blur. but Pinckney had
no idea Of that. aud ne toak the bait,
hook. sinket and all.
Marsh. ne exclaimed blankiy.
why, Marsh doesn't Know him."
For the first time Bradley permitted
himself sneering smile.
ii can ouly go By Mat Marsh says"
he declared. DO you mean to tell
me. Mr.. Pinckney. that Marsh. the
draughtsman OF the Durant steel
works. does not know the inventor Of
the Rhinestrom gum"
Pinckney's face was brick red with
anger now. but inside there was a
culver Of apprehension that Marsh had
talked. II so. all was up. Anyway
this questioning must stop.
I'm not going to talk to you fur
ther. sir" he declared angrily. Your
manner Is distastefnl TO me-"
Again there came that hooking. ga
tirical apology.
"Oh. I'm so sorry. But. Mr.. Pinck.
ney. you don't mind admitting that the
man iu charge of forging the Sommers
gun was drunk"
Pinckney hesitated
Il do admit that" he said. but be
did his work properly. was there
myself 20 watch him. Mr.. Sommers
was there too"
instant! III service agent
turned IN Sun,aprs
.were ynrl II tne .urnace room. Lieu.
tenan, Sommers NJ The time the gun
went into ihe halh!
"yes. sir" admitted the naval OH
rer. Il was"
"Did 1t 20 In AT the right tempera
turey'
Ii was Sommers' time TO hesitate.
III don't know" he admitted. al
didn't see II
you were In the furnace room
exclaimed the secret service man. ''anf
you did NOT see your own gun 90 ini'
the tempering hafh:"
There was quarrel with ihe fnr"
man." said Sommers hesiiatin:ly
what were you auarreling aboai I
asked Bradley.
II was the one question that S'"n
mers could not answer. How could ~
bring Frances into Il? Bradley va
waiting impatiently for his reply
II can't explain the cause OF ihn
quarrel, fiually declared the nava
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cHAPTEI, XIV.
rHE prRIrs oF THE SEA.

n pitching. tossing. pounding along
H sturdy as best she could
through the night. For ten
hours she had fought her way up the
roast IN the face of the worst storm
Of The sesSon.
Now. OF Hatteras. the danger spot
IL the route from Porto Rico TO New
York. the sturdy little liner scarcely
seemed able 10 make ans progress.
she had been forced miles on her
rnurse aud closer IN toward the dan
germs reefs than her captain liked.
Noi thar the liner herself was 10 any
grave danger. rs the old M0ngolIan
aid her experienced captain had faced
t,n many Atlantic storuS for even a
~ one 81 alarm them The patches
had III been patterned down. the pas
seasers were below. aud the stanch
Steamer stripped y much as possible.
slnxIy rising e. each attack ~ the
waves. drove gu with al the power Of
her engines utaIer the storm.
IN IN the little wireless room. the
highest point IN the ship. Ilarling. rho
young operator. ciung 10 his berth and
wondered what was going 60 happen.
II was his second "trip 10 sea and bis
first hig storm. 80 ~ wonder the young
operator felt the thrill ~ the strug.
rle and just The faintest fear for the
I outcome.
Every officer and NAN connected
with the liner was on post. waiting
/ anxlOusly for whatever might happen
They had little fears for the stanch
Monaghan. hut there were many ships
less sturdy In ibose waters. aud on
such a night. with the vessel out Of
her course. there was no telling what
might occur. The captains last In
structIon had been 20 look out FOR
wrecks
Most Of the vessels 81 any size IN
these waters carried wireless outfits
and IN case Of trouble they would b.
sure NJ once 10 acnd out broadcast
th,ir appeals for help. Little could b
done IN any ease. but ~ least the Mon
golian could stand By 10 heip Ms mucl
as she could or. n absolutely neces
sary. take advantage ~ the warning
20 keep clear Of wrecks.
For hours the pitching ~ the shin
timed irreguIarly 20 the roaring driv
OF the storm. had held the wireless
man fast nj bis post. II was now pas
, midnight and with little chance o
any abatement before dawn.
Hariing's nerves were on edge M b
chung to his berth. wide eyed. alert
waiting. listening 70 The fainfest clio
that might be the forcrunner 20 tell h
disaster and death Half dozen time
bis strained nerves had brought biz
!. struggling from his berih 20 recelv
such a message. only 10 end his lima,
nation had been playing tricks wit
!, bis fear.
|. Suddenly there came from the IA
strument clicks 90 sharp. so dlstinc
and yet 20 hurried that the young fe
!. low sprang from the berth and stun
bied to the table. sure now that az lss
|, something was coming.
Again the instrument clicked wiIdlJ
. To the ears Of the strained operator
brought q chill. for be knew II wa
;, the sending u some one Wild Wit
fear. AnxlousIy. impstIently. be III
!, tened. At FIRST he could make on
= nothing
They're crazy. be exclaimed /
n himself WHATS the matter wit
4 themf They're crazy
n The Wild rattle Of the receiver stot
ped, and Hsrling seized his osn key
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dada reef Is the only chsrted reef
within 90 miles Of our present POSI-
tion. Could you send 200 miles 20.
nightr'
IIarlIng shook his head.
Il don't think we couId. SIR. And
300 miles for yacht won,d he Impos
lTo sE eosrrsuEp.l
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
VARIOUS USES FOR KEROSENE.
In a General Way the Oil ls One OF
the Best cIeansers That Can
BE Employed.

Every day almost WI are finding out
new uses for simple things-and few
furnish better material than kerosene.
The latest is that it will clean a clock
perfectly. "Place a piece Of cotton
saturated with kerosene in the bottom
Of a clock and shut It up four days
says an exchange. "At the end Of
that time the cotton will be black
with dirt and the work DONE" A
clock which had been silent for 9 num-
Der of years and defied the attempts
Of the best machinist Of the family
was given the test. So skeptical were
we that 1t was forgotten until a week
had elapsed. The cotton was not
much soiled only decreased
our faith. But the clock was wound,
started. and has gone merrily ever
since.
A neighbor claimed that she cleaned
one of the small clocks which have no
way Of opening up the works BY soak.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
Marine Corps and Navy Again at Odds

ton discreditable to the service and
argues strongly against the practice of
commissioning and putting into posi-
lions OF responsibility young men with
out previous training"
Marine officers say that Commander
Hood went entirely outside the pre-
cept under which the court operated
when he wrote the above, and that it
was merely a g~ratuitous affront to the
marine corps.
ut is the old fight between the two
branches of the service" said a ma
rine officer. .The matter will be put
up to Secretary Meyer when he re-
turns to Washington, and it is by no
means unlikely that he will revoke AS
sistant Secretary Winthrop's approval
of that part of the courts findings.
But we will not stop there. We will
see that it is brought up in congress
next winter"
The young marine officers who were
defendants in the Sutton inquiry have
given up all thoughts of filing suits for
damages against Mrs. Sutton. After
reading the findings of the court they
communicated with one another and
agreed that their complete exonera-
ton by the court was sufficient and
decided to let the matter rest there.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
SLEW FATHER OF HIS GIRL
Hurried to Home, So That He Could
Get Killing Off His Hands.

Fort Worth, Tex.-After firing eight
shots into the body of S. ID. Williams
and having his plans for escape frus-
trated by the unexpected arrival of Off
GERS, j. G. Woodall fired a shot into his
own brain, causing instant death.
Woodall was a sutton for the hand of
the victims daughter, and the parents
had offered serious objections to the
marriage. Calling a taxicab, he directed
the driver to take him to the Williams
home in Glennwood. Here it is said
there was a considerable row between
the parents of the girl and Woodall, and
the girl sought to prevent what looked
like serious trouble by c~oaxing her lover
away from the house. They were driven
over the city for two hours, all the time
Woodall's anger seeming to be greater.
He left the girl in a down town hotel,
1T the point of a revolver forced the
chauffeur, who had demonstrated, to take
hiu. back to the Williams home.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
EXPORTS ARE DOUBLED
IN ORDER TO GET IN AHEAD OF
THE NEW TARIFF Law.
Greatest Increase in Hides and Furs,
These Importations Showing
$25, 1000 900 Increase.

Washington.--During the few months
prior to August 5, when President Taft
signed the tariff law, foreign exporters
to this country almost doubled their
shipments on many articles on which a
raise in duty was anticipated under the
Payne bill.
The imports of principal articles for
the seven months ended July, 1909, is
shown in detail in a statement issued by
the bureau of statistics, embracing also
comparison with figures of the CORE.
spending months of last year.
The value of the principal articles i'm.
ported during the seven months period
on which figures were compiled were:
Sugar, SOS, 900, 900; hides and skins,
$53, SOC, 900; coffee, $44 ,9OO, 900; raw silk,
$42, 100000; crude India rubber, $780,.
100000; manufactured wool, $50, 100,.
600; cotton laces, $21, 000, 900; diamonds,
$4,000, oOo; copper pigs, bars, etc, ST..
100000; furs, $6,4oo,0oo; silk @laces, 3d.
100000.
Chief among the increases over the
same period last year were: Hides and
skins, $25,O0O,0 0O; manufactured wool,
$4,000, 900; diamonds, SIG, 000, 900; In
dia rubber, ST, 100000; raw silk, $14,-
100000; cotton laces, $1,000, DOC.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
Pole

of a summer cruise in the Arctic seas.
The yacht Bradley arrived at the linn
its of navigation in Smith sound late
in August, 1907. Here conditions were
found favorable to launch a venture
for the pole.
Mr.. John r. Bradley literally sup
piled from the yacht suitable provi-
Bions for local use and my own equip
ment for emergencies served we'll for
every purpose of Arctic travel.
Many Eskimos had gathered on the
Greenland shores at,Annatok for the
winter bear hunt. About the camp
were plenty of strong dogs.
The combination vas lucky, for
there was good material for an equip
ment, expert help and an efficient
motor force and all that was required
was conveniently arranged at a point
only 700 miles from the boreal center.
A house and workshop was built Of
lacking boxes. The willing hands of
this northernmost tribe Of $50 people
were set to the problem of devising
a suitable outfit and before the end
of the long winter night we were
ready for the enterprise.
Plans were matured to force anew
route over Grinnell land and north
ward along it's west coast out onto the
Polar sea.
Start Was Made February 10, 1903.
Soon after the polar midnight the
campaign opened. A few scouting
parties were sent ove to the Amer
lean shores to explore a way and to
seek game haunts. Their mission was
only partly successful, because Of the
storms.
At sunrise of February 10, 1908,
the main expedition embarked for the
pole. Eleven men and 103 dogs, draw
ing II heavily loaded sleds, left Green
land shore and pushed westward over
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
GIVES A POPULAR SERVICE.
Safe to Assume Time Is Not Far Dis
.tant When News Telephone Will
Be In General Use.

One needs but to look a little way
into the future to see the news tele-
phone installed in every city. It has
been in successful operation in Buda-
pest for several years, where it is
owned and managed by a private cor
poration, whereas the regular tele-
phone system is owned by the gov
eminent.
In Budapest the annual subscription
is 1871, paid quarterly in advance, en-
titling the subscriber to two receivers
and the full service of news, music.
etc., the subscriber to pay the expense
of installation and removal, generally
about $3.50. The service begins at
S:55 a. M, when a buzzing noise, loud
enough to be heard across a large
room and lasting for Is seconds. an.
nounce the correct time. At $3.50 the
days program Of important events il
announced; that is to say, the cere.
monies. lectures. plays, races, etc. al
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
Learn Cause of Laziness in the South

determination from the southland has
become painfully manifest.
To get rid of the parasite the pa
tient must needs deprive himself of
any and all substances containing
even the slightest percentage of alco-
hol. This, of course, includes the red
liquor" SO dear to the palate of the
victim. What the doctor fears is a
dialogue something like this when the
government physician goes forth in
the south to exterminate the worm
and m up with the first victim:
Doctor-In order to effect a cure
you must abstain from liquor.
Victim-Abstaini Do you mean It,
sab?
Doctor-Yes, can't cure if you don't
abstain.
Victim-How long did you say it
will take, sab?
Doctor-Four days, Saturday and
Sunday and ,
The doctor quits the premises in a
hurry.
In summing up his Investigations
DR.. Stiles holds out n hope. He in
Inmates that real good red liquor" is
not as sustaining to the parasite as is
the cheaper grade, for he says that it
thrives most among the poorer classes
who drink the latter kind, which
probably is imported from the north.
DIR. Stiles report on his investiga-
ton has been printed in the bulletin
OF the United States bureau of
zoology. {
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
PERIL IN WARsHIP FUEL
High Explosives Found in Coal Bunk.
ers of Vessels Of British Navy
Fourth Case of Kind.

London, Sept. 4.-The admiralty Of
fee is in a state of CONSERVATION fol-
lowing the latest discovery Of a great
amount Of high explosives in the coal
in the bunkers of H. M. S. Forward,
one of the crack fighters of the navy.
Three similar discoveries have
been made in the coal bunkers OF
other vessels, and the secret investi-
cation which was at once instituted
proved that the decorators found with
the explosives were not similar to
those used in coal mines, disproving
that theory that the explosive had
been accidentally left in the coal at
the mines. The fact that this Is the
fourth occurrence Of a similar nature,
too, has to the minds Of the naval Of
ficers, revealed a widespread plot to
destroy some of the finest ships in
England's navy. Positive instructions
have been rushed to every captain in
the British navy to look out for explo-
sives in his coal bunkers and to run
down the criminals.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10

GOVERNMENT experts at last have
u discovered why there are so many
lazy people in the southern states.
The widely recognized prediction of
the average southerner for fishing and
other pleasurable pastimes is not the
result of fondness for those things
into which an element of real work
does not enter. They are simply COM
PEELED to do it, and a little parasite
known to government medical science
as the "hook worm" is the motive
power.
DR.. Charles Werdell Stiles, chief of
the government hygienic laboratory,
is the discoverer of the "hook worm"
He has several specimens of him safe
ly preserved in alcohol, and 1t may be
stated here that the parasite has no
particular objections to being put in
alcohol. He likes it.
In his Investigations of the habits of
the parasite, covering a period of
seven years, DR.. Stiles has found that
it thrives or liquor-that is to say,
that it cannot exist in the stomach of
anyone who is a total abstainer. Thus
the difficulty in the way of its total
The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. secured

w NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. secured
w by the African hunting expedition
headed by e~x-President Roosevelt are
to be preserved to posterity in the
grandest and most ornate exposition
building the world has known, which
will surpass any of the wonderful mu-
seums erected and maintained by the
wealthy monarchs of antiquity.
The building will be completed just
in time to receive the valuable hides
of the rhinoceros, the elephant, the
hippopotamus and the other huge
mammals which fell before the un-
erring aim of the Roosevelt party. AS
the most of these animals are rapidly
nearing extinction it is expected that
the trophies will form the nucleus of
a collection that will become the most
complete and the most important in
the world.
There are many duplicates in the
collection of 80 pelts SEN home by
Col. Roosevelt, and this fact will en-
able the authorities of the Smithso-
MAN institution, for whom the build.
ing has been erected in this city by
congress, to secure many valuable
species which were not found by the
Roosevelt party. The law permits the
Smithsonian institution to make ex-
changes for species it may not possess