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was beneath contempt. Then, l admit
For a time, however. this promised to
be a negligible quantity. The streets
of the struggling little mountain town
had been clean washed OF humanity
| by the downpour. Windows and doors
were inhospitably shut and from
around an occasional drawn shade
came narrow strips Of light that mere
ly emphasized our gloom. When Hotch-
kiss umbrella turned inside out. l
stopped.
Il don't know where you are going"
| snarled. "and l don't care. But I'm
! going to get under cover inside OF ten
seconds. I'm not amphibious."
l ducked into the next shelter.
which happened to be the yawning en-
trance to a livery stable, and shook
myself, dog fashion. Hotchkiss wiped
his collar with his handkerchief 1t
emerged cleaning and unwilted.
This will do as well as any place.
he said, raising his voice above the
rattle OF the rain. Got to make a be
ginning"
sat down on the usual chair with
out a back, Just inside the door. and
stared out at the d%arkening street
The whole affair had an air OF unreal.
ity. Now that l was there ! doubted
the necessity or the value OF the jour
new. I was wet and uncomfortable
Around me, with Cresson as a center
stretched an irregular circumference
of mountain, with possibly a ten-mile
radius. and in it I was to find the res
idence OF a woman whose first name
did not know and a man who, Sc
far. had been a purely chimerical per
SON.
Hotohkiss had penetrated the steam
ing interior Of the cave and now his
voice, punctuated by the occasional
thud Of horses hoofs. came to me.
Something light will do" he was
saying. "A runabout. perhaps" H
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NOT PAGE FROM A ROMANCE
Conversation. However, Reads
Whole Lot More Like q Scene
In Real Life.

And SO your father refuses to con-
sent to our %union?'
He does Rodolphus."
The sad youth swallowed. a sob
rs there nothing left for is. then.
but an e'opement?" said he.
Nothing"
do you think. Clementine, that you
could abandon this luxurious home.
forget all the enioyments of great
wealth. Danish yourself forever from
your devoted parents hearts. and go
west with a poor young man to enter
a home Of lifelong poverty and self
denial?"
II could. Rodo!phus."
The sad youth rose YEARLY and
reached for his hat.
Then" said he. you are far from
being the practical girl | have all
a ong taken you to be-"
And with one last look around on
the sumptuousncss that some day he
had hoped to share. he sOboed and
said tarewell.-Btowning's Magazine.
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he bawled, don't forget us, Peck &
Peck. A half-bushel OF name and a
bushel of service"
Hotchkiss could not drive. Born a
clerk, he guided the roam much as
he would drive a bad pen. And the
roam spattered through puddles and
splashed ink-mud, that is-until I
was in a frenzy of irritation.
What are we going to say when we
get there?" l asked after | had finally
taken the reins in my one useful hand.
Get out there at midnight and tell the
servants we have come to ask a few
questions about the family? It's an
idiotic trip anyhow; ! wish l had
stayed at home"
The roam fell just her and we had
to crawl out and help him up. By the
time we had partly embarrassed him
our matches were gone and the small
bicycle lamp on the buggy was wa
vering only too certainly. We were
covered with mud, painting with exer-
ton and even Hotchkiss showed a dis
position to be surly. The rain. which
had lessened for a time. came on
again, the lightning flashes doing
more than anything else to reveal our
isolated position.
Another mile saw us, IL possible.
more respondent. The water in our
clothes had had time to p%enetrate: the
roam had sprained his shoulder. and
drew is along in a series Of convulsiye
jerks. And then through the rain
spattered window of the blanket.
saw a light. 1t was a small light.
rath.r yellow, and it lasted perhaps
| 80 seconds. Hotchkiss missed It. and
was inclined to doubt me. But in q
couple of minutes the roar hobbled to
the side OF the road and stopped. and
l made out a break in the pines and
an arched gate.
1t was a small gate, too narrow for
the buggy. ! pulled the horse n as
! much shelter as possible under the
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came forward rubbing his hands, fol-
lowed by a thin man in overalls. "Mr.
Peck says" he began-"this Is Mr..
Peck of Peck & Peck-says that the
place we are looking for is about
seven miles from the town. It's clear
ing, isn't it?"
1T is not" l returned. savagely.
"And we don't want a runabout, Mr..
Peck. What we require Is an hermet-
ically sealed diving suit. | suppose
there isn't a machine TO be had?" Mr..
Peck gazed at me In silence: machine
to him meant other things than mo-
tors. "Automobile." l supplemented.
His face cleared,
"None but private affairs. l can
give O a good buggy with a rubber
apron. Mike, is the doctors horse
in?"
am still uncertain as to whether
the rawboned roa we took out that
night over the mountains was the doc,
tors horse or not, II it a the doc
tor may be a good doctor, but he
doesn't know anything about a horse.
And furthermore. | hope he didn't
need the beast that miserable evening.
While they harnessed the horse
Hotchkiss told me what he had
learned.
six Curtises in the town and vi
cinity." he said. sort Of family name
around here. One OF them is telegraph
20 tl> station DnrCNn WE
are looking for is-was-a wealthy
widow with a Undetermined Sulli-
van! Both supposed to have been
killed on the Filler"
"Her brother" I repeated. stupidity.
"You see" Hotchkiss went on,
three people, in one party. took the
train here that night, Miss West. Mrs.
Curtis and Sullivan. The two women
had the drawing room. Sullivan had
lower seven. What we a to find
out is Just who these people were.
where they came from. II Bronson
knew them, and how Miss West be-
came e%ntangled with them. She may
have married Sullivan. for one thing"
l fell into gloom after that. The
roam was led unwillingly into the
weather, Hotchkiss and ! eclipsed be-
hind the blanket. The liveryman stood
in the doorway and called directions
to us. "You can't miss it," he finished.
Got the name over the gate anyhow,
The Laurels.' The servants are still
there: leastways, we didn't bring them
down" He even took a step into the
rain as Hotchkiss picked up the lines.
IF you're going to settle the estate"
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CHAPTER XXIl-Continued.

. for q few minutes thinking 1t
., er. but what did he mean by say
ing he hadn't seen the notes for ten
days? And why Is Bronson making
ue o~vertures?"
II think he was lying" IIotchr'ss
reflected. Bronson hasn't reached
his figure"
Its a big advance. Mr.. Hotchkiss
and / appreciate what you have done
more than / can tell you" l said.
"And now, If you can locate any Of
my property In this fellows room
veil send him up for larceny and at
least have him where we can get at
him. I'm going to Cresson tomorrow,
to try to trace him a little from there.
But I'll be back in a couple of days
and we'll begin to gather in these
scattered threads"
Hotchkiss rubbed his hands togeth-
Or delightedly.
That's it," he said. That's what
We want to do, Mr.. Blakeley. Well
gather up the threads ourselves: If
We let the police in too soon they'll
tangle 1t up again. I'm not vindictive
By nature. but when a fellow like Sui
nvan not only commits a murder, but
goes to all sorts Of trouble to put the
burden of guilt on an innocent man
say hunt him down, sir"
''You are convinced. Of course, that
Sullivan did it,"
who else?" He looked over his
glasses at me with the air of a man
whose mental attitude is unassailable.
well. listen to this" ! said.
Then I told him at length of my en-
counter with Bronson in the restau-
rant, Of the bargain proposed by Mrs.
Conway and finally Of Meningitis new
theory. But, although he was i'm.
pressed he was far from convinced.
Its a very vivid piece of magma.
uon," he said, drily; but while 1t fits
the evidence as far as it goes. II
doesn't go far enough. How about the
stains in lower seven. the dirk and the
wallet? Haven't we even got motive
In that telegram from Bronson?"
Eyes" l admitted. "but that bit OF
ehain-"
"Pooh." he said, shortly. perhaps
IKE yourself. Sullivan wore glasses
with . chain. Our not finding them
Goes not prove they did not exist"
And there / made an error; hall
condolences are always mistakes.
could not tell OF the broken chain In
Alison Vests gold purse.
II was one o'clock when Hotchkiss
finally left. We had by that time. ar
ranged = definite course Of action
Hotchkiss to search Sullivan's rooms
and II possible find evidence to have
him held for larceny. while I went t.
Cresson.
Strangely enough, however. when
sntered the train the following morn
ing. Hotchkiss was already there. He
had bought q new notebook and was
sharpening Z fresh pencil.
n changed my plans. you see," he
said. busting his newspaper aside fol-
me. TITS no discredit to your intelli
gsncs. MI. Blakeley. but you lack the
professional eye. the analytical mind
You legal gentlemen call q spade 2
spade, although it may be q shovel
A primrose by the rivers brim
A yellow primrose was to him.
And nothing more!
I qut Led AZ the train pulled out.
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SPOHN'S DIsTTMPER CURE :

SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE will
cure any possible case of DlSTEMPER,
PINK EYE, and the like among horses
Of all ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper.
Any good druggist can supply you or send
to mfrs. 80 cents and Sl.0O a bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical CO.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
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Saw ONLY Physical Idea.

One of his friends once asked MI.
Darwin's gardener about his masters
health, and how he had been lately.
oh" he said, my poor master has
been very sadly. I often wish ho
had something to do. He moons abous
in the garden, and | have seen him
stand doing nothing before a flower
for ten minutes at a time. If he only
had something to do l really believe
he would be better"
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The Bio Show.

The personally conducted tourists
We're viewing the Egyptian pyramids.
Goodness gracious!" calculated
Mrs. Newrocks, sit must have cost a
pile of money to build them"
"Surest thing you know" said Mr.,
NeWrocks; but don't imagine for a
moment hat any n tourist agency
stood for ali the expense-it was
probably a Jackpot AFFAIR.""
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CHAPTER XIII.

- We9nt at the laureIe.
slept most Of the way to Cresson.
70 the disgust Of the little detective.
y1nolly he struck up an acquaintance
Vita kindly faced old priest on his
wAy1oome 70 his convent school, armed
WITH 4 roll of dance music and sur
reptlttOua bundles that looked like
boxes u candy. From scraps OF con-
~vernation | CLEANED that there had
been mysterious occurrences at the
convent-ending in the theft Of what
the reverend father called vaguely "a
quantity Of undermuslins." l dropped
asleep at that point and when l reused
! few moments later, the conversation
bad progressed. Hotchkiss had q dia
gFAm on an envelope.
with this window bolted and tia,
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Skied.

How does Dobber rank as a paint
er. anyhow" asked Wilbraham.
Pretty we'll. l guess" said Loller
by. "At the last exhibition they hung
his picture higher than any other in
the place.'-Harper's Weekly.
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One Thing That VIII Live Forever
PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, first box sold in
1907, 100 years ago, sales increase yearly
All druggists or Howard Bros. ,Buffalo.N NY
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1t Is no use praying to be q sun II
you are not burning the little lamp
you have.
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Thousands Of country people know that
in time of sudden mishap or accident
Hamlins Wizard Oil is the best substi-
tute for the family doctor. That is why
it is 90 often found upon the shelf.
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Through.
"You are an optimism"
II am" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. Il
not only hope for the best, but make
practical arrangements to get It,"
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True men and women are all physi
clans to make us well.-C. A. Bartol
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Their Own Race the Enemy.
tTO BE C~ONTINUED.)

It has been found in Nova Scotia
that the Holsters chief enemy ia not
he dogfsh but the lobster.
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1mnortant to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle OF
cASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that 1t
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BY MAEU NODfRU ENEIIART
4CzXOR or THE CIRCULAR gZ1RL1GI

NZ~N)XWAZT2W 6yM O.NEXVNEE
coPo7RxCtfr 1-No5AC- zee corzelx~
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FRE|TAS WINS RACE:
T0WN|ES, TUC-OF- WAR
Joe Beats Marcus in Slow Mile
Marines Pulled Over
the Line.

There was a tug ofwar and roller
skate race at the Princess Rink last
night. Joe Freitas beat Frank Marcus
IN mile race covering the distance III
) minutes and y seconds This time
Is l4l2 seconds slower than George VII
klnson made last week when he beat
Manuel Freitas by half lap. Wilkin-
son then did the seven and quarter
laps in > minutes 1919 seconds. After
beating Frank Marcus, Joe Freitas chaI-
lenged Manuel Freitas for a mile race
which was accepted. The two Freitases
will strike out together next Sunday
night at the rink.
The tug of-war was to have been be-
tween a team from Fort Shafter and
Marine team, but only part of the
Shafter bunch showed up, and town
boys took the places of the absent ones.
There were three pulls and the soldiers
and citizens got the Marines going in
the first and the third haul, while the
Marines won out in the second The first
struggle was the best. For thirty seconds
the two teams pulled like donkey en-
glnes and the rope was drawn so taut
that il almost hummed with vibration.
Finally the town team, as it was called,
concentrated all their energy on one
mighty heave and the Marines had to
come along with them. The other two
pulls only lasted seventeen and nine
teen seconds, respectively Next Sun
day night the town team and the Ma
rlne are going to play q game of skate
polo.
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COACH LIKES NEW
FOOTBALL RULES
Says Gridiron Sport This Year
Will Be Game for
Spectators,

MINNEAPOLIS, September 16. -
Coach II. l.. Williams Of the University
of Minnesota football team. who was
one of the committee OH revision of
the football rules, is highly pleased with
the changes which have been put into
effect, although he realizes that the new
rules viii mean the building up of a
new style Of play.
''Football this year will be a game
for the spectators, said Coach vii
liams, and followers Of the game VIII
be better satisfied than ever with the
grldlfon sport, The old style of pushing
and pulling in slow plays through the
line will be wiped out, and fast. snappy
plays will he the rule. The long, spec
tacular forward pass Will not be in the
game, but the forward pass will not be
eliminated. On the contrary, the game
this year will be one of passes, and
the forward pass Will reign supreme,
because of the fact that the play, here
tofore looked on as one of great risk,
because of the penalty attached, is now
safe, having been fully protected by
the rules changes.
Every coach in the country must
change his style of play this year, and
| think | have the hardest task in the
West to contend with, because of the
early date of our first game, the one
with Lawrence University. We have
just four days to prepare for that
Assistant Coach Harris of the Uni
versity of Minnesota squad believes that
officials will experience great difficulty
in rulings under the change.
Il do not beHeve,' he said. ''that
the flying tackle VIII he eliminated
The penalty for leaving the ground
while tackling is but five yards, AMI
the defensive player will undoubtedly
take the chance of the penalty if he
sees his opponents about to make a
touchdown.
u am trying to figure out what the
position of the quarterback viii be.
The ball this year need not be passed
twice, and he will undoubtedly not re-
main behind the center in his old posi-
ton. Some coaches may place him on
a line with the other backs, while 9th
ers may put him near the end, ready to
offer interference for any play. As a
runner in the interference a quarter OF
some weight would be of more value
than light man, and this may revolu-
tionize one phase of the game. | think,
however. that the new rules call for a
team of light, fast men. There is no
doubt in my mind but that the new
game will be much more spectacular
than the old. The followers of foot
ball are due to see a kicking, running
battle, with forward passes over the
line proving great factor. This sea
son will be one of trial to the coaches.
and the success of the team VIII depend
more largely than ever on the ability
of the tutor
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big athletic organizations in the East
are constantly on the lookout for prom
ising material and they scrutinize rec,
ordS Of all registered amateur athletes.
Take the New York Athletic Club and
the Irish Amateur Athletic Club, these
organizations are controlled by million
aires and they are after the best mate
rial that can be found. OF course. they
don t pay them for their services as
athletes but when a man S record looks
promising, no matter where he IS he is
sem for and given position where he
can become member of the organiza-
ton that spots him first He's got a
chance % make good both ways. He
pr badly gets good position. one
which viii We him time to train for
athletic meets and he gets in line to
better himself in many ways. If the
Islands were under the jurisdiction of
the A. \. L., the records made here
wouI3 be closely watched by all the
big athletes and they would come down
here when they thought it worth their
while =
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MALES SIGN A. A. j.
JOINT APPL|CAT TON
Only Incorporated Athletic Or.
ganIZatl0n FavOrS Movement
to Boost Sports.

The old Male Athletic Association
has been aroused by the prospect of
having amateur athletics come into
recognition here by the i. A. L. ana
has Endorsed the application for char
ter creating a Hawaiian branch of the
American national organization in
these Islands. The Male Athletic AS
-ociation, it was said last night. is the
only incorporated athletic organization
here and q few years AGO it included
among its active members some Of the
best aII-round athletes in the Islands.
For seven years the Male football
team held the championship and the
Male socker team lead the field for
five years. The Diamond Heads were
at one time in the Male Association
but there was some friction and they
seeded, forming a separate organ
lzatIon. George Freeth, Archie Robert
son and a host of others. nearly all of
whom are yet i'll their prime. in the
eavyweight class, belong TO the Male
Association. and they are strong for
getting IN the lineup again for all kinds
of sport
VIII Prestidge, who is secretary of
the organization, said yesterday that
many of the members were IN the Ho
n0lulu Amateur Athletic Association
which aHtedates the Males. In those
days, he said, sprinters used to come
down from the Coast to compete in
field and track events and Prince Cupid
and Prince David. who might be lying
around smoking cigarettes could jump
mp and outun the visitors any old time
without training at all. "There are lots
of good men here today Prestidge
continued, land Hawaiians going from
here to the States would hold their
form better in the cooler climate than
athletes coming from there down here -
With amateur athletics once organized
properly here. Prestidge thought. field
and track teams would 90 from here
to the \. A. [. meets and make a good
showing.
Corporal Woodruff said Yesterday
that the Military Athletic Association
could not very well ioin the A A. L.
as an organization but that if there
We're Hawaiian branch, the soldier
boys here would join individually and
take out cards. ''The people here he
declared, "haven t any idea how much
If means to be in the A A. L The
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-03
CHINESE TEAM PLANS
To TOUR THE STATES
Oahu League May Call Off
Second Baseball Series at
Athletic Park.

What possible chance there was for
Athletic Park drying up in time for a
ball game next sunday the rain of la-l
Saturday night dissolved, and it was
said yesterday that the Oahu league
would probably abandon the idea of
playing a second series this year. The
Japanese team of the league won the
first series and this team will be recog-
nized as the champions of the season
The league expects to hold a meeting
next Friday evening and it was pre-
yesterday that the second series which
was scheduled to start next Sunday viii
be called off. 1t is thought probable
that the baseball season next year will
open a mouth earlier than last season
1t was said yesterday that the next
league series would probably start in
April instead of May, as it did this
year.
There IS some talk of having a team
come down from the Coast in the spring
to play the teams of the Oahu league
an early series and then the Chinese
team plans to invade the States and
clean up some of the professional
aggregations. The Chinese nine that
wailoped the Wasedas would keep any
team they might tackle On the job to
hold them down.
The haoles would miss their queues
when they saw the Hawaiian crop of
ball jugglers and get stung by dragon
flies. William Tin Yam, assistant man
ager of the Chinese team of the Oahu
league, intimated that his team was cuI-
tivating the rowing disposition and as
soon as practicable the Chinese A thletic
club here would get into communicat ton
with the proper authorities in the
States to arrange tour. and fix up the
schedule of games with expense guar
antees.
The ST. Louis Alumni team calculates
to 60 after some of the college teams in
the States next spring if they can save
up enough money in the meanwhile to
get TO the Coast, but there is plenty of
room for the Saints and the Celestials
and then some. They might travel as
the Heavenly Twins. There are very
few Chinese in the United States, in the
East particularly. What few there are
there 'washee a shirtee-get a five
centee-putee right away" These linen
renovators retain their queues and
oriental costumes throughout. An ag-
gregation of Europeanized celestials and
citizens of the United States at that,
as fluent in the English language as the
Americans themselves and up in the tao
ties of the American national game
would bound into prominence as matinee
idols of the baseball fans at once and
all the theatrical managers and sport
promoters in the country would run
amuck in their scramble to sign up with
the latest hit.
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SHEBA'S OLD SPORTS
CHALLENGE HAOlES

Kiddo Sheba 5 grand old sports put
it over the new old bunch at the league
grounds u 10 5 yesterday morning and
they are all famed up from beating it
over the trail. Merchant Takakuwa
wouldn / let them get away with the
trophy so easy. however. lie declares
ow that Sheba s Beauts must beat the
Heimin team, the best two out of three
to cop the pennant, so these two mines
will have another go at it next Sunday
morning at the league grounds. Sheba
issued a challenge to Charley Chilling
worth last night to muster a stale bunch
'of haoles for a nIne-inning conflict with
the japanese has-beens. He insists that
they must all be retired athletes and
It ; up to them to come back at him.