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Harry Swifton is expecting visit from
his fiancee Lucy Medders, Quakeress
whom he met in the country. HIS auto
crashes into another machine containing
a beautiful woman and q German count.
The woman's hat is ruined and Harry
escapes. His sister, Caroline, arrives at
his home to play hostess. Socrates Prlm-
mer, cousin of Lucy's, arrives with a
hat intended as present for Lucy. Har-
ry is trailed to his home by the Count
and Mrs Gen Blazes, who demands her
hat duplicate of which she says has
been delivered at Harrys house. She IS
in great fear lest her husband hear or
her escapade Lucy Medders and her
father arrive and the count is hidden In
one room and Mrs. Blazes in another.
Harry is forced to do some fancy lying to
keep Lucy from discovering the presence
of the woman. The milliner Daphne Daf-
hngton, who proves to be an old lame OF
Harry's arrives to trace the missing du-
plicate hat and more complications en-
sue. Daphne is hustled into the room oc-
cupied by the Count The latter, with
whom Daphne had flirted at one time;
demands the return of a ring he had
given her on that occasion. She tells him
that she gave the ring to General 5lazes.
AS the Count had also given Mrs. Blazes
a duplicate of the ring he becomes some
what excited. Daphne leaves the room
and. seeks refuge in the. one. occupied Dy
Mrs. Blazes Mr. Medder discovers the
Count, who is introduced as Harrys Ger
man tutor. General BlazeS arrives and
accuses Harry of concealing his wife.
Daphne steps out and the general is
dumfounded. Lucy gives way to tears.
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great rage, saying his wife is here.
He ISIS assured dot she ISIS not, und he
goes away
Verify, l told him she had not
been here. saw not her nor any
other woman-not even that one who
-"
Lucy's father patted her hand and
ceased speaking. The Count bowed to
her and went on:
Later, Cheneral Blazes returns. He
ISIS sure hiss wife ISIS here. He has
heard from der milliner store dot
she ISIS supposed to half called up
from here on der telumphones. Der
rest you all know-or think you know.
He demands his wife He ISIS again
convinced she ISIS not here, .und as he
starts oud, he hears a sneeze. Such
sneeze is Won dot ISIS echoed in hiss
heart. He beliefs it ISIS hiss own vife's
sneeze. Der door ISIS opened, und in
stead off hiss wife, oud comes der
milliner! Amusement"
With sense of the dramatic uni
ties, the Count paused. The others
nodded mutely in confirmation of his
summing up of the evidence.
well, den," he resumed. Wat ISIS
der natural deductions you draw.
Darefore, und consequently, our first
conclusion ISIS dot things look piack
for Mr. Swifton. ISIS it not SOP"
They agreed, silently. y
but Wy should it be 500" the Count
asked, pleasantly 'Iss Mr.. Swifton
der only man in der house? Iss he
der only man In der world dot f1irts?
May l ask Wy |, poor, unknown, un-
noticed Cherman-though i'd ISIS not
SO in my own country. assure you!
ISIS dare any reason Wy l should be
neglected in your suspicions?"
Lucy and Carolyn looked at each
other triumphantly. Here was ray
of hope for Harry, after all.
But" the Count went on, Il must
beg you not to suspect me as you do
Mr. Swifton | know you will not. for
PEBBLES do not Gift such violent sus-
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PEACOCKS MUST GO


mined men set out to overcome these
four willy birds and every evening sees
the birds as far off capitulation as
ever.
Up to date the honors of the chase
are with the chased. Mr.. Corpus, the
head gardener of the park, discussed
the possibilities of the situation.
I'VE have orders to catch the birds,
but that is about as far as we have
got" he said
Ever since We caught two of the
cocks the others have been shy of US.
They will allow any of the public to
go near them, and will even feed out
of strangers hands, but directly they
see any of us officials coming they are
off like a shot.
Three of us go out after them ev-
cry morning .ind every evening, but
they have as much intuition as dog.
and our only hope is to come upon
them ufawares. They know quite well
what our business with them is"
The reasons why the birds should
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CHAPTER X.

1t was quiet dinner they ate that
evening. After much persuasion, the
Count had remained. But even his
stumbling attempts at witty sallies
brought few smiles.
Harry had succeeded In quieting
Carolyn's alarms, and she in turn had
given her own version of matters to
Lucy. And long talk Harry had
with Mr.. Medders had helped Harry
would not tell Medders the inside
facts, but he told him that later he
would make everything plain. At this
time, he said, to disclose everything
would be to tarnish a woman's name
--aSd Medders partly understood. The
good old man was fond of Harry. And
he had lived long enough to know that
appearances were often deceitfuL He
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caught are, according to Mr.. Cor.

be caught are, according to Mr.. Cor.
pus:
They make noise like cats on the
tiles and disturb people.
They walk through the flower beds
in the park and destroy the flowers.
They have been promised a bird
fancier, who wants them as soon as
possible.
"But it is my belief We shall not
catch them for another fortnight" he
added pessimistically.
They know us all by sight now and
we don't seem to stand much chance
with them until they have forgotten
us.
Personally should like to catch
them, because they spoil my flowers
Strangely enough, they have ceased to
be noisy since we caught and penned
up two of the cocks. Generally they
are only continually rowdy in the
breeding season, which is from the
mi6dle of June until the middle OF
July
THE only method of catching pea
cocks that ! know of is by the hand.
and that, considering that we have
20 acres in this park, is almost i'm
possible, as we are finding out"
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picion to stranchers as dey do to their
own kind. Will tell you how dis vom-
an happens to be in dot room. | sent
her dare!"
"You did" Carolyn exclaimed.
why, | thought Harry"
"Off course, Miss Swifton," the
Count interrupted her. I'VE would al
ways Gift der benefit off der doubt to
any Won but our own folks. Is it not
so? Now, Wy did I sent her dare?
She comes here to see aloud a hat
she bass sent to a wrong address. l
recognize in her lady nit whom |
half flirted. You see; do not hesitate
to acknowledge dot l half flirted. Wy
should L? | am in diss country for
dot purpose. Ladies fiirt nit me-a
gallant chentleman will at least be POI
lite enough to respond. Beauty vas
effer a weakness nit me. So! meet
dis lady here-dis milliner. | engage
her in conversations. We hear some
Won coming. She cannot get oud. /
tell her to hide In dot room a moment.
She hides. But dare is no chance for
u6T 10 get OuU. OAU a. A"'es 49, -
seems dot dare will be chance, der
explosion comes-und you know der
rest"
The Count. removed his eyeglass
and swung it nonchalantly by its cord.
He awaited the verdict He did not
look at Harry at all. Smilingly. he
studied the wall.
"Dost thee realize that thee has
endangered the name of this WON
am" Medders asked, in quiet tones.
mot So" the Count defended him
self q vas protecting it. Der Chen
eral. und all der rest off you, by max
ing her come out-you put her in dan
ger.
We'll" Harry said, after seeming
to think the matter over very seri-
ously, 81 confess that / am surprised
by what you have told us. But think
we should make allowances for yos.
You are unfamiliar with our view OF
things and Of conduct. What seems
right to you may seem utterly wrong
TO us. | am not defending you, but /
am not condemning you. only ask
you. next time you chat with mil
liner, not to hide her around here"
This concluding remark of his. ac-
companied with a sunny smile, broke
the tension. but Carolyn almost
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spoiled everything ny saving:

spoiled everything by saying.
1T sounds reasonable enough, but
how does it happen that Harry was so
determined no one should, go into
that room?"
Il half no answer" the Count re-
piled. Il half told as much as | should
tell"
"It looks to me as If he knew what
you had done, and was trying to help
you out" Carolyn declared.
1T iii beseems me to offer advice
in the house where l am guest.
said Mr. Medders, "but l might sug.
gest to thee that we ask Harry to tell
unfortunate, truly, but l do not doubt
that he will explain all to us. Daugh-
ter, we will remain here, as we
planned, and now let us try to forget
this unpleasantness, and make our
selves welcome"
Thank you, Mr.. Medders," Harry
said. 4 can see that you and Lucy
still have a faint suspicion of me-but
| can clear that up readily enough.
1--WE got more than faint one,
Carolyn told him.
"Oh, we'll, don't have to explain
everything to you, Sis" Harry said,
easily But arguments are bad on
an empty stomach. l happen to know
that there's to be q pretty good din
ner tonight, so we'll all get ready and
eat it."
'tYou will excuse me-" the Count
said. II must"
mo. sir!' Harry said, heartily. Il
want you to show the folks that you're
not half as black as you have painted
yourself"
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All the EIoquence of Bridegroom-EIect
Could Not Induce Maiden to Ap-
pear at sCeremony.

New York.-Armed with all the le-
gal machinery necessary to forge to-
getber the matrimonial chain that was
to bind Charles Schultz, of No. .63
St: Mary's avenue, Rosebank, Staten
Island, and Miss Mary Kaufman. OF
the adjoining house,. Alderman Dan
lei L. Cornell, of Clifton, had to wan
der away without officiating because
the bride was too Dashful to submit
to the service" All the eloquence OF
Schultz could not induce the girl to
leave he home to go to his. home for
the ceremony The alderman agreed
to go to her apartment. but she still
remained reluctant. ~
Thus at the very hour that Schultz
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People Living Near Margate
Park Unable to Sleep.
Vigorous Protest Made Against Hide
Gus Night Noises of vainglorious
Birds, Which Foil Efforts
to Catch Them.

London.-Do you know how to catch
peacocks? If you do Margate's park
officials will be glad to hear from you.
For they, the head gardener, the
chief park keeper and the various as
sistants of Dane park, have been or
dered by the town council to catch
peacocks.
The situation is a trying one. For
years Dane park has had it's peacocks.
They have strutted about proudly and
spread their tails with glorious van
ity. and Margate has been almost as
proud of them as they have been of
themselves.
But recently a number of people
living near the park have taken dis
like to peacocks. The peacocks, they
say, have made night hideous and ear
ly morning impossible by their cries.
The neighboring residents could neil
Their go to sleep nor keep asleep.
So they wrote to. the. papers and
sent petition4to the town council
complaining about the peacocks. The
matter came before the parks cont
mittee and then before the whole couns
Gil, and the result is that the peacocks
have got to go.
& That, at any rate, is the decree, of
the council. But the birds have their
views. They strongly object to. their
proposed ejectment. ~..5 4.
Two of them, it is true, did unwarily
allowethree of the park officials to sur
prise them and capture them in lawn
tennis net very early the other morn
ing, but the. remaining four .peacocks
and three peahens have SO far sue
cessfully evaded all attempts made
10 take them. Every day three deter
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was willing to give Harry the benefit
of the doubt.
But it was quiet dinner. After
they had left the table Harry succeed
ed in getting Lucy to come and talk
with him in the reception ROOM and
there he begged her to be. patient un-
til he felt that the time had arrived
for him. to make clean breast OF
everything to her. At last he coaxed
back the smiles to her face, but only
after giving his word of honor that so
far as he was concerned, the presence
of Daphne in his house was not a re-
Election upon him.
Meanwhile the Count, endeavoring
to keep his promise to get Harry out
of the scrape, slipped out into the
lawn, and by throwing pebbles against
the window of the room where Mrs.
Blazes was attracted her attention.
She opened the windows, and in an
almost hysterical voice, begged him to
get her out.
Il will, if you only be quiet" the
Count said. Your husband chust
vent in | saw him ven come out.
But what can do?'' she asked.
Trust mel"
81 did," she sighed. "and lost my
hat"
s'Yess. und let you half my ring.
too"
Bother your old ring!" she an
swered. "Ill give it back to you. 1
hate the sight of it."
Gift it to me. den," the Count wits.
pered, eagerly.
Il will" she hesitated. when | get
out of here"
The Count swiftly disappeared from
view as the front door opened and
Harry and the General came down the
steps. The Generals arm was across
HarIy's shoulders.
(TO EE CONTJNUED.)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-07
A TYPICAL AMERICAN BEAUTY
Mrs. r. n. Carey, Whose Charm Is
Especially Appreciated In Lon
don and Paris.

New York.-Here, at home. we rec
Jgnize the fact that the typical
American beauty" is a myth, pure and
simple, that there is no particular
type of face and figure which stands
as an exclusive example of American
feminine loneliness. The rounded
grace of the brown eyed southern
belle, the athletic spareness of the
York state girl and the splendid,
lithesome height associated with the
daughters of the west-each is beau
tiful in its own way, but surely typi-
cal of section rather than of the
land Of the free as a whole.
One needs to go abroad to meet
the typical American beauty. She
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Messaae prifted for Years..

Middletown. NJ Y.-While fishing In
the Waikiki river near Montgomery.
Charles Smith of that village found
sealed bottle in the mud The bottle
contained apiece of paper on which
was written Joseph NJ. Leeper and
John p. Sears. The war is over. July
4, 1866" The two men, now dead.
were lawyers. and are supposed to
have been fishing in the river as
years ago. when they cast the bottle
adrift.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-07
ink Stains.

accidentally spilled bottle OF ink
on fine lunch cloth. and after using
lemons, butter and vinegar could not
remove the stain. ! then tried perox'
ide of hydrogen, putting ten-cent
bottle into pail of cold water. put in
the lunch cloth, and let 1t boil until
every trace of the stain was removed.
This is a sure way of removing ink
stains.-Exchange
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Onion Honor for Texas.

San Antonio, Tex.--Onion growers
CT Texas say that Indiana, with its
production of 100000 bushels. of on
ions, does not lead the nation as
claimed The Southwestern Truck
Growers association alone has
shipped from the San Antonio, terri
tory 2,100 car loads Of onions, each
carrying $50 crates of so pounds, or
one bushel to the crate. This Is 1926
600 bushels. or 51.250.000 pounds.
Northern, eastern and central Texas
are yet to be heard from.
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Munzenberger allowed the donkey to
run at large down High street. Joyce
was appointed poundkeeper for ~-t1e
sole purpose of corfaling the animal
with couple Of cows. also belonging
to Munzenberger. 49,
Joyce kept the donkey in his barn.
and its continued braying- kept HIS
family awake at nights. Joyce. rs al.
legged to have tied the donkax'i
mouth with rope and corncob In
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-07
is TOO TIcKLlsH FOR ARMY
Ohio Farmer Almost Went Into Hys.
terics When Being Measured--Sent
Back to Calm Nerves.

Columbus, Ole was too ticklish"
and therefore could not join the army.
Such was the plight of Christian
Johnson, a young farmer Of twenty.
two years, who came to Columbus and
went to the recruiting station to be
enlisted as soldier Ee looked good
to the officers and all went well till
it came time to measure him. Every
time the officers hand touched the
young man he almost went into hys-
terics. laughing, squirming and gig
Cling ad infinitum
Whats the matter?" he was asked.
I'm so ticklish!" was the answer.
and it proved so true that it was i'm
possible to complete the measure
ments and he was sent back to the
ancestral farm, three miles north of
Columbus. with instructions to calm
his nerves ere he tries to break into
military service.
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such a manner that the music was
shut off,
Munzenberger appealed TO Agent
Cozzens of the s. P. G. A.. sYho arrest
ed Joyce He is under 500 bail for
his appearance before Squire Mankins
as soon as the squire can find time to
hear the complaint more fully. Joyce
says the tying was in humane style,
even If it wa" effective. Several OF
the neighbors have. been summoned az
witnesses. who win declare that the
animal was nuisance. 1t will be en-
hihit IA" at the h. arir.~
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Lightning Follows a Man

ssciousness.A He says that when he
recovered his senses fright took en-
tire possession of him and he tore
through the storm all the way to his
homes, where it was long time before
lie could tell anything about what had
happened to him. *. $500 (.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-09-07
is EVANGELISM PROFITABLE?
"7iIIy" Sunday Says 1t Is, and He
Produces $7o,507 He Earned
During the SEASON.

Pittsburg, Pa.-William A. Sunday,
quondam professional baseball player,
now professional revivalist, has closed
the evangelistic season of 1901 and
is SIC, 507.77 to the good as the result.
This return for about ten months
work, more than the president of the
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Complication Follows Impounding Of
Beast in New Jersey Tcwn--Tied
Its Mouth With Rope.

Woodbury., N. IA donkey and its
owner. Andrew Munzenberger. and
William Joyce, milkman and pound
keeper, figured in a scrap that led to
lmpounding the donkey. the arrest OF
It's owner and the poundkeeper. with
10 end in sight. 1t is alleged that
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United States has drawn for the same
time, is evidence that from none
tary standpoint evangelistic work is
more profitable than playing baseball.
Sunday recently refused an offer to
go back to the majors" at $500
month. Here are Sundays earnings:
Noruorko Dc
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-10
GEN. SAM H0UsTON's WILL

Dallas, Texas.-Probably the most
interesting document on file in this
county is the last will of Gen. Sam
Houston. The original was filed at
Huntsville, April 2, 1863, just few
months before General Houston's
death. 1t was probated In Dallas
county for the purpose of covering
some realty in the eastern part of the
county belonging to the Houston es-
tate. Very few persons know such an
instrument is part Of the Dallas coun-
ty records, and even County Clerk
Jackson could not locate it without
considerable investigation. 1t is adj
mitted to be characteristic of General
Houston. The will in full is as fol-
lows:
I'm the name of the God, the Father,
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-10
LECTURE ON PANAMA CANAL.

Under the auspices of the CONNER
fetal Club at Dellwood park Saturday
might Mr.. John P. Prochaska, for sew
eral years in the government service
on the Panama canal, will give an
entertainment which has proved to be
one of the most pleasing, interesting
and instructive entertainments on the
road. Large and beautifully colored
scenes of all of the principal points Of
interest all along the line of the canal
will be shown.
Mr.. Prochaska explains in detail the
progress of the work on this greatest
of modern undertakings from the be-
Ginning of the construction work until
the present time. Each scene of the
dredging, excavating, government
work and primitive nature life win
be described.
The data and information are from
the official records of thee commission
and those who attend will get as good
an idea of the Panama canal zone and
the whole isthmus in general as by a
visit there.
The digging of the Panama canal is
attracting the attention of the whole
lcivilized world, and 1t is without a
doubt the most stupendous undertake
ing ever attempted by man.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-10
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE MAKING
A MISTAKE.

Esop's fable Of the dog crossing a
stream holding In his mouth piece
OF meat, which he lost by grabbing at
the image of himself and his piece of
meat reflected in the water, illustrates
class of people found in all COM
munities, but they are most in evil
dence in prosperous towns because
they are an obstruction to progress.
or course, We mean those who are
holding at exorbitant prices unim.
proved property, either town lots or
acreage, that is needed for homes or
for business purposes. There are a
number of people in Bryan with money
who would like to buy desirable unim-
proved property for the sake of build
Ing homes or rent houses and some
who would build homes on the INSTALL
ment plan If they could get a square
deal, but such an opportunity rarely
presents itself now. The prices de-
manded, both in town and along the
interurban, are out of all reason. The
Tyler Courier-Times complains be-
cause 500 each is asked for desirable
residence lots in that town. If any
body offered an eligible lot for that
price here purchasers would run over
one another to get it. The Courier
Times proposes a remedy for the evil,
as follows:
There are thousands of vacant lots
in Tyler, held for speculative pur.
poses, that were they assessed for
taxes at one-third the price asked for
them, the owners would throw up
their hands and say they were being
robbed. These people do not hold
these lots for home purposes, but to
sell. And they will not sell except at
high prices. Hence the lots remain
vacant, and the many remain home
less. And the city does not grow.
OF course, this paper would not ad-
vocate a confscation policy. But it
does believe that men who expect to
get rich by the enhanced value of
their realty, resulting from the growth
of the city, ought to be made to con-
tribute their full share to the city's
growth. II the owner wants to sell
his vacant lot for a hundred dollars,
and viii not sell 1t unless he can get
a hundred for It, then It would be
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-10

tomorrow and Wednesday. The meet
is held under the auspices of the Am
ateur Athletic Union of the United
States and many teams will enter
The preliminaries will be held Tues
day night and the finals on Wednes-
day night.
Those comprising the party from
A. & M. were M. H. James, Jr., cap
tain; Burleson, Waters, DRESS, Eagle
ston, Cadet Manager B. Frazier and
Coach DeFray.
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WITNESS IN lOR|MER
CASE FOUND DEAD
Michael S. Link, Former Member Of
Legislature, Who Had Been In
dicted for Perjury and Turned
States Evidence.
by Associated Press.1

st. Louis, Mo-, April 10.-Michael
s. Link, former member of the ILL
nois legislature who was indicted for
perjury and turned states evidence
in the Lorimer-Iven case, was found
dead in bath tub in his home at
Mitchell, Ill. His death was due to
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-10
COURT Of CIVIL AP-
PEALS At FL PASO
[By Associated Press.

Austin, Texas, April 1O.-W. M.
Peticolas, of Ell Paso county, was to-
day appointed chief justice of the new
civil court of appears at Ell Paso. The
associate justices are .. F. Higgins,
of Brewster county, and ]. +. McKen-
zie, of Reeves county.