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Sultan MuIai Hafid.

wounds-the effect of chains or ropes
and her legs and feet were also
SCARED.
The mother of Ben Aissa's wife was
another victim of this bloodthirsty ty.
rant. She was rescued just half alive
after five weeks confinement in
dark cell, where she was loaded with
letters. Those acquainted with Moor
ish customs have been able to gather
from her condition. what she had un.
dergone. First, they say, her right
hand was sewn up in damp raw
hide, which by contracting crushed
the hand and rendered it useless. Then
she was hung up by ropes or chains
fastened to her forearms or wrists,
which had to bear her whole weight,
the strain causing her bonds to cut
deeply into the flesh; and her legs
and feet were at the same time
chained Hafd cares not whether his
bloodthirsty soldiers harm the limo
cen, or the guilty. In either case they
serve his purpose in making terrible
the name of Mulai Hafd.
The credit Of exposing these brutal.
ties is due to the persistency OF two
women connected with the Fee Medi.
cal mission and the French and Eng
lish consuls.
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SYNOPSIS.

Philip Cayley, accused of crime OF
which he Is not guilty. resigns from the
army in disgrace and his affection for
his friend, Lieut.. Perry Hunter, turns to
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude, where he
perfects flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions, he picks up
curiously shaped stick he had seen In the
assassin's hand. Mounting again. he dis
covers a yacht anchored in the bay. De-
scending near the steamer. he meets a
girl on an ice foe. He learns that the
girls name Is Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north to seek signs
OF her father, Captain Fielding, an arctic
explorer. A party from the yacht is ma
; king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped Gu
riously- shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew of his wrecked whaler
are In hiding on the coast. A giant ruff
man named Roscoe, had murdered Fielding
and his two companions. after the ex-
plorer had revealed the location Of an
enormous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command of the party. 1t develops
that the ruffian had committed the muir
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
to capture the yacht and escape with a
big load OF gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw,
owner Of the yacht. about the visit of the
sky-man and shows him the stick left by
Cayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
Eskimo throwing stick, used to shoot
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party with sprained ankle.
Perry Hunter Is found murdered and
Cayley Is accused Of the crime but Jeanne
believes him hnocent. ~ u Z -. g 4
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love l have for you-the old love-or
not, Tom, but unless you're very care.
full, you'll succeed in doing it. l don't
think want to talk to you any
more now, not even sit here beside
you. I'm going to take little walk"
He held himself rigidly until till she
had disappeared round the end of the
LIGHTHOUSE. Then he bent over and
buried his face in his hands!
What the thing was that reused him
to his present surroundings he never
knew. He was conscious of no sound,
but suddenly he sat erect and stared
about him in amazement. 1t had grown
quite dark 1t must be two or three
hours since Jeanne had left the chair
beside him and announced that she
was going to take little walk.
He spoke her name, not loudly at
first, for he thought she must be close
by. But the infinite silent spaces
seemed to absorb the sound of his
voice. There was no sign that any
sentient thing, except his very self,
had heard the words he uttered. Then
he called louder.
The steps were rather difficult to
negotiate, but by using both hands
to supplement his one good foot, he
succeeded in creeping down them, and
then in making his way along the cor
ridor to the girls door.
He knocked family at first; then
louder, and finally cried out her name
again, this time in genuine alarm. He
tried the door, found that it was not
locked, and opening it and switching
on a light, perceived that the state.
room was empty.
He heard footsteps crossing the
deck overhead. No, that could not be
Jeanne; it was heavy tread. a curl
Gus, shutting tread.
He closed the door behind him.
Then he limped slowly down the cor
ridor toward the foot of the compan'
ionway. The heavy tread was already
descending the stairs.
He turned the corner, stopped short
and gasped. And that was all. There
was no time even for cry. He had
caught one glimpse of monstrous
figure clad in skins, huge IN bulk.
hairy.faced like gorilla.
| And then, the man or beast had,
with beastlike Quickness, lifted his
arm and struck. And Tom Fanshav
dropped down at his feet, senseless.
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IS A MODERN HERU
Moroccan Sultan the Worlds
Most Cruel Ruler
Denounced as Monster for Whom
Only the Later Roman and 6y'
zantine Empires Can Find
a Rival.

London--The most cruel ruler to-
day is Mulai Hatid, the sultan Of Mo-
rocco. Mulai Haf1d is monster OF
cruelty for whom only the later Ro-
man and Byzantine empires can find a
rival 1t is almost impossible to be-
lieve that so monstrous and barbarous
a relic of medievalism as Hatid's court
in Fee should exist at the very door
Of Europe.
Mulai Hafid's reign has been marked
by the most outrageous cruelties from
the outset. Immediately on assuming
power he began by mutilating and tor
turing his prisoners. and his abomi-
nable brutalities evoked ortspoken
protests from the consuls of the pow
ers at Fee. who drew up collective
note demanding that in future all
punishments involving mutilation or
lingering death should cease. To that
Mulai Haids practical answer was
the putting to death by throwing to
the lions of his hapless state prisoner.
the pretender FL Roghi, who had for
some time past been undergoing a
cruel punishment, being carried about
on show, cramped up In an iron cage.
One of the worst cases of torture
laid to Mulai Hafd's charge, the
details of which have just come to
light. is that of the wife of Ben AisSa.
the late governor Of Fee. who himself
had died from the tortures that were.
inflicted on him. The object Of the
torturing was to discover Ben Aissa's
supposed hidden treasure. the poor
woman's right shoulder was dislo-
Gated, possibly broken. and much
swollen, causing intense pain. Her
right arm hung almost useless. and
the hand was apparently permanently
closed 1t showed scars and unhealed
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
CHAPTER VII.
The Rosewood Box.


On the girl, Tom Fanshaw's passion
ate, stormy avowal had the effect OF
a sort of moral earthquake. 1t left
the ground beneath her feet suddenly
unstable and treacherous; 1t threaten
ed to bring down about her ears the
whole structure of her life. The very
thing she had relied upon for shelter
and security against outside troubles
and dangers, was, on the instant,
fraught with a greater danger than
any of them.
For the first few moments after his
ayowal she had felt no emotion other
than that Of establishment and, In
credulity. Even when he asked her
II she could not marry him, anyway,
though the question revolted her. she
told the truth in saying that she was
not angry.
The anger came later, but It burned
,nto a fame that was all the hotter
for it's hardness In kindling. 1t must
have an outlet somewhere, and AZ
such. the promenade up and down tne
other side Of the deck was altogether
insufficient.
The sight Of small boat at the
foot Of the accommodation LADDER
| seemed to offer something better. 80
| pulling on pair Of fur gauntlets. sne
dropped into it, cast OF the painter
shipped the pair Of light oars 1t con
tanned and rowed away without any
| thought Of her destination-of any
destination whatever; without. even
. very clear idea Of what she was 90
Ing She must do something; tina.
MAS all she knew. Certainly she puileo
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was imposed upon, owing to inexpe-
rience. Perhaps you recall that his
acquaintance among girls had been
rather limited. The first one he saw
caught him. Thus. he might have
begged the Judge to set him free, cit.
ing as precedents the affair OF the
young gentleman who took part In cha.
rades. Said this delightful youth: n
tell you what. Miss Bunthorne. we'll
act Paradise Lost I'll propose: you
reject me; they'll never guess It" Any
Judge unable to appreciate the ~.
positeness Of the citation and it, o..
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CHAPTER v.-continued.

II might have saved him." he muir.
INJURED brokenly, If ! had not hung
sloft there too long, just out OF curl.
osity; II they had been men to me
instead ct puppets. But when ]
guessed what their intent was, guessed
that 1t was something sinister, it was
done before l could interfere. ! saw
him going backwards over the brink
of a assure in the ice, Juggling at
dart that was in his throat. And
when they had gone-his murder.
erS--"
"They?" she cried. WAS there
more than one?"
YES" he said, there was party.
There must have been ten or twelve
at least. When they had gone few
down and picked up that stick, which
one Of them had dropped-And to
think might have saved him!"
Her hand still rested on his arm.
I'm glad you told me-" she said. She
felt the arm stiffen suddenly at the
sound Of Tom Fanshaw's voice.
Jeanne, take your hand away! Can
you touch q man like that? Can you
believe the lies" but there, with
peremptory gesture, his father 81.
fenced him.
But even he exclaimed at the girls
next action, for she stopped, picked up
the blood.stained dart which lay at
Philip Cayley's feet, and handed 1t to
him. Throw 1t away, please"-she
said, overheard. and as far as you
can"
Even before the other men cried
out at his doing the thing she had
asked him to. he hesitated and looked
at her In some surprise.
.Do 1t. please" she commanded: Il
ask 1t seriously
Tom Fanshaw started out Of his
chair; then. as an intolerable twinge
from his ankle stopped him, he
dropped back again. His father moved
quickly forward, too, but checked him.
self, the surprise in his face giving
way to curiosity. At general thing.
Jeanne Fielding knew what she was
about.
Philip Cayley took the dart and
threw II far out into the water.
There was one more surprise IN
store for the two Fanshaws. When
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night 10 more calamitous. night 10 Z
savage, night everywhere 10 the true
aborigine. Day has taken on oiyilila'
ton; night hurls the world back to
the day Of the war-club, the flint o..
rowhead, the painted visage. John
Strong loved the night with an q.
most malevolent love. In the night
he could hear the Valkyries scream.
ing, the witches riding their broom
sticks. tho ghouls scrapirg the mold
from OF the new.buried comm. Jo11
Strong swung along. his face set Z
meet oncoming night-Alvua1pHA
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Adam, Was Real Gentleman

Crawford prints the words ITO be with
me" in large and resonant capitals.
feeling that they reflect credit upon
Adam.
You see what the father Of the race
vas driving at Required to pick be
tween Paradise without Eve and Eve
without Paradise, he stuck out for
Eve. He was gentleman. Had hs
been sneak. no would have argued
that he never meant to marry Eve. but
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01

Was Adam . sneak or gentleman!
Mr. George A. Crawford THINKS gen.
tleman and has written very jolly
namphlet to prove It. Adam. It ap-
pears. has been misquoted. He Is made
to SAY: 1.-THE woman thou gavest ING
tempted me, and did eat'-a remark
unworthy the foremost man OF time.
What Adam did say was: The woman
thou gavest to be with me. she gays
ne q the tres, and did eat ~.
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Train Girls In Artillery.

Trenton, N. Girls Of the Broad
Street Park Methodist Episcopal
Church here are to be taught the use
Of firearms. Under the direction OF
their pastor. Rev. William Stone. the
girls have organized the Rangers
club. They are to be trained In ar.
tillery and also will devote themselves
to athletic sports. The object Is to
get them to exercise in the open air.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
ed him to. Don't you see? Isn't 1t

ed him to. Don't you see? Isn't 1t
clear?'
Its quite clear that the brains OF
this expedition are in that pretty
mead of yours" he said. Yes, |
think you're right" Then, after a
pause, he added, with an enigmatical
look at her: Don't be too hard on
Tom, my dear, because you see the
circumstances are hard enough on
him already"
She made a little gesture of i'm
patience. They're not half as hard
on him as they arc Oh Mr.. Cayley.'
"Oh, l don't knew" the old gentle
man answered. Take it by and
large, l should say that Cayley was
playing in luck"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
nosouitoe. Chase Mil Hands.

Mosquitoes Chase Mill Hands.
Vancouver, B. C.-Mosquitoes are
so plentiful On the lower mainland
British Columbia that they are serl.
ously interfering with haymaking.
One sawmill. 40 miles from Vancou-
yer. was forced to close on account OF
the mosquitoes and railway surveyors
for the Canadian Northern, though pro-
tected by gloves and nets. were forced
to stop work.
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o,.,o, Fined Men with co....

Pastor Fined Men Win Goats.
York, Pa.-The Rev. William F.
Rothrock announced recently that be
wanted the men and boys OF his con.
creation to come to church without
their coats Since that time every
man or boy who wears his coat IN
church has been fined I'VE cents foi
each offense
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Diamond AnkIet In Street.

New York.-Mrs. Louise Winter
feldt, wife Of the banker, who has al,
apartment at the Ritz-Carlton. created
q mild sensation in the hotel the othe:
night by going out about eight O'Clock
wearing a diamond anklet over
block silk stocking.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
Raises 11.pourd Tomato.

Louisville, Ky.-Eleyen-pound toma
toes, eight Of them, are being dis
played by ]. B. Johnson, railroad
machinist. Gardening is his hobby
Mrs. Johnson cans those of ordinary
size. using but two to each quart can
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-09-01
..v to the genealogist: go ~ far -
-, uke."-Clerk Of the Day n Boz
ton Transcript
Night.

Night.
Along the -high.hedged lane john
Strong swung. the June cleaning
deepening into night. He loved to
shove his face into the night; hs
rloried in the uncertainty Of night.
the Indebtedness Of night, ana nn
.cr, cried back a Wild answer to tho
crv Of the nighthawk and the Owl.
Nixht u more primitive than GAY.
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gumentative potency might = ven r.

gumentativs potency might @ ven r..
tire.
Clerks rejoice in Mr.. CraNford's 70.
habilitation Of Adam. It viii b I
boon to the lovers Of genea>cgy. Most
Bostonians trace their anceltry q far
back a. Hyman Cohen Of Jerusalem
or Terence O'Malley Of Cork. but hes.
ttate to 80 further. They ars afraid
Of Adam. Regarding him T. I sneak
they are in terror lest thordhgh inves.
ugatton prove them to b descended
from him. No longer need hey quail
Crawford's pamphlet IN hard they can
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-29

and wove the cloth and made the
clothes for the family: the men did
their work and made MANY of the
tools with which they worked, but
trades have developed, industries and
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passed her ninety-first birthday, re.
members them all and her lively and
unclouded mentality still maintains an
interest In these great things of life.
extraneous though they may be to her
quiet ways Of existence.
Grandma Bush, as she is commonly
called. is remarkable woman, silver
OF hair and benign Of expression, and
she scans her daily paper without the
aid Of spectacles.
She was born at Dingwall In the
highlands of Scotland. 1t was a little
town and during her girlhood she re-
members seeing there Lord Brougham,
Lord John Russell and William e.
Gladstone. indeed the grandfather of
the last named was mayor OF the
town. She remembers distinctly the
festivities incidental to the coronation
of Queen Victoria.
She came to America in 1889 by
sailing vessel and the voyage took
hye weeks. The few steamboats, of
that day were considered entirely too
dangerous to be trusted From New
York she came west via the Hudson
river, Erie canal and the great lakes.
At that time there were only two rail-.
roads In the United States; one ran
from Schenectady to Albany, N. Y,
and the other from Detroit to Ann Ar.
Dor, Mich. By means OF the latter
railway, in a train that was plain,
slow, cramped and Jolly, she reached
Ann Arbor. There a man and team
were engaged and for days she rode
through the dense forests to Gun
Plains, Allegan county. where her
home has since been.
In contrast is her latest journey.
upon which she visited Chicago.
Boarding parlor car at her home
station. she reached the city without
change. and an automobile took her
to the home of her relatives. She is
not at all nervous about the devil
wagons" and rather enjoys little
speed stunt down the boulevard In
going to the station upon her return
lone, she motored past Grant park,
where dozen aviators were clearing
he air like birds. In close prophecy
II yet more wonderful modes of trans.
,ortation.
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The French
antique Dealer
| -
An Episode intheLis of NJ. Robert.the
celebrated Pdrisidn detective.
COPYRIGHT 1911 BY W. G. CHAPMAN.

he was most anxious to secure. There
were all sorts ri petty thieves, high
way robbers II some murderers, but
not the particular person for whom M.
Robert held his rod in pickle. The
marvellous secret detective system of
the French capital-a system that
knows everybody and everybodys
business-for once failed to bring re-
suits. Months, and finally a year.
went by. At the end OF the second
year the murder of the gentle old
dealer In antiques was still unavenged.
M Robert had assumed all sorts of
DISCUSSES. He had associated with all
manner OF criminals. He had been as
sisted by a corps of clever men, and
still the problem remained unsolved.
The long arm Of coincidence is a
thing which occasionally appears in
all OF our lives. M. Robert was to see
It In its most interesting phase. After
the close OF the second year since the
OlDert murder the detective went to
the country for the purpose of taking
brief vacation. On the return trim
he met delightful old gentleman. M.
Dupret, country banker. They made
themselves known to one another and
the long journey back to the city was
shortened by an interchange of ex-
periences. M. Dupret had met with
with some curious experiences in his
lifetime. He had frustrated some of
the best bank thieves in the country
and naturally felt proud Of his achieve
ments. M. Robert. in turn, related |
some of the adventures wherein he |
had rounded up famous criminals.
They separated at the station with
many expressions of mutual esteem.
The next morning, while M. Robert
was seated at his desk in the police
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fcer touched the thief on the Shout.
der.
Come, my friend" he said, Il would
like to interview you at my Office"
To his surprise, the thief grabbed
the small scrap of paper and, crushing
1t up into little ball, put it In his
mouth and tried to swallow 1t. The
detective determined to recover that
bit OF paper at all hazards. He grap-
pied with Vialard, threw him on his
back and then forced his jaws open
by brute force. The man struggled
like maniac, but finally yielded and
gave up the crumpled piece of paper.
It was an undated and unsigned letter
written to a thief named Blum, who
was then in jail The epistle was
commonplace and apparently had no
significance. but Robert had been a
thief taker for too many years to per-
NIT any trife to look like a trife In
his eyes. Vialard was taken into Gus.
tody and then Robert arranged his
plan Of campaign. First, he recovered
the stolen securities; after that, which
''e-S 80 ~aoJ SoSnB tuCy were returned
tothe country banker, and the detec-
tive proceeded to see how much more
he could develop from the circum.
stances that confronted him.
One morning he sent for an officer
and had the prisoner Blum brought to
his office. He told him to take a seat
in an armchair next to the window.
which overlooked courtyard leading
from one side of the police headuuar-
tiers to the other. He had placed the
fellow where the light fell squarely on
his face. M. Robert pretended to be
busily engaged at his work, but all
the while he was intently watching
Blum's countenance. At a given sig |
nal two uniformed men appeared In
the courtyard with Valiard handcuffed
between them. As Blum saw his pal
lnder these significant circumstances
ne jumped from his chair and gave
Try Of distress.
M. Robert noticed It and said to him
n a tone Of deep emphasis:
well. my friend. you see that the
game is up"
Blum looked at him with terror in
lis eyes,. He moistened his dry lips
With his tongue and echoed In a STAN
nering voice:
THE game-the game Is upr
YES" said the detective. blithely,
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"and further concealment would bt
folly"
"Has-has he"
YES" finished M. Robert, with a
smile on his face. your pal has con.
fessed everything"
Blum turned to him eagerly.
1T Is not too late for me to tell the
truth, is it?"
No" was the calm response at is
never too late to be truthful"
Then. in an endeavor to set himself
straight and to prove that he was
more sinned against than SHINING. the
thief poured out his amazing confess
sion.
M. Robert sat there and listened
with placid face and cool demeanor.
but his heart beat a little quicker
than usual and 1t was all that he could
do TO remain passive And no wonderl
For the thief before him was telling In
short, quick words, the story of the
murder of Gilbert, the old shopkeeper
on the Rue Madame.
Blum had Jumped to the conclusion
that he had been betrayed by Vialard,
and he confessed that he had accom-.
panied Vialard to the house and had
guarded the door while his pal stran-
'gled the old man to death. They did
not intend to commit murder, and
when they found that III. Gilbert was
dead they were very much alarmed.
There were no marks Of violence on
the old man. and the notion to prop
him up IN the chair came as an after
thought. 1t appealed to their sense
Of the romantic. 1t would be such a
clever thing to make the public be-
lieve the old man had died a natural
death while sitting In his armchair.
The idea Of placing a nawanasaa. 4.