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That is The only III which remains reasonably intact at this time II brings
no poignant anguish to ny impossIonabl young sou to behold a double elephant
'quadrnlc of heavyweight railroad presidents tapng from cag to Graf and
.utering their characteristic nutcNko notes OF distress nd alarm. because ne
Commerce Commission reduced tho rates o a point whore a common suy living
at Saugertes can import n pair of threedonar pants from Poughkeepse without
having to pay more for. the fright. than he does for the pants
The railroads tut nut the passes and they cut down tho service and en
they tried to jack NJ the tariffs because hey say everything had advanced IN
cost. or curse, II olya poor, ignorant layman but It seems to m the cost
of everything wouldn't ave ahvance with sch risk rapduy II the railroads
hadn't jumped the freishts u p so high thai by the time a paMh pink tsAD
travels from me coast to the other MS WORTH more than a gold waGh an cham
no. SIR shall continue to bear up bravely. And II this Supreme Court
shortly hands a couple of shortarm jos to the Standard OIL Company and the
Tobacco Trust. as shrewdy suspect 1t WILL shans It'll manage to survive;
especially nj I'm OF the opinion tat our great captains of industry n nnanos
Won't try to pull OF another panic as al object lesson to the Masses. We're si
thereafter made the painful discovery that a panic. like a mule sometimes kicks
backward IS we'll az for "crd!'
"Tho roent dog show at Nadi=rr Square Garden vas a tremendous hnsndL
But The Child Welfare Exhibit, which was running about tho sam dms.
didn't car a cent" said Toerum. (which, I take It. Is merely another strong
argument in defense OF the accepted New York plan Of barring children ot e
apartment houses and letting dog m"
THE Night Riders are again active in Kentucky" continued Hiram.
"Ther cousins. the Joy Riders have never ceased being active in New Yon"
said L0crlnL Not to mention tho cute little Rider tina the Senate o. tOmcs
Committee hung onto the appropriations blt to make the magazine publishers pay
the deficit, which wouldn't be a deficit II W % had a parcels post Restless ss
that Rider family Something ought to % done to soothe them"
"Ths lives OF some Of our greatest Presidents have been barred from the
London school libraries on tn ground that they were full o AmsrcaniEms and
Yankee slang" announced Hiram.
"Or. in other words" said Loerun. lou British cousins would let by gum b
by-gones"
"A new Broadway production" said Hiram. q, called The Seven sisurs;
win you attendY'
I think nt I remember those girls when they we're in tho hair business"
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By Maurice lie Blanc

acoomplice who moves within the four
wall. OF this house. Give ms the least
little particular and | know where |
stand
This little particular. from which he
was to derive suol remarkable conse-
quences, with a skill so p~rodigious that
the case Of the jewish Lamp may be
looked upon as one IN which his detec-
tive genius bursts forth most trl-
u|mphantlv. this little particular he was
TO obtain by accident.
on tho third day. entering the room
above tho boudoir, which was used as n
sChoolroum for the children. he came
upon Henriette. the smaller Of the two.
She was looking for her scissors,
you know" she said 20 Shears. II
make papers too, like the one you got
the other evening"
The other evening""
Eyes, after dinner. You got n paper
with strips on It-you know, a telegram.
Wei, / make them too"
She went out, 10 any ono else these
words would have represented only the
Insignificant observation OF a child, ana
Shears himself listened without paving
much attention aud continued his iuspcc,
ton. But suddenly DE started running
after the child, whose last phrase had
an az once impressed alm. liz caught
her AT tho top Of the staircase and said,
80 you stick strips on 10 paper also,
do YOU"
HcnrIette very proudly declared:
Yes, I cut out the words and stick
them ou."
And who taught you that prett,
game"
"Mademo.3e,lc-my %Eovcrness. I saw
her DO II. She takes words out OF news.
papers and sticks them on
And what does She do with them"
Makes kilograms and letters which
she sends on,"
HolmlocH Shears returned to IN,
s~rhoolroom, s%,nEularly puzzled by thi,
confidence ana doing his M most to ex,
tract from 1t the differences OF which /
allowed.
There was a bundle OF newspapers OF
the mautelplece. lie opened them ant
saw, in fact. that there were groups o
words or lines missing, re gularly an.
neatly cut out, But he had only I
! read the words that came before or afte
to ascertain that the missing words ha
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1.-THE Blonde Lady"

glass doors they could see the two ng-
ures stlii I'm the same place.
IT'S curious said Shears. II seem
to hear noises in the house"
I'm the houssr ImpossIblsi Every
body's asleep"
Listen, thought
At tina moment a faint whistle sound
ed from the ratings and they perceived
an undecided light that seemed TO come
from the house.
The d~'Imblevalles must have switched
on their light" muttered Shears, ITS
their room above us"
Then it's they we heard. no doubt"
said Wilson. perhaps they are watch
ing the raillngs"
A second whistle. stu fainter han the
first.
II can't understand. I can't under
stand" said Shears in a ton OF veXa-
tion.
"No more can l." confessed Wilson.
Shears turned the key OF the door, IN
bolted It and softly pushed 1t open.
A tllrd whistle, this time a ilttlC
deeper and in a different note, And,
above their heads, the noise grew louder
more hurried.
TT sounds rather es ~ II were on the
balcony OF tho boudoir." whispered
Shears.
lie put his head between tho glass
doors. hut at once drew back with a
stined oath. Wilson looked out In his
turn. Close TO them. "A ladder rose
against the wall, leaning against the
balustrade OF tAe balcony.
by Jove!" said Shears. There's SOM
one IN the bOudoir. That's what We
heard. Quick, let's take away the lad
der"
But at that m a form slid from
the top TO the bottom, the ladder wal
| removed and the man who carried s.
ran swiftly toward the ratings 20 th'
place where his ~accomplices were wait
Ing. Shears and Wilson had darted out
They came up VITA the nan as he wal
placing the ladder against the ratings
Two shots a out from the other side
Wounded" cried Shears.
NO" replied Wilson.
lie caught the al around the bod
and tried TO throw him, But the mai
turned, seized him with one hand and
! with the other. plunged a knife fun int,
his chest. wilson gave q sigh. sta
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gered and fell.
Curse them" roared Shears. "It
they've done for him. an do for them
lie laid Wilson on tho lawn and
rushed at the ladder. Too late: the
man a run up Il and. in company with
his accomplices. was fleeing through the
shrubs.
Wilson. Wilson. IT'S not serious. Is III
Say it's only a scratch"
Tho doors OF the house opened sud
denly. M. d'Imblevalle was the hrst 10
appear, followed by the men-servants
carrying candles.
"what Is it?" cried the baron. IFS aIr,
Wilson hurt2"
Nothing; only a scratch" repeated
Shears, e~n1eayorlng 10 delude himself
into the belief
Wilson was bleeding ~coplousIy and his
face was dcathly pale, Twenty minutes
later, the doctor declared that tho point
OF the knife had penetrated to within a
quarter OF an inch OF the heart.
"A quarter OF an inch, That wilson
was always a lucky dog" sl.l Shears.
summing up the situation, Ia an onvious
tone.
Lucky lucky" grunted
the doctor.
''Why, with hla strong constitution
he'll be all right
After six weeks in bed and two
months convalescence,"
no longer"
NO, unless complications ensue."
''W'hy on earth should there be ans
Complications
Fully treasured. Shears returned O.
NJ. d'Imblevallo IN the boudOir. TIL
time the mysterious visitor had no,
shown the same discretion. IIe had
laid hands without shame on the dia
mond studded snufr box. on the opa'
necklace and generally on anything
that could ind room IN the pockets OF
n self respecting burglar.
The window was still open, one o.
the pancs had been neatly cut out and
a summary inquiry held at daybreak
| showed that tIs ladder came from the
| unfinished house and that 1he burglars
must have come that a
I'm short" said NJ d'Imblevalle, witt
n touch OF irony in his voice, "it IS ar
exact repetition Of the theft 81 the Jew.
' ish lamp
Yes. II We accept the first version
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A New ARSENE
LUPIN Story

fay,rod NO ,bo ,ol,c."
.'Do van am refuse "a Adam. n.
poog,,, this socond ,1,of. .h,L. v,lr
opinion as regards the first?'
ON the contrary 1t confirms H.
IT seems incredible! You have ths
undoubted PROOF that last nights bur-
sldry was committed by somebody from
the outside and you stall maintain That
the Jewish lamp was stolen by ono or
our ~peop!e?'
"'By some one living in the house"
Then how do YOU explain . . 49,
Il explain nothing, monsieur. IIestab-
lish two facts, which resemble each
other only I'm appearance. l weigh them
separately and am trying to find tne
link THAT connects Them
IIIs conviction seemed so profound,
lls actions based upon such powerful
motives, that the baron gave way.
Very we'll Lot u- go an. inform the
comm.sslgy OF tao police
"On no account exclaimed tho In
Sill umau. eagerly. "On NJ account
w.atcyor' The police are people whom
I apply 10 only when | want them
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been removed with the scissors at ran.
dom. evidently by Henristte. 1t wa
possible that. In the pile of papers. there
was one which mademoiselle had cut
herself. But how was he to mako sursr
Mechanically. Shears turned the page
Of The lesson-books heaped up on the
table and OF some others lying on the
shelves OF a cupboard. And suddenly Q
cry OF Joy escaped him. In a corner Of
the cupboard. under a pile of I'd exer-
cise-books, he had found n children's
album. n sort of picture alphabet. and
In one OF the pages OF this album no had
seen a gar.
lie examined the page. II gave the
names OF the days OF the week: Sunday.
Monday, Tuesday and so on. The word
Saturday was missing. Now the Jew
lsh Lamp Mas stolen on a Saturday
night.
lie hastencd 70 turn over the pagessos
the album. feverishly and confidently.
\ little further on came another srr-
prise,
II was n page consisting OF caritai
letters ollowed by a row OF figures.
Nine OF the letters and three or the
figures had been carefully removed.
shears wrote them down In hig note
book, In the order which they would
have occupied, and obtained the follow
ing result:
e u Il y o + r Il -2s7.
BY J0ve.' he muttered. There's
not much to be made out of that. at
first sight
Was n possible 10 rearrange these
letters and, employing them all, 10 form
one, two or three complete words?
Shears attempted TO do so In vain.
one SOLUTION alone suggested itself. re-
turned continually to the point of his
pencil and, In the end. appeared to i.k-
the right one, because It agreed Will.
the logic OF the facts and also corre-
sponded with the general circumstances.
Admitting that the page In the album
contained each OF the letters OF tho
alphabet once and nee only. Il was
probable. II was certain that he rad 90
do with incomplete words inc that these
words 4 been completed with letters
taken from other pages. Given these
conditions and allowing for the posa-
bll,y OF a mistake, the puzzle stood
thus:
Il T. PiO n d Y C H-2H
Go BE Continued.l
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. cigar. n nan who would kiss an girl al n time AM under N circum-
stances. would smoke n cabbage. lie hs 10 sense Of distinction.
/ discovered. way back kim my early twenties hat a daily diet of Kisses like
. daily diet fa ual pm toast would 500 duh my tastes and destroy my enthus-
asn. And when a man loses his enthusiasm or a thing it has n o more
attraction for him han a dead cigarette. / determined. hen n there. thai |
would never take or give a meaningless kiss even to please a girl
Sometimes wonder why a nice. soft. penumy little thing Ike a m stands
for a thing like a kiss from a thng like a nan a tobaccoE, rough-oheeked.
bmsing creature in a derby hat nd tweed clothes! I honestly believe that the
woman wouldr rather kiss a poodle or a baby any day.
And yet most men aims nLustand why a oma will appear inccnscd
the WAY" old chap. believe me. There are many varieties OF kisses-the kiss of
tove tn kiss OF sentiment the kiss Of curiosity the kiss of amusement the kiss
of audaGty, and the Chusbapdb) kiss of-habr; AM a girl knows them all by
heart an instinct. Take my NOR for It, n girl who ian 70 kissed without
being made love to properly st worth kissing!
But don't fancy that a srl is II prude simply because she will not allow you
% kiss her IF course. We men ire an awfuny Irresistible lot; yet here may be
two perectye ocd explanations offs such a phenomenon. You may hav bunglei
in your love-nakng: Or IT may be just possible that he doesn't WANT to kiss
you.
One thing 7 rave discovered BY sad experience; ami that hL that to kiss a
woman WITH YOUR HAT on is 4 sign OF insanity. ] NAV never known a PH
whose delicate soul would endure it,; an yet. IN venture there's no a mar Nv-
ing h las not at least onein his W. In the excitement Of catching a girl in
hs arms for the first time forgotten to enove his hat-and then wondered why
she acted =, indignant NJ outraged, and this after she had been undissuisedly
leading him N all evening II was not the KISS, m dear boy, 1t was the HAT
Above ALL never leave a girl feeling sory or regretfu, after GU have kissed
har. Apologize; call yourself name-and kiss her again.
A kiss may he anything. ron n bcnedctlon to al insult. There Is n way
Of taking a kiss from a girl that makcs her feel as though You had taken her
HE or her pocketoook; and another way that makes her feel as though you
had bestowed a favor upon her..
I can't explain the difference TO on. old CHAP II % weren't born with the
knack, it's no use; and II you We're. it fntn necessary. Lovers. like poets are
born and can't DO made A knack for. making love- like a knack Tor making
money is an ingram instinct.
The fine art of kissing cannot he acquired Il is the result OF ccnbina-
tono o.: natural ability and-ons practice.
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She Was Offended.

A MAN who signs his letter 20. r.
y have paid a great deal OF ar,
tentlon TO a certain girl. Recently I
asked her II / might take her arm in the
street and she became offended. Was
she right?"
A nan does not take a lady's arm;
she takes his. Also IL Is not necessary
in the street and is considered rather
bad form. But there was no occasion
for the young lady to feel insulted when
you made your request.
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Asene Lupln, the French thief genius" steals
a priceless blue diamond. Iii, acoHpNte IN the
theft "a a clever woman known as the 'Bl1nde
LADY" iiolmlOck shears. England's foremost lie
~tectiye, RECEIVERS the diamond. But Lupin and tie
blonde Lady escape. som aft6rwarl shears "a
summoned 10 Paris by the Baron dlmhleyallo -
solve an odd THEFT mystery. by the sane nal
Shears receives a letter from Lnpin waning him
not TO undertake the case. This angCns Shears
into aoctding to d'lmblevalle's request. As shears
aui his fitId lr. Wilson leave the train IN Paris
a woman huries up 10 them and r,ptsts LupIn :
warning, D'lmhlc,alle has lost a rare antique
jewel end a qIaint little lamp In which I wa.
kent hidden. None q tie other treasures In the
Saine cabinet have been DISTURBED. Shears g..
crlbCs the theft to Lupin.
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II he took this girl to a Dance. 7 did
not know what to say. Now. do you
think he would ask this IL he loved me?"
l think It was most courteous OF the
young man 10 ask you II you minded
his taking The other young lady 10 a
dance. You should be equally courteous
about giving your consent. II he had
not cared for you opinion he would not
have asked you.
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adjusted MS glasses-the large. round KIND with TORTOISE
shell rims and a wide. black ribbon to anchor them, thus
giving the wearcr the appearance of having his head tied
on with a string-and unfolded his paper.
The railroads." he said. glancing over the headlines
on the front page, the railroads are slow to recover from
the crushing blow dealt them by tho ruling of tho Interstate
Commerce Commission on Thursday. II you believe In the
proper fostering OF our great Industries Is It not enough 70
make your heart bleed to-
1T Is not said Loerum. From time to time. IN CON-
mon with tho rest OF my neighbors residing In tho eeeot
residential district lying between those two well-known
and popular oceans. tho Atlantic and the Pacific. rye bean
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law. every girl would have to go about yelled like a Turkish
beauty. There IS nothing like putting a fence around any
thing to make It irTesistTbly alluring to the average man.
The only thing that keeps kissing within the bounds of
moderation 10 that It is-so easy!
Personally. l don't kiss girls" No; I am not claiming
a halo! I am not IN the class with the unbiased Dowie."
Far from 1t! In fact there ARE glrls-two or ffty-who, II
they chose to TELIS-but then, kissed girls tell no tales.
/ merely mean TO say that l am a sentimental epicure.
and do not kiss girls" as a habit, nor for fun. nor as a
pastime, nor for curiosity, nor even in order to fatter them.
Most men are under the impression that a kiss Is always a
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LsLalous.

\ GIRL who signs her letter "A e.
~ s." writes;
81 am extremely fond OF a
young man and I am anxious he should
return my affection. He resents my re-
ceiving attentions from other men. Now
do you think l should give up the other
men for his sake?"
The young man has no right 10 resent
your receiving attention from other men
unless he asks you to marry him and
you accept him. Until you are engaged
TO him you need pay no attention to
such a request
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B etty e n
A dvice to overs
Girls and Presents.
vi

n n Y dear girls. 1t is not your place 10 present gifts to
MI young men. 1t is quite correct for some young man
' to give you candy or flowers or even a book. But
It Is not necessary for you to make similar gifts to him.
And when some young man asks you TO go to the
theatre with him or 10 some party, the acceptance OF the
invitation does not place you under obligations to him.
II you are sweet tempered and look and act your
prettiest while he is your escort. that is supposed TO be
reward enough for him.
II you know a man very well and your family entirely
approves OF his attentions, then YOU might ask him to have
dinner with you In your home. A less intimate invitation,
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To a Dance.

A GIRL who signs her letter Il. p"
~ writes:
- "A young man has been calling
on me steadily and he say he loves me.
Before ] met him he used to pay a great
deal of attention TO another girl. A few
nights ago he asked me II ] would mind
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If o aref In the afternoons would % to suggest that he nave tea with you.
may have paid you.
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The BrOWe Brothers
Hiram and LOerum
BY Irwin s. Cobb.

oEIsuM lit me of those generously fragrant cigars which burn like
brush pile and smcn H. the insulation scorching on n trolley car. Hiram
= moved BACH: 20 be me- Of The danger zone OF damags by IRE and smess
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other day I read somewhere a N ELOQUENT plea for tho abolition o kk
as "maudMn, meaningless, and unsantary."
L Ye gods! A law AGAINST st is all that kissing needs TO make It the
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CHAPTER VII.
(Continued.)
The Lamp.

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- business before him han 10 go
The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-03
sS3.32S.56 sS3.32S.5 .56

Total ..... sS3.32S.56 sS3.32S. .56
 After the condition of the present finances of the city had been ex- plained an ordinance for the retir- ing of the old city warrants was introduced. It was explained by Councilman Driscoll that it mad been introduced fir the purpose of getting the old indebtedness of the city wiped out so far as possible. He stated that three years ago the city was between s49.000 and s50.OO0 in debt and it had been the custom since then for each outgoing coun- cil to pay off as much of the debt as possible. There were al the pres ent time. he said. about s30.000 of delinquent taxes on the books and there would only remain. after the city had paid off the s1l.000 of old warrants. as it now was proposed to do, an indebtedness of between five and six th usand. This should easily be wiped out by the delin- qucnt taxes paid during the year, and there should be enough left 10 pay off all of the interest on the old warrants, il being proposed at this time 10 take up the warrants without paying interest on them. To leave the holder Cf the warrant a claim for the interest when the city shall be in a position to pay it. provision is made in the ordinance that when the clerk pays the war rant he shall stamp across the face of it paid in full without interest and return the warrant to the hold CT.
 As soon as the ordinance had been read Callahan arose and wanted 10 know where it had originated. He didn't think these matters should be framed up in a bakeshop or sa- loon, he said, and he thought the council room was the proper place.
 This gave MT. Rappolt his cue, who. although he had, immediately after the ordinance being read, made a motion to the effect that it be clared that as chairman of the fin ance committee he had never seen the ordinance. He thought that all such matters should originate in the finance committee. but he was not very sure about it, as, he said, al though this was his fifty.tirst week III the COunCll. uulluS all Ol WHICH time he had been chairman of the finance committee, he did not know anything about the city's finances, or what his duties as such chairman were.
 For his enlightenment the city attorney was called Cn for an Opn- ion as to the duties of committees. Mir Dignan explained that any mem Der of ;he board of council had al all times the right to introduce whatever ordinances he saw fit, whether he was a committee mem Der or not. That, in fact, the du- ties of the committee were admins trative rather than legislative. En, tirely the proper course was being pursued with the ordinance in ques- tion It had been introduced by Councilman Driscoll and it was be fore the council for discussion and adoption or rejection.
 The motion in regard to the pass age of 'he ordinance was then put
The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-03
INSANE BOY MAINS
 HIMSELF
ROBERT MITCHELL CUTS OFF HIS LITTLE FINGER IN THE
 FEDERAL JAIL.

A couple of weeks ago the Citi- f Robert Michell, the young man who was brought up from Panama charged with insanity, commenting on the i'll effects the confinement in jail here had induced.
 When Mitchell was arrested in he first instance at Fort Gibbon his condition was by no means ser ious and he was not committed by he first jury which inquired into his case. He was, however. talk en in charge again when further symptoms developed and he was on his occasion committed. When the 1oy reached the federal jail here he was by no means in bad shape put he rapidly grew worse in the jail Fer a week he refused to ak or eat and his condition was very serious.
 Last Thursday he was allowed to wander around the corridor. Find ing a big tobacco knife on the table he deliberately placed the little fin ser of his right hand under the Jade, and working the lever with his foot calmly severed it. He had previously lost two fingers from his hand and so now it is practi ally useless.
 Mitchell's relatives, in England, have written that they will be glad take care of the boy as soon as he arrives at the sanitarium. if they an secure his release. They eX- press willingness to reimburse he government for all the expense hat has been incurred