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hearing the dog pad softly toward
me around the table. 1 recall even
that ! had put the matches down and
could not find them. Then. with a
bursting horror of the room and its
contents. Of the gibbering dark
around me. turned and made for the
door by which had entered.
! could not find it. l felt along the
endless wainscoting, past miles Of
wall. The dog was beside me. think.
but he was part and parcel now. to
my excited mind, with the Thing un-
der the table. And when, after aeons
Of search, l found a knob and STUN
bled into the reception hall. was as
nearly in a panic as any man could
be.
by the light from the hall I led the
way back to the tragedy l had stum-
bled on. Bronson still sat at the table.
his elbows propped on it, his cigarette
still lighted, burning a hole in the
cloth. Partly under the table lay
Mrs. Conway, face down. The dog
stood over her and wagged his tail.
Mcknight pointed silently to a large
copper ash tray, filled with ashes and
charred bits Of paper.
"The notes. probably" he said rue
fully. "He got them after all. and
burned them before her. It was more
than she could stand. Stabbed him
first and then herself"
Hotchkiss got up and took of his
hat. "They are dead" he announced
solemnly. and took his notebook out
Of his hatband.
Mcknight and I did the only thing
we could think of-drove Hotchkiss
and the dog out of the room, and
closed and locked the door. ITS a
matter for the police" Mcknight as.
serted. II suppose you've got an OH.
Ger tied to you somewhere. Lawrence
You usually have"
We left Hotchkiss In charge and
went downstairs. 1t was Mcknight
who first saw johnson. leaning against
park railing across the street. and
called him over. We told him in a few
words what we had found. and he
grinned at me cheerfully.
After awhile. in a few weeks or
months. Mr.. Blakeley." he said. when
you get tired of monkeying around
with the blood-stain and finger-print
specialist upstairs. you come to me
I've had that fellow you want under
surveillance for ten days!"
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STONE MOVED BY THE SUN
Immense Mass Of Granite In Ohio
Cemetery Undergoes Curious
Revolutions.

An interesting object is to be seen
In a cemetery of Ohio-a large gran
lite stone weighing two tons. in the
shape of a ball, which is gradually
turning on its axis. During the last
five years. SO 1t is said. this ball has
turned a fraction over 13 inches.
When the ball was placed in position
an unpublished spot six inches in diam
eter was purposely left in the socket
Of the pedestal whereon it rested. A
little later 1t was noted with astonish-
ment that this spot was turning up
ward on the south side of the monu-
ment. This curious revolution of the
polished ball, to lift which would re-
quire large derrick, is supposed to
be due to the suns action. in the fol-
lowing manner: The solar rays heat
ing one side cause the ball to expand
to a certain degree whereas the north
side, which rests mostly in the shade.
does not expand to the same extent,
thus causing the ball gradually to
shift its position by turning.
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To Incline Toward Mercy.

Jim had been far from a good boy
during the day and toward nightfall
he realized the fact fully. Being well
acquainted with the workings Of fam
lily discipline he essayed a little d.
plomacy.
Shall you tell father about me?''
he inquired of his mother
Certainly shall tell him." respond
ed his mother. with sorrowful firm-
ness.
Shall you tell him before dinner or
after dinner?" asked the culprit.
After dinner" was the announce
ment.
Mother" and Jim gave n wiggle
Of anticipation. couldn't you have a
blueberry pudding for his dessert
Couldn't you do that much for me,
mother?"-Youth's Companion.
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SYNOPSIS.

Lawrence BlakeIey, lawyer. goes to
Bronson case to get the deposition OF
John Gilmore. millionaire. A lady re-
quests Blakeley to buy her Pullman
ticket. He gives her lower II and re-
tains lower 10. He finds a drunken man
u lower 10 and retires in lower
- He awakens in lower and
finds his clothes and bag missing. The
man in lower 10 IL found murdered. cir
cumstantial evidence points to both
Blakeiey and the man who stole his
clothes. The train II wrecked and Blake
ley Il rescued from a burning car by 2
Girl In blue: His arm is broken. The gil
sweetheart. BiakeIey returns home and
finds he IL under surveillance. Moving
pictures Of the train taken Just before
the wreck reveal to Blnkeley n man leap
ing from the train with his stolen grip.
Investigation proves that the mans name
II Sullivan. Mrs. Conway. the woman for
whom Biakeley bought a Pullman ticket.
tries to make n bargain with him for the
forged notes. not knowing that they are
missing. Biakelcy and an amateur de-
tective investigate the home of Sullivan's
sister. From n servant Blakeley learns
that Alison West had been there on n
her. Sullivan II the husband Of daugh-
ter of the murdered man. Blakeley's s
house Is ransacked by the police. He
learns that the affair between Alison and
his partner is on. Alison tells Blakeley
about the attention paid her by Sullivan.
whom she was on her way to marry when
the wreck came. II Is planned to give
Mrs. Conway the forged notes In ex-
change for Sullivan
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knowIedas Of tho World.

EVERYBODY but a fool keeps good
friends with walters, for. whether
these have any union or not. they are
big-fsted brotherhood. and more
than once have seen every waiter In
a restaurant. even as a swarm Of bees.
fall aboard some bad man." and
when he came to in the hospital he
would look like Quixote after tho
swine drovers got through with him.
With all their tricks and knowledge
of the world. walters are singularly
unspoiled. good.natured and agreeable.
and they are full Of interesting. Oft
en- scientific. Information. They see
a side OF humanity that nobody else
ever sees. mostly the comedy and pee.
cadillo side. Considering their
housed.up condition. It seems remark
able how much they know about what
is going on. When not busy they are
always enthusiastically engaged in
swapping pointers and Information.
which. in a way. accounts for some
of them getting rich in Wall street
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Her Wedding March.

A young girl who had never heard
Of Mendelssohn's Wedding March,
but was familiar with the more popu-
lar parody on II. was n witness to a
wedding cermony In an uptown
church recently. As the betrothed
pair walked with dignified tread to.
ward the altar to be wed. and the or.
gan pealed forth Mendelssohn's inspir.
ing march. the young girl was plainly
shocked. When she arrived at her
home she told her mother OF the cere-
mony and innocently exclaimed:
What do you think. mother. they
played Gee Whiz. I'm Glad I'm
Free"
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CHAPTER xxIx.-continued.

We crowded out OF the elevator at
the fourth floor. and found ourselves
in a rather theatrical hallway OF dra-
peries and armor. 1t was very quiet:
we stood uncertainty after the car
had gone, and looked at the two
or three doors in sight. They were
heavy. covered with metal, and sound
proof. From somewhere above came
the metallic accuracy Of a piano
piano. and through the open window
Ye could hear-or feel-the throb Of
0lhe Cannonball's engine.
A'well. Sherlock" Mcknight said.
what's the next move In the
game? 1t Is our Jump. or theirs. You
brought US here"
None Of us knew Just what to do
next. No sound Of conversation pene-
trated the heavy doors. We waited
uneasily for some minutes. and Hotch-
kiss looked at his watch. Then he
put 1t to his ear.
Good gracious!" he exclaimed, his
head cooked on one side. Il believe It
has stopped. I'm afraid we are late. :"
kiss agreed at nine o'clock. and. with
IQe ulbCONeTy I0At OuI man might
have come and gone, our zest in the
adventure began to flag. Mcknight
motioned US away from the door and
rang the bell. There was no response,
NO sound within. He rang 1t twice,
the last time long and vigorously.
without result. Then he turned and
looked at us.
"I don't half like this" he said
THAT woman is in; you heard me ask
the elevator boy. For two cents
I'd"
had seen It when he did. The
door was ajar about an inch. and a
narrow wedge Of rose-colored hight
showed beyond. Then. with both men
at my heels. ! stepped into the priv
ate corridor Of the apartment and
looked around. 1t was a square re-
ception hall. with hats. and a couple
Of chairs. A lantern of rose-colored
glass and a desk light over a writing
table across made the room bright and
cheerful. It was empty.
None Of US were comfortable. The
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Warned.

A serious-minded New Yorker. who.
because OF his dignifled outlook on
life. has sent his son. aged twelve. to
n particularly strict and proper board
ing school In New England. unexpect-
edly visited the school last week. AS
certaining the location Of his young
hopeful's room. he climbed the four
flights of stairs necessary to reach 1t
and entered. On a mammoth pla-
card suspended from n steel engrav-
ing Of washington and Generals"
(presented to the youth as a Christ
mas gift by his admiring parent) was
the cheerful sentiment:
Don't spit on the ceiling. We have
lost our LADDER
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place was full OF feminine tribes that
made US feel the weakness OF our po-
sition. Some such instinct made Nc
knight suggest division.
I'VE look like an invading army"
he said. If she's here alone. We will
startle her into q spasm. One Of US
could take look around and"
What was that? Didn't you hear
something?"
The sound. whatever It had been.
was not repeated. We went awkward.
ly out into the hall. very uncomfort-
able. all of US. and dipped q coin. The
choice fell on me. which was right
enough. for the affair was mine. pri-
marily.
Walt Just inside the door," d.
rected. land II Sullivan comes. or
anybody that answers his description.
grab him without ceremony and ask
him questions afterwards"
The apartment. save in the hallway.
was unlighted. By one Of those freaks
Of arrangement possible only in the
modern fiat. found the kitchen first.
and was struck q smart and unex-
pected blow by a swinging door. I
carried a handful Of matches. and by
the time had passed through a but
ler's pantry and a refrigerator room l
was completely lost In the darkness.
Until then the situation had been
merely uncomfortable: suddenly 1t be-
came grisly. From somewhere near
came a long. sustained groan. followed
almost instantly by the crash of some
thing-glass or china-on the floor.
/ struck a fresh match, and found
myself in a narrow rear hallway. Be-
hind me was the door by which must
have come: with keen desire to get
back to the place had started from.
I opened the door and attempted to
cross the room. ! thought had kept
my sense Of direction. but I crashed
without warning into what. from the
resulting jangle, was the dining table,
probably laid for dinner. I cursed my
stupidity in getting into such a sit
uation, and I cursed my nerves for
making my hand shake when ! tried
to strike a match. The groan had not
been repeated.
braced myself against the table
and struck the match sharply against
the sole OF my shoe. 1t nickered
family and went out. And then, with
out the slightest warning. another dish
went on the table. It fell with a
thousand splinterings: the very air
seemed broken Into crashing waves
OF sound. I stood still. braced against
the table. holding the red end Of the
dying match. and listened. had not
long to wait; the groan came again.
and I recognized 1t. the cry Of a dog
In straits. I breathed again.
Come. old fellow" I said. Come
on. old man. Let's have a look at
you"
could hear the thud Of his tall on
the floor, but he did not move. He
only whimpered. There is something
companionable in the presence Of q
dog, and I fancied this dog in trouble.
Slowly I began to work my way
around the table toward him.
Good boy" I said. as he whimpered.
Wen find the light. which ought to
be somewhere or other around here.
and then"
/ stumbled over something. and
drew back my foot almost instantly.
Did I step on you. old mani? I ex-
claimed. and bent to pat him. I re-
member Strengthening suddenly and
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Cause and Effect.

II see from the papers," said Daw-
son. that there Is a great scarcity OF
chorus girls this year"
Il was afraid there would be-" said
Wiggles. Its only another case Of
cause and effect. The French cham
pagne crop has practically failed. and
Holsters are scarcer than hens teeth
this eason."-Harper's Weekly.
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Differences In Laughter.

good honest laugh at a good hon
est joke or bit Of sarcasm rubs out the
gathering wrinkles OF care: but an Ill
tempered Joke. is like a poisoned ar.
row, which makes a wound. and leaves
It's poison after 1t is withdrawn.
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A woman can straIghten up n mans
desk in five minutes SO effectually that
he won't be able to ind anything he
wants In five hours.
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Laughter . Good Medicine.
Always laugh when you can: It u
a cheap medicine. Merriment Is .
philosophy not we'll understood. 1t u
the sunny side Of existencs.-Byron.
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The longer we live the more We
realize what we might have done but
didn't.
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WHEN RUBBERs BECOME NECESSARY
And your shoes pinch. Allen Foot Eas-. tn. Anti
septic powder be shaken into tho sboc Is Justt
thing to Try Il for Breaking In New Shoes
Sold evcry ~b-rc. &C. sample fBKE- Address A. y.
OlmAtcd, Lc Hoy. n. Y. Dosf accept any subsfu ute
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FILES CURED IN TO IL DAYS
Your druggist will refund money IL PAZO Q1NT-
MEST fails 10 cure my eass Of Itching. blind
Bleeding OF PrsrudIns FILES In Io Il DAYS. 60c-
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All druggists sell the famous Herb rem
edy, Garfield Tea. It corrects constipation
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Among Colleagues.

II am afraid that man speaks before
he thinks"
"Impossible!"
"Why?''
He never thinks"
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Loud apparel naturally proclaimi
the man.
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THE ONE DEFECT.

An heirloom" explained the farm
er's wife to her l3.year-old boy. lis
something that has been handed down
from father to son. and in some in
stances is greatly priced"
I'D prize these heirlooms I'm wear
Ing" remarked the youngster. "a good
deal more II they wasn't 30 long in
the legs ''--azine.
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Reporter-Colonel.y you and ] know
there was money used in electing Lit
tlebraye. How much did II cost him?
You may as well tell me. for I'm going
to find out.
Politician-Wbat makes you think
there was-er-bribery?
Reporter-Why. blame II. man. he
was elected.
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W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 11-1s1I.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-20
CHICAGO TABLoIDs

MHlI1C SIIuIIl, v, 1u SAo'
searched house with candle for
Santa Claus. Found mother: with
benzine can: Both painfully
burned. -.
By the way, has Freiberg's
been closed yet? .,..<<.., =. =.
Inspector Dorrnan, Capt. Plum
kett and Eieuts. Ambrose and
Howard; will be tried for neglect
Of duty by. civil service commits
sion tomorrow. Neglect of du=
ty" is too polite. r. =
Mrs. Esther Johnson, 5000 Alb
erdeen street, hanged herself
with .bedsheet yesterday. Had
been planning trip to Sweden for
her health. .:.-- "
Difference between Pasquale
Schiavone; banker at S. .Halsted
and Taylor. and relatives, settled
out of court. Schiavone gave
them SIS, 900. And. lawyers got
most of that. ( ~,
Joseph Koyolo, 1465 w. Chi
cago, struck and seriously injur-
ed BY car while chasing boy who
hit him with SNOWFALL. St. Eliz-
abeth's hopsital. -7.,..
Mrs. Rosie Boglisch. 1880
Sheffield, found dead in bed by
husband. Gas escaping $500
kept in house missing.
Thirty-seven ticket choppers in
loop removed by q" road. The
loop structure will get taste of
that removal medicine some day.
Peter Michouski, Chicago and
Alton employee, used kerosene to
start fire. He may recover.
;TLaoJ0ra P,1r0ra4 1d7Q NJ
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-20


choked to death while eating can
dy at fathers home. 1912 Fisk
street. ~ ~ ~ - =,
Fire in plant of H. w. Cald-
we'll, 18th street and. Western
ave-, early today. One building
destroyed. Loss $35,oOO.
Jewelry worth $4,000 taken
from gem store ofeC. D. Peacock,
al S.. State street, early today.
Horseshoe thrown through win
dow. - =, -. III 81
: Mrs. Edward Irwin, 1872. E..
56th street, beaten and choked at,
WoodlaWn and Madison Park.
Robbed of SIS. Strange to say, a.
suspect was arrested.
Miss Alice Irwin, SAB E. 35th
street, beaten by negro at SD
place and Rhodes ave. And again
a suspect was arrested. Gave,
name; of Walter Tinsley, recently
discharged from Jail. .
Walter Tracey, farmer living,
at Willow Springs, robbed of $8Z.
by two men at w. Polk and 5th
ave. 80 -
John Cullinan and John Ma
loney attempted to rob William.
Barton, chauffeur, after riding in
his taxi. Barton shot and killed,
Cullinan, and Maloney was cap
tured by police.
Lucille Stitt, 8, kidnapped.
Daughter of Mrs. Florence Stitt,
Englewood, found at home of
fathers relatives, Mason, Ohio.
Father arrested as -abductor.
Two men held up restaurant at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-05

This morning the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association discussed, most
ly in conversational manner, two Of
the committee reports of which sum
maries are printed elsewhere, and this
afternoon they will discuss another
report, that on machinery.
Upon the manufacturing Of sugar
and utilization of by-products the de-
bate resulted in no definite conclus-
ions, and the remarks we're generally
rather casual and desultory, There is
therefore no answer as yet to the al
cohol and molasses problems revived
by the committee.
There was more animation in the
discussion OF cutting, loading and
transportation, in which George F.
Renton and Andrew Adams took lead,
ing parts. Much interest was taken in
the suggestion of the use of gasoline
trucks.
p. c. Jones, on the question of burn
ing the cane before cutting, stated
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-05
THE WAR ON MOSQUITOES
BEING VIGOROUSLY WAGE[

Doctor Marshall, who is in charge
Of the mosquito campaign, reported
this morning that the extra teams
were all working on the removal of
rubbish from the streets. Twenty
wagons, hired by the committee, and
five county wagons are now busy in
apanas and >. Doctor Marshall
thinks that 1t will take from ten days
to two weeks to complete the job of
cleaning up.
The full force of men today will at
tack the garbage proposition, and also
the digging out or banana stumps. The
cutters and awnings will have to wait
for a short time.
The garbage on the streets is an
eyesOre," remarked Doctor Marshall
this morning, and the sooner it is
all removed the better for everyone.
If necessary, more teams viii be en-
gagged and the work rushed to a con.
clusion."
There is very little water in the
catch basins of the city at present,
and what there is has been oiled to
prevent the mosquitoes depositing
their eggs there. The drip cans are
being prepared, however, and they will
be installed in the near future.
Doctor Marshall is experimenting
with various mixtures and salt, oil and
laryacide are being used. The best
possible stuff for killing the larvae is
being sought, while the proper dose
to apply per square foot, together with
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-05
GET TRANSPORT
TO CARRY OUR
IMMIGRANTS

world from here. Europe will take
large quantities of canned pines, and
there is huge market there"
The immigrant steamer Willesden
is still tied up at the quarantine
wharf The immigrants are being
landed in patches, after fumigation.
They will be well looked after on
Quarantine Island, and when discharg-
ed from there will go over to the I'm
migration headquarters, there to be
examined by Raymond c. Brown. Aft
er that proceeding is finished, the i'm
migrants will be housed and sheltered
at the old fishmarket which has been
turned into first-class place for such
a purpose.
1t is possible that certain groups"
of immigrants, who have not come in
contact with the sick people, and who
have passed the number of required
days in quarantine, will be examined
by Mr.. Brown and allowed to sail for
the plantations.
A death occurred among the Willes-
den's passengers yesterday, a child
passing away from some undetermined
disease. Other cases of smallpox have
developed, but the doctors hope to
keep the number down from now on.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-05
Stranger of Some
Note Is Drugged
And Robbed Here

Henry Young a passenger arriving
by the S. S. Sierra last Friday, was
the same evening drugged and robbed
of $500.
Young was having good time
round town on Friday and in the even
ing was driven by hackman on the
Bethel street stand to Iwilei
On leaving the latter district to re-
turn to town several sailors in uni
form jumped into the hack and accom-
panied Young up town.
The lights went out for him then
and when he came to about II a. m
he was in the Manhattan restaurant
on Hotel street, every cent in his
clothes gone and even his cuff links
and tie pin having been taken away.
He has been i'll ever since, and is
certain that he was drugged and
robbed, though he has no idea by
whom.
Young had in his pockets five $50
bills, one $50 bill, two SO bills and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-05
Maryland Goes First
On the Volcano Trip

AS far as was known this morning
the U. S. S. Maryland will leave to-
morrow for Hilo, in order to enable
the sailors to see the volcano. Each
vessel will leave in turn. The program
, has not yet been definitely drawn up,
but it is certain that the boats will
go to Hilo, starting with the Maryland
tomorrow.
The idea now is to despatch the
ships one at time. giving each YES
sci about five days there, The flag
ship California will be about the fourth
to leave here, and is expected back by
December %, thus enabling the Off
GERS and men to spend Christmas Day
here.
Arrangements are now being made
TO allow the marines to go into camp.
The marines will be stripped from all
the ships, leaving none at all on board
sailors being assigned to all the duties
usually carried on by the marines
Perhaps a change may be made by
the officers to enable them to retain
some marines as orderies. The men
will be encamped at Pearl Harbor
negotiations now going on to obtain
the use of the necessary land at Bis
hop Point as a site for the camp To
day some time it is anticipated the
necessary transportation will be ar
ranged.
This morning the flagship Califor
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-05
HAS MADE
PROGRESS IN SIXTEEN YEARS

More homesteads have been taken
up by Americans than most people
imagine remarked Governor Frear
this morning "The homesteads are
not all on the hills either, although
some of them are above the cane land
belt. The land taken up at Wahiawa,
Haiku and other places is good
enough for anything"
Extracts from the Governors an.
nual report show that, during period
Of sixteen years, 24O2 homesteads
have been taken up OF these 115G
were taken up by Hawaiians, 531 by
Portuguese, 466 by other Americans
and 249 by other people. OF this lot
it might be said that 7l5 were Anglo
SaXons, These settlers are not all on
the land now, as some of them have.
sold out and removed from the Ter
rltory.
"Since last June the Anglo-Saxon
homesteader has been increasing"