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B Y CASTOR LerOux
Anthor Of "The Mystery Of the YeHOp Room," etc.

when the mans shape llfted me into
the boat, but my terror began all over
again, My gruesOme escort must have
noticed Il, for he sent Cesar back and
/ heard his hoofs trHWpllng mp a stair
case while the man jumped into the
boat, united the rope that held It and
seized the oars.
"IIe rowed with n quick, powerful
stroke; and his eyes, under the mask.
never lett me. We slipped across the
noiSeless water In the bluey light which
| tJld you 81, then we were IN the dark
again and We touched shore. And l
was once more taken up In the mans
arms. I cried aloud.
And then. suddenly. 7 was silent,
dn2cd b. to light. Yes. a daI-
zliug light IN the midst OF whicn I had
been put down. | spgans 10 my feet,
| was In the middle Of 4 d-rawiug.roOm
that seemed to mo 20 be decorated.
adorned and furnished with nothing but
flowers. flowers both magnificent aul
stupid, because % the silk ribbons that
ned them % baskets, like those which
they sell in the shops and on the 5oule
wards. They we're much too civilized
flowers, ike those which I used 20 ind
IN my d~rcssing-room after a first nigat,
And, IN tho midst ~ all these flowers.
stood the black shape OF the man IN the
mask. with arms crossed. and he aid
Don't be afraid, Christine, you are In
no danger II was the voicel
MY anger equalled my amaSsmsnt.
! rushed At the mask and tried 70
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attempt. I was dragged toward the
little red Hight and then | saw that !
was in the hands OF a "a wrapped In
a large cloak and wearing i mask that
hid his whole face. . made one llst
effort, my limbs Btinencd, my mouth
opened TO scream, but a hand closed Il
a hand which ! felt on my bps. on my
skin n hand that smoit OF death.
Then I tainted away,
when ! opened my eyes we were stin
surrounded by darkness, \ lantern,
stindiag on the ground, showed n hub
bling well. The water spllsa.ng from
the well disappeared, limos at once,
under tho floor on which was lying,
with my head on the knee OF the man
In the black cloak and the black mask
lie was bathing my temples uad his
hands smelt % death.
- tr!ed to push them away and asked,
who are you? Where e. tho voice.
His only answer was a sigh. suddenly
a lot breath passed over my face and
perceived a white shape. beside the mans
black shape. IN the darkness. The black
shape lifted me ON TO the white shape,
a glad neigh!ng greeted my ~astOundel
ears and ] m%urmured, Cesar The AMI
| na! Gu!Yo.cG. Haou!, ! was iyins nal.
back OF a saddle and ! had recognized
the white horse out OF the Profeta,
which | had so often fed with sugar
and sweets.
II remembered that. one evening, there
was a rumor In the theatre that the
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the red mouths OF their furnaces. . .
"Ncll. while Cesar was quietly carry
ing me ou his back, / saw those black
demons In tho distance. looking quite
small, lu front Of tine red tirts u their
furnaces. They came into sight, dis
appeared and came into sight again as
We went on our winding way, At last
they disappeared altogether. The shape
was still holding mo UP and Cesar
walked on. unird and sure-footed /
could not tell You, even approximately,
how long his ride lasted; | only know
that we seemed TO turn and turn and
often went dow a spiral stair into tho
very heart of tho earth,
Even then. Il may be that my head
was turning, but I don't think so; no.
my mind was quito clear, A. .ast Ccsaf
raised his uostri!s, shifted the air and
qIickcncd his pace a little. | felt n
moIstucss IN the air and Cesar strpped.
Tho darkness had ll.tCd. \ sort %
hlucy light surrounded ms. We We're on
the edge OF q lake, whose lcaden waters
stretched into the distance, into the
darkness, but the blue light III up the
bank and / saw a little boa fastened
to an iron ring on the wharf
~ boat
"Nes, but ! knew that oil that eX-
listed and that there "a nothing SUI
pernatural about that underground
lake and boat, But think OF the excep-
tional conditions IN which l arrived
upon that shore, | don't know whether
the effects OF the cordial had worn off
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SNATCH It away. SO as o. see the face
OF the voice. The man said, You are IN
no danger so long as YOU 10 not touch
the wrists. he forced me into a chair
ana then went down on his knees be-
fore mo and said nothing more, His
humility gave me back some OF my
courage. and the light restored me 10
the realities OF he,
However extraordinary the adven-
ture might be. | was now surrounded
by mortal. visible, tangible things. The
furniture, the hangings. the candles.
the vases and the very flowers I'm their
ba baskets, OF whlci | could almost have
told whence they came and what they
cost, were bound 10 contine my imaEi-
quite a. commonplace as any that, a.
least. had the excuse OF not being "a
the cellars OF the Opera,
II had, no doubt. to do vita a ter
rihle, eccentric person, who. in some
mysterious fashion. had succeeded IN
taking up his abode there, under the
Opera house. Ave stories below the level
OF the ground. And the voice. the voice
whiril 7 had recognized under the mash.
was on its knees before me. was a man!
And | began 10 cry. . The man,
still lneeling. must have understood
no cause Of my tears, for he said, tt
10 true. Christtnsl $50 I Am not N
angel. nor = gsniu& nor . ghost
I am Erik"
cro n CoosAuusd>
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
l,aoul de Chagny loves and Is loved ny CHt.i~
tine Daae. n beautiful young opera slnG1r. lie
smctImtS uCara her gpurt f,lug With au iuVis-
iue man vh1se identity sle will not explain,
The Pans Optra House, whore Christine slugs,
tbn-iKe appauu0n which they call the "optra
,Ilost.' Two new managers take charge ct the
Durla House. rhC receive n ltltct H,guel
'pptro Ghost" demanding none tribute and
the constant use of Boy ) ON the, grand ter.
iT. phantom" falls IN love with Christ ne.
lis,ul hear, him siuging to her one NCning
And car, her call him Erik" She will not
explAln 10 lllcul further than 70 say her lie
known ''Plintom." She ~coufcssys Ltr love for
iiaoul and, though warning linn they eau never
day takes Rauul 10 tho roof Of the oprra
House. There 'hC tells him how a mystic
l., iougcd NOT TO C. spirit ug, TO a strange nor
tai.
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CHAPy>y'P XII.
CONTINUED,
ApOiO'S Tyre

EV-Tg@T1NOW the truth. Raoul?
h mate' Bar, my poor Soy,
AV was not CAUGHT in the
Z-32- nightmare ~. tho "A
when / UTTned the truth! ''' Ply
nc, Raoul, pity me. 80 You re-
menjor the terrible evening when Car
lotta thought that she had been turned
into a toad on the stage and when the
house was suddenly plunged In darkness
through ths chandelier craAhing to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
OFFERS TO SELL PENNIES
TO UNCLE SAM AT ST EACH
California Woman Hears Govern.
ment Wants Those Containing
Initials of Artist.

An offer to sell pennies to the govern
ment at 81 each has just been received at
the Capitol
She who makes the offer makes no con-
cealment OF the fact that she expects to
make some money out Of Uncle Sam from
the transaction. But her plea is that she
needs it, which plea is just about as un-
usual as it is unfrequent
Her letter in which she opened up this
opportunity for Uncle Sam to make some
money for her was addressed to Wash
ington Capitol. d. Gust that and moth
ing more. 1t was written at Riverside,
Cal, and the offer says:
II heard that you We're giving "a dollar
for all Lincoln pennies. AS ] am in need
please answer soon.
Yours respectfully.
"BERTHA PLANTZ."
There was then some suspicion in the
mind of the writer apparently. that in
ease Uncle Sam took up her offer she
might he suspected OF cornerng the mar
ket. So she added in postscript:
Il had some ard thought | might get
something for them
The letter was turned over to Elliot
Woods, superintendent Of the Capitol.
and he has written her letter from
which She will gather that the money
will have to he made in some other way
than by selling Lincoln pennies to the
government for 81 each
The writer had heard. it is believed of
premiums which were of y ed for the FIRST
issues Of the pennies, upon which the mi
tials of the artist who designed them were
placed The wholesale protest that went
up around the country against the use OF
the initials put stop to issue until
the dies had been changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
RAISES APPROPRIATIONS
FOR ARMY 1920
Senate Committee Makes In
CreaseS Over Measure
Passed by House.

The army appropriation bill, which was
reported to the Senate Friday in unfinish-
ed form. was completed today. 1t car
ries sos. CTS JSG. an increase of S642.2OO as
it was passed by the House. y saving of
ST. 761 .9So is shown from the amount APP
propriated for the present fiscal year.
The increases made by the Senate COM
mittee are as follows: Travel allowance
to enlisted men on discharge, Sl00.OGo,
making a total Of Sl.1ne,000: for clothing
due enlisted men on discharge, S1j0,UGo,
making a total of S1.0ao.Gno: mileage to
officers and contract surgeons, $1,000:
horses for cavalry, artillery and en-
gineers, SooOo0o. which is to lie used for
the purchase of land accessible to the
horse-raising section of ,irsinia. for as
semblng, grazing and training of horses
purchased for the mounted service, III
addition to the S.}o0,Gao carried by the
House bill for the purchase of horses;
water and sewer at military posts, S6I,-
900 and additional for Alaskan roads,
bridges and trails, $4,000
Amends Transportation Rules.
An amendment to the regulations for
the transport service would permit the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
PREPARE FOR BUSY SEASON.
Potomac River Tugs Receive Over.
hauling During Winter Months.

The tug Baby. the smallest towboat III
the fleet of tie Columbia Granite and
Dredging Company, which has been
laid up for several months in George
tcWn harbor, has been placed in COM
mission under the command of Capt.
Steven Self. and is being used to tow
sand ana gravel laden lighters from the
diegiu. grounds along the river to George
town. With III" placing in commission OF
the Raby. al tho tugs Of the Columbia
company fleet are in service.
TIE tug capt Toby Of thu Taylor feet,
which has been out Of commission for
several weeks i to receive "a genera
overhaulinc Of machinery and boiler in
prs pa ration for retuI ming TO service Inc
tor, the opening Of tire busy spring sea
son and the resumption Of coal ship
mcnts from Georgetown 10 the naval
powder factory al Indian Head. Md.
The .ovelhauling of the ContSolida ton
Coal Company tug. Edith Goddard Win
ship at tho railway of the company al
Georgetown is approaching completion.
and il i stated that the tug will b
ready for service the latter part of this
month when she will resume towing coal
laden boats from Georgetown to points
on the river in the vicinity Of this port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
To Improve Oyster Culture.

Gov. Crothers of Maryland. III order to
improve the oyster industry in the Chesa-
paake bay, has appointed a commission to
study the state oyster laws with a view
to recommending new laws or changes
that will improve the culture. The COM
mission will pay particular attention to
the regulation governing the longing and
cullirg OF oysters, but the entire matter
Viii he gone into and the recommended
tons Of the commission will be laid before
the next session OF the state legislature.
The commission consists of State Senator's
Charles 4. Andrew. Hartford county,
chairman: Blair Lee. Montgomery coun-
ty. and Richard II. Dodson, Talbot coun-
ty: Or. Charles V. Hayden. st. Mary's
county: Messrs. Grason Winterbottom,
Dorchester county: William II. kfllian,
Baltimore county: Edward Mealey. Wash
ington county: r. Neale Parke, Carroll
county: Lvbrand Thomas. Somerset
county: Young u. Hance. Calvert county.
John $. Gibbs. William 3. Watkins and
Thomas Webster. Baltimore city: Capt.
\. {. = Howard OF the state oyster navy
and DIR. Herbert H. Moore of the United
States bureau of fisheries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
For Aged People
Old Folks Should Be Care.
full in Their Selection of
RegulasiVe Medicine

We have safe. dependable and altogether
ideal remedy that is particularly adapted to the
requirements of aged people and persons Of weak
constitutions who suffer from constipation or
other bowel disorders. We are So certain that
IL Will relieve these complaints and give atso-
lutte satisfaction in every particular that We
"ner IT with our personal guarantee that il shall
cost the user nothing IL ii fails TO substantia,e
our claims. This remedy is called Rcxall Or
deries.
Rexall orderies have soothing. healing
Strengthening. toRic and rc-uIatfve action upoa
tile bowels They remove All irritation. dryness
soreness and weakness. They restore the bowels
and associate organs to more vigorous AMI
healthy activity. They eaten like candy
may he taken at any time without Inconvenience.
do not cause any gripping. nausea. diarrloea OK
cessiye iooseness, fatulence or other disagreed
bic effect. Prices o:,c and Zoe sold only at oar
storas-the Rexsll stores--0' Donnell's Pharmacies
9of i ST. NV. Wis ave. and VI st. NV. 81 ST.
and Pa. ave. Sc. Wis. ave. and l. ST. NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
REALLY DOES BREAK
Up a SEVERE COLD.
How 10 Cure Bad Cold
and End Grippe Misery
in Few Hours.

y :. = < = = = = Z :. = : =
You viii dist nctly fcol your cold breaking
and ali the Grippe symptoms leaving after TAX
.us TIE very first dose
II is positive fact that Pape's Cold Com
pourd. taken every two hours. until three CON
>ccutIye doses are taken, will end the Grippe
and break up the most cold either IN
the head chest. back. stomach limbs
IL promptly relieves the most mis- raSi
headache. duliness head and stuffed up.
feverishness. sneezing. sore throat, running Of
the nose. mucous catarrhal discharges. sore
ness. stiffness and rheumatic twinges.
Pape's Cold Compound is the result of three
years research at a cost of more than nfty
thousand dollars and contains no quin!ne.
Take this harmless compound directed with
the knowledge that there is other medicine.
made anywhere else in the world which will
cure yonr cold or ind grippe misery as promptly
and without any other assistance or bad after
effects a. q 25 cent package Of Pape's Gold Com
pound. which any druggist In the world can
SUPPLY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
NEW ORLEANS GIVES IT UP.
Crescent City Abandons Fight fo1
Panama Canal Exposition.

New Orleans has decided not to carry
the fight for the Panama canal EXPOSE
ton further. and to yield to the decision
of the House in favor of San Francisco.
In consequence, the New Orleans head
quarters at the Ebbitt House is being dis
mantled. Numerous conferences between
the New Orleans boomers and members
of Congress from Louisiana were held
yesterday before this decision was finally
reached 1t is said that New Orleans
spent upward of 100000 in its campaign
of publicity to land the exposition.
At a meeting of the California State
Association. held last night, it was decid
ed to hold a jubilee banquet at the Riggs
House February p, in honor of the vic
tory of San Francisco in the race for
the Panama canal exposition. \ COM
mittee was appointed to wait upon Presi-
dent Taft and invite him to attend the
banquet. An invitation will be extended
also to the exposition committee in Wash
ington looking after the affairs of the
exposition before Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
SORRY TO GIVE BOY UP.
Norfolk Police Weep When Willie
Smyth Gets a Home.

NORFOLK. Va, February t.-Big po-
lcemen cried like little children Satur-
day evening when Willie Smyth, eight
years old, bade them goodbye.
Willie has been a conspicuous hgure
around police headquarters since last Au-
gust, when his father. J. J. Smyth, killed
his mother and little sister. For this
crime the father was electrocuted and
Willie, with no home to go to, was taken
care of by the police, and by his childish
ways won the hearts of the big and little
guardians of the peace.
Chief of Police I\iZer managed 10 get
the boy admitted into the Orphans Home
in Buffalo, y. Y, and Saturday was get
ting-away day. Willie cried, too, and
asked every policeman he saw to send
him his picture. Mr.. i>iZer accompanied
Willie TO Buffalo. which is an honor that
few homeless boys sent away from Nor
folk have been shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
CHILD'S BURNS SERIOUS.
Condition of Nine-Year-Old Mabel
Cook Is Critical.

The condition of Mabel Cook, the nine
Near-o.d girl who is at the Children's
Hospital suffering from burns about rho
head ana body. received at her home
yesterday. is today reported to be ex-
tremely critical.
The child yentured too near a stove in
the Kitchen of her home. and her cloth
ing caught fire. Her mother, Mrs. Annie
Cook, vAo was in another part of 1.-The
house heard her screams. The mother
extinglfished the flames, but not before
the child had inhaled some Of them ana
was burned about tie head and body
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
Mistake in Banquet Date.

Cards sent out this morning by the ban
quet committee of the seventh annual
banquet of the League of Republican
State Clubs, indicating the location OF
the seats of the guests, read that the ban
quet would he held Wednesday, February
{, 1911. at 7:3O pm. Owing to a mistake
i'm printing the date of the function is
given wrong on the cards The correct
date for the banquet. it is explained. Is
Wednesday, February s. 1911, 7:30 pm,
at the Arlington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
USE FOR HUMAN MAGNET.
Heavily Charged Lumberjack Will
Try to Locate Iron Mines.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, February G.-ln lay
field county, Wis, there is man who Is
so strongly charged with magnetism that
he is going to be used the coming spring
and summer, soon as the snow goes
off to locate deposits of iron
This human magnet is ordinary luln-
berjack ID. NJ. MaXcy of Washburn,
Wis, president of the Bayfield, County
Bank withholds his name for fear
rival may obtain his services. The mag
netic person, according to Mr. MaNcy, can
rub steel knife blade brskly with his
fingers and then pick up tWopenny nails
with the facility that one would with
regular magnet.
He can burn the flesh of another per-
sons hand by rubbing it. and he is SO
heavily charged with magnetism that
watch carried by him will soon be affect
ed. The magnetic person is to be tried
on the Guyana range
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
Must Answer BANKRUPT Charges.

Justice Stafford today cited the Epman
Warnock Company to show cause Febru-
airy "a why it should not be adjudged
bankrupt. The rule is based on a petition
in involuntary bankruptcy filed by three
creditors of the concern, which aiege
the company insolvent. 1t is averred the
company paid certain creditors to the
detrinlent of other creditors. Attorney
III. Winship Wheatley represents the
creditors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
GRADUATES ORGANIZE.
Branch of Tuskegee Alumni Asso-
citation Formed Here.

a number of graduates of Tuskegee
Institute. of which Booker T. Washing
ton is principal, met last evening in the
office of j. Louis Taylor. 600 F street,
and perfected a permanent branch of
the Tuskegee Alumni Association
The following officers were elected
j. Louis Taylor, president; f. n Broad
max, vice president; c. r. Richardson.
secretary; W. II. Houston, treasurer:
Porter T.. Smith, corresponding secre-
tary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
M'CURDY FLIES AROUND
MORO LIGHTHOUSE
Thousands of Cubans Witness
Spectacular Air Trip
of Eleven Miles.

With practically the entire population
of Havana looking on, j. A. ID. McCurdy,
who recently crossed the straits of
Florida in a biplane made a magnificent
ly spectacular flight yesterday from the
drill grounds at Camp Columbia TO Nor
70 lighthouse and return. Three cannon
shots from Cabanas fortress and a red
flag flung from MORO at 8 o'clock in
the morning announced that the flight
was about to begin. Instantly all the
streets We're deserted. the people making
for the sea front, the roofs of houses
and the highest points of vantage
throughout the city
A few minutes after . McCurdy's
aeroplane was seen topping Principe hill
at a high altitude. II was going at great
speed against d stiff easterly wind. Pass
ing over San IaZaro Hospital, the aviator
left land behind and swept across the
shallow outer bay at an altitude of 800
feet. straight for MORO He circled the
great lighthouse fifty feet above the Ian
tern.
Swinging to the left McCurdy darted
seward, then wheeled again and circied
the tower once more and Strengthened
out gracefully on the return course. He
was Saluted by the batteries of CahanaS
and the cheers of all Havana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
J.. WHITCOMB RILEY I'LL.
Condition of "Hoosier Poet Said to
Be Serious.

LEXINGTON, KY, February 6-That
James Whitcomb Riley is very seriously
i'll is the word brought hereib by John VIII
son Townsend, the Kentucky historical
writer. who visited Mr.. Riley in his home
in Indianapolis a few days ago.
The poet has been i'll since last sum-
mer He seems to have difficulty in recog-
nizing some of his old friends. His voice
is weak, but his memory is retentive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
FIND NOTED INVENTOR
DIED Of STARVATION
John Needam Longdon Spent
Fortune Seeking Secret of
Cheap Electricity.

NEW YORK, February 1.-THE finding
of three large pine cases containing me
chanical apparatus in storage vault
of a downtown safe deposit company
has led to the discovery that John
Needam Longdon, fellow OF the British
Society of Engineers and an inventor of
note. we'll known throughout the British
empire for his work in the field Of civil
and mining engineering, died here of
starvation several months ago while
seeking the secret of generating cheap
electricity, which he believed would revo-
lutioniZe the power systems of the world.
Longdon is said To have spent S1oU.O0J
i'm the work, and whether he really dis
covered the secret he was after will not
be known until his friends have in
spected the contents of the three cases
in the storage vault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06
Boys Choir Sings Hymns.

The plan is to have the children step
from their church into the adult body
when the proper time comes.
\ choir of boys has been organized,
and at least one hymn is sung by them
at every service. The girls of the
church have organized themselves into
a society which has been called the
Lambs of the Flock. whose work is to
look after charitable work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-06

transportation of merchandise OF Amer
lean production To residents and rer-
camille firms in the Island of Guam in
any cargo space on the transports NOT
needed for military supplies. If tn.
amendment is adopted rates and resu-
lations for such use of the army trans
ports will he made by the Secretary OF
War.