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had to hail the suggestion with 1cys
and to offer his assistance. and Jimmy
had to take Max's share Of the fur.
mace. eyes, 1 had broken the police-
man to them gently. OF course. Anne
said at once that he was the thief,
but they found him tucked In and
sound asleep with his back against
the furnace.)
"In the first place. Max said, stand
ing Importantly in the middle OF the
room. I'VE retired between two ana
three-nearer three. So the theft oc.
Cured between three and five, when
Anne woke up. Was your door locked
DALI"
mo. The door into the hall was,
but the door into the dressing room
was open this morning"
From three until Ave." Max re
peated. WAS any n out Of his room
during that timer"
Il was" said Tom HARRISON prompt
ly, from the foot of the bed. Il was
prowling all around somewhere about
four, searching'-he glanced at me
for a drink of water. But as ! don't
know a pearl from a glass bead. ]
hope you exonerate me-"
Everybody laughed and said. "o'
course" and Sure. old man. and
changed the subject quickly. While
that excitement was on. ! got Jim to
one side and told him about Bella
His good-natured face was radiant al
first.
Il suppose she did come to see
Takahiro. Ell, Kit?" he asked delicate
ly. She didn't say anything about
me?"
Nothing good. She said the house
was in a ~disgraceful condition" said
! heartlessly. And her diamond brace
let was stolen while she took a nap or
the kitchen table"-he groaned-"and
oh, jim, you are such a goose. If
could only manage my W affairs the
way | could my friends! She's toe
i sure of you. Jimmy. She knows yol
adore her, and-how brutal could yot
be, Jim?"
Fair" he said. Il may have I'm
discovered depths of brutality tina
I have never had occasion to use. How
ever, | might try. Why?"
Listen, JIM" urged. 1T was al
ways Bella who did things here: She
managed the house, she ~tryrannizet
over her friends. and she bullied you
Yes, she did. Now she's here. withou
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SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. Ills
ambition in life was to be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do so. his
art is considered a huge joke. except 10
himself, If he asked people to dinner ev-
eryone expected a frolic. Jimmy marrles
Bella Knowles; they live together a year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range to celebrate the first anniversary
of his divorce. Those who attend me
party are Miss Katherine McNair Who
every one calls Kit. Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas
Brown. the Misses Nercer. Maxwell heeu
and a Mr.. Thomas HARRISON, a Souin
American civil engineer. The party IS in
full swing when Jimmy receives a teie-
gram from his Aunt Selma. who VIII ar
rive in four hours to visit MN ana ms
wife. Jimmy gets his funds from Aunt
Selma and after he marries she douples
his allowance. He neglects to tell her OF
his divorce, as she is opposed TO IT. jim
my takes Kit into his confidence, ne tries
to devise some way so that his aunt VIII
not learn that he has no longer a wire.
He suggests that Kit play the hostess Tor
one night, be Mrs. Wilson pro tenn. Kit
refuses. but is finely prevailed upon to
act the part. Aunt Selma arrives and the
deception works out as planned. as she
had never seen Jim's wife. Jim's Jap
servant is taken Ill: his face Is covered
with spots. Bella. Jimmy's divorced wife.
enters the house and asks Kit who IS pc
ing taken away in the ambulance? Bella
insists it is Jim. Kit tells her Jim Is well
wasn't Jim she wanted to see. but TAXA
hira. the Jap servant. as she wished to
secure his services. HARRISON steps out
on the porch and discovers a man lacking
a card on the door. He demands an ex-
PLANTATION. The man points to the placard
and HARRISON sees the word Smallpox
printed on 1t. The mar tells him he is
an officer of the board of health and
tells him the house is under quarantine
and that the guests will have to remain
in the house until after the quarantine is
lifted. The guests suddenly realize their
predicament. the women shed tears. the
men consider 1t a good joke. HARRISON
ation of things. She finally tells him of
Bella's incarceration in the basement.
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Statehood Advocates Invade Capital

fend those who are sticklers for up
holding the dignity Of the judiciary.
The Arizona men say a good judge
who doesn't become ~inoculated with
corporation and trust microbes has
nothing to fear from the recall. but
that the official life of a Judge who
leans away from the law might be
shortened by the recall provision. and
it was to provide for such cases that
it was made applicable to the judiciary
as well as other offices.
The gist of the Arizona argument to
a cornered congressman was:
After our recent election 80 per
zen of the people voted to approve
the constitution. We know what we
want. We know what Arizona needs.
Why don't you let as have the consti-
tuition we made and approved? Let us
attend 10 u own affairs-we are
plenty able to do it."
1t was a strong committee that
came on from Arizona, though not as
large as could have been brought. for
business men all over the state vOlun.
teered to join the invasion of Washing
ton il it was thought their presence
would help.
The committee was carefully select
ed from among the volunteers and
instead of chartering a special train
and making a junket out OF the trip,
each member came on his W &C
count, regarding it as a serious bust
ness matter. rather than a pleasure
jaunt.
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your invitation, and she has to stay.
It's your turn to bully. to dictate
terms, to be coldly civil OF politely
rude. Make her furious at you. II
she is jealous, so much the better"
How far would you sacrifice your
self on the altar of friendship" he
asked.
"You may pay me all the attention
you like, in public" | replied. and
after we shook hands we went to-
gether to Bella.
There was an ominous pause when
we went into the den. Bella was sit
ting by the register, with her furs on,
and after one glance over her shout
der at us, she looked away again with
out speaking.
Bella" Jim said a~ppealingly. And
then / pinched his arm, and he drew
himself UP and looked properly Y
ragged.
Bella" he said, coldly this time. Il
can't imagine why you have put your
self in this ridiculous position. but
since you have
Put myself in this ~position!" She
was frantic. ITS a plot. a wretched
trick of yours. this quarantine. to keep
me here"
jim gasped but I gave him q warn
ing glance, and he swallowed hard.
ION the contrary" he said. with
maddening quiet, 4 would be the last
person in the world to wish to per-
petuate an indiscretion Of yours. For
it was hardly discreet, was It. to visit
q bachelor establishment alone at ten
o'clock at night? AS far as my plot
ting to keep YOU here Is concerned. I
assure you that nothing could be FUR
Their from my mind. Our paths were
to be two parallel lines that never
touch" He looked at me for ap-
prevail, and Bella was choking.
you are worse than | ever thought
you" she stormed. 4 thought you
were only a-+-a fool. Now | know you
for q brute!"
GRO BE CoNTINUED.)
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Hobson Again Predicts War With Japs

We will be struck" he declared,
and when we are-gentlemen may diff
fer with me as to the time. but I firm
" believe 1t can be counted In months
on the fingers Of my two hands-we
win find. ourselves practically power
less. The nations of the world will call
on us to give up the war and not con
tinue to disturb the peace of the world,
lust as we did with Russia in her war
with Japan. Our own fnanciers will
demand that we end an apparently
hopeless struggle.
but we will not give up. We will
fight on, angered and Inundated, until
1t becomes a mere question Of re.
Ever since we went into Ha-
wall, aver since we took possession Of
the Philippines, declining to let Japan
In there with us; ever since their citi-
zens came to this country and received
from our people the treatment that the
difference IN race made inevitable,
Japan has been preparing for war with
IN
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as another mans wife and generally
making a fool of myself-which is the
way he put it. And | knew in my
heart that he was right, and | hated
him for it.
Why don't you go and tell him
them2'" / asked hastily. No n was
paying any attention to us. Tell
them that, to be obliging, l have near
ly drowned in a sea of lies; tell them
that | am not only not married, but
that / never intend to marry; tell
them that we are a lot of idiots with
nothing better to do than to trife with
strangers within our gates, people
who build-I mean. people that are
worth two to our one! Run and tell
them"
He looked at me for a minute, then
he turned on his heel and left me. It
looked as though Max might be going
to be difficult.
While | was improvising an apron
out Of a towel. and Anne was pinning
a sheet into a kimono. so she could
take OF her dinner. gown and still be
proper, Dallas harked back to the
robbery.
"Anne put the collar on the table
there" he said. There's no mistake
about that. watched her do It, for
/ remember thinking it was the sole
reminder l had that Consolidated
Traction ever went above 49,"
Max was looking around the room,
examining the window locks and
whistling between his teeth. He was
in disgrace with every one. for by
that time it was light enough to see
three reporters with Gamers across
the street waiting for enough sun to
snap the house, and everybody knew
that it was Max and his idiotic wager
that had done 1t. He had made two
or three conciliatory remarks, but no
one would speak to him. His antics
were so queer, however, that we were
all watching him, and when he had
felt over the rug with his hands. and
raised the edges. and tried to lift out
the c~hair-seats. and had shaken out
Dal's shoes Che said people often hid
things and then forgot about IT.. he
made Z proposition.
~ you will take that internal furA
mace from abound ~ n6ck, I1i uneoxs
takS eikh6r ~ 4n1 fhS Je8els of 81
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FOR WOMEN GIVEN FREE

Pepsin. 1t is a woman's favorite laxa-
tive. You will find that you can do away
with salts. strong cathartics, etc, which
are entirely unsuited to woman's require
ments
Mrs. Katherine Haberstroh of McKees
Rocks, Pa, and Mrs. A. e. Herrick OF
Wheeler. Mich, who was almost para
lived in her stomach and bowels. are now
cured by the use of this remedy. A free
sample bottle can be obtained by address
ing DR.. Caldwell, and after you are con-
WINGED of its merits buy 1t of your drug
gist at fifty cents and one dollar a bottle.
For the free sample address DR.. w. b.
Caldwell. pol Caldwell building, Month
cello, Ill.
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MILD, GENTLE LAXATIVE

So many of the ills of women are due
to habitual constipation. probably be-
cause of their false modesty on the sub
ject, that their attention cannot be too
strongly called to the Importance of keep
ing the bowels open. 1t is always impor-
tant to do that, regardless of the sex, but
1t is especially important in women.
From the time the girl begins to mem
struate until m~enstruation ceases she has
always vastly better prospects of coming
through healthy Ii she watches her bowel
movements. II you inc yourself consti-
pated. with bad breath, pimply complex
ion, headaches. belching gas and other
symptoms of indigestion and constipation.
take a small dose OF DIR. Caldwell's Syrup
The Tupelo journal., 1911-03-17
CHAPTER VII.
We Make az omeIet.

1t was Betty Mercer who said she
was hungry, and got us switched from
the delicate subject of which was the
thief to the quite as pressing subjecv
Of which was to be the cook. Aunt
Selma had slept quietly through the
whole thing-we learned afterward
that she customarily slept on her left
side, which was on her good ear. We
gathered in the Lallas Browns DOM
and Jimmy proposed q plan.
We can have anything sent In that
we want. ne suggested speciously.
and II Dial doesn't make eood With.
the city fathers. you Elr1e en- get
some clothes anyhoW. Then, cAn
have dinner eenk ron ~ - ~
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SnappY.

Snappy.
Ten cents worth Of canine pepper"
said the little boy in the suburban
store"
"Canine!" echoed the astonished
clerk. why, my little man, | guess
you mean cayenne pepper"
The little boy was doubtful.
Maybe l do, mister" he hesitated,
but said it was the kind of
pepper that had a sharp bite, SO l
thought it was canine"
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80 fl. Bou,eLs-

Biggest organ of the body-the
bowels-ard the most important
It's got to be looked after-neglect
means suffering and years OF
misery. help
nature keep every part of your
bowels clean and strong-then
they act right-means health to
your whole body. sui
CASCARHTS roc q boz for a weeks treat
ment. All druggists. Biggest seller IN
the world Million boxes q mouth
The Tupelo journal., 1911-03-17
Letter to
DR.. Kllmer 3 Co.
hinshamton, n. Y.

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for a sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also receive
4 booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder. When
writing, be sure and mention this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
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Severe Critics.

Alice-I like Tom immensely, and
he's very much of a gentleman, but he
does like to talk about himself!
Grace-Yes, dear, YOU night hath
q thousand 1's.-Puck.
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All over.

The Tiger-What's the matter with
the giraffe? He doesn't look well.
The Lion-No. he says he feels sick
all over.
The Tiger-Has a sore throat, sup
pose.
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Imuortanf I'd Mothers

Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and e that 1t
Bears the ~ -
Signature Of IMZzzM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The evening world., 1911-05-19

-Anerioon women are too fond of pleasure using pleasure. IN the correctet.
thropts dinners IN feel hat they are generous and high minded u a degree
Yet really they ar only satisfying har natural msancts-ths wearing of Inc
"When W workers ave to o M eat three hours In order to secure attention
tr those whom we are trying to "a. something u wrong witt the sM1t of
American womanhood
.xactns labor And hi Is essentially fugitive n Indispensable.
"She drops her cork in q heap and futters o ~ to som np
aSd. That Is pv her beneUoence Is so unsympothcic and unsatisfactory
With this trait of nervous Incidence hi combines a cowardto tina is partly
y have had wonen her. In my ONT. to whom 7 hav. told IN. tragic and
pathetic facts of m crusade IN behalf of the bNnd babies. have seen them
WEEP and moan and wiring their hands Such women usually wen away
breathing all sorts OF promises. n then did their best to forget, what they'd
heard by rushing into the nearest matinee.
They were nt selfish 10 much As atrah-an~td to admit tas ssistencs OF
"our WON ire also AFFLICTED with another sorto cowardns . unwilling
sss TO get of the cleared trail They are too dependent upon their conception
1t what is popular.
q remember nee addressing a Ave minute appeal " a Iarge meeting OF
~emsns clubs. twenty different ne being represented In the audience of I've
blind baby from that city to- u New Jersey home I did not GET anything like
hat mount: mi me speaker N followed m. naked for co,st,nton rr an
American aomen IRE too apt to Judge By the surface OF things, and
they are too anxious % receive applause. They say Such and such a fund
seemst to be making a hit I must be knopn as n Of the contributors' Or
else they zee q fashionable 'eonuns nam on the board Of directors and
they rush foruardt to be associated with her. They pHl not take the time
end trouble for the patient Investigation necessary to discover real ,corth
"They ore narroW IN their Judgment shaHoW IN their conclusions.
S. pre,udicsd" added Mr.. Alden. -Ts.y got n idea n.eai In their heads
thai the are wrong md they pTde themselves on being Interchangeable and
ssadfast whe they al. only ignorant IN stubborn.
please don't vhtn&," IN broke n, earnestly. that 4 am saying n OF these
rnss In a spirt of bitterness Or uncharnnoeness Only do penoyc them to
b sus and l think the women should learn 70 81. shem'eivs' as other. rec
"The thing at tho bottom OF It oil "a a lock Of Individual Independence
rho American woman m~t learn to stand on her own feet. She must not
- q parasite, depending upon somebody else Jr nor support and eren for
nor opinions.
"shs OF look 70 . man = Go her share IN the worlds hard work She
AS a mother, the American uoman Is the best In the uord.
"only ! wish she would teach hr daughter more independence o thought
Our ideal future won must be as srons. as aMe to take care Of them,
ssNA ana weaker ones. A. their husbands and brothers"
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mage" and / drew her to Il, half
forcing her down into It. She eat very
stu. mechanically obedient. while ]
looked around me.
II was a strange little room 10 md
In this decaying tenement. on tho s'Il
or the single window that gave upon
the street blossomed an uneven row "
goranlums. one pot had fallen 20 the
noor and lay shattered. the fresh green
OF its broken plant plteous in a sprawl
% scattered earth. The whole place
bore evidence OF an insIstent struggle
for the cheerfulness o; n home. White,
starcny curtains were at the winIo's'
the walls were fairly covered with pc
lures, colored prints flr the most part.
and supplements Of SUNDAY papers.
A b.rd cage had hung In one corner,
and now Lag, cage and bottom fallen
apart, upon a mudd,e OF s9cd and water;
and a frightened canary perChed upon
tho leg Of a fallen table. blinking I'm the
unsteady Hare OF the gas. The n1or
was spotlessly clean, It's worn boards
white with s~crubbinz, "a where the
flower pot and bird cage had DeeH over
turned. n the dark stain spread from
beneath the woman's air. The whole
scene was u~Dnaturally and strangely
vivid, all its little details leap'ng 70 the
eve with the stark br!ll.ance OF a Hash
light.
To the r!edht of the door Nv which the
woman lay was another door. and !
crossed over 20 Il. II opened with a
squeak. and for a moment 7 stoNd look
ing in. This was evidently the sleep
Ing room, II held only a wasastand, a
chest and ar iron bedstead; and here,
too, az uneNtinsu.shed gas-jHt farel. I
stepped In and closed the door behtnd
re, Tor upon the he'd lay another mud
died figure. II was a man lying face
downward. breathing heavily ana ey!-
IDENTIFY very drunk, for the wtao.e place
reeked sourly OF aico10l.
pulled at his shoulder, turning him
half over. For hal' a minute J hell him
so, then let him fall back as ! had found
him. | glanced behlHd me 10 he sure
that tho door was shut. The man on the
bed muttered thickly, shifting his post
tton; and something thudded upon the
floor. and rolled TO my feet. II was a
short III o. iron. rather more thick at
one end than at tho other, and as l
turned II over In my hands. II left a
stain. Somewhere ! had eeen such an
instrument before, but I could not at the
moment recall where, and | dropped
the thing into my pocket not without
some feeling o! disgust.
4 small mirror hung over the wash
stand. THIS / hlu.ealy took down, and
~ hWsisdv Nett the room. csos4ns tas
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CHAPTER TX.
O We Escaped.

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SNARE 0f earlier good looks. The hair
that fen away loosely from her broad
forehead was back and straight, show
ing only here and there a thread or
silver. The large hands lay Imply
open, and the face was deathlv white.
She had fallen away from tho door
with her knees pressed closely against
It, as though y had been Trying 10
open Il when the blow came.
, do you think she Is deadf" Lady
bresthed at last.
"Of course not" I answered. but !
was very much erraid. ] knet down
beside her and listened to her heart.
! wa not sure. but II seened TO me
that It beat family; u family that
II might have been only the drumming
OF my own pulses In my ears.
"Csn you nnd . m!rror7" sShs<
from the floor.
Lady glanced vaguely about the room
then came back 10 me with uncompre
hend!ng eyes. NO, ! can't see any
What for?" she said duly,
! r quickly to my feet. A chat
lay overturned on the bare white board
Of the hoor, ana I picked It up, setting
near the window.
's,t there J ssad. while ! ru@
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The Professors Mystery 81 & an % s1:n 1aa .aR:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures.

door behind me. Lady vas stall tsittlng
where ] mad left her. but as / came
across the room she got up.
What are YOU going to DO" she
asked, I'm sure ! can hep in some
way. You were gone a long time. but
! waited"
TN show YOU In q moment" ! said
We talked N whispers as ~ in tho pres
cn"e OF death; and yet was almost sIre
tlat the woman was alive. NeyertHe-
legs, II was with n great deal o. relief
that ! saw the mirror softly cloud be-
fore hcr lips.
ITS all right" I cried. SHE'S alive"
Are YOU sure?"
absolutely"
"Oh, Thank Goa" Lady breathed.
Amen" said /. WHAT are We 10 do
now"
What DO you think we had better dot
IL there any watS In thereY"
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100000. %. s.ys

There's nothing In there thats OF
any use" ! said quickly. II should say
the first thing would be 20 send for an
nmpulan %, and the next for the police
$40. no" Lady cried. "Whatever 10
to be Zone we must do ourselves. ]
came here to take her way. Can't we
take her ~ she ls?"
she could e clrricd downstairs ensily
enough" said |, surprised. but some
body ought TO he arrested for this thing.
Have you any notion who dld IT,
'TIer husband, / suppose" answered
Lady bitterly, lie IL Ike that when he
has been drinking. S1clh was AFRAID
something would happen when he came
back"
"Sheila7"
Lazy glanced NJ the figure before Ne,
"That 10 Shc.il,' she said, she used
to be my nurse
I picked the woman up in my arms
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Mis Tabor. 'T0u 49, 70 hsaD Ar.
Crosby carry her down 70 he CA"
The man starsd at the vomaA - ne
Moor. 'Hurtr" he DRIED. M. Css6hy
said she was H." He danced about
the clean little room. Aisordsrsd b. the
violence that had passed. and shsank
staring.
What's shatr" He pointed - a.
dark stain lear tho door.
That" I answered lightly. ~ none
OF your businsss. suppose o take
her feet"
This man turnSd Q sick Green. ITS
blood he whispered. ITS murder"
Nonsense. man; the woman Is alive.
she fell and hurt her head, that's all.
AZ any rate. We are going TO AXE her
where she can be cared for. Take her
feet. We ought not to leave the car
too long"
The fellow shook his head.
h Is dead" he repeated sullenly
There has been murder done. I'll have
nothing TO do with IT,"
Miss Tabor broke In: '-rhomas, yoxs
heard what Mr.. Crosby said. You are 10
help him this instant"
Il am not" he said. II have done
more and seen more than a decent man
should, already. A nns district this is
80 N' ''H VI ~ HAkNt, Win cut
threats asleep In the street and a dead
woman lying above. ] give notice now,
and | go now"
you'll do nothing OF tho kind" re-
torted. Have You no loyalty"
II am az honest as the next" he an
swered, TOO honest. or ! should hav.
gone n month " 'Ti9 no place for
a decent. quiet man.. what with n n.y.
hy-night sawbones living In my garage.
and all sorts OF strange folks coming
and going at the house. and calls at all
hours, and Lord knows what going on.
It's no decent place, I'm through right
now! For the love OF God. whats
that?"
The sound had startled us all. and Il
was repeated sound betwixt a groan
and a growl. I glanced toward the
door Of the inner room.
My Cod cried Thomas. There's
another OF them He started across
tho room. but I was before him. I
turned the key IN the door. and placed
my back against II. From within the
growls came with greater frequency.
The chauffeur stood before me. SHAH
ing with the anger Of terror.
VERY WELL" l said. you go down
to your car and start tho engine. I
will carry the woman down without
YOU"
! Sye bs CenuausAl -