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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-14
CHAPTER XXI. tcontlnued,)

"A rope!" he demanded, without
paying any attention to us and diving
into corners of the room. Good heav-
ems, isn't there a rope in this con-
founded house!"
He turned and rushed out, without
any explanation, and left us staring at
the door.
Bother the rope!" I found myself
forced to look into two earnest eyes.
Kit, we're you very angry when /
kissed you that night on the roof"
very" I maintained stoutly
"Theu prepare yourself for another
attack Of ragew he said. And Betty
opened the door.
She had on a fetching pale blue
dressing gown, and one braid Of her
yellow hair was pulled carelessly over
her shoulder When she saw me on
my knees beside the bed (oh, yes, I
forgot to say that, quite unconscious
ly, l had slid into that posltion) she
stopped short, just inside the door,
and put her hand to her throat. She
stood for quite a perceptlble time
looking at us, and 1 tried to rise. But
Tom shamelessly put his arm around
my shoulders and held me beside him.
II beg your pardon for coming
in," she said nervously. "But-they
want you downstairs, Kit. At least, I
thought you would want to go, but
perhaps"
Just then from the lower part Of the
house came a pandemonium of noises.
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Moreover, it would not be the first
time that fashion had to bow to a
higher decree than that of milliners
and modtstes In the middle Of the
fourteenth century at Bologna, Pescia
and elsewhere, all dresses had to be
submitted to the authorities and seal
ed with leaden "bolla," and in Italy
in 1910 the church prohibited the la
dies of Lombardy from wearing long
trains
Would that some such check could
be put upon fashions nowadays! When
we take our walks abroad we are COM
PEELED to submit to a succession Of
aesthetic shocks. Hats like huge in
verted flower pots adorn every second
head; but the agony of the artistic
soul surely reaches it's most acute
stage when It encounters that mon
strosity of modern times, the hobble
skirt. Since its introduction all grace
has disappeared from our midst Some
extreme styles are chic or elegant.
The hobble skirt is neither the one
nor the other. 1t is simply silly.
1t is good news, therefore, that this
grotesque garment is doomed to ex-
tinction. Queen Mary of England has
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SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he ig called
pE MS friends, was rotund ana lo9N
ambition In life was 20 bo taken seriously
but people steadily refused 10 90 10, nus
gTt Us considered a huge Joke, except !"
eryone expected a froilo. Jimmy marfes
hella Knowles they live together q year
ana are divorced Jimmy'a frionda IVY
range % celebrate tho hrst yelbt,ly
when Jimmy receives n telegram from ms
Aunt Selma, who viii arrive IN four hours
20 visit him and his Wifo. He neEloct1 20
tell her OF his divorce, Jimmy takes klt
into his confidence, lie suggests that KIT
play the hostess for one night, be Mrs:
Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives and
Jim's Jap servant 10 taken ill Bella,
Jimmy'a divorced wife, enters the house
the ambulance7 Belle inHlsts Il IS Jim.
KIT tells her Jim IS well and Is in the
mousse, HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers man tacking card on
the door. li0 demands an explanation.
The man points 10 tho placnrd and Har-
bison sees the word Smallpox" printed
on H. He tells him the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine Is
hfted. After the llftinE OF the quarantine
several letters are found IN the mail box
qndehxered. one Is addressed TO Henry
written BY Harblson no describes mi
nutelY OF their Incarceration, also ~ his
lntatuntion for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selma
is taken IN with Ia grippe. Betty acts as
ncrse. HARRISON nnds KIT sullCng on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her outraEeouHly. Kit starts
downstairs, when suddenly she is grasped
IN the arms OF man who l,inses her sew
crol times. She believes that HARRISON
Old II and IS humilinted. Aunt Selma tells
Jlmmy that her cameo hrcastpin and
other articles OF iewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty OF the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings, but she persists in suspccting
Bctty OF tho theft Of her valuablcs.
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as TO her conduct towards him. she
tells him of the Incident on the roof. he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation.
Aunt Selma Is awakened during the
night; she finds Jim making love 10
bella; she demands an explanation
from Jim. Bella reveals the whole
plot 10 Aunt Selma She forgives both
or them, but calls Kit q Jezebel. She
tells Jim TO reveal tho true situation TO
HARRISON. Jimmy Is taken III. They are
convinced that jim has the dreaded dis
ease. Kit discovers Annes pearl neck
lace IN the laundry inbedded IN a mass
OF soap. KIT finds HARRISON lying on
tho roof unconscious with his face
covered with blood. Tho doctor Is sum
moned and pronounced HARRISON injuries
slight. While Kit Is waiting on HARRISON
they are startled by a pandemonium Of
noises.
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that Jim was In earnest. and that the
rest OF us were not crawling out 2
rear window while he held them al
tho door, they came In, three OF them
and two reporters, and Jim led them
70 tho buffers pantry
Hero wo found Anne. very white
and shaky. with tho pantry table and
two chairs piled against the door oi
tho kitchen slide. and olutching the
chamois.skin bag that held her jewels,
She had a bottle OF Burgundy open
beside her. and was pouring herself a
glass with shaking hands when we
appeared. She was furious at Jim.
Il very nearly tainted" she said
hysterieally Il might have been mur.
dered. and no one would have cared.
] wish they would stop that chopping.
I'm so nervous ! could scream"
Jim took the Burgundy from her
with one hand and pointed the police
70 the barrlcaded door with the other.
That is the door to the dumb.wait.
er shaft" he said THE lower one Is
fastened on tho inside. in some man.
ner. The noises commenced about
eleven o'clock, while Mr.. Brown was
on guard. There were scraping sounds
first, and later the sound Of a falling
body He reused Mr Reed and my.
self. but when we examined the shaft
everything was quiet, and dark. We
tried lowering a candle on a string
butt was eTtinguished from below"
Tho reporters were busiIy removing
the table and chairs from the door.
IF you have a rope handy" one Of
them said, Il viii go down the shaft"
THE cage appears TO be stuck, half.
way between the floors" Jim said
They are cutting through the door in
the kitchen below"
They opened the door then and eau.
tiously peered down, but there was
nothing TO be seen. touched Jim
gingerly on the arm.
rs it's It Flanagan" l asked,
shut in there?"
''No-yes-I don't know" he re-
turned absently. Run along and don't
bother Kit He may take to shoot
ing any minute"
Anne and went out then and shut
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osity were killed and fell into these
grave-like trenches.
The movement of the troops from
the right and left of Hancock's Sec
ond corps to supporting distance .of
that peerless soldiers position gave
warning that a desperate assault was
soon to be made. The whole army was
in waiting, and expected to partici-
pate. The battle came with a mighty
clash, and a charge as heroic as Pick
ett's at Gettysburg Within a short
space Of time there fell on June g.,
1854, at Cold Harbor, 1900 men,
killed or wounded Brigades we're
chopped to pieces until they we're
only battalions, and regiments until
they were only companies In some in
stances companies wholly disap-
peared; in many instances their ranks
were depleted to a corporals squad.
1t was a disastrous Union defeat.
The result was well calculated to dis
hearten the splendid army that had
fought so many times and suffered so
frequently without much gain for its
cause. But, strange to say, as well as
fortunate to say, it did not lose conf
dence it was still hopeful It was still
as determined as was its unyielding,
hopeful, confident commander, the ST.
lent Grant.
General Lees defeat of Grant and
the Army Of the Potomac at Cold Har-
Dor added fresh IaureIs to the south
ern leaders military brow and gave
the Confederacy new hope.
Just before the army left Cold Har-
bor there took place, out Of range OF
rifles but not of cannon, a meeting aud
a parting that was pathetic. One June
II, 1864, the Iron Brigade began to dis
solve. The three years Of the Second
Wisconsin had expired, and they we're
relieved from the battle line and sent
home for mastering out, It would
have been natural for the men OF tho
Second to be overioyed at permission.
to 60 home after three years of such
work as they had done. But there
were faces as sad among the little
party as 1t marched away as were
found among those of the Sixth and
Seventh Wisconsin, Nineteenth Indi-
ana and Twenty-fourth Michigan, who
soberly watched them until they diB.
appeared over the hill
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-14
NEED CENSOR OF FASHIONS
Writer Declares All New Models
Should Be Examined Before They
Are Given to Public.

Fashions are for FOOLS" said an
eighteenth century writer, and had
he lived in the twentieth century he
would have more reason than ever for
his assertion. If the bulk of people
were more original and independent,
fashion would have little influence. 1t
1t the sheep-like quality in human ma
ture, the unthinking blind subser-
vience to the correct thing" that
causes so many women to become SER
vile slaves to fashion, even to the ex-
tent of making caricatures of them
selves at the behest Of the most tyran-
nical of goddesses.
Never before surely were fashions
so inartistic as they are at present. A
state censor of dress is much needed;
some one of unimpeachable taste, to
whom, every new fashion would be sub
mitted before it was launched on the
public. Such a state official is much
more needed than a censor of plays.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-14
GEN. GRANT At COLD HARBOR
Gen. Lees Victory Added Fresh Lau.
rels 70 Southern Leaders Brow
and Gave New Hope.


General Grant and bis legions Of the
Second. Fifth. Sixth and Ninth corps
and a portion OF shcrldan's cavalry.
after having literally tramped through
blood in the Wilderness, at Laurel
Hill. Spottaylyanla and North Anna.
on the way 10 Richmond, began 10 con-
ceutrate at Cold Harbor, a few miles
from Richmond, June I, 1864, writes
Lieut.. Col. j. A. Warous in the Chica-
20 Record-Herald. There was a sharp
fight that day, and for nine days that
devoted army, whose losses from May
6 appr0ximated 40 900 killed. wounded
and prisoner, was constantly under
musketry and cannon firing, engaged
in several of the most bitterly con-
tested actions Of the campaign from
Culpepper and AppomattoX
AZ Cold Harbor General "Baldy'
Smiths corps. the Eighteenth. joined
the Army of the Potomac and took
part in those memorable battles which
threatened Richmond so greatly that
President Davis. other high officials
and many citizens were prepared 10
Zee az an hours notice trains having
been kept in waiting 10 convey them
out OF the reach of the northern army
There was warfare iu all of i.s saw
agery at Cold HarbOr Both armies
fully realized the Importance oil every
move General Lee ana his men felt
that they must fight as nov-. before
10 save the capital Of the CJuigaeracy,
and Generals Grant and Meade aud
their followers realized the need OF
successful issue Of the Cold Harbor
engagements.
General Grants army was 40 great
disadvantage throughout the Cold Har-
Dor campaign June ., at short time
before sundown. General Lee concen-
trated a large force on the Union
right. and made a fierce attack upon
General Burnside's Ninth corps. Tho
Ninth corps was driven back and
swung partially in the reef of the
Fifth and Second corps Reinforce
ments, hurried to the aid Of the Ninth
succeeded in repulsing the onslaught
and in driving back the victorious
Confederates to the position they held
before the attack was made.
That battle did not end until dark.
The cheers Of the victors. the disorder
Of the vanquIshed the bursting Of
shells. the screeching OF solid shot and
the heavy, constant roll Of muskeuy,
with bright flashes. rendered ,t a start
ling and spectacular incident
All along both lines. Union and Con-
federate, trenches, not unlike graves,
had bseu dug for protection. Scores
of men who EXPOSED themselves in the
performance of duty or through curl
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UHDERIPCblto WORHr/WI.S
~ m D,XiHOhY C/NLkLZYTIlY

both upon walls and ceiling some pat
| tern decoration, which / sketched. i
Is painted in a dun ochreous red upon
the bare surface. The chambers arc
neither very small nor very large, bu,
the floors vary from about twelve %
fifteen feet in diameter, and perhaps
their most striking feature is that
some Of the walls are curved vertical,
ly as well as laterally.
The hall or chamber is about thirty
feet below the ground level In gen
eral shape it is an irregular apse with
inches and other chambers opening
from it. It has a kind of double CO.
roma, corresponding in buildings TO a
projection of the upper parts Of cor
nice, which is especially curious, rs is
also the division of the floor (already
in two levels connected by a step) by
a deep vertical cutting several feet
wide. There is a diversity In the door
ways, or entrance openings some Of
which are so cut as to present the ap-
pearance of a Intel upon square side
columns, and some the appearance of
supporting the superstructure without
any Intel 1t was here for four hours
one night / sat alone in the silence
working at my copperplate.
The permanence Of stone, and con-
sequently the durability of at least the
forms of all human ideas expressed
in that medium appeals as something
invested with the spirit Of that border
country which lies between mortality
and infinite endurance. So gods in
stone lend to its very substance some
quality of the deities they represent;
and homes or treasure-houses, tombs
or temples, when cut or builded in
massive, imperishable rock, challenge
the wondermeut and speculation Of fu-
ture ages with the mysterious triune
power Of curiosity, respect, and awe
to ravel out their purposes, and to dis
cover or at least imagine, the kind
of men who hewed them with their
hands.
1t was formerly agreed among
archaelogists that all the most ancient
antiquities of Malta, including such
sanctuaries as that of Hagiar-Kim,
We're of Phoenician origin; but that
belief has been almost entirely aban-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-14

Under the direction Of Prof. Hiram
Bingham, party will leave Yale uni.
versity on June 10 to carry on geo
graphical, archaeological and historic
al exploration in Peru. A cross sec
tion of the Andes will be made
through a country that has never
been scientifically explored and only
mapped in the rudest possible way.
The party, which will probably con-
sist of photographer and geologist,
a skilled topographer, an assistant
topographer, and possibly a surgeon
and naturalist, besides the director,
expects to spend five months in the
field.
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the door, and went into the dining
room and sat on our feet for Of course
the bullets might come up through the
hoor.
In the midst of the excitement Tom
appeared in a bath-robe looking very
pale, with bandage around his head
and the nurse at his heels threatening
to leave and carrying bottle of med
icine and a spoon.
In about fifteen minutes there was
a thud, as II the cage had fallen, and
the sound Of feet rushing down the
cellar stairs. Then there were groans
and loud oaths, and everybody talking
at once, below, and the sound of a
struggle. In the dining room we all
sat bent forward, with straining ears
and quickened breath, until we dis.
tinctly heard some one laugh. Then
we knew that, whatever it was, 1t was
over, and nobody was killed.
The sounds came closer, were com
ing up the stairs and into the pantry.
Then the door swung open, and Tom
dLQ u pOllCSLudh dppSd1Cu III lu6 uOOT-
way, with the others crowding be-
hind. Between them they supported
a grimy, unshaven object, covered
with whitewash from the wall of the
shaft, an object that had its hands
fastened together with handouts, and
that leered at us with a pair of the
most villainously crossed eyes / have
ever seen.
None Of us had ever seen him be-
fore
"Mr. Lawrence McGuirk, better
known as 'Tubby'," Tom said cheer
fully "A celebrity in his particular
line, which is second-story man and
all-round rascal. A victim of the
like ourselves"
We've missed him for a week."
one of the guards said with a grin.
We've been real anxious about you,
Tubby. Amt week goes by, when
you're in health, that we don't hear
something of you"
Mr.. McGuirk muttered something
under his breath, and the men chuck
led.
Aunt Selma rose suddenly and
cleared her throat.
'Am / to understand" she asked Sc
that from now on We win
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vessel has to be sent into drydock
and scraped and painted, at great ex-
pense. Numerous methods of over
coming this very serious drawback to
ocean navigation have been proposed,
but nothing has ever really solved the
problem. Barnacles will not attach
themselves to glass, and so the expert.
ment has been trial of covering the
ships underwater parts with glass
plates. Steel and glass, however,
have a different ratio of exp nsion,
and it took only slight rise in tenn
perature for the steel to expand un-
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CHAPTER XIII.
Coming.

Coming.
The second floor was empty A ta-
Bile lay overturned at the top of the
stairs, and broken flower vase was
Woltering in its own ooze. Part way
down Betty stepped on something
sharp. that proved to be the Jap
anese paper knife from the den. |
left her on the stairs examining her
foot, and hurried to the lower floor
Here everything was in the utmost
confusion. Aunt Selma had tainted
and was sitting in hall chair with
her head rolled over sidewise and the
poker from the library fireplace
across her knees. No one was paying
any attention to her. And Jim was
holding the front door open, while
three of the guards hesitated in the
vestibule. The noises continued from
the back of the house, and as / stood
on the lowest stair Bella came out
from the dining room, with her face
streaked with SCOT, and carrying a
kettle Of hot water.
"Jim," she called wildly. while
Max and Dal are below, you can pour
this down from the top. It's boiling"
Jim glanced back over his shoulder
Garry out your own murderous de-
signs" he said And then, as she
started back with it, Bella, for Heav-
ems sake" he called, have you gone
stark mad? Put that kettle down.
She did 1t sulkily and Jim turned
to the policeman.
"Yes, l know it was a false alarm
before" he explained patiently, but
this is genuine. It is just as I tell
you. Yes, Flanagan is in the house
somewhere, but he's hiding, l guess.
We could manage the thing very we'll
ourselves, but we have no cartridges
for our revolVers." Then as the noise
from the rear redoubled, IF you don't
come in and help, will telephone for
(the fire department" he concluded
amphatically.
ran to Aunt Selma and tried to
Taighten her head. In moment she
med her eyes, sat up and stared
Nd her. She saw the kettle at
are you doing with boiling
the foor?" she said to me,
Returning voice. Don't you
Awill spoil the floor?' The
Jon was strong with Aunt
quail
.fnd out the trouble from
e appeared and disap-
ing strange articles. |
ae, Dial with his hatch
kettle. but could
Explanation from no
yards finally decided
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HaSMRZE RFCIINLIYd I@QURE
m TEREHP - COTTP

| doned and in his exhaustive study OF
the prehistoric remains of Malta,
which was, however, written before
the discovery of the Hypogaeum at
Paula, Professor Mayr shows that the
construction of the Maltese sanctu-
aries is entirely at variance with
Phoeuician peculiarities. That there
are in Malta plenty Of Phoenician
tombs and other remains of Phoeui-
clan colonization is obvious enough
but these less developed forms are IN
like them, and, even had they been
identical with earlier stages Of phoeni-
clan art would not have been intro
duced By colonists or traders at a later
stage Of development
In q recent article Mr. c. Hogarth
has described the rise in pre-Homeric
times OF an Aegean civilization which
eliminated during the age OF bronze
in the apogee Of Cnossus. and paved
the way for the development of his
toric Greece. In Malta modern re-
searches, collated with the results Of
archaeological study in Sardinia, in the
Balearic Islands and in the southeast
of Spain, suggest the growth of a civil
lization never attaining such advanced
culture but pegsisting through long
ages with striking tenacity and indi-
yidual character, and surviving as a
lingering tradition to this our day
The discovery of the Hypogaeum at
Paula whatever may have been the
exact use Of its mysterious chambers
with their strangely curved walls, adds
another and most important testimony
to this theory of an early western
Mediterranean civilization, which Pro
fessor Mayr traces from Malta, be-
yond the limits named above, to the
northwestern coasts of France Eng
land and Ireland and as far north as
the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
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finished his story, and we all went 70
the door. In the vestibule Aunt Selma
suddenly remembered something, and
she stepped forward and caught the
poor fellow by the arm.
Young man." she said grimly. TN
thank you to return what you took
from me last Tuesday night"
McGuirk started, then shuddered
and turned suddenly pale.
Good Lordl" he calculated. "On
the stairs to the roof You'll"
They led him away then, quite brok-
en-, with Aunt Selma staring after
him. She never did understand.
could have explained, but 1t was too
awful.
On the steps McGuirk turned and
took a farewell glance at us. Then
he waved his hand to the policemen
and reporters who had gathered
around.
"Good-by, fellows" he called feeloly.
"I amt sorry, / amt Jail'll be par
adise after this"
And then we went to pack our
trunks.
Note from Max which came the
next day with its enclosure:
My Dear Kit--The enclosed trunk
tag was used on my trunk, evidently
by mistake. Higgins discovered 1t
when he was unpacking and returned
it to me under the misapprehension
that had written it. ! wish ! had.
L suppose there must be something
attractive about a fellow who has
the courage to write love letter on
the back of trunk tag, and who's
doesn't give a tinkers dam who finds
It. But for my peace Of mind, ask
him not to leave another one around
where l will come across 1t. Max.
Written on the back Of the trunk
tag:
Don't you know that / won't see you
until tomorrow? For heavens sake,
get away from this crowd and come
into the den. If you don't l will kiss
you before everybody. Are you com.
ing? T.
Written below:
No indeed. X.
This was scratched out and beneath.
Coming.
THE END.
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seasons records, which have just
been published. the Arolla glacier has
receded S5 feet in the last twelve
month"; the Aletsch, the longest In
the Alps, 65 feet; the Corner glacier
So feet, the zinal 81 feet and the Turt-
mann glacier in the Zermatt range
and the zanfieuren or Senetsch gla-
cier nearly 46 feet each.
Within the last ten years the
zigiornuovo glacier has shrunk by as
much as 904 feet, the ZanAeuren by
us feet, the Aletsch by $50 feet, the
FINAL by s7s feet and the Corner by
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GLASS SHEATHING FOR SHIPS
Patent Taken Out by EngIishman
Proves a Novel Form of
Protection.

After an ocean-going steamer has
run for few months its bottom be-
comes so befouled with the growth Of
barnacles that its speed is consider
ably reduced. In fact after only six
months the coal consumption will in
crease as much as go per cent. in
some cases on this account and the