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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-07-25
CHAPTER XIX.

The day passed somewhat dragging.
ly, for time flies with leaden pin-feath.
ers when you are in a hurry. Brockett
and Solano knew that they had little
time left for action, and that If they
failed to recover the messages now in
possession of the big negro their jour.
ney would abruptly end, an utter fail.
ure. Most of the afternoon and early
evening was spent in discussing the
giant black, and the chances of finding
the documents still in his possession.
81 only hope" said Brockett, that
he hasn't thrown away the envelopes.
He might very likely destroy them to
make the chance of identifying the
belt 80 much smaller. and to protect
him in the possession of the money
Il hardly think So" Solano encour
aged the worried youngster. When
We get the negro, we'll get belt, pa
pers, money and all. And think Of
ficer Hogan will come pretty near to
rounding him up, If anybody can"
Il wonder II the big fellow remem-
bered us from Detroit?" unused Brock
EFT. "If so, he might also remember
the card he passed us, something Of
its general appearance, and, If he
opened the envelopes In the belt, the
duplication Of the writing might i'm
press him."
Hardly probable" dissented So
lano. HE IA simply told, in De-
troit, to hand that card to us, and
was paid something to do 1t. He
might remember us, all right, but
would not be likely to remember any
thing about the message that he gave
Us. Quit fretting about the whole
business. l firmly believe everything
will work out all right, and that the
lost envelopes will come back to you
before morning. Then We can hurry
towards Mexico as fast as you may de-
sire"
It was about nine that night when
Oficers Hogan and Fynn-the latter
as big, as husky and as truly Irish as
his partner-summoned the boys for
the expedition that should spell abso-
lutte failure or q chance to retrieve
lost fortunes. Both were In plain
clothes, both we're heavily armed. and
both seemed 70 regard tho evenings
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Flynn and Hogan, large, convincing
pistols ready in their hands. Flynn
shot his fist against the ear Of the
ChiIaman. while Hogan, in most I'M
chivalric fashion, applied the gun-butt
TO the head of the mulatto woman.
The writhing knot upon the floor re-
solved itself into its proper factors.
and the little man whose knife had
been driven into the body of big Sam
rose, gaspingly. He drew his hand
across his eyes to clear his brain and
get his bearings-and her his gaze
fell upon the face of young Brockett,
not six feet away. Another frightful
yell rang out, and, staggering straight
at the a he thought he slew two
nights before. the Filipino, Aguilar.
fell shrieking to the ground.
Seems to be quite a collection OF
choice ghosts around here, me lads
remarked officer Hogan, while his
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partner was giving such aid as he
could to the bleeding negro. This lit
tie brown party seems to take ye for
wan. an It's meself as made a fine
spook by the door. Flynn an me
was standin' in tn shadows, waitin'
for youse two to give the signal, when
we see these two welldressed people
comm to tn door. AS luck wud have
It, / had taken of me hat ar was
rubin me forehead with a handker-
chief. when they CHANGED to spy mo.
Forthwith they TUX me for the ghost
that loafs be night around these prem
ises-the ghost av a gent without q
head. All they cud see. I'm supposin'.
was me manly frame up to the neck.
an they certainly whit nutty with tn
horror av It. The ghost. tho shost!'
they begin to yell an beat upon the
door. Ye opened tan we got in
just In time to have a hand In an ele-
giant little battle. It's glad am l was
a ghost, for this felly might have put
up some argument II he'd had his
proper senses"
Hogan. as he spoke, snapped hand
cuffs on the w~ell-dressed man who had
come stumbling In when the door
sprang open. The prisoner was still
all unnerved, and offered no objec-
ton, while the woman who had en-.
tered with him covered in a corner,
also utterly overcome
"A good catch this exulted officer
Hogan. The man is Jerry Killen,
wanted for half a dozen clever con
jobs, an the woman is Bessie Dono-
van, a lovely little bit av a panel
worker. | knew that Jerry smoked,
but never knew this was where he
came to do it. Cheer up, Jerry, old
scout was the ghost. No other will
harm ye."
Flynn looked up from the PROSTATE
negro. THE black boy isn't so badly
stuck" said he. GIVE him a little
care an he'll be fit as a fiddle in a
week or so. How about the little
brown wan? 1t was the brown wan
that stuck the black wan, wasn't it,
boys?"
Aguilar was still unconscious. He
tossed and moaned upon the floor, and
Flynn, after satisfying himself that
the Filipino was unframed save from
fright and a few blows on the head,
tied him up with strips torn from the
sheets of a bunk. Hogan, bending yer
big Sam, drew from his pockets a
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stumbled along, occasional smothered
remarks of a thoroughly profane ma
ture marking places where the stall.
wart "coppers" stubbed a toe or
barked q shin. After penetrating the
alley for perhaps 200 feet. the police
men ordered a halt. under the lee OF .
high board fence-the boundary Of q
miry, evillooking yard.
Nov, me sons" said Hogan, right
here is where We have to show q bit
Of generalship, ye understand. Go
youse two through this yard to a small
back door ye1l find at the far end.
Knock three times an whistle. Some
wan will look at ye through q peep
hole. Seem that ye are only kids, an
harmless-lookin'. they will let ye in.
II ye find the big nagur there. 1t is up
to youse to open the door. sudden, an
let us in. If they hinder ye from
openin' the door, yell-we1l hear ye.
II the nagur is not there, make some
excuse-a friend ye wanted is not
there. or We have no money to buy a
card av hop-an' come out again.
Then we'll hang around an walt Tor
the black gazapo. Can We make good!
Ye can? Then go to It,"
The boys walked through a yard
filed with mud, bricks and w~reckage
OF every imaginable kind. At the far
end of the yard they brought up
against a brick wall. They fumbled
along this wall, soon finding the little
doorway, and tapped thrice upon the
panels. Somewhere In the woodwork
of the door a spark of light cleaned,
and they were uncomfortably aware
hat they were under scrutiny. They
whistled softly and tapped the door
again. 1t opened and a Chinaman
confronted them.
you want smoker"
"Of course we do" Solano answered.
The yellow man looked them over,
and then beckoned them inside the
portals, shutting and boiling the door
behind them. C~at-footed, n~oiseless, he
conducted them up a hallway damp
with mould, noisome with dirt and the
SuISil vi many hiSHtS Vi opiuLl ScOh
ing" and guided them into a DON of
considerable size. A mattress, gray
with dirt, lay on the floor and on this
mattress three men-two negroes and
one white man-were stupidity reclin-
ing, while a peanut oil lamp burned
on a bit of mating nearby, and a
bamboo pipe was being passed from
hand to hand. The sweet, penetrating.
sickish smell of opium thickened the
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Secret Service Chief Will
Ens, puzzled over tho theft Of the Gov
ernment's cipher, calls TO his aid Detec-
T6o Pinkwell; They think they have
boy, Brockett, tells them its THE Dia-
mon Cipher and starts for the ball park.
CHAPTER II-Brockett. Chula Lon
Kan, O. Siamese, Ramon Solano, g. Cuban.
together with some twenty other young
sters practice baseball playing until dark.
One or wilkins stenographers Is seen to
pass a paper to mysterious stranger.
CHAPTER III-As outcome Of Brock
ett's cipher, the ball player and Solano
are engaged by government for mysteri-
calls on Brockett
CHAPTER Iv-Brockett falls into YAH
moto's trap, a fight follows, Brockstt
coming out on top: Messenger McKans
CHAPTER v-McKane was bearer Of
the mysterious cipher: is also q ball play
er.
CHAPTER v1-Yazimoto returns to
hsadQuarters and reports his failure to
obtain the cipher TO Baron zollern; Miss
Awson. the photographer. also reports TO
tho Baron.
CHAPTER v~I-Hrockstt and 5olano
pave encounter with the Baron in which
the latter comes out second best
CHAPTER vIII-Brockett and solano
arrive In Jersey City: make appointment
70 meet McGtnnity, the Iron Man. base
ball
CHAPTER Ix-Brockett and SoIano AZ
rive in New York and run into q Chi
Aese Tong war; rescued by a white man
CHAPTER x-The place Of refuge
found to be q trap; find themselves prts-
toners Of Yazimoto. Kelly to rescue,
mulches Jap out Of $4,000.
CHAPTER xI-Keify turns the monsy
over to BrocAett
CHAPTER XII-Brockett and Solanc
have encounter with tough sans but er<
protected by Kelly's men.
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bunch of miscellaneous trinkets. pol
Icy slips and some crumpled currency.
mo sign av your belt here, lads"
he announced, disappointedly.
Look in the brown vans pockets"
suggested Flynn. and Brockett. thrust
ing eager hands into Aguilar's ap-
parel, gave a shout OF sheer delight as
his fingers closed upon the well-re-
merbered leather. Out came the belt
and the boys, with shaking hands.
opened its compartments.
Everything present for duty. lads?"
questioned Oficer Hogan.
Everything except about 5000 of
my money" replied the joyous Brock
EFT. The big fellow probably spent
that celebrating. I think I under
atand nov just how q man feels when
he has. been pardonsd on the morn.
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program as a rare bit Of diversion.

program as a rare bit OF diversion.
Don't you worry, me lad" chuckled
Hogan, well get your nagur before
the stroke Of twelve, an We'll get the
goods with him. He's no spendthrift
nagur, that felly, an he'll have pretty
near all your money still with him"
I'D be willing" said Brockett, Ito
let him keep the money if he'd give
me back what else was in the belt"
Let him kape nothin'." growled
Flynn. "Wud ye encourage a chape
nagur TO unlawful doin's? Ye'd spoil
him be lettin' him have money. Well
get him. an the money too"
Walking and chatting pleasantly,
the policemen led their companions
owe a side street, and into an alley
that was blacker than a pail of tar.
No noon vas shining, and the quartet
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pretty much So" Ramon answered.
81 distinctly remember having one
hard on that belt. and the other hand
~ >hat iarge black mars pecktis.
Then somebody turned off the lights
for an instant, turned them on again,
much brighter than before, and then
turned them off for keeps. I wonder
where we are?"
jail, l believe you limited. Prob
ably the best place for us-or for me,
anyway, after scoring such a failure
as this has been. I'm sorry l dragged
you into such a piece Of foolishness."
"I came along entirely Of my own
accord" said the Cuban, land l don't
think we have made a failure OF the
expedition-not yet. We didn't get
the belt away from that negro-true
enough-but we are a great deal near
er to 1t than we were an hour before
We saw him. There can't be many
black men like that one; it's almost a
certainty that the Chicago police know
him and can locate him, and think
that when they find him he will be
quite willing to listen to reason"
"Yes-but how about making the po-
lice listen to reason first, in regard to
ourselves and our affairs?"
This was a problem which required
weighty elaboration, and the unlucky
wanderers had just started an ami
mated discussion when there was a
changing Of iron and a grating Of bolts.
Some one turned on an electric light
nearby and the boys, blinking in the
CLEAN, saw that they were the Occu-
pants of a dingy cell, perhaps eight
feet long by five wide, and sumptuous-
ly furnished with a long wooden
bench and an empty pail. The door
was slowly opening, and the aperture
framed the bulky figure Of a sturdy
Irish policeman, who chuckled good
humoredly as he gazed In upon the
captives.
well, how do ye young divils feel
after a little time TO cool OFF,"
Rather confused replied Brockett.
instinctively warming to the big Irish
man. Tell us, won't you, how We
happen to be here?'
Have we no memory at all?"
laughed the policeman.
almost none, officer. We a re-
member things going round in circles
and then someone shooing our senses
away from us-nothing after that"
~ can believe ye," returned the Of
ficer. 81 was just walkin' State street,
me and Flynn, me partner-Im Ho-
gan. an the w~ell-known, well-respect-
ed team Is Hogan and Flynn, terrors
to all e~vil-doers. Well. me lad, be
that as it may, We were walkin' State
street, not too far from Taylor, when
we heard sounds indicatin' that Satan
had bruk loose In a coon restaurant
nearby. We went over, an I'm think
in we were just in time. Youse two
was on the floor, IN half a dozen big
niggers was tramplin' the stufin' outa
youse. Five minutes more an yed
have both been fine subjects for tho
coroner"
Tell me-" ventured Solano. was
there one great big fellow, twice the
size of an ordinary man, among the
crowd?"
Now ye remind me Of It," said the
policeman, "there surely was-biS Sam
Cruitt. the human elephant. Great big
Niger, makes his livin' mostly By dis
tnbutin' ads for fake doctors snd
thievip' dentists, HA HAA tlXt2.. ~
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ing Of his hanging"

TN dommed glad" heartily spoke
Officer Hogan, while both policemen
wrung the youngsters hands. We've
all done we'll this night, an If we were
drinkin' men it's sure some blowout
we'd have for the occasion. What's
that, me boy? Money? All, put it
back. Put 1t back. The prizes we
have gobbled this night are worth
more to US than all the money We
could hand us, an we were lookin' for
no graft on this particular evenin'."
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air; reaches ran, fearless and IN
quisitive, along the floor, and tho
wooers OF the poppy-god. silent, lost
in happiness, drowsed, smoked and
drowsed again, contented in their hor-
rible surroundings as monarchs in a
palace hall.
Cheap, fella, hims." said the China
man. you want hunk, yes?"
Curtains Of cheap. drab material
masked wide stretches OF the wall.
From behind these curtains came the
hum Of subdued conversation and the
perfume Of the cooking hop" The
ChinamaA parted two strips OF the
drab cloth. and showed Z bunk be.
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The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they can.
not reach the diseased PORTION of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by CON.
s,itutional remedies. Deafness i.
caused by an lnflamed condition Of
the mucous. lining of the Eustach
ian Tube. When this tube is IN.
famed you have a rumbling sound
of imperfect hearing, and when it
is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re.
stored to its normal condition, hear.
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Ca.
tarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucou,
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24
A DOZEN REASONS
Why I Should Vote
FOR NEXT PRESIDENT WILSON.
BECAUSE {:

l. He is the only candidate
for President who represents the
real, the vital and the effective
progressive forces in this country.
=. He stands for tariff revision
downward in the interest of low
er prices and the elimination of
monopoly.
3. He stands for trust legis-
lation which will prevent the
control of prices through any
sort of monopoly.
4. He stands for the income
tax and believes that wealth
should share the burdens as
well as the blessings of gov
eminent.
5. He stands for the rights of
labor and the protection of the
man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow, as shown in
his record as Governor of New
Jersey.
6. He stands for the revival of
our merchant marine, and for the
government encouragement of
agriculture, industrial and voca-
tional education.
Z. He trusts the people and
believes that the governed should
govern, and that Senators should
be chosen by the people.
8. He faithfully performs in
office the promises made out of
Office.
8. He will "clean house" at
Washington as he has "cleaned
house" in New Jersey.
10. He breaches and practices
clean politics, and practices it
effectively. He unalterably op.
poses machine politics and the
rule of the bosses.
IL. He stands for legitimate
big business every day, but for
monopoly never.
II. AS Senator LaFollette says {:
''He approaches every problem
with the solemn promise to be
really, in the highest sense, "a
servant of the people.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24

The Republican Campaign
Committee has issued a calamity
howl which tries to prove that
the election of Cleveland caused
the panic of 1893 and the conse-
quent hard times which followed.
OF course this statement is false.
Legislation by the Republicans
which required the purchase of a
large amount of silver each
month and other equally as bad,
together with a faulty financial
system, caused the upheaval
which Cleveland was powerless
to prevent.
Arguing from such untenable
grounds, we suppose this aggre.
cation will charge the panic of
1907 to the Democrats although
Roosevelt was president and the
Republicans were in control of
every branch of the government.
Then, as before, it was bad ley
islation and an archaic banking
and currency system which were
responsible.
This country is at present enjoy.
ing unparalleled prosperity in
spite of, not because of, Repub-
llcan administrative policies. A
gracious Providence has given
the husbandman great return for
his labor. The gold production
is 500, 100000 this year, larger
than ever before in the history
OF the country, save i'm one year
only, and the abundant diffu.
sion of prosperity thereby caused
has put the whole machinery of
business in motion.
1t is just us reasonable to claim
that the rains and the reasonable
weather are due to Republicans
rule as that it is responsible for
for the present prosperity. The
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24

Less than two weeks remain
before the election. At present
there is every indication of Dem
ocratic success, but things can
happen in that short time to turn
the tide. We do not be-
lieve it possible that anything
can turn the tide against
Wilson, but we should take
nothing for granted. Every Dem
ocrat who loves his country and
his party should get on the firing
line and remain on duty until
the close of the polls Nov. 5th.
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lars for any case Of Deafness (caus-
I'd by catarrh) that cannot be cur
ed Halls Oataorh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. lcc.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation. - DIV
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24

1.-THE Appeal to Reason" should
change its name to appeal to
Ignorance. In one paragraph
1t says "$2, 900 per year and six
hour days. In another para.
graph it says in substances:
There are thirty millions of
laborers working ten hours day
producing thirty billion dollars
of wealth." If thirty million
workers at 10 hours day produce
only thirty billion of wealth, then
each laborer produces only 81 600
of wealth or just one half what
the "Appeal to Reason" (O
would have them receive when
working only six hours day.
Still further, when you cut down
the time of labor two fifths as
this Socialist paper says. should
be done, you cut down the wealth
produced a lao two.fifths. Thus
instead of each laborer then pro-
ducing 81, 900 per year as he now
does, he would only produce
5000. So you see according to
the "Appeal to Reason" (?) the
editor wants the laborers to pro-
duce $500 and receive therefor
$1,000. Such arguments are not
appealing to reason and we think
the name of this paper should be
changd to "Appeal to Ignorance"
to conform to the real efforts of
its editor.
Secretary Wilson's book on all
ing bees and what to do for them
ought to be interesting reading
Tor Presidential year.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24
CLUB RATES.

For the convenience of our SUBJ
scribers, we have arranged club rates
with the following papers at prices
below mentioned:
The TINES and
Courier-JOurnal $1.0O
" Cincinnati Enquirer Ito
=" louisville Herald 80
I" Home and Farm rs
IL land Farmer 100
American Farmer 90
/" Southern Agriculturist rs
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24

Col. Roosevelt expects to break
the solid south, but it is diff.
fcult to-see how he will even
dent it.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24

high protective tariff would have
produced another panic but for
these natural causes. The ca
lamity howlers are only bowling
for another chance a. the bone.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1912-10-24

Secretary Wilson's book on all
ing bees and what to do for them
ought to be interesting reading
Tor Presidential year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-27
KEPT DEATH OF
BROTHER SECRET
MOTHER WOULDN'T MAR SONS
ENJOYMENT OF CHRISTMAS
|
HOLIDAY.

Because his mother. Mrs. s. G.
Tyler, of Charlottesville, did not wish
to mar his enjoyment OF Christmas
day, James z. Tyler. OF 1s41-A West
Broad street, Chesapeake and Ohio
sardmaster. did not learn until late
yesterday afternoon of the sudden
death of his brother. Harold w.
Tyler, which occurred In O. hospital
In San Francisco Mondas.
Mr.. Tyler was preparing 10 report
for work when the sad news came
to him. lie then called up his
mother ovce the long distance phone
for more details, and learned that
his brother passed away while un-
dergoing an operation for appended
tbs. His mother explained that al
though the news reached here early
Tuesday in q wire message she de-
cided to wait until after Christmas
before conveying the sad intelligence
to her son here, and 70 another son,
j. Llewellyn Tyler. of Boston.
Harold Tyler had bean travelling
for several years for the American
Tobacco company and so far as mem
bers OF the family knew was In the
best OF health until he was stricken
with appendicitis in San Francisco.
He was thirty-fve years old and for
some time was the mainstay OF his
mother following the death or hts
father In 1898. AS q youth he work
ed In a telegraph ONCE In Salisbury.
n. c.. finally working his way up to
manager. Later. he conducted q
brokerage office In the same city.
His body is now being brought
back to Virginia, and is expected to
reach Charlottesville next Monday.
The burial will be made in the family
plot there. probably the Same day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-27
NEW HAVEN DEFENDS
ROADS LOCOMOTIVES

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Dec Sc
The New Haven railroad resents the
statement by the interstate COM
merce commission that 1905 Of the
1873 locomotives of the road are in
defective condition.
The railroad officials have COM
pfeted an investigation of their own
into the locomotives condition which
t1ow that the railroad has 1.iT3
locomotives. OF which 1,407 are eff
cient for active use. 81 are under
going repairs. and 20 are light and
not in active use.
This report this railroad main
tatns proves the engines to be in
unusually efficient condition. II
makes no mention OF $50 locomo-
tives that the Interstate commerce
commission found which the railroad
does not now own.