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bv LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
COPYRIGHT 1909 6y LouIs)5osEPH VANCE
ILLUSTRATIONS by
ELLSWORI YOUNG

I'VE can but wait, watch. hope that
imagined the hand at my door"
There might be something In
that"
II am neither nervous nor an i'm
aginative woman
AT all events. I'll go bail twill not
happen a second time"
How do you propose to prevent
it?"
Sure, the simplest way IN the
world. l myself will stand guard In
the saloon, madam"
But no, monsieur; / can better af-
ford to lose LITTLE sleep than have
you forfeit your pest. Besides, ! have
Cecile.
There ensued an argument without
termination; he remained obdurate,
she insistent. Only the appearance of
Quick on the stroke of four bella
forced them to shelve the subject.
1t was resumed at the dinner table
and carried out in a light manner OF
banter for a time. dropped and for
gotten, apparently by all but O'Rourke.
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AntIdrudoery Club.

Six women in Chicago have organ
ized a club to lessen household cares.
The club Is the possessor OF an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner, one electric
washing machine, two electric irons
and fan for drying the washing.
The only dues are those required
for the upkeep of these labor savers,
and this amount has been estimated to
be about three cents a week. The ini-
tiation fee consists of the price OF the
apparatus divided into six equal parts.
The members arrange their work so
that small boy may take the appara-
tus around to each in turn. They live
in one neighborhood. so the affair is
easily arranged. How practical; how
easily the idea could be explained to
take in any number of housekeepers.
What a help 1t would be In solving the
servant problem.-American Club
Woman.
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lag steadily through racing sea,
through a world noisy with the crisp
rattle and crash of breaking crests.
Fortifying himself with strong cof-
fee. the adventurer settled himself In
a chair by the foot OF the companion
way steps leading up from the tiny
saloon that served as dining-room for
all but the crew OF the tramp. From
this position he commanded both en-
frances, port and starboard, from the
upper deck as well as the doors that
fianked them on either hand, TO the
quarters occupied by Mrs. Prynne and
to Dravos' stateroom, which was emp
ty and would be SO until the next
change OF watch.
The succeeding hours dragged inter
minably. quiet and unevent-
About six bells the moon got up,
and its rays, altering through the
heavy-ribbed glass of the skylight.
filed the saloon with an opalescent
shimmer that assorted incongruougly
with the dull glow of the electric
bulbs-dull, because there was sorae-
thing wrong with the dynamo, accord
ing to Dravos.
O'Rourke, weary and yawning. watch.
ed the milky rainbow dance upon che
nalf-opaque glass overhead for several
moments before It conveyed TO him a
warning. Then Immediately he aban.
doned his seat and stretched himself
out upon a transom against the after
bnlkhead, whence he could see some.
thing less of the upper gangway, but
sufficient for his purposes. For bis
chair had been beneath the skylIght,
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and the wings of that were open for
ventilation.
"'Tis safer here" he considered
"Therell be no dropping one of those
long knives on me now, be premedi'
tated inadvertence, I'm thinking"
He gaped tremendously. The peace
Of the night, the singing of the waves
against the RANGES sides, the deep
throb and unbroken surge of her en-
gines, and the sustained, clear note
of the monsoon in her wire rigging
these combined with physical fatigue
to soothe the man, to lull him into
fantastic borderland Of dreams. Yet
ouch was his command of self that he
would not yield to the caressing touch
of drowsiness, bat merely lay motion
less and at rest, communing with his
fancy. And that led him out OF the
sordid saloon Of the Rance across the
seas that lay ahead Of that ships
prov, to the fair land whittier he was
to convey the Pool of Flame.
Abruptly he leapt to his feet, wide
awake and raging.
A blow was still sounding through
the saloon a dull crash. Buried half
way to the hilt in the bulkhead back
of the transom a knife quivered. In.
stinctively the wanderers fingers had
closed upon the grip Of his revolver
He pulled the trigger almost before
he realized what had happened and
sent a bullet winging toward spot
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BABY'S ECZEMA AND B0ILS

"My son was about three weeks old
when I noticed breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after, his
arms. shoulders and breast broke out
also, and in few days became a solid
scab. became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro-
nounced the disease eczema. The lit
tie fellow was under treatment for
about three months. BY the end or
that time, he seemed no better. i be-
came discouraged. dropped the doc
tors treatment, and commenced the
use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
and In a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders.
arms and breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven months
old, all trace Of the eczema was gone.
During his teething period, his
head and face were broken out in
boils which cured with Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Surely he must
have been a great sufferer. During
the time of teething and from the time
l dropped the doctors treatment,
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, nothing else. and when two
years old he was the picture of health.
His complexion was soft and beauti-
full, and his head a mass Of silky curls.
! had been afraid that he would never
be well, and feel that l owe a great
deal to the Cuticura Remedies"
(Signed) Mrs. Mary w. Ramsey, 224
e Jackson ST., Colorado Springs. Col...
Sept. "a, 1910. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere. SAM
pie of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cutt
cura," Dept l., Boston.
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PRINTING In China.

II reports are to be relied on. they
had the art OF printing in China "2,400
years ago." II was block printing,
however. though II Is said that they
had something very like movable type
In the middle OF the tenth century.
There may be some doubt as to the ex.
act period. but there is no room for
questioning the fact that for many
centuries before II was known in Eu-
rope the art was we'll known In China.
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Sikeston, Mo-
fered everything.

have an operation. Iwould not listen to-
that, and when friend Of my husband.
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel.
like it, too. can do my own homework, {
hoe my garden, and milk q COW. can
entertain company and enjoy them. I
can visit when choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. ! wish / could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.-"I have taken Ly-
dia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a well woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said must have an operation, and was
ready to go to the hospital, but dreadedit
so that began taking your Compound.
got along so well that gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. - Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, r. r.
No. 8, Murrayville. III.
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence O'Rourke, military free
lance and something OF a gambler, In his
hotel. Leaning on the balcony he sees a
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight. At the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
watching him. One is the Hon; Berthe
Glynn, while his companion Is Viscount
Des Trebes, duelist. The viscount tells
him the French government has directed
him to O'Rourke as man who would
ment, O'Rourke. who had agreed to UNI
dertake the mission, finds mysterious
letter: The viscount arrives, hands
sealed package to O'Rourke. who Is not
TO open 1t until on the ocean. A pair Of
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
under doorway curtain. The Irishman
be his wife. Beatrix, from whom he had
run away a year previous. They are
reconciled. and opening the letter he finds
that a Rangoon law Arm offers him
100 900 pounds for jewel known as the
Tool of Flame and left to him by a dy-
ing friend. but now In keeping OF one
named GhambIet in Alseris 3 Pr 1,l,Se
bids O'Rourke farewell and he promises
TO soon return with the reward. He dis
covers both Glynn and the viscount on
there is an attack by bandits and his
friend dies telling O'Rourke that he has
left the Pool of Flame with the governor
given the Colonel will deliver over the the
Jewel. Arriving at Algeria the Irishman
finds the governor general away. Des
Trebes makes a mysterious appointment
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession of the jewel by stealing 1t. In
duel O'Rourke masters the viscount
secures possession of the Pool OF Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon. He finds
the captain to be a smuggler who tries TO
steal the jewel 1t is finally secured by
the captain and O'Rourke escapes TO
land. With the aid of one Danny and
his sweetheart O'Rourke RECEIVERS the
Pool of Flame. On board ship once more.
bound for Rangoon, mysterious lady
appears. O'Rourke comes upon lascar
about to attack the lady who is a Mrs.
Prynne. and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs. Prynne claims she Is en- route for
India on a mission for the king.
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CHAPTER XIV.

The night fell clear as crystal and
wonderfully bright with stars; the
wind went down with the sun, then
rose again refreshed and waxed to
half gale. At midnight O'Rourke,
leaving the bridge, left the Rance driv-
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When Caesar Crossed the Rubicon.

When Caesar Crossed the Rubicon.
julius Caesar was about to cross the
Rubicon.
In an extreme case like this" he
said, blithely, Il wouldn't mind Ring
through the Hudson River Tube, N
If / had to pay seven cents for -
privilege"
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CHAPTER xxIII.-(contlnued.)

CnAF EN- NNiti-(Contlnueo.
Now Danny happened to have "off"
the first afternoon watch O'Rourke
from the bridge saw him come up the
engine-room companion ladder, dive
into the messroom for his dinner, and
later emerge. picking his teeth and
grinning self-complacency until his
master could have kicked him, had
such course been polite before the
crew, or even consistent with the dig
nifty Of his office.
"A word to say to We, sor. II I may
make SO bold"
/ O'Rourke glanced at the helmsman,
and having long since made up his
mind that the man was competent,
left him in possession OF the bridge
for space. and Joined Danny below.
/. What is it,"
Danny lowered his voice to hoarse
whisper. 'Kape yer eye on thot black
divvle up there, sor, for the love Of
Hiven, and don't look surprised at
anything"
I O'Rourke moved a few PAGES aft,
along the rail, to a point whence he
could see the head and shoulders OF
the helnlsman. "Well?"
Its nawthin' I cud swear to, sor,
bat tits meself thot's mortal leary av
these naygurs-rapspicts to ye-and-
and"
Come, come! Out with It, Danny"
Sure, sor, tbs the serang. Have
80 nh.nn11 pnttoa him cnr7v
O'Rourke glanced down to the fore
deck, where the parsonage In question
was standing at ease. What of him?'
he inquired, running his eye over the
fellows superb proportions.
"'Tis nawthin' I'd take me oath to.
sor, but I'm thinkin' he's the man who
boarded the Panjnab at Suez, sor.
And as for the naygur l run against
on the s'loon deck, yer honor. he's his
mortal twin"
All" commented O'Rourke. Thank
you, Danny"
He continued to watch the serang
until the latter, as IL influenced by the
fixity of the Irishman's regard, turned
and stared directly into O'Rourke's
eyes. For a full minute he gave him
look for look. dark eyes steadfast and
unyielding above his fine aquiline
nose, then calmly turned his back. re-
Stunning his contemplation of the tur-
bulent horizon.
An instant later Quick came up TO
relieve O'Rourke, and, eight bells
sounding, Danny dived below to take
Dravos' place. O'Rourke. unpleasant.
ly impressed by the incident, still for.
bore to mention 1t to either of the
ships owners; he retired to think II
over, and spent long hour consum
ing an Indifferent cigar and studying
the cracks in the bulkhead between
his room and the cabin.
Without profit, however. Lacking
more substantial proof than Danny's
suspicious, he could arrive at no def
mite conclusion.
The night passed without incident
the second day dawned the counter
part of it's predecessor, and wor,
away quietly enough.
II fell TO O'Rourke to stand the frs
dog-watch. from four TO six in thu
evening. Shortly after he ascendeC
the bridge, it was bis happiness to b
Joined by Mrs. Prynne, who improved
the moment to express her gratifica
ton with the propitious tide in her af
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-05-31

More important than the choice OF Presi-
dent is the selection of Garfield Tea as The
remedy for constipation and biliousness.
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Perseverance may be the mother Of
success, but the offspring isn't always
Just what ii should be.
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Liquid blue is weak solution. Avoid it..
Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's ALL
blue. Ask your grocer.
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WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical OPP
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.

Il VI oSNcH years 4 puA
/ was in bed for four
or five days at a time
every month, and so
weak ! could hardly
walk. ! cramped and
had backache an d
headache, and was
80 nervous and weak
that ] dreaded to see
anyone or have any
onemovein thereon.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that / ought tn
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Paw Knows Everything.
Willie-Paw, what Is a family cir
Gle?
Paw-A wedding ring, my son.
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A North Dakota man has an 11-foot
beard.
The Springfield herald., 1912-04-05
BAKING Economy,

BY the usc of perfect baking powder
the housewife can derive as much econ
omy as from any other article used IN
baking and cooking. In selecting bak-
ing powder, therefore. care should be ex-
ercised to purchase one that retains its
same, thus making the food sweet and
enng gas to make the baking light.
Very little of this leavening gas is pro-
duced by the cheap baking powders, max
ing It necessary to use double tne guam
You cannot experiment every time you
make a cake or biscuits. or test tho
strength of your baking powder to nnd
ont how much of 1t you should use: yet
with most baking powders you should DO
iessiy they are never uniform. the quality
and strength varying with each can pur-
chased - l., ,,,aa op
chemically pure ingredients OF tested
strength Experienced chemists put IL up.
remain always the same sealed IN ar. arr
tight cans Calumet Baking Powder ooes
not alter in strength and Is not aHecteo
by atmospheric changes.
In using Calumet you are bound TO nave
uniform bread. cake or biscuits as I'LL I'LL
or adulteratIng ingredients so commonly
used to increase the weight furtner' II
produces pure, wholesome food ana is =
baking powder of rare merit tnerelore is
recommended by leading physicians ano
chemists 1t complies with az me PuTe
The goods are moderate In price anu any any
lady purchasing Calumet from her Sr9.
GER II not satisfied with 1t can return IL
and have her money refunded.
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your medicines to all suffering women"
Mrs. MARY HALsTEAD, Platea, Pa,
Box 98.
Here is the report Of another genuine
case, which still further shows that Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
may be relied upon.
Walcott, N. Dakota. had inflam-
nation which caused pain in my side,
and my back ached all the time. Twas
so blue that felt like crying If any one
even spoke to me. took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I
began to gain right away. l continued
its use and now / am q well woman"
Mrs. AMELIA DAHL, Walcott, N.
Dakota
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
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By ROBERT NAUGHTON

| Herbert Carson by messenger and the
family had opened It, Mr.. Emerson
gave 1t to me to read aloud. 1t was
on the paper of club much fire.
quented by editors and publishers and
was worded as follows:
Sunday Morning
Dear Herbert: Wallace tells me
that he met you on the avenue yes
terday afternoon and gave you the
first bound volume of your new work
and the proofs of the second volume.
1 have already said all that words
could express of praise Of your master
piece and Of my pride and pleasure in
publishing 1t. and this note is merely
to enforce what Wallace told you con-
cerning the Herminger two-page manu-
script. In entrusting this to you for
transcription am almost violating
l would rather lost fifty thousand dol
lars than have 1t harmed in any way
or have any word concerning 1t made
public before he is ready. Come to
lunch with me Tuesday. Yours.
ROBERT GRAVESON."
Rand was gone on the instant, with
struggling injunction floating behind
him to meet him at noon the next day
at the Office. Any one less familiar
with his meteoric mental and physical
dashes would have been inclined to
recommend him to another appoint
ment in sphere not terrestrial. but I
stirred neither hand nor foot In the
case until noon of Monday when he
walked in preceded by tall pale
man with the appearance Of semi
nary student.
"Mr. Runcan. allow me to intro
duce Mr.. Andrew Macarthur OF Chel-
sea institute. have told him that we
have a rare manuscript which I wish
him ito translate and annote. If he
%he can do So l believe you
put 1t in the safe did you not"
/ was somewhat staggered by his
cool. audacious lie. but answered as
heartily as could as I took the nab
by hand of the theologue.
"Yes, 1t is in the safe"
do not know what should have
done If he had told me to get 1t. How
ever. he walked over to the open vault.
took out sealed packet knew to
contain photograph Of Swiss anar.
chist, and gave 1t to Macarthur.
Come on, Duncan, suppose. since
Mr.. Macarthur is at his leisure. that
We three go up and see il we can flnd
old Doctor Oracle who had place
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followed them to the door Of No. 211,
where the father peered in, saw that
the boys description fitted, and thus
made certain that he had really come
with the letter the day before.
Again we turned away. but Rand
looked back at the building and his
eye fell on the School for Psychic
Culture" sign. For fully ten minutes
he stood as If rooted to the spot,
while l kicked my heels on the curb
and shivered.
Until after lunch we sat inside Mar
tins and watched the nearly deserted
street, but nothing transpired, and
we went uptown to the Emerson
apartment.
All of the women had succumbed to
the strain and were not in evidence.
Emerson himself seemed to be great
ly relieved by their absence. He had
a score of new theories to offer, but
absolutely nothing had transpired
during the night or the morning ex-
cept that note had arrived for Rev.
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Edward F. Croker's statement be-
fore the state factory investigators
that the reason there were SO few
fires in department stores was that
department store workers were for
bidden to carry matches while in the
store, was borne out by the manage
ments Of several OF the leading stores.
Never bring a match into the store,
is one OF the first things boy learns
in this business" said man who, had
been In Lhs bustness many years. 1T
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Caew.as< M % %z.Hzzsou

uusly, screaming that she was going
to take the baby home. The officers
contrived to get the child from her
arms. and calling an ambulance she
was taken to a psychopathic ward in
Bellevue.
In fifteen minutes. with our blood
tingling from the brisk walk In the
singing cold, we halted in front OF
Martins and surveyed the buildings
opposite. -
We were just turning away, intend
ing to take corner-window table In
Martins SO as to survey the place
from shelter. in complete absence Of
any other promising field of endeavor.
when Rand caught my elbow and /
followed the direction of his glance.
A bearded man In heavy ulster and
wearing a silk hat was just dragging
a much mufiied-up boy into doorway
by the arm and was glancing up and
down the street to see who was OBJ
serving him. AS we approached he
was berating the boy. who was sniff
fling sullenly.
Is the poor little fellow lost?"
asked Rand smiling in faint obtuse-
ness as We came up.
NO. he is not los-ed. He is my poy,"
replied the man resentfully.
"Oh, beg your pardon, l thought
he was lost and you were trying to
frighten him into stopping his crying
long enough to get tie name and ad-
Dress" answered Rand easily. closing
in and looking at the sturdy lad with
broad admiration.
mo. my dear sir. he wass cryink
because pelieve he has toldt me lie
and II so he has l will vipp him. l
send him NIT a letter to Numper Two
elefen Fit avenoo yesterday and he
pring 1t pack to me and say he cannot
tell why he did pring it l pelieve he
was not here and say vait till tomor-
row den We will hear him tell vat dis
place is like den We will go see II he
lies. Now. 1 make him tell apout It,"
Its a store buildin'. and they is
mirrors In the hall, and a white an
black stone floor. l didn' go very fur
in." whined the youngster.
For Wy you didn'." demanded his
father with recrudescence of rage.
II couldn', that's why"
Ivy you couldn'."
II couldn-honest-1 couldn',"
walled the boy.
ZACH! BAH" that was all his
father could say. but he seized the
child viciously by the collar, and we
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on Fifth avenue above Madison
Square, and who has some Hebrew
things in which Mr.. Macarthur may
be interested"
We were Just passing Martins
when large man with a black mus
tache, who was riding by in han
som. caught sight Of us. sprang to
his feet. whistled. and waved his hand
for us to stop. / recognized him as
detective sergeant, and knew he had
recently been made acting captain at
the Central office.
He was apparently very eager about
something, and gripping Rand by the
shoulder said:
81 want to see you two fellows mo
ment if this gentleman will excuse
u.s."
Macarthur bowed his assent in a
startled sort of way, and we stepped
inside the Cross house.
by George, am glad find you
right here There is the devil to pay.
Dips have robbed eleven men and
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an ordinary bed, but the weight of the
body upon 1t sets a clockwork in mo
tion. and this operates music box,
which gives forth soothing melodies,
The lullabies which it plays are sup
posed to induce sleep. By means Of q
dial at the head Of the bed, the per
son who occupies 1t fxes an alarm for
the next morning. This produces,
when the hour arrives, discordant
sounds, to which the person In the
bed must pay heed. because failure
to rise within i've minutes after the
noise has begun will canse the bottom
Of the bed to fall out
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The preliminary courtship Of the
Sakais is unique; the girl (she is usu-
ally twelve to fourteen) is decorated
in patterns Of red, yellow and black
flowers, and is then prepared for the
struggle with her wooer. The we'll
chaperoned sakais maiden is sup
posed to resist the man OF the woods
for good twelve hours; after which
period she submits, and in due course
climbs his bamboo ladder. AND al
ways, so far as my observations went
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Courtship Among the Sakais

men and women appeared to share
toll and fruits Of the chase in COM
mon. They are. in truth, the only
genuine socialists that have yet dis
covered. They divide their blessings
and share one another's sorrows."-
jungle Trails and Jungle People" by
Caspar Whitney.