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been drugged But | will come to
this information, which of course
eliminated him as the active burglar,
] went to him and told him uphill and
down that he was making a blank fool
of himself. When he learned that /
had uncovered his whereabouts on the
night in question he made clean
breast Of it. While he had been
plunged In despair by the crash, yet
he had taken but two drinks that day.
one being a cocktail with you in a
cafe. Soon after the last drink he
had become stupefied, which fact he
attributed to the reaction from his
highly nervous state, but l came to
a totally different conclusion, although
| said nothing to him about 1t at the
time. With your ASST. tance he en-
tered cab. and remembered numb
ling a direction to the driver to take
him to his rooms; yet when he awoke
in the morning he found himself at
place where he had no desire to be.
Fear of Miss Winton's displeasure had
rather than hurt her by the confession
that he had got drunk, as he imagined
he had, and gone to such a place.
could not understand why the cabman
had taken It upon himself to convey
him to this resort against Bruce's d.
rections, so came back at the driver
hard. BY the dint of more questions,
al hU jrdi ri &c I
drew out the information that the
change In address had been given by
certain party whom the driver knew
to be friend of his passenger from
the fact Of having seen them together,
and who had stopped him and given
new instructions as to where to con-
vey the sleeping one inside. That ex-
planned the drivers peculiar actions,
and things were becoming decidedly
interesting. Although practically sat
isfied now that Bruce had had nothing
even indirectly to do with the matter.
| nevertheless went little further in
my Investigations. | was very much
interested to find out where he had
secured the money which had enabled
MN " lcSulHc MS OptTdtlOIS Ou
change. When | had convinced him
that | would keep the information abb
solutely secret, he told me that it was
furnished him by woman client who
did not care to have her name men,
toned in connection with speculative
matters. | traced the story to it's
foundation and learned that it was alb
solutely true. That left only one mat
ter to be explained so far as Bruce
was concerned"
II suppose you mean his possession
of the key and his denial that he had
it, coupled with the possibility that
some one else had somehow come into
possession of it," | said, breaking the
moments lull. LeDuc nodded.
Exactly. | was almost certain from
the time that Miss Winton announced
the loss of her key that it had some
how got into the possession of her
sweetheart; for it's disappearance
from her keeping convinced me that
you had not been mistaken when you
said Bruce had exhibited it or it's
duplicate. | had several talks with
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Subject for the Minister.

According to reports gathered by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis prac-
tically 10 per cent. of all deaths in
church congregations are caused by
tuberculosis. In study of $4,000
which there were 1000 deaths in 1910
communicates of 1875 churches in
the death rate among these church
members was found to be 224 for
every thousand communicates. This
is higher than the rate for the regis
tration area of the United States,
which was LEO in 1910.
while these statistics" says the
national association, are not COM
parable from the point of view of &C
curacy with those of the bureau of
census, sufficient credence may be
given to them to indicate that one of
the most serious problem the or
binary church has to consider is that
of the devastation of it's membership
by tuberculosis. Every minister in the
United States should give this sub
ject some attention during the week
preceding or that following April 2S,
tuberculosis day"
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planning a new campaign, and beg OF
her a few days indulgence until
could go over matters. She had told
me that she was to be at home that
evening. and it had been understood
between us that | was to be with her;
therefore, at eight o'clock | arose and
called for her number. The voice OF
Janet answered re, telling me that
her mistress was not at home.
With an overwhelming presentment
of more misery to come, | vainly i'm
plored some information as to where
she had gone and at what hour she
was expected to return. The answer
that ! received was a click that told
me Of the hanging up Of the earpiece
and my further voicings brought only
the ringing silence of an unanswering
wire. | sank into my chair again.
In the midst of my stupor ! heard
the ringing of the door bell and mo-
ment later the sound of light footsteps
ascending the stairs. There was tap
at my door, and at my listless re-
Spouse LeDuc quietly entered. | saw
MN uii HIS tyCo quiShiy oNNi az
he tossed his hat upon the bed and
drew a chair close beside mine. He
said nothing, did not even smile as
was his habit, and in my misery I
did not offer him any greeting. For
perhaps a minute he sat without
speaking and then addressed me with
unwonted gravity: TON, / have the
proofs"
| started slightly and raised my
eyes to his. | fancied they were full
Of regret, even sorrow, but his mouth
was firmly set. My head was hot and
my throat dry, and l cleared the lat
ter before l spoke. Then | asked
him hoarsely where they were.
He laid them on the table before
me. They consisted of silver card
case, a bookmaker's ticket, bit OF
steel. soiled piece of paper and
small lump Of some grayish substance.
Stupidity ! stared at them.
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TEN YEARS OF SUFFERING.
Restored at Last to Perfect Health by
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mrs. Narcissa Waggoner, Carter
vile, ILL.,, says: "Over ten years ! SUI
fered terribly with backache, head
ache. nervousness and dizziness. The
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SYNOPSIS.

Abner Halliday. a misery millionaire,
Is found gagged, bound and insensible in
his room, his safe rfled and $4,000 miss
Ing. The thread OF the story Is taken up
by his nephew Tom Living in the same
house are other relatives; reckless Bruce
Halliday and pretty Glare Winton. Bruce,
who is bond broker, has been trying to
raise $4,000 to put through a deal and
save himself from financial ruin. He has
applied to his misery uncle and to others
sends for William LeDuc. an oldtime
friend connected with detective agency.
In relating the story Tom reVerts to his
acquaintance with a Mrs Dace, q wealthy
widow, whose business agent is Richard
Mackay, a boodler and political boss.
In love with Mrs. Dace. Bruce Halliday
warns him to shun her as an adventures.
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and Mackay togeth-
er. He afterwards meets the woman at
a horse race, and. happening to mention
that Bruce had tip on the winner she
gives him $500 to place on the race. The
tip goes wrong and she loses her money.
Later Tom invests in stocks. He makes
some money, and returns the lost $500 to
Mrs. Dace. It is at this juncture that the
day occurs. lie Due meets Clare and
Bruce. He learns that the key which
Clare had to the house is missing. Mac
kays dealings with Mrs. Dace make Tom
more jealous. The detective intmates a
suspicion against Bruce Halliday as the
pudiates. Mrs. Dace accepts Tom as her
f1ance. and encourages him to invest in
q certain stock. Tom has a row with
Mackay and the latter threatens revenge.
The detective announces that he has dis
covered important clews as to the thief
II looks as II Mackay had got hold of
Toms key to the Halliday home and
might have been the burglar
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the piano wire strength of his tendons
and clinched my teeth between the
fierceness of the clasp.
TON Halliday" he returned stern
ly, you stole your uncle's money"
Glaring at him, quivering under an i'm
pulse to tear myself from him and
strike him down, | first swelled my
muscles for the effort, then letting
them subside sank back with an ex-
clamation of supreme disgust.
$50 that was your ultimate analy-
sis!" said, with bitterest scorn. "Of
all the absurd, asinine idiots Il was
ever my misfortune to come in con-
tact with, you are the most complete
you, an alleged detective. But you
might as well finish your dream.
will compel myself to listen" turned
my head from him contemptuously
became aware that something cold
and metallic was snapped around the
wrist which he held and leaped to my
feet only to find myself handcuffed to
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him and her on the subject, and they
still insisted with a positiveness that
I could not ignore that their original
statements were absolutely correct;
namely, she denied that she had ever
loaned him the key, and he asserted
that he had no knowledge of ever
having 1t in his possession. made
them rehearse all their actions when
together for some days previous to
the robbery. and finally a thought
came to her. She remembered that a
short time previous while she and
Bruce had been strolling together that
she had slipped her pocketbook con-
tanning the key into his side coat
pocket for few moments while she
was putting on her gloves. And that
in turn suggested an idea to me. Had
the pocketbook been partially I'M
clasped, the key might easily enough
have fallen from 1t into his pocket,
and not having any occasion to use
it for the next few days she naturally
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enough had not missed It. So we
got the coat he had worn on that
occasion and went through 1t. We
found small rip in the bottom of the
outside pocket and going further dis
covered the key in the bottom lining.
That solved the mystery. AS for his
having pounded on the table with 1t
and afterwards denied 1t, that was
easily accounted for by the fact that
In his worriment e had unconsciously
drawn it from his pocket and used 1t
as you described and then replaced 1t
mechanically without noticing what
he had held or remembering the In
cident. | accepted this as the correct
solution OF the key incident, and then
and there dismissed Bruce from all
connection with the matter. For had
he entered into collision with any
one else and loaned him the key for
the night, the other person most GER
tainly would have been a professional
who owned his own tools and knew
how to use them, and that idea as you
know. | had already abandoned. Do
you get me?"
II think so. And having eliminated
Bruce, whom / all along told you was
innocent, you turned your attention
to Richard Mackay as the next pos
sibility." My companion smiled faint
ly, thrusting his hands into his peck
cts and leaning forward in his chair.
Yes, for about ten minutes. At the
nf ba I haH inn
out of the case. The man who
strangled your uncle was described
by him as large, strong man who
coughed peculiarly. That description
fitted Mackay to dot and further
more there was possibility Of his
having been informed, through his
more or less familiar connection with
Mrs. Dace's establishment, of the
money being in the safe at this partic-
ular time. Then, too, the incident of
your having left your keys there for
some days furnished a possible way
by which he could have secured
duplicate through a conspiracy with
one Of the household. But that he
did 1t personally was absurd. He is
lar anu away ABOVE III. ne is HOl
burglar; he is boodler. He has
million dollars Of his own, and would
no more risk himself in an act like
this than you would for a handful Of
silver And having previously strick-
en- out the professional cracksmen be-
cause of the crudeness of the job,
was now compelled to eliminate
Mackay and his friends because of
the same reasoning that l had applied
In Bruce's case. Had he turned the
job over to some needy friend of his
from the underworld, that person
certainly would not have been a bun
gler. You see what that brought me
to-"
/ arose in my chair with a mingled
sensation of heat and cold climbing
my spine and stiffening my hair. do
you mean to say as the last remaining
possibility you fastened your suspi-
cions upon me?" l gasped. One of
his hands fastened upon my wrist
with the swapping grip of steel trap;
his fingers biting like teeth into my
flesh. AS in our school days | felt
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CHAPTER xv.-(Contlnued.)

At the first corner a shrieking news
boy nearly ran between my legs. and
above the uproar of the street
heard him shout sentence that
caused me to gasp and clutch at a
lamp post FOR support. Snatching a
paper from him I threw him a coin
and began to read, the paper shaking
In my hands like undetermined
reed. Two paragraphs told me the
hideous truth. Upon information that
had been given him by Richard
Mackay. who had been frozen out of
the combination by his co-conspira-
tors, the states attorney had filed a
quo warranto proceeding In which he
attacked the very life of the fran
chise Of the underground system
Should that official be able to sub.
stantiate the attack and prove that
the grant had been obtained by fraud
and trickery, as Mackay stated. the
courts might deprive the corporation
OF all its rights and privileges, take
away its power to act and render 1t
hopelessly impotent. Under such a
frightful condition of affairs the stock
would become absolutely worthless,
and beneath this stab at its heart 1t
had already fallen with a crash that
had carried half of those who had rid
den upon 1t to ruin. My meager mar
gins had been wiped out as quickly as
guilty schoolboy scours his slate,
and I had been made a bankrupt in
the time which 1t takes to tell 1t. l
dropped the paper and staggered into
q doorway, my hands pressing my
temples.
The world swan drunkenly before
me in a hideous gray mist, through
which men with faces lined and hard
ened by hopes long deferred, passed
ghostlike as they plodded silently
along with strained eyes in search of
the sordid necessities which bind the
saul and the body together. The roar
OF the street came to my deadened
ears like the sullen grumble of thun-
der From out of the gloom weary
shop girls and ragged newsboys stared
curiously up at my drawn face, none
poorer than 1, none half so wretched.
The Yale expositor., 1912-02-22
Man and His HAPPINESS.

MAN is the creator of his own hap
piness; it is the aroma of life lived
in harmony with high ideals. For
what man has, he may be dependent
on others; what he is, rests with him
alone. What he obtains in life is but
acquisition; what he attains, is growth
Happiness is the souls joy in the pos
session of the intangible. From
Self-Control, by William George Jor-
dan
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For they had abided in the depths and
had not seen the star of hope shining
| close above them, whereas had been
hurled from the battlements of heav-
en- In the twinkling of an eye Dead
ened OF senses and seeing but vague
ly. l went stumbling towards my
brokers' office, my only hope being
that ] would awake and find that
had dreamed nightmare.
His doors were locked. Already a
rabble stood before them vainly clam
oring for admittance, and realizing
the uselessness of remaining here. I
rushed down the stairs and towards
the floor Of the exchange. The shrek
Ing uproar Of the pit was unintelligible
to me, but in the midst of it with his
collar torn from his neck and his coat
split down the back was my agent,
still dancing about insanely with
wild thrusts of his fingers into the
air. The frenzy upon his face left me
no vestige of hope, and I turned away
with my brain spinning. Four steps
further and ! almost ran into the arms
of Richard Mackay.
His teeth showed beneath his
heavy mustaches; his eyes burned and
his face was stamped with the vim
dictiveness that had brought this in
ferno about. He saw me at once and
brutal laugh of satisfaction burst
from between the half-sealed lips
which my fist had split. 81 did II
partly for your benefit, If that is any
satisfaction to you. But I am not
through with you even yet, puppy"
he said in my ears, as he passed. Too
broken Of spirit to resent the insult
other than by look | passed him in
silence.
How I got through that terrible af-
ternoon I am still uncertain, except
in vague way. ! dared not keep my
luncheon engagement with Mrs. Dace
and tell her all; but instead kept
mumbling to myself that I would call
her up that evening when had
chance to think over what I should
say.
There Is always a chance, though
II be only one In a million, that some
thing will be saved out OF a wreck:
and come what might matters could
not possibly be more hopeless at
nightfall than they were now. And
perhaps by then I could think of some
thing to retrieve myself temporarily;
something which would eventually
start me once more along the prim-
rose way. Scarcely conscious of what
| was doing wandered to Bruce's Of
fee. He was not there, but his clerk
told me that my cousin for some rea-
son had closed out all his holdings
the day before at handsome profit
and had announced himself as through
with speculation. The bitterness of
the contrast between him and myself
brought the tears to my eyes. Should
he carry out this resolve and stick TO
his commissions, as / had little doubt
that he would under Clare's persua-
sions and the weight Of his promise,
his happiness was In his own keeping.
He had undoubtedly again gained a
modest competence, had good bust
ness and the love of sweetly beauti-
full and contented woman. Verify the
richest gifts of the gods reposed in
the hollow of his hand
went home and threw myself heav-
lily upon the bed. At the summons
to the evening meal I failed to re-
spond burying my face in the pillow
instead, as for the hundredtE time
rehearsed what I was to say to Mrs.
Dace. / could only tell her that had
received severe setback but was
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Unnecessary Advice.

Boston school teacher, on attir
ing after 40 years service. had These
suggestions to make to young women
teachers "A little harmless flirting
With nice people with whom you are
acquainted will do much to rest the
tired mind after the arduous duties
Of the schoolroom: be live wire ev'
cry Minute: do no, eat too much"
Advice is given to those who need 1t;
II is easy to guess what young Bosto1
school teachers are like.
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they could do nothing for me, began
using Doan's Kidney Pills and was
permanently cured. l am stronger
than before in years."
when Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S. soc. all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Too Far or Business.

Il see King Georges uncle is ia
New York"
HIN! That's bad for George"
why sou
what will he do If he has occasion
to go and see his uncle?"
The Yale expositor., 1912-02-22

Only to find our duty certainly, aud
somewhere, somehow, to do it faith
fully, makes us good, strong, happy.
and useful men.-Phillips Brooks.
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kidney secretions were
unnatural and gave me
great trouble. One
day l suddenly fell to
the floor, where j lay
for a long time uncon-
scious. Three doctors
who treated me, dag
nosed my case as
paralySis. and said
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Nbgetuieien
Sas Beind Der Union Gas G. Glec-
trie &c., ibr glftienfapital mm
$5OO,OOO 5n erb6ben.

Die StaatssaommiHion fir Dffsntz
li6e utilitdten bat in ibrer geitrigsn
SiBung bas GeIuh Der bieIigsn Union
9as &c electric Co.. ibr Nttieu>&upiz
tai nm $50O,O00 erbOben gu oiirfen,
abidldsig bei9ieoen uno fiibrt aIs
Grunb an, baB Tie in Der Nnselsssnz
beit feline Surisotttion 6abe.
Die @eieMduft but betann.lid bas
gigent6um Der Cincinnati Gas &:
electric go. pa6ttpeiie iibernommer
unb Bel einsm semeinidaftlid ernonns
ten 2ruitee cine Qln3a6l 4ttien Der
Columbia 9as SO. als Si9erbeit fir
bie eetreue grfiillung Der Yadttp1=
trutt=8eftimmungen bepontrt. Die
2eBteren airgen jebod i'm @ert6e su>
rid uno neil infolgeoehen bus Depoe
fit binter Der erforoerli6en 8iirgz
f9aTtsIumme suriidblieb, befhlo1en
bic 9eamten Der llnion Gas e glees
trio Co., neue 2lttien i'm getraee bon
100000 aus3useben> uno bieIe Itatt
Der Columbia go. 4ttien Bel benz
Sruitee gu beponiren.
sic rethte Elm biesbe5islihes 9es
Iu6 BEL Der taaiszaommifion elm,
bod ipurbe bon Seiten oes Stabtanz
tpalts gettman Elm proteit sssen Die
@eipGbruns hesielbsn erboben, neil biz
GeIelliaaft Iih ni6t perpfli6tsn ipoa=
te, ben grtras Der nellen glttien fiji
0erbeiierungsn i'm Sntershe Der aon.
iumenten gu perlpenben. Dies ideint
aud, obtppbl bic aommihipn einen ans
beren anfiibrt, Der ipirtlids 8runo ber
9ermeiseruns oes SsIu4s ssipeien 81
| feiu.
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8eitgmirt
Sat 2anbid)aftssartncr 0reenIn''tb
ton Der Iarfbeboroe.

Ser6crt 8reenimitD, Der lett bier
,sabren oanoldoitsgartner Der Fdrf-
behoroe mar uno ein 8ebalt BON
$1,000 pro sSahr be5og, bot geltern
Ser Yarfbehoroe feline Geiignarton I'M
terbreitet, Die alldy prompt angenonl-
men plrbc lmo ant. 81. Sftober III
Strait tritt.
8reenlmitb begriinoet leInell
Sd)ritt nit Der @ebauptrng oaB Die
Mitglieoer DER Barffommiiiion ibnl
nihr ons gebiibrcnoe Gertraueil
ihenften, ober ipie es bciBt lit er oer-
idlnilpft hariibcr, ouB Die aomlniliion
lid bel Der Dor menigcn Wtonaten er-
folgten Heprgnnilution 0es Berlonals
geipeigert bate. linn ieinem Wltnid)c
entipreheno Die abiolute aontroQc
iiber oos Barfipitem 81 iibertragen.
Zen Soften 8reenlmitb'S miro bis
oui meitercs iein bisberiger gtiiiIteni
98alter 9i. Munaer einnebmen.
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rid Der Grobe" bon Bremen; .aOniq
gilbert" bon Hsapel.
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na6 Reopel; r9irma" na4 Rotteroam
unD 2ibau; rprincipe oi piemont"
no6 Reapsl; rSscar H." na9 Sopens
basen; Uranium" nu4 Hotteroam.
Supre. Mnset.: ga propenoe"
bon Nep Dort.
2iperpool. Inset.: Dominion
BON pbilabelpbio. gbees.: Settle
nah Netp Yort.
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BON philadelphia.
Neapel. Gbges.: rpannonid"
na9 Rep yorf.
Mnttperpen. Mneet.: ,Wenomtz
net" pou pbilabelpbia.
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mad pbiIabsIpbiu; .Sesanis", Don
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Sd,,uere geid)nloi9nugen

Shrpere acknowledgement perSel
bon @iQiam 9oll, bon So 1881
W1ain StroBe, geger Die 8eamten Der
2ongpiem ssrrenanltalt erboben. er
bebauptet, oaB ieine Shlpie8ermut-
ter, Die 60 Sabre nltc 5rou slnno
Serancourt, oie geitern in ser glnltal'
itarb, gerlebungen erle9en iii, Die
iDr bort beiaebrodt muroen. IoIl
hot iih nit Dem Coroner in 8crbin'
oung geiest ilnb oieler miro eine ge'
naue llnteriutltng anltellen.
5rau 6croncourt, Die nit ibrenl
@atten ssreb. Serancourt, on Ser
Carlisle 9lpenue, nabe Ser 8aDnliqer
StraBe nobnte, ipar niht MIR geiitess
geItDrt, ionoern ouh blinO uno Duroe
Dor WonotfriIt BON 9fidter 2uebers
nad 9ongpiefp aefanot. 8ie Die 2ler5'
tc in Ser glnitalt bcbaupten, itarb oie
6rau infoIge eines Nierenleioens.
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fliiiements Der 5renh Bros. Bauer
Co., yio. Ill Dit 5. glbe.. fam frub
eeitern MOrgen Elm 5euer gum Wusz
bruh, pelhes BON benz pripattpdhter
her Dirma. Sames SreIanb, entoedt
nuroe unb bant Der reht3eitigen Gnt-
bedune BON Der auf einen 5tillalnrm
terbsiseeilten 5eueripehr i'm Seine err
itidt tperoen tonnte. Oas Jeuer Iou
hurh bon MduIen ansenagte Streih9
boIaer peruriadt tporoen iein.
9ebeutenbe 9lufregung tpurbe
bnrh elm unbeDsuienDes Jeuer perur-
iaht, tpelnes in bem gtablHement bes
5tiirfhners s.. 6. 8aBler. SO. 113
Weit Z. Mpenue. seitern Nahmittag
gum 2usbruh gefonlmen mar. Die
Oefabr ipurbe beieitiet, bepor nennens=
iDertbtr Shoben anseridtet iporben
mar.
Die Ntipcbner bes Ienementz
boufes Np. 1908 Walnut StraBe.
arurben seftern Wsorsen bur9 bidtsn
NoAG. lptlher aus bem Keller berporz
brung. In nidt gtrinse Nufreguns per=
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