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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens az Monte Carlo with
Col Terence O'Rourke, a 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. Bertie
Glynn. while his companion Is Viscount
Dea Trebes, a duelist. The viscount tells
him the French government has directed
MIN 10 ORourke as man who would
undertake a secret mission. At his apart
ment, O'Rourke. who had agreed TO un-
dertake the mission. finds a mysterious
letter. The viscount arrives, hands
sealed package 20 O'RourlIe, who is not
70 open Il until on the ocean. A pair OF
dainty slippers are seen protrudlng from
under a doorway curtain. The lrishman
finds the owner OF the mysterious feet 70
BE- his wife, BeatriN, from whom he had
run away a year previous. They are
reconciled, and opening the letter he nnds
that a Rangoon law firm offers him
Pool Of Flame and left to him by a dy-
Ing friend. but now in keeping OF one
named Chambret In Algeria. O'Rourke
worsts the nobleman I'm a duel. The wife
bids O'Rourke farewell and he promises
20 soon pturn with the reward. He dis
covers both Glynn and the viscount on
board the ship. AS he finds Chambret
there Is an attack by bandits and his
friend dies telling O'Rourke that he has
left the Pool OF Flame with the governor
general. who At sight OF signet ring
given NAE tNANnEA Will nENNNN WNFN AAAN
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 IL. In
"a 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. IL is finally secured by
the captain and O'Rourke escapes 70
land. With the aid Of one Danny and
his sweetheart O'ROurke recovers the
Pool Of Flame. On board ship once more.
bound for RangoOn, mysterious lady
appears O'Rourke comes upon a lascar
about 70 attack the lady, who Is a Mrs.
Prynne. and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs. Prynne claims she is en- route for
Indiana on a mission for the king.
O'Rourlle Is attacked by the lascar. who |
secures the Pool OF Flame. the captain |
is shot and the lascar jumps into the sea. |
The ship arrives in port. Danny hands |
ORourke the Pool OF Flame which he |
has stolen from Mrs. Prynne. It Is the /
real Jewel. the one lost at sea being /
O'Rourke goes to Calcutta /
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. He /
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an ac-
complice. Finally he gets 10 the lawyer 4
who has offered the reward. delivers the
jewel and gets the money. Going 20 the
OF the lawyer on invitation,
O'Rourke finds him murdered and Des
Trebes is found dying. An officer appears
and O'Rourke assists him in unraveling
he mystery. O'RourlSe leaves with the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

Mayor Turnbull, of Canton, was
talking about statement, made all
unconsciously by a Titanic officer, that
had been a terrible black eve for the
Titanic administration.
This statement" he said, reminds
me Of little Canton boy.
Tommy, why are you so unkind
to your nurse? Why don't you love
herr his mother once asked him.
Because I don't the enfant terri
bic replied. just hate her could
pinch her cheeks like papa doesT"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

They Were Gaining on Him Rapidly.
driver was furnished an army rife
and ammunition by the government.
| We had been out a week, wheA one
afternoon about four o'clock we
eamped on small stream called Sand
creek.
Up to that day we had seen no
signs of Indians, so Pete, as We called
him, concluded to go out on the high
prairie and see If he could kill an
antelope and have some fresh meat.
He took his old Enfield rife and few
cartridges, and struck out north across
the creek. He had gone about half
mile when he noticed over on another
Ridge, about half a mile away, what at
hrst he took to be a drove of ante
lopes, but on looking closer he saw
they were in Indians-ten Of them.
They were dismounted and stood be-
hind their ponies, and their heads only
appearing above their backs
As soon as he had made sure that
they were Indians he turned and
started for camp. When the Indians
saw that their decoy to draw him
nearer to them failed, they sprang
upon their ponies and came pell-mell
after him. It was a race for life.
with the odds against him. They were
gaining on him rapidly with their
Eeet-footed ponies, and he saw that
they would soon overtake him unless
he could devise some way to hold
them in check.
He thought as he ran along with his
loaded gun that it would not do to
shoot at them, however tempting the
mark, for the instant his rife was dis.
charged they would pounce upon him.
and his scalp would be hanging to
one of their belts in no time. So he
watched over his shoulder, and when
they got near enough to begin shoot.
Ing at him with their arrows (they
had no guns) he stopped, turned and
leveled his rife as If to pick one of.
and they instantly checked their
Eteeds and hung over on the opposite
side Of their ponies: then Pete whirled
around and ron for dear life again. and
before the Indians. could get their
ponies up to full speed he had gained
, little on them, and when they closed
up agoin he repeated the tactics.
When he reached the creek opposite
the camp, where water was about IA
feet wide and a foot deep, underlaid
with treacherous quicksand, Pete hesi.
.ated not moment, but gathered all
he strength that was In him and
eaped as far towards the other bank
Is he could. He struck about four |
eet from the farther shore, and sank
o his waist in water and quicksapd
The Indians rushed up and com.
Denced to shoot at him. One arrow
truck his hat and knocked 1t off. He
visited around and raised his rife as
to shoot, and the Indians lodged
'ehind their ponies. Then Pete with
n energy born OF despair, wiggled his
eet out of his big government boots
nd jumped ashore and ran bare
eaded and barefooted into camp.
houting Indians"
The warning came too late. The
ioux galloped down below, crossed
he creek and rushed in between our
lule herd and camp, yelling like de-
IONS. They drove of the whole LOT.
he herder had close call, being cut
q, too, but his feet herding pony
lved him. We had to lie there two
eCfs until another outfit could be
sn us from the fort.
:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
From the Ash Tray.

Even the ash Of hubby's cigar car
be utilized. In what way? Why, az
a polisher for gold watches. bracelets
and rings, let alone chains and a mul
itude Of other trinkets. This comet
from a prominent jeweler. so It mus
be nearly correct He even goes tc
the extent Of carrying with him
small case in which he preserves al
the ashes from the cigars which ht
smokes. He says that the grain is 50
fine that 1t leaves no mark that IL
discernible to the naked eye.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

The Boarding Party Stood at Bay.
or another of his companions had
been tackled bodily by one of the
junk's crew. On his own part he
caught glimpse of a shadow moving
ghostlike against one Of the lights,
and promptly exercised it with a shot.
BY this time the vessel seemed to
be caught in the grip OF pandemon-
ium; shouts and shots We'd with
screams, groans, confused padding
footsteps, to make the moment one OF
a nightmare. The boarding party stood
at bay, not daring to venture from the
spot on which they had landed, firing
steadily but with discretion.
Huddled together like children in
fear Of the powers of darkness, the
three held their fire against the inev-
liable assault in Torce, handicapped
fearfully by their absolute ignorance
of the lay Of the deck, of the number
OF their opponents, and Of from which
quarter they had to expect the attack,
And the silence and the suspense
wore upon their nerves until the final
struggle came IN the shape of boom
10 save them from madness. And 1t
came with rush and a viii. cyclonic,
tremendous, ovarpowcrlng, BY sheer
weight Of human iiosh the Europeans
were pinned against the rail. nghting
Il handgrlps with a cruel and cunning
'oe far better prepared Tor such hna
ness than they For a, such close
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

the wide. shadowy reaches Of the riv
er. But the mystical distances con
fused and eluded him. The launch
seemed to move. painting, in an abyss
I Of night She made little noise: a
hiss of water beneath her stem; the
steady humming of the motor, throt,
tied down 20 half speed; the mufied
gasping Of the exhaust And present.
ly even these ceased at a word from
Couch. and the launch moved only
with the tide.
Abruptly a towering wall OF opaque
black rose out of the darkness TO
starboard. ORourke braced himself
for the imminent instant of action,
poised so lightly upon his toes and
hngertips that a swell from a moving
vessel would have thrown him on
MS balance. perhaps overheard. The
launch closed swiftly and silently in
upon the black wall; It lowered over
MIN like a cliff; far above he could
see dim divisions between black and
black that must be the rail. And he
shook his head, dismayed; he could
never scale that, he thought; not even
the ORourke could accomplish a mir
acle. But In a breath It had faded
back, and he realized that the tower
ing poop of the junk had misled him.
They were now alongside at the waist
He stood up and saw a low railing
moving and caught it over the edge OF
the rail, drew the launch in. let go the
boathook and, with the headwarp
wrapped about his hand. jumped
blindly.
Something dealt him a vicious, all
but paralysing, blow in the pit Of the
stomach; he doubled up. for a mo-
ment helpless, across the junk's rail,
but retained sufficient presence of
mind to hold on to the headwarp.
Then, recovering a trife. he sQuirmed
over and fell sprawling upon the deck,
his heels drumming an abrupt and
violent alarm. From somewhere he
heard a shrill jabbering arise, with an
ensuing patter Of bare feet Swiftly
he got upon his knees and drew in the
leadwarp with his free hand search |
ng along the rail for cleat. Some
hing thumped heavily on the deck be-
iide him, and grunted; and something
Else followed with a second bump;
md the launch swung outward and,
.aught by the current, jerked the
leadwarp from his grasp May the
uck of the O'Rourke stlll hold!" he
,rayed fervently. getting upon his feet
o realize that. with Couch and the
nan Wheeler, he was imprisoned
board the junk, doomed there to re-
lain whatever might befaI, until
he coming Of the second launch -,
or perhaps for longer time
AS he rose some indistinct body ran
lto him and cannoned off with an un-
outh yelp; with no time to draw his
evolvers, the adventurer struck out
18th a bare hand and had the salts
action of finding a goal for his blow
of landing heavily on bare flesh and
{ hearing the dull sound of a fall
pom the deck.
Synchronously lights were flashing
ut for and aft. A revolver spat ven
mously beside him. Somewhere a
ian screamed and fell, whimpering
orribly. The revolver expoded a Sec
nd time. There were confused
discs, as of furious struggle, rough
nd tumble. and he suspected that one ,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
CHAPTER xXXV.

In after days. when he was alto.
gether well and whole. they journeyed
forth, these two, the man and his
wife, from Rangoon northward. The
railway carried them some distance;
later they struck off with their train
into the primitive wilderness beyond
the ultimate British outposts on the
Chindwine. main tributary to the Ir-
rawaddy.
The land was peaceful, hospitable,
and very, very lovely in its wilder.
ness. Their happiness was ecstasy.
By day they rode through Jungle,
wood and rolling uplands, or less easi-
ly through the Businesses of the hills,
side by side. thought linked to
thought, their hearts attuned By
night their camps were pitched in a
new-found world of beauty, wonderful
in its shadowy mystery.
It was so ordered that they came,
toward sundown of a certain day. to
the foot of hill crowned with great
pagoda of many multiplied roofs firing
ed with a myriad silver bells that
tinkled ceaselessly in the evening
airs.
Here they dismounted and together
made the ascent of an age-Old wooden
stairway, broad and easy, and throng-
ed from the first rise to the last with
weary pilgrims, beggars, lepers. laugh
ing children. mendicant holy men, The
sun was low upon the horizon when.
having bribed their way along that
gauntlet, ORourke and his bride (she
could never be aught less to him) at
tanned to the topmost platform and.
having received permission. with meet
show of reverence entered the temple
II was very dark inside and for a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
LIE Must Make AnanIas Jealous.

"Oh, we have had Just a delightful
time at your party. We want you to
come and take dinner with US just as
soon as you can"
Honestly, think you have got just
the cutest baby I have ever seen"
Gee. l can sing a lot better when
[ haven't got a cold"
My husband is just as sweet as he
can be around the house. He never
gets cross and never scolds when din.
ner isn't ready, and is so neat that a
piece Of lint on the carpet almost
drives him crazy"
I'VE expect to spend next summer
abroad
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
DAGUERREOTYPE COMES BACK

silver plate of the daguerreotyp,
makes possible the greatest amount Of
detail, and the softer shadings. mucr
OF which is lost in photographs TO-DAY
by the rough surface of the emulsion
on the negative, by the opaqueness OF
the glass in printing, and the uneven
ness of the paper"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
CHAPTER xxxIv.-(cOntInued.l


He confessed he was in the pay
like these chaps we're after now-oi
a highly respectable Chinese merchant
and head of one Of the tongs-one OF
the richest men in Rangoon, who, it
seems. was also after that ruby.
can't imagine what he wanted of it,
but that'l come out, probably; the
mans rich enough to buy dozens Of
stones as fine However 49,.
gather he'd laid his plan far ahead.
The coolies intimated you'd been
watched all the way from Bombay. At
all events. the brutes were ready
when you arrived; Sypher was a
doomed man from the moment you
SdRnded over the Pool of Flame. They
surrounded his house this night, COM
ing up from the river, just as soon as
1t was dark enough to conceal their
actions. Then they found a third ele-
ment in the business-your friend Des
Trebes, all unsuspicious of them, lurk-
ing on the veranda and watching Sy-
pher through the window. So they
waited to see what he was up to. And
pretty soon they found out. Sypher
came downstairs, went to the safe and
opened it; presume he had the stone
in his hand. ready to put away. While
he was standing there the Frenchman
slipped up behind and stabbed
him, annexing the stone and leav-
ing the way he got in. The in
slant he stepped on the Veranda the
Chinese got him; but he managed to
scream before they could silence him
and drew the attention of the house
hold, Miss Pynsent, your wife and the
servants. So to cover things up they
had to gather them all in. The serv-
ants were killed-there were three of
them-and the women
Neither man spoke for time Then
Couch resumed.
This coolie was an outsider-a
servant Of the merchant's-not one
of the junk gang; so he stayed ashore.
and thought it would be a fine young
scheme to return and do little loot
ing on his own . I've telephon.
ed the head Office to arrest that
cursed merchant and confiscate his !
house and goods and detain anybody I
they could catch connected with him.
The nets welp enough laid, and
think
The lights of the city became Wis.
ible, strung along the right bank of
the river as the launch rounded a
bend. Couch swung the little boat
out into midstream. "Half-speed
he said, adding to ORourke.
i've got to pick out that junk. pre-
sume the right one win have all sail
set and be moving downstream with
the tide; it's Just on the turn now
and fortunately there's no wind worth
wish | could
see something Of the other launch"
He peered anxiously into the obscur.
ty ahead III there were only star
ight--m he complained bitterly.
Stand by, Wheeler. to stop the motor
Ven drop alongside with the current
Is quietly as we can Colonel
)Rourke, win you get forward and
AXE the hoathook and headwarp,
'ieasei I'm needed at the wheel and ,
Wheeler at the engine until we make
ast" !
Cautiously tho Irishman rose, took I
no boathook Couch offered him, and I
rept out upon the narrow triangle OF \
eek az the bows. CrOuchmg tnero. y
a found the headwarp and waited a
onso with anxious expectancy, star. 4
be ahead IN futile effort "a penetrate d
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
a Gentle Result.

She-I thought prize fights were
very exciting.
He-They usually are.
She-Well, this one / am reading
about could not have been very lively.
for it seems from this account the
fight ended because one Of them went
to sleep.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
Just TO Accommodate.

Hungry Girl Zone of party of tour
lists who have arrived late at coun-
try inn) fresh eggs? But you've
got hens, haven't you?
Innkeeper's Wife-Yes, but they're
all asleep
Hungry Girl-Well, but can't you
wake them -Fliegende Blaetter.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

ner-gown, her skirts trailing in the
slime of the shambles, her arms out
held to him; and knew her for his
wife.
He essayed to speak, but could not.
He felt her arms close about him. In
the face of the searchlights penetrat-
ing and undertaking glare. night
closed down upon him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
Looking Ahead.

IF get to Glory" says a Georgia
philosopher, 'Tll ask no harp to play
but I'll have no objections at all to any
body else playing one, as I always did
like to go to sleep to slow music" -
Atlanta Constitution.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
Didn't Get Across

First Omaha Man Tin surprised
What! Back already? Why, !
thought you were going to see Europe,
Second Omaha Man (cheerfully)-
So did /, but 1t seems that New YorR
saw me first-Puck
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28

There IL almost as much difference
between tweedledum and tweedledeo
as there Is between Hhop GIRL and
aalesiady,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-06-28
The Proper Cours,

rs there a powder trust?"
81 don't know, but if there is,
somebody should go cunning for IT,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-04
WAYLAY MAN Who
ARRESTED CHUM
Gang of Harrison Youths Get
Revenge on Milk
man.

Armed with baseball bats, bricks
and other weapons, score of Har-
rison youths today assailed Morris
Salnick, a Hilton milk dealer, after
the latter, assuming the role of a
policeman, had arrested one of their
number. Peter Kehoe was the lad ar
rested.
Salnick was delivering milk at
houses on Seventh street, Harrison.
He saw Kehoe corral one of the bot
ties and gave chase. He caught the
lad and took him to the Harrison
police station.
Upon learning of his plight, Kehoe's
friends called a hurried conference
and marched to the police station,
where they heard Police Justice Jo-
seph M. Branegan pronounce SEN
tence of three months in jail on the
prisoner.
Angered. but silent, the crowd filed
out of the building and returned tc
its haunts. Salnick returned to the
neighborhood and word was sent tc
Kehoe's pals The latter located the
milkman and proceeded to make shori
work of him. Salnick seized bottle
and welded it uncomfortably close to
the heads of some of his assailants.
One of the gang with true aim
hurled a brick and smashed into
smithereens Salnick's weapon of de-
fense. 1t fairly rained bricks and
stones. Salnick finally whipped up
his horse and made his escape.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-04
WILSON FORGETS
SCALP INJURIES
Refuses to Allow Camera Men
to Photograph the Wound.
Hurts Not Serious.

PRINCETON, Nov. 4.-Governor
Wilson forgot about his lacerated
scalp today and dug into his corre-
spondence. He said he was not
bothered in the least by the wound
received yesterday. when he was
knocked against the roof of the closed
automobile in which he was riding
A few photographers sought a pic
ture of the governor with the narrow
strip of plaster across his partly
shaved head.
mo, no. certainly not" was the
governors answer as he drew away
from the camera men. and nobody got
the picture.
DR.. j. NJ Carnochan. Princeton
University's physician. who attended
Grover Cleveland in hts declining
days here. called on the governor
and looked at the wound again to-
day
ITS Just a scalp wound and not
serious in its nature" said the phy-
sician, "andA viii not prevent him
from attending to his engagements :
Scores of kilograms Of Inquiry
came to the governor. but he reas-
sured everybody that he was
wholly himself today.
The governor left at 1:12 p. m. for
Passaic and Paterson. where he is to
speak tonight, winding up the~cam-
paign.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-04
MOTHERS DEATH
IS SAD ENDING Of
COLD AND HUNGER
Harry Young Finds
Body at Foot of
Stairs.
WOMAN AND SON SLEEP
In HALLWAY THREE WEEKS
Thirteen-Ye Year-oid Boy Tells
Story of Privations to
Police.

Three weeks of suffering from cold
and hunger had sad ending for
Harry Young, a thin, emaciated lad
of 13, today when he found his
mother, Catherine Young, with whom
he had endured his hardships, dead at
the foot of a stairway in the house at
40 New York avenue, whose hallway
had been their only shelter for weeks
Death was declared to be accidental
by County Physician Mckenzie. The
woman had probably walked in her
sleep and fell down the flight of stairs.
or, as had been her custom, was going
to try to get something for her boys
breakfast
Plainclothesman Brex and Sergeant
Kull. of the Third precinct, listened to
the boys tale of the nights spent toss
ing about the bare boards OF the hall
way trying to bring on sleep which
would not come and of the days spent
away from school trying to get food.
The two patrolmen were touched, and
brought their young charge to the
station, and. with the assistance OF
the matron, made up a warm meal.
his first in two days.
The patrolman looked on while the
starved boy drank his smoking hot
coffee and munched roll.
Harry was starting a new life. No
more would his sleeping place be the
Railways of a dilapidated tenement,
nor would his companion be a
woman, who, although kind. was ad-
dicted to liquor.
After his breakfast, the boy chatted
with the men about the station and
allowed the matron to fix up his
clothing, all that he owns in the
world. Then the tear-stained face
was washed and the tousled hair
cambed.
According to the lad his mother
had fallen down the same stairs Sat-
-urday night, but was only slightly
injured. The neighbors say she had
been under the influence OF liquor
for several days, but this the boy
stbutIy denies, and defends the men,
ory of his mother.
The body was ordered removed to
Holes morgue, until some disposition
can Se made of 1t, while Harry will
stay at the House Of Detention until
good home can be found for him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-04
Local Record in
Election Mail

With the aid of seventy three extra
carriers the postoffice authorities
were able this morning to deliver the
last of the $4,000 extra pieces of cleo
tion mail. 1t was the heaviest cleo
ton mail in the history of the local
postoffice.
Nearly every clerk connected with
the postofHce worked until late last
night sorting out the last batch of
the political literature, so as to have
1t ready for delivery today. This
morning many of the regular car
riers left the office with as high as
three bags, all of which were COM
pletely filled. Because of this fact
the regular 10 o'clock delivery in
some parts of the city was dispensed
with today. so that there were but
two deliveries. one in the morning
and the other in the afternoon.