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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-07-18
CHAPTER XXI.

For several minutes O'Rourke re-
NAMED beside the body, making two
notable discoveries. For he was quick
to note the fact that one of the dead
mans hands was tightly clenched,
while the other lay half.open and
limp. The former was closed upon a
leather thong 81 stout as to resist any
attempt to break it by main strength.
so firmly held that the murderer had
found 1t necessary to sever 1t with
a knife. The knife itself was there.
for proof of this; the sheen of light
upon its mother-of-pearl handle caught
the Irishman's eye.
Picking it up, he subjected 1t to a
close examination that, however,
cleaned no information. It was sim.
ply a small pocket penknife, little
worn. with blades of German steel. It
carried no Identifying marks and told
him but n thing-that the assassin
had been a European; a native would
never have bothered with SO ineffec-
tual a thing when a sturdy weapon,
serviceable alike for offense and de-
Tense, would have served its purpose
equally we'll.
From this he turned to the dagger
which he had taken from the body:
a stiletto with a plain ebony handle.
unmarked, u~nscratched, apparently
fresh from the Dealers showcase. 1t
meant nothing. save that it indicated
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ceived a shock. Thrown carelessly
across the foot of the bed was a wom-
ans evening wrap, while on the bureau
were gloves, long, white and fresh, but
wrinkled from recent wear, and a silk.
en- veil. Plainly these were the prop
erty of the fourth guest, whose place
had been set at the table below, but
Of whose identity he had not been ap-
prised. Presumably, he reflected, she
whoever she was) had been intended
as the fulfillment of Sypher's limited
surprise.
A guess formed vaguely in his brain.
and suddenly curdled into a suspicion.
He took the gloves in his hand, ex-
aiming them for marks Of identified
ton, but found none. But in one cor
ner of the veil he discovered an en-
broidered initial-the letter B.
"Beatrix?" he guessed huskily. rs
it possible? He promised me
a surprise. 'Twould have been
like her to plan 1t with him-and 'tis
quite possible she reached Rangoon
before l. . My wife! ("
Hastily he returned to the evening
wrap. a fascinating contrivance of lace
and satin unquestionably the last cry
of the Partisan mode. such a wrap az
his wife might we'll have worn. But
beyond Paquin's label stitched inside
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still more strongly that the murderer
was most probably not a native. A
Greek or an Italian, a Genoese sailor
or a native of Southern France-say
a %seafaring man out of Marseilles-
might have carried it.
"Oho!" said O'Rourke, speculative.
"A. Frenchman, mayhap!"
He got up, satisfied that he would
learn nothing more by continuing his
search of the solicitors body. The
mental link between the fact Of the
crime and it's perpetrator was ~inevita-
BILE; O'Rourke believed implicitly that
Syrher had been murdered by Des
Trebes masquerading as DE Hyeres."
And he could have done himself an
injury In the impotent fury aroused by
realization that he had permitted him
self to be SO childishly hoodwinked.
despite the suspicious he had enter
tanned of the soi-disant DE Hyeres."
He felt himself responsible, since he
had neglected to warn sypher. 1t had
been on his tongues tip that after
noon. when Sypher himself had divert
ed the warning by his request that the
O'Rourke could more comfortably spin
his yarn after they mad dined.
Poor divvle!" said the adventurer
again. He stopped to spread his
handkerchief over the staring. pitiful
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a And poor, poor young woman!"
He was startled by the thought of
her; for the first time 1t entered into
his comprehension, until then bounded
by the hard and fast fact Of the MUIR
der. Now instantly his concern about
the crime was resolved into solicitude
for the girl. What could have hap.
pened to her? What had become Of
the servants, whose sudden desertion
had left the house SO sinssterly quiet?
Swept on by a fervor of anxiety on
the girls behalf, O'Rourke glanced
quickly about the study to assure HIM
self that he had overlooked nothing of
Importance, then passed out into the
main hall or reception-room. Here the
most searching inspection revealed
nothing amiss. He moved on to the
other room on the main floor and
found himself in the dining-room; here
again all vas in perfect order.
The kitchen Offices in the rear OF
the house next received his attention.;
he found them completely untenanted,
having apparently been abandoned in
desperate haste. Everything was in
disorder; the meal. he had been in
vited to partake of was cooking to Gin
ders in pots and ovens; a heavy of.
tense Of burning food thickened the
atmosphere. Half-stifled, he left the
place as quickly as possible, returned
to the main hall and assembled to the
upper story.
Here he found three bed-chambers
and a bath. He first entered Sypher's,
then the Don evidently occupied by
Miss Pynsent, finally what was un-
questionably a guest-chamber, discov-
ering nothing noteworthy until he
reached the latter. And here he re-
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Masterpiece Of Advertising.

A physician Of Montpelier. France,
was in the habit Of employing a very
ingenious artifce. When he came ia
a town. where he was not known, he
pretended to have lost his dog, and
ordered the public crier to offer, with
beat Of drum, a reward Of rs louis to
whomsoever should bring 1t to him
The crier took ri to mention all the
titles and academic honors Of the doc
tor, az we'll as his place of residence
Ele soon became the talk Of the town
DO you know" says one. that a IA.
nous physician has come here. a very
clever fellowf He must be very rich
for he offers rs louis for finding hia
dog" The dog raj not found, but pa
tents were.
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SYNOPSIS.

me story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence O'Rourke, a military free
lance and something Of a gambler, in his
ho.el; Leaning on the balcony he sees a
elevator and passes from sight. At the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
TWatching him; One is the Hon; BERTHE
pes Trebes. a duelist. The viscount tells
MIN the French government has directed
MIN to O'Rourke as a man who would
undertake q secret mission. At his apart
msnt, o'Rourke, who had agreed to un n
letter. The viscount arrives, hands q
sealed package to O'Rourke, who Is not
to open It until on the ocean. a pair OF
under a doorway curtain. The 1rishman
1nnds the owner OF the mysterious feet to
be his wife, Beatrtx. from whom he had
r rsn sHes and a Ys openi R1sf the letter aA Ss ,n aas
that a Rangoon law firm offers him
10000 pounds for a jewel known as the
Pool Of Flame and left to him by q dy-
worsts the nobleman in a duel. The wife
bids o'Rourke farewell and he promises
to soon b rstpr G, With the the T tns viaco ae al on
board the ship: As he fnds Chambret
there is an attack by bandits and his
friend dies telling O'Rourke that he has
given the colonel viii deliver over 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
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. It ts finally secured by
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, a mysterious 1ady
appears. O'Rourke comes upon a lascar
about to attack the lady, who is a Mrs.
Prynne, and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs. Prynne claims she ls en- route FOR
Indiana on q mission for the king.
O'Rourke 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
o'Rourke the Pool Of Flame which he
has stolen from Mrs. Prynne. It Is the
real Jewel, the one lost at sea being 9
counterfeit. O'Rourke goes to Calcutta
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. He
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an &C
complice. Finally he gets to the lawyer
who has offered the reward, delivers the
Jewel and gets the money.
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to It's breast, above the heart. Be-
You'd dispute. Sypher was dead.
Poor divvle!" muttered the Irish
man +. The Pool Of Flame!
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CHAPTER xxx.-(contlnued.)

HIS UAuuSI AOuA, dAIOA CA0 80
lish fashion, nowhere and by nobody
more rigidly observed than by the
Englishman in the Orient; Eight foI
eight-thirty," he had said. And as
O'Rourke, a very dignified and impos,
ing O'Rourke in his evening dress
waited for a sampan on the lower
grating of the Poonah's passenger
gangplank he had a round three-quar
tiers for an hour for leeway-ample leis
ure for an interested inspection OF
that part Of Rangoon lying. between
the floating jetty and Sypher's resi-
dence in a suburb near Dalhousie
Park.
Danny remained aboard ship only
temporarily, being instructed to follow
with O'Rourke's belongings to suitable
accommodations already engaged at q
hotel on the Strand, overlooking the
roadstead; from whose windows
O'Rourke was promising himself the
pleasure of watching the arrival OF
the steamship bearing his wife to his
arms.
"Bless her dear facet" said he soft.
ly. otis meself will be desolated If
she's not aboard that Messageries boat
due tomorrow-now that l can go
back to her, a man Of property, no
longer a pauper ~ne'er-do-well! Think
Of that, We lucky dog!"
A sampan slid noiselessly in beside
the grating. O'Rourke let himself eau
tiously into it and incontinently col
lapsed upon the rear seat as the boat
slid away toward the shore lights,
yielding to the vigorous sweeps of the
single long oar welded by the Bur
man in the bows.
Ashore, a tikkagharry caught him
up and bore him down the silent road
that winds between the Strand and
the rivers edge, then whipped into
Mogul street, where the fluent tide
of life ran broad and deep beneath a
glare Of light.
All too quickly the tikka whisked
cut of the main channel of the ctty's
life. out beyond the Mohammedan
mosque and the Chetti's hall and the
tQrlSCfdU Cudp0is duu AASo lu0 SO1S,
dense night of the countryside
world of darkness sparsely studded with
dim, glowing windows; and all too
soon, again, it swung of from the
highway into a private drive, crunched
over gravel and stopped before the
Illuminated veranda of a native bum
galow.
O'Rourke got down, discharged the
driver and assembled the steps,; a little
puzzled to find no one waiting to vel
come. him, whether Sypher. Miss Pyn.
sent, or at worst q servant. Surely
be was expected. . But nobody
appeared. The grating tires Of the
departing tikkagharry had made noise
enough to appriss the household Of
the arrival Of q guest, ono would think.
Nevertheless O'Rourke remained un-
greeted.
H. stroked his chm. psrplsxed. won.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1912-07-05

e.nny,< southeriy Slope Should Be
Selected and Pm Eiphtsen inehSs
Deep Dug Ont

Last spring we n1ade an effcfenf
act bed that cost us practically moth
ing. Selecting . sunny. southerly
Glope We dug 1 pit 70 inches deep. elk
feet hung and three fest wide, writes
n. Coverde1l Of Missouri tn the Farm
md Home. This shozld be done AZ
carly - pusHthle- .-s
About two days before 70 wished To
use the bed, we hauled welrrtted ma
nne from The horse stables ana hlled
the 1T to within two inches Of the
top. A small quantity Of rsttsd straw
should also Be mixed with the manure,
n none II already In Il. Who're the
manure is too dry, n houh Be slight
II dnmpened 70 induce heat The ma.
uure also was packed down well.
We inclosed the bed with . SIX
fnch board on the south side 124nch
board ON tho north and banked up al
around. Over tho bed Of manure We
then placed a fourinch layer OF good.
rich fine soil. The arrangement OF
the boards provided sloping ends,
which would admit Of covering that
would shed water. This cover was
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1912-07-05
IIFNEAL
sNMGG

Good ducks mean good dollars.
Brown Leghorn hens VIII lay VA
until four or five years ~.
Very old ewes ara dt1icait TO lssn'
In : good breeding co1ditin.
Chickens have many exsgxiss sxA
are helpless from most Of thsm.
While still young, but full Gcwu.
the chicken IL best suited fer tod.
Ducks are hardy birds. good fatxen-
ers. end suffer little frup vsfmta q
diseases.
Ground grain proved confidently
more profitable than whole Srai1 with
growing chicks.
There is much less worry In duck
raising than in any other branch d
poultry keeping.
More incubator matches are spoiled
by the anxiety Of the operator than
any other one thing.
Many beekeepers requiem every
year, and thus improve their stock
and prevent inbreeding.
Experiments have shown that COWS
unaccustomed to Stage will become
very fond Of 1t In two or three days.
While ducks are waterfowis and do
not require roosting perches. they
must have comfortable. dry house.
Plan to get rid Of the black snd by.
brid bees by buying italian Quesns
next spring. and get in your orders
early.
Although many hens Are kept solely
for egg production, the greater pro.
portion are bred primarily for the
table.
It has been estimated that 100000.
900 chickens and other kinds Of poul-
try are annually consumed In the
United States.
Present and future market ccndi'
tons warrant. tho fsttaning o. cattle.
hogs. sheep and lambs which lack
good flesh condition.
BY careful breeding and seisctfns.
some OF the breeders Of tho so-cAllsa
beat breeds have succeeded h pro
ductng great m1lksa1.
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Hard to Get Away From.
Nothing is 30 dimcult to uproot &
lsharited wrong-doinS.
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Straw soon becomes ground into .
dust that Ii irritating to the lungs and
makes pigs cough. When infested
with germs It Is liable to cause
chronic pneumonia.
All hog houses should be kept
clean: they should be thoroughly dis
infected every two or three months
and coat Of disinfscting whitewash
applied.
The nature and treatment OF
mango. swine Ncs. ban nose (necro
tic stamatitiD. chronic pneumonia.
hog cholera. and paralysis are dis.
cussed. The more common Of these
troubles are mango. lice. and cholera.
For the drst, dipping In lime-sulphur
dip prepared ~ follows ID advised:
Stake pounds Of lime with sufficient
water to make . thick paste. SLIT in
"a pounds Of sulphur and mix we'll
with hoe. Put this mixture in q
kettle with IS or 80 gallons Of water
and boil for at least one hour: two
hours 10 better. When ready for use,
add sufficient water to make 100 gal
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Belden

Several of the Belden people
had the pleasure of visiting the
Mt. Vernon minstrel concert.
The concert was a grand success
with the exception of George
Clayton taking suddenly i'll.
Grover Huffman filled his place
by reading his part.
Mr.. Ed Cocoa was in town
Monday on business.
Mitt Miller was in town Sat-
urday collecting telephone toll
for Mr.. Cocoa.
Among Belden's sick this week
is Mrs. Iona RicKle. We hope
for her speedy recovery.
Mrs. Charlie Reagh is visiting
her parents in this place.
The good roads teams. are idl
this week. Meanwhile the 'roacS
are nearly impossible.
1t is rumored that Mr.. }. II
Caldwell is about to install 4
switchboard at this place.
Mr.. M. A. Gentry spent Tues
day in Tupelo.
Mr.. P. L. Perkins made a shor
business trip to Tupelo Wednes
day.
Misses Hill, Camp and Gentrl
spent a delightful hour in Mrs
Simpsons orchard Tuesday al
ternoon.
More rain more grass is tn
refrain of the farmers in thf
section. They say if 1t stop
raining now they will not gq
through work until the middle 4
August.
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Ions Of dip. This dip should be used
warm-1O0 to ITO degrees F. The dip
II applied most effectively By means
q . dipping vat.
Dipping watts are made of wood. gal
van1zed iron. or cement. They are
set IN the ground at q convenient
place 70 that there IL good surface
drainage away from tho vat A good
size for . vat II 10 fst long on top.
s fest long on bottom. foot wide on
bototom. and : fest wide on top. The
end whore the hogs enter should be
perpendicular and the other end In.
clined. with cieats. 20 that the hogs
can emerge after swimming through.
The entrance should be by a slide.
Such . tank II vsry useful wherever
hogs are kept In numbers. as fire.
quent dipping tends to keep the hogs
healthy and free from parasites.
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clude the sun. The root or top should
be removable to facilitate cleaning
and to enable q person to enter the
pen easily. The back edge Of the roof
can also be raised for ventilation
Such pen is large enough for SOW
and litter. It can be made larger to
meet special needs. but 1t should not
be too large to b. easily moved from
place to place.
Whichever type Of house IL used.
It should have good floor that can be
easily cleaned and disinfected. In
dry weather a dirt door soon becomes
worked up into fne dust that ID IN
furious to pigs when inhaled: in wet
weather 1t is difficult to keep the bed
dry.
Bedding for swine should be scant.
but Of good quality. Forest leaves or
corn husks make excellent bedding.
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Sherman.

Mrs. John Caruth, of Tupelo
visited relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. R. L. Barton visited Tu-
pelo on business Saturday.
Messrs. J. P. Caldwell and
John Ashe visited Tupelo Mon
day.
Mrs. S. H. Thomson and
daughter, Grace, of Belden, are
visiting Mrs. Thomason's daugh-
ter. Mrs. R. P. Finley, this week.
Rev. Armour, of Tupelo,
preached here Sunday to a large
audience.
Mr.. Cayce Livingston. of the
Belden vicinity, was in town
Monday.
Mrs. ]. P. Caldwell and family
were the guests OF the formers
mother, Mrs. Jim Powell, Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. Key Hale and son, Paul,
of Okolona, who have been visit
ing Mrs. Hale's sister, Mrs. D.
C. Langston, returned home
Friday carrying with her as her
guest her niece, Miss Rebecca
Davis.
Mr.. E. M. Powell and family
spent Sunday with relatives in
Poplar Springs.
Mr.. Jim Livingston visited
Tupelo Monday.
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SOUTHERN HOG HOUSE
Pen Large Enough for Sow and
Litter Of Pigs.
Roof Should BE Removable 20 FaeiIl.
tate Cleaning and Back Edge
Should Be Raised for Pur
pose Of ventilatin0.

The walled typa- Of hog house
shown In the Illustration u welt suit
% TO southern conditions. ~
The walled portable house, can be
mace about fest square. 4 feet high
- front, and 8 feet high at the back:
q good opening for ventilation and q
door 2 feet wide should be left In
front. These can be closed by lacking
coarse buriap sacks along the upper
edge OF the openings. The sacks are
dropped In severe weather, or to ex-
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A Quickly Mads hstbsd.

formed by taking light strips Of boards
for . frame, and taekins piece Of
common felt paper on them. ItS cost
was only few cents.
After waiting for . day or two fos
the heat, the bed Il usually ready 70
plant seeds In. or to uSe for sweet
potato hotbed. II hah inch OF
ciean. sand u ,spGtpkled over the sur
face It VIII assist In keeping down
the weeds. Cover the bed well on
cold. windy days and 1t night
water It daily. a. the heat causes
II 70 dry out sometimes very rapidly
and may destroy de terminating quail
tiles Of the seeds. Stir the surface
soal frequently. 10 prsvent it, crust
tn9.
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In Memoriam.

Mrs. Mary Lee Barnet Belts
was born March oath, 1894. She
was married to Marion Belts on
the 9Th Of December, 1911, and
died at their home in Texas
June &c, 1912, age eighteen
years. three months, two days.
At the age of eleven years she
gave her heart to Christ and
united with the Methodist church
at Shannon, Miss. Her love for
the church was strong. and she
lived a consistent member till
death. Her devotion to Christi
anity was beautiful and constant,
religion was not thing apart
from her every day life, and
hers was a religion of service.
sunshine and cheerfulness.
Mary Lee was a devoted wife,
loving daughter and an affection
ate sister. She had a bright
mind and was ever ready to lend
a helping hand. Often when
her father was in distress she
would go to him in the dead
hours of the night, place her
loving arms around his neck and
tell him that all would be we'll.
Itseems strange that we should
be deprived of one so bright and
good, so young and full of COM
fort; but the Lord doeth all
things well, and some day we
will know and understand why
these things are. She was a
sincere friend and left many
aching hearts whose only COM
fort is that she is with Jesus.
Mary Lee came to her death
by the explosion of a can of
kerosene oil. only living four
hours, by which we know her
suffering was great. When her
husband asked her if she was
suffering, she replied that her
suffering was great, but moth
ing compared with that of her
Lord Jesus. She said, His
agonies were ten thousand times
as great. he shed his last drop
of blood for me-" Seeing the
sadness of her husband, she
looked upward smiling and said, /
Don't grieve, | am all right;
| am only going home to pre-
pare a home for others, and you
will follow soon. Our loved /
one has passed from darkness
into light. Her soul is resting
satisfied. doing the will of God,
and waiting for the coming of
her loved ones left behind.
N. Y. and E. B. Her Friends.
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STARTLING, ASTONISHING, AS
FOUNDING. ,..'''-s

Has been the sale of Bloodine DUR
ing the past few days. We meyer have
had such tremendous sale on any
remedy in our store. Blosdinc is high
ly endorsed by some Of the most learn
ed physicians in America for Brieht's
Disease. Diabetes, Stone in the Blad-
der. Rheumatism and Catarrah. and if
you are suffering with any Of these
terrible diseases Yeu should not fail to
to buy a bottle Of this wonderful
remedy today. Usual 800 size bot
ties for so cents at Pound Kincannon-
Elkin Co., or from The Bloodine
Corporation. Boston. Mass.
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Wilson will please all the pre-
cressives in the party and cate
many of the progressives outsld
the party.
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Lesees y neo4

pssans 1911 ~ lcss from Hood n
tAe Unltsd Sta&ss amounted to q. 1907
Ooo. a witch more than thTGsfcuxths
fell upon he fAsnssA