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else We must take artificial means to
move the excess bile and waste matter
oil and out Of the system.
The safest, most harmless and effcc-
tive stomach. liver aud bowel cleanser
and regulator for men. women and
ch%ildren-is delicious Syrup Of Figs.
which doesn't i%rritate, gripc or weaken.
Its effect is the effect Of fruits. II is
composed entirely Of luscious figs.
SIENNA and aromatics. Don't think
you are dragging yourself. Syrup Of
Figs a be constantly used without
harm.
Ask your druggist for "Syrup 81
figs and Elixir 81 SIENNA" aud see
on the label that il is prepared by
Tie California Fig Syrup Company
This Is the only gcnuin.-the old
reliable. Pcfusc. with contempt, the
so-called Fig syrup limitations some
times offered ~ deceive you.
The evening world., 1912-04-24
JR. GIRLS TRUSTEE.

J. p. Morgan jr. was appointed yes
by Supreme Court Justice Bisch-
on a trustee of the trust fun Of $4,000
left for the beneft Of Helen Dawson
Tracy by her grandmother. Elizabeth
o. Dawson. In place OF Matilda Brown.
who died on March 81. 1911. Mr.. Morgan
gate n bond for $3.50 0
Mrs. Dawson died on Dec. n, 1887, and
appointed her daughter. Mrs. Brown.
trustee OF the fund for her niece, which
IL invested In two mortgages or real
estate. $4,000 on property at No. ga
Second avenve m 5000 on property
In Brooklyn avenue. Brooklyn.
Should Miss Tracy die without issue
the fund will be distributed equally be-
tween her two aunts. Mrs. Elisabeth
Hin Gallstln and Mrs. Annie Laushton
Beekfnan, and her first cousins, Benja-
min Frederick Dawson and Julia Doug
las Dawson.
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'SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR INDIGESTION.
B|u0USNESS AND CONSTIPATION.
Better than castor oil, calomel or cathartics to cleanse
your stomach, liver and 80 feet of bowels. Harm
less Laxative for men, women and children.

Primitive folks did not need laxa-
tivcs. They lived outdoors, ate plenty
q fruit. and all Of their food was
csarse. W. modern people are differ
tnt. We exercise too little. eat
utte fruit. and our food is too fine
teo rich.
We simply can't have our ten yaras
= bowels clogged up. liver chokea
with our bile and stomach full Of
feul effetc matter and feel well, II
nssns that the food and waste re-
lalned in the stomach and thirty feet
q bowels ferments-dccays. The de-
~ creates poisons, gases and acids.
ed those poisons are sucked into the
Mod through the very duets intended
- suck in the nutriment. Then We
have sick headache, become duh,
e1fDeus. tongue coated. nervous. meals
1oa't digest. and We feel miserable all
ovq. 80 We must make our choice.
oust live IKE primitive folks.
q
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the Entertainment Committee and who
got up the very excellent programme.
on the committee with her are Miss
Lillian McDermott and Miss Mary +.
Kelly.
THE girls have worked spicndidly."
said Miss Waterhousr "In the begin
ming we sent to the secretary Of each
local branch OF our vacation fund and
asked her to recommend any girls she
knew had talent for dancing or singing
or acting. Mrs. Bacon met two hun
dred candidates. Out OF these she Sc
lected the Ixty-hve VINO make up the
present cast.
THEY WORK HARD AND EN-.
THUSiAsM IS KEEN.
'Since then they have come here
twice n week to rehearsc. though they
work hard all day. But their en-.
thusiasm has been keen from the start.
You see. We all think the fund such a
splendid thing. Why. I know girls who
have saved az much as SIS. and I as.
sure you I respect them. OF course
we can draw out IN money any time
We wish. but We keep II for vsca Ion
when we can. We are so glad to dc
anything TO extend the fund work
and wen give an even better show
next year
Miss Rachel Crothcrs. the playwright.
Is coaching the players, while Miss Ju-
llama Cutting OF 81, Georges Church
pays particular attention to the dancing
Mrs. Garrison and Mrs. Livingston have
assisted In the staging. Mrs. A. c
Dlsbrow ls chairman OF the Reception
Committee.
Miss. Morgan announced that two
thousand seats were ror sale and tina,
a limited number would be reserved
for double the price OF the admission,
which Is % cents. There will be n dance
after the entertainment.
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Miss Rachel Cartwright Lynch. eldest
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Lynch.
WINS married this afternoon to George
Douglas Cews OF Orange. n. j.. In All
Saints Memorial Church. Lakewood.
The Rev. Ernest Il. Matthews OBLIGATED,
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MORGANS
SHOW GIRLS ARE
TO ACT TONIGHT
Members of the Vacation Saw.
ings Fund Will BE Seen
in Vaudeville.

a new glrl-show Is In town. Big
girls. little girls. pretty sirls. witty
otris. girls with blue Eyes and golden
Dempadours. girls with brown eyes and
heavy black oraids. girls that can sing.
g1rls that can dance. girls that can
omne-in fact. an all-girl cast. Miss
Anne Morgan ssys It's n splendid two
deiiar show" and the daughter OF J.
P5srpont Morgan Ii born to the purple
Of the connoisseur. SO you'd better not
miss the entertainment she recon.
mends.
Tho namc OF II IL Vacation vaude-
vuie.'' the author 10 Mrs. Josephine
Daskam Bacon, a well known writer.
and the performers are all working
gtl members OF the Vacation Savings
Fund. They give their first annual en-
tertalnment In the Grand Central Pal
~ tonight.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-15

FOOD EXPERT, RESIGNS,
TING FOR THE PEOPLE
1t was found that. Solicitor
George P. McCabe and Asso-
ciate Chemist F. L. Dunlap, both
members of the pure food board,
had deliberately fought every
suggestion for the enforcement
of the pure food law made by
Wiley. 1t was found that these
two were aided and abetted by
"Tama Jim" Wilson, secretary of
Agriculture.
The story of how Solicitor Nc
Cabe, aided without question by
"Tama Jim," slipped a couple of.
innocent looking little "jokers"
into the bill making the annual
appropriation for the department
of agriculture, and of how that
bill was rushed through congress
without being read, is enough to
show what Wiley was UP against.
The first joker made a special
statute of limitations for the
benefit of violators of the pure
food law. Instead of the usual
federal limitation period of seven
years, that for pure food crooks
was made three months.
r
The next joker consisted of
paragraph of dozen words,
which said that all cases for pros
ecution for violations of the pure
food law, prepared by Wiley,
must, before proceedings were in
stituted, be referred to the legal
department of the department of
agriculture, which was another
way of saying they must be re-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-15

LIN WILL w v G4NANUAAS4N
AFTER YEARS OF FIGH
:. Washington, March 15.-Hound-
ed for years by his bitter enemies,
the money kings, DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley, Uncle Sans chief chem
list, father of the pure food law
and defender of the rights of the
people, ended his long service
with the government today.
He rendered his resignation to
Secretary of Agriculture "Tama
Jim" Wilson, the man who most
has .hindered .Wiley's fight for
pure food.
There is no statement | can
now make about my resignation"
said the pure food chief.
''Dr. Wiley has resigned-that
is all i canzsay now" said 'sTama
Jim"
It has been known for weeks
that Wiley was considering re
tirement from the government
service.
Since the first of the year, the
most powerful lobby of manufac-
turers Washington ever has
known, has fought him at every
turn. They sent out anonymous
press agent" statements, de-
nouncing Wiley as an incompe-
tent. Their agents openly as
serted they were "after Wiley's
scalp"
Within the department of Ag-
riculture itself, Wiley had many
bitter enemies, who hampered
him in every way possible.
Congress recently investigated
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union when my disaster came. Ne1b.

union when my disaster came. Na.th.
err have any doubt but that Mackay
was infatuated with the woman, saw
that was winning her and started
out to get rid Of me- He probably
learned Of my spcculations. and
knowing that If he could wreck them
it would effectively dispose Of me so
far as she was concerned, ruthlessly
tore down the fortunes Of many that
| might be crushed in the crash. And
he succeeded perfectly. Mrs Dace,
being convinced by him that l w0e
ruined, and probably having been
Wavering somewhat between us; prs
ferring me. but being tempted by his
wealth, hesitated no longer when she
became satisfied that could not give
her what she had made up her mind
to have. Realizing as did all along
that we never could have been happy
without considerable money, would
not have blamed her particularly for
making the choice that she did had
not Mackay been a married man.
Even as it is. bear her no i'll vial
and do not believe that she was an
immoral woman. There was a great
deal Of good in her, but she was
selfish and cared little for the suffer
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siteratIon upon the part OF your uncle,
and ought to keep as far away fropl
him IN the future as you reasonably
can. 1t seems to ne as if there is
but one thing for you to do, and
want you to do it. Go away and make
new start somewhere else where
everything you sc will not be a re-
minder of this period in your life. You
will be able to do better work, and
more hopeful work, among other sur
roundings. Your secret will be safe
with me. will tell your uncle that
| have been unable to recover the
money and will throw up the case.
VIII you agree to do as have sug-
gested if release you?"
1t was my only way of escape, and
the wisdom of the advice seemed to
beyond doubling. With my bosom al
most bursting, and staring straight
ahead through dimmed eyes, I assent.
ed. Il will go almost Immediately.
But there Is one thing which I must
do before leaving. must first see
Matie-Mrs. Dace, I mean, and have
a long talk with her-perhaps several
of them-and that may delay me for a
few days. l love her better than
all else in the world, and if she really
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cares for me. maybe she will give
me another chance to recover my.
self financially. OF course, she will
never know that I did this and per-
haps-perhaps-" My voice broke and
l choked as l va1nly attempted to
finish my sentence. l heard the click
Of a lock and felt the handcuff fall
from my wrist.
you have something more to learn
which 1t hurts me to tell you, but
which you must know. l have taken
It into consideration in deciding to let
you 90. It is a part Of your punish
ment, and while 1t will be bitter you
must bear 1t like a man. You will
hardly see Mrs. Dace again. Richard
Mackay has left the city for parts
unknown, deserving his family and
taking Mrs. Dace with him. The vel.
low evening papers are full of it"
With the floor beneath me heaving
like the deck Of Keeling ship, stag.
gered and fell upon my knees before
the bed, burying my face in it. Un.
der the horror of that moment all
strength left me and sobbed
brokenly.
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SYNOPSIS.

10 a .o Halliday, a miser,v r,,,,o
h,s round gagged bound and ,nsan .Io,naire
ins f? ION MS safe ried and s4 OoN mis =
nv ne Unread Of the storv "a toI, HISS
h. house, .,ss nephew Tom. Living in tte ae sa ~
HalJidau e osner relatives reckless Rrmne
who is bond tba fake Glare Ire. Winton Bruce
s sa,se $1,000 to put through psan d try,ng to
,apnIied ih ms from financial ruin He h haa
S dr ts 70 his misery unca and a. ne mas
sends ioaM Dut has been refused Tons
friend t cor William LeDuc. an old tim finn.
In relating e the wit, with detective agency.
1rdjddoaintance with Mrs Dace ws 40 ms
M ao,'w. whose business agent ia R Riah,.ny
To- nAa ~ 5oodler and poiiticaI C hna,4
~ oi LIS Is Jealous Of Mackay and ia de nUss:
warns ,yse wv WIN Mrs Dace. Bruce Hall Iy
Tom se ,.,,i 70 snun her as an adyenturess
g re afterwards meets the Won ,osetn n.
fhat oiss race, and happening to mentio a,
ST. ". PIuce mad a tip on the winnar LII
In Se soa MN $500 to place on the race T Ti,e
Iatssr sues T wrong and she loses her money
some mo Una invests res IN stocks. He makes
tbas. Dace It is at this juncture that ~ no 20
Ha stt OF the $4,000 from old Abner H. liz
ny ny occurs. LIE Due meets Clare and
~. u.e. re learns that the kew which
kays e ad no the house is missing Mac
move I1oS Will MTS. DaCe make Tom
. more Jealous. The detective ,ntinnatas 'A %
th;s aps , against Bruce Halliday as tn"
, ,,asi. mis- Glare Winton indignsntIv re.
:99 anra Mrs: Dace accepts Tom as her
Certain ss; ana encourages him to Invest in
MMIackay and the latter threatens o rave Me,n
a Inc detective announces that he has sT do.
TT ~ important clews as TO tha thief
- looks as If Mackay had got hold Of
, rGms Key Key to the Halliday horne 'I and
.den st f nave +, been the burglar. Tom sud
learns. lea that Mackay had so man lu tas
IN. stocks that he lost everything. The
corrective calls Tom to conference and
announces an. he has discovered the persoa
s Who stole the $4,000 from old Abner Hal
.st.syu,,. ION asks the name Of the culprit
that it is himself. NV Go
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perate plight at the exact time when
tisou became possessed of the knowl.
cage that your uncle had this large
amount of money in an old, weak safe
the combination of dire extremity
and sudden opportunity. It was your
iast nope and you went after 1t as
drowning man goes after a floating
oar. You got it, and for a time it
ouoyed YOU" I writhed in my help
lessness.
And you supposed l conjured burg
lar tools out of the air by wave of
my hand, together with the skill to
use them" He smiled restrospec.
lively.
mo. still had that difficulty to
overcome. For little while it had
me stumped, and then l CHANGED to
recall that you went for a year or
so to technical school and learned a
good deal about the use of tools. Now,
| knew that many young men keep
their kit after leaving such places,
and l wondered If you had. I also re-
membered having noticed sort of a
tool chest In the basement on the
day examined the premises, and l
now concluding that it was time for
me to know what was in 1t. There
fore l burglarized your basement by
forcing the back door, picked the
lock Of the chest and examined its
contents. Among the tools l found
one Of exactly the size of the one that
had bored the safe, and upon closer
inspection found that a bit of 1t had
been broken off in the operation, and
that bit of steel you now see on the
table before you. / found 1t on the
morning l went over the room. You
will remember what a painfully mi
mute scrutiny l made of everything
even using my magnifying glass" He
gathered up the card case, the ticket
and the bit of steel and placed them
carefully in an envelope which he
deposited in his pocket. He then
turned to the piece of soiled paper
and the lump Of grayish matter.
Il had now the chain of proof con-
Meeting you with the crime forged
with the exception of one link, which
could l supply would make it prac-
tically unbreakable. On one Of the
mortgages which had been blackened
by burnt powder was fairly good
imprint of a right thumb. tore off
the fragment of paper containing it,
and by placing 1t under the micro
scope could distinctly trace the lines.
OF course such lines are not the same
on any two persons in the world; and
could l get an imprint of your thumb
and by comparison find that they cor
responded, there could then be no fur
Their doubt as to your hand being the
one that had rummaged the safe. But
this was difficult thing to do with
out arousing your suspicious. finally
got around it, however, by organizing
our burglary for the double purpose
of getting the print and calling to
your attention the probability of
your having lost your card case in
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ings Of others provided she gained
her own pleasures. The only fear I
have Of ever again committing .
crime is in case l should happen to
run across that black scoundrel Mac.
kay. If should see him am afraid I
might run amuck.
Bruce and Clare are married and
are happily spending the money OK
dead Uncle Abner, who cut me OF
with shilling. And that brings me
to the reason for writing this confes
sion. Uncle Abner having passed
into the great beyond, no longer have
any fear that I will be prosecuted.
and I never would be able to feel that
l had made my fullest reparation I'm.
less l cleared Bruce. For in some
way a few things leaked out. and
while his friends have chung to him
with the greatest loyalty, there are
others who have always looked upon
him with more or less suspicion since
the night Of the robbery. And !
know that the consciousness Of this Is
a cloud that forever hovers upon tue
horizon Of their otherwise bright
lives, and 1t is, therefore, my moral
duty to dispel 1t. As for myself, It
makes little difference If the truth Is
now known, as none of my former ac-
Quaintances know where l am and I
shall never return to my old home.
Nor do I ask forgiveness or mako
apology beyond this statement Twas
not a thief by nature and am thor
oughly repentant. But was young
and madly enraptured with the most
beautiful woman l have ever seen, and
took desperate chances to gain her.
And my love for her, though passion
filed, was pure. I wanted her for
my wife. AS I stole for her, so would
l have shaved for her; fought for her:
died for her. Therefore only ask
that you Judge me as you would be
judged had you been In my place.
Caught helplessly in the maelstrom OF
love and gaming. went down in the
vortex.
THE END.
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CHAPTER XVII.

There is little more to tell. III the
few following days / managed to
scrape enough together to take me to
the foreign country where l am now
beginning life over, and have prob
ably weathered the storm as we'll as
could reasonably be expected. But Of
course will never again feel just as
l used to, and I don't believe that l
will ever fall In love with another
woman. In a business way l have
done fairly we'll. having worked con-
scientiously for the last three years,
and being once more on the road to
moderate success. I have never seen
or heard from Mrs. Dace since the
time left her shopping in the store
upon the day when stepped from
paradise into hell at single stride.
She is probably floating down the
Nile or yachting on the Mediterranean
with Richard Mackay; enjoying her.
self to a greater or less extent, and
| have no doubt thinking quite often
of me. The thought Of 1t still gnaws me
r:ost of the time, but Of one thing !
am confident to this day. And that
is that she was really very fond Of
me and would, as she herself said,
have preferred to spend her life with
me rather than anybody else had l
possessed sufficient money. There.
fore she wanted me to succeed and
encouraged me to desperate chances,
knowing as l myself did that it was
the only chance Of achieving fortune
quickly; she not being one OF the
kind that is content to wait for what
possessed sufficient money. Had won.
I have no doubt that she would have
married me and that we would have
been happy had the money lasted. And
also believe that she was upon the
verge Of cousentinx to our immediate
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Jour previous climb told you at the
time that l expected to get the proof
from one who would not suspect that
he had furnished it until | denounced
him, and guess / was correct.
don't believe 1t entered your head
that you were making the evidence as
you went along by which could
send you to the penitentiary. Neither
did you suspect that l meant you
when l told you If ever unraveled
the knot 1t would be because of the
assistance and clues you had given
me. Incidentally / might say that
the ONCE we burglarized belonged TO
3 freud Of mine who loaned it tn NE
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THE END.
Extcnuatino Circumstance.

Ted was an excitable youngster. ant
&c adequately express his feelings had
acquired the use of words forceful. but
improper. In At Of temper one day
be used some Of bis most violent
terms to his mother. She said moth
ing. but Ted knew we'll the. signs Of
preparation for Just rebuke. corror
eally administered. He said. II know
you are going to whip me, but before
you begin remember said 1t in very
pleasant tone OF voice."
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ZION, leaving 1t locked" LeDuc looked
at me with frown.
That was thing never did
puzzle out to my own satisfaction;
yet 1t was the simplest thing of all.
When think how rudimental It is.
1t makes me disguised with myself
to think that ! didn't solve it, All
OF which goes to show what blunder-
ers we all are when we think we are
Going something extremely clever.
Another thing along that line which
should like &c know is this. Did
you Put that nalf burned cigarette
where found 1t in the hall?"
l did not: l know aothirg about It"
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for the purpose. I had you janab your
thumb against the ball OF soft purity
and got an excellent impression OF It,
which | have had experts compare
with the faint lines on the olackeAea
paper. They assure me that they
were both made by the same thumb.
It was good thing that LeDuc
had possessed the foresight to render
me helpless and secure my revolver
In the frenzy of the moment ! certain
ly would have used it upon one or
both of US. I turned upon him des-
perately. do you think any jury
would believe such evidence as that
and convict me?" l demanded huskily.
He wrnkled his forehead.
81 am sure l don't know. One can
never tell. Do you want to give a
jury the chance?" l made no answer
and we sat in silence, the GOODNESS OF
death upon me, my companion I'M
moving, but lynx eyed. Then once
more he addressed me, and through
his tones ran the old familiar friend
illness of days long gone by.
y know that you are not crir'-
inal at heart, Tom. l am sorry.
sorry for all this, and l should res. .,
very much to see you so to the peni-
Tertiary. But If you wish me to as.
sist you, you must make q clean
breast of the affair. Have you any
of your uncle's money left?" l could
only groan. Despairing and helpless
l threw myself upon his mercy.
mo. l used it for further specula-
ton after l was wiped out the first
time. I was way ahead OF the game
until today, but now am wiped out
completely. l am penniless and in
debt. I can repay absolutely nothing
Gail offer no compromise. You will
have to do as you please with me-"
LeDuc whistled.
Il wondered If you had got bitten
today for the second time when l
read that Underground had blown up.
So that ends my prospects Of getting
any fees for lot Of hard work" He
looked quite dowLcast for a space.
then frightened up and continued
more cheerfully.
But really that does not matter
so much after all, for I can worry
along without 1t. If could only have
found that some one besides an old
friend had done this thing l would
not be dissatisfied with my Job. But
there Is a thing or two which | don't
understand. l don't believe you had
a duplicate key, for l don't believe
you ever contemplated such an act
until you were driven desperate by
the calamity. l have gone upon the
that you quarreled with
your uncle the day before the robbery
on purpose that you might have an
excuse for throwing down the key and
absenting yourself from the house
during the night. That being the
case, how did you enter?"
When l left the house after the
quarrel I threw the catch which pre-
vents the door from locking. OF
course 1t would snap shut as usual.
but could then be opened from the
outside by the Knob. I had no idea
that any one would think Of looking
to see that the door locked itself
when it was shut on that day any
more than any other, and of course
no one did. was therefore enabled to
come in without a key, and when l
went out after replacing the tools,
and with the money in my pockets,
restored the door to its usual condi-
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Wisdom Of Father.

Pretty Daughter-But can't under
stand why you object to Clarence
father. Isn't It better to dwell in .
cottage with the man I love than d
dwell in q palace with one l hate?
Wise Fathe.-Certainly. my dean
but Clarence hasn't The eotta4A