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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-16

"a
Your real work is over. and all
you have to do from now on is play
lookout while ! tale smell around
inside. Just remain here and keep
your eyes and ears open for trouble
below ] will not b gone long. lie
thrust his arm through the opening
and slid the catch, raised the sash,
and swung himself INTO the biackness
of the interior. I s3W the flash of his
electric pocket searchlight as he
threw it over the rom in a quick sur
vey then all withinbecame as inscru-
table as ever
Alert Of muscles,I stood nervously
peering into the gulf below, with my
ears set to catch the slightest sound.
AS to what LeDuc s1ught in the cave
like interior where le nov rummaged
I had not the vestige of a notion. He
had not seen fit to enl'ghten me OF
his own volition, aid ] had not felt
like going further n an attempt to
raise the screen TINT he had drawn
| between us. So far is | could analyze
his sayings. he had been weaving his
net about Bruce; and should that
| prove to be the csse, / knew that
| when the final denpuement came, |
should, no matter lhe evidence he
might be able to pDduce, array my
self with Clare In i desperate rally
to the defense OF the accused one.
| Together she and ! would fight for
| him to the last
Perched as / was50 feet above the
stones Of an alley the bottom Of which
was shrouded in bhckness impene-
trable to the eye, and actively par
| ticipating in a deed the significance
! Of which l was in ignorance beyond
| the fact of being aware that despite
it's object its preparation was a Sc
we're violation OF the law, | began to
grow both uneasy and angry as
awaited my partners temperance.
4 To make my position still more I'M
pleasant / knew that we must descend
i by the same means by which we had
! | arisen; and no one perched aioft as
/ / was could know INTO whose arms
1 we might drop as We retreated down
the ladder. How longLeDuc was gone
had but little idea because of the
difficulty of judging the lapse of time
when one is situated as I was. While
it seemed a considerable period, it
was possibly not more than four or
five minutes before he reappeared.
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SYNOPSIS.

An.,er Halliday, misery Hailionf~rt,
H. found gagged. bound and insensihse II
lila room. his safe rIAed and SfO0G0 MISS
jns ,rhe thread Of the story Is taken up
hy Wis nephew Tom. Giving in the SAINT
hougf, are other relatives; reckt less b tiec
Baflidav and pretty Clare Wtnlon Hrucs
who in a bond broker. has been Trying W
raise $4,000 to put through q oeai h has
save, himself from financial rum. ne ia. mas
applied to his misery uncle ana 70 o. ,n
tspr the lean but has been refused; LON
'aeuGs for William feDuc. an old-tne
.friond connected with n detective agency,
In relating The story Tom reverts 10 h1s
iarouafntaucc with Mrs. Dace Weaitlly
widow whose business agent IS sslchalu
hfackay. q bood1er and potiucai oosS,
T0yn is Jealous Of Mackay and IS deeply
IA love With Mrs. Dace. Bruce Haihday
warns him to sbun her as an aoFentu llati
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and Maeltay toseftl.
eY lie afterwards meets the woman az
a. horse, race and happening to mentloh
that Bruce had a tip on the winner 5ne
gives him $500 to place on the race. ING
Itip goes wrong and she loses her tnoiiey.
lT.atcr Tom invests In stocks. Hc s mlakt 81
AIRS Dace It IL at this junctnre may rs
theft Of the $4,000 from old Abner tdala LA
da& occurs lie Due meets Clare and
Bruce He learns that the KEY Wnlch
Clare had To the house Is missing: Mac
Inv's dealings with Mrs. Dace make rom
moro Jealous. The detective Intil1ia,es =, u n
suspicion against I3ruce Halliday ~ lle
thief. This Glare Winton Indignantly re, aor
pudates. Mrs Dace accepts rom as ti.r
dance and encourages him to invest IN
certain stock. Tom has row Will
Mecgtny and the latter threatens reYeiige.
'rhe detective announces that ne mas ois
covered important cleWs as to the th1eh.
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it with icok Of surprise as &C.
handed that he tell me- when and
where he had gotten it. I was very
certain that had not handed it to
him.
Something dropped upon my shout
der as we were coming down the lad-
der and | picked this UP at the loot
Of it when we struck earth again.
It must have worked out OF your
rocket as we came down while you
were using your arms for climbing
Great way to lose anything smooth
like that especially from vest
pocket. Well, ! guess that is about
all for tonight If you will just eA-
cuse me for the rest Of the night
would like to do little more expert
menting all by my own self. Much
obliged for your assistance. Ii / land
my party it will be because g. the tips
and clues you have furnished me, ana
won't forget you" To tell the
truth I was not at all sorry to have
him make his request to be excused.
I had had enough experience with him
for one evening. and I bade him good
night with a sense OF relief at the
next corner. He waved his hand and
turned into the struggling line or
passers-by.
Pondcring deeply over the events OF
the night and with the idea suddenly
popping into my head that / would DO
a little experimenting upon my own
account. continued upon my way for
several blocks. An alley something
similar to the one which the detective
and | had explored lay before me- and
turned into it with the intention
of traversing it and catching my
street car homeward bound in the
street beyond. Near the further end
of the way I paused. struck match
against the wall and lighting cigar,
stood for a moment with the flame IN
my hands as made the Investigation
that had in mind Then casting the
i blaze away / passed into the fan OF
| light that was projected into the mar
| row way from the street Just beyond.
| As I turned once more into the regu-
| lar course Of travel | almost ran into
| the arms of my friend whom / had lett
but few moments previously. With
a mutual start we stepped backward.
| Il had not expected this pleasure
! again tonight" / said as | surveyed
| him up and down. He fingered his
cigar apparently a trifie annoyed that
I had Intercepted him; nevertheless
/ answering me with a grin
Il Just made the second experiment
/ which | mentioned to you, and It
/ turned out quite successfully.G Our
man is downtown tonight and is NOV
i ing about considerably himself. / am
i Just little afraid that he is becoming
uneasy, and | don't know as | can
blame him under the circumstances
/ Still, should he confess his guilt by
1 fight, the life of hunted fox is the
best he can look forward to, and
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don't believe he is going to run. Hope
I have not got you fascinated with the
alley habit by our experience tonight
I surveyed him in distinct disapproyal
Of his everlasting secrecy.
No danger of it's becoming chronic.
Are you going to tell me anything
YETI" | addressed him rather shortly.
and as usual his head waved its neg
atiye.
Not now. But I hope tomorrow
may be able to tell you everything
that | know Meanwhile you might
bear in mind the old adage that when
ignorance is bliss 1t is folly, and SO
forth / turned abruptly away.
Very well, l will exercisGSmy pa
tience. Good night again" Stepping
into the street. I boarded passing
car and watched him from the back
platform for moment as he disap-
peared In an opposite direction. Then
| found myself a seat,
I went directly home and to bed.
Although somewhat tired, my expert
ences of the evening had rendered
me thoroughly wide awake. and l slept
very little In the hours that inter-
Vened between my retiring and day
break. LeDuc had told me that he
was positive that he knew his man ::
had assured me Of his confidence that
he had secured the necessary proof,
and had too much respect for his
ability to hold him lightly. And while
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] believed that lie had conferred MS
efforts upon Bruce. and had built
wall Of circumstantiai evidence around
him, there was also the sicEening pos
sibility thar he had learned things II
other directions that were beyond NY
ken. However. I refused absolutely
to allow such Il possibility to occupy
any real place in my mind Still,
there was a mystery about some OF
his actions that utterly bafHed me
and caused me profound wonder;
while as TO my own experiment OF the
evening It had failed absolutely. j
went to sleep along III the gray OF the
morning no wiser than | had been
when / had Weakened from lny last
sleep.
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hailed his coming with breath of re-

hailed his coming with a breath OF re-
lief
We went down In reverse order
from which we had assembled, LeDuc
below me now and my feet closely fol
lowing his hands. So far as we We're.
able to Judge, no one had entered the
alley since we had gone upward, and
| felt much more at case as upon the
tagging once more adjusted my dis
arranged clothes. AS did SO | saw
my companion stoop and apparently
pick up something as we turned and
hurried silently from the scene of our
efforts. Once more upon the street,
| ventured to ask what success he
had met with. His reply was preg
nant with satisfaction Il think
have secured what | was looking for,
but cannot be certain until tomorrow.
/ will let you know about it then
And have you it with your | per-
sisted. thinking it high time he con-
fieded little more In me, in view of
what | had done for him. He patted
his pocket.
"Yes-right here. If upon an inves-
tigation made under the proper con-
ditions by an expert it turns out as
think it will, | will name your man
for you tomorrow And when / do /
am going to have you present as an
interested party, BY the way, here
Is your match box He held out the
mentioned receptacle to me and ! took
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ORIGIN of aaoodle.v

Some of the authorities on SLANG
words and expressions say that the
word doodle" is derived fgem the
Dutch. and there is reason to Suppose
that they are in the right. It first
came into common use in New York
at the time OF the exposure Of the
Tweed ring, and has ever since kept
its place in the language as express
ing something that no other word In
the English language could bring out
so well. It was also highly popular
in the days OF Jake Sharp and MS
heaeh.nen.
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do not srumise;; do not refuse:
simply demand day of grace. You
must let go of me now
The finality of her tones told Lie
that further pleading at this tine
would be more likely to jeorardize my
chances than help them, but feeling
confident, nevertheless, that had
won, I released her. And that she
had practically made UP. her mind to
yield / became more and more con-
WINGED during every moment of the
next two hours as attended her in
her purchases Of dainty handker-
chiefs and other bits Of lingerie as We
wandered through the great stores.
Never before had she smiled upon me
so often or so sWeetly, and her little
OBTAINING clasps upon my arm from
time to time as she drew me aside Tor
the inspection of something that at
tracted her attention were almost
caressIika in their lingering warmth.
And when she finally made the excuse
! of wishing to shop alone for an hour
among forbidden things, promising to
meet me for lunch at the end Of that.
time, left her in an ecstasy that
mortal man seldom attains, and even
then for but a fleeing moment.
1t was IL clock, noon and | decid-
ed to run over TO my brokers' for a
little talk with him while I was kill
ing the interval Of her absence. MY
stock had closed strong the night be-
fore after substantial rise during
the day, and there was absolutely no
cause in sight for uneasiness on my
part That5.it would go at least 20
points higher nobody seemed to
doubt, for at last the public was fairly
! appraised OF its value and the daily
heavy purchases were sending it up
| ward by leaps and bounds. The prof.
ect back of it was a tremendous un-
| dertaking: the value of the franchise
already practically inestimable, and
that the enterprise would be one of
the greatest money-makers of the
/ world seemed as certain as that the
!, inhabitants Of the city would increase
and multiply. knew that ring OF
politicians had fathered the enter
prise in the shadow of star chamber
with curtains drawn, yet they had
been granted official sanction by the
| city council and that seemed to set
tie the matter Whether the scheme
had been carried through by bribery
or not was mooted question. Rich.
ard Mackay had been arrested upon
such charge. but had escaped
through technicality Of the law. But
whether there had been chicanery
back of it or not was a matter which
did not concern me, and | saw no rea
/ sou why / should not be swept along
to opulence upon a tidal wave Of
some one else's creation as well as
any other man. 1t would have been
! super-sensitive conscience that Woulc
not have taken advantage Of such AZ
opportunity. Certainly it was beau
tiful world. a glorious world, and
one OF its greatest fortunates.
tTo BE CoNTINUEDo
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Expert OrinIon.

You wonen bear pain more heras'
ally than mesa.
.'Who told sou that--a DOCTOR?
NO: a shoemaker. '--Argonaut.
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Described.

What sort Of chap is Viggins?
He means Well!"
say no more!"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29

crotch a rod passes up and around the
mast over the iron catches marked l..
The arm Is raised or lowered by e
Of the rope F. At the upper end of the
mast Is a large ring to which guy ropes
L are fastened. The derrick must be
soiidly guyed when in use. The rope D
Is for bringing the load in place on
the stack. G is the rope to which the
horse Is hitched. The feature of this
stacker is that it will always drop the
load Ia the center of the stack wheth-
er at the ends or in the middle. A
stationary arm stacker will not do
this. This stacker may be successful
ly used on a windy day and will han
die as much hay In a day as any
boughten one.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
PLAN FOR DERRICK STACKER
One Feature Of Implement Shown In
Illustration Is That II Always
Drops Load In Center.

This drawing shows a derrick
stacker which is different from any I
have yet seen, writes Alfred Peterson
In the Farmers Mail and Breeze. 1t
will build a stack twice as long as
the length OF the arm, as high as the
mast. and as wide as the arm is long.
The skids c are made of 3 by IA inch
plank and the base is Z feet wide.
The braces are 2 by 6's and should be
still further braced by cross braces not
given In the drawing. The hole in the
platform H is 8 inches larger than the
diameter Of the mast which allows the
mast to lean W towards the stack so
the load will carry itself TO any place
on the stack. The mast Is a telephone
pole 80 feet long and rests on a pivot
on the skids. The arm B is a smaller
pole 25 feet long at the inner end of
which a crotch shaped iron holds 1t In
place against the mast. From this
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
PLANS FOR SUB-IRRIGATIOK
MOST Practical Method Found 10
Where bitches Are Dug Just as
for Laying Tile.

'sy w Fl. LAUCK. Irrigation Investig,-
uon. United States Department OF Agrf-
Su~b-irrigation by means OF tile will
bear investigation under the different
conditions encountered in the dry land
districts. The ideal conditions for
suD-irrigation is where a hard.pan mr.
impervious stratum is found under.
meath is to 36 inches OF soil. in which
capillary attraction is good. and tust
10 the extent that the conditions ap-
proach this Ideal is II a success for
growing ANNALS. The roots OF neran.
MAI crops Will eventually clog the Tile
IN their search for moisture. A small
plot OF one-half acre. with tile laid nj
inherent distances apart. viz: 10 IL
~ 70 and 30 feet apart. will. after a
series OF years determine the proner
spacing OF sub-irrigation tile systems
LOT the soil. The most practical moth
ou OF su~b-irrigation hat the writer has
round Is where bitches were dug inst
as lot laying tile. and filed in with
from three to six inches of cindera
win a piece OF tile set on end in tho
ditch on the cinders for applying the
water after which the soil was 6lled
IN oVer the cinders. This is inexnen.
slVe' compared with other methods
Il d supply OF cinders is available.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
USING WATER TO COOL FOOD
temperature May Be Lowered Appre-
Gladly by Arrangement Simple
In the Extreme.

There are many ways OF lowering
temperature by utilizing the fact
that water when e%vaporating draws
on heat from surrounding objects. II
a pitcher of water be wrapped with a
cloth which is kept saturated and ex-
posed to a draft of dir the tempera-
ture OF the water in the pitcher will
be lowered by several degrees.
A receptacle in which food is plac-
ed may be cooled in the same way.
rake a wooden box with a sound bot
tom made OF n piece and invert It.
Tack a layer OF cotton batting over
II and cover with some coarse cloth.
1t Is o to be kept wet by some con.
trivance that will furnish an auto
matte drip.
The writer used for this purpose an
old aluminium a which had in II a
half dozen very tiny holes. and when
filled with water It supplied mat
enough water.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
BOILED RICE AND LETTUCE
Excellent Food Combination That 10
Especially Appealing on an
Extremely Hot Day.

A usual combination of special o
value is cold boiled rice heaped on
cress or lettuce. In the center OF the
rice put some slices of picked REQ
beets and sprinkle the whole with
chopped olives before adding the com
pleting touch OF a rich ma~yonnaise.
Or urn out little molds OF old
boiled spinach upon cress or lettuce.
decorating with slices OF hard-boiled
eggs and olives.
Where lettuce alone is at HAND vary
the dressing instead Of h principal
ingredient. Combine for the sauce
half a cup OF cream the yolks OF two
eggs. a dozen apers and four tea
spoonfuls OF tarragon vinegar. Beat
thoroughly and pour over the lettuce.
tossing the latter with a fork TO mix
the sauce thoroughly through.
A salad that the men folk will re-
toice in-that sex as a rule being par
Tia to onion-is made in this way:
a a dozen sweet green peppers,
with the seeds removed in the usual
way. n one large Bermuda onion
all OF these minced fine by passing
them through a meat chopper. Add
salt, pepper. French mustard. a cup
OF olive oil and the Juice OF one lemon.
In which a one-inch piece of preserved
ginger has been minced very fine.
Serve on lettuce. very cold.
a novel shrimp salad of continental
origin calls for two dozen or more
asparagus tips. cooked very tender
and cut into short lengths. To this
add an equal appearing quantity OF
shrimps. cooked and cut up. Add a
mayonnaise favored with a few cap
ers. and serve on lettuce.1 which may
be arranged as a border.
The basis OF many a tasty salad is
cream cheese, n recipe applying to
1t being as follows: Chop very fine
some olives and green peppers. using
enough cream cheese to arrive at an
agreeable smoothness, and serve on
cress or lettuce which has beer dipped
In French dressing.
Or chopped olives and pickles can
be stirred into the cheese in the
same way.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
WASTEFUL IN USE OF WATER
seeped or ov~ersaturated Lands Caused
by Waste From Irrigation or
Leakage From Canals.

The cause OF speed or oversaturat
ed land is the waste from irrigation
and leakage from canals and laterals
The skillful irrigator may insist that
II no more water is applied b a is
needed for growing and maturing
crops, and that II the canals are so
constructed that no substantial
amount of water escapes into the
earth. no land will become too wet
for farming purposes. says the Den
yer Field and Farm. IL is true that
In many instances irrigators have
been unduly prodigal in the use OF
water. particularly when the land Is
first subdued and watered. The art
Of economical irrigation Is usually
learned only when scarcity OF water
compels its less lavish use.
In any event. under present meth
DDS some waste OF water will
under the best OF management. max
Ing draining in many places essential
to profitable farming. Water which
produces permanent saturation rises
from the bottom of the saturated soil
toward the surface. Waste from irri-
CATION first passes downward until a
hard stratum OF earth Is reached. This
may be only a few feet. in which cas-
the additions which accrue from the
irrigation of u few years will bring the
permanent ground water level TO with
in two or three feet OF the surface. at
which time injury to farm crops will
ensue. II is not the downward move
ment OF water alone which occasions
DOGGY or wet areas. but the lateral
movement OF ground water down "a
slope until a fiat tract or surface de
preston checks the flow and causes
an accumulation OF water. which Is
made known by its appearance. but
not until the lower parts OF the soil
have been filled.
Such depressions or level areas re-
ceive the accumulated waste water
proceeding from adjoining lands.
which occupy a higher level. II will
be seen that the saturated condition
OF the land which shows injury is not
due to the water which is applied di.
rectly TO irrigate II, but to the surplus
which p%ercolates from the higher
lands. sometimes through considerable
distances. until II reaches the lower
fiat or depression n Colorado now
has a law providing for the organiza.
ton Of drainage districts in which the
expense OF putting In the drains is
borne by the entire acreage. Drain
age has been carried on in the west
10 such an extent that certain meth.
DDS are now practiced with reasonable
OF success. The develop
along the last five years is most
encouraging to holders OF seeped land
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
GARDEN and
FARM NOTES

Rye may be cut for hay and used
for all classes of live stock.
The demand for agricultural ex-
perts far exceeds the supply.
Poultry manure is particularly good
for forcing the growth of onions.
Stock raising Is the best insurance
against an impoverished agriculture.
A clover sod turned down makes
an excellent foundation for a corn
crop.
Use nitrate of soda or liquid ma,
nure for crops that are GROWING
slowly.
Whenever a farmer gets the auto
fever he at once becomes a good-road
preacher.
"Worn-out" manure from old hot
beds is just the thing for mushroom
beds in the cellar.
Keep the stables and the yards
clean 80 that flies and insects have
no breeding place.
To kill Canada thistle in a field.
put the field In some cultivated crop
and keep the weeds down.
In a corn-growing territory cow peas
are mostly grown with corn, sowing
broadcast and otherwise.
Beg, borrow or buy all the wood
ashes you can to use In the garden.
work 1t well into the soil.
II the house is damp scatter some
dry ashes and air-slaked lime about
They are good absorbents.
III there are plants which show pan
ticular vigor save the seeds from
them to be used next year.
II your plants grow tall and spindly
thin them out. Do not be afraid To
at them courageously.
Reverse ends of window blinds n,
curtains when bottom becomes worn
1t gives them a new lease at the win. |
dows.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
Raspberry Jam.

Now being the season for making
raspberry Jam. the following recipe is
offered as a suggestion:
Take a pound OF sugar-or, better
still. a pound and a quarter-to each
pound OF fruit. Macerate the rasn.
berries for three or four hours in
powdered sugar. Then put them into
a preserving pan with half the sugar
ana COOK them on a quick fire. When
the raspberries have melted pour the
whole on a rather fine sieve. SO thai
the extremely small seeds canno,
pass through. Rub them through tho
sieve with a wooden poo Put the
pulp back into the preserving nan
with the other half of the sugar. Boil
up quickly until the jam has attained
a suitable consistence. Take the nan
on the hre. allow to cool and nom
INTO pots.-Ladies' World.