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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
By DOROTHY DIX

cards are all stacked against you.
and in which you are bound 10 lose
out in the end It brands one as
such an easv mark to be ured into
a game where ones opponent takes
none of the risks.
For when a married man invei-
giles a girl into a love escapade he
isn't even a square sport. She
takes all the chances. he none. She
gets all the blame, all the criticism,
she loses reputation and character,
and people look at her askance.
They Jolly him about his new con-
quest, and about being such a devil
Of fellow among the women. It's
pretty unequal. isn't ito
And a woman's a mighty foolish,
unsophistieated. soft kind of a mush
to fall for it. don't YOU think?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
The Automobile Business Is
Only in It's BabyhOOd

One Man Is Making 100000 MONTH Out of His Part In
terest in One Single Machine-That Is Only the Begin
ming Who Will Be the REAL Automobile Builder
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CHAPTER III.

Brockett returned at one O'Clock.
accompanied by Ramon Solano. He
lifted the sheets on which he had been
last working from the desk drawer,
and quickly looked them over. All
five OF the sheets were in proper
place, but the third carbon from the
top had been removed. and fresh car.
bon substituted.
General Cole. kindly and affable.
had the boys feeling thoroughly at
home before they had been In his Of
fee for five minutes. The old soldier
was in CHEEKY spirits. and his genial
mood communicated itself to his
young visitors, who-long counted
among the most ardent admirers OF
the general-were at first inclined to
bashfulness when actually in the pres.
ence of their ideal fighter. Solano.
whose father had often spoken of Gen.
eral Cole and his prowess as shown in
the rush up San Juan Hill. was almost
in raptures over the unexpected in
terview, while Brockett, wondering
much over the events Of the past four
hours. was trying to figure out what
on earth would happen next. He was
not long left In suspense. for the old
warrior .unged into his reasons for
recurring their attendance In his Of
1oo
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you are not supposed to speak OF the
commission with which you are en-
trusted-not even to your most inti'
mate friends. AS to your parents
that, OF course, is different question
think that Is all, boys-go home and
bid your good-byes. You will know all
further details in the evening"
Brockett hurried home to break the
strange news to his mother, While so
!ano agreed to notify his father that
he had decided to preface his vacation
by a few extra weeks Of travel, and
made all possible speed to the nearest
Western Union office. The Cuban
picked up pad Of cable blanks, and
reached for a pen. 1t was broken. An
other pen proved equally useless, and
Solano fumbled in his pocket for
pencil. A little man seated on the
next stool turned quickly, and prof
fered him an ink pencil, one OF those
annoying contrivances which were In
vented few years ago to dlsplace
both lead pencils and fountain pens
and which are now memory, and
nothing more.
Very annoying. the unpleasant de-
! lay" said the little man, amiably. Per
NIT me that / am Of little assist
ance?"
And Solano, as he scribbled hrs brief
cablegram, gave thanks, with true
Latin politeness, 10 the stocky, scar
checked Japanese who had walked
past Brockett ard himself the previ-
! Gus evening. When the Cuban left
the telegraph office, the little brown
nan caught up the pad Of cable
blanks, scrutinized the impressions
left by his message, and, despite the
fact that the cablegram had been writ
ten in Spanish, seemed TO have no
trouble In deciphering it's meaning.
Whatever information he gained, how
ever seemed to afford but small salts
faction He smiled mirthlessly,
tossed the pad back upon the counter,
and walked out into the busy thor
oughfare.
Brockett's mother, sweet-faced,
thoroughly feminine, but thoroughly
sensible woman, did not offer any seri-
Gus objections to her sons acceptance
Of the strange commission so shortly
to be entrusted to his care. Mrs.
Brockett, in fact, cherished an abid-
ing belief in the foresight and the
cleverness Of her boy-a belief that he
could take care Of himself under al
most any circumstances. Bertha
Brockett, Harry's only sister, was
much more worried over the possible
dangers Of the journey than either her
mother or the young athlete himself
She forecasted terrors Of the road and
hobgoblins OF the passes. In her six
teen-year-old imagination, Mexico
teemed with bandits, Yaqui savages
and ferocious insurrectos. AS Miss
Brockett was not only eloquent, but
extremely pretty, her arguments might
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Farms for Children,

Perhaps the smallest farms in the
world. each four by eight feet, have
Leen devised by Mrs. Henry Parsons
for the International Children's School
Farm league, and demonstrated in
New York. Each child becomes owner
Of his diminitive farm, In which he
works, grows and harvests seven diff
ferent kinds of vegetables. and these
are borne by him in triumph to his
family. About each farm is an lS,inch
path which ne keeps in order; under
his instructor it becomes a tiny OBJ.
Ject lesson in good roads.
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~ thank you. yes. May SPEAK OK
the business that brings me to you.
Mr.. Brockett?"
Brockett, wondering. nodded his as
sent, and the Japanese spoke suavely.
"Mr. Brockett, l am man who has
much, very much. OF business trouble.
There are many who are competitors
with me In the honorable occupation
of importing Oriental wares. You
doubtless can comprehend it so?"
Perfectly, Mr.. Yazimoto."
There are, Of these who are com.
petitor against me, some, whom l 90
not know by name definitely, who re-
sort to means not wholly honest.
am sorry, much, that | say this of my
own countrymen, but 1t Is truth tell
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~Brockett. INV bow" said the gen.

~Brockett. my boy" said the gen.
eral, pleasantly enough, but with
something governing the tone OF the
calm, even volce-something that
seemed to elecUify both young men
like the current Of a mighty battery
~ believe that can make you-and
your young friend-Quite useful in the
immediate future"
Solano gasped, astounded, and fixed
his big black eyes upon the generals
face. Brockett nodded, and leaned
forward, expectantly.
Il have had considerable experience
with government and military ciph-
ers," the soldier continued, and
must say that yours is the most eX-
traordinary tumble and most weirdly
mangled collection of hieroglyphics
ever looked upon. For that very rea
son, my boy, / am forced to believe
that you have stumbled upon some
thing or real value to the army, the
nation-and your own personal future
| can't figure where any expert in the
world could read that cipher without
key, and an untranslatable cipher,
right now, is imperatively needed. If,
during the next thirty days, the war
epartment-yes, and the navy, too
can transmit certain important mes
sages, without danger Of their being
transcribed by hostile influences, a
service Of the most notable kind will
have been performed for the country.
Do you follow me?"
Brockett nodded eagerly. but Solano
could not shift his great black eyes
from the generals visage. The old
warrior resumed his speech.
Mr.. Brockett, a key of your cipher,
anc message, written in that cipher,
must be carried, by a messenger on
whom we can unhesitatingly rely, to
persona person whose name can
be revealed only to the messenger
and one companion--in the City Of
Mexico. You are the inventor Of the
cipher, and can instruct in the use
OF It's key more rapidly, more success
fully, than any other man. You are
also, | believe, honest, loyal, and fair
ly resourceful Furthermore, you say
that you have learned to speak a lit
tie Spanish. How would you like to
carry a message of Importance, and a
key to your cipher. as far as the capi-
tai of Mexicc?"
Brockett choked up, flushed, and
stammered vague sentence which lie
in all probability meant to signify ac-
ceptance of the proffered honor. The
general smiled, reassuringly.
You don't say it very clearly, son,
but your meaning is easily under.
stood. Now, then. something along
the same lines. If you had a com.
panion on this journey, man who
spoke Spanish by right Of birth and
blood, and who could be trusted as alb.
solutely as yourself, the chances of
success would be more than doubled
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Circumstantial Evidence.

There was considerable chill in the
air. and Smiley didn't know whether
il would be wise to begin conversa.
tion with Mrs. Smiley or not. Finally,
however, the silence became too arc
tic for comfort, and he decided to
risk it.
Beautiful morning, my dear" he
observed. as he lathered his chin.
Don't you talk to me. Mr.. Sniff
fey" retorted the lady. Il am dis
gusted with you. You needn't fool
yourself into think | don't know In
what condition you and Mr.. Bagley
came home last night. | overheard
your conversation"
Conversation" said Smiley. What
did | say?"
You said you didn't know, when
Mr.. Bagley asked you which keyhole
was the right one, and th,re's only
one oh the door!" Said Mira. Snittiey.
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Ramon Solano, | knew your father.
have heard good reports of you. II
you are even half the man your father
was a dozen years ago. you are al
ready selected for this commission"
The Cuban gaZed straight into the
eyes Of the fighting man, and the gen
eral understood.
Now, boys" the veteran continued,
Tets get busy without delay. You
will please make arrangements with
the folks at home for a somewhat pro-
longed absence. While you are some,
Mr.. Brockett, your mother will receive
your salary-and perhaps little
more. Mr. Solano. you are not in gov
ernment employ"
The Cuban waved a supple hand.
Il have ample resources of my own,
general, and shall consider it pleas
ure TO expend them on such a mis-
sion"
Nevertheless" answered General
Cole, "the government will take the
liberty Of supplying you both with the
funds needed in the completion of the
enterprise. Enough money to cover
all probable expenses will be advanced
you. and when you reach the frontier
arms. horses. general equipments, and
trustworthy guides will be found. To.
night, Mr.. Brockett, you will receive
full instructions at your home. Read
them over carefu,ly-you also, Mr..
Solano. Be ready to start tomorrow
afternoon. need hardly remark that
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SCOFFERS
Often Make the Staunchest Converts.

The man who SCOTS at an idea or
doctrine which he does not fully un-
derstand has at least the courage to
show where be stands.
The gospel Of Health has many con-
verts who formerly laughed at the
idea that coffee and tea, for example,
ever hurt anyone. Upon looking into
the matter seriously. often at the sug-
gestion Of a friend, such persons
have found that Postum and a friends
advice have been their salvation.
MY sister was employed in an east
ing" writes an Okla. girl. "She suf-
fcred with headache until she was al.
most untitled for duty.
Her landlady persuaded her to quit
coffee and use Postum and in few
days she was entirely free from head
ache" (Tea is just as injurious as
coffee because it contains caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee.) "She told
her employer about it. and on trying
1t, he had the same experience.
MY father and have both suffered
much from nervous headache since l
can remember, but we scoffed at the
idea advanced by my sister, that cof-
fee was the cause of our trouble.
However, we finally quit coffee and
began using Postum. Father has had
but one headache now in four years,
due to a severe cold, and have lost
my headaches and sour stomach,
which | am now convinced came from
coffee.
"A cup of good, hot Postum is sat.
isfying to me when l do not care to
eat a meal. Circumstances caused
me to locate in new country and \
feared | would not be able to get my
favorite drink, Postum, but l was
relieved to find that full supply is
kept here with a heavy demand for
It," Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read "The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's a reason
Ever read the above lettert A new
ore appears from time TO time. They
are genuine. true, and full OF human
Interest,". Adv.
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have dissuaded almost any young ad-
venturer-unless the adventurer hap
pened to be her brother. Sisterly
counsels and entreaties have been
wasted on the wandering winds for
many centuries. and. presumably, al
ways will be.
Young Brockett had dined, had re-
ceived some excellent advice from his
mother and had rebuffed the implor-
ing sister with much numor. He was
glancing over the evening paper. and
waiting the arrival Of Ramon Solano
or Of the messenger who should bring
him his instructions, when the door
bell tinkled lightly. Bertha, answer
ing the bell. admitted stocky. we'll
dressed man of middle age-a swarthy
little fellow. with one cheek crossed
by broad, indented scar. The boy
at once remembered the Japanese
whom he had seen stop Miss Lawson
on the previous night. but gave no
sign Of recognition as he looked in
Quiringly at his Oriental visitor.
There was Old World politeness in
the courtly bow with which the stran-
ger prefaced his self-introduction.
Il speak to Mr.. Harry Brockett.
Yes?"
AT your service. sir. You are
Mr.. -"
II am Mr.. Yazimoto. or Tokyo. I'm.
porter Of Oriental goods"
Won't you sit down. Mr.. Yazimo-
tor
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you. have reason to believe that my
correspondence, both in Japanese and
in English, is as you say it, held up,
read by these not SO honorable com.
petitors. So have come to you, Mr..
Brockett"
ITO me? Why, what can l do for
you?"
That shall now be told you. Mr..
Brockett. | could now make use Of
some new, some very difficult CORE
spondence cipher. If in English, that
would be very good-my firm has at
home most admirable English edu.
Gated clerks. Friends of mine tell me
that you, Mr.. Brockett, have devised
such cipher. A cipher of most hon.
orable excellence. If this cipher were
to be adaptive to the use of commerce.
| would pay well. l say, in fact, Mr..
Brockett, pay modestly high moneys.
! Suppose that you demonstrate for me
the idea of your cipher. If it shall
prove satisfactory for the commercial
purpose pay you $4,000. And, that
show am a man of business, and that
/ do not waste the valuable time,
pay you, if satisfactory or no, $500
that you only demonstrate for me the
ideas of the cipher"
The smiling Japanese had drawn
forth a thick, prosperous-looking wal
let, and was fumbling with it, when
Brockett slowly. but emphatically
shook his head.
Mr.. Yazimoto, you have been mis-.
informed. | cannot imagine where you
gained your information, but it Is
wrong, completely wrong. l have no
cipher for sale, and am sorry that |
cannot oblge you"
Mr.. Yazimoto sighed as he replaced
the portly pocketbook.
"I am deeply sorry. Mr.. Brockett,
that you should lose the opportunity
for enlargement of fortunes. Perhaps
you will reconsider Maybe / call up
on you another time. | will bid you
the honorable good evening"
The Japanese had hardly departed
when Ramon Solano put in an appear
ance, much to the delight Of the
Brockett family, with whom the Cuban
was a prime favorite. Greetings ex-
changed, the boys plunged promptly
| into the subject of mutual interest,
Solano firing the first gun.
mo message yet from General
Cole?"
mot yet. Just had an odd caller,
though"
The Jap we saw talking with that
stenographer last night? | passed him
as came in Curious thing; when
cabled to Havana this afternoon, he
was beside me at the Western Union
Office, and loaned me an ink-pencil."
He did? Was there anything spe-
cially important in the message?"
Nothing at all aside from inform
ing my father that | would take an
extra month for my vacation, begin
ming now. Even if he could have read
tit was in Spanish, too-that
wouldn't be of much value to him"
Hardly. l am beginning to do some
extensive thinking about that Jap.
though. Listen to the proposition he
made me ten minutes ago" And
Brockett rapidly outlined the tempting
offer made by Mr. Yazimoto.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
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What got you into trouble with
this policeman" del landed the New
York Judge.
Just trying to ask him a civil Ques.
ton, your honor" said the visitor.
nothing more"
What was that question:"
81 just asked him when the next
official murder would be dragged off,
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Eben-So Miss Antique is going to
get married at last. Who is the lucky
man?
F1o-The clergyman. He's going to
get paid for it and assumes no re-
sponSibility.
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Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children
teethng, softens the gums, reduces intlammc.
ton, ALA pal n cures lind collie, 25c bottle Atx
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SYNOPSIS.

secret Service Chief wilkins. puzzled
yver the theft OF the governments cipher,
salls TO his aid Detective PinkweH. They
ihink they have discovered a new cipher,
when the office boy, Brockett, tells them
rs "The Diamond Cipher" and starts for
he ball park. Brockett, Chula Lon Kan,
Siamese; Ramon Solano a Cuban. to-
yether with some twenty other youngsters.
practice baseball playing until dark. One
IL Wilkins stenographers is seen TO pass
= paper to a mYsterious stranger.
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Some married women want shorter
hours and more alimOny.
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The more the trusts want the less
the common people get.
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CURES ITCHING SKIN DISEASES.
A Tender Point.

Coles Carbolisalve stops itching and makes
the skin smooth. All druggists. % and SEC. Adv.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
A Catholic Mission Scheme Held Up.

John d. Rockefeller and Catholic for
e!gn missions are at law. Rev. James 4.
Walsh, head OF the missions in question.
issues a statement covering his side.
This Catholic foreign mission work in
America is new. but is approved by the
American archbishops and by the Pope.
Its extent is the enlisting and training
of young American priests for foreign
nelds- A moderate sized house has been
secured in Hawthorne for the opening
OF the seminary. and a newspaper has
been started representing the new work.
The house is far too small. and the en-
terprise. with Cardinal Farley behind IT,
seeks site on which TO build seminary
halls and dormitories.
Father Walsh states that one site in
the Pocontico hills. quite near to the
Rockefeller estates, was in his mind, and
an offer was made for IL. A few DAYS
later the offer was rejected. and he
learned informally that Mr.. Rockefeller
had purchased the property. Another
site was found also near the oil kings
domain, a price agreed upon. and a con-
tract 10 purchase entered into. money
being pail to make the contract legal.
That site, too. was purchased. supposed
ly by the Rockefeller agent. the contract
being ignored. Cardinal Farley and
Catholic lawyers declare the contract a
good one. so Father Walsh says, and
even II time is required and some ex-
pense. the foreign mission cause proposes
TO go to law to enforce its rights and
gain the site. Father Walsh admits the
process may prove a slow one. and states
that the foreign mission seminary work
is much held back and injured by the
delay.
Catholics plan, in this seminary. a
novel method in foreign work So far as
known. il is new. 1t Is the accumulation
of a Chinese student fund. With this
fund. as its size warrants. young Chinese
Catholic men are to be brought to Amer
lea to be educated here and sent back
to their homes as missionaries. st.
Johns College. Shanghai, and other IN
stitutions in China do this work in part.
but this will be the first seminary to
bring young men all the way to America
for this specific purpose
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
K.O.T.M. CALENDAR

September ls-Nationa Tent. No. /, Old Masonic
Temple; Mount Vernon Tent, No. Northeast
Temple. Twelfth and H Streets Northeast; Anacps-
tia Tent. No. Z Masonic Hall. Anscnstia. ID. c.
September E-Bnghtwood Tent, No. 5. Maceabee
Hall. Georgia Avenue and Lougfellow Street,
Brightwood. degree wort.
September ls-District Tent. No. 9. Mariners
Temple foot OF Seventh Street; Metropolitan Tent.
No. L Pythian Temple.
September 1-Georgetown Tent, Wisconsin Avenue
and " Streets Northwest
Georgetown Tent, No. s. at its regular
meeting last Friday evening. decided to
change its place of meeting, going back
to Odd Fellows Hall. just south OF NJ.
Street. on Thirty-frst Street, commenc-
ing with the first Thursday In October,
and the tent will then meet every Thurs
day night at the "old stand" This tent
also took up the question Of giving
ladies Night" in October and appoint
cd committee to make the necessary
arrangements. The meeting was well at
tended.
Last Monday night National Tent. No. 1.
authorized the record keeper to mail to
each OF the members of the tent one of
the circular letters issued by the State
commander. and left over until the
next meeting the perfecting OF plans for
ladies Night"
This tent has determined to make the
coming season-one OF unusual activity in
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

which Will be suitable for the purposes
OF the members in this district. When
the present building was purchased in
1902. the order of the Knights of Co.
lumbus was not as strong financially
and numerically as at the present time,
and the building served we'll its pur-
pose as meeting place. But many of
the members feel that the needs of the
order here have outgrown the present
quarters, and therefore there is a we'll
defined feeling existing that some
steps should be taken looking to the
purchase or erection of a home, which
will meet the needs of the increasing
membership.