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inquired about Fortune. and was In
formed that she had dined In her
room. A case Of doldrums. Mrs. Ched.
soye believed.
I'm in a peck Of trouble" said
George, craving a little sympathy.
In what way?"
THE rug ! told you about 10 gone. !"
What? Stolen?"
Yes. Vanished into thin air"
That's too bad. OF course the 20
lice will eventually find 1t for you"
I'm afraid that's exactly the
trouble. I really daren't put the case
in the hands Of the police"
"Oh, see." Mrs. Chedsoye looked
profoundly sorry.
And here ! am due for Port Said
tomorrow"
That's the kind that bowls you
over" said the Major. IF there IL
anything ! can do after you are
gone. ="
"oh. I shouldn't think of botherins
you. Thanks. though" :
you must have lost your key" sug.
gested Mrs. Chedsoye.
mo. It's been hanging up in the
porter's bureau all day"
"weil. hope you find the rug" said
the Major, with q sly glance at his
sister.
Thanks. ! must be of. The chap
I bought II Of says that the official
guardian from Bagdad has arrived,
and that there's likely to be some
sport. I'm to meet him at Q place
called the English-Bar."
The English-Bar?" The Major
shook his head. "A low place. II re
member"
And you are going dressed like
that?" asked Mrs. Chedsoye.
Haven't time to change" He ex.
cused himself and went In search of
a carriage.
"The play begins. Kate" whispered
the Major. This Hoddy Of ours 10
q wonderful chap"
Poor fellow!"
What: Hoddyf"
mo; Percival. He'll be very un-
comfortable In patent-leather pumps.
The Major laughed t-heartedly.
Il suppose We might telegraph for res
ervation on the Ludwig"
II shall pack at once. Fortune can
ind her way to Mentone from Naples
l am beginning to worry about that
girl. She has a temper: and she 10
to have some ideas"
Marry her. marry her! How much
longer must I preach that sermon?
She's growing handsomer every day,
too. Watch your laurels. Kate"
Mrs. Chedsoye inspected her rings.
Meanwhile. George directed his
driver to go post-haste to the English
Bar. That he found It more or less
Of . dive In nowise alarmed him. He
had been in places Of more frightful
aspect. As Ryanne had written him
10 make inquiries Of the barmaid rela-
tive. to finding him. he did 90. She
Ierked her head toward the door at
the rear. George went boldly to Il,
opened II. and stepped inside.
And vanished from the haunts Of
men.
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to b 80 bitterly offended. Great
wrongs may be righted. and the sky
b clear again. but the all about
nothing" quarrels have . way Of last
Ing indefinitely. There ID nothing TO
explain. and nothing to apologize for.
We tell ourselves: the whole thing
vas too silly for words." Exactly
20: and II Is q pity We did not think
Of this at the time.
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Il
clearly. especially such tribes. She
finished her walk. returning by the
way she had gone. gave the key to the
lift-boy. and In her room dropped
down upon the bed, dryeyed and
weary. The most eventful day she
had ever known.
And all the while George sat BY
the window and watched, and at
length fell into q frame Of mind that
was irritable, irascible and self-con-
demnatory. And when he found that
his precious Yhiordes was gone, his
condition was the essence Of all disa-
greeable emotions. II was beyond him
how any one could have stolen II. He
never failed to lock his door and
leave the key with the porter. And
surely. only a man with wings could
have gained entrance by the window.
Being thorough business man among
other accomplishments, he reported
his loss at once to the management:
and the management set about the
matter with celebrity. At half after
seven every maid and servant in the
hotel had been questioned and exam.
ined, without the least noticeable re-
suit. The rug was nowhere to be
found. George felt the loss keenly.
He was not SO rich that he could AZ.
ford to lose both the rug and the thou.
sand pounds he had paid for Il. His
first thought had been Of Ryanne; but
1t was proved that Ryanne had not
been In the hotel since morning; at
least. no one had seen him.
George gloomed about. A beastly
day. all told: everything had gone
wrong. and all because he had over.
slept. At dinner something was
wrong with the soup: the fish was
greasy: the roast was dry and strinxy:
the wine. full Of pieces of cork. Out
into the lounging-room again; and
then the porter hurried over to him
with a note from Ryanne. II stated
briefly that 1t was vitality important
for Mr.. Jones to meet him at nine
o'clock at the English Bar In the Quar-.
ter Rosetti. Any driver would show
him the way. Mohamed- Ell -Gebel. the
guardian Of the Holy Yhiordes, had
turned up. and the band was begin.
ming to play. Would Mr.. Jones ike q |
little fun by the waysidef"
I'm his man." said George. But
how the devil did this Mahomed ever
get into my room?"
Had Fortune dined down-stairs In.
stead Of alone In her room, events
might have turned out differently. Ry.
anne had really written to George. but |
not to Fortune.
Mahomed. fatalist that he was. had
thrown everything upon the whirlinG
scales Of chance. and waited. Later.
he may have congratulated himself
upon his good luck. But II WASN'T
luck: 1t was the win Of Allah that he /
Mahomed. should contribute his allen.
Ter share in working out the des.
.inies Of two young people.
George was In the proper mood for
IN adventure. He went 20 far a 10
admit to himself that he would have
liked nothing better than q fs,icu6.
The one mistake he made In his cal
,ulations was dress. Men didn't rem
rally 30 a-venturing In such hnical
lttire. They wore bowlers and sack.
oats and carried heavy WALKING.
't1cks. The only weapons George had
Eere his two hands. now adorned With
'nng-attins opsfa-sievss.
Hs nv Ma Chsdsoys. spoks to has,
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CHAPTER XII.
The Caravan In the Desert.

The Caravan In the Desert.
Yes. George vanished from the
haunts Of men ~ completely a. II the
Great Roc had dropped him into the
Valley Of Diamonds and left him
there: and as nobody knows Just
where the Valley of Diamonds ID,
George was very well lost. Still, there
was. at the end Of a most UNIQUE ex.
perience. . recompense far beyond it,
value. But. Of course. George. being
without the gift Of clairvoyance, saw
nothing save the immediate and immi.
nent circumstances: door that
banged behind him. portentously; q
sack. a cloak, burnouse. or whatever
1t was, nung about his head. and
smelling evilly.
George hit out valiantly, and q mer-
~ scufie ensued. The room was
small: at least. George thought II was,
for In the space Of one minute he
thumped against the four sides Of Il.
He could see nothing and he couldn't
breathe very well: but In spite Of
these inconveniences he put up three
rounds that would have made some
stir among the middleweights. In the
OF the fancy. he had q
good punch. All the disappointments
Of the day seemed to become 20 many
pounds Of steam In his shoulder; and
he was aware OF . kind Of barbaric
Joy whenever he hit some one. All
the circumspection Of years, all OF
the gentle blood Of his peaceful for
bears. gave way to the strain which
still turks In the blood Of civilised Au.
manity. even In the veins Of poets ana
parsons. He fought with all the tao
tics Of sailor In bar-room. not over.
nicely.
A table toppled over with q smash-
Ing noise. George and his assailants
fell In . heap beside II Thwack!
Bang! George struggled to his test
and tusssd at the sitting envelope.
Some one Jumped upon his back. Old
Man Of the ssa style. A savass chow
1ab dispossd a tAis Incubus. A.
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SYNOPSIS.

George Percival Aigernon Jones. Vice
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company OF New York. thirsting for
romance, In In Cairo on a business trip.
Cairo with . carefully guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from pasha At Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later II introduced to
he had loaned 80 pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs Chedsoye and Fortune to q polo
same: Fortune returns to Jones the
Chedsove appears TO be engaged In some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure COM
arrange any kind OF an adventure to or
DER: Mrs. Chedsoye. her brother, Major
Gala han. Wallace and Ryanne, as the
United Romance and Adventure company,
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones'
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
his intention TO marry Fortune Mira
Chedsoye declares she will not permit IT,
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
for home. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
New York. in Jones' name. that he IL
renting house In New York to some
friends. Mahomed. keeper Of the holy
carpet. Ia on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
purchase Of the rug. Mahomed aecosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug
Ryanne tells HIN Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction of the New York
merchant as a means Of securing its re-
room. Fortune quarreIs with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions.
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Chicago Girl RIdss Porpolee.

SusCa00 osrv Ntoeo W0rp0s0os
Los Angeles.-Miss Caroline Kim.
bell. recently from Chicago. believes
In sea serpents- She tainted IN the
surf after being carried several Ssse
on the back Of . large playful perpoisa
Resaining conscaousness. she declared
she never would attempt surf hatAins
again.
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WAR BOOSTS COST OF EGGS
Price 10 Already - . Case Higher 10
Austria and May Increase

Vienna--As Q result of the Balkan
war there 10 an egg famine In Vienna.
Many cities In Austria and Germany
get their supplies of eggs from Bull
garia and Servia- This source being
cut on now. eggs have already Jumped
"a q case and will 20 higher.
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CHAPTER xi.-(contIousd.,

STRPVeH NI-(Contlnued.)
She had gone scarcely a hundred
yards when she was accosted by a
tall Arab whom she indistinctly recol-
iected having seen before; where, she
could not definitely imagine. II was
the ragged green turban that cleared
away her puzzlement. The Arab was
the supposed beggar over whom Perez
val (how easily she had fallen into the
habit Of calling him thatD had STUN
bled. He stood SO tall and straieht
that she knew he wasn't going to beg:
20 naturally she stopped. Without a
word. without even q look that ex.
pressed anything, he slipped a note
into her hand. bowed with Oriental
gravity, and stepped aside for her to
proceed. She read the note hastily
n she continued her way. Horacer
WY should he wish to meet her thar
evening. at the southeast corner OF
tke Shari'a Mahomoud- El- Falaki. n
step from the British Consulate'sf
And she mustn't come in a carriage
nor tell any one where she was 20
ing? Why all such childish mystery
He could see her far more conven-
iently In the lounging-room Of the
hotel. She tore the note into scraps
and flung them upon the air. She vaa
afraid. She was almost certain vhy
he wished to meet her where neither
her mothers nor her uncle's eve
would be within range. Should she
meet him?. Deeper than this, dared
she? Why had she come to Cairo.
when at Mentone she had known
peace. such peace - destiny was gen
erous enough to dole out to her! And
now. out Of this tolerable peace. a
thousand hands were reaching to rend
her heart. to wiring It. She decided
quickly. Since she had come this
far. to 90 on to the end would ada but
little to her burden. Better 10 know
al too soon than too late.
That the note had not been direct.
ID to her and that she was totally nm.
Ramiliar with Ryanne's handvriting.
escaped her. She had too many otAse
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
WANTS LONG STAPLE COTTON
Department Of Agriculture Urges
Southern Farmers TO Grow Variety
Now In Demand.

The department of agriculture
through its cooperative farm demon'
stration work, Is trying to get the
southern farmers to grow more long
staple cotton. This action has been
taken as the result Of increased de-
mands from the mills of New England,
which are willing to pay u premium
for this variety. Long staple cotton
was among the first important results
Of plant breeding work Of the depart
ments, having been attained through
the efforts Of II. J. Weber, now con-
nected with Cornell University. Sew
eral years ago Professor Weber de"
YoIoped a long staple strain of upland
cotton. Where the community grow.
ing Of cotton Is carefully practiced, 1t
Is possible to grow this cotton and
keep It true to type, Some OF the
| New England mills have had a com
munity growing scheme in operation
for more than a year near I'll Centre,
Cal. This year about 100 acres Will
be added to the area, which will be
planted to seed SEN out from the de-
partment. There Is a community grow.
ing long staple cotton In Georgia, but
this Is not helping the New England
mills, Us they take the whole supply
and want more.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
MULES FOR THE FARM
Demand for First-CIaSS Animals
Above the Supply.
Kentucky Breeds Have Better Heads
and Action-Jennets Are Profitable
When Bred to Best Jacks
Saves Farmer Money.

] found a great difference between
the class of mules raised west OF the
Mississippi from the draft mares and
those raised in Kentucky from trot-
ting-bred mares, says Il writer In the
National Stockman. The Kentucky
mules have better heads, long, thin
ears, good necks and better action
Those bred from the draft mares have
short, thick necks, with heavy lop
ears. The demand for frst-class mules
Is above the supply, and fo~ur-year-old
w]ell.broken mules bring $3.50 to $7OR
per pair.
Maine lumbermen have two repre-
sentatives In the west buying the best
mules they can find, paying $500 to
$500 a pair for them. This means $7OO
to $1,000 a pair by the time they reach
the lumber camps, A friend OF mine Is
the buyer for a large coal company
that uses thousands Of mules. He
scours the west In search for mules
for the miners. There Is q market
for mules wherever there Is hauling.
He fills a place In the mines, lumber
camps, railroads and on the farm. lie
fills a place which no other animal can
fill, and there Is nothing In sight to
take his place.
Mules are becoming scarcer all the
time. Look around the country and
see the stations. This means fewer
mules. A Jack costs somewhere from
$500 to $1,000. A f~our.year-old will
serve about 50 mares In a season A
three.year-old will grow into money
and at six he Is ready for heavy sery
ice. Jennets cost $500 to $500 each
Large ones weighing 1000 pounds OF
over, are very profitable when bred tc
the very best jacks. In Kentucky
many breeders are mating j%ennets tc
the very best tTotting stations, pro
ducing hinnies. No one could guess
their breeding. Recently | saw one
In Louisville that was a wonderful ami
NAL. The owner had refused $1,000
for him. His side was like seal skin
ears like rabbits, and he could troi
In 2:30. A great many hlnnies are
being raised In the mountain districts
and they sell at prices ranging from
$3.50 to $500.
A mule authority says; There II
nothing that walks that will beat al
old jennet as a money-maker." Out il
Missouri, when a farmer goes to th'
bank to borrow money, the banker
asks: How many mules have you?
The farmer says: Fifty two-year.olds.
The banker says: You can hav'
$4,000 As long as railroads build, lum
Der is hauled or coal mined, grow
mules. Not one year, but every year
Mr.. Mule will save you money and pa!
the mortgage on the farm"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
2-YEAR TERM FOR OFFICERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL so CON
STRuES ELECTION LAW.
Legislation by Implication Meant IA
Amendment Granting Four-Year
Terms to Municipalities of
$4,000 Population.

Jackson.-The attorney generals de
partment has been confronted with a
proposition 10 regard to municipal cleo
lions and municipal terms OF office,
which required the rule of reason to be
appiea in the construction OF conflicting
statutes. The question arose over the
apparent conflict between the body oil
chapter 204 OF the acts OF 1910 and the
title to that act, or rather what is con
strued as insuffciency IN the title.
The act of 1910 amended section 5f35
of the code of 1906, governing municipal
terms Of office, the code section declar'
ing that the terms OF office Tor munici'
palities, except those operating under
special charter, from and after January l,
1907, should be two years. The amend
ment of 1910 provided for an extension
of the term from two to tour years, but
with the proviso that the provisions OF
the act should apply to only those mu'
nirfp,Iitie, of $4,000 inhabitants or over
There is an apparent discrepancy be-
tween the title to chapter 204 OF the
acts of 1910 and the body OF the act 1t
self, the title stating it to be al act
with reference to extending the term OF
all municipal officers to be elected by tht
peoule. with no statement OF the guam
fyinr proviso. 1t had been submitted u
the attorney general that, taking TIT
body of the act, the title and the pro
| visions of section 81 OF the constitution
| togethcr, considerable confusion mlgh
arise in A number of municipalities nlueI
the $1,000 class in population. Should
the title be construed as governing, th'
terms of office of officers OF oil mnnlcl
@palitics would be held to be four year,
and not two years, Notwithstanding the!
had been elected for a two-year term
After careful consideration Of thu
question and Il study OF supreme cour
decisions, Assistant Attorney Genera
Johnston stated that it was one OF thoS
instances of Legislation by imp1eation'
and the reasonable theory wa that IN
intent OF the legislature is apparent, on'
that unless the rule of reason IS applied
confusion worse COMPOUNDED would pre-
vail. To hold according to the strict let
ter of the law, that the legislative II
tent was for a general four-yrar municI
pal term, would mean incXtricablc cor
fusion and that all officers Of munlc,
p]alities under the $1,000 class would fin
their office vacated at the end OF thei
two-year term, with no successor pre-
vided for. 1t would mean that the GOV
ernor would, ipso facto, be called upo
to appoint provisional officers for a hnr
dred or so municipalities, if a strained O
literal Interpretation of the questlo
should be given.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
MISSISSIPPI SUES
STANDARD OIL co,
ALLEGED STIFLING OF COMPETE,
TON THE MAIN ALLEGATION.
Sl,678,O 900 IS ASKED FOR
Restrain Trade-Monopoly of PrOduc.
tiOn-Forestalling Distribution.
Destroying Competition-Sale
Below Normal Cost.

Jackson.-There has been filed in the
chancery court at Meridian a suit
brought by the state of Mississippi, ex
rel. Ross A. Collins, attorney general,
complainant, vs.. the Standad Oil Com
pany OF Kentucky, defendant, seeking to
recover from the defendant company the
sum of $1,675,O 0 for alleged violation
of the law in putting down prices at
points of competition to drive out com
petitors; by selling at some places for \
less price than others, and in various
ways seeking to control the sale OF crude
and refined products OF petroleum. 1t IS
recited that this has been done in various
towns and villages of the state as well
as in Lauderdale county. This is the
largest suit Of the kind ever filed in this
co4nty. There are six distinct counts IN
the bill, as follows.
TAI An attempt upon the part Of the
said defendant to restrain, or an attempt
to restrain the freedom of trade in the
sale and distribution OF the crude and
refined products of petroleum; and,
TO- Did m%onopolize, or attempt to mo
nopoli2e the production, sale or control o.
the crude and refined products OF petro
Ieum; and,
lei Did forestall, or attempt to fore
stall the sale and distribution OF thu
crude and refined products of petroleum
and,
tc) Was an attempt made to destroy
competition in the sale and distribution
of the crude and refined products D
petroleum by selling and Offering for sal'
at a price below the normal cost Of pro
ductiOn; and,
(c) Destroyed, or attempted to de
stroy, competition in the manufacture o.
sale of a commodity, by selling and OF
fering for sale at a lower price at on
place in the state of Mississippi than a
another, differences of freight and othat
necessary expenses Of sale and delivery
considered; and,
Cf) Destroying, or attempting to d
stroy, competition by rendering a service
or manipulating or handling, or storm!
crude or refined products Of petroleum
! for y less price in one locality than II
! another, the differences in the necessary
expenses of carrying on the business con
sidered, all Of which action upon the par
of the defendant, the Standard Oil Com
nopv of Kautnckv has continued in tn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
POWERS ISSUES NOTICES.
Favors Appointing Leaders of Normals
Early.

Jackson. of Ednr'tion
Joseph N. Powers issued a letter to all
of the county superintendent requesting
them to notify him if they expected to
hold normals in the county during the
next summer, so that the leaders and
teachers for these normals can be APP
pointed far enough ahead Of time for
them to prepare for the work.
It has often happened that the county
has decided at u late hour to hold a
normal and as soon as some arrange
ments had been made, the superintend-
ent was called upon to appoint some one
TO conduct it. The. result has been that
often the leaders and the teachers have
gone to the nOrmals having put very
little special preparation on their work.
It is the opinion of Superintendent Pow
,rs that these leaders and teachers should
know of their appointment a year ahead
so that they could put some time all
along on preparing for it.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
Sprays for Garden Pests.

In experiments at the Maryland
station iron sulphate has been found
of special value in controlling chick.
weed and other early weeds In straw
berries, alfalfa and other crops. 1t
was used at the rate of n and one
half to two pounds per gallon of wa
ter during the dormant season, pref.
erably in the fall after frost when
the weeds were small, Spraying
horse nettle with iron sulphate killed
the terminal portions, but not TIE
w~ell-developed leaves and stems.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
Care During Noting.

The winter egg production will be
FASTENED II you win help the hens
along during and Immediately after
their melting period. After the hens
have grown their new feathers It will
take them many weeks to ~recuperate
their weakened energies so they may
again produce eggs If they are left to
shift for themselves entirely and pick
up their meals as best they can.
Feed the hens well for at least a
time II they are to be wlntered over
and pay you a profit during the fall
and winter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
Socialists Seek Rights.

Jackson.-A delegation of Socialist
leaders in the state called at the capitol
and interviewed Secretary of State Pow
er as to the demand recently made by
the cult for representation on the coun
ty boards of election commissioners. They
contend that their party is the only one
of the political organizations in the state
which has maintained itself in the state
as well as the national campaigns.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-06
HARNESS HORSE IN HURRY
Chains Arranged to Be Adjusted oVef
Animals Back In Very Small
Space of Time.

For horses or mules that pull
freight cars or help out on hills or
are used in any of the numerous
emergency ways, harness that can
be hitched up in a jify is required.
In most cases the beasts wear their
harness all the time and are merely
hitched up to the load; but the har-
ness patented by a Pennsylvania
man, and shown here, may either
be worn continually or thrown w
the horse In an instant. A. ring
Is mounted on the horses back v
the hind quarters, and from this
ring chains stretch to the animals
collar and to the back end Of the