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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-24
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ByLOUIS JOSEPH VANCE J
AUTHOR or "TFiE BRASS BOWL" ETC. i
lllWST[lAlpONS BY GANY WALTERS
SYNOPSIS.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY GkNY VIAlIIgAS


CHAPTER I-David Amber, starting
Tor duck shooting visit with his friend.
Anthony Quain Of Tanglewood Lodge
lady equestrian who has been dismounted
BY her horse becoming frightened at the
sudden appearance in the road of q bury
hindu. Amber is about to attack the bRbu,
but the latter conyinces him that he is
innocent OF being the intentional cause of
the young lady's mishap. lie declares he
mouthpiece on The Bell" addresses Amber
as a man OF high rank and pressing
mysterious little bronze box, THE To-
ken, into his hand. disappears in the
nearby wood Turning 10 the girl at his
side. Amber Is astonished to hear her call
him By name.
CHAPTER Hills wits come to his
rescue and he addresses her as Miss
Sophie Farrell. daughter OF Col Farrell
OF the British diplomatic service in India.
and visiting HIS friends. the Quains She
surmises that Quain had written informa-
They agree to keep secret the meeting
with the Bengal and. the matter of the
mysterious box. Several nights later the
GUAM home is burglarized and the bronze
box stolen.
CHAPTER III-Amber and his friend
Quain go hunting on an island and be-
come lost when darkness comes on. Start
ing for home In boat, the yawl slips
away In the night with Qualn aboard and
Amber Is left marooned. He wanders
about, finally spies lights in the distances.
reaches cabin and knocks for admiS-
sion.
CiAPTER 1v.-Upon being admitted he
recognizes as Its occupant an old friend
named Rutton, whom he last met In Eng
land. and who appears to be In hiding.
When Miss Farrell is mentioned Rutton Is
strangely agitnted. Chattcrn appears
and gives the stolen Token to Ruttoa,
who opens the box and finds an emerald
ring. Chatterzi summons him to a meet
ing OF mysterious body of which he 10
2 member and departs.
yriSI~rfT-- v.-Isutton sezes a revolver
ana dashes out after Chatterji lie re-
turns Wildly excited and says he has kill
ed the Hindu. Then. wrought up ove.
some apparent danger, he takes poison.
Dying, he asks Amber. as a friend to go
10 india on mysterious errand
CHAPTER Nl.-The servant helps AM
Der bury his dead friend. The next day
Anber finds Quain, tells him something
OF MS adventure and decides to leave at
once Tor India. Quain takes him in his
motor boat to Intercept an outward bound
steamer. -
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Amber broke the seal and read the
enclosures once 10 himself and a sec
ond time aloud to Doggott The date
was barely year old.
For reasons personal 70 myself
and sufficient" Rutton had written, Il
choose not TO make a formal will. /
shall die probably in the near future,
BY my own hand. Of poison. l wish
20 emphasize this statement In event
the circumstances surrounding my de
mise should appear to attach suspic-
ion Of murder upon any person or per
sons whatever l am a widoweE and
childless What relations may sur
vive me are distant and will never
appear to claim what estate ! may
Ioaye-this know therefore desire
that my body servant. Henry Doggott
an English citizen. shall inherit and
appropriate TO his own use all my
property and effects. providing he be
in my service az the time OF my death.
To facilitate his entering into pos
session OF my means. whatever they
may be. without the necessity Of legal
procedure Of any kind, enclose n
cheque to his order upon my bankers,
signed by myself and bearing the date
of this memorandum. lie is TO MI II
in with the amount remaining to my
credit upon my handbook should he
have died or left me. however, the dis
position OF my effects is a matter
about which I am wholly careless,
The signature was Enthusiastically
genuine-the formal II ID. Rution
with which Amber was familiar. IL
was unwitnessed
The Virginian put aside the paper
and offered Doggott the blank eheque
on Rothsehilds. "This." he said.
'makes you pretty nearly independent
ly rich. Doggott' -
Yes, sir" noggott took the slip OF
paper in a hand that trembled even as
his voice. and eyed i ineredpleqsly;
I've. never Fad anything like this be
fore. sir. 'ardly know what ~
means"
II means" explained Amber. that,
when you've allied in that blank and
had the money collected from the
Rothsehilds. you'll be worlh-with
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-24

Looking ahead, one can see an al
Turing prospect in 1919. In that lucky
number year there are not 40 be any
"rump conventions" The "steamroll'
er" Is not going 10 get into the deep
water" It is not going 10 do any OF
the mixed metaphor stunts II has per-
formed this year.
In that good year 1913 no situation
viii be ironed out" no one will view
with alarm, point with pride or de
clare in no uncertain terms" also the
years calendar will contain no ides
OF November
For real contentment glue your eye
TO 1918. Kansas City Times.
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A cake contest for the benfit OF the
playground at the Stone Home win be
held in the room next to the Berkeley
Hotel Office this week. The contest
viii be open Friday from to 6 p M
and Saturday at 8. The cakes will be
Judged at II a "a, Saturday, but cakes
must be In before that time. The
cakes viii be sold. Ice cream and cake
on sale after II a. m. Saturday.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-24
Want Cumberland Valley.

Sentiment is strong u WIIIlamsport
to induce the G. v. X. X, to build their
new line westward from fiagerstown,
through that place, and 70 this end a
meeting OF the Board Of Trade will
probably be held this evening TO take
some action rel@iye 10 the matter.
The &. V. officials will be asked TO run
their route through or near the town,
as one OF the surveys Is close to that
place
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nd eel Rld Of FIIes.

Screen your windows and doors.
Do 1t early before ny time and keep
the screens up until snow flies.
Screen all food. especially milk.
Do not eat food that has been in con.
tact with flies.
screen the baby's bed and keep
flies from the baby's bottle, the bahys
food, and the baby's comforter
Keep flies away from the sick,
especially those i'll with typhoid fever
scarlet fever, diphtheria and tubercn-
losis. Screen the patients bed XIII
every fly that enters the sick room.
Catch the flies as fast as they APP
pear. Use liquid poison, sticky fly
paper or traps. Place either Of these
fly polsons in shallow dishes through
out the house;
(a) Two teaspoonfuls OF formalde-
hyde TO pint Of water, or
Obi One dram OF blchromate OF pot
ash dissolved In two ounces Of water,
sweetened with plenty OF sugar.
'To quickly clear room OF flies,
burn pyrethrum powder, or blow pow
dered black flag into the air OF the
room with powder blower. This
causes the flies to fall 10 the floor In
a stunned condition, when they should
be gathered up and burned.
ALLOW no decaying matter OF any
sort to accumulate on or near your
premises. Flies breed in manure and
other filth. To deprive flies Of their
breeding places is the best way to
get rid OF them, No filth. no flies. A
fy cannot develop from the egg in less
than days; therefore II everything
is thoroughly cleaned up every week
there need be no flies.
"a FLY rs AN ENEMY TO
HEALTH. SWAT THE FLY"
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Yes, sir.
The servant brought from Rutton's
leather trunk battered black
japanned tin box, which, upon ex'
ploration, proved 10 contain little that
might not have been anticipated. A
handbook issued by the house of Roth
schild Freres, Paris. showed bal
ance TO the credit of II. d. Rutton of
something slightly under a million
francs, There was American money.
chiefly in gold certificates of large
denominations, to the value of, round
ly. $4,000. together with a handful of
French, German and English bank
notes which might have brought in
exchange about $3.50. In addition to
these there was merely single en-
velope, superscribed: ITO be opened
in event of my death only. II. d. r."
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-24

That loud noise Is mol an April thhn'
der storm. II is the Democrats laugh
ing. That observation Ct the sun y
not an eclipse, II is the Democrats
turning somersaults in the skies. That
lerky motion Of the earth is not an
earthquake, II Is the Democrats get
ting together. New York Herald
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gxpress Aaen. SIN sick.

Mr. Frank Keller. local agent OF the
Adams Express Co, remains in a ser
ious condition after being III for over
three weeks. Mr. Willian Stouffer, ot
IIagarstown, is acting as local agent
OF the company while Mr.. Keller is
sick.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-24

Mr.. n. I. Frame is linping around
with cane as the result Of little
bicycling accident in which the mus,
cles of his left leg @ere severely
sprained while he was attending the
Republican nominating convention at
Huntington last week.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-24
Carloads Of Tamatoes

MI John ]. Hetzel, Is the Colonial
Packing CO. will pack thirty-hve car
loads Of tomatoes. canned at Berkeley
Springs this season.
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SWAT THE Fly

II is about time to set your hy
swatter out. start swatting early.
0neswat in the spring viii save you
a million swais In the summer. a
female ny lays about i2a eggs al one
item and may lay four such patches.
In this climate there IL time for the
development OF 10 or 1873 generations
every summer Fortunately but a
small proportion OF the eggs laid re-
suit in living files. From actual ex.
pcrience and observation Il ID esti'
mated that from each pair Of flies
surviving the winter some 100000
living flies tabout harreisl are pro
pagated during tho summer. The
house ny breeds only In Nth and. I'M
less drived by the wind seldom trav-
els more than 1900 feet from the
place where II Is Matched.
"Flles are the most dangerous in
sect known to man They are The
filthiest Of all vermia. They are burn
in alth. live In nth. and carry iilth
around with them. They are carriers
OF millions OF disease germs. and they
leave some Of these germs wherever
they aiight.
"Fllcs may infect the food You eat,
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A fitting Name.

Il don't know what to name my
dog
Name him Detractor.'
What for2"
because the horrid little beast is q
backbiter.N
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EissIllery closed

The Hannis distillery closed down
Tuesday till fall
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Do Not Crowd Roots.

Put over the roots about two inches
of good, loose. fertile soil. and tramp
ii firmly TO position. Firm this ground
closely about all roots, and be sure
that no space Is left beneath the cen
ter. If there are roots at different
elevations gradually I'LL in the earth
until each is covered and firmly sep
arated, rather than crowd them all
down and packing them in together
at one time.
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If the tree is to be planted In
plowed or cultivated place the pre-
paration should be very thorough, by
deep blowing. about such as is done
for good potato planting. II It Is a
clap subsoil or other impervious sub
strata it should be removed by dig
ging to depth of one or two feet
more and a good fertile top earth
thrown in its place and firmly tramp
ed into position when not wet enough
to rake
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HINTS ON TREE PLANTING.
Eleven Essential Points TO Be obser.
we'd, Says Pa. State zoolieist.


we'd, Says Pa. State zoolieist.
Prof. "A. A. Surface, Pa. state zoel
ogist, has received appeals for direc-
lions for planting trees so they will
grow. As he has planted over 10000
trees, of which not more than per
cent have failed to live and thrive,
and as the month is one OF the best
for tree planting. the Instructions
are decidedly timely, and win be found
practical and useful for many persons.
They are as follows:
TO grow a good tree certain essen.
tial points should be observed,
Among these are the following:
1t should be healthy vigorous
tree. AS surely as tree Is sickly.
enfeebled. infected with disease
germs, or infected with Insects at the
time it is transplanted, this condition
will be unfayorable to It's growth, and
Il can not be expected that II VIII de
velop into a good tree without the
removal OF the pests assailing IL.
1t should be young tree rather
than an old tree. A one year old tree
Ave feet tall will be much more sure
10 grow than tree three or four
years old of the same height. Also a
young tree is more easily transplanted
with less shock to its system from the
operation, and with less proportionate
loss Of roots than In an old tree.
The roots should be cut back to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08

He had her shoulders in his
grasp now and was looking down
at her with an expression of sheer
amazement, mingled with a ten
derness that sent thrill and a
hot wave of-yes, of delight
through her. This man she,
Eleanor Clearwater, tolerate the
touch of this man andrdelight
in it
That is absurd - she cried.
Historically She looked at him
with pleading eyes. Let me go
please :
He lifted his hands from her
shoulders Then-how it happen
ed she never could understand
she trying to draw back, was
drawn forward-into his arms
had been kissed by him-was in
whirl Of JOY. Of terror, Of wonder.
of disbelief in the reality of what
was happening.
Please let me 60. she said,
feebly. 3" don t know what s the
matter with me
He was holding her at arm s
length again-this powerful man,
with the compelling eyes-if only
he would not look at her so she
might recover herself He was
saying in the sweetest, tenderest
voice she had ever heard:
You-for me 1t simply can t
be, Miss Clearwater.
Some woman will care for you
AS told YOU, she said in
breathlesS way But not l. You
told me once YOU wouldn t have
me.
But didn t know you then. "
replied he Now-I've got to
have YOU"
She gave a cry of dismay Oh
don I say that-please :" she
pleaded
No, | don want you. con
fessed he frankly. ] don know
what on Garth m going to do
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08

The late David Graham
Phillips was one Of the most
gifted of the Younger Amer
lean novelists. HEARST'S
MAGAZINE is able to pre-
sent one of his best stories
"The Story of George
Helm.
The subject matter is one
which makes a peculiar APP
peal to all who admire per-
severance and talent in man
and sweetness and high
ideals in woman.
The Story OF George
Helm is made more visual
ly real bv the illustrations
of Charles Dana Gibson.
Here are a few of the score
OF interesting and thrilling
passages between Helm and
the beautiful Eleanor Clear
water from the June num-
Der of HEARST $ MAGA-
ZINE:
George Helm had cherished
deep in his heart a peculiar feel
ing for Eleanor Clearwater since
the first long talk he had with
her. the only woman he had met
who possessed worldly knowledge
and beauty refined and glorhed
by the highest civilized arts of
manner and dress Not love not
possibility of love. though he
faucied il was love Rather a
Icing that here at last was Il rep
resentative of the best in woman
kind and George Helm like all
the ambitious. was born with the
passion for the best Of everything
But this Eleanor was no longer
the empedestaled goddess, the
nassive recipient of the homage
due her beauty and her taste and
her station She had come to life
she had descended from her ped
estal. She had placed herself-no.
not within reach of men. but most
tantahzinglv less out of reach.
And she spent that half hour or So
~ deliberately irving to captivate
him IN putting him At ease in
making rim feel that She was al.
most # not quite within reach.
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"A man like YOU, she said au-
daciously, her face merry
He laughed loudly-a conta-
gious outburst of Joyous good
humor
You have courage strength.
You don't pose All this she
said with the hghtness that made
ii in good taste-and none the less
sincere You are on the side all
these other men have deserted
as soon as they become prosper
GUS.
Perhaps shall, too, said he,
[ suppose it must be the
wrong side or surely all of them
wouldn I have left it. But
somehow, think YOU won t "
can I said he
In spite Of herself, she became
serious No-yo can T. as,
sented She, absently. You We
changed every time I've seen
you But not in that one respect
Whenever | look at you still see
as | did that first time-farms
and factories and thousands Of
men and women at work
And children, he interrupt
ed strange. somehow ferociouS
note IA his quiet voice
~ don t forget them, said
she try to, hut | don t No.
YOU II not change sides And
YOU II marry some woman on that
side. and she IL
II marry the woman want
when | can afford to marry. "
said he Women aren T on one
side or the other This is a man $
fight 4 woman she goes with
the man who takes her
She smiled with some raillery
Be careful to select the woman
.of Chat sort said she. or YOU
may have TO change Your mind
suddenly and rather disagreeably
about women
He made a large gesture of In.
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with you. How can you break
with your father and everybody
and go tracking off into poverty
with me-"
AS for that, began she, We
got something of my own. and"
She stopped short in horror
What was she saying? Who was
talking out Of her mouth and
with her voice. She covered her
face with her hands. L don t
mean it m mad-crazy And
she was in his arms, with him ca
ressing her hair
You don t want me, he said
gently, and don t want you.
But it looks as if we d got to-
doesn t it, Ellen?
# there had been any abbrevia-
ton of her name that she detected
more than any and all others. it
had been Ellen Yet now-in this
absurd lunatic dream she was hav-
ing. she liked Ellen-in his voice.
1t seemed to be the name she had
been waiting for.
She laughed Historically I'm
glad you didn t select Ella in
stead. said she =" No doubt I'd
have accepted it. but I'd always
have felt low"
They were looking at each
other in a dazed way, At the
sound of voices and laughter in
the hall. both started and the
crimson of shame deepened and
deepened on Miss Clearwater S
cheeks and neck and shoulders
They faced the others with every
sign of confusion and guilt,
neither daring to look at the other
He stammered out phrases of de-
parture and left, still with not
glance at her Sayler decided
that he had made an absurd pre-
mature proposal and had been sent
about his business
Out in the cold winter night,
George strobe along until he was
half way to his hotel Then he
paused and addressed the stars.
reeling with silent laughter.
What a damn fool I've made
of myself"
Another man might have said.
What a fool she made of me "
But I've got to put IT
through. he went on. still speak
ing aloud. hut addressing the dim
landscape in the horizon of which
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difference
You don't care about wom-
en- she asked
A look of melancholy came into
his face He said with quaint
smile They began it. They don t
care about me
Why not?"
What a foolish question
You re mistaken. said she.
Any woman would like YOU, and
if a woman fell in love with you
she d be crazy about YOU.
He laughed boyishly as at a
huge Joke
" You re a peculiar sort Of man
IA sort not many women would
appreciate If YOU find one who
does. you Il see that | was right.
There was pathoS in his ex-
preston Of gratitude She saw
it. understood il and the tears
welled in her eyes. What a lonely,
fascinating figure Of a man-so
different from all other men-so
modest about himself and with
such Incredibly luminous eyes, ten
der yet strong She was looking
directly at him The changing ex-
preston Of his eyes terrified her
fascinated her He stood up. and
his gesture compelled her to stand
also-and to look at him. He
stretched out his powerful arm.
She tired to draw back she could
not.
1 believe, said he in an awed.
hushed voice. his eyes looking at
her wonderingIy. :" believe YOU
are the woman
He had misunderstood " She
said to herself. Then No.
she thought. I've beeu leading
him on What a foolish bad thing
To do And he thinks | was in
when nothing could in
duoe me
He interrupted her thoughts
with, Yes-you are the woman g
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rations came out they were found to pro-
duce blindness in good many cases, and
OF course every Doctor was afraid of them.
Little by little they have been improved,
and the improvement has not ended yet
That 1905" is the last word in the treat
ment of Blood Poison is all nonsense to
suppose.
The French are inclined to use the French
preparation instead of the German. Which
is preferable at the present time is hard to
say.
But there is one thing positive, and that
is that no man who simply gives "6O6" in an
empirical manner is competent to treat
case of Blood Poison. Certain tests of the
blood must be made before, and afterwards,
in order to give it with the best of results.
| would not jump into the fad at first, for
| knew too much about the subject. have
been following it every day of my life for
35 years, and | knew the history of the
arsenic preparation from A to L, and was
too old in the game to tag off after a new
fad. For there is perhaps nothing that has
been detrimental to patients in many
diseases as various fads doctors Jump into.
never questioned but what it had it's mer
its, but knew that unless the laboratory
equipment was perfected for this work, no
man was competent to give it.
knew, too, that as it is given by Tom,
Dick and Harry it was worse than useless
1t has been a good money maker for
few men.
When we give it in this office, we give it
with knowledge of what is to be expected
and with certainty that we are giving it for
the proper conditions.
1t takes something more than a $500
outfit, and dose of the medicine, and a
little microscopical examination to deter
mine what is necessary in these cases.
say without hesitation that believe
have the best equipped laboratory for the
treatment of these diseases that there is in
the South, and know we are in a position
here to give our patients the very best that
there is to be had. Those who appreciate
that kind of work will always be glad to
see for consultation free of charge
Office hours from 8 A. NJ. till 7 P. NJ.
daily, o A. NJ. till P. M. on Sundays and
holidays. My office is at Sc Marietta Street
Brown-Randolph Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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However. instead of walkinc
with bent shoulders. he strods
along. shoulders erect. And pres.
emily he was whistling like bov
IN pasture,
The continuation of this story Will
be found II HEARST's MAGAZINE 10,
news stands.)
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lowered the capitol And since
I've got to do it, III do it
A damn fool to take upon his
already too heavily burdened
shoulders this extra weight of a
woman-and just the kind of a
woman who could be heaviest,
most useless.
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An Insight Into the Story

seowned and sefosed He lays
a
do other Helm
woman he wants te ellis hers
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