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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

would be time for three or four sub
jects of the emperor to get their death
bIow-and for the white men caught
between the fighting lines to receive
half a dozen accidental wounds.
A door opened and shirt-sleeVed
man protruded head and shoulders.
TN here, fellers-you'u get killed
out there in one minute! Hurry,
now!" Brockett and Solano needed
no invitation. They flung themselves
through the hospitable portal, and as
the door slammed to behind them q
tempest of squalls and howls told Of
the battle in full swing. A moment
later came the hoarse bellows OF the
big policemen, the sound of nightsticks
falling on Celestial domes. and tie
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

no one even paid any special atten-
tion to the adventures as they
crossed over into the Bowery. That
famous old street, fountain-head of
song and story, and in no actual man.
ner any different from any other
street which is the main avenue of the
poor and lowly, was traversed at a
steady gait. The boys mingled with
the swarming crowd of Hebrews and
Italians, walked southwark, and, when
the garish lights of Chinatown burst
upon them, turned into Doyers street
"a short, oddly angled alley that
forms one boundary of the Celestial
colony.
Cinnamon in their native costumes,
Cinnamon in natty black clothes OF
civilization, drawn-faced dope fiends,
heavily treading policemen, rubber
neck wagons bearing pop-eyed tour
ists-all the usual throng that go to
make up the evening life of China
town-passed back and forth. Slum-
ming parties swarmed up the stairs OF
the chop suey restaurants, eager to
taste Chinese dishes, the like of which
were never seen or heard of in the
Yellow Kingdom, and the spell OF an
excitement that is nine-tenths artiti-
cial and created seemed to overhang
the little crooked street Brockett
and Solano pushed through the swarm,
jostling good-naturedly or avoiding
collisions wherever possible. They
had traversed perhaps half the length
of Doyers street when there was a
cry, shrill chorus of Oriental jargon
and half a dozen struggling Cinnamon,
their faces convulsed with frenzy,
their hands brandishing hatchets and
knives, came weaving out Of a little
store.
A thrown hatchet OF most erratic
aim changed on the pavement at So
lano's feet; a knife scarce missed
Brockett's shoulder. The knot Of
fighting Cinnamon bore down upon
them. Turning for quick retreat,
they were confronted by another strug-
Cling crew, yelping as they came, evil
IDENTIFY intent on battle and destruc-
ton. A hundred feet back the shouts
of policemen and the rush of their
heavy shoes could be heard, but be-
fore "coppers" could arrive there
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CHAPTER X.

The voices died away, and the cap
tives, heads mufI1ed and bodies wrap
ped in many turns of rope, were left
upon the floor. They could not move
hands or feet; the bags over their
heads kept them from judging even
the light or darkness of their prison,
and, while they could have rolled
around like a couple of barrels, the
inducements for such actions were de-
cidedly small. A man in pitch black
ness, with hands and feet strapped, is
not likely to roll into what might be
bottomless abyss at his side, or
wriggle upon what is in all probable
ity most uncleanly floor.
They could breathe through the bag.
ging, though particles of lint and dust
came into mouth and nose, and no
attempt had been made to gag them.
Judging from the long time it had TAX
ell their captors to lug them down
into the depths Of their prison, they
! were far below the surface OF the
street, and equally far from any
chance to bring rescue by using their
voices. No attempt had been made
to search them-the crafty Mr.. YAH
moto evidently figured that he had an
amplitude of time. Beyond a doubt
he would soon return to rob and pre-
sumably to interrogate them, but at
the present moment no sound could
be heard except the heavy breathing
of the prisoners.
A half-muffied, half-sputtering noise
reached Brockett's ears, and even in
the darkness of his own trouble he
felt almost inclined to laughter as he
realized that Solano was trying des.
perately to talk against painful handi.
caps Brockett strained his ears, and
managed to catch the Cuban's accents
as Solano tried bravely to express his
opinions.
I'VE are-pair of blamed fools
utchook, achoo!" came through the
bagging.
Worse than that. Boneheads for
fair" Brockett responded.
"Bag-heads you mean-atchak, at.
choo!" gurgled Solano. Easy marks.
Softer than pillows"
up against it-katchi, katchoo-''
sneezed BrCckett, a tiny cloud of dust
getting in his nostrils. Don't you
hear feet? Our friends-coming back"
The trample of several pairs of feet,
in fact, became distinct, and rough
hands raised the prisoners. They felt
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
TEXT WAS NEW TO HEARERS
Germans Struggle With the English
Language PraisewoTthy, but Some
what Mirth Provoking.

Prince Henry of Reuss, who speaks
superb English, laughed good-natured'
ly al a dinner in New York, over the
account Of certain officers OF the Ger
man fleet.
"one Of our chaplains," said the
prince, had the hardihood to preach
in English at one of your Lutheran
chapels the other day. He astonished
his congregation by saying, as he rose,
that he would choose for his text the
words:
"'And he tore his shirt
"A quite audible snickor went round.
The chaplain noticed it, flushed, and
repeated the text in louder voice:
"'And he tore his shirt
THE snicker became a laugh, and
the pastor rose and saic&
"'Our good brother Is quoting, OF
course, the familiar words:
"'And the door is shut"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
CHAPTER TX.

"Outside the gentleman mentioned
in the song, and a number of good ball
players" said Solano, Il never heard
Of any Kellys. There appears to be
something doing, Harry"
THAT is evident at first sight," re-
sponded Brockett. ut looks as if both
our friends and our enemies were
hanging to our track. AS far as
tracing us is concerned, I'd have
thought it rather harder for our friends
to keep close watch over us than eth
er the Japanese or the big German"
II can figure out" commented So
lano, lust how sheer luck would help
anyone to locate US in Jersey City.
Anybody who knew our tastes and
proclivities would most naturally take
a chance of finding us at the ball park,
and the Iron Mans call of your name
might just happen to reach the ears
of whatever person was trying to keep
in touch"
81 don't wish Joe McGinnity any
HARM" growled Brockett, but l won't
SulClu6 IL MS CluU S6IS SlluL OuI IWeu-
ty-nine straight. games and winds up
in eighth position. What business has
he got with such a memory? Still,
that's all over now. This Kelly prop
osition is what's worrying little Har-
ry."
Possibly" suggested the Cuban,
"the chief isn't taking such long
chances as we imagined, especially
when it's a case of entrusting i'm
portant messages to a couple of boys.
His arm is long, his eye Is pretty
nearly everywhere, and he has the
best operatives of both the big de-
tective agencies at his call. In all
probability, he has men detailed to
watch out for us, and see that we
don't run our heads into any special
danger. That would account for the
Kelly warning and the use of your
own cipher"
THAT seems the only logical ex-
planation," admitted Brockett. ITS
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
SYNOPSIS.

Secret Service Chief Wilkins, puzzled
ever the theft of the governments cipher,
calls to his aid Detective Pinkwell. They
think they have discovered a new cipher,
when the office boy, BrOckett, tells them
It's 1.-THE Diamond Cipher" and starts for
the ball park. Brockett, Chula Lon Kan,
a Siamese, Ramon Solano, Cuban, to-
gether with some twenty other youngsters,
practice baseball, playing until dark One
of Wilkins stenographers is seen to pass
a paper to a mysterious stranger. AS
outcome of Brockett's cipher, the ball
player and Solano are engaged by gov
eminent for mysterious mission. Yazi-
moto, mysterious Jap, calls on Brockett
Brockett falls into Yazimoto's trap,
Hght follows, Brockett coming out on
top; Messenger McKane coming. to the
rescue. Mckane was bearer of the mys-
terious cipher; is also a ball player. Yaz-
tEnoto returns to headquarters and re-
ports to Baron Zellern his failure to OBJ
tain the cipher; Miss Lawson. the stem
ographer, also reports to the baron.
Brockett and Solano have encounter with
the baron in which the latter comes out
second best. Brockett and Solano arrive
in Jersey City; make appointment to
meet McGinnlty. the Iron Man, baseball
manager,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

believe that the falling birth rate in
France is a grave menace to the ma
ton, and they consider 1t shame that
the government has done nothing to
reward those, who have done their
duty to the state by having large
families. .-i gfr
1t is said that, unless the senate
treats the petition fayorably, there will
be trouble. and very likely there will
be windows smashed Ia France as well
as in England.
Last, year some OF tho advocates Of
"women's rights- II Berlin startsd
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MWM

some comfort, then, to know that we
are under powerful protection, but 1t
makes me feel rather small just the
same"
Plenty of time yet" philosophical
the Latin. I'VE will have all the ad-
ventures on our own hook, and with
out any protection, that are coming
to us. Wait and see."
The boys left the subway two sta
tions further on, doubled up a short,
slanting street, turned into another,
running at almost V-shaped angle,
and landed in a tiny triangle of va
cant ground. with an old hotel to the
south, a row of worn and shabby stone
houses to the north, and the bright
lights Of Broadway only short walk
to the east. Taking possession of a
bench in the little park, they proceed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

movement in favor Of compulsory
military service for women. These
ladies asserted that there should be
complete equality between the sexes,
and that, as conscription exists in Ger
many for men, it should also exist for
women.
The ladies, however, were pot quite
agreed on all points, for while one sec
ton Of them merely demanded that
women should be compelled by the
government to so in for ambulance
and commissaFiat work. another sec
tion demanded that women should be
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themselves trundled across the fioer
and then felt the ropes around their
legs relaxing. Someone pushed them
down into chairs, and someone lifted
the bags from their faces. The boys
blinked in the flaring light of kerosene
lamps, and then stared around their
prison.
They were seated beside a rough
kitchen table, on the other side ot
which Mr.. Yazimoto, with an almost
benevolent smile, was lingering few
envelopes and bits Of paper. At Mr..
Yazimoto's right sat a broad-shoul-
dered young man, with swarthy face
and mass of curly black hair. To
the left of the Japanese was a similar
young man, equally swarthy. aIso
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
Women Would Be Soldiers

curious causes, and have given the
men pretty rough time Of 1t in their
endeavor to achieve their ends
For instance. the members Of Wig
nieu. in France, have recently sent a
petition to the French senate demand
ing that the Legion of Honor and a
pension be awarded to all married
women who have reared eight or more
children
Those who have got NJ the petition
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WHNlP

complish transaction so unpleasing to
him and to his amicable friend. Not
for anything, not even for wealth.
ness, should this have to be uncom-
fortably so, except for the facts he is
honorably acquainted in-with-of.
Yes, yes, it is of l should make usage.
| saw, with much particular attention,
that no injury was done to honorable
Mr.. Brockett or to honorable Mr.. So
lano."
mo special damage done, as YET"
Brockett answered. But why are We
down in this little dungeon? What's
all this trouble between you and me,
Mr.. Yazimoto?"
Surely" purred Mr.. Yazimoto, "Mr.
Brockett knows most capaciously Of
the differences now between us. Mr..
Brockett is custodian of knowledge
much necessary to Mr.. YaZimoto. Mr..
Brockett is not Of ignorance in such
particular"
Il think understand you, Mr.. YAH
moto," returned Brockett, "but why
don't you come down to facts, and tell
US just why We are here, and just
what you want of us?"
II will proceed to elucidate," ex.
planned Mr. Yazimoto. Mr.. Brockett
has, one time already, politely de.
clined the acceptance of money prof
feTed for the Interpretation of a GER
tain code, most meritorious cipher
| Mr.. Brockett also, one time already.
has given repulse to Mr.. Yazimoto in
effort to obtain much-desirable knOwl
edge by force. Now, Mr.. Brockett
should be more amiaoly accommodate
ing"
Tell him to go to bIazes," inter
| jected Solano, viciously. Mr. YAH
moto turned his gentle smile upon the
Cuban for a second.
"Mr. Solano speaks with rudeness
most impoiite. He should be chideC
for his expressiveness. Now, then,
am all prepare to make the honorable
Mr.. Brockett another proposition. He
has with him cipher dispatches-tha
is very we'll indeed. could take then
from him instantaneous, with able
help from honorable Mr.. Kelly" AnC
the Oriental nodded lightly towarC
the stockier of the Italians.
You are fine-looking guinea to b.
called Kelly" snarled Solano, sS thu
broad-shouldered young man turned
toward him for a moment. Mr.. Eelll
flashed his white teeth in a moci tnl
reply.
Kelly is nice name, pal" said ae
"My original name was way too IG2s
and it tickled my teeth to say it."
But" resumed Mr.. Yazimoto, "
need the key to those dispatches, ah
ten times more than | require the dis
patches themselves. Here, too, are ;
few little things-what you would cal
odds and ends-that l get from es
teemed friend in Washington. Witt
the cipher key, these all of much i'm
portance. Without, what value on thi
earthly? None, unpleasingly, none
Mr.. Brockett, therefore, will give t
me the full key of the cipher, and
that we may be sure Mr.. Brocket
keeps honorable faithfulness, We vii
translate these little scraps Of papeI
and the dispatches that Mr.. Brocket
carries"
"You won't get anything from me
you yellow sneakthief," snappe
Brockett, setting his jaws sullenly
Mr.. Yazimoto smiled, waving his sliI
brown hand in a deprecating way.
(To BE CoSTINUED)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
Excellent Plan,

Il see," said Mrs. De Jones, while
Mrs. Van lyle was calling, that you
have a Chinese chauffeur. Do you
find him satisfactory"
He's perfectly fine," said Mrs. Van
lyle. ITO begin with, his yellow COM
plexion is such that at the end of a
long, dusty ride he doesn't show any
spots, and then when 1 am out in my
limousine l have his pigtail stuck
through little hole in the plate-glass
window and use it as a sort Of bell
rope to tell him where to stop. -
Harper's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
d Lottery.

"Is that picture one of the old mas
ters you were telling me about?''
asked Mr.. Cumrox.
YES" replied the art dealer. 'Tt is
a genuine treasure; absolutely authen.
TIC"
"Pll buy it. 1 already have three
Just like it, and somewhere in the
bunch I'm liable to hit the original"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
TWO Enough tor Her.

He was a small boy with a dark,
eager face and he was waiting at the
end of the line of eight or ten per
SONS for a chance to make his wants
known to the librarian. When his
turn came he inquired briefly: Have
you got Twenty Thousand Legs I'm
der the Sea'?"
NO." responded the librarian a lit
tie snappishly, for she was tired, "Pm
thankful to say I've only got two.
They're not under the seal"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
The GEveaway.

"Jane," said her father, "how does
it happen that l find four good cigars
on the mantelpiece this morning? Did
Henry leave them for me?"
No; he took them out of his vest
pocket to avoid breaking them last
night, and guess he forgot all about
them afterwards"
The laugh that followed made her
wish that she had been as careful
with her speech as Henry had been
with his cigars.-Detroit Free Press.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

compuIsoriIy trained exactly IN the
same footing as men. According to the
latter section, women should be made
TO enter the ffring-line and undergo all
the hardships of war.
Even the miHtarist Fatherland has
has not taken kindly to the idea, and
we are not likely 20 see a German army
of AmazOEs in spite Of the arguments
that have been put forward in favor
of it a ~
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
Can't Afford To.

Friend-You and your husband
seem to be getting on well together
Just now. thought you had quar-
relied.
Wife-Can't do that these days,
when our dresses fasten down the
back.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
Fair Sex Of Berlin Demand That They
shall Be Enlisted In the
German Army.

The present agitation on the part Of
q section of British women for the par
lian1entary vote is not by any means
the only agitation on big scale that
has been got up by members of the
tair sex. In other countries women
have often united in favor Of very
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
Why They Went.

As the Sunday school teacher en-
away?" she exclaimed in surprise.
tered her class room, sch saw leaving
in great haste little girl and her
still small brother.
why, Mar3, you aren't going
away?" she exclaimed in surprise.
"Pleathe, NTH Anne, we've got to
CO." was the distressed reply. Jimmy
tn thwallowed hith collection. Lip
nincott's
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25
Generous.

Jack-When met my pretty cousin
at the train l was in doubt whether l
should kiss her.
Tom-Well, what did you do?
Jack-I gave her the benefit Of the
doubt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

Many a girl strives to make a name
for herself rather than attempt to
make a loaf of bread.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

Poets Beautiful Farewell.
God bless thee with blessing beyond
hope or thought, with blessings which
no word can fin6--TeHnyson
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-07-25

Don't take things for granted-nnd
out for yourself that which Is and
that which Il not
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-22
FINE SPEED PROGRAM
At The South Dakota State Fair,
Best Horses From Twelve States
Entered.

The speed program for the South
Dakota State Fair of 1912 will be
the greatest in the history of the
state, if not of the entire Northwest.
Stake races closed on May 18th, with
one hundred s~eventy-ive entries,
thirty more than last year. This list
includes:
~Two-year-old trot, 16 entries, purse
$500.
Three-year-old trot, "a entries,
purse $500.
2:30 trot, 81 entries. purse, $1,000.
2:20 trot, "A entries, purse, $1,000.
Three-year-old pace, 13 entries,
purse, $500.
2:25 pace, 33 entries, purse $1,000.
2:14 pace, % entries, purse $1,000.
The horses entered for these races
are faster and entered by more prom
tnent horsemen than ever before,
and come from the best racing stock
OF twelve states, Colorado, Kansas,
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Washington, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wis
%consin, North Dakota and South Da-
kota.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-22

George W. Perkins has been Sc
lected as the campaign manager of
the new progressive party. The
Huronite gives the following brief
biography of DIR. Perkins:
"By way of reminder it is being
mentioned in some of the newspa-
pers that Geo. W. Perkins, just
now financing a political campaign
is She man who made unearned
millions by organizing the steel
trust and the harvester trust who,
as treasurer of the Equitable In
surance company escaped pros
ecution criminally for diverting
company money toward the Roose-
Welt campaign of 1904 through a
fault in the indictment presumed
to have been purposely committed );
who went with Frick on a secret
errand to President Roosevelt at
Washington and persuaded him to
stand by and say nothing while
the steel trust took over the valua.
bile property of the Tennessee Coal
company for small percentage of
its value"
Ellis are experiences that ought
30 be portrayed anew at this time,
lest the people forget, for he is
deep in the project for the form
alton of a new party that is to
start on the assumption that it is
the deadly foe of the business
methods tina. have piled wealth for
Mr.. Perkins at the expense of the
masses he is now pretending to
defend"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-22
Roosevelt is mistaken

Mr.. Roosevelt is mistaken. In
a fight for progressive principles
he would have the voters back of
him, and did, but the instant the
people became aware that the
fight was being made solely to
satisfy the selfish personal greed
of one man a change took place.
The people of this country are far
too proud, and justly so, to say by
their votes that there is only one
man in the United States today in
whose keeping the reins of govern
ment can be safely entrusted, and
when MIR. Roosevelt assumes that
such a condition exists he is sadly
Observation-Disclosures Review.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-22

The price of the best grades of
fat cattle has been running above
SO per hundred on the Chicago
market, the highest mark reached
for V forty years. Secretary
Wilson thinks the abundant crop
of corn this year will soon reduce
the price of stock. Charles S.
Jones, president of the stock ex-
change OF Chicago, takes issue
with Mr.. Wilson. He thinks the
high price is due to a shortage in
the supply of cattle resulting from
the breaking up of big ranges, that
the farmers haven't the cattle to
feed, and no matter what the price
of corn, the price of cattle will not
be reduced until the supply is in
creased. Mr.. Jones says: Gun
til the United States adopts laws
similar to those in Argentine
which prevents killing of heifers
until they are five years old there
will be no surplus of cattle In this
country" Argentine, we are told
has an abundant supply OF cattle
which could be laid down in our
eastern market much cheaper than
the western farmer can furnish
them If It we're not for the tariff.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-22
RUSSIAN TO FLY AT HURON.

Paul Studensky, the crack Russian
aviator who has made many new rec
ords In mail carrying, is expected to
plot n of the biplanes at the South
Dakota State Fair. Studensky was
born of well-to-do Russian parents
and educated In the Imperial Rus
sian University at st. Petersburg.
A youthful love affair with a girl Of
nigh rank brought forth the dis
pleasure of the Gar, so he found It
almost necessary to leave his coun-
try. In order to recoup his exhaust
ed resources he took to flying on the
comment. His excellent record in
the Bleriot School at Etampes
brought him many high honors. and
ne soon found himself in demand in
America. He is now in this country.
OF the best educated men in ayia,
ton. His work with the Beech-Na-
tlonal biplane is marvellous. No one
IN South Dakota can afford to miss
the sight of seeing him and the other
fue a%yaators demonstrate their skill
at Huron this fal.