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sYNOPsis.

CONSERVATION is caused on the last
light that the Opera is managed by De-
Henne and Poligny because OF the ap-
9earance OF ghost. said to have been
q evidence on several previous occasions.
Christine Daae, member of the opera
company. Is called upon to fill a very
important part and scores great sue
less. Count de Chagny and his brother
Raoul are among those who applaud the
nnger. Raoul tries to see Christine In
he dressing room, but is unable to do 80
Ind later discovers that some one is maxi
ing love to her. She energies alone. and
npon entering the room he finds 1t empty.
nrins managers Is going on. the Opera
Shost appears and informs the new man
lSers that Box No. Is reserved for him.
Box No. is sold with disastrous results.
The managers receive a letter from the
opera Ghost calling attention to the err
ror. Christine Daae writes Raoul that
she has gone to visit the, grave OF her
father. He goes also. and In the night
follows her to the church. Wonderful
violin music is heard. Raoul visits,
graveyard. Raoul is found next morning
the performance of Faust" from front
:eats Of that box. Carlotta; who sings
refusing. loses her voice in the middle
of song and the main chandelier
wounding many. Raoul searches for
Christine. who has disappeared. He sees
her at last, but does not speak, and later
a note is received from her making an
appointment for a masked ball. Raoul
meets Christine at the ball. He sees a
person in the disguise Of Red Death.
lie hears her conversing with some one
whom she calls Erik. Raoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name of the unseen man whom she calls
he Angel OF Music. Christine and Raoul
become secretly engaged prior to pola
expedition that Raoul is to make. Chris
tine relates n strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
lion Of marrying Christine. which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst of a per-
tormance the stage is enveloped In dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
ard behave strangely Raoul searches
madly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment OF his
allowance. and when It is left at an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears; Raoul goes in search OF Chris
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
10 aid Raoul In locating Christine and
they gain access to secret chamber.
fhe two find themselves in a passageway
Christine has undoubtedly been carried
by Erik. The Persian knows Erik to
have been one OF the contractors who
built the Opera. Also that while the work
torture chamber beneath the structure
From this chamber Raoul and the Per
sian hear Erik and Christine conversing
Erik misses a bag containing valuable
keys. Christine looks into the chamber
and assures Erik that there is no one
there She discovers that he is ven
triloquist. Erik and the Persian are al
most overcome by the horrors OF this
room, and while searching for means of
release they come upon barrel OF gun
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Byford e Long Of Brownstown, sec
retHry 10 Senator Shlyely, has sworn
off eating at "oucarmcd restaurants
He had "A rather unEatisiactOry cxpefl.
cnce at a downtown dairy lunchrpom
not long ago and was telling friend
about IT, You SEQ ! was In good
deal OF a hurry" explained Long,
and instead Of going to a hrstclass
chop house patronIzed one Of those
quick lunch places In pennsylyaEin
avenue. told the man behind tho
marble counter that I wanted some
steak smothered In onions, some
French fried potntoos on the side and
a cup Of coffee Well, waited and
waited. and when got the food It
didn't look a bit pa.atable. No more
Of those cheap hash boussS for mine,
hereafter"
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BllSTERS ALL OVER BODY

Hollene, New Mexico.-"Our little
boy first broke out in little yellow
blisters about the size Of pin heads
and they itched and hurt 80 badly ho
could not rest day nor night. In few
days they were running sores and
kept spreading until they were as
large as n dollar. He had them all
over his body and was nearly tortured
to death. as they hurt him 30 badly he
could hardly sleep. He would scratch
and cause great sores all over his
face and legs.
"Wo tried several highly recon-
mended remedies but they didn't seem
to help him n bit, Nothing seemed to
do any good until we got Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. We hadn't used
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment but n
short time before he was completely
cured without scar" (Signed) Mrs
]. II. Northcutt, Nov. 30, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura. Dept l.. Boston. ADV.
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CHAPTER XIV. (contInued.)

At last, l found the staircase But.
suddenly drew myself up on the
first step. for terrible thought had
come to my mind:
what is the timer"
All. what was the time? d.
For, after ALL eleven o'clock tomorrow
evening might be now, might be this
very moment! Who could tell us
the time? We seemed to have been
imprisoned In that hell for days and
days for years since
the beginning of the world. Perhaps
We should be blown up then and
there All. a sound! A crack!
Did you hear that? There,
In the corner good heavens!
Like a sound OF machinery!
Again! Oh. for a
light! Perhaps it's the ma
chinery that is to blow everything up!
are you deaf?"
NJ. de Chagny and | began to yell
like madmen. Fear spurred US on.
We rushed up the treads OF the stair
case, stumbling as we went, anything
to escape the dark. to return to the
mortal light of the room OF mirrors!
We found the trap-door still open,
but 1t was now as dark in the room
Of mirrors as In the cellar which We
had left. We dragged ourselves along
the floor of the torture-chamber, the
floor that separated us from the pow
der-magazine. What was the timer
We shouted. We called: NJ. de Chagny
TO Christine, | to Erik, reminded
him that | had saved his life. But
no answer, save that OF our despair,
pf our madness: what was the time?
We argued, We tried to calculate the
time we had spent there, but we were
incapable of reasoning. II only we
could see the face OF watchl g..
Mine had stopped. but NJ. de Chagny's
was still going. He told me
that he had wound 1t up before dress.
ing for the opera. We had
not match upon us. And
yet we must know. NJ. de
Chagny broke the glass OF his watch
and felt the two hands. lie
questioned the hands OF the watch
With his fnger.tips, going by the po-
sitiou OF the ring of the watch. d.
Judging by the space between the
hands. he thought 1t might be Just
eleven o'clock!
But perhaps IL was not the eleven
O'Clock OF which we stood in dread.
Perhaps we had still twelve hours be-
fore US,
Suddenly. | exclaimed; "Hush!"
seemed to hear footsteps in the
next room Some one tapped against
.tAe wall Christine Daae's voice said:
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Walt With 5000.

A peasant who was passed by a
motor car near Lyons saw the car
stop for moment few hundred
yards further on. When he reached
the place where It had stopped he
found a twelve-monthso baby boy
lying in the middle OF the road. He
took the child to his cottage. So
His wife undresscd tho baby to
make sure that he had not been hurt
and in his clothes found $4,000 in bank
notes and n piece OF paper. on which
was written: "To look after and edu.
cate tho child."-London Evening
Standard.
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ding. you shall make very hand
some present to a few hundred Pari'
SLAMS who are at this moment ap'
plauding a poor masterpiece OF Meyer
beers you shall make them
a present OF their lives. For,
with your own fair hands, you shall
turn the scorpion. And mer.
rily, merrily. we will be married."
A pause: and then:
IF. in two minutes. mademoiselle,
you have not turned the scorpion.
shall turn the grasshopper
and the grasshopper. l tell you, hops
jolly high"
The terrible silence began anew.
The Vicomte de Chagny, realizing
that there was nothing left to do but
pray. went down on his knees and
prayed AS for me. my blood beat so
fiercely that | had to take my heart
In both hands, lest 1t should burst. AT
last, We heard Erik's voice:
The two minutes are past.
Good-by. mademoiselle. Hop,
grasshopper -
swear to me, monster, do you swear
to me that the scorpion is the one to
Yes, to hop at our Wedding"
"Ah. you see! You said, to hop!"
AT our wedding, ingenious child!
The scorpion opens the ball
But that will do! You
won't have the scorpion? Then l turn
the grasshopper!"
Erik"
Enough"
was crying out in concert with
Christine. NJ. de Chagny was still
on his knees, praying
Erik! | have turned the scorpion!' st
Oh, the second through which we
passed!
Waiting! Waiting to find ourselves
In fragments. amid the roar and the
ruins!
Feeling something crack beneath
our feet, hearing an appalling hiss
through the open trap-door hiss like
the first sound of rocket!
1t came softly, at first, then louder
then very loud. But 1t was not the
hiss Of fire. 1t was more like the
hiss of water. And now it became a
Surgling sound: "Guggle! Guggle!"
We rushed to the trap-door. All our
ror came, now returned with the lap
ping Of the water.
The water rose in the cellar. above
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the barrels, the owder-barres-"Ba Bar
rels! Barrels! Any barrels
to sell?"-and we went down to 1t
with parched throats. It rose to our
chins, to our mouths And We drank
We stood on the floor OF the cellar
and drank. And we went up the stairs
again in the dark, step by step. went
up with the water
The water came out OF the cellar
with us and spread over the iioor OF
the room. II this went on, the whole
house on the lake would be swamped
The floor OF the torture.chamber had
itself become a regular little lake, IA
which our feet splashed. surely there
was water enough now! Erik must
turn off the tap!
Erik. Erk! That is water enough
for the gunpowder! Turn on the tap!
Turn on the scorpion!"
But Erik did not reply, We beard
nothing but the water rising: I, was
halfway 70 our waists
"Cnrisuuc," cried NJ. de Chagny.
Christine, The water is up TO our
knees!"
But Christine did not reply,
We heard nothing but the water ris-
ing.
No one, no one In the next room,
no one to turn the tap. no one to turn
the scorpion
We were all alone. In the dark. with
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.c,rs,o, n, m. written narrative

conclusion OF the written narrative
which the Persian left behind him.
Notwithstanding the horrors OF a
situation which seemed definitely to
abandon them to their deaths, Nj. de
Chagny and his companion were saved
by the sublime devotion OF Christine
Daae And had the rest OF the story
from the lips OF the daroga himself.
When | went to see him. he was
still living in his little fiat in the
Rue de Rivoli. opposite the Tuileries.
He was very Ill. and 1t required all
my nrdor as an historian pledged to
the truth to persuade him to live the
incredible tragedy over again for my
benefit. His faithful old servant Da-
RUS showed me in to him. The daroga
received me at n window overlooking
the garden of the Tuileries. He still
had his magnificent eyes. but his poor
| face looked very worn. He had shaved
| the whole of his head. which was
usually covered with an astrakhan
cap: he was dressed in n long. plain
coat and amused himself by uncon-
the sleeves; but his mind was quite
clear, and he told mo his story with
| perfect ucidity.
1t seems that, when he opened his
eyes. the daroga found himself lying
on a bed. NJ. de Chagny was on a
| sofa. beside the wardrobe. An angel
and devil were watching over them.
hn ilInSinnH
/ of the torture.chamber. the precision
of the details of that quiet little mid
| dle-class room seemed to have been
| invented for the express purpose OF
puzzling the mind Of the mortal rash
enough to stray into that abode OF
| living nightmare. The wooden bed
/ stead. the waxed mahogany chairs,
! the chest of drawers. those brasses,
: the little square antimacassnrs care
: fully placed on the backs of the chairs.
/ the clock on the mantelpiece and the
| Misunderstanding ebony caskets Mt
either end. lastly, the whntnot hlled
/ with shells. with red pin-cushions,
with mother-of-pearl boats and an
| enormous ostrichegg. the whole dis
1
| standing on Il small round table: this
collection of ugly. peacenble. reason
| able furniture, at the bottom OF the
opera cellars, bewildered the imaginh-
| tion more than all the late fantastic
happenings.
And the figure OF the masked man
seemed all the more formidable In
this old.fashioned. neat and trim lit
tie frame. 1t bent down over the Per
sian and said, in his ear:
Are you better. daroga? .
You are looking at my furniture
1t is all that | have left or
my poor unhappy mother"
Christine Daae did not say word I;
she moved about noiselessly. like n
sister of charity, who had taken
vow OF silence She brought cup OF
cordial. or of hot tea. he did not re-
member which. The man in the mask
took it from her hands and gave 1t to
the Persian. NJ. de Chagny was still
sleeping.
Erik poured drop OF rum into the
darogas cup and. pointing to the vis
count, said:
"lIe came to himself long before
we knew II you were still alive
daroga. He is quite well. He ii
asleep. We must not wake him"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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Clocks Worked by Air.

Fans actuated by currents OF air
have from time 10 time been used IA
motors for running clocks, one, by
Lcpaute, is In the Louvre, Paris, Ben
jamln Hanks Of lItchneld county,
Connecticut, patented one In 1888. In
a more recent patent tho weight is
wound up by the current Of air In a
chimney which is stopped by self.
acting brake aR the weight nearB tho
top Of It's course.
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Sweet Little Harry.

Ma" said little Harry. 'l'll tell you
what you ought to do
What DEAR" his mother asked.
you ought to 30 over to live in
some country where the people are
Mohammedans"
What on earth ever put such a
thought as that into your dear head,
darling?"
"Causc over there they think all fat
women are beautiful"
Harry! If you dare to open your
mouth again this evening you Will be
sent to bed with nothing to cat."
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Thr Old Dodnr.

Brown has refused TO give us an
extra days time to meet his bin He
says irs been running long enough"
"Didn't you tell him we'd give him
a check for the full amount tho day
after tomorrow"
u did He said thnt wouldn't do
He wanted Il in the morning"
"All right Mail him check todny.
and forget to have II signed There's
more than one way OF stretching credit
II YOU have TO
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Got on the Scent

How did you find the wcakr"
asked the Interested friend
by sheer perseverance, ," replied
Long 1T was trying 10 hide under
the onions, but I ran II down"
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Overheard.

THAT is n great title for play"
said the head usher.
Yes" replied the ticket taker; ITS
n shame to see how many good titles
are spoiled by the plays. Washing
ton Star.
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hrely, seemed to hear between two
guggles:
barrels! Barrels! Any barrels to
sell?'
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The Difference.

Does your cook ask many evenings
out?"
No, she takes 'em"
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CHAPTER XVI.

The End Of the Ghosts Love Story.
The previous chapter marks tho
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Her Status.

Jennie is very bright girl"
Then why did they send her to q
polishing SCHOOL,"
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SUGGESTION.

Hc-Don't you love birds?
She-Not baltimore Amcri
can.
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At last, l found the staircase. But.
suddenly | drew myself up on the
first step. for a terrible thought had
come to my mind:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
MAN Who USED CLUB
IS HERE FOR TRIAL
SERGEANT BAILEY BRINGS MAN
WHO ASSAULTED JENKINS
FROM NEWPORT NEWS.

Detective Sergeant F. C. Bailey re-
turned yesterday afternoon from
Newport News bringing with him
Nick Bakers, n Greek, arrested In
Newport News for the Richmond po-
lice. Bakers is wanted here for an
assault upon ]. r. Jenkins. who was
struck over the head with a heavy
club two weeks ago in a restaurant
on Fast Main street. Bakers &C
complete, Gus Melis. was arrested at
the time and when arraigned in Pc
lice court was sent on to the Hust-
ings court for trial.
Bakers, 1t Is charged, is the man
behind the counter In the restaurant
who refused to place Jenkins change
in his hard following a purchase
made by Jenkins. and who hit Jen-
kins with a club that was handed him
by Melis. Bakers mada his getaway
when Mels was arrested, but he was
traced 10 Newport News by the local
police who asked the Newport News
authorities to make the arrest,
Ralkers will probably he arraigned
In Police court this morning
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OFFICIAL RETURNS
Continued from First Page,)

the 1900 precincts in the State are
missing when the State committee
meets tonight at Murphy's hotel TO
canvass the returns will probably not
bring about any complications or
retard the work o. that body, though
the possibilities for trouble are many.
The committee will check and verify
the returns as tabulated and then ask
the consent of the candidates, who are
presumed to be present tonight either
in person or by proxy, to forgo further
delay in getting information from the
missing precincts and rest upon the
official returns in hand There is
hardly doubt but that all of the can
didates will agree to this proposition
in view of the decisive vote. If one
of them should protest. however It
might become necessary to hold an
other State primary, thanks to the
carelesness, indifferences. neglect or
whatever one chooses to call 1t of
some OF the precinct judges or the
county charmen--at present no one
knows where.athe fault lies. That any
of the candidates would object how
ever, improbable, as the ten missing
precincts are small affairs and the
combined vote of the ten---if they
held elections-would not affect the
result seventy five votes one way or
the other.
Session VIII De Brief.
Unless the State committee takes
up matters other than the canvass of
the vote in the primary of August
9Th, the session tonight-thanks to
Secretary Brenaman and his co-work
ers--will likely be brief For two
weeks. internationally, Mr.. Brcnaman
with the assistance of Public Printer
Davis ROtfom NJ Cannon. John b.
Minor, j. X. Shepherd and others have
worked faithfully to get the returns
in shape for the State committee to
handle, and but for the secretary's
foresight and the work that has been
done the State committee would have
necessarily been in session at least
week. The tabulation yesterday, with
the aid of the infallible adding ma
chine. was a verification of the work
done by these workers, so that
the State committee when 1t assemblies
tonight is assured of the correctness
OF the figures beyond the shadow of a
doubt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
V|RG|N|AN TEAM
BEATS LEADER|TES

The Richmond Virginlan team won
It's fifth straight victory yesterday ar
ternoon in Broad~Street park when
a coat of whitewash was administered
to team representing the News
Leader. Darkness put a stop to the
game in the fifth inning with the score
standing to in favor of The Viz
ginians.
Manager Harper, of the Leaderites,
sprung a surprise by securing fve of
the c. c. A. All-Stars to play with
him. However, none of them succeed =
ed In getting even a scratch hit on
Otto Lehman, The Virginian speed de-
mon" Only two hits were made off
of his delivery, those being made by
Anthony and Whaley- Eight of them
also went to the bench via the strike
out route.
Besides pitching in excellent form.
Lohman also featured with the stick,
securing two hits out of as many trips
to the plate. The one-hand stop Of
Robertson in center field also featured
Batteries: Virginian, Lehman and
Pollard; News Leader. Harper and Au-
gust.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
ALEXANDRIA CLAIMS
RAILROAD COMPANY

The State corporation commission
yesterday gave a hearing to the petit
tfon of Alexandra in which the COM
mission Is asked to officially declare
that city the home of the Washing
ton Southern railway. Attorney for
the railway company resisted the pc
tition on the ground that Richmond
Is the headquarters of the company
No witnesses were introduced. and
the commission took the matter I'M
der advisemeut
AS the charter does not specifically
mention the home of the company
and the commission has already
levied an assessment against 1t for
the year It Ia quite likely that the
petition will he denied.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
Fashions In kincmacoIor at the
E.mnirc

Everybody says All! and SO will you
when you see that wonderful Kinema-
color program now being shown at
the Empire daily from 3 p. NJ. TO II
p. NJ. and for 5 and o cents prices,
The amusement seekers never before
bought so much where quality had
not been sacrificed. The Empire
shows are not for people who cannot
afford to pay more. but decidedly for
folks who can afford the best and
want It. for probably the best class of
people in Richmond go to the Empire
to see the best pictures In town.
The management announces for the
benefit of the thousands of mothers in
Richmond that the little Riddles, when
in charge of colored nurses. will be
admitted in the balcony at the after
noon shows.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
NURSE SETTLEMENT
To OPEN BRANCH
NEW BUILDING is TO BE 10.
GATED on BEECH
STREET.

A branch building will be estab-
lished shortly by the Nurses Settle
ment. the headquarters of which is
at 223 South Cherry street. The new
settlement will be located at II Beech
street and will be under charge of
Miss Ella Ball. well known society
worker
The branch building will be opened
not later than October list. and will
be the settlement headquarters for
this section of the city. However, the
branch will always be under the direct
supervision Of the parent organization,
which will have entire charge of its
internal and external management.
The lower floor will be devoted to
club" work on which emergency
rooms for the settlement workers will
also be placed. One of the principal
rooms on the upper floor, which will
be rented TO young girls The Nurses
Settlement proposes to use the utmost
discretion in the selection of the girls
for these rooms.
This building was to have been
opened some time ago. but the Nurses
Settlement eeaid-not afford the ex-
pense. The need Of such a branch
at the present Is so great. however.
that 1t was decided to open It. and
| depend upon the generosity of the
! public. 1t Is believed that those who
| can afford It will respond literally
/ TO this good cause.
/ Those in charge of the building
+ want to at the building up with fur
niture as soon as possible and ask that
anyone who can give a chair or two,
/ "a table or other furniture, to con-
/ tvih
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
Football Star
of Pacific Coast
Enters u. of Va.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Sept 10
George Leovy. the star scholastic
football player OF the Pacific coast
during the 1912 season, has entered
the University of Virginia.
Last year, his senior year at the
San Diego high school, Leovy was
picked by the critics for an end on
the All California eleven. and also
on the All-PacifiC coast team. He was
considered the greatest end in the
State of California, and one of the
most promising football players on
the coast,
Leland Stanford university wanted
him to matriculate. but Leovy pre-
ferred entering the university at
tended Ivy his father. He has re-
ceived offers from some Of the lead
ing universities Of the East. but pre-
ferred TO enter the Charlottesville
institution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-11
WANT BOND ISSUE
FOR GOOD ROADS

FREDERICKSBURG, VA. Sept. 10.
A petition is being circulated In
RappahaHaock- district King George
county. requesting the court to call an
election on the question of issuing
bonds for the Improvement of the
roads in that district Only a few
more names of freeholders are lack
Ing. and these will be secured in the
next day or two, when the petition
will be presented to Judge r. II. L.
Chichester.