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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
sYNorsIs OF PREYIous oHApTERs

| John valiant societv favorite finds
/ thai tho hanging bonse establisRed by
tis e. IT, a.d aT vab.,.b no 10 vieeS nresi
! dent has col eoilansed thrnnqh ySaste Of
ennd,s n .',',, 5.uil,1'.ot,, inves3ments The
nresident sbnots himself and the state
ba e5iHs su Iu,,estiaatian Va1ian+ re
( fuse, to GO abToad and Includes his
nrivste - fertun of S3'o0O. 900 among
| file hank,s assets He finds that after
| ali debts arc maid 50 500 will be left.
wben he . f aces noVertv he finds a
| letter containing deed 10 the family
home in VirgiIIia. and Immediately
starts for the old homestead. where
! While driving TO the house In his
| autonobile Valiant has a breakdown
! and while tinkering with the ma
chine a young lady halts by the road
side in time to receive the butt Of
abuse Intended for the auto and bull
dog. He Apologies to the girl. who
| LAUGHS nj his Dredicament and then
she starts out to get help for him
! leaving him by the roadside watch
| ing as she disappears down the road.
| After a wait Of three hours Uncle
Jefferson. the negro, sent by the GIL,
comes to help Valiant.
| Valiant learns the story of the glfl
| life and that her name Is Shirley
| cambridge from the old colored man.
| After a ride OF several miles an old
and picturesque house Is reached ana
the driver informs his fare that thdt
| is Damory Court, Valiant is ehtranced
by It's noble beauty. He engages the
negro driver and his wife as man
about house and cook.
A search Of the old mansion fails TO
reveal anything Of Importance and the
new owner lays down for his first sleep
In his new home.
Valiant again sees the Girl of the
Roses when, while standing on the
porch of his home. she leads the hunt
up to where he is before she realizes
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
CHAPTER XVI
The Call of the Roses.

n the great hall at Damory Court
the candles in their brass wall.
seonces bllnked back from the pol
lshed parquetry and the shining fire.
dogs, filing the rather solemn gloom
with an air of warmth and creature
comfort.
Leaning against the newel-post.
Valiant gazed about him. How dif-
ferent it all looked from the night
of his coming
1t occurred to him with q kind of
wonder that fortnight ago he had
never known this house existed. Then
he had conceived the old hectic life
the only one worth knowing, the be-
all and end-all of modern felicity.
1t was as If single stroke had cut
his life in two parts which had in
stantly recoiled as far asunder as
the poles. Strangely, the new
seemed more familiar than the old;
there had been moments when he
remembered the past almost as in
the placid day one recalls 4 thriving
dream of the night before, which, it
self unreal. has left an overpower-
ing impression behind. it, Littls
fragments of the old nightly mosaic
the bltt-music across the dulled
glisten of pounded asphalt, the feath-
erbone girl flaring high in air in
electric rain, pointed clock tower
spiking the upper nightgloom. the
faint HIATUS of musk from a downy
theatre wrap--f1uttered about him;
but all seemed far away, hackneyed,
shop-worn, as banal as the scenery
of an opera
He began to walk up and down
the floor, teasing pricks of restless
ness urging him. file opened the
door and passed into the unlighted
dining-room. On, the sideboard set
a silver loving-cup that had arrived
the day before in a huge box with
his books and knick-knacks He had
won 1t at polo. He lifted it. lingering
its carved handles. He remembered
that when that particular score had
been made Katharine Fargo had sat
I in one of the drags at the side-line.
But the memory evoked no thrill.
Instead, the thought of her palely-
cold, passionless beauty called up
another mobile thoroughbred face
instinct with quick Hastings of mirth
and hauteur. Again he felt the fierce
clutch of small fingers, as they fought
with his in that struggle for his life.
Each line of that face stood before
him-the arching brows. the cameo
delicacy of profile. the magnolia skin
and hair like a brown-gold cloud
across the sun.
a soft clicking patter trailed it,
self over the polished floor and the
bulldogs nose was thrust between
his knees. He bent down and fondled
the, satiny head to still the sudden
surge of loneliness that had over
flowed his heart--an ache for he knew
not what. A depression was on him,
he knew not why-something that had
a keen edge of longing like physical
hunger.
(To BE Continued Tomorrow
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
DON'T WORRY CAMP.

"DONT WORRY CAMP is the adopted for the first
Now Jersey convict camp to established
county, the convict cook rusty forfeited his
word of honor and that is the only de-
seron The transition the prison cell TO the with
well appreciated that
the forty convcs pathetcaly beg to be permitted to
continue their employment The camp model of
sanitation good order and of prettness The system
honor which successfully
carried governor is practised at the
although is taken of placing armed guards around
it, of this experiment depends the permanenc
and extension the convict camp system in this State
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
CHAPTER XIV
John valiant Asks "a Question.

VALIANT went with them to the
outer DOOR A painful thought
was flooding his mind. 1t hanpered
his speech and il was only by a
violent effort that he found voice:
"One moment! There is "a question
would like to ask"
Both gentlemen had turned upon
the steps and as they faced him he
thought swift glance passed be-
tween them. They waited cour-
teously, the doctor with his habitual
frown. the majors hand fumbling
for the black ribbon on his waistcoat
Since l came hero 7 have heard
his tone was uneVep-''of a duel in
There was such meeting?"
There was" said the doctor, after
the slightest pause of surprise. Had
you known nothing of it?"
Absolutely nothing"
The major cleared his throat ''Ii
was something he might naturally
not have made a record Of" he said
THE two had been friends, and it
it was a fatal encounter for the
other. The doctor and / were your
fathers seconds
There was a moments silence be-
fore Valiant spoke again. When he
did his voice was steady. though
drops had sprung to his forehead
Was there any circumstances In
that meeting that might be construed
as rejecting on his-honor?"
Good God. no." said the major
explosively.
ION his bearing as a gentleman"
There was hiatus this time, in
which he could hear his heart beat
In that single exclamation the major
seemed to have exhausted his vo-
cabulary. He was looking at the
ground 1t was the doctor who spoke
at last, in a silence that to the man
in the doorway weighed like hun
dred atmospheres.
mol" he said. bluntly. Ger
tainly not. What put that into your
head?"
When he was alone in the library
Valiant opened the glass door and
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Continued from yesterdsy)

Devil john echoed his host. Yes,
I've heard the name
The doctor guffaWed. He earned
it, | reckon. | never realized what a
sinister expression that missing optic
gives the old ruffian There was
slxirmish during the war on the hill
side yonder and a bullet cut 1t out.
When we were boys we used to call
him Old One-Eye.'
1T interests me enormously" John
Valiant spoke eXplosively.
THE stories OF Devil-John would fill
a mighty big book" said the major.
by all accounts he ought to have
lived in the Middle Ages. Crossing
the library, he looked into the dining
room. 81 thought l remembered. The
portrait over the console there is his
wife, your great grandmother. She
was a wonderful swimmer, by the
way" he went ION. returning to his
scat. ut was said she had swum
across the Potomac in her hunting
toys. When Devil-John heard of the
feat he swore he would marry her.
and he did. 1t was love match, no
doubt, on her side he must have been
one to take with women. Even in
those days, when men still lived pic
turesquely and weren't all cut to the
unique. There was something satan
ically splendid and savage about him.
My great-uncle used to say he stood
sis feet two, and walked like an en-
peror on a love spree. He was a man
of sky-high RACES, with fingers that
could bend gold coin double
''rhey say he bet that when he
brought his bride home she would
walk into Damory Court between
rows of candlesticl1s worth twenty
thousand dollars He made the wa
ger good, too, for when she came up
those steps out there there was row
Of ten candles burning on either side
of the doorway, each held by a young
slave worth a thousand dollars in the
market. The whole State talked of
the wedding. and for a time Damory
Court was ablaze with tea parties and
dances. That was in the old days of
coaching and red-heeled slippers,
when Virginia planters lived like
ViceroyS. and money was only
TO throw to the birds. They were
fast livers and hard drinkers.
and their passions ran away with
them. DevilJohn's knew neither
saddle nor bride. Some say he grew
jealous of his wife's beauty. There
were any number of stories told of
his cruelties to her that aren't worth
repea ting. She died early-poor lady
and your grandfather was the only
issue. Devil-John himself lived to
be past 20, and at that age, when
most men were stacking their sins
and grooming with the govt, he was
dicing and fox-hunting with the
youngest of them. He always swore
he would die with his boots on. and
they say when the doctor told him
he had only a few hours leeway, he
made his slaves dress him completely
and prop him on his horse They
galloped out so, a negro on either
side of him. It was a stormy night.
black as the Earl of Hell's riding
boots. with wind and lightning, and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
VENICE, THE ISLAND CITY
LEARN Ono Thing Every Day"
No. 3. BRIDGE OF SIGNS


L NERYONE has probably heard of
~ the Ponte de Sosperi or Bridge OF
Signs 1t Is said that over this
bridge walked political prisoners in
the days of Venice's greatness, and
these men were never seen again.
This bridge, however, is, as W. d.
Howells says. "A pathetic swindle."
The Bridge of Signs dates only from
the sixteenth century, and since that
time there has been only a single in
stance (Antonio FoscarinD of political
Imprisonment The bridge led from
the criminal courts in the palace to
the criminal prisons on the other side
OF the Rio Canal.
The prisons really used for political
offenders were the Pozzi, often
wrongly described as being beneath
the level of the canal. A thick
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
,KEs TO BE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

NOW THAT former Governor Stokes has dehntely De
oided candidate for Governor in the Republican p
mares his nomination. the Republican campaign
and the party interest is focused on
standard 1904 when candidate for governor MI
and plurality of 5l644 VII
1910 29 greater, while his
purality was For President last wilson
vote was the for Stokes in 1904 he
figures significant of the personal strength OF the
whom the Democracy will in the coming campaign The
fact that Stokes only made good but
initiated important revoutonzed the States rail
road tax system powerfully operate in his favor in
which he will the progressive policies OF
the advanced of his party.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
THE DEBT OF A CITY.

NEW YORKS funded debt like Newark's, is be
computed by the gross figures The debt exceeds bill
lion dollars nominal debt the
by than billion dollars worth of solid
What elassed public debt largely Investment
which while helping immensely increase the general
wealth and prosperity, pays good income to the city. \
debt without public improvements
may we'll off by comparison, but it isn't Newark,
with debt than half of it wepaying investment is
than the small that prdes itself
borrowing nothing and has nothing to show for its thrift but
stagnaon, cheap land and unprogressveness.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
Refuting a SANDER,

Hand bills will be distributed about
town in few days by an Atchison
woman TO disprove the assertions
made by her friends that she is cold
hearted, hardheaded and an unsymp-
athletic and Nunfeeling mother and
woman. She recently took her little
son to barber to have his first real
haircut, and instead of remaining to
weep over each ringlet that dropped
and culver at each snip of the shears
she went home calmly without stay.
ing to watch the sacred and harrow
ing spectacle, leaving the boy to come
home by himself. The Atchison
woman's defense is that she went
home so she wouldn't weep-Atchi-
son Globe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
A NAVY YARD AT JERSEY CITY.

NEW YORK make much better use of the space on
front occupied by the yard by de-
voting and the government would have much
facilities the the yard should be transferred to
the Jersey Jersey City has been shown by
the engineers report the Brooklyn navy yard lacks the
essentials of naval station, that its facilities
increased that it is uneconomca and
difficult of On the other hand the location
these requisites, and thousand
available York dock and for that it
easily spare the removal of which the Hudson
possible injury the city the labor employed
being transferable with the plant
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
All for the Best.

a woman has no sense of humor,' .
said the man who tries to adopt a
superior pose.
did you ever watch a man pro-
pose?" asked Miss Cayenne.
NO
Then you don't realize that a femi-
nine appreciation of the humorous
would overcrowd the world with spin
sters,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
Food Selection Important.

The surest way to keep and restore
health Is to supply the normal condi-
tions of life, which implies a natural
diet, containing all the elements OF
nutrition in true proportion and based
on the proper selection of food for
each meal, for 1t will not do to mix
all kinds of otherwise proper food in
one meal. We must make meal OF
such foods as are compatible. Other
wise. we will turn our stomachs into
an acid and gas factory.-The Natu-
ropath.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
AN EXPERIMENT IN PAVING.

UNDER MODERN conditions traffic paving in
United States has almost uniform failure. Any
experiment that affords hope of durable pavement is vel
New York is going to make with surface of
granite underlad by granite chips and clay
The special feature of the device is that the cubes laid
joints right angles the lines of traffic and
Mosaic floor 1t is said that in Germany
England pavements of this laid quarercenry
good Perhaps of Americas vexing
civic problems been solved at last Is
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
THE DEPORTATION OF THAW.

THAW BELONGS in the State of New York and it was
York that he proceeded Canada merely passing
through England States Undesirable aliens when
back the States countries which they
belong aud as the United States sep
independent police Jurisdictions it follows that Thaw
should York and turned loose Maine
Hampshire if Canada decides to deport him Turned
over to any New York. Thaw with the legal
command will be able to make another
cry of American justice.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
GERMANYs TOILING wOMANHOoD.

GERMANY'S VAST military preparations 100000
additional drawn this from production to soldering
Somebody the that these doing
somebody is German womanhood American delegates
Budapest suragis in their travels Ger
many wives daughters of the Kasers soldiers
cleaning streets the cities and making roads loading hay
the country 1t living upon Emperor Williams
dcum that place in the church. the kitchen
the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
Make 100000 Bibles.

The China agency of the American
Bible Society reports issues for the
first six months nearly or quite reach
ing 100000 Bibles. Testaments and
portions (905.416 in all. with two
depots yet to be heard from. If this
rate Of issue continues during the
year, it may be expected to reach
100000 copies.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
Single Bliss.

Dorothy (aged 4)--No, nurse, /
have no beau, and l guess / will have
to be an old maid
Nurse (who used to live in German
town)-Never mind. honey the old
maids are the happiest after all. that
is when they stop strugglins
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
THE RIGHT KIND OF AN ARBITRATOR.

THE SELECTION of Seth Low of the arbitrators to
controversy between the railroads and the train
organizations emnently fitting and should be
agreeable both Sides Mr. Lows high character his known
sense of fairness and justice and the efts he made avert
great strike make him ideal arbitrator.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20
On to His Job.

Waiter Ito aviator who has fallen
on the roof Of a hoteD-Want a room,
ntrq
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20

ing. There. take that" The patient
took the prescription and left. A few
days after he returned to the doc
tor and reported himself well.
But said he. II found 1t hard to
swallow. as ] never swallowed paper
before as a medicine; but l got it
down. and am WELL than Godn'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20

Every day a different human
interest story will appear in the
Evening Star. You can get
beautiful intaglio reproduction of
the above picture, with five 9TH
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known authority covers the sub
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the week. Readers of the Eve
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-20

nary, The best known Is that of
Charles Dickens:
81 descended from the cheerful day
into two ranges, one below another, Of
dismal, awful, horrible stone cells.
They were quite dark. Each had a
loophole in its massive wall where
in the old time, every day a torch was
placed, to light the prisoners within
for half an hour. The captives, by
the glimmering of these brief rays,
had cut and scratched Inscriptions in
the blackened vaults. | saw them:
for their labor with the rusty nails
point had outlived their agony and
them through many generations. One
cell ! saw In which no man remained
for more than twenty-four hours, be-
ing marked for dead before he en-
tered ii. Hard by another, and a
dismal one, whereto at midnight the
confessor came-a monk brown-robed
and hooded-ghastly in the day and
free, bright air; but in the midnight
of the murky prison Hopes eXtin
guisher and Murders herald. | had
my foot upon the spot where, at the
same dread hour. the shriven pris
oner was strangled. and struck my
hand upon the guilty door-low-
browed and tealthy--through which
the lumpiSh sack was carried out
into q boat and rowed away, and
drowned where 1t was death to cast
a net C
The Council of Ten which ruled
Venice for many years had its place
of assembly during the sixteenth CEN
fury in one of the smaller apartments
of the ducal palace on the second
floor, circular room with large win
dows looking on the canal spanned
by the Bridge of Signs This coun-
ell had absolute power in admins
tering justice and in governing the
Npnotinp state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-25
Reveals More Harlem Graft.

l. tfn I
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lie declared, Win Iouu ptolfSIdt'ohS'
that he Was poor man, drawing a
salary OF SO week from the saloon
and never had any money to pav graft
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-25
MCCLURE HITS AT WILSON
Crooks and Amateurs Govern
U. S., Says Publisher.

Boston. Feb. 2i-S :. Mcclure. a maya
zine publisher. in an address tonight at
Wellesley College declared that all men
now governing the United States are
either crooks or amateurs. and that all
arr. equally inefficient. He recommended
thar instead OF a President the United
States be governed by board OF IL
rectors incidentally, ne made what was
considered An indirect attack on Presl-
dont-elect Wilson when he said.
you can't expect 10 take college pro-
fessor and make him president pro-
nounced pause, OF a railroad.
The government in this country l. not
workable because of tine inriticiency y
the. men who hold Office and because Of
the insecurity of the positions owing TO
th. short tenure of Office" Nh. Mcclure
said. 1T * my belief that board OF
directors should be chosen 10 look after
the government This is in vogue In for
eign countries. where directors serve six
wears. and the plan has worked in grahi
style
Men are placed in positions 10 govern
when they hsve no knowledge of govern
inc and so are Inefficient. The whole
government OF this country is not work
able and in great contrast to that OF Ger
many which government is most work
lin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-25
WORK ON TARIFF BILLS
Democrats to Have Them Ready
for Special Session.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The extra ses-
sion of Congress. which President
Wilson to-day announced would he
called TO meet April ], will find a num-
Der OF tariff bills ready for its imrled
ate consideration and other general poll
cies mapped out for the new adminlstra-
ton The date received general approval
in Congress.
The letter from oscar ". Underwood.
the House Democratic leader. upon
which Mr. Wilson based his decision To
convene the session April !, went out
after members OF the Ways and Means
Committee had agreed that il would be
possible to perfect several of the tariff
bills by that time. Members of the COM
mittee to-day predicted those measures
would consume less than a month in
passing the House and that there would
be 10 marked division OF opinion in the
committee over the preparation OF any
of the bills.
An income tax bill is being prepared ly
Represent ative Hull, OF Tennessee. aud
will probably be one OF the early meas
ures introduced in the House.