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'1n0osA'4Gasu onA'"0 MzAzaAdwNN 1uns

Il cant talk, I can't think" he
cried. It'll / get It. You can see for
yourself how shaky / am"
could see for myself that he was
suffering the torture of the damned.
Every muscle In his body seemed to
be jerking involuntarily. doubling It.
self into little hungry knots that
Joined his aching nerves In the shrilf
clamor for morphine-morphine
Give me just one Dose" he plead
ed, "and I'll tell you anything. every
thing you want to know. I'll die II
don't get it,"
So pitiable was his condition that
found myself sympathizing with
him in spite of myself. My eyes fol-
lowed his glance to the chair near the
couch. where. beside the hypodermic
syringe and the morphine. Davis. as
II to accentuate the torture of his
letters. had placed the key that I'M
locked them. l would not have known
how to administer the morphine. even
II had wished to do so. and besides.
I had strong aversion to dragging
a fellow-man. but as l saw the key
there. thought Of a solution.
IF l unlock the letters on your
arms" said l, $50 that you can reach
the morphine. will you promise me to
answer my question:"
I'll promise on my word Of honor
to answer every question you ash"
he replied. an eager light coming in
to his eyes.
Il swear ton my mothers honor"
Thinking. how amazed Davis would
be when he awoke to learn that / had
the prisoners full confession. reach
ed for the key. Young turned over as
far as he could to permit me to un-
lock the letters.
Then. quick as lightning, as the
steel fell away from his wrists, his
hands shot out and clutched my neck
with maniac strength. felt my eyes
bulge. my lungs I'LL to bursting.
put forth my hands to try to shake
on his grip. but felt my strength fast
failing.
Athletically inclined though have
always been, and matched though
was against a drug-weakened wretch
with fettered feet, I found myself no
equal for his maniacal desperation.
Back and forth over the couch we
swayed in silent death-struggle. my
cut-off breath all the while pounding
unpurified through my bursting lungs.
my brain turning weak. and my sight
growing dim / was beaten knew
I could hold out but few seconds
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one Of them win have . normal head.
Is that their fault? 1t Is the fault Of
society. It's our fault"
There was a stir on the couch and
Young opened his eyes The IRE Of
the drug-madness and the look OF
hate seemed to have vanished
Il give up" he said II can't stand
the strain any longer I'll tell you
anything you want to know"
He spoke quietly and calmly. Yet
there was something In his voice that
rang true. felt that this time he
meant what he said. Apparently
Davis. too, realized that at last
Young's spirit was broken. Without
hesitation. he seized the hypodermie
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Sent the Congressman's Cedar Box by Freight

ton he sent q farm wagon with his
cedar chest to q rural postoffice near
by for dispatch by mail to Washing
ton. A week after his arrival here the
cedar chest had not put in fits appear
ance and the matter was reported to
the washington postal authorities
with a request to trace After several
days had failed to produce the much
needed box the Colorado member. des-
perate at not being able to handle
much of his correspondence. wired the
postmaster at the rural postoffice to
which his box had been delivered.
The next day brought no response
from the rural postmaster, nor the
next nor the next; but on the fourth
day by this time frantic statesman
found the following letter In his morn
ing mail:
Dear Judge: / didn't see no use
In making you pay for q telegram
about that box, for thought you
must have taken all the clothes You
needed right away In your trunk The
man brought the box here all right.
but 1t was q week before could hail
anybody with wagon going to the
station. l finally got 1t there. as you
will see by the inclosed waybill. and l
hope 1t gets through all right"
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worms have caused loss Of 500 .0oo.-
600 at one time Thus 1t is seen that
the terrible loss Of $500, 000. 900 in one
year il fairly easy Of proof.
The fecupdity of many insects Is be-
yond imagination The green leaf
louise or aphis. 80 destructive of the
hop industry and many other OF our
most valuable fruit and vegetables.
feproduces its kind at the rate of ten
sextillion to the pair in one season
These Uncomfortable figures mean 49,
900 for every square inch of land that
Is above water Placed in the Indian
file. ten to the inch. it would take
light. travelling at the rate Of 10000
miles per second. $500 years to reach
the flle leader.
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eficial acts performed To accom-
plish this work there have been IS
cruising cutters and Is harbor vessels
and launches employed during the
year.
Among other unusual incidents.
Capt Bertholf told Of how ''piratical
native wreckers" swarmed down upon
the Hamburg-American steamer PRIME
Joachim when. with large party Of
American tourists aboard. including
William J. Bryan, she stranded on At
wood Cay. Bahama Islands. November
%. 1911. The revenue cutter Algon-
quin restored order BY standing guard
over the steamer and arming her
crew.
Two mutinies were quelled BY the
cutters during last year-one on the
Haitian gunboat Ferrier In Charleston.
s. c.. harbor, and the other on the
Uruguayan lark Brema in Mobile bay.
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other as guards during the night, sat
talking about our prisoner. I hap
pened to remark that It was a pity
that capital punishment could not re-
move such criminals as Young from
the earth. The inspector, in spite Of
the rigorous way he had kept up the
torture. seemed to have strong SYM
pathy for Young.
Il don't believe in capita punish
ment at ALL" he said explosive.y. Our
whole system is wrong. 1t took US a
good many centuries to discover that
insane persons didn't need prisons.
but doctoring. They Just can't help
being criminals. Stand behind a Zine
of prisoners as they march In to
breakfast In the penitentiaxx Not
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Forty-NInth Hour.

Two days-two unforgetable days
and our self-tortured prisoner. Each
day the constable came and went. the
first day to tell US that the inspectors
plan for disposing Of the postmaster's
body had been successful and that no
suspicion had been aroused. The sec
ond day pleasanter mission brought
him to deliver kilograms from Gran
dali and Louise that all was well.
that the general was slowly improv-
ing and that Katharine was recover
ing rapidly.
And all the while Young lay there
bound, defying US. now cursing. now
pleading, now In brilliant phrases
striving to convince US by logical ar
guments 30 deft, so forcefui, so cum
ming that weaker and less wise man
than Davis might have been con-
WINGED by them.
His logic failing he would turn to
msrcfless invective and ribald threats.
bis penetrating voice making the
whole hut hideous ~ he prophesied
for Us both srotesque horrible deaths,
brain-breaking punishments In this
world and the next Then, overcome
once more by the intensity of his UNI
satisfied desire for the drug that had
long been his master. he would moan
and plead and weep for morphine.
At times delWions would seize his
brain. BY the hour he would rave Of
beautiful cities and wonderfully fair
women and pleasant pastimes. Ma
jestic lines Of poetry would 1ow from
his fevered lips, to end in q shrek Of
agony as his quivering. knotted mus
cles all but tore his nerves apart.
Again the weird morphine fantasies
would take hold of him and q rush of
horrible grotesque ribaldries would
foul the air.
But after forty-eight hours of this
terrible torture nature would be put
on no longer. She demanded rest.
Young had sunk into troubled. un-
easy sleep about seven in the morn
ing. Davis and I, having spelled each
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house In
gfeat excitement over the attempted sui
cade OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
N investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall. sutton for Katharine. who had
oeen forbidden the house by General Far
t1sh. had talked with Katharine over the
teiephone just before she shot herself
n sight of which General Parrish Is
quicken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crfndall has left town hurriedly.
suicide nbout the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
round In Elser's room Post Office In
the case. Kent is convinced that Gran
Gall Ii at the bottom of the mystery
katharine's strange outcry puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
Box IL. Ardway. N. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate and becomes suspi-
cfous OF a Henry Cook" A woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel A
yellow letter also figures in this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
Telephone and finds that she had just been
called by Crandall from the same booth
master Is missing. Inspector Davis ar
rfves at Ardway and takes up inves.
tfgation- He discovers that the DEAD
Louise telephones Kent imploring him to
drop the investigation. Kent returns 70
New York to get an explanation from
louise. He finds the body of a woman In
Central Park and more yellow letters.
He sees Crandall whom ne recognizes as
Cook" enter the Parrish home. Louise
again implores Kent to drop the inyesu-
ration ana refuses to give any expiana-
hon. Later Kent secs Crandan and Louise
In an automobile. Kent returns to Ard-
way. Dsvis announces that ne mas
planned 10 arrest the missing postmaster
and also the master criminal While seek
fng the criminals. Kent comes across
h<5,,fse ana Crandall. Pursued by Davis
the poSnaster Jumps on q precipice and
= killed Aleck Young. the master GRIM
hnal IL found in a hut In morphine
stupor Louise tells Kent that she ana
Crsndall had come to get papers from
Young which gave him . strange nolo
over General Parrish. 1t Is shown that
iCrandalls only interest in the case was
10 help Katharine recover her fstners
papers. Young Ii shackled ana oound.
with morphine Just out Of his reach. IN
ian attempt to make him confess and give
iup the papers.
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cHAPrER xv-tcontInusd.l

'Tf you had seen the name OF An
drew Elser in IT," said Davis. would
you not have examined it,"
was his name there?"
Yes. and also the names Of the
bridgeport victim and Dora Hastings
and Henry Eberle. II was Young or
,Rouser who sent out the yellow let
tiers and checked the list. using just
plain. ordinary shorthand for such
words as Sent Answered Five
Thousand Fortunately. the list
Ishows that while more than five hun
,dred letters were sent out, hardly a
dozen had brought responses, and In
only three cases had money been re-
,ceived."
was General Farrish's name on
the list"
NO." answered Davis sleepily. but
Il hardly expected to find it there"
And the letters sent out" / per-
sisted, were they the yellow let
ltsrs?.
4 "Of course"
N;What was IN them?"
that's Just what I've got to find out
lfroun Young" said Davis, and In an
other minute he was fast asleep.
AS I saw Davis lying there a new
thought came to me. II he could ex-
tract the information he wanted from
Young. what was to hinder me from
doing It Surely our prisoner by now
had seen the hopelessness Of his posi-
,tion and would be ready to talk At
least there would be no harm in try
ing.
/ entered the room where Young
was, and. approaching his couch. laid
my hand on his shoulder, he had been
lying there with his eyes closed, and
the mere touch OF my hand so jolted
his shattered nerves that his whole
body bounded to the limit Of his
bonds His frightened lips showed how
difacult 1t was for him to suppress a
scream.
Look here, Young" said I. I've
come to, you as a friend to tell you
Just how the land lies. Rouser is dead
and the inspector has possession of
all his papers He knows everything
about the yellow letters"
An evil smile was Young's only an
lswer-the cunning leer of the man
who scents a trick
There are stacks and stacks of
evidence against you. We have the
list of people to whom Rouser sent
letters"
Damn your evidence" he sneered.
you may have evidence against thai
fool Rouser. but you've nothing on
me. II the inspector. as you call him.
had evidence enough to convict me.
do you suppose he'd have mo tied up
here He hasn't a bit Of evidence
against me. He never viii have.
Reach me that medicine"
He jerked his head In the direction
of the morphine that lay SO tantaliz-
ing near There was something In
his voice, some indehnable power Of
responsiveness that almost Influenced
me TO do what be asked. Involun-
tarily my hand went out to the bottle
containing the solution. but caught
myself In time.
Go on. hand It TO me-" he begged.
cant you see how / need It? Give
IL to me and I'll tell you anything you
want to know"
Tell me frst" said I. and you
en- have. ~
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
WILL MOVE HISTORIC INN
Structure Built by First President TO
Make Way for New Plaza,

Washington. Sept. 15.-Transplanta-
ton OF two solid blocks OF buildings
ninety-two structures I'm all-will be
started at once by Hugh ]. Phillips, a
local contractor.
Among the buildings is the historic
Washington Inn, built by the first
president. The blocks are the first to
be cleared to make way for the mag
niicent plaza that Is to stretch its
parkway between the Union station
and the Capitol.
The undertaking is the largest of
its kind ever undertaken In the dis
trict. II is estimated by Elliott
Woods, superintendent OF the Capitol,
that the original cost of the improve
ments on the two blocks exceeded ST.
0OO. 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
Don't Let Baby Suffer With Eczema
and Skin Eruptions.

Babies need a perfect skin covering
Skin eruptions cause them not OILY in
tense suffering. bot hinder their
growth. DIR. Hobson's Eczema Oint
ment al be relied on for RELIEF and
permanent cure of suffering babies
whose skin eruptions have made their
life miserable. sour baby was
afflicted with breaking ont of the
skin all over the face and scalp. Doc
tors and skin specialists failed to help.
We tried DR.. Hobson's Eczema Oint-
ment ard were overjoyed to see baby
completely erred before one box was
used whites Mrs. Strublsr. Dubuque,
Iowa. All druggists, or by mail, so
cents. Pfeiffer Chemical Co, st.
Louis, Nc. Philadelphia, Pa. Adv.
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Two Killed BY Train.

Parkersburg. Ia, Sept. 15.-George
Peneltoa and Miss Clarice Savage,
q school teacher, g instantly kill.
ed by q Chicago and Northwestern
freight train three miles east OF the
city. Both lived In Parkersburg.
They were riding In q lumber wagon.
to which raj hitched = team OF mules.
both Of which we're killed.
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VACATION CAUSES ILLNESS
Tires Edison More Than Working
Twenty Hours a Day.

West Orange, N. j., Sept. 15.-
Thomas A. Edison. who is i'll at his
home here, has been ordered by his
physician never to take another va
cation, and has been ordered to re-
main away from his laboratory for
another W weeks to r~ecuperate from
his recent fortnight in New England.
This vas Mr.. Edison's first vacation
in eight years and according to the
doctor the aging inventor is more
tired out from his holidays than he
ever was from working twenty hours
a day. II is said that his condition
is improved.
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moval from the organism OF which
they had formed a part. Hitherto all
tissue when removed from the animal
organism has been meat. These re-
searches established the fact that such
tissue may continue to grow indefi-
nitely.
AS this discovery became more
familiar to the investigator 1t was dis
covered that a constant relation ex-
listed between the rate of growth of
the cell and the composition of the
medium In which It Is preserved.
This fact, DIR. Carrel now announces,
Indicated that certain cell phenomena
Of the higher animals, such as multi
plication. growth and senillty, might
now DO Investigated proftably. At first
blocked by lack OF proper method. this
investigation has now become pos
sible through the discovery Of a tech
nique which permits strains Of con-
nective tissue to multiply indefinitely
In the test tubes, like HETEROGENEOUS.
In the report now issued II may be
taken that the mention OF senility Is
Intended to foreshadow an ultimate OBJ
ject OF this line Of profound study.
That would seem to mean that this re-
search Is advancing toward the discov-
cry Of some means of postponlng the
approach Of old age.
But DR.. Carrel says nothing OF the
sort He confines himself to a rigidly
detailed statement of experiments.
The results OF this series Of re.
searches have the interest that they
prove conclusively that DIR. Carrel has
taken yet one more step toward the
goal OF his inquiry. His earlier reports
established the sufficiently startling
fact that the death Of the gross organ
Ism by no means entailed the simulta-
neous death OF the component parts.
The first conclusion reached was the
proof Of life after death-the survival
OF the cell. The later investigation has
established a knowledge of the charac.
teristics Of the growth OF connective
tissue.
This has led to a new result-the In
definite proliferation OF a strain OF
connective tissue cells outside OF the
organism. The strain OF connective
tissue originally obtained from a frag
ment Of chicken embryo heart, which
had been pulsating in the test tube for
104 days, was still actively alive after
sixteen months Of independent life and
more than 100 passages. The rate Of
proliferation Of the connective tissue
sixteen months old equaled and even
exceeded that of fresh connective tbs
sue taken from an eight day old en-.
bryo.
1T appears, therefore" DR.. Carrel
reports. 'that time has no effect on the
tissues Isolated from the organism and
preserved by means OF the technique
described. During the sixteenth month
OF life In vftro the cells increased rap
IDLY In number and were able In a
short time to produce a large quantity
pf new tissues"
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Strengthen Weak Kidneys.

Don't safer longer with weak kid
neys. you can get prompt relief by
taking Electric Bitters. that wonderful
remedy prsised by women everywhere
Start with a bottle today. you will
soon feel like a new woman with
am bition to work. without fear of
pain. Mr.. John Dow ling of San Fran
cisco, wiites:-"Gratitude Tor the
wonderful effect of Electric Bitters
prompts me to write. IL cured my wife
VIXEN all else failed. Good for the
liver as we'll. Nothing better for in.
digestion or bill usness. Price. soc,
and 81 at all druggists. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
IS CALLED TO WASHINGTON
Secretary of Legation at Rome Must
Answer Charges.

Rome, Sept. 15.-Post Wheeler OF
New York. first secretary Of the
United States embassy here, has been
summoned to Washington by the state
department to explain charges on file
against him there. Wheeler and Am.
bassador O'Brien refused to make
statements.
Fol- several weeks a rumor has
been current in Rome that an Amer
lean. whose name Is withheld. made
a complaint to the state department
at Washington accusing Wheeler OF
abusing his diplomatic privileges In
the matters of receiving imports duty
free.
Post Wheeler, formerly of New
York, Is the husband OF Halle Err.
mimic Riyes. the writer, and has been
In the diplomatic service for five
years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
UNFIT TO HOUSE ANIMALS
Report Says Chicago JaiIs Reek With
Filth.

Chicago, Sept. 15.-Sensational dis
closures of conditions in Chicago jails,
which have been attacked In the last
few days by civic bodies and individ.
uals, came from state sources when
the state charities commission made
public a report OF al inquiry con
Quoted by Its own investigators who
visited all the penal institutions IN
the state.
The cells In Chicago's Jail are de-
scribed as dungeons and "unft for
the housing Of animals" and detailed
comment is made on their ~'unspsak-
ably insanitary" condition and on the
dampness. vermin and lack of decent
facilities of the most ordinary kind.
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CHICAGO live Stock.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-Cattle-Beeves,
$6.609s.25; Texas steers, $6.70G7.80:
Western steers, $6.OOG7.S5; stockers
and feeders, s5.4507.90; cows and
heifers, $3.604S.30; calves, $3.50
11.5o. Hogs-Light, $S.35G9O5; mix.
ed, T.60@9.05; heavy, s7.45@S.55;
rough. $7.45@7.7o: pigs. s4.25@s.60
Sheep-Native, $3.4004.75; yearlings.
N.85G5.70; lambs, s5.25@7.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
PRINCE TOO TIRED TO TALK
king Of Monte Carlo" on His Way
TO Wyoming.

Chicago. Sept. 15.-Prince Albert
Of Monaco. the king of Monte Car
TO-" spent an hour in Chicago en-
route to Cheyenne. Wyo., where he
is to join Colonel w. r. Cody (Buffalo
BID OF a hunting trip. II was only
s o'clock in the morning when the
prince found reporters clamoring for
an interview and he faced them
yawning and confessing that in his
little kingdom II was not customary
to arise at such an unearthly hour.
'I'm tired" said the prince. dread
fully tired, SO tired that I have moth
ing to say. and II I had I'd be too
tired to say t."
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Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Sept. 13.-Wheat-
Sept, S5Ac; Dec, ssAc; May. sSAc.
Cash close on track: No. l hard.
Ss&c; No. l Northern, SIN @SsAc; to
arrive, SIN 0SSAc; No. 2 Northern,
S5A @S7Nc; No. . Northern, $50
S5hc; No. 3 yellow corn. TIC; No. =
corn, 6s@70hc; No. 3 white oats,
3s%c; to arrive, 3sNc; No. 3 oats,
s6h0sShc: barley. 6s07lc: fax. a..
-; to arrive Vl.l9k.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
WASHINGTON LOBBY EXISTS
President viii BE Upheld In Repor,
Of Investigating Committee.

Washington, Sept. 15.-President
Wilson's charge that an insidious lob.
by has been operating at the national
capitol will be sustained by the senate
and house investigating committees.
A nva OF the members indicated
that the Democrats at least are q unit
In the belief that evidence developed
SO far backs up the president. The
house committee decided to close its
hearings and prepare its report In a
few DAYS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Sept. 13.-Wheat-On tracE
and to arrive, No. l hard. S9hc; No. ]
Northern, SSBc; No. 2 Northern. 86h
08G&c; Sept, S6%c; Dec, $40
SS*c; May, 93A gs3Ac. Flax-On
track and to arrive. s1.49A; Sept.
$l.4S; Oct, $1.4Sh; Nov, SLASH;
Dec, $1.46.
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To URGE G. o. p. Convention.

Washington, Sept. Is. - Senators
Jones and Cummins of the progressive
Republican committee, which is urg-
ing a national convention of the Re.
publican party this fall, decided to
write to Chairman Hilles of the Re-
publican national committee, urging
that the committee be called.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
LABOR DEMAND DECREASES
Wisconsin State Employment ofsces
Predict Further Slump.

Madison, Wis.,. Sept. 13.-The labor
market In Wisconsin. an viewed from
the state free employment Offices,
shows there was less demand for labor
In July than in June and In August
than in July. September gives prom
Use of having a smaller demand than
August.
In Milwaukee and Superior the sup
ply of labor is now greater than the
demand. A considerable untitled de-
mand for labor still. exists in the
smaller towns Of the state. but this is
due largely to the low wag paid.