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where there had once been a seam.
do you see that mark"
Yes" l replied. IL noticed that
long Ago.. 1t simply that the
skirt has been heightened OF short
ened, but what Of it?"
"It means more than that" he an
swered almost severely, as il ~reproach-
ing ms for my lack Of observation.
1T means that a thirty-eight skirt
has been heightened an inch and a
half. Look at this coat The sleeves
have been Heightened two inches. 1t
Is a thirty eight coat. Can't you see
how simple the problem has become?"
Il confess can't see 1t at ALL"
Let me state 1t for you: A woman
from somewhere in Connecticut buys
a black suit OF a rather peculiar tex
ture from a cloak and suit house that
receives a great many mail orders.
She requires a t~hirtyeight coat with
sleeves heightened two inches and a
thirty eight skirt let down an inch
and q half. That's enough to identify
any person."
II must confess l still don't see
how that knowledge will help you"
I'm these days OF system every
house that sells women's garments
has elaborate card indexes. The great
est expense they have Is in altera-
tons. They figure that a roll OF cloth
that costs so much will make so many
cults OF a certain pattern which they
will colt Prr ca rplnh in q certain
length of time. They figure on max
ing so much profit on the suits. II
the cloth is all right, the pattern pop
ular and the price reasonable, they
can figure to a certainty on their prof
it's, except for one factor-alterations.
Alterations require the time of skilled
work-people and also correspondence
and frequently extra express charges.
The aim Of the manager is to reduce
alteration to a minimum. For that
reason he keeps a record Of every al
teration made. This particular dress
happened to come from a store where
| know the manager well. 1t is their
busy season just now, and I took a
| chance on finding him in his ONCE. l
described the goods in the suit, gave
him the size and the sort of altera-
lions thai had been made on 1t and
asked him to have his card index
looked up. I told him in all prob
ability the woman | wanted to know
about came from Bridgeport. Conn,
or near there. 1t happened that only
three OF the eight suits they had made
only ones entered or the alteration
carlsbad gone to Connecticut. OF
! the three, two were thirty-six coats,
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to turn in when was /,

to turn In when I was 81. ~ =
sharp rap IN my door.
Come In" | called, thinking, OF
course, 1t was Davis with some new
theory to suggest.
Instead it was the clerk from the
office below.
You're wanted on the telephone"
he said.
had already taken OH my coat and
waistcoat and l did not wait to put
them on. Just as | was / sped through
the half to the telephone booth. Who
could it be that was calling me at
this hour? 1t must be long after ten.
l could think OF only two persons
who know of my being In this hotel,
Louise and Hugh Crandall. | felt that
it must be Louise. Why should Gran
dali call me up? True, he could have
learned my name from the hotel reg
lister, and from my question o the
yellow letter he must know that l
was on his trail, but having escaped
from the village, why should he com
municate with me? No. 1t could not
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and nnds the house In
treat excitement over the SUI
eide of her sister Katharine. Kent starts
IN investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, sutton for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
rish. had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself.
A torn piece Of yellow paper Is found.
At sight - which General Parrish is
stricken WI h paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriediy.
Andrew El.er, an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same- time as katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
found in Users room. Post Office In
Spector I'D Fis. Kent's friend, takes up
the case. Kent 10 convinced that Gran
dalfs room and find an address. Lock
Katharinet strange outcry puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
dalrs room and find an aGdres. Lock
Box II, lro;&ay, N. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to Investigate and becomes suspi-
ctous OF 81 Henry Cook" A woman
commits stcide at the Ardway Hotel. A
yellow lett r also figures in this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone 8 nd finds that she had Just been
called by (randall from the same booth.
Cook" d. appears. The hrdway post
master is missing. Inspector Davis ar
rives at A.. .way and takes up the inves-
k14atfOn-
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be he. 1t must be Louise. She would
not call me at this time unless some
thing had happened. That was 1t.
Something terrible had happened!
Katharine was dead, or perhaps her
father. Perhaps both Of them. Or
maybe Katharine had spoken again.
Perhaps she had given some infor-
nation that Louise felt would aid me
in the investigation that meant so
much for both Of us.
Isn't it strange how fast we can
think? 1t could not have taken me
more than thirty seconds to race from
my room to the telephone booth In the
hall below, yet in that brief period
all these thoughts and a hundred
other queries and fears pursued each
other in mad tumult through my brain.
Breathlessly | rushed into the booth
and grabbed the receiver. 1t was the
voice of Louise that | heard. Faint
| though 1t was, | recognized it at once,
and was overjoyed to note that there
was nothing in 1t Of the sadness there
would have been Ii the worst mad
come to her father or Katharine.
is that you, Mr.. Kent" she asked.
Eyes, yes" | cried. What is ft?'
This is Louise Parrish speaking.
want you to promise me that you will
drop your investigation at once and
return to the city"
whats that" l cried. not believ-
ing my ears.
"If you love me'-she was speaking
slowly and enunciating with labored
distinctness that there might be no
mistake-"you will drop all investi
cation at once without any questions
Do you hear me? Repeat what ! have
said so / can be sure you under
stand"
Word for word | repeated her mes
sage, amazed beyond thought at Its
import. AS l finished repeating 1t,
cried, why, tell me why" but
heard the thud CT the broken con
nection.
Frantically | called central. | plead
ed. urged, demanded that she get The
person at the other end of the wire
again IL was no use. 1 SdllCu ~
the Farrishs' number. Central report
ed, Don't answer said that
had been called just now from there
After weary, impatient minutes o
waiting and wrangling, she told M
the call had come from another num
Der, from a pay station. l demanded
that number at nee and finally sh'
got It for me. 1t vas a drugstore
near the Parrish home. The druggist
clerk said that the young lady VIII
had been telephoning had left tn
store. l tried to get him to send
messenger around to the Farrishs' t
ask Miss Louise Parrish to come t
the telephone. He refused. 1t wa
useless. was forced to give it up.
emerged from the telephone boot
perspiring, frantic, puzzled beyon
measure at the sudden and startlin
turn in affairs.
What could have induced Louise
send me such a message? What coul
have happened?
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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"But-but," l stammered, what 10
your plan Of action? What are you
going to do now?"
I'm going tt bed" he replied. yawn-
ing as he rose from his chair. There's
nothing more that al be done to-
night"
Impatient ~ l was, and anxious
though l was to alleviate Iouise's
fears at the earliest moment possible.
I could not but feel that he wal right.
There was nothing that could be done
that night. l showed him where the
room was that ! had engaged for him
next to mine-and, feeling much de-
pressed and perplexed. was preparing
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Revealed Family Secret.

The other day a teacher In a Boston
school, who had just had a present OF
q very handsome h~and-painted fan,
took 1t down to the class oom for the
edilcation of the scholars. Very few
OF them had see anything other thai
the palm leaf, o. cheap Japanese fan
and did not associate this gorgeous at
fair even with the five cent paper
things of somewhat similar shape.
Selecting perhaps the dullest of thu
pupils, the teacher held up tho fan
and asked what the lovely thing
was.
The child did not know.
What does your mother use to keel
her cool In the hot weather." asket
the teacher.
, Beer" was the reply.
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30 they could be eliminated at once.
The third one had had the sleeves
le~nEthened aud also the skirt The
sizes correspondent, &C there was very
little doubt that it had been this wom-
a n who had bought 1t. Miss Sarah
Sackett, the woman who committed
suicide here"
"But even So" l protested. still mar
yelling ct his revelations, how did
you get the rest Of your information
about her SO quickly?"
1.-THE address she had given was In
care OF the express agent at Bridge
port. Such an address In . large city
would mean nothing. but In q place
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he size or bridgeport the inference
was plain that the agent was probably
on acquaintance. II she lived In
Bridgeport, she would have given
street and number. / concluded at
once that she lived In the suburbs
near Bridgeport. called up the ex-
press agent, and he gave me the rest
OF my facts"
Did he tell you why she committed
suicide"
He doesn't dream that she has"
the inspector replied. Il put my ques-
tions in a guarded way and he hap
pened to be a g%arrulous fellow. who
readily followed my leads. All l
asked him was where a letter would
reach Miss Sarah Hackett, saying |
had forgotten which rural free deliv-
cry route 1t was that she lived on. He
told me that she and her brother were
still living on the old Sackett place.
Route No. I. l explained that I want
ed to make sure OF an important let
ter reaching her at once. He told me
she was away, explaining that he had
seen her come down to the station
with her brother, and suggested that
it might be a good idea to send the
letter In her brothers care, and told
me the address of the bank where
her brother could be reached. So you
see 1t is all quite simple when you
know how"
Il don't see, though" l objected.
ah ,rytI;rr +h,+ hoyo Loo - cd
in any way connects this woman with
the Parrish mystery"
Il told you there would be other
suicides, didn't II"
ut looks to me like = mere coinci-
dence."
How about the yellow letter she
was reading"
started. For a moment l had for
, gotten the strange, tinted link that
seemed to bind the Parrish tragedy.
the Elser case and the Sarah Sackett
suicide together in the terrible chain
OF mystery.
We've got to find Hugh Crandall!"
I exclaimed. Il will not be content
until we do. There is no doubt in
my mind that he is the author of those
letters. We've got to find him, Davis,
and make him explain. | promised
the girl | love l would not rest until
I had cleared away the mystery, until
l had lifted the cloud hat is hang
ing over her father and her sister.
Nothing, nothing shall stand in the
way! Think what it means to me! The
one I love, the one who is dearer to me
than anything else In the world. is
living in constant dread Of an I'M
known terror. | feel that Crandall is
responsible. l am positive that he is
guilty. Help me find him, Davis! We
must find him"
As l spoke Davis sat regarding me
with unmoved countenance. He puffed
leisurely at his cigarette two or three
times, and then. with cutting asper-
ity, without the slightest indication
Of sympathy for my anxiety. said
slowly:
Harding, l told you that one of the
never undertake anything that | can
not accomplish. came out here to
find the mar who has been using the
mails illegally to terrorize people to
such an extent that they are driven
to suicide. | am confident that we
will quickly locate him and his &C.
complete In crime. Rest assured that
you can safely leave the plan Of &C
ton to me-"
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31
Wav Of the Waves.

A strange thing about waves that
are rolling in from the sea is that
they bring no water with them. While
these mad waves are rolling IL d piece
Of driftwood may ride them steadily
and make progress away from the
land. This is for the reason that
waves are made in the very way 4
wrinkle may be pushed across the
tsblecloth with a pencil laid flat The
tsbiecIoth does not advance. but the
ridge. because Of a force bearing on
IL. goes forward.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

worked upon paving. the couvicts
quickly developed skill under the di-
rectiou of the engineers from the state
highway department, not merely in the
rousher work OF grading. but in laying
the solid foundation spreading the
sand cushiUh, laying The brick and ap-
plying the grout filler. by which the
pavement was converted into PEI
feet mouolith
The brick pavement is in exceeding
ly good condition" says State High
way Commissioner James z. Marker.
"There is no evidence whatever Of
wear"
Other engineers who have examined
the completed work of the couvicrs de-
clare they had built a highway that
will last at least 30 years without re-
pairs or maintenance OF any kind.
One Of the life-termers who worked
on the Columbus road explained the
zeal with which he labored;
My ideltity is lost to the world and
] am merely 4 prisoner with lumber.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

There is no one interested enough in
me TO plead for my pardon or parole.
But if l can show the public thai l can
become useful by building roads, then
may have a show of at least getting
d parole
A good roads bill TO be introduced
at the coming session of the Ohio leg
islature viii contain a clause prOvid-
ing for convict work on the main mar
ket roads.
If the plan to have convicts build
many Of the roads OF Ohio is carried
ont, it practically Will empty the peni-
Tertiary during the day time IF every
bodied man. For years the Column
bus peniteatiary has been regarded as
unsanitary 1t is filed with tubercu-
Iosis germs and most Of the prisoners
who enter in good health contract dis
ease.
Governor Cox, in a message TO the
legislature. recommended the removal
Of the state prison from Columbus to
rural district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

Postmaster john McCauley broke
through near the sand bar. going down
in about four feet of water. He was
able to pull himself out and is not suf-
fering any from his cold bath
There will be a business meeting
Of the Independent and Crescent Tele-
phone company in Hilsdale Saturday,
Feb s.
Mrs. f. c. Brown went to Chicago
Tuesday morning
Mr. and Mrs Hollis McRoberJs eX-
pcct TO move to Moline in the near
future.
A. r. Peterson has taken a position
with a Moline piano firm and his bust
ness will he i'm the tTi-Cities He eN-
pec.s 10 move his household goods
about the middle Of February.
The ladies' Of the literary society
were entertained at the home Of Miss
Pauline Brown last Friday evening.
Mrs Robert Wendt is confined 10
her home with the grip
Frank II. Schafer attended a sale at
the French farm near Davenport Fri
day. where he purchased a full blood
ed H0lstein COW.
Louis and Dave Genung, Charles
Saddoris and Harry Bruner attended a
horse sale in Geneseo Saturday.
The members Of the Tolinau family
are slowly recovering from scarlet
fever.
W. H. Ney is assisting Edward SCha-
fer i'm the hardware store
Harry Sidlinger was a Watertown
visitor Sunday.
Mrs T. r. Sallows is visiting this
week with relatives in CCrdoya.
John McRoberts is WORKING as trout
bic man for the Independent Telephone
company
Luther Allen and Ralph Mcbride of
Davenport visited with relatives sun.
day
. Robert Savage IS on his second week
Of jury duty In Rock Island
The mask ball last Friday night was
well attended George Beals received
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

first prize as having the best costume
for men, aud Miss Hageboeck the first
prize given to ladies'.
George and Dave Setter shipped
hogs To Chicago last Friday.
Port Byron lodge I. o. o. f. con
ferred the first degree upon two candi-
dates Monday evening.
Fred Brunk is assisting in Sallow 5
blacksmith shop
l. ". Mcbride and DR.. George Pace
were in East Moline on business Tues
day
MI and Mrs. Fred Avery have re
turned from = several months visit
with Mrs. Ayery's parents near Kinks
Vile, Mo.
William Banker is around town
again. after being confined to his
home for a week, suffering from a
5ruise caused from kick by a horse.
James McRoberts was in Rock Is
land on business Monday.
Mrs. Mary Ellis entertained mum,
Der Of friends and relatives at her
home Monday evening
Electric light wires we're strung
through the main street Saturday.
Wiring viii be completed this week.
the pole men are busily engaged ia
setting the remainder Of the poles in
the city. Manager Kiuuer says the
power company viii have the electric,
ity here and working by Feb. Is.
In the wrestling match held in the
auditorium between John Stohl OF
GeaeseO and Cyclone Tommy Thomp
son of Rock Island, Stohl took the first
fall in SIX minutes. the second in II
minutes. Thompson was unable &c
show much skill or his ability owing
10 a. injury he received in his match
with Carl Brown. In the preliminary
between Ray Wallace and Axel swan
son. Wallace won both falls under y
minutes
W. W. PearsaI shipped hogs to Chi
cago Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-31

for spraying purposes, not knowing
why and for what he was spraying.
Although neither Bordeaux mixture
nor lime sulphur solution can be con-
sidered new materials, a spraying dis
cuss!on at this time would be decided
ly incomplete without some reference
TO each of them As far as the eftici-
ency of the two sprays is concerned,
all are ready to admit that Bordeaux
is the more efficient of the two. How
ever in the control of scab, lime sui
phur has been found very satisfactory
If it is applied Immediately preceding
the appearance Of the fungus, and al
SO I'm seasons or localities which eX-
EertenCe only mild attacks of scab,
but owing to its rather temporary eff
fects especially in wet weather. when
sCaD Is NEST active, it is not advisable
10 spend too much upon it. To keep
from confusion in the discussion of
the different applications, I shall take
each one up separately.
Dormant Spraying: BY dormant
spraying, / mean any spraying after
the leaves have been shed, and in the
spring before the buds begin to swell.
With this application San Jose scale
has usually been Combatted. and the
material used being what is known as
winter strength lime sulphur, which is
obtaiIGd by diIuting the average com
moreiaI solution one in nine and home
made solutions prepared according to
he University Of Illinois 5OIG0-G6 for
mg.a one in five. It has been custo-
mary TO make this application only in
orchards infested with scale. but with
the rap.dity with which the scale is
spreading. it is no longer safe to omit
his application from any orchard.
The exact value Of this application as
luu-ir.da is still in doubt. but al
though figures are lacking, I have seen
a number of instances where such an
application has assisted materially in
the control Of sCab. In making this
application, if il is used only as an
INSURANCE. against scale. it is advisable
TO make II as late as possible in the
spr.ag just before the swelling Of the
buds. and not only giving the trees a
good washing themselves. but also
spraying the ground underneath them
The First Regular Summer AppIica
ion b. this is meant the cluster bud
spray. which is the one Immediately
preceding the bloom period. For this
application I would use 4-4-1-50 Bor
deaux arseaate For most effective
results this application should be
made as near the opening Of the bios
SONS a. is possible. The principal
object Of this spray is 10 check the
scab which attacks the stems Of the