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said the grim faced dealer In the mis-
takes of-ladies.
Jones shamefacedly produced the
letter from his coat pocket and passed
it across the desk to Flagg.
. sit down.,
Jones sank into a chair and fum-
bled with his hat as Flagg read the
tender missive Evidently the man
did not relish the traffic in which he
was engaged.
why. the old flirtv' said Flagg,
rolling the sweet morsel between lips
that fed on such matters. The SEN
ator. Chicago. .....a whole week
-..... Have you all to myself"
The tingle of the phone-'Hello,
hello! Yes, this Is Mr.. Flagg talk
ingw A pause-a smile of revolving
quality spread across the features. OF
the spider. "Oh. It's you, is 1t?
Wait a minute!''
ALINE's CALL
A secret nod, and Tommy whisked
the bewildered Jones into the next
room.
And Flagg told mysterious some
body at the other end Of the line how
wise she had been to call him-and
how safe she would be to come to
him now--how she would see nobody
but him. And little new fly was
scheduled to come to the web in ten
minutes time! The spider was well
satisfied with himself. and, hanging
up the receiver, smiled hideously.
Then he summoned the now thor
oughly overawed Jones.
do you want the letter sir? My
wife's sick-and the Doctors bills
and medicine--I need the money, or /
wouldn't do it for anything.
They all do" said the spider. dry
ly. Fifty? No? hundreds the
limit
Tommy. take his name" He count
ed off the bills-and then, with sud
den friendliness, he asked: "Do you
like good pictures?'
Pictures, sir?" asked Jones in
great surprise.
Paintings That's fine one above
the door,
Flattered by this attention. Jones
turned. FIssg pushed button in the
dcsk--there was n flash--and a glare
of light. Completely unnerved. Jones
staggered hack.
"Whn--what'--tbat To his he
wiIdered intellect sthat'' seemed like
machination of Satan himself--ana
1t WIS.
s.Just a nnshligbt photograph of
Won IN case you ever deny you were
here
~Good Gawd:" JOKES fled the plague
spot
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Ellis conscience IL chasing him,
Tommy,
Tommy laughed-to him his bene-
factor-hfs wife Uncle Judson-was a
,, marvellous man. The boy began read
justing the camera-getting it ready
for the next flash.
IT'S late. my lad--time growing
boys were in bed-getting their
beauty Sleep" Now, as no beauty
sleep would avail plain little Tommy
and he knew it--they both laughed
again in perfect good Fellowship.
Flagg put his arm affectionately
around the boy and took him to the
doorway.
You are a good boy, Tommy, ana
your uncle loves you"
Il love you. too--Uncle Jud."
Flagg patted the boy afrectionatelv
on the shoulder
Leave your window open. NV how.
and get plenty of fresh air. Good
night. boy"
MORE ADVICE
Good night"
Flagg held the portieres back and
watched the boy go up the stairs.
There was something almost mement-
Gus in the way he watched the boy
he seemed loath to have him get out
Of his sight. AS IL an afterthought.
he called after the boy:
And. Tommy-when you grow up
to be great man. and write letters
to the ladies-dont write them. Tom
myr'
Il won't. Uncle Jud." The voice
fioated back. vaguely indistinct. from
regions above.
And Flagg prepared himself to re-
ceive his fair visitor.
She was travelling through the
streets furtively. Her telephone mes
sage had been a clandestine one, lest
any one hear. and, hearing, know too
much of what she proposed to risk
and gain-and lose that night.
The expected visitor was Aline,
As she .traversed the streets. her
heart raced back in quick beats to
Larry Holbrook-to every accent of
her captains mellow. ringing voice
to the help that might have Been
hers--if only she had dared to take
it. She forced herself to be strong
to go on.
At last she reached the appointed
house-the door was unlocked. as she
had been told; she met NO one-as she
had been promised--and alone en-
tered the House of Doom. She came
down n long hallway. pushed open
the door 9f dimIy lighted room
and stood alone. unprotected, a girl
IN the web Of the master spider.
Judren FlaEg, blackmaiIer and shys-
ter luwyer.
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Thank you. Uncle Judson." said
the boy. in great delight at praise
from his mentor
This bill certainly ought to get our
client a fat alimony allowance. I
have just said enough by innuendo to
make the gentlemen shiver," he
chuckled craftily. And IL he's done
know all about IT..
Yes, sir. ] guess so." said Tommy.
sitting at the feet of wisdom
There are just four things about a
divorce case. my boy. First-get your
fee. Second-get your facts-the
facts on both sides-then arrange
your facts. Third-get a correspond
ent"-being a spider who appreciated
his own humor. he paused and
chuckled. "A corespondent-the Sec
ond mate on the ship of matrimony,
whose special business is scuttling the
ship-and the fourth point, Tommy,
is bluff! bluff! bluff"
The door bell rang.
Wait. I've no appointment" said
Flagg. who feared always the coming
of. craft sufficient to sweep down his
web. That's a way the police have"
he added. as he went into retirement
in the next room.
But It was not the police--instead
1T was a new bringer OF victims, him
salf to be q victim before long. The
guest was a man about 40, member
of the upper servant class and a
| frightened looking creature withal.
Seeing the harmless helplessness of
the creature. Flagg ventured out.
Il am Mr.. Flagg. Go on. speak,
Tell me your business"
The man looked woefully embar-
rassed, hesitated. then managed to ar
ticulate: II hear you buy private let
ters-sometimes,"
who told you that?"
why. the Spanish ambassadors
chauffeur told me-
"Um-what's his name?"
Mccormack
arc ou leSdttcl Cfld
mo, I'm butler
"Whose?'
Congressman Rowland's"
While this third degree was go
ing on Tommy had slipped behind the
curtains on the other side of the room
and was arranging some matters
there. What he was doing the but
Ter" would learn later, to his sorrow.
You have one of his letters?" asked
the spider with his first show of in
terest.
"A lady wrote it to him. said Jones.
Him. How do you know she's
LADY,"
Senators wife, SIR
The interest grew. Let me see it,
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She dropped the receiver.

OHt urOppcd the reCeIver.
Captain Holbrook seized it.
No the message was to me, Captain Hol-
brook" she cried.
"But that man is blackmailer, human
spider! Don't go near his web. I think he is
responsible for that announcement of our en-
gagement in today's paper-the announcement
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which broke my heart when I had to tell peo-
pie it wasn't true--the announcement of which
your father thinks know more than admit
Don't you see-the man has given you bit of
notoriety you don't welcome already He's
prejudiced your father against the man you will
marry-some day. Aline! Let me handle this
whatever it is!'
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CENTR AL FIGURES IN THIS
EXCITING STORY

GORDON GRAHAM, U. S. District Attorney and
father Of
ALINE GRAHAM, a beautiful young girl, who has
been deceived into mock marriage by
who has since disappeared. Aline
is in love with
CAPT LAWRENCE HOLBROOK, soldier of
fortune and the hero of the story, who
can not understand Aline's refusal to
marry him. He is amazed at discovering
that Aline is acquainted with
JUDSON FLAG, notorious blackmailing lawyer,
who, with his nephew,
TOMMY GILBERT have for years terrorized So
ciety, but have managed to balk the eff
forts of
ROBERT DEMPSTER, Chief of the q. S. Secret
Service. Others in the story are
FATHER SHANNON priest and fast friend of
Holbrook;
DIR. FRANCIS ELLIOTT, chum of Hobrook, and
INSPECTOR MCINTYRE of the police
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Spider, Who Held Letter Showing She Had Been
Deceived Into Mock Marriage
How the Girl, in Frantic Attempt to Save Herself
From Everlasting Shame, Stabbed Her Torturer
and Was Arrested for. Murder.
How She Was Finally Freed and Her Name Cleared and
How She at Last Is Joined to the Man She Loves
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From the play by George Scarborough.
Serial rights held and copyrighted by Inter
national News Service.)
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

Continued ON Monday
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-29
SEX EDUCATION FOR
PARENTS.

In a recent issue the Mime
apolis Journal makes the follow
ing comment on the prevailing in
sane fad of so-called educational
lists who cherish the vain hope Of
preserving innocence and foster
ing purity among the young by
making the public school a re-
cruiting ground for pimps and
baWds.
''What they call sex education
is running through the country
like wildfre Specialists deliver
lectures in colleges. 1t is pressing
it's way into the public schools.
Some Of the churches offer youth
full material for it. A few States
have introduced clinics into their
laws. The Chicago schools have
started series of permanent lee
lures upon the inviting subject.
It has come to stay-for a time.
"The time will be short. If
this branch of human knowledge
were taught in the family, there
would be no excuse for it in
schools, colleges, newspapers Or
law books. Parents who know
their duty keep their children out
of the new classes or lecture
rooms now. Those who do not,
should be taught, instead Of the
children they neglect.
parents, present and future,
will profit most by the epidemic.
Those who lack knowledge will
be warned to acquire it; those
who lack sense Of duty will be
stimulated to it, to keep their
children out Of public classes.
This educated generation will be
fitted to teach it's own in the next.
The neglected remnant will
dwindle as time passes, till only
submerged fraction Of children
is left to be taught in public
school or settlement house what
should come to them in the pri-
vacy of home. That is the one
comfort of it al"
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ABBEY CHURCH or ESSEN
ONCE RULED BY THE PRINCESS
ADDRESSES OF THE BENEDICTINE
oRDER-INsPEcTED BY THE
ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE.

The Most Reverend Archbishop
Hartman of Cologne visited Essen re-
Gently and was welcomed by the
numerous Catholics employed in the
great Krupp factories. Essen is now
the eighth largest town in Prussia,
with population of 100000 souls.
The Archbishop paid special visit to
the remarkable old abbey church of
the town. Once this great centre of
was a small Imperial
town ruled by the Princess ADDRESSES
of the Benedictine Abbey. These
ladies took precedence over all other
abbesses provided with temporal
principality. The last Princess Alb
hess was Maria Cunegonde, Princess
Royal of Poland, Duchess of Saxony,
and sister of the Dauphin and the
Queen of Spain. In the crypt of the
abbey are inferred the bodies of the
ADDRESSES for nine centuries. Despite
it's secularization in 1902 the abbey
still contains many treasures. There
is the mausoleum of st. Alfred, a
number of priceless examples of re-
ligious goldsmiths' work, and the great
seven-branched candelabra like that
in the Cathedral of Milan. The Arch
bishop of Cologne inspected the re-
naming building and the treasures
with great care and interest, and his
visit has given rise to many rumors.
Other abbeys have recently been re-
stored to their original uses. Perhaps
the Benedictines are going back to
Essen.
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of twenty of these Republics, be
chosen to give expression to their
sentiments of gratitude? If these
Republics had selected a Protes-
tant church in which to hold their
Thanksgiving service not one of
these Protestant ministers would
have opened his mouth in protest,
even though the church selected
was not Of his denomination. But
they are a unit in protesting
against anything of Catholic ma
ture, even though the great ma
jority of those who participate
in the service are Catholics. How
inconsistent Professionalism is and
how unreasonable it's ministers
can be!
This incident proves that there
is much latent prejudice among
Protestant ministers, and it shows
how short-sighted anti-Catholic
bigots are. It also proves that
we are yet very far from, an in
telligent Interpretation of one of
the cardinal doctrines Of the
American Republic, namely, re-
ligious freedom. The Constitution
guarantees to each one the right
to worship God in accordance with
the dictates Of his conscience; but
these Protestant ministers and
others of their kind would, if they
could, debar Catholics from the
enjoyment of their just rights in
this regard. Again we say, how
short-sighted, how ridiculous, how
unreasonable, is the anti-Catholic
bigotry Of these ministers.
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Alfred Russell Wallace who
died during the month was one of
the most famous scientists of his
day. His scientific studies, how
ever, did not lead him to appreci-
ate ''the things that are above. "
About a year ago, on his ninetieth
birthday, he gave out long state
ment in the course Of which he
said: 81 have come to the general
conclusion that there has been no
advance either in intellect or
morals since the days of the early
Egyptians. Everything is as bad
as it possibly can be. There ex-
list in our midst horrors and
dreadful diseases never known be-
fore. Our whole social environ
ment is rotten, full of vice and
everything that is bad" How sad
to see a brilliant intellect unable
to grasp the great realities of the
spiritual world and appreciate the
leavening influence of Christian
ity on human society!
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soul. 1t is true, we are not called
upon to fast and abstain as dur
ing Lent, but the spirit of the
season is the same. Only those
who enter into that spirit can
hope to profit by the more
abundant graces which flow into
the world at each recurring
Christmas-tide.
During Advent each one should
strive to initiate the example set
by the great John the Baptist
and retire into solitude, far from
the allurements of the world, and
there subject himself to a spirit
ual renovation that will enable
him, by exemplary fidelity to the
inspirations of religion, to point
out to his less-favored brethren
the Blessed Babe of Bethlehem,
"the Lamb of God who takes
away the sins Of the world"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-29
CARDINAL McCLOsKEY
FIRST AMERICAN PRELATE TO
BE MADE A CARDINAL.

Cardinal McCloskey, one of the most
gifted and distinguished prelates of
the Catholic Church in America, the
first to be raised to the dignity of the
Cardinalate, was the son of a poor
Irish workman. A year before his
death he had celebrated the golden
jubilee of his priesthood on the 18th
Of January, 1884. The address of the
clergy contained a retrospect of the
half century's labors with which he
was identified.
This graphic sentence tells it's own
story of zeal and industry and devo-
ton. Fifty years ago." said the ad-
dress, there were in this city but
six churches; now there are sixty.
There were then but twenty priests
in the diocese; now there are $780,"
At that time there were in the whole
United States only nine bishops; now
there are more than eighty-three.
There was but one Archbishop; now
there are fourteen, three of whom
have been raised to the great Senate
of the Universal Church.
His health failed during the last
ten years of his life, and at his request
Archbishop Corrigan was made his
coadjutor. He died at the age of
seventy-five, on the 10th of October,
1885, and his remains we're deposited
in the vault under the sanctuary of
the magnificent cathedral to whose
erection and identifying he had con-
tributed so many years of persever-
ance and energy.
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NOMINAL MEMBERSHIP IN
FORBIDDEN SOCIETIES,

The Holy See has extended to
the Archbishops of the United
States, for their respective Prov
inces, the authority, formerly
vested in the Apostolic Delegate
alone, to grant Catholics permits
sion to retain passive or nominal
membership in forbidden societies
like the knights of Pythias, the
Odd Fellows, and the Sons of
Temperance, under the conditions
laid down in the decree addressed
to Cardinal Satolli, the Apostolic
Delegate, on January 18, 1896.
The conditions laid down by the
Holy See are: l, that such mem
bers had actually joined the socie-
ty in good faith, not knowing that
it was wrong; 2, that the reten-
ton of membership in the forbid
den society would not become a
source Of scandal to others; or at
least that an adequate statement
be made to the effect that mem
bership is retained solely for the
purpose of obtaining the benefits
to which the member is entitled
in equity; and that such member
has no intention of participating
in the activities of the society by
attending it's regular meetings,
etc.; 3, that the absolute with
drawal from membership would
be a real hardship to the parties
concerned; 4, finally, that there
be no danger Of the parties thus
benefited being drawn away from
their faith, or Of being forced to
accept non-Catholic burial serv-
ice.
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THE LAYMAN'S OPPORTUN-
ITY.

Not long ago the Swedish Mis-
sion Church of Duluth held it's an
nual bazaar. One Of it's noteworthy
features was a series Of addresses
by ministers Of different demon
nations. The opening night was
assigned to the Rev. Swaney Mel
son, pastor Of the First Swedish
Baptist Church, who discussed
the symbolic meaning of baptism
and recited some of the triumphs
of the Baptists of other days. In
the course of his talk he dwelt
on the early history of the Bap-
fist Church which, he said, dated
back two thousand years and
could trace a direct succession
down through the ages from apos-
tolic times to the present.
Following him came the Rev.
T. w. Mclean, of Trinity Pro
Cathedral, whose subject was the
history and practice of the Epis-
copal Church. He, too, attempted
to trace the history of his church
from the days of Pentecost. He
declared that the uxorious Henry
VIII had nothing to do with the
founding of the Church of Eng
land, but was simply the means
by which the yoke of Rome was
cast off.
These statements, published in
the "News Tribune" Of Duluth,
were not allowed to go unan-
swered. Mr.. Charles Mcdonald,
of Eveleth, challenged the state
ments of these ministers of the
Gospel and showed very clearly
how far their assertions were from
the truth. He showed that it is a
matter of profane history that the
Baptist denomination could lay
no true claim to apostolic origin
and that, as compared with the
Catholic Church, it was but of yes
terday. Furthermore, all the
glory which its adherents enjoy
as Christians can be traced back
through the days of the so-called
Reformation to the primal fount
of religion pure and undefled,
namely, the Catholic Church.
Mr.. Mcdonald challenged the
Rev. Mr.. Mclean to name the
founders Of the Church of Eng
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French wars of religion which are his
special subject. Here the whole train
Of causes is traced with master
hand. The historians own sympa-
thies are, naturally enough, with the
Huguenots, and when he is telling
how the Protestant party contained
all that was best and most enlightened
in France, the scholars, the masters
of trade and handicrafts, and SO forth,
we feel that he is-pace tamil viri-
little one-sided, and we are reminded
of the invidious comparisons often
made between the Catholics and
Professionals of another nation nearer
home. Yet with all this sympathy for
the Huguenots, Schiller does not
shrink from exposing the terrible char
acter of their warfare against the
Catholic faith, and after speaking of
the outrages inflicted on Catholic
religious and the desecration of
churches, he adds that the cruelties
on the other side were a natural
sequel.
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FRANCE AND THE DRINK EVIL.

France is legislating stringently
against the drink evil If man earn
ing a daily wage contracts debts for
drink, the creditor is to be deprived
of the power to recover the amount.
Husbands will not be permitted to
swagger as generous fellows in drink
ing-saloons, whilst their wives and
children are without money to pro-
cure the necessaries Of life. Another
excellent proposal is one forbidding
the employment in public houses of
youths not less than fifteen years of
age and girls under sixteen years.
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THE SALOON.

With regard to saloonkeepers an
Archbishop says that a large proper
ton of those who open saloons are
broken-down, impecunious men who
have failed in other occupations and
are fit for nothing but liquor selling.
The man spoken Of in Scripture who
will neither work nor beg seeks out
a wholesale dealer who is willing to
set him up as saloonkeeper. The
one aim of such men must be to make
money. They own fine residences.
clothe their wives and daughters in
silks and satins, while those who paw.
for it all live in back street, squaIid
alley, in prison or poor house.
Some years ago the late Bishop
Hendricken, OF Providence, appealing
for charity for his orphan asyIums.
was not afraid to say that "in the
greater number of cases those helm
less children are dependent on aims
because saloons murdered their par
entg.''
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-11-29

The conservation Of the Right
Reverend Edward Kozlowski as
Titular Bishop of Germa in Asia
Minor, and Auxiliary to the Most
Reverend Archbishop Messmer of
Milwaukee, will take place in St.
Johns Cathedral, Milwaukee, on
January IA. His first Pontifical
Mass will be celebrated in the
Church of st. Stanislaus, Bay
City, Mich, of which he has been
pastor for some years. Bishop
Kozlowski will have his perma-
nent residence in st. Stanislaus
parish, Milwaukee.
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FLASHLIGHTS ON THE
ARMADA.

In his recently published
STORY of the Great Armada, T"
the brilliant writer, John Richard
Hale, makes the traditional
legends and the fictions of Froude
and Kingsley give place to the
truth, accurately brought to light
from State papers and contem-
porary documents.
He shows first that the war be-
tween Spain and England was
only secondarily on account of re-
ligion, and primarily for colonial
and commercial interests. ellis
Most Catholic Majesty was ready
enough to allege religious motives
in order to increase the enthu-
siasm of his subjects for his cause,
but he himself was swayed from
first to last by reason of calculat-
ing worldly policy"
In the same way, Her Protes-
tant Majesty only considered how
best she could weaken and divide
her continental rivals, and she
certainly had no missionary or
philanthropic zeal when she help
ed Drake to harry the Spanish
West Indies and took her fair
share of the plumber. 'sThis fight
for trade across the ocean was the
chief element in producing the
Armada. !"
Coming to tell of Elizabeth s
persecution of her Cathode sub
iects in 1878 and the large mum
Der of executions, Mr.. Hale says
Without some knowledge of this
one cannot realize either the
grounds for Philips hope to find
a divided nation, or the marvel
lous loyalty Of the English Cath
olics to the Queen
Every English historian grants
that the Catholics Loyalty support
ed the Government, but none Of
them seems to realize that they
thus acted in spite Of provocation
far greater than that which the
men of 1688,-with the approval
of English opinion ever since
held to be enough to justify re-
bellion and a league with the for
eigner to effect an invasion Of
England and the substitution of q
foreign sovereign for the reignine
King"