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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish 10
propose marriage and finds the house IN
Ieht excitement over the attempted sui
poe or her Aistpr Katharine. Kent starts
Investigation and finds that Hugh
Prandall, suitor for Kat arine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
nsh, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone Just before she shot herself
TORN piece OF yellow paper is tound,
~ nght o. which General Parrish is
noken with paralysis Kent discovers
mat Crandall has left town hurriedly
AndreW Elser, an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life A yellow envelope Is
fpector Davis. Kent's friend. takes up
lhe case. Kent is convinced that Gran
pail Is at the bottom OF the mystery.
kathnrine's strange outcry puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
palIs room and lind an address, Lock
BOX II. ArdWay n. J. Kent goes 70 Ard-
way TO investigate and becomes suspi-
cious Of Henry Cook" A woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel
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 boolnn'
O Go3E disappear The Ardwn 4syI post sT-
Tives at Ardway and takes up inyes,
ugation. He discovers that the dead
woman IL Sarah Sacket OF BridgepoIt.
Louise telephones Kent imploring him 20
crop the investigation. Kent returns 20
New York 10 get an explanation from
Louise. He fnds the body OF woman IN
central Park and more yellow letters,
He sees CrandalA whom he recognizes as
Cook" enter the Parrish home Louise
again implores Kent TO drop the inyesu-
cation and refuses 10 give any eNplana-
tion. Later Kent sees Crandall and Louise
In an automobile. Kent returns 10 ARD
way. Davis announces that he mas
planned TO arrest the missing postmaster
and also the maAvef criminal While seek
ing the criminals, Kent comes across
Louise and Crandall. Pursued by DAVIS
the postmaster jumps off preciplce and
Is Killed. Aleck Young the master Grim
inal. Is found in a hut In a morphine
ltupor. Louise tells Kent that she anc
Crandall had come to get papers IRON
Young which gave him a strange hold
oser General Parrish. II is shown that
Cfandalrs only interest In the case was
60 help Katharine recover her fathers
papers Young Is shackled and bound
with morphine Just out OF his reach, IT
an attempt to make him confess ana give
up the papeFH
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
FRESH FISH.

Those who are able to get fish
caught, cooked and eaten within TWEEN
ty-four hours, know and appreciate
what fresh fish are, and will not be
satisfied or look for nice soft fish,
as a man did in the market not long
since.
Fish should be firm, eyes full and
.ills bright Perch, the common lake
variety, are delicious fried in pork
fat with a bit of onion to take away
the strong flavor.
Shad roe is considered a great deli
cacy, but the roe OF any fish is
very good when well cooked. For
frying, the roe may be busted with
bread crumbs, dipped in egg then in
crumbs and fried a golden brown in
olive or any vegetable oil Many
cooks prefer corn meal to roll the roe
and fish, and pork or bacon for the
fat to fry them. Roe should always
be parboiled before cooking in any
way.
When boiled fish is desired, il
should be wrapped in a soft cheese
cloth and dropped in boiling water.
cooked at the simmering point and re-
moved carefully from the cloth to the
hot platter. Serve with boiled fish a
sour sauce made of lemon and but,
ter.
Baked Fish-Use any desired stuff.
fing of bread and seasonings, usually
onion is the flavor desired STUFF the
fish, sew carefully and lay on a strip
of cloth in the pan, so that this may
be used to lift it out with, and thus
save it from breaking. Serve cucum-
bers, grated and dressed with vine.
gar, salt and pepper.
BroiIed Fish.-Split the fish so that
it lays fiat, brush with oil and broil
the flesh side first, then turn to cook
the skin side. Serve with parsley but
ter mixed with lemon juice, baked pc.
tatoes, crisp green onions and rad
ishes.
Flaked fish mixed with few
chopped olives and pickles makes a
good salad.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
POTATOES IN VARlous WAYs.

Nice mealy potatoes are never bet
ter served than when mashed. but
there are mashed potatoes and
mashed potatoes. They should be
mashed until free from Jumps. then
after adding hot milk, butter and salt,
beat well until light and white and
fluffy So-called mashed potatoes that
are served half mashed are not near
ly so appetizing as the plain boiled po.
tatoes, mealy and hot
There is less time and thought Civ
en- to the preparation of vegetables
in most homes than is given to any
other food We treat the good old
vegetable as If there were but ten or
dozen ways Of preparing 1t
Lyonnaise Potatoes.-Melt two Ia.
blespoonfuls of butter, add a table
spoonful Of chopped onion, and when
the onion is yellow add two cups OF
potato cubes, season with salt and
pepper and cook until the potatoes
are well heated through. Sprinkle
with chopped parsley and serve.
Freshly cooked potatoes are better
for this dish, although cold cooked
potatoes will do very well.
Simple escalloped potatoes, which
are very appetizing and change
from the ordinary way, is to mix well
cooked cubes of potato with a rich
white sauce, cover with buttered
crumbs and bake in a hot oven A
little onion juice added to the sauce
will improve the flavor.
When there is sufficient mashed po
tato left, place it in a we'll buttered
baking dish, brush with well beaten
egg and bake until brown. Serve from
the baking dish in which it was baked
A mold of chopped beef well sea
soned, may be covered with the
mashed potatoes, brushed with egg
and baked, making a good dish fol
supper or luncheon.
Potato Puff.-Prepare two cups Of
hot mashed potato, Add a half cup o.
milk, two well beaten folks of eggs
two tablespoonfuls of butter, salt anC
/ pepper to taste; belt well and add the
well beaten whites of the eggs. PILE
| lightly in a battered baking dish anC
bake until pulled and brown,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21

lowed his glance 10 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. ! would not have known
how to administer the morphine, even
II | had wished TO do so, and besides,
| had a strong aversion TO drugging
a fellow-man, but as / saw the key
there. thought Of a solution.
IF | unlock the letters on your
arms" said |, so that you can reach
the morphine, will you promise me to
answer my question:"
"Tll promise on my word Of honor
10 answer every question you ask"
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 1ll to bursting. l
put forth my hands to try to shake
of 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, found myself no
equal for his maniacal desperation.
Back and forth over the couch we
swayed in silent death-struggle, my
cutoff breath all the while pounding
unpurifed through my bursting lungs,
my brain turning weak, and my sight
growing dim. | was beaten. l knew
| / could hold out but few seconds
longer.
There passed through my mind in
my struggles a vivid picture of what
was about to happen. Young would
silently choke me to death. Silently
he would hobble with his fettered feet
to where Davis lay in the lean-to
sound asleep and brain him with a
blow. He would cast off his letters and
long before the constable would re-
turn to find our bodies would make
his escape on Rouser's bicycle. The
mystery of the yellow letters never
would be explained Poor Louise
Young's hands fell from my throat
and l staggered back gasping for
breath. l thought at first that the
strain had been too much for his drug
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21

racked body, but soon saw what
had happened. His muscles had not
weakened, but his will. Standing
over him was Davis with revolver
pointed at his head Even before l
had recovered myself Davis had the
letters readjusted and the rope passed
through them.
Our lives were saved. The mystery
might yet be solved, despite my fool
hardness.
AS soon as my aching throat would
permit me to speak l began making
abject apologies for my foolhardy con-
duct and trying to express my thanks.
but he would not listen to me.
Il guess you'll guard him safely
enough now" he said, and once more
was fast asleep.
With something of the feeling of a
chastised school-boy who knows he
deserved far more than he got, l sat
down beside the couch and for four
long hours watched the struggles and
heard the curses and listened to the
entreaties of the drug-mad prisoner.
But now had no sympathy left for
him.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
American Soldiers the Best

applies, too, to our field and coast az
tillery. AS a result, no better marks
men can be found than the Americas
soldier and his cousin, the natiorai
guardsman, who is trained along the
same lines. Every worlds fire con,
troll and accuracy record with rife and
big gun is today held by the American
soldier
The United States army is small, in
accordance with the will Of the people
not to support a large standing mill
tary establishment But what we
have is almost 100 per cent. efficient
the splendid nucleus of the big army
of regulars, militia and volunteers
which we should place in the field !.
occasion required. It is only in equiI
ment 80 Quartermaster, commiasafy
medicine and particularly ordnance
stores that our army is lacking
Leslic'G
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21

I'm a tin.box under a nat stone mem
the spring" Young replied.
(Which stone?'
ITS the third from the spring com.
ing this way"
Davis was up like a shot and out
the door, reappearing quickly with an
ordinary document box.
And the Parrish papers-where are
they?' he asked sharply
They are In the box, too" said
Young YEARLY May / have anoth.
or shot?"
Davis studied his face and felt his
pulse and then reached for the
syringe.
Where's the key?" he asked as he
finished administering the morphine.
in my left trousers pocket"
Young answered alphabetically.
Quickly Davis possessed himself OF
the key and opened the box In the
top tray we're perhaps fifty letters,
typewriter on yellow paper, with 3
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21

I and our Belf.tortured prisoner. Each
day the constable came and went. the
first day to tell us that the inspectors
plan for dlsposing Of the postmaster's
body had been successful and that no
suspicion had been aroused. The sec
ond day a 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. defylng us, now cursing, now
pleading, now in brilliant phrases
striving 10 convince us by logical ar
guments so deft, so forceiul. 30 cum
ming that weaker and less wise man
than Davis might have been con.
WINGED by them.
His logic falling he would turn to
merciless inVective and ribald threats,
his penetrating voice making the
whole hut hideous as he prophesied
for us both grotesque horrible deaths,
Misunderstanding punishments in this
world and the next. Then, overcome
once more by the intensity OF his I'M
satisfied desire for the drug that had
long been his master, he would moan
and plead and weep for morphine,
At times decisions would seize his
brain. BY the hour he would rave of
beautiful cities and wonderfully fair
women and pleasant pastimes. Ma.
Iestic lines Of poetry would flow from
his fevered lips, to end in shrek of
agony as his quiverlng, knotted mus
cles all but tore his nerves apart.
Again the weird morphine fantasies
would take hold of him and a rush Of
horrible grotesque ribaldries would
foul the air.
But after forty-eight hours Of this
terrible torture nature would be put
off no longer She demanded rest
Young had sunk into a troubled, un
easy sleep about seven in the morn,
ing. Davis and !, having spelled each
other as guards during the night, sat
talking about our prisoner. | 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.
81 don't believe in capital punish
ment at all" he said explosively. "OuI
whole system is wrong 1t took us a
good many centuries to discover that
insane persons didn't need prisons
but doctorlng. They just can't hell
being criminals. Stand behind a line
of prisoners as they, march in t.
Breakfast in the penitentiary. Not
o2e of them will have a normal head
Is that their fault? 1t is the fault o.
society. It's our fault"
There was a stir on the couch ant
Young opened his eyes. The fire o
the drug-madness and the look o
hate seemed to have vanished.
Il give up" he said. 81 can't stanC
the strain any longer I'll tell yol
anything you want to know"
He spoke quietly and calmly. Ye
there was something in his voice tina
rang true. l felt that this time b.
meant what he said. Apparently
Davis, too, realized that at las
Young's spirit was broken, Withou
hesitation, he seized the hypodermi
syringe and plunged 1t into Young
arm. The prisoner breathed a loni
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
SOMETHING TO EAT.

When you do not know what to get
for dinner, take little fresh pork,
cut in small pieces, and put into the
bottom of a baking dish; over this
place few sliced potatoes, three on
ions, and sprinkle with salt and sage.
Cover closely and bake an hour and
a half in a moderate oven.
Mutton With Dressing Cook a
breast of mutton in water below the
boiling point until tender, remove the
bones and spread with stufting made
of bread, seasoned with onion and
mint, salt and pepper. The addition
of a little butter to the bread after it
has been softened with milk makes a
richer dr., ssing. Roll up the meat
and roast.
Spiced Lamb.-This is a dish which
closely resembles venison. Take
leg of lamb or mutton take off all
the fat and skin, and lard it all over
with strips of bacon. Put into a YES
sci large enough to hold it, add a
quart Of vinegar, four bay leaves, ten
cloves, ten pepper CoTns, Le" ar
spice and three small onions sliced.
Rub the leg well with salt, and let re-
main in this mixture two days. If the
vinegar is too strong, add a little
water Roast for two hours in hot
oven. Serve with good gravy
Lamb Stew.-Take two pounds from
the neck or shoulder, cut into small
pieces and put on to simmer in boil
ing water Cover closely and simmer
for an hour and half. Half an hour
before serving, add two large carrots,
sliced, and a cupful Of coarse barley.
Add plenty of water, as the barley alb
serbs the water; season with salt and
pepper. Rice may be used in place OF
barley, and two slices of bacon, a
green pepper and an onion, and tea
spoonful of curry powder.
Fig Cookies.-Put pound Of figs
through the meat chopper, then put
them with a cup of water into a
saucepan, add a half cup of sugar, two
tablespoonful of lemon juice, and al
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
VEGETABLE COMBINATIONS.

Macaroni and celery make most
desirable combination. Cock two
heads of celery until tender, after cut
ting in lengths of about two inches;
add quarter of a pound of macaroni,
and cook an hour without stirring or
until the macoroni is tender and
double its bulk. The age Of macaroni
and its state of dryness, as with rice,
will determine the length of time for
the cooking. Add a cup or two Of
white sauce, a generous sprinhiing OF
cheese, and serve with broiled beef
steak.
Potatoes with green peppers are a
change from the ordinary boiled pota-
to- Cook as usual, then turn them
when we'll drained into a vegetable
dish with two tablespoonfuls of sof-
tened butter and three Of chopped
sweet green peppers.
italian Potatoes.-Mix two cups Of
hot mashed potatoes, one teaspoonful
of onion juice, one tablespoonful Of
chopped parsley, one egg yolk well
beaten, four stiffy beaten whites, one
half cup of grated cheese and salt and
pepper to taste. Pile lightly in the
baking dish and bake until brown.
Greens.-The earliest spring green's
are the dandelion, which is a fine
blood purifier The young and tender
shoots may be dressed with oil and
vinegar and eaten, or cooked until
tender and served with butter, or
cooked with salt pork for the fat.
HoA1' ~ ."
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
The Eternal Why.

Papa" said an inquisitive boy,
don't fishes have legs?' They do
not" answered papa. Why don't
they, papa?" Because fishes swim
and don't require legs" Then he
asked, Papa, ducks have legs, don't
they?" why, yes, ducks have legs
We'll, ducks swim, don't they?" Yes, "
Then why don't fishes have legs, if
ducks do? Or why don't ducks not
have any legs if fishes don't?' Papa
gave up.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
Worlds Records for Workmanship All
His, and He Is Trained to Act
on His Own Initiative.

II there is one big, distinguishing
trait of the United States regular, it
is individuality. In every one of the
great foreign military nations, particu-
larry Germany and Japan, battalion
and company officers and enlisted men
are carefully trained not to think for
themselves. They are used as mere
chess pieces under the guidance Of
master mind. In this country, where
our melting pot has yielded us an ex-
traordinary self-reliant cool thinking.
intensive initiative product, it is only
natural that or soldiers should be
trained as are our civilians.
The United States army spends an
nually on rifle target practice five
times the sum spent by any other
army of an equal number Of men. Tuis
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
IeEAG.N ~,%eeeN-.
No Chance for Him.

A certain minister having noticed
a new attendant for several consecu-
tive Sundays, engaged her in CONVEX
sation after service. Cordially sha.
king the young blond by the hand the
reverend gentleman asked her name,
address, etc, and concluded by ask
ing if he might call upon her In a
rather broken English and very Swed-
ish intonation came this response:
No, tank you, l have a regular fel,
Ter"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
Mioht Do His Best

An old reprobate Of seventy protest
ed, with outstretched hands, to Justice
Hawkins against a sentence of 20
years penal servitude, or slavery,
as his severe, but upright, lordship
loved to call it, oh. my lord, my lord
/ can never do il" Never mind,
came the answer Never mind, Dc
as much as you can.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21

advertised for such cases and / sent and
got q bottle. Il did me so much good
that kept on taking it and found Il to
be all you claim. | recommend your
Compound 10 all women afflicted as 1
was. Mrs. T. ?. MULLENDoRE, Mum
ford, Alabama.
An Honest Dependable Medicine
Is Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound A Root and Herb medicine orig
mated nearly forty years ago by Lydia
z. PinkhEm Of Lynn, Mass, for con-
trolling female ills.
Its wonderful success in this line has
made it the safest and most dependable
medicine Of the age for women ana no
woman suffering from female Ills does
herself justice who does not give it
trial.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia II. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, WRite
to Lydia E.Pinl6ham NIedicineCO.
confidential Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
The Otter a Wanderer.

OF all the beasts in the world, the
otter, that fierce outlaw, is the great
est wanderer. 1t is as if he were af-
flicted with a curse that forbids hin.
to be still, that forces him ever to
push on-on-on! Rest, as rest, b.
knows not. Three days will see the
end of his longest inaction, and the
amount of miles he covers in a fort.
night would amaze some folks.-Out.
ing
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21
H(zEZl7ClC8ZInl8.
|CAL8ET1lZG7 EeGG558A

low IL to simmer until thick. slit two
cups Of -four, add two cups OF rolled
oats, a cup OF butter, a cup OF sugar.
two-thlrds Of a cup Of sour milk In
which has been dissolved a half tea.
spoonful OF soda. Roll out, cut and
put the filling between each pair OF
cookies. Bake In a moderate oven
until brown.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-21

blank left for the name to be filled IN.
Without stopping to read the letters,
which seemed to be all after the same
form, Davis lifted the tray In the
bottom of the box was a type-writ.
ten list of names and a bulky sealed
legal envelope, marked on the out
side Papers in the Parrish case"
Here, Kent" said Davis, handing
me the envelope, take charge Of
these and give them to Miss Louise
or Miss Katharine You're entitled
to that"
Joyfully l slowed the envelope in
my breast pocket, my heart bounding
at the thought Of the relief the sight
of the package would bring to the
Parrish family But as yet the whole
affair was blind puzzle to me ana
I waited eagerly for further develop
ments.
Now, Young" said the inspector.
tell me all about your scheme"
IF the damn thieves hadn't been
such towards as to go and kill them
selves" said Young with a glow Of
enthusiasm, Il would have been a mil.
| lonaire within a year. Read one OF
the letters and you can see for your
self just how good the scheme was"
Lifting the topmost sheet the In.
spector read the yellow letter aloud:
Lock Roy II
Ardway, N. j., Feb g. 1910.
Dear Sir:
I am writing to you in pursuance of
| my duty as executor of the late Edwin
| Green, who died here recently, leaving
his entire estate, amounting to some
$SSO00O, in my hands for what he was
pleased to term a "Defaulters' Fund"
I can best explain its purpose by briefly
! summarizing the founders life. In his
early youth Mr. Green was employed for
a short time in a bank in a small city in
another state. Becoming involved In
speculation he used several hundred dol
lars of the banks funds. He had no rela-
tives but a sister, to whom he knew Il
was useless to apply for aid. As dis
covery seemed inevitable he was con.
templatlng suicide, seeing nothing but
prison and disgrace ahead of him But
an old friend of his father, who entirely
|
vanced him the money he needed to make
good his defalcation. exacting from him
a promise that he would help others in
similar plight whenever he had oppor.
tunity.
His subsequent life was of the highest
recititude Though he amassed fort, ne
he never found opportunity to aid auy
one in a plight similar to the one il
which he once found himself 1t became
almost a mania with him and resulted II
his leaving his entire fortune to aid fiji
offenders in turning back into the righ
path.
| l know of no way of reaching the per
sons he intended to aid. l am sendlnl
out this letter to persons employed il
banks and positions Of trust. hoping tina
you or others who receive 1t may know
of some man, young or old who ha
made the first misstep and is wrongful,
using funds belonging to others, but Il
DESTROYS of making good his peculations
If you should know of any such I will
gladly make good his defalcation and en-
deavoT to save him from exposure, dis
grace and Imprisonment, asking only hi
word that he will not err again. for Mr.
Green, in the deed of trust, expressl,
specifies that this is the only security t,
be eXacted. ! am, sir.
Very truly yours,
HENRY MALCOLM STEWART.
(TO BE CONTINUED