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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-18

when his eyes come out from under
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failed it was more than she coult
bear"
nat ali seems logical" said, "5u
| fall to see yet what connection Their,
Is between General Parrish and ole
Andrew Elser. Nor do | see the con
nection between the suicide of the ole
| woman In the hotel at Ardway anG
tho suicide of the young woman In
the park lake, yet in each of these
cases there were yellow letters"
Il do not see it myself, yet" said
Davis frankly. and yet | know 1t ex
lists. | know that the hellish idea that
| drove them all to death was planned
| by that distorted brain inside the cot
tage there"
He was silent for several minutes
as he gazed at the rising sun, seeming
ly absorbed in the glorious spectacle.
I'm find out" he said explosively.
"I'll make him tell"
What are you going to do?"
asked How will you make him."
For answer he took from the pocket
| Of his coat two sets of thin steel cuffs,
one for the arms and the other for the
ankles, end stepped within the cot
tase. | followed wonderingly and
watched him as he turned Young over
on his face and, bringing his hands
together behind him, snapped on the
cuffs. He shackled his feet, too, and
then picking up a stout rope, passed
1t between the two sets OF shackles
and around beam In the side OF the
cottage wall, leaving enough slack
to permit the shackled man small
amount Of liberty During the whole
operation Young hung limp and ap-
parently lifeless, still In the drug stu
por, but as Davis finished his work
he began to talk incoherently.
The shaking up l gave him In fast
ening him up" said Davis, will bring
him to. He Will wake UP In a few
minutes and then I'll find out every
thing | want to know I'll make him
tell"
What are you going to do" l
gasped, torture him."
No" said the inspector grimly as
he dragged stool over near the couch
and placed on it hypodermic syringe
he had found in the cabin, and with
1t a morphine preparation.
He gagged the distance with his
eye, and moved the stool so that while
1t would be in plain sight OF the
shackled man when he awoke. 1t would
be utterly impossible for him to reach
it.
No. he said. I'm not going to
torture him. His drug racked nerves
Will do 1t for me-"
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TEMPERATE Humanity.

The driver Of brewery wagon
topped at restaurant where he de
ivered beer and prepared to water
ais horses. He had filled a pail from
he street hydrant and was about to
'ffer it to the near horse when the
command, Put that down." caused
lin to drop the bucket with splash
Then a woman plunged a thermome-
er into the water.
Too cold by several Degrees" she
'aid. Get a pail of hot water from
he restaurant"
The driver mumbled What for?"
,ut he was awed by the woman s
commanding manner and he fetched
he hot water as directed.
Now" she said, pour some of
hat cold water out and pour hot wa
er into the pail until 1t registers
about 81 degrees. Then water your
horses. 1t Is cruel to make a horse
rink water colder than that, and ev-
Dry member OF the s P. c. A. that |
rave any influence with Is going to
Keep an eye on you drivers and see
hat you temper the water you give
% your horses"
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Torture.


He'll Is place of unsatisfied desires
and In It's lowest depths are those,
who, writhing in the agony of their
decaying nerves, shrek for their be-
loved morphine and shrek in vain.
Many times In my life | have seen
the souls of men, and women, too, put
to hard and bitter tests
Once l saw a motorman whose car
| had crushed a lovely child. Around
him pressed a bowling. angry mob,
led by the baby's father, who would
| have had his life. With bold daring,
he stood on his platform as on a
! throne, with his controller bar for his
| only weapon. and dehed them all.
! Yet. even as he stood there outWarlly
so bold, l saw in his eyes a misery as
great as man could bear and live.
For days and months | doubt not that
his nightly dreams brought him con-
slant horror-pictures of the child he
had killed
Once, too, | had to be the bearer
of the news when a workpan's mis-
step on frame OF steel sent him
plunging down eighteen stories to
death. In the foul tenement where /
told my news | saw a tired, gaunt
woman walk the floor and SCREAM and
moan, three frightened little children
clinging to her skirts.
Often, too, in my practice In the
courts, ! have seen men In dreadful
misery-a ruffian bold and defiant de-
spite the blood-suilt on his soul, face
all the world courageously until the
jury's foreman said the word that
brought the death-chair's horror to
his heart and crumpled him weeping
to the floor.
Yet all the concepts that my brain
had formed Of the utmost In pain and
shame and misery faded into insig
nificance before the things | saw in
that rude cottage in the Jersey hills
where for two long days Davis and
myself kept watch on the fettered
master criminal-waiting, waiting.
waiting till his drugtortured nerves
should make him tell US the secret of
his yellow letters.
Shackled hand and foot though he
had found himself when he came out
OF his stupor, his self-control was at
1rst wonderful For few minutes
after Davis had fastened his bonds he
; lay there tossing and twitching. then
suddenly opened his eyes-piercing
deVilish' uncanny black eyes they
were-and tried to sit up.
The rope through the manacles be-
mind him stopped him short and
: threw him back on his couch. At the
same time he caught sight Of Davis
sitting near the foot CT hts couch. In
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ALMOST COT
PAST GOING
Miss Duff Writes Interesting Stat.
ment For Publication in Ii.
Behalf of Women.

Webster Springs, W. va-rn
teresting letter from this place MI.
Agnes Duff says: Il had been afs,n.a ~.
with womanly trouble for three vet
and felt weak all the time. e''
My back and sides ached so =,
most got past going. "
mad used great many dire,.,.
kinds of remedies, but they failsa ~
do me any good. !"
l had heard Of Cardui, the wom.,.
tonic. and decided to try it WIZ. |,
had used the third hottie OF Ca-a,,.
feit like a new person entirely :
gained both In health and weight
l praise Cardui for my recovery an.
good health, and feel sure IL will, AZ
the same for others, as 1t has me- ~
they will only give 1t a trial"
The above letter Is an earnest e..,,
statement OF Miss Duff's opinion =,
Cardui. She has confidence In /, n.
cause 1t relieved her, after manv Az,
ferent kinds of other remedies b,A
failed, and she believes It will ba,a
1t fair trial. CIV
We join Miss Dun in urging Won ).
give Cardui trial. It cannot barm
you. and, Judging from the experienc.
OF thousands of others, Is almost sp,s
to do you good.
N. B.--H,,hs to. Chattanooga Medic,n. "a
Ladies Advisory Dept, Chat anooga Tenn -
sscfalInst-Hefions on your case and e. page ~
Home Treatment for Women" sent n ~
wrapper. Adv. S'A1s
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SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
e1eat excitement over the attempted sui
eide OF her sister Katharine Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, sutton for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
telephone just before she shot herself.
A torn piece of yellow paper is found.
o. sight Of which General Parrish is
stricken with paralysis Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriedly
Andrew Elser, an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
found in Elser's room. Post Off1ce In
spector Davis. kent's friend. takes up
the case, Kent is convinced that Gran
dali is at the bottom of the mystery.
katharine's strange cutlery puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
aalrs room and find an address, Lock
Box II. Ardway. n. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate and becomes suspi-
cious of a Henry Cook" A woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel.
yellow letter also figures In this case.
telephone and finds that she had just been
called by Crandall from the same booth.
Cook disappears. The Ardway post
xives at Ardway and takes up inves-
hgation. He discovers that the dead
woman Is Sarah Sacket OF Bridgeport
drop the investigation. Kent returns to
New York to get an explanation from
Louise. He finds the body OF woman In
Central Park and more yellow letters.
He sees Crandall. whom he recognizes 3
Cook" enter the Parrish home. Louise
again implores Kent to drop the invest-
cation and refuses to give any explana-
ton Later Kent sees Crandall and Louise
IN an automobile. Kent returns to Ard
way. Davis announces that he has
planned to arrest the missing postmaster
and also the master criminal. While seek
ing the criminals Kent comes across
Louise and Crandall. Pursued by Davis
the postmaster jumps off a precipice and
n killed. Aleck Young. the master Grim
Snal. is found in a hut In morphine
stupor Louise tells Kent that she and
Crandall had come to get papers from
Young which gave him a strange hold
over General Parrish. 1t Is shown that
Crandalls only interest In the case was
20 help Katharine recover her fathers
papers.
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lrreclaimabIe Skeptlc.

How big an income should a young
man have before he Is justified in get
ting married? This question Is asked
in various departments OF the Sunday
papers at various seasons OF the yev.
and 1t Is variously answered. CondL
tions change and domestic happinem
changes with the conditions.
The best answer we remember to
have heard was given by cynical
bachelor and skeptic last week. This
person was In the newspaper Office
when the woman editor opened her
mall and read forth this question:
Gould young couple be happy on
5000 a year,"
Sure they could" answered the
skeptic eagerly. They couldn't live
together on It,"
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about General Parrish and Andrew
Elser and the woman from Bridge
port. l know about Dora Hastings,
who committed suicide In the park
lake yesterday, and about Henry
Eberle, who sent you the five thous-
and. know everything that your
unfortunate aide, Rouser, knew. and
now | want you TO surrender all the
letters and papers in your posses
sion"
You will never get them" sneered
Young. as ! sat there marveling at
the inspectors revelations. 1t was
news to me that he knew the name
of the Central Park suicide, and while
myself had found the FIVE thousand
dollars, l had had not the slightest
intimation that Davis knew from
whom 1t had come.
Either l get those letters" said
Davis evenly. "or you get no more
morphine
Young laughed N his face.
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You haven't the hffqttsat evidence

against me for anything. Without let
ters or documents you can grove moth
| ing. You have no right to keep me
| bound up here. / shall get free and
shall make you pay for this. l don't
care what Rouser has told you, you'll
get nothing out of me and you have
proof of nothing"
Very WELL" said the inspector, mo
letters, no morphine"
Turning away from the couch, he
spoke to me In tone as Indifferent
as If we had been camping together:
Come on. Kent, let's see what We
can dig up for breakfast"
We found the cottage well supplied
with provisions, as If 1t had been the
intention of the conspirators to make
1t their headquarters for some time
In very few minutes Davis had some
bacon fried and toast and coffee
made, which he spread in the little
lean-to that was used as a kitchen.
so you mean to starve him, too
| asked In an undertole, pointing to
the couch.
1T won't be necessary" said Davis.
Take something In to him If you like
You'll find that the only appetite he'll
have will be for morphine"
Nevertheless, took a cup of coffee
volley Of oaths was my only reward,
so | returned and sat with Davis
while he ate. l myself had no appe-
tite. but the events of the night did
not seem In the least to have affected
his. drank only part of cup Of
coffee, though he urged me to eat
something
1T Is apt to be long SIEGE" he
said. land you must keep your
strength. Our prisoner is a man of
considerable will power and is not
going to confess readily. If you will
keep guard on him for couple of
hours l am going to sleep
"Of course, l will"
Under no circumstances said
Davis, as he flung himself down on
the floor OF the lean-to, loosen amp
Of his bonds, and pay no attention to
his pleas for mercy. He has a win
ming way about him that is danger
GUS"
You need not fear" I replied. Re
member the agony he has caused to
the woman | love"
And to many Others" said Davis.
Speaking of that" said l, Il wish
you would tell me before you go
asleep how you learned where the
five thousand came from"
"Rouser told me-"
Il was not aware that you had any
opportunity to talk with him"
Il didn't" said the inspector. Il
just used my eyes In the postofii &C."
I thought l had used mine pretty
well In the post office. but certainly
had seen nothing that would lead
me to identity the person who had
sent the five thousand dollars | had
found in the cash drawer
Don't talk in riddles!" exclaimed
rather petulantly. What did you find
in the post Officer"
Davs grinned
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| nodded assent.

I nodded assent.
did 1t not strike you as peculiar
that there should be over two thous
and names and addresses in the for
warding list of small post Office like
Ardway. where probably not more
than ten families move away In ten
years?"
Il did not examine 1t closely" I re
piled, but even II l had | am afraid
would have failed to identify 1t as
important"
CTO BE CONTINUED
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silence they eyed each other, neithe
Of them saying word. Stealthil,
Young shifted, first his hands and ther
his feet as If TO ascertain the extern
| of his bonds. Finding himself secure
| ly fastened, he let his eyes rove
around the room, and discovered me
He studied my face sharply, as If tt
read my mission. but quickly turned
| his gaze to Davis again, as If recog
nizing in him his master captor.
Then he iaughed-a hideous, chill
| ling, defiant laugh, that ended In an
unhealthy gurgle in his throat
'Well?' he asked inquiringly.
looked for Davis to seize on this
propitious moment, when Young. just
| aroused from drug-slumber, would be
weak and nervous, to ply him with
questions about the things We wished
to know, but the inspector was too
much a master of his craft for that
question, he sat there staring f1xedly
at the man before him.
One minute passed. two minutes
three, and still Davis sat silent and
unanswering. The cumulative force
Of prolonged silence began to grow
on my nerves. This waiting, waiting,
was torture. II only one OF them
would speak. To Young 1t must have
been far worse
Still they kept at 1t, Davis staring
straight into Young's eyes and Young
trying to stare back. For a few
minutes he succeeded, and then his
eyes shifted and fell. With a master
effort OF his will he brought them
back to Davis and held them steady.
There the two Of them sat as In a
duel, the prisoners baleful eyes shoot
ing forth venom, hate, murder, while
IN the others steady glance was pic
tured relentless Justice.
OF course. there could be but one
end to 1t. Powerful as was the will
In the drugracked body the witch
ing OF the muscles, the involuntary
drawing up OF the limbs and arms as
far as the bonds would permit, and
most OF all the clasping and unclasp-
ing of the fingers told what torture
the silence was bringing to Young
He burst forth at last In a wild
flow of profanity, cursing Davis. ours
Ing me, cursing everything, cursing
God, and still Davis sat there as rigid
and as silent as the superior OF
TrappLst monastery doing penance.
AT times the prisoners voice was
raised to a hideous shrek, at times
1t sank to a pitiful sob, and all the
while he tugged and strained at his
bonds, twisting, turning, reaching,
trying always to find some position in
which he could gain possession of the
morphine that lay on the chair just
beyond his reach
At last-it must have been an hour
metaphysical exhaustion conquered
him and he lay back, after one last
frantic struggle, weak and painting,
unresisting
The inspector arose, and walking
over to the couch, stood there look
ing down at him.
"Aleck Young" he said evenly,
your whole game is up. I know all
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CHAPTER xIV.-(Continued.)

But are you sure Young wrote all
the yellow letters?"
Certainly" said the inspector, get
ting up from the bench and entering
the cottage.
When he returned a few minutes
later he had in his hand bundle Of
yellow paper and envelopes. AS | ex-
amined them | saw that they were Of
exactly the color and texture Of all
the fragments of yellow letters that
/ had seen.
Where did you find them" asked.
I'm a cupboard over there by the
fireplace l don't know whether you
noticed 1t or not. but over there, too,
ia the typewriter on which Young
wrote the letters that he gave Rouser
10 mail for him"
What makes you think Rouser
mailed them?"
There are six different things that
prove Rouser's connection with
Young's fiendish plots. The stamps
were put on by left-handed man. and
Rouser was left-handed. The answers
We're received in the Ardway post
office, where Rouser was postmaster
Lock Box IT, TO which they We're ad-
dressed, was not entered in the list
of boX-holders. You yourself found
large sum of money in the post-oftice
cash-drawer that had no business be-
Ing there. Rouser himself mysterious
ly disappeared when he found that
some one was on the trail of the yell
Tow letters And lastly Rouser and
Young for weeks have been together
nost OF the time"
How did you learn that"
"Young, 1t seems the inspector
continued Us we'll known in Ardway,
town. His father was a well-todo
lawyer who became addicted TO drugs
His mother died In the state asylum
for the insane The constable, Dodds
has known him for many years He
went TO Harvard and there was 9
elassmate for while of Crandall. He
has been going from bad to worse
each time he returned to Ardway or
his periodic visits seeming to be more
and more addicted to morphine. Hit
inheritance was spent long ago and
1t has been mystery to every one
where he got considerable sums tina
he has had at times. With all hi
faults, he has much magnetism and ,
plausible tongue and makes friends
readily. So far as | can discover
after he had concocted his plot agains
General Parrish he had some difficult,
in obtaining satisfaction and tried Il
enlist the aid OF Crandall. Crandal
went at once TO General Parrish ant
was ordered out of the house Gran
dali, despite his treatment by the gen
eral, was determined to solve the mys
terry, and for months kept track 0
Young, trying TO worm out the secre
and render him powerless. At time
he gave Young small sums and for
while, az l have said, had him in hi
rooms. One day Young disappeared
taking with him some jewelry of Crar
dalls and 1t was only few days ag
that Crandall succeeded In finding hir
here in Ardway. Young, havin
failed 10 blackmail General Parrish
tried TO open up negotiations for tn
sails OF his documents through Gran
dali. Crandall, Of course, could no
communicate with General Parrish. s
he called Katharine on the telephon
and made an appointment with hel
Evidently he explained the whole al
fair TO her. and when the negotiation
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Grapefruit With Flas.

Have some fine figs and cut them
into small pieces; put them in a glass
jar and cover with brandy. Let them
stand in this for "a hours. Cut the
grapefruit in halves, scoop out the lit
tie cavity in the middle of each half
as usual, all this with figs and let the
grapefruit stand on ice three or fom
hours before serving
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Think Before You Sneak.

II thou thinkest twice before thou
,peakest once thou wilt speak twice
he better for 1t. Better say nothing
han not to the purpose. And, to
ipeak pertinently. consider both what
fit and when 1t Is fit to speak. In
I'll debates let truth be thy aim. not
,ictory, or an unjust interest: and en-
ieavor to gain rather than to expose
by ntagonist.-William Penn.
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FROM MRS. ID. III. BROWN.

FROM MRS. ID. III. BROWN.
lola, Kansas.-''During the Change
Of Life was sick for two years. Be-
fore l took your medicine could
not bear the weight of my clothes
and was bloated very badly. l doc
tored with three doctors but they
did me no good. They said nature
must have its way. My sister ad-
vised me to take Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compounds and purchased
bottle. Before it was gone the
bloating left me and l was not SO
sore. | continued taking it until /
had taken II bottles. Now / am
stronger than I have been for years
and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth
It's weight in gold. l cannot praise
1t enough. If more women would
take your medicine there would be
more healthy women. You may use
this letter for the good OF others.
Mrs. d. II. Brown, 500 North Walnut
Street lola Kan
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1t takes more than soft answer t
urn away the book agent
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Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
eething, softens the gums. reduces innamma.
don, allays pain cures wind colo sc bottle ~
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Constipation causes and sggrsvates many
Ierious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Tho favoritc
Amlly laxative. Adv.
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Natural Effect.

Woman is Il deIusion."
Yes, and 1t comes natural TO hug
our decisions"
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Its Kind.

It's Kind.
DO you think this Peace Prize
idea is a grand thing?"
Truly, it is Nobel thought"
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MRS. WILLIAMS sAYss

MRS. WILLIAMS SAYS
Elkhart, Ind. -" suffered for IA
years from organic Inflammation, 10
male weakness, pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in my sides were
increased by walking or standing on
my feet and had such awful bearing
down feelings, was depressed IN
spirits and became thin and pale
with dull, heavy eyes. I had six
doctors from whom 1 received only
temporary relief. ! decided to giVo
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound fair trial and also the Sani'
tive Wash. l have now used the
remedies for four months and cannon
express my thanks for what they
have done for me.-Mrs. SADIE WIZ
SA1at T,t.L.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-09-26
MISS JULIE WILEY TO BE A NO.
VENEER BRIDE

Today in Troy, Alabama, formal
announcement will be made of the
engagement of Miss julie Wiley to
Mr., Jim Tom Brantley of Waycross,
Georgia. The announcement will be
made at beautiful luncheon which
will be given to Miss Wiley by her
sister-in-law, Mrs. James McCaleb
Wiley, at her attractive little cottage
on Walnut street.
Miss Wiley is he youngest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wiley of
Troy, and sa young woman of great
personal, charm and attractiveness.
She has frequently visited in Ocala
with her cousin, Miss Mary Burford,
and has always been much admired.
Her fiance, Mr.. Brantley, is promi-
nent in Waycross, where he is in the
hardware business.
The marriage of this popular young
couple will take place some time in
November, the exact date to be an
nounced later, and will be a large
church affair." Among the attendants
at the wedding will be Miss Burford
of this city.