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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

SECRETARY Bryan is quite right
in refusing to tell where his money
goes. 1t is only reasonable to ex-
pect every man to find his own
places.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

A GEORGIA man under sentence
to be hanged next month has been
reelected president of his lodge. Per-
haps the real contest was for the vice
presidency.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

AFTER having gone through
Gary election the government should
engage Sheriff Whitaker's services in
case any move is made to quell the
Mexican rebellion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

STILL it may be just as well to
keep the matches out of the reach
of Mrs. Pankhurst during her So
journ here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

THE woman who wants divorce
because her husband has sulky nts
and morose moods recalls the doctor
who gave up his practice because
folks kept on getting sick.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

A COLORADO man has had his
stomach removed. He ought to be
able to get a job as theatrical man.
ager in New York now
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

TT is said the tailors are deciding
upon a new waist line for men. VIII
it be the Taft or the Wilson model?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

NEW YORK structural iron worker
was awarded $4,000 by jury because
he was injured in such manner that
he can't laugh. Lucky fellow! Won't
have to laugh at some of these aged
Jokes that his friends will spring.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

THANKS to some one Gary has the
unique distinction OF being the only
American city where rioting, bloodshed
and rowdyism took place on election
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

AS another inducement to get mar
ried bachelors having an income OF
8. 999 can be made immune to the
income tax by making some maiden
happy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

THERE probably won't be any out
cry against the turkey trot due TO
begin in the barnyards in a few
weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

NEWSPAPER says that !. c. engines
are the noisiest in the world. Guess
the writer of that statement never slept
in a Hammond hotel and heard an Erie
passenger locomotive go by.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

HUERTA says he is willing to turn
his office over to a successor. Under
the same conditions Madero did?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

CHICAGO has a new chief of police.
Well Chicago isn't the only one. some
other nearby cities will have the same
experience in January.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

The city of San Antonio. Tex. has
raised the rate of pay for street lab
orers from $50 rate per day to $1.75.
and the transfers from 1926 TO $3.50
per day
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

NOW that some of the candidates
have been decapitated the Thanksgiv-
ing turkey is the next to be lead to
the block.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06
X ANDOM THINGS AND FLINos


WISCONSIN DEATH RATE HIGH
ER."-Headline.
Thought that the LaFollette policies
precluded any tsling like this.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

TIGERS reported to have howled
in Chicago zoo the other night. But
their bowls were nothing like those
of the Tammany tiger
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

1T appears that at East Chicago
Mayor Schlieker wasn't so slick as
some of his followers thought him to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

Hammond Commandery No. Al, K. t.
Regular stated meeting Monday,
November IT, Red Cross work. Visit
ing Sir knights welcome.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

Hammond Council No. 80 r. q s. M.
Stated assembly. first Tuesday each
month. J. w Morthland. Recorder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

AFTER the first Monday in January
the mayor of Gary will know how II
feels to be a private citizen
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

wage worker in the city will cash in
the savings sooner or later.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

DIFFERENCE between Mr.. Sulzer
and Col. Roosevelt being in the bull
moose party Is that the former was
able to come back again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

Hammond Chapter No. III, r. A. NJ.
Regular stated meeting Wednesday,
November IL, Most Excellent degree.
Visiting companions welcome.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

TO all intents and pur-
poses the workers aiding
Mayor Knots were afflicted
with the hook worm.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

CHRISTMAS ON THE WAY"-TH
TIMES.
"A welcome relief from politics.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

AND THEN without doubt Pres
THEY SAY ident Huerta must have
MEXICO. wondered when he read
is BAD. of the bloody election
doings in Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

HARRY Thaw says he is on the
water wagon. Tied on, so to speak
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-11-06

Stated meeting Garfield Lodge. No.
500, f. and 4. NJ, Friday November T..
s p. M. E. A degree. Visitors welcome.
r. S. Caller. Sec. E. NJ. Shanklin. w. NJ.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14

down to their legs to push back the
waves. which were full OF little legs
and nails and claws and teeth.
Yes, Raoul and the Persian were
ready to faint. like Pampin the fire
man. But the head of fire turned
round in answer to their cries. and
spoke to them:
Don't move! Don't move!
Whatever you do. don't come after
me! am the rat-catcheri
:. Let me pass. with my rats!"
And the head of fire disappeared.
vanished in the darkness. while the
passage in front of it lit up. as the
result of the change which the rat
catcher had made in his dark lam
tern. Before. SO as not to scare the
rats in front of him. he had turned
his dark lantern on himself. lighting
up his own head: now, to hasten their
flight. he lit the dark space in front
of him. And he jumped along. drag
ging with him the waves OF scratch
ing rats, all the thousand sounds.
Raoul and the Persian breathed
again, though still trembling
GRO BE CONTINUEDJ
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14

Thereupon. Raoui and the Persian
saw the startled faces OF the join
managers appear above the landing
and they heard Moncharmtn's excited
voice:
There are things happening here
Mr.. Commissary. which we are unable
to explain"
And the two faces disappeared
Thank you for the information
gentlemen" said Mifroid, with Jeer
But the stagemanager. holding his
chin In the hollow OF his right hand
which is the attitude of profound
thought. said:
1T Is not the first time that Mau.
clair has fallen asleep in the theater
l remember finding him. one evening,
snoring in his little recess. with his
snuff-box beside him"
rs that long ago7" asked M.
Mifroid. carefully wiping his eye
glasses.
No. not SO very long ago.
Walt bit! 1t was the night
OF course, yes 1t
was the night when Carlotta-you
know. Mr.. COMMUNICATIVE her
famous 'co-ack!'"
Really? The night when CarIotta
gave her famous 'co-ackY"
And M. Mifroid. replacing his
cleaning glasses on his nose. fixed
the stage-manager with contem-
Dlative stare.
so Mauclair takes snufr. does her"
he asked carelessly.
Yes. Mr.. Commissary Look.
there Is his snufr-box on that little
shelf oh. he's a great snufr-
takerl"
so am l." said Mifroid and put the
snuf-box In his pocket
Raoul and the Persian. themselves
unobserved, watched the removal OF
the three bodies by number OF scene
shifters, who were followed iby the
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14

life and death. And now. silence and
follow mel"
The cellars of the opera are enor-
Raoul followed the Persian and won
dered what he would have done with
out his companion in that extraor-
dinary labyrinth. They went down to
the third cellar; and their progress
was still LIT by some distant lamp.
The lower they went, the more pre-
cautions the Persian seemed to take
He kept on turning to RaouI to see II
he was holding his arm properly,
showing him how he himself carried
his hand as II always ready to lire,
Suddenly. loud voice made them
stop. Some one above them shouted:
IAN the door-shutters on the stage!
The commissary OF police wants
theml"
Steps were heard and shadows GID
ed through the darkness. The Per
sien drew Raoul behind a set piece.
They saw passing before and above
them old men bent by age and the
past burden Of opera-scenery. Some
could hardly drag themselves along:
others. from habit. with stopping
bodies and outstretched hands, looked
for doors to shut
They were the door-shutters, the
old. worn-out scene-shifters, on whom
a charitable management had taken
pity. giving them the job OF shutting
doors above and below the stage.
They went about necessarily, from
top to bottom OF thu building. Shut
ting the doors; and they were also
called The draft-expellers." at least
at that time. for / have little doubt
that by now they are all dead. Drafts
are very bad for the voice. wherever
they may come from.
The Persian and Raoul welcomed
this incident, which relieved them OF
inconvenient witnesses. for some OF
those door-shutters. having nothing
else to do or nowhere to lay their
heads. stayed at the opera. from idle.
ness or necessity. and spent the night
there. The two men might have STUN
bled over them. aking them up and
provoking a request for explanations.
n VI tho hOhthtt ~. 4iiil Oiu y
saved them from any such unpleas-
ant encounters,
But they were not left to enjoy
their solitude for long. Other shades
now came down by the same way by
which the door-shutters had gone up.
Each OF these shades carried a little
lantern and moved 1t about, above.
below and all around. as though look
ing for something or somebody.
Hang it," muttered the Persian.
II don't know what they are looking
Cor. but they might easily find US. ).
Let us get away. quicki Your
hand up, sir. ready to firei =.
Bend your arm more :.
that's it, Hand at the level
of your eye. as though you were fight
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14

them. at mans height, but with no
body attached to it. The face shed
fire. looked in the darkness like a
flame shaped as mans face
.Oh." said the Persian, between his
teeth. Il have never seen this be-
fore Pampin was not mad.
after all: he had seen 1t!
What can that flame be? 1t is not
he, but he may have sent It!
Take care! Take care!
Your hand at the level OF your eyes.
III heavens name. at the level OF your
eyes. .. know most OF his
tricks but not this one.
Come. let us run. 1t is safer.
Hand at the level of your eyes!"
And they fed down the long pass
age that opened before them.
After few seconds, that seemed
to them like long minutes. they
stopped.
He doesn't often come this way"
said the Persian. This side has moth
ing to do with him. This side does
not lead to the lake nor to the house
on the lake. But perhaps he
knows that we are at his heels
although ! promised him to leave him
alone and never to meddle in his bus
mess again."
So saying. he turned his head and
Raoul also turned his head; and they
again saw the head OF fire behind
their two heads. It had followed
them. And 1t must have run also.
and perhaps faster than they. for It
seemed to be nearer to them.
At the same time. they began to
perceive certain noise OF which
they could not guess the nature. They
simply noticed that the sourd seemed
to move and to approach with the
fiery face. It was a noise as though
thousands OF nails had been scraped
against a blackboard. the perfectly
uncomfortable noise that is sometimes
made by little stone inside the chalk
that CRATES on the blackboard.
They continued to retreat. but the
fiery face came on. came on, gaining
on them. They could see its features
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14
Tho eyes were round

clearly now. Tho eyes were round
and staring. the nose a little crooked
and the mouth large, with a hanging
lower lip. very like the eyes. nose
and lip Of the moon. when the moon
is quite red. bright red
How did that red moon manage to
glide through the darkness, at a
mans height. with nothing to support
It. at least apparently? And how did
It go 30 fast. SO straight ahead. with
such staring. staring eyes? And
what was that scratching. screping.
grating sound which it brought with
tit
The Persian and Raoul could re-
treat no farther and nattened them
selves against the wall. not knowing
what was going to happen because OF
that incomprehensibie head OF fire.
and especially now, because OF the
more intense. swarming. living. ''nu-
merous" sound, for the sound was
certainly made up OF hundreds of lit
tie sounds that moved In the dark
ness, under the fiery face.
And the fiery face came on .
with its noise came level
with themI
And the two companions. fiat
against their wall. felt their hair
stand on end with horror. for they
now knew what the thousand noises
meant They came in a troop. hustled
along In the shadow by innumerable
little hurried waves. swifter than the
waves that rush over the sands at
high tide little nightmares foaming
under the moon, under the fiery head
that was like a moon And the little
waves passed between their legs.
climbing up their legs. irresistibly,
and Raoul and the Persian could no
longer restrain their cries of horror,
dlsmay and pain. Nor could they
continue to hold their hands at the
level of their eyes; their hands went
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The two men waited nve minutes
longer. Then the Persian took RaouI
up the stairs again; but suddenly he
stopped him with gesture some
thing moved In the darkness before
them.
Flat on your stomach" whispered
the Persian.
The two men lay nat on the floor
They we're only just In time. A
shade. this time carrying no light,
Just a shade in the shade, passed. IL
passed close TO them. near enough to
touch them.
They felt the warmth OF its cloak
upon them. For they could distin-
guIsh the shade sufficiently to see
that it wore a cloak which shrouded
1t from head to foot On its head 1t
had :. soft felt hat.
1t moved away. drawing its feet
against the walls and sometimes Civ
ing kick into a corner.
Whew!" said the Persian. We've
had narrow escape; that shade
knows m . and has twice taken me to
the managers Office"
40 IL some one belonging 10 the
theater police?" asked Raoui
ITS some one much worse than
that replied the Persian. without
giving any further explanation.
It's not he?"
He? II he does not come
behind US. we shall always see his
yellow eyes! That Is more
or less our safeguard tonight. -.
But he may come from behind. steal
ing up; and we are dead men If we do
not keep our hands as though about
to fire. at the level of our eyes. in
'front.'"
The Persian had hardly finished
speaking. when fantastic face came
in sight 80. whole fiery face.
not only two yellow eyes!
Yes. a head of fire came toward
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sYNopsI..

Consternauon is caused on the last
pigth that the Opera IL L@anaged by De-
pearance of a ghost. said to have been
- evidence on s=yerai previous occasions.
sarpnsn nrasnne paae a member of the opera
Important part and scores a great sue
Sess Count de Chagny and his brother
singer Raoui tries 't to "' see Christine R TN in
sne crossing room. but is unable to do 30
and & later discovers that some one is max.
lnk love to her: She emerRes alone. and
While the farewell ceremony for the re-
Ghost appears and Informs the new man
SEers that Box No. 6 In reserved for him.
The msnagers receive letter from tho
Opera Ghost calling attention to the err
ror. Christine Daae writes Raoui that
kather. He goes also. and In the night
laliows her 70 the church. Wonderful
graveyard. Raoui Is found next morning
AIN limos, frozen Moncharmin and Richard
thbseIuzs,e Ky Boz No and decide to see
he leading part in ''Faust is warned war f 70
refusing. loses her voice in the middle
OF song and the main chandelier
crashes sai down. killing a woman and
Christine. who has disappeared. He sees
her at last. but does not speak, and later
= s,,I,t, note Is received from her making an
meets Christine at the ball. He sees n
person In tie disguise OF Red Death
DE hears her conyersing with some one
whom she calls Erik. Raoul visits
Christine and tells her he knows the
name OF the unseen man whom she calls
the Angel OF Music. Christine and Raoui
become secretly engaged prior to a polar
expedition that Raoul is to make. Chris
une relates strange adventure with the
unseen Erik and promises to run away
M1th Haoul. Raoul announces his inten-
uon OF marrying Christine, which dis
pleases Philippe. In the midst OF n ner-
formance the stage is enveloped In dark
ness and Christine disappears. No trace
OF her ls found Moncharmln and Rich
ard behave strangely. Raoui searches
mauly for the missing singer. The Opera
Ghost demands the first installment of his
allowance, and when II Is left ut an ap-
pointed place the sum mysteriously dis
appears: Raoul goes In search of Chris
une. He meets mysterious person
known as the Persian. The Persian plans
y aid Raoul in locating Christine and
they gain access to q secret chamber.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14
"curious. Decidedly Curious susinessl"


ing duel and waiting for the word
to fire! oh. leave your nfstoI
In your pocket. Quick. some along.
downstairs. Level of your eye! Cues
ton OF life or death! Here.
this way, these stairsi" They reached
the fifth cellar "Oh. what duel.
sir, what a duel!"
Once in the fifth cellar, the Persian
drew breath. He seemed to enjoy a
rather greater sense OF security than
he had displayed when they both
stopped in the third; but he never
altered the attitude of his hand. And
Raoul, remembering the Persian's OBJ
servation-'I know these pistols can
be relied upon'--was more and more
astonished. wondering why any one
should be so gratified at being able to
rely upon a pistol which he did not
intend to use!
But the Persian left him no time
for reflection. Telling Raoul to stay
where he was. he ran up few stems
of the staircase which they had tust
left and then returned.
How stupid OF usl. he whis-
pered. I'VE shall soon have seen the
end OF those men with their lanterns.
1t IL the firemsn going their rounds.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14
When Liberty is License.

Liberty is the portion of people
who delight in humanity. who revere
Justice. despise fattery and venerate
truth While you are not such peo-
pie, o my fellow citizens. in vain will
you talk of liberty. Instead, of liberty
you will have licentiousness, and to
that you will all in your turns fall
victims. You will ask for bread and
will get-dead bodiesl And at
length you will bow down your necks
to the yoke. and find your vile refuge
in the rule of a despot.-Mme Ro-
land. Address Before the Revolu-
tonary Tribunal
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14

commissary and all the people with
him. Their steps were heard for a
few minutes on the stage above. When
they were alone the Persian made a
sign to Raoul to stand up. Raoul did
SO; but. as he did not lift his hand
in front of his eyes. ready to fire. the
Persian told him to resume that at
titude and to continue 1t. whatever
happened
But 1t tires the hand unneces-
sarily." whispered Raoul. ''lf | do
fire. l shan't be sure OF my aim"
Then shift your pistol to the other
hand" said the Persian.
Il can't shoot with my left hand"
Thereupon. the Persian made this
queer reply. which was certainly not
calculated to throw light into the
young mans nurried brain:
IT'S not question of shooting
with the right hand or the left; it's
question of holding one OF your
hands as though you were going to
pull the trigger OF a pistol with your
arm beut. AS for the pistol itself.
when all is said. you can put that In
your pocket" And he added. Let
this be clearly understood. or l will
answer for nothing. It is matter Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-11-14
CHAPTER xx-(contInued).

OftftI I En- NN-(SOnttnucdl.
Contrary to what one might think.
especially In connection with an op-
era-house. the organ" is not mu-
sical instrument. At that time cleo
trfcity was employed only for a very
few scenic effects and for the bells.
The immense building and the stage
itself were still lit by gas; hydrogen
was used to regulate and modify the
lighting OF a scene; and this was
done by means OF special apparatus
which. because of the multiplicity OF
its pipes. was known as the organ"
A box beside the prompter's box was
reserved for the chief gas-man, who
from there gave his orders to his as
sistants and saw that they were ex
ecuted. Mauclair stayed in this box
during all the performances.
But now Mauclair was not in his
box and his assistants not in their
places
"Mauclair! MaucIair!"
The stage-manager's voice echoed
through the cellars. But Mauclair
did not reply.
| have said that a door opened on a
little staircase that led to the second
cellar. The commissary pushed 1t,
but 1t resisted
Il say" he said to the stage-man-
Ager, II can't open this door; is II
always SO difficult?"
The stage-manager forced 1t open
with his shoulder. He saw that, at
the same time. he was pushing a hu.
man body and he could not keep back
an exclamation. for he recognized
the body at once.
"Mauclairl Poor DEVIL He is
dead!"
But Mr.. Commissary Mifroid. whom
nothing surprised. was STOPPING over
that big body.
mo-" he said. "he is dead-drunk
which is not quite the same thing
''It's the flrst time. II So" said the
stage-manager.
Then some one has given him a
narcotic. That is quite possible"
Mifroid went down a few steps and
said
Look"
BY the light OF a little red lantern,
at the foot OF the stairs, they saw
two other bodies. The stage-manager
recognized Mauclair's assistants.
Mifroid went down and listened to
their breathing
They are sound asleep" he said.
Very curious business! Some per-
son unknown must have interfered
with the gas-man and his stan
and that person unknown was OBJ
viously working on behalf OF the kid
napper. But what a funny
idea to kidnap performer on the
stage! Send for the doctor
OF the theater. please" And Mifroid
repeated, Curious, decidedly curious
businessi"
Then he turned TO the little room,
addressing the people whom RaouI
and the Persian were unable to see
from where they lay.
What do you say to all this. gen.
tiemen? You are the only ones who
have not given your views. And yet
you must have an opinion of some
Dsst"
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The Law Wav.

Mrs. Crawford-Why don't you try
the new paper bag cookingi
Mrs Crabshaw-I would. dear, II
thought It was as easy as getting the
meals in a paper bag at the delicates-
sen store.-Judge