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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
CVQ0~N

He turned it up and down; he held IL
to the light and studied il for a mo-
ment or two in perpleXed silence, then
of a sudden he faced around and Mar
kom could see that his eyes were shin
ing and that the curious, one-sided
smile was looping up his cheek
My friend" he said. answering the
eager inquiry in the superintendent
look, this is yet another vindication Of
Poe's theory that things least hidden are
best hidden, and that the most complex
mysteries are those which are based on
the simplest principles. With your per-
mission, TN keep this"-tucking the
tracing into his pocket-"aud afterward
I will go TO the mortuary and inspect
the original Meantime, l will go SO far
as to tell you that 7 know the motive
for these murders, I know the means,
and If you will give me forty eight hours
to solve the riddle at the end Of that
time III know the man. 7 will even
go further and tell you the names Of
the victims; and all on the evidence Of
your neat little tracing
THE web-footed man was one James
Peabody, a farrier, at one time attached
to the Blue Cavalry at Trincomalee,
Ceylon. Another was Joseph Miles. an
Irishman. bitten early with the wan
derlust' which takes men everywhere
and in making rolling stones of them.
suffers them to gather no moss. SuH
another-aHd probably from the tattoo
mark on his arm the first victim found
was Thomas Hart. able bodied seaman.
formerly in service on the p. & o. line.
The remaining two were Alexander Nc
Curdy, Scotchman, and r. jenkins
Quegg, a Yankee. The latter. however.
was naturalized EngIIshman. and both
We're privates IN her late Majesty
army and honorably discharged"
"Cleek. my dear fellow. are you a
Magician" said Narkom. sinking into
d chair, overcome
ION, no, my friend merely n man with
a memorE. that's all. and I happen 20
remember a CURIOUS little pool that was
made nap of eight men. Five Of them are
dead The other three are Juan Ava
rez. "a Spauiard. that Lieutenant Edg-
burn, who married and beggared the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
His Soul Missing

IS strange CLEAN came into The eyes
of the insane man. and ne began go
how like a wild beast I'm distress. he
threw himself down at the side OF the
cCfhn, and as the first rays of the
summer dawn made the flames OF the
candles look pale he impl0red the rays
of the sun not to desecrate the tomb
be had made for his love.
ran away like "a coward in search
OF assistance.
L8tyr.ou . heard the whole story.
iue unhappy mans Wife had died
without MS knowledge on their we'd
di,s- night. He aWoke clasuing q dead
BODY ir his arms The shock made
bin insane. though 20 an appearances
le was sane I'm his daily life. He had
his house transformed into n tomb.
where he carried ou long couverS8-
t-,rs with his wife. whose form and
g.. lures had been reproduced boz uJE
Gradually the true state ~ things
r.sr revealed nu his mind. au6 iu q
s.uf-Ig,iE interval le asked fnr uy
as- '-taU"e.
N.. that Doe is 51 a.a IuSau. .-err.
.- .r .ug-.r Insane. 81. KNOWS.
-. ##r uv.r "aN figure H. Says.
mis- -.- s.. ..-..s- 49,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
Two Royal Lovers
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

station of those who open their hearts
to receive it.
But the prince holds the hand Of his
betrothed, and they are walking on a.
public street. They are holding hands
in public, a privilege hitherto denied
all who recognize all laws Of ell.
quette.
Now the question arises since this
picture has appeared in print. does the
little lovers habit Of the prince and
princess make it proper for man TO
hold his girls hand in public and take
her by the arm when they stroll On
the street. The etiquette books sa,
no. The prince and princess say yes.
Photo a Delight.
Is it a special privilege to be grant
ed only to royalty. or is it to be a new
fashion. royalty claiming the right to
set the style in love-making as I.
would decree how long a train a WON
an shall wear to her gown2
What do YOU say?
The books Of etiquette say No, -
and they are a better standard 70 r
lovers in this country than any precs-
dent established by a royal family.
Go on loving! The happiness, the
progress of the whole world depend On
1t, but don't make love" in public.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
Outside Looking In.

Mr.. Brown had been spending an
evening unwisely and too well. lie
arrived home so late and so confused
that he crawled on the nice soft earth
of a flower bed in the middle of the
front lawn and placidly went off 10
sleep.
When he awoke in the morning he
looked up and saw his wife staring
wrathfully down on him from the up
per bedroom window. Still rather
confused, and feeling decidedly chilly.
Mr.. Brown called up to her:
woman. shut that window at once.
Do you want me TO catch my death
of cold?"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02

dimly lit corridor. and up a flight Of
stairs.
Il love my wife dearly" said my
client, "and did not want ANYBODY To
know that she was sick. But now I
feel that the end has come and she is
dead"
He stopped me I'm a large vestibule
Illuminated by many wax candles.
There was a heavy smell of incense,
wax and dust in the air.
Il will go and find her now. Per-
haps she has come back to conscious
ness. She is very sensitive. and the
sight Of stranger might do her
HARM"
= waited little, then ne came back
greatly perturbed.
she is Still unconscious. or worse. 90
he said. Come in. please.
We passed through another cor-i-
dor. then he drew aside a heavy cur
tain. a strange sight met my ewes.
! looked into chapel which had a
domed ceiling tinted with dark blue,
with lustrous stars rejecting the
rays Of hundred candles. At the
back was a. kind Of vault, I'm which
was a coffin containing the motionless
figure of a woman.
] stood spellbOund
THAT is she" he said. For years
she has insisted on sleeping in her
coffin"
! went closer. The body was cold
and rigid. Her long fair hair fell
across her bosom. but her left breast
was bare. Her one hand touched the
floor. Her eyelids were closed. but
the color Of her face was not that ~
dead person, being quite fresh and
rosy.
She is alive I said. a very rare
case Of lethargy."
] bent over her to listen TO her
heart and suddenly stepped back.
What does this classification
mean2" I asked. THAT 10 no wom-
an. but "a wax doll"
The man did not seem 10 have
heard my words. He burst out sob
bling and cried
she is dead doctor, Isn't sha2
Really dead. ] knew this moment
would come Your science can 10
nothing for her But / have pro-
lougcd her life for years Wax. YOU
said" Yes. she looks as if she We're
.. AIDE of wax. bUt that is an illusion,
ana Invention or mine % cure her aud
urp-DTEC her
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/ opened the door and let my visitor
in.
He was a tall, slender man-still
Young, though his hair was white as
snow. His face was CHASTITY pale,
and his black eyes sparlled.
Yes" he said, in decidedly for
eign accent, 1T is a very extraordi-
nary case. My wife has had a stroke,
and does not revive. She has often
had similar attacks before, but they
have never lasted as long as to-day,
and now l became afraid"
While / finished dressing, he said:
1T lis not far just across the
street"
Then lac was the man who lived in
the house of mystery. evidently and
] was to learn its secret. 1 had never
thought that there was a woman
there. and -disCreetly- told him
that / was surprised.
quite natural he replied. No
body knows it, Since my wife was
first taken in il was necessary that I
find an absolutely quiet place / viii
tell yOu-she is insane. She ima-ines
she is dead Perhaps a good many
Of us are dead and do not know il.
/ did not have the heart TO send her
to an asylum, so I built this house.
where I have nursed her myself
am with her as much as possible,
bat often she wants TO be alone, so
/ have a flat in the city, too. This
time. however, ! am afraid she is
really dead"
listened 20 his explanation without
"a word IL was indeed a strange story
my visitor was telling me. Severd!
times 7 wondered if l were not dream
ing. He drew me outside and pulled
the bell cord There was a single
stroke and the door opened itself.
This is little invention of mine.
he said THE door is connected with
a mechanism which tells my wife tina;
/ am coming. so that she does no,
have 30 get up
VERY ingenious 7 said, bat ] io.'
rather uneasy. We went through the
Hau. across the garden entered au-
other house behind. walked through "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
Great Pleasure Derived From Work

Jo br fun of pains and weakness
from head to foot. I have shorJnesS
OF breath and palpitaJluu Of the
heart ! ann So nervous that slight
noise viii cause me To tremble like
"a leaf What I "a does not give
me any strength Nervous indiges-
ton is what the doctors said my
trouble was. ! seem 10 have every
ailment that the system IS heir to,
and often get very discouraged. /
don't expect "a cure. but want YOU
10 tell me if the Quaker Extract
viii DO me any good at all"
The Health Teacher told this lady
that there was "a constitutional
cause FOR an her symptoms which
would Zoe removed by the proper
use of Quaker ENJrdct. she bought
"a treatment of three bottles and
shoulder blades 40 times ] seem
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02

most impossible to say how COR
where ! felt the worst. ] have been
Co several physicians iH this city.
and what with getting presCrip-
jtous filled and buying medicines
that We're recommended ] ann
ashamed tb look at "a druggist Ms
husband is "a hard-wurhng man.
and DO has taken all he could earn
To- pay for treatments for me and
make MS q bare living. When : get
no iu the mornings / have 90 drag
myself around tp get our breakfast,
ana thel. feeling utterly exhausted
win go back t1 bad-I ann troubled
with bot and cold flashes. and have
fearful headaches. sometimes last
irg for DAYS. D seem Geo Doe breaking
lr half across the small of my back
amid hsl. pains ruHuu- up Goo mE
.HHr. .,.. blades a. .m.- D seem
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02

query at him. 1T is. Ell? Wen. by the
Eternal! I once knew a fellow-years
ago. in the Far East-whose feet were
uniformed like that; and il by any pos
sibility- Stop a bit. word more. Is
the man a big feilow-broad shouldered,
muscular. and about forty or forty-five
years Of age?'
You've described him TO a T, dear
chap There is. however. certain other
peculiarly which you have not men
toned though that, Of course may be
a recent requirement The palm OF the
right hand''--
wait a bit. Wait a Bit" interposed
Cleek. a trife irritably. He had swung
away from the window and was now
walking up and down the room with
short nervous steps, his chin pinched up
between his thumb and forefnger and
his eyes fixed upon the floor.
"Saffragam-Jaffn a-Trincomalee. In
all three of them-in all three" he said,
putting his running thoughts into NUT
tered words And now a dead man
sticks his fingers in his nostrils and
talks of sapphires Sapphires. eh?-
Sapphires. And the Saffragam district
stuck thick with them as spangles on a
Nautch girls veil. The Bareva for a
ducat, The Bareva reef or Pm a Dutch
man, And harrington Edwards was in
that with the rest. SO was Peabody;
so was Miles and SO, too. were Lieuten-
ant Edgburn and the Spauiard. Juan
Alvarez Eight Of them, by CAD .-eight.
And I was ass enough to forget, idiot
enough not TO catch the connection until
heard again of Jim peabody's web foot'
But wait, Stop-therc should bee another
marked foot il this is indeed clew TO
the riddle, and So"
He stopped short in his restless pacing
and faced around on Mr. Narkom.
"Ten me something" he said i'm a
sharp staccato 1.-THE four other dead
men, did any among them have an in
iured foot-the left or the right, I for
get which-from which all the toes but
the big one had been torn off by a
crocodile's bite. so that in life the fell
low must have limped q little when he
walked? Did any Of the dead men bear
mark like that?"
NO" said Narkom. "The feet OF all
the others were normal in every par
ticular"
I'll -m-m, That's a bit OF a setback.
And / am either on the wrong track or
Alvarez is still alive What's that? Oh,
IL doesn't matter. a mere fancy Of mine.
that's ALL Now. let US get back TO
our mutton. please. You were going 10
tell me something about the right hand
of the man with the web foot What
was fr1r'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02

matter when smiling faced,
cheerful woman walked into the
drug store and almost overwhelm-
Ell with thanks. This was the same
lady who was only a few week.
before hopeless asd skeptical. II
her hand she carried d package
which when unwrapped proved 70
be Mason Jar which contained
the entire cause of all her suffer
ing. a horrible tapeWorm. head ana
al complete. As feet long, power
less TO do further harm.
sufferers rom stomach. liver, kid-
ney. bladder and blood troubles
should try Quaker Remedies at once
Obtain these wonderful remedies at
Cpursev a Mum s Drug store, -
Marietta Street We prepay eN-
press charges ON an orders of $500
uF owen.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
Easy to Single Out.
The House of Silence y s 81 6RT sF6RY

A T the end of an alley-like
y street in the outskirts of
Pans stands a strange and
.uybidding- looking house. It's gray
walls are massive, with only a few
windows, guarded by heavy iron
bars. TIE entrance is low and mar
ow ana the heavy iron door re-
minds ore of an old prison entrance.
sitors however, are very rare The
windows are always closed. and no
lcht isever seen within The whole
1Isc resembles an immense tomb.
Whn ] was "A young doctor / lived
an apartment in the house oppo-
size. ! had plenty of leisure time,
and my idle hours I often won
d'rer what mysterious secret was
adn in this gloomy building
Neahbors had told me that it had
bee built by some foreign crank
Yeas before and that it concealed
Afreal house, which stood some dis
'-.. baAh HI the EdIQtll. nat NaH
att The stranger never went out, no
irdesman was ever allowed TO en-
'e' and all provisions were passed
trough a special opening at the side
the door made for that purpose
Everybody in the neighbOrhood was
llous TO know more about the
ian, but nobody had been able 10
enetrate the mystery.
The Doctors Visitor.
One night the deep sound of a bel
woke me from my sleep. / got uT
See what il was. Ny door opened
N' enough TO admit "A person. A
ster1ous shadow slipped through
The door closed itself automat-
ally
D GOT up quickly. dressed Apd hur-
'd out but some vague fear made
hesitate
Who is there o. I asked
u is about patient" a voice re-
.ei You must come uvickly.
lp'se t am talking TO- Or. Albir
es I replied. still surprised al
D. Unexpected call. lit ISL" Their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
MAKES YOUR BACKACHE VANISH,
DRIVES RHEUMATIC PAINS AWAY
Eases Stiff Sore Swollen Joints and Muscles Relieving Back
ache Bladder Disorders After Few Doses are IaKen

they can filter the blood and keep
Won Well
If Won suffer with b5oNaehe-
have mains iu the neck or sides
nervous 1r Cizzy srelis-s few doses
Of Croxoue win relieve the couges-
zion and YOU viii De- surprised how
0uicE,Ty an kidney. bladder and
-i7a-,uarir troubles win disappear
Croxona is different from al.
other remedies. be- is -H prepared
-rat ft t= practically Impossible Co
..tIsa 10 INTO the aumau So stem With
..-t results An nlglua. sage "l
CroxDre costs huI Cd tri-'e. aaa 81.
.-uarf-.- are authorized ID" return.
..........-. r..... #r t-.Esu.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02

'-# is what CgoNoue. the new
--al.ao discovery. does for suffer
'L such troubles II promptly
these Diseases because i-
NA-s the cause. II soaks right
.9E walls md Innings of the
and cleaqs out the stopped
tive Organs like water does
>'nz -neuualizes. and dissolves
- .ar-lcles Of uric acid and
The kidneys sift from the
a the waste matter and
'Har ledge iu the joints ami
Co. ~atun and irr.fat- au+
Iud-iSm. ID suOtl.s and
4iI-ate lining uf -a.
na4faFg- che kidney 'a d.
u- .HHIfHE condition. -.t
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
The Health Teacher Says 1t Is
More Gratifying Than Mon
etary Consideration.

During pleasant chat the Health
Teacher brought up the case Of "a
lady living at East Point and VIM.
as near as me can remember. spoke
as follows. 81 DO uot look like "a
very sick woman. but 7 really be-
leve there is uu cure for me- 10 is
only because many a. my neigh
Hur~ have been benefited hy Jle
Quaker Remedies that Q concluded
go ira Jlem. For many years ? have
u-eH "a sufferer aui 30 wrull He aI-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02

4-1HY is matrimony a bore?
INV Primarily because neither
w husband nor wife takes the
n .-r+ast trouble to make it inter
ing for the partners of their bosom
They save their wit and their spar
a r, and their good cheer for company
ss'ons. as they do their cham
n enc They would regard it as rank
Fl .rr.yagance to use for home con-
,nBrfon the social qualities that
DIS them sought after abroad.
n.,a5 water dullness is the CONVERSE
NAL brew poured out at the fam
table.
n IF Won should tell the average man
.a- If was lust as much his business
f.scu his wife interested as it was
grap her fed and clothed he would
ID about for your keeper and won
In now YOU managed to escape from
N your padded cell.
Forget the Starving Mind.
Il rou should tell woman that the
4 s-sr5utv of a good wife is to enter
4 sir her husband, and that it Is a lot
.,rs important to hand him out some
,rf1Eng conversation of an evening
rrar he came home from work than
- is 10 sit him down to a good dinner
.r4 would think you were trying to
s fanny and begin diagraming your
amtrgs to find out where the joke
# amR i'm.
B,th husband and wife feel that
N na9 have been domestic models when
hry have provided for each. others
ratriaI wants. They never consider
-re Spiritual desires. They take heed
If he hungry body, not the starry
4 ugmiui.
Hence the pervading dizziness of
,r5 family circle, and the boredom
~ makes most married couples
rgtn their heads of when they are
iaa 90 that solitude a deuX of which
5t poet wrote so entrancingly, and
vUch is generally the deadliest thing
# u earth when the two happen to
N united in the holy bonds of we'd
IA Heavens knows why, but there
4ams TO be something i'm marriage
hat deprives the ordinary couple of
L. power of entertaining speech,
fhay are not two souls with but a
& Fugle thought" but two souls without
single thOught-Or word 10 say.
f There's never the slightest difficulty
. n picking out husbands and wives
IN any public gathering.
At the theater you see them sit
4 ting up. glum and silent, between the
cts hubby reading even the adver-
s.meuts in the program for want of
n anv other entertainment. Wife scan
n 4rng the audience to see what the
NJ other women have got on. Neither
NJ them making the faintest effort
IA to even look as If he or she was en-
owing the pleasure of seeing a play
"a with a congenial companion.
Easy to Single Out.
other men and women are chat
+ Ing 1heerily and gazing soulfully in
70 each others eyes. and saying
fs gliding the lily and painting the
posse 90 see this play with such an
ularstanding person as YOU But
the muChly -Weds
Nor at a restaurant does IL take
ag Sherlock Holmes power of de-
u.tion to tell who are married and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
A True Bohemian.

your next-door neighbor is a true
Bohemian: he claims TO be able TO
paint pictures on an empty stomach &.
Do you believe it2"
Certainly! He's a tattoo artist"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
BY T. w. HANSHAW.
Copyright by Doubleday. Page & Co.
TODAY'S INSTALLNIENT.

Web footed" repeated NarlSom.
1.-THE several toes are attached one TO
the other by a thin membrane, after
the manner of a ducks feet, and on the
left foot there is a peculiar horny pro-
turberance like"
Like "a rudimentary sixth toe?' inter-
rupted Cleek fairly iinging the eager
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
Why Is Matrimony a Bore2
By DOROTHY DIX.

VINO are not. The singles are having
the time of their lives. The doublas
are engaged in a fight over whether
they shall have wine or water. or a
sandwich or terrapin.
When man takes a woman to
whom he is not married out to din
ner he serves his best conversation
up as a sort of an appetizer to if
ana the woman attempts to pay for
her meal ticket by making herself as
charming as possible. But when a
man takes his wife out to dinner he
does it with the air of a martyr wait
ing for his crown of glory. and the
woman shows her appreciation of his
expenditures in her behalf by telling
him how bad for his stomach are
all the things that he likes to eat
ana by reminding him of what the
doctor said about the effects of cock
talls and rich sauces on his constitu-
ton.
That's why married couples appear
to always be served with funeral
baked beats, no matter what they
may have ordered when they have
their feasts abroad, and why they
'ook so bored that you feel like min
Cling your tears with theirs.
Now, these very people are not
stupid, nor dull, nor silent, nor
grouchy when they are with other
people Why should they be that
way with each other? If they are
able and willing to entertain stran-
gers, why not each other? What is
there in matrimony that takes the
effervescenCe out Of a man and wom-
an and leaves them fiat as last nights
beer?
think it's because the home audi
ence so seldom gives. us the glad hand
when we do our little stunt: and
when we find out that we get no
applause from our own hearthstone
we simply cut out the turn until we
can pull it off before somebody who
Will appreciate ii.
Waste of Eloquence.
What's the use in a man telling his
wife a good story when, instead of
having caught the point, and flavor
ed its humor. and applauded it. she
looks vaguely around and says, Il
saw the Cutest shirtwaist downtown
to-day that had been marked down
from 81 to 1898 and it had real lace
iiANNAA9s anu q ANoDtSl pierre collar ETC.
etc. pc
That kind of treatment shuts a
man up like a clam, and in conse-
quence Of il he sits up in silence at
home and saves his conversational
fireworks for some other lady than
Mrs. Wife
What's the use of a woman I'M
loading her little budget of gossip for
a man at dinner if he looks distract.
or reads the paper while she talks to
him, and only mumbles, en- m m M
m-m,' when she asks him if the scan
dal she has ben telling him isn't per-
fcctly shocking, or If he ever heard
Of the like of something else?
II doesn't take her long to come to
the conclusion that it's a waste of eff
fort to try to entertain a man who is
as responsive as store window
dummy would be, and so throws up
her hands and quits
And that's one reason why matri-
mony is "A bore. Neither husbands nor
wives think it worth while to be
agreeable and entertaining at home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-02
Betrothal Announced.

Their betrothal was formally an
nounced at Carlsruhe the other day,
and they are said 20 be the happies-
pair Of lovers in all Europe. And the
photograph shows il.
He has his arm through hers; their
hands are clasped. and he is looking
down into her upturned face with an
expression of a prince when gazing at
his betrothed. As for the princess!
Walk out into the country and some
where along some country lane you
will see a farmers daughter gazing
into the sun tanned face of a son OF
toll with the same look-a look that
sees heaven beyond.
In the crowded streets Of the city
i'm the more humble walks Of life
where love has a way of telling ITS
story in tones that are sincerest, the
expression in the eyes of the princess
is duplicated in the eyes Of all girls
who love. The little sales girl has
the same divine light I'm her eyes. II
is a proof that love comes TO all IN
the same guise, no matter what the