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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-09

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Stanley HarEreRve, millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den of the
gang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred, lives the life of a recIuse
for eighteen years. HarErenve one night
enters n Broadway restaurant and there
comes face 10 face with the gangs
leader, Braine.
After the meeting, during which
neither mnn apparently recognizes the
other, Hargreave hurries to his magnih-
cent Riverdale home and lays plans for
making his escape from the country. lie
writes a letter to the girls school in
New Jersey where eighteen years before
he had mysteriOusIy left on the doorstep
his baby daughter, Florence Gray. He
also pays "a visit to the hangar of "A
daredevil aviator.
BraIne and members of his band sur
round Hargreave's home at night, hut as
they enter the house the watchers out
side see a balloon leave the roof. The
safe is found emDty-the million which
Hargreave was known to have drawn
that day was gone. Then some one an
nounced the balloon had been punctured
and dropped into the sea.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Countess Olga, Bruine's companion. Wis
it's her and claims to be a relative. Two
bogus detectives call, but their plot Is
fOiIed by Norton, n newspaper man.
BY bribinE the captain of the Orient
Norton lays a trap for Braine and his
gang. Countess Olga also visits the ORR
ent's captain and she easily falls into the
reporters snare. The plan proves abor-
tive through Brnine's good luck, and
only hirelings fall into the hands of the
police.
After falling in their first attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money, but she escapes, again
foi1ing them.
Norton and the countess call on Flor
ence the next day, once more safe mt
home. The visitors having gone, Jones re-
moves n section OF flooring, an from n
cavity takes a box. Pursued by members
of the Black Hand who have been watch
Ing his movements, he rushes to the
water 'front.' thrilling race in motor
bOnts ensues. Jones drops the box into
the sea and with his automatic sets IRE
TO the pursuing boat.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-09
copyright: 1914: BY Harold MaeGrath.l
CHAPTER. VI.

fcN I'D you get the ranger" asked the
countess, when late that night
- Braine recounted his adventure
"Rangs!" be snarled. My
girl, haven't just told you that had to
fight for my life? My boat was in flames.
We had to swim for it till we were picked
up by Long Island barge tug l don't know
what became of the motor man. He must
have headed straight for shore. And I'm glad
be did Otherwise he'd be bowling for the
price of another boat. Olga, for the first time
I've had to let one of the boys have a look at
my face Doesn't know the name but one Of
these days he'll stumble across It, and the
result will be blsckmail, unless l push him
of into the dark. 1t was accidental"
The countess leaned forward, her hands
tightly clenched.
" But the boxl"
Braine made a gesture of despair.
Leo, are you using any drug these days7"
" Don't make fun of me. Olga" impahently.
Did you ever see me drink more than pint
Of wine or smoke more than two cigars In
an evening? Poor fools What let my brain
go into the wastebasket for the sake of an
hour or SO Of exhilaration? No, and never
win l. I'm keen about the gray matter I've
got and by the Lord Harry, I'm going to keep
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-09
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST

The prise of $4,000 t0iH be ICON BY the
man. ,comdn, or child toho ,Drites tho Haost
accountable ISOLATION of the mystery from
tchick the last tico reels Of motion picture
droWa tciu be made aud the l0st too
chapters Of the story teritten by Harold
MocGrdth.
Solutions moy be sent to the ThOn-
houser Film corporation, either at Chicago
or Neto York, any time up to midnight
Dec. II. This olloIcs -four toeeks after the
fret appearance Of the last fl'H releases
and three toeeks after the last chdpter -
published in this paper in tohioh to submit
solutions.
A boord Of three judges toiu determine
tohioh of the many solutions received Is the
most acceptable. The judgment Of this
board tviu be absolute aud final Nothing
of a literary nature tDill be considered in
the decision, nor given any preference N
the seleotion Of the toinner Of the $4,000
prise. The last taco reels, tchich toiU 0tve
the most acceptable solution to the mys-
tsrE, COLL DO presented in the thedters
Aapinp this feature as soon as It IS pos
sible to produce the same. The story CORE
spondiHg to these motion pictures toH dp-
peor IN the netoSpdperS ooiRcidentdly, or
as soon after the appearance OF the pto-
tSres az practicable. With tho lest ttoo
reels aoiu BE- shoton tho pictures 4 ne totn-
ner, his or her home, and other interesting
features. II Is understood that the netos-
papers, so far as practicable, printing
tho last too chapters of the story By HOr-
old MocGrath, toiH also shotU picture OF
the successfuI contestdnt.
Solutions to the mystery must not be
more than 100 '0ords long. Here are
somo questions to be Kept In mind 90
connection toith the mystery as an aid to
q solution:
No. 1-Wkdt become, Of the aHoHGiref
No. s-What becomes Of the $1,000 00t
No. S-Whom does Florence mdrTyf
No. 4-Whdt becomes of the Russian
CONTEST
Nobody connected either directly or in
directly toith 4" The Million Dollar Mys-
tern" toiU be considered as coHtestGnt,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-09
$4,000 FOR 100 WORDS.

/" The Million Dollar Mystery" storY
toiH run for ticenty-ttoo consecutive toeeks
IN this paper, By an GrrGng Jnaent to'th
the Thanhouser Film company It has been
made possible not only to read the story
IN this paper but also to see it each toeek
in the various moring picture thedters.
For the tolution of this mystery story
$4,000 tcW be giren.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

A Domestic SqudbbLe That Led To War of Conquest.
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King Charles of France-who. way
las Charles o.
Dedrus
the Fnkn @ when he wentysx Caroman also for
share Of Pepin domains The Kings mother
Charlenagne
IN 10
of to
reaching results Desderu Lombard
noble o rebellion
There revolt
of
fed Deseus
Deiderius cordially.
to his
He
months
wakng throughout LOmbardy
triumph
o
had
to ongse
broke A
Desderius Adegs by hand
himself of
the
of the civilized world and he had
by his quarrel with Desdeaa
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
Old People Need
A Bowel Stinuldnt
The Ideal One is a Mild Ld1d-
tive Tonic that Will Keep
the Bo1DelS Gently Active

Healthy old age is so absolutely dc
pendent upon the condition of the
bowels that great care should be ta-
ken TO sec that they act regularly.
The fact is that as age advances the
stomach muscles become weak and
inactive and the liver does not store
up the juices that are necessary to
prompt digestion.
Some help can be obtained by cat
ing easily dIgestcd foods and by
plenty of exercise. but this latter j."
iTksome to most elderly people. me
thing is certain: that a state Of con-
stjpatiOn should always be avoided.
as II is dangerous to lite and health.
The best plan is to take mild IaXa-
tive as often as is deemed Necessary.
But with equal certainty il is sug-
gested that cathartics. purgatives,
physics. salts, and pills be avoided. Us
they do but temporary good and are
cate system.
A much better plan and one that
thousands of elderly people are fol
lowing. Is 20 take a gentle laxative
tonic like DR.. CaldWelrs Syrup Pep
sin, which acts as nearly like nature
as is possible. In fact, the tendency
OF this remedy is to strengthen Ihe
stomach and bowel muscles and so
train them to act naturally again,
when medicines of all kinds can us
ually be dispensed with. This is the
opinion Of many peuple of different
ages, among them Mrs. Mary A. p.
Davidson. Of University Mound Home,
san Francisco. Cal. She is-7e, and be-
cause of her sedentary habits had
Continual bowel trouble. From the
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
TIMES BEDTIME STORIES

said it would take the message, and
that night when the moon came out the
star told Mr.. Moon what Mr.. Sun asked.
The face of the old man broadened
with a smile, and then he laughed,
You can tell Mr.. Sun that his flowers
were destroyed by the goblins," he
said; those naughty fellows tried to
play a trick on my little fairies, and
they were the victims"
But / will see what can do when the
fairies come out tonight, because 1 do
not like to see all those rocks any bet
ter than Mr.. Sun, and think the fairies
will think the goblins have been pun
ished enough b. tonight
So when the fairies came into the dell
that night the Moon Man set a moon
beam to ask the Queen, to pay lin
call.
The Queen said she would, and the
moon beam made a path for her car
rage straight up to the old Moon Man.
When the Moon Man told the Queen
the request the sun had made she did
not reply, but when the Moon Man said,
Il wish also that you would bring back
the flowers, they were not to blame be-
cause the naughty Goblins used them to
side under" then she said she would
think II over.
The Queen drove back to her fairies
and found them all huddled together
looking forlorn and unhappy.
We miss our flowers" said one, "and
these rocks look so cold and black in
the moonlight l almost wish we had
not turned the goblins to stone
I'VE will change them to their nat
uraI shape again if you feel that way
said the Queen; the MOON man sent
for me and asked me to do so. He does
not like the rocks any better than we
do
And the sun man misses the flowers.
He sent word 10 us tonight to try and
find them. OF course. he did not know
what had happened
''Perhaps il we send message to him
and tell him how the goblins bother US
| he will tell them. and tell them they
| must change their wicked ways" said
fairy.
'Oh. do give us our flowers again. -
cried all the fairies. dancing around
their Queen.
! II think the goblins have been pun
ished enough for this time said the
Queen. ''and I will give them their forms
again and let the flowers come back"
Each little fairy flew 70 rock and
| touched Il with her wand. and up jump
ed a goblin. who looked around and
| rubbed his eyes.
They thev remembered what had hap
pened. and off they ran to their rocks
end into them, tumbling over each other
| In their haste.
| The fairies had their reveI that night
| without any trouble. and when the sun
| looked into the dell the next morning
there were his flowers looking up to
greet him.
Tomorrow story: Agatha Belle
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

. HE Ysaye Godowsky Gerard
concert at the National Thea
ter this afternoon at 4:so
o'clock will be one of the most no.
table music events of the season.
Last year the Belgian violinist, and
the pianist, Godowski, were heard
here in concert, but this year Jean
Gerardy, the cellist, has been added.
Gerardy was a child prodigy, and his
work at the age of seventeen was re-
markable. The more mature work
of his manhood is a complete fulfill
ment of the promise of his boyhood.
Ysaye has acquired a reputation for a
dislike of modern music, but this is
true only in the case of affected and,
to quote the master himself, "ugly"
compositions. He is eminently an
intellectual musician, and is glad to
welcome any new composition that is
both beautiful and scholarly.
Leopold Godowski has long been rec
ognized as one of the few great
pianists of the day, has his own par
ticular following, and in combining
a rare interpretative ability with a
fawless technique has done much to-
ward introducing heretofore unfa-
miliar and rare compositions.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

slogan. fOTly! COUNT Slh'
Forty!'' was a byword for many years.
It was the custom at that time for
the companies TO pay the hotel bills OF
the performers as well as their railroad
fares A few days before they were to
open In Philadelphia for their initial ap-
pearance in that city the colonel" cali
ed the boys together and impressively
told them that when they arrived in the
Quaker City they were going to stop
at the Continental Hotel, at that time
one of the famous hostelrles of the
country.
"And. boys" continued Mr.. Haverly,
Il went YOU to be as careful and cor
rect in your manner and speech as You
possibly can. know you will be
credit to yourselves as well as me.
They said that they would. Monday
they opened. All went well. Tuesday
morning at breakfast the cork boys
were deeply immersed in the papers,
looking up the notices" to see how
good they were
George Harley, whose wonderful fall
setto voice was for many years a fea-
ture of minstrel entertainments, was at
the table. In addition there were Mr..
and Mrs. Billy Rice. Bill Foote, the
manager; John H. Lee, the secretary,
the company. Harley was very near
sighted and was quite busy with his
paper when the waiter addressed him
with:
Coffee" said the singer, without
looking up.
The waiter didn't understand.
"Order, please
"Coffee," repeated Harley in his high
pitched voice.
Still it wasn't plain to the knight OF
the napkin.
Order. please"
Coffee YOU, COfee,
And the waiter brought him coffee.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
81 Can Never Love Thee.

The late Fanny Davenport played
Pittsburgh once; in fact, she played it
several times, but it was. on this par
ticular occasion that the following little
anecdotelet occurred:
A certain clerk in a certain hotel
had an evening off and he decided to
spend 1t by paying homage 10 the
great tragic actress. He was hand
some chap and as he started for the
theater many feminine heads found
occasion TO look his way.
Before arriving at the theater. how
ever. he made several calls at places
where liquid refreshments were served,
nor did he leave them until he had his.
When he arrived at the playhouse
he was dignified and-mellow. AS he
was relieving himself OF his overcoat
Miss Davenport was having a scene
with the villain and was saying: Il
can never love thee" at the same time
looking at the handsome one in front,
who Immediately picked UP mis- hat
and coat, left his seat and looking sor-
rowfully at the tragedielne, he said:
We'll. that settles it." And he left
the theateT.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
New Lighting Effects

q o much Importance Is nowadays
attached to lighting effects in
- homes that hostesses are con-
stantly on the lookout for making the
various living rooms attractive after
sunset. While most women prefer TO
light their drawing rooms with the side
sconces in crystal. glass with silver. all
silver. brass or bronze. a few cling TO
the center chandelier In any OF the
above materials, toning its glare. how
ever, with art glass shades which do
not cast deep shadows upon the face. as
do so many Of the indiscreetly managed
"high-lighting'' schemes.
The piano now has its individual light
in the form of lamp Of verde antique
coated metal topped by classic shade
In art glass, arranged to throw its
beams only on the music rack and the
keyboard.
OF various classic shapes are the
boudoir lamps in old ivory, old verde
and Roman gilt, anil fitted with crystal
shades In duh rich hues, and also the
library reading lamps with tanks Of
generous proportions, chiefly in dun
brass, artistically etched. second
phase of the library lamp is a stunning
affair wholly in hammered brass. which
hangs from the ceiling by a heavy brass
link chain Some Of these swinging
reading lamps are reproductions Of the
gate and porch lantersn of Colonial and
even older periods. Wonderfully inter-
esting are the Oriental lamps Of ham
nered metals with Turkish shades in
verde metals and amber glass.
Three-branch candleabra-a single tail
spire in the center. fanEed TO right and
left with widespreading armS-aTe TIE.
fashionable lights for dining tables
They are unique in the old-ivory-tnted
compositions, in antique or verde-eoated
metals and in silver. but moSs Of all
attractive are those with silver branch
es. spire and cups supported by = cut
glass standard.
For the bedroom there are UNIQUE
night lamps in the shape OF Cay tree
whose trunk Is fitted with an electric
button which sends a food Of light un-
Ger a three-cornered chintz shade thai
represents the bush OF the tee BY
simply feeling for and pressing the but
ton one may consult the clock on the
bedside table without bothering 70
strike a match
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
A Source of Glory.

A LII Scotchmen take pride in their
n native land, but none more than
i the old gardener of Duddington,
Of whom the New York Tribune tells
the following story:
The gardener was showing TO a tourist
the beauties of the loch and Of the little
village. II was evening, and as he eX-
patiated on the lovely scene. and on the
glories Of his country, the moon rose
over the hill.
The old man stopped short in the
middle of a speech, and gszed at the
moon in admiration.
After a moment ne turned TO the tour
ist and said: There's a moon fur We,
! tell ye, mon, we're a grand nation
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
Teaching Children

THERE is a young mother whose
ingenious methods for keeping
ncr lively brood of youngsters
apply occupied on a rainy afternoon
aF' ;Ie marvel OF her friends, besides
,ch they serve a very useful purpose
{ .- Ine children as well. Perhaps her
. .EEe sLiCns may be helpful TO some
otncr mothers
neighbor who had dropped in. in
formally, the other afternoon and asked
frr the mother was directed 10 the
= IGrEcTy. but paused at the door. beWii-
rrrrd by the sounds az tumult inside.
Presently one lusty cheTub Of six strobe
Iast her hauling after him, by means
Cl discarded shawl strap, a huge head
less toll
the wallis OF Troy" he announced
sweetly. and went his CORY way. and
then from somewhere in the back
ground the mother appeared, laughing
and blUsh.ng.
Don't be shocked" she pleaded. but
This is my method of teaching history
d mythology and a few other things
l. the little ones. You see,' She cX
i.8ined, when ! was q kiGdie myself l
aE 50 fond OF dressing up and pretend
IT, 10 be somebody else that my fond
ylTents y was an only child believed
T.C destined 10 rival DUse or Bernhardt
on the stage. Indeed, ! myself cher
iEhed secret feeling that the stage
had lost "a treat star when ] turned TO
COmesticity-tha is, / cherished II until
my own small fry came along
''Thcn { discovered differently, but /
also discovered that the average i'm
aCinaiiN' CHILD taud most children
arc ln@EInItvcb IS an instructive
Es'gr, AID probably ] was no better
then ';..'.rs al my day. Children Ike
% play ~ b' il" "rORn UP.
'Al} 1."ICs Tiaycd the Boston tea
PARTY ..a tie royaEc Of Columbus,
and ,..m;.. Of othc- incidents from
'1ncrtr:.f. r's:ory IS we'll as a little
ON VI. thUio-v and general history
''.- btlp." they could read. , I've
..nilsriZ-d them Wilh good many OF
3D." '.asai"s OF Itera:urc-Of course,
-vo ~ own 10" nf cxUuTEa ting-and
even .,fh N;tl" bit al Shakespeare,
ard tie TACT that 'h'!r father has been
p. I'm. lGem in has "-'a.TGs at home
."m' 81 tho stori g pf 'h- Trojan war
counts for this GaInr toLay-
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

day sic began taking Dr. CaldweIrs
Syrup Pepsin she has had no further
inconV nIence, and naturally she is
glad TO say kind things of this rSnI-
cdy.
\ bottle can be bought of any drug
gist at fifty cents or ono dollar. Ieo-
pie usually buy the tifty-ccnt size
first. and then, having convinced
themselves of ITS merits, they buy
the dollar size, which is more eco
nomiCal. Results are always guaran-
teed or money will b" refunded. Ed
erly pCrEons of both SEXES can follow
these suggestions with every assmr-
anCe OF good results
Families wishing to try "A free sam
pie bottle can obtain il POSTPAID by
addressing Dr. W. e Caldwell. 4l9
Washington St, Monticello, Ill. y
postal card with your name and ad
dress en- IL will do.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
Escaping Danger.

w HILE visiting his nephew in the
'" city, Uncle Sam ShimmeTpate
stopped in front of a notion
picture billboard on which were display
ed pictures of lions, tigers, elephants
and other African wild animals.
Great guns, Henry" he said TO his
nephew. I'm mighty glad L leave town
Saturday afternoon"
why are you SO anxious to get
away asked the nephew.
Pointing to the billboard, Uncle Sam
read aloud the words: ITO be released
SATURDAY. night"
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

Uncomfortable as is Afghanistan to
foreigners generally, the ruler of that
country has given an American engi-
peer authority &c build a $600,00O hy-
droeIectric plant to light his capital ami
provide power for its industries.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

The roads Of the plains UC Argentina
ave deeper dust 81 summer ana deeper
mud in winter than those of any other
part Of the world, consequently IKE
wagons used on them have wheels from
Ex TO fifteen feet in diameter.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

well said in New York:
"A certain YakubiCka, a Bohemian
urChin, rose suddenly the other after
noon in the midst Of lesson. piled his
books in orderly heap and proceeded to
Clump out OF the room
'Yakubicka, where are you going?'
the astOnished teacher asked.
Teacher Yakubicka answered
GraYely, exactly fourteen years ago at
p. m. in the afternoon ] was born. So
! am now entitled to quit school
From the doorway he waved his
hand at his fellow students
So long, fellers,' he said, I'm off to
learn pantmakiD'
The Washington times., 1914-01-23

see if you would help an
unfortunate mortal along his way
Il would be most happy to do so.
replied the man who had opened the
door, speaking in courteous tones, but
l have an ingrOwing nail on the toe
of my right foot which makes il ex-
tremely sensitive"
Perceiving that he had called at the
wrong address, the self-styled unfortu-
nate moved on.
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
Anecdotes of Actors
What He Ordered.

organization of Haverly
Il Mastodon Minstrels in 1873 was a
i great event in theatricals. The
slnpnn 'sFnrtYt Count 'eni
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
A Future John D.

A PROPOS OF compulsory school at
Il tendance. Superintendent Max
well said in New York:
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
InCaDacitated.

Wv tramp, II just stopped to
see IL YOU would help an
The Washington times., 1914-01-23
LITTLE CAUSES OF BIG WARS
By ALBERT PAYsoN TERHUNE.
Copyright. 1914. by the Press Publishing Coz

A, Domestic SqudbbIe That Led To a War of c,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-04-17
MARsHALLTOWN il ITEMS.

Mrs. Grace Humphrey entertained
the Dunbar Progressive club at the
home of her mother, Mrs. I. l.. Brown,
last Wednesday. Delegates were
elected for the convention as follows:
Mrs. Grace Humphrey and Miss Ben-
lah Wheeler, alternate. The club will
meet with Mrs. Sadie Warn next
week.
Mrs. William Brown Of Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, was a guest at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. Romans last Friday.
She also delivered lecture at the
Second Baptist church, which was
largely attended. Supper was served
after the lecture. gxt !. r..
Mrs. Fred Simms, formerly Miss
Lulu Gilmore, left last week for To-
ledo, Iowa, where she will make her
home Mr.. Simms is electrician at
one Of the leading theaters there.
Mrs. Rederick Of Grinnell, Iowa, is
in the city visiting her daughter.
Miss Mayme Rederick. While here
she is the guest Of Mrs. w. D. Craw-
ford. s5Ss ,s;
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-04-17

Record, the senior class monthly
publication, was distributed last
week and by the courtesy Of the
principal, J. H. Simms, we received
the current issue.
The soda fountain at Thompson's
drug store has reopened for the sea-
son. So when in need Of drugs, toilet
articles, ETC., or q cold, refreshing
drink don't forget our only druggist.
At our city election on the 7th inst.
the mayor, Mr.. e. Marshall, and the
city treasurer, Mr.. F. Allen, were the
only republicans elected. Thus the
city council remains democratic.
Rev. Prince of Kansas City, Kans.,
who has been "called" as the pastor
of Francis Street Baptist church, has
spent most of this week in our city
in consultation with the officers and
members Of that church.
Miss Francis Fields gave recep-
tion Monday afternoon in honor Of
the Mesdames Woods and Winn of
Des Moines. The latter was former
ly a resident Of this city. During
the reception the Brewer and Thomas
Mandolin club played all the latest
music. About 100 ladies were there
during the receiving hours.