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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23
Children, Color Up This Picture.

Copyright. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
catr.)
Long time ago, in the days when
the Indian hunters followed the trail
of the bear and the deer far into the
mountains, the little boys would watch
the hunters 60 away from the camp in
the early morning and wish that they,
too, could go. Sometimes one boy
would run after the hunters short
distance, and then an old man would
call out
= "Flo, little one! Do you think you
are the brother Of the bear, and do you
60 to hunt with the Wild Boy?" Then
the boy would come back to the camp.
Tell me about the Wild Boy and
the bear!' the little boy would say
and while the old man shaped tiny
arrow for the boys tiny bow, he would
tell this story:
1t was in the days when the people
lived close beside the river which runs
south, and when everybody was happy
and had plenty to cat. There was a
young woman who lived with her
seven brothers, who We're all good
hunters. She kept the home for them,
and dressed the skins of the animals
when her brothers brought them in.
And all day she was singing.
But once the hunters did not come
back at night, and this young woman
sat up and waited for them
On the seventh night, some enc
came to the house where the young
woman sat and knocked at the door.
"Siyu!" (helloD said voice outside
and the young woman went to the door
to see who it was.
Out in the moonlight stood the Wild
Boy, with his bow and his CULVER OF
arrows over his shoulder
Who are your" asked the young
woman.
y am the Wild Boy, and have come
to make bargain with you," said the
boy, who stood in the moonlight 81
Will go and find your seven brothers
and bring them back to you if you will
marry me. I have lived in the trees
with the bees and the birds so long
that l am getting lonely"
And the young woman studied about
what the Wild Boy said long time be.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23
CHAPTER kin.

# An Agent From Russia.
The Black Hundred, not as indiyft1u-
ais but as an organization, began to
worry. Powerful, and often reckless
and daring because it was powerful.
it began to look about for some basic
cause for all these failures against
Hargreave's daughter and Hargreave's
ghost. They had tried to put the In.
quisitive reporter out of the way: they
had laid every trap they could think
OF to catch the mysterious visitor at
the Hargreave home; they had thrown
out a hundred lures to bring Har.
greave out of his lair and failed; and
they had lost dozen valuable: men
and several thousand dollars. This
must end somewhere, and quickly
The one ray of hope for the conspi-
rators lay in the fact that Florence
had never seen her father and knew
not in the least what he looked like.
They determined to try again in this
direction.
Give it all up" said the countess
to Braine. Il tell you, whatever ia
back of all this is stronger than we
are. He knows the organization, and
for all we know he may be a ghost" :,
II never 90 back" smiled Braine.
There's something more than the mil.
lion. There's the sport of the thing.
We've been bested in a dozen bouts,
and nearly always by fluke. They
/ We the breaks, as they say out at the
i'olo grounds"
but the time and expense when
we might be getting results elsewhere!
l tell you, Leo, I'm afraid. It's like
always hearing some one behind you
and never finding anybody when you
turn. l have told you my doubts. I
have also asked you to trap that but
Ter, but you've always laughed" ?
You are seeing ghosts, Olga. A
ne" man from holy Russia shrug-
cling, lis coming tonight. Evidently
The head over there thinks our contri-
buttons of late have not been I'D to
the mark, and they are going to stir
US up. | am willing to wager my soul,
however, that that box is simply a
aoax to befuddle us Either that or it
aolds the key. But the rest of them
insist that the box must be recovered.
when | leave this room tonight l am
folng over to Riyerdale and stalk all
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ally dropped in, for he often picked up
a valuable bit of maritime news.
Dunkers was an old friend of the bar.
keeper, and he proceeded to pour and
guzZle down his throat a very poor
substitute for whisky. He became
communicative. He Dragged. He knew
where there was a million, and all he
needed was first-class diving bell. A
year from now he would not be drink.
Ing cheap whisky; he'd be steering a
course up and down Broadway and
buying wine when he was thirsty.
He was no miser. But he had to have
diving bell; and where the blue devil
could he get one with $12 and an
Ingersoll watch in his pocket?
From his table Vroon made a sign
which the bartender understood. Then
he rose and approached Dunkers.
Il own a pretty good diving appar.
atus." he said. ''If you've got the
goods, I'll take q chance on fifty.
fifty basis" Vroon did not believe
there was anything back of his talk;
but it always paid to dig deep enough
to find out. Have drink; and, Bill,
give us a real whisky and none oil
your soap-lye. Now, let's hear your
yarn
Il don't know yuh," said Dunkers,
with drunken caution. How is It.
Bill?" turning to the bartender.
Hes the goods, jim You've heard
of Wyant & Coz"
Sure I've heard O. them. Best
d1vin' apparatus they is.
well, this gent here is Mr.. Brooks,
general manager for Wyant & Co. /
can 0. K him"
Vroon threw an appreciative glance
at the bartender He was not affiliated
with the Black Hundred, but he had
often aided Vroon in minor affairs.
All right, if yuh say So Bill. Well
here's tn yarn
And when he had done, Vroon
smoked quietly without speaking.
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fore she agreed that If he would brina
back her seven brothers She would
be his wife. Then the Wild Boy raI
away into the woods and the young
woman went to sleep for the first tint
in seven nights. & E,:' = ~
AS the Wild Boy went swift,
through the woods he sang the sons
which the young woman had Away
sung as she worked. And the bear
who slept at the edge of meadow be-
side the river, heard the song and go
up and went to see who it was sing
ing s..2a...:,s /
And the bear met the Wild Boy IL
the meadow and asked him where hi
was going. 49,. 80 -
Il am going to find the seven broth
ers of the young woman who is to bt
my wife" said the Wild Boy. AMI
then the bear laughed. Est9a5
You will never find them," said Thu
bear, unless l go with you to show
you the road across the notch in thu.
mountains which leads into the Dars
enlng Land. 4 & II; 'is- 2
Then YOU must come with me righl
away" said the Wild Boy 4 2%@dt
What will you do for me-" asked
the bear, If come with you?" 81.
Il will be your friend" said the Will
Boy. .., ,~H:s,.
That will not do" said tho bean;
You must be my brother!" I'LL,
And for a while the Wild Boz
studied about what the bear had said
and than he agreed that he would hi
the bears brother. So the bear passed
his tongue over both cheeks of thu
Wild Boy, and the two went on to find
the seven lost hunters. @5&
In the Darkening Land they found
the seven brothers of the youns
woman and brought them back to heji
house. But then, when the younf
woman got ready to 80 with the WilSf
hoy as his wife, the Wild Bow cried
out:
NO, do not want wife, for I an,
prother to the bear, and l must stay ia
live In the woods!" And ever since
me wild Boy has lived in the woods
where only the bears know where Il
find him. w as
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Faces.
ceiling above. And some day, my
energetic friend, I'm going to pay you
back for that bullet"
Count Paroff cleared his voice and
laid his plans before his audience.
ITO act frankly and in the open
to go boldly to the Hargreave home
and proclaim myself Hargreave. 7
can disguise myself in a manner that
Will at least temporarily fool the but
Ier."
Who has been with his master for
! fourteen years, knows every move.
habit, gesture, Infection" interposed
Bralne. But proceed, count, proceed
You will remember the old adage;
too many cooks"
"Ah," flashed back the count, "but
new COOKE"
Olga touched Braine's arm warn.
Ingly.
You mean, then, that there has
been talk in St. Petersburg of dispos-
ing of some one?"
"A good deal Of talk, SIR haughtily,
forgetting that he had bent humbly
enough but few moments gone
:. Every well; go on
Thought the man at the peephole
above: There's another adage. When
thieves fall out, then honest men get
their dues. Yes, yes; proceed, pro-
ceed!"
Paroff went on. Il shall, then, go
frankly to the Hargreave house and
: claim my own. Meantime l leave to
you the business of Turing the butler
away. Half an hour is all l need to
bring that child here, to break the
wall that stands between us and what
we seek" r.
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i oy myself. I'm going to get a glimpse
OF that mysterious stranger He car.
rles scar of mine somewhere, for !
nit him that night
! The door opened and the executive
chamber became silent.
Count Paroff." doomed the voice
of Vroon. He will present his Gre
dentials"
This Formally was executed as Ire
scribed by the rules; and Count Par.
off was given. his chair. He spoke for
while, rather pompously:
The head organization is not sat
isfied with its offspring in this Har.
greave affair."" he said in conclusion.
You are SLOW"
Then you have come with some
suggestions for the betterment of our
business?" asked Braine ironically.
Sir, this is not the hour for flip
pancy," said the agent coldly.
Braine made sign with his hand
sign not observed by every one.
Instantly Paroff bent lowly. He rec.
ognized that the speaker was the &C.
tual, not the nominal, head of the
American branch
What are your suggestions?" in
CURED the nominal head from his
chair, anxious to avoid clash be-
tween the newcomer and the trucu.
lent master of them all
II have been Informed that Har
greave's daughter has never seen her
father, not even a photograph of him"
said Paroff, more amiably.
I'VE are absolutely certain that
this Is the CASE said the nominal
head, who was known as the presi.
dent. But we tried one play in that
direction, and 1t failed miserably."
i have the story" replied Paroff
1T was clumsily done The ruse was
an old one"
Braine was frank enough to admi,
the truth OF this statement, however
much he disliked the admission. He
nodded
Il have authority to take hand In
his affair. We cannot waste all sum.
mer. Those government plans of the
rtifications of the Panama are wait
ing. There's your millions. But the
fact remains that it Is the Law of the
black Hundred never to step down
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23

Don't yuh believe it," demanded
Dunkers, truculently.
But 500 feet of water, in a coral
botT om, and no way of telling Just
VIII re it fell overheard. That's a tough
PRO 7osjtion'
20, it is. is it? I'm a sailor. I can
lay my hand right over tn spot. Do
yum think Id be fool enough t. hunt
Tor 1t without perfect range?" Dunk
trs tapped his coat pocket suggestive.
~.
And Vroon knew that the one thin 9
he wanted was there. a plan or draw
ing of the range So there was another
man shanghaied that night, and his
destination was Cape Town, % DAYS
voyage by the calendar.
Vroon carried his information to the
organization that same night. They
would start the expedition at once,
and till this was accomplished, Har-
greaye's daughter was to be immune
from attacks. Besides, 1t would give
Fargrta"e wherever he was) and the
others the idea that the Black Hun.
dred had concluded to give up the
chase
Above, with his ear to a small hole,
skillfully bored through the ceiling
without permitting the plaster to fall
knelt a man with bandaged arm. He
could never see any faces; no one
ever took Off a mask in this sinister
chamber. But there were voices, and
he was going to forget some of them
After the meeting came to an end,
ne waited an hour after, and then stole
down into the street by the aid of the
fire escape. Later, he entered a tele.
phone booth and called up Jones.
Then, one leathern and steel box
dotted with bits of ivory. and mother.
of-pearl, became two; and the second
one was soaked in mud and salt water
for two weeks till you could not have
told 1t from the original. And that is
why Jones was able, some weeks later
to hide once more the original box.
AS for the substitute, just as Rraine
was about to use a mallet and chisel
upon it, the lights went out. There
was a wild scramble, a chair or two
was overturned.
THE door, the door!" shouted
Braine, furious
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23
Copyright, 1919. by Harold MacGrath)

~~A>S
Suddenly the two men closed surged
back and forth, one determined to
take and the other to hold this mys-
tsrious box. Dunkers struggled to up
hold his word: not that he really
wanted the box but to prove that he
was strong enough to take it If he
wanted to. The name on the box
flashed and disappeared. 1t was kind
Of shock to him. He and Blossom went
battering against the rail. Dunkers'
grip slipped and so did Blossoms. The
result was that the box was catapulted
into the sea. With an agonizing cry,
Blossom leaned far over He saw the
box oscillate for moment, then sink
gracefully in zigZag course, down
through the blue waters: Fainter and
Fainter it grew, and at last vanished.
I'm sorry, Steve; but yuh wouldn't
let me look at it, said Dunkers, con-
eritely.
Damn you; I'm goin' t. kill " for
that!"
1t became real fight this time, fist
and foot, tooth and nail; one mad with
the lust to kill and the other desper-
ately intent on living. 1t was one Of
those contests in which honor and
zair play have no part. But for the
timely arrival of the captain and some
OF the crew Dunkers would have been
badly injured, perhaps fatally. They
hauled back Blossom, roaring out his
oaths at the top of his lungs. 1t took
half an hours arguing to calm him
down. Then the captain demanded to
know what it was all about. And
blubbering Steve told him.
Six hundred feet of water, if I've
got my reckoning right The anchor
hes in 60 feet, but the starboard side
drops sheer 600. You swab! Why
didn't you bring the box to me? A
man has right to what he finds. Id
have taken care of it for you till we
got back to port. know; you were
greedy; you thought ! might want to
stick my fist into your treasure. And
you IL never find it in 800 feet of water
and tangled, porous coral. That's what
you get for being a blamed hog. AS
Tor you,' and the captain turned to
Dunkers, get YOU dunnage and your
pay and hunt for another boat back.
won't have no murder on board Cap
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,,-L3
till absolutely defeated. The hidden
million is but half; we must hnd anu
break this renegade Hargreave.'
= "If he lives, "fsaid Braine. -
"Who can say one way or the
other?"" brusquely asked Paroff. 1.-THE
fact that all Your plans and schemes
have, come to ciaught should prove to
you that you are not fighting a ghost.
THERE'S but one way to bring out the
truth" = ~ $50 MI
!: And that IS to make a captive Of
his daughter," supplemented Braine.
"And2We have worked toward that eud
.ceas elessly, We are quite ready to
listen to your suggestions. count"
And SO; AM L. thought the man
with his seari2tp the little hole in the
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More the Original Box.
tain Manners And the sooner you 20,
The better
III go, SIR said Dunkers, readily
enough. Had the misfortune happened
to him and had Blossom been the ag-
gressor, he would want his life. He
understood Like the valet in "Oliv-
stte,' it was the tir1e fer disappearing.
An keep out O my way I'll git
= yet" growled Blossom.
Keep your mouth shut" said the
mate, or III have you put in irons,
you pig
All right sir. I've said all I'm goin'
say tday;' and blossom strobe off
What was the box like?' asked the
captain of Durkers.
Chinese contraption, sir; leastwise
1t looked that way to me. Didn't look
as II it'd been in tn water long, sir.
Somethin' lost overheard by some pri-
yate yacht, t. my thinkin'. III keep
out O. Steve's way. I'll lay low on
shore. sir
. And though Steve made a perfect
range of the spot, he never came back
to find the mysterious box. never saw
the Gibson house back home. nor did
he ever see Dunkers again. On the
voyage home he brooded continually,
and was frequently found blubbering;
and one night he skipped his watch
and went to Davy Jones locker.
Dunkers had not told about the
name he had seen on the box: and
Blossom had not thought to- The name
Hargreave had instantly brought back
TO Dunkers' mind the newspaper
stories he had recently read. There
was no doubt in the world that this
box belonged to the missing million.
aire, who had drawn a million from
ais banks and vanished; and, more.
over, there was no doubt In Dunkers
mind that this million lay in the Ba.
haman waters. It had been drawn up
from the bottom Of the sound, unde.
abe path Of the balloon. He proceeded,
then, to take most minute range
K would require money and partners;
But half loaf would be far better
Z than no loaf at all; and he was deter.
mined to return to New York to find
backing. Finding is keeping, on land
or sea. a., 80, s,,-, 80 >, ~.
Now 1t happened that his favorita
grog shop was q cheap saloon across
the way from the headquarters. of the
Black Hundred; and Yroou occasion
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To Be Continued Next Week
Made Happy.

The following students were made
happy last week by being placed in
fine positions by Aaker's Business
College: Selma krogstad. Ella Sam
stad, o. Weium, and Amy Hoggarth.
Follow the trail to the A. B. C. and
YOU take no chances. Send FOR cata-
logue to A. B. c.. Grand Forks. Gas
Tractor and Auto Engineering course
in charge of Prof. r. G. Beck at A. p.
c., Grand Fork ADV.
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ZION November Bird. During the time
have held this office have endeavor
cd at all times to be just and fair to
ALL and have strived at all times to
90 my share in lowering the cost Of
operating: the county's business. s' =
Pol. ADV. r. n mAIONEy y
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-23
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

Being the nominee on the domo
cratic ticket for Commissioner of the
Third district, Ramsey county, I so
llclt your vote and support at the cleo
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It slammed the moment the words
left his lips. And as suddenly as they
had gone out the lights sprang Up.
The box was gone. There were evil
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-22
EMONSTRATION
IN DIABETES

In proof of the fact that Hepatic de-
generation can be successfully opposed
and sugar eliminated in many cases of
Diabetes in people aged fifty and up
wards on May 6, 1912, we published in
San Francisco dailies an offer to the
effect that if any four physicians in
good standing in this city would send
us a Diabetic between fifty and seventy
years of age, strong enough to call at
our office, showing high specific grav-
ity, thirst and a large quantity of
sugar, we would attempt to return the
patient in so days with half the sugar
eliminated and thirst and symptoms
largely reduced and on the road to re-
cOvery.
Later we published the name and ad
dress of a Diabetic patient with an in
vitation to physicians to take samples
and make their own tests. and thus see
the sugar declining week by week.
The ability of Fulton's Diabetic Com
pound to reduce sugar in many cases
of Diabetes in people of fifty and up
wards is not a matter of opinion but
FACT IN PHYSICS and we will send
formula for sugar test that will show
the percentage of sugar from week to
week. AS the sugar disappears inn
provement commonly follows. recoveries
having been reported in many cases.
Formula and literature mailed on re-
quest. John J. Fulton Co, San Fran
cisco. j. II. Boher. Druggist 200 Mar
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let-Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-22
PORCH ORDINANCE
MAY Be REPEALED
Council to Consider Question at
Session Following Regular
Meeting Tomorrow

After to-morrows regular session of
Council, the city commissioners will go
into committee as a whole to consider
the 1904 front porch building regula-
ton.
The specific question at issue is the
request of James G. Costello that the
Building Inspector be directed to- order
the removal of the front porches of
several Crescent street houses which
project beyond the house line and in
an extent as to be permanent
nuisance.
The porches in question. it appears,
were erected when the houses were
built prior to 1904. In 1904 the city
adopted an ordinance prohibiting the
construction of porches beyond the
The question arising over the open
ing of Briggs street to a siXtyfoot
width, from Second to Front streets,
will not be taken up with the residents
of the neighborhood and the Harrisburg
30, because of the absence of Mayor
Royal
Mayor Royal, who is now attending
the Williams College commencement
exercises. will not return until the end
OF the week and the presidential chair
tomorrow will be filled by Commits
sioner of Finance and Accounts w. l..
GorgaS. For this reason il is proba BILE
that no action will be taken on the
appointment of policeman to succeed
John Benner are talked of as candi-
dates. although it is said that Commits
sioners Lynch, Bowman and Taylor are
still divided on the question on the 2
to l ratio-Bowman and Lynch hold
ing out for Kautz. Commissioners
also opposed to the selection of Kautz