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SYNOPSIS.

Rudolph van Vechten, a young man OF
Eefsure. is astonished to see a man enter
no. 1918. a house across the street from
rhe Powhatan club. long unoccupied and
spoken OF as the House OF Mystery. Sew
grail persons at regular Intervals enter
No. 1878. Van Vechten expresses concern
CO his friend, Tom Phinney. regarding the
whereabouts OF his cousin and ~fancee.
Paige Carew. A man is forcibly elected
Er0m the house. Van Vechte and Tom
FOLLOW the man and find him dead In the
face OF q girl in the crowd of onlookers
surrounding the body. Later he discov-
Ers the girl gazing at him with a look or
scorn from the windows OF the mysteri-
ssus house. Detective Flint calls on Van
fNechten to get his version of the trag-
edy Tom Phinney goes alone on a yacht
Eng trip. He recognizes among some per-
sons in a passing motor boat W men
whom he had seen enter the House Of
Mystery. He sees one OF them, a Mr.. Cal
Sis. on shore later and follows him. Tom
house. He hears a girl named Jessie. evil
IDENTIFY the daughter OF the man In author
sty. question his captors. A sweet-voiced
strl later protests against the ~roughness
OF ms captors. Van Vechten calls on his
uncle. Theodore Van Vechten. big man
In Wall street and known as the Man OF
Iron In search of information regarding
the whereabouts OF Paige Carew. Detec-
tive Flint shows Van Vechten a gold
a1sesh purse found In the House of Mys-
terry. Van recognizes IL as belonging TO
IAiSe LareW. The sweet voiced girl neipS
Tom Phinney escape. A message from
h10ndon reports that two ladies' resem-
@tlHg Miss Carew and her companion.
Nrs. Devereaux. sailed for. New York
some time previously. II develops that
1he ladies' visited the English home OF
Temple Bonner. owner OF the House of
Mystery. Flint has q theory that they
are connected with the mystery OF No.
t3l3. 1t is recalled that Temple Bonner
IVA In love with a daughter Of Compton
schuyler who married Max Willard. The
other daughter married q man named
Tbevereaux. Bonner and Willard were in
INMATE friends. A search is started for
willard. Van Vechten enters the House
gof Mystery by the back door In time TO
hear John Calls threaten a girl. He in
1erferes and helps the girl escape. but Is
rendered unconscious In the struggle
with Calls. Tom Phinney gets a job
ss master OF Brownlow's yacht Kohinur.
(which has been chartered for some mys-
aerious mission. The .charterer and his
FRIENDS board the yacht at night and
rroin hears the voice of the unknown
girl and also OF a man involved in his
adventure OF a few nights previous.
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TANGO AS A CAUSE OF CRIME
Brooklyn Judge Blames THEFT by T~o
Youths to Nights Given to
Modern Dance.

In suspending sentence In the cases
of two youths who had pleaded guilty
to attempted grand larceny. County
Judge Fawcett in Brooklyn listed
white lights and tango nights" In
the catalogue of incentives to crime.
you can't expect to dance al
night" he said, land lie abed half the
day, yet always have money for your
carousals, unless you steal 1t. And
let me tell you, our jails and peniten-
tiaries are full Of people with just
such ideas. If your family had given
you good beatings instead of money
to spend, 4; would have been better
for you"
The boys, John Colver, twenty years
old, of 4S7 Hancock street, and Carl
ton Chapman, sixteen, of 362 Jefferson
avenue, had been indicted for stealing
money and jewelry from Adelaide Wis
ton, keeper of a furnished room
house, where they lived for a time.
They belong to respectable families
of moderate can Both promised
the judge to go home and begin
again. Chapman to return to school
and Colver to work. Both wore tan
go pumps and silk shirts when ar
raigned.-New York Sun.
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Marble Windows.

Remarkably beautiful effects are Sc
cured by the use Of marble instead or
glass. This has been accomplished
by a new process which has been de-
vised by an engineer of Hamburg. w.
Engle. He has succeeded in making
plates Of marble no more than three
millimetres in thickness and for the
use designated il is available up to
20 millimetres thick. The suitability
Of marble for this purpose was real
lied some time ago, but the difficulty
encountered was that Of securing the
marble iii slabs of sufficient thlnness.
These plates permit of the passage OF
a greater amount of light than frosted
glass does, and at the same time i'm
parts to the rays a much p~leasanter
color. Most opal glass imparts to the
light an undesirable greeniSh tinge.
while the light which passes through
the marble has a reddish violet which
is much p~leasanter. After the marble
has been ground down to the desired
thicknessit is subjected to an INNER
sion in oil under high pressure, and
the effects secured in this manner are
said to be superior to those of stained
glass.
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FACE COVERED WITH
PIMPLES-RESlNOL. CURED

Atlanta, Ca, April 24.-"My face
was covered with pimples which de-
fed creams, soaps and cosmetics.
They were a source Of constant hu-
initiation to me. BY the time I had
finished a cake Of resinol soap and
half a Jar of resinol ointment, my skin
was soft as velvet, and as smooth.
My friends were stunned, and every
n asked me what l had done. When
! told them, l think they hardly be-
lieved it, for the transformation was
simply wonderful. Since then / have
been using resinol soap and shall new
er be without 1t again, for l have
learned the delights Of a clear, soft,
beautiful complexion that may be at
tanned by its constant USE" (Signed)
Miss e. P. Gaddis, 284 South Pryor st.
Resinol ointment and resinol soap
stop itching instantly and speedily
heal eczema, and other skin humors.
dandruff, sunburn, sores, burns and
piles. Sold by every druggist.-Adv.
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was taken in a quick breath which rap
IDLY became a convulsive sob and by
the time they had reached the house
all were in a state bordering on
frenzy.
The men then hurled themselves
into the room and danced madly in
front Of the corpse, or what should
have been, leaping a yard high,
humping their breasts with their
great fists and yelling frightfully.
With tears streaming they threw
themselves on the mummy corpse, al
most fighting to kiss it. Meanwhile,
the mother and sisters in the back
ground sang the praises Of their dead
boy.
The men were allowed five minutes
Of this ecstasy Of grief, then the
priest came forward and said:
Brothers! you have wept enough,
make way for Others" They with
drew, some Keeling with exhaustion;
then came the women, who followed
the same o~bservances, save that they
did not jump. And so, village by vii
lage, came the whole tribe to which
he belonged. Some did not ever know
the poor boys name and had to be
coached in the details before begin
ming to wall. but they sobbed as bit
terly as any. Going home the mourn
ers compared notes as to who had
cried best.
Al tho huryino onpIac bite ~ hra,d
and quantities of rags are thrown into
the grave with fragments torn from
the m%ourners' clothes. In remote dis
tricts even today both men and
women tear their faces with their
nails, that they may mingle their
tears with blood in token of their
grief, though the practise has been
forbidden and has fallen into disuse
In the larger villages.
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| that sort Of thing. Candidfy. II didny
look right.
Now, I've seer you come and go at
that house; / knew that you belonged
there. / saw the chap who was killed
last Sunday come out of the same
house. l gnized you In the motor.
boat Monday evening, and when l aft.
forwards saw the fellow you call Cal.
lis, why. of course I followed him. Any
body would"
All the time Tom had been speaking
Willard sat watching him with discon-
certing intentness. He now said:
Then your love Of justice overbal-
ances your sense Of caution?"
II like to see a square deal, il that's
what you mean"
Willard now ose to his feet.
Thank you for your frankness, cap
tain Phinney." said ne with an air OF
relief. That explains matters. | am
sorry ] can not be so frank with you
in return. But can't just at present;
too much Is at stake" With a tired
gesture, ne brushed back a lock of
white hair hat had fallen upon his
forehead.
My undertaking has been too often
jeopardized. the forces opposed to me
are too powerful and too alert, for me
to chance any unnecessary risk at this
critical juncture. VIII you take my
word for 1t that 1t is entirely honor
able and proper" Not waiting for
Toms reply, he affirmed with much
earnestness:
The truth is, Captain Phinney, If
right and justice do not for once mis-
carry, a great wrong soon will be cor
rected. II you betray me, if you dis
close anything you may discover on
board this yacht, you will be the in
strument OF such a miscarriage. l
must remind you that you deliberately
accepted the unusual conditions of
your employment, and that as a man
OF honor you a not do otherwise
than remain loyal TO your employer"
Tom himself was now standing.
Dashed II ] don't believe you!" re-
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And then Tom all at once remem
bered where he had previously heard
this familiar voice. Last Monday
night, when he stood blindfolded in
he mysterious Long Island house. he
had met the man Calls insolent
catechism with a profane retort, and
the bearer of Brownlow's note had eau
toned him that there were ladies
present.
The contents Of the sheet, which
Tom had open In a jiffy, were brief and
were taken in BY him at a glance. His
immediate stupefaction at their pur-
port he voiced in tones OF awe.
"Well-Ill-be-" he began, but
quickly checked himself and looked up
to find the piercing eyes steadily re-
garding him.
And So" he concluded. you are
Max Willard"
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BOOK IT..
CHAPTER mI.-contlnued.

But" he went On quickly, seeing
that this aspect Of the matter was not
altogether acceptable. "I-believe me
IL have not been trying to find you.
Not that l didn't want to- mean,
had no idea you were to be here. My
presence is perfectly legitimate"
Implying" she interrupted. every
spark Of amusement vanished from
face and eyes. that my presence is
n0t?"
"Sayi" Tom earnestly protested.
please don't talk like that. It's hard
enough for me to make myself clear
under the best conditions; IL you go
10 taking me up sharp that way I'll
make q mess of II.
Here's the way OF II. Old Brown
Sow-know him? Rum old sport
Brownlow wanted a skipper for his
yacht: / applied for the job"-he grew
more and more nervous as he proceed
ed under the level regard hired
me: and here l am. Do you get me?"
For a long moment she studied his
xzce; then her lashes lowered q trifie,
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MOURN DEAD IN QUEER WAY
Mourning Of the M~onteneorlns a Fren-
xIed Ecstasy OF Mailing, Dan
cling and Yelling.

London.-In their mourning for the
dead the Montenegrins have some sim
gular o~bservances.
In one case, detailed by Edith Dur
ham, who was correspondent of the
London Daily Chronicle in the first
Balkan war, there was only the SEM
blance of a body, the dead youth hav-
ing been killed while fighting with the
Russian army in Manchuria, and the
news of his fate only reached his ma
tive village six months after his death.
But he was duly mourned after the
custom of his people. On a bier his
clothes and weapons were laid, and
this done, his relatives and neighbors
began their mourning.
They met at some distance from the
house and came in procession-frst
the men, then the women. When with
in a hundred yards Of the house they
began the death wall; an awful, wall
ing, r~hythmical chant-"Woe, woe to
US, Steve, o my brother! Woe, woe
to us, my winged %brother!" The cry
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-23
SCIENCE OF HOTEL KEEPING
Swiss Youth May Be Said to Have
Rcvolutionized Methods of the
European Hostelries.

Like many another mighty enter
prise the Ritz-Carlton hotels had a
modest beginning, and the whole idea
had it's origination in the brain OF a
Swiss farmer boy. Cesar Ritz. whose
father titled a small holding. The SON.
however. had larger ideas. Taking up
hotel work at the beginning In a very
minor capacity. he developed a most
wonderful sense of color. form and
taste In every respect. and he brought
the art of hotel keeping in Europe to a
higher pitch than II had v e been be-
fore. Indeed he re~volutionized hotel
keeping In England and France, and
that revolution has gradually shown
its influence all over the world. Ritz's
first enterprise was the Ritz hotel In
Paris. which he started about 1897.
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BILLION INCOME IN DISTRICT
Tax Payments Indicate Wall Street
Region the Richest In the
United States.

New York.-Es:imates made here
based upon the total income assess
ments paid into the Office of Charles
W. Anderson, internal tax collector,
Indicate that in this one district, which
includes the Wall street financial
houses, $4,000 persons have a total
annual income exceeding 81, 900, 00O,-
900.
The section in which all this money
Is received is about two miles square.
Adjoining this district, which it ia
said the income tax figure will show
10 be the richest in the United States,
les the territory east Of the Bowery
and below Fourteenth street, that is,
the most p%opulous, filled by 10000 per-
sons, few OF whom pay an income
tax.
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The second venture was the Carlton
hotel of London. and the next was
the Ritz of London. In each of the
many Ritz hotels already built, build
ing. or planned for there is a separ-
ate local company which has furnish
ed the bulk or the whole of the money.
while the central organization. the
Carlton Investing company. in all
cases holds the common stock and a
controlling interest. In this way all
the local companies are made to work
unitedly and in the interest of all.
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GOOD CHANGE.
Coffee to Postum.

The large army Of persons who
have found relief from many chronic
ailments by changing from coffee to
Postum as a daily beverage, is grow
ing each day.
1t is only a simple question Of try
ing it for oneself in order to know
the joy Of returning health as realized
by an Ills. young lady. She writes:
Il had been a coffee drinker nearly
all my life and 1t affected my stomach
caused insomnia and I was seldom
without a headache. I had heard
about Postum and how beneficial 1t
was, 9 concluded to quit coffee and
try 1t.
Il was delighted with the change.
I a now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
ten strong and I can eat without suf-
fering afterwards. / think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
My brother also suffered from
stomach trouble while he drank cof-
fee, but now, since using Postum. he
feels SO much better he would not go
back to coffee for anything"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled-15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup Of hot water and. with
cream and sugar. makes a delicious
beverage lnstantly-30c and soc tina
The cost per cup OF both kinds II
about the same.
There's q Reason" for Postum
sold by Grocsra.
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49,
ing to Find You."
her cheeks dimpled. and she replied
with a delightful low-voiced demure
ness;
Il get you"
Tom INDUCED In q tremendous sigh
OF relief. For the first time hope
amounted high In his bosom that, after
mIx their relations were going to start
upon a friendly footing.
But before he had time to ask a
question that rose to his lips. an inter-
xuption came. Turning at the sound Of
q footstep. be was In a measure pre-
xared to confront the supposititious
bid servant Of Number 1918. The
mans face. shot and crisscrossed with
= network Of iIne wrinkles, was beard
lass and az liyeless as a death-mask.
but not 90 the PIERCING black eyes:
here at once the younger man recog-
hixed an extraordinary personality.
)ope that affected him powerfully. even
to Forgetting his resentment at the
knfrusfoA
/ The man handed BIN an envelope
with an uttered word OF two Q expla-
sFrom Mr.. Srownlow. ] am
he oharterer.r
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British Forbid Statue

Cairo.-Trouuble is brewing here
because the English-led government
positively forbids the Egyptian ma
tionalist party to erect a statue in
Cairo Of Mustapha Kasuci Pasha, the
brilliant young nationalist leader, who
died in 1908. A French sculptor ex-
scuted the work, but when the Statue
arrived the government refused a site
for it in any public square or street.
The nationalist vow they will put
the memorial on ground owned by one
Of their leaders. Meantime the ex-
tremist press RACES against the gov
ernment's prohibition Of an "act Of
patriotism
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Died With Fortune Near.

That BENJAMIN Vance. prospector.
whose body was found in a gully at
the base of a 500-foot cliff near Palo
Rito pass recently, was killed after
locating a rich mineral vein is the
belief Of S. ]. Vance of Tekemah,
Neb., his brother. In the p~rospector's
cabin were a number Of high-grade
ore samples, cached In a secret pas
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. (Colo.) Dispatch
to Denver Post.
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object to Hlqh euiIdinas.

The women of New York are inter
ested In a new committee formed to
regulate the heights of office buildings
as it seems likely that the streets viii
become as canyons and incapable oi
accommodating a rush OF people in q
catastrophe. Women Of the different
societies have been appearing before
the committee giving their views on
the proposed limitations.
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To Separate "sIamese rwins.-

Paris.-Marie Anne and Anne Marie.,
born May % last. the French "Siamese
twins" joined together back to back,
are to be separated by a surgical oper-
Ition.
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sponded he in his impulsive fashion.
"But-say-Mr. withholding it all!
That poor chap who was killed that
sort of thing. you know, sticks in a
fellows crop"
The jet eyes were as steady as
jewels upon the masks of a craven
idol.
Again I shall have to ask you to
take me on faith for the time being"
responded Willard. unmoved. IN
give you my word-should you ask me
one week from tonight. / shall tell
you exactly how that regrettable af-
fair happened. You will hold me
blameless."
did you do it?"
IL did not"
That's enough as far as you and
I are concerned. Now then, on my
part. l haven't the least desire to
NEEDLE In your affairs. l know my
place and my duties, and have
enough to keep me pretty busy with
out bothering about anything else. But
If / can't help seeing that things are
not strictly straight-wrong. you
know-it will be "A part of my duties
to interfere. Satisfactory"
Perfectly SO. It's good that we
had this talk. Good morning"
Tom had only begun stocking his
pipe VIXEN the Kohinur's charterer re-
appeared in the doorway. Said he:
by the way, forgot to say that
do not want anybody to come aboard
without my express permission-nor
to go ashore. l have to go down into the
city myself. Will you give the neces-
sary orders for the launch to take me
A. a. lo-l;-0s
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-30
Baseball Briefs

Pitcher Buck O'Brlen. vino belongs
% Oakland but doesn't want to play
en- the coast, has been working OUT
with the indianapolis team nc 1ol
springs and enerishes "a hope chat the
indianapolis club will mako deal
for this transfer
Harry Covaleskies method az cateh-
ing runners Oft second base Is one of
those curios of baseball that you see
only one man Ia thousand have. ae-
cafdius % a Gulfpert correspondent
Convey turns the wrong WuE LII throw.
.ng Out men al second. violating an
rules which have been made 10 ala
pitchers ia getting The ban hack H.
second quickly However tho very
unnatural and uneSpeetedntss If his
moTe nahs men oil second again and
again
owing g. unsatisfactory arrange
ments al 50 Petersburg for lodging
and feeding has players. President
Hedges Of The 81 Louis Browns. am
nounces that before next gear he VIII
purchase the bah park al the Florida
camp and erect club house whore
4, players eln be- Quartered. Thp
management Of the Browns likes tho
So Petersburg Ultimate and all that
hut the Florda Idea Of how player
must be fed and otherwise aecommo-
dated Is pretty crude
President Farrell Of the Yankees
mas awarded the contract for the neW
stadium ~ KiBesbHdge IN Now York
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-30
SAN JOSE JUNIORS DROP
GAME 10 POSTAL MESSENGERS

Yesterday was an unucky day for
san Jose Ia baseball. Not only was
that town main nine trimmed. hut
also its Juniors The Postal Messon-
gers We're responsible for The defeat
They trimmed the juniors, 3 20 4.
Lopez ana sanchez were the san Jose
battery Apodaca and Baca perform
ia for the winners
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-30
Ritchle Win NIeot Wbite

Chicago, March 20 Willie Ritehie.
the lightweight champion. today
agreed to meet Charlie White. of chi.
Gao for a ten-round bout In Mllwau-
kee May s. Bitehie win get Slo.-
900 guarantee or 30 PER- cent Of the
gross receipts. While White VIII get
~ per cent according 60 Bitohle#
manaeor
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-30
KENNETH BALDRlDGE
BREAKS 95 TARGETS
OUT OF POSSIBLE 100


@-gsz4ss sss..sS;,-e ,,ilse. eompaFatIyeIy
Q novice at traH shooting. yesterday
afternoon on Tho mesh grounds shat
tered ninety-dve clay pigeons out Of
ii possible f8H odt shouting att Older
members 81 the club who took part
Baldriaee broke nifty birds straight
without miss
The scores mnde By the others. each
out Of a possible 100. follow ". r.
Cobb 90 S schloss, rs. Joe Barnett.
90 W. l. TrimbIe. 20. and NJ A.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-30

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-30
MATHEWSON MAKES
FORTUNE IN BASEBALL:
YOU CAN DO THE SAME

chrsty Mathewson the only man
ever able 81 throw the famous fade
away makes public for the first time
the secrets Of this great curve. Learn
how II is done then do It yourself. all
that is necessary Is "a little perseYer-
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free.