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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-10-16

friend, this side the water, as we'll
as his man of business"
He paused with an embarrassed ges-
ture. $50 l have ventured to request
this-ah-surreptitious appointment in
order to-ah-take the further liber-
ty of asking whether you have recent
ly sent Alan message?"
Her look of surprise was answer
enough, but she confirmed it with Wig
orous denial: 81 have not communi-
Gated with Mr.. Law in more than
year,"
Precisely as l thought" Mr.. Digby
nodded None the less, Mr.. Law not
long since received what purported to
be message from you; in fact--a
rose" And as Miss Urine sat for.
ward with start of dismay, he AIDED:
Il have the information over Mr.. Laws
signature letter received ten days
ago-from Quebec" @
Allan in America!" the girl cried
in undisguised distress,
He came in response to-ah-the
message of the rose
But / did not send it,"
Il felt sure of that, because" said
Mr.. Digby, watching her narrowly
because Of something that accompa-
MED the rose, a symbol of another sig
nificance altogether-a playing card,
trey of hearts"
Her eyes were blank He pursued
with openly sincere reluctance: 81
must tell you. / see, that trey of
hearts invariably foresignaled an at
tempt by your father on the life of
Alan's father"
With a stricken cry the girl crouched
back in the chair and covered her face
with her hands.
That is why l sent for you," Mr..
Digby pursued hastily, as if in hope
of getting quickly over most unhap-
by business. "Alan's letter, written
and posted on the steamer, reached me
within twenty-four hours of his arrival
in Quebec and detailed his scheme to
enter the United States secretly-as
he puts it, by the back door, by way
of northern Maine-and promised ad-
vice by telegraph as soon as he
reached Moosehead Lake. He should
have wired me ere this, am told by
those who know the country he was to
cross. Frankly, l am anxious about
the boy!"
And l." the girl exclaimed pitifully.
ITO think that he should be brought
into such peril through met"
You can tell me nothing?"
"Nothing-as yet. | did not dream
of this-much less that the message
Of the rose was known to any but Alan
and myself | cannot understand!
Then may tell you this much
more, that your father maintains
very efficient corps of secret agents"
You think he spied upon me?" the
girl famed with indignation.
Il know he did" Mr. Digby per-
mitted himself quiet smile. 1T has
seemed my business, in the service of |
my employer, to employ agents of my |
own. There is no doubt that your
father sent you to Europe for the sole I
purpose Of having you meet Alan"
obi" she protested. But what
earthly motive-?"
That Alan might be won back to
America through you-and So"
There was no need to finish out his
sentence. The girl was silent, pale
aud staring with wide eyes, visibly
her wits to cope with this
emergency.
Il may depend on YOU" Mr.. Digby
to advise me if you find
out anything"
For even more" The girl rose and
extended a hand whose grasp was firm
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CHAPTER VII.
The Mutlneer.

Within the hour Rose Urine stood
before her father in that somber room
wherein he wore out his crippled days,
in that place Of silence and shadows
whose sinister color-scheme of Grim
son and black was the true livery of
his monomania-his passion for ven
geance that alone kept warm the en-
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morning. | tell you l know--I saw
her only few hours ago. She passed
us in a canoe with one of her guides,
while we watched in hiding on the
banks. Not that alone, but another of
her guides told mine she was here
with you. She had sent him to South
Portage for quinine. He stopped
there to get drunk-and that's how
my guide managed to worm the infor-
nation from him."
Alan passed a hand across his eyes.
Il don't understand" he said DULY.
ut doesn't seem possible she
could"
A shot interrupted him, the report
of rife from a considerable distance
upstream, echoed and re-echoed by the
cliffs. And at this, clutching fran
tically at his arm, the girl drew him
through the door and down toward the
river.
ooh, come, comet" shes cried wild
ly. There's no time!"
But, why? What was that?"
Judith is returning. l left my
guide up the trail to signal us. Don't
you know what it means if we don't
manage to escape before she gets
here?"
But how?"
According to the guide the rivers
the only way other than the trail"
THE current is too strong. They
could follow-pot US at leisure from
the banks"
But downstream-th current with
US"
Those rapids?"
I'VE must shoot them!"
Can 1t be done?"
1T must bel"
Two more shots put a period to
his doubts and drove it home. He
offered no further objection, but
turned at once to launch one Of the
canoes.
AS soon as it was in the water, Rose
took her place in the bow, paddle in
hand, and Alan was about to step in
astern when a fourth shot sounded
and bullet kicked up turf within a
dozen feet A glance discovered two
figures debouching into the clearing.
He dropped into place and, planting
paddle in shadows, sent the canoe
well out with vigorous thrust.
Two strokes took 1t to the middle
of the pool where Immediately the
current caught the little craft in its
urgent grasp and sped it smoothly
through more narrow and higher
banks. A moment more and the
mouth of the gorge was yawning for
them.
With the clean balance of an ex-
perienced canoeman, Alan rose to his
feet for an instantaneous reconnois-
sance both forward and astern. He
looked back first, and groaned in his
heart to see the sharp prov of the
second canoe glide out from the
banks. He looked ahead and groaned
aloud. The rapids were a wilderness
Of shouting waters, white and green.
worse than anything he had antici- |
pated or ever dreamed Of.
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But there was now no escaping that
ordeal. The canoe was already spin
ming between walls where the water
ran deep and fast with CLASSY sur
face.
The next instant it was in the jaws;
and the man settled down to work
with grim determination, pitting cour-
age and strength and experience
against the ravening waters that tore
at the canoe on every hand, whose
mad clamor beat back and forth be-
tween the walls of the gorge like vast
bellowings of Internal mirth.
He fought like one possessed.
There was never an instant's grace
for judgment or execution; the one
must be synchronous with the other
both instantaneous, or else-destruc-
ton.
The canoe wove this way and that
like an insane shuttle threading some
satanic loom. Now it hesitated, nuz-
cling a gigantic boulder over which
the water wove a pale green and
glistening hood, now in the space OF
heartbeat 1t shot forward twice its
length through a sea of Dreaming
waves, now plunged wildly toward
what promised instant humiliation
and cheated that only by the timely
plunge of a paddle, guided by luck or
instinct or both.
The one ray of hope in Alan's mind,
when he surveyed before committing
himself and the woman he loved to
that hideous gauntlet, sprang from
the fact that, however rough, the
rapids were short. Now, when he had
been in their grasp minute, he
seemed to have been there hours.
His laborings were tremendous, UNI
belieyable, inspired. In the end they
were all but successful. The goal Of
safety was within thirty seconds
more of quick, hard work, when Alan's
paddle broke and the canoe swung
broadside to a boulder, turned turtle
and precipitated both headlong into
that savage welter.
AS the next few minutes passed he
was fighting like mad thing against
'O'SA Od0o. lhCils VI a GuN-
den, he found himself rejected, spewed
forth from the cataract and swimming
in the smooth water Of
a wide pool beyond the lowermost
eddy, the canoe floating bottom up
near by, and Rose supporting herself
with one hand on it.
Her eyes met his, clear with the
sanity of her adorable courage.
He floundered to her side, painted in
to transfer her hand to his
shoulder, and struck out for the
nearer shore.
Both found footing at the same
time and waded out, to collapse, ex-
hausted, against the bank
Then, with sickening qualm, Alan
remembered the pursuit He rose and
looked up the rapid just in time to
view the last swift quarter of the
descent Judith in the bow,
a rife across her knees, in
the stern an Indian guide kneeling
and fighting the waters with scarcely
perceptible effort in contrast with
Alan's supreme struggles.
Like a living thing the canoe
seemed to gather itself together, to
poise, to leap with all its strength;
it hurdled the eddy in bound, took
the still water with mighty splash,
and shot downstream at diminished
speed, the Indian furiously backing
water
As though that had been the one
she had lived for Judith
lifted her rife and brought it to bear
upon her sister.
With a cry of horror, Alan flung
himself before Rose, living shield,
nothing but immediate
death. This was not accorded him.
For breathless instant the woman In
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SYNOPSIS.

The OF Hearts is the death sign"
used by Seneca Urine in the private war
of vengeance. which, through his daugh-
ter, Judith, a woman of violent and GRIM
inal temper and questionable sanity, ne
wages against Alan Law, whose father
(now dead Urine held responsible for the
accident which made him a helpless Grip
pie. Law loves Rose, but under dramatic
her twin sister, and unwillingly gains
her love. also
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On, SoHeI Nome! one STieu WioIy.
and vital on his fingers. A fine spirit
of resolve set her countenance aglow
You may count on me for action on
my own part, If l find circumstances
warrant 1t. promised not to marry
Alan because of the feud between our
fathers-but not to stand by and see
him sacrificed. Tell me how / may
communicate secretly with you-and
let me go as soon as possible!"
Evening star., 1914-08-02
WOMAN A CAB DRIVER.
Mrs. John Bull the Only One Known
in England.

LONDON. July 23.-England. according
to census returns just published, has but
one woman cab driver. She has held a
license for twenty-six years, can be
seen every day outside Bembridge sta
ton. Isle of Wight. The holder Of this
license bears the truly British name of
Mrs. John Bull. Her uniform consists
Of a neat blue skirt and coat and a
hard bowler hat. For funerals and we'd
dings she assumes the added dignity Of
a top hat.
Mrs. Bull started with a pony and gig.
and from the earnings Of that provided
herself with horse and smart landau.
It Is her boast that she grooms her own
horse and can harness him and be in
attendance at any residence In the
parish within ten minutes Of receiving
orders. Mrs. Bull gained her knowledge
Of horses while In the service OF Sir
Donald Currie. and afterward on a ranch
in Texas.
With the business Of cab proprietor she
combines that Of pig breeding, and may
frequently be seen taking stock to New
port market She attends market per-
sonally and strikes her own bargains
with the dealers.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
COMES TO THE DEFENSE
OF THE FISTIC ART
London Clergyman Supports Boxing.
Says It Teaches Self
Control.

LONDON. July 25.-The Rev. John Bou-
dier. the clergyman who acted as master
of ceremonies at the recent Welsh
Ritchie bout, has this to say in defense
Of the fistic art, and in explanation OF
his own stand:
II have always taken an interest in
boxing, and 1 promoted it among my
congregation down in Exeter by running
a boxing gymnasium. During the winter
we have matches with the gloves at our
mission hall in Islington. and I some-
times act as timekeeper. But shouldn't
like to referee a fight It is enough for
me to announce the combatants. have
never had the gloves on myself. l en-
courage boxing because a man who is
going to be a good boxer cannot be a
loose liver or a drunkard. Besides. be-
lieve a clergyman should mix with sports
of his flock. Boxing teaches self-con-
troll, which is among the first of Chris
tian virtues. Only please do not call me
a boxing parson."
Father Boulder makes an ideal an
nouncer because of his booming voice.
The Rev. Everard Digby. who was pre-
vented from acting as announcer at the
Welsh-R Ritchie bout by the order of the
Bishop Of Stepney. appears to have ar
gued the matter out with his superior,
for he was permitted to off1cIate at the
more recent fight in which Wells knocked
out Colin Bell.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
EDUCATION IS URGED
FOR WOMEN OF ISLAM
Advanced Position Is Taken by Mo-
hammedan Congress in st.
Petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG. July 23.-The Mo-
hammedan woman in the light Of today
was discussed at the Mohammedan con-
gress, which has been in session here,
and her cause applauded when Akmud
Kuramshin, q member Of the first duma,
declared that without the education Of
women It would be quite impossible to
effect progress among Mohammedans.
III certain old mullahs continue to pro-
claim from the mosques that women have
no need Of education" he said. they
simply speak from ignorance
The akmud went SO far as to say
every woman over twenty-one years Of
fecting the community at large. In re-
gard to matrimony. he contended that
both parties should be asked before the
marriage ceremony whether they were
voluntarily entering into the contract.
This, he said, would eventually put a
stop to the idea that Mohammedan wom-
en- were 30 many chattels.
The congress has been attended by
over forty delegates from European and
Asiattc Russia, and has been sitting In
st. Petersburg with the authorization of
the minister Of the interior. The meet
ings have reflected a strong determine
ton among the Moslem subjects Of En-
peror Nicholas to uphold their religious,
social and educational rights. The estab-
lishment in st. Petersburg Of a central
lied authority which should look after
the interests Of the Mohammedan religion
the Russian empire was re-
garded by many speakers as an urgent
need,
Evening star., 1914-08-02
TRAIN FOR POLAR TRIP.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and Men Take
PHYSICAL Exercise,

LONDON, July 22.-Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton and the men who are to accompany
him on his south polar trip have under
gone a regular course Of training to
prepare them for the long and hard
walk across the antarctic continent.
Sir Ernest says: Ones only chance is
to be hard and springy. I begin every
day by boxing with one Of the members
of the expedition. We go at each other
hard, and a shower bath after this ex-
ercise sends me to my ONCE feeling full
Of energy.
THE most important thing. believe.
is to eat and drink wisely. have
been on the water wagon for months,
and shall not touch alcohol again un-
til I come back from the antarctic.
When I go out to lunch or dinner I
have to sit half the. time watching
other people eat. I do not follow any
regular diet. OF course, I avoid rich
foods which tax the digestive powers,
but otherwise I eat whatever comes
along, my only rule being to eat very
little.
"On the way out. and I hope We start
in the early days of August. we shall
do q few Swedish exercises. On the
march in the polar regions we must
live on oneself as a camel lives on
his hump"
Evening star., 1914-08-02
BELGIAN KING PLANNING
AN ECONOMIC ALLIANCE
Would Combine Small States of
Western Europe for CONNER
cial Cooperation.

BRUSSELS, July 24.-King Albert dur
ing his recent visit to Switzerland appears
to have found sympathetic reception OF
his idea for an economic and political al
lance among the small states OF western
Europe. He is so enthusiastic over the
matter that he is actively at work in fur
therance of the idea and hopes that
eventually Holland. Denmark. Switzcr-
land, Luxembourg. Sweden and NORWAY
may be brought together with Belgium
in the alliance.
1t is understood that King Albert sees
no practicability in the suggestion Of a
defensive alliance along military lines. AS
the countries concerned are widely sepa
rated geographically and weak in mil
tary forces even when taken collectively.
But he believes that some understanding
for common commercial and economic
aims would be Of advantage to Offset the
commercial aggression practiced by some
Of the great powers.
The course which Germany has taken
in cutting off Holland from much of the
trade of eastern Europe by the new canal
connecting Emden with the Rhine is
taken as one instance of such economic
pressure. Switzerland is said to suffer
particularly under the shadow Of German
business rivalry,
King Albert also recently approached
the government o. Luxembourg with his
proposal, but he has been informed that
as the principalitr as member OF the
German Customs Union 1t Is not free
to enter into any economic arrangement
with other CO lntries.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
NEW INTEREST IN SCHOONER.
Capt. Banks to Command Vessel He
and Lane Bros. Buy.

An interest in the bay schooner Emily
and Catherine has been purchased from
Capt. Joseph Milligan by Capt. Gordon
G. Banks and Lane Bros. of Baltimore.
The new partners have taken charge Of
the vessel. which will be continued in
the Chesapeake bay trade.
Capt. Banks. who has been in COM
mand of the Ida o. Robinson, will take
charge of the Emily and Catherine.
Capt. ODay. formerly master of the
schooner Carrie, will take charge of the
Robinson.
Other transfers of vessel property re-
corded in the custom house at Baltimore
In the past week were as follows:
The schooner Emma A. Faulkner.
fifty-two tons, from William H. Towles
to Calvin S. Leonard, IS.
The power boat Carrie L. Shane, six
tons, from Charles Z. Biddle to H. NJ.
BLACKWELL. s..
Evening star., 1914-08-02
GOLFERS ARE INTERESTED.
National Championship at Mid
lothian Attracting Attention.

NEW YORK. August 1.-The eyes of
all golfers will soon be focused on the
first OF the three great national cham
pionships. the open. over the Midlothian
links at Blue Island. III. Midlothian is
a name that has been associated with
Western golf for long time. Many Of
the greatest golfers Of the Chicago dis
trict have been members of the club.
among them Paul Hunter. Robert
Hunter. Mason Phelps. Donald and Ken
meth Edwards and Addison Stillwell
The course is laid out on good golfng
land. the kind that rolls a little, and
there are practically no tree hazards.
There 10 a beautiful green and the putt
ing greens are good. despite the clover
on them. The holes are mostly Of very
good distance. and the total length Of the
course meets all requirements of the
modern game.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
THE SOU TO GO IN FRANCE.
New Perforated Nickel Coins Will
Replace It.

PARIS, July 24.-The first Of the new
perforated nickel coins have just been
struck at the Paris mint under the super
vision of the designer. Henri Lindauer.
and from now on no more copper money
will be minted. The passing of the tradi-
tional sou will. however. be slow. The
new nickels will not be placed into cir
culation for several months. and then
only in small quantities to replace the
copper coins. which will be gradually
withdrawn.
Newspaper humorists are deriving nivGh
fun out Of the hole in the middle of the
new five-centime pieces. 1t Is asked
whether they will be worn on a string
around the neck, like Chinese cash."
and, If so, whether a thoughtful govern
ment will provide the necessary string
Evening star., 1914-08-02
New York Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, August 1.-The statement
of the actual condition of the clearing
house. banks and trust companies for
the week shows that the cash reserve
in excess Of legal requirements decreased
$43 599, 500 leaving deficit Of $17, ,i2o, $50.
The statement follows:
Actual condition:
Loans, 81, O5s, 755. 900: increase. 81, 1872.
Specie, ss3o. $50. 600: decrease, s53,Oe5. COO.
Legal tenders, $7s,691 600; decrease.
Net deposits. sl,s11 $4,000; decrease.
Circulation, s41.7s7.ooo; increase 5000.
Banks cash reserve in vault, $3A,-
39SOOO.
Trust companies cash reserve in vault.
S67. 1872, 600
Aggregate cash reserve. $n1 $4,000,
Deficit cash reserve. 81. 7.425. $50; de-
crease. s43. .599.5O0
Trust companies reserve with clear
ing house members, carrying 25 per cent
cash reserve. s56.547, 900.
Summary Of state banks and trust COM
panies in greater New York, not includ-
ed in clearing house statement:
Loans and investments, $51O, ,S12, 400:
decrease, s.. 239. 100.
Gold. s43. .532, 10O increase. s795 900:
Currency and bank notes, 50. Isl, 100;
Total deposits. ss4s.s1e.eoo; decrease.
$5, $4,000.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
VESSELS BEING REPAIRED.
Yards Busy Fixing Up River and
Bay Craft.

Repairs to the marine railway at Ben
nett's boatyard. in progress for several
days, have progressed sufficiently to al
low hauling out large lighter belonging
to John Miller for such work as may be
necessary to put it in condition for
the transportation of bricks from Little
Hunting creek to this city.
The lighter will be calked all over.
Unsound planking will be taken out and
replaced with new material. Other work
will also be done to the craft.
Capt Thomas Shannon. master and
owner Of the schooner Eleanor Russell.
has had his vessel out OF service at a
river point while he overhauled and
painted her and made her ready for
service on the river. The Russell is ex-
pected to return to this city with cord
wood from Mattawoman creek early this
week.
The bay schooner Madison is out on
a marine railway at a Baltimore ship
yard for repair work and painting. The
schooner Minnie and Emma is also out
at a Baltimore shipyard for repairs.
cleaning and painting in preparation for
the busy fall season on the river.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
SHAFT TO 1cARUs PLANNED.
Monument to Aviation's First MYTH.
ical Martyr May Stand st Gambia,

PARIS. July 21.-The proposal to erect
monument to aviation's first martyr.
the legendary Icarus, At Gambia, in the
Island OF Crete. has been revived. The
idea first originated with Henry Deutsch.
the eminent pioneer of aviation in France.
after visit to Greece three years ago.
The spot chosen Is above the city of
Gambia. between the two promontories
which dominate Kuossos.
There. according to the legend, stood
the labyrinth where Daedalus and Icarus
were imprisoned by Minos, the tyrant of
Crete. and visitors are shown the work
shops in which the two captives, to es-
cape. made the first flying machine of
birds wings stuck together with wax.
Now that Crete has become again Greek
territory. nothing stands in the way OF
the realization OF this scheme, which
would commemorate at once one of the
greatest victories Of modern science and
one OF the most graceful fables Of ancient
mythology.
An air race from Paris to Gambia ID
being considered as q fitting complement
Of the inauguration ceremonies.
Evening star., 1914-08-02
GOLFING HINTS.
BY "sTRAIGHT DRIVE

MATCH PLAY.-Never count
any match as won until the last
putt is safely down in the bottom
of the cup and your opponent is
shaking hands acknowledging de-
feat or congratulating you on the
victory.
Every hole from the first to the
last is an integral part of the
match. You should play as vigor-
ously after a win of the first hole
as If you were one down and one
to go on the last hole of the round.
There is no nouriShment In back
ing the player who starts out in
differently, who feels that no mat
ter how the first few holes go he
can pull himself together and ul-
timately win out.
Every hole is a match within
q match. Learn to apply your best
efforts throughout. A lead at the
start makes it easier to gain the
victory in the end
Evening star., 1914-08-02
THREE TROPHIES HUNG UP.
Will Be Competed for in Polo Tour.
ney at Newport.

NEWPORT. R. l.. August Three
trophies will be In competition at the
tournament of the Westchester Polo
Club at Newport August II to 20. The
gold maliet, for the Newport cham
pionship, to become the property of
the team winning 1t three times, is
offered again. It was won in 1912 by
Meadow Brook, and last year by the
Cooperstown Leopards. The w. K.
Thorne challenge cup. given by Mrs.
Edward Post, is offered to be played
for annually. open to teams of four
under the handicap. and the West
chester cups. open to teams of four
with an aggregate handicap of not
over seventeen goals. Entries close
August Z.