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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-11-19

ing her that the man she had chosen
was the son of him who had murdered
all of me but my brain. 1t fell out as
foresaw. You can imagine the scene
of passionate renunciation-pledg
of undying constancy-the arrange.
ment of a secret code whereby, when
she needed him, she would send him
a single rose-the birth of a great ro-
mance!"
The old man laughed sardonically.
We'll, there is the history. Now the
rose has been sent; Law is already
homeward bound; my agents are
watching his every step. The rest is
in your hands"
The girl bent forward breathing
heavily, eyes aflame in a face that had
assumed q waxen pallor.
What is It you want Of me?"
Bring Alan Law to me. Dead or
alive, bring him to me. But alive. If
you can compass It; wish to see him
die. Then I, too, may die content"
The hand Of hot-blooded youth stole
forth and grasped the icy hand of
death-in-life.>
'I will bring him." Judith swore-
dead or alive. you shall have him
here"
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GREAT MEN HARD TO LOCATE
Fellow ToWnsmen Seem to Travellers
Singularly Unmindful of Lions"
of Their Own.

Two gentlemen, lawyer and his
friend. so the New York Sun relates,
were recently motoring through
Greenfield. Ind, the birthplace Of
James Whitcomb Riley. They stopped
for luncheon, and after the meal in
quired Of the hotel clerk:
Where is the Riley house?"
II don't know any hotel by that
name," he replied, although there
may be some such boarding house
here" ~
Il mean the James Whitcomb Riley
house." said the lawyer, thinking that
the clerk had misunderstood him.
81 don't know him; you may be able
to find his name in the city direc-
tory"
81 guess he's moved" said the law
yer.
Probably" the hotel keeper COM
mented. Some of them renters don't
stay long in place"
Half a century ago, when the fame
of Whittier, the Quaker poet, was yet
young, somewhat similar incident
occurred in Amesbury, where he lived.
A traveller, with few hours to spare,
and a soul for poetry, strolled into a
shop ON the main street and asked for
the Whittier house" The obliging
clerk shook his head.
There's plenty Of Whitchers in
town." he said, using the local pro-
nunciation of the name, but there
don't none of 'em keep a hotel. Some
bodys told you wrong"
NO, no." explained the visitor.
Pm not looking for a hotel; want
to find the house Whittier lives in"
(which Whitcher?" inquired the
clerk.
(Which Whittier" exploded the
traveller, who was Of peppery dispo-
sition, The Whittier! l don't care
whether the rest of the tribe live in
Ballyhack or Amesbury!"
They don't live in Ballyhack and
most of 'em do live In Amesbury, and
can direct you to any Whitcher
house you want to flnd." declared the
aggrieved clerk. IAN ask is, don't
fly of the handle. Just tell me which,
and I'll tell you where. But II you
don't SO much as tell fellow which
Whitcher you want, how's he to tell
which house your Whitcher lives in?
II want" said the traveller, John
Greenleaf Whittier. the poet"
"Oh!" remarked the clerk. Him!
Your boots wore over sideways con
siderable. and I thought you were
looking for Whitcher. the shoe
maker"
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CHAPTER III.
The Trail of Treacherv.

But young Mr.. Law was sole agent
of his own evanishment; just as he
was nobody's fool. least of all his own.
The hidden meaning of the trey of
hearts perplexed him with such dis
trust that before leaving London, he
dispatched a code cablegram to his
confidential agent in New York
What do you know about the trey of
hearts? Answer Immediately.
The answer forestalled his arrival
in Liverpool:
Trine's death sign for your father. For
Gods sake. look to yourself and keep
away from America.
But Alan had more than once Wis
tied America incognito and unknown
! to Seneca Trine via a secret route Of
his own selection.
Eight days out of London, a second
class passenger newly landed from
one Of the C.-P. steamships, he walked
the streets of Quebec-and dropped
out Of sight between dark and dawn.
to turn up presently in the distant
Canadian hamlet of Bale st. Paul, ap-
parently q very tenderfooted American
woods-traveler chaperoned by a taci-
turn Indian guide picked up heaven
knows-where.
Crossing the st. Lawrence by night,
the two struck of quietly into the
hinterland Of the Notre Dame range,
then crossed the Maine border.
On the second noon thereafter,
t-ail-worn and weary, as lean as their
depleted packs, the two paused on q
ridge-pole Of the wilderness up back
of the Allagash country. and made
their midday meal In a silence which
IL normal In the Indian, was one oi
deep misgivings on Alan's part.
Continually his gaze questioned the
northern skies that lowered porten'
tously, foul with smoke--a country
wide cOnfiagration that threatened all
northern Maine. bone-dry with
| drought
Only the south offered fair pros
pect. And the fires we're making
southwark far faster than man might
hope to travel through that grim and
stubborn land,
/ Even as he stared. Alan saw fresh
columns OF dun'colored smoke sprlnG
up IN the northwest.
Anxiously ne consulted the impas
sivc mask Of the indian. from whou
| hia questions Nainep Alan llllla eou
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CHASTITY twilight in which the nahhng
forests on the other shore burned with
an unearthly glare-he discovered the
wan, writhen face of Judith Tsine
close to his and he heard her Toice, a
scream barely audible above the COM
mingled voices Of the confagration
and the cascades:
You fool, Why did you save me?
| tell you, have sworn your dealh!"
The utter grotesqueness of it all
broke upon his intelligence like the
revelation Of some enormous funda-
mental absurdity in Nature. He
laughed a little Historically.
Darkness followed A flash Of light
ming seemed to flame between them
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and son abroad. Then he died sud
denly. of some common ailment-they
said; but knew better. He died Of
fear OF me-"
Trine smiled a cruel smile: ! had
made his life a reign Of terror. E@Ag
so often l would send Law. one way
or anotber-mysteriOu always-a
trey OF hearts; 1t was my death-sign
for him; as you know, our name,
Trine. signifies a group Of three. And
every time he received a trey Of
hearts. within twenty-four hours an
attempt of some sort would be made
upon his life. The strain broke down
k!s nerve.
Then turned my attention to the
son, but the distance was too great,
the difficulties insuperable. The Law
millions Knocked all my efforts; their
alliance with the ROthschilds placed
mother and son under the protection
of every secret police in Europe. But
they dared not come home. At length
l realized could win only by playing
a waiting game. l needed three
things: more money; to bring Alan
Law back to America; and one agent
l could trust, one incorruptible agent
| ceased to persecute mother and son,
lulled them into a sense of false Sc
curity, and by careful speculations
repaired my fortunes. In Rose l had
the lure to draw the boy back to
America: in you, the one person |
could trust.
Il sent Rose abroad and arranged
that she should meet Law. They fell
in love at sight. Then l wrote inform
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ton. to md that the Indian had
thoughtfully touched a match to the
pyre before departing. At Alan's feet
the twigs were blazing merrily.
II would have been easy enough,
acting on instinct, to snatch his limbs
away, but he did not move more than
to strain his feet as far as their bonds
permitted. Conscious of scorching
heat even through his hunting boots,
he suffered that torture until tongue
of fame licked up, wrapped itself
round the thick hempen cord and ate
it through.
Immediately Alan kicked his feet
free, lifted to kneeling position. and
crawled from the pyre.
As for his hands-Alan's hunting
knife was still in its sheath belted
to the small Of his back. Tearing at
the belt with his hampered fingers. he
contrived to shift it round until the
sheath knife stuck at the belt-loop
over his left hip. Withdrawing and
conveying the blade to his mouth, he
gripped it firmly between his teeth
and sawed the cords round his wrists
against the razor-sharp blade.
Before Alan could turn and run he
saw a vanguard of flames bridge so
yards at a bound and start a dead
pine blazing like a torch.
And then he was pelting like a mad
man across the smoked-filled clearing.
and in less than two minutes broke
from the forest to the pebbly shore of
a wide-bosomed lake, and within a
few hundred feet of a substantial
dam, through whose spillway heavy
volume of water cascaded with roar
rivaling that of the fcrest-fire itself.
Two quick glances showed Alan two
things: that his only way of escape
was via the dam; that there was a
solitary canoe at mid-lake, bearing
swiftly to the farther shore Judith
Trine and the Indian-the latter WELD
ing the paddle.
In the act of turning toward the
dam he saw Jacob drop the paddle.
The next instant bullet from a Win
chester 80 kicked up squirt Of peb-
bles only a few feet in advance Of
Alan.
He quickened his pace, but the next
bullet fell closer, while the third ac-
tually bit the earth beneath his run
ming feet as he gained the dam.
Exasperated, he pulled up, whipped
Onf hic icfn ond Rrod without oil
At the same time, he noted that the
| distance between dam and canoe had
lessened perceptibly, thanks to the
strong current sucking through the
spillway.
His shot flew wide, but almost in
stinctively his finger closed again
upon the trigger, and he saw the pad
die snap in twain, its blade falling
overheard. And then the Indian fired
again, his bullet droning past Alan's
ear.
AS he fred in response Jacob start
ed, dropped his rifle and crumpled up
in the bow Of the canoe.
simultaneously earth and heavens
rocked with a terrific clap of thun.
der.
He turned again and ran swiftly
along the dam, toward two heavy tim
bers that bridged the torrent of the
spillway.
Then a glance aside brought him up
with a thrill of horror; the suck Of
the overflow had drawn the canoe
within hundred yards of the spill
way The dead Indian in its bow, the
living woman helpless in its stern.
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CHAPTER Nv.
Many Watera

Overhead. through a rift in the
foliage. sky was visible whose ebon
darkness called to mind a thunder
cloud.
The heat was nearly intolerable;
the voice of the fire was very loud.
A heavy. broken crashing near by
made Alan turn his head, and he saw
a brown bear break cover and plunge
on into the farther thickets-forerun-
ner Of a mad rout Of terrified, forest
folk, deer. porcupines. fox or two. q
wildcat, rabbits. squirrels. partridges
"a dozen more.
Two minutes had passed of the ten.
Something was digging uncomfortably
into Alan's right hlD-the automatic
pistol in his hip pocket. Of which
Jacob had neglected to relieve him
Then q sharp. spitefGl cracking
| brought hin suddenly g q alstlns pnsl
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it swept swiftly onward to destruc-
ton.
His next few actions we're wholly
unprecedented. He was conscious
only of her white. staring face, her
strange likeness to the woman that he
loved.
He ran out upon the bridge. threw
himself down upon the innermost tim
ber, turned. and let his body fall back
ward, arms extended at length. and
swung, braced by his feet beneath
the outer timber.
With q swiftness that passed con-
scious thought, he was aware OF the
canoe hurtling onward with the speed
of wind, its sharp Prov apparently
aimed directly for his head. Then
hands closed round his wrists like
clamps; a tremendous weight tore at
his arms, and with an effort of incon-
ceivable difficulty he began to lift,
to drag the woman up out Of the foam
ing Jaws Of death.
Somehow that impossible feat was
achieved; somehow the woman gained
q hold upon his body. shifted 1t to his
belt. contrived inexplicably to Chamber
over him to the timbers; and some
how he in turn pulled himself up to
safety. and sick with reaction sprawled
prone. lengthwise upon that fOot-wide
bridge, above the screaming abyss.
Later he became aware that the
woman had crawled to safety ON the
farther shore. and pulling himself 70
gether. initiated her example. Solid
earth underfoot. he rose and stood
swaylng. heaet BY : great weakness
Taroash sAs zakhesins daEknsss
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Copyrights, 1914. By Louis Joseph Vance
CHAPTER !.
The MESSAGE Of the Rose.

ne "CSSdAG hOoG-
Tapped deep In the leather-bound
luxury OF an ample lounge chair,
walled apart from the world by the
venerable solitude of the library OF
LOndon's most exclusive club, Mr..
Alan Law sprawled largely on the
nape of his neck) and, squirting dis
cOntentedly down his nose, admitted
tina. he was exhaustively bored.
Now the chair filed so gracelessly
stood by an open window, some TWEEN
ty feet below which lay a sizable
walled garden. an old English garden
In full flower. And through the win
dow. now and then. a half-hearted
breeze waited gusts OF warm air,
sauve and enervating with the heavy
fragrance OF English roses.
Mr. Law drank deep of II. and in
spite OF his spiritual unrest. sighed
slightly and shut his eyes.
An unspoken word troubled the
depth of his consciousness, so that
old memories stirred and struggled to
its surface. The word was Rose"
and for the time seemed to be the
name neither of woman nor of a
flower. but oddly of both, as though
the two things were one His mental
vision, bridging the gap of year, con-
jured up the vision of 1.-THE, sweet
silhouette in white, with red roses
at her belt posed on a terrace of the
Riviera against the burning Mediter-
ranean blue.
MIR Law was DULY conscious that
he ought to be sorry about something.
But he was really very drowsy indeed;
and so, drinking deep OF winescent
of roses, he fell gently asleep.
The clock was striking four when
ne awoke; and before closing his
eyes he had noticed that its hands
indicated ten minutes to four. So he
could not have slept very long
For some few seconds Alan did not
move, but rested as he was, incredu-
lously regarding a rose which had ma
teTialized mysteriously upon the little
table at his elbow He was quite sure
1t had not been there when he closed
his eyes, and almost as sure that it
was not real
And in that instant of awakening
the magic fragrance of the rose-garden
seemed to be even more strong and
cloying sweet than ever.
Then he put out a gingerly hand
and discovered that it was real beyond
all question. A warm red rose, fresh
plucked. drops of water trembling and
sparkling like tiny diamonds on the
velvet Of its tleshy petals. And when
impulsively he took it by the stem, he
discovered a most indisputable thorn
which did service for the traditional
pinch
Convinced that he wasn't dreaming.
Alan transferred the rose to his sound
hand. and meditatively sucked his
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rrIpolI a Dying City.

Tripoll in Syria has seen her manu-
factories steadily dwindle. Thirty
years ago that district, imported NO
foodstuffs and the importation of man
ufactured products was only about so
per cent Of the total annual consump.
ton. Since then imports have grad
uslly increased, owing to lack of suit
able labor, to the cheaper freight rates,
and better transportation facilities.
Local firms have found It cheaper and
more practicable to import from
abroad than to patroniEe home indus
tries. The output Of the large cotton
and silk factories at HONS and Hama
has been greatly reduced during the
last Ave years. 40 the entry Of cheaper
foreign goods has made it impossible
to make . profit. So the looms have
been gradually abandoned, and the
wsaveru emigrating abroad >haye ai
once obtained good situations In the
taRalsn cotton nna III mills.
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thumb Then he jumped up from the
chair and glared suspiciously round
the room. 1t was true that a prac-
tical Joke in that solemn atmosphere
were a thing unthinkable; still, there
was the rose.
There was no one but himself in
the library
Perplexed to evaporation. Alan fed
the club. only pausing on the way out
to annex the envelope he found ad-
dressed to him in the letter-rack
1t was blank white envelope of
good quality, the address typewriter.
the stamp English. and bore a Lon.
don postmark half illegible.
Alan tore the envelope open In alb
sent-minded fashion-and started as
II stung. The enclosure was a sim.
pie playing card-a trey of hearts!
AS for Alan Law. he wandered
homeward in state of stupefaction
He could read quite we'll the message
of the rose. He would not soon for.
get that year-old parting with his
Rose of the Riviera: You say you
love me but may not marry me-and
we must part, Then promise this,
that IL ever you change your mind,
you'll send for me-" And her prom,
Use: II will send you a rose"
But the year had lapsed with never
sign from her, so that he had grown
accustomed to the unfattering belief
that she had forgotten him.
And now the sign had come-but
what the deuce did the trey of hearts
mean?
When morning came, London had
lost Alan Law. No man of his ac'
quaintance--nor any woman--had re
ceived the least warning of his dis
appearance. He was simply and suf
ficiently removed from English ken.
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like a fiery sword. To its crashing
thunder he lapsed into unconscious.
ness.
When he reused, it was with a shiv-
er and a shudder. Rain was falling
in torrents from a sky the hue Of
slate. Across the lake dense volumes
Of steam enveloped the fires that
tainted beneath the deluge. A great
kissing noise filled the world, muting
even the roar of the spillway.
He was alone.
But in his hand, tattered and bruised
by the downpour, he found-a rose.
CTo BE CONTINUED)
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eHAPrER u.

The Sign Of the Three.
OuteeaoOEa. high brAaen noon. :
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CROW CREEK TO
 HAVE BIG YEAR
J. w. DAWSON ESTIMATES CLEAN UP NEXT SEASON
 AT $l5O,OOO.

The output from the Dawson-Nutter mine on Crow creek will be $l50,000 next year according to the estimate made by J. w. Dawson, brother of Dick Dawson, who arrived from that creek last evening. Since the close of the sluicing season they have taken out 200, 900 feet of logs to be ready for the saw mill that will be erected next spring. They have also excavat- ed a bye path for the river which will carry the entire waters of the river for 4,000 feet and leave the present channel dry. This bye path repre- sents cost of $2O,OOO. The prospect ing which they have recently done shows that the pay dirt runs seven dollars and sixty one cents to the yard and was measured up by Engineer Newsome who was here representing the Guggenheims. They also started a water power plant this fall.
 Mir. Dawson, who arrived last even ing, is associated also with Robert Hildreth, Tom Gordon and P. A. Mar rian on California creek. They are putting in sluice boxes there this win ter. They will operate it next summer and the following summer they will install a large hydraulic plant. In preparation they are also building dam and two buildings. Mir. Dawson believes the California creek ground
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RELIEF GROWS THAT RUSSIA WON GREAT VICTORY
BELIEVE VILLA
 IS IN CAPITAL
LAST HEARD FROM WHEN HE WAS FORTY MILES FROM
 MEXICO CITY.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The latest dispatches to the state depart ment reported that Villa and his forces were at Tula, forty miles from Mexican City. Communication with Mexico City is slow and it is believed probable that Villa has already en- tered the capital as there is apparent no reason for delay. No explanation has been given here for the departure of the American forces from Vera Cruz and the consequent admission of the Carranza forces into that city. It is likely that this government de- cided to let the Mexicans run their affairs to suit themselves according to their expressed desires.
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 26.-lt is semi officially announced that the German defeat at Lodz eliminating in the cap ture of a German army corps was the result of Russian manuvre by which the Germans were led into an extric- able trap. The Russian left wing was resting on the river Warthe and the Russian right wing was on the Vis- tula, both lying along the Warsaw Kalisc railroad Both wings moved forward in unison during the last two days. Simultaneously the Russian cen ter gave ground. The Germans moved forward apparently depending upon the German column from Weilun to repulse the Russian left wing and form a juncture with the main Ger man forces. The plan failed as re- suit of the battle Wednesday when the force from Weilun was repulsed. Thereafter the Russian wings advanc- ed and closed the gaps through which the German center had passed. In the meantime the Russian reserves had come up and surrounded the Germans, thousands of whom surrendered. 9th CTS fought their way in an effort to join the German left wing in the vici- nity of Lowicz.
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HOW REVENUE
 TAX HITS US
REVENUE BILL ARRIVES AND SHOWS WHAT WE MUST
 PAY.

A copy of the new war revenue bill which has just arrived at the office of Judge Whittlesey shows where the people of Seward will be affected by the European war.
 Aside from beer and wine taxes bankers must pay $l for each $1,OOO capital used or employed.
 ProprietOrs of theaters etc, $25.
 Dealers in tobacco whose annual sales are more than S2OO must pay $4.SO for each store.
 Bonds, debentures or certificates is- sued on and after the first day of December by any association, com pany or corporation five cents on each SlOO face value or fraction thereof.
 Upon each sale, agreement of sale or agreement to sell at any exchange, or board of trade, or other similar places, one cent for each $1OO or fraction therof. It is provided that on every sale, agreement of sale etc, there shall be made and delivered from the seller to the buyer a bill, memorandum, agreement of such deal.
 Promissory notes and renewals of she same, two cents for each Sl0O.
 For all transportation of parcNls tTV rail, steamship etc, a one cent stamp for shipment whose transportation
 Continued on Page 4)
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TURKISH AND BRITISH TOUCH

LONDON, Nov 27-The British forces are now in touch with the Turkish invaders thirty miles east of the Suez canal but there sign of general engagement in that vicinity It is thought probable that the invasion of Egypt will be postponed by Turkey because the Turks are now hard pressed in Armenia and around the Per sian gulf It is assumed here that if the Turks finally cross
 the canal they will probably concentrate all their efforts
 to capture Cairo Nothing is told here as to the probable attitude which the majority of Egyptians will take if the Turkish army succeeds in entering Egyptian territory but there decdey feeling of uneasness that the deta
 cation of the khedive pre-suppOseS general uprSmg should the British army not be able to epe the invaders