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los ante la nulidad sin pro-
Srama, sin credo, sin ideales
Y hasta sin cerebro de D. We
nustiano Carranza, para apro
vechar todos los elemelitos
rebeldes sin compromise y
sin exhibirse, seguros de 81
desprestigio y del horror
que han despertado coI sus
traiciones en- todo el pueblo
mexicano.
Francisco l. Madero rudo
sorpreDder a los antirreslec
cionistas y revoiucicrarios
Ide 1910, porque e. peraonal-
mente era un hombre honra-
do y quiza un hombre de
buena fe, y Sc crey6 que su ia
milia, que protestaba su dhe
sion al Gral. Diaz Y p1blica-
mente llamaba loco a Fran
cisco |. Madero, mientrss
este Sc lanzaba a los campos
revolucionarios, no tendria
ell cinismo de lanzarse ccmo
bandada de vampires sehre
el desgarrado y ssrgJigrto
cuerpo de la patria, para Iu-
lificar los triunfos del pre-
bio Y transformer el Gobier-
no en- un bazar de hIngaros
trashumantes.
Pero ese engano vii no pue
de repetirse, aunque Carran
"a Sc haya prestado a hacer
ell papel de fantoche.
La revoluci6n quiza &c uni
ficara, quiza tomara la cohe
sion que necesita para el
triunfo; pero 40 sers q de-
rredor de Carranza y { Ma
dero, sino de verdaueros pa
triotas, de hombres limpios,
de hombres de ideales, de
principles, de inquebrantable
energia civica, que pongan
un hasta aqui a los mercsae
res politicos.
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La prensa carrancista Sc
ocupa desde hace algunoi
meses en- predicar la cohe'
sion, la unifieaci6n de los ele
mentos revolucionarios, dis
persos bajo distintas bande'
ras, y aln sin bandera algu.
ma, por casi todo ell territorio
de Mexico, y naturalmente,
la prensa earrancista preten
de que todos los elementos
revolucionarios Sc unifiquen
|al derredor de D. Venustia.
no, que tampoco tiene ban
dera, y que Sc ha manten:do
sin hacer cosa de provecho a
la sombra de los revolucio-
narios antimaderistas que
encontr6 va en- armas cuan.
do dio ell golpe de mano en-
el Saltillo y Sc retro con 81
hotin a las sierras de Mon.
clova.
Ell carrancismo propiamen
te dicho no 10 forman mas
que las hordas de Pablo Con
'zalez Y JESUS Carranza, dis.
persas ahora en- ell Estado de
Tamaulipas.
La prensa de los Maderc,
que ha pretendido hacer
Greer en- la unidad de la re-
voluci6n, para engafar, en-
primer termino, al Gobierno
americano.y despues, al pue.
bio de Mexico, engan6 tam.
bien a D. Venustiano, allen.
tandole a ponerse al frente
de los rebeldes de la Lagu-
ma, de Durango,y Zacatecas,
dcnde tan desairado papel
hizo el Generalisimo, pues no
solo no fue reconocido como
Jefe Supreme de la revolu.
eion, sino que estuvo en- Pc
ligro de ser victima de los
revolucionarios antimaderis.
tas, como 10 demuestra Ia
huida de Carranza, muy IRE
cioi ois.ada y muy oscura a las
montanas de Sonora, donde
lie dieron piadoso asilo May
torena Y Pesquira y Obre-
g6n, a condici6n presisa de
que no interviniera para ma
da en- los asuntos politicos y
militares de aquella region.
Y Carranza acept6 ell hos.
pedaje y la condici6n, como
acept6 los servicios de Pan
cho Villa, a condici6n tam.
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La afamada tiend;.

LA afamada tien6;. de
ropa "Las 2 Repdbli. ." )"
del Sr Eduards Cruz, - &
vendiendo sus 1ltimas n.er.
cancfas de barata, pues W
esta proximo el dia Gu. Edo
Sc cambiara a su nus vo y
elegante local.
Aproveche los pocos .:fas
que faltan y compre ba ito
-An1nciase una Jurts dt,
la Camara de Comerc do
esta ciudad, para Ell dia { del
presente mes, en- ell Salon de
los Eiks, con objeto dc ra.-
tar ell sroyecto &C &C ui4
una carretera solre l. r.,
gen Gel Rio Grande. oes de
Brownsville a Eagle Pats, 8
cuando nenos, a LAREDO.
-Tenemos noticias que
consideramos digna de re
ditto, de que ell S.. Ga Te-
llez fu@ llamado a Mtzico
y de que fue nombraoo sfe
de la Division del Bra~o el
valiente y active Gral. Picar
do Pena,
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GRITos DEsEsP PERAD0s.
Los Carrancistas piden Imposibles.

bi9n de que no intervinier,
para NADIA en- los movimien
tos y en- los actos de Pancht
Villa, como 10 ha demostrc
do ell hecho, fuera de discu-
sion de que no pudo tratal
Carranza con el DR.. Hale
precisamente porque no pu-
do ofrecer que Villa no CO.
meteria asesinatos, robos {
incendios aun en- las mismas
propiedades americanss,y el
hecho no menos p1blico, &c
haber consentido Carranza
en- manifestar al Gobierno
de Washington que los des-
mabes cometidos ror Paneht
Villa en- Torre6n, en- G. Jua.
rez y en- Chihuahua, con ne .
cionales v extranjeros y con
mujeres, ninos y C6nsuIes,
estaban autorizados por ell
mismo Carranza, y que de
ninguna manera podria i'm
pedirlos, aunque quisiera,
porque Villa no 10 obedece.
ria. como de hecho no 10 Ole
dece ningunode los cabeci
Has de la revoluci6n, excep-
|ci6n hecha de su hermano Je
sus y de Pablo Gonzalez.
Y como pueden obedecsr 8
Carranza los cabecillas revo
lucionarios, 81 Carranza ro
tiene bandera polftica, no
tiene progrsma, nj siquiers
|tiene partidarios o un contin
gente militar apreciable que
justifique sus aspiraciones a
Ia dictadura?
Por muy torpes que sean
los revolucionarios de Mexi-
co, nunca convendrian EN-
que, durante la campafa, Sc
apropie Carranza ell botin de
guerra, sin exponerse a
los rigores del combate, y
desrues del triunfo de la re.
voluci6n Sc ensenoree incon.
dicionalmente del poder, CO.
molo pretende en- su ridicu.
10 Plan de Guadalupe.
La prensa revolucionaria,
mexicana y americana, sos.
tenida y dirigida por los Ma
dero, pretende, como ndcleo
revolucionario, la restaura.
ci6n de la familia Madero en-
ell poder, enganando con can
tos de sirena a los cabecillas
revolucionarios, y agr,lpar.
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you all to the station. It would be
just as well not to say anything more,
sir"
Very well; but some one shall
smart for this outrage"
That remains to be seen," was the
terse comment Of the secret service
man.
He led his prisoners away directly.
Norton and his men had to wait far
into the night. The Black Hundred
did not intend to make any mistake
this time by a hasty move. At quarter
after ten they descended. Braine was
not with them. This was due to the
urgent request of Olga, who still had
her doubts. The men rioted about the
house, searching hooks and corners,
examining floors and walls, opening
books, pulling out drawers, but they
found nothing. They talked freely,
however, and the dictagraph regis
tered every word. The printing plant,
which had so long defied discovery,
was in the cellar of the house occu-
pied by the Black Hundred. Norton
and his men determined to follow and
raid the building. And the reporter
promised himself a good front page
story without in any way conflicting
with his promises to Jones.
Events came to pass as they expected.
The trailing was not the easiest thing.
Norton knew about where the build
ing was, but he could not go to it d.
rectly. He was quite confident that
it's entrance was Identical with that
which had the trap door through which
he had been flung that memorable
day when he had been shanghaied.
When they reached the building he
warned the men to hug the wall to the
stairs. The trap yawned, but no one
was hurt. They scampered up the
stairs like a lot Of eager boys; broke
the door into find the weird execu-
tive chamber dark and empty and an
acrid smoke in their nostrils. This
latter grew sitting as they Numbered
about in the dark. By luck Norton
found the exit and called to the men
to follow. They saw eggs at the top
Of the stairway and called out to him
to surrender. He held up his hands
and the stairs collapsed. Real fire
burst out and Norton and his compan-
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CHAPTER XIV.
Another Trap Set,

Another Trap Set.
If the truth is to be told, Jones was
as deeply chagrined over the outcome
of the counterfeit deal as was Braine.
They had both failed signally to reach
the goal sought. But this time the or
ganization had broken even with Jones,
| and this fact disturbed the butler. 1t
might signify that the turning point
had been reached, and that in the fu-
ture the good luck might swing over to
the side of the Black Hundred. Jones
redoubled his cautions, reiterated his
warnings, and slept less than ever.
| Indeed, as he went over the ground
he conceded a point to the Black Hun
dred. He would no longer be able
to keep tab on the organization. They
had deserted their former quarters
absolutely. The agent of whom they
had leased the building knew nothing
except that he would have to repair
the place. The rent had been paid a
year in advance, as it had been these
last eight years. He had dealt through
an attorney VINO knew Eo more Oh Lbs
clients than the agent. So it will be
seen that Jones had in reality received
a check.
More than all this, 1t would give his
enemies renewed confidence; and this
was a deeper menace than he cared
to face. But he went, about his af-
fairs as usual, giving. no hint to any
one of the mental turmoil which had
possession of him.
1t Is needless to state Norton did
not scoop his rivals on the counter
felt story. But he set to work explor-
ing the cellar of the Quilted building,
and in one corner he found a battered
die. He turned this over to the secret
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Copyright, 1914, by Harold MacGrashl
What is it you wish, sir?"

What is it you wish, sir?"
81 am from the secret service and
l have it from a pretty good source
that there is counterfeit money hidden
in this house. More than that, l can
put my hand on the very place it is
hidden"
That is impossible, sir" declared
Jones Indignantly.
I'm an old hand, Mr.. Jones. 1t
will not do you a bit of good to put
on that bold front"
Beggs smiled. How was he to know
that this was a comedy set especially
for his benefit?
81 should like to see that money"
said Jones, not quite so bravely.
Come with me-" said the secret
service man. where's the library?"
Beyond that door, sir"
The chief reckoning to his men,
entered the library, went directly to
a certain shelf, extracted three vol
umes, and there lay the money in
three neat packages.
Good h~eavens!" gasped Jones.
81 shall have to request you and the
family to accompany me to the sta
tion."
But it is all utterly impossible,
sir! / know nothing of that money,
nor how it got there. It's a plot. 1
declare on my oath, sir, that / am
innocent, that Miss Florence and her
companion know nothing about it."
you will have to tell that to the
federal judge, sir. MyIduty is to take
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SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave. millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den OF the
rang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred. lives the life OF a re-
cluse for eighteen years. HarSreave &C &c
cidentally meets Braine, leader OF the
Black Hundred. Knowing Braine Will Try
to get him. he escapes from his own home
by a balloon. Before escaping he writes
a letter to the girls school where eighteen
years before he mysteriously left on the
doorstep his baby daughter, Florence
Gray. That day Hargreave also draws
S1,O00,W from the bank, but 1t is reported
that this dropped into the sea when the
balloon he escaped in was punctured'
Countess Olga. Braine's companion, visits
her and claims her as a relative. Two
bogus detectives call. but their plot IS
foiled by Norton, a newspaper man. BY
lays a trap for Braine and his gang.
Countess Olga also visits the Orient's cap
tain, and she easily falls into the report
er's snare. The plan proves aoortlve
Through Braine's good luck and only hire
lings fall into the hands of the police,
After failing in their first attempt, the
Black hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money. but she escapes, again
foiling them. Norton and the countess
call on Florence the next day. once more
safe at home. The visitors having gone.
Jones removes a section Of flooring and
from a cavity takes a box. Pursued by
members of the Black Hundred. he ruShes
to the water front and succeeds in drop
ping the box into the sea. Countess Olga
causes an eStrangement between Norton
n Florence. Accomplices of Braine kid
nap Florence while she is shopping and
hurry her off to sea. She leaps overheard
and is picked up in a dazed condition by
fishermen. The Black Hundred locat her
n Braine, disguised as her father, takes
her back to sea with hin. Florence sets
fire to the boat and is rescued by q ship
on which Norton has been shanghaied.
Norton and Florence. safely ashore and
with no longer any misunderstanding be-
tween them take the train for home.
The train Is wrecked and the Black Hun
dred carry the injured Florence to a de-
serted hut. Norton. who tries to rescue
her, Is tied to the railroad tracks. Flor
ence saves him and finally Jones m
TO the rescue Of both. Concealed above
the rendezvous OF the Black Hundred, a
man learns of the recovery from the sea
Of the box Of jewels by a sailor and Of its
subsequent return to the bottom Of the
sea, and he quickly communicates the
fact to Jones. A duplicate box is planted
and later secured by the band. but before
Its contents are examined the box mys-
ter1ouSly disappears. Owing to the fall
ing off Of contributions to the parent or
ganiZation in Russia. an agent arrives
and assumes the leadership of the Ameri-
can branch of the Black Hundred.
Through the c~onnivance Of the countess,
the new head Is thoroughly Inundated.
Braine pursues his own plans pending re-
storation to power.
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launch; it did not deviate a hairs
breadth from the line. Fortunately
the men were looking toward the huge
freighter a quarter Of a mile farther
on, and from their talk 1t was evident
that that freighter was to be her pris-
on-bound for where? Nearer and
nearer came the hydroplane. Was It
for her? ,',' ... E
It was impossible for the men not
to take notice Of the barking Of the
engines at last.
"The things headed for us!"
'Vroon stared under his palm. It
vas not credible that pursuit had
taken place so quickly. To test yonder
man-bird he abruptly changed the
course of the launch. The hydroplane
veered its course to suit.
Florence heard her name called
family. One Of the men drew his
revolver, but Vroon knocked it out
Of his hand.
There's the police boat, you fool"
Jump" a voice called to Florence.
She flung herself into the water
without the slightest hesitation.
All this came about something after
this fashion. When Norton arrived at
the foot Of Corey. street a boatman
informed him that a young woman Of
his description had gotten Ito a fast
motor boat and had gone down the
river. .
WAS there any struggled"
Struggle? None that I could see.
She didn't make no fuss about 60
ing" ~
Have you a launch?"
"Yes, but the other boat has half
an hours start, and I'd never catch
her in a thousand years. But there's
a hydroplane a little above here. You
might interest the Teller that runs it."
"Thanks!"
But the aviator would not listen.
"A life may hang in the balance
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her. 1t might be a new sensation to
kiss Susan, always so prim and offish.
Corey street-that had been her direc-
ton. They had put Florence In a
motor boat at the foot of Corey street.
He was perhaps half an hour behind.
Florence never opened her lips. She
stared ahead proudly. She would
show these scoundrels that she was
her fathers daughter. They piled
her with questions, but she pretended
not to hear.
: well pretty bird, We'll make you
speak. when the time comes. We've
got you this trip where we want you.
There won't be any jumping over
board this session, believe me. We've
wasted enough time. We've got you
and we're going to keep you
Let her be-" said Vroon morosely.
We'll put all the questions we wish
when we're at our destination And
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service men,. There was one man he
wanted to fnd-Vroon. This man,
could he find him, should be- made to
lead him, Norton, to the new strong
hold. He saw the futility Of trying to
trap Braine by shadowing him. He
desired Braine to believe that his es-
cape from the freighter had been a
bit of wild luck and not a precon-
ceived plan. Braine was out Of reach
for the present, so he began the search
for the man Vroon. He haunted the
water front saloons for a week with
out success.
He did not know that it was the
policy of the Black Hundred to lay low
for a month after a raid of such a
serious character. So the Hargreaye
menage had thirty days of peace;
always watched, however. For Braine
never relaxed his viligance in that
part of the game. He did not care to
lose sight Of Jones, who he was posi-
tive was ready for flight if the slight
est opportunity offered itself.
Norton went back to the primrose
paths of love; and sometimes he would
forget all about such a thing as the
Black Hundred. So the summer days
went by, with the lilacs and the roses
empowering the Hargreave home. But
Norton took note of the fact that
! Florence was no longer the light
hearted schoolgirl he had first met.
Her trials had made a serious oma
OF her, and perhaps this phase was all
the more enchanting to him, who had
his serious side also. Her young mind
was like an Italian garden, always
opening new vistas for his admiring
gaze.
He went about his work the same as
of old, interviewing, playing detective,
%fattening his pay envelope by specials
t. the Sunday edition and some of the
lighter magazines. Sometimes he had
vague dreams of writing a play, a
novel, and making a tremendous for
tune like that chap Manders, who only
a few years ago had been his desk
mate. He really began the first chap.
ter of a novel; but that has nothing
to do with this history.
All ready, then. The chess are once
more on the board, and it is the move
of the Black Hundred,
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CHAPTER XIV-Continued.

"Ah, Olga, why the deuce must you
go and fall in love with a bundle Of
ashes like myself? Ashes and bitter
ashes, too. Sometimes / regret. But
the regretting only seems to make
me all the more savage. What opium
and dope are to other men, danger
and excitement are to me. 1t is not
written that I shall die in bed. I have
told you that already. There Is no
other woman-now. And I do love you
after a fashion, as a man loves a COM
rade. Wait till this dancing bout is
owe and / may talk otherwise. And
now l am going to shake hands and
hobnob with the elite-beautiful word!
And while l bow and smirk and crack
witticisms, ] and the devil will be
chuckling in. our sleeves. But this
I'll tell you, while there's a drop OF
blood in my veins, a breath in my
body, I'll stick to this fight if only
to prove that I'm not a gutter"
He caught her suddenly in his arms,
kissed her, a lightly to the door,
and was gone before she could re-
cover from her establishment.
The affair went smoothly, without
a hitch. Norton and his men gained
the house through the tunnel without
attracting the least attention. The
Black Hundred, watching the front
and rear of the house, never dreamed
that there existed another mode Of
entrance or that there was a secret
cabinet room.
Half an hour later the head Of the
secret service, accompanied by his
men, together with Spider" Reggs,
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What I want to know" she said to
the waitress, according to a New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star, "is how there's so many people
in New York when most of EN-, so fur
as l see, could git away if they wanted
to. l come here to see tn fashions,
actin on the advice of friends, though
l run a dressmakin' establishment 20
years in Vevay. %1ndianny, without
never comm to New York an amt
never comm again. If I ever took
back tn fashions l seen here to Vevay,
Id lose every customer I've got an
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he nodded significantly onward the
ships riding at anchor.
Florence felt her heart sink in spite
Of her abundant courage. Were they
going to take her to sea again? She
had acquired a horror Of the sea, so
big, SO terrible, SO strong. She had
had an experience with it's sullen
power. They had gone about four
miles down when she looked back
longingly toward shore. Something
white seemed to be spinning oyer the
water far behind. At first she could
not discern what it was. AS she
watched it it grew and grew. 1t final
ly emerged from the illusion Of a g.
ga7tic bird into the actually Of an
eycSy5ay h%ydroplane. Her heart gave
a gr.a. bound. This flying machine
was coming directly toward the
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probably git put out O. the church.
New YORK amt nothin' but a regular
s"lnole anyway, from end to end an
from before breakfast to lockin' up
m was supposed to git a quiet
room in a convenient n~eighborhood.
When got there it was over a shootin'
gallery, an tn things that neighbor.
hood was convenient fur amt nothin'
for you an me to speak Of. moved
quick an they wouldn't give me back
the deposit sent when l wrote to en-
gage tn room. But l amt coma under.
take to tell We about all tn little things
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pattern, the different parts are sewn
together and hemmed, and the places
where the %buttonholes are 10 be
formed are strengthened with calico
or linen. The paper Is very strong
and at the same time very flexible.
After a garment has been worn a few
hours it will interfere with the per-
SEPARATION of the body no more than 90
garments made of cotton fabric.
The paper is not sized, nor is it I'M
permeable. After becoming wet the
paper is difficult to tear. When an en-
deayor is made to tear it by hand 1t
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The day was rather cloudy. Jones
viewed the sky YEARLY. He could
hear Florence playing rather a cheer
less nocturne by Chopin. Fourteen
weeks ago this warfare had begun, and
all he had accomplished, he and those
with him, was the death or i%ncarcera-
ton of a few inc%onsequent members Of
the Black Hundred. Always they struck
and always he had to ward off. He
had always been on the defensive;
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mani" expostulated Norton, longing to
pommel the stubborn man.
What proof have I of that?"
Norton showed his card and badge.
20, l see!" jeered the aviator. "A
little newspaper stunt in which l am
TO be the goat. 1t can't be done, Mr.,
Norton; it can't be done"
"A hundred dollarsi"
Not for five hundred" and the
aviator ~callously turned away toward
the young woman with whom he had
been conversing prior to Norton's ap-
proach. The two walked a dozen yards
away.
Norton had not served twelve years
as a metropolitan newspaper man for
nothing. He approached the mechan-
les who were p%utterlng about the
machine.
How about twenty apiece?" he
began.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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ion had a desperate battle with fame
and smoke to gain the street.
The fire was put out finally, but
there was nothing in the ruins to prove
that there had been a counterfeiting
den there. There was, however, at
least one consoling feature: in the fu-
ture the Black Hundred would have
to hold their stsr-chamber elsewhere.
1t was checkmate; or, rather, it was
a draw.
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HAD ENOUGH OF NEW YORK
D~ressmaker From Indiana Formed
Mighty Poor Opinion of the
Great Metropolis.

She was a middle aged person from
the rural districts and evidenced
health in her appearance and perfect
digestion in her breakfast, which con-
sisted of ham and eggs with catchup
on them. The catchup made even the
waitress vince. Her trouble was en-
tirely of the mind, but it was acute.