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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15
Carpenters TO Banquet.

carpenters union No. 1904 will give
a banquet in the lodge rooms on Sew
enth street tomorrow night \ com
mitiee has been appointed and is now
BUSY getting things in shape for a
royal good time. The local union
stages an affair of this kind about
every three months.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15
Small Child Dies.

The eight months DID child OF Mr..
and Mrs. William J. Anguish died A.
the home on McMechen street az
O'Clock yesterday morning. death be
ing due 20 ~infantile Troubles The
funeral will he held at Cameron. The
party leaving this city on the O'Clock
train TODAY
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15
No Audieree-

The Red RaE- specialist Who
SPOKE N the public reading room OF
the McMechen bank al ? 8O vesterdsy
afternoon didn't get much OF an audi
thce from some cause or other u
may have been the weather. a whole
some respect for the Sabbath on the
part OF the citizens. or any other OF a
number OF things. bu the fact remains
mat the audience didn't show up
ne erort was again made later in
the day. but with no better result
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

Ms home here TO spend the vacation.
Mr. McCluskey has been 4 student of
the West Virginia University.
Ford Costolow will leave today FOR
Atlantic City TO spend his vacation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

tins Ferry and was on his way home
The car. No 10. was we'll filled with
passengers and the man was stand
ing on the rear platform and in round
ing curve fell of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15
Can't Keen 4, seere.

The sDlendid work OF Chamberlain
Tablets y daily becoming more widely
tuown. No such grand remedy for
stomach and liver troubles has ever
been known. For sale by all dealers
ADV.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15
I. o. o. =. 20 Nee,

The local lodge OF the I. O. q. p
order viii meet tonight In the lodge
rooms In the McMechen bank build
ing In regular weekly session. The
SESSION IL expected TO be a busy one
Aside from the routine business mans
for the annual memorial services will
De discussed. All members are urged
20 be present
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

DoWELL REALTY co.
City Home Site In The Country
Glendale, W. Va
BEL phone. Moundsville 3O5-R-
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FROM
OHIO

Intsllixsnesr .aresu-
Columbus. o. Juns IA
Sarah McDonald OF BeIlaire Was
discharged In bankruptcy IN the fed
efsi court here saturday. Others re-
lieved OF their debts are
William ~ Rogers. Allen p. Koch.
Harry &. Celvin. Frank :. Spangler.
Wits A. Moral. Howard 3 McNich-
OILS. William Reiter. A. J. Osborne and
Chris Koehl of Columbus.
James Devoracek. Maynard. Syden-
stricken 4 Daniel. Marietta. Grant I'd
wards. Harlem Township. Della ware
County. Frederick T. Gurley. White
Cottage; Jud T Smith. Zanesyille.
James ID Jackson. Jackson. John &.
Humphrey. GAINESVILLE. Glen G.. Robin
son. Mt Vernon. Myrtle o. MANI.
Loo kbOurne
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MoundsNille Briefs

game. DIR. y. r Bone was the at.
tending physician.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15
NEW OHIO INTERPRETATIONS.

The Ohio Citrus Fruit Company.
Lockborrne. r G. Kurtzhalz and 9th
ers: $40 900
The Cincinnati Masonic Temple
Company W. n. Armstrong and 9TH
ers: $50 1000
The RoDer Assets Company. Cleve
laod. u. T. Hershey and others: $50
600
The Stearns COMPANY Cleveland
Abraham Stears and others: $50 900
Increase.
The Lima Merchandise Company.
Lima: 500 600
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

Those choice lots In the NcNechen
Midway are for sale by NcCuIIagn
4 Reid. Bell phone s92 National
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The Lima Me-
Lima 500. 1000

Bert Smith. aged 50. OF Delaware. \
lecturer on agricultural topics. fell
dead from heart disease while speak
'pg ~ Mt Vernon Yesterday. For the
lest four years he had been connected
with the state agricultural commits
zion
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

President 90 the boards OF educa-
TONS In every county OF the state. ex.
cepung the boards In the cities. met
Saturday and selected county boards
Of education. These boards. as pro
ylded for by the new Lowry Law. will
divide the counties into school dis
tricts. there TO be no less than rs
square miles In each. and select coun-
~ and district superintsndents The
hghts In the different counties for
election a. superintendent has been
carried into politics and much spirit
~ being displayed. II had been claim
cd By the state administration that
this law would keep the schools out OF
politics.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

you're too lazy 20 eat" said Act.
ing Judge Hugo " Schlessinger In
police court today 20 william White.
aged %. colored when he fined him
$50 and sentenced him to the work
house for 30 days for lettering White
seemed 10 have been overcome with
"nui while seated In the court room
Snd later physician who examined
him declared that he was III with
mallpox. There was RAPID exodus
rom the court when the announce
mont was made. White is now In the
pest house instead OF the workhouse.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-15

City Home Sites IN the Country.
Glendale, W. Va.
Bell phone. MoundsviIle 3O5-R
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A check for SO 1000 was handed TO
byron NJ Hutchinson. by his father.
". A. Hutchinson. OF Altoona. Pa. as
a wedding gift. he having been mar
rted last evening at Delaware 10 Miss
Gertrude O. Gage. Hutchinson is a
former Wesleyan foot ball captain and
assistant coach.
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Prof n. s Rhue % Allentown. Pa
'oday was appointed an assistant In
he animal nutrition department at
he Wooster experiment station. The
places pays 1000 q year He sue
'eeds Miss Helen Keich. who resign
d
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Intsllixsncsr sarssa-
Columbus. o. Juns "a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-02

chauffeur discharged, came to me and
sold me the truth; it was Laws car
with Law at the wheel that had struck
me G0wn--a deliberate attempt at as
sasSination. l sent Law word that
meant to have a life fer life. For
what was better than dead? l prom
Used him that. should he escape, l
would have the life of his son. He
knew l meant it, and sent his wife
! and son abroad. Then he died sud
denly, of some common ailmant-they
said; but l knew better. He died OF
fear of me-"
Urine smiled cruel smile: 81 had
made his life a reign of terror. Ever
so often l would send Law, one way
or another-mysteriou always-a
trey of hearts; it was my death-sign
for him; as you know, our name
Urine, signifies q 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
his nerve.
Then l turned my attention to the
son, but the distance was too great.
the difficulties icsuperaEle. The Law
millions Knocked all my efforts; their
alliance with the Rothschiids placed
neither and So.. under the protection
Of every secret police in Europe. But
they dared not come home. At length
realized / could win only by playing
q waiting game. l needed three
things: mere money; to bring Alan
Law back to America; and one agent
l could trust. one incorruDtiBle agent.
| ceased to prosecute mother and son,
luiled them into 4 sense OF false Sc
Curity, and by careful specu'ations
repaired my fortunes. II Rose l had
the lure to draw the hoy 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 wrote Inform
ing her that the man she had chosen
was the son OF him who had murdered
all of ne but my brain. 1t fell out as
| forcsaw. You can imagine the scene
of passionate renunciatiOn-pledg
of undying constancy-the arrange
mcnt OF secret code whereby, when
she needed him, she would send him
q single rose-the birth OF 4 great ro
mauce."
Tho old man laughed sardonically.
well. there is the history Now the
rose has been sent: Law is already
hameWard bound; my agents are
watching his every step. The rest is
in your hands,
The girl bent forward. breathing
heavily. eyes aliame in face that had
assumed Il waXen pallor.
What is it you want Of meo" /
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 l, too. may die content"
The hand of hot-blooded youth stole
forth and grasped the icy hand OF
death-inlife.
Il will bring him." Judith swore-
dead or alive, you shall have him
here"
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CHAPTER W.
Many Waters.

Overhead, through 4 rift in the
foliage a sky was visible whose ebon
darkness called to mind 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 CT a mad rout Of terrified forest
folk deer, porcupines. a fox or two a
wildcat, rabbits, squirrels, cartridges
a dozen more.
Two minutes had passed of the ten
Something was digging uncomfortable
into Alans right iip-the automatic
pistol in his hip pocket. Of which
Jacob had neglected to relieve him.
Then sharp, spiteful cracking
brought him suddenly to sitting posi-
ton, to find that tho Indian had
thoughtfrlly touched a match to the
pyre before departing. At Alan's feet
the tWigs we're blazing merrily.
It would have been easy enough.
acting on instinct, to snatch his limbs
away, but he did rot move more than
to strain his feet as far as their bends
permitted. Conscious Of scorching
heat even through his hunting boots,
he suffered that torture until a tongue
of flame licked up. wrapped itself
round the thick hempan cord and ate
it through.
Immediately Alan kicked his feet
free. lifted to q knee,ing position, and
crawled from the pyre.
As for his hands--Alan's hunting
knife was still in it's sheath belted
to the small OF his back. Tearing at
tho 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 blado to mis- mouth. he
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-02

then-it came to pass that we loved
one woman, your mother. I won her.
all but her heart: too late she real-i
lied it was Law she loved. He never
forgave me, nor l him. Though he
married another woman. still he held
from me the love of my wife. | could
not sleep for hating hirn-and he was
no better off. Each sought the others
ruin; it came to be an open duel be-.
tween us, in Wall street. One of US.
had to fail-and | held the stronger
hand. The night before the day that
was to have seen my triumph, I
walked in Central park, as was my
habit to tire my body so that my brain
might sleep. Crossing the East drive
was struck by a motor-car running
at high speed without lights. | was
picked up insensible-ard lived only
to be what l am today. Law tri-
uniphed in the street while lay help
less: only living remnant Of my
fortune remained to me. Then his
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grippad 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 bound and start 4 dead
pine blazing like 4 torch.
And then he was pelting like mad
man across the smoked-tilled clearing,
and in less than two minutes broke
from the forest to the pebbly shore OF
a wide-bosomed lake, and within 4
few hundred feet Of a substantial
dam, through whose spillway a heavy
volume of water cascadcd with a roar
riyaling that of the forest-tire itself.
Two quick glances showed Alan two
things: that his only way of escape
was via the dam; that there was q
solitary canoe at mid-lake, bearing
swiftly to the farther shore Judith
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-02

health again. 1t is truly great bless
ing to women, and | cannot speak too
highly Of it. take pleasure in recon-
mending it to others. Mrs. ANNIE.
CAMERON, RED, No. l, Swan Creek,
Michigan.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Hebron, Me. =" Before taking your
remedies I was all rur down, discour-
aged and had female weakness. | took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash, aad
find today that am an entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do my
homework now. where before taking
your medicine it was dread. try to
impress upon the minds Of all ailing
women | meet the benefits they can
derive from Your medicines. = Mrs.
CHARLES ROWE, +. F. D., No. l,
Hebron, Maine
Ii you want special advice
write to Lydia +. Pinl<ham Med
icine Co., tcontitlentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by Il woman
and held ia strict confidence.
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thumb Then he jumped up from the
chair and s!arcd suspiciously round
the room. 1t was true that a prac-
teal joke in that solemn atmosphere
were thing urthinkable; still, there
was the rose.
There was no one but himself in
the library.
Perplexed to evaporation. Alan fled
the club, CITY pausing on the way out
to annex the envelope he found ad-
dressed to him in the letterracll.
\ 1t was a blank white envelope of
good quality. the address typewriter,
the stamp English. and bore Il Lon
don postmark half illesible.
Alan tore the envelope open in all
seut-minded fashion-and started as.
IL stung. The enclosure was sim.
pie playing card-a trey of hearts.
AS for Alan Law. he wandered
homeward in q state of stupetaction.
He could read quite well the message
IF the rose He would MT soon for.
get that yearold 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 if ever you change your mind,
you'll send for me- And her prom
Use: 81 will send you Il rose
But the year had lapsed With never
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-02
WHEN YOU are nervous

YOU have the first symptom of 4 rundown
system, and nervous people too often con-
ceal their aches and pains and suffer i'll
silence, while, if ne.slectea, this condition
often foreruns more serious trouble.
If those SO afflicted would stop taking
medicine containing alcohol or drugs
which menace the foundations of health,
and just take the pure, Strengthening
uourisllneut in SCOTS Emulsion, it would
create new blood to pulsate through the
organs, refresh their bodies and build up
the whole nervous system. 1t IS rich,
sustaining nourishment, free from wines,
alcohols or drugs. Stun substitutes.
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him overseas to this mortal pass. Fea-
ture for feature, even to the hue Of
her tumbled hair, she counterfeited
the woman he loved; only those eyes,
aname with their look Of inhunan
ruthlessness, denied that the two were
one
He sought vainly to speak. The
breath rustled in his parched throat
like wind whispering among dead
leaves.
Thrusting the Indian roughly aside,
the woman knelt in his place by
Alan's head
NO." she said, and smiling cruelty,
shook her head-''no, l am not your
Rose. But am her sister, Judith, her
twin, born in the same hour, daughter
or-can you guess whose daughter?
But see this!" She flashed q card
from within her hunting shirt and held
it before his eyes. You Know it, ell?
The trey OF hearts-the symbol OF
Trine-Trine, your fathers enemy,
and yours. and-Rose's father and
mine! So, now, perhaps you know
a gust of wind like furnace blast
swept the glade. The woman sprang
up, glanced over-shoulder into the for
est, and signed to the Indian.
IN ten minutes" she said. these
woods will be your funeral pyre."
She stepped back. jacob advanced,
picked Alan up. shouldered his body,
and strobe back into the forest. Ten
feet in from the clearing he dropped
the helpless man supine upon bed Of
dry logs and branches.
Then, with single movement, he
disappeared.
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CHAPTER |.
The Message of the Rose.

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
contentcdly down his nose, admitted
that he was eyhaustively bored.
- Now the chair filled SO gracelessly
stood by an open window, some TWEEN
ty feet below which lay a stable
walled garden, an old English garden
es,tull flower And through the win
dow, now and then, halfhearted
breeze waited gusts of warm air.
sauve and enervating with the heavy
fragrance Of English roses.
Mr. Law drank deep OF it, and III
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 Reese"
and for the time seemed to be the
name neither of a 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 q 1.-the, sweet
silhouette in white, with red roses
at her belt, posed on q terrace Of the
Riviera against the burning Mediter-
iranean blue.
I Mr.. Law was duly conscious that
he ought to be sorry about something.
But he was really very drowsy indeed
and so, drinking deep of wine-scent
! of roses, he fell gently asleep.
/ The clock was striking four when
! he awo!;e; 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-
lousy regarding u rose which had ma
terialZed mysteriously upon the little
table at his elbow. lie was quite sure
it had not beer 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 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
impulsivoly he took it by the stem, hc
discovered q most indsputablc thorn
which did service for the traditional
pinch.
Convinced that he wasn't dreaming,
Alan transferred the rose to his SQUAD
hand, and meditatively sucked his
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Urine 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 Win
chester 80 kicked up a squirt of peb-
bles only a few feet in advance of
Alan
He quickened his pace, but the next
bullet fell closer, while tho third ac-
tually bit the earth beneath his run
ming feet as he gained the dam.
EXasperated, he pulled up. whipped
out his pistol and fired without aim.
At the same time, he noted that the
distance between dam ard canoe had
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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 Aan's
ear.
AS he fired in response Jacob start
ed, dropped his rifle and crumpled up
in the bow OF the canoe.
simultaneously earth and heavens
rocked with terrific clap Of thun'
der.
He turned again and ran swiftly
along the dam, toward two heavy tim.
bers that tridged the torrent Of the
spillway.
Then 4 glance aside brought him up
with thrill Of horror; the suck OF
tho 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,
1t swept swiftly onward to destruc-
ton.
His next few actions were 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 inrermost tim
Der, turned. and let his body fall back
ward, arms extended at length, and
swung. braced by his feet beneath
the cutter timber.
With a swirtness that passed con-
canoe hurting onward with the speed
Of wind. its sharp PROV apparently
aimed directly for his head. Then
hands closed round his wrists like
clamps: tremendous weight tore at
his arms, and with an effort of inc5n-
ceivablo 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
a hold upon his body. shifted it 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 footwide
bridge. above the screaming abyss.
7 nj hn 1,at tho
woman mad crawled to safety on the
farther shore. and pulling himself to-
gether. initiated her example. Solid
earth underfoot. he rose and stood
swaying, beset by 4 great weakness.
Through the gathering darkness
CHASTITY twilight in which the flaming
forests on the other shore burned with
an unearthly glare-he discovered the
wan, writhen face OF Judith Urine
close to his and he heard her voice,
scream barely audible above the COM
mingled voices Of the conlagration
and the cascades:
You fool! Why did you. save me?
tell you. have sworn your DEATH"
The utter groteslueness of it all
broke upon his intelligence like the
revelation of some enormous funda-
mental absurdity in Nature. He
laughed little Historically.
Darkness followed. A flash Of light
ming seemed to flame between them
like a fiery sword. To its crashing
thunder, he lapsed into unconscious.
ness.
When he reused. it was with a shiv-
err and shudder. Rain was falling
in torrents from q 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 spilway.
He was alone.
But in his hand tattered and bruised
by the downpour, he fouud-a rose.
Continual Nnyt unnl
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Copyright, 1914. by Louis Joseph vanc

a sign from her, so that he had grown
accustomed to the unllattering 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-
,ceived the least warning OF his dis
appearance. He was simply and suf-
ticiently removed from English ken.
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CHAPTER III,
The Trail of 7reacnerv

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 pernleXed him with such dis.
trust that before leaving London, he
dispatched code cablesram to his
confidential agent in New York.
What do you know about the trey OF
hearts? Answer iluMedia te!y,
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through neglect or
overworlz l get run
down and my appe-
tite is poor and l
have that weak, lam
guild, always tired
feeling, l get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pink
hams V eye ta Die
Compound, and it
builds me up, gives
me strength, and re-
stores me to perfect