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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-30

thumb. Then he jumped up from the
chair and glared suspiciously round
the room. It was true that a prac.
tical joke in that solemn atmosphere
were 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 q blank white envelope of
good quality, the address typewritten,
the stamp English. and bore a Lon
don postnark half illegible.
Alan tore the envelope open In abb
sentmfnded fashion-and started as
II stun1. The enclosure was a SIM
pie playing card-a trey of hearts!
As for Alan Law, he wandered
homeward In q state Of stupefaction.
He could read quite well 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 II ever you change your mind,
you'll send for me-" And her prom
2se: II will send you ross"
~ But the year had lGpsed with nevsr
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Nor was his motive far to seek
Overnight the fire had made tre.
mendous gains. And ever and anon
the wind would bring down the roar
Of the holocaust. dulled by distance
but not unlike the growing of wild
animals feeding on their kill.
Alan delayed long enough only to
swallow a few mouthfuls Of raw food
gulped water from a spring, and set
out at a dog-trot or the trail to Shirt
Lake
For hours he b1undered blindly on
holding TO the trail mainly by instinct
At length. painting, gasping, half
blinded. n staggered into a little nat.
ural clearing and plunged forward
headlong, so bewildered that he could
not have said whether he was tripped
or thrown; for even as he stumbled a
heavy body landed On his back and
crushed him savagely to earth.
In less than q minute he was over.
come; his wrists hitched together. his
ankles bound with heavy cord.
When his vision cleared he founa
Jacob within q yard, regarding him
with face as immobile as though a
had been cast In the bronze II resem.
bled.
Beyond. to one side. a woman In
mans hunting costume stood eve.
Ing the captive as narrowly as the In
dian. but unlike him with counte-
nance that seemed aglow with fierce
exultancy over his downfall.
But for that Iook ha couIS h.,,. -
hsved hers the face that had BROUGHT
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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 q 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 the third 40
tually bit the earth beneath his rum
ming feet as he gained the dam.
Exasperated, he pulled up, whipped
out his pistol and fred without aim.
AT the same time. he noted that the
distance between dam and canoe had
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chauffeur, discharged. came to me and
sold me the truth: it was Laws car
with Law at the wheel that had struck
me down-a deliberate attempt at as
sassination. sent Law word that
meant to have a life for a life For
what was better than dead? I prom
ised him that, should he escape,
would have the life of his son. He
knew | meant 1t, and sent his wife
and son abroad. Then he died sud
denly, of some common ailment--they
said; but 1 knew better. He died Of
fear OF me-
Trine smiled a cruel smile: 81 had
made his life 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 a group OF three And
every time he received 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 | turned my attention to the
son, but the distance was too great.
the difficulties insuperabie. The Law
millions mocked all my efforts; their
alliance with the Rothschilds placed
mother and son under the protection
or every secret police in Europe. But
they dared not come home At length
l realized could win only by playing
waiting game. / needed three
thinDC.
Law back to America; and one agent
/ 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 I 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 wrote inform
ing her that the man she had chosen
was the son of him who had murdered
all OF me but my brain II fell out as
foresaw. You can imagine the scene
OF passionate renunciation-pledge
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 a waxen pallor.
What Is 1t you want of meY"
Bring Alan Law to me. Dead or
alive, bring him to me. But alive. n
you can compass 1t; wish to see him
die. Then ], too. may die content"
The hand of hotblooded youth stole
forth and grasped the icy hand of
death-in-life.
Il will bring him." Judith swore-
dead or alive. you shall have him
here"
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Copyright, 1914. by Louis Joseph Vance

n sign from her, SO that he had grown
accustomed to the unflattering 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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CHAPTER I.
The Message Of the Rose.

Tapped deep in the leather-bound
luxury OF an ample loungechair.
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
that he was exhaustively bored.
Now the chair filed so gracelessly
stood by an open window, some twen-
ty feet below which lay 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 1t, and in
spite Of his spiritual unrest. sighed
slightly and shut his eyes.
An unspoken word troubled the
depth or his consciousness, so that
old memories stirred and struggled to
fits surface. The word was Rose"
and for the time seemed to be the
name neither of a woman nor OF
flower, but oddly Of both, as though
the two things were one. His mental
vision. bridging the gap Of q year, con-
5ured 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.
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 winescent
OF roses, he fell gently asleep.
The clock was striking four when
he 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
terialized mysteriously upon the little
table at his elbow. He was quite sure
It 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 ard
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 fieshy petals. And when
impulsively he took 1t 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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grfpped 1t firmly between his teeth.
and sawed the cords round his wrists
against the raSor-sharp blade.
Before Alan could turn and ran he
saw vanguard OF flames bridge 80
yards at bound and start a dead
pine blazing hke a torch.
And then he was pelt.ng like mad
man across the smoked.filled clearing,
and In less than two minutes broke
from the forest TO the pebbly shsre of
wide-bosomed lake, and within a
few hundred feet Of a substantial
dam, through whose spillway q heavy
volume OF water cascaded with q roar
rivaling that Of the forest-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 ct mid-lake, bearing
swiftly 10 the farther shore judith
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CHAPTER ~.
The Trait Of Treachery.

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
hearts7 Answer immedfataly
Evening star., 1914-03-29

also put HIM into condition to fall easy prey to
other dangerous condtons for have intoxicated his
phagocytes he little white soldiers which feed upon
disease gers) If the soldiers parayzed by drugs
they as helpless any other paraytc. So, ire
spective of how vocerously they thrust upon the
advice "Stop that cough before it stops us! let's wait
until find out-from someone who knows-what
it is we are to stop.
In children and to lesser extent in adults adenoids
frequent of cough. The presence of these
vegeatng growths may usually be suspected in every
child adult who is persistent mouth breather The
expression or lack of expression the hanging jaw and
noisy breathing the impairment in hearing the peculiar
muf1ing of the voice. and the Short dry cough-these
point the trained observer to the proper He
can, in infants, relieve this form of cough thirty
onds by simply passing the index finger up the passage
leading from the mouth to the back part of the nose
and sweeping these growths free.
The mouth-breathng habit associated with adenoids
is in itself frequent of cough Also it is respon-
sble for the nocturnal solo, 1t may be noted here that
is the only animal that sleeps sprawled
the fiat of his back with his mouth wide open AS re-
suit of this practice the throat becomes dry and irritable
from taking in air that has not been warmed Tor cooled
filtered, and moistened by being drawn through the
nostrils. The resulting cough is loud, sharp bark
peated at short intervals.
The for this form of cough is ridcuously easy.
Simply little piece of adhesive plaster pasted
vertically the mouth at night continuing for
Evening star., 1914-03-29

As general proposition cough is
~ nothing more or less than protest
against irritation. The irritation
may be nearby, right around the corner, or
remote from the scene of its apparent origin.
The main trouble with coughs is in our
treatment of them. We have been classify
ing and labelling them as a condition. where
Evening star., 1914-03-29

40 a general prOpOSlt1On a cough is
~ nothing more or less than protest
against irritation. The irritation
may be nearby, right around the corner, or
remote from the scene of its apparent origin lxss
The main trouble with coughs is in ~
treatment of them. We have been classify
ing and labelling them as condition; where
as, with the possible exception of whooping cough
which is what call it, and more,-they are only
symptoms.
The condition, the real "Why," may be anything
from nhamed mddle-ear to an irrtated stomach
1t may even have its origin in the abdominal organs
Don't stop cough Stop the thing that causes it.
and the cough viii stop itself The annoying cough is
really of best friends In its crude way is
either trying of the presence of disease
the conditions from which disease might develop, it
is doing its best to dislodge eject from the premises
whole cities and prncipaites of vrulen microbes In
fact, this is of its blueribbon attributes If
only realized it, this ability to keep on and keep
keeping on, despite the discouragement of morphine
codeine, heron, and other less dangerous things
tinually used to sandbag it into state of coma entities
cough to a Carnegie medal for persistence.
Take, for instance, the troublesome ticking" cough
caused by eongaon of that little pendent called the
uvula which droops less dangerously from the
back part of the soft palate We may have had consd
cradle for this ornament in those distant days when
we breathed through glls and proceeded through
natural element by gracefully Tapping tails But
certainly do not have much for it now, unless
turn the matter upside down and inside out, and
doctor or the undertaken
However, this lengthening of the uvula and the irr
tating effect upon the mucous membrane of the arynx
the base of the tongue which results in the @uvula
cough" is merely ocular demonstration-to those
who read and at the time-that there is
catarrh in the pharynx enlargement of the ton
sis, which may hitherto have escaped notice.
If now. instead of trying with determined obstinacy
to stop that cough, turn to, and the pharyn
geal catarrh, relieve the swollen tons the uvula
shrinks back, and minds its business. Sometimes
however, from having reached warning finger too
longlke the Indian fakr who holds his arm above his
head until it grows rigid in that position@the uvula
loses power to pull it in again. Nothing remains then
but to part reluctantly from the little sentinel which
accomplish by dexterously chopping its head off.
THE cough caused by protruding tonss is particu-
larly persistent when we lie down. Munchausens
lion story suggests the method some of follow in
dealing with this kind of cough He said he got rid of
his biggest lion by waiting until the animal charged
him full speed with open mouth. Then like flash he
thrust down the beasts throat grasped the tall
and with quick jerk turned the lion inside out The
lion continued but being headed in the opposite
direction eliminated itself of danger
This method of dealing with lions is about par
with our method of when pour lot of cough
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
FiREMEN'S CARNIVAL.
Maiden Merit.)

lowing to the inclement weather
the Clifton Kelly Shows exhibiting in
Maiden this week. under the auspices
of the Fire Department, have not been
as largely attended as they would
have been had the weather been fa-
vorable.
However, the Clifton-kclly Shows
are composed of high-class artists
and as clever and courageous an ar
gregation of the kind rs has ever Wis
tied Maiden. They are clean and re-
fined people who know how to make
themselves. pleasant and agreeable
You should not fail to attend Friday
and Saturday nights"
1t is said that gentleman repre-
centing this same show was in Farm
ington the early part Of this week en-.
deavoring to locate the show here
But for some reson the City Dads did
not permit the aggregation the priv
lege to come.
Of course the old-time rotten car
nival companys we have no use for
but il is said that this is company
of high-class entertainrs and artists
Without committing ourselves on
either side of the question, The Times
would suggest that the town would
he better off to have little entertain
ment of some kind to draw people
here now and then, and as well to
break life's monotony.
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upon President Raymond Poincaro,
placing the matter before him. The
same committee also waited upon the
minister OF commerce, submitting TO
him certain documents which, they
claimed, proved th'll case.
bis0Ht"rrstnd officials here, how
ever. do no, hold OUT much encourage
mont 90 the plume workers. because
they say Che wcIHur" adopted IN the
United states WAS not aimed at France,
or amy other country but was pri-
mariiy intended as o humanitarian
measure protecting animals ana brda
now IN danger OF extinction.
a little child shall lead them the
good book Gays. and II the fight now
begun to permit French prctcndcrs 70
the throne to return to this country
bears fruit, II viii be largely the result
OF the existence, If not the efforts, Of
the month-old boy, Napoleon Louis
son OF Prince Victor Napoleon, i'm
perlalist aspirant TO the French crown
In 1856 France passed a law Danish
ing from the country forever all heads
of families once reigning In France
together with their direct descendants
Their presence in the fatherland was
deemed perilous to the existence Of
the republic.
Tho Due d'Orleans. royalist pre-
tender, is now an exile in Brussels
In which city also Is Prince Victor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
LAAKMAN'S DRUG STORE.
HELP CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY.


Il g. said that K. f. Hope was in,
80 years old ON Easter Sunday. OF
COURSE Mr. Hope has rather kept the
matter Of his age as secret as pos
sihlo, but it has crcpt out from time
to time, SO that the nciohbors are
pretty well informed on that subicl
That the passing Of the birthday
might be properly celebrated the
ncighbors, thirty-seycn in number
went to Mr.. Hopes home on Easter
Sunday, taking with them baskets
filled with the good things of life. The
entire day was spent in the happy
ucighhurhood fellowship. Mr. Hope
lives alone. and very naturally must
get little lonesome at times, hence
the pleasant occasion Of the friends or
the day was all the more enjoyed ~
him. At the noon hour a long table
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
BIDS CALLED FOR.

The County Court of st. Francois
County, Missouri, ut its session in the
month of March, 1914, ordered that
what is known as the Old Plank road
should be dressed with crushed rock,
and what is known as the Perrine road
should be dressed with gravel; and
again, at its session on the Sth day
of April, 1914, ordered the undersign-
ed Highway Engineer to receive bid
for the performance of said WORK;
Therefore, in compliance with the or.
der of the court, sealed bids will be
received up to noon, IL o'clock, the
4th day of May, 1914, for the compile
ton of the above work. The specifica.
tons in both instances are on file in
the office of the Coutny Highway En-
gineer. The court reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
On the Perrine road the work shall
begin at point about 200 yards south
of Quesnell's house, and extends
north, using about 700 cubic yards OF
gravel.
On the old plank road the work
shall begin at the corporation line Of
the City of Pennington and extend
southeast, using about 1000 cubic
yards of stone. J. H. WARD,
April II, 1914. Highway Engineer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
THURMAN ITEMS.

Tom Skies Of Hazel Run. was n
business visitor in this vicinity one
day Of last week,
Leo Hogenmillcr, spent the latter
part Of last week with relatives nca"
Bonnie Terrc.
Willard Thurman Of Jaydec, spent
Sunday in this vicinity.
Tommy Hood spent Sunday with
friends near DesloEe.
Henry Culp made business trip to
the lead belt on last Monday.
Eugene Byington spent over Sun.
day with friends in Pennington.
Miss Gertrude Buckncr of Farming
ton spent last week with relatives in
this vicinity.
Mart Pullen was lead belt visitor
on Monday and Tuesday.
F. o. Byington and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs Bert Shelly
Of Bonnie Terre, r. r. No. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hughes of Flat
River, spent over Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Reeder of near here.
George Pullcn made business trir
to Halle Run one day last week.
Brent Bryson. the hustling sawmi!I
man, tells us that he has just COM
Melted large contract of saving for
George lsenman near Lawrenceton
and will soon move his sawmill to =
set in this vicinity. Brent has record
Of being an xpert in sawmil!ing. We
congratulate the people Of this vici
nifty in securing his services.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
$4,000 ARE JOBLESs
Embargo on Plumes Makes Big
0ut-of-Work Army.
United States Ban on Millinery Fe&th-
ers Throws Thousands Of Work
era Out Of Employment In France
Royal Exiles May Return.

Paris.--Because the women OF the
United States are no longer permitted
to wear aigrettes, paradise feathers
and certain other plumes OF wild birds
on their hats, N. Bordeau. president OF
the Syndicate of Plume Manufacturers
here, assets that $4,000 feather work
ers are menaced by want and that
100000 workmen are threatened with
the loss of their jobs.
The plume manufacturers have
taken the matter up with the French
government on the ground that. In for.
bidding the importation of certain
plumes, the United States violated the
rulings Of the commercial treaty exist
ing between America and France.
4 committee composed Of the presi.
dents of the various local plume manu-
facturors' syndicatcs has already called
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
COUNTY OFFICERS

State Senator:
T. b. Whitledre, Rep. st. Marys
Representative:
J. d. Poston, Dem. Bonnie Tcrre.
Judge of Circui, Court:
Peter II. Huck, Dem. Ste. Gcneyicye
Presiding Judge of County Court:
j. Marshall, Rep. Bonnie Terre.
County Judge, First District:
Thos. G. Mitchell, Dem. Bonnie
Terre.
County Judge. Second District:
NJ. T. Moore, Dem. Dcsloge.
Judge of Probate Court:
X, c. Weber, Rep. Pennington.
Clerk Circuit Court:
c. p. Wilkinson, Dem. Pennington
Collector:
james j. Cro!.a, Rep. Pennington
Treasurer:
W. T. Halle, Dem. Pennington.
Sheriff;
j. c. Williams, Dem. Pennington.
Prosecuting Attorney:
F. A. Benham, Dem. Desloge.
Assessor:
l.. O. Wells, Bonnie Terre.
County Surveyor .....T. II. Holman
Highway Engineer >. j. II. Ward
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
HE STOPPED HIS PAPER.
The Tough Luck That Came TO the
Bethany Democrat Editor.

He stopped his paper. he sure did,
and who could blame him. He came
into our office wearing a face Of dis
tress and obstinate dependency. Our
first impression was that his house
had burned and that his wife and chill
dren had been consumed in the flames.
We engaged in conversation. Relief
came to the editor when the principal
topic of conversation turned to the
direful results the Wilson administra-
ton was having on the country. My
friends hay and corn crops were
short and he had neither to sell. His
hens didn't lay during the winter, and
now eggs were only 10 cents a dozen.
His cows are all having calves, his
sows never bring more than eight pigs
at litter and his mares were not go
ing to bring mule colts. He didn't
see how it would be possible to raise
the money to pay his income tax.
Adam Bede surely had my friend il
mind when he wrote the hard luck
story Of the man
"Whose horse went dead and his mule
went lame
And he lost his COW in a poker game,
And cyclone came one summer day
And blew the house where he lived
away.
Then an earthquake came when that
was done,
And swallowed the ground that the
house stood on;
'TLor tk, T,x fIIT.otor he rpnfa
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-04-17
His Object In Waiting.

Reserved Parson doing an odd Job
with the church fence)-"You appear
to be watching me very closely, boy.
Do you take an interest in carpentry
Boy-"No." Rev. P-"Then what are
you waiting fort" Boy-"I'm waitin'
to hear wot a parson says when e Its
Ia fumb wiz the 'ammer.