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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21

any one watched him they would think
he was only looking down the cut
water. The thought of money and
the pleasures it will buy makes cum
ming the stupidest of dolts; and Steve
was ordinarily dolt. But tonight his
brain was keen enough for all pur-
poses. 1t was a hazardous job to get
the box off the fluke without letting
1t slip back into the sea. Steve, how
ever, accomplished the feat, climbed
back on the rail and sat down, wait
ing. A quarter Of an hour passed. No
one had seen him. With his coat Sc
curely wrapped about his precious
find he made for the forecastle. His
mates, save those who were doing
their watch, were all in their hunks.
An oil lamp dimly Illuminated the for
ward partition. Steve's bunk was al
most in darkness. Very deftly he rolled
back the bedding and secreted the
box under his pillows, and then
stretched himself out with the pre-
tense OF SHOCKING till the bell called
him to duty.
He was rich; and the moment a
man mas money ne Ad6 bAO0DACoS
there is always some one who wants
to take it away from you. His bunk
was on the port side, and there was
plenty OF hiding space between the
iron plates and the wooden partition.
He intented to loosen three or four
planks. and then when the time came,
slip the box behind them Some time
during the morning the forecastle
would be empty, and then would be
his time.
But he suffered the agonies of DAM
nation during the four hours watch.
Supposing some fool should go rum
maging about his bunk and discover
the box? Suppose But he dared
not suppose. There was nothing to do
but wait If he created any curiosity
on the part of his mates he was lost.
He would have to divide with them
all, from the captain down to the cooks
boy. 1t was a heart-rending thought.
From being the most open and frank
man aboard. he became the most cum
ming From being man without
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21

"I have been informed that Har-
greave's daughter has never seen her
father, not even a photograph of him"
said Paroff, more amiably.
I'VE are absolutely certain that
this is the case,' said the nominal
head, who was known as the presi-
dent. "But we tried one play in that
direction, and it failed miserably."
81 have the story" replied Paroff.
1T was clumsily done. The ruse was
an old one"
Braine was frank enough to admit
the truth of this statement, however
much he disliked the admission. He
nodded.
II have authority to take hand in
this affair. We cannot waste all sum-
mer. Those government plans of the
Notifications Of the Panama are wait
ing There's your millions. But the
fact remains that 1t is the law of the
Black Hundred never to step down
till absolutely defeated. The hidden
million is but half; we must find and
break this renegade Hargreave."
IF he lives" said Braine.
''Who can say one way or the
other?" brusquely asked Paroff. "The
fact that all your plans and schemes
have come to naught should prove to
you that you are not fighting a ghost.
There is but one way to bring out the
truth"
And that is to make captive of
his daughter" supplemented Braine.
And we have worked toward that end
ceaselessly. We are quite ready to
listen to your suggestions, count"
And so am IT, thought the man
with his ear to the little hole in the
ceiling above. And some day, my
energetic friend, I'm going to pay you
back for that bullet"
Count Paroff cleared his voice and
laid his plans before his audience.
ITO act frankly and in the open,
to go boldly to the Hargreave home
and proclaim myself Hargreave. 1
can disguise myself in a manner that
will at least temporarily fool the but
ler"
Who has been with his master for
fourteen years, knows every move,
habit, gesture, infection" interposed
Braine. But proceed, count, proceed.
You will remember the old adage;
too many cooks"
"Ah," flashed back the count, "but
a new cook?"
Olga touched Braine's arm warn
ingly.
You mean, then, that there has
been talk in st. Petersburg Of dispos-
ing Of some one?"
"a good deal Of talk, sir" haughtily,
forgetting that he had bent humbly
enough but a few moments gone.
Very well; go on"
Thought the man at the peephole
above: There's another adage. When
thieves fall out, then honest men get
their dues. Yes, yes; proceed, pro-
ceedi''
Paroff went on. 81 shall, then, go
frankly to the Hargreave house and
claim my own. Meantime leave to
you the business of Turing the butler
away. Half an hour is all need to
bring that child here, to break the
wall that stands between US and what
we seek"
"Ls that so?" murmured BraineA
"Olga, want you to play trick on
this handsome delegate-at-large. I'm
not very enthusiastic over his talk.
want him Inundated. All you have
to do, he says, is to walk into the
Hargreave house and walk out again.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Don't yuh believe itY demanded
Dunkers, truculently.
But 600 feet of water, in coral
bottom, and no way of telling just
where 1t fell overheard. That's tough
proposition"
20, it is, is It? I'm a sailor. / can
lay my hand right over tn spot. Do
yuh think I'd be fool enough t hunt
for it without perfect ranger" Dunk
ers tapped his coat pocket suggestive
ly.
And Vroon knew that the one thing
he wanted was there, a plan or draw
ing of the range So there was another
man shanghaied that night, and his
voyage by the calendar.
Vroon carried his information to the
organization that same night. They
would start the expedition at once,
and till this was accomplished, Har-
greave's daughter was to be immune
from attacks. Besides, 1t would give
Hargreave wherever he was) and the
others the idea that the Black Hun
dred had concluded to give up the
chase.
Above. with his ear to small hole,
skillfully bored through the ceiling
without permitting the plaster to fall,
knelt a man with bandaged arm. He
could never see any faces; no one
ever took off a mask in this sinister
chamber. But there were voices, and
he was going to forget some OF them.
After the meeting came to an end,
he waited an hour after, and then stole
down into the street by the aid OF the
fire escape. Later, he entered tele-
phone booth and called up Jones.
Then, one leathern and steel box,
dotted with bits of ivory and mother
of-pearl, became two; and the second
one was soaked in mud and salt water
for two weeks till you could not have
told 1t from the original. And that Is
why Jones was able, some weeks later,
to hide once more the original box.
AS for the substitute, just as Braine
was about to use a mallet and chisel
upon it, the lights went out. There
was a wild scramble, a chair or two
was overturned.
1.-THE door, the doori" shouted
Braine, furious.
1t slammed the moment the words
left his lips. And as suddenly as they
had gone out the lights sprang up.
The box was gone. There were evil
IDENTIFY traitors among the Black Hun
dred.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
What Would You Do?

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Men act differently under different cir
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mile of the Gilsen house. "Onions!
Quite unconsciously he spoke this word
aloud
Huh? Well, if We don't like onions,
find a hooker that packs violets in
her hold" was the cheerful advice
Of the man at Steve's elbow.
who's talkin' t your" grunted
Steve. VIVA did 1 say?"
Onions, We hubert Don't we know
whut onions is? Amt we smelt 'em
so long that We could stick yer nose
in tn starboard light an never smell
no kerosene? Onionsl Pass tn
cavity"
Steve helped himself first. The man
who spoke bunked over him, and they
were not on the best of terms. There
was no real reason for this frank
antagonism; simply. they did not splice
any more effectually than cotton rope
and hemp splice. Sailors are moody
and superstitious; at least they gener-
ally are on hookers of the Captain
Manners" breed. Steve was supersti-
tious and Jim Dunkers was moody and
had no thumb on his left hand. Steve
hated the sight of that red nubbin-
He was quite certain that it had been
a whole thumb once, on the way to
gouge out somebody's eye, and had
inadvertently connected with some
body's teeth.
Spanish doubloons and pearls and
diamonds and rubiesl 1t was mighty
hard not to say these words out loud,
too; blare them into the sullen faces
grouped around the table. He was OF
watch till midnight; and he was won
dering If he could get the box without
attracting the attention of the lookout,
who had a devilish keen eye for every
thing that stirred on deck or on water.
Well, he would have to risk it; but he
would wait till full darkness had fallen
over the sea and the lookout would be
compelled to keep his eyes OF the
deck. The boys wanted him to play
cards.
Not for me. Busted. How long d
y thing $40 IL last in New York, any
how?" And he stalked out of the fore
castle and went down into the waist
to enjoy his evening pipe, all the
while keeping a weather eye forward,
at the ratty old pilot house.
It was ten o'clock, land time, when
he rammed his Guilty into a pocket
and resolutely walked forward. If
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21

of the crew Dunkers would have been
badly injured. perhaps fatally. They
hauled back Blossom, roaring out his
oaths at the top of his lungs. 1t took
half an hours arguing to calm him
down. Then the captain demanded to
know what 1t was all about And
blubbering, Steve told him.
six hundred feet of water, If I've
got my reckoning right. The anchor
lies in go feet, but the starboard side
drops sheer Co., You swab! Why
didn't you bring the box to me? A
man has right to what he finds. I'd
have taken care of it for you till we
got back to port. 1 know; you were
greedy; you thought 1 might want to
stick my fist into your treasure. And
you'll never find it in 600 feet of water
and tangled, porous coral. That's what
you get for being a blamed hog. AS
for you," and the captain turned to
Dunkers, "get your dunnage and your
pay and hunt for another boat back
1 won't have no murder on board Cap
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21

ivory and mother of pearl, and it hung
jauntily on the point Of the rusty fuke.
Anybody would be hornswoggled to
glimpse such droI Jest Of fate. On
the fuke Of the old mudhook, by a
hair. you might say. In all the wild
sea yarns he had ever read or heard
there was nothing to match this.
Treasure!
And Steve was destined never to be
passive again. His first impulse was
to call his companions; his second i'm
pulse was to say nothing at all, and
wait for an opportunity to get the box
to his bunk without being detected.
Treasure! Diamonds and rubies and
pearls and old Spanish gold; all hang
ing to the f1uke of the anchor.
''Hornswoggled!" in a kind Of awe
some whisper this time. AN we
aheadin' for tn Bahamasi" For under
his feet he could hear the rhythm Of
engines. "What'H do? If leave 1t,
some one elseu see it." He scratched
his chin perplexedIy; and the cud went
back to starboard. Il got it,"
He took OF his coat and carefully
dropped IL down over the mysterious
box. It was growing darker and dark
er all the time, and shortly neither
coat nor anchor would be visible with
out close scrutiny. Treasure: greed,
cupidity, crime. Steve saw only the
treasure and not it's camp followers.
What did they call them?-doubloons
and pieces-of-eight?
He ate his supper with his mess
mates, and he ate heartily as usual
1t would have taken' something more
vital than mere treasure to disturb
Steve Blossoms appetite. He was
one of those enviable individuals whose
imagination and gastric juices work
at the same time. And while he ate
he planned In the first place, he
would buy that home at Bedford; then
he would take over the ellison house
and live like lord II he wanted a
drink, all he would have to do would
be to turn the spigot or tip bottle;
and more than that, he'd have a bar
tender to do it. Onionsl He swore
he would not have an onion within a
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
A Strong Endorsement.

w. II. Holmes, of the DEBORAH. Iowa,
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from Piles and Hemmorhoids for years
| got no relief until my druggist recon-
moulded Meritol Pile Remedy. Before l
had taken half the package the distress
was gone and l have had no trouble
since would not take a thousand dol
lars and be back in my former condi-
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Exclusive Agents.--Adv. I'M
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21

Today she was an onion ship; which
precludes any idea of adventure. She
was about four thousand tons, and her
engines were sternward and not
amidship. She carried two masts and
:. half dozen hoist booms, and the only
visible sign of anything new on her
wae her bowsprit. This was new doubt
leg because she had poked her nose
too far into her last slip.
He crew was orderly and tractable.
There were shore DRINKS, to be sure,
because they were sailors; but they
were at work. They moved about
brfskly, for they were on the point or
calling for the Bahamas-perhaps for
more onions. Presently the windlass
creaked and shrilled, and the blobby
links. much in need Of tar paint, red
as fish gills, clattered down into the
bow. Sometimes they painted the
chain as it came over; but paint was
costly, and this was done only when
the anchor threatened to stay on the
bottom.
There was a sailor among this crew,
and he went by the name OF Steve
Blossom; and he was one of his kind A
grimy dime novel protruded rakishly
from his hip pocket, and his right
cheek was swollen as with the tooth
ache, due, probably, to a generous
''chaw" of Seaman's Delight. He was
a real tobacco chewer, for he rarely
spat. He was as peaceful as back
water bay in summer; non-argumenta-
tive and passive, he stood his watch
in fair weather and foul.
No one gave the anchor any more
attention after 1t came to rest. The
great city over the way was fairy-like
in its haziness and softened lines. 1t
was the poetry Of angles, OF shafts
and spars of stone; and Steve Bios
som, having a moment to himself,
leaned against the rail and stared re-
gretfully. He had been generously
drunk the night before, and 1t was a
pleasant recollection. Chance led his
glance to trail down the cutwater. His
neck stretched from his collar like a
turtles from it's shell.
We'll, I'll be hornswoggled!" he
,murmured, shifting his cud from star
board to port.
Caught on the f1uke of the anchor
was the strangest looking box he had
ever laid eyes on. There were leather
and steel bands and acknowledged
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

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this tube restored TO its normal condition, hear
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing put
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We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
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Why Not Publish 1t?

When you want fact to become gen.
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was troubled with belching, sour stom-
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81 feel it nv duty to tell others what
Chamberlain Tablets have done for
me. They have helped my digestion
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During the meeting of the State w G.
IT. U. at Winchester last Sunday $500
was raised for the financing of State
wide campaign for prohibition.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
CHAPTER XIII.
An Agent From Russia.


The Black Hundred, not as individu-
ais but as an organization, began to
worry. Powerful, and often reckless
and daring because it was powerful,
1t began to look about for some basic
cause for all these failures against
Rargreave's daughter and Hargreave's
ghost They had tried to put the in
quisitive reporter out of the way; they
had laid every trap they could think
of to catch the mysterious visitor at
the HargreaVe home; they had thrown
out a hundred lures to bring Har-
greave out of his lair, and failed; and
they had lost a dozen valuable men
and several thousand dollars. This
must end somewhere, and quickly.
The one ray of hope for the conspi-
rators lay in the fact that Florence
had never seen her father and knew
not in the least what he looked like
They determined to try again in this
direction.
"Give it all up" said the countess
to Braine. II tell you, whatever Is
are. He knows the organization, and
for all we know he may be ghost"
"I never go back" smiled Braine.
There's something more than the mil
lion. There's the sport of the thing.
We've been bested in dozen bouts,
and nearly always by iuke. They
have the breaks, as they say out at the
Polo grounds"
But the time and expense when
we might be getting results elsewhere!
1 tell you, Leo, I'm afraid. It's like
always hearing some one behind you
and never finding anybody when you
turn. / have told you my doubts.
have also asked you to trap that but
Ter, but you've always laughed"
you are seeing ghosts, Olga. A
new man from holy Russia" shrug-
ging, SIS coming tonight. Evidently
the head over there thinks our contri-
buttons of late have not been up to
the mark, and they are going to stir
us up. am willing to wager my soul,
however, that that box is simply
hoax to befuddle US. Either that or 1t
holds the key. But the rest OF them
insist that the box must be recovered.
When 1 leave this room tonight 1 am
going over to Riverdale and stalk all
by myself I'm going to get glimpse
of that mysterious stranger. He car
ries a scar of mine somewhere, for
hit him that night"
The door opened and the executive
chamber became silent.
Count Paroff," doomed the voice
of Vroon. HE will present his ere
dentials."
This formality was executed as pre-
scribed by the rules; and Count Par
off was given his chair. He spoke for
a while, rather pompously.
THE head organization is not sat
isfied with its offspring in this Har-
greave affair."" he said in conclusion.
"You are SLOW"
Then you have come with some
suggestions for the betterment Of our
business?" asked Braine ironically.
"Sir, this is not the hour for flip
pancy," said the agent coldly.
Braine made a sign with his hand,
a sign not observed by every one.
Instantly Paroff bent lowly. He rec
ognized that the speaker was the &C
tual, not the nominal, head Of the
American branch.
What are your suggestions 2" in
ouired the nominal head from his
chair, anxious to avoid clash be-
tween the newcomer and the trucu-
Iopt master of them all.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
Administrators Notice.

All persons knowing themselves in
deoted 10 the estate of Dr. ]. c. Morgan,
deceased, will pleaee come and settle.
Those having claims against said estate
will please present them verified, as re-
quired by law, to either of the under
meath subscribed on or before Nov. 15,
1914, or same will be barred.
Root. R. BURNAM,
SIT T. K HAMILTON
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
Toned Up Whole System.

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writes Mrs Esther Mae Baker, Spencer
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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
Bull Moose Battle Song.

Teddy having discovered new river
while on his trip to South America, in
stead of Coward Christian Soldier, .
the Bull Moosers may adopt shall we
Gather at the River as battle song. =
Busick, of Orleans, Ind.
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MACHINE REP-nRING

wish to call the attention Of the
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Respectfully 3 Goldman,
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der, enforced for one month, show
ed the Russian authorities the value
of abstinence. In spite of the gener-
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paralysis Of business, the closing of
factories, amt the interruption of rail
road traffic, the people felt no priva-
ton. Savings banks showed an i'm
crease of deposits over the proceed
ing month and over the correspond
ing month of the preceding year.
AT the same time, there was a boom
in the sale of meats, groceries, cloth
ingfi dry goods and house furnish
ings.
There remains only now to find
elsewhere tile revenue which, MP tc
the present time, has been cont1ibut,
ed by vodka There has been intro.
duced in the DuTna Il bill Offering q
solution of ibis question The ain
of this bill is not The creation o.
taxes or an increase in the pr,esent
taxes, but an effort to render thu
government domains and possession
more productive
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