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she was conscious of making no ef- fort to fight off this sleep. As she fell she slutched in her hand a. little ivory figure, Small elephant which had evidently escaped the fingers of the princess when she succumbed.
 Now there had grown in John Storms heart an orientalism, doubt less engendered by his frequency al the house of Hassam Ali. It con sisted of a poignant sense of danger to Zudora at these moments when she really was in danger. He could not have analysed this sensation, but he immediately surrendered to it. Ht was this night in the act of retiring when this sense ':ame to him. He al once went to his desk and wrote g note, which he attached to the carrier pigeon. In less than quarter of an hour the bird returned. The mes. sage had not been received. Storm got into his top coat and hat and hurried over to the Keene place Ahmed answered his ring, but hesifat ed to admit the man his master ha1 forbidden the house.
 "Where is your mistress?' demand ed Storm.
 'She is out, Sahib."
 "Where?"
 "I cannot tell you" said the serv ant, gradually closing the door:
 But Storm was in no mood fol parleying. He resolutely pushed hi way in. In his hand there was al automatic.
 "You will tell me where she hal gone or I'll kill you." he said, mak inc no effort to lower his voice.
 s'Sahib, Hassam Ali will kill me if tell you!" walled Amed. "I don't care what he'll do. but know what I'll do if you don't answe me. Where has she gone!
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none too scrupulOus chieftain. He succeeded in carrying off the princess but he was beset by so many trials that he fled from India to America with the bulk of his treasure and the purloined princess. The house with it's oriental trappings had been the property of an uncle who had chosen America because his neck had been in danger
 But the mystery is this, Memsahib It is written that the marriage cere- mony shall take place before our god the elephant headed. And always when we begin the ceremony we are thus strangely overcome by sleep
 Solve this riddle fer Us and my mas ter will pay you we'll" The spokes. man addressed a few words to Nabok Shan.
 The prince smiled and laughed a rope of superb pearls before the girl intimating that in the event of her success they would become hers. Now Zudora did not seek none tary reward; but she was wise bey- end her years in understanding the
 oriental mind, due to the several years that her uncle had employed Hirdus as servants. If she signified that she asked for no reward these
 dark eyed men would instantly begin to suspect her; and once they sus- pected her, her life would not bt worth a snap of the fingers. Besides i it would not be such very har( ordeal to accept such a magnificient l gift. So she told the leader to say tt ,I,A frx al lyYk the mystery for the sake of the pearls, being normal woman. Blu she must have free run of the house
 This was agreed; but under no Cir
 cumstances must she leave withou
 being blindfolded. And moreover, sht mu st remain that night.
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the idol stirred and sighed. Her dark, sole-like eyes opened. Storm stopped and raised her to her feet.
 "Is Zudora here?" he asked
 Zudora lay almost at his feet, but he had not recognized her, due to the outiandish costume.
 The princess looked at him bewild- eredly, shaking her head. Presently she spoke softly; but so far as his knowing the intent of the liquid words, it might as well have been the wind moving through the treetops.
 The handsome native who had been lying at the side of the princess now opened his eyes, saw the strange white man talking or trying to talk tc ! hii, princess. The stupOr left his al. most instantly. He sprang to hi; feet, vicious looking knife in his hand.
 Fortnight" he shouted. Whic; means foreigner.
 Others came to life at the same mo ment; and John Storm found himsel in a predicament little to his liking He was strong and sturdy, but he wa, no match for the dozen or so litf East Indians. He was overcome ant taken away from the octagonal room He was cast into steel dungeon h | the basement of the house.
 The sleeping mystery of this house haG it's ebb and flow, evidently. Iu dora awoke- without any abnormal eff feet for her short sleep; and the mel wko had gone to Hassam Ali';; house also awoke. Nabok Shan demanded i of them who this white girl was 1 We're they betraying him? The! should die like dogs in that case 1 They groveled and hastily explained that she was the niece of thef cele l brated Hassam Ali, and that sh' might be able to break the power Q i the sudden sleep by discovering hoy
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at the moment the ceremony begun, held the wet cambric to her nose. She showed her foresight in this; for shortly after the music began the people in the octagonal room fell to nodding, and from nodding into peaceful sleep. Even with the aid if the dampened handkerchief ZudOra could not wholly escape the subtle and amazing narcotic. She struggled blipdly toward the exit How she managed to reach the street was som ething she could never remember
 She was nightly glad to get back to New York again, for she had been 1a,0 900 ]niles away in spirit if not ir fact. Still, she determined to return and solve the riddle. She had al. ready formed campaign. What sim pie fools these orientals were in some respects.
 Hassan Ali concealed his astonish ment. YAt, something deep down il ] his soul told him that she would re turn uuhurt.
 But how did you escape, uncle?" "They wan ted yOu," he said gibly i "They blindfo Ided me again and sen me aboui by business. What did yo, l learn" Enough td determine me to SC,
 what can do. Of course. it is z colossal trick of some sort; but i would not be wise to suggest that.
 must be proved.
 "My child, this is altogether { strange business. These. orientals arr quick to distrust. If they find yo, 1 gore when they V ake up it is quit'
 likely they will trJ to kill you" r Eve made up m,s mind"
 Then she lan ul stairs. She wa! anxious to send message to Storm b, l the carrier pigeon. Size wrote shor
 note explaining the situation ant liberated the bird. Storms house
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1t stilUOl.
 Who is this beautiful woman" asked Hassam Ali, as keenly interest : ed as Zudora.
 She is our ruler, our princess. All he murmured, darting toward ZLcora who was now stooping over the sleeping beauty. "The memsahib must not touch!"
 "but--' began Zudora.
 The memsahib's touch would de- file her." said the man stoicallv
 Meantime an idea had come to Has, sam All. He was beginning to sense a peculiar heaviness about his eyes, ana he realized with alarm that this mysterious sleep was overriding him. Qu1etly and unobserved he slipped rom the room and managed after some difficulty and some explana- tons to reach the street Zudora was there alone. If she was clever enough she might extricate herself; if not :" We'll, that was Hassam Ais idea.
 Zudcra went on with her visual in- vestigations, quite oblivious to the fact that her uncle had deserted her. The strange idols fascinated her, especially the heroic one before which were grouped the sleepers It was a monster, mans body with an elephants head. As she gazed Up at it's sinister little eyes she began to see things as through a film of rain. It seemed as if some invisible hands were forcing her down. down. There was no feeling of alarm, no sense of danger; just a grateful, dreamy sen- sation, not unlike that of going to bed after some strenuous physical exer- ten. The oldest part of it was that
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Hudora accepted the conditions philoaophically. She never Wor" Nabok Shans rope of pearls. how ever.
 She would have liked very much, though to acquaint her lover With her whereabouts. Her uncles disappear aaee puzzled her But perhaps lie had already begun his invest igations. The night passed HucventfulIN. Those whe slept did so naturally. IIdora how ever, wandered iii and out among the curious aIcoycs and quaint bal comics. She pccred behind the gro ! to5que statues, into the foUnt ain. Whenever the ceremony began sleep came. This fact kept ringing through her mind. She just must solve it. It would be another step tow1ri her lover and happiness. One thing she asccrtainod for future use and this was. the exit was more or less care lessly guarded. She might have to take to her heels.
 And all the while. in the steel dun geon below, storm saw the walls slowly and relentlessly contract, II had beaten upon the unfeelin% steel
 until his knuckles bled; he h9d shouted until his lungs hurt. And smaller and smaller grew his prison.
 He recall certain tale by Poe, and touched the metal from time t9. time to see if it were growing hot But
 it was evident that he was to be crushed only. not incinerated.
 Morning came. The feast of the
 night before was resumed. NautcD girls danced; musicians played the sac and wailing music of the east
 Zudora had quietly wet her handker- chief in the basin of the fountain; ana
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The curtains stirred q little; but neither Storm nor the servant notic- ed this. Hassam Ali peered forth cautiously.
 The servant saw in Storms eyes a species of madness: and he was quite certain that Storm Sahib would shoot him as he said. Rapidly he recount ed what had taken place
 You take me there inst as soon as you can''
 Very well, sahib; but it viii be tho death of us both in the end"
 The curtains fell back gently. Has sam Ali returned to his globe smiling. Both of them,
 storm was greatly asronished when the Hindu told him that he must be blindfolded. He refused emphatical- ly.
 Very well, Sahib; shoot I cannot take you where the memsahib is without blindfolding you"
 Storm saw that the man was in earnest, so after much erumbling and warning he submitted to be blind folded. Half an hour later the band agu was taken from his eyes.
 ''Where is she?" he whispered to his guide.
 That. Sahib, is for you to find out and with that Ahmed tul ned away quickly.
 Storm resoluteIy moved forward until he came upon the form of the si7eping princess. He was rather awed in spite of his democratic as surance. What in heavens name was going on here? Where was he? In Hindustan, in the middle of 2 mad dream? Suddenly, even as he gazed, the woman on the rug before
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it was accomplished.
 'Where is this man H9ssam Ali, tAcn?' demanded Nabok shan, who had grown very suspicious.
 'IIuzzor, we know not. May?ap overcome as we were by the sleep. But this memsahib is clever and may heip US"
 "Who was this man l just 5eat to tho dungeon?'
 We know not
 "Well. you speak inc accursed English tongue Question hor and learn what she has to say. And on your heads he it if there is any sign of treachery.'
 ct is just" said the leader of the men who had brought Iudora.
 They then proceeded to squat down upon the rug, and Zudora piled her questions and culled a story which ran somewhat as follows:
 If began in southern India. \ cer- tain native prince had in his extreme youth, as is customary in India, be- come betrothed to the little princes of a neighboring state. There were great festivities, not 10 say cXtrava- gant ones, in honor of the event When the girl became a young W2m- an and the boy young man the mar riage ceremony wde brouGhi about but not consummated. for the simple fact that a prince of still another Drincipality had seen the nrincess and had determined to make her his own raaardless of the possibility of throw ing the three states into tribal war. The British raj might interfere, but not until good deal of damage was wrought The rival prince was Nabok Shan, a brave, hardy, and
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SYNOPSIS.

.,ora is left an orphan at an ear
 .a ss Her father is killed in a
 & nine he has discovered. Half an
 offer learning of the death of
 husband Zudora's mother-a
 m rone walker withs a circus-is
 sd with vertigo, falls, and is sdoro and the fortune from the
 5 which grows to be worth $2o,- 0O are left in the guardianship rank Keene, a circus man, Zudo-
 mother's brother. Zudora. giv.
 promise of great beauty, reaches
 ape of. IS. The uncle, who has hmself up as a Hindu mystic anG lnown as Hassan Ali, decides in
 greed that Zudor must die be-
 she can have a chance to come nossession of her money, so that nav be left to him, the next ot and he prevails upon the girl to 2 her money in his hands three rs longer and say nothing to any about the fortune. Hassam Ali
 an obstacle to his scheme in the kon of John Storm, a young law for whom .Zudora has taken & Ev and he commands the girl to 1 fine man out of her mi'ld. Storm Ies to ask Hassam Ali for the k of his niece. At first the crystal 4 will not listen to the proposal, zudora insists that if she cannot ry Storm she will marry no one. Well, we'll" says Hassam Ali. eff take such a stand, I'll compro- ,, Solve my next twenty cases you can marry him: fail in a [Ie case and you must renounce ('
 hdora, using the knowledge gain Erom years of association with her lie, unrayels a baffling mystery
 wins her first case-a case i'll eh John Storm is saved from ,g convicted of a murder instigat- Eysf{assam Ali himself.
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CHAPTER IT

'The Sleeping House Mystery"
 he clearing of John Storm was a
 days wonder. In court Hassam
 testified that Burns had been
 ling some facts regarding the past
 that he, Hassan Ali, had succeed
 in aiding him to certain extent
 the name of Bienreith had never
 b mentioned during those seances.
 could not imagine why Burns had omitted the crime. There was no
 Hence to be found that the two D had ever exchanged a word. He
 rather confounded at the turn
 events. The broken phrase, "But lther-" was as much a mystery
 him as to the court. It was inex- table. Hassan Ali received a good
 Of contemptuous frilling from
 district attorney, but the witness
 vered every question calmly and |detail. He admitted that he was a kiple of the Hindu cult; admitted { he had the gift of second sight
 times. There were many who Id testify to this. Hassam Ali lally left the witness chair with DOTS in his favor.
 subsequent Investigation by the lice revealed nothing to his dis fdit so far as the law was con- med. His past, from the circus day the present day, was as an open |K. Indeed, Hassan Ali was him < the instigator of this research wanted it definitely understood
 t while his cult was not looked |oa favorably by the police. he was
 the object of any justifiable sus- E!on. His grave air, his unfailing |nence under the gibes of the inter- estor, his frankness, all won him at Est the respect of his detractors. |ine man Burns was buried at the |pense of the city, and what was Ecwn as the Bienreith case went " the public archives as one more r'olved mys,ory.
 i' was remarked, however, among associates that John Storm lost ceal Of his impetuosity and that in subseouent cases he was nc user brilliant and cratic but calm ' steady, always extremely well ,ulled within his fears.
 Aew York City has without doubt ' most conglomerate population ol s. ' clty Tn the world. The only alien ee which does not find habitat ill N M fork is the Aztec, and that is ss sisly because the Aztec is extinct \ eacn race has quietly formed g Y ol It's own within the greater z ~. There are Little Italy, the Ghet, {. .gMna1own, and heaven knows how ~ x, olners, all familiar to sight N s <, put there is lot going on in ~ ~ iork among these aliens that N ss me police never hear about ex- ' oy purest accident. Who can ',sa Y Knows the heart of Chinatown ns 1s'e ne actively belongs to it?
 
 < a r 2 certain night two weeks after XIX su,asolrelth case, recorded in the N uae chapter, Zudora heard the N s cnlme the hour of nine. She M ,s upstalrs to her room and threw ,sas s snade for a final glance at the N. ,m;sas-aad paused in amazement ,,rls s toward the house was the !, sl procession she had ever Iss. Iurbans. flowing robes, and 1, pantalettes, here in this worka.
 s'1y Of New York! She rubbed n.s y1s as If striving to awake. She M; again. They were troopine 2 I up the steps. She next heard N, under of the knocker. which
 ' used in these days of electric
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GOOD CITIZENS DECALOGUE


First-Remember thy garbage
can to keep it covered lest thy gar
bage become stencil in the nos
trils of the people and breed flies.
Second-Thou shalt cut the
weeds in thy vacant lot lest it be-
come hiding place for old tin
cans, which catch water and breed
mosquitoes; papers and divers sort
of trash.
Third-Thou shalt bear witness
against thy neighbours rubbish
heap, likewise his dirty back yard.
Fourth-Thou shalt clean out
the habitation of thy horses and
thy cow frequently, lest the stable
fly flourisheth and spread infan-
tile paralysis and the househy
breed by the thousands and mil
lions and annoy thee and thy
beast and produce much sickness
in thy family.
Fifth-Thou shalt prevent the
breeding of the fly in the spring
time that thy children unto the
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third and fourth generation need

third and fourth generation need
not swat him later.
Slxth-Remember thy back yard
and alley to keep them clean. Six
days shalt thou labor to keep thy
premises clean, and if yet the task
is not accomplished thou couldst
do worse than continue on the
seventh.
Seventh-Thou shalt covet all
the air and sunshine thou canst
obtain.
Eighth-Look not upon the milk
when it cometh from the unclean
dairy, for the doctor will not hold
thee guiltless if thy infant sicken-
eth therefrom and die.
Ninth-Remember thy cleaning
up day and keep it wholly.
Tenth-If thou dost harken unto
these sayings to do them thou shalt
live long in the land.
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DR.. c. G. Shipman of Ocean
Park, Cal. arrived in the city today
at noon for a visit among friends
and on business. DR.. Shipman has
been at Rochester for some time
where his daughter has been under
the care of Drs. Mayo and on his
return stopped off here after an
absence of several years. His
many friends are assuredly pleased
to see him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-14
LET US HAVE PEACE

The greatest calamity in history
is being enacted in Europe.
Five of the great nations of the
world and several of the smaller
one are graphing in the grip of
death.
Fears are entertained lest even
others be drawn into the furnace
of war.
Death and destruction stalk
abroad now, and famine and pes
thence will follow.
Wars of the past will be as the
games of children when compared
with the present struggle.
Men will go down like blades of
grass before the modern engines of
destruction, and a once fair land
will be peopled with widows and
orphans and the manned from the
field of carnage.
1t is terrible to contemplated
Some hand should stay the con-
fict, but whose hand will it be?
President Wilson, sitting by the
bedside of h is dying wife, was i'm
PEELED by his sense of duty to pen
strong plea for peace. 1t was
without effect.
But there is one power which
can stop the war, if it so desires,
and that is the money power, says
a noted paper.
If the great bankers of the world
will unite and close their vaults to
the kings and emperors whose per-
sonal jealousies have plunged their
patriotic citizens into the deadliest
strife of the age, this war will soon
end.
Nations cannot fight and feed
armies without money, and when
money fades away rational sense
returns
The banks of the United States
have wisely set the example. Their
vaults have been closed.
If the money barons of Europe
will follow their example we will
have peace.
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Carl Lindberg Dead

Carl Lindberg, for years janitor
at the Central School building, died
last evening of tumor of the breast
after short illness. Mr.. Lindberg
was troubled with rheumatism
several years ago and since then
has not been exactly in the best Of
health but able to attend his duties.
He was about 81 years of age and
leaves widow and three children.
The widow has been an invalid for
years. He has been a respected
citizen of Ely for several years and
his death is a severe shock to a
large number of friends.
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ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY
BvJOHN s. PARDEE. Sec
the and will roveIn

and say you are getting new suit
of clothes. To organize the state
government, every branch of it
must somehow be brought into the
organization, or confusion still
exists, perhaps worse than before.
To organize the state govern
ment is to organize its finances
also-the budget system. If one
department or half dozen, stand
ing apart from the scheme, are to
submit their separate estimates and
contend for them, we should have
budget, indeed, but not a budget
system. The essence of the sys-
tenn is that the estimates shall be
moulded to proportion within a
determined limit. Anything less
than that is the budget without the
system.
The merit system in civil SER
vice could codceivably be adopted
without organizing the govern
ment. But unless the government
is organized with concentrated
responsibility, it is fair question
whether the merit system would
not hinder efficiency in one direc-
ton as much as it would help in
others. In a dislocated govern
ment, there are valid objections to
making the service too rigid.
The first view, that parts of the
plan may be adopted, is natural.
The second view is that it cannot
probably be accepted in that way.
1t may be amended if necessary but
in the name of efficiency the plan
must be accepted or rejected as a
whole.
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AND now comes the news that
Candidate Lee is financing the re-
count proposition for Rines. So
far Rines has gained little and
every vote has cost him mint of
money besides the respect of a host
of former friends who can see no
good in the sorehead policy he is
pursuing. If Bill Lee is furnish
ing the money, it would be inter
esting to know, why. Bill has not
been afflicted with such a liberal
complaint heretofore. Such stuff
as this is making it very hard for
the Republican ticket in the state.
This news of the promiscous dish
ing out of money cannot possibly
be charged to the Eberhart admin
istration. Maybe Lee and Ham
mond are in cahoots on the deal
and maybe it is all buncombe and
palaver calculated to advertise
Rines and Lee.
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Some of it." said the thought
full citizen, speaking of the eff
cheney commission plan, is likely
to be adopted.
That is the natural first thought.
1t is evident that the plan for or
ganizing the state government is a
marked Improvement over existing
chaos. 1t is mot to be expected
that it is the last word on the SUBJ
ject. So a man who looks at it
carefully enough to perceive that
he likes it on the whole, is very apt
to say that part of it will be adopt
ed.
But it is exactly what will not
happen. 1t will be adopted all or
none, as the very thoughtful citi-
zen will agree when we come to,
study it little more.
Some of it will be adopted. ~
AS much as to say, I like that suit
of clothes; / think l will wear the
right trousers legs and the coat
collar along with my present suit.
Or, that seems to be the harvest
ing rig / was looking for. I think
/ will take the bull wheel and the
springs and fit them into my old
outfit.
1t is plan for organizing the
state government. To hook up
one or two departments and leave
the rest in their independence,
would not organize the govern
ment but leave it disorganized.
You may alter the pattern of the
suit of clothes but you can not
pick out sleeve and maybe vest
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WAR RECORD

Maclaren. New York authority
on war, asserts that the loss of life
in battle since authentic history
began amounts to 400, 900 900,
equivalent to the entire population
of the globe for the $50 years.
From 1888 until 1915 the old
world saw 65 years of solid war
fare, which cost the people nearly
Sc, 900, 100000. The following
table shows the standing in the
War League" since A. d. 1900: