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countenance. At . typewriter lolleA
his clerk, his hand fumbling among
some papers.
The group was exceedingly lifehke,
more 90. barrow thought, than any
wax figures the Eden Musee had ever
placed for the Modification Of it,
country visitors. Indeed. the only In.
dication that the men had not merely
suspended action on the entrance Of
the visitors was . nne white rime
frost that sparkled across the burly
countenance Of the mayor. Darrow
remembered that, summer and winter,
that dignitary had always perspired!
Burns stood by tho door. rooted to
the spot, his Jaw dropped. his eye
staring. Darrow quite calmly walked
to the desk. He picked up the ink.
stand and Eazed curiously at its solidi-
fied contents. touched the nearest
man, gazsd curiously at the papers ON
the desk. and addressed Burns.
These seem to be frozen, too. This
= sweet gang to be getting together
on this sort Of 3ob!"
Quite calmly he gathered the pa
pers on the desk and stuffed them into
his pocket He picked up the desk
telephone. giving . number. Ouch.
this receivers cold" no remarked to
Burns. Hello. Despatch. II Hal.
lowell in the once! Just int Send
him over quick. keen jump. City Hall.
mayors second-story once. No. right
now. Tell him it's Darrow."
He hung up the receiver.
Curious phenomenon" he remarked
to Burns. who still stood rooted to
the spot you see. their bodies were
naturally almost in equilibrium. and,
a. they we're frozen Immediately, that
equilibrium was maintained. And the
color. suppose the blood was con-
gealed in the smaller veins. and did
not. ~ In more gradual freezing, re-
cede to the larger blood-vessels. I'm
getting frost bitten myself in here.
Let's get outside"
But Ohcer Burns heard mono of
this. Al Darrow moved toward tho
door he crossed himself and bolted.
Darrow heard his heels Gathering on
the cement Of the corridors. He
smiled.
And now the deluge!" he remarked.
Tho crowds, terrified. inquisitive,
skeptical. and speculative. gathered.
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SAID BY WITS OF THE PAST
Memoirs Of London Merchant Told Of
Many Good ouips hs
Had Heard.

The late John Richard Clayton Of
the nrm Of Clayton L Bell. glass paint
err OF London England. had some good
stories OF his experiences with the pre-
brethren.
He was once sought out by the paint.
ers. He called on Rosetti In his studio
and listened To the brilliant diatribes
OF the young men against whom they
called the sloshiness OF modern paint.
ing. shoshy was the term they applied
to all the art Of that day. and they did
not spare Sir "sloshua" Reynolds him.
self Clayton WAS fond Of telling how
he noticed that the studio was hung
all round with photographs Of the
works Of the great masters. but he
was astonished to see that they were
all either on their sides or upsids
down. After . pleasant talk he ven.
tured to inquire the reason Of the
strange hanging. Rosaetti affected TO
be puzzled at Ciayton's discovery.
~whs." ~ 1890 "afsa't thsv
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-10

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Others to know Of this great medicine. /"
Mrs. HORACE NEWMAN, Poland, Her
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II you arc Ill do not drag along until
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take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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If you want special advice write
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Ohcials swept them out and took pos.
session. Hallowell and barrow con.
ferred earnestly together.
He has the power to stop heat Vi.
brations. you see." Darrow said. THAT
makes him really dangerous. His &C.
tiyities here are In line with his other
warnings; but he 10 not ready to 90
to extremes yet The city IL yet safe. "
"Why?" asked Hailowell.
II know It. But he has the power
II he gets dangerous we must stop
him."
"You are sure you can do TT"
Sure"
Then. for Gods sake. do Il! Don't
you realize what will happen when
news of this gets out. and people IN.
derstand what It means! Don't you
feel your guilt at those mems deaths %
He struck his hand in the direction OF
the City Hall.
The people will buy = lot Of expo
Renee. at cost OF = little fright and
annoyance" replied Percy Darrow
carelessly. It'll do them good. When
It's over. they'll come back again and
be good A for that bunch in there
when you look over those papers
think you'll be inclined TO agree with
what the religious fanatics will say
that 1t was = visitation Of God"
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Of indicators especially designed by
him for the occasion. Once more tho
little wireless once became the focus
of reportorial attention.
"Our major premises We ind still to
be correct" announced Eldridge In the
coldly didactic manner characteristic
of the man. This unknown operator
10 At = distance: and probably at .
height. One indication We did not take
sumciently into consideration-the fact
that this instrument alone il capable
OF Communication with the instr,l-
ment of this individual"
Percy barrow for the first time be-
gan to show signs Of attention. He
dropped the legs Of his chair to tho
floor and leaned forward.
THAT would indicate. gentlemen.
that the instrument whose location we
are DESTROYS Of determining Ii of .
peculiar nature. What that nature Is
We have no means Of determining &C.
curateiy: but in conjunction with the
fact that our previous experiments
failed to locate Monsieur X. we may
adopt the hypothesis that the wire
less apparatus OF that individual 10
not 70 delicately responsive ~ the sv-
erage. In other words, the zone
within which he may be found 10 in
fact wider than we had supposed"
barrow leaned back against the wall
and closed his eyes. Eldridge contin-
ued. explaining the means he had TAX
en- to determine more accurately the
exact location OF Monsieur X.
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risht?" Then Rosetti shouted: Here
Hunt. Millais. here's fellow who
knows the way these sloshy thinss
should be hung"
The motifs occasionally demanded o,
him which he could not refuse made
him vince. and he smiled srimly once
when q member Of the Arts club. o.,
which he was one OF the Oldest and
most esteemed members. declared tina,
III you accept that kind OF order tn,
nrm OF Clayton 4 Bell will be know
~ Satan 4 He'll"
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Lees Coal Used In M.kino Coke.

The quantity OF coal required IA
produce ton Of coke Is much less
than formerly. Tho average xniu In
1912, compared with ten years ago. ID
probably At least 100 pounds. II |,
doubtful II In the earlier years the
actual Yield OF coal In coke exceeded
60 per cent. whereas 10 1917 II wa, 81
per cent. according to the united
states geological survey. This gain II
largely due TO the increase In the
production Of by.product coke. In which
the Yield Of coke from . ton of coal /,
very much higher thAn IL making b.s
Aivo cola
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But tho OLD, ne sicn-theren ~
deaths among them-the responsibility
= something fearful"
Never knew . battle fought yet
without some loss" observed Darrov.
Hallowell was staring 1t him.
II don't understand you," said the
reporter. You have NO heart. You
are a. bad a. this Monsieur K, and
between you you hold . city in your
power-one way or the otheri"
We'll. l rather like being . little
god." remarked Darrow.
Hallowell started once more 70
plead. but Darrow cut him short
You arc thinking Of the present"
he said. II am thinking of the futurs.
it, good thing for people to and
out that there's something bigger than
they are. or than anything they can
make. That fact 10 the basis Of the
idea Of God. These are getting to b
. goddess people" He turned on Hal.
lowell. his Sleepy eyes lighting up. II
should be very sorry II had not in
tellect enough and Imagination enough
to see what this may mean to my fsl
low people: and should despise my.
self II l should let an unrestrained
compassion lose to four million people
the rare opportunity vouchsafed them"
He spoke very solemnly. Hallowell
looked at him puzzled.
Besides" said Darrow whimsically.
II like to devil Eldridge"
He dove into the subway. Hallowell
gazed after him. ST..
There goes either . great man or
crazy fool" he remarked to an Eng
lish sparrow. He turned over rapidly
the papers barrow had found on the
mayors desk. and smiled grimly. "Of
all the barefaced. bald-headed steals!"
he said.
Darrow soon mounted once more
tho elevator Of the Atlas Building. He
found Jack and Helen still waiting.
Before entering the wireless ONCE Oar
row cast q scrutinizing glance along
the empty hall.
ITS all right" he said. I'm surer
than ever. Everything ATS exactly.
Now. Helen" he said. II want you to
go home, and l want you stay there.
No matter what happens. do not move
from the house. This town y going
to have the biggest scare thrown into
1t that any town ever had since Sodom
and Gomorrah got their little Jolt. In
the language Of the Western prophet.
He'll will soon be popping Let her
pop. Sit tight: tell your friends to
sit tight. II necessary. tell them Mon
sieur x IL captured. and all his works.
Tell them said So"
His air of lansuid Indifference had
fallen from him. His eye was bright
and he spoke with authority and vigor.
"You take her home. Jack" he COM
manded. and return here At once.
Don't forget that nice new-blued pop
gun OF yours: we're coming to the
time when we may need it"
JacS rose instantly to his mood.
Correct. General" he saluted.
"Where'd you collect the plunder!" he
asked. pointing to = square black bag
Of some size that barrow had brought
back with him.
That" said barrow. "is the nrst
fruit Of my larcenous tendencies. I
stole that from the mayors once IN
the City Hail."
What II IT,"
That" said DArrow. Il do not
know"
He deposited the bag carefully BY
HE chair. and turned. smiling. To
Helen.
"Goodby." said he. Sleep tight"
They went out. barrow seated him.
self In his chair. drew his hat over his
eyes, and fell into doxe. In the
meantime. outside. all through the
city, hell was getting ready to pop
Go BE CONTINUED.)
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u always the case. matters did not
Improve IN the telling, The only &C.
tivity In the city was that bent on
seeking out the abiding place Of Mon.
sicr \.
EldridEe had now come to the con.
clusion that he had perhaps been mis-
taken In combining his efforts to so
small an area. In fact. further expcr.
imsnts rendered hary tho arbitrary
outlines formerly determined for the
soos Of danger At times Monsieur X
answered well within the forty-nve-
mile mark: q times somewhat beyond
the end Of the nfty. mile radius. Ei.
Arsdse inmsAists,y undertook series
- asse AelaaaGs sxpsdmsa0 ~ 0sass
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-10
Our Fairy oodmothsrs.

The world. out Of fairy books. 10
chary In furnishing its fairy god.
mothers. yet most Of Us have friends
at whose touch we become more truly
and happily ourselves than at other
times. They seem able to endow u,
through same magic Of their own.
with the beauteous vestments and the
glass slippers that free the spirit
These are our fairy Eodmothers. We
do we'll to love them and pay them
good heed. for through them We may
enter into such possession OF the pro
cious gifts that we need have no dread
Of the striking hour. This. we must
suppose. 10 what Coph>tua did for his
begsar-maid. At his El>nce the queen
In her blossomed. whicL later all the
world could see.
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CHAPTER XIX.
Percy Keeps vleii.

VVbSy N0SPO VIGIL
The morning OF the third day after
the failure Of the search. and Of the
sixth since McCarthy's disappearance.
had arrived. During that time Percy
barrow. apparently insensible to "a
tgue. had maintained an almost sleep
less vigil. His meals Jack warford
brought In to him: he dosed In his
chair or on the couch. Never did he
appear to do anything.
The very persistent quietude Of the
man ended by making It's impression.
To all questions. however. barrow re-
turned but the one reply. delivered al
ways In 4 voice full Of raillery:
II couldn't bear to miss . single
step Of Eldridse's mastery work."
About half past nine in the morning
in question. through the door to the
wireless once. always half opened.
somebody looked hesitatinsly into the
room. Instantly Darrow and Jack
were on their feet and In the hall
way.
"Helen!" cried Jack.
What is It! Anything happened p
demanded barrow.
She surveyed them both amusedly.
You certainly look like frowxy
tramp. Jack" she told her brother ju.
diciously. and you need sleep" she
informed barrow.
The young scientist bowed ironical.
~. his long lashes dropping over his
eyes In his accustomed lazy fashion
A. he realized that the occasion was
not urgent. Helen turned directly to
him.
When are you going TO stop this!"
she demanded.
barrow raised his eyebrows.
You needn't look At me like that.
You said you could lay your hands on
Monsieur X At any moment: why don I
you do ~"
"EldridEe Is too amusing"
Too amusinG!" echoed tho girl.
'All you think OF IL yourself"
rs IT." drawlcd Darrow.
Have you been out In the city =?
Have you seen the people? Have you
seen men out OF work? Families leav.
INK their honest Panic spreading
slowly but surely over n whole city ?"
Those pleasures have been denied
me-" said barrow blandly.
The girl looked at him with bright
angry eyes. Her cheeks were glow
Ing. and her whole figure expressed f..
tense vibrant life In singular contrast
to the apparent Incidence OF the men
at whom she was talking.
you are insuYerable!" She fairly
stamped her foot In vexation. you
are an egoist! You would play with
the welfare OF four million people to
crafty your little personal desire for
getting event"
STEADY. sis!" warned Jack
barrow had Strengthened. and his In.
dolcnt manner had fallen from him.
Il have said I would permit no harm
to come to these people. and mean
IT," said he.
mo harm!" cried Helen. What dc
you call this"
barrow turned to the window look
ing out over the city.
"This!" he said. why. this ism,
harm! There isn't . man out there
who IN not better Oh for what has hap
pcned to him. Hc hes lost n little
time. little money. = little sleep. and
he has been given new point o,
view. new manhood. A. . city
dwsller he was becoming = moilusk. 4
creature that could not exist withou,
its she'll Tho city transported him
warmed him. fed him. amused him
protected him. He had nothing 70
do with II any way: he didn't cveu
know how Il vas 1nAS 0snr,ved al
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-10
The Psychology Of Il.

The Psychology Of Il.
Stuyvesant Ogden. q San Francisco
millionaire. said in Washington the
other day:
THE present business depression
II. indeed. there be a business depres
sion-is psychological. There is. J
mean, no smallest excuse for 1t. 1t IL
born Of the nightmare fears of men's
minds. In a word. It reminds mo of
music hall girl.
THE stage manager of q music hall
rushed to the proprietor the other
night and said:
Turn II refuses tn 30 on with her
trained mice. She says she's been
completely unnerved ever since that
young student was eaten In Chicago"
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IN ALL OUR
NE|GHBORHO0D
There Il Hardly A Woman
Who Does Not Rely Upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Princeton. Ill.-"I had Inflammation,
hard headaches In the back Of my neck

and . weakness al
caused by fem ale
trouble, and I took
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound with such ex-
cellsnt results that !
am now feeling fine.
I recommend tn .
Compoundand praise
It to all. I shall b.
glad to have you
publish my letter.
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:, Smile on wash day. That's when you uss
Ked Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than
snow. All grocers. Adv.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-10

Insurance Against Appendicitis.
Lloyds Of London have recently Is
sued form OF insurance against ap.
pendicltis. The claims have become
80 numerous that they have found It
necessary TO double their premiums.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-10

Poverty 10 no disgrace. but wealth
can't always say a. much.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1914-09-10

The only exercise some people get
70 throwing bouquets at themselves.
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sYNoPsIa

..e:e s' Of P:'rS scS . sssn. tn: :e es.
Boss" aecsfthy OF New York. Ne
h., Jus. been odsns s@ 2, a.s
TO Europe. He does not take the mes
sass seriously. barrow goes up the
elevator TO- try for . position with pr.
10 Il. Atlss Sa,ldins goes on. Of ba:i-
ness. Experts are unable to locate the
trouble. An at once. without apparent
reason. electric connections are restored
that unless he leaves at once for Europe
. sign will BE- sent him at six. Prompt
~ at that hour the entire electric appar-
s .a ; Of New York V cut Ito, on Percy D.r
the help Of Jack Warford. = college ath-
ists. They visit Mccarthy and offer to
run down the cause Of his mysterious
s.h;s v:In1;iS. y xi1:is: 4; a * SuI
ine. plotting out all sound. Next day the
whole town 10 thrown into darkness and
Re noted scientist. bscoms. interested 10
the phsnomena- Darrow's theory 10 that
the man who 10 sending the warnings has
0scovered some force By which he can
hight and sound Mccarthy has disao-
session Of All the facts in the ease and Of
n. own theories in relation thereto and
More terrifying messages come. Oar.
row. through the newspapers. treasures
the people, He fear. the Unknown will
stop the vibrations Of heat which would
animal and vegetable. Tho Unknown
threatens to wipe out tho city. Thous-
ands Of people fee. barrow sits nom
ss, S S,es ssSs. n
ments With the purpose Of locating the
Unknown. Eidridgs's experiments fall.
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Important to Mothoeo
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CAsTORIA. = safe and sure remedy foi
infants and children. and sec that II
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CHATTER xvI,I-con.Inu.d.

CVApVeH NvIV-Contlnueo.
Eldridge detailed the same reason
Ing. at greater length. to the men who
had employed him. These were very
impatient. Business was being not
merely impeded. but destroyed. Their
customers had NO time for them; their
employees were In many cases leaving
their Jobs. They called In all the
help they could to assist Eldridse's
speculations. but In tho end they had
% fall back on the scientist a. tho
best on the market The case was not
left In his hands alone, however. After
. meeting they offered reward to any
one discovering and putting to an end
the disconcerting phenomena.
Here's where We make money.
Jack. big money" observed barrow
when he read this offer. "ItIl be big.
ger before We set through. You and
can have the little expedition to Vol.
cano Island"
! Nothing suits mo better" said
Jack. Are you sure we'll get IT."
Sure" said Darrow.
Monsieur K had Of course honored
the waiting world with . message. II
followed the fifteen minutes Of dark.
ness:
r.. -
To the P$oD's: have been patient
and have stayed my hand in order that
you may learn the vanity Of your en-.
dsavor. Who are ye that ye shall strive
to take MOI Vanity and fooii1hness 10
your portion. Now - know my power
and ye will usten unto my words A. to
the words Of the master Ys must hunt
down this man Mccarthy aud deliver him
over unto me. II avery one OF you gives
himself TO the task. 10! Il 10 quickly done
Best,r yourselves against the wrath to
noms,"
These events occupied the three
days OF tho ordered exodus. The time
was further nlled with rumor that ever
grew more dire. Gradually business
was suspended entirely. Those who
could not or would not 20 away stood
about talking matters over. and. Rs
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-17

In France the German right wing
has been engaged in a series of con-
flicts with the allies along the line
from Noyon and Roye into Belgium.
These encounters, the war Office
says, while taking on the character of
actual battles, have been in the ma
ture Of separate movements.
Ostend, it is stated, was occupied
by the Germans without a struggle
on Thursday. The German advance
cavalry patrols found when they
reached the outskirts of the town
that the enemy had retreated, aban-
doning the entertainments which
they had constructed north and east
Of the city.
London.-The official press bureau
in a statement issued this afternoon
declares that only four of the officers
of the cruiser Hawke have been re-
ported as saved and that it is now
feared that the remaining q officers
persisted when the cruiser was sunk
by the German submarine.
Petrograd.-That the Germans are
sui Delng naFd-preSSed ana are In
full retreat in Russian Poland west
of Warsaw was the claim made by
the war Office today. It was stated
that the Germans were Vainly en-
deayoring to rally their forces, which
have been badly cut up in the fighting
that has now been in progress for
eleven days.
The war Office insists that the Ger
mans were led into a trap.
Washington.-Orders to allow the
Marconi wireless station at Honolulu
to continue in operation were issued
by the navy department today, fol-
lowing receipt of an expression of re-
greet from the company for it's send
ing Of a message announcing the ar
rival of the German gunbOat Geire at
Honolulu.
London.-The Dover correspond
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GERMANS ADVANCE
OSTEND-BRITISH DEL
London.-The emphatic declara-
ton of King Albert of Belgium that
neither he nor the queen will accept
asylum and that the Belgian army
will continue it's resistance to the
Germans to the very last has today
stirred all England. Loudest praise
is, being heard from all sides of the
Belgian heroism, and its answer is
expected to be the hurrying to the
front almost at once Of the next Brit
ish expeditionary force, now complet-
ing its training. It viii be utilized to
prevent the expected German at
tempted southern movement paral-
telling the sea coast.
London was greatly stirred today
by a rumor, the authorship Of which
could not be ascertained, that two adj
ditional British cruisers, the Terrible
and Invincible, had been torpedoed
and sunk by the Germans. The ad-
miraIty and the official press bureau
entered an emphatic and positive de-
NAL.
Petrograd.-owing to the activity |
of the German submarines in the Bal |
tic it is officially announced that Rus |
STA will close the CULTS Of Finland and
Riga to all shipping and viii also lay |
mines for general coast and harbor |
defense.
Paris.-That ground has been |
gained in the vicinity of Arras and |
st. Mihiel, and that the allies have |
occupied the district around Armen-
there's, eight miles northeast of Lille, |
and the little village Of Fleur-Baix,
was officially announced here this
afternoon.
Berlin, via The Hague.-That the |
Cannon fOronS ODaratiOp in Belgium