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along one OF these, gingef7y on his
hands and knees, until he came to its
end and might, II he cared to, look
down hundred feet to the sidewalks.
That view, however, did not tempt;
he kept his eyes level; and was re-
warded with bare glimpse Of pref
tily-papered wall framed in the lace of
half-drawn curtains.
And OF sudden-whether through
fortuity, or instinct, or the psyche
logical attraction of his steadfast con-
centration--the tenant Of the room
came to the window and stood there
for little, looking pensively out, alto
gether unconscious of the watcher in
his aerial coign.
Again horrible uncertainty har-
assed him Was the woman Rose
or Judith? That she was one of these
he could plainly see But which? Dared
he assume his hopes fulfilled?
With difficulty he detached his
hungry vision from her, and drawing
from his pocket small note book, tore
out blank page, placed this fiat on
the girder, faund pencil, and with
the assistance OF a ray or two OF
moonlight scrawled a message Of al
most stenographic breyity
When he looked up from this task,
she had vanished
Sitting up, astride the girder he
took his watch-a cheap affair he had
picked up when reclothlng himself In
the garments Of civilized society, at
Providence, that morning-Opened the
back Of the case, and closed 1t upon
the folded message
Then drawing back his arm, he
breathed silent prayer to the god Of
all true lovers, and cast it from him
with all his might-wlth such force
that 1t almost unseated him at the end
OF the swing, But nothing less would
have served to bridge that yaWning
chasm.
And the watch flew straight and
true, squarely through the lighted win
dow ana to the further wall
At that very instant of his exultation
over an obstacle overcome, he heard a
sound behind him of heavy breathing.
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AIan's Appearance at the Hotel Mono 18th.

The assassin had come that close
upon his prey when Alan turned and
discovered his peril.
The same moonbeam which had
aided Alan in the composition of his
message struck across the others face,
and showed it like hideous Chinese
mask OF deadly hatred, with its eye
balls glazing and its lips drawn back
from the naked blade gripped between
its teeth--a stiletto nothing short Of
foot in length.
With a sharp, startled movement,
Alan swung himself bodily about, SO
that, seated again astride the girder,
he faced the assassin who sat up,
straddling the girder, his feet hooked
beneath it a stiletto poised in his
right hand to strike,
But even now Alan was in little or
no better case than before If he faced
the thug, he faced him with no arms
other than his bare hands. He had not
even a pen-knife in his pockets.
With low cry of desperation Alan
snatched off his hat soft and shape
less felt affair, and flung it squarely in
the fellows face
Before he could recoyer-before,
that is it dropped away and cleared
his vision. Alan had bent forward and
grasped the wrist OF the hand that
held the knife
He snatched simultaneously at the
other hand, but 1t eluded him.
Alan had this advantage, as long as
the knife might not strike-that his
right arm was free, while the assassin
had only his left With this he strove
persistently to reach his knife-hand
and possess himself OF the weapon
AS persistently Alan foiled his purpose
by dragging the knife-haud toward him
and swinging 1t far out to one side, At
the same time he struck repeatedly
with his clenchei right fist at the 9th.
ers face. His blows did little dam.
age beyond disconcerting the other
hut this proved a very considerable
factor IN the duel In the end, they
served together with that steady, re.
sistless downward and outward drag,
to break the grip Of the mans locked
legs
Abruptly he pitched forward on his
face along the girder, kicking wildly,
graspng at the air The stiletto fell
from an instinctiyely relaxed grasp,
and disappeared, And before Alan
could release his hold, or ease the
strain upon the right arm Of the as
sassin, this last had slipped bodily
from the giTder ami hung helpless in
space, dangling at the end of Alan $
arm-with no more than the grip OF
five fingers between him and death.
The shock of that unpresaged turn
brought Alan forward and fiat on his
stomach. Aad the strain on his left
arm was terrific. He doubted If he
could maintain it for another minute
Nor was there any reason why he
should retain it. The end he had de
signed for his victim was merely his
Just desert.
And yet Alan could not let him go
Thus the battle began anew-but
now 1t was battle with man half
crazed and struggling SO madly that
he Well-nigh frustrated the efforts OIL
Continued on Page Four
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CHAPTER XXI.
The House Divided.

The House Divided.
Alone In that strange place OF 81
lence and shadows--that den CT the
devils livery crimson and black
chained to the invalid chair wherein,
day in, day out for years on end, he
had suffered the Promethean torments
Of the life that would not die out OF
his wretched, wrecked carcass, though
without ceasing sharp beaked envy,
hatred malice and all uncharitable'
ness pecked insatiably at his vttals;
Seneca Urine sat waiting, with the i'm
passivity OF :4yen Inquire waiting
on the imminent hour OF ultimate
Arrangement for the wrong that HAD
made him what he was,
Another hour! In sixty
minutes more they will be here, Judith
and Marrophat and Rose-poor fool
and him! In sixty minutes
more they will put him down before
me. bound and hel less, If not dead
a slight pause prefaced words that
were whimpered prayer: God send
that he be not dead Have fingered
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by applying in person with your bride
to-be There won't be time"
"Thcn wen marry in Jersey!" Alan
insisted. Dig up some clergyman over
there if you don't know one your
self"
"Oh, I'm well acquainted with the
very mani
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Rose Turned on Her Passonately.
here in anguish all these weary years
for the fullillment of my revenge only
TO be cheated at the end by Death?
God grant that Alan Law may be laid
down still living here at my feet!
Then
A bitter smile twisted his tortured
features: Then shall my will be done
to him And then, when have seen
him die as his father died-then-Ah,
God!-then at last too may die!
There was long silence, then a
groan OF exasperated protest. Why
do they not come? Why does Judith
delay, when she knows how | suffer?
Why have | been put off from day to
day with her kilograms that begged
for more time and promised every
thing-but told nothing until yester-
day Where are those mes
sages she sent me yesterday
His one sound hand CROPPED out like
q claw and sought a mass OF papers
on the desk beside him, sorting out
from among them two yellow forms.
Painfully he blinked over these and
slowly his painbent lips conned their
wording;
Alan and Rose safe with me-will
bring both home tomorrow night with
out fail he read the first aloud; and
then the second: Have motorcar
waiting for me tomorrow morning
from three o'clock till called for New
Bedford waterfront-Judith
MOI" he affirmed with the fervor
of one persuaded by his own desires:
Il must not doubt the girl! She has
promised, she has performed
So still was he, indeed that he
seemed to sleep, but 30 deceptive was
that semblance that he was alert for
the least sound. The girl entered soft
ly, as If fearful Of disturbing his slum-
bers; but she found him with head
erect and eyes a-blaze.
Judith" he cried, his great voice
vibrating like brazen bell AT last!
Where is he? You have brought him?
Where is he?'
With no more answer than a sigh,
the girl dropped her head and let her
hands hang Imply with palms ex-
posed.
After an instant Of incredulous dis
appointment the man shot a single,
frigid question at her:
You have failed?"
Il have failed" she confessed.
"Why?"
She shrugged slightly Who knows
why one fails? did my best: he was
too much for me, outwitted me at
every turn Time and again thought
had him, but always he escaped,
either by his own wit and courage or
with another's aid Only yesterday
night they we're all three in the nol.
low of my hands-but now bring you
only Rose"
She faltered, awed by the glare OF
his Infatuated eyes Let me explain, {"
she begged,
He snapped her short: You cannot
explain. The thing is impossible, that
you should have failed. There is some
thing beneath this, something you
will not tell me-
She endeavored to speak, but he en-
forced silence with sonorous mol"
His hand sought the row of buttons
on the desk and pressed one long
Almost instantly servant glided
noiselessly into the room.
MY daughter Rose-have her
brought here to me at once!"
In another moment the replica OF
his daughter Judith Iss ushered into
his presence.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
VOTES FOR WOMEN
URGED From AUTO.
Mrs Lulu Loveland Shepard
Speaks for Suffrage ii,
North Dakota.

Claiming the vote for the women OF
North Dakota as right. rather than.
as a privilege. Mrs. Lulu LoNeland
Shepard. president of the w. c. e. u
for the state Of Utah made two adj
dresses In favor Of Moman's .ufirage
In Grand Forks Thursday evening.
She addressed a crowd In front OF
the Hotel Dacotah at $50 o.clocs.
speaking from j. Nelson KellS's auto
mobile, and later spoke at the Com,
gregational church.
"Of course we women know that
we haven't as much sense as the men
have" declared Mrs. Shepard good
naturedly. but still we believe tpat
we know enough to- put our marks on
the ballot.
NO one ever gave the ballot to men.
They just went ahead and took. 1t.
The women can't do that. 80 they
have to ask the men to give 1t to them
The women in the western states
have demonstrated what they can do
with the ballot. Next fall the quee-
ton of giving them this right will
come up for decision in this state.
Don't let North Dakota fall behind
the times
Mrs. Shepard gave a CRATIC descrlp.
tion Of tho work which had been done
by the women of Utah In the interests
of good government. declaring that
no disreputable man now dares run
for office there, because the women
won't stand for him."
Mrs. Shepard is an excellent speak,
er. and her remarks apparently made
a decided hit with her audience She
was introduced by John Ogren.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
s-.t.- :. =. .-"--r-.-- t-t.-+-r--- ~.
CHOIR WILL GIVE PLAYLET
st. NIichecl's Church Organization to
Present Thrce-Act Comedy This
Evening.

A three-act comedy entitled Breezy
Point will be given this evening by
the Rosary choir of st. Mrhael's
church at the church auditorium.
The cast is made up Of local talent.
Various specialities will be introduced
between the acts
The members of the choir have
been practicing faithfully for some
time past, and an excellent perform
ance is expected. The complete cast
follows:
Aunt Debby Dester. Mistress of
Breezy Point-Katherine Rover.
El.nor Pearl, of unknown parentag &c
Sadie Morgan.
Ashrael Grant. a workhouse waif--
Annie Mcmahon.
Mrs. Handkerchief, with business
propensities-Carme Hart.
The Hartscratch Twins, who never
tell nothin' Viola Bristol and DON
ma Ditton.
Mehitable Dool.ttle, who ensnaree the
Elder-Mi.s Hart.
'rRernice Vernon. Amt Debby's
hoarders. fresh from boarding school
Ethel Maddock.
Laura. Leigh. Aunt Debby's board
ers. fresh from boarding school-Mal-
vina Lemm. e,.
Edith Norton. Aun: Debby's board
ers, fres!, from boarding .school--An-
ma G. Mcmahon. (,
Clarice Fenleigh. Aunt Debhy's
hoarders. fresh from boarding school
Stella Tracey.
Famine. Miss Ncrnon's French maid
,.McMahon. se.,s,,, :
Old Glen. the gypsy fortune teller
--JO Sullivan. :
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
PROGRAM TO Be
GIVEN BY army
Local Organization Observe
Anniversary CT Young
Peoples Society.

The anniversary of the organization
Of the Young Peoples society in the
salvation Army will be observed by
the local corps tomorrow night, when
an interesting program will be given.
Sunday, the army services will lie in
the interests OF the young peoples
work. Following is the program for
tomorrow night,
Opening song by congregation.
Prayer and scripture reading.
"Politness," Bernard Farmhouse.
"A True Story" Carrie Weir
when Mamma Was a Little Girl"
Nelma Poltlski.
String tand selection.
Mud Pies" Ethel Trottcr.
Temperance" Roy Landom.
Song OF the Frogs" Poltiski sisters.
"Johnny's Opinion of Grandmotl-
er.' Edward Farmhouse.
Sorry" Maggie Weir.
Brightly Beams Motion song.
Pink and Blue" Selma Thompson
Creeping Upstairs" Ina Bterk
Waves of the Ocean" tpianu
dueD. Farmhouse Sister,.
Boarding School," Lizzie Fry.
Little Girls Wishes" Gertrude
Fo.t:ski.
Holy City" tvocal solo>. Mablc
strutz.
Choosing Occupations" Mabe
Knudson.
The Stolen Spoons" Victoria Park
house.
"A Model Lesson" (dialogucD
The Last Hymn" Esther Brazi-
Inns.
Rock of Ages" illustrated,
Johnny Browns Adventures" Mil
dred Farmhouse.
Recitation. Ruth and Florence Bra
Zilins.
Fool Around Family" Marie Carl
String band selection.
Good Night" Irene Landom.
DCXolugy,
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
CUPID MUST HUMP HIMSELF
Heavy Falling OF in Matrimonial
Business Worries Force IN Office
of County Judge.

Wanted four couples to get mar
ried before July y"
Although barred from hanging out
such an advertisement. by professional
etiquette the force at the office of L..
I. Hassell. county Judge, are :sxtreme-
~ anxious that the Young man and
maids of Grand Forks should get
busy" before the end of June.
Up to date only &c couples have
committed matrimony in this county
during the present month. and the is
suers OF the licences feel that it
would be little shcrt Of calamity II
there was not at least one l.cence Is
sued for every day Of June. which is
generally sappcGcd to be Cuipd's s
busiest month.
Last year "a licences were issued
during June but at this time it is
Painfully evident that unless the lit
tie blind &c ! who is usually depicted d
without his B. =. u. gets an awful
hump OH himself there will be a de-
cided slump this year.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
SUFFRAGE RALLY
BENG PLANNED
Local Votes for Women
League Making Arrange
nents for Big Meeting.
HARRIETT' GRIMM IS
TO TOUR, THE STATE
Local Gathering to be Held
Tuesday-Luncheon to be
Served to Speakers.

The local Votes for Women league
have completed plans for a grand
auffrage rally to be held in this city
Tuesday, June 80. Luncheon will be
Eerved at noon to the speakers and
visiting ladies' IN the city. Arrange
ments will be made for several ad-
dresses to he given during the day on
The. street corners.
Miss Harriet Grimm, president OF
the Mississippi valley conference, will
be the chief speaker for the occasion.
She comes from Canton, ILL.,. and will
spend two weeks in North Dakota
making a tour Of the state in the In
terests of suffrage. She has been con-
ducting a suffrage school at Madison,
Wis, for the purpose of training wom-
en- in campaign methods. Miss Grimm
Is a young woman of great ability as
an orator, exceedingly witty and at
tractive and is cordially received
wherever she goes.
Miss Grimm will be accompanied to
this city by the state president Mrs.
Clara NJ Darrow of Fargo, and the
state vice president. Mrs. Beulah AMI
don, also OF Fargo.
Several other prominent suffragist+
will be here on that date.
The women OF the state are pian-
ming to carry on an active suffrage
campaign from now until Member
1. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw and Jane
Adams Of Hull House. Chicago. en-
pect to visit this state in the early
fall, tor n two weeks campaign.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
NINE. LABAD|E IS
TO READ TUESDAY
Will Give Interpretation Of
The Great Galeoto" for
Civic League.

Nine. Harriet LaBadie, one of the
foremost dramatic readers in the
country. will give an Interpretation OF
The Great Galeoto,'' a Spanish play,
at the Methodist church Tuesday
night. Nine. LaBadie will appear un-
der the auspices of the Women's Civic
league.
The Great Galeoto" is better
known as The World and His Wife,
play made famous in this country by
William Faversham and Julie Opp.
MIR. Faversham presented it in Grand
Forks a few years ago. The play
teaches the evils of the gossip,ng
tongue. 1t visualizes in an intensely
dramatic manner, the trouble created
In Il. Spanish nobleman's home by a
few ind:ecreet people, who embelI,sh-
ed their stories with imaginative ac-
counts Of their own.
The dramatist has constructed a re-
markably strong play. The third and
fourth acts are excellent examples of
the strong dramatic type. The climax
In the fourth act, however, is the
greatest scene in the play.
Nine. LaBadie Is dramatic inter-
prefer of rare ability. She has been
on the platform for number OF
years. and has made several tours oi
the world. Her character paintings
are particularly good. Nine. La
Badie also shows artistic ability in
visualizing the business" of the play
a difficult thing in the art Of the read
er. Those who heard her read The
Dolls House" here two years ago were
impressed with her great interpretive
ability. -
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
ROBBERS ESCAPE
!! after CAPTURE [ /
Max Taubert Finds 1ntrud-
ers Riaing University De-
pot Cash Drawer.

Max Taubert, agent at the university
station of the Great Northern captur-
ed two robbers Thursday night who
had burglar!zed his cash drawer, and
marched them across the campus AT
the point of a revolver only to have
the couple escape just rs he was abou;
to put them on board the street car
for delivery to the local police
. The agent found the two marauders
in the depot, at $3.50 when he. return-
ed to finish up some work They had
gained entrance through the window,
ana had rificd the cash drawer. secur-
ing small amount Of change.
Drawing his trusty six ohooter, Mr..
Tauhert ordered tiss ictruders to
throw up their hano,. SOC fall into
line, while he marched ttem across
the campus.
They oheycd and accompanied him
quietly enough until the car line was
reached. when they made a sudden
bolt for freedom and disappeared in
the darkness before the escape could
be prevented by Mr.. Taubert.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
La Grippe and Colds

InIA Grippe and Colds, Anti ti-kar1nintA-K),
Tablets arc unexcelled. as they stop the
pains, soothe the nerves, and bring the rest
so greatly needed by nature to restore the
system to health. Physicians have used
these tablets for over twenty years, in the
treatment OF colds, fevers and 10 grippe, and
have found no other remedy more useful In
these conditions. Anti-kamnia Tsblets are
SO inexpensive, 80 pleasant TO take, so sat-'
isfactory in their results, and so useful In all
conditions where there 10 pain, tina: *
Tablets should always be kept in the house
Tor the time OF need. Many ,of our rsnblest
physicians obtain perfect tesultsin grippe
and colds, BY cleansing the IS stem with Ep-
som salts or NActoids". avery good cathar.
tic, putting the patient on,a limited diet, and
one AK tablet every two or
three hours. This trsatment Will usually
break mp the worst case In . day. or two,
while In nilder cases, ease and comfort fol-
low almost timmedtatsly.S These tablets are
also unexcelled for Neuraisia, Rheumatic
Pains, The Pains OF Women, Indigestion
ana Insonnis. All druggists have them.
Il Esasias AK Tablsfs bssv eAs ~ assk.
# u. S.-A.k Sslos for Ss,ss. g
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
McADOO is QUESTIONED
About p'rd Issue to Carry Out til
;slans fOr Good Roads.

About p,rd Issue to Carry Out the
;'lans for Good Roads.
Washington. June 26.--Whether a
continental plan for good roads shall
be based upon bond issue or upon
congressional appropriation from year
to year is question which was turned
over to the secretary of the treasury
for answer by the senate committee
on postofflce and post roads.
1t was proposed to report the
Shackelford good roads bill. but this
appeared to he difficult. because it
calls for sc5.0no.O0n annually in the
face Of deficit. 1t was then pro-
rosed that bond issue he authorized
This brought out two serious ohiec-
tons: First that the constitutions OF
&c states forbid the issuance OF bonds
for the building of roads. and second.
that the dumping OF s2OO.000.Ooo of
three rer cent bonds upon the market
annually. the amount proposed. might
have a disastrous effect upon tho nut
standing securities Of the United
States.
Secretary NcAdoo vii, be asked to
etatc the probable effect OF new
bond issue upon present securities.
and where the money is coming from
If an ordinary appropriation bill is
passed.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
LAST LARGE PARTY.
To Be Given Ry. Herricks in France,
Attended. BY High Onicials.

: Paris, June 2s.-Myron T. Herrick,
American. ambassador. and Mrs. Her
rick, gave a dinner in honor OF the
new French premier, Rene Fiviani'
and his wife: Antonin Dubcst. speaker
Of the senate: Paul Deschanel'
speaker of. the chamber Of deputies.
sand a.number.. .nf: arnbs ssadors and
other members Of the foreign diplo-
matte corps and their wives. re-
ception was held afterward, at which
were present several members Of the
French cabinet, prominent officers OF
the army and navy and many notable
society people Of Paris, both Ameri-
can and French.
This was the last large party to be
given by Ambassador and Mrs. Her
rick before their departure, which
probably will be about July 81.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
ALLEGED TH|EF'S
HEARING TONIGHT
Member of Well Known
Smith Family said to Have
Stolen Clothes.

John Smith. 80. 4-1l-44 for the
state of North Dakota, who was pick
ed up at Otata late Thursday by the
sherifts officers, charged with help
ing himself to u joblot nf clothes be-
longlns to one of his fellow workmen
at the Red River Valley Brick conf
panys yard, will he given hearing
before Justice Phil Mclaughlin Il,
1880 o'clock tonight.
The scion of the we'll known family
whose name he bears, quit work last
Wednesday II appears and when he
departed from the boarding house n,
which he lodged 1t is alleged that he
took along with him twc' suits of
clothes, several suits OF underwear,
etc. belonging, to John Leaghton. also
employed by the brick company. who
lodged at the same house.
Ne subsequently, sold said garments,
it is ssid. at local second hand
store, and left for the west. but was
traced to Ojata and arrested there.
Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-26
UNCLE SAN AIDS FARMERS;
RAISES army Of HARVEST
HANDS FOR BUMPER CROP
CONTINUED from Page ~
l.. Dougherty of Oklahoma. His pc.
tition to the department of labor ran


Would it be possible for you to
communicate the needs Of this
state by way of men for the
wheat harvest through any of
the official channels of your de-.
partment? We will need from
p twelve to fifteen thousand men,
at from So to $3.50 day. with
board, to help harvest our wheat
and help thresh same. and IS per
cent OF men so employed will be
given employment III this state
by the farmers in handling the
various forage crops which prom
Use "a big yield at this time.
thereby guaranteeing from four
to six months steady work. The
state will maintain free employ
mert agencies at Oklahoma city.
: Enid. Afsp. Woodward. Ereder-.
, ick andi other poinf; In the state,
to help. distribute the men. and
any publication YOU can give this
matter through your department.
will be greatly anpre ciated by the
citizens. Of this state.
This appeal brought results. With
in brief while men were reportin
to the various agencies by squads an
battalions. Many of them arrived Il
the passenger coaches of rcgu!:l
Trans. put majority arrived etthe
on foot or on the brake beams q
convenient freight or passenger cars
Now they are eng t:,ed in harvest
ing and putting away what the gov
crnment is contendimg is to be one u
the greatest grain crops ever raised b.
any nation.
feature Of the movement Of tn
great army is that many young. me-
out OF employment in the cities ar
going to the west to remain. The
want q chance to find elbow room.