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Ashore at night you stumble along streets which are in
eNccrahle condition. 1t seems "A pity to waste a perfectly
good moon on such a scene. Skysyrapors three stories high
are not over ten feet wide. some years ago a disastrous
fire burned a large part Of the business section Of the town.
The owners of a thirty foot lot rebuilt on only a third of it.
\ "IIaNtian rum" cocktail f., tbr. sprl,Ity nf fin, ohm,
whore Germans, French, English and Holgians are all frat
ernizing as Il there We're no war. In the morning every
one who has the price comes out f., ma shin ,r - r,,,la
Of beer. Jdhhering huatmcn fight to put their passengers
aboard, They seem more like monkeys than men. The
iiaytans have us three European passengers clearly out
casSed. The smoking room and decks are alive with black
st"amIng humanity a veritabe black plague sweeps over
the ship and envclops our white trinity Of two Americans
and a Venezuelan.
Some of our new fellow passengers are members Of the
lIaytian Senate, which convcnes the day after Easter.
These older men talk with their hands a good deal-a relic
Of their French forebears, Many of their confrcres will not
he in their seats at the Senate, however. as the Government
has not paid any salaries since last October, and some If
the Senators have NOT money enough 10 leave their n,u.s
and travel to the capital.
An expected lighter with a small load does not arrive.
me thought of S'nIIng to our ship made the men tired, So
S''P, ne '"Il''"S tE cam" III N' am" '"Wed the lighter
so as to expedite matters. our Dutch captains comment
was, They like rather to be lazy than tired
After unloading the lighter her crew allowed her to drift
To shore, where they probably slept a few days before they
worked again, It takes very little effort to support life in
the tropics, ana these people work just enough to live.
cur arrival at Joromic is celebrated by a night ON the
forward deck which dsturhs the tranquility of our turkeys.
pigs and COW that are kept there. asking an officer tb.
cause Of the trouble he says: ~ fireman insultcd a nlggcr'
How We inquire, with a club" h, replies.
In trying to land our hootmen pull to a beach. b.
imply that they cannot quite put us ON shore. About 200
Of their companions ashore kindly offer to carry us over
tn" 1--WE feet of salt water that separate rs from terra hrma
at 10 cents apiece. We dcmur and ask to he taken to the
pier, 'nr crew refuses To move; a number of the men on
land wade ont ana surround our boat, everybody ycls.
Fight number two-and We jump ashore.
Here fishermen are drawing IL net, rowing a lnat with
fiat, triangular pieces OF wood tied t. pa. : for oars. IN
the market the huts have four poles and a rush maj or
sacking for a roof, Cooking is done an over the square. in
iron pots or IN" ubiquitous po~n"ur can got over chlrcoal
brazters, Babies and smells predominotc, Here tho slogan
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After we have been at anchor half an hour the pilot
comes aboard. Like all Haytians he badly needs Il job and
has to he paid. The only thing that can he found for him
to do is to carry the papers to the customs man, who is too
high an official to come vut TO the ship-or do any work.
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VIII 7
Pen Picture of Life in Anarchy Rid.
den Island Reveals Native In
capacity to Rule
BY HARRY K. TAYLOR.

~ RAMATlS PERSONA: Eighty million black men
more or less. Time: Holy Week. Place: The
- western end oI he Island OF Hayti, where, as in
many parts Of the tropics. were it not for the peo-
pie 1t would be a delightful place in which to live. The
curtain rises on a Royal Dutch Mail steamer which after
4 two days voyage from the Dutch Island OF Curacao swag-
gers into the picturesque harbor OF Jacmel at dawn.
Superb cocoanut groves ringing the beach stand
sharply out against green hills ana make the town at the
distance of a mile look most attractive. Broad stern scullei
lighters swiftly approach the ship propelled by three 1.-the
negroes who sway ~rhythmicaly to their oars without song,
as the police will not allow them to sing at their work. The
ships officers expostulate as the crews. quarrcllIng for po-
Gton, endeavor to attach 10 the vessel hooks at the end OF
erope.
The dusky doctor, dressed to kill. accompanied by a
representative Of the army-and a yellow nag-makes sew
Wal futile attempts to climb out OF the rowboat. and finally
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Copyright International News Service.
Natives at a fountain in Port au Prince.

chalantly repose at the bottom of the sea wall, mute wit
nesses TO the laziness or ineficiency of the Haytian.
The climate OF lie ~ varies, In the south II Is too
warm; in the northern part Of the island it rains too fire.
quently. Nature does everything for the people. who cul-
tivate nothing. merely gathering what agricultural plS-ncts
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Continued on Second e. o..
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-15
A FRIGHTENED Doo

~ ''A'tp'Ch IVY.
Z W was a bitter cold night In Janu.
s. said an old north Pennsylvania
woodSmnn, when heard one Of nv
bounds yelping around the outside OF
the house as though something were
chasing it, jumped from my bed and
looked out OF the window. 1t was clear
moonlight, and saw two wolves chas.
ing my dog around the house as fast as
they could leg it, but the hound was
Swifter OF foot and managed to keep a
few yards ahead at each turn. | had
two londed guns In the house, and |
placed one Of them In the corner by the
door, cooked the other and opened the
door few inches to get Il shot at the
wolves as they came past. The fright
ened hound saw the crack In the door,
dashed into it, threw the door wide
open and knocked me or my feet.
Both wolves rushed In, and the dog
Ieaped upon the bed that stood In
recess. shut the door in Il hurry and
B9nged away at one Of the wolves,
killing it instantly Then grabbed
the other musket. and the second wolf
made n spring at the window, break
Ing three panes Of glass But ii didn't
break the sash, mud rs 1t fell backward
bored Il hole through its heart The
hound hadn't been hurt Mt all. but II
was so scared that it never WAS worth
A copper for hunting after that night
st Louis Globe Democrat
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were working In Hassam Ais inter-
est At least they could satisfy bis
physical needs. that Of humping their
heads together. They were the manip-
ulators of some devil machine which
had caused these mysterious fires al
ways in the vicinity of Zudora
In the morning Zudora teIephoned
to learn that John had gone out or
town Instlnctively she knew just
where he had gone poor, foolish lover,
and SO She set out after him, distract
ed 1t was quite reasonable that the
twins would be expecting John and
would be prepared for his reception.
She therefore made the village about
IN hour later than John and hired the
only taxicab she could find.
John found Il very queerly made ap-
paratus back of the house on knoll.
He had read about something OF the
sort perpetual ray gathered from
light and capable Of sending forth n
terrific beat. something like a crystal
focused under clear sunlight He
could sense mild warmth as he near
ed tia mild warmth because the re-
Electors had bee momentnriIy defect
ed. not focused He knew nothing
about the house being mined and
ready for his advent We drew his re
yolvsr and began p"pPering aFbe in
ferlfHf machine He couAsS ii least
put 7 out Of business temporarily.
Vagdely he heard the rumblJ Of mo-
tor ana turned 10 see XudoYa step out
Of II taxicas He waved his hand, and
she came running w /. ~ On the
way up sLt saw so1nething that re
'enhled burning fnse3on the ground.
Then the horror of To y trap dawned
upon hcr. They wrr4/to he lnred into
the house and b ii up.
Gasplng. She .ftammered forth her
discovery She caught him by the
hand ana nrog9ed him down the hill
at run NJ 'e too soon The earth
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TO identify il and partly TO exhibit In
testimony Of his possession
There is always tire in the stone ="
said one Of the old men In Il room
that to You may look dark there VIII
be II sprck Of lieht This stone would
always catch it and You could see il
fash oh it was very interesting
stone
VERY interesting" repeated the
brother.
Il think sud Xudora. that viii
return to the city \ Jewel .IiI, Us
will hc found III some paWnypup NJ
one would dare to 90 TO Il JcWelcr of
reputr There would be- too many
questions,
"Nou see. we have said nothing TO
the police heeaUsc we do net want amy
newspaper nptoricty We have other
trnkrtS," with II singular smile.
81 may take this photograph nIougT
Certainty We have duplicates"
Iulor left the old house, and the
two old men watched her until she dis
appeared around Il turn in the road
Then they laughed quietly and went
back into the house
Xndura began to 20 over the brief
facts There WAS no lead anywhere
as yet The metropolitan mwnshups
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SYNOPSIS.

Iudorr IL left AN orphan at an early
rye II father Is Killed IN gold mine.
|ld0G and the fortune from the mine,
Which GrowS to be worth fgUO-nU, are
lrH IN the ardinnship Of Franz keene,
hudoras mothers brother Hndorn, Civ
lus prullst Of great beauty, reaches the
age of 2htcen The uncle who has set
himself NV as a Hindu ms site and IL
known .. llassam All decides that Hn-
dora must die before she can have
chance 70 come into possession of her
money, so that it may be left 10 HIM, the
hrM oi Kin Ilassam All sees an obstacle
To his scheme N the person Of John
storm younS lawyer for whom ~
dora has taken u fancy and he com
mands the eIi to put the man ont of heI
mind Hudora insists that il she cannot
mary storm she VIII marry no cue
Well, well, SAYS llasSanl All III YOU
tlke such a stand IN compromise Solve
my next tWeuty eases and you can marry
him, fail in single case ana yeu must
lenOunce him
Iudo!a, using the knowledge gained
from years of association with her uhcle
unravcls battling mystery and wins her
hrSt Gaze case in when John storm is
saved from being convicted OF murder
mstigated by Hassam All himself
Iudom and llassam All visit Nabok
Shans ou4e, where sleep overcomes ev
cry one Whenever Nabuk attempts IT, mar.
~ Il princess Storm seeking 2udora is
made prisoner Xudora foils Nanok
shan r,stor.s the princess to hen original
lover ard saves storm from death
A maker of diamonds tells lIassam An
his fet Storm informs Hudora that
his lite In being attempted frequently
Storm ,1spects Iiassam All Storm Is
arrested for stealing the diamond makers
gems nut Xudora discovers the real
thieves pair Of mice,
The 'egro help employed On Storms
fathers farm are fleeing because n great
skeeto hand appears at night upon
htll ned by Storm Is bailel in his in
Nestlgal IN, but Zudora learns thar her
uncle y employed Jimmy Bolton. e hdt
Mitted ,Aan thus TO annoy Storms par
eHts ludord finds Bolton operating n
big ma JIG lantern and Is attacked by
Bolton storm opportunely appears ana
saves h'r from l}utoi
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.n,.tf,,ll IA, ,t.i,.,
a.. i, mir ,t,itudo IN, n..Iol Ia,
.,n an u,,, IN IN, ,o,d, ,h,,n
gl,,s ,,,,,, ,,..r,, ,,h,
gym h,,. Il .uIi.o i,,,iro, ,ioy.a,,,
an
.y.s. -. h,vo no,nr ,loro, J., u,,ont
II We ~. milling il min som. prpnt
war breaks for,h
II iyt,o
Fer hair an hour ronyers,tlon wns
carried an II, n monotone At IN. .n1
Ilossan an slghnl arew M Mis- wnl
lpt ANA ~. ,nch man ron If hnnk
uo,ns careful +, obsnry. thu thor.
,,nre II, n,ll r.rtitr,trs A. tlo Wis
itors sto.,I mn nl,nn, IA maxi. tl,oir 10
rorturr Inssnm All hodo tI,.u, ,ntt -
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The Photograph Burst Into Flames,
should not urge you to try your maud
Mt something that fills you with terror
You are shaking now as YOU talk ~
"But it's not fear, uncle, It's the utter
incredlbility Of the thing
ION my word I've no solution to &c
fer. except that the heat of YOU" nj
might have acted upon some
In the cardboard
..ihuI's
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CHAPT ER v.


The Case OF the Perpetual Glare.
7 Y ASSAM ALI played with his
f" gold. digging his hands into
the cold, slithering metals and
letting them stay submerged
for Il lHomcnt or two, No coin ever
Went I 20 this chest dun He had
simple title preparation with which he
washed each coin unt'l 1t shone like
fresh tinted one Bankers did not
particu Lry love Hassam Ali He was
always bringing gold certificates and
hay ilg hem exchanged for the coin
Nhrnc tr he had bills 10 pay mmcdi
atrIy from his pocket dreadful
thought invariably the paper money
W5lS re cmable only In silver, Hay
I'M sal licd bis craving 10 pluy with
his ho Il, he CLOSED aud locked the
chest erected II and went into the
mystic oiu
rnu! lie saw In his crystal globe
only l. sc things that he desired to
see ; ldculy he struck his hands to
-eticr eefuIly. That was IT, he muir
INJURED, hat was ii why hadn't he
though Df il before2 Absolutely sure
ana vs. / less evidence than could be
found the path Of the lightest wind
Simple us sunshine, He summoned
Amed
i to write ana send note.
Arrlnl the desk will he in In
momen.
Yes, sAhih"
Whel llasSam All finished his note
he lest Dyed the botter and the sheets
Of par which had underlain that
upon ich he hid written This note
he gaN to the servant lie felt no
worry bout this note The man who
received II would Immediately destroy
It. 10 keep it and use 1t In the aim
Of hlacAmall would only tighten the
rope Il out his neck AS has doubt
less he n Surmiscd by this time, Has
sam A was master criminal They
say that every man who commits II
crime leaves something behind. Has
sam All had winnOwed down his risks
until Fey were almost negligible. Ev
cry man who worked for him did 50
under the unwritten contract of life
or death Nearly every tool llassam
All had stood under the shadow OF
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That's Why.

What man in history do you like
nostE was asked Of several hundred
Philadelphia school children. These
we're some OF the answers
columbus, II II hadn't been for him
there wouldn't he anybody else here
Monroe, for doctrine the people I'D
not charging for it"
"Dn Soto, for walden In the MissisStp.
pl TO his elbows and linden his grave"
Paul Jones because be said, III
beat them British or bust. and then
lone it,"
ANDREW Jackson, for lickcn the
British with an old hickory.
1elphia Ledger.
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Storm and zudora left the house.

Storm and Zudora left the house.
what do you propose to do?' John
asked rather impatiently
Find out what agency burned that
photograph and one OF my best hats"
mctully
Here comes II farmer with a hay
wagon lel's ride into the village"
H1dora agreed with laugh John
had u singular idea, but he did not
ronIide il TO Iudora. SO they stopped
the farmer, and he entered into the
Joke readily enough. City folk We're
always wanting to take II Joy ride ON
the haHrack No sooner did he start
on again than flames burst forth from
the hay, alid 1t was dangerous game,
the effort 10 put 1t out The farmer
accused Storm Of having dropped his
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u ,,t,. ,,,I, iII ,
nur,,,, t,,..,..,..,..l..l
la.,o,s. 4, nm. r,n u,. No.. .,,..
Jfb lui i,a,n, m, If t,aa ,,a,
,lo ,,rl. r,,n,,. '.,..,.,,,
l.h, ,..u ,f,,1., ,...,,,I,. ,,.
rL.ui.na II ~ h.,..,,, N. nr,a.
rpa..,, ~ M. ,,.,i,.n, y, ~. n,u,'t,,.,
phetn rInb - .ro..,,r,.,, H.. NM,
Ia IN, old hauS v,.r tn. s....,I
,,Nqttt,nruon &, rullti
oYl,,or, ,nG b.It
"NhI 4 me matter D.tI,.tp
~ on nrr,r
storm tore the hat from her beod
.aod threw il ON the ground. STAINING
IN it
an Lp tinker damned, he eyplod
pa HOW did that h,pppnY wasn't
ynokng. ana even thpn 4 spark rould
moi have sci me 70 a Imt Ike that
Ms dear lir, my advice Is little old
New YORK. ON the nest train \ pho
fo.raph starts burning In Your hand.
,oua hat names mp on ymm head
There's some drtincnt going On tImt
neither like nor understand Who
arc these old mem
Xudora Shool, her head da2rdy She
had paid $50 for that hat she thought
With grim hunor
LET Us ~ back home he urged
NO, John intend to lind out what
all these strange thiugs mean Yon
can 90 back if YOU wish
"IIang il, I'm thinking Of your
81 know that John liut do not
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NJ the house cor
rurloS they +
away The
ask the comp
stone. II
lnally, a pr
before the
In It's cter
when this
In dark
very badly
as much
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death. That was principally why
nothiny ever led the trail to his house
There was among the various cliques
over W hitch he held sway no ordinary
crook. The porch climber, the yegg
man, the forger. the pickpocket had
no standing among these men. They
were all more or less men of scientific
uttainments In whom the criminal In
Etincts had been born, not created by
environment.
At o o'clock AIMED came into tho
mystic room aud announced that two
gentlemen wished to see him Amctl
was hidden to bring them In forth
with They were old men, hawk fen
sured, with high forcheads and bril-
liant eyes despite their apparent an
tiquity Thev 'eted Hassam All 70
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diatcly to PITY her with questions, many
Of which seemed odd TO Storm No;
Xudoa admitted that MS yet She had
not picked up any Glow Had she
been To the puwnshops? No Had she
shown the photograph to any one yet
She had not shown il to Il living soul
And ont Of the corner Of her eye l1e
noted the look of surprise Nhich was
exchanged between III, two, This
glance. swift rs ii VS., gave her n
rlrw, hut one which had no signif
rance. 50 far us tt missing diamond
was concerned Sc Al once dcternin
cd to say noIIdg about the burning
of the photo"aph nr the hat
"Yon havcost your hatE' said one
"The win carried it Off just as we
were ,roSrug the bridge We tried to
FISH f. 1t, but the current was too
Strop.'
.rrre was no glance between the
brothers after this statement They
knew that she was not telling the
truth
Let us ret away from here wills
ed storm when IN had the oppor
y to do SO Nnohsrtved
""
quite ike tha looks Of your
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cigarette. AS lie knew argument
would be of no avail, he gave the old
man 4 five dollar bill
me two young people continued
I lhrlT Journey on foot very thought
iulIy
"A hundred years ago" unused John,
should have said that the devil was
u w.
NANhe the drNll Is In it, replied
TUDOR. ehlginatltaIly
M blinking Of her uncle.
up yonder,' she
81 81 we hide there
the house. |
mes or goes.
! entered II
ana tow at the
house .otlN"s A
quarter 81 -. Il without re
ward There was no sisn OF life at
that house by aud by John smiled.
"Girl, I'm hanged II don't smell
smoke
SO do -
Let us hike while hiking's good.
They we're less than dozen feet be
You'd the doorway when the shingles
on the roof began to curl into bright,
angry flames.
"a close shave. girl And now I'm
going back to interview those two
devils with the looks Of two st. Re.
trrs"
II was n stormy interview, but It re.
suited in the embarrassment OF both
They were set upon So swiftly and
skilIfuIlv tbot thry hod no time to
struggle After the two were securely
bound llaSsam All stole away from an
other exit 1t had been narrow
squeeze for him.
Zudora and Storm were left alone
in the house There we're evidently
no servants Ana DOW th"t they had
time to inspect the room s SeIy they
drew the same conclusion That the
house had been furnished fol this Spe
ciaI 0ccaSion Storm set himself work
ing Ms best he could at the stout ropes
which bound the girl. once she was
free she could easily liheratp him 1t
seemed weary hours to them before
the cords fell from Xtldi ra's hands
She then hunted about for a knife and
found one with an edge Iilp II razor
Are you satisfied John asked.
IRONICALLY
AS TO WHAT
"IIIat my dcath ana perhaps yours
Is wanted"
Miner
Surely And I'm going to tell YOU
what's been in my mind for weeks. III
stake my oath that that precious uncle
Of yours is back of all this"
"My unclc John, that is utterly i'm
possible. am his flesh ylnd blood"
II tell vol he has COMMITTED n ,yime
OF Soi'e Sft ana wants US out or the +
way pVoie we uiScoN'r IT,
A" what cFllhe conla ne possibly
""Nr coillil''teu thal he shouid want
uS "'h Out OF the way
Il give year al my NE 10 ma
'u'' p'l'erlF '"hle' there's no use T
'o'erlllS hrooIld y re Inc sooner we +
eet bacE 10 town the better Ana
Whril We -H !" town we Il 20 right IN .
10 hcIe tiasS'ni ANS study ana ASK
~" V"'S'''i'H'
John that would be utter madness,
wei, something definite may result
FROM II II You VIII not 60 with me
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road, winch WAS continuation OF the
village main street. When tie two old
men had departed and XndolgI WIS
struck by their extraordinary likeness
10 one another llaSslm Ali rubbed his
hands.
\ curious ease, my dear These two
old chaps live very moderately Ev
cry penny they can scrapr together
goes 10 purchase some curiosity This
gem has the true wanderluSt Of dia
montlS II has been stolen several
times, and always they have managed
to recoi er H. lIut this time they are at
sea II was really IN heirloom. the M
clcuS Of their collection In some way
they have heard Of your success and
believe clever woman will succeed
where man would fail Besides they
can't offer much IN the way Of reward
! don't think the SmallueSs Of the RI
ward will stand in your way You
have 4 trlniug income of your own.
lightly
And heaven only knows how II
ever be able to get rid of 4 tenth part
If this income Some day I'm going in
for rem charity"
Charity makes the recipient only
the lourcr," he commented.
Il don't mean that Kind, she replied
She WAS thinking Of establishing some
day community But until her tongue
was free aud until she could cunlide
utterly in her lover she must perforce
hold this ambition on the leash
When She returned to her houdoil
she found note from Storm via the
pigeon John stated happily that he
was free for u week or ten days and
wanted to know if She would not 20
out and make n visit with him to the
old folks She hated to dsappoint
him, but she was compelled to write
back that She was going to be very
busy md that it would be impossible
10 Join him, much rs she would have
liked to The next morning pigeon
delivered II note to lIaSsam All, Xudo
rn already having gone upon her new
quest IIaSSam Ali destroyed the mes
sage So storm was given leave to
infer that Xulorn had ignored his note
Xudora went out 10 the village The
house occupied by these two old curio
collectors was Il rumshackle affair
II looked to Zudora MS though some
violent hurricane had taken It up mi Is
away and set il down upon the hill
haphaMrdly and indilfcrcntly The
sight Of ii did not create amy distrust
IN her mind Mo collectors We're mad
persons, who cared little or nothing
for the roof over their hends or the
clothes on their backs 80 long ms they
possessed the whcrewithaI to pursue
their idiosynCrasics. She learned TINT
the two old fellows We're twins. One
Of them met her NJ the station md the
other greeted her nj The doo"