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Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27

"Hello." ne nodded 70 a girl in the
booth.
Bertholdi nodded back and he took his
seat She had begged an hour or two off
on some pretext.
Outside the restaurant, a heavily
bearded man had been standing looking
intently at nothing in particular when
Bsrtholdi entered. AS Bailey came along
he followed and took the next booth. his
hat pulled over his eyes. In a moment
he was listening his ear close UP to the
partition.
well. what luck?" asked Bailey. did
you get a clue?"
II had the torpedo model in my hands. "
she replied, excitedly telling him the
story. 1T is in a trunk marked f.
Dodge"
All this and more the bearded stranger
drank in eagerly.
A moment later Bailey and Berthodl
left the booth and went out of the res
taurant. followed cautiously by the
stranger. On the street the two ennis
series OF Del Mar stopped moment to
talk.
IAN right, I'll telephone him." she said
as they parted in opposite directions.
The stranger took an instant to make
up his mind, then followed the girl She
Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27

Iplaced his two hands to his mouth and
shouted:
From the side of the road by Del Mars
car the bearded motUrcyclist had Just
emerged, buttoning the chauffeur's
clothes and adjusting his goggles to his
own face.
As he approached the car, he heard
shout Qickly he tore off the black
beard which had been his disguise and
tossed IT into the grass. Then he drew
the coat high up about his neck.
"AlI right!'' he shouted back, starting
along the road.
To gether he and Del Mar managed to
scramble up the embankment to the road
and, one at each handle of the trunk.
they carried it back to the car piling It
/ in the back.
The improvised chauffer started to take
his place at the wheel and Del Mar had
his foot on the running board to get be-
side him, when the now unbearded stran-
ger suddenly swung about and strck Del
Mar full in the face. 1t sent him Keeling
back into the dust.
The engine of the car had been run
ming and before Del Mar could recover
car ahead, leaving Del Mar prone in the
roadway.
The train, with Bailey in 1t, had not
gained much speed, yet II was a perilouS
so now to remain. The baggage man
a getaway
Bailey jumped.
Scratched and bruised and shaken. he
scrambled to his feet in the briars along
the track. lie staggered UP the road,
pulled himself together, then hurried
back fast as his barlked shlns would let
him.
He came to the spot which he recog-
nized as that where he had thrown off
the trunk. He saw the tramped and)
broken bushes and made for the road. !
He had not gone far when he saw, far)
down. Del Mar suddenly attacked and
thrown down. apparently by his own
chauffeur. Bailey ran forward, BIT It was
too late The car had gone.
AS he came up to Del Mar lying out
stretched in the road, Del Mar was Just
recovering consciousness.
What was the matter?" he asked.
WAS he traitor?''
He caught sight OF the real cauffeur
on the ground, stripped
Del Mar was furious. NO" he swore.
'it was that COMPOUNDED gray friar~ again,
1 think. And he has the trunk, too"
Speeding up the road, the former mas
querader and motorcyclist stopped at
last.
Eagerly he leaped out OF Del Mars
car and dragged the funk over the side,
regardless of the enamel.
1t was the work of only a moment for
him to break the lock with a pocket
jimmy.
One after another he pulled out and
shook the clothes until frocks and gowns
and lingerie lay strewn all about.
But there was not a thing in the trunk
that even remotely resembled the tor
pedo model.
Dhe stranger scowled.
Where was It?
] CTo Be Continued)
Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27

wero being packed. On one of the many
trips, Bertholdi came alone into the attic,
her arms full as usual. Before her were
two trunks, very much alike, open and
nearly packed. She laid her armful OF
clothes on a chair nearby and pulled one
of the trunks forward. On the floor lay
the trays Of both trunks already packed.
Bertholdi began packing her burden in
| one trunk which was marked in big
white letters. &c. Dodge"
Down in Elaine's room at the time Jen-
nings entered. THE expressman for the
! trunks is here. Miss Elaine" he an
lnounced
rs her I wonder whether they are all
ready?" Elaine replied. hurrying out of
the room. Tell him to wait"
| In the attic. Bertholid was still at
work. keeping her eyes open to execute
the mission on which Del Mar had sent
her.
Rusty. forgotten in the excitement by
Jennings, had roamed at win through the
house and seemed quite interested. For
this was the trung behind which he had
his cache of treasures.
As Bertholdi started TO move behind
the trunk. Rusty could stand 1t no longer.
He darted ahead OF her into his hiding
place. Among the dog biscuit and bones
was the torpedo model which he had dug
up from the palm pot in the conserva-
tory He seized II in his mouth and
turned TO carry 1t off.
There. in his path. was his enemy. the
new girl. Quick as a flash, she saw what
1t was Rusty had. and grabbed at It.
Get outl" she ordered. looking at her
prize in triumph and turning it over and
over in her hands.
At that moment she heard Elaine on
the stairs. What should she do? She
must hide H. She loked about There
was tho tray. packed and lying on the
floor near the trunk marked Sc Dodge"
She thrust II hastily into the tray. pull
ing a garment over It.
Nearly through" painted Elaine.
Yes, Miss Dodge"
Then please tell the expressman TO
come up"
Bertholdi hesitated. chagrlned. Yet
there was nothing TO do but obey. She
looked at the trunk by the tray to fix
It in her mind. then went downstairs.
As she left the room. Elaine lifted the
tray into the trunk and tried to close the
lid. But the tray was too high. She
looked puzzled. On the floor was another
! tray almost identical
The wrong trunk" she smiled 20 her
self, lifting the tray out and putting the
other one in, while she placed the first
} tray with the torpedo concealed in the
: other. unmarked trunk. where II be-
longed. Then she closed the first trunk
A moment later the eXpressman entered
with BertholdL
You may take that one" indicated
Elaine.
Miss Dodge. here's something else &c
go in" said Bertholdi In desperation
} picking up her dress.
Never mind. Put II In the othei
trunk"
Bertholdi was baffled. but she managed
, 10 control herself. She must get word e
, Del Mar about that trunk marked IF
} Dodge
Late that afternoon. before a eheaI
: restaurant. might have been seen our oil
: friend who had posed as Bailey and a
I the Mexican. He entered the restauran
and mace ms way 20 the first Of a roy
: OF booths on one side
Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27

continued down the street until she came
to store with telephone booths. The
bearded stranger followed still, into the
next booth, but did not call number.
He had his ear to the wall
He could hear her call Del Mar and
although he did not hear Del Mars an
swers. she repeated enough for him to
catch the drift Finally, she came out,
and the stranger. instead of following
her further, took the other direction hur-
riedly.
Del Mar himself received the news with
keen excitement. Quickly he gave in
structions and prepared to leave his
rooms.
A short time later his car pulled up
before the La Coste and. in a long buster
and cap. Del Mar jumped in. and was
Off
Scarcely had his car swung up the ave-
nue. when, from an alleyway down the
street from the hotel. the chug-chug of a
motorcycle sounded. A bearded man, his
face further hidden by a pair OF goggles,
ran out with his machine. climbed on and
followed.
On out over the country Del Mars car
sped. At every turn the motorcycle
dropped back a bit, observed the turn.
then crept up and took it. too So they
went for some time.
On the level OF the Grand Central.
where the trains left for the Connecticut
shore, where Elaine's summer home was
located Bailey was now edging his way
Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27

her hurry downstairs. accompanied by
the Mexican bolero. stepped FORWARD
to speak 20 her. but she almost ran past
me without a word,
"A nut" / remarked under my breath.
pushing back my mask.
| started to eat the ice myself, when,
moment later. Elaine passed through
the hall with n Spanish cavalier.
"oh. Walter. here you are.' she
laughed. I've been looking all over for
you. Thank you very much. SIRE" she
bowed with mock civility TO the cavalier.
1T was only one dance, you know Pleass
let me talk to Boum-Boum."
The cavalier bowed reluctantly and
left us.
What are you doing here alone?' she
asked. taking off her own mask. How
warm 1t is"
Before / could reply, heard someone
coming downstairs back OF me. but not in
time to turn.
''Elaine's dressing table," voice whis-
pered in my ear.
| turned suddenly. II was the gray
| frlar. Before / could even reach out to
! grasp his robe. he was gone.
Another mutt" l exclaimed involun-
tarily.
why. what did he say?" asked Elaine.
Something about your dressing table. "
MY dressing table?" she repeated.
| We ran quickly up the steps. Elaine
room showed every evidence OF having
been the scene of a struggle. as she went
| over 10 the table. There she picked up
a rose and under II piece OF paper on
| which were some words printed with
pencil roughly.
Look" she cried, as / read with her:
DO honest assistants search safes? Let
no one see this but Jameson"
What does It mean2" / asked.
MY safe!" she cried, moving 10 a
closet As she opened the door, imagine
our surprise at seeing Del Mar lying on
the floor, bound and gagged before the
open safe Get my scissors on the
dresser" cried Elaine.
i did 50. hastily cutting the cords thai
bound Del Mar.
What does Il all mean?" asked Elaine
as he ross ana stretched himself
sin ciutching his throat. as II Il hurt
Del Mar choked. 1T found a man. for.
elgn agent. searching the safe. But HI
overcame me and escaped"
"Oh-then that Is what the"
Elaine checked herself She had beer
about 70 hand the note to Del Mar wher
an idea seemed 20 come 20 her. Instead
she crumpled Il up and thrust It into hei
bosom.
On the street the bolero and the domino
girl were hurrying away as fast as thel
could.
Meanwhile the gray fT4ar had overcoms
, Del Mar. had bound and gagged him
ana thrust him into the closet. Then b.
, wrote the note and LAID It. with ros'
from a vase. on Esinss dressing tabl'
I before he, too, followed.
More than ever ! was At a loss to max
q Il out.
r II was the day after masquerade bal
= that a taNlcab drove up 90 the Dodg
house and a very trim but not over
= dressed young lady was announced q
: Miss Bertholdi."
Miss Dodge?" she inquired. as Jen
nings held open the portieres and sh
y entered the library where Elaine an
u Aunt Josephine were.
3 II Elaine had only known. II was tn
Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27
synopsis Of Previous Chapter

Synopsis Of Previous Chapter
After the finding OF WI Fangs body
and Kennedy's disappearance a submar-
Inc appears the following morning on the
bay. A man plunges overheard from u
and swims ashore. 1t is the entrance
OF Marcus Del Mar into America
At the Dodge home ono OF WI rang
men Il trying to obtain information OF
Kennedy and the lost torpedo. His plan
IL blocked by Del Mars arrival who also
succeeds in winning Elaine's confidence.
Later she IA warned by a little old man
TO be careful Del Mars mission at the
Dodge house was to locate and recover
the torpedo. He would have been sue
cessful had II not been for Elaine's dog,
Rusty, who dug II from the flower pot,
while Del Mar and Elaine were talking
only a few feet away. Rusty carried the
torpedo TO the attic. The little old man
meets Del Mar at the Dodge home. They
draw guns together, gases from the eX-
plodcd shells OF the old mans revolver
overcome Del Mar and Elaine, and the
old man Of mystery disappears.
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as m he had been WrestIIhB WIFI " 'vII-
table devil.
Down In the hall, 1 had again met
my domino girl, few minutes after /
had resigned Elaine to another Of her
numerous admirers.
Il though YOU deserted me" said.
somewhat pluued.
"You deserted me- she parted ner-
vously. However. I'll forgive you IL
you'n get me an Ice"
hastened 20 do so. But no sooner had
1 gone than Dol Mar stalked through the
hall and went upstairs. My domino girl
was watching for him. and followed.
When 1 returned with the ice I looked
about but she was gone. II was scarcely
a moment later. however, that saw
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READ IT HERE NONTHEN See IT ALL IN FiOvN6 PICTURES.

his gun ready, no lifted UP the
mask Of the domino girl.
"so-it's you" he grunted.
lie was about to lift the
mask of the Mexican, when
the bolero lcaped at him
Del Mar piled in. But sounds
downstairs alarmed them and
tho emlssary. released, fled
quickly with the girl. The
gray friar, however, kept
his hold on Mephistopheles,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-27
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the Craig Kennedy" Stories

Everything you read here today
you can see in the fascinating Pathe
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Copyright. 1915. by the Star Co. All
Foreign Rights Reserved)
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18
and Holley. Cost $4,000 Building
will be leased by the chamber OF com

and Holley. Cost $4,000. Building
will be leased by the chamber OF com
merce- 81 45
Architect w. p. Smith will be ready
for estimates about April 20, on con-
structing a tWO-story and basement
brick and stone store and apartment
building on Tenth and Sixth avenues,
for the Harvey estate. Cost $4,000.
Estimates. are being received on
erecting a three-story brick and stone
apartment building, on Seventh ave-
nue. and Ninth street. to cost $4,000
Wellsburg-Alrs. 8. George, Tenth
and Charles streets, will take bids
about May on building hollow tile
and stucco residence.
~ Martinsburg George Bowers, Queen
and Burke streets, contemp1ates erect
ing tflree-stosy brick apartment
building to cost $25 1000.
Moundsville Plans are In progress
for a two-story frame double residence
to be erected for w. E. Conner, to
cost 81 900.
st. Alban David Dick
OF Charleston. will draw plans. for a
tEo-story and basement brick and
terra Gotta store and lodge building,
to be constructed for the Masonic AS
sociation. to cost about $4,000. Bids
will be taken about May 10.
Berkeley Spring Architect Hewitt
& Granger, Philadelphia, and a. C
IiWyeth, Washington, D. c., have plans
about completed for q four story and
Basement hollow tile or brick fire
proof hotel to be constructed for The
Berkeley Company, care Alex Nc
Neil, to cost about 500, 900. Building
will contain about sixty rooms.
Bluefeld Architect w. "a. Devoss
Portsmout O., has been selected te
prepare plans for a tWo-story and
basement brick and tonegregidence tx
lbe erected for y !. "A. Lilly to cos
\ 81 900. s544 ts5 IA Il MT gl5g
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

Unity IS required, has fallen 70 the
ground and lies PROSTATE by the side
OF their honored selves"
The Countryman'' July 6, 1899.
Clarksburg, 1899.
The citizens met at the court house
at 10 o'clock.
Colonel D. Ktncheloe Marshall of
the day assisted by Colonel Aug. r.
Smith and Major G. G. DAWSON.
Robert J q. Smith, Esq. orator OF
the day and Richard w Moore reader
of the Declaration OF Independe
were escorted TO the Methodist church
by the Harrison Rangers. Captain ).
r. Johnson, accompanied by the cit
liens and clergy in procession where
the declaration was read and tn e ora
ton delivered. after which the pro-
cession formed and marched to the
.Point" where a splendid dinner
prepared by Captain John ". Coff-
man. at which William a. Harrison
presided with Coils. D. Kincheloe and
Aug. J. Smith as vice presidents
Toasts.
BY ]. r. Smith. Henry Clay His
country's brightest ornament, may he
be chosen in the approaching presi-
Dental election as token of his
country's gratitude.
BY j. NJ Fer5Isur. Thomas III.
Benton, may he be our next presi-
dent and keep up the Democratic par
ty so that the balance may see their
error
BY John Hursey. aThe political
parties Of the day. May they be
abolished by the small party that.
knows no interest save that of their
country good.''
BY Luther Raymond "The clergy
of Clarksbury. no less the friend OF
civil institution than Of religion it
self"
BY 7. G. Campbell South Caro-
lima: knowing her reserved rights.
she dare maintain them ia the face
OF federal denunciaticn.'
By a. M. Bastable President Van
Buren, a northern man OF southern
principle. an advocate Of free negro
suffrage"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18
NO7IC TO WATER
CONSUMERS

4 sl .5
5 All water consumers desiring to use
a lawn or street sprinkle in connec-1
ton with the domestic supply must
first obtain permit from the Office,
and any person OF. persons using city
water without first obtaining such
permit shall be liable to q fine Of two
dollars per day for every day said;
water issused. al
In sprinlklinE streets each water
taker must confne himself to the
number Of feet ment1onedsi In his per-
nit. Nozzles larger than one-fo nrth
inch Will not be permitted except up.
on additional charge, and sprinkling
without q nozzle Is forbidden.
Sprinl1ling streets and laWnssis re-
stIicted to two hours per day, one
hour between five and ten a. m. and
one hour between 8 and 8 p. m. II
Ia street sprinkler or hose is found out
or order, leaking ortused for any other.
purpose than that for which it was.
Intended, the supply viii be discon-t
.tinued without previous notice.
Patrons who are paying for q
sprinkler priri1ege evil not be re-
CURED to renew their permits. There
is8no fractio nal part Of "a sprinkling
season, which runs from June 1st, to
inclusive. 5Si
WATER WORKS g
SEWERAGE BOARD.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18
OLD DEBT SUIT
WILL BE ARGUED
Before the United States Su.
prer1e Court by Counsel
on Either Side.

HUNTINGTON. April 17.-F'or the
purpose Of completing the brief of
counsel for West Virginia on the sues
ton Of interest to- be fled with the
supreme court or the United States In
the Virginia debt case. Attorney Cen
eral "A. "A. Lilly has been here in con-
ference with Judge John II. Holt.
This case is set for argument on
the exceptions of the bondholders
and Virtinia and Of West Virginia to
the masters report as well as on the
question Of interest. on Monday the
nineteenth at washington. General
Lilly and Judge Holt left tonight for
Washing General Lilly will open
the argument for West Virginia and
Judge Holt will close. There will
probably be two speeches on behalf Of
West Virginia, one on behalf or Vir-
GINA ana one on behalf Of the bond
holders. The arguments will consume,
|insthe opinion Of the attorney general.
|about three days. It is posi- BILE that
the arguments may not begin Monday
because there is anothing matter
which precedes the debt case on the
docket for thatfday. obi .i
Brief is Long.
The brief on the question OF inter-
est, comprising more than one hun
Idred pages. will be the s1nost compre-
hensive docum ent which will have
been filed In relation to this phase Of
the celebrated controversy. 4
The masters findinE;sif confirmed.
by the court, will reduce the principal
LOT the debt from S7.182,oe 1stos a little
more than S 4,000.0O 90 or a bout forty
per cent. If the exceptions are sus-
tanned as made by West Virginia the
principal will be further reduced
about two mill lion dollars which
would leave the debt: about S2;3 CO.,
the amount offered. by the West
Virginia debt commission to Virginia
Ion the fourth day OF March. 9l4.
Important Stage.
This will be the most important
lstagesln the recent history OF the case
except that marked by the reopening
was alloWd toRlle her supplemental
answer, involving not only the excep-
tions to the masters report, but the
question Of interest as we'll
" The question OF interest is serious
one, and while it is the conten ton Of
icounsel for West Virginia that under
1.-THE broad equities Of the case as based
upon the law Of the state should not
pay any interest pom whatever prin-
cipal Indebtedness may finally be
found. yet If the court should decree
interest, it being merely in the dis
erection Of the court. as such great
time has elapsed since JANUARY i
1861, the interest might equal or 3ex-
tceed double the amount Of the prin-
cipal. This. says General Lilly. would
make burden SO srievous to be
borne taken into consid eration with
all the facts and circumstances, that
the citizenship OF West Virginia n ould
not willingly contribute toward It's
payment. s!s q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18
Girl I Meets / 'I Death.
al. An Electric E! \ III {.
Wriinllllg ger
q.

WASHINGTON. Pa, Apr. Of Tiss
Margaret McC onnell, aged 80. daalEh-
active ID. church and charitable work.
met a. horrible death while invest1eat-
Ing the mechanism Of an electric
clothes wringer that had ben Install
ed lin the home that morning.
A long scarf the girl had thrown
about her head caught In the wiring
5er and she was stranged before her
mother, who was standing close By,
could shut on the current or go to
her assistance. 5sss 5s
Mrs. McC onnel too late, mad fran
tie Efforts to save the life of her
danght er unsuccessful. he summon
led aid and then co psed
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

BY Captain j. w Cofn1an. Henry
Clay, the great American regulator.
May he be our next president.
Celebration at Rock Camp, July
1876: Fl,
AT an early hour a number Of
ladies and gentlemen assembled at
the sugar orchard of Captain Isaac
Smith near rne mouth OF Little Rock
Camp creek. Numbering three hum.
bred and fifty. Ss3 5f. s
The meeting was called to order
by Samuel D. Smith. Andrew Davis
son was chosen. president. Felix r.
.Cof!man. vice president, John B. sDay-
aisson secretary and John w. Stout
Marshall, assisted BIZ Captain Isaac
Smith.
The gentlemen were then paraded
End marched to a convenient shade
where they were arranged in military.
order, the rife men in front. The
ladies' were then paraded and es-
corted by the marshall and brought
order Of the captain. the rifles were
discharged inreEtlar order amid the
cheers Of the company III
The procession was marched to- the
stand and the Declaration Of indie
.pendence was read Thy Samuel d.
Smith. The orators CT the occasion
were James u. Smith, Mathew j. Orr
and Allen Martin N
Dinner being announced and tie
procession being formed with the
military cnmnany in front next the
ladies. with the music at their head
and the rest of the audience marched
in regular order to the tables.
The president took his seat at the
head of the table, the ladies occupy
ing one side and the gentlemen the
other. the tables being loaded with an
abundanc Of provisions
After dinner a number of toasts
were offered and received with APP
plause. some Of them being proposed
by the ladies, which were very APP
propriate.
d Then followed games, music, dane
ing. soncial converse and thus ended
q glorious happy day.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18
z his c. oV
as Big
a l1;e:;'.1i |! 1 il: {:
Was Fine loo king but Her
Stomach Proved a Big
Surprise.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Apr. g. --.
3Rosh Hosanah, a butcher OF Amite
City, killed an especially fine looking
COW for his Sunday patrons. and In
the stomach Of the animal he found
the following articles
Five pounds or nails. 5s
One box Of fish hooks.
More than fifteen pounds OF gravel.
The remains OF two bedspreads.
"A railroad ticket (canceleG to New
Orleans. ~ II 45;5
The COW had penchant for hang
ing around the Hosanah back yard
on washing day, which is about the
only reasonable explanation for the
.bedspreads. 484 i