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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-12

night ride had not the strained silence
and the sense of discord weighed upon
her. She could see the cleaning pendan!
at Louise's throat. Had she purposely
left open her coat? Would Bob ever
yield if she took that attitudeo
A binding searchlight bore down upon
them, and touring car whizzed by with
a cloud of dust and chorus of shrill
laughter. The road was narrow, and
Bob, swerving to the side, brushed TN
der the dropping branches of a low.
limbed tree
With faint cry. Louise covered her
face with her hands.
Wait. Bob! Slow up a minute!"
called Helen. That branch struck
| Louise in the eye"
The car slowed down and stopped.
Don't rub il" warned Warren. 'I,if,
the upper lid and draw it down."
Bob had leaped out and was now
bending over Louise Firmly he drew
away her hands and looked at the red
dened, quivering lid
Warren unscrewed the side lamp and
| held it. while very gently Bob raised the
tlnchlng lid and examined the SWIM
ming eyeball
Look up! Now toward Helen. Now
down. There, see it! Now hold still.
I've got it," as a dark speck shone on
the handkerchief
! Until now no one had noticed the long
red scratch under the eye.
love, must've been a thorn" War
rem leaned forward with concern.
! oh, its all right now, murmured
Louise. shrinking from the fight.
You're all a-quiver. Warren'll drive
the rest Of the way" Helen was climbing
| into the front seat Bob can sit back
there with YOU"
| only silence followed this sugges-
i ton. and Warren, with unexpected tact,
took the. steering wheel without COM
ment
Again they sped on They were still
in the breeze-stirred, neht-fraerant
woods The steady searchlisht lit up
| the shadowy road. a mile or so OF
silence, then Helen caught the murmur
of low voices from the back seat.
Further on Warren slowed up to light
cigar.
"Confound it!' as his last match
broke
Want a match'" called Bob. Here
you are!"
Involuntary Helen turned. With his
left hand Bob was feeling in his vest
pocket for match His right arm was
| around Louise, her head on his shoulder.
Even in that swift glance Helen saw
that her eyes were shining-and her
throat was bare! She had taken off
the pendant!
As the car hummed on. Helen nestled
closer to Warren with whispered:
oh. dear, I'm so glad It's all right"
whats all right" as he rounded a
curve.
"Sh-sh. not so loud-they'll hear you 7"
The soft night air, the moonlight the
swift motion. the glimpse of Louise's
fair hair on Bob's shoulder-Helen was
a-thrill with the romance of il all.
She was watching Warren, the glow
ing cigar lit up his strong. stern profile
The very CLINT of his eyes under the
beak of his motor cap set her heart
a-beat.
/ "Oh, dear, you look 50 wonderful like
thatr nesting closer as she slipped her
hand through his arm. "You DO care"
TREMENDOUSLY. don't you-a great. great
deal?"
Look out there! What're you trying
to do? Want to spill US out3" He
shook his arm free. stop paving me |!
How the deuce can I driver"
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! had no intention OF putting as re-
quest what he had a right to de-
mand"
Then you intend to keep on wear
ing it,"
Until he asks-not commands
me to take it off.
"Oh, my dear, one OF you'll have
to give inn
And you don't think it'll be Bob ?
Well see But conceive mustn't
stay in here too long-he'll know I'm
telling you"
When they went back to the table,
the CLAIMS had already been served.
Warren was plainly impatient, but
Bob was gazing at the colored man.
dolin orchestra with gloomy abstract
edness.
Were We long? had to do my hair
all over. apciogized Helen.
We'll, did YOU have time to tell the
whole story" demanded Bob brutally,
gazing straight at Louise.
BOB" as the color famed her face.
Hit it right, didn't :" with almost a
sheer.
Hold on, we ordered sauterne
Whatve you got there" scowled War
rem, as tine waiter started to open the
vine
Sorry, sir. Mistake, sir This is for
the next table"
Warren, intent on the supper and
service, had not noticed the brief clash,
and now Helen nervously tried to make
conversation to cover Louises distress.
The colored quartet twanged out My
Lifting Lou" With the chorus they left
their platform and shambled around the
room As the COINS clinked in the solic-
iting hat carried by the blacklist and
most swagser OF the four. the voices
and mandolins took on louder rollic.
Give you more if you'll shut up"
Warren tossed a dime into the hat.
whats that, sah?" with a white
toothed grin.
Said ia give you more if you'd can
that racket"
Why, dear!" reproved Helen. as the
darkev passed on, still erinning.
Internal nuisance, this bangy music.
Why the deuce don't these places cut it
and let you eat in peace? Can't hear
yourself think. Watch that fat fellow
got voice like foghorn."
In way Helen was glad of the music.
1t made it unnecessary TO talk. and
Louise's strained silence was less notice
able
Only Warren seemed to enjoy the sup
per. Bob ate very little, and Louise
merely turned things over on her plate.
Come on, let's get out! Like an
oven in here" muttered Bob. This
hullabaloo gets on my nerves. We ought
to have gone on to COTS"
1t was a relief to get away from the
lights and noise into the cooler dark
ness of the night In the car Louise
took off her hat and leaned back, her
fair hair cleaning against the dark
seat
Trying to take coldo" cynicised Bob,
elancing over his shoulder as he backed
the car into the road
I'll not take cold" stiffly.
What's the matter with you two?'
demanded Warren.
Nc one answered. Bob made the car
leap forward. his grim gaze on the road
ahead, and Warren, with a shrug. ac-
cepted the silence.
The moon, which had been clouded
over when they started. now shone out
through faint heat vapor. There was
a cool. damp smell of earth, and the
woods were murmurous with thrilling
tree frogs
Helen would have loved this swift
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KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE RACE.
Three Hurt When Tire Bursts nj
TOP Speed.

Hartford. July H. A fatal accident
marred the motorcycle meet at Charter
Oak Park this afternoon. John Walsh. of
Springfield. Mass, losing his life and Ed
mond Richmond. Of Hartford: Thomas
Groce. of Boston, and William Leahy. of
this city. being injured in a spill on the
third lap OF the ten-rnile professional race.
Richmond's rear tire burst at the
eighth-mile pole as he was in the lead of
the race In which were twelve entries
all punched. Richmond attempted to guide
his machine from the track and was
thrown. Walsh. Grocs and Leahy going
over him. Welsh was picked up and hur-
ried to an automobile, dying on the way
to the hospital. Richmond suffered frac-
tured skull and may die. He is at the
Hartford Hospital. Leahy and Groes were
bruised and cut and badly shaken up.
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= HE colored lights of roa

r HE colored lights of a road
house shone out just ahead
Bob turned the car into the
side road, and they drew up before
a long porch hung with Japanese Ian
terms.
Several cars stood in the yard, and
from within came the sound OF shrll!
gavetv.
Better take in your coats" ad-
vised Warren. as Helen and Louise
jumped out. leaving their wraps on
the seat.
Bob drove the car under a tree,
and they pushed through the screen
door into a long, low dining room
glowing with orange lights. The
proprietor greeted them genially
and led them to a window table.
We'll go in and take off our
wells" announced Louise, while you
order the supper"
Treading their way through the
crowded tables, they found The
dressing room at the back. 1t was
small and low ceilinged. An electric
fan buzzed noisily over the long
mirror.
Louise, what's wrong?" asked
Helen anxiouslv. as a woman who
had been roughing her lips swung
out leaving them alone. whats hap
pencd between you and Bob"
What makes you think anything S
happened?" untying her veil.
you've hardly spoken to each
other"
"That's why I wanted you and
Warren to come" bitterly, 80 we
wouldn't have to talk"
when did this start?"
Last night at dinner. We've hard
ly spoken since"
You'd rather not tell me about
it,"
Louise hesitated. then touched a
pendant at her throat. 1t was OF
small luminous stones. curiously set.
It's this, George Wilton gave il
70 me long ago, 1t has no value-just
quaint thing he picked up in the
East The stones were the color of
the gown I wore last night-that's
why I put it on Bob was rabid! He
used to be Jealous OF George, but I
didn't dream he was still"
"But why are you wearing it to-
night. if"
That's my obstinacv Id have
taken it off at once if he'd asked me
in the right way. But he was beside
himself! He said no woman with
any sense of delicacv would wear the
iewelry another man had given her
before she was married. Oh. you
didn't know how insolent he can be!
He said George Wilton was a SIM
pering dolt, with more money than
brains. | said he was still my very
good friend, and as I saw no harm
in wearing this. I would wear it
whenever I chose"
"Oh!" gasped Helen.
you think I'm wrong, don't you,
| know you do"
81 didn't say that. But know Bob,
and as long as you wear that to defy
him"
Its not to defy him! When he
asks me courteously to take it off
l will. told him that He said a
husband had certain rights, and to
forbid his wife wearing other mems
jewelry was one of them; that he
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Carries lsO.ooo,ooo People Safely.

Records just closed Tor the year ending
June 90 show the Pennsylvania Railroad
,0rried approximate $50 COCOON psssen-
gers and not one WAS killed in train
accident Thesr records cover the entire
system. with its more than 5000 miles
of track. located in thirteen States. in
,ludng the lines east of Pittsburgh. the
Lond Islhnd Railroad. the Cumberland
Valley Railroad the New York. PhIla
delphia ard Norfolk Railroad. the Bal
tnorc Chesapeake and Atlantic Rail
way. the Maryland. Delaware and Nir-
pinIa Railway. the lines west of Pitts
hurEh the Nandalia Railroad and the
Grand Rapids and Indianu Railway.
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dict the beginning Of the millennium at
the close of the present war.
The doctrine of the worlds CONVEX
sion and temporal millennium Is based
upon false interpretations and incorrect
quotations Of certain portions Of the
Scriptures.
Destruction, not conversion. awaits
the world at the very time when many
popular religious teachers cherish the
delusive hope OF the good time coming.
They sec no danger. and brand a. fanati-
cal alarmists those who obey the
prophetic Injunction, Blow ~ the trum.
pat IN Zion. ana sounA N alarn u ny
Aoly mountains
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REV. DREW CONVERTS 1000.

Rev. Simon p. W. Drew. pastor Of Cos
mopoiitan Baptist Church. Of Washing
ton. spoke yesterday in Richmond. Va.
on The Negro Exposition" He has beer
conducting a religious revival there sine,
May .. and has converted more than 9. os
persons Rev. Drew hopes to have lee
5000 converts UP the glory path" befor.
his crusade against "backsliding ends. :
August Is.
HIS sermon dealt with an exposition
being conducted by colored people a
Richmond. which 10 attracting severa
thousand visitors. The WashinGton re.
vivalist has the solid backing OF all col.
ored Richmond preachers in his sampaisr
for reformation. his work receiving no.
tice from many negro clerGvmer
throughout the country. 49,
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BAND CONCERTS TODAY.

By the Soldiers Home Band, at hand
stand beginning at $40 O'Clock.
Overture. The Hunt ior Forn,as". =. .Sapps
Suite charscteristie. Atlanta. -. Ssfranek
%, A. Court Function.
lei Love Thee The Prince and Aansl.
ID Ths Destruction q Atlantis.
Selection. Barry q BxllymorS". -. .Oicots
Negro oddity. "A Cyclone In Dprk-
w tGsn suit. ;in;;..;:;isi: Buss sl ooss
FINALE. with Shot and Shell ...... Bus
The Star spansied Danner.''
By Marine Rand. q, Marine Barracks BE-
ginning at 40 O'Clock.
March. Panama Opposition .Person
Overture. Bohemian Girl Balfe
Music de ballet. The Bartered Bride, %
Eupaouium solo. Believe Me. II All
TRose Eudesring Young Charms" .Mantia
Musician 0eorss ftey.
Grand scenes from "LoEen2rin" Wagner
Waltz, Women. Love. end Life" .vcn Blon
Selection. The Heart ct Patty whact.
Descriptive tsnsassA "A Hsn,ins
Msrns., hymn. me HaiIs ii HootssssS
The Star spsnsIed Banner"
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NO HOPE OF LASTING PEACE.

Among the Nations.
Lasting universal peace will never
exist among the nations Of earth. de-
clared Evangelist Harter last night be-
fore q large audience at the Adventist
gospel tent. Eleventh and c streets south
east. This dream Of Utopia viii never
be realized. And yet thsrs ere some ~
hsious leaders ana sta4amnsa Who pr.
sist In talkine world peAcA, and VIA pre-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-12
TOMORROW'S MENU.

From the eggs to the apples. Horace.
BREAKFAST.
HasTberries and Rice
Coined Beef Hash.
Rolls. Coffee.
LUNCHEON OR DINNER.
Beet Croaue,tss
Iced Tea.
Baked ATrl-s Gingerbread.
DINNER.
Vegetable soup.
Br,iled Beefs'eak. Baked Fotatora,
GRAINED Spinach Cucumber Salad
Cherry Pudding
Rice and raspberres-Cook rice in milk
in double boiler until soft. Then press It
into a cup to mound il. put a mound on
each dish. and surround with ripe red
raspberries.
Beef croauettes-Melt in 3 saucepan n
piece of butter the size of half an esq.
When hot add half small onion, a
sprig Of parsley, and quarter Of cup
full of four. Stir until cooked and add u
cupfui Of stock. salt, pepper and a little
grated nutmeg, with tablespoonful o:
lemon juice. Stir in q cupful and q half
Of finely chopped cold beef and half n
cupful of warm boiled rice. Chill, mold
into croquettes, dip in crumb. egg and
crumb again. and fry brown in deep.
hot fat.
Cherry pudding-Cream a quarter Of a
cupful Of butter. and a quarter of a cup
full Of sugar. Add half a cupful Of milk,
two cupfuls Of -four. . quarter Of a tea
spoonful Of salt, two teaspoonfuls of
baking, powder. the whites OF three esgs
and eupsul Of stoned chsrriss- Steam
Tor an hour.
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Two hundred and twenty Thousand
American churches served as auditoriums
for 10000 clsrEymen during 1914. The
congregations are estimated to have
totaled 40.000 900
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This series is continuation OF
"Their Married Life" produced by
Mabel Herbert Urner for four years.
"The Married Life of Helen and War
rem" appearing exclusively In this pa
per is the only series now being writ
ten by Mabel Herbert Urner.
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ne town of Turicw, KY. - ons mile
long and about thirty feet vida
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sULTAN'S AsSAHANT IN JAIL.
Turk Names Several A. Aceonplice.
In Donb Throvvtnr,

Alexandria. Egypt, July 1.-THE police
today arrestsd the Turk who attempted
to XIII the Sultan Of Egypt yesterday by
throwing . bomb nom = window as the
confessed and named several persons as
his accomplices.
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Helen would have loved this swift
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HOTEL ARLINGTON

Michigan Ave. near beach Exceptional IN To-
cation, appointmentA service. and comfort Open
SURROUNDINGS, windows screened. Special June and
July ratss. R J. OSBORNE SON.
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Doctor Hayward had arrived and had just finished taking the patients pulse and temperature as our cab pulled up.
 Elaine was quite i'll indeed.
 "Oh! I'm so glad to see you" she breathed with an air of relief as Ken nedy advanced
 "Why-what is the matter?'' asked Craig anxiously.
 Doctor Hayward shook his head du- biously, but Kennedy did not notice him. for. as he approached Elaine, she drew from the covers where she had concealed it letter and handed it to him
 Craig took it and read
 You are sick this morning To morrow you will be worse The next day you will die unless you discharge Craig Kennedy"
 At the signature of the Clutching Hand he frowned then, noticing Doe tor Hayward. turned to him and re- peated his question. What is the mat ter?"
 Doctor Hayward continued shaking his head. T cannot diagnose her symptoms" he shrugged
 There seemed ta be faint oaor, al- most as if of garlic. in the room Ii was unmistakable and Craig looked about him curiously, but said nothing
 As he sniffed, he moved impatieNtly and his foot touched Rusty, under the bed Rusty whHed and moved back laziIy Craig bent over and looked at him
 What's the matter with Rusty" he asked Is he sick too"
 Why yes answered Elaine, fol. lowing Craig with her deep eyes.
 Craig reached down and gently pulled the collie out into the room Rusty crouched down close 10 the floor His nose was hot and dry and feyerish He was plainly ill
 How long has Rusty been in the room" asked Craig
 All night" answered Elaine T wouldn't think Of being without him now"
 May take Rusty along with me-" Craig asked finally.
 Elaine hesitated Surely" she said at length. "only be gentle with him.
 "Of course. he said simply T thought that I might be able 10 dis cover the trouble from studying him. :"
 We stayed only a few minutes longer for Kennedy seemed to realize the necessity of doing something im- mediately, and even Doctor Hayward was fighting in the dark
 Back in the laboratory. Kennedy set to work immediately, brushing every. thing else aside. He began by draw
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Well. added Craig, you see, Mi treatment he received from the Clutch ing Hand. believe he cuffed him in the face yesterday Anyway. he says he has determined 10 get even and be- tray him
 did not like the looks of the thing. and said so. Craig, l objected vehemently, don't go to meet him. It Is trap"
 Kennedy had evidently considered my objection already.
 Tt may be a trap" he replied slow ly, but Elaine is dying and we've got to see this thing through,
 As he spoke, he took an automatic from drawer of cabinet and thrust II into his pocket Then he went to another drawer and took out several sections of thin tubing, which seemed to be made to fasteD together as q hshue pole is fastened. but were now separate. 4s if ready for uayeliug
 Then he went out followed, still arguing
 @lf yoa go, eo. oapitulated That's all there k Co it."
 FolioW.as the directions that NJ ehaoi had eNeu over the telenhoae. Craig led me iuto one of the toughest parts of tag lower West s5da
 Heres the place. he announced stopping across tHe street from a duugy Ea5nes la~ hotel
 Pretty tough fa65ectrd Are you suree"
 Quite replied Kennedy. consulting hts notebook again
 Reluctantly | followed and we en. tered the place
 ''l want room asked Craig as We were aeeost.d by the prapr.etoI comfortably c'ad iu a load chccaeI suit and striped sHlrf sleeves. Fl had one here once before lorty-nine, think"
 Fifty hoaau 10 correct
 Kennedy trod hard on my foes.
 Yes. forty nine. he repeated
 The proprietor called d stout negro porter, waiter and beIl.hop all com blned Tn oue. who led us upstairs
 "Fortyutnc, sah. he pointed out as Kennedy dropped dime into hs ready palm.
 The negro left Us. and as Craig started to enter. l objected "But Craig. 1t was fftyniue. not forty nine This Is the wrong room.
 T know it" he replied T had it written ii the book But want forty nine Just follow me. Walter 'f
 Neryously l followed him into the room
 Don't you understand 9@ he went on Room forty-nne is probably just
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SYNOPSIS

The New York police are mysufcd by a aories of murders and other crimes. The principal clue to the criminal Is the warn Ing letter which is sent the victims. signed with a "clutchinE hand" The lat est victim of the mysterious assassin iS Taylor Dodge, the insurance president. Ills daughter. Elaine. employs Craig Ken nedy. the famous scientific detective. to try to uuravel the mystery. WHat Ken James. a newspaper man Ky an ineeu- ious ruse Cutehing Hand smuEales into Elaines home flask of l.auid air which she suppuses to be o package of valuable papers IL blows open the safe in which k Is placed. hut Kennedy aSives in tme 10 prevent the robbery. The datectiV" narrowly misses death in his apartment where Clutchug Hand has placed | shot gun that fl is fired hH the =aieetr-ell connection formed when Kennedy plaees his hands on a framed photograph of Elninn
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What have you been
him exclaim. LID against 9n

up against"
 He fairly ieaped at me and l felt him examining my shoulder where I had been leaning on the wall. Some thing on the paper had come off and left a mark on my shoulder. Craig looked puzzled from me at the wall.
 "Arsenic!" he cried
 He whipped out a pocket lens and looked at the paper. This heavy. fuzzy paper is fairly loaded with it. powdered" he reported.
 Kennedy paced the room. Sudden ly, pausing by the register, an idea seemed to strike him.
 Walter" he whispered. come down cellar with me
 oh! Be careful" cried Elaine. anx- ious for him
 "I will" he called back
 As he flashed his pocket bull's-eye about. his gaze fell on the electric meter He paused before it. In
The Dermott news., 1915-05-06

the same as fftynine, except perhaps the pictures and furniture. only 1t is on the floor below
 He gazed about keenly Then he took few steps to the window and threw tt open As he. stood there he took tho parts of the rods he had been carrying and fitted them together un- ti he had pole some eight or ten feet long Al one end was a curious arrangement that seemed to contain lenses and mirror. At the other end was an eye-piece as nearly as could make out.
 What is that?" I asked as he com pleted his work.
 That That is an instrument something on the order of miniature poriscope." Craig replied. still at work
 watched him. fascinated at his re- sourcefulness. He stealthily thrust the mirror end of the periscope out of the window and up toward the cor responding window upstairs. Then he gazed eagerly through the eyepiece.
 "Walter-look!" he exclaimed to me
 did. There, sure enough was Mi- chael. pacing up and down the loom.
 As I looked at him nervously walk ing to and fro, could not help ad- hitting that things looked safe enough and all right to me. Kennedy folded the periscope up and we left our room. mounting the remaining flight of stairs.
 In flfty-nine We could hear the measured steps of the footman. Craig
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ing off a little Of Rusty's blood in a tube. very carefully
 Here. Walter" he said pointing to the little inoision he had made. will you take care of him?"
 Quickly Craig made ono test after another.
 As he did so snffed. There was an unmistakable odor of garlic in the air which made mo think of what had already noticed in Elaine's room.
 "Arscniurctted hydrogen" he an swered. still engaged in verifying his tests. This Is the Marsh test for arsenic"
 "Arsenic." 1 repeated, in horror
 had scarcely recovered from the surprise of Kennedy's startling reve- lation when the telephone rang again Kennedy seized the receiver. thinking evidently that the message might be from or about Elaine.
 But from tho look on his face and from his manner. l could gather that, although 1t was not from Elaine her self, It was about something that in- terested him greatly
 "Good," heard him say finally "I shall keep the appointment-abso lutely"
 What was it7" l asked. eagerly.
 Tt was EIaines footman, Michael" he replied, thoughtfully. As l sus- pected. he says that he Is a confeder- ate of the Clutching Hand. and if we will protect him he will tell us the trouble with Elaine"
 considered moment "How's that7" l Queried