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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1915-02-05

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Gonooiides @orlament
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24

them day and night to kill them as a
great thing to sell in the city. Soon
they were only three hoopos left, and
these flew sadly gack to the. king in
his tent on the lands of the desert.
"Oh, king, 1t is true that a. crown
brings sorrow-give us back our plain
feathers and take your crowns of
gold!" they cried. So the king took
back the golden crowns and gave the
birds their old feathers again.
Il can never forget your kindness to
mel" cried the king, $50 | will leave
its memory with you-no more a
crown of gold, but one of yellow feath-
ers almost white at the end and tipped
with black-this in the coming ages
shall be your simple but pretty crown"
So ever since then down the hun.
dreds Of years have the hoopos worn
their yellow feather crowns as the gift
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24

sack, Mr. Hardaway," he said. Its
impossible for anyone to leave the
place."
Hardaway paused to consider a mo.
ment.
Look here" Quest suggested, "they
know all of you, of course, and they'll
never let you in until they're forced
to. I'm stranger Let me go. I'll
get in all right"
"All right" he assented. 1--WE shall
follow you up pretty closely, though
Quest stepped back into the taxi and
gave the driver direction When he
emerged in front of the handsome gray
stone house he seemed to have be.
come completely transformed. There
was a fatuous smile upon his lips. He
crossed the pavement with difficulty,
stumbling up the steps, and held on
the knocker with one hand while he
consulted a slip of paper. He had
scarcely rung the bell before a slightly
parted curtain in the front room fell
together and moment later the door
was opened by man in the livery Of
butler, but with the face and ply
sique of prize-fghter.
Lady of the house." Quest demand
ed. Want to see the lady of the
house"
Almost Immediately he was con-
scious of a woman standing in the hall
before him.
you had better come in" she in
vited. please do not stand in the
doorway"
Quest, however, who had heard the
footsteps of the others behind him, loi-
tered there for moment.
You're the lady whose name is on
this piece of paper?" he demanded.
This place is all right, eh?"
81 really do no. know what you
mean" the woman replied coldly; "but
if you will come inuide I will talk with
you in the drawing ROOM
Quest, as though stumbling against
the front door, had it now wide open.
and in moment the hall seemed full.
The woman shrieked The butler suu.
denly sprang upon the last man to en-
ter and sent him spinning down the
steps. Almost at that instant there
was scream from upstairs. Quest
took a running jump and went up the
stairs four at time. The butler, who
had SO far defied arrest, suddenly
snatched the revolver from Hard
away's hand and fired blindly in front
OF him, missing Quest only by an inch
or two.
Don't be fool. Karll" the woman
called out. THE games up. Take 1t
quietly"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24
HELPFUL HINTS.

To avoid staining the fingers when
pairing vegetables or fruit, bind the
thumb and first finger of the right
hand with strips of clean, white
cloth. These can be easily pulled off
when the work is finished, and the
stains will be on the cloth instead OF
on the fingers. Stains on the hands,
from fruit especially, are very hard
to remove.
Cane-seated chairs that nave saggeG
can be frightened in the following man.
ner: Wash them in hot water and
soap and rinse in clear water. Dry
in the open air
If you are troubled with mice, put
camphOir about wherever they are,
and you will find that your trouble
will be at an end, as mice dislike the
smell and leave the place where they
find it.
Few realize the many uses bran can
be put to. For painted and vanished
woodwork it is invaluable, removing
dirt without destroying the finish.
Colored goods will not fade if washed
in bran water. Used instead of soap,
bran whitens and softens the hands.
If the piano keys are washed with
a soft flannel dipped in alcohol they
will retain their color and not grow
yellow as they do when washed with
water.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24

amazed at his own sensations, con-
scious Of fears and emotions of which
he would never have believed himself
capable. He gave in his card, and
after few moments delay he was
shown into the presence of one of the
chiefs of the detective department,
who greeted him warmly.
MY name is Hardaway," the latter
announced.
MY assistant, young lady, Miss
Lenora Macdougal, has disappeared!
She and and Professor Ashleigh left
the steamer at Plymouth and travelled
up in the boat train. It was stopped
at Hamblin road for the professor and
myself, and Miss Macdougal came on
to London. She was staying at Cliff
ford's hotel in Payne street for the
night, and then going on to the aunt
Well, I've found that aunt. She was
expecting the girl, but the girl never
appeared.
Where did this aunt live?" Harda-
way inquired
mo. II. Princess Court road, West
Kensington," Quest replied. "Shs had
just moved there from Elsmere road,
Hampstead. went first to Hampstead.
Lenora had been there and learned
her aunt's correct address in West
kensington I followed on to West
kensington and found that the aunt
was still awaiting her"
A new interest seemed suddenly tc
have crept into Hardaway's manner.
Let me see," he said, IF she left
Cilitord's hotel about two, she would
have been at Hampstead about half.
past two. She would waste few min.
utes in making inquiries, then she
probably left Hampstead for West
ikensington, say, at quarter to three.
Give me at once a description of the
young lady," he demanded.
Quest drew photograph from his
pocket and passed it silently over.
. mfr. Quest" he said, 1T is just pos.
sible that your visit here has been an
exceedingly opportune one"
Come along with me-" he con-
tinued. We'll talk as we CO."
They entered a taxi and drove off
westwards.
"Mr Quest" he went on, for two
months we have been on the track of
"a man and woman whom we strong
ily suspect of haying decoyed half a
dozen perfectly respectable young
women, and shipped them out to South
America"
/! THE white slave traffic." Quest
gasped.
Something of the SORT" Hardaway
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24
CHAPTER xxl-(Continued.)
Copyright, 1916,

He lit cigar and smoked furiously
all the way, throwing 1t on to the pave
ment as he hurried into the quiet pri-
vate hotel which a fellow passenger
on the steamer had recommended as
being suitable for Lenora's one night
alone in town.
Can you tell me if Miss Lenora
Macdougal is staying here?" he asked
at the Office.
The woman shook her head.
Miss Macdougal stayed here the
night before last" she said, "and her
luggage is waiting for orders. She left
here yesterday afternoon to go to her
aunt's, and promised to send for her
things later on during the day. There
they stand, all ready for her"
What time did she go?"
Directly after an early lunch. It
must have been about two o'clock"
Quest hurried away. So after all
there was some foundation for this
queer sense of depression which had
been lowering about him for the last
few days!
Scotland Yard" he told the taxi
driver.
He thrust another cigar between his
teeth, but forgot to light it. He was
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24

Once more the shrek rang through
the house. Quest rushed to the door
of the room from whence it came, tried
the handle, and found it locked He
ran back a little way and charged it.
From inside he could hear a turmoil Of
voices. White with rage and passion,
he pushed and kicked madly. There
was shot from inside, a bullet came
through the door within an inch of his
head, then the crash Of broken crock
cry and a mans groan. With a final
effort Quest dashed the door in and
staggered into the room. Lenora
was standing in the far corner, the
front of her dress torn and blood upon
her lips. She held a revolver In her
hand, and was covering man whose
head and hands were bleeding. Around
him were the debris of a broken jug.
Mr.. Quest!" she screamed. Don't
go near him-I've got him covered.
I'm all right"
Quest drew long breath. The man
who stood glazing at him was we'll
dressed and still young. He was un-
armed, however, and Quest secured
him in moment.
THE girls madi" he said sullenly
mo one wanted to do her any HARM"
Hardaway and his men came troop
ing up the stairs. Quest relinquished
his prisoner and went over to Lenora.
Two been so frightened" she
sobbed. "They got me in here-they
told me that this was the street in
which my aunt lived-and they
wouldn't let me 60 The woman was
horrible. And this afternoon this man
came. The brute!"
Quest turned to Hardaway.
I'll take the young lady away" he
said. 'You know where to find u.s."
Lenora had almost recovered when
they reached the hotel. Walking up
and down they found the professor
my friend!" he exclaimed-"Mr
Quest! 1t Is the devil incarnate
against whom we fight"
What do you mean?" Quest de. |
(To be continued.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24
By FLORENCE E. YODER

do so 1t to let him see that you don't
altogether approve of his particular
turnout, or the cut of his hair, or,
in fact, of some particular thing in
his personal appearance.
The girl with brothers can appreci-
ate this statement thoroughly. Has
she not suffered from the vanity OF
these ,self-same brothers times with.
out number? Has she not had to en-
dure many, many crosses in the form
of agonizing moments spent in wait
ing until those brothers have duly
tied their ties and brushed their hair
and prinkled before the looking-glass
in manner that would have madden
ed saint? The vanity of men is a
trying proposition for girl to tackle
anyhow, but the vanity of mere broth
dispensed with as every sister knows
full we'll.
There are so many different types
of vanity that it is difficult to distin
guish each one. 1t must be conceded
that a certain form is more of vir-
tue than a vice, and this species goes
under the name of proper pride"
But even that has its disadvantages.
The vanity of woman when it
reaches it's highest point is nothing to
the vanity of a man under similar cir
cumstances For there is no vainer
creature on the face of the earth than
your truly vain man. Nothing can
break through that armor of conceit,
not even the sings and arrows of out.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24
poured in during his absence.

One of the latest of these apped
for clemency is in behalf of A.
Conn. of a prominent Copiah cOunl
family. son of the late Chancellor
C. Conn, who was sent up last Novel
Der to serve a short term for grad
larceny. Conn entered a plea of gu
ty to stealing a package of mono
containing about $1,000 from Il
cashiers window in the Bank of Ha
lehurst. Detectives from the Burr
agency were put on the case an
quickly located the guilty party. TIL
money was returned. The appeal Il
pardon states that Conn has show
the deepest penitence for the offens
and has been sufficiently punished.
Another recent petition is in behJ
Of Joe Curtis. sent up from Anil
county in 1909 to serve a life teri
for killing Louis Style. The petitid|
ers claim that the sentence given Cd
It's was excessive, that he has madeI
good prisoner, and has been suffice I
ly punished.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24

Every human being has his or her
particular failing, for no one in til ,
world can lay claim to perfection.
And vanity is perhaps, the greatest
weakness and the most vulnerable
point of all.
& There is no such thing in the
whole world as human being totally
without vanity. Are men vainer than
women? goes the question. And many
women are only too willing and ready
to answer in the affirmative.
1t must be conceded that man is es-
senitally vain creature. His vanity
takes a different form, perhaps the
particular brand peculiar to women,
but it is very much in evidence all the
same.
Where personal appearance is con-
cerned, the average man certainly
does not appear to be quite so vain as
that men don't give themselves away
in the whole-hearted manner women
do. You don't catch a man, for in
stance, gazing sidelong into every
shop window he passes during his per-
ordinations down the street. He
hasn't the time or the patience for
that sort Of thing But all the same
the average man is remarkably con
cerned about his personal appearance
it is a subject of sufficiently grave
import for him to spend quite lot of
thought upon it. And if you ever
wish to really offend some creature
of the male species, the surest way to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24

W JUS 7. NOOO-l
admitted. Well, we've been closing
the net around this interesting couple,
and last night / bad information
brought to me upon which we are act
ing this afternoon. We've had them
watched and 1t seems that they were
sitting in q tea place about three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon when q
young woman entered who was OBJ
viously a stranger to London You
see, the time fits in exactly, if your as.
sistant decided to stop on her way to
Kensington and get some tea. She
asked the woman at the desk the best
means Of getting to West Kensington
without taking a taxicab. Her de
scription tallies exactly with the pho
tograph you have shown me. The won.
an whom my men were watching ad.
dressed her. and offered to show her
the way. They left the place together.
My men followed them. The house
has been watched ever since and we
are raiding it this afternoon. You and
l will just be in time"
He stopped the cab and they got
out. A man who seemed to be stroll
ing aimlessly along reading a newspa.
per suddenly joined them.
well. Dixon?" his chief exclaimed.
The man glanced around.
I've got three men round at the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-24
Bedtime Stories
For Little Folks
WHY HOoPOs WEAR CROWNS.


If you ever visit the far East you
will see a very curious bird known as
the hoopo, whose head is topped by a
beautiful crown of feathers.
Once upon a time, thousands OF
thousands years ago, there lived in
the East a king who was also some
thing of a magician.
One day he was going on a trip
across the Great Desert, and it was
warm-so warm that the king got
tired and in such bad humOr that he
wearied out all his slaves, so that
none were left to fan or hold the big
umbrella that was always over his
head. The sand blew in his eyes, the
winds burned his face and the sun
beat down on his royal head till it
made him sick-but he was too lazy to
keep himself cool by any magic, for he
did not want to do any kind of work
in warm weather.
Presently far out over the desert
there rose a faint cloud, and it came
nearer and nearer to the kings tent.
At last he saw it was a large flock of
birds crossing the sands on their way
North.
Let US hover over the kings tent
and shield him from the sum-" cried
the leader. So till the sunset the
whole flock hung over the tent, keep
ing off the suns rays and tanning the
king with the constant beating of their
wings. And the king had a nice nap,
soothed and cooled by the kindness of
the birds.
What reward shall give you?"
cried the king at eve, when he awOke
in good humor.
1--WE did not do this for a reward"
sang the birds, "but if you desire, we
might wear crown as long as we
live
"a foolish wish, fear" replied the
king. But | will do my magic at mid
night and you shall all wear crowns
like mine"
So at night the king turned round
five times and bowed to the North
and to the South ana to the East and
to the West, then threw some dust
into the air. saying strange words.
And at dawn when the birds awOke
they found that each and every bird
wore a beautiful golden crown on his
tiny head-a shining crown that gilt
tered in the sun, while on it sparkled
every rare stone till there seemed to
be the glitter of a million rainbows
flashing from the feathers of the hum
BILE, little hoopos.
Very proud they were as they flew
away and very proudly they showed
themselves to their friends. About
the forests and fields of the North
they flocked, sporting their golden
crowns and boasting that they had re-
ceived them as gifts from king. But
one day they found to their sorrow
that the crowns were proving a dan
gerous prize. For people had seen the
beautiful new birds and set traps to
catch them, for this strange and won
derful fowl with the crown on it's tiny
head would bring a big price in the
market. So the poor Hoopos found |
that the crown was bringing them |
trouble, and that men were hunting