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they tied me again. hand and foot.
Then they began debating in low, sim
lister tones. what was to be done with
me next Once in a while 1 could
catch a word. Fear made my senses
representative.
They were arguing whether they
should make away with me now or
lateri
Finally the leader rose. Its three
to one" heard him mutter. He dies
now"
He turned and took menacing step
toward me.
Hands up"
1t was a shrill, firm voice that rang
out at the mouth of the cave as a
figure cut of what little light there
was.
Elaine passed along, hunting for the
trail. Suddenly a shower of pebbles
came falling down from a cliff above
her. Some Of them hit her and she
looked up quickly.
There she could see me being led
along by my captOrs. She hid in the
brush and watched. During all the
operations of the descent of the rock
stairway and the resetting Of the
alarm she continued to watch, strain
ing her eyes to see what they were
doing.
AS we entered the cave, she stepped
out from her concealment and looked
sharply up at US, as We disappeared
Then she climbed the path up the
cliff until she came to the flight Of
stone steps leading downward again.
Already she had seen the man be-
hind me doing something with the
stone that formed the top step. She
stopped down and examined the stone
Carefully she raised it and looked I'M
derneath before stepping on it. There
she could see the electric connection
She set the stone aside and looked
again down the dangerous stairway.
1t made her shudder. 81 must get
him." she murmured to herself. "Yes,
l must Even now it may be too late"
They had just decided to make away
with me Immediately and the leader
had turned toward me with the threat
still on his lips. 1t was now or never
Resolutely she took a step forward
and into the cave.
Hands up!" she demanded with
astonishing firmness.
The thing was so unexpected in the
security Of their secret hiding place
protected by the rock alarm that. be-
fore they knew it. Elaine had them
all lined up against the wall
Keeping them carefully covered, she
moved over toward me. She picked
up knife that lay near by and start
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put his coat and hat on 1t and set 1t
on the seat which ne had occupied be-
fore
Just then Del Mars boat ran around
the promontory where WI Fang mad
met the submarine that had brought
Del Mar into the country and landed
him SO strangely.
The boat slowed down under shelter
Of the rocks and Del Mar added pair
of heavy lead-soled shoes to his outfit
in order to weigh himself down. Final
ly he put on the helmet. let himself
over the side of the boat, and disap-
peared into the water.
His aide started the motor and the
boat shot ahead again, with the dunn
my still occupying Del Mars seat. AS
the boat swung out and made a wide
sweeping curve away from the point
at which Del Mar had gone overheard,
the naturalist in the Dodge boat came
around the promontory and saw it,
changing his course accordingly, and
gaining somewhat
Del Mar sank upright and rapidly,
down in the shallow water to the bot
tom. Once having his feet on some
thing approaching firm ground. he
gazed about through the window-like
eye of the helmet until he got his
bearings. Then he began to walk
heavily along the bottom Of the har-
Dor, over sand and rocks.
1t was a strange walk that he took.
half stumbling, slowly and cumber-
somely cropping his way like q queer
underwater animal.
If anyone could have seen him, he
would have noted that Del Mar was
going toward the base of a huge, rocky
cliff that jutted far out into the har-
Dor, where the water was deep,
dangerous point, avoided by craft of
all kinds. Far over his head the
waves beat on the rocks angrily. But
down there, concealed beneath the
surface of the harbor, was a sort of
huge arch Of stone. through which a
comparatively rapid current ran as
the tide ebbed and flowed.
Del Mar let himself be carried along
with the current, which was now run
ming in and thus with comparative
ease made his way, still cropping,
through the arch. Once under it and
a few feet beyond. he deliberately
kicked off the leaden-soled shoes and,
thus lightened, rose rapidly to the sur
face of the water.
AS he bobbed up, a strange sight
met his eyes-not strange, however,
to Del Mar. Above, the rocks formed
a huge dome over the water which the
tides forced in and out through the
secret entrance through which he
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ed to cut the ropes with which l was
bound.
AS she did so, one of the men, with
an oath. leaped forward to rush her.
But Elaine was not to be caught of
her guard. Instantly she fred. The
man staggered back and fell.
That cooled the ardor of the other
three considerably. especially ny as
was free, too. While she held til ~
up still. with their hands in the air, /
went through their pockets. taking
out their weapons.
Then. still keeping them covered,
We backed out of the cave. Backward
we made our way up the dangerous
flight Of steps again with guns leveled
at the cave entrance, Elaine going up
first.
Once head stuck itself out of the
cave entrance. / fired instantly and
1t jerked itself back in again Just in
time. That was the only trouble We
had. apparently.
Cautiously and slowly we made our
way toward the top Of the cliff.
One look backward from his motor.
boat was enough for Del Mar. He
must evade that inquisitive naturalist.
He turned to his man.
Get out that apparatus" he or
dered.
The man opened a locker and
brought out the curious submarine
rescue helmet and suit. Del Mar took
them up and began to put the suit on,
STOPPING down in the shelter of the
boat so that bis actions could not be
seen by the naturalist in the pursuing
boat.
The naturalist was all this time peer.
Ing ahead keenly at Del Mars boat.
trying to make it out. He bent over
and adjusted the engine to -gsct IN
more speed and the boat shot ahead
faster.
By this time. Del Mar had nut on
the submarine apparatus, all except
the helmet. and was crouching low in
the boat. Hastily he rolled a piece of
canvas into the semblance Of a body.
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PHYSICIAN EARNED HIS FEE
Seemed Like . Novel Prescription,
But Minister Recovered Health
BY Taking II.

Tho celebrated Doctor Abernethy,
who lived more than a hundred years
ago. not only loathed circumlocution
In others. but avoided 1t himself. Rev.
Doctor Tuckerman Of New England
md III the self-absorption that seems
% have been = trait rather common in
the last century. and on these two
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crusty doctors cleverness as a. dag
nostician. Although inclined at first
to resent the abrupt and unsympa.
thetic dictum, Doctor Tuckerman fol.
lowed the advice. and found it per-
fectly adapted to his case!
He got plenty of outdoor exercise
and mechanical employment that &C.
cupied his mind. When the barn was
finished, his health was restored
Youths Companion.
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Hardly Likely.

'dTuty 1tkctys
Some time ago an elderly gentleman
was cycling down narrow street in
Waterford. when a dog suddenly
rushed out from a doorway and. get
ting under his wheel, threw him on the
ground in a sitting position. The dog,
seeming to enjoy the situation, circled
round and round, barking playfuIly. A
boy who was passing at the time stood
staring at the performance for a few
minutes, and then asked in a quiet
tone:
did you fall, Mr. d."
"Of course l did" said Mr.. D.,
angrily, while getting up and brushing
the dust of his clothes.
"Oh," replied the boy. as he strolled
away. II thought you couldn't have
sat down just to play with the dog"
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bits Of characterization hangs an
amusing story.
When Doctor Tuckerman was in
London for his health. he consulted
Doctor Abernethy and, oblivious of
scowls and Jerks of the body. expati-
ated on the importance of health to
him. as the pastor Of "a little parish
in Chelsea, Massachusetts," until the
physician lost his patience completely,
and cut him short with:
mo matter about your little parish;
90 home and build a barn."
And now comes the proof Of the
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WHY CALL LONDON I0NDRA7'
race Names Should Be Pronounced
Alike All Over the World, 10
Contention Made.

When this war is over there will be
many arrangements. besides those
OF territory. says the London Globe.
1t Is perhaps too much to expect that
universal meridian or universal
time Will be established. still less that
we Shall have universal money or a
universal secondary language. All
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like new girl and am now relieved
of all these troubles. hope all young
girls will get relief as have. / never
felt better in my ife."-Mrs. JOHN
TETREAULT, Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
Massena, N. Y.-"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and ! highly recommend it. If anyone
wants to write to me will gladly tell
her about my case. was certainly In
. bad condition as my blood was all turn
ing to water. Ihad pimples on my face
and . bad color, and for five years had
been troubled with suppression. The
doctors called It Armenia and Exhaus-
ton, and said was all run down, but
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound brought me out all right miss
LANsA MYREs, Box "a, Massena, NY.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful or
irregular periods, backache, headache,
dragging down sensations, fainting
spells or indigestion, should Immediately
seek restoration to health by taking Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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Very Absent.Minded.

In Berlin they tell the story of
very learned and also absent-minded
professor who returned to his room
late one night, and as he was light
ing the candle fancied he heard q
noise. He promptly called out:
rs there anyone here?"
A thief lay concealed under the bed.
Hearing the question, and knowing the
professors failing. he shouted in reply.
MOI"
Then the professor exclaimed in
much surprise: That's exceedingly
strange! was positive someone was
under the bed" Then he retired to
rest and the thief ransacked the
room.
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A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed In This Case.

1t is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsupported
one.
But the doctor knows. His wide ex-
perience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask him II coffee is a cause of con-
stipation, stomach and nervous trou-
bles.
Il have been q coffee drinker all my
life. and when taken sick two years
ago with nervous prostration, the doc
tor said that my nervous system was
broken down and that l would have to
give up coffee.
Il got SO weak and shaky l could
not work. and reading an advertise
ment of Postum asked my grocer II
he had any of it. He said, Yes and
that he used 1t in his family and It
was all 1t claimed to be.
so quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily, and in about two
weeks / could sleep better and get up
in the morning feeling fresh. In about
two months l began to gam flesh.
weighed only LAG pounds when l COM
menced on Postum and now l weigh
167 and feel better than l did at 20
years of age.
Il am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
coffee drinkers, but they have not
drank any since Postum came into the
house, and are far more healthy than
they were before" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum CereaI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
jissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter. and. with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage Instantly. soc
and Soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious ana
cost about the Same per cup.
There's . Reason" for Postum.
--eold BY Grocera
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TWENTY.EIGHTH EPISODE
THE CAVE IN THE CLIFF.

II was not long after the almost
miraculous escape Of Elaine and my
self from the blowing up OF the bridge
on the shore road that Del Mar re-
turned from his mysterious mission
which had, apparently. taken him
actually down to the bottom of the
zee.
The panel in the wall Of his library
opened and In the still dripping sub
marine suit. holding under his arm
the weird helmet, Del Mar entered.
No sooner had he begun to remove
his wet diving suit than the man who
had signaled with the heliograph that
we had found Del Mars message from
below" whatever that might mean,
entered the house and was announced
by the valet.
Let him come in Immediately" or
dered Del Mar. placing his suit in q
closet. Then to the man, as he en-
tered the room. he said: well, what's
newr
Quite q Bit" returned the man,
frowning still over Elaine's accidental
discovery Of the underwater COM
munication. THE Dodge girl happened
to pick up one of the tubes with a
message just after you went down. /
tried to get her by blowing up one of
the bridges. but 1t didn't work, some
how"
We'll have to silence her." re-
marked Del Mar angrily with a sinis-
ter frown. you stay here and wait
for orders"
A moment later he made his way
down to a private dock on his grounds
and Jumped aboard trim little speed
boat moored there. He started the
motor and of the boat feathered in a
cloud Of spray.
It was only a moment by water be-
fore he reached the Dodge dock
There he tied his boat and hurried up
the dock
Elaine and arrived home without
any further experiences after our hair
breadth escape from the explosion
at the bridge
We we're in doubt at first, however,
just what to do about the mysterious
message which we had picked up in
the harbor.
Really. Walter" remarked Elaine,
after we had considered the matter
for some time, Il think we ought to
send that message to the government
at Washington. It may be of great i'm
portance."
Already she had seated herself at
her desk and began to write, while /
examined the metal tube and the note
again.
There" she said at length, handing
me the note she had written, how
does that sound?"
I read It while she addressed the en-
velope. Very good" l replied. hand
ing II back.
She folded II and showed it into the
envelope on which she had written:
"Chief.
Secret Service,
Washington, D. c."
I was studying the address, wonder
ing whether this was just the thing to
do. when Elaine decided the matter
by energetically ringing the bell for
Jennings.
post that, Jennings. please" she
directed.
The butler bowed just as the door
bell rang. He turned to 60.
Just a minute" interrupted. 81
think perhaps I'd better mail 1t my.
self, after ALL"
He handed me the letter and went
out.
Yes. Walter" agreed Elaine. that
would be better. Please register it,
too."
How do you do?" greeted a suave
voice.
Il was Del Mar. As he passed me
10 BDeok to Elaine. apparently by ac-
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came. No other entrance, apparently,
except that from the waters of the
harbor led to this peculiar den.
Lying quietly moored to the rocky
piers lay three submarine boats. Fur
Their back, on a ledge of rock, blasted
out, stood a little building. sort OF
office or headquarters. Near by was
a shed where were kept gas and oil.
supplies and ammunition; in fact, ev-
erything that a submarine could pos
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IN STERLING
LIVES A GIRL.
Who Suffered A. Many Girls
Do-Tells How She
Found Relief.
Sterling, Conn., am q girl Of q
years and i used to faint away every

month and was very
weak. ! was also
bothered q lot with
female weakness. /
read your little book
8 Wisdom for Wo-
men, and I saw how
9th e RS ad been
helped by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
decided to try it, and
It has made me feel
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Playing cards are said to have BEEN
tented in 1890 to divert Charles vi.
b king Of France. who had fallen
b . melancholy mood.
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STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.
Mansfield formerly Hungarian)
Cough Balsam heals the inflamed and
lacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for ba.
bies. Price Csc and 50c.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

A pessimist is a person who is sea.
sick during the entire voyage of life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

krly a. English letters win repro
be the sound, "Minchen." Why
build an Italian gratuitously mis-.
he London "Londraf" We really
Eht to know how our own capital
build be called. Az to Polish place
mes, also Przemysl and the like.
y an international commission
I'D decide.
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Let Ma Do Il.

Let Ma Do It.
He was angry and he grabbed his
hair with both hands.
Stop that" shouted his wife; you
seem to forget that I'm here!"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

Wash day is smile day If you use Red
Cross Ball Blue, American made, therefore
the best made. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-29

1t is just as well il you prefer abuse
to violets. You will get more of 1t.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-26
modern sneak burglar and footpad.

modern sneak burglar and footpad
Bank robbery can not be as profit
able as it used to be. Electric and
steel protection has made large banks
limpregnable. Here and there small
, country bank might be ripped open.
But the returns would not be suffici-
ent for the risk.
| A highly explosive state of society
Ipcrvaded many sections at the time
1.-The James gang were active. Gun
toting was general. The guns were
mot carried for ornament, but for real
Inse. Celebrity in pulling then and ac-
curacy in using them was an essential
element in gentleman's education.
These conditions developed very
daring and resolutt men, quick in de-
cision and rapid in execution. A train
robbery was no carefully planned
stroke of business, hut sudden law
less impulse. The life of the plains
|of 80 to 40 years ago developed many
a character perfectly capable of these
acts at any time he felt the need of
cash.
Train robbery probably does not
seem attractive to the sneak criminal
of today He is looking for what
seems more like sure thing. Sleep
ing people in their beds, unarmed |
pedestrians in dark corners Of great
cities, houses left alone and unlocked
in daylight, these are the favorites.
They are much safer than heavy
train where express messengers and
others are apt to be armed. and where
the telephone quickly summons bands
of officers to search the country.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-26
THE GOSPEL HYMNS
AND FANNY CROSBY

u The death of Fanny Crosby, Thu
famous blind hymn writer bes
known by her maiden name, hai
,started considerably speculation as Il
the real causes for the wonderful
popularity of many of her 5000
hymns.
| The critics have always passed !
rather negative verdict on the merits
Iof these compositions. The words are
sweet, flowing. not very imaginative
land without polished graces. But
they express real emotion in simple
form The great emotions Of life, too
are simple and elemental In most
peoples minds they express them
selves in plain language.
Probably the so-called gospel
songs" to which these verses were
set, had much to do with their popu-
larity 1t is true that this music had
| little Of what students would call life
and warmth and color. But there was
one thing they did have, and that was
rhythm.
Old fashioned church music was
Estately, dignified, sedate and resery-
led, but as sleepy as the country
church on hot summer afternoon.
The gospel songs took the rhythm of
the marches and the waltzes and the
two steps and applied it to church
music. Why should the devil have all
the good tunes. asked the writers OF
that day. Why indeed? Fanny
Crosby caught the step. In her easy
lyrical way she wrote songs whose
thought not. merely met the sentiment
of daily life. but fitted metrically to-
the beat of he7nlisic. The songs had
motion and march feeling. and the
words we're singable. No wonder they
Modern church composers have
learned to write music combining the
dignity of old time music, the
rhythm Of the gospel songs, and the
color, life. and originality of imagin- I,
alive composition. But 10 many peo-
pie the Fanny Crosby songs are SO
associated with the struggles of life
and death and joy and sorrow that
The passing of the singer is a per
sonal loss.
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COMING BACK.

More than three-quarters of a mill
ion Americans were taken into church
membership in the past year.
Two-fifths Of all our population now
claim to be enlisted under the banner
OF the Cross.
True, many don't work at it. And
others serve Mammon good deal
more zealonsly than God.
That, however, is only as it always
has been; as it may always be.
The encouraging, the hopeful, fact
Is that, in 1914, more Americans than
ever before went on record with the
desire to walk nj better pathways, to
live more nearly in accordance with
the spirit Of the Golden Rule.
The CHURCH seems ON the way to
prove that 1t can come back.
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is with YOU, of the fowl, of the cat
lie. and Of every beast Of the eartn
with you; from all that go out OF the
ark, to every beast Of the earth.
Andg will establish my covenant
with you; neither shall all flesh be
cut off any more by the waters 81 2
flood; neither shall there any more
Be flood to destroy the earth.
And God aids. This is the token Of
the covenant which make between
me and you and every living Great
ure that is with you. for perpetual
generations;
1 do set my bow in the cloud, and
1t shall be FOR token OF q covenant
between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when !
bring cloud over the earth, that the
bow shall be seen in the cloud:
And will remember my covenant,
! which is between NE and you and ev-
cry living creature OF all flesh; and
the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud;
and 1 VII look upon it. that ! may re-
member the everlasting covenant be-
tween God and every living creature
of all flesh that is upon the earth
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Keen Your Lungs Strong

This advice Is doubly impoluan.; ,,s;rs,.es m.sn
the knowledge that every arse ssenubs
some one ,,,,nt;on in tns on and many refuse 70
.,;ss Sons thev are afflicted until i too late.
Il i after colds or sickness, from oyer, , !,
,.ort = confining duties or when genera.
Weakness ~ exists that tnbercuiar ge.nss "
Mr.iyaebs thrive because the resistive powers q
the body are weakened. .. -
only with fresh air, sunshine .,u nO,e aIa ta
! arrest their progress, and tne consiI, s;s,,
fnel for rich blood. and its rare nour,sn, ,,:,,
,uer ment ii helps IDS strengthen the lungs while
| it builds up the forces
II you work indoors, tire s.s,I sasly sIon ,si' !.
the most strengthening food-lneuls,ne sa.,ii
tnown IN and IS free from alcohol or stupe'
fying drugs. Avoid substitutes.
,.-6, scott s Bovine. Bioomheld' Nj
-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-26
SPECTACULAR CRIME.

THE death In Missouri of Frank
James. who though never convicted of
ofime was reputed 10 be member of
the famous James gang Of outlaws.
who we're charged years ago with so
many desperate acts. raises the aues-
tioa whether the big bank and train
i'bbberIes OF 80 years ago are as com.
mon today.
As a whole. crime seems decidedly
on the Increase. But the big crime
acts Of generation ago. which so
fired The Imagination OF the OUTLAW
class. may be too daring for the