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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-22
me get them into the wagon 3"
IN a fifty miss"

me get them into tbe wagon
IN fifty. MISS"
The exhausted men were bundled
into the wagon, and the farmer touch
ed his team With his whip.
At the outskirts Of the town they
came upon a mob II was very disor-
dcrIy III the midst Of this mob was
pac man securely hound
NY brother They arc going TO ynch
Tim! cried Tie widow wildly.
It looked that way TO Xudora too.
There was one thing for her to do.
Into this mob she resolutely pushed
her way The excited men stepped
aside grumbingIy
Men even If this poor man was
guilty YOU are acting like a pack OF
wolves lie is innocent | can tell
You how John McWhter came to his
death lie died in a trap he had set
for this very man you would hing.
Ills own dog was the cause OF his
DEATH
II lis dog
Come come this is no time for
fairy stories String him up, boys be-
fore the police nose in"
Smith WAS backed against II tree
Il warn You that you will be com
hitting murder Give me one hour,
aud II ! cannot reasonably prove that
smith is guiltless, why, | engage to
,tand aside and watch YOU hang him"
rms declaration made the more sober
men pnuSe
"Aul Ill help you pull the rope"
shouted the sheriff quick to recognizes
the value Of II respite
Y hoosc six among you to follow
me SAID Indoru ''or as many AZ you
wish
Wen all go, Smith toOn'
That settled it The mob began to
surge along the road at a dog trot II
this girl could prove what she said,
why, Smith could 90; If not thered be
enough trees near the shack to serve
their PURPOSE.
When the eager girl exhibited the
bottles ana explained Whnt was ia
llem pointed to the little platform
and then To the door with its spring
calm began to settle upon the blood
thirsty men
To hold the door open against the
pressure ol the spring it was necessary
to prop His log against it McWinter
and Smith had gone out hunting. Sud
denly Smith missed McWinter, who
was IN fact arranging The details OF
me trap. McWinter'S dog evidently
got In his way, and he kicked 1t. The
dog in its cndcayor to escape sec
ond kick bumped against the Iog. shut
ting McWiHter in the shack and caus-
lng the poisonous fumes TO be liberat-
ed. My uncle has already proved this
fact to his satisfaction
IIasSam All nodded grayely There
was nothing else for him to do Storm
stared ut him ironically for moment
But there is something eIss 10 add.
went on Xudora, now satisfied that she
had won the interest of the mob
"McNintrr had laid this trap for
Smith himself He was an insane
NAN ana none of YOU ever suspicioned
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tons IN making his ially inventory
found II bottle missing, and this bottle
contained one of the dradIiest fumes
IN existence He was greatly per
iurbed
He asked Smith, but Smith denied
that he had touched the bottle That
seemed TO be the end Of the affair
On Sunday Mrs McWutcrs face
was brighter than il had been in
weeks Her husband seemed to he an
entirely different man
He had s"ftencd So far as to tell a
comic story and Won mny he sure that
Smith and Mrs McWinter laughed
heartily over II
The two men shouIdercl their gums
whistIed for the dog ANA sci off on
their hunting "trip Aud only one Of
them returned alive
smith came back alone and was
rather surprised to lind ncitheI Me
Winter nor the dog They had sep
nratcd III he woods near the shack,
Of which Smith apparently knew moth
ing.
McWmtcr was missing all the next
day Tuesday morning they found him
IN the shack strangely dead.
very peculiar case confronted the
local authorities There was one thing
quite PLAN 10 them, however, and that
Il most cunning and diabolicaI manner
Naturally the coroners inquest drew
the net about Smiths feet, He had
gone out hunting with McWinter and
was the last man to see him alive.
Then came the clerk. who sWore thai
the bottle found IN the shack was
Identical with that stolen from the lab
orntory where both men worked
Smith, despite all protests. was held
for the grand jury on the charge of
murder in the first degree
Other facts began TO circulate Some
one had heard McWinter accuse his
wife of being too friendly with smith
and out of this cnlumny raised its ugly
head
Here aud there men beam ia mute
about Judge Lynch and Mrs NEWT
Ter was Stunned by MI those who ia
posed nS her friends.
A few days before the trial began
Ilassam Ali was porting over his cAs
tai Near by sat Iudora, reading and
rrtlrrting
The two had been talking about Mci.
ner aldN CaglioStro, and Indora was
gathering b1 arguments lrom t hr book
She held The Ill was heard 10 ring
4 few moments LATER II visitor was
llShcrcd in by the Hindu servant To
lIasSnm Airs cold eye this client did
not suggest any future profit, hut Mrs
McN ntcr'S tale caught the sympathy
of Xndora
Il will take Ibis cnse, uncle, she
volunteered 1T interests me. 1t is
purely cirrmSlantal evidence. and that
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glue Of lstleuiiN, the latter was tod
strong tor hm He'd sci him wheru
he Wanted bm some day, and that day
wasn't going to be lar OF either
He did uot cuuc home until mid
NIGHT II" griunrd drlnkcnly ia thu
mirror rs lie yankrd oil his tie and col
Eu
He WASN'T II chemist for nothing;
Smith Wuui see MrWmlrr was Il
malman and nnhody suspected tht
fact
The next morning he remained in
bed wilma splitting headache
AS Smuh started ont tor his days
work he caught up The child and
SWINE her alntt She gnrged with
happiness Then he Kissed her and
set hc' dawn
I'm going 10 bring YOU that stick OF
candy oHiahr"
"Gooly, goody! can / ent IT, mam.
MAJ
"Ycs, dear 70 the man she said
How lung? How long,"
Keep 4 stil upper lip, Sally Wen
strai2lrteu out this middle in time L
looks to me Ike Winter isn't quite
right IN his upper story If We could
get him away from his whisky there
might BE- il chance Rut he's IN lndi
IN when he's hooacd M They say AT
the laboratory that they'd he glad Il
give him steady work II they could
trust Tim
Sometimes I've been wicked enough
to wish that he WAS dead
None If that kind of talk. little wo
man
You've been SO good to u.s."
who wouldn't be- Remember now
mun's the word Keep him in good
humor rs much rs you can. and when
the time comes wen light ont and lei
The fool shift tor himself"
McWmler erawlcd ont Of bed about
10 o'clock ugly and taciturn When
his wife spoke to- him he did not nm
Swer she sighed and returned to her
sewing machine
Int FOR the child she knew that she
must hnvr given np the struggle long
ago She did not want amy shadow IL
fall upon that pretty childhood
Her own had been unhappy enough
and Sbr was determined that the little
one should not he dsilluSioncd before
her time.
Sometimes the machine stopped and
the woman ga2ed into the blue arch
NJ heaven. TuwiSh any one dead, M
matter how cruel he might be. was
f, sin
Clickity clickity, cllckity clickity, sang
the maclnr From another part ct
The house came the happy laughter OF
The child.
MeWintcr left the house after drink
Inc n cup'nl Of strong coffee and stole
along the road toward The woods
wncrr ne finally came upon shack
Il was rather peculiarly constructed
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-22

II usually the most puZZllnE To solve,
IT succeed 1t will add another step
toward my twenty eases"
"Sut yoursclf," cnrrlesSly. But, re-.
nrmhnr il il turns ont to he IN ordi
nary ease 1t viii not count
Il accept that risk,
Xudora, in accordance with her agree
mrnt With her lover, John Storm,
wrote him explaining about the casH
and asked him to meet her ut the Me.
Winter house the following afternoon
When the Two arrived in the village
they found the suburbs in turmoil
There had been they found II puni.
tive expedition against the Jail that
held Smith but it had been frustrated.
This is going to he interesting,
John said Xudora
I've I'M idea d like 10 plead for the
poor dewitt | never realized how many
kinks there were IN life until You en-.
tered tins detective business.
"Th" unexpected is always happen.
ing On the face OF 1t, this man Smith
looks guilty. The very fact that the
woman is eager to save him has slls.
piciouS angle But, for all this, Wa
may lind him innocent as n child "
Meantime IlaSSam Ali had not been
idle He was going to lose no chance
to further his schemes. To he sure, ne
had Siyniied his utter lack of interest
IN the case but that had been To hood
wink his niece
So quietly aud nnohserved he made
II secret investigation OF the shack 1t
did not take his remarkably keen eyes
tong to discover what had taken place.
Clever ahominnhly clever,
Here was criminal who hnd fantas-
tc ideas II this inierunI ~ .trivance
had served one MINIS purpose it might
readily serve another'S.
So he cOntrivcd to separate Indora
shack He wrote frankly, signing his
own name aud declaring that 1t would
not be- safe for Xlldorn to 20 deeply
into this case. rs there was more to 1t
than could he seen on the surface.
So Storm concluded to meet EIassam
All MT the shack and find ont what he
had 10 say lie promised himself that
he would I've cautious and watch every
move Of his enemy.
Everything was ready for him, but
again nissan All was overitnXious
lie set one " The BOTTLES he had found
In u cabinet on the little platform near
the ceiling.
Welcome, Mr. Storm. welcome! He
laughed aud bis laughter might we'll
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was adrnity hidden by the hinges,
such rs would close the door violently
and make il difficult to open without
physical eNertiou
The eoncuSsion was hound to shake
everything in the shack Near the cell
ing WIS Il Small platform about six
inches square He propped open the
door. took an empty bottle from his
pocket and placed 1t upon this plat.
form
When he liberated the door the slam
of II tOppcd the bottle from its perch,
ana il broke into n thousand pieces ON
the stone slab below
Il guess that'l fix You guess
lhatll show You whose house you're
boHrdng ill., yun snake"
McWnter lnosenrd the spring so ns
10 open the door and passed ont.
The following morning .hr clerk In
the laboratory whose business II was
to account for all the deadlier cOnc0c.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-22
CHAPTER VI.
The Case of the Mcwinter Fam ~.

The Case Of the McWinter Family
IN a room in nm ordinary dwelling a
wumm sat before sewing ma
i chic The low hum of il 'ileG
til, room with a murmur like llmt
OF muuA bees.
The Nomans husband, seated Al a
table ar by, was reading and moh
ing, q ! he looked up Hhsrnlly each
time Il humming ceased tcmpa IiR
He SCI We'd, shifted and rrshltui lbs
pipe.
Are on crying again. he gto We'd,
laying own the pipe II .m getting
tired your constant swivel sna
He e and walked over toWm her
threat, ugly He shook u ling, IN
der he nose
"rha man has got Ia ret ont this
house ~ III know the reason why
He BIZ rrs me every time | Io.k II
him. tell you he's rot 10 seek o'h
or boa M house don't Wu Is
haugdC face around any longrr
'Hangdog" She protested
That's what | said Thrrel he II
rumpu> II he doesn't hike.
You are wrong you are wieEodly
wrong said the wife She wiped her
eyes Oh her apron Just because he
speaks kindly to me and pets the chiid
you net like au insane man I've STAY
ed for yon I've done everything q wo
man eord What do You do? You sit
and read all day
That's a lie the man roared I'm
not nneardinary workman and ther, y
very little demand for my work
$50 I've noticed, dryly
"Edout want any back talk Al /
say is that man Smith has got 10 yet
out won't have him on the prem
lscS after his week is up"
The tears began 10 run down the Wo
mans cheeks again Won were dir
ferent sort of man before you took ia
drink
Your whining d send any man 10
drink But you two are always whis
pcring. and when show up YOU break
apart and begin to talk Of the weather
Maybe yon think I'm fool
John McWmter!' she cried with
passionate Indignation.
That's right work IN the injured
look Put the martyr stun doesn't 81
with me, Sally. I've got eyes, and
I've been using them lie goes al the
end of his week, aud that's nil there
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There were no windows, and the door
~ns ahnormnlly thick
The mah went inside aud remained
there fm bali an hour When he came
on hr APPEARED 10 be- in good hnmor,
An alieuiSl miglt have been disturbed
Wy the expression IN the mans eyes.
AcWinter raised his fist toward town,
Shaking II and mnlering
spoon ABOUT my house will YOU?
Interfere in my affairs huh? Yon
wait, Mr. Smith You lust wait May
hr Nou won't have to leave Saturday
ni.ht iun'll 90 before
Then he trudged back home His
"'ir was greatly surprised to find him
N an anjahIc mood II was so unlike
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this fact He imagined all his trou-
hlts Smith had absolutely nothing to
do with them Now hang him if you
eau"
The mob quietly took itself off, vast
~ slammed ana chNstened, and Smith
soothrd his Sobbing sister, his eyes
fun Of gratitude
You're Il wonderful little person, Zu1
dora, whispered storm
Am /? Take me back 10 town. Il
am tired And there's more to do
rye got ia free Smith again from
prison
Bur the death Of the real culprit did
that aud Smith walked the earth again
a free itizen
10 BE CONTINUED,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-22

Comedian While Ravenyelp was
travelling in Italy ne thought II would
hr n great rcSS agent stunt to get him
self captured 10y bandits and held tor
HIlSum
Souhrrtte How did the scheme work
Comedian Robbers captured him all
ight. but when they found he was an
totor they made him work for his
BOARD Judge
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-22
A Ruse That Failed.

10 BE CoNrGNuEul
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ia to It. He's cot the child running
around nfte' him as if he and Hnt
was the father
That's because he is always kind
TO her and npver strikes her unjuStly.
as you o.
"IIaSl u man got a tight to correct
his own offspring. Id like to know
IF SIZE gets IN your way you box
her ears, |! she does dnot come in
stantly when sou call her You use III"
whip. "an YOU blame Ale child for
not lovi you MS you rSlwct2'
For h self she did not dare she had
no Illus ms LETT. but whore her child
was co arned she was sonnet lin. Of
q lones,. She lid not want Il e fairy
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Platform.
was the second opening OF the door,
which let in II gust of pure air and car
RED ont certain volume of the pol
son
fortunately for both OF them Judo
ia aud Mrs. McWmter were both Start
Ing OFT for the shack at the very mo
ment the door CLOSED upon lIassam
Ali
Mrs McWintcr dreaded to see the
aa S'lck again. hut Iudorn insisted
She pn>t srr Tie shack and everything
IN II i yhc W TO aid Smith il the
slightest degree
Aftrr Mr. McHintrr had fully ex
piailpd the conditions Iudon WIS
quite confident lat the man Smith
was inno,g . matter hoW deeply
eilcumStania, violence had involved
ann
She also felt lnStlnctlvcly that the
widow was holding something back
There il is announced Mrs. Me
Winter, with 4 Shudder
Why, there nle no windows in 1t"
- know It My husband built It
For what purpose ! cannot say, unless
Il was TO experiment in
Mrs McWmter began to cry,
There there" said Xodora From
"hIi \ou nave toId me ! doh th'hk
mat husband OF yours was worth
tears
But have net told you all.
We'll, whit more IS there to tell
he man accused ol my husbands
death was never my lover lie was
my hfo'hrr
Good heavens Why didn't You tel,
that t. the coroncrY
Il dared not | dared not tell even
my husband That
w ny
My brother Is an escaped convict
Again it was rircumstantial evidence
He suffered in another mans place
FOR two Years he has lived quietly
here ANA the police have lost all track
oi hlu lie was sentenced for llNe
Years ANA escaped during the llrSt yea
"i ms Term u hid lakrn my mus
oaud mn" my confidence ne WouId nave
"lloN'd '"IhlhS greater IMAM exposing
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ter of an hour to bring them around h.
anything like uormalty, Whatever
Storm thought Of the affair he Kept to
himself
Znlora believing il wise to close the
door again. was about 10 east aside the
log when her eve was attracted by a
tuft " coarse hair caught in splinter
"Did ynr husband have dog" she
asked the frightened woman NJ her
side
YES But he ran away the day my
hu band died, ANA no one has seen him
since
2udora again studied the log thought
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was the fact. although It has not hith-
erto been published and probably VIII
be denied now. that this government
received from Japan more than two
weeks ago q long reply from Japan
to the inquiries of the United States
regarding Japanese intentions IL
China
The -spitiless publicity" which MI
Wilson announced would be con-
trolling factor IN HIS administrator.
before he was elected, has been con-
verted into secrecy unparalleled N
the history OF the government VAN
perfectly straight face, Secretary
Bryan has each day denied that ne
has received the reply of Japan ana
has been doing so every day-tnas
Is. every day he has been in wash
ington-since its receipt more than
two weeks ago.
Nor was there any ground for Opt
misrI in the japanese note. Il is true
that japan begins with declaration
that il is its purpose strictly 70 Cd
serve the terms of the Root-Takihira
agreement. but it is also true that
having made that announcement.
Japan politely suggested that 1t was
not the province of the United States
to protest against an agreement WITH
China not yet completed and that II
would be time enough for this coun-
try to express its views when the
negotiations mad
passed beyond the tentative stage.
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TR LET z
ny MSk1Ah
TRIPoLL.

Tripon Is the real East. Here IS
No edmixture of the European ele-
ment. It is a city OF snowy domes
and minarets and fiat. white 1ooIs
splotched here and there with ,dutteF :
ing color of drying clothes at the
batbhouse It is framed in the ricn
green OF a great oasis. and oeyoho
+ba naIm trees lies a wind-wrinkleo
desert. than which there is no more
desoiate In the world.
In the streets are only Orientai
types. ranging from the PROUD W.
sian Arabs and hedouins to the eoon,
black ally. shining Sudanese. anu
All of Tripoifs ways are typical OF the
FAST. 100. When you land, MOP OF
yilIainous looking cutthroats capture
your baggage and carry II 70 sne
custom house. where suafe -
medaled and pompous looking otaeeI
passes 1t unopened IN constoe
of : few francs
Twice a week there IS a market
day at Tripoli. 1t is held in the yer
low sand along the shore All on eae
H. before caravans come trailing II
Tong lines of OF laden cansts,
borses mules and donkeys- me
merchants squat each IN his allol1e e,-
Mace. and although there - nucn -
hapeIing and laughter, everything -
done in good order. the =,
business is done In live stock ana ~
or.ss and straw. which are costly
Commodities in that waterless coui,-
try black Sudanese women sell nut
+;-co1ored baskets. hagsilns anu
cheating with great good nature Sno
shriakinr with laughter when tnes
eel, you a basket for four times lts
value. a Sudanese devil uslneet i :
dressed in a skin decorated Win NJ u
man bones, draws dense crow y
his wild cavortings. An ARAB doctor
III NJ nrescrintfons Tor a penny each: :
bis entire equipment is paper anu
pen and sand by way OF a D1otees,
The patients eat the prescriptions aHc
go away greatly cSeered-
From the town you walk away IN
he oasis. which is eight square
miles Of palms and flowers. Kept alve
in the desert by water drawn from
weIls CameIs treadins Hack ana
forth on a lottle track raise the water
in goatsFin vessels, SO that -
snlashes into wooden trouShs. from
which IL is carried by little ditches
70 inc thirsty trees. In the oasis al
i stiffness and beauty. save for the
ceaseIess whine and splash of these
primitive pumps. Beyond the edge
of the cool. black shadow. The gray
desert trembIes IN the simmer CT
merciless heat. But as evening comes
the slanting light touches it with
glowing color. and. at the same time.
IT becomes alive. a goat herder ap-
pears from nowhere. with slow
moving flock creeping across the
dunes toward the village. A caravan
appears silhouetted against the red
West. every line distinct as an etch-
ing. As they near the longed-for
oasis there IS no quickeninE OF the
pace. no. sign OF haste or JOY. The
cameIs stand scornful and upper
surbed: the. drivers pause 10 drink
from the splashing noriahs- Allah
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spicot and BunghoIe.

Saving at the spigot and wasting
at the bunghoIe is a not uncommon
form OF economy. as once-famous
cartoon in Punch implied. The treas
ury department can hardly be con-
graduated on its stern determine
ton to save 100000 by laying Oh
for eight days the ianitors. watch
men and scrubwomen employed IN
federal buildings. The necessity Tor
saving it, to be sure, was none OF the
departments doing. Congress is al
fault for making such mess of the
appropriation bills. Yet there is
something ludicrous as well as pitia-
bic in the form that making good
she deficiency is to take. Are the
buildings to go unguarded and rn.
cleaned for the prescribed period
And how must the poorest PAID en-
ployes of all bear the entire burden
of the congressional SIM
II the United States is as poor
as this announcement implies. II De
mocratic extravaganc has brought e
to this humi1iating pass. 1t wonio
be most appropriate for those lmme
diately responsible to make the sac
rfffce. The Philadelphia Ledger
thinks a levy on the salaries OF con-
rressmen would produce excellent
financial results. Highly paid TED
eral officials. postmasters. perhaps
even the august cabinet officials them
selves. might contribute to the sus-
tenance OF the government service
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90, o~,,x ernr
SLIDE, G0L0NZ, SLIDE.

Professor Cranberry Bosss, famous
travel lecturer, amidst the hearty ap-
plause OF the fashionable PfckleburS
aud: ence, bowed and prepared to with
draw, remarking, And with this last
slide showing Mt Pewee in eruption,
ladies and gentlemen, will conclude
my lecture / grieve- TO say that half
a dozen OF my most valuable and beau
tfful slides, showing respectively the
River Maginnis overlooking Egypt. a
view of the great Rosenthai geyser IN
action. Pistachio Indians in their fam
Gus chow-chow dance, tight between
an exidemic spider and wild Persian
sumac. the primitive basket weavers
Of New York, and the Dindee tango
as performed by two Mexican mono
planes-these rare views. ladies and
gentlemen. were lost in the muddy
waters of Potomac Bay when flock
of savage octopi pursued our party"
From his seat IN the balcony, Co
Ionz Magee, Pick1eburg's foremost
Ieaped TO his feet and ex-
claimed: Ladies and gentlemen and
fellow citizens, I wish to state that
each slide mentioned by Professor
Soggs is in my possession. and that
will give a performance in the back
room of my pawnshop in half an hour,
showing each and every missing side.
admission five cents head. rest OF
the body included in the case or chill
dren under fifteen
Yes. you have guessed ii, gentle
reader. Arriving in town hungry and
without visible means of sustenance,